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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-11-18, Page 1STILL TRADING — Ron Bogart spoke about his recent trip to Russia at the annual safety banquet of the Exeter PUC, Tuesday. He exhibited the many items he had brought home after bartering bubble gum with the Russians and is shown above attempting to trade off a Russian hockey sweater for the safety award held by foreman Bob Pooley. T-A photo .%,:,:,',ikNCERAMERAPAMNAMEMEMENCESZCZB.'W.• Grant confirmed While the South Huron Recreation Centre 'canvass slow- ly moves into gear in Usborne and Stephen Townships, of- ficials received good news this week from Wintario of- ficials. In a letter to Exeter council, Wintario announced that the amount previously promised to the centre would be forthcoming. This means that $254,000 will have to be raised locally and a large portion of that goal has already been at- tained. South Huron Recreation Centre - Donations this week Pineridge Chalet Ltd. Doug Pearson & family Gary Parsons Elva and Bill Routly Karl Ortmanns & family Anonymous UA 11 Anonymous UA 12 Anonymous UA 13 Anonymous UA 14 Anonymous UA 15 Interested Citizen UA 16 Interested Citizen UA 17 30 Interested Citizen UA 18 50 Interested Citizen UA 19 250 Charles & Connie Kernick and Family 350 Frayne Bros. 100 Herb & Jannie Verbeek & family 150 Anonymous UR 1 50 Allan, Marlene, Scott and Lisa Rundle 200 Anonymous UB 2 .... ........... 7 Lisa Anonymous 100 Snell Bros. Ltd. 1000 Anonymous 500 Total to date $185,209.44 • Day opposes plan for new committee 100 150 100 100 25 1 25 100 10 4 50 FORMER PADRE RETURNS — Major Rev, Larry Mould, former padre at RCAF Centralia returned to the area, Thursday, to be the guest speaker at the annual Exeter Legion Remembrance Day banquet, From the left admiring the bookends given the speaker are: legion president Graham Mason, Rev. Mould, banquet chairman Andy /lieriing and Ted Pooley. T-A Photo GOING FOR A RIDE — Coach Ron Bogart was ho'sted on the shoulders of a few of the players after the South Huron Panthers won the Huron-Perth senior football championship Saturday. From the left are Larry Ryan, Paul Brrioks, John Gould and Steve Pfaff. T-A photo Suspended sentences for two others One Hundred and Fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 18, 1976 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Council provide m ey for Willert, • ut recre 'rector lac s layoff Boyle opposes Shaw for Mayor's chair Stud ntseeks council: post Two make, two try comeback Exeter police chief Ted Day voiced opposition Wednesday morning to a report the previous evening from Ontario Police Commission chairman Elmer Bell that a citizen's committee may be formed to hear all com- plaints about police forces in On- tario. The Commission chairman's remarks were heard on the late news Tuesday on CFPL televi- sion. According to chief Day the Government and Solicitor- General Roy McMurtrie are attempting to form a committee of civilians to handle all com- plaints against police officers. Day's comments follow: "What people don't realize, is the Ontario Police Commission is made up of policemen and also civilians. This Commission, is doing a fine job, and have en- couraged the betterment of Police Forces in Ontario. At pre- sent they do investigate com- plaints against police officers and police forces. What I can't understand is the fact that, the government is at present paying the salary of the Pence Commission, and yet they 424 want to hire another body of men to oversee the Police Commis- sion. The Ontario Police Commis- sioi, comprised of civilians and ex-police have always been fair, not only to the public but also to the police. It is my personal opinion, that if this civilian board is formed, it will be a set back for all Police in Ontario. Just think, can you imagine, the number of complaints, that will be laid by the public in On- tario. I am sure that, some of the known criminals, will take advantage of this board and they will be flooded with complaints. These known criminals, will believe that because the Board is comprised of civilians, they will have a great advantage. Believe me, it is tough enough, to be a Police Officer today, due to the changing laws and the change in society without giving any more leeways to the criminals. I think that the government of Ontario should give more back- ing to the Ontario Police Com- mission and forget about the Civilian Board.", This appears to be the year of the "comeback" in Exeter municipal affairs. Two former members of coun- cil have already been acclaimed to office, while two others are attempting to win seats. Reeve Derry Boyle. who has indicated for some time he would be resigning, has also changed his mind and will attempt to un- seat Mayor Bruce Shaw. He said at Monday's council Permit value takes jump The value of building permits issued in the past month by building inspector Doug Triebner was $424,395. The