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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-03-21, Page 1Escort murder suspect into court OPP Constable Bill Glassford, left, and Det-Sgt. George Berries flank Kenneth Gloor, le, Centralia, as the youth appeared in Goderich court Monday on a charge of non-capital murder in the death of a Crediton girl, Gwendolyn Pfaff. Gloor was remanded in custody without plea. Joseph Polzen, 33, RR 1 Exeter, also charged with non-capital murder, did not appear as he is undergoing examination at the Ontario Hospital at Penetanguishene. Miss Pfaff's body was found near Dashwood last week after , she had been missing from her home since Feb. 9. T-A photo GB council ups penalty, and due date for taxes Ardent music students At Usbotte Central SChoolts second tpee lieu se Of the year held laet, Week parents took part in actual lessons. Above, a group of patents are busily engaged playing flutes under the direction of printiOal Allan Taylor. Pretti the left are, We', .Andy Mee. Bill Rohde, Wife. 'Mildred Cornish, "VirE Wilfred Pattiri l, Abner Isatartibrei Wt. tibbett and Mrs, Ander PaSaniete. T...A photo Boat builders sustain loss Hughes Boat Works Limited, Who recently moved to Gentralia Industrial park, Suffered a se- vete blow when fire destroyed their Scarboro plant In the early Morning hours last Monday. Howard Hughes estimated loss in the blaze at $100,000. Much of the building Was de- stroyed along with its "stock, materials and records. Pi v Hughes ttls were in the building at the time add three Wete a to- tal loss and the other two bad- ly damaged. An inepector from the On. tame 'ire Marthall't office dicated the bre broke out in'the gat heating system in the plant. The Scarboro plant was used as a sales office by the Can- trate firm and they also opera ated a retail store theee, pro- Viding boat building supplies and accessories for yachtsmen. It also housed the primary carpentry division of the firm. The joiner work, berths, theft tabiesand teakwood drawers for the Hughes boats were tnatie up In the Scarboro plant. The' fire nisi:5 treated prob., lemt for the 'Centralia Opera- lion as Many of the ifttingt ter' the nine boatS in construction here were lettroyed. Mr, Hughes said the firm hop,, ed to re-open the Toronto office Within the next two Weeks, • 414.ie‘efteee Ninety-third Year EJ TER, ..QNTARloi MARCH 21, '1908 Price Per Copy 18 C~ertts. Dashwood Industries. .expand . at Centralia plant and Ottawa ,• e • • Acting on advice received earl- ier from officials of the Depart- ment of Municipal Affairs, Grand Bend village council has taken steps aimed at decreasing their fairly high tax arrears figure. Council passed a bylaw at Mon- Thieves were busy in Ex- eter last week with owners of three businesses reporting breakins to police Thu r sd ay morning. The biggest loot came from Ron Dale's Sunoco where they broke open the cash register to get about $80 in cash. Damage to the cash register was estimated at $95. Actually, the key was in the lock on the machine but the thieves did more work than necessary. They also attempted to break into a cigarette dispenser. This failed; although it was damaged. Chief C. H. MacKenzie said total damage in the breakin, in- cluding the glass in the door they broke to gain entry, was $115. This was in addition to the $80 loot. They didn't have much luck in their attempt to break into Walper's Men's Wear. The glass in the door was broken, but a double locking sys- tem thwarted their attempt to get in. It is believed the thieVes may have attempted to reach a jacket on display in the window near the door, but they knocked it to the floor out of their reach. The other bi'eakin was at South End Service where they made off With 30 packages of cigarettes and four pair of sunglasses. The OPP investigated that one and listed the total loot at about $11.50. Identification officers from Mt. Forest are assisting in the in- vestigation. Dogs are given slight reprieve Exeter dogs will apparently enjoy a slight reprieve lh theit doming battle with London Hu- mane Society officers. Council learned Monday that Hetnetne ebelety ariatieget Si W. Bone has been 111 and as yet no dOrittect has been Signed. It had been hoped be put the set into effect this Week. The service Will apparently start when Mr. Bone ptieVidet ttnincil with a abated, but When That wilt be is not known. However, it could apparently start anytime. At the Meeting, ceuiidil tea. delved a request from laebeetie Township that any •dogs picked Up in bxeter 'arid !detained by tag as belonging to Usbertie tee , !dente be turned deer iniinediate, ly to one of the liebeiate dog pounds. i'They want us to play god, fitherIo opined Heete betty Council ageeed that the tit. nation could be etahiplitated in 'deteethifilieg. who would pay the dog pound led was de- tided that tableehe. Should tlesi directly With. the -Herniae See Ciety `with their requetL day's meeting upping the penalty rate on unpaid taxes to 4% and the interest rate to two-thirds of one