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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-11-05, Page 1Things start to roll at Exeter's trailer factory Black' month ands, this one .unmarred EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 5, 1964 Price Per copy 10 colts The month Qf boteher ended on a glorious note as far as the Weather was concerned,;but the month will go dowp in. the re cords of the local OPP detach-, merit as one of the worst on re-, cord. Cpl, C. J. Mitchell reports there Were feer persons killed in area craphea and another eight injured — one of them seriously. In all there Were 14 report- KAY EXCEPTION TO ZONING BYLAW able accidents and oddly enough half of them invplyed .only one car. One was a hit-and-run, The head of the local detach, Merit also pointed, out there Ninety-second Year have beep seven persons killed in highWaY aceidents in his cite, trict since the begineing of APril. 'The "black" month came to an end Saturday, and there iS an indicatton that November may be less costly in Wes and property damage in the fact no accidents have been, reported at all in the first four days. Only accident of the week oc, cured on October 31, about one mile north of Hensall on High- way 4. It involved only one car --I-driven by Edgar A. Stroll, RR 3 Kippen. He and his wife were shaken up in the accident.. They had been proceeding north and had met about four southbound cars in a row, and due to the glare from those headlights ' they failed to see a tractor ahead of them in the northbound lane. Stroll swerved to miss the farm vehicle and crashed into —Please turn to back page Hallowe'en pranks light Area police officials this week congratulated district youths on their "good behaviour" on Hallowe'en. Damage from vandalism in the area was extremely light, much different than what most areas gonld beast. Some Incidents — such as this tree which mysteriously ended, up on a Hensall street — were reported, alpng with a couple of fires started on Hensall streets, two windows broken in Exeter, and Exeter cpuncillor Derry Boyle having the rear seat of his car removed and hidden, but this was about as serious as the police reported. --T-A photo Seek firm's action to halt false alarms Town council decided Monday to write Canadian Canners Ltd. requesting they take the neces- sary steps to repair their sprinkler System in an effort to prevent the large number of false alarms having been re- ceived by the Fire Department. If the false alarms continue after the firm has been given a "reasonable time" to amend the situation, council agreed they would have to take "fur- ther steps". The "further steps" will pro- bably be to ask the firm to pay the firemen for their calls. The discussion arose after Fire Chief Irwin Ford presented it was estimated it would pos- sibly be a month before ap- proval would be formally given to MacGregor, Notieg thia lengthy delay, Wopden explained that if the town had a committee of ad- justment for matters pertain- ing to the zoning bylaw, it would have been possible to grant ap- proval for the changes without amending the bylaw. Such a committee, which must be comprised of at least three persons, has more power than council in making changes under the zoning bylaw. He recommended that the 1965 council seriously consider the appointment of such a com- mittee to speed up matters where there is no opposition, MacGregor's planned addi- tion is a 20' by 30' cement block building to cost an esti- mated $2,000. Special services of remembrance Three area ministers will share duties in the annual. Re- membrance Day activities Lobe conducted in Exeter by the Royal Canadian Legiop branch on Wednesday. The morning church service will be held at Caven Presby- terian Church and the minister of the church, Rev. JohnBoyne, will deliver the address. The service will he conducted by Rev. Philip Gandon, of Tri- vitt Memorial Church. Following the service, the usual wreath-laying ceremo- nies will be conducted at the Library cenotaph with Legion members and district officials taking part. The Remembrance Day ban- quet will be held in the Legion Hall at '7:00 p.m. and the guest speaker will be Rev. J. Kelly, Mt. Carmel. Pilot unhurt in wreckage Only one appeal at revision court Court of revision met briefly prior to council meeting, Mon- day, and heard only one appeal. It was from Ewart Pym, who noted he was assessed for a 52- foot frontage, while he actually had only 50 feet. This fact was verified by Eric Carscadden, assessor and tax collector, who explained he had made the error in transferring the figures from his cards to. Pym's notice. A motion was passed