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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-12-24, Page 3Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 24, 1964 Price Per Copy 10 Cents NO AUTHORITY John Roelofs appeared before council and issued a protest Over hit disritistal-,-or layoff-- by the Exeter Cemetery Board. After listening to the Com- plaint, Mayor Simmons inform- ed Reelds the matter Was Wider the Control of the Cemetery Board and that council could not interfere in the matter. Councillor Ted Wright, a meinber. of the Cemetery Hoard, repotted last meeting on Roei, Oft having been laid "off Work. He explained there Was not enough money or work to war- Announcements 4 i * • 4 i Church notices .4. i 16 Coming Events •a , 16 Editorials a 4 Feminine .acts Fancies iensall Oi * i Liteati .V • • 4 6 Want Ads 3 -0,13 PERFORM GREET< DANCE FOR SilDliS COMMENCEMENT ARCA. work not entirel frustrated. In 1965•, the committee re- commended the production of a brochure Petlirtieg a Peneer,- vation drive around the whole Watershed Ph9WIng various types of Authority PreJeete, and which would be made available to the department of tourism and information for dipplay at booths along highway 401 and other main arteries leading to the area, The second project was the continuation of a conservation night program, to be held in various watershed communi- ties, similar to the meeting held in Lucan in 1963. includes ,a tYPewriter, map filet file cabinet and ea* drapes. An eXPeeelltere$000 haP been set aside for toilets at Morrison Dam, and $1,209 signatee for the achool pro- grams, and conservation poi epee school. The total expenditerePleneed is $76,585 and anticipated grants op this amounts to $35,- 092.50, leaving the ARCA with $40,892.50 to make up, As men- tionee, $25,522.02 of this comes from the municipalities while the remainder is in various re- venue souroes. Santa greeted by mixed reception in Exeter visit on Saturday SOME WERE REALLY HAPPY business, WAPbor P#3r was not held in 1964, but it is likely the Antberity'a forest and Wild- life eoeservation area in Ste, Phen Township Will be the site fel' the 1965 event. Some of the other business which took the noare't time was negotiation with the OWRC for easements on their property for the Lake Huron pipeline. Bryan reported on some ex, perimental work and said one of the future plans includes the development of an Authority nursery for erosion control species and replacement stock for conservation area planting. John Stephen, chairman of the finance advisory board, in- dicated a reduction in the bud- get for 1965. He estimated municipalities would be asked to raise $25,500.00. He said there may also be a small ad- ministration surplus at the end of this year, and if so, the levy on municipalities would be re- duced accordingly. Only major piece of equip- ment being considered for the new year is the replacement of the pickup truck. The pro- posed budget shows $1,500 set aside for this. A bulldozer was purchased in 1964. Other equipment being con- sidered for the office at Exeter PLANTING DOWN A report from the reforesta- tion committee headed by Joe Bryan, showed a sizeable de- crease in tree planting on pri- vate lands, despite the fact the program had received cen- t iderable publicity. Plantings were reported at less than 12,000 trees, rom- pared to about 35,000 last year. The board felt the interest could be reawakened by preparing a brochure on reforestation as- sistance policies of the ARCA and including the application form for the assistance within the pamphlet itself. Due to the pressure of other Although the Parkhill Dam tack up a large share of the time of meelberS of the. Ana., able River Ceeserfatlee Au- thority, rePerta by the various advtsgry boards at Parkhill Wedeesday, did show many achievements in other lleee. And Just as the darn pro- vided frustrations, some PS- pqcts did prove rewarding, such as the conservation tchopl held ler area students at Camp Syl- van, Charles Corbett, public re, lations chairman, cited the co- operation and team work that had contributed to the success of the school, and he asked all members to give support for the similar venture to be under- taken in 1965, ',A renewed interest in the overall program of the Auth- ority was one of the side bene- fits of the operation of this school, and made itself felt la, ter on in the year in the form of requests for essay material by students," Corbett's report noted. He commented further on oth- er tours made throughout the watershed by various groups of students and noted that exhibits prepared by the ARCA had good mileage" at various events at which they were displayed. SOME WONDERED ABOUT IT ATTEND SESSIONS In his report, J. T. McCauley, field officer, urged members to attend the Soil Conservation Society of America which will meet at the University of Wes- tern Ontario on January 16. He was given permission to attend the Conference on Re- gional Development and Eco- nomic Change to be held in Toronto from February 15 to 17 and members agreed to send a staff member to the Great Lakes Park Training Institute at Pokagan, Indiana from Feb- ruary+ 22 to 26. Following