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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-04-10, Page 1One Hundred and Second Year Hockey Hall of Fame member dies One of Exeter's and hockey's greatest ambassadors passed away in South Huron Hospital, Monday, Alan W, Pickard better known as "Al" devoted his life to teaching and administration in the fields, of education and hockey, Ile was BO years of age. His greatest honouor came on April 27, 1958 when he was named to the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame, His Hall of Fame naming came as a builder of hockey and his tremendous leadership in the Canadian Amateabr Hockey Associations., He served as president from 1947-1950, oAl Pickard was born in the family home on John street, Exeter now occupied by his brother Clare. After graduating from Exeter Continuation school and the University of Western Ontario, Al moved to Saskatchewan and Tentative okay for town houses Area building contractor Paul Ducharme received a tentative okay from Exeter council this week for his proposal to build two town house complexes in the south-east corner of town in the Edward and Simcoe St. area. Ducharme appeared with planning consultant John Cox to outline plans for the units, which will be 'offered for sale rather than as rental units, The builder said the three- bedroom homes would sell in the range of $25,000. Members of council could see no problem with the proposal and told the two men to proceed with drawings and submit them to council's subdivision and land use committee for final approval. The Exeter planning board previously told the two men they had no objections to the proposed development. Cox said they would probably ask the committee of adjustment for a minor variance approval to permit eight units to be built on both sides of the street. If that approval is not given, only seven units will be built. The planner noted that the property owned by Ducharme was four feet short of meeting the requirements for eight units. He told council that "for sale type town houses" were becoming increasingly feasible "because not everyone can afford a single family home." "'Town houses may be the answer if they bring housing costs down," Reeve Derry Boyle added. Cox said a common area would be left at the rear of the buildings and the experience has been that the owners of the various units join together to provide playground and other joint-use facilities. Noting that this would be a unique project in Exeter, Mayor Bruce Shaw urged the two men to work closely with the building inspector • Doug Triebner in drafting plans for the town houses, Daffodils to aid cancer unit work The streets of Exeter should be blooming Friday. Members of the XI Gamma Nu chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will be out in full force selling daffodils. The ladies will have 200 dozen of daffodils available at $2,50 per dozen. All proceeds will be turned over to the Canadian Cancer Society, Headquarters for the Friday project will be at the old fire hall in the Exeter town hall and there Will be several check points along Main street and at some local industries. farmed for several years. After spending sometime in the. Canadian Expeditionary Force and the RCAF he joined the teaching profession in Regina, Saskatchewan. Before his retirement in 1960 he served as principal in six dif- ferent Regina sehools.'The Board of Education in Regina has named one of their new schools Although the 1974 financial statement for the village of Grand Bend will not be officially presented until next week, Reeve Bob Sharen told fellow council members Monday night "the news will be good", Ignorance of the law is no excuse, but members of Exeter council may have some sym- pathy for residents who don't know all the local bylaws. Council members got tripped up on one of their own bylaws this week when they discussed the planned renovations to the new administration offices in the former post office. After considerable debate, Monday, a set of floor plans was approved, but a motion to hire an architect to prepare working drawings was defeated when the only support came from Coun- cillors Lossy Fuller and Harold Patterson. Mayor ,Bruce Shaw has supported this suggestion, but he did not vote on the motion. Following defeat of that motion, the .property committee chaired by Reeve Derry Boyle was authorized to prepare plans on their own for submission to council, However, on checking bylaws regarding public buildings on Tuesday, it was found that an architect's working drawings are required before a building permit can be issued. The ministry of labor also requires an architect's seal on plans for public buildings. That prompted the calling of a special meeting for Tuesday the "Al Pickard school" and the City .of Regina has named the street passing the school, Pickard street. From his start in Regina, Al took a great interest in teaching boys in Sunday School .and in the hockey rink, He was an excellent hockey player himself and played for Exeter when seven man hockey was practiced. Sharen said he expects a surplus of close to $35,000 on the village's business operation for last year. He listed a variety of reasons for the somewhat unexpected surplus, Late in 1974, the Reeve said the surplus could be about $5,000, Collect* of interim taxes beginning in March allowed the village to prepay requisitions to the County of Lambton and the Lambton Board of Education thus gaining rebates. Continuing on the subject Sharen said, "our council at the beginning of the year decided 1974 would be the "year of retrenchment" and we stuck by our guns." Sharen is the only remaining member of the 1974 Grand Bend council. The others were Murray Des Jardins, Douglas Martin, John Teevins and Tom Webster. The reeve said provincial grants for laSt year were up by • about $10,000 because the village was able to stay below .the eight