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PAq% 1.4 Times-Advocate, November 21, 1903., MAYOR'S ULTIMATUM Minister tells AOTS
'why I turned collar' y MRS, 1-1AR91-P DAVIS.
SpF. AU. ON. NUCLEAR POWER
St.. Paul's Fellowship Club
was held in the church basement
Sunday .evening Nov, 3. Harold
Davis led in the devotional part
of the meeting assisted by 13111
Waghorn,
After a business discussion
the president introduced the
guest speaker Ivan Lloyd, chief
guide at the nuclear plant at
Point Douglas.
special meeting. Be also spoke
of his education during college.
days: of his associate rector-
ship with a regular pastor for
two years and what it means
at present to serve the Lord.
He was introduced by the
program chairman, Irvine
Armstrong and was thanked by
George 'Wiese,
Carfrey Cann, convenor of
the nominating committee, pro-
posed the following list of of-
ricers: Honorary p r aside
Rev., S. E. Lewis; past presi-
dent, Percy McFall s; president,
A u b r e y Tennant: vice-presi-
dents, Arthur Geiser and Lloyd
Henderson; secretary, Gordon
cudmore; treasurer Don
Rooth; bulletin editor, Dr, R.
W. Read.
Killed in accident
boy buried here
David peter Ellis, IQ, was
instantly killed when struck by
a car as he was returningto his
home after attending a hockey
match at Pembroke, Monday,
November 18.
Ile was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Ellis of Petawawa
formerly of Exeter.
David was walking on the
side of the road in company
with his brother and another
youth when a car rounding a
curve struck him and he died
instantly, He had been watch-
ing his brother play hockey in
Pembroke.
Besides his parents be is
survived by brothers Fred,Ro-
bert, and Roderick and a sister,
Brenda, all at home. Two grand-
mothers also survive: Mrs,
Anna Ellis, Exeter, and Mrs.
William Willert, Dashwood.
Funeral services were held
at the R, C. Dinney funeral
home, Exeter, Wednesday, No-
vember 20, conducted by nay,
J, C. Boyne. Burial was in. Ex-
eter cemetery,
Pallbearers were Larry
13rintnell, Jim Tomlinson,
George Rader, Gerald and Ken-
neth Thiel and Torn Nestle,
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DRYERS
The. ACTS of James Street
united. Church decided at a
m eeting Monday evening to
hem a New years Bye party.
They also selected a new slate
of officers for the ensningterm.
Several members of the
Men's Cita). from Trivitt church
accompanied their rector, Rev.
Philip Gamlen, who was the
guest speaker for the evening,
A newly-formed men's quar-
tette, comprising Mervyn Cud-
more, Ray Mills, _c`arfrey .Cann
and Norman Wolper with George
Godbolt at the piano, sang a
couple of selections. M, Cud-
more led in the devotional.
period.
The club accepted an invita-
tion from the Fullerton club
to install their officers on Fri-
day evening, November 27. The
project committee announced
a sell-out of Christmas nuts
and it was decided to order a
second shipment. W, H. Pollen
offered to drive the courtesy
car for the month of December.
Mr. Gandon announced the
theme of his address "Why I
turned my collar around." He
spoke of his experiences from
the time he started out as a
salesman; his conversion and
call to serve the Lord at a
Mitchell man wins world barley championship at Royal
J. E. French, Mitchell, won the world barley championship at the Royal Winter Fair this past week.
He was the second Ontario resident to win the award in 15 years. Mr. French, right, receives
trophy, silver tray and cheque from L. W. Holmes, Toronto, on behalf of the Brewers Association
of Canada, donor of the trophy.
RAP I. thought in fairness that
would tell them what 1 was
going to do if things didn't
change.-
After it was noted that the,
arena had lost revenue through
the erection of a .carliag rink
and a new arena at Centralia,.
Ceencillor Wright said: "The.
gap going to befilled over-
night."
Delbridge, to the mayor; "Do
you really think it was your
privilege to tell them you were
going to make a motion asking
for their resignation at the next
meeting?"
