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The Huron Expositor, 1975-05-15, Page 14.0.61.44*.0.11# F. f 10 Whole No. 5.592 116th, Year FIRST SEQTION PAGES 1 16. THE HURON:.EXTP,O,SITOR THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1975 — 24. PAGES ..„ The Huron-Perth " County Roman Catholic Separate School Board will • move its administrative offices from Seaforth to Dublin this summer it was revealed at a board meeting held in Seaforth Monday night. Trustee Michael Connolly, ippen, in releasing the details of the move, said the board offices in Seaforth have been, cramped for space and the parking facilities have been inadequate. The board' offices have been located on the Main Street in Seaforth since shortly after, the formation of the county board in 1969. After July 1 they will be moved to the building housing the atermer Dublin high school and the Ursuline Order convent, Mr. Connolly said the Ursuline Order will be vacating the convent at the end of the school term in June after 60 years of service in the community. The two teaching sisters will remain on the school board staff and take up residence in the •Ursuline &Convent in Stratford. Sister -Florence Kelly is principal at .St. Patrick's elementary school in Dublin and Sister Marian is principal at St. Columban elementary school. Mr. Connolly said the ,board has leased the building for a five-year period from the St. Patrick's Parish at Dublin and the Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of London. The kindergarten class for St: Patrick's school area which has been using a room in the former 'high school part of the building,• will continue in that location under the new arrangement. The agreement calls for St. Patrick's• parish to collect $1,000 per month for the building and at the end of the five-year rental ,therm the board has the right to purchase ,the building for its continued use as a board office. Richard Box, owner of the building housing the present board offices, will be notifed his premises will be vacated by the end 'of the present lease •in January, 1976. In other business the board agreed to send three board ,embers to the Canadian Catholic School Trustees A local resident, Gordon, Rimmer of Goderich Street, became one of the first in the province to receive the recently announced Commissioner's Citation. He received the citation in Winghare from Commissioner Harold Grahani of the OPP 'for saving the life of a Toronto woman following a head-on ,collision last December on Highway 401 just west of Toronto. According to a police report, Mr. Rimmer "took this action without any thoughts for his personal safety as his wife looked on. Had he not reacted to the screams of the female driver as quickly as he did she would have Board office leaves Seaforth finally resulted in a settlement. Councillor Wayne Ellis', chairman of the police committee said salaries negotiated give the policemen an average increase of 24% over. their 1974 wages. A first class constable's salary' goes up from $10,500 to $13,000, secbnd class from $9,00 to $12,000 and thir class from $8,700 to $11,000. In 1974 all constables below the third class rank werepaid $8,000. For 1975, a fourth dais constable with a year to a year and a half on the force will be paid $10,000, a step two probationary constable ' with six months to a year here will bet $9,500 and a step one probationary constable, from the start of his employment here until six months will be paid $9,000. The police committee recommended that the police chief, who does not negotiate with the officers, be given a raise from $12,500 to $15,500 and all the benefit of the contract. All salaries are retroactive to January 1, 1975, Mr. Ellis said the contract includes provisions that the town will pay up to $100 per officer for dry cleaning uniforms, a meal allowance of $3.50 per meal when officers are away from town during regular meal hours, 75% OHIP coverage and $20,000 in group life insurance coverage. Policemen will be paid for ten st atutory holidays in one lump sum on December 15 „,1975. They (Cdtitinued on Page 3) Plan trees on Main St. Councillor Bennett said there was no. way his committee could come up with an accurate figure for the proposed debenturing for arena repairs until these cost differences are ironed out. Main Street 'will look pretty spiffy for Centennial weekerid when the decorating plans of the Chamber of Commerce are put into effect. The Chamber plans to put small potted trees all along the Main Street for the big weekend. Jim Stewart of the C. of C. says that they will borrow the trees and would like to borrow from local citizens some