per cent level of increase in spending. Added to this were monies obtained in interest from short term investments, also due to the early tax collections and a good year for revenue from the beach bath house parking lot and clocking areas. The $35,000 in surplus amounts to about 17 and a half mills on the tax rate. Sharen said the Lamb- ton County rate which has already been established for 1975 is up 3.5 mills. The 1975 tax rate for the summer resort village will probably not be set until June when the requisition for education puposes is received. night to discuss the project again in light of the new information, Councillor Harold Patterson noted at the meeting the building inspector wouldn't be able to approve a permit unless the plan has the seal of an architect. "Our own bylaw has us over a barrel," commented Boyle. Patterson also suggested that the federal department of public works may also require that an architect be engaged because they would want to view the changes being considered for the building they are renting to the town. After some further debate, council agreed to engage an ar- chitect to prepare working drawings for the renovations. However several suggested they did not want to see an ar- chitect propose an new heating system or a cenVal air con- ditioning system in view of the costs that would be involved, During Monday's discussion, it was opined by some councillors that an architect would probably want to instal such a system, Bob Simpson predicted that the renovations "won't end up Under $45,000" if an architect was called in to plan the project, Other estimates on the cost have ranged to a low of $15,000. He was not a member of the famous Exeter-Zurich team which highlighted early hockey history in the area, but he could have been. After departing for the west in 1920 Al received several telegrams from Exeter team officials to come back, but he never did. Al helped to organize and administer the first YMCA hockey league in Regina and later in the 1920's was pi-esident and coach of the Regina Aces senior team. Continuing in hockey management he was president of the Western Canada senior league and governor of the Saskatchewan junior loop, When named CAHA president the Regina Leader-Post paid the following tribute: "Most centres have their own Mr, Hockey but Regina has the real one. Alan W. Pickard is president of the CAHA and controls more hockey players than any man in the world. The Regina school principal rose through the ranks of player coach and executive to attain the highest honour." He also represented Canada at international hockey conferences' in Europe. The Grand Bend waste disposal site is expected to be open again within a week or so to handle garbage collected in the village by McDonald's Sanitation. John Oakley of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment informed council more 'than a week ago that his department was givingiapproval for re- opening on April 1. Deputy-reeve Rollie Grenier said Monday night that the re- opening would be delayed about a week until a few loads of gravel can be spread in the driveway to repair damage cased by the recent snow storm, 't Oakley was assured by council that village staff would handle the necessary maintenance work ins covering debris once a week in both winter and summer with two to five passes by a bulldozer in compacting every day. McDonald's Sanitation trucks are currently taking GB garbage Pleads guilty on theft count A Goderich man pleaded guilty to a break, enter and, theft 'charge this week and is being held in custody for sentencing tomorrow. Frederick Russell Dixon, Bayfield Road, was charged following the theft of liquor and cash from the Club Albatross in RUM) Park. Total loot in the theft was about $1,500. The firm's safe was carted away in the theft. Two other men have also been charged. They are Claire Benton Spicer, London, and George Leroy Bieber, Huron Park, They both pleaded not guilty and their trial has been set for August 26. After his retirement in 1960 Al returned to Exeter and became very active in town affairs. He served several terms as Exeter's representative one the Ausable —please turn to page 3 Library reports record activity While most businesses were crippled due to the snow storm of the past week, the Exeter library had a record day, Saturday. Almost 600 books were taken out of the library on Saturday, according to librarian Elizabeth Schroeder. "It was like three days in one," she said, adding that the average daily circulation is about 300 books. Mrs. Schroeder said that business in both the adult and juvenile libraries was very slow on Thursday and Friday, but Saturday saw a big difference. But there was not one grown-up in the library. "Students were in here working like eager heavers," said the librarian. She said students Usually come into the library to work on projects after school, but it was unusual to see so many on a Saturday. to a dump in Watford. Oakley told council if the dump was used by anyone other than the village a new permit would be required. The Ministry of Natural Resources has been negotiating with Grand Bend in an attempt to use the resort dump for disposing of garbage from the Pinery Provincial park. Another meeting is being held with provincial officials in July of this year to discuss joint use of the facility beginning in 1976, councillor Bill Baird told council he had completed negotiations with McDonald's Sanitation for the 1975 garbage services and the contract was approved by council later in Monday's meeting. The Crediton based firm will receive $750 per month for collecting garbage during the winter months and the summer months charge will be $150 per day for 68 days from June 15 to September 3. The contract price for the year is $15,500. Baird said he would spend some time with McDonald workmen to ensure that persons being charged 'heavy com- mercial' rates were receiving