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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-11-30, Page 1A 1n this ..cornet „., •.,, 0 • ••• 'sestet s • Mensal! NORMAN JpNgs (right) LORNE HAY (left) Grand Bend BILL. COCHRANE (right) VS. BILL STURDEVANT (left) McGil- livray THOMAS HALL (lett) vs. BEN THOMPSON (right) ...; se Three main events for reeve honors! Propose sewer project at cost of $267,000 Town council wilt hold a special meeting Saturday night to take its first official look at the sewerage program pro- posed by its engineers. The report, received by the town last week, recommends immediate construction of a $267,000 system which will provide for pollution abate- ment in the Ausable river by disposingof waste from the commercial and heavily built. up areas of the town. This initial project is the first; ut the town at an ha lengers dec 1 or o yid sewerage facilities througho of a three -stage program to estimated total cost of over 100,000. The report calls for the establishment of a 50 - acre Stephen council back oxidation pond or lagoon on concession two, Stephen town- ship, It recommends purchase of a 100 -acre farm. The report was prepared for the Ontario Water Resources Commission by consulting engineer B, M. Ross, Goderich, who was assisted by C. G. Russell Armstrong, consulting engineers, Windsor. Council hopes to discuss the plan Saturday night with both Mr. Ross and Hon. C, 8. Mac - Naughton, Huron MP? and iiii- r til recently A member of the OWRC. First, stage of the program, recommended for immediate coestruction, intludes sanitary servers behind the buildings on the oast, and West Sides of Main St, from Wellington to Huron, The initial project also in- ellides trunk and interceptor sewers on Anne and Huron streets; along the south side of the river from Andrew to William streets and along the north side of the river one block west of Main. It proposes a sewage pump- ing station on William St., just south of the river, and a 3,500 - • 141 Eighty -Eighth Year efereiTimes-Abuocafe pcgT.gg, PNTARIQ, NVEMBER 30, 1961 Price Per Copy 10 Cent; ree elections in area ieven..f.:or offices in lively Hensall (antes Reeve, council argue over new road, drain Hensall's wide-open election has developed out of controver- sies over the new subdivision, aired at nomination meeting Friday night. Reeve John Henderson argu- ed with his council over the closing of a road and construc- tion of a drain in the develop- ment in which Councillor Lorne Hay is involved. The meeting revealed the reeve has been at odds with his council most of the year, Councillors Hay, John Baker, and John Lavender refuted the reeve's charges before the crowd of 50 ratepayers. The reeve charged that ob- jectors to the closing of the road through the subdivision had not been given simper consideration and that council had not approved the tile No remark greets bill 11 Council finally received the bill for improvements at the f:t1 town hall this, summer and a learned, as expected, that it g far exceeded the estimate. The account for $2,200.13 was :4 approved without a murmur. A es despite the controversy the project.caused earlier. The work originally began as ss the installation of a cement 0 floor in the fire hall to house 4 the new envwith the . 14 town's older truck. Eventually, it included installation of a foot force main from William to the oxidation pond in Stephen township. The report recommends that the existing trunk sewer on William St. be incorporated into the system on a temporary basis. Total annual charges of this project, including operating costs, are estimated at $26,200. Bulk of the report is reprint- ed verbatim on page °Me larger door and replacement of the, cement sidewalk and approaches to the hall. At one stage, Mayor Pooley would be $400. Reeve McKenzie protested the work since he, a member of the committee, had not been consulted about it, Other councillors felt the ma y or and Deputy -Reeve Fisher, the other 'members of the committee, had exceeded the authority council had given them.' Mayor Pooley insisted the work would have been approv- ed by council had -they been presented with the problem but time did not permit the delaying of a decision until council met. • said he