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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-07-08, Page 1Graduation class at Exeter Public School 2°411KMeeereee w..eew Nee Ninety-second Year Price Per Copy 10 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 8, 1965 F/L R. S. Etches F/L L.A. Gibbon F/L C. T. Bauman F/L M. J. Schelter F/L P. R. Austin F/L R. H. }lateen Stephen rate increased six mills The Stephen Township mill rate took a 6.08 jump when set by council at their meeting, Tuesday, but it still remains as one of the lowest in the area. Due to varying conditions as to school payments throughout the township, it is difficult to describe the rate on a general basis. However, most people in the township will pay taxes based on a mill rate of 47.6, compared to the 41.52 of last year. The general township rate is only up one mill, but combines with increased public school and county rates to produce the jump from last year. General township levy is now nine mills, while the county rate goes from 13.22 to 15.4. School area rate increases from 8.1 to 10.5 for farm and resi- dential, while the commercial rate this year will be 11.6 compared to nine In 1964. The Stephen Separate School rate is not set as yet, but is expected to be higher than the public school levy. It was 15 mills last year. Rates in the, three police villages will show the general rise of the rest of the township. Residents in the old school section 11 (Blackbush) will no- Ing that their share would be $209,474.50. A copy of the letter received from the Stephen Township School Area Board has been forwarded to the OMB for ap- proval. It provided a break- down of costs on both construc- tion jobs. Total cost of the 11 class- rooms and playroom for the central school will be $407,000. Of this amount, $287,773 will go for the actual building, $13,- 750 for land, $1,808 for the water supply, $2,000 for the pressure system, $13,600 for a tice a pleasant surprise when they get their notices. Due to the fact they entered the school area with a large surplus, they won't pay any public school taxes at all this year. The Union echool section nine at Exeter will pay 19.80 for public school purposes and the commercial rate in this section will be 22 mills. Although Stephen council had previously agreed to assume their share of the debentures on the new central school and the playroom addition at Grand Bend, they learned at the meet- Dump stirs resort gets sewage disposal bed, $14,000 for furnishings and $50,000 for school buses and a garage. Stephen ratepayere will as- sume debentures in the amount of $228,937.50 on this project. Complete cost on the Grand Bend addition will be $58,000, and Stephen's share is $30,- 537.00. The architectural firm of Riddle, Connor, Fells and Ir- vine, London, will receive $20,- 483.68 for services rendered on the two projects. Clerk Ross Haugh told Reeve Glenn Webb and his council that Stephen will pay 56.25% of the cost of education in the new setup; Grand Bend pays 28.74%; Bosanquet, 9.63%; Hay Town- ship, 5.38%. Total assessment in the area now stands at $5,563,833. storm, threat ROAD WORK At the meeting, council also passed a supplementary road bylaw for an expenditure of $34,000 in addition to the $65,- 000 already approved by the department of highways. The additional work consists of: $9,500 for the new bridge construction at lot 11, conces- sion 22; $14,500 worth of road construction; $1,000 for the purchase of part of lot 4, con- cession 5 from Huron County; $7,000 for paving streets in Crediton and $2,000 for Cen- tralia. Road superintendent Law- rence Hill was authorized to call tenders for the gravel supply for the year In the only other business, council set July 22 as the date for a special public meeting in Crediton. The meeting is to serve three purposes; namely: To receive quotations for work on the Greenway Munici- pal drain; discuss with inter- ested persons the possible re- pair of the Mud Creek drain; and to read the report on the Eagleson drain repair. Mrs. Andrew Hamilton, Mrs. Lawrence Wein, Mary Wilson, Cheryl Parsons, Judy Burke, Grace Thomson, Gwen Peahale, Ruth Anne Kerr, Jill Harness, Heather McLeod, Karen McArthur, Michelle Harrison, Linda Lowery and Peggy Pryde. Seated: Miriam Hilts, Marsha Adams, Joan Campbell, Paula Barrett, Barbara Reid, Kathy Cann, Jo Anne Whilsmith, Linda Bourne. —Photo by Doerr Pictured here are the smiling students who completed grade eight at EPS this year and now move into high schools. In the back row, from the left: Principal Arthur Idle, David Moore, Bruce Fulcher, Michael Erickson, Richard