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EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 23, 1961
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Sees.::-Exiter ,developme
s'dormitory' for London
Hay rejects fire plan
"4 call tenders for truck
PLANNING BOARD MEETS— xe et s netp ann ng oar., w c ie s naugur-.
al meeting Tuesday night, heard Dr. F. G, Pleva of UWO predict that the town '
would experience residential growth from London's industrial expansion. Seated
are Joseph Wooden, secretary; Dr. Pleva, Mayor Pooley; standing, Paul Bruer, de-,
y pay director of planning or London; Chester Mawhinney, Fred Dobbs and All
Pickard. They inspect a land use map of the town. —T -A photo
itch to calcium
cut road costs
Town council plans to dis-
continue its oil -and -chips road
program this year and try I
Ileuid calcium chloride to keep
down the dust.. •
municipality in the watershed;
notice of the closing of a por-I
Authorized insertion of a
tion of Nelson St. west of
,Carling; e:
This decision was incorpor-I
•
Ated .in the. cost-cutting budget.
approved Monday night, Esti-
mates total $21,000, compared
to last year's record expendi-
ture of $34,000.
In addition to. experimenting
with liquid calcium, council
plans to start 'rebuilding some
streets in piepaia ,ion for pav-
ing in future, yea.s.
The town also will share
costs ',with Canadian Canners
Ltd, of building an extension
to Marlborough into the com-
pany's property north of Wel
-
Melon
Although total, cost of the
program has been reduced
from $84,000 to 21,000, actual
saving to the town will not
Amount to much more than
$2,000.,, 'This is because the! ..
instructed the clerk to as-
sume administration of wel-
fare payments to a local fam-
ily which, according to an in-
spector's report, is incapable
of managing its finances;
Accepted an offer from the
POC of assistance in killing'
the weeds in the pond above
the dam at Riverview park;
Learned that seven applica-
tions have been received for ;
the position of recreation di-
rector;
'Requested the postal depart-
ment to move the PO box at'
the corner of Main and Wel-,
lington away from the inter-,
section, where it creates a
traffic hazard;
Learned that it will cost ap-
proximately $1,000 to erect
proper "stop",, "yield" and
other street signs this year,
to conform to provincial gov't
regulations.
Granted building permits to
Wilson G. Morley, for addition
to his brick cottage on Andrew
St.; Mrs. Greta Graper, for
the erection of a soft ice cream
stand on No. 83 highway;
.
Jacob Reder for re -roofing
his greenhouse on Main St,;
Brady Cleaners, for repair of
the roof damage in last week's
fire; Edward Mittleholtz for a
new house on Wellington St.
W. The latter permit was given'
subject to present drainage.
Approved a budget of $2,500,
same amount as last year, for
town parks.
Hay council formally nal
-
lied Exeter Monday night it
will not consider sharing costs
of an area fire fighting unit.
The township said that,' fol.
lowing the town's notification
last year that it could no lon-
ger accept calls from outside
municipalities, it' had made
arrangements for township co-
verage by Hensel!, Dashwood
and Zurich brigades.
Exeter and Usborne, princi-
pal proponents of the joint
purchase, had requested Ha y
to pay eight percent .of. the
cost,
Council members noted that
the Hay stand would put the
local brigade in the awkward
position of having to refuse to
asnwer calls from township re-
sidents just outside the town
boundary.
Reports indicated, however,
that some of these residents
may protest Hay's decision.
Whatever the outcome of the
Hay situation, council plans to
continue negotiations with Us -
borne and Stephen. Council
authorized the mayor t call a
meeting of officials to discuss
division of. costs.
A number of fire equipment
manufacturers Will be re-
quested to submit tenders on a
fire truck on the basis of spe-
seeks
PS ddition
• a
provincial gov't paid 80% of a al crash in 1958
e,the cost of culverts, a major
portion of last year's budget.
Streets which council plans
to rebuild are Sanders, from
Main to Andrew; William,
from Huron to Anne, and a
portion of Andrew. These areas
will be excavated and back-
filled with gravel, Estimated
• F -f •
cost of this work is $4,200.
The work on Andrew St. will
be in connection with the PUC
program to install a new water
main north of Victoria. The
road will be torn up for this
installation.
One application
Roads Chairman Glenn Fish-
er said the committee plans to
call for tenders for application
of liquid calcium to be sprayed
on at the rate of four tons per
mile. One application, he felt,
should be sufficient for the
Year and the saving woold be
about $3,100 over' the oiling
program,
Reeve William McKenzie felt
calcium would create an ice
problem in early winter and
Councillor Ralph Bailey, a for -
liter roads chairman, suggest-
ed there would be more pot-
holes.
