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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-04-22, Page 1USBORNE'S PUBLIC SPEAKERS The Stewart families dominated the recent public speaking contests at Usborne central school, The winners were, back, left, Rob, Sandra and Janice Stewart and front, Donna Stewart and Cathy Parket. Sandra and Janice are sisters while Rob and Donna are brother and sister, T,A photo CAMPING GROUP IS FORMED — The Exeter chapter of the National Campers and Hiking Association was recently formed. The executive of the local chapter is shown here. From the left, president Iry and Lois Armstrong, vice-president Harvey and Dorothy Pfaff, secretary Alex and Norma Meikle, treasurer Bill and Donna Perry and district field director Lou and Dorothy Schoffer of London. T-A photo Majority in favor Bayfield to join ARCA ON THE WAY — The "Ship of Fools" manned by Jeff Carroll and Bruce Shaw, both of Exeter, is shown at the beginning of Sunday's bunny Bundle canoe race from St, Marys to London, It was one of several entries from the area T-A photo Grand Bend council will initiate municipal:garbage pickup, plan NORTHERN LAKE FROZEN — While the play of the Exeter Hawks in Haliburton over the weekend warmed the hearts of their fans, most of the lakes in the north were still frozen over. At the left, Gerry Campbell tries the ice on Lake Kashagawigamog while at the right Fred Wells washes his face in the icy waters. T-A photos Council gives okay to rezone Wellington Grand Bend council during a regular meeting Monday night decided to proceed with plans to put garbage collection on a contract basis with an in- dependent collector and have the cost charged on each property's tax bill, Councillor David Jackson is in charge of gathering information on the proposed plan and he presented some figures. He reported that there were 754 residents that would have gar- bage collection twice a week during the summer and of these 425 were year-round residents that would receive service once a week for the balance of the year. The commercial properties of about 100 would have collection every day during the summer with 60 being full-time and would receive twice a week service for the fall and winter months. Under the new plan any refuse other than garbage would be collected weekly by the village truck. Jackson said he expected the rate for collecting garbage under the new system would cost less than most ratepayers now pay. At the suggestion of councillor Murray Des Jardins, clerk Mrs, Gladys Crumplin was asked to write to the Ontario Provincial Police headquarters in Chatham asking that the OPP boat be stationed at Grand Bend for the summer months instead of at Port Franks. Wooden, a former member of council who, has done,historical reviews of the local PUC and St. Josephs, indicated the cost of printing 1,000 copies of the book would run around $3,000. He outlined some of the topics that will be covered in the book, indicating it would cover the complete history of the com- munity from all standpoints, including some of the "town characters". "If you use my name I'll sue you," Reeve Derry Boyle quickly commented. He indicated another chapter would be headed "cigarettes, whiskey and wild, wild women", giving an insight into the former hotels and the many changes in liquor legislation. The high school head said he didn't think it would be necessary for council to subsidize the book. At his suggestion, the author will work out details of the book with Exeter's centennial com- mittee, which is headed by Reeve Boyle. Radar picks off speeding drivers During the past week, radar checks have been carried out on Exeter streets by local police officers. A total of 12 motorists were charged with speeding while 14 others received warnings. Chief Ted Day reports that radar checks will continue from time to time and asks motorists to slow down. Reeve John Payne endorsed the suggestion by saying, "That's a good idea, Grand Bend is where the action is." A by-law was passed authorizing the treasurer to prepare interim tax notices. The first tax levy will be due June 15 and will be as close to one-half of last year's taxes as is possible. The salary of acting road foreman Victor Artysynuw was Date established for area inquest An inquest concerning a crash that claimed the lives of three district residents will be held at the Dion Legion hall, Wed- nesday, May 19 at 8 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Barney 1Vlacklem of Lucan and Donald Farr, Huron Park were killed in the two car accident on No. 4 highway, just north of Lucan in the early morning hours of March 28. Coroner Dr, Bev Robinson of Linognudeosni.will be in charge of the A delegation from Huron Park headed by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Som erville asked Stephen township council Tuesday night for a more rigid application of the municipality's dog by-law. Seven year-old Sandy Som- erville was bitten by a dog on March 18 and the animal has not been found. At present, the Exeter Veterinary Clinic is the township dog catcher making periodic patrols through the streets of Huron Park. The delegation .recommended that Stephen's . method of con- trolling dogs be updaled and a local person be hired as dog catcher to keep a closer watch on the situation. A petition was presented containing the names of 212 Huron Park residents who supported the plea for better control of the dog population. Council reserved decision on the matter but promised to give it full consideration in the near future. Beginning May 8, the Stephen township dump located at Lot 3, Concession 5 will be open only two days per week and will be supervised. A gate is being installed at the easterly approach to the dump and McDonald's Sanitation Service will be in charge of supervision. Garbage may be taken by Stephen residents each Wed- nesday and Saturday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the summer and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during winter months. Clerk Wilmar D. Wein is preparing a by-law to regulate the dump listing materials that will not be accepted at any time. When the new law comes into effect, turnips, dead animals, farm field stones, big