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BEST PARADE FLOAT - The prize for the best overall float in the parade Saturday at Dashwood's
Friedsburg Days went to Merner's Meat Market. Shown on the float are from the left, Judy Martene,
Jane Hayter, Cindy Becker, Eleanor Salmon and Susan Tieman. T-A photo
Teachers turn down offer,
Broadfoot unsure of future
Times-Advocate, .July 8, )971
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Grand Bend first aid post
confused with .medical centre
BERNADETTE VAN RAAY
July 4, at War Memorial
Hospital, London, Bernadette
Van Raay passed away in her
16th year. She was the daughter
of Case and Joanne Van Raay,
RR 3, Dashwood.
She is also survived by her
sisters and brothers, Cora,
Adrienne, Joan, Teresa, Donnie,
Martin and Michael, all at home,
The T. Harry Hoffman Funeral
Home arranged the funeral.
Requiem mass was sung at St.
• Boniface Church, July 6, with
Father A. Durand, assisting
Father Mooney, officiating.
Pallbearers were Michael
Miller, John Razenburg, Ron and
Gary Hartman. Flower bearers
were Joe Ducharme, Bert
Moddejong, Nancy Miller,
Elizabeth Vermont, Melissa and
Marg Gelinas.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the South Huron District
Mentally Retarded Association.
GERTRUDE DATARS
• Mrs. Gertrude (Weber)
Datars, wife of the late Clarence
F. Datars, died in South Huron
Hospital, July 1, 1971, in her 73rd
,year.
She is survived by her
daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Marion)
Coleman, RR 1, Varna, and sister
• Mrs. Hugh (Eva) Thiel, RR 2,
Zurich.
The funeral was held at the
Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich,
July 3 with interment in St.
Peter's Lutheran Cemetery.
.,
BEST FAMILY UNIT The prize for the best family entry in Saturday's Friedsburg Day parade went
to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Restemayer shown in their carriage with granddaughter Lori Anne Boogemans.
T-A photo
Invite you to join them for
Worship, Fellowship and
Services
STUART KEITII
Stuart Keith, RR 2, Granton,
died suddenly in St. Marys
Memorial Hospital, St. Marys,
July 5, 1971, in his 58th year.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Jean Smibert. One sister,
Mrs. David (Mabel) Ashworth,
Lucan, predeceased him.
The funeral was conducted
from the C. Haskett & Son
Funeral Home, July 7, with Rev,
Susan Seymour officiating,
Interment was in Granton
cemetery.
The pallbearers were Elmer
Harlton, Jack Lambourn, Harold
Wallis, Wilfred Riddell, Wes
Mossey and Jack Dykes, Flower
bearers were Charlie McRobert
and Bill Egan,
DR. HARRY PEAKE
Dr. Harry • Peake (D.D.S.),
Parkhill, passed away at St.
Joseph's Hospital, London, July
2, 1971.
He was the husband of Olive
(Thompson) Peake and brother
of Mrs. Shaw (Edith) McEwen,
Toronto.
At his request, his remains
were donated for the purpose of
medical research.
ROGER FRANK JOHNS
R. Frank Johns passed away in
Toronto, July 2, 1971, in, his 79th
year. He was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Johns of
Exeter.
Surviving are his wife, the
formee Nellie Hardman, sons,
Roger and Gordon, a daughter,
Mrs. Peter (Lois) Culp and eight
grandchildren,
He is also survived by his
sister, Mrs. Percy (Margaret)
McFalls, of Exeter,
Mr. Johns was the president of
Vanguard Printing Limited. He
was also past president of
Christian Writers of Canada, a
veteran member of the Gideons
and a member of Fairview Lodge
IOOF.
The funeral was held July 5
with interment in Prospect
Cemetery, Toronto.
JOHN E. McPHEE
John E, McPhee died at his
residence in West Williams
Township, July 4, 1971.
He is survived by his brother
Archie and sister Genevieve
McPhee, both of London.
The funeral was arranged by
the M. Box & Son Funeral Home,
Parkhill, and was held at St.
Columba Roman Catholic
Church, Bornish, Tuesday when
requiem mass was sung.
