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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-11-06, Page 1OLD TIMERS — Charlotte Miller and Catherine. Johns portrayed an old couple and picked up a prize at the Halloween costume party for junior grade students at Usborne Central School on Thursday. If there isn'tanunusuallyiheavy snowfall in Huron County during November and December, there should be a small surplus of funds by year's end in the Huron County road budget. County councillors learned Friday in regular session that a • surplus would be partly due to some projects being completed under the estimates and also because a wet fall prevented road crews from trimming up the ditches and side slopes on two county projects. This work will be completed in early 1976. But even this good news failed to get the necessary support of county council to pass the road report in total. The final clause in the report which would have authorized an 18.4 percent salary increase for road crew was referred back to committee until other committees have dealt with their salary requirements. Ralph McNichol, chairman of the road committee, said the suggestion of the 75 cent an hour increase for the road department workers (excluding the engineer whose salary will be negotiated separately) had been passed along to the crew. The discussions surrounding the salaries had taken place October 9, five days prior to the federal government's imposed salary guideline of 10 percent. Warden Anson McKinley ad- vised council that wages for the road crew are normally set at , this time of year, so estimates for next year's budget may be presented to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Com- munication. "May I remind you that if this was a union agreement, it would be binding," Warden McKinley said. Chairman McNichol added that the increases were considered by the committee as a "reasonable scale." He said the co'rnmittee was interested in keeping the union out of the road department in Huron. Council was also reminded by County Clerk Bill Hanly that 1975 increases to some union em- ployees were "good". "You exercised no control or had no control," said Hanly, County engineer Jim Britnell reported that Huron's wage scale for pay scale was the lowest of any county in Ontario except one, and that one is presently negotiating at considerably more than Huron County road com- mittee offered to its employees. Simon P. Hallahan, reeve of West Wawanosh, said much of the money for county salaries comes from agriculture. "I'm making a hell of a lot less than that (the offer to the road crew)", said Hallahan. ReeVe Allan Campbell of McKillop told council that the wage spiral has to stop some- where.He said thatif the raises as recommended by the road • Veto jump . . in mileage • HEADED FOR DEMOLITION — The belfry atop the Exeter Town Hall has been declared unsafe by building inspector Doug Triebner and will be removed in the near future. T-A photo. One Hundred and Third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 6, 1975 Price Per Copy 25 Cents 71 Six more houles. approved for Exeter Polic6 subdue man with gun; seek one who accosted boys Nine Ontario Provincial Police officers .converged on a St. Josephs area home early Wed- nesday morning after being advised that a man had barricaded himself in the building and had a weapon, Police were told he had pointed the firearms at members of his family, About an hour after arriving, the officers from Exeter, A recommendation by the Huron County Board of Education Chairman's Advisory Committee to increase the mileage rate for members and employees to 18 cents per mile was defeated. Monday. The current rate paid for use of members and employees privately owned vehicles is 15 cents per mile. Trustee John Elliott of Blyth was the first to oppose the proposed increase saying, "With other negotiations going on I don't think this is the time for an increase, There have been no recent increases in costs.. Gasoline prices at least in our area have remained steady." Agreeing quickly was trustee Charlie Thomas. He added, "Any increase would have to be justified by actual increases in operating costs," Director of Education John Cochrane told Board members the average rate paid to Province of Ontario employees is 171/2 cents per mile. Trustee John Westbrooke added, "I learned today that the County of Huron pays 17 cents per Mile or $60 per month and 12 cents per mile." The matter is being referred to the management committee for further study along with o proposed increases for board perated school buses and bus contractors, Goderich, Pinery and Forest detachments arrested 47-year-old Willis Marsolais, RR 2 Zurich, He has been charged with possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace and a second charge of pointing a firearm,. Police are continuing their investigation into a report that a man tried to lure two Crediton boys into his car Monday af- ternoon and then chased one of committee were approved, it would mean the municipal road crew workers would be looking for similar adjustments in salary, Thirty-six county road workers are involved in ,the settlement. "This offer was made before October 13," reasoned Reeve Gerry Ginn of Goderich Town- ship," and I believe this council should live by it," Not many shared Reeve Ginn's viewpoint, and the report was referred back to the committee. In other business before county council, approval was given for the hiring of Wayne Lester as assistant administrator at Huronview, effective December 1, 1975 for a probationary period of six months, at a salary of $15,000 per annum, Charge area pair following stake-out As the result of information received this week, Exeter OPP recovered a stereo tape player and two speakers in Stephen Township. The items had been stolen from Thedford. Tuesday night, the police kept a surveillance on the stolen property and at 11:30 p.m. arrested two area men and charged them with possession of stolen property. Charged were David Lloyd Vincent and Harold Moddejonge. New policeman to fill vacancy • Chief Ted Day announced this week that the vacancy created by the resignation of Constable Alex Balazs has been filled. The new member of the force is Dan Kierstead, 22, a member of the London Police, He