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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-11-04, Page 1Politicians in action We need your help! If it had not been for the windshields of cars broken it would have been a quiet Hallowe'en in Exeter. However, there were windshields broken, tenof them to be exact, as well as a window in a double door leading into a private residence, and a basement window was broken. Stop signs were bent and some signs were covered with paint, and others with crayon. And the usual soaping of windows of stores and cars took place, And outside of Exeter it would have been a quiet Hallowe'en had it not been for someone tossing a pumpkin out of a moving car and through the windshield of another moving car, cutting the driver around the face and head. The driver was lucky as his eyes were not damaged. And things were fairly quiet in Hay Township. Some boys threw rocks through garage windows but there really wasn't very much damage done. And in Da.shwood things would have been fairly quiet had it not been for some pranksters setting fires to old tires in the middle of the night. However, someone was awake and spotted the fires and so there was no serious damage done. The list could go on and on but we will stop here. Members of the Exeter Police Force are working overtime in an effort to track down the movements of various people on this night but they have a big job, and YOU, the general public, can help. All information given to the police department in this investigation will be kept confidential. If you saw anything or anybody on Hallowe'en night which might throw any light on this case the in- formation will be welcome. These were not Hallowe'en pranks by children. This was vandalism in its purest form. These events give the Town of Exeter and many of its residents an undeserved black eye. YOUR help is needed to bring those responsible to justice. Christmas promotion underway Here we go! Well, somebody's going at any rate. But chances are it won't be these fellows. This is the Exeter Board of Trade promotion committee, from left, Murray Greene, Ken Inch and Don Jones, and they're showing off one of more than 50 posters to go into the 50 some businesses taking part in this Year's Christmas promotion — a trip to the Bahamas. Coupons start going out Monday. (T-A photo) EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 4, 1965 Price Per Copy 10 Cents Cost of SHDHS addition estimated at $2,040,000 Councils will study school costs A request by the South Huron ment of various municipalities, District High School Board to Schools such as Clinton, Strat- Exeter council for approval of ford and Listowel were con- their share of an$85,000 increase strutted entirely at the expense in construction costs for the pro- of the senior levels of govern- posed vocational addition was ment while the residents of South tabled at the regular meeting of Huron, just a few years later council Monday evening. Similar are being asked to pay an esti- requests will be made this week mated $550,000 for a school which to the other seven participating will supply similar services. municipalities. By following this course of ac- Board members, Irvine Arm- lion the addition may be delayed strong and Dr. R. W, Read, but no estimate as to how much answered questions of council time this might take has been members in regards to the needs given. of this addition as outlined in a The two Board representatives letter sent out earlier on behalf pointed out that the additional of the board, cost of this project was caused by rising prices of both labor and materials. Council was also informed that there appears no way the cost of the project can be cut back. Mayor Jack Delbridge com- menting on the request pointed out that the additional costs could cause a lot of other projects to , be delayed. While affirming that — Please turn to page 2 municipalities. used while a figure of $12 per The greatest factor creating square foot was used for reno- this rise in cost is the labor, vations. board members were told. When Cost estimates now are being estimating costs last spring a computed at an estimated $20 figure of from $18.00 per square per square foot for new construe- foot for new construction was tion and $15 per square foot for renovation and alteration. The new square footage in the The estimated cost for the addition is 68,550 square feet construction is now $2,040,000 of which would cost $1,371,000 at which '75 percent will be paid by $20 per square foot. The reno- the senior levels of government. vation and alteration cost for The eight participating munici- 15,390 square feet at $15 would palities will share the balance Exeter council will investigate cost $230,850. Architects fees of the cost which is estimated, the possibility of getting an am- have been estimated at $100,000 with financing charges, at $550,- bulance service located within and equipment and furnishings 000. Because of the increase the town to serve the town and at $340,000. it was necessary to request the the Townships of Usborne and Mr. Boyce, representing the approval of the municipalities, Stephen. It has been proposed architects at this meeting told and following this, the approval that the ambulance would be lo- members that the figure of $20 of the Ontario Municipal Board cated here and the costs shared per square foot is not unduly will again be required. with the Township in a manner high in comparison with the cost A meeting has been requested similar to the arrangement with of recently awarded tenders. He between the school board and the the Fire Department. pointed out that strikes in the heads of the eight participating