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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-09-24, Page 1DASHWOOD FIRM TO BUILD THIRD PLANT DaShwood Planing Mills Ltd., which presently provides the most complete line of quality wood windows in canacia, will expand its market considerably when the new plant is in opers., tion, At present they serve an area in the triangle Of Owen Sound, Niagara Falls and Windsor. "The market will be expanded as rapidly as possible," stated Jim Finnen, present sales man- ager, who heads a three-man team of Tony Van Wyck, Ridge, town; Gerald Finnen, Kitchener; Frank Benin, Tillsonburg. The firm's products are dis- tributed through retail lumber dealers located in the wide territory presently serviced. gxact .location of the plant is 94 the west Side of Highway 4,. directly north of the new cot. tarie Hydro: sub-station, ADD AT DASHWOOD At the time of the anneunce, nient, the Arm .41PP repOrted further and final ..expansion is. in progress • at th.P. PashWeed plant, in the form pf a 5,000 square foot lumber s t or ag.e building, It will house lip to 30 carloads of lumber. A unique system of materials handling will be installed in the form of overhead crane sya- tem which will enable one man to stack or move lifts of raw — Please turn to back page .operate the Centralia plant, approximately 20 em., ployeea plps an office staff will be required at the time of open- ing, and Mr. Klumpp said there was an eventual possibility of up to 50 employees. The firm presently has 70 men at, Dashwood and another 20 .at Mt, ;Brydges, plus the office .0.uffs and sales force. Dashwood planing Mills Ltd, was Thomas eatahlieKclipinropp, and i92.8hyti late in 1953 the firm went Into a com. plete operation for the mann, facture Of windows for homes, of fi ces, apartments, schools and public buildings. With the addition of their third plant, a general re-organi 7.otion of Persennel has taken place to become effective on January 1, Maurice Klumpp, as presi- dent, will be in charge of pro, doctiop at all three plants, nom, Muting regularly from his London home to the three loca- tions, Vice-president and secre- tary, Howard Klumpp, will be permanently located at Dash, Weed and will be in charge of the operation there. Jim Firmen, present sales manager, will become gpneral manager of the entire operation and will have his headquarters in the new Centralia offices, Named to replace him as sales manager is his brother, Gerald Finnen, present Kittik- enpr salesman, who will also have his headquarters at Cen- tralia. lie will have full sales res. ponsibility working with the three sales representatives ,anti the two sales Clerks. To streamline its sales and AAP e rnbi y PO-Ordination, the firm has made application for a private high frequency radio band to prOvIde contact between all three Plante and mobile units within a radius of 50 An $0-foot tower will be eree, ted on the seven-acre Centralia site, Architect for the new plant is Charles H. Gitlin, London and consulting engineer is T. Ernest Smith, also of London. Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 24, 1964 Price Per Copy 10 Cents Inspect plans for third plant The executive of Dashwood planing Mills Ltd. are shown here inspecting the plans for their new plant to be built on Highway 4 in the Centralia area. The plant, which will serve as the assembly operation headquarters for the firm, is expected to be opened by the new year. Maurice Klumpp, seated, is president of the firm and the other two from the left are: Jim Finnen, who will become general manager, and Howard "Boots" Klumpp, vice-president. --T-A photo Approve four projects --cost about $67,000 Resort to make park as centennial project Mayor Simmons noted that some previous consideration had been given to installing an 8" water main to the north end, and noted this was definitely needed, especially to afford bet- ter fire protection. Councillor Derry Boyle en- thusiastically supported the project, which was estimated at about $22,000. Councillor Ted Wright also backed the project when he expalined it was needed now, and it was also looking to the future as better service would be required if another industry was attracted to the industrial area on Highway 83. With still $16,000 of the $66,- 339.94 remaining, council turn- ed to an earlir recommenda- At Monday night's meeting, Grand Bend council decided upon improvements to the green areas created at the corner of Highways 81 and 21 following reconstruction of the highways and bridge, as a centennial project for the village. Application for approval of this plan is being made imme- diately. Tentatively considered is a fountain in one of these green areas, with landscaping, flow- erbeds and possibly benches for pedestrians in the other two. Lights on the fountain