Loading...
The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-06-13, Page 1Land large laker Fishing continues to be excellent in the northern portions of our province as Gerald Morley of town will attest to. Morley is shown above with a 17 1/2 pound lake trout he caught in Lake Muskoka, Sunday while trolling with Jack Glover and George McCullagh. Pool opens Saturday plan season tickets Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 13, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents *A N tink.'. • • N,:•4•1 `. ,,• • '4k.. 4 0t.N111.4 Kidsdon't mind the heat thiS week's beat wave Slowed down most adults, but area kids didn't appear to mindit a bit. 'M'o'st of then); donned swim suits and enjoyed A splashing geed time in wading peat, •VolingtterS,AbOVe are Brenda Pinder, 'Catherine, Tom arid bang Raymond, nnd Garthttichardtene OliOtd Stephen plans to open school at Huron Park rer rm. r; ret!" ' r:trir t ' t..; • • °•" Pilip MiT"'" por-ina VV. Graduate nurse Mrs. Judith mcLeish, daughter of Mrs. Snelgrove and the late Andrew Snelgrove graduated from Hamilton Civic Hospital school of nursing in Hamilton on June 9 at McMaster Univer- sity. She has accepted a position on the staff of Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington. Attains doctorate Walter E. Creery received his Ph. D. degree from Yale Uni- versity in New Haven, Conn., this week. The SHDHS graduate is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ther- on Creery, Usborne Township. Dr. Creery is engaged at the present time as an associate professor of philosophy at York 'University, Toronto. His mother, wife and two *children attended the graduation exercises. Make plans for July 1 Representatives of council and Exeter service clubs met Mon- day to draft plans for the Dornin- ion Day celebration to be held on July 1. Highlight of the program will be a giant fireworks diSplay in the evening. Also on the evening prOgram will be a horse show and a ball gaMe featuring a team from London and all-start from the Exeter and district recrea tion loop. These events will be held in Riverview Park and the charge will be $1.00 per family or 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. This will be the only charge throughout the entire program. The day commences at River- view Park at 2t00 p.m. and will feature 'the popular canoe joust- ing tilts which were a feature in last year's centennial ptOgram, plus diving and swimming con- tests, races and games fOr the children, euchre contests and bingo for adultS and a square dancing exhibition. Please turn to page 2 Due to the fOrination of County School Board system s, some changes are taking place as far as public school boards in the area are concerned. One of the hoards in the area that will be Affected most is the Stephen Township School Area. Under the new school regulations that go into effect on January 1, 1969, students attending school in a county other than the one they live in may complete their edrication there, The S t ep he n board feels it would be more economical in their case to traps- fer nearly 50 students from the westerly portion of Stephen, now attending Grand Bend public school to Stephen Central, as of this September. In order to take care of these extra students and an expected increase of school population at Centralia's Huron park, the Ste- phen School Board has purchased J.A.D. McCurdy school at Cen- tralia from the Ontario Develop- ment Corporation for a "nominal sum" and will be opening four At their final meeting before the fall term, the SHDHS board Tuesday night approved an ex- penditure of approximately $8,- 000 to build a new quarter mile track on the playing field. The former track and playing field was cut into with the new addition and the new track will run north and south on' the area east of the school. Principal J. L. Wooden told the board the cost of the track was "cheap" in comparison with the fact Wingham were considering a $50,000 track. The board also approved an expenditure of another $5,000 to purchase a Soni one-inch video tape recorder and ancillary equipment. This will be used for taping TV shows. It was also decided to hire Ken Brydges, audio-visual tech- nician at the school, on a full- time basis. At present he is employed only part-time. Another expenditure of about $4,000 was approved to instal the lighting for the stage in the new auditorium at the school. Business administrator W. D. Burton reported that much of the outside work was now being completed and the old portion of the school has been painted. NO ACTION The board took no action re- garding a brief being prepared by the Ontario Trustees Council to oppose a move by the Teach- ers' Federation regarding the transfer of teachers from one school to another when the county boards assume jurisdiction next year. The teachers' group feel there may be some indiscriminate transfers that could create un- due hardships for teachers if they have to leave one school to teach at another. They have suggested that a Ad manager off to London Howie Wright, advertising manager of The Times-Advocate for the past year and a half, leaves this week to accept a po- sition with the promotiondepart- ment at the London Free Press. His advertising duties will be assumed by editor Bill Batten. Sports editor Ross Haugh and women's editor Shirley Keller will handle extended duties in news and photo assignments, be- ginning with next week's issue. rooms in September, Officials declined to reveal the pirre hasp price until the transaction has been finalized, pat Soldan, now teaching at Grand Bend Will become Principal of the Centralia school when it reopens in the fall. At present about 50 students from Huron Park are attending Stephen central and they will change to J.A.D. McCurdy school in SePteMber along with young- sters from Centralia village and the easterly portion of the