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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-04-13, Page 1Post battle continues, GB considers survey The wooden posts removed by Grand Bend village council from in front of Monetta Menard's Tavern and the Bonnie Doone Manor have been replaced by their owners. The posts put up in 1970 to provide parking lots for the two business establishments on 10 Government Road were ordered removed after the April 3 council meeting, Late last week new steel posts were erected in front of Menard's and Monday of this week similar replacing Gillies, Saint, Caskey, O'Donovan and Dickey, also of London, Dyer will receive a retainer fee of $500 per annum with his fee being pro-rated for 1972. Pass committee law Third reading was given to a bylaw to appoint a committee of adjustment for the village of Grand Bend. Please turn to page 3 PARKING POSTS UP AGAIN — It's down and up again as far as the posts to indicate parking in front of two business places near the beach at Grand Bend. Wooden posts which were erected two years ago by Monetta Menard's Tavern and Bonnie Doone Manor were removed last week by village council. This week posts are back up again in front of both establishments. T-A photo Good chance ODC to build Ninety-eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 13, 1972 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Mayor Jack Delbridge reported this week there appears to be "no problem" in having Kongskilde Ltd. remain in Exeter. At a meeting in Toronto last week, officials of the Ontario Development Corporation in- dicated they would be prepared to finance construction of a new building for Kongskilde on in- dustrial land on Highway 83 east, The Mayor said local officials were pretty well assured of this and ODC has promised a definite answer before April 21 so the firm can make plans. One of their present buildings has been purchased by the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority and the other is under option to the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded. Attending the Toronto meeting with Mayor Delbridge were Kongskilde executive Gunnar Pind and two members of the Exeter industrial commission, Peter Raymond and Glen Fisher. Crash total takes drop Only three accidents were reported by the Exeter OPP detachment this week, All were of a comparatively minor nature with no injuries, On Thursday, a ear driven by Richard Dietrich, R.R 2 Dash- wood, skidded out of control on County Road 2 south of the Crediton Road and collided with a fence owned by Patrick O'Brien, RR 2 Dashwood, Total damage was set at $110 by Constable Ed Wilcox. The following day, a similar accident occurred on the St. Marys Road when a car driven by Guy Hunter-Duvar, Exeter, skidded out of control on the ice east of Winchelsea. Damage in that one was listed at $800 by Constable Dale Lamont. The other crash of the week took place on Saturday on High- way 83 in Dashwood. Floyd Wein, RR 2 Dashwood, was backing from a parked position and backed into a parked car oc- cupied by Patricia Schroeder, RR 2 Dashwood, Damage was estimated by Constable Frank Giffin at $125. In last week's accident report, it stated a car driven by Ted Skinner was involved in an ac- cident. Actually, the Skinner car was parked in Crediton when it was hit by a vehicle driven by Paul Bossenberry, Grand Bend. During the week, the local detachment officers charged 15 drivers under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 19. There were three charges under the Criminal Code and nine under the Liquor Control Act. Merchants give little support to downtown parking meters construction took place in front of the Bonnie Doone, At Monday's meeting of council Reeve John Payne said he would be in touch with a land surveyor in an attempt to get a survey and determine if the lands in question are owned by the businesses involved or are part of the 27.5 acres leased by the village from the Department of Lands and Forests. At the same meeting council decided to do away with super- vised parking on the beach parking lot during the week this summer, The lot will be super- vised and a charge of one dollar per vehicle made on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. providing the weather is suitable. At next Monday's scheduled meeting, lifeguards and parking lot and bath house attendants will be hired. After receiving little response from an earlier advertisement for bath house attendants, council decided to call for ap- plications again for the position. This time, applicants for the bath house will be asked to accept the position on a seasonal con- tract with