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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-07-23, Page 1FRONT PAGE gpITORIAt Need action or new members Urge farmers to watch crops BEETLES JOIN ARMY Tile beetles are coming to Huron county! But, before teenagers be- come hysterical, these beetles aren't the popular English sing- ing stars. They're the devas- tating Mexican Bean Beetles, and they've joined forces with the Army Worm to give area farmers concern over the safety of their crops. The beetles, which for the last two years have caused damage in the Hayfield area to bean fields, have been reported spreading Into Stephen and Hay Townships. "There's quite a little bit of it," stated Doug Miles, Huron agricultural represent- ative, who was in the area on Wednesday checking v ar ious fields. While he said the population of the beetle hasn't made it necessary to spray in most areas, it is almost to the break ing point where farmers will have to take action. "Farmers are finding them in larger numbers than ever before," he added. FEW WORMS Meanwhile, the Army Worm infestation is still "rampaging a little" in the north of the county, with most of the out- breaks being reported in an area north of a line from God, erich over to Harriston, tThere's been a fair amount of damage," miles stated. How- ever, the problem hasn't be, come as serious as it has in the Essex area. Miles stated though that one County farmer was seriously considering bringing in heli- copters to spray his fields. —Please turn to back page Town gives access - must change signs Best dressed in UN parade Resort fines hit $5,000 government to get that put into effect?" questioned councillor Jack Delbridge. He was told by Councillor Derry Boyle it was probably brought about by the fact some court magistrate had found a loop-hole in the present signs. "They look for loop-holes," Boyle stated. "They should stop looking for loop-holes," Delbridge re- plied, and met with agreement from Boyle. No one appeared to know how many signs would have to be changed in Exeter, and the mat- - Please turn to back page The judges had a most difficult task before they picked the "king and queen" of the United Nations parade staged by the children of the Kin Playground Friday. Several children were dressed in authentic costumes of other lands, but winners were Steve Har- S rison, a guitar-toting Mexican, and a charming Hawaiian dancer, Kathy Simmons. Posing with the two is Nancy McTavish, a super- visor, who donned an attractive Irish costume for the parade. --T-A photo Wants bill put on top Interview OWRC for pipeline water Bill Johnson, who owns pro- perty across from Exeter's new swim pool, was given apromise Monday that council will provide him with proper access when they close down the portion of Andrew Street and Mill Street in the area, Johnson said the Andrew Street hill at the park was impassible in the winter and in eight years he had never been able to get up the hill due in part to snow, but more to the icy conditions. He was advised that council realized the problem and would definitely cut the hill down to a gradual grade that would make it possible to get up in the winter with a vehicle. "We'll never leave you hold- ing the bag," stated Mayor Sim- mons, after Johnson said he would not even have fire protec- tion if Andrew Street—under present conditions—was his only access in the winter. The property owner said that the VLA also wanted a written agreement from council that access would be given if the road leading in from Highway 4 was closed. Councillor Wooden presented a motion that prior to closing of the streets, conditions be met to allow access to Mr. Johnson. Councillors want rec director, scorn 'irresponsible bungling' cipal Board. Before it can goto these groups for approval, the village must pay $2,000 for the engineers' drawings of the pro- posed system. PARKING LOT "You're always wanting to buy parks and parking lots," Councillor E. Desjarcline told Councillor Coles at the meeting Monday night, "but now when we've got one, you won't even get a price on getting it ready for parking cars." Desjardine was referring to the vacant lot on Highway 21, east of the Colonial Hotel, on which the Bank of Montreal will build a new bank building. The bank has given the village permission to level the lot, and to arrange for visitors to park cars there on busy weekends. At the July 6 meeting Coun- cillor Orval Wassmann (who is — Please turn to back page selves ridiculous by senile statements such as "knock it down with a tractor and sow turnips on the field". "All this irresponsible bung- ling and bad publicity by a corn- mittee of council must cease," he stated emphatically. A local merchant is going to have to pay for a drain lateral at his residence, and indications are council may not approve of his form of