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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-05-22, Page 1 (2)QUEEN CROWNED — Deb .Wooden named Queen of the South Huron District High School At Home dance Friday night is crowned by last year's winner Melanie Veal. T -A photo Two local teachers seek Australia post Two teachers now employed by the Huron County Board of Education have been given ap- proval to apply for an exchange teaching program in Australia. They are Mrs. Dorothy Hughson, a classroom teacher at Exeter public school and Edward Girard, a physical education teacher at South Huron District High School. The exchange would be for the calendar year 1976. Board superintendent R.B. Allan said the two teachers will now make -4 personal application to the Ontario government. Agents of the province and the government of Australia will then agree on the exchange. First tenants now chosen Tentative occupants for 22 •units in the new Ontario Housing Corporation senior citizens apartments have been chosen. Letters were sent out by OHC last week, and those chosen have five days in which to indicate if they plan to move into the new building on Sanders St. East. Councillor Lossy Fuller said the other 10 units were being held back as a "buffer". OHC officials explained that many, needy people don't apply for residency until after some tenants have moved in and the 10 units will be held in abeyance for this type of person. If no further applications are received in the immediate future, OHC will choose from names they already have on hand. Mrs. Fuller indicated that July 1 will be moving day, although some residents may be in the building prior to that. Councillor Ted Wright said that those chosen who may have leases on other facilities coming due prior to July 1 will be allowed to move in earlier so they willnot have to extend their present leases. The Exeter Kinsmen have volunteered to help seniors with the work involved in moving and information pertaining to that offer will be made known in the near future. It was also announced that another attempt will be made at forming a senior citizen co- ordinating committee. This committee would oversee all activities, programs and facilities of seniors in the community. A meeting in this regard is planned for the Legion Hall on June 17. • Disappointed with planners Judging from comments made by Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw, that much awaited draft of revisions to Exeter's official plan wasn't worth waiting for. The report was submitted to council this week by Damas & Smith who had drawn council's ire for not having the report done when promised late last year. Shaw said the first five pages in the draft had some meaning, "but the rest is garbage." He went on to say that it was vague, and was nothing more than a general description that could fit any community in Ontario. "We could have done this one ourselves," he suggested, adding that "we made a mistake if this is the guidance we're getting (from the planning firm)". Cost of the work is not known exactly, but it is between $5,000 nd $6,000. The report will be turned over to members of the planning board for their recommendations. Exchange teachers remain in the employment of their own board and continue to have their own salaries remitted to them while overseas. They are subject to the normal taxation, superannuation' and social ser- vice contributions and retain their rights and privileges as employees of their own educational authorities. The Huron board is supporting the exchange agrees to accept in these teachers' places, exchange teachers under the exchange system as agreed upon by the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Education Department in Victoria, Australia. Superintendent Allan said this is the second year of the ex- change with Australia but the first requests for participation by the Huron board. The board approved a number of transfers, appointments and retirements at Tuesday's meeting. • --Mies • Margaret . . (Peggy) Gordon who has been secretary to the Director of Education since July 1969 and executive assistant since December,1972 is retiring in the fall. Effective September 1, 1975, Gordon O. Philips, prin- cipal of F.E. Madill secondary school in Wingham since 1969 will become executive assistant to the director of education and ad- ministrative assistant to the superintendents of education. One field trip was approved. The South Huron District High School junior outers club will go to the Ausable River and Ausable Cut on May 25 and 26. The ob- jective of the trip is to acquaint students with canoeing methods, canoeing partners, packing methods and overnight camping. Teachers' The 1975 salary agreement between the Huron County Board of Education and teachers was ratified at a special meeting in Clinton Tuesday night. The overall increase from a year ago is 29.9 percent. Clarke Discuss fire, then have one Fire investigators probably won't be called in to determine the cause of a fire at the Exeter dump late Tuesday night. Exeter firemen were called to the scene and brought the blaze under control. A pile of tires was on fire. Calls to the dump occur periodically as burning waste fanned by winds threatens to get out of control. Ironically, fires at the dump was one of the subjects covered by Exeter council only a couple of hours