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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-05-02, Page 1South flutort thoot:6s, lig 1963 posture- tioeon Ninetieth Year Price Pgr Copy IQ Cents EXETER, ,ONTARIO, MAY 2, 190. Highways dept, town agree on $60 000 entrance project Mayor opposes aid toward development SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO SQUARE DANCERS CONCENTRATE ON TOLEDO CALLER'S COMMANDS Jamboree attracts 350 Enthusiasm mushrooms Fun-loving squares dance all day Still unconscious Bill Brown, 20, RR 2 Seaforth, until recently a resident of Hensall, remains unconscious and in "critical condition" in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, He suffered serious head in- juries, facial cuts and a broken right arm when the car he was driving struck a tree at ivloores- vine early Sunday morning. done anyway to bring the lower level of the highway up to the height Of the existingroad. With the town agreeing to contribute its share toward the further ex- tension to Huron St., the grade will not be as steep, The department also will pay for the cost of moving the pillars to another location, probably at Riverview Park. The town Is responsible for determining where the pillars will go and arranging for their removal, Mr. Zonnenberg felt the pil- lars could be separated from their bases, moved as units, and placed on foundations erect- ed in the new location, The program also includes entrances onto Main St. from Simcoe, on the east, and from Huron, both east and west, The highways official said tenders will be called shortly for the work. Plans and speci- fications are almost completed. "Shake the dice. Shuffle the cards." A gambling party? No. "Dixie run. Lines divide". Riot in the south? Wrong again, "Ends run. Double pass through". Football game? Not even close. C'mon, podner, get with it. That's modern square dancing lingo. Commands, they're call- ed. Like to hear some more? Fold the ends. Wheel and deal. Eight chain through. Circle eight left. Grand chain eight. Centres run. Eight chain through. See saw. There's at least 150 of them, including "Do so do" (not "Do si do", the uninitiated's ph- rase), according to Jack May, one of the top-rated callers C of C wins gavel again Cec Downham, London; Bill Blaney, St. Thomas, and John Baumbach, Stratford. Next big event for the keen ones is the May convention in Toronto, which 3,000 will at- tend, In the summertime, mem- bers can attend week-long camps where the principal ac- tivities are "allemand left", "right and left through". Start soon on lagoon Crews test site of dam Add police along lake Survey and drilling Crews have moved onto the Parkhill dam site for pre-engineering work, Ausable authority field- man J. T. McCauley reported Wednesday. Survey crew of M. M. Dillon and Co. Ltd., London, the auth- ority's consulting e ngine er s, arrived at the site Monday to determine drilling sites for soil investigation purposes. Services of Associated Geo- technical Services Ltd. have been retained for supervision of the drilling, laboratory test- ing, analysis of soil samples and reporting on site conditions in regard to permeability of the soil. Cost of the town portion of the proposed new highway en- trance at the south end of Ex- eter will be about $60,000, town council learned from the On- tario Dep't of Highways Mon- day night, Of this amount, the town's obligation will be less than $5,000, thanks to the new de, partrnental regulations under which the province will pay 90% of the costs of connecting link projects. The area involved is from Alexander street, or the town pillars, to the north side of Huron St., a distance of ap- proximately 700 feet. The project includes rebuild- ing the road bed and paving a wider highway, installation of new sewer, storm drain, water line services, construction of curbs, gutters and sidewalks in the area. The new street lighting in- stallation for the area is not included in the above estimate but will be installed by the PUC at the same time. William Zonnenberg, high- ways engineer, presented re- vised estimates and plans to council at a special meeting in the council chambers and coun- cil accepted the proposal fol- lowing the discussion. Original estimate of costs for the work was $40,000. The increase, Zonnenberg explain- ed, resulted from greater ex- penditures on utilities than ex- pected and the need to provide for deeper excavation of the roadbed because of poor sub- soil. The town's share, however, has decreased. Under the old agreement, under which the de- partment assumed 75% of the cost, the town would have contri- buted $10,000 toward the origin- al estimate. Since then, Highways Minis- ter C, S. MacNaughton intro- duced his 1963 budget which in- creased the provincial contri- bution to 90%. The department will under- write 100% of the highway con- struction for the first 150 feet inside the town limits, since this stretch would have had to be Excavation of the lagoon for Exeter's sewerage project is expected