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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-04-18, Page 16Ontario taxes come bacl in assistance to county ties, etc, in, the amount of $32,430. The province also pays $3,500 to Children's Aid, $09,500 to IldronvieW, $47,000 to the health unit (equalling the county grant), and $11,000 to the county li- brary, These grants to county organizations come to $131,000, and enable the C9 A.S., health unit and library to pay rent for quarters in the courthouse. All these subsidies and grants total $1,295,770, but a much larger amount is paid into the county for education and hospi- tal grants. For these blessings, county and• munieipal council- lors doubtlese are grateful, even if they stop to think, as sometimes they must, that"go- vernment" money is first taken from, the people. Indeed, Provincial Treasurer James Allan, in, his budget Speech in February, said that the 1963-4 forecast of aid to the municipalities repre sent e d "90% o, expected revenue from retail sales tax, corporation and personal income taxes." That leaves the province with Dominion grant, gasoline tax, motor license fees, liquor pro- fits, lands and forests revenue, and so on. As Mr. Allan says, we get back a lot of the money we con- tribute to dominion and pro- vince. Huron being a represen- tative county, paying its share of sales tax, gasoline tax and so on, we probably recover just about what we pay in, subject to deductions for collecting the taxes, administering govern- ment departments and redis- tributing the money. That merry-go-round would not be so bad if it were the whole story, but a great deal of provincial outlay on highways is borrowed money. Interest on Ontario's debt is between $75,- 000,000 and $80,000,000. CO passes RCAF Centralia's compulsory safety check Annual safety vehicle check at RCAF Station Centralia started Tuesday and the car of Group Cap- tain L, H. Randall, commanding officer, was among the first to pass. Above a technician checks wheel alignment of the officer's car. The safety check is compulsory for all cars driving on the station. This is the second year for the program at Centralia. The check is conducted by the On- tario Department of Transport's mobile inspection van. Cancer society plans for district campaign Officials of the district cancer society are making plans for the annual South Huron campaign later this month. Canvasses will be staged in Exeter, liensall, Zurich and district townships and police villages after Easter. From left above are Lloyd Henderson, branch president; Mrs. Richard Van Farowe, service committee chairman; Mrs. Robert Luxton, education chairman, and Lloyd Bern, campaign head. photo Huron target $16,000 in drive for cancer funds mfflammiwwwm.swimson Man injured BRIEF S Nawi.sazgo.,s?i,umwogmxx by tractor Name staff to ag office health check-ups and early treatment once cancer is diag- nosed. And the society is fight- ing cancer by means of welfare services which give the patient aid and comfort. "But to do all these things, the Canadian Cancer Society needs money. I sincerely hope that this community will once again do its part in this vital cause and see that our objective is attained. The cause is great and the need is great--let's all make our contribution great." Mr. Mills pointed out that this year fully 86 percent of all funds raised by the National Cancer Institute of Canada for its research projects will be provided from the campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society, BY W.F. ELLIOTT Unroll county council ,has bud- &tad for $899,944 to be raised through general levy, an in crease of about $16,000 over that of last year, and some municipalities are going to pay more. The rate is the saute at 14 mills, but certain assessments are up. Of Huron's 1963 budget, a record $2,207,435, three-quar- ters is for highways. The high- ways total of $1,665,000 rePrP- sents 75 cents of every dollar of 1963 expenditure. Of the remaining 25 cents, general government takes 4, welfare 5, protection of persons and pro- perty 3.9, debentures 3.4, hos, pital grant 2.2, health unit 2.1. The $1,663,000 for highways is by no means all county money. It includes $500,000 for deve- lopment roads, all recoverable from the province, and$632,340 may be drawn in provincial subsidy on other work if the road program is completed. This leaves only $514,254 to be provided by county council for roads. For general purposes, at six mills, $385,690 is to be raised, making a total of $899,- 944. In addition to the estimated $1,132,340 the department of highways will pay into Huron, the province makes grants for EMO, indigents, reforestation, county jail, fox and wolf boun- almost half of whose budget is ear-marked for research pur- poses. "The more we can make available for research," he said, "the more research pro- jects can be undertaken—and every one of them helps to fill a gap in the enormous cancer jigsaw puzzle". The Exeter campaign will be conducted by SHDHS students April 22 to 26. Other canvasses will be con- ducted by the Women's Insti- tutes in Usborne and Crediton; Federation of Agriculture, Ste- phen; Men's Club, Dashwood; Kinsmen Club, Hensall; Lions Club, Zurich. Local campaign chairman is Lloyd Hern. Damage totalled nearly $1,000 in a rear-end collis- ion Saturday midnight