percent per month. At the same time the due date for tax payments was moved forward by two months. Begin- The Exeter OPP are also in- vestigating the theft of a watch from the home of Charles Jef- fery Saturday afternoon. The Jef- fery home is located two and a half miles east of Exeter on Highway 83. A watch valued at $25 was re- ported missing. Approve permits for three houses Exeter council Monday night approved building permits for three new houses and an addition to a commercial property, All permits were approved subject to adherence to the building and zoning by-laws. This was the greatest number of permits issued for new con- struction at one meeting for some considerable time. Receiving permits for new homes were: Charles Tiernan, to build a house on Huron St., West; Larry Estey, to build a home on Carling St. between Victoria and Gidley; Larry Taylor, to erect a home for Norm Brock on William St. about half a block from its southern limits. Mel Gaiser and James Kneale were issued a permit to erect en addition to their car wash building at the corner of Main enciSanders Street. The addition will trent on Main St. Other permits Were issued to Mike Dzioba to demolish a bash and to Cpl. Harry Vanleergen to relocate a chimney athis Andrew St. home.' In other council business; It was decided that Exeter would follow the lead of the City of London hi setting the times for Daylight Saving 'rime to be in effect this year. It is expected it will be froth April 28 to Weber 27. It was decided that a. bylaw should be prepared providing for the mandatory retirement of all teem employees, including the polite, at age et. Cancer group formulate plans Plans for the area, datiVatt Were outlined at the meeting of the txetet, .Branch of the dander Society ,in the tadiet Auxiliary room at South Huron Hoepital, Monday. danipaign chairman Dooley and he aMietindedthe Canvass in E*eter Would be held In April 'et a time to be chosen by the Silialt 'WM Will conduct the iiboti•toilotit appeal. Othet geolipe in neighboring tiniiirtitinitiet will also eiernitict campaign's Iii their areas and again the dateS Will 'be at. their Further paititulara tie announced later, ning in 1968, the last date for payment of municipal taxes in Grand Bend without penalty will be October 15. The penalty and interest rates formerly at 3% and 1/2% respec- tively, are now at the maximum allowed by provincial statutes. The bylaw changing the tax structure was one of four bylaws given third and final reading. Under the provisions of a new trailer bylaw, trailers or vans equipped for sleeping will be prohibited from parking on any public road or beach within the village boundaries between the hours of 6 p.m. and 12 noon. The fee for properly licenced trail- ers remains at $6 per month. The third bylaw passed stipu- lates that anyone wishing to erect an advertising sign on public or municipal property must appear before council with a plan of his proposal and the annual fee shall be $5 for each sign erected. In completing the revision of bylaws, council consolidated and amended the existing bylaw cov- ering the operation of all places of amusement in the village. The due date for payment of amuse- ment licences will now be Janu- ary 1 of each year. In other business, council: Learned that the Ontario Muni- cipal Board has approved the agreement between the village and the Ontario Water Resources Commission for the operation of the new water system that is ex- pected to be installed this year. Instructed Clerk Murray A. DesJardins to contact area Ford dealers for the purchase of a new or used tractor that would utilize the present anew plowing and grading equipment. Made application to Lambton County for an urban road allot- ment of $1,500 to be spent on village road construction. Learned that the 1968 Lamb- ton County levy would be $31,- 620.17, a slight decrease from last year. Decided to inspect v i 11 ag e roads as soon as weather per- mits to formulate plans for spring Work. Authorized the clerk to place a classified ad in the Exeter T-A offering ah unlimited wane tity of beach sand to anyone willing to load and truck it away. Centralia Industrial Park isn't the only place where things are happening in the area. Dashwood Industries Limited announced this week they were starting a 30,000 square foot ad- dition to their Centralia plant, located on Highway 4 just a couple of miles from the former air base. This will be the firm's second addition since opening the Cen- tralia plant in 1965. Their prem- ises will include some 80,000 square feet when the addition is completed. It will be an L-shaped addition along the west and south sides of the plant and will be used for heated storage facilities for as- sembled window units and six loading bays. "Our tremendous growth has made it almost impossible to keep up with the demand in peak per- iods," Sales Manager Gerry Fin- nen stated in announcing the ad- dition. With the new facilities, the firm will be able to assemble and store windows during the slack construction period in