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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-06-18, Page 16"This is one of those times," he interjected, "The recreation committee ese-for the sake of what amounts to a reelltyely small expendie ture risking the loss of 4 qualified director and is there- by endangering a well develop,- ed program, "1 say this because it was my distinct impression from the June 7 meeting of RAP that the committee had no intention of hiring another full-time direct- or in the event that the present director should leave because to recall a statement by Mayor Simmons, fully qualified direct- ors request annual salaries of perhaps $6,000 a year." Wooden predicted the present scope of the program would certainly be reduced without a director. "It should also be pointed out that a qualified director can be retained for $4,500 a year," he added. CALLED MEETING Wooden said if the committee seriously supports the present recreation program and is not in existence merely to keep books, they should have re- quested a special council meet- ing and appraised council of the situation pointing out the com- mittee's hands were tied since it had an inadequate budget to deal with an unforeseen cir- cumstance. His oinal motion called rig for council "to increase the budget of the recreation com- mittee sufficient to increase the salary of the director to $4,- 500 annually effective June 1 of this year, and to permit the purchase of a gestetner dup- licating machine and the other minor items requested." "This motion is in no way a condemnation of the recrea- tion committee which is doing a good job; it merely wishes to provide the committee with funds adequate to the job it has to do," Wooden concluded. "You're telling RAP what to do," contended Mayor Sim- mons, who is a member of the committee also. By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS 24 Hour Service Phone 235-0330 COI keeteeleeela By MRS. J. H, PATON STUDY MENTAL HEALTH Guest speaker, Mrs. Ernest Horde, Ilderton, spoke on the work of the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health As- sociation at the Clandeboye WI meeting held at the home of Mrs. Charles Coughlin. Mrs. Horde said that within 35 miles of London there are 7,500 psychiatric patients. She noted that the Ontario Hospital, London, was built in 1870 for 1,100 patients and it now crowds in 1,600, and, further, that, in Ontario 3,500 patients remain in hospital because no one cares or wants them. She stressed to the WI mem- bers that the patients need most to be visited and remembered with cards and small gifts of their own. She told the members that CMIIA, had opened an office Members of town c ou nett agreed Monday that the HAP committee did what they had to in regard to turning down a re- quest for a pay increase from rec director,Don "Boom Booms' Gravett, but they made a move that was aimed et giving RAP an opportunity to reopen the matter if they so wish, Over the objections of three members, council approved granting $500 to RAP -- the in- crease sought by Geavett, so they can deal with Orevett's requests on their merits rath- er than being forced to deny them simply on a finaneial. basis. The recommendation was made by councillor Joe Wooden who had prepared a w r it t e n statement on the matter. He termed Gravett's requests both "reasonable and justifi- able", and noted as well that the RAP committee felt it was un- able to meet the requests--not because they were unreasonable e- but because its budget for the year had been set and finances were not available for the items requested. "The committee's action was undoubtedly justifiable as far as it went," he stated, but it did not fully explore all the possibilities. Wooden noted that any business, committee, coun- cil, etc., has been confronted with unforeseen conditions and departures from budgets some- times become necessary for good reasons. HS addition — Continued from front page 1,050 students would cost in the neighborhood of $680,000, with the cost to the area rate- payers in the bracket of $170,- 000. It was pointed out by one member that an addition to house 120 more than the 940 students would cost the ratepayers only an extra $17,000, but it was felt the smaller addition would be more suitable at the present. While the plans will have to be approved by the department of education and officials con- nected with the federal-provin- cial plan, Scott said he had "great faith that it would be