HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-01-04, Page 1FIRST 1973 EXETER BABY — The first baby to be born at South
Huron Hospital in Exeter in 1973 arrived at 11.27 Tuesday
morning. The honour goes to Floyd Riley Jr. of Huron Park.
The seven pound, eleven ounce boy is shown above with his
mother Mrs. Floyd Riley. T-A photo.
PASSABLE ONLY FOR BOATS — Several roads in Stephen township were closed to traffic Sunday
and Monday due to the heavy rains and warm temperatures causing the banks of the Ausable
River to overflow. The picture above shows Stephen Concession road 4-5, north of Huron
Street, T-A photo
IN HEAD-ON CRASH — Doris Webb, RR 2 Dashwood is listed in
fair condition in St. Joseph's Hospital, London after being
involved in a head-on crash on No. 4 highway, near Lucan
Saturday evening. The Webb car is shown above. Donald
Gilbert of Ailsa Craig was killed in the accident. T-A photo.
FATAL CRASH TRUCK — Donald Gilbert of Ailsa Craig was killed in a head-on crash early
Saturday evening on No.' 4 highway, just north of Lucan. The truck which Gilbert was driving is
shown above. The driver of the other vehicle, Doris Webb, RR 2, Dashwood remains in fair
condition in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. T-A photo
Two area men killed
to mar holiday season
EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 4, 1973 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Ninety-Eighth Year
CHRISTMAS DAY WOLF — Hugh Davis of the Saintsbury area
saw a wolf wandering on his farm Christmas morning and
quickly bagged the animal before dinner. T-A photo.
Vote against - tender,
okay garbage boost
Mayor cites sewer priority;
30 action on new town hall
ith set priorities,
salary increases
Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge
iterated his contention that the,
mpletion Of the sanitary sewer
stem is the number one priority
council when he spoke at the
.figural meeting, Tuesday.
Ile said a meeting will be held
on January 22 to commence
negdtiations with Canadian
Canners regarding a cost sharing
agreeMent for the lagoon
faciliti4s required.
May4r Delbridge said he didn't
thinklt'would take long to secure
Exeter council's inaugural was
delayed for over 20 minutes
Tuesday, the length of time it
took to secure a Bible so Clerk
Eric Carscadden could ad-
minister the oath of office to the
197,3 council and members of the
Public Utilities Commission.
The Bible in the council
chambers was missing and the
police were called - not to track
down the culprits, but to get the
Good Book from their office.
However, Chief Day arrived to
report that the department's
Bible was at the OPP office, and
Members of council did con-
sider juggling on the suggested
committee structure presented
for their consideration by Mayor
Delbridge at Tuesday's
inaugural.
When all the switching was
completed, Councillor Tom
MacMillan ended up with what
could be the toughest job this
year—chairman of the drains
committee.
With the sanitary sewer project
due for completion in 1973 this
committee is expected to be one
of the busiest.
The setup of the committees for
the coming year is as follows, the
first named being chairman:
Protection to persons and
property — Boyle, Patterson,
Shaw and Jermyn,
Sanitation — Simpson, Mac-
Millan, Hoogenboom and Boyle.
Finance — Delbridge, Boyle,
Jermyn, MacMillan and Wright.
Drains — MacMillan, Wright,
Simpson, Patterson and
Hoogenboom.
Sidewalks and trees — Jermyn,
Hoogenboom, and Simpson.
Property — Shaw, Patterson
and Jermyn.
Roads — Wright, Hoogenboom,
Simpson, MacMillan and Pat-
terson,
Mayor's Exebutive
Delbridge, Boyle, Jermyn and
the chairman of the committee
involved.
an agreement and hinted the
sewer work could get underway.
"first thing in the spring."
He, told newcomer Bob Simpson
to make up his, owri mind about
attendin-g the meeting with
Canadian Canners officials.
Simpson is a staff member at
the local plant and Mayor
Delbridge said "maybe you'd
rather not be in on that, in view of...
the fact we're dealing with
Canners."
Mayor Delbridge has been a
so a call had to be made to get a
member of the detachment to
open that office.
As it turned out, the Bible
wasn't really used because there
were too many present for each
to put a hand on it. It was just
placed on the table.
After the swearing in, Rev.
Glenn Wright of Exeter United
Church spoke a few words,
comparing the position of
municipal office with that of a job
he once had as a youth - cleaning
°tit the outhouses at a one-room
school.
He said it was a job that others
were either unable or unwilling to
do.
He urged the elected officials to
always separate the issue from
the persopality in their
deliberations. Otherwise, he said,
the issues before them could
become clouded.
Rev,Wright said people often
judge a person before he even
opens his mouth and this is a
"dangerous situation."
Members were also reminded
that some of the wisest people
can make foolish decisions and
the opposite can also happen
where those who are considered
unwise can make good decisions.
