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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-05-22, Page 1r''”, M, Young JP buried today in Goderich, Huron County Justice of the Peace ',John R. Sturdy died suddenly in Goderich - on Monday. The 33 year-old man served both the County of Huron and the Province of Ontario from his position. Mr. Sturdy was the third member of his family to hold the post. His father, William Sturdy, was county justice of the peace until his death in 1956 when his -mother Olive Sturdy took over the duties until her. son's appointment in 1965: Police officers from the Ontario Provincial Police and the Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, Wingham and Exeter police departments will form a special honor guard at 'Mr. Sturdy's funeral. Born in Goderich he is sur- vived by his wife Karen (Mallough) Sturdy; children Jamey and Stephen, both at' home; brothers Peter of Forest and Bill of Stratford; and his ,mother Mrs. Olive Sturdy. He was predeceased' by his father William Sturdy. - He was' a member of St. ♦" eYs, N.arAi N°;A ii.11{f::. 'SA.'•r�.:dJ George's Anglican Church, the Goderich Kinsmen Club and the Goderich Fire Department. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2o'clock at St. George's Anglican Church. Interment will be in Colborne Cemetery, I John Sturdy Campers fill parks. first long weekend The first long holiday weekend' of the summer turned up warm, sunny• and cloudless while winter -weary people. accident in Goderich A ' 4.Y' t•° riiV+rµFi- I n ; sk. • x..K„fan . .p: x.,y r'uU or, ....�-.aW.a:«r,aM,n �.,o F..«•ts:,.., . ,aw..,... K.4..,1,91_r411 r+? °,hMi rRP'iiX� 128 YEAR -21 THURSDAY, MAY 22, .1 975 Council cuts bac to lower taxes turned but eagerly to lap up the pleasant trio of days heralding the start of vacation time. Spokesmen for Point,,Farm north ''of Provincial Park jus t dgxich.:.K ands the:. Maitland Valley Conservation 'Area at Benmiller say their facilities were:Tfull to overflowing by., early Friday evening. At -Point Farm, more young people than ever before moved„ • Town council Monday 'night took another hard look at the 1975 budget and cut another $80,000 off the expenses for the a, year bringing the mill rate,' increase back to between 20 and 23 mills. Finance Chairman Deputy Reeve Bill Clifford told council at the outset of .the session that • he would like „to see the in- crease limited to that margin if council could find the means to do it. The recreation' budget 'and the road 'supplementary program were . the hardest hi.t although the major cutbacks in both budgets were - deferred rather than eliminated. T.he recreation board's capital expenses for the arena were reduced by $20,500 by eliminating glass for the 'arena board's, new lighting for the ice surface and a.penalty time clock7,- er.,, should be completed this year ditjons` was a $33,900 cutback in the rec budget. • w Two proposed sewer projects were dropped from the ''works and engineering roads sup- plementary. program amounting to a $50,000, saving. A storm sewer from 'Hamilton to Victoria Streets along Newgate Street was abandoned and the Waterloo and Nelson, Caledonia to Victoria Streets storm sewer was deferred to 1976. Works and Engineering Chairman Councillor Dave Gower .told council that the Waterloo to 'Victoria storm sewer could., be' deferred but should be given priority. 'He suggested that to enable the town engineer to' complete work on the project -that cbuncil reconsider the project for 1976 Calling the tenders in the fall of this year. —The -Anal, draft of the,,y_ear's budget. will be -ready for `the by using a surplus in the arena first .council meeting in June fund of about $13,000, enough to and should be finalized at that cover the expense.- ° time. . The finance chairman The :estimated costs for the told council ' that he expected the final proposal to be up a few onto the premises. Bill Clutton, renovations' of •'Judith mills over the 20 mill increase The Goderich Pollee an assistant supervisor. at the Gooderham pool were reduced mat council had cut back to Department reported two park, felt some of'•them might $2,500 and a provincial grant, of details had accidents in town during the have been the result of crowded not listed in 'the budget, worth because ofthe in that t that had past week. conditions„ at f Pinery and $9,.000 was added to the revenue beincluded ' added the committee On May 17, a vehicle driven n't Ipperwash /P•,rovmcial Parks in' side of the rec ledger. „ ,.,budgets. by Edward Cameron Thomson; the Grand Bend area. Funds kept, in reserve for Heg again pointed out that the No. 6 Mobile Village, Trenton; • Still many of the campers at recreation unanticipated 1975 .payment for the South struck 'a parked car ' on a Point Farm were 'local youth. grants were reduced by $1,000, Storm Sewer was not included display lot when he attempted According to Mr. Clutton, there warnings because of and the extra revenue from the in the budget, nor was work to make a left hand turn' onto were sme war. rate increase for ice time for proposed, or wideningllighway Bennett Street from Huron . rowdyism but no evictions.minor haekey and figure 21 and upgrading the storm Road. Damage was estimated Some s visitors at camp siteskaiin amounted to $902. The sewer flume at ''the pollution at $35 to the Thomson vehicle were asked to leave, however:—P3. b ,�., ti hours' w p m at end result 'of the cuts and ad- control pla�t�q yf a.nc' '$350 to a vehicle c�lvned by Visitin ho-�r.r e:�d atll , , � • � ;., �, Point �•�arm,lVlr. Clutton said. Str4okland Motors. In a second accident a moped "But it was a good weekend," ' driven by Larry John Gaynor, he observed. 