However, the new budget
was adopted without opposition.
This year's budget includes
proportiotiitely more engineer -
mg costs than previour!v, be-
cause of new regulations of the
provincial gov't reouiring spe-
cifications on all proposed
work. in addition, the regula-
tions rectuire the town to call
for tenders on all work let
.e by contract.
Approve ARCA levy
In other business, council:
Approved the Ausable Anther-
ity annual levy of $2,327.37,
the highest assessment of any
Brady plant
hit by blaze
Fire caused $5,000 damage
to Brady Cleaners and Launde!,
teriA„Ltel, Thursday hunting
bin, only teniporarily halted
operations at the Maid St,
pant.
The plant resumed work and
repairs were begun the Saint
day,
Main darnage was clone to
the boiler MOM and lee the
storage quarters tlit second
storey, which is being
Pleded,
The blaze is believed to have
started frein Worn Atit ten,
trols on the Machinery, It WAS
similar Malfunction which
caused a Mete SteionS .fire in
the 'Sane plant some 10 years
ago, ,.••
The fire WAS Spotted by larl
SPrOtile- who lives Ober
side nf Main St. , About Aft0
shortly after he awoke.
Not haying 'a telephone in .the
lieniSt, he &MI6: to the tbWri
to sound the MAN%
Firemen got the blaze undo!
tontrol in about WO hours. A
4 number' of volunteers helped re,
Contents of the building.
Dine to machinery WAS
ll/HMI Mainly tO that caused
'by wteN
F.ollovving 'a. request from the
school 'board, the Grand Bend
council decided, Monday, to
• • k the Ontario Municipal,
s re the
efo cour s Board for permission th ,pre•I
fill b
room addition at the school, w
pare a debenture by-laW for
the erection of a $40,000 two-'
A
cifications outlined by the fire
marshall's office,
New police cruiser
Council authorized the police
committee to secure quotations
on purchase of a new police
cruiser to replace the 1956 mo-
del which has now travelled
6,000
Model and cylinder specifi-
cations were left to the com-
mittee.
Council ruled that only town
dealers be requested to sub-
mit bids, which will exclude
several agencies just outside
the limits. The present cruiser
v as purchased from one of the
out-of-town firms.
Ambulance service
Reeve Mckenzie reported
few developments in the inves-
tigation of ambulance service.
It was revealed, however, that
funeral homes at both. Dash-
wood. and Hensel' were willing
to provide the service although
they did not wish to commit.
themselves to a guarantee of
24-hour duty,
The reeve indicated his com-
mittee may report that council
take no action in the matter.
Investigate decoration
Although no official protest,
reached council, as indicated
in last e,eek's T -A, council
authorized its property com-
mittee to investigate decora-
tion of the auditorium in the
town hall.
Lawyers last week protested
the condition of the hall for
the sitting of division court.
Establish DST period
As have other municipalities
in the area, council. established
the DST period from April 29
to October 28.
Although it will, soon be
three years since the Harold
Finlay family of RR 2 Zurich
was involved in a fatal t)!affic
crash, legal settlement of da-
mages is still before the dourts.
The case, involving claim e of
nearly $31,500, has been on .the
Supreme Court of Canada doc-
ket since early last year. It's
been postponed at least twice
and is now scheduled to be
heard. in the May sitting.
There's no assurance, how-
ever, that it will proceed even
then. In fact, it may be years
yet before the legal wrangle is
settled,
And while the case seem-
ingly languishes in this slow
judicial process, the tension,
anxiety, consternation and suf-
fering of a motherless family
continues.
The accident happened April
20, 1958, near Poplar Hill.
Mrs. Finlay, mother of six
children, was one of the two
persons killed, Harold Finlay
and two children were hospi-
talized with serious injuries.
The four other youngsters luck-
ily escaped harm.
In January, 1959, the fam-
ily was awarded $31,485 dam-
ages by the Ontario Supreme
Court which found the other
driver 90% responsible.
Appeal upon appeal
In June of the same 'ear,
Harold Finlay's lawyers sued
the Global General Insurance
Company for the claim. The
court ruled Global did not
have to pay.
In February last year, the
Ontario Appeal Court r uled
Global must assume liability,
Global filed an appeat with the
Supreme Court of Canada.