major portion of that total was made up in the permit issued to Mel Gaiser for an apartment at 309 Senior St. and for seven mobile homes for Riverview Estates Mobile Home Park. They are to be located on Kalisch Ave. and Redford Drive. Residential renovations and additions were as follows: Tom Slavin, addition and patio at 183 Andrew; Doug Rohde, shingle roof at 219 Carling; Robert Crawford, erect chimney at 396 Albert; Bill Weigand, enlarge dormer at 27 Huron; Roy Pepper, recover shed at 173 Huron; Gerald Willis, reroof house at 231 Carling: William Rowe, soffits and eavestrough at 257 Main. Ken Snedden, rebuild garage at 402 William; Emma Johnston, renovate house at 71 Main; Doug Prout, renovate house at 189 William; Don Stephen, addition at 151 Carling; William Baechler, erect chimney and finish rec room at 47 Huron; Ed Wilcox, carport at 317 Pryde; Gordon Becker, shingle house and garage at 103 Park; Gerald Hamilton, shingle house at 169 Andrew; Olive Ostland siding at 416 Carling; R. E. Balkwill, shingle garage at 47 John. • Ann's Coffee Shop received a permit to renovate restaurant at 134 Main and Emery Pfaff was given a permit for a tool shed at 102 Carling. Trustees in battle here Elections in three areas of South Huron to send representa- tion to the Huron County Board of Education will be held Mon- day, December 6. Four candidates are seeking two positions for the town of Ex- eter and the townships of Stephen and Usborne. Incumbent members Clarence "King" McDonald, Exeter and Harry Hayter, Dashwood are being op- posed by Yvonne Slaght, Crediton and Margaret McClure, RR1, Crediton. In the area of the town of Seaforth and the townships Hullett and McKillop present board member Mrs. Marilyn "Molly" Kunder is being challenged by a former member John Henderson. Kenneth Cooke of Clinton, currently on the board will face opposition from C.11: `Rob" Gates and Mrs. Dorothy Williams. They will be attemtping to repre- sent the public school supporters in the town of Clinton and the township of Tuckersmith. Board chairman Herb Turkheim of Zurich was returned by acclamation as the trustee for Hay township and the villages of Hensel] and Zurich. Another incumbent Bob Peck was the only nomination receiv- ed for the village of Hayfield and the township of Stanley. A two-way election for the one seat on the Middlesex Board of Education for the village of Lucan and the townships of Bid- dulph and McGillivray is Please turn to page 3 session that he had second thoughts on retirement and had based his decision to an exent on a contention that the top position on council should be contested. "I hope I didn't offend the Mayor or anyone on council," he said in reference to his change of mind, He said he had enjoyed his two years under Mayor Shaw, but noted that he had always left the door open a little bit to stand for re-election. "If it's the wishes of the ratepayers that I retire, 1 will do so gracefully," he said. "I wish you luck," Shaw com- mented, adding that it should be an interesting election. Former Exeter mayor W. E. "Cy" Simmons has won acclamation as reeve, while Don MacGregor will be returning to his former position as deputy- reeve. Neither was opposed. Simmons served on council for Exeter recreation director Jim McKinlay will join three other RAP staff members on a tem- porary layoff, but Exeter council agreed this week to financially support the committee to the extent. required to keep their A 16-year-old Huron Park youth was sentenced to a total of 50 days in jail when he appeared before Judge Glenn Hays on two break and enter charges and two charges of possession of stolen property. Richard George Nisbet was given 10 days on each of two break and enter counts arising from incidents on July 21 and July 19 in Huron Park. He also pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property of around $700. Some of the items had been taken from the Canadian Tire Store in Exeter and included two CB radios, tape player and snowmobile equip- ment. Okay hike in stipends Although at least three of them won't be around to enjoy it, Ex- eter council this week approved pay increases for the 1977 coun- cil. They followed the recommen- dation of the executive com- mittee in granting a $300 in- crease to all members. That will bring the annual stipend of a council member to $1,500 and $2,- 100 for the mayor. Reeve Derry Boyle said it was quite legal for this year's council to change the salaries and suggested it would take the onus off the new council. Councillor Ted Wright oppoSed the increase, suggesting it was "too high". There was a question from Councillor Barb Bell whether the 20 percent hike would have to be approved by the Anti-Inflation Board. but Mayor Bruce Shaw explained that board did not rule on any increases of under $600. one year before assuming the mayor's chair upon the resigna- W.E. SIMMONS ...returns as reeve senior staff member, Alvin Willert, employed for the balance of the