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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-10-22, Page 1Roger Martin CPL. Ray Brooks ..... • k • V4 d $ c, .4.0% 4 , e: a . , . .. .... • Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 22, 1970 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Exeter PS addition planned Huron board of education this week approved a three-year capital expenditures forecast which will provide for a $200,000 addition at the Exeter public school in 1972. The addition would include the provision of a library resources centre and replacement of substandard classrooms. , Two weeks ago, Exeter council asked the board to give immediate consideration to an addition at the local school, HAS PROPER LICENCE The Grand Bend Recreation program is richer by more than $3,000 thanks to the efforts of Paul Couse and Bob Jennison who completed the Grand Bend to Greenway and return walkathon by wheel barrow. Couse, who did all the pushing is having his driver's licence checked by Constable Dave Roberts of the Parkhill OPP detachment, T-A photo GB set date for nomination CELEBRATE DASHWOOD ANNIVERSARY -- The congregation of Zion United Church in Dashwood celebrated the 75th anniversary of the church building Sunday. A church replica and the number of the anniversary was made by Mrs. Ralph Weber who is shown with church official Mervyn Tiernan and Rev. Bruce Guy, minister of the church. T-A photo Subdivision lights approved Former resident bequeaths $50,000 for scholarships In other business, council: Learned that 402 hookups were now using water from the new village water system. Heard from Reeve Orval Wassmann that the water system was doing very well. The Reeve said the OWRC had suggested 200 users in the first year and a half would be more than acceptable. Will ask the Grand Bend PUC — Please turn to page 3 Acting on the request of a delegation, Grand Bend council Monday night decided to authorize the installation of at least five street lights in the Southcott Pines subdivision within the village limits. Ron Gunning and Jack Eagleson representing the Ratepayers association with the approval of owners of the subdivision, Southcott Pines Parkland Limited asked for the lighting system to protect children in the area and also to cut down on vandalism. Council will ask the Grand Bend PUC to install five dusk to dawn lights immediately and do a survey on the balance of Card players get chambers The board of education in Huron County meeting Monday evening in Clinton approved two new scholarships for two Huron County schools. The board was advised that the late George Roy Menzies of the village of Brussels had bequeathed the sum of $29,000 to be deposited in a trust fund, the earnings from which is to provide scholarships to pupils who have graduated from the Brussels Public School for the purpose of enabling them to attend university or school of higher learning after graduating from any secondary school, The Moncu'r Scholarships were also approved by the board. At least $48,703.25 has been bequeathed from the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Miller Moncur, Peterborough. In accordance with the wills of Mr. and Mrs. Moncur, the residue of their estates is to be held by the board in trust for pointing out that overcrowding conditions exist and that the school does not have a library, The expenditure forecast also provides for the addition of two classrooms and a library resources centre at Turnberry Central public school. There is expected also to be the provision of library facilities through the use of portable classrooms and the renovation of existing classrooms in Grey Central PS, Colborne Central PS, Blyth PS, Brussels PS, East Wawanosh Central PS, Hensall PS and Zurich PS. Mrs. J. W. Wallace questioned the board whether it had made any arrangements for the accommodation of two extra board members after the fall elections. She learned that temporary accommodation would be found and it would be up to the new board to decide upon any new furnishings to be added to the board room. John Cochrane, director of education, said that for the civic body which meets oftener and longer than any other, present accommodations have been "not the most comfortable". However, none of the board members chose to complain about present arrangments at Monday's meeting. Kyles, Kyles and Garratt of Stratford will be architects for the new addition at Seaforth Public School being built to accommodate the intermediate and senior students from McKillop Township. The firm has previously worked for the board on the F. E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham; Seaforth Dirstric t High School; Usborne Central; and Wingham Public School. A committee of John Broadfoot, Marilyn Kunder, John Henderson and Donald McDonald will work with the architects to bring suitable sketch plans to the board for approval. Chairman John Lavis will be an ex-officio member of that committee. Approve permits for three houses Although there is an unusually large number of houses for sale in Exeter at the present time, an increase in building starts is also evident. Work is already underway on the 12-unit apartment building planned by Fred Darling at Sanders and Pryde Boulevard, and council this week approved permits for three new houses. Zwart and Graansma, the Strathroy contractors who have erected several new homes in the Dow subdivision, received approval for two more homes in that area. One of the houses will be built on Kingscourt Crescent and the other on Pryde Boulevard. A permit was also issued to Paul Ducharme to build a new home on Churchill Drive in the Dow subdivision. Council approved a permit for Jim Kneale and Mel Gaiser to erect an addition to the Grand