There it rests.
The ease was first scheduled
for September, then Novem-
ber, then February, now May.
Even if the court rules in
his favor, Harold Finlay has
been advised, it will take an-
other sik months before settle,
merit is reached. Should he
lose, the claims will have to
go before the unsatisfied jildg-
inent fund in Ontario and an-
other round of legal delays,
investigations and ilea vines
will begin.
When will it end? Harold Fin.,
lay ask himeelL
Debts remain
In the Meantime, a huge pile
of bills hangs over his head
statements trent the hoepi-
doctors. surgeons, clime-,
Series of thefts
at Hensall arena
Pollee, a1'6 Itivtgigiltihg
series of Miner thefts from the
snack bar at flenSall arena,
Latest °centred Sunday When
about $3.00 weigh Of cigarettes
And chocolate bars Were Stolen,
Seine, children in the area
have been entektiened PC Iler-
tv fleid assisted by Chid.
Erneal DAV4, is eiiiducting
the inVestigattentt
gists, undertaker and many
others. Ironically, he suffers
embarassm,ent, • too, 'because
many people believe he's re-
ceived the amount of the claim
and has profited from his mis-
fortune. He hasn't had a cent.
And. he's, still plagued physi-
cally from the injuries he .re-
ceived. three years ago. P'rob-
ably as a result of the frac-
ture of his skull, his head
aches 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, Part of his right
hand. and arm is constantly
numb.
The Hay township farnier
was hospitalized for weeks af-
ter the accident. He wasn't
able to start even light work
on his farm until seven months
later.
Struggled through
Despite the many-sided ad-
versity, the extent of which,
only they know, the family has
struggled through, thanks to
the help of neighbors and
friends and the assumption of
responsibilities by the children/
Time may have little effect
— Please turn to page 2
.ait dam
Chairman of the board, W.;
F. B. MacLaren, told the coutem
ell "we've been pettitig this oft'
for three years now but We
can't go any longer." One Of
the' new classrooms will house
the kindergarten.
At present, the kindergarten
holds classes in the basement
of 'the Church of God and two
classrooms have been set up
in the basement of the school.
Mr, iVfacLaren said the use of
the basement was not very sae
tisfactory and the children had
no place to play on days when
the weather is not fit for them
to go outside.
The council questioned if the
rooms would be needed 11 the,
army decides to vacate Camp,
Ipperwash, but Reeve James,
Dalton said they would not be
moving until 1962 if they do
decide to pull out.
Mr. MacLaren pointed out
that the projected enrollment
showed there would still be
180 children attending the
school if the army left. There
are presently 60 army depend-
ents attending the Grand Bend
school.
agreement
Agreement outlining e e-
ralprovincial assistance to
the Ausable Authority in the
construction of the Parkhill
dam has not been completed
yet, the watershed executive
learned at a meeting here
Wednesday night.
No move can be made on
the million.dollar project un-
til the documents, are signed.
It's understood the agree-
ment has been ratified by
federal officials and is now
awaiting a provincial order-
in.council before • being for-
warded to the authority for
local approval.
The authority plans a for.
mai signing ceremony at
Parkhill with provincial and
federal representatives whim
the documents arrive.
Municipal assessments can.
not be mailed until the ,agree-
ment has been completed.
After that, municipalities will
be allowed a 30.day period to
enter an appeal.
Parents back school
but request bailot
Although Hurondale ratepay-
ers attending the information
meeting at their school, Tues,
day, voted 14-5 in favor ot a
central. school, they passed a
motion that the board request
the Usborne council for a ge-
neral vote, on the question some
time in the future.
They pointed out that the
number at the meeting was a
very Small minority of the
area and didn't think their
vote should be used to meas -
tire the opinion Of the rest of,
the ratepaYaS.
A similar vote, tonducted by
a showing of hands, in Bis.
sett school, Friday, showed
eight in favor of a central
school and two opposed, In
both votes, several persons
abStained from voting,
Chairman Harry Dougall
asked for the Wiles so he could
have some idea of the feeling
Of the ratepayers when he
presented his findings to the
Usborne council,
Harry Strang, clerk of the
township, pointed out that if
it was only a general vote,
everyone on the voters list
would be able 16 vote, but if
11 Was8 money referendum,
only property OW neva WNW be
Allowed to cast ballots.
Although the attendance Was
small at the first. two iefOriiett.
lion ineeiltigA held by the 1.1a,
porn r School' area in regard to
discussing the merits of a tOn.