approv- ing the correction and the roll was also accepted. Due to an apparent change of mind by most of the parties involved, Don MacGregor will be given permission to erect an addition to his William Street welding shop. The request was denied when first made about one Year ago because the build- ing is a non-conforming use in a residential zone. The request for a building permit at that time drew com- plaints from some of the rest dents in the area, and was not favored by some members of the Planning Board and council. Ma.cGregor appeared before council Monday and informed them there had been some mis- understanding which had led to the opposition by residents and said this had all been cleared up now. Councillor Joe Wooden, a member of the Planning Board, also backed the application for the permit this week, by ex- plaining the addition would be actually improving conditions in the areaby giving MacGregor a storage and work area which would not necessitate him leav- ing materials in his yard. He said council couldproceed against the regulations of their zoning bylaw in that the addition is on an existing use which will continue, by submitting an amendment to the Ontario Muni- cipal Board. This amending bylaw will have to be given three readings by council, and with the further delay in getting OMB action, Threaten stiff action Lads admit cash thefts Council has received no tend- ers for snow removal this year, but residents need not worry over what may happen if there is an early, heavy snowfall. One councillor put forth a suggestion on which most ap- peared to agree. His recom- mendation: "The guy who puts it (snow) there will have to remove it." However, council won't place all their trust in such a solution. They also asked Deputy-Reeve Bailey and Jim Paisley, works superintendent, to interview area truckers to see if one can be hired for the job this winter. HIGHWAY PLAN At the meeting, council de- cided to have engineer B. M. Ross prepare a plan for com- plete renovations and resur- facing of Highway 4 from Huron Street to the northern limits of Exeter. While there was no suggestion the work would be undertaken in the near future, it was felt such a plan should be drawn up so the PUC could go ahead with im- provements on their water and hydro services along the high- way with the knowledge they would not have to be altered when the highway is repaired at a later date. This would permit the PUC to advance in various stages with their intended plans of making changes to the services. Council turned down a sug- gestion by the department of highways that they designate Highway 83 as a connecting link. Main reason was due to the fact the highway has to be main- tained entirely by the depart- ment at present, but under a connecting link setup some of — Please turn to back page Test river for signs of pollution Charles E. Letman, kneeling left, from the sanitary engineering division of the OWRC, made se- veral tests Tuesday in an effort to determine the source of the pollution in the Ausable River which caused the death of many fish this summer. The test, made almost a month after the dead fish were first spotted, failed to indicate any conclusive evidence of pollution, although further study on the samples will be made. Watching from the left are: Harry Schroeder, RR 2 Centralia, who noti- fied council of the pollution in the river at his Hay Township grass farm; Jim Paisley (kneeling) works superintendent; Councillor Jack Delbridge; Terry McCauley, field officer for the ARCA. --T-A photo A Stratford construction company executive escaped in- jury Tuesday afternoon when his single engine plane crashed while attempting to land in a farmer's field near Staffa. Walter L. Moffatt, was flying in to inspect a building job his firm is doing at the Hibbert Township works department garage at the northern edge of Staffa. He said he was flying in from the north to land on Alvin Wor- den's field and overshot it. Mrs. Fred Harbi:rn, who saw the crash, said "I saw the plane nose down into the ground, and then I saw a man climb out of the wreckage". part of the left wing of the plane stayed in a shallow ditch along the country road. The crash occurred about 2;30 p.m. and the wreckage was hauled into the garage which Moffatt had gone to inspect. The plane was demolished. Indicate 32 students want driver training a suggestion they be asked to fix their equipment or pay for fire calls. It was explained there had been three false alarms from the factory in one week recently. Councillor Wright explained there was considerable old pip- ing at the factory and much of it wouldn't hold air, thereby triggering the