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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-09-22, Page 1Petition government for more education grants After a lengthy discussion, Ex- eter council this week endorsed a resolution from the Town of Elmira asking the federal and provincial governments to as- sume the major portion of at least 80% of the funds for elemen- tary and secondary school edu- cation. The resolution contained six reasons for the request, as fol- lows: --education costs are consum- ing a steadily increasing share been supported by the Ontario Mayors' and Reeves' executive and is now being circulated to every municipality. real estate should primarily pay taxes for services to property only and not for social services which benefit the province and nation as a whole. --real estate is no longer an accurate criterion of ability to Pay. Again, councillors pointed out that local autonomy and control would be lost if the senior gov- ernments were going to pay the bills. "The municipalities can't keep of municipal taxes. --the minister of education has publicly stated that the province has a responsibility to provide young people with an education. --municipal taxes have now reached the saturation point and needed municipal services are often postponed or neglected. --it has been intimated that the total education expenditure in Ontario will double in the next decade. --as a matter of Principle, any influence if the bulk of the cost is paid by the province," Councillor Wooden stated. DeputyReeve Phil Gandon re- plied that he wasn't convinced that education shouldn't be under provincial control so a standard curriculum could be set and al- leviate the present problems for students who change schools dur- ing school terms. "It's a problem for these stu- dents," he noted. Wooden replied that a number of courses are uniform across the province, while others had to be altered to suit the background of the teachers. However, he admitted that per- haps the usefulness of school boards was diminishing and they could be done away with. The discussion continued with other members voicing approval for a standard curriculum, and the motion to ask the governments to assume a greater portion of the costs carried. It was decided to make this decision known to the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton to enlist his support and to ensure that the matter is brought before the Ontario Gov- ernment and the Legislative As- sembly. The resolution has al r eady TO HEAR BOARD Council received letters from two other municipalities regard- ing the proposed central library setup for Huron. Both letters, which had been requested, spoke highly of the proposed system. The clerk in Essex reported the system was "most satisfact- ory" and explained that the lib- rary remains the property of the town. He said the setup afforded better books in the libraries alai better pay for the librarians ve. t the local boards acting in an advisory capacity for t he co .nty librarian. r!P said the advantages far oe'weighed any disadvantages, explaining that the latter had not cropped up as yet. The librarian in Delhi also ejeace highly of the system, al- though Norfolk County has not yet approved it, However, she said it was good on the basis that some of the smaller libraries would be done away with. She also said local Please turn to Page 3 Turned out to be a two-headed monster Motorists in the area can't be blamed for being slightly confused when they saw this huge tank being delivered from the CNR yards at Hensall to the new Lake Huron Pipeline intake at Grand Bend. When passing drivers approached, they saw a large truck going one way and when they passed, they saw another truck going the other. However, the trucks weren't having a tug-of-war. One of them was backing upl The tank weighed some 93 tons and required an OPP and department of highways escort. Getting the entourage around corners was the trickiest problem. T-A photo Full speed ahead on addition Work is progressing favourably at the site of the addition to South Huron District High School. More than 40 workers were on the job early in the week, including a goodly number of bricklayers, shown at the left of the above picture. Below, Pre-mixed cement is being poured while a bulldozer is busily engaged in moving earth in the background. T-A photo Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 22, 1966 Grand Bend council seek assistance in overcoming problems with youths Attorney General vetoes council laid plained that County Council had endorsed the Exeter resolution and had in turn asked other county councils to endorse it. "If enough councils protest, we may get somewhere," Mayor Delbridge pointed out. County in 'good shape' —but taxes may go up Youths could be in 