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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-03-09, Page 1Students seek grant. for sum me:r .prolect Five students from the University of Western Ontario have applied for an Opportunity for Youth grant to conduct a variety of activities for youngsters at Exeter and Huron Park this summer. Four of the five are graduates Others involved with Jolly in the project are Kathryn Hall, Exeter; Mary Ellen Gingerich, Zurich; Philip Lord, Crediton. Jolly said his group had been in touch with rec director Alvin Willert and their program would not interfere with playground, and in fact could assist him if playground is conducted, The local youth said the ap- plication for the grant would be made early this week as soon as Exeter's endorsing letter could be typed, NEW CANOES FOB QUTERS — The Outers clubs at South Huron District High School received eight new canoes Monday afternoon. Most of the necessary money was derived by a recent ski-athon sponsored by the junior club. Back, left, teacher Carl Mills, Tim Mock, Torn Stark, Dan Crerar, Charles Miners, George Van Esbroeck, Gary Eagleson, Bill Cameron, Susan Van Wyck, Brad Oke, Susan Wooden, Stefan Orenchuk and teacher Brian Probizanski, Front, Matthew Muller, Shawn Jeffrey, Howard Thiel, Arnold Westelaken, Tim Stark, Harry MacNeil, Pete Armstrong, Don Noakes, Darlene Rader and Olga Zemitis. athletics, etc, It would be con- ducted in one of the schools. Council members were quick to endorse the program, par- ticularly after finding out there would be no cost to them. In fact, Reeve Boyle indicated it may save some local taxpayers some Money as it could replace most of the playground program operated under RAP. That program has been questioned in the past two or three years as to its feasibility in view of declining attendance, Approve permits for renovations Four building permits were approved by Exeter council this week, all subject to final ap- proval by the building inspector. They were as follows: Don Rooth, to build an addition at 357 Carling; Jerry Mathers, interior house renovations at 92 Main; Jim Scott, to dig basement under existing house at 120 Sanders W.; L.Hamilton, house renovations at 26 Nelson. Apparently won't change drivers Although it apparently won't change the habits of most drivers, the speed limits along Highway ea within Exeter will be increased, A department of transportation and communication survey in- dicated that most drivers do not adhere to the present posted limits and it was at the depart- ment's suggestion that council this week agreed to increase them. They were also advised that the present speed limits are not legally enforceable, because they are covered under a town bylaw and should actually be regulated by the department. The report noted the 40 m.p,h. zone is excessively long and the 30 zone could also be reduced. However, the department actually recommended that the 30 zone be eliminated entirely and the 40 zone extend from a point 200 feet west of the CNR crossing to a point 1,400 feet east of Andrew St. The rest would revert to a 60 zone. This was approved by council, of SHDHS, and Monday night Exeter council gave the program their endorsement. Don Jolly, Exeter, asked for council's okay, noting this would help considerably in obtaining the grant. He said a program would be set up for between 50 and 60 elementary school age children in Exeter for a half day. The program would be continued for five days each week from July 3 to September 1, The other half day would be spent at Huron Park, Jolly said six to eight secon- dary school students would be hired to assist in the program, for which the youths are seeking a $9,000 grant. Ile told council the program would consist of science and geography field trips, films, theatrical arts, some music, Ninety-eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 9, 1972 Price Per Copy 20 Cents • Damages are high in district collisions Choose Huron for '77 site? I Constable Mason set damage at $405, There was one accident, Friday, A 1972 model car driven on the Kirkton Road by Jack Glover, Exeter, skidded off the road and overturned, Damage was estimated at $400 by Con- stable Dale Lamont, Cars owned by Jack Gaiser, Dashwood, and Robert Haist, — Please turn to page 3 Council relax regulations for Exeter snowmobilers Property damage was over $5,000 in seven accidents in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week, There were three people hurt, none seriously. Most serious of the crashes occurred on Thursday when two cars collided on a curve on High- way 81, east of Grand Bend. Drivers were Karl Ohmayer, Grand Bend, and Kathleen Christian, RR3 Zurich. A passenger in Ohmayer's car, Stuart Sweitzer, Grand Bend, received a cut arm and Miss Christian sustained a cut lip and was