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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-11-10, Page 1Get ready to snip ribbon on bridge Set rates for elementary schools taking trade courses at SHDHS The $111:ms board approved a plan. Tuesday night for the setting of fees for area elementary school boards to send students to commercial and technical courses. Management committee chair- man Dr. R. W. Read gave the report which was a draft of the letter which will be sent to the various inspectors and boards in the area. It is hoped that commercial and technical subjects will be available next September, al- though the progress on the ad- dition will be the deciding factor as to when classes will start. In effect, the cost to elementary school boards will cover the salaries of the teachers. For illustration purposes, the committee detailed the cost on the basis of a class of 40 grade eight students coming to SHDHS for two periods (about one hour and fifteen minutes) for a total of 35 weeks. Cost of instruction to be met by the school board in this par- ticular case would be $30 per week for a total annual cost of $1,050, The letter concludes that "since it is getting close to bud- get time and teacher requirement time for all boards, the SHDHS board would like to have an in- dication of your interest in this extension to your educ at io n al program before Christmas and a definite commitment by Jan- uary 15 if your board wishes to participate in 1967-68. Transportation costs will be strictly up to the individual All week's crashes are one-car variety Huron officials get ready to officially open a reconstructed stretch of the Crediton Road, Friday. A biting wind greeted the officials and may have had something to do with the fact the Hon. C. S. Mac- Naughton decided four men should share in the honor of snipping the ribbon, thereby speeding up proceedings. After the ceremony on the Crediton bridge, the guests retired to the Dashwood hall for further This has been an "unusual" week for members of the Exeter OPP detachment. They had four accidents and oddly enough all four involved only one car. In addition, they were called to the scene of a "fatal" accid- ent only to find the "victim" very much alive. That incident took place Sat- urday at 11:05 p.m. when mem- bers of the detachment and the coroner were called to an ac- cident on Highway 84, about half a mile west of Hensall. They were told there had been a fatal accident. However, they arrived to find the driver, Eldon C. Vanstone, Hensall, very much alive. Ap- parently he had been knocked unconscious when his car left the road and ran into a tree in the ditch and the first persons ceremonies and a lunch. Above from the left: Stephen Reeve Jim Hayter; former reeve and Huron warden, Glenn Webb; Huron Warden Ken Stewart; Mr, MacNaughton; and Don MacKenzie, road committee chairman, just moving into position. In the background are OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell and Huron road superintendent J. W. Britnell, Total cost of the road job is $1,022,000, --T-A photo Approved a request from Busi- ness Administrator W. D, Burton that he be permitted to join the Ontario Association of School Business Officials at a cost of $10, That also includes affilia- tion with a U.S. group. He pointed out that much worthwhile Ma- terial was distributed by the group. Asked the management com- mittee to bring in a detailed plan for rental of school faci:1- ties. Decided to ask the Town of Exeter to issue debentures for the addition in January. Mr. Bur- ton reported that having the money could result in a saving of up to $10,000 in interest. Approved a motion whereby they decided to pay up to $60 for a teacher's tuition and ex- pense for a recognized extension course if it immediately benefits instruction in the school. This is not to exceed an expenditure of $600 per year for the staff. The course may not be one that would put the teacher in a higher salary schedule unless so ap- proved by the board. boards, although Rev. John Boyne questioned if it would be desirable to set up a pooling of costs among all participating boards, lie said this would then make the costs equal for all boards, regardless of their proximity to the high school. "That's for discussion of the public school boards, net us," W. F. B, MacLaren pointed out, Principal Douglas Palmer pointed out it would be no major consideration as the transporta- tion grants available to the elem- entary school boards would make the situation equitable. He explained that the reason for an early answer from the elementary boards being neces- sary was in the fact that it could make a difference in the number of teachers required at the high school next year. The report of the committee and the suggested fee was ap- proved by the board and the letters will be sent out im- mediately to area elementary boards. In other business, the board: Learned that bonds on roofs weren't worth the paper they are written on and that they would have to pay the entire cost of the $1,917.80 needed to fix parts of the present roof at the school. Approved the purchase of a chest freezer for the cafeteria. Decided to charge the Bethel Reformed Youth Fellowship a total of $130 for the use of school facilities for a recent weekend conference. The original price had been $180, but the group requested a reduction in view of the fact they did not use all the facilities for which they had been billed. As well, they didn't make enough money to cover the larger figure. Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 10, 1966 Price Per Copy 15 Cents ARCA tour attracts 35 Centennial plans outlined, suggests endless fun fest Hay area is now largest on the scene thought he was dead. He suffered only minor in- juries although his vehicle was almost a total wreck. Investig- ating officer was Constable John Wright. The first of the week's crashes took place on the same day, at 12:15 a.m. on the second and third concessions of Hay Town- ship, about one and a half miles north of Highway 84. Damage was estimated at $1,- 000 to a car driven by Beverley J. Hirtzel, Centralia. His vehicle went out of control as he pro- ceeded north on the road. It went into the east ditch and rolled onto its roof. Constable Wright investigat- ed that accident and he was also the investigating officer at a one- car crash on Highway 83 on Sun- day at 4:30 p.m. Involved was a car driven by Howard J. Klumpp, Dashwood, He had been westbound near the Goshen Line when a dog ran out of the ditch in front of him. In attempting to avoid a collision with the dog, the driver swerved and his car went out of control, eventually hitting some trees in the south ditch. Damage was 1 ' ted at $1,500, Cauley, secretary of the local centennial committee. He explained he was present to provide a progress report from the centennial committee as well as to enlist council's support for some of the activities. McCauley pointed out the cen- tennial committee, under the di- rection of R. E. Pooley, hope to Fashion shows, beard growing contests, fish derbies, log rolling contests, drama, concerts in the park, skating carnivals, fiddlers' contest, etc. etc. These are just a few of the ideas being presented as suitable programs to mark Canada's centennial in Exeter. The ideas were presented to council, Monday, by Terry Mc- Attains degree Ron Heimrich, principal of the new Stephen Central School, re- ceived his Bachelor of Arts de- gree at fall convocation at the University of Western Ontario. The native of Zurich is a gra- duate of SHDHS. Council backs plan to boost tax income have groups take responsibility for various months in the coming centennial year. He said some had already con- sented to this and the centennial year would start off in January under the AOTS Men's Club at James Street United Church. Oth- er groups to follow would be: RAP, Exeter Public School, SH- DES, South Huron Hospital Aux- iliary, Exeter Saddle Club, Board of Trade, Kinsmen, Lions, Le- gion, Teen Town, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and council. McCauley recommended that council assume leadership for the month of July and include in their activities the opening of the Riverview Park, municipal parades, a town beautification program and a beard growing contest. He said the beard growing contest should be started this December, to not only allow ent- rants long enough to get a good growth, but also to provide a gimmick to get people thinking about the centennial. Deputy-Reeve Phil G a n do n commented that the ideas pre- sented by McCauley indicated the committee had done a lot of planning and were using con- siderable imagination. Councillors were told that a meeting would be held, Tues- day, at which time groups in the community would be asked to list their plans for the cen- tennial. He also said that any persons with other suggestions for the centennial should present them to the committee or to The Times-Advocate. After reviewing the plan of activities, McCauley gave a re- port on the progress of the park improvement project, indicating work was progressing favorably. The committee have made a recommendation for theinstalla- lion of a fountain and a floral town crest and estimates will be presented to council in the near future. , out 35 people, members of thc losable River Conservation AL .ority and area municipal of- ficials, enjoyed a tour of the ARCA watershed Thursday. They viewed many of the points o f interest, including recently completed projects and those still in the planning stage. The tour concluded with a steak dinner at Parkhill, where a question and answer period was held and a film shown. It was the first tour in two years for members. A report in the London Free Press indicated that McGillivray Township Reeve Grant Amos found out during the tour that the ARCA plans to take over his farm, The report indicated that the news came as a surprise to Mr. Amos. This was misleading in that Mr. Amos had been advised pre- viously that the ARCA wanted his land, and while he had not been formally notified that ex- propriation plans were pro- ceeding, he had been told this would happen if he and the ARCA committee could not agree on terms. Rev. John Boyne learned Tues- day that he will have one less job next year. He won't be a member of the SHDHS board. The fact he won't be on the board isn't of his own choosing. The reason for his departure is due to the fact his "em- ployers" — the Exeter PS board — no longer have the opportu- nity to make an appointment to the board. Each year, the public school board with the largest number of students makes an appoint- ment to the SHDHS board. This has always been Exeter PS, but now that the area townships have amalgamated into one board each, the duty falls to the