'pickle' Warden Kenneth Stewart, Mc- Killop township, was in an eb- ullient mood at the opening of the one-day September session of Huron County Council, Friday. He welcomed the members, all of whom were present, including a new one, Harvey McMichael, Deputy-Reeve of Howick, w ho steps into council for Robert Gibson, former reeve, who re- signed to become Township road superintendent. Harold Robinson moved up to Reeve and Mr. McMichael filled that vacancy. "The County is going along very nicely," the Warden com- mented. "The County Home ad- dition is up to schedule. The road work is well advanced. Plans are progressing for the Interna- tional Plowing Match near Sea- forth. The only thing that could hold us back would be the weather. In accordance with custom and the Municipal Act, Clerk-Treas- get a cheaper chance to find out if it will work or not." Griffin Thomas, president of the resort's Chamber of Com- merce, greeted the news of the approval of the new walk with enthusiasm, commenting, "we're very happy with the co-operation of council in having this idea become a reality". A very pleasing report of the lifeguard and beach program for the summer was received by Council. The complete lifeguard pro- gram was administered at a cost of $1,842.55, well under the a- mount of $2,000 budgeted. Included in the report was a notation that 1966 was another drowning free year, making it three in a row for the bathing area, Financial reports of the bath house and parking lot showed an increase in net profits from past years. The over-all net profit from the combined enterprises was $2,727.78, almost double the 1965 take. The bath house, probably due to the excellent warm weath- er, showed a profit of $1,176.38 -- Please turn to Page 3 Wins medal Susan Wooden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wooden, Exeter, has been awarded a silver medal for ballet from the UWO Con- servatory of Music. The 11-year- old dancer attained the top mark in Western Ontario among grade four ballet students. She scored 96 points. T-A photo Cpl. Harry VanBergen stated emphatically this week that the local police department would not be issuing any warnings to youths throwing tomatoes at passing cars on Main Street. "It's a dangerous practice and offenders will be charged without any warning," he stated. The acting head of the local department reported youths had been throwing tomatoes at cars on various occasions over the weekend, and while none was caught, the police will step up their surveillance of the situa- tion. He said offenders could be charged either under the High- way Traffic Act or the Criminal Code and penalties could be seri- ous if any persons in the cars were injured. Fines could also range up to $200. urer John G. Berry presented the financial report for the general account of Huron County as of June 30, 1966, noting that there was a surplus of $13,443 and it appears that the majority of the accounts of the departments were within their budget. "Even in the Health Unit we appear to be holding our own," he said, "although we have had some unexpected expenses and there will be a few more be- fore the year is complete. In this particular department, for instance, we have been fortunate in engaging a new Medical Off- icer of Health (at a salary of $15,000 per year), but at the same time, we are obliged to pay his expenses to Canada. This will be an added expense which was not budgeted for at the be- ginning of the year." Mr. Berry said he did not an- ticipate that the surplus would be as large as shown at the end of June. "However, if everything goes as planned, we should still end up with a small surplus for the year." The Treasurer continued: "The year 1967 appears to be bringing with it some more fin- ancial problems. There undoubt- edly will be an adjustment in connection with the monies re- ceived from C F B Centralia. Without the monies from the government, it could mean each municipality will have to con- tribute more to compensate for this loss. "We hope, however, something will develop in this area, and that our present drop in the economy will be offset by something new. "Also, in 1967, we will start paying the debenture for the new addition to Huronview, we might be able to divert some of the hospital reserve money to coun- terbalance this additional cost. The Ontario Attorney Gener- al's department has vetoed Ex- eter council's bid to have costs incurred in bringing accused per- sons to trial added to that per- son's penalty if he is convicted. Council recommended the ac- tion on the basis that communi- ties often have to pay high costs in the apprehension of suspects. In the past, especially in the cases of stolen vehicles, council has had to foot the bill to have a local officer travel long dist- ances to return the