remunerating creditors. The man protested payment on the grounds a lateral was available and he did not really need the new one for which he had signed. However, council decided he would have to pay. The letter created much hu- mor for council as the• writer explained his method of paying bills. lie said that at the end of each month he put the names of all his creditors in a hat and drew three out. These three then received a small payment on the account. Council was advised if they didn't quit sending their "nasty reminders" about the $'70 bill, he would not even put their name in the hat in future. After council decided the bill would have to be paid, Council- lor Jack Delbridge quipped that the local resident had better put their name back in the hat and put it on the top of the pile. CHANGE SIGNS After receiving two direc- tives from the department of highways, council finally dis- covered what the department had in mind with their notices that "speed limit" signs would not be valid after August 31. However, the clarification came not from the department, but rather a metal products firm interested in selling coun- cil the new signs which will be necessary after that date. Council learned in the letter that all traffic signs must say "maximum speed 30" and no longer "speed limit 30". "What did the firm pay the Although court fines remain tremendously high in compari- son with most communities, it is becoming obvious that many va- cationers at Grand Bend are learning it is a good place to abide by the law. During the first court of the s u m m e r, Magistrate A. S. Pearson handed out over $2,- 000 in fines, many of them on liquor charges involving minors and persons who did not do their drinking in an authorized place. On the second week of July, the tally fell to $1,956.50, with $1,255 of this being in liquor charges. This week, Magistrate Pear- son levied a total of $985.25 in fines, with $630 of this being for liquor offences. Several area persons were among those who felt the effects of the stiff policing and those fined were as follows: James S. Carrol, RR 1 Kirkton, $25 and costs for drinking while a minor; Barry Greenacre, Exe- ter, $25 and costs for being drunk; Bert Kempf, Exeter, who will appear on August 10 for sentence for taking a car without the owner's consent; Norman E. Lewis, RR 2 Ailsa Craig, $25 and costs for having liquor in a place other than his residence; Keith Rader, RR 1 Zurich, $10 and costs for driving a car without a working hand-break; Nelson Tanner, RCAF Centra- lia, $25 and costs for being drunk. The councillor said he had first considered asking for the RAP committee's resignations when he first heard of the "seeds of discontent and fric- tion", but after a cooling off period decided against it. Instead, he said, I feel it is council's duty to consider Boom's resignation as he is first and foremost a town em- ployee working under RAP, He pointed out Gravett had a fine record and that it had been a real pleasure to have his smiling personality in Exe- ter, and voiced the opinion that true citizens with the town's all round interest at heart will surely miss him. "We hope he will recon- sider," Boyle added. He concluded by pointing out that not only will Graved be missed, but also his wife and their two sons. "Both Boom — Please turn to back page Council seeks sewer cost for area Grand Bend Council and the Citizens Water Committee Is meeting with the Ontario Water Resources Commission in Tor- onto, Friday, on invitation of the OWRC. Council has requested the meeting be set up, and the pur- pose is to discover what plans OWRC has for installing a pipe- line in Lake Huron to serve London and intermediary com- munities. Grand Bend c ounc i 1 is in- terested in obtaining water from this source to serve the village. As a temporary source until the provincial pipeline is com- pleted, council also is investi- gating the possibilities of a Stirrat supply system. A letter from Ben Baldwin, London, a member of the Stirrat group, confirmed aproposal for installing a supply system for the village. The offer is to sup- ply 700 U.S. gallons per minute, at 60 pounds per square inch, to the village distribution sys- tem. From then on the village is to supply all labour, operat- ing costs, chlorine, lights and heat, and auxiliary power if the pumping system fails. The Stirrat group figures the cost will be something less than $50,000 and they will build the system for cost, plus ten per- cent, with the village payingfor it over a ten-year period at six percent interest. Also a one-cent per thousand gallons royalty will be charged. The use of the Stirrat sys- tem has yet to be approved by OWRC and by the Ontario Muni- PUC to service industrial area It. is unfortunate that Exeter's RAP Com- naitte has. apparently degenerated to such a point '01'4 one ceitncillor expressed the