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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-04-29, Page 3Gov't grant reduces levy Times-Advocate, April 29, 1971 Pig. 3 Huron school .•expenditures up The Osborne senior choir in action at last week's variety program possibly one other teacher into the secondary schools budget. One interesting fact revealed was that the new equipment budget total ceiling is $21,614 for all Huron's secondary schools. It was pointed out that money granted for capital costs in Huron's secondary schools is heavily committed for debenture debt, leaving only a small amount recoverable by grants for new equipment. Suggestion was made that if former secondary school boards in Huron County had been content with original plans to confine technical teaching to the secondary schools in Clinton and Wingham, debenture debt could have been kept in line with grants, leaving additional money free for new equipment ex- penditures. It was shown that since all county high schools now have softie facilities to teach some technical subjects, it has put an unusually high debenture debt before the ratepayers in Huron who may have been wiser to transport students to Clinton or Wingham rather than building additional classrooms and shops locally. Another factor in this year's budget is the item amounting to $237,453 representing arbitration surpluses. This sum will be divided up between certain municipalities in Huron who came into the county school system with surpluses in 1969. While the board of education was not in a position to divulge which municipalities will receive educational tax breaks this year, it is known that some municipalities will pay con- siderably less for education in 1971 and some will pay sub- stantially more. RETIRING FROM FORCES — Two district men are retiring this year from the Canadian Armed Forces after lengthy service. Above, Master Warrant Officer Harold "Buzz" Cunningham, RR 1 Exeter, left, receives a plaque from Clinton CFB Commander Major F.A. Golding. Below, Major Golding makes a similar presentation to Sgt. Stanley Obre of Exeter. Area groups agents for Parkhill lottery The $100,000 Parkhill lottery was launched Thursday with Mayor Adrian Ansems showing the way with his usual amount of enthusiasm and a lot of courage. Mayor Ansems and four other unidentified committee members each put up $20,000 property bonds to guarantee the lottery payoffs; the largest so far promoted in Ontario since lot- teries were approved by provincial authorities. "We've put our money where our mouth is", said the mayor who is chairman of the North Middlesex Arena fund com- mittee. Proceeds of the lottery will be used to build a new arena in Parkhill. The first shipment of sweep- stakes tickets arrived under security guard Thursday at the converted store being used as lottery headquarters. Among the first service groups picking up allotments of tickets from which they will draw sales revenue were the Exeter Legion and the Crediton and district Social club. Others were the London Minor Hockey Association, Forest Legion, Goderich Lions club, London Kinsmen and the Traveller's Association of London. Mayor Ansems is confident the lottery will be a success — thousands of tickets have already been committed for sale by service clubs around Ontario — but he confesses: "I haven't had any pleasure from it yet. I won't have any pleasure until it's a success. • obituaries •• • .„ • „. JACK BRAND Jack Brand died at Clinton Public Hospital, April 26, 1971 in his 45th year. He was the son of Peter Brand, Hensall, and the late Mrs. 13ra nd. Surviving are his brothers Cornelius, Goff, William, John, Gilbert, Adrian, all of Goderich. Township, Martin of Atwood, Paul of Holland Landing and sisters, Sister Mary Ludwing of Grey Sister, Pembroke and Mrs. Patrick Kehoe of Don Mills,. The funeral arrangements were made by Ball Funeral Home, Clinton, with requiem mass at St, Joseph's ROman Catholic Church, April 29. Interment was in Clinton • cemetery. MRS. WILBERT FELTZ Mrs. Wilbert M. Feltz of RR 8 Parkhill, passed away suddenly at St, Joseph's Hospital, London, April 19, 1971. She was in her 60th year. • Born in Greenway, she was the former Beatrice Sarah Battram, a daughter of the late Henry Battram and Christena Wickert. