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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-04-05, Page 1VANDALS AT WORK — An evergreen tree in Riverview Park fell to the axe of vandals over the weekend. Above, recreation director Alvin Willert is shown with the seven-foot tree which was destroyed. Study sign changes, but ticket still stands One Hundred and First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 5, 1973 Price Per Copy 29 Cents Will allow apartment building on site at Carling- Wellington motion of March 22, 1971 asking, the Ontario Environmental Board to do a survey on proposed sewers was rescinded. As an alternative, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment is being asked to continue with plans for an area sewage system to include the townships of Stephen, Hay and Bosanquet in addition to Grand Bend, Only a week ago, a provincial hearing board in an attempt to establish the location of a lagoon in Stephen township for a Grand Bend sewage system ran into plenty of opposition, At that time plans were shown whereby areas adjacent to Grand Bend could be included in the project in its second stage. The motion asking the project to be continued with all municipalities sharing in all costs including surveys was passed unanimously. Councillor Walter Crumplin voted against rescinding the original motion. Reeve John Paye was named to head a committee to attempt to find land in the vicinity of Grand Bend for use as a cemetery. A meeting last week to stimulate interest in the project was attended by 22 interested persons including ministers from — Please turn to page 3 BUSY BUTCHERS - Sunday's take-out beef dinner sponsored by Coven Presbyterian church was a team ef- fort with a large group of church members pitching ,in. Shown above carving meat are Dave Miller, John Corbett, Wally Seldon and Doug Jamieson. T-A photo. Approve several budgets, see no county tax boost • • • 'Flack'b down flag rings was flying on the pole beside the cenotaph and he decided to remove it. However, the flag will fly again, A pole has been ordered and it will be mounted on the town hall. Reeve Boyle indicated he was upset about the complaints of the flag flying at the cenotaph beside the Canadian flag. "It bugs me," he said, adding he had never heard anything (the complaints) so silly. He did agree that the flag would be better on the town hall. It is much heavier than most flags and as Mayor Delbridge explained, hung on the pole like a pair of wet seeks. The pole on the town hall will allow it to hang straight down and show to better advantage. Exeter's centennial flag went up Wednesday . and came down Saturday, Mayor Jack Delbridge and centennial committee chairman Reeve Deity Boyle hoisted the colorful banner Wednesday at noon, but because of "flack" received by the Mayor, he took it down Saturday. He reported a couple of callers were upset about the fact the flag DANCERS HELP KIDS — Square dancers from many parts of Western Ontario converged on Exeter Satur- day. They took part in a dance to aid the Bunny Bundle fund and crippled children. Above, some of the dancers are shown in action. T-A photo Resort faces legal action on lack of erosion control Although the 1973 budget has not yet been finalized, there was good news for county ratepayers in the Executive Committee report at the March meeting of Huron County Council. It was stated that there is every in- dication there will be no increase in county rates this year. The report promised that in the event the county enters upon a building program at the Huron- Perth Regional Assessment office, there will also be sufficient funds for this purpose without any increase to county ratepayers. When the budget is brought in next month it will show that $25,000 has been set aside in the Hospital Reserve Fund; an employee benefit reserve; and $50,000 for the working capital fund. Several proposed budgets were approved in Thursday's session. All budgets are higher than last year. The Children's Aid Society budget is $297,084 for 1973 with the County of Huron portion $103,087, Last year's budget was estimated at $291,906, with Huron's share at $91,678. The Planning Board budget is up more than $25,000 to $72,150. Consultant fees for the study on Urban Development in Rural Areas (UDIRA) is one of the major reasons, accounting for an estimated additional $8,000. The budget for the Huron County Library is up over $15,000 to $193,850. The Huron County Pioneer Museum budget is also up by about $4,000 to $39,000. The road budget is also higher this year at $1,987,000, but will be financed with the same amount of county funds, $738,000, Extra allotments from the provincial government was cited as the explanation. This year, the province is paying 62.9 percent of the total road budget while the county is picking up only 37.1 percent, The budget of the. Land Division Committee remains about the same as last year, made up of $27,200 from fees and $6,000 of county money. In this ease, revenue will depend upon the number of applications and again this year, the committee is expecting applications from Ontario Hydro regarding transmission lines which will be running from the Bruce Nuclear Station through'the northern part of Huron, According to the budget, 680 applications at $40 each will total $27,200. The museum budget showed that $11,200 is expected this year in admissions and sales, The county is expected to add the remaining $27,800 to the budget. Deputy-clerk Bill Hanly, acting in the place of Clerk John Berry Parking restrictions may be changed on John St, East in the immediate future, but apparently not in time to save Exeter councillor Ben Hoogenboom the price of a parking ticket. He advised council and Police Chief Ted Day that he had been given a ticket for parking in a loading zone on John St. Monday morning. Hoogenboom said the signs along the street were confusing and he wondered what criteria was required to designate whether a person was loading or unloading. When asked what he had been doing, he replied he hadAeert at the bank "unloading money". He said he was parked on the street for less than five