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If this winter's cold has worn the life out of your battery, don't get into a hot stew about it. Hop it on foot to Don Jones and solve the problem for as low as $10.95. Why pay more? 444 Main St. Exeter Phone 235-0160 Times-Advocate, March 4, 1965 Page 12 Mayor leads criticism AT THE HIGH SCHOOL By Elizabeth. Gosar Ask reporter to change style Hensall council debates outdated building laws Boys lead campaigns werks superintendent Jim Paie- ley at the lapt meeting. Del- bridge said Paisley had been misquoted, and that he (the mayor) had come under fire from the PUC. Paisley was quoted as saying in his appeal for a new truck that "if the PUC can get four new trucks, we should be able to get one". He concluded by saying "they're no better than we are". Delbridge told the press re- porter that Paisley had actually stated the PUC had two new trucks and were getting more. to record every word and the highlights only could be used. Councillor Ted Wright said he had been slightly misrepre- sented last meeting when only his derogatory comments in regard to dogs were used, while he pointed out he had in fact stated he sympathized with own- ers who kept their dogs tied. SOME DEFENCE Reeve Derry Boyle said he thought the criticism of the press was unwarranted, but Delbridge snapped back that he would not be making tile com- ments if he didn't think they were those of the majority of council. Boyle said he could see no difference in the writing tech- nique of Batten or Southcott, adding the later inserted many er of ceremonies and in the middle of the act, he was forced to flee from the stage. Rob Harrington, Brian Mac- Lean, Keith Strang, Robert Miller and David Heave rs bounced out on the stage in cheerleading costumes during the 12B presentation and led everyone In a cheer. They were followed on stage by the late Winston Churchill (John Gra- ham), This act was complete as there was the famous cigar and the eV" sign which in this case stood for the eventual victory of their candidate. He must have aroused the hearts of many for their can- didate, Kathy Buxton, was vic- torious. School jackets are on sale at the present time and all that is needed now is a $5 deposit. These jackets are for team members only. trivial stories about him and some of the discussion at the council. "I think we have to be a bit t h lc k-skinned," he reported, adding perhaps some discus- sions held at council were out of line. Dethridge retorted he could be thick-skinned, but at times it wore thin. Batten explained it was his job to report on council ses- sions, concluding by stating he did not make news, onlyprinted it. He also noted remarks made at council could be heard by any ratepayers who wished to attend the public meeting. Rev. Gandon offered him some defence as well when he noted all people were misquoted at times, adding though he had not been since becoming a mem- ber of council. Councillors Taylor and Bar- rett made no comments on the matter and the other three members were absent. Corp. regulations and passed by their engineers. "Can I go against their engineers?" he questioned. Baker explained that build- ing standards were changing every day and council agreed that their bylaw— prepared in 1961 —was outdated. Councillor Harold Knight suggested a meeting be held with the build- ing inspector to revise the by- law but the inspector felt this would be a waste of time as it would only have to be changed in the very near future to comply with constant changes b e ing made. Council learned from Baker that he had one particular build- ing which did not comply with the standards and had had this flaw changed. Councillor Knight ended the debate when he said the prac- tice of requiring building per- mits was a joke, "They get the building up and then apply for the permit," he stated. Council did approve one building permit at the meeting, that to Hensall Motors for the renovation of the Adam Black building. Four unite for seniors Cemetery lots — Continued from front page number of vaults sold increased by only one during December when 13 burials took place. Gandon explained the under- takers generally cornered the market in vaults because they were the first people to meet with a bereaved family and of- fered the vaults at that time. It was also explained that vaults are mandatory. ORDER FLAG Council also decided to order a new Canadian flag and at the same time held a discussion on giving the flag a new flying place. The old pole is in a precarious Position and council discussed the possibility of flying one from the cenotaph or from a ground pole at the town hall. A letter received from the department of highways re- iterated that a traffic control light at the intersection of High- ways 4 and 84 was not the ans- wer to the problem. In a letter following a recent meeting with council, the de- partment suggested they would take other steps to improve the situation in advance of the plan- ned repair