HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-08-20, Page 3Times-Advocate, August 20, 1970 Fears hospital service
will be affected by cuts No interest 'shown
in Clinton base use
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for the provision of hospital care, feelings on incentive saving, is
that they are possibly lowering
standards, and I think that as a
whole, all hospital personnel
should benefit rather than just
one department.
"In a nut-shell, I believe that
this threat of further cut-backs in
the funds available to hospitals,
raises the serious danger of
corresponding cuts in the hospital
staff and the hospital services for
the people of this province," Miss
Claypole concluded.
At the moment the only thing
certain regarding the closing of
the Canadian Forces Base at
Clinton is that it will cease to
exist as a military installation,
September 1,1971,
According to R. Spencer
Cummings, co-ordinator for
Huron County's base
development committee, things
are almost at a standstill as far as
future plans for the base are
concerned.
Let contracts
for painting
w.
The President of The Ontatio
Hospital Association, Charles fully realize that our governments
clack, has stated that Hospital are justifiably concerned with the
Services will sharply deteriorate if problems of inflation, but we feel
the Federal Government goes that government, in its turn, must
ahead with plans to restrict realize that hospitals Cannot keep
Health Spending in 1971, cutting back their expenditures
"I am very concerned about without adversely affecting the
the severe spending citt-bocks necessary services they are able to
proposed for 1971," 'stated Miss offer to the community,
Mee M. Claypole, Reg. N., and "In 1969, the total amount for
Administrator of South Huron operating all of our Public
Hospital, in Exeter. Hospital Services, went up 15%
'The people of this Province despite the fact that the
are paying far hospitalization, government had allowed an 81/2%
and it may not be available to increase. I feel that we could
them, if these cut-backs in possibly have kept within our
spending are drastic," she budget figure if We had had a continued. normal yeorof operation.
"The Ontario Hospital "Salaries amount to
Services Commission has been approximately 70% of our
most helpful and very fair in. their expenditures," said Miss
assistance to South Huron .Claypole, "and I feel we must
Hospital following the extensive keep our salaries on a level with
flood damage suffered in 1969. other hospitals, particularly in
Their assistance was very much Huron County. Hospitals face the
appreciated by the Hospital same increase in costs that
Board of Directors, the Staff and business and industry face, and
the Community, no hospital can ask its staff to go
"We, as the people responsible without salary increases when
workers in other fields are getting
high settlements.
"Many hospitals are
advocating the productivity
incentive program, and have in
some departments, been able to
curtail some of their expenses, by
which method, the staff members
of that department have
benefited. My own personal
Weber reunion
held in district
The annual gathering of the
Daniel Weber family was held at
the Dashwood Community Park,
August 9, with members from
Bayfield, Brampton, Crediton,
Clifford, Dashwood, Ingersoll,
London, Parkhill, Wingham and
Zurich attending.
Over 40 sat down to a noon
lunch after which Walter Weber
took charge of the program.
Officers for next year are:
Presidents, Rev. and Mrs. C. B.
Carr; secretary-treasurer, Thelma
Weber; sports committee, Mona
and Erle Hamilton and Diane and
Eric Eagleson.
A reading of the Snoopy
Reporters was read by Diane
Eagleson and a short devotion
period was taken by Mrs. C. 13.
Carr and David Carr.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Lightfoot and Mr. and Mrs.
Edward I-fern then took charge of
a well planned group of sports
which was enjoyed by young and
old alike with prizes for the
winning ones.
It was decided to have next
year's reunion in Riverview Park
in Exeter on the third Sunday of
August.
CORPORAL A.G. REID
Corporal A. G. Reid, Huron
Park, passed away August 11,
1970, in his 29th year.
He is survived by his wife,
Helen and son Kenneth at home,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey
John Reid, Chapel Arm,
Newfoundland, and several
brothers and sisters.
The body rested at the
Needham Memorial Chapel,
London until Tuesday morning
when the funeral service was
conducted in St. Mark's Chapel,
Wolseley Barracks, with burial in
Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Okay new policies
for use of schools
MRS. JOSEPH WHITE
Mrs. Joseph White of Seaforth,
died Wednesday at her home on
Church Street.
She was the former Olive
McCormick, daughter of the late
Angus McCormick and Katherine
Halbein. Born in Dashwood, she
moved with her family to
Seaforth when a young girl.
