HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-10-08, Page 1OWRC ASKED TO FIND POLLUTION S
He said there were as many
as 59 in an area near one of
the Hay Township .concession
bridges,
The conservation ,official said
they traced the trouble back to
the control site of the factory's
system, and found the overflow
was going directly into the
river,
He said the ground was satur-
ated from the vast amount of
Water being deposited there
from the factory, as well as
from the heavy summer rains,
and therefore could not seep into
the gronnd.
In Queen's honor guard
Two airmen from RCAF Centralia served in the honor guard for
Queen Elizabeth when she was greeted at RCAF Station Summer-
side, Monday. F/L Philip Rhodes, left, served as the guard
commander, and will assume similar duties when Queen. Eliza-
beth arrives at Ottawa later on her tour. W02 Ed Lesnick is a
member of the honor guard. F/L Rhodes is a course director at
Centralia and lives in Exeter. Lesnick is a popular sports
enthusiast. --RCAF photos
Stephen gets
new vehicle
Board to post signs
to stop speedsters
The loss for, the four acres
of beans flooded was set at.
MP)
lieweVer' the letter went on
to point out this was not the end
of the matter as a large drain,
in the vicinity was plugged and
it would cost D 41 0 ,t!a about
$2,000 to repair it to prevent
more flooding in Ms fields,
The lawyer's letter noted the
bean loss could be settled as
soon as possible, but the drain
matter would probably require
engineering studies to come up
with a permanent solution"
Council was also told that
Dzieba, had about $1,100 worth
of corn in his field and was
unable to get in and harvest it
due to flooded conditions,
The claim for the damage
to the bean crop was received
sympathetically by council, and
Councillor Wooden suggested
the claim be pald.
However, Mayor Simmons
stated he was not sure It was
the town's liability, and to pay
the claim would indicate they
felt they were at fault.
Reeve Fisher said he didn't
'think the drain in question was
actually a town drain.
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Mayor Simmons noted that
both works superintendent
Paisley and. Oanadian Canners
officials sent samples of the
waste frem the system to be
tested, And'it was never report-
ed as .being painted.
"There must be something,
getting in there besides •Can-
ners" WaSte," Paisley added,
One member of council point-
ed out there wore other drains
running into the river from
several sources, and it was
suggested they could be causing
the pollution,
The debate on whether or not
the town-operated system could
be polluting the river continued,
but no one appeared to knowfor
sure and so it was decided to
call in the OWRC.
The second letter received
was from the law firm of Bell
& Laughton on behalf of Mike
Dzioba, a property owner west
of the canning factory, who
claimed damage for his bean
field which was flooded earlier
this year.
Council had been informed
earlier the claim would be made
for damages after the crop was
harvested and the loss calcu-
lated.
A complaint of pollution in
the Aux Sables river west of
E xeter Oil be turned over to
the Ontario Water Resources
Commission, but it is doubtful
it such an easy solution will be
fonful to answer the problem
in regard to the lagoon operated
by the town for Canadian Can-
ners, and drainage problems
in the area of the canning fac-
tory.
Letters on both regards were
read before council Monday
night.
Harry Schroeder, RR 2 Cen-
tralia, reported to council there
was evidence of pollution in the
river and the concentration of
the contamination was causing
the death of many fish.
He pointed out the situation
had occurred only lately and may
be due to individual negligence
in the operation of the lagoon
by the town.
"I trust it will soon be rem-
edied," the young farmer con-
cluded.
Terry McCauley, field officer
for the Ausable River Conser-
vation Authority, who was M
attendance reported he had been
contacted by Schroeder who was
concerned over the general pol-
lution of the river.
McCauley said he had inves-
tigated the situation with
Schroeder and they had found
many dead fish in several areas
of the river west of Exeter.
He said there were some game
fish, but most were described
as "coarse" species.
AUX SAUBLES RIVER FISH KILLED BY POLLUTION
Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 8, 1964 Price Per Copy 10 Cents
Blind campaign
reaches $324
S. B. Taylor, area chairman
for the Canadian National In-
stitute for the Blind appeal, re-
ports this week the canvass has
reached only about one-third of
its total $1,000 objective.