question on the matter from McCauley, the — please turn to back page ... FARMERS ATTEMPT TO SAVE FAME Bought minor beer --pays fine of $40 Two youths paid a total of $80 in Exeter court Tuesday when they appeared to face charges arising from a beer purchasing incident on October 29. OTHERS WERE A BIT SCARED AND THEN THERE WERE SOME!!! Town gets EMO man Recommend new police car, review of department salaries rectors. His resignation was earlier given for reasons of health. Pridham indicated members of the board were unaware the supplementary financing they expected had not come through, and they were not told until after the December 1 deadline. He said the resignation of McInnis was requested after members of the board learned they could have lost the plant. At present, the former own- ers of the Fearman plant are handling the operation. After other questions in re- gard to the board's action had been answered, Ross Love pre- sented a motion to "stand 100% behind the FAME board both morally and financially." This carried with only a few dissenters among the crowd. However, when Malcolm Dav- idson, a Brucefield area farm- - Please turn to back page SANDRA SKINNER • . top speaker Exeter council held their final meeting Monday, at which time they received sever al com- plaints from local citizens, put some recommendations on the books for the 1965 council and bid farewell to retiring Mayor Simmons, Reeve Fisher and Councillor Ferguson. The police committee pre- sented several recommenda- tions, the major one being that the 1965 council give considera- tion to the purchase of a new James Arthur Thomas, God- erich, was fined $40 and costs of $7.50 for supplying beer to a minor. And the minor, Adrien Lansbergen, Zurich, was fined $30 and costs of $2.50 for having the beer that was purchased. Evidence submitted to Magis- trate Glenn Hays, Q.C., byOPP Constable Yeaman showed that Lansbergen had given the God- erich youth the money to pur- chase the beer in Zurich. Tho- mas had no other connection with the episode. Both pleaded guilty to the charges. Donald Hoffman, 18, RR 3 Zurich, was fined $50 and costs of $7.50 when he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an acci- dent in Zurich on November 22. Hoffman was in collision with a parked car in Zurich and drove away. Damage to the car was estimated at only $25. The charge was laid by OPP Constable Bill Glassford. rant him remaining on staff for the winter months. He stated the board had of- fered to find winter employment for Roelofs, buthe had declined. He also explained the reason why Roelofs did not have any unemployment insurance bene- fits. Wright reported that a worker of this nature has the option as to whether or not he wishes to pay into the fund. Roelofs did not. police cruiser. The present auto is reported to be in need of major repair work. The committee were also of the opinion that police salaries should be reviewed in the new year. It has been reported that both Constables Lloyd Hodgins and Harry VanBergen have re- quested pay boosts. Following the report of the police committee, it was also decided to inform the Precious Cancer returns up over former years TRIES AGAIN In a letter to council on be- half of his mother, Robert Lux- ton asked council to give con- sideration to the trimming of trees in front of her property at the corner of Marlborough and Victoria Streets. He suggested the trees should be trimmed back so they don't hang over on the house roof when in leaf. "This is the third consecutive year of asking (for the trim- ming) with no result to date," he concluded. Councillor terry Boyle was asked to look into the matter, The sidewalk committee was left with the problem aired by Mrs. Omar Dobbs, who reported her asphalt driveway was being torn by the sidewalk snowplow. Grade six girl tops speakers A grade six student was chosen as the top speaker at the first public speaking contest held at the Usborne Central School, Wednesday. Choosing the "Assassination of President J. F. Kennedy" as her topic, Sandra Skinner won out over eight contestants. Sandra is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Skin- ner and was declared the best by the three judges: Mrs. Ger- ald Godbolt, Principal Arthur Idle of the Exeter Public school, and Pastor Stanley Sauder. Placing second was Dianne Smith, who spoke on the life of Helen Keller. Other contestants were: Joan Allen, Liza Ritchie, Betty Jean Miller, Muriel Abbot, Linda Knight and Terri Paul. Joyce Ferguson had also won the right to compete, but was absent due to illness. Exeter council gave Huron County EMO co-ordinator Stuart Forbes an unexpected Christmas present this week. They've written to tell him they have a co-ordinator for Exeter, something for which Mr. Forbes has been asking for over a year. Councillor Joe Wooden, who was asked to try his luck at finding someone to. handle the job after several other coun- cillors had failed, reported Monday he had attained the services of fellow SHDHS teach- er, Doug Rickert, for the posi- tion. No action was taken on the appointment of Ricker t, as council decided it should be left in the hands of the 1965 council. Forbes has attended