The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-12-20, Page 1.4,
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Extra special Christmas gift for Lynn
Happy Lynn Marlow, 9 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Marlow, Huron Park,
smiles proudly for her new wheel chair presented by Exeter Lions as she receives a
Christmas present from Ken Lampman, chairman of the club's crippled children
committee. The specially -made equipment was purchased, from Easter Seal funds.
Standing are Mrs, E. Marlow, the girl's grandmother and nurse; Lions Jack Pryde
and Milt Robbins, Lynn, who has spend almost all her life in a bed, is now receiving
private school lessons at home, —T -A photo
• Seek new proposal
for George St. drain
Council decided Monday
night to seek a third—or per-
haps fourth — recommendation
from Engineer B. M. Ross on
how to drain runoff from lands
of George•St.,•on-the• east side
of town.
It seem ed. -apparent, -Monday
Three run
for trustees
CLANDEBOYE
A special tneeting for the
ratepayers of SS 1 Coursey
School, SS 2, SS 9, SS 6,
known as the little brick school,
and SS 12 Clandeboye was held
at the school here on Monday
evening, Dec. 18..
In the new year of 1962, all
will join the Biddulph School
Area,
Nominated to run for trustees
at the election to take place on
January 2 were Ron Crozier,
Orville Langford and Joe
O'Neil,
George Simpson, chairman of
Clandeboye school board, pre-
sided .for the meeting. Alan
Hill and David Kestle were the
other L r us tee s. Secretary -
treasurer Murray Hodgson has
filled the office for six years.
Sewerage
in the mill
Exeter's $267,000 sewerage
system is in the process of ,go-
ing through the government
, mill.
,‘ Reports to council Monday
' night indicated the following
progress:
Ontario Water Resources
Commission has accepted the
town's resolution requesting it
to act, as the municipality's
agent in handling the project.
Engineer B. M. Ross has met
with Central Mortgage and Hou-
sing Corporation officials to
secure epproval of the plans
and designation of trunk lines
on which the corporation will
provide grants in the form of
mortgage writeoff.
Cotincil has requested the en-
gineer to compile information
required by the OWRC to de-
termine the number of users of
the proposed system and other
informatien needed to establish
revenue estimates.
Local car stolen
from Main street.
Police are still looking for a
'53 model car stolen from Main
St, early Friday evening while
its owner wal buying a pack-
age of cigatettee,
Chief C. H. MacKenzie said
the vehicle was taken from in
front of White's Ice Cream
store, at the corner of Main and
Anne streets, about 710 pan.
Owner John Madge, Anne
St, had jtist gone into the store,
leaving his keyin the ignition.
)PP Cohstables George Mite
dell and lIarry Reid put e all
:;•4'ein the radio iMmediately but
41e thief hoc net beeit aPpede
howled ,)tet,
night that councii had rejected
the engineer's latest proposal
to construct a $4,600 storm
sewer down George St.,across
No, 4 highway and ito the
Ausable River.
, And a number of councillors
are still opposed to his pre-
vious suggestion to construct
open ditches down George and
along the east side of Main St.
into the river, with 18 -inch cul-
verts under roadways into the
brewers' retail store and the
motel
Roads Chairman Fisher, who
viewed the area Monday morn-
ing with Councillor Farrow, said
he was in favor of building a
new catch basin at the corner
of Main and George streets but
he didn't see the need for 18 -
inch culveets nor would he ap-
prove the open ditch.
Councillor Farrow again pro-
tested the spending of $4,600 for
the storm sewer, claiming the
situation was "not worth such
a large expenditure."
He complained about the ob-
structions created by the lane -
ways and fill placed on the east
side of No. 4 near the river.
He felt culverts should be
constructed to allow the water
to run along the ditches.
Said Councillor Simmons sar-
castically: "Sure, go ahead,
make it as patchy as you like.
Perhaps we could get a few
frogs from the river to put in
there in the summer time,"
Simmons agreed, however,
that the $4,600 storm sewer was
too costly a solution.
It was suggested again that
the water should go down An-
drew St. to the river.
Simmons, part-owner and de-
veloper of the •R iv er view
Heights subdivision south of
George St,, reminded council
that three years ago, when a
drain was being put down An-
drew St, for the subdivision, he
had offered to put in larger
tile to handle the runoff if
council would pay :for the dif-
ference in cost of the tile.
Council had rejected this pro-
posal, however, and the build-
ing 'up of George St, stopped
flow to the south,
The town had placed a cul -
Yule issue
out Friday
The annual Christmas issue
of The Times -Advocate will
be published Thursday night
,for distribution throughout
the area Friday morning.
It will contain a number of
special features including a
story, "Christmas in a Fall.
out Shelter," especially writ -
ton by Mrs. M. C. Fletcher
for The Times-Adeocate.
