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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-10-24, Page 1A MUNICIPAL LESSON — Grade eight students of Exeter Public School visited various town departments Thursday. Shown above getting information on Huron county from mayor Derry Boyle are Pauline DeVries, Robert Joy and Heidi Raymond. T-A photo The recent continuous rainy weather was good and bad for Huron County far- mers. Huron's Ag Rep Don Pullen told the T-A Monday, "The recent rains horribly delayed harvesting of corn and soybeans, but, were good for fall plowing and the recently planted wheat crop." Pullen said, "Silage corn should be completed this week, but, the grain corn harvest is just nicely getting underway. Soft ground conditions have really slowed progress." The Huron white bean crop has been completed with excellent quality and good yields. Pullen added, "I have heard of some yields as high as a metric ton per acre." He said a September 9 frost in the Beigrave, Wingham, Brussels areas ;4slowed dowrithe growth and.," development of grain corn. Moisture in grain corn continues to be very high. Pullen commented, "We have a pretty fair system of drying in Huron with our • NEAR COMES SPIDER GEAR — The restoration of the clock of the Exeter town hall has been a slow and tedious task as ieweller Earl Campbell knows only too well. On Thursday SO feet above Main Street, Campbell mounted the spider gear which drives the hands on the clock's face, T.A photo TIME MARCHES ON FOR CLOCK WORK — Work on the clock at the town hall is continuing thanks to the efforts of clock repair specialist Tony Elderhorts of New Britain Penn- sylvania and local jeweller Earl Campbell. The two men were test fitting a couple of pieces Thursday. T-A photo Work is continuing on town hall clock under other legislation regarding health, safety and building codes. She said it would be a hardship on older people and she couldn't really see the need for it, She drew a quick en- One hundred and Seventh Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 24, 1979 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Handful voice opposition Plan chairman's house would fail Bylaw is termed dictatorship LOCKED UP — Kenn and Glenn Hines found out how a pair of handcuffs worked when constable Kevin Short of the Exeter police department visited the Sunshine Nursery School, Wednesday. T.A photo For the drainage Stephen loan lim it lump •Dashwood water nearer • Town departments hosts for students. The hopes of a new water system for the police village of Dashwood are coming much closer to reality, Village trustee George Provincial Judge Glenn Marshman said Friday he needs more time to study evidence presented at the trials of five provincial policemen facing six assault charges arising from an incident at the Fleck strike. He had -tentatively set Friday to rule on each of the six trails held in Exeter since October 9, but said he has CHANGE TIME The board of management of the Exeter Central Business Improvement Area will be conducting their business earlier following a decision at their regular monthly meeting Thursday. Beginning Thursday, November 15 the time will change from 7:30 p.m. at the council chambers to 7:30 a.m. at the Burkley Restaurant and Tavern, Tiernan told the T-A Monday evening, "We really got great news this afternoon. Tenders are being called on October 31 and they mills and some on-farm drying operations, but, it's going to take a lot of energy for drying." Pullen indicated some corn was turning out better than expected. He added, "There was pretty fair plant population, The big problem came with a lack of the necessary heat units for the corn to mature properly." The bulk of the soybean crop is still to be harvested with yields varying from 20 to 30 bushels per acre. Winter wheat acreage this fall is higher than it has been in recent years due mainly to the early and successful harvesting of white beans. About white beans Pullen commented, "They were really delighted with the weather and harvesting conditions. Some that switched from beans to other ' crops certainly wish they fiechibrY While Kent county remains as the „leader in grain corn production, Huron has taken over as the top producer in silage and grain corn combined. "reviewed the evidence" and needs more time to consider it. The officers were charged with assaulting pickets at the Fleck Manufacturing Ltd. plant in Huron Park on May 24, 1978, when they cleared a path through milling men and women to allow a busload of non-striking employees to report for work, Charged with assault causing bodily harm are: acting inspector Norton Rhiness, 52, who was a staff sergeant commanding a platoon of OPP at the strike scene and who was a former head of the Exeter detachment; Constable Ryan Cox, Milton OPP; Cpl. Leroy Hedrick, Constable Harry Guyitt and Constable E.A. Moynes, all of the Brantford OPP. Constable Cox is also charged with Please turn to page 3 will be opened on November 20." Tiernan continued, "We seemed to be stalled with our project, but, this afternoon I learned from B,M, Ross, the Goderich engineering firm that they had just received the go-ahead from the Ministry of the Environment and the Ontario Municipal Board," "'.this latest news really sounds encouraging. I would hope there would be a start on the major part of the pipeline this fall. The weather will certainly play a big part in any construction hopes for this fall", added the trustee, The Dashwood system will Work on the restoration of the clock at the town hall continues, but, according to local jeweller Earl Campbell and clock repair expert Tony Elderhorst, it's a slow and tedious process. While only a handful of people attended Wed- nesday's public meeting to discuss Exeter's proposed property and maintenance standards bylaw, indications are council and the planning board may have their hands full in attempting