The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-07-09, Page 17i
Turn..down requests
from religicus group
Council took no action Monday , who establish new subdivisions
;night on two requests from re- must be treated alike. .Since
ligious groups for use of publicIplans were required for both the
facilities. i Whilsmith and Riverview Heights
This follows a general policy • .developments, the mayor should
not to allow any church group . also submit one. they said.
to use town property. ° Mr. lilaeNaughton plans to
One request came from a., build on a lot just inside the
"group Of young Christians" who easterly limits on Huron street.
sought permission to hold open! Other building permits were.
air service Saturday nights orr granted to W. E. Kraft, for a
Main street, with the aid of .a $12,000 home on Riverside Drive;
public address system. V Mrs. Norah Taylor, for .renova-
Mayor Pooley objected that . tionto her hone on Gidley; A.
the sound would create a hazard 'L. Snelgrove for renovation of
to traffic, always heavy on a his home on Andrew; Des -
Saturday night, He was support , jard]ne, improvements to his
ed in this by Chief MacKenzie home on William,
who said he had seen children To purchase truck
endanger their lives by dashing Council approved the purchase
across the street to such. serv- of a half -ton truck for the use
ices, of Gerald Cornish, road sup't.
Council considered allowing Reeve William McKenzie said.
the group to use a side street • considerable tune was wasted
but ,decided this would be set',because the stip't had no means
ting .a precedent.other than the4ractor to super -
Gerry VanderworP, Kippen. vise various activities of the pub -
who presented the request said lic works crew.
council w a s preventing the.The reeve, Councillors Taylor
spread of the gospel through itsand Fisher were appointed to a
refusal. He said he represented committee to investigate pur-
e group of young people of a chase of truck.
number of denominations. , In other business, council;
Mayor Pooley made it clear Approved PITC installation of
there was no discrimination . a four -inch water main on Wit -
against any religion. "We are' liam street north and a six-inch
doing what we think hest. for the,main on Sanders street east,
safety of the citizens," he said.along with hydrants in these
Council also declined, for the areas.
Aecond time. a request from the ! Learned that two town nursing
local congregation of Jehovah's' hones—the Heywood home and
Witnesses for use of the town 'Exeter Nursing Home—had been
hall, j approved far licencing under the
Meet new constable :the Dep't of Health by the coun-
The town's new constable ty. •
Lloyd Hodgins, was introduced Authorized a title search on
to members of council and his ' the road allowance beside the
salary approved. He will be paid grandstand and west on the
at the rate of $2,800 for three tracks on Victoria street.
months probation, $2.900 for bal-; Learned that all tourist es-
ance of the year and $3,000 for tablishments must secure build -
1360. ; ing permits from the Dep't of
Chief .MacKenzie reported he . Travel and Publicity as well as
was now prepared to use the ' the town.
tranquilizer gun on stray dogs,' Hoped to receive soon the
Action has been delayed for ex-' OWRC's recommendations on
periments in connection with the ; drainage in order to proceed
dosage of the serum which the with the work this year,
gun's pellet injects into dogs, ; Learned that the lagoon con -
MPP in subdivision delay 'structed for disposal of waste
Huron. MPP C. S. MacNaugh-"from the canning factory would
ton became involved in a per- be filled in 10 days and that
sonal way with the dispute in some sort of sprinkling system
council over sale of the mayor's! would have to be devised to take
land on Huron street for build-' care of the remainder of the
ing lots. His request for a per- waste for the rest of the pack.
mit to erect a $20,000 home was i Postponed until next meeting
laid aside until "council receives i a decision on the Dep't of Trans -
a registered plan for the area, 1 port's recommendations to raise
expected by the next council I speed limits on Highway 83.. The
meeting. l specific proposals, submitted in
Several meetings ago, council a letter, were to establish a 50
passed a motion .that no more' mph zone from the westerly
building permits be issued for limit to a point 100 feet west of
lots on Huron street until the , the railway and from a point
mayor presents a subdivision .1.00 feet east of Andrew street
plan. which has beenrequired Lo the easterly limit, with a 40
of other landowners. The mayor : mph zone between; the dept
said he asked for the plan five ; also recommended a 40 mph
years ago but has not been able! limit on No. 4 from No, 83 north,
to get the engineer to complete,' to the town limits.