Jones, Barry Baynham, Jim Darling, Jim Gifford, Gary Wurm, Jon Dinney, Larry Smith, Darrell Wyatt, Jack Kraft, Michael McLaughlin, Gerald Willis, David Foreman, Denton Geiser, Barry Tieman, Ricky Brintnell, Bob Moore. Centre: and forests have now offered to search for a location. It was also reported by Coun- cillor Ory Wassmann that a large area around the dump had been cleared this year to prevent fires from spreading to adjacent properties. He suggested it was in a safe condition. In other business, council: Received a request from the Chamber of Commerce that ad- ditional staff be hired to keep the beach clean. Council de- cided they had ample staff to look after the situation. Ralph Bailey suffers attack TO REPLACE TURNIP PLANT Joins OPP Constable Dale Lamont joined the staff of the Exeter OPP this week, following a training period after his February dis- charge from the navy. The new officer is a native of the King- ston area, is married with one daughter. —T-A photo Numerous teachers in summer classes Exeter Deputy-Reeve Ralph Bailey is reported to be critic- ally ill in South Huron Hospital following a heart attack at his summer cottage in Grand Bend. He was admitted to the hos- pital on Monday. The retired florist was in hospital earlier this year with a bout with pneumonia. His daughter, Mrs. Don (Sheila) McGillivray, now in Germany with her husband, is expected to arrive home this week. Carscadden gets position SPECIAL SESSION At a special meeting June 25, council approved a contract for the re-construction of the Ste- phen-McGillivray town line DHO development road PE734 from Highway 81 westerly to the tri-county bridge. The de- partment of highways pays the entire cost. Tender was $171,327.30 and was awarded to Graham & Gra- ham Construction of London. It was the only tender received. It has since been approved by the department of highways and construction is expected to commence immediately. At the same meeting, a ten- der was awarded for the con- struction of a bridge at part of lot 11, concession 22. Low bidder was William Giesen, RR 3 Lucan. His price was $16,- 610.00. which are now under lease by the Exeter industry. However, Vert indicated the firm would be able to handle just as many turnips as in past years and the need for the other plants will not result in any increased costs to area farmers dealing with them. All turnips will be received at the Exeter plant as in pre- vious years and the cost of transporting the turnips to the two processing plants will be borne by the company. The complete operation will be handled in Exeter with com- pletion of the plant in 1966. Predicted storage capacity of the new plant is 250,000 bushels, slightly higher than that of the gutted building. All the turnips will be stored on one floor. Steers killed by lightning GRAND BEND Grand Bend council may have to hire a new solicitor if an area ratepayer goes ahead with a threat to bring action against the resort unless they imme- diately desist from using their present dump facilities in Bo- sanquet Township. The area resident planning the action is C. V. Laughton, a member of their present firm of solicitors, Bell & Laughton, Exeter. Laughton, a resident in Beach 0' Pines, told council by letter last week that he would have no alternative but to start action against the village unless they took immediate steps to control fires in the dump. The local lawyer also sent a copy of the letter to Hon. Kelso Roberts, minister of lands and forests, and to the Bosanquet council. However, if the latter group have their way, Laughton won't have to initiate any action against Grand Bend. Another letter was received by the resort from Bosanquet pointing out that a resolution had been passed to give Grand Bend notice that the dump would be closed as of December 31 this year. The matter resulted in a lengthy discussion over the dump, which was blamed for a serious forest fire in the area two years ago, and Clerk Mur- ray DesJardins was instructed to communicate with Bosanquet to point out there was an agree- ment regarding the dump. He was also to point out that many residents in the northern part of Bosanquet enjoy the convenience of the dump. While the threat of fire is one of the main problems with the dump situated near the Pin- ery, the odors emitting from the site also causes complaints. In this regard, it was noted that the burning bog in Bosan- quet is responsible for a con- siderable amount of the odor and smoke which plagues resi- dents. Councillor Emerson Desjar- dine commented that there was no need to worry about fires at the dump as long as the