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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-10-06, Page 3SCHOOLS LINE UP FOR JUDGING AT KIRKTON Instal walk at beach CROWD ENJOYS KIRKTON TUG-OF,-WAR Times-Advocate, October 6, 1900 Page 3 GB sets elections May not have voters' list Local firm expands in spite of 'closing' Grand Bend village council Were told Monday night that a Voters' list may not be avail- able in time for this fall's el- ection if one becomes necessary. This year the County of Lamb- ton, of which Grand Bend is a part, adopted the county assess- ment system, A one month's extension for the time to have, the assessment rolls returned to the municipality has been gran- ted by the Department of Muni- cipal Affairs. Clerk Murray A. Desjardine has sent a considerable amount of correspondence to the depart- ment in Toronto requesting gui- dance on several matters per- taining to the lateness of the return of the rolls. The extension to at least Nov- ember 1, means that after the rolls are returned, the clerk must tabulate the eligible voters in alphabetical order and in their proper polls and have the lists sent to the printer. When the lists are completed, proper time must be given for appeals and a date set for revision by a judge. "Right now I can't see any voter's list being ready in time", were the words of Clerk Des- jardins. The nomination date for the village has been set for Novem- ber 28. An election, if necessary, will be held on December 5 with an advance poll on the preceding Saturday. Previous mixups as to the two year term for elected officials have been clarified and the pro- per by-laws have been duly pas- sed, Beginning with this year' election, the reeve, councillors, school board and PUC members will be elected for a two year term. The clerk was instructed to inform the PUC and school board that all positions on the two boards will be up for nomination this year. FIRE SETUP Council were informed that under the proposed Huron County Mutual Fire Aid system, Grand Bend's role would remain about the same as at present. The Village brigade would be expected to provide protection on a first, second and third call basis to the Township of Stephen, including the police village of Dashwood and third call to Zurich. of traffic in the store 4 cashier has been hired. This will enable the sales staff to devote their time to servicing the customers. In addition, Mrs. Labelle Har- ness, who will be in charge of the money receiving end, adds a feminine touch to the store. "We intend to extend our ser- vices into the farming and house- hold fields", Mr. Shaw said. He certainly has reasons en- ough to look forward with con- fidence. The store shows a 22% increase in business over the previous year, "This is pretty well what we have now and should be willing to go along with it", was the com- ment of Reeve Ory Wassmann. In other business, council: Received a copy of a letter from the Ontario Municipal Board to the OWRC stating that ten- tative approval had been given for the capital cost expenditure of $388,60Q for the proposed Water distribution system in con- nection with receiving water from the Lake Huron pipeline. Were informed by CFB Clin- ton that any surplus fire fight- ing equipment from CFB Cen- tralia would be returned to Crown Assets and that contact should be made with that organization re- garding the purchase of same. Learned that approval has been received from the department of highways to reduce the speed limited on all village streets to 25 miles per hour, with the exception of highways 21 and 81. Don't head for there! Councillors oppose move to stop drills Confidence In Exeter and pro- ven business methods is paying off for O. Kenneth Shaw, who took over the Canadian Tire franchise in June. His arrival here did not coin- cide with the best of business climate. Exeter was viewing, with some concern disintegration of the Centralia base that was be- lieved to be the economic main- stay of this district. "If I was to take the pessim- istic view, I had to cut down on my inventory", Mr. Shaw mused in retrospect. Instead he adopted the positive outlook. Inventory was not only maintained, but even enlarged. Mr. Shaw reasoned that the district provided enough poten- tial for good business traffic, The main objective was to re- tain this potential at Exeter. In keeping with this objective, he planned improvement and ex- pansion of the store. The pro- ject is now completed. The en- larged Canadian Tire store in Exeter holds an open house Sat- urday. With the new addition the pre- mises have nearly doubled, en- abling a much better display in all departments. To provide a smoother flow If nature calls, don't head for the washrooms at the Exeter town Council decided this week to lock the facilities up until May 1 after it was learned that a con- siderable amount of damage had been done to the washrooms last week. "It's beyond asking the janitors to clean it up," Works Superin- tendent Jim Paisley reported, in suggesting the facilities should be closed if the abuse continues. "I think we should lock it up permanently," replied Mayor Jack Delbridge. Reeve Boyle noted the public couldn't be trusted to respect the property, adding that he f el t the trouble was caused as much by adults as kids. P a i sley explained that the problems appeared to erupt when school started again and it was on this basis that council decided to have the buildings closed until May. NES change to new name Super pumpkin crop Mike Webb, Woodham, is shown with one of thousands of pumpkins growing on a 15-acre field a mile or so east of Woodham along the Base Line. Believed to be the first commercial pumpkin crop ever grown in Blanshard Township, the field is under lease to Canadian Canners, Exeter. The field is on the farm of Mrs. Laurence Copeland. —Journal Argus photo 'Congratulations, Miss Stone —this the earliest you've been late." A discussion on the contro- versial oil and gas drilling on Fawn Island in the Sarnia region started off with a bizarre