it. 1 Approved an expenditure of i
It was indicated Monday night I approximately $35 for the es -
that. the plan had been submitted; tablishment of a 16 -car parking
to the Department of Planning; lot behind the store of Gould
and Development for •approval and .Tory, Main street. Council -
by Engineer B. ,M. Ross, Gode-1 for Fisher made arrangements
rich. for the lot. 'Councillor Taylor'
Mayor 'Pooley felt building on indicated it would make up for
Huron street could be approved the space lost on Main by the
because the road and all serv- switch from angle to parallel
ices were already there. "The t parking on the west side.
only permits we have refused i Three councillors . were absent
are those where roads had to be for the session. George Rether
built." he said. and Bill Musser were ill and
However, other councillors, Deputy -Reeve Chester Mawhin-
led by Eldrid Simmons, stuck tolant. i ney was working at the canning
their contention that alt those i p
Hay calls for tenders
to build two bridges
Hay township council this week
called tenders for construction of
two cement culverts in the town -
One will be erected on conces-
sion 2-3 at lot 21, the other on
concession. 14-15 at lot 18. Both
jobs willuse a total of 1,200 bags
of cement.
Report on the Decker munici-
pal drainwas adopted and pro-
ceedings authorized.
A grant of $35 was made to
the South Huron Agricultural So-
ciety.
Council exempted Dashwood
and Zurich police villages from
the general township rate, which
amounts to about one mill. This
was done in co-operation with
Stephen township, a representa-
tive of which was present for
this discussion,
Monday, August 3, was declared
civic holiday.
Council. requested Clinton ru-
ral hydro to move three poles
hack to the fence line on the
south side of Campbell Ave.,
from .Archmabault SL, west, at
St. Joseph. Hay agreed to pay
one-half the labor cost.
Councilaccepted a drainage pe-
tition, to prevent erosionto the
side of his cottage lot, :from J.
Lower taxes
for
Stephen
Stephen township c o u n c i 1,
which met Monday night. set
this year's taxes at 1.5 mills less
than last year.
A reduction in expenditures
allowed council to cut the town-
ship rate to 8.1. mills.
Contract forconstruction of
the Keller extension drain was
let to Charles Dietrich, RR. 2
Crediton, forthe sum of. $1170.
Court of revision on this drain
was declared dosed.
Council requested Engineer B.
M. Russ, Goderich, to draft plans
for. Construction of two y new
brides one on the Exeter. side -
road, the other on the fourth
concession.
Ti4EY ALSO PASSED
TWO names were inadvertently
omitted from the list of SiDIIS
promotions last: week, Both Susan
*Kelly and Rab Turner passed
grade ~ nine With fitat class
1�It'�r`IY,
Corbett, OLS, Lucan, to inves-
tigate..
Auditor's report for 1958 was
accepted,
Assessment on the property of
Mrs. Gertie Deters, Zurich, was
adjusted. Because of ill health,
she had not been. able to appeal r
at the regulareitime. Hensall OK's
Next meeting will be held
Tuesday, August 4, at 7:30 p.m.
Eighty -Second Year
e exeferZimes-Akwocafe
EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 9 1939
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Nice Per Copy 10 Cents
Weekends bring 10,000
er 40,000. visit Pinery Park.
