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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-08-15, Page 1yr....,59k • -1. Heading for the finish Youngsters from the Exeter swim program competed against clubs from Stratford and St. Marys in a tri-club meet at the Exeter pool, Tuesday and finished second. Above, Brenda Brintnell is shown during the girls' back crawl event. — T-A photo Area accidents few despite heavy traffic Ninety-fourth Year Pre-fob firm. coming to. CE; another seeks 200 women .EXETER,, ONTARIO, AUGUST 14, 1968: Price Per -Copy 14_ cents Water mains are going in Excavation has been completed on a goodly portion of the east side of Main Street and the water mains have been laid from Huren Street to Sanders. The above picture shows workmen of Lavis Contracting and C. A. McDowell Ltd. lowering a section of water main into place. T-A photo Had previous convictions Pays $125 for drinking building bylaw has been revised. Under provisions of the new regulations, a building permit, will be required to erect, move, repair or alter any building, regardless of the amount of land owned by the , person requesting the permit. Under the old building bylaw, a permit was not required for — Please turn to page 2 Area Hensall increases Hensall village council have struck a tax rate for this year at 79 mills residential and 91.4 mills commercial for public school supporters and 86.7 mills residential and 99.7 mills com- mercial for separate school sup- porters. Clerk Earl Campbell reported these figures represent a four mill increase for residential as- sessments and an 11.4 hike for commercial assessments. Basic shelter reduction grants in Hensel" will total $37.92 for pub li c school supporters and $41.61 for separate school sup- porters. School tax for public school supporters totals 13 and 12.5 mills; for separate school sup- porters it is 20 and 22 mills. Council had warned earlier in the year that a tax increase for the village was likely due primarily to financial assistance given the Hensall Public Utilities Commission. Members of council also learn- ed at their regular meeting that a separate entrance to the vil- lage dump in Usborne Township The population of the township of Stephen is due for a sharp rise in the next 12 years, if the present trend continues. At its latest meeting Stephen council heard a report from McCormick, Rankin Associates, consulting engineers, projecting the mun- icipality's population to 4,000 by 1980. The projection of population was undertaken by the County of Huron as a future road needs study. Clerk-treasurer Wilmar D. Wein reported the population in 1967 as 2,700 and the recent survey calls for an increase to 3,000 by 1970 and to the 4,000 figure in another 10 years. A huge expansion by Dashwood Industries Limited at their Cen- tralia plant and an expected in- crease in tenant occupancy at Centralia Industrial Park were given as the main reasons for the population rise in the town- ship. The 1967 auditor's report was The Exeter Veterinary Clinic has made a proposal to town council regarding the operation of a local dog catching service. At the present time, the Lon- don Humane Society has a con- tract with Exeter for picking up dogs, but many members of coun- cil have expressed some dis- satisfaction with the service to date. To their knowledge, only three dogs have been picked up since the service started several weeks ago. The local firm offered to supply a service for $1,075 per year and to patrol the community for four hours each week during the months of May, June, July, Aug- ust and September. The Humane Society patrols the town each week for two hours throughout the year at a cost of about $1,200. In addition to the patrol ser- Mail flow not heavy With the postal strike officially ended and Mail flowing In and out Of Exeter and area post offices as smoothly es ever ; residents are getting back' to normal after being accustomed to Many in- conveniences Caused by the Welk., Out. Though businessknen we r e Managing nicely due to some ingeelOUS iniproVisiona, most found alterhatiVe methods of handling the lead Mite 'assumed by the peat Office to be eitpenSive. Surprisingly enough, at the end Of the strike; peat officea In the district; including the Peat office In Exeter, did not have to deal With a huge backlog of letters, papers and pareola. At Exeter ; Monday WAS ed i'rushed" bat by Tuesday erripleYeea Wore Caught Up. received from A. M. Harper Ltd. and was accepted by council, The Goderich accounting firm's report revealed a deficit of $19,296.50 on last year's