treated at the Grand Bend Medical Centre, Damage in the crash was estimated at $1,700 by Constable Don Mason. On the same day, a truck driven by Robert Baker, Varna, was in collision with a parked car owned by Norman Koehler, Zurich, on Goshen St. in Zurich. Baker was forced to take evasive action on the ice-covered street to avoid collison when he met a car which failed to share the road- way, report on the noise from snowmobiles, pointed out that noise could be reduced con- siderably without altering mechanical performance by installing better exhaust systems, better sound absorbing material in the hood, a muffler on the air intake into the carburetor and a flexible exhaust pipe. Local snowmobilers have gained some concessions from Exeter council, Some of the regulations in the new bylaw have been relaxed. The police committee presented the new bylaw to council this week and it was approved with little discussion. Majorchanges include provision for snowmobilers to return to their homes "by the most direct route at the time" after the Change zone for 'institution' CCAT head visits China Surprised at good results SCIENCE PROJECT WINNER -- One of the winning entries in the TJsborne Central school science contest was submitted by Robbie Stewart. Robbie is shown above with his moon creation. T-A photo Lifeguard program controversy at GB It appears as if the 1977 International Plowing Match will be held in Huron County but Huron Plowmen Association officials haven't heard definite word. A press release from the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food received by The Times Advocate Wednesday morning said, "While 1977 may seem rather far away, that's the year Huron County will host the International Plowing match." When contacted shortly before press time for further particulars president Ken Stewart of Seaforth and past president Maurice Love of. Exeter had the same answer. "We certainly hope to get the 1977 match but we hadn't been told definitely when we left the annual convention in Toronto on February 22," was the reply by Stewart. The Huron group made a strong bid for the 1977 event with a large delegation at the con- vention including the Seaforth district high school girls band. Stewart said the 1976 match will be held in Bruce county and two other counties, Kent and Hastings had made request for the '77 match but their delegations were much smaller than Huron's. The Huron plow group president said he would hope to find out definitely very shortly saying, "It takes almost five years to plan a match of this size properly. We have two sites in mind, one in the north and one in the south." Exeter is apparently going to get a new "financial institution". Guesses around the council table this week ranged from a bank, to a trust company, to an off-track betting establishment. At any rate, council approved an amendment to the restricted area zoning bylaw which would permit construction of "a financial institution such as a bank or trust company and related uses" for the two lots on Main St., directly south of Mathers Bros. garage at Alexander St. Members of council knew only that some interest had been shown in such a venture, and while they agreed to the change, no one knows what is being planned for the area. midnight curfew, and the 1:00 p.m. starting time for Sunday has been withdrawn. However, church goers should not be disturbed because the machines are banned within a block radius of the hospital and churches with the exception that those persons who reside within these areas may leave and return home. The new bylaw was drafted by the committee at a meeting at- tended by two members of the local snowmobile club, Tom Arthur and Dalton Skinner. After the meeting, both men expressed satisfaction with the new rules and urged all en- thusiasts to adhere to them so more stringent laws will not be envoked by council. While there was good news for the snowmobilers, there was also good news at the meeting for those who complain about the noise from machines. Councillor Ken Ottewell reported both the federal and provincial governments are now working on legislation which would require quieter machines. although Reeve Boyle pointed out such regulations would be dif- ficult to enforce without machines to register noise. Ottewell also had a recent National Research Council Considerable discussion took place at Monday night's session of Grand Bend council regarding the lifeguard and beach program for the 1972 summer season. Councillor Murray Des Jar- dins, chairman of the beach committee recommended that the number of lifeguards be cut from four to two persons. Des Jardins said, "I would like to see us go with two good lifeguards and also recommend bringing in the Ontario search and rescue patrol." The beach chairman added, "I think we should police a much