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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-01-20, Page 1Haist family winners of trip to Bahamas L Ninety-third Year EXMR, ()WARM, JANUARY 20, 1906 Price Per Copy 10 Cents The lucky winners of the trip to the Bahamas sponsored by the Exeter Businessmen's Associa- tion are Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Haist of RR 2 Centralia, The win- ning ticket was drawn Saturday afternoon at 5:Q0 pm by A. T. C. MacNab, deputy minister of High- ways. Hon. C. S, MacNaughton, Minister of Highways was also on hand When the draw was made but declined to make the draw as he and his family were holders of tickets. The winning nu mber was 372201 and Reg Beavers, pre- sident of the Association was informed of the winner Sunday afternoon. Mr. Haist brought the winning ticket to town Monday afternoon and was officially ack- Announce bean survey for area nowledged as the winner upon presentation of the ticket stub. Mr, Haist was visiting at a neighbor's Sunday when he was told the winning number. He tele- phoned this to his wife who in- formed him the number was one of the many they had collected. The couple had about 1,500 chances on the draw from pur- chases from a variety of stores but believe the winning ticket was given out by the Exeter Co-op. In order to make sure there was no mistake Mr. Haist check- ed the winning number as posted in a downtown window before making his claim. The couple have decided to take the trip rather than take the$500 cash as was their option. Council hears annual report of Police Dept. 11 :445i•r< Honorable William A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture, an- nounced today that a compre- hensive research program into all phases of white bean pro- duction would be carried out in Huron County this year under the direction of the Ontario Agricul- tural Research Institute and the Soils and Crops Branch of the Department of Agriculture. Test plots will be located at Kippen and Varna. The program will in- clude the testing of promising new strains from Michigan and the Harrow Experimental Station in Ontario. The demonstration plots will check out herbicides and in- secticides in addition to exhaus- tive fertility trials. Much of the testing will be carried out by soil and crop specialists on grow- ers' farms. "It is my conviction that work of this type can be carried out more effectively by test plots in co=operating farms in the various counties in the province rather than increasing the num- ber o f experimental f r m 5", said Mr. Stewart. "The Soils and Crops branch of the Depart- ment is designed to work inclose co-operation with local soil and crop improvement associations in evaluating new crop produc- tion techniques under actual con- ditions. Under this system the local people are an important part in both the planning and the evaluation of the tests". The minister stated that dur- ing the past few years the num- ber of soil and crop specialists has been increased in order that co-operative testingprograms could be widened. With the In- ternational Plowing Match being held in Huron County this year, a special program has beenplan- ned on the site of the match. Projects demonstrating new var- ieties, herbicides, fertilize r types and methods of application —Please turn to page 3 1.1,4147 7.1/9* grfadil Y • falf.tt . 4 IQ `;*- J rests during the year with war- rants and eight without. There were nine lost children. Eight stolen bicycles were recovered and 43 business places were found insecure. Officers checked 60 residences while owners were away. Nine lost children were re- united with their parents during the year although some of these were only lost for an hour or two. Seventeen dogs were taken to the pound. The department investigated 11 breaking and enterings and four attempted breaking and en- terings during the year. There were two cases of fraud, nine cases of false pretences (cheques) four juvenile cases and five motor vehicles impounded. The department issued 51 park- ing tickets and investigated one attempted suicide. Dog tags have brought in a revenue of $80 with more re- venue expected from this. The chief asked council for consideration of more room for his department, both for the men to 'work as well as for filing cab- inets. Lack of space makes it necessary for records to be pack- ed in boxes and stored in one of the cells now which makes it diff i cult when information is needed from these. f r. Stolen property in Exeter dur- ing 1965 amounted to over $8,000 council was informed Monday evening in the annual report from the Police Department. Of this $2,080 was recovered. The major loss was a theft of $5,000 in bonds from a house in town but as these were registered the own- er will not lose by this. The bonds have never been recovered. Damage was high during the past year although most of this was caused during a spree of vandalism Hallowe'en night. Damage to property amounted to $1,660. Chief MacKenzie told council there were 23 charges under the Liquor Control Act during the year, 60 under the Highway Traf- fic Act (of which 38 were caught by radar) and 20 charges under the Criminal Code. There were 33 motor vehicle accidents with over $100 damage and 46 with damage under $100. There were nine injured in motor accidents with one fatality. The department conducted 189 investigations while there were 497 occurrences recorded in the book. The department recovered two cars stolen locally and three stolen cars for other depart- ments. The department made five ar- Council briefs Hon. Wm. Stewart Hon. C.S. MacNaughton v 6 11.1g: 11 New bylaw will give fire chief authority Look at those tickets! Ken Inch of the Businessmen's Association was on hand Monday afternoon to present the winner of the Bahamas draw, Maurice Haist, with confirmation of his prize after examining the winning ticket stub. The container beside the two men is filled with ap- proximately 600,000 stubs. Mr. Haist and family had about 1,500 chances in the draw. (T-A photo) Expansion costly New postmaster for Crediton and area One hundred new families in 100 new homes can have a terrific effect on a community° Members of council re- ceived somewhat of a shock Monday evening when they discovered what this would entail. A brief prepared by Dr. E. G. Pleva of the University of Western Ontario was read to members outlining exactly what would be involved. On the 100 homes, all the direct municipal taxes collected will pay for only half of what these homes will require in services. The rest of the money will come from assessments on commercial and industrial property, federal and pro- vincial grants, mostly income tax, liquor tax and gasoline tax coming back home, and borrowings (to be paid by the next generation). 