HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-11-07, Page 1Learning safety on the road
Area public school students are getting a good start in learning safe
driving methods through demonstrations provided by officers of the
Exeter OPP detachment. Above, Constable John Wright is showing a
group of Stephen Central school girls how the traffic light system
works. They are, from left, Betty Guenther, Judy Martene, Barbara
Preszcator, Barbara Robinson, Brenda Neil, Brenda Becker, Virginia
Mitton, Gail Fasullo and Diane Smith.
photo.
Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 7, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
Full day for Remembrance Day Save up to $15,000 on sewer
Alter holiday, sewer plans
Yes, it's a radish
The unusually mild weather of this fall has provided many oddities
in fruits and vegetables. Bruce Hogg of London Road South let one
radish in his garden go to seed and it grew to an enormous size.
Bruce is shown above with his Chinese Rose winter radish that
tipped the scales at 14 pounds. T-A photo
Many tenders filed
for Stephen drains
Sadist pulls
crude trick
A Huron Park youngster
returned home from "trick or
treat" visits Hallowe'en night
and one of the apples received
contained a razor blade and a
• nail imbedded in it.
The incident was listed as a
"sadistic Hallowe'en trick" in
the .OPP log book and is under
investigation by local officers.
Similar sadistic tricks were
pulled in the neighboring
communities of St. Marys and
Seaforth, but no child was
reported to have suffered any
injuries from biting into such
apples.
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The three-day open season otr deer in Huron County concluded Wednesday and Very few Were bagged by
district nimrods. Two of the biggest animals of the small number taken were •shot early Monday morning
A good supply of meat
Nurses receives Bibles
The South Huron Ladies' Auxiliary of the Gideonspresented Bible$ to members of the Registered
Assistants' Class at South Huron Hospital, Wednesday, NOM. the left are: Miss McCuspey and Miss IA,
Wall, receiving Bibles from Mts. Morley Mil, 8xeter; Mrs, t:ari Oesch, Zurich, Mrs.. Mina Talbot,
liayfield, Tomorrow night, the graduation exercises will be held for the members pf the six. lass. class Ltilned the ialstili.)1
e Hay, Tuckersmith talk
ew fire protection scheme
A. six-man committee
comprised of „HOW!. council,
Property committee TOPMOM
Receives degree
Douglas Jamieson, on staff at
the Centralia College of Agricul-
tural Technology, received his
Masters of Science degree at the
fall convocation of the Uni-
versity of Guelph. The native of
Seaforth obtained his BSA at
Guelph in 1963 in animal
husbandry and his M.Sc. was in
animal nutrition, He presently
resides on Pryde Boulevard in
Exeter.
Harold Knight and Hein
BOPPOPPM, PO Township
Reeve Joe Hoffman. .and
deputy-reeve Lloyd Hendrick
and Alec McGregor and 1044
Ford of Tuckersmith •Township,
has been .appointed to strike 'a
new agreement for fire.
pretectien in the three
municipalities.
Although there is some
indication that Usborne
Township may be offered a
small interest in the new pact, at
the present time the committee
is. negotiating to reach a
satisfactory arrangement by
Which Hensall's fire equipment
and volunteer brigade will be
partly financed by the two
townships.
It is thought the deal may
also include a -new fire_engine to
he purchased sometime in the
future,
In the meantime, the former
fire agreement was renewed for a
period of six months to ensure
fire protection for Hay and.
Tuckersinith during the
negotiations.
At Monday evening's regular
council meeting in Herisall,
Councillor Knight received some
guidelines from his associates
regarding terms which would be
in accord with Hensall
viewlViet,
A committee meeting will be
called immediately to begin
disetlasions,
TO OWN HIGHWAYS
There is a Possibility that by
April 1, 1969, .Hensall council
will have acquired jurisdiction
over a portion of Highways 4
and 84.
J.G. Tillcock, a representativn
of the Ontario Department of
Highways, addressed council
Monday evening concerning a
plan whereby council would
receive those parts of Highways
4 and 84 which are within the
village limits.
If the agreement is made, the
department of highways will
assume one hundred percent of
the cost of maintenance for the
travelled portion of the roads up
to a maximum of 48 feet and
will pay fifty percent of all
maintenance on curbs, gutters,
storm sewers etc.
The department would also
continue to plow snow on the
roads. Any future new
construction on the highways
would be financed through a
particular project agreement and
would be financed at a rate set
when ,department, engineers have
.approved the plans,
One advantage for the village
would be that council would
then have the power to control
those MOWS pertaining to the.
highways. within the village, such
as perinits .for access roads and
driveways,trees etc,
Asked whether the
department. would consider road.
construction through the
installation. of a municipal,
sewage system as justified
expense, Mr. .Tillcock said. the
department "wouldn't assume
.any part of that cost".