Mayor: "Asa member of the
board, certainly I have the right
to make that motion. The other
members can throw it out If they
want to but I'm still going to
present the motion at the board
meeting if things don't change.''
"I told .there," said Simmons,
"that they knew the situation and
that they should get together
end straighten it out or I'm
going to ask for their resigna-
tion, As far as I'm concerned,
we've got to shake this thing
up one way or another."
Was anyone going to second.
the motion asked the mayor'.
Delbridge: "No. I think we
should let the mayor straighten
it out with RAP,"
Wright: "I'm not going to
second it either.I think it should
go to RAP too. I know some of
the RAP members have been
shook up by it."
The mayor: "As long as we
get 'em shook up, that's what
we want."
Four spectators were pre-
sent at the council meeting to
hear the issue. They were Dr.
R. W. Read, Rev. J. Philip
Gandon, Trivitt rector; Arthur
Gaiser and Harold Sissons.
Discuss
MWODA
Rector inducted
Rev. Bran de Vries, former
rector at Trivitt Memorial Ang-
lican Church, was induct ed
Monday night to the joint charge
of Christ Church, Markdale,
and St. Mathias, Berkley, two
communities near Owen Sound.
Earlier this year appointed to
a mission parish in the Ed-
monton diocese, Mr. de Vries
returned to Exeter after find-
ing conditions unsuitable there.
Five of the six de Vries child-
ren have moved with their par-
ents to Markdale. Peter will
remain here with friends until
after Christmas exams at HS-
DHS. A number of friends from
the Exeter area attended Mon-
day night's induction service.
GB COUNCIL
—Continued from page one
Naughton, principal of the
school, and were assured that
there were enough older stu-
dents to constitute a patrol,
Council favored the idea. OPP
Constable Ray Gillen() will as-
sist in the project.
Mr. MacLaren also asked for
better lights on Gill Street lead-
ing to the school, and the council
will forward a request to the
Public Utilities Commission to
have them installed.
Owing to changes at the cor-
ner, the tree which was decorat-
ed with Christmas lights will
not be available this year. John
Hood, manager of the PUC re-
quested permission to light an-
other tree, near the swimming
pool at the Colonial Hotel. Per-
mission was given.
Council accepted the resig-
nation of Mrs. Emery Des-
Jardins from the Forest Dis-
trict High School Board. Mrs.
DesJardins had represented the
village on the Forest board for
,a number of years,
The Hay Municipal Telephone
Company requested information
about any sale of the properties
belonging to Arthur Pugh, ill
time that they could report
arrears of telephone accounts
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Parents view students' work at Mt. Carmel school
Our Lady of Mount Carmel separate school held parents' night Tuesday to show the work being done
by students in the school. Above, Principal Mother Raphael shows work book to Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam McCann and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dietrich in one of the classrooms. Parents had no trouble find-
ing their children's desks —the pupils not onlyhad their names attached to them, but their pictures
as well. One feature which attracted interest was a display of baby pictures of the students, which
illustrated autobiographies they had written. --T-A photo
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GODERICH
"We should either get into
Mid- Western whole- heartedly,
if it deserves support, or else
actively oppose it." said zone
chairman Howard Aitken, God-
erich, in presenting to county
council the program of Mid-
Western Development Associa-
tion. '
"Otherwise, those associated
with it are wasting their time,
and we do not like that situation.
We have definitely a problem
here. The only way to decide if
Mid-Western deserves your
support is to look at the pro-
gram."
"One part of the association's
work in the past couple of years
has been an economic research
and feasibility study of the area,
now near completion, and sec-
tions of it we believe are impor-
tant to this county."
Mr. Aitken was accompanied
by Elmer Goebel, of Stratford,
general manager of Mid-Wes-
tern, and J, Curtin, Toronto,
regional development officer,
Ontario department of econo-
mics and development.
Mr. Goebel drew attention to
large maps at rear of the cham-
ber, showing woodlots and soil
characteristics.
"The association," he said,
"was set up to do a particular
job, namely, to promote the area
for economic development of all
kind s--agriculture, industry,
etc. We have an inventory of the
resources of the four counties
(Huron, Perth, Waterloo, Wel-
lington).
