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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-07-07, Page 14 Eighty:44K ond Yaw r EXAM, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 11 $55 Mc* Por CQPY r t f r." .. • pprove ill Im SAVING A LIFE—Bob Fletcher, the swimming instructor at Riverview Park who recently Won his Red Cross Instructor's Badge, highest swimming award in Canada, demonstrates the new method of resuscitation to two children a the pond, Tho victim is Bill Pollen, super-, visor of Exeter Kinsmen playground, and the children are Anne Hockey, Exeter, and Bill Ingrzen, of Hensall. Heed Ontario Assistance For Sewer System: Reeve A suggestiOa that Exeter seek the support of other towns ixi a campaign to get provincial assist- ance towards the construction of sewer systema Was made in Ex- eter Council Monday night. Reeve William McKenzie warn- ed council, "We're going to have te do something and something quick about sewerage. it would be worth working with other towns to see if we can't get help from the province," "As I understand it, sewage is going to be aoreed on us, soon," the reeve said, "Cost of sewage 'Will nearly break a town of this .eize. We need some kind . of assistance from the provincial government." The reeve maintained the pol- luted condition of the river from No. $3 highway to Crediton was eaused by the sewage from the WW1= 'Street storm sewer ,and the canning factory pea refine. Farm owners along the river are complaining about the pollution. Ilea, town is responsible for the damage, he said. Reeve McKenzie alio' said he heard that the province intended to require installation of sewage systems in towns of Exeter's size by 1957. . Doubt Government Power •• Other .couneillors doubted this could be true. They said the pro- vincial government could not force it on municipalities. ' "If it came to a vote nere, the People would turn it down be- -cause of the cost," Councillor Ed Brady said. Clerk C. V. Pickard said Dr.'A, Berry, Ontario Medical Officer of Health, had ordered Listowel for many years to install a sewer- Nci Accidents Over Holiday in This Area The Exeter district ,didn't con- ' tribute one single statistic to the alarming toll of holiday fatalities , and traffic aceidents over the Dominion Day weekend. In contrast to the black reeord across 0alatuda and •the United States, Ontario Provincial Polite here repotted not one accident— not even a minor Mishap. Exeter Pollee did not repott any traffic mishaps either. • "We anticipated a busy week- elid With the heavy traffie," said OPP Constable Elmer Zimmer- , Mata, Who is in Charge of the local detathMett, "but we didnat • have a single accident to report." Over 10 days have passed since ati accident was eported In this district. he last oecurted oiz 'Monday, June 20. The toll of holiday fatalities in.• Canada passed the 100 mark an Monday. Cautulian Prete Survey A, Canadian press survey show- ed that 80 persons drowned, 36 died in traffic accidente and eat ethers died front milleellantotia causes in the three-day period. In addition to those killed through, eauses directly attribut- able to the 'holiday itetivity an. other 22 persons lost their lived in other ways to bring the, total accident deaths in Catiatia this Weekend to 118. 1-lighway accidents took a re - r4 toll hi the tlnited States. Ito - porta showed at Wag. 404 persons hilted in traffic accldents n addl. tion there Were 260 drownings and 144 &het accidental deaths tor en over-all total Of 798. age system but the ratepayers have consistently turned it don in municipal votes. Pollution .of the Ausable may involve the conservation author- ity. la G. Hooke, secretary- fieldman, said Tuesday if farmers complain the authority may take action. A petition was raised in Hay council last year asking for im- provement of the condition of the river but rains filially flushed out the sewage. ne farmer told loeal author- ities counted two dozei fish, gasp - R. D.,Jernlyn Heads Beard R. D. Jermyn, Exeter councillor was sleeted president of the Hu- ron County Industrial ProMotion Board, at its second reorganiza- tion meeting Wednesday night. The Exeter representative suc- ceeds Robert Y. Hattin, Clinton, first president of the group. He was 'elected second vice-atesideet. Mel Crich, of °Umtata •,vas named first vice-president and Wilma Dinnin, Clinton, is the new secretary. A, II. Wilford, Blyth promo- ter, reported a Dubch concern will .survey the county soon in search for a, suitable site for a fruit processing plant. The board plans to print new brochures advertising the county. It has a bank balance of $400. ing for relief from the. pollution in the area. Exeter has no plan for con- atruction of a sewer system at present but it is making some provision for one it. the future, Whenever major