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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-02-10, Page 1• * ....................... • 4 Fifth home in past month House-breakers strike again GETTING A LOOK AT THE MICE The grade five class of JAD McCurdy school at Huron Park made a recent visit to the Animal Health Technology and Veterinary services laboratories with their teacher Miss C. Carter. Above, the group takes a good look at a cage of white mice. Photo by Norm Hyde Will require more cells Lagoon now over capacity FOOD FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN — One of the features of the annual Crippled Children's weekend at the Pineridge Chalet, Saturday and Sunday will be venison and mooseburgers. In addition the• large buck deer shown above will be barbecued whole. Preparing it for barbecuing are Dune MacAdam, George Beer and Russ Tiernan. T-A photo • 4 Parked cars in collisions Despite treacherous driving conditions throughout the weekend, the Exeter OPP e detachment investigated only six accidents. Four of them involved parked cars and damage was not high, Damage was set at $500 when cars driven by Charles Pergel and John Gascho, both of Zurigh, collided on the main street in the ▪ village on Thursday. Constable Ed Wilcox in- vestigated. There was one accident on Friday, it occurring on County Road 21 north of Huron Park. Drivers involved were Patrick Smith, Huron Park, and Nicholas Huitema, Sebringville. ' Damage in that one was listed at $1,500 by Constable Al Quinn. A hit and run was reported Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in Cen- tralia. A parked vehicle owned by Patricia Willert, RR 2 Hensall, was hit on the left side. Damage was estimated at $50 by Con- stable 13111 Glassford. He also investigated an ac- cident in Hensall on Monday at 5:00 p.m. when a truck driven by Richard Burdge, Brucefield, backed into a car owned by Harold W. Jones, RR 2 Hensall. Total damage was listed at $275. There were two crashes on Tuesday, both occurring on parking lots. Cars owned by Dianne Clarke and Theodore Leibold were in- volved in a crash on the Dominion Hotel lot in Zurich, with damage set at $140 by Constable Bill Lewis. At 7:00 a.m. the same day, a car operated by Noreen Anderson, Kirkton, hit a parked • car owned by John MacDonald, Dashwood, in the lot at Hall Lamp, Huron Park. Damage was set at $50 by Constable Don Mason. During the week the local detachment officers charged six persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 15. There were two charges under the Liquor Control Act, We apologize for an error in last week's accident report. It stated a car driven by Earl • Dietrich, Centralia, was involved in an accident. Actually, the Dietrich vehicle was parked. 4 Only four cases Were disposed of in Exeter court, Tuesday, Judge Glenn Hays presided, Joseph I'Vt. Ryan, RR 3 Ailsa Craig, Was fined $30 and costs of $3 after pleading guilty to failing to report an accident in which he was involved on January 15. Ryan ran into .an abandoned vehicle stuck in the snow on • County Road 21 at 2:00 a,m, on that date, He left his car at the scene also. When he came back around noon the police were at the scene, He said it was a stormy night and he didn't think it was necessary to do anything about • Exeter which already boasts 12 retail gas outlets, may have another one in the near future. Members of council expressed no opposition Monday to a request from a London man, James Betteridge, to construct a discount gas bar on the lot bet- ween the Les Pines Motel and the bridge on Main St. London lawyer Robert Hutton represented Betteridge at the meeting, and said the gas bar represented a new concept in gas merchandising. It entailed two pump islands and a small 7 foot by 10 foot the accident at the time. A fine of $50 was levied against Gary Wayne Walker, Stratford, who pleaded guilty to operating a car without nisuratice, Daniel Allen Durham, Huron Park, paid a fine of $20 for driving without an operator's license, In the other case, Robert 13rian Maxwell, London, was fined $40 for following another vehicle too closely on Highway 4 on October 2, A car ahead stopped to true into a driveway and was struck by the London driver, yvho the court learned, had been drinking prior to the accident, building (kiosk) which housed a cash register, some oil and shelter for the attendant. No vehicle repair or servicing would be provided, Hutton said the gas sold would be "unbranded," but explained it came from the same tanker that could supply a main brand to another service station. Councillor Helen Jermyri, a neighbor to the property in question said she was glad to hear the lot would be cleaned up, but noted she had always thought the town should have bought it for a picnic area. When it was reported there would be no washrooms at the gas bar, Mayor Jack Delbridge questioned if there could be a problem of people rushing over to use Mrs. Jerrnyn'e Washroom facilities, The two London men said washroom facilities could be added if required by court'', but they were advised there were no such requirements, They were asked to come up with a detailed site plan and a drawing of the proposed sign to be used, The matter will be dealt with et the next meeting of At the meeting, council ap- proved, subject to the building inspector's approval, a request from Gaiser and Kteale to renovate their car wash at the corner of Main and Sanders. They plan to renovate the in. terror to remove the ear wash equipment and extend the laundry facilities for Grand Bend Cleaners. The number of house-breaking occurrences in Exeter during the past month has reached five. Police chief Ted Day told Exeter council this week that the rash of thefts has netted thieves a total of $780. The latest in the series of thefts occurred sometime between eight and eleven o'clock Thur- Budget for roads will be chopped It's back to the drawing boards for Exeter's road committee. The department of tran- sportation and communications informed council this week that subsidy would be received on only $80,200 worth of construction and maintenance* Council had asked for $150,000 and already had plans for spending almost that amount. However, they'll now have to review the situation to see what work can be undertaken. The department advised that only a limited amount of money would be available for sup- plementary work and none should be undertaken without approval, Gaiser attended the meeting and said no extension would be made to the exterior dimensions of the building. Also approved was a request from Gregus Construction to renovate the ground floor apartment of the Dr. M. Gans house at 460 Main St. to an office. Plans continue on hall structure Plans for a new town hall in Exeter are slowly taking shape. Building committee chairman Derry Boyle told council this week that all department heads have been asked to submit plans outlining the amount and type of space they require. Plans have already been prepared by the police and fire departments, Boyle said that once all the plans are in, the committee will go on from there to draw up some proposals for council, Councillor Ken Ottewell suggested council should write the federal department of works to ascertain the future of the local post office, It has been reported that the local office will be replaced and members have suggested in the past that the present structure could be used for some of the town offices. However, indications are that plans for the post office have been shelved, but councillors agreed to try and get a definite answer, sday night at the home of Mrs. Edward Finkbeiner, 221 William Street. Entry was gained by smashing a window in a rear door while Mrs. Finkbeiner was visiting in town. Only a small amount of cash was taken in the latest break-in but the house was ransacked during the search for money. Only a week earlier, an un- disclosed amount of money was taken from the home of Ed Hendrick at Creditor). Similar methods were used by the thieves in all area occurrences. In an attempt to end the rash of break-ins, Police chief Ted Day asks the full co-operation of town residents. He asks that a call be made to the police office at 235-1235 im- mediately if suspicions are aroused by any persons loitering on the streets or seen in parked cars for any length of time. The Exeter thefts were one of the items contained in the monthly police report for January. There were three thefts over $50 and two under $50 in addition. The police received 19 snowmobile complaints in January and there were six charges laid, ranging from driving without insurance and licenses to allowing an unlicensed driver to operate a machine. Other statistics in the report were: Twelve accidents with damage of $2,365, 12 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and 14 warnings, 10 parking tickets issued, two charges under the Liquor Control Act, one fraud, one investigation under the Narcotic Control Act, 12 animal complaints. Okay raises . at Stephen Stephen township council recently approved increases in wages to the municipality's road works department. Raises of 10 cents and 20 cents per hour were authorized bringing the hourly rate of regular employees to $2.60 and $2,70 per hour. The rate for casual labour was hiked from $2.10 per hour to $2.25. All employees will be entitled to three weeks holidays per year after five years of service along with ten paid statutory holidays. The mileage allowance for township employees using their own vehicles was raised to 12 cents per mile. An application for land severance from Earl and Ervin Matz for property at Lot 4, Concession 14 was given ap- proval, Approval has been received from the Ontario Transportation department authorizing ex- penditures of $126,440 for road construction and maintenance in the township in 1972, the same figure as last year. The maintenance figure is $92,640 while $33,800 will be allowed for construction. Engineer B. M. Ross was in attendance at Tuesday's meeting and much time was spent on discussing new figures to be included in the rate structure for the proposed water system at the west end of the township. When a rate structure is ap- proved, application will be made to the Ontario Municipal Board to re-open hearings into the water system. Deputy-reeve Cecil Desjardine was in charge of the latest meeting of council due to the illness of Reeve Joseph Dietrich. Exeter will need at least one more cell at the lagoon to handle effluent if the proposed sewer project is undertaken and it could require two cells. This information was supplied to council Monday night by E. A. N. Ladbrooke, engineer-manager of the area for the Ontario Water Resources Commission. In addition, Ladbrooke pointed out the town would have to ask Canadian Canners for some changes in their proposed agreement for use of the local lagoon, because the firm has requested they be allowed to use 100 percent of the design capacity — regardless of how many cells are established, The OWRC official explained that the Exeter lagoon design was based on OWRC experience that one acre of lagoon can treat daily volumes of waste having a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of 20 pounds. The area of the present lagoon is 22 acres arid the daily organic loading must not have a total oxygen demand of more than 440 pounds to obtain an acceptable effluent, which will not affect the Ausable River. Ladbrooke went on to point out that the present sewered population of 2,000 uses 50 per- cent of the lageon capacity and . the canning plant has used up to 60 percent of capacity. While this is already 110 per- cent of capacity, he said that when the local sewer laying program has been completed, the municipal loading will be 80 percent of capacity and the Canners' proposal calls for them to have a BOD input of 20 pounds • per acre, which is in itself 100 percent of the capacity. He said it would be necessary for the town to construct another 22-acre lagoon to treat the in- creased flows. In noting that the proposed agreement with Canadian Canners would allow the firm to use 100 percent capacity of the