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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-06-15, Page 10 1-4 C4 1- z 0 RENEW JAN/84 r it O tt U) M • w •43 1-1 r UJ X w E ,x0xo ,- Jwwz Whithigs Phone 235 -196Q - Reports differ for area rec The South Huron rec center received a very complimen- tary report from a county court inspection panel which recently toured several buildings. The report commented that the rec centre was found to be spotless. Among the minor recom- mendations made were that the fire extinguishers be tagg- ed and that the first aid kit in the official's room should be restocked. J.A.D. McCurdy school was also inspected and "the overall appearance of the school was spotless and very well kept, considering its age." Among the Huron facilities which met with less glowing remarks was the Hensall READY FOR PARADE — Hensall reeve Harry Klungel talks to Leann Consitt prior to Tuesday's Hensall Spring Fair parade. T -A photo. Termed as n elute; no licence, insurance A person driving while under suspension and without insurance is a menace claim- ed Justice of the Peace Gord Ferris in handing down his decision in an Exeter court case, Tuesday_ Ferris imposed a fine of $503 against Joseph D. Bullock, RR 8 Parkhill, who was convicted of driving while under suspension on December 23 and a further $28 for failure to have a valid insurance card. The court learned that Bullock was involved in an ac- cident on the date in question when his vehicle hit a pole on concession 14-15 of Stephen Township. A witness said that the ac- cused came to his door at 3:00 a.m. and said he had an acci- dent and wanted to call his father. Bullock was picked up *by his father about half an hour later. The witness called police the next morning and they found Bullock's pickup with damage of about $1,400 to the front end. There was damage to the windshield and blood in the truck. When police contacted the accused at his home, he was found to have facial bruises. - Bullock was given 90 days in which to pay the $503 penal- ty and 30 days for the lesser amount. it was the only case pro- ceeded with in Tuesday's court. centres recreation centre where the inspection panel decried the filthy conditions of washrooms in' the dressing rooms. Some walls and floors were also found to be dirty and an exterior vent in one wall was covered with cardboard. The manager of the facili- ty told the inspection panel the black ceilings and walls were due to malfunction of the furnace , a problem that has been ongoing since the facility opened in 1978 and the cause is yet to be determined. "We feel that the overall filthy appearance of this building is an unhealthy en- vironment for the genera! public," the inspection panel commented, adding, "we feel that the general lack of maintenance contributed. to about 70 percent of the filth." Teachers get five percent Huron, County elementary school teachers and the Board of Education have ratified the teachers' 1983-84 collective agreement. Under the inflation restraint legislation, salary increases are limited to five percent and the only changes to the collective agreement are of a housekeeping nature. Recognizing the fact that there was no choice on the salary settlement, the presi- dent of the Huron Federated Women Teacher Association of Ontario (FWTAO) Dixie - Lee Arbuckle said, "we ap- preciate the fact that we had the opportunity to talk to the board". Both sides met several times and superintendent of personnel Peter Gryseels praised the teachers for tak- ing "a very realistic ap- proach" to the bargaining process. He noted they realiz- ed the dollars were fixed and they didn't requestincreased benefits. The new salary grid, effec- tive September 1, ranges from $16,230 per year to $42,050. The previous year's salary grid ranged from $15,460 to $40.050. The average elementary school teacher's salary is $36,419 with the avera,ggeprin- cipal's 'Salary; at 34¢3110. There are about 360 elemen- tary school teachers in Huron County. Special allowances under the collective agreement also increased by five percent. These allowances are paid over and above the salary grid. Principals receive an allowance of $8,400, up from $8,000 in 1982; vice -principals' allowance ranges from $3,360 to $4.095. up from a range of $3,200 to $3.900 in 1982;. co- ordinators receive an allowance of $4,620, up from $4,400 last year and principals of trainable mentally retard- ed schools receive an allowance of $4,820 increased from $4,590 in 1982. Other allowances are as follows with previous year's allowance in brackets: Special education teachers $105 ($100) for an elemen- Please turn to page 3 ANNIVERSARY BALLOONS -- A large number of balloons were released follow- ing Sunday's IOOth anniversary of St. Thomas Anglican Church in Granton. Shown with balloons at the back are Chris Jones, Heidi Haden and Steven Cook. In front ore Jenny Pennington, Peter Wallis and Joanne Hoar. T -A photo. BUSY SPOT — Workmen had barely completed their work when local youngsters descended upon the new adventure playground opened adjacent to the South Huron rec centre and ball diamonds this week. The equip- ment was provided by the Exeter Lioness Club and the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority chapters and has already been well initiated. • Dunlop