drains are in- stalled now, they are constructed so they will fit into a future sewerage pian. The William street storm sewer was one of the first constructed on this basis. Several others have been laid since. • New Agreement rUnder a new connecting link agreement with the 'Department of Highways, the town will be re-, sponsibIe for one-half of the maintenance costs of No. 4 high- way. Before this •the department assumed the entire costa blit reg- ulations provide that all towns over 2,500 population mu'st share the expenses. August 1. was &blared a Civic Holiday.. The half -yearly financial state- ment, presented by Clerk C. V. Pickard, showed expenses run- ning close to the budget estimates except for several items. he entire drain allotment has •been used up in the construction of the Marlborough sewer and relief and hospital Costs have risen. Trivia Memorial Anglican Church offered the town deed to the property where the right of way is north of the church. Al- though this road has been used as a public thoroughfare for a number of years, it has been own- ed by the church. The offer of a deed was acaepted. Change Time: In September. A new train schedule, which becomes effective at the *mai of Daylight Saving Time at Septem- ber, *111 give Exeter and, district better mail service, CNR Agent Ernest Carson announced thili week. The new timetable will send the train up from London =e- llen hour earlier in the morning and it will return one-half hour later in .the afternotni. "When this new service comes into effeet, the train will arrive before 10 o'clock and will leave at 2.50 iu the afternoon," Zr. ;Gerson ,said. An Post Offices Affected All district post offices will be similarly affected laY Vale change in ,s,etvice. These include Hensall, Kippen, Dashwood, Grand Bead, Centralia, Lumen. and 01andeboye. The new schedule will provide mail deliveries almost indentical to that established when the passenger and mail train was in operation. Tae service was ad- vereely affected when this trate Was abolished. In favor of a single mixed train which went north late in the morning and came 'back early in the afternoon, al- lowing little time for return mail. Under Daylight Saving Time this service has meant that residents cannot get their morning mai' before nooe. The new change in the time- table is the result of recorrunencla,- tions made to his superiors by Mr.' Cerson, who realized the in- convenience caused local business- men with the present service. Exeter totincil, merchants and town officials complained e.ef the service and a petition was often- lated, asking for an improvement. Decoration Service Decoration service was held at Roy's Cemetery on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with a record attend:. mice. Bev. 1ViclCity, whose first ap- pointment in his ministry was at Loy's and who is now living re- tired at Thaznesford, was guest speaker. • Roy's male quartette provided the special singing. The collection taken for the upkeep of the eemetery amounted to $225. rove Train Service WHO'S HOT? --The 90 -degree temperature which I fried the district this week didn't bother these two , water nymphs who found the pond at Riverview Park a happy solution to the problem. That's Brenda Hall on the left, five-year-old daughter of Mr, and Alm, Gordon Hall, Andrew Street. The girl with the pigtails is Heather Pearson, four-year-old daughter of Mr' and Mrs. K. L. Pearson on Andrew Street. Swimming in the Dona is supervised by the staff of Exeter Kinsmen's Playground. • „aa Bend Swamped By 20,000, Create Midnight Traffic Jam Grand Bend was swamped, by the largest crowd in its history over the hot holiday weekend. Estimated at 20,000 the crowd was thousands More than the summer resort could accomodate. The visitors slept on the beath, alon.g the roadsides and fanned out to neighboring centres for accomodation. .Hotels and rooming houses at Exeter, Zurich, Parkhill, Hensall and other centres felt thp holiday rush. Pinery Park Purchase In Hands Of Cabinet Purchase or expropriation of the Pinery for a public park now rests in the hands of the Ontario eabinet, The Times -Advocate learned from Queen's Park of- ficials this week. Purchasing agents in the De- partment of Public Works and owners of the Pinery could not agree on a price during negotia- tions so the questioli has been • .4 DISTRICT 'HORSES WIN—Clandeboye and Lucan horses were double -heat 'Winners at Ex- eter Races on Wednesday afternoon. Neil NicRann's Charlie Chipps, won the 2.19 elass, shown above, and Linda's Girl, owned by Elden. Young, Luca; captured the 2.26 class. A crowd of 1,600 witnessed the races and only one minor spill. marred. the day. A Petrolia. horse, Betty Brooke 13., went down at the start- of the first heat in the 2.28 class but neither horse nor driver were