"This is an exciting year to be a
member of council," he opined,
referring to Exeter's centennial
year.
He said cooperative com-
munity planning between the
churches, council, service clubs
and other groups was already
apparent and he said the "time is
ripe" for even more sharing and
communications between people
involved in these facets of the
local society.
Wright and Hoogenboom were
named to the cemetery board,
while Boyle and Shaw will again
serve on RAP. Patterson will join
MadMillan as representatives to
the industrial committee.
Representatives to the fire
area board were first named as
Delbridge, Jermyn and Wright.
However, a question arose as to
whether there would be a possible
conflict of interest with Wright
being a member of the local fire
brigade.
Members decided there would
be no problem with Deputy-
Reeve Helen Jermyn suggesting
it could be helpful to the board.
However, Wright then in-
dicated he would want off the
planning board to serve on the
fire board and then changed his
mind and said he would stay on
the planning board.
Boyle was named to replace
him on the fire board and the
other two'council representatives
to the planning board are
Delbridge and Jermyn.
Council has had only two
representatives on the planning
board in the past, but Mayor
Delbridge said three could serve
on the seven-member body.
Representatives to the cen-
tennial committee are Shaw,
MacMillan and Boyle, with the
latter being chairman of the
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part-time employee of the firm
during the summer months in
recent years.
He cited the need for a works
department building as the
number two priority for the next
two years. Council has already
purchased land on Nelson St. with
the intent of building a works
department building on the site,
which will also house the new
PUC water tower.
Other priorities mentioned by
the Mayor included sidewalks
and commencing a long-term
storm sewer program, the latter
having been suggested by a
retiring member of council, Ken
Ottewell,
The festive season was marred
by two traffic fatalities in the
district this year. Dead are Brian
Maxwell, Hensall, and William
Donald Gilbert, R R 3, Ailsa
Craig,
Gilbert was killed in a head-on
crash at 5.40 Saturday afternoon
on Highway 4, about a fifth of a
mile north of the Lucan village
limits.
The 41-year old man was
driving south in a stake truck
when it was in collision with a
northbound car driven by Doris
Webb, 18, of RR 2 Dashwoed,
In reference to a new municipal
building, Mayor Delbridge said
there was nothing he'd rather see
on the present site of the town
ball, but said it should beheld off
until council sees what happens
regarding the local post office
building,
Mayor Delbridge said this
building could become available
within a year or two and could
house the municipal and police
offices and a second storey could
possibly be added for court
facilities.
He said eventually he would.
like to see a new municipal
building on the site of Exeter's
present town hall.
Miss Webb, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Webb was listed
in fair condition at St. Joseph's
Hospital in London Tuesday with
head injuries and a broken wrist
and ribs,
There were no passengers in
either vehicle but a small black
dog riding in the Gilbert vehicle
survived the crash.
It took police half an hour to
remove Gilbert from the truck.
He was pronounced dead qt the
scene by Coroner Dr. Bev
Robinson of London, Miss Webb
was also pinned in her car.
The accident, which occurred
during a driving rainstorm, was
investigated by Corporal B.F.
Crane and Constable William
Hodgins of the Lucan detach-
ment.
Maxwell, 20, was killed in-
stantly when his car slid into a
tree on Highway 4 a mile and a
half north of Exeter on December
22 at 1:00 a,m,
lie was alone at the time and
Drivers in town
set good record
The only accident occurring in
Exeter during the holiday period
occurred late Friday afternoon
and involved three vehicles.
The mishap at the corner of
Main and Sanders streets in-
volved vehicles driven by Calvin
Gingerich, RR 2, Zurich, Susan
Van Wyck, 248 Kingscourt
Crescent, Exeter and Ronald
Coward of Yellow Knife, North
West Territories.
Constable Alex nalazs Set total
damages at $1,300.
In welcoming the new mem-
bers of council and the PUG, who
were jointly sworn into office,.
Mayor Delbridge said he
disagreed with those who thought
the elected positions should
receive the highest priority from
those in office.
"I'm not going to be that
tough," he said, pointing out that
in his opinion a person's family,
health And job should be placed
above his elected duties.
During the course of the
meeting, most members spoke
briefly, Many urging all mem-
bers to cooperate to fulfill the
many tasks facing them in the
coming two
Tuckersm
approve
At the inaugural meeting of
Tuckersmith township council,
Reeve Elgin Thompson spoke of
properties in the township to be
cleared up including Vanastra,
the former forces base at Clin-
ton.,
He also mentioned the need of
providing a water system for the
residents of Brucefield and two
sewage systems in Egmondville.
Mr. Thompson expressed
concern over difficulties far-
mers have in getting land
severance approvals.
Council agreed that a
resolution be drafted and sent to
the Association of Ontario
police report his 1972.Datsun was
within inches of being completely
wrapped around the 14-inch tree
it struck.
