HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-07-23, Page 1FRIENDLY FELLOWS — The pair of raccoons shown above could be
friendly but Jeff Jensen of Creditor' doesn't take too many chances as
he is all set to handle them with the proper clothing. T-A photo
Four young people
hurt in auto crash
BARBECUE IS THE VICTIM — The barbecuing pit .at Riverview Park was the victim of an accident at noon,
Thursday. The car shown above driven by a London woman hit the barbecue scattering the bricks that are
being examined by some local youngsters. T-AphOo
IN ELEVENTH YEAR - The Gospel Drive-hr services at the Starlite Theatre at Shipka are now in their
eleventh year of operation. Rev. Harold Snell of London, former minister of James St, United Church in
Exeter was the guest speaker at Sunday's service, Rev, Spell is shown above, second from the left chatting
with chairman Edgar Cudmore, Rev, Stuart Miners of Thames Road who took part in the program and
Emerson Detjardine owner of the theatre, T-A photo
HE LOVED THE JOB — The adjudicator at Wednesday's Garden Party at Kirkton was Bruce Love of CFPL
in London. He is shown above presenting cheques to winners of the three classifications. From the left, they
are, Lynn Kernighan of Komoka, specialty winner, Barbara Muilwyk of Brussels vocal winner and Vincent
Glaab of Exeter, best in the instrumental section. T-A photo
Large crowd at Xirkton
Exeter lad top player
Ninety-sixth Year
EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 23, 1970
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THE BEEF IS READY —,Everyone in attendance at Friday nights Frontier bay's dance at the Hensall
arena received lots to eat, hown above with the barbecued beef ate Lloyd Mousseau, Bob Maker and Mr,
and Mrs; George Beet. T-A photo
Sixty object to water rates
Reach no decision
over street wares
Three of the five accidents
investigated by the Exeter OPP
detachment officers this week
occurred on private property and
damage was minor in all three.
Most serious crash of the week
occurred on Sunday at 1:15 a.m.
when a car driven by Wayne Glen
Chappell, RR 1 Woodham,
collided with a tree near the
entrance to Norman Heights
subdivision on Lake Huron.
' Ch appell had been northbound
ti on Highway 21 and while turning
into the lane at the subdivision,
lost control and hit the tree.
He sustained cuts and bruises
as did four passengers in the ear.
They were Dorothy Yule, RR 1
St. Marys, and three London girls,
Lori Carpenter, Diane Pomery
and Nancy Ned dham.
Constable W. G. Glassford
listed damage at $1,000.
Last Sunday, a Zurich area
Police identified
by red hat band
Members of, the Exeter Police
Department have taken on a
colorful new appearance.
Members of the force now
have red bands around their hats.
The bands serve as
identification. The red bands will
be worn by municipal police,
while the OPP have blue bands
and the ones worn by the RCMP
are yellow.
Reeve Boyle had an objection
over the new bands at Monday's
council meeting. He said he
resented the fact someone in
Toronto should decide what the
police in Exeter should wear.
Other members told Chief Ted
Day they thought the new bands
were attractive.
Pair take cash
in Hensall theft
The new operator of a Hensall
store was robbed of $70 to $80 in
cash on Friday by two male
customers this week.
Mrs. Ann Roth told police two
men came into Wallace's Store on
Friday, and while one man made
a purchase the other apparently
took the cash from her purse at
the rear of the store.
Exeter OPP are investigating.
News report
was incorrect
A news item regarding one of
the caurt eases in Exeter last
week was incorrect.
It stated that a dispute arose at
the Dash wood Hotel, resulting in
the throwing of bottles and other
Heine,
Only one bottle was thrown,
that hitting the proprietor, Stan
Holubowlez, on the head.
We apologize for any false
impression which may have been
attached to the newt Item
concerning the incident.
woman sustained a cut to the
back of her head when she was
involved in a collision on
Sideroad 15-16 in Hay Township,
just west of County Road 2.
Injured was Alice Marie Thiel,
RR 1 Zurich. Damage to her car
was listed at $580 by Constable
D. A. Mason.
He investigated an accident
Monday at 11:50 a.m. when cars
driven by Wilford Maitland
Wilson, 235 Marlboro St., Exeter,
and Eunice Stanley, Windsor,'
collided on the parking lot at
Prosper's Garage on Highway 21
north of Grand Bend.
Damage was listed at $125 to
the Wilson vehicle, with none to
the Windsor car.