busi- ness. There were several reasons for a higher figure on the ex- penditure side of the ledger. Construction of the new mun- icipal building on the site of the former Crediton public school and purchase of a new road maintainer were financed out of current funds. Township revenue was also lower due to a substantial loss in federal government grants at the former Canadian Forces Base, Centralia. In 1967, Stephen received $7,- 591 from the Dominion of Can- ada in lieu of taxes before the station was closed as compared to $18,793 in 1966. In a move designed to put Stephen in line with neighbour- ing municipalities, the township vice, the Exeter VeterinaryClin- ic offered 24-hour service throughout the week for picking up any dogs which may be cap- tured by the town police or priV- ate citizens. They will also pick up animals injured in car accidents, if the animal's owner is not known. It was pointed out the firm would pay a dog catcher a basic salary plus a bonus for dogs picked up to induce him to do more than drive around the streets "which is the situation with dog catchers in many corn- munities". The matter was turned over to the protection to persons and property committee for further study. In other business, council: Discussed insurance coverage with Mel. Gaiser of Hodgson Lim- ited and increased coverage in several categories. Learned that a meeting with the Ausable River Conservation Authority regarding development around Morrison Dam had been poatponed. Agreed to undertake some im- provement in stream bank pro- tection below the dam at River- view Park. Were told by Cotincillor Wood- en that several dead elm trees were located in town and decided to ask the contractor removing trees on Main St; to submit a price on the removal of these trees as well. Agreed with the suggestion of PUG. manager Hugh Davis to re- place the 100 Watt bulbs located in Riverview Park with 200 watt bulbs until a thorough study of the area can be completed. Decided to terminate the pro, batieriary period of Constable George ROberteori en August 14. Asked the works superintend-, ent to have the weeds tut in the open ditCh On Edward Street fol- lowing a complaint frail Cliff Meore. This area continues to receive exciting news regarding in- dustrial expansion. Following on the recent an- nouncement of the huge expansion program being undertaker' by Dashi,vood Industries Limited is the news this week that one comp- any has decided upon locating at the Centralia Industrial Park and another is seriously considering such a move. The Ontario DevelopmentCor- poration has not yet released details about the firm coming to Centralia, but the plans were an- nounced by the firm's president at the opening of some of the pre-fabricated homes they pro- duce. The homes, produced by In- land Homes, were opened in. Trenton by Economics Minister Stanley Randall and at that time company president Hamish Mc- Intosh revealed the firm would be in production in its own fac- tory in Centralia in October. The homes opened in Trenton were from components imported from the firm's base in the U, S, A, Little is known about the comp- any at this time, although Mr. McIntosh stated that 10 homes would be produced in one daily shift at Centralia, indicating that it will be a major industry for this area. The pre-fabricated homes sell for $15,000 and have been ap- proved by Ontario Housing Corp. for erection on (HOME) Home Ownership Made Easy lots and qualify for National Housing Act mortgages. Under Ontario's HOME plan, purchasers can lease a building site for a term of 50 years and pay ground rent or purchase the lot outright. Inland Homes expects to erect 700 homes in the Ottawa-Hull area with the first components being scheduled for delivery Aug- ust 15. These will come from the U.S.A, until the firm gets, into production at Centralia. Economics Minister Randall said in opening the homes in Trenton that pre-fabricated, as- has been completed for the mill owners. Mill screenings is the only refuse to be dumped at the site and all mill management has been advised concerning council's ex- pectations with regard to dump usage. Building permits were approv- ed for Miss Mary Goodwin to build a house; for Lloyd Venner to install a furnace; for Edward Fink to build three apartments southwest of the arena; for Hur- on Lodge #224 to build a chim- ney; for Catherine Bell to put new siding on her house; and for Robert Baker Jr. to demolish the old saw mill. Accounts totalling $6,980.24 were ordered paid before ad- journment to Tuesday, Septem- ber 3. Hay up some Residential taxpayers in Hay