Stories and correspondence
which' are not included in
this edition will be Inserted
in Fridayes paper.
In this istue, merchants of -
41, readers a number of taste
minute gift suggestions,
Announcements , 11
Church Notices 11
Coming Events' ..... 11
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vert across Andrew St., on the
north side of George, to allow
runoff to flow to Main St. where
it cut across the highway,
undermining both George St.
and the shoulders of Main St.
at the intersection.
Simmons offered to allow the
town to hook up a small culvert
across George St, into the sub-
division drain to carry away
the runoff to the south at a
limited rate: If the culvert
across Andrew was blocked,
this would ,alleviate the Main
St. problem. A pond might de-
velop in the spring in the north-
east corner of George and
Andrew but it would not affect
anyone there, he suggested.
After further discussion, coun-
cil decided to call in the
engineer again.
Plan new north main
In a letter to council, Exeter
PUC indicated it was consider-
ing installation of a new water
main to the north end of town
to provide greater fire protec-
tion, there.
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H�nsall council s.eek.s h el
to find source oi gas lumes
Inquest jury urges
parking regulations
A coroner's jury returned a
verdict of accidental death at
the inquest at Zurich Monday,
into the death of five-year-old
Linda Miller, of Daahwood, who
died December 1 after being
struck by a car in front of the
Zurich arena on November 25.
The jury found the girl ran
into the path of a motor ve-
hicle driven by Alfred James
Smith, Hensall. "The evidence
indicates that the accident was
unavoidable and no blame is
attached to Smith,"
The jury recommended "that
when any festivity or meetings
were held at the Zurich arena
that parking should be re•
stricted to the lot adjacent to
the arena and not in front of
the arena."
Joseph Miller, the child's fa-
ther, testified that his daughter
was on the north side of Main
Street and that his wife and
several children were in the car
on the out side of the street,
The mother had called forthe
child to return to the car when
she was struck down by a car
driven by Alfred Smith, 54, in-
surance agent of Hensel,
PC Donald Westover, of
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More breakins
heard the impact
on lake shore and saw the little girl fall to
the pavement.
Russell Oesch was parked in
Exeter OPP are investigating
four more breakins to cottages front of the arena. when he
heard a scream and saw the
along the Lake Huron shore
north of Grand Bend. Miller car pass and come to a
Two summer homes in Oak.' sitGP•
wood P'ark broken, into last
week --owned by R. M. Ivey
and. J, P. Ivey, both of Lon-
don—were again entered and
articles stolen, including a
radio and wearing apparel,
Exeter, described being sum-
moned to the scene of the ac-
cident at 11:23 p.m. and found
the child lying on the pave.
milt. He interviewed the mo-
ther and was informed that
Linda had been playingwith
children on the other side of
the road and was summoned to
return to the car when the ac-
cident occurred.
Alfred Smith, driver of the
death car, stated that he and
Mrs. Smith had been at the Zu-
rich hotel from about 9 p.m, to
11 o'clock and was returning
home when the accident took
place. He was travelling about
20 miles an hour and did not
see the child until she was from
5 to 6 feet away and then he felt
a bump and knew he had struck
something, During the evening
he had consumed three bottles
of beer.
Mrs. Margaret Smith corro.
bated the evidence of her hus-
band. She stated that she had
not seen the child before the
accident but realized from the
impact that they had struck
something, but did not know
what it was. She confessed to
drinking three bottles of beer.
Alfonse Grenier, of Hay Town-
ship, was standing in front of
the arena talking to some
friends. He ,saw the Smith car
Two cottages in Cedar Park,
north of Oakwood, have also
been entered, and a number
of appliances stolen as well as
a TV and radio set, Owners
are George Campbell and 0.
W. Durdin, also of London.
PC's Harry Reid and George
Mitchell are continuing investi-
gations.
Chairman resigns
from planning body
Elmer D, Bell, QC, chairman
of the year-old Exeter Planning
Board, submitted his resigna-
tion to council Monday night.
The lawyer said that he fear-
ed his position would bring
about conflicts of interest and
that he did not have the time
to contribute to the board,
Ile indicated, however, "that
I am personally in accord with
the aims of the planning board
and such preliminary decisions
as have been made up to this
time",
Mr. Bell's resignation.follow-
ed preliminary negotiations be-
tween the planning board and
an oil company over the loca-
tion of storage tanks which the
latter wishes to construct: In
town. Since he was acting for
the oil company, he said he
could not sit with the planning
board in further deliberations.
"I have had to reconsider my
position on the planning board
and I can now see that it was
a mistake for me Lo agree to
serve," Mr. Bell said in his let-
ter, "because I am afraid it is
constantly going to bring me
into conflict of interest in re-
spect to clients who may have
interests which are contrary to
the views of the Planning Board
in what they wish to accomp-
lish,"
"Further than this, my time
does not permit; me to give the
planning hoard the benefit of
at much time as I should con-
tribute."
