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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-02-10, Page 1Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 10, 1966 Price Per copy 10 Cents Prepayments not paid ltZNESEMOIZSEMMGNINKCPASSATMeratitatUILMM) Salary schedule OWNA awards of excellence The award for general excellence in Ontario Weekly newspapers for towns with a population under 3,500 and the award for second place for best advertising picture for 1965 were presented to the Times- Advocate at the annual OWNA convention in Toronto last weekend. Publisher of the T-A Robert Southcott and editor Ken Kerr line them up with other awards won in the past in the office of J. M. Southcott, publisher. (T-A photo) An Increase in teachers' salaries at the SHDHS this year will cost the board approximately $28,000 if the teachers agree to the proposals. The Board accepted a new schedule of salaries as presented by chairman of the management committee, Dr. R. W, Read. Under the new proposals sick leave for teaching staff would be accumulative to 200 days. The annual increment will be left at $300 per year. The allowance for minor department heads was rais- ed from $400 to $500. The allowance for intermediate department heads raised from $600 to $750. The allowance for major department heads raised from $800 to $1,000, A salary adjustment in the minimum of all categories increasing these by $300. A salary adjustment in the maximum of all cate- gories increasing these by $500. The principal's salary to be $14,500 with a maxi- mum of $16,000 with annual increments of $500. The vice-principal's salary to be $12,300 with a maximum of $13,800 with annual increments of $500. These proposals must be accepted by the teachers committee before they become effective. The salary schedule for 1965-1966 was: Category Minimum Maximum 1 5,000 8 ,500 2 5,300 8,800 3 5,800 10,000 4 6,300 10,400 Major Department Head 800 Intermediate " " 600 Minor " 400 Acting 1/2 of the above allowances Principal's Salary 13,500 Vice Principal 11,500 Allowances for Department Heads to be paid in full and not be restricted if the teacher's pay exceeds the maximum. mates. Both projects became ne- cessary during the year and coun- cil decided to go ahead with them. The report concludes, "the committee felt that while the bud- get was exceeded In 1965, there is no doubt as to the nesessity of the works undertaken. The committee has recom- mended to the finance committee that there be a reduction in storm sewer construction for 1966 from $28,000 to $15,000 as the storm sewer work is now in advance of road construction. New construction recommended includes John Street, Main to Andrew, Huron Street, Edward to Albert, and Main Street (from a point 250 feet North of George Street to the river. The budget also includes maintenance of $3,- 000. The new work total is the total estimate and is subsidized 50 percent on the first two projects named and 90 percent on the third project. It is recommended that sani- tary sewer construction be bud- geted for an amount of $12,000, the same as last year. The com- mittee stated it felt the town should continue installing some sections of sanitary sewer an- nually, Consideration will be giv- en first to streets or areas in which the property owners are prepared to prepay to a degree which will make it possible for the town to undertake the work. Several streets have been men- tioned including Victoria West, Thomas, John East, Edward, etc. The report states, "we cannot stop all work on sanitary and storm sewers in 1966 even though we must reduce the volume of work done. Another reason for this is to permit some additional road work to be undertaken; this will allow the road program to get caught up with the sewer program." Council has discovered it is difficult to collect prepayments on sanitary sewers after they have been installed. Councillor J. L. Wooden in giving his report of Public Works Committee Num- ber two stated that the people who have not kept their promise in regards to prepayments have left the town in a serious situa- tion. Mayor Jack Delbridge classed the situation as ridiculous when informed $3,000 was still owing on Pryde Blvd. late in the fall. Some of this money has been collected since this time. In his reports councillor Wood- en states, on Wellington Street about $2,000 and Edward Street $3,500 should have been receiv- ed . . as of December over $3,000 was still outstanding from property owners on Pryde Blvd." The committee recommended that council consider what future policy should be regarding instal- lation of sanitary sewers where prepayment is indicated but col- lected with difficulty if collected at all. Council decided to investigate the possible use of a contract for use in situations such as this which would bind owners to the agreement and date of payment. The Town solicitor will be con- tacted in regards to drafting this. The cost of installing storm drains during 1965 was slightly under the budget estimate while the cost of installing sanitary sewers exceeded the budget by just over $9,000. For the com- bined programs the budget was exceeded by $9,000. In giving the reasons for the deficit the