accepted". The proposal will be present- ed to the department by Boyce on behalf of the board some- time next week probably. Due to the fact the cost to the ratepayers will be approxi- mately the same as what the original academic wing would cost, the board debated if they would have to go back to the various municipalities for ap- proval of the new plan. While they felt they had jus- tification in moving ahead with- out formal approval, they also expressed the opinion it would be a matter of courtesy to go to their respective councils and outline the plans. County parking —Continued from front page day, we are not going to get into an argument with Goderich and tell them what to do, and the committee felt it had to come up with some otherplan." Reeve M. Oesch (Zurich): "Is it possible to take these meetings from place to place?" Warden Jewell; "It has been done other places, and I don't see why it cannot be done here." Reeve Glenn Webb (Stephen); "The report has merit, butt am concerned with people who have court business here—lawyers, witnesses, involved often for more than two hours." Reeve Smith; "That gave the committee concern, but we could not come up with an an- swer, because we do not know how to speak for these people." Mr. Berry: "It is prettyhard to issue stickers for court people. The need there would be some parking location, say for members of a jury panel." Mr. Haskins: "I believe the town has the privilege of holding court here, which other towns do not have, and maybe they would consider that." Reeve Agnew, Clinton: "It would be a good idea to move around, and if you wantto come to Clinton we will give you free parking. We do that for the magistrate's court, right in the centre of the town, If you are considering these things, don't forget Clinton will be glad to co-operate." Deputy Reeve Jewell, God-, °rich; "I appreciate very much the suggestion the gentleman has brought. As 7 said the other day, we are very happy to have the courthouse here, and as far as 1 am ebncerned I Will do my very best.' (Reeve Frank Waikom was not present at the time.) Mr. Smith: "someone sug- gested we take more land Off the inside of the park and make another oar ring or So, added to the width of the Square." The Warden: "The town is proud of dourthoese park and would riot likely want to change 14 but no dOubt theY would cone Sider it," WHALEN SS PICNIC Whalen UC S unday S chool pic- nic was held in Lions Park, Seaforth, Saturday with 75 in attendance. In charge of sports were Mrs. H. Klahre and Mrs. B. Duffield; Table committee was Mrs. W. French and Mrs. M. Mills. Winners in races for pre- school boys were Wesley Ab- bott, Barry Mills; girls, Cath- erine Abbott, Caroline Abbott; boys and girls, 4 to 9, Robert Morley; boys, 10 to 13, Joe French; girls, Muriel Abbott; boys 13 to 17, Ray Mills; girls, Laura French; Ladies walking race, Mar- jorie Mills; men, Gerald Wal- lis; dress-up relay, Milne Pul- len's team; novelty race relay, Ray Mills' team; chewing the shoe lace, Martha Klahre, Bil- ly Squire; shoe scramble, Mary Johnson; kick the slipper, Paul Squire; slipper kick through hoop, Laura French; egg pack- ing relay, Lou Neil's team; milk bottle penny relay, tie; mystery object, Laura French; nearest birthday, Bert Duffield; guess- ing the jelly beans in jar, Mar- jorie Mills. HARRISON REUNION The 29th Harrison reunion was held at Harbour Park, God- erich, June 13 with 96 attending and enjoying dinner and picnic supper. A minute's silence was observed for departed mem- bers. Races and games followed by a ball game were conducted by the sports committee. Winner of the draw for a ham was Mrs. N. Heard, Holmes- vile, The oldest person pre- sent was Mrs, G, Proctor, God- erich, and the youngest, Lois Pennington of Auburn. It was decided to hold the 1965 reunion at Goderich, The officers appointed for 1965 were: President, Robert Wallace; sec-treas,, Anne Wal- lace; directors, Don and Olive SieMoh, Jim and Emily Oke, sports, Della Wallace, Barbie Willert, Jim and Eunice Aiken- head. Winners of races Were: boys and girls 5 and under, Darlene Burdge, Bernice Willert; 8 and under, berlene Willett, Diane Collins; boys, Jeckie Aikenhead, Gregory Hackett; girls, 10 and under, Brenda Hodgert, Dariehe Willert;beys, Bill Collins, Jackie Aikeeheack girle, 12 and under, Brenda Hodgert, Darlene Willett; boys, Roy Taylor, Rick Burdge; girls, 14 and tinder, Brenda Hodgert, Patsy Willett; bOY8, Brian Hod- Ott, Bill 'Wallace; single Ile dies, Barbara