township will be facing a tax increase for the current year that ranges from 2.3 to 4.9 mills. Hay residents paying school levies to the public school board will be paying a total of 71.9 mills, compared to the 69.6 mill sernbly-line homes are part of the answer to Ontario's housing shOrtage. SEEK WOMEN The second firm seriously con- sidering coming to Centralia could well turn out to be the largest yet. This week, the Ontario De- velopment Corporation ran an advertisement in this newspaper and others seeking applications from 200 women interested in working with the company. Name of the firm or the ex- act nature of the product was not revealed. The ad appears on page 10 and states only that the firm would require up to 200 women on a permanent basis to do "light bench assembly work", The management of the firm is concerned that the area may not be able to provide sufficient staff when it is needed. In view of this, ODC 'is sol- iciting co-operation in deter- mining the availability of female help. Women who may be interested should fill in the coupon listed in the advertisement and return it to the address listed. They are, of course, under no obli- gation. Although the advertisement solicits replies from women only, it is expected that if the firm locates in Centralia it would em- ploy a number of men as well. MANY HOMES FILLED Jack Malone, manager of the Centralia Industrial Park, re- ported this week that 203 of the 365 houses at' Huron park have already been leased and are oc- cupied. The former J. A. D. McCurdy school, recently purchased by Stephen council, will be opened for classes this fall, and will also accommodate students from Usborne until the addition at that $e,hool is completed. Stephen school officials plan to hold registration next week to de- termine how many students from Huron Park will be attending. rate they were charged in 1967. Supporters of separate schools in Zurich and Exeter will be pay- ing 2.9 mills more than they did last year while Hay and Stanley separate school supporters will be charged 76 mills. This is an increase of 4.9 mills from their 1967 levy. At the same meeting council passed a bylaw calling for two year terms for municipal of- ficials. Nomination meetings will be held this November as usual and then every second year there- after. The interest rate on unpaid taxes was raised to two-thirds of one per cent per month, the maximum allowed by the pro- vincial government. Bylaw #17 was given final read- ing, requesting the Ontario Mun- icipal Board to raise the town- ship's limitation for tile drain loans to $500,000. The previous maximum for Hay township was $180,000, Usborne drops After two years of substantial increases in their municipal tax rate, Usborne Council were able Robert Earl Heist, 20, Cred- iton, paid $154 in fines and costs following an evening out in late June. According to evidence present- ed Friday in magistrate's court, Exeter, Heist was driving on Highway 4 in Stephen Township and was found to be following another car too closely for safety. When the car ahead slowed down Haist was unable to stop his car in time and an accident resulted. Police noted at the accident scene Heist had been drinking although still under the legal age of 21 years. Fine was $25 and costs for following too closely. Due to previous convictions, the fine for drinking while still underage was $125 and costs. Leo Paul Dietrich, Centralia, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving after he fell asleep at the wheel, went into a ditch and hit a fence, His fine was $25 and costs. Also dozing while driving was James J. Foster, Exeter. He was going to work at 7:20 a.m.. and dropped off to sleep momentarily. He pleaded guilty to careless driving and paid a fine of $25 and costs. Ross Huff, Exeter, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving on Highway 83. Huff was proceeding through Dashwood at speeds exceeding 80 miles per hour. His fine was $35 and costs. Patrick Sullivan, Dashwood, was fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to stop at a stop sign on County Road. 2. John L. Moody, Stephen Town- ship, told the court he was guilty of making an improper left turn. Moody was driving a tractor, had turned a corner and had run into a boy on a bicycle. Evidence re- vealed Moody was on the wrong side of the road at the time of the incident. Fine was $15 and costs. Huron Park resident James A. Emmerton had driven a car fitted with the wrong number plates. His fine was $25 and costs after telling the courthe had purchased the car but had neglected to change the