HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-03-19, Page 16By MRS, G. HOOPER
By MRS. .1. TEMPLEMAN
By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS
SCHOOL ACT CHANGES McGillivray
hear pupils. in costs, primarily because of
debentlire debts, daring a peried
of adjustment,
We want Christian
homes.'; CAS director
,council displeased
over recreational grow
Well fight it' given a plane each as: favors,
President Aubrey Tennant was
MC and, Clarence DPVM led in
the Worship Period with the
Easter thenie;
George Vriese outlined the
promotion .fpr the concert to
be presented by the pptimist
Hoye' Choir and Michael F0:,
row in the. church April 14,
more efficient Mitt, The schoo,i
ereSentlY has seven rooms,4rid
a itiedergarten.
garolment at the school is
down to 154 prom: 210, mainly
because of movement of army
personnel. Another 14 or 15
from Hosinqeet. have moved to
the pew township school there,
eleesell board won't give up
jurisdiction over its school
"Without a fight", Chairman
Hpward Scene paid this week.
"We haven't done anything
ahout it yet because we haven't
reeellted any official informa-
tion," he said. "We're waiting
to see what, happens.
lie indicated, however, the
boerd discussed eewspaper re-
ports about the forthcoming
changes .at a meeting last week,
"We decided we're not going
to give pp our school without a
fight", the chairman stated.
Can always alter
Hon. P. S. lqa0Taughtoii,Hur-
on MPP, said. Wednesday "there
may be some bugp in the legis-
lation tp work out" but he felt
the act generally was sound,
If problems do occur, he said
they could be resolved by
changes. "I think this govern-
ment has shown it is flexible.
We're prepered to revise if
necessary:"
He felt most people would
support the move. "The public
seems to be pretty sophisticat-
ed about these things nowa-
days".
The minister said the bill,
which has received two read-
ings, will go to the education
committee and then to com-
mittee of the whole house, for
clause by clause examination,
before it gets third reading:
"We do need more foster
homes. hut we -feel strongly that
we want the children.. to be in
Christian homes" said Miss
Piero. McGowan, director of the
Children s. Aid Society, GOO,
tett, when she was the speaker
at AQT$ ladies.' night in James
Street VC Monday evening;
She Outlined the 'history of
OAS in Huron .County fron its
beginning in Int. when it was
combined with the Humane So,
ciety. She also told of the duties
of .4taff ..members, .Tchti c0eptt
of the staff, who works with
boys, accompanied her to the
meeting.
she said the CAS was pleased
to investigate cases of neglect,
ed. chtldren if informed about
them, CAS directorp assume
temporary wardship of such
children for not longer than 24
months, all the time working
with the parents and the eitild,
ren. "If it is not feasible to
return the children to their
parents, a guardian or interest-
ed person may become per-
manent wards," said Miss me-
Gowan.
When questioned about the
cases of child beatings brought
to light recently Miss McGowan
said no serious cases had been
brought to their attention in
Hurpn.
"The financial help you give
us at Christmas provides extras
in clothing and gifts for the
children" the epeaker said. She
was introduced. by pr. D. A.
Ecker and thanked by R. E.
Popley who said work with
children was most impprtant as
"they are our greatest re,
sources."
The program was preceded
by a dinner at which Norman
Walppr proposed a toast to the
ladies and Mrs. Aubrey Tennant
responded. The ladies were
Winchelsea
By MRS. WM, WALTERS
Mr. & Mrs. Phil Here cele,
brated their 20th wedding an-
niversary with a get together
of the Hera and Coward families
at Elimville Hall Friday even,
ing.
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Smith and
Penny of Crediton visited Sune
day with Mr. .& Mrs. Colln Gil-
fillan and family.
Mrs. Garent Miners visited
Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Howard
Johns and family of Elimville
North.
Mr. & Mrs, John Coward end
Mr. & Mrs. Phil Hern visited
with Mr. & Mrs, Fenton Brown
in Crosswell, Mich. Sunday,
Mr. & Mrs. Brown were cele-
brating their 65th wedding an-
niversary.
