HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-04-05, Page 1Hensall market
plans expansion
Alf Scholl, owner of Al's
Super Save Market, .Rensall,
has purchased the Slim store
in order to enlarge his facili-
ties.
alr. Scholl told the 'I'-A he
expects to tear out the wall
between the buildings and reno-
vate the additional section
some time this coming sum-
mer,
The owner, whOse store al-
ready is one of the largest re-
tail establishments in South
Huron, said the new. quarters
will be used to display more
products. "We're getting more
items.. far our shelves all the
time," he stated.
Turn down
liquor vote ssesittlierres'"
Secretary - treasurer E. D.
Howey stated that $1,000.00 had
been spent on the library over
the past year,
Rates staff highly
"On the whole the inspector
was very pleased," Snider re-
ported. "He said the staff was
one of the best in the district
and no one should be re-
placed."
Snider stated that Scott had
pointed out that the staff was
better now than when he had
started to inspect the school
three years ago,
The inspector also congratu-
lated the board on their bus
route map and, said it was one
of the best he had ever seen.
School dirty
However, the board -chairman
repOrted that the inspector had
been displeased over the, dirty
conditions that existed in the
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400 to VOtE
in Usborne
Protest 'padding'
of budget figures
Mayor Eldrid Simmons' sur-
plus budget came in for some
sharp questioning Monday night
before it was adopted by
council.
Deputy-Reeve Claude Farrow
and Councillor Joseph Wooden
complained about the provi-
sions for surplus funds for
over an hour during the longest
session council has had this
year.
They, along with Councillor
jack Delbridge, did not vote
for the adoption of the budget,
which carried with the support
of the -five other members.
Reeve Glenn Fisher and
Councillor Fred Wright moved
adoption. In favor were Coun-
cillors 'Ross Taylor, Ralph
Bailey and Bill Musser.
For future projects
Mayor Simmons said the
budget was designed to raise
cash reserves to meet major
upcoming expenditures, These
could include:
non for the paving of No. 1.
‘hc +a!ysthein O1n9t6apo Dept of High-
Construction or additional
seweragee laterals through cash
naymem.rather than debenture
i
Funds can also be used, he
suggested, on a general drain
repair program and to finance
the Main St, streeaightlog pro-
gram proposed by PUC.
"There are two ways you
can look at it," said the mayor.
"We can cut the budget now
and then issue debentures for
these other things, or we can
look ahead two or three years
and prepare for them now,"
lie also pointed out that it
would he possible for council
to maintain the current rate
next year even with the four
mills which would he required
for sewerage construction.
He didn't think it would he
wise government to lower the
rates this year, then raise it
again next year,
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Super-
sonic
soloist
Grit choice?
Mayor Ernest. Fisher. Code-
rich, appears to he the leading
and perhaps the only candidate
for the Huron Liberals' fed-
eral nomination Friday night.
Other names mentioned are
Gordon MeGavin, Walton; Ross
Tuckey, Exeter; and Gordon
Ratz, Shipka, as well as for-
mer MP Andrew McLean, Sea-
forth. The convention will he
held in Clinton Friday night.
The rate absorbs the two-
mill increase of the SHDHS
board and the one-half null
hike in the public school hurl-
get,
Special fund for roads
It provides for a special re-
erve fund for streets of
512,000 (to finance rebuilding
ef roads after sewer installa-
dont, in addition to the full
roads budget of $21,000 (com-
pared to the $12,400 spent last
year).
It also incorporates a drains
budget of $10,000, a substan-
tial increase over last year's
$3,300 but still under the rec-
ord drain budget of $14.700 in
1960.
it -forecasts a surplus of
over $5,000.