fact he serious, ly ...considered .asking ''for their resignation, but n evertheless, his thoughts on 'the, action ,are. well feunded. In reviewing the situation, it is important that one consider the fact that .council would not be overstepping their duty in Asking for the res- ignation of the committee Members •-they felt they were 'acting in an irresponsible .mariner in regard to their .duties, • RAP is a ()iiiinittee set up by council and are responsible to council, As such they are obli- gated to fellow council's wishes as any employee is required to follow 'the orders of his employer.. On 'many occasions in the past month, RAP has flouted this responsibility to council and it is becoming rather obvious they intend to continue on this path of insubordination This 'is shown clearly in their handling Of council's additional $500 grant to give them an opportunity to decide 'the rec director question on its merits and not strictly from a financial standpoint. There was no question that the majority of council felt Gravett should have been retained, and if, AS RAP stated, 'the requests from Gravett were turned clown solely because they did not have funds, this additional grant should have been \kelcorned lbws and prompted RAP into calling a meeting a* quickly as possible to dis- cuss the requests again. Their failure to ,(to so not .only suggests they did not want Gravett 'to stay, but it also was an 'obvious act of disregarding council's wishes, as they knew beyond any doubt that the matter could not be held over until their regular meet- ing 'as. 'Gravett had to make up his mind before that time. To suggest, as Mayor Simmons did Mon- day, that they did not meet because they were flabbergasted at the money council 'had to throw around, is sheer mockery of council's authority. If for some reason RAP d'id not want Gra- vett to stay, perhaps their .action was excusable to an extent. However, future discussion on the matter suggests they have no intention of hiring ariother director 'and worse still, have failed to answer council's legitimate queries on. how they plan to operate the program. The excuse not to discuss it due to the fact one member was away is not acceptable in days when it is an impossibility to determine exactly before 'any meeting if all members can attend. This all leads to the question of whether or not members of RAP 'are interested in the fu- ture of the program for Which they have been appointed administrators for council. One interesting fact presents itself in the study of.. this question, Those who have voiced the opinion that a director is needed are those people Who 'have been extremely active in recrea- tion for Many YearS 'Mid 'therefore should be well qualified to know what is needed. Those who :apparently question the validity of gNeOr having a recreation director are those who. have not .('to our knowledge) been closely volved with recreation, althOugb it is to be noted they spend 'many hours on various other town. and ,ceininunity ventures and are to be .commencl- .ed for However,. the fact remains that those who .51'0)41d know the needs are those who feel Exeter needs ..a director to .administer the excellent pro- gram that has been developed. RAPS apathy 'towards recreation .and .coun- cirs. wishes haS !also shown itself in their decision not to repair recreation facilities .at the local park; GraVett's charges that they ..did not take an interest in the program; and the secretary's stated disapproval of providing requested reports 'to council.' While RAP has called 'a meeting to dis- cuss 'the coming season with 'the Minor Hockey Association, they have not called a 'meeting with the square dance groups, minor bowlers, r..reen Town, Senior Citizens, rec basketball players, Art Club, Figure Skating Club, etc, etc. This very fact may point up the concept of recreation that some RAP members have. The Minor Hockey Association is their greatest reve- nue 'producer at the arena, while the other groups are 'either only self supporting at the 'best or re, quire RAP funds for their operation. All these groups are important to this community and without the proper leadership it is conceivable that some will fold up when there is no one 'ready to assist them with their orga- nization in September or within a few weeks of that date. It is imperative 'that RAP make their views. known immediately on what will happen in rec- reation. There 'appears to be no logic whatever in 'terminating the post of recreation director 'aft- er it has been warranted in the past 15 years or so, especially when 'consideration is given to the fact the population has increased considerably since it was instituted and the fact that recrea- tion is becoming even more important due to the extended leisure time people are enjoying. To dissolve the position at this time would be going against all