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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-11-18, Page 1EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 18, 1971 Price Per Copy 20 Cents May boost overt salary GB to. prohibit open burning simply use the burning method. If we stop pollution even in a small way it's a step in the right direction." Jackson agreed, 'saying all town properties had been raked. and the leaves taken to the dump. In objecting Des Jardins said cars were polluting the air more than burning of leaves and Cochrane felt residents should be • Water tower needs repair • The Exeter PUC water storage tqwer, built in 1909-10, is in need of extensive repairs, This was the finding of Horton Steel, the firm which recently did an intensive inspection on the tower. PUC Manager Hugh Davis said this week the tower is not hazardous, and the PUC will probably have to study the situation for some time before arriving at an answer, Davis said it will be "very, very expensive" to undertake the repairs. A new tower is also very costly, and he noted the present tower is quite undersized for the town's present needs, allowed to burn papers in con- tainers on their own property. Regarding a proposed sewage system in Grand Bend, council was informed that the engineering agreement with the firm of M 1V1 Dillon Ltd. for the preparation of a design report has been sent to the consultant for signing. Upon execution of this agreement by OWRC, the con- sultant will be instructed to prepare a conceptual brief which is required prior to preparation of the design report. This brief will outline in general the sewage works requirement of the municipality, the land required for the proposed works and other technical information related to the program. In continuing attempts to get provincial approval to install traffic lights at the intersection of Highway 21 and Lake Road, council received a copy of a letter from Transportation and Com- munications Minister C. S. MacNaughton turning down the proposal. The Huron MPP said, "Negative results were obtained from a Labour Day check, Conditions at this intersection — Please turn to page 3 The first two readings have been given to a bylaw to restrict burning in the village of Grand Bend, The subject was first brought up two weeks ago when council learned some residents were raking their leaves and putting them in garbage bags ready for transfer to the dump while others were burning leaves on their property or roadside. A third reading of the bylaw is expected to be passed at the first meeting in December which would allow burning only by permit giving the time and location. The bylaw now in effect allows burning on one's own property. Under normal circumstances a bylaw may be given three readings and passed the same night if all members of council agree. At Monday's meeting, coun- cillors Murray Des Jardins and Bill Cochrane opposed the proposed law while Reeve John Payne and councillors Shirley Sylvester and Dave Jackson were in favour. During the discussion coun- cillor Sylvester said, "Let everybody burn leaves or none. Why should some take the trouble to use garbage bags while others STUDENTS AT CENOTAPH — Students from Precious Blood Separate school in Exeter laid a wreath at the Exeter cenotaph, Wednesday morning during Remembrance Day services for the school. Above, Fred Robinson lays the wreath while fellow students Danny Mittelholtz, Frankie Giffin, Doug Brooks and Exeter Legion president Glenn Robinson look on. T-A photo It's the time of year when Exeter council ,gets into salary talks. They've already .settled with the local. police Association and, are still in the m ids t ,of negotiations with the works department staff and the arena, parks-recreation employees, Now A new group has entered the picture for salary talks. Members agreed this week to ask the finance committee to make recommendations :regarding ,their own pay scales. "It's time we checked into this," stated Councillor Ken ,Ottewell.1,P#04041,1gtbe -subject, A new corner this year, Ottewell said lie4cla't realize how much work was; blvolved and said he . didn't .think ratepayers expected them to. Werk for nothing. CogneillerS presently receive $20 per meeting and $10 for special meetings. The mayor receives a straight $700 per an- num, A report is to be submitted by the second meeting in December. Talks with the works depart- ment employees will continue this week. The men asked council for a 12 percent pay boost and an increase in benefits. Council offered an eight percent increase. It was turned down. Works superintendent Glenn Kells also turned down an eight percent offer. He asked for 11 percent and any additional benefits given to his staff. Monday night council approved RAP's decision to offer the park- arena-recreation staff an in- crease of eight percent. They too had asked for 12 percent. ANOTHER BIG ONE — Local fishermen have been having excellent luck during the past couple of weeks at Bayfield. Above, Bill Snell is shown with a rainbow trout that measured 26 inches and weighed nine and one-half pounds. T-A photo Ninety-sixth Year Stephen boosts bounty; $40 for killing wolves Anyone fortunate enough to shoot a wolf in Stephen township could be richer by $40. At a regular meeting, Tuesday night, Stephen council approved a bounty of $15 for wolves cap- tured in the township. The special bounty came as the result of a petition from hunters in the west-end of the municipality who feel there are a could take over the control of all fire departments. The latter suggestion for the township to handle all fire — Please turn to page 3 Youths face 57 charges Avoiding dog cars collide The area accident total took a sharp drop this week with only two being investigated by the local OPP detachment officers, Damage was light in both. On Wednesday, a car driven by Thomas Gower, Wingham, collided with a tree on Highway 4 south of Exeter. The driver was treated for lacerations at South Huron Hospital. Damage was listed at $500 by Constable Ed Wilcox. The other crash occurred Saturday at 1:30 p.m. on High- way 83 one mile east of Exeter. Drivers involved were Darrell Parker, Staffa, and Robert W. Millar, RR 