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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-11-18, Page 6FIRST WORLD WAR VETERANS --A large group.of veterans from the First World War were in attendance at Thursday night's Remembrance Day banquet sponsored by the Exeter Legion. They are shown above. Back, left, Louis Day, William Parker, Harvey Hill, Will rent houses to retired Horace Pfaff, Hugh McDonald, John White and Bill Lawrence. Front, R. E. Rivers, Norman Norry, Bill Cutting Maurice Quance and Vic Hogarth, Cornish, Cliff Brintnell, Joe Pooley, Sylvanus Cann, Bert , Wilf Reeves, Bill Jeffries, T-A photo Gait firm buys Clinton base TOUR OF LIBRARIES —Librarians of Lambton County enjoyed a tour of some of the libraries in the county. At the Grand Bend public library, librarian Mrs. Frances Panet is shown checking books while Molly Elliott, LambtonMall;Mrs. Ada Gammon, Thedford; Mrs. Joan Dyble, Camlachie and county librarian Ron Baker look on. T-A photo Separate schools issue dead declares bishop A 50 tc 80 foot addition to the Pineridge Chalet is being completed this week Precious Blood students at Remembrance Day service DIRECTORS OF DISTRICT 7 — Some of the men who will guide the affairs of District 7 of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association in the coming year are shown at the annual meeting with provincial OMEA president Andrew Frame. Standing, left to right,• Ross Fewster, Ingersoll, past president; Murray Greene, Exeter; Mr. Frame, and Y. L. Thomas, London. Seated, Gordon Hess, Zurich, second vice.presiclent; Robert Austin, Arkona, president, and F. T. Julian, Woodstock, first vice-president. OMPLA is a province-wide association of municipal electric commissioners- Ontario Hydra Photo f f The plight of Wingham and District Hospital's emergency facilities was discussed at last Friday morning's session of Huron. County Council in Much the same terms, as the problems at Goderich's Alexandra Marine and General Hospital were discussed in September. Once again, the Huron County Hospital Planning Council asked county council to consider paying one-third of the approved renovation and building costs for hospital emergency expansion, It was noted that OliSCI will pay the remaining two-thirds of approved costs. Mrs. J. E. Morrey„ ad- ministrator of Wingham and District Hospital, told council that use of the emergency facilities at the 104-bed hospital has skyrocketed to the rate of 500 to 700 patients per month. She estimated that it would involve a five-year building program in this county to provide adequate facilities for all hospitals, The priority list reads Goderich, Exeter, Wingham, Seaforth and Clinton, with Vandals damage hydro insulators Reports of vandalism con- tinued in the area again this week, but this time the damage was caused by guns, Walter Palmer, area manager for Ontario Hydro, reported that 11 insulators were damaged by .22 calibre bullets on the main feeder line at the south-west limits of Exeter. He said it was by "sheer ac- cident" that the damaged in- sulatthi were found before the hydro was cut off. The entire area would have been affected, Ontario Hydro security officers are investigating the incident and Mr. Palmer said they would appreciate any information citizens may have regarding it. He said dry weather conditions probably prevented a hydro failure. "If we had had some rain, I'm, quite sure there would have been a power failure," he said. Provincial Police at Exeter are also investigating two other acts of vandalism with guns. A sign at the Devil's Elbow, west of Exeter, was extensively damaged, as was a mail box owned by Ted Oud, north of High- way 84 in Hay Township. Children are believed responsible for considerable damage at a farm owned by Lorne Becker, Dashwood. The farm is on County Road 2, south of Dashwood, and the home is occupied by Keith Lightfoot. A total of 48 windows in the barn were smashed along with one window in the house. Corn was thrown out of a gravity box in the barn and bales of straw were strewn about. One auto theft is also under investigation. A 1969 blue Chev Impala was taken from the Dufferin Hotel in Centralia Tuesday morning. It is owned by Sharon Arts, RR 2 Crediton. License number is K34645. Clinton contemplating a full- scale building program. Reeve William Elston of Morris said he is not in favor of con- tributing to hospital building programs on a county basis, "Hospitals should be a com- munity project," said Elston. Elston argued that since his township has an assessment almost as high as the town of Wingham, his ratepayers would be paying more than their share since there would be far fewer people in Morris Township than in the town of Wingham. He said the "fairest and best way" to build a hospital was "on a community use basis." Clerk John Berry wondered if approaching the provincial government for additional money to cover all building costs through OHSC would be out of line. He was told by Jim Britnell, a member of the Goderich Hospital board, that the trend today is for the government to keep the premium payments to OHSC as low as possible. He didn't feel the government could be moved toproviding additional money, Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle charged council with "narrow thinking" and asked councillors what they would think if the city hospitals would not build to ac- commodate patients from outlying areas. He said that municipalities