just west of Exeter on Huron street. Cars driven by Mrs. Winston Shap- ton, 36, and Ross Cooper, 16, both of RR 1 Exeter, were in- volved. The Cooper car, which had been going west, broke down and stopped on the travelled po- rtion. The driver's brother, Gerald, coming east, stopped beside him. Mrs. Shapton, tra- velling west, struck the rear of the former vehicle. PC Harry Reid reported no one was in- jured, Exeter Industrial Develop- ment Corporation expects to hold its annual meeting next month. Plans for the annual were made last week at ameet- ing conducted by Chairman Ross Tuckey. Miss Ida Hardy dies in Strathroy Miss Ida Hardy, 78, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hardy, Brinsley, died at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital on Tuesday, April 16. Funeral service, will be held at the T. Stephenson & Son funeral home, Ailsa Craig, on Thursday, April 18 at 2 pm with interment in St. Marys cemetery, Brinsley. To consider The roller skating rink on Carling St., which has been operated by Earl Neil for a number of years, has been sold to Mnce Bencsik, Carling St. The transfer takes place im- mediately. * * No more expansion expected at Pinery "My wife is very proud of her bargain hunting." The annual campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society's Hu- ron Unit will open soon. The unit's objective this year is $16,000, and will contribute to- wards a provincial objective of $1,800,000, and a total national aim of $3,682,000. "It is difficult to make the point, year after year, that the need is great, that there is an urgency in this appeal to raise the money to defeat cancer," Ray Mills, Exeter, county chairman, said in announcing the' campaign. "But such is the case. One need only visit a hospital and talk to patients with cancer, or to their loved ones, to realize that cancer is a terrible disease and that it's cost in terms of lives and un- happiness can scarcely be im- agined. "The Canadian Cancer So- ciety is doing all it can to bring about the final defeat of this human scourge. It is fighting cancer by means of research, which will one day solve the riddle of cancer and show us how to prevent it or cure it. It is fighting cancer by means of education, impressing upon all of us the importance or regular By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Switzer were: Mrs. Louise Gowdie and Miss Betty Gowdie of Kitchener, Miss Joan Switzer of L o ndian and Mr. Granville Sgariglia of Preston. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith of Kitchener. CHURCH NEWS Good Friday. Service was held in Kirkton United Church, April 12 at 11 am. Three congrega- tions of the circuit joined in this service, Rev. T. Elliott based his re- marks on the hymn "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross." Easter service was held in Kirkton United Church, Sunday at 11:30 am with a large con- gregation present. Rev. T. Elliott gave an in- spiring message expressing the effect on the world because of the Resurrection. The junior choir assisted the senior girls choir with the an- them. The church was nicely de- coraged with Easter lilies. Mrs. Fred Switzer presided at the or- gan and Mrs. Alex Crago at the piano. Rev. Anderson of Fordwich and Wroxeter assisted Rev. L. A. Bennett who has suffered a leg injury, with the E a st e r morning service at St. Paul's Anglican Church. Mrs. Garth Blackler rendered a solo. Mrs. George Allen spent the Easter weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Steveason of Sar- nia. R. L. Gardiner is in West- minister Hospital and is ser- iously ill at the present time. NOTICE APARTMENTS Exeter PUC currently is ne- gotiating with Canadian Canners Ltd. over future water supply requirements for the 1 oc al plant. The PUC is attempting to determ ine what plant in- creases will be required in the future. No conclusions have been reached yet and further meetings are planned. * * Exeter will be host to the Western Ontario waterworks conference Wednesday, May 8, in the Legion hall. About 130 supervisors and utility officials are expected to attend the ses- sions from area municipalities. No major expansion is plan- ned for Pinery Park this year although improvements will continue, ac cording to Park Sup't. Gar Myers. "I don't anticipate any further expansion of campsites," the sup't. said this week. "The department's policy is not to develop more than 20% of the acreage in order to preserve the natural setting." It is expected, however, that the remainder of the roads will be paved this year and tenders are expected to be cal- led for the work shortly. The surface provided actually is called "soil cemented" rath- er than pavement. In this pro- cess, soil is mixed with powd- HENSALL Mr. and Mrs. Don MacLaren of Toronto visited over the weekend holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Archie MacGregor and Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Chapman. Mrs. Eva Parker returned home after visiting with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ruston and family in Stratford. Miss Betty Parker, London, spent the weekend with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Clark and family visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. William Lee inGoder- ich. Beverly remained for a weeks' vacation. Misses Geraldine and