Hay Town- ship School Area Board. Originally it had been indi- cated that Stephen would make the appointment, but it was point- ed out that not all their stu- dents are in the SHDHS area. Some of those attending the Grand Bend school are in the Forest area. RECEIVI 'PINE The fourth accie. it of the week took place at Hillsgreen on Sat- urday at 10:00 p.m. and the driver is now serving a 10-day jail term. Walter Michael Green, Bay- field, was charged by Constable Bill Glassford with driving while his license was under suspension. The officer had been called to investigate an accident caused when Green backed into the front of the store at the small com- munity northwest of Hensall. It was determined that the driver had just had his permit revoked on October 13, On that date, he had been given a $77 fine or an alternative 10-day jail term, Due to the fact he hadn't paid that fine, he decided to spend a total of 20 days in jail, after — Please turn to Page 3 Impaired drivers fined, lose driving priviledges Hensall boosts pay for fire department Two area men had their driv- er's licenses suspended for three months when they pleaded guilty to impaired driving before Mag- istrate Glenn Hays Q.C., in Ex- eter court, Tuesday. Gordon Heist, Crediton, was fined $100 and costs in addition to the suspension. It was his sec- ond offense in the past three years. Karl Roy Kuhn, RR 1 Exeter, was fined $50 on his charge of impaired driving. It was his first such offense. Heist was charged after being stopped by OPP Constable Bill Glassford on October 15 on the Crediton Road. Glassford testi- fied that the accused was driving between 20 and 25 m.p.h. and had been on the shoulder of the road several times. Heist was represented by E. D. Bell, Q,C, He pointed out Heist realized his condition and this was why he was driving slowly. Kuhn was also charged by Glassford on the same road on September 10. The officer said the car was being driven in an erratic manner and when he stop- they build up huge sales and pay only a minimum of business tax in cornparision to other retail merchants. After the communication had been read, Reeve Derry Boyle quickly moved that council con- cur with the suggestion that these firms be required to submit gross receipts and be assessed a per- centage thereof. During the discussion, Clerk Eric Carscadden told members that the LCBO and Brewers' Retail pay a business tax based on 35% of the value of land and buildings they occupy. The same basis of payment is used for Simpsons order offices. How- ever, apparently due to the fact they are set up differently, Eat- on's pay on the basis of 60% of the value of buildings and land they occupy. Carscadden said he felt all businesses shorld pay a tax based on gross receipts. Councillor Joe Wooden ex- claimed that under the present system, both Simpsons and Eat- on's "pay peanuts in this town." Reeve Boyle agreed, adding they were certainly not paying their fair share, Members of Exeter council heartily agreed to concur with a resolution Monday that will bring them more tax dollars if it is approved by the Ontario government. The resolution was from the Town of Wiarton and provides for a new system of taxation of beer and liquor stores in all municipalities, as well as order offices maintained by such firms as Eaton's and Simpsons. The resolutions asks that the aforementioned firms pay taxes based on a percentage of their gross receipts, such as telephone and telegraph companies now do. The latter's assessment is 60% of their gross receipts. The Wiarton resolution noted that order offices operate out of comparatively small spaces and yet they gross large turn-overs. But, they pay a business tax only on a percentage of the space oc- cupied. The resolution also point- ed out that firms mailing cata- logues over the province create unfair competition to local mer- chants and pay no tax to the municipality whatsoever. In the case of the liquor and beer stores, the resolution noted Merchants start Christmas plan Christmas comes to the dist- rict next week when Exeter mer- chants kick-off their annual pro- motion which this year will fea- ture cash prizes totalling $525. Of that amount, $250 will be given away as a jackpot and weekly draws will be held for the remainder, with $55 to be given away each week for five weeks. There will be seven winners each week. In co-operation with area mer- chants, the T-A will plan a spe- cial issue next week. It will be sent to all residents in the area, whether they are subscribers or not. Total circulation will be over 7,000 copies. Stores in Exeter which are participating in the Christmas promotion will start giving away coupons next Thursday. the probation officer and be in their place of residence by 1:30 aern, each day and remain there until 5:00 a,m. This is the sentence handed down to Gary Joseph Victor Overholt, Centralia; John Cad- ler, RR 2 Ailsa Craig; and Lloyd — Please turn to page 3 Members of the Hensall volun- teer fire brigade received a raise in pay at Monday's regular ses- sion of village council. Fire Chief Dave Sangster who spoke on behalf of his volunteer fire fighters will receive $20 per month, plus $2 for each fire call and $3 per hour. On the old pay scale that was scrapped he re- ceived $50 per year and $2.50 for each hour spent fighting a fire. All members of the brigade will be paid a monthly stipend as follows: deputy