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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-02-08, Page 1C recommen units for s3 It was decided to ask officials to give consideration to this before the units are constructed. There was no definite in- Builder plans four houses Ontario Housing after the researcher talked to them and explained details more fully. The federal and provincial governments will provide the facilities at no cost to the town. However, Exeter will be ex- pected to cover seven and a half percent of any annual losses incurred in the operation of the housing once it is built. Only debate over the subject at Monday's meeting was .a suggestion by Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn that some senior citizens were interested in two- bedroom units. Exeter council this week readily endorsed a illation asking the Ontario Housing Corporation to construct 32 one-bedroom apartments for senior citizens in the community, Actually, the recommendation for the aCcomModation had been made by an official of OHC following a recent survey in Exeter, Sixty !questionnaires were returned by persons interested in the geared-to-income housing. Of that total, one was ineligible under existing regulations, and another 21 were not interested in dication of when construction Of the senior citizens' housing would commence, Clerk Erie Car- scadden said the official who interviewed those interested had intimated it would be a year and a half before prospective tenants would have to sign applicatiOn forms and it would be two years before the housing would be ready, At the time of the survey, questionnaires were also available to families interested in geared-to-income family housing. Only six were returned and this response was considered to be insufficient for OHC to pursue its survey to determine family housing requirements in Exeter at that time. Of the 32 senior citizens ap- plying and found to be needing such accommodation, 23 were single women, seven were married couples and two were single men. It was believed that the terminology "single" referred to widows as,well. Twenty of them are presently living in apartments and the majority ,have a monthly income at their disposal of between $150 to $250. The report noted there were a number of newer apartment buildings in Exeter, but the rates of $125 per month and up were "far too high for persons on fixed incomes." The majority now have rental accommodation in the price range of $70 to $124 per month. Under the geared-to-income facet of the OHC housing, the survey explained that 20 of the 32 interested applicants would be paying over $20 per month less in Ontario Housing. None would be paying more. The average rent in Ontario Housing for the local citizens was listed at $66 per month for couples and $41 for single per- sons. • . . HEADING AROUND THE TURNS — The final rounds in Saturday's tricycle race at South Huron District High School's Winter Carnival drew plenty of spectators. The riders received lots of push from their crew. Shown above rounding one turn are Wayne Oke and Steve Jennison. T-A photo. One Hundred and First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 8, 1973 Price Per Copy 20 Cents IT WAS A DRAW - A highlight of Saturday's Winter Carnival activities at South Huron District High School was a pie throwing contest. From the appearance of the two combatants in the above picture, teacher Bruce Shaw and student council president Don Noakes it could have ended in a tie. T-A photo. Development in Usborne opposed by Exeter group „ii Senator Stanbury to open centennial service; and band concert; giant parade and festivities arranged by Exeter Kinsmen; Lions club parade of farm machinery and antique vehicles as well as a bingo and entertainment; little britches rodeo; minor soccer tournament; swim meet; picnic in the park, etc. All local churches are planning special "welcome home" ser- vices on July 1 and the Exeter Ministerial Association an- neunced, this, week that in cooperation with the' Christian Reformed Church there would be an evening of song in one of the parks or the arena. Rev. W. Jarvis said the Ambassadors, a singing group from Hamilton, have been invited and a youth rock group would also participate. The board suggests some building could take Piece to make use of this land where access and sewers are available, In the middle of some blocks— such as that bounded by William, Sanders, Gidley and Carling, there are many building lots available. Officials in the past have pointed out that using these lots would make better use of town services. In another communication with council, the planning board recommended that the pizza drive-in restaurant planned by Angelo Maruca on Highway 83 East be required to have adequate customer parking and access onto Andrew St. "Proper planning procedures are being circumvented," the planning board letter stated, Members of council received a copy of the planning board letter and heartily endorsed it. Councillors Bruce Shaw and Ted Wright noted that Exeter had an interest in the matter and commended the board for taking some action on the matter. Council also agreed with the board's suggestion that con- sideration be given to allowing homes to be built in areas not fronting on public streets The town solicitor has been asked for advice on the matter, It has been pointed out in the past that large areas of land are available in the middle of large blocks. Exeter council this week gave tentative approval to the con- struction of four new homes in the Dow subdivision. The homes will be built by J. Paul Ducharme. Three of the new houses will be on Sherwood Crescent and the other on Kingsconrt. Other permits approved, all subject to approval of the building inspector, were as follows: Pentecostal Church, washroom renovations; Don Penninga, 95 Huron St, E„ interior renovations; A. 0. Elliot, in- terior renovations of the former Broderick house on Andrew St.; Bev Lindenfield, interior renovations at 150 Gidley; D. Triebner, minor