prior to the sounding of the siren. One member of council reported at the- meeting that refuse was apparently burning. He had spotted the smoke while driving to the meeting. Sanitation committee chair- man Garnet Hicks, with a noticeable smile on his face, told councillors that the fires were caused by a variety of reasons, such as lightning, gets of God or combustion. He failed to mention one of the reasons cited for previous fires at the dump—the deliberate setting to destroy the mounds of rubbish. The discussion over the dump facility in Hay swamp started when Hicks told council he was "very disappointed" with the co- operation from those who use the dump. He said they still dump wherever they feel like it. He termed use of the dump a privilege and suggested "we should make examples of a few people who abuse it". It was further explained that local industrial users have been given keys to the dump, but they often leave the facility with the padlock in their pockets and often are those involved in dumping in the wrong places. "If they use the dump and don't lock up after, their privileges should be taken away," com- mented Reeve Derry Boyle. "Either that or they'll have to pay us a bigger fee so we can hire a man to look after it," Hicks replied. Boyle suggested the sanitation committee have a meeting with the industrial users and tell them of the consequences if they fail to co-operate. Hicks also questioned if council should continue to service the hospital by garbage pickups six days a week. He thought some reim- bursement should be received. Boyle explained that council had previously looked on it as a community service, thecosts of which would have to be paid by the residents one way or another. However, the sanitation committee was authorized to consider the matter and bring in a recommendation to council. Teal of Goderich District Collegiate, teacher negotiator said "this includes 3.5 percent which is a natural increase due to advancement on the old agreement." In making the recommenda- tion to the board, trustee Cayley Hill of Goderich said, "Negotiations were very amicable. The cost of settle- ment, while higher than uttp�ual are in keeping with the tithes. Our costs in Huron will be in line with any in the province. When other boards settle their pay negotiations we will find we have bad a satisfactory form of settlement." . Director of Education D. J. Cochrane said the overall 29.9 percent increase includes all fringe benefits. He added, "In coming up with this figure we took all our costs as of March 31 of this year and projected to what they will be at the same date in .1976." A high school teacher without any experience will receive $10,400 per annum. This is an increase of 12,700 per year while • One Hundred and Second Year up 29 percent a category one teacher with 10 years experience will now receive 117,100, also a rise of 12,700. Category 2 salaries will now range from 110,800 to 118,400. In category 3 the range is from 112,000 to 120,700 and category 4 teachers will receive from 112,400 to 121,900. The boards' five principals will earn from 127,400 to 130,660 and salaries for vice -principals will range from $25,000 to 127,400. The salaries of board ad- ministration members are r.: geared to salaries of teachers but are based on calendar years. Education director John Cochrane will receive 142,924 In 1976 and salaries of superin- tendents will vary from 132,193 to 136,792. In benefits the board will now pay 100 percent of OHIP premiums and 85 percent of drug plan premiums. Under the current contract the board paid 75 percent of both premiums. A cost of living clause is also in- cluded in the new contract. It will be paid in April 1976. and EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 22, 1975 August 1976. The April 1978 cost of living allowance would be bas- ed on one-third of a salary mul- tiplied by the percentage in- crease in CPI from November 1975 through March 1976. Negotiators for the teachers were Clarke Teal, Godericb; Jack Kopas, Wingham; Bob Smith, Clinton; Gordon Johns, Exeter and Bruce Eccles, Seaforth. Representing the board were chairman Cayley Hill, Wilfred Shortreed, Herb Turkheim, Ken Cooke, Charlie Thomas. Price Per Copy 25 Cents -.!'"•-••• RECEIVE CHARTER — The Ausable-Boyfield Conservation Foundation received its charter following a banquet in Exeter, Wednesday. The charter was presented by W. H. Charlton, right, regional director for the Southwestern Region of the Ministry of Natural Resources to Elgin Thompson, chairman of the Founda- tion and also the Conservation Authority. With them are Charles Sauriol, left, projects director of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, who was guest speaker, and Ted Pooley, Exeter. T -A photo, Establish foundation to save district conservation areas A charter for the newly formed Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Foundation was presented at a banquet in. Exeter. Wednesday. and the offshoot of the Authority was termed "another milestone and a new plateau" by former chairman Bill Amos, Parkhill. Looking back at the progress of the Authority for the past 29 years, Amos said "we can see what has been done and can assume what more can still be done in the future." The objective of the Foundation is to continue and initiate con- servation programs that could not normally be