readiness for the peak period from mid-April to November. By forecasting their sales from past performances Dashwood In- dustries Limited hope to in- ventory assembled units for one month ahead of sales. In addition to this expansion, the area-based firm this month rented a 12,000 square foot build- ing i'n Ottawa for storage and sales purposes. The move to Ottawa is de- scribed by Finnen as "the first part of an expansion program we have mapped out". It's the first stage of a long-range program that could see Dashwood products being marketed across Canada and even into the United King- dom, The Ottawa plant will serve the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario market and may also enable the firm to develop sales in Quebec. Bob Latreille has been named manager of the Ottawa operation and a former employee at the Centralia office, Frank Boyle, is second in command. Basically, the plant is for sales and storage, but a limited amount of assembly may also be included. Finnen, who took part in an Ontario Government trade mis- sion to the United Kingdom in the latter part of 1967, said the firm has two or three "real warm" prospects to act as dis- tributors in the United Kingdom. owe hope to make our first shipment very shortly," he add- ed, The Market in England is con- sidered excellent, as home con- struction is almost triple that of Canada and because it is more Resort foreman severely gashed Grand Bend's acting road fore- man, Jim Connelly, is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, following an accident at the vil- lage dump Monday afternoon. He was burning garbage at the dump when he slipped on a piece of waited paper and tumbled down an ineline. During the fall his leg was severely gashed by a piece of broken glass or some other sharp object. The gash was about afoot long and four 'inches deep. Connelly managed to get into the village truck and get to the road Where he stopped a depart- ment of highways crew who took him to Dashwood for treatment. He was then taken to London. His Wife indicated he would probably be laid up for some time due to the wound. densely pepplated, distribution is not as much of a problem. 'There is certainly a need for a quality weatherestrip wind- ow," Finnen stated, adding that the calibre pf the present supply in England is far below Canadian standards, Dashwood Industries Limited has grown to be the largest wood Window manufacturing firm in Canada through an aggressive Engineer B. M. Ross told coun- cil Monday that he hoped to see the contractors on the job in the latter part of May for the re- construction of Main St. With the job requiring an es- timated 125 working days for completion, that puts the com- pletion date into November. He estimated there would be four months when the business area would "be in a mess". Perhaps anticipating the re- action of local merchants to that, he went on to say that every community had to go through such a period sooner or later and opin- ed that business would not de- cline as much as some would fear. "Many people will come into town just out of curiosity," he stated. Works superintendent J i m Paisley agreed, pointing out that whenever a hole was dug in town there were a number of people who congregated to see what was going on. While the mess to be encount- ered may be of prime import- ance to some people, the matter of cost will be of equal interest. The total cost of the project Was estimated at $476,256.90. Rase estimated the town's share of this to be $81,219,34. He listed the cost to the PUC at 474,740.37 and this surpris- ed PtiC Manager High Davis who had estimated the price to be about $57,700. An examination ot the figures indicated the two men varied sales approach that has enabled them to get a bigger share of the market and also to expand into other market areas. Sales have tripled in the past three years. The sales staff has been doub- led and the firm now employs close to 150 people at peak per- iods at the plants in Dashwood, Centralia, Mt. Budges and Ot- tawa. greatly in determining what por- tion of the work would be eligible for department of high way s grants, particularly in reference to the laying of the 14-inch water main on Main St. Liquor vote on May 27 Mayor Jack Deibridge indicat- ed Monday night he was disturbed over the fact those requesting a liquor vote had not yet started any promotion to get support for their cause. "It's stupid to spend $1,000 for a vote if there Isn't anymore interest than what has been shown," he stated. Councillor Ted Wright said he was also peeved over the fact council members had stuck their necks out in approving the vote and it Was not being pushed. He suggested the present liquor outlets should be closed if the vote failed to gain support for additional outlets. "We've gone this far, we can't stop now," Reeve Boyle tont- mehted. He Said council had given the residents the opportunity to express their wishes'and this was all that was required on the part of douncil, Councillor Jim Newby said he disagreed with some bf