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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-09-20, Page 1HURON'S PLOWING QUEEN — Colleen Cardiff of Brussels was named Queen of the Furrow Saturday afternoon at the annual Huron County plowing match. Colleen is shown posing on a tractor before her actual plowing activities began. T-A photo Says unit erred in Bigelow death 1' they are junior schools. Thq portables would be used as classroom and an interior classroom would be converted to a library facility at a cost of portable, $9000, conversion work (shelving, etc.) $2,500. The eighth proposal by Mr. Cochrane was for renovations at the Goderich District Collegiate Institute for $5000 when two windows would be put in the windowless drafting room and construction of a corridor bet- ween the two gymnasia to shorten the distance students must travel through the School to get from one gymnasium to the other. Mr. .Cochrane had the last proposal for work in 1975 and also three of the portables. John Henderson said that if the portables are needed then they should all be put in for 1974 and he also included the work at Goderich Collegiate, and this was approved by the board. Mrs. Zinn asked why no further capital requirements were listed. Mr. Cochrane reported none were anticipated in 1975. NEW LION MEMBERS — The first district governor Bill Pemberton and Governor Bill Pemberton, new me Raymond. meeting of the year of the Exeter Lions club was featured by the visit of the reception of new members. Shown above are, from the left, District mbers Earl Wagner, Jim Pinder and Eric Kinfs and president Peter T-A photo FIRE HALL OPENS — The new fire hall to house the Exeter and area fire fighting equipment was officially opened Thursday night. Shown above at the official ribbon cutting ceremony are Exeter deputy-reeve Helen Jermyn., chairman of the area fire board, mayor Jack Delbridge, Doug Owens of the Ontario Fire Marshall's office and fire chief Gary Middleton. T-A photo Trees, rats, dogs, birds Nature problems aired BEATEN AT THE WIRE— The open class bicycle race at the Kirkton Fair Saturday produced an exciting finish. Brent Marshall and Mrs. Christine Eveleigh are shown in the above picture as they head into the final turn. Brent eventually won the race by a whisker. T-A photo Okay work on EPS addition Following Monday afternoon's regular meeting of the Huron County Board of Education, the salary agreement for elementary teachers was handed out to the press. (Board members received theirs last week.) The one-year contract calls for a seven percent total increase in the over-all salary agreement ratified by the board and teachers in June. Mr. Cochrane said the sum of $225,000 will be paid to the elementary teachers, principals and vice-principals on staff as of September, 1973. The teachers agreement ac- cording to the seven categories, with last years's salary in brackets: $5,627 ($5,500) to $7,808 Monday's meeting of Exeter council amost turned out to be a nature study, with muskrats, dogs, pigeons and trees being deba ted. Councillor Ted Wright broached the controversial muskrat trapping issue when he advised council that he and fellow member Bob Simpson had toured the sewer lagoon recently and found it "infested" with the pests. He said he was amazed at the damage being caused to the banks by the many burrows being dug by the muskrats and suggested to trapping opponent Bruce Shaw that he would have to decide whether he wanted a lagoon or an animal sanctuary. Wright then presented a motion to allow Wilson Brintnell to trap the muskrats and Shaw seconded the motion. Progress — albeit slight — is being made in two areas con- cerning senior citizens in Exeter. At their meeting, Monday, council learned that an official from the Ontario Housing Cor- poration had approved a ten- tative site for the 32-unit senior citizen apartment building in Exeter. The site is located south of the high school on property owned by Gord McTavish. Council agreed with the choice, One of the reasons for choosing the site over other possibilities was said to be the fact it allows for future expansion. Discussion at Monday night's meeting also centred on nursing home facilities in the community. Last week, Mayor Jack Delbridge, Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn and Clerk Eric Car- scadden went to Toronto for a meeting arranged with officials for the homes for the aged branch by Huron MPP Jack Riddell. Mrs. Jermyn told council the officials pointed out Huron was better endowed with such facilities than most counties in Ontario, but did agree that the situation in Exeter had changed with the recent closing of the Exeter Nursing Home. However, she said it was her opinion that council did not have enough information to proceed any further with discussion until a needs study could be conducted. She also explained that the Exeter Lions have been Location okayed for senior units Stratford are to be instructed to proceed with the planning of and prepare working drawings of the necessary alterations to ac- commodate a library resources centre and three classrooms and to plan such renovations and up- dating of the building for an expenditure to total no more