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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-12-02, Page 3Ready Mix CONCRETE ‘7/1 -141— Plant 235:0833 Residence 228-6967 C.A. McDOWELL Times-Advocate, December 2, 1971 Pape :3 Property damage high Five injured in accidents • LAVERNE KELLETT Laverne Kellett, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Kellett of Elimville, passed away at Vic- toria Hospital, November 27, 1971, in his 58th year, He was the brother Of Miss Verda Kellett of Elimville and George, of Usborne Township. The funeral was conducted from the Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home, November 30, with Rev, Stewart Miner officiating, Burial was in Exeter cemetery. MANSELL E. HODG1NS Mansell Hodgins passed away at. Qucensway Nursing Home, Hensall, November 28, 1971, He was the husband of the late Etta Mae Carruthers who predeceased him in 1918. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ross (Nola) Love of Dashwood, Mrs. Stanley (Ila ) Kayes of Stephen Township and Mrs. Clarence (Beulah) Hardy of Lucan. Also surviving are 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, The funeral was from the M. Box & Son Funeral Home, Parkhill, November 30, with burial in Grand Bend cemetery. The combine driven by David Thompson, Komoka, was not damaged. Constable Wilcox investigated. An Exeter man, Michael Adamson, suffered a fractured left arm in the other crash which occurred on Highway 21, just north of Grand Bend. The other driver involved was Cyrus Kelly, Alliston. Adamson was passing another northbound car when he lost control of his vehicle and spun into the path of the southbound Kelly vehicle. Damage was listed at $1,500 by Constable Bill Lewis. During the week, the officers charged three drivers with im- paired driving and another 13 were charged under the Highway Traffic Act. Warnings were given to 13 persons, GET SAFETY AWARDS — The Exeter Public Utilities Commission recently received safety awards in two divisions. Above, Mayor Jack Delbridge presents the Electrical Utility Safety Association award to foreman Bob Pooley, PUC chairman R. E, Pooley is in the centre and employee Harold Wurm receives the American Waterworks Association award from Commissioner Murray Greene. T-,A photo Suspend operations in Hay Eight accidents were in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP detachment officers this week, Five persons were injured and property damage amounted to almost $6,000, Four of the persons were in- jured in a two-car crash on Friday involving vehicles driven by Fergus McKellar, Seaforth, and Edward Webster, Exeter. Both were westbound on High- • way 84 near the Parr line and both were passing a third vehicle when they collided. McKellar sustained a con- cussionand Webster had cuts and bruises. Two passengers in his car also sustained cuts and bruises. They were Ross Elliott and Denise Bedard, both of Exeter, Constable Bill Lewis in- vestigated and listed damage at $1,150. It was one of four accidents on Friday. Two involved only single cars and the first occurred when a car driven by Ronald Dickert, Zurich, skidded out of control on concession 8 in Hay and struck a hydro pole. Damage was set at $450 by Constable Frank Giffin, In the other single-car mishap, a vehicle operated by Herbert north of Exeter, involving vehicles driven by Andrew Dougall, RR 3 Exeter, arid John Moir, Hensall, Dougall was stopped waiting for traffic to clear to make a left turn when struck from behind by the Moir vehicle, Constable Dale Lamont set damage at $175. There was one accident, Thursday, involving cars driven by Leo Meidinger and David Stark, both of Zurich. They collided on Highway 84 in Zurich and Constable Giffin set total damage at $225, A hit and run was reported Wednesday. A car owned by Robert Tait, Cambro, was struck while parked in front of a Huron Park residence. Damage was $75, The final two accidents oc- curred on Saturday, the first on Highway 4 just south of Exeter involving cars driven by Marsha Shepherd, Huron Park, and Albert Neutel, New Hamburg. Neutel was northbound and was attempting to pass a farm combine when he was in collision with the southbound car driven by the area lady. Damage was listed at $1,100. It Acclamation at Biddulph • Reeve Wilson Hodgins and his entire council in the township of Biddulph were returned to office by acclamation at Friday's nomination meeting. Hodgins has just completed a term as Warden of Middlesex county and he was unopposed for the Reeve's post in Biddulph. Returned to council seats were Fred Dobbs, Joseph Haskett, James Ryan and Douglas Tuttle. Music during the banquet and for dancing was supplied by courtesy of the Academy of Musical Arts of Sarnia, Neeb, Zurich, collided with a highway sign at Huron Park, Damage was estimated at $1,050 by Constable Ed Wilcox. The final crash on Friday occurred on Highway 4, two miles Retarded. Continued from front page provide much more financial help. Continuing he said, "If you start your workshop now, I'm sure in two years changes in government contributions will make your local look