HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-11-30, Page 1JOE DIETRICH
. Stephen deputy-reeve
Head Exeter Board of Trade
Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 30, 1967 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
Seven want to be reeves
Three elections in area
Raise $109 for charity
Six Exeter ladies accepted a challenge to walk to Centralia, Monday, but before proceeding they interest-
ed several local businessmen in sponsoring them at 10 cents per mile. The ladies completed the walk in
an hour and a half and raised $109 for the Children's Psychiatric Research Institute in London. From the
left are: Mrs. Ray Murley, Mrs. George Dobbs, Mrs. Wally Burton, Mrs. Doug Robbins, Mrs. Clarence
Knight and Mrs. Jake Marks. T-A photo
JOHN CORBETT JOE HOFFMAN
. . . In fight for Hay reeve's post again
Ratepayers in three area muni- The only other election is in
cipalities will go to the polls, Lucan, where the race is open
Monday, and in two of those the for council and reeve positions.
only battle will be for the reeve's Ivan Hearn, a former reeve
post.
The biggest contest is in Mc-
Gillivray Township, where three
men will run for the top spot on
council. Incumbent Grant Amos
is being opposed by former coun-
cillors Les Morley and Bryden
Taylor.
No particular issue appears to
be at stake, although the method
of assessing costs in regard to
the Parkhill Dam could be one of
the major questions facing next
year's council.
Hay voters will also go to the
polls to pick their reeve. Incum-
bent John Corbett is again being
challenged by Joe Hoffman, who
lost in a similar battle by 18
votes last year.
Councils and school board
members were returned by ac-
clamation in both communities.
I nvite for afternoon visit
ends up in lengthy walk
Repeat contest for Hay
and warden of Middlesex, has
tossed his hat back into the
municipal field and will oppose
Mrs. Gladys Reilly for the
reeve's post.
Six men are after the four
council seats. They are Bernie
Avery, Elmer Huffman, A. L.
Kernick, William Mathers, Gord-
on Whitehead and Harry Wraith.
While other municipalities re-
turned their officials by accla-
mation there will be some chang-
es on most councils or boards.
Lloyd Hendrick replaces Del-
bert Geiger as deputy-reeve in
Hay and Stephen gets a new
deputy-reeve in the person ofJoe
Dietrich, who moved up from
council when Ed. Hendrick re-
tired,
New member of the Hay coun-
cil is Lionel Wilder and Gerald
Dearing is the new man at Steph-
en.
The only changes at Usborne
will be on the school board,
where Lorne Elford and Sam
Skinner were acclaimed. They
replace Edwin Miller and Elson
Lynn.
Hay Reeve John Corbett will
have to fight an election Monday
before he will have an opportunity
to fight a battle for the Huron
warden's post.
Former councillor Joseph
Hoffman will contest the Hay
reeve's post. He battled Corbett
for the position last year and lost
by a slim majority of 18 votes.
Hay will have one new council-
lor this year as Lionel Wilder
joined Harold Campbell and John
Tinney by acclamation, while a
former councillor, Lloyd Hend-
rick, moves to be deputy-reeve.
He replaces Delbert Geiger,
who chose not to contest the seat
after Hendrick filed his nomin-
ation papers. Hendrick had been
nominated for both council and the
deputy-reeve position and chose
the latter.
Geiger made no mention in his
speech to about 40 ratepayers
present at Friday's nomination
that he would not stand for re-
election.
There appear to be no issue in
the battle for reeve. Hoffman
said he had been approached by
several ratepayers, but said he
Shop, Hopper-Hockey Furniture,
Dinney Furniture, C. A. Mc-
Dowell, Stan Frayne, Reder's
Florist, F. A. May & Son and
Val Gould, representative for
Newman Sharen realtor.
Mayor Jack Delbridge also do-
nated as he was stopped while
driving a truck past the ladies
as they made their way to Cen-
tralia.
What started out as a friendly
invitation for an afternoon visit
turned out as boon to a London
charity and a brisk walk for six
Exeter area ladies, Monday.