May benefit GB
W. F. B. MacLaren, chair-
man of Grand. Bend public school
board, said he has received no
official notice of the legislation
and did not wish to comment at
the present time.
However, he did reveal that
attempts had been made several
years ago to include several
Stephen sections in the Grand
Bend school to make it a larger,
Grand r Bend council, meeting
Monday evening, learned from
Clays Methere, etteirretati of the
recreation committee, that the
committee did not wish to con -
Untie the job of hiring and suPere
Yteine the Lifeguard work on the
beach.
The committee was set up by
by-law 116 passed on May 20,
1963, and consists. of Mr. Meth-.
ere! the Rev. Clinton Brittain,
Leslie Greenwood, Donald
Flear, Peter ReVelle. Council
representatives are Orval J.
Wasemenn and. Ian G. Coles.
Both Coles, and Wassmann
complained that they had not
been advised of meetings of the
committee, Wessmannrepprted
that he had attended two in the
ten months the committee has
been in operation.
"They held another one on
March 11," said Wasstnann,
"and I heard about it that night
at 9;30 pm. With pressure of
My own work, I was unable to
attend at that time."
Apparently it was at the
March 11 meeting that the com-
mittee decided that they wished
the council, or village staff,
to be responsible for hiring and
supervising the beach life-
guards,
In the letter to council, the
committee indicated its wish to
continue organizing the ball and
hockey teams for the youngsters
of the village and area.
Councillor Emerson Desjar-
dine asked how this affected the
grants available. Counci 11 o r
Coles said, "Blows it all up,
I think."
Coles went on to say that he
"did not believe I've seen en
organization run in such a slip-
shod way, It began with a by-law
for five members. They (the
committee) added to it. They
have made no reports of their
meetings to council. One meet-
ing was called for 9 pm; I drove
How the act affects area
The. ;iris, WhO competed at
the public spe aki ng contest.
sponsored by the Ailsa Craig
Legion, gave their speeches..
again at th.e..P4PMtvray Nettie
and School meeting last Friday
night. The topics were varied
and enjoyed by all. Mrs, vo.r,
914,MP094 presented each girl
with a gift from the Rents .and
School.
Mre. 1..HAMiltetteprinetpelee
the school, gave a eepprt on
the recent seminar held at. North
Middlesex DistrictliighSchool,
This. seminar, attencledbY grade.
'1 and 8 teachers, nd high school
teachers, was held for the pup-
pose of bringing greeter- cop-
tinuity to courses of study In
the elementary and high school
subjects. The changes in teace,
ing mathematics in elementary
wheels was especially stress-
ed,
It was decided that business-
Men of the district should he.
asked if they would care to
donate plaqpes for special sub-
jects, to be presented each year
to students of grade 8 excelling
in those special subjects. The
Home and School would then.
add name plates each. year.
Grade 6 won the attendance ban,
ner,
Music for the intermission
sing song, was provided by
Joyce Dorman. The meeting
closed with a social half hour.
en the Vey f rom T,oroop..1.9r. it,
014 it was all g.vpr. rived. t had eePereetlY started
inuc h gerHer,
"I did the best I peeld on this
committee," said Voles, "with,
.out the ee,operationnecessery..
Therefore wish to-resign frpre
the committee,"
"They wouldn't work under
direction, They have not ad,
hered to regulations," said.
celeS,
He euggepted, that there may
be a possibility ,of this
opt pf the fire," by appointing
another committee.
Reeve Webb commented that
"it's back in the council's lap.
Are we ping to atke it over?"
E, Desjsrdine said "I've been
against this from the start, We
supported them, passed the pe,
ceesery by-law and gave them
money to work With,"
Council did not accept the
letter submitted by the com,
mittee, but will ask members
of the committee to meet with
them on April 6, the next regu,
lar council meeting.
CENTENNIAL PROJECT
Discussion of possible cen-
tennial projects was brief.