Donations to date are $324.00
according to the Exeter jewel-
ler.
Persons have been asked to
leave their donations with him
as soon as possible.
Receipts for the area are as
follows: Exeter $296, Crediton
$6, Dashwood $11, Centralia
$6, Granton $5.
Hensall turned down
on centennial project
competing in the International
Plowing Match at Peterboro.
The two are Charles Becker
and Jim Turnbull, who won the
junior high school class at the
Huron County match near Ex-
eter, Saturday.
The question of expe nse
money was raised by Roy Mor-
enz, who said he had been con-
tacted by V. L. Becker, Dash-
wood, father of one of the lads,
to see if the board would pay
their expenses.
It was explained that expenses
had been paid for other competi-
tors in previous years.
W. F. B. MacLaren, in an
effort to get the discussion
started, suggested $50 for each
of the students.
Garnet Hicks said he felt
this was too high, as the boys
could ride together and would
only be at Peterboro for one
day.
He also pointed out there
had been no previous announce-
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ject had been for some un-
necessary project—such as a
fountain in the park—this would
have been accepted.
Council decided the wash-
rooms must be repaired re-
gardless of the fact this source
of money will not be available
and the parks board was asked
to work on this and inform coun-
cil of their findings.
While the request to improve
Members of Hensall council
expressed disappointment Mon-
day that their request for a
centennial grant to repair and
rem., ate the arena was turned
down on the grounds it was not
a suitable project for such an
occasion.
They noted the washrooms
were in dire need of repair and
it was a general feeling that
if the suggested centennial pro-
In an effort to slow down
"car jockeys" in the vicinity
of the high school, the board
decided Tuesday night to erect
signs prohibiting public travel
on the circular drive at the
east end of Gidley Street.
The topic was raised follow-
ing the receipt of a note from
Exeter councillor Joe Wooden
asking the board to consider
closing off the drive, except
for bus travel, in an attempt
to curtail the driving antics
around the school.
While his suggestion was ap-
parently to put a barrier across
the road, Roy Morenz ques-
tioned if signs could be erected
signifying that the drive was
private and that the police would
prosecute anyone trespassing
on it.
Some question was raised as
to whether this would suffice,
or if a barricade was needed.
Garnet Hicks reported that
such a sign would be all that
was required and it would not
mean that only the police could
bring action against trespass-
ers.
He indicated that he had been
told by officers of the OPP that
any person could record the
licence number of an offender
and report it to the police for
further action.
The board gave secretary-
treasurer, E. D. Howey, per-
mission to have such a sign
erected.
After a very lengthy discus-
sion, the board decided to pay
$30 each for expense money to
two students who are this week
the appearance of one of the
village's buildings has been
turned down, it was reported
that one change in the appear-
ance of the community would
definitely come about.
Councillor John Baker show-
ed council a sample of the new
street signs which will be erec-
ted throughout the community,
They will be green signs with
white lettering and a total of
72 will be purchased.
One will be ordered to signify
the business section as well
as the residential streets.
The manufacturer is Klass
Bronze, New Hamburg.
Stephen Township council re-
ceived eight tenders for the
supplying of a new half-ton
pickup truck at their meeting,
Monday, and finally decided to
accept the bid of Mathers Bros.
Exeter.
The price was the lowest of
the eight at $2,003.90. This
price included a trade-In on the
township's present truck and
will be subject to the approval
of the department of highways.
Most of the other dealers
bidding on the truck were very
close in price.
The Stephen meeting was held
Monday of this month to permit
Reeve Glenn Webb to attend
the International Plowing Match
at Peterboro. He will be among
the Huron officials promoting
the Huron match in 1966.
Tenders were also opened
at the meeting for the supply
of a 56" culvert to be construct-
ed at lot 21 on the 19th con-
cession.
The bid of $1,891.00 was ac-
cepted from Robersteel of Can-
ada Ltd., Hamilton. It was the
lowest of five bids and the
highest was $2,300.00.
In other business, council:
Decided to hold their Novem-
ber and December meetings on
the afternoon of the first Tues-
day of each month at 1:00 p.m.
