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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-10-10, Page 1EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 10, 1963 Ninety-first Year Announcements Cherch Notices Coining Events Editorials , Fart News Feminine Pads , Lucas . ... Sports — • Want Ads • 111 • 1041 Hensall loss over $1000 Syndicate plqns. development along Grand Bend beach area Gets month sentence Damage is expected :to •PX- 6.eed $1,000 from the Tuesday afternoon fire at the home_ -of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kyle, Jr., Brock ;St.., Neilsen.. . The .fire started in. the gar* age of the frame house and spread to the kitchen at -the rear before Hensell firemen were able .W get it under con- trol„ Some smoke and water damage was done to otherparts Of the one and one-half storey house, Lorne Hay, whose coal of, floe is nearby, turned in -the alarm, He said flames were shooting opt of the garage at that time. .Neighbors pitched in to re- move furnishings in the house. They were later replaced in the undamaged front section. No one was in tne nouse et the time. Mr. Kyle was at work at Cook's Mill and Mrs, Kyle and one of their girls was visit- ing with a neighbor. Two _other girls were at school. The family plans to live with the father's parents, Mr, and Mrs, 'William Kyle, Kippen,un- til the home is repaired. for selling to minors Negotiations are being com- pleted for a $700,000 develop- ment on the Grand Bend beach which involves purchase of Lakeview Casino, it was re- vealed this week. H. G. Law, London, who re- presents a syndicate of busi- nessmen from Toronto, Lon- don and other centres, said plans include establishment of a modern motel on the lakefront with dining quarters, swimming pool and winter sports facili- ties. Mr. Law, former owner of the London Arena, said the syn- dicate hopes to develop a year- round vacation centre at the beach. Consideration is being given to the erection of a curl- ing rink and an outdoor skating rink. Pop' rises 4%, above forecast Exeter's population has increased 117 — or almost over the past year, As- sessor E, H. Carscadden re- ported to council Monday night. Town total is now 3,241, compared to 3,124 last year. "That's running a little ahead of our forecast," said Councillor Wooden,' secre- tary of the planning board. Assessment increased by almost $100,000 to a total of $3,114,513. "We hope to get the show on the road in three or four weeks, in order to be ready for next spring," he told The Times- Advocate, "We have been working on the project for three or four months", Mr. Law explained. "The syndicate has an option on the property but the pur- chase has not been consum- mated yet." W. Eric Mcliroy, owner of Lakeview Casino, confirmed the negotiations and described the syndicate as a "very respon- sible group of promoters". "I am delighted at the pros- pect of development by this group," he stated, "I feel they will more than meet the expec- tations of the people in this area." Mr. Mcllroy, who has been ill for several weeks, said oth- er groups have been interested in the property in previous years but they had not dis- played the imagination required to develop the potential pro- vided by the lakefront property. In addition to the Casino, se- veral other properties are in- volved in the proposed develop- ment. CELEBRATES 92 YEARS . Mrs, Margaret Lamport A 58-year-old Exeter m a n was sentenced to a month in jail and his home has been declared a "public place" for a year after he pleaded guilty to supplying liquor to minors in court here Tuesday. Clifford Mitchell, William St., admitted he had provided beer and wine to youths 16 and 17 years of age at his home Aug. 31 but he said he did not make any money on the trans- actions, The youths, lie said, used him as an agent and he had supplied them with different kinds of liquor on numerous other oc- casions. Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, told Mitchell: "When your month is up, clean house." After issuing an order that the premises be considered a public place, the magistrate pointed out that possession of liquor in the house will be illegal. Mitchell is prohibited from drinking for one year, The charge was laid by Con- stable Harry V. Bergen. Delay bylaw at Hensall Enjoy the last sunny days of '63 at GB beach Though workmen have erected the snow-fence along Grand Bend's Main Beach in preparation for cold winds, the weather Sunday certainly did not seem the least bit like winter. Sun-bathers and picnicers enjoyed one of the last fine days, and the view of the lake was sparked by the appearance of nearly a dozen sail-boats. This view from the pier includes the tiny building put there by the London PUC to house instruments which will record turbidity and other data about Lake Huron, during the next two years, while arrangements are finalized for piping water to the city. The sail- boat at the left is guided by John Young, owner of Grand Bend Boat Works Ltd., Grand Bend. --Dinnin photo Crediton lady reaches 92 More zoning issues go to planning board Hensall council Monday night postponed to Nov. 12 a special meeting to pass a road closing bylaw which has brought about a controversy involving two of the village's large grain mills. The special meeting original- ly was set for Tuesday night, Oct. 8. Council extended an invita- tion to the Huron