expectedthe cos C. A. McDowell and Co., Centralia, did the work, Dial project progresses Installation of dial switch- ing equipinent le the new tele- " phone building on Carling St. is now underway, in prepara- tion for the introduction of dial telephone service in February, W, W, Ilaysom, Bell Tele- phone manager for this region, said this week, Enough outomaile switching equipment to provide telephone Although Stephen township council were accused of "mon- key business, pussy -footing and trickery," they were all re. turned by acclAination when four other nominated candi- dates failed to qualify, Stephen Dundas, repeating his charges of last year, was nominated to oppose deputy - reeve iarnes Hayter; Welling- ton Heist was nominated to oppose r a e v e Glenn Webb again, and Joe Gunn and F,I- iner Powe were picked to op- pose councillors Cecil Desjar- dine, Joseph Dietrich and Ed Hendrick. All four declined to stand, although an erroneous report in the London Free Press in- diLated that Hoist had quali- fied. Dundas admitted tit a 1 he couldn't make any comments af this year's work, btit elabo- rated on many of the charges he made last year in regards to the "financial iness" of the township. Calling the councillors "a bunch of hoodiures," Dundas hurled charges at Webb, Hoy- t& and Hendrick, After bulldog had labelled the 1960 treasercee repert, as a "phony" and one that, had been altered to snit the rate- payers, Webb painted out that CeSseteassesses See'ieeiee.ateeeeseeeese.see serviee foi• 3,000 telephone num- Whre to hers will be installed initially, 'Phis will be eufficient, Me. Haysom said, to meet expected , here for some years to Come. growth iii telephonr Servido tind it- • All etntleelient Was deeletied and manufactured to Meet EXe# tercs speeific neede. The ins Stallatibe Wbrk and testing of the eXeluinge equipMent Witi be anted out by Northern Eteetrie Co, 'craftsmen, Referring to the Manyadd. vities surrotinding the dial dee, version herdi Mr. Itaysom said oil phases et the project a1 progressing a e cor tI i ng 0 $4,bodulc, Anriorincenients 16 church Notices esessees.. 16 Coining 'Events 44.41.4.4, '' . 16 Ediforials ...... ....... 4 Vann News „..„, 11 Peinitrine Ft eft e,„.. Heeielt ..... ....... Lbeisti e„.„ .18 10 Spoilt .... 4, It a, .0 YAW ....... , 110, it was Dundas, a member of the 1960 council, who had ac- tually asked that the report be kept quiet "so people wouldn't find Out about it." "Jim (former clerk Jim Ma- whinney) has suffered enough and I don't risink he should be made to suffer again," Webb said. "He was always honest and above board and he made a mistake and tried to rectify ft." He again pointed out to Dun- das that Mawhinney had paid $300 out of his own pocket to pay towards the increased cbst of the auditor, whose bill was $1,050 to straighten out the books, Explains situation Webb also explained the si- Mailed in regards to mainte- nance work on the township truck, After D u n d as had charged that the road superin- tendent was taking the truck tipto a garage in Hay Tewn- ship "SO a councillor (Jim Hay- ter) gets a bit Mere of the pickings," The reeve agreed that it wasn't legel, but pointed out it Meant the difference be. twecn having the roods plowed out or not, 110 explained dna the motor had conked out and he called A special meeting to detide what should be ;done. -WHICH agreed to have the Motor repleted at a Centralia garage but the garage couldn't handle the work immediately, so it was taken to thyters,' The thaw' later caused (NM- ble on two ooeasions and Webb explained that it was taken back ta ithyters'because JIM thought the mane 1 de tutor would help a$ the meter had bet screed long enough," "In the ,first ince stanit was Art emergeriro repair," Webb said, "and it WAS amnion, Sense to take it back for the Other repairs. If the sante situ- tiall Arose, think we Wand h it tire Seine way." Heger Attsteed that an the work done by him was done in good. faith and his garage had not charged one cent for the last repair job., "My brother did the work ana I assumed his wages," he said. "My brother is fully quali- fied and fully licensed and I don't know why I should jeop- ardize him because I'm on council." Denies charges After being labelled 'a