twist at Exeter Council, Monday. As soon as acting clerk Jean Keller mentioned the words Fawn Island, Reeve Boyle exclaimed, "not interested". "I move we support it," count- ered Councillor Wooden, who then suggested council should hear what the petition from the city of Sarnia was all about before any decision was made. The request was that council support Sarnia's resolution to the government that no further drill- ing be allowed in the waters or nearby lands of Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair or the St. Clair river. The ensuing debate was the warmest of the evening as Coun- cillor Barrett led the attack to oppose the resolution, noting that OWRC and other government of- ficials had inspected'the drilling on Fawn Island and had given permission to proceed. Reeve Boyle explained that Canada wouldn't have any gas and oil if drilling was not permitted, but Taylor replied that such drill- ing leads to pollution of lakes and streams. "We're fortunate we don't have pollution problems in Southern Ontario," Wooden stated in op- posing the drilling. Barrett countered that "too many people were jumping on the band-wagon" when few of them had any information about the drilling or the pollution pos- sibilities. Council finally voted to not support the resolution. The same resolution was re- ceived by the council at Grand Bend and they endorsed it. Exeter to accept setup for Huron's libraries this year will run from Novem- ber 1 to April 30. It was sug- gested, however, that some tree removal work would be conduct- ed under the program. Were advised they would have to draw up a bylaw in order to regulate scrap yards in the municipality. Recommended that next year's council consider the purchase of a new garbage truck. Set Court of Revision for Oc- tober 17 at 7:00 p.m. There are five assessment appeals to deal with. Approved a building permit for an addition to the house of Don Jolly on Huron St., East. OPP coming —Continued from front page be dropped again when the reason for the raise had become non- existent. After a lengthy debate on the matter, council approved a $25 per month increase for VanBerg- en as long as he is Acting Chief. However, the matter will be checked with the Ontario Police Commission to make certain the additional stipend can be with- drawn when he no longer is Acting Chief. In other police business, coun- cil: Learned that Chief C. H. Mac- Kenzie has not yet returned to full-time duty. Were told the Auxiliary Police were paid for 94 hours during September and worked an ad- ditional 16 free. Heard that new tires and brakes had been installed on the cruiser at a cost of $203.15. A change of name, from Nat- ional Employment Office to Can- ada Manpower Centre, was an- nounced today by C.M. Jutras, Manager of the Goderich office of the former National Employ- ment Service. Mr. Jutras said that the new name reflects more accurately the emphasis that the service is placing on counselling, trai- ning, labour force mobility, up- grading, research, and labour market information. "Rapid technological change is the reason for the increas- ingly important role that the Canada Manpower Centre must undertake. If the economy is to prosper, it must take advantage of new and improved ways of doing business, and, to make this possible, the labour force must be extremely adaptable and mobile," he said. "It is the job of the Canada Manpower Centre to assist the labour force to respond to these changes." Mr. Jutras said that both em- ployers and employees will ben- efit from the new and improved service from the Canada Man- power Centre and urged them to make full use of his office for every employment and labour market need. A long awaited dream of the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce became a reality this week. An asphalt walk, eight feet wide was installed at the summer resort's beach from the bath house to the pier. In the above picture Mr. T. Hammond of Hammond Contracting, St. Marys is putting the finishing touches on a portion of the walk while Chamber President Griffin Thomas and Clerk Murray A. DesJardins look on. T-A photo that use the Exeter library would be paying their share for the service. Other advantages he listed included the fact there would be a better and broader access to books and there would be improved instruction for li- brarians. There would also be free mailing service to shutins. During the discussion, it was suggested the county library may move its headquarters to Clinton. The County library board would be made up of three county coun- cillors, the warden and three members other than council members. Mr. Idle presented figures for council members showing the increased grant structure avail- able from the provincial govern- ment. It was indicated the Huron lib- rary setup would cost one mill on the county rate — or approxi- mately $4,095 for Exeter. This is more than the town presently grants to the local library board. After the two men had left, Mayor Delbridge again stated his opinion that the move was just government's way of taking more control. "We're forced into it", re- plied Ted Wright. Councillor Wooden noted that the new system would cost more, but if this brought improvements, it would be worthwhile. Despite the reluctance of some members to support the new system, it appeared to pass unanimously. In other business, council: Received a note from their solicitor stating that the park lands east of the Public School had been deeded to the town in 1947. Learned that they would have to pick out jurors for court sessions in Huron. Names of 10 persons will be submitted for the grand jury and 63 for the petite jury. Took no action on Winter Works projects after learning the dates Providing all present assets will be held by the town, Exeter council Monday approved joining the proposed library system for Huron County. They took the action after hear- ing further details of the plan from library board chairman Ar- thur Idle and James Glaab, a member of the board. The latter reported