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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-05-07, Page 1T. • 4i• M 1 tl • 123 Yr/IR...19 THURSDAY MAY 7, 1 70 a • � I NII lllllllllltllllllll1111111tII111111tII1111tIlIIt111tI1111111f1111J1#ttl#III#Ill�lllllllllllllllhtlltllttlll111{ilh11111ilillNlllNlNlyptllll!##Ii�WIMN! Il{tlllhf111II111111{III11111111111111i111111tIIlIIIIilllltlU1111lllllllllllllllltllltlllllillll INIMIIIIIIIIIIII#Illlllll111{I.MIIIlltlhllllllltillll{llllmllllUllt1111ouffi#iiliilllliilllllumom lith#Iuloollowlllt#IIIIIIIIIIt#tl#lim#Illlhtll#NII ## 0 ex. BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Huron County residents will pay less in county taxes this year it was revealed by the ' clerk -treasurer John Berry at, Thursday's ,meeting of Huron County Council in ,• Goderich. •" The mill rate will be 20.,75 comprised of 10.75 for the general account and 10 mills for ,the highway, account. It represents a reduction from the year 1969 of 1.5 Mills. The reason for the reduction, according to John Berry, is due in part to the fact that the county is no longer responsible for assessmehL As well, a debenture' issue on Huronview at Clinton has been retired, and the building picogram, in connection with the Administrative Building' has been completed and is fully paid. - Expenditure for all county purposes in 1970 will be $3;679,526. Offsetting revenue totals $3,856,668 or in other words, there.' will be an estimated surplus of $177,142 for the year 1970. The working capital reserve fund has been :,increased from . $50,000; to $100,000 by allocating $50,000 in • 1970. This -money is .used for -current financing and with these funds available the borrowing requirements ate considerably reduced. A second reserve has been allocated in the *; .._ ..- .., •, _ _ . _ � mow.: .,-.budget..in_th 0 M 1 ; ;� :,::.___ . � --- a al]�-4�tt����� y • t pe` 'be used to . establish ' money to -0 present sick leave liability which has been -incurred by the county over the past number of years and at .the present time totals $113,69.3, and for a- hind to be used in the event of long term illness hind, employee. "I can see no reason at the present time for any increase in • the mill rate. in 1971 ,unless•some unexpected capital expenditures• are incurred," stated Berry. , "I believe the time has come when each committee must be restricted to the amount if increase that is going to be permitted by county council each year," 'the clerk went on to say. "In some areas there is no need for any increase in funds. In other areas a d t increase can be expected due to The-shipping-seasotwgot-under-way-iast-month and last weekend Sunday. Owners of small craft are having their boats placed in the ' ° Snug Harbour was officially opened. All types of craft are water now that danger of .ice has passed and a number of sailboats represented at the small boat dockageincluding large craft, small * can be seer out on the Jake each day. -staff photo craft and even- aircraft, as can be seen in this photograph, taken No breakdown yet on 'education budget Although the ;press representative for --the • It was Elliott who - introduced • an Huron County Newspaper Association asked , amendment to a motion to release a the Huron County Board of Education breakdown of the budget, spending to the members Monday evening for a breakdown press. The amendment which ultimately of the 1970 budget, an outline. of expenses gained favor with the -board stipulated that according to- categories will not. be he breakdown be made available at tthe end forthcoming until the end of June. of June. "I say the end of June," said the Board Board policy on the disposal of surplus - Vice-chairman Bob Elliott, Goderich equipment was discussed. At the present Township to the county reporter Mrs. . time the Board's policy requires that all Shirley J. Keller, " so •you won't think I'm surplus equipment be sold by -public auction. hedging". Since there is at the present time a number of _ !student desks and several teachers' desks in the county, none of which "would warrant . hiring 'an auctioneer" according . to Director of Education John Cochrane, the policy will- be amended to read...."for sale by public. auction or advertisement in the -local newspaper of the community where • • such equipment is located". 9, y Young people will petition.. town council Members of the Goderich Youth Council, recently formed, and the adult advisory council, set up last week at a special meeting, met at the former Victor 1 auriston Public School on Monday evening to discuss the possibilities of a youth centre for the town. . The group decided to approach town council May 14 with a presentation asking - for Victor Lauriston School as a youth centre. The group will be supported by the ,.Goderich Rotary Club. The school has been put up for sale. The .,two groups met for the first time Monday at the urging of the Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Board. The board had knowledge of several ---4.organizatiohs in tfswri interested-in_projects for young people. ' The presentation