will open new plant, Friday The new manufacturing facilities of Dunlop Construc- tion Products Inc. at Huron Park will be officially opened yn Friday. The Hon. Gordon Walker, minister of industry and trade, and James 11. Joyce, chairman of the board of the Ontario Development Cor- poration, will undertake the official ceremonies. Dunlop Construction Pro- ducts Inc. manufactures Dunseal single ply systems for roofing and water proof- ing. It is a division of Dunlop Holdings, a multinational manufacturing operation, primarily concerned with rubber based products. ' A first for Canada, Dunlop's ultra -modern "state-of-the- art" milling, calendering and fabrication lines at the new Huron Park plant are geared tomeet growth ratesinsingle ply products predicted to leapfrog at 15 to 20 percent annually well into the 1990s. Until now, Canadians have relied on imported systems; this encouraged Dunlop to develop a truly Canadian made full concept supply. In addition, exports from Canada to all parts of the world are anticipated from the new facility. "Manufacturing operations for several Dunlop divisions have been located at Huron Park over the past 15 years and we are very pleased to locate out new plant within the same community," com- mented Dr. David W. Brazier, president. He said the new facility has initially created 20 new posi- tions "and we anticipate that this will expand to over 70 through 1984". Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Tenth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, June 15, 1143 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Financial stress is harmful to families arm women prove point When a group of Bruce County farm women went to politicians and government officials with concern about the harmful effect financial stress was having on farm families, the answer they got was essentially: prove it. More thap a year later the Concerned Farm Women have backed up their feelings about stress with cold hard THANKS TO DIL — Past presidents of the South Huron Association for the Men- tally Handicapped Case Van Raay and Alma Godbolt present a plaque to Dashwood Industries president Michael Surety for his company's donation of land and buildings to the group more than 10 years ago. South Huron association cited as a model group The Kids on the Block had the kids in the front row on the edge of their seats during Thursday's annual meeting of the South Huron Association for the Mentally Handicapped. The kids in the front row were mainly students of the Hu'n hope school watching intently as Rachel Raciet and Sue Tobin manipulated the puppets Kids on the Block. Three of the puppets, one of which was blind, one retard- ed and one with cerebal palsy brought home . the message that they could do many things in life including playing baseball. A living example of this was the appearance of guest organist George Jenner who McGillivray combine jobs Shirley Scott has been nam- ed to replace the late William, Amos as clerk of McGillivray Township. At .their June meeting, council decided to combine the positions of clerk, treasurer and tax collector. Mrs. Scott, who handled the latter, will assume respon- sibilities for the combined duties. MI business will be con- ducted from the township of- fice at the McGillivray work centre froth 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The tender for a four -inch water line loop was accepted from Fuller & Turnbull farm drainage at a price of 45 cents a foot. thrilled the 350 persons at the South Huron Rec Centre. Jenner, a blind person with crippled hands played the orgad with one hand and an accordion with the other and had the audience jumping. Last but far from least was the entertainmept providLd by principal Eleanor Scott and her Huron Hope students with their enthusiastic singing abilities. Association president Hert Verbeek made the presenta- tion of a plaque to Dashwood Industries Limited for their donation of property and buildings in Dashwood 10 years ago which now houses association headquarters and ARC Industries. The plaque was accepted by DIL president Michael Surety who said, "The original donation was made by Maurice Klumpp and Dick Ivey. It's great to come hack 10 years later and see it has been put to such fine use. We are proud to have the dona- tion and pleased you have maintained it so well." Treasurer Roger Sheeler in presenting the financial report said it was a difficult year due to the Dashwood fire in September, 1982. Sheeler added, "Don Camp- bell and Paul Turnbull have done a very professional job in getting things back in order and concluding insurance matters in rapid fashion." President Herb . Verbeek paid special tribute to two directors who are retiring. They are Ellen Ff., sythe who has been in charge of the Flowers of Hope campaign and Marg Purdy. Mrs. Purdy was one of the founders of the South Huron assoctalion some 15 years ago after spending 10 years with a similar group in London. A presentation . was made by ARC employees Susan Hem- ingway and Colleen Carter. Please turn to page 3 Picture is lot brighter Government emploryment programs and a brighter employment picture in the south end of the county have contributed to the steady decline of the welfare roles. Iluron County council heard the good news for the third month running