Mrs. C. A. McDowell, Cen-
tralia, extended an invitation to
some friends at the curling club
to drop down and visit her during
the week.
One of the invited partied jok-
ingly replied the ladies would
walk down, and Mrs. McDowell
quickly challenged the group to
try it.
So, the ladies did just that.
However, before embarking on
the trip they decided to follow
the current practice of getting
One crash
during week
GERALD DEARING
. . . joins Stephen council
had no complaints with the work
of the present council.
However, he did mention that a
drain clean-out they had approved
had been completed—but at the
wrong end of the drain.
This matter was also men-
tioned by Wilder, who suggested
there was a lot of room for
improvement regarding township
drains.
He said the east end appeared
to be getting more drains than
the west.
Wilder also questioned the ren-
tal of a Ford truck from a Lis-
towel dealer, noting that when
the truck wasn't delivered the
township had to rent a truck from
the same dealer.
He pointed to an expenditure
of $1,300 in the financial report
for the truck, but Clerk W. H.
Brokenshire explained this was
not a rental fee but rather oper-
ating expenses for the vehicle.
Councillor John Tinney re-
marked that the rental of the
truck--which was free--had been
advantageous and had provided
Hay with the "cheapest snow-
plowing" they'll ever get.
NEW REEVE
Stanley Township has a new
reeve as Ernie Talbot retired
after five years as reeve and
another seven on council. Elmer
Hayter moved one step up the
ladder to fill the vacancy and
Anson McKinley moved up from
council to become deputy-reeve.
Tom Consitt is the new mem-
ber of council along with the in-
cumbents, Jack Scotchmer and
Cal Horton.
In Hensall, Hein Rooseboom
filled the council vacancy creat-
ed by the resignation of Jack
Lavender, while John Sangster
moved onto the PUC to replace
George Armstrong.
There are no changes at all in
Biddulph where Reeve Wilson
Hodgins was returned along with
his council of Lorne Barker, John
Bryan, Joseph Haskett and James
Ryan.
The Zurich council were also
returned by acclamation without
change.
Nomination meetings were
-poorly attended in all munici-
palities with less than 30 at some.
The work of the council re-
garding drains was also defended
by incumbent members. Camp-
bell said council usually received
only one tender and cited the
adverse weather conditions as the
reason why some of the drain
work had not been finished.
He said contractors were
losing money trying to dig in the
mud and said Wilder was per-
haps lucky he didn't have a ditch
put in his farm this year.
Campbell said he had one put
in and his farm was "cut all to
pieces".
Reeve Corbett explained that
municipalities across Ontario
were deluged with drainage work
and this was creating more work
than engineers and contractors
could undertake.
Clerk Brokenshire said every-
one was "drain conscious" due
to increased subsidies and "the
whole country is swamped with
drain applications".
Geiger reported communities
in the north of the county couldn't
even get contractors to tender
for drains.
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Service station
hit second time Two changes in Stephen
LLOYD HENDRICK
. . . Hay deputy-reeve
Driving charges
result in fines
Eight persons paid speeding
fines in Exeter court, Tuesday,
when they appeared before Mabel
Grey, Justice of the peace. An-
other three paid penalties for
failing to yield the right of way
and one was fined for failing to
stop at a stop sign.
These were the only charges
heard as all liquor and criminal
charges are being heard in God-
erich due to the illness of Magis-
trate Glenn Hays, Q.C.
Paying fines for failing to yield
the right of way were Doris
Louise Pfaff, Crediton; Frank
Lostell, Exeter; and Cecil L.
Wood, Zurich.
All three were involved in
minor accidents.
Charles Emil Dittm er, Ex-
eter, paid a fine of $10 for fail-
ing to stop at an intersection
in Stephen Township on Novem-
ber 11.
Paying speeding fines were:
Clarence J. Ducharme, Kit-
chener; John Robert Harper,
London; Gary L. Heywood, Ex-
eter; William T. Graham, Lon-
don; John Jill Koopmans, Ex-
eter; Melvin F. Jewell, Goder-
ich; Thomas E. Wilson, London;
Calvin Charles Burke, Wingham.