Willett, Viola Collins; single men, Briantede gent, Betide Collins; married Beverly Ore, b ft ve Eroadfoot; Married men, Jim Harrison, Rey Pennington; Ladies, kick the slipper, Be- verly Orr, SharonBurdge; men, Jim Collins, Bill Burdge; wheelbarrow race, girls, Viola and Hazel Collins, Brenda Hod- gert, Dorothy Collins; boys, Jim Harrison and Bruce Col- lins, Bob Collins and BrianHod- gert; girls, shoe scramble, Ha- zel Collins, ViolaCollins; boys, Jim Harrison, Bob Collins; bal- loon relay, Bob and Bruce Col- lins, Brian Hodgert and Ken Taylor; elimination race, Brenda Hodgert. TURNER REUNION The Turner reunion was held Saturday, June 13, inRiverview Park, Exeter, with 65 in at- tendance. Ron Turner was named presi- dent for 1965. Vice-president is Orval Mellin, secretary-trea- surer, Maxine Mellin; tea con- vener, Mrs. Charles Reeder and sports committee, Mrs. Alice Hodgson, Frank Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Verne Sharpe. Winners in races for boys and girls under six years were Danny Stinchcombe, Kim Turn- er, Stanley Reeder; girls 6-19, Lana Clarke, Wendy Clarke; boys 11-13, Ken Reeder, John Prouty; girls, Brenda West- macott, Karen Lovie; y oung married women, ElinorSharpe, Linda Lovie; young men, Ev- erett Mellin and Barry Clarke (tied); wheelbarrow race, Bar- ry Clarke and Bob Reeder; Ken Reeder and Brenda Westmacott; Candle relay, Ken Reeder's team; potato relay, Ken Reed- er's team; balloon bursting, Bob Reeder, Wendy Clarke; pingpong relay. Barry Clarke's team; ball and pin relay, Barry Clarke's team; removing paper from gum with rubber mitts, Lana Clarke, Karen Lovie; spooning confetti, Ken and Glenn Reeder, Don Reeder and Brad- ley Lovie; Youngest present was Robin Turner; oldest, Mrs. Mildred Lovie; spice contest, Illa. Sharpe; guessing pkg contents, Wes Reeder; dressing contest, Glenn and Illa Sharpe, Jim and Beth. Turner, Bev and Carl Turner. Thames Road United Church SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY Sun., June 21 11 a.m. REV: oINTON A. Grand Bend Children's Choir BUDGET BUYING Ternie 8 different ways to suit Your btidget 850 to $5,000 NO DOWN PAYMENT Free Delivery to Your Cottage Enquire now — Phone or drop into one of the friend- ly Conklin Lumber Stores near yowl Shop at Conklin Lumber! WEEKLY SPECIALS END JUNE 27 ANGEL STONE' Reg. $1.20 per sq. ft. ONLY 7$0 SQ. FT. Fir Plywood G.I.S. 1/4 " x 4 x 8 ..............$4.22 3,4"x 4 x 8 5.88 1/2 " x 4 8 „,.. ....... 7.11 Vex 4 x 8 ... ....„ 8.11 3/4" x 4 x 8 „.„ .... „ 9.77 ALUMINUM DOORS Self storing, pre•hung Standard sizes $24.95 DUROLAM A ARBORITE 4 x 8 sheets $15.86 EXTERIOR PAINT Red & white $2.99 gal. EXETER, GRAND BEND "Bkj°114111";71:::::!"°640:1"P:11:114:triiht$11riUItlty'i Po Youth .Page . 14 Times-Advocate, June 18, 1.904. Seek improvement for OMB's liaison Thieves hit area from Irent ,pege and Chief C. H. MacKenzie is. 11YPPtlptlng, An adding machine valued at OW W44 stolen as was in change frOnk A soft: drink. cooler Olc11.Nva4 opened to .&At At the change holder, VISIT RESORT The fourth incident was at the Conklin Lumber office near Grand . Fiend at the corner of highways 21 and 83, It was. broken Into early SattirelaY morning. Stolen were drills, screw yers, a hatchet, wrecking bar, other tools ,and 50 paper bags. Egtitnate of the lOet was Tee ported to police as about $30., constable Wright is limp,. tigating. Also reported missing in the past week was a bulldozer operated by Sam Sweitzer. It was apparently taken from the job site on William Street at about 6:30 am, Friday. The machine has been lo- cated and Constable LloydHoti- gine is conducting the inveetie getion into the incident. County boys back. RAP receives unrequested ..cash Red Ensign as flag been made in erecting the cents Piet light standards at the south of town and they had to he built encroaching On the sidewalk. The MO was made by the department of highwnYP, and it was assumed they vimuldt.gy any costs of moving the standards, but council did not deem it necessary at this time, It was left to the sidewalk committee to investigate fur- ther. Bible school — Continued from front page Assistants are Trudy Stpv- , er, Joy Seldon, Helen Cole, Helen Hendrick, Jane Poor, tinga, Nancy McTavish, Betty Jean Hamilton and Mrs. N. Lucicen, The Kindergarten classes are being held in the Bethel Re- formed School and the other classes to Grade 10 convene in Christian Refqrmed and Men- nonite Church, following debate over rec director nt hat' ou4:1:14f