The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-07-21, Page 1Future of facilities at Centralia
creates question mark for area
unable to make any commitments
until the situation clarified in
connection with the decision of
the minister of defence",
"Even now there will likely
be a considerable period of ne-
gotiations with the federal gov-
ernment," Mr. Bell, predicted in
his letter to council.
ed by members of council, the
Board of Trade, and the Industrial
Development Commission,.
The lack of a Clarification on
the future of Centralia is also
preventing Ontario government
officials from taking any con-
crete steps according to E. D.
Bell QC, who was authorized by
the special meeting to investig-
ate action at this level.
In a letter to council this
week, he reported he had a long
conference over the weekend with
the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton,
minister of highways, and was
advised by Mr. MacNaughton that
the problem of the airport had al-
ready been taken up with the
Hon. Stan Randall, minister of
economics and development.
Mr. MacNaughton indicate d
that Mr. Randall "has already
been active in seeking out pos-
sible industries who could use
these facilities, but obviously was
SEEK FACTS
However, members of the three
Exeter groups still plan to initiate
action to be prepared when the
announcement of the future of
Centralia is made.
A plan of the base has already
been forwarded to Mr. Randall
for his use in showing the facili-
ties to prospective industries.
Council was told by Mr. Bell
that additional information should
be gleaned in order to have a
proper presentation.
He said this information should
include sketch plans showing the
Civilian employees
still don't know fate
Karen Williams, Pam Nicholson, Josette Williams, Bradley Coates,
Marilyn May and David Robinson. The pair in the middle were the
champs.
acreage and location of the prop-
erty, and an investigation of the
buildings on the property with
general construction information
and dimensions of the buildings,
particularly buildings which
could be used for housing manu-
facturing units.
Other information he urged
be sought was: information as to
communications—road, and rail,
length and location of the run-
ways for air services — reason-
ably accurate information as to
the closest point of the water pipe
line, information as to present
services and generally all the
material which a person could
look at and get a picture of the
area without having to do a lot
of research.
"In other words, this research
should be available," Mr. Bell
stated, adding that it was obvious
that the Ministers of the Crown
haven't time to dig out this in-
formation if a prospect is con-
tacted, and unless we are prepar-
ed to go this far we cannot expect
to have as good a chance of
achieveing success.
His opinion, which had been
shared by others at the special
meeting, was also backed at Mon-
day's council meeting and a com-
mittee of Councillors Joe Wooden
and Mery Cudmore were asked
to form an investigating commit-
tee with representatives of the
other two groups to get the in-
formation and consider the pos-
sible publication of a brochure.
What plans do the department
of national defence have for the
facilities at CFB Centralia?
That's the question area of-
ficials would like answered, and
until it is, any steps they may
take have to be based solely on
conjecture.
To date, no announcement has
been made as to the future of
the facilities after they are closed
down this summer.
However, the answer may come
from a planned meeting with the
Hon. Paul Hellyer, minister of
national defence.
He was interviewed Thursday
by Ross Tuckey and Peter Ray-
mond of the Exeter Industrial
Development Commission, who
travelled to London where, Mr.
HeRyer made a personal appear-
ance.
Mr. Hellyer told the two men
he would arrange for them to
have an appointment with him-
self and the Hon. C. M. Drury,
minister of industry.
The two men emphasized the
fact they would like the meeting
"very soon" so local officials
would know what they can do to
promote the CFB Centralia site
— if and when it becomes vacant.
Just at press time, Peter
Raymond informed the T-A
that he had been talking with
Mr. Hellyer on Wednesday
afternoon and had been invited
to Ottawa with Ross Tuckey.
The two have a meeting
scheduled with the Minister
of Defence at 11:30 a.m. to-
day (Thursday) and Mr. Hell-
yer has also arranged for them
to meet with the Hon. C. M.
Drury, minister of labour.