The lawyer's resignation was
accepted by council.
Fire razes
GB home
A community wide drive has
been set up in Grand Bend, to
secure clothing, money and
other living necessities for Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Jewer and their
• three children, who lost all
their belongings in a fire,
Saturday,
The fire, which broke out
about 3:00 p.m., completely
gutted their two-bedroom cot-
tage near the Hay Municipal
Telephone office, and the
couple lost all their belongings,
The house was owned by Mrs.
Frederick, London, and loss
was estimated at $3,500 by fire
chief Lawrence Mason. He said
the cause of the fire appeared
to be an overheated oil burner.
"It got quite a start on us",
he said, "although,it only look
us about three minutes to
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answer the alarm." The fire-
men Managed to confine the
flames to the inside of the
house, saving the building.
Mr. Jewer was home alone
at the time. His children were
playing with neighbors and his
Wife was working in London.
The couple has been moved
into an apartment owned by
Bill Glenn, and they are pre-
sently looking for an apartment
in London. The fund committee,
headed by Buss Clark, hope to
raise enough money to provide
rental .(or the couple, for a
short period.
eiMeseefer
PC Harry Reid told of exa-
mining the car and found it in
good mechanical condition.
Both constables and witnes.
ses declared that there was no
evidence that Smith had been
drinking and that he had not
been travelling fast.
The jury comprised Harold
Stade, foreman; James Park.
ins, Howard Klopp, Milford Do-
err and Elroy Desjardine,
Two winners
this Saturday
Mrs, Alvin Baker, RR 1 Exe-
ter, won the fourth "Share
Christmas" prize S aturday
night. She receives $50 dash
and will sponsor an underpri-
vileged child for the next year.
There are two final draws
this Saturday night for $200
and $100 cash awards plus the
sponsorship feature for each
winner.
Exeter stores will be open
Thursday, Friday, and Satur-
day nights to accommodate
last minute shoppers
Hensall council were told by
their reeve, John Henderson,
Friday that Huron C o u t y
health officials had been asked
to visit the village in an ef-
fort to determine the source
of either oil or gas that is ap.
parent in several drains.
He said that he and clerk,
Earl Campbell, had contacted
the Goderich office after re-
ceiving a letter of complaint
from Mrs. Charles Wilson. The
Hensell lady blamed the fumes
emulating from her drain as
the cause of an attack of pneu-
monia, that confined her to a
London hospital for five weeks,
In a letter to council, she
said her sickness hact been
caused "by someone's care-
lessness cif putting gas in the
drains." She said the same con-
dition still exists in her house.
"There has been a lot of buck
passing and it has gone far
enough," she, said. She said she
would write health officials
herself in an effort to get ac-
tion on the situation.
"I don't think anyone is try-
ing to pass the buck," reeve
Henderson stated. "We tried to
find it,"
Councillor lvlinnie Noakes re-
ported she thought the odors
were getting better in the Wil-
son house. "I called the fire
chief and told him if there was
a fire hazard in town he should
look into it," she stated, "but
apparently he never."
"People have been putting up
Loss over $10,000
in Usborne barn fire
Eire Chief Irwin Ford, esti-
mated loss at between $10,000
and $12,000 from the blaze
which razed the barn of Roger
Marchand, concession two, Us -
borne township, Saturday' night.
Destroyed with the building
were 11 sows, some with lit-
ters; 50 chunks between 100 and
150 pounds, a cow and a calf,
as well as 2,000 bales of hay
and the summer crop of oats.
Exeter firemen, working with
the new mutual aid truck,
were able to protect the house
which was showered with live
sparks, fanned by a strong
northeast wind. A small blaze
which did break out in one of
the gable ends was quickly ex-
tinguished by the brigade,
"Fortunately," said Chief
Ford, "there is a slate roof on:
the main part of the house and
a tin roof on the back, The
sparks couldn't do much dam-
age."
The farm, formerly owned ley
Gordon Heywood, town, was
purchased about two years ago
by Mr. Marchand, an unmar-
ried Belgian immigrant about
30 years of age. He lived alone
in the house,
Marchand told neighbors he
had been in the barn about
3:30 but noticed no signs of fire
at that time. He worked in the
bush at the back of the farm
until about 5:30 and when he
returned, spotted smoke com-
ing from the barn. Inside, the
barn was filled with smoke but
there were no flames.
He ran across the road to the
house of neighbor Mel Reed to
give the alartn, By the Lime lie -
returned the building was
ablaze.
The barn measured about 40X
70, Farm machinery in the yard
was moved to safety.
The large blaze could be seen
for miles in the clear, cold night
and it attracted hundreds of
spectators whose cars congested
the concession road.
Firemen stayed at. the scene
for three hours, and soaked the
back part of the house before
returning home about 9 p.m.