suspect to Huron jail, However, A. R. Dick, deputy attorney general, explained in a letter that "it has always been considered that in the adminis- tration of criminal justice the interest of the public is in seeing that the wrongdoer is punished in accordance with the criminal laws of the country". "If costs such as have been suggested are added to the oth'er penalties that are now assessed pursuant to the criminal code, then the essential principles of criminal justice are being sub- limated to a form of action for the recovery of the costs involved in the prosecution," the letter added. Mr. Dick pointed out this has never been considered as one of the principles to be relied upon in any action by the state against the criminal and for this reason it has not been adopted as a matter of policy in any criminal law. However, while the matter was turned down, Reeve Boyle ex- File 'resignation' already dismissed Resort scholar receives award John Graham, who recorded an average of 85.6% in grade 13 at SHDHS this past year, has been awarded a Board of Govern- ors admissions scholarship by the University of Western On- tario. The son of Mrs. Mary Gra- ham. Grand Bend, the local stu- dent stood second in this year's grade 13 class and also received a $400 Ontario Scholarship. The UWO scholarship has a potential value of $2,000 and is payable in $500 installments over four years. Reeve Orval Wassmann of Grand Bend informed the T-A Tuesday afternoon that village council will be conferring with the Superintendent of the Ontario Provincial Police shortly in re- gard to the disturbances at the summer resort this past sum- mer. This was the outcome of a spe- cial gathering of council in clos- ed session as a committee as a whole, after Monday's regular meeting. In an hour long dis- cussion, Wassmann reports noth- ing concrete was established, al- though there were many ideas. The Reeve added: "we nowwish to meet with the provincial auth- orities to find out what recom- mendations they have". A joint venture of the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce and the village council will become a reality later this fall at the resort's beach area. Meeting in regular session, Monday, council accepted the proposal of the Chamber of Com- merce to build an asphalt walk from the bath house in a souther- ly direction to the pier. The new walk, eight feet in width, will consist of a 2 1/2 inch layer of asphalt and will cost in the neighborhood of $900. As the result of an emergency meeting of C of C members Saturday morning, this organiza- tion unanimously agreed to con- tribute $500 to the effort in an attempt to improve facilities at the beach for tourists. Although some councillors were a bit dubious as to how well the new surface would stand up to water and frost conditions, they were agreed it was a good time to give It a try and would never get a better price. The contract will be handled by Ham- mond Paving of St. Marys. The idea of installing a walk along the beach has been kicked around for quite a few years and Reeve Orval Wassmann com- mented, "the Chamber is willing to gamble on this and we'll never Has sore foot for 'big' walk "The show must go on" and it will in Crediton as scheduled, Saturday. Clarence Fahner injured in a farm accident last Friday, re- turned from South Huron hospital, Wednesday afternoon and will be able to escort his daughter, Mar- garet, down the aisle at her wed- ding at EUB church. The Crediton area farmer had two toes on his right foot severe- ly crushed when they were caught between the draw bar and power take-off shaft of a combine while harvesting beans. Area thieves get 'hoggish' Accident crash declines there is any possibility of the town being policed by the On- tario Provincial Police. But damage hits $2,000 Will cut down over 70 trees Thieves in the vicinity are getting a bit "hoggish". Cpl. C. J. Mitchell reported this week that the OPP detach- ments at both Lucan and Goder- ich have investigated the thefts of pigs in the last few weeks. Thefts have taken place in both Biddulph and Tuckersmith Town- ships, the latter being the scene of the theft of three pigs. The local OPP reported the thefts were made right from farmers' barns. In addition, thieves stole over $500 worth of copper and brass piping from the new Huron Cent- ral School construction site near Brucefield this week, Both had been proceeding west and Smith applied his brakes when the Huber vehicle started to make a right turn. However, the brakes on the truck gave way and Smith attempted to pull to the right, but in so doing, hit the Huber vehicle. Damage was estimated at $175, The final accident of the week took place on Monday on High- way 4, three miles north of Ex- eter, involving a car driven by Oscar Tuckey, RR 3 Exeter, and a