to begin this week, according to L. M. LaFontaine, supervising engineer for the B. M. Ross firm, Goderich. He said Gaffney Construction Co. was ready to bring in a number of large earth movers to start the excavation Wednes- day but Tuesday's rains delay- ed the operation. "They'll be going right at it full steam," he said. "There's a lot of earth to be moved out there." Gaffney is currently in the process of connecting the lat- erals behind the stores on the east side of Main St. The firm will then move its equipment to the west side of Main. Testing of some of the sewers will start shortly. At the pumphouse, the founda- tion has been poured and the majority of the cement work completed, including mounts for motors and pumps. The com- pany is ready to instal the "T" walls, a new type of prefabri- cated structure, for the build- ing. LaFontaine said he did not expect any hookups will be per- mitted until July, when the la- goon should be finished. Grand Bend Chamber of Com- merce has won the Ontario body's "Gavel of the Year" award for communities with populations under 3,000 for the second straight year and for the third time in five years. The award is given for out- standing work by a chamber or Board of Trade in five different sizes of communities in the province. Said Ory Wassmann, Grand Bend chamber president; "We're happy to win it again. We've done a lot of work for it." The chamber's activities in '62 included organization of promotion programs, purchase of a beach cleaner, securing of the 1955 int'l plowing match, assisting with regional develop- ment projects, helping to secure customs officer, sponsoring a business directory publication, and assisting scores of other activities. The chamber's budget for the year was over $4,500. Grand Bend won the gavel award last year and received an honorable mention in 1961 under Mr. Wassmann's leader- ship. The first gavel was won by the chamber in 1959, when Eric Mcllroy was president. Mayor W. E. Simmons in- sisted Monday night that town council should not spend tax- payers' funds on services which will benefit private speculators. He opposed strongly a request from a local delegation that council contribute one-half the cost of road and sewage ser- vices required for the 18-unit apartment building proposed on the easterly extension of Gidley St. The mayor, almost alone in his stand, debated for more than an hour with other councillors and the delegation at a special meeting Monday night. No decision on the proposition will be reached until council discusses the situation with En- gineer B. M. Ross, Goderich. Mr. Ross planned to attend Monday's meeting but could not attend because of family illness late Monday afternoon. Realtor M. J. Gaiser pre- sented a letter from Forrester Estates Ltd., offering to as- sume one-half the cost of build- ing a road and providing sew- erage service to the apartment location. The London develop- ment firm recently told council it was planning to make an in- vestment of a million dollars in real estate here. The letter, signed by S. T. Thompson, vice-president, said the company was concerned over council's delay in reach- ing a decision. It wanted to proceed with construction by May 15 and threatened to in- vest its funds in some other community if an agreement was not reached by that time. Thompson said the company has funds at its disposal but could not disclose its sources. With Gaiser were Bill. Mc- Lean, Gidley St., owner of the land in question, and his lawyer, E, D. Bell, QC. The realtor said he under- stood the firm was prepared to put in a pumping station and sewer line to the Gidley St. storm drain if council would pay part of the cost. usable iscusses land use program Mayor Simmons said the town's policy for a number of years has been to require the subdivider to underwrite the cost of all services, All other developers have adhered to this policy, the mayor said, and he could see no reason why any exception .could, or should, be made. If it was done in this case, it would have to be done in others in the future. He suggested that landowner McLean contribute the other half of the cost of the road, since he would become the subdivider. McLean said he felt he had no obligation. "Council is wholeheartedly behind this project," the mayor said, "but we're not in the real estate game. I can't see us spending taxpayer's money to help develop private property." Gaiser suggested the pro- posal deserved special con- sideration beeeese of the amount cf the investment, It wasn't the same as a specula- tion on one or two houses, as might be the case in the sub- divison. Lawyer Bell also felt special consideration should be given because the road, which would join Pryde boulevard, would provide a second outlet for Dow subdivision. "This is a golden opportunity to get a good road and an artery which is neces- sary." Councillor Wooden: "I think there's a point here. This will be a connecting road--it's dif- ferent from the others that have been put in." Deputy-Reeve Musser didn't