HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-01-18, Page 1Problems
here too!
Considering the plight of Lon-
don residents following Sunday's
ice storm, the majority of area
residents were most fortunate.
However, Patrick Freeburn,
manager of the Exeter office of
Ontario Hydro, reported that
many residents in the district
south of Exeter were without
hydro service for varying periods
of time. Some services were out
throughout Sunday and Monday.
Mr. Freeburn reported the lo-
cal office received their first
call around 9;30 a.m., Sunday,
and from then on , eve rybody was
on the go" as some of the local
crews worked around the clock
to restore service.
Hardest hit were sections of
Stephen, Biddulph and London
Township, all of 'which are ser-
viced from the Exeter office.
Between 600 and 700 calls were
'received at the local office from
people without hydro service.
Most of the damage was caused
by limbs falling on line conduct-
ors. There was only one pole
broken off in the Exeter crews'
area.
Mr. Freeburn eXplained there
was no pattern to the damage,
as it Was occurring in various
locations throughout the district.
Exeter PUC Manager Hugh Da-
vis reported no damage in town,
although the PUC crew Worked all
day Monday taking fallen limbs off
lines or removing branches that
gave indication they could cause
trouble.
He said the PUC at times re-
ceiVes criticism for their tree
trimming practices, but he said
it certainly paid dividends during
the Weekend.
Natural ice at Usborne Central
While most People didn't particularly appreciate the latett blast Of yard as the soliodlos lagoon froze evert Above, a Iiitiliber of the pupil
frigid 'Weather, Students at 'Osborne Central school Wetelitippy. They 'are enjoying a skate Thnrsday Afternoon despite the zero terripet.
Were -pleased to 'find A hitt class skating rink right in their own back 'atureg that existed. "T-A Plieto
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WPPSWIlg i quickly 1)ePcglang A. popular sport at .P.Ptith
Huren District High School, The scheol's grunt and groaners
met st. Marys in a HuroneperthIneeton$Atiltday .and, as the
-APOPnipanYIng PiCtnreS sttPW eniting tiMe was P1'1147YeCi
by all. At the right,peprge phaw of slipHs is getting A free
ride frern his 5t. Marys OpPOnent, TO the 0719 Ptaitd0 helPWR
A variety of ,eiCPreSSiPn.S. are Sh.PWn on the 'faces of JOY
Estey, Heather Reid and Patti Robinson as they cheer for
the hemp team, while coach Ron Bogart isgiving verbal
encouragement to one Pfh14 charges, TeA photos
'Tentative ,okay .given Us:borne school
At their inaugural meeting last
week, Ijsborrie dolmen. tentatively
APPrPi"ed the SOPA hPArtPs. re-
quest to Wild a f1v.e.er9Oni addi-
tion, Fernier chairman TOM Kern
And secretary-treasurer garnet
filcIt4 met with 04401 And Pre,-
WOO Material in support of the
ho?..rces application, "
The proposed addltionwouldbe
4,175 Square feet and estimated
Peat is 1113,000. Appreximately
84 percent df that Atriennt would
be paid by gevernment grants,
The addition would include 4
kindergatten room, library, one
regular classroom, one special
education mom and a heaith:reern.
A POrtahle classroom iS pres-
ently in use at the school and last
year kindergarten students were
brought in after the Easter vaca-
tion and accommodated in the
school's gymnasium.
At the meeting, council also
approved pay hikes for several
township employees as follows:
sanitary inspector George
Fyne frOrn $1.9 per week 19
$19 per week plus $2 car allow-
ance; Power 41411#41ner operator
Jobe Batten from $1,99 to $4.90,
per hour; machine operator Floyd
Copper from $1,89. to $2.00 per
bear; tractor operator Laverne
Kellett from 0 1,5 5 to 0145 Per
'bout; rate for day labour in-
creased from $1,49 to $1.59 Per
hour.
In additiOn Council also approv-
ed an Increase in auditing fees
with A. M. Harper, Goderich.
The fee has been increased from
$450 to $650 for the township and
$125 for the school board.
All municipal officials were
reappointed with the exception of
Theron Creery and Archie Eth-
erington being named to replace
Clarence Down and Clarence
Fletcher as fenceviewers.