lagoon, irrespective of the area of the lagoon, he said the agreement should specify the maximum daily volumes and the maximum BOD of the plant effluent which can be discharged into the lagoons. When asked what the total cost PUC change water mains The Exeter PUC has decided to discontinue the use of cast iron water mains. This information was con- tained in a letter to council this week. The Commission will use only ductile pipe in the future. Mayor Jack Delbridge, a member of the Commission, explained that several breaks were occurring with the cast iron mains. There have been seven such breaks on Gidley St. in the past five or six years, with two of them coming this winter. Mayor Delbridge said the additional cost for the ductile appeared to be a good in- vestment. may be for two additional cells, Ladbrooke said it could be $50,000. He noted it may be more economical to build two than one, When told that Engineer B. M. Ross had estimated the cost of one cell at $15,000, Ladbrooke replied, "I hope he's right." At the present time, Canadian Canners do not pay anything for effluent dumped into the existing lagoon and members of council questioned Ladbrooke how costs should be set up if new cells had to be built, While he didn't give them a direct answer, he hinted that it would be fairer to charge a rate based on their use than ask them to pay towards the capital costs. The OWRC official suggested council ask their consulting engineer to ascertain the costs of construction so a rate could be established; He also advised them to authorize the construction of an extension to the existing lagoon as an addendum to the present proposal for the extension of the town sewer system, Another official with him ad- vised that council's request for the completion of the sewer system could be withheld if no Exeter council may never complete a study on the cost of adding fluoride to the town's water supply. The study, which was authorized about a year ago, was almost shelved Monday night after council received a letter on the topic from the Public Utilities Commission. Manager Hugh Davis reported that if fluoride is to be added, the OWRC requires that the water also be chlorinated, and this would necessitate expensive equipment at all three supply sources. A chlorinator has already been installed at the springs and Davis reported it cost $3,263 a few years ago. He also pointed out to council that temporary chlorine equipment had been installed at the Moodie well after water quality deteriorated following the 1969 flood and there were many adverse comments from local citizens. The use of chlorine was sub- sequently dropped when the water quality improved. "We have the finest water in the world and now we want to spoil it," commented Deputy- Reeve Don MacGregor. Reeve Derry Boyle, chairman of the Huron health committee, noted the fluoride brushing program being used by the county health unit was very ef- fective and Councillor Ken Ottewell suggested it would be duplicating the protection at undue cost by adding fluoride to the water system. The "brush-in" program is only used in elementary schools. provision was made to add a cell in view of the fact the present lagoon was already operating at 110 percent of capacity, In further reference to the proposed agreement with Canadian Canners, Ladbrooke recommended that the town should operate the entire system and take the monthly readings of the cannery effluent meter. It had been suggested by Canners that they operate the meter. Shaw announces plans to retire There's still over nine months to nomination time, but it ap- pears now there will be at least one vacancy to fill on Exeter council. Monday night, Mayor Jack Delbridge noted council should have their group picture taken "because some may not be here next year." "I'll guarantee it," Councillor Bruce Shaw quickly stated, in- dicating his decision to withdraw from council after his two-year stint has elapsed. Councillor Bruce Shaw suggested the costs of adding chlorine and fluoride would appear prohibitive. The letter from the PUC also hinted there would be some cost involved in undertaking any further study 9f the subject, and while Shaw suggested the study should be completed, it was agreed that Mayor Delbridge should find out how much cost would be involved, Another problem cited by the PUC was the fact that if fluoride was added to the local system, approval would have to be received from Usborne and Hay because they have residents hooked into the local system* Thieves make off with accessories Constable Al Quinn of the Exeter OPP detachment is in- vestigating three separate in- cidents of snowmobile accessory thefts. A spare belt and tools were taken from a machine owned by Roy Ryan, RR 2 Crediton, and snowmobile covers were removed from machines owned by Ray Shoebottom, Centralia and Mike Soldan, Huron Park. Total value of the loot was estimated at $63, Police are also investigating a theft from the Club Albatross at Huron Park. The theft Was discovered Thursday morning. Five bottles of liquor were taken after thieves gained entry by tossing a steel milk case through a window. District man fined for leaving accident WANT YOUR SNOW SHOVELLED? — Toc Alpha members will do it, They'll also be glad to do any other odd jobs you have around the place. Thursday night, this group of young people will canvass Exeter and Hensall for work to raise money for the financing of the conference planned for May in Exeter. Above, Don Noakes, Mike Ottewell and Sandra Shapton enthusiastically tackle a snow shovelling job. For their help phone: 235 -0775 or 235-0935. Toe Alpha is the youth division of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Branch. Tentative okay given 13th local gas outlet POEM AND ESSAY WINNEAS The Utter' Legion again sponsored essay and poem contests in Exeter's two elementary schools. Above, R. B. Pooley representing the Legion branch Could discontinue fluoridation study presents cheques to Paul Van Esbroeck, :lean lioctort, Norma Penhale, Matie Jarvis, Cathy Wooden and Prances Moddejonge. T.A photo a.