100 new families will mean: 149 more cars. 472 more people purchase some equipment every year rather than waiting until a great deal is needed at one time. The committee will investigate the cost of purchasing a 60 foot ladder for the department. At the present time the longest ladder the department has is 24 feet and firemen found this was woefully inadequate when attempting to get to the top of a tall building at Lucan recently. The chief told members the department would be in a great deal of trouble if one of the taller buildings in Ex- eter caught fire and along ladder was needed. Also requested for the depart- ment was a fog nozzle, two more pair of rubber boots (the depart- ment only has four pair for a 20 man crew) and a half dozen pair of rubber gloves (the pre- sent supply is down to two or three pair). Clerk Treasurer Eric Cars- cadden has been authorized to in- vestigate a by-law to give the Exeter Fire Chief the power and authority to inspect buildings and order changes he decides are necessary. The matter was brought up as Fire Chief Irwin Ford gave his annual report to council Monday evening. Mr. Ford told members he does not have any more power than the average man on the street in re- gards to enforcing safety regula- tions because the town lacks the necessary legislation. In other fire department busi- ness the protection to persons and property committee was giv- en the power to investigate and act on requests for five items needed by the department. The chief requested 150 feet of inch and a half hose and 150 feet of two and a half inch hose. He told council he felt it is better to and was wounded at Vimy Ridge. During World War II he served with the postal corp in Ottawa, Camp Borden, RCAF Station C en- tralia and Toronto. Mr. Attfield has lived in this area for eightyears, living form- erly in Ottawa. He is a veteran and served two years with the RCR regiment and four and a half years with the First Special Service Force. 118 more children in school 69 in elementary school 40 in high school 9 in university Acres of public land required 6.'7 acres 1.61 acres elementary school 1.1 acres high school 1.9 acres parks 2.1 acres playgrounds New employees -- Municipality 0.94 new in police department -- $6,721 to police budget 0.73 new in fire department —$4,372 to fire budget 5.89 new municipal staff—$16,405 to municipal payroll New municipal services 567,000 gallons of water per day 2.07 new hospital beds — 0.55 additional visiting nurse 704 additional books in library $2,228 to library budget 0.21 additional cell in jail Residents of Crediton and area will have to get used to going to a different location to collect their mail effective Monday of this week. The office has been moved across the street and is now located in a portion of Att- field's General Store. Lloyd England who has served in the postal service for just over 44 years retired Monday morning and turned the duties over to the new acting postmaster of the village, Arthur Attfield. The changeover was carried out under the supervision of Harvey Pfaff, supervisory postmaster of the Exeter area. Mr. England started his career in postal work in 1922 when he took over the Crediton Post Of- fice from the estate of Barney Brown. Freeman Morlock was in charge of the office at this time. From 1922 to 1942 the office was located in a building which used to stand across from the present Radford store. This has since been destroyed. Mr. England served inthe first World War with the 58th Battalion Education 2,5 new elementary school rooms 1,9 new high school rooms at a total cost of $143,000 5.21 more teachers—$28,735 Who Wants expansion? A hot issue! 44 years of postal service Lloyd England retired as poSt master of Crediton Monday morning after completing 44 years and 11 days of service. He is shown signing the final papers in the old post office while the new acting postmaster, Arthur Attfield looks on, With the two men is 'Harvey Pfaff, supervisory postmaster of the Exeter area who was on hand for the changeover. The new office is located almost directly across the street from where Mr, England has operated the office since 1942. Errors delay application Council will take immediate steps in an effort to speed the application to the Ontario Muni- cipal Board for approval of a debenture issue of $600,000 for the proposed addition to theSouth Huron District High School. A letter from the OMB read at Council last Monday evening re- quested additional information as well as rejecting resolutions filed by the town in regards to this matter. The resolutions of Grand Bend, 'Zurich and the Townships of Us- borne and Stephen Were rejected because they were certified as true copies by the deputy clerk- treasurer of Exeter rather than the clerk-treasurers of the re- spective municipalities. Further, the Grand Bend re- solution was illegible and a new copy will have to be certified and forwarded, Nothing has been filed from the Townships of Tuck- ersmith and Flay or the village of Hensall. An affidavit or declara- tion is needed from the secretary Of the high school declaring that all municipalities in the school — Please turn to page 3 The hottest