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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-06-06, Page 1a GB seeks alternative after losing hall vote HSDHS board will not be able to send its full alletmeet. atudents to the new vocational training facilities at.Clinton in September, UPPOrne represen- tative A. G. Hicks announced Tuesday night. Hicks revealed the Clinton school will accept only 149 from Huron, South, despite the original agreement which en- titles this area to an enrolment of at least. 175. The reason for the cut, he confirmed, was the 201 enrol- ment frem the Goderich dis- trict, which is consider ably higher than the latter's quota. The HSDHS board protested the large Goderich proportion by letter in January. "This board should have made a greater protest at the time, as I suggested," Hicks said, He felt a delegation should have been sent to the advisory board. Asked board member Jack Boyne: "What happens in the event we send more than 149?" "They won't accept any over that amount," replied Hicks. Asked if the Goderich quota had been cut at all, he said no. An earlier survey at HSDHS indicated there were enough students from this area wishing to attend Clinton school to fill GRAND BEND Since the idegetanother mu, *pipe). 1;1440.4 Was turned down here Saturday,Seate alternative to the project of increasing ac- corilinodation for the. provincial police detachment Was recut,- red,. At council meeting. Monday, .councillors .agreedtp construct .one more cell, and one wash- rpm for the.u..ae of pplice ,and prisoners, at the south end of the present municipal building. This will make a total of three cells for the use of the detach- ment. ; ' 3 to I `No' Baby boy barrage sets record for deliveries at local hospital GRAND BEND Ratepayers in the village tur- ned down a proposal for a second municipal building, on Saturday, as 172 votersexpres- secl a decisive "No" opinion. There were 61 voters in fa- vor of the purchase of a$22,500 property on the east side of Highway 21, and convert it into a fire hall, and offices for the clerk and assessor, as well as storage for village vehicles. Clerk M, Des Jardins, who was returning officer for the plebiscite, reports that there was a 60 percent turnout. Eight babies -- all boys -- were born at South Huron Hospital in just over 24 hours last week. The male procession, which gave doctors and nurses their busiest period in the ma- ternity ward since the hospital opened 10 years ago began at 11:45 pm Tuesday and ended at 2:10 am Thursday. The boys were born, in order of arrival, to Mrs. Douglas Dawe, RR 2 Grand Bend; Mrs. A. R. Rundle, RR 3 Exeter; Mrs. J. E. Brown- the local allotment of 175. WHO WILL GO? Prior to announcement that the HSDHS quota has been cut, trustees Roy Morena and ()Scar Grebb questioned Prin- cipal H. L, Sturgis in regard to selection of students for Clinton courses: "HoWWilltheY Pe Picked to pi", asked Grebb. "It will be determined partly on the results of the exams," the principal revealed. Trustee Boyee established the point that there would be no compulsion involved on the part of school authorities. They could recommend courses bet the final decision rests with the parents and the child. The principal said this was the case with the exception of the students who did not pass entrance examinations in grade eight but were transferred be- cause of age. These students, he said, must take limited vo- cational training. The standard of passing mark, however, would not de- termine the course for the stu- dent, according to the principal. "I'll accept anyone here who passes grade eight." Hensall representative Laird M i c k l e indicated the trend "could be the other way" -- more students wishing to take the vocational courses than can rigg, Huron Park; Mrs. George Wiese, Don Mills; Mrs. Avila Ducharme, RR 2 Zurich; Mrs. George Blyde, RR 2 Crediton; Mrs. James Glasgow, Exeter; Mrs. Kenneth Grigg, Grand Bend. Nurses displaying the bundle of boys in the nu rsery above are Joyce McFalls, Elaine Divine, Ma rl e ne McGregor, Marion Snider, Margaret Porter, Muriel Schade, Joan Eng- land and Mrs. Beverly Desjardins. --T-A photo HSDHS allocation cut for vocational courses Hensall lets contract for rebuilding roads Ninetieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 6, 1963 Price Per Copy 10 Cents Contract for the rebuilding of parts of five Hensall roads was let by the village