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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-01-25, Page 1Similar tp many of their cpunt- erparte in Western Ontario, rep- reeentatives fro m elementary WI secondary 40001 hoards in Heron Comity voted Monday night to exPresp official opposition to the OnteriO ,government's, plan to implement county school boards next year. RepresentatiVes of all but three boards attended a meeting in Brucefield and opted by a Maier- ity of more than two to one to attempt to veto the Plan. Thirteen boards opposed the move, six were in favor and one remained undecided, A verbal poll taken by Caley Hill, Goderich, chairman of the meeting, indicated many of the boards opposed the move on the grounds it would be more expen- sive and many of the municipali- ties in Huron would not have a representative on the board. Some indicated that while they opposed county boards, they would be in favor of having one board administer all the educa- tion in each of the present five high school districts. In their reports, many repre- sentatives said the move to county boards appeared inevitable, but this was refuted by Goderich HS representative Dan Murphy. "If you're opposed, fight it to • the end," Murphy advised. 'You have nothing to lose." He explained to members that county boards were not a cer- tainty, pointing to the fact some pieces of proposed legislation are defeated if enough opposition is presented. As an example, he recalled the Police Bill presented a few years ago by former Attorney General Fred Cass. "It didn't pass because there was too much opposition to it," he stated. Murphy said he agreed with some representatives that there • didn't appear to be enough in- formation to voice an opinion, but added that the minister of education has already indicated the move will cost taxpayers more money. "If it's going to cost more money and there's nothing to • indicate we're going to get better education, then why do we want it?" he questioned. It was after his remarks that four of the five undecided boards agreed to oppose the plan. From this area, the Hay, Ste- phen and the Stanley-Tucker- * smith boards favored the move to county boards. SHDHS represen- tative Garnet Hicks said his board had reached no decision but would "fall in line" with the majority opinion expressed at the meeting, Resort PUC absorbs hike Aeof a a . While their parents enjoyed snowmobile rides at the Pine Ridge Chalet. in Hay Swamp, Sunday, these young- sters took advantage of the slopes at the winter recrea- tion spot to try out their "flying, saucers". The enjoy- ment of the ride is clearly indicated by the facial ex- pressions. Long way from home Receiving etelipreetit from bettiterk IS nothing YieW forlf, P. Farm Mach ner but 80 It c Ines ri he tritelk in Which Wee l- tided tit the WW1% that is different. PreSidentbf the fitin t Erik Greeley, Said It May have been the hitt tittle for this iinustialfpradide in C anCeded The trilelt telitatiting 182 fertilitat spreaders was loaded Hjorririg, Denmark and arrived by boat in. OW VOA, 'Where it once again took to the highways and 'Made the last leg of the, trip from Torontei behind a dl*itii6t-tuCkey Van, Peter Gravlev, Lloyd Eagleaoh, Rey Stover and Ed• Bern Unload the sliipinent while Mr. Gravity looks on. He said the Triethod Of traVel eqUirimeht to be Shipped in' 'detite the eleaing of the t ,S tawrettee Seaway for the winter nietitha, 'VA Photo- JOHN MOVSSEAU DRAGS HIS FEET Closes out business --operated 31 years Huron boards officially oppose one 1:ogard, plan The representetives decided to. prepare a brief to submit to the department of.education, the two Iuron Members of Parliament, and the County cpencil, Named to draw up the brief were the executive chosen at the meeting; caley Hill, Ceder-. chairtnen; Vern Aiderdice, Huron Centeneial,Vice-chairma.n; During Thursday afternoon's sitting of Huron County Council, members turned down a recom- mendation by the health com- mittee to approve the amalgam- ation of units from Huron and Perth. At the outset of the discussion suggested by Chairman Borden Cook, reeve of Blyth, to take the form of a "clause by clause study", Reeve Ken Stewart, Mc- Killop, asked that council go into a committee of the whole with the press and all other spectators excluded. Following recall, Clerk John Berry issued a. prepared state- ment to the press that the pro- Minor damage in town crash Exeter's police