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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-08-23, Page 1LOOK MA, NO HANDS - One of the hardest working girls in the Lucan Fair parade Sunday must have been Sheryl Noyes, Lucan as she kept her unicycle going for the whole length of the parade. T-A photo Fire chief may get more time for duties o u0"51/011 11 Hai ' "IS I ;T:1'44: '"dait 111,W1% " - OPEN NEW CENTRE - Three reeves had the honor of cutting the ribbon to officially open the new Kirkton- Woodham Community Centre on Friday night. The Reeve of Usborne, Lloyd Ferguson cuts the ribbon while Homer McKay, Blanshard reeve and Lloyd Morrison, Fullarton reeve hold it for him. Only $14,000 defecit left Community centre open One Hundred and First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 23, 1973 Price Per Copy 20 Cents RUNNER-UP - Ann Morrissey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morrissey, Creditors, was the second runner-up in the C.N,E.'s queen contest, There were 73 girls entered, Ann was crowned Exeter's Fall Fair Queen 72, last September. She is shown with the new Miss C.N,E., Bet- ty Lou Pokol, Welland Ont, search for dead. youth. Rough water .hampers "With the cost of an election and all the extra work it would be for the clerk, it would be ridiculous," said Councillor Murray Des Jardins.Besides, we didn't have an election before." "The reason we didn't have an election before was because we didn't have a surplus of ap- plications," answered Teevins, referring to the difficulty council faced in filling the positions left vacant by Crumplin and Flint. "There will be another election next year anyway," said Councillor Martin. It was decided to forego an election and Mr. Des Jardins summedUp the situation when he concluded, "Now that we have five people for one position, we don't know how to handle it". The question of the approach of regional government came under discussion again at the council meeting. Councillor Teevins, who has been attending area board meetings,expressed the Opinion that they were not moving toward regional government in their meetings but were trying to avoid it, He likened the situation to the WHERE THERE'S A WILL - It wasn't legal, but with so many trout swimming past within arm's reach (and not biting) it was only natural that a few over-zealous young fishermen decided there was an easier way to land one at the Lucan fair. However, all this lad received was a smiling reprimand from the attendant in charge and a reminder that the fish had to come out on the end of the line and not the fingers, Ran into motorcycle, Huron Park lad hurt Police are continuing their search for the body of a 17-year- old London youth who drowned off the shores at Oakwood Park early Monday morning, Guy Anglehart, 425 McKenzie Ave., was canoeing with 16-year- old Don Barber, also of London, when their canoe capsized. They Told to keep hands off? "It tells us to keep our fingers out of homes for the aged!" That was the comment by Reeve Derry Boyle after council heard a letter from the ministry of community and social services this week. The letter had been written by Lawrence Crawford,. director of The hoiries for the aged branch of the ministry. It pointed out that municipalities do not qualify for any grant assistance for such homes. Assistance is available only to county councils. In answering council's earlier request on the subject, Crawford indicated that Huron has more beds for the aged, in terms of population, than most areas. Little discussion was held on the matter, although Deputy- Reeve Helen Jermyn said she would discuss the matter with Huron officials in Goderich in the near future. Later in the meeting, Coun- cillor Ben Hoogenboom broached the question of the progress being made on the proposed 32-unit apartment building for senior citizens, The apartments have been approved tentatively by the Ontario Housing Corporation. Noting that the squeaking wheel gets the oil, Mrs. Jermyn suggested council "may not be squeaking enough". She suggested council write OHC and express concern over delays in the project. Clerk Eric Carscadden reported that. no land had been optioned to date and an official of OHC had suggested this would not take place until October or November. No sign yet of local sign Exeter has 'been three months without a notice board and the local PUC have taken steps to correct the situation. In the spring, council and the PUC gave approval to Cham- pionship Display to erect a lighted sign to replace the old billboard at the lot beside the PUC building. Several local merchants were sold advertising spaces on the sign and the latter was erected in June. However, no notices have ever been displayed on the sign, despite the fact the company selling the advertising em- phasized to prospective clients that it would be a boost for the town's centennial activities. , The ownership of the sign has apparently changed and the PUC has been attempting to track down the new owners to have the sign put in operation. Another snag hits project Dr. W. Schaefer, secretary- treasurer for the Kirkton- Woodham Community Centre Board said Friday night that there was a deficit of only $14,000 left to pay on the new centre. He was speaking at the official opening of the recently com- pleted Community Centre. Dr. Schaefer said that the total cost of the building and its con- tents had come to $120,717. Most of this money came from township grants and donations from local organizations and the public. However, canvassing will continue he said because not everyone has been reached. The project also received almost $2,200 in the form of a LIP grant from the federal govern- ment. Another $2,000 is expected. Federal MP, Robert McKinley said that as far as he knew, this was the second largest grant that had ever come into his area, About 175 people and local politicians attended the ceremonies, Make no change in sewer policy Former, councillor, Ken Ottewell, has failed in his bid to have council reverse an earlier decision regarding a sewer connection for his new