Hobos and gypsies crowded Exeter's Main Street last week for the
first of the periodic summer parades. The youngsters went all
out to live and dress the parts they were playing and judges had a
most difficult time. Winners in the junior section are, left to right: --T-A photo
Tuckey and Raymond had been
named to comprise a delegation
to Ottawa at a special meeting
in Exeter last Wednesday attend-
Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 21, 1966 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
Seek answer
to irregularity
This interviewing progam will
be undertaken by NES and will be
conducted at Centralia during the
first part of August.
In the meantime, employers
wishing to avail themselves of the
services of these workers are
asked to contact the Goderich NES
and list their vacancies now.
Attending the Friday meeting
were: G/C G. F. Ockenden, base
commander; S/L T. Reid, Chief
Administration Officer; Miss Iris
Harvey, Acting Civilian Person-
nel Officer; H. A. Appel and C.
M. Jutras, National Employment
Service, Goderich.
"We are hopeful we can assist
people to locate jobs in this area
if possible," Mr. Jutras told the
T-A, indicating his staff would
be visiting employers inthe dist-
rict to see what jobs may be avail-
able.
For those creating contamination
What else
is new? TO FORCE SEWER HOOKUP
Add another item to that list
of unpredictable things. It's gar-
bage pickup.
Some Exeter residents have
been complaining about the fact
their garbage isn't being picked
up on the same day each week,
but it's not always the collectors
who are at fault.
The fact is, the problem is
often caused by other residents.
That's the explanation given
council Monday by Works Super-
intendent Jim Paisley.
He noted the men could only
pick up'five loads per day, and
if the people on the first part of
that daily route put out more
garbage than normal, the garb-
age on the final portion often had
to be left.
"We just never know what we
might get from any one place,"
he stated, adding it could be a
large amount one week and a
negligible amount another week.
He said he would check into
the matter and attempt to find a
solution so residents would know
exactly which day their garbage
would be picked up each week.
However, inclement weather
also throws the schedule off,
and there's no solution to that
problem.
Council also discussed a com-
plaint by Councillor Ted Wright
that the dump grounds were dis-
orderly with residents dumping
refuse anywhere they wanted.
He also reported letters spot-
ted at the dump indicated resi-
dents from surrounding com-
munities are using the facilities.
It was suggested by one coun-
cillor that where this fact can
be proven, the refuse should be
mailed back to the trespasser.
Councillor Barrett was asked
to take what action he felt neces-
sary in correcting the situation.
ing Monday and will be put into
use in the immediate future.
ed to the system and thought to
be discharging contaminated wat-
er into a storm drain or causing
a health or sanitary problem will
have their waste checked by
means of dyes which easily spot
where water is being discharged.
F/L M. Pett, CFB Centralia
Public Relations Officer, report-
ed this week that it is expected
the majority of civilian employ-
ees of the base will be on duty
until the end of August.
However, that's the only news
on the future of the civilian work-
ers at the base.
The Civilian Personnel Of-
ficer's office stated Wednesday
morning that no word on any post-
ings for civilians had been made
as yet.
However, it is expected some
will be absorbed at CFB Clinton
if there are vacancies and other
positions may be offered at other
bases in Canada.
The number of positions that
may be offered is still not known,
nor are there any details as to the
type of positions that may be
available.
F/L Pett indicated some per-
sons will be laid off this week,
but these are summer help and
casual labourers. Others in this
category will be released as work
starts to diminish with the moving
of some of the units and schools.
On Friday, a meeting was held
between officials of CFB Cen-
tralia and the Goderich National
Employment Service to discuss
a re-employment program for
civilian personnel affected by the
closing of the base.
To assist these workers, ar-
rangements have been made for
the NES to register any civilians
interested in locating alternate
employment.
Taking holidays
after next issue
In addition, in default of the
provisions of the bylaw being
complied with by the owner of
the premises affected, council
may do the work required to
comply with the bylaw in con-
nection with the sewage disposal
system at the expense of the
property owner.
The Town of Exeter may re-
cover the expense incurred in
doing it by legal action, or the
expense may be recovered by
adding it to the tax bill.
The bylaw was given final read-
PROVIDE PENALTY
To enforce the new bylaw,
council agreed that persons who
are found guilty of contravening
it may be required under the
Summary Convictions Act to a
fine of not more than $200.00.