Councillor D. MacGregor told carpentry and brick laying trades councils or a committee thereof members he has been approached this summer have forced labor in an effort to discuss further, in this regard and added that he costs up. all aspects of this problem. personally supported this idea. The new project will include Another suggestion which was Members indicated their interest an auto shop, carpentry shop, proposed by councillor J. L. and will write the Ontario Gov- drafting shop, electrical shop, Wooden is also being investigat- ernment, as well as other muni- electronics shop, machine shop, ed. In essence this is to request cipalities which are presently boy's occupational shop, girl's additional assistance from both supplying an ambulance service, occupational shop—(present typ- senior levels of government in in order to find out what is ing room and adjacent classroom) the payment of grants. The rea- involved in setting up a system five commercial rooms, two son for this request is on the such as this. — Please turn to page 2 grounds of unfairness at treat- Election campaign nears end Liberal Conservative Exeter welcome John Diefenbaker, official leader of the opposition, was welcomed by a crowd of hundreds at the CNR station in Exeter Tuesday afternoon as he completed his tour through Huron County. He left the train and forced his way through the heavy crowd to shake as many hands as possible dur- ing the brief visit before board- ing the train to say thank you. Mr. Diefenbaker commented that this was the largest crowd which had met him during his day-long tour of Huron County. (T-A photo) I promise Speaking in Hamilton Monday evening, Progressive Conserva- tive leader John Diefenbaker promised to restore grants for technical and vocational school construction if his party is elect- ed. This request originated in Ex- eter where the SHDHS board is struggling to gain financing for their proposed $2 million dollar addition. If the grants were re- stored residents in the South Huron area would save a sub- stantial amount of the estimated $600,000 which is now estimat- ed to be the municipalities' share. Upwards of 450 persons at- tended a booster night for Mait Edgar, Liberal candidate in the Federal election, on Tuesday night in Clinton Legion Hall. Hon. Georges Mcllraith, min- ister of public works, the guest speaker, emphasized the fact that the Pearson administration had accomplished much in two and one-half years as a minority government. He made a strong appeal to elect a majority Li- beral government to carry on the nation's business. Then added that the government was never defeated in a major argument. He ribbed the official opposition by saying the government got help from them, because of their in- ternal difficulties. The cabinet minister said there was always uncertainty in a mi- nority government, always an at- mosphere of being defeated, but added. "If good legislation was brought forth, a minority gov- ernment can stand up to this." He dwelt on many things the Pearson government had done, namely, municipal government loan legislation, assistance to industry in designated areas, the $500 cash paid to home builders in the off-season, the $10 in- crease in old age pensions to meet rising cost of living. The minister praised Prime Minister Pearson for his work with the provinces in setting up the Canada Pension Plan. "Our medicare plan will pro- tect many persons against fin- ancial setbacks," the minister said. "It is now necessary to be highly trained to meet industry demands; we need advanced training for industry," he said. Then he added, "We intend to train young people to compete." Mr. Mcllraith, who was par- liamentary assistant to the late C. D. Howe in the former St. Laurent and Pearson cabinets, was introduced by A. Y. Mc- Lean, Seaforth. Mcllraith was first elected in 1940 as the member for Ottawa West. In 1963 he returned to the Pearson cabinet as President of the Privy Council, and his latest post is minister of public works. For the past two years he has also been house leader. Chairman of the largest gath- ering the Huron Liberals have held in the present Federal elec- tion campaign, was Ted Roberts, Clinton. He introduced the plat- form guests: Clarence Denomme, president of the Clinton Liberal Association, and Mrs. Denomme; Mrs. Malt Edgar; A. Y. McLean and Mayor Don Symons. Another school teacher Ian Fraser introduced the candidate Malt Edgar. Huron's Liberal candidate said that the Canada-United State s free trade auto agreement, and the optioning of land at Talbot- ville by the Ford Motor Co. could open up a source of industry for Huron. Mr. Edgar has toured all Huron industries in his cam- paign and added that "Huron is hungry for more industry". With a basically agricultural county, we should have agri- cultural industries, the Candidate said. Referring to CHSS and even- tually similar vocational schools at Goderich and Exeter, Mr. Edgar said, "we need industry to use these graduates." In appealing for his hearers to elect him, Edgar said, "Can- ada needs a majority govern- ment, and Huron must have a voice in that government." Hon. J. Waldo Monteith, Perth MP and former minister of na- tional health and welfare, told a gathering of more than 300 in the Exeter Legion last Wednesday night that the only reason the Liberal party is crying for a majority government is simply so they can hide their sins be- hind numbers. Mr. Monteith was speaking on behalf of Conservative candidate Bob McKinley at a reception sponsored by a group of promin- ent Exeter women. Other speak- ers at the informal gathering were Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Elston Cardiff, Huron