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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-05-18, Page 1Damages near $8,000 in eight district crashes the main intersection in Zurich. Ann Pinder, 411 Albert St„ Exeter, was backing from a private lane when she was in collision with a northbound car driven by Richard Thiel, Zurich, One of the cars struck a fence owned by Elmer l3ierling, RR 2 Zurich, and total damage in the mishap was listed at $760 by Constable Glassford. During the week, the local detachment officers charged 39 persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 20, There were nine charges under the Criminal Code. COLLIDE AT EL IMVI L Minor injuries were suffered by two men involved in a two-car accident at Monday morning. The vehicle driven by George Frayne is shown in the foreground of the above picture, The other car was operated by Kenneth Parkinson. T-A photo EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 18, 1972 Price Per Copy 20 Cents A GOOD FIRST TRY — Presider) Case Van Raay of the South Huron Association for the Mentally; etarded was first on the roller rink at Grand Bend for Sunday's Skate-41°n. Despite it was his first try on roller skates he did very well with help from secretary Marg Purdy. T-A photo Receive resignations, file plea on wage halt Look at other sites for town hall needs Councillor Bruce Shaw, a member of the new town hall building committee, reported this week the committee is in- vestigating other than the present site for the new facilities, "We're not suggesting we'll move — we're just looking," he said. Shaw explained that the ar- chitect had indicated the present site may be too small to house both the town offices and the fire hall. Councillor Ken Ottewell added that it may not be economical to 4 Property damage was high in Several of the eight accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP this week, but there were no serious injuries. Two men sustained neck in- juries in a two-car crash on the Kirk ton Road in Elimville Monday at 10:30 a.m. Property damage in the collision was listed at $2,875 by Cpl, Ray Brooks. Drivers involved were Kenneth Parkinson, RR 6 St. Marys, and George Frayne, RR 1 Woodham. Parkinson was proceeding west on the Kirkton Road and Frayne • was northbound on the con- cession road when they collided at the intersection in the hamlet. Dense fog was partly responsible for an accident Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. on Highway • Must use lights travelling in fog OPP Cpl. Ray Brooks issued a reminder to area motorists this week that they are required to drive with their headlights on • during times of heavy fog. He said he had been in- vestigating an accident north of Exeter on Tuesday morning and found numerous vehicles ap- proaching without headlights on. The law requires that the lights be on when atmospheric con- ditions are such that objects are not discernible at a distance under 500 feet. Exeter council decided this week not to "break the rules" established for the "work week" .0 program instituted by South Huron District High School commercial and technical departments. Each year, students from the departments work in area businesses and industries to gain some experience. No pay is in- volved in the program, However, council learned this week that many firms do provide Say Exeter out of line The Huron County library board told Exeter council this week their maintenance of the local library was out of proportion to other such in- stitutions in the county. • Last year, Exeter spent over $2,600 on maintenance of the facilities, with $1,825 of that being for caretaking expenses. The latter figure itself was more than Clinton, Wingham or Seaforth paid for total maintenance and the total figure was about $250 less than Goderich spent. Reeve Derry Boyle pointed out that the library in Goderich was much larger than Exeter's. Exeter had attempted to get the county board to pay the entire maintenance figure. However, w the board has not yet agreed and asked council to review their maintenance of the building in view of the high costs. The matter was turned over to the building committee, which will review maintenance of all the town buildings as well. 4, about two miles north of Exeter. Elizabeth Cheung, London, was proceeding north and had stopped for a south-bound school bus when her car was hit from behind by a vehicle driven by Charles Miller, Lucan. Constable Dale Lamont listed damage at $700, There were three accidents,- Saturday. In one, a car driven by Thomas McGregor, RR 3 Ailsa Craig, skidded out of control on the 2nd concession of Stephen south of Huron Park and rolled over coming to rest in the east ditch. The driver sustained cuts and bruises and damage was set at $1,000 by Constable Lamont. At 3:30 ./ p m two cars collided • on the lot at the Hensall Freeze- King, Drivers involved were Reta Anderson, London, and Robert McClinchey, RR 1 Zurich, Damage was set at $200 by Constable Bill Glassford. At 11:45 p.m., Michael Van Liescheut, London, failed to negotiate a curve on New Brunswick Ave. at Huron Park, hit a ditch and came to rest against a cement manhole. Constable Bob Whiteford estimated damage at $1,000. There were three more ac- cidents, Sunday, the first at 2:45 a,m. on Highway 4 north of the Kirkton Road. Drivers involved