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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-06-05, Page 1• AN ENJOYABLE VISIT - Michelle Northcott was a visitor to the rum- mage sale at the Exeter arena sponsored by the South Huron Ladies Auxiliary, Above, Michelle enjoys a few minutes in the toy department, T-A photo Number system okay if you understand it BINGO WINNER - Debbie Siddoll of Kirkton was the winner of $300 in the latest Exeter Lions club armchair bingo. Above, Debbie receives her winnings from Lion Doug Knowles. T-A photo 1975, the Minister has approved the assignment of additional funds to the Huron County Board. of Education for Exeter Public School in the amount of $200,000." Additional work at the school is. to. include improvement of lighting and ventilation systems. construction of a stage and dressing rooms and provision of additional offices for guidance and health rooms. After Monday's meeting, a board spokesman said an ar- chitect would probably bring preliminary proposal's to the next board meeting. Huron school busing A recent issue of providing bus transportation to Huron County school students residing more than one mile from schools in three towns was reopened at Moraia. 's meeting. 't move at the April meeting by Goderich trustee Cayley Hill to provide busing for elementary sludents in Goderich outside the orAe mile limit was defeated. Hill's original attempt came alu>r a delegation of Goderich parents attended the February meoing showing concern over the Nately of their children when they had to walk long distances to ChiSM'S. Alter considerable discussion Monday, Hill agreed to withdraw a motion to operate buses on a trial basis from mid-November to and April. He agreed to have the board's administration deter- mine "where the need is." taking medication and psychiatric care at the present time, Bradley John Lavender, Hensall, was fined $300 or 30 days in jail when he appeared for sentence on a charge of common assault, He had been previously convicted. The accused was given until July 3 to pay the fine, Andrew Roy Pridham, Exeter, was given a two-year suspended sentence on two theft charges and was ordered to accept the, supervision of the probation officer. He had pleased guilty to a charge of theft of an eight-track tape and to possession of stolen property consisting of snowmobile parts. Stephen Graham Dunn, Empress Ave., Huron Park, was fined $50 after pleading guilty to stealing a three-speed bicycle. The bike had been repainted and otherwise altered when it was ,recovered by police. Judge Hays' termed Dunn's actions *amean type of theft andione Ito be diseaur aged because there must be an element of trust in a colnrnunity. Randy Arthur Miller, Exeter, and John R. Arnold, Dashwood, received absolute discharges on charges arising from the use of slugs in coin machines, Miller was charged with possession of a metal slug and Arnold was charged with uttering counterfeit coin The charges were laid after slugs were found in a soft drink machine at Grand Bend Clean- ers in Exeter, Judge Hays decided against convictions to avoid giving the two youths criminal records, In other fines levied by Judge Hays and Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake: Jerald H. Broderick, Exeter, $163 for a speed of 100 in a 60 zone. Donald E. McAuley, Exeter, $32 for following another vehicle too closely. He was involved in an accident on May 9 Ronald W. Coleman, London, $43 for following another vehicle too closely. Lawrence R. Smith, Zurich, $53 for failing to produce proof of insurance for the vehicle he was driving on April 22, Bradley J. tirintnell, William St., Exeter, $33 for a speed of 45 in a 30 zone. Judith E. Laye, Sanders St., Exeter, $13 forla speediof 40 in a 30 zone. One Hundred and Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 5, 1975 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Mill r to increase in Exeter NOT MUCH LIFE - At Wednesday's spring concert at ,Stephen Central school, senior students presented a play, "the Life of the party," In the above scene sleeping medicine was poured into the punch and all of the guests fell asleep. From the left are Janet Shapton, Janice MacDonald, Suetinne Becker and Joanne Ondrejicka. 1%•A photo Anyone knowing the system used in Exeter's present house numbering scheme should have precise knowledge of the location of any place of business or residence within the community. That's what the committee studying the effectiveness of the house numbering system stated in their report to council, Mon- day. However, they quickly ex- plained that the main problem is that few people apparently have that knowledge and un- derstanding of the system. Committee chairman Dennis Hockey noted that the system had been incorporated by the Kin- smen club in 1950 when they undertook the numbering pibject. "A great deal of research and planning went into the numbering system at that Exeter has rash of thefts Exeter experienced a rash of thefts last month according to the police report submitted to council this week. There were 12 thefts of under $200 with total loot being $603. Of that $325, was recovered and one charge has been laid. There were two thefts of over $200 with total value stolen being $439, About half of that has been recovered. Other statistics in the May police report were as follows: Twelve