than $198,000. This will be paid from current funds rather than by debenture, Each year by mid-October Ontario school boards are required to submit a five-year forecast of capital building They also announced the ap- proval of a grant of an additional $3,550.00 to the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority for the Authority office and workshop. Previously a grant was authorized to apply on the cost of certain alterations to be carried out on the office and workshop building which included enlargement of the boardroom, provision of a staff room, ad- ditional storage space and washroom facilities and im- provements in the workshop *section. When these alterations were being undertaken, it was discovered that the entire building needed a new roof, with the installation of additional washroom facilities, a new septic tank and tile bed was essential, and also additional furniture and equipment were needed for the enlarged boardroom and offices. The Authority proposes to un- dertake these essential im- provements to complete this capital development program. The Clinton conservation area comprises some 12 acres of land in the Township of Tuckersmith. An independent medical wit- ness at a coroner's inquest into the death of Tim Bigelow, 25, of Exeter did not completely ab- solve Victoria Hospital of blame but gave the Home Dialysis Training Centre a "grade A rating" last week. Dr. Gerald Posen, director of nephrology at Ottawa Civic Hospital said the unit erred in not checking some laboratory blood test results of Mr. Bigelow, who died August 9. The jury at the inquest at- tributed cause of death to cardiac arrest due to pulmonary edema, which is the lungs filling with fluid and a high level of potassium in the blood. Dr. Posen said "according to my feeling, the unit is a good unit." His comment came after he outlined the criteria for his judgement,, which included the condition of the patients, Who are on kidney machines in their own homes, the mortality rate Parking ha bit is not good ! The Exeter police have been asked to crack down on young bicycle owners who improperly park their vehicles. Mayor Jack Delbridge said he had received complaints over the act some youngsters merely drop their bicycles in the middle of the sidewalk when they want to go into a store. He said it was up to the police to check into the situation and asked Reeve Boyle to so advise the local department. Exeter council reversed a decision made a week ago and decided to undertake planning of new subdivision agreements themselves. Last week they had turned the matter over to the planning board, asking them to prepare a subdivision agreement which will go into effect on subdivisions being planned by Len Veri and Fred Darling. The planning board met Wednesday, and agreed it was not in their jurisdiction to propose what should be contained in the agreements. Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn, a member of planning board, said council should decide What they want included in the agreements and then ask the town solicitors to Call tenders on post office The proposed new post office for the town of Exeter is a bit closer to becoming a reality. Huron MP Robert McKinley announced Thursday that the project is going to tender this week and the award could be made the latter part of October. Earlier this year, the federal public works department pur- chased the former Seldon 'property at the corner of Andrew arid Sanders streets in Exeter as the site of a new post office. and the number of patients who returned to hospital from the home program because of complications. But he said he did not want his assessment to appear as a "whitewash". He said there have been problems at the centre with "an unfortunate lack of con- fidence because of difficulty in staff." And he said in the case of a blood test taken from Mr. Bigelow at the hospital three days before the day he died, the unit should have checked out the test results and "Tim should have been brought down to the 'unit" for a check. Victoria Hospital chief of medicine , Dr. Adam Linton said the system of reporting blood test results "should obviously be tightened up." Among other suggestions, the five-man jury which deliberated .for slightly _more than an hour recommended that all home dialysis machines should be in the patient's permanent residence. Mr. Bigelow's machine was at the home of his parents in Bayfield. After he married June 23 he moved to Exeter with his wife. Other recommendations were: Blood tests for persons iden- tifying themselves as dialysis patients should be given stat (priority) treatment; Continued communication between patients and staff in an effort to maintain morale; Close communication between the dialysis unit and the patient's family doctor; Assistants trained in dialysis treatment should be tested under professional supervision before home programs begin (an assistant helps with the procedures of dialysis). prepare the necessary documents. The finance committee of council will undertake the initial planning. Two items that will be con- sidered for the new agreements are storm sewers and un- derground wiring. At the present time, subdividers do not have to provide these