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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-04-10, Page 1 (2)Hockey' Hall of Fame member dies One of Exeter's and hockey's greatest ambassadors passed away. in South- Huron Hospital, Monday. Alan W. Pickardbetr& known as "Al"' devoted his life to teaching and, administration in the fields :of 'education • and hockey. He was 80 years of age. His greatest honouor came on April 27, 1958 when he. was named to the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame. His Hall of Fame naming carne as a builder of hockey and his tremendous leadership in the Canadian Amaleaur Hockey Associations. Be served.as • president from 1947-1950. • AI' Pickard was born in the family home .an Johu street, Exeter now - occupied by his brother .Clare.. After graduating from Exeter Continuation school and the University of Western Ontario,•Al proved to Saskatrwhewan and farmed for several years. ' After spending sometime in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and the RCAF he joined the teaching profession in Regina, Saskatchewan. , Before his retirement in 1960 he served as principal in. six. dif- ferent Regina schools. The -Board of Education in Regina has ,named one of their new schools the •'AI Pickard school" and the City of Regina has named the street passing the school, , Pickard street. . From his 'start in Regina, Al took a great interest in leaching boys in Sunday School and in the hockey rink. He was an excellent , hockey player himself and played for Exeter when seven man hockey was practiced GB expects to hear- go.od news. Although the 1974 financial statement - for the village of GrancdBend will not be officially presented until next week, Reeve Bob Sharen told fellow: council members Monday night "the news will be good". -t . 10. 1 CALLING FOR BETTER WEATHER?— Jeff Musser and Bill -Hero got Thursday off school and decided to investigate this telephone booth. They said most of their teachers-liveout of town, and the snow presented problems in getting anywhere. Thetelephonebooth in front of the old post office got its share of snow, ice and odd fa ;? - Tentative okay • for town houses Arca building contractor Paul Ducharme received a tentative okay frorp _Exeter council this week for his proposal to build two town house complexes. in the south-east corner of town in the Edward and Simcoe St. area. Ducharme• .• appeared with planning consultant John Cox to outline plans for the units, which will be offered for sale rather than as rental units. The builder said the three- bedroom homes would sell in the_ range of S25.000. . Members of council could see no problem with the proposal and told the two men to proceed with drawings and submit them to council's subdivision and land use committee for final approval. The. Exeter planning board previously told the two men they had no objections to the proposed development. Cox said they would probably ask the committee of adjustment for a minor variance approval 10 permit eight units to be built on both sides of the street. if that approval is not given,. only seven units will be buil'. The planner • noted that the property owned by Ducharme was four feet short of meeting the requirements for eight units. He told council that "for sale type town houses" were becoming increasingly feasible "because not everyone can afford a single family home." "Town houses may be the answer if they bring housing costs down," Reeve Derry Boyle added. Cox said a common area would be left at the rear of the buildings and the experience has been that -the owners of The various units join together to provide playground and other joint -use facilities. Noting that this would be a. unique project in Exeter, Mayor Bruce Shaw urged the two men to work .closely with the building inspector Doug Triebner in drafting plans fpr the town houses. 