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SAVE CATTLE IN $15,000 McGILLIVRAY FIRE — Owner
• Grant Amos and neighbors were able to move 135 head
of cattle out of this barn before it burned to the ground
Monday night. Loss included 2,000 bushels of grain and
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several tons of hay. Farmers helped to save adjacent
buildings when the Ailsa Craig fire department refused
to come to the scene, This was not one of the fires alleged
by police to have been set Sunday night. —Rubin photo
Sees sewerage possible
on modest tax increase
Dr. A. E. Berry, general man-
ager of the Ontario Water Re-
sources Commission, says Exe-
ter may be able to install a
sewerage system without in-
creasing thetax rate more than
three or ftnir
The OWRC official; ,:a"native of
this area, made the tUggestion
at a special meeting of council
Friday. afternoon.
The commission, he said, re-
commended that only a portion
of the costs of sewerage be placed
on the tax rate. Revenue can
also be derived from a frontage
charge for installation of sew-
er and a sewer service charge
which could be one and one-half
Limes the water rate.
Dr. Berry also revealed that
the cost of sewage disposal is
being reduced by the use of the
lagoon system, st:ch as has been
recommended for Grand Bend.
Cost of operating the lagoon
system is negligible, Dr,; Berry
skated,' whereas ' a treatment
-'lilant-requires :a-substaiiitial ope-
rating budget.
"We feel this is the answer for
a lot of towns who don't ,have
sewage now," he stated.- "La-
goons have been .vorkin'g success-
fully in the West for number
Struck by truck,
girlith roving
Children's War Memorial Hos-
pital, London, reported Wednes-
day • that six-year-old Pauline
Walsh is "improving" from in-
juries received when she was
struck by a truck on Win street
Mohday.
She suffered severe leg and
jaw injuries when caught by
one of the tires of: 'a large
trailer tpnsport,
Chief C. IL MacKenzie said
the girl came out from behind
a. southbound car as she crossed
Main street from west to east
in front of the truck, driven by
Mervin Scheerer„ .RR 1 St.
Jacobs.
Scheerer swerved to miss the
girl but she struck the side of
the cab, fell by the dual wheels
at the • back of the cab.
She is the daughter of Cpl.
Herbert C. Walsh, S a n d e r s
street, who. is stationed at RCAF
Clinton.
Authority plants
50,000 trees
A total of 50,000 trees will be
planted in the Ausable watershed
during the next three weeks,
ARCA Fieldman Hal Hooke said
Tuesday.
Planting is being done on both
private and ARCA reforestation
laid by a crew of three men
Jim Scott, Ray. Alderson and
Ivan Hirtzel.
Work on development of the
area around Morrison Dam has
been resumed. Two men, Alvin
Warm and Bill Thompson, have
been engaged to seed part of the
area, prepare a parking lot, and
a boat launching ramp.
ARCA has received official
notice from the Ontario Depart-
ment of Lands and Forests that
1,000 legal size trout will be
placed in the reservoir on May
1, during the Arbor Day cere-
monies at the dein. School chil-
dren et Usborne Township will
witness the,stocking,
Report progress
on central school
Construction is progressing
rapidly on ,11'IcGillivray's $144,000
central public school at West
McGillivray,
Board Chairman Kenneth Sh2►1-
dice said The Teti id itien has'
been petited and walls have
been constructed to floor height.
The contractor, Passmore Con-
straction Co,, Sarnia, expects to
have the school the well
to advance of 'the September
deadline, Ctiairran •Shokdiee
Said.
Construction -of 'the ti ht,i"oom
Ikli21o1 matted' Monday, Ana It
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of year,"
At least 10 municipalities in
Ontario are proceeding with the
installation of lagoon disposals,
he pointed out. They require
about one acre of land for every
100 people.
As a result of Dr, Berry's in-
formation, council made a for -
He's startung
pretty young
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Police say they don't plan to
lay a traffic charge against
Howard Neeb, RR 3, Dashwood,
driver of a truck which struck
a parked car in Zurich Tuesday
afternoon.
"We feel. this driver is too
young to Dose nine points in the
demerit system," said OPP
Constable George Mitchell with
a smile.
Howard is two years old,!
"He looked- pretty frightened
after it happened," said the
constable. "I doubt if he'll do it
again."
While bis father, Ward Neeb,
went inside a Zurich store, How-
ard decided to turn the key in
the ignition of the truck. The
motor started and the .vehicle
lurched ahead 20 feet into a car
owned" by Wilfred Cbrriveau,
Zurich. •Total damage was about
$110.
