The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-02-10, Page 1Seek clarification regarding
freeze on Exeter's growth
STARTING YOUNG — All ages have participated in clearing walks
and driveways during the recent storms. Three year old Troy Robinson
gets into action in the above picture. T-A photo
Reeve Si Simmons suggested
this week that council get some
All officials and employees of
the township of Stephen will
receive an increase in their
salaries as the result of the
decision made at the latest
meeting, Wednesday.
All salaried employees in-
cluding road department and
office staff will get andncrease of
six percent.
At the same time councillors
voted themselves a raise of $5 for
each meeting they attend,
Reeve Cecil Desjardine will
now receive $45 per meeting,
deputy-reeve Ken Campbell will
Will spend
$314,000
Exeter council this week ap-
proved in principle a drains and
streets budget of $314,000 for the
current year.
Of that amount, about $143,000
is earmarked for a storm drain
on Alexander Street and closing
in the ditch on Andrew Street
North,
Reeve Si Simmons, chairman
of the public works committee,
recommended that the full
amount of that project be
debentured and this was ap-
proved by council.
Other projects included in the
budget are the final paving of
Huron Street East, the extension
of the Sanders Street storm drain
from Pryde to Eastern Ave., and
the reconstruction of Andrew
Street between John and Huron
Street.
Another $95,000 would be set
aside for maintenance.
Members of Exeter council
appear to be satisfied with the
agreement proposed for the lease
of expanded police office
facilities at the town hall, but
decided to delay a final decision
until the police committee make
their recommendations known.
Committee chairman Ken
Ottewell reported Monday that
the committee had discussed the
matter with the Exeter and
District Heritage Foundation, but
they had not received the formal
agreement in time to provide a
detailed study of the document.
The proposed lease would run
for a period of 10 years at an
initial cost of $5,220 per annum,
or $435 a month, The Heritage
answers on the future growth of
the community in view of in-
dications that a "freeze" has
been placed on any future sub-
divisions or growth, '
"If the ministry of the en-
vironment has put a cap on the
town, let's find out," he urged.
He questioned why the town
would need new water supplies if
the present water system looks
after current needs and no future
'growth is anticipated.
Mayor Bruce Shaw, a member
of the PUC, said that the Utility
ran short of water during the
summer of 1975 and this was one
of the reasons for augmenting the
supply.
However, Simmons said that
an expenditure of $600,000 (for
the new wells in Usborne and the
pipeline) did not appear
warranted to provide water for
two days in August,
The Reeve said he hated to
think the town mild not expand,
but the apparent freeze should be
straightened out.
Mayor Bruce Shaw said that
the local planning board have
met with the ministry of housing
and the ministry of environment
and have been advised that the
official plan must conform to the
expectations of the sewer system.
Simmons said that the sewer
system had been built for a
get $40 per session and the rate
for councillors Doug Russell,
Alan Walper and Ralph Weber
will be $35 for each meeting.
For any meetings pertaining to
business of the township which
last less than two hours the
regular rate will be decreased by
$10.
The mileage rate for all of-
ficials and employees was raised
to 21 cents per mile.
Building inspector Arnold
McCann was re-appointed to his
position. He reported issuing 143
permits during 1976 to a value of
$1,219,290.
Council accepted the in-
spector's proposal that a site visit
be made before a permit is issued
on construction of a complete
new unit. '
A meeting was set for
February.4,16 • to hear five
municipal drain reports. They
are the Stade; New Venice-
Eagleson; Glavin; Glavin-Swartz
and Khiva Improvement drains.
The proposed 1977 budget as
presented by the Dashwood
police village trustees was ac-
cepted.
It calls for expenditures of
$14,580 as compared to $12,000 for
the year 1976.
A grant of $250 to the Stephen
township Federation of
Agriculture was approved.
Peter Wuerth was named to the
Crediton volunteer fire depart-
ment; Eric Finkbeiner and
Donald Dinney were added to the
Crediton Community Parks
Board and Frank McIsaac was
named to the Dashwood Athletic
field board.
The tender of Glenn Miller of
$400 for a 1960 Mercury chassis
and cab was accepted.
Foundation would pay for the
heating and air conditioning
costs, while the town would be
responsible for lighting and
cleaning costs.