smaller area and go with two guards." Councillor David Jackson voiced strong opposition to the suggestion of cutting the lifeguard program. Consider quality in gravel tender Members of Exeter council are among those people who at times consider quality above price. Monday night they accepted the bid of Norval Jones for this year's gravel contract, despite the fact it was not the low bid. Based on the estimated amount of gravel and sand to be used, the decision will cost an extra $325 over the price submitted by the • low bidder. Council based their decision on the opinion of works superin- tendent Glen Kells, who reported the "A" gravel supplied by Jones was of a superior quality to that of the low bidder. Total amount of the contract is about $6,450. The highest of the three bids submitted was $9,825. The farming industry and this area is being represented on a Provincial government trade mission travelling to China this week. James MacDonald, principal of the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology is one of Len Ontario men making the trip. MacDonald will be representing the farming in- dustry with the emphasis on livestock. Before leaving for Toronto Tuesday afternoon to meet the other travellers, MacDonald said "Chinese officials have shown interest in several aspects of beef breeding and we would hope to supply them with breeding stock in the near future." The delegation headed by former Trade and Development Minister Allan Grossman now Minister of Revenue will arrive in Tokyo, Friday and move onto Hong Kong, Saturday. From there they move into China and will head 1,500 miles to the north of Peking for five days of official business. The other nine men on the mission will be representing various industries including chemicals and small tools. The Centralia College prin- cipal said he hopes to make side trips to Manilla, South Korea and Tokyo after the business part of the trip is completed. 4 Exeter Police Chief Ted Day indicated to council Monday night he was surprised there had been no accidents up to that time at the Main and Sanders St, in- tersection where traffic lights were put into operation Friday afternoon. "Seriously," he said, "I thought by now we would have (had an accident)" He and members of the local department stationed themselves at the intersection throughout most of the busy periods over the weekend to assist motorists and pedestrians, and while some people were confused, there were no mishaps. Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor told of three people having gone through red lights at the in- tersection on Monday and Councillor Ross Taylor indicated he had almost had the same experience personally, Chief Day said the police would have the elementary school students down to the intersection some time this week for in- struction on proper use of the lights and he would have to talk with the fire department. The latter statement was made after Councillor Tom MacMillan questioned if the lights would all turn red as soon as the fire siren rang. He was told they would not, and while Chief Day remarked that the lights gave Main St. traffic the right-of-way for the majority of the time, MacMillan noted that — Please turn to page 3 Jackson replied to Des Jardins suggestions with, "I feel very strongly about this. The beach is our strong selling point and we have to keep it a safe place to swim." Continuing he said, "You can't put a dollar value on human life. We haven't had a drowning since 1963, let's keep it that way. Cutting lifeguard staff would be asking for trouble." Jackson also said he felt it was very important to provide the same service at both beaches and favours retention of a lifeguard on the south beach. Council was generally in favour of another suggestion of Des Jardin's to curtail the hours of operation of the bath house at the beach, Bath house hours would be from 10 a.m. to dusk under the new plan, Council agreed to retire the street light capital expenditure to the Public Utilities Commission over a ten year period. Payments will be $1,433.54 annually. Wayne Widdis of the youth and recreation branch of the Ontario Department of Education at- tended the council meeting to — Please turn to page 3 Says drug addict total up 10 times PLENTY OF PRETTY FLOWERS — The annual Lucan figure skating club carnival Wednesday night was entitled "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary". Shown above as snapdragons arc Robin Quinton, Joan Petrie, Julie Mugford, Kim Harrison, Lisa Bakker and Lori Ling. T-A photo ATTEND MEETING ON DRUGS — The Crediton and district social club sponsored an open meeting on drugs at the Stephen Central school, Sunday night. Shown chatting after the meeting are from the left, Father J. E. Mociney of Mount Carmel, guest speaker Dave Hammond of St. Marys, club president