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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-10-05, Page 34,...ffratomei 23rd Anniversary Services CHURCH OF GOD Grand Bend Oct. 6 8 8:00 p.m, CotL 8 11:00 thrm, 7:30 p.m, SPEAKER; Rev. Harold Messer, Remus, Michigan SPECIAL MUSIC ON SUNDAY NIGHT Toronto Music Ensemble PASTOR: Rev, J. Edwin VVottorn OPENS IN EXETER SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 10:00 a. m. Across From The Bank of Nova Scotia We Are Here To Serve You for all your Fabrics, Sewing Supplies, Patterns ALSO OPEN MAMMON NG MONDAY AT 10, Onus falls on nominee in new procedure • 0 • • YOUNGEST JUMPER Numerous area people are taking a crack at one of the newest and fasting growing sports skydiving. One of the youngest jumpers in Canada made his first trips by parachute, Sunday. Harry McNeil, l 6-yem-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McNeil St. In the top picture Ile is shown with the equipment ready .to go and-. below he is floating through the air. GB council * Continued from front page season, councillor, Murray Des Jardins again suggested that the lifeguard program on the beach be abandoned. Reeve John Payne agreed saying,- "The costs of providing lifeguard service are getting away out of line, A new .council might take a good look athiring a rescue patrol." Village residents.,are reminded of the annual fall clean-up when articles not handled by the regular garbage collection will be picked tip on November 0 and 7, Publish T-A on schedule Mtinicipal nominations in the past have seemed to be somewhat haphazard affairs, They were held at public meetings and the results sometimes depended on just how many people turned out. A person could be nominated with or Area municipal officers have mixed feelings about the new procedure, Some said they were not too familiar with it, hut that they couldn't foresee any major .problems. "The thing to do is to let new people know about it," said Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge," so they can run if they like." liensall Reeve John Baker, said, "I don't think the procedure is going to be any harder, but I don't think it's going to he as good for the ratepayers either," He said the reason was par- tially because the onus is on the candidate to initiate his own nomination, but more because of the lack of interest, In some places, he said, they really have to get out and dig for candidates, and it's going to he more difficult to do it this way than at a public meeting, "We've been lucky in Hensall. There has been lots of interest here in past years," he added. "But it's going to be interesting," Mr, Baker said he wondered if a ratepayers meeting would help eliminate part of this problem. The municipality of Grand Bend is holding such a meeting November 6, just a few days before nominations open. The main purpose of the meeting is simply to inform the ratepayers what council has accomplished in the last two years. Usborne Reeve Lloyd Ferguson agreed about the lack of interest. "There hasn't been that much interest in meeting up to this time anyway," he said.' "So I don't think the new procedures will cut down on it", Both the municipalities of Henson and Usborne, however, decided that a ratepayer's meeting was not called for. The Funeral Horne, Lucan, October 4, 1972 with Rev. Miss Mary Mclnally of Granton United Church officiating, Interment was in Granton Cemetery. Pallbearers were Clifford King, Ernie Roadhouse, Walter Roadhouse, John Oliver, Jim McKinley, and Max Bilyea. WILFORD MAITLAND WILSON Wilford Maitland Wilson, Exeter, died suddenly at 'his home September 28, 1972, He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jean Wilson; his father, Harvey Wilson, Grimsby; and three sisters, Mrs. -Alva MacKay, Grimsby; Mrs. Holly Parker, London, and Mrs. Enid Haight, Yuba City, California. Funeral services were held at Caledonia; September 30, 1972. GEORGE SHABSOVE Word was received in Exeter Wednesday morning of the death of George Shabsove of Petrolia. He was a former mayor of Petrolia and owner of G & G Discount in Exeter Down fire — Continued from front page This fire too was snuffed out, with the tank truck again keeping a steady supply Of water available for the task. Af terthe fire was quenched, the round-up was re-organized while other neighbork arrived to put in new posts and fence to make the feedlot yard secure again, Some of the animals wandered back by themselves, while others were driven back by the sear- chers, many of whom continued the search until Sunday. Animals were found up to two and a half miles away and Thursday night, OPP set up check points to advise motorists on Highways 4 and 83 of the hazard of stray animals. Yesterday, bob reported that 14 were still missing, although he said there were at least four in his own corn field and three or four more had been spotted by youngsters near Pryde Boulevard in Exeter. Most of the animals are at market weight and one load was shipped out Tuesday. Estimate of the loss was set around $20,000, Bob, who is president of the Exeter Agricultural Society and has had a most hectic month, said the loss was partially covered by insurance. He plans to rebuild the structure in time to bring in some more calves for feeding this winter. While watching the fire Wednesday night, he remarked in retrospect, that he wished he'd never heard the animals out in his torn field. without. his. consent end all that was needed was a written motion and one seconder to make the nomination c Om pie te. The provincial government, however, has