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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-08-20, Page 1p. Estimate cost at $22,000 for industrial area sewer permit the dumping gt any in dustrial wastes in the town's. PreSeht lagoon anyway. No action was taken on the estimate and it will be filed Until such time as an industry may approach Pullen for the adding of sanitary sewers to, the industrial area, Sewers and drains took up mast of the diseussion at Mon- day's c o unci I Meeting, and things ran off quickly and quietly in Snarp contrast to some of the heated recreation discussions of late. 13. M, Ross met with council shortly, and a letter /rem his office also outlined costs for sewerage connections to the industrial area at the north- eastern outskirts of the corn, munity. Council had requested an es-. Marlbercegil street, council Al)t proved action to attempt to alleviate the situation, Deputy-reeve Ralph Bailey stated that he and Works superr intendent Jim Paisley had view- ed the situation and he recom- mended council pay for the Installation of drains under the driveways on the Phatl section of the street. He said it would take an eight-inch pipe, some 22' long, to go under the double driyes and it was estimated the total cost for the street would be about $130, of which the town would have to pay half. Paisley said he thought the drains could be put in with the town grader. Paisley, who pointed out council could run into a problem with a precedent of putting in such drains, noted that the work would be done as an alternative to widening the narrow road. This would indicate that per- sons living on regulation width roads would not have such ser- vices provided by the munici- pality. Bailey noted the boulevard was "looking nice there" and it would not be wise to dig it up to widen the road. He also explained the drains would take care of the flooding and would also help the road by letting the water get away. It was emphasized that the work was being done only in lieu of widening the road. WILL ADD DRAINS Following a complaint at the last meeting regarding the fi oode d conditions along the Mine Street boulevarti west of waste, it maybe necessary for extensive treatment before the OWRC would permit dumping in the lagoon. However1 he said any industry should be prepared to meet a major Share of this treatment if needed. The estimate given was for washroom sewer services only and did not take into considera- tion any other type of industrial waste, Mayor S On mons said he doebted if the QWRC would Ross explained this sewer -OPUld 4149 pOSSibiy. serve a number of residences which it would go past. He told council that when they were .tall5.41 . abeut .sewer.. age to prospective industries„ it would be Impertant to .con- Sider what type of .induatrial• waste the firm may have, He said some types of Indus- trial waste would .require the addition of more, pumps pumps at the station, more cells in the goon, and for some types of timate .on servicing the area at their last :meeting, and 40.40. explaieed it was "very diffi emit," to estimate, whenthes149 and location of any prospective industries is not .known, He else pointed out it was made even more difficult when his office had no idea as to what type of waste may be handled, However, his "rough „esti, mate" was $7,0 Per lineal feet and he eStiMated. it would be some 3,200', which brought thp cost to $22,000, EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 20, 1964 Price Per Copy 10 Cents • • • •st 4 Work to commence on lake intake, water offered to area communities tems. Besides Grand Bend, the communities of Ailsa Craig, Ilderton and Parkhill have hint- ed they are interested in hooking onto the pipeline. Some construction equipment has already been moved onto the site of the now definite Lake Huron pipeline and area resi- dents can expect to see con- siderable activity in the Port Blake area in future months. John C. Scott, information officer of the Ontario Water Resources Commission,re- ported to The T-A Wednesday that the contractor has not yet returned his documents on the agreement, but it is expected to be "cleaned up" tomorrow. Mr. Scott said he expected work would commence im- mediately on the $2,232,515 job of building the intake and plant drain system on the banks of the Save home Quick action by the Exeter Fire Brigade prevented flames from doing serious damage to an Exe- ter home owned by Mrs. Ludwig Schultz, Hillsgreen, when fire broke out at noon, Saturday. The top photo shows smoke billowing from the