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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-04-30, Page 10.04 '44( 0.0." tocatmodels: arade fashions „. .EXETER, ONTARIO, :APRIL 30, 1904 Price Per Copy 10 Cents I ALIZE OFFICIAL PLAN Provides framework for all future development District ladies craned their necks to catch a full view of the latest in fashions which were presented Thursday in the "Patio Parade" sponsored by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in co-operation with Ex- eter businessmen. Aboye, Norma Young models a housecoat over pink capri pyjamas. --T-A photo PUC plans July start Rate hike approved by council Centralia men promoted H. E. "Herb" Moore, left, was elevated to Warrant Officer sec- ond class in promotions recently announced at RCAF Centralia. A native of Quebec, he resides in Huron Park with his wife and three children. On the right is H. W. Williams, a member of the Air Force Police, promoted to Corporal. A native of Calgary, he was a former policeman of that city. He too resides in Huron Park with his wife. — RCAF photos It was noted in the plan, that within its present limits, the Town' s maximum population could be between 8,000 and 12,000. Fringe developments, particularly just outside the north and south limits on High- way 4, indicate the necessity of planning involving the whole area. The plan was reviewed for council by Al Pickard, chairman of the Planning Board, and Councillor Joe Wooden. Both men have done con- siderable work on the plan along with the other members, and there was an exchange of com- pliments between the two. Wooden noted that the work done by Pickard was "extreme- ly complete and very well done." He went on to note he had spent "days and days" on it. Pickard in turn noted that — Please turn to back page As requested, town council received a verbal explanation on all four major capital expen- ditures planned by the Exeter PUC at a special meeting Mon- day. And also as requested, the PUC received support from council for their proposed rate increases to cover the added Set hearing for fatality Favor smaller unit for Clinton addition Cuts head on window board will be to determine their own plans for the future regard- ing vocational training here. costs, and received tentative approval for their request to have debentures issued to pro- vide the money when needed. PUC chairman R. E. Pooley and Manager Hugh Davis pre- sented their plans and received unanimous support with only a few questions being presented by members of council. As outlined last week, the proposed hike amounts to just under 4% on the overall rate schedule. Average homeowner would pay an additional 130 per month. Tentative date for the in- crease in price will be July 1. Manager Hugh Davis pointed out it would take some time before the "brain" on the billing machine could be altered, and also approval must be received from Ontario Hydro. Predict 4,000 here by 1971 Contained in the information in the appendix to the official plan for Exeter is a prediction the population will reach 4,000 by 1970 or 1971, assuming of course that there are no changes in the present corporation limits. Any annexation of surround- ing developments would possib- ly bring this figure to realiza- tion at an earlier date. Much of the work on the sta- tistics was prepared by Coun- cillor Joe Wooden, a member of the Exeter Planning Board. The basis he used for pre- dicting the 4,000 figure was a projected rate of increase of 3.2% per year. This is the aver- age growth of the Town in the past five years, as it has been increased by 417 persons in that time. However, even this rate ap- pears to be slightly low at the present time, as the tabulation was commenced on the 1961 population of 2,985. With the 3.2% increase, this would have brought the 1963 population to 3,166. However, it was actually 3,241. A review of the population figures from 1941 to 1961 show an increase of 1,396 persons or 4% per year. It is noted this rate is quite high as the Canadian average is only 2.7%. Factors predicted to influ- ence the growth of Exeter in — Please turn to back page Included in the commission's purchases were a line truck with bucket attachment at a cost of $17,000; a waterheater con- trol valued at$13,000; a$14,500 warehouse and garage and a one-ton truck estimated at $2,000 with the present truck as a trade-in. Manager Davis outlined rea- sons for all four purchases and these apparently met with sup- port from council. Main reasons listed for the new line truck were safety and efficiency. — please turn to back page Infant injured A two-year-old youngster at Huron Park suffered abrasions to both sides of his head when he was knocked down by a dairy truck Tuesday morning. Marcel Brossard, 224 Algon- quin Drive, was injured when hit by an Exeter Dairies Ltd. truck driven by Carl S. Stire, 43, Exeter. At a special meeting Mon- day, council gave tentative ap- proval to the Exeter Planning Board's proposed Official Plan. However, before it is finally approved, it will be sent to the Department of P 1 an ning for their perusal, so changes