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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-04-06, Page 1Ninety-eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 6, 1972 Price Per Copy 20 Cents CANCER CAMPAIGN OPENS — The district campaign for the Canadian Cancer Society began this week. In the above picture, the Honourable C. S. MacNaughton, right, presents a cheque to local chairman Norm Whiting while Lloyd Lovell completes the receipt. T-A photo Young cyclist, motorists hurt in rash of crashes .B each property dispute arises again at resort Plan meeting today over industry future A decision by Grand Bend council Monday night to remove fence posts adjacent to two properties near the beach has brought quick reaction from the owners involved. A special workshop committee for South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded has set $90,000 for its goal in cam- paigning for funds for a sheltered workshop in this area. Chairman Case Van Raay said this would cover the cost of the building, renovations, equip- ment and some of the initial operational costs. TheAssociation holds an option on a Kongskilde Company building which they hope to purchase subject to the approval of the Exeter Planning Board and the Rehabilitation Branch of Family and Social Services. The proposed workshop will serve South Huron and part of Lambton 'County. The campaign will commence with a dinner-dance at the R. E. Pooley Legion Hall, April 14. Members of the special com- mittee have already contacted several businesses in thearea and report 'excellent support' from them. Members of the Association will appear on Bill Brady's Act Fast, April 16 to publicize and raise funds for the canvass, A display of ceramics made by the trainees of the Tillsonburg Early in the summer of 1971, the owners of Bonnie Doon Manor and Monetta Menard's Tavern erected posts west of their property on Goverment Road to provide parking facilities for workshop for the retarded will be shown in town clerk's office window. The ceramics is a sample of what kind of work that can be done by the retarded. The items may be purchased after April 14. For further in- formation contact Rev. W. D. Jarvis, 235-2474. Junior final starts here The Exeter Hawks and Bancroft Laundry's Jets open the best-of-seven Ontario Hockey Association Junior "D" finals in Exeter Saturday night at eight o'clock. The second game will be played Sunday afternoon The two teams will return to Bancroft for the third and fourth games the following weekend. The T-A contacted Scott Larue, coach of the Haliburton Huskies late Wednesday afternoon and asked him to compare this year's Bancroft team to the Haliburton club which defeated the Hawks in seven games in the 1970-71 final. Larue reported Bancroft as having a strong defence with one exceptional forward line that does most of the scoring but didn't think they were as well balanced as the champion Huskies. The Bancroft top line of Pete Palbaski, Dan Newman and Lorne Hawley finished, among the first six scorers in the league standing. Larue added, "I saw the Exeter club in action at Christmas time and I felt you are a better balanced club than Bancroft. Chief condemns Willis building Exeter Fire Chief Gary Mid- dleton has classed as a fire hazard the frame barn on Exeter's oldest property and has ordered it removed, • At the request of council, Middleton inspected the buildings at the Willis property at 54 Simcoe and has informed James Willis, RR 1 St. Marys, that the barn must be removed by April 10. In addition, the brick house must be brought into suitable repair or boarded up securely to prevent access. The Fire Chief told the property owner that the frame barn is located in such a place that if fire broke out, it could endanger lives and the adjacent buildings and property, their patrons. Some time later, council sent registered letters asking that the posts be removed as council felt the property involved was part of the 27 acres leased by the village of Grand Bend from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. The owners claimed they had registered deeds to the lands in question. After considerable discussion at meetings during the interval, the subject was again brought up Monday night by Reeve John Payne. Initially, councillor Murray Des Jardins suggested another registered letter be sent. Reeve John Payne interjected, "the letter before didn't bring any action, let's remove them our- selves." Councillor David Jackson excused himself from any discussion or voting on the matter, The balance of council agreed unanimously to have the posts removed without further notice. They were removed by a bulldozer early Tuesday mor- ning. Dr. W. P. Gerald of Mississauga, owner of Spindrift Inns Limited, operators of Monetta Menard's Tavern and the Imperial Hotel in Grand Bend instructed his solicitors to take immediate action when he learned of the move by council. Dr. Gerald told the T-A, Wednesday morning, "Grand Bend council should receive a Approve permit for new house Eight building permits were approved by Exeter council Monday. One was to J. R. Stephens to erect