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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-02-27, Page 3 (2)rimmk Crippled kids • given $4,000 • Net proceeds from the recent Crippled kids weekend at the Pineridge Chalet near Hensall now total more than $4,000. Chalet secretary Shirley Mousseau told the T -A Tuesday that $4,068.83 was turned over to the London Crippled Children's Treatment Centre Monday af- ternoon via Bill Brady of CFPL Open' Line fame. More monies will be added to this total within the next month. A London man who wishes to remain anonymous has donated an antique wagon wheel table to the Chalet and tickets are now being sold. The draw will be made late in March. Total monies donated to Crippled Children since the weekend was first started back in 1970 now total more than $11.000. It's up to owner to secure permit Exeter council probably won't proceed with plans to lay charges against a London firm for un- dertaking a local siding project without _securing- a _ building permit. The town solicitors explained that the onus is actually on the owner—not the contractor—to secure the permit and therefore council would have no case against the London firm. However. there was a hint that an agreement between the land owner and the contractor in this case had been drawn up and the contractor had been responsible for securing the permit. Council decided to investigate this matter further and if this is the case, they may still proceed with charges against the con- tractor. There was also a suggestion that sooner or later council will have to take someone to court to end the practice of people star- ting projects without permits. Councillor Ted Wright said there were many not adhering to the rules. For the past number of years, council members have threatened to take action. but have never done so. Fines of up to S1,000 are possible under the bylaw. Home figures show jump he I gieeting of Blue Wilter Rgt Home Incorporated will be hej4 Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.Tn. at The Blue Water Rest Home just west of Zurich. A financial statement prepared by Richardson. Laken and Company shows net earnings for the year 1974 at $21,006 as com- pared to $3.615 in the previous year. Total revenue for the year just concluded was up close to $79.000 while expenditures increased by $51.000. These figures were calculated before mortgage payments of over 541.000 leaving the balance on the _year's operation of $21.000. Dr. C. J. Wallace is chairman of the board and directors are Elgin Hendrick. Clement Regier. Lloyd Walper, Gordon Erb. John Corbett. Ray McKinnon. Ivan Kalbfleisch, Leroy O'Brien. Elgin McKinley. Jacob Ilaberer and Orval Wassmann. The annual meeting will in- cludeelectionof directors for the ensuing year along with reports from manager Joseph Ricci and the Women's Auxiliary of the Blue Water Rest Home. Inflation has become so bad that it has hit the price of feathers. Even down is up. RECREATION CREATION — A meeting was held Thursday in Zurich to discuss plans for the possible forma- tion of a recreation committee for Hay Township. John Tinney, Reeve of Hay Township left,introduced the guest speaker, Don Reid, consultant for the Sports and Recreation Bureau for the Ontario Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services, London, centre. At right Hay Clerk -treasurer Wayne Horner looks over the bylaw that will create the committee, the Recreation, Parks and Community Centre bylaw. T -A photo Insurance up considerably, okay Mt. Carmel equipment BY Sl1SAN WHITE _ The Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School board approved payment of insurance premiums for 1975 which will cost them :14-6 percent more than last year. at their meeting Monday night in Seaforth. The Board learned from Finance and Insurance Com- mittee chairman Ron Marcy of Stratford that increases in Work- men's Compensation (up to 68 percent from last year) and property insurance premiums (up 38.9 percent ) accounts for most of the increase. The board's total annual insurance premium is $16,591.68, up more than $4.000 from 1974. The coverage for vehicle, property, liability, accident and workmen's compensation in- surance was renewed 1hroughLeeson-Keller Insurance Ltd. of Stratford. Dublin trustee FrancisHicknell commented that he had thought the total insurance costs might have dropped. since the board last year had insurance on an old house in Stratford which has since been torn down. "The price of lumber is down from last year loo." he said. II PRCSS Business Administrator ,Jack Lane said that the property insurance provides for full replacement value of most of the buildings, no natter what. the cost- The -building would not necessarily have to be replaced in its_ same location. he added. Mr. Lane pointed out that the board again has $2 million in school liability insurance and said that this coverage was wise, considering that a board in B.C. which had only Si million in liability insurance was sued successfully recently for S1.5 million the highest award ever in Canada. The Board. also on the reeon►mendation of its insurance and finance committee, agreed to pay a premium of 593.94 for additional insurance to cover paying auditors fees should a bond loss occur. The Catholic Parent Teacher Association at Mount Carmel School were given permission to install and maintain playground equipment in the school yard. at • nu cost to the hoard. The equipment, shown to trustees in detailed sketches which ac- companied the ('PTA's request. will include a balance log and s