Iral school, the ratepayers .who
have attended have. kept OM,
cials busy with a barrage of ered in their visits to
questions, schools and boards.
Speaking at Hurondale Tues-
, day, Chairman Harry Doyen!!
said the board had decided to
; investigate the central school
Iwhen some of the ratepayers
became, interested and alao at
ithe urging of the department.
"We were largely of the opt.
nion that now wasn't the time
, to be eonsidering a central
1 school," he Said, "but after '4VI
were shown A few figures we
' were .forced 10 thange out' opt'
nion and at least investigate
Ile pointed out that the board
had heard some "pretty wild
ideas" about tests and other
particulars and the meetings
had been planned to Present
I the facts the board have gate-
lee:WeerePeeeneMeetMeree.' ' • ,
ACCEPTS CALL—Rev, Samuel
Kerr, of Caven and Cromarty
Presbyterian churches, will
transfer to Embro this sum-
mer. Story, page 2,
ARCA
•
Pressure of residential growth emanating
from London, already felt in Exeter, will mount
rapidly in the next year or two, town officialf; were
told Tuesday night by Dr, E. G, Pleva, UWO geo- ..
graphy professor.
A recognized planning authority, Dr, Pleva :
said Exeter was destined to become a "dormitory
town" for London, which is experiencing rapid in- ,
dustrial growth.
"Unfortunately," he stated, "you will, have „.
to bear the heavy cost of providing residential ser- .
vices while London gets the benefit of industrial '
assessment,"
Dr. Neva revealed plans , ..
are underway to develop No, companied by Paul Bruer. (tee
Lop -
the city north to Elginfield. ; flount3,' apnladnnsienvgeradliregertaodrtiaotie atU-
4 into a four -lane highway from
This will accentuate the trend dents in the geography .dep't
toward commuting to London, at UWO.
he predicted, i Also at the meeting were
fle felt the town would have members of town council. the •
to cope with the special traffic industrial promotion ccirefn,
problem along its Main St. in ' PUC, Reeve. Clayton Smith of
the near future, since the high- jUsborne and Reeve Glenn Webb
ways dep't has DO immediate of Stephen,
plans to construct a by-pass . The session was desegne
I Dr. Pleva spoke informally I essentially to acquaint the plan-
ning itshould
around the municipality.
to members of Exeter Planning hew proceed.
its duties and
•
'Board at its inaugural meeting
"Pressure already on"
When he learned that four
lin the Legion hall, Be was ac -
approves
osal
marina p
•
The conservation areas ad-
visory board has accepted an
application from the Western
Ontario Boaters Ass'n for the
establishment of a marina at
Port Franks. it was reported
, to the 'Ausable Authority exe-
cutive Wednesday night.
The application outlined con-
struction of a bay 1,000 feet
long and 125 feet wide in the
man - made island
mouth of the river. Docking
facilities will be provided for
250 boats to begin: with.
The ass'n, whose spokesman
is Maurice J. Bouchard, Strath
roy, plans to sublease conces
sions for refreshments and
boating supplies..
Dettails, of the lease agree
ment will be worked out follow
ing executive approval.
Erosion protection
The flood control advisory
hoard has recommended a
$l,000 experiment in erosion
protection' work at the mouth
of the Port Franks cut.
The protection will comprise
the installation of "Gabion
Baskets" along the banks.
These consist of wire mesh
baskets, about one m e t r e
square, joined together and
filled with rocks. They will
establish a breakwater cutting
down the force of water on
sand banks,
other
John Goman, public sehooli
inspector, told the 23 persons!
that "if people are opposed it;
usually is because of the!
cost." Ile presented several,
figures and said the new school;
could he built And operated On
an asseesinent of 11 mills, one
more than the present rate.,
"1 don't think you can be se -1
riotisly opposed on the ground.!
ot :cost," he said.
'Re said he had heard beo-;
ple state that the children.
would have to ride on the bus;
ka, As tong AA an hour and a
half, "11 shOuldn't take any'
lonerr than the time they nor -i
Malls take to walk to school,"1
li s id, eviawayer, ihis
be assured unlit a school
tusted."
Lloyd 'Reynolds, a reSidetil,
—
• of the tOwnship, asked Doutiall:
a ?tAr
,hto, oe:jot, or he twiship,
d ecateged information on'
A Central schtiOl. ."We ft As I;
• : • hAPPY' as we ealil be with thel •
Where t
ro
subdivisions have been opened
during the past two years, Dr.