should work together to build hospitals in Huron and those hospitals should serve all the people of Huron as well as people from outside the county. Goderich Reeve Paul Carroll said the matter was something for decision by the executive committee. He urged the com- mittee to give careful study, though, to the elimination of duplication where feasible and suggested that the county should be involved in the process and design approvals. Britnell summed it up by noting that it wasn't unusual for a county to "contribute large sums of money" to hospital con- struction. In other business, council met the new public health nursing supervisor, Miss Sandra Malabar who was introduced by Dr. Frank Mills. Also on hand was Faye Monroe of the public health staff who demonstrated the Scar- borough Scanner, a new vision testing aid for use with pre- schoolers, kindergarten children and retarded children. Former deputy runs for board A former deputy reeve of Exeter and executive director of London Goodwill Industries Association has announced his candidacy for London board of education in the Dec. 6 civic election. J. Philip Gandon, 40, of 1180 Bucke St., said he is particularly interested in the area of special education and the expansion of programs to put more school buildings into community use during evening hours. Mr. Gandon, 1965 and 1966, was deputy reeve of Exeter. Rodoma Investment and Developments Ltd. of Galt has purchased the former Canadian Forces Base, Clinton. In making the announcement, Kitchener realtor John van Gastel, who heads Rodoma, said his company's bid for the 30-year- Raw sewage in Maitland? The Huron County Board of Health has authorized the Medical Officer of Health to have a survey carried out in some Brussels homes to determine whether raw sewage is getting into the Maitland River via the storm sewers. This action was taken following a request from the Save The Maitland Association asking county council to' tighten its enforcement of bylaws governing pollution in Huron. Brussels Reeve C. McCutcheon noted he would "welcome the survey" in his village. "Whatever must be done must be done to clear up the situation," offered ,McCutcheon. Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle, a member of the board of health, said that when time and staff permit, the whole Maitland watershed will be carefully surveyed to determined any sources of pollution. Tax review A tax review committee of county council may well become a tax reform committee. At least, members of the tax review committee have been asked to makesome recommendations for tax reform - if needed - after a thorough study of the taxation system in Huron is made. The decision for a tax review came earlier this year when a county welfare system was proposed. Reeve Charles Thomas,Grey, said the rural municipalities were paying more than their fair share for welfare because taxes were paid on an assessment basis rather than a per capita basis. Thomas noted that since the largest population is con- centrated in the urban areas of this county, the urban centres should pay more toward welfare, a service to people. old base has been accepted by Crown Assets Disposal Corp. in Ottawa. Ottawa sources indicated earlier that the purchase price was approximately $500,000, It was also reported in Kit- chener that the company plans to rent two- and three-bedroom homes on the property to retired couples for $70 a month plus one- twelfth of the yearly tax. The rest of the base will be turned into an industrial com- plex, Mr. van Gastel was not available for further comment, However, in an interview last week, Mr. van Gastel said that initially he plans to bring in a luggage-making firm from Montreal which will hire from 30 to 40 persons. He said he was in the negotiating stage with three or 'four other industries and said: "We feel we will have very good Trustee Ted Geoffrey, RR 2 Zurich, chairman of the per- sonnel committee of the Huron- Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, reported Snowmobile club prep for season The annual meeting of the Exeter and district snowmobile club will be held on November 30 to finalize plans for the coming season. At the moment abut 30 members belong to the club which was formed last January, just before the big storm. The executive of the club hopes to inaugurate a numbers sytem whereby each machine which is driven by a club member will be identified. With proper identification, if an operator of a machine disobeys the laws of snowmobiling he or she can be identified. On a first offence a member would be disciplined by the club. Any further incidents would be turned over to police officials. The club executive hopes to organize several dances and fund raising events for the winter months. Jim Newby is president of the club with Dalton Skinner and Tom Arthur as vice-presidents. Gladys Skinner is secretary and Andrea Gaunt is treasurer. Members of the local snowmobile club were very in- strumental in providing aid to persons stranded in last January's severe storm. Invaluable help was provided to teachers and students who were forced to remain at several Central schools in the area. Won't accept collect calls "Buddy, can you spare a dime" That may be a request you'll hear in the future from the area's potential welfare recipients. The new county welfare program comes into effect on January 1 and no longer will those in need of cash be able to apply at their local municipal