He added that the village
would. be responsible to see that
the highways were restored after
construction to the state in
which they had been found
before any sewage installation,
It was Understdod that before
the village would take over the
highways, the department would
complete all present
commitments such as cleaning
catch basins and removing dead
trees.
ROAD WATER
Asa Deeves appeared before
council to complain that street
water was gushing through Cook
Bros. Milling Company Ltd.
onto his garden.
Mr. Deeves explained that he
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G B council seats
appear wide open
Receives BA
At the recent fall convocation
ceremonies at the University of
Western Ontario, Lawrence
Joseph Dietrich, London,
received his Bachelor of Arts
diploma. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Dietrich,
Mount Carmel.
Most positions on Grand
Bend Council could be wide
open when nomination night
rolls around on November 18.
At Monday's regular session,
Reeve Orval Wassmann was the
only member of council that
definitely declared he would be
available for another two-year
term.
In making his stand
Wassmann said, "I feel that we
are into one of the biggest days
in Grand Bend's history, with
the water and highway projects.
We're deeply involved and I feel
I should stick with it. I've served
seven years on council and feel I
should follow these projects to
their conclusion. If it's the
ratepayers wish, I'll stay."
Of the four councillors now
acting, two said they would not
be back and the other two were
doubtful. Senior councillor
Howard Green said, "No, I'm
not coming back. I'm tied up in
my fishing business in the
summer time and that is when
village business is the heaviest.
My business comes first."
Rollie Grenier, who took over
a council seat early in the year
when Douglas Martin resigned to
become chairman of the village's
Public Utilities Commission was
definite about his retirement.
Grenier, who will be away on
a hunting trip at nomination
time told his fellow councillors,
"I wish to withdraw from
council at the end of the year. I
would like to be of service to the
town, but I don't have the
answers. I would like to be out
of the dog house for a change."
John Teevins was not quite as
emphatic but also doubted he
would return for another term.
The fourth member of council,
Peter Dejong said, "I haven't
decided yet.'
WATER ON SCHEDULE
In his twice monthly report
to council on progress of the
water installation system, Reeve
Wassmann said all residents
north of the river should be fully
hooked up for service by the end
of the year.
Wassmann and councillor
Green are village representatives
on a committee that meets every
two weeks with engineers and
the contractor to iron out any
problems that come along.
A total of 10,300 feet of
14-inch main line has been laid
along the highway. A total of
365 services have been
completed along with laying of
96 feet of 10 inch main, 1,712
feet of 8 inch, 7,700 feet of 6
inch and 740 feet of 4 inch.
ROAD PLANS BEHIND
Council was informed by
letter from Ontario Department
of Highway officials that it is
impossible to have the main
street reconstruction completed
by June 30 of next year and the
engineer recommended that
letting of the contract should be
delayed until next summer.
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Chance for
Xmas money
The Exeter Board of Trade
this week approved a Christmas
promotion that will see
merchants give away some $750
to shoppers.
The promotion will
commence in mid-November and
draws will be held on the five
Mondays preceding Christmas.
Each week, one customer will
win $100 and another five
shoppers will receive $10 each.
Tickets will be issued hv
participating merchants for each
$1 spent in their stores and one
ticket for each additional dollar.
Plans were also formulated to
have Santa Claus visit local
stores during the Christmas
shopping season. Free skating
may also be held at the arena.
Further details of the
promotion will be carried in
future editions.
Opening tenders and dealing
with municipal drain
applications consumed most of
the time at Stephen Township's
regular meeting of council,
Tuesday.
A total of 10 tenders were
received for repair of the Mud
Creek Municipal Drain and the
successful bidder was Walloy
Excavating of London with the
lowest tender of $34,995.
The work is expected to start
this fall and will start in
McGillivray Township and carry
through to the northerly limits
of Stephen.
Three tenders were received
on the supply of a snowplow
truck. Due to the closeness of
the bids and some differences in
specifications, the tenders are
being forwarded to Department
of Highway officials for their
recommendations,
Slight damages
in town accident
Only one accident, and that
of a minor nature was
investigated by Exeter Town
Police during the past week.
Corporal Harry Van Bergen
was called Wednesday'afternoon
to Gidley Street in front of
South Huron District High
School to check a mishap.
Oni P.H. Rathee, 67 John
Street, Exeter was proceeding
West on Gidley when he was in
collision, with a vehicle driven by
William P. Murtha, 157 James
Street, Mitchell who was turning
onto. Gidley from the school
narking -
A tender on the Sharpe
Municipal Drain was refused
because it was much higher than
the engineer's estimate.
