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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-09-18, Page 7Exeter council Monday night rescinded the motion donating $2,500 to the now defunct flood relief fund, but they were given suggestions how the money could be spent. The suggestions came from Aub Tennant and Ray Frayne of Snell Bros. Ltd., one of the firms • which suffered considerable damage in the July 24 disaster. They urged council to spend the $2,500 to improve drainage McCarroll gets • first aid honors A former teacher at JAB McCurdy Public School at Centralia will be honored at a special ceremony on October 17 for his efforts in first aid • instruction at St. Michael's Separate School in Stratford last year. John McCarroll, now a physical education and health consultant with the Huron-Perth Separate School Board will be presented with a St. John Ambulance award recognizing his assistance in first aid work when he was vice-principal with the Stratford School. At the same time 62 of his graduates will also receive first aid certificates. Next week Mr. McCarroll will start a new-term demonstration program in the 19 Huron and Perth Separate Schools. First aid classes now start at Grade 8, but McCarroll says they should eventually move down to at least Grade 7. • I A • • • RABBITS HEADING FOR THE FAIR — School children of the district will be exhibiting many things at Saturday's fair here and animals will be no exception. Above, Nancy and Sandra Hern of Usborne township are trying to convince a couple of their furry friends they should pay a visit to the fair, • • Council urged to alleviate threat of Future floods In Order to Make Room For Our Fabulous Fall Stock 'we're Clearing Out • Work Pants • Work Shirts • Coveralls • Work Gloves • Work Socks • Duck Cloth Parkas DROP IN WHILE YOU'RE IN TOWN FOR THE FAIR FICI*6 MEN'S I WEAR MAIN ST. EXETER The Store With The Stock WORK CLOTHES TO BE SACRIFICED AT Will spend $1 500 Okay Exeter park work For the second time this summer, Exeter council has authorized the Ausable River- Conservation Authority to proceed with stream bank erosion control and other improvement projects at the. dam at Riverview Park. Monday night they approved spending up to $1,500 for projects presented by an engineer working for the Conservation Branch of the, Lions hold first meeting The Exeter Lions held their first regular meeting of the 1969.70 season at the Dufferin Hotel, Centralia on Thursday evening. President Murray Moore was in charge of the meeting with a good turnout of members in attendance. A full program was being prepared for the coming year, The Scout House committee reported that repairs had been made after the flood damage arid all was in readiness for another Scout season. It was agreed to replace the Lions Centennial Bridge that was washed away by the flood. A drive for new members will be carried on this fall. It was reported by the Blind committee that a canvass would be held in the near future. department of energy and resources, Council had earlier approyefl the projects, but were told by R. E, Pooley that their letter to the ARCA had not indicated how much money they wished to spend. Clerk Eric Carscadden explained that the reason no amount was mentioned was the fact the ARCA had not presented detailed costs on the projects. Council approved the installation of a concrete deck over the settling basin at the south side of the dam, a new flow valve at the north side and 150 feet of gabion baskets for stream bank erosion contra', on the south stream of the river below the dam. The cdncrete deck is primarily for safety reasons and council learned that a youngster had recently fallen into the settling basin. The flow valve will permit the gate to be opened at the north side to lower the water in the reservoir at times when floods appear possible. At the present time, the pressure of water on the gate makes it impossible to be opened and in recent years sand bags have had to be put on the wingwall, Exeter's share of the three projects was estimated at $1,500 by Mr. Pooley and ARCA field officer Brian Howard. The government pays a grant of 70 or 75 percent on the work. Council also approved in principle other stream bank .erosion .control control work on the- stream below the dam. Council was assured that work on the projects approved would be done this fall. Mait Eci9ar feted by 350 Maitland Edgar, defeated Liberal candidate for Huron riding in the last two federal elections, was guest of honor Saturday evening at a Mait Edgar testimonial in Clinton. More than 350 persons turned out for the gala affair, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar and their six children were presented with a television set. Edgar, now vice-principal at Lambton Central Collegiate Vocational Institute, taught the previous two years at South Huron District High School. Prior to that he was on the staff of Central Huron Secondary School and at A. M. Hugh Campbell Public School CFB Clinton. Well-known in Clinton for his work in minor sports, Wesley-Willis United Church and the Kinsmen where he was elected district governor, Edgar was also cited for his contribution to the pioneering of Clinton recreation committee, THE ACTION now at your MERCURY DEALER'S Ch•ose your car from the greatest Mercury lineup ever. Cyclone GT Marquis Brougham Montego & Cyclone'70 Two new lines of cars with all new engineering performance and styling. Cyclone and Montego; two exciting, totally-new entries from Mercury that are right between the big cars and the compacts. The styling is completely new; the performance is hot. See Montego and Cyclone. Young . . exciting and very new. Within every new Montego lives the soul of Cyclone. 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The two men agreed that no drain improvements would be sufficient to handle a deluge of the type which hit on July 24, but they noted flooding had occurred in the past which could possibly be prevented with such improvements. Mayor Jack Delbridge pointed out that council had spent time at recent meetings discussing the problem and he opined that some of the water coming from the east should be diverted south of Exeter. However, he noted such a costly plan would have to be subsidized by the senior governments. Frayne told council that continued construction of homes to the east of Exeter was creating more water problems and said "every new house aggravates the situation". "Diversion of some of the water one way or the other appears to be the only answer," Tennant added. The July 24 flood was the third experienced in the downtown area in the past 18 years and Mayor Delbridge asked the garagemen if they had considered having sandbags prepared to keep the flow of water from their building. Tennant said sandbags had been acquired after the last flood for this purpose, but when they came to use them on July 24 the sacks had rotted and couldn't be moved into position, Just as they were leaving the meeting, Mayor Delbridge asked the pair if they had any criticism of the fact the flood relief fund had been abandoned. He was told the garage management had no criticism and in fact had not been particularly in favor of the plan from the outset. Drains committee chairman Don MacGregor advised that his committee would be meeting in the near future to discuss the matter further to see if corrective steps could be taken. Success for rabbit show The September meeting of the South Huron Rabbit Breeders Association was held at the home of Angus Murray last Tuesday evening. President Wm. John Dickey chaired the meeting. Main topic of the evening was the club's rabbit show held the previous week. All members present agreed it was a great success Ind are all looking forward to the next show. Jim Darling was the very lively auctidneer for the Dutch auction who kept the bidding very brisk. Jim also was the winner of the prize. .0 •