sug- gested by them can be easily made. Many of the details listed in the plan have already been im- plemented under the zoning by- law which became effective late in 1961. While this is somewhat of a reverse course, it was noted that the zoning bylaw was ur- gent and was therefore pro- ceeded with before the official plan. Normally, the official plan would have been drawn up first. The two actually complement each other, and the zoning by- law was drafted carefully so it would satisfactorily implement the contemplated official plan. This official plan governs the Town of Exeter and will pro- vide a framework within which private and public development proposals will be considered. Its purpose is to provide a comprehensive policy and pro- gram designated to secure the health, prosperity, safety, con- venience and general welfare of the inhabitants of Exeter and to secure an orderly and eco- nomical pattern of growth and to secure the highest standards of civic beauty and dignity. The plan is also intended to provide guidance to council and the planning board as they con- tinue to administer and plan for the welfare of the Town. This plan, in itself, is not considered as a sole means of restricting use of land, but it does establish policies which will control land use. Upon approval no public work shall be undertaken and no by- law passed for any purpose that does not conform with the plan. The plan is to be subject to continuing review by the Plan- ning Board and council. Pool site approved, plan bingo for funds In an informal poll conducted around the table, few members indicated they had heard any complaints from residents over the proposed rate increase, which had been contained in a T-A news report last week. Pooley explained the PUC had been considering rate increases for the past five or six years, but stated they had not been put into effect because there was always a "stop-gap" that came up. He went on to say that most of the reserves had been spent and the need for added services had required them to make a complete survey of their posi- tion. "We had experts do this for us," he remarked. The former mayor added they had an efficient PUC and work- men and the new equipment was being considered to bring it up to the standards necessary for safety and to keep their present employees. Noting there had been criti- cism that the PUC had failed to provide better services since taking them over, he said he defied anyone to say the ser- vices weren't better. "To do it even more effic- iently," he added, "we have to have better equipment". WANT SHOPS DROPPED At a meeting Monday, the Seaforth District High School board supported the small'er addition and plan increased vo- cational facilities of their own. They are also seeking to have motor mechanics and ma- chine shop dropped from the grade nine courses at all four participating schools until fa- cilities are available at Sea- forth. They passed a motion asking for "temporary suspension" of these subjects so Seaforth stu- dents do not start grade 10 — Please turn to back page One of the last obstacles fac- ing the local swimming pool has been removed. Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Hur- on MPP, informed Clerk C. V. Pickard on Tuesday that the government has approved the building of the pool on Ausable authority land at Riverview Park. Some delay had been caused Water lack dangerous, GB pushes for system New editor for LA as company expands the OMB told them they would have to know the entire cost of the proposed project and the cost to each homeowner and businessman. At present each street, home, cabin and building is being map- ped and this will be turned over to William Ayearst, London, consulting engineer. It was predicted the work could not be done in time to have the pipe laid before paving Highway 81 was completed. This had been hoped for in an effort to reduce costs by having to dig the area up at a later date. Harvey Stringer, 2'7, RR 2 Hensall, has been charged with criminal negligence as a result of the violent two-car crash in Exeter early Sunday, April 12, which claimed the life of Donald M. MacDonald. MacDonald was riding in a car driven by Stringer which collid- ed with one driven by Gerald Broderick, 21, at the intersec- tion of William and Victoria Streets. The accused appeared in Exe- ter court on Tuesday and was ordered to appear for a pre- liminary hearing on May 11 at 10:00 a.m. No plea was taken on the charge. He was represented in court by Exeter lawyer, Peter Ray- mond. Stringer ' was driving an Austin-Healey sports car and was believed travelling north on William Street. Broderick was proceeding west on Vic- toria. Three of the four persons involved in the crash were thrown from the cars. Both Broderick and Stringer were treated at South Huron Hospital for lacerations and released the same day. Mrs. Broderick was trapped in her husband's car and was transferred to Victoria Hospi- tal, London, for skin grafting to her scalp. She has since been released. The investigation of the acci- dent was conducted by Constable Harry VanBergen. Break legs in collision