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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-06-18, Page 1tgA II it I ttlitp Recommend four-bay fire hall be erected in town this year HONORS GRADUATE Robert William Dinney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Dinney, Exeter, graduated with honors in the Funeral Service Education Course at Humber College, Toronto. TEACHER GRADUATES Mrs. Paul Hohner (nee Moody), Exeter, graduated recently from London Teachers' College with Honors. She is the daughter of W. 0. and Mrs. C. C. Moody, C.F.B., Cornwallis, N.S. Decision is reserved on fire agreements ACCEPTS POSITION Elyse Marlene Lamport, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Lamp ort, RR 1 Crediton has graduated with a B,A. degree in Library Science from University of Toronto, School of Library Science. Miss Lamp ort has accepted a position with the Natural Sciences Library, University of Western Ontario, as a reference librarian. McGILL GRADUATE Sheila Sisson, graduated with a B.N.Sc degree from McGill University, June 3. She has accepted a teaching position on the staff of the Ottawa Civic Hospital. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sisson, Burlington, and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd England, Crediton. (This would enable men at the fire to call back to the fire hall or reach other brigades if assistance is required.) A stand-by emergency electric power supply be provided for fire alarm equipment and radio. — A program of in-service fire prevention inspections be established. — All dead-end waterrna ins be looped so as to provide increased gallonage by providing flow from more than one direction. The report made no recommendations regarding ladders, although it did note that the buildings in the commercial area are approximately 40 feet in height and the longest metal ladder is approximately 24 feet long. Council is under no obligation to institute any of the recommendations in the report. of 21/2 inch and 1,200 feet of 1.1/2., — Eight fog nozzles be purchased in 1970,as well as four spare air cylinders for the present breathing apparatus. — Application be made for the chief and deputy chief to attend the fire protection technology course at the Ontario Fire College. — A recruit and in-service fire training program be established to provide for the training of members of the department. — A recording device be purchased to record all incoming and outgoing conversations by telephone or radio for alarms of fire or other emergencies. (This eliminates any argument as to the conversation, especially where people may give wrong addresses.) — An approved-type, short-wave radio system be established in the department. impeded the fire righters answering an.alarm. Some of the other 21 recommendations in the report are as follows: — The position of deputy chief of the department be established and filled by way of examination. — A system be established to maintain records for attendance, apparatus maintenance and repairs, station and apparatus inventory, accident reports, attendance at fires and training meetings, fire prevention inspections and such other records as may be deemed necessary. — Three units of self-contained breathing apparatus, complete with six spare cylinders be purchased in 1970. — Sufficient hose be purchased in 1970 to give the department a total of 2,400 feet summer subdivisions of the Highlands, Norman Heights, Cedarbank, Shady View, Elmwood, Windy Hill and Turnbull's will now be protected by the Dashwood fire brigade. Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 18, 1970 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Damage high in accident Findings and recommenda- tions from the recent survey on fire protection in Exeter were placed before council this week. Main recommendation in the lengthy report is for the erection of a four-bay fire department headquarters station in the area of William, Sanders and Gidley Streets. The report suggests the building be constructed this year. It would provide accommodation for two triple combination fire trucks, the emergency van and future trucks as well as a classroom, meeting and training accommodation for the fire fighters and office accommodation for the chief, deputy chief and future staff. After Clerk Eric Carscadden had read a few more of the recommendations in the report, Mayor Jack Delbridge exclaimed "there's $150,000 right there". In view of the length of the report, it was decided to delay study of it until each member of council can be provided with a co Another of the major recommendations is that the existing fire agreement between Exeter and the