alarm. He reported plans were to re- place some of the piping this winter in an effort to correct the situation. Council gave no indication of what they considered a "rea- sonable time" in which to have the situation cleared up. Chief Irwin Ford also noted there was a possibility the town was losing money on their pre- sent fire agreements with neighboring townships due to their fee of $60 for the first hour and $35 for each subsequent hour. Councillor Wright stated the agreement called for eight members of the local brigade to go with the truck to rural fires and it was felt the town was not losing money on this. How- ever, often more than eight men went, he added. Councillor Boyle said it was up to the Chief to control the number of men who attended rural fires and council agreed. Boyle also told Councillor Taylor he should act as a liai- son between council and the Fire Chief, in the same manner as he works with the Police De- partment as chairman of the protection to persons and pro- perty committee. The board approved a trip planned by Ron Bogart for his grade 10 agriculture class. He asked permission to take a bus load of about 40 boys to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto — Please turn to back page at the 'meeting from a local insurance firm reporting the cost of insurance on such a car would amount to $161 for the year. No action was taken on the subject. Despite low water levels Boating business booms Only one vacancy on Hensall council GRAND BEND Despite lower lake levels, and worries about small boat traffic in the Ausable River here, the dockmaster ' Alwyn Dayman reports receipts for the season indicate the largestyear ever in the Grand Bend boating history. Total receipts were $2,265, made up of charges to small boat people and yachtsmen at the rate of $1.00 per day, de- pending upon the length of the boats docked here. Also at council meeting Mon- day night, an agreement was made with the Grand Bend Yacht Club which will extend their lease on some 300feet of river- bank, for another six years. The lease now is until 1970, with a five-year renewing clause agreed upon. John Young, a member of the club, reported some dredging along the bank is proceeding. Rev. C. A. Brittain, presi- dent of the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce, appeared to request c o u nc support of work the industrial committee is doing toward find- Blind canvass receives boost Figures released this week by S. B. Taylor show the area canvass for the Canadian Na- tional Institute for the Blind has reached two-thirds of its goal. A sizeable contribution from RCAF Centralia brought the total to $666.07 by the end of October, leaving $333.93 to col- lect to reach the goal. However, the donations show only a slight increase from the other surrounding communi- ties, with some having donated no more in the past two weeks. The figures are as follows: Exeter $480, Crediton $26, Dashwood $15, Centralia $11, RCAF Centralia $129.07, Gran- ton $5. Good support for canvasses Area residents were quite generous when they "shelled out" for UNICEF and other charities during the Hallowe'en drive by area public school youngsters, Saturday. "The people were most gen- erous" was the identical state- ment of two area public school principals, Arthur Idle, Exeter, and Henderson King, J. A. D. McCurdy School. - The former reported Exeter residents contributed $155.18 for UNICEF, which was about $20 more than last year. There were about 75 children can- vassing throughout the town. At Huron Park, the students again conducted their canvass for charities, and it was not strictly a UNICEF campaign. Monies are sent to various or- ganizations as well as UNICEF and to sponsor the school's boy in Korea. Collection amountedto $379.95, slightly lower than last year. However, on the night previous to the public school campaign, the teenagers at Huron Park had canvassed for the CNIB. Results of the collections in other communities are reported in the various news budgets elsewhere in this issue. Due to the absence of Lloyd L amp o r t, the transportation committee failed to make any extensive report on the pro- posed driver training classes at SHDHS, but the board did receive some of their requested information in bits and pieces from members of the commit- tee. Secretary-treasurer, E. D. Howey informed the board there were 32 students who had in- dicated an interest in taking driver training this year. Plans are to institute the program in January. Garnet Hicks, a member of the committee, reported most of the local car dealers were anx- ious to co-operate in the pro- gram and all had offered to provide a