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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-10-05, Page 3it r a Co4nciorders survey to find 50 feet of land Council approved several minor contracts Monday night, decided to find ottt where 50 feet of land had disappeared and demanded that its insui'- ;ance company make settlenren for damages caused .le the tractor by a fire this .summer, The tender of Lloyd Miller, ° town, to re -roof the machinery shed behind. the town hall at a Price of $338.70 was accept- ed over two other bids, both. gf them from $50 to $60 higher. Purchase of 2,000 yards of gravel from R. H. Jennison, Grand Bend, at $1.0Q per yard was authorized. The gravel has been stockpiled for road .use, Sam Sweitzer, town, was authorized to proceed with the installation of laterals and catch basins to carry water• from the north side of Huron St. east to the south side. He had contracted to do this work previously. Hope to.locate land Council authorized Engineer B. M. Ross to make a survey of the block between Church and Nelson streets, on the west side of Main, to determine who owns some 50 feet of land which was not included in the original survey. The block actually is 50 feet; longer than it shows on the survey and there is some question as to ownership of the 'and and to its location, Deeds or some parcels can not be N ry en until >t• i t 1 the S take ms is rec- tified. Seek settlement Council is not happy about the length of time taken by the Frank Cowan Insurance Co. who revamped the town insur- ance last year, to make a settlement on the damage caus- ed to the town tractor this summer by fire, I Although figures ranging flout S300 to $850 have been .suggest- ed verbally by the adjustor . J an `different occasions, the eam- Ipany has not yet made a firm toffer. The :machine can be repaired. but council may consider pur- ?chase of a new tractor, depend- ing on the terms of settlement. With winter ,approaching, council wishes to clear up the matter in order to have a !machine ready to plow the sidewalks when snow fails, Commends action I Town solicitor W. 0, Coeh- ,rane, in this case .acting as a private citizen, commended town council for its efforts in cleaning up the hazardous traf- fic situation at the high school corner, "I notice police are patrol- ling this area regularly and am firmly convinced that this !is the ultimate solution," he wrote to council, "Kven with. the new stop signs, traffic be- comes quite hazardous from 12,30 to 1.00 unless police are actually patrolling the area. He was disappointed, he said, that no •Jetionh d a been taken n e. the high1 [by school board to pre, vent traffic on the new turning area it has established for buses. He also lauded the work done by Fire Chief Irwin Ford, who acted as a temporary constable during Chief C, H, MacKenzie's illness. "Eastern Avenue" was the name chosen by council to des- ignate the mainthoroughfare east of Pryde boulevard through the new subdi that area. The street is not be- ing constructed but it must be designated to identify lots on Sanders St, east. In other business, council; Lions to stage dinner parade and dance Graduates from Approved Luse of the town hall 1, i y the St, John Ambulance to 1 ronclilct a first aid training course here; Learned that the engineer had approved further extension of Sanders St, east, Decided to advertise for sale the old garage doer. from the town hall and the .emergency afire wagon which is no longer ;required since the purchase of 'the new truck; Granted building permits to Stan. Whiting, for a house on iinihT o sr h m St.; Art Els 't ahu Wh !for .a houe on Sanders St. feast, Cann's Mills, for erection of two 1,000 bushel -capacity jstorage tanks on its property beside the railroad; Robert 1Wildfong, for repairs to house on Huron St. Make ._._ grants in Usborne Usborne council, which met Monday aft rnaon approved threeg r an in aid a local isf oc 1 fairs and libraries. To both the Kirkton and Exe- ter agricultural societies, it gave $100. A $35 donation was made to Kirkton Library As- sociation. Bylaws confirming the tax- able assessment for the town- ship to be $2,734,900 for 1961, providing for entry of 1961 rates in the tax roll and col- lection of taxes by December 14 were given final readings, A tile drainage act loan for $3,000 was accepted and for- warded to Queen's^ Park for approval. Reeve Clayton Smith pre- sided and all councillors were present. Next meeting will be held Monday afternoon, Novem- ber 6. Exeter Lions Club at its Dr. H. H„ Cowen received a meeting Thursday night, special prize for requiring the agreed to sponsor a community least number of strokes to chip beef dinner next Thursday, Oc- a ball into a bushel basket, tober 12, to, raise funds for Another prize went to Del Rob - welfare work. bins, town, for best score Added attractions for the among the visitors who eom- event will include a parade peted inthe tournament. through Main St. at 6 p.m, to Aof t the Legion Hall, where the din- ppn representative ner will be served. A beauty The club approved several contest will be staged, door new appointments to the Boy prizes will be given away and Scout group committee. A. J. a dance will be held follow- Sweitzer