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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-10-19, Page 1One driver hits .own car, runaway causes big loss The Exeter OPP investigated two unusual accidents this week, In one, three unattended vehicles were involved and in another art area driver struck his own vehicle, The latter occurred on Saturday at 5:20 p.m, when a truck driven by Lea Creces, Zurich collided with his own car which was parked on the 15th sideroad of Hay Township, He was backing the truck up Two okay plea, Exeter doesn't At the Monday meeting, Exeter council did not concur with a resolution from Whitby asking the provincial government to provide substantial financial assistance (up to 100 percent) for repairs to present buildings and construction of new arenas. The resolution noted that under Bill 90, few arenas could meet the new standards and this would require many communities to undertake extensive renovations • or build new structures. Reeve Boyle noted it would be financially impossible for the province to agree to terms requested by the resolution. "It's foolish to ask for so much," he said. Two other municipalities in the • area did support the resolution. They were the township of Stephen and the village of Grand Bend. way guideposts, The driver was not injured and the accident was investigated by Constable Bill Glassford, There was one accident, Monday, it occurring shortly after midnight when a car driven by Bill Inson, Huron Park, collided with a sign post at Mt. Carmel. Damage was set at $160 by Constable Bill Lewis. The other two accidents of the week occurred last Wednesday both in the Kirkton area. At 11:55 a.m., cars driven by Dorothy Morrison, Kirkton and Melville Gunning, Exeter collided at the main intersection in Kirkton. Constable Bill Glassford listed total damage at $600. The other crash involved only one vehicle, it being a car driven by Murray Harlton, Granton. It skidded out of control around 9:30 p.m, on concession 4-5 Usborne south of Kirkton. The vehicle rolled onto its roof and Constable Bob Whiteford estimated damage at $800. When he struck his. car, causing total damage of $725 to the two vehicles. Constable Bill Lewis investigated, Damage was listed at $2,110 by Constable Bob Whiteford when three unattended vehicles were involved in an accident in Hensel' on Saturday at 8:45 p.m, A Stake truck owned by Douglas Upshall, RR 2 Kippeo, rolled back into two vehicles owned by Ivan Webber, RR 1 Hay. There was $2,000 damage to a tractor owned by Mr. Webber and $100 to the windshield of a pickup truck, TheUpshallvehicle, which was parked on Wellington St. sustained damage of only $10. On Sunday at 9:30 p.m., a car driven by Ed Burke, Exeter sustained damage of $500 when forced off Highway 21 by an approaching vehicle. Burke was northbound on Highway 21 about two and a half miles north of Highway 83 when the accident occurred. He pulled onto the shoulder of the road, but lost control in the gravel and the car slid backwards into a 12-foot ditch after knocking off two high- Delbridge, Mogens Petersen, president of the Denmark firm; Fred Darling of the Exeter Industrial Commission; company vice-presidents Gunnar Pind and John Burke, the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle and R. Dowling representing the Ontario Development Corporation. T-A photo TURN SOP FOR NEW PLANT — The first sod was turned Monday morning in preparation for construction of the new Kongskilde plant on Highway 83 east. Mrs. Kirsten Leschly of Denmark handles the shovel while her husband Peter, president of Kongskilde Canada Limited watches. In the background are Exeter Mayor Jack Ninety-eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 19, 1972 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Arena requires tream can' handle sewage, lagoon cost jumps $136,110 Sod turned for new plant The growth of a company founded in Exeter a little more than 10 years ago continued further Monday when the first sod was turned for construction of a new plant for Kongskilde Limited. The farm machinery company founded in. Denmark in 1950 by two brothers4n4aw, now has eight plants throughout the world including the one in Exeter. Kongskilde has been located on I lighway 133 west in Exeter since 1961 and tremendous market growth in North America has warranted expansion of the local facilities. The land on which the new Kongskilde building is to be erected was purchased by the Ontario Development Cor- poration from the Exeter Industrial Commission, The parcel contains three and one- half acres of land and is located at the easterly limits of Exeter on Highway 83, next to Custom Trailers Limited, The