will be made by the young people with the help of the adult ►� groups. Accidents, incidents, keep police busy A rash of car accidents and unusual • accidents kep e c y • past week. Two women were injured Friday,, May 1, when their cars collided at the intersection of Warren and Cayley Streets. Mrs. Jessie Love of ;126 Elizabeth Street sustained injuries to the back of her head and her right shoulder and received a broken right arm. She was the - driver of one car • proceeding west on Cayley Street. She was detained' in Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. • - • Mrs. ,Ruth E. Clancy, 304 Lakeside Drive, was treated for an injury to her nose and released. She was driving south on Warren Street at the time of the accident. Both cars' collided and then struck obstacles beside the road. Damage was estimated at $3,000 to the vehicles. On Saturday. May 2, Mrs. Marion Osborn; f 243' S Benham Street, Brantford, ' and Mrs. Margery ,Avey, of 314 Dalhousie Street, - Brantford, were injured • when the car in - which they were riding collided with a car driven by Robert O.' Boyd, 190 Novello Avenue, London, at the intersection of East Street and Victoria Street. •moes ;continuing . rise in costs of supplies and Hensall Reeve. Oliver Jaques The board also learned. of the following resignations: Mrs. Mary Robinson, Colborne ' Central; Mrs. Grace Jutzi, East Wawanosh PS; Edwin Anderson and Miss S. Huston, • F. E. ' Madill SS; Mrs. P. Bechard, Grey Central; Mrs. Debra Newby, Huron. oriel' that Doiminio. Road Machinery Co, Ltd. would very likely be spending a considerable sum to promote their• own interests and that the county taxpayers should have no obligation in that regard. He suggested that if the Canadian Good Roads convention, was such a good thing, perhaps all of county council should 'attend. • . The Reeve of... Zurich, Gordon Ness learned that the road committee attends the •Ontario Good Roads Convention and that the -reason such large representation was proposed to the Canadian Good goads convention was because the World Good Roads Convention was being held in conjunction. with the Montreal event. It is the first time that a World Good Roads convention has been held in Canada (last year it was. stagedin in Spain) and since it is so • close to Huron County, decision had been --reached to send as many delegates as county council would permit. • Chairman of the road committee, Elgin Thompson, ' Reeve. of _ Tuckersmith.,_ 6E041. was not in favor W of sending seven representatives_ from...Huron..and declined to ' e _speak-•.on•--thezmatteL `T a -indicated. , hi s -- piniont'had - been= d ssed fully in committee but that ".the committee had not - seen fit to agree with him in this instance. • Present county policy dictates that only the county engineer shall be authorized to attend the ' Canadian ` Gond `Boards Convention. Last year, • however, 1969 Warden James klayter had suggested that perhaps the chairman of the road committee and the warden should also be entitled to attend in 1970. It was Reeve Hayter who made a motion - to refer ' the recommendation to . the executive committee for aruling and clarification.. Council agreed to this proposal. Another proposal . that drew much discussion was a bid •to. concur with the resolution from the County of Oxford req testing that the minister of transport encourage the ban 'of the manufacture and eventually the use of studded tires. Although council voted. to agree with the . Oxford resolution; -eight" councillors -voted-__. against the move. r► services. I feel that in practically eve. department the very maximum increase that should- be tolerated would be between five and ten percent." . It looks as though the county road department. will be spending about $1,656,000 on roads and bridges in Huron County this year but since the Ontario Department of .Highways has not yet` indicated the.amount it -is prepared to subsidize the program, it was impossible for the road committee to prepare a detailed budget in time for Thursday's meeting of ' Huron County Council., ' County funds . required to financethis proposed - budget, however,,.. have been estimated at $726,760. Ten mills on equalized assessment will raise $726,765.92. The major bone of contention in the road report was a recommendation ' that the warden, the 197Q road committee and the engineer Jim Britnell be authorized to attend the Canadian Good Roads Association annual convention in Montreal October 5 to '8 w Stephen Reeve: James•:.3layter.questioned the necessity -:for aevenweasans.toattintI th convention.