In the car with Howard was
his brother, Curtis, who is 31/2
years old.
Collide on RCAF station
Cars owned by William H.
Bender, Crediton and James L.
Leatherdale, Huron Park, col-
lided at a corner of the supply
building on the station Monday
afternoon, about 5.30.
Neither driver saw the other
as they approached at right
angles. Damage totalled. $265,
according to PC Mitchell, who
investigated.
Flint balloon
fast traveller
A weather balloon which "must
have travelled a heck of a long
way in a short time," was found
Friday by Hank Greene, game
overseers, in the bush near the
fourth concession of Hay, about
a mile north of No. 83 highway.
Information on the instrument
revealed that it was released
from Flint, Mich., on April 18
and it was picked up by Green
at 10.30 a,m, the same day. A
note on the box 'statedthe bal-
loon would rise 16 miles before
bursting.
Flint is approximately 100
miles west of here, across Lake
Huron,
• The instrument box measured
about seven inches wide and 10
inches deep.
mal request to OWRC for a sur-
vey of the town's sewage and
drainage problems and recom-
metndations on how to solve
them. This survey should be
completed in two to three months,
the engineer said.
Dr. Berry asked council what
the town's feeling was about
sewers. "There's no doubt you
need them. Every year you de-
lay, the costs go up."
Mayor Pooley indicated the
town was prepared to consider
any proposal "which is within
our means."
Dr. Berry revealed that the
OWRC was prepared to survey,
engineer, construct and finance
a complete sewerage system for
the town, if requested to do so.
He cited several examples where
municipalities had not paid a
cent towards their systems until
they were actually in operation.
OWRC can provide "pretty
flexible arrangenients" for fi-
nancing under which Jhe muni-
cipality may take 30 years to re
pay. The commission provides
the funds at the same rate which.
the province must pay to bor-
row them.
Present rate of interest is
51/4% but this would vary from
year to year.
Dr. Berry suggested that com-
mission would ,consider finan-
cing the installation of laterals
as well as the trunk lines of the
system. Several years ago, its
assistance was confined to main
sewers.'
Asked about the problem of
ripping up the main street for
sewers there, Dr. Berry felt it
might be more practical to se -
CE passes
alert test
Another in a series of opera-
tional readiness tests was carried
out at RCAF Station, Centralia,
Thursday, April 16.
Those tests are conducted
without warning by officials of
training command headquarters,
Trenton.
The exercises are designed to
test reactions of personnel to
surprise attack. and to assess all
aspects of the unit's operation
readiness in the event of any
nuclear fallout.
Service and civilian personnel
of Centralia were briefed by the
commanding officer G/C A. G.
Kenyon, on the purpose of the
test, and were given instructions
regarding their duties. The sta-
tion , was then placed on an
immediate alert basis. •
Later in the day, when the
alarm was given, personnel pro-
ceeded to shelters and assigned
positions as briefed.
Trenton officials expressed
themselves as being well pleased
by the manner in which every-
one
veryone co-operated and participated
in the exercise.
cure easements behind the stores
for these trunks.
Although he admitted that "no
taxation is equitable," be felt
that payment through increased
water rates was fair because
"people who are using it will
pay for it,"
"rd like to see you get on
with sewers," the OWRC offi-
cial stated. "I've never seen so
many municipalities interested
in going ahead With them, They
realize it's hard to attract indus-
try and people without sewers."
Dr. Berry also discussed with
council the problem of disposing
of waste from the canning fac-
tory, principally the effluent
from the pea pack.
"I don't think youhave much
of• a problem here," he stated.
The lagoon appeared to be in
fair shape and could probably be
put in satisfactory working con-
dition for an expenditure of
$2,000, be estimated.
Eighty,Second Year
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EXET.E.R, ONTARIO, APRIL 23, 1959
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SET SUNDAY FIRES
- Two men were arrested and
Propose fire protection • charged with arson Tuesday
following investigation of f%ve
district fires which broke out
between 6.30 and 10 p.m. Sun-
day.
Albert J. Pearce, 23, William
street, Exeter, and Glenmore
Clark, 20, London, will appear
before Magistrate Dudley Holmes
in Goderich court today, April
23. Their cases are expected to
be remanded for two weeks.
The two men were lodged in
dor McGillivray areas
McGillivray council is serious-
ly considering plans to provide
fire protection for the township.
It plans to enter an agreement
with Lucan immediately to form
an area which will receive pro•
tection from the new fire engine
purchased by the village.
Reeve Earl Dixon said he
hoped similar arrangements
could be made with Ailsa Craig
and Parkhill fire brigades to
provide protection for the re.
mainder of the township.