work on Highway 4. There is a possibility the highway will be widened at the intersection approaches to in- stal a turn lane, presumably similar to the manner in which the intersection to RCAF Cen- tralia is widened south of Exe- ter on Highway 4. Of the 1965 road expenditure proposal of $10,000, this amount will be divided between main- tenance and construction. Some $2,500 is planned to be spent on the maintenance of Richmond Street south from Nelson Street to Highway 4 and the other $2,- 500 will be used for general maintenance purposes. The construction total will be used for paving 700' on Lorne Ave; Queen's from Lorne to Highway 4, another 300'; and 300' on North Richmond from Lorne to Highway 4. Hensall's building bylaw came in for the major share of discussion at a short council session Monday, Building inspector Rob er t Baker appeared before council to inquire about the money from the building permit for General Coach. Although council had decided to comply with a wish from General Coach that Baker, a member of an opposition trail- er firm in Exeter, not be asked to inspect the building because he would possibly see ne w models, council had suggested that he should still receive the inspection fee. Councillor John Baker said he felt council would be going back on their word if the in- spector did not get the money and recommended the fee be paid. The building inspector told council they would have to "find another inspector" if he did not receive the money. He also offered to inspect the addition at the Hensall plant. Reeve Norman Jones then suggested that Baker should go ahead and inspect the construc- tion, but Councillor Baker said that "we would be going back on our word to General Coach then". indications are that council members will inspect the build- ing. Payment of the fee was ordered paid to the building ip- spector. OUTDATED While at the meeting, the building inspector complained about comments made at last month's meeting about sagging roofs on some homes being erected. It was noted this sug- gested he was not making build- ers comply with the building by- law. But he explained that these homes are built according to Central Mortgage and Housing T-A editor Bill Batten was requested Monday night to re- frain from reporting "trivial" matters discussed at Exeter council sessions and to write more "gentlemanly". During the discussion it was suggested by a town employee that the press—which repre- sents the public at council meet- ings—could be excluded if coun- cil wished to discuss affairs in committee of the whole. Mayor Jack Delbridge opened the discussion when he turned to the press table to say he wanted to talk to the reporter. Batten was finishing writing down some of the discussion from a preceding debate at the time and was bruskly told not to write while the Mayor was talking to him. Delbridge said he felt there was too much emphasis being placed on trivial matters and hoped the reporter would re- frain from this in the future. When asked for examples, Delbridge noted the tact he had been quoted on a recent tree discussion and felt it could have been left out. The discussion referred to was over a request from a resident to have a tree planted in her backyard rather than inside the sidewalk at her Main Street south residence. The tree had been promised because one had been removed in the highway widening project recently completed. The mayor was quoted as say- ing that if the lady wanted a tree in her backyard she should go and buy it herself. He also referred to a state- ment made about the PUC by The skits presented by the seven classes on Thursday in support of their candidate prov- ed humorous and the trend seemed to be for boys to dress up in girls' clothes. The 13A skit centered around a a girl" (David Pyette) who had esc aped from the 13wassa Mental Asylum. The "girl" en- joyed singing and found her way to a radio station where ashe" sang a song entitled AUNTIE MAY with the announcer (Gary Scholl). However, before "she" could successfully strangle this announcer, "she" was captured by two of the prison guards (Larry Idle and Jim Coates). The 12A class had a "fe- male" quartet composed of John Franklin, Bob Forrest, Doug Huntley and Tony Leversedge who sang a song to the tune of "Leroy". Jim Neil and Bob Cuillerier were responsible for the laughs in the 13B presentation. The 12D master of cere- monies (Bob Higgins) intro- duced their candidate, Meithy Killer (Keith Miller) who dis- played all "her" qualifications. However, a chest cold developed and Meithy was unable to be in the contest. Steve Brierley was in charge of the Special Commercial number and intermingled the candidates qualifications with some spicey information. The 12C class had as their theme song, "ROLL OUT THE BARREL" and there was a huge barrel rolling around on the stage. John Pryde was the mast- G B council SECRET MEETINGS Clerk C. V. Pickard told Batten the press could be ex- cluded from meetings if council wished to