HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-11-21, Page 1ROSS BROWN GARNET HICKS LLOYD LAMPORT
CLARENCE McDONALD ELDRID SIMMONS
GEORGE DIXON
11EN THOMPSON'
Ninety-fourth Year EXETER,.ONTARIO, .NOVEMBER 21, 190- Price Per Copy 15 Cents
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Six vie for Huron Board
in McGillivray township
Three vie for reeve spot
occasions, all by acclamation.
It's about time I get a kick in the
pants. Either up or out."
In letting the meeting know
he was going to stand for
re-election, Amos said, "In the
four years I have been Reeve, I
have always made decisions for
the best of all ratepayers."
Several of the councillors
spoke of the problems in
McGillivray of non-resident
hunters able to hunt in the
township without restriction.
Reeve Amos said the
Department of Lands and
Forests had promised changes in
regulations to alleviate this
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NOT HEADED FOR THE SHOWER — After a championship football win, the coach is usually rushed
off to the dressing room for a quick shower. This is not the case in the above picture with exuberant
South Huron Panthers Ron Janke, Scott Burton, Bill Fairbairn and Bill Bourne hoisting coach Ron
Bogart up on their shoulders. He had already been subjected to a quick shower and is only going for a
victory ride here. T-A photo.
Damage over $7,700
in nine district accidents
ACTUAL HOSPITAL CONDITIONS — Visitors to the three-day Mission Festival in Crediton last week
were able to get a look at some displays that depicted actual conditions in the mission field. Above, Mrs.
Lloyd Cushman of Exeter is chatting at bedside with Mrs. Lee Hoffman, Zurich. T-A photo.
Wassmann told the gathering
that after the water installation
and highway construction was
completed, "We're going to have
a nice looking town." He added
the water will cost less than
most people think.
PUC chairman Douglas
Martin said, "after the first of
the year, hydro power in Grand
Bend will be as cheap as any
community in the area.
Others nominated for
council, but failed to qualify
were C. V. Laughton, Paul Couse
and Earl Datars. Payne was also
nominated for council but
decided to try for the higher
position.
Grand Bend needs
second nomination
seven in number wore special corsages for the evening. They are
from left, Mrs. Kenneth Johns, Mtg. Delmar Skinner,Miss Ruth
Skinner, Mrs. Phil Heit, Mrs, Harold Taylor, Mrs, Ross kiiihei , Mrs.
Gilbert Johns and 1968 president Mrs. Theron Creetyr. T-A Photo.
For the 'Second CiingctitiVe
year, voters of McGillivray
Township will go to the polls to
select a Reeve to head up the
council for the coming year.
A year ago Reeve Grant Amos
won the election over Bryden
GRANT AMOS
Taylor and Les Morley. This
time he will be facing the
challenges of councillors Ben
Thompson and George Dixon.
Thompson who has been a
councillor for a total of 14
years, spread over several terms
told the gathered ratepayers, "I
feel this is the time I should
move up. I have never missed a
meeting in 14 years. I would like
to serve on County Council and
with the quickly approaching
regional government system, I
don't have much time left."
In his acceptance speech,
Dixon, who has been on council
for four years said, "I have
gained a council seat on four
Electors of the village of
Grand Bend will go to the polls
on December 2 to elect a Reeve
and two members of the village's
Public Utilities Commission.
They will be called back to
the municipal hall, the following
Monday, December 9 to place
nominations for two positions
on council.
Only two of six persons
nominated for council posts,
filed qualification papers with
Clerk Murray A. DesJardins by
the Tuesday night deadline,
necessitating another
nomination.
Reeve Orval Wassmann is
being opposed for the top
position by a newcomer to
municipal politics, John Payne
Sr.
Present members of the Bend
Public Utilities, Lawrence Mason
and Douglas Martin are being
opposed by Robert Keyes, also
making his first attempt in the
summer resort village. Keyes was
at one time a member of the
Mitchell Public School Board.
Pete DeJong, now on council
and Ian Coles, a former
councillor qualified to be on
council for the next two years,
In his speech indicating he
would try for the post of Reeve,
Payne said, "I'm not apolitician,
I'm only interested in making
this a better place to live in,
Grand Bend is a jumping place
for two months in the summer
time, let's do something to make
it an all-year round attraction."
Payne, in the insurance
business in Grand Bend and
London said he had the btisiness
experience necessary to apply in
running the village business.