"From analysis of this infor-
mation we will come up with
recommendations, possibly to
the local municipal level but
mostly to the county level or the
region as a whole. They still
will not be of too much value
unless we have the co-operation
of all communities within the
four counties. We need the ideas
of men such as yourselves to
carry out a decent program, and
this study will give us a pretty
sound basis to approach groups
with the information we have
gathered."
Questioned by the warden as
to the municipalities participa-
ting, Mr. Goebel reported Sea-
forth, Goderich, Wingham, and
Grand Bend on the county bor-
der.
Mr. Curtin was asked what
advantages there are for a rural
municipality joining Mid-
Western.
"In the past two or three
years," he said, there has
been established at the federal
level the Agricultural Rehabili-
tation Development Act which
the province has recognized and
organized a body to work with it.
A vast amount of money has been
set aside to deal with what is
happening in agriculture gen-
erally, in the nation and pro-
vince. Some of the data has been
produced by Mid-Western.
There is a net loss in rural
areas, people leaving the land
and moving into urban centres.
"ARDA (Agricultural Reha-
bilitation Development Asso-
ciation) requires the direct par-
ticipation of town and rural
people. You have the nucleus of
a committee in Huron in your
segment of Mid-Western.
"It won't do for civil servants
to sit down and say 'this is what
people need.' Itere must be
ideas and motivation coming
from the people themselves--
the grassroots--and this is
where the ARDA program needs
to be implemented, a program
broadly based."
Anglican group
elects Harness
At the breakfast meeting fol-
lowing a corporate communion
Sunday the Trivitt branch of
the Brotherhood of Anglican
Churchmen elected the execu-
tive for 1964.
President is Max Harness;
vice-president, Charles Bar-
rett; secretary-treasurer,
Herbert Broom.
The rector Rev. J. P. Gandon
presided for the election and
thanked the retiring president,
Jack Fulcher, and his executive
for their leadership for the past
year.
ontinued from. Page one
tioularly because it was aperiod
when jobs would be difficult to
get, "We must treat our men
as they should be treated —
like human beings".
Boyle then moved that ,the
mayor make an apology.
"Why should I apologize,"
said the mayor. He said he
still would ask for the men's
resignation at tile next RAP
meeting if the arena situation
did not change,
Boyle: "For causing these
men undue concern."
Delbridge; "Did you ask them
for their resignation?"'
Mayor: "NO".
Delbridge: "There's a story
going around about this thing
and It's not doing you (the
mayor) any good. All we're
asking for is a report on what
did happen."
Mayor; "RAP has been under'
the impression since Septem-
ber that the arena was going to
be booked," The board was dis-
tressed to learn at the Novem-
ber meeting that little has been
done,
RAP, said the mayor, was a
new committee of unpaid volun-
teers who were doing all they
could to make the operation a
success. It was up to the em-
ployees to do their part, lie
said.
Boyle: "There's nothing but
confusion in the whole RAP
setup. The recreation part and
the arena management are two
distinct functions and they must
not overlap". The committee,
he felt, "don't know what they
are doing."
Mayor: "We're paying$8,000
to get management. If we're
not going to get it, we'll have
to get new men."
Boyle: "You have to lay down
policy as to what is expected
of these men."
Mayor; "This thing has been
going on since September. They
have known what we expect of
them."
Boyle challenged the mayor's
estimate of a $2,000 loss in
revenue. "The year isn't up
yet, You don't know what will
happen between now and the end
of the year. You can't expect
the arena to be booked 100% in
November. None of the arenas
are booked at this time of the
year -- not in Montreal, Tor-
onto, Zurich, Hensall or wher-
ever it might be. The situation
changes each week."
Alvin Willert, said Boyle, has
no authority to solicit business
for the arena. He had never
been instructed to do this. "He
feels his job is to keep the arena
clean, look after the ice and
maintain discipline. If someone
asks for ice time, he has to see
the board before he can give
it to them."