employ sessions of the committee of the whole, The Municipal Act states that the meetings of every council shall be open, and no person shall be excluded therefrom except for improper conduct, but the exceptions to this are committee meetings and a com- mittee of the whole. Committee of the whole meet- ings are held when it is desired to refer a motion, a set of propositions, or a contract to such a committee. It is also employed by a chairman who may wish to present some busi- ness that he wishes to debate. If a council approves such a move, the chairman of the regular meeting must appoint from among the members pre- sent a chairman to preside over the committee. Speeches in committee of the whole must be strictly relevant to the item or clause under con- sideration. Tile comm it t e e never makes any comments or recommendations. All it can report is that the matter refer- red has been agreed to with or without amendment, or reject- ed. The clerk suggested some of the faults noted in the editor's reporting were probably due to lack of experience. He later stated that former editor Don Southcott started in this manner as well. Further complaints were re- gistered about not printing all comments made by members or taking statements out of con- text, but it was explained there Just was not room in the paper At the Senior Citizens club meeting Tuesday evening in the Legion Hall a skit and a varied program followed the usual singsong led by Mr. Walter Cut- bush, who also acted as chair- man. A featured number was a quartet composed of Messrs Roy Goulding, of London, Al- fred Wuerth, Ed Lindenfield and Walter Cutbush who sang to- gether 29 years ago. The skit "Silly Seven" was presented by members of the program committee, Mr. and Mrs. William Homey, Mrs. Frank Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Sanders and Mr. and Mrs. Will Ferguson. Other numbers included violin selections byEd Lindenfield accompanied by Mrs. Lindenfield and by David Johnston with Mrs. Frank King as accompanist; solos by Mrs. Bruce Cann accompanied by her daughter and by Mrs. R. J. McCaffrey accompanied by Mrs. Andrew Dougall; piano instrumental by Linda and Kathy Ferguson; solos by Grant and Kenneth Jones with their own accompaniment on guitars; and selections by Bruce Cann on his baritone horn and Lorne John- ston on his coronet. their outdoor rink. The grant is made annually. Applied for a sum of $23,- 700 for the waterworks project from the Municipal Assistance Loan fund. A total of $15,- 000 may be borrowed on the resort allotment and $3,950 will be forgiven. The other is charged at an interest rate of 51/4%. Decided against a request from the Hay Municipal Tele- phone System that an outstand- ing account they have with a resort customer be placed on his taxes for collection. The account was some $600. Council members indicated the tele- phone group should collect their own accounts. Went on record as not being responsible for fires which can not be attended in Southcott Pines because the roads are not plowed out. Dog owners — Continued from front page not necessary. Mayor Jack Delbridge halted the lengthy discussion on the matter and it was later brought up when Heywood had departed. Councillors Barrett and Gan- don supported a suggestion thai police action be taken, and after further debate, this was ap- proved, as most council mem- bers appeared to agree that an increase in fees would not solve the dog problem. In other business, council: Received notes of thanks for flowers sent to Deputy-Reeve Ralph Bailey and Councillor Joe Wooden during their stay in hospital. John MacNaughton, son of the Hon. C. S. and Mrs. Mac- Naughton, was recently named e spirit chairman" of the Huron College student council at the University of Western Ontario. His main function in this ca- pacity is to generate school spirit both within the college and in activities involving other colleges on the campus. He will also be in charge of frosh orientation. * * * * * * An open house will be held at Exeter Public School on wed- nesday afternoon to mark edu- cation week in Canada, which runs from March '7 to 14. Theme of this year's pro- gram is "Education . . Gate- way to Progress" and it is held to focus public attention on the needs, the problems, and the achievements of edu- cation in Canada, and to ena courage constructive public ac- tion in support of education. * * * * * * Six men from the Exeter IOOF were among the 18 candidates who received their third degree at a large gathering of district lodges held in Sarnia last week. A total of 36 local Oddfellows made the trip by bus. The degree team was from the Newbury Lodge. The local candidates receiv- ing degrees were: Ron Heywood, Bill Heywood, Gord Murray Bell, Bev Morgan and Russell Morley. That's a lot of shovelling Stephen okays drain contract Stephen Township council ac- cepted the tender of William Lawrence, Zurich, to do the open drain work on the Mud Creek Municipal Drain at their meeting, Tuesday. His