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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-02-03, Page 1RECORD SET IN DONATIONS — Exeter's Marching Mothers collected more than $1,200 for the Disability Fund Monday night to set a new record for the town. Shown above with some of the money are Mrs. Elmer Willis, Exeter's chairman Mr's, Harvey Pfaff and Ontario director of fund raising Bill Oaks of Toronto. T-A photo Campers to return again For the third straight year, Exeter will be the site of the Western Ontario campout of the National Campers and Hikers Association. The campout is sponsored ▪ jointly by the Tent Toters and Trail Trotters of Sarnia and the Londonites, "People keep suggesting we find another spot, but no place has the facilities you have here," Rae Gorman told Exeter RAP officials when the camping groups visited Saturday. "We've never had better co- operation either," he added. Dates for this year's campout are June 16, 17 axd 18. Registrars for the event are Ken and Bev Hart of Sarnia. Charge local man over fraud count On Friday, the Exeter police arrested Arthur George Harvey, • Main St., Exeter, on a warrant issued by the Stratford police on a charge of fraud, The articles that had been Obtained by fraud were recovered. Harvey, 24, was returned to Stratford by Constable Idle of the city police department for a court appearance. New cruiser is damaged The new Exeter police cruiser arrived Thursday. On Friday it was involved in an accident. It was being driven by Con- stable McIntyre and the collision • occurred at the intersection of Sanders and Main Streets. Driver of the other vehicle involved was Audrey Hackney, 117 William St, Constable Cairns investigated the crash and total damage was listed at $500. The cruiser had travelled less than An miles, It was the only accident of the week in Exeter. MECHANIZED CANVASSING Several snowmobiles were used in Monday night's Disability Fund canvass by Exeter's Marching Mothers. Above, campaign chairman Dorothy Pfaff and provincial director Bill Oaks of Toronto get ready to head out for the first call. Woman driver hurt in GB area crash MINI8TEFt AT THE WHEEL At a snowmobile safety demonstration held in conjunction with the road safety workshops conference in London last week, Ontario's Minister of Transportation and Communications learned first-hand how to operate a snowmobile. Pictured above, Mr. MacNoughton drives away on art OPP snoweruiser while members of London area snowmobile clubs and OPP personnel look on. Incidentally he scattered sonic photographers on thjvay. SISTERS HONORED AT DASHWOOD — Two sisters who have given combined service of 70 years to Calvary United Church in Dashwood in the capacity of choir directors and organists were honored Sunday. Above, Mrs. Ken McCrae and Mrs. Mervyn Tiernan receive gifts from church official Clifford Penhale and Rev. Bruce Guy. T-A photo Still no decision on MDC, Ninety-eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 3, 1972 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Autho ity approves purchase of Kon skilde plant for office More than 30 marching mothers set a new record for the town of Exeter Monday night by collecting $1,214 for the Ability Fund. Local chairman Mrs. Harvey Pfaff said Wednesday morning she expected the final total should exceed last year's by more than $200. The 1971 total was $1,01.25. One of the marchers was not a mother. He was Bill Oaks of Toronto director of fund raising * for the province of Ontario. Oaks arrived in Exeter late Monday afternoon to help with Male canvasser takes up chollengo, assists women set canvass record • with 'stipulations' the canvass in answer to a challenge from Mrs. Pfaff who had written several weeks ago complaining of some of the material that is used in the campaign. The local chairman in her complaint said the receipts were hard to handle and some of the envelopes were not large enough, especially to be used in cold weather when hands become numb. Oaks said he was happy to receive the letter from Mrs. Pfaff and made the trip to actually join in the canvass. Constable Bob Whiteford listed damage at $1,000. The driver escaped unhurt. There were two other accidents on Saturday, one at 5:30 p.m. on Heesall's main street involving cars driven by Margaret Ingram and Roland Vanstone, both of Hensall. The Ingram vehicle was being backed out of a parking spot and ran into the Vanstone car which was pulling into a service station laneway. Damage was set at $40 by Constable Frank Giffin. In the other, cars driven by Gordon Schwalm, Hensall, and Earl Dietrich, Centralia, collided on the main street of Hensall, Constable Giffin set damage at $300 in that one. The only other crash of the week occurred