council Monday night to Levis Construction Co., Clinton, lowest of three bidders. Excavation and fill work will be done on the balance of Brock and Mill streets, partsof Queen and Elizabeth, Lorne, Queen and North Richmond streets on the east side of No. 4. Contract prices are 39C per cubic yard for excavation, 690 for pit-run gravel and 94 for crushed gravel. The award is subject to the approval of the dep't of highways. Reeve Norman Jones was un- able to attend the meeting be- cause of injuries sustained in a bad fall recently. Councillor John Lavender presided in his absence. DISCUSS WAGE LOSS The question of receiving pay for attendance at district muni- cipal meetings was discussed by members briefly but no action was taken. Referring to the recent muni- cipal officers' meeting in Clin- ton, Councillor Baker asked: "I would like to know if we will be paid for our time off from work over and above the expenses involved when we attend such meetings." Councillor Knight: "I think we should be paid." Councillor Broadley: "A man paid by the hour or day cannot afford to take days off for mee- tings because the expense al- HAY REJECTS SCHOOL ADDITI Golf course builder requests liquor vote Propesal was made by Coun- cillor Orval Wassmann, and he was stipported by Reeve Stewart Webb and Councillors R, Grp- Pier and E. Desjardine, Councillor Ian Ogles, who with Wassmann and Webb serve On the property .committee, was not Sure. Ile said, "We Went to the people asking tor acepmmoa datiOn for the firmen, and for two cells for the police detach,- merit, Now we're saying this wasn't necessary, but that only One cell will do. I think the only thing to do is to go to the PUC property and build a fire hall there, That's what the pee- Pie want us to do. Councillor Desjardine char- ged Mr, Cole with, "You're the one who said we should move the hall off main street, Mr. Coles contended that the fire rnarshall wanted it moved. "Well," said Mr. Desjardine, "he didn't say so. He didn't make his wishes public, and he didn't put it in that letter he wrote to council." Councillor Coles corrected himself by saying that he had meant Fire Chief Mason, not the fire marshal'. "Well, the fire chief isn't everybody," retorted Council , for Desjardine. Councillor Grenier said la went along with the idea a. building a fireball on the PUC property. "Then we wouldn't need a plebiscite, or anything," he felt. Reeve Webb noted that just about as much work would have to be done. Approval from the municipal board would be requi- red, and also sanction from the people. In other business, council consulted with Alwyn Dayman, dockmaster, with regard to rates for cruisers and other boats for the season. The rate of $2 per day, and $12 a week will remain unchanged, but the by-law will be changed to allow $100 a season rates (up from $50) for a certain section of the docking area. This by-law will come before council for approval this Friday night. A special meeting of council is planned for Friday evening, to open tenders for paving Gill Street (near the public school), and for the Lake Road. Also at the meeting, representatives from the Ontario Water Resour- ces Commission will attend, to consider a new method of pro- viding a water system for the village. Councillors Desjardine and Wassmann had visited the town- ship council of Bosanquet in Thedford Monday morning to arrange for assistance from that quarter in paying for work on the lake road. Members or Bosanquet council will visit the site Saturday to help them ar- rive at a decision. Council is interested in hav- ing some group or individua' take over the job of operatini a parking area on Highway 21 opposite the Colonial Hotel. The land is made available this year, due to the change in route of the Highway 81 as it approaches Highway 21. It would be fenced properly, and a daily fee could be charged. Two attendants are required for the parking area on the beach, Councillor Ian Coles asked that record of mileage, gas purchases, and rate per gallon be kept for all town vehicles. Council agreed, and the method will be set up soon. Consideration was given the deal requested by the Co-ope rative Insurance Company ad- juster with regard to repair of the sign which had been da- maged early this year. Estimates given on fixing the sign had been received. The lowest estimate was $455. The insurance company had offered a cash settlement of $150 