The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-08-24, Page 3`IST,;A1.4�'IC'.r'J'
i,;14,,;Aa ti~ii—( ivic odic:aiswere on nano to greet Finance Minis-
ter Donald Fleming Thursday when he arrived in Exeter to visit his birthplace.
Above from left are W. G. Cochrane, town solicitor; Mr. Mayor or R. E.
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Pooley and Clerk C. V. Pickard. —T -A photo
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the Towne and Country before
proceeding to Clinton,
On vacation (he had been
serving as acting prune min-
ister in Ottawa the week be-
fore), Mr, Fleming and his
wife were relaxed and infor-
mal, thoroughly enjoying their
visit, They had attended the
Stratford festival the afternoon
and evening the previous day
and spent the night at Oakwood
Inn, Grand Bend, (It's a beauti-
ful spot. I'd like to spend a
week there sometime," said
Mrs, Fleming,
Mr, and Mrs, Fleming ar-
rived at the clerk's office
about 11 a.m. in their "con-
servative" blue 1960 Oldsmo-
bile. The had first stopped at
the town hall where workmen
were tearing u thei
r Q p sidewalk.
On hand to greet them were
Mayor R. E. Pooley, Clerk
Pickard and former mayor W,
G, Cochrane, representing Cav-
en church, Several knots of
spectators were waiting near-
by to witness the arrival.
PC D. M, Westover, serving
temporary duty for the town
in the absence of Chief C. H.
MacKenzie, directed the car
to a parking spot which had
been reserved for over an hour.
Wearing his ceremonial white
gloves, the provincial officer
escorted the minister and his
wife throughout their visit.
In Clerk Pickard's office,
Mr. Fleming pointed out that
his father, Louis, had been]
principal of the school here
from 1904 to 1907. Be then 1
served 2i years as YMCA sec-
retary at Clinton before mov-
ing to Guelph where the re-
sumed teaching and later died.
"I was only two years old
when we left Exeter", he
pointed out. "So, of course, I'
don't remember much about it. I
However, mother and I came
back s number of years ago
And she showed me where we
:+1,ived"
As he left the office, Mr.I
Fleming was introduced to
Owen Atkinson who was a pupil
of his father's. "He was firm",
Mr. Atkinson recalled, "but
then he had to be -the boys in
those days were as big as you
are now".
At the Jaques house, he
thought it "incredible" that.
Mr. and. Mrs. Jaques would
soon celebrate their 57th wed-
ding anniversary. "You must
have marriedvery young," he
suggested to them,
Taught by his father
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father but now, when I look
back, I think perhaps the shoe
was on the other foot, It must
have been difficult for him to
have had his own sons in his
classes"
Mr, and Mrs, Fleming were
quite impressed with the re-
decoration of Ca.ven church,
"You must ha3e an energetic
board," the minister told Mr,
Cochrane.
Be and his wife posed for
pictures around the baptismal
font and were shown the plaque
erected in recognition to Rev.
W. M. Martin who served the
church, from 1883 to 1906. It
was Rev. Martin who christen-
ed the cabinet minister.
The minister, who had been.
invited to the church's cen-
tennial in May, was presented
with a copy of the centennial
booklet and they both signed
the guest register.
"Much in common"
Mr. Fleming noted that for-
mer agriculture minister, J.
G. Gardiner, was born 'nearby
at Thames Road. "He and I
used to feel we had much in
I common," he recalled. "Not
in a political sense of course,"
he chuckled, "but because we
shared the seine hearthstone".
For the luncheon at the
Towne and Country, the party
was joined by Mrs. C. 5, Mac -
Naughton and the two ladies
chatted about their families,
the festival, and the involve-
ments of having husbands in
political life.
Mr, Fleming talked for some
time with his office in Ot-
tawa, ("We don't dare go any-
place without keeping in !touch.
with the office," Mrs. Fleming
said.)•
Topics of conversation dur-
ing the luncheon ranged from
farm crops (Mayor Pooley's
peas were being harvested that
day), industrial development
of small towns, the awkward
summer weather to politics.
Discussed Coyne affair
When the Coyne issue arose
(Mrs, MacNaughton compli-
mented the minister on his
presentation during the CBC
-program "Press Conference"),
IVIr. Fleming spoke freely a-
bout it and without the bitter-
ness which might have been
expected
During his visit to the public
school grounds, Mr. Fleming
took pictures of the present
school and the playground on
which the old school was 10-
Gaited. He reminisced abut his
own education, recalling that
he and his brothers had been
taught 'by their father in Guelph.
"'We used to think it was dif-
ficult being taught by your own
The difficulty, he explained
stemmed from the fact that
the government did not have
the power to dismiss the Bank
of Canada governor, thus could
only ask for his resignation.
He did not indicate that he felt
the governor had taken unfair
advantage of the bank's facili-
ties in issuing his press state-
ments, not only to newspapers
across the country, but to all of
the diplomatic missions abroad.
To do this he had used the
services of bank employees,
bank equipment and bank post-
age services.
He also stated that Mr. Coyne
had consulted, or been con-
sulted by, Liberal members of
the house throughout the con-
troversy,
The minister and his wife
left for Clinton, where they
hoped to see the house he had
lived in there as a .boy, then
planned to go to St. Catharines
where they would spend the
night with relatives and pro-
ceed to the CNE where Mr,
Fleming would take part in the
opening of the exhibition,
Former Ma y o r Cochrane
rather enjoyed his peculiar
position in the reception party.