tender of $398 was the lowest of two submitted. The work covers a distance of some 2,400' at the northerly part of the drain and work is to start as soon as weather permits. Council also decided to in- struct engineer James A. Howes to do a report, plan and survey for a drain in the Greenway area. A petition for the work was signed by George Gollen, Harold MacDonald and others in that vicinity. Clerk Ross Haugh was in- structed to call tenders for the supply of warble fly powder and also to advertise for applicants for warble fly inspector. An inspector will be hired for the east and west section. Deadline for tenders was set at March 15. They will be opened on March 16 at a special meeting set up by council for the purpose of reading the report on the Stade Municipal drain. A bylaw was passed at the meeting setting the regular road expenditures at $65,000 for the year. This is $5,000 more than last year. Maintenance costs were esti- mated at $42,000 and the other $23,000will be used for con- struction. It was decided by council that meetings from April to October be held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. — Continued from front page they ever get it built," he com- mented. A letter was received at the meeting from Lambton MP, Walter Foy, saying he would "fight and froth" until the har- bor was free of drifting sand. Dredging is planned this spring. In other business, council: Received a letter of complaint from a Kitchener lady and a resort ratepayer, noting she had not been informed of who won the election last Dec e m be r, Clerk Murray DesJardins read a letter he had written supply- ing this information. "Do we have to notify all ratepayers?" Wassmann questioned. Directed a request to the Chamber of Commerce for a $35.36 membership by the St. C 1 air Regional Development Association. Paid a $5 fee into the Lamb- ton County Historical Society and renamed Mrs. Wellwood Gill as representative. Informed Councillor Desjar- dine he had been named cen- tennial projects commissioner while he had been enjoying his Florida vacation. "We wanted to honor you," Reeve Webb re- ported. Approved a grant of $100 to the Grand Bend Lions for as- sistance on the operation of Dr. C. J. Wood Sudbury dentist A native of Exeter, Dr. Clair J. Wood, 69, dentist in Sudbury for 40 years, died from cancer in Sudbury General Hospital Monday, February 22. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood, Exeter, and attended scho ol here, later going to the Univer- sity of Toronto dental faculty from which he graduated with honors. In the spring of 1923 he opened up his own dental practice. He retired last spring owing to ill-health. He was a member of Nickel Lodge AF&AM and active in Masonic affairs. He enjoyed curling and was a charter mem- ber of Sudbury Granite Club. He was a member of the Cana- dian Dental Association, the Ontario Dental Association and the Sudbury and District Dental association. Surviving is his wife, the former Mary Enid Frank of Shelbourne. Funeral service was held in the Church of the Epiphany, Thursday, February 25. En- tombment was in Park Lawn Mausoleum until next May when interment will take place in the family plot, Exeter cemetery. Ill Health ? It probably comes as no sur- prise to anyone, but the meteor- ology section at RCAF Cen- tralia reports this area receiv- ed as much snow as any in last week's blizzard. The snow started falling Wed- nesday afternoon and by the time it concluded Friday, there was a total snowfall of 25.1 inches recorded at Centralia. This was about three-quart- ers of the entire snowfall for the month of February. Some 15.8 inches fell on Thursday. Urge church centralization So* your doctor first. Bring your proscription to MIDDLETON'S DRUGS Plan events at Greenway GRE'ENwAY Harold Clarke dies suddenly Harold Addison Clarke, 45, died suddenly from a severe coronary thrombosis at his home in Usborne Township Monday, March 1. He was a son of Mrs. Reba Clarke and the late Newton Clarke of Usborne Township, who died suddenly at Strathroy Fair last September. The de- ceased lived on the home farm. He was a member of LOL 3249 and the Lodge held a service at the funeral home Wednesday evening. Surviving are his wife, the former Marion Wright, two sons, William and Eugene at home, his mother, Mrs. Reba Clarke; one sister, Mrs. Bev- erly (Berdine) Morgan, Us- borne Township. Funeral service will be con- ducted by Rev. H. C. Wilson of Thames Road United Church at the Hopper-Hockey funeral home Thursday, March 4 with burial in Exeter cemetery. Pallbearers will be Messrs Gordon Prance, Ivan Brock, Philip Hera, ElWyn Kerslake, Lloyd Knight and Emerson P en- hale. Flowerbearers are to be William Walters, Colin Gil- fillan, Douglas Stephens and Freeman Horne. School queen — Continued from front page year's paper staff. The pretty, brown-hair e d miss is a member of the Credi- ton United Church young people and has won county honours as a member of a 4-H Homemakers Club. She plans to