In other business,
Reaffirmed support to the cen-
tennial history and map commit-
.teeipthe amount of $300 to have
their Materiel
.Learned that $200,89542 of the
1687 tans had 'beep collected
with $10.,98047 stjii Ontetaedieg,
Heard a report Ironi
treasnrer garry Strang. that.$8,,
14.8,r91. in 0-4 arrears and penalty
Were •11P10 by the PPAntY treaanr-
er
.
for collection at the end of
1967 accounts receivableef $12„,
919.14; a credit balance .of
91144; Ipardt 1P4PS outstanding' Of
..$49,500.
. Road• Superintendent William
Routly advised.ceuncilof difficul-
ties experienced in. Seel-Wing .1n -,
voices le time for payment at
regular :meetings and douticil.de,
tided to advise all contractors
and .suppliers that payment of
accounts cannot be guaranteed
unless invoices are received by
the second day of each menth.
Approved calling of the tender
for toad gravelling, with the
tender to close for consideration
At the Febr4ArY Pleet14g,
Agreed to take out fgetnhOr
ghtPs iii tho Ontario 9990 AOMP
ASAPciatiOn AN; the Ontario As-
sociation of aural 1V14A01P111/1' ties,
Received a PQMPlaint from
W. Gardiner on thp igadequacy
of the tile portion of the .Stewart
drain on his property And the
complaint was Accepted and re-
ferred to gngineer J, A. N9WeA
for InVestigatiOn.
Agreed to hold regular month-
ly meetings Pn the first Tuesday
of every month as usual,
Rev, S. H. Lewis led council
in Inaugural devotions and the
declaration of office was admin-
istered by the clerk, Reeve Roy
Westcott and councillors in in-
augural addresses pledged sup-
port for the spirit of co-opera-
tion which charadterized the 1967
council.
Crash total
takes drop
Local apartment complex
planned by former mayor
Give tentative okay
to contract garbage
Exeter council Monday night
tentatively agreed to enter into
an agreement with a Goderich
man to pick up garbage in this
community.
Tom Cook, who has handled
Goderich's garbage pickup for
the past 18 months, submitted
a price of $12,000 per year,
which based on the projected
figures for garbage pickup in
1968 would bring about a saving
of some $5,200 for the town.
George Vries°, chairman of
the sanitation committee, report-
ed the projected cost of this
year's garbage service would run
around $17,700. This is based on
wages, bulldozing at the dump,
gas, oil, insurance and repairs
for the truck, plus an $800 al-
lowance for truck replacement.
It was estimated that with a
garbage packer, which is the
equipment that would be used by
Cook, the bulldozing at the dump
would be reduced to about $500
per year,
Council received another es-
timate from an Ingersoll firm,
but it was $2,400 above the God-
erich firm's price,
Clerk Eric Carscadden report-
ed he had checked with the clerk
of Goderich and was advised that
the community figures their sav-
ing at almost $10,000 a year by
having the garbage contracted.
"They're awful happy," he
added.
Vriese explained the 'saving
Would Only tome about if the
wages of the men now employed
on garbage pickup could be sav-
ed.
Councillor Joe WOoden said he
would assume some of the men
presently engaged in garbage
pickup could be utilized else-
where to do work not presently
being handled by members of the
works department,
Reeve Boyle opposed the plan,
saying "you'll have to prove to
me you can save that money".
He pointed out the present
truck would still be required for
pickup of limbs and other large
Items which would not fit into the
garbage packer.
Councillor Newby replied that
the saving was being proven in
many area communities which
have turned the work over to priv-
ate contractors.
It was indicated council would
have to sign a three-year con-
tract with the Goderich firm, and
the motion approved the drawing
up of a contract for council ap-
proval.
It is expected one man would be
laid off the works department
crew if the contract is approved
and in addition workers hired on
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Area residents and organiza-
tions have been invited to attend
a Meeting ,at the Exeter Public
SChOO1 next Thtirgday With a view
to fettling an ASSOdiation for
Retarded
A Meeting held among interest-
ed patties in December indicated
a need for such an association in
the, area.
Frank Wilkinson, area super-
intendent of nubile teheOlt, in-
dicated that Special notices have
been sent tO all municipal doiin-
Cita in '8OUth Iluten as Well at
dhiltchet And A6diAl and service
gioups,
Idernbeta Whejeiti the Associa-
tion at fieict Veek"S meeting Will
be charter members and the tee
being •recommended to the meet-
ing for an individual and
$3 for A family,
In addition to electing officers
it the meeting, a:, film will be
shown outlining the work Of SIMI-
1St associations.