home on Waterloo St. Council had earlier agreed that Ottewell would have to pay frontage and connection fees and pay for his own installation of the sewer from his new lot through his former property to the Mill St. sewer. Ottewell had complained bitterly about the decision, terming it a rip-off, and council had asked the drains committee to reassess the matter, Councillor Tom MacMillan reported this week the committee hadn't come up with any suggestions for change in the earlier decision, detachments, along with ministry of natural resources Family business sold to Londoner A business operated by a local family for the past 27 years has been sold to a London couple. George Rether this week an- nounced the sale of Rethers Restaurant to "Mike" Osmond, London, The latter is a chef and has been engaged in the restaurant business in London for some time. Mr, and Mrs, Osmond have four young children. The Rether family moved to Exeter 27 years ago and the business was operated by George Rether, Sr., who died two weeks ago, and his wife. In recent years, the family restaurant has been operated by his son, George. The ribbon cutting was per- formed by the reeves of the three townships invdlved; Lloyd Ferguson, Usborne; Homer McKay, Blanshard and Lloyd Morrison, Fullarton. Ray Paynter, president of the Community Centre Board ac- cepted the keys of the new building from Gerry McGarrell, of the James Hayman Con- struction Company. Guest speaker for the evening was Evan McGugan, General Manager of the Western Fair Association, A total of five Grand Bend ratepayers have expressed in- terest in occupying the fourth councillors seat in the village, The position was left vacant when Bob Sharen was appointed Reeve after the resignation of John Payne Sr. The five people, Ian Coles, Tom Webster, Mrs. Dale Harris, Bill Freele and Spence Meecham, if still interested will be asked to attend a special meeting of council next Monday evening to state their interest in the position. The new councillor will then be chosen at a later meeting, Grand Bend council has had its share of problems this year. This will make the third new coun- cillor on in the resort village since last December's elections. Earlier in the year, Walter Crumplin and Ted Flint both resigned their positions and Doug Martin and John Teevins were appointed to replace them. There was some discussion at the Monday night meeting of council as to the advisability of having an election, Councillor Teevins voiced the question when he said, "Why not have An election?" people from the Pinery Provincial park. Two boats were used in the dragging operations throughout the day until rough waters ended the search around 6:30. Both boats were nearly capsized before the search was halted. Divers from the OPP detach- ments at Tobermory and Mark- dale arrived to assist, but the churning waters prevented them from entering. Rough water postponed the search again on Tuesday, but police indicated they hoped to resume operations on Wed- nesday, although the water was still choppy. The search was further hampered by the fact Barber was unable to pin point the location where his companion had gone under in the darkness, He also reported that Anglehart had been able to get only one shoe off before at- tempting his swim to shore. He was also wearing his trousers. He said that with the ever- increasing changes in the pat- terns and structure of medicine, business, travel and agriculture, society has never been more coffiplex. "The choices open to people have neve been more abundant or difficult." he said. Mr. McGugan went on to say that the construction of the community centre showed that the people in the surrounding communities had confidence in — Please turn to page 3 This brought an immediate rise from the other councillors. Nursing Graduate Karen Rodd, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, LaVerne Rodd, RR 1, Woodham, Ontario, graduated from the St. Clair Regional School of Nursing, Sarnia, recently, She has accepted a position at Kapuskasing, Ontario, commen- cing September S. (plibio by Doerr) signs on the rear of their vehicles before driving them on the road. During the past week, the of- ficers charged 23 people under the Highway Traffic Act and •issued warnings to another 19. There were two charges under the Liquor Control Act and nine under the Criminal Code. Hope to open camp in May Construction is scheduled to begin sometime this fall on the $500,000 proposed Yogi Bear amusement, recreation and camping park near Grand Bend, according to John Esser,. Yogi Bear franchise holder. Mr. Esser who is from the K & E Sand and Gravel Ltd, of Sarnia said on Tuesday that the provincial government has given its approval of the re-zoning that was neccessary before con- struction could begin. "We're just waiting for the plans and designing to be com- pleted now." he said. The park is to be located 11/4 miles south of Grand Bend on land owned by brothers Johnston and Ray Patterson. The 177-acre site is east of Hwy 21 and backs up against the Ausable River. As well as the usual camp- ground facilities, the park will include comic rides and other attractions featuring well-known cartoon characters. There will also be a ranger station which will have a store, washroom facilities and other conveniences. The new park is expected to provide 1,500 new campsites with 200 planned for the amusement section, Mr. Esser said that the park should be completed by May 1. It will take some of the pressure off the Pinery Park which is forced to turn campers away during peak periods. workings of the Fire Area Board, and said that if the areas of Arkona, Forest, Thedford, Bosanquet Township and Grand Bend could work together in certain areas and save money doing it, it would be beneficial to all concerned. "But we don't want to be run by one area centre," he stressed. Reeve Sharen said, however, that he thinks the area is moving closer and closer to regional government. "The North Lambton borough is inevitable," he said, "but we have to be prepared." "If we are prepared for when regional