In replying to Payne's
statement about enlarging
tourist attractions to the winter
time, Wassmann said, "No one in
the village hag been more serious
than I have in co-operating with
the Grand Bend Winter Sports
Club, Couneil has contributed
$200 annually to aid the annual
Santa Clang parade."
Persons attending the county
school nomination for the
ratepayers of Exeter, Stephen
and Usborne were slightly
surprised to see no less than
seven men nominated in Exeter,
Monday.
However, it became even
more surprising when six of
those men decided to contest
the election for the new Huron
County school board. Two are
to be elected.
There are two from each of
the three communities and all
six have considerable school or
municipal work in their record.
From Exeter are former
Mayor Eldrid Simmons and
Exeter PS board chairman
Clarence McDonald. Stephen has
board chairman Ross Brown and
SHDHS representative Lloyd
Lamport in the running, while
from Usborne there are Garnet
Hicks and John Stewart.
The latter is a member of the
Usborne board, while Hicks has
been secretary-treasurer of the
board for several years and has
also been representing the
township on the SHDHS board.
Seek SS
Elections will be held in two
area municipalities on Monday
December 2 to select
representatives on the new
Huron-Perth Separate School
Board.
Roman Catholic school
supporters in the townships of
Stephen and Usborne and the
town of Exeter will be choosing
between Mt. Carmel area farmer
John McCann and James Glaab
of Exeter, a line foreman with
Ontario Hydro.
McCann is a present member
of the board that operates the
Mt. Carmel Separate School.
Separate school supporters in
Huron County are to have one
representative on the new Board
of Education beginning
December 1. In Hay Township
Hall Monday afternoon, two
prominent figures qualified as
candidates.
John Morrissey, presently
chairman of SHDHS board, told
ratepayers his wide knowledge
of Huron would be an asset
when the new board is formed.
A former county warden,
Morrissey expressed the view
that education costs would
Hensall, Ha
School board elections loom
in the townships and villages
north of Exeter and ratepayers
will be asked to select
representatives for the new
Huron County Board of
Education.
In the ward comprising Hay
Township and the villages of
Hensall and Zurich, two men
from the Hensell area have
accepted nomination. One man
will be chosen.
Robert Rowcliffe, a member
of Hay Township School Area
board and Jim Taylor, an
Advisory Vocational Committee
member since 1962, will solicit
support in the December 2
contest.
Another nominee Dr. Garnet
Leitch, Zurich, told ratepayers
he would not stand for election.
"The new board will take
quite a bit of time," said Leitch,
"and I feel it is more than I can
handle."
Two representatives will be
chosen from the townships of
Tuckersrnith and Stanley, the
He also served as the SHDHS
representative on the AVC at
Central Huron and prior to the
election resigned his position as
secretary-treasurer of the
Usborne board to qualify.
Stephen clerk Wilmer Wein
conducted the nomination at the
high school and ballots listing
the six names will face residents
of all three municipalities when
they go to the polls on.
December 2,
Wein pointed out that a
person would be allowed only
one vote, regardless of whether
his name may appear on more
than one of the three municipal
voting lists.
Lamport, who served on the
Stephen board for five years prior
to being appointed to the
SHDHS body in 1960, pointed
out he had considerable
experience in educational
- matters and had come to know
and realize what the implications
are.
"Children are the biggest
assets we have and they
shouldn't be considered a
liability — even if our taxes go
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position
Wilmar D. Wein, Stephen
Township clerk is returning
officer for the election. Stephen
has the largest separate school
assessment in the three
municipalities.
Two Hay Township farmers
are seeking the one seat on the
new Huron-Perth Separate
School board open to separate
school supporters in Hensall,
Zurich and Hay Township.
Gerald Regier and Treffley
Geoffrey have both been
members of their local separate
school boards. Geoffrey sat on
SHDHS board for seven years as
well.
probably go higher than they are
now.
Dan IVIkrphy, Goderich
lawyer, said he wanted the
children of Huron County to
have "an adequate education for
a reasonable tax dollar".
The father of five children,
Murphy is the separate school
representative to Goderich
District Collegiate Institute and
a member of the county of
Huron steering committee.
He noted these were
"troubled times" in Roman
Catholic education.
y elect one
village of Bayfield and the town
of Seaforth.