1Vit. Wilkinson said persons
have 'already been contacted and
Indicated willingness to Serve
On the executive it eletted, but
nominations Will be allowed from
the floor as Wells
,1-te Said Settial figures of the
*Mabee of iteltitded Children In
South Hilton were not known, but
eatintated it Mild be Aron-rid 11.1,
The development of Centralia
Industrial Park may already be
aiding in the growth of Exeter,
judging from reports at Exeter
council, Monday.
Former mayor 'W. E. Simmons
appeared before council to dis-
cuss sewer service for an apart-
ment complex he plans to build
in the area south of Victoria Park,
and council also approved amend-
ment of the official plan to permit
a commercial laundry to estab-
lish in the former hatchery owned
by clerk Eric Carscadden on Wel-
lington St.
Council were also advised the
Ontario Development Corpora-
tion has designated Exeter as an
area under the Equalizationofln-
dustrial Opportunity program
whereby new industries can re-
ceive financial assistance and
existing industries can obtain
assistance for expansion. This
information was turned over to
the Exeter Industrial Develop-
ment Corporation.
An application to have land in
the vicinity of the Brewers' Re-
tail rezoned to general commer-
cial was turned down. Owners
of the land, Mr. and Mrs. L. V.
Hogarth, reported they we re
seeking the change so they could
promote the establishment of a
motel— dining lounge complex.
The apartment complex plan-
ned by Simmons consists of three
units, with six apartments in
each. Five of the six apart-
ments in each unit would be of
two-bedroom size while the oth-
er would be a one-bedroom.
The apartments would be in
the block bounded by Mill, Mar-
ket and Waterloo Streets.
S immons appeared before
council to discuss sewer con-
nections, pointing out he would
like permission to hook through
back lots into the Carling St.
drain.
He said time was of the es-
sence as he hoped to have the
first Milt completed by the end
of August. He told the T-A later
that if this unit was rented Upon
completion he Would consider
starting the second unit this year
as well if time permitted.
Councillor Joe Wooden said
that "for the good of the whole
area" he would like to see coun-
"Initially," he said, "we 'would
hope to Offer a free nursery
school facility to pre-sdhOol re-
tarded children".
He pointed out this Would be
ptiMarily a baby-sittitig service
to relieve the mothers of retard-
ed children who now have to care
for them around the clock.
It Was indicated the association
Would probably Seek the tionatiOn
o such accommodation from an
area church or School board with
vacant rooms.
At the present time, most re-
tarded Children hi this area are
kept at home, although Mt. Wilk-
inson repotted One area father
drove hi S child to Leaden each
day. A few attend schools in
neighboring districts, but the biilk
Of thetri receive no training
"They are presently the sole
tesportsibility Of the parents and
this is a tremendous reSponsibil.
ity," the area Scheel official e'x-
Plained.
"Every child deserves an Op,
portUriity for some editdation, and
It IS arnatiing What can be done
for these children," he added,
littm POS81tt
If the Ideal association decided
to form a school ; .50% of the capit-
al 'cost Is available from the
provincial govertithenti The 're-
cil consider building a sanitary
sewer to extend from Mill Street,
along Market to Huron, then from
Huron down Marlboro to the pres-
ent sewer at Anne Street.
The possibility of extending the
sewer along Huron from Marl-
boro to the CNR crossing was
also discussed, and this may pos-
sibly hinge on whether or not the
new Baptist church would hook
into it.
Bruce Perry and Hugh Rundle,
R. E. POOLEY
. . . receives medal
R. E, Pooley is one man who
can attest to the fact that good
things come in multiples of three.
When he went to receive his
mail at the local post office,
Monday, he received a registered
letter from the Canada State De-
partment, and on opening it, found
enclosed a Centennial Medal.
The medals are bestowed on
those who have given "valuable
service to the nation,"
It Was the third time within a
year that the former mayor and
now PUC chairman had received
special recognition for his corn-
mainder has to be raised by the
Association through _fund raising
projects and assistance from
community groups,
Operating COSt Of the school IS
provided by an a() potent pro-
vincial grant and the remaining
20 percent is provided by mtini-
cipal councils On the ratio Of the
thitabet Of children Itetti that
municipality 'attending such a
SOludel.