building is expected to cost about $162,000 and will be leased to the company by ODC for a ten year period with options to renew and an option to purchase. The new structure will be 100 feet by 168 feet and will house offices,production areas and warehouse space. The sod turning chores were handled by Mrs. Kirsten Leschly of Denmark, whose husband Peter is president of the Canadian operation and also sales director of the Kongskilde group. In addition to Mr, and Mrs. Leschly, Mogens Petersen, vice-president and co-founder of the parent company is spending this week in Exeter and attending meetings which will be for- mulating further company policy. Others attending the official opening were R. Dowling of ODC; Chuck Pulford and George Brook, representing Con Eng. Limited, the contracting firm; Glenn. Diegel Of the auditing firm of Diegel, Malcolm and Hagey; Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge and Reeve Derry Boyle, Fred Darling and Peter Raymond of the Exeter Industrial Com- mission; the Hon. C. S. Mac- naughton, Huron MP Robert McKinley and vice-presidents of the Canadian operation John Burke and Gunnar Find. Kongskilde's main factory is in Soria, Denmark with eight branches throughout the world. They are located in Helmstedt, Germany; Orleans, France; Breda, Holland; Vienna, Austria; Arlov, Sweden; Rome, Italy and Exeter, Ontario. The Exeter branch is responsible for all administration in North America Warehouses are located in Memphis, Ten- nesee and Pocatello, Idaho along with three U.S. distributors. The Ontario region is covered by three salesmen out of the Exeter office and Quebec is handled by a sales staff of three. Express interest over day care Exeter council members will "keep in mind" the possibility of providing a day care centre. Mayor Jack Delbridge questioned council if they should be thinking of such a service. Provincial grants have been available, providing municipalities up to 100 percent of the cost of buildings. Members were not certain the money was still available. Members agreed there ap- peared to be a need for a day care centre. One is now privately operated by Mrs. Bill Farquhar al her Marlborough St. home. Councillor Helen Jermyn suggested the matter of low rental family and senior citizen housing should be tackled first and then consideration given to day care centre. "If we wait too long they (government) may drop the grant," warned Councillor Ken Ottewell. A mm • • orV repairs The recent engineering study on the structural safety of the Exeter arena has not been received in writing as yet, but verbal reports indicate some work will be required on the • building. Reeve Derry Boyle told council the engineer's report was ex- pected shortly. Building inspector Doug Triebner was at the meeting and indicated he was aware of the changes required. He said they • were not major. "It will just require a few minor repairs," he said. One door slammed, but many generous Plans are progressing well for Exeter's proposed coffee house, said organizer Fred Simmons. Early last week Fred and about eight interested helpers can- vassed about one quarter of Exeter. They also delivered telephone books, and the com- bined proceeds amounts to about $175. The money will go toward the rent of the facilities, the back part of Pat's Pet Shop in the taken in the past five or six years from the monitoring system downstream near Crediton, Councillor Ken Ottewell said there was a tremendous runoff at certain times of the year, but Bray replied that the system had to be designed for the "worst situations," such as when a dry spring or fall occurs. "Discharging only once a year seems ridiculous to me," commented Mayor Jack Delbridge, adding that it would be a terrible hardship for the town to buy another 100-acre farm for spray irrigation. "It's prohibitive," echoed Councillor Ross Taylor. Reeve Boyle questioned if consideration had been given to the fact there are two control dams east of Exeter which could be used for flushing the stream at discharge periods. — Please turn to page 3 A LONG SERVICE AWARD — Twenty-five years of service by an employee of the Exeter branch of Canadian Canners was rewarded Friday. Above, Norm Hackney, centre receives a 25-year watch from District Supervisor Jack Farley of Hamilton. At the right is local plant manager Jack Urquhart. School board reps air their intentions 4 Stephen to ask neighbors if they need more water Blind drive up, but more needed Members of the Exeter Lions club are near completing the annual canvass for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and receipts have already sur- passed last year's figure. Campaign chairman, Larry • Snider says, "although