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Morley and Robert; one daughter Donna ; one sister, Mrs. Roy (Laura) Smith of Parkhill; one brother, Norman of Thedford; and six grand- children. She was predeceased by one sister, Mrs. Ted (Mary Elizabeth) Stanlake; three brothers, Harry, Mervin and Ross; and one grandson. Funeral service was held at the M. Box and Son Funeral Home in Parkhill, April 22 with Rev, R. Jackson of St. James Anglican Church in charge. Interment was in Parkhill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Glenn Bat- tram, Dale Battram, Larry Smith, Bruce Smith, Michael Battram and James Battram. ELLA MAUD FRANCIS Ella Francis passed away in South Huron Hospital, April 23, 1971 after an illness of only a few days, in her 88th year. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Francis and is survived by her sister , Mrs. R. E. (Jean) Pooley with whom she lived. Funeral service was held at • Hopper-Hockey Funeral, Home with Rev. Glen Wright of- ficiating. Interment was in Munro cemetery. Pallbearers were six nephews, Gordon Hocking, Robert Pooley, George Miller, Leslie Miller, Lloyd Cushman and Charles Cowen. CHARLES KENNETH LEWIS Charles K. Lewis, husband of the former Constance Roberts, RR 1 Dashwood, passed away in • Summer courses — Continued from front page Girls between the ages of 11 and 14 years will also benefit from summer courses at Cen- tralia. During July and August • basic courses in Foods and Nutrition, and Clothing Con- struction will be offered to them. Lectures and demonstration will form the major part of the foods and nutrition classes, and simple articles and garments will be made in the clothing course. • Miss McGhee said times and duration of the girls' classes will be determined following con- sultation with the applicants. Tax rate — Continued from front page program fund taking up the difference between the budget and last year's mill rate, the only other increase came in sewer costs. The rate was hiked from 11.12 mills last year to 14.56. Car- scadden said this would result in revenue of $57,600. It means that more than one-tenth of the tax levy is now going to sewers. There are slight reductions in the county and school rates, as well as a three mill drop in the general levy. The county levy this year is $79,923, while the school rate is $168,268. The budget shows a total expenditure of $581,720 not counting the school and county expenses and the revenue has been estimated at $343,364. The • difference is the total to be raised by taxes. Few changes There are actually few sizeable changes in the 1971 budget. The debenture of $35,000 and the 1970 surplus are the major changes shown in the revenue columns. Sizeable increases in planned expenditures include $10,000 for new sidewalk construction compared to an actual ex- penditure of $1,437 last year. Snow removal costs, due to the • severe winter, have increased from $1,750 to $3,060 and the estimated expenditure for welfare was set at $20,000. This compares to an actual ex- penditure of $16,364 in 1970, and Only $7,238 in 1969. One of the major decreases is • the public school debenture charge which drops from $23,000 last year to $12,000 this year, None of the suggested budget figures presented by the clerk was changed by council,. St. Joseph's Hospital, April 24, 1971 in his 58th year, Besides his wife he is survived by his daughters, Mrs. Stewart (Carole) Deitz, of Zurich, Mrs. Howard (Sandra) Bradford,. Calais, Maine, one brother Harold, Kinas Powis, South Wales, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held April 27 at the Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich, with interment in the United Church cemetery. HUGH TAYLOR LOVE Hugh Love, well known area resident, passed away suddenly at South Huron Hospital, April 24, 1971, in his 63rd year. Besides his wife, the former Edith Greb of Exeter, he is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Peter (Arlene) Ravelle, Huron Park, and his son, Maurice of RR 3 Exeter. Mr. Love is also survived by a sister Mrs. Douglas (Edith) Gill, of London, and brothers Ross of Dashwood, and Lloyd of Parkhill, and Rev. Mervyn Love of Leamington, and five grand- children. The funeral was conducted from the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral 'Home, Dashwood, with Rev. Glen Wright officiating. Burial was. in Grand Bend cemetery. Pallbearers were Fergus Turnbull, Don Hendrick, Ken Hodgins, Ed. Gill, Clarence Down and Howard Kerslake. Bottle hits car; pipe is missing For the second time in the past month, the Exeter OPP officers have been advised of incidents involving people throwing beer bottles out of car windows at other vehicles. The latest incident occurred near the Thames Road church when a bottle was thrown from an eastbound car and struck another vehicle. OPP