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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-01-16, Page 1'HIGH WIND DAMAGES — The high winds of the weekend demolished a tool shed on the property of Dan McLeod at the south end of Exeter. Chris McLeod is shown in the above picture. T-A photo Anson McKinley after his grandfather, John McKinley, was elected Stanley Township reeve. Mr. McKinley's brother, Robert, a Progressive Con- servative, has represented the Huron and Huron-Middlesex ridings in Parliament since 1965. There has been considerable speculation that Anson McKinley has plans of getting into either federal or provincial politics. However, he temporarily ended speculation he might venture into provincial politics in the next Ontario election when he said he has "no intention of using the office of warden as a step to a higher or other political arena. I AIL will give the office of warden all Mlir the attention it deserves for 12 months." His promise came as good news to Jack Riddell, Huron MPP who brought greetings to county council. "It's comforting to know you are planning to devote a full year sorest Lodge 133 on the 70th a nniversary of his joining the lodge. From the left are Don Webster, Worship-,. Master of Lodge 133, Earl Watson, South Huron Deputy District Grand Master, Percy Simpson and past District Deputy Grand Master sill Cann. T.A photo RAP COMMITTEE HEADS — At Monday's first meeting of the year of Exeter's RAP committee, Jack Underwood was named chairman and Ruth Durand vice-chairman. • T-A photo Underwood chosen new RAP chairman One Hundred and Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 16, 1975 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Proceed with plans to lease post office Youth escapes jail on police testimony At a special meeting Friday night, Exeter council voted unanimously to proceed with negotiations between the department of public works to acquire the former post office for municipal offices. In so doing, council turned down a proposal by two local businessmen, Mel Gaiser and Jim Kneale, to lease space in a building the two propose to build at the former Cann's Mill site on Main St. Reeve Derry Boyle, chairman of the property committee, said the decision was based primarily on economics. Jackson gets Lambton post Dave Jackson, a 52-year-old real estate agent from Grand Bend, has been appointed Sarnia registrar of the Supreme Court, County Court Clerk and Surrogate Court Registrar. He replaces Ben Honsinger, a former Petrolia police chief, who resigned the position last Sep- tember. Jackson is a former member of Grand Bend council, He ran unsuccessfully in a bid for reeve in 1972 and was also defeated as a Conservative candidate for parliament in the mid 1960's. Stanley Township Reeve Anson McKinley was elected Monday as warden of Huron. The 49-year-old Zurich area chicken farmer defeated Clinton Reeve Harold Lobb 34 to 22 on a second ballot. McKillop Town- ship Reeve Allan Campbell was eliminated on the first ballot, The McKinley name is a familiar one in county political circles. The new warden said in his address to county council his election comes exactly 60 years The post office building is available for a yearly rental of $2,250, while the rental fee for the new building was estimated at $10,000 to $12,000 by the two local realtors. "It was a nice proposal (the new building)," Boyle com - mented at the special meeting, "but there are just so many other things we can use that extra money for," Boyle said the post office building should be adequate for the next 20 years, but added that an addition could be made to it if council felt it necessary. He said it was not unusual for people renting buildings to make additions or renovations if they had a long-term lease. The department of public works has indicated council could secure a 20-year lease on the post office, plus the option of an ad- ditional 10 years. • In their five-year forecast submitted to the Ontario government last year, council had indicated an expenditure of $250,000 for a municipal building in. 1975. Deputy-Reeve Tom MacMillan noted that this money could now be used for some other project, or one of the projects on the five- year forecast could be moved ahead. Other items on the forecast included a senior citizens' nur- sing home and a recreation complex. as warden," Mr. Riddell said. "My next move is to make sure Bill Davis calls the next election this spring or fall." Warden McKinley, who replaces Bill Elston, Morris Township reeve, is the second Stanley Township reeve elected warden in three years. The 1972 warden was Stanley Reeve Elmer Hayter. Warden McKinley, operations manager at McKinley Hat- cheries, and wife Evelyn, have six children. He told- Huron's 44 other coun'eillors he has "no great or grand plans for the coming year." The strength of county council, he said, lies in the integrity of its members who must "manage county affairs to inspire con- fidence in the people we serve." "Our contribution," he con- tinued, "will be measured by later generations. We