the figure is higher than last year, we still need more donations." Any residents who were missed in the canvass or wish to make further contributions may con- tact Snider or any member of the Lions Club. Most of Exeter and Huron Park has been completed and receipts Tuesday morning totalled $1,725. This figure includes contributions made by residents of the police village of Centralia which was canvassed by Mr. and Mrs. Ray • Shoebottom . In Dashwood, Mrs, Hugh Boyle and the Hi-C group of Dashwood United church are handling the canvassing and in Crediton Mrs. Norm Eveland is in charge. responsibility of the trailer owner. John Henderson of McKillop asked why Pulsifer would not be allowed to teach music lessons in the school, in the same way that a piano teacher is permitted to give lessons at Brookside School near Dungannon. He was told that Pulsifer had not asked for per- mission to set up a "lesson area" within the school, At the end of the regular meeting, Chairman Bob Elliott invited board members to in- dicate whether or not they would run for school board for the next two years. He announced he had "served my last term for the present" and that there would be "someone else to represent Goderich and Colborne Town- ships" next term. He said he would say more at a later date. Dr. Addison, Jim Taylor and John Taylor also said they would — Please turn to page 8 At the second shortest meeting in the history of the Huron County Board of Education, according to chairman Bob Elliott, mem- bers agreed not to permit Henry Pulsifer of Henry's Harmony House in Seaforth to park a trailer on school property for the purpose of giving musical in- struction to students. Pulsifer had asked for this approval because some parents are having a problem arranging time and transportation to music lessons for their children. He felt that by taking the music lessons onto the school property, he could alleviate this concern for mothers and fathers of musical students. Director of Education John Cochrane said a privately-owned trailer on school property would present problems as far as fire and theft liability was concerned. Jim Taylor of Hensall suggested this would be the It's going to cost Exeter ratepayers more than an- ticipated to complete most of the sanitary sewer system. Council learned this week the price will increase by at least $136,110 and it could go even higher as construction costs continue to mount since the original estimates were prepared. Total estimated cost is now over $670,000, The jump this week was created by the fight of the ministry of the environment to cut down on pollution. Engineer John Bray, of the ministry, was present at this week's council session and ad- vised that an additional 44-acre lagoon will be required to handle the sewage on the basis of a 20- year forecast. The present lagoon is 22 acres and council had ex- pected to only double its size. In addition, he said council may be faced with the prospect of acquiring additional land for spray irrigation as a means of disposal, Even at that, Bray indicated the ministry was making a "concession." Originally, they had decided that a lagoon in excess of 100 acres would be required. Effluent would be discharged into the river only once a year. By reducing the lagoon to the 66-acre size, it is planned to discharge into the river twice a year, although when the flow does not permit, the spray irrigation would come into effect. The main problem, as outlined by Bray is the fact the Ausable River flow is just not adequate to handle sewage discharge except at peak flows. If a dry spring or fall arises, the flow is not sub- stantial enough to allow any discharge. Members of council found it difficult to accept the findings of the engineers. "When were the tests conducted on the river?" Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor wanted to know. Bray replied the ministry's decision had been based on data building owned by Clarence Fairbairn. The main problem is that the room is not heated. Fred said, however, that he hopes in some way to rectify that situation. There is no furniture of any sort either, but the group hopes to salvage usable furniture from their homes and from friends to get the coffee house started. The group is having a meeting with Mr. Fairbairn and with the three ministers involved, Rev. Jack Roeda, Rev. Siff Jarvis and Rev. Glenn Wright Thursday night in the building to see just what can be made of the facilities. Fred said that their canvass unearthed some bad feelings toward the project. One can- vasser, he said, got a door slammed in her face. Generally, however the response was very good. He said a lot of people supported the idea of the