la(i.:u ,nn t yARt Cel°dt st onlisol igglonnegasrar. • i s . Council Monday night, named committee to prepare a brief to present to 'a ParliaMentary committee set up to review the MUnieiP41 Act and 'associated acts. They will hear any suggeee Wine for changes, Councillor Joe Wooden ques- tioned if thip would be an eppoee tunity for Exeter to snOest there be more liason between the OMB and other departments of the goverpmeet which deal with rennicipalitiee, He noted the lack of Ibsen .created complicatiens for everyone and delayed many pre- jects. Wooden paid the euggestion had come from Clerk C. V. Pickard and deserved some consideration. Wooden, Pickard, Mayor Simmons and Peter Raymond, town solicitor, were named as a committee to draw up a brief on the suggestiop. armed forceS fought several. WerS under this flag, and whereas this country is pre, dominently populated from the British Isles, and whereas a national flag, is a thing of tra•, of history and emotion, and an end should be Put to the feeling of disunity this matter continues to endanger, there- fore this council recommends," etc. After a day spent In visiting the 0,4„O, and other points of interest, council reassembled without casualties, though one member had been tagged for epeedieg. It was announced that the county picnic would be held on Wednesday, July 8, in Harbor Park, Goderich. Owing to a readjuptment of assessment, on RCAF Clinton and Centralia, Tue kersmith gets a refund of $375.90 and Stephen a writeoff of $421.40. ting on Thursday, council as- eeeiated itself with Wellington in a recommendation to Prime Minister Peaesop that the En- sign, with the shield of thp canadlan coat of arms in the fly, be adopted as the national flag of the Dominion, No dipcession took pine in council, on Adoption of re- port from the legislative and educational eommit te e, pre- pented by deputy reeve Tom Howard, of Aphfield, former RCAF efficer. The Wellington resolution set forth that a parliamentary com- mittee "voted overwhelmingly" for the Red Ensign; that the Dominion government in 1945 ordered it flown from federal buildings and "wherever place or occasion may make it de- sirable;" and "whereas our Councillor Ross Taylor Nine mented that the motion was ,out of order, saying council should wait until they had a request from RAP. He aleo noted the raise in pay for the director would affect all other town em- ployeee. • In noting Wooden thought special council meeting should have been requested, Mayor Simmons pebited out this was Wooden's own opinion over the seven-man RAP committee, He went on to note the come mittee had gone along withGra- vett in the past, calling attention to pay raises in the past two years and a request to work Part-time with The T-A. Simmons, who actually open- ed the discussion at the meet- ing in an effort to clear the air over the rec director situation, said that in all fairness to RAP it should be pointed out Gravett had told them he had to have the answer that (special meeting of RAP) night as he had to let Han- over know the next morning what his decision was. He invited questions and Councillor Derry Boyle asked what RAP's reasons were for not calling Gravett back into the meeting and giving him the an- swer. The Mayor replied that he had another important m e e ting scheduled and had to leave early. He also stated the com- mittee thought the rec director had gone home and they had decided that chairman Toni MacMillan should call him in the morning to relay the mes- sage. Boyle then wanted to know how Gravett's requests had been presented. "In a fair, decent sort of way," Simmons answered, but added the committee felt they couldn't afford to do the things Gravett wanted. "Did RAP consider bringing the issue before council?" Boyle asked. "He said he wanted the answer that night," Reeve Glenn Fisher reported. GB considers walk PARSONS DRAIN The Par sons drain again came up for discussion and Jim Paisley, works superintendent, reported he had canvassed the area and had found that out of five persons contacted, none wanted a sanitary sewer. It was asked if the town could proceed on pushing it through to assist Mrs. Jennie Parsons, but Mr. Pickard noted that if they didn't have between 60 to 70% of the residents in favor they wouldn't stand a "ghost of a chance" of having it approved. Council decided they would see if a drain to assist Mrs. Parsons could be incorporated into the sewer system and will ask 13. M. Ross, engineer, to investigate the possibility, DANCING EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT • POLES OUT In a letter from the PUC, council learned an error had ------Nec.