like the idea of council giving a flat "no" to the request. "I don't think we can just grab the gravy and not give them any consideration at all." The mayor insisted council had a policy and should stick to it. Councillor Taylor: "It looks to me as if the policy might stand some more consideration. There seems to be a hit of solid prejudice right now. Per- haps we should consider a com- promise, taking into considera- tion that this is going to be 18 apartments. How much is this going to cost the town? Pro- bably a mere trifle." Wooden: ,"I have no argu- ment with our subdivision policy but I am _suggesting we have a slightly different situation here," The mayor: "1 can't see the argument and, as far as de- velopment is concerned, I think I have had as much to do with it as anyone. Council isn't a de- veloper. We're not speculators, I don't think we have any ob- ligation. Other people have put up apartments and subdivisions and they haven't come to the town for roads." In other besiness, council: Granted building permits to William J. Thompson, MainSt., re-roofing; Milton Keller, house at the corner of Wel- lington and William; Ed. Mit- tleholtz, house on Nelson St.; Exeter Nursing Home, Sanders St. porch repairs; Aljoe San- ders, Main St. re-roofing store; J. M. Southcott, Main St., re- roofing store. Approved a $15 grant toward the Rehabilitation Foundation. Notify two on zoning New constable here OPP Constable J. A. Wright, Guelph, has been transferred to the Exeter detachment to re- place PC D. M. Westover, it was announced this week. A seven-year man with the force, PC Wright begins his duties here Friday. His wife and family will move to town shortly. band and wife bit. It's one activity where you have to have a partner; you can't go alone, like golfing or bowling." "Western type clothes have something to do with it too. I think most of us have an in- hibited desire to wear western clothes. And you like them even better after you've worn them awhile." Jack's wife, Lil, who came up with him from Ohio along with several other coupl e s, says most square dancing wives have three or four cotton dresses with twirling skirts, crinolines and even bloomers to match. The men, she guesses, have about the same number of shirts on the go. Lil says almost anyone can learn to square dance the mo- dern way, if they can walk to music. It takes a year for the beginners, in separate classes, to learn enough of the steps to be able to join the regulars. Even then, there's a big dif- ference in the regulars. Fred O'Connell, London, an- other SWOSDA executive mem- ber, says the sociability among square dancers is tops. "You meet new people all the time and you're always gaining new friends. Whenever you go to another city or town, you usually find a square dancer you've met somewhere." Adding to the fun is the con- stant addition of new commands, new movements, new round dan- ces (not the cheek-to-cheek sort of thing, but a set pattern of steps that lead the couples in a circle around the hall). Some of the new ones were introduced to the SWOSDA group Saturday afternoon. And, in the evening, Jack May often stopped the music to instruct on a new call he planned to make. Officers of the SWOSDA group elected Saturday are Dene Mc- Connell, London, president; Ed. }leveling, Stratford, past pre- sident; Joan Hargreaves, Wood- stock, secretary; executiv e Members, Matika, O'C onnel 1, from the U.S.A. May, an affable electrician from Toledo, Ohio, ordered over 350 enthusiastic square dancers from SouthwesternOn- tario through three hours of fun and exercise at the Legion Hall here Saturday night. It was SWOSDA's annual meeting and banquet and 25 of the 29 clubs now flourishing from Owen Sound to Hamilton to Sarnia were represented. SWOSDA? That's South Western Ontario Square Dancing As- sociation. Just to prove how enthusiastic these would-be westerners are, most of them were dancing from early in the afternoon until 11 o'clock at night. They did take time out to eat dinner, served by the Legion ladies auxiliary, and for a short election session at the Lyric theatre. Joe Matika, from Woodstock, a SWOSDA executive member, says the enthusiasm is catch- ing. In five years, the number of clubs in the region has grown from four to 29. Now clubs are forming at the rate of 10 to 15 a year. Why? Let Jack May explain: "It's a challenge to your thinking ability even more than it is to your physical ability. Old-time square dancing was more of a physical effort. The modern kind is completely dif- ferent. An old-time square dan- cer couldn't keep up to these people. They'd be lost." "You have to concentrate to respond to the commands from the caller because the reaction must be almost immediate. A false step or two and you've thrown the set out." "This constant challenge to the thinking ability is one rea- son why there isn't any drink- ing at modern square dances. It's not that the dancers don't take a drink--after the dance is over or when they're at home-- it's just that they soon