also are being considered. tion of their drains committee and decided to add the Thomas Street sanitary sewer to the projects and storm sewers on Senior and Gidley Streets; on Sanders from Edward to Main Streets; John Street from An- drew to Main. The Thomas Street project • was estimated at about $8,000 and the storm sewer work figur- ed to about $6,000. Clerk C. V. Pickard was auth- orized to detail the work on the four projects with PUC manager Hugh Davis and works superin- tendent Jim Paisley. A detailed statement of the work must be made before Sep- tember 25 and final application deadline is November 30. — please turn to back page Tenders will PP epPned, today (Tharsday) on a sPacipus new plant for EashwoOd planing Mills Ltd. tobelocatedonliigh, way 4 in the. Centralia area, five miles south of Exeter. The Plant, according to MP-Pr rice Klpinpp, president of the firm, will be 40,000 square feet—plus additional office space—and will house the sales office of the wood window manu, facturing company as well as the entire assembly operation. The new Centralia plant will also provide accommodation for the firm's shipping and distrir butipn as well as a storage area for finished machine parts for the assembly operation. At its pre sent pashwooci plant, the firm will produce the wood components for the win- dows, while the year-old Mt. Brydges plant will continue to produce the insulating glass, storm panels, screens and louv- res. Both will feed the Centralia operation. The firm will waste little time in the construction of the new plant—which will equal the size of their Dashwood pleat— as they hope to turn sod for the building immediately after ' the contract has been awarded, and it is to be completed by December 23. Offices will be ready by the latter part of January. Howard "Boots" Klumpp, vice-president, explained that the Centralia location was chos- en due to the fact it is centrally located between the two existing plants. "We will thereby minimize transportation costs," he point- ed out. Other deciding factors on the choosing of the site were that it will be located on a well- travelled main highway artery and will therefore provide some advertising value, and accessi- bility to major highways and centres. "There is also a good labour market in the Centralia-Exeter area," he went on, "due to the lack of existing industries." The decision for this parkland development was unanimous. Prior to this, the main pro- ject under consideration was a cement or board walk along the beach from the bath house to the pier for the use of pedestrians. Acquitted on rape charge SEEK AID Request for emergency aid in dredging the harbour at Grand Bend, has been made by letter and telephone calls to Walter Foy, MP for Lambton-W e st during the last three weeks. An extensive dredging project was carried out in the harbour this spring following a petition Youth guilty of theft --faces car charge McGillivray rate up centennial plan set Some of the tax rates affect- ing McGillivray Township rate- payers are going down this year, but others are going up and the result will be a one- mill increase over last year. Clerk W. J. Amos reported the county rate was actually up three mills this year, but a saving was brought about when the public school board required two less mills than last year. The board will dip into some of their surplus to reduce the rate. At the September meeting, council gave third and final reading to the bylaw setting rates for the year. At that meeting, they also approved a grant of $50 to the Parkhill Fair Board. A petition was accepted for events moved swiftly and he did not give his name to either of the constables. Constable Gilleno estimated that the arrest was made within five minutes after they were advised. Council decided Monday to seek the full share of their allotment under the Municipal Works Assistance program to cover the costs of four major town projects. Total expenditure which they will be allowed under the plan is $66,339.94. Of this amount, $44,226.63 is available under the program and if the work on the projects is completed by March, 1966, a total of $11,- 566.66 will be forgiven. The remainder of the loan will be paid back at current bond interest rates. At present the only reserva- tion to their planning appears to be whether the Ontario Muni- cipal Board will approve such a large loan, and if all the projects designated will come under the terms of the Munici- pal Works Assistance program. Of the total expenditure, $29,- 000 will be turned over to the PUC for the construction of a $16,000 warehouse and truck storage building and a $13,000 water heater control. Both projects had previously been planned by the PUC, but there was a strong possibility they would have been postponed for some time due to the large expenditure the