roof as firemen start- ed their battle at the house on the corner of Main and Nelson Streets. Photo at the right shows chief Irwin Ford directing one of his men as he fights the fire in the false ceiling in the house. On the left, Ray Jory and an un- identified onlooker view the bathroom where the fire or- iginated. The deep burn marks in the corner show how it raced up to the ceiling. --T-Aphotos CHECK RESIDENTS After receiving a rather con- fusing letter saying that homes may be built in the new Dow subdivision with septic tanks, council asked their drainage committee to interview persons on Pryde Boulevard to see what reaction there would be to put- - Please turn to back page Fire forces early move Refuse application for trailer permit that were permitted in residen- tial zones. Wooden said most communi- ties find it convenient to restrict trailers to certain areas, and in some there are trailer parks and the operator of the park is responsible for paying the fees to the municipality. At present there is a fee of — Please turn to back page Approve deadline 4 Painter loses eye after fall into door NANCI AYTON RAW DEAL Ailsa Craig, which needs wa- ter badly, feels it has been given a raw deal by the pro- vincial government, says Reeve George Phillips. The district community was told last year the province would never be in the pipeline busi- ness, so the community went ahead and drilled a $9,000 well. Whether it takes water from the well or the pipeline, Ailsa Craig is faced with the con- struction of a distribution sys- tem estimated to cost $240,000 or more. Parkhill, which only recently had a system built to cut down on the high sulphur content of their water, is in a much bet- ter position as far as water is concerned, but Mayor G. D. Pedlar says the community is interested in the pipeline. Due to the fact they already have a distribution system, their only cost would be in hooking up to the pipeline. The smallest community in- terested is Ilderton, a police —Please turn to back page lake at the end of Highway 83. The job was a joint bid from Canadian Dredge & Dock, Tor- onto, and J. P. Porter, Mon- treal. The contracts for the pipe- line itself have not as yet been let, and Scott predicted it may be let in various pieces over the stretch from Port Blake to London. Total estimated cost of the project is $15,800,000. While London has already signed a contract with the OWRC for the supply of water from the pipeline, there is a strong pos- sibility that area municipalities will hook into the line as it skirts their boundaries. Dr. J. A. Vance, acting chair- man of the OWRC, announced at the time of the contract sign- ing in London that other com- munities would be off e r e d water. This was also an understand- ing given to Grand Bend council when they met recently with OWRC officials, but as yet there has been no suggestion of what the cost will be. Scott said the actual cost of w ate r to the municipalities would "not be too great from us" but pointed out the main cost for other interested muni- cipalities would be in provid- ing their own distribution sys- One of few Canadians chosen An elderly Exeter man suf- fered the loss of one eye, a badly severed nose and other facial lacerations when he fell through the glass in the front door of Huntley's Drug Store, around noon Thursday. Deaf girl off to college Dashwood hotel receives licence a keen speech reader, the only method she has of ',listening" to what others are saying to her. In small classes at Belle- ville, the deaf students are able to r e ceive instruction from teachers and no sign language is used. She attempted to take her grade eight at the RCAF Cen- tralia school, but found it too difficult in a large class. Besides her ability to keep abreast of her fellow teenagers scholastically, Nanci has a driver's licence, attained while a student at Belleville, She stood first in the course. the college will probably be the basis on which her future car- eer is chosen. Mrs. Ayton said the college students have a two-week orien- tation period when teachers and officials attempt to learn the various student's abilities and desires and then steer them into an appropriate course. Nanci has been a student at Belleville for the past three years and prior to that attended classes at J. A. D. McCurdy School and the Lord Roberts class for deaf and hard of hear- ing at London. An ardent reader, Nanci is The Dashwood Hotel, used as a grain storage building for some time, will be renovated in the near future following the granting of liquor licences