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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-03-09, Page 1Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 9, 1967 Grand Bend continues steps to thwart summer rowdyism Lots of pies here The wintry blasts of the past few weeks have had little effect on a lemon tree owned by Fred Howe of Centralia. The nine year-old tree is inside the warm confines of Howe's green house near the village. The lemon he is shown picking is the first one to ripen and many more are in various stages of maturity. — T-A photo ent fire hall space will be used to accommodate the extra men. The new fire hall will be built by Grand Bend contractor Bruce Stanlake at a cost not to exceed $7,000. Council authorized the Grand Bend PUC through superintendent Glenn Manley to install lights on the north beach. This is the second move to try and keep disturbances at the beach to a minimum and was suggested by the local Chamber of Commerce, Grand Bend Ratepayers Assoc- iation and Provincial Police auth- orities. Eight poles and lights will be erected on the beach area. The poles will be anchored in cement and the entire project is ex- pected to cost approximately $2,500. Clerk Murray DesJardins was instructed to write to the Grand Bend C of C asking their co- Grand Bend council have taken two steps towards elimination of some of the causes of the disturbances that have occurred at the popular summer resort on busy weekends over the last couple of years. Meeting in regular session Monday, councillors let a con- tract for the construction of a new building to house the village's fire truck and equipment. The new structure will be 26 feet by 45 feet and will be located on village property, east of high- way 21, adjacent to the present PUC building. The fire fighting equipment has been housed in the municipal building on Main street which has also been used as provincial police headquarters. The strength of the OPP force for 1967 is being raised to 24 officers in an attempt to elim- inate rowdyism and the pres- Hensall approves new cattle facilities Ask police crack-down on local double parking "having their headaches" intak- ing over the one-man forces and didn't appear that interest- ed at the present time in as- suming further duties. isn't too costly," Wooden re- ported. Council also learned they had a few problems in regard to horses being ridden on the town's sidewalks. Deputy-Reeve Mery Cudmore reported the horses broke through the snow and created large holes into which people were stepping. Wright said he recently saw two horses standing in front of a local restaurant and termed this situation "ridiculous". "There's no reason for them being on the sidewalks," Coun- cillor Newby contended and Clerk Eric Carscadden was asked to check into the local bylaws to see if they covered the situa- tion. All ages went skating Age was no barrier to contestants in the various events of the cen- tennial skating carnival at the arena, Saturday. Prizes were awarded to the youngest and oldest persons appearing on the ice. Above, 3 year-old Allan Gaiser gets a rest from his vigorous activities on the knee of Frank Parsons, 60 years of age and the oldest person appear- ing on skates. T-A photo operation in giving up a portion of their 1967 village grant to help defray light installation ex- penses, In other business, council: Will be advising the PUC that beginning in 1967, all street light installations will be fin- anced on a "pay as you go" system. Instructed Clerk DesJardins to ask the federal public works department to follow up previous discussion regarding the village leasing all federal harbour prop- erty and handling administration of same. Previously office work was carried on by the federal department out of Parry Sound. Learned that two 1963 tax ac- counts were still unpaid and that tax sale proceedings will be com- menced. Heard from Reeve Orval Was- sman that a meeting is being arranged with neighbouring mun- icipalities in regard to updating the existing fire retainer rates. Heard correspondence from the Lambton County Tuberculosis Association asking that Murray DesJardins, an independent member of the committee, attend the next executive meeting of the Grand Bend Lions club. The GB member will attempt to generate enough interest to have the ser- vice club do a TB survey and also examine the feasibility of setting up a bylaw requiring all food handlers to carry a TB card. Instructed Clerk DesJardins to inform the North Lambton Dis- trict High School board of the village's intentions of paying their 196'7 high school debenture and maintenance payment s. Council will be asking for a 2% discount for any monies paid before August 1 and 1% before September 1. These are the same discounts village taxpayers are allowed for prepayment of taxes. Dashwood dog did eat poison Police laud honest folk Let three contracts for Stephen bridges The Exeter OPP detachment received word this week that a dog found dead in Dashwood in early January is presumed to have died from poison. An examination of the dog at the veterinary college at Guelph University revealed the dog had eaten a piece of cooked chicken which had been saturated with DDT. The dog was owned by Carl Tyler, Dashwood, and was one of three which died within a short period in the village. Other dogs which died belonged to Alphonse Denomme and Gerald Martene. Chief