committee pointed out that the Wellington Street sewer and the sewer near the Learn property were not included in budget esti- Up insurance Board decides Members of the South Huron District High School Board voted to raise the insurance on both the building and contents to bring the values closer to replacement value. The building which cost a total of $765,400 now has a re- placement value of $1,216,400 and the value of contents has been set at about $150,000. M. J, Gaiser explained the change in value and pointed out that the board's insurance is for replacement value and should be kept within 90 percent of this. The board raised the coverage on the building from $900,000 to $1,200,000 and the contents from $100,000 to $150,000. The ad- ditional cost to the board is $151 annually. The finance committee will meet with Mr. Gaiser to discuss the terms of paying a portion of the commissions to other agents in the area and the best method of handling this. In regards to the student ac- cident policy which Mr. Gaiser handles, he told members the brokering agent generally re- ceives all commissions from this because of the great number of claims and the accompanying paper work. Last year there was 55-60 claims handled through this insurance. The board also has $27,000 coverage on the portable class- rooms and $3,000 on the contents. New option at SHDHS will broaden course of study New options will be offered above the grade 10 level at the SHDHS next fall following a de- cision of the board Tuesday even- ing. The options will chow for a broader field of study and were recommended by principal, L. D. Palmer. The options will be plac- ed on the registration forms which will be going out to grade 10 students. Whether or not the course is implimented in the fall will depend on the number of registrations. The four year business and commerce course will be offer- ed at the school for the first time. Formerly students went to Clinton for this training. This will involve supplying one class- room of equipment but this can be charged against the new ad- dition and the equipment trans- ferred to the new building when completed. Members were told that if the course was not offered this fall it would be a two year decision as it would not be of value to transfer these students back to Exeter after one year of train- ing in Clinton. A four year agriculture course will be offered which is a ter- minal course ending in grade 12. Mr. Palmer indicated this would be valuable for students con- tinuing in the field of sciences. He said a straw poll indicated there were students who wished this and he would like to give them the opportunity to take this. A suggestion that art be added as an option was turned down by the board. A new social option Man in Society and a biology option will be offered in the four year busi- ness and science program. Neith- er of these options will be a cost factor Mr. Palmer said. He told members the new options will in- crease student's chances of suc- cess at the grade 12 level. There are teachers on the staff at pre- sent who can teach these sub- jects. Police budget requests presented to council 34 students truant, did not obey rules The police committee will in- vestigate a complaint in regards to the parking situation at the corner of Wellington and Main Streets following a letter receiv- ed by the mayor suggesting this should be called 'manslaughter Plan savings for '66 on road maintenance corner' rather than Wellington and Main. Apparently the park- ing at this intersection makes it difficult to see when entering Highway Number 4 and has re- sulted in a minor accident re- cently. The committee will check to see whether it would be advis- able to place no parking signs in this area to alleviate the situa- tion. Councillor Wright classed it as the most hazardous corner in Exeter. Chairman of the protection to persons and property committee which look after the Fire and Police Departments,-Ted Wright, reported a surplus of $1,281.10 at the end of 1965. The budget for the fire department was set at $6,200 while $5,576.92 was spent. A total of $4,925 was spent for hydrants last year as opposed to the budget figure of $5,500. The police department budget was set at $14,000 last year and only $13,760.47 of this was spent. It cost $756.51 to operate the police car while the budget was only $600. The committee recommended that a cost of living bonus not be paid to officers as their wages are up for review each year. Although officers requested a Around the town . . Cpl. Harry Van Bergen Constable Harry Van Bergen, a member of the Exeter Police Department since 1962 has been promoted to the rank of Cor- poral. Council approved this ac- tion Monday evening on the re- commendation of the Police Com- mittee. Chief C. H. MacKenzie recommended the action to the police committee at the budget meeting of the committee re- cently. (T-A photo) staff and students on a day such as this. E. D. Howey commented that most people objected to the loss of time on Tuesday rather than on Monday. Mr. Palmer describ- ed Tuesday morning as a "bad situation". When queried as to whether school could have been or should have been closed Mr. Palmer replied it would