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The resignation of Joseph
Mills, Superintendent of
Education for Huron-Perth
County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board was
accepted with regret by the
board at a meeting in Dublin
Monday night. It will be
effective December 31.
Mills has accepted a
position as education officer
with the Ministry of
Education in Toronto.
He was hired by the board
September 1, 1976 as a
superintendent of special
services and since August,
1977, he has been superin
tendent of education, At that
time he also assumed the
duties of superintendent of
program, combining it with
SCISSOR
special services
workload.
The board will hold a
special meeting November 1
to discuss advertising for a
replacement for Mr. Mills.
The board approved a
revised policy regarding
school secretaries to be
adopted January 1. For
merly the policy for
remuneration for the
secretaries was based on the
number of rooms in the
school. Now it will be based
on a combination of the
number of rooms and the
enrolment figure in the
school. This is an attempt to
equalize the working hours.
The wages for the
secretaries will be $4.20 per
hour with zero experience,
$4.35 with one year’s ex
perience and $4.50 per hour
with two years or more, all
effective as of September 1,
1978.
FAIR OFFICIALS MEET — The annual meeting of the area Agricultural Societies was held in
Kirkton Wednesday night. Above, district president Bill Westman of Milverton talks with
Kirkton fair president Rosemary Schaefer ana Exeter ladies president Pat Down. T-A photo
Non-candidates speak
Shaw gives advice
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Saintsbury
By MRS. HEBER DAVIS
There was no service at
St. Patricks Church Sunday
due to illness. The rector
Rev. Mary Mills was ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Greenlee were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Haskett at a
masonic dinner and dance at
the Ukrainian hall in Lon
don Friday evening.
Mr, and Mrs. Wayne
Carroll held a birthday party
for their youngest daughter
Julie Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Carroll and Mrs.
Wayne Carroll’s relatives
from Sarnia were present,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tindall.
NancyandRon Cunningham,
Wiarton attended the Four
County Draft Horse associa
tion banquet and dance in
Glencoe Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Heber Davis
visited their cousin Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Hudsons,
Komoka, Saturday and with
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Elston,
Centralia on Sunday.
Re Elect
JOHN /y\
TINNEY \*/
Reeve
For Hay Township
Nov. 13th
Noting he was “pleased to
be moving out”, Mayor
Bruce Shaw had some words
of advice for council can
didates when he wrapped up
Wednesday night’s public
meeting at the rec centre.
He suggested all can
didates were running
because of their ego in try
ing to prove themselves, but
noted that while that may be
a selfish reason, all can
didates were also in the run
ning because they felt they
had something to contribute.
“Listening to you, people
will have trouble deciding
how to cast their ballot,” he
said in reference to the can
didates who had spoken
earlier,
He warned they would
face criticism in their term
of office and something
would probably happen to
make some people suggest
they were the worst council
ever elected.
Shaw urged them to main
tain a balance between their
enthusiasm and the
criticism they will receive.
“Listen to people,” he
suggested. “People have
things to tell you, and even if
it may not seem important
to you, it is important to
them.”
The Mayor outlined the
imperative need for council
members to be objective,
advising that people will
come to them in mobs and
delegations and they will be
passionate and excited.
While noting that it was
impossible to please all peo
ple at all times, nor even
possible to reach a com
promise on occasion, he urg
ed them not to go into any
argument with pre
conceived ideas.
“You’ve got to see both
sides and be objective,” he
said, adding that sometimes
people can’t have their
minds changed “and that’s
aot to be wrong”.
The candidates were told
that when they make
decisions, they should be
made in fairness and with a
certain justice, sticking up
for the rights of the in
dividual as well as protec
ting the interests of the
town,
“I hope you are pleased
with the job you do,” he
said, urging the losers to
make themselves available
to council for appointment
to special committees.