The Times-Advocate and its
staff are taking their annual holi-
day beginning August 1.
No newspaper will be published
on August 4 and the office will
be closed during the week.
Those wishing to make any an-
nouncements intended for this
week are invited to use the July
28 edition. The next edition after
that will be on August 11.
Businessmen agree
to look into parking
It does stay warm and dry.
Temperatures in the past week
continued on the trend started
back in June and in the past
eight days the thermometer has
climbed to over 80 on five oc-
casions.
Monday was the hottest day
with a sweltering 92 degrees be-
ing recorded by the met sec-
tion at CFB Centralia. Satur-
day's 81 and an 87 on Sunday
made another busy weekend for
the resort area as people flock-
ed there again to cool off.
The five-day forecast issued
Tuesday indicated temperatures
would be a bit cooler through
until Friday, but it is scheduled
to warm up again for the week-
end.
However, the warming trend
may also bring some showers,
which would be appreciated by
everyone—especially area
farmers.
Elsewhere in this issue is a
report on the area crops, which
are suffering from the lack of
rain.
Transferred
OPP Constable Harry Reid, who
has been stationed in Exeter for
the past nine years, has been
transferred to the North Bay de-
tachm ent and takes up duties
there in August after a two-week
holiday. The officer and his wife
have two daughters and the family
will move when accommodation
has been secured for them.
--T-A photo
Damage high in crashes
several sustain injuries
NEED PERMIT
In addition, council also moved
to end the problem of persons
making improper connections to
the sanitary sewer system.
In future, all residents hooking
to the sewer will be required to
obtain a permit before com-
mencing the work.
Councillor Wooden indicated
this new regulation was being
implemented for the protection
and advice of property owners,
as some people have had im-
proper connections made for
them in the past and this has re-
sulted in problems and added
expense for them.
Wooden explained there were
no new regulations contained in
the 10 points listed on the per-
mit, but it was the first time the
stipulation as to the type of work
that must be done had been writ-
ten down for the benefit of resi-
dents and contractors.
Fee for the permit is $2 and
it will be valid for a period of
30 days after issuance.
Again, the Public Health In-
spector and the Town Works
Superintendent must approve the
— Please turn to Page 3
CLEAN UP
Some local residents will also
be receiving letters in the near
future asking that they clean up
"unsightly messes" on their pro-
perty.
Complaints have been receiv-
ed regarding piles of earth that
turn into unsightly weed beds.
Council learned officially Mon-
day that Exeter businessmen op-
pose parking meters by a major-
ity of four to one.
"They help to scare people
away and with Centralia closing
we have to fight to keep what
we can," explained Try Arm-
strong, president of the Board
of Trade, who headed a delega-
tion consisting of himself, Doug
Gould and Murray Greene.
Reeve Derry Boyle replied that
parking meters bring business,
basing his opinion on conversa-
tions with municipal officials in
communities which have meters.
"It keeps businessmen and
their clerks off the Main Street,"
he added, noting this then left
more space for customers.
When Gould questioned how
meters could be enforced when
the present two-hour parking
limit had never been, Boyle ex-
plained the revenue from meters
would pay the salary of an extra
gins, RR 4 Denfield.
The cyclist, Dennis W. Miles,
London, was tossed to the pave-
ment and was then run over by
another motor bike driver, Ken-
neth Funkhof, also of London.
Later the same evening, Con-
stable Reid was called to Hen-
salt where Bruce Nairn, RR 1
Cromarty had been involved in
a crash.
Police report Nairn pulled out
of a service station south of the
village on Highway 4 and went
across into the ditch and struck
a pole.
Richard Glanville, RR1 Credi-
ton, and Wayne J. Brunzlow, Cre-
ditors. They were southbound and
collided after Brunzlow had pass-
ed the Glanville car.
They both ended up in the
ditch and total damage was $250.
While that accident was being
sorted out, another mishap oc-
curred at the same place when a
motor bike operator from Lon-
don was slightly injured.