Appointment of William Batten as editor of The Times- Advocate was announced this week by Publisher J. M. South- cott. Former T-A sports editor and more recently editor of The Clinton News-Record, Mr. Batten assumes hiS duties with this issue. He succeeds Don Southcott who has edited the newspaper since 1950. Mr. Southcott will be in charge of the Stratford Times, a new weekly started by The Times-Advocate in the classic city. The board at HSDHS has not presented a final decision as to what size they will back for the planned addition to the voca- tional wing at the Central Huron Secondary School at Clinton, but an opinion has been expressed they will favour the smaller of the two proposals. E. D. Howey, board secre- tary-treasurer, reported the board had not received a re- quest in writing to state their preference on the size of the ad- dition, but the indication they will back the smaller size was given upon a verbal request from L. R. Maloney, CHSS busi- ness administrator. A definite answer from the local board is expected to be reached at their regular meet- ing Tuesday. A similar request has been presented to the boards at God- erich and Seaforth to give the Clinton board an indication of what size addition they should erect for a proposed 1965 open- ing. The advisory vocational com- mittee at Clinton has already voted in favour of the smaller 380-pupil size, although it has been reported several mem- bers of that committee es- pecially from the Clinton board — have backed an addition to house an extra 540 students in September, 1965. At that time, the Clinton board was unable to determine if the members of the AVC were vot- ing on instructions from their respective boards, or whether their vote had been made on their own consideration only. Some of the major considera- tions which will face the HSDHS when it was found necessary to have a special government ruling in order to qualify for the $5,000 provincial grant. The special ruling was re- quired because the proposed site is not owned by the Town, but is being leased from the authority. Meanwhile, the swimming pool committee have also set about to remove another ob- stacle — money. They announced this week they would be conducting a newspaper bingo to raise more funds for the project. Gerald Webb, co-chairman, said they hoped to have the bingo started in the very near future and the numbers will be carried in The T-A. Cards will be distributed to stores and other outlets throughout the district and ten- tative plans call for a jackpot of $100.00 for each game. Webb stated they hoped to have about two or three, or even more if time permits. He predicted it would take about three or four weeks for play- ers to have a card full. Iry Armstrong is in charge of the project and said he hoped it may be started next week. Bill Batten has been associat- ed with The Times-Advocate since his school days when he served as an apprentice with the newspaper. After graduating from Ryerson Institute of Tech- nology, he became editor of Grand Bend Holiday for several seasons, then served as sports editor of The T-A until about a year ago. Mr. Batten and his wife have moved into the former home of J. Wellington Herm Sanders St. Mr. Southcott and his family will move to Stratford at the end of the school term. SUPPLY LOW Eric Mcllroy questioned why the OMB would not approve the — Please turn to back page Stephen pupils sing out! As may be evident from the facial expressions of some of the performers at the concert presented Wednesday by the students in Stephen Township, the youngsters took their singing seriously. The EUB Church at Crediton was filled for the event and the audience enjoyed the various solo, group and mass numbers. Lawrence Wein directed the youngsters.--T-A photo Grand Bend's prolonged water issue took a positive turn Monday, when a London engin- eer was authorized to work on plans to determine costs which have been requested by the On- tario Municipal Board before they will approve any plan for a water system in the resort community. The step was taken at a dinner meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce, which was attended by about 50 persons. Dr. E. A. McMaster, chair- man of the community's special water committee, told the per- sons present the OMB wants all details of the proposed system before approval can be con- sidered. The committee had had many meetings and had even appointed an engineer to do the work, but when attempt was made to place the pipe in the highway, it was discovered this was impossible. Dr. McMaster said they had good co-operation from the de- partment of highways and the Ontario Water Resources, but An Exeter man was hospi- talized for about two days with severe facial lacerations and damage amounted to $1,900 in a two-car crash in Exeter early Thursday. Douglas Sweet, 3'7, 50 Hill Street, was a passenger in a 1963 Pontiac driven by Douglas Brintnell, '71 Thomas Street. His head went through the wind- shield of the vehicle and he was taken to South Huron Hospital, where 20 stitches were re- quired to close the wounds on his face. Brintnell had been