accidents, of which three were hit and run, with total damage of $3,085 and one injury, 26 drivers charged and another 27 given warnings under the High- way Traffic Act, 12 persons charged under the Liquor Control Act, three defect tags issued to car owners, 46 bicycle riders cautioned, one stolen car recovered, five acts of mischief and six incidents of causing a disturbance. Two dogs were taken to the Kirktbn pound. Chief Ted Day said Police Week had been most successful, as well as the bike rodeo spon- sored by the police and the local Kinsmen. An Exeter man became the first in the area to face a charge of impaired driving while operating a moped when he appeared before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. Keith Robert Mills, 455 Andrew St., pleaded guilty to the charge, which was laid on May 21, He Was involved in an accident at 12:15 a,m, on that date when his motor- assisted bicycle went out of control on Highway 4 and overturned in the ditch. He sustained cuts and bruises. OPP Constable Jim Rogers said he found the accused walking along the highway after the accident, A breathalizer test gave a reading of 200 mgs. Mills had no licence, and none is required under the Highway Traffic Act. However, the im- paired driving charge lwasilaid under the Criminal Code. In addition to a fine of $75, Judge Hays prohibited Mills from driving any' motor vehicle- including a moped-for three months. A fine of $150 and a licence suspension of three Months was also handed out to Gerard T, Ducharme, Zurich, charged with impaired driving on May 10, He was involved in an accident, time," he explained, "and it was found to be the most workable one available." All streets running north and south are numbered from the river, while east and west streets are numbered from Main St. Numbers were established for every 20 feet, this measurement being used because of the many narrow business frontages on Main St. This has resulted in large gaps in numbers in residential areas and there is no uniformity in the number spacing the committee related. Another problem is that at the time the system was established, there were no crescents or cul-de- sac& In a recommendation to council, the committee said that these special streets should be numbered consecutively,, beginning alt the 'designated entrance and ending at the corresponding end. To correct the existing system, the committee said each building should have only one number, with each additional doorway fronting on that building being given partial numbers, such as 4071 .1, 4071 2, particularly in the business area. Duplex houses should have a number per housing unit, while apartment buildings would have only one number. Corner houses - Please turn to Page 14 Freedom ended for town canines The days of freedom may soon be over for Exeter dogs. Monday night, council ap- proved the contract with the London Humane Society to conduct patrols in the community for a fee of $1,600 per annum. Additional patrols at the request of town officials will be made at the rate of $6 per hour and 20 cents per mile. There was no indication in the agreement how long the once-a- week patrol would be. Dogs picked up by the Humane Society will be taken to their pound in London. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 270 mgs. Judge Hays commented that this much alcohol in the blood stream must be getting near the fatal level, Ducharme asked for a restricted licence suspension, but Judge Hays said this was im- possible under the Highway Traffic Act, Ducharme had sought permission to drive a truck during working hours, Shirley Jean Bullock, RR 2 Huntsville, also appeared on an impaired driving charge and was fined \ $125, and had her licence suspended for three months. She was charged on April 15 in Stephen Township and a breathalizer test recorded 180 mgs. A Huron Park man, Floyd Sidney Costain, Empress Ave,, was sentenced to two days in jail after being found guilty, on a charge of wilfully exposing his private person, The court learned that on April 21 in Exeter, Costain called a girl over to his car to ask for direc- tions but when she got to the car, the accused exposed himself to her. Costain admitted he had a problem in this regard and is Salary.increases of 29.9 percent to Huron elementary teachers were ratified Monday by the fluron County.board of education, The board's negotiating. chairman Cayley Hill of Goderich in recommending ratification to his fellow board members said, "it's a high settlement in relation to other years but it's a good settlement for Huron in com- parison to others in the provin- ce." Hill continued, "I hope this higher trend does not continue for another year," John Mann, principal at Wingham public school and the teacher negotiator said the agreement which was ratified by teachers Thursday in Clinton "is going to be of benefit to both parties." Mann indicated negotiations were underway for about eight weeks. He said, "members of both groups put in about 75 hours of work,' The percentage increase of 29.9 percent is made up of 2.44 percent in increments, 26.408 in increase on grids and 1.072 percent on allowances and fringe benefits. Under the new .agreerrnent starting teachers in category one will receive a salary of $8,400 and increases to $11,400 for five years of experience. Category two ranges from $8,900 to $13,400 increased