beam, two chin bars, a stepping post. a log ladder. a cement pipe s and a tire swing The hoard's bylaw committee will report at the next meeting on a number of revised policies and 1 on how the board will meet the Department of Education's new requirements for open school board meetings. Howard Shantz of the board's negotiating committee said that teacher negotiations have started with the next meeting set for March 5. Mr. Shantz, who at- tended the recent Ontario School Trustees conference in Toronto, said he felt that the majority of the trustees who attended sup- ported the OSTC's stand on salary negotiations to the extent of holding up negotiations if OSTC were to agree to do so. He said he did not quite agree with Huron Board of Education negotiating chairman Cayley Hill's assessment of the con- ference. Mr. Hill and fellow trustee Herb Turkheim said at the Huron hoard meeting last week that they disliked the at- titude of the OSTC. Mr. Shantz said that policy questions would be coming to the local board from OSTC before any resolutions were formulated. Orange lodge choose slate The County Loyal Orange Lodge of South Huron held their annual meeting in the Orange Hall, Bayfield on Wednesday. February 19 with all lodges ex- cept one. represented. - Officers elected for 1975 were as follows:- County Master, Charles Reid, Varna; Deputy Master. Ivan McClymont, Varna; Chaplain. Ken Smith, Egmondville; recording secretary, Doug McAsh. Varna; financial secretary. John Hen- derson. Brucefield; treasurer, Harold Davis, Kirkton: marshatl, Watson Webster, Clinton; first lecturer, Wellwood Gill, Grand Bend; second lecturer. Alec Hamilton, Grand Bend; com- mittee man, Robert Cook, Goderich. An expression of appreciation Was extended to Alec Hamilton who is retiring County Master for a successful two year term. The Murray Cup was presented to Ronald Taylor. Master of 1.01. 1035 Varna, for having the largest increase in membership. Clinton LOL710 reported plans for the July 12 celebration are sell underway. A county church service was et for Sunday. July 6 will Clinton Lodge in charge. Lunch was served by the host .odge Number 24, Bayfield. MICE ON SKATES -- The Exeter figure skating carnival featured many characters from The Wonderful World of Disney. Shown above os mice are David Josephson, Timmy Moore, Robert Sims and Dale and Den- nis Kints. T -A photo The board will wait until the next meeting to consider a bill from the Town of Goderich for storm sewer charges there of 51,349.34, pending the results of an appeal by a property owner in the area. Assessment figures tabled at the Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School board meeting in Seaforth Monday night showed assessment for 1975 taxes for separateschool purposes up from last year in all but four Huron Perth municipalities. The total increase was $564,711 over the two counties. The biggest dollar increase (per capita figures were not given) was in Stratford, the largest municipality. Fullarton and LoganTownshipsand the town of Exeter also showed healthy dollar increases of above 530,000. In Seaforth, the assessment for separdte school purposes was up $27,515 followed by Tuckersmith at $26,025. Wingham was up $6,355. The Goderich assessment increased only by $9,303. Clinton by S15,675 and Zurich by $9,415. Ilibbert Township's assess- ment increased by $1,685, while McKillop's was up $16,055. In Grey Township, the assessment for separate school purposes rose $5,470 for a total assessment of 5124,135. Dublin trustee Francis Hicknell com- mented that the assessment in Grey is away up from 1969 whe the board was formed. ' The assessment in Brussels is- 56,080.all residential. There was no residential assessment in Brussels in 1973 for separate school support. North Easthope in Perth County and Bayfield, Usborne and West Wawanosh in Huron are the four municipalities that have had a decrease in assessment for separate school support. GB sewers - Continued from front page for the Grand Bend system is planned said he would like to call a meeting of all persons in Grand Bend concerning the affects of the sewer system. In this regard the delegation will be contacting the village council. Rollie Grenier said he was only an observer on the visits to Tavistock and Clinton and commented, "I'd be inclined to go along with the thoughts of these otherfellowson what I saw today. • Court liConlinued from front page County Road 4 and 21 on January 26. Terry E. Pickering, 112 Park - dale Ave., Huron Park, $53 or five days for failing to produce proof of insurance for the vehicle he was driving on October 15. His vehicle was involved in a collision with a fence owned by the Ontario Development Corporation on that date. Andrew Palsa, 83 Main St.. Exeter, 528 for failing to notify of a change of address as required under the Highway Traffic Act. He was charged on December 31. He had moved from the Hensall area to Exeter in August and had failed to notify officials of his new address. Brian Donald Morrison, RR 3 Embro, and Steven William Kew. Stratford, $53 each or five days in jail for consuming liquor while under the legal age on January 12. Both are 16 years of age. B of Trade —continued from front page vary and are designed to suit the particular business for which the loah is being granted. in the matter of advisory services, he announced that a seminar would be held later in March at the Pineridge Chalet for businessmen. Further an- nouncements will be made in an advertisement in this newspaper. Need area boundaries Times -Advocate, February 27, 1975 Page 3 