A Liberal candidate in the last
federal election, he good-na-
turedly accepted the ribbing
which came from his participa-
tion. (He had been asked to
assist at the request of the
mayor).
London Free Press reporter
Charlie Whipp was greeted
withlaughter when he inno-
cently asked Mr. Cochrane if
he was the president of the
local Progressive Conservative
Ass'n.
As it happend, prominent
local Conservatives including
Elmer D. Bell, QC, and Huron
MPP C. S, MacNaughton were
attending the PC delegates'
meeting in Toronto the same
day.
* * *
Mayor Pooley noted the co-
incidence of the ,announcement
of a Fleming birth in The
Times -Advocate edition of the
same day of the finance min-
ister's visit.
"I'm glad to hear the species
is still around," commented
Mr. Fleming.
School roundup
— Continued from page 1
according to Secretary David
Henry.
Eight children from the for-
mer union sections will start to
McGillivray i;entral school in
September.
Mr. Henry expects enrolment
to be •around 282 this year,
compared to 267 Nasi year. The
teaching staff remains the
same.
Increase at Hensel! ,
Principal Robert Reaburn,
Hensel'. Public School, esti-
mates enrolment there may
hit the 200 mark for the first
lime. It was 190 last year,
The teaching staff has not
changed.
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—Continued frontpogo, 1
provat of his subdivision plan.
Council decided to take no
+.action, however, since the
11UC could not install services
to the house until the permit
was issued,
Clerk Pickard reported 1411.:
gMeer
n-
gMeer 8.. Al, Boss lead ap
proved the road and that he
,(the clerk) had notifiedprovin-
cial authorities that the con-
tractor had met the municipal•
ity's requirements. Hehad
been authorized to do so in .or-
der to facilitate approval of
the subdivision plan;."
Te discuss protection
Mayor Pooley indicated he
was making arrangements with.
Police Chief Earl Knight, Lon-
don, for a discussion here re-
garding theft protection. Ha re-
vealed a meeting may be held
with merchants sometime rn
September,
This development follows the
;Major robberies. which have
taken place at Walper's Men's'
Wear this season, in which over'
$7,000 worth of merchandise
was stolen by thieves.
in a letter to council, ?dr.
Walper outlined the two thefts
and pointed out what action
he had taken following them
to prevent recurrences, He im-
plied some criticism in that
neither break-in was discov-
eredby the police force, par-
ticularly after
articularlyafter he had requested
their co-operation following the
first robbery. However, he did
not press the point.
Council discussed a number
of preventative measures but
did not take any action in view
of thepending meeting.
The mayor said he had re-
quested advise from OPP head -
'quarters but had been refused
it.
He also reported Police
Chief C. H. MacKenzie was
home from hospital but would
not be able to resume his dut
ies for several weeks.
Amend traffic bylaw
Councilremoved a section of
its traffic bylaw prohibiting
parking on streets from 1 a.m.
to 6 a.m. during the winter to
facilitate snowplowing. This
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one from a nest.
Providing a home for him in
the garage, Mr. Jaques raised
Jim on bread and milk, which
lie had to stuff in the bird's
mouth,
.Jim. "helped" the Jaques
look .after their beautiful Ito
, -
Was done at the request of the
dep't of transport, which pain-
ted out that provision was made
for this situation in the high-
way traffic act.
Other traffic regulations re
cently passed, by council, in-
cluding the new stop street hy-
law, were approved by the
dept,
Council Monday night re-
ceived estimates on the cost
of securing additional equip-
ment for the sewerage disposal
Eat Canadian Canners
Ltd. which could •not handle the
plant effluent this season.
In other business, council:
Granted permission to the
women's auxiliary to South Hu-
ron hospital to (hold ,a tag day
on September 30.
Granted building permits to:
Fred ,flatter, for a house on
Marlboro St.; Nelson W. Bill, {
a house on 'Huron; and to Mrs.!
i
Margaret Fletcher, Andrew, forE
porch improvements.
r a.' vcget+'.'a. i,i ""i, f' '.
+ 1 "g around tpischievou,sly as
]:they .hued or picked pr.riduce.,
Then be started cl o a m i n
around Iowa. to. widen .his pope= #
{ larlty. I.
"He always wanted to go ,`;
wherever people were working i
or active," Mr. Jaques .stated.!
Ile th.
art) town,er .evengarmdenersade
friends with Police Cluef Mac-
:150/121.8 and storekeepers.
I Full of mischief
E Ti'e'd steal Mr. Jaques' 'pipe
and pounce on Mrs. Jaques'
sewing supplies, Sometimes he
went too far — like the day,
he tried.to .take a package af;'
cigarettes from the car of Edi
Pollen at the canning factory
and the time he unravelled a
neighbor's spool of :thread.
But for all his antics, he was
well liked.
This isn't the first time lie's
been away but it's the first
i lime he's been away so long.'
About six weeks ago, he dis-
t
appeared for a day and a ball.
1
Since newspapers featured
his disappearance, Mr. Jaques
has "lettersd calls from
a
people in Listowel, London.
Elimville and other places who
thought the crow they had
seen was Jim. So far, none of
them has been.
"We kind of miss the little
fellow around," says Mr, Ja-
clues.
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