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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-02-06, Page 2140W 1,‘ YOUR DR WV NCI IQ When you re driving on a snow- covered road and have to make a stop quickly, the best way to do it is to (1) slam the brakes on hard? (2 ) rail down the window and signal? (3) turnoff the ignition and apply the Parking brake? (4) pump the brake p e d a l? lam p wp? i. pint)? po saltigi aill 6upiniipls •(p) scint picip.i limp al solcoci oiii &and wogs no4 'an6 PP1 A1R195 9:•11:4110 P41 91 01,11P49PY CIA Co-operators Insurance Association and Co-operators Life Insurance Association Perfect Balance! A Co-operative organization can be truly a perfect balance between a business and the consumer who uses its goods and services. Because Co-operative consumers OWN their own business to provide themselves with goods and services at cost. There are no profits to a few individuals in a Co-op — all members share the savings on the basis of their patronage. YOU may share the benefits of Co-operative ownership by becoming a member of your local Co-operative. CO-OPERATIVES ARE PEOPLE IN BUSINESS FOR THEMSELVES EXETER DISTRICT PHONE 235-2081 TIR' 1VAviEST 1/,,,,,„ . tl IV II Ihcl 4.1,1,r , ,... •7,'''' " "' 17 :,67 "She says th 6 Is Ire liveliest grandrnother you ever EDITORIALS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Challenge at county level 'AstrortOrniCal figures?' vided. Below is a statement of the estimated costs of these sewers breaking down the cost between the province and the town. Clearly the figure of $90,000 reported in the paper was some- what exaggerated. ANNE ST. STORM SEWER Total cost, . . ...$13,800 Provincial subsidy $6,900 Winter Works grant 1,000 7,900 Town of Exeter's share..$5,900 MAIN ST. STORM SEWER From Anne to Ausable River Total cost.. .$71,020.75 Department of Highways share 56,260.3'7 Town of Exeter's share. . .$14,760.38 It should be noted that con- struction of this Main Street sewer in one stage will quite likely result in a considerable saving thus these estimated costs are possibly somewhat higher than final costs will be. Yours very truly James Paisley Superintendent, Town of Exeter J. L. Wooden Chairman, Drainage Committee With regard to the storm sewer construction the province assists the small municipality by paying a large percentage of the cost of construction. By spreading the cost over the province, the small municipal- ity can provide basic services such as those mentioned; ser- vices which have been lacking in the past but which become more and more essential as population growth occurs. The Main Street storm sewer has been accepted in principle by council since it authorized preparation of plans last year, but council has not yet approved construction of the section north of Sanders Street in 1964. The drainage committee has, how- ever, recommended a storm sewer be built north to the river this year since this is a basic trunk sewer and since the work is financially feasible this year. The storm sewer approved for Anne Street will provide surface drainage in that area and will then allow paving of Anne Street throughout its en- tire length since all subter- ranean services will be pro- To the editor, The undersigned feel that a further explanation of the pro- posed expenditures for storm drains in the Town of Exeter is necessary in view of the astro- nomical figures reported in The Times-Advocate, Storm sewers carry surface run off only and do not handle sanitary sewage, cellar drains, etc. Because they drain surface water from the streets and highways the province subsidi., zes the construction of storm sewers to the extent of 90% on highways passing through urban municipalities. This 90% sub- sidy is paid on that portion of the drain required to drain the highway right of way. Thus, the town's share of the cost of such a drain is reduced considerably. The impression left by The Times-Advocate was that the council is spending money ex- travagantly on unnecessary works. However, the expendi- tures proposed and already made in the areas of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, roads, etc., are not unnecessary, rather, they are being made to provide basic services required by a growing municipality. tioil and a county assessment system. He also felt some consideration should be given to the possibility of a municipal police force. "Many of our local municipalities," he continued, '"are having discussions with regard to mutual fire protection and I think it. all shows that the county is getting smaller and we must co-operate more, both rural and ur- ban. Many of these things will not come about this year or next, some perhaps never, but the time has come to study them," Reeve Webb might also have mentioned the increasing need for industrial promotion in this predominantly farm county which sends hundreds of 'its youth each year to opportuni- ties in other areas. And the need to encourage and assist the increasing tourist industry from which this county derives considerable benefit and which will be further developed by the es- tablishment of a provincial park north of