On Friday at 7:00 a.m., a car
driven by John Devlin, Huron
Park, collided with a parked car
owned by Theodore Donald Farr,
109 Wellington St., Huron Park.
The Farr car was parked in the
driveway and Constable Mason
listed damage at $100.
The final crash happened on
Sunday when cars driven by John
Lawrence Cronyn, Centralia, and
Pamela Joyce Vanderweil, RR 2
Kippen, were involved" in a
collision at the Derby Dip on
Highway 4 just south of Exeter.
Damage of $95 was reported.
Exeter not
in program
Industries looking to locate in
an area under the Ontario
Industrial Opportunity Program
won't find Exeter's name on the
list.
It's not that the government
won't put Exeter on the list, but
rather there's been a local mixup
and no application has been made
to have the municipality qualify.
• The situation was brought to
light this week when council
received a letter from the Ontario
Development Corporation. It had
been sent on the suggestion of the
Hon. C. S. MacNaughton who
asked the ODC to remind council
that Exeter had not applied for
the program.
Local planning board member
Bill Gilfillan also sent a letter to
council questioning why
application had not been made.
He pointed out that not being
on the list prevented new
industries or existing Industries
wishing to expand from getting
any assistance under the plan.
Clerk Eric Carscadden said he
had turned the application over
to a member of the Industrial
Commission and he didn't know
where it was now,
He was instructed to write
ODC for the necessary forms.
More than fifty ratepayers
from the westerly portion of
Stephen township attended an,
Ontario Municipal Board hearing
in Crediton Wednesday afternoon
to deal with a proposed water
system for the municipality.
While 59 written objections to
the system had been received by
letter by Stephen township
officials only a half dozen
objectors actually gave evidence
during the hearing.
One letter in favour of the
system from Mrs, .loan Smith a
resident of Oakwood was filed
with the Board.
Cost of the proposed system is
$180,845 and water would be
supplied from the existing water
14-inch feeder line owned by the
Ontario Water Resources
Commission that supplies the
village of Grand Bend.
Engineer B. M. Ross of
Godedch outlined the system to
the board and the interested
owners. All lines will be 6-inch
except an 8-inch that will handle
commercial properties at the
north end of the township.
Ross /said 28 fire hydrants
would be included in the sytem
and when asked about damages to
property during construction said
the contractor would be
responsible for all restoration,
Most of the objections were
based on the rates that will be
charged property owners.
Charges to an average
residential property is expected
to be $96.83 per year fora period
of 30 years.
One of the objectors giving
evidence to the Board, Ken Fiebig
of Stratford who owns property
in Oakwood said "I have a good
well that is providing me with
plenty of good water, But, I will
be charged a total of $66.83 for
thirty years even if I don't take
the water."
Under the scheme owners
Car demolishes
park barbecue
Damages of more than $900
resulted from three accidents
investigated by the Exeter police
department over the past week.
The first occurred shortly
before noon on Thursday when
an automobile driven by Mrs. Gail
Oliphant, 1424 Huron Street
east, London went out of control
on Mill Street in Riverview Park
and struck a tree and knocked
over the brick barbecue.
Damage to the vehicle owned
by Margaret Schram of the same
London address was listed at
$300 while the barbecue damage
was $100.
About two hours later on
Thursday, a vehicle being
operated by Harry Rodd, RR 1
Granton, was in collision with a
road building machine on Main
Street, north of the Thames Road
intersection.
Operating the construction
machine was Lloyd Howatt, 125
Isaac Street, Clinton. Damages
were listed at $150.
Tuesday morning vehicles
driven by Dr. Voldemars Gulens,
Dashwood and Mrs. Ron Dale,
243 William Street collided on
William Street, south of Anne.
Total damages were estimated at
$350.
Zurich contractor
gets Hensall job
Meeting in special session
Monday night, Hensel' council
awarded the contract for
renovations of the village fire halt
to Don Oke of Zurich.
The Zurich builder submitted
the lowest of four tenders at
$9,155.34.
Plans call for partial removal
of the old building and adding an
extension to the north side which
will allow sufficient
accommodation for the new fire
engine and give a better and
quicker exit and entrance to the
building,
Council expects the new truck
will arrive in the village this week
and hall renovations should be
completed by October 1.
would be charged 400 per foot
frontage charge in addition to a
yearly rate of $18.53 for
connection charges along with a
3.6 assessment for fire protection
which would amount to $10.80
on an, average assessment of
$3,000.