offices. They'll have to contact the office of the Huron County Social Services department in Goderich. Those with enough cash for a telephone call will be okay, as will those able to come up with enough cash fOr a piece of paper, envelope and stamp. However, those really broke will have problems. The Goderich office won't accept collect calla, It was hinted at Monday night's council meeting in Exeter this may mean those requiring welfare assistance will be asking to use the clerk's phone to contact Goderich. "If they haven't enough money to make a call, we'll have to pay for it," Reeve berry Boyle predicted. success with this." Mr, Van Gastel, a young Kitchener-area businessman, started work in Kitchener as a butcher after he immigrated to Canada. He ended up owning his own meat-processing plant in Kit- chener and now has several other industries in the Kitchener area as well as other businesses in Ontario and Quebec. In the earlier interview he said Conestoga College in Kitchener had purchased some of the educational facilities on the site. It is believed the college will use the new facilities to extend some of its courses. There is also a group interested in buying all the sports facilities (curling and skating rinks, swimming pools and playing fields) with plans of developing a major sports complex. Negotiations are continuing. at a meeting in Seaforth Monday night that the committee to draw up specifications for a teachers'. Group Life Insurance plan had completed the specifications and had advertised for tenders for the plan. Mr. Geoffrey said that the members of the committee were teachers Ronald Gladding and Paul Nickel, both of Stratford, Superintendent of Education John Vintar, Business Administrator Jack Lane, Trustee F. J. Vere of Stratford and Mr. Geoffrey. Trustee Arthur Haid, RR 4 Listowel, chairman of the Transportation Committee, reported that for the school year, 1971-72, the increased cost of transportation over the previous year will amount to 2.9 percent. Mr. Haid said this was a lower increase than most boards would face. A bill for $45 for cutting grass at St. Boniface School in Zurich during the past summer was passed for payment. Trustee Francis Hicknell, RR 5 Seaforth, reported it a very worthwhile day when he attended the daylong workshop on teaching religious education at the professional development day for separate school teachers held in Stratford last Wednesday. The board members agreed that any trustee or school could participate in placing a wreath at Remembrance Day ceremonies in any community if a trustee or a school desired to do this. Mr. Vintar said a number of letters had been received from staff in appreciation for the privilege of attending the Live- ins and the Professional Development days, both to assist teachers in religious education instruction in the schools, and also the staff dinner held recently. Mr. Vintar reported these events strengthened the ties uniting the teachers, the administrative staff and the board members into a successful working unit. The board members agreed to hold only one meeting in December and it will be in Stratford on December 17. Smile . Having a maid nowadays is not a status symbol. It means the wife Works. Hard times were when hit- chhikers were willing to go either Way. A reformer is someone who wants his Conscience to be your guide. And then there's the fellow who was so conceited he joined the navy so the world could see him, The big trouble with being a leader is you don't know if people are following you or chasing you! Re who hesitates gets bumped from behind. Earlier, a Crown Assets official said the sale probably will be announced in "a week or so," adding that as yet there is no signed agreement. The former Clinton base en- compasses 258 acres and consists of 217 housing units, including about 150 two- and three-bedroom homes and 83 other buildings. Bishop Gerald Emmett Carter of the diocese of London told members of the clergy, and laity Thursday that separate schools as a political issue have been stored away at least until the next election. Bishop Carter was guest speaker at the dinner in St. Joseph's Parish Hall, Stratford, which was held to commemorate Huron Perth Roma_a Catholic Development Day. About 200 separate school• teachers, parents, school board members and members of the Roman Catholic clergy attended the dinner and heard Bishop Carter speak on 'The Challenge to Catholic Education Today." Bishop Carter said an analysis of the recent election in Ontario revealed that no polarization of the people along religious lines took place. He said the issue now facing any government is how to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number. How a government goes about accomplishing this task depends on the philosophy it holds but he said he found it "devastating" that some people believe in a single monolithic school system for all children. Separate schools in football finals One championship in the Huron-Perth separate school touch football league was declared Wednesday afternoon with the other to be decided next week, St. Marys of Goderich downed Precious Blood of Exeter by a 53- 37 count to win the junior title. Earlier this week, Mount Carmel downed Goderich 39-20 to advance to the senior final. Mount Carmel will meet St. Ambrose of Stratford for the title, Bell Canada will pin a great deal of its case on inflation when it appears before the Canadian Transport