Interment was in St. Columba
R.C. cemetery.
LIAM WALKER
Liam Frederick, infant son of
Philip and Roberta Walker of
Grand Bend died at St. Joseph's
Hospital, London, June 27, 1971.
Besides his parents he is
survived by his grandparents,
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Walker of
Grand Bend, and Mrs. Joseph
Popelick, of Cleveland.
Private service was conducted
at the McFarland Funeral Home,
Forest, June 29, with interment in
Beechwood cemetery.
MRS. ANGELIQUE MASSE
Mrs. Angelique Masse, Wind-
sor, formerly of Zurich, passed
away June 28, 1971 at Little's
Nursing Home, Windsor, after a
lengthy illness. She was the wife
of Alex Masse who predeceased
her in 1963.
Mrs. Masse is survived by two
sons, Nelson Masse of Windsor,
Louis Masse of Zurich, and
nine daughters, Mrs. Leo
Cousineau, Mrs. Isidore Miron,
Mrs. Alvin Ayotte, Mrs. Larry
Schentag, Mrs. Sam Dufour, Mrs.
Alfred Duflour, Mrs. Maurice
Desmarais, Marjorie Masse, all
of Windsor, and Mrs. Joe Regier
of Zurich,. A son, Lawrence, died
in 1970.
She is also survived by a sister,
Mrs. Alfred Meidinger, Zurich, 68
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
The funeral was held June 30,
at St. Peter's Church, St,
Joseph's, with Marcotte Funeral
Home, Windsor, and The
Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich,
making the arrangements.
Interment was in St, Peter's
cemetery.
MRS. VELMA KEETCH
Mrs. Velma Keetch, wife of the
late Ross Keetch, passed away in
St. Joseph's Hospital, London,
July 5, 1971 in her 67th year.
She is survived by her children,
Mrs. Robert (Barbara) Mackie,
Exeter, Hugh and Ray Keetch of
Toronto and Ken Keetch of
Orillia, fourteen grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held
from Doolittle Funeral Home,
Orillia, with interment in the
Orillia cemetery.
Opening UIC office
The Unemployment Insurance
Commission will be opening an
office in Goderich shortly, which
will be staffed entirely from the
London office.
It will be situated in the Canada
Manpower Centre and will be
open one day a week; namely
Tuesdays, where claimants will
be able to obtain assistance in
completing forms.
At this moment, John
Broadfoot, chairman of the
secondary school teachers'
salary negotiations committee
for the Huron County board of
Education is not certain of
anything except that the
secondary school teachers in
Huron have not reached a salary
settlement with the board.
Last week, the Huron secon-
dary school teachers turned down
the board's offer presented to
them by the negotiators from the
Ontario Secondary School
Teachers' Federation,
The vote was 96 percent against
settling the salary dispute which
to date has resulted in the mass
resignation of the majority of
seconary school teachers in
Huron, the resignation of the two
board members from the Town of
Goderich, the pink listing of the
Huron County Board of
Education and the blacklisting of
Huron County secondary school
teachers by all of Ontario's
county boards of education.
The most recent offer from the
Huron board to its secondary
school teachers was a six percent
increase plus raises for depart-
ment heads, assistant depart-
ment heads, commercial
directors and their assistants and
subject chairmen.
Also included in the offer was
payment of 55 percent of the
OHSC and OHSIP costs and
group life insurance premiums.
As well, female teachers would
have received additional in-
surance coverage of $5000
bringing them to the same level
as male employees who have
$10,000 insurance coverage.
The present plan of sick leave
gratuities would have been
continued for those teachers with
12 years service in the county.
This plan allows teachers to
claim 20 days per year sick leave
and by accumulating a
maximum of 200 days leave, a
teacher may claim one-half a
year's salary at retirement.
The teachers originally asked
for an eight percent increase in
salary plus 66 2-3 percent of their
fringe benefits. The latest
request by the teachers amounts
to a 7.7 percent increase plus the
higher percentage of their fringe
benefits.
The first salary negotiating
meeting was February 18 when
the chairman of the board's
committee at that time, Mrs. J.
W. Wallace and Chairman of the
board Bob Elliott, sat down with
a committee of teachers to set the
guidelines for future meetings.