In answer to one question,
owners were told the frontage
fees and connection charges
could be paid in one lump 40n1
instead of amortized over the
thirty year period, The.
immediate cost would ire $1.90
for connections and $5.12 per ft,
for frontages, In addition the
owner is responsible for costs
involved from the land line into
the house.
With splendid co-operation
from the weatherman, the 26th
annual Kirkton Garden Party
again drew a large crowd and an
Exeter boy was one of the top
winners in the amateur program,
one of the highlights of the night.
Vincent Glaab of Exeter with
his accordion rendition of "Roll
Out the Barrel Polka" captured
first prize in the instrumental
section of the Little Stars
Juvenile program.
Step-dancing Lynn Kernighan
of Komoka took top honors in
the specialty division while
Barbara Muilwyk, RR 4, Brussels
singing "A Time For Us"
captured top spot in the vocal
category. Cathy Innes of St. Pauls
and Barbara and Laurie Westman,
RR 1, St. Marys were runners-up
in the vocal section, Arden Bryan
of Granton and Peggy Kneisz and
Art Hymers of Milverton were
next in line in the instrumental
division while specialty
runners-up were Carol Marie
Nickles of Granton and the
Monkton Marionettes.
Bruce Love of CFPL Radio in
London was the adjudicator for
the juvenile program with Gerald
Paul as the master of ceremonies.
A crowd of more than 4,000
persona crowded into the Kirkton
Fair grounds to watch a softball
game and a professional show in
addition to the juvenile contest.
The Garden Party is sponsored
The cost of the. _actual water.
being bought from the OWRC
system will be a flat fee of 08 for
domestic use for all year-rotmd
residences and $8 for summer
properties.
Exeter lawyer Peter Raymond.
representing Fred. Gratton
questioned Mr. Forsyth, OWRC
projects engineer as. to how
frontage could be charged along
Highway 21 when the mains were
already in.
Foisyth replied that it was
quite a common practice to
Charge frontages regardless of
when the lines were put in or
where they were,
Another owner said he was
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by the Kirkton Community
Association with representatives
from most organizations in the
Kirkton and Woodham area.
Bill Waghorn is this year's
president with Norman Amos as
vice-president while Mrs. George
Start change
on properties
Exeter council this week
approved bylaws to amend the
zoning bylaw and official plan to
perm it rezoning of two
residential areas to commercial.
The areas in question are the
former Pentecostal Church
property on Main St. and the five
lots on the north side of Main St.
between the Brewers' Retail and
Alexander St.
The changes would permit
Norm Whiting to operate his used
furniture and antique business
from the former church and fora
car wash to be erected on two of
the lots north of the Brewers'
Retail. The other three lots would
be open for commercial use, but
the type of commercial use would
have to be approved at a later
date.
Council also decided to
indicate to the planning board
that they would want to see a
nine-foot setback off Sanders St.
for a proposed addition to the
property owned at the corner of
Sanders and Main by Mel Gaiser
and Jim Kneale.
Gaiser had previously asked
permission to extend the addition
to the sidewalk on Sanders St. A
15-foot setback is required under
the zoning bylaw.
Deputy-Reeve Mery Cudmore
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Deported after
drug sentence
Gary Dale Larkey of
Sacramento, California who was
arrested in Exeter on a pOssesSion
of drug charge on July 14 was
sentenced to one day in Huron
County jail in Goderich and was
fined $150.
After serving his day in jail and
paying his fine, Larkey returned
to Exeter Where he was
inarnediately arrested by Allan
Highfleld of the Department of
Irtunigration in London.
He was transported to the
Middlesex County jail in London
pending a hearing and
deportation.
Another drug charge against
Alexander dames, Semple of
London was disittisted in
provincial judge's court in
exoderich.
Wilson and Eldon Robinson
handled the respective duties of
secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. Raymond Paynter was
convener of the committee in
charge of the juvenile portion of
the show and was helped by Mrs.
Fred Switzer and Mrs. Clayton
Ross.
A preliminary contest to select
numbers for last Wednesday's
show was held on the first Friday
in June with 82 youngsters taking
part in 48 numbers.
The large crowd was treated to
an exceptionally fine professional
show guided by master of
ceremonies Lee Paul. The top
notch card included Bill Meek
from the Pig and Whistle
television show, the acrobatic
Keppo family, magician Captain
Bill James, dancer Peggy Jackson
and a circus act, Gloria and the
Busy Bees with a variety of dogs
and chimpanzees.
