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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-03-23, Page 1Vote to reduce Canners grant Canadian Canners Limited will be asked to assume a greater portion of the costs of waste disposal at the local plant this season. Exeter council decided Monday to offer the canning firm $4,000 as a grant towards this year's Waste disposal operation, Last year council paid $6,500 and leased the town's disposal equip- ment for a fee of $1,00. In the past, council have had to pay the entire bill for waste disposal, but the deal was changed for their libraries. Tenders for the supply of this year's gravel were opened at the meeting and the contract was let to N, C, Jones, Exeter. His tender prices were as follows: grade A gravel, $1.54 per cubic yard; grade B, $1.06; granular backfill, 96 cents. Corresponding figures last year were $1.40, 93 cents and 88 cents. The Jones tender was the low- est of two bids received. last year when Canadian Can- ners undertook to conduct their Own disposal operations. Engineers from the head office in Hamilton had met with a coin- tnittee of council last week, re- questing the same deal as last year, but council decided to cut back on the expenses. Ross Taylor opposed the move, He said. Canadian Canners should pay the entire cost, "It's time they took it over themselves," he stated. Councillor Ted Wright, an em- ployee of the firm, did not vote on the motion to cot the grant back to $4,000. Taylor was the only member opposed. WHAT RENT? Councillor George Vrieee re- ported that members of the local library board were still at a bit of a loss in understanding all the facets of the new county library system, However, he said the county board has asked Exeter to name a rental price for the local library. "I have no idea what we should ask," commented Mayor Jack Delbridge, who later suggested a figure of $500. It was decided to have Reeve Boyle and Deputy-Reeve Cud- more ask other county councill- ors what rental they were asking Bylaw prohibits horses, cruisers Horses along with other ani- mals — are not permitted to walk on Exeter's sidewalks, boule- vards, public parks or private property. That information was dug up from an existing bylaw by Clerk Eric Carscadden after Deputy- Reeve Mery Cudmore had point- ed out at the last meeting that horses had punched holes through the snow on sidewalks and creat- ed hazards for pedestrians. He came to council this week with another problem, He recent- ly had to step off a sidewalk to allow a snowmobile to pass. Councillors were informed this too was acainst the local bylaws. Fire destroys Suspect poison in dog's death Another Dashwood dog has died, presumably of poison. The local Opp detachment, were advised that a dog owned by Robert Hayter died sometime on Sunday in the village. The dog's death came two weeks after investigation reveal- ed that a dog which died in Janu- ary had eaten cooked chicken saturated in DDT. The local OPP are also in- vestigating the theft of hub caps from cars parked at Hensall Motor Sales over the weekend. Value of the property stolen was estimated at $65. Estimated loss on a barn destroyed north of Exeter Thursday morn- ing has been set at about $12,000. The barn was on a farm previously owned by Fred Bischoff and recently sold to Jim Rowcliffe, London realtor. Most of the barn was consumed by the blaze, along with a quantity of straw, hay, grain and 16 pigs. A department of highways district barn crew noticed the blaze at about 5:00 a.m. and it was out of control at that time. Exeter firemen managed to save one wing of the struc- ture which had only been built about three years ago to replace a barn burned at that time. Cause of the blaze remains a mystery. Mr. and Mrs. Bischoff were in Germany at the time of the fire. Three requests for building permits were presented to counc il. Mrs. Andrew Johnston, 82John St. East, was granted a permit for a 34' by la' swimming pool, subject to all provincial and local regulations and approval of the PUC. Whitney Coates was granted a permit for renovations to the interior of a house and Q. E. Marley Ltd. were given per- mission to rebuild a sign at the northern entrance to Exeter, sub- ject to the department of highways Specifications. In other business, council: Received letters of thanks for a donation made to the War Memorial Children's Hospital, London, and from the Howard Spicknell family for memorial flowers. Mr. Spicknell was Reeve Boyle's father-in-law. Authorized attendance of Clerk Eric Carscadden at two upcoming conferences for municipal offic- ials. He indicated he may wish to attend one of the two. Learned that a Lucan area man was planning to be present to offer his services as a dog catcher, However, he failed to show up. Decided to call tenders for the planned excavation in regard to the road work on Victoria and William Streets. Approved a business tax re- bate to M. Desjardine who has gone out of the coffee delivery business. Safety award to Hydra Members of the Exeter area Hydro staff were feted at a banquet, Friday, marking a full year without an accident. It was their second