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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-08-08, Page 1GB council asks sewer costs; petition shows much interest Grand Bend council has asked the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to prepare costs for a proposed sewage system for the village. At Tuesday night's regular meeting council voted 4-1 on a recorded motion to forward a questionnaire to provincial authorities asking for more explicit details on costing. Councillor Murray Des Jardins was the only member voting against the proposal, Douglas Martin, who has also been op- posed to sewers in the past said to speed up the project." To this councillor Webster replied, "It might convince some reluctant councillors that residents want it." Continuing Baird said, "We need sewers in Grand Bend, why not get at it right away. Waiting will only send the costs up, If anyone wishes to sign the petition in favour of the proposal they can contact myself, Dale Hayter, Mrs. Irene Kennedy or Angelo Maruca." The questionnaire being returned listed 743 houses in the he was in favour if the motion stipulated the request was for costing only. Another council member John Teevins who also voted yes along with Reeve Bob Sharen and councillors Tom Webster and Martin said, "This questionnaire is useless. Sewers are coming whether we like it or not. We can save the government and our taxpayers by getting the project done now." Councillor Webster who compiled the latest figures for the province said the Ministry could not prepare accurate estimates without full information on the number of properties, frontage, assessments, etc. After sending of the questionnaire had been approved a resident of the village Bill Baird told council he was circulating a petition throughout the village and was receiving favourable response. Baird asked what signatures would be accepted by council if a petition was presented. He was told it would require signing by owners of properties in the village. He continued with the question, "If a petition contained at least 60 percent of owners, would it help stopping anyone from applying for a sign permit." An application from Frank Little to erect a sign on village park property was refused. Councillor Teevins then made an amendment to the refusal motion that all requests for advertising signs for the property in question be refused in the future. Norman KudreneckY, president of the Grand Bend Property Owners Association asked that parking problems on River Road be alleviated. He continued, "We recognize regular parking during the day but we don't like to have vehicles parking by the week." A building permit application from Orville Hayter, 22 Orchard Street for renovations in the amount of $2,000 was approved. village with 700 mobile homes including Grand Coves Estate being established at the north end of Grand Bend. The total frontage was listed at 53,958 feet, The frontage rate is expected to be 30 cents per feat per year for 30 years. Clerk Mrs. Louise Clipperton said about 40 percent of Grand Bend owners had paid their water frontage rates in full within the first five years of the system. Another controversial issue during recent meetings of council was also settled Tuesday night. A new bylaw controlling and regulating the erection of ad- vertising signs was passed. In recommending the bylaw be passed, councillor Webster said, "this bylaw doesn't affect existing signs. We are not Cable TV is approved CRAIG'S CENTENNIAL QUEEN — Jana Lynn Stewart was named Queen during Ailsa Craig's Centennial festivities. In the above picture Jana Lynn is shown chatting with Reeve Jack Whitmore and Centennial chair- man Harold Guilfoyle. T-A photo One Hundred and Second Year Price Per Copy 25 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 8, 1974 Exeter tackles parking plan, traffic patterns to be altered UNUSUAL — George Wilson, Varna, brought' back memories for some of the Friedsburg talent show crowd, while providing a first for many. He performed on an old-fashioned Jew's harp. Thieves take tent from local store A hit and run accident and a theft were reported to Exeter town police this week, Thursday, a tent valued at $125 was taken from the premises of Jerry MacLean and Son Automotive, Main street north. Constable Alex Balazs is in- vestigating. A vehicle owned by Paul Idle, 85 Victoria Street, Exeter was struck by an unknown vehicle, Friday. Constable Joe O'Driscoll set damages at $50. New radio tower given guarantee John be opened up for additional parking. Also recommended was a plan to organize the parking facilities behind the town hall. Shaw said money should be spent on the latter project to utilize the town hall lot as much as possible and said his com- mittee "feel very strongly about this." Three of five people will be named to the parking authority, Please turn to Page 17 Parking problems at Exeter's new post office will be reviewed by the police committee. Some of the problems had been foreseen by council before the building was opened, but no action was taken until now because they didn't know exactly what to expect. "We're in a position now to see what's happening," chairman Bruce Shaw said in noting that the problem would be studied and recommendations made for correcting them. JUST RIGHT — The task of cooking the sauerkraut for Dashwood's Friedsburg Days went to Mrs. Cliff Salinan, who labored over an open fire throughout Friday night and Saturday. Her efforts were praised by all those who sampled the results. Charlie Tiernan, who acted as delivery man between