Gode- rich. These are some of the areas in which strong leadership is required from a central authority. If county council does not tackle them, some other jurisdiction must, before long. All the municipalities in Huron are meeting new challenges; county council must too if, as Reeve Webb suggests, it wishes to retain the support of the people. In his election speech to county at the inaugural meeting, Reeve Glenn Webb, •of Stephen provided some unusually "meaty" comments about the future role of this tradi- tional administration, Even though 'he lost in A close contest, the Stephen reeve's remarks. were the highlight of the session and gave his fellow councillors some substance to "chew" on. "I feel that county council will very soon come to a crossroad", he said, "and will. have to be prepared to accept new responsi- bilities or lose the influence it has in the lives of the people of this county. "It must consider the possibilities of becoming involved in planning. I do not think the county should try to eliminate local plan- ning boards, but T believe a committee of coun- cil should work with local boards in connection with zoning restrictions, subdivision control and building bylaws." I feel county council should co-operate with the department of agriculture to conserve our natural - resources, particularly our fertile soil and our water resources. This past sum- mer has shown us we must plan now for fu- ture farm generations. He suggested the county should study the possibilities of county welfare administra• Appreciated now Quebec question this whole situation is that to think that we are holding a World Fair in 1967 to celebrate this wonderful event of Con- federation which Quebec wants no part of. But where are we holding this celebration? Why right in Montreal, in the province of Quebec. What a joke! What a joke! (Ed, note: We used the engi- neer's estimate of $16,000 for the Anne St. storm sewer, rath- er than Mr. Paisley's estimate of $13,800. We also included the $5,000 maintenance budget (not shown above). This would indicate a total drainage budget for 1964 of $92,000, using the engineer's figure, or of $89,800 using Mr. Paisley's figure. Perhaps our greatest error was in reporting that the town's portion of the cost could be as low as $13,000, rather than the $20,660 indicated by the outline above, which again does not include the $5,000 maintenance budget.) Jack Holland, Seaforth. By W. H. A. "Bill" STEWART Middlesex North MLA The Ontario government is reorganizing its attack on the replenishment of water re- sources through the new department of energy and resources management which will bring together the conservation authorities branch and the water resources commission in a co- ordinated program. Reports indicate the government is planning a bold program which will probably include the encouragement of dam and farm pond construction, retention of swamps and the rebuilding of forests which hold up water tables. The Ausable authority already has un- dertaken noteworthy programs which now will be appreciated more than ever. Under its farm ponds assistance program, close to 1,000 small but effective reservoirs of water were created throughout this watershed. Put together they would probably form a lake about the size of 100 acres. The authority discontinued the sub- sidy program in 1961, with the hope that it had ...or Andre ...or Fred Plan seeks equality To the editor, Readers for the past few months have, through the media of television, radio and press, been deluged with the Quebec problem—what they want, their aims and ideals, and their opin- ions on their status in the Dom- inion of Canada. The thing they seem to resent most is the influence of English- speaking personnel and outside investment in their industrial potential. On a recent TV broad- cast, we people from Ontario were classed as foreigners. Now we all inwardly resent outside speculators who own so much of our industry, but if we here in Ontario had closed the doors to those investors who saw what the future held, it is quite possible that we would still be back in the horse and buggy days. Quebec wants to break away from the rest of Canada and have her own form of govern- ment, culture, language and, in fact, be a separate country with- in a country. Now let's go back in history. When Wolfe defeated Montcalm on the Plains of Abra- ham, this country became part of the British Empire and as such there should be only one national language and that should be English. Mind you, if the French had defeated the British, we here would be speaking French today; if the Germans had conquered Canada, German would be the only language spoken on a na- tional basis. If you check this out, this is the only country where there are two languages spoken. English is spoken in the U.S. and Britain, German is spoken in Germany, French is spoken in France, so why all the fuss here? Quebec should be told by Ottawa that English is the basic language here and that all other languages are secondary, and no further nonsense on this question. Now, as we are all aware, Canada is celebrating its cen- tennial in 1967 in