HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-02-11, Page 14
Mrs. Kate Meidinger, a
resident of Queensway
Nursing Home, Hensall,
marks her birthday on
the most romantic day of
the year Valentine's
Day and this year she
will mark her 94th. A
former resident of Zur-
ich and Hensall, she en-
joys fairly good health
and takes an interest in
the current events of the
day. --T-A photo
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on darn
Mills, submitted the lowest bid
of $1,e77,138 for the dam.
However, the ARCA was un-
able to obtain federal and Pro-
vincial approval for grants and
the Don Mills firm withdrew its
tender on the deadline of No-
vember 24.
a job and should knew what they
are doing."
J. F. Harris, reeve of East
Williams Township, said his
council's delegate tO the author-
ity would vote against the pro-
ject at the special meeting if the
increase can't be reduced. He
said the estimated increase in
assessment to his council "is
almost double the original."
Grand Bend Reeve Stewart
Webb paid the cost has "get so
much more expensive we feel we
should try and have it stopped."
Reeve Webb said the dam pro-
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For West Williams Township,
he said, it would cost an esti-
mated $10,000 if the project and
governmeot grants are dropped,
opposed to the increased a.se
sessment of about $9,000.
Mr. Baird said he under-
stands the authority has spent
more than $300,000 on the pro-
ject to date,
G. D. Pedlar, mayor of Park-
hill, said his council has de-
cided to wait until after the
meeting before deciding. "We
don't feel we can pay any more
money," he said, but "feel that
the authority is appointed to do
Hugh Baird, reeve of West
Williams Township, one of the
townships which has not sup-
ported a resolution against the
project, said he feels councils
"have to look at both sides of
the story."
Mr. Baird said the 1962 esti-
mate would cost West Williams
Township $5,000. Recent re-
evaluation of the cost has in-
c r eased this cost to about
$9,000.
However, said Mr. Baird, if
the project is dropped, the cost
to councils will possibly exceed
present assessment for the job.
a lengthy discussion, the mo-
tion to delay any further work
on the dam was withdrawn.
This week, officials of some
of the communities commented
on the situation.
McGillivray Township Reeve
Grant Amos said his council "is
opposed to any increase in as-
sessment," and "would sooner
drop it (the project) than pay
any increase." Mr. Amos said
his council received notification
last November that its assess-
ment of about $50,000, set in
1952, would rise to more than
$92,000.
EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 11, 1965 Price Per Copy 10 Cents
Meeting
The Parkhill Dam got a tem-
porary reprieve this week, but
not because of any official ac-
tion. In fact the reprieve came
about only due to lack of action
as the annual meeting planned
for Parkhill yesterday was call-
ed off and so no decision was
reached.
Terry McCauley, ARCA field
officer, reported the meeting
was postponed because negotia-
tions are still being conducted
with the department of energy
and resources management and
it was felt unadvisable to hold
the meeting until something
conclusive has been reached to
take to the members.
McCauley reported there
were no new developments to
report this week and added the
meeting as yet has not been re-
scheduled.
Meanwhile, at least seven of
the 25 municipalities partici-
pating in the project have pass-
ed resolutions against its con-
struction if their assessments
are increased.
Resolutions aimed at stopping
the dam project, if assessments
are increased, have been passed
by councils at Ailsa Craig,
Grand Bend and the townships
of McGillivray, Stephen, Bose
anquet, East Williams and Hay.
Freeman Hodgins, ARCA
chairman, who met with the
department of energy and re-
sources officials last week de-
scribed the talks as "favour-
able" and said discussion was
aimed at saving the dam pro-
ject, which has risen in cost
from an estimate of approxi-
mately $900,000 when it start-
ed some five years ago to a pre-
sent estimate of $1,980,000.
Assessments against area
municipalities In the watershed
have also nearly doubled.
However, it has been predict-
ed that shelving the project
would cost some municipalities
more money than if it is built.
When tenders for construc-
tion were called last fall, the
Peacock Construction Co., Don
Clerics, senior citizens lead area
in Huronview addition opposition A general discussion was held
on the matter of the fair and the
two fair board members asked
that businessmen give more
consideration to displaying
their wares at the fair to make
a better showing.
The committee named to work
in' this regard was president
Reg Beavers, past president
Bob Dinney and vice-president
Jack Smith.
our own relatives and friends".
