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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-01-06, Page 3Welcome 1966 Robert Henry VanSteeg was the first baby born at the South Huron Hospital during 1966. He was considerate in that he didn't disrupt a New Year's eve party in arriving at 3:11 pm Saturday afternoon. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary VanSteeg of Brock Street, Hensall and the lucky family will receive a raft of gifts from area merchants. Mr. and Mrs. VanSteeg have one other child, a brother for Robert who is 21 months old. (T-A photo) Public school students attend G-B Council Tirnes.Advocate, January 6, 1966 Inge By MRS. WILLIAM RHODE 4x7 each 4.49 4x8 each 4.89 3.79 4.29 4x8 C40 IW each 25 pcs. cash & carry 4.44 BEAVER ANNUAL DO-IT-NOW PANELLING MAHOGANY PLYWOOD PANELLING 99 1 ANY QUANTITY 32"x84" panels of natural ma- hogany. Special purchase, or- der now while the stock lasts. 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PLAN SHORT COURSES Mrs. Gerald Agar was hostess for the C.:hristmas meeting of the Staffa WI in her home Wednesday afternoon Dee. 29. Highlight of the meeting was the exchange of gifts with secret pals and the discovery of who one's secret pal was, Mrs. Carter Kerslake presided and commented on the motto "Keeping Christmas is good, Sharing it is better." The roll call ((your favourite Christmas flower" was answered by 19 members and three visitors, everyone displayed a Christmas gift. The topic for this meeting was pot luck with everyone con- tributing. Business was discussed. The 4-H leaders training school is to be held in Mitchell. January 11 and 12. A training course on "Vegetables with a Flair" is to be held in Mitchell January 27 and 28 and Mrs. Gerald Agar, Mrs. Gordon Hoggarth and Mrs. Roy McDonald volunteered to at- tend. The first card party of the winter is to be held early in January with Mrs. Garnet Tay- lor's group responsible. Miss Janet Miller was present and NEW! Beaver. 12"x12" Tile 54 sq. ft. per carton. ] 0 CTN. Cjirmstrong TUFTONE 12" x 12" TEXTURED VINYL TILE Invisible seams with new large size, textured patterns in the famous Armstrong vinyl as- bestos. See this new tile at 53 FREE Principal William Freele and 25 Grade 8 students from Grand Bend Public School had an insight Monday morning into ((democ- racy at work" as they watched the impressive inaugural ceremony in the village hall where Reeve 0. J. Wassmann and Councillors Howard Greene,Emmerson Des- Jardine, Douglas Martin and John Manore promised to "faithfully and impartially" execute the du- ties of council for 1966. Also sworn in at the same ses- sion by clerk-treasurer Murray A. DesJardins was Lawrence Ma- son, Public Utilities Commission representative. School boar d member Donald Flear will of- ficially assume office at a later date. Reeve Wassmann took time out in his inaugural address to out- line the workings of local muni- cipal government to his young audience and told them of the importance of Grand Bend's "two good industries" — fishing and tourism. He spoke of his intentions to work toward making Grand Bend "step right out of its shoes and blossom". Officiating clergyman was Rev. William Gatz of Zion Lutheran Church, Dashwood, Rev. J. Edwin Wattam of Grand Bend's Church of God and Rev. G. Edwin Mor- The new council of Grand Bend at the first meeting in the new year gave ample indication of the type of municipal government villagers can expect in the forth- coming months. Newcomer to the council table Douglas Martin brought the sub- ject of advanced polls to the at- tention of his fellow members by reviewing the ""bad publicity" for Grand Bend which was evident prior to the 1965 elections. He said that while very few summer residents had in the past availed themselves of the convenience of the advance polls, the cost of keeping them open was negligible when it "cut the legs out from under" those who chose to com- plain when the advance poll was discontinued last December. Council agreed to have Clerk Murray A. DesJardins study ad- vance poll procedure in other centres. It was noted that an advance poll open for one-half day the Saturday prior to the Mon- day elections should be sufficient. Reeve 0. J. Wassmann explain- ed more fully his inaugural ad- dress promise to see Grand Bend "step right out of its shoes and blossom" when he spoke of his desire to set up a meeting with the Ausable River Conservation Authority early in the new year to discuss the possibility of en- tering a long-term scheme, if necessary, to clean up that ""muddy