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Price Per Copy 35 Cents One Hundred and Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 8, 1980
Teachers get eight percent,
23,600 average reaches
BLACK FINGERS — Police chief Ted Day shows Melissa Brock and Gavin Poole from the
Sunshine Kids nursery school how fingerprinting k done. T-A photo
Developer lost ground
claims Huron planner
Huron County planning
director Gary Davidson met
with Exeter council this
week to explain the recent
Ontario Municipal Board
decision on the new official
plan and zoning bylaw and
he suggested it put developer
Gerry Sprackman in a worse
position than he had been
before he appealed to the
OMB.
"He made himself a bed of
thorns and now he'll have to
come and sleep in it,"
Davidson said regarding the
fact the developer of the
northend shopping centre
would have to get council
approval for ,any use of the
vacant portion of the existing
facility or any planned ex-
tensions.
No problem
on site chosen
The Exeter planning board
members have agreed in
principle with the planned
re-location of Hamilton's
Machine Shop from Nelson
Street to a new site on High-
way 83 just west of the CNR
tracks.
In a report to council, the
board said that the
movement of this type of
industry to the area applied
for should be encouraged.
The area will be zoned to
M2 and they said a
developer's agreement
should be enacted con-
trolling such things as
outside storage.
In a recent meeting,
Hamilton outlined his, plans
to the planning board.
In presenting the report to
council this week, Jay
Campbell said that all
members of the board had
been present. Their two
previous meetings had been
hampered by not having a
quorum.
Davidson also pointed out
that the OMB found that
• council had acted fairly with
Hawleaf Developments Ltd.,
despite what he termed the
"ranting and raving" of the
firm's solicitor to the con-
trary.
The planner suggested the
decision left council in a very
good position and agreed
they had better control of the
development than they had
prior to the hearing.
Councillor Ted Wright
asked if the decision would
WE'LL BE LATE
Due to the Thanksgiving'
holiday, The Exeter Times-
Advocate will be published
one day later than usual next
week. It will be printed
Wednesday night for
Thursday morning delivery.
Advertising deadlines will
be extended to Tuesday. The
display advertising deadline
will be 2:00 p.m. and the
deadline for classified ad-
vertisements will be 4:00
p.m.
It's seldom that Exeter
council members can see
that "everything's coming
up roses," but next spring
they may well be seeing that
everything's coming up
tulips.
Due to donations from the
Exeter Lioness Club and Epp
Homes, the town planned to
plant 900 tulip bulbs this fall
in the 'various garden areas
of the downtown
redevelopment project
parkettes.
However, thOse areas
could be spilling over with
blooms after the arrival of a
large package at the town
office this week,
It contained another 2,000
tulip bulbs, a gift to the
citizens of Exeter for their
dedication to the liberation
of the Netherlands.
The gift was made by an
Amsterdam citizen, Delta
Lloyd Schadeverzekerin-
gsgroep.
The pronunciation of that
name is almost as difficult as
the decision on where to
. An elementary school
teacher's average salary in
Huron County will be $23,600
under a new one-year con-
tract ratified by the school
board Monday.
Under the agreement,
which expires August 31,
1981, the 362 elementary
school teachers' salary will
increase by eight per cent
over last year, the Huron
County board of education
announced in a news release.
Both parties agreed to a
concept in which there will
A 26-year-old Dashwood
man, Joseph Wragg, suf-
fered serious internal in-
juries in a one-vehicle
plant 2,900 bulbs.
"'We'll put Parliament
Hill to shame," commented
Councillor Jay Campbell as
he envisioned 2,900 blooms
along Man Street next
spring. "That's just
tremendous."'
Property committee
chairman ..Lossy Fuller
reported that the planting
would get underway this
week and at her suggestion,
the local and foreign donors
will be sent letters of thanks.
be two grids used to deter-
mine salary for board
budgetary reasons. A
teacher's position on the grid
is based on experience and
qualifications,
The first grid from Sep-
tember to December
represents a five-per- cent
salary increase. Under this
grid a teacher's maximum
salary will be $30,450.
The second grid represents
a 10-per-cent increase and
the maximum teacher's
salary will be $31,900.
collision Wednesday.
He lost control of his
vehicle on Highway 83 east of
Huron Road 2 and it rolled
over in the ditch. Damage
was estimated at $3,550 by
Constable Bill Osterloo.
Wragg was taken to
University Hospital in
London and underwent an
emergency operation for his
internal injuries.
It was one of four ac-
cidents invistigated by the
Exeter OPP this week.
There were no injuries in the
other three.
On Saturday, a vehicle
driven by Joseph Robbins,
Hensall, struck a parked car
on King St. in Hensall. The
other vehicle was • owned by
Kenneth Govers, RR 1
Crediton.