to get the new bylaw into effect. The Exeter Heritage Committee called in the services of Elderhorst who runs a church bell, carillon, tower clock and hand bell repair business from his home in New Britian, Pennsylvania. Elderhorst said he did not make a special trip for the Exeter work but that his brother who lives in London does similar work. Elderhorst had been working in the Ottawa area. The clock and bell repair business is part of the Elderhorst family makeup as their father started then.' in the business. The elder Elderhorst performed maintenance chores on the Exeter clock during the mid fifties, Elderhorst said. Campbell said the repair of the 91 year old clock has been a lot of work, He agreed that one had to have a good sense of humour and large amounts of patience. "You wouldn't want to finish one wheel as you realized there was another to be done," Campbell said referring to the tedious task of cleaning each of the clock's teeth. Doctor Wally Head con- tributed Much to the restoration Of the clock Campbell said and removed "bags and bags" of bird debris from the tower. Campbell said he's not sure when he'll have the clock fully operative. Only 11 of the 24 people in attendance were other than elected or appointed municipal officials, but they made a strong attack on the proposed bylaw, with Reeve Si Simmons again being one of the more vocal critics. Ratepayer Lily Greb said the bylaw "smacks of dic- tatorship" and was an en- croachment on people's privacy, while another senior citizen, Mrs, Gordon Parker, suggested the bylaw couldi result in many seniors having to picktp and leave their comes cause they could not affordao, meet the standards as set forth in the bylaw. -While planning board chairman Gerald Merner attempted to convince the ratepayers that the bylaw enforcement officer would have to show common sense in administering it, he ad- mitted in a question from Bill Batten that his own home could not pass the requirements of the bylaw. On further questioning, Merrier said only five per- cent of the homes in Exeter could probably meet all the reqUirements. In opening the meeting, the chairman said the intent was to find out what local citizens felt about the bylaw and whether it was too harsh or too. lenient. He outlined two reasons for requiring the standards, one of which was to provide a piece of legislation that was required by the provincial and federal governments before grants could be given to the community for some programs. He said the second reason was to provide the town with a means of taking action against property owners who may allow their properties to fall into a degraded condition and thereby devalue their neighbors' properties. Hay study ready soon Hay council expects to receive the results of a cost study on a proposed water pipeline along tlfe Lake Huron shoreline within the next month. Clerk-treasurer Joan Ducharme said Monday that engineer B.M. Ross is un- dertaking a study for, three phases to run in two and a half mile lengths from the Lake Huron supply station at Part Blake to the township's northerly limits at Drysdale, Council has asked the engineering firm to base costs on a pipe sizing to supply the complete lakefront area in Hay, Mrs. Ducharme said requests for water have been received from property owners along the entire westerly border of the township, Hay council had con. sidered a joint pipeline with Stanley township to go farther north, but, that Municipality has not ad- tepted any proposals. Merner suggested the bylaw- would be enforced on a matter of ex- ception,. ,w her e exception- ally bad property owners might get hurt and where the exceptionally good or average probably wouldn't have anyone bother them. Bill Harvey, a resident of Exeter north, said the bylaw leaned towards infringement of privacy and said the rules were like those of his army days. Merner agreed that the rules were hard and fast.. Reeve Simmons then reiterated some of his op- position to the bylaw, suggesting it was intended basically for residential properties while commercial owners were not affected as much. Simmons and his wife, Pauline, both argued strenuously to have the bylaw placed only on the area under the jurisdiction of the Business Improvement Area. Clerk Liz Bell, who has also spoken against several points in the bylaw, said it was contradictory to some points in the Ontario Building code, while Harvey said he understood the local building inspector was more or less against the property standards bylaw. Mrs, Simmons said she was opposed to it for several reasons, one being that someone could order a property owner to fix up his holdings even though that person could not afford to do so. When she suggested the bylaw enforcement officer could be dictatorial, Merner again stated the person would have to use common sense. However, Don Jolly said he had sotne experience with various inspectors and found that "if they get something against you, they go by the book." Councillor Jay Campbell said the rules were required to protect tenants throughout the community and not just in the commercial area, and Simmons replied that tenants are already well protected under other pieces of legislation. Ms. Greb said most people keep their properties up as well as they can and said several of the items Contained were covered Youth arrested in church theft A youth was arrested by Exeter Constable George Robertson last Tuesday and charged with the October 7 break, enter and theft at the Exeter • Pentecostal Tabernacle, The collection from the Thanksgiving service was stolen in the breakin, The youth appeared in juvenile court this week and was remanded in custody Until November d when he Will appear in Goderich court The youth has been placed in a London juvenile home. At its latest meeting, Stephen township council increased the per acre limit on tile drain loan ap- plications. Effective immediately, Stephen