rec- onnaissance man" who went around with a tape recorder to pick up people's coriversation. Ed Hendrick replied that "I have never ()Wiled a tape re- corder and don't know any- thing about operating a tape recorder." "I have tried to do every- thing above board and it there is anything tinder board I don't khotv about it," he said "I sat with Dundas for two years and never heard him criticise work until last 'er." Wellington Hoist, defeated at the polls last year by Webb, --Please turn to page 3 Scores damage to outdoor lights poiitt chid £ II, "MacKenzie warned this Week that he will take action against persons who destroy or damage Out- door Christmas tree lights and decorations in the doinniturity„ :00:eiewebosett toealrii;10; With those Whe are tann,rjering y With these decoratioes he Said, "We wont toleta etlY morc of IL' town attractive and brig the Christmas season Shettild not have to stiffer by the mi - thinking and inexplicable at- tioire Of a few Who den't tippre- tiAte Any of the efforts Made r 11$11 a'g entint zen in hie a ir • order for the subdivision drain. Mr, Henderson also objected to the way in which permission was given to extend the width of the paving of the street by the post office. Denies charges Councillor Hay refuted all of the charges. The closing of the road, he said, had been done according to the village solici- tor's advice; Mr, Henderson himself had gone to Stratford to order the tile for the sub- division dram; he (Hay) had not voted on any of the motions relating to the subdivision, "All of this year's work was done according to the motions in the minutes, Anyone cao in- spect the minute book down- stairs if they wish,” Mr. Hay said, Councillors Baker and Laven- der supported Hay on the issues. Co un c ill or Minnie Noakes was absent through ill health, Runs for council Reeve Henderson said he "absolutely will not stand for reeve" because of the bad re- lations with council. He in- dicated he would run for coun• cillor if former reeve Norman Jones opposed Councillor Hay. Councillor Lavender c it e d several programs he wanted to promote. "I would like a fifth and final year because I have a couple of projects that are safe to bring out now, One of these is consideration by coun- cil of no taxation on newly - built houses and, perhaps, ad- ditions to homes over $3,000 or S4,000. The other project is ,repair of sidewalks, spine of which are not fit to walk on," Secretary Robert Reaburn rioting gtIga that chigspeor schoolreport, lad resulted from increased teachers' salaries plus a tem- porary decrease in the grant. However, he anticipated a sur- plus of $1,500 this, year which might inake it possible to lower the levy next year. Norman Jones and the other candidates spoke briefly. Girl still 1 • r serious Linda Miller, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo- seph Miller, RR 1 Dashwood, remains unconscious in Lon- don hospital as a result of in- juries received when she wa truck by a car in Zurich Sat- urday night, The girl suffered a severe blow to her head and fracture of her right thigh when she ran between parked cars into the path of a slow-moving ve- hicle in front of Zurich arena. She was carried on the front of the ear for a short distance and fell to the road Linda was rushed to St, Jo- seph's Hospital in Weatlake's anibulance under police escort. The girl's mother had been —Please turn to page 2 Three area elections 1-4 ENSALL Reeve—Norman JoneS, Lorne Hay. COONCIL (Four)—John Be, ker, Willa in Clement, John Henderson, John Lavender, Cla- rence Lenaghan, Harold Knight, Mrs. Minnie Noakes, James 4angster, Gordon Schwalm. SCHOOL BOARD (Acc18.) — Mrs. Irene Davis, Jack Sim- mons, Clencleti Christie. PUG (Acct.) — George Arm- strong. MeOtt.LiVittAY Reeve — Thomas E, Hell, Benlarnin ThoMpson. COUNCIL (Acts,) es Grant Ainoe, Earl Dixon, test Mote ley, tryden Taseer, :SCHOOL BOARD (Md.) --- EJlittni Whiting, Donald Scott (-year terms), Jack Dorm (1 -year term), GRAND 4040 Itt EvE—William Cochrane, Williaer Sturdevant. COUNCIL (Four)—Earl tee !ars/ ErnersoEmerson Des Jardin, RC.:, nod ree, Frank Pithrib, Stertiar Webb. SCHOOL BOARD (AndS,) -s-- W, P. B. MacLaren, Larereeee AlasOn, Iteeneth Young, PUC oecim — Campbell elitinipitan, Wililani