Total damage was set at
$1,000 by Constable Ed
Wilcox.
The third accident was
To replace
old bridge
Construction of a new
bridge to replace the present
Devil's Elbow structure in
Stephen township is ex-
pected to start this fall.
At a special recent
meeting council accepted the
tender of Elginfield Con-
struction Limited in the
amount of $341,282.80.
The Elginfield firm's
tender was the lowest of
seven received.
Clerk Wilmer Wein said
original estimates were in
the area of $380,00. but this
included engineering fees,
soil testing and other in-
cidentals,
The new bridge will be
built about 300 feet north of
the present structure which
will remain and be used as a
detour until the construction
is completed sometime next
summer.
In a recent report it was
erroneously stated that the
bid of CG Farm Supply of
Zurich for the supply of a
tractor, loader and backhoe
was the lowest received, It
Was actually the third lowest
received. The T-A apologizes
for this error.
The teachers ratified the
contract about two weeks
ago,
Under the agreement,
elementary school principals
and vice-principals also
receive an eight-per-cent
raise. The principals'
average salary will be
$37,842 and the maximum
will .be $39,457.
In other business, the
board rejected collecting
education taxes from Huron
County's 26 municipalities
quarterly in favor of con-
reported on Sunday when a
vehicle driven by Steven R.
Henry, Smith Falls, went out
of control on Huron St. about
one mile west of Exeter and
skidded off the road.
Damage was estimated at
$600 by Constable Don
Mason.
The other crash of the
week was. an unusual one
that occurred around 10:00
a.m., Monday , when a car
became wedged on the
bridge at the Devil's Elbow
about three miles west of
Exeter on Stephen sideroad
20-21.
Heidi Klatt, RR 1 Comber
was proceeding over the
bridge when she lost control
of the vehicle and the right
front hit the guardrail. The
vehicle then skidded and
became wedged sideways on
the bridge, which is slated to
be replaced soon by the
township.
The driver escaped injury
and Constable Al Quinn
listed damage to the vehicle
at $800 and $300 to the bridge.
tinuing twice-yearly
collections.
Although the board had
rejected the idea of four
collections a year last June,
despite a potential $70,000
savings on interest charges,
the board decided to poll the
municipalities and found the
majority rejected the
scheme.
In recommending to the
board the adoption of
quarterly collections,
education director John
Cochrane said in a report to
the board it would make
"good business sense" and to
do otherwise is a "political
decision made by the
board."
The board feared the
proposal would be a linancial
burden to small
municipalites which collect
taxes from ratepayers once
Won't lose
bus service
Two Hensall Public School
pupils who could have lost
their rides to school if
Hensall manages to annex
part of Hay Township have
been rescued by the Huron
County board of education.
The two, a four-year-old
and an 11-year-old, were the
focus of objections by four
township residents that
threatened to land the an-
nexation issue before the
Ontario Municipal Board,
The board has a policy
against busing students in an
urban area and once the 97-
acre subdivision area south
of Hensall is absorbed into
the village, the two young
residents of the annexed
area would have found
themselves walking to school
along busy Highway 4.
Objectors were concerned
that the situation could be
particularly treacherous in
the winter.
Huron County planner
Roman Dzus appeared
before the school board
Monday to ask trustees to
make an exception to the
busing policy until an
"alternative safe access" —
a sidewalk — to the school is
provided.
Dzus said later the
"temporary, interim
solution" of continuing to bus
the pupils in the affected
area could go on for a year or
two after annexation.
Dzus told the board that
while the children's safety is
the main concern, an
agreement to bus the
children until sidewalks are
installed in the new sub-
division could avert an OMB
hearing.
Representatives of Hay
Township and Hensell will
meet with the four objectors,
he said, in hopes of having
the objections withdrawn. If
the four, who have several
other less serious objections
to annexation such as a fear
of increased taxes, do not
agree to withdraw, he said
the OMB hearing would
probably be held in four to
six months,
or twice a year.
Four trustees announced
they will not seek re-election.
They are Goderich trustee
Dave Gower and trustee
Shirley Hanzlitt,
representing the townships
Exeter may have as many
as three council vacancies to
fill in the upcoming
municipal election period.
Marilyn Williamson,
completing her first term,
announced Monday that she
would not seek re-election.
Building
rate slows
The value of building
permits issued last month by
building inspector to
Johnston amounted to only
$56,999. There was no new
residential or commercial
construction undertaken.
Over half the total was for
residential renovations and
additions and the balance
was for an addition at
Braemore Manor, one tool
shed, two commercial
renovations and one carport.
The amount of building has
dropped considerably this
year.
Councillor Jay Campbell
and Deputy-Reeve Harold
Patterson had previously
announced they would not
stand for nomination,
although some reports in-
dicate the latter may be
reconsidering his decision.