a new house on Riverside Drive, It will be built on the two lots recently filled in at the western end of the street. The applicant is on the teaching staff at the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology. House renovation permits were approved for Ken Davidson, Ward Fritz, Robert Watcher and Art Walkom; and reshingling permits for Mrs. Harvey Pollen and Robert Gregson. Approval was also received by Lewis Day to demolish a barn at the rear of his Andrew St. property. Jerry . MacLean appeared before council seeking changes in the setbacksand the size of the building he plans to erect on the lots north of the Brewers' Retail. He had originally planned to have a setback of 29 feet on the north side, but asked Monday to change this to five feet. Reeve Derry Boyle questioned if council could change the measurements of the setbacks because these had been on the site plan sent to the Ontario Municipal Board when ap- plication was made for rezoning of the property. Mayor Delbridge opined that the OMB was only interested in the change in zoning and not the setbacks and said if council didn't have theauthority to make the change they should quit and let Toronto run the show. ' It was finally agreed to ask the town solicitor to make a ruling on the matter. It may also be turned over to the planning board, although most members didn't think this was necessary. MacLean told council he hoped to have construction started within two weeks on the automotive parts outlet. letter today from my solicitor setting out our legal position which is to take every legal step property." He protect our rights and He went on to say he felt council acted improperly by entering on private lands without proper noticewithout benefit of Mel Douglas, owner of Bonnie Doon Manor refused to make comment on the matter saying only his solicitor C. V, Laughton had been made aware of the situation. Council has made repeated Please turn to page 3 —' The area accident total took a sharp increase this week as the Exeter OPP detachment in- vestigated 11 crashes. Several persons were injured, but none seriously. On Wednesday, cars driven by Robert Urquhart, Preston, and Wesley Heywood, Crediton, collided at the junction of High- ways 4 and 84 in l-Iensall. Heywood received minor bruises and property damage was set at $1,000 by Constable Ed Wilcox. There were three crashes on Thursday, the first involving four cars on Highway 4, north of Exeter, when traffic became congested near a school bus which was stopped to discharge passengers. The fourth car in the lineup pulled onto the shoulder of the road and hit the first car, while the second and third cars collided. Drivers involved were Gordon Horner, Kitchener; William Chapman, RR 1 Exeter; Ernest Pridham, Goderich; and Lorne Liddle, RR 4 Ripley. No injuries were reported and damage was set at $845 in total by Constable Don Mason. On the same day, cars driven by Donald Coutts, Seaforth, and Albert Vanderlaan, Kirkton, collided on Huron County Road 11 north of Highway 83, causing damage of $375. Constable Al Quinn investigated. Constable Dale Lamont was called to the scene of the final crash on Thursday, as well as one on Friday. The former took place on Highway 4 south of Exeter, involving vehicles driven by Joseph Murphy, Clinton, and George Wickham, London. Murphy suffered minor injuries and total damage was $900. The Friday crash involved a truck driven by Edward Schroeder, RR 2 Zurich, and a car driven by Fred Peters, Hensel]. They collided on High- way 84 east of the Varna Road. Three hurt Three persons sustained minor injuries in one of two crashes on Sunday. At 9:00 p.m., cars driven by Dean Oestreicher, RR 1 Dash- wood, and Cecil L. Wood, RR 3 Dashwood, collided on Huron County Road 2 north of the Crediton Road. Damage was set at $600 by Constable Bill Lewis. Both drivers were injured as was Raymond Keller, Dashwood, a passenger in the Oestreicher vehicle, Both vehicles had been southbound and Oestreicher was in the process of making a left turn when the accident occurred. An hour later, an unusual Please turn to page 3 — Gunnard Pind of Kongskilde Limited told the T-A yesterday the firm has as yet not sold all its capital holdings in Exeter and in fact the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded still has an option on one of their buildings. The other building has been Sticks to opinion regarding gravel In a letter to council this week. Exeter works superintendent Glenn Kells maintained his position that gravel supplied by Norval Jones was of a better quality than gravel supplied in the past by Gerald Reid. At the last meeting, Reid at- tended and asked council to outline their reasons for ac- cepting a tender from Jones when it was higher than one submitted by Reid. When the tender was awarded, council approved of the Jones bid because Kells said it was superior gravel, Kells said the gravel received from Reid's firm last August and September was not satisfactory as it would not compact properly. He indicated it was of the same sandy texture as gravel received from the Reid pit when the firm had the local contract in 