services, but there was an indication at this week's council meeting that they may be included in future agreements. Alterations and renovations at Exeter Public School were. authorized by the Huron County Board of Education at its meeting in Clinton. Monday. The architectural firm of Kyles, Kyles and Garrett of Exeter opposes college closing At the suggestion of Deputy- Reeve Helen Jermyn, Exeter council will oppose any plan to close the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology. A letter indicating council's opposition will be sent to agriculture minister William Stewart, with a copy going to Huron MPP Jack Riddell. A copy will also be sent to the staff at the college after it was learned they are preparing a brief to state their opposition to the suggested closing. • Damage light in collisions Damage amounted to about $2,500 in area accidents this week, while one driver was treated for cuts and bruises. Clarence Ruston, Stratford, was injured after a single car mishap pn Stephen sideroad 15-16 at 8:15 p.m., Thursday. The vehicle left the road and ended up in the north ditch one mile west of Highway 4. Damage was listed at $500 by Constable Dale Lamont. Total damage of $1,100 was set in an accident involving two cars which collided on concession 2-3 of Stephen south of the Crediton Road on Wednesday at 5:10 p.m. Drivers involved were Brian McArthur, Lucan, and Barbara Pfaff, Crediton. Constable Allan Quinn investigated. Kenneth Gloor, St. Thomas was identified as the driver of a car which skidded off concession 14- 15 of Usborne and collided with a telephone pole on Friday at 10:30 p.m. Constable Lamont set damage to the car at $100 and $200 to the pole. There was one accident, Saturday occurring at 6:00 p.m. on Highway 84 in Zurich. Drivers involved were Edward Weston, London and Paul Flaxbard, Zurich. Damage was listed at $150. Ann Mostrey, Exeter lost control of her vehicle on the Crediton Road at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday. The car skidded sideways and hit a sign post with total damage listed at $350. The final accident occurred at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday when a truck operated by Douglas Coupland, London, backed into a pole in Hensall. Damage was $175 to the van. Taste of winter? • • — no, corn mice It was cold Monday, but most local residents probably did a double-take when they saw the Main St, being sanded during a rain. Well, it wasn't really a freezing rain the works department were trying to overcome, The street had been turned into a "skating rink" by material dripping from trucks hauling corn refuse from Canadian Canners Ltd. After police and motorists complained about the situation following a few near accidents, the works department covered the street with a layer of sand. Councillor Ted Wright, a for- mer employee of the local firm, said they used to wash the streets themselves and wondered why this had been discontinued. It was agreed to write the company and ask them to watch the situation as closely as possible to prevent problems. Works superintendent Glen Kells advised that Canadian Canners plan to instal an auger next year which will squeeze most of the liquid from the refuse and end the problem. requirements, regardless of method of financing. D.J. Cochrane, Director of Kcuation, stated the Exeter proposal had been on the 1973 list and as well a boiler conversion at the JAD McCurdy Public School and on the 1974 list was a proposal for alterations and renovations at Victoria Public School in Goderich. Mr. Cochrane reported that a ministry of education employed architect visited the Victoria School and agreed that the 1910 original building be demolished The lone opposition then came from Councillor Ben Hoogen- boom who wondered how many muskrats may be at the lagoon. "Would there be 25?", he asked. "There could be as many as 1,000," Mayor Jack Delbrige opined. The only other question then was raised by Reeve Derry Boyle who wondered why council were "changing trappers in mid- stream" by allowing Brintnell to trap and not the two local men who had been given permission last year. That question was never positively answered. In approving the trapping, council did ask that they be ad- vised as to how many muskrats were trapped. The pigeon issue was raised by Hoogenboom, who wanted to (7,500): $6,066 ($5,900) to $9,900 ($9,400; $6,660 ($6,500) to $11,900 ($11,300: $7,200 ($7,100) to $13,000 ($12,400: $7,500 ($7,400) to $13,700 ($13,000) : $8,400 ($8,300) to $15,400 ($14,800): $8,900 ($8,800) to $16,500 ($15,900). Elementary school principals are on a separate salary grid based on teaching category and years of experience as a prin- cipal. Salaries range from a minimum of $9,000 in the lowest category to a maximum of $20,000 ($19,000 last year) in the highest category of qualification. A memorandum distributed to the trustees at the meeting established the 1974 policy, setting spending ceilings per pupil, by the Ministry of Education.At a press conference Mr. D.J. Cochrane, director of education for the board, said: "On the surface it looks good. However, it will depend on what the weighting factors are." Weighting factors are based on assessment per