Cpl. Ray Brooks noted this type of irresponsibility is a most dangerous prank as it could cause a driver to lose control of his vehicle or could enter an open window and strike a driver or passengers. The OPP are investigating one theft in the area this week. Glen Miller, RR 1 Dashwood, reported the loss of 13 aluminum irrigation pipes from a bushlot in Hay Township. The pipe was valued at $350. Wants physical for all students Dr. G. F. Mills, Acting Medical Officer of Health, has advised Huron County Board of Education that he would favor a system whereby all students entering kindergarten and Grade 9 would be required to have a complete medical examination with a record of the results on file at the school office. The move, according to Dr. Mills, would ensure that the school would have a general knowledge concerning the child's health as well as any particular physical disabilities or chronic conditions he may have, A suggested form to be han- ded in to the school students after a complete physical examination and bearing a doctor's signature was studied and the director of education, D. J. Cochrane was instructed to draft a policy on the matter for presentation at the board's next regular meeting, May 10. Some board members did express concern that county physicians, already very busy, would be rushed during the summer months to make all the necessary physical examinations in time for the opening of school. In other business, it was agreed to offer Grade 13 home economics at Seaforth District High School this fall if permission can be obtained for the Head of the History Department to teach the subject. It was pointed out that the new home economics course for Grade 13 is entitled The Canadian Family in Perspective and is a fairly in-depth course having nothing to do with cooking, baking and sewing. In fact, three boys at SHDHS have indicated they would enroll for the home economics course if it is taught. Senior citizens week is named The Honorable Thomas L. Wells, minister of Social and Family Services, announced recently the first province-wide Senior Citizens' Week, June 20 to 26. In making the announcement the minister said he hoped it would encourage municipal governments and voluntary associations to plan a week Co make as many people as possible aware of the contributions of the elderly, the services for the elderly, and what it means to grow older, Some cities and towns have already planned Senior Citizen Week in their communities, Friday, April 23 Dear Mr. Editor: Congratulation: on your sense of humor regarding the article appearing in your paper on April Fool's Day. Had it been taken in the way it was meant — merely as an ap- propriate joke for the day, I'm sure even the Prime Minister would have been amused. Hooray for those who still have a sense of humor! Louise Roelofson 1030 Nanton Avenue Vancouver 9 British Columbia Canada Editor: Dear Sir: Anyone who looks for com- munists under the bed has got to be a nut: Most people are kept busy enough spotting them on our university campuses, in government departments, high schools, school boards and P.T.A. civil rights groups and "liberation" fronts — not to mention those masquerading as "liberals", "progressives" or "peace" promoters. Between keeping an eye on the communist press, "friendship", "reconciliation" and "co- existence" groups, not to mention draft dodger and deserter committees, there's hardly time to look under the bed. Police planning for open house The Exeter OPP detachment 'office and its facilities will be open during Police Week to persons or groups in the area interested in learning how their local officers go about their duties using modern police methods and equipment. Police Week is scheduled from May 9 to 15 and tours will be conducted at the local office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday during that week. OPP Cpl. Ray Brooks asks that any group wishing to attend give advance notice. Evening tours can be arranged. Bike licenses are available The 1971 bicycle licenses go on sale at the police office this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Exeter Police Chief Ted Day reports the price will remain at 75 cents and points out that all persons living within the town limits who ride a bike must ob- tain a license. Main purpose of the license is to assist police in the in- vestigation of lost or stolen bikes, although they also deter thefts. To obtain such a permit, all bicycles shall be in a condition to comply with the, regulations of the Highway Traffic Act. If a child drives