Mr, Wilkinaon, who helped
feral two ASSOdiatiOng while in
Xottlieth Ontario, Said it *Mid
be hoped to find facilities for
genie Of the ehildteti by next
September at the lateat, ahod soon-
er It possible,
He reported that 84. Iviaryg
has a complete setup for re-
tarded children, ranging fteni
the pre-school setup through te
a School for children froth five
te 18 and then a Weititafiep fOr
those 'over 18 *here they may
perform crafts,
Some Of the WerkShOps .fot
adilltS , are telf,,SuStaining
through the work they turn out.
Officials from some Of the
neighboring :assotiationa ate ex,
petted to Attend next Week's Or ,
ganilationalliteetilig, Which com-
mences. at iiito OA,
,pffiefals hope to have At leatt
100 people at the Meeting,
representatives of the congre-
gation, were present at the meet-
ing and pointed out they had just
invested $240 in a septic tank and
pumps and the tile had been pur-
chased although it was not in-
stalled as yet.
They indicated they may con-
sider hooking into the sewer if
they could sell the equipment.
Rundle pointed out the con-
gregation had asked council for
sewer connection last spring but
had been advised that this was not
possible.
Wooden explained that at that
time council had no indication of
any development in the area such
as the one proposed by Simmons.
After considerable discussion
council approved a motion pre-
sented by Wooden and Reeve
Boyle that Works Superintendent
Jim Paisley conduct the neces-
sary investigation to see if resid-
ents of the area would support
the proposed sewer to hook in at
Anne St.
If that support is evident then
steps would be taken to construct
this line as soon as possible.'
If support is not forthcoming,
Simmons would be permitted to
construct the back lot sewer to
Carling St. at his own expense,
plus the connection cost at Carl-
ing St., and also that he agree to
pay a frontage charge on his
property when a sewer does go
down the street past his property.
munity contributions.
Last spring the local Legion
renamed their branch the R. E.
Pooley branch in his honor and
in December he was elected Ex-
eter's Citizen-of-the-Year for
his contributions during Canada's
Centennial, Mr. Pooley was cen-
tennial committee chairman.
While the receipt of the Cen-
tennial Medal came as a complete
surprise for Mr. Pooley, it was
known to several in the com-
munity. Presidents Of Exeter's
three service clubs, along with a
representative from the Board of
Trade, centennial committee and
Mayor Jack Delbridge had nom-
inated him for the honor after
Council had been asked to select
one resident for the award,
They Were asked to assess the
contribution made to the nation,
to the community or to worthy
Catiset. Nonlitiatioris Were to be
based On both the quality and
length of service and service in
the armed forces as well as
civilian life was to be taken into
account.
The Centennial Medal is struck
iii silver and has red and white
striped ribbont, It is the size of
military medals.
The motion was approved by a
four to three majority.
Simmons pointed out he could
not start the basement for the
apartment until the sewer was
Installed and Wooden said coun-
cil should expedite the matter.
He said there was a shortage
of modern apartments in Exeter
and this was an advantageous de-
velopment.
Prior to leaving the meeting,
Simmons commended council for
the progress they have made re-
garding the installation of sewer
service in the community without
further debenture costs.
Ken Ottewell, a Mill St. prop-
erty owner, was also present
at the meeting and said he would
agree to the back lot sewer to
Carling if it was supervised by
Paisley, was kept as low as pos-
sible and the town assumed main-
tenance of it.
He said he wouldn't pay front-
age on the sewer if it was paid
for by the town because it would
not serve his present home.
LONG DEBATE
Council members engaged in a
lengthy debate over the suggested
amendments to the official plan
and zoning bylaw.
The Planning Board advised
they would be agreeable to the
Carscadden property being re-
zoned to permit the establish-
ment of a commercial laundry in
the former hatchery, and council
approved commencing proced-
ures to have this done.
The letter from Mr. and Mrs.
Hogarth indicated they wished
their property bounded by George
and Andrew Streets rezoned to
general commercial on the same
basis as the Main St. property
of Robert Hamather as "it is
contemplated to utilize these two
properties as one business en-
tity".