from $6,600 and $10,850. In category three the minimums and maximums are $9,500 and $16,100. Category four salaries vary from $10,400 to $17,100 and categorS, five goes from $10,800 to $18,400. Hopes for further renovations to the Exeter public school were renewed at Monday's Huron Board of Education meeting when trustees learned of ap- proval from the Ontario Ministry of Education, The Exeter renovations project estimated at $200,000 was on the Huron board's original program for renovations and alterations in 1975, In March, Huron's entire capital works budget of $850,000 was rejected by the education ministry. The Ministry's regional director D.W. Scott told the board in a letter, "after careful con- sideration of a list of urgent projects for which insufficient capital allocation was available in the Western Ontario region for Truck rolls, driver hurt Only four accidents were in- vestigated, by the .Exeter OPP this week, with injuries being reported in only one of them. That was Friday at 1.05 a.m,, when a pickup truck driven by Glenn Rohde, FIR 1 Hensall, rolled over on County Road 11. The driver sustained cuts and bruises and damage was set at $2,500 by Constable Bill Lewis. On Saturday at 3:55 p,m., a car driven by Braden Klumpp, RR 1 Waterloo, was in collision with a car driven by Stanley Stinson, Regina, Sask. on Highway 83. Damage in that was listed at $400 by Constable Ed Wilcox. An Exeter man, Gerald E. Smith, Riverside Drive, escaped injury when his car went out of control and rolled over on con- cession 4-5 of Usborne on Tuesday shortly after noon. Damage was listed at $1,500 by Constable Al Quinn. The other crash of the week occurred on Wednesday at 6:15 a.m. when cars driven by Kathryn Hallam, Norwich, and Edward Benson, 293 Algonquin Drive, 'Huron Park, collided at the intersection of Highway 4 and the Crediton Road. Constable Lewis investigated and set total damage at $600. During the week, the detach- ment officers charged 28 people under the Highway Traffic Act There were nine charges under the Criminal Code and 10 LC A. A SUIT FOR PAPA BEAR --- Articles of all kinds were on sale at Friday's rummage sale sponsored by the South Huron hospital Ladies Auxiliary. Above, volunteer worker Shirley Ross displays a suit suitable for Papa or Mama Bear. T-A photo Card club, bowlers agree to disagree The club have been using the club house at the bowling greens, but due to a lack of co-operation between the two groups involved, Exeter's RAP committee has found it necessary to end that arrangement of mutual oc- cupancy. At Monday night's council meeting, Ted Wright asked for some information on the situation, noting the euchre players had advised him they were kicked out of the bowling green facility. RAP chairman Jack Under- wood and rec director Jim McKinlay stayed following the council session to fill members in on the situation. During the summer months, the euchre players will be offered use of the council chambers, the former fire hall in the town hall or are welcome at the Welcome- Inn at the Exeter Scout Hall. MacMillan keeps seat Deputy-Reeve Tom MacMillan will retain his position for the balance of his term, despite the fact he no longer owns property in Exeter. He said this week he would like to remain on council and corn-. plete the term, but only if he did not get any objections from council or. ratepayers. Mayor Bruce Shaw explained that legally he had every right to fill his term under provisions of the Municipal Act. Reeve Boyle said he was happy that MacMillan wanted to stay on council -and Councillors Ted Wright and Harold Patterson then presented a motion ex- pressing . council's wish that the Deptity-Reeve complete his term. It. was approved unanimously. The other Goderich trustee on the board Mrs, Dorothy Wallace opposes the busing proposal, She told the board, "All of the students in question are in grades seven and eight and should be able to walk to school." She continued, "As a taxpayer .1 would object to the expenses of paying for buses out of one pocket and helping the government pay for Participaction ads from the other pocket.' can see a real can of worms being opened here." Hill agreed with other trustees that the need is "basically for small children". He added, "I originally had a number of concerned people talking to me but since the matter was rejected two months ago I have not heard from any of them." Exeter ratepayers won't have to foot as much of a tax increase as had been predicted earlier by, town officials. Council approved their 1975 budget this week, calling for an increase of only five mills for public school supporters, bringing the total levy to 135 mills. Separate school supporters will face less of an increase, although their total levy is still higher. Their increase is slightly under three mills but the total is 136.72 mills. The commercial rate for public school supporters is 155.60 mills, an increase of 8.4 mills, while the new levy for separate school commercial is 157.51, an increase of 6.4 mills. Mayor Bruce Shaw, chairman of the executive committee, noted that the total increase is 3.8 percent. "That looks good and still eets our needs for this year," he stated. Actually council slashed the rates for local purposes sub- stantially, but increased levies for county and school purposes more than offset this. The local rate is down by 13 