hurt. , Lucan Horses Trounce Field Clandebtlee and Lute1 horses were •double heat winners at Ex- eter races Wednesday- afternoon. h 114 Chips, owned and driven. by Neil McRann, Clatide- 'Mee, captured to firsts in, the 2.14 class. Re Ored in times of 2.12 3/6 and 2.11 2/5. Eldon Youog'e Linda's Girl, from leitan, captured the 3.25 obit% and set a new record for herself, The six -year -Old mare raced the Mile in 2.14 2/5 le the first heat te score her fastest time yet. She stayed in front :all the way In both races and staved eft any challengers. tasteet Mile of the day was rutib it ,Goderich horse, Pat Lee Grattan, who circled in 2.09 8/5 in the second heat of the 2.23 eittes. Owner George tertgan re, teived the sl3ee1al $20 'Prize do - hated by the Central Ilotel for the best time. Itt addition to Liridaal Girl and Charlie Chips, a number of other local horses were In the money. 'rom Yearley's Doris Day stered it second and fourth and Pete Eisenbaeh's MAI'S Pride raced second and fifth in the first di* ,MDI‘ of the 2.30. HotteY 11. Lee, owned freall Rest, of Kippen, plaeed fifth arta third in the same race and his Laddie G. Lee *on it third and a toiirtit itt the 2.23. Toni Yearteeti Darlene Day pieced fourth and fifth itt the hotly.contested 2.21 and Art Abbott's Lord Richard, front Lh- ean, won a fifth. All races Were nip and Wok although there were five double,. heat winners it the six classes, The crowd challenged the Judges' decision, in the first heat of the 2,21 at) close were the ;horses at the wire. dune Lee laittet, of Dresden, Won the 2.21 with a first and second, The Windt:set, horae, tilil loingo, scored a first and third. Wilmie's Boy, owned by Thos, 4tewardson. of retest won both beats of the second division of the 2,20 itt timett (it 2,13 4/6 and. .14 8/5. Seek O. Chips, from allenstele, won the first divi-4 Sion. Blankets for the Wieners were donated by Lindenflehlre, Ltd., McNaughton BeetleLtd., Alias and Chuelt Brien, E. L. Pete Turn TO Peg° 12 placed at cabinet level. The government will have to decide whether to expropriate the land and pay the court evalua- tion of the property or to avoid expropriation and pay the pur- chase price asked for by the Pinery Development Corporation. It has been nearly six months since the cabinet gave the de- partment authority to proceed With negotiations for the par. chase of the 4,000 -acre property along Lake Huron shore. The tract includes over five miles of beach. J. D. Miller, deputy-rainigter of the Ontario Department of Public Works, told The Times -Advocate Friday that his department and the landowners could not reeck agreement on the purchase price. He did -not disclose what the filial offers were. The Ausable Authority valued the landiat $35,0 0 0 several years ago bat the Pinery Corporation asked for $350,000, It was re- ported recently that the govern- ment was offering 350,000. The Authority stated the land Is Worthless except far recrea- tion purposes, The base is salad and only a good forest cover pre - Vents it from being bloWn Open Qffice Here For Conservation Tbo Ausable River aonserva tion Authority established its Of - floe in. Exeter this week. IL O. Hooke, setretary-fieldnin for the Authority, will be in charge of the office located en Main Street south of lamella lit the A. O. Elliott buildieg. Mr. Ilooke and his wife recent'ly altered to 2ixeter and are living in the Larry Taylor home at the corner of 'William and Thomas Street. Pirst Ireadeuarters This marks the first time the Authority has established bead. quarters inside the watershed. Ever since the organisation was formed the fieniniaii worked mit of the Department Of Planning and Development office ittTore*, to. In recent years the emiserve- thin prOgratit of Elio Authority bas beCOMO 86 active it as felt iledestatry to employ a full-time fieldnitin tttid tri lotate hint 111 the tiVer area. In Grand Bend the tourists slept five and six to a bed, on the floor, in chairs, edrs—any spot that was. available. Hundreda didn't sleep at all. Confectionary standa and amusement centres did a record District Drivers Found Impaired • Two drivers were convicted of impaired driving in Magistrate's Court, Exeter, Wednesday morn- idg. Irving Dietrich, of R.R. 2 Zur- ich, was fined $75 and costs after he pleaded guilty. Crown evidence indicated Dietrich was driving a ear which struck a parked ve- hicle on Exeter's main street and continued down the highway. A local professional man, who saw the accident, jumped in his tar and caught the Dietrich ve- hicle a mile south of town. Fined $50 And Costs 'Donald Mitton, Exeter, receiv- ed a fine of $50 and costs for iLla- paired driving on June 11. Mit- ton defended his own case. Ron and Doris Westman, who live at the intersection of High- ways 4 and 33, testified Mitton drove into a power mower