Surviving are her husband, two
step-daughters, Margaret (Peggy)
• of Milton, Kathleen (Kay) of
Burlington, and a step-son, Tom
of Crediton, sister, Mrs. Thomas
(Loretta) Healy, of Clinton, and a
brother, Gordon McCormick of
Frankford.
R. S. Box Funeral Home,
Seaforth conducted the funeral
with Mass being celebrated by
Rev. Father J. McConnell,
Saturday, in St. James Roman
Catholic Church. Interment
followed in St. James Cemetery.
Exterior painting contracts
have been let by the Huron
County Board of Education.
Successful bidders were
Charles E. Pinner, RR 1 Crediton,
$6,008 for painting 17 schools
including seven schools in
McKillop Township; Pederson
and Willis, Goderich, $2,415 for
painting three schools; Russell
Zurbrigg, Wingham, for painting
Wingham Public School at $369;
D. A. Kay and Son, Clinton, four
schools at $1,505; and HR and S,
Kirkton to paint Exeter Public
School at $945.
In all cases, low tenders were
accepted. Bidding was very
competitive, reported Roy B.
Dunlop.
It was learned that copies of
the auditor's report have been
sent to each municipal clerk in
the county and notices placed in
the county newspapers advising
that these reports are available for
the asking at either the local
clerk's offices or the board
offices.
John Cochrane told the board
that only one request for a copy
of the report had been received at
the Clinton offices.
A pay telephone in Wingham
Public School is to be left there
and the Huron County Board of
Education will pay the
outstanding bill of $71.03.
All future telephone bills,
however, will be the
responsibility of the local Cubs
and Scouts or their sponsors. If
these arrangements are not
satisfactory to the Cubs and
Scouts, the phone shall be
removed from the school at their
expense.
This phone was put in by the
local Cub and Scout groups when
they took over the gymnasium
for their meetings. The
responsibility for payment of
that amount of the phone bill
after money was removed was
agreed to by the former Wingham
Public School Board.
Association; general meetings of
Community Health Associations,
such as Public Health
Associations, Associations for the
Mentally Retarded, Cancer
Society etc.; regular meetings of
Boy Scouts, Cubs, Guides,
Brownies, 4-H groups, Junior
Farmers Clubs etc.; public
meetings related to county school
board arid municipal elections;
community functions sponsored
by local community recreational
commissions; lectures; vacation
Bible schools that are open to all
children regardless of church
affiliation; assemblies sponsored
by local organization when there
is no admission charged, no
collection taken, etc.; municipal
council meetings; and meetings
under the sponsorship of the
Policy was established at
Monday evening's Huron County
Board of Education meeting
regarding the use of school
facilities by the public.
Agreement was reached that
rental groups be classified in one
of three areas: Group A which is
exempt from any cost for using
school facilities; Group B which
can rent school facilities at a
preferred rate; and Group C
which will pay the commercial
rate,
Group A consists of 12 general
categories including those
activities sponsored by the board
or by groups of teachers or
students connected with the
school system; meetings of other
board employee organizations;
activities of the Home and School
Apartments
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streets in new subdivisions, but
it was opined that assistance was
given on existing streets under
this measurement.
Council members felt that the
54 feet was ample for the street
in view of the fact it runs for
only one block.
It has been suggested the
name be changed as the
municipality already has one
opened street named Wellington.
Build house
Council also approved a
permit for the construction of
one new house, that to be built
on Pryde Boulevard by Zwart &
Graansma, Strathroy.
Another permit was issued to
Mel Gaiser and James Kneale to
build another bay onto their car
wash at the corner of Sanders
and Main Streets.
The pair had originally
planned to build an extension
onto the laundry facilities at the
site.
Approval was also given to
Max Windsor to move a colony
house onto his property on
Sanders St. West with the
stipulation the building be used
as a tool shed only and that no
animals be housed in it.
Five Dashwood men
confined to hospitals
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Price of
Dayton, Ohio, spent Monday
evening with Mr. & Mrs. Mervyn
Tieman.
GB council
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Chrysler, Davis and Jorgensen to
prepare drawings.
Brian Howard, resources
manager of the Ausable River
Conservation Authority said
Tuesday morning he expected
tenders on the construction
would be called in about a month.