The rent would be raised at the
end of every three years and
would be based on the increase in
the cost of living as detailed by
the federal government.
"If it drops 10 percent, it would
only be fair that we would accept
10 percent less," commented
Doug Gould, chairman of the
Heritage Foundation.
Ottewell said that the Foun-
dation had assured his committee
that there would be a minimum of
inconvenience in renovating the
enlarged office space for the
capacity of 6,000 and wondered
why the ministries were now
trying to limit growth to around
4,000.
Shaw explained that the 6,000
was termed as "people units",
and not just population. He said
Canadian Canners takes up
roughly 3,000 of those units.
Exeter's dump in Hay township
came under another scathing
attack by the ministry of the
environment this week following
a recent inspection.
A report from the ministry said
the site in Hay Township was in
exceptionally poor condition and
there was regular burning
although council had been
previously advised burning was
not permitted.
At one time, the report stated,
smoke was causing bad visibility
"If you don't stand for
something you will fall for
anything." Those were words
echoed by two speakers at
Tuesday's fourth annual Sport-
smen's Dinner sponsored by the
Exeter Lions club.
Reeve Si Simmons wanted to
know how many square feet
would be contained in the new
office and he was told it was
approximately 720 and the rate
was based on $7 per square foot.
Gould said there was still a
problem in deciding on the
arrangements for metering the
electricity. He said having three
meters for the three tenants may
be too costly,
Simmons suggested that the
hydro be included in the
suggested rental figure, but
Gould replied it shouldn't be too
difficult to apportion the costs,
"If three people are trying to
agree, it may be difficult,"
Councillor Ted Wright replied.
Ottewell told council he would
prefer to set the matter over so
the committee could make a
recommendation to council, but
Gould noted the Foundation
wanted an answer as soon as
possible so they could proceed
with their plans.
"We won't get anything any
cheaper," Councillor Steve Pfaff
commented in suggesting the
terms of the lease be approved.
"We've put this off too long now,"
he said.
When Simmons indicated he
would be prepared to approve the
lease if the hydro was included in
the rental, Gould said that was
okay if that was all that was
delaying a decision.
However, Ottewell said he
hadn't had time to even read the
lease agreement and said he
wouldn't like to make a decision
without studying it,
It was then decided to turn the
matter back to the committee for
their recommendations,
He went on to say that with the
improved treatment facilities
being planned by Canners,
Exeter could grow to 4,200 in
terms of actual population.
Works superintendent Glenn
Kells said there was a difference
of opinion on the capabilities of
the local sewer system. He
and strong odors on Highway 83,
while at another time, black
smoke could be seen from a
distance of 10 miles.
Several "unsatisfactory"
designations were given for such
things as housekeeping, number
of dumping areas, segregation of
refuse, control of litter and
control of access to the facility.
The ministry advised that no
further burning should be carried
on.
Council asked the sanitation
committee to study the situation.
More than 280 persons attended
the most successful dinner to
date. It was held at the Exeter
Legion Hall.
Keynote speaker recently
retired National Football League
referee Tom Bell told the large
audience "Canada is the greatest
country in the world but you must
get involved and do something to
keep it that way."
Bell who is also a full time
practicing lawyer continued,
"We seem to have stopped
fighting for free enterprise. We
won't get back in the right track
until we give an honest day's
work foran honest day's pay. We
have to start living what we
believe in."
On the much talked of subject
of using instant replays to assist
football officials Bell said, "I
don't think they will ever be used.
First of all they would need about
40 cameras to get the right angles
and it would take the human
element out of the game."
Open debate
on fluoride
A suggestion that fluoride be
added to Exeter's water system
has been raised again,
Councillor Steve Pfaff said he
had discussed the matter with
three local dentists and they were
keen to have the chemical added
to the water.
He said Drs. Lingard and Jean
would be prepared to meet with
council to outline the benefits if
council wished.
Mayor Bruce Shaw said the
matter had been raised about six
years ago and it was found the
cost was just too high.
"It may be worth it over the
years," Pfaff replied.
Reeve Si Simmons said he
thought the water system already
had some natural fluoride in it,
but Pfaff said tests indicated
there was none at all,
Mayor Shaw concluded the
discussion by saying the dentists
would be welcome at any time to
make a presentation to council.
reported that engineer B.M. Ross
did not agree with the figures
being used by the ministry.
