The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-03-09, Page 1PS Li ,_._get
u.p 4% mill,,,,.,1, Eighty -Eighth Year s „••• ,
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Exeter puhlic school's levy' rsi
is up 41/2 mins over last year, 1 ....., ,scuss fire plan -
it
lawn council learned Monday' l‘luYor .11' V.. Pooley rePerteci
niIllt- Ihe f
met with Hay council Moo.
The board will require $60,- i claY
a fire truck to
to discuss. plans for the
Pon this year, an increase ;of ilMrchase of
$11,500, over ono, he rate wi
Tlt IP r 0 v i d e protecilon for the
rise fran, 1,7,4i to 22 miles, ap.' area, lie intended to .meet St
presimately. • i phen Tuesday to present the 4
The hike results from the Proposal,
addition of two teachers to the ' A joint Meeting of the ePtin•
salary inpremord& plus:ells inviolelveicludicwoltoliti, be held ...
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Pc's:Mit-mai operating expenses shot JY
I'lStilting from the addition of Ambulance service
three e7luAlauisnectisisnt aYei:til'el,:thc ' Reeve McKenzie reported his
committee has met with other'
An increase in provincial interested parties over the pro- i
dmilentore costs.
gr'uts is exPeieci. hut this will vision of ambelence service;
will he absorbed in•additional for the towncosts appear.'
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failed in their bid lVfOnday to gain control of Huron's
Free Enterprise Hog Producers ,of Ontario
its teachers $200 to $300 less The committee Will continue ,,
:Ew:.,,, S CU Is , s (I r p 1 US funds in the spirited election at OlintOn,
The board said it is PaYillg ed high'11 representation. to the provincial _marketing board
lhoo other towns of comoar. its investigation, he said,
awe size, ' i "Why are we sticking our, •
... They elected only four of the 19 committee -
Additional levy • Bailey, yvho felt the town could; to hold s veni-mill rate One of 11 direCtorS to the Ontari0 board at 4 meet -
nose into it?" asked Cooncilior, men who, along with 12 from Middlesex, will elect
. The Ausable authority has be. serviced from operetors'in 1
ing here March, 15.
invoiced the town :for an eddi- other cornininyunoitries,said council JAARK$ MILESTONE HERE _ . _.,u . ,
lienal payment of $2,434.45 to- , The Since all of Middlesex delegates are co-op
SOnth, .11 ron District High whieh trustees felt should be cost was set at $55,000, a hike
ward construction costs of the should determine what' service f t , Dr, M. C. Fletcher -
School Board plans to clip into used to retire the debt. StippOrterS, there's little doubt the director chosen
'Morrison dam, The amount can be provided for the bene- i '
Will I3e a supporter of the compulsory sale program,
' of s5,000.
will be paid by the :PUC, i fit of ratepayers, Its surplus funds this Year to In its operating budget for Levy to raise $100 000
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esPlained the authority, was Hired Gordon Beiber, part- M
balance will be reduced from raise $101.,004,71. • enterprise group s e o r ed a : sums campaigning for support.
s . bs vonnins i ro uceis lined , up 12 wide
victory 7
The additional requisition, In other business couneil; Irv% .1, so hold its rate '..0 seven milts for '61. lbe board ' estimates thei The seven.min, levy will In Perth, however, the free 1 , ...
II III a II S the fifth, year in a row,
overlooked late in 1959 when time cemetery employee, on 'its
the final payment was made to public WOrks crew. Several ,,,j,., 1 nigThhte tobohaerwd icolectihdeedtax lino it
tar.y-treasurer E. D. k Itowey —
municipalities in the district. 22 of the 26 ,votes. it's a sure . for nearly a block in front of
in the eight smashisis
Ira' rg'esatjtheP edntranc. e to. the Legion hall
TUesdaY $47 000 to about $4,000. Secre-
the contractor, The auditor other men appliaid for the posi- .
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described the budget as go thing that Ontario's
yea. rs i established in 1956, It's ',Ile sakin isearly $53,000 of this will hog., ro
noted this year that the author- tion. Several councillors felt
sty had failed to bill the town council should request applies- Dr, M. C. Fletcher .main-! only tax -levying hod' in this tights
area which has been able to do still he some reserve in the ca-, Of the total levy, the urban • -
Mal account If 'unforeseen ex- areas of Exeter, Grand Bend, yard marketing,
but noted there would towards debenture retirement, repr•esented i.j
i ever, the polls remained open
, many went
p ducing , county will be to cast their ballots. Despite
an opponent of the heavy vote
for its portion,
This final payment moans on employment.