The printed programs listed a
surprise number for the show and
turned out to be Tommy
Common. The popular country
and western singer completed a
stand in Kirkland Lake the night
before and was able to make the
trip to Kirkton for the
Wednesday night show. The Paul
Brothers who do the professional
bookings for the show received
verification of Common's
appearance early in the week.
Proceeds of the Garden Party
are used each year to provide and
maintain cultural and
recreational facilities for
residents of Kirkton and the
surrounding communities.
A discussion was held at
Monday's council meeting over
the practice of some merchants
showing their wares on the
sidewalk in front of their
businesses.
The matter started out when
Councillor Don MacGregor
indicated he had a complaint
from a resident who recently got
a parking ticket for having his car
blocking a sidewalk,
The local ratepayer wanted to
know how some other people
could block sidewalks with
merchandise and other items and
get away with it.
The discussion almost ended,
but Councillor Ross Taylor
thought the matter should be
resolved. He wondered who
would be to blame if someone
was hurt on some of the
merchandise on the sidewalks.
Mayor Delbridge wondered if
council was responsible for the
situation or whether it was up to
the police to ask merchants to
remove articles from the
sidewalks.
"It's up to council," Chief Ted
Day remarked.
However, Chief Day said he
didn't think it was a great
problem and added that it gave a
small town a rather distinctive
flavor not found in the city.
"If anyone's stupid enough to
trip over the stuff, let them,"
stated Councillor Ross Dobson,
adding he walked down the street
on numerous occasions without
tripping over anything.
Mayor Del bridge suggested the
matter be discussed later in the
meeting, but no decision was
made on it,
However, council did ask
Works Superintendent Glen Kells
to visit one property owner and
ask him to remove two large
stones placed at the end of his
drive on the town boulevard.
At that time, Councillor Don
MacGregor pointed out the
situation was not much different
than having merchandise or
flower pots protruding on the
sidewalk.
Chief Day was in attendance at
One more issue
before holidays
The Exeter Times-Advocate
will be closed during the period
from Friday, July 31 to Monday,
August 10. There will be no issue
on August 6 as the staff enjoys
annual vacation.
Persons wishing to advertise
special events during this period
should plan insertion of those ads
on July 30. The next issue after
that date will be August 14.
The office will be closed
during the holiday week and
persons wishing stationery or
other supplies are asked to fill
their requirements next week.
the meeting to advise council that
he had been informed by
inspectors from the department
of transport that the police
communication system is
operating on an incorrect radio
band.
A letter from the department
indicated the matter would have
to be corrected.
Chief Day pointed out that a
few years ago most neighboring
communities were put on one
system and he suggested he
investigate the possibility of
Exeter being worked onto this
equipment as well.
Bible school
well attended
The Exeter and district
Vacation Bible School opened
this week with classes in the
Pentecostal and United churches
for children from five years and
up.
Rev. Harmen Heeg reported
attendance had risen to 168 by
the second night and it is
expected more children will join
as the course continues through
this week and the next.
The five to eight year olds
meet at the United Church under
the leadership of Mr. George
Anderson, and lively choruses are
conducted by Christine 'and
Cathy Cann.
At the Pentecostal Church,
Rev. Heeg, Rev. George Anderson
and John Zwaan share the
leadership.
There are about thirty
teachers involved, who represent
most of the churches in Exeter.
Pair to open
second home
Mr. and Mrs, Russell Wilhelm
who operate Braemor Manor in
Exeter have purchased the large
residence on the corner of
Andrew and Sanders Street from
Ross Dobson. The house
originally was owned by R. G.
Seldon.
Already approved by town
council, the home will be
converted to a residential home
for about 15 men who will mainly
be discharged patients from
Goderich Psychiatric Hospital.
It will be under the same
regulations required for Braemar
Manor.
Some renovations will be
necessary and a fire alarm system
will be installed to the
specification of the Fire Marshall.
The owners hope to have the
home in operation around August
10.
Mr. Wilhelm's sister, Mrs.
Doris Seyler, Tavistock, will be
the hostess and administrator.
Ask contract
renegotiated
Exeter council decided this
week to indicate to the Ausable
River Conservation Authority
they are prepared to negotiate a
new contract regarding the
maintenance at the local office of
the Authority.
At the present, council is
responsible for the outside
maintenance at the building.
They have recently completed a F.4
new roof, paint job and parking
lot at the office.
ARCA officials had indicated
that when this work was
completed they would be
prepared to negotiate a new
contract terminating Exeter's
responsibility for outside
maintenance.
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