town, ship. At Stephen Central, Donald Finkbeiner, now the vice-prin- cipal will take over the principal duties in September replacing Ronald Heimrich who has accept- ed the principalship of a 17-room school at Keswick, on Lake Sim- coe. Miss Sharon Lightfoot will as- sume the vice-principal respon, sibility. With the overload of students transferred to C entralia, the Ste- phen Central school will now transfer review board be estab- lished to consider any appeals from teachers in such circum- stances. The Trustees Council are of the opinion that a review board would create delays, would be costly, and would hamper the county boards in their objective of providing equal educational opportunities for all students in the county. Members of the SHDHS' board were of the opinion that the teach- ers' fears were groundless and felt there would be no indis- criminate transfers. In other business, the board: Learned that negotiations have not been completed with the teachers for salaries, and passed a motion supporting the manage- ment committee's latest offer to the teachers. Approved paying fees for two Exeter youths, Richard Barkley and Randy Jones, to continue their studies at Beal Technical School in London. The two are in courses not offered at SHDHS. Agreed to hire one of the part- time female custodians on a full- time basis. Doubt any rush for liquor spots There has been no particular rush by anyone to build addition- al liquor outlets in Exeter since the community voted approval last month and predictions are that it may be a year before any such facilities are established here. A spokesman for Exeter In- dustrial Developments poi nt e d out establishment of a motor hotel or some other facility is bound to be slow for two reasons. First of all, it would probably take close to a quarter of a mil- lion dollars and "you don't run into people with that kind of money every day". Secondly, members of the local industrial development board ex- pect that the north end would be the location chosen and no build- ing would take place until sewers are installed. Sewers are planned for this area next year as part of the re- construction of the highway from the bridge to the northern limits. Members of Exeter Industrial Developments have co n t act e d three parties who had previously shown interest in building liquor outlets and they have also in- vestigated methods of advertising the fact that the community is open for such a facility. operate full-time remedial and Junior opportunity classes In ad- dition to a kindergarten class and nine regular class rooms, Stephen Township clerk WA- mar D, Wein told the T-A that 139 housing units are now leas- ed at Huron park, Centralia, with additional leasings almost daily, In Opening the Centralia school, it is expected transportation costs for the school area will be cut slightly. For the first time in the four year operation of the Exeter swimming pool, swimmers of the area will have the opportunity to take advantage of a season ticket plan for public swimming. Children will be allowed a sea- son admission to the pool for $5, children 14 and over will pay $7.50 and $20 will admit an entire family. At its regular meeting Monday, RAP, the committee that admin- isters all business of recreation, arena and parks In Exeter decided to give the season ticket.plan a try for one year. Purchase of season tickets is not compulsory as the fees of last year will be in effect for those wishing to pay each time they visit the pool. Children will continue to pay 14 each time they swim, youngsters 14 and over will be charged 24 and adults will pay 54. At the same time, the Wages of the three swimming instructors were set for the coming year. Cori Plomp, who is returning as swimming supervisor, will re- ceive $60 per week. Senior as- sistant Doug Beaver who is start- ing his third year at the pool will be paid $50 per week and Carol Lynn Shapton in her second seas- on will receive $85 per week in a junior supervisor's capacity. Both assistant 'supervisors Announce clinics for rabies shots The lengthy reprieve enjoyed by Exeter dogs has ended. Exeter council earlier this year enlisted the services of the London Humane Societylo catch dogs running at large, but the service was Subsequently delay- ed due to varionScircirmstante8. However, S. W, Bone, manager of the Landon Humane Society, reported that animal control of- fivers commence their du- ties in the community this week. tensall dogs apparently 'will still enjoy the reprieve as Conn- ell there has not as yet signed any agreement with the linthisie Society. Mr. Bone did not ditelOSO which day the officerS would start In Et ter., but pointed out they would not follow any set schedule on their weekly visits hero anyway. passed their Red Cross Patrol Leader Swimming Courses in London a couple of weeks ago, gaining marks in excess of 80 in theory and B ratings in swim- ming. Recreation Director Alvin Wil- lert reported the four girls that will be supervising the Kinsmen playground program would be at- tending a Playground Leaders' Course in Goderich from June 16 to 21. For the first time this course is being operated by Conestoga Community College in co-oper- ation with the Lake Huron Zone Recreation Directors and the Community Programs Branch of —Please turn to page 2 Reprieve ends for local dogs Area residents will be able to have their pets vaccinated at tableS clinics planned in the next two WeekS. Several clinics have already been held in northern Huron in the drive to have all county pets vaccinated to cut down on the threat of rabies, which has been On the increase again this year. The clinics are sponsored by the department of agriculture and the Huron County Health Unit. Clinics in thiS area are as fob- lows: Britcefield and Bayfield, June 19; Exeter, June 20; 'Zurich and Hentall, June 21; Dashwood and CreditOil i June 25; Grand