This development follows hard
on the heels of a controversy
which developed Monday night
when Ailsa Craig refused to
send its fire brigade to help
fight a serious barn blaze on the
farm of Grant Amos, of McGilli-
vray.
Amos said his house and
garage were threatened by the
fire, but the brigade would not
come to the scene. The adjacent
buildings caught fire several
times but neighbors stood guard
with buckets to put the flames
out.
Reeve Charles Garrod, Ailsa
Craig, said he regretted the ac-
tion, but he and his council had
decided they could not allow the
brigade to leave the village until
agreements were reached with
the township,
"We tried to get agreements
with McGillivray and East Wil.
Hams last year but they weren't
interested. We can't send our
brigade out of town under pres-
ent conditions because we would
be liable for prosecution if a fire
broke out in our own municipal-
ity and we did not give protec-
tion,"
Reeve Dixon said he didn't
blame Ailsa Craig for its stand.
McGillivray couldn't expect pro-
tection unless it assumed some
responsibility, he stated.
At Tuesday night's meeting at
Urge $3540Q rink
for local curling club
Recommendation that a $35,000
rink be erected beside the town
arena in 1960 will be presented
to Exeter Curling Club by its
building committee, it was re-
vealed this week.
The committee, under Chair-
man Ulric Snell, will also propose
that a campaign be conducted
during the 1959-60 season to raise
funds by the sale of shares in
the club.
The committee suggested that
125 shares be sold at $275 each.
G. M. Mickle, committee
spokesman, said growth of the
club is hindered by the ]incited
facilities provided at present by
the arena, which must divide its
time among skating, hockey and
other activities.
"We can expand only very,
very slightly under present con-
ditions," Mickle explained. "This
past season we had 26 rinks in
operation and that is about the
maximum we can handle."
Under the building committee's
recommendation, the curling club
would purchase ice from the
arena, thereby providing a sub-
stantial source of revenue for the
community centre board. In
some centres, it has been point-
ed out, the cost of operation has
been decreased by the installa-
tion of new machinery required
to provide ice for both the arena
and curling rink
Since it was organized, two
years ago, the curling club has
increased its membership rapid-
ly. It now lists 100 men and 60
women as active members. The
past season's operation is de-
scribed as "very successful,"
and the club reported a surplus
in funds after paying the arena
$1,840 for ice time.
Officials feel membership can
Farmer writes about rabies
To the Editor,
I have just passed through the
harrowing experience of watch-
ing one of my cattle come to its
death as a result of having con-
tacted rabies from a fox. I write
this letter to you in the hope it
may prove informative to your
readers, and at tilt sante time,
give me an opportunity to pass
along a few suggestions to own-
ers of pets and doiiiestic ani-
mals.
A little over three Weeks ago,
after enjoying niy evening meal,
I proceeded to the barn to do
my regular chores. Upon enter.
Ing, I detected 'a skunk -like odor
end in a 'short tune discovered
a fox in„ one of the pens'where
three calves Were ke't. Within
a few Militant the foie was dig.
posted of by 'shotgun methods,'
'HAVE A HEART
April 19, 1959
T then contacted Dr. Coxen's
Office in 2Urich who in torn
notified the. departnieiit of agri•
culture prec1uetiot service,heattti
of animals division in London.
As a result the head of the fox
was sent to the laboratories in
Hull, Quebec, for examination
for rabies, and my three calves
wore placed under quarantine,
Some two weeks later I was
advised that rabies was net found
in the brain of the fox specimen,
Naturally, for i :e, that was very
Where to
find it
Announcements 15
Building Page 7
Church Notices 19
Coming Events 2, 19
Editorial's 4
Farm NeWs ,,,,,,,., It, 12, 13
Feminine Facts 16, 17
Hensel! 8, ,.,9
Looking Ili With' Lie 18
Lucan 18
Sports ... 6, 1
Want Ads 1S
Zurich -A.........:..
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good news to bear.
However, three weeks from the
Hine that the fox was discovered
in my barn, one of these three
calves went 'off -feed', I had
reason to believe that such could
be the case. I had just emptied
my silo of cern* ensilage. and
consequently Was feedirig a little
more grain. When, however, 1
discovered it was not a case of
indigestion, I notified Dr, Cox.,
en's office. br. Miller responded'
and said its symptoms were very
suspicious of rabies and again
Linden was notified,
br. J. 11I. Mitchell, V,S. ad-
vised me it,was suspected rabies
and was the, first ease in his
experience where an animal had
contacted the disease front a fox
declared hot rabid. Ile also in.
fettled me as had err, Miller
that in order to prove diagnosis
100 percent accurate, a Sus-
pected ,i.., to
t ed an nisi, in this case, th
calf, should die a "natural”
death,
Please Turrfi To rage 2
be increased substantially. •
One of the important advan-
tages of the sport, according to
its boosters, is the opportunity it
provides for rural and town
people to mingle socially. in a
way that has never been possible
before.