C. H. MacKenzie indicat- ed his police department would comply with council's suggestion this week that there be a "crack- down" on persons double parking on Main St. Mayor Jack Delbridge said the situation was a "bit ridiculous" at times as cars left on the street impeded other traffic. "If you can do something, I think you should," he advised the Police Chief. Members of council agreed, noting that one of the worst problem areas was at the post office, where many people stopped on the highway while they ran into collect their mail. Councillor Jim Newby sug- gested the police just crack down on those who were doing this consistently, but Councillor Ted Wright replied that a person who broke the law once was as much in the wrong as a person who broke it consistently. Wright said the problems created by drivers double park- ing gave the town a bad reputation. At the meeting, council learn- ed that the Ontario Provincial Police were not expected to as- sume policing of communities which had more than one police- man unless they were requested to do so by that community's council. This information was passed along by Chief C. H. MacKenzie who said the topic had been discussed with officials at the February 22 meeting of police chiefs in St. Thomas. He indicated the OPP were The Exeter Police Department investigated 94 accidents during 1966 Chief C, H. MacKenzie noted in giving his annual report to council, Monday. Damage amounted to over $100 in 45 of those accidents. Chief MacKenzie r eported there are "some good honest citizens" in town when he ex- plained a total of $337.25 in lost money and goods had been turned into the police office. More than half that amount was turned in by one lad who found a wallet on the street. Other information contained in the annual report was as follows: Seventeen charges laid under the Criminal Code, 118 under the Highway Traffic Act, 22 under the Liquor Control Act, five cars valued at a total of $10,700 were stolen and all were recovered, miscellaneous stolen property a- mounted to $185.40; 19 persons were injured in crashes, none was killed, four persons were taken to the Ontario Hospital. Some 202 investigations were conducted, 677 occurrences re- ported, 276 pieces of correspond- ence handled, two break and enter attempts were made, four pers- ons arrested on warrants, 17 stolen bicycles recovered, 22 children reported lost and later found, 63 premises found in- secure at night, 17 dogs and six cats taken to the pound, seven persons were bitten by dogs, 13 fraud charges investigated, 19 houses checked while occupants were away. DOG PROBLEMS The problem of dogs was again raised by Councillor Wright, chairman of the protection to per- sons and property committee, who indicated he had two tele- phone calls last week complain- ing about the situation. He said he went to the resid- ence of one elderly lady on And- rew St. and found about eight dogs carting garbage around her property. Wright suggested this was par- tially a sanitation committee problem in that residents in the area were putting garbage out in bags and the dogs were carting them off. "It's an awful problem in the east side of town," he said, adding he had never seen so many dogs running loose. He suggested council should put dog catching ahead of some of the centennial expenditures they were making, and question- ed the advisability of hiring a dog catcher. "We're going to have to spend some money to waken a few peo- ple up," he contended. Councillor Wooden reported a man in Harriston was acting as dog catcher in several com- munities and said he would in- vestigate the possibility of hav- ing him come to Exeter. "He does a good job and it Council also learned from Da- vis that "no parking" signs had been placed on Wellington and Mill streets in the vicinity of the sales barns on Thursday after- noons and that four tickets had been issued to violators. In making his road report, Davis said, "this has been the worst month for snow removal since I have been in Hensall". In other business, council: Established the road construc- tion program for 1967. Subject to the approval of the Ontario de- partment of highways, the road- • way on York Crescent, on the southerly edge of the village will be paved to a width of 16 feet, at an approximate cost of $6,- 000. Received a copy of a letter from fire chief Dave Sangster to the Hensall Parks board, noting some irregularities with fire exits and lights at the Hensall arena and asking for immediate rectification. Endorsed a resolution from the Hensall centennial c o m mittee making it a necessity for any males over the age of 18 to pur- chase a shaving permit if they do not attempt to grow a beard. Any men, found clean shaven be- tween March 1 and July 1 without a permit in their possession are liable to the penalty of spending 15 minutes in stocks that are to be built in front of the town hall for the centennial celebration. A special meeting is being call- ed by Hensall village council to confer with officials of neighbor- ing municipalities regarding the adjustment of present fire fight- ing agreements. On March 29, Hensell council will meet with Hay, Tuckersmith, Stanley, Hibbert and U s bo r n e township officials in an attempt to bring fire retainer fees and per call rates in line with pres- ent day cost of maintaining satis- factory fire fighting equipment. At its regular meeting, Mon- day, village