were Donald Jones, RR 1 Cen- tralia, and Donald Wolfe, Exeter. cash or other gifts to the students and Chief Ted Day recommended that the student working for his department last week be given $25. Councillor Ken Ottewell, a teacher at the school, led the opposition to paying the student. He said it was a mutual benefit program and the employers had to take time off to assist the students and therefore no pay should be involved. He said paying the students could wreck the whole program. Reeve Derry Boyle suggested it may make council look bad not to follow the example of other employers in giving the students some material gift. "I don't think we should break the rules," commented Coun- cillor Tom MacMillan, who suggested a letter of appreciation be sent to the student who had worked at the police department. His suggestioon was approved by council. Stratford firm given contract A Stratford firm has been awarded the contract to pave three blocks on Huron St. Yundt Brothers Construction had the lowest of four tenders submitted to Exeter council] at a special meeting last week. The firm's bid of $13,004.50 was $303 lower than the next bid and $11,408 lower than the highest of the four bids submitted. Acceptance of the tender is subject to the approval of the department of transportation and communications. Jones was northbound and had stopped for traffic to clear prior to making a left turn when the Wolfe vehicle slid into the rear of him. Total damage was listed at $1,250 by Constable Frank Giffin. Damage of $25 was reported when a car driven by E. Randall Campbell, RR 1 Exeter, struck a department of transportation and communications sign in Hensall at 7:50 p.m. He had been attempting to make a U-turn on the main street just west of Highway 4. The other crash of the past week occurred at 11:20 p.m. on Goshen St., half a,; mile north of Ninety-eighth Year Stephen student wins police trip A Stephen township girl gets to ride in a police car today, Thursday and the trip should be lots of fun. Eight year-old Teresa Morrison, RR 2 Crediton, was a recent winner in the Ontario Provincial Police drawing contest. As her prize, Teresa will travel to Toronto to visit general police headquarters with other Western Ontario winners. Her mother will accompany her. Teresa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morrison was one of three contestants chosen by CKNX television in Wingham. The other two are boys from the Mount Forest and Wingham districts. To enter the contest, boys and girls were required to draw a picture of Trevor, the OPP bug. In Teresa's drawing Trevor was going fishing. Helmet, stereo reported stolen Police report two thefts in Exeter this week. On Friday, a motorcycle helmet was stolen from a vehicle while it was parked on Main St. The helmet was the property of Leroy Hern, 301 Senior St. Sunday, John Vos, London, parked his car on Huron St. West and returned to find that the vent window had been forced open and his eight-track stereo, speakers and tapes had been stolen. During the past month a number of stereos have been stolen from cars and Police Chief Ted Day pointed out that owners should be sure to record the serial numbers of their equipment. If there is no serial, place some identifying mark on it. He explained it is impossible to identify the equipment without this information, The police have one found item at the office this week. It is a boy's or girl's blue jacket. build all the facilities on the present site. Mayor Jack Delbridge ex- pressed opposition to any suggestion to move any of the facilities off the present location. "If there's not room we'd better get a new architect," he said, adding there was no way he would want to see the town hall moved off the Main St. Ottewell replied the whole thing was in the exploratory stages and members of the committee were "just doing our home-work" in investigating all possibilities. The regular meeting of the Huron County Board of Education got underway a half hour late Monday evening — 8:30 p.m. — to permit a longer than usual committee-of-the-whole (in camera) session. It ended about 10 p.m. for a short break before members of the board recon- vened in another committee-of- the-whole (in camera) meeting. During the open meeting, little new business was aired. All but three of the recommendations from "The Arts In Education" meeting were approved and the three which were tabled involved budget lithitations as well as a follow-up study of county needs. The recommendation from 'the academic planning committee to form a teacher-trustee- administration liaison committee was also approved. A brief discussion was held on the request from the London board of education to put a freeze on administrative salaries, but board members agreed to file the correspondence. The feeling was that the Huron board had been holding the line on administrative spending as well as other educational spending since the board's beginning, and did not feel it was necessary to put a freeze on salaries which were already well within the guidelines set by other boards in the province. The following resignations were accepted, effective August 31: At Brookside, Mrs. Patricia F. Allen, Mrs. Elsie Irvin; Clinton PS, Mrs. Sharlene Tyndall; Colborne CS, Mrs. Karen Web- ster; Exeter PS, Mrs. E. J. Turvey; Grey CS, Mrs. Helen M. Keith; Howick