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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-10-23, Page 1MAYOR SHOWS HIS PLOWING SKILLS — Exeter's mayor Jack Delbridge proved Saturday that practice pays off. In his fifth annual attempt, Delbridge won the Mayor's and Reeves plowing contest at last week's International Plowing Match at Paris. Above, the mayor is shown in action. Department of Agriculture and Food photo Street job 'bargain' cost $12,000 more SHOWS HOW IT USED TO BE DONE — Jim Hayter, Huron County's Warden finished second in the Warden's class at the International Plowing Match last week. Above, Hayter is demonstrating his plowing skills with a team of horses providing the automation. Stratford Beacon Herald photo GETTING A CHANCE TO LISTEN — Students and parents alike had the opportunity Monday to take an active part in Open House activities at Stephen (',entral School, A group is shown above listening in on a tape recorder message. The boys, from left are Danny Galloway, Mark Swartz and Perry, Darrell and Dennis Preszcator. In the background are Lorne Preszcator and Claire Swartz, T-A photo LET ME SEE — Bargains abound at the annual rummage sale staged by the South Huron Hospital Auxiliary. Buyers don't always have time to make sure clothing fits, but this lady obviously didn't worry about the rush in picking out this useful garment which no doubt will come in handy in the next few weeks. T-A photo Exeter wants out on office agreement Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 23, 1969 Price Per Copy 15 Cents -- .. . .... BEGINNING BALLET LESSONS — Saturday morning at South Huron District High School, the first ballet class for boys and girls was held. Above, teacher Debi Wooden is .ihoWn with her large group- of eager youngsters. T-A photo S They showed 'em GB TO ENFORCE CURFEW BYLAW The only two competitors from the County of Huron to place high in the standings at the International Plowing Match at Paris last week were from this area and both were municipal officials.. After five attempts, Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge found the. winning combination to walk off with the coveted championship. for Mayors and Reeves, Saturday.. Earlier in the week, Huron's Warden Jim Hayter placed second in competition against 25 other Wardens from various parts of Ontario. Following a round of congratulations from council members, Monday, Mayor Delbridge said he didn't think he deserved the title, although he Council okays several permits Over 20 building permits were issued by council, Monday, with most of them being for renovations and roof shingling. One new house was approved. It is to be constructed by Harold Taylor on Park St. Others approved were as follows: Gerald Reid, to erect a house addition at 256 Carling; James Willis, to remove woodshed and build garage on Simcoe; Gerald Webb, to shingle house and renew carport permit for 346 William; Miss May Jones, to paint house and repair eavestroughing at 345 Main; Ausable River Conservation Authority, to build an outside chimney at office an Old Mill Road; Charles Hoffman, to build a garage at 64 Hill. Gregus Construction, to remodel interior of ladies' lounge at Exeter Legion, to shingle two roofs, to renovate store fronts of Milt Robbins & Sons and Walper's Men's Wear, and renovate interior of Ben Fisher's house at 181 Mill. Bible Society to hold canvass The annual canvass of Exeter and district on behalf of the Canadian Bible Society will be held during the week of November 3 to November 8. A meeting of the local executive was held last week with Rev. Jack Thompson, district secretary of the London office. Rev. Harmers Heeg is chairman of the Exeter organization while Morley Hall is secretary and Howard Ince is treasurer. It's that time of year again Just for the record, the area experienced its first snowfall on Tuesday, October 21. More fell on Wednesday, although areas to the north of us experienced a considerable amount of snow on Tuesday evening. Trucks and cars coming from the north were snow covered. The prospect of snow prompted Exeter Councillor Ross Dobson to ask what would be used to plow the sidewalks this year. After considerable discussion, no suggestions were forthcoming except to try the small tractor and plow again this year. Last year, a heavy snowfall and ice storm in early December proved too much for the equipment and sidewalks were not plowed out after Christmas. "It does a good job as long as you don't have any snow," Councillor Ross Taylor advised council. said be was proud to bring the title home to Exeter. He admitted to council that in his first furrow, he hadn't lifted the plow soon enough and had dug up some of the head land, However, he got off the tractor and kicked the furrow over with his foot, a practice legal in plowing competitions. "1 was certainly surprised when the judge said I had won," he reiterated, "You weren't any more surprised than 1 was after I saw your plowing," Clerk Eric Carscadden joked. Carscadden had, been in the stands cheering the Mayor to victory. In honor of his win, council members presented Delbridge with a toy tractor and plow. In making the presentation, Councillor Ross Taylor said council felt some recognition was needed after the years they had chided the Mayor for not winning. The Warden's match on Wednesday drew the largest audience of the entire four-day proararn as many County councillors came along to cheer for their favorites. Hayter, who is also Reeve of Members of Exeter council aren't too pleased with some of the agreements their predecessors have made in the past. One such agreement is one which requires council to maintain the exterior