"As we older citizens built
the economy of this County and
Province, we feel we deserve
consideration from our Coun-
ty", they point out.
A third resolution asking for
consideration of decentraliza-
tion has come from the Exeter
Businessmen's Association.
Citizens and organizations in
South Huron are voicing their
opinions in no uncertain terms
in regard to the question of
facilities in Huron County for
aged citizens, and to date they
have backed decentralization
unanimously.
Impetus for the movement to
have facilities provided in the
north and south of the county
is coming from church leaders
and senior citizens themselves
and resolutions opposing adding
further to Huronview at Clinton
have been sent by these groups
to county council.
At a meeting last week, the
South Huron Ministerial As-
sociation unanimously support-
ed a resolution urging units
elsewhere in the county "be-
cause we know they mean so
much to the contentment of our
older citizens".
STREAM IN
That other citizens are also
opposed to adding to Huronview
is evident in the "opinion poll"
being conducted by The Times-
Advocate.
By press time this newspaper
had received signatures from
368 persons on the question of
whether they favoured erection
of homes for the aged in the
north and south of the county
as opposed to further expansion
of Huronview at Clinton.
And those 368 persons were
unanimous in voting for homes
In the north and south.
While the majority of ballots
were from Exeter residents,
they also came from residents
of Usborne, Stephen and Hay
Townships. The signatures on
many suggested they came from
elderly folk.
The ballot has been reprinted
again this week for those who
may have forgotten to send them
in and some will be distributed
to various meeting places and
businesses for the convenience
of those wishing to express
opinions,
The resolution is printed on
this week's editorial page and
explains that the ministers visit
such homes more than most
people and know the factors
which are very important to
the contentment of old folk.
One of those factors, they
say, is the feeling of being in
or very near the community
which has been their home, and
the other factor is the visits
of family and friends which
guarantee against boredom and
loneliness.
"We know that such visits
are made much more frequently
when the Home is located in or
near one's home community,"
the resolution reports.
The executive of the Senior
Citizens' Society of Exeter also
went on record as opposing fur-
ther addition at Huronview, urg-
ing consideration of units "near
At a dinner meeting in the
Caven Presbyterian Church,
Monday, members of the Exeter
Businessmen's Assoc! at ion
named a three-man committee
to work with the Exeter Fair
Board in an effort to gain more
participation by businessmen in
the local fair.
The plea for more support
for the annual fair was voiced
by president Winston Shapton
and secretary-treasurer Gar-
net Hicks.
"We have to try keeping the
fair built up," Shapton explain-
ed, adding that the only other
alternative was to let it slip
to a point where it would only
be classed as a school and
4-H fair.
Hicks told the members that
the fair was extremely im-
portant to the community as
it provided an avenue for young
exhibitors. $ :The fair is just
as much a part of the com-
munity as the Businessmen's
Association, and is needed as
much as we need this church,"
he stated.
He said there was aprevalent
attitude that it was a farmers'
fair, but he said "the day of
that is passed" in noting it
was for all segments of the
community.
"But we either have to go
up or go down," he concluded.
Hicks also "shocked" some
of the members when he ex-
plained the land at the fair
grounds had once been owned
by the Agricultural Society, but
had been turned over to the
Community Centres Board
some years ago with the
"gentlemen's agreements" that
the grounds would be given
free for the use of the fair
board.
"But we now pay $200 rent
for the land we gave away,"
he reported.
by John Funston and Ron Tippel
for advertising over a London
radio station, CKSL. No action
was taken on the proposal and
it was turned over to the ad-
vertising committee of Howard
Holtzman, Iry Armstrong and
Bill Huntley for further study.
Welcomed three new memb-
ers: Don Jones of Canadian
Tire, Ken Inch of Betty's Mar-
ket and Walt Romaniuk of Walt-
Awls Clothing.
Named the following promo-
tion and projects committee:
Don Jones, Ken Inch and Murray
Greene.
BACK HOME
Also present at the meeting
was Councillor Joe Wooden,
named last week with two other
councillors to a committee to
investigate the possibilities of
decentralization of Huronview,
the Huron County home for the
aged.