It was indicated the ministry
may still be using figures based
on dumping effluent once a year,
while the town has been given
permission to dump twice a year
into the river.
Kells said this would actually
double the volume that could be
handled.
Mayor Shaw said that while a
freeze has apparently been
placed on future subdivisions and
the ministry have already ob-
jected to a proposed subdivision
on Huron Street East, this does
not mean the town can't grow.
He said that over 300 building
lots have already been approved
in Exeter.
However, 'he agreed that
Simmons' point was well taken
and the ministry should be asked
to put in writing what the present
situation really is in Exeter as far
as future growth is concerned,
The NFL official went on to say
that surveys taken on instant
replays on controversial calls
that officials were right 97 per-
cent of the time.
Darwin Semotiuk, coach of the
University of Western Ontario
football Mustangs spoke in the
same terms as Bell regarding life
styles. He continued, "We must
have the courage of our con-
victions and one of the most
worthy objectives in life is to set
goals and work to their com-
pletion."
Semotiuk suggested it was time
the Canadian Football League
accepted the responsibility of
helping develop intercollegiate
football.
The perennial friend of crip-
pled children Whipper Billy
Watson was also in attendance.
Watson said he saw many
miracles at the 1976 Olympiad for
disabled athletes. He told of a
Saskatoon boy jumping well over
six feet on only one leg and a
paraplegic doing a bench press of
675 pounds. He added, "These are
what I call miracles."
The former star wrestler called
on everyone to continue to give
support to crippled children. We
still haven't met all our goals and
we can't ignore youngsters like
Mike."
He was referring to 14 year-old
Mike Gander of London who was
London's Timmy for 1976 and
filling in for this year's Timmy
Larry Firby.
Watson concluded, "As your
communities grow make sure all
new facilities are accessible for
the handicapped."
Football was well represented
at the dinner, In addition to Bell
and Semotiuk, three current CFL
performers attended. They were
Tony Gabriel of the Ottawa
Roughriders, Don Bowman of the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers and
Montreal Allouette Glenn Weir.
Tiger Williams appeared on
behalf of the Toronto Maple
Leafs, Gates Brown represented
the Detroit Tigers, Canada's
Davis Cup tennis player was on
hand and Jack Kopas was here
for harness racing.
Other special guests included
golfer Ken Doig from Seaforth,
Mitchell figure skaters Sherrie
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and Lorie Biaer, John Butler and
Peter Gomery from the Ontario
Society for Crippled Children and
Alex Kelman of CFPL television.
The master of ceremonies was
Lee Paul of Kirkton who kept the
entire program moving smoothly
in his own inimitable fashion.
While snow removal costs are
mounting, it may be more costly
if it isn't shovelled along Ex-
eter's Main St. if a bylaw
suggested this week by Coun-
cillor Lossy Fuller is approved
by council.
While noting that most
businessmen and residents along
Main St. do remove snow from
their walks, Mrs. Fuller said
there were several where
it was not shovelled and this was
creating problems for
pedestrians, particularly senior
citizens.
She suggested that a bylaw be
passed making it mandatory to
have sidewalks cleared between
Huron and Gidley Streets. Peo-
Exeter council failed Monday
night to settle a question about
the disposition of the horse barns
at the community park, although
works superintendent Glenn
Kells suggested he needed some
guidance because the contractor
building the rec centre would
want some indication when the
building would be moved.
Kells said that when the time
comes that the building must be
moved he would need some an-
swer for the contractor,
Last year's council had offered
the Exeter Turf Club a grant of
$500 to remove the barn to a
location of their choosing, but the
structure was not moved, A
deadline of October 17 had been
place
•for butts
All the ash trays were
noticeably absent when Exeter
council arrived for their regular
meeting, Monday. While no one
admitted to perpetrating the act,
several accusing fingers were
pointed at Councillor Lossy
Fuller as the smokers scurried to
find receptacles for their butts.
Councillor Fuller gave some
validity to the accusations when
she said later in the meeting that
she understood there was a
motion on the books that smoking
was not to be allowed in the
council chambers.
With so much talk about the
rights of non-smokers, she
suggested, council members
should try not to smoke at
meetings.
