The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-12-23, Page 3Wayne O'Rourke and Gerry Smith
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M IA. happiness
abound in your home on
Christmas Day and fill the
hours with love and contentment.
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at this joyous time, when
hope and good spirits are high, l,
we express appreciation for your continued
loyalty, and wish you the best of everything
for Christmas as always. Thank you.
Milt and Ella Robbins DAL'S BARBER SHOP
Mower and Cycle
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Larry Snider
WITH HIS ENTIRE STAFF
WISH EVERYONE A VERY
AND A PROSPEROLTZA,ND
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Several new home owners and
the proprietors of recently re-
novated premises in the village
of Grand Bend have had their
dander raised in the past few
days — but all the ruffled feath-
ers are now smoothed in time
for the festive season.
Two noticeably irate taxpayers
appeared before council Monday
evening with complaints about
their 1965 tax bills. Through the
joint efforts of the council, sitting
in its last regular session for
the year, and Village clerk Mur-
ray A. DesJardins, both men left
the council chamber with an un-
expected Christmas gift in the
form of a tax adjustment.
Under Section 53, Sub-section
2 of the Assessment Act all re-
sidents are required to pay taxes
this year on new or renovated
buildings constructed in 1965
which also became occupied or
fit for occupancy this year. This
is "something new" for Grand
Bend although according to clerk
DesJardins "it should have been
started two years ago."
Several Grand Bend persons
received tax bills calculated for
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may this Holiday Season
be one that will
remain in your
memory as one of the
happiest you ever had.
A Merry Christmas to all!
EXETER
COACH
LINES
PHONE 235-0450
EXETER
the twelve months of 1965 on
new construction. As DesJardins
pointed out, "the clerk can't
pitch a pup-tent in the resident's
backyard to determine the exact
hour the dwelling became oc-
cupied."
He said that when the pro-
prietor came forth with ques-
tions about the tax bill, the clerk
should be informed as to the
number of months the premises
was occupied. It then became
a simple matter of mathematics
to divide the total tax bill by
twelve months and multiply by
the number of months the pro-
perty was in fact occupied, thus
arriving at a satisfactory tax
adjustment.
Council authorized clerk Des-
Jardins to make the necessary
adjustments on all supplement-
ary tax notices coming under
the provisions of Section 53.
"I guess I built in the wrong
year," said one of the two tax-
payers who had heard the ex-
planation of clerk and council.
Light thefts
are expensive
Some residents who have spent
a great deal of time and money
to decorate their homes and lots
are a little disappointed this year.
The reason for this is that they
had to do a lot of the work a
second time.
Why?
Because some person or per-
sons unknown have been stealing
the bulbs from the decorations.
This "trick" not only causes
inconvenience but it is also ex-
pensive. The bulbs cost 20 cents
each and residents are discover-
ing not one or two bulbs missing
but 20-25 at a time.
It is strongly suggested that
young people are involved in the
thefts but the hours that these
are taken make it seem likely
that these are teenagers rather
than young children. At one home
the lights were turned off at 1:00
am and the bulbs taken between
then and the next morning.
The snowfall over the weekend
enhanced many of the outdoor
Christmas decorations ar ou nd
town. Sunday evening was a.popu-
lar time for many residents to
take their annual drive around
town to view the decorations.
Three judges toured the town
Wednesday evening to judge the
best decorated home in the annual
competition sponsored by t he
town. Earlier reports indicated
that an application was necessary
but this was in error. The judges
viewed all homes in making their
decision. The list of prize win-
ners will be published next week.
* * * *
Bill Musser slipped and fell
off the roof while attempting to
a d j u s t Christmas decorations
last weekend. Injury was slight
except to his dignity.
Accidents in the area have
been averaging almost one per
day for the month of December.
Seven of the 19 accidents involved
only one vehicle.
* * * *
The Exeter Police Department
has issued a safety warning for
motorists during the holiday sea-
son. There have beenfew serious
accidents in town this year and
the Department would like to
keep this record till the end of
the year.
* * * *
Members of Exeter council will
be guests at RCAF Station Cen-
tralia on New Years Day. This
is an annual custom and most
members have indicated they will
be on hand for the afternoon so-
cial occasion.
* * * *
This will be the first year
that the Town of Exeter has look-
ed after snow removal with its
own equipment. In other years
the town contracted to have this
work carried out under the super-
vision of the Chairman of the
roads committee. This year snow
removal will be carried out with
the town's grader operated by
municipal employees under the
supervision of Jim P ai s 1 e y,
works superintendent.
It may be that Mayor Jack
Delbridge has his picture taken
wearing his new chain of office
in the near future. Council will
pose for a group picture before
the inaugural meeting January
3 and the mayor is being strongly
urged by fellow councillors to
make his first appearance wear-
ing the chain, The mayor's de-
coration was paid for by volun-
tary donations of fellow council-
lors and those close to council
and all are waiting for the first
public appearance.
*
Dr. R. W. Read has been re-
appointed to the South HuronDis-
trict High School Board for a
further two years covering 1966-
67.