be impossible for anyone to make the right de- cision all the time. The decision as to whether to send the buses out was made at 6:40 but be- cause of the confusion many par- ents did not hear this on the radio until as late as 8:30. He added that weather can change from good to bad or the reverse in only an hour which made it dif- ficult to make this decision. Board member Elmer Bell agreed with this and suggested it would be dangerous to make it too easy to close a school. "This should be done sparingly" he said. Fifty percent of the students attended classes which was much better than many area schools. Ray Morenz commented that he has always maintained it to be his decision whether to send his children to school or not whether the bus ran right past his door. Members concurred that it is a parent's right to decide whether it is safe to send their children to school. Mr. Palmer told members the biggest problem is what to do with students who do arrive and added the solution is to improvise and most teachers did just this. L. D. Palmer, principal of SHDHS outlined the situation at the school last Monday and Tues- day which has caused some con- cern and much talk recently. In his report to the board Tuesday evening he stated that on Monday 34 students left school and were considered truant until the par- ents came to see him. From the 34 students and parents he learn- ed that eight parents had per- mitted their student to come or stay home but these students did not (1) sign out in the office when they were leaving; (2) phone the school to report they were staying home; (3) (with the excep- tion of two students) bring notes the next morning. Mr. Palmer pointed out that he had no alternative but to keep the school opened. He estimated it would have cost between $500 and $1,000 to close the school. Speaking of the general situa- tion he suggested it is always the parents right to make the decision as to whether a student should attend school but as far as the school is concerned, it should always be open. He agreed that parents who felt it would be too dangerous to have their child- ren come to school have every right to keep them at home. In regards to the students who were considered truant he point- ed out this matter is covered by the student hand book which was issued to all students at the start of the year. He said one class dropped from 19 to 12 because of students who left the school and added it is difficult for both contract some time ago, they have since decided to drop this issue. The committee is investigat- ing the reason why Exeter is call- ed on to supply the Court officer all the time. Council was inform- ed that Constable Harry Van Bergen spends a lot of extra time in this capacity. Councillor Wright suggested OPP officers might be able to take a turn at this duty and will inquire into this matter. Constable Van Bergen was pro- moted to the rank of Corporal at this meeting. The decision was made on the recommendation of Police Chief MacKenzie and the recommendation of the police committee. A request for new revolvers for officers has been deferred until the guns have been tested. The complaint is that the guns are not safe. Some members of council felt the main objection is because the guns are too heavy and will have them tested for safety before making any de- cision. Councillor Wright told mem- bers he had asked the local OPP their opinions about the guns and, "They just laughed at me", he said. He quoted the officers as saying if they were issued to them they would throw them out along the road some place. The requirements for the de- partment for 1966 are estimated at just under $1,000 including the cost of three new guns and at $600 without these items. The estimates for the police budget will be increased this year to $15,500 from $14,000. The fire department budget will be lowered by $800. New equipment will be pur- chased immediately for the fire department but it will not in- clude the 60 foot extension ladder council discussed at their last meeting. Members were inform- ed this would cost approximately $1,000 and would be expensive to mount on the truck, The pub- lic Utilities Commission has a- greed to co-operate with the fire department with the use of their lift truck in time of emergency. Although this will not reach the top of all buildings members feel access could be gained from the rear of buildings where the roofs are lower. Marlborough Street will be ex- tended to Wellington Street at an estimated cost of $4,000 which will also qualify for subsidy. It is the intention of the com- mittee to cut surface treatment costs by 50 percent of last year's cost by using prime and sand rather than Coultis and chips. The 1966 budget for this is es- timated at $4,000. Patching costs last year were $4,984.94 in 1965 and this will be cut over half to $2,100, a sav- ing of $3,000. This is an overall saving from the budget of $7,000 which could be applied to new construction, increasing the bud- get to $22,000 if needed. William Street will have its final coat at a cost of $2,500. All streets will be graded early and the holes will be cut to the bottom. It is the recommendation not to fill these holes as there is