consecutive award, Area trades super- visor Jim Glaab, left, is shown accepting the award on be- half of the staff from Warren Clifton, director of accident prevention for Ontario Hydro. — Photo by Doerr Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 23, 1967 Nixon to attend Liberal rally; Bayfield man after nomination Robert Nixon, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, will be guest speaker at the nomination convention planned by the Huron Liberal (provincial) Association in Hensall, Wednesday. It will be Nixon's first visit to this area since becoming leader upon the resignation of Andrew Thompson. One Huron resident has in- dicated he will allow his name to stand as a candidate to con- test the next provincial election. He is Brigadier Morgan Smith, Bayfield. A. M. Harper, Goderich, who is chairman of the candidates' committee, indicated Brigadier Smith was the only definite can- didate to date. Clinton lawyer Beecher Men- zies, president of the assoc- iation, also indicated he knew of no other candidates at this time. Menzies stated there would be two voting delegates for each of the approximately 100 polls in Huron eligible to vote on the choice of a liberal candidate. In addition, members of the ex- ecutive receive votes. The Clinton man predicted the provincial election would be held this spring—possible early June. Brigadier Smith was born in Toronto and attended the Uni- versity Schools in that city. He received his BA at Trinity Col- lege, and the M.A. and M.D. degrees at the Universityof Tor- onto. After interning at the Tor- onto General Hospital, he was appointed to the Medical Ser- vices of the Army in 1936, from which he retired three years ago. During the war he was six years overseas, was mentioned in dispatches for the Dieppe Operation, and was awarded the OBE for the operations in North West Europe. Later he was the Senior Medical Officer of the Commonwealth Division in Korea, where he received the CBE and the American Legion of Merit. He has long been interested in education, and was chairman of a school board in Borden. He has been a member of the 1st Huron County Public School Board for the past two years. He was elected a Director of the School Trustees' and Mun- icipal Councillors' Association. Brig. Smith retired from the services in 1964, and moved to his permanent home in Hayfield. London man hits cruiser —five hurt in one crash A London man didn't have far to go to find a policeman after he'd been involved in an acci- dent on Highway 4 on Thursday at 4:20 p.m. The car he ran into was a police cruiser driven by OPP Constable John Wright, of the Exeter detachment. Wright had been prpceeding south on Highway 4 and 'stopped as a northbound school bus was discharging passengers just south of the Usborne-Tucker- smith townline. The London car, driven by Helmut Steinfath, failed to stop and slammed into the rear of the cruiser, with total damage amounting to $1,300. Constable Wright was taken to South Huron Hospital with neck injuries. The accident was investigated by OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell, who reported it was snowing heavily at the time of the crash. St. Patrick's day didn't bring the luck of the Irish to some drivers, as two crashes were Damage was listed at $40. On Saturday at 12:05 a.m., Constable Ed Wilcox was called to a one-car crash on Highway 84, just west of Zurich. Involved was Paul Earl Weido, Mill St., Zurich. He had been westbound on High- way 84 when his car skidded into the south ditch and struck a hydro pole. Damage was listed at $700. reported on Friday, March V?. At 11:45 a.m., vehicles driven by Elaine Yearley and James F. Finkbeiner, both of RR 2 Credi- ton, collided on the 8th and 9th concession of Stephen, about one mile north of the Crediton Road. The Yearley vehicle was north- bound on the concession road and Finkbeiner was operating a snow- blower on a tractor in front of the laneway of William Swartz, RR 2 Crediton. OPP Constable Bill Glassford listed damage to the car at $150 and none to the tractor. Constable Harvey Beyer inves- tigated the other Friday accident at 4:40 p.m. it involved cars driven by Jack Dietrich, Holmes- ville, and Joseph C. Ferguson, Hensall. Both cars had been northbound on Highway 4 when Dietrich at- tempted to pass Ferguson, about half a mile south of Exeter, How- ever, an oncoming car forced Dietrich to apply his brakes and he skidded into the rear of the Ferguson car. He was frightening Medicine man John Musser was a frightening character in his full regalia at the EPS centennial concert and he drew appropriate response from two Indian maidens, Debbie Potter and Shirley DeVries. On the right is Lorne Brock. — T-A photo FIVE HURT The final crash of the week resulted in minor injuries to five men when the convertible in which they went off the Credi- ton Road at Khiva and knocked off three fence posts and ended up facing north-west. The car was driven by Rob- ert Joseph Edward Chapdelaine, Grand Bend. Passengers included Fred Ashby, Oshawa, and three Grand Bend area men, Patrick Wise, William Baird and Peter Ravelle. All five men were taken to South