farmers will be eligible for up to $300 per acre for drainage purposes. This is an increase of $50 per acre. Clerk Wilmer Wein said provincial funds for tile drain loans available to the township at the beginning of the fiscal year in April was $595,000, Road superintendent Frank Mclsaac was in- structed to carry out resurfacing of several blacktop roads in the township as part of a preventive Maintenance program. They are Huron street frorn the westerly limits of Exeter to Concession 2.3; from the Centralia village southerly limits to County road 5 and several blocks in Huron Park. The contract for open and closed work on the Isaac extension tnunieipal drain was let to llodgins and flayter of Grand Bend for Thursday, October 18 grade fl pupils of Exeter Public School visited several departments of the Town of Exeter in order to became familiar with the various services that are provided in our community and to develop an understanding of the ways in which they contribute to a unified operation. Such an experience evolved from an invitation by the members of the local council who, in this Year of the Child, offered to assist with such an awareness Programme. Visits by small groups of pupils were made to the Fire Dept,, the Works Dept., tthe P.U.C. the South Huron Recreation Centre, the Town Offices and the 0,P,P, station in co-operation with the Town Police. The students were toured and escorted from lagoons to pumphouses; to the water $4,000, the lowest of three bids. Engineer Bill Shifflett and drainage inspector Ken Pickering were in at- tendance as the O'Rourke and Corbett municipal drain reports were read and given two readings. Council supported a letter from the town of Lincoln asking the provincial government to review the latest assessment Hiring has started at Bell Aerospace, as the Grand Bend plant gears up to start building the four air cushion vehicles ordered on a $21 Million contract by the American government. Managing director Jim Mills says that six or seven new people will be starting work with the company Monday. From then until next spring the hiring will be a very gradual, irregular process until about 60 more have been added to the tower andconstruction sites; through offices and the works building and even into the Hospital Rummage sale as they examined the town. They returned to the school a couple hours later laden with notes and pam- phlets and samples and by- law copies and some even carried records of their fingerprints. They were "excited" and "informed" and "overwhelmed" both by the wealth of information and by the warm reception they were given. Mrs. Ottewell, who teaches History and Geography in Grades 7 and 8 and who planned the activity with Council, was most ap- preciative of the co- operation received from all departments. "It was a truly meaningful way of bringing the community into the classroom," she said, "Those involved deserve our thanks." dorsement from Bob Luxton when she said the bylaw smacks of dictatorship. Please turn to page 3 equalization factors as it appears to put undue hard- ships on rural people as far as school and county requisitions are concerned, A claim of $18 was paid to Tore Triebner for rabbits killed by stray dogs, Township councillors, employees and police village trustees will be attending the area municipal banquet at the Pineridge Chalet on November 23, present staff of 15. Applications have been coming in by the hundreds, according to Mills, "There's more coming in everyday, I tee two or three in the lobby filling out forms all the time," he said. Mills says that it will be several months before the actual construction on the air cushion vehicles begins. "Some essential parts take 18 to 20 months to deliver, Things are pretty nnueh up In the air," he added. GETTING READY — Amy Neilands, five of Hensall,hod some assistance from her ;Father Tom as she prepared for the skate-a-thou heldSaturcloyin Hensall to raise funds for the year old arena and community centre. T-A photo Rain good and bad for Huron farmers Reserves decision on Fleck charges A native of Clandeboye and one of Canada's all-time greats in the sport of harness racing, Clint Hodgins died Sunday night in St. Joseph's Hospital, Londort While spending most of his time in Florida since retiring from active driving about seven years ago,. Hodgins continued to maintain his farm, south of Clandeboye. He is a member of the United States and Canadian Harness Halls of Fame and was one of very few Canadians to win the Little Brown Jug. He won this prestigious pacing 'event in 1959 with Adios Butler. 'One of his favorites was Proximity, a trotting mare that set three world records in three weeks. Proximity was known as the Queen of the Trotters in the early 1950's. • Other top trotters and pacers driven by Hodgins were Bye Bye Bird, Prince Adios, Bettin Time, Royal Pastime, Acrasi, Katie Key, Star Drift, Mimi Hanover, Geoffrey Scott, Bye Bye Pat, Gene Mac and Elaine Rodney. Details of ;lie funeral appear in tilt obituary column of this edition. be hooked to the existing Lake Huron pipeline to London at an outlet, just east of Shipke. It will extend easterly to the Faye corner and then north to Dashwood with an eight inch pipe, The Dashwood distribution system will consist of four inch pipes. Tiernan said for awhile it appeared as if a Municipal Board hearing would be held to hear nine objections from Dashwood property owners. He continued, "We were finally told the system would start sooner if we could get these objections withdrawn. So, we as trustees visited each objector and were able to get them to change their minds," "Actually the objections Hail of fame really minor and were itself. r against the system driver 0 di In a lot of instances, our es residents are being forced to haul water and in a large degree can hardly wait for the system to be completed, " concluded Tieman. Hiring is underway at Bell Aerospace