Bend Cleaners building at the corner of Main and Sanders and for Gerald Webb to construct a carport and an addition to his house at the corner of Sanders and Main. Other miscellaneous permits were approved, all subject to final approval by the building inspector. the South Huron District High School, and to be invested by the Board as a perpetual trust. The interest of the investments is to be used each year for two scholarships — one for a boy and one for a girl graduating from the South Huron District High School — on such terms and conditions as the board shall decide. The board agreed that the principal of SHDHS and memberi of his staff be appointed a committee to recommend to the board the terms and conditions for awarding the Moncur Scholarships. South Huron District High School principal J. L. Wooden provided some information for the T-A on Coleman Moncur, Wooden said the details he was able to come up with Wednesday morning were quite sketchy and he would attempt to get more — Please turn to page 3 Report thefts, two crashes Study approved for kindergarten change Ottawa jaunt is postponed subdivision roads located in the village. Councillor Ian Coles, a resident of Southcott Pines welcomed the idea of street lights saying, "I'm glad you came up. People out for a walk and baby sitters going from one house to another should be able to see where they are going." The lights will be installed on existing poles to cut down on construction costs. A bylaw was passed increasing the interest rate on overdue taxes to one per cent per month. The new figure will go into effect on December 31, 1970. A letter was received from the Ontario Department of Highways informing that Grand Bend's request for a traffic study at the intersection of Highway 21 and Lake Road was being turned over to the Department of Transport for further study. Council had suggested some time ago that traffic signal lights be installed at this busy corner. A letter will be sent to the Ontario Marine and Rescue Patrol asking that the group meet with the 1971 council in regards to next year's safety program at the summer resort. Councillor Dave Jackson said "They did a good job last year in controlling boat traffic and added to the safety of everyone." A trip to Ottawa planned this week for grade 10 students at SHDHS has been cancelled in view of events at the capital. Principal J. L. Wooden said there was some parental worry indicated, and while it was felt the students would be in no danger, school officials didn't want to take any chances. In addition, some of the buildings '44 at Ottawa would not have been open for the students' tour. It has been postponed for one month, as long as things have settled down by that time. Reeve Derry Boyle was finally successful in getting permission from council to allow Exeter's elderly card players to use the council chambers. Accommodation has been sought for the card players since they lost their former facilities when the police office was moved and expanded. They moved to the upstairs of the town hall, but this was not too satisfactory in that several of the enthusiasts found difficulty getting up the steps. In addition, it is not heated in the win ter. Boyle's previous attempts to get the council chambers for card games had not met with approval from other members, but Monday night they okayed the request. Councillor Ross Taylor doubted it' this would be satisfactory in that the council chambers are already booked for two afternoons each week by the department of transport. He didn't think the card players would be happy having only three afternoons per week at a maximum. Subject to a cost survey which is approved by the Huron County Board of Education, members of that board agreed to offer half day kindergarten from September to the end of December to all schools in the county with transportation both ways to be provided by the board. The offer also includes alternate full-day kindergarten from January to June for those same kindergarten students. The decision came after a delegation from Stephen Township asked for transportation all year long to half-day kindergarten in Stephen Central School. Detachment head assumes duties Cpl. Ray Brooks has been named head of the Exeter OPP detachment. He succeeds C. J. Mitchell, who headed the detachment for the past seven years. Cpl. Brooks and his wife, Pat, are both natives of Windsor. He worked on the police beat of the Windsor Star prior to joining the police force 14 years ago. He spent eight years in Blind River and was then transferred to Sault Ste. Marie where he was accident prevention co-ordinator. In 1967 he was promoted to corporal and transferred to Downsview where he was in charge of the OPP news bureau, providing police news to the media in Toronto. Cpl. and Mrs. Brooks has three children, Paul, 12; Lynne Marie, 10; and Douglas, 8. They are presently looking for accommodation in the Exeter area. Merchants okay Christmas plan The Exeter Board of Trade decided Thursday to repeat last year's "Pic-a-Prize" contest for their 1970 Christmas promotion. Last year merchants offered over $1,800 worth of merchandise with area residents being able to enter the contest merely by depositing coupons in the stores of the participants. The local businessmen also approved a plan to stage a Santa Claus parade this year, It is scheduled for Saturday, December 5. An executive meeting of the Board of Trade will be held today to finalize plans for the parade. Chief declines pay boost offer Police Chief Ted Day told council this ' week he was declining their offer of a six percent pay boost on the basis it was insufficient. He told members the increase would give him only $261 more in take-home pay. In a statement he read to council, Chief Day