Mayor: "He's had all the di-
rection he has asked for,"
Councillor Taylor, a former
member of the arena board, said
that "as long as I've been
there, he has always known he is
the manager and responsible for
promotion."
Boyle said the recreation di-
rector was not responsible for
promotion at the arena. It was
not part of his job, nor had he
been given any authority to do it.
Boyle said he and Councillor
Wooden both had investigated
the incident and Wooden had
agreed to back Boyle at the
council meeting. Wooden, how-
ever, could not be present.
Clerk C. V. Pickard pointed
out the discussion should not
continue unless there was a
seconder for the motion.
Delbridge asked the mayor;
"Why didn't you do this at
RAP meeting instead of at your
home?"
The mayor.said RAP had met
the night before until 1 a.m.
trying to straighten matters
out. "Rather than wait until
December to bring this up to
Grand Bend Chamber of Com-
merce expressed hope this week
that the site of the 1966 inter-
national plowing match in. Huron
county still might be switched
from Seaforth to Grand Bend.
The chamber said, however,
that if the decision remains as
it stands, "we will not with-
draw our support" from the
match. "If we are welcome,
the Grand Bend area is ready
to offer personnel to work on
plans for 1966."
In a letter to district papers,
prepared by a three-man com-
mittee, the chamber reiterated
charges that politics had been
involved in the site selection,
that the Huron Plowmen's As-
sociation (despite frequent de-
nials) had "considerable in-
fluence" in selection of the
Seafortb site and decried the
"unjust practice" with which
the local committee treated the
Grand Bend efforts.
Excerpts from the letter,
prepared by Rev. Clinton Brit-
tain, President Orval Wass-
mann and Secretary Wilma Din-
nin, follow:
"The airport site, we feel, is
the very best in the county for
this huge event. The airport has
1 1/2 miles of paved runway,
150 feet wide, which would keep
the tented city dry and the ex-
hibits Clean. There is water,
hydro and sewage facilities.
"As far as road access to
the site is concerned, our high-
Ways are now being widened in
the village to a 4-lane width on
Highway 21 (running north and
south) and a 3-lane width on
Highway 81 (coming in from the
east). By 1966 the Huron-Mid-,
dleseX boundary corning- from
Highway 4 over to 21 will be
paved,. This will make a total
Of five paved roads leading to
the Grand Bend airport site.
"In addition, the township of
Stephen was prepared to put in
a road to the rear of the airport
to provide other access there,
"Accommodation here in
Grand Bend is the beat in the
area, and we are .expeetifig
large $750.006 expansion On the
lake And at least one other on
"Our chamber has a strong
membership from Huron
County, and of course, as in
other Chambers, our thought is
for the whole area, not for the
village alone.
"We note that one point Mr.
McGavin made in an interview
in The Exeter Times-Advocate
was: "The OPA feels that the
interest of agricultural orga-
nizations is more important
that than of Chambers of Com-
merce." Well, this may be so,
but the Chambers of Commerce
do not feel this way about ag-
ricultural organizations. For
instance, in the village of Brod-
hagen the chamber is made up
mostly of farmers. We here at
Grand Bend have farmer mem-
bers, and most certainly are
concerned with the well-being
of the farming community.
"Future plans here include
an even greater participationby
the farm area surrounding
Grand Bend. Both Ontario and
Canadian Chambers have strong
agriculture committees,
"It may be thought that the
Ontario Plowmen's Association
picks the site for these Matches,
— but we are firmly convinced
that the local comnre DID
have considerable in luence in
the decision to stage it near
Seaforth. We suspect that even
now, a change in site -Could be
arranged if the County of }Wr-
en people asked for it. This
would be a major step--but we
feel it would be in the best in-
terests of all.
"If, on the other hand, the de-
cision remains as it now stands,
We will not withdraw our support
from the Match.
"Our previous contribution
financially, we estimate at be-
tween $550 and $600. This we
gave with the airport in mind
in particular, but certainly with
Huron In mind as well.
"The money we consider was
well spent, It helped bring the
Match to Huron In 1b66.