Lions before making decisions •
tamed the regular routine of so.
i Hensel'. and Zurich will pro- Over 1,000 ballots latter 6 p.m. to handle the
, the mesent system of assemblY ;home rather than wait. How
the town's share. tOWard the Granted a building permit to his • • ' .' • -. hi • arose,
. medical Practice here Mon- liowevers ..unless Provincial penditures
get breakdown -crowd which did stay,
clam amounted to $1,000 more Alfred \Vuerth to repair the des' cipspite the fact ,it was a. grants increase ,•considera Y,
1 171de 34.17S.. The balance of ,
Hui on , producers cast 1'184 1 Voting was extremely slow
for the project.
than was raised in debentures upper part of the front of his
I store on Main St. • specie. occasion tor mm, the rate will go up next Year. Bu,dho
'I budeet provides, for re- 65.8r; is provided by rural
111pracipalities of Hay, Ste- ballots in the lively vote, l'ecause of the terse ballot.
It marked the completion of The board decided to cut its • ..." , ,
ceipts of $279,000 of which i sparked by active opposition; p"
35 years of service to the corn.' surpluses in both capital and .... ,, ..,
munity. son MO WM come from the .10. P len Usborne and a small part
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38 candidates—each side
(timers voted for b19 of the
i ' operating accounts to meet in- i ...,
led by Charles Coultes Bel -
by the free enterprise .group
'nor:inated, a compiete slate.
had
London, Huron and Bruce, to • •
From the capital surplus of claisms, on , other schools, in- Grand Bend, 5.38; Hensel',
P' 'ncia of Tuckersini.th t 7 •.l!' ,
Mr, Coultes, secretary of the ismAil,Ti:' tDoppelSci
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the polls with
Mayor idea 5. tie 6, 1926 — he arrived on the pay first debentures
On a Saturday night—March creased expenclitures in 1961, , • ' Y.
about $155,000 and tuition municipality is: Exeter, 18.86; committeemen elected.
giant is expected to remain Percentage contribution by grave, who was one ofthe
iTuckersmith man tops
look after the patients of Dr, „
in $30,000, the board wilt citinins RCAF Centralia, will 6.46; Zurich, 3.47; Hay, 20.70; free enterprise organization,16n.
votes, followed by Robert.
to ass rec bud et II. K. Hyndman, who had died i'n'e--r. the first
r ' g. e w e • Sti 000 on the d b tu es for
payment of amount to roughly $28,000.
Instruction costs are ex- •
• Stephen, 25.53; Tuckersinith •
73; Ushorne, 18.87. campaign in Huron Saturday,
I d th t
I Allan, also of Tuckersmith,
x . ' IcGregor, 'Tucker -
Mayor. R. E. Pooley east the 1 Listowel, Hanover and Walk- Hyndman's handyman and still
, Famest Appleton, then Dr. 7
last year's addition, Most of peeled to incirase .fi•om $156,-; Municipalities will be asked 'Feb. 25. 11 immediately promot-
e '
i with 598,
the surplus resulted from say- 500 to $170,0001 and plant ope- 'to make two payments toward ' ed action by the pro -co-op
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deciding vote Monday nir,lit tol erton which, • he claimed, employed as such by Dr. Flet- ings ori constructiori and 'fur -rational expenses from $16,000 maintenance costs, the first in , supporters and both
give the recreation committee, showed that these communities cher,
funds to hire a lull -time direc- enjoyed just as active -pro- `rhat same night Dr. Met- niabing costs for the addition, to St9,000. The transportation June, !drove up and down the
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ONTAR1P, MA.R.Pli 9, 1961
price
Copy 10, Conto,
g co-op holds Huron,
po nts capture Perth
tor for the coming year. 1 grams as Exeter at less cost. cher attended his first patient
The mayor voted in favor of His arguments were refuted by here — :Barbara Dinney, now
the committee's budget of committee members, who in. Mrs, .Tames Lowe who is tiv-
83.800 after council members: eluded. Deputy -Reeve Fisher, ing in Germany where her
split 4-4 on the issue. 1 Councillor Taylor, Chairman husband is stationed with the
The budget includes t2,400 to, Cushman and Joseph Wooden, RCAF,
pay two-thirds of a director's newly -appointed secretary. f He was welcomed also by
s-lary. The other third is pro- i The discussion became in- the late T. R. Carling with
vieled by provincial grant. !volved over the complications whom Dr. Fletcher had be -
In voting for the program,1 of provincial grants, contribu- come acquainted as an interne
the mayor rejected the propo-; tions try service clubs and at Victoria Hospital.