Gabion baskets will be installed to
stop the serious erosion.
One of Grand Bend's garbage
collectors, Bill Baird attended the
latest council meeting to tell of
proposed changes in his method
of charging for his services.
The new charges will be $17
for a full year if the garbage is set
out at the street line and $24 if
the collector has to go onto the
property. For summer residents
the charge will be $12 from May 1
to October 1 if it is set out.
"The closing is only a year
away and there still is no decision
it will be released to another
government agency," he says.
"The government is still playing
around.and it's riot right. If other
government departments don't
want it, they should make up
their minds and. give Ontario a
chance at it,"
Mr, Cummings says the
indecision of Ottawa leaves
Huron County and Clinton in the
position of being unable to plan
very far ahead, He says the
Ontario government has been
patiently waiting for the federal
government to make up its mind.
The best hope is that the
department of transport may
take over some of the facilities as
a training school for its air traffic
controllers and radio operators.
It is this possibility that is a
frustration to Mr. Cummings and
others because prospects of an
early decision by Ottawa are not
bright.
Huron County's member of
Parliament, Robert McKinley,
says the air services school would
provide ideal accommodation for
the transport department,
offering all the necessary
classrooms, housing and
equipment.
"If the base is to remain open,
someone must run it like a
college, a senior government or a
large industry," says Mr.
Cummings. "Whoever that is,
could rent space to industry."
He believes one drawback to
industrial development at the
base may be the transportation
factor. It would cost more to
transport raw materials and
finished products to and from
Clinton than a centre such as
Kitchener.
But if this part of Ontario is to
be developed industrially, new
and better highways must be built
with more direct routes to major
markets.
"Industry is going into Quebec
with federal government aid and
there is no reason it couldn't
happen here, too," he said. "But
so far we have had no bite at all
from anyone in the private
sector."
Mr. Cummings sees the
Clinton base's greatest future in
the education field with its many
classrooms and other facilities.
An ideal would be the transport
department taking over the air
services school and establishment
of a community college and some
industry.
"The county would like to see
it as an educational centre and I,
for one, would hate to see it sold
in apiece-meal fashion."
The promotional pamphlets
have been sent to several
countries in an effort to attract
industry.
The gradual phasing-out at
Clinton will see about 100 of the
216 homes and apartments
vacant by Christmas. Permanent
civilian staff has already been
reduced from 256 to 198. This
includes wives of service
personnel who have been posted.
Meanwhile, Spencer
Cummings, the Clinton council
and Huron County's base
development committee must
patiently wait for Ottawa to
make a move.
In the meantime there is proof
the federal government does not
intend to pull out of the Clinton
base leaving it in a shoddy
rundown condition. About 30
homes in the married quarters are
receiving a new coat of paint and
some of the streets on the base
and in the living area have
received a fresh layer of asphalt.
By MRS, IRVIN RADER
DASH WOOD
Edwin Miller is a patient in St.
Joseph's Hospital and Albert
Miller is a patient in Victoria
Hospital, London. Lome Luther
is a patient in Clinton Hospital;
Erwin Schade is a patient in
South Huron Hospital and Jack
Gaiser is a patient in St. Joseph's
Hospital.
Private lessons
okayed at school
At Monday evening's Huron
County Board of Education
meeting, board members voted 7
to 4 in favor of permitting Mrs.
Ruth Alton, RR 7 Lucknow to
give private music lessons at
Brookside Public School during
school hours this coming year.
The proposal was adopted on a
trial basis from September 1970
to June 1971 at which time the
experiment will be reviewed with
a view to establishing policy
applicable to the school system.
John D. Cochrane, director of
education, said students are
allowed up to one-half day per
week out of class to take private
music instruction, according to
the department of education
statutes.
It was felt, added Cochrane,
that permitting the music teacher
to conduct classes in the school
would cut down on the time
students would have to spend
away from class.
"It will take only a little better
than a half an hour this way,"
argued Cochrane. "Otherwise the
students could lose up to half a
day."
Superintendent Harold
Kniseley concurred.
"This is nothing radical that
we are proposing," said Kniseley.
"We've been doing this for 20
years now in some schools in the
province."