"Our best wishes to the Huron
Plowman's Association and the
lociif committee of the County
of Huron, in their task of doing
what is best for the County of
Highway 21, which will increase
motel accommodation. We are
deeply concerned that the lack
of accommodation near Seaforth
will mean that the county of
Perth (which has been in no
way concerned with this attempt
to have the Match held in Huron)
and the city of Stratford es-
pecially, will benefit from the
influx of people during and prior
to the match. We have no ob-
jection to this increase of busi-
ness to Stratford, but that fine
Shakespearian city does not
need it.
"The business of GrandBend
is geared to handle thousands of
both weekly and over nigh t
guests, This is managed very
well throughout the summer,
and in. October there would be
no problem to find good living
quarters for the people who will
attend the Match.
"It is unfortunate from our
Viewpoint, that politics has ap-
parently managed to "rear its
ugly head" in this matter.
"As noted in the Grand Bend
Holiday of July 1, 1961, Gordon
McGavin at that time was en-
thusiastic for the Grand Bend
airport site. As quoted from the
Holiday in the Clinton News-
Record on November '7, Mc-
Gatlin said in 1961: "There is
no better farming area in the
Province," He also agreed that
the Airport site would be a
"natural".
"We are not so much con-
cerned with our financial loss
in this matter, but we are very
conscious of the many hours of
volunteer work which went into
floats, displays and presenta-
tions at the plowing matches of
recent years, We believe that
this did much to guarantee the
Match for Huron in 1966,
"Mere than anything, we re-
gret the evidence of unjust prac-
tice, with which the total com-
mittee, set up by the County of
Huron, has treated our offering
in their behalf, Though Grand
Bend Is now legally a part of
Larribten, we are de eply in-
terested in Huron County and
feel a strong affiliation with
the people who live and work
there,
Sketches for the proposed
$80,000 addition to the Zurich
school have been forwarded to
the department of education for
tentative approval by Hay Town-
ship School Area Board.
Tile addition, which was ap-
proved by a narrow margin in
a vote this fall, involves three
classrooms and a gymnasium.
The department already has
given tentative approval' to the
project by authorizing grants
on an expenditure of $80,000.
Some revision of cost may be
required for repairs to the
present school.
Architects for the board are
Riddle, Connor and Associates,
London.
Meanwhile, it would appear
further investigation is being
made into the formation of an
elementary school area around
Hensall, a proposal which re-
sulted from dissatisfaction over
the Hay township vote. Involved
in the area would be sections
of Hay, Tuckersmith and
Usborne.
At a joint meeting of the
school board and council of
Tuckersmith last week, appro-
val was given to a study of the
Hensall area.
Tuckersmith clerk James
McIntosh said that following the
joint meeting, council had indi-
cated it was in agreement with
a proposal by the board that
possibility of creating the new
Hensall area be investigated.
Under the proposal nowbeing
considered by the board,School
Sections 1, 2 and 10. at the south
end of the township, would be
released from the present area
and form part of the new area,
according to area board Chair-
man Cleave Comb's. He added
that consideration would be re-
quired concerning the remain-
ing sections, 4, 5, 7 and 9. Var-
ious proposals would be studied,
he said.
Referring to disCussions at
the meeting, he said there was a
feeling area school boards
should be located in an already
established community, rather
than in a location that was geo-
graphically c e n t r al, but not
otherwise convenient, He'point-
ed out that the discussions were
preliminary and no decisions
could be taken at the moment.
All that was being done now was
to make it possible to discuss
the matter of the 1-lensall area
with officials of the department
of education, It was necessary
that the responsible bodies—the
board and council—express
agreement before this approach
Could be made.
Possibility of establishing a
new Hensall area has been dis-
cussed informally at several
meetings in Hensall. so far it
has not been possible to carry
the matter further becatice ten.
tative approval of boards and
Councils concerned had not been
received, he said.
In the most recent year of
record, 1060, m anufactlireS
contributed 54,/ percent of the
total net value of industrial Out-
put in Canada; construction
ranked second at 18.0 percent,
Agriculture third at 10.4 per-
cent, and the cOiribined output
of forestry, fisnerles,trapeing,
mining and electric power was
16 pereent,