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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-04-09, Page 1Another Henson expansion back in as fast as it is pumped out." Alexander backed him up by saying his property was. very pOorlY drained. Council agreed to look into the matter and expressed the hope that the new Tuckersmith drain which will be installed later and pass near the property involved will alleviate " the problem. committee is still in the planning stages, However, he said, "we have found choice industrial land up to or 10 acres which is available for industry and at .4 fairly reasonable price". He suggested the clerk write to planning consultants, Kleinfeldt and Associates to see if a plan could be made available fairly quickly, "We've got to have a plan," said Knight, "1 hope to make two or three trips to Toronto to talk to expert planners and find out what can be done." DOGS Ernie Davis, town utility man, informed the members that only 11 dog tags have been purchased thus far this year, lqay is the deadline for tags to be purchased. Councillor John Baker was adamant in his statement that after that date the delinquent owners of pets "be given a summons and fined". Davis also presented a request from the police department in Goderich that the village's old uniform, hat, and handcuffs be turned over to the Fortner Police Museum. Reeve Jaques said he would look into the matter further. INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE In his report from the Industrial Committee, Councillor Knight said the BLIND ORGANIST PERFORMS AT SHDHS — At a special assembly at South Huron District High School last week, students were told of the activities of The Canadian National Institute of the Blind in Western Ontario. Adding to the program with talented organ musical numbers was Geraldine Burke, Miss Burke, who spent some of her earlier years in Exeter is shown above with students Larry Haugh, Carla Warkington, Mary Hearn, Murray Hodge and Chris Parsons. T-A photo GENERAL BUSINESS Two bylaws were given final reading. The first, appointed Clerk Earl. Campbell as licensing officer and setting the fee for lotteries and bingos at $2.00 for prizes offered up to $100.00; $5.00 for prizes from $101.00 to $500.00 and for those over $500.00, 1% of the value of the prize. The second was a resolution to finance the $40,000.00 hydro sub-station by borrowing from — Please turn to page 3 Deficit for '69 faces committee IIensall council approved sketches and plans presented by Robert Cook and Har7 Adamson on behalf of Cook s Division of -Cierbro to expand the present facilities at the local mill. The plans showed Ari addition of six silos, a double cleaning unit, a continuous flow dryer and two dust cyclones. With the addition of the six new silos the company will have 29 altogether. The contractor for the expansion will be Dorsor Welding of Blenheim and. the work will commence as soon as the Department of Labour approves of the plans. Harold Knight was sworn into office and will fill the vacancy and assume duties of Councillor Hein Rooseboom who died last month. Reeve Jaques welcomed Knight to council saying that "while Rooseboom's death was most unfortunate we are lucky you are available to fill the job and we are confident you will give your wholehearted support as you did in the past". The reeve was referring to Knight's previous experience on the council. A deputation, consisting of Gary Alexander and David Kyle, approached the council regarding a water drainage problem on their property on Mill Street. Mr. Kyle complained "there has been water in my cellar since last fall. The sump pump goes continually but the water comes Council plans on tax sales Exeter council decided this week to initiate tax sale proceedings against the owners of six properties. Taxes on the properties are three years or more in arrears. Clerk Eric Carscadden reported 12 owners had been notified recently that tax sale proceedings would start unless their outstanding taxes were paid. Six of the owners took action, but the others did not. Five of the properties are residential and the other is commercial. Once the properties have been listed, the owners must pay all outstanding taxes, plus any costs involved to date on the tax sale. Council quickly endorsed the action, Councillor Tom MacMillan noting that the owners had been advised and council should follow through, The last tax sale in Exeter was about nine years ago. Ninety-sixth Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 9, 1970 The finance committee of Exeter council planned a meeting this week for study of the 1970 budget. Council was advised Monday that a decision had to be reached whether the reconstruction of Main St. north of the bridge would be paid out of current revenue or by issuing debentures. If debentures are required, the Ontario Municipal Board must approve them before the project can get