of the Ausable River Conservation Authority office at Riverview Park. A request was received from the ARCA this week asking that funds be appropriated for painting the building next year and that the driveway be fixed up this year, Commenting on the agreement, Mayor Delbridge said it was something "put over on council way back". He said he couldn't understand why Exeter had to pay for the upkeep rather than having the cost spread over Two-day sale large success "Tremendous" was how Mrs. Glenn Mickle described the results of the Hospital Auxiliary auction and rummage sale held last Weekend. This fall the sale commenced Friday evening and continued Saturday afternoon: Mrs. Mickle Said that the members felt it was well worth while having it spread over a longer period of time. "It was Steady going, but We Were not swamped as we have been other times when we just opened for one afternoon," she said. She felt this procedure would likely be followed for the spring sale. The amount of donations was even better than usual — perhaps the aftermath of the flood. The gross taken was around $1,600 from which expenses still have to be deducted, Stephen township echoed Delbridge's sentiments on winning, "1 was really surprised to finish so far up," The Warden's used horses rather than tractors to pull. their plows and this may have contributed to Ilayter's success as he grew up on a farm near I)ashwood in the days of horses before moving into the garage business. Regain lost hour (luting weekend With Wednesday's snowfall comes the urge to hibernate for the winter and while we may not be able to retire completely until the snow has melted into spring, we will get an extra hour of snoozing time this weekend, The area will be reverting back to standard time this Saturday night. You are reminded to turn your clocks BACK one hour at midnight to be on time for Sunday's engagements. All district church services will be on Eastern Standard Time Sunday. the entire watershed. This prompted him to make some comments on the fact Exeter has to "paint the Usborne bridge". His reference was to the fact Exeter has to paint the bridge built in conjunction with the Morrison Dam and he has lamented this fact on several occasions. Councillor Helen Jerinyn suggested council send a letter to the ARCA asking for a reconsideration of the agreement signed at the time the office was purchased about 10 years ago. One councillor replied that they appeared to be hooked. "Do we have to stay hooked?" she questioned. Reeve Derry Boyle said he doubted there was any way — Please turn to page 3 Grand Bend council Monday night took immediate steps to enforce provisions of a bylaw restricting the presence of children and young people on the streets of the summer resort after curfew hours. Children 14 years of age and under will be required to be off the streets by nine o'clock each evening while young people under 18 must be in by 11 p.m, After these curfew hours children will only be allowed on the streets while accompanied Two injured in accidents Two men were injured in a three-car collision at the intersection of Highway 4 and the Creditors Road, Friday at 6:40 p.m, It was one of three accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment officers this week. In the crash involving three cars, drivers were Jaroslau Daniel Poliszuk, London; Graham Mason, Exeter; and Hedley Scott Spicer, RR 1 Exeter. Damage in the mishap was listed at $1,700 by Constable E. C. Wilcox. There was no damage to the Spicer vehicle, Injured in the crash were two of the drivers, Mason and Poliszuk. The other two crashes were of a minor nature. On Saturday at 10:06 p.m. two cars were involved in a collision at Drysdale. Drivers were Terrance Hunniford, RR 2 Grand Bend and Denis E. Regier, RR 2 Zurich. Constable D. A. Mason investigated and set total damage at $25, all to the Hunniford vehicle. In the other crash last Tuesday, a vehicle driven by John Wayne Hastings, Hensall, struck a parked car owned by James Alfred Burwell, also of Hensall, The collision occurred on the parking lot at Wedge the Mover in Hensel] and damage was set at $95 by Constable Wilcox. During the week the officers charged 12 persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 28 drivers. Seven charges were laid under the Criminal Code. by a parent or responsible adult. Reeve Orval Wassmann said, "the bylaw will be enforced by members of the Forest detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police and Grand Bend Bylaw Officer James Connolly. This bylaw will be in effect from September 1 to May 1 of each year and is being enforced because of increased break-ins at cottages in the area. All property owners in Grand Bend obtaining water from the newly installed system that wish to be billed as a summer user are asked to notify Clerk Murray A. Des Jardins by October 31 in writing. Persons not making the proper notification in time will be billed the full resident rate of $36 per year. Summer property owners receive water from April 1 to October 31 for $26 per year. The necessary bylaw was passed giving the Grand Bend Public Utilities Commission the authority to handle all billing and collecting involved with the water system. One of Exeter's chief tourist attractions, the bell tower of Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church is to be open to the public for inspection, Friday afternoon, October 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. The view from the top of the tower, which is ninety-two feet high, has to be seen to be appreciated. The spiral oak staircase winds eerily past narrow stained glass windows to the platform where the carillon bells are played each