The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-09-19, Page 1Exeter to explore garbage incinerator
Following further warnings
from the ministry of the environ-
ment about burning rubbish at
the local dump, Exeter council
agreed this week to commence
investigation of two alter-
natives: acquiring an incinerator
or taking their refuse to a private
dump operator.
The ministry reported they had
inspected the dump on August 22
and found that much of the waste
GB parking lot return
same as previous year
take in selling the old dump
Property on the western out-
skirts of Exeter. The property
adjoins the C. A. McDowell redi-
mix plant and was sold to the
local contractor about two years
ago.
The Mayor said this may have
been an ideal site for a local in-
cinerator,
Revenue from the parking lot
at Grand Bend this summer was
about the, same as a year ago,
village council learned Monday
night.
Clerk-treasurer Louise Clip-
perton gave a complete financial
report on summer activities. The
parking lot which was open
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
only as far as a charge was,
concerned brought in $5,041.
Parking lot proceeds in 1973
were $5.,066. Expenses were a
little higher this year being $1,174
compared to $828 a year ago.
Rental of village docking space
also showed on the black side of
Usborne vote
allows booze
expenses incurred with
operating the municipal dump.
- That latter cost was estimated.
at around $0,090peryearwhich in-
cludes an attendant's wages and
the cost of bulldozing the facility.
Discussion then moved on to
the possibility of an incinerator
and it was reported Seaforth was
considering one at a cost of $160,-
000.
Works superintendent Glen
Kells said the unit Seaforth is
considering will dispose of eight
tons of garbage per day, which
he explained was too small for
Exeter's use on the present
was on fire, contrary to provin-
cial regulations which require
that refuse be covered with a
layer of earth at least once a
week.
It was also suggested it the
report that a large number of
cans were found and that Cana-
dian Canners. Ltd, should be en-
couraged to implement a
program of recycling the cans
they presently take to the dump
site.
"Let them contact the
Canners," Mayor Delbridge
suggested while Councillor Bob
Simpson, an employee at the
local industry, said a recycling
program would be difficult
because most of the cans taken
to the dump contain old peas,
corn and other vegetables.
However, the two also told
council they had recently visited
a private dump operator in Hay
Township and discussed the
possibility of taking the Exeter
refuse there and eliminate coun-
cil's headache.
They asked that the price not
be printed, but further discussion
indicated it would be con-
siderably more costly than the
Some people,
have nerve
Three more win Good news
...and bad
"The nerve of people!"
That was the comment of
Reeve Derry Boyle after council
learned, this week that' some
township residents in the area
cart their garbage in to Exeter
and leave it at various locations
along with local garbage set out
for pickup,
Works superintendent Glen
Kells advised that the practice
was being carried out by at least
four people and correspondence
found in one pile of garbage in-,
dicated the identity of one of the
parties.
Council deliberated on what
course of action Ito follow and
suggested that the situation be
turned over to the police.
schedule of pickups.
Be reported that Friday's total
garbage pickup in Exeter had
been 13 tons,
He said the garbage pickups
could be scheduled daily to
reduce the amount picked up on
the present schedule of every
other day, "but even then it's
almost to capacity".
Clerk Eric Carscadden
suggested Exeter and Seaforth
could consider a cost-sharing
project for the purchase of an in-
cinerator, while Councillor Bob
Simpson said there may be other
area municipalities interested.
Kells explained that in addition
to the purchase price, the in-
cinerator required an attendant
for approximately five to six
hours per day, plus the fuel
costs,
Reeve Derry Boyle finally
presented a motion calling for
the appointment of two members
to meet with Seaforth council
members to get details of the in-
cinerator and to present reports
back to council.
He said three alternatives
were open: to purchase an in-
cinerator outright, join with
another municipality in the
purchase, or consider the private
dump operator.
His motion to investigate the
situation further was approved
and Councillors Simpson and
MacMillan were given that task.
At the conclusion of the
debate, Mayor Delbridge said
council may have made a mis-
The two questions on
Wednesday's liquor vote in
Usborne township were passed
but voters didn't beat a path to
the doors of the polling booths.
Returning officer Harry
Strang reports only 288 persons
cast their ballots. This is only
35.5 percent of the 1,022 eligible
voters.