He explained Huron was in
fact "isolating senior citizens"
by their decision to add at Clin-
ton rather than erecting se-
parate units in the north and
south of the county, and he said
he expected the members knew
there was considerable opposi-
tion to this decision.
"We know there is opposi-
tion," he said, "but we have
to accumulate a body of evi-
dence to prove it".
He urged Association mem-
bers to sign the opinion poll
printed in The Times-Advocate
and also to have their employees
sign. Members also agreed to
display the ballots in their
stores and to have customers
sign there.
And at the conclusion of the
debate a motion from Tom Mac-
Millan and Murray Greene was
unanimously supported that the
Association go on record as fa-
vouring decentralization of fa-
cilities for senior citizens and
to make this decision known to
Huron County council.
In other business, the As-
sociation:
Listened to apromotion given
Trouble with cars
leads to court fines
Businessmen take steps
to aid 'needed' fall fair
pared on Turvey before sen-
tence will be handed down in
Goderich.
Hensall Constable Ernie Da-
vis reported Turvey came to
his home on February 7 asking
permission to see Mrs. Turvey,
from whom he has been separ-
ated. This was the custom on
previous occasions.
Davis reported Turvey gave
no appearance of having been
drinking and so permission was
granted.
Mrs. Turvey called Davis at
2:30 in the afternoon and said
she wanted her husband out of
the house by 3:00, and when
Davis arrived to carry out her
wish, found the accused badly
intoxicated and using obscene
language in the presence of his
wife and their two children.
Turvey was taken from the
house, but later returned and
gained entrance by crawling
through a bathroom window.
Davis returned and arrested
him and the accused spent two
nights in jail.
Option Stephen site,
ask for kindergarten
Sorority Sweetheart
Robert Fletcher escorts his wife to the front of the Legion Hall,
Friday, after she was named BetaSigma Phi Sorority Sweetheart
at the annual dance. She was crowned by Mayor Jack Delbridge
and presented with flowers and gifts by her "sisters". Mrs.
Fletcher is president of the Sorority and was judged to have
contributed most to the work of the group in the past year.
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presently considering the erec-
tion of a central school in the
Brucefield area to serve all
pupils of both townships.
The plan has already been
approved by the Tuckersmith
council and school board and it
is expected the Stanley board
will make a decision in this
regard at their meeting tonight.
Burrows indicated the size of
the school would be approxi-
mately 15 classrooms to serve
the 507 students presently en-
rolled in the two townships.
Opposition to the move has
been presented by residents in
the Egmondville area in Tuck-
ersmith, and the residents of
Hayfield have also indicated
they would not favour such a
move. They would prefer to keep
their students in their present
two-room structure. RAP names group
to plan park future
Fines of $25 each and costs
of $2.50 were levied against
two men who appeared in Exeter
court Tuesday to face charges
for illegal possession of liquor.
Ironically, both had been stop-
ped when the police spotted fail-
ures in their vehicles.
Both pleaded guilty before
Magistrate Glenn Hays, Q.C.
David Clifford Cottel, Stephen
Township, was charged by OPP
Constable John Wright while the
officer was on patron in Zurich
on January 22.
He reported he was checking
a vehicle with only one light
when a passenger in the car,
Richard Glanville, was seen to
throw two opened beer bottles
out of the window.
On further investigation,
Constable Wright found 21 bot-
tles of unopened beer in the car
and Cottel admitted ownership.
A London man, William R.
Fleet, was the other charged
and this one was laid by Con-
stable Harry VanBergen of the
Exeter Police Department.
VanBergen was following a
car and reported he stopped
it to notify the driver that a
tire was going flat. At this
time he found 20 pints of beer
In the car with one opened.
the Pacers and Trotters Asso-
ciation which has been handling
the use of the barn for some
time has now been reduced to
one member.
The operation of the barn has
created problems in the past
and members felt it advisable
to have it under their direct
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Blown into car,
suffers injuries by redistribution
SPEEDERS PAY
The following fines were
handed down to motorists
charged with speeding:
David Charlton, Parkhill,
paid a fine of $10 and costs;
John Sootiens, Mitchell, paid
$15 and costs; Alexander Gulut-
zen, Walton, paid $15 and costs.
All charges were laid by Exeter
Constable Lloyd Hodgins.