bog continues to smoulder—some- thing it has done for many, many years. "We may as well let it all burn together," he stated in reference to any smoke or odor problems. Reeve Stewart Webb reported the village had been unsuccess- ful in their attempt to find another location for the dump, and the department of lands Work started Tuesday on the re-construction of Exeter Pro- duce & Storage Co. Ltd. on the site of the former plant des- troyed in a spectacular blaze New Year's Eve. Len Veri, owner of the plant on Highway 83, said the contract for the construction has been awarded to Pounder Bros., Stratford, and completion date has been tentatively set for September 15. Due to the fact the building will consist mainly of cement block design with steel roofing, Veri said he does not expect the building to be delayed to any extent by the present strike of the carpenter's union, which is causing termination of work on London and Western Ontario jobs. The plant, to be built on the foundation of the previous one, will be built in two stages, with the second stage not planned for undertaking until next year. About $130,000 on building and equipment will be spent this year, Veil indicated, with another $100,000 to be added next season. The firm, which employs be- tween 15 to 20 persons, will handle only turnip trimming at the Exeter site in 1965, with the processing to be done in plants at Lucan and Petersburg New cleric Rev. Howard G. Zurbrigg preached his first sermon to the congregation of Zion Evan- gelical United Brethren at Cre- diton, Sunday. This is the first charge for Rev. Zurbrigg, a native of Waterloo. He is mar- ried and was ordained in May of this year following graduation from the Evangelical Theolo- gical Seminary at Naperville, Illinois. —T-A photo Keith is in primary methods in London, Marilyn Marshall is in Guelph taking physical edu- cation, Mrs. E. Batten is study- ing junior education in Alvin- ston, Mrs. Ross Haugh is taking vocational guidance in London, Mrs. Olive Gowan is in Sarnia on an art course and Allen Taylor is taking a course at UWO. Some 11. teachers from J.A. D. McCurdy School at RCAF Cen- tralia are busy studying this summer. William Courtney, Ron Heim- rich, Mary Primmer and Anne Finkbeiner are at UWO, while Marilyn McQuaid and David Hil- ton are at Queen's University, Kingston, and Lucille Giroux is at the University of Ottawa. Irene Smith is taking a de- partment course in Toronto, Gregory Mask is studying guid- ance in London, Donalda Adams is in Toronto on art study and John McCarroll is one of sev- eral area teachers at the math course in Chatham. From Hensall, Eric Mans- field is enrolled at UWO and Mrs. Alma Westlake, a mem- ber of the Zurich staff, is taking primary methods in Lon- don. Accidents decline Seek more cash to clear up debt Exeter's new swimming pool, being used extensively these warm days, will be officially opened Wednesday afternoon. At that time the Exeter and District Swimming Pool Com- mittee will turn ownership of the pool over to Exeter council and RAP committee. Free coffee and donuts, as well as free swimming, will be offered to all those attending the 2:00 p.m. ceremony at the pool. The finance committee of the pool group will also be con- tacting various organizations and individuals in an effort to wipe out the $3,000 still owing on the pool. Six members of the pool com- mittee have signed notes at the bank for the cash and they would like to get the matter cleared away. Persons wishing to donate to the pool may contact either R. E. Pooley or Iry Armstrong and a member will call for the money. over holiday week Area school teachers, headed by their principals and one inspector, are flocking to sum- mer courses this year in un- precedented numbers in an ef- fort to increase their knowledge and teaching abilities. Area public school inspector Gil Burrows is in Toronto tak- ing an auxiliary education course with the department of education and the teachers are taking university and depart- ment courses in such places as London, Toronto, Stratford, Chatham, Alvinston and King- ston. Donald O'Brien and Robert Raeburn, principals of Zurich and Hensall public schools re- spectively, are in London taking subjects at the University of Western Ontario, while Grand Bend principal William Freele is in Chatham taking an inter- mediate mathematics course. Exeter Public School head, Arthur Idle, is studying voca- tional guidance in London and Usborne Township principal Arnold Mathers is enrolled in the elementary principal's course in London. SHDHS principal Douglas Palmer and vice-principal Joe Wooden are also