sal to amalgamate the recrea-' other factors which sn a d e
tion and arena boards and hire, comparisons difficult. I Became permanent
one man to serve as both are.,'
na manager and rec director, Voluntary leaders I Although his coming to town
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"1 feel the community cell- Simmons stated that in other was only a temporary move at
the time, Dr. Fletcher never
communities parents and chi-
tres board is not ready to work i
with left. He's still practicing in
zens were interested enough' in
the recreation committee ! the same building.
because they feel they are the children to provide leader -
in:
'voluntaryh . 1 And during those 35 years,
on a ass.
a cl'fferent 'field all together," i shiphe's missed only two half -days
he declared. I To the suggestion that the from his practice because of,
SuPoorting 1 h e recreation i Program would collapse if
-.e
bildget were Deputy -Reeve :SI- council failed. to ro ide fundsillness. "I've been fortunatto
a v e enjoyed exceptionally
slier, councillors Musser, Tay- for a• director, he replied: If
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kr and Delbridge. Opposed it falls through, the onus good health," he states.
were Reeve McKenzie, Coun- should not fall on council.A IV native of Strathroy, where
cillors Simmons, Farrow and the parents aren't interested to his brother practices, Dr. Het-
BPiley.
• come out and help, why should cher was a member of the
On a further motion, author- council concern itself?" championship Western basket-
izing, the committee to hire a Taylor: "If you're so inter- ball team during his undergra-
duate clays. Following his gra-
full-time director, Councillor ested in volunteering your ser. d t' heserved
Simmons switched to the ' pro" vices, why not suggest that.
sident intern at Victoria Hos.
side, giving 11 a 5-3 majority council members gtve their pital -and was a member of
with the mayor abstaining. time free?" I the dep't of pathology staff at
Simmons: "I'll be glad to
.. ,, .1/WO before coming to Exeter.
Requests support
Councillor F a r r o w main- i Ris family presented him
When Lloyd Cushman, rec- •
reation coin mittee chairman, with a boutonniere and flow-
tained .,he had no confidencei
expressed concern over the n ers Monday to markothe anni-
the program /presented by
the.
sharp split, indicating the new committee. Council hadn't yet.
versa.ry.
director w o u 1 d havet
"-wo received a detailed report on!
strikes" agains': him from the—recreation activities nor an ATTEND CONVENTION
start, the mayor called for explanation of the requirements i 'Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Cud.
100P%. support of the council
now that a decision had been for a director. He said pr
the o- more and Mr, and Mrs. Don
nosal was exactly the same as ,Rooth were in Toronto On Tues.
reached. He received 110 as- the one which council had re—day where the men , attended
surance, however, that it would quested the committee to re- ;the National Heating and Air -
be forthcoming. •
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The motions followed another
lengthy discussion over the,
costs and benefits of the. rec.' ,
reation program and its affect
on the arena operation.
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Councillor 5 i m m o n s pre- nncipa airman
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Petite(' recreation budgets from
Drcp dub's
assessment
Exeter Curling Cub's asses-
ment was reduced 15% by
court; of revision Monday night.
The figure will ,r'sop from
$8,250 to about $7,0n.
The club, repro,— 1.ecl by E.
I). Bell, QC, a- Secretary
Glenn Mickle, ape 'ed on the
basis that; the b: .ing would
operate only six 1- .iths of the
year. It was nolc.' that other
communities had lowered as-
sessments on curling clubs for
this reason.
Several members of the court
said a reduction was justified
because the club was not a
profitmaking organization and
provided con eiderab le benefit
to the community because of
the goodwill it ligq established
between urban aid rural resi-
dents.