Commission has recently made in regards to supplying services to Exeter's newest industry, Custom Trail- ers Ltd. Clerk C. V. Pickard reported to council that an official of the Municipal Works Assistance program had said the storage building would probably qualify and felt it was "quite possible" the water heater control would also be eligible for the pro- gram. With about $38,000 of the loan fund still available to them, council conducted alengthy dis- cussion as to the best way to use it. Battle hero takes salute Taking the salute at the Battle of Britain parade at RCAF Clinton, Sunday, was R. D. "Bob" Grassick, Exeter, a hero of the battle who was credited with destroying 17 enemy air- craft when he was a fighter pilot. More than 650 men were on parade most of them too young to remember the famous battle of some 24 years ago. --RCAF photo to the government of Canada, and a train trip en masse of about 30 residents of the village to Ottawa, in March. Winds and tides have again filled the mouth of the harbour, with two sand bars across the mouth, with clearance of only three feet. Boats have become stuck, and shafts have been bent on these bars. Fishermen are having trouble getting out into the lake. One fisherman has been hired to anchor his tug in the area in an attempt to move the sand by the backwash of the pro- peller. According to fishermen and observers, this attempt has been next to useless. Letters to Mr. Foy went on the request of Orval Wassmann, past president of the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Com- merce, and asked that Dean Construction Company that did the work here in the spring, be hired to do some emergency dredging. Dean is now in Bay- field, and according to Mr. Foy, is behind with work there now. —Please turn to back page Adjourn cases over Riot Act Add fractured arm to victim's injuries The cases of two Western Ontario men and two youths, all of whom were charged with violating the Riot Act during a Labor Day weekend distur- bance at Grand Bend, were adjourned in magistrate's court yesterday until Oct. 13 for elec- tion, plea and trial. The four are: Joseph Matte, 23, of RCAF Station Centralia; Robert Fisher, 18, of RR 2 Wyoming; Edward Minielly, 21, of RR 8 Watford; David Irwin, 23, of St. Catharines. All are free on $200 cash bail. A fifth person, Rodney Coul- ter, 18, of Grand Bend, charged with assaulting a police officer, will appear Sept. 24. He is free on $2,000 property bail. T-A Wednesday morning she hoped her 16-year-old son, Morris, would be released on Wednesday afternoon. Eye specialists were to check him over that day. The youth still has double-vision, but his mother has been told that rest will clear this up. Two of the five Exeter youths hospitalized in a violent two-car crash near London on Septem- ber 12 have been released and a third was expected home last night. John Harness, 18, was re- leased from hospital on Friday, although he has had to return twice for checkups on the plas- tic surgery performed on his damaged ear. He has been attending school. Released Tuesday night was Ron Cornish, 1'7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Cornish. Doc- tors report no damage to his eye which at first was feared may be severely damaged. He too is planning to return to school immediately. Mrs. Doug Wedlake told the A second area man received an acquittal on a rape charge from a Supreme Court jury in Goderich this week, as they deliberated for less than 20 minutes before handing down their decision. Charged was William D. Schroeder, 24, RR 2 Centralia. The charge had been laid follow- ing an incident near Grand Bend on July 30 involving a 17-year- old girl who had been working at the resort. The girl told the court Thurs- day, she had been assaulted while ridin g in a car with Schroeder. Mr. Justice P. E. W. Smily presided at the fall assizes and Huron Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane acted for the Crown. Schroeder was defended by Goderich lawyer James Don- nelly. Only area witnesses were OPP Corporal C. J. Mitchell and Constable William Glass- ford, both of the Exeter detach- ment. The jury was comprised of Huron residents from the north end of the county. This was also the locale from which the jury had been picked to sit on the criminal negligence c h ar g e against Harvey Stringer, RR 2 Hensall. Stringer was acquitted in a case heard Tuesday and Wednesday. The cases involving the two area men were the only ones heard by the court at the fall assizes. It was the first time in close to three years that any criminal charges had been on a docket of the Supreme Court sitting in Huron County. STILL CONFINED The other two injured in the crash, Roland Rumpel and Barry Greenacre are still Con- fined to St. Joseph's Hospital, London, where all five were taken after