the Salmon residence and the park, gets a close look at a "just right" batch cooked up by his mother-in-law. T-A photo Blaze levels Stephen barn A barn on the farm of Bill Rammeloo, concession 14, Stephen, was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. About 500 bales of hay, 1,000 chickens and the barn were lost in the blaze, which broke out around 1:30 a.m. The family was away at the time and no cause has yet been determined for the fire. The Dashwood fire brigade answered the call. Total damage was set at around $20,000, which was par- tially covered by insurance. OPP Constable. Al Quinn is in- vestigating. Given five-day term for taking area auto The subject was broached at council's Tuesday night session by Police Chief Ted Day. He wondered if the trees on Sanders St. would be cut down because some people park beside the trees and block portions of the road. "We're not taking the trees down, that's for sure," Reeve Derry Boyle quickly replied. Chief Day said the only alternative was to erect no parking signs. Councillor Bob Simpson suggested an area around the post office should be limited to five minute parking. He said several people who work downtown park in the area all day and add to the congestion. Later in the meeting, as a result of recommendations by the Police committee, council agreed to establish a parking authority for Exeter and also approved several traffic pattern changes. Chairman Bruce Shaw said the establishment of a parking authority was the first step to improve parking in the downtown area and to follow through on suggestions made earlier this summer by the Board of Trade. A board delegation had recommended that an area behind the stores on the west side of Main St. between Anne and A definite date for the begin- ning of cable TV service to the Exeter area will be announced at council, probably next week. Ronald G. McIntosh of Goderich represents the com- pany to be incorporated for serving Exeter, Centralia and Huron Park. "We have to review the situation," he said, "before we can get rolling and report to council." Mr, McIntosh who is also president of Bluewater Cable in Holmesville said materials were hard to get and there was a tight money problem. The company intends to carry six Canadian, three non- Canadian and a local TV station. They will be Channel 3, Global; channel 8, Wingham; channel 9, Windsor; channel 10, London; channel 11, Hamilton; channel 13, Kitchener and channels 2, 4, and 7, Detroit. A television studio will be set up in Exeter along similar lines with Cablecast in London. Any interested people will have ac- cess to the studio for programs they wish to put on the local station. When there is no programming on the station, a camera will be set automatically on a board containing the weather report and community announcements, An FM radio station will play in the background. The company also applied for FM radio broadcast distribution but it was deferred by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission. The CRTC had announced on Wednesday of last week their approval of four applications from companies to extend cable TV service to Goderich, Seaforth, Port Elgin, Exeter and surrounding communities. During the application hearings held earlier this year in Ottawa, installation fees were listed at $15. Cable subscribers in this area were to pay $5.50 a month. An extra TV set using cable would cost $2.50 a month. Corn Cables Ltd. in Holmesville will maintain the Exeter system. Two-way Communications, the firm which erected the new radio tower at the Exeter fire hall, ad- vised council this week they would guarantee that the tower would withstand winds of up to 75 miles per hour. Last month, Councillor Ted Wright had expressed concern that the tower did not appear to have ample supporting guy-wires and when other members shared his concern, a letter was sent to the company questioning the stability of the tower. Council also withheld payment for the tower until an answer was received. Claim little kids are litter bugs Who litters? Mostly little kids! At least that's the opinion of Exeter's police committee head- ed by Councillor Bruce Shaw. He said the problem of littering had been discussed with the police department and it had been agreed that it was difficult to lay charges because most of the littering was done by little kids. "There are few kids on the PUC bench and there's a mess there every day," replied Reeve Derry Boyle. However, members appeared to agree with the police com- mittee and the subject was dropped. Shaw did indicate that a couple of other suggestions had been made on ways to alleviate the problem, but gave no further details. VIOLINIST — Top place in the in- strumental section of the Friedsburg talent show went to Arden Bryan, Granton, who fascinated the large crowd with her accomplished rendition. against Brian M. Dougall, RR 3, Exeter, who pleaded guilty to careless driving in Exeter on July 25. No accident was involved, but the court learned that the ac- cused was driving too fast on Carling St. and ignored the police officer attempting to apprehend him, Dougall went through three stop signs. David George Mann, Strathroy, was fined $100 on a careless driving charge arising out of an incident when he ran into a bridge abutment on May 18. He said he was looking at something which was not working properly in his car. He was injured in the crash. When he asked time to pay the fine, Judge Hays solicited the reason as being that the accused had four or five other fines to pay already. Although terming him a "poor Please