County Health Unit to hold a clinic for the vaccination of pet animals a- gainst rabies, A number of requests for the service have been made by village residents. Mrs. Margaret Lamport, Crediton, who still is quite ac- tive in her garden and enjoys sewing, celebrates her 92nd birthday today, Thursday. A faithful member of Credi- ton EUB church, she attended both Sunday School and church services this past Sunday. She has a special attachment to the church since she and her late husband, Samuel Lamport, were the first couple to be married there in 1897. Mrs. Lamport lived with her husband on their farm on con. 9 Stephen until he died in 1944, when she moved to her present home, Main St., Crediton. Her son, Lloyd, now operates the farm. She also has five daughters, most of whom live in Michigan. They are Mrs. Richard (Zella) Vaughan, Long Beach, Cal,; Mrs. James (Eileen) Leary, Ferndale, Mich,; Mrs. William (Thelma) Beeninger, Mt. Cle- mens, Mich.; Mrs. George (Marguerite) Vincent, Grosse Pointe; Miss Agnes, Detroit. Mrs. Lamport is celebrating her birthday this week with her daughters in Michigan. Police 'reject' Minister's lead official at 4,674 Official totals, release. Wednesday, for Huron riding in the Sept. 25 provincial election are: MacNaughton, 8,931; Strang, 4,25'7. The MacNaukhton major- ity, a record for the riding, is now official at 4,674. Returning officer Russell Bolton reported two changes from the election night re- sults as a result of the tabu- lation Wednesday, No. 7 Hay voted 24 for MacNatighton and 21 for Strang, instead of 24 and 31 as previously reported. No, 2 Stephen was changed to 63 and 10, rather than 62 and 11, in the highway minister's favor, The service vote gave MacNaughton 10 votes, Strang 19. Town council and its planning board are being kept busy these days dealing with restrictions in the new zoning bylaw, Monday night council re- ferred to the board three more building applications which ap- pear to conflict with the regu- lations. It also dealt with an- other referred earlier to the ' board. Two of Monday night's prob- lems concern structures in re- sidential zones one a horse barn and the other a large gar- age — and the other deals with apartments in the general com- mercial area. PUC brought to council's at- tention an application for ser- vice to a barn on John St. in which J. W. Hern wishes to keep horses this winter. The second vehicle Exeter police now have a second vehicle at their dis- posal but none of the con- stables says he can use it. The vehicle is a baby buggy, found outside the town hail last Saturday night. It's a modern model with streamline design and chrome decoration, Police say the owner may have it back, He's setting it down for a rest Ed Coombs really isn't able to put his head down for a rest, even if it might appear so in this unique shot. The PUC employee is down in the hole dug for replacement of water lines on the Main St. That's Harold Wurrn standing over him, helping to create the illusion. --T-A, photo Ambulance delay er 44111'"q"• points up lack sf service barn previously had been used for this purpose but was not in use at the time the bylaw was passed. Regulations forbid the keeping of livestock in residen- tial zones. Norval Jones, Gidley St., re- quested a permit to tear down two garages and erect one large one for storage of his trucking equipment. The bylaw defines an accessory building as one "ex- clusively devoted" to the prin- cipal structure on the lot, in this case a house in the residen- tial area.' Although apartments are per- missable above the groundfloor in the commercial zone, they do not appear to be acceptable be- hind stores in the bylaw. This concerned an enquiry from Peter Kuiper, Andrew St., who showed council draft plans for the renovation of the Lyric Theatre which he and another man are considering buying. The plans call for a store in front with living quarters in behind, as well as apartments on the second storey. The planning board will con- sider the plan Wednesday night and a special council meeting may be called following that. In regard to a previous request from Don McGregor, William St,, for permission to add storage space to his shop in a residential area, council will advise him that an applica- tion can be made for a hearing on the question, The planning act provides that, in the case of such ahear- ing, council is required to notify all interested parties. It has the power to approve the extension, following the hearing, and an appeal may be made, .The planning board previous- ly considered the application and requested the industrial de- velopment corporation inter- view Mr. McGregor with regard to expansion in another area. ensall plans v't talks n f • rming district school Henry Bond, Jr., 19, of Lu- can, paid $47.50 in fine and costs for careless driving August 31 which the magistrate said had "all the earmarks of horse- play," PC Harry Reid said Bond drove out of a driveway on the Mt. Carmel road at a high rate of speed, swerved back and forth, finally lost control. The car rolled over onto its roof in the ditch. Bond told the officer his gas pedal became stuck but this did not impress the constable. Bond's licence was suspended for one month. FINES GROOM William Vandeworp, 21, Ex- eter, admitted his mind was oc- cupied with his approaching marriage when his failure to yield the right of way resulted