Mayor Derry Boyle has
also indicated he would like
to retire if some member of
the present council would
run for that position.
Councillor Ted Wright,
who previously reported he
would move up or off council,
said this week that he would
not be running for any higher
position and had in fact
almost decided not to run at
all.
PUC chairman Chan
Livingstone confirmed this
week that he will attempt to
keep his seat on the Com-
mission. Murray Greene had
previously announced he
would be running.
Nominations have to be
filed by October 20 and a
local ratepayers' meeting
will be held on October 30 at
the rec centre.
Sit-on hits
1,000 hours
Despite a damp, cold
weekend, the two youths
hoping to out-last each other
in the motorcycle sit-on-it
contest are still going strong,
Rory Hustler, the 17-year-
old St. Marys youth sitting at
Country Corners in Mt.
Carmel had plenty of visitors
when the temperature
dipped to freezing Sunday
night and Monday morning
to help him battle the first
cold snap of the fall.
"It was cold, but he came
through alright," com-
mented Mrs. Don Darling.
She said the company helped
keep his mind off the cold,
damp weather, There was
one couple who stayed until
4:30 a.m.
As of Monday at 3:30 p.m:,
Hustler and his competitor
at Sarnia had been on their
machines for 1,059 hours,
The contest is into its
seventh week, having
started on Saturday, Aegu.st
23 at 12:30 p.m.
The winner gets the value
of his motorcycle.
Transfer funds
to meet costs
The Executive Committee
of Huron County Council
reported at the September 29
meeting that funding of the
Huron County Health
Building to be constructed at
the Huronview Home for the
Aged in Clinton will be
possible through a transfer
of funds from the Employee
Benefit Reserve Fund.
An auditor's report,
completed for the year en-
ding in December 1979, in,
dicates $380,000 scan be
transferred from the fund to
the Capital Works Building
Reserve Fund and still leave
a balance which will be well
in excess of the total
liabilities of the Employee
Benefitl'und.
County Council approved
the recommendation to
transfer the funds which Will
finance the new health
building. The new building is
required because the county
health unit staff in the
Clinton office is working in
cramped quarters now, and
the staff will likely triple
when the additional home
care programs are added to
the county program in the
next year.
make it more 'difficult for
council to approve uses for
the vacant stores at the
centre,
Davidson replied that any
approvals would be at the
discretion of council and
they would have to rule
strictly on the basis of
whether any suggested uses
would be detrimental to the
core area.
Councillor Jay Campbell
said he was encouraged by
the decision as it indicated
small towns still have
control of their destiny. "The
future will prove if we are
right," he said.
However, Campbell • said
council would have • to work
with the developer, saying
the shopping centre could be
a benefit to the community
as highway commercial uses
were required in the com-
munity.
"We don't want a white
elephant at the corner of
Highway 83 and 4," he
commented, adding that the
challenge of the future would
be to work with Sprackrnan
to ensure the centre does not
become a white elephant,
Have 2,900 bulbs
A COMFORTABLE DONATION — The South Huron Junior Farmers recently donated a
specially made air mattress to South Huron Hospital. Above, Marg Pavkeje tries out the
mattress while nursing supervisor Norma Lindenfield accepts the cheque from vice-president
Bob Pavkeje. T-A photo
Corning up tulips
Woman crashes bridge
NOW WHICH WAY? — Heidi KlatmR,,,K.- 1 Comber, got herself into a bit of a predicament
Monday morning when her vehicle beconie,wedged on the. Devil's Elbow bridge just west of
concession 4-5 of Stephen. Her vehicle hit one side of the structure, then the other, and was
almost wedged,:sicieways. Itittif,cktnrage'140,,/kai'dt $1,100. OPP Constables Al Quinn
and' ock Straughan investigated."The bridge Nill,ber replaced soon by Stephen township
and the treacherous curves straightened ouf considerably. , Staff photo
Area man badly hurt
SERVES FOR 300 HOURS -- Janet Simmons (right) was the recipient of a pin com-
memorating her 300 hours of volunteer service as a candy- striper at South Huron Hospital
in Exeter. Presenting Ms. Simmons with her pin Wednesday was fellow candy-striper
Colleen Forsythe who has served for 100 hours. T-A photo
of - Colborne and Goderich;
Clinton trustee Dorothy
Williams; and Seaforth
trustee John Henderson.
The 12 remaining trustees
all said they will seek re-
election.
ACROSS THE RIVER — A regional public school cross-
country meet held in Exeter Friday lived up to its name as com-
petitors fought muddy conditions. Crossing a portion of the
Ausable River in the senior girls division were Karla Josephson
of Exeter Public School and Leanne Stewart of Stephen
Centrpti, T-A photo
Another vacancy
on Exeter council