turn to page 3 A Grand Bend man was sen- tenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of taking a motor vehicle without the owners consent when he appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday. Robert Earl Thiel, formerly of Zurich, was charged on March 18. On that date, he was picked up while hitch-hiking by an area driver and then said he wanted to drive the vehicle and threatened to draw a gun if he was refused. The motorist acceded to his wishes and then got out of the car. Thiel was later arrested by police in Grand Bend. Thiel denied any mention of drawing a gun or threatening to do so. However, Judge Glenn Hays said the car owner was certainly frightened out of the car by some means and that the latter did just what most anyone would do under similar circumstances. A fine of $200 was levied Zuiich man dies from fall injuries A Zurich man, Adrien Nelson Denomme, died in University Hospital Sunday morning from injuries sustained in a fall at his home, Saturday. Mr. Denomme, in his 60th year, was found at the bottom of his cellar steps, apparently hav- ing fallen down the steps. An autopsy revealed cause of death as head injuries. An obituary notice appears elsewhere in this issue. Okay application for fewer seats John Tzavaras, owner of the Burkley Restaurant, will be advised that council will have no objection over his application to the Liquor Licence Board providing his planned renovations conform to the Exeter zoning bylaws. Council previously filed an objection with the LLBO on the Burkley application because not enough parking space was available for the number of seats being considered. Later, council took steps to help the owner when they planned to eliminate the need for parking in his area. However, when objections were filed over this proposal, council, withdrew the plan. Tzavaras then suggested he would reduce the number of seats for which he would seek a licence and this met with council's ap- proval, Two nurses switch jobs EASY GOING — It looked like easy going for Tom Voerman, right, of Exeter as he took on Floyd Westlake of Centralia in the arm wrestling competition at Dashwood on Saturday. Both men were winners in their own divisions and were competing for the Ron Merner trophy. Judge, Roy Webb, watches the contest closely. South Huron Hospital has hired a new nursing supervisor. Mrs, Muriel Dunlop, chairman of the administration and management committee of the hospital board announced this week that Gifford Boyd, R.N. would fill the position. He had recently been hired at the hospital as night supervisor. To fill that vacancy, Mrs. Jean Wilson, R.N. has been re-hired, She had handed in her resignation as nursing supervisor at last month's board meeting. Mrs. Dunlop said the ad- ministration committee had given the decision a great deal of thought, "The committee as a whole considered Mrs. Wilson too valuable as a nurse to be let go," she said, The hospital is now advertising for Someone to fill the position of assistant director of nursing, Commenting on the recent controversy about adequacy of hospital services, Mrs. Dunlop said that if anyone had any complaints, they should present them signed and in written form to the hospital board. "We only consider signed and written complaints," she Said. Centralia and Crediton ask water study continue proposal to stand. That count was approximately 35 with some indicating they had proxy signatures. None stood when he asked for the vote of those opposing any further investigation into the water system. Changing the order of voting, he then asked all those in Crediton opposed to the water to stand. None did. About 45 stood when he asked for the vote from those in favor. However, after the meeting, several ratepayers complained that they had been confused by the reversal of the voting procedure and one man said outside the hall that at least four Crediton men seated near him OLD TIMER THROWS — Willis Dorman, aged 84 threw out the first ball at Monday's old-timer game df Airsti Craig Centennial. Similar to residents in Dash- wood, the ratepayers of Crediton and Centralia Thursday night voted in favor of the Stephen Township council continuing their investigation into the establishment of a water supply system, However, there was obvious indication in the question period that some of the ratepayers felt the costs may be too high and at least a few people in Crediton may have voted against the proposal had they not been confused by the voting procedure followed by Stephen Reeve Joe Dietrich in soliciting their vote on the matter. He first of all asked for the Centralia residents in favor of the MISS FRIEDSBURG Betty Guenther, 16, representing Boyle's Lucky Dollar, shed tears of joy after being crowned Miss Friedsburg at the celebrations in Dashwood on Friday night. Runners-up were Pat Bender, right, Miss Schroeder's Milling and Dianne Miller, left, Miss La-V-EStd Beauty Shop, Behind them is Mark Lade of CFPL-radio, emcee for the Talent Show, T,,A photo would probably have voted against it. Another asked why the op- position vote had not been asked for. When advised that it had been done first, he said he didn't understand it. As the meeting broke up quickly, township officials at- tempted to bring the crowd back to order to have a vote of the farmers whose properties will be passed by the proposed pipeline "leading from the Mt. Carmel section of the Lake Huron water supply to London. . Three hands were raised at this point, although more farmers had attended the meeting and several of them had voiced —please turn to page 3 1