Wassmann suggested decora-
tive stone pillars at the three
entrances to the village;
Coles indicated he would like
something done in the recrea-
tion line; Reeve Webb eugeeSte
ed et in a plait, on pare or
picnic area somewhere in tee
Advertising will be done to
invite suggestioes of suitable
projects frpm the people,
$AMV BUDGET,
Clerk pesJardins ereseeted
preliminary figures on the 1964
budget, which he advised council
would not need to make ftrm de,
cisione upon for another month,
Qn these proppsels, the mill
rate would remain the same for
municipal purposes as for the
past nine years: 20 mills.
pecision was reached to pun-
chase a front end loader from
Harvey Rats, Shipka, at a cost
of about $600. The present
bucket will be traded in. Coun-
cillor We-seri-men advised that
this new loader will be more
efftcient at the job of removing
sand from areas of the beach,
and the village streets.
Reeve Stewart Webb reported
that the suit the village had
launched ageinst Co-operative
Insurance for damages to the
overhead sign at the entrance
to the village main street had
been settled out of court. Early
in 1963, the cost of repairing the
sign had been estimated at $450.
The insurance company offered
to settle for $150. The village
insisted on more.
Since then the sign has been
removed in order to make way
for highway widening. The day
before the question was to come
up in court the CIA solicitor
had contacted the reeve, and a
settlement was made for $200. CROKINOLE PARTY
The Staffa UCW held a cro-
kinole party in the Family Life
Centre Friday evening. There
were six tables in play.
Prizes were won for ladies
high by Carol Vivian; ladies'
low, Ruth Jeffery; gent's high,
Gordon Vivian; gent's low, Gar-
ry McKellar: Lunch was served
at the close.
BASE LINE PARTY
The Base Line held a euchre
party for March in the school
Friday, March 13, Fifty-five
were present with 11 tables in
play.
High score for the ladies
was won by Mrs. Jack Thomp-
son, high for men, Ellis Stra-
ban; lone hands for ladies, with
four in a draw, Mrs. Baker,
Mrs. Marriott, Mrs. Spence
and Mrs. Dewar; Mrs. Dewar
won on the draw.
Mr. & Mrs. Elston and Mr.
& Mrs. Delerabandere were
hostesses for the evening.
Here's how the proposed amendment to the public
schools act would affect area administrations, if it's ap-
proved by the legislature:
USBORNE —No change.
STEPHEN— The township board will take over opera-
tion of the Grand Bend school and SS 11 which has remained
outside the township school area; union sections at Dash-
wood and at U18 Stephen may be split according to township
lines or could remain within their present areas.
HAY — This board will take over operation of the six-
room Hensel). school. It may also receive parts of union
sections at Dashwood and Blake, now USS 9 Stanley.
TUCKERSMITH —SS 3, the only section not now within
the township school area, will come within the jurisdiction
of the board.
STANLEY —Six sections, including Hayfield which is
a union with Goderich township, which have not joined the
area, will now become part of the township jurisdiction.
These sections are SS 3, 4 (two schools), 5, 8 and USS9.
Here's the pertinent section of the proposed act affect-
ing urban municipalities: "(9) Every urban municipality
that had a population of under 1,000 according to the
municipal census for the year 1963. . . shall, on and
. after the first day of January, 1965, form part of the
township school area that surrounds it or with which it
has the greatest length of common boundary."
Take survey
of GB harbor
eecontineed,feP.M front beep.
R S "We whet. a lot of'
people in the east and wanted
PIA it will probably work out
all right in the .end."
pidications are the Ilayboarti
will suspend its negptiatiopp to
btilid a tiew school PP the Pie,
,rich site south Pf, Zurich until
the air is cleared,
Hensall officials, not at the
Meeting but contacted later,
iedicated they would Iffight"
less of control over their
school,
Qn Stephen's part, Grand
Bend's tlip town,
ship Jurisdiction didn't meet
with much favor, Said Reeve
Glenn Webb: "I'm not too sure
we want them too bad;"
Inspector Burrows made a
number of recommendations to
the area officiels which he felt
should be considered,
The major one was that each
board not greedy committed
to centralization should pass a
resolution immediately stating
that the board intends to make
plans toward consolidation of
education facilities..