= He predicted a chins±=eactibfi }"= ' "o • in , other . committees of county council which Might also wish to send an entire committee to a convention at the expense of Exete'iF'" eve Derry Boyle said Reeve Hayter had "stolen' my thunder" but that he was very pleased that he had done so. Boyle, known in, council for his distaste for conventions and other social affairs at the. ,expense of • the county taxpayers, said that One or two representatives to the convention could bring back an adequate report. • • Harry . Worsell;• the reeve of' Goderich, spoke in favor of the entire committee attending the convention. He said their, ,presence in Montreal would be "good `advertisement for Huron County." He also mentioned a firm in Goderich, Dominion Road Machinery Co. Ltd. which would be bolstered by a good representation from Huron. County, government.. reminded Centennial PS; Gerald Martinson, South The accident happened at p Huron District High_,. School; Mrs. Shirleyp Mousseau, Stephen Central; and Mrs. Marion across Victoria Street heading east. Mr. Boyd Isaac, Usborne Central. • was travelling south on Victoria Street. `He Mr. Cochrane reported that the question ,was not injured. of corporal punishment raised at the last Mrs. Osborn sustained a broken right arm, regular board meeting has been referred to Mrs. Avey,had chest injuries. Damage was set the Principals' Associations for study, but at $2500 to the vehicles. that results are not yet .all into the Board of* No one was jnjured when a car driven by. Education office. A full report is expected in Mrs. Louis Evelyne Prouse struck a car the future. parked on The Square between West Street -, Teachers in the county who are working and Montreal Street early Sunday morning wit -ll the ' j Brit t"e'trtients ctf"'education to - - forcing it into a !Aeon, 4 -parked car. write courses of study for English, History, Mrs. Prowse toldpolice she fell asleep at Geography, ' mathematics and ,.science in , the wheel.. 6 .m. when Mrs° Osborn attem ted to drive her car Overholt home robbed •A Grades 6,7,,8 and 9 will be released from Damage 'was set at $530 for" the three their teachiin duties for up to two school vehicles. days this year and if extra time is required to In other police occurrences, two Firestone complete themork, it will be done Saturdays tires were reported stolen from a garage at ' and teachers will be paid $30 per 'day, the 151 Bruce Street. 'The tires are valued at .supply teacher rate. ' ' $45. P( lice heard of the theft froth Brent As well, sppply teachers will be hired to Nelson, 146 Elizabeth Street. Tlie garage is fill in during the tinies that the teachers on owned iy his f.'ther. - these study,'committees are away from their •Goderich • police were faced with an" classes. • unusual accident last Sunday morning, but Mr., Cochrane explained that since the for a while, nobody knew where the department of education ' is issuing only accident had taken'fplace. ' The home of Mr. and Mrs. Francisbroad guidelines for the teachers to follow, it Julio Lopaz, 402 Oxford Street, Overholt, 98 Britannia Road, was broken' is deemed important for a course of study m Kempville, Ontario, was found wandering in into late Saturday evening and a quantity of the basic subjects be set up in . the county a ;dazed condition, covered with blood and money and jewellery Was stolen. -- system to ensure uniformity here. told police he had been in an accident but • Goderich Police Department reported the In other business, John Lavis was named did not know where: Overholt home was. entered between 8:10 to sit on the Huron Presbytery of the United . He was taken to Alexandra Marine and p.m: and 9:30 p.m. May 2 while Mr. and Church of Canada comrnittee to study General Hospital and treated for lacerations Mrs. Overholt were away for a short time. religious education in the schools; Howick to his right eye, chest, face and both knees. On their return Mrs. Overholt noticed a Central School staff was increased by a half .. He had been the driver of the car. SoAfar ddor- between the kitchen and dining room teacher t6 complete the French program no trace cif the cat was found. ' was closed while it had been open.vrl'hen they initiated by the previous board; and board , In the meantime, Clinton town police also left the.'houl; urther investigation by the members learned they were invited to sit' in found a man wandering around, also covered Overhs` disclse.osed the rdbbery. on';a meeting to discUS,§ the possibility of in blood, who also stated h.. had been in an Thieves- entered the house through a rear establishment of a Mental Health accident -- in'Goderich. - ..door and ransacked the bedrooms and a. Association for Huron Cotunty. Harold Wayne Gagne, ,Z5 Rattenbury linen_clos?et in a --hallway. A ;brief report on the driver education Avenue, Clinton, refused to allow police to ' Value of the loss was set at $3,000 by the courses offered in the five county high take him to •hospitt�l but reported there the family. , Therewas °no indication the thieves schools was set aside at Monday evening's following day. It wac. discovered his nose was were in any other part of the house meetingdf the Huron' County Board of broken. - O Chief Fred Minshall inspects the damage•' on, one' of two cars • invol on at Cayley and Warren Streets last Friday. Mrs. Jessie Love, ' 126 sustained a broken right arm and head injuries in this car and Mr304Lakeside Drive received, a nose injury in' the second car. '4 Goderich Police involved in a collision Elizabeth Street _. Ruth Clancy; Damage was estimated at $3,000. -staff photo He told police he had hitched a ride from "The neighbours have been very helpful Education until more information is made ' after the accident. fiance The car was eventually found -- • Goderich an' wetaro�rffolIcmxing.;�a ;loath giV,klttc) .us by available. wed a wide va f .demolished against a tree on Cambria Road ds .o �� hc� • thein "'said the chief. The i itlal report sho 1 ,:, h and .Ge c�ott is � :in. c e .of~ .tin ,;Sgt. � <�Ba lra!