has been on the force for four and a half years, He assumes his new duties this Sunday, Constable Balazs is leaving to take the position as Chief of Police in Tavistock, If there are any bats in the Exeter town hall belfry, they should plan to vacate. WATER TOWER COMES DOWN Exeter Public Utilities. Commission was torn down this week, Above, tower away. them for half a block before driving away. Viola Wilson told police a man in a late model car pulled up beside two 11-year-old boys, Bernie Wilson and Scott Geiser, as they were returning from a store. The man was said to have stopped his car near the boys' home and attempted to entice them into the vehicle with offers of candy, When the boys refused, the man got out of the car and followed one of the boys after the two had run off in different directions, The man was reported; to be in his early 30's of short build, and wearing green pants, a plaid jacket and hat, Feel fires were set A car and shed were damaged by fires this week, and both are believed to have been deliberately set. A 1970 Mustang had been left parked in Exeter on Saturday by Cory Deitz, Hensall, and he advised Exeter Constable George Robertson the vehicle had been stolen. It was located on sideroad 10-11 of Hay Township later the same date by OPP Constable Bob Whiteford. The vehicle had been destroyed by fire, The other fire occurred early Friday morning at a shed owned by William Weber, RR 3 Dash- wood. OPP Constables Frank Giffin and Larry Christiaen helped put out the fire after spotting the blaze during a patrol in the area. While Halloween was relatively quiet the OPP did investigate a number of thefts and acts of vandalism during the past week. Early Thursday the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology was entered and the pranksters painted some of the plants in the building. A molotov cocktail was tossed onto the roadway at Huron Park and a tire was also set afire. Neither resulted in any damage. Harvey Ratz reported damage of $70 to an illuminated sign at his Shipka property. It was ap- parently damaged by stones. Several Stephen residents reported damage to mailboxes. They included Larry Jones, Carl Witherspoon, Ethel McDonald and Bob Galloway Two AM FM radios were stolen from plant number one at Bendix Homes in Hensall on Tuesday. They were valued at $300. Murray Pepper, Centralia, reported the theft of a 10-speed bicycle valued at $100 and Hyde Brothers in Hensall had a battery taken by thieves. The wooden structure was classed this week as a "public hazard" by building inspector Doug Triebner and he recom- mended that council take im- mediate action to remove it. He explained that some boards fell off the belfry last week and an examination indicated others could follow. Triebner told council that the crane operator taking down the water tower behind the town hall had estimated that it would cost about $1,000 to have the firm undertake the work while they are in town. Reeve Derry Boyle presented a motion urging that immediate action be taken to remove the hazard and correct the situation. While all members agreed the problem had to be rectified, there was some hestitation on the part of some to approve such a broad motion, There was a hint by one member that the property committee, who would be given the authority to act, could end up taking down more than just the belfry, However, the motion was finally approved, with only Councillors Garnet Hicks, Barb Bell and Ted Wright opposing it, Their opposition was n of against correcting the situation, but merely in the wording. In further discussion on the town hall, Mayor Bruce Shaw One down! —411111(mommi One to go! By ROSS HAUGH Two Huron Board of Education teachers who spent three weeks this fall attending a physical fitness seminar in Russia told Board members of their ex- periences Monday afternoon. Ron McKay, principal of Hensall Public School and Bill Weber of the physical education department of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton said Computer will handle notices Exeter's tax notices will be compiled by computer next year. That decision was made by council this week after the executive committee advised that the cost of the service would be around $1,000. Mayor Bruce Shaw said the computer would do in two days what normally takes a total of six weeks for the town clerk and his staff to complete. both replied that this was not the case. Council had named another committee of their own members to study the special committee report, but to date no recom- mendations have been received from them (the council com- mittee). Further to the topic, Councillor Bob Simpson noted that the washrooms at the building were a "disgrace". Mayor Shaw suggested he advise the town hall committee that this should be one of the priority items for the LIP grant funds. Building permits valued at $293,330 were approved by building inspector Doug Triebner during the past month. Included in the total were six `new houses and one new in- dustrial building, the latter being erected on Rosemount St. by Lorne Keller, It Is adjacent to Exeter Roofing on Highway 83 East. Haul Ducharme received approval for three new homes. They are located at 260, 256, and 249 Sherwood Crescent. Gregus Construction plans new houses at 104 and 108 Carling St. and Jack Taylor received approval for 0, new home at 268 Sherwood Crescent. Residential renovations and additions were approved for the following: Walter McBride, close part of carport at 76 Sanders, Gordon Hodgert, erect carport at 452 Andrew, Raymond Heywood, instal siding at 459 Albert, Ralph Genttner, repair porch at 513 Andrew, Harold Simpson, re-roof porch at 294 Main, Brad Gregus, renovate home on Huron St. W,, Paul MacQueen, renovations at the priorities in Russian sports were much different than in Canada, McKay said, "their big priority is on winning in International sports competition. We have been fortunate to compete on their level and stay close in recent years. I would say in three years a National Hockey league team wouldn't win a game against the Russian national team." Russian youngsters get twice as much time in school physical education as Canadian boys and girls. McKay said the emphasis on gymnastics is on the seven, eight and nine year old children. All