his bike during the evening, the law requires that it be equipped with a front light and red rear reflector. It also requires red reflector tape on the back fender, and a strip of white on each front fork. In his discussion on bicycles, Chief Day joined with those who have voiced concern over the increasing rate of child accidents and deaths related to bikes. Studies have shown that most youngsters don't master the basic concepts of left and right until the age of nine or ten and this is the elementary knowledge needed to operate one safely in today's traffic, "Other concepts, such as hand signals, right of way and driver courtesy are as necessary' to a cyclist as a motorist," he added. He urged that parents ensure that their youngsters can ef- ficiently ride a bike and com- prehend all safety rules before permitting them on the road, If we did, we'd probably find a gutless and apathetic majority huddled together in fear of the "smear" while others fight their battle in the Cold War of sub- version, infiltration and betrayal. Yours sincerely, Patricia Young April 15, 1971 The Editor: We wish to appeal to your readers for help in,a ,program to preserve Canadian history. Many settlers in the Canadian West came from the older provinces, so the Glenbow-Alberta Institute of Calgary is now trying to discover any old records which might exist among eastern families. Items such as diaries, letters, photographs, drawings, political or business papers, and artifacts dealing with the west are probably lying in many attics in your area. Some may deal with the fur traders, Mounted Police, missionaries, railroaders or ranchers, while others may be letters from relatives who homesteaded on the prairies. If such items are sent to Glenbow, they will be preserved and made available to historians, Glenbow has two museums, an art gallery, library and archives devoted to this purpose. By knowing our past, we hope that people will understand their country and have greater pride in being Canadians. If any of your readers have western items or know where they may be found, we hope they will write to Director of History, Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 902 - 11th Avenue, S.W,, Calgary 3. Hugh A. Dempsey Fashionettes see fashion parade The Fashionettes 4-H club held their eighth meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs, Mathers. The girls invited their mothers to attend this meeting. The meeting was opened with the 4-H pledge. Mrs. Huntley gave a demonstration on cosmetics and applied make up on Mary Ann Coolman. She also gave many good tips on how to achieve the natural look of to- day. Mrs. Maryhelen Whiting of Maryhelen's hairstyling showed the girls two of the latest hair styles. She also answered questions on hair care. The girls then donned their summer separates, they had made and presented a fashion show. A budget for elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the Huron County Board of Education was ap- proved last week and contains some good news for county ratepayers, With the 1971 net requisition from the municipalities down $97,229 to $2,679,751. there will be a reduction of 3.5 percent in the overall expenditures this year. Gross expenditures in the. county for school purposes this year are estimated at $10,848,473, $190,584 more than last year's actual gross expenditure of $10,657,889, However, provincial assistance totals 66.1 percent this year, two percent higher than last year's 64.1 percent grants. That means that county ratepayers are having to raise less money locally, this year only 25,9 percent, Estimated net expenditures for county elementary schools are estimated for 1971 at $5,036,970, $34,322 less than last year's ac- tual expense of $5,071,292. Net requisition from the ratepayers locally is $1,205,213 for 1971. In the secondary schools, net expenditures for 1971 have been estimated at $4,948,013 or $304,228 more than last year's actual expenses, $4,643,785. Net requisition locally is $1,474,538 in 1971. The budget as presented in- cludes provisions for the new special education services at the elementary and secondary school level as well as the inclusion in the elementary schools of con- versational French in Grades 3 to 8, The board of education went into regular session Monday evening in the board room at Clinton, but became bogged down when attempting to fit the costs of three new guidance teachrs, one remedial reading teachers, and Printing names is embarrassing In order to prevent "em- barrassment to teachers" the members of the Huron County