on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. on County Road 2, involving three vehicles. Glen W. Reichert, London, was southbound and skidded into two parked vehicles. They were owned by Kenneth Gemmell, Kippen, and Henry J. Adkins, RR 2 Hensall. Total damage was listed at $300 by Constable Quinn. During the week the local detachment officers charged 18 persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 18. Two persons were charged with impaired driving, and there were two charges under the Liquor Control Act. The Ontario director added, "The needs and wishes of our volunteers are paramount. Mrs, Pfaff had a legitimate beef," lie went on to say the materials were changed drastically this year but after seeing the canvass in action added, "it looks like we will have to take another good look at it." Oaks conceded that the red envelopes mild have been wider and the receipts could be arranged in a better system. The local canvassers tinder the direction of Mrs. Pfaff made some changes in the receipts after they arrived. The con- tinuous form was changed and individual receipts were stapled together. The name of the campaign, Set rates for water Grand Bend council made an announcement Monday on in- creases in the cost of water to residents of the village that receive their water from the municipal water system. The new rates went into effect on February 1. Under the new rate schedule, a permanent resident will pay $4.25 per month. The previous charge was $36 per year. A summer resident will now be charged $3.50 per month while under the old rate he paid a flat rate of $26 per annum, Com- mercial retail units will also pay $3.50 per month, The charge for small businesses that do not use water primarily in their operations will be $5.50 per month. They have been charged $50 per year. Large businesses with meters will pay $11 for the first 10,000 gallons per month, $9 for the second 10,000 gallons and $8 for each additional 10,000. The original rate was $10 for the first 10,000 gallons and $8 for each additional 10,000. The original rate was $10 for the first 10,000 gallons, 80 cents per thousand for the next 10,000 and 70 cents per thousand, thereafter. Reeve John Payne had an- nounced at the January 17 meeting of council that the cost of purchasing water from the Ontario Water Resources Commission went up more than twenty percent, effective January 1. The village will now pay 59.3 cents per thousand gallons of water used. The previous rate was 49.7 cents per thousand gallons. Indicates interest in Kirkton water Alex Gartenburg, chairman of the Kirkton-Woodham committee attempting to alleviate the water shortage in the two communities said Monday that very little progress has been made in recent weeks. He said the committee has received a letter from Huron MPP Charles MacNaughton saying he was interested in the problem and had been checking with the . Ontario Water Resources Commission on recent events. MacNaughton said the OWRC was completing studies and complete co-operation in alleviating the situation would be given if at all possible. the Ability Fund came into being in 1968 replacing the former March of Dimes. The Ability Fund places the accent on the abilities of disabled men and women. It is committed to helping handicapped adults in Ontario to become useful, self- respecting members of society. Over 13,000 disabled adults are currently on the files of the Rehabilitation Foundation, In 1970, 2,616 were given direct assistance through one more of the Foundation's programs. Mr. Oaks said Monday that about 14 per cent of Ontario's population has some type of handicap. "We are helping quite a few, but there are many others we don't know about." If any disabled persoh in the area wants some assistance they should contact the Rehabilitation Foundation in Toronto or the chairman of Exeter's campaign, Mrs. Harvey Pfaff. • • may join Members of Huron County council have still not reached a final decision concerning whether or not to financially support Midwestern Develop- ment Council (MDC formerly MODA) during 1972. Although the planning and development committee under the chairman E. W. Oddleifson, Bayfield, recommended to council that it continue mem- bership inMDC this year, council heard a surprise presentation by Reeve Charles Thomas of Grey who believes himself to be one of the few MDC members who has served continuously since, the organization was formed, Reeve Thomas urged Huron to take out membership in MDC this year on the condition that the people of Huron be permitted to appoint their own members. Thomas said re-organization of MDC is scheduled for April and he suggested that Huron's membership in MDC be withheld until after re-organization to insure that provisions had been MPP Charles