MP, and John Loney, Bruce MP, Elmer D. Bell, QC, was chairman of the meeting part of the reception. The prominent Stratford busi- ness executive told the gathering the Liberals were afraid of fur- ther disclosures following the Dorion inquiry, and so called a snap election to try and cover up the corruption in Ottawa. "At first the Liberals refused to have an inquiry when Eric Nielsen made charges of corruption in the house, but finally, under ter- rific pressure from the opposi- tion, they agreed to it," he said. "You all know the results of the Dorion report." Referring to old age security and the newCanada Pension Plan, mr. Monteith charged that the proposal is not good enough. "Two and a half million Cana- dians will net benefit one penny from the new pension plan," he added. "Those who are already retired or about to retire will get nothing." Mr. Monteith explained that the government had a brief pre- sented them from the province of Ontario, asking that a mini- mum pension of $25 per month be given every one, but the Lib- erals failed to act on it. "The Conservatives are offering an old age security pension of $100 compared to the present $75 being paid," he went on to say. "P ear sOn says that under a means test they may he able to get more. We say that everyone will get $100, and under a means test they will get more." The speaker also attacked the 11% sales tax on building mater- ials and production machinery, stating that if the Conservatives form the government this will be abolished. "No wonder the cost of living is getting so high with all these unnecessary tax- es," he added. "We need Bob McKinley in Ottawa to help us implement our program," the speaker conclud- ed, "an this fact was exempli- fied the way he handled himself on the platform tonight." Mr. McKinley was introduced to the enthusiastic gathering by Elston Cardiff, the retiring mem- ber for Huron. "I like this young man more every time I see and talk to him," Mr. Cardiff said. "And as far as the London Free Press is concerned with their story that Huron could be a riding to change, they are crazy. If the Liberals hold half the seats they have now in Ontario, they'll be lucky. We must keep this country clean, and up to now the Liberals have not been doing this." The candidate pointed out to the meeting that Canada was founded by the Conservative party nearly 100 years ago, and it is only right they shbuld be in power for the centennial of the country. "If the Conservatives are elected we will get on with doing something for this wonder- ful Canada of ours" he eXplained. New owner of Taylor store After 40 years of business on the Main Street of Exeter the S. B. Taylor Jewellery store has been sold. The new owner, S. Earl Campbell of London took over ownership of the store Tues- day morning. Mr. Campbell has many years experience in the jewellery busi- ness having started in this line of work after resigning from the RCAF at the close of the second World War. He learned his trade in St. Thomas and then moved to London 15 years ago to take a position with the Chester Pegg Jewellry Co. Ltd. Mr. Campbell is a qualified repairman and has been head of the repair depart- ment of the Chester Pegg Co. un- til his resignation to come to Exeter to start his own business. S. EARL CAMPBELL Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have two children, Jay and Glenda, both students at the University of Western Ontario, Mr. Campbell expects to move to Exeter with his wife, Lillian Margaret when their children complete school. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are Well known throughout the London area where they Were very active in square dance circles. Mr. Campbell has been a caller for some years and is a past presi- dent of the Square Dance As- sociation. Mr. Campbell does not foresee any major changes in the busi- ness in the immediate future. He is establishing a repair depart- ment in the store and will con- tinue to stock similar lines to what has been customary in the Taylor store. Support in large numbers for Edgar Liberal supporters from all paxts of Huron County packed the Clinton Legion Hall Tuesday evening in support of Matt Edgar, Liberal candidate for the county. Most observers classed the rally as the largest ever held In Clinton in history as many supporterS were liftable to gain entry to the hall. A portion of the crowd is shown in the upper photo while Mr. and Mrs. Edgar are shown in the lower photo with the Hon. Georges Mcllraith,, minister of public works who was guest speaker. Ninety-third Year The estimated cost for the proposed addition to the South Huron Secondary School has now passed the $2,000,000 mark and the board must return the par- ticipating municipal councils and ask for approval of an additional $85,000 before tenders can be called. The new cost estimate of $2,040,000 was released at a special meeting between the board and the architect October 19. The eight participating muni- cipalities originally were asked for and approved the figure of $400,000 as their share of the cost of the April 30 new addi- tion. This was revised upwards and in July the municipalities were again approached for ap- proval of $464,000 as their cost. This time the SHDHS board must approach the municipalities, and ask for an additional amount bringing the total to $550,000. The total cost estimates for the new addition have risen from $1,687,041 in May to the present figure of over two million dol- lars. The building project comes under the grant structure of the federal and provincial govern- ments with '75 percent of the cost paid by grants and the bal- ance paid by the participating Seek ambulance for Exeter _ • • . • •