department re- port only one accident during the week, that being investigated by Constable George Robertson at 11;10 a.m., Sunday. Drivers of the cars involved were Rev. Ivor Etoderiliam, RR 2 Kippen, and Victor Jeffery, 373 Edward St. Total damage in the aceident amounted to about $200. Rev. Bodenharn was southbound on Albert Street and Jeffery was travelling west on Jaines Street When they collided at the inter- section Of James and Albert. Morgan Smith, Huroe Centennial, secretary. At the plose of the Meeting Dan Murphy was added to the committee, In closing- discussion, Hill Pointed out the ProeoPed lion wap not law as yet and "there is a fairly good chance that some very distinct amendments Could take place" before it does be- posal had been turned down "un- til such time that a more clear cut plan of regional government is established for all forms of county government." A recorded vote showed 43 against and four in favor of the amalgamation. The report had recommended the amalgamation not on the strength of the Ontario Depart- ment of Health promised increase of subsidy from 50 per cent to 75 per cent alone but with an eye to improved and expanded ser- vices to the public. The pro- posed new district was to have included the counties of Huron and Perth, the city of Stratford and the town of St. Marys, The report had also proposed that either a secretary or a treasurer be appointedfrom each of the two counties involved. Headquarters the board recom- mended should be in a central area. Speculation had risen that Seaforth might be a logical choice of location, although this was not mentioned in the report. Dr. G. P. A, Evans, MOH f o r Huron, was on hand for the dis- cussion but was barred from the council chamber when members went into a committee of the whole, He sent word later in the day that he would be Available for comment and questioning, but doundil did not summon the doc- tor for his opinionS. come law, Some of the comments expreese eti in the opposition to the move to county boards were as follows: The cost is going to be too greet, — We wouldn't have a repre- sentative. Lose touch with school' and individual school problems. — Haven't given the enlarged, township boards an ppportunity tq prove themselves yet, — Board would be top imper- sonal. It's another step towards re- gional government, which I don't favor. New York tried it and they are now going back to our system. Of the six boards which favor the new plan, it was indicated that members of those boards were not in unanimous agreement. Vern Alderdice, chairman of the Tuckersmith-Stanley board said it was a two to two split on his board and that left the decision up to him. He said he favored the new plan as "it would be a good thing over a period of time" and could standardize education —Please turn to page 2 Exeter council held a special meeting Friday in an effort to reach a final decision regarding the letting of a contract for gar- bage collection. In view of the fact council has received three prices submitted on a voluntary basis, they decid- ed to make a formal tender call. The notice of tender will ap- pear in the London Free Press and any other newspapers upon which Clerk Eric Carscadden may decide. in addition he will send in- vitations to the three persons who have already submitted vol- untary estimates. The tenders are to be ac- companied by a contract pre- pared by the Town solicitor and be in the hands of the clerk by February 19. The contract that is accepted will take effect Mardi 1. The tenders are to State the type of equipment to be used and standby equipment. The garbage must be ,collected twice during each week; one day at the be- bid area residents decide to drive With more caution as One of their centennial projects? That May be one of the retie' one for the deCline shoWtt in the accident Statistics Coin-piled tor 1967 by Cpl. C. J. Mitchell, head of the Exeter OPP detach- ment, For the firtt time in recent years; the accident total in thia area dipped with 201 accidents In 198/ Compared with the 229 the previous year. Another &the encouraging sta., tiaties is That only three persons Were killed in highway crashes daring' centennial year, While there. Were 10 Who that violent death§ In 1968.. The nun* r `of injuries also tleCilited froth 110 to 111 And the amount of property debate in accidents dropped 16 $118,490. The fighte for '11166viaS 400. Two figures that they help explain the decline in accidents