In Goderich court, Thursday,
three area men were handed down
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sponsors and phoned up several
Exeter merchants to see if they
would pay 10 cents for each mile
each lady walked.
Everyone contacted agreed, so
the ladies bundled up and start-
ed down Highway 4 at 1:15 p.m.
Monday.
They bucked strong winds, 18-
degree temperature and snow
flurries, but it didn't slow them
down. They arrived at their des-
tination an hour and a half later
and returned to pick up $109.50
from their various sponsors.
The money will be sent to the
Children's Psychiatric Research
Institute, London. Any sponsors
who haven't divied up their $3.60
as yet may do so by leaving
their money at the Bank of Nova
Scotia.
Mrs. McDowell kept her part
of the bargain by feeding the
walkers and during the afternoon
plans were laid for another walk
around Easter when the funds
will be turned over to Bunny
Bundle.
The ladies hope to have more
join them at that time.
Completing the walk were Mrs.
Wally Burton, Mrs. George
Dobbs, Mrs. Ray Murley, Mrs.
Clarence Knight, Mrs. DougRob-
bins and Mrs. Jake Marks.
Conversation among the walk-
ers Tuesday morning indicated
none suffered any bad effects
from the outing.
The list of sponsors for the
walkers was as follows: Exeter
Electri c, Burkley Restaurant,
Tuckey Beverages, IGA, Midtown
Auto Sales, Gould & Jory, Dobbs
Motors, MacMillans, Jack Smith,
A & H, McKerlie Automotive,
Irwin's Ladies' Wear, Bank of
Nova Scotia, Exeter Times-Ad-
vocate, Mathers Bros., Mrs. D.
Solomon, Art Clarke, Exeter
Dairy, Exeter Frozen Foods,
Midtown C 1 e an e r s, Fisher's
Hardware, Bob's Variety, Mid-
dleton Drugs, C at h y's Beauty
The Exeter OPP report only
one accident this week, despite
the fact road conditions were
hazardous at times.
It occurred Saturday at 12:05
a.m. when two cars collided on
County Road 2 just south ,1;,* the
main intersection in Dashwood.
Drivers involved were Paul H.
Hodgins, 21, of RR 8 Parkhill,
and Stephen D. Johns, 17, RR 1
Woodham.
A passenger in the John's ve-
hicle, Pauline Wells, Exeter, sus-
tained an injury to her shoulder
in the crash.
OPP Constable W. G. Glass-
ford estimated damage at$1,100.
During the week the OPP laid
four charges under the Highway
Traffic Act and issued warnings
to another 34 drivers. Two charg-
es under the Liquor Control Act
and one under the Criminal Code
were also laid.
The officers spent 249 hours
on duty and covered a distance of
2,272 miles.
For the second time in just
over two months, thieves made
off with cash and cigarettes from
Scott's Shell service station in
Exeter.
The break-in was discovered
around 1:30 a.m., Sunday, and the
thieves apparently entered by the
same window as they did on
September 16.
Taken this time was the change
box containing about $40 in cash
and several cartons of cigarettes
and cigars valued at $30.
Starts imaginations rolling
Could be satellite city?
yet been approved by DHO and
U it should not be granted a
surplus of $7,463 would result.
-Hayter explained that although
$27,000 was taken from surplus,
the full amount will be returned
when the tax levies are received
from the Crediton fire protec-
tion rate and the special town-
ship rate on the municipal build-
ing.
In commenting on the proposed
grader purchase, Hayter said the
old grader is now "laid up" and
with exceptionally rough roads
due to bad weather another ma-
chine was necessary.
The reeve also remarked On
Huron's decision to go to county
assessing. "The county is run-
ning out of good assessors al-
though we are fortunate to have
a competent man in Wilmar Wein.
Under the new arrangement we
will pay about $5,800 for assess-
ing. The job is now being done
for $1,200. Costs are soaring
with regional government", add-
ed Hayter.
In his farewell remarks to
ratepayers, Edmond H e nd rick
continued the same theme.