good." During the evening, Region 2 Family services chairman Mrs. Nonle Hemingway presented a certificate to past Crand Com- mander Jerry Arnold of the Grand Bend, Alhambra Caravan for their help in providing the facilities for the Huron Hope Nursery school, south of Grand Bend. The village of Grand Bend is in the process of taking over operation of the school in order to receive grants of 80 percent. Children from Hensall, Stephen, Bosanquet and Grand Bend are attending the school and the municipalities will share the balance of the cost. Mrs. Gerald Godbolt of Exeter, president of the Association welcomed the visitors and Case Van Raay was chairman of the evening. One of the highlights of the evening was a surprise auction conducted by Jack and Doug Riddell, Jack Riddell was to lead a sing- song but on his way to the plat- form picked up a ladies purse and proceeded to sell the contents to the highest bidder. Enthusiastic and humorous bidding followed for all items and when the purse was empty, the Association was $92 richer. In addition, officials announced a donation of $100 had been received from McCann Con- struction of Dashwood. Fire agreement Continued from front page chairman of the Exeter protection to persons and property committee, said she was "very happy" with the new agreement. "Everyone was very agreeable and the new agreement should provide us all with better ser- vice," she added. At the meeting, discussion was also held on the topic of pur- chasing new equipment. The need for a new fire truck was cited, as well as a pumper for use at township fires where the supply of ,water is limited. It was agreed that the three townships should purchase the pumper and that Exeter would consider converting the 1941 fire truck into a ladder truck. With the increase in local apartment buildings, the latter is needed. However, no action will be taken on any purchases until suitable accommodation can be found for the equipment. Heated storage would be required for the tanker to keep its supply of water from freezing. Accommodation will probably be contingent on Exeter's plans for a new town hall. Exeter court problems that could arise from such a situation. Roger Martin, resources manager of the Ausable River Conservation Authority, asked if the firm had to post performance bonds. He was told that no such bonds were presently required, Brittain then entered the discussion to outline the regulations regarding this type of disposal, noting that they were a bit confusing "even to those of us involved in it". He noted at this time that the Sarnia firm had been granted permission to drill a well, but its subsequent use hinged on ap- proval of the municipality and the waste management branch. He said the well has as yet not been drilled. In answer to a question, he said no one could predict what dangers could arise in a period of 25 years with a sustained disposal operation. At this point, some confusion arose as to who had invited Brittain to the meeting and in fact, who had called the meeting. Prefontaine advised he had called the meeting to answer questions from ratepayers and had asked Brittain to be present. Discussion into previous test drilling in Hay came up when Matthew Denomme reported he had not received payment from the firm which had leased land belonging to several teachers were damaged. Lee was fined for kicking the head-light on a car owned by Kenneth Lawton, although the glass was not broken. Continued from front page "You can't put nothing in my place," Stasik said. Several wanted to know what guarantees there were that fresh water supplies for the township would not be contaminated. Prefontaine replied that the wells have three to four casings and a pressure recorder is provided on the inside one to determine if any leaks are taking place so remedies can be un- dertaken. He told the audience there was no fresh water above 200 feet in the township and his firm would be disposing of wastes at a depth of 1,000 feet. This brought some strong objections from the farmers on hand. Several reported their wells are in the range of from 250 to 300 feet deep and they were getting fresh water. Jim Sangster asked what benefit the wells would be to the ratepayers of the township. To this, the Sarnia man replied that his firm would pay a royalty to the township as well as a fee for the lease with individual property owners,, Wilf Mousseau asked what would happen if one of the firm's tankers with chemical wastes upset in the township. He was told the firm had in- surance, but members of the audience noted this would be little compensation for the R. AARON ERB Aaron Erb, RR 2 Zurich, 78, died at South Huron Hospital, November 26, 1971. He is survived by his wife the former Veronica Gerber, one daughter, Dorothy, RR 2 Zurich, and three sons, Gordon, Leroy, Harold, all in the Zurich area. Mr. Erb was a brother of Moses, Edmund, and Mrs. Aaron (Sarah) Gingerich. Also sur- viving are 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held at the Westlake Funeral Home, November 29, with interment in Blake Mennonite cemetery. Kirkton wells dry up LYLE GARNET ROBERTS Lyle G. Roberts, London, died November 28, in his 51st year. He was predeceased by his first wife, Dorothy (Welsh) Roberts, for- merly of Exeter. Surviving is his wife, 'rika (Whitfield) Roberts, and two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Judith) Marr of Galt and Mrs. Terrence (Francine) Melmer of London. Two brothers, Melvin and Harold, both of Sarnia, and five grandchildren also survive. The funeral was from the A. Millard George Funeral Home, London, December 1, with Rev. Ralph J. Cummings officiating. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations may be made to the War Memorial Children's Hospital or the Ontario Heart Foundation. Exeter Planning Board OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING To Amend Exeter's Official Plan In the North-East Section Tues., Dec. 14 7:30 p.m. EXETER TOWN HALL Continued from front page a cruiser was following, and he pointed out that the reason for the stop signs and speed limits which were ignored by the accused were for the protection of the public. He said the incident constituted a great risk to people by Glavin's actions. In other cases, the following fines were levied: Joan Marie Walker, Huron Park, was fined $50 and costs of $3 for failing to produce proof of insurance for the vehicle she was driving on October 8 in Exeter. Braden Henry Klumpp, Dash- wood, was fined $15 for speeding at a rate of 45 in a 30 m.p.h, zone. Robert William Campbell, Exeter, was fined $50 for having liquor while under the legal age of 18. John Melville Campbell, Exeter, was fined $50 on a charge of mischief. He kicked a plate glass door out at the Zurich arena following an argument with the custodian, who was attempting to get Campbell out of the building. The accused said he was a bit "snarly" over the argument and that he had been drinking some. Judge Hays replied that if drink or temper caused him to put on such an exhibition, he should stay away from public places, John Gordon Anderson, Parkhill, was fined $30 for having liquor in a place other than his residence. He was a passenger in a car in which police found 27 pints of beer, Robin Lee, one of five youths .awaiting sentence for a recent Spree of vandalism in the area, was fined $35 on a mischief charge arising out of an incident at SHDHS on June 21 when cars being used daily at Huron Park, ODC officials say this is not correct. Pres Lavier, acting manager of the Ontario Development Cor- poration operation at Huron Park said Wednesday afternoon the average daily use is about 350,000 gallons. Lavier went on to say, "Since this became a provincial operation, the maximum gallonage on the hottest day of the hottest year was 600,000." He quoted figures showing 2,616,400 as the gallonage used for the first seven days in October. This would average to 359,000 gallons per day. A schedule meeting with an official of the OWRC with the Kirkton committee scheduled for Tuesday noon was cancelled when E. C. Small of the Toronto office failed to show up in Kirkton, The OWRC has indicated that they are gathering information on the water situation and will be calling a meeting in Kirkton in the near future. Harold Davis, a member of the committee told the T-A, Tuesday "there have been nine deep wells drilled in this area in the past two weeks. The situation is getting desperate." Continued from front page exploitation by a large and well- organized interest . . , in this case the department of national defence," the brief reads. ' The history of the past 20 years had proved water tables in the area had been permanently lowered by requirements of the air base and later the industrial park developed by the Ontario government after Centralia was phased out, it says. K. E, Symons, director of the OWRC's water resources division, said the OWRC received complaints from Blanshard Township early in November about two wells which were drying up. Mr. Symons said that based on the OWRC's examination of its own well located on the same property as the production well for Huron Park, the shortage was due to "normal natural con- ditions". He said this information was relayed to Blanshard Township officials Nov. 17. Mr. Symons said it should be noted that the production well for Huron Park is more than 300 feet deep and that the production level is 125 feet below the surface. While a figure of one million gallons per day was used in the brief as the amount of water • • M. F.1,,,. , W.,.1,1 teirt‘til "My daughter's baby-sitting here tomorrow night and she asked me to check your set." GB medical Continued from front page obtained. He is Dr. Robert Clay, who will graduate from Toronto this spring. It is expected he will start moving his own equipment into the building around May 1. Sturdevant said suggestions had been made that a small nursing home could be erected on the remaining portion of land at the Medical Centre location. There were 12 directors named at the meeting to serve for the corning year. They will elect their executive at a meeting within the next two weeks. Directors named were: William Sturdevant, Harry Hamilton, W. F. B. MacLaren, Jack