proceed- ing north on Main Street when he was in collision with a car driven by 33-year-old Verne G. Wedge, 316 Andrew Street. Wedge had been proceeding south on Main Street and was in the process of making a left hand turn on to Baldwin Street, just north of the Trivitt Angli- can Church, when the crash occurred. Constable Harry Van Bergen estimated damages to the Wedge vehicle, a 1954 Monarch, at $400 and $1,500 to the Brintnell car. Charges are pending. On Sunday at 10:25 p.m., two cars crashed on Main Street but damages amounted to only $65 to a car driven by Carl H. Schendera, 20, RR 3 Exeter. He had been proceeding south on Main Street when he ran into a car driven by W. J. Thompson, 183 Andrew Street. The Thompson vehicle had been backing out of laneway at 249 Main Street when the colli- sion took place. Constable Lloyd Hodgins investigated. Damage was estimated at $115 by Chief C. H. MacKenzie in an accident he investigated at 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Larry Carl Stire 18,Exeter, had been proceeding north on Andrew Street when he was in collision with a car driven by Allan Lawrence Taylor, 65 Vic- toria Street. Taylor had been travelling west on Victoria street when the cars collided at the inter- section. Estimates numbering for resort community Grand Bend Chamber of COMmerce received some sight into their proposed house and cottage numbering project When they. met in the Green Forest Motor Hotel for a dinner Meeting Monday. Laurie Mennell, of the Muni- cipal Service Company, Oak- repOrted the project would cost $2.50 per numbered build- ing or unit if hiS 'company did the work, While it would be $lept) if the Chamber supplied the He explained his firm had perfOrrned similar projects in many Mennell Said they would bet- iticV maps from. the reiSOrte0itie munity and build that up to composite MO With all streets being Made into a grid pattern: ItOhcb a plan is laid out it is' therefor` all tinieSio he Went on; "and anyene. Could build on Fish 'prepared' for younger set Morrison dam reservoir has again been stocked with speck- led trout, but this year the fish have been given a fighting chance against the hordes of young enthusiasts expected to try their luck on opening day tomorrow. Terry McCauley, Ausable Authority Fieldman, reported the 1,500 fish put in the pond this year were placed there on April 9. He said he hoped this would allow the fish more time to become accustomed to their new environment and would g iv e fishermen "a better fight for their money". Last year they were placed in the water only a brief time before the season opened on May 1 and they were "a little too tame". adults have been asked to postpone their at- tempts at landing some of the delicacies until another week— May 8—to give area youngsters first chance. McCauley also reported the fish were larger thah normally used for stocking streams. He said they ranged up to 10”. Limit for each fisherman is 15 fish. Murray Deelardiria,. treasurer of Grand Bend, has been informed he hat beentiatn- ed a Justice of the Peace fOr Huron County. (WO two years ago; he was named to a similar position 10 Lambtone and the recent Order Of Council extends his Wis. dietion' to Htiren. Announcementa . • • . 14 church Notices . . • • 4 14 Coming Events . . • . • , 14 Editorialg 4 Feminine Vaota 'N Fannies liensall....w•••:::• Luca!) w 0, 4 V0414'404 18,,, Sports 4 4 1 if 0 4 Want Ads . vwwwww . 10,11 Two district men were taken to London hospitals following a head-on crash on the county road two miles west of Credi- ton on Friday night, shortly be- fore midnight. Richard O'Rourke, 17, RR 3 Dashwood, is in St. Joseph's Hospital with a broken leg, while W/0 E. H. Knoblauch, 46, RCAF Centralia, is in Westminister Hospital with a broken left leg and arm and other injuries. It is believed the two men were travelling in opposite di- rections when the crash occur- red. OPP Constable G. W. Mit- chell investigated. Both cars were practically total wrecks and damage was estimated at $4,000. On Sunday at 10:00 p.m., a car driven by Margaret Rose Sach, Francis Street, Luca.i4 was involved in a one-car in- cident just south of Hensall on Highway 4. She told police something went wrong with the steering of her car and it went off the road into the west ditch, hitting a farm laneway. The Lucan lady was unhurt and damage totalled about $400 to her vehicle. a lot anywhere and it would be numbered". The chamber was told the OakVille firm would do all the work 'themselves with the help of IOW labor they would hire, Or a service group could assist using the maps prepared: SoMeOne in the community Would be trained to operate the plan and to keep it up to date.; New subdivisions could be drafted into the pie.h at later dates when they were developed: The numbers and plateS are Made of a Material that will stand up well even in sea water areas 'and a small light will reflect off theiti. William SturdeVant said he felt it would be good .public relations ter the Chamber` to tadkle the job asoriginally miggested at an earlier direc- tors' meeting. No action was taken at the 'present tithe.