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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-06-30, Page 1THE OLD AND THE NEW IN LIGHT STANDARDS VOLKSWAGEN GETS ONCE-OVER DURING CHECK HERE EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 30, 1966 Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents Announcement this Friday on CFB Centralia's fate? Dive injuries prove fatal Ernest Zimmerman, 35, Mar- ine City, Michigan, died on Sun- day in Port Huron Mercy Hos- pital, following injuries received offshore at Grand Bend one week earlier, Mr. Zimmerman had been ona large boat anchored off the main beach and dove off for a swim. Because of a sand bar, the water was too shallow—an estimated four feet — and his head struck bottom, Lawrence Mason took the in- jured man to South Huron Hos- pital, Exeter by ambulance, ac- companied by Bill Dinnin, chief lifeguard at the Bend. Later he was removed to the Port Huron hospital. Bug in car costs $600 Rush major pipeline intake to completion The water pipe line from Lake Huron at Grand Bend to London is progress where the pipe line will commence its underground journey being rushed to completion. Here is shown construction work in from Grand Bend. — Photo by Mike Nield Safety check cracks down on defects: Condemn 15 cars, approve only 8.2% PUC sighs in relief as old standards go Recent contact with govern- ment representatives has given indication that an announcement will be made this week regard- ing the possible closing of CFB, Centralia, states Ross Tuckey, chairman of Exeter Industrial Developments. He stated he has reason to believe the announcement is close at hand despite similar beliefs on the part of other persons on the same subject which had not materialized. In the meantime, there is noth- ing taking place on the surface at CFB, Centralia, to indicate any formal announcement being near. Activities at the station, an air force official said, are nearing the peak load stage for this time of year with many university candidate material ar- riving to engage the base facili- ties to its full capacity. It is known that preparations have been made at the base in the event that any announcement re closing comes through, but these are only plans on an "if" basis and no actual action re- garding them has taken place. Despite rumors to the con- trary, no inquiries have been received to date from any in- dustry, large or small, with re- gard to locating at Centralia if the base closes, said Mr. Tuckey, on behalf of Exeter Industrial Developments. Only possibility along the industrial front, he said, is that a new industry is planning to locate in Exeter this summer, employing from 10 to 12 persons. It is a local organiza- tion and its operations are of a mechanical nature, Mr. Tuckey said. In the meantime, all kinds of rumors are buzzing around CFB Centralia and these were par- ticularly rampant on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. In view of this, The Exeter T-A made a direct phone call to the office of the Director of Na- tional Defence at Ottawa onWed- nesday afternoon. The spokes- man at that office told The Exeter T-A that there would be no an- nouncement regarding the clos- ing of CFB Centralia this week nor would there by any in the immediate future. was taken off and it was found to be badly broken, the lady chang- ed her attitude. She expressed thanks for the warning which might have resulted in a serious accident at some later date. Another lady, after being told that her car had been approved, was obviously disappointed. She stated she had hoped it would be condemned so that she could go to her husband and use this warning as an excuse to pur- chase a new car. a 48 hour period. Only a few newest model cars were checked. In the case of new cars the usual defects, if any, are lighting or alignment, due to the settling of the frame of the new car. Women drivers appear to be more apprehensive than the males when their cars are called in for a check. One woman from London appeared quite indignant when told the brakes on her car were faulty. When the brake hose Price of milk up two cents Effective Friday, July 1, the price of milk in Exeter will be increased by two cents a quart. Exeter Dairy has announced that a quart of homogenized milk will cost 29 cents, rather than the previous price of 27 cents. But the 29 cent price will still be below that which will be charg- ed by most dairies in Huron County and also London where the new price will be 30 cents a quart. Since Friday is Dominion Day with no milk delivery that day, milk will be available only across the counters of stores. more depressing history on the demise of the