issue in the area at the moment is the pending bean growers' vote as to whether they are in favor of increasing the licence fee from six cents to 10 cents per hundredweight for the purpose of building processing and storage facilities in the Southern part of Huron County by the Ontario Bean Growers Mar- keting Board. Information received today in- dicates that the Bean Marketing Board is confident they will re- ceive approval Of this and hal'e not over by nearly the amount of the total deficit. Everybody appears happy with the snow removal in the town using the grader. This includes councillors as well as many re- sidents who were noted for their complaints in other years. A breakdown in the grader hamper- ed operations on Monday but re- pairs were effected by Monday evening and work proceeded throughout the night. The first snow was hauled away from the Main Street Monday evening as well. * * * * Because of its location,Ex- eter will become a memer of a second Economic and Develop- ment Association. Council voted Monday evening to join the Lake Erie Economic and Development Association after hearing a letter giving the required permission. Exeter is a member of the Mid-Western Ontario Develop- ment Association but is on the very fringe of the area. The town is only four miles away from the boundary of the Lake Erie As- sociation and because of high recommendations of this, inves- tigations were started as to whether it would be possible for Exeter to join. The cost to the town is six cents per capita or approximate- ly $193 per year, Council voted approval of this subject to the approval of the Industrial Com- mission. They will also continue their membership in the Mid- Western Association. * * * * Exeter council has endorsed a resolution from Mount Forest calling for slow growth areas to be defined by districts rather than by municipalities. Members did not suggest that Exeter should be classed as being in such a district but approved the prin- ciple of the resolution. * Vandalism is still continuing in town. Stop signs were obliterated with paint at Hallowe'en and since that time further signs have been coated. Works Superintendent James Paisley reported that two more were painted during the Christmas season. The signs cannot be repaired and new ones must be erected. * * * * Residents who park all night on Town Streets may wake up to find their car missing during the winter months. If they do they can be reasonably sure it was towed away as it Was blocking snowre- moval operations. Council decid- ed on a 'get tough' policy in re- gards to this in order to keep snow pushed well back on all roads. A suggestion by Reeve Derry Boyle that one-way streets be implimented in Exeter to help clear the Congestion at inter- sections met with mixed recep- tion. The matter was brought up for discussion only and will be passed on to the police commit- tee for further study. The sug- gestion called for Anne Street to — Please turn to page 8 taken an option on land in Exeter and in Hensall. The Marketing Board intends to use $400,000 from a 1965 levy of 77 per cwt. collected on the 1965 crop and make repayment through the increase in licence feeg. Many growers in Huron as well as neighboring counties have Voiced opposition to this method Of financing. An outline Of the issues involved in the vote as well 48 the opinions of grow- ers and government officials will be publishes! in next week's issue A new parking by-law for the town has been approved by the Department of Transport but it is unlikely whether signs can be erected to enforce this until the spring. The by-law restricts parking near intersections in the downtown section of town both on Main Street as well as on streets meeting Main Street. New signs will have to be erected and, in some areas, guide lines painted on the pavement, before it canbe enforced. Further details will be published when the new signs are erected. * * * Councillor Mery Cudmore has been appointed as council's re- presentative to the Exeter De- velopment Corporation Ltd. This organization was formerly the In- dustrial Commission but follow- ing the change to a private Cor- poration, council held an appoint- ment until hearing of the feelings of this organization. Councillor C. V. Barrett is also a member of this Corporation. * * * * Council will have a delegation in attendance at the convention of the Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves to be held in Sarnia late in June. Council mov- ed to again join this association and all members spoke highly of the benefit which comes from these yearly meetings. The clerk has been instructed to check with the Ontario Muni- cipal Board to find out what pow- ers the Town has in limiting the number of businesses of anypar- ticular type in the town (e.g. gas stations, restaurants etc.) The town already has restrictive by- laws on some types of business and council wishes to find out its position on this matter. If any new picnic tables are purchaged for Exeter Parks it is likely they will be purchased from the Cape Croker Indian Co-op- erative which is manufacturing these at a cost of approximately $19 each. In turning the request for business over to the RAP committee, council recommend- ed that they strongly consider ordering from this source if any additional tables are needed. A donation of $10 has been granted to the St. Johns Ambul- ance. This is the same as the grant this organization received last year. * * * * No action will be taken until spring in changing 'no parking' signs on Victoria Street. It has been brought to council's atten- tion that When these were erect- ed, they were placed facing the wrong direction. * * A statement will be issued at a later date as to the amount of the 1965 deficit and in what de- partments this Was caused in. Colineillor Wooden requested the finance committee to prepare this statement to Clarify the IS- Sue. He indieated Reeve Boyle has been blaming this on the drains but said this budget was