stumps, auto bodies and farm implements will not be taken. Arrangements will be made with large industrial firms that require dumping facilities of- increased $30Q to an annual figure of $6,800. effective April 25, Councillor Des Jardins an- nounced that interviews with prospective lifeguards for the summer months would be held Saturday. A building permit application of Gordon Clemas, 19 Elmwood street to build an addition to his present home in the amount of $600 was approved. Council authorized Tom Bates of the London law firm of Gillies, Saint, Caskey, O'Donovan and Dickie, village solicitors to proceed with completion of an agreement With Southcott Pines Parklands Limited that was drawn up in 1963 and not finalized. The village will close what could be considered a road allowance, east of Block F and west of the river bank. At the time of the original agreement Southcott Pines deeded land to the village to widen the road allowance west of the yacht club. tener than regular hours. Similar hours of dumping will be in effect at the western dump of the township located on Con- cession 14, Applications are being called for supervision of the west dump. In other business council: Authorized the purchase of a tractor, backhoe, loader and — Please turn to page 3 Plan removt*I of building top Milt Keller was granted a permit Monday night to tear off the upper portion of the Burkley Restaursnt. He told council that the part of the building housing the apart- ments over the restaurant is in bad shape and the owners had decided to take the top floor off and replace it with a gable roof. The local contractor said that an entrance would be made into the roof to enable firemen to get access to the building. It was also indicated at the meeting by the owner of the restaurant that a request may be coming for an addition at the rear to house liquor facilities. No application was made to council in this regard and members doubted there was enough room to allow the required parking at the proposed addition. Five building permits were also approved, all subject to approval by the building in- spector. They were as follows: ' Aubrey Graper, to erect a carport at his residence on William St, North; Roy Lamport, to erect a fence between his property and that of Dale's Sunoco; Gregus Constgruction, to erect a carport on Victoria St. for Don Wells; Dalton Skinner, to erect a garage and living quarters on Edward St.; Harold Skinner, to erect a new porch on Gidley St. The conservation branch of the Ontario Department of Energy and Resources Management is expected to call a meeting in the very near future for an official vote by 12 municipalities in the Bayfield River watershed. The result of an unofficial vote held Thursday, showed eight municipalities were in favour of joining the Ausable River Con- servation Authority, Last October the municipalities turned down a Seaforth proposal to join the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority by failing by one vote to reach the required two-thirds majority. Thursday's vote took only one hour with the villages of Bayfield and Zurich, the town of Clinton and Hay, Hibbert, MOKillop, Stanley and Tuckersmith Exeter council this week agreed to erect a fence around the Anne St. drain between Carling and Marlboro for the safety of toddlers in the area. A petition asking that the drain be covered Was presented to council and three residents of the area appeared to discuss the matter, Brian Wedlake explained that the request was being made to prevent any accidents among the children in the under five age group, Mayor Jack Delbridge replied that it was unlikely the drain could be covered over this year, primarily because the. waterway was undersized and new pipe Would have to be installed before it was enclosed. Some rapid calculation in- dicated the total cost of such a project for the one block could townships voting in favor of the Ausable resolution, proposed last fall by Hay Township, Voting against the resolution and for joining the Maitland Valley authority were: the town of Seaforth, and the townships of Goderich, Hullett, and Logan. Clinton and McKillop Township had voted against joining the Ausable Authority in October. Goderich, which had supported the Maitland authority resolution, is not in the Bayfield watershed area that includes all land south of the northern boundary of Bayfield and all land draining into the Bayfield River. Zurich replaced Goderich in the voting. Chairman of the meeting, held in the Huron County courthouse was Charles Thomas of Brussels, run as high as $20,000. The three parents then asked that a fence be erected and council approved this request. In addition, council asked works superintendent Glen Kells and Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor to investigate the cost involved in providing a cover for the same drain at its begin- ning at Sirricoe and Edward Streets. The drain is covered in this area and MacGregor suggested it was dangerous not to have the entrance covered because children were walking into the drain. He feared they could be gassed. Kells said the cover that was on the drain had disappeared, but added that it was inadequate in that it became easily clogged and Was difficult to move when the water reached high proportions, Despite objections from Ken Ottewell, Exeter council agreed ,Monday to proceed with a plan to rezone the south side of Wellington St, between Carling and William to general corn- mereial, The .block is now designated. residential and the change was requested by planning board member Bill Gilfillan, who plans to erect another warehouse on the block. He owns the former "onion. shed" in the middle of the block, which has been the centre of several debates in the past, along with a building owned at the Lose an hour this weekend Daylight Saving Time goes into effect this weekend in the area. That means you'll lose an hour's sleep as you set your clocks ahead one hour when you go to bed Saturday night — or early Sunday morning, That lost hour won't be regained until late in October. chairman of the Huron County planning board. Liquor vote set for Hay At a meeting last week, Hay township council accepted a petition from three businesses in the