Members of the executive say
-many curling clubs, operating in
towns smaller than Exeter, are
having no difficulty paying their
way.
In an unofficial canvass taken
this winter, club members
pledged over $10,000 toward the
construction of their own facili-
ties.
Marra's school, 36 ratepayers
voted three to one to join with
Lucan and I3icddulph in the costs
of the new fire engine at Lucan.
Tentative proposal is to divide
the $18,000 cost of the engine on
this basis: Biddulph 35 per cent;
Lucan 33.5 per cent; McGilli-
vray 31.5 per cent. This is for-
mulated according to business
assessments in the area which
will be covered by the brigade.
Lucan will raise its share by
a 10 -year debenture. Reeve Dixon
said McGillivray may do the
same.
"It will cost the average
farmer about $5.00 a year," said
the reeve. "I think that's pretty
reasonable protection."
Reeve Cecil Lewis and a num-
ber of Lucan officials, along with
most of the members of Mc-
Gillivray council, were present
at the meeting.
A canvass of the arca indi-
cated most farmers were in
favor of the protection,
Meet blood
objective
•
The community has given an
"excellent" response to the
appeal this week for donations
to the Red. Cross blood bank
program, Chairman B. W.
Tuckey said Wednesday.
Members of three service
clubs canvassed the town Mon-
day night, and other persons
have conductedthe appeal in
neighboring areas,
"If all of those who have
agreed to make a contribution
come to the clinic on Tuesday,
we will have exceeded our ob-
jective," Mr. Tuckey said.
Total. number of contributors
will not be known until all re-
turns came in, he stated.
The clinic will be held Tues-
day, April. 28, afternoon and eve-
ning, in Exeter ' Legion Hall.
Officials estimate that 50 per-
sons can be handledevery hour.
Persons who agreed •to donate
blood Will receive cards indicat-
ing the time they are to attend.
The clinic is part of the Red
Cross free blood bank program
now extended to this area. Under
the plan, hospital patients will
no longer be required to pay
for transfusions.
Conducting the town canvass
Monday night were Lions, Legion
and Kinsmen club members.
Other persons assisting with
the canvass include Kenneth
Grebb, Centralia; Wilmer Wein
and Lorne Preszcator, Crediton;
Jim Hayter, Dashwood; Mrs,
Elmer Rowe, Hay; Mrs. Roy-
lance Westcott and Lloyd Rey-
nolds, Usborne.
Fire brigade
refuses call
Grant Amos, McGillivray town-
ship school trustee, said Tues-
dayfire depart-
ment
the Ailsa Craig art -
p
ment didn't come to fight his
barn blaze because it couldn't
get approval from the village
reeve.
Amos said he was told by the
firemen that they were not al-
lowed to leave the village with-
out the reeve's approval and he
could not be found.
The McGillivray farmer said
the brigade couldn't have saved
his barn but indicated it might
have rendered valuable service
inpreventing the spread of the
fire to other buildings.
Sparks from the blaze which
destroyed the Amos barn threat-
ened the garage and house. In
fact, fires started on these build-
ings, he said, but neighbors put
them out.
Amos lost his 130x36 timber
frame barn, 2,000 bushels of
grain and several tons of hay
Monday night in, a fire which
started on the threshing floor.
The owner has no indication of
the cause,
Some 135 yearling steers were
rescued from the building. None
of the animals was injured. •
The fire was noticed about
10.30 p.m. by a neighbor, Lloyd
Windsor, as lie was going to bed.
He noticed the light in the barn,
thought at first it was a bulb,
later realized it was fire,
He rushed to the Amos resi-
dence and helped removethe
cattle,
jail Tuesday evening following
their arrests:here and an Lon.
don.
Charges have been laid bsr
OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons,
Exeter, on each of the five fires
reported in Usborne and Tucker
smith" townships. One vacant
house was destroyed, a school
house, a gun club house and
two other vacant farm homes.
damaged by the blazes.
Total damage is unofficially
estimated at $1,200.