The first.question on the ballot
"Are you in favour of selling li-
quor under a dining lounge
licence for consumption on
licenced premises with food
available?" received 199 affir-
mative votes for a percentage of
69.4.
The second question received
194 Yes votes for a percentage of
67,4, It asked, "Are you in favour
of selling liquor under a lounge
licence for consumption on
licenced premises?"
In order to pass, each question
on the ballot needed at least a 60
percent vote in the affirmative.
A FALL FAIR FEATURE — One of the highlights of Exeter Fair Satur-
day afternoon will be a sheep shearing demonstration by Gerald
Dearing one of the top sheep breeders in Western Ontario. In the
above picture, Dearing is giving a preview. T-A photo
One Hundred and Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 19, 1974 Price Per Copy 25 Cents
in paper contest
Three Exeter residents shared
the prizes in this week's "spot the
merchant" contest draw held
Tuesday.
They will each be mailed a $5
merchandise certificate from one
of the sponsoring merchants.
Winners were Mrs. Lorne
Johnston, Ed Wurm and Cathy
Triebner.
All entries received will be
deposited in the special ballot box
for the big grand prize draw
valued at $100;
Contest number three appears
this week and entries for it will be
received at the T-A office until
Tuesday noon.
No cable TV
until next fall
What bylaw
to enforce?
Interest is evident
in day care centre
Exeter council received their
first communication from Corn-
Cables of Goderich and Clinton
Ltd. since the firm was granted
the licence to instal a cable TV
system to service Exeter, Huron
Park and Centralia.
President Ron McIntosh said
that due to a commitment in
Wingham the local project
would not start until the first of
the year.
He 'said a working system
would be ready in Exeter by the
fall of 1975.
the ledger. Money taken in
amounting to $3,586 while ex-
penses totalled $1,656, In 1973
dockage revenue was $3,321 and
expenditures were $1,054.
Operation of the bath house
cost a little more than the monies
collected. Due to many days of
inclement weather, revenue this
summer was only $1,888 as
compared to $2,520 in 1973.
Expenses were also down this
year. They were $2,164 compared
to $2,697 a year ago.
Mrs. Clipperton said the
overall net profit for the three
operations was $5,510, In 1973, the
figure stood at $6,300,
In talking about the overall
financial picture of the village,
the clerk said, "our position is
much improved over last year.
We are holding to our budgets in a
much better way than other
years,"
With the advent of four in-
stallments on 1974 taxes, the
village has not been forced to do
any borrowing and has earned
some interest on short term
deposits and early payment of
Lambton Board of Education and
Ausable-Bayfield Conservation
Authority levies.
Interest earned to date
amounts to $1,546 and $20,000 still
remains on short term deposit
with the Bank of Montreal.
Interest paid out on loans
during 1973 amounted to $5,257,
On the subject of the beach
parking lot, councillor John
Teevins suggested the services of
the parking lot and the bath house
be included in one ticket and
charge.
Teevins continued, "we have
been charging too much. If a
complete family parks and uses
the facilities of the bath house it
amounts to a lot of money."
Councillor Murray Des Jardins
only comment was, "I think it's a
good system the way it is now."
Council decided to keep the
municipal office open from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday
for two weeks beginning October
7 while clerk Louise Clipperton is,
on holidays." Wer ndsistthil Mrs,
Connie Lewis will be in charge.
Three applications for building
permits were approved. They
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There was good news and bad
for Exeter council this week on
the matter of their plan to com-
plete the local sewer system next
year.
The good news was that the
ministry of the environment ad-
vised they were treating the
local project as "urgent",
It was noted that tenders could
possibly be called by the middle
of November with construction
expected to be started in
January.
The bad news was that there
was a big "if" in the situation.
That was if the local project
could be tendered at a price
within the range of $602,000.
That priCe is up considerably
over the earlier estimates and if
it goes much beyond that which
the Ontario Municipal Board has
approved, then council will have
to re-submit a request for funds
based on the higher figure,
"I'll bet we can't do it for that
($6 0 2,0 0 )" Clerk Eric
Carscadden stated.
Works • superintendent Glen
Kells noted that the last estimate
received was over $700,000.