mills, while the county rate is up 12 and the school rates increased about six. Councillor Ted Wright said he had mixed emotions about the budget, noting that council had to keep absorbing county and school costs. "The more we absorb, the less we provide in services our- selves," he stated. Mayor Shaw said the executive and finance committee looked at this point carefully and felt that the town was still providing good service. He pointed to the new fire hall, works department building, water tower, Anne St. drain and the completion of the sanitary sewers as examples. He said the committee also considered the fact that one-third of the local population are senior citizens whose income, in many cases, has not kept up with in- flation. While the local levy is down, part of that is explained in council's decision to debenture $80,000 of the cost involved in the Anne St. drain. We feel the future generation should pay for that facility as well as the present," Reeve Derry Boyle explained. One of the few budgets to get chopped .was that of Exeter's RAP committee, They had requested $62,000 from council, but ended up with only $55,000, That latter figures also includes the $5,000 borrowed by RAP last year. Mayor Shaw noted the town grant to RAP was still up con- siderably over last year and urged committee members to cut ex- penditures to the bone and generate revenue where possible. "Be very, very frugal," he told RAP chairman Jack Underwood and rec director Jim McKinlay who were in attendance to hear the bad news about the budget chop. Despite the reduction in the levy for local purposes, most departments show increases. These are offset by the debenture issue and increased provincial grants. The local parking authority was given a budget of $4,000 while council set aside $35,000 for renovations to the former post office. New furniture in the ad- ministration offices, plus the rent added $8,000 to the budget. General government expenses are up $6,000 to $37,400; sanitation costs drop (last year the new packer was purchased) $15,000 to $29,500; debenture Turn down suggest $5 Exeter council turned down an offer of $1,999 for a lot on Marlboro St. this week and then turned around and agreed to lease the property for $5 per year. Two motions were defeated before that final decision was made. Al Flynn, who owns property adjacent to the lot had originally, asked council if they were in- terested in selling. It was decided that the fair way to sell the property was to call tenders. When they were opened, Monday, Gregus Construction had the higher of the bids with a price of $1,999, Flynn had offered only $1,500 However, some members were of the opinion that no home should be built on the property in view of the flood threat beside the Anne St. drain. A motion to accept the Gregus bid was presented by Deputy- Reeve Tom MacMillan and Garnet Hicks, but it failed to pass. Reeve Derry Boyle and Councillor Lossy Fuller then presented a motion to sell the property to Flynn with the stipulation that no dwellings be built on it. charges remain almost un- changed at $86,753; bank charges also are fairly constant at $1,575; protection to persons and property (including fire, police, street lighting, dog control and building inspector) is up $8,600 to $160,754; public works jumps substantially from $272,052 last year to $435,403 (mainly due to the $160,000 Anne St. drain); the cemetery board grant goes up $7,700 due to the new greenhouse and the RAP budget jumps from $39,705 last year to $55,000 this year. Total expenditures including county and school rates is estimated at $1,293,209 for the current year, with $916,060 for local purposes. For local purposes, $254,380 will be raised in municipal taxes, with the balance coming from government grants, various permits and licences, debenture debts recoverable, etc. The 'town • also bad 'a reSerir0-'-' fund of $36,000 for new ad- ministration facilities and winter works financing of $30,000 for the Anne St. drain, $1,999, lease "That defeats the tender system," MacMillan suggested. The motion was lost and then Councillors Barb Bell and Hicks presented a third motion calling for council to retain the property. This was carried. However, Harold Patterson then suggested that the property be leased to Flynn for the sum of $5 per year. In turn, Flynn is to keep the grass cut. "He looks after it now, so why should he pay for it?" Councillor Fuller questioned. Patterson noted that the lease would give him some authority over the land and would prevent council from selling it from under him within the year. WANT OPINIONS A questionnaire prepared by the committee preposing a recreation centre for Exeter and district appears as an insert in some copies of the T-A. Replies may be returned to Doug Ellison at 236 Pryde Boulevard, Exeter or left at Gord's Variety, Exeter or the other locations included in an article in last week's paper. Okay more work at Exeter PS Elementary .teachers get 30 percent is muc They noted that due to the lack of co-operation, they found it necessary to decide that the bowlers would have use of the building from May 15 to October 15 and the euchre club would have the building from.October 15 to May 15 for a one year period. Exeter's euchre club members are again without a home. Driver pays fine, loses licence Drove moped while impaired lower than expected