CIRCUS ENTERTAINS DISTRICT — A travelling circus,]
which hit this area this week, attracted large crowds to
afternoon and evening shows staged under the big top
in Grand Bend and Exeter. Elephants, of course, were the
major attraction. Above, Brad Hamilton, Grand Bend,
feeds then peanuts while Brian Pugh, in sailor's hat,
watches. Lions clubs sponsored the event in both places,
Grand Bend Tuesday and Exeter Wednesday. The circus
moved to St. Marys Thursday. It's the first to come to
this district for nearly two decades. —T -A Photo
Parallel parking
widens highway
Travelled portion of the town's
main street has been widened i
by about six feet with 'the intro-
duction of parallel parking to
the west side, ,
Thoroughfare is now about 30 -
feet wide, providing ample room
for flow of north and south
traffic.
Public works crew erected
new signs and painted road
markings for the parallel park-
ing Thursday. Friday morning
brought some confusion, with a
few motorists still using the
angle, but it was pretty well
cleared up by Saturday.
Now parking on both sides is
parallel.
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Although the move ut down
the number of parking spaces,
council approved Monday night
the establishment of a 16 -car lot
behind the store of Gould and
Jory to compensate for the loss.
Council had prepared another
lot behind the town hall earlier
this year.
NEW CONSTAiILE—Lloyd Trod -
gins, 32, a former guard at the
Guelph reformatory, has joined
Exeter's police force. He began
duties this week. —T -A Photo
Where to
find it
Announcements 11
Church Notices .................... 1S
Editorials ... 4
Coming Events 15
Farm News 9
Feminine Facts 12
Hansell b
Looking In With Lir
Lucan 14
Sports
Want Ads 11
GRAD PICTURES
Thir
Times-Advoseta'st *nF
+n4e1 $HDHS gr+rtliietien, to.
fora apri arty on pass 1t
arena grant
Hensall councilapproved a
grant of $2,000 to the Hensall
Community Memorial Park Board
Monday night to assist in the
completion of furnishing and de-
corating at the arena.
Don Joynt, chairman of the
board, outlined plans for addi-
tional work on the auditorium,
equipping the kitchen and pur-
chasing chairs,
A considerable sum has been
donated by community groups
for this project.
Council also approved the an-
nual grant of $200 to the recrea-
tion committee.
Members decided to leave until
fall the digging up of Richmond
street, from Nelson to King, in
preparation for paving next year.
Councillor Lorne Hay reported
on the paving of the northern
part of Richmond street, The,,
work was done by Levis Con-
struction Co., Clinton, for $4,700,
Adopting atl
get -tough policy
on
,
dogs running IC large, council
instructed Constable E. R. Davis
to summon to court any owners
who do not tie vp :heir. dogs.
Contract for repairs to the town
hall roof was let to Ed Fink for
$126. Bids were also received
frons W. J. Cameron and IT,
Lawrence.
Peeve John 1lenderson was
authorized to declare Monday,
August 3, a civic holiday.
Council declined to purchase a
trophy for the field day being
organized by Recreation Director.
J, R. Mime because it felt this
was not within its jurisdiction.
Constable E. R. Davis reported
an weed cutting and the erection
of a sign at the dump regulating
fires there.
SCHOOL ENJOYS <sICNPC
Last "Thursday afternoon, an
enjoyable:WAS held at SS
No. IL Ray,. when: the pupils
and teacher, Mrs, Desjardine. i n-
tertalned the: hieither5 and friends
oL the community,
Mayor says north end
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Does the north part of Exeter
get the same treatment as the
rest of town?
Mayor Pooley insists it does.
Jack Weber, of J. W. Weber
Ltd., which recently built a new
plant on Highway 83, says it
doesn't.