by the Liquor Control Board. C. V. Laughton, of Bell & Laughton, reported this week the licence has been granted to Stanley Holubowicz, subject to his meeting the requirements of the Liquor Board. The application was heard in Kitchener on May 3 and ap- proval was granted on August 13. The hotel will be permitted to sell liquor with meals and will also have apublic house licence which permite sale of beer to women only or women and their escorts. The Dashwood Hotel is situat- ed on the south-east corner of the main intersection in the vil- lage on Highway 83. Meeting Monday, council turned down an application from William Preszcator to move a trailer home onto a lot on John Street West, near P r ecious Blood Separate School. Considerable debate was held over the subject and none ap- peared certain if the town's zoning bylaw would permit the trailer to be placed on the lot or not. The application had come to council at their last meeting and at that time was referred to the Exeter Planning Board. How- ever, due to holidays, Joe Wood- en reported the board had not held a "formal" meeting. However, members had been in Toronto to meet with officials of the planning branch of the department of municipal affairs and were told by those officials that their "opinion" would be that the present bylaw excludes trailers. Wooden also reported that several members of the Exeter Planning Board had expressed the "Informal" opinion that the application should not be ap- proved. He told fellow council mem- bers that trailers were not included in the list of buildings for fixing errors The Ontario Water Resources Commission advised s ou nc i 1 this week that the year of main- tenance on the sewers installed by Gaffney Construction would end on October 3, and after this date the town would have no recourse on either the con- tractor or the engineer. Following this notice, coun- cil decided to set their own deadline of September 26, and residents not hooked up before this date will have no recourse for any errors in the construc- tion of the sewers. There have been a few such errors and they have been rec- tified by the construction firm, but after the October 3 deadline they will be clear of any such work. The notices will be mailed out to all those not hooked up as yet, and only on the line in- stalled by Gaffney. It will not affect those on the sewers on Sanders and Andrew Streets put in by C. A. McDowell. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Campbell and family were in the process of moving from their rented home in Exeter, Saturday, but they had to move out sooner than planned when considerable smoke and water damage was caused to it by a fire. The house, situated at the corner of Main and Nelson Street, is owned by Mrs. Lud- wig Schultz, Hillsgreen, and the Campbell family were in the process of moving out to a new home in Grand Bend, while Mrs. Schultz was planning a move to Exeter. However, her house will have to have extensive repairs be- fore she will be able to carry on with her plans. ' but, except for quick action by members of the Exeter Volunteer Fire Brigade and some neighbors, she may not have even had the house at all. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were in the process of moving some of the small items to Grand Bend when the fire broke out and it was well on the way by the time firemen were called to the scene. Tom Walker, a former owner of the house, who now lives be- hind it, spotted smoke coming out of the house and went to in- vestigate, believing at first it may have been steam coming from a dryer. However, he quickly saw that it was smoke and called the brigade. The fire started in a corner of the bathroom and quickly spread to the false ceilings in —Please turn to back page Bert Clark, a semi-retired painter, was reported this week as "resting comfortably" in Victoria Hospital, London, by one of his daughters, Mrs. Wes Ryckman, Exeter. Mr. Clark was attended by three specialists in the London Hospital, where his badly in- jured eye was removed and replaced by a plastic eye. Another specialist worked on his badly severed nose and the nasty wound on his eye brow. No one apparently saw the elderly gentleman take the turn= ble, so it is not known whether he was actually entering the drug store and tripped on the front step, or whether he lurch- ed against the door. Dr. M. Gans was called to the scene and Mr. Clark was removed to South Huron Hos- pital. From there he was rushed to London by Hoffman Ambul- ance, Dashwood. Find $18,000 project close to waste of