in an accident here Sept. 5. The youth was married the next day. Magistrate Hays fined him $20 and costs for careless driv- ing. The car struck by Vandeworp, operated by Ernest Cerson, re- ceived $1,700 damage and Mr. Cerson' s wife suffered injuries. Chief C. H. MacKenzie inves- tigated. ‘13EllIND A TREE' John Cleave, 20, Zurich, paid a $20 flue for illegal possession of beer Sept. 21 and was re- primanded for telling a false- hood to police. PC William Glassford, who found three bottles of beer in Cleave's car, said the driver claimed he discovered the beer behind a tree. Said the magistrate: "There is no point in telling an obvious falsehood. It is disrespectful to an officer of the law". UNSAFE CAR One of the district youths charged in connection with the recent gang war at Hensall was fined $20 Tuesday for driving an unsafe vehicle. Lawrence Hamilton, 19, RCAF Clinton, pleaded guilty to the charge, Constable Lloyd Hodgins said the car's steering was loose, it had no brakes and the doors were wired shut, WITHDRAW CHARGE A charge of careless driving against William Schroeder, 23, Centralia, was withdrawn by Crown Attorney W. G. Coch- rane, QC, but he was fined $20 and costs for driving 49 mph in a 30-mile zone. Constable Hodgins laid the charge. "We don't have the money they do and we don't have the scroungers, either," said Mayor Simmons. Boyle pointed out that a CLC union was organizing public service employees in larger centres and might soon starton smaller towns. "We could wake up here some meeting with a delegation on our hands," Wooden, who has supported Boyle, pointed out that council has had to deal with three cases of sickness this year and he felt a policy should be es- tablished to avoid individual consideration in each case. He moved that a two-week period —Please turn to back page Tuckersmith property own- ers were invited to attend the meeting and a number did. Al- though several indicated they were satisfied with the present school operation in Tucker- smith, they felt that if a change was being made to centralize facilities at Hensall they wished to sit in on the negotiations. DEP'T SUGGESTION One department of education official already has suggested that consideration be given to sending part of Hay township pupils to Hensall school by bringing the village into the township school area. An interview with Hon. Wil- liam Davis, minister of edu- cation, has been requested. No date has been set yet. Reeve Norman Jones, Hen- son, is expected to head the delegation, Hensel] council, not the school board, is responsible for any change in boundaries for administration of educational services. One Henson businessman said this week the village has been contacted so frequently in connection with the Hay school issue that they felt some action should be taken. The meeting was called after an approach was made to the village by some ratepayers in Usborne, which has yet to decide upon a site for its central school. Still another move is being made involving the controver- sial Hay township school area consolidation question. Hensall council is spearhead- ing a delegation to Queen's Park 'to discuss the possibility of forming a central school area around the village. The delegation results from a meeting Thursday night, attend- ed by some 40 persons, includ- ing ratepayers from Usborne, Hay and Tuckersmith town- ships. Council held a special meet- ing to consider the question at the request of a group of busi- nessmen. Property owners in neighboring townships were in- vited, as were members of Hen- son school board. PC Harry Reid, of the local OPP detachment, was on patrol duty at the Hanover strike this week. Rabbit and pheasant seasons Open October 16 in Hay, Steph- en and Usborne townships, The rabbit season extends to Feb. 29 and has a bag limit of six cottontails per day. The phea sant season closes Noy. 2. T-A on time next week * * General Coach Works of Can- ada Ltd. will give area resi- dents a chance to view its new 1964 models later this month. The Hensall firm plans an open house at its factory Saturday afternoon, Oct. 19. Production of the new models launder way. No official discussions have taken place on this alternative. Despite the Thanksgiving holiday Monday, The Times- Advocate plans to publish its next week's edition on Thurs- day as usual. To assist us in getting the paper out before the week- end shopping period, The T-A requests advertisers to sub- mit their copy on Friday if possible, Co-operation of correspond- ents and other contributors in forwarding their news as early as possible is also required. Debentures affect costs Can't happen again it fer feud to council Cost of high school education is less at the Clinton vocational school than at Huron South be- cause the former has no de- benture payments, HSDI-IS board member A. G. Hicks pointed out this week, Mr. Hicks, who represents the area on the Clinton board, said the debenture factor should be pointed out in clarification of a T-A story last week which revealed it was cheaper for the local board to send students to Clinton than to educate them here. "Cost of erecting the voca- tional wing at Clinton was met entirely by federal and pro- vincial grants", Mr. Hicks not. ed. "The Huroh South board has, to pay nearly $10',000 an- nually to inert debenture pay.. molts". At the loot board meeting last week, Mr. Hicks said ha