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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-03-18, Page 1+A Mayor urges them to serve milk Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 18, 1971 Price Per Copy 15 Cents. Council okays plan to finish most sanitary sewers in '72. EDUCATION WEEK ACTIVITIES — Despite stormy weather most schools in the area carried out most of their Education Week activities. Wednesday night was a busy one throughout the district.In the picture above, Usborne teacher Larry Black is showing a color experiment to Mrs. Hugh Rundle, Mrs. Bill Pincombe and Mrs. Bill Dougall. Below is one of the Exeter public school choirs in action with music 'director Lawrence Wein. T-A photos AT London man sustained a compound fracture of the right leg when he was involved in an accident just south of Hensall Saturday evening. Robert Campbell, 37, was walking along Highway 4 when he was involved in a collision with a car driven by James Anthony project in principle, there was an indication that if costs were too high, some areas could be left out, particularly long sections where only one or two houses would be serviced. Council authorized B, M. Ross to submit an estimate of the Mothers ask for fluoride wonder if in fact the woman had been at home when the fire broke out, although neighbors ,said she was never seen venturing outside except when she had a doctor's appointment. Her body was finally located under a pile of smouldering debris in the kitchen, just as her 22-year-old son, Jim, arrived at the scene. He lives in Melbourne, but stayed with his mother on weekends. Dr. Fred Boyes, Parkhill coroner, was called te the scene and the body was then removed by Haskett's Ambulance, to the C. Haskett & Son Funeral Home 'where service was conducted Saturday by Rev. R. A. Carson. Burial was in St, James Cemetery, Clandeboye and the pallbearers included Maurice Simpson, Alan Hill, Orville Rollings, James Donaldson, Allan Scott and Willie Hodgins. Approve sale of two sweepstakes Exeter council this week gave approval to the sponsors of two provincial-wide lotteries to sell tickets in the community. However, there was no in- dication any members were anxious to use lotteries as a method of providing money for local projects. Councillor Ken Ottewell predicted that lotteries could become so general that "no one will make anything". The lotteries approved this week were the ones being sponsored by the North Mid- dlesex arena committee and the Co-ordinated Arts Services, which represents a number of arts groups including the Stratford festival and the National Ballet. Reeve Derry Boyle said the latter one "leaves me a little cold" beciuse the money would net be staying in this area, but predicted local citizens would be angry if they couldn't purchase tickets on the $200,000 lottery in Exeter. Councillor Helen Jermyn noted that some people in Exeter were interested in the performing arts which would benefit from the lottery. "But more of them are in- , terested in the $100,000" Boyle quickly replied. Organizers of the lotteries have received licenses from the Ontario government, but require approval from each municipality before they can sell tickets. Barn, 100 pigs lost in Dashwood blaze AT THE SCENE a Dr . Fred lloyes, Parkhill Coroner, talks to Jim Henderson, whose mother died in her burning Clandeboye home, Friday. At the left are OPP Sgt, Sid Daley and Constable Bill Wicks of the Lucan detachment who headed the investigation. T.A photo • Councillor Bruce Shaw was a few minutes late for Monday's council meeting and indicated he had been busy answering the telephone since returning home from a meeting in Clinton an hour Area crash total three months up In his weekly press release, OPP Cpl. Ray Brooks notes that the area collision rate continues to climb. Up to March 15, the Exeter detachment officers had in- vestigated 98 motor vehicle collisions. The 98th accident in 1970 was investigated on June 7. "Fortunately, the majority of collisions have been of the lender-bender' nature involving property damage only," Cpl. Brooks stated. He said the general increase of collisions has been noted in other areas where winter driving conditions have been similar to • those experienced in the Exeter area. Name 'members for centennial ▪ After a delay of several months, Exeter council has finally taken some action regarding the town's centennial celebration which will be staged in 1973. Early last year, several local service clubs indicated they would assist in the planning of the centennial, but council took no action on the matter. This week they named a committee of Reeve Derry Boyle and Councillors Tom MacMillan and Bruce Shaw to commence organizing the event. Council also approved a budget of up to $500 for any expenses the centennial committee may incur this year. The matter was broached by MacMillan, who said if council • planned to do anything, it should get started. He proposed that Boyle be chairman "because he's lived in town for the great part of the .past 100 years". before council convened. He said in that one-hour period he had received calls from nine women and three men voicing their approval for the addition of fluoride to the local water supply. Councillor Helen Jermyn said she had received calls from two young mothers who were in favor of fluoride and said she may have had more, but she too was away for the afternoon. The subject of fluoride came up at the last council meeting when retiring Huron MOH Dr. G.P.A. Evans advised Exeter that the fluoride content of the local water was too low. In • 1966, Dr. R. M. Aldis reported the same thing when he vacated his position as county medical officer of health. One-way traffic for Anne Street After a delay of about one year, Police Chief Ted Day has succeeded in having council