The five buildings in which
the firesoccurred and the order
in which they are believed to
have started are:
Kippen Gun Club, where sever
ral eases of targets were broken',
a stove upset and two windows
smashed. Neighbors Willie ni
Kyle and Harold Caldwell threw
out a flaming upholstered chair
to contain the blaze before Hen-
sall firemen arrived. Observers
said the hundreds of smashed
tar rocks on the floor of the
club house saved the floor from
being damaged by fire. The
building is just south of Kippen.
A vacant house owned by
Leonard Harris, lot 16,, conces-
sion 11, Usborne, where the fire
went out before it caused any
damage.
Another vacant house owned
by Theron Creery, RR1 Wood.
ham, lot 11, concession 13, where
the door in the frame back
kitchen was damaged.
A third vacant farm house,
made of logs, on. the Usborne-
Hihbert boundary near Far-
quhar, owned by James Gardi-
ner. This home burned to the
ground despite efforts of Exeter
fire brigade to save it.
Thames Road school house,
where only slight damage was
kept to a minimum when the
blaze was, put out by passers•
by shortly after it started.
OPP Constable George Mit-
chell began the investigation
Sunday night and questioned the
Exeter man, Pearce, for several
hours but later released him..
Early Monday morning, acting
Crown Attorney C. Van Laugh-
ton, called in Inspector R. P.
Kaufman, London, of the On-
tario Fire Marshall's district London,
office,to assist in the.
case.
Shift education costs,.
urges Liberal speaker
"Education is the greatest bur- fit to a farmer's son a $300 bur-
den placed upon the taxpayer
today, and this burden should be
shifted from the homeowner to
the province, without the muni-
cipality losing control," William
Hollingsworth, Toronto lawyer,
told a meeting of Liberals in Clin-
ton Legion Hall Tuesday evening.
"Bursaries for students accord-
ing to their needs rather than
for scholastic attainment is part
of the Liberal program," said
the speaker. "Think of the bene -
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1N GOES. NEW CROP—Td'uhateds o: acres of grain and pastures were sown this week
.ed farmers to get On the land, Above, }Harold
as the ,weather, although cool, allowed rx a b ,
Elder. RR saws new York variety of barley which is on the market for
the first time this year. An elite grower, Mr, T+;ider received sly bushels of tilt
nnW Variety last year from which the harvested a yield of 6'70 bushels of registered
Nn. 1 seed, He's also planting mixture of small seeds Ill field which will„ become
a ..: .. n .isr” .l ., p1•.t,
pasture after bailey atop is taken off, l"ertlll�el I.s a 20 0� 'pA photo
l •
him to attend the agricultural
college."
"One of the Tory promises in
the last Federal election was to
do more for the provinces, but
Mr. Diefenbaker has not called a
conference of the provinces and
the reason for not calling a con-
ference is because the Conserva-
tive government cannot fulfil
those promises," said Mr.
Hollingsworth.
The Liberal party, while in of -
Tice,, reduced the national debt,
but in the federal field and the
province of Ontario, the national
debt has been increased by
billions,
The Frost government has ,
been in power for 16 years, and
during that time it has become
increasingly complacent' and ar-
rogant. People today have an
aversion to long terms and want
a stronger opposition. They also
want a sound fiscal policy, said
the speaker,
He . also criticized the slow
progress being made in highway
construction. The highways pro-
gram could well come under if
special budget, amortized over s
period of 20 years with toll roads
set up on some of the bigger
highways, be suggested.
"The Conservatives in one elec-
tion waved a hospital before the
people. They have done little and
now they again wave a hospital
prior to the next election," said
Mr. Hollingsworth.
Harry Strang, the Liberal can-
didate, stated that in John
Wintermeyer, the party has a. •
leader of which they can well be
proud and should support.
Farmers are busy seeding, he
said, and as soon as he has com-
pleted seeding himself, he intends
going on the road to see as many
of the voters as he can. He has
spoken to many ,Liberals and
Conservatives who feel that it is
now, time for a change in Ontario,
""With team work think we
will be able to give a good
account of ourselves in Huron,"
he said.
The Usborne clerk stated he,
had no personal grievance
against the present member, C. S.
Mac.Naughton,, but he disagreed
with his political views. As far
as he was concerned, persona!»
tics would not become an issue_
hi the forthcoming campaign,
Clinton lawyer Beceher Men=
zies, chairman of the riding assn.
.elation, presided for the meeting,
and INAHawkins, also of Mina
ton, thanked the speaker.
Don'ts forget!
Daylight saving onto corm$
into effect Saturday night at
midnight in Exeter and moat
surrounding mUnic p,lifies.
Church services Sunday will
be on fast time
Most centres in Huwbn counll '
have agreed for it' StaVidd'rd:
period this yeah, which `,Vitt
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