moving van driven by Otto J. Smale, Hensall. Constable Glassford reported that Tuckey had stopped on the highway in observation of the new rule regarding school buses; however, Smale was unable to bring his van to a halt and at- tempted to pass to the right, but collided with Tuckey. Damage to the Tuckey vehicle was listed at $300. UsiNIT020eMPRZEMILMEIrea Bosses get benefits Council learned this week that 72 trees in Exeter will have to come down in the near future. Some of the trees will have to be removed for the MainStreet pav- ing project, while some of the others are in various stages of decay. No action was taken on the project, although much discus- sion was held regarding the cut- ting down of two other trees on John Street. These two trees will have to be removed in view of the plan- ned paving of that street and two tenders were received for the Work. The lowest of the tenders was received from Robert Pooley, local PUC lineman, at a cost of $150. The other tender in the amount of $175 was from Davey Tree Experts, London, After the lengthy discussion, it was decided that the work Would be awarded to Dooley if he has satisfactory insurance coverage. they are away on holidays and miss a meeting. This Is limited to one meeting only. They also receive regular pay if they are on town business and don't attend a meeting, and they can Miss two meetings due to sickness and still receive re- muneration. The rate of pay for councillors is $15 for regular meetings and $5 for special Meetings. tBita Having provided most benefits for town employees, council this Week approved a bylaw giving themselves holiday and sick pay. The matter had been discussed at me special meeting het week, at which the press had not been notified, and a third reading was given the bylaw, Monday, The new regelations give coun- cillors their regular stipend if Only three accidents were re- ported by the local OPP detach- ment this past week, but in one of those damage amounted to over $1,500. The accident took place on Sunday at County Road 11 and Highway 83, east of Exeter. OPP Constable Bill Glassford reported that cars involved were driven by William Robert Ell- wood, Willowdale; Leona Marie Cottle, RR 1 Kirkton; LOrne Cald- well Finlayson, RR 1 Cromarty. The Cottle car was eastbound On Highway 83 and Was waiting for the Ellwood vehicle to pass before making a left turn, when Finlayson pulled out of the Side- road and struck the westbound Ellwood car. Ellwood's car was then spun around into the Cottle car. None of the drivers was in- jured in the incident, On Saturday at 9:10 a.fil., Coif stable Ed Wilcox investigated an accident on Highway 83 about five miles west of Exeter. Involved was a car driven by James Heber, RR 3 Zurich, and a fuel truck driven by RaySinith, 79 Gidley Street, Exeter. Tenders called for road work The Hon. C. S. MacNaughton reported this week that tenders have been called for reconstruc- tion of Highway 4 from the Exeter North limits to Kippen. In addition to the work on the 7.5 miles, the contract will in- clude intersection improvements at the junctions of Highway 4 and 83 and also 4 and 84. The contract will be awarded in early October, but the schedal- ing has been delayed slightly in order that construction work will not interfere with traffic to and from the International Plowing Match to be held at Seaforth, Receives gold watch R. W. Turnbull, Exeter, was honored recently with a gold watch denoting 25 years of continuous service with Canadian Canners Limited. Mr. Turnbull has been employed at the Exeter plant since 1941. The presentation was made by Mr. L. H. Johnston, president, Canadian Canners Limited, at the annual meeting in liaMilton. T-A photo Council received a resignation from a town employee Monday and did nothing about it. Reason? They had already fired the man. The resignation was received from probationary police con- stable Jim Warren, who was last week relieved of his duties fol- loWing a decision made at a spe- cial council meeting. In his letter, Warren stated that the wage scale in Exeter was too low, although he said Working conditions were favour- able. He said he also thought other members of the pOlice depart-. Ment had "something cooked up" against hiM since he started. Committee chairman Ted Wright reported that he had re. ceived the letter of resignation after telling Warren that he had been relieved of his dutieS and the letter was filed. Clerk Eric Carscadden re- ported that three applications for the position had already been received and the police col" tnittee Were asked to open the letters on September 30 and to have a report for the next meet- ing. Mayor Delbridge and Wright are to have a meeting with the Ontario Police Commission be, fore that time, and there is a suggestion that they will see if