year. The entire matter surrounding RAP's finances resulted in a lengthy debate—much of it behind closed doors—at Mon- Two other 16-year-old youths were given suspended sentences of 12 months after pleading guilty to theft of currency from a private residence and break and enter at two Huron Park buildings. A total of seven youths were involved in the incidents, but four were juveniles. Given the suspended sentences were Robert Whitman Lawrence and Richard William Anderson. They were each ordered to keep the peace for the duration of the sentence, not to associate with undesirables, report to a probation officer every two weeks and to reside at home with their parents. Each was also ordered to make restitution of $43 as his share of the theft and damage caused and to apologize to the victims in person. John L. Regier, Dashwood, was fined a total of $309 or 29 days in jail after pleading guilty to three charges of driving a motor vehicle while his licence was suspended for unpaid fines. The date of the occurrences were July 26 and 27 and October 16. Fines of $308 were handed out to Michael J. Windsor, Parkhill, who was convicted of careless driving and unlawfully conveying liquor in a motor vehicle. He was charged after his vehicle hit the bridge in Exeter on October 3. Damage to his vehicle was $1,800 and another $500 to the bridge. The liquor charge was a result of the accused being found with a part bottle of whiskey and one dozen empty and broken beer bottles in his vehicle. James Pickering, RR 3 Parkhill, was fined $100 on a charge of mischief. The court was told he drove his car into a corn field and knocked down a quantity of the crop. The car ended up stuck in the field and the property owner had to pull it out. tion of R. E. Pooley in 1962. He continued as mayor for two years MacGregor has had eight years on council. with two of them being as deputy-reeve. He was defeated in 1972 by the late Helen Jermyn. Also attempting to make a come-hack on council are Ben Hoogenboom and .Ken Ottewell. Hoogenboom served two years before being defeated in 1974 when he opposed Boyle for the reeve's chair. Ottewell also served for two years and retired in 1972. Sitting members who have been nominated include Ted Wright. Lossy Fuller, Barb Bell, Garnet Hicks and Harold Patter- son. The only "new" face in this year's race is Steve Pfaff, a 19- year-old grade 13 student at South Huron District High School. If elected, he would be day's regular council meeting. RAP had met earlier in the night and finance committee chairman Harold Patterson then advised his fellow council member that RAP would have only $197.73 to work with by youth Damage to the crop was estimated at $100. Thomas McVeeney, Ailsa Craig, was fined $75 or seven days for common assault, He struck another person on the face and on the back of the head during a September 16 alter- cation. Acclamation in Usborne As the result' of nominations which closed Monday, Bill Morley will be the new Reeve of the township of Usborne. Morley is the present deputy- BILL MORLEY reeve and moved up to the top position in the township when Reeve Walter McBride decided to retire. Councillor Murray Dawson is stepping up to become deputy- reeve. The only councillor returning for another term is Gordon Johns, He will be joined by newcomers Mervyn Shute and Dan Traquair, the youngest member ever to serve on Exeter council. He DON MacGREGOR .,.deputy-reeve again November 24. He said it was the unanimous decision of RAP that the last two employees (McKinlay and Willert) would be laid off as of that date. Patterson said that raised the question of what the committee's function would be for the balance of the year. He suggested they would have nothing to do and most members felt they may as well terminate their services. However, Reeve Derry Boyle said they would still have a function for the balance of the year supervising the recreation programs now in operation. Patterson took that to mean the physical supervision required for the gymnastics and ballet program at the high school and he said RAP members were not prepared to undertake that task. The Reeve replied that the members had no alternative then but to resign and council would have to name a new committee. He said he would personally supervise the school if necessary, Mayor Bruce Shaw said he wouldn't want to see RAP fold, suggesting they had other func- tions to undertake and decisions to make. "There's work to do," Pat- terson said, but added that RAP just didn't have the money to pay anyone to do it. He went on to say that some of the problem related to RAP's budget was actually the fault of council, in that the budget was not approved until August and by then the committee had spent a big part of their funds. Boyle debated that point, saying that council had advised RAP in May that only $60,000 would be allotted for recreation and parks this year and added that he couldn't get it through his head why the portion