the state. ments being made, noting thatfew people knew When the Vote was be- ing held. The date is Monday, May 27. OPP Constable bale Lamont Was busy this week as he inves- tigated all three accidents re, ported to the Exeter detadiutierit. All three took place in the Hen- salt area. an Wednesday at 1:00 pan., damage was estimated at 05 when two cars Collided in the vil- lage. Drivers were Andre It. Biltke and Clarence A. Volland, both of Hensel'. Bileke Was southbound on Nel- son 8t. and Volland Wet backing from e parking spot when they collided, biker 3unior Hawk star Bill CltiethaSe was involved iii ate en. tident on Thursday at Ivit about Oneisouth of Hensall. He Was southbound or Highway 4 when hie car skidded on an ice patch and spilt tents the teed into the east ditch and rolled onto its tide* barrage was $10500. They have been enlarging the size of their fleet and will soon have eight trailers and six tract, ors taking Dashwood produets to distributors throughout Ontario and the Maritimes, the latter market being Opened up about six months ago. While apartment and row hous- es now constitute about half the housing starts in Canada, the area firm continues to grow by pri. This main will replace the ex- isting eight-inch line and Ross estimated the cost on the basis that the department would not share in the entire cost of putting in the larger main, but only on the estimated cost to replace a main of the same size. HoWever, Davis indicated he had written the department three times and had been given to understand that the entire cost of labor on the main would be on a 50-50 split. He said if this was not the case the PUC would have to review the matter. Actually, all the costs outlined by Rose are strictly tentative. The department of highways will review the estimates closely and could possibly decide there are some areas where they will not split costs on the basis sug- gested by Ross. It can be expected that in such eases the costa will increase for the town. Ih addition, there is no guar- antee that the bids received on the work will fall in line with the estimates, They could be higher — or even loweta. Members of council have in- dicated they are expecting their costs to be in the neighborhood of $100,000 10 $115,000 this year When other work planned by the PVC is taken into contideratioh. This includet new hydro lines north of the bridge in preparation for the future reconstruction of the highway there. The PUC expects to undertake construction totting just over Chipchate and a passenger, 'Sheila slater, Oterio, sustained minor injuries. The final crash of the week ,was e hit and run on Highway 4, about one And "a half Miles north of Ilensall on Sunday et 1 le la pane , William A. Hughes, scarboro, was proceeding south on the High- way when he was struck froin be- hind by a tar which was pulling out to pass him hi heavy fog. The other tar was located abandoned about half a Mlle froth the scene Of the accident. It had been stolen earlier in the even- ing in Toronto. Damage in the crash Was listed at $S06. During the 'week the officers 'at the, that detachment covered 1,t0t Miles on patrol and laid eight Charges ander the ETA. Another 28 driverS Vete giVeri Warnings. manly supplying the single-awele ling market, Part of this is because home owners are making more and better use of windows and they're demanding deluxe units. "There's gill a real good mar- ket for a quality window," Finnen concluded, and a quality product combined with service is what Dashwood Industries Limit ed provides. $90,000 with the highway re- construction and the north end work. To give residents an indica- tion of the size of the job, the following figures were presented by Ross: There are 29 trees and 32 stumps to be removed; 15,000 yards of concrete pavement tote removed; 37,000 yards of ma- terial to be excavated; 7,000 ton of hot mix asphalt will be used for the new surface; 40 ton of calcium chloride will be used to keep the dust down during con- struction. Council received a letter from the PUC asking whether the sew- age surcharge was to be reduced in view of the recent increase in the water rates. At the present time, the rate is 33 percent of the water bill, but PtIC manager Hugh Davis pointed out the same amount would be raised if 29 percent was charged on the increased water rate sche- dule. Council decided to stay with the one-third figure if this is in agreement with the OWRC. • • • • • 4 • ti Get smokes, cash in three robberies Hensall area scene for three accidents Area firm starts sizeable expansion Gerry Finnen, Sales Manager of Dashwood Industries Limited, dis- cusses the large addition at the Centralia plant with contractor Mickey Webb. The 30,000 square foot addition will be used prim- arily for storage of assembled wood windows so the firm can meet the demand during the peak construction period. Dashwoodindustries Limited also rented a large Ottawa building recently to service their growing market in that area. T-A photo Highway reconstruction A four-month mess ' coming •