MacNaughton took his oath of office Wednesday as Chairman of the Management Hoard of the Ontario Govern- ment. The appointment gives Mac- Naughton his eighth portfolio in the provincial legislature. In making the announcement, Premier William Davis said, "This gives the Huron MPP the distinction of having served more portfolios than any other minister in Ontario's history. As chairman of the management hoard, Mac- Naughton becomes one of five ministers who make policies and made for a "partnership ap- proach". A member of MDC's executive for the past six years, Reeve Thomas said he had been con- cerned lately because of a strong swing within MDC to have non- municipally orientated people in Thieves hit four times Exeter police are investigating four breakins, all reported Tuesday morning. At the R. E. Pooley branch Legion, thieves made off with the dart league money of ap- proximately $10, Harold Gunn Home Hardware was entered the same night and two cash registers were attacked, netting the thieves about $35 in cash. Attempts to enter Snell Bros. Limited and Huntley's Drug Store were also made, but entry was not gained to either premise. serve on the policies and priorities board of cabinet, He was replaced as Tran- sportation and Communications Minister by Gordon Canton of the Toronto Armourdale riding. The management board is composed of its chairman, at least one minister from -each of the policy fields, the minister of finance and intergovernmental affairs and the minister of revenue and government ser- vices. This means that the management hoard will be linked to the policy and priorities board by haviiv, two ministers in decision-making positions. He said he opposed this trend and had eventually resigned from MDC's executive because he felt there was no sympathy for his "partnership approach". However, Reeve Thomas stated he had been heartened by the presentation made to Huron County Council at the inaugural session in January when Manager Walter Gowing spoke about involving county council in a more direct way. "I think we are starting to get what we wanted," said Reeve Thomas. "What we're really interested in is autonomy in that organization. I think it is pretty important for us to be in on the planning. If it is to be a provincial government planning board, then let the cost come from the provincial government, But if we are to be partners, that's dif- ferent, We don't want to be fee paying only." Frank Cook, deputy-reeve of Clinton, challenged Reeve Thomas by charging that he was — Please turn to page 3 common and to each policy field by at least one minister in common. The management hoard will provide ministers with leader- ship, guidance and regulations on quality and quantity, as well as methods on the acquisition of resources. The management board will also be responsible for policy on common services, program analysis, consolidation- of ministerial estimates, managennvin improvement and overall organizational design. As one of the top five 'cabinet The enlarged Ausable River Conservation Authority — soon to be known as the Ausable - Bayfield Conservation Authority — agreed unanimously Wed- nesday afternoon to purchase one of the Kongskilde Ltd. buildings in Exeter for a new office and workshop. Meeting at the R. E. Pooley Legion Branch, the enlarged Authority accepted the building committee's recommendation to seek approval from the Depart- ment of Environment for the purchase. An option for $60,000 has been taken out on the most easterly of the Kongskilde buildings on Highway 83 in Exeter. The purchase would include the 5,200 square foot office and storage building, in addition to a small insulated barn and a total of two and a half acres of land. If approved, the purchase would be subject to a 70 percent grant from the department, bringing the cost to the Authority municipalities to $18,000. "We feel we were quite for- tunate to get an option to pur- chase," stated Lorne Hay, Hensall, chairman of the com- mittee. He noted Exeter was now the centre of the enlarged Authority and it would be a most convenient location. Authority chairman Bill Amos said the Kongskilde location met all the requirements of the needs of the Authority for more office space and additional workshop area. He explained consideration has been given to adding to the workshop at Parkhill, but this would not now be necessary. The Authority had drawn plans for a new office and anticipated cost had been between $50,000 and $60,000, while the Parkhill workshop addition had been tentatively set at $10,000. "I'm known to be a bit on the tight side," stated Tuckersmith Reeve Elgin Thompson, "and there's no way we could turn this down." He said he felt it was an ex- ceptionally good buy and Fred Heaman added that no changes