undertaken by the Authority because of a lack of funds. This objective will be achieved by charitable donations made directly to the Foundation, which then transfers funds to specific Authority projects. The Authority can then get government grants of 50 to 75 percent on the projects made fable 't?fredgh - the"'th-aritabtr' donations. "Your seed money creates funds in the ratio of 13.00 to S1.00," stated Charles Sauriol, projects director of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, who was guest speaker for the event. He explained that conservation is everyone's business and while the Conservancy has used its skills to approach charitable foundations and corporations to allocate some funds in support of conservation authority projects, the establishment of Foundations ••will provide for the people of your towns an opportunity to help preserve some of your natural resources". He noted lot this type of giving for conservation projects was a Rec centre proposals ready, reaction from public needed After eight months of study, the citizens committee charged with compiling information on a proposed recreation centre for Exeter and district have come up with a proposal. The committee feels a recreational centre should be built in two phases. The first phase would include a newarena, community and school auditorium, senior citizens centre and atheletic field for baseball and soccer. Involved in the second phase would be an indoor swimming pool and health and raquet clubs, also located indoors. In a recent news release, publicity chairman Doug Ellison said, "No starting date has been suggested although the present arena may not last more than one or two years, therefore, a new arena may be required by the fall of 1977". The committee feels these facilities are very badly needed and financially the area could afford to handle the cost if Exeter along with the rural areas and smaller communities gave their support to the project. The committee release con- tinued, "Such community sup- port would keep the tax increase LABOUR PROBLEMS — Strikers of the Dunline Limited plant in Huron Park blocked the poth of o transport truck on Thursday until Ontario Provincial Police moved in to allow the lording of pipe and fittings, seen in foreground, bound for Rio Algom mine at Elliott lake. The strikers are demanding acost of living clause in their contract along with "a decent wage". For story, please see page three. T -A photo to everyone to a minimum. For people in the area who are worried that the community is trying to build something we can't afford, it should be pointed out that the Ontario Municipal Board will not allow government loans to a community unless it can support such a centre. tVithout these loans, of course. we could not start." The site has not yet been decided but the present fair grounds in Exeter has possibilities. The decision on the site will depend largely upon local reaction to the suggestion the race track be removed. The committee wishes to release this proposal for con- sideration by everyone in the community anda questionnaire %sill be circulated in two weeks for public reaction. Public response will give the committee a chance to answer any questions that people in the area may have. The committee after very careful study is very enthusiastic about the proposed centre but would like to gain punlic support for the project. The planned centre has something for people of all ages. 11 will give a largely rural community first rate recreational facilities. There are more than 12,000 people living in a 10 -mile radius of Exeter and presently they must drive 25 to 50 miles to find facilities comparable to those suggested by the committee. The committee release con- cludes, "We feel it is time that the rural areas have facilities similar to the large urban areas. newcomer to the charity field, and that it is almost tragic that this is so. "It -should have been high priority 30 or more years ago," he claimed, adding that private giving is a rescue party for our non-renewable resources. Mr. Sauriol recalled to mind the story of Walker Woods, a once -teeming wildflower habitat on Lake Huron. that was saved from extinction by private donations, although much of it had been lost beyond recail before that action was taken. "The people who helped to buy -- Please turn to page 3 Owners will pay for walk damage Property owners involved in construction projects that result in damage to existing sidewalks in Exeter :'. ill be required to repair them to their original condition. At least that's the intent of council following a discussion at Tuesday night's meeting, although it was noted that a bylaw requiring this action is already on the books and has never been enforced stringently. Councillor Ted Wright broached the subject. saying that many sidewalks have been ruined, particularly where new homesareconstructed and the use of heavy equipment is involved. He said that building inspector Doug Triebner lists the con- ditions of sidewalks prior to construction and after and had advised him that "many times the sidewalks are completely ruined." Wright said the town should not be expected to foot the bill for this expense. "It's rather maddening and the onus should be on the property owner." he suggested. Bylaw committee chairman Barb Bell indicated there was already a bylaw covering the situation