learn they can't drink and concentrate on what they have to do." "Another reason is the hus- Strengthening of police ser- vices along Lake Huron begins this week in preparation for the summer season. Cpl. Art Campbell, London, took over the summer force at Grand Bend Tuesday. PC Ray Gilleno remains on the force which will gradually increase to seven men for the July- August period. Two more constables--PCs Harold Doupe, Sarnia, and E.L. A. Webb, London—willbe added to strength May 16. This will be Constable Doupe's second summer at the Bend. Extra police will also be provided for the May 24 holiday weekend. Four more constables will be transferred to Grand Bend June 27 for the summer. They include J.A. Boughner, Sarnia, who was in charge of the Pinery detachment last summer; W.W. Heinrich and G.H. Bindig, both of Woodstock, and R.C. Mac- Donald, London, who was sta- tioned at Grand Bend several years ago. The Pinery detachment, a one-man station, will be taken over by PC Darcy Stevens, London. Constable E.R. Davies, Lon- don, has been posted to Ipper- wash for the summer where he Will assist PC Jim White. A second OPP boat will be provided for the shoreline. The Ipperwash detachment has been issued with an outboard similar to the one at Grand Bend. GB will vote June 1 on building purchase Suggestions that a demon- stration farm be established in the Ausable watershed to en- courage proper land use prac- tices were made at an authority workshop in Zurich Monday night. Thirty-two authority mem- bers and guests joined in dis- cussions on various types of land use projects which might be undertaken in the Ausable. No specific recommendation was made but the demonstration farm proposal was mentioned several times. Officials of the Grand Valley authority described, with the help of slides, their land use program which Includes the Smelcer demonstration farm in Oneida township, near Guelph. The presentation Was made by Albert McWilliams, chairman of the Grand's advisory board, and the authority' slield officer, G, M. Coats. C. P. Corbett, LUcan, chaired a panel discussion. Taking part were A. D. Latornell, super- visor of field officers, con- servation branch, Dep't of Lands and Forests; Huron ag rep Douglas Miles; C. R. Leuty, conservation branch projects engineer, and Mr. Coutts. The panel agreed that de- monstrations were superior to financial incentives or subsi- dies in the encouragement of improved land use. They felt such projects as grassed waterways, reforestation, farm pond maintenance measures and gulley erosion control methods should be established as guides for farmers to follow in their own betterment programs. In his presentation, Mr. Mc- Williams described the grassed waterways and strip cropping programs undertaken by the Grand, and the gully control measures established at the Smelcer farm. Lorne Hay, H en sail, was chairman of the meeting, held at the Dorainicfn Hotel. Author- ity chairman Freeman Hodgins introduced the guests. A sum- mary of the night's discussion was given by Bill Amos, Mc- Gillivray representative. Get $12,500 for damages Grand Bend ratepayers will vote Saturday, June 1, on coun- cil's proposal to buy at $27,000 building for municipal purpo- ses. The date was set by council at a meeting Monday night, The question on the ballot will read: "Are you in favor of the corporation of the village of Grand Bend purchasing the lands and premises known as Lot 21, Plan 30 in the Village of Grand Bend in the county of Lambton for municipal purpo- ses?" Council's proposal involveS the borrowing Of $27,000 upon debentures to buy the former automotive building on No. 81 highway, just east of the main intersection. The action is prompted by a request from the OPP detach- ment for increased facilities in the present village hall two blocks west of the main inter- section. Council would move the clerks and assessor's offices, and the fire engine, to the auto- motive building. The present Municipal hall would be enlar ged to provide Mere jail cells, more rest room facilities, a downstairs library, and a re- areation area on the second Town council agreed Monday night to advise owners of two presently unused commercial buildings that their properties are under residential restric- tions under the town's zoning bylaw. The notification also pointed out that the municipal board hearing on the bylaw will be held here tomorrow. Owners concerned are Ross Dobson and Eric Carscadden, whose properties are located on Wellington St., between Wil- liam and Carling. The Dobson barn is a former onion shed and the Carscadden building was a hatchery. The bylaw regulations pre- vent non-conforming uses of buildings and land unless they were lawfully employed for such purposes before the enactment of the bylaw and continue to be used for those purposes. Council's action arose from a complaint received from area householders over reports that the onion shed purchased by Dobson may be used as a body shop or a location for the melt- ing of roofing tar, Frederick