Stanley farmer and CHSS
board member Bob Peck;
Bayfield's interim committee
member Dr. Morgan Smith; and
Huron County School Area One
board chairman Vern Alderdice,
Tuckersmith, are among the five
persons seeking one of the two
seats on the new board. Others
are Mrs. Marilyn Kunder,
Seaforth, and John Broadfoot,
RR 1 Brucefield.
GB man runs
It will be a two-way fight for
the one position open on the
new Lambton County Board of
Education for the township of
Bosanquet and the villages of
Grand Bend and Thedford.
William Sturdevant of Grand
Bend, presently a member of the
Board of North Lambton
District High School is opposing
Gerald Edwards of Arkona.
On Thursday, at 5:50 p.m. a
vehicle operated by Wesley J.
Venner, Exeter, collided with a
parked car owned by Gary B.
Maxwell, Hensall, on Highway 4
in Hensall.
Constable D. A. Lamont
listed damage at $450.
There were three accidents on
Friday, the first two investigated
by Constable E. C. Wilcox.
At 12:30 a.m. a car operated
by George P. Farewell, Zurich,
The Union Gas Company of
Canada has expressed a desire to
extend gas lines into this area to
serve Huron Park, Exeter and
the surrounding townships.
They plan to discuss the
matter with Exeter council on
January 6.
If Reeve Derry Boyle
maintains his position on
council, he indicated Tuesday
night he would try to oppose the
installation of gas lines in the
community.
He gained strong support
from Councillor Don MacGregor
and to a lesser extent, a couple
of other members around the
b
"I don't want gas in Exeter,"
Boyle
.a le
stated flatly, noting it
t
would be in direct competition
to a public body — the Exeter
Public Utilities Commission. He
also indicated he was opposed to
gas on the basis of the danger of
explosions.
May or Jack Delbridge
questioned Whether council
could buck any company from
installing gas lines, but Boyle
was of the opinion council
could.
"What would we have done if
there he'd been people in the
community like you when the
hydro came through?'
councillor ROSS Taylor asked
Taylor suggested it would be
Standing in the Way of progress
and it was a matter for a private
individual to decide whether he
waisted gas or not.
went out of control on Highway
83 and struck a tree. Farewell
suffered whiplash injury in the
accident with damage listed at
$600.
The damage was also listed at
$600 in an accident at 1:45 p.m.
when a car operated by Helen E.
Thiel, Zurich, collided with a car
operated by Peter F. Masse, RR
2 Grand Bend, on Highway 84 at
Nelson St. in Hensall.
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Boyle agreed to a point,
saying he would want to see the
matter placed before the
ratepayers in a municipal
election. He said the gas would
compete with hydro and could
result in increased hydro costs if
some consumers switched.
Councillor Joe Wooden said
he questioned if any level of
government had the right to
interfere with business more
than absolutely necessary.
He mockingly suggested
Boyle was a socialist.
There was no further
discussion on the matter, other
than an announcement by Clerk
Eric Carscadden that Union Gas
officials had indicated that any
gas lines would be put in back
lots and wouldn't require digging
up Main St. again.
Three charged
over mischief
Three area youths have been
charged with mischief following
police investigation of
complaints of mail boxes being
knocked down,
On November 19 there were
seven mail boxes damaged on
the Goshen line.
Charged Were Alvin F,
Weiberg, tia 1 zuttetv, Gordon
Charles Page, CI B Halifax; and
• Donald Gordon TovvtOn Bit 1
Zurich,
The investigating officer was
OPP Constable W, Glassford.
The area's fine driving record,
which has prevailed throughout
most of the year — took a turn
for the worse this week as there
were nine accidents investigated
by the Exeter OPP detachment
officers with property damage
amounting to over $7,700.
A number of persons suffered
injuries in the rash of crashes.
The first of the accidents
resulted in the highest damage
total, with the figure amounting
to $2,300 when two cars
collided at the intersection of
No. 5 County Road and the
Stephen Township Road going
north into Centralia Village.
Involved were cars driven by
Ronald Sutton, Clinton, and
Daniel Dalton, Grand Bend.
Dalton suffered a lacerated
knee and a passenger, Jo-Anne
Dalton suffered a fractured
collar bone and broken teeth.
Constable F. L Giffin
investigated the 6:20 p.m. crash
last Tuesday.
ELIMVILLE INSTITUTE CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY — The
Eliniville Women's institute celebrated its 20th birthday with a
special party at the UtbOrtie Central School, Monday bight with
niany former members in attendance, All of the past presidents,
Morrissey faces Murphy
Gas company plans
pipeline to district