interior renovation; Mrs. Don Hooper, extensive interior renovations and replacing of back portion of house at 441 Albert; London Building Products, place vinyl siding on house at 103 Thames Road W, Another permit was also ap- proved for William Baker, 160 William, to erect a greenhouse at the rear of his property. Baker attended the council meeting and outlined plans for his 40' by 18' building, which will include some storage area as well. He said growing flowers was a hobby with him and he was "growing out of room" in his basement where he had flowers under artificial lighting, Reeve Boyle explained that Baker would be unable to sell any of his plants or start a com- mercial greenhouse business if the permit was approved. However, Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn disagreed, noting the zoning bylaw allowed persons to sell home grown or handcrafted items made on their premises. "We can't stop him from selling," she contended. Mayor Jack Deibridge said the planning board had reviewed the Baker request and had recom- mended it be approved. Some question post office use Stephen man enters contest for Liberals BUBBLE BLOWING CHAMP — The winner of the bubble gum blowing contest Saturday at South Huron's Winter Carnival was Brian Dougall. Adrienne Van Raay of the student council is shown above measuring one of the attempts by the champ after the show was over. T-A photo. guest speaker will be NDP provincial leader Stephen Lewis. The only person indicating he Foreman gets raise Resort pair feel ''quake' The Exeter planning board has forwarded an official objection to county officials in regard to a land severance application by Laverne Heywood. Heywood owns property on Huron St. East on the outskirts of Exeter. Several homes have already been built along the street and he has requested the Huron County land division committee to approve further severances. The planning board said they would object to any further severances until such time as Heywood submits a plan of subdivision for the area adjacent to Exeter. The board noted that street patterns in the Usborne property should relate to subdivisions in "Exeter and 'also 'noted that because no plan of subdivcision was required it was creating unfair competition for Exeter developers who were required to have planned subdivisions. The letter of objection also explained that the past severances approved have resulted in linear development along Huron St. and that further development would increase drainage problems within Exeter's boundaries. The final point mentioned was that Exeter developers were required to provide sanitary and storm sewers, while the development in Usborne was not required to do the same and this again was unfair competition. Resort officials want into Huron ,4 Exeter's centennial committee met at the town hall last week and were advised by chairman Derry Boyle that Senator Richard Stanbury had accepted his invitation to officially open the celebration this summer. Senator Stanbury is a native of Exeter, the son of the late J.G. Stanbury, who was a local lawyer and later a Judge for Lincoln County. Proceedings will get underway on June 29eand run through td July 6. Reports given at the meeting indicated most organizations have plans in hand for their particular activities. Mrs. Tom MacMillan reported the hospital board and auxiliary planned an open house and Tom MacMillan suggested the in- dustrial committee may possibly undertake open house at some of the local industries, Members of the Legion Auxiliary reported they would soon commence sending literature to persons out-of-town and asked that local residents put the names of former residents in the books at local stores, It was decided to draw up a special project for centennial and Ben Hoogenboom was asked to form a committee and present ideas for the next meeting on February 28. Projects from all activities are to go into the special fund. Some of the events planned to date include: three dances in- cluding an opening dance with the Mercy Brothers and a Cen- tennial Ball with Lionel Thorn- ton; a tour of homes sponsored by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority; sidewalk bazaar sponsored by the Board of Trade; program including the London men of Accord (barbershoppers) and the Huronia Singers; ball tour- nament; Legion drumhead A Grand Bend couple ex- perienced some of the tremors of Tuesday's earthquake in Mexico. The summer resort's druggist Ted Flint and his wife were in Taxco when a series of three quakes hit Mexico City, about 150 miles distant. Flint says the three waves which came about 30 seconds apart shook the windows in the hotel where they were staying, moved the furniture a bit and caused the lamps to swing. The GB druggist continued, "the hotel we were in is built over a silver mine and we thought it was just a mine blast. It didn't scare us at the time, but when we found out what it was and thought back to Nicaragua, then it was a different story." The Flint's were in Mexico City only the day before the quakes hit killing 17 people and injuring more than two hundred. With nomination meetings for the three political parties in the March 15 provincial by-election in the riding of Huron scheduled in less than a week, more names of possible candidates are being mentioned. A Dashwood area farmer and member of the Huron County Board of Education Jack Riddell announced Wednesday morning he would be in contention for the Liberal nomination. John Lyndon of Goderich an- nounced a week ago he would seek the nomination for the same party. Mrs. Jean Adams who opposed Charles Thomas in the last federal nomination is also expected to be in the running, Other possible candidates for the Liberals are Mayor Don Symons and Reeve Frank Cook of Clinton, Don Kay, also of Clinton, Graeme Craig of RR 1 Walton and Philip Durand of Zurich. Craig is a young McKillop township farmer and Heldman for United Breeders at Clinton and Durand is well known as a member of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board. The