The dates of succeeding
meetings on salary with the
secondary school teachers'
committee were February 25,
March 18, April 15, May 6, May
13, May 27, June 2, June 16 and
June 28. Only one meeting was
held in March due to the annual
spring break and only one
meeting was held in April
because the chairmanat that time,
Mrs. Wallace, was to be away on
vacation. The teachers agreed
that because of Mrs. Wallace's
absence, an extra meeting wbuld
be held in May. This was done.
Of the secondary school
teachers in Huron County, 87 are
in Category 1, 66 are in Category
2, 46 are in Category 3 and 58 are
in Category 4. About 13 percent of
the teachers - 35 persons - are
at maximum in their categories.
The board's latest offer to the
teachers through the four
teaching categories was as
follows: Category 1, $7,100 to
$12,000; Category 2, $7,400 to
$12,700; Category 3, $8,300 to
$14,400; and Category 4, $8,800 to
$15,300.
Salaries last year in the same
catagories were: Category 1,
$7,100 to $11,400; Category 2,
$7,400 to $12,000; Category 3,
$8,300 to $13,700; and category 4,
$8,800 to $14,700.
In any category, the teacher
begins his teaching career at
year zero with the qualifications
necessary to that category. With
each year of experience the
salary is adjusted until
maximum is reached, usually in
about 10 years in the lower
categories, more in the higher
categories.
After a teacher reaches
maximum, the only way an in-
crease can be earned is to im-
prove qualifications and move
into a higher category.
The offer included the following
increases: for department heads
such as the head of the English
department in a school, a $1,650
increment (raise) over the wage
in their category; for their
assistants, an $800 increment; for
commercial directors, a $1,950
increment; for the assistants to
the commercial directors, a $950
increment; and for subject
chairman, a $1,000 increment.
Principals of the five county
high schools were to receive a
$500 increase as they had
requested, bringing their salary
range to $20,250 to $21,250
depending upon individual ex-
perience and the size of the
school.
Had this salary schedule been
approved by the teachers, it
would have represented a total
dollar increase, budget-wise, of
$152,400. Of this amount, Huron
County ratepayers would have
paid about 40 percent through
local property taxes,
WHAT'S AHEAD?
Salary Chairman John
Broadfoot notes that no meetings
are scheduled for the immediate
future with the teachers'
negotiators.
Will the secondary schools in
Huron County be open in Sep-
tember.
"I hope they will be," stated
Broadfoot. "This depends en-
tirely upon the teaching staff in
this county and upon Mr.
(Warren) Brown of OSSTF.
Because the Federation has
taken over it is no longer a local
situation.
What about parity for Huron's
teachers with the teachers in the
surrounding rural counties?
"There is no such thing as
parity," says Broadfoot. "It is
only an allusion the teachers are
using in negotiating."
What about a recent statement
by Warren Brown of OSSTF that
the Huron Board is not interested
in the academic aspects of
education here?
"The Huron County Board of
Education has approved the
equivalent of one teacher's time
per year to keep the board in-
formed concerning educational
matters in this county," said
Broadfoot. "That decision was
reached at the June meeting
which was attended by so many
teachers." -- ^
Downstairs: Didn't you hear
me pounding on the ceiling last
night?
Upstairs: Oh, that's all right -
we were making quite a bil. of
noise ouraeives I
He said five afternoon meetings
are set for this fall to discuss
various educational problems.
Broadfoot also stated that the
new special education program
for both elementary and
secondary schools throughout the
county as well as the con-
versational French program to
begin this fall in the elementary
schools should be regarded as
evidence that the board of
education in Huron is vitally
concerned with academic
matters.
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ticipant in the parade.
The well publicized sauerkraut
eating contest, Saturday evening
drew a large crowd that failed to
give the contestants much room
to operate.
The big eating test pitted the
Dashwo•od village trustees
against a similar group of elected
officials from Zurich.
The Dashwood team was led to
victory by the enormous appetite
of their captain Cliff "Big Kraut"
Salmon. He got rid of three plates
of sauerkraut in less than a
minute,
His Zurich opponents
questioned quite vehemently
Salmon's method of disposing of
his food.