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several weeks ago, he told the
ratepayers' meeting that he would
return for one year if the position
could not be filled.
Reeve Hayter reported on the
major project undertaken by the
township this year, the construc-
tion of a new municipal building
on the site of the former Credi-
ton public school.
The total cost of the new of-
fice facilities is about $15,000
and this will be levied by a one
mill rate for a four-year period.
Included with the municipal
building is a fire hall to house
the equipment of the Crediton
fire brigade at an additional cost
of close to $15,000. The Credi-
ton ratepayers will be charged
an annual fire protection levy of
five mills for a ten year period
to cover the cost of the new
premises.
In the financial report read
by Clerk Wilmar D, Wein, a
deficit of $7,537 is expected for
the current year. Some $27,000
was transferred from a surplus
of previous years to cover the
cost of the new buildings and
purchase of a new grader.
The grader purchase has not
A last minute qualification of a
councillor that had previously
announced his retirement filled
the slate of officials for the
township of S t ephe n and thus
eliminated the need for another
nomination meeting.
Cecil Desjardine, a member of
council for the past seven years,
signed his qualification papers
late Tuesday afternoon when a
newcomer to the municipal field,
Harvey Hodgins, resigned hi s
post after qualifying at the time
of nomination.
The three-man council for
1968 will be made up of Des-
jardine, Stephen Dundas who re-
turns for a third term and a new-
comer, Gerald Dearing.
James Hayter was unopposed
for the reeve chair and will head
up the Stephen council for a third
time while Joseph Dietrich moves
up to the deputy-reeve post after
seven years as a council mem-
ber.
Edmond Hendrick, last year's
deputy-reeve, declined the po-
sition because of another job op-
portunity.
Although Desjardine announced
his intentions to quit council work
Debate Usborne addition
LIONEL WILDER
. joins Hay council
will be a success, but how big a
success.
The former T-A editor went on
to point out there were associat-
ed questions which directly con-
cern the people of Exeter, par-
ticulary the business leaders.
These were listed as follows:
— How well can the community
absorb the people required to de-
velop new industry?
— How successful will the com-
munity be in welcoming the new-
comers, and making them feel at
home?
— Will the new firms now sign-
ing up leases for Centralia be
Members of the Exeter Board
of Trade received some thought-
provoking and imaginative ideas
about the future of the area at
their annual meeting, Wednesday.
Guest speaker for the night was
Don Southcott, executive assist-
ant to the Hon. C, S. MacNaugh-
ton, who listed some of the po-
tential that could go hand in hand
with the Centralia Industrial
Park.
"The excitement is just be-
ginning," he said in reference to
the development of Centralia,
adding that the key question is
not whether the industrial park
might well minimize the retail
outlets that will inevitably be re-
quired for the Park.
The 161 persons in attendance
at the meeting were also told that
a "welcome wagon" could be used
effectively to make contact with
the new residents who move into
the houses at Centralia and into
various communities in the area.
Part of the service of the "wel-
come wagon" could be a printed
outline of the various churcheS,
recreational services, organiza-
tions and other facilities avail-
able to newcomers, it was pointed
out.
"All organizations in the com-
munity can assist in welcoming
the new neighbors by inviting
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A nother dog
• • is poisone
anxious to renew their leases
after five or 10 years, or will
they and their staffs be anxious
to establish their operations in
some other community?
Southcott reported the Ontario
Development Corporation is in
the final negotiation stages with
seven firms in addition to the
two which have already signed
up.
However, he said these repre-
sented only a fraction of the in-
quiries ODC has received and
said the projections for the future
are "staggering in their pro-
portions".
It was explained that ODC is
making long range plans regard-
ing Centralia and he said this
indicates how serious they are
about the future of this experi-
ment.
"I expect you have already con-
sidered the need to extend normal
courtesies to the new neighbors
who will be moving into Cen-
tralia," Southcott told the Board
of Trade members and suggested
they discuss their plans with
ODC, "who will be most anxious
to co-operate with you in this
respect and who will welcome
your interest".