light globes. For these reasons it seems impractical to preserve the units or install them somewhere else in town. They have survived their ques- tionable usefulness. Questionable it is indeed if one considers the very limited il- lumination they provide. Roman- tic notions notwithstanding, the old units are not suitable for present day requirements. These are some reasons why the lighting up of the new units will be a milestone for the town. Suggestions have been voiced to make this an issue for the main street merchants. The town, the board of trade, the individual merchants and the PUC may co-operate to mark the moment. Somebody in the market for lighting fixtures? They could hardly be termed antique. Some are fit for scrap metal. Others are in nearly per- fect shape. But none probably will be used for their original purpose. When the new lights on Ex- eter's main street are switched on, sometime near the end of July, the old, white-globed light standards that have decorated Main street since 1935 will be put on the block. Already offers are being ac- cepted at the town clerk's office. For the 32 units that will be replaced by 6-foot long fluores- cent lights arching from the re- inforced spun-concrete pole s, this will be the end of a hectic life span. For the PUC it will be the end of headaches aplenty. Manager H. L. Davis said the old fashioned light standard s were causing considerable main- tenance problems. The standards themselves were so obsolete that when a town that was known to have them was retiring some there was a rush from other localities, to buy the 'discards". The situation was complicated by different tops that would not take the same globe. On oc- casions the tops were machined in Exeter. The globes were the most vul- nerable. They attract not only mosquitoes during summertime but seem to be in open season for all who consider them a challenge to their marksmanship. When some units were installed on the bridge, beer bottles used to fly at the white globes and made the point despite the ef- fects of the bottle contents on the marksman's head. "If I would need a replace- ment for a globe in the fall, I would be frantically looking for it right now," Mr. Davis said. During a period of 1957 to 1960, altogether 25 light stands have been knocked out. In a re- cent two-week period three Standards were damaged, two of them beyond repair, The statistics might give even Damage of $2,000 was done to a new car when it went off the shoulder of the road and struck a tree, It happened at 11;54 pm on June 26 on Highway 83, 1 1/2 miles east of No. 21 Highway. Driver of the car was Albert Taylor of London. His brother in London had an accident there the same day, resulting in extensive damage to his car also. A single little bug was held responsible for $600 damages to the car of elderly George W. Ait- ken of Grand Bend. He was driv- ing through Oakwood Park about 1:55 pm on June 25 when he at- tempted to kill a bug in his car which was distracting his atten- tion from driving. As a result, the car went off the road and hit a tree at the side of the road. The driver suffered a cut lip. When the car he was driving on the 2nd concession of Hay Township, about two miles north of Highway 83, went off the road and turned upside down in the ditch on June 24, John Scott Parker, RR 1 Lucan found there were damages of $550. A pass- enger in his car, Joan Barker, RR 1 Lucan, suffered a broken right leg. A car driven by Wm. G. Fish- er of Exeter went off No. 15 sideroad in Stephen Township about 1 am on June 23 and hit a tree. Damages amounted to $125. a total of 208 cars passed through. Of this •number, 17 cars were approved as being OK; 15 were condemned outright; 176 had de- fects of varying degrees. With only 17 of the 208 cars inspected being given the stamp of approval, this meant a mere 8.2 percent of the cars were approved. In the case of the 15 cars condemned, their licence plates were immediately removed and the owners or drivers required to tow the cars away at their own expense. Of the 15 con- demned cars, all but three were from Exeter and of those three, one was from Wingham and the other two from London. The most common defects in the cars were: lights, exhaust system, bad tires, faulty brakes and front end alignment. Motor- ists having any of these were ordered to have them fixed within A compulsory car safety check was held in Exeter commencing Monday afternoon and will be completed at 6 pm Thursday. Experts from the Ontario De- partment of Transport with their mobile equipment took up a po- sition at the side of Ron Dale's Sunoco Garage on Main Street South and passing cars which looked as if they