G. Bowers ofCen- trails and his four motherless children Were awarded a total of $12,500 damages, plus $1,400 costs, in an out-of-court settle- ment endorsed Monday by Mr. Justice Samuel Hughes at the opehilig of the Ontario Supreme Court Spring assizes. The award sterna froM a two,- Car collision April e8, 1962, near Llica,n, which claimed the life of Mre, Sowers. Under the settlement terms, Mr. BOWers will redeiVe$7,500 general damages for the loss of his wife; Linda Darlene, 13, $600; Frederick George, '7, 0,200; arid Ronald David, 6, arid Catherine Ellzebeth,5,beth $1,500 'fel' the loss of their Mother. Larger awards Were made to the yeeriger childrefibecatied Mt. .itietiee Hughes felt they had been deprived of their MO- the'r'e care during their fore Matted years. Defendants in the neriejury MVO action Were Edgar .faitiee Philip and his Wife Evelyn, both of RCAF :Station Centralia, Open centre over holiday floor, where the library is lo- cated now. APPOINT INSPECTOR William Rendell' s application for the joint position of sani- tation and building inspector was accepted by council. Mr. Rendell, who served as secre- tary of Grand Bend Lions Club for a number of years, will receive $1.25 per hour. The inspector's duties will start immediately. In the field of sanitation, he will be acting under the instructions of Dr. Fred Boyce, the Village's me- dical officer of health. NAME REC COMMITTEE Council appointed seven Members to the newly-establi- shed recreation committee. Two are members of council-- Ian Coles and Cry Wassmann. The five citizens-at-large in- clude Rev. C,A. Britton, Clay- ton Mathers, Les Greenwood, Don Flear and Peter Ravelle, Permission was given OPP Constable Ray Gillen to erect two more signs at the pier Warning people not to swim in the river or dive froze the pier, because of the hazards from boat traffic. Council discussed at some length the Municipal Water sup- ply situation with representa- tives of a privatecoemany, with headquarters 10 Montreal, who offered to conduct further in, vestigations. NO decision will be made on the proposal until the next meeting. Council plans to investigate cost of improvements to dock- age along the river, which re- Attires considerable repairs. Estimates will be considered at the next meeting., Reeve Stewart Webb presided and all councillors Were present for the SeeeiOn. The RCAF loses slather and his daughter in a unique coincidence this month. They're retiring from the service at the same time, although for different reasons. Flying Officer Carol Delta, of Zurich and RCAF Clinton, will become a housewife. Her father, se. Ken Lewis, RCAF Centralia., has completed his service career and will retire to Wales. --RCAF photo Family retirement Official opening Of Dash- wood's new community centre will he held on the May 20 holiday, it was announced this week by the committee. Several prominent Ontario government officials have been invited to take part in a late afternoon ceremony which will precede a community dinner. Construction of the hall has been completed; only the land- seeping of the grounds remains to be done,' Already the hail- hae been put to use. Dashwood WI recently held a mooting there nil Monday night the DashWeed Men'SCItib, to-sponsors Of thG project with the fire brigade, held its first banquet in the new facilitiet. A father and his daughter, on staff at RCAF" Stations Cen- tralia and Clinton, respectively, both will retire front the air force this month. Flying Officer Carol Deitz, Zurich, a nursing sister at RCAF station Clinton, is the daughter. Her Father, Sergeant Xen Lewis is an air force policemati at RCAF Steffen Celle trails. P ./0 belie recently Married Stewart DeitZ of Zurich and is leaving the service to take' up the duties of a hotteewifeo Sgt. LeWie is retiring because hd bee completed Melly 'Aare of loyal service to the crown and plans to reside in Wee: Sgt. Lewis served as a pre- war and world war II member of the lamella Welsh Guards of the British Army and joined the RCAF in 1951. While at Centralia he was active in cur- ling and served ee a member of the sergeants' mess mittee. lie also foetid time to be an active member Of the danadien Legion Exeter branch.• Carol beitz receivedlier nur- se's training At the Royal In- firmary, Cardiff, Wales. Her previous Milt before reporting to RCAF station Clinton, Was Parent, Ottebed. .Announcements , 15 Church Notices , it la j Coming 15 Editotiele 4 Parte Newt . • 4 "i la Feminine Recta oN Pericles ,: 8,5 1161186.11 Vj 4 4.6 i 4 44V 5 Ltieett...e.w..1,i, 10,14 sports 1,4iffir***V4114 Want Ads i V It Ye * •* 1 10,11 Linda HatitetaDeVer„ Exeter, second from right was ehosetiSHIHIS •.postiite queen by judges during an eSSeenhlY Friday afternoon. Seen with her trophy „ ehe'S surrounded by the three runners-up 4444. selected from candidates from each of. the classrooms. 1• left are Shirley Rem,. Sharon Mice, the queen, and Susan Dinney. Athletic awards were alS0 presented during the assembly. See story on Vette pagek --Doerr photo