plenty of gravel on the roads. In his concluding remarks councillor Taylor said, "I am thoroughly convinced the use of Coultis and chips in the past was an expensive road as almost $5,000 was spent last year patch- ing these." Construction costs for roads last year exceeded the budget estimates by $1,515.12 while con- struction engineering and over- head exceeded budget figures by $6,350 for a total deficit of $7,- 526.60. Councillor Taylor ingiv- ing this report and the recom- mendations to the finance com- mittee pointed out where sub- stantial savings are planned in maintenance costs for 1966. Most costs in the maintenance budget were up for 1965. Snow clearing cost was up $1,258.76 to $2,658.76 compared to a bud- get figure of $1,400. Patching was up $1,884.94, dust laying, $1,070.88, weed cutting $785.07 and storm drain maintenance $1,- 330.92. Works superintendent James Paisley pointed out that ma- terials and labor costs have in- creased by at least 10 percent this year and gave an example in the rise in price of asphalt patching material. He also re- ported a large savings this year in having the town look after its own snow removal rather than tendering for this, "It saves money as well as doing a better job" he said. The proposed budget for this committee for 1966 includes $20,000 for maintenance an d $15,000 for new construction. The new construction will be located in the area known as the 'bus route', from Main Street, east on Gidley to Senior, along Senior to Sanders, then to Main Street at an estimated cost of $26,000. This includes PUC costs such as lowering water mains, moving poles etc. There is a 50 percent subsidy on this work making the Town's share $13,- 000. move Board members Sign will warn of penalities A sign warning of the penalties for damaging town property will be erected in the women's wash- room at the Town Hall as the result of a brief report made by councillor Mery Cud more. He told members that the interior of the room was almost completely covered with lipstick as the re- sult of vandals: "It's all over the walls and partitions, about the only place that isn't covered is the ceiling", he said. The washrooms were cleaned and painted only last fall mem- bers were told. In contrast to this the men's washroom is in fairly good repair which led to the com- meet by members, "we men's washrooms are always worse then men's". The washroom will be repair- ed and the 'sign erected as well as having a closer check of this. In his report Of the Cemetery COmmittee, Councillor Cudmore indicated the same sum as last year, $1,500, is being requested for budget purposes. to speed addition 31 of this year and members have realized for some time they would not qualify for this. When they first started planning they ex- pected to have the building well under way by the closing date of this. Official plan The official plan of the Exeter Planning Area moved a step clos- er to approVal Monday evening as Council approved minor changes agreed to by the Exeter Planning Board. A. W. Pickard, chairman of the Planning Hoard reported to council that his group approved all changes suggested by the C o M in unity Planning branch Of the Department of Municipal Affairs with the ex- ception Of a recommendation that a subdivision control by-law be drafted, To qualify for this loan the ap- plication for the new addition must be approved by April 1. The board will still make sub- stantial savings by using this method of financing because of the price of debentures on the cur- rent market. Members of the SHDHS Board moved Tuesday evening to make sure there will be no possible delay in calling for tenders for the new addition when approval is received from the Ontario Municipal Board. Business ad- ministrator E. D. Howey was au- thorized to notify the architects to proceed with completion of plans and call for tenders as soon as approval Is received rather than waiting until a board meeting, could be Called, Any minor changes which have been request- ed and which can be included with no additional cost were also ap- proved. The $187,000 from the Ontario Municipal Loan Fund which the board requested earlier is still available at the preferred rated financing of One quarter on one percent above the rate paid by the Ontario Government. The for- giveness portion of the loan, aboUt $46,000 would only have been ap- plicable ore the portion of the ex- penses incurred prior to March The board has been standing still for approximately three weeks because of technicalities which have plagued their applica- tion. Everything possible is being done to speed this through the proper channels and get approval as soon as possible. manufacturers. He has just com- pleted a course on small engines and has gone back this week for more on lawnmowers in pre- paration for the spring rush. To date $700 has been collect- ed by the local campaign for the March of Dimes in Exeter. Ste- phen area school children have collected $57.40. * * * * The ninetieth annual meeting of the Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was held at Farquhar on Monday. The pre- sident, Robert Gardiner, in his address reported a year of the heaviest losses in the history of the