large galvanized tubs to put them in. Anyone who can let the C. of C. borrow a good sized tub to use as a tree container for the weekend is asked to call Mr Stewart, or Don Topping at Stedman's: The tubs will be picked up and returned in good condition. The C. of C. plans to put benches along Main St. for Centennial weekend as well. raise JUST ONE MOMENT JAMES — Jacqueline Mathews must be talking to her beau while Jeanette STaples prepares to go out for a stroll. These costumes could be ^ seen at the History Fair's "The Halls of Time" held in St. James', Separate School Monday and Tuesday nights. , ( Staff Photo) - , Residential tax payers in Seaforth face an increase of more than 14 mills on their 1975 tax bills, following passage of this year's budget by town council Monday night. The residential rate is up to 114.471 mills from 100.02 mills and the commercial rate goes from 11'4.02 last year"to 131.388. Clerk Bob Franklin said that the rate includes 2 mills for sewers. Separate school supporters will pay slightly higher rate. On a $3,000 assessment an average taxpayer will pay about $343.63, if a public school .supporter and $351.58 if a separate school supporter, the clerk said. All of the increase to town taxpayers comes from increased levies by the boards of 'education and the county, councillors, pointed out. Total expenditures after revenue for general purposes are actually down this year, from about • $110,000 to about $106,000. "It's a good • argument for regional government, isn't it?" . councillor Wayne . Ellis The Ontario Municipal Board advised " that ' they have set priorities for capital expenditures for municipalities this year, Sewers, waters and' housing were among them. Wou,l d local improvements (another approved category) include arenas?, one councillor wondered. "I doubt it", said Mayor Betty Cardno. Council will look after having light standards at the Main Street intersection painted, on request by the Chamber of Commerce. Town, men will do thd work and "lookat Main Street and see what needs sprucing up for Centennial", as soon as the new traffic lights are installed at the intersection. The , PUC were given permission to supply water to W.T.Teall's new residence on the south side of George Street in Egmondville. He will be charged at twice the Seaforth rate. Council approved a Planning Board recommendation that the trailer park plan for town owned land in the southwest of Seaforth be approved, with the provision that 30' of land be left available in case existing property owners in the area needed it to bring their lots to an approved size. They also approved a planning board recommendation that the plan for the McLean subdivision west of Centennial Drive be accepted with a change in th( Salmis, 'county park land provided there. Mayor Cardno Said the park area Was changed so that property owner to the west would not be landlocked. United Trails Inc. will be allowed to park Stratford to Goderich buses in front of their bus waiting room on Main Street, council decided. parking meters will be removed and a no parking - bus stop sign put up. Council will write to the Ontario Trucking Association, asking for their help with the problem of trucks speeding and going through stop lights in town. The sale of two lots in Seaforth's industrial park to Ken R. Smith of Egmondville ' for $1500 each was authorized. A request by the Centennial conimittee to close certain streets for parades during Centennial weekend was okayed. Council members decided againsts installing crosswalks on Main Street. Deputy Reeve Bill Dale reported that real crosswalks must be indicated by electric signs and cost quite a bit to install. Instead council will have walkways,lines painted at two places on Main Street where pedestrians may stop, but where there is no requirement that cars stop for them. Some names have been submitted for the industrial committee that the town wants to commented with a smile. "I think we should protest to the County Board of Education", councillor John Sinnamon said, "$93,000 is just a little ridiculous. They are up $27,000 from last year." • "And we're running the town for $106,000", Mayor Betty Cardno added. "If the towns don't speak out we're going to ,be priced out of education", councillor Sinnamon said. Councillor Geoige Hildebrand said "It's not costing $93,000 fOr education in Seaforth." The separate school require- ment for this year of $9,505 is up about $2,000 from last year, Clerk Franklin said. The county levy is $82,278 thi§ year, up from $63,427 in 1974. For a residential taxpayer with an assessment of $3,000, the mill rate is up about 14% from last year. At