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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-02-21, Page 3CREDITON CLUB SPEAKING CONTEST - The Crediton Men's dub annual public speaking contest was won for the third consecutive year by a student from Usborne Central. In the above picture president Harvey Hodgins presents trophies to winner Elizabeth Scott, Usborne and runners-up Jane Sullivan, Mt.. Carmel and Joanne Ondrejicka, Stephen. T-A photo Strike halts DIL production Complete Snowmobile Line * Tracks *Oil * Belts * Wine Skins * Boots * Mitts *' Face Masks * Goggles PLUS MANY OTHER SNOWMOBILE ACCESSORIES - EXCLUDING BATTERIES AND TRAILERS SHOP EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION OF COLORS & SIZES IN SUITS Boss Is Away SALE viiiiimpumumlowermaper ,4•00.1•0.111111.111111••=111100 Drive Over The Bridge For The 20% Off Includes * Helmets * sSizuelt2stoFmroemn,sKiodsiant * Shields ROY MELVIN KEYS Roy Melvin Keys of Varna, passed away at South Huron Hospital Exeter, February 14, 1974. He was the son of the late Mr, & Mrs. Emos Keyes. Surviving are three nephews, Keith'and Clayton Keys of Clinton and Melvin Keys of Varna. The funeral was held at the Ball Funeral Home,Clinton, February 17 with interment in Bairds cemetery. MRS. CHRISTINA DIETRICH Mrs, Christina Dietrich, widow of the late Noah Dietrich passed away at her residence, RR 3, Dashwood, February 20, 1974 in her 86th year. 'She is survived by three daughters, Dominica, Superior General of the Ursuline, The Pines, Chatham; Sister Rita of Bradford, Ontario, and Mrs. (Martina) Joseph Glavin RR 2,Crediton; five sons, Benedict, RR Centralia, Eugene, London; Lewis and Steven both of RR 3, Dashwood, and Hubert Lutari; one brother Cornelius Foster Of Hanover; 24 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. One daughter Mary predeceased her. The body is resting at the T. Harry floffnlen Funeral Home until Sattirday when the funeral wilt be' held at Mount Carmel Church at 10:30 a.m, with Rev. Fa ther Mooney officiating. Prayers will be said Friday' evening at 9 pin, Interment Will be in IVIount Carmel cemetery, HIDE.A BED AND MATCHING r CHAIR NYLON FREIZE COVERING $377.77 3, ° 1 5% DISCOUNTS phone CANADIAN SANDBLASTING 234-6424 Brick Cleaning Will be working in this area for the next month. If interested in a free estimate fo have your house Cleaned and water proofed MRS. TELFORD MONTGOMERY Mrs. Telford Montgomery, the former Elfreda Strong, passed away at her residence in Grand Bend, February 12, 1974, in her 76th year. . Surviving besides her husband are one daughter Mrs. Oscar (Lois) Thompson of ,Kitchener; two sons, Grant of London and Ivan of Edmonton; two brothers, Wellesley Strong of Gorrie and James Strong of New York, and nine grandchildren. The funeral was held at the Moir Funeral Home in Gorrie, February 14, with interment in Gorrie cemetery, ROBERT G. GILLIES Robert Gillies, formerly of Exeter, passed away after a short illness• at his home in Midland, February 16, 1974 in his 79th year. He was the husband of the former Anna Louise' Martin, and the father' of RiC.M. (Bob.) Gillies,. Burlington, and grand- „father Oflin, Ross and Roberta Gillies. Funeral services were held Monday at the Nicholls Funeral Home, Midland with interment in Lakeview cemetery, Mr. Gillies was a retired manager of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. GORDON 0. MANNING Gordon Manning, resident of Highgate, passed away suddenly at Four Counties General Hospital, Newbury, February 15, 1974, in his 84th year, Mr. Manning was born in. Exeter, a son of the late Solomon and, Agnes Manning. He was twice married. His first wife Sarah Clark predeceased him in 1943, Surviving is his wife the former Ethel Malott; two sons, Frank of Arva and Arthur of RR 2, Highgate; two daughters, Mrs. Telfor (uth) Stirling? RR 2, Highgate, Mrs. Wilbert (Verna) .Todd, RR 7, Thamesville; one sister, Mrs, Clayton Irving of Ridgetown; one step daughter, Mrs. Frank Swackhammer, Ridgetown and four stepsons, Leland Malott, Highgate, Melvin of London, Lyle and Irving of RR Ridgetown, Twenty four grand- children and great grandchildren also survive. The funeral was conducted from the McKinlay-McKeller Funeral Home, Ridgetown, Sunday with