several meetings of council and asked that a local co-ordinator be appointed, but the job was never filled as no_ one could be found. The lack of being able to find a candidate was also coupled with the feeling of several coun- cil members that EMO was a waste of money. Wooden took on the job after the last council meeting when Forbes again appeared before them and explained it was datory to..have .a Man. He explained he could appoint one, but did not want to go over the head of council. However, several councillors indicated at that time they would not be ditagreeable to having him pick someone. Receipts in the annual can- vass by the Exeter and District Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society are up "quite a bit" over previous years according to campaign chairman Lloyd Hern who announced the results thit Week. "It was a Wonderful Came paign," he stated enthusias- tically, and added that the So- ciety wished to thank all those Who helped in any way to make it such a success. Figures show the total Con- tributed districtin the Exeter wet $3,976.62. The totals from the various centres are as f011teyst Exeter, canvassed by SHDHS thidentt, $1,219.28; Usborne, canvassed by ineinbers of the Hurendale and Kirkton Woinen't Inatitetea, $698.50; Centralia, canvassed by Rev, Guest and UC ChurChladiet,$/7.00; RCAF Centralia, canvassed by 40641 volunteer ladies, $327:76; Men't bashWoOd, deny-sa and te Te d by the . en TOWn, $201665; Grand BeridsdanVats e ed by the Lions, $531.50; Ste- phen Township, canvassed by SHDHS students; $289.97; dre- diton, canvassed by the WI and Cuba, $100.96; Zurich, can- vassed by the tiOnO,..$245.80; Hensall, canvassed by the Itins, Men, $284.40:. Proceeds from the canvass are used in the needed research work being done tO find a cure for cancer, as well as for the aid of 'dander bittienta through- out the area. Mr. Bern pointed out astist, ance is available in the form of ViSitSj treats, anilittlerie Custom trailerto Newfoundland The 16th trailer rolled out the door at Custom Trailers Ltd. this week and was describ- ed by president Bill Smith as "a perfect example" of our custom building. The unit Was a specially de- signed mobile X-Ray unit that will be used for TB detection work in the Province of New- foundland. It was loaded on a CNR boxcar this week on the start of its lengthy journey. Smith stated many special features had to be build into the trailer to meet the demands of an X-Ray unit, It was an 8' by 20' model. With production at a peak at the local industry, the workmen took time off for some relaXa- lion this Week when they were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Smith at a Christmas banquet in the Legion Hall. The 15 employees and their wives were in attendance along with Mr. and Mrs. Riley Pain- sey, Marlette, Michigan. Mr. Ramsey Is the former owner of General Coach. After the turkey dinner, serv- ed by the Legion Auxiliary the plant management and ern- ployees enjoyed dancing. Huron County farmers dug $9,000 out of their pockets at a meeting in Seaforth Monday in an effort to save the Farmers' Allied Meat Enterprises Co- operative Ltd. from folding, and others in the county will be asked to dig deep in an effort to help raise the $1,500,000 down payment due onJanuary 4. In other county meetings, about $50,000 has been pledged in total. Perth shareholders came up with $15,000 on Tues- day, Grey had a similar amount and Bruce had $13,000. The $9,000 was raised from about 150 Huron shareholders who attended the meeting to hear an explanation of the FAME situation that has brought the concept of the farmer-owned co-operative near the brink of disaster. That it is near disaster was vividly explained in speeches from several members of the FAME board who were present. "We're in a very serious situ- ation," stated Carl Hemingway, Brussels, a director at large. Norm Pridham, Perth County, said the "future of FAME is hanging by a mighty slim string". "The time is scarce," said another, "but we can still pull it out of the fire." And that's exactly what the shareholders present decided to do, after voicing criticism of the board's actions in recent weeks. Hemingway admitted mis- takes had been made, but added quickly that the purchase of the Fearman Packing plant was— and still is--a good purchase. He said the beef portion of the business was showing a profit, and while the hog end was in the red, he said it should be making a profit in the very near future. The shareholders were also told that besides the $1,500,000 needed, an additional $700,000 had to be raised to use as work- ing capital to get the plant into fell production. In explaining the resignation of president Charles McInnis from the head of the FAME board, Hemingway and Pridharri disagreed. Hemingway reported McInnis had stepped down, while Pridham reported his resigna- tion had been requested follow- ing a secret ballot of the di- BAD CHEQUES A Bruce County man, Maurice Sewers, was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty on four charges of false pre- tences during the period of June 13 to September 29. Evidence given by OPP Con- stable John Wright showed Sew- ers had presented