� e investigation, unsil to_negotiate for arena con#ract . Goderich Town Council last week rejected all tenders on the proposed•work at the arena and * authorized architect Donald Snider of Snider, Huget * and March to negotiate with the low bidder, Refflinghaus Construction Company of Goderich, for -part the work. At the request. of the Goderich Recreation and Community Centre, Board one part of the proposed three-part project has been dropped. The board novo-wishescottncil to proceed with the replacement of the ice surface and , seating area and with a new entrance to the building. A letter from the recreation board advised council of the tenders submitted and suggested the • change due to the tender prices being higher than., anticipated on the one section involving expansion of the auditorium. - The , recreation board agreed earlier to have` Mr, Snider negotiate with the low- remaining.bidder on the part of the work remaining. Mr. Snider told ,council Mr. Refflinghaus would complete the work for $132,825. Dr, G. F.- Mills asked for a breakdown on costs and an outline of the work proposed Ind this was given by Mr. Snider. A suggestion to have council go to the arena and speak to the contractor about the proposed work was opposed by counciltors One of the dissenters was' Reeve -Jack-` Alexander, Wingham, who stated that le, used studded tires, considered, them to be 'a safety measure and added that the cost of - repairing damage to roads allegedly caused • by the studded tires was small in comparison. to the number of lives that could be saved by permitting studded tires to - be used. County engineer - Jim Britnell, however, reported that in three years of use in Ontario, it has been estimated that studded tires have caused about $8,000,000 worth of damage to road surfaces. As well, since the * . studded tires were blamed for removing the . white lines. which mark the lanes in the highways, studded tires could be considered a hazard to safe driving. County councilalso agreed to support in. principal a resolution from the town of Goderich petitioning the provincial government to immediately consider the feasibility of providing adequate four -lane highway linkage in the Huron -Perth area to Highway 401 but to reserve full cpncurrence- until the Georgian Bay -Lake Huron Area Study report has been made public and is studied. It was also learned that the county road , committee is now ' in the process of inspecting the 340 mile county road system ' along with the road, and bridge priorities contained in the 1969 Needs Study. The 'committee proposes to submit a Long Range Constrnetion Plan just as soon as possible. It is hoped the Needs Study will be available to county council ai the June session. Road, crew members who received away • s from county engineer James Britnell and road committee chairman Elgin Thompson, Tuckersmith were: •. Harvey Bradshaw, Wroxeter,' 25 years; Bob Edgar, Wroxeter, John Seers, Auburn and Gord Miller, Auburn, 20 years; and Bob ' Brown;. Wroxeter and Tony Middegaal, Blyth, 15 years. ' A Dashwood ' woman, Irma Wein, also received a 15 year pin for services rendered at Huronview. members of the recreation. board. Coun. Carroll pointed out the town is losing $1,500 per week in revenue from the arena and urged there be no further delay. Reeve Harry Worsell stiggested if clay tile is to be psed care be taken when back filling to prevent dama°4 to the tile. He was informed plastic ti was being used to prevent this possibility. Conn. Reg Jewell voiced the opinion the contractor would be "...digging a well" when he tried to put down footing six feet beneath the new floor. He was advised a soil inspector will be present during the construction. _ Mr. Refflinghaus was called to the meeting aril gave a breakdown of costs. Council has now applied to t'he Ontario Municipal Board for permission` to proceed with the work. Red Cross Blood CIinc May20 Thieves `net 2,OOO W The theft of over $2,000 worth of small outboard . motors from Argyle Marine has been reported by the Goderich Police Department. Police believe the robbery occurred sometime between 1:30 am. and 3 a,rn. Sunday, May 3. The thieves parked .their vehicle on the property of Victoria Public School and cut a hole through the fence of Argyle Marine. A rear door to the 'building was pried - open and six small ,outboard motors valued fit $2,036 were taken. Goderich Police Chief Fred Minshall said the motors were all Mercury Outboards and included four 4 h.p. units and two '7.5 h.p. ._ units. The serial numbers of the motors are in the possession of the pollee. . 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