old river we have down there". He said that since much of the livelihood of residents in Grand Bend was realized from the tour- ist trade it was up to council to do everything possible to insure the greatest use of existing na- tural attractions. The river in its present condition, he indicat- ed, did little to entice the tour- ists who arrived via Lake Huron. Councillor John Manore sug- gested that council take time in 1966 to review the bylaws in force in the village so that all members would be acquainted with them prior to a request to village solicitor Elmer Bell to make recommendations, if any, on some bylaws in question. Clayton Mathers, appearing on row of the United Church in Grand Bend spoke briefly. DAY LONG SESSIONS Main item of business on the agenda for the initial sitting of Grand Bend council was the var- ious appointments of officers and corn mittee s: clerk-treasurer Murray A. DesJardins; road foreman, Wellwood Gill; fire chief, Lawrence Mason; solicit- ors, Bell and Laughton, Exeter; auditor, W, L. Smith and Com- pany, Sarnia, Library Board, Douglas Mart- in; Ausable River Conservation Authority, John Manore; Exeter District High School represen- tative, W. F. B. MacLaren; For- est District High School repre- sentative, Clayton Mathers. Committees of council (the first name indicating the chair- man): Fire and Light, John Man- ore, Emmerson Desjardine; Health, Manore, Dr. Fred Boyce, Parkhill, William Rendle; Pro- perty, Douglas Martin and How- ard Greene; Police, Desjardine and Greene; Relief, Reeve and Clerk; Water, Desjardine and a committee of the whole council; Roads, Greene and Manore; Ad- ministration and Finance, Mart- in and Desjardine, A by-law was passed to es- tablish borrowing power at the bank of up to $50,000 in 1966. behalf of the Grand Bend Re- creation Committee, made a suc- cessful appeal for $225 to be used by the committee for minor sports in the village. He said the committee was paying $8 per hour for ice-time at Exeter arena for hockey practice and although the team showed real promise the committee was doubtful if it could carry on without a grant. Said Councillor Martin, "I hate to spend money but a project like this is worthwhile." Reeve Wass- mann concurred that if the child- ren were kept off the streets and happy, the community had performed its most important duty. Councillor Desjardine made reference to some complaints that the girls in Grand Bend were being neglected by the re- creation committee. Mathers a- greed this was, a problem and said that committee attempts to interest the girls in softball had been futile. Local OPP accident free Members of the Exeter Detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial police are shaking their heads with wonder while still keeping their fingers crossed. The de- tachment investigated only one minor accident on New Year's Eve and to date have not had an accident in 1966. The Detachment has been pressing for care and safety on the road during the holiday season and to date it would appear as though they have been reasonably successful. A check of the OPP books Wednesday morning revealed only white pages with no record of either criminal charges or accidents, a feat very few police departments could equal five days after New Years, The minor accident New Year's Eve occurred in Zurich at the intersection of ViCtoria and Mill Streets. There are no signs at this intersection and apparently neither of the cars stopped. Darn- People who start renovation, construction or modification of buildings in Exeter before being granted a building permit may find themselves faced with an expensive problem. Members of council have complained about this practice for some time and now intend to see that their by- law is enforced. People who start work on build- ings without the necessary per- mit are subject to a fine under the local building by-law. Of- fences are becoming so flagrant members feel they must make an example out of two or three cases in order to impress people with the seriousness of this. The by-law was passed so that council would have some control over the types of struc- tures built in various areas to make sure these conform to the Malcolm Hiltz, a student at South Huron District Secondary School was Huron representa- tive at the Older Boys Parlia- ment held at Queens University at Kingston during the Christmas holidays. The following is a re- port of the sessions written for the T-A. By MALCOLM HILTZ The theme of the 45th session of the Older Boys' Parliament was "Where Do I Fit In" and the purpose was to