dual-controlled car for the instruction. He said most of the offers from the dealers were identical, with the school only having to supply gas and service work on the vehicle. A letter was also received Community leader Chief C. H. MacKenzie re- ported Wednesday he had ap- prehended three juveniles in regard to an incident of theft in Exeter in the past week and one that has been cropping up for sometime. On Friday, the theft of about $70 was reported from the of- fice of the Exeter arena. The screws had been taken off a locked cupboard to get at a cash box. Two juveniles have been ap- prehended in regard to the in- cident and Chief MacKenzie said he has recovered about half the money reported stolen. Another juvenile has admitted to stealing cash from milk bottles throughout certain sec- tions of Exeter. About six complaints were registered with the local police force and Chief MacKenzie's investigation led to the juvenile. Only one accident was re- ported in town this week, oc- curring at the intersection of Victoria and William Streets on Saturday at about 10:40 a.m. G. Wayne Turvey, 30, 175 Andrew Street, had been pro- ceeding south on William when he was in collision with an east- bound truck driven by Lawrence E. Cameron, Teeswater. Chief MacKenzie estimated damage to the Turvey vehicle at approximately $200, while only slight damage was caused to the truck. Neither driver was injured. Fred Broadley, completing his second year on Hensall council, indicated Monday he would not seek re-election. All other members stated they would run again. This information was gleaned from a discussion around the table at the regular meeting as members indicated their inten- tions. In a poll among the council- lors last week, The T-A learn- ed that none intended to step up to oppose Reeve Norman three occasions to influence the reporters assigned to the various projects, to see the other side of Grand Bend. She noted that it was like talking to a brick wall, to get any of this across to reporters who were here to "get a story". She' commended the LFP re- porter for his handling of the Labour Day story, but noted in- accuracies in the Canadian Press coverage. John Guldemond, a resident of Southcott Pines, and a land- ing some industry for Grand Bend. Mr. Brittain explained that the council may need to con- sider annexation in order that sufficient land is available. Reeve Webb stated that about 100 acres of farm land within the village would be available for this. He said council will always co-operate with this sort of growth within the community. Councillor Ian Coles remark- ed upon three "bad" press re- leases which had occurred with- in the past year; one in the London Free Press which pic- tured the village as a deserted ghost town in winter; one in the Toronto Star weekend supple- ment which pictured the village as a place of drinking and loose morals; and the various inac- curate reports in the press fol- lowing the reading of the Riot Act at the Labour Day weekend. He asked if the Chamber of Commerce had considered hav- ing a public relations commit- tee. Wilma Dinnin, secretary of the Chamber, indicated the at- tempts she had made on all had lengthy illness Jones, who is completing his 14th year on council. Two indicated they had con- sidered such a move, but had decided against it due to lack of time. At that time, Broadley in- dicated his position with Gen- eral Coach may not provide enough free time to seek re- election, In business at the meeting, Councillor Knight reported the Parks Board had discussed the cost of new washroom facilities at the arena and were consider- ing renovating them in two stages so the cost would not be too great at one time. Mrs. Simon Roobal appeared before council and asked if they would pay her doctor and hos- pital bills which resulted after she had cracked four ribs and injured her shoulder by taking a tumble on one of the streets. She was told the insurance —Please turn to back page School bells still valuable Educator to outline opportunity classes acting member of South Huron Hospital Board, a past president and, at the time of his death, chairman of the property com- mittee. Surviving are his wife, the former Lillian Harden; one daughter, Mrs. John (Dorothy) Christie, Calgary and one son, Donald A., Ottawa; one brother Melville, Hensall; also five grandchildren. Funeral service will be con- ducted by Rev. S. E. Lewis at the R. C. Dinney funeral home Thursday, November 5 at 2:30 p.m. with interment in Exeter cemetery. A Masonic service was held in the funeral home Wednesday evening, Three more Usborne Town- ship one-room schools went under the auctioneer's