Townships of Hay, Stephen and Usborne be reviewed by the town solicitor and he be instructed to prepare a formal undertaking under terms and conditions mutually agreeable to the parties concerned. In addition, the report suggests the area to be protected by the Exeter fire department should not extend beyond a five-mile radius from the town, The present agreement does not define the area to be covered or number of men to respond. The maximum distances into these townships at the present is Usborne, 18 miles; Hay, 7; Stephen, 12. The comments on the present fire hall facilities notes there is no room to walk between the two vehicles kept in the hall and this makes training or maintenance procedures impossible. Because of the confined area, maps of the hydrant system can not be placed on the walls, and there is no accommodation or space for office facilities. The report also noted the fire hall is not locked and at times children entered and let water out of the booster storage tanks and caused other damage that has One dies, 12 hurt in crashes Damage in the vicinity of $2,000 was incurred in an accident at the corner of Main and Huron Streets in Exeter late Sunday night. Vehicles driven by John Murray McCowan, RR 1 Brucefield and James Douglas Watson, RR 5 Parkhill were in collision. Douglas Wiseman, a passenger in the Watson vehicle received slight injuries. Constable John Cairns of the Exeter Police Department investigated. Early Monday afternoon, — Please turn to page 3 Ten injured Area youth Stephen Township council Tuesday night decided to reserve a decision on the latest proposal presented by Grand Bend council for an area fire agreement until further investigation can be made. After Stephen and Bosanquet Township had agreed to the original proposal of paying 25% of all costs of an area fire protection service Hay Township rejected their proposed 16% of the costs. At a meeting in Grand Bend Monday night, the village fire t committee headed by Councillor Ian Coles presented a new breakdown with Grand Bend, Stephen and Bosanquet paying slightly higher charges without Hay Township being included. Stephen and Bosanquet are being asked to provide 30% each while Grand Bend would contribute 40%. At Monday's meeting Stephen was represented by councillors Cecil Desjardine, Steve Dundas and Gerald Dearing. Bosanquet was not represented. At Grand Bend's council meeting later in the evening, Monday, clerk Mrs. Gladys Crumplin was instructed to write to Hay Township expressing regrets that the township did not see fit to go along with the original proposal. The westerly portion of the township that includes the dies at scene Strike hits post office Woman injured at Hall Lamp An Exeter area woman lost part of one finger on her left hand and another finger was injured in an accident at Hall Lamp at Huron Park, Monday morning. Mrs. Charles Dittmer, RR3 Exeter is in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. The top part of one finger was cut off while she was operating a machine, crimping glass for rear view mirrors. Mrs. Dittmer started working at the Huron Park plant a week ago. Carl Bryce, general manager of the local Hall Lamp operation said a Department of Labour inspector had been in the plant about three weeks ago and checked the glass crimping operation without making any suggestions for changes. REMAINS OF AUTO IN WHICH GLEN RATZ WAS KILLED NEAR ELGINFIELD, SUNDAY Reduction for summer residents Stephen sets water rates GLEN RATZ . killed in crash Exeter residents were faced with "on strike" signs when they went to pick up their mail at the local post office, Thursday. The Times-Advocate had announced plans to distribute papers in the event of such a strike, but we got caught too. The newspapers had been dropped off at the post office before the employees went on strike, so they were not available to distribute at the office. Papers used for our normal sales were given to subscribers on a first come, first served basis. In the event of a future strike, we'll hope to have all the papers for Exeter subscribers on hand at the office. Ontario Hydro to construct a sub-station, just east of the Mount Carmel school was approved. As the result of a meeting in Toronto last week with officials of the Ontario Water Resources Commission, a change has been made in the water usage rates for the new water system being installed at the west end of the township. The first rate for A Shipka area young man was killed early Sunday morning when the car he was driving was in a head-on crash, just south of Elginfield. Glen William Ratz, 21 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Ratz, RR 3 Dashwood, was