Rev. H.S. Summers officiating. Interment was in Gosnell cemetery, Highgate. MILFORD AYOTTE Milford Ayotte, husband of Lucille (Dietrich) passed away in SeuthHuron Hospital, ebruary 13 1974 in his 62nd year. Besides his wife he is survived by his children Keith, GoderiCh, Vincent of Stratford. He was the brother of Mrs. Joseph Hamel, of Niagara Falls, Alexine Dietrith, RR 3, Dashwood, Mrs. George Williams of Grand Rapids Michigan; Mrs. Keith Rose, Trenton, Mich., Merchants name new committees The recently elected executive of the Exeter Board of Trade met for their first meeting, Thursday, with a full line of committees being appointed, Several new committees have been established by president Don Webster, including a parking committee and a survey com- mittee. The latter plan two surveys in the near future to "feel out the needs of the community". One survey will be conducted among the businessmen and the other among customers. Details of the survey have yet to be worked out. Following is the list of com- mittees, the first named being chairman: Christmas promotion, Norm Whiting, Murray Greene and Jon Dinney; Christmas parade, Tom Arthur, Dean McKnight and Bev Skinner; banquet, Jerry Smith, Wayne Pearce and Marg Cook; membership, Ben Hoogenboom, Jim Russell and Emil Hendrick; publicity andspecialevents,Marg Cook, Elaine Fletcher and Dick .vandergunst; survey, Ken Pettigrew, Norm Whiting and Ben Hoogenboom; parking, Ben Hoogenboom, Emil Hendrick and Jon Dinney. Condition improves The condition of a Huron Park Man who was severely burned in an explosion at his home a 'week ago is listed as somewhat improved. Wayne McCormick 320 Algonquin Drive is still confined to the intensive care unit at Victoria hospital in London. Times440Y004/0.,iFe..br9aly 21, 1974 Paf~• Debate on flowers blossoms into criticism of 'RAP 'laxity Six crashes, one hit-run She never did get en .answer to that question, although Wright said, he would discuss the problem with her in the near future and said he was sure she would be satisfied with the ex, plena tions. Mayor Delbridge then entered the discussion, suggesting a considerable amount of time was being spent on an item (flowers) that represented only $200 or $$O0 for RAF. He then levelled his criticism of RAP for not taking advantage of the grant money available for the arena roof and bowling green clubhouse projects. "You're- going 'to'rniss out on them," he told Shaw, r . Clerk Eric -Carscadden said the projects had to he completed by March and noted that officials from Toronto had called twice to see if RAP planned to use the grant money allocated to them last year, Shaw explained that the government had still not ap- preyed the projects and RAP could not proceed until. they had. "Get on your toes and get what you can (in grants)" the Mayor urged in ending debate. RAP felt their budget was, being° taxed at an unfair rate by the cost of the flowers, Councillor Ted Wright, a member of the. cemetery. board, explained that body could not grow flowers free for RAP, However, he agreed with Boyle's suggestion that RAP and. cemetery board officials sit down and discuss the problem. During the discussion, it was pointed out that both RAP and the cemetery board receive .grants from council, This prompted Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn to ask why the cemetery board wasn't self- sustaining. Accidents investigated this week by officers of the Exeter police department totalled, six arid included a hit and run. Early Sunday morning, a vehicle entered the gas station lot at Walper's Supertest at the intersection of Highways 4 and 83 and knocked over and demolished a gas pump, Constable James. McMeekin investigated and set damages at $800, Charges are pending, The first mishap of the week occurred Thursday at 8 p,m. at the intersection of Main and Nelson streets. Involved was a vehicle driven by Douglas R. Ferguson, Exeter and a parked truck owned by Lloyd Fletcher, Exeter, Constable McMeekin listed damages at $800. ,Friday afternoon at 4:50 p,m. vehicles driven by Caroline E, Jewell, Clinton and John R. Lawson, Exeter collided on Main street at James. COnstable Alex Balazs estimated damages at $500. Saturday morning a vehicle driven by Tony L. Daymen, RR 3, Kippen went