a budget meeting 'Thursday night, council slashed the mill rate to about 114 from a proposed 14,9 mills. $14,953 in revenue was Arena rents u New rates were set for the use of Seaforth's arena at Monday night's council. The rates have been criticized in the past for being too low. Arena committee chairman dill Bennett said the new hourly rates, effective probably September 1, will be $10 for hockey and figure skating, $14 for broomball, $16 feu out of town rentals, $14 for Junior. D, Intermediate and Industrial ' hockey and $14 for private rentals,. The curling club will be charged $1250 per year for making ice. For dances the arena hall will rent at $75 per night, and $10 per hour after 1 a.m. if the orchestra is still playing. The arena floor will rent for $100 per night, with the same cost after 1 a.m. The arena " committee is scheduling a meeting for May 21 , with the architect who drew up a plan for changes at the arena, Councillor Bennett said. he described some of the costs in the architect's plans as "ridiculous" -7 including $100 doorknobs. Repainting and other work at the arena has already been done for $3935, . when the architect's estimate for the same work was about 18,065 more than that amount, he said. Town policemen get 24% Contract talks that have been going on for several months between members of the Seaforth police department and town council's protection' to property committee have WHOA! WHOA! Mary Nigh• tries to quiet her horse, while Robbie Core and Colleen Ryan show the other displays at the History-Fair made by the students and staff of St. Patrick's, of 'Kinkora, §i. Columban and St. James, Seaforth. tqtaff Phnto) Association Convention . in St. 'John's, Newfoundland, from June 25 to June 27 --Chairman David Teahen of Stratford; Ted Geoffrey, Zurich and Donald Crowley, Gadghill; and alternate, Arthur Haid, R.R.4, Listowel. The Board approved a 1975.76 school bus rate schedule of approximately 15 per cent increase over last year's. Trustee Donald Crowley was named to attend a testimonial dinner in Toronto on May 16 for Monsignor Hardy of Hamilton. Board approval was given several changes in updating board policies as outlined by Stratford trustee Howard Shantz, A new policy approved called for copies of general minutes of all board meetings to be sent to separate school represenatives on the Perth County and the Huron County Boards of Education in order to keep them trinversant with its general business. William Enhis,Stratford board counselling officer, was authorized to attend the Ontario Association of Counselling Officers in Geneva Park in June. The board approved giving the Stratford Recreation Association permission to' use the ball diamonds ' at the Stratford Separate School for the summer program, also the soccer field at Aloysius School. "I'm glad these are being Used now", commented Joseph Looby of Dublin They were only cow pastures when this board took over those school grounds, John Vintar, Directoi of Education, reported the initial approval has been received from the Ministry of Education for construction of; general purpose room and fires ng rooms at St. Patrick's School at' Kinkora. Stratford trustee Francis Vere, chairman of building and .propertyeommittee, outlined the various maintenance works being carried opt at the schools in the two counties. Mr. Vintar and Ted Geoffrey both reported on the Ontario Conference on Education held in Toronto on May 7, 8, 9 and 10 which they attended with the theme Learning to be Where in the World do we stand. burned to death in her car." Police said, Mr Rimmer pulled the woman from her smouldering car shortly before it burst into flames, The woman was unable to get out of the car because of a dislocated hip. The commissioner's citation is to recognize a civilian "who has rendered assistance to the force and has thereby contributed in a significant way to the public good." At the same time, CKNX radio station received a special citation for its program "The OPP Replies" in which Constable , Harold Tighe of the Mount Forest Detachment explains the law to listeners. and. persons Part of the sewer construction program scheduled to begin in Seaforth late this summer may be held up, because of an error that council figures is the fault of their engineering firm. In 1973 when the current year's sewer construction was authorized by bylaw and advertised, part of the description of the streets to be included was left out of the ad but included in the bylaw. The Ontario Water Resources Commission told council by letter ., -Monday night that 120 feet on the lower end of Jarvis St. cannot be included in this summer's