Such a resolution, he said,
did not commit the board to
any time limit nor to any par-
ticular program but it would
make clear its intention and
set the stage for future de-
velopments.
The inspector also recom-
mended that:
Hay board consider the es-
tablishment of two schools of
eight rooms each, one in Zen-
fell, the other in Hansen;
All municipalities make in-
vestigations into the establish-
ment of ward systems to pro-
vide for fair representation;
Stanley township, now with
sufficient pupils, should build
an eight-room school with or
without the union section at
Hayfield; if Hayfield is included
perhaps a ward system should
be established;
Tuckersmith, too, has suf,
ficient pupils to warrant an
8-room school.
(During later discussions, in-
dication was given that the Stan,
ley and Tuckersmithtownships
might consider going together
to erect a 16-room unit.)
Reports have indicated it will
be possible to establish dif-
ferent mill rates within a juris-
diction to overcome differences
GRAND BEND
William Arnold, engineer
with the Canada Department of
Public Works, from the office
of G. N. Scroggie, chief engineer
of this area, was in Grand Bend
Monday, to carry out soundings
in the Grand Bend harbor.
Due to ice conditions and
rough water only the inner har-
bor between the two piers was
completed.
Assisting were John Young
with his outboard, Emery Des-
Jardins, Roy and Donald Flear,
These soundings are being ta-
ken primarily to plan the dredg-
ing project on which the federal
government has called tenders.
Tenders closed early this month
and the contract so far has not
been let.
MAm„
Mr. & Mrs. Miller McCurdy
visited Saturday with Mr. &
Mrs. Allan McCurdy of London
and Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Fletcher
of Glanworth.
Mr. & Mrs. George Blatch-
ford, Mrs. Roy Brock of Detroit,
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Fairbairn
and family, Mr. & Mrs. Harold
Henry and family of London
visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs.
Wm. J. Blackler.
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PERSONALS
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Nethercott
and family of Rannoch were
guests with their aunt and uncle,
Mr, & Mrs. Wilfred Wilson,
Sunday,
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Wigood,
Peter and Paul of Campbellville
visited with their aunt and uncle,
Mr. & Mrs. George Wilson, Sun-
day.
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Plain and
family of St. Marys were guests
of their parents, Mr. & Mrs.
Tom Coward and family Sunday
to celebrate Kim's second
birthday.
The Hydro Electric CO. have
purchased a parcel of land from
the Rinn Bros. on which to build
a tower to convey more power
to Centralia. The power isto be
taken from the power line built
a few years ago which conveys
power from Seaforth to Devises
and on to Montreal for power.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Elston
were guests with their son,
Mr. & Mrs. Claire Elston and
family of London.
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We extend an invitation
to visit our new .
PERSONALS
Guests of Geraldine Temple-
man Friday evening were, Julie
Ann Elliott, Marilyn Miller,
Linda Moore and Karen Taylor.
The occasion was Geraldine's
10th birthday.
Mr. & Mrs. James Norris and
family, Brampton, and E ric
Norris, OAC Guelph, visited
over the weekend with Mrs, Sam
Norris and Mr. & Mrs. Bob
Norris and girls. They also
visited with Sam Norris, who is
a patient in Scott's Memorial
Hospital, Seaforth.
William Bowman, Hagers-
ville, visited over the weekend
with his uncle and aunt, Mr. &
Mrs. Cecil Bowman.
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Norris and
girls visited Sunday with Mr. &
Mrs. John Burleigh and family,
Seaforth.
Mr. & Mrs. John Aldington,
Varna, accompanied Mr. & Mrs.