"That's easy for a non-
smoker," quipped Mayor Shaw,
who is among the five members
who do not indulge,
Councillor Harold Patterson,
one of the persons to whom Mrs.
Fuller was directing her
remarks, suggested a spittoon be
placed in the centre of the hall
and the smokers could take up
chewing tobacco.
Councillor Ted Wright, who
gave up smoking some time ago,
said the edict that was passed by
council some years ago lasted for
less than two months before it
was broken,
"I'm sure everyone will heed
your advice," Mayor Shaw said
to Mrs. Fuller.
However, that comment ap-
peared to be without substance,
as Deputy-reeve Don MacGregor
puffed on a cigarette during the
entire debate on smoking.
The overall dinner chairman
was Doug Ellison. Also speaking
was Lions president Max Dawson
and Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw.
Other Lions on the dinner com-
mittee were Jim Pinder, Jack
Fuller, Glenn Kells, Frank Giffin
and Earl Wagner.
pie would be given two days in
which to clear sidewalks or face
a fine of up to $75 and the cost of
having the town do the work.
"Can we force people to clean
off public sidewalks?" Reeve Si
Simmons asked.
Mayor Bruce Shaw replied the
town had such authority under
the Municipal Act.
Clerk Eric Carscadden said a
suggestion for such a bylaw had
been made a few years ago but
never passed council.
Mayor Shaw suggested that
Councillor Fuller present a
bylaw at the next meeting. It was
also indicated it may include
some regulations for the
removal of snow and icicles from
Main St. structures.
set in the offer of assistance by
council.
Reeve Si Simmons suggested
that the offer was now null and
void and he asked Kells if a
loader and a couple of trucks
would be available to have the
building removed.
However, property committee
chairman Barb Bell said she had
been in touch with Turf Club
president Jack Taylor and the
latter indicated he still wanted
the barn.
"If they want it, they'd better
get it," Councillor Harold Pat-
terson suggested.
Council, however, failed to set
a deadline for the removal of the
barn, It is presently being used
by the contractor on the rec
centre project,
SCIENCE GRAD — Peter
Kleinstiver, son of Mr. & Mrs. L.W.
Kleinstiver, Doshwood,
graduated at the winter convoca-
tion from the University of Guelph
with an honours degree in
I
Biological Science. Peter is
presently furthering his studies
toward a Master's degree in
Pharmacology from the Depart-
ment of Biomedical Sciences On-
tario Veterinary College, Univer-
sity of Guelph. He was a
graduate of S.H.D.H.S.
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$26,000 to go!
We are nearing our objective, Construction is well underway. The
various canvasses are getting nearer to completion. We still have
$26,000 to raise to meet our objective of $254,000.
Many people do not understand that if we do not raise this $26,000 it
actually means we are short $78,000 of the total because Wintario will
not provide the maximum grant. Remember for each $1.00 we raise,
Wintario gives us $2.00. We need this $26,000!
We are very optimistic that there will be do debenture. With the
remaining "call backs" that have to be made and the area that has
not yet been canvassed we feel we can reach our goal,
The South Huron Recreation Centre is now a reality. Please help us
to complete our canvass objective. If you have not made your dona-
tion yet, please get in touch with a canvasser or call a committee
member, South Huron needs your support for this needed facility.
Ron Bogart
Finance Chairman
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Tentatively agree to hall lease
Dump given bad report
One Hundred and Fourth Year
TONY AND TIMMY — Tony Gabriel was one of the head table guests at Tuesday's Sportsmen's dinner.
Above, Gabriel lifts Michael Gander who was London's Timmy in 1976. At the right is Frank Giffin, a
member of the Lions dinner committee. T-A photo
EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 10, 1977
MAIN SPEAKER -- The top, speaker at Tuesday's Sportsmen's dinner
was recently retired NFL referee Tom Sell. He is also a distinguished
lawyer in Lexirigi, Kentucky. Above, Bell is being welcomed by Ex-
eter Lions president Max Dawson. T.A photo
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TIGER SIGNS — One of the most popular visitors at Tuesday's Sportsmen's dinner was Dave 'Tiger'
Williams of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Above, seeking Tiger's autograph are Brent Atthill, Rick Gilfillan,
George Pratt, Steve Laithwaite and Mark Vandergunst. T-A photo
Ref blows whistle on lack of involvement
Get the shovels out
No decision on barn