The Zurich aggregation came
very close to victory as
Burgermeister Gordon Hess
Middlesex board
ratifies contract
A 1971-72 contract with
elementary teachers was ratified
by the Middlesex County Board of
Education at its regular meeting
on Monday night.
The contract, ratified by the
teachers last week, provides an
over-all salary increase of just
under 6 percent, It will add ap-
proximately $167,000, including
annual increments, to this year's
salary budget of $2,858,000 for the
staff of almost 400.
Perturbed over
increased rates
Members of Exeter council
became slightly perturbed this
week on learning that people who
pay their own expenses get a
lower rate in nursing homes than
those whose care is paid by
municipalities.
This fact came to light when
one local lady could no longer
afford to pay her expenses in a
Ilensall nursing home and
council started paying the bill.
As a private patient, the lady
and her family had been paying
$9.50 per day. When Exeter
started to pay the bill, the rate
went up to $10.50 per day.
Clerk Eric Carscadden said he
had been tempted to ask what
improved care the woman was
now receiving in view of the fact
the price had been increased.
Reeve Derry Boyle said there
was no reason why municipalities
should pay more than private
citizens.
Mayor Delbridge suggested the
nursing home be advised that the
rate revert to $9.50 per day or the
lady would be transferred to the
county home in Clinton.
Boyle apologizes
over place mats
Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle said
this week he had to do a bit of
apologizing over a complaint he
registered recently regarding
place mats used by the County of
I luron,
Boyle complained that the
place mats advertised only
Goderich.
Actually, the place mats had
been authorized by the property
committee of Huron council to
advertise the county museum,
which is located in Goderich.
At Monday's regular meeting
of Grand Bend council,
representatives of the Crisis
Intervention Centre were asked
to move their mobile home from
the south side of the Ausable
River bank because of problems
with washroom facilities and
noise that was disturbing nearby
residents.
The mobile home was moved
into the village Thursday to set
up a first aid station and provide
advice and discussion on drug
and emotional problems.
Gary Carruthers and Howard
Winder of the group providing the
free services said over the four
day holiday weekend, a total of 36
cases had been treated.
The majority of those treated
were suffering from lacerations
to feet caused by stepping on bits
of glass.
Council in asking the group to
move the trailer said there was
no other public property
available aid could only suggest
making arrangements for
private lands.
At the same time, members of
council doubted the importance
of this first aid station in the
village as the Grand Bend
Medical Centre is expected to
open early next week with two
doctors on 24-hour call.
The first aid station is being
manned 18 hours per day by one
medical student or nursing
student along with one additional
volunteer.
Donations from the student
councils at the University of
Western Ontario and Fanshawe
College along with an anonymous
donation have brought receipts
for the project to $1,100.
found a fork was too slow and
used his hands.
The Zurich men under the
direction of non-eating captain
Doug Armstrong should have had
an advantage as they held all
their workouts in seclusion in the
Hay swamp.
The two teams faced north and
south as they ate. This was a
change from the original rules
that called for the Zurich men to
face west while eating.
Armstrong after earlier con-
sultation with CFPL's Bill Brady
said it was impossible to face the
sun while eating.
Dashwood was represented by
Cliff Salmon, Ervin Rader and
Harold Schroeder while Zurich's
hopes rode on the shoulders "or
stomachs" of Gord Hess, George
Haggitt and Glenn Thiel.
Street dancing was well
patronized both nights with
music supplied by a Polish or-
chestra Friday night and
Desjardine's Saturday evening.
Earl and Martha Heywood
provided entertainment in the
community hall, Friday night.
Close to 100 Dashwood and area
residents helped in organization
and carrying out the many duties
involved.
Ron Merner was overall
chairman with Diane Becker as
secretary and Bill Chandler,
treasurer. The following were in
charge of the various com-
mittees: Sports, Glenn Webb;
entertainment, Don Bender, Paul
Watson; publicity and parade,
Gerald Martene, Ruth Ann
Merner; bar, Hubert Miller;
food, Ron Merner, Charles
Martene.