He had been in a party of
three cyclists and apparently
while viewing the previous ac-
cident, ran into the rear of a
truck driven by Carman Hod- --Please turn to Page 3
In an effort to get more Exeter
residents to connect to the exist-
ing sanitary sewers, council
Monday night passed a bylaw re-
quiring that this be done if resi-
dents who have the sewer avail-
able to them are found to be dis-
charging contaminated water into
storm drains or operating apriv-
ate sewage disposal system that
is causing any sanitary problems.
Originally, council had con-
sidered making it mandatory for
all residents to hook into the
sewers if the service was avail-
able to them, but the Ontario
Water Resources Commission
doubted this could be enforced.
However, indications are that
the bylaw will affect a great many
of those not presently hooked up
to the existing sewer lines.
"We won't find many cases
where people aren't contaminat-
ing storm drains," Works Super-
intendent Jim Paisley predicted.
The bylaw was brought in by
Councillor Joe Wooden and his
drains committee and the only
disfavour recorded was the
thought by Councillor Ross Tay-
lor that it may not have enough
teeth.
The bylaw states that: "own-
ers of residential, commercial
or industrial premises which re-
quire or which operate some
manner of sewage disposal be re-
quired to connect to and to divert
such sewage into the sewage dis-
posal system if in the opinion of
the council and/or the Public
Health Inspector of the County
of Huron, the private sewage dis-
posal system is so operating as
to cause a health or sanitary
problem or if the premises are
discharging contaminated water
into a storm drain, and thereby
causing pollution in the said
storm drain".
It is required that such con-
nections be made within the time
period set down by council and/or
the Public Health Inspector.
Persons not presently connect-
Stephen okays
fire cost boost
Stephen Township council in-
formed Exeter this week they
are in agreement with the new
rates to be applied to the local
fire agreement.
New rates to be charged for
calls by the Exeter Fire Brigade
are $75 for the first hour and
$60 for each additional hour.
The agreement is to cover the
next five years.
No word has been received
from Hay and Usborne councils
and Clerk Eric Carscadden was
asked to write them requesting
an early reply.
Missing vehicle
leads to arrest
Speedy work by police brought
an abrupt halt to a trip by Serge
Gaston Dugre, 19, CFB Centralia.
At 7:30 am Friday, local police
were informed that a car owned
by Andy Crown, Grand Bend, was
missing, having been taken from
the residence of Len Veri, 120
Sanders Street East, Exeter.
Police across the province
were notified and at 2:30 pm
Dugre was stopped by police in
Prescott, Ontario, who spotted
the 1066 Pontiac.
The youth was taken to the
Brockville jail and later trans-
ferred to Goderich by Cpl. Harry
VatiBergen and Auxiliary Con-
stable Gerald Prance.
He remained in Goderich until
his court appearance Monday,
when he was fined $50 and costs
of $2.10 for taking a car without
the owner's consent.
man to patrol Main Street.
. Councillor Joe Wooden ex-
plained council only wanted to
investigate parking meters be-
cause Main Street would be dug
up within two years and that would
be a logical time to install the
machines if investigation showed
they were of benefit.
"I'm still not enthusiastic
about them," he said.
Discussion then moved to the
idea of off-street parking, and
Wooden suggested that if mer-
chants would open the areas be-
hind their stores this could pro-
vide a solution.
He explained some communi-
ties acquire land for parking use
and charge the cost against the
businessmen as a local improve-
ment levy.
The delegates from the Board
of Trade indicated they would
favour such a move.
It was then decided to leave
the matter in the hands of coun-
cil's property committee of
Reeve Boyle and Councillor Mery
Cudmore to work along with the
Board of Trade parking e im-
mittee of Reg Beavers anti Bill
Huntley.
The suggestion was made the
four men may want to look into
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Enforce rule
about water
Damage climbed to almost $5,-
500 in nine accidents in the area
this week and several persons
involved suffered a variety of in-
juries.
Most seriously injured was
Brian W. Hern, RR 1 Woodham,
whose car rammed into a tree
on Highway 83 at 4:00am Sunday.