Municipal Drain applications
from Mervin Walper, Eldrid
Simmons and Gerald Love,
Thomas and Michael Ryan and
repair of the Centralia Extension
were accepted and will be
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Hallowe'en night
passed quietly
Due mainly to the
strengthened Exeter Police
Force for one night, Hallowe'en
passed fairly quietly in town.
The town force was
augmented by auxiliary police
and members of the Exeter fire
department,
Chief McKenzie told the
T.A Tuesday that only one case
Of vandalism was reported. Four
tires were burnt on the bridge on
No. 4 highway in the northern
part of Exeter causing the
asphalt to melt. Damages of
about $100 were also done to
the deck of the bridge,
The local police chief added,
"1 would like to thank the
parents for their co-operation in
looking after their children on
Halloween. I think the kids all
had a good time,"
OPP Constable John Wright
also indicated things were
Comparatively quiet throughout
the area, Thursday night.
Actually the OPP had More
pranks s reported prior to file
_6-t,pfit Lin i wlf
Exeter councillors Monday
night reverseda decision of two
weeks ago and decided to
declare November 11 a full
holiday for the community.
To do it, they had to rescind
a motion made at their last
meeting when they approved a
Board of Trade request that
stores be asked to close from
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on
Remembrance Day.
This is the policy which had
been followed in the community
for the past two years.
Legion president Howard
Holtzmann appeared before
council Monday night and asked
that Remembrance Day be
proclaimed a full holiday.
He pointed out that because
November 11 was on a Monday
this year it would be no hardship
for any businesses, as most
stores in area communities are
closed Monday.
Members of council expressed
the opinion that it shouldn't
really matter what day it was
in fact, the Legion thought it
should be a full holiday.
"We think it's one of the
most important days in the
year," the Legion president
explained.
Mayor Jack Delbridge again
presented his opinion that the
federal government should
decide the issue and declare
November 11 a public holiday.
When the shorter holiday was
approved in 1966, it was the
contention of most at that time
that closing for the three hours
would perhaps entice more
people to Legion Remembrance
services than would be the case
on a full holiday.
Reeve Derry Boyle presented
a motion to rescind council's
motion of last meeting and this
was approved on a four to three
vote with Councillor Joe
Wooden abstaining.
On the motion to approve the
full holiday on November 11,
the vote was again four to three
in favor with Councillor Ross
Taylor abstaining.
Later in the meeting,
members of council indicated
they would all be attending the
annual Remembrance Day
church parade and banquet
sponsored by the local Legion.
START WORK
Council members also
changed an earlier decision
regarding the construction of a
sanitary sewer from the bridge
north on Main St. to the town
limits.
The work was planned for
next year, but 'members agreed
Monday to proceed with
arrangements in an effort to
have the sewer construction start
in December.
Councillor Joe Wooden
explained that the sewer should
be considered now because
contractors did not appear to be
Chief C.H. MacKenzie told
council Monday that six animals
in the community have been
picked up in recent weeks as
suspected rabies cases.
To date none has been found
to have the disease, although
tests are continuing.
Included in the suspects are
two cats, two dogs, one squirrel
and a rabbit.
In addition, a rabid skunk
was shot in Usborne Township
after it got into a fight with a
dog owned by Lee Webber. The
dog was also destroyed to
prevent it coming in contact
with other animals or humans
after the fight.
The Webbers were notified by
health of animals branch
officials that the skunk
definitely was rabid.
They were also told that four
other skunks have recently been
picked up in Huron as suspected
rabies cases.
Monday night, Chief
MacKenzie told council that
rabies was definitely on the
increase in the area and he
assured council that members of
heavily committed for work this
winter and it had been indicated
by one contractor that the town
could save anywhere from
$10,000 to $15,000 on the job
if it was undertaken as soon as
possible.
Members agreed that if this
was the case the work should be
started and motions were passed
to obtain approval from the
Ontario Municipal Board to issue
a debenture for the work and
that OWRC approval be sought
on the plans as prepared by
Works Superintendent Jim
Paisley.
As soon as OWRC approval is
received, tenders will be called.
This is expected within a couple
of weeks.
his department were using all
necessary precautions in picking
up any suspected animals.
Other information contained
in the police report for October
was as follows:
Three reportable and two
non-reportable accidents with
total damage of $1,350; two
charged under the Criminal
Code, three under the Liquor
Control Act, nine under the
Highway Traffic Act and six
parking tags issued.
Investigate two
area breakins
Exeter OPP detachment
officers are investigating two
break and enter incidents
reported to them on Friday.
Stephen Central School was
broken into and $20 in cash
reported missing.
The Stardust Drive-In at
Crediton was also entered by
thieves who took about $50 in
cash from a coin operated record
playing machine.
Animals under tests
skunk found rabid
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