in London taking courses pertaining to their respective positions. Usborne Central School has a total of seven teachers tak- ing summer courses. Mrs. Jean Nine yearling steers owned by Maurice "Pete" Coates, RR 1 Centralia, were killed when struck by lightning during the violent electrical storm Friday. There were 16 steers, aver- aging about 800 pounds, in the field at the time and the ones killed were all laying in a heap at the base of a tree, which had also been struck. The owner reported all the animals were touching each other when he discovered them. weseeessesneseemeen.iiaMeliene Relii9frziamareowd SIX FROM EXETER Carl Mills, a member of the EPS staff is taking a University course at UWO, Mrs. Doug Hughson is studying audio vis- ual aids at Stratford, Miss Boyce is in the math lectures at Chatham, Mrs. Moore is in Toronto on the auxiliary edu- cation course and Mr. Roorda is studying art in Sarnia. Don Finkbeiner and Stanley Heist, members of the Stephen — Please turn to back page SOMEWHAT BIGGER "We'll eventually have a big- ger plant than before," Yen said this week, "and it will be more modern and more econo- mical to run." The local businessman, who now produces livestock and var- ious crops on 1,800 acres of land, said the turnip crop was slow due to the shortage of rain, but indicated he was ex- pecting a crop as good as last year. "The quality is excellent," he stated. At the time of explaining details of the construction of the new plant, Veri repeated his newest venture, growing strawberries, was working out very well. He expects to market some 40,000 quarts of berries off the seven acres he has in the area. The biggest portion of that acre- age is located south of Exeter on the former Exeter Driving Range. The property is completely irrigated, and van points out that anyone who grows a quan- tity of strawberries without ir- rigation is very foolish. Not only has the water supply been responsible for his good crop, but it also protects the berries against the risk of frost. Most of the berries, being picked by casual labor and school children, have been sold through local markets, with the overflow going into Toronto. Veri expects picking to con- tinue for another 10 days. Carling Street, Exeter. All three were westbound and Wolfe was in the process of passing the other two when Yousie pulled out from his sec- ond car position and ran into Wolfe. The impact bounced the You- sie vehicle into the one being driven by Bierling. OPP Constable John Wright estimated damage at $600 to the three. Harvey, Chris, Thelma and Fred Bierling all suffered whip- lash in the incident, while You- sie sustained a fractured nose and knee injury. On Sunday at 11:05 a.m., Constable Harry Reid investi- gated a two-car crash at the — Please turn to back page Although more holiday mot- orists ended up dead than ever before over the joint Canadian and American holiday, area drivers apparently took the warning of the district OPP and except for three crashes, all returned home safely. It was in direct contrast to the large number of accidents in the area in recent weeks. However, one of the accidents did result in minor injuries to five persons when three cars collided on Highway 83 about two and a half miles west of Dashwood on Saturday at 8:40 p.m. Drivers of the cars were Harvey L. Bierling, RR 1 Dash- wood; David Floyd Yousi e, Stratford; Robert E. Wolfe, 243 Exeter has a new clerk-trea- surer, but not a new employee, as the post was won by the town's present assessor and tax collector, Eric H. Cars- cadden. Carscadden was named at a special meeting of council, Wednesday, when it was decided to combine all four jobs. His salary will be $5,500. The replacement for C. V. Pickard will commence his dut- ies at the first of August. Carscadden, who resides in Exeter with his wife and two children, has been a resident here since 1936, with the ex- ception of three years spent in the army. He holds a Bachelor of Sci- ence degree from the Ontario Agricultural College, and man- aged Bray Hatchery when the firm operated in town. In recent years he has worked on a part- time basis with the poultry department of OAC Carscadden was named as- sessor in 1948 and became tax collector one year later. The new clerk-treasurer- assessor and tax collector will be located in the office now used by Mr. Pickard. Mrs. Dick Weber, the former Jean Taylor, who recently com- pleted the clerk's course spon- sored by Queen's University, Kingston, will be assistant clerk-treasurer. Ten personnel at RCAF Centralia recently received promotions, two being elevated to the rank of Squadron Leader