suggested his duties and responsibilities should be compared with the local head of the OPP, the local postmaster and the PUC manager. He said the salaries for these three positions probably ranged between $9,000 and $10,000 per annum, compared to his present salary of $7,400. He also told council that statistics from other Ontario towns and cities indicated that Exeter was at the bottom of the list in cost for fire and police protection.. Little discussion was held on Chief Day's request for further consideration of his salary. It was indicated the police and finance committees would review it again when discussion was held on the pay for other town employees next month. New field officer joins watershed. A native of Toronto, Roger Martin has been named Resources Manager for the Ausable River Conservation Authority. Martin started his duties here last week filling the position vacated a month ago by Bryan Howard who returned to university to further his education. The new Resources Manager graduated from York University in Toronto with a Degree in Geography and for the first eight months of the year filled the same position with the Halton Region Conservation Authority. His wife Eila is a qualified high school teacher specializing in French. The Martin's are still looking for suitable housing accommodation in Exeter. The Exeter OPP investigated only two accidents during the past week. There were no injuries in either. On Friday at 9:30 p.m., cars driven by Clifford Kenney, Crediton, and Herbert Little, Exeter, collided at the intersection of the Crediton Road and concession 2-3 of Stephen. Damage was listed at $1,000. The other crash occurred Sunday when a car driven by Adrien Kester, RR 2 Dashwood, went off the road on concession 14 of Hay, about two miles north of Highway 83. Damage was listed at $250. During the week the local detachment officers charged five persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 14. There was one charge under the Liquor Control Act. Early Sunday morning, Constable Dale Lamont and Bill Lewis recovered a stolen truck. The two officers were involved in another investigation at 3:00 a.m. when they stopped the truck because it had only one headlight in operation. They learned the truck had been stolen from London and the youth driving the vehicle was turned over to the London police. An investigation is being conducted by Constable Glassford into the theft of copper wire valued at $20. It was taken from a vacant residence at Huron Park. Last Tuesday, Cpl. Ray Brooks and Constable Glassford answered a bank alarm at the Bank of Montreal in Huron Park. It turned out to be a false alarm and it is believed the staff accidently set off the alarm upon leaving the premises. Vice-chairman Robert Elliott pointed out that in his opinion, this request could not be treated as "an isolated case". He predicted that all county elementary schools would probably want the same kind of kindergarten system for their students — and would be justified in that request if Stephen Township was granted this concession. ' Elliott suggested that half-day kindergarten until the end of December with the board furnishing all transportation would give the youngsters an opportunity to become accustomed to school before having to attend on an alternate full-day basis. Mrs. David McClure, one of the spokesmen for the Stephen delegation present at the meeting, said she could not speak for all parents in Stephen but in her opinion it was "a good compromise". James Coulter, • — Please turn to page 3 Lady wins over male opponents Mayor Jack Delbridge failed to successfully defend his title at this year's International Plowing Match near Lindsay. Not only that, but along with many of his other male counterparts in the mayors and reeves division, he had to report back to council that the event had been won by a woman. Mayor Delbridge wasn't sure from what community the winner had come. Rain and wet grounds cancelled Warden Roy Westcott's attempts at plowing. Mayor Delbndge indicated the mud was as bad at this year's match as it was when the event was staged near Seaforth in 1966. r. Regain lost hour during weekend Area residents have the opportunity to get an extra hour's sleep this weekend. The area will be reverting back to standard time this Saturday night. You are reminded to turn your clocks BACK one hour at midnight to be on time for Sunday's engagements. All district church services will be on Eastern Standard Time Sunday. Appreciation is it. tangibly shown While some members of council questioned the need for a clock in Exeter, one woman has displayed some tangible evidence proving her appreciation for the move. PUC manager Hugh Davis this week received a donation of $1.00 from a London woman who drives from that city to Clinton once a week. She was apparently so delighted with having a clock to advise her of the time as she passed through Exeter she made the donation. SOUTH HURON'S ONTARIO SCHOLARS— Amon g the graduates Wooden are Linda Stacie, Peggy Pryde, Kathy Cann, Morley at Friday's Commencement exercises at South Hurdon District High Eagleson, Ken Jones, Martha. Gascho and Beth Cook, School were the seven Ontario scholars. Talking with principal, J. L. TWA photo Eugene Clarke, Front, Joan Wright, Wendy Baynham, Jayne Smith, secretary Heather Wein, president Mike Ward, vice-president Ian Doidge, treasurer Charlene Tuckey, Elizabeth Vriese and Jeanette De Vries. STUDENT COUNCIL AT EXETER PUBLIC SCHOOL — During recent elections senior students at Exeter Public School elected a student council fbr the current year, Back left, Randy Parsons, Mike Dougherty, Petty Pooley, Caroline Perry, .Tim Webb, Linda Middleton, Wayne Anderson, Mike Hunter, Nancy Perry, David Cooper and T-A photo