* * * *
After a lapse of one week due
to a lack of draw tickets the mer-
chant's lucky draw was held again
last Saturday. Two draws were
made for $10 and two for $5 to
make up for the week when no
tickets were drawn. The draw
lasts through the Christmas sea-
son and into the early part of
January to allow those paying
off Christmas bills to get an extra
chance for the final draw for the
trip to the Dahamas.
Against an impressive back-
ground of stage properties, the
Christmas Story was presented
to a capacity audience at Trivitt
Memorial Church Sunday even-
ing. A large cast of children in
costume created the atmosphere
for the age old story backed up
by special music from the Exeter
Community Choir. The pageant
was directed by Mrs. Gerald
Barker who has wide experience
in this type of work.
* * * *
Members of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture are
holding their round table con-
ference with members of Par-
liament on Tuesday December
28 at Clinton.
* * * *
The Main Street United Church
Sunday School Christmas pageant
will be held tonight (Thursday).
This is an all children's pageant
for which the group has been
practicing for some time.
• * *
The new Hensall school ad-
Want to help
with centennial
The Exeter Dinettes have re-
quested to be allowed a small
part in the Centennial project
for Exeter. In a letter to coun-
cil received Monday evening the
group requested suggestions
from council as to what share
they might take. The matter has
been turned over to the Cen-
tennial committee for action.
Council also voted to set up a
centennial account to handle the
funds for the park project. An
Ontario Municipal Board ruling
states that the town must have
the money to cover this project
in an account such as this by the
end of the year. To date only
$400 has been received from the
service clubs involved. If the
money is not received by the end
of the year the town will deposit
the money in this account and
charge the money pledged by the
service clubs as an account re-
ceivable.
To date some $387 has been
spent on this project and the town
has received an outstanding ac-
count of $200 for the design of
the centennial pavilion,
Council also received a letter
from County council which has
been sent to all municipalities
asking them to assign their share
of centennial grants to the county
if they do not intend to carry out
a centennial project on their own.
County council will be informed
by letter of Exeter's plans.
dition is now completed and stu-
dents moved into the building
December 18. Work is still be-
ing carried out on the Stephen
Central School.
* * * *
Members of the Exeter branch
of the Royal Canadian Legion
have been busy this week deliver-
ing Christmas boxes in Exeter
and area. Thursday they visit
Westminster Hospital to distri-
bute gifts.
New members for
County Council
There will be seven new mem-
hers on Huron County Council
when it convenes for its inaugural
meeting in January. The complete
list of the council includes:
Ashfield . Donald McKenzie
Ashfield deputy , Gordon Boyd
Colborne . • . Wilmer Hardy
Goderich twp„ Grant Stirling
Goderich dep., Everett McIlwain.
Grey . „ . , Cliff Dunbar
Hay • John Corbett
Hay Deputy , . Delbert Geiger
Rowick • , Robert Gibson
Howick dep Harold Robinson*
Hullett . . . . . . Tom Leiper
McKillop . • . Kenneth Stewart
Morris . . . Stewart Proctor
Aircraft
— Continued from front page
populated area.
Investigators are doubtful as
to whether this was a chance
shot and are now wondering how
many times their aircraft have
been fired upon. The aircraft was
travelling at a speed of approxi-
mately 100 miles an hour and
would have an altitude of between
1500 and 2500 feet.
The two pieces of metal where
the bullet entered and left the
aircraft have been cut out and
will be forwarded to OPP head-
quarters for balistics tests in an
attempt to determine the calibre
of rifle used. Some feel this may
have been a .22 while others
feel a heavier rifle would have
been needed.
The student pilot, M. Y. Leong
is one of a group of Malaysians
who arrived at Centralia October
23, for pilot training and has
about 30 flying hours to his
credit.
Service Dept
Reg McDonald
Jerry Campbell
Gor,d Price
Pete Cobourn
Donald Bell
Elliott Clark
John Pritchard
Sales Dept
Ed Hearn
Cal Wein
Stanley . • Ernest Talbot
Stanley deputy Elmer lia.yter
Stephen • . James Hayter
Stephen dep . Edmund Hendrick*
Tuckersmith , Elgin Thompson
Turnberry . . . A. D. Smith
usborne . . Archie Etherington
East Wawanosh . Ernest Snell
West Wawanosh,
Hillard Jefferson*
Clinton . , . . Duff Thompson
Clinton deputy George Wonch
Exeter . , . Clarence E, Boyle
Exeter dep . Rev. J. P. Gandon
Howard McDonald
Cy Blommaert
Accounts Dept
Betty Coates
Dorcas Wein
Body Dept
Earl Gackstetter
Gerald Mason
Goderich , . Reginald Jewel
Goderich dep . Joseph moody*
Sea.forth . Carl Dalton
Seaforth deputy, Wilmer Quthill
Wingham . . • . , Joseph Kerr
Wingham dep . Jack Alexander
Hayfield . . Frank McFadden*
Blyth . . . . , . Borden Cook
Brussels . Calvin Krauter
Hensall . . Mrs, Minnie Noakes*
Zurich Leroy Thiel*
indicates .4 new member on
council.
Ted Snider, manager
PARTS & SERVICE
Bert Langford
SERVICE
Dalton Skinner
Roy Hunter
Lee Jory
Lester Heywood
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