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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-12-05, Page 1OLIVER JAQUES GEORGE DIXON closed At,8;00..p,m, Some of the poll clerks and: deptuy .'returning officers didn't gAt all their worli sorted out until Exeter -voters. were alSO PrPYttlPd aq extra ballot to determine if they were in favor of reducing the nninber. of councillors. from six to. four, ' They 'voted rather strongly to retain the same number by a vote of 555 to 368, Mayor Delbridge, who presented the Idea for reducing number of counellIorS, pointed out that with regional. government. getting. headlines this. week .the entire council may Well disappear before the next election, VERY COSTLY The advanee poll was used by only five voters and, Clerk Eric CarScadden told council Tuesday that the cost per ballot was between $5 and $6, Deputy-Reeve Mery Cudmore led in a debate at the meeting which indicated members were in favor of dropping the advance poll in future elections. She was. chosen on all five votes cast at the advance poll. Her 805 votes were 70 more than that garnered by her iiearest rival, .George VOW.* who was liis second term on council, Don • Macgregor was third With 694 votes. Newcomer Torn MacMillan Placed fPurth in the voting with 645 votes, while placing behind him in order were .Ross Taylor and Ross Dobaon- Robert Richardson,, who Was contesting his first election, was the defeated candidate with 351 votes, 213 less than Dobson's total. At Exeter's nomination. meeting, Mrs, R, D. ,lerniyu said She didn't know whether Exeter was ready for a *nolo member of council. Any doubts she may hove had were quickly dispelled in Monday's election as she not only '-heCOlne 'Exeter's first woman council member, but topped the polls in a battle with Si* Merl for the .*_PP§itlen 9yMporr j!Poelb%dogept4ty,RitegegvVee OkithilOre had been returned acclanaation. The retired school teacher tPPPed .five of the seven POPS, tied for top spot in one and was edged by font votes in the other, Slippery roads cause accidents The area experienced only three accidents during the paSt mwe4es9k4, with all three being investigated by Constable D. A. On Thursday at 5:00 p.m, he was called to the scene of a crash on Highway 4 when a car operated by -Doris J. Gilkes, RR Wardsville, collided with a car operated by Paul L. ijanna, Richmond Hill, Damage was $500. The second accident took place on Friday at 6;05 p.m. when a car operated by Donald A. Clarke, RR 3 Zurich, went out of control on the slippery snow-covered pavement and struck a tree and fence along side Highway 83. Damage was $365 and Clarke suffered a lacerated left hand and a sore back in the mishap. Slippery, snow-covered pavement was also blamed for the final accident on Sunday when John Masse, Goderich, lost control of his vehicle and it slid into the ditch and hit a tree and farm fence. The accident occurred on Highway 21 north of Highway 83 and damage was listed at $520 by Constable Mason. During the week the officers charged 13 persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 29 drivers. THREE CHEERS FOR THE W1NNER—Mrs. Helen Jermyn in her first try at municipal politics led the polls at Monday's election for the six-member Exeter Council. Above, Mrs. Jermyn is getting her arm raised in victory by husband, Dick, TA photo. ALL KINDS OF BALLOTS—Exeter residents going to the polls in the municipal election Monday were faced with a variety of ballots and it took officials several bouts to sort and count the large number of ballots, Above, deputy-returning officer Percy McFalls and poll clerk Mrs. Bill MacLean are displaying the various voting slips at poll 2 A. T-A photo, SMALL TURNOUT There was a light turnout at the polls in Exeter with slightly less than 50 percent of the eligible voters casting ballots, However, the poll clerks and deputy returning officers were probably thankful a larger percentage didn't show up, The many ballots given each voter resulted in a lengthy sorting and counting job for the officials and the returns didn't come in for two hours after they Oliver Jaques defeats Hensall's lady reeve Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 5, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Former London detective offered Exeter police job Hensall voters elected a new reeve Monday when Oliver Jaques beat out Mrs. Minnie Noakes for the village's top post. Former councillor Jaques polled 282 votes to 154 for Mrs. Noakes, Mrs. Noakes became reeve three years ago after several years on council. An active woman, Mrs. Noakes was the only lady on Huron County Council and had one time expressed a desire to become the first lady warden in the county. Village ratepayers also elected one new councillor, Leonard Erb. Erb placed third on the final list of results with 289 votes. Hein Rooseboom was top man at the polls with 339 tallies in his favor. John Baker polled second high with 299. Harold Knight scored only three more votes than defeated candidate George Beer to take the fourth seat on council. Knight had 223 votes; Beer 22J. joint committee for recreation, parks and community centre. In the past, Newell has had two separate committees to handle the business for these necessary functions. In an effort to cutdown on bookkeeping, council has decided to amalgamate the two committees into one board. It is expected that appointments to the new board will be made at the first council meeting in January. School post to McCann COUNCIL MEETS Hensall council met Monday evening after the election ballots were counted for one of the last meetings of the season. Clerk Earl Campbell reported the meeting was brief with council passing a bylaw to permit the appointment of a Although Day has been officially offered the job, at press time he had still not indicated whether he would accept. There were three local applicants for the position, They