trends of society, and as far as the RAP committee is concerned, going against the wishes of their bosses—council. Unless RAP takes immediate 'steps to fill the vacancy or gives a detailed explanation of how the recreation program will be carried on start, ing in. September and through the coming year, council has little alternative but 'to replace the members of the committee with 'persons who will act in accordance with their wishes in the interest of the community. RAP has already been insubordinate and council will be remiss in their duties if they per- mit one of their committees to continue on in such a 'manner. Accidents claim lives of the Director, with no policy nor ability to form one," he stated, Boyle stated he was shocked at the "no comment" by the committee, and when they filed the resignation without a re- gret, thank you or kiss my foot. He went on to say that in the days that have followed, he has been .badgered and ridiculed by taxpayers, citizens and people in the area, and "their com- ments are certainly quite un- flattering to the town". He cited some of the ques- tions he has been asked: Are you councillors retiring to the horse and buggy days? What kind of people are you that build up a good program and then suddenly tear it down? I'm glad I don't live in your town' Council Monday night agreed to ask B. M. Ross, engineer, to provide tentative figures for the best and most feasible way of extending sanitary sewers into the industrial area east of High- way 4 and south of 83. Councillor Joe Wooden, who said he was not in favor of pay- ing a high fee for a complete Recreation, which appears to have even won out over the weather as the hottest issue in Exeter, was the topic of much discussion at Monday's council meeting. Members of RAP were se- verely chastised by Councillor Derry Boyle for their actions and attitudes of the past month, and he and three other coun- cillors voiced wishes that a recreation director be hired. Boyle, blasting RAP from a written statement, said the committee's handling of Don Gravett's resignation was "un- kind, undignified, inhuman and above all stupid". The active sportsman also charged that his impression of RAP's action on the resignation was one of "here's your hat, what's your hurry?" by four members of RAP. Boyle said the four were men who have not the slightest idea of the true function of re- creation and worst of all, do not want to gain the true pic- ture. "Their term of office has been one of constant hedging and obstruction with the office survey and detailed drawings, emphasized that the plans should be "tentative" and "pre- liminary". The move caine to back the PUC's decision to provide water and hydro service to the area to supply the industry which will build on the Keller property in the near future. SENILE COMMENTS Boyle also referred to the bad publicity generated by some Members over the discussion on the screen for the ball diamond, and noted that for a few dollars they refuse to repair a park facility and then make them- Toils for 28 days, finally gets day off by agreeing to provide future services if needed. Davis also noted the Indus- trial Development Corporation may as well fold up if services wouldn't be provided for in- dustries they may be dealing with. Councillor Joe Wooden said he felt council had already agreed to servicing the area by accepting the zoning report which designated the area for industrial use. Mayor Simmons agreed, but explained it was up to council to be prepared, pointing out in- terested industries wanted to move fast in locating. After the resolution calling — Please turn to back page Area fatalities increased by two this week, but fortunately— except for two farmers—both "victims" were cattle beasts which had wandered out onto the road during Farm Safety Week. Both incidents occurred at about the same time on different nights, On Friday, Dorothy Gault, RR 2 Dashwood, ran into a cow on the Mt. Carmel Road, just east of the village at 10:30 p.m. She had been travelling west and the animal came out of the south ditch. It was owned by Gerald Regan, RR 3 Ailsa Craig, and was kill- ed. The car driver escaped uninjured. On Sunday at 10:15 p.m., a cow owned by Karl Willert, RR 2 Ztirich, was killed when it wandered into the path of a car driven by George F. Troyer, RR 2 Hensall. Troyer had been travelling on No. 10 county road in Hay Township. manager Hugh Davis pointed out servicing the area shouldbe a "joint procedure" and the PUC wanted some assurance council would provide sewer fa- cilities — if they were ever needed — if water and hydro were put out there. While the new industry will not require sewer s, Davis pointed out another one may, and council would have to be prepared to put them into make the PUC expenditure warranted. "We won't get revenue back on one industry," he said, "but we could