cash Resort businesses change ownerships Two changes of business own- ership have recently been re- ported in Grand Bend. John Young, who built Grand Bend Boat Works Ltd. on the shores of the Ausable, has sold to Underwater Search and Sal- vage, Canada Ltd., Toronto. Included In the sale is the Young family home. Young has built the now fam- ous twin-hulled sailing Cata- maran for several years. The and there was a general chuckle. (Councillor Ian Coles is a resi- dent of London, with a year round residence in Grand Bend, as well.) Skipper contended that the "broken down tractor", which the village owns is not the pro- per equipment for shoving back the dump. "Turnbull was doing a good job in there," he said, — Please turn to back page Similar to many area stu- dents, Nanci Ayton will be leav- ing for college early in Septem- be r. But she won't be attending any of the Ontario colleges similar to most from the area, as she will enroll at Gallaudet College, Washington, D.C. The reason is tat Nanci, the 17-year-old daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Frank Ayton, Huron Park, is totally deaf and the Gallaudet College offers to graduates of Schools for the Deaf around the world an oppor- tunity to advance to degrees in the liberal arts and sciences. Nanci, who has been deaf since a childhood disease struck her at the age of eight, is one of only six students from the Belleville School for the Deaf to successfully pass the college entrance examinations. She recently graduated from Belleville with her grade 10 certificate. The Centralia girl stood high in her class. Her proud mother reports that the Washington c o Ile g e has an enrolment of between 500 and 600 students, but only 17 come from Canada. As yet, Nanci has not decided what course she will take. While she has indicated a preference for work as a laboratory tech- nician, her orientation period at Police report three crashes Exeter police investigated three accidents this week and charges are pending against one of the drivers involved. On Tuesday afternoon, Con- stable Lloyd Hodgins was call- ed to the scene of a two-car crash on Main Street in front of Brady Cleaners. A car driven by Mrs. Ed Brady, 289 Senior Street, was struck in the rear by one driven by James Donald Henry, Blyth. Mrs. Brady had been stopped in the street waiting for on- coming traffic to clear before making a left turn. The Blyth man pulled out to pass her on the right, but struck the car's rear end in so doing. Damage was estimated at $220 by Constable Hodgins. Chief C. H. MacKenzie in- vestigated the other two crash- es, one involving two cars at the corner of Main and Huron Street on Monday at 8:45 am. Wilfrid Shapton, 6'7, 229 An- drew Street, had been proceed- ing east on Huron and then made a left hand turn onto the Main Street. He apparently pulled too far to the side of the road and struck the rear end of a parked car owned by Dobbs Motors Ltd. On Thursday at 4:50 pm, a tractor and car were involved in a crash on Sanders Street east in front of the residence of Len Veri. A tractor, driven by Char" Dittmer, RR 1 Hensall, had been dumping earth on a truck parked in the lane and as it backed away from the truck, it backed onto the road and crash- ed into the rear of a car driven by Mrs. Harvey Pollen, 190 Huron Street. Damage to the car was esti- mated at about $'75. Dam wall cost put at $6,000 Council decided Monday to contact the department of muni- cipal affairs to see what was the best approach to have the south retaining wall at the dam fixed. Mayor Simmons reported C. A. McDowell had estimated it would cost about $6,000 to have the wall fixed. At present it is undermined and is on a pre- carious slant. Simmons said he didn't know whether it could be part of the centennial project, or whether they could receive grants through the parks board or the A usable River Conservation Authority. Deputy-reeve Bailey sug- gested it may even be worked through the Exeter PUC. Clerk C. V. Pickard was asked to write the department for direction on the matter. lector for the main part of the village, queried the condition of the village dump, which is located about three miles south on Highway 21. "It's in the worst shape I've ever seen it", he said. "Your councillor that is in charge of health, doesn't even know where it is," he went on. "He followed me down there one day, or he'd never have found it." Reeve Webb commented, "Well, Mr. Coles isn't too well acquainted around the Bend," Area youngster smothers in bed A post mortem examination at Stratford