municipality asking for a liquor vote. The petition from the Bayview Tourist Inn, Pineridge Chalet and Towne and Country bowling Lanes in Zurich contained the names of more than 250 township ratepayers. When a petition containing the necessary amount of names, 25 percent of the eligible voterS, a council is required to conduct a vote. Hay township clerk Wayne Horner said Tuesday that arrangements are being made with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to finalize the vote. corner of Carling and WelliugtoP by Clerk Erie Carscadden, The two are non-conforming uses, although council in the past has allowed Gilfillan to re-side his warehouse and they have also permitted a commercial buSiness to be operated out of the former hatchery owned by Carscadden. If approved, the change would Provide for further warehouse facilities on the block in addition to permitting the bulk fuel storage of Art Clarke, which is also a non-conforming use on the block. Ottewell said he didn't like the idea of commercial areas jutting into residential use and suggested council and the plsnning board had erred in the first place by allowing the im- provements to the "onion shed". Reeve Boyle replied that the official plan was being con- tinually updated, partly because personnel on council and the planning board changes and the new members have different ideas. "I wouldn't want to be subject to the whims of the planning board," Ottewell replied, adding that planning should be a long- range thing. He said that regardless of the personnel on the planning board or council, the yardsticks used in planning the orderly growth of the community should not change. Boyle said in his opinion the original planning board had made a mistake in designating the block residential. Councillor Ross Taylor then entered the discussion and questioned if the north side of the street shouldn't also be changed from residential to commercial. He was told by Mayor Delbridge that this thought had been presented at last week's meeting of the planning board, but it wasn't recommended "at this time". The Mayor told Ottewell that residents within 400 feet of the block would have an opportunity to make their objections known, along with any other local resident. Two ratepayers attended the planning board meeting Wed- nesday night when the matter was first discussed. They were Don Stephen and Hendrik DeVries. Accident total remains low The area accident total remained low this week as the Exeter OPP detachment officers investigated only two, Both were of a minor nature with no in- juries. On Thursday, cars driven by Karen Hendrick, RR 3 Kippen, and Robert Reaburn, Hensall, collided at the corner of Albert and Richmond Streets in Hensall, OPP Constable Ed Wilcox listed damage at $400. The other crash occurred Saturday when a car driven by John Snyders, RR 2 Belmont, overturned near Kirkton after a tire on his vehicle blew out. Damage was set at $300 by Constable Frank Giffin. During the past week the officers laid seven charges under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 13 drivers, There was one person charged with impaired driving, another six charged under the Liquor Control Act and eight charges under the Criminal Code. The police report that the dog they found last week has been claimed, and this week they have a 32-foot extension ladder in their possession for which they are trying to locate the owner. It was left in a barn in the Zurich area in March. Fine area man for having liquor A Zurich man, Murray C. McAdams, was fined $35 when he appeared in Exeter court last week on a charge of having liquor in a place other than his residence. McAdams pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge Glenn Hays. A complete history of Exeter will be published to coincide with the community's centennial in 1973, SHDHS principal J. L. Wooden has been preparing the history • and Monday night Exeter council decided to take the project under their wing and have the book published. To re-engage • dog catcher Exeter council decided this week to re-hire their dog catcher, contrary to the opinions ex- pressed by some last fall that the service may be too costly for the benefits. However, members agreed Monday night that complaints about dogs have been few in the community since council engaged the services of the Exeter Veterinary Clinic to patrol town on two-hour sessions twice a week from April 15 to September 15. Dr. R. Roelofson told council he would be prepared to undertake the same service this year at last year's price of $1075. In addition to the weekly patrols during the five months, the Clinic picks up accident victims throughout the remainder of the year and also picks up any stray animals that may be captured by the police or local residents. • He said since last September, they have picked up 10 dogs and six cats from the police and local residents. Also included in the total were two squirrels and one hawk. "If people are aware that someone is picking up loose dogs it helps control them," Councillor Mery Cudmore contended. "It's good prevention," added Councillor Tom MacMillan. New county plan okay by Exeter Although few have read it, members of Exeter council Monday night endorsed the new plan for the County of Huron. "It doesn't pertain much to Exeter," Reeve Derry Boyle advised, adding that it was very compatible with Exeter's official plan. Councillor Mery Cudniore, a former Member of the county planning board, explained that Exeter'S plan Was more en- ,* compassing than the neW -county plan, He said the latter was "very basic, a guideline plan", The plan was approved after Councillor Ross Taylor indicated Council should be able to rely on their county council members to ensure the town's interests are being looked after. AN ASSIST FROM THE COACH — Exeter Hawks coach Bob White showed plenty of versatility on the weekend hockey trip to Haliburton. In addition, the coach helped with the breakfast chores, • Here he pours coffee for Bob Rowe. T-A photo Will produce book about town history Okay fence at drain to protect children Stephen invoke dump control --asked to control stray dogs Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 22, 1971 Price Per Copy 15 Cents