Doro- thy Parker, London, spent the Easter weekend with their pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Parker. GRAND BEND CREDITON Mrs. M. Clark and Mrs. A. Finkbeiner returned home after attending the funeral of Mrs. D. Gower at Kelwood, Man. Teen Town will be held Fri- day, April 19 at the Community Hall. Huron's new agricultural of- fice in Clinton will acquire two new staff members shortly, it was announced this week. An agricultural engineer — G S. Moggach, Ridgetown -- has been appointed to the county office. He, will take over the Huron part of the territoryfor- merly served by Tom Brown in the Stratford office. New assistant agricultural representative, succeeding Donald Grieve, will be Donald Pullen, of Granton, a former Queen's Guineas winner and president of OAC's College Royal this year. Don is the son of Councillor Milne Pullen, Blanshard. He has served as summer assist- ant in Perth and Dufferin coun- ties the last two summers. The Granton youth, married to a Macdonald Institute gra- duate, will receive his degree from OAC this spring. His du- ties in Huron commence June 1. Mr. Moggach has be en an agricultural engineering spe- cialist at Western Ontario Agri- cultural School, Ridgetown, for the past five years. He pre- viously served in. Huron as a blockman for an i mplem ent firm. Mr. Moggach will move to the Huron office on June 1. In the new quarters at Clinton, a draft- ing room and office for the en- gineer has been provided. Among other appointments by the agricultural department, J. K. Riddell of Granton has been named assistant ag rep in Es- sex. He is the son of W. K. Riddell, veteran ag rep in Mid- dlesex. We wish to announce the sale of our business known as Res- temayer and Miller to Mr. and Mrs. Ron Braid of Elmira, Ont. who will be opening May 1. It has been a pleasure to do busi- ness with our many friends and customers for over 24 years and we hope that you will give the Braids the opportunity to serve you. The store will be closed April 29 and 30 for inventory. Edgar and Marie Restemayer Albert and GertrudeXiller Sitting at home, having a quiet evening, were two spin- ster sisters. Suddenly one look- ed up from the paper she was reading and commented: "There's an article here tell- ing of the death of a woman's third husband. She has had all three of them cremated." "Isn't that 'life for you?" said the other. "Some of us can't even get one man, while others have husbands to burn." -- Continued from Page 1 would be one-half the projected size. Another 18-unit structure will be attached to it once de- mand for the accommodation has been established. Total in- vestment in this phase was es- timated at $360,000. The apartments basically will be one-bedroom units with movable partitions to provide for two bedrooms if required. He showed council a sketch of the proposed building, which in- cludes recessed balconies. The firm also plans to erect seven semi-detached houses in Dow subdivision. The other pro- jects include another apartment building with more luxurious suites than the first, and a commercial venture the nature of which was not disclosed. Lawyer Bell outlined to coun- cil the need for the extension of Gidley St. to Pryde Boulevard. This would provide access to the apartment building and would serve as well as an arterial road from Dow subdivision. When it was pointed out that the town's policy had been to require the developer to in- stall his own roads, Bell pointed out that special consideration should be given in this case since the development will take place on only one side of the road, rather than on both sides as is the case in most sub- divisions. Bell also felt that arterial road benefit also pro- vided grounds for council's con- sideration. Fowler said his firm was anxious to get sewerage ser- vice to avoid septic tank in- stallation. "We have found it is always good economy to pro- vide sanitary sewer service as soon as the project is started, rather than ptit it in later." Discussion evolved around a Proposal to erect a pumping station to put the sewage into the Gidley St. storm sewer, about 800 feet away. Reeve Fisher (who chai r ed the meeting in the absence of Mayor Simmons). "Would you be Willing to prepay the sewage up there?" Fowler: "We wouldbe willing to enter into some type of re-, Citrecal artangeitient in regard to both Sewage service and the road," Deputy-Reeve Musser; "This Would certainly be a lovely seaSnient for the town if it' goes throligh.. " It was estimated that tax revenue would be $7;200 to $7,500 a year, Realtor Gaiser preSsed oil for serious consideration Ward provision Of services. 