HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-12-23, Page 21Five Exeter residents were
singled out for outstanding
contribution to the community,
Wednesday, while another 60
Five honored for outstanding service
were thanked for their efforts as
members of committees and
boards who help administer town
affairs.
beautify, maintain and promote
the downtown area.
Details of the plan were
outlined to the business com-
munity in September and they
immediately asked council to
take the necessary steps to put it
into effect in Exeter in the area
from Gidley Street south to the
town limits.
All commercial property
owners within. that area were
notified of, the intention to
designate the area and only two
filed objections by the December
21 deadline.
Four of the proponents of the
plan, Ron Cottrell, Earl Camp-
bell, Jon Dinney and Bob
Swartman appeared before
council, Monday, asking that the
bylaw be approved,
Councillor Bob' Simpson
suggested the matter should be,
turned over to the new council,
but Mayor Bruce Shaw noted that
the present council had the power'
to pass the bylaw. He also ex-
plained that the merchants were
anxious' to get the plan underway
and that it had been approved
almost unanimously by the
businessmen as evidenced by the
fact there were only two ob-
jections.
Merchant Bob Swartman said
the businessmen were not asking
for any tax dollars to back the
plan and therefore it was not a
matter of financial support that
council had to consider.
Councillor Garnet Hicks
wondered if there would be any
compensation to the town for the
work required of town employees
in collecting the special tariff
which will be assessed against
the businesses in the designated
area for any projects undertaken.
Ron Cottrell replied that the
money being spent by the mer-
chants would pay some of the
expenses incurred by the town.
"We're not asking for handouts,"
he added, "we're just trying to
help ourselves".
Councillor Ted Wright said the
plan would benefit the town in
that it would keep Main Street in
good shape.
A minimum of five people will
be named to a board of •
management to present ideas for
improvements, beautification,
maintenance or promotions. One
Exeter council cleared the way
this week for the establishment of
the Central Business
Improvement area which was
requested several months ago by
local merchants.
Third reading was given to a
bylaw and it will now require
approval from the Ontario
Municipal Board before it is
enacted.
The plan is one which has been
drafted by the ministry of
tourism and industry and under
it, local merchants may improve,
Permits hit
$3.7 milli n
The value of building permits
issued in 1976 will be ap-
proximately $1,000,000 higher
than in the last 7 years, Coun-
cillor Harold Patterson reported
this week.
In giving a report on the per-
mits issued to date, Patterson
said the total value is
$3,694,349.59. This is up to
December 15.
There were 40 permits issued
for new homes and these were
valued at $1,371,878. Residential
renovations and additions
totalled $352,763.59. This also
included patios, sundecks and
tool sheds.
New commercial buildings,
additions and renovations were
valued at $392,878, while there
were 10 permits issued for
swimming pools at a value of
$40,525.
Additions and renovations to
government buildings and in-
stitutionswere valued at $64,280,
while six permits issued for
additions and renovations to
industrial buildings reached a
total of $514,025.
Another $958,000 was added to
the total in the value of new
recreation buildings.
During the year there have
been 315 permits issued and
building inspector Doug Triebner
made 510 inspections.
Permits approved during the
past month were as follows: Bert
Bies, remodel storage room at
316 Andrew; H. VanBergen,
repair roof at 166 Andrew; Lorne
Turnbull, install window at 86
Waterloo; Walter Bentley,
renovate kitchen at 178 Anne;
Kongskilde Ltd. renovate office
section at Thames Road E.;
Canadian Canners Ltd., erect
storage shed at 210 Wellington.
Lambeth man
handed fine p.
Only three cases were heard by
Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter
court, Tuesday.
Joseph Thompson, RR 2
Lambeth, was fined $350 or 35
days in jail after pleading guilty
to driving while his licence was
under suspension. He had a
previous conviction.
The accused was Stopped on
October 31 when police noticed
his vehicle had only one
headlight. It was subsequently
found that his licence was under
suspension,
A 22-year-old London woman
Karen Elaine Brown, was fined
$100 or 10 days on a charge of
possession of marijuana. Two
hand-rolled cigarettes were
found ill her purse on August 17,
Fred M. Denomme, Zurich,
was given conditional discharge
for possession of marijuana. lie
was ordered to keep the peace, to
not possess or use any drugs and
report to a probation officer as
directed.