government comes, and it is going to conic, they (the province) are going to listen to those municipalities who are already co-operating with each other," said Reeve Sharen, Councillor Des Jardins was a little more pessimistic, however, lie said he was afraid regional government would be along the, lilies of the county school boards, which hecriticized quite severely. This raised the further question Of co-operation among the — Please turn to page 3 Exeter council agreed this week to a recommendation from the Exeter area fire board that Tenders called for works shop Tenders for the new Exeter works department building will be called this week. They will be opened by council at 5:30 p.m., September 10. Works superintendent Glenn Kells reports plans for the building have been approved by the ministry of labor. It was recommended by Kells that sewer service for the building be provided by ex- tending a sewer down Nelson St, from Carling. This was approved, although several members voiced opinions that some people may be upset by the fact council will be installing sewers for the building and not for other property owners in the community. "We may get some criticism for putting sewers in for our- selves and not for others," commented Councillor Tom MacMillan. fire chief Gary Middleton be hired for 16 hours per week to undertake the duties necessary in his position, Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn told council that the fire board realized the need for the chief having more time to undertake the necessary inspections of public buildings and to look after the increased amount of equip- ment now available to the fire brigade. A year ago, Middleton was given one day per week for his duties as fire chief, but the concept never worked efficiently in view of his other duties as assistant arena manager and recreatibn' director. - Members of council deliberated for some time on how the situation could be handled with Middleton being off his other town duties for 16 hours, but came to no conclusion. They finally agreed to recommend to RAP that Mid- dleton be given the 16 hours per week off and that RAP come up with suggestions on how this could be implemented. The fire board would pay for the 16 hours worked by the chief. A Huron Park youngster sustained minor injuries when he ran into the side of a motorcycle, Monday. Kirk White, St. Lawrence Ave., was taken to South Huron Hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises. He ran into a motorcycle driven by Perry Stover, Exeter, around 7:40 p.m. Stover had been proceeding south on Columbia Drive at the time of the mishap. OPP Constable Al Quinn in- vestigated. It was one of four accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment officers this week. On Thursday at 7:10 a.m., a car driven by Dorothea Prest, RR 2 Ailsa Craig, collided with a wood timber which had become dislodged from the CNR crossing on the Mt. Carmel Road south of Centralia. Damage was estimated at $40. At 5:15 p.m., Friday, a car driven by Ronald Perrin, Lyn- dhurst, collided with a large dog which ran into the path of his car on Highway 83 about one mile west of the Staffa road. The dog was killed and Con- stable Ed Wilcox set damage to the car at $200. On Thursday, at 2:30 p.m., a truck owned by a Quebec lumber company rolled backwards on the main street of Hensall and collided with a parked car owned by Ted Geoffrey, RR 2 Zurich. A language difficulty arose when the investigating officer, Constable Don Mason, tried to interview the truck driver who spoke very little English. Fortunately, Mr. Geoffrey was bilingual and the investigation was completed. Damage was estimated at $300, Area motorists are reminded by the OPP to watch for slow moving farm vehicles on the road during the coming harvest season. They also remind area farmers to attach the slow moving vehicle Another snag has hit Exeter's plan to complete most of the sewers next year, the problem again being the agreement between the town and Canadian Canners Ltd. for the cost sharing. After lengthy negotiations, an agreement had been drafted and given tentative approval by both, but council were awaiting ap- proval from the ministry of the environment before signing. At Monday's meeting, the ministry had a letter on hand suggesting some "minor ad- justments" in the agreement, Council members didn't see any problems in making the changes suggested, but were at a loss to know what the ministry had in mind when they indicated the Ontario Municipal Board may question the terms calling for the local industry to pay a minimum of $10,000 for not less than five • years. The "five years" had been underlined in the letter, but no reason was given for the ministry's contention that this may be questioned by the OMB. After a lengthy debate, council agreed to have the "minor ad- justments' made in the agreement and to contact the ministry to see what problem they envisioned with the five-, year stipulation. "I would like to see it corrected before it peg le the OMB," Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn stated. Clerk Eric Carseadden and the town's solicitor will be asked to check into the situation, had started out around 2:00 a.m. and Barber indicated he didn't really know what time the mishap occurred. The two clung to the craft for some time before the dead youth decided to swim about 400 yards to shore. He went only about 20 feet before yelling for assistance, but he went under before his companion could reach him, Barber remained with the canoe until his shouts for help brought assistance around 5:00 a.m, from cottagers . Vic Pillsworth and Dave Mollard, both, of McGregor, managed to row a small boat into the lake to bring Barber to shore. He was near exhaustion. Allan Jones, London, and his three sons also put their sailboat in the water to aid in the rescue' and search for the drowned man. OPP Constable Frank Giffin and Cpl. Ray Brooks of the Exeter detachment headed the search, assisted by personnel from the Grand Bend and Forest F ive interested in occupying vacant seat on GB council