first nomination meeting will be for the New Democratic Party to be held Monday night at the Clinton public school, The A change in the proposed redistribution of ridings in the Dominion of Canada is being asked by two Grand Bend groups. Monday night, Grand Bend council passed a resolution asking that the village be in- cluded in the riding of Huron. The federal electoral committee meets February 13 to finalize the ridings. In the new set-up Grand Bend was put into Lambton-Kent and previously was included in the riding of Middlesex. The GB Chamber of Commerce is also making strong representation to be included with Huron. instead of 'sacking divulge any further information saying it was being handled by the OPP Pinery detachment and his solicitor was also informed. In defence of the road foreman, councillor Bob Sharen said, "unless he saw this or heard it, I don't think Vic could do anything about it." Reeve John Payne added, "I think it's grossly unfair to be this critical of Vic" and councillor Murray Des Jardins' main comment was "I've no intention of firing anybody over this." Anysymiw who was present when the charges were made had several comments to make, "On many occasions when Mr. Jackson was on council he asked me to shoot cats and ground hogs who were bothering him and other ratepayers. I did this and he praised me saying I did a good job. The pay hike for Anysymiw — Please turn to page 3 Several hours after they were requested to have village road foreman Vic Anysymiw dismissed Grand Bend council authorized an increase of $500 in his annual salary. Former councillor David Jackson asked council to pass a motion to dismiss Anysymiw immediately on the grounds he failed to enforce several sections of bylaw 2 which prohibit the discharge of firearms within the village limits. It appears Jackson's dog was shot sometime•around noon hour on Thursday. The former councillor said he received a telephone call at 6;30 p,m. Friday telling him his dog had been killed. He began looking around Thursday evening when the dog failed to return home, When questioned by council as to the circumstances surrounding the incident Jackson said there were witnesses but he would not Discussion at Monday's council meeting indicates some mem- bers are not in agreement that the local post office will make ideal facilities for the clerk's office, police department and council chambers. The matter was broached only briefly when Clerk Eric Car- scadden questioned council what plans they had for the present town hall. He also wondered if the post office, which is to be replaced with a new building at the corner of Sanders and Andrew St., will accommodate council's requirements, Councillor Tom MacMillan also wondered if the purchase and renovations could be undertaken at less cost than building a new structure on the present town hall site. "That's interesting discussion," commented Councillor Bruce Shaw, who in- dicated some hesitancy on his part to endorse the town acquiring the post office. Mayor Jack Deibridge vetoed a suggestion council should ask the department of public works for an early answer on their plans for the present post office structure. He said they were aware of council's interest and no further communication was required at this time. Seek balance on cutting, planting Works superintendent Glenn Kells this week expressed some Oncern over the fact that Exeter's tree planting program was not keeping pace with the tree removal program. "We're cutting down more than we're planti4g," he told council this week,g1(ing if consideration should be given to planting more trees each year. He also wondered if larger trees could be used by making use of the Ausable Hayfield Conservation Authority tran- splanting machine. Councillor Tom MacMillan said he had seen the machine demonstrated and noted that the trees tObe used would have to be in close proximity to the planned site to be pr'acti'cal. Councillor Ben Hoogenboorn, a florist and landscaper, said that transplanted trees lose a great tleal of their root System and take several years to recover. He suggested that Norway Maples be planted, The sidewalks and trees eerninittee chaired by Deputy- Reeve Helen Jermyn was asked to look into the Matter, sr JACK RIDDELL will contest the nomination is a Goderich public school teacher Paul Carroll. A former reeve of Goderich, Carroll represented the NDP party in the last provincial election. The Liberal nomination is slated for the Hensall Public School Thursday night with Robert Nixon as the guest speaker and the Conservatives meet in Clinton Friday night. At the moment three can- didates are in the running for the Conservative nomination, They are Don Southcott former editor and co-publisher of The Times Advocate, Goderich chiropractor Bert Such and Clinton area farmer William Dale who is also president of the Huron PC Association, In making his candidacy known, Riddell said, "the Con- servatives do not need another core member in Queens Park as it serves no purpose. I feel we must strengthen the opposition to produce better government". He continued, "I feel disturbed about the direction in which the government is heading and I am not in favour of regional government. I feel 30 years is too long for any government to be in power as it loses it's touch with the people". Riddell, presently a farmer on Highway 83 in Stephen township and a partner in the Herisall Livestock Sales business is a graduate of the University of Guelph and has served terms with the Ontario Department of Agriculture in the extension branch and as a livestock specialist. 14e also taught at Si-t- A TRIM SPINNING --- Students of Stephen Central School were given et first hand demonstration Thursday in the steps necessary in yarn making, In the above picture, area sheep farmer Gerald Dearing brought a sheep to school and quickly gave it a clipping. At the right, Mrs. Moira Cooper of Hensell is showing the boys and girls the operation of her spinning wheel and how the wool eon be trantforined. T.A photo.