In other business, the board
agreed that the mileage allowance
for the administrative staff of the
Huron County Board of
Education should remain at the
rate of 12 cents per mile; heard a
report on school cafeterias in the
county which showed a varying
degree of success and decided to
shelve the report until more
detailed information can be
gathered; received an invitation
from the Huron County,
Federation of Agriculture to
attend a meeting concerning
withholding school taxes in CHSS
Monday, August 31; and
accepted the resignation of Mrs.
L. Hunter-Duvar as custodian of
South Huron District High
School.
GUENTHER REUNION
The Charles Guenther family
reunion was held August 16 at the
Dashwood Community Centre.
Guests attended from Dashwood,
Goderich, Port Elgin, Port
Rowan, Simcoe, Oakville, Port
Colborne, Windsor and Gary,
Indiana.
Mrs. Stan Green and Patti
conducted the sports. Irvin
Guenther conducted the
business. The reunion will be held
the 3rd Sunday in August at the
same location next year.
A wedding cake in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Green's 25th
wedding anniversary made an
attractive centre for the dinner
table. The Greens were also
presented with a gift.
Officers for 1971 are
president, Jack Guenther;
vice-president, Mrs. Jack
Huffman; secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. Stan Green; junior sports
convener, Patti Green; adult, Mrs.
Bob Rankin.
Board of education
adjusts staff salaries
Huron County Board of
Education has agreed that the
Drains
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house was built 18 inches above
the road, height, but now the
road is one foot higher than the
top row of blocks in his
foundation.
Members of council couldn't
envisage the road having been
raised that much and
considerable debate arose as to
the situation.
Councillor Ross Dobson
finally interjected that the
argument was not solving
anything. "He has a water
problem and what are we going
to do about it?" he asked.
Kells and Taylor were asked
to investigate the matter.
Won't pay
A bill was received from one
Thomas St. resident for repairs
required to' a freezer and dryer
damaged by water when it
backed into a basement on July
29.
Don MacGregor moved that
the $8.02 be paid, but others
quickly noted this was a
dangerous precedent.
Tom MacMillan pointed out
he could bring a bill to council
for $100 for furnace repairs he
required after the flood of July
29 last year,
Reeve Derry Boyle said the
mill rate would go up 10 mills if
Council started paying for such
damage.
The bill was not paid.
office of the Ontario Department
of Agriculture and Food.
Group B includes emergency
services or meetings of churches
and Sunday Schools; non-public
dances sponsored by teenage
clubs for their membership;
drama groups that are
non-student sponsored;
community concerts; dancing
school and music school recitals;
adult activity and recreational
groups sponsored by other than a
recognized community
recreational commission;
industrial employee
organizations; industrial or
business athletic groups and
leagues; political meetings of a
non-municipal election nature;
and concerts, dances, travelogues
etc. sponsored by service clubs
and other local non-profit
organizations where the
admission charge is used to help
defray expenses and/or for
charitable work in the
community.
Group C includes functions
sponsored by local organizations
and clubs when operated on a
commercial basis; functions of a
commercial or advertising nature;
and all other groups not included
in Groups A and B.
Group B shall pay $3 per
classroom; $10 per general
purpose room (PS auditorium);
$15 for a secondary school
gymnatorium or double
gymnasium; $10 for a secondary
school single gymnasium; $10 for
a cafeteria; and $5 per hundred
for chairs set up and removed.
Group C shall pay $5 per
classroom; $25 per general
purpose room; $50 per secondary
school gymnatorium or double
gymnasium; $25 per secondary
school single gymnasium; $15 per
cafeteria; and $10 per hundred
for chairs set up and removed.
No charge is to be made for
playgrounds, but permission
should be obtained for their use.
These rates, it should be
noted, are for evening use of
facilities or one-third day.
Additional use on the same day
will be charged at half-rate per
one-third day that is, afternoon
and evening use of a
gymnatorium in Group C would
be charged at $75.
There are other rules by which
all groups must abide such as
nothing of an inflammatory,
discriminatory or contentious
nature will be permitted in the
buildings; alcoholic beverages,
lotteries and gambling are not
allowed; smoking will be
permitted only in areas
designated by the principal;
rubber soled shoes must be worn
in the gymnasia and general
purpose rooms when used for
athletic activities; pianos may not
be moved from one level to
another except under the
supervision of the school
personnel as designated by the
principal etc.