would have to be made in the facilities. Lorne Hay and Ted Pooley, building committee members, indicated ine Authority could move into the facilities as soon as approval is received from the department. Hay explained Kongskilde was selling because they too are ministers, MacNaughton joins Allan Lawrence, Bert Lawrence, Robert Welch and D'Arcy McKeough. In one of his last duties as Transportation and Com- munication Minister, Mac- naughton was far from successful in his first attempt at operating a snowmobile. Tries Snowmobiling At a snowmobile safety demonstration at Mt. Brydges, Thursday in conjunction with the annual road safety workshops, the Huron MPP sent five photographers scattering and Cash stolen from house Another area home was en- tered by thieves this week. On Thursday night, between 8:00 and 11:00 p.m., the home of Edmond Hendrick, Crediton, was entered while the occupants were away. The house was ransacked and a sum of money was stolen from a small safe. The amount of cash taken was not divulged. Entry had been gained by smashing a window in an at- tached garage. As a result of the breakins in homes in the Exeter area, police have reminded residents not to keep large sums of money in their homes. On Wednesday morning, police investigated the theft of money from a Bell Canada pay telephone at Kirkton. Amount of money taken was not known, On Saturday, police were called to investigate a case of wilful damage at Huron Park. A snowmachine owned by Donald Glanville, Crediton, had the throttle cables pulled off. overcrowded. He said the local firm was negotiating for land in the same area to enlarge their facilities all under one roof. Lucan reeve Ivan Hearn asked what plans were being made for the present office at Riverview Park in Exeter. Amos replied it had been purchased under an agreement with the Town of Exeter and he said disposal of the building would have to be negotiated with Exeter. No further discussion was held in that regard. Return slate The Authority returned the slate of officers as they were for 1971. Amos remains as chairman and Elgin Thompson is vice- chairman. Advisory board chairman are as follows: finance, Lorne Hay; flood control, Ted Pooley; sundry conservation areas, Robert Love, Parkhill; conservation area, Elgin Thompson; reforestation and wildlife, Fred Heaman; education and information, Freeman Hodgins; land acquisition, John Stephen. The executive committee in- cludes the above along with Fred Hoffner, Clarence Charlton and Tom Consitt. In welcoming the Bayfield watershed members, Amos said it was a "historic day" as it also marked the start of the 26th year for the Authority. A budget of $324,600 was ap- proved for 1972. Municipalities will pay $79,650 of this. Amos noted most municipal levies would "run very close" to last year. Police will elect fans from arena Fans unable to control their actions at the Exeter arena may find themselves being ejected from the building. That was the warning issued this week by Chief Ted Day after Tuesday night's game between the Hawks and Belmont. He said some fans became so worked up they were spitting at the referees and players as well as trying to push their way into the penalty box, He has issued orders to the officers that anyone perpetrating such actions is to be ejected from the arena. One fan was ejected from Tuesday's game at the referee's request after a slight altercation. knocked over a stop sign. Ills driving abilities cannot be blamed too much for the incident as snow conditions were about as bad as they possibly could be, With so much talk about the hazards of Snewmobiling, the Mt. Brydges club, and three other area clubs, decided to invite the boss of that government department to show him just how safe snowmobiling could be. "I think this is just a big plot by the manufacturers to get Me to buy one," quipped Mr, Mae- naughton after he had completed a le-minute test run, 'But Please turn to page 3 rt ,rt • • Damage amounted to $2,800 in two accidents in the Grand Bend area Saturday, and one of the drivers sustained injury. A car driven by Catherine Pounder, London, skidded off Highway 21 north of Grand Bend and struck a tree. The driver received cuts and bruises and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital by Hoffman's Ambulance. Exeter OPP Con- stable Al Quinn investigated and listed damage at $1,800. At 4:45 p.m. the same day, a ear driven by Raymond Wiggins, Brandon, Manitoba, skidded off Highway 81 one mile south of the Crediton Road. The car, owned by Gerald Isaac, Parkhill, travelling north on the highway and crossed to the west side and rolled over in the ditch, then came to rest on its wheels again. Scatters spectators in first try at snowmobiling MacNaughton joins top policy makers