Commission to justify its appeal for an increase in telephone rates. The company says that ex- penses are rising faster than revenues with the rates it's charging now. This was mainly due to increased levels of salaries, wages and benefits, increased research and development expenses and in- creased material costs and depreciation expenses. Bell says it will show during the CTC hearing that it had done all in its power to help fight inflation, but that it just had to have ad- ditional revenues to meet the current and projected needs of its subscribers. The main feature of Bell's application is a 9 IS percent in- crease in the cost of basic monthly service, and it would apply to residence and business phones alike in the majority of communities the company serves, The general range of the increases for individual residence serves would be from 35 to 60 cents, depending on the size of the community served. There would be some ex- ceptions to the 91/2 percent rule, though, including the smallest towns Bell serves -- those under "There are a host of people who are worried about the fact that we want a separate school system," he said, adding that because Roman Catholics have their own philosophy of life they Hill blasts insurance "Liability insurance com- panies are ignoring their responsibilities to rural municipalities," Ontario Federation of Agriculture President Gordon Hill charged in Markdale recently, "They're apparently hiding behind far- mers' natural reluctance to make a fuss. Municipalities should change insurers if they find they don't provide protection." Hill was referring to the problen of farm fences damaged last winter by snowplows. "Farmers suffered thousands of dollars damage," Hill said, "and very few of them received any compensation at all." The September, 1970, issue of Municipal World magazine - the .councilman's , bible - laid responsibility for the fence damage by snowplows firmly with the municipalities. "The real problem though is that companies providing liability insurance are extremely reluctant to pay claims unless the farmer sues the municipality in court," Hill said. "Farmers are not keen to sue councilmen-who may also he their neighbours - and so as a general rule, the insurance companies get away scot-free." Hill notes that the whole community benefits from snowplowing operations, and that the whole community should, therefore, share the cost of damage resulting from those operations, 1,000 telephones, flare the per- centage increase would be higher, but the 'total would still come to 60 cents because the bill for service is smaller to begin with, In Exeter, basic rates could go up 40 cents a month for individual line residence service, with 0. similar percentage increase for business service. Bell's basic rates are figured on the number of telephones you can reach without paying a long distance charge, plus application of a formula based on distances between exchange centres. Present and proposed residential rates for the Exeter exchange are as follows with the present rate in brackets: The main feature of the interim schedule is a one percent in- crease, rounded out to the nearest nickel,Translated into money terms it would mean a five-cent monthly increase for all basic residential service and a five-to-twenty cemt increase in basic business service. Individual ($4.36) $4.70, two- party ($3.35) $3.65, Multi-party ($3.15) $3.45. A unique aspect of Bell's current application to the CTC is a request for interim rate revisions to take effect January 1. The balance would come later -- "at the earliest possible date." don't want to abide by that of others. The school system should be able to reflect those different philosophies, he said, because the only alternative for Roman Catholics is a school system which is becoming more and more like that in the United. States in which invoking the name of God, for example, is forbidden by the constitution. He added that on the other hand, if all separate schools can offer is a wholly secular education, he would be the first to abandon them. He told the teachers in the audience that they must convey faith, not in terms of traditional definition, but by giving reasons for their own faith. At the same time, he warned, faith is mysterious in many ways and we cannot understand everything about it nor should we try as Many popular theologians do. "The spirit of our faith is not reserved for the clergy," he continued. "It lives in you as much as it lives in me, your Bishop, or in the Pope." He said that youth has been offered only material things in life and this they have rebelled against in various ways. "We have failed to challenge our youth with the challenge of living a full life," he said, and added that this was the task now before them. He said that adult education is one of his top priorities for there are too many people that have a 'father knows best' attitude towards the church and thus there is "a very real need for a representation of the eternal verities to them." He reminded the audience that however important separate schools and audio-visual aids Might be, they were even more important because "we are living in an incantational church and world" whereby we must try to reflect the humanity of Christ, Page 4 Times..AcIvocate, •November '10, 1971 Emergency facilities of hospitals emphasized Transportation costs increase only slightly 4 .3 13. (.3 1 Bell biomes inflation 19 for :increased rates tii '9