Bend, June 26; Attie 27. Posters have been erected to , communities giving the times Of the elinict. There it no charge for 'the vaccination. Tender is called for street work 'fenders were nailed this Week for the reconstruction Of Main Street in Exeter, The tenders will be 'opened during the arst week Of July and work could start a Week niter that, Engineer B, M. Rest indicated to EXeter officials this week it may be possible to have the con- tractor On the site by July ^ )0! NrrIg,11.1 Irkt"rel ill Huron's agriculture represen- tative, Doug Miles, also made some general comments about planning and noted the problems which already existed with regard to water and soil pollution. He said one of the biggest headaches was now the disposal In a surprise move, Mrs. Shir- ley Weary, Goderich, has been nominated to contest the riding of Huron for the New Democratic Party in the June 25 federal elec- tion. The party held a nomination meeting in Hensall two weeks ago, but no candidate came forth and it appeared that the party would not be represented in the local riding. However, a small group of the executive and other interest- ed parties met again pridaynight in Goderich and encouraged Mrs. Weary to run. The 33-year-old candidate has taught business and commerce subjects at Central Huron. Sec- Graduates Robert W. Middleton, Hensall, recently graduated from the Ca- nadian School of Embalming in Toronto. He is employed at the R. C. Dinney Funeral Home in Exeter. 4 The impact of planning goes beyond a single municipality and this is one of the basic reasons why there should be an overall plan for Huron County, E. A. Gomme told South Huron muni- cipal representatives in Exeter, Wednesday. Gomme, who is head of the community planning branch, de- partment of municipal affairs, outlined further benefits of county planning to the 35 persons in attendance. He suggested a county plan would be more economical than each community having a single plan, because there would be no overlapping of work in prepar- ing such a plan. "You get a much better job at less cost if the appropriate num- bers are in the planning area," he said, adding there would be more consistency between com- munities. At the present time, only Ex- eter has an official plan, although the other four towns in the county are working on. such a project. The idea of a county plan failed to generate much enthusi- asm, although a majority of those in attendance held up their hands when asked if the county com- mittee should continue on its pro- ject to promote a county plan. He said existing plan ni ng boards could stay in existence as subsidiary boards or could be dissolved; the decision being that of the municipal council involved. The background of countyplan- ning was given by Bert Such, reeve of Goderich, who is chair- man of the county industrial and tourism committee. He explained the committee had been given the task of encouraging industry and tourist trade in Huron and members had decided. that a plan was need- ed. "This wouldn't be a hard plan that couldn't be altered," he stat- ed, "but one that we can vary as the needs require." Such said that at the present time the five towns were similar to five voices in the wilderness seeking industrial development. tgA plan would mold the county together and enable us to promote it as a place to work, live and play," he added. He said it didn't matter where industry settled within the county because it would bring oppor- tunities to all residents. Okay new track for school grounds . Donate TV for hospital patients Miboiatit Delbricige, right, accepts a portable television an behalf Of South fintoti ilbspital from members Of the Exeter Legion Ladies Auxiliary. `Making the pretentatien are Mrs. ban McLOed, treaturer, and MrS. Gerald Wurin, 'president. The TV Will be provided free for the rise ofpatiefitS, with Legion or Auxiliary members getting first priority. T-A photo oh, r " F • I HIS SIM 1111 III Ilia MIN 1111117 of animal wastes, noting that 1,000 steers required the same disposal means as a town of 10,000 people. "Because there are many, problems facing us, I am a sup- porter that something has to be — Please turn to page 3 ondary School in Clinton for the past four years. Her husband is employed by Dominion Road Ma- chinery in Goderich. They have two boys and two girls, all except one in school. Prior to coming to this area, Mrs. Weary lived in Renfrew County, Ottawa and Hamilton. While in Hamilton she was em- ployed as an office worker by a union and was an executive member of the Office Employees International Union. She explained she has been interested in politics for some time and felt that someone should represent the NDP in litir90? "There are people in }Wpm interested in the ND? party and they should have an opportunity to show that interest," she stated. The school teacher also feels that women should have equal opportunities with men and there- fore have equal responsibilities* Commenting on her chances, she said one must be realistic and traditionally there wasn't much chance of an NDP can- didate winning in this riding: "H oweve r, I will certainly try," she quickly added. Mrs. Weary said Tuesday she has no plans formulated as yet for any party rallies, but she got her first taste of campaign- ing Tuesday night when she join- ed the other Huron candidates at a Lions meeting in Wingham. Graham Beakhurst, a student from Ottawa, has been listed as the Goderich woman's official agent. Nominations closed this week and returning officer Garnet Hicks reported that Gord Mc- Gavin, Walton, has been named the official agent for Liberal can- didate malt Edgar, and Ernie Parks, Clinton, will handle those responsibilities for PC candidate Bob McKinley. J.A.D. McCURDY SCHOOL AT HURON PARK, CENTRALIA TAKEN OVER BY STEPHEN County planning project draws reserved reaction Woman at Goderich enters election race