north-bound on No. 4 about a mile south of Elginfield and collided with a car containing three Stratford young men. The driver, Gregory Castrenis, 123 Albert Street, Stratford is in fair condition in St. Joseph's Hospital in London. One passenger Nickolas Lados, 10 Nile St. Stratford remains in critical condition in the same hospital while the second passenger Peter Badri Nuedzef is in satisfactory condition. Cpl. B. F. Crane of the Qntario Provincial Police Detachment in Lucan said the cars were practically welded together and it took considerable time to get them apart. The Stratford men were taken to the London hospital by Lucan Ambulance Service and Thames Valley Ambulance of London. Dr. J. B. Robinson of London was the Coroner at the scene of the accident. Assisting in the, investigation was Constable W. J. Wicks of the Lucan OPP. Ratz just recently completed his third year at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and was employed by Canadian Tire Corporation in London for the summer months. Besides his parents he is survived by a brother Larry, RR 3 Dashwood and a grandmother, Mrs. Rose Isaac, RR 3 Parkhill. The funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon at Zion United Church, Crediton with burial in the Crediton Cemetery. The T. H. Hoffman Funeral Home, Dashwood was in charge of funeral arrangements and Rev. Douglas Warren of Crediton United Church officiated. The pallbearers were Bill Woodburn, Thomas Love, Ken Eagleson, Garry Eagleson, David Ratz and Gordon Jones. Flower bearers were Barry Morlock, Roger Ratz, Doug Prout, Dennis Bierling, Tom McCann and Pat O'Rourke. Not interested in Hydro office Members of Exeter council indicated this week they have no interest in the Ontario Hydro office at the southern outskirts of the town. The building will go up for sale by tender, but council will not put in a bid. Some interest had been expressed in the past to see if the building could be used to house some of the town's street equipment. Councillor Helen Jermyn attempted to make the point the property committee had been asked to inspect the building in this regard, but she never got an answer as to whether they had. Council decided to write the Hon. C.S. MacNaughton a letter of thanks for his offer to give the town first right of refusal on the building. He will be advised Exeter council has no interest in the facilities. Man acquitted on break charge A Clinton man, George Michael Langlois was acquitted on five charges of break, enter and theft in Goderich court last week. He had earlier pleaded innocent to the charges after break-ins at the C and G Farm Supplies, South of Zurich, Bullock's Variety in Crediton; Bridge Motors, Brussels; W. A. Hamilton service station, Lucknow and Radford's Garage, Blyth. Sweeps winner receives money Mike Cushman of Hamilton and formerly of Exeter received word Friday that the money he was expecting from an Irish Sweepstakes win about two months ago had arrived. While the amount of the win announced at that time was $52,000, Cushman actually gets $51,315.50, due to the recent change in the Canadian dollar. Cushman and his wife Sherri were just completing two weeks holidays Friday when they were notified of the arrival of the money and decided to take another week off. in one mishap A total of 12 persons were injured in area crashes this week, ten of them being hurt in one crash Sunday afternoon. It occurred at 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 83 and concession 2-3 Usborne and involved three cars. Drivers were Siegfried Block, Kitchener; William R. Switzer, RR 2 Stratford; and James Lloyd Howe, London. Switzer was proceeding north on the concession road and was pulling onto the highway and Block, who was eastbound, pulled to his left to avoid a crash but in so doing hit the Howe vehicle head-on. The latter was facing west and was waiting for traffic to clear before making a left turn onto the concession. Only the Block and Howe vehicles were damaged in the crash, Blo ck sustained sore arms and shock, while his wife had bruises and shock and their infant daughter, Nancy, suffered shock. Howe suffered cracked ribs and abrasions and his daughters, Mary and Shelley, suffered damaged teeth and shock, Miller, RR 1 Granton, a resprrecetdively. passenger in the Howe vehicle, sustained a sore knee, neck, back and head, while Brenda Miller had lacerations to her jaw and Charlotte er Mtoinllgeures.uffered shock Another passenger, Sharon Rader, Dashwood, had lacerations to her left leg. OPP Constable J. A. Wright estimated damage in the crash at $2,100. Two of the other accidents investigated by the OPP involved the same driver, and in