teed, VZStieskesSseaSsss.e.SessseeeteMil What's believed to be the biggest slate in Hensall's his- tory highlights the three elec- tions in this area. A total of 11 candidates are seeking five seats in Hensel' following a rousing nomination meeting there Friday night, Grand Bend will vote for a reeve and four councillors and McGillivray township will bal- lot for a reeve this Monday. Exeter, Bay, Stephen, Stan- ley, Hibbert, Lucan and Zurich chose their administrations by acclamation this past weelc. Biggest ballot ever Hensel). printer George Hess says the ballot he's preparing is the largest he has produced 111 the 34 years he has been in Hensall, For reeve, former incumbent Norman Jones is opposing Councillor Lorne Hay, stepping up after three. years on coun- cil. Mr. Jones$ served three years as reeve and eight years as councillor before retiring two years ago. Among the nine running for council are the present reeve, John. Henderson; three incum- bents, Mrs, Minnie Noakes, Ala Baker and John Leven - der; two former councillors, Jim Sangster and •G or don Schwalm, and three new can- didates, Clarence Lenaghan, William Clement and Harold Knight, The latter two are past presidents of the Kinsmen club. Police issue raised at GB s.nomination Former councillor Bill Stur- devant will make his second attempt to win the reeve's post in Grand Bend, when he faces veteran councillor Bill Cochrane in a two-way fight, Monday. Sturdevant made a bid for the post last year and was de- feated by only nine ballots by eight-year veteran James Dal- ton, who announced his retire- ment this year, after serving as warden of Lambton county for 1961. It is the first time Cochrane has sought the reeve's spot, after servineb as a councillor for the pastfive years. Five men have qualified for the four council spots, with three of last year's members seeking re - election. Veteran Stewart Webb, who headed the polls last year, will be seeking his third term, while Emerson Desjardine and Earl Datars are running for their second term. Rollie Grenier, a sporting goods merchant in the summer resort, and Frank Plumb, owner of Hillside cabins, are also vying for a council post. Acclaim new mayor, two new councillors Mayor -elect Eldrid Simmons, at 40 years ,of age, will he the Youngest chief magistrate in the town's history when he is sworn into office in January, Simmons, along with six in, curnbents and two new councils lors, wee elected by acclama- tion Friday night. Mayor R. E. Pooley retired to take a two-year term on the public utilities commission, on which he has served for the past seven years in his capa- city as mayor. He will succeed L. J. Penhale, who retired af- ter 27 years on the commis- sion, Two new count illors are Fred (Ted) G. Wright, 39, Wil- liam SL, a food market em- ployee, and SHDHS teacher Joseph Wooden, 29, Sohn St. Returned were Reeve Bin McKenzie, Deputy -Reeve Glenn Fisher and Councillors Ralph Bailey, Jack Delbridge, Claude Farrow and Ross Taylor. S c h o a 1 trustees re-elected were Vice -Chairman Robert Southcott, Ray Frayne and Ross Tuckey, Curling enthusiast Mayor -elect Simmons is a keen curler and has been ac- tively associated with the erec- tion of the club's new rink. He's also a member of the Le- gion, and a former member of Exeter Kinsmen who was in- strumental in the establish- ment of the summer play- ground. The incoming chief magis- trate and his brother Fred, developed the town's first sub- division, Riverview Heights, just north of the river, on which eight new homes have been erected and which is the site of the town's new motel. lee served as councillor in 1958 and 1961. New men uncommitted Neither of the two new coun- cillors indicates he is com- mitted to any particular muni- cipal project or program, nor represents any special inter- ests. Mr. Wooden currently is ser- ving as secretary of Exeter Recreation Committee and the town's recently formed plan- ning board. A graduate in geo- graphy at UWO in 1955, he has been a member of the SHDHS staff for six years. Born in Pa- ris, he and his wife have three girls. Mr. Wright, a native of Mc- Gillivray township, has been a resident of Exeter for nine years and is the father of twd boys. He is a member of the board of James St. UC, treas- urer