out of control and struck a hydro pole on Simcoe street. Damages were set at $250 by Constable George Robertson, Vehicles driven by Roy A. MacDonald, Hensall and • Lawrence Bieber, Exeter were in collision early Tuesday afternoon on Main Street at Hill. Constable Balazs set damages at $1,000, Also Tuesday afternoon a collision on the IGA parking lot involved vehicles driven by Lorne R. Finkbeiner, Crediton and Elias Muilwyk RR 1, Kirkton. Damages of $100 were listed by Constable Balazs. Pickets are on four-hour shifts around the clock at Centralia. While both sides point up the hardships that can be created by a strike, no move has been made to get back to the bargaining table. Each side indicates it is up to the other to re-open negotiations, A discussion of flowers, of all things, precipitated the only contentious issue `of any significance at Monday night's session of Exeter council, The debate ended up with Mayor Jack Delbridge suggesting members of the local RAP committee should "get off their butts" and, take advantage of grant money available to them for pfojects at the local bowling green clubhouse and the arena, Council members had an inkling of the flower subject, Last „week, RAP members suggested that flowers for the parks should be provided free by the cemetery board because both groups 'are town committees. RAP chair- man Gord Baynham said it always appeared ridiculous .to him that each department had to pay the other. At the suggestion of Bruce Shaw, RAP decided to write a letter to council asking for free flowers from the cemetery. Shaw, who is also a member of council, ended up on the hot seat at Monday's session. Clerk Eric Carscadden hadn't even finished reading the letter from RAP when . Reeve. Derry Boyle termed the RAP suggestion "ridiculous". He added there was no way the cemetery board should subsidize RAP. Councillor Tom MacMillan said that if the cemetery board were not competitive with the price of flowers, RAP should buy elsewhere. He made that com- ment after Shaw explained that them passing the picket lines. Police have been on hand at normal arrival and departure times at the Centralia location. The union is also allpwing service trucks free access to and from the plant with materials to permit repairs to customers' windows, Co-op starts renovations Urban Ayotte of Farmington, Michigan, Richard of Hay Post• Office, Lawrence of Lavonia Michigan; Alvin of Windsor, Louis of Zurich. The T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home arranged the funeral which was held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, February 16 with Rev. Father J. Mooney officiating. 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Everyone wants Exeter garbage What does Exeter's garbage have that Toronto's hasn't? The answer may well be quantity, of course, but Exeter is certainly more fortunate than Toronto when it comes to gar- bage disposal. While no one wants Toronto's garbage, Exeter may have two sites to consider if the local dump is closed or filled. Mayor Jack Delbridge said that a Hay Township dump owner had approached him to see if the town was interested in using his property, which is also used by Zurich and Hay. "I told him we'd keep it in mind if ours (dump) was closed," the Mayor related. He also stated that council had committed themselves to using a dump being considered by a private contractor in the Chiselhurst area, if the area is approved by provincial officials. Continued from; page .1 allowance was included," he told the T-A. He said the union and the company had "good meetings" in the course of negotiations and the only real holdup is the cost-of- living allowance. However, he indicated the union was prepared for "a long strike" to back up its demand for the allowance. One published report quoted a union spokesman as predicting a "tough eight-to-ten-week strike". On hearing that comment, Mr. Finnen termed it "rash and .