The estimates also provide
for increase of about $1,000 for
the fire department (purchase
of a new .hose); $1.400 in the
canning factory lagoon dispo-
sal system (for new pipe and
a man to operate the sprink-
ling operation): $4,0(t0 toward
the $6,000 levy of the Ausable
authority for the Parkhill chain
($2.000 of which was raised
last year); plus $1,000 for
the planning board
'Decreases in the estimates
include a drop of $4,000 for the
town hall (on which $7,000 was
spent in renovations last year);
and no provision for capital
expenditures out of revenue
which last year included pur-
chase of the fire truck, police
cruiser, mower and tractor.
Grant widens difference
Application of the new pm
vinciai grant to the public
school against the residential
rate for the first time, widens
the spread between residential
and commercial rate.
The rates were separated
several years ago when the
municipalities were ordered to
apply the unconditional grant
against the residential levy
only, This brought a spread,
in last year's case, of 4.3 mills
in the rates. With the public
school grant application this
year, the difference increases
to 6.4 mills.
Over objections, town council Monday night
agreed to budget for a surplus in 1962, rather than. cut
the mill rate.
Council raised the industrial and commercial levy
by 2.1 mills, bringing it to a record high of 87.1. The
residential and farm rate, however, remains at its 1961
level of 80.7,
The levy, coupled with the big $17,600 surplus;
from last year, is designed Co give council substantial
cash. reserves with which to finance upcoming projects
including street. drain and possibly sewerage construc-
tion.
Promote 16 men
Parkhill do
Hearing over costs.
delayed`tip May 2
The marl-delayed. Parkhill ed the professional advice of
Darn project suffered another members of the conservation
two-month setback, Wednesday, branch of the department of
when Ontario Municipal Board commerce and. 'from members
officiels postponed the hearing of the Amebic authority whom
on costs after listening to only he regarded es professionals
three hours Of testimony. , in conservation work.
Two members of the OMB He explained his reasoning
indicated they had no idea how for the assessments of direct
big the hearing wo u ld be and benefit against the seven magi.
vice-chairman Fl, I . lcennecly .cipalities who share the cost
said "if I had known what f of the project.
know now, f would. not have Drainage values?
Both Bell and Steele out. The bearing was adjourned tioned Clough on whethe
until May 22 and the further municipal dr,ainage costs delay has caused concern as the flooded areas had been dr
to whether the darn- can be taken into consideration in his completed by the May 1264 report and the net ee• stated
g .n .... deadline, that drainage schemes were
E. J, B. Wright, Q.C., Lon- not effective in reducing the
don, representing the Ausable kind of floods the Parkhill .dam
authority, told the two OMB would
members that the dam had to The Chatham l awy er a l so
he completed in two years or asked where he had obtained
the grants from the senior the figures for the value of
governments and the depart- crops in the area and the crop
ment of highways would not production. lie was told that be received. the department of agriculture
Their share on the $1,120,000 had supplied the figures on
is 75sS and Wright said that the value of crops, The Hag-
engineers have stated that if melee f a r in manager, Bill
the work was not started this Schlegel, and the department
spring it would he difficult to of agriculture had reported
have if completed by the dead- that the productivity of the
line, land was twice as high as the
average in Ontario
Clough testified that the fig-
ures concerning the amount of
lands flooded had been obtain-
ed f r 0 ni the conservation
branch and the federal meteor.
ological agent,
The engineer told Bell that
the real estate value of the
lands in Stephen township that
are flooded was not relevant to
his work, but he admitted that
if the acreage was smaller
than his figures of 45 acres!
then the apportionment should
also be lower.
Bell also asked if he had
taken into consideration the
large recreation area along
Lake Huron when alloting Ste-
phen's cost for recreation,
Clough stated that he had
not, nor had he considered the
industrial advantage, the close-
ness to the dam or the supply
of water that would he avail-
able to other neighboring town-
ships.
lie said that only the water
benefit for the lawn of Park-
hilt had been considered.
Much of the afternoon was
taken up by Wright, who out- Following a lengthy discus-
lined the matters pertaining atom the SHDHS board decid-
to the hearing to the OMB ed Tuesday to advertise for a
members and presented seve. guidance teacher for next
cal documents and reports as term's staff, following the re-
exhibits in an attempt to show commendation of inspector D.
the authority had proceeded W. Scott who made his final
under proper direction. visit to the school this week.