construction. OWRC wants council to obtain signatures from property owners in that area, advertise again and start the applying process all over again. Reeve 'John 'Flannery said he thinks the mistake is the engineer's responsibility, and ''it's their thing to clean this up," Council decided to write to the engineer James F. McLaren Ltd. to see if they could square things with OWRC so that construction can proceed as planned in the town's bylaw. In other business council increased the life insurance coverage on all town employees from $10,000 to $20,000. The group policy is now with Mutual Life, but other companies will be asked for quotes. , $P10.9 A *gar Adiotilce *0: OPYggP.Its not added into the first budget becausei of a clerical error. Seaforth's proposed contribution • to the -Fire Area Board was reduced by about $2,000. Last year's contribution was higher because # new fire truck was purchased. $1400 was cut from what was budgeted for arena repairs. The work niostly painting, has already been done and cost less than was expected, councillor Bill Bennett of the arena committee explained. The total town expenditure before grants and revenue and not including school or county levies is $603,673. Included in that figure are administrative expenses of $43,740. The town will pay about $6,500 for the bridge in the new industrial park and $1,665 for their share of the deficit on the senior citizens apartments, this year. Public works and sanitation will cost Seaforth $183,400 in 1975, while fire, police and other protection will cost about $93,370. For the community centre board, expenses are budgeted at about $36,715. The recreation committee, including salaries, will cost $20,575. Capital expenditures planned out of revenue for this year include $2,000 for furnishings for the council chamber, $16,250 to purchase street lights from the PUC and debt charges of $98,025. Tag sales indicate 46 dogs in Seaforth There was a bit of hum sour at a • long drawn out council meeting • Monday night. When councillors were discuss- ing a dog control bylaw from the city of Sudbury, councillor John Sinnamon said he'd had • complaints about dogs and he -wondered - why Seaforth's dog bylaw wasn't enforced. "How is the dog tag "sale going anyway?" Mayor Betty. Cardno asked. "It can't, be too big a problem", clerk Robert Franklin replied, "because there are only 46 dogs in Seaforth." The clerk was asked to advertise that dog tags are necessary. Who's going to chase after the ones without tags, Mayor Cardno wondered. "We'll have to put that in the town clerk's job description." form but councillors decided to name the committee at the June meeting. By then they will decide if they want a three or five member group, Retired 'Clerk Ernie Williams will be paid $40 per day when he acts as a consultant to the town and the chairman of the finance committee will be consulted before he is brought in, councillors decided. "It's nice that we have someone of that calibre available", finance chairman Jim Crocker commented. About 3 miles of Seaforth streets will be tarred and trimmed this summer, Reeve Flannery, chairman of the property Committee , reported. the town foreman will report at . the committee meetings from now on, the reeve said. 69 stumps are being removed on town owned property, most of them the remains of the 65 trees ,that the town cut down last fall. 75 new trees have been planted, at a cost of $400, $200 from th Horticultural Society. The town will assist propertY owners who have had stumps taken out by taking away the chips for a nominal fee, the reeve ,said. Council declared June 1 - Nurses Week. This yell Is the Fiftieth Anniversary Of the Registered Nurses Assodationt, OPP honours G. Rimmer Saved a life on 401 ONE LAST LOOK — Seaforth's Women's Institute members giving the quilt one last look before it entersthe Tweedsmuir Oullt Competition. Jean Keys and Viola Lawson , seated in the middle, are the two , women who planned the pattern which is a "pin wheel within a star". The yellow and white quilt was started in January and just finished several weeks ago. The quilt is handmade and about eight women helped quilt it, Mrs. Keys said. The quilt will go to the area convention in St. Thomas In October and if it passes that stage, it will go to the AssoCiated Country Women of the World for the final judging in Prince Edward Island in 1976. It was decided at the last meeting to insure the quilt against fire and theft, and it s value was estimated at about $200. - Doreen Coleman and Lillian Pepper watch as Mrs. Lawson points out the patterns. (Staff Photo) Put Seaforth's faxes up 14 mills Mistake may delay sewers