levels spend about 70 hours per year on the various activities while in Huron County the average time is about 35 hours. The school year in Russia is broken into three terms with a month's holiday after each term. To make up some of the extra holiday time they go to school six days per week. Physical education is a com- pulsory subject throughout Russian schools. Pupils showing promise in a particular sport are encouraged to attend a school specializing in that particular activity. Good athletes from the various schools are then encouraged to attend sport boarding schools. Outstanding competitors from the boarding schools are sought by the various sports clubs. The two Huron men said bid- ding among the five or six top sports clubs in the Soviet Union is keen for promising International athletes. They listed the sports clubs as Dynamo, Locamotive, Red Army, Spartak and Burevestnik. Exeter council were told this week it was unfair to allow new homes to be built at a higher grade level than existing ad- jacent homes. The comment was made by Dave Newton, 261 Churchill Drive, who appeared before council to cite his concern over the grade of two new homes being built on Sherwood Crescent behind his property. He said he realized the town did not have any bylaws setting out grade levels, but said it was most unfair to allow contractors to set the level wherever they choose. The ratepayer had said there was a three-foot grade level difference and this could result in his property becoming "a swamp". Works superintendent Glenn Kells said he had investigated the situation made known to him by Newton and that he had advised the contractor in question that he would have to terrace his property so the Water would run off into the street and not onto the Newton property. Kells said the real problem was created when another home in the area had been built too high, It was said to be four feet above the Newton property. Councillor Ted Wright said the grade problem could not arise in new subdivisions due to regulations set for them, but 31 Main, Peter Hrudka, siding at 170 Carling, Wayne Tuckey, re- roof house at 109 Main, Leroy Edwards, renovations at 71 Victoria. John Hodgins, addition at 74 Victoria, Mrs. Alma Preszcator, shingle house at 275 William, Irwin Ford, renovations to basement, K. I. McLean, remove partition at 296 William, Thomas Walker, re-roof house at 17 Nelson, George R. Severn, en- close porch, Mery Cudmore, shingle house at 70 Huron, Cal Wein, shingle house at 236 Huron, W. Mercer, shingle house at 112 William, Shirley Snell, enclose basement stairway at 371 William, William Thompson, addition at 512 William, Mrs. P. Passmore,re-roof house at 102 John, Commercial renovations were approved for: M. J. Gaiser, repair roof at 351 Main, Lorne Keller, interior renovations to office at Thames Road E., Iry Armstrong, remove partition and instal new floor at ,355 Main, Harold Patterson, renovate store at 350 Main. The emphasis on teacher training and sports coaches is also very high. They have 23 institutions to prepare specialists and 84 faculties at Teacher Colleges, Physical education is ranked third in priority in Russia, behind language and mathematics. In North America, P.E. is ranked somewhere from twelfth to fourteenth. Chess is taught at the university level and is considered very important for athletes to develop tactical techniques. Individual coaching is carried out in most sports. Bill Weber said, "in most activities there is one coach for every three athletes and in tennis it is one to one. Every apartment building has a physical education in- structor." The Clinton teacher went on to say, "I was impressed with the great degree of specialism and their scientific methods. Each sport has its own gym." Date is now set for the women The observance of Inter- national Women's Year in Exeter has been postponed until the first week in December. The action Was taken because the Ontario Housing Corporation could not open the new senior citizen apartments on Sanders St. until December 4. That building will be named in honor of the late Helen Jermyn. Groups planning programs during the week have been urged to consider a Women's Year theme. added he had been harping about the issue for the past seven years as ratepayers complained about new homes being built at a higher grade than existing homes. "We should have done smething then (seven years ago)," he said, Building inspector Doug Triebner said he thought the Newton problem could be solved and it was suggested by Reeve Derry Boyle that the proper terrace be finished before the new home be given final approval by the building inspector. Newton said he appreciated the concern of council and the efforts being undertaken on his behalf by Kells and Triebner. Find apple with needle A precaution taken by a Hensall mother prevented injury to her son on Halloween. When 11-year-old Paul Snell returned home from his trick or treat visits through the village, his mother, Mrs. Jean Snell, decided to cut open the apples he had received to make certain there were no foreign objects imbedded in them, Upon cutting open one of the apples, she discovered a large needle, The apple was turned over to the Exeter OPP. said he had met with federal officials regarding the $11,400 LIP grant received for renovations to the town hall and the information had been turned over to the special committee which had conducted a study on the building earlier this year. A decision has to be made by December 1 on how the money will be spent and the committee are to have recommendations for council at their next meeting. Councillor Lossy Filler won- dered if the receipt of the LIP grant meant that council had to preserve the town hall. Mayor Shaw and Reeve Boyle If no snow surplus, may be cash surplus — The water tower which served the and local residents for many years crane takes the top portion of the T-A photo A GRAND BAND REUNION — The Dashwood Community Centre was the scene Sunday afternoon for a reunion of Dashwood, Seaforth and Exeter band members. Shown above ready to perform are Lloyd Eagleson, Harry Hoffman, Dr. Charlie Toll, Bruce Cann and Norm Floody. T-A photo Town hall belfry coming down! Report Russian youngsters get more physical education Registers complaint over grade levels