The car was apparently on its
side when it hit the tree, with the
roof making the initial contact.
The youth was pronounced
dead at the scene by Coroner Dr.
Charles Wallace, Zurich.
Damage was listed at $2,000 by
Exeter OPP Constable Don
Mason, who headed the in-
vestigation,
It was one of 15 accidents in-
vestigated by the local detach-
ment officers over the past two
weeks. Property damage was
high in many of the crashes but
only four injuries were reported.
They were all the result of one
accident, it occurring on
December 22 in Usborne
Township, involving vehicles
driven by Douglas Miners, RR 3
Exeter, and Robert Rudy, St.
Marys. Both drivers sustained
cuts and bruises and Rudy suf-
fered a fracture. Two passengers
in his car, Janice Thompson and
James McLaughlen, both of St,
Marys, sustained minor injuries.
Damage was set at $3,600 by
Constable Mason,
There was one accident on
December 21, it occurring at 5:55
p,m, when a car driven by
Richard Munn, London, went out
of control in Huron Park and
struck a hydro pole, Damage was
listed at $..,300 by Constable Ed
Wilcox,
There were two other accidents
on December 22 in addition to the
fatality.
At 5:10 p.m., cars driven by
William Ratz, RR 3 Dashwood,
and Laurente Henderson, Huron
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Municipalities asking the Ontario
government to consider amen-
ding legislation controlling
division of farm property. The
resolution suggests ' a farmer
owner should not be required to
apply for severance to sell a
complete farm just because it
joins one complete lot the seller
already owns.
Reeve Thompson welcomed
Vince Fowlie of Vanastra as new
member of council. He fills the
council vacancy left when
councillor Ervin Sillery moved
Good advice
not heeded?
Bell Telephone spends con-
siderable effort urging con-
tractors to check for un-
derground cables before com-
mencing any excavation.
It's apparently a suggestion
some people fail to heed.
A contractor working for Bell
recently cut a cable operating
Exeter's traffic lights while doing
some digging on Sanders St.
The traffic lights are now
operating on an automatic cycle,
while previously a motorist or
pedestrian had to activate them
to get the lights facing Sanders to
change.
Council also expressed concern
for the state of the work along the
street and advised Works
Superintendent Glenn Kells to
advise the company and the
contractor to fix it up.
Interest is high
for senior homes
A total of 66 persons indicated
an interest in the recent poll
conducted by the Ontario
Housing Corporation and council
for low rental senior citizens'
housing in Exeter.
The information was revealed
at council's meeting, Tuesday.
"That's a good response,"
noted deupty-reeve Helen Jer-
myn.
It was indicated a represen-
tative of the Ontario Housing
Corporation would be in Exeter
yesterday to make initial contact
with some of those expressing an
interest.
Crash record
termed 'good'
Police Chief Ted Day this week
termed "good" the fact Exeter
had only two more motor ac-
cidents in 1972 than in the
previous year.
Chief Day noted this was en-
couraging in view of the fact
there were probably from seven
to ten percent more vehicles on
the road in the past year.
There were no fatal accidents
in the town.
The Chief said he would have a
detailed year-end report to make
at the February meeting of
council.
Statistics for December were
listed as follows: 19 accidents
with two injuries and damage of
$3,998,95, 24 warnings issued
under the Highway Traffic Act
and 10 charges, two charges laid
under the Liquor Control act and
two cars seized, four places of
business found insecure, two
fraud investigations, one
mischief, 17 lost and found items
reported, 21 funeral escorts, nine
animal complaints, two assault
investigations with one charge
pending, one female juvenile and
one adult female charged with
theft, 21 parking tickets issued.
up to replace the retiring Alex
McGregor as deputy-reeve.
Salary increases were ap-
proved for several township
employees. Road Superintendent
Allan Nicholson's salary is being
increased from $7,200 to $8,000
per annum. Nicholson is
responsible for the water system
in Egmondville and the one in
Brucefield when it is completed
in addition to his regular road
duties.
Wages for township grader
operators were increased from
$2.50 to $2,80 per hour. The rate
for extra labourers hired was set
at $2.25 per hour.
Clerk James McIntosh was
authorized to notify 26 property
owners in township whose taxes
are three years in arrears that
the properties in question will be
listed on March 15 for tax sales
later this year.
Memberships in the Ontario
Good Roads Association and the
Ontario Association of Rural
Municipalities were renewed,
The following appointments
were made: Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority, Reeve
Thompson, tile drain inspector,
deputy-reeve Sillery; Seaforth
Community • Hospital Board,
Victor Lee, Seaforth fire area,
councillor Cleave Coombs,
Accounts passed for payment
totalled $6,177.10 which included
$3,668.90.
Exeter council decided this
week to renew the garbage
pickup contract with MacDonald
Sanitation.