"I hope you don't think I The inspector met with seve-
expect you to read all this." ral. members of the board and
he said, referring to the tall pointed out that the pupil-
stack of documents, teacher ratio was too high and
He called Professor Clough suggested that they try to
to -the stand and questioned him bring it down to around 25
regarding his experience and students per teacher.
training in civil engineering The present ratio ,at the
and in. preparing an economic school is 27.6 students per
teacher and Principal N. analysis as he did for the
authority. Sturgis said it would take one
the board the inspector also The Toronto engineer, who is
on staff at the University of es sss-s• . ''' . .
Toronto, l'eported that during
much of his work on the re-
port he had frequently receiv
Exeter Businessmen's Ass0-
elation has declined. to re-
quest town council to have
liquor vote here.
None of the members, meet,
ing in the town. hat Tuesday
Morning, would support a mo-
tion asking for a public refer,
enduit of lounge and bevetage
room facilities.
The ass'n had, been urged by
the industrial devitipment cor-
poration to make the request:.
The cerperation said approval
Of the liceritee would 'create
employment, attract invest-
!Ilea and trade,
President. Warren 1). May
indicated he had been asked
to present the qtteStioll to the
ass'n by W. G. Cochrane, on
behalf of the Central itetel.
A committee :investigating
establishment of rights-Ol-Way
behind the stores reported
eonsiderabt 'difficulty in Seettr•
ing land because the propOsed
routes ran into, buildings and
through the middle of lote.
The eithitilitted was itiStrUcted
to consult. the planning board
And other municipal bodies tit
kelt. 0 solution,
gone on today at all."
Nine lawyers present
Nine lawyers and two engin-
eers representing 12 of the
member municipalities and the
authority iself were present for
the hearing and only one wit-
ness had been called when it
adjourned at 5;00 p,m,
Professor .Donald Clough, To•
ronto, who .prepared the appor-
tionment of cost on the dam,
was called to the witness box
and was questioned by Ralph
Steele, Q.C., Chatham, repre-
senting Bosanquet and Elmer
D. Bell, Q.C., Exeter, repre-
senting Stephen.
All the other lawyers reserv-
ed the right to question the
engineering expert after the
two lawyers for the appealing
townships had presented their
cases.
It was the general feeling of
the lawyers that the hearing
would take at least Iwo more
days and they recommended
to the OMB members that
three more days he allocated.
Several lawyers indicated they
had set aside the remainder
of this week for the hearing,
but both OMB members re-
ported they thought it would
be concluded Wednesday. Both
have appointments Thursday
and the earliest date they
could have for three days in
a row was the ,May 22 date,
Outlines background
suffers a nother two-month delay
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MOVED TO STRATHROY
Cpl, Neil Chamberlain
OPP transfers
Bend corporal
Cpl. Neil Chamberlain of
Grand. Bend OPP detachment
revealed this week he had been
transferred to Strathroy where
he will be in charge of the
four-man staff beginning May
2.
He told The 1-A that the
transfer had been made at his
own request which had been
made before Grand Bend coun-
cil asked for his transfer last
yea r,
dial, A, R. F. Campbell, Lon-
don, a 14-year man with the
OPP, has been named to head
the Grand Bend detachment
for the summer.
Cpl. Chamberlain reported
that there would he seven con-
stables stationed in the resort
this summer along with the
new head, which is an increase
of two men.
The pollee will also be pro-
vided with a full-time steno-
grapher and they will be di-
rectly responsible to the Onta-
rio Police Commission under
the new contract signed with.
council recently.