in front of the service station. When West - man went to call the police, Mitton drove down Highway 83 on the wrong side of the road. Exeter Police Chief Reg Taylor found him at his home. William Wein, of Dashwood, received a suspended sentence for receiving money under false pre- tences, He was ordered to make restitution. business. They were mobbed all weekend. , ' Cpl. Neil Chamberlain, head of the seven -man OPP detachment at Grand Ben4:1, .said traffic was so heavy at 2 a.m. Sunday morn- ing he had to order five Meil on the highway to direct it. - Cpl. C h am berlain said. the crowd behaved well considering its size. Police clamped down early on liquor and traffic of- fenders to keep 'rowdyism at a minimum. Over 30 cbarges were heard in Magistrate's Court in the village on Monday. No accidental drownings or serious traffic accidents marred the busy holiday, Despite the thousands who crowded the beaches no water ,mishaps were reported and only minor accidents occurred. Chamberlain said the new road access to the Bluewater highway helped to relieve the congestion over the weekend. It was open for the first time. 'Council intends to leave the road in a gravel zondition this summer, then level at and pave it ziext- summer. Council is also considering widening all the streets in the resort to provide more parking space. Hundreds of Jams in laneways and one-way streets were experienced because of the thousa.n.ds of cars. • Harvest Wheat Some farmers west of Exeter started harvesting wheat this week, two weeks earlier than usual. Many more expect to begin next week. Yield is expected to be .slightly below average. No Time Set For Building . t Plazas for a maim; exteeslort Exeter Post Office have been ap- proved but no date for its con- struction, has been set, District Director of Postal Service W. )11.. Pearson, London, Said Wednes- day. Although details of the addi- tion were not available, Mr. Pearson said it would. be "set- ficient to accomodate the need& of Exeter for some time to some.' 'Construction will be in the ; hands of the Department of Pub- lic Werke but whoa It will start is not known, The departraent'a offices in Toronto said the plans were still in Ottawa, L. Elston Cardiff, Huron MP, urged action on the construction of the addition in the House ef Commons on Dominion Day. The Conservative member Painted out that he had stressed the need for a new addition last year during the Commons ton - sideration of Public Works De- partznent e s mate s. He had understdod then that Public Works Minister Winters would send an engineer to Exeter to, make a survey of what was re- quired. Mr. Cardiff said that while the community had a good post office, building, it had grown to such an extent that the accomodetion was not large enough now. The building was erected in 1923 when Exeter had a popula- tion of 1,600. The amount of business handled by the local of - flee has tripled since then. Main complaints, about the present accomodatioa is the lack of lobby space and the shortage of business and personal mail boxes, There are only 368 boxes available and officials estimate at least 200 more could be rent- ed. Staff has also complained that their working space in the build- ing is not adequate. • • 'In. his speech in the Commons, Mr. 'Cardift also cited the need for a new post office at HensalL The Huron MP said the govern- ment had agreed that one should be built and he asked the depart- ment to speed up action. Plan Canvass To Purchase Resuscitator A campaign is being organized at Grand Bend to purchase a re- suscitator which will be avail- able for use in the district, ' Cpl. Nell Chamberlain, head of the OPP detachment at the sum- mer resort, received council's ' permission Tuesday night to wage a campaign for the lifesaver, Merchants and residents in the holiday resort EMI in, the district will be asked to contribute $72.50 for the machine. ."The machine we propose to buy Is capable of administering aid to twp adults and. one child at the same titne,” the corporal said. "It will be available through - oat the 'district in ease of lamer - gentles," The police officer said he hoped the machine would be' on display in Grand Bend shortly. Ile said the machine would be of particular interest to Exeter because it would be available in case et accidents at the pond or wading pool. WINS KIN CAR. Harry 0. Brown) engineer from London who never misses a diorite to buy a ticket On a ear) won Exeter raffle for a, 1055 luadtop on •Dominion. Day) Above, M. Brown receives the keys from IthI President Les Parker. Left to night are Les 13allan- tyne, Kin treasurer; Lloyd V'ord, chairman of ticket sales; Mr. Brown and Mr.. Parker; and Harold, Preszeator) a member of the ticket sales committee. The only' other prize Mr. Brown has ivou in raffles was $.4.00 in cash.