1970. It was also explained that, contrary to Reid's statement to council, his firms' gravel has not been accepted as yet by Huron County. The firm's tender has been approved, but approval of the gravel has not yet been secured. Reid said at this week's meeting that he was advised that day that the county has okayed the gravel. He asked that a test be made of the gravel of the two firms and this was tentatively approved, although some members of council didn't think they should pay for such a test. Councillor Helen Jermyn said the onus should be on Reid to have the gravel tested and she pointed out little would be gained by such a test at this time. sold to the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority. A report in Wednesday's issue of the London Free Press in- dicated Kongskilde had sold all its buildings to an unidentified buyer. Pind said this was not true and the option was still being held by the Association for the Mentally Retarded, They plan to use the building for an adult workshop and have already announced plans for a campaign for funds, 'The Kongskilde executive also reported the firm would be represented at a meeting with Ontario Development Cor- poration officials in Toronto today. Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge and members of the industrial committee will also attend. They will be discussing with ODC the possibility of having the latter finance a building on in- dustrial land owned by the local industrial committee on Highway 83 east. At a closed meeting last week, council agreed to inform the ODC that land may be available to ODC if they would consent to erect a building on a lease back arrangement, provided the lease was for a term of 10 years. No details of the proposition were made public. Consider oil for street Exeter streets may not get any calcium this year. The local road committee will consider using oil following a satisfactory test on William St, last year. "It worked good," works superintendent Glenn Kells reported Monday night following a question from Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor. He said he would certainly consider it instead of calcium this year and added that it is a ,"lot cheaper" and lasts just as long. MacGregor reported that Stephen Township was con- sidering using oil this year also. A DRAMATIC PORTRAYAL — The Hi-C group of Dashwood United church presented a dramatic portrayal of the Last Supper including the Sacrament of Holy Communion and Footwashing. Shown at the table from the left are Myron Oestreicher, Gary Tieman, Judy Mason, Scott Boyle, Robert Guenther, Debbie Riddell, Janice Tiernan, Susan Grigg, Jane Guenther, Patricia Bender, John Mason, and Wayne Riddell. In the background are ushers Betty Guenther and Jane Merrier. T-A photo Approve adding cells at lagoon Exeter council this week ap- proved adding two cells to the local sewage lagoon. Engineer B. M. Ross, who had previously estimated the cost of a cell at $15,000, reported in a letter that the cost would possibly be around $56,000 for the two cells or $42,00 for one cell. "It would be better to build two," Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor stated. "Only if we would use them," replied Councillor Ross Taylor. He was assured that the two new cells would be used and Councillor Ken Ottewell ex- plained that the cost for the first cell was so high because all the piping had to be installed. Councillor Bruce Shaw claimed council had no choice but to approve the cells because the completion of the sewage system planned for this year hinges on adequate lagoon facilities. Council had previously been advised the local lagoon was at capacity. It was noted by Ottewell that part of the cost of building the new cells at the lagoon would be recoverable from Canadian Canners. There is still no indication of • whether the sewer system will be completed. this year as council has planned. They have been advised by the engineer that word will have to be received by the end of April if the project is to be undertaken in 1972, If it is not, council plans to install sewers on a portion of Andrew St. Total cost of the sewer project with the new cells, has been estimated at $465,000. Retarded campaign will seek $90,000 Terms education equality great Ontario myth Board slashes programs in Huron Director pleads for dept change It took sharp pencils and two nights of concentrated effort, but the Huron County Board of Education has managed to chop • about $350,000 from the 1972 budget. The drastic cuts were necessary because of a provincial government imposed ceiling on spending for ordinary expenses. This ceiling was based on spending last year in Huron County and the board learned that because it had been economy-minded in the past, its ceilingfor1972 will be much lower than in some counties in the province where a high level of spending has been maintained, • In 1971, for example, spending in Huron County totalled $470.88 per resident internal elementary student, (A resident internal student is one Who lives and at- tends school in Huron County.) The 1972 spending at the elementary level has been