The combined acreages of the
two parcels of land adds up to
about two and a half acres and
"constitutes a space which can
accommodate a sizeable venture,
With ample parking space and
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Students back
on quiz show
SHDHS guidance department
head ken Laughton reported this
Week four students woUld again
appear on the CKNX quiz "Reach
for the Top",
A previous team from the
school lost in their appearance
and a hew flight has been initiated.
Representing the school this
time will be Lotise McBride,
Trudy Stover, George , Lee and
Gordon Greenwood. They will
fate students from Hanover.
The locals will appear next
Thursday at 1030 phi oVet the
Wingharn TV Station.
Joins RAP
Mrs. George Dobbs, who was
nominated for Exeter's citizen-
of-the-year award due to her
assistance in the beautification
of Riverview Park, was named
by council this week to sit on
RAP. The group responsible for
parks, arena and recreation now
has two ladies, the other being
Mrs. Peter Durand,
Despite Impossible driving
conditions at times on Sunday
and Monday, Exeter OPP report
only one accident In the area
during that period and it was of
a very minor nature.
It took place at 8;00 a,m. Mon-
day at the intersection of Highway
4 and the St. Marys Road and in-
volved a car driven by Samuel p.
Humphreys, Exeter.
He was southbound and skidded
on the slippery pavement and hit
a department of highways sign.
Constable D. A. Lamont listed
damage to the car as being neg-
ligible.
There were three other ac-
cidents during the week, the first
on Tuesday at 8;30 p.m. when a
car operated by Mervyn J. Erb,
RR 1 Zurich, went out of control
on the slippery road surface on
Goshen Street, Zurich, and struck
a car owned by Philippe M. Gel-
inas, Zurich.
Constable J. A. Wright listed
damage at $200.
On Thursday at 4;45 p.m. cars
operated by William Armstrong,
RR 3 Bayfield, and Barry M.
Southcott, Exeter, collided at the
Highway 84 intersection at Eliza-
beth Street in Hensall.
The accident was investigated
by Constable Lamont who estim-
ated damage at $550.
The other accident took place
in Zurich on Friday at '7:30 p.m.
when a car operated by Naldo R.
Horn, Zurich, went out of control
on Mill Street and struck a park-
ed car owned by Anthony A. Bed-
ard. Damage was estimated at
$175 by Constable Lamont.
During the week the OPP charg-
ed eight drivers under the High-
way Traffic Act and issued warn-
ings to seven others.
The officers travelled 1,656
miles on patrol.
Constable F. L. Giffin is pres-
ently attending a six-week police
course at the Ontario Police Col-
lege, Aylmer.
Extra discount
for prepayment
Exeter residents who prepay
1968 taxes will receive an in-
creased discount.
Council Monday night approved
a suggestion from clerk Erie
Carscadden to increase the dis-
counts in each category by one-
half percent.
Persons paying taxes prior to
February 1 will now receive
a 2 1/2 percent discount on the
first installment and 4 1/2 per-
cent on the second.
The new discounts are con-
tained in an advertisement in
this isaue.
Thieves swipe
auto batteries
The txeter OPP received re-
ports of the theft of two batteries
from parked tars in the area last
week.
Beth incidents were reported
on January 10, One of the bat-
teries Was stolen froth a car
Owned by Mrs. Bertha McGreg-
or, liensall, and the other be-
longed to tarry Winters. His car
was parked at Huron Tractor,
Exeter,
In both incidents, police re-
port the cable wires on the bat-
teries Were
Mr. Winters also reported the
thieves stele the windshield wash.
er bag from his Vehicle.
Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 18, 1968
Price Per Copy 15 Cents
Students helping
Salvation Army
Per the first tithe in 'recent
years all area residents Will to
canvassed on behalf Of the Sale 4.4 Vation Army.
This year's CariVata Will be
conducted by ShicientS"Of
Who in recent years have Under-
taken :SeVetal similar 011V:ea-PAS
for charitable groups.
The Students will 'be calling on
nditriet thicingliOut the district
Monday night.
1Vienibers of the student 'Connell
approved the canvass When re-
quested' by the rt, y
branch Legion, 8ttident toiiiitil
ipteSident ,clary PitOtbard Is hi
chare
• All dailVaSterg 'Will het%
ted6I0tA when they
Meeting next Thursday
for retarded kids' group
Third honor given
active town worker
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