doubted if the Clinton school would be able to continue to educate the children at the cur-rent tee, promotion of skating in the arena this fall. The complaint came in the form of a letter from Bell and Laughton law firm which had been instructed to advise coun- cil that ''our client wishes to register a strong protest against them entering intobusi- ness in competition with a local resident". Mayor Simmons reported RAP already had considered the objection and took no action, feeling that the arena catered to an older teenage group who do not use the outdoor facilities. Boyle added that the arena did not operate in the summer months when the roller skating season was at its height, MUST CHARGE SCHOOLS Council received confirma- tion from the water resources commission that it had been correct in assessing schools fOr sewerage service. The question arose from an appeal by the public school board which had understood schools could not be assessed, ,a stand that had been supported by one department of the pro- vincial government, A. consul- tation among provincial of. fieials over the problem, how= ever;, led to agreement that the town was correct. SICK PAY POLICY Councillor Foyle's insistent demand for a written policy in regard to employment of town personnel was satisfied Monday flight by the passing of a motion Which established a non- accumulative sick leave pay period of two weeks per year. The motion passed after sey. Oral members of the finance committee, at a non.qtioruni meeting, reported they did not feel the town could afford to set up A program of benefits for employees similar to the PBC, Coterie Hydro or pro- vincial government A feud between two property owners whose buildings crowd their lot lines reached council Monday night in the form of a tomplaiht registered by letter, Norman E. Wolper, whose tour-Unit apar tm eat banding stands loss than six feet from the house of Murray A. Greene On William St., objected to The need for ambulance ser- vice here, a topic discussed at length by previous councils, was revived again briefly by council Monday night but no action was taken. The question arose over the considerable delay experienced last week in getting a Main St. traffic victim to hoSpital, Councillor Norman Ferguson reported a number of com- plaints that it "took too long for an ambulance to get here". He wondered if any steps could be taken to improve the service. Ferguson referred to the ac- cident Oct. 2 in which Miss Meta Salter, James St., was struck by a ear near the corner of Main and James streets, which is less than two blocks from the hospital. The injured lady lay on the road for what some spectators estimated was more than 20 minutes, Nearest ambulance service is that operated by T. Harry Hoffman, Dashwood. Councillor Boyle suggested that, when a new police cruiser is purchased, a vehicle be se- lected which could be equipped for use in emergencies. Mayor Simmons, however, maintained his earlier stand that the town should not venture into the field. "They'd be called upon every night.Thetowncan't get into a buairiest Of this type." Councillor Wooden pointed out the provihdial government has undertaken a study of the ambulance problem but has tak- en no action yet. "The service is not as satisfactory as it should be," he agreed, Criticism was expreasecithat attendants at the scene did hot get a stretcher from the hospital to transport the victim. OBJECTS TO SKATING Council also took no action On A complaint from Vince Ben, Scik, operator 'of the outdoor roller skating rink, against the "May I also suggest that our council take steps to prevent this sort of unfortunate thing happening to some other resi- dent in the future. Let's make our town a welcome place to live in." The Wolper apartment build- ing was completed earlier this year; the Greene house was erected several years ago. The properties are directly behind the two Men's stores which are side by side on Mails St. Councillor Ferguson said the matter involved a"grudge" be- tween the twoper sons. "They have both been foolish". Councillor Wooden suggested council was at fault in the first place for issuing building per hilts for the structures. It was pointed out that such a situation could not arise again because of the side yard set- backs required by the new zon- ing bylaw. raised fence erected in front of his windows by the neighbour. The fence, said Wolper, is "a sort Ofgbillboard' structure, approxiMately four feet :tram the ground and as high as the eaves of my building." "This structure is built on his property but completely closes off the view from the windows of my apartment build- lug". "My own personal complaint is that this was very unneces- sai'y since It cannot have any Value to either property. if any- thing it depreciates the appear- ance of both properties, "The only reason for it, Mr. Greene intimated to me, was that lie is concerned about hay- ing privacy In his back yard. I would suggest that since he is living in a town and not a rural area, this Is hardly citizenship reasoning, puttle! Find this 'frittioUereSteruttitit Although the Towne and Country burned down several years ago, this sign still proudly advertises the "fatuous" restaurant which no longer exists, lesposes a puzzle to travellers who try to find the place. Building In background will be the new home of Newby 'rite and Battery Service. --T-A photo