required for wages hadn't been set aside, It was also noted by Shaw that when the arena closed in February there were expressions of concern about whether all the RAP staff could be retained. Patterson said there had been some emergency expenditures, such as a new heater for the pool, but he said that regardless of what the budget called for, "it is gone". At this point, several RAP committee members entered the council chambers from their meeting and vice-chairman Bob Pooley indicated members were of the opinion their operation would close down for the balance of the year. "When a business goes broke, you close the doors," he suggested, adding there was no longer any need for a president or members of the board. He said RAP knew they'd be out of money before the end of the year, but he had always expected that council would bail them out. "If we lay them off (staff) you don't need me any longer as a RAP member," he said, adding that he would hate to see the committee not functioning. He also advised council that if he was working for RAP and had worked his butt off, he would be bitter about being laid off. Mayor Shaw suggested RAP must have other matters to consider besides money. lie asked if there were other things the committee could do to the end of the year. Chairman Ruth Durand said there vt ere programs in operation that would require some ad- ministrative work. was eounte, it l‘illocrer Titi,eddWriagbhQt ust t h said he and wondered what it works part-time at the local post office and plans tof011ow a career in that work. There will also be an election for PUC this year, the first in a number of years. Incumbents Ted Pooley and Murray Greene are being opposed by Chan Livingstone. Livingstone is a former employee of Ontario. Hydro and presently operates a retail business in Exeter. The only present officials in Exeter not contesting the eke- tion are Deputy-Reeve Tom MacMillan and. Councillor Bob Simpson, MacMillan has moved from Exeter. "I'm not like Derry (Boyle), I didn't leave the door open," Simpson said Monday night, ad- ding that he had enjoyed his four- year stint on council, MacMillan indicated he would make his farewell comments at the ratepayers' meeting held last night at the public school. would look like in the eyes of the people in Toronto who were planning to give Exeter a large amount of money for the con- struction of a new rec centre. He questioned if it was wise to spend $1,000,000 "and at this late date say to hell with the rec program". "Is it possible to keep one employee on?" he asked. "I don't want to see anyone laid off," Boyle commented, but added that council had to think about the ratepayers. He said the recreation program wouldn't suffer "one little iota" until the end of December, saying that only the gymnastics and ballet program were involved because minor hockey, figure skating and senior citizens run their own affairs. He questioned spending more public funds on keeping staff employed if it was only necessary to have a person for six hours on Saturday to supervise the school programs. Patterson said the full-time employees were needed to un- dertake planning of programs for next year. Boyle and Deputy-Reeve Tom MacMillan said this was the committee's job. At this point, recreation director Jim McKinlay entered the discussion and asked why was he hired if Boyle's contention was correct that the program would notsuffer if he was laid off. McKinlay said the job of providing recreation service goes far beyond the operation of programs, saying that the latter involved only 20 to 25 per cent his and RAP's time. "Does council feel we have mismanaged our funds?" he ssked. He said if they thought so, they should spell it out so RAP could defend themselves. "We told council in May we couldn't get by on $60,000," he said, Council was told it shouldn't be any shock that RAP was $2,200 short for the year because in May Please turn to page 3 Will assess his position Recreation director Jim McKinlay, who faces a layoff due to Exeter RAP committee's lack of funds, said Wednesday he would have to take some time to determine if his services were required by the community. He noted that Mayor Bruce Shaw was qUoted in a news ar- ticle as saying that the layoffs were due in part to a lack of work, "We have months and months of work," McKinlay told the T-A, pointing to the work involved in making arrangements for the new South Huron Recreation Centre and the policies and procedures manual RAP have asked him to prepate. He claimed that if council's decision was based on the work available, rather than thp money available, "then it was a wrong decision". McKinley indicated he would be attempting to sort out what his time and effort has meant to the community in light of the decision, Ile explained that the decision of whether he or Alvin Willert should be retained was academic, suggesting the community certainly owed Willert something for his 26 years' Service. Jail Huron Park