The council agreed to pay
$700.00 per month over the en-
tire year and pay the salary
of the stenographer, while the
OPP will have complete con-
trol as to the number of offi-
cers stationed in Grand. Bend
throughout the year,
school,
."1-le said there should be a
secretary for every 300 pupils,"
Snider reported. At present,
the duties are handled by 'one
full-time secretary who re-
ceives some help during busy
periods.
Rebuilding and paving of Says budget padded
roads after sewerage installa-
tion;
Repair
drains on
aintain residential rate
in town's
Deputy-Reeve Farrow said it
was obvious that the budget
was padded maintain the
Main Si, in. prepare-- mill rate. "We had a surplus
of $17,000 last year; what will
we have at the end of this
year?"
"We have no right to levy
.more than we need for cur-
rent expenses unless we ex-
plain to the public exactly
what the extra money is re-
quired for."..
Farrow said he had support--
err the mayor's policy of cut-
ting costs to the bone but he
felt this budget, because. of its
surplus, might encoura
wasteful spending. "There's al-
ways the temptation, when the
money is available, to spend
it,
He said the surplus budget
placed a greater responsibility
than ever on the council, and
the mayor in particular, to
watch expenditures. "We
shouldn't spend a dollar if we
can avoid it."
Farrow drew an assurance
.from the mayor that no com-
mittee chairman would be al-
lowed to spend funds on major
projects without the .consent of
the full council. He objected to
projects undertaken in previous
years by committees or com-
mittee chairmen.
Dislike principle
Councillor Wooden disagreed
with 'the principle of the bud-
get, contending that council
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or replacement of
ere to
Budget highlights
a RCAF Centralia get (with the 1961 expe.ndi-
Major provisions in the, bud- 1
tures in brackets where there
- Sixteen personnel at RCAF rejoined in .1947, has a family is a significant..slifferetsce) are;
Station. Centralia were 'pro- of four children, a native of
motel id the air force's spring 'Port Elgin;
list, announced Friday.
Seven corporals won an es- served in RCNVR during the
Cpl. A. C. Tassie, a cook
tra stripe for their sleeves and war and joined RCAF in 1954,
nine airmen were elevated to mended with seven children
corporal rank, and hails from Windsor;
Promoted to sergeants were! Cpl. K. R. Williams, techni-
Cpl. G. R. Grady, operator clan in mobile support equip-
in mobile support equipment merit section. joined in 1950,
section, who joined the, .R.CAF h as a f am ily o f si x and h a il s
in 1943 and is a native of from Brantford.
Dartmouth, N.S.:
Cpl. S. Janiski, technician in
safety equipment section, who
joined in 1949, has four chil-
dren and hails from Winnipeg.
n.;
Cpl. D. G. Je'risch, medical
technical assistant, joined in
1952, hails from Parry Sound
and has three children;
Cpl. C. E. Martel, member
of air force police, joined in
1951, has four children and
conies from Halifax, N.S.;
Cpl. W. 'I', Overton, clerk in
maintenance statistics section,
served in world war two and
sur !us budge
Honsall council, considering Cotner! took nn action on
1 request from Ernie Davis to amending the bylaw and decids
regulate the sale of fire crack• ed to hold it over until the
ers in the village, learned next meeting.
Monday that there is already a The 1011 bylaw also prohibit,
bylaw prohibiting the sale of ed the sale of cigarettes to
boys 16 years of ' age and any type of fireworks.
However, the byl aw was under, and made it unlawful
IP)ea esnsed en ifroi reedill roar nds ehla.so r naott 011',0tpei ioi 15010.7010km%. sA set tne (os er,
breaking the law. seers.
that Davis had not particular- !the by„ catching, the kids get-
ly
Clerk Bad Campbell reported "We could 'make small
rather' stAhlac t biet 11,-qtligltin71 utreigsach"otile S!'1'11s C6auntldprohibited, hu't -
be curtailed to about two or elltOr Harold Knight jokingly
Stores to open
Friday nights
T'AC! E. Foley, firefighter,, Friday night shopping be • joined in 1952, has two chil-
dren and hails from Ottawa; gins
-• in Exeter this week.