needed check- ing over were called in. This call-in is permissible under Section 47 of the Highway Traffic Act for the Province of Ontario, It requires the owner or driver of a car to submit the vehicle for such a test, There is a total of 38 points about a car to be checked. The check was supervised by Cpl. Harry Van Bergen of the Exeter Police. Between when the c he ck ing service opened on Monday after- noon up until Tuesday evening, Masons tour hospital, rest home at Zurich Churches join for services Members of Masonic lodges from Hensall and Zurich, togeth- er with members of the visiting Huron-Bruce Masonic Lodge of Toronto, made a tour of South Huron Hospital at Exeter Satur- day. They were shown equipment at the hospital which their generous donations had helped to purchase. Members of the Toronto Lodge were accompanied by Dr. Byron Campbell, 98, of Toronto, who once practiced medicine in Zur- ich for many years before mov- ing to Toronto. The latter's daughters, Jean and Dorothy Were also present. The various donations to the hospital, including those from the daughters of Dr. Campbell, were in honor of the veteran Restrictions on use of water now in effect More soil tests will determine street plans While the recent intense heat wave resulted in an increase in water consumption in Exeter, the increase was not nearly so pronounced as it will be about the end of this month. About that time, Canadian Canners Ltd. will go into production With con- sequent use of much water. On July 1 of last year, a total of 1,542,000 gallons of water was pumped by the PUC and on July 4 the amount was 1,584,000 gallons. These figures repr e- sent both industrial and domestic medico and included an oxygen tent and donation toward a new operating table. At the hospital, the group was greeted by Mrs. J. G. Dunlop, chairman of the hospital board; Mr. Russ Hopper and various members of the Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary and served with coffee and sandwiches. Later, the group drove to Zur- ich, where they made a tour of the new rest home now under con- struction there. This was follow- ed by a chicken barbecue held at the arena. At the Masonic Lodge rooms, Hensall, Wor. Bro. Calvin De Luca of the Toronto lodge was installation officer when his lodge installed and invested the new officers of the lodge at Hensall. Dr. Campbell took part in the ceremony and also presented to Wor. Bro. E. McKinley the cer- tificate of the late Wor. Bro. J. Ellis which was donated by Miss Mettle Ellis in memory of her father, a past master of the lodge. Members of the Toronto lodge headed for home in their chart- ered bus about 10 pm. A total of about 106 registered for the event. consumption. From here on, those who use hoses for watering lawns and gardens will be curtailed in its use during the summer months. The PUC has mailed out the fol- lowing schedule for the times when the use of hoses will be permitted; West side of Main Street — Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 to 9 pm. East side of Main Street — Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day, 7 to 9 pm, Union services between Main St. and James St. United churches will begin next Sunday with Rev, D. S. Warren, who is being induct- ed into the Main St. pastorate July 7, will be in charge of the services during the month of July. Rev. R. S. Hiltz left Tuesday for his new charge at Sturgeon Falls. Rev. S. E. and Mrs. Lewis will spend the month of July at their summer cottage Nottawasaga on Georgian Bay. Mr. Lewis will have charge of the services during the month of August. During the months of July and August while union services are being held in Main St. church, James St. church will be taking on a new look both inside and out. Starting the work will be held up for a short time owing to the fact that several weddings are in the offing, Mr. Wm. MacLean has the con- tract for painting both the audi- torium and the outside of the church. Some repairs to the Sun- day school will be undertaken by Larry Taylor after which Garnet Hicks will undertake to do the painting. the motion. The request for approval of the debentures has since gone forward to the Ontario Municipal Board. If it should so happen that the percentage of council favored the obtaining of the debentures was not sufficient in the eyes of the Ontario Municipal Board, an- other council vote may have to be taken. Town Clerk Eric Carscad- den believes, however, Council's procedure was satisfactory. More soil sample tests will have to be taken before the On- tario Department of Highways can place its stamp of approval on the plan of Exeter Town Coun- ell to re-build Main Street. This