Robert I. McDowell, Exeter,
paid $10 and costs for failing to
stop at an intersection on the
Crediton Road. The charge was
laid by OPP Constable Bill
Glassford.
The riding of Huron, held by
the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton,
will be one of only three Wes-
tern Ontario ridings to have
unchanged boundaries when the
report of the Ontario redistri-
ON BAIL
G. Wayne Turvey was re-
manded on his own bail of $200
for further appearance in God-
erich on February 18 after he
pleaded guilty to a charge of
unlawfully obstructing his wife
in enjoyment of her property
in Hensall on February rl.
Magistrate Hays asked that
a pre-sentence report be pre-
COST TOO MUCH
With the higher assessments
being faced, an indication of the
move to block the project be-
came apparent at the authority's
meeting in December.
The project came close to
being shelved then, but after
Riding unchanged
postponed, opposition mounts
Ninety-second Year
Progress continues on pre-
liminary work for the erection
of a Stephen Township central
school and two other townships
in the district also appear to be
moving toward the same end.
Inspector J. G. Burrows re-
ported this week tentative ap-
proval has been received from
the department of education for
10 classrooms for Stephen and
indicated that the board had de-
cided to seek approval for an
11th room, to provide space
for kindergarten pupils.
"They (the board) are quite
interested in providing this ac-
commodation," he reported,
adding the department looked
favourably on such requests.
Tentative approval has also
been received from the depart-
ment for the planned general
purpose room at the Grand Bend
school, which is also operated
by the five-man Stephen board.
At a ratepayers' meeting in
Crediton, Friday, board mem-
bers told the 60 persons in at-
tendance that a tentative site
has been chosen on the farm of
Gordon Ratz, situated between
Dashwood and Crediton.
An option has been received
on the land and OWRC and Hur-
on County Health Unit officials
will be conducting water supply
tests on it this week.
Three other sites have also
been investigated and are still
under consideration.
A 74-year-old Exeter lady,
Mrs. Ruth Harrington, 25 Main
Street North, suffered minor
injuries when she was hurt In a
freak accident, Thursday.
Mrs. Harrington was about to
cross Main Street just south of
the bridge when she spotted a
northbound car driven by Doug-
las A. B. Waring, 18'7 Ridout
Street, London.
She waited for the car, but a
strong wind whipped up as it was
passing, and she was blown into
the side of it.
CONSIDER ONE
Meanwhile, the townships of
Stanley and Tuckersmith are
URGE ACTION
Not only have people been
signing the poll, but they've
been urging others to do like -
wise..Some senior citizens have
reported to this newspaper they
have called friends and neigh-
bors and urged them to send
in their signed forms. Others
too have asked for extraballots
to take to neighbors.
Congregations at at least two
Exeter churches heard an ap-
peal from the pulpit Sunday to
send in their ballots so their
opinions will be counted.
This was done by Rev. S. E.
Lewis at James Street United
Church and Rev. Philip Gandon
at the Exeter Trivitt Memorial
Church and also in his sermon
at St. Paul's Anglican Church,
Hensall.
Joe Wooden, named to a coun-
cil committee last week with
Rev. Gandon and Charles B a r-
rett to investigate what can be
done about having county council
alter their decision to add at
Huronview, told the Exeter
Businessmen's Association
Monday he hopes 1,000 people
will sign the opthion poll.
"We need evidence there i s
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Usborne lets contract
Stan Frayne, new chairman
of Exeter's RAP committee,
presented a proposal to the
group's Monday meeting and
was unanimously supported. He
recommended the formation of a
special committee to discuss
and present a report for the
long-range plans for the
grounds at the Community Cen-
tres.
Many suggestions have been
presented recently for im-
provements and alterations at
the park and it was suggested
such plans should be part of a
plan to ensure systematic and
proper development of the area.
One of the suggestions made
was for the addition of flood
lights for the ball diamond and
changing the layouts of the dia-
monds for better usefulness.
Named to the special com-
mittee are several persons who
have shown interest in various
schemes and all have indicated
a willingness to serve.
It will be headed by Ron
Bogart and other members are:
Garnet Hicks, R. E. Pooley,
Hal Hinton, Joe Wooden, Lloyd
Cushman and Tom MacMillan
Alvin Willert will be an ex-
officio member.