Set a meeting for October 23
at 8:00 p.m. to read the report
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Nov.11 set as holiday,
builder questions charge Birth control pills
affect population?
with about $101,900 having been
paid to date,
It was explained that this
wasn't too bad, but Clerk C. V.
Pickard noted that usually half
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A letter was received from
a Goderich law firm on behalf
of Art Whilsmith, Exeter, in
protest of council's decision
to charge him frontage for his
senior citizen apartments east
of Andrew Street.
A letter had been written from
council advising Whilsmith he
would be charged at the rate of
42d a foot for his 215' frontage,
or $90.30 a year.
The lawyer's letter pointed
out he actually only had 20'
frontage on Andrew Street and
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Let plowing
bids to two
Father decorates son
Glenn Fisher was installed as Noble Grand of the Exeter IOOF
Lodge,Tuesday, and on hand to assist with the ceremony was
his father, Clark, who will mark 50 years in lodge work next
year. The senior Fisher is a Past District Deputy Grand Master
also. —T-A photo
T-A on time!
Cliff Barkley, an employee
of Snell Bros. Limited, has
purchased the Mill Street re-
sidence of Harold Noonan it was
announced recently by John
Burke, local real estate agent,
who handled the deal.
Dr. D. A. Ecker and Dr. R. W.
Read were in Vineland last week
attending the second three-day
scientific meeting of the Ontario
Chapter of the College of Gen-
eral Practice as part of their
formal program of taking 100
hours of postgraduate study
every two years.
More than 500 family doctors
from Ontario and upper New
York State attended.
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Advertisements appear in
this issue seeking applications
to replace Reg Black, Zurich,
as secretary-treasurer of both
the Hay Municipal Telephone
System and the Hay Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany.
Black has accepted a posi-
tion with McLaren Paper Com-
pany and at the beginning of
the new year will become as-
sistant secretary of the cor-
poration at Buckingham, Que-
bec. It is a short distance
from Ottawa.
SHOW DISGUST
Reeve Norman Jones told
council he is "going after a
blinker light" for the corner
of Highways 84 and 4 at the main
intersection at the eastern lim-
its of the village.
Council agreed they were
tired of being "put off" by
Highways Minister MacNaugh-•
ton and his staff due to the fact
council feels a traffic control
light is badly needed at this
corner, which has been the
scene of many crashes.
Discussion was also held on
the condition of the front doors
at the town hall which are de-
teriorating.
Clerk Earl Campbell said
that when the doors were pur-
chased council had been led to
believe they were solid oak, but
they are actually just veneer
and varnishing will not be
enough now since they are split-
ting.
No action was taken, but it was
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Weather conditions this week
indicate Usborne Township
council may not be rushi ng
things by accepting snowplowing
tenders at their October meet-
ing, Tuesday.
The only two tenders received
were accepted, being those of
Ken Broom, RR 1 Hensall and
Gerald C. Reid, Exeter.
Both bids were for rates of
$7 per hour while plowing and
a charge of $5 per clay standing
time during the months of De-
cember through March.
Both men have five-ton trucks
and the tenders are subject to
the approval of the department
of highways.
The assessor's report was
received, showing a gain of
$18,300 over the previous year.
Council agreed to hold the court
of revision on assessment at the
regular November meeting at
2:00 p.m.
In other business, council:
Was advised that A. M.Harp-
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Mayor reports
he'll step down
Mayor Eldrid Simmons re-
ported at council Monday that
he would definitely not seek
re-election for his post for the
coming two-year term.
While the Mayor has let it be
known in some circles that he
did not plan to run again, this
was the first public announce-
ment he has made.
Exeter assessor Eric Cars-
cadden reported to council Mon-
day that the population has
dropped by a total of 85 this
year, while the assessment has
increased by only $85,000.
"Where did they go?" ques-
tioned Councillor Ross Taylor
in regard to the drop inpopula-
tion.
",It's those birth control
pills," prompted another mem-
ber.
The population was reported
at 3,156 and the assessment
figure was $3,199,262.
The drop in population may
not be welcomed by most, ex-
cept school officials. One of
the big drops was in the three
and under category where there
are now 228. This is 39 less
than last year.