191 Wellington St., Goderich At Benmiller this year, only struck a parked vehicle owned family ,camping is permitted. ' by Daphne Malins ' .RR. ' 2, No groups of young people are Goderich on May 19. Damage to allowed to remain in the park the moped and Malins vehicle overnight unless they are .part was estimated at $150 each. of a family outing. During the past week the The .MVCA spokesman at Goderich Police Department Wrox'ete1r said Wednesday also laid 14 charges under the morning thht there were some Liquor Control Act, 18 under . very minor instances at Ben - the Highway Traffic Act, 11 miller on the long weekend but under the Criminal Code of the ' offenders were quickly Canada and one under locally- handled by park personnel and laws - Police . Two fires mar holiday weekend B�rn.trn�I:er urne� Constable Tom. Fortner to . Police officer plans J.hs mayor's in form fors ceremony Mayor Deb Shewfelt left his usual position on first base on Monday afternoon to take the mound from Ken Daer and ceremoniously throw in the first ball to open the 1975 Goderich Industrial Softball season. The mayor was playing first for Sandy's Clippers against DRMC° in the first game of the seaSuon. (staff photo) , o reiign Goderich Police 'Constable Thomas Fortner was,found guilty of two charges uner the Ontario Police Act that required his resignation from the force within seven days: Huron County Judge F. G. A barn valued at about $4,000 and 113 pigs estimated to be worth $11,!).00 were destroyed, by fire iri., Saltford early Saturday evening. The fire was believed to• have originated at an electrical outlet in the barn and- spread rapidly throughout the -wood structure. The building was owned by Bissett 'Brothers Limited and housed, 214 pigs owned .by Carter read the 'dgei,sion to Constable Fortner at a special Goderich Police ' Co►nmis�ion meeting last Wednesday. Bri.K County Judge P. S. MacKenzie submitted a• 23 page .written decision to the commission that found Constable Fortner -guilty of deceit and neglect of duty. Judge. Carter informed Constable Fortner that under the conditions of tkie police act he was required to resign within seven days and failure to ut Saturda Reginald Riehl of Saltford. Mr. Riehl rushed into the barn to attempt to open the pens to release the animals but was 'Goderich volunteer firetinen pull one of the 214 pigs in this barn to safety while other animal§ freed from the burning building take advantage of the trapped' water used on the blaze to'cool off. The firemen chopped holes in the barn to• allow thein s th eescape ,,but the. panic stricken animals refused to j p o safety. (staff -photo) appe(11 do so.....,.would result in his dismissal. Three other charges, one .of deceit and two of discreditable conduct, which 'were also laid under the Police Act by)olice Chief P. D. King'on February 17, were adjourned., Judge Carter also informed Constable Fortner that he has' the right to appeal the decision to the Ontario Police Com- mission within 15 ' days of conviction. Constable" Fortner told the Signal -Star that he 'fully' intends to appeal the decision to • OPC: nearly overcome by smoke and was forced to leave. Firemen from Goderich arrived at• the scene minutes after the blaze broke out .and cut holes in the sides of the barn to release the trapped animaals. Provided with an escape route the panic stricken pigs ran in some cases within feet of the holes but refused to jump out to safety. Firemen trying desperately to save as many of the animals as possible had to reach in and drag some of them out of the pen. A small quantity of feed and hay was destroyed in the *fire. Of the 101 pigs that got out of the barn, five had to , be destroyed due to severe burns. to OPC All of the charges arose out of the trial and subsequent acquittal of Constable John Hills who was charged with unlawful use of firearms and dangerous driving. • The neglect charge laid against the Constable resulted from his failure to disclose evidence" "until the trial of Constable Hills while the deceit A fire in a ,mobile trailer in Camp Kitchigami caused $3,000 in losses and sent a man and a woman to hospital with burns early Saturday morning. Goderich firemen were called to the blaze in the•trailer and camping park south of town at 12:51„ Saturday mor- ning. The 19 foot travel trailer - belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Myers of Stratford was - completely destroyed, The couple were in the trailer when the fire started along with their 11 year old twin daughters Joanne and Judy and a friend of the girls, 10 year old Kristen Farquaharson, •also from Stratford. Mr. Myers and his wife received burns while leading