Hay considers rec committee The Township of Hay, in all probability, will be forming a recreation committee. Although no genuine commitments were made, Hay Township Reeve John Tinney, sajd, "we should take advantage of the grants everybody else is getting." If the township were to form a recreation committee, under a Recreation, Parks and Com- munity Centre bylaw of the Province of Ontario, the primary advantage would be the availability of government grants. These grants, not obtainable unless the committee is sanc- tioned by the province, would partially reimburse costs of construction, maintenance, rents, transportation and wages for leadership. - Although money was not deeply discussed at the Thursday meeting in Zurich Town Hall, it was stated that about 25 percent of construction and about one- third of wages would be retrievable. The informant to the 15 member audience was Don Reid, consultant from the Sports and Recreation Bureau of the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, London. Outlining the needs for a recreation committee, Reid said, "recreation has become very important in the past few years." He noted that in former years there were 12-14 hours per day Inn project goes ahead The Well -Come Inn project is all systems go and looks like smooth sailing all the way, ac- cording to recreation director Jim McKinlay. McKinlay said that although there is some opposition to the plan, there are no obstacles in the way, that will make the present scout hall a senior citizen drop-in centre. He said renovation work could start as soon as March. But before anything concrete can be done, McKinlay said there must be two more meetings with seniors. One meeting, now in the planning stages, will be with the social services committee of council, headed by Lossy Fuller. it will be with the social services committee and all seniors of the town. -- The other meeting, according to McKinlay will be with the founding group of seniors con- cerned with the drop-in centre. According to the recreation director the Lions Club. present owners of the Boy Scout building are in favor of the drop-in project. Also in favor. he said. are the users of the building, the Scouts, Cubs and Guides. Part of the 58,000 New Horizons grant for the project, is to be used for renovations to the building. and some for rent of the hall. The rent money will be paid to .the Lions Club. According to McKinlay, the Lions will be putting the rent money back into the building. That would mean more work could be done than the portion of the $8,000 would allow. Both recreation director McKinlay and Lossy Fuller say that ultimately there should be an "executive" group of senior citizens, representing all seniors in Exeter. it is the idea of McKinlay to have representation from five segments of the senior population. He believes that there should be representation from members of the senior lawn bowling club. the mens' af- ternoon card club. the Senior Citizens Club and the Well -Come Inn group. The fifth segment would be from the other seniors that are not involved. or from another group. such as a church or the County of Huron Health Unit. He stressed that his idea was fully negotiable. But he did say that persons on such a group should be concerned with the group that they were representing and not concerned with their own individual efforts. Concerning the completed Well -Come Inn. McKinlay said that programs would be what the involved people ask for. A completed survey of the recreational needs of the senior citizens of the community will be made public at the as yet un- scheduled public meeting. This survey should indicate what the seniors want to do with their spare time, and services offered will be in respect to the demand for the various programs and activities. McKinlay added that it will be an open end program, geared just for the participants. He said the centre will meet the needs the seniors express. He also said that the centre may serve other areas of the community with time to come. There was a man who took out a million dollar. insurance policy. But it didn't help - he died anyway. spent on the job. Today, he said, people especially young people and senior citizens, have ac- cumulated more time. "We have to find some avenue of creation for all," he said. Reid said that recreation is not just hockey for boys in the winter and baseball for boys in the summer, but something for everybody all the time. Wayne Horner, clerk -treasurer of Hay was curious about the tie- in with surrounding com- munities. Reid stated that the first job of a recreation committee was to . form the boundaries it would take in. He said the next step would be to inter -act with other com- munities. He said people from the Urban -areas-go to the rural areas for recreation, such as snowmobiling, fishing, and hiking, and people from rural areas go to the urban areas for the recreations of indoor swimming. and ice skating. He said there was a need for inter- action. The consultant also pointed out that any monies - spent- by recreation committee didn't necessarily have to be tax monies from municipal taxes. He said the fitness, sport. recreation and culture lottery, presently coming about in Ontario, would probably have money for a local recreation committee, but added that such definate information was not yet available. He said the committee would not -have to supply an annual budget to the government. In forming the actual com- mittee, Reid said the mem- bership of the committee must be from five to 12 members with at least two members from' the municipal council. The members of the com- mittee, he said, would be ap- pointed by the municipal council. Terms of office would be staggered, for one, two and three year terms, so as to not wipe out the entire committee the first year; he said. The chairman, he added, would be appointed from the committee members. Three injured in Pinery crash Constable R. D. Hendley in- vestigated two accidents this week in the territory patrolled by the Pinery Park detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Monday. a vehicle driven by Paul Cote. 111 Euphemia, Sarnia left Highway 21. south of the Pinery Provincial Park -and -Shuck__a-hydro-pole.