declare one block of Anne St. a one-way traffic route. A bylaw was passed Monday designating the first block west of Main as one-way, with the traffic to proceed westerly. A three-way stop will be established at the intersection of William and Anne. Westbound traffic will not have to stop, thus enabling ambulances to proceed directly to the emergency en- trance at the hospital without stopping. A partially crippled woman, died in her blazing three-room frame house in Clandeboye Friday morning, only two days after a partially blind and disabled Dashwood man had perished in a similar fire. Victim of the area's second tragedy was Mrs. Petra Hen- derson, 69, who was found in her Two weeks ago, council ap- proved asking the OWRC to submit an estimate of the cost of adding fluoride to the water supply. Clerk Eric Carscadden reported the OWRC had not yet been contacted, but said PUC manager Hugh Davis had in- dicated over a year ago that adding fluoride would require a total expenditure of some $16,000. He said new equipment at the four pumping stations would cost about $4,000 each. Mayor Jack Delbridge predicted the cost would probably be $25,000 now. The Mayor said the actual cost of the fluoride would probably not be very much, but pointed out that it would require fluoridating a lot of water that was not used for drinking. He opined that the doctors who suggested the water supply should contain certain levels could be- wrong as some people could get a build-up in their system. "I think there's a better way than putting it (fluoride) in water," he said, but gave no alternatives. He said in 1966 the Russians indicated that too much fluoride in the water creates deterioration of the brain. "You'll have to prove to me it's good." commented Reeve, Boyle and the Mayor then indicated if the mothers who were calling gave their children enough milk Please turn to page 3 kitchen after firemen from Lucan, with the aid of a pumper from Ailsa Craig, had brought the fire under control. Careless smoking is believed to be the cause of the Clandeboye blaze. Spectators at the scene said Mrs. Henderson rolled her own cigarettes, often using newspapers instead of cigarette papers. The fire was spotted, around 9:30 a.m. by Mrs. Clarence Carter, who operates the general store in the Middlesex hamlet. She turned in the alarm to the Loss $15,000 in farm blaze Defective electricaljwiring has been blamed for the fit0 that destroyed a large barn -on the farm of Willis Walper on the 15th concession of Hay township, early Saturday afternoon. In addition to the barn more than 100 pigs were destroyed. The fire broke out about 1.30 p.m. when the Walper family was away. Neighbours turned in the alarm. The Dashwood volunteer fire brigade responded to the call and were able to save the farm house and another smaller barn that contained another 25 pigs. They were freed by neighbours. Dashwood fire chief Gerald Marten said this week that in- vestigations of the ruins in- dicated an electrical short circuit was responsible. A heat lamp was also apparently operating at the time of the outbreak, Total damages were assessed in excess of $15,000, The loss was partially covered by insurance Exeter council Monday night approved "in principle" a project which will virtually complete the local sanitary sewer system in 1972. With the financial aid of the Ontario Water Resources Commission, some 17,300 feet of sanitary sewer would be installed in 1972 and would give sanitary sewers to all residences east of the CNR tracks with four ex- ceptions. The exceptions would be Thames Road, William and Carling north of the river and Waterloo Street. The proposal was made by the drains committee following a meeting last week with engineer B. M. Ross, Goderich. He indicated the major un- dertaking could be completed within three months and would cost between $230,000 and $250,000. If an agreement could be reached with the OWRC, the cost would be repaid over a 30-year period. Based on repayment of $200,000 at eight percent interest the annual cost would be around $17,500. The idea for completing the sanitary sewer project had been pushed by Councillor Ken Ottewell since he joined council this year and the study into the matter was at his urging. "It's a good idea," commented Reeve Derry Boyle during Monday's discussion. Actually, there was little discussion on the large un- dertaking, despite the fact some members of council had previously indicated council should determine what other major projects they faced in the coming few years before making any decisions on the sewers. While council approved the Will aid firemen • in buying jackets Exeter council this week ap- proved paying half the cost of casual jackets for members of the volunteer fire brigade. The 20 jackets are expected to cost $25 with council's share working out to $250. Councillor Helen Jermyn suggested council wait until the end of the year to see if there was any money left in the fire budget before making any contribution. However, Councillor Ross Taylor urged paying half the cost immediately, saying Mrs. Jer- myn's plan was too uncertain. Lucan fire brigade and then joined customers from her storz in attempting to find Mrs. Henderson. However, they were pushed back by the flames and dens smoke. Lucan firemen almost had toe blaze under control when their initial water supply was depletes and the house was totally gutted before more water could be brought to the scene by the two fire departments. After the fire was brought under control around 11:00 a.m.. firemen started a search of the building and had considerable difficulty in finding the body. Stacks of old newspapers, books and magazines and some tires were removed from the living room and holes were chopped in the floor to allow the deep water to escape to aid in the search. At one