only. Council agreed to a reduction --Please turn to page 16 If he does, is Dashwood going to come to Zurich school? I can visualize many alternati- ves," he said. "The school board should provide them for you. You fellows shouldn't have to set policy." "I think this should be looked into extensively," he continued, after it was suggested that some parents in the east end might wish to send their pupils to Exeter. "There have been so many changes in the legisla- tion, it appears the department of education doesn't know what it wants," He felt Exeter might build a school at the north end to re- lieve the pressure on the pre- sent school in the centre of town. Children in the nearby Hay area might be able to at- tend Exeter. OPPOSED AT FIRST Deputy-reeve Geiger at first opposed a vote, fearing the older people would turn it down because of costs. "Have we got the interests of the children at heart if we let the old people --Please turn to page 16 Hay township council, encou- raged by a young graduate law- yer who felt alternatives should be considered, has turned down the school area board's request for an $80,000 debenture loan to complete consolidation of school facilities at Zurich. The motion, made byDeputy- reeve Delbert Geiger and Coun- cillor Joe Hoffman, carried un- animously, The resolution first included a suggestion that the school boardr ecomm end al- ternative proposals butthis was deleted. The area board now may re- quest a municipal vote on the question, which some council- lors felt "is the fair way to decide it." However, Deputy- reeve Geiger predicted "this will be the end of it." Principal objection to the proposal appeared to be the investment of further funds by the township in the village of Zurich, which has remained in the school area since its incor- poration. The suggestion also was made that there may not be sufficient room at the Zurich location for future expansion and playgrounds. Ronald Rowcliffe, RR 1 Hen- sail, a 1963 graduate of Osgoode Hall law school who said he was representing "someone", ur- ged council to turn the question back to the school area board. "They're trying to put you on the spot," he told council, "Why don't you suggest to them that they give you some alterna- tives?" Rowcliffe and Leonard Lo- vell, Kippen, both opposed the board's request during discus- sions. A further delegation, led by John Alexander, RR 2 Hen- sail, came into the meeting just as council passed its non-ap- proving motion. They left, ap- parently satisfied, without say- ing a word, COUNCIL IN 'HOT SEAT' At the start of the discussion Councillor Jack Tinney asked Rowcliffe and Lovell why they had not appeared before the school board. "I didn't hear of any delegations going to them" he said. "I feel the school board has shoved this thing off on to h us fellows and we have to face the individuals and the delega- tions." Similar comments, complaining that council see- med to be taking the brunt of criticism for the school board's decision, were expressed throughout the meeting. "I don't think it would be good business to pass a bylaw to invest $80,000 in another municipality," said the reeve. He suggested the township shouldn't meddle in the affairs of the village. Reference was made to a meeting of ratepayers last week in the east end, attended byboth Reeve Corbett and Lovell, "The main thing they wanted to know, as far as I Could fi- gure out, was whether we were going to pass this debenture" reported the reeve. "They were against building the school in Zurich." DASHWOOD TOO? Asked Rowcliffe: "And what's going to happen in DashwOOd? Are the students there going to be transported to ZUriell?" Geiger replied the talon school at Dashwood was net in the Hay area and Would not be affected. ROWeliffet ?t These are just some of the ptobleliag. The in- apeCtor Says he going to en- forte the township boundaries: 20111ViraeffaMISINSIM New deputy-reeve Councillor Ralph Bailey is Ex- eter's new deputy-reeve and he will assume his duties next week during the June session of county council. His seat as a councillor will be f i 11 e d by Derry Boyle. will add 18 more holes in two years and provide a self-con- tained water system for the course. Gordon Smith and his bro- ther, Stanley, operate a farm of some 200 acres just south of St. Joseph on the east side of No. 21 highway. They have de- veloped a summer cottage sub- division to the west side of the highway. Both