included Cpl. Harry Van Bergen and Jim Dingwell, presently on the local force, and a former constable, Lloyd flodgins. The $7,200 a year salary offered Day is $1,200 above that presently being received by Chief C. H. MacKenzie, who retires at the end of the year. WANTS OTHERS BOOSTED Following the discussion of the police chief, Councillor Joe HANDING OVER THE GAVEL— At a recent meeting of the AOTS Men's club of Exeter's James Street. United Church, the executive for 1969 was. eleeted. Above, retiring president Len McKnight is nshown handing the gavel over to inc g p.'efty N&rn Wainer. Fears employees to seek other jobs George Dixon elected reeve in McGillivray Wooden presented a motion that the 1969 council consider adjusting the salaries of other senior town employees in line with that of the new chief. He said the position of chief was no more onerous than that held by other senior officials. His motion to present the recommendation to the new council was approved. There may be other added costs in hiring the new police chief as well. It would bring to four the number of policemen in the community, while in the past the number has been three. In addition, Newby pointed out that conned would have to consider finding a- bigger office for the police department and he suggested consideration be given to one of the downstair rooms at the town hall presently used by• senior citizens for card games. Newby pointed out thecard players could use the upstairs room, but members pointed out it would be too cold there on most days in the winter. No further discussion was held on the matter. Jack McCann, a Mount Carmel district farmer will be the Separate School representative for the townships of Stephen, Usborne, McGillivray and Biddulph and the Town of Exeter on the Huron-Perth Combined, Separate School Board. In Monday's election, McCann who has been chairman of the Mount Carmel Separate School Board downed James Glaab of Exeter by 182-56 votes. Glaab, chairman of the Exeter Precious Blood Separate School Board gained 17 votes in Exeter, 27 in Stephen and 5 in Usborne while McCann gained the majority of his support in Stephen. The representative on the same board for the township of Hay and the villages of Zurich and Hensall will be Treffley "Ted" Jeffrey who defeated Harold Regier by 177-126. BUY CRUISER At Friday's meeting, council also approved the tender of Larry Snider Motors for a new police cruiser. The Snider bid was the lowest of four received from area dealers. puddle" which could be created by regional governnient. He said his main concern — other than for the future of local employees — was the fact that with regional government in the offing some of the staff would soon start looking for other local jobs that provided more security. Davis explained that such a — Please turn to page 3 Exeter resident wins cash draw Clarence Down, Exeter, won this week's $100 in the Exeter Board of Trade draw. Winners of $10 each were: Warren Sanders, Exeter; Donna Allan, Hensel]; Mrs. Mary Orr, RR 2 Crediton; P. Campbell, Huron Park; Alice Arthur, Exeter. Winners may pick up their cheques from Harold Patterson at the Exeter Community Credit Union office. There will be three more draws prior to Christmas with the total prize money being $750. Exeter council Tuesday night offered the position of Police Chief to a former Detective with the London City police department. Edward J. Day, London, was one of eight applicants for the position, and was among four interviewed by council Friday night when council decided to check out his qualifications and offer him the position if they were found to be satisfactory. The press was not informed of Friday's meeting and so a report is not available. A motion was presented by Don MacGregor and Ross Taylor that Day be offered $7,000 per year, but an amendment presented by Councillors Newby and Wooden that the salary offer be $7,200 was accepted. Newby told council Tuesday that he and Mayor Delbridge had visited with the Chief of Police in London Monday and Day had been "highly recommended". He is 42 years old and the father of five children and joined the London police department in 1952 and was named an Acting Detective five years later. In 1960 he became a First Class Detective. He resigned last year because of limited advancement possibilities in the city police department and became a sales representative for Alberta Distillers Limited. He said in his application he now realizes he wants to return to police work. Financial backer quits 60 employees laid off A four-year member of McGillivray Township council, George Dixon made his first try for the Reeve's chair a winning one, Monday. Dixon, who told the nomination meeting two, weeks ago that he had gained his council seat each time by acclamation and was ready to move up or out as the ratepayers saw fit. The ratepayers gave him terrific support as he gained a substantial majority over his two opponents. Dixon polled 394 votes. Present Reeve Grant Amos garnered 220 votes and a 14-year veteran of council work, Benjamin Thompson trailed the field with 158 votes. Returning Officer Bill Amos reports a "tremendous turnout" of voters. Close to 80% of the eligible voters in McGillivray exercised their franchise. GB airplane plant shuts down Wassmann wins at GB There is still no report concerning the reason financial support was suddenly withdrawn last week from Found Bros. Aviation firm located on the former Grand Bend airport site. An emergency meeting of local officials with Found executives was held Monday The advent of regional government, which came closer to reality this week with announcements by Ontario government officials, has some Exeter municipal workers concerned. In turn, their employers are worried too. PUC manager Hugh Davis appeared before council on another matter, Tuesday, but reported that members of his staff were concerned