the crash. Despite the fact doctors keep finding more injuries to Rumpel, his father reports he is making steady progress. On Thursday, he had his left arm X-rayed and it was found —Please turn to back page George Plantinga, 18, RR 2 Crediton, was remanded incus- tody for sentence after he plead- ed guilty to a break, enter and theft charge in Sarnia court, Thursday. Sentence will be handed down today. This Thursday also, Plan- tinge will facea charge of taking a car without the owner's con- sent. This charge was laid on Wednesday by OPP Constable Harry Reid, Exeter, following investigation of a complaint by Cliff Brock, Crediton, who re- ported his car missing. If Plantinga pleads guilty to this charge, it will be heard at Sarnia, but if he pleads inno- cent, the case will have to be heard in Exeter. The area youth appeared be- fore Magistrate Dunlap without counsel after being charged by Grand Bend OPP Constable Ray Gilleno and Constable Darryl Stutt, Ipperwash, on the break, enter and theft charge. He was picked up Wednesday when the police found him hiding under a bed in the lakefront cottage of Dr. D. M. Fletcher, Strathroy. Plantinga was charg- ed with the theft of clothing from the cottage. Police were tipped off by a passerby on the beach, who saw the youth prying off a screen from the window of the cottage. Name of the mail who re- ported the break and enter to the police is not known because Given 60 days for stealing gum In magistrate's court in For- est, Thursday, Albert Boud- reau, Grand Bend, was sen- tenced to 60 days in jail on a charge of theft. Involved was the theft of a six-section vending machine containing bubble gum, from its sidewalk location in front of a main street grocery store the last week in August at Grand Bend. Court has 25 cases Harvest slowed but crops okay Area farmers continue to have troubles due to weather conditions, but the crops are not being affected to any extent. The harvest of beans and corn is being slowed down due to the wet conditions, but officials of two district firms indicated the crop itself was not being hurt. Jack Urquhart, of Canadian Canners, reported about half the corn pack has been com- pleted and it will probably con- clude about October 10. Yields, he said, were slightly above average. Hensall mills report there are still many acres to harvest, but again the wet weather is not hurting other than to slow the farmers down in getting the crop in. The crop this year is expect- ed to run at a good average. Lads with beer pay $120 Dam contract not let as yet A report in Tuesday's edition of a daily newspaper announcing that the contract has been let for construction of the Parkhill Dam is premature according to A u s ab 1 e River Conservation Authority field officer, Terry there was probably McHCeauslaieyd. some misunderstanding on the part of the newspaper in the information given by Freeman Hodgins, ARCA chairman. The story reported that the contract had been let to Peacock Construction Co. of Don Mills at a tender price of $1,277,138. The information went on to point out that the final price may be slightly higher--by some $30,000 —bec ause the contractor's bid was based on tons instead of the cubic yards asked for. McCauley indicated the ARCA hoped to accept this tender, as it was the lowest of the seven received, but added that govern- ment approval had still not been received and the contractor could not be formally engaged until such time as the agreement was signed. Both Hodgins and McCauley said they hoped the government approval would be coming in the near future as they are anxious to have the work started this fall. The project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1965. The tender of the Don Mills firm is the one the ARCA has been recommended to accept by their consulting engineers, M. M. Dillon and CompanyLtd., London., drainage of Charles Thompson, Art Hodgins and others, and Charles Corbett, 0.L.S., was appointed to prepare plans, spe- cifications and report. In business arising out of the August meeting, council learned they had met refusal in their bid to haVe another township member added to the school board which will come into effect on January 1. The present setup calls for a five-member board, with two from Ailsa Craig and three from the township. Council felt the difference in assessment between the village and the rest of the township warranted a fourth township representa- tive. At that meeting, council pass- ed a bylaw to apply for a cen- tennial grant to make improve- ments and an addition to the township hall at West McGilli- vray. If the project is accepted, they hope to install a water system, toilets, new floor and general repairs. Estimated cost is approxi- mately $6,500. Council decided to advise the County of Middlesex that they will appoint their