Sunday. From here the top of the tower is reached by a well-built staircase. The belfry was specially built to hold a set of chime bells, ten in all. The largest of the bells weighs 2019 pounds, the weights gradually decreasing to the smallest which weighs 220 pounds. The total weight, exclusive of the frames is 7419 pounds. The bells have a playing range of some 150 tunes. The playing apparatus, of The first billings should be out early in November with commercial owners that were receiving water before October 1 getting their bills from the village office. Tenders are now out for 350 feet of erosion river bank control work in the Bend and tenders will be opened at the Ausable River Conservation Office in Exeter on November 3. Parishioners get convent for $1 Our Lady of Mount Carmel parishioners will buy the convent in the hamlet from the Huron-Perth separate school board. The price was $1 plus legal expenses. The convent became the property of the Huron-Perth separate school board when the larger boards took over all school business at the first of the year. oak, is placed on the second floor of the tower, below the bells. Four bells hang in a row from a beam which rests on uprights. The six largest bells are swinging bells and were used for peal ringing. This unfortunately is a forgotten art. The manual has ten levers on handsome braes hinges. The levers are connected with hammers by rubber covered wires and leather straps. A silver plate on each lever bears the letter denoting the note of each bell, The bells are chimed by the Carillon process, that is, the strokes are made with a quick downward motion in the time of the music. A framed document with the rules and regulations of the "Bell Ringers Guild" along with the list of members is hanging in the porch of the church, Mr. Louis Day is the only living member of this roll of honour. At present Mr. Gary Middleton and David — Please turn to page 3 • a • • • I • There can be a whopping big difference between a tender bid and the actual cost of a job. Members of Exeter council learned that fact this week when they were presented with the final costs on the recent work completed on Huron and Albert Streets. Tender price for the job was $37,000 and the actual cost was $49,149.92. About $5,000 of that difference arose from items not included in the contract, Fill vacancies on plan board The vacancies on the Exeter planning board have been filled. Council learned Monday that Bill Gilfillan, Jim Finnen and former councillor Ted Wright had agreed to sit on the board. Councillor Helen Jermyn had accepted the position at the last council meeting. The four vacancies arose with the resignations of Joe Wooden, Fred Dobbs, Harvey Pfaff and Ted Pooley. The other members of the seven-man body include Mayor Delbridge, Russ Hopper and Bill Huntley. Huron MPP hosts Queen The treasurer of the province of Ontario, Hon. C. S. MacNaughton is acting in the place of Prime Minister John P. Robarts at a ceremony today (Thursday) in London, England, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Ontario House. He will be the host for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II when she unveils a plaque at Ontario House. Mr. MacNaughton is accompanied by Hon. Stanley Randall, minister of trade and development; Robert Nixon, leader of the opposition; and Donald C. MacDonald, NDP leader. Wednesday Mr. MacNaughton was the speaker at the Junior Carlton Club in London. Friday he is to be guest speaker at a reception sponsored by the Ontario Government for approximately 600 businessmen in Guildhall. Mrs. MacNaughton is travelling with her husband on this occasion. Water used in the packing of the sand cost $1,305, there was $1,050 spent on calcium to keep the dust down and $410.90 for tunnelling under the creek on Albert St. In addition, there was a figure of $1,915.76 which included advertising, the time spent on the job by Works superintendent Jim Paisley, the town crew, the PUC and a couple of load inspectors. The balance was made up from changes made in the original plans by the department of highways and also for contingencies when soil conditions required deeper excavations than anticipated._ Paisley explained that the department requested that the entrances onto Huron from William be excavated at the time the work was being done and also that two lifts of asphalt be used on the road rather than only the one for which the plan called. In reference to the soil conditions which required more excavation than anticipated, he said the only way to overcome this was to follow the costly procedure of test drilling. Roads chairman Ross Taylor said council representatives had gone over the entire account with department of highways officials and they had- been assured that the department would pay 50 percent of the extra costs involved. Councillor George Vriese suggested it would be a good idea to have the department engineers on hand when the preliminary engineering is done on jobs in the future. He said they would then be able. to recommend the changes they wanted and council would have a better idea of what the actual costs of any project would be. Taylor replied that in future council would also have to take into consideration the costs not included in the tender prices (such as water and calcium) so they would know better how to budget costs. "It's discouraging," Councillor Ross Dobson lamented. "We thought we had a good bargain (in the tender bid) but we didn't. "We were laughing, but we're not now," he concluded. • NEED MORE The extra costs involved in the recent projects resulted in council applying for a — Please turn to page 3 Tour of church tower, tea planned for Friday