the children to safety. Both were .admitted to Alexandra Marine and General Hospital and immediately transferred to London's University hospital, Theyare listed in satisfactory conition, The three children escaped injury. i get r rt The 1976 salary agreement reement between the Huron, County Board of Education and secondary ` IeaOhers; was. ratified at a special board meeting in Clinton Tuesday night. k. The overall increase 'from a ° year ago is 29.9 percent. Clarke - Teal of Goderich District Collegiate, teacher negotiator, said `this includes 3.5. percent-- which ercent- which is a natural increase due to advancement on the old greernent." In making the ',recom- mendation to the board, trustee Cayley Hill of Goderich said, "Negotiations were very amicable. The costs of set- tlement, ' while higher than usual are •in keeping with the times. Our costs in Huron will be in line • with an' in the • province. When other boards' settle th'eir negotiations we will .find wehave hada satisfactory- - ornibfs ttlemenfi" 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 what they will be at the same date in 1976." 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 . - included in the new contract. tt wilt be. paid in A ri1,1976 and Augt ,9:74n'e i rril,. 1916 cost 'of living allowance would be based ,on one-third of a , salary multiplied by the per- centage increase in CPI from November 1975 through March, 1976. The .settlement will cost, the board $5,273,621 .in the 1975-76 school year compared to its current expenditure of $4,058,990. • The fetal budget for the board is about $15.8 million — a 17.9 percent increase from 1974. Under the agreement, starting' high school teachers will earn from $10,400 to $12,400 depending on qualifications. Teachers with . 10 • years ex- perience will earn from $17,100 to $2.1,900, depending on ex- perience. The board's -'dive principals will earn;from $27,400 to $30,660 • • while vice -principals will earn from about $25,000 to $27,400. The salaries of board ad- ministration members, also are geared to the salaries of the teachers but are on a calendar year basis. Education director John Cochrane will receive $42,9'24 in 1976 while superintendents' charge was laid for mak ng entries into an official police book that were false. The charges against . Lon - stable Hills were laid following an incident on the .Square on October 17 in which the two constables had a confrontation• ,with a group of youths which resulted in Constable Hills firing his service revolver. Chief King laid the charges against Constable Hill's after' statements given by Constable Fortner indicated that he aimed and fired at a fleeing youth and drove away from the scene in a careless and dangerous manner. Constable Fortner's statements "after the incident stated that a youth was dragged nearly 800 feet by the cruiser . and the dangerous manner.. in which Hills drove away almost caused him to fall salaries will range from $32,193 'from the cruiser. -However, on 'to $36,792, depending on ex- , (continued on page 16) perience. o Exeter teachers off to Australia classrooms By Ross Haugh Two teachers Tnow employed by the. Huron County Board of Education have been given approval to apply for an ex- change teaching program in Australia. They ere a Mrs. Dorothy Hughson, a classt oom teacher at Exeter public school and Edward 'Cirard, 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 a personal ap- ' plication to the Ontario government. Agents of the province and the government Of Australia will then agree on the exchange. Exchange teachers remain in the employment of their` -•.own board and continue to have their own salaries remitted to them while overseas They are education since July of 1969 and subject to the normal taxation 'executive" assistant % since super service contributions and the fall. retain their rights and Effective September 1, 1975, privileges as employeesof their Gordon O. Philips, principal of own educational authorities. The Huron hoard, in sup- "F. E. Madill secondary school porting the exchange, agrees to in Wingham since 1969 will accept in these teachers' become executive assistant to. places," exchange teachers the director of education and under the exchange system as ,administrative assistant to the agreed upon by the Ontario superintendents of education. ministry of education and the education department in Victoria, Australia. Superintendent 'Allan said this is the second year of the exchange with Australia but the first requests for par- ticipation by the Huron board. .The hoard - approved a number of transfers, ap- pointments and retirements at Tuesday's meeting, Miss Margaret (Peggy) annuation and social December of 1972, is retiring in At the same time, Robert P. Ritter, vice-principal at 'F. E Madill since 1959 will become principal of that school. • One' field trip was approved. The South Huron District High School junior eaters club wilily) t'o' the Ausable River and Ausable Cut on May tib and 26. The objective of the trip is to acquaint students with ' canoeing methods, canoeing , Gordon, who has been partners, packing methods n''d secretary to ,.the director of overnight camping.