company. There were eight major barn losses and six major dwelling house losses in 1965. In spite of these heavy losses the company was able to end up the year with a small gain, large- ly on account of good reinsurance protection. * * * John Morrissey of Crediton is the owner of the winningest horse on the North American Continent for 1966, at least for a little while. Brother Jim C, owned by John and Angela Morrissey won his fifth consecutive race recent- ly to qualify for the record. He won a race at London New Year's Day and has won four races at Windsor since then. * * * * During his interview on CBC radio program Assignment last week, local MP R. E. McKinley indicated he wished to gain as- sistance for farmers and particu- larly those from this area as one of his objectives while at Ot- tawa. A full program is planned for the Third International Minor hockey tournament at RCAF Sta- tion Centralia February 19, Teams and parents from Detroit will be welcomed at the Station Saturday morning and the tourna- inent will be held both Saturday and Sunday. This is one of the Major winter events at the sta- tion and has evoked a great deal Of interest during the past two years When it has been held: Board chairman Kenneth Johns Volunteered to drive to Tucker- smith Township to get their rese- lution to finalize the appliegft A meeting will be held in the near future between grade eight students and parents, grade eight teachers, public school princip- als, the public school inspector, the principal of the high school and members of his staff. The meeting familiarize these peo- ple with the options available for students coming into grade nine as well as increase the lines of communication between the s e two groups. The SHDHS is spon- soring the meeting. * * * * Exeter Police are investigat- ing a break-in at Hopper-Hockey Furniture Store Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. Thieves gained entry by prying open a small door at the rear of the building and then an inside door to gain access to the front of the building. The drawers of a desk in the office were looted and approxi- mately $5.00 taken from the cash drawer. The incident was discovered by Robert Fletcher at 8:30 am when the store was opened for busi- ness. Chief C. H. MacKenzie is investigating. * * * * Edward Bruce Griffin, 35 Glen Davis Cres., Toronto was taken to a doctor's office here last Friday suffering from shock and minor injuries suffered as the result of an automobile accident at the intersection of Highway 83 and 4. The accident occurred at about 1:25 pm. Police reports indicate Griffin was proceeding north on Highway 4 at the inter- section when a car driven by Donald A, Latam, RR 2 Wyom- ing, Ont., entered the intersection on Highway 83 from the west. Latam was crossing the inter- section and apparently did not see the Griffin vehicle approach- ing. * * * * Spring is still better than a month away, but it is already felt in town as far as business is eolicerned. For the past few weeks Milt Robbins has been travelling back and forth to Ter- Onto attending refresher courses offered to dealers by various Area officers to visit here Saturday, February 12, 1066, RCAF Station Centralia will host 110 Air Cadet Officers from the Various squadrons throughout Central and Southwestern On- tario. The Commanding Officers of each of the squadrons, pluS One or two executive officers will attend the one day Confer- ence. The station facilities will be open for the delegates in the Morning and at the afternoon session they will discuss such Please turn to page 3 Car bad medicine' youth advised A case involving theft charges against 17 year-old David Mur- ray Riley of Clinton was set over until March 22 with the accused supplying $100 bond in magis- trate's court Tuesday. Magis- trate Hays suggested the ac- cused find better companions, get better working conditions and get rid of his car and walk to work.accused appeared at the rriie last session of court and was remanded until Tuesday for a pre-sentence report. The ac- cused told the court that resti- tution had been made for all the stolen articles (all car parts), Magistrate Hays commented that cars appeared to be bad medicine for the youth who has owned two cars within a year and owed $700. H. Granter of Zurich was fined $75 and costs following his plea of guilty to a charge of impaired driving. The charge was placed following an accident on Highway 84 which resulted in damage estimated at $300. "Acting smart" cost a Hen- sail youth $20 and costs follow- ing his plea of guilty to making unnecessary noise. He admitted to the court he had been driving at a high rate of speed, squealing tires when turning corners and, "acting smart". A charge of operating a motor vehicle without sufficient lamps against Leroy D. Oesch was dis- missed. The charge arose fol- lowing an accident on Highway 4 west of liensall. In dismissing the charge Magistrate Hays com- mented, he was not convinced of the hour of darkness with regard to the time of sunset aeCording to what the law requires. A whopping fine of $100 and Costs was levied against a 17 year-old youth following his plea of guilty to a charge of drinking Please turn to page 3