plates. A charge of failing to report an accident against Robert L. Hamather, Zurich, was dis- missed. — Please turn to page 2 Championship team reunited Most members of the Dashwood Tigers, Ontario Baseball Association "D" champs of 1953 were back in action in a recent game against the current Dashwood intermediate club. Although they were on the short end of a 4-0 count, the Old Timers displayed some of their former prowess; Back, left, Terry Wade, Lou Corriveau, Ray Webb, Jack Gaiser, Robbie Wein and Gerald Marten. Front, Bob Stormes, Lorne Kleinstiver, Bob Hayter, Charlie Tiernan and Jim Hayter. T-A photo Predict Stephen population to increase considerably Local veterinarians bid on catching dogs Plenty of pickle pickers In the past couple of years, Many area people have been growing of Jett< Ford, Above, the Vora cucumbers in an attempt to obtain a little extra spending money, One fotir acre plot, of the largest cucumber operations IS Ott the Stephen township farm councils set tax rates to set a lower tax rate for 1968. At their latest meeting, coun- cil approved a total levy on residential public school prop- erty at 67.5 Mills. The rate a year ago was 68 mills. The 1967 audit report as filed by township auditor A. M. Harper of Goderich was adopted by coun- cil. The financial statement showed a surplus on 1967 oper- ations of $1,106.24. The 1968 budget as prepared by clerk-treasurer Harry Strang providing a total expenditure of $270,968 was adopted. In other business, council: Learned that bylaws for the Miller-Rohde and Miller-Pass- more municipal drains have been served on the interested rate- payers and the date for court of revision set for August 20. Received the engineer's cer- tificate of work completion on the Elimville Drain at a total cost of $8,250. Were advised the Beaver Mun- icipal Drain needs some minor repairs in the highway No. 4 area. Accepted the Etherington drain petition and forwarded same to Drainage Engineer C. P. Corbett for a survey, plan and report. Despite heavy holiday traffic throughout the area during the past two weeks, the EXeter OPP detachment report only seven ac- cidents Miring that period. Most were of a 'minor nature, although seven persons received injuries. None was hurt aeriotis- ly. The first of the accidents oc- curred on JUly 31 on Highway 81 just east Of Grand Bend at 3:30 p.m Involved were a pickup truck driven by Osburt McKenzie, Alias.. Craig, and a bicycle ridden by a Parkhill girl, Mary LOU Wagler. Miss Wagler sustained a cut to the head and was taken to South Huron Hospital and de ,,, tatned for the night. The incid- ent was investigated by COn- atable F. L. Giffin, Constable D. A. Lamont was called to the scene of a one-car crash on August 4 'at 2t30 on county Road 2 south of Dash, Weed. Driver of the Vehicle involved was Keith Maier, 22, Dashwood and damage was listed at $1,700. On August 5, five persons re ,‘ deiVed Minor injuries as the re- sult of a two-ear crash on 'High., way 83 near turich, Drivers in- volved Were Alphonse Snowden St., betrolt and 'WI Windsor, 8andetSSt Exet er. 'the accident took plo!ce at 2;25 min, and members Of the Windsor faitilly suffered head in juries and lacerations In the aCtident,l)lit., Children are shot 'picking away in a age WAS Hated at $156 by Cen. gable W, G. Glassford, TyA photo, At '6100 p.m, the sante dayytwo. cars collided on Highway 83, half a mile west of Dashwood and Con- stable E. C. Wilcox listed damage at $800. Drivers involved were Albert Losching, Kitchener, andJohnM. Harding, Kitchener. Rosemary Wisel, Waterloo, a passenger in the Losching auto suffered a bump on the head and bruised ribs. Aubrey Bedard, Zurich, suf- fered injuries to his right leg in an unusual accident investigated by Constable Wilcox on August 6. He was attempting to start a car and the car rolled ahead and pinned him against another ve- hicle driven by Donald Fairborn, London. Constable Wilcox also inves- tigated an accident on August 7 involving a car driven by James Huber, RR 3 Zurich. The accident took place on the 8th and 9th con- cession of Hay Township at btl5 p. Tin. When the car went out of con- trol and Went into the ditch strik- ing a culvert. Damage Was listed at $100. The final accident took place on August a on Highway 4, just north of the Crediton Road, Richard A, MIMI, Clinton, was proceeding north and lost control of his vehicle in heavy fog and It crossed the highway Into the ditch, Constable P, 14.,. Giffin listed damage at $110, Goring the two-week period, the officers laid 26 charges and issued warnings tzi another 121. persons,