Former Owner Gordon Hey-
wood reports the barn was
erected about 65 years ago and
the farm was originally owned
by his grandfather, John Hey-
wood, who moved to this com-
munity over 100 years ago.
The brick house was built in
1901 but the frame section is
over a century old.
with this since November 11,"
she said, "They sure have more
patience than I have."
Still a mystery
Council still have no 'idea
where the source of the odors
is, and aren't sure whether it
is gas or oil. Several drains
have been checked by town em-
ployees, Ernie Davis, but no
explanation has been given for
the oil or gas
Health officials were to visit
Hensel', Monday, but reeve
Henderson told The T -A, Time
-
day, that they had still not ar-
rived to carry out a search for
the source.
One applicant
Council received only one 'ap-
plication for the position* of
clerk, treasurer and assessor,
to fill the vacancy of the, re-
tiring clerk, Earl Campbell.
Retiring councillors, J o h n
Lavender and Lorne Hay, pas-
sed a motion to file the appli-
cation until the new year. "I
think the new council should
have their proper say in the
matter," Lavender commented.
The applicant was to be not-
ified of council's decision to
postpone action until January.
Following a request from' the
Hensall Legion, council voted
to donate an old machine gun
to the local club to place in
their rooms.
The gun was presented to the
village following World War 1,
and has been in a shelf in the
clerk's office for a number .of
years.
"Your cusLomers .arenet that
tough that you need it?" John
Lavender joldngly 'Asked clerk,
Earl 'Campbell.
"I wouldn't know how to use.
it anyway," Campbell ans-
wered.
Shelved again
Council decided to ehelve a
request from the Hensall PUC
for permission to erect new
street lights on the main street
and move some of the present
ones.
They had turned down the re-
quest at the last meeting be.
cause the PUC had failed to let
them know what cost was in-
volved, and reeve John Hen-
derson had left a letter at home
that was to have been pre-
sented at the Friday night
meeting.
In other business, at their
final meeting, council:
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Direct dam dispute
to be aired by mad
A municipal board order
made last week indicates the
arguments over the appoint-
ment of municipal costs toward
the million -dollar Parkhill dam
will be conducted by mail.
The order directs three ex-
changes of letters between the
municipalities involved during
the next month in which the
claims of the appellants and
the defence will be set forth in
writing.
A letter from the authority's
lawyers—Ivey, Livermore and
Dewier, London—was sent to
watershed municipalities out-
lining the board's order.
The board orders the three
appellants — Parkhill, Bosan-
quet and Stephen — to deliver
to each other -participating
municipality, to the authority
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PERFORM AT SHDHS—These pretty lassies, in their gray costumes,
are just one of the many dance routines Which will be presented at
StlpHS annual ili.Tinie Review this Thursday and Priday. The well-
balanced program Of glee clubs, quartets, skits and drama ig expected
to be witnessed by sell.out crowds at both perforinances The Charles.
ton dancers above are: left to right, Ruth Miller, Sharon McBride,
prances Johns, Heidi Schroeder, r) min Marshall, Doris Pepper, Anne
Hockey, Shirley Johns, Anne Marie 'PPM/6 and Judy Snelgrove,
Athletic and academic awards wffl also be presented at the annual
commencement exercises,
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and the board by Dec, 23, a
statement of claim giving par-
ticulars of:
"(a) Grounds of objection to
the apportionment of benefit
made herein,
"(b) The facts and circum-
stancea existing or anticipated
that will be advanced or estab-
lished at the hearing in sup-
port of objections, and
"(c) Any point of law intend-
ed to be argued."
The board further direets
that the authority and each of
the participating municipalities
who wish to, "shall within le
days after delivery of such
claim deliver to each other
participating municipality and
to the authority a statement 01
defence giving particulars of:
"(a) Reply to the objections
made.
'(b) Facts and circemstancee
existing or anticipated whieh it
is intended to advance or estab-
lish at the hearing in answer
to the objection or in support
of the apportionment made and,
"(e) Any point of law to be
argued,"
Following that, the appellant
municipalities will have 10 days
to file a reply to the detelite.
The lawyers who will take
part in this exchange of letters
include the following;
E. J. it. Wright, QC, and L,
C. Winhold, Londoit, acting for
the a uthority;
8. 13, Webb, London, ACtinX
for Exeter, Hensall and 1,Th
bane;
timer i,t ell, OC, acting foe,
&Obeli;
James M. beithelly, 6ode,
rich, acting for Parkhill;
. R. J. Lemon, QC, acting for
West Williains;
w. R. Bilehner, London, act,
ing for West Williams;
Earl Slater, QC, laondeile
tor McGillivray etid Bleheliardt
Ralph D, Steele, QC, Chet*
tate, for BosAnquet.
No date has been tot for a
hearing following the exchange
of arguments,
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