and the eight others to Flight Lieutenant. S/L Gerry Demers is director of language training at COS and S/L Al Meurling is station construction engineer- ing officer. F/Ls Etches, Gibbon, Bauman and Hansen are instructors at COS and F/Ls Watson, Myronuk, Schelter and Austin are instructors at Primary Flying School. —RCAF photos Board to get another loan S/L A. F. Meurling S/L G. Demers Take concrete steps for parking and hail cillors Taylor and Barrett. They are to present recom- mendations by December. The matter of the town hall was presented by Councillor Cudmore, who had suggested at the last m e e tin g that some thought be given to the future use of the hall. He pointed out some study should be given, especially due to the fact the present clerk's offide was being rented only on a temporary basis. With no further discussion, Delbrielge named Cudmore and Reeve Boyle to the committee and asked them to present a report by October. written up for sewage charges in the new area. The rate had been set at $2.00 per foot frontage at the last meeting and this had been written into the agreement pre- sented by Dow's lawyers. Dow will install the sewers in the new subdivision and the $2.00 frontage Will be charged prospective owners when build- ing permits axe issued. Council also agreed to advise the department of municipal affairs that other details of the subdivision were completed to their satisfaction. In other business, council: Were told by Mayor Del- bridge that he had been the recipient of much "squawking" at Riverview Park on Sunday because there were no garbage cans for refuse. No one ap- peared to know where the WIN may be, but Paisley said he —Please turn to back page Two items previously dis- cussed at some length in coun- cil with no resulting action came up on the agenda agein this week and resulted in some con- crete decisions. The question of the acquisi- tion of off-street parking areas and the future of Exeter's town hall were both turned over to special committees for study, with deadlines set for recom- mendations from the coming- tees. Councillor Joe Wooden broached the parking question when he noted nothing had ever been done except a gread deal of talking. He suggested that a committee study the matter and present some concrete recom- mendations. When asked to name a come mittee, Mayor Delbridge said Wooden could head it, due to the fact it had been his sugges- tion. Others named were Coun- Chief Constable F. Minshall Goderich, gave a lecture to Exeter's four Auxiliary Police- men Monday. The lecture cov- ered items pertaining to the Criminal Code as to the powers of arrest, duties and conduct of Auxiliary Police. Exeter council issued a build- ing permit to Cann's Mill Ltd. this week for the erection of four large grain storage tanks at their present elevator site on Victoria Street. The four will be 65' high and will be built at a cost of $25,000. The firm will also erect a $15,000 continuous-flow grain dryer with Work on the pro- jects scheduled for August. Works superintendent Jim Paisley reported that Levis Contracting Co., Clinton, will be in town next week paving Anne Street. At the same time the firm will also pave the highway shoulders along Main Street. * * * * Contrary to information in last week's issue, Canadian Canners Ltd. are still hiring personnel for work on the sea- son's pack. Manager Jack Urquhart also reported the pea pack was pro- gressing very well and the peak was expected to be reached within a few days. OKAY PLAN Local subdivider Gib Dow moved a step closer to reads/- 111g final approval for his new area east of Pryde Boulevard when council agreed to accept as satisfactory an agreement It's official now! The $1,687,- 041 addition planned for SHDHS is going to cost area ratepayers less than one-quarter of that amount. Word was received by Exeter council Monday that an applica- tion for an additional $100,000 under the Municipal Work s Assistance loan program had been approved, This brings the total available tinder this fund to $187,699.00. The nice thing about this plan is that it is different than most loans. The area will only have to pay back 75% of what they've received. That results in a saving of $46,925. And the vocational addition at mums is different than pre- vious additions as well. It is subject to a '75% grant from the federal and provincial govern- ments. So, for an expenditure of $408,585.25, the area will get an addition milled at over four times that amount. Only draw- back, of course, is the fact that =Went will probably double by the time the interest is figured in over the next 20 years.