promise to be faithful and bear true allegiance to the king of kings. Many mo- tions passed through our hands during the eight sessions of the house but I feel the one that most exemplified the theme and purpose was the motion entitled "Christian Discipleship". The main clauses in this bill dealt with the role of teen-agers in the church, a role which has been greatly limited in the past by tradition. The Parliament as a whole passed resolutions in the bill to add teen-agers to the ses- sion of the United Church and to have teen-agers on any execu- tive body discussing church union. The bill that caused the most uproar was a private members motion which briefly stated we should: (a) Support the policy of our Canadian government in placing its army at the disposal of the United Nations in the Middle East and in Cyprus. (b) Condemn all acts of ag- gression by the United States. (c) Encourage the establish- ment of an International Army to spread respect for law and order. This motion was passed by a vote of 63 to 39 but many mem- bers abstained from voting on these controversial subjects. The third bill which received special consideration was the bill entitled Social Problems. After many debates, discussions, arguments, and red faces we passed this bill by a slim ma- jority. The essence of this bill was condemning early marriages especially when they are forced by circumstances. The Older Boys' Parliament recommends to the Ontario government that: (a) the legal age for marriage be raised. (b) a waiting period of nine months be required between ap- Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Langille, Dennis, Debbie and Cathy of Chat- ham visited last week with Mr. & Mrs. Harold Carroll and Mr. & Mrs. Ken Simpson. Mrs. Betty Castle of London, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kernick and Mr. Joe Kernick attended the fu- neral of a great uncle, the late George Brown in Pigeon, Michi- gan, New Years Day. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Knight and Linda attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Ed. Knight at the Hopper-Hockey Funeral H o m e, Exeter Saturday. They were guests later at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Knight, Exeter. Marcia Shulman of Embro spent part of last week with her grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Pyrn. They all went to Embro Wednesday. Mr. & Mrs. John pym and Pauline also spent New Years Day with Mr. & Mrs. Tony Shulman of Embro. age was estimated at $250. Both of the drivers were Zurich re- sidents, Lawrence J. Reichert and Kenneth Gascho. Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Grain • Feed • Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 zoning by-law. It also allows the assessor to be made aware of the changes as they could affect his department. Building permitS are required where a structural modification, change or repair is made with a cost of more than $100. Ap- parently many people fail to rea- lize this restriction, or, in some cases, do not care, and fail to take these out. Council is freqeently asked to authorize a building permit when they know from personal observation that this work has already been started and in some cases is nearly completed. A close watch will be kept on this problem during the next year in an effort to educate people as to the need for con- forming to the by-law. plying for a marriage licence and the performance of the cere- mony but that this not apply over age 21. (a) pre and post marri age counselling service be establish- ed by church and state. (d) high school guidance pro- grams include discussion of the problems of early marriage. Perhaps parliament was best summed up when Syl Apps, the lieutenant-governor pointed out that only a few teenagers give our generation a bad name and Christian teenagers must stand up and be counted. Return separate school trustees Members of the combined se- parate school board for Hay and Stanley Townships were return- ed to office at the annual rate- payers' meeting in Hayfield re- cently. Charles Rau of RR 2 Zurich still has one year to serve in his three year term as chairman of the board. Members returned to office were Gerald Sreeman, RR 3 Bay- field, Philip Durand, Ted Geof- frey and Paul Ducharme all of RR 2 Zurich. Rt. Rev. William Bordeau of St. Joseph, is secretary-treasur- er. New Year Levee at Centralia New Years Day at RCAF Sta- tion Centralia was celebrated by the traditional Levee. The one hundred and twenty five guests of the Officers' Mess were greeted by the Command- ing