This was the basis of a bizarre
argument' at council meeting
Monday night between these two
principals,
"There never has been any
difference in treatment since I've
been on council," said the mayor,
"The north end has received the
drains,
same considerationin
streets, water mains and other
services. I don't know what you
BANDSMAN TONY AQUILINA
. he's seen Queen five times
Local bandsman
sees queen often Weber
north section weren't as wide or
One resident of. Exeter has in as good a condition as down -
seen the Queen. five times al- town, Councillor Fisher„ roads
ready during her Canadian tout'. chairman, said all roads at the
Cpl. Tony Aquilina, son of north end had been oiled. and
gravelled where possible,
Pooleypointed out that
Mayor
new hy-
dronew water main and e y
dro service were being installed
in the north end at the present
time,
Weber objected Co the use of the
joined the RCAF organization term "north end." He said: "It's
six months ago, part .of. the town,"
Stationed al Downsview, Tor- "We refer to it as the north
onto, he returned there this end just as we have a south end,
week after a three-day visit with east end and west. end." He noted
his family. it used to be Balled Francistown
The band met: the queen and and was not a part of the town,
President Eisenhower at SL 11u. at one time,
bert for the opening of the St. "I wish it stilt was F rancis-
Lawrence Seaway. It has also town," stated Weber, "Then our
played for the royal tour at taxes wouldn't be so high,"
Windsor Ottawa,and Toronto. Weber termed "ridiculous'y the
' kedt o e l each suggestion that speed limits be
.She 'looked v y eg P _. „
time," he says, raiseci on highway 83.. Why o
The band specializes in semi- ahead and raise the speed limit
classical, ,musie and represents when: it's so hazardous - there
the RCAF" at numerous func- now?"
The mayor said this was a re-
comtnenclation From the Depart•
eatiment�
expect or what you want.
Replied Weber: "I think we
deserve the same benefits."
Pooly: "There is no discrimi-
nation. The north end is treated
the same as Gidley street." (Mr.
Weber lives on Gidley.)
Weber: "Why can't we just get
a little bit more than we have
been getting."
Pooley: "When •you get on
council you can show us where
to get the money, how to spend
it and what do to with it."
The argument started with two
complaints registered by Mr. We-
ber. Ile revealed someone had let
his recently -acquired prize horse
out of the stable twice and cut
it about the head, He felt police
should provide better protection.
The mayor replied police made
regular checks of the area, as
it did other places. Such an inci-
dent could happen anywhere in
town, he contended.
"Why hasn't the town built
sidewalks up there," enquired
Weber. "They've built them in
the rest of. town."
The mayor said sidewalks
could be constructed on the same
basis that they have been in
other areas: the property owners
must agree to pay 25 percent of
the cost.
":Che rest of the town didn't
pay to have their sidewalks put
in," contended Weber.
-•1VVe did," replied several
councillors. This regulation has
been in effect for a number of
years, it was indicated.
."Who's going to be responsible
if one of the kids is hurt because
he has to ride his bicycle on the
highway," asked Weber. There
is quite a hazard in this area, he
indicated, because there weren't
any sidewalks.
Councillors told him town regu-
lations did not permit rioting bi-
cycles on sidewalks. Children
would have to use the highway
even if there was a sidewalk,
ober indicated roads in the
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Aquilina, An-
drew dt:ew St., counts this s one of
the advantages of being a mem-
her of the RCAF Training Com-
mand Band; After playing clari-
net with. the Exeter District Ju-
nior I3and for several years, he
tions. This fall it will he lea -
Lured al the Massachusetts
State 'Pair. meM of Transport but i.t`hect trot
. . • f- Canvassers were; being paid foil
It asses lnrrst�nfs cancrris at been adopl.ed, , nn>° even, toff- . _ `1� 1, reveal
is nr schools ' C' adiati 'Witted, by counen. lfe indicated their' Work but he did no e
Secondary In al� I .,. ..
r cities. ( e.. please turn to OW 2 how much they received per
Big crowds see
travelling circus
'Jhe Carson and Bares wild
animal circus arrived in Exeter
Wednesday morning for a one -
day stand. They pulled in early
in the morning from. Grand Bend
where they held two perform-
ances, afternoon andevening,
and were greeted with large
crowds.
The circus was sponsored by
the Exeter Lions Club and from
the advance sale of tickets, both
performances in town will be
well attended.
Carson and Barnes have a
well balanced program of train-
ed animal and circus acts, com-
plete with lions, el e p ha n t s,
ponies, and trapeze artists. The
feature attraction is Col. Tim
McCoy, TV and western star,
who delighted the crowd with.
his crack whip specialties.