council approved a r e qu e s t from representative's of the Hensall Agricultural So- ciety to build a cattle barn on park property, near the arena. Pete McNaughton and Norman Jones of the fair board said a pole structure 26 by 80 would be constructed in time to accom- modate the large number of cattle that are expected for the annual Hensall spring show on June 20. While approval was given to go ahead with plans for the proposed structure, the actual site will be decided later when officials of the fair board, council and Hen- sail's centennial committee get together. A picnic pavilion, 30 by 70 is being built as the village's centennial project in the same area of the park. In his monthly report, utility man and police officer Ernie Da- vis stated that several perennial problems are being improved. On instruction from council, Davis had sent letters to all dog owners in Hensall, stating that all dogs found running at large without collars would be taken to the dog pound in Zurich and owners of known dogs would be fined for letting them loose. He reported taking three strays to the pound for disposition. Councillor Jack Lavender com- mented, "there has certainly been a decrease in stray dogs in the past month." Greene addresses Liberals Good news for beef men Stephen township council spent a great portion of the time at their regular March council meeting in dealing with tenders. Contracts were let during the afternoon for two new bridge structures, repair of another and for the 1967 supply of warble fly powder. An unusually large num- ber of tenders were received for the bridge work. Seven district contractors put their bids in on two of the bridge construction jobs and eight vied for the other. G. A. Gibson and Sons con- struction of Wroxeter will re- pair the bridge deck at Lots 15 and 16, Concession 5 for his tendered figure of $1,365. A Parkhill firm, W. A. Bat- tram Construction was success- ful in submitting the lowest bids on the new construction work at the two sites. At Lot 13, Concession 16 and 17, north of Shipka, the work will cost the municipality $7,660 and at Lot 1, Concession A & B, the Bat- tram bid was $9,070. All .ac- Raps 'conclusions' on U.S. capital Not member of combine He said it was disconcerting that while people admired those who worked in various commun- ity clubs and projects, they look- ed down at persons involved in politics. "Our free democratic system is based on the participation of everyone, and Hit won't work un- less the best of our people do work". "That can't be said often e- nough," he remarked, in chal- lenging people to accept their responsibility of working for the party of their choice. In reference to party workers, he said they were indeed the front line soldiers, and while — Please turn to Page 3 how to raise enough to meet the demand. "It will soon be virtually im- possible to over-produce beef," he predicted, adding that the ma- jor increase in production will be in Ontario and that some cash crop land may have to be turned back to beef production. Referring to the recent in- crease in the support price for sugar beets, the Agriculture Min- ister said he thought the policy was a good one and one that would keep the industry in business. After the policy was announced, he said the department received a wire from the Canadian Sugar Beet Association commending the policy. He made only brief mention of Canada's Agriculture Minister J. J. Greene had an encouraging word for some Huron farmers and a challenge for the Huron Liberal Association when he addressed about 250 Association supporters at their annual meeting in Exeter, Friday. Mr. Greene touched briefly on the future of beef, sugar beets, beans and the dairy industry in his address. He said the beef industry was facing one or two problems, but that the long range forecast was as good "as even a politician could Want". Noting that beef consumption was up in all parts of the world, he said the challenge is not where to market it, but rather The board at SHDHS is not among the 20 to 25 boards in Western Ontario who have re- portedly joined together in an attempt to keep secondary school teachers' pay increases to eight percent, exclusive of annual in- crements. Dr. R. W. Read, chairman of the management committee, re- ported board representatives had attended some of the meetings of the combine, but they had not made any agreements to follow the stand being taken by the com- bine. The SHDHS board has already made an offer of a 10 percent increase to the teachers here. This too is exclusive of annual $300 increments. Formation of the combine has drawn criticism from teachers in the areas affected. Reports indicate the combine started in Clinton and head of the teachers' salary committee there said the reaction of the staff was generally hostile and some are seriously job-hunting, School boards involved in the combine run the risk of being "pink-listed" and labelled pro- fessionally unacceptable by the Ontario Secondary School Teach- ers' Federation, one spokesman dontended, Staff at Centralia will be cut in half white bean production, advising that the increased production in Michigan was creating some dif- ficulties for the Bean Board. However, he indicated there were hopeful signs, and said the federal government was working on three fronts to promote the sale of beans. Beans now constitute part of Canada's contribution to the