Reeve William McKenzie,
who presided, poirled out that
the town had spent consider- practical training Mr those
able funds providing services who are not inclined toward
to the building. Clerk Pickard academie studies.
reported the road had cost
$1,888 to date and the Pile Enrolment of 900
has spent $6,000 on Water and Estimites on future enrol- Sufficient demand?
hydro services, ment, presented by the prin- The demand for Vecational
back trade school
At Tuesday night's SHDHS there will be between 850 to
board meeting, Principal H. L. 900 students at South Huron.
Sturgis and Chairman Larry Present enrolment is 650.
Snider both endorsed the cur- Although the increase will
rent proposal to establish a be fairly rapid during the next
trades school in Huron county. four years, the principal fore -
"I think the talk about a saw a levelling off period after
central trades school for Hue- 1965. There will be. minor' in -
on is by far the best arrange- creases following that but not
ment," Principal Sturgis stat- to the extent which the school
ed. "1 believe it would be in- has experienced,
finitely more economical and Because additional accommo-
infinitely more successful than dation will be required by 1963,
each of the district high Chairman Snider requested the
schools setting up separate principal to investigate the
trade courses,"possibilities of providing limit -
Chairman Snider agreed he, ed vocational training at South
too, "would sooner see a trades Huron,
school in the county", How- Mr, Sturgis pointed out that,
ever, he felt the board should under present regulations, vo-
investigate the establishment cational training could be pro-
of limited vocational training vided to the end of grade 10
at South. Huron, only and, the students would be
The county trades school has reouired to, take academic sub -
been 'promoted principally by jects along with their trade
the Farmers' Union in Heron courses.
who last Week petitioned the It would involve affiliation
dep't of education to under- with a technical school in T,on-
lake a survey of the iieed, don which would supervise the
Other groups have endorsed training here to the grade 10
the establishment of more level, At that point the stit.
dents Welds,' be transferred to
the London school, to which
the local. board would pay tui-
tion fees.
Mob free enterprise man
conces-;
'ewnathse'wCoituhIte5s51.who placed sev-
enth
CANDIDATES FOR SHDHS QUEEN
Which one will St. Patrick favor?
Shor.'n begorra St. Patrick will have to kiss the 'Blarney stone before. his Trish eyes'
smile upon one, of these pretty colleens.,However, the task won't be entirely up to
Erin's patron saint, as the student body will vote for their choice before, the annual
At-home dance. to be held in the school on Friday, March:17,
SHERYL AILEY
MARIE DENOMME
JOAN EARL
JUDY ELDER
ANN GRAYER.
Usborne, ass'n represent-
ative Harry Hern won a seal
while his free enterprise. op-
ponent, Bob Maver, was among
the losers,
The Hay nominee, Ross Love,
placed eighth with 584 to win
easily over his township op-
ponent Milfred Prouty who
polled 463.
None of the three nominees
from Stephen was elected. Jack
Ford, free enterprise, received
507 votes; Ed Hendrick, town—
ship councillor and co-op direc-
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co -eliminate
killer' coevel
The Clandeboye curve or
Highway 4 was listed for 'pri-
ority treatment.' when ;High-
ways ,Minister Cass tabled his
record estimate of $267,940,000
for expenditures an Ontario
'highways in the Legislaturc,
Tuesday.
The '5' curve, which has
been the scene of many fatali-
ties, will be straightened to
eliminate its hazards.
:re.,rfg The minister's report also in-
dicated that there was a pqs-
sibility that work might get
under way on widening of
'fighway 4 to four lanes from
'he northern limits of London
'n the brow of the hill beyond
Slalamity Corners,
The report called for con.-ideraion of the construction
sf a bridge across the propos-
ed Parkhill dam and rebuild-
ing of Highway 7 for five rniles
west of Parkhill.
BARBARA HODGSON KATHY LOVE
SANDRA REID
40
KAREN SORENSEN
JUDY TENNANT
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OPP offic,
expenditureS weuld be atithor- WAVainta"2"2"ASIMMS41 ed.. lie pointed out diet few ,.1:!,':
moved Thursday to ouarters
to:?••
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k': .q , in 'IDevon1
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mr, Bait tepved that yea cipal, indicated that bY 1965 training may be diffietilt tO de:-
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termitic, the principal stiggest ),,, „
i,.,: L o e a 1 OPP detachmerit
ized by charges Made against
,
SHDHS students choose :shop
the club and that. tile services
and home ecetiomies courtes ' , # P .,' in the Devon Ettilding, the new
Were now available for eon, Where to when they are offered AS siip
I
.• . :,g! .3„, tit Main A ncl littrort
g45office structure erected at the
struction of }lenses in the area. .,.