Another 24 drop was noted in
the group of five-year-olds and
another 12 in the six and seven
age bracket.
The number of 10 to 13-year-
olds increased by 13 and there
was a 13 increase in those from
70 and over.
Another big drop was in the
large category of persons be-
tween the ages of 20 and 59, It
dropped 61 to 1,400,
Carscadden also told council
there were about 20 vacant
homes in Exeter, although it was
noted the figure was probably
high to what it was at the
present time.
The assessor-tax collector
said there was $280,254 to be
collected in taxes this year,
Finds youth guilty
of striking officer
the charge should only be $8.40
a year.
The letter went on to explain
that while this may appear as
though the local builder was
getting something for nothing,
it would cost him an estimated
$3,000 to have his apartment
hooked into the Andrew Street
sewer.
Clerk Pickard suggested
there may be some misunder-
standing, as it was not council's
intention to make Whilsmith
bring his line right to the sewer
connection, but rather council
would make the connection right
into his property line.
Mayor Simmons also ques-
tioned how Whilsmith c o uld
come up with an estimate of
$3,000 for the connection into
the sewer.
Works superintendent Jim
Paisley suggested the work
could be done for about $4 a
foot ) or an estimated cost of
$'720 in comparison to the $3,-
000 figure.
There was a discussion held
on whether or not Whilsmith
could be forced to hook into
the sewer if he was presently
causing pollution in the drain,
and it was the general feeling
that he could,
Paisley was asked to have an
inspector test the water in his
drain to see if it was causing
any pollution.
Rodney Coulter, 18, Grand
Bend, was found guilty by Ma-
gistrate J. C. Dunlap in Sarnia
court, Friday, of assaulting a
police officer during the Labor
Day weekend disturbance in
Grand Bend.
coulter's $2,000 property
bail was extended a week when
Magistrate Dunlap will pass
sentence. The magistrate asked
Despite the Thanksgiving
holiday this weekend, next
week's edition of The Exeter
Times-Advocate will be pub-
lished on Thursday as normal.
Correspondents therefore
are asked to send their weekly
budgets in at the same time as
usual.
The deadline for display ad-
vertising will be extended to
Tuesday noon, but the deadline
for classified advertising will
remain as Tuesday at supper.
The T-A enlists the co-oper-
ation of all contributors in send-
ing in early news and advertis-
ing copy.
After a brief discussion on
an often contentious issue,
council approved a request from
the Exeter Legion to declare
November 11 as a public holi-
day.
The letter from the veterans
pointed out this was a practice
that had been followed for some
years, although Clerk C. V.
Pickard pointed out it had not
been named a holiday last year.
Councillor Derry Boyle said
the reason for this was due to
the fact no request had been
• made from thp Legion and coun-
cil had felt it best not to de-
clare it on their own.
Councillor Joe Wooden said
he felt a provincial or federal
policy should be established in
regard to Remembrance Day
as "it's not much sense some
having it and others not".
It was explained that the date
was marked as a holiday on
most calendars.
Mayor Simmons suggested
Remembrance Day should be a
full day's holiday and should
be observed on the 11th of No-
vember. Last year the Legion
program was held on Sunday,
November 12.
"It's not a holiday," he fur-
ther stated, "it's a remem-
brance day."
Rev. J. P. Gandon, who was
in the audience at the meeting,
reported the Legion planned
to hold their service this year
on the. 11th, which falls on a
Wednesday.
Councillor Ross Taylor ques-
tioned if the Businessmen's As-
sociation should be approached
for their feelings on the matter,
but Boyle snapped back that it
was council's decision and not
that of the local businessmen.
for a pre-sentence report.
Coulter pleaded innocent to
assaulting OPP Constable Dar-
ryl Stutt, a member of the sum-
mer force at the resort, on
September 6.
Constable Stutt testified he
found a man whom he identified
as Coulter lying on his stomach
on the roof of the Pizza Patio
restaurant on the main street.
After struggling with the man
on the roof, the officer said he
was punched in the nose. He
said the man then bolted past
him and jumped from the roof.
Coulter was later arrested
in a cabin owned by his father
on the village's waterfront.