GB to sponsor
nursery school
Monday night Grand Bend
council agreed to sponsor the
Huron Hope Nursery School
located about three miles south of
the village.
The school housed in the
Alhambra Hall, formerly St.
Damien's school has been
sponsored since its inception by
the South Huron and district
Association for the Mentally
Retarded.
A large delegation from this
association headed by president
Mrs. Gerald Godbolt along with
Mrs. Anne Stafford, home care
consultant for the Ontario
Mentally Retarded Association
asked that council establish the
school in order to collect grants
from the provincial government.
Early this year, a licence was
received to operate the school as
a day nursery for handicapped
children but without govern-
mental aid,
With municipal backing, a
grant of 80 percent is available to
operate the school,
The first year's budget based
on four children attending the
nursery three days a week would
be $4,500. After the grant is
received the net cost to South
Huron ratepayers would be $900,
This cost would then be divided
among the district municipalities
according to the number of
children attending from each
township or village.
Grand Bend council decided to
establish the school provided the
area municipalities agree to pay
their share for students at-
tending.
An article in the London Free
Press Friday referred to the first
aid post as a medical centre,
A letter from Jack Mennell,
secretary of the Grand Bend
medical centre appeared in
Monday's London paper at-
tempting to correct the erroneous
impression left by the original
article,
Mennell said in part, "As we
are spearheading a drive for
donations for the final $10,000 to
complete our Medical Centre we
find that contributors are tearing
up cheques that they have made
out to our Medical Centre
because they think they are
financing a drug addiction
centre,"
He continued, "This confusion
Firemen ask
head start
While attending Exeter council
meeting on another matter re-
cently members of the Exeter fire
department issued a plea to the
public to stay out of their way
when the fire siren rings.
"People should just sit still for
10 minutes after the siren goes to
allow us to get going," Ted
Wright said.
He said the situation was
getting more ridiculous every
time out "and it's pretty
annoying."
In some communities, he said
firemen "lay on their horns" to
get traffic cleared to allow them
to reach the fire hall or a fire.
However, he said this would riot
work too well particularly at
night, because it would only
waken up more people to follow
the fire truck.
EXETER UNITED CHURCH
Exeter, Ontario
Minister:
Rev. Glen D. Wright, B.A.,B.D.
Organist & Choirmaster:
Mr. Robert Cameron
Music Director:
Mrs. Roland McCaffrey
(No Sunday School until
September)
10:00 a.m.-Morning Worship
Nursery
For Courtesy Car Phone 235-2625
BETHEL
REFORMED CHURCH
Huron Street East
Rev. Harmen Heeg, Minister
Sunday, July 11
10:00 a.m.-Morning Worship
English
11:00 a.m.-Sunday School
3:00 p.m.-Afternoon Worship
English
"Come and Worship"
ZION UNITED CHURCH
CR EDITON
Minister:
Rev. Douglas Warren, B.A.,B.D.
Sunday, July 11
10:00 a.m.-Sunday School
Classes for all ages
11:15 a.m.-Morning Worship
Nursery for children 3 years
and under.
All are welcome
For pastoral care, call Rev.
Bruce Guy, 237-3503 during the
month of July.
CALVARY
United Church of Canada
DASHWOOD
Minister:
Rev. Bruce Guy, B.A.
Organist: Mrs. K. McCrae
Sunday, July 11
10:00 a.m.-Sacrament of Holy
Communion
11:00 a.m.-Adult Bible Class
You are welcome in casual,
sports or dress-up clothes.
EMMANUEL
BAPTIST CHURCH
Huron St. West
Fundamental - Evangelical
11:00 a.m.-"The Woman and
the Serpent"
7:30 p.m.-"The Dangers En-
countered by a Drifting
Disciple"
Sunday School for all the
Family 9:45 a.m.
Nursery facilities at all Sunday
services.
Prayer and Bible Study
Wed,, 8:00 p.m.
Mrs. E. A. Keyes, Organist
Rev. R. H. Thynne, Pastor
Telephone 235-2476
"WHERE THE WHOLE BIBLE
1S BELIEVED AND TAUGHT"
must be clarified for we have
been without a doctor for three
years. We hae built this medical.
centre to entice a doctor to
practice here. Fortunately two
are coming next week and will be
in a position to look .after the
needs of around 20;000 summer
area residents and 100,000. .that
convergeonthe pinery park."