hainnier Saturday, and again the school bells proVed to be the most popular One of the bells sold for $40, while one of the schools brought only $5. Arnold Darnien, Whalen, puxs6, chased the NO. 4 Eden school for $5 and auctioneer Alvin Wainer sold himself the school's bell for $25. The Pltigtown adhOOI brought the highest ptice of $4,000, and the buyer, Herb Anderson, Science 11111, plaht to convert it into a residence. The bell troin that school sold to Verne Weide, Dashwood, for $20, Perinea* Hey Township reeve, V, L. Becker, OW the highest price of the dayforasehOOlbell When he had to go to $40 be- tore getting the One at ttiroria dale. The' dhool itt &brought only 50 and was sold felted Teeth- net, Hensall. The Buren dal 6 and Eden sohoelt, will be demolished. HS principal resigns post Exeter loses one of its pro- minent merchants in the death of James Albert Traquair, '70, in South Huron Hospital, Tues- day, November 3. Mr. Tra.quair first became associated with the hardware business in 1913 when he was employed by Mr. R. M. Coward, then a merchant in Readlyn, Sask, He moved to Hensall 45 years ago and came to Exeter in 1029 when his present busi- ness was purchased from W. J. Heaman. Mr. Traquair celebrated his golden anniversary in the hard- ware business in March 1963 and was presented with agolden hammer by the wholesale hard- ware to commemorate the oc- casion. The deceased was a member of James Street United Church and chairman of the trustee board for many years. He was a past master of Hensall Ma- sonic Lodge and affiliate mem- ber of Lebanon Forest ArttAlVt Lodge, Exeter. He was also active in theExe- ter Lima Club, being a past president and a past district deputy governor. Mr. Traquair has been an Principal L, Sturgis pre- sented his resignation to the SHDHS board,- Tuesday, and it was "accepted with regret' as well as remarks of appredia-, don for the *Cork he ha.t done. mr. Sturgis joined the staff at the school in 1938 and was Appointed principal. in 1942 fob. lowing the resignation of E. J, Wethey, who had held the post since 1925. There' Were seven teachers and about 175 enrolled at the thine Mr. StUrgid assumed hie 06sti On h is retireinent,he has a staff of' 30 and there are 790 ,piiplla. pinS ail edditional 150 etteedingdWeetlitalletbit, fesignatiOti becomes of festive on June SO. Members of area elementary school boards, teachers and parents, have been invited to attend the Monday night meet- ing of the Exeter Home & SchoOl Association to hear a talk on op- portunity classes. Speaker will be J. L. Roth- inns, inspector of special ser- vices with the department of education. Area public school inspector J. G. Burrows has stimulated Some interest on the formation of area opportunity Classes, and in an article in last week'S ISsue reported there Was a need for such classea. On the general basis of there being One Student In each exist= ing classroom who needs spe‘ cial help, he eatithated a total Of 100 Students in his inapec. torate could be given training. This involves not only the below average student, but also the brighter student who is not Cernotatlen and standing to The right Of Mr. Smith are: Al the KatialskaSitig dottier Who handled the said of the Mobile ices Ttidkey, president of The industrial group; C.ti smith, manager of the 100a1 sank of Montreal; itayinoridi secretary of the Industrial 0'044 ,•;,T.6 A photo AnnOtitideinents 4 'i i 10 Church Notices is t 64 i 10 Coming Events i di 4 10 Bditorialt , )14 Fancies 5 Hensel' 4 4' 4' 'w 1 ii 4 4 4 ptatin . .4 4 .44 .a• a Sports a it la v v I 6 Want Ads AV ii'4' 7,10 Mr. and Mrs: Georgel1a11,Kapnskasing,receive the keys to their new mobile home trete William Sinith, president of CtistOrn Trailers Ltd. The Mobile Mine was the first one produced at the new Exeter industry, although some officedaen-wheeld were nom piked last Week. Watching the ceremony to the left of the door are C. M. ParrOW and Murray Greene of the Exeter Industrial reaching his peak, as well as students with emotional preb, hies. Advantage of an OpportUnity class Of course IS the fact a teacher may apend more time With eaoh individual than Is possible in a regular 'class room: The meeting will be held at the 10Cal Scheel and Mr, Burrow's' said he was honing for a good tUrrietit. Teachers in his inspectorate Will have another leek into the benefita of opportunity classes this Friday when they hold their annual convention, Plant call fiat blAtttbonl visitations of special classes In tendon dealing with various Opportunity and auxiliary in- ttriiction, The lodal. separate Stheel teachers Will aiSty take part in the tour. ShidentS will enjoy a holiday.