Russell Parsons and Mrs. Sam
Norris to Vanessa and Teeter-
ville Sunday where they visited
with relatives.
Mrs. Beverly Taylor and baby
daughter returned home from
Scott's Memorial Hospital, Sea-
forth over the Weekend.
WI EUCHRE WINNERS ,
The WI sponsored aprogres-
sive euchre in Aberdeen Hall
Monday evening March 9.
Prize winners were: Ladies
high, Mrs. George Davis; lone
hands, Mrs. Cronin; men's high,
Harold O'Brien; lone hands,
George Davis; lucky draw,
Clarence Switzer.
BOARD EUCHRE
The hall board sponsored a
progressive euchre in Aberdeen
Hall Monday evening March 16.
Prize winners were: Ladies
high, Mrs. George Davis; lone
hands, Mrs. Clifford Scott;
men's high, Jim Wilson; lone
hands, Gordon Johns; luck y
draw, Gordon Johns.
ADOPTION
OPPORTUNITIES
Many fine happy children are in the care of Ontario's
Children's Aid Societies. Boys and girls are available
for adoption. They need new mothers and fathers who
will accept them as their own.
Self Selection
Parts Dept.
ROADS POLICY
-- Continued from front bage
years before major works can
be undertaken on them will be
treated with emulsion and chips
as in the past few years, This
is the most inexPensiVe way of
repairing and maintaining
streets until such time as they
can be properly excavated and
surfaced.
"5. It should else be pointed
out that certain streets, notably
Huron, which were dislocated
by the sewer installation will
be restored to their original
state by the construction com-
pany,
"You might feel that the work
of storm drains, sanitary sew-
ers, and surfacing of roads is
proceeding rather slowly but
for many years little capital ex-
penditure was made along these
lines and the present council is
attempting to do as much as the
town can afford each year,"
Council also:
Authorized a number of re-
pairs to the town hall, including
painting of rest rooms, entrance
and replacement of eave s-
troughs, on the recommendation
of Councillor Ferguson, prop-
erty chairman;
Established daylight saving
time between midnight Satur-
day, April 25, and midnight
Saturday, October 24, which
is the same as the period set
by London;
Turned down a request from
Councillor Taylor for cancel-
lation of parking tickets given
to drivers who complained that
they couldn't park on their own
properties because of excava-
tion work done by the town;
Passed a resolution request-
ing that Bell Telephone Co.
make arrangements to elimin-
ate the toll charge to Kirkton,
in support of the Usborne cam-
paign for free-toll service to
Exeter;
Accepted the mayor's laugh-
ing rebuke of Councillor Boyles
suggestion that the town put in
its own gas tank to supply muni-
cipal vehicles, including the
police cruiser, to save money
on the purchase of fuel (both
the mayor and works supq felt
it would be impossible to keep
a check on the gas but Boyle,
who was annoyed at the way
his suggestion was treated, said
he had done this for years on a
former job); FOR PROTESTANT FAMILIES
Hensall church
holds dedication
At St, Paul's Anglican
Church, Hensall, SundayRector
J. P. Gandon dedicated a pair
of brass candlesticks for the
altar. These were the gift of
Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Goodwin
and were dedicated to the Mem-
ory of Mrs. Annie Maulkinson,
the mother of Mrs. Goodwin.
BRYCE is a clean cut and pleasant looking
lad. The type of son to be proud of. He has
hazel eyes, brown hairand a clearcomplexion.
He had a heart ailment, but now can lead
a normal life, He plays on a hockey team
and is a keen sportsman. He is an excellent
student and would like to be a lawyer. Bryce
is in Grade 10 at 14 years of age. This boy
wishes to belong to a family. if you are an
older couple you would be most fortunate
in becoming Bryce's parents.