was stated by Highways Engin- eer J. Tillcock of Stratford when he met with members of the Town's road committee, mem- bers of the PUC and Burns Ross of Goderich on Wednesday even- ing of last week. It was also pointed out that a portion of Main Street near the bridge over the Ausable River is not now serviced by sanitary sewers and these would have to be installed prior to the com- mencement of any re-building of Main Street in that area, At the close of the meeting, members of council gathered for a special session. It was stated that a recorded vote with more than 75 percent of council being in favor may be necessary in order to validate council's recent motion to re-apply to the OMB for approval of debentures for the SIIDIIS addition. At the coun- cil meeting in question, five members of council, voted in favor, one member absented him- self from the vote and one was not asked for his possible cont- rary vote when it was apparent the majority of council favored Flood plains below dam to become picnic area 11111M111111111111111111111111111111111111MMIlle1111111111111118111111111111111181101111111111IMIMI1111111111111111011111111 Bill Batten new editor stream. 'Work will also he done to protect the banks of the stream below the dam. On the south side of Old Mill Road just inside of the cairns an area will have crushed stone applied so as to provide a parking spot for cars. The banks sloping down to the river from the Simmons sub- division are to be graded and seeded. Unlike pollution affecting the Lake Iltiron shoreline, there IS little pollution in the Ausable River. What there is, according to Terry McAuley of the Ausable River Conservation Authority, is caused by barnyard manure along the river's course and by silt. Work is proceeding slowly but surely in the beautification pro- gram around Riverview Park. Although building materials for the new pavilion was suppoSed to arrive about June I, foundation work is behind schedule and the building material will, therefore, not be needed for about a week yet. When it arrives, the con- struction job will be supervised by Cliff Brintnell, Volunteer lab- or will be used arid this Will be Mainly members of the Canadian Legion. The flood plafns below the dam are to be made into a picnic area. loot bridges are to be erected to facilitate ge tting across the two forks of the Batten, who started his news- paper career as an apprentice in the T-A composing room, served as editor of Grand Bend Holiday and The Clinton News- Record before taking the same position with The Times-Advo- cate. He left the post last year to take a public relations position in Toronto, from which he re. cently resigned. The editor and his family will enjoy some holidays before tak- ing up residence in their home on John Street, Don't be surprised to see him Batt'n Around soon. Because that fellow will be back in the T-A's editorial chair. Bill Batten, the former editor under whose hand this newspaper won several competition awards, returns to the post July 11. HIS appointment is announced this week by Ptiblishers S. M. and Robert Southcott. His humorous editorial col- umn, Batt'n Around, will return with him: It was one of the fea- tures of the newspaper during his terms as both editor and sports editor. New inspector starts Aug. 1 Frank Wilkinson, B.A., M.A., who has been public school in- spector at Elliott Lake, Ontario, for the past five years, com- mences his new duties as public school inspector for South Huron on August 1. He is presently at the Oral French summer school being held at Elliott Lake. Originally from Oshawa, Mr. Wilkinson is married with two children. He has purchased the former Don Southcott residence, Andrew and Victoria Street, Ex- eter, The former South Huron in- spector, /, G. Burrows, who has held the post for the past three years, plans to attend summer school at Toroitto. Mr. Burrows will decide on his future location at the conclusion of his attendance at summer School in TOisento, Zurich ceremony at 4 p.m. Sunday The laying of the cornerstone at the Bluewater Rest Home, now under construction at Zur- ich, IS scheduled to take place at 4 pm on Sunday, July 3, Among officials taking part Will be Robert McKinley, MP for Huron and Hon. Charles Mac. Naughton, MPP. There will be a guided tour of the lovely new building from 2 to 4 pm on Sunday. GRADUATES WITH MEDAL David Hicks, Winnipeg, has graduated in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba. Ile is the son of the late Fl/Lt Clifford Hicks of Centralia and Of Mrs. A. Watkins of Winnipeg and grandson of Mrs. Byron Hicks formerly of Centralia, David headed his class and received a university gold medal.