LAC F. E. Leslie, recreation town, stores will remain open
and physical education specie- until 10 p.m. Fridays from now to the end of the year, list, member of RCAF air ca- The stores, except for food dets from 195,2-53 . and joined mar k ets, h ave been dose d
regular' force in 1956, had two even, night since Christmas
children and comes from Trail, f or th e w i n t er mon th s.
B.C.
LAC ,T, M. MacPhee. Car-
penter in maintenance, joined
in 1951, seven children, and a
native of Haatherdale,
LAC P. IT. Neiland.s, cook,
joined in 1953, seven children,
and conies from Vancouver,
B,C.;
LAC B. P'elmer, elerk in Tenders are being :called this
contra' officers' school, who week for construction of the
was with air cadets from 1942- .mililon-dollar-plus addition to
45, served in army until '46, serve as Huron's vocational
joined RCAF regular in 1954, Clinton collegiate which will
single, from Trail, B,CS: school,
LAC Ts, G. Warren, clerk in Architects. Page and Steele,
MSE statistics, joined in 1954, Toronto, issued the call Thtles-
shan ssk o.ne child and comes from clay. Deadline for the tenders
sistant„ioined in 1953, school will be three stories
and comes from Jot-there, 'high and will house 21 elasSs
LAC P. Yaretz. medical as- The wing to the Clinton
is April 30. Lucky Lake, Sask.:
rooms and six shops,
New corporals
Promoted from LAC to cor-
poral were:
LAC A. E. Bell, technician
in supply section. who joined
in 1953, four children and
comes from Dieppe, N.B.;
LAC R. E, Borke, also a
technician in supply, joined in
1953, three children and comes
from Charlottetown,
Hensall law forbids
fireworks, shivarees
G en eral governm en t-LCouncil
salaries $3,300; salaries and
allowances, $8,300; insurance,
$3,200: pension plan, $1,400;
planning board, $1,000 ($115);
indusrial board, $1-,000; office
expense, $1,500.
Protection to persons and
property - Fire dept, $3,700
($2,700); hydrants, $5,200
$4 ,800 ) ; police department,
$12,800; street lighting, $6,000
($5,300); Ausable authority,
$2,510.
Public works - Drain s,
$10,000 (3,300); streets, $21,000
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Cali tenders
for school
N eed more teachers,
inspector tells SHDHS
more teacher to bring the
number down to 27 and another
one to bring it clown to 26.
The inspector also said that
there should be from 35 to 40
guidance periods per week,
taking the full time of one
teacher.
"We should have a guidance The board took no action on
co-ordinator," Sturgis reported. the recommendation.
However, he said it would be The inspector also reported.
doubtful if the board could get that the school's library should
a specialist at this late date be spending a minimum of
and said they might have to $1.,500.00 per year on books and
settle for a person who would magazines and there should be
agree to take a special course five books for every student in
this summer. the school.
Chairman Larry Snider told
suggested the hiring of another
full - time secretary for the
Usborne Clerk H. If, G
Strang, who is returning offi-
ce'. 'for the April 16 central
school vole, reports there is a
total of 403 voters on the list
he posted in his office March
30.
Of these,26 arc from Man
shard and 24 from Biddulph.
Property owners are the
persons qualified to vote on a
money bylaw.
Clerk Strang said person
who wished to have names
POSTMASTER NAMED AREA CO-ORDINATOR stricken from or added to the
list must apply to the county
r. Harvey Pfaff points to "11 Steps to Survival" plane judge not, later than five days
prior to the vote, The applies-
lion could be made through
h eads i1 AneN L his office, the clerk indicated,
ricin nere
for the Exeter area.
He will be in charge of the ing, It, L. Davis, txeter 1).0C,
term Pod, Exeter: engineer-
further
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the county under the adminis- recording Secretary. ss ,„.
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town, has been named enter- service chairmen tiliq week.
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