the Service. Instead of being charged for light, commercial, apartment building owners will be paying $15 per unit, Commercial gar- bage will be collected twice each week between the summer season end of September 3 up to Thanksgiving. Council is also considering a — Please turn to page 3 A Hensall man was killed early Sunday evening when his snowmobile was in collision with a car on Huron County road 12 at Concession 5 in Tuckersmith township. Gerrard Vanderweil aged 31 of 69' London Road, Hensall was pronounced dead at the scene of the mishap by Coroner Dr. P. L. Brady, Seaforth. The automobile involved in the crash was driven by Richard Elliott, RR 1, Hensall. According to Provincial Police spOkesmen at the Seaforth detachment, the Elliott vehicle was travelling north on the County road and Vanderweil's machine was heading east to west across the township con- cession. Vanderweil was one of four or five snowmobilers travelling in the area at the time. Constable J. R. MacLeod was the in- vestigating officer. Although the number of ac- cidents was not high in view of the hazardous driving conditions last week, those which did occur resulted in substantial property damage and there were 10 in- juries. Most seriously injured was Anthony Dayman, RR 3 Kippen, who was the driver of a car in- volved in a crash on Highway 4 about two miles north of Exeter at 9.30 p.m., Saturday. Dayman sustained serious head injuries and was taken to University Hospital in London. He is reported in improved condition. Driver of the other car was Joseph Babcock, Wardsville. He and his wife and two and a half year old son were treated for cuts and bruises at South Huron Hospital, along with' Peter Timmermans, RR 3 Kippen, who was a passenger in the Dayman vehicle. OPP Constable Al Quinn in- vestigated and listed total damage at $2,800. The two vehicles were travelling in opposite directions prior to the crash. Four people were injured in a two-car crash south of Exeter at 4:00 p,m., Wednesday. They included the two drivers, Sarkis Koyounian, London, and Sybille Schaufler, Hensall, Also injured were Sebastian Tkaczyk, London, Price Per Copy 25 Cents and Mary Elliott, Hensall. The latter sustained a fracture. She was a passenger in the Schaufler vehicle. Constable Larry Christiaen set damage at $3,000, The other injury also occurred Wednesday when a car driven by Ingeburg Dubec, Warren, Michigan, went out of control on Highway 21 and rolled over in a ditch. He was treated for minor injuries. Damage to his vehicle was set at $1,500 by Constable Don Mason. On Thursday at 9:30 p.m., a vehicle driven by James Fink- beiner, Huron Park,collided With a parked vehicle owned by Triad Truck Lease on the Dashwood Industries parking lot. Damage was set at $275 by Constable Frank Giffin. On Friday at 12:20 p,m., a bread truck driven by Norman Huber, London, collided with a road grader driven by George Ilaggitt, Zurich. The collision occurred on Highway 84 and damage was set at $2,500 by Constable Bill McIntyre. A one-car crash was reported at 9:15 p.m., Saturday, when a car driven by Kimberley Pridham, Exeter, struck a tree on Highway 83, one mile west of the Goshen Line. Damage in that one was listed at $400 by Con- stable Bill Glassford. There were two accidents, Sunday, the first at 2:05 a.m., when a parked car owned by Alan Bieber, Huron Park, was hit by an unknown vehicle. At 10:20 p.m., a car driven by Russell Moore, Windsor, was proceeding south on Highway 4 when it hit an icy patch, causing a snow vehicle trailer it was pulling to jacknife. The trailer hit the front fender of the car with total damage being set at $450 by Constable Glassford. Two officials get pay hike Two town employees were given pay increases at the special meeting of council, Tuesday. Police Chief Ted Day had his stipend raised from $13,000 to $16,000 per annum, slightly over 23 percent. He received a 17 percent pay boost last year, Clerk Eric Carscadden's salary was increased from $11,500 to $14,000. That's an increase of about 22 percent, Chief Day had also submitted a request for mileage allowance, but council members felt that now they own two cruisers, there was no need for the use of per- sonal vehicles. Mayor Bruce Shaw noted that the police committee had authorization to approve ex. penses for out-of.town Council did agree to reimburse the Chief for travel to a senior officers' seminar and to the 1:.Fon-Perth.Chiefs' meeting, but not for a retirement party in Chatham. Members felt the latter was a social event, not business. Members felt that an overall policy on travel and expenses was required for all town em- ployees, and a committee was named to formulate such a policy. CALLING FOR BETTER WEATHER?— Jeff Musser and Bill Hern got Thursday off school and decided to investigate this telephone booth. They said most of their teachers live out of town, and the snow presented problems in getting anywhere. The telephonebooth in front of the old post office got its share of snow, ice and odd faces. GB expects to hear good financial news BRAVING THE STORM — During Thursday morning's severe storm Barbara and PaulWein headed uptown in Crediton to purchase a loaf of bread. T-A photo Bylaw settles debate over hiring architect TRYING TO FIND A CAR — Bob Dietrich had a huge chore in digging out his car on Sanders street east, Friday morning. Helping at the front of the vehicle is George Wilkinson. T-A photo GB waste disposal site ready, okay garbage collection pact EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 10, 1975 Ten injured as blizzard plagues drivers DAFFODILS WILL BLOOM Members of the XI Oamma Nu Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will be selling daffodils Friday with all proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society, From the left are Eileen Ross, Pat Fletcher, Louise Giffin, Sally Lou Raymond. and Maude Cannon, T.A photo nowmobiler killed in collision