\\ N N)i in At 1 N 11 Blue Water 0 cl Dancelan iI lil Music By' ZURICH I I DESJARDINE'S Orchestra /4' KNEW POLICY Simmons then pointed out Gravett knew the Wary polley as well as any council member. The Mayor said he didn't think a special meeting was required of council, "After three hours (length of RAP meeting) I can give a decieige," he edded, "and we were asked for a de- cision that night." Boyle agreed that RAP could not do anything but what they did. Councillot Ted Wright said Gravett was entitled to more money and it may be "falpe economy to let him bo". Simmons pointed out towns were similar to people and "we can only afford so much." "We can only afford not to do so much too," retorted Wooden. Taylor entered the diecuesion and said council shouldn't go over the heads of RAP as they were a very competent com- mittee. "Leave it in their hands," he stated. All we want is to give them the money to let them make a decision on its merits and not on money only," Boyle com- mented. However, it was noted that Wooden's motion stipulated ex- actly what RAP should do as it mentioned Gravett's raise and the providing of the gestetner. Clerk C. V. Pickard replied to the question if the town could make use of a gestetner with the rec office e, that it was cheaper to get the material done at The T-A than what they could do it themselves. "If you want gestetner work don't expect to have it done at the office," he stated, noting they did not have time. The amount of work you can get done for $3 or $4 at The T-A is surprising, he reported, adding that it didn't pay to own a machine. Wooden then changed his mo- tion to only providing RAP with the $500 to deal with the situa- tion as they see fit. Taylor tabled an amendment to wait until RAP asked for an increase before the budget was increased, noting that in his years of council they had never given money until it had been asked for. Bailey seconded the amend- ment, but it was defeated and the motion carried — although not unanimously. Later in the meeting, Wood- en asked if the monthly report given by the rec director could be brought to council meeting. "They're on file with the secretary," stated the Mayor. Wright noted it could con- sume a lot of time if they were read at the meetings. Reeve Fisher said there was also the PUC report that could be given. "Are you getting around to the charge that RAP isn't list- ening to the recreation r e- ports?" Simmons asked of Wooden. (This had been a charge levelled at RAP by Gravett). It was decided that a copy of the report would be mailed to all council members. This Week's Specia 07-way faroo knt ptoagethe grounds behind the hall, but that it was here that the cruiser had run afoul of the town truck. The clerk was advised to dis- cuss the matter with W. Amos the insurance agent, before de- ciding how the cost should be paid. A copy of a letter from Bell and Laughton to the Depart- ment of Public Works on behalf of the legal firm's client, Mrs. F, V. Laughton, pointed out that they were holding the village responsible if the dredging operation along the A us able caused damage to the property of Mrs. Laughton. The clerk explained the rea- son for the attachment of the Grand Bend public school to the Stephen Township School Area with a five-man board made up of two from the village and three from the township. He noted that this information had been in the HOLIDAY paper the week be- fore. Reeve Stewart Webb com- mented that this was "the best thing that ever happend to Grand Bend. Our school tax rate will be cut by ten mills," he said. The village has collected and turned over to the Hay Muni- cipal Telephone System, $307 for telephone bills in arrears. Reeve Stewart Webb asked what should be done about false fire alarms. "The most recent one, "explained Counc ill o r Wassmann, "had been set off by Families conduct annual reunions chard Street'.. Councillor Desjardine stated that some municipalities pay the firemen as for a regular call, and then charge costs to the telephone system when this sort of thing happens. A complaint was received concerning Ada Street, that it was filled with sand. The coun- cil advised that the sand on the street had come off one of the properties there, and had been put on the street after it had telephone men working oirOr- been cleaned off by the village men. Reeve