of the men's bowling league, and a member of the Legion and IOOF lodge. None of the nominees out- linecl any particular platform at the nomination meeting, Monday. Police issue The controversial police issue was mentioned several times throughout the meeting by various speakers, but none of the present council would ex- plain their action in asking for the transfer of Cpl. Neil Chemberlain from the OPP des ta chment. "We received quite a bit of criticism over the polies quest- ion," Councillor Desjardine pointed out, "and quite a few rumors got around." "I think people should come to council and get the facts before spreading rumors", he said. Councillor Bill Cochrane ex- pressed the same views, urg- ing people to get the facts be- fore they started talking. In the open part of the meet- ing Sturdevant pointed out that council had declined to offer any details when question- ed by the press. "1 stand for OPP", Council, lor Datars stated, "and if we bear with them we can get costs lowered", "No man on council wasn't in favor of OPP", Webb ex- plained, "That wasn't the is- sue". Frank Plumb, who said he hoped he wouldn't get elected, told the ratepayers that he was in sympathy with the police. "People don't know what they have to do", he said. He suggested that the pro-- perty owners should be made more responsible for persone renting their cottages. .keep my place alright", he stated, "but I can't look after what goes on down the street". Plumb said there was a great deal of friction between the police and council, "A very undesirable situation develop- ed", he said. Air water issue Mrs. Emery DesJardins ask- ed member of the council to explain to her why the resi- dents of Grand Bend had been saddled with such a big expend- iture as the proposed water system without giving the rate- payers a chance to vote their opinion on a ballot. "I don't think Grand Bend's economy can support it", she said. She also wanted to know why —Please turn to page 3 It's a friendly contest for McGillivray seal There appears to be no issue and no animosity involved in the two-man race for the reeve - ship in McGillivray township. Councillors Ben Thompson and Thomas Hall, the two can- didates, gave not the slightest hint of disagreement between them at the nomination meet - J INS TV S AR IN PARAbE—Marierie Hodgert, 10- yoar-old daughter of Mr, arid Mrs, Gordon (Mike) lied- gert, Andrew St., redo with CBC,TV star Tommy Bunter it the Satta Clang paradofii London Saturday, A tat- . didfith in Vitr Ing 111'4 :h.tt6o8i? last yr pot ehoset y it: n '.0 so in the parade, witnessed by 100;000 poople. 'IQ/A*1..16'$ tt OMB nbrotbry lb the cit The friendly atmosphere of the contest was exemplified atter the meeting when Mr, Hall said to Mr. Thompson: "Well, Ben, when you're can- vassing out our way, be sure to drop in far dinner". Both men indicated to the ratepayers they were anxious to sit on county touncil, As for the township, neither indicated any .plans or projects he would put into effect if elected. Mr. Hall appears to have the greater support from among past and present township of- ficials, Ite was nominated by fernier reeve and warden, Fred Ilea man, and retiring reeve, Earl Dixon. His nomination for a council seat, which he do- clined, was supported by Har- vey Owens, the township's high school representative, and Jos- eph TWeddle, In addition, Coun- cillor Earl Morley indicated support for Hall when he said he might have run for reeve himself except that Mr. Hall was "a better ,nail", Mr, Thompson's renninatiOn Iplial,plers were signed by Joseph Conlin, RR 1 Clandeboye, arid Norm an Mallard, RR 8 Perk - Rest by ettlainatioe °Council and sehOol board seats were filled by acelame, lion, With NM new men ap' pearteg on the slatee. In an litillattal twist, Reeve Hari Dixon qualified for a eounell Seat to win his 1201 term it council. Noting that the township will have a new Stereo and two new councillors, ho said': "I don't think it's good to have too many new MI biterl tglt)ttirth ilice ily OttairtrirAg gradually. TwO semi board 'trusted Were elevated 16 ebtreell. They aiiill'Yd611";arca b 'lollaid hill, lor1 -c114i' r si id a " tli "s: illtlgdn and 1,c1kAgs, IiIIVIii, Ii.. CrOlgtWrholorsctligthotit ast,iyhatgb