each case he was the only person involved. On Wednesday at 9:30 p.m., John Edward Owens, Ravenswood, was involved in a one vehicle collision on County Road 5, about three and a half miles west of Highway 4. Damage in that crash was estimated at $350 by Constable W. G. Glassford. Two hours later, Constable E. C. Wilcox investigated a crash involving Owens on No. 21 County Road about half a mile south of the Crediton Road. Damage was $800 in that one and Owens received a bruised chest. — Please turn to page 3 Council approve building permits Several building permits were approved by Exeter council, Monday. Milt Keller was granted a permit to build an addition to Jim Scott's house at 120 Sanders W.; Mrs. Ed Coward to renovate back porch at 460 Albert; Mrs. Gladys Forrest to enlarge front porch at Thames Road W.; Tom Humphries to re-side house, tile kitchen ceiling and build sun deck at rear of house at 217 Main. Several miscellaneous roofing and repair applications were also approved. all-year-round domestic users will remain at $38 per year while the rate for summer residents only has been reduced to $28. The commercial rate for summer use is $28 and small businesses where water is not normally used for trade will be $50 per year. For large businesses using meters the rate will be $10 per month for the first 10,000 gallons, 80 cents per thousand for the next 10,000 gallons and 70 cents per 10,000 gallons for the remain der. A local advisory committee to supervise construction of the water system was named including Reeve James Hayter, deputy-reeve Joseph Dietrich, clerk Wilmer D. Wein, councillor Cecil Desjardine road superintendent Frank Mclsaac and a representative of B.M. Ross Associates, consulting engineers. Request for approval from Add more cans to gather litter Members of Exeter council heard only one complaint from the campers who spent the weekend in Exeter. Councillor Tom MacMillan said one of the visitors came into his store and asked where he could find a refuse container. The man had some chocolate bar wrappers he wished to dispose, and suggested Exeter needed more garbage containers on the Main St. MacMillan said he agreed and urged Councillor Ross Dobson, chairman of the sanitation committee, to look into the matter. Dobson indicated he would have some more on the Main St, in the near future. It was indicated at the meeting council will pass their proposed littering bylaw at the next meeting. This will make it an offence to throw .any type of rubbish onto the streets. Budget dwindles for walk repairs If you've got a piece of bad sidewalk in front of your residence, don't anticipate getting it repaired this year. Councillor Helen Jermyn, chairman of Exeter's sidewalk committee, has only $1,500 in her budget this year. She indicated Monday night this won't do much work and she was further chagrined to find out that the snow removal from the sidewalks counts on her budget. About $400 of her $1,500 was spent in that regard this year and more will have to be set aside for snow removal in December. Mrs, Jermyn indicated she had hoped to do the block from Huron to Andrew on the north ssiicl,e4obou. t estimates on this were A small portion of the street Will be done, and the remainder Of the budget will be spent on some of the more serious bad spots in the community — and this constitutes a figure which continues to grow. "Well have to increase the budget for Sidewalks next year," she informed council. Mayor Jack Delbridge noted that sidewalks have been nelected for the past nine and a half years, ROBIN HOODS IN TOWN — One of the groups of dampers in town over Rovers. Shown above are Gene, Marie and Jean Marie Riley of Dearborn Conne Grofu of Windsor, Prepare tenders for street work 'Tenders will be called this week for reconstruction of portions of Carling St. and William St., and installation of sewers on the former. The department of highways and the Ontario Water ResoureesCom m ission have approved the projects and tenders will be opened at, a special council meeting on June 29. Carling St, will be reconstructed from Ann to Victoria St, and a portion of William St. from Highway 83 north Will also be undertaken, the weekend were the Robin Hood Heights, Michigan and Eleanor and T-A photo PREACHER COMES LONG WAY — Billed as Michigan's Modern Circuit Rider, the Rev. James A. Bennett, centre, travelled almost 400 miles to attend the weekend camp-out in Exeter. He's chaplain of the Michigan chapter of MCI-IA and is shown above selling decals to Stan burr, left, Sarnia, and Bob Russell, RR 2 derton. The latter two were on the committee organizing the event for the London and Sarnia chapters of T-A photo