underway. Tenders on the work will be opened Wednesday. Exeter's share of the reconstruction is estimated at around $28,000. In addition, the town's share of the proposed reconstruction and sewer installation project on Carling St. will be about $45,000. The finance committee will also have to take into consideration a $20,000 deficit from 1969. Okay tenders for gravel, dust layer and renovation PROMOTED — A former head of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, Corporal Cecil Gibbons has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and will be in command of the 21-man Owen Sound detachment of the OPP. On May 26, 1949, he was first posted to the Kitchener detachment, and in 1951 he was transferrred from Kitchener to Exeter as head of the detachment there. While in Exeter he was promoted to the rank of Corporal. He was transferred from Exeter to Lindsay and later moved to Markdale. Fishermen rescued after night on ice job to the lowest bidder, Gerald Reid. Reid's price was $1.60 per yard for A gravel, $1.05 for B gravel and $1.00 for sand cushion. Prices submitted by Norval Jones were $1.70, $1.10 and $1.00 respectively, while a Charge youth over breakin third bidder had prices of $2.25, $1.95 and $1.95. One of the advantages listed in awarding the job to Jones was the fact he indicated he was prepared to load gravel on the town truck at the prices quoted. Councillors noted this was an advantage. However, Taylor pointed out again that accepting the lowest tender would keep bidders competitive in the future and the contract was awarded to Reid. Hire assistance to speed work In an effort to speed up the planning of the Carling St. sewer and reconstruction program, Exeter council this week authorized the hiring of two department of highways men to assist works superintendent Glen Kells in the survey work. He said the two men were going to be on holidays and could be hired for $2.75 and $2.50 per hour each. Councillor Ross Taylor said this could run to a $500 expenditure in the two-week period. Kells explained it would speed up the work considerably and would still leave members of his staff free to do other work. Councillor Don MacGregor predicted the cost could be made up in having the tenders called earlier on the project. It was suggested Kells get someone on relief to help hold the survey stick, but he explained this was an important part of the job and required a responsible person. Reeve Boyle chided members for their reluctance to hire the two DHO men. He said as people not trained in such work it was rather foolish for councillors to sit around and tell Kells what he required to design the work. A DISPLAY OF CERAMICS by Mrs. Jack Doerr and her classes is admired by Mrs. Robert Dinney and Mrs. Peter Raymond at Open House for some of the night classes which were conducted in Exeter during the winter. FIX ROOM Tenders were received from four local contractors for renovations to the card room at the town hall, which will house the police department. The bid of Milt Keller was accepted, being the lowest of the four. Price will be $910 or $1,020, depending upon the type of flooring chosen by council. During the discussion on the • tenders, Mayor Jack Delbridge explained council had received complaints from one local — Please turn to page 3 An 18-year-old Hensall youth has been charged with break, enter and theft as a result of investigation into the breakin at Crest Hardware in Hensall over the weekend. Charged is William A. Hastings. Goods valued at $150 were taken from the store after entry was gained by smashing a rear door. Stolen were a number of guns, a radio, a razor and some cash. The property has been recovered. Constable E. C. Wilcox was in charge of the investigation. Contracts were awarded for three projects by Exeter council this week, and in two cases there was much debate before the low tender was accepted. Only two bids were received for the annual road treatment with prime and chips. Walloy Excavating submitted the lower price of 26 cents per gallon for prime and $3.90 per ton for chips. Mayor Jack Delbridge noted some problems had been encountered when the firm did the job last year and this sparked the discussion of whether to give them contract again. The other bidder was 15 cents more per ton on chips. Members reasoned the difference was very small and there was a suggestion that the bid go to Riverside Construction. However, Councillor Ross Taylor suggested there was no sense in calling for tenders if the low bid was not going to get the job. He pointed out that the bid submitted by Riverside was much lower than last year when they lost the job to Walloy. He said this was one of the reasons for giving the work to the low bidder even if there wasn't much difference in the bids. Council finally decided to award the contract to Walloy. The gravel tenders also resulted in a similar discussion, with Councillor Taylor again leading the