are the pioneers of today. We have to look at how our actions today will affect tomorrow." ' Warden McKinley was of- ficially sworn in by Huron County court Judge Francis Carter. He has been a member of county council for seven years — the past two as reeve following five years as deputy reeve. For the past two years, Mr. McKinley was chairman of the county committee responsible for the management of Huronview, Huron County home for the aged at Clinton. Greetings were also brought by Murray Gaunt, MPP (L-Huron- Bruce) and Goderich Mayor Deb Shewfelt, Exeter merchants plan for annual The Exeter Board of Trade will hold their annual meeting on February 22, This date was set at a meeting of the executive last week. Gerry Smith and Mareook are in charge of the event, which will be a dinner-dance. Executive members have tickets available now for the annual meeting, Councillor Ted. Wright also noted the drains committee could use some of the money, In December, last year's council had already expressed an interest in acquiring the post office in a letter to the depart- ment of public works, It had been written after council recommended that the 1975 council seek a lease, They could take no definite action themselves because their tents Area youths get jail terms Two Dashwood area youths were sentenced to jail terms when they appeared before Judge Glenn Hays recently for sentencing on charges arising from a series of thefts, van- dalism and property damage in- cidents in the area this past summer. The two, Daniel Charles Dur- din and Gerald Lawrence Dietrich, had previously pleaded guilty to the charges and Judge Hays had ordered a pre-sentence report prior to handing down sentence. Dietrich was sentenced to four months definite and six months indefinite on one of the break and enter charges. In addition, he was sentenced to 60 days on each of the other charges with those terms to run concurrent with the first sentence. Durdin was sentenced to 60 days on one of the break and enter charges and 60 days con- current on each of the other charges. Dietrich faced a total of three break and enter charges and four mischief. Durdin was charged with two break and enter in- cidents and four charges of theft. over $200. Some of the places victimized included Hensall District Co-Op at Zurich, the property of Clare Masse, Hayter's Garage, the Huron County works department shed at Zurich, the Hay Township shed, Schatz General Store in Dashwood. Bus drivers congratulated At a Thursday night meeting at South Huron District High School, bus drivers of the Exeter division of Charterways of Toronto were congratulated for recording an accident free year in 1974. In attendance were Murray McAlpine, safety co-ordinator for Charterways, Lloyd Hewitt, manager of the Exeter Char- terways division, Constable John Wray, safety officer of the Ontario Provincial Police from Goderich and Exeter police chief Ted Day. Films and demonstrations on safe driving were shown and the local drivers commended on the good use of defensive driving methods. Drivers in attendance were Don Hooper, Ray Rader, Elmer Rowe, Ron Caldwell, Don Dearing, Mary Weber, Aldeen Skinner, Sam- Skinner, Shirley Kipfer, Archie Webber, .Norm Wainer, Grant Triebner, Susan Gackstetter, Ken Baker, Ralph Weber, Ortha Baker, Harold Simpson and Lloyd Guenther. of office were near expiry, In writing the letter, Clerk Eric Carscadden had advised the department of this situation and noted that the new council would make a decision early in the new year. "Hopefully it will be ac- cepted," Carscadden had added to the end of his letter. Friday night, the decision to acquire the building was ap- proved unanimously. Mayor Bruce Shaw, as retiring 0 airman of the finance com- ri of RAP made two c'ommendations to the new 11 lance committee at the first IAP meeting of the ,new year, Monday. Shaw recommended that there be "little Or no net increase in the budget over last year" and suggested that RAP has the potential "to come up with a good strong black figure for 1975." Shaw said that RAP has a responsibility to be more active in raising revenues and using facilities to capacity, and that it was time now for RAP to become more creative and active in finding ways of making money to see a profit this year. Reeve Derry Boyle chairman of the 1975 finance committee for RAP, said that RAP is "not ex- pected to make money, it is a community service," Shaw said that he expected the A 17-year-old area youth es- caped a term in jail this week when a policeman advised court officials that the accused "has straightened up considerably". Kenneth Barry Campbell, RR 2 Ailsa Craig, was appearing before Judge Glenn Hays on charges of careless driving and driving while his licence was un- der suspension. He pleaded guilty to both in Tuesday's court. The charges were laid in Ex- eter on September 21, just four days after Campbell had had his licence suspended for one year on two charges of careless driv- ing. OPP Constable Jim Rogers told the court he saw Campbell pull from the car wash lot on Main St. at