memory of being a Confederation of pro- vinces since 1867. It's a won- derful thing to think that in 100 years we have taken our place among the nations of the world and that our mighty country stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, something of which every Canadian must be proud. But here we have Quebec, which wants no part of being Canada. She wants tobe separa- ted and 'the ironical part of proven ponds to be valuable assets and that farmers would undertake the entire costs themselves. The authority has erected one darn, the Morrison, near Exeter, and has tried hard to get a more major structure under construction at Parkhill. Under its reforestation program, thou- sands of acres of marginal land, including much in the Hay swamp area, have been pur- chased for reforestation into their original state. This program, however, has strained the authority's finances because it must continue to pay municipal taxes on this land. Huron County, too, has a unique re- forestation program of assistance to farmers to establish their own woodlots which has had beneficial effect. Much of this work has been unheralded and supported only casually by the local com- munity. Recent water crises, however, prove their wisdom and will stimulate their expan- sion. You'll hear more Well done, John Boyne! It's time some of us stood on our feet and sounded off 'about current public morality. And it's good to hear a member of the cloth strike out on specific topics, in understandable terms on some of the modern age problems. True, the church generally has ranted against declining morality in recent years but in vague, general references that are lost in comparisons to the doubtful glories of century- old times. The need is for the conscience lead- ers to start pointing fingers at the actual ex- amples, the current cases, the specific issues. In short, we need more John Boynes. As a matter of fact, readers of The Times-Advocate are going to get more of this young Presbyterian minister who next week will start a regular column on this viewpoint page. He'll be free to tackle any and all is- sues he finds fair game. We think you'll find him stimulating. • Agia'.4.V09 THE GROOM'S SIDE by Bill Batten 'A little dab'll do ya' ...or Hans (Readers of the Times-Advocate who remember Bill Batten as sports editor for the paper and likewise those who knew Bill as editor of the Grand Bend Holiday and now the editor of the Clin- ton News-Record, will no doubt enjoy reading what he wrote in connection with his wedding which took place Friday, January 10.) * * * * Well, we've now joined the ranks of the happily married, although we must admit that even the weatherman joined the list of those who tried their best to point out by one method or another that we were making the wrong move. „ However, we managed to buck Friday's blizzard in time to take our place at the end of the aisle to watch the most wonderful gal in the world march upon her father's arm.. .For those inter- eSted in history, the former erlitOr of It all depends on whether your home needs the touch of a master-painter, new bathroom fixtures, or a complete re-modelling job in the kitchen. figures, when we recognize the enormous growth in our popula- tion, and particularly in our school population in the last years and since the end of World War 11, we can gain some appreciation of the necessity for this kind of expenditure. It is interesting to note that in 1946 we had approximately 663,000 students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools. For the present school year 1963-64 we have about 1,600,000 students, an addition of over 1,000,000 students in 1'7 years. Secondary school enrolment alone has tripled. It would ap- pear that our pupils are staying in school for a longer period of time as evidenced by the fact that at the end of the Second World War about one-third of the fifteen to nineteen old age group was in school, but today three-quarters of this age group is continuing an education, This very fact alone meant that the department, the municipalities and the tax payers had to con- tinue to construct schools at a comparable pace; indeed, we have added 1,100,000 pupil places in elementary and secon- dary schools since 1945. Recognizing that this burden of taxation for educational pur- poses is of great concern to all people throughout the province, the government plans to distri- bute the funds available through the plan in such a manner that the local burden of supporting education is equalized through- out the province to the highest degree possible under the con- stitutional and administrative requirements of our school sys- tem. Hon. William G. Davis, QC, minister of education, has out- lined the principles and objec- tives of the Ontario Foundation Tax Plan which will be imple- mented in 1964. The purposes of the plan stated simply are, first of all, to provide equality of educa- tional opportunity for every young person throughout the province, regardless of the wealth of the community in which he or she may live; secondly, to ensure that the continuing and ever-increasing costs of elementary and secon- dary