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Plan to institute in January Mail driver hurt
when truck rolls Seek action on driving course
The mail must go through!
But it was halted temporarily
near Centralia Saturday even-
ing when the mail truck ended
up in the ditch.
John Patrick Marrinan i 33,
RR 1 Clandeboye, had been
proceeding south on Highway
4 and turned west onto the road
into Centralia Village. The sun
was directly in his eyes and he
Pulled too sharply to the right
while meeting an eastbound car
On the road.
The right wheels of the truck
hit the north ditch and in'at-
tempting to pull beck onto' the
road, the truck rolled onto its
side and was damaged to an
estimated $500.
The driver Sustained lacera.!
tions to fingers on his right
hand, left forearm and an alma=
Mari on hiS right arm
OPP Constable John Wright
investigated and no charges
meeting with plans to implement
the instruction on January 1,
His motion contained several
answers he felt Should be an-
swered and presented to the
board,
Secretary E. D. Howey read
the Motion he had written down
and Boyne, after noting the sec-
retery had left out some of the
were laid.
Wright investigated another
crash on Sunday morning at
2:00 a.m. on Huron Street, about
three miles east of Exeter, in
which two cars were involved.
The cars were driven by Wil-
liam Ronald Coward, 18, RR 1
Woodham, and John Snell, 93
Sanders Street, Exeter.
Coward had been proceeding
west on Huron Street when the
lights of his car went out. He
pulled partially off the road.
Snell was also proceeding
west and failed to see the Cow-
axd eat as it was at the base
of a knoll. When he did See it,
he attempted to pull around
the stopped car, but his front
Corner hit the rear fender.
a ni age was estimated of
$100 to Coward's car and $250
to the Snell Vehicle. No charges
Were laid and neither of the
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The transportation commit-
tee of the SIIDHS board was
asked for more action on the
school's planned driver
ing prOgrani, Tuesday; board
chairman Ken Johns waS
prompted twice to speed 'up
proceedings of the beard Meet-
ing, and they also Went into a
committee Of the whole to dis-
cuss One piece of business.
Iry ArniStrong broached the
Subject of driver education and
Rev, 'Jain ,Boyne joined in by
pointing Out he thOtight the board
had intended to ConinlefiCe the
program thiS
Lloyd Larnport, Chairman of
the transportation committee,
reported it was impossible to
Start in the fall due 'to two rear
tonaj,narnely that the new ear
Models. are not available use
as 'an instruction and sec-,
aridly that a poll has to be
Come ongang, we can do it!
it's all in the way you 'held you're mouth if yen want to be a successful ttig-tit-VU teams An OM
kids from Baseline Were Nat that when they Cenipeted at the Kirkton fair, Friday., The youngsters
Caine Close tO iosing before the suppert of their audience spurred theM On hi greater Conquests,
this photo was taken during the final and the kids On the ether end 'of the rope Were front Anderson.
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ducted among the students to
determine how many are inter-
ested in taking the course.
He SU ggeSred it doted be.
underway by the beginning Of the
year.
Boyne then questioned Lam-,
port on what the committee
planned to d6 at the preSent
time in regard to getting the
project underway and received
no reply.
"iliaS a poll been taken in
the school?" W. V, 14, Mac-
Laren questioned.
He 'was told that it had net.
A discussion Was held on the
Matte r"With members question-
ing tainpOrt .aild others on some
asp Of the prOgrath# and
Meg questions Went UnatisWer.i;
eda
Boyne then presented a
tion calling for the committee
to Make a hill repert, at the next
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points he had mentioned, replied
lie Wahted "more teeth" in it.
He said he felt the committee
should be prepared to advise the
board on the insurance costs,
the cost per pupil, how many
would be interested, the cost to
the board, and even listing job
applidantso
When it was he ted the students
should have some idea of hOW
much It would cost them When
the survey was being made,
Boyne 'added in his motion that
the students should be told it
Weitid eclat them $10 each,
The amended motion was then
presented and approved by the
beard,
'Boyne stated at one point he
Was not ChaStiSing the tom-
initteefor the lac ef Work dOile
on the projeCt, but Said it was
not unreasonable to r 6 q u 6 S t
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