Officer, Group Captain G. F. Ockenden, the outgoing Presi- dent of the Officers' Mess, S/L R. E. Cousins and the new Pre- sident, S/L C. J. Malone. Among those attending were the Honourable C. S. MacNaugh- ton, Provincial Minister of High- ways, Mr. Ross McKinley, the Federal Member of Parliament for Huron, the Mayor of Exeter, Mr. Jack Delbridge and the Reeves and Councillors from the local area township and towns of Lucan and Grand Bend and Exeter. The Military of the London area was represented by the members from the Dundas Street Armory Wolseley Barracks and HMSC Prevost. The Commanding Officer of Clinton, G/C K. R. Greenaway and Major D. J. Car- michael, represented the neigh- bouring RCAF Unit. Friday, December 31 being a warm day, the bees were out by the hundreds around their hives on Norman Long's property and Robert Thomson picked a dande- lion in full bloom at his home. Mt. Carmel Mr. & Mrs, Ted Lane and family, Detroit, were visitors with the McCann families. Mrs. Laura /vIccann returned home with them after a pleasant visit, Misses Lorraine Hall, Sandra O'Rourke, Mary Eileen Carey, Wendy Trainor, Jane McCann attended a YCS study day in Windsor last Wednesday, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Conlin and family, Joe and Paul Dietrich and relatives dined with Mr. & Mrs. Clem Boland and family for New Years, Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse Sheehan and family were weekend guests with Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Mc- Cann. Mr, & Mrs. Joseph Hogan and Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hogan and families were New Years guests of Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred Hogan. Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Flanagan and girls, Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Corriveau and Miss Sue Hart- man visited over the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse Hart- man. Miss Rita Anne Carey spent a few days with Mr. & Mrs, Clare Rock of Kingsville. Mr. & Mrs. Joe Carey and family and Mrs. Laura Glavin and Maureen were New Years guests in London with Mr. & Mrs, Jim Carey and girls. Hope dim for extra grant Hope for an additional grant towards the construction cost of the South Huron District Second- ary School addition appears to be fading as a result of letters re- ceived by council. A letter re- ceived from the Department of Education in Toronto expressed sympathy with the problems of this area but suggested costs are rising to such an extent they can do nothing to change the grant structure. Reeve Derry Boyle also in- formed council that he had re- ceived three letters forwarded to him from the county level in regards to this matter stating substantially the same thoughts. The letters in essence read, so sad, too bad, your dad" and the town and participating muni- cipalities must pay 25 percent of the construction costs. Clerk-treasurer Eric Cars- cadden informed council t h a t application has not yet been made to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval of the $600,000 de- benture needed before further progress can be made in re- gards to calling for tenders. He indicated he had approached the bank in regards to this and they in turn had to contact head office before the matter could proceed any further, TEMPLEMAN. on behalf of the Institute mem- bers Mrs. Kerslake presented Janet with a gift for success- fully completing 12 4.-H, pro- sects. PERSONALS Mr. & Mrs, Jack Burleigh, Jack and Joan, Seaforth and Mr. & Mrs. Mike Shabonik, Linda and Sheila, Winnipeg, were Tues- day evening guests of Mr.& Mrs, Bob Norris and family, Mr. & Mrs. Bob Mayer and family, Thames Road, visited Wednesday evening with Mr. & Mrs. John Templeman and fam- ily, Misses Janet and Edna mill- er, London spent the holidays with their parents, Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Miller. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Balfour and girls, Sault Ste Marie, visit- ed over the holidays with rela- tives in the community. Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Scott and family, Mr. & Mrs. Reg Fin- layson and Mike were New Years Day visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Scott and family, Crom- arty. Mr. & Mrs. John Templeman visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Will Rowcliffe, Hensall. HOW TO BUILD YOUR REC ROOM Fully photo illustrated booklet on how to build your rec room . . step by step. Yours for the asking at Beaver. Advance polls topic of new G-B Council Local boy reports on Older Boys' Parliament