Receiving special recognition
were Dr. M. C. fletcher, Alma
Godbolt, Carf Cann and Russ and
Shirley Wilhelm. It was a con-
member must be from council,
Six merchants have offered to
sit on the board. They are the four
merchants who attended Mon-
day's meeting as well as Harold
Gunn and Gerry Gray.
A decision on the method of
operating the South Huron
Recreation Centre and the recall
of three RAP employees was on
Monday night's agenda for
Exeter council, but it was quickly
passed on to the 1977 council.
Damage is high
in axe swinging
A Lambton County man is
expected to be charged by
summons after an axe attack on
11 cars in Huron Park Saturday
morning.
Exeter police said a man with
an axe began smashing wind-
shields in cars at the Club
Albatross on Manitoba Street
about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. A
damage estimate has been set at
$2,508.
On the basis of a vehicle
description given by witnesses,
Forest OPP stopped a car about
2:40 a.m. Investigating officer
Constable James Rogers of the
Exeter OPP interviewed three
men in Thedford Saturday about
the incident
tinuation of a program instituted
last year when council honored
four outstanding women during
Women's Year.
Mayor Bruce Shaw had said at
that time he hoped succeeding
counciis would continue to
recognize people deserving of
special thanks from the com-
munity.
At Wednesday night's banquet
at the Burkley Restaurant for the
members of special committees
Reeve Derry Boyle said the
present council could not make
decisions for the coming year and
other members agreed with that
contention and moved that the
matter be set aside to be dealt
with "immediately" in the new
year by the incoming council,
RAP chairman Ruth Durand
was in attendance at Monday's
meeting and asked if council
could meet with the three RAP
employees who had been laid off
to indicate to them when they
may be recalled.
She said there was some
concern over the matter.
"That will almost have to be
left to the new council," opined
Councillor Ted Wright,
Mayor Bruce Shaw said that
negotiations had been started
with Usborne and Stephen over
the operation of recreation and
the recreation centre and three
things had been tentatively
agreed to by the three
municipalities. These were
outlined as follows:
1. There is no need for a full-
time recreation director.
2. All three municipalities are
interested in cooperating as an
area recreation committee.
and boards, he reiterated his
hope that the practice would
continue.
The Mayor announced that Dr.
Fletcher was unable to attend
due to ill health, Dr. Fletcher was
the recipient of accolades this
past summer when he marked 50
year's service to the community
and Mayor Shaw explained that
council had decided to mark their
recognition of his contributions at
the year-end festivities.
3. There was agreement that a
board of management should be
appointed to operate the
recreation Centre and all three
municipalities would make ap-
pointments to that board.
"The next step is up to
Exeter," Shaw said.
However, that prompted the
suggestion that it was a matter
that had to be dealt with by the
incoming council.
Shaw said that he may call a
special meeting of the new
council before the end of the year
to informally discuss the matter
so some guidelines could be
readied for a decision at the
inaugural meeting to be held on
January 4.
Eight crashes
investigated
There were eight accidents
investigated by the Exeter OPP
this week and while damage
amounted to almost $8,000, only
one injury was reported.
Two of the crashes occurred on
Tuesday, the first involving
vehicles driven by Rosanne
Denomme, Goderich, and Joan
Hermann, RR 3 Goderich. They
collided on Highway 4 north of
Exeter and damage was listed at
$275.
In the other crash, a vehicle
operated by Philip Jones, 123
Camden Road, London collided
with a bridge on Highway 4 about
one mile south of Hensall.
Damage to the vehicle was $400,
Friday turned out to be a bad
day for drivers, as there were
four crashes, A car driven by
Edwin Snyder, RR 1 Dashwood,
struck a tree on Highway 83 east
of Dashwood with damage of
$1,500. The driver received minor
injuries.
Vehicles driven by Beverly
Smith, RR 1 Ailsa Craig, and
Barbara Yeo, Huron Park,
collided on County Road 21 west
of HighWay 4 with 'resulting
damage of $700.
The most serious damage of the
week occurred when vehicles
driven by Charles Browning Jr.,
Crediton, and Sybil Cummings,
222 Wharncliffe Road, London,
coined on Highway 4 south of
Exeter. Total damage was
estimated at $3,500.
The final Friday crash involved
vehicles driven by Anne Fink-
belie'', Zurich, and Eugene
O'Brien, alio of Zurich. The
mishap Occurred on Highway 84
and damage was set at $450.