at its June session. "Things are looking pretty .good,'" said social services administrator John MacKinnon. There was a total reduction of 29 cases during the month of April. a trend that started in February. The only bleak aspect of the •statistics presented by MacKinnon is that the total caseload is still up over last year. Assistance was issued to 283 cases, during April of this year compared to 212 cases during the same time in 1982. The adminstrator said 26 people have been placed on employment programs from the welfare role while others have found other work. "The south part is picking up, but in the nortt►part there is very little activity. They (companies) maybe hiring but not from our welfare cases," said MacKinnon. facts, the result of a survey conducted with help from the University of Guelph and other resources on 343 fami- ly farms. The survey shows 86 per- cent of Bruce farm families feel the farm community is worse off than in 1976, leader Eloise Calhoun, said at the annual meeting of.Women To- day in Clinton June 8. The three biggest problems are lack of control over product prices, input prices and in- terest rates. The Concerned Farm Women are now presenting survey results to groups in the • area and getting ideas on' how the information can help farm families and what action can be taken. Farms in Bruce are 67 per- cent owned jointly by hus- band and wife. Most of the women completing the survey were aged from 25 to 54, mar- ried to a farmer and had liv- ed onafarm for more than l0 years. Nearly 100 percent did child care, cooking, cleaning and washing up, fed hired hands and handled buiness calls, while more than 80 per- cent paid the farm bills alai shared financial decision I making with their husbands. • Cropping and stocking deci- sions were shared by 22 per- cent of the wives. Younger women answering the survey value their con- tributions to the farm more than older ones do. Six per- cent said they contributed nothing to the farm's opera- tion. In 51 percent of the households, husband or wife or both were also working off the farm. Of the women working off - farm, 73 percent contributed wages to the farm's operation and 91 percent to the household's. The percentage of farmers unable to pay interest charges rose more than fourfold from 1976 to 1981, to 31 percent. About 17 percent, 50 people, felt they were likely to lose all or part of the farm in the next year. "More than that have been lost now," Mrs. Calhoun said. Of the financially distress- ed farmers, 61 percent had children under 16 operating Please turn to page 3 Penguin grey -picked Grey has been adopted as the color of county blazers to be sported by Huron County councillors. Despite some objection from Howick Township Reeve Bill Newton that councillors will look like "penguins" wearing similar suits, the ma- jority of council agreed to go ahead with adopting grey as the color of the blazers. But Reeve Newton and others sharing his sentiment won't be forced to wear something they don't want to. The purchase of the jackets is optional and at the individual councillors expense. During discussion on the blazers at county council's June session, Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller was about toraiseandquestion what the female councillors -would wear when ,clerk -treasurer William Hanly stated that grey cloth could be purchas- ed by the women. The blazers are to be pur- chased from Campbell's Men's Wear of Clinton at a cost of $110 for regular sizes. Grey was chosen as it will co-ordinate well with any col- or of pants. PHONES CO YESTI YEAR$ -- The new office building of the Blanshard Telephone System was officidlly op ned Friday. Shown using o pair of old.fashioned phones ore Lee Paul and Ross 4Aarshall. T -A photo. Hon. William Stewart officiates New ,hli�ne 'offlce opens About 2511 people from Kirkton and area wit►lbtsed the formal opening of !A new $350,000 office building1ff the Blanshard Municipal Telephone System Friday afternoon. The ribbon -coding ceremony to mark the ope ing of the piflce was pre ed by a special lunch at the Kirkton-Woodham Communi- ty Centre at which former On- tario agriculture minister Bill Stewart complimented the company on its achievements. Stewart noted in his ad- dress that we are on the verge of "an enormous movement forward in the whole field of communication." He sug- gested that in extending and upgrading its equipment and facilities, the Blanshard telephone company "would be more ready for this" than many other telephone companies. Recalling the days when ice storms would damage above- ground telephone lines and disrupt services, Stewart commended the system's commissioners and manage- ment for their progress in modernization. The Blanshard Municipal Telephone system began operation in the Kirkton area in the eraly 1920's, Four years ago the company installed a $410,000 digital switch system which brought the system up to date technologically. Company manager Lloyd Mardlin said no rate increase isforeseendespite the cost of the new Kikrton business office. The system serves 3,000 subscribers and is overseen' by a hoard of commissioners. The new building has been in use since March, though final touches were made only recently. The Blanshard system is one of about nine municipal exchanges left in Ontario.