Accidents
- Continued from front page
Cliff Moore, Exeter, were in-
volved in a sideswipe accident on
the Kirkton Road, one mile east
of Highway 4.
Damage was set at $225 by
Constable Giffin.
In one of three accidents on
Tuesday, a cattle beast owned by
Jack Ford, RR 3 Dashwood, was
killed.
It wandered onto Highway 83
just east of Huron Road 2 and was
struck by a car driven by
Leonard Morrison, RR 2 Gad-
shill,
Damage to the car driven by
Morrison was set at $1,200 and
Mrs. Morrison and her daughter,
Barbara, sustained injuries.
At 7:50 a.m., a pickup truck
operated by Edward Farewell,
RR 3 Zurich, went out of control
on the 15th and 16th of Hay and
tipped over onto its roof in the
ditch.
Damage was listed at $400 by
Constable Bill Glassford and the
driver sustained minor injuries.
In the final crash of the week, a
car driven by Lillian Ruth
Skinner, Crediton, struck a
parked car owned by Gordon
Chandler at Huron Industrial
Park. Damage was listed at
$140 by Constable Giffin.
CAVEN PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Minister:
Rev. Wilfred D. Jarvis,
B.A., B.D.
Organist: Mr. Robert McIntosh
Sunday, July 11
10:00 a.m.-Combined Summer
Services at Exeter United
Church.
TRIVITT MEMORIAL
ANGLICAN CHURCH
Rector: Rev. G. A. Anderson
Organist: Mr. David Elston
Fifth Sunday After Trinity
July 11
11:00 a.m.-Holy Communion
The Rev. T. M. B. Parker,
M.A., D.D.
Everyone Welcome
PEACE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Andrew and George Streets
Pastor: Rev. Earl Steinman
9:15 a.m.-Morning Worship
10:30 a.m.-Sunday School
ZION
LUTHERAN CHURCH
DASHWOOD
Pastor: Rev. Earl Steinman
9:45 a.m.-Sunday School
11:00 a.m.-Morning Worship
Churches of the Lutheran Hour
EXETER PENTECOSTAL
TABERNACLE
MAIN AT VICTORIA
Rev. Austin Gedcke
9:45 a.m.-Sunday School
11:00 a.m.- Morning Worship
7:30 p.m.-Evangelistic Service
"A Warm Welcome Awaits You
At The Pentecostal Church"
WATCH FOR
COMMUNITY DRIVE-IN
CHURCH
SUNDAYS 8:15 P.M.
STARTING JULY 18
CENTRALIA
FAITH TABERNACLE
Undenorninational
10:00 a.m.-Sunday School
11:15 a.m.-Morning Worship
8:00 p.m,-Evangelistic Service
Tuesday 8;00 p.m.-Bible Study
Rev, H. Wuerch
CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
Sunday, July 11
10:00 a.m.---llev. Groen, Dres-
den English
2:15 p.m.-Rev. Groen, Dresden
English
Preparatory Service
3:15 p.m.-Sunday School
The flack to God Hour
CHLO 4:30 p.m. Dial 1570
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• Several thefts
reported in area
For the second week in a row,
the Exeter OPP detachment has
been advised of several thefts in
the area.
• A 1964 Chev car was taken from
Hughes Boat Works at Huron
Industrial Park and a money box
at the firm's office in the former
RC chapel was also taken,
The cash box contained about
$200 in cash.
A homemade, unlicenced
trailer was also taken from the
Acme Signs building at Huron
Park.
Rita Gloor, Centralia, reported
the theft of a ladies bicycle and
Glen Stewart, RR 1 Kirkton,
reported a vacant farm home
owned by him was entered and a
jack, iron bed and a trunk
missing.
In addition to the thefts, the
OPP were advised of two boats
being in distress on Lake Huron
over the holiday weekend.
The two occupants of one
sailboat which overturned in the
Drysdale area were able to get
their craft to shore, while the
other report of the boat in trouble
could not be substantiated.
Friedsburg