The final crash of the week was
investigated on Saturday. A snow
vehicle driven by John Campbell,
RR 1, Exeter, collided with a
mail box on Highway 4 south of
Mayor Shaw started his special
presentation with Alma Godbolt,
explaining that she had to leave
the banquet early for another
function, "She can't even take
time out to be thanked," he
remarked in reference to her
busy schedule as one of the most
energetic volunteers in the
community.
Her list of accomplishments
eight years on the
Home and School
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Ontario Supreme Court Justice
ILD, Garrett awarded an Exeter
woman and her three children
$192,661 in damages Monday for
the death of her husband, who
was killed in a car accident more
than two years ago,
Mary Cudmore, 34, whose
husband, Alvin, 37, died in a car,
crash in Usborne Township on
August 11, 1974, received $122,661
in damages.
The remainder of the award
will be divided among her three
children, Craig, 10, Kar, 8 and
Douglas 5, The children will each
receive $25,000, except for Karen,
who will get $20,000.
Mr. Justice Garrett ordered
that the money for the children
be kept by the court until they
reach the age of 18.
The crash, which occurred at
Concession Road 2-3 and
Sideroad 30, involved another
Hensall. Damage was set at $900.
During the week, the local
detachment officers laid eight
charges under, the Highway
Traffic Act, one under the
Motorized Snow Vehicle Act and
11 under the Criminal Code,
Four thefts were investigated
as well as one fraud, one assault
and one impaired driver was
charged.
Association; member, past
preSident and regional director
on the 'South Huron Hospital
Auxiliary; board member and
president for two years on the
South Huron District Association
for the Mentally Retarded; lon-
time Sunday School teacher and a
leader of the Explorers at Exeter
United Church, a member of the
United Church Women and a
driver for the Meals-on-Wheels
program,
Mayor Shaw noted that she was
very concerned and active in
assisting those less fortunate
than she.
A plaque was presented to Mrs.
Godbolt by Deputy-Reeve Tom
MacMillan.
After receiving his plaque from
Reeve Derry Boyle, Carf Cann
said there was no place he would
rather work than in this com-
munity, "because it's the best
community in Ontario and I'm
happy to be part of it."
In listing Carf's contribution,
Mayor Shaw indicated he had
only time to give a partial listing.
"It would be difficult to get along
without you," he told the retired
mill operator.
Some of his contribution in-
cludes: a member of the Rodeo
Association since it moved to
Exeter 13 years ago, two years as
treasurer; member of the Cancer
Society for several years and this
past year it's local campaign
chairman; member and chair-
man of the South Huron Hospital
Board; superintendent for 15
years at Exeter United Church
Sunday School; member of the
choir, board and men's club at
the church; member of the South
Huron Recreation Centre com-
mittee and one of the originators
of the Meals-on-Wheels program.
Some of his other work in the
community includes: former
director of the Exeter
Agricultural Society and f or
several years in charge of the
school fair; member of the
Exeter Public School Board for
price Per Copy 25 Cents
vehicle, driven by Bradley
Deters, now 20, also of Exeter.
London lawyer Earl Cherniak,
who acted for Mrs. Cudmore,
said the judgment Was "one of
the larger awards in fatal ac-
cident cases."
"It's a large award, made on
the basis that he (Mr. Cudmore)
had excellent prospects of ear-
nings," Mr. Cherniak said.
Mr. Cudmore , he said,was a hog
farmer who sold about 1,000 hogs
the year before his death.
Elect Rader
in Dashwood
Kenneth Rader is the newest
member of the trustee board of
the police village of Dashwood,
In a Monday election Rader
outscored his opponent Leo Paul
Masse by 78 to 57 votes.
Rader joins incumbent trustees
Harold Schroeder and George
Tiernan.
At the regular nomination time
in mid-November only Tiernan
and Schroeder qualified and a
second nomination was
necessary at which time Rader
and Masse agreed to stand for
election.
seven years, serving during the
demolition of the old school and
the bnilding of the present
structure; member of the SHDHS
board for five years; member of
the Huronia Chorus and par-
ticipant in Gilbert & Spllivan
HONORED — Dr. M. C. Fletcher
was one of five Exeter residents
honored this week for outstan-
ding service. He was unable to at-
tend the event and this photo
shows him at a picnic held in his
honor this summer. T-A Photo
operettas under the• guidance of
the late Alice Sturgis.