plea for awarding the Usborne sets rate for interim payment Three Grand Bend fishermen returned to shore from a routine fishing trip in a sort of unconventional manner, early Friday morning after spending a cold Thursday night about a mile off shore on Lake Huron. Clint Bowden, his son Bud and friend Donald (Butch) Hill set out at 9 o'clock Thursday morning to pick up a few nets. The ice hit them in advance of a day-long spring snowstorm that swept in from the north about 10 a.m. Chunks of ice 15 inches thick wedged under the Jimmy C, lifting it out of the water. Open water and gale winds kept the fishermen from shore. "The ice was just too thick," the younger Bowden said, "It just closed around us and that was that." Under the force of the winds the ice occasionally shifted, raising the fears the 45-foot vessel would capsize. Bud Bowden was contemplating a walk across the ice to shore as darkness fell, when provincial police from Forest arrived with flares to illuminate the scene. The light revealed a gap of about 200 yards in the ice. After almost 24 hours on the lake they were rescued by an American Coast Guard helicopter and brought to shore at 7:30 Friday morning. Their boat was finally rescued London youth admits breakin Dennis J. Hannam, 18, of 5 Cove Rd., London, pleaded guilty Thursday in provincial court to a charge of break, entry and theft and was remanded in custody to April 9. Hann am charged with breaking into the Grand Bend area summer home of Mrs. Lorna Pierce of Detroit March 10, turned himself in to police Wednesday. Police have recovered household items valued at $700 including a radio, record player, clock, barometer and a bear rug. Court was told the clock and barometer were damaged to the extent of $80. Two weeks ago, Philip J. Tuckey, 21, of 1064 Dundas St., London pleaded guilty to the same offence and was sentenced to 90 days in Huron County jail. and brought back to the harbour at close to eleven o'clock, Sunday night. It took eight hours of ice battling to reach the stranded craft, Sunday. The Bowden's made the Sunday trip with another Bend fisherman, Henry Green. The elder Bowden made the original trip, Thursday without a coat. 'I was only going for a half hour ride," he said. The boat contained no food or fuel. The three men had four meals on one cohoe salmon. They broke up boxes and crates to burn for some heat and pumped oil from the boat's tanks for further heat. The Bowdens had their first brush with ice in 1947, when they were fishing along the north shore of Lake Erie out of Erieau. They were trapped for five days, but that time had supplies to keep warm and fed. "And when we came in we had a thousand dollars worth of whitefish," commented the old fisherman. The helicopter was able to land on the ice within 50 feet of the trapped Jimmy C and the trio simply walked to their rescuers for the short trip to the Grand Bend pier. "I always said I wouldn't go up in an airplane," said Clint. "I said I wouldn't fly. But, you know, I liked it. It was my first trip and it was really nice.' Bike collides with car The warble tly control program for the township of Usborne for the current year was established at a regular meeting of council held Saturday afternoon. The cost of the warble fly spraying for 1970 will be charged to the cattle owners receiving the service and will be included on the township tax roll. Gordon Johns was appointed warble fly inspector and will be paid $2.10 per hour and 10c per mile. Fred Harburn of Dublin was re-engaged to do the warble fly spraying and will receive 10c per head per spray. Clerk-treasurer Harry Strang was named to handle the tax collection duties for this year and he will be paid $600 for the additional services. At the same time council passed a motion setting the interim tax rate at 40 mills. One-half of this amount will go for education purposes with the balance being split between county and township levies. Clerk Strang was authorized to inform the Department of Municipal Affairs that the township of Usborne had no objections or further suggestions to make to the proposed official plan being considered by the township of Blanshard. The Huron County assessment department will be requested to have their assessors make a record of the dogs in the township during their rounds in 1970 as was done last year. A holding bylaw was passed to regulate the use of land and the erection and use of buildings — Please turn to page 3 Vandals damage Ausable building Exeter OPP are investigating damage caused to the shed owned by the Ausable River Conservation Authority at Morrison dam, east of Exeter. Windows were broken in the building and items in it were tossed around. OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell warned that persons responsible for such vandalism would be charged if caught. tV Zurich lad badly hurt During the week, the officers laid two charges under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 