an annual wage of $2,000. Close to two hours was spent reviewing the village building bylaw and making suggestions for amendments. The major changes include a stipulation that all new buildings must take water from the Grand Bend water system and a building permit will be necessary for all interior and exterior structural changes or alterations. readily available. Boyle suggested meters could be tried in Exeter for five years and if they proved of no value, they could be tossed out. Mayor Jack Delbridge was also present at the meeting and said he was "straddling the fence" on the matter. He said he seldom parked on Main St. and wouldn't comment one way or the other on meters. Appoint solicitor Bill Dyer Jr, of the London law firm of Dyer, Winter and Cowan was officially named solicitor for the village of Grand Bend To increase staff for swim program Loot total high in trailer theft Hensall student wins scholarship A Hensall student attending the University of Western Ontario has been awarded a $1,600 scholarship by Cominco Ltd. John D. Goddard, a third year honours chemistry student is one of twenty-four university students in Canada who received Cominco scholarships in 1972. The awards provide $800 per year for third and fourth year studies to students in the fields of geology, mining, metallurgy, chemical engineering and certain other sciences. Cominco is a Canadian com- pany with world-wide interests mainly in the mining and refining of lead and zinc and in the production of heavy chemicals and chemical fer- tilizers. Board of trade member Tom MacMillan, also a member of council, suggested the town could hire someone to enforce the two- hour limit as well as checking on meters. Chief Day agreed, but pointed out this would not result in any revenue. Bill Huntley didn't think customers would worry about having to pay a nickel or a dime to park, but predicted there would be a serious blow to public relations if they had to pay tickets for violations on the meters, "They'll detract too much from the appearance of the town," Murray Greene stated. He also said it gave people an excuse to leave stores. He said they would be able to walk out with an explanation that they had to check the meter and they wouldn't be seen again. "It would he worth a nickel to anyone to be able to park where you like," commented Jim Hennessey. President Bob Fletcher finally halted discussion and said an informal vote of merchants would be conducted with this year's membership campaign. He said council would be ad- vised of the vote results. Property valued at $235 was stolen from a pickup camper and storage trailer in Usborne Township this week. The stolen items belonged to Leon Triebner, RR 1 Hensall. Among the items stolen were a small motorcycle, tape recorder, electric drill, fishing equipment and radio, OPP Constable Don Mason is in charge of the investigation. . Police are also investigating damage to a hydro meter at a vacant farm home in Usborne. It is believed the damage was caused by youngsters. The building is owned by Norm Jaques. Parking meters were debated at some length at the annual meeting of the Exeter Board of Trade, Wednesday, with only a small percentage of the mer- chants on hand favoring them. Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle and Police Chief Ted Day outlined their reasons for favoring meters, but both indicated they would not push for them against merchant opposition. The two have advocated meters, with Chief Day pointing out his main consideration was the fact the revenue may enable the town to hire an extra policeman. He explained that the present two-hour parking limit on Main St, was most difficult to enforce because an officer is often called away to perform some other duties and then has to start all over again when he returns to the task of marking tires. The Police Chief predicted meters could result in revenue of between $8,000 to $10,000 per annum after they have been paid for and he said in some towns this had provided funds for building gfi-street parkfttrlots.