CS, Mrs. Patricia Evers, Mrs. Eva W. Harris, Mrs. Darlene Knapp, Gerald McClinchey and Mrs. Mary F. Woods; Hullett CS, Mrs. Violet Howes, J.W.O'Rourke. Huron Centennial CS, Mrs. Ann Zwaan, Mrs. Joyce Monteith; JAD McCurdy PS, Mrs. Eleanor MacDonell, Miss Joanne 011erenshaw, Mrs. Jennifer Dattels (also Stephen CPS) and Lawrence Wein (also Exeter, Hensall, Zurich and Stephen Central); Robertson Memorial, Goderich, Mrs. Roberta Proctor; Seaforth PS, Mrs. Florence Kay, Mrs. Eula Kellar, Miss Joyce Norris, Mrs. Marian Pullman; Turnberry CS, Mrs. S. E. Morrison, Miss Sharon Baechler (also East Wawanosh PS); Victoria PS, Goderich, Mrs. Grace E. Cranston; Wingham PS, Mrs. Mary E. Forrest, Mrs. Myrla Frank; and Zurich PS, C. — Please turn to Page 3 A .committee of secondary school English Department Heads have laid down the rules for the selection of text books for high school English courses — and the school trustee who initiated the committee's activity complained that board members had not all been at the education committee meeting to hear the discussion on the subject of ac- ceptable English text books. It was John Henderson of McKillop who told the board several weeks ago about a student having to read aloud a passage from a textbook which was contrary to his personal principles. Since that time, the "questionable" English books have been a subject of study by teaching staff. It was also John Henderson who told Monday evening's regular meeting of the board of education that he was disap- pointed no mention had been made by the teachers in their brief that board members and/or parents were encouraged to make arrangements to sit in on English classes where books of a questionable nature were under discussion. Henderson also said he was Fires damage home, factory A smoldering cigarette is believed to have caused a fire which damaged the home of Richard Mellenger in Exeter, Friday. The alarm was sounded around 8:40 p.m. by Constable. A. McIntyre, who saw smoke and flames coming from the home while he was ,on patrol. Firemen battled the blaze for almost an hour before getting it extinguished. The home is .located at the north-east corner of the William and Victoria St. intersection. The owner had left for a trip to Northern Ontario around 6:00 p.m. and police were still having difficulty in reaching him at press time. A boarder at the home, David Scarrow, had left the home around 8:00 p.m. The fire broke out in a storage area under a staircase near the kitchen. Fire Chief Gary Middleton and Police Chief Ted Day in- vestigated. Middleton reported there was considerable smoke and water damage to the house and the area where the fire broke out was badly charred. Slight damage Around 2:00 p.m. yesterday, a fire broke at the Hall Lamp Company of Canada Ltd. factory at Huron Industrial Park, One of the exhaust stacks from the painting section ignited and burned through about two sec- tions of the roof. The plant's sprinkler system managed to keep the blaze under control until the fire brigade arrived to finish the task of ex- tinguishing it. Fire Chief J. A. Robichaud said damage could run between $1,000 and $2,000. "We were lucky," he said. Jack Malone, manager of the ODC industrial park, said the value of the sprinkler system was proven. Operations at the plant were halted and there was con- siderable water on the floor although it caused little damage. sorry the full board had not been present to hear the teachers' comments on the subject which was aired at an education committee meeting May 1. He was reminded that all board members are welcome at any committee meetings they wish to attend. The brief stated that before a book becomes a text book for study in Huron County English classes, a teacher must be familiar with the book and prepared to vouch for it; a colleague must be familiar with the book and prepared to vouch for it; a reputable scholarship must give it positive appraisal; it must be illustrative of a specific genre or theme considered im- portant enough to warrant examination; and it must be relevant to contemporary students. The book must also exhibit the qualities of a mature writing style; it must stimulate discriminating reading and thinking; it must enrich the readers' understanding of themselves and their fellows through an exposure to great themes; and it must transmit an awareness of accepted values. Won't break rules, student gets no pay Board sets policy on safe text books Exeter, GB taxes Three-mill increase in Exeter • down in Stephen Drop by as much as 14 mills in Stephen HURON PARK APPLE DAY — The Huron Park cub pack held their annual Apple Day, Saturday. Shown getting their baskets filled are at the back, Mike and Peter Sutherland. Front, Brian Sutherland, Kevin Beer, Paul Beer, Brent Burling and Doug Medd. T-A photo Exeter council this week "approved in principle" a budget for 1972 as recommended by the finance committee. It calls for a hike of 3.26 mills for residential and 5.14 for commercial. It's less for separate school Supporters, the residential rate being only .1 over last year's total and the commercial rising by 1,41, The total for public school Supporters is 135,06 residential and 147.94 commercial. The budget was not definitely approved because council does not know as yet what their 1972 grants will be from the depart- Ment of transportation