minutes and suggested the police were not using common sense in the matter. He received little sympathy from some members of council, while others agreed that the loading zone had been initiated to allow people to park there long enough to make brief visits to local stores, "The signs never have been For the second week in a row, a truck has "run away" in the district. On Friday at 1:00 p.m. a truck owned by Brantford Scales, Brantford,rolled from its parked position on the east side of High- way 23 in Kirkton and collided with a parked car and a house on the west side of the road. The car, owned by William Brown, RR 4 St. Marys, sustained damage of $150 and the truck continued down the hill and ran into a house owned by James Ansell, Brantford. Damage to the home was estimated at $500 by OPP Con- stable Bill Glassford. Former Huron MPP Charles MacNaughton has been named chairman of the Ontario Racing Commission. The announcement was made in Toronto by Premier William Davis and the appointment became effective April 1. Mr. MacNaughton, who retired as Ontario's Minister of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs and as a member of the Legislature in January of this year, held a record of nine cabinet posts during his long service to the people of Ontario. He succeeds Brigadier Frederick C, Wallace, D.5,0., M.C. who was appointed chair- man in 1965, Paying tribute to the retiring chairman, Mr. Davis said that "Brigadier Wallace was responsible for providing leadership to the horse-racing It industry during a period of dynamic growth." right," Mayor Jack Delbridge argued, urging council to get the matter straightened out. Actually, Chief Day had sub- mitted plans for new regulations to Reeve Derry Boyle, chairman of the police committee, but these had not been discussed. The proposal calls for 15- minute parking on the north side of John St. and 30-minute parking on the south side. In addition, left turns from John onto Main would not be allowed between the hours of 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. The same left turn regulations would apply to James St, Little discussion was held on the In atter, as i t was turned =over to the committee for their study and recommendations. Chief Day gave his report for the month of March, showing the following statistics: Ten accidents with one injury and damage of $1,265; 19 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and 52 motorists cautioned; three charges under the Liquor Control Act, two places of business found insecure, seven animal com- plaints, two fraud investigations, — Please turn to Page 3 The only other accident in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP detachment officers was on Saturday at 11:15 a.m., when cars driven by Lloyd Thornton, Zurich and Mary Lou Denomme, RR 2, Zurich collided on Goshen St. in Zurich. Total damage was listed at $600 by Constable Al Quinn. During the week, the local detachment officers charged 12 drivers under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 18, There were two charges under the Criminal Code and one under the Liquor Control Act. "In the past 10 years," the Premier said, "the number of days of thoroughbred and Delay canvass for workshop Bruce Shaw, publicity chair- man for the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded announced Tuesday that the canvass of Exeter, which was previously scheduled for today (Thursday) will be can- celled until the third week in April, He said the main reason for the cancellation was that the can- vassers for the adult workshop in Dashwood did not want to in- terfere with other canvasses now being conducted In the area, The Kinsmen Club, Kinettes and Ladies Legion Auxiliary will carry out the canvass from April 16 to 18, A Grand Bend resident told village council Monday night he was proceeding with legal action against the municipality. Harry Sherwood, who owns property along the banks of the Ausable river in the summer resort said he had instructed his solicitor to proceed with the action on the grounds village council failed to carry out proposed erosion control work this year, In August, 1972 council authorized the Ausable River Conservation Authority to proceed with erosion control in four locations along the river, including one adjacent to the Sherwood property. The cost to Grand Bend for the complete program was to be $17,000. Early this year when the Winter Works program in Grand Bend became a reality, council decided the $17,000 could be used to better advantage to buy materials for projects under the federal government project, The original motion was rescinded. Council asked Mr. Sherwood to Monday's meeting to explain why the erosion control program was shelved and to inform him it could be included in the village's budget for 1974. Councillor Bob Sharen em- phasized that, "we are not scrapping the plan." Sharen is the village's representative on the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority. In supporting council's action councillor Murray Des Jardins said, "I voted against the erosion control in the first place and I haven't budged an inch. I feel it's too much money for one given area." Sherwood in explaining his action said at one time he offered to pay for some of the work himself. He continued, "But it's different now, I have spent that much in fees to engineers and lawyers. You leave me no alternative but to proceed." Council spent considerable time discussing the proposed sewage system for the village, A Suggests system should be sold Over the objection of Councillor Vince Fowley, Vanastra, Tuckersmith council this week gave second reading to a bylaw for the township to issue debentures in the value _of, $125,000 in favor of the Tucker- smith Municipal Telephone System to make necessary changes in the outside plant. The system plans to upgrade its service to provide four-party lines. Before the third and final reading, approval must be received from the Ontario Municipal Board and the Ontario Telephone Services Commission. The manager of the system Mel Graham, and a director, William Rowcliffe, attended the meeting to answer questions of the