about their future if and when regional government comes into effect. He said most of them realized they would probably be offered jobs if utilities were centralized, but pointed out that none of the female workers would move from this community and some of the male employees felt they would not be qualified to assume their present duties in a larger organization. He said his staff was extremely capable for the jobs they perform, but said they feared getting "lost in the big B of M opens at Huron Park The Bank of Montreal is opening a new office in Centralia Industrial Park on Monday, December 9. The office will be in charge of Robert H. Callingham who will operate under the direction of the bank's Exeter branch manager, Charles L. Smith. Located next to the Post Office, the B of M is equipped with two tellers' wickets. It will be open Mondays to Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. after 60 employees were thrown out of work without warning Friday. Company president Henry Shoji said production was halted because a financial backer in the firm claimed the project was taking too long and costing too much money. Others attending the meeting were Grand Bend Reeve Orval Wassmann, Stephen Township Reeve James Hayter and Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce president Charles Tindall. The aircraft building firm moved to Grand Bend in 1967 from Rexdale after 29 years in the business. In 1964 the company had built a small airplane aimed at the bush pilot market. Twenty-six of these craft were built and sold at Rexdale. A brand new all-Canadian airplane was being constructed at the Grand Bend site. Called the Centennial 100, it would cost $31,000 seat six passengers and be particularly suited for carrying freight, dogs, people and supplies into remote bush areas. The firm has experienced difficulty in getting certification from the department of transport to sell the airplane, Although the market in Canada is somewhat exclusive, the firm was aiming at the world market witAhtthleeasir least roonde worker t. indicated he would be happy to work without pay for a time if there was any chance that production could begin again. Most , employees have not been encouraged to wait to be recalled to work at the plant however, and it is expected workers will be forced to seek employment outside the community. Mr. Shoji expressed concern that the firm would find it necessary to train new workmen if the company was able to re-open at Grand Bend soon. "Time is of the essence," he pointed out. Couple from Trinidad looking for new home Racial discrimination in Exeter? That's what some members of Exeter council decided Tuesday after hearing Councillor George Vriese explain the circumstances surrounding a family from Trinidad attempting to locate accommodation in the community, Vriese explained that the. Man's , employer had located a house its Exeter with the rent being asked set at $65.06. However; when the family went to see, the house the rent juinped $30 per month and Vriese indicated it may have been because the family members are colored. Councillor Joe WOoden immediately suggested the matter be turned over to the Ontario Hurnan Rights Commission and he was instructed by mayor Delbridge to follow that suggestion If he wished, "Nowonder there's black power," Wooden said in deploring the actions of the propetty owner in question. Vriese asked thenabers of council — aS individuals to be on the lookout for any vacant hone the tardily of six could rent. Stephen voters keep same trio The electors of Stephen Township returned the complete slate of councillors into offite for a two year term at Monday's municipal elections. The veteran member of council, Grand Bend area farmer Cecil Desjardine led the polls with a total of 670 votes, Coming a close second was Gerald Dearing, Who picked up 628 votes and is completing his first year On conned, Placing third with 516 votes was a three-year, Men on council, .Stephen Dundas. Failingg, to Make the grade was Hilton Park resident Joseph Robichaud who gained 6 total of 315 Votes, RObichand received about one-third of his support, 110 votes frOrn the Centralia area Industrial Park. OT the 445 eligible Voters at Huron Park only 117 tinned out to slipped their tatididate. Ray Hartman, Louis Masse, Nan Sharrow, Rev. A. Rlackwell, Walter Fydenehuk and Albert Lent. Front, Mrs. Gerald GodbOlt, Mrs, George bobbs, Mrs, James Kneale, Mrs, Donald Purdy and Mrs, Lorne PaSsmore, T,A photo. —At the latest meeting of the Mentally Retarded, the executive Ivan Shatrow of Dashwood as the is shown above, hack, from left, NEW EXECUTIVE APPOINTED South HuronASsodiation for the for the year 1969 was elected With new president. The full executive Orval Wassmann was returned to the Reeve's position in the village of Grand Bend at Monday's municipal elections. Wassmann, completing his fourth term as head of the Grand Bend council defeated challenger John J. Payne Sr. in a two-way fight by 225-129. In the only other village balloting, newcomer Robert Keyes led the polls in the race to select two members to sit on the Grand Bend Public Utilities Commission. Keyes drew 228 votes and Lawrence Maschi, presently, a member of the Commission gained 208 votes. Present Commission chairman Douglas Martin had 166 votes and failed to retain his position. Peter DeJong and Ian Coles gained places on Grand Bend council by acclamation. A second nomination has been called for Menday, December 9 in an attempt to complete the four-man council slate, To show up the confusion that existed, with most municipalities having anywhere from three to five ballots, Grand Bend Returning Officer Murray A. Desiarding reported 28 spoiled Board of Education ballotS. Of these, DesJardins said, "A total of 20 Were completely unmarked, proving a tot of the people were thoroughly cOnfuSed by the nurnber of ballots Or just didn't care."