-..--------_--- The driver and three passengers were treated at St. Joseph's Hospital, Sarnia for minor injuries. Damages were set at 55,200. Saturday. damages were estimated at $175 when vehicles driven by David Pare, Windsor and Arnold Erb. Kitchener collided on a Grand Bend parking lot. Hopefully, said the consultant, the rest of the committee would represent the geography of the township and not all come from one community. Reid also said, "there is lots of assistance available other than financial" from the Sports and Recreation Bureau. He said there are very few areas in Huron County without a recreation committee. In the first year of operation of a committee, Reid said they should get together and find out what their objective is; and look five or 10 years in the future. He said they should start a,modest program and"investigate existing facilities for recreation. These would include, he said, schools, churches, halls, large wood to and already established recreation facilities such as. arenas and bowling alleys. Reid then said they should seek. a retired carpenter, who could teach boys wood working, ladies who could teach baking, and generally, people who have things they could pass on to others. Reeve Tinney said that not enough was being done in this direction. He said he felt there might be a better community relationship with such a com- mittee. Reid said while other govern- ment agencies are decreasing their budgets. his department was increasing the budget. with federal approval. "It's looking good for us," he said. BUSINESSMEN MEET --- Bryce Boron, left, manager of the Strotford office of the Industrial Development Bank was the guest speaker at Saturday's annual meeting of the Exeter Board of Trade. With him are new- ly elected president Ben Hoogenboom and post president Don Webster. T -A photo District farmer, minister debate produce boycott There 'is a division among members of the United Church of Canada. Huron and Perth Presbytery concerning the California farm produce boycott. The situation of migrant farm workers is similar to the situation here. so there is special interest. Rev. Robert Lindsey. Toronto. who is responsible for poverty programs within the Division of Mission of the United Church of Canada was the featured speaker. Opposing him by saying that the promotion of a boycott of perishable foodstuffs is morally, wrong was Charles Walkom of l"ullarlon A special point brought up by rnembers of the audience was a United Church sponsored CBC program of "fan Alive." The program told of a family in the Kent -Essex area that lived in a tent for the summer and had a very low income. Mr. Lindsey said the situation was corrected after the film was made. but not because of the film He was prodded'hy members of the audience because of the in tolerable conditions of this, and other migrant farm working families. A letter from William Stewart. Ontario Minister of Agriculture, read by Mr. Walkom. indicated Mr. Stewart's opposition to 'the stand taken by the United Church. According to Mr Lindsey. there is no legislation in California for the welfare of migrant farm workers. or for their forming unions. The United Church has taken upon itself the aiding of the workers. But Mr. Lindsey said the Church is not anti -farmer. Mr. Lindsey said the church intends to stay with the boycott until the government provides supervised secret ballots for the voting in of unions in Southern California. Mr. Lindsey said the United Church in Guelph along with the Toronto UC have supported the boycott. Ile also said that since Me first boycott in 1965. there has been talk of legislation in the US for the farmworkers. According to the guest speaker. the migrants want the United Farm Workers union. but the Teamsters Union is strong in that part of the US. The present boycott against Southern California produce reached Toronto in September 1973. TiVe speaker also said Toronto is the third largest market in North America for table grapes. produced in Southern California There were 40.000 illegal farm workers in Southern California in 1973. said Mr Lindsey Most of these. he said. came from Mexico. He said there are about two million people working on farms for wages in the ('S an- nually Although there were no con- clusions drawn at the Tuesday meeting of the Presbytery. Mr. Walkom in a circulated statement said. "1 suggest the protesting of this unfair boycott, by this Presbytery. and failing that. I recommend that each individual acquaint themselves with the issues involved and govern themselves accordingly." AT PRESBYTERY MEETING — Rev. Robert Lindsey, Toronto, responsi- ble for the poverty programs within the Division of Mission of the United Church was of the Huron -Perth Presbytery meeting in Hensall Tuesday. He is in favor pf supporting the present church -backed boycott of Southern Californio produce. Opposing him was Charles Walkom, right, of Fullerton. T -A photo