1 Hensall. Both vehicles were proceeding west on the highway and Millar was in the process of passing when a dog ran out in front of the two vehicles. The drivers applied their brakes and their vehicles bumped together causing damage listed at $150 by Con- stable Bob Whiteford. During the past week the local officers charged 20 persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 16 drivers. OPP Cpl. Ray Brooks reminds drivers this week that the department of transportation and communications has announced that their 24-hour winter road report service is now in operation. Winter road conditions for the area can be obtained from the Stratford or London offices, Five area youths face a total of 57 charges as a result of police investigations into a rash of vandalism in Stephen and Usborne Townships on Saturday and Sunday, November 6 and 7. Several stop signs were chopped down; stones and a mail box were tossed through windows at three homes in the early morning hours of November 6; a Bell Telephone repeater main- tenance cabinet was entered and one wire cut, resulting in loss of service for Dashwood area residents; doors at the Exeter Golf Course were smashed with an axe ; and several mail boxes were chopped and pulled down. One of the stop signs at the intersection of Concession 2 in Usborne and the Kirkton Road, was chopped down Saturday and replaced and was found chopped down again the next day. Police have not yet been able to estimate exactly the total damage, but it is expected to exceed $1,000. As a result of the investigation by Constables Bill Glassford and 1)ale Lamont, the following youths have been charged under the Criminal Code: Lawrence Dennis Jones, 21, 146 Andrew St., Exeter. Two charges of mischief and seven charges of wilful damage. Robin Edward Lee, 16, 156 Andrew St., Exeter. Five charges of mischief and 16 charges of wilful damage. Dennis Ivan Brock, 17, RR 1 Woodham. Five charges of mischief and 18 charges of wilful damage. Ross Frederick Elliott and Terry Phillips, both of 150 Main St., Exeter, will each face two charges of wilful damage. Okay purchase of township land In a five to three vote, Monday, Exeter council agreed to pay half the town's share of buying seven acres of river flats from Robert Frayne. Cost to the town is ex- pected to be about $540. The Public Utilities Com- mission will be asked to pay the other half. The property is located near the PUC springs west of the Morrison darn. The PUC has expressed no need for the property, but did advise council it would be unfortunate to have it fall into the hands of private enterprises and from that standpoint approved of the purchase in principle. There was some opposition by council Members. Some thought the PUC should foot the entire bill, while others thought if the Ausable River Conservation Authority wanted the land they should have approached Usborne council. The land is in Usborne. Main backer of the project to buy the land is R. E. Pooley, Exeter's representative on the ARCA, who is also chairman of the PUC, He has approached council before with the idea that the entire area between the Morrison dam and Exeter should be pur- chased for park lands, Townships oppose plan INDICATING RECORD — Coach Doug Ellison and the only two plays involved in South Huron junior Panthers enviable win record indicate the number of wins manufactured in three years. Showing 27 fingers with the help of the coach are co-captains Perry Stover and Brett Lavier. T-A photo number of wolves in the area. The petition asked for a bounty ol' $25. Council instructed clerk Wilmar Wein to take the necessary steps to put the bounty in effect. In addition, the Cpunty of I luron pays a bounty of $25. When a wolf i s shot in a Huron municipality, the hide must be taken to the County clerk in Goderich. From there it is sent to. the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests for proper iden- tification. Upon receipt of an affidavit from the county clerk it is ex- pected Stephen would then authorize payment of the ad- ditional $15, A delegation of Crediton police village trustees approached council on the matter of fire protection arrangements bet- ween the two groups. Crediton is in need of new or better fire fighting equipment. No action was taken on the request but council will be in- vestigating three possible moves. The present agreement with the township paying the village a retainer fee and cost of fire calls could be continued; the per- centage system of all fire costs could be used or the township Arena addition grant probable "That is a big lift", commented Reeve Derry Boyle when Exeter council learned this week that a grant could be obtained on the addition undertaken at the local arena this fall. New dressing rooms were added on the west side to facilitate a storage space for the new ice making machine donated by the local Kinsmen club. A grant of 25 percent, up to a maximum of $5,000, will be made available through the depart- ment of agriculture and food. The addition had been expected to cost slightly under $10,000, but the actual cost is now expected to he over $15,000. BEAR COMES SOUTH — A deer hunting trip to Northern Ontario proved to be a little more exciting for several district men. Eddie Brintnell of Exeter accompanied by Warren Ernst of Huron Park was able to down a big black bear. The two men with Brintnell at the left are shown with the bear that weighed 420 pounds and was eight feet tall. T-A photo Cancel out deficit for figure skating Prisoner-of-war st eaks to veterans minor hockey group some time ago and they now operated continually in the black. Clerk Eric Carscadden noted the club executive knew they were in arrears and never did budget to make an effort to raise any of the deficit. Councillor Taylor suggested if — Please turn to page 3 One of the largest crowds ever to ' attend a Remembrance Day banquet sponsored by the R. E. Pooley Exeter branch of the Ital Canadian Legion heard the e. periences of a Japanese p 'isoner-of-war during the S rcond World War. Alfred Lister, now a resident of Locan who was taken prisoner in c( ingapore in 1942 related most of I's four-year experiences. In talking of his experiences, r . Lister said, "You don't know The new fire department cost sharing proposal being made by Exeter to the three neighboring communities is meeting with opposition. Hay Township council replied this week that the percentage suggested for them by Exeter is too high and a letter from Usborne indicated "little support at this time" for the new cost sharing scheme. At the present time, the three townships only pay for fire calls at the rate of $75 for the first hour and $60 for each hour after that. Exeter is asking that the townships share in all the costs of the fire department, which is estimated to be around $10,000 this year. They suggest Usborne pay 30 percent, Stephen 20 and Hay 10. Members claim it is unfair that Exeter pay all the costs. In 1969, for instance, only $1,891 was received from the townships for fire calls, while the cost of operation was $7,100. "We're willing to discuss alternatives," Councillor Helen Jermyn stated Monday, "but they must be aware that Exeter can't continue to carry the costs. Council agreed to set up a meeting with the townships on November 25 to discuss the matter, biven warning on serving youth Consider adding on to mausoleum The Exeter Cemetery Board plans an addition to their mausoleum to facilitate the storage of more caskets during the winter months. Councillor Mery Cutimere reported Monday night that another vault would be added to the basement of the facility. He said the present storage area had been over extended last, year with 33 bodies, Council discuss work opportunity Members of Exeter council are having difficulty thinking up work that could be undertaken to use the town's share of the federal-provincial employment incentive program. Clerk Eric Carscadden said $3,458.18 was available from the provincialgovernment, while projects up to $500,000 Will be considered federally. The grants cover labor costs primarily, but unlike the spring program of this year, some assistance will be given on materials and supervision costs, Main problem is that 60 percent of the personnel used on the projects must be employable welfare recipients. Exeter has only one such male person. Some construction projects were discussed briefly, but it was- the opinion of members that such jobs undertaken in the winter months are much more costly, The discussion ended with Deputy-Reeve MacGregor asking council to consider the matter until next meeting. The financial slate for the Exeter Figure Skating Club has been wiped clean, Council agreed Monday night to write off a debt of $1,043 owed by the club for ice rental time at the local arena, but only after a lengthy debate. Reeve Derry Boyle, a former ti executive of the club and a representative on RAP, said most of the deficit had been in- curred by the club while it was being operated by women. He asked Councillor Helen Jermyn not to take offence at that statement, but noted the 'women were primarily interested in their ehildrens' skating and money problems were among the last details considered. Boyle said the deficit had been building at the rate of $100 to $200 per year, and despite 'cheap ice time, there was no way the club could get out of the red. However, he said the new president, Jack Underwood, had prepared a budget for the year and the club would be prepared to cut back if necessary to maintain it. ti "Participation increases each year, and that's what recreation is all about," Reeve Boyle suggested, adding that mem- bership fees had been increased to club members and some youngsters now paid as much as $24 per year. Councillor Ottewell asked if there was any problein in letting the deficit ride, "It should either be written off or collected," Boyle opined. He also explained a $600 deficit had been wiped off the books of the AT REMEMBRANCE DAY BANQUET The guest speaker at Thursday's Remembrance Day banquet sponsored by the Exeter Legion was Alfred Lister of Lucan, who spent four years as a .lapanese prisoner-of-war, Mr. Lister is shown at the left with Andy Bierling who was in charge of the program, president Glenn Robinson arid padre Rev. George Anderson, T-A photo the meaning of the word freedom, until you lose it. It's priceless, absolutely priceless. He added that in never actually giving up, he found faith is much stronger than hope. During his stay as a Japanese prisoner, the speaker said he lost exactly half of his 148 pounds,his weight at the time of capture early in December of 1941. The prisoners;, some 150,000 including Mr. Lister were forced to build 230 miles of railway and he also worked on construction of the Bridge over the River Kwai. Work on the two projects was restricted to nine months of each year as the balance of the year it rained continually. In order to take orders from his Japanese guards while working on several construction jobs, Lister said he was forced to learn the basics of the Japanese language in just three days. He related many stories of incidents of torture and pain which many prisoners had to endure. On one occasion as a member of a work party, he was one of a 50-man group locked in a train box car for 10 hours in the ex- treme heat. When first captured seven prisoners were deposited in one what could be described as a "personal cell", One of the first big chores after being freed was having his long beard shaved off. He said there were several problems involved which included soaking the beard in hot water for several hours to get, rid of the fleas and bugs, One of the most serious in- cidents arising out of the annual district meeting of the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario, came out of a hearing for the Central Hotel, Lucan, The hearing was in London, Tuesday, and a total of 14 licensed establishments were called on the carpet to explain infractions to James Mackey, the ex-police chief of Metropolitan Toronto and now liquor board chairman. Charles Miller, owner of the Central Hotel, was warned by Mr. Mackey that he could face serious civil charges from a September accident in which an under-age drinker* was involved in a fatal accident. Mr. Mackey did, not name the youth involved nor specify the accident. Ile said it had been reported to the board that a — Please turn to page 3