changed all this with the enactment of Bill 77, which was passed this spring, feeling was expressed by both sets of municipal councillors that those who are interested in speaking to council can come to a regular meeting anytime, and are free to interview any of the councillors if they wish, "They do this from time to time during the year, anyway", said Mr, Ferguson. lie said he didn't think the new nomination procedure was going to he anymore complicated than the old, If a person is worthy of being nominated and is in- terested, he said, there shouldn't be any difficulty in getting 10 people to sign the nomination papers, or he shouldn't run at all. Wilmer Wein, clerk of Stephen disagreed. "I think some of the enthusiasm will be gone with the absense of public nomination meetings," he said, "Some candidates may be reluctant to go out and get their nomination papers signed." Stephen Reeve, Joe Dietrich, said, "I don't think that will stop them. If they have enough in- terest, they'll go out and get the names. He didn't know whether Stephen township was going to hold -a ratepayer's meeting or not. Police report — Continued from front page already over 1,200 this year with three months still to go. In outlining these facts, he again urged council for con- sideration of his request that another policeman be added to the staff, Statistics for the past month were as follows: Twelve accidents with damage of $4,000; 15 charges and 20 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act; one charge under the Liquor Control Act; one case of wilful damage; three vehicles seized; three parking tickets issued; 160 complaints in- vestigated; 14 assists for other departments; 40 summonses and court appearances ordered; one assault; one theft over $200 with loot being $450; three thefts of under $200; one break and enter. He reported that several juveniles would be appearing in Exeter this week to face charges as a result of some of the in- vestigations. Johnny Carson was once asked, "What made you a star?" Blandly, he answered, "I started out in a gaseous state, and then I cooled." A group of Exeter young people met Tuesday evening in the United Church to discuss plans for a coffee house and drop-in centre, which they hope to locate in the town. Under the encouragement and direction of Fred Simmons, plans have been under way since June to try and co-opordinate efforts for such a facility for the young people of Exeter, especially during the winter months, They hope to establish a facility similar to that of the Missing Piece coffee house in Grand Bend, and have located a possible site for it in Exeter. "The problem now is to raise money for the first month's rent," said Mr. Simmons, Toward this end, the young people will be conducting a canvass around town starting early next week. In return for donations, they will be willing to carry out or assist in any odd jobs that people may be doing in preparation for the winter months, Plans started for the projects in June, when Mr. Simmons met with a group of Exeter ministers to discuss the pOssibility of having a coffee house in the town. They expressed interest in the governing all municipal election procedures. The main thrust of the dif- ferences in nomination is that the, onus is no longer on the nomination, but on the person nominated, The nomination sheet must be, signed by at least ten electors who are entitled to vote for that office, The nomination must state the name and address of each elector well as the name, address, and occupation of the person nominated, and the office for which he or she has been nominated, No nomination is valid, however, unless it is ac- companied by written consent and declaration of qualification by the person nominated, The onus is on that person to file a With the new system of municipal nominations being put into effect this year, nomination meetings as such will no longer he required. However, after lengthy debate Monday, Exeter council decided to hold a meeting at which time they will make "an accounting" of the past two years to the ra tepayers. The meeting will be held at 8:00 pan. on November 1, about a week prior to the date when candidates interested in public office must secure a form and have it signed by 10 eligible electors endorsing their nomination for any position. Mayor Jack Delbridge questioned if there would be enough people interested to stage a ratepayers meeting. "There hasn't been in the past," commented Councillor Helen Jermyn in reference to low attendance at past nomination meetings. however, Councillor Tom MacMillan said the ratepayers should be given the opportunity to attend a meeting when the sitting members give a report of their Recover vehicle stolen in 1969 Two London men were ap- prehended by Exeter OPP and charged with theft arising out of an incident in Clinton this week, The two men were arrested in Zurich after a Clinton resident reported the theft of $400 in cash. Donald Johnston and Emmett Bannon appeared in Goderich court and were remanded. Exeter OPP also recovered a-; stolen car and set of stolen license plates this week. The car was reported stolen in Oakville in August of 1969 and the plates were stolen in Seaforth in February of this year. The recovery was made in UsborneTownship and Constable Bill Glassford is continuing his investigation into the matter. general idea of the project, and later met with Alvin Willert and Gary Middleton of RAP to discuss possible locations and support. Also present at the meeting was Mervin Strike, fr,* the Department of Social '61td Family Services. "We felt the first most im- portant thing we had to do was to get town support through RAP," said Rev. Glenn Wright, one of the supporters of the project," and then to establish the need for the coffee house. "In order to establish the need, we thought it best to start the group in accessible, but inex- pensive facilities," he added. Consequently, the United Church has offered to let the group locate there until they can get organized, and the Outreach Committee of the church will be giving as much help as they can to get the project underway. "The best thing we have going for us right now," said Rev. Wright, "is the leadership and the great amount of time which Fred Simmons is prepared to give to the young people and to the project. He has the status and qualifications to act as both adult sponsor and supervisor". bona fide nomination paper. Eligibility to vote or be A candidate in the municipal election has been expanded. Persons are no longer required to own or rent property in the municipality. A person would be entitled to be an elector or can- didate in the municipal election if he is resident in such municipality at any time during the period of enumeration (the five weeks following Labour hays. a Canadian citizen or British subject, 18 years of age or older and not disqualified or otherwise prohibited from voting by law, A non-resident of the municipality at the time of the enumeration is entitled to vote providing he is the owner or tenant of land in the municipality work "even if they (ratepayers) don't take advantage of it", "I couldn't care 'less," com - mented the Mayor in reference to staging such a meeting. MacMillan replied that interest should be evident because of Exeter's centennial year and the debate regarding new public buildings. Councillor Ross Taylor was critical of the new nomination procedure, predicting it would result in "one heck of a time to get people to qualify". He said 90 percent of the people at the council table had no in- tention of running for office, but or the spouse of sucha person and meets the other mentioned qualifications. Nominations may be submitted to the clerk starting November 9 and until 5 p.m. on the final day of nominations, November 13. The nomination paper must be filed' in the clerk's office during regular hours and must be cer- tified by the clerk. If the nomination paper is incomplete or incorrect, the clerk must give notice of the rejection im- mediately by registered mail to other candidates for that office. If he is satisfied with thenornination paper, the clerk must certify so in writing. A person nominated for an office may withdraw by had been talked into it when they had shown up at nomination meetings, He said council members may have to canvass for people to fill vacancies. Mayor Delbridge said this was not council's job. He said there may be « criticism of council sticking their necks out to ask one guy to run and not another. The debate indicated most members were infavor of a public meeting and that it should be held prior to the nomination dates so people would have an opportunity to know what vacancies may exist. the person nominated and to an presenting his written affidavit to the clerk before 5 p.m, the day following nomination day. If a person has been nominated for more than one office, he may signify his withdrawal from one or more offices in the same manner, If he neglects to do this, he shall be deemed to be nominated for the office for which he was first nominated and to have withdrawn his nomination for any other office. "How long have you worked for the company" said one employee to another. . "ever since the boss threatened to fire me". Stag for Harvey Adams Zurich Arena Fri. Oct. 13 Admission: $1.00 Lunch Stag for Jim Parker Fri, Oct. 6 9:00 p,m. Hensel' Arena ti Admission $1,00 Stag Bill Wasnidge Sat. Oct. 14 AMA CRAIG TOWN HALL Admission $2.00 Everyone Welcome MRS. FREDERICK CALVERT Mrs. Frederick Calvert, the former Ellen Jane O'Neil, Ilderton passed away in St. Mary's Hospital, London, Sep- tember 26, 1972. She was predeceased by her husband and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Spencer (Rebecca) McLeod, London township. , Funeral services were held from the C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home, Lucan, with Rev, G. C. Johnson of St. George's Anglican Church, London township,officiating. Interment was in St. George's Cemetery. Pallbearers were • Ernie O'Neil, Stanley Robson, Elliott Robson, Wm. Wilkie, Robert O'Neil and Alf Liscumb. MRS. JOHN MILLS Mrs. John Mills, the former Dorothy Hickey, Granton passed away in St. Mary's Hospital, • London, October 2, 1972 in her 63rd year. She was predeceased by her husband and is the mother of Harold and Ronald Mills, both of Granton, Mrs. Gerald (Florence) Millson, Clandeboye, Nelson Mills, St. Marys, Mrs, Danny (Donna) Worton, London. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Ivy Breeze and Mrs. Emily McKinley, one brother Edward Bancroft, all of Toronto, and 16 grandchildren. A funeral service was held di from the C, Haskett and Son Alths:ugh Monday will be a • holiday, The Times-Advocate will be published on Thursday as usual. The deadline for display ad- vertising will be extended until Tuesday noon, but the classified deadline will remain as Tuesday at 6;00 p.m. Correspondents and news COntl'ibAlol'S are asked to have their material forwarded at their usual time where possible to ensure publ tea don, Mixed reaction Planning underway for drop-in centre Plan public meeting in Exeter