Wednesday was a special day
all around for Russ and Shirley
Wilhelm. In addition to the honor
they received, it was the eighth
anniversary of their coming to
Exeter to operate Braemor
Manor, a special care home for
about 32 residents on James St.
"The Wilhelms have made this
a home with all that the word
home implies," Mayor Shaw
stated, noting that the residence
is really their home which has
been opened for those in need.
He went on to say that the
Wilhelms believe in people--they
believe in enabling people to
experience their potential as
human beings--and have that
unique capacity of love and
patience that calls forth the very
best in others.
The local couple have ex-
panded their facilities without
any capital improvement
assistance from government
grants, and this includes a
workshop which Russ built.
Mayor Shaw said many people
were skeptical of the opening of
the workshop, but added that it
had proved quite successful, It is
the first workshop to be
associated with a special care
home in Ontario and' "Russ took
to the road, travelled hundreds of
miles, sat in waiting rooms to see
company representatives, made
hundreds of 'phone calls, took
samples of work which had been
completed... all because he cared
about his people and knew their
potential,'
It was explained that the
Wilhelms are not salaried, their
home being financed through a
low per diem rate. "Their work
week for the most part is seven
days, their work day is 24 hours,
their roles include that of parent,
companion, cook foreman,
friend, salesman, supervisor,
janitor and counsellor.
In accepting the plaque, Russ
remarked: "we have a lot of help
from this town and the people
within it."
Also presented with special
town plaques were the four
retiring members of council,
Reeve Derry Boyle, Deputy-
Reeve Tom MacMillan, Coun-
cillors Garnet Hicks and Bob
Simpson.
A touch of levity highlighted
the proceedings when it was
found that the plaque for Simpson
had not arrived. "You know how
things get screwed up," Mac-
Millan remarked.
Simpson remarked that he had
enjoyed his four years on council,
while Hicks said he would have
many fine memories.
MacMillian who was referred
to as an "excellent, excellent
person" by Reeve Boyle, said he
would still be living in the area
and would maintain an interest in
events.
In making the presentation of a
plaque to Boyle, Mayor Shaw
said it was a great pleasure. "He
could have been presenting one to
me," he quipped. He also
remarked that T-A editor Bill
Batten would miss Boyle very
much and predicted the size of
'the newspaper would be reduced
by one-third when Boyle was no
longer on council making com-
ments.
In reply, Boyle said that the
biggest favor the town ever did
for him was on December 6 the
date he was defeated for mayor.
He admitted that he had been
frightened of the prospects of
being mayor and said he couldn't
handle the job to the capabilities
displayed by Shaw.
Committee members thanked
for their contribution during the
past year included the cemetery
board, planning board, parking
authority, committee of ad-
justment and RAP,
Also in attendance were
executive members of the South
Huron Recreation Centre com-
mittee, whose work was
described by the Mayor as being
"(rocked with opposition, ob.
stacles and innumerable dif-
ficulties."
"We'll be pround and happy
when it's completed," he told the
members of the committee in
recognizing their hard •work over
the past several months.
CITIZENS HONORED — Carf Cann and Alma Godbolt were two of the five Exeter citizens honored this
week for outstanding contributions to the community. Presenting the awards to the pair are Reeve Derry
Boyle, left, and Deputy-Reeve Tom MacMillan, right, who were also honored on the occasion of their retire-
ment from municipal politics. T-A photo
Council approves bylaw
r .care area program
One Hundred and Fourth Year
Say rec director not needed
ENTERTAIN SENIORS — Residerits of the Exeter Senior Citizens Home were entertained Thursday by Girl
'Guides and Kinetfes. Above, Anita Jackson and Julie Hendrick participate in a skit. T-A photo
day decision on rec centre
included
Exeter
RECEIVE PLAQUE— Russ and Shirley Wilhelm, who operate Braemor Manor, were given a town plaque
in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the community. Mayor Bruce Shaw made the presentation
at Wednesday's banquet for the town's appointed officials.
EXETER; ONTARIO, DECEMBER 23, 1976
CANDY STRIPER AWARD — Donna Stewart has completed 200
hours as a Candy Striper volunteer at South Huron Hospital. Making
the presentation of a bracelet is Candy Striper supervisor Barb
Harrison. T-A photo
Wi ow, children
receive $192,661