The main circus was .under a
big tent, with several added at-
tractions on the side.
Fatality driver
pays $100 fine
Driver of, the car inv ilved in
the accident which. killed Wil-
liam Ilayter, 61, RR 1 Varna,
was fined $100 and his licence
suspended for six .months- in
Clinton court this week,
Paul Armstead, 26, Goderich,
was convicted of careless driv:
ing after pleading not guilty,
Mr. Hayter died shortly after
cars driven by himself and Arm -
stead collided on the Bayfield
road, May 8,
Canners start
24-hour run
Canadian Canners Ltd., faced
with an exceptionally good crop
of peas, was forced to begin
round-the-clock operation at the
local plant Wednesday night.
Manager Don Graham said.
night workers are being sought
to fill the second shift.
Operations were extended Mon-
day night with sixty personnel
from RCAF Station Centralia
coming in until midnight. Even
this move, however, was not
enough to handle the harvest.
The pack is expected to con-
tinue for another two weeks.
Ten thousand people are lne
wading the new provincial park
at the Pinery .on. Sundays, 11-
gu.res' released this week •by
Sup't Gartland Myers reveal.
"This is better than we had
expected," Myers said,
This past weekend, 3,024 cars
entered the park with average
occupancy calculated at 3.7
persons,
Since the park unofficially
opened in June, 12,000 cars have
passed through the gates, This
indicates sortie 45,000 people
have used its facilities.
As in other park areas across
the province, camping grounds
are being filled to capacity with
the upsurge in popularity of thin
type of vacation,
This weekend, 1,464 people
stayed in the camping area in
328 tents . and 19 trailers. Over
one-quarter of these came from
the United States with the bulk
of the remainder from Ontario.
The group camping area has
also been well patronized, main-
ly by Scouts, who have come
from as far as Ohio. Troopa
from, many parts of Ontario'have
used the 'facilities.
Date of the official opening
ceremony, at: which Premier
Frost is expected, has not been
set,
Construction of a fourth com.-
fort station in the park is under
way. Officials had hoped to de-
velop a traitor area this :summer
but the extent of the crowds has
formed a postponement of this
project.
New school in Zurich
to affect area in Hay
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Hay township school area, un -j Two schools have already been
like many ,districts, finds itself; closed in the 'township. SS 6
with a surplus of accommodation !pupils are 'being transported to
for the coming year. 1 Zurich and the 17 students in
Although the board has not yet SS 14 now go to Hensall, in
closed any schools, it appears' which the Hay board pays tuition
likely it will before the start of : fees.
the 1960-61 term.. The latter situation may soon
Reason is the construction of change, although ratepayers in
the new separate school at Zur-t this section have indicated they
ich, now well under way. HI want their children to continue
is. expected to open with an en- at Hensall. However, enrolment
rolment of about 90 pupils, all at Hensall is reaching capacity
of whom will came from Hay and the flay hoard is not .likely
schools.
!to appreciate paying tuition fees
• The area board's school at 1 to. Hensall when it has accom-
Zurich, to which a two -room ad- i modation in its own schools.
dition was constructed two years i Transportation and tuition for
ago, will have ample room for : No. 14 pupils is Costing over
its students in September. En-
' rolment there is expected to
!drop from 175 to 145.
Roman Catholic students may
also transfer, from five other
township schools.
SS 3, with an enrolment of 37,
may Jose six; SS 4 may drop
from 24 to ,19; SS ?, from 24
to 14; SS 12, from 28 to 18; USS
9, from 44 to 39.
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Although has board s Con•
sidered closing one or two of
these schools and transporting
the students to Zurich, no acton
will be taken this year
because
of the uncertainty of the • enrol-
ment, All of the teachers have
been employed for another term
and the mill rate has been .set
at 13, same as in 1958.
NEW AREA MINISTERS—An unusual number of minis-
terial transfers have taken place in the district this month.