RAP also decided to put the
local horse barn Under the man-
agement of arena manager Alvin
Willert, due mainly to the fac t
Okay centennial parks
provineial governments split-
ting the remainder.
Vice chief plans
tour of Centralia
Lieutenant General G. Walsh,
DSO, vice-chief of the Canadian
defence staff, will tour RCAF
Centralia and 'RCAF Clinton to-
day.
Walsh is the army repre-
Serittaire on the armed servitee
staff and will arrive at Cen-
tralia shortly after 9100 a.M.
and will take a tour of the area
base before proceeding to Clin-
ton.
mally declaring the Zion and
Hurondale park sites as being
the projects to be developed
under the centennial grants pro-
gram.
It was decided that the cost
for the project be taken out of
current revenues.
Estimated cost of providing
picnic facilities and making the
former school sites into parks
has been estimated at $4,500.
Usborne's share of this will be
$1,500, with the federal and
button commission is passed in
the Ontario legislature.
Perth and Elgin are the only
two others in Western Ontario
to be unchanged as the com-
mission has proposed creation
of nine additional ridings inOn-
tario, increasing representa-
tion in the legislature to 117
from 109.
In fact, 13 ridings will be
created but four will meet their
demise three in the city of
Toronto and one in the Lake
Huron area.
This will be the first major
revamping of boundary lines
since 1954 and it has been re-
ported that the Ontario popu
lation has increased from
5,000,000to 6,500,000 since then.
Changes were felt necessary
because that increase has not
been spread evenly across the
province.
The riding of Middlesex
North, now held by Agriculture
Minister Stewart loses a large
chunk of its territory to Lon-
don North, represented by Pre-
mier Roberts. Middlesex South
also takes the township of East
Williams from Middlesex
North.
In Lambton, the City of Sarnia
with Point Edward and Sarnia
Township becomes a riding,
replacing Lambton West. The
change there creates the riding
of Lambton, which will take in
the rural areas of Lambton West
and all of former Lambton East.
Huron-Bruce, held by Liberal
Murray Gaunt, gains from
Bruce by t ak in g away three
townships Bruce, Kincardine
and Greenock. A new riding of
Grey-Bruce will be formed,
Comprising most of the former
ridings of Grey North, which
disappears.
The big population increase
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TO MAKE OFFER
Council went into committee
Of the whole to disetise with the
livestock valuator a dog damage
to sheep claim being made by
RI D. Etherington.
Councillor Ward Hern acted
as chairman and reported back
in open session that the com-
mittee recommended that an
offer of $100 be made to settle
the claim and this was approved
by council.
Etherington claimed for three
sheep destroyed.
In other business, council;
Approved grants of $25 to the
Salvation Army and the Huron
County Soil and Crop Improve,-
me nt Association.
Accepted the leallantyne mun-
icipal drain petition and ape
pointed J. A. Howes as eneineer.
Decided to make application
to the department of highways
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Train crash casts bre
Baked goods were scattered over a wide area near the Huron
Street CNR erossing, Thursday, when a snowplow train smashed
into a bread truck owned and driven by George Joseph Pratt,
Simcoe Street, Exeter: The southbound train caught the rear
Of the truck and shoved it into the ditch and the baked goods
A Goderich firm, Sandy Con-
tracting Co. Ltd., submitted the
lowest gravel tender to Usborne
Township council this year and
the tender was accepted at the
February meeting.
The Goderich firm submitted
a price of 650 per cubic yard
for crushing and hauling from
the Cann and Ross pits to town-
ship roads. The firm will haul
approximately 15,000 cubic
yards and will also stockpile
an additional 2,000 cubic yards
at the pit.
Price for this was set at 34.
Five time bid on the job and
the Goderich firm was two cents
below their nearest competi-
tors, Joe Kerr, Wingham, and
12 1/2 cents below the highest
bidder, Yundt & McCann Con-
struction, Stratford.
The awarding of the contract
will be subject to the approval
of the department of highways.
At the meeting, a motion of
Councillors Lloyd Ferguson and
Roy Westcett was approved for-
ad upon the snow
went flying. Damage to the truck was estimated at over $300 and
the 20-year-old Pratt escaped uninjured. Visibility was poor
at the time due to blowing snow. The mishap took place at about
10100 a.m. The CNR engineer and conductor 'were from Stratford.
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