NOREEN is a 15 months old Protestant
baby with a relaxed, good,natured tempera-
ment. She is a bright and attractive baby
with brown eyes and hair and some Negroid
facial features, from her Canadian and
coloured ancestry, Noreen likes other child-
ren and would fit into a warm-hearted family
setting,
SARA is a petite well built Protestant girl
with brown eyes and hair, and of nice
appearance. She has good intelligence and
is vivacious and outgoing. Her nationality
is Greek and she is 12 years old, This girl
needs warmth and attention from older
Protestant parents. Are you the parents for
this attractive 12 year old girl?
MARGOT is a Protestant Anglo-Saxon and
Dutch girl of 216. years, She is slight and
dainty With blue eyes and curly brown hair,
She has fine, even features and is vety attrac-
tive looking. The pupil of one eye is slightly
enlarged, but this does not affect her sight
or detract from her appearance. Her intelli-
gence is high and she is active, independent
and temperamental. There is a history of
mental illness in her background and the
couple adopting this child must be aware
of this. Granton couple
mark 45 years
Mr, and Mrs, Melville West-
man, Granton, celebrated their
45th Wedding anniversary Sue-
day, March 15 with a fertily
dinner at Rook's Restaurant,
London.
Mr, and Mrs, Weettnan Were
married at Alma College, St.
Thomas, in 1919.
they have a family of three
Cods: Ron,Kenneth and Ross,
all oe Lonon, They have five
grandchildren.
FOR CATHOLIC FAMILIES
TOM is an active, alert baby of four months
who is developing well. He has brown eyes
and hair with an Olive complexion, He is
Anglo-Saxon and Peruvian Indian, This
young Roman Catholic lad will need bright
parents to keep up with him in the years
ahead.
CORA has an atttactive i slightly oriental
appearance; and is a lovely Ramat, Catholic
baby of 20 months. She is a happy, good-
natured little girl with clerk eyes and hair
and a clear complexion. Very little is known
about Cora's background, but she iS
developing at a good average rate,
Shown above is the new modern self selection parts dept. of Huron
Tractor & Equipment Co. This parts dept, has been carefully
panned to enable our customers to select their John Deere parts
quickly. It also gives you some idea of the vast amount of parts
that we keep in stock to make sure that you obtain the parts you
need without any delay.
ALFRED is a contented, happy Canadian
Roman Catholic boy of 11/2 years. He is a
sensitive lad and would be unhappy with
aggressive, noisy parents, Al is a healthy
boy with good mental ability and an un-
assuming manner, He would like quiet,
gentle parents,
TIMMY is a dear little, Roman Catholic
Dutch boy of 16 months. He has brown
eyes and halt and a round face with an alert
expression, He is a bright boy interested
in everything around him, Timmy would be
happy to be adopted now,
Huron Tractor lit Equipment
COMPANY
JOHN DEERE SALES & SERVICE
PHONE 235.1115 EXETER
Married coltples, interested in adopting these or other
children, ask your total Children's Aid Society, or write to;
THE DtpARTmENT or," PUBLIC WaVAIIE,
ertoViNta oe oNTAteto
Nee erAmterr nuttbiN6s,3`oritit4t0.
1-IoNOuretittee Louts P. CtelLE, 0,c,,
Minister of Public Welfare
HONouRKnte,Jotiu RonARTS,
Prime Milliner
MACNAUGHTON
—Continued from front page
highways operates in full ac-
cordance with a "total roads
concept."
This "total roads concept"
phrase appeared throughout the
report on the '63 and '64 pro-
grams. At the conclusion, Mr.
MacNaughton said:
"I would suggest to the House
and to the people of Ontario and
to road authorities at all levels
of government across this great
province of Ontario that we can
start today to examine every
conceivable means of getting
more for our 'roads dollar'.
In the dep't of highways, we
have recognized this fact to the
extent that our capital expendi-
tures for road construction in
the year ending March 31, 1960,
was in excess of e147 and one-
half million. This incidentally
was an all-time high and you
Will notice in the figures pre-
sented here today that we are
estimating our expenditures for
capital construction on Queen's
Highways for the year ending
March 31, 1965, to be $141
and one-half million.