Board of Education have agreed to withhold the names of teachers who have resigned from the staff until the legal dates for notification November 30 and May 31. No one on the board elaborated on the reasoning behind the board's belief that some teachers may be unduly embarrassed if the information is released to the public as soon as a resignation is received. However, the names /of teachers who will resign from positions this spring were a matter of public record for this meeting, conducted prior to the new ruling. They are Mrs. Bernice Gross, East Wawanosh PS; Mrs. Peggy Rowcliffe, Huron Centennial School; Mrs. Judith Ballantyne, J.A.D. McCurdy PS; Mrs, Mary Ellison, Stephen Central PS; Michael 'J. Fallahay and John Wilkie, SHDHS; Mrs. G. John- ston and Miss Donna Youngblut, Clinton PS; Lorne McMaster, F. E. Madill SS; Mrs. Melva Rammeloo, Exeter PS; and Miss Lois Grasby, music supervisor, Seaforth PS. A report was also made by the administrative staff to the board members concerning teacher interviews. It was learned there were 17 resignations from the staff; 818 applications received from teachers seeking em- ployment with the board; 316 applicants present for in- terviews; and 508 interviews conducted. All applicants who will be of- fered contracts were interviewed by at least two principals. A list of the applicants who are recommended for appointment by the board will be presented at a later meeting, it was learned. Considerable time was spent by board members discussing the inequities of the system but. no conclusions were. reached. It was agreed, howeyer, there is a possibility that some ratepayers in municipalities where school taxes are reduced this year may never know because additional municipal work will be un- dertaken to offset the saving. SS rates are varied The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Wednesday released the 1971 tax rates to be applied in the 45 municipalities in its jurisdiction, The rates were determined last Friday at a special board meeting but withheld while the board prepared a detailed explanation for the rates. Of the 45 municipalities, 20 will pay less, 23 will pay more and two remain unchanged from last year. The differences are a result of application of provincial equalization factors on local rates and consideration of under or over levies frdm 1969 and 1970. Jack Lane, business ad- ministrator of the board, ex- plained: "The provincial equalization factors set out by the Ontario Municipal Board have a direct effect on local levies required and determine the sharing ration of each municipality with regard to the distribution of expenses." "The wide variation in rates is attributed to the provincial equalization factor," Mr. Lane said. "For example, a property in the city of Stratford, with a local assessment of $3,500 has an equalized assessment of $18,000 which requires 6 equalized mills or 31.71 local mills, whereas a rural property having a local assessment of $3,500 or $14,500 equalized assessmen' requires 6 equalized mills or 23,94 local mills. "In other words, the two properties, regardless of the local mill rate, are contributing proportionately to the board's expenses. "By taking into account the • application of funds into former under or over levies from 1969 and 1970, the mill rates set represent an equal distribution of cost among . supporting municipalities. "There's no increase or decrease in the tax rates in ex- cess of five mills," Mr. Lane said. "They are limited to a five - mill maximum, up or down." Following are municipalities and townships in which 1971 residential tax rates are less than in 1970: St. Marys, 5.75 mills; East Nissouri Township 25; Downie, 24,91; Blanshard, 23; Ellice 23.53; South Easthope 21.8; Mitchell, 20.28; Clinton, 30.96; Exeter, 19.59; Usborne Town- ship, 20.1; Biddulph 23.65; Stanley, 18.62; Bayfield, 19; Mornington Township, 19.78;• Wellesley, 21.8; Peel, 19.37; Wingham, 21.71; Turnberry Township, 18.27; Kinloss, 13.05; Culross, 18. Following are municipalities and townships whose tax rates have increased: West Zorra Township, 26.45 mills; North Easthope, 25.2; Hibbert, 25.13; Logan, 22.19; McKillop 23,94; Seaforth, 27.09; Tuckersmith, 22.04; Ashfield, 18.5; West Wawanosh, 15.5; East Wawanosh, 19.47; Mullett, 17.96; Goderich Township, 19.34; Stephen, 26.19; Fullerton, 17.99; Goderich, 22.97; Colborne Township, 24.16; McGillivray, 23.45; Hensall, 17.14; Zurich, 22.89; Maryborough Township, 19.83; Morris, 17.5; Howick, 20; Grey, 19,81. GUESS WHO ? — see page 17 The Readers Write Hooray for humor