world food program; the external aid office is promoting the use of beans and the trade and com- merce department is also ac- tively promoting sales. In answer to a question from the audience, Mr. Greene hinted at higher dairy prices and a hard line on subsidies for dairyfarm- ers. He said as much income as possible must come from the dairy market, and that producers must be placed on a base where the market place gives them a decent return. One expert had told him re- cently that the $470 million in subsidies paid out to dalryfarm- ers in the past 10 years had only perpetuated the ills rather than providing a remedy for them. Paul Woolcox dies under tree A former area resident died last week when he was struck down by a tree he was cutting. Paul Woolcox, who farmed in Usborne Township, died while cutting the tree in the Simcoe area. He was 32 and had worked in the Exeter area as a tree trim- m er. He was buried in Aylmer on Tuesday. cepted tenders are subject to final approval by Ontario de- partment of Highways. District DHO municipal engineer W. H, Venn of Stratford and Ken Dunn of B. M. Ross Ltd., consulting engineers of Gederich were in attendance at the tender open- ings. The township will supply the reinforcing steel for these pro- jects. The township supply of warble fly powder, approximately 1,000 pounds will be supplied by Ex- eter district co-op at $4.80 for each 15 pound bag. This was the lowest of six bids received. In other business, council: Approved grants of $10 to the Huron County Historical Society and $15 to the Huron Crop and Soil Association. Concurred with a resolution from the township of Sandwich West that all sales taxes be eliminated on all municipal pur- chases. Learned that the report of the Hicks Municipal drain had been received and that said re- port would be read to participat- ing ratepayers on March 23. Received a request from Ger- ald O'Brien for clean-out work on the O'Brien municipal drain. Authorized road superintend- ent Lawrence Hill to attend a school for road superintendents to be held at the university of Guelph, May 8, 9 and 10. Decided that council meetings beginning in April and continu- ing through the summer months would be held on the first Tues- day at 7 pm. The few remaining staff at CFB Centralia will be cut in half at the end of March and the pres- ent detachment will no longer exist. Detachment Commander SiL Jack Malone reported this week the number of service personnel would be cut from 28 to 13 as of April 1 and 21 of the present 42 civilians will be relieved of their duties. Of the 13 service personnel, eight will he firefighters and they will remain on the base until August 1 to provide protection for the base, school and houses. cFri Clinton will assume re- sponsibility for all the property on April 1. S/L Malone will re- main in the area to aet as a co- ordinating officer for the Centen- nial Commission, as well as an official guide and host for any groups interested in seeing the Usborne okays bridge contract At their meeting, Monday, Us- borne Township council let the contract for a new bridge to be erected on the concession road south of Elimville. Roger F. MacEachern Con- struction, Mt. Forest, was the low bidder at a price of $20,040. This was about $4,500 under the engineer's estimate for the work. Total cost of the bridge will amount to more than the tender price as the township is to supply the reinforcing steel and some additional Work. Steel price is expected to be about $2,250. The Ma.cEachern bid on the Contract was more than $15,000 lower than the highest of the 12 bids received. ONE PARTY Turning to the political front, Mr. Greene told the audience all could ((rejoice in the new life, zipp and enthusiasm" be ing shown in the leadership of Robert Nixon, recently named leader of the Ontario Liberals. He drew a round of applause when he stated there was only one party encompassing both the federal and provincial Liberal supporters. Mr. Greene predicted the «en- trenched" Tories would get a "terrible surprise" if they called an Ontario election this year. ((You here will help give them that surprise," he added. However, he said that victory can only be achieved by the dedi- cation of party workers, On that date the detachment will cease to exist and the base will probably only be known as "former CFB Centralia", Sit., Malone reported that as of yesterday the entire detach- ment has been consolidated in Hangar 3, with all other build- ings having been vacated, except the guard house and fire hall. About 108 homes remain oc- cupied at Centralia and it is ex- pected most of these will remain Occupied until the end of the school year, All personnel have been advised they must vacate by August 1. Meanwhile, representatives from Stevenson & Kellogg LW., management consultant s, are working on their feasibility study for the provincial government and have been interviewing area citizens during the past week, The lion. C, 8. MacNaurt,hton has indicated the study Should be completed by the end of the month, Liberal supporters meet ag minister About 250 persons attended the Huron Liberal Association annual meeting in Hxeter, Friday, when Gan- adaos Agriculture Minister J, J. Greene appeared as guest speaker. Enjoying, a chat prior to the dinner, from the left: Gordon Ratz, RR 3 Dashwood; Ross 'hickey and Mrs. iterm °earner, Exeter; Mr. Greene; Peter L. Raymond, Exeter, photo