HOSpital revealed that James Edward Desjardine, fOur-month-old Kirkton boy, died of asphyxiation. The baby was found dead in his bed on Friday morning by his mother, Mrs. Willis DeS- jardille. ConStable D, Pornmer, of the Sebringville OPP detachment, investigated the death. The infant is survived by his parentS; brothers, Hay and Neil- neth; a slater, Cindy; his grand- Mother, Mit, Viable bekfar- dine, RR 2 bp.shWoal The Child's Mother was the former Ella Wood. Funeral service was held frOth the ‘Ileffrnan funeral biome, DaShWeed, on Saturday, with burial. in Orand Bend cemetery:. boat has become apopular sight on the Lake Huron waters. Although the ardent sailor will begin work in Strathroy in September, where he will open the Glendale Marine division, building catamarans and other craft, the family will continue to reside in the resort. The new owners will be rep- resented in Grand Bend by David G. Andrews, Toronto. He will be the authorized dealer in the area for several popular boats, motors and accessories. Another change of ownership involves a former reeve of Grand Bend, Jim Dalton. A former warden of Lambton as well, Dalton has sold his in- surance business to the John J. Payne Agency, which will es- tablish an office in the present post office building next to the roller rink. Dalton will also conduct his real estate business from that °thee. John Z. Payne, a resident of Oakwood, has been manager of an insurance office in London for the past 25 years. 4; Last Wednesday afternbOn, $610 in cash was reported stelen frOM the Zurich office of Tay- lor Motors Limited and Exeter OPP are investigating. The theft included six $100 bill8 and one $10 bill. The money had been left over the noon hour and was apparent- ly taken by someone Who matuttg.;. ed to get into one of the offices. Cpl. C. J. Mitchell, head of the Exeter OPP detaChnient, wounded this 'week that people wanting police for an emer- gency, and receiving no answer at the local office, may reach police Officers by phoning the Goderich office C011eCt, The Goderich office number IS 524-8314. FrOm their new headquarters south of Goderiell On HighWaY 21, OfficerS frOin thiS detachment are able to re- Spend to calls in this area in ininUtOS. For the second time within the year, the MidWettern On. tatie DeVelOpMent ,ASSodiatiOn has lost its general manager. Edgar D. May, 42, Who Su:M.6d his dUties 8tratford in April, WaS killed in a tWitia ear crash 'west e/NeWliainbUrg this 'Week', Ift;P te „or J,NS,StriVi: '14 ;P:vt, Record attendance at third annual Boom's Kin camp Announcements Clitireb NetideS 10 Coming 'Zonis, ,.. 10 Editorials Feminine Facts Fancies 5 tetord attendance of 1.04.dgripeit and a total group of about 125 attended the director. and his met 'The camp also had the added nuisance Of a 'flu bug and Hensall .. .0. 4 third annual Boom's kin bainp staged at the Goderich Summer School last yr-eelt. on one daY there were 21 on the Sick Iitt. HoWever, it was a 'brief illneSs tor LIMO I S VV*** neolte the fact it rained four dayS, the kids apparently enjoyed themSeives most and none had to Come home, Directing the camp was °revolt:91s final duties Sports * it I 4* .14 ts 6 nieffsely in the many indoor gaineS, crafts and programs organited by the red as E Xetee§ d. ePteltber,641enderttiii studio Want Ads . Despite upwards of $18,000 spent in dredging the harbour at Grand Bend by the federal department of public works this spring, boats and fishermen are again having trouble. Councillor orVal Wassmann explained to council that re- preSentativeS of the department were in the village on Monday, and their plan at this time was to try the effect of anchoring a fishing tug or other similar boat in the harbotir up against a sandbar, and by running the motor shove the sand away. Councillor H o War d Green, fisherman, chOrtled. "It'll only move the sand about four feet. Clint BoWden's boat has been doing this for years, and still getting stuck morning and night." Wassmann commented, "I do not know. That's what they say they're going to do." LIGHTS ON HIGHWAY 81 Connell on Monday night ap- proved the installation of lightS On the section of Highway 81 Within the village, at a total cost of 0;920. The village will pay $1,960 and the balance will be met by the department of highWays. Continuing maintenance Will be the responsibility of the vil.* lager Heeve 8teWart Webb Was ask,, ed to consult with the PUC re-4 girding finanding, lie asked Oth.6 er meinbetS of -dent to support Min in this at the next Meeting of the PUC, Weld Skipper, garbage col.