Ilona, IN*
The clot) renitested a 25%
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bY Coundillor Musser would find it fin reit the twit ievolved in ,e.•
i ss .„. P.... s • teimatit hi the neW blinding in
rediittion and a motion made :•-,?%:: i,..t 'U' '''''''`. . 1 •S The detaehment is the first
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SeltotiolliallibedatittlXhinT°.:gditilolingalli ' ::?'.
% , ‘. .4 which at least seven offiees
have remitted the equivalent
will be providtsci,
,,,,, shop and vocational training 't.'f' se'
amount in taxes, The 1110(1011 , - s
,':At, '
faV01* a another by COUncillor
waS 'Withdrawn. lieWever, in
Churth Notices
A ri rt o u ii c e In n t s
13 However, if thoy were peovid-
..1„.' facilities might not he justified, t..., ''' , .......j.; •',?, tvi,
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4 4, hihAtz An:: 1,1aectletio:upi Irian.: I foition8ttolin:
N. T,ondon, Davies., Grand, Oen.
Deihridge tutting the assess. Comin,i,1 Events
Editerials 1$ ed at a central Scheel end the •,1.'',.'i.: .:.:Ato ..v.,*\
bY Len McKnight,
Mertibees of the teat, sped -
',Mensal!
'Feminine 'Fedi 1.2 6 A taAonable one.
4 Vets' the ex°66(lit"6 Miglit.ucER8—LINE UO To VOTE
!HOG PRoo - 7nor:::: in., soil .1.!0‘g plan stippot:ter,s.. Ind the Proo :Iihit;erprtse group wiTivAryerleitibip‘d'Iyhrci„ 6.g..10,4r
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meet by is,r,,, It, was seconded Farm News 2 togtA ShArecT by all the dig- :,i -..WA..§.: k : .. .. 4, t, >Iliss.b, an 'office there en Mardi
iallY donstittited for the curling
LUCArl IA ile suggeated the Selleel diCatitill 'Of hOW del4rirlined 111.111)11 hog_producers we.ro ; worked tiny,.g hc:fore the vot,e ,cAmptivaig toe 1:11or Nanghtnil, 1-1urott Mr4); nr.
oull Anneal betause m 0 s t
Sports 4 $ i ."116u114, iv!)vidc nrAttieg iMonriAsr 16 expro8g thdir opini6n nn 1,1)0, ,.cle,ctioli Of ,CanditiaL68. The. co,op 111011 6oeted 15 o.f the 19 dole- Igg rtt(l'i,(,.(1,),rotir,,,,,01041,0,11111/11,6..1:1Ar
of the club, ineltided Eugene
councillors "Were Shareholders Yiv ivt. Inc oniV and (hot studentS bc!ddlogat0g. Theo sysitOct 111 line' for bOtir5 01.115ide, tht WAD&
W"lt Ad' "' '` I `tted t (he end of grade i -- . , -,., -
PeAvert :il toiltict coo/4110f., mr.rwrsoRmwfmq..tmi,,:,..o.,,,,>,,,,1 tiff16,
" ' -. 4( 1111 a . ' ' I Cliritot „Legion: Hall l'o 'cast thtir bAll6ts. )1011 tiv,. pre.i ---.1*-A p11010,411:trgisluirttibtitilltitildilliod;5,61116
In the second series of raids
since LCA came into effect,
Exeter OPP constables seized
beer, liquor and home-made
'wine at two Crediton houses
iSuCrida
Charged with keeping for sale
are. Carl E. Lippert, 27, and
Gordon Pascoe, 51.
Police hit the Lipperf house
' about 5.15 p.m., seized over
300 pints of beer, jugs nf home*
made wine and litmor, There
'were no found -ins.
Two persons were charged
as found -ins after police enter-
ed the Pascoe residence. They
were William Flynn and Mrs.
Ella nodge, both About 50, of
DaTshhelvod'
warrantsowere obtained
by PCs ("icor go 'Mitchell and
))on Westover. PC Harry Reid
asTsihsethdeharges are expected to
be heard in the March court:
here,