He also suggested the Board
Of Trade discuss with ODC the
provision Of shopping services to
the people at centraliainduttrial
Park, both on an interim basis
and perhaps from the considera-
tion of long-term plans for the
base,
"I don't kiloW whether it's pos ,
sible, but consideration might be
given to the establishment of a
variety Rote for your egtbdia ,,
Lion," he said. "This outlet might
not only provide some batie
necessities but also act as the
Centre for a shopping and delivery
service from all Exeter stores."
it was noted such a service
debentures would be paid off.
He also suggested the board
should investigate the possibility
of using rooms at Centralia In-
dustrial Park.
"It won't cost us anything to
investigate," he said, and added
the board should ask council to
defer any decision until this is
done.
However, Jack Stewart ex-
plained that four of the proposed
rooms were for special func-
tions and "would be no good to
us at Centralia".
"It's no use having the lib-
rary at Centralia and the stu-
dents at Usborfie," he pointed
out.
SteWart said he felt a county
board would be too large and
hard to manage and expressed
concern that Usborne wouldn't
even have a representative on
it.
Miller, who told the ratepayers
few decisions were left up to the
board, also noted the planned
rooms were for special functions
and were "only to bring the
school up to the standards of
Other area sehOol6".
He said a library was quite
important in a school and noting
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school business, and each realiz-
ed that with the coming of a
county board, he would have only
one year to sit.
The only debate over the pro-
posal to build a five-room ad-
dition to the central school came
from the three members who
were not up for re-election.
Chairman Tom Hem said the
board had been trying for some
time to put off erecting an ad-
dition, but added that Usborne
has the right to have just as
good a school as any other muni-
cipality.
"We help pay for those other
schools too," he explained.
He said the school definitely
needed a, library and "a lot" of
ratepayers were demanding a
kindergarten.
Bev Parsons told the meeting
the board had been unanimous
in their decision to request the
addition, but said that the gov-
ernment decision to setup county
boards Within 13 months "puts all
this in a different light".
He said he wasn't in favor of
the addition at the moment and
suggested the board should in-
vestigate What the setup of a
county board will be, how Us-
borne would be assessed and how
Usborne Township ratepayers
won't go to the polls again this
year, although they will have two
new officials.
Reeve Roy Westcott and his
council of Lloyd Ferguson, Walt-
er McBride, Lloyd Smith and Ken
Duncan returned by acclamation
at the Monday nomination and
Lorne Elford and Sam Skinner
Were named to the school board
to sit with Thomas Hern, Bev
Parsons and Jack Stewart, each
of whom has another year in his
term.
The move onto the board by
Elford and Skinner was a bit
unusual, as neither Bison Lynn
or Edwin Miller had indicated
they would resign. Each was up
for re-election and was nomin-
ated,
Miller, who has served for
two years, said he could assure
the 35 ratepayers present there
would be no election on his part,
Lynn was not present at the
Meeting as he was attending a
funeral, and after learning that
both Elferd and Skinner had qUal-
ified right after the nomination
apparently decided not to enter
into an election either.
Neither of the two new can-
didates raised any issue over
New officers for the Exeter Board of Trade were elected at the annual meeting last weeks From the left
are: Miles Tisdale, second vice-president; Carf Cann, past president; Bill Smith, president; Fred Dobbs,
first vide-president. T-A photo
A two-year-Old German Shep-
herd deg was found poisoned in
Dashwood, Friday. It was the
fifth or sixth dog to be poisoned
in Dashwood in the past year.
The dog owned by Ted Du-
charme and was rushed to the
Zurich Veterinary Clinic but the
animal could not be saved. Dr.
Coxon revealed the dog was pois-
oned with strychnine,
OPP Cpl. C. J, Mitchell in-
vestigated the incident and Called
in officials from the Society fOr
the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-
mals.
Poisoning dogs, or placing
poison where it may be consum-
ed by dogs, is an offence under
the Criminal Code, and upon con-
viction carries a maximum fine of
Sik months in jail and/or a $500
fine.