Steve Pertschy, Stephen township reeve Joseph Dietrich and chairman of the meeting Andy Bierling. contests would he held later this month. Honored by the club for several years of valuable service to the club were Andy Bierling who was instrumental in renovations at the Stephen township Community hall and former secretary Lloyd Bender. • Plan public meeting for meter discussion a Parking meters came up for discussion at Monday night's session of Exeter council, and as usual there appeared to be more negative responses than af- firmative. One of the few following Police Chief Ted Day's opinion that they are needed was Reeve Derry Boyle. He said he had talked with merchants and customers in Clinton recently and had found that out of five responses, all were in favor, although some not 100 percent, Two farmers he talked to said finding a couple of pennies was annoying, but admitted it was handier to shop, in that parking spaces were always available on the main street, One merchant said there was no difference in his business since Area thieves get coins, appliances Provincial police are in- vestigating two area breakins this week, A summer cottage owned by Carl Gledhill, London, was broken into and a quantity of household goods stolen, The cottage is on Highway 21 in Hay Township. Thieves Made off with a TV, record player, radio, electric razor, electric drill and other miscellaneous items. Constable Don Mason is investigating and value of the stolen property has been set at $345. On Monday, the home of Mrs. Betty Sangster, Hensall, was entered and a coin collection was stolen, Value of the collection is believed to be around $500. Entry into the home was made between II:30 a.m. and noon. Constables Dale Lamont and Al Quinn are investigating. OFFERING FOR OTHERS Members of tl e Dashwood United church Sunday school will be using their lenten offering to help others, At the Su iday morning service, boys and girls received a free cart of pop donated by Rev, and Mrs. Bruce Guy. After drinking the contents, labels for the World Development and Relief Fund were put on the containers and taken home to receive donations, Superintendent Don Gaiser and Wendy Beaver are handing out the cans and labels to Doug Schade and Tammy and Jennifer Gowanlock. T-A photo More than fifty area residents attended a meeting Sunday night at the Stephen Central school to hear about the drug problem. The guest speaker was Doug Hammond of St. Marys, a former member of the Toronto police department. The meeting was sponsored by the Crediton and district social club. Hammond urged everyone and parents in particular to do all in their power to prevent young people from starting the drug habit, Hammond went on to say, "I defy you to show me One person that has beaten the hard drug habit, You can't help be a winner if you want to die," The speaker said while there were 200 hard care drug addicts in Toronto in 1959, the figure has new grown to more than 2,000. At the end of the session, several presentations were made by the executive of the Crediton social club. President Steve Pertschy turned over a large trophy to Stephen Central school principal which is to be used for yearly public speaking competitions by Stephen, Haobene and JAI) McCurdy public schools and Our Lady of Mount Carmel separate school, Finkbeiner accepted the trophy an behalf of the four schools and said this year's public speaking and some of the proceeds had been used to finance off-street parking lots, One of the strongest opponents of meters was Councillor Bruce Shaw. He said meters represented all the ugliness evident in large cities and Exeter was distinguished as a town by not having them, He admitted this was not a logical or intellectual reason, but it, was why he disliked meters. Councillor Ken Ottewell wondered why, if the people ih neighboring. towns found the meters to be so beneficial, they discontinued use of them during December— the busiest month for shopping, It was finally agreed to hold a meeting with business people and others interested. No date for such a public meeting was set. meters had been installed. "If there's been no difference, what's the advantage?" asked Councillor Torn MacMillan, Boyle retorted that council had to think of other than businessmen in the matter, but Councillor Helen Jermyn noted they were affected most because they suffered if people couldn't park in Exeter. She said she would like to see better use made of the lots at the rear of some local stores, "I'd hate to go over the heads of the business people," she added, pointing out council should discuss the matter with them before making any decision, Boyle predicted their collective answer would be a "no", Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor said the people in Mitchell were quite happy with parking meters 44. •.1