10 drivers. One charge was laid under the Liquor Control Act. CREATES STICKY FINGERS — A trip to the sugar bush of Herb Kercher and son Ross near Hensall proved interesting for students of Usborne Central school, Tuesday morning. Shown above sampling some of the sweet maple syrup and making sure they get all of it are Eddie Rodd and Peter Case. T-A photo Register concern over highway plan Town clock may be a show piece A nine-year-old Zurich youngster was seriously injured Saturday night when his bicycle was in collision with a car on Highway 84 in front of the Zurich arena. Randy Smale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Smale, was returning home from a hockey game at 6:00 p.m. when the mishap occurred. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital suffering a fractured skull, broken leg and abrasions. if in fact it was allowed to get across to the west side of the high way. Works superintendent Glen Kells predicted the flooding in the area would become worse after the highway reconstruction, After a lengthy discussion, council decided to ask their consulting engineers to investigate the situation and recommend a solution. At the end of the discussion, Mayor Jack Deibridge noted many members were still not happy with the department of highways plan to bring water from the northern limits into the drain on Alexander St. Mayor Deibridge said this plan was wrong in his opinion because it would bring too much water into the drain. He indicated council would protest this in one last attempt to have it .ehanged. Tenders for the reconstruction of Highway 4 north of the bridge will be opened Wednesday, but members of Exeter council aren't entirely satisfied with some of the project plans. Neither are some residents at the northern limits where flooding now takes place and for which little provision has been made in the highway plans. Harry VanGerwen Of. Exeter Farm Equipment attended Monday's council meeting and explained the situation, noting that during a rain last week, some six inches of water entered his building and brought work to a halt. Looking over the plans, council members noted there appeared little provision to change this situation, although members weren't certain how it could he changed because there was no place for the water to go The clock atop the town hail, which hasn't worked for some time, is an antique that could be worth $1,000 according to information given to council this week by Ross Dobson. He said he had been in discussion with several local citizens prepared to co-operate in a project to have the clock removed from the tower, encased in glass and set up as a display piece on the lawn at the library. He asked council's permission to further investigate the possibility of such a project, and this request was approved. A dissenting view was expressed by Reeve Boyle, He said if $1,000 could be received for the clock, it should be sold. The clock was built by a Zurich man in the late 1800's and has wooden works. Only three such clocks were built. He was removed from the intensive care ward at the hospital earlier this week. Driver of the car was Raymond J. Ducharme, Sarnia. Damage to the car was estimated at $50 by Constable D. A. Lamont. It was one of four accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP Detachment officers this week. On Thursday at 8:35 a.m., a car operated by Leona Morley, Granton, went out of control on the Kirkton Road and struck a snow bank and a fence on the south side of the road. Damage was estimated at $100 by Constable F. L, Giffin. An accident at the intersection of Highway 4 and the Kirkton Road resulted in damage of $325 at 4:50 p.m., Thursday. Drivers involved were Clifford S. Holliday, Toronto, and Oliver W, Karges, Listowel. The Toronto man collided with the rear of the Karges vehicle. Constable D. A. Lamont investigated, The final crash was a hit and run accident on Victoria St., Centralia. it occurred Saturday. A car parked by Mary MacGregor, Parkhill, sustained damage of $100 when struck on the left door by an unknown vehicle. Constable C. C. Wilcox is investigating, Don't support access plan Goderich received little support from Exeter council in their attempt to have a four-lane access to Highway 401. A resolution was received from the county town asking support for such a project to help "decrease isolation" for areas of Huron and Perth. "They've got holes in their heads," Reeve Derry Boyle commented, Mayor Jack Delbridge, saying he had read the Goderich plan in the paper, said it was the "stupidest thing I ever read". Council did not concur with the Goderich'suggestion. LINING UP FOR SOME SWEET LIQUIDS — A group of students from Osborne Central school Vent VieSday morning in the sugar bush or flab Kercher and son Ross, near ftensall. The eager youngsters are shown lining up for a cup of maple syrup being dished out by Mr. )(etcher. T-A photo