"During this levelling off
period and of course previous to
this the portion of the highway
budget applied to direct sub-
sidies to municipalities has in-
creased by leaps and bounds.
For example, in the fiscal year
ending March 31, 1961, our
municipal assistance totalled
$80 million. We are estimating
for the year ahead of us that
the total for this purpose will
reach $102 and one-half mil-
lion.
"What we must now examine
together are the various means
by which we can make this
amount of money along with the
amounts raised by the muni-
cipalities do at least as much
and desirably more work in the
ensuing year and probably for
several years to come.
"If we are going to preach,
then it is only fair that we
should practice. So I will de-
scribe two of several methods
by which we in the dep't are
endeavoring and succeeding in
the tightening up process at our
level.
"For the past three years,
a thorough internal dep't study
has shown us how to effect what
amounts to a gross staff re-
duction with no evident impair-
ment of efficiency.
"This has been accomplish-
ed largely by eliminating many
redundant job classifications
upon the retirementof incumbent
personnel, The workloads were
redistributed among remaining
staff and I make the proud boast
that the administrative and
technical efficiency of the de-
pertinent still ranks as, or at
least with, the best in govern-
ment.
Implemented less than ayear
and a half ago, another area
Where the adoption of new inter-
nal policy is revealing interest-
ing economy it in the equipment
section of the dep't. As the re-
sult of a study by a staff com-
mittee, the dep't is In the pro-
cess of reducing many lines of
construction and Maintenance
equipment,
"In Other words, we maintain
a constant scrutiny of our in-
ternal cost factors and will con-
tinue to explore every practieal
avenue of economy and develop
more efficient Methods of
operation.
"I would earnestly urge all
road building authorities,
ties, toWne, counties and town-
ships to re-eeatnine the various
areas of their operations add ef-
fect those economics that are
possible without impairment of
the efficiettcy of their respece
live programs,"
POOL PROJECT
—ContinUed from front page
requested council to let a con-
tract for the pool immediately.
Council considered such a
,move might commit the town
to considerably more than the
$5,000 which hadbeenpromised
from public funds.
Councillor Ted Wright, a
member of the pool committee,
explained its dilemma: Many
people have promised donations
as soon as construction starts
but the committee can't let the
contract; this must be done by
a seven-man pool board to be
appointed by town council. ',Ac-
tually we (the committee) can't
go ahead any further," he said.
Clerk Pickard: "Except to
raise the rest of the money. Did
the committee get it?"
Wright: "No but we're well
on the way. The thought was to
get the pool started this spring
which would help us raise the
funds."
Mayor Simmons: "What will
the committee do about guaran-
teeing the $8,000 (the amount
left to raise)?If the town lets the
contract, council is respon-
sible. Is the committee pre-
pared to guarantee the bal-
ance?"
Wright: "If the town doesn't
back it, we'll have to go to the
Legion, Lions and Kinsmen.
The members of the committee
can't back a note for it."
Wright explained that C. A.
McDowell Ltd, hes submitted
a price of about $19,000 fox' the
pool but would co-operate in
lowering the cost through volun-
teer labor, which has been of-
fered by a number of reeidente.
The firm, however, wished to
know when the committee plan-
ted to proceed In order to
Make its plans for work this
coming season,
Some question Was raised as
to whether the committee had
completed its dazwast of town
residents, since a number of
people have reported they have
not been approached. Wright in-
dicated the cartipaign wee den.
Uniting but it was a slow pro-
doss,
Clerk Pickard suggested e
"blitz" to fittest' the job.
Council decided to welts the
eoreinittee that it totIld not
accept any More responsibility
toward the peal than the $5,000
which it has already agreed tO
COntribute. sir'
TOWN TOPICS
MrS., A, ShettoW of Exeter
is a patlerititiVietetielleepitel,
London.
Mr.. & Mrs. Harry Penfield
and DoUg of COI:beetle spent the
weekend in Exeter.
Mr. & Wei Witmer
visited in Mt. Breidgee StinclaY,