worthless cheques to three garage opera- tors in the Exeter area and another in Grey Township. In most instances the accused had given a cheque for more than the cost of the gasoline and had received his change in cash. Sewers reported he had a joint account with his wife and did not know there was no money in it. However, this testimony did not bear much weight in the case. Mr. Hays stated that since this Was his first offence) and because it appeared to be out of character, he suggested pro- batten and Sewers will have to report to a probation officer once a month. —Please turn to back page Blood Separate School board that the police will no longer be available to oversee the crossing of school children at the corner of Main and Sanders Street. It was explained that a mem- ber of the force can not always be present at the crossing if there is a police call to some other place, and it was felt the board should be informed they could not be guaranteed this protection. However, council indicated they would be in agreement to enter into an arrangement simi- lar to the one they now have with the Public School board. Council and the . EPS board split the cost of the crossing guard, Henry Green, who is stationed at the corner of Main and Victoria Street. One recommendation p tented to council was defeated in a .vote. Councillors Wooden and Delbridge presented a 1110 tion that a recommendation be Made to the 1965 council to increase work superintendent Jim Paisley't salary by $500 per annum. While no one opposed the idea of a raise in pay, it was felt the Metter should be left entirely at the discretion of the new council. service, free drugs, dressings and housekeepert. Pertons needing assistance should contact Mrs. Richard Van FaroWe, EXeter. "If we do not know, we can not help" Mr. Hern explained. Loses control, truck wrecked The Exeter OPP detachment had only one accident to in- vestigate this Week as area drivers continued along their safe paths of the last two Months. OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell said he hoped area drivers would continue to use care, courtesy and common sense over the holidays so accidents would not mar the season. The one ACCident investigated Was rather serious in that a truck drivee by Ronald Gerald O'Brien, RR 3 DashWotid, SOS- tabled dainageS estimated at $1,500 by OPP:Constable Bill Glassford. The driver also re, CeiVed minor facial laceratiens and bruises, O'Brien was proceeding east thrciegh Creditors at 2:20 am on Thursday when he lost control Of his 1963 truck at the eastern liMitt. The truck left the road, broke off a hydit pole support wire, travelled across two lane, ways, a lawn, thrOugh a hedge and came to rest against two trees in a field. The vehicle travelled tilt,' tailed of 240' before It was stopped by the trees. Decorations prevail throughout district Cost $10,000 to fix dam wall J. T. McCauley, field of- ficer for the Atisa.ble River Conservation Authority re- ported in Parkhill, Wednes- day, it would cost $10,000 to repair the south dam wall at RiVerview Park in Exeter. This was the estimate re- ceived from the consulting en- gineers, Crysler, Davis and Jorgenson. The project would include the replacement of the badly deteriorated south wing wall, phis some river training work below the wall for added pro- tection. 'The surface of the dam it- self is in goad condition ac- cording to the engineering firm: McCauley will, present the engineer's finding to the first meeting of council in JanuarY. It is not known exactly what portion of the work the town would have to pay if they pro- ceed with the project. The cost Will depend on whether or not they receive a '75% 'or only 50% grant from the. government. Of the remaining share, the ARCA would pay 10% of the cost and 'Exeter Would pick up the •Other 00%, Mr. and M.rs. William Mute ter, Edward Street, have again been declared winners in the Exeter contest for decorated homes conducted thit week. However, they had even more competition than ever this Ant as a large 'number of homes are gaily decorated and lighted at the Christmas season, This 'situation is prevalent throughout the 'area and many have remarked On the beauty Of the homes in xrdtiont coin- Ilithilties in South Heron as well as several farm htiniee. Plating second to the Mtis- sets was the home of Mr, and Douglas Wedlake on Milton Street •Itiest, \011ie :Mother 'Ed- ward Street 'twine, that tirMi.• and Mrs. Harvey Pfaff, Was third. Ail three winners will tee onivo large ."turkeys 'froth town council, The judges gave honorable mentions to the henries of Mr. and Mrs, Doug Harness Ori On Street West and to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huxtable j Carling Street, While these horn a Were judged the best, persons will find a trip through most Seetioht of Exeter most enjoyable. TOP ATTRACTION The home of Dashwood axle. tiOneer, AlViti 'Wainer, remains as one of the ten attractions In the area as he has over IMO yalo lights blazing throughout his elaborate decorating 'sys, tern, liasliwbed residents are made aware of the tinting on of the lights school bell is rung at 6:00 ,In, each night. 'The —Please 'turn' to back page