men are bache- lors and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith, live on the same property. Smith told council he would like to have the vote in August but it's believed there must be a period of 90 days after per- mission is given to conduct the referendum. None of the councillors ex- pressed any objections to the conducting of a liquor vote in the township. be accommodated. Chairman Larry Snider, Who recently inspected vocational facilities at pryden, said the proportion of vocational stu dents there has risen to 50%. $40,090 COST Cost of educating HSDHS stu- dents at Clinton for 1963 is es- timated at close to $40,099, it was revealed in a letter from the Clinton board. The local board will be charg- ed at the rate of $2.16 per day per pupil during the fall term.. The rate for the number who have been attending this term has been $2,28. HSDHS has to finance trans- portation costs in addition to these tuition expenses. ENLARGE OFFICES In the first permanent step toward extending administra- tion staff at the school, the board authorized the enlarge- ment of office facilities and the hiring of a second stenographer. An estimate of $1,144 from Frank Van Bussell and Sons Ltd., Luca.n, was accepted for modification of the office area. Two guidance offices will be cut into the classroom im- mediately west of the board room and the partition for the present guidance office will be removed to provide room for the second stenographer. Jean Essery, a graduate of this year's special commercial class, was hired by the board at a salary of $150 a month, be- ginning in August. She will as- sist the present stenographer, Doris Schwartz, whose salary was raised to $2,880 a year. APPROVE PURCHASES Requisitions for some $1,700 worth of new equipment and sup- plies for the new term were ap- proved by the board, along with a $1,200 expenditure for text- books. The requisitions include $900 for physical education supplies, a projector, filing cabinets, re- lief map, weather equipment and reference books, CUT CAFETERIA LOSS The school's new "tuck shop" operation in the cafeteria has cut costs considerably during the past month, secretary E. D. Howey reported. The cafeteria's loss during the first four months of the year was $1,250. After the fifth month, when the new operation came into effect, the loss drop- ped to a total of about $800. Part of this reduction, how- ever, has been due to the decline in inventory as supplies are cleared out in preparation for the new service which will be operated in September by a London school catering service. The cafeteria now is selling confectionary, soft drinks, soup, hot dogs and hamburgs at unit prices, rather than pro- viding meals at a set price. The result has been a con- siderably increase in sales. STUDY GRATUITY PLAN Decision on the proposed gra- tuity plan, designed to reward teachers who spend the last 10 years of their careers at HSDHS, was delayed another month after the board received copies of the plans now in ef- fect in St. Marys and Mitchell, The outlines of the plans were turned over for study to the management committee chair- man, W. F. B. MacLaren, Grand Bend, who will bring in a re- commendation at the next meet- ing. Let roads contract, Bailey deputy-reeve lowance does not cover the loss of wages." Councillor Lavender said he had attended many of the muni- cipal officers' meetings and most of them had been quite beneficial but the last one in Clinton was "very poor and most uninformative." COMMEND POLICE Council members noted there have been less traffic violations around the village recently since OPP constables have done more frequent checking of the highways on weekends. However there were complaints of some noisy car jockeys performing their antics in the village. Councillor Broadley: "It's too bad police were not around Sunday afternoon to see and hear that green Buick screeching ar- ound corners--it was ridicu- lous." Baker: "I heard it too. He needs a new muffler. Chief E.R. Davis: "There was a motor cycle doing a bit of roaring around, too." Utility man Davis reported some of the roads have been repaired with chips and tar but suggested many others nee- ded treatment, especially Hill, Nelson and Albert. In regard to the municipal pension plan for Mr. Davis, council offered him the option of receiving 50% of the cost of the plan or of accepting the same amount in the form of a raise