ginning and one day later in the week. In addition to this business, council debated the clearing of snow on sidewalks. Councillors Wooden and Wright presented a motion to have the Town cease plowing sidewalks. They failed to gain any sepport for this. Council instructed the clerk to prepare a bylaw requiring oWners of properties on Main Street, from Sanders to Heron, to remove snow and ice from sideWalkS in trout of their prop- erties. It was brought to the attentioe of council the show on sidewalks in front of Town property was not being removed and the property committee was asked to investi, gate and correct the situation. The clerk Was also asked to prepare a bylaw authorizing the levying of the costs to the prop- erty owner involved in clearing Sanitary sewers, unless it is deterMined that the blockage Is caused by faulty installation on the part of the municipality. are the number Of charges letd under the llighWay Traffic Act and the amount of fleet levied. The area OPP officers nearly doubled the number of driving 'charges laid as 596 drivere'Were Charged. in 1988 the inne-et of charges -Wider the IlighweyTtaf, fie Act WAS 322. One of the reasons for the in- crease in charges WAS the use of the. opp Air 'patrol to crack dOWII Oh speeders Highway -The I ne 4 t. imposed In 1961 * reached 0,90, 'While the total In 1966 was $4,1"34. charges tinder the etithinal Code and the :Liquor Control Ad also juritted last year, but very little. There Were 28 charges under the trinminal Code, p tWo, While the Ltk charges In, treated from 57 to •Atil The reports for 1966 appear to be ,folloWitig 1981 to dale, and bite Week the 614, Were called Members of Grand Bend coun- cil were advised Tuesday night that the proposed water system has again been delayed and in- stallation won't get underway un- til the fall at least, They had been assured in December it would be done this spring. Councillors just shook their heads in disbelief at the news, being accustomed to delays on the project. Reason for the delay as ex- plained by the OWRC and the Ontario Municipal Board was the fact that severalproperty owners in the resort were not properly Clarence toJitn" airb a irn, Who has operated an egg grading and poultry business in Exeter for the past 31 years, announced this week he would be' discon- tinuing the business after Feb- ruary 3. upon to investigate only one crash. It Was a hit and run "incident in bishWood, shortly before midi night, taturday, Stephen Township Reeve JAM lhOier had his car 'parked in front of hiS home at HoWlatict and :Fried Street§ When a car smashed Into the front of it. barrage was Hated at approx ithately 'WO by OPP DonStable E. t, Investigation into the incident it continuing and Constable 'COX reported he l'S looking tor a red or reddisitbroWnVolimatagen with slight damage to its front lender and headlight, buting the oaielveelt j the 'OPP laid Seven 'charges u n d er the IligliWay Traffic Act and another 21 'drivers were 'given warnings. The officers 'Spent 177 limit§ be petrel atici Covered a distance of 1,622 notified that the water lines would pass their properties. These properties — 17 in all — were not included among the streets listed in the official ad- vertising apparently due tp an error by the engineer, the late William Ayearst, Sectio ns of street omitted •from the list were Beach Lane and Sauble Road. Reeve Ory Wassmann indicat- ed he contacted the OWRC im- mediately after word was re- ceived last week that these pers- ons would have to be contacted and given an opportunity to voice their approval or disapproval moved into the Mein Si. location Which northerly served as the P110 office. Daring the peak Of the bitSie,- liege, the firm 'handled troth 200 to 225 cases Of eggs a week, with 30 dozen eggs to a case, Pick- ups Were made froth area Milt , ens for over 20 yeara, with thOt practice being disebtitintied Acid eight years ago. Iii 'recent years, most of the eggs handled came froth Mr. tairbeith*s OWti investigate entry into 'la cottages OPP COriatable •J. A. Wright Of the 'Exeter detaehment it in vestigating 13 cottage 'breakins at the Highlands stibdivisien berth of Grand Bend, The breakint Occurred (Wring the past two W'ee'ks: Total amountofprOperty stolen will not be known Until all the cottage "Owners have been able to check their cottages. with the water system plan, At first he was told that send- ing registered letters to the 17 owners would not suffice, but