OPP Constable Dale Lamont
reported that Hern was westbound
on the highway, when his car
went into the ditch just east of
the Cromarty Road.
In attempting to get the vehicle
back on the road, the rear fend-
er struck a tree and spun it
around in a semi-circle and then
it crashed head-on into another
tree.
Hern sustained a broken right
ankle and lacerations to his face
and shoulder. The damage to the
car was estimated at $1,000.
The driver was taken to South
Huron Hospital by Hoffman Am-
bulance and he was later trans-
ferred to St. Joseph's Hospital,
London.
The rash of accidents started
Wednesday evening at 6:45 pm
when cars driven by Donald Jo-
seph Glavin, RR 2 Crediton and
Gary Michael Hoffman, CFB Cen-
tralia, collided on the Mt. Carmel
Road at the 14th and 15th con-
cession of McGillivray.
Constable Lamont investigated
and reported Glavin was making
a left turn. Hoffman was passing
at the time and the vehicles
collided.
Damage of $500 was estimated
to the Hoffman car, while Glavin's
truck sustained damage of $150.
TWO IN ONE
OPP Constable Barry Reid in-
vestigated the next four crashes,
and was a witness at one of them,
On Thursday at 7:10 pin he was
called to the scene of a two-car
crash On Highway 4, south of the
Orediton Side Read.
Involved were care driven by
Conference President speaks at drive-in
Rev. Anne Graham, President of the London Presbytery of the United Church Of Canada, made three
appearances in the area, Sunday. One of the speaking engagements was at the weekly Sunday evening
'service at the Shipka Drive-In Theatre. SIM'S shown here chatting with Harry Hoffman, DaehwO0d,
chairman of the Gospel_ Services; eldgar Cialmore, RR 1 Ilebsall and IP/D Robert Graham, CFB Centralia,
who is song leader. Officials were pleased with the large crowd on hand for the &Oita This is the seventh
year /or the services. --T-A photo
Suggests study
after long tie-up
The heavy holiday traffic con-
verging on the intersection at the
north end of Exeter everySunday
night has prompted one driver to
suggest that a study should be
made on the possibility of a traf-
fic control light being installed.
That driver was the lion. C. S.
MacNaughton, who was recently
among the long line of cars
converging on the intersection
from the west.
Reports indicate at times that
cars have been stretched back
as far as the Ausable River bridge
at the town's western limits.
Council agreed with Mr. Mac-
Naughton this week that a study
of the situation would be appro-
priate and his department will be
informed of that decision and
asked to provide a light "most
Suitable" for the intersection.
A flashing light is presently
located at the intersection, e,tv-
Dig north and south traffic the
right-of-way at all tittles.
The extended dry period does
not pose any immediate threat
to Exeter's water supply, accord-
ing to PUC Manager Hugh Davis,
but he reported they were en-
forcing regulations regarding the
watering of lawns "quite strong-
ly",
We're being quite insistent this
year that the regulations be fol-
lowed, Davis stated, noting that
the town was being patrolled by
a workman each night.
Persons found violating the
regulations have been asked to
curtail watering.
"Most of the people are quite
co-operative," he added.
Regulations call for residents
On the east side of Main Street
to water their lawns between
7:00 and 9:00 pm on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. The days
for the west side are Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
Consumption of water during
this two-hour period has run as
high as 1,000 gallons per minute,
the PVC lelanaeor reported.
In some area communities, it
has been necessary to curtail the
watering of lawns entirely and
police have been strictly .enforc-
ing this.
The Village of Zurich and the
Townships of t7shorne and Tuck-
ersmith have given nxeter coun-
cil their acknowledgement of the
town's request to reinstate the
SHDHS addition debenture ap-
proval.
This acknowledgement from all
supporting municipalities m u s t
be obtained in accordance with
a ruling handed down by the On-
tario Municipal Board,
Local sports enthusiast, Mur-
ray Brintnell, was appointed to
Exeter's RAP Committee by
council, Monday. He fills the po-
sition formerly held by Ken Kerr.
The recommendation of hie at.;-
pointm ent had been molly by RAI'.
Kids don costumes for playground parade
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