--- He said meters would prevent people from tying up parking spots for lengthy periods of time and this would be of benefit to the merchants. The merchants Were reminded that new businesses were being opened at the north end of town and that they would have parking spots for customers. To compete, he predicted, downtown merchants would have to see that an end was brought to ill-day parking on Main St. "It doesn't matter to me whether you have meters or not," he concluded. Reeve Boyle reported he had surveyed three merchants in Clinton and none had indicated that meters there had hurt business. Two customers said the meters were a nuisance, but agreed that parking places were more Exeter's RAP committee agreed Monday night to increase the staff at the local swimming pool by one rather than cutting back the swim program. That was the alternative following a warning last year by the Red Cross that there were too many youngsters in the local pool for the number of instructors and life guards, A new regulation from the department of health also stipulates that a lifeguard must be in the tower while the in- structors are working with the youngsters in the various swimming lessons. NEW PRESIDENT — Harold Gunn, left, was elected president of the Exeter Board of Trade at the group's annual meeting, Thursday. Ile, accepts congratulations from retiring president Bob Fletcher. Merchants elect slate of officers Harold Gunn was elected president of the Exeter Board of Trade at the group's annual meeting, Wednesday. He succeeds Bob Fletcher in that position. Vice-president is Norm Whiting, while Bill Batten and Harry Stuart retained their respective positions as secretary and treasurer. Directors named at the meeting were: Jim Russell, Jim Hennessey, Bill Gilfillan, Edith Boyle, Linda Davidson, George Dobbs, Don Webster, Hugh Davis, Dean McKnight and Milt Robbins, Pay fines for booze, not reporting crash Some discussion was held regarding the possibility. of ex- tending the number of courses to three for the summer, but this was turned down because most doubted a youngster could get enough practice to pass a test in such a short time. The local swim program operates with two courses each summer, RAP chairman Gord Baynham said he was not too worried about the pool losing a bit of money as long as regulations were followed and the area youngsters got value for their money. The committee also approved the hiring of three playground instructors to carry on a program similar to last year. Bob Pooley, Bruce Shaw and Ruth Durand were named to a committee to screen the ap- plicants and hire the staff for the two summer programs, At the meeting, RAP also agreed to provide some free time at the pool for retarded youngsters if enough interest is shown. Don Weber, a university student planning sporting ac- tivities for the young people, said there may be from five to 10 youngsters who would benefit. Rec director Alvin Willert said the pool staff could assist, but volunteers would have to be secured because some of the female swim instructors can not handle the older retarded youths. A Crediton youth was fined $35 after pleading guilty in Exeter court to failing td report damage in an amount of over $200 in an accident in which he was in- volved on March 4. The fine was levied by Judge Glenn Hays against Larry Gilbert Antoine. He had been involved in an accident in Exeter when he struck a parked vehicle. Damage was between $200 and $300. The accused said he was talking with a passenger and his inattention led to the crash. He reported he and his companion got out and surveyed the damage and then drove off. Given $10 fine for no dog tag An Exeter man, Wesley Hackney, was fined $10 and costs of $2.80 after pleading guilty in Exeter court to not having a current tag for his dog, Hackney told the court he was not aware the expiry date for dog tags had been changed from June to March. The Exeter police department has been busy this week laying charges under the town bylaw covering the licencing of dogs and the running at large of animals. Three persons were charged with allowing their dogs to run at large and one charge was for failing to have a dog tag for the current year. Chief Ted Day said this week his officers will be continuing their crackdown on dogs and suggested that dog tags be ob- tained from the clerk's office as quickly as possible and that dogs be tied up and kept in one's own back yard. New owners for Dashwood Hotel Ownership of the Dashwood Hotel changed hands this week. Stanley Holubowicz who took over the property in 1965 and made extensive renovations has sold the hotel to Marcel Pare of Burlington. Mr. Pare and his wife Florence will carry on the business in the same manner including serving of meals and banquets, The new owner has made application to have the beverage room hours extended to 1 a.m. and plans to have the dining room open a couple more hours per day. Mr. and Mrs. Holubowicz have moved to Exeter and plan on `taking it easy' for a couple of months. WIN ACCLAIM Among the performers winning acclaim for their roles in the weekend's presentation of Patience were Marguerite McLeod and Norris Webb. T-A photo The incident was reported later when the father of the accused read of the hit and run in the newspaper