in salary. Mr. Davis was given until next council meeting to decide. Wilmer Ferguson, represen- ting the school fair board, re- quested a grant of $75, which was approved. Buildings permits were gran- ted to Glenn McKenzie, to move a 1 1/2 storey house into town, and to Ed Fink, for a verendah. Leads chase, fined $50 A 21-year-old Sombra man paid $50 in magistrate's court, Sarnia, Wednesday for a spec- tacular piece of driving at Grand Bend, which included: Going through a stop sign and colliding with a parked car, moving it 18 feet; Caromming across No. 21 highway and knocking over a light standard near the Colonial Hotel; Taking off down the side- walk between the hotel's swim- ming pool and trees; Leading a chase with a local citizen and an OPP cruiser as far as Oakwood, with his tires smoking as a result of fric- tion with damaged fender. Russell Rayson, whose li- cence was suspended for 12 months, was stopped by John Tievans, Grand Bend, who had witnessed the antics. PCs Webb and Doupe were right behind In the cruiser. Rayson and three passengers -- Larry J. O'Donnell, 22, RR 6 Forest, John B. Innes, 23, RR 2 Port Larribton, and Ronald E. Faulds, 26, RR 4 Forest, have also been charged with theft of three blankets from the Green Forest Hotel. , Bloody' contest on at Centralia Another ',bloody" contest will be staged at RCAF Sta- tion Centralia next week. W/C G. C. Peek, officer commanding central of- ficers' school, has challeng- ed W/C Bill Handley, of- ficer commanding reserve officers' school, to a com- petition to prove which of the units can draw the most blood. The contest takes place during the blood donor clinic at the station, Friday, June 7. Last year's winner was ROS. UNSTarmag.•===2.•: A St. Joseph district man, Gordon Smith, who plans to build a 27-hole golf course on his farm, has requested Hay township council to conduct a liquor licence vote. Smith appeared in person be- fore council Monday night and, after some discussion, submit- ted a written request for a vote on cocktail lounge and dining lounge licences. Council decided to await legal advice on procedure before act- ing on the request. It's expected a decision on the vote will be made at a special meeting, perhaps this week. The applicant, a lifelong resi- dent of the township, assured council the project "is not going to be a cheap operation." He showed members several plans he was considering for a club- house, the cost of which he estimated at around $40,000. He also indicated he has se- cured an experienced couple to operate the dining room and has made arrangements with the dep't of highways for an en- trance to the property. Smith revealed the grass has been seeded for nine holes and a driving range, which he hopes to have ready next spring. He the board after a recent mee- ting. He said that because of these amendments, a new by- law would be necessary but that the board advised council to wait to pass such a by-law until after it had received the official sanction of the municipal body. Letters were read from 0 W RC and PUC concerning pumps and water supplied to Canadian Canners. Mayor Sim- mons indicated that an arrange- ment had been made with PUC and Canners to make use of --Please turn to page 16 Boyle will take seat Usborne will replace W a en area bridge Usborne council, after view- ing the situation, has agreed the Whalen bridge should be re- placed and the boundary road left open. If Blanshard council ap- proves, Usborne will call for tenders for the bridge. Last month, council con- sidered a recOmmendation from the dep't of highways that the short piece of boundary road be closed, and traffic diverted to No. 23 highWa y) since the Whalen school likely will be closed in the near future. However, council recently Viewed the area, talked to rate- payers in the vicinity and de- cided against the retomMencla= tion. Plans for the bridge were prepared earlier and the tender call can be Made as soon as ap- proVal is received from Elan« shard. LET DRAIN CONTRACT Council let the contract for construction of the Wr ight municipal drain to Robert Row- cliffe at his tender price Of $585, which Was $5.00 loWer than the Only other bidder, Frank kistner, 'rransite pipe and fittings ne. teeSary for the drain Will be purchased from Conklin Linn- Clarence "Derry" Boyl e, Exeter's most active sportsman over the past two decades, will be the town's new councillor. Boyle told The