was reappointed; Bill ing the meal. Parker succeeds Jack Pryde, The event was proposed by who resigned; Tom Vickerinan Fred Darling, owner of Dar- and Bill McLean are new mem- bers, representing parents. The committee will choose its own chairman. lilig's IGA, who will supply all. the food for the dinner without charge in conn'c'ion with the beef promotion ' ,n sponsored by IGA during October. Entire roceeds will. go to the club's ,'clfare program, In charge of the event is the club's boys' and girls' com- mittee under W. G. Cochrane. Present golf prizes Prizes were presented to win- ners of last week's Lions' golf tournament conducted by the sports committee. under Claude Farrow, The competition was held at Exeter Golf Course. William. McKenzie received first prize for low gross of 34, followed by John Goman who shot a 35, President Andrew Snelgrove appointed two members — Her- man Dettmer and Warren May to the minor athletic association, a sub -committee of the Exeter Recreation Com- mittee. The association directs all organized ball and hockey activity in the community, Commemorate UN official A tribute was paid to the late secretary-general of the Uni- ted Nations, Dag Hammarsk- jold. by Lion Jack Doerr. Members joined in a moment's silent prayer for world peace. Frayne Parsons, Mrs, Melvin Grand Bend council_. — Continued from page 1 The request for the corpo- ral's transfer has been for - wattled to Inspector Club of the OP'P headquarters, Toron- to, After a lengthy discussion, council appointed M, M. Dillon and Company as consulting en- gineers for the design of the resort's proposed water works system, Council favored the London firm because they were close at hand and could lie easily contacted• throughout the leng- thy duration of the project if it is approved. The firm has also done some work for Grand Bend in the past, having drawn up maps and figures for a sewer pro- • ect, Members felt their know- ledge of the municipality gioujd be beneficial in the large undertaking, Clerk Murray A. DesJar- dins was authorized to send letters to Frank Campbell of the Ontario Municipal Board and to Dr. Berry of the OWRC, advising them of the appoint- ment. Approximately 10 firms Were vying for the job, Council received a duplicate of a letter sent to Ted Stanlake and Son, owners of the Grand Fend Speed -Wash, complain- ing of the objectionable wastes that were flowing into the ,Wal, ker drain from the laundry. The letter. ;from Dr. E. Ber- ry of the OWRC stated "there was a high B4O.D, count as well as a high bacteria count in the water going into the drain, and said it was neces- sary for the owners to take immediate steps to provide ad. ditional treatment facilities. The Ontario Mttnfcipal Board tent council a questionnaire requesting the antic i p a ted amount of .new capital expen- ditures, debt retirements and assessnteht increase estimates for the next five years. In other business, council: Issued a building permit to John Young for the erection of a storage shed for boats at his Grand .Bend, Boat Works, Donated $50 to the Chamber of Cbminerce to help defray their expenses at, the Inteiriia- tional Plowing .Match, While °i'•hey are attending to attempt +rito have the wail -known event sti,taht into the area in 1066, Accepted the tender of $940. from. Russell Fisher for con- structing the Stanlake Munici- pal drain, It was the only ten- der received, Paid accounts for Septem- ber totalling $3,461.13. Received a Setter from the Lambton county engineer ad- vising that November 15 was the deadline for applying for rebate on road expenditures. nursing school 'Mrs, M; W. Holmes, Main Street, graduated from the Canadian School of Nursing at a ceremony in Holy Trinity Church, Toronto, Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Holmes took the course by correspondence but spent the past month at the school in Toronto for practical work, Student council — Continued from page 1 This is her second year on the student council, having served last year as her class presi- dent. - She is a member of the YPU at the Evangelical. United Bre- thern Church at Dashwood. The final member of the council is Dale Turvey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Turvey, Exeter. He will act as publicity agent for the group. The grade 12 student, who was elected assistant editor of last year's Ink Spot, is another top athlete. He was runner-up for the senior championship at the recent track meet and he was a first string guard with the Panthers basketball team last season. Dale also excels at hockey, and after last year's season with the Exeter Junior Hawks, was invited to two NHL train- ing camps. He is a top flight baseball player and takes a keen interest in bowling. CORRECTION PLEASE In the report from Bosan- quet last week, it was erron- eously stated that Mrs. John Wilson of Corbett has been employed as housekeeper for Mrs. William Schlegel at the Haig farm, Mrs. John Dennis has taken this position, not Mrs. Wilson. ,1IIIIIII11111111111pllilllllll 111 lllllllllllUIIII,IIIIIIIIIII IIIII11111111I IIII IIII.III1111111111 U1111111III 1111111„1111111111Iq ST a<P Basemcnt Leaks with to-Dri APPLIES LIKE PAINT --- HOLDS OUT NINE TONS OF WATER COMES IN WHITE OR ATTRACTIVE COLORS onklin Lumber Centres EXETER THEDFORD GRAND BEND GODERICH kY111Yi II11IIlYlli'flIWt1111U1'1iTP(Ift1TIt19iPlttiOYtIt1111011if1(VYVIIr1111111iItVfIU111111tIIlYlfiii1111011Y111ItIi lYllillYlt K. 61• k :-1i sends plow team to international match Two Dashwood area youths to have the facilities used," he will reirasent South Futon ' commented "but but it :entails District High School at the In-, more world and expense than ternational flowing Match be- many people realize" Jng staged this. week dab Belle After learning that•there wa, e . w,.s vill.e, talk .of .a recreation basketball The board decided Tuesday league to take,in players front to pay .