Webb stated that whoever was responsible for putting the sand on the street would be responsible for taking it off again. The by-law re parking on River Road was adjusted slightly, Instead of having no parking from the Highway all the way west to OrchardStreet, it will be from the highway west for 140 feet. Quietly remarking he had al- ready typed this by-law three times, the clerk noted that he would make this change in pen- cil, just in case council want- ed to change its mind later on, On motion of Councillors Coles and Green, the chairman of the property committee, Or- val Wassmann, is asked to bring in a full written report of the proposed work on the south side of the Ausable at the next meeting of council. Some negotiation has been going forward with the Ausable River Authority to set up a scheme for improving the river, Aid industry — Continued from front page would be guaranteed to draw at .least 3% interest, and this would be returnedwith the investment to the purchasers if no industry came to Exeter. "You can't lose money," the Mayor stated, and added the Corporation had a couple of prospects already in mind. The debentures will be sold outright or may even be pur- chased on "easy terms" of $5 per month. Simmons noted that if an in- dustry employing 10 men came to Exeter it could easily add $750 per month to the local economy which is not here al- ready. He also pointed out the con- tinuing national defence budget cuts could affect RCAF Cen- tralia, leaving the town in a precarious position. "The process works," com- mented councillor Wooden. "It's a sound idea." "It's the best move ever made," added Ted Wright, while Derry Boyle noted it was a step in the right direction. "The town has to show lead- ership and I for one although my creditors may not like it — will go for $100", Boyle add- ed. He later chastised two or three members of council who asked that they be given until next meeting before committing themselves personally for $100. Boyle stated there wasn't a man around the council table who couldn't afford to pledge $100, "You know your means but we have to each consider our own," retorted. Ross Taylor. "It's a small investment for the betterment of the town," Boyle stated. 600x16 6ply Truck Tires were guests. Shirley and Norma Switzer favored with a piano duet. Connie and Nellie Van- duyen assisted with the wor- ship period. Lunch was served. Mr. & Mrs. Thos. Evans were weekend guests with Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hamilton. Mr. & Mrs. Leon Paul flew to Montreal the weekend of June 7 to attend the wedding of their nephew. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Waghorn spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Harold Henry at their cottage at Point Clarke. Dr. & Mrs. Norman Amos attended the World's Fair at New York last week. Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hamilton were in Buffalo N.Y. Tuesday attending the funeral of Mrs. Chas. Fenno, Mr. & Mrs. S. Wright were weekend visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Fred Switzer. Strawberry & Ham SUPPER THAMES ROAD UNITED CHURCH Thursday June 25 5:30 p.m. Admission adults $1.35 Children 12 & under 65e Auspicies of UCW Reg. $34.20 Special $22.95 Volkswagen Sales and Service Phone 235-1700 EXETER VISIT UCW Kirkton UCW met at the home of Mrs. Raymond Paynter last Wednesday evening with Mrs. Ron Denham conducting the worship period assisted by Mrs. Jack Switzer, Mrs. Jack Ur- quhart and Mrs. Stuart Shier. Mrs. Fred Roger took the study. The ladies joined with the Mt. Pleasant UCW at their meeting June 16. Mrs. John McElrea convened the lunch. Hunter -Duvar Ltd. John Deere Makes It EASY TO BUY A NEW COMBINE OR ANY OTHER JOHN DEERE EQUIPMENT VIEW PICS Mrs. George Wilson showed slides of some of the countries she visited during her world tour, at the Messenger's meet- ing Saturday, June 6. Members of the Baby Band in London at 202 John St. as a rallying point for contribu- tions and volunteer workers and it is hoped a white cross centre will be possible in Mid- dlesex soon. Mrs. Albert Ros- ser introduced the speaker. Mrs. Rosser and Mrs. J. H. Paton gave a report of the Dis- trict Annual held in Lucan Com- munity Centre for which Clan- deboye WI were hosts. JOHN DEERE CREDIT PLAN FINANCING CUSTOMERIZED FOR THE LONG GREEN LINE ASK HURON TRACTOR FOR FULL DETAILS IN THE JOHN DEERE CREDIT PLAN HURON TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT co, PHONE 235.1115 NbitTtiE'KETki