system's financial status and whether it should add an ad- ditional debt of $125,000 to its existing debt of $204,000 to the Township of Tuckersmith. Fowley remained unconvinced, "I don't see how you will ever get out of debt," he said. The Vanastra resident suggested it would be better to sell the system. In other business, council: Learned their levy for the Seaforth Fire Area Board is $2,520, which is 16.8 percent of the total budget of $15,000 for the fire board. Granted permission to Robert Bell, Kippen, to establish a mobile home sales yard at the main intersection of Kippen. Answered many questions pertaining to tax rates and services from a delegation of 20 residents of Vanastra. standardbred racing over which the Commission assumes jurisdiction increased from 393 days in 1962 to 1,240 in 1972, while the dollar volume of betting in- creased from $126 million to $331' million during the same period, The number of individuals licensed by the Commission in 1972 numbered some 16,000, "I am confident that under Mr. MacNaughton's leadership the Ontario Racing Commission will continue to uphold the high regulatory standards Brigadier Wallace has set and build upon the efforts already underway to maintain the development of Ontario's racing industry." In the future, the Ontario Racing Commission is expected to play a complementary and advisory role to the Government on any initiatives Which are taken by the province in the field of off- , track betting, Mr,Davie said. Mr. MacNaughton Will serve a two-year term as chairMan, specific area. During one of the discussions on rezoning the land along Wellington St., in 1970 planning expert John Longworth suggested the best use for the land would be for multiple dwelling units. However, he also expressed some concern over the fact the town's official plan permitted an inter-mixture of housing types. He said sooner or later the planning board would experience a major problem in this area. Cancer canvass is in full swing The 1973 campaign for the Canadian Cancer Society in this area is well underway. Overall chairman Norm Whiting reports most areas in South Huron are organized and canvassing will be going on all this week. The Exeter chairman Gernot Dauber has a large group of volunteers making calls on all homes in town. Dauber said he will be at South Huron District High School Monday night from 7:30 p.m. on to receive results from the canvassers. Whiting said the Exeter and area objective for this year was $8,000. Some of the chairmen in charge of thevarious areas are as follows: Hay township, Lloyd Lovell; Stephen, Wilmer Wein; Usborne, Gwen Coward; Cen- tralia, Mrs. Ken Hodgins; Huron Park, Mrs, Alice Beer. Hair cut price raised two bits Exeter's three barbers an- nounced this week there would be a 25 cent increase in the price of all hair cuts. The new rates go into effect on Monday. Spokesman Doug Parker at- tributed the increase in prices to the jump in the cost of living. K-W building is underway Construction is now underway on the new Xirkton-Woodham community centre with com- pletion set for May 31, James B. Hayman Con- struction Ltd., Clandeboye, has been awarded the contract. Bill Schaeffer, secretary- treasurer of the project com- mittee, said about one-half the total cost of $115,000 will be secured from provincial grants and assistance from the three townships involved, Fullarton, Usborne and Blanshard. Canvassers will now be going out into the district to seek private donations to meet the balance of the cost. The new structure contains over 9,000 square feet of space, including a library, meeting room, kitchen, washrooms and a 100' by 50' auditorium. It is being erected in the south- east corner of the community park in Xirkton. About two acres of land has been purchased from Bill Elston and Ross Tufts to provide extra space without using too much of the fairgrounds. Mr. Schaeffer said a list of donors will be published following the eanvass for funds, Gerry Brintnell is chairman of the building committee, at Thursday's meeting, said the committee had been "very pessimistic on the admission side". Museum curator Ray Scot- chmer said admission rates had been adjusted upward and should result in increased revenue for the museum, He also reminded council that he would like to see a souvenir stand in the museum and noted that any sales promotions the museum had attempted in the past had realized additional profit. Exeter council this week ap- proved in principle the erection of a 15-unit apartment building at the corner of Carling and Wellington St. The property is owned by Clerk Eric Carscadden and has housed a hatchery. Considerable con- troversy has centred around the structure since the property was zoned residential under the of- ficial plan. The hatchery became a non-conforming use and after it closed, council and the planning board turned down requests to have it rezoned to commercial or to be used for commercial pur- poses. Members of council indicated Monday they could see nothing contrary to the zoning bylaws in allowing an apartment building to be erected. A developer interested in the property had asked for council's decision before purchasing the property. The same developer asked for council's decision regarding a proposal to turn the former William May house at 527 Main St. into an apartment building. A two-bedroom and three one- bedroom apartments were planned inside the house. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom, who lives next to the house, said it would be a shame to turn the grand old structure into apart- ments. While members suggested such a plan would not be contrary to the zoning bylaw, they did decide to withhold any approval until a plan of renovation was submitted to them. During the debate on the Carling-Wellington St. apart- ments, Hoogenboom suggested it could create harships for residents in the area, He said large apartment buildings should not be built in single-family areas. Others argued that such buildings were better spread around the community rather than being confined to one • 41) •• Another 'runaway' hits car and house MacNaughton named to head racing group