a ''substantial acceleration". The vehicle the youth was driving fish-tailed and slid sideways on the street in the wrong lane before it was brought under control. However, Rogers later told the court that Campbell had changed his attitude towards . the law .after "causing quite a bit of problem during the summer" and had not been in any trouble since that time. Judge Hays took this into con- sideration in handing down his sentence, noting that usually "and with few exceptions" a jail term is imposed on those who town will always be supporting RAP but that they have facilities that are not being used to capacity. He explained that the town would like to see their subsidy of the RAP ;committee remain at approximately $40,000. He said that he would like to see the spread between expenditures and receipts stay the same, explaining that expenditures could be raised to $100,000 if they could get $60,000 in revenues. Jack Underwood, chairman of RAP said he felt this was a reasonable request on Shaw's part, Reporting on last year's finance committee, Shaw said that expenditures for wages fell toughly within the budget, with overbudgeting for instructors and underbudgeting for part-time help. He predicted a roughly 16 percent increase in wages for this year. Shaw reported that last year's drive while under suspension. He said the charge amounts to contempt of court. He fined Campbell $228 and added another six-month suspen- sion to the term of suspension still not served on the first two careless driving charges. The six-month suspension is mandatory under the Criminal Code for driving while dis- qualified, He told the accused he was lucky no accident had resulted from his driving on the date in question "because it was very poor". In other, cases heard by Judge Hays and Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake, the following fines were levied: Gary W. Deitz, RR 3 Kippen, $53 for having liquor in a place other than his residence. Walter J, Morris, Durham, $13 for a speed of 40 in a 30 zone. Lawrence Edward Shaw, 111 Salem Place, London, $16 for a speed of 73 in a 60 zone. William R. Walker, Sanders St., Exeter, $39 for a speed of 68 in a 50 zone. Judge Hays gave a verdict of not guilty in a charge of joyriding against Donald Blair Foster, RR 3 Exeter, He had been charged with taking a vehicle without the consent of its owner on March.15. Foster had been involved in an accident with the vehicle. budget for facilities was $3,000 short, He said that the net loss for the arena was $1,000 because revenues were down, and that although the finance committee felt they were making a con- servative estimate on revenues, they "weren't conservative enough." He said that a couple of areas in particular showed a deficit, Ice rentals and admissions were down, "It was an off year for drawing crowds." The ice rental was raised but Shaw said that the two price system used at the pool this summer was not carried out in ice rentals. Derry Boyle said that the finance committee had done a good job on the budget despite Overspending. He said that with the hiring of a director and a full time resources manager and the expansion of programs, the committee had done well to hold —please torn to page 3 Ust priorities for Usborne At the first meeting of 1975 of Usborne township council newly elected Reeve Walter IVIefiride outlined the important projects for the corning year. McBride who moved up from the deputy-reeve post to replace the retiring reeve Lloyd Ferguson listed development of the township's secondary plan and a sanitary landfill site as the most urgent items of business, Salaries and wages were set for members of council and township employees. The Reeve will receive $700 per annum, the deputy-reeve's pay will be $650 and each councillor's annual salary will be $600, Clerk-treasurer and tax collector Harry Strang and road superintendent John Batten will each receive $12,000 per year. Hourly wage rates for road department personnel for a 45 hour week were set as follows: foreman - $4.50; grader operator - $4,25; machine helpers - $4 and day labour $3. The waste disposal officer will receive $25 per week, livestock valuators are to get $20 per call and car mileage allowance rate was set at 17 cents per mile. The road maintainer rental rate was set at $12 per hour for County and Township and $17 for ratepayers. Snow plowing rates will be $12 per hour for the township and $26 per hour for ratepayers. Rental of the power mower will be $10 per hour. Reeve Walter McBride and Councillor Jack Stewart were named to represent the township on the Exeter and area fire board while deputy-reeve Bill Morley and councillor Murray Dawson are representatives of the Usborne recreation committee. Named to the Kirkton Com- munity Association and the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre Board was councillor Gordon Johns. A petition for a municipal drain presented by Gordon Prance and Paul Cronyn at Lots 3 and 4 Concession 10 and 11 was ac- cepted and will be forwarded to engineer A. M. Spriet and Associates for a survey