•• irresponsible". "The company naturally hopes the strike will end quickly," the president explained. He said the strike would have an effect on the company's, position in the trade as hardships - were already being created for customers. Union , spokesmen agree the strike will impose hardships on the union workers, despite receiving picket line pay. About 65 salaried employees are still on the job, at the two company plants and o date there have been few problems with GB council Continued ftorn page 1 In the first two interim payments due now and on May 15,,40 mills will be collected each time and the balance of the mill rate will come due in September. The 1974 mill rate has not been ,set as, yet; „Last= year's rate was 127,7 mills' for .rnost-ratepayers. The total of,all tax arrears now Stand at $39,800. Last "year this time the amount was $70,000. With tax money coming in, council has been able to prepay $10,000 each on the Lambton County levy and monies due the Lambton Board of Education, thus saving considerable in in- terest. In addition, payment of the levy to the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Atithority was approved which gives a discount of $263.39. Reeve Sharen was instructed by council to continue his negotiations with the Ontario Treasury Ministry in an attempt to get more from the province in equalization grants. Sharen will be suggesting a figure of 2,000 be used as Grand Bend's population in future grant calculations. The Reeve said, "this seems like a fair figure. It seems to be in line with other towns as far as PUC customers costs and gar- bage collection is concerned." Only minor damages in Pinery crashes• Damages were minor and no injuries were reported in two accidents investigated this week by officers of the Ontario Provincial Police at the Pinery Park, The first occurred Sunday afternoon at 4,20 p.m. when a vehicle driven by Beatrice Cleave, Sarnia skidded off a snowcovered portion of Highway 21. Constable Clushrnan was the investigating officer and estimated damages at $150. Less than two hours later in a similar mishap, a vehicle driven by Donald Frew, Dearborn, Michigan skidded on Highway 21 and struck a Ministry of Tran- sperta filen and Communications sign, Constable Hubert set damages at $110, The detachment handled a total of 12 occurrences and laid eight charges under the Highway Traffic Act. • JAMES JOSEPH SULLIVAN- James J, Sullivan, Grand Bend, died February 13,, 1974 at South Huron Hospital in his 76th year, He was the husband of Dilheas McGilp, and father of Mrs. Ray (Helen) Frayne of Exeter, Mrs, Ronald (Donalda) Burnett and Donald Sullivan, both of Toronto. Nine grandchildren and• one great-grandson also survive. The R.C. Dinney Funeral Honle„, arranged the funeral which wa held February 15, at Mount Carmel Church with Rev. Father ' J, Modney officiating, Interment was in Mount Carmel cemetery. Pallbearers were, ' -Aubrey Tennant, Roland Burnett, Earl, Richard and Stan Frayne and C. Watman. MELVIN SMITH Melvin J. Smith RR 3, Zurich, passed away at South Huron Hospital, Exeter, February 16, 1974 in his 82nd year. .He Was the husband of the former Amanda Mousseau; father of Mrs. Amos (Della) Gingerich of Zurich and Allan at home; the brother of the late Mrs. Aldora Bowman, Herb and Emerion. Four grandchildren also survive, The funeral was held at the T, Harry Hoffman Funeral Home, February 19 with Rev. Clayton Kuepfer officiating. Interment was , in the Zurich Emmanuel United Church cemetery. Pallbearers were Ross Faber, Melvin Mick, Jim Parkins, Ken 'Gingerich, Gerald Smith and Bill Steckle. , The value, of building permits issued during February was $44,100 according to Exeter building inspector Doug Trieb- ner. He gave his monthly report to council this week and said a total of 14 permits had been issued. Seven were 'for commercial renovations at a cost of $15,200 and six were for residential renovations at $3,900. The other was an industrial renovation project being un- dertaken by Exeter District Co- op at a cost of $25,000. During the month, Triebner, made 42 inspections: INCLUDING .TEA KETTLES .LAUNDRY IRONS . MIXETTES .TRAY WARMERS .COFFEE PERKS .FRYING PANS .2 AND 4 SLICE TOASTERS SMALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WE NOW CARRY A FULL LINE OF Jerry MacLean & Son AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Exeter 235-0800 OUR STORE IS BIG ENOUGH-TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS BUT SMALL ENOUGH-TO-BP-Ple+PNOLY "-- we,/ - '' -1 ),4 " I- ' ,00414*•1011.4111111i14.114111m041WWW11.111111,11,111161011140 ,1I'