own Construe- tion Safety Officer. Due to the fact such a person will be required very seldom in the township, it was felt it would be more economical to appoint a safety officer them- selves rather than sharing in the cost of the County man. In other business, council: Appointed Les Morley as Commissioner on the Mollard- Vander Kant drain. Paid $5,650.24 on their levy to the Ausable River Conserva- tion Authority for the Parkhill Dam. Paid a claim of $20 for sheep damaged by dogs. that a car had been driven in a dangerous manner in the PMQ's, and was apparently headed for Exeter. VanBergen intercepted the three in a car driven by Elliott near the Anglican church, and ordered them to return to the police station for questioning. The three reportedly attemp- ted to smash the beer bottles before the officer returned be- hind them, but he found the smashed bottles and also three full bottles. Magistrate Hays said he hop- ed the youths had been made clean up the broken glass. cation with the former's par- ents, Mr. and. Mrs. K. G. CrOaker, RR 1 Hay. Constable CrOcker serves in the RCMP crime detection laboratory' at Regina. * * * OPP Constable Prank BMA: ton, Woodstock' detachment, is relieving in Grand Bend while Constable RaY Gillette is on annual holiday. 011ie no will leave this weekend and Cori, Stable beiilton Will be en duty in the retort Until the Iatter part Of OctOber, Hensall girl crowned queen at fait Bonnie P'Oater f 17; centre, Wag troWned "Queen of the Centennial" SatiirdaY Mai at the ',Urich Agricultural Society's centennial dance. Picked as the two 'princesses for the llensall girl Were Susan Oeschy left, and Linda Ga.schb, both of ZUrich. Further events at the centennial fair will be held thig Friday, Saturday And Monday. Zurich Citizens N'ew's Seven from CE at Bauer rites Seven personnel from Station Centralia acted as the official representatives of the RCAF at the funeral of Bobby Bauer in Kitchener, Friday. Bauer, former star of the NHL BoSton Bruins and coach of two Canadian Olympic teams, was a metriber of the famous Kraut Line and Was a veteran of the RCAF. Attending from Centralia were; F/0 Carl ROss, Pit tee Conirle, Cpl. Phil Campbell, Cpl. Al Wiper, Cpl. Ron Ander- aorii LAC Al Josey and LAC Moe Mustin. Close to 25 cases were heard in Exeter court before Magis- trate Glenn Hays, Q.C. Tues- day, and charges varied from underage drinking, speeding, making unnecessary noise with cars and a host of traffic in- fractions. A total of $120 in fines and court costs was extracted from three area youths who pleaded guilty to charges of illegal pos- session of alcohol and con- suming alcohol while under the age of 21. James Edward O'Neil, 18, Centralia, paid fines of $26 for Consuming and an additional $25 for illegal posaession when he admitted ownership to the beer the youthS were drinking. John William 811160, 16, RR 2 Ailsa Craig, was fined $35 and costs of $7.50 for constim- frig and kichard Glanville, 16, Creditors, received a fine of $20 and costs of $2.50 oft a similar charge. The three, and another 12. year-old passenger', were at). pretended In Exeter by CO11- Stable Harry VanBergen, atter he had been notified by Air Force Peace At RCAF Centralia Rev. Brett deVries, former rector of Trivitt Memorial Ang, lican Chtikoh, has been appoint ed to the Anglican parish of St. James Church, Hespeler. Since leaving the Exeter and llerisall parish, Rev. deVries has been the rector' of Christ Markdale. The announcement of his new Charge was made by Rt, Rey. G. N. ttixton, Bishop of Huron. * * RCMP Constable AMOS and Mrs. citolter returned to Re- gina Thursday, following a va- Announcements 4 4 :4 4 v 12, Church Notices 4.. , 12 Coming Events Editorials 4 4 6 4 i • 2 Feminine Facts 'N 1;4 411610e 6 'Hensel' 6 'i g 6 6 4' 6 4 '41.1da•li 0 V 16. 0. Y. V V 10V V S 13 Sports V '6 V 'W. lt d r. 6 Want Ads .1 V. g ti4 10,11 A Ridgetown man, R obe r t Bruce Hooper, 21, also received stiff penalties after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding and one of having liquor in a place other than his residence. OPP Constable John Wright testified Hooper attained speeds of up to 100 m.p.h. on Highway 4 on August 22, and the officer had to drive 110 m.p.h.; to catch him. Hooper, who said his speedo Meter was not working, was fined $40 and costs of $1.50. He paid another $30 and costs of $7.50 on the liquor charge. A cornpanien, David Charles Tompkins, 22, also of Ridge- town,Was fined $15 and costs of $.50 on a similar charge. Both charges Were laid on August 22 by Constable Wright. biS1VHS8 CHARGE A charge of failing to stop following an accident was missed against George Pred- erick Church,- "Exeter. Wag defended by tinier b: Belly tld.> of Bell & Laughton. The Charge arose out of an incident In DaahWood this sum- PleaSe turn to back page