and communication. • Monday's figures showed the tentative grant as being $63,675. If this is lowered, council will face the prospect of either boosting the mill rate higher or cutting back on some street work. There was little discussion * regarding the budget at Mon- day's meeting. Noting that ex- penditures were down some $30,000 over last year, Councillor Bruce Shaw suggested there was no plane to make any further cuts, Increased wages and benefits * for employees and elected of- ficials make up most of the in- creases in the budget. On a percentage basis, the largest hike in the budget is for council member& salaries. It will cost an estimated $6,500 this year, compared to $5,295 spent in 1971. The protection to persons and property budget has been in- creased almost $13,000 this year to $89,400. This includes a $2,000 reserve for the fire department for the future purchase of a new fire truck. The police department budget is increased by $8,000 and em- ployee benefits for all town employees has been estimated at $6,800 compared to less than $5,000 a year ago. The public works budget is decreased by $2,500 and public welfare has been dropped en- tirely due to the fact it has been taken over by the county. Last year, $19,017.52 was paid out in nursing home care and public relief, with local taxpayers paying about 20 percent. Largest decrease comes in the recreation and community services budget. It has been set at $44,850 this year, compared to the $53,320.31 spent in the previous year. Last year an addition at the arena was undertaken that was expected to cost around $10,000, but it ended up costing twice that figure and resulted in the total budget being overspent by over $11,000, Total expenditure for the present year is estimated at $550,329.06. This does not include the County council or county school boards levies. The majority of taxpayers in Stephen township will find a decrease of five mills in the 1972 levy when they receive their tax notices in a few weeks. A small group, living in the area formerly paying school support of the Exeter public school will pay a total tax rate of 66.95 mills, a decrease of 14.03 mills from a year ago. Those paying elementary school support to the Stephen Central school will be charged a total mill rate of 73.51, In 1971 the rate was 79.13 mills. The big change for most Stephen owners comes in a reduction of five mills in the secondary school rate, The Huron county rate is up .6 mills while the general township rate is down a half mill. Owners residing in the southern portion of the township paying support to the McGillivray Central school will find a sharp increase in their rate, but it is still below some of the other areas. The McGillivray school rate last year was only 7.97 due to the use of overlevied monies from previous years, The overall rate fer this portion of Stephen will be 75.13 mills. Due to changes in elementary school rate, those property owners residing in the former I-lay township area will be paying a total rate of 70.26 rrlills, an increase of 1,9 mills from 1971. Also up 1.1 mills is the total rate paid by supporters of the Huron- Perth Separate School Board. The overall levy is 81.35 mills. The township will receive an administration rate of nine mills from the three police villages. Dashwood, Centralia and Crediton pay a general rate of 15 mills while the latter residents will be charged an additional 15 The 1972 tax rate for the village of Grand Bend set by council Monday night shows a very slight increase from a year ago. The total mill rate for residential property owners will be 109 mills, an increase of 1,1. mills. The commercial rate is up 1.5 mills to 117 mills. Several of the individual levies are up while a couple of others are down somewhat, making for the small jump, The village rate which gives monies for all projects of the municipality is up 1.2 mills from a year ago, the public and separate school rate has risen 4.3 mills and the fire protection rate is up 5.8 mills. On the other side of the ledger, the high school rate is down 1.8 mills, the Lambton county rate is down .9 mills and an Ausable Conservation Authority levy for last year for erosion control of 1,6 has been eliminated for this year. mills for fire protection purposes. All Stephen ratepayers will receive one tax notice with two instalments due June 30 and November 30. A penalty of three-. quarters of one per cent per month will be charged on overdue taxes. At Tuesday's regular meeting, council approved and severance Please turn to Page 3 at resort In discussing the mill rate, Councillor Paul Panet, chairman of finances said, "I think our tax increase is very reasonable compared to some other municipalities. • " Our budget this year includes deficits of $4,000 from 1971 and $9,000 from the year previous, Considering these deficits, I feel we did well in keeping the rate down." Beach committee Chairman councillor Murray Des Jardins will be allowed a budget of $2,500 on this year's lifeguard program. He has already engaged John Watt of Toronto as chief lifeguard and other staff members will be added. Watt will be paid $60 per week as head of the lifeguards and allowed to teach swimming lessons during his spate time, In 1971 the lifeguard progom cost $2,489 while the year previous overall costs were about $2,200. Ii ti Small increase