and took the necessary action. A charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident was dismissed against Theodore M. Leibold, Zurich. He had been charged after a parked car was hit in the parking lot at the Dominion Hotel in Zurich on February 8. Leibold said he thought he hit a snowbank and a passenger, Theodore Steinbach, said he was sure Leibold had hit some chunks of ice and not a car and he was totally unaware there had been an accident. The Crown presented no winesses. Judge Hays stated he was impressed with the testimony of Mr. Steinbach and noted an oath taken in a Christian society means a great deal. An Exeter man, Donald M. Scott, was fined $50 for driving a truck on which the load was in- secure. An employee of Exeter Produce, Scott had 150 boxes of turnips on a truck and there was a skid on top of the load, which was covered with a tarp. Scott said wind must have gotten under the tarp, causing enough strain to break the rope holding the skid, which fell off. Noting the accused had driven only one and a half miles before the skid fell off, Judge Hays questioned the durability of the rope and was of the opinion it must have been somewhat frayed before Scott started the jaunt, In other cases: Kenneth Richard Kadey, Forest, was fined $30 for smashing a large plate glass window at the Club Albatross in Huron Park on Feb. 22, The Please turn to page 3 .rt Crowds flock to Patience, see top-rate performance Issues warning regarding 'carts' Several complaints have been received recently by the Exeter police department regarding youths operating go.carts within the town limits. Owners are reminded that go- carts are not licenceable and cannot be operated on town streets, sidewalks or public thoroughfares. Biddulph rate may be down Unless there is a sharp in- crease in the Middlesex County School Board requisition, ratepayers in the township of Biddulph should find a reduction in their 1972 tax rate, At the regular April meeting, council set the township rate at 19.7 mills for farm and residential and 22,9 mills for commercial properties, This is a decrease in both instances of 4.3 mills. The Middlesex County rate is also down to 20.3 mills from the 1971 rate of 22.1 mills. The overall decrease in the township and county rates is 6.1 mill. The township's dog control bylaw was reviewed and the dog tax fees were changed with an increase of 25c in each category, The tax for the first male dog is $3 and $5 for the second. For female dogs the rate is $5 for the first and $10 for additional. The kennel licence is $20. Elmer Summers is the dog licencing officer delivering the clog tags and making collections. The following building permits were approved: house eon- sttuction for John Damen, Orland Squire, Marien Van Orenthals and James Jackson and a barn for Frank Van Bussel. CHANGE UNIFORMS 7- The officers of the Dragoon Guards change costumes in the operetta Patience in an effort to win back their former, sweethearts who are wrapped up in aestheticism. The Dragoons shown from the left are Don Webster, Stan Haist and Don Pitikbeiner. T-A photo Dinney, Winona Hoffman and Patricia Coition. Norris Webb and Gordon Johnson brought down the house with their portrayals of two mixed-up poets, Bunthorne and Grovenor, Stan Haist, Don Webster and Don Finkbeiner capably carried off the parts of the officers of the Dragoon Guards. Jack Gaiser was Bunthorne's solicitor. The chorus of rapturous maidens was made up of Jean Cann, Avis Cudmore, Norma Hooper, Audrey MacGregor, Cathy Read, Maxine Sereda, Gail Travers, Maude Connon,. Deby Higgins, Dorothy Knight, Sharon The Huronia Singers presented the rollicking Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, Patience, to an appreciative audience of over 1,000 last week, The performance, which was given three nights in the auditorium of SHDIIS, drew people from as far away as London and Goderich. Judging from the reaction and laughter of the crowds the event was one of the most successful held in this district for many years. Anitarie Hoffman captivated the audience in the lead role of Patience, She was ably supported by Marguerite MeLeod, Ada McCaffrey, Shirley Ross, Hazel Snider and Glenda Wagner. Dragoon Guards were Lorne Elford, Vince Elliott, Jack Gaiser, H. W, Horton, Gunnar Pind, Don Travers, Ron Elford, Allan Elston, Alex Hamilton, Bill Mickle, Pat Skinner and Frank Wildfong. Mrs. Marian McCaffrey, director of the Huronia Male Chorus which sponsored the performance, said she was `thrilled to death' with the" public's response. She praised the singers, who she Sabi were4 troupers of the first corp'and who had worked many Please turn to page 3