pupil and are designed to equalize the ability of a board to pay, Mr. Cochrane explained, saying that in heavy industrialized areas the assessment is higher than in lower populated areas such as Huron. The memorandum established the 1974 policy, setting spending ceilings per elementary pupil at $683 an increase of $53 or 8.41 percent on an average. The ceiling per secondary school pupil will be increased by $80 or 7,08 percent to $1,210. In Huron, Mr. Cochrane said the increase in spending ceiling would amount to $92 elementary and $126 secondary. In 1973 the elementary ceiling was $591 and the secondary $1,084. Mr. Cochrane emphasized that — Please turn to Page 3 and the 1948 addition updated and additional space provided to meet the total needs of 505 elementary school children and 26 retarded children. Thus he said the Victoria School would hold top priority for 1974. Also for 1974 would be the heating controls at McCurdy school in. Huron Park. Mr. Cochrane recommended that a portable classroom be obtained for five schools where there are no formal library facilities. Only two other schools do not have these facilities but know what could be done about the birds which are creating an unsightly mess on the sidewalks below their perches at one local store. He said the sidewalk in question hadn't been cleaned for some time and other merchants were upset over the situation. "It's up to the property owner," Reeve Boyle suggested in quickly terminating discussion, Council then turned their at- tention to the dog problem with Councillor Harold Patterson advising that Harvey Hillman would undertake one patrol per week in Exeter at a fee of $25. However, before any agreement could be reached, he noted, council had to have a pound keeper and suggested they contact the Kirkton Veterinary Clinic in this regard. Council members agreed with the suggestion and also urged Patterson to get more details from Hillman as to the length of a patrol he would undertake for the $25. The discussion on trees turned out to be the most contentious of the night and arose after Mayor Delbridge complained about a row of poplar trees at the residence of Bruce Peat, Sanders St. East. The Mayor said people walking past on the sidewalk hit their heads on the trees and it was — Please turn to page 3 The Honourable Leo Bernier, Minister of Natural Resources, and Mr. Jack Riddell, M.P.P. for Huron announce the approval of a provincial grant of $1,500.00 to the Ausable Bayfield . Con- servation Authority for the Clinton (formerly Maynard- Carrie) Conservation Area. Decide on name for new street A new street recently opened off Highway 83 east will be known as Industrial Road. The street runs south between Kongskilde Ltd. and Exeter Roofing. Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn suggested it be called "Mac- Naughton”in honor of the former Huron MPP C.S. MacNaughton, but others felt this name should be saved for a residential street. The only opposition to the Industrial Road name was ex- pressed by Ted Wright. "I wouldn't want to live on a street called Industrial Road," he suggested. discussing the subject and are anxious to assist, Councillor Bruce Shaw disagreed with her proposal to delay a public meeting until the needs survey could be completed. He said the public meeting would draw out interested people and council could be informed as to their needs and concerns. "The Lions want to meet with council before any public meeting is scheduled," noted Councillor Harold Patterson, a member of the local service group. Shaw then presented a motion that such a meeting be arranged and this was approved. Narrowly avoids crash with train Only minor damages were incurred late Wednesday mor- ning when a vehicle driven by an Exeter woman struck a railway crossing sign while attempting to avoid a collision with a CNR train. Mrs. Doris Dettmer, 303 Carling Street was travelling east on Huron street near the railway crossing when she saw the train, Her vehicle was damaged to the extent of $400 when it struck the crossing sign and ended up in the south ditch, just west of the tracks. Constable Jim McMeekin of the Exeter police department investigated. It is traversed by the Bayfield River for a distance of about 1000 feet. The Authority proposes to carry out initial development work in this conservation area to provide recreational day-use facilities which will include fishing, picnicking and bathing. The Authority also intends to construct a service road, erect fencing, construct a parking area, carry out tile drainage work, provide toilet facilities and carry out other general development work. All member municipalities will bear the Authority's share of the cost of the two projects. Hensall man faces wounding charge A Hensall man, Edward Fink, was charged with intent to wound after an incident in Hensall, Friday, His son, tryan, was wounded on the right arm and arm pit with a knife. The accused was arrested in Kincardine, Work on agreement goes back to council Raises for teachers near seven percent One Hundred and First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 20, 1973 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Authority gets grants for office, park area I