become asecre- tary after graduating from SHDHS and lists horseback rid- ing and music as her hobbies, although she enjoys watching football too. LARGE CROWD Despite the fact the dance had to be re-scheduled, it still attracted a large turnout of dancers and also a capacity crowd of onlookers. The gallery of the school auditorium was packed with people who had come to watch the crowning, the young dancers and their beautiful dresses. Decorations for the dance were very elaborate, consisting of a tall Japanese pagoda in the centre of the floor, a fierce- looking dragon in one corner and oriental gardens in the other corners. A huge fan form- ed the backdrop for the queen's throne. On the receiving line were Principal and Mrs. H. L. Stur- gis, who were performing this duty for the last time; SHDHS board chairman Ken and Mrs. Johns; student council president Bryan BaynhaM and his date, iris Marshall, president of the paper staff. The seven queen candidates and their escorts were as fol- lows: Kathy Buxton and Ron W e bb e r; Caroiynne Simmons and Lefibliehati, Helen Cole and Ron Motz, Marilyn Johns and Ken Genttnerd'anet Skinner "The Church is still the centre of community life in this district although a multiplicity of interests are competing with it" was the verdict of members of Fairfield Farm Forum fol- lowing a discussion on Church and Community in C o n file t? Monday night. They felt that people in each community should be aware of the general trends of the times and realize, too, that each com- munity is different. The cen- tralization of schools tends to affect the community life. As farms are sold population gets smaller and less interest is shown in the community. The suggestion that the cen- tralization of small rural churches might add interest in church work and Sunday School was made by the members — this central church not neces- sarily in the urban area. They contended that, if people were interested, they would not mind the distance to the large r center. The meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Heist with 21 members and the Rev. D. M. Guest present. Next week Mr. and Mrs. Melvin King will host the meeting. New minister for congregation Lloyd Hoffman,pr esidi ng minister of the ocal Jehovahs Witne sses congregation has sold his Superior Maintenance to Robert M. Watcher and mov- ed to Stratford. Watcher, who has been re- siding in Exeter for the past three years, took weer the busi- ness of cleaning stores and of- fice buildings on Monday. He too is a member of the JW sect. Torn Rawlings, Thomas St. will take over'as presiding min- ister of the local congregation. and Danny Coward, Susan Doerr Roffman held the post since and Neil leleAllietet. July, 1959. The first of the Sunday even- ing Lenten services for Grand Bend and Greenway United Churches will be held in Green- way United Church Sunday even- ing at 8 Day of Prayer Service for the ladies in this community willbe held in Grace Anglican Church Friday at 3 pm. Mrs. Wilson Hicks of Park- hill is visiting with Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hicks and family. Mrs. Dawson Woodburn of Toronto spent the weekend at his home here. The Harmony Class of the United Church will hold their meeting Friday evening at 8:30 pin at the home of Mr. Manuel Curts and Miss Evelyn Curts. Mrs. Harold McDonald spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Jack Southcott and family of Don Mills. (Held over from last week) Mrs. Lloyd Brophey and Mrs. Donald McGregor are patients in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don. Mrs. Jeanette Hunter of Scar- boro and Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Huntley of St. Catharines spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Steeper. Mr. & Mrs. Carpenter of Lae chute, Quebec Visited Sunday With Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Pol. lock. A presentation for Mr. & Mrs. Morley Fraser (nee Diane Hicks) was held in Corbett Corn- inunity Centre Friday evening. Church funeral for active lady Mrs. Garnet Cockwill, 76, of Stephen Township died Sunday, February 28 in Victoria Hos- pital, London. She was the former Annie Maude Davis of Exeter and was the first baby baptized in Trivitt Memorial Church. She was also confirmed and mar- ried and her burial service was held in the same church. She was presented with a prayer book by Rt Rev W. A. Towns- hend on the Occasion of the 75th anniversary of the church in September 1963. She is survived by her hus- band; two sons, Gerald, Exeter and Jack, Stephen; sisters, Mrs. Frances Statham, Parkhill; Mrs. Frank Irwin, Putnam; Mrs. Otto Walker, Cromarty and five grandchildren. Funeral service was con- ducted in T rivitt Memorial Church Exeter, Tuesday, March 2 by Rev. J. le, Gandon with Interment in Eeeter cemetery. llopper-Hockey funeral direct-. ors Made the arrangements. Pallbeareee were Met are Harry Statham, Grant and George Irwin, Ken Walker, Frank Regier and'Lloyd Eagle- son. 4.0.101111b.A.1.11.1J