Times-Advo- cate Wednesday he would ac- cept the seat made vacant by COuncillor Ralph Bailey's ele- vation to deputy reeve. "I'll give it a try for a year and a half and see what hap- pens," said Boyle, who has been non-committal to date. He re- ceived the offer of the post from Clerk C. V. Pickard Tuesday and intends to accept it formally Thursday or Friday. A film librarian at RCAF Centralia, Boyle stood the high- er of two candidates for council defeated in the last municipal election. The other candidate who lost was Lee Sherman, Huron St. Boyle, who has coached minor and intermediate ball and heck- ey teams for years and hoWlias becorne an ardent golfer in ad- dition, said he expected his sports activities would be cur- tailed by the new position. "But I'll give it a try,'' he stated. Boyle will hold the seat Until December ) 1964, when the pre« sent two-year terra of council expires, Farmer drives burning tractor A Hensall district fainter jumped on his blazing tractor Wednesday afternoon and drove it clear of gas pumps at which he had been filling it, Eldon Miller, AR 1 Hensall, escaped without injury from the machine after moving it away from buildings. However, the flames damaged two trees near the lane. The blaZe. was extinguished Hensall fire brigade. 'M- tge was estimated at abed $500. Miller, Who lives six 'miles east of lieneall, had just filled the gas tank when the Machine Caught fire. N.,T- A photo After a patient wait for hot Weather, crowds lined the beach at Grand Bend 8011day to take adVan« tage Of a bright sun and 80-plus temperatures. Water was 'still a little COld for the °it* folks but the kids didnot mind. Having fun above are Oral and trend, children Of Mr. and Mrs. Bob ,'Knox, Eteter, bet Co, at its quotation of 73( per foot for 10-foot lengths. A .petition from John Mc- Elrea, Eisen Lynn and other:. ear a municipal drain in thE concession 11 area with outlei in the Washburn drain was ac• cepted and referred to Engineer J. A. Howes, Listewel, for sur- vey and report. Complaints on the M av e r drain by Wilfred Hilnkiri and or the Stewar drain by j. W. Gar- diner were held over for Ina vestigation by council. Treasurer N. G. Clarke re. ported that $5,855.59 in utipak 1952 tax accounts had been tor warded to the county treasurel for Collection. Accounts of $13,000, incitid. ing a $10,000 payment to lISDHS, were approved. The 1952 audit report from A. M. Harper & Goderich, was discussed by Council but was not adopted. The eMineil "session lasted from 1054 to nearly 7 pin and, because there was still a large amount Of business on the agenda, the Meeting was ad- journed until June 18 at $ pin. Reeve George Preyne pre,, sided and all eetinellierS were proeeht. Town council let the contract for its chips-and-tar road pro- gram Monday night to River- side Construction Co., Windsor, the firm which will oil roads shortly to lay the dust. The award calls for the lay- ing of 300 tons of chips at$5.20 per ton plus 6,400 gallons of emulsion at 28.20. Total cost is estimated at around $6,000. The work will cover approxi- mately three miles of streets. With some exception, the treat- ment will be applied to the same areas serviced last year. No other tenders were re- quested for the contract, on the advice of the dep't of highways, which still must approve the prices. The dust-oiling program is expected to start in about a week or 10 days. BAILEY NAMED Ralph Bailey was named de- puty-reeve by council Monday night after Councillor Ross Taylor indicated he was unwill- ing, to let his name stand. Both men were nominated for the position at a previous meeting. The post was Made vacant by the resignation of elected mem- ber William Musser after he became diVision court clerk. Council passed a motion to pro- ceed in securing a new cairn- oilier from the list of defeated Candidates for council in the December election. DUST COMPLAINTS A letter from Tuckey Beve- rages requested action on the road-dust probleni which af- feeta that industry. Arrangements were mad e With Gaffney Construction CO. to treat the read with Calcitmi. Revisions of the zoning by- law, presented by ,Planning Board Chairman, Allan Pickard and Councillor Joseph Woodeh, were approved by eotnieil and Will be forWarded te the Muni- cipal board for thialagreetrient. Mr. Pickard explained that the changes Caine as TeCOrri- itiendatiOnt from members Crowds rush to beach for first warm weekend