Pleva said "the pressure is
already on" the community to
provide for planned, regulated,
growth. "Your first problem is
to analyze and direct the
growth out of London," he felt.
While lie believed the town
would experience predominant-
ly residential growth, he felt it
I A dep't engineer, who out- attract a number of
lined the method. said it had could
a small industries and not neces-
been tried successfully by sarily those associated direct,
number of authorities in Ontario
the first time it will he tried vealed an extensive survey on
agriculture.
and has been used in Europe IY•with
for many years. Although this In this connection, he re-
ison pure sand in Canada, it t 1' t' b 1 n
has been used in Europe under undertaken to
all conditions. trends. Although movement of
determinegrowth
Work on Lucan park ,industry from the large urban
l centres was expected to take
Work has begun on develop- , place during the post-war era,
ment of the Lucan conserva-,it has begun. to develop only
tion area, purchased recently ,recently.
from Almer Henry. The author-
ityMay staff is fencing the boun-
- which includes the commun-
- daries of the nine -acre area , wiTthhetheprhoefaesysyortaxdealt
n bbifrdfel;
ity's favorite swimming hole. 1 with which dormitory towns
The a u 1 h o r i t y executive, 'are be faced, pointing'inout
that the cost of providing sere
- which met Wednesday
night, ' vices to residential areas is
—also considered the establish- considerably higher than that
i ment of a flood control scheme for industry. He revealed the
for the Hensell area, which
l ,nrovincial gov't already is be -
has been requested by officials ing petitioned to provide relief
there. The problem involves for communities which do not
run-off from Tuckers mi th town- I have the commercial and in -
ship which floods a village
; dustrial assessment to help
drain. finance growth.
Dr. Pleva also pointed out
that for every acre of land
PS PLANS OPEN HOUSE
Exeter Public School. will used for industrial purposes
stage its annual open house , another 22 acres was required
Wednesday, March 29, from 2 ,for commercial and residential
Mr. Bruer, who was instru-
Parents, friends and interest' mental
to 3 p.m.
ed parties are invited to visit mental in the development of a
a plan for London township be -
,the classrooms ifore it was annexed and who is
:now on city planning staff, out•
lined the work of the planning
.board.
Policy for growth
The official plan for a muni-
, cipalitv was not just a map,
'esee, he said, but a policy outline
for physical development. It
sets out in general terms how
the municipality wishes to di-
rect the development which it
;expects Will take place during
Ithe next 20 years.
i The second step, preparation
of s zoning bylaw, is one of
the means hy which the muni -
i cipality puts the plan into ef-
fect. He described the bylaw
as "public regulation rif the,
use of private property". Es-
tablishment of the zones is
governed to a considerable ex-
tent by present land use,
lie felt a planning board
should try to keep its regula»,
tion e flexible to cope with deo
velopments which cannot be
anticipated. No board, he sue'.
eested, eould presume to know
'what standards would he ade-
quate in another 10 years.
It was pointed out that the
board serves strictly in an ad-
visory capacity to town coupe
cil, which has the final say
over the adoption of an official
plan and zoning regulations.
Elmer D. Bell, (C, was elect.,
ed chairman of the beard
earlier in the oveninee Secre-
, tare is Joseph wooden,
Members inelude Mayor
Pooley, Fred Dobbs, Chester
Mawhinnev, M. Pickard and
I)on Sotithcott.
Announcements
Church Notices
Coming Events
Editorials
Farm News
Feminine Facts
Hensel(
Luta n
Snorts
Went Ado
preterit setiffY
and
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15 The frigoedor tvoihted Oat escorted the titteen. Aim is the 16,year,Old datighter of
5 that Ad1001 h0Ard hkt Mi Sgt, find Mrs, Dotief Orayer, Huron Park. The riew ritiech
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Paces second
in regional test
Mary Eileen Carey, grade
student or Our Lady of Mount
Carmel School, was vunner-up
,in the regional public, school
finals sponsored by the Ontarie
Hydro and the ORA At 14reso
tau Tuesday MiliTiC
fury spoke on "My 1•4obby--
flooding" And was One of eight
contestants from tomtit%
Waterloo, Perth And;
lluton. She was presented with.
an eleetrie alArtit eiciek aftd
1 ealt/arlPYrig'the datighter et Mr.
.
Ann Mrs. Joe Cr' Aft ti
IPArkhill, And ,W Leather
I Mother ftafsbatil