and report. Land severance applications from Archie Etherington and Walter Creery were approved. Council was advised by the Ontario Ministry of Tran- sportation and Communications that the No Parking bylaw for the Morrison Dam area had been approved. Tax collector Harry Strang reported that tax arrears for the year 1974 were $13,500.29 which is four percent of the total tax receivable roll. Gravelling tenders for the year 1975 are being currently ad- vertised and will close for con- sideration at the next regular meeting set for the township hall at Elimville on February 4 at 1 p.m. Reeve Walter McBride, deputy-reeve Bill Morley and councillors Jack Stewart, Gordon Johns and Murray Dawson received their oaths of office from clerk Harry Strang and Rev. Harold Snell presided over the devotional exercises. Four cottages hit at resort Cottage break-ins continue to keep the Pinery OPP detachment busy. Constable R. J. Kotwa is in- vestigating two breakins at cottages in Southcott Pines. Household property valued at $971 was stolen in the breakins discovered last week. Two Port Franks cottages were also entered, A chain saw valued at $90 was taken from one of them. Only one accident was in- vestigated, it occurring on Wednesday when a vehicle driven by Wayne Schagena, 96 Deerfield Avenue, Kitchener, collided with a deer on Highway 21 near the Pinery Flea Market. Damage to the vehicle was listed at $1,000. During the past week, the Pinery officers charged 13 people under the Highway Traffic Act and two under the Liquor Control Act. There was one charge under the Criminal Code and the Narcotic Control Act. Shotgun blasts shack at dump Exeter OPP are investigating one shooting incident and a theft this week. On Sunday afternoon, nine win- dows and the stove pipe chimney at the attendant's shack at the Stephen dump were shot up by someone using a shotgun. Damage was listed at ap- proximately $10, Constable Don Mason is investigating. Wayne Meidinger, Zurich, reported to police that 10 tapes and a case were stolen from his car. Value of the items was set at $80 , That investigation is being un- dertaken by Constable Dale La- mont, Stanley reeve wins Huron warden battle Jack Underwood was elected that it wouldn't work and that it chairman of the Exeter RAP was not nec,essary.%,„,,, committee at the first meeting op, As a result of the 'rineeting the new year, He succeeds Gord 'Lawn Bowling club and the Men's Baynham who has been chair- Euchre club applied for and man of the.committee for several received a grant to renovate the years, facilities at the bowling club Ruth Durand was elected vice- house. chairman of the committee. A second general meeting was Subcommittees were formed as follows: finance, Derry Boyle and Dave Zyluk; resources, Bob Pooley and Lossy Fuller; programs Ruth Durand and Gord Baynham. Mrs. Fuller and Derry Boyle are representatives from town council. Mayor Bruce Shaw expressed congratulations to the chairman and vice-chairman on behalf of the town. In his address to RAP, Shaw said that council had been involved in several problems related to RAP in the last few weeks. He said that . senior citizens have expressed their concern with arrangements that have been made recently concerning the New Horizons grant. Shaw said that "vocal members have made known their apprehension with the way things are going" and said that Lossy Fuller was appointed to RAP because of her involvement with Seniors at the council level, The senior citizen's group that was already formed are con- cerned with what their prosition is, he said since a group was called together for the purpose of the New Horizons grant for the Well-Come Inn at the Scout House. Shaw suggested that RAP take the initiative and call together a public meeting of all senior citizens from all groups to elect an executive to deal with these problems. "There seems to be a lack of communication between the different groups," and he said he could see no problems of one group feeling threatened by not having a mandate if all were asked to elect their represen- tatives, He raised the question of what constitutes a senior citizen and suggested that there be a membership fee charged for this general group and that it be open so that anybody who wanted could join. He said that regulations should be so open that even he could join. "You'll never find a way of determining a line between middle age and the twilight years." McKinlay said that the same problems had been brought to the attention of programs committee chairman, Ruth Durand and himself and they were taking steps to solve the problem. In early spring RAP called a general meeting of seniors to try to establish a co-ordinated base to apply for a New Horizon's grant, At that time, McKinlay said, he was told "not to bother, please turn to page 3 A BIRTHDAY RIDE — A sleigh ride along Exeter's Main street was part of the first birthday celebrations of Matthew and Mark Baker, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. David Baker, RR 3 Lucan. T-A photo Shaw urges no increase in RAP grant this year