school education do not become too onerous a responsi- bility upon the home owner and the other municipal tax payers of the province. In order to further relieve the distressing burden of taxa- tion for educational purposes on the home owners of the province, in this first year of the Ontario Foundation Tax Plan the amount of grants that will be distributed to the local school boards will be in the amount of $285,400,000. This amount will include the grants that were announced for text books for Grades 9 and 10 in this coming year. This enormous amount of money represents an increase of $52,000,000 over last year's estimates. The increase is necessary to take care of not only the natural increase in our school population, but also the adjust- ment tin grants as a result of the foundation tax plan. While these are staggering white braces. . .A white shirt with wrist-length sleeves set off the en- semble and a greyish-blue tie was neatly tied around his neck and was held at the front by a tie-tack, .He wore no headpiece, but his thinning locks were kept in place with a dab of Wild- root Cream Oil. . .His socks were of a heavy texture, black in colour, mat- ching his shoes, which had been care- fully inspected by his mother prior to the ceremony. . .A neatly pressed handkerchief was stuffed into his rear pocket and the lone floral decoration was a white carnation pinned to his lapel, and which wilted badly before the evening's entire proceedings had been compleVi—due mainly to the drops of perspiration which fell from the groom's forehead as he said the vows and made his brief speech at the recep- tion. this newspaper informs us that we be- came the first editor to ever get mar- ried while in office, ..We doubt if there are any awards for that, but just to add another mark to the record, we have a sneaking suspicion we are probably one of the few grooms who had to sit down after his wedding and write out the report for the local newspaper. Complete details may be found else- where as to how the lovely bride was attired, but already we find that we are being domineered, as there is little reference as to what the groom was Wearing. . .So, for those who are in- terested we should point out he was Wearing a dark three-button coat with vertical, thin white markings, and mat- ching trousers. , ,Underneath this was a suit of white underwear and the trous- ers were held in place With borrowed )0NillgeMilliatririiililiniKitf.M:e.,Ing,IN'ElilaTMITIVID:r.T."1,71EMINSWE=Inifilltl• • 1,7.17.7,7r."13.7 Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 "MY BAN If 70.l /5,r/ON [ANADIANS `fie exeleVrOw-Aitwocale If there's work to be done to improve your home, now is the time to put it in hand. Wintertime is the time when hands skilled in putting houses in order are available at short notice. Now is the best time to get repairs and renovations done thoroughly, quickly and at lowest cost. If the work you have in mind costs more than you care to put out in cash — there's no prob- lem. Simply see your neighbourhood branch of "MY BANK" and arrange for a low-cost B of M Home Improvement Loan. The man who serves you at the B of M will be glad to do it — even if his name isn't George. "I thought it was going to have a happy ending until the cavalry came," SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A.,.C.C.N.R, and ABC 15 YEARS AGO W. G. Medd and C. V. Pickard have resigned as members of the Exeter Arena Board. They were members of the original board and acted on the building committee for about a year before the arena was built. The congregation of Cavell Presbyterian church last Sun- day honored the memory of one of its most faithful and devoted members, the late Miss Laura Jeckell, in the dedication of a memorial to her. BANK OF MONTREAL 61444a 9a4t Feiti4 FAdict 13r.rncti CitAltrIS SMITH, mg, Offices also of Centralia, Crerilhoh, DeiSh$1'00(4 Bend, 11 enrtrll, Lt(Cdil, Zurich Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dep't, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid-in-Advance Circulation, September 30, 1963-3,828 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year: USA $5,00 as::xs no • 50 YEARS AGO Ed Christie was named presi- dent of Exeter Agricultural So- ciety at its meeting Thursday afternoon. Reeve John W. Taylor of EXeter, Reeve S. Rotitly of Us- borne, Reeve W. R. Elliott and Deputy-Reeve W. Yearley of Stephen are in Goderich attend- ing county council. A. G. Dyer was appointed assessor for Exeter at Council meeting. This is the 13th year for Mr. Dyer. 25 YEARS AGO Miss Dorothy Green hasbeen successful in passing 'with merit the examination in advanced senior to elocution tried in Toronto. ReV. D, d. Gladman was In- vited to remain as -pastor of Crediton, BririsleY and Shipka churches at the annual Meeting of these ChurclieS. 10 YEARS AGO Alexia Lostel and Michael VarrOW were winners in the pablidpeaking contest Spongy Bored by Erteter Lions Club at IlSDHS"It Reg McCurdy was batted king of the carnival at Woodham rink Priday evening. Ruth Miller Was drOWned Otideir, WORKING Wtrft CANAblIkkt iN tVtltY WAtk or 'LIFE SINCE 1817 ryes` Irrn