coffee house, but were a bit afraid of drug and other problems. "This is understandable," he said, "but these are the kind of people whose support we want. We want to prove that we can do it." He said that there are a number of girls devoting a lot of time and energy to the project, and when it comes to policing the coffee house, "this is about the best police force you can get." Once the project gets un- derway, they hope to have folk singers,as well as simple games set up. The group will be canvassing the rest of Exeter in the near future. • Wilmar Wein clerk of Stephen township was instructed by the council of his municipality at a meeting Tuesday night to contact other neighbouring areas in regard to the possibility of ob- taining a better and more adequate supply of water. Wein will be contacting the trustee boards of the police villages of Dashwood, Crediton and Centralia along with the town of Exeter to determine if any interest is shown in getting water from a possible extension of the Lake Huron pipeline. The Stephen clerk emphasized that preliminary plans would only include a feasibility study on the future of water needs in the area and the possibility of receiving a supply of water by extending the present Lake Huron pipeline which takes water to the City of London. He said there are some water problems in the Stephen police villages. Stephen council decided not to hold a ratepayers meeting to replace nomination meetings held in the past. Most members of council felt a meeting of ratepayers was not necessary. They said the town- ship office is open regularly for questions and residents may attend the twice-monthly council session. Decision was reserved on a request from the Huron Park Minor Hockey Association for financial assistance of $150 to operate this year's program. Council has passed a bylaw setting up a recreation program whereby provincial grants will be available and they are awaiting for final details. A claim of $50 was paid to Mrs. Mary Moser, South Boundary Concession under the Dog and Livestock Protection Act for a goat killed by unknown dogs. A building permit application by Harvey Ratz to erect steel storage bins and warehouse space at part of Lot 10, Con- cession 17 was approved. Estimated cost of the project is $6,000. Stephen ratepayers are reminded that November 30 is the final date for payment of 1972 taxes. This year the date for final payment has been moved forward from December 15 and the tax notice with two payments necessary which was mailed out in June is the only one to be received by the ratepayers. ' Area councils differ on censorship plea • • Members of area councils this week failed to agree on a plea from Pembroke to have federal and provincial censors ordered to start acting or be replaced. The resolution from Pembroke was critical of the level of license being evident in books, films, movies, TV, etc. Exeter council turned down the request for support, Stephen township officials were in favour of the resolution and Grand Bend -council took no action on the matter, Councillor Bruce Shaw and Reeve Derry Boyle led the Exeter opposition to such a move, with'Shaw saying he was opposed to censorship. "you can't legislate anyone's morality," he suggested. Boyle agreed, although he BICYCLE SAFETY WINNER — The Exeter police department has again completed a bicycle safety program and given awards to the most safety conscious cyclist in the two elementary schools in Exeter. Above, Chief Ted Day presents a certificate and a five dollar cash award to Elizabeth Giffin of Precious Blood school while principal Mrs. A, Rau looks on. T.A photo admitted he was not approving of some of the things that were being shown in movies and books. He also admitted that when he was chairman of the Huron County library board he had censored one book and had recommended that it not be put out on the shelves. Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor voiced some support for more censorship, asking how else the lurid material could be stopped. "People stop it themselves," replied Boyle, noting that in countries where pornography Was allowed without any con- trols, it has now fallen flat on its face, Boyle said he was "aghast" at some of the literature available. Ile said he had looked at one book Please turn to page 3 — AWARDS FOR BICYCLE SAFETY — The Exeter police department again this year conducted a bicycle safety contest for elementary school students, Above, Constable George Robertson presents a certificate to this year's winner Margaret Hansen. At the left are school principal :fatties Chapman and Cathy Stiller and Jim Cockwell, representing the 1971 ,1972 student council with the trophy, T.A photo