if others settled there," He explained another industry may possibly require sewers. Davis said the PUC had met and felt they could provide wat- er and hydro for the new indus- try, although he admitted it may keep them "hard pressed". He estimated the cost of sup, plying water off the present 4" main at the north of town would cost "a. little oVor" $5,000 and the hydro service would cost about $5,200, "Withont services the area is only farm land," he noted, and next time it may be council who will have to provide ser- vices in the fortn of sewers. He said "it's either a de- velopment area, or it's not," and said there was no sense in the 1317C supplying services it council wouldn't back them up Kids flock to river to beat the heat 3 While adillt8 the area withered at Work Under the tropic weather ofthe past few daYS, the MOS -didn't Ye allY ail •Pear to in the temperatures, liut then, they had only to don brief bathing 'attire and Cavort the more refreShing water of the Atisabl 6. The Announceinents tp Chuich Notices to COm rig EventS .*../.. to Editorials . . A.. 61'5646 2 Earth NOWS •6644•46.61.1161.6 Perninib6 Pacts 'N ParieleS 6 Her-mall 4 4 CiitY4'4•64 ,0'10 4 tItidan an.. 11 16611•111rWitei 4 Si ports ii'iiii646*V*•6246 WantAds there should be a standing mo- tion to hire OPP if the occasion arises when no local police are on duty. This comment came after he reported both COnstables Hod- gins and VanE.ergen had been out of town last week on police business and the town was uti- policed for four hourS. Hodgins said he thought it was unfair that a man Should have to work icier weeks In a rOW Without a day off. Boyle and Wright presented a motion to give him the day off as requested and to hire the OPP officer for the two shift. Simmons pointed out council should give the. Motion "a lot of 'Consideration" as it was going over the police cortimit- teeS head. However, Boyle 'Minted out four members of the police Conunittee were present and the restof thern she-Old deelcie. WOOderi added the request waS fOr a day this week and they -e. Please turn to back page Exeter woman ill in Germany Mr. and Mrs. Lee Learn are expected home in Exeter, Fri- day, following a trip to visit their son,Max and family, at an army bse in. Germany, plus additional tours throughout oth- er sections of Europe and the British Isles, Their travelling companions on the five-week trip were their youngest son, Fred, and Mrs. Nora Taylor, also of Exeter. Mrs. Taylor and Fred re- turned to Eeeter last Wednes- day, but Mrs. Learn was hos- pitalized fox- 11 days in the British Hospital at Langscheid, Germany, and so her departure had to be delayed, The four local people visited England, Scotland and clerinally, and after Mrs. Learn was taken ill, she and her husband were forced to curtail Some of their plans, ReWeVer, Mrs. Taylor and Fred toured through Holland. MAX Learn is stationed at Fort Carry Norte in Germany'. wading pool at Victoria Park has also been crowded with young,, stet arid the traffic at Grand Bend ind icates m anY area residents have he ad e d for the Take for SeMe relief for the heat. Weather forecasters predict continuing hot weather for the rest of the week. --T-A photo Despite the urging of Mayor Simmons not to go over the head of the police cornmittee, council Monday night granted permis- sion for Constable LlOyd ginS to take a day off and to hire an off-duty OPP officer to take his place at $30 for the double- Shift. Hodgins appeared before council and asked to take Friday off, toting that he had not had one day off in the past four weeks and that for two of those WeekS he had not only worked eight hunts, but had been en call for another six. Simmons told council that Chief d.11, MacKenzie had told him the men Would have days Off when they were all bank after holidays, and questioned if council should take any action Until the Chief and Hos S Taylor, thairrnan Of the pollee ceinnilt- tee, returned froM holidayS, Weeder) said things May have been looked after, "but explained the situation WAS something that WAS UtifOrSeen, lie said he felt TRUCK HIT Another accident also involV- ed an area fartner, and came on the Monday following Far m Safety Week. Earl Atkinson, AN 1 Lucan, was taking a load of Vain into Centralia and made a left-hand turn off Highway 4 and waS In collision with a car which was attempting to paSS the truck When it turned. Driver of the car was Ken Nelson SehlieneMan , Londo n. OPP Constable Wil liam Glass- ford investigated. -BOAT SMASHED CO Saturday, Cpl. C, J, Mit, cried investigated an incident On HighWay South of St, RiSePhS, involving Michigan tourist pulling a boat and trail p Charles INTeinctik, Park, reported he had been travelling north' and was at, -6-4lease turn to' back page • Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 23, 1964 ,Frico for Copy 10 coots dot,