chief, $10; Bell joins Camp camp captains, $8; engineers, $6 and firemen, $5. In addition they will be paid on the same ad- ditional basis as the chief of $2 per call and $3 an hour. The increases in pay will be retroactive to last January 1. Clerk Earl Campbell said the new rates could mean as much as an additional $1,000 to the yearly fire budget. With these increases council felt they will have to make some arrangements with neighbouring municipalities to up the fees for helping others in case of trouble. In other business, council: Learned that three new flags for the village have arrived. The Canadian and provincial flags will be raised for Remembrance Day, November 11, while the Centennial emblem will be kept until 1967. Discussed but took no action on a suggestion that the by-law covering the housing of animals in the village be revamped, Heard that the Clerk had made application to the Department of Highways for the 1966 road sub- sidy in the amount of $6,005,75. Irish plower `loses' prize Drivers not obeying law Cpl. C. J. Mitchell, head of the Exeter OPP detachment, report- ed this week that area drivers are still not complying with the new regulations regarding School buses. lie explained that it is now mandatory for drivers to stop 130TH ways ter a school bus whin is stopped and has its signals flashing. In past years, it was only necessary to Stop when approach- ing a stopped school bus from the rear, SO remember, you now have tO stop BOTH Ways. ped Kuhn, the latter showed sub- stantial signs of impairment. In other traffic cases: John Pryde Exeter, was fined $10 and costs on a charge of driving a vehicle with an im- proper load. He was charged after a drum came loosefrom his truck and bounced onto the pave- ment. The drum was in turn struck by two cars on the high- way. The incident took place on October 21 on Highway 4. Mrs. Jean Hern, Exeter, paid a fine of $15 and costs for fail- ing to yield the right-of-way. She was involved in an accident on September 23 when she pull- ed onto Main Street in trent of a car driven by Jacob Reder. Thomas A. Dalrymple, Tuck- ersmith Township, was fined $20 and costs after pleading guilty to failing to yield the right-of- way on October 15 at the inter- section of Highway 4 and 84. He was involved in an accident when he pulled into the path of a car on Highway 4. John William Forrest, Kirk- ton, was fined a total of $50 and costs of $5 on charges of con- suming liquor while under the age of 21, and of failing to yield the right-of-way. The youth pull- ed out of the parking lot at the Brewers' Retail on October 12 and was struck by a car travelling on Highway 4 in Exeter. Total damage in the crash amounted to $600. ON PROBATION Three Centralia area youths were each given a two-year sus- pended sentence when they plead- ed guilty to a Charge of mischief laid after they set fire to the planking on the CNR crossing on the Mt, Carrnel Road. In addition, the three will have to appear before a probation Of- ficer every two weeks, must each make restitution in the amount Of $87.05 to the CNR, post a $500 bond to keep the peade, not associate with each other or any other person listed by Teen Town picks new executive The active Exeter Teen Town has new executive Members and they're Frayne, Joan Heywood, Harry Vanl3ergen, adult advisor, Shari shown above during a recent meeting. Standing from the left: Nth Robinson and Linda Bourne, Seated: Ladino. Latour, secretary; Chalmers, JOan Campbell, Mrs. Art Geiser, adult advisor, Rick sue Anne Lindenfield, president; Glen Latour, Vieepreeident. Exeter lawyer E. D. Bell,Q.C., has been prominent in the news for the past week. The president of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party this week issued a statement that he will support national party president Dalton Camp at next week's meeting of the party in Ottawa, Mr. Bell supported the stand that the national meeting should decide by secret ballot whether the party should have a national leadership convention. He denounced the view put for- ward by supporters of party lead- er John Diefenbaker that dele- gates should stand up and be counted on the leadership issue. What that really means, he said, "is that the person pro pounding it wishes to coerce or pressure the delegates in the exercise of his voting power, "The secret ballot was accept- ed by this nation on September 17, 1878, and those who opposed it used the same arguMent — stand up and be counted — as is being presented today." While he noted he was speak- ing only for himself, one Tor- onto daily newspaper pointed out the EReter lawyer will likely exert a Strong influence in rally- ing Ontario delegates to Mr. Camp's side, Mr, Bell will be -- Please turn to page 3 When Jack Barr, a visitor from Ireland, won second place at the International Plowing Match at Seaforth and was awarded a cam- era, no doubt he was looking forward tc using it when he re- turned to his home. However, it seems that the Irishman is now home, but with- out the camera, It's in England and if he wants it he'll have to pay $33 duty at the customs office In London, England, where his airplane landed enroute to Ireland. That's the news supplied this week by William Dickey, RR 1 Woclharn. It was contained in a letter from Thomas Dickey, a brother of the area man who lives about a mile away from Jack Barr at Aehadowey in County Derry, North Ireland.