Full particulars covering the
use of school facilities will be
available at the Board of
Education offices in Clinton.
"What a coincidence! Only
this morning you were saying
that most accidents happen in
the home . . ."
Mr. 02 Mrs. Leeland
Restemayer and Robert,
accompanied by Mr. & Mrs.
Lloyd Rader, spent last week at
Inverlocky Lodge in the Parry
Sound district, fishing. They were
pleased with their catch.
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Burke and
Susan of Brampton spent the
weekend with Milt Hauirh.
Mr. & Mrs. Clare Love and
family of Sarnia spent the
weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Ross
Love.
Mrs. Amelia Willert is visiting
in London with her daughter and
family, Mr. & Mrs. Bob Newton.
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mead and
Ji ilia n , Scarborough,
accompanied by Mr. Mead's
parents, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mead of
Brighton, England, called on Mrs.
Wes Wolfe and Mr. & Mrs. Stuart
Wolfe last week while they were
showing the senior Meads the
wonders of Ontario.
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Datars,
Peter, Elizabeth and Sandra spent
the weekend in Michigan. They
attended the International
Speedway and saw The Yankee
400 race.
Sunday visitors with Mr. &
Mrs. Hubert Miller and family
were Mr. & Mrs. Reinhold Miller,
Mr. & Mrs. Colin Hindley and
family, London and Mr. & Mrs.
Harold Maine and family,
Kitchener.
David and Susan Stormes of
St. Thomas are vacationing with
their grandparents, Mr, & Mrs.
Mervyn Tieman.
Smokey's Friends Don't Play
With Matches!
Accidents
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No one was driving either of
the vehicles in the crash,
A truck owned by Keith
Grenville Hewer, London, was
parked in the driveway and
another parked vehicle owned by
Henry George Webber',
Woodhatn, rolled into the side of
the truck,
Damage to both vehicles was
Only $15 and damage to an
awning which Was in the back of
the Hewer truek was estimated at
$75' by Constable Lamont,
During the ., week, ..the local
detachment officers charged 21
drivers underthe Highway Traffic
Act and issued warnings to
another 20.
There were two charges under
the Criminal Code and three
under the,Liquot Control Act,
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position of Executive Assistant to
the Director of Education, now
held by Richard Wright, be
classified for holidays and fringe
benefit purposes in the same
category as that of the plant
superintendent, presently R.
McVean,
The annual salary of the plant
superintendent has been adjusted
to $10,100 effective June 1,
1970, and will be further adjusted
to $11,000 effective June 1,
1971. Mr. McVean's salary is to
be reviewed again in the Spring of
1972.
The annual salary of the chief
accountant, Ben Straughan, has
been adjusted to $12,750
effective June 1, 1970 and will be
further adjusted to $13,500
effective June 1,1971. His salary
is also to be reviewed again in the
spring of 1972,
Clerical employees of the
board office will be granted an
increase of one-half of one
percent per month of
employment from the later date
of employment or date of last
increase to September 1, 1970.
An additional increase of six
percent will be granted
September 1, 1971 and an
additional merit increase of one
to three percent may be made on
the decision of the Director of
Education John D. Cochrane and
the Superintendent of business
Affairs, Roy B. Dunlop.
Salaries of clerical employees
will also be reviewed in the spring
of 1972.
Only two school custodians in
the county are presently working
under signed contracts. They are
Roy Manuel, custodian at
Wingham PS who renewed his
contract at $9,700, art increase of
$200 over last year, and Ray
Stewart, custodian at Howick
Central Public School who will
receive $13,500 annually; a raise
of $500 per year.
Under the contracts, the men
are responsible for the full
custodial care of the schools and
hire staff to assist as required to
perform that function.
The board learned that most
minor operating problems at the
Howick school can be handled by
Mr. Stewart or his staff and this
involved considerable savings to
the board.
Melvin Steep has been
awarded an additional $25 pet
month for custodial care for the
board offices in Clinton because
of the additional office space
acquired recently.
Mr. Steep Will now receive
$2,700 annually fat the work
involved.
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group of Exeter youngsters. Shown above splashing in a back yard pool are, in front
Wallace and Paul Cooper with Marilyn Cooper in the background.
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, Darlene Wallace, John
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