1 Daffodils to aid 'cancer unit work The streets of Exeter should be blooming -Friday. -Members of the Xi Gamma Nu chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will be out in full force selling daffodils. The ladies will Hale 200 dozen of daffodils available at $2.50 per ,`dozen. All proceeds will be turned over to the Canadian Cancer Society. , Headquarters for the Friday project will be at the old fire hall in the Exeter town hall and there will be several check points along Main street and at some local industries. • • . Sharen said he expects a surplus of close to $35,000 on the village's business operation for last year. Ile listed a variety_ of reasons , for the somewhat unexpected :surplus. Late in 1974, the Reeve said the surplus could be about $5.000. Collection of interim taxes beginning in March allowed the village to prepay requisitions to the County of Lambton and the Larnbton Board of Education thus gaining rebates. Continuing on the subject Sharen said, "our council at the beginning of the year derided 1974 would be the "year of retrenchment" and we stuck by our guns." Sharen is the only remaining member of the 1974 Grand Bend council. The others were Murray Des- Jardins, Douglas Martin, John Teevins and Tom Webster. The reeve said provincial grants for last year were up by about $10.000 because the village was able to stay below the eight per cent level of increase in spending. Added to this were . monies obtained in interest from short \term investments, also due to the early - lax collections and a. good .year for revenue from the beach bath house parking lot and docking areas. The $35.000 in surplus amounts to about 17 and a half mills on the tax rate. Sharen said the Lamb - ton County rate which has already been established for 1975 is up 3.5 mills. •The 1975 tax • rale for they Sunritrt•r resori • village will primarily not be set until June when the requisition dor education purposes is reoeived. BRAVING THE STORM During Thursday morning's severe storm Barbaro and Paul Wein headed uptown in Crediton to purchase a loaf of bread. T-A.phote Bylaw settles debate over hiring architect ignorance of the law is no excuse. hut members of Exeter council may have some sym- pathy for residents who don't know all the local bylaws. Council members got tripped up on one of their own bylaws this week when they discussed the planned renovations tothe new administration .offices in the former post office. - After cbnsiderable debate, Monday, a set of floor plans was approved, but a motion,to hire an architect to prepare working drawings was defeated when the only s'Upport came from Coun- cillors Lossy Fuller and Harold Patterson. Mayor ,Bruce Shaw has supported this suggestion, but he did not vote on the motion. Following defeat of that Motion. the .property committee chained by Reeve Derry Boyle was authorized to prepare plans on their own for submission to council. However, on checking bylaws regarding public buildings on Tuesday. it was found that an architect's working drawings are required before a building permit can be issued. The ministry of labor also requires an architect's seal on plans for public buildings. Thal prompted the calling of a special meeting for Tuesday night to discuss the project again in light of the new information. Councillor Harold Patterson noted at the meeting the building insj►ector wouldn't be able to approve a permit -unless the plan has the seal of an architect. "Our own bylaw has us over a barrel.'• commented Boyle. Patterson also suggested that • the federal department of public works may also require that an architect be engaged• because they would want to view. the changes being considered for the, , building they are renting to the town. After some 'further debate, . -council' agreed to engage an`ar- chiiect to prepare working drawings for the renovations. however several suggested They did not want to see an ar- chitect propose an new heating system or a centlalair con- ditioning system in view of the costs that would be involved. During Monday's discussion, it was opined by some councillors that an architect would probably want to instal such a system. Bob Simpson predicted that the renovations "won't end up under $45,000" if an architect was called in to plan the project. Other estimates (in the cost have ranged to a low of $15,000. He was not a memaer of the famous Exeter -Zurich team which highlighted early hockey history,in the -area, but he could have been. After departing for the west . in 1920 Al ' received several telegrams from Exeter team officials to come back.:•but he never -did. Al helped to organize, ajid administer the first YMCA . hockey league in • Regina -and later in the 1920's was president •and coach of the Regina Aces ,senior team. -.Continuing in hockey management he was •president of the Western 'Canada senior league and governor of the Saskatchewan junior loop. When named CAHA president the Regina Leader -Post paid the. following tribute: "Most centres have their own Mr. Hockey but ffegina has the real tine. Alan W. Pickard -is president of the ,, CAHA and controls more hockey players - than any man in the