'Net 'every companyISprea tared to make that kind Of an inVeitnient in the town:' Fowler: "We'd like to get a general idea of your acceptance of this proposal." Wooden: "I think yoti'li find this council as: co-operative as it is .poSSibid to be." parking limit It will cost the town about $100 to erect signs to establish two-hour parking on the Main St., council learned Monday night. Police committee chairman Ross Taylor made the estimate after presenting a report from the police dep't that about 32 signs would be required for Main St. "I suggest we think it over until the next meeting," said Taylor. Chief C. H. MacKenzie felt the present members of the force could enforce the regu- lation for the time being at least. It was noted that in other towns special constables were employed for this purpose and that revenue from fines came close to paying wages. The chief's report provided for the erection of two-hour signs on side streets also but council indicated It would con- sider only Main St., initially at least. Clerk C. V. Pickard felt the problem would be to establish full-time enforcement of the regulations. He suggested coun- cil might consider the use of courtesy cards requesting per- sons who park for long stretches on Main St. to move their cars elsewhere. In other business, council: Issued building permits to Henry Eisenschink, Simcoe St., for an addition to his home; Exeter Furniture Ltd., for the erection of a lumber storage shed at the rear of the plant on James St. Purchased an electric type- writer for the clerk's office at a cost of $425 from Skeoch's Office Supplies, Goderich; Referred to the county health unit a complaint regarding the dumping of turnips in the river valley behind Exeter Produce and Storage Ltd.; Received a petition from pro- perty owners on the west side of Andrew St., from Welling- ton to Baldwin, for replacement of the sidewalk. "No, no, you WET your finger first." -- Continued from Page 1 (maybe two additional just for the weekend) and then the four men to complete the force will come into the village on June 27. The Ipperwash detachment will have an OPP boat this year, which will relieve the duties of the OPP boat from Grand Bend harbour. Insurance policies were re- viewed with Bill Amos, Park- hill, with the result that the premium was raised $80. This . includes increased coverage for the three village vehicles from $100,000 to $200,000; personal liability from $50,000 to $100,- 000 inclusive; and the non- owned auto policy from $50,000 to $500,000. Ernie Gross was appointed building and sanitation inspec- tor at $1.25 an hour. His duties will commence immediately. He was the only applicant. Mr. GrOss is also school patrol officer. His new duties involve inspection of new buil- dings and retail food outlets and issuing permits. ered cement and packed until its appearance resembles an asphalt surface. Other developments this year include the completion of an- other comfort station in the trailer area which will also serve part of the camping fac- ilities, and an extension of the nature program of walks and talks. Interest in last year's prog- ram grew to such an extent that it was more than the one naturalist could handle. Anoth- er man will be employed this season to assist in looking after the walks and nature trails. A portion of the camp site along the river may be extend- ed this year if the poison ivy problem can be eliminated there. Spraying last year kil- led most of it but some survi- ved. The park offers between1,000 and 1,100 camp sites as well as parking space for 4,000 cars. Last year, it played host to 350,000 visitors and 65,000 campers. Outside of Algonquin Park, which covers a much greater area and is actually composed of a number of small parks, the Pinery site attracted more visitors than any other provincial park in Ontario. Approximately 16 men are on the Pinery staff at the present time. By MRS. WM. WALTERS Mrs. Nelson Clarke of Far- quhar and Mr. Roy Clarke of Sunshine Line visited on Tues- day with Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Walters and Danny. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Clarke attended the fiftieth wedding an- niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Or- ville Cann at their home in Ex- eter on Tuesday evening. Misses Kay and Ruth Horne of London spent the holiday weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Horne and Raymond. Miss Mary Ellen Prance is a patient in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Mr. Harry Rodd of Woodham visited on Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John Coward. EASTER VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walters and Danny with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dayman and family of Kippen. Gary returned home with them for this week. Mr. and Mrs. Beverley Par- sons and family of near Exeter, Mr. and Mrs. Wib Coward and Susan of London, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Coward and Pamela of Sunshine Line, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bibby and family of Kirk- ton and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hern and family with Mr. and Mrs, John Coward. Mr. and Mrs. Elson Lynn and family with Mr. and Mrs. Har- vey Skinner at Sebringville. Miss Barbara Ann Gilfillan in London with her sister, Mrs. Jack Mahar, Darlene and Danny this week. Miss Isabel Snyden and Mr. Tennyson Johns attended the Easter Cantata at WellburnUni- ted Church Sunday evening. We cannot guarantee publication of any advertising submitted after the above deadlines. Your co-operation is respectfully requested. PHONE 2354331 "He ve/ one frOrn, your 'doctor, dent" team to reach Ontario hockey finals, Cede Davidson, Larry 8tire,t De Vries Glavin, didke GloVeri Ron Broderick ,Cintith McPhee, in front, Hob Stogie, Htib MCDOMild, • Kinsmen, midgets Exeter's fitst.,Minot g6A. troth tett, Lloyd Cushman, 1110*A', Allen Thompson; LOdh, Mike' CUSitiant Bob BnritS; Ron Corti).* Gary LartY 1)11111orti h ben "tooth" dteffett, teeth; addend VOW;