and Mayor Bruce Shaw said town officials should "make certain it is enforced." Mrs. Bell agreed to look up the existing bylaw and report back to council on her findings. Exeter veteran new commander The annual meeting of London Post No. 5101 of the American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam was held Tuesday, at the Officers' Mess, Dundas Street Armoury, London. Philip P. Campbell, of Exeter, was elected Commander, replacing Brian N. Smith, of London. Robert S. Copeland, Wilson W. Vernon, John J. Baltzer and Claude P. Vigeant are the other officers. All six have served in both the Canadian and American armed forces. Moped driver hurt; police charge 148 Area drivers came within two hours and fifty-five minutes of having an accident -free holiday weekend. However, the record was marred at 9.05 p.m., Monday, when a car and motorcycle were involved in a collision on County Road 2 south of the Crediton Road. The motorcycle was operated by Ronald W. Smith, Zurich, and the car was driven by Susan Spindler, Grand Bend. Both were injured as was a passenger on he motorcycle, Helen Kadei, Crediton. The Crediton woman was the most seriously injured of the three and was taken to University Hospital in London for treatment. OPP Constable Ed Wilcox investigated and listed total damage at $700. The first accident involving a Moped was investigated Tuesday at 12.15 a.m. by Constable Bill Glassford. The motor assisted bicycle was operated by Keith R. Mills, 455 Andrew St., Exeter. He .was proceeding south on Highway 4 when his machine went out of control and overturned in the west ditch south of the Usborne- Tuckersmith line. Mills sustained cuts and bruises. On Wednesday at 11.45 a.m., a parked car which had been driven by Joseph Denis. RR 1 Kirkton, rolled across Highway 2.3 and struck a house owned by Verna Burgin. Kirkton. Damage was estimated at 11.500 by Constable Jim Rogers. The other crash of the week occurred at 11.30 p.m.. Thursday. when a car driven by William Smale, RR 2 Kippen, left County !toad 11 and struck a tree. Constable Glass ford in- vestigated and set damage at 11,000. Part of the safety record established over. the holiday period may have been due to increased surveillance by the local detachment officers. Aided by the OPP air patrol and radar, the officers charged 148 people under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 78. There were two charges under the Criminal Code and eight under the Liquor Control Act. That brings the years total charges to 161 under the LCA. Three members of the Exeter detachment were assigned to Sauble Beach patrol over the weekend, where police and youths were involved in some confront at ions. Constables •Rogers. Lamont and Christiaen were on the Sauble Beach duties. Tax increase to be. sizeable - Exeter council' members: haven't approved the 1975 budget as yet, but ratepayers can expect a sizeable jump in the local mill rate. Clerk Eric Carscadden said that with the increases for education and county purposes alone the mill rate would jump 18 mills for residential and 23 for commercial. The local levy is also expected to be up over last year's but it will probably be at least two more weeks before the final outcome is known. SAFE DRIVER AWARD — As feature of Police Week, the Exeter police department observed all drivers in town carefully and came up with a safe driver of the week. Above, chief Ted Day presents Bill Van Bergen with his prize. T -A photo Approve draft plans for new town offices The architect's final plans for the renovations at the former post office were presented to Exeter council this week. and after a brief examination. it was agreed to call tenders. At the outset it was intended to have those tenders opened on June 3, but after works superintendent Glenn Kells noted the plans should be approved by the department of public works, council agreed to delay the tender call to June 9. The plans will be taken to the department's office in London and council hope to get a quick approval. Estimated cost of the renovation to turn the old post office into the town's ad- ministration building was mentioned only in passing at the conclusion of the discussion In answer to a question from Reeve Derry Boyle, who has been heading the project as chairman of the property committee, Mayor Bruce Shaw indicated the architect thought the work would cost between $30,000 and 135,0000. However, he added that if council decided against spending that much, some items could be deleted from the contract, such as the expensive lighting system planned for the council cham- bers. Contractors will be asked to submit one bid including a central air conditioning system, and one without. Several members of council have indicated they believe the facility can be air conditioned with the two units already con- tained in the building plus the air conditioner presently in use at the clerk's office. The new building will house the clerk's office, that of his assistant, a general office, the building inspector's office, council chambers, a committee room and some other general office space. Earlier in the meeting, a discussion had been held regarding the maintenance of the building and the property committee was asked to check with Harold Wolfe to see if he wished to undertake the work. Wolfe presently looks after the clerk's office and the town hall.