that the present library and its assets would be deeded to the munici- pality, while all future books and equipment or property additions would be paid for by the County. Mr. Idle also reported that services of the County library would be made available to schools free, while the two ele- mentary schools in Exeter now pay $135 per annum total and the high school pays on the basis of books obtained from the mobile library, "Do kids take advantage of the library?" Reeve Boyle ques- tioned. Mr. Idle replied that until two years ago it was the only source for supplementary reading, but now the school had a few books of its own due to a grant of $2 per pupil from the provincial govern- ment. One of the advantages of the new system cited by the board members was the fact books would be chosen on the basis of information supplied by a com- puter as to the requirement of an area. Mr. Glaab noted that at present, 50 percent of the books received at some libraries from the mobile library were never issued during the three months they were avail- able. Mr. Glaab explained that most librarians choose the books through their personal prefer- ence, while the computer would help in the selection as the wants of the reading public could be better detailed. Councillor Wooden said he felt the only justification for joining the system would be if better library service would be pro- vided for patrons. "I'm firmly convinced it will," Mr. Idle stated, adding that Ex- eter wouldn't benefit as much as s maller communities now served by associate libraries. He said surrounding townships Discuss street signs, more one-way streets Gem diamonds are being dredged from the ocean bottom near South African Shores. Ile Sainte Helene, the site of Expo, was named by Samuel de Champlain after his wife, Helene. Will ask councils about ambulance Mayor Jack Delbridge was re- quested by council Monday to in- vestigate the possibility of estab- lishing a co-operative ambulance system between area municipal- ities, The decision was made after it Was revealed that municipal councils, hospital boards or oth- er boards may now receive a 50 percent grant on the cost of am- bulance service, Members were Of the opinion this would also in- clude the cost of vehicles. "Exeter couldn't carry this alone," Councillor Wooden sta- ted, but added that it would be possible to institute such a ser- vice in this area by heating sev., He appeared surprised to learn the cost would only be half the regular price. However, members were of the opinion the full rate for dog tags should apply at Any time and no change was approved. Deputy-Reeve Phil Gandon missed seeing himself on TV, Monday, due to the late session of council, but he did provide Council with some details of the show regarding the Middlesex County jail in London. He reported he had been on a panel discussing the jail, follow- ing a tour of the premises which have been under attack for sev- eral years. While he noted the tour was interesting, he did explain that the facilities "were rough". His report on the comparative operating costs of the London and Huron County jails prompted one member to facetiously Say that Huron needed more crime. The Anglican cleric reported that cost per inmate in London Was $5 per day, while it was $29 in Buren. This rate is due to the fact there is an average Of only four inmates per day in Huron, but the full staff is re- quired because of days when there are more prisoners on hand. John Street and parallel on the other. The change on James Street would alleviate the present problem with traffic having a difficult time getting onto Main Street at this corner. A brief discussion was held on the use of plastic garbage bags, but most members appeared to feel the cost would be too great and would not present any reduc- tion of the present garbage cost. Members were agreed that the move would only be economical if it would reduce the garbage crew staff by one man. Jim Paisley pointed out this would not be so unless a packing unit was installed on the truck. Councillor Ross Taylor sug- gested a reduction should be made for persons buying dog tags late in the year. He reported that a citizen had recently purchased a tag and had paid the full $10. Taylor suggest- ed a reduced fee should be im- plemented. "It doesn't seem fair," Coun- cillor Barrett replied. Reeve Boyle was opposed to the move and asked what he would have to pay for a car license if be boileht a new car late in the year.. era]. municipalities co-operate, similar to the mutual fire agree- ment. "The cost wouldn't be excess- ive for any one municipality," he predicted, When it was pointed out that a private ambulance operator could be subsidized under the new leg- islation, council felt T. Harry Hoffman, DashWood, may be in- tereated in expanding his pres- ent service. Reeve Hoyle suggested that Delbridge should discuss the sit- uation with reeves from the neighbouring municipalities of IlenSall, Zurich, and the Town- ships of Hay, Stephen and Us- borne. Members of Exeter council decided this week that lighted street signs would be too ex- pensive. In fact, Mayor Delbridge said the cost would be "ridicu- lous". The subject was broached fol- lowing a letter from the PUC, noting that Gilbert Dow had re- quested the erection of a lighted street sign for Pryde Boulevard. Dow had recently purchased the sign in the U.S., according to the Mayor. While council decided to take no action in this regard, they did point up the need for replacing many of the present street signs. The matter has been left for next year's council and it was estimated that the cost of re- placement signs will run between $2,000 and $3,000. No action was taken on a sug- gestion that more one-w a y Streets be established near the Main Street business section. Works SuperintendentJiin Paisley had suggested that John street, from Main to Andrew, Should be one-way going west, and that James St. from Main to eAansdt.rew should be one-way going It was explained this would a1- low angle parking on one aide of