$40 of the boys .expenses the area, Carif Cann com n - to compete rn th:e school boYs red he was "in favor o le tint class after they won a similar our facilities out to area competition: at the Huron groups". a County match s t ag e d near P Grand Bend,Saturday., Principal H. L. Sturgis Inst Sa d, y 'mated ated: that a. similar request Robert Becker, son of Mr.' may be coming and Mrs, V. L. Becker, and eter r Badminton from the Ex - and Club, so the NUL Turnbull, son of Mr, and board decided to wait and see Mrs, Fergus Turnbull, defeat what developed s ed Seaforth, their only CM. Cheerleaders sta home petition at the area snatch. x m They also won prizes for best The board passed a recent - crown and finish, bringing their .mendation by the principal day's prize money to a total thatlowed to the cheerleadersaccompany bnot op bse of $40. al' Chairman ]arty Snider re- teams on bus trips to other ported that V, 14. Becket had schools. He pointed out that he offered to provide coaches.for felt the school was open to. his son and the Turnbull youth. .criticism for allowing the gtr;ls t o travel ave 1 The �c with competition it' h .a m tion will be staged bus loadof Saturdayp g d boys, Discuss gym rental"Boys can be trained to act y as cheerleaders," he said. After a lengthy discussion, "They don't have to do without the board took no action on a any!, request from an Exeter roan The board passed requisitions concerning the cost and regu for several .dictionaries and 1ate n s for rentingt the school's s other English books and refer - gymnasium for basketball, enee material following Mowing the They decided to seek more recommendation made to Mr. information on the nature of Sturgis by the English inspect - the group wishing to use the or. facilities, They also decided to 'grant a Chairman Snider pointed out request from Mr, Perry to that the gyro had been made purchase $70 worth of bulbs to available for basketball in the be planted at the school. The past at a cost of $15 per night, agriculture instructor noted to ,cover the costs of lighting that no new bulbs had been and_ having a caretaker on purchased for the past five hand. years, "The dep't of education likes The building of storage !' List (live winners an Trivett euchre The first euchre of the fall season was held in the Trivia Memorial hall on Monday eve- ning. .Prize winners were; ladies high score,- Mrs. H. Davis, Saintsbury; men's high, Mr. A. flyckman; Jone hands, Andrew Hamilton; ladies .consolation, Miss C. Beavers', men's, Joe BaJley.. :INSPECT CAVERNS Dr. 'D. A. Deicer and Mrs. Ecker, town, recently saw one of the wonders of the world — Carlsbad Caverns Na .tion a 1 Park in southeastern New Mex - 1e0, Their guided tour took then 75Q feet underground into the world's largest and most beau- tiful decorated limestone cave, The big room, which covers 14 acres, could accommodate ;a 36 -storey building. CONFINED TO HOME Ed Brady, Senior St„ who was in South ;Huron Hospital 4,yAd.0,nF'i'41 G�..«�..:. 4.41, The Timep,Acivooafek P. o er ;S5 1941 : a• Order Your fLiAmfr iAk :we' .Ad:114 ti. 4.4411:1;1{ manse, liensaii, Saturday, Sep- tember 30 when the Rev. Cur- rie ,Winlaw united in marriage Gertrude Irene Dayman of Ilensall and Asa Deeves of Clinton. The bride Is the daughter of Mrs, Sarah and the late Adam Glazier of Clinton, and the .groom is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. .Toho peeves, of Clinton. A wool suit of light cocoa, was wornby the bride with an orchid corsage. Attendants were Mrs. Elgin Johnston of London and Mr, Tem Peeves of Clinton. They will reside in Hensall, ing .course at Blyth last Wed- nesday night, Mrs, Clarence Hoy, Ronnie and Ga�left Saturday for Montrealwher they will pend ' a month with Mrs. Hoy's par, last week recovering from in- I encs, juries received Sept. 25 at the Zurich fair horse show, has re - returned to his home where he will be confined forve al. se r. more days, Heinjured wasn ured while participating in the flag race at the show. rooms, benches and book racks in the two locker rooms was left in the hands of the pro- perty committee, S/L Bert D'Eon, RCAF Sta- tion .Centralia, sat in on the meeting. The board invited the station to send a non-votin member to their meetings, "Be careful on your wayliome, Egbert. 1 wouldn't want you to be robbed of all that money you saved. tonight," Mr. John Hudson is a pa- tient in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Venner visited over the weekend with. the latter's parents in Toronto. 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