after he pointed out many were from as far away as Hamilton and Michigan, the OMB gave approval to sending out regist- ered letters. Wassmann explained this pro- cedure alone would take five weeks, and even if there were no dissenters, it would take another month at least before tenders could be approved. "This would put it well into April before work could com- mence, and we can't have that," Wassmann noted. "We'll have to stipulate once again we can't have any work done during the summer months," he added. "Imagine what would happen if everything was torn up around here in July and August," Coun- cillor Howard Green remarked. "Yoe might as well lock your doors." Wassmann said if the OWRC wanted to go ahead and put the pipeline into the village limits ie. June this would be okay, but he again stated he didn't want to see any construction in the resort during the peak summer months. While Wassmann suggested most of the blame for the delays should go to the OWRC, OMB and the engineer, he said the council may have beenpartly to blame for not checking all the streets list- ed in the advertisement by the engineer. "When you're paying an engin- eer $14 an hour you shouldn't have to questionwhat he's doing," Clerk Murray Desiardins re- plied. The Reeve saidhetifelt sorry" for the people who had built new homes in the past year on the understanding water Would be available this spring. He also held the same feeling for people who had been repairing pumps and ether equipment in recent —Please t'urn to page 2 ma improve A Whalen area youth is report- ed in "improved tem:Mien" in Vieteria Hospital, London, fol- lowing e shooting accident bear Whalen Saturday afternoon. John Eglitls, 14, son of Mr: and Mrs. Janis Eglitia, RR 1 Gratititi f was hunting with two chums when the accident hap- pened. A .22 calibre rifle carried by One Of the WS accidently charged and The inilletpetietrated the back of the boy's head mid lodged near the front of thealkiill. The slug was removed by Surg- ery. The three youths were 'Weill% Oh the farm 'of William Morley and one of the 11'10 ran half a Mlle to seek 'help, A toboggan \yea taken to the field and the boy was strappetion and then taken to St, aseph's 110Spital by Mr. Morley. lie was later transferred to Vieteria GPIs Constable 'Ed Wilcox, Oaf the EReter tietathitent, IS flit Vattigating the incident, • 4 Despite an increase in power costs of 8.75% from Ontario Hy- dro, Grand Bend PUC decided last week to try and absorb the in- crease without additional cost to subscribers. PUC chairman Douglas Martin reported the new 1968 interim rate will be made effective by Ontario Hydro on the March 1 billing. He stated that the resort util- ity has not had an increase in rates since the Commission was formed, and only one rate ad- justment in 1962. In December the Commission requested Ontario Hydro to make a rate study of Grand Bend and a letter received recently indicat- ed this study would be done as soon as practical after the 1967 year end statistics are available. Students assist Salvation Army Students of SHDHS undertook a big task Monday evening, that of can- vassing the entire area on behalf of the. Salvation Army. The young- sters came through with flying colors as they received a total of $1,026 in donations from the territory covered by the high school 'area, Above, student council president Gary Flaxbard of Zurich is shown with some of his canvassers. From left, John Goddard, Hen- sail, Martin. Manley, Grand Bend, Janet Miller, Dashwood, Fred Simmons, Exeter, Kathy Taylor, Grand Bend and Brenda Dinney of Exeter. If anyone wishes to make further contributions to the worth- while cause they will be accepted by R. E. Pooley or Reg MacDonald. Discuss need of doctor GB water delayed again . . JOHN MUNN FINDS IT RELAXING County turns down health amalgamation . . . KAREN SOLDAN CAN'T WATCH Tender for garbage to start in March Fatalities down seven Almost double charges Crash. figures decline Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 25, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents He cited the high cost of Oper- ating a business with only one eorrumodity as one of the reasons for his decision to close out the C * business. He started into the egg grad- 10 ing business 31 years ago With of a bern at the rear of their victim is his Sister, Agnes, operating Out hotise at 88 Sanders St. West, They later moved the business - . to the opera house and in 1943 00