Mrs. MacDonald was present
at the meeting, but left when
Mayor Delbridge noted it would
be an hour before the matter
could be discussed in view of the
fact inaugural duties had to be
attended to first,
He held a brief discussion with
her in the hall and later in the
meeting told council she was
asking for an eight percent in•
crease in the contract fee.
The firm presently receives
$1,100 per Month and clerk Eric
Carscadden said the proposed
Lucan lady
wins twice
Exeter merchants this week
announced winners of the draws
held in their stores at Christmas.
Prizes ineluded'everything from
portable TVs to 100 steaks.
Only double winner was Mrs,
Kath Lowden, Wean. She won
the draws at Pat's Pet Shop and
Earl Campbell's Jewellers. The
list of winners is as follows:
Pat's Pet Shop - Mrs. Kath
Lowden, Lucan; Len McKnight &
Sons - Guy Hunter- Duvar,
Exeter; Grand Bend Cleaners
Slim Gordon, Exeter, Lindenfield
Hardware - Mrs. Wilfred Dixon,
RR 2 Lucan, Gunn Home Hard-
ware - D.A. Clarke, Huron Park,
Jerry MacLean & Son - Keith
Brittain, Exeter, MacMillans -
Robert Doerr, Zurich and Mrs.
Gerry Smith, Exeter, F.A. May &
Son -Mrs. Mary Hodgert, Exeter.
Russell Electric - Mrs. Ray
Jory, Exeter, George Vriese
Men's Shoppe - Gord Beut-
tenmiller, Seaforth, Wally's
Restaurant - Mrs. Thelma
Barnes, Huron Park, Whitings
Antiques - Ed Lawson,
Woodham; Norma Peat, Exeter,
Hopper-Hockey Furniture - Jim
Gifford, Exeter, Middleton's
Drugs - Mrs. Doug Stephens, RR
1 Woodham and Mrs. Norman
Jaques, RR 1 Centralia, Hun-
tley's Drugs - Charles Jeffrey,
Exeter, A & H Foods - Mrs.
Gerald Reid, Exeter.
Exeter Electric - Mrs, Norma
Jones, Exeter, Boyles Ladies
Wear - Ruth Durand, Exeter,
Campbell's Jewellers - Kath
Lowden, Lucan, Darling's IGA
Bill Harvey, Huron Park, Dinney
Furniture - Mrs. Gladys Janke,
Exeter, Exeter Frozen Foods -
Mrs. Bill Knechtel, Exeter;
Emerson Penhale, RR 1
Woodham, G & G Discount - Mrs.
Russ Beaver, Crediton, Gould &
Jory - Mrs. Jim Becker, Dash-
wood. Wuerths - Mrs. Audrey
Wade, Crediton; Mrs. Mac
Hodgert, Kirkton; Mrs. Francine
Smits, RR 2 Grand Bend; Mrs.
Howard Adkins, RR 1 Zurich;
Ken Greb, Centralia.
Efforts end up
in Xmas trees
A Stratford man learned last
week that someone had enjoyed
Christmas at his expense.
George Edwards told police
that two 10-year-old evergreens
had been cut down from in front
of his Highlands 2 cottage and
apparently used for Christmas
trees.
Mr. Edwards had been
cultivating the trees since they
were seedlings.
Two other thefts were reported
over the holiday period.
Two tires were stolen from new
pickup trucks at Larry Snider
Motors in Exeter and Paul
Ducharme, Hay Township
reported the theft of 50 gallons of
gasoline from his farm.
increase would be $1,056 per
year, bringing the annual cost to
$13,200.
Council members debated the
suggestion, of calling tenders
again, but this was turned down
when all noted there were no
complaints with the present
contractors.
"You won't do any better than
you've got now," opined
newcomer Bob Simpson,
Council agreed to renew the
contract with the eight percent
increase.
During the discussion, Mayor
Delbridge said there were other
persons interested in obtaining
the contract, but said he could not
divulge any names.
Cemetery fence
said too costly
Exeter council Tuesday night
vetoed a suggestion for the
erection of an iron fence along the
, western side of the local
cemetery.
'
Mayor Jack .Delbridge said the
cost could, be $6,000, but Coun-
cillor Ted Wright, a member of
,'the cemetery board, said it would
Probably be $8,000 or more and
that another $4,000 to $5,000 could
be required for pillars to match
those on the south side.
"I personally feel it's un-
necessary at this time," stated
Wright, noting the town had so
many other needs Of higher
priority.
Mayor Delbridge said he felt
council would be criticised for
spending that much on a fence.
It wasn't clear at the meeting
whether the cemetery board had
requested council to consider the
fence or had only been in-
vestigating the costs.
Says municipal work
akin to cleaning toilet
MacMillan to chair
busy drains group
years.
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