world. The Regina school principal rose through the ranks of player coach and executive to attain the highest honour." He also represented Canada at international hockeyconferences= in Europe. • After his retirement in- 1960 Al' returned to Exeter and became very active. in town affairs. He. served several terms as Exeter's . representative . on. the Ausabl: �-please turn to page 3 Library reports record activity - While most businesses were crippled due to the snow storm of . the past week, the Exeter library had a record day, Saturday. Almost 600 books were taken out of the library on Saturday, according to librarian .Elizabeth . Schroeder. "11. was like three "days in .one," she said, addjng Chat the average daily virculatien is about • 300 books. Mr :Schroeder 'said that busirss 'in both .the adult and juve%tie boron<s•was very sloW -- on• Thursda i• and • Friday, but . Saturday saw a big difference. But there was not one grpwn-up in the library. . "Students were in here working like eager • beavers," said the librarian. She said students. Usually came into the library to work on projects after school, but -it-was unusual to set so many- on- - a Saturday. One -Hundred and Second Year • EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 10, 1975 Price Per Copy 25.Cents' Ten injured as blizzard plagues drivers Snowmobiler killed in collision f' • • i TRYING TO FIND A CAR — Bob Dietrich had o huge chore in digging out -his cor on Sanders street east. Fridoy morning. Helping Co the front of the vehicle is George Wilkinson. - T•A photo GB :waste disposal site ready, "okay garbage collection pact The Grand Bend waste disposal site is expected to be open again within a week or so to handle garbage collected in the village by McDonald's Sanitation. • John Oakley of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment 'infernred council more than a week ago that his depart 2nt was giving .approval for re: opening on April 1. Deputy -reeve Rollie Grenier said Monday night that the re- opening would be delayed about a week until a few loads of gravel can he spread in the driveway to repair damage caused by the recent snow storm. Oakley was assured by council that village staff would handle the necessary maintenance work in covering debris once a week in both winter and summer with two to five passes by a bulldozer in compacting every day. McDonald's Sanitation trucks •are currently taking GB garbage Pleads guilty on theft count A Goderich fnan pleaded guilt to a break, enter and theft charge this week and is being held u; custody for sentencing tomorrow Frederick Russell Dixon Bayfield Road. was charged following the theft of liquor and cash from the Club Albatross in Huron Park. Total loot in the theft was about $1,500. The firm's safe was carted away in the theft. Two other men have also been charged. They are Claire Benton Spicer, London, and George Leroy Bieber, Huron Park. They both pleaded not guilty and their trial has' been set for August 26. to a clump in 1lailord. Oakley told council if the dump was used by anyone other than the village a new permit would be required. The • Ministry of Natural Resources has been negotiating with (;rand (tend in an attempt to use,the resort dump for disposing of garbage from the Pinery Provincial park Another meeting is being held with provincial officials in July of this year to discuss pint use of the facility beginning in 1976 Councillor Rill Baird told council he had completed negotiations with McDonald's Sanitation for the 1973 garbage services and the contract was approved by council later in Monday's meeting. The Crediton based firm will receive $7.;u per month for collecting garbage during the winter months and the summer inontlrs charge will be $150 per day for 68 days from June 15 to September :1 'Phe contract price for the year rc $15.500. Baird said he would spend some time with McDonald workthen to ensure• that persons being charged 'heavy com- mercial' rales were receiving the service • Instead of being charged for light. commercial. apartment building owners will be paying S15 per unit. Commercial gar- bage will be collected twice each week between the summer -season end of September 3 up to Thanksgiving. Council is also considering a Please turn to page 3 :1 Hensall man was killed early Sunday evening when his .snowmobile was -in collision with a car on Huron County road 12 at Concession 5 in Tuckersmith township. Geu•ard Vanderweil aged 31 of 69 London Road. Hensall was pronounced dead at the scene of the mishap by Coroner Dr. P.