Council members were not
certain how the, OMB would rule
in 'view of the Way inflation is
boosting prices over the es-
timates submitted by
municipalities when they seek
approval .for debenture issues.
Although Exeter council have
never granted permission to
have mobile homes set up in
town, they learned this week
they may not have any bylaw in-
dicating that it is unlawful to do
so.
That came to light after Coun-
cillor Tom MacMillan advised a
large camping trailer was being
used as a residence in Exeter.
Someone suggested that the
police be asked to enforce the
bylaw and have the occupants
seek shelter elsewhere.
"What bylaw?" Clerk Eric
Carscadden asked, noting there
didn't appear to be any such
authority to prevent use of
mobile homes or trailers as
residences.
While members noted ap-
proval had never been granted
for people wanting to set, up
mobile homes, council may not
have had the authority to stop
them.
Reeve Derry Boyle said he
would check into the matter
regarding the present trailer and
would report back to council.
Councillor Ben Hoogenboom
had asked that the clerk be in-
structed to prepare a bylaw
prohibiting trailers, but he
withdrew the motion when it was
explained that this would in
effect prohibit trailer parks now
under consideration.
would pay 80 percent of the
capital and operating costs, and
the municipality would pay the
remaining 20 percent.
It was indicated that fees for
day care centres differ greatly,
with a low of $3.50 per day to a
high of $14.
Mrs. Hohner:Said the $3.50 per
day, does.00t cover the costs. in
volved.
It was also noted that three
staff members were required for
every 15 children in attendance,
although consideration is being
given to reducing this require-
ment.
Reeve Derry Boyle suggested
that before council make any
move, they should discuss the
proposal with councils of
Wingham and Listowel, where
day care centres are presently
being operated,
He told Mrs. Hohner that coun-
cil had to consider the project
very seriously, because it was
one from which 90 to 95 percent
,of the taxpayers would receive
no benefit,
A motion was approved, asking
the ministry for more informa-
tion and also having council
members interview officials in
Wingham and Listowel.
Reeve Derry Boyle and Coun-
cillors Ben Hoogenboom and Ted
Wright indicated they would un-
dertake the latter chore .
REGISTER AT CENTRALIA COLLEGE—Students at Centralia College
of Agricultural Technology registered for the 1974-75 school term
Monday morning. Allan Hern, RR 1 Woodham, signs up with Marion
Duncan and Carol Moore of the College staff. T-A photo
Board names administrator
Elmer W. Taylor has been
appointed administrator of South
Huron Hospital.
The appointment of the 29-year-
old Toronto man was ratified at
this week's board meeting.
He will assume his new duties
on November 1.
He replaces Miss Alice
Claypole, who has been ad-
ministrator of the hospital since
it opened and who announced her
resignation this summer.
Mr. Taylor is presently em-
Twenty-seven children would
be available for a day care cen-
tre if one was in operation in Ex-
eter.
That was the information coun-
cil received this week from
Marilyn Hohner, who has been
conducting a survey on the
possibility of such a facility.
She undertook the , survey -.at ,
the request of council after citing
her opinions on the need for such
a facility earlier this year.
Monday night, she told council
that 24 replies from area
mothers were received in-
dicating that 18 children would
use the facility on a full-time
basis and another nine part-time.
Mrs, Hohner, a field worker
with the ministry of community
and social services, said it was a
"fair response", adding that "I
feel I have people who are
genuinely interested".
Four of the replies were from
out-of-town residents.
She suggested that council now
contact the ministry and advise
them of the local interest and
ascertain what stepS are re-
quired to be taken for initiating
such a project.
Councillor Bruce Shaw asked
who would run a day care centre,
and Mrs. Hohner replied,•
"hopefully, in this case, ,the
town".
She added that the province
ployed with the Ontario Hospital
Services Commission.
At the board meeting, a gift of
an Arythmia Resusci Anne from
the Hospital Auxiliary was also
accepted "with pleasure."
The new equipment is a
training model used to train
nurses in the operation of the
hospital's coronary care unit,
It is valued at over $2,000.
The equipment simulates an
actual patient for training pur-
poses.