Rev. Currie Winlaw, left, of Wawa, has taken over the
United Church charge of Hensall and Chiselhurst, Rev.
J. W. Gillings, Golden Lake, is the new minister at Cal-
vary BUB Chttrch, Dashwood.
Petition starts here
pay vote canvassers
With other areas 'reporting
about 85 pereent support, peti-
tion for a vote on. the CTA be-
gan circulation in Exeter this
week.
Councillor J. E. Httckins, Go-
derich, chairman of the Huron
committee, said four ladies are
distributing the petition here.
Final returns in .both llensall
and Hay township indicate 85
percent support. Mr. Buckins
said. Of 500 voters in Hensall
430 signed].
Goderich is also expected to
exceed 80 percent. Results are
expected soon froth Winghaln,
BrUssels and 'Myth.Councillor lluckins eliselosed
name.
He was questioned about pay-
metit following a press report
Wednesday which stated a
Brantford councillor withdrew
his support front a proposed 11-
quor lounge vote there When he
learned petitioners are being
paid 10 cents a naive,
"Note, when t find the" Qat-
sant speeches of democracy are
stimulated by 10 eents a name,
I am withdrawing my support,"
the Brantford official. said
Councillor liuckins indicated
the 10.cent figure was not cor-
rect .for Huron.
Col. C. E. Woodrow of the Li-
quor Control Board of Criteria
said there is nnthing illegal
about any grouli supporting li;
quer petitions,
$2,000 a year.
It is estimated the Hay board
will lose an assessment of about
$200,000 when :separate school
supporters start paying toward
the operation oia their own school
in 1960.
A1tho'ugh tliey will no longer
contribute toward operating ex-
penses of the Zurich. school,
Roman Catholic families must
continue to pay their share of
the debenture debt on the Zurich
addition. It was erected two
years ago at a cost of $40,000,
raised by 10 -year debentures.
While the separate school will
attract students from a wider
area, only those families within
a three-mile radius ,of Zurich
can transfer their assessment to
the school.
Hay township clerk, H. W.
Brokenshire, a n d assessor,
George Armstrong have the
the formidable task of revising'
formidable task of revising the
assessment roll and tax .notices
to meet the new situation.
Enrolment is difficult to deter-
mine, particularly 'in the area
outside Zurich, since attendance
at the separate school is at the
discretion of the Roman Catho-
lic families. In addition, the
Bluewater separate schools in
Ilay and Stanley 'townships have
a inalgamated with the intention
of providing bus transportation,
which niay affect attendance at
the Zurich school.
The three-room separate school,
being constructed by Ross Ur-
quhart Construction Co. Ltd.,
London, is being financed. by
20 -year debentures. For the fust
four: months, or until the 1960
taxes are received the school
will not have a source of reve-
nue to meet operating expenses.
Three teachers have been hired
for the .corning year. Principal
will be James Carry, Mt. Carmel,
who hes completed two years of
teaching and. will receive his
permanent certificate this stun-
mor. Ills staff will include Miss
Mary Shea, Dublin,, and Mrs.
Evelyn McKeever, Mt, Carmel,
who taught this past year at SS
10 Williams West.
lho.
Members of the s c o. h ofird,
formed in October, 1958,.are Geri
old Regier. Louis Farrell and
Clarence Jeffrey.
:sl'a'ther C. A. bnyle IS priest of
the Zurich parish.
sailboat
Exeter b
F
ret awl
wins G
B race
"Stukey 130r," owned. by Lou
Balky, Exeter, was declared
ficial winner' of the Grand Bend
Yaeht Club's first race Sunday.
None of the vessels was able
to complete the three-mile course
liee5trse of a dying wind but the
Bailey boat wast/ in the lead
when the event was Balled off,
Assisting Bailey was' his brn=
,� -"
-.w �
ed McG
tier •;ri �a
t i
vtay* SneOild la etante the
.
ten, owned by Bill Deffield Of
Londolty