time, people started to project and also to detail an- ticipated revenue from frontage, connection and water surcharge rates. The amount of revenue realized would reduce the amount that would have to be borrowed to undertake the job. Benenati, 21, also of London. Campbell also suffered a cut nose and forehead and after treatment at South Huron Hospital, was transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in London. OPP Constable Dale Lamont is investigating the accident, one of five reported in the area this past week. The first of the investigations was on Thursday at 3:20 p.m. when vehicles driven by Brian Charles Fields, RR 2 Hensall, and Jon Dinney, Exeter, collided at the intersection of the second concession of Stephen and Huron St., one and a quarter miles west of Exeter. Constable Bill Glassford listed damage at $2,200. At 2:15 a.m., Saturday, a car driven by William Douglas Armstrong, Zurich, collided with a parked car owned by Robert Gordon McBride, RR 1 Zurich. The mishap occurred on Edward St. in Zurich and damage was set at $400 by Constable Don Mason. A hit and run was also reported Saturday. A car parked by William Wesley Sims, Exeter, was struck by an unknown vehicle on Algonquin Drive at Huron Park. Damage was listed at $50 by Constable Ed Wilcox. The final crash of the week. occurred on Monday at 8:15 a.m., when a vehicle driven by Judith Esther Gingerich, — Please turn to page 3 No inquest in Dashwood death Dr. P. L. Brady, Seaforth Coroner, has advised there will be no inquest into the death of Henry Weiberg, the 80-year-old bachelor who died when his Dashwood area farm home was gutted by fire last Wednesday morning. An autopsy indicated death was caused by smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning. Mrs. Henderson is survived only by her son, her husband having died of a heart attack outside their Clandeboye home about one year ago. Investigation of the fire was conducted by OPP Sgt. Ski Daley and Constable Bill Wicks of the Lucan detachment. The house in which Mrs. Henderson died was owned by Maurice Simpson and was valued at $4,000. SMASH FLOOR — Lucan firemen used axes to smash through the floor of the Henderson home to enable the water to escape to. facilitate in their search for Mrs, Henderson's body. Eire Chief Wes • Hickson is shown at the left on crutches supervising the efforts, Pedestrian injured in collision with car Clandeboye lady dies in house fire CARETAKER AT CEMETERY — Albert Hummell assumed the duties of caretaker at the Exeter Cemetery last week. A native of Holland, Hummell came to the United States 13 years ago and to the Exeter area about a year ago. He was planning on starting a landscaping and nursery business on Highway 83 before he accepted the cemetery positon. The new caretaker is shown in the green house with some flowers. T-A photo Stephen to cut trees as incentive program Stephen township will be taking advantage of the employment incentive program being offered jointly by the federal and provincial governments. At Tuesday night's regular meeting, council authorized clerk Wilmer D. Wein to make the necessary application for a works program on tree removal in the township. . A grant of 100 percent on labour to a maximum of $1 per capita is available to municipalities to stimulate more employment. Extra help must be hired to do these jobs. In Stephen's case the amount of grant money available is about $3,500. The work must be done during the months of April, May and June. The township will continue to handle the warble fly spraying program as in other years. A call for tenders to have the spraying done by private firms failed to get any bids. The warble fly powder will be purchased from Hubert Cooper for $5.25 per 15-pound bag. The Cooper tender was the lowest of three received. Lee Jennison Grand Bend received the liquid calcium contract at $53.60 per flaked ton for approximately 125 tons to be applied to township roads. Three other tenders were received. The tenders of Roger Schoojans of Allenford was accepted to load, haul and spread 221,000 cubic yards of gravel from the town- ship stockpile at Sillery's pit in Usborne township. The work is to be done during the month of May and the Shoojans tender is for 69 cents per yard, subject to Department of Highways approval. The same firm will also load the township truck for 10 cents per yard. Seven other bids were received. In response to a recom- mendation by the township auditor A. M. Harper of Goderich, a separate municipal drain account will be opened with the Bank of Montreal. Reeve Joseph Dietrich and clerk Wein are in Toronto today, —Please turn to page 3 Falls from pony, is badly injured Kandy Dobson, four year old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ross Dobson, suffered a depressed fracture of the skull when she was thrown off her pony and hit her head on a post gate hanger, Sunday afternoon. Rushed into St. Joseph's Hospital, London, she was operated on Sunday evening. Kandy has been removed from the intensive care unit and her doctors are 'greatly encouraged' by her progress. Kathy Simmons wins another test Kathy Simmons again topped the junior secondary school division in the public speaking contest held at Kincardine Sunday afternoon. She is now eligible to take part in the area finals at Richmond Hill this Saturday. Should she win there she will move unto the provincial contest at Elliott Lake the following week. The public speaking contest held throughout the province is sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion. P. GUTTED RUINS — This is all that remained Of the Clandeboye home in which Mrs. Petra Henderson died, Friday. The tarpaulin near the shovel at the bottom left side of the photo covers her body where it Was found in the kitchen of the small, frame home, T.A photo