$500,000 marijuana crop felled by police
Swamp yields bumper crop
He said the sprayed leaves Because marijuana is a peren-
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HOT TASK — Pulling out between two to three acres of marijuana plants proved to be hot work for RCMP
and OPP officers, Thursday, OPP Constable Bill Glassford is shown here at the work, which took almost 12
hours to complete.
plots, most located off. the 5th
and 6th concession of Hay in
property owned by the Ausable
Hayfield Conservation Authority.
After the discovery, police sur-
veillance was maintained
throughout the daylight hours
and around the clock during the
entire past month. RCMP of-
ficers from London, Kitchener
and Stratford, along with Exeter
and Mt. Forest OPP were in-
volved in the investigation.
Cpl. Lee said the mari-
juana was probably planted in
late May or early June and was
now ready for harvest,
Each of the plots in the Swamp
was fenced off with chicken wire
and the marijuana was growing
Two residents of Huron Park
have been charged with
cultivating marijuana,
culminating a three-month
police surveillance of ap-
proximately three acres of
marijuana scattered over a two
mile section of Hay swamp.
Thomas Wesley Pike, 33, and
Sandra Diane Monk, 24, both of
305 Algonquin Drive, Huron
Park, were also charged with
possession of narcotics when
they were arrested at their home
late Wednesday.
They appeared before Justice
of the Peace Douglas Wedlake
and were then taken to Goderich
for a further court appearance,
Thursday. They were released to
January 7 for plea,
Thursday morning, police
started the task of uprooting the
12-foot stalks and piling them up
for spraying with a chemical.
At a news conference Thurs-
day afternoon, RCMP Cpl. Rick
Lee, Stratford, said police were
"anticipating more arrests"
over the finding, of the mari-
juana, which he estimated had a
street Value of $500,000,
There were 13 different plots
found in the swamp, most of it
about four miles north-east of
Exeter.
Police became aware of the
marijuana after receiving a tip
from an area farmer who spotted
the fenced off plots in the
swamp.
Aircraft were used by the Ex-
eter OPP detachment and the
RCMP to pinpoint the various
in rows in all but two of the plots.
In the latter, the plants appeared
to be growing slightly wild.
Police said a roto-tiller had
been used on the plots and bags
of fertilizer were found at
several locations.
Styrofoam drinking cups were
also found in abundance at the
plots. Police believe that the
plants were started elsewhere
and' were transported to the
swamp as seedlings in the cups,
Some seeds were also found in
orange juice jugs found at the
plots.
The crop had been positively
identified as marijuana before
the crop was destroyed by police.
The "harvest" by police of-
ficers took almost 12 hours,
While most marijuana seizures
are burned, police noted this was
impossible in the dense bush in
Hay township, It was also im-
possible for police to truck the
plants out of the swamp because
they feared they Would drop too
Many Seeds from the plants and
have new growth scattered over
a wide area next year,
It was estimated that there
would be about two and a half
tons of marijuana "plants. It was
sprayed with a chemical known
as regalone, Which kills the plant
in a matter of about two hours.
OPP Constable Bill Glassford
of the Exeter detachment, one of
the officers engaged in the
destruction of 'the crop, noted
that people should be advised
against attempting to salvage
any of the crop,
Trio charged
over breakin
As a result of investigation by
OPP Constable Bill Glassford of
Exeter and Constable J.
Attaman, Sebringville, three St.
Marys youths have been charged
with breakins at the concession
booth at the Rirkton fair grounds,
_ The booth was entered late
Friday or early Saturday before,
the weekend fair and about $51 in
Merchandise stolen. The breakin
was discovered around 10:00 a,m,
Saturday.
The youths have also been
charged with a breakin at the
Same location earlier in the
suitimer,
eo.
LAID LOW — While marijuana is usually associated with highs, it was laid low Thursday afternoon in Hay
swamp and then sprayed with a chemical by -RCMP Staff Sgt. R , Nidhols of London. The fencing' used on the
13 plots cart be teen in the background. Police warn that once sprayed, the plant can be deadly for anyone
who has thoughts about salvaging any,
RAW FOOD — RCM(' Cpl, Rick Lee and OPP Constable Bill
Glassford examine a bag marked "fertilizer" of one of the 13 mari-
juana plots in Hay swamp.
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