• L. firady. Seaforth. Theautontobile involveclits the crash Was driven by Richard Elliott. RR 1, Hensall. According to Provincial Police spokesmen at the Seaforth detachment, the Elliott vehicle was travelling north on the -('aunty road and Vanderweil's machine was heading east • to west across the teiw•nship con- cession ,Vanderweil was one of four of . fie sriownrobiJers travelling in the area at the time. Constable J. R MacLeod was the in- vest !eating officer. • Although the number of ac- cidents was not high in view of the hazardous driving conditions Iasi week. those which did occur resulted in substantial property damage and there •were 10. in- juries Vliet seriously injured was Anthony Dayman, RR 3 Kippen. who was the driver of a car in- volved in a crash on Highway :4 about two miles north of Exeter at 9.311 p.m.. Saturday Day man sustained serious head injuries and was taken to t'nisersity Hospital in London. Ile is reported-. in improved condition Driver of the other car was ,loseph Babcock. 11'ardsyille He and his wife and two and a half year old son were treated for cuts and bruises at South Huron Hospital. along with Peter Timmermans. fat 3 Kippen. who was a passenger in the Dayman vehicle OPP ('ot>.etahle Al Quinn' in- vestigated and listed total damage at S2.ttIN► The • two vehicles " were travelling in opposite directions priori() the crash. Four people were injured in a two -car crash south of Exeter at 4:00 p.m . Wednesday. They included the two drivers. Sarkis Koyounian, London, and Sybille Schaufler. Hensall. Also injured were Sebastian Tkaczyk. London, DAFFODILS WILL BLOOM — Members of the XlGamma Nu Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will be selling daffodils Fridoy with all proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society. From the left ore Eileen Ross, Pot Fletcher, Louise Giffin, Sally Lou Raymond and Maude Connon. T -A photo andallary Elliott, Hensall. The latter sustained a fracture. She was a passenger in the Schaufler vehiele. Constable Larry Clrristiaen set damage a1 $3.000. The other injury also occurred Wednesday when a car driven by Ingeburg Dubec. Warren, Michigan. went out of control on Highway 21 and rolled over in a ditch. He was treated for minor injuries. Damage to his vehicle was set at $1.500 by Constable Don Mason. • On Thursday at 9:30 p.m., a yehick• driven by James Fink- heiner. Huron Park.collided with - a parked vehicle•owned by Triad Truck Lease on the Dashwood Industries parking lot. Damage ss•as sel .at $275 by Constable Frank Giffin. 11n Friday at .12:20 p.m., a. bread truck driven by Norman Huber. l:ondon. collided with a road grader driven by George Ifaggitl, Zurich. The collision occurred on Highway 94 and damage• was set at $2.500 by Constable Bill McIntyre. A one -car• crash was reported at 9:15 p.m.. Saturday. when a car driven by Kimberley Pridham. Exeter. struck a tree on Highway 83. one mile west of the Goshen Line. Damage in that one was listed at $400 by Con- stable Bill Glassford. There were two accidents; Sunday. the first at 2:05 a.m., when a parked car owned by Alan Bieber. Huron Park. was hit by an unknown vehicle. :1t 10:20 p.in.. a car driven by Russell Moore. Windsor, was proceeding south on Highway •4 -w hen it hit an•icy patch. causing a snow vehicle trailer it was pulling to jacknife The trailer hit the front fender. of the car with total damage being set at $450 by Constable (;lass) ort Two officials get pay hike Two town employees were given pay increases at the special meeting of council. Tuesday. Police Chief Ted Day had his stipend raised from S13.000 to $16.000 per annum. slightly over 23 percent He received a 17 - percent pay boost last year. Clerk Eric Carscadden's salary was .increased from $11.500 to. • $14.000. That's an increase of about 22 percent. Chief Day had also submitted a request for mileage allowance, but council members felt that now they own twewcruisers, there was no need for the use of per- w` sonal vehicles. Mayor Bruce Shaw noted that the police committee had atirhor'zalion t6 approve ex- penses for out-of-town trips. - ('ouncil did agree In reimburse the Chief for travel to a senior officers' seminar and to the 1' iron -Perth Chiefs' meeting. but not for a retirement party in Chatham. Members felt the latter was a social event. not business. Members felt that an overall policy on travel and expenses was required for all town em• ployees. and a committee wait named to formulate such a policy. 0