“Don't feel bitter, maybe
you can use your talents
otherwise,” he said, predic
ting that mayor-elect Derry
Boyle may have difficulty
finding suitable candidates
to serve on some of the
town’s committees and
boards.
“I wish you who are
foolish enough to try (to get
on council) all the best,”
Shaw concluded.
Tough to follow
Mayor-elect Derry Boyle
spoke briefly, paying tribute
to Shaw’s efforts over the
past four years. “He’s a
helluva tough man to
follow,” he commented.
Boyle said the thing that
bothers him the most is es
calating costs and suggested
some town projects may
have to be delayed in view of
this situation.
“The way the economy is,
council will have to very
carefully consider how they
spend tax dollars.”
Also speaking to the
audience as non-candidates
were Reeve Si Simmons,
who was acclaimed to of
fice, and retiring council
member Ken Ottewell.
Simmons said he
pleased to see
businessmen in the
area moving to improve
parking in several locations,
and said that while some
would suggest it was not up
to the town to pay the costs
involved, he felt the town
should be paying for the
necessary fire lanes and
roadways in conjunction
with the parking areas.
Ottewell said he was leav
ing with “mixed emotions’’,
noting it made a person feel
good to see some of the
things that have been ac
complished.
“I’m very pleased to see
so many have come forth to
let their names stand,” he
said.
He also noted that im
proved parking in Exeter
was off to a good start.
The SHDHS teacher,, who
has now retired twice from
council, noted that a deci
sion still had to be made on a
grant for the restoration of
the town hall in that the On
tario Heritage Foundation
would provide $17,000 more
if it was matched by the
town.
He said he had feelings
both ways on the project,
and suggested that perhaps
the matter should have been
placed on the ballot so the
people of the community
could make the decision
He concluded by saying
that his only disappointment
while serving on council was
the fact he had never been
able to attend the Good
Roads convention.
commissioners
give annual report
Exeter’s expanded water
supply system capably filled
the community’s needs in
the past summer’s drought,
PUC chairman Murray
Greene reported to the
ratepayers at Wednesday
night’s meeting at the rec
centre.
He said the drought was
probably the worst in the
town’s history, but the new
wells in Usborne and the
exisiting supplies met the
needs.
Noting that local citizens
pay about 25 cents per day
for water, Greene said there
probably wasn’t any greater
value available.
He said, the new wells
would meet the supply of the
town until the year 2000 if
the growth rate remains at
its present levels.
He remarked about the ex
cellent cooperation between
the council and the PUC,
suggesting it means a lot to
the community to have two
groups working so closely
together.
Greene, who had to leave
the meeting early to attend
a convention in Windsor,
told the small gathering that
the PUC is facing “con
siderable expense” in
changing over to the metric
system “although it is of no
value to the customers”.
Vice-chairman Chan
Livingstone, reporting on
the hydro department, said
the town’s $3 million con
struction boom over the past
two years has placed a
burden on the PUC.
Money has to be laid out
now to provide services, but
the revenue often takes as
long as 10 years to regain the
investment.
As an example, he said the
construction of a local
apartment building was
costing the PUC about $11,-
000 this year.
He said the local PUC had
little control over rates, this
being set by Ontario Hydro,
and he added that costs of
materials are escalating at
a high rate. He reported that
a 40-foot wooden pole cost
$63 about 10 years ago, while
today the cost is $230.
He compared Exeter’s
hydro rate with several
other area communities, in
dicating that the 2.67 cents
per kilowatt hour was higher
than Goderich’s 2.54 but
lower than all others, which
ranged from 3.1 in Grand
Bend to the 2.79 and 2.78 paid
in Stratford and London
respectively.
“I believe our system is as
good as any in the district,”
Livingstone commented,
paying tribute to the staff
and management.
In concluding, he whim
sically stated that the PUC
office was being renovated
“so everyone will be happy
when they come in to pay
their bills”.
Both Greene and
Livingstone were returned
to their posts by acclama
tion.
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