in- creased this year by $60.24, making the ceiling on elementary spending $531,12 per resident internal student. In the secondary panel, last year's spending per resident internal student was $94/90. This year's increase will be $76.58, bringing the ceiling to $1,019.48. This same ceiling applies to the grants for the trainable retarded too, It was pointed out that the increases in government grants will do little more than pay for the increases in salaries already contracted. Church services to help retarded Two hundred and thirty five dollars is the amount the Exeter Ministerial Association will turn over to the Association for the Mentally Retarded after ex- penses have been paid out of collections taken at the Holy Week services. This year the services were held at Bethel Reformed Church with guest preacher Rev, Siebrand Wilts. He spoke to an overflow audience Good Friday morning, The donation from the Ministerial will be turned over to the Association for the Retarded at the campaign dinner, April 14, Huron County is also faced with a substantial reduction in the number of resident internal students on which the govern- ment grant is based. It has been estimated that there will be about 200 students less in the elementary system and about 119 students less at the secondary level beginning in September 1972. The closing of CFB Clinton has been cited as one of the reasons for the drop in enrolment, although evidence is that the birth rate in Huron is declining steadily as it is in most parts of the country. However, development at former CFB Clinton could add revenue to Huron County's educational coffers and the board hasn't ruled out the possibility of a larger government grant than presently anticipated, In the meantime, severe cuts had to be made in the budgets in both the elementary and secondary school panels. At the elementary school level, there will be no expansion of special education staff AS was previously approved. Deleted Please turn to page 3 LOVELY LADIES ABOUND in Patience, the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta being presented by the Huronia Singers at the High School, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Two of them, Anne Marie Hoffman as Patience and Ada Diriney as Angelia, sing a duet during dress rehearsal. While members of the Huron County Board of Education were having difficulty staying within a budget ceiling imposed on or- dinary expenses by the Ontario government, there was con- siderable concern regarding the future of education in this county. During the meetings held Wednesday, March 29 and Monday, April 3 in Clinton, some members of the board expressed the feeling that the Huron board is being penalized for not spen- ding more in previous years. It was pointed out that while Huron has spent wisely for education and implemented only those programs recommended by the Ontario Department of Education, other boards in the province have spent large sums of money and have updated their educational facilities in the in- terim. It now appears, according to board officials, that Huron County will not be able to achieve the level of facilities and equipment maintained in other school jurisdictions, because grant ceilings will rise in Huron at the same level as every other school district in the province while their base remains unusually low. Director of Education for Huron, D. J. Cochrane, termed Prime Minister William Davis' promise for educational equality the "Great Ontario Myth". In a letter from the director to The Honorable Thomas Wells, Minister of Education, Huron's position was explicitly outlined. "As Chief Education Officer for the Huron County Board of Education and as your Snowmobile law given approvals Although the weatherman keeps trying to prolong the season, Exeter's new snowmobile bylaw probably Won't be en- forced until next year. Council learned this week the department of transportation and communications had approved the bylaw, which restricts hours of use and prohibits the machines in some areas. "We'll be ready for next fall," commented Councillor' Helen Jermyn, representative in Huron County School Division," wrote Cochrane, "I feel obliged to draw to your attention the fact that the Department of Education's ceiling on ordinary expenditures as applied to this particular jurisdiction will practically decimate the school system as it now exists." "In effect," the director con- tinued, "the programs offered to the children of Huron County next year will, at best, be similar to those offered before the in- troduction of the county boards of education in 1969, It seems to us that Mr. Roberts' statement in Galt on November 14, 1967, to the effect that the number one priority was the equality of educational opportunity, will only be a myth insofar as we in Huron County are concerned, "May I hasten to point out that, in general, we Are not opposed to ceilings on expenditures," wrote Cochrane. "I3ut we do feel that' ceilings based on expenditures per pupil in the previeus year are totally unfair to conservative jurisdictions such as ours." "As an example of my point, I Please turn to page 3 —