Huron Hospital for treatment of -- Please turn to page 14 County vote against bid for Zurich home grant May postpone tractor buying Members of Exeter council de- cided Monday to defer their plan to purchase a new tractor this year. Instead, they will attempt to hire some tractor owner to cut the grass around the community. Tenders will be called im- mediately to see if anyone in the area would wish to undertake the job. Main reason for postponing the purchase of a tractor was due to finances. Several members were of the opinion the town could not afford a $3,000 to $4,000 expenditure this year. Councillor Don MacG regor pointed out if council hadn'tplan- ned to spend so much money on centennial events they could have made the purchase. The finance committee plans a meeting this week to start on the budget. At the last meeting of council the prediction was that the local mill rate could jump from eight to 12 mills, with most of that increase expected on education costs. For the third time, Huron County council has rejected a request for a grant from the Bluewater Rest Home in Zurich. At Tuesday's session, council Vetoed a recommendation of its finance and executive committee to provide the private rest home with a $26,000 grant. The committee recommended the grant, which works out to $400 per bed, be made from Health received preliminary dis- cussion at Monday's session and was laid over for one day for further information. Dr. G. P. A. Evans, Huron MOH and chief proponent of the schemes, was asked to appear again before council to answer any questions. After turning down his request, — Please turn to page 2 the county's hospital reserve fund during the next two years. Vigorous discussion on th e issue resulted in its being sent back to the committee until the November session of council. Reeve Calvin Kruter, Brus- sels, warned that any subsidy to the private home could trigger similar requests from private nursing homes across the county. Exeter youngsters make stage debut As you can tell by the smiles, members of the Exeter Public School sons who witnessed the two shows were also enthusiastic about the kindergarten Claes were enthusiastic about their appearance in the perfortnancee. centennial program presented at the Scheel last week. The 650 per. T-A photo CHALLENGES MacNAUGHTON Brigadier Smith has wasted little time in attacking the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, who will presumably be his opposition if the retired army man wins the nomination. In a prepared letter he had the following to say regarding the burden of local taxation: "In the Ontario Legislature the Liberal Leader Robert Ntxon charged the Government with failure to relieve the municipal- ities of part of the burden of increased educational costs. He advocated that the Province as- sume 80 percent of the school taxes, leaving 20 percent to be borne by the local taxpayer. "The Provincial Treasurer, Mr. Charles MacNaughton, has countered this in a spate of election euphoria in London that this could mean a rise of 16 percent in the persOnal income tax. This is enough to Make one shudder. If we assume that Mr. MacNaughton is correct in this figure, hewever, he undoubtedly means only the Ontario portion of the income tax. "A look at the tables we are studying for the April 30 dead- line for tax returns shows that this would mean an increase of under $4 in a $100 tax payment, arid under $16 in a $600 tax. "Moreover, should our pro- vincial Scrooge impose this ad- dition, why should he not realize that this will allow the munic- ipalities to gain additional re- venue from our land tax, holding the gain froth the reduction in the school portion for the spiral- Please turn to page 14 MORGAN SMITH seeks nomination Alcohol leads to jail stays Huron County Jail at Goderich is to have an additional turnkey. On recommendation of the Prop- erty Committee, county council Monday decided to advertise for one. Carl Dalton, seaforth, reported that the Committee had made a tour of the jail and had discussed matters with the Governor, R. W. Bell. Governor Bell reported to County Council Monday that 260 prisoners had been admitted dur- ing 1066, of whom 126 or nearly half were there on charges con- nected with liquor, theft and breaking and entering accounted for 30 other cases. He stated that the cost of daify rations for each prisoner was 58,98 cents. CHOP BUDGET Council also rejected by a 22 to 15 vote, a recommendation of the county Board of Health that $41,000 be added to the budget to finance the expansion of the geriatric (medicine concerned with old age and its diseases) service and the inauguration of a mental health service under the auspices of Huron County Health Unit. Representatives from Exeter, Hensall, and the townships of Stephen, Usborne and Stanley supported the proposal from this area, while Hay and Tuckersmith Township men voted against it. The budget of Huron County Health Unit, as proposed orig- inally, amounted to $180,250, ap- proximately $41,000 more than a year ago, which would have gone principally to finance the pro- posed new features of the health service, The report of the Board of