Mennell, Clayt Ma thers, Prosper Vanm Bruaene, Eric Mcllroy, Ory Wassmann, Gerard Backx, Murray DesJardins, Ken Young and Earl Thompson. A set of bylaws was also ap- proved and a letter of ap- preciation will be sent to Wayne Sylvester, who was treasurer of the building fund. He has been transferred by the Bank of Montreal to Toronto. The executive was given a hearty vote of thanks for the work accomplished by them during the past year. from him and he had been left with a mushy hole that he had to keep filling. Prefontaine said he was only an employee of the firm doing the work at that time and the cleanup after the drilling had been supervised by government of- ficials. "If you didn't get paid, I'm sorry to hear it," he told Denomme. Brittain then asked for Denomme's name, lot and concession. "Not to drill another hole," Denomme quickly replied, to the amusement of the audience. Gerald Gingerich, Zurich, said Prefontaine should have a graph of the rock formation to show the objectors what he was talking about, in reference to loss cir- culation areas, etc. He was told such information was available in a museum at Oil City. When asked how many acres the firm had leased for wells in Hay, the Sarnia company president said there were about 1,000. This brought another barrage of objections that the leases had been signed on the basis of oil and gas exploration. After the meeting, Prefontaine explained that all the agreements carried his firm's name and there was no attempt at misrepresentation. Ivan Kalbfleisch and several others raised the question that the chemical wastes could find their way into Lake Huron and fear Was also expressed by Doug Armstrong that the village wells in Zurich could be contaminated. "If there was any danger, the department would not issue a permit," Brittain stated. At the conclusion of the meeting, chairman Wayne Horner received comments from representatives of other neigh- boring communities. Hensall Reeve John Baker said he was interested in what goes on in neighboring areas, but said that he still wasn't sure what was going on regarding the topic under discussion. Noting the objection to the proposal by Hay farmers, Stephen Reeve Joe Dietrich said he expected farmers in his township wouldn't be, too happy with it either. Stephen has also given the Sarnia firm tentative approval for deep well disposal. Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge said in his opinion not enough study had been done on this type of disposal. Someone then asked Prefon- taine what the future plans of his firm would be. "Drilling is suspended," he stated, When asked for what period of time, he said he would have to talk to the Hay council again, but admitted the future for his firm did not look good for getting approval from Hay council. W.C. Pearce, and daughter Mrs. Austin Schwalm, Stratford, attended the funeral of Mr. Pearce's nephew, Sydney Orchard, in Shedden, last week. Kathy Cann, who is teaching near Kenora, attended the Federation of Women Teacher's convention in Toronto, Saturday, as a representative of her district. While in the area she visited with her parents Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cann. Gerbro plans Continued from front page customers and employees, this new elevator would not be possible. I would like to thank everyone involved in assisting us to start this project on such short notice with a special thanks to the Reeve and elected officials of Stephen township." Adamson said he expected six persons would be employed on a full-time basis at the new Cen- tralia plant with extra help being taken on during peak periods. Watch This Spot for Exciting News from Boyle's Lucky Dollar In Dashwood J • The wifesavers after-party aftermath; and the hours spent doing dishes that could be spent in a hundred happier ways. Consider this, too. A lot of dirty dishes come with the joys of Christmas, So what could make a more timely gift than an automatic electric dishwasher? See your appliance dealer soon about the new automatic electric dishwashers, They're not called The wifesavers for nothing, you know, ror years, doing the dishes has been one of life's necessary evils, But now, because of automatic elettric dishwashers, more and more people are finding out it's an unnecessary evil. consider some of the things an automatic electric dishwasher can save wives from. Things like: the dreary routine of washing and drying pots and -dishes day alter day; the worry of dishpan hands, the lExiter Public Utilities Commission Commtsiloners M. A. Oreene J. H. Delbridge Chairman Phone 2.4.5.1.36 L4: POOLEY, He L, DAVIS, Manager AN OSBORNE COOKING PROGRAM — One of the elective programs gaining plenty of interest at Usborne Central school this year is one on cooking. Teacher Mrs. Reg Hodgert is shown at the back giving instructions on cake baking while Diane Hutton, Janet Cuntiirigton and Ricky Ford prepare for mixing and David Poster tastes a finished product. tA photo IN I I I IM I C Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Grain • Feed • Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 oing the cishes?