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The Bayfield Bulletin, 1965-09-23, Page 1CLINTON TAXI 482-3436 When It's Your Move Coll IHINTON the MOVERL Agents United Von Lines Clinton 482-9779 Coming Events FASHION SHOW--Wednesday September 29 at Goderich District Collegiate. Tickets available from members of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorrority or phone 96. CLINTON HOBBY & CRAFT EXHIBITION at Central Huron Secondary School Sept. 24, 7.00 pm to 10.00 p.m. Sept. 25, 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 11rIgallifirtbiliultrfitt U 524 . B. CLANCY, 0.D. GODERICH — Phone CURR'S TAXI - Y 7305 — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH 10.les MAYFIELD, ONTARIO VOL. 2 - No. 14 COPY BAYFIELD, SEPTEMBER 23, 1965 COPY DECISION IS A ''LOCAL " ONE SAYS DAVIS Decisions on the sizes and locations of schools to serve the school area N omination meetings for Clinton of which Bayfield Village and West St- anley are now a part rest entirely wi- th the local board, and are not dic- tated by the Department of Education or its representatives, a letter fro- m the Ontario Minister of Education to Reeve Frederick Clift this week states. Architects to Proceed With Working Drawings Following is the letter from Hon. W. G. Davis: 44 Eglington Avenue W., Toronto 12, Ontario. September 15, 1965. Dear Brigadier Clift: I have received your letter of September 3 in which you refer to our meeting of July 15 about school accommodation in Bayfield Village. I assume that you have now received my let- ter of September 3 concerning public school education for pu- pils in the County School Area that will come into operation on January 1, 1966. It is my understanding that the two school boards of Stan- ley Township School Area and Tuckersmith Township School Area are now giving consider- ation to the suggestion that was made about the operation of the existing school in Bayfield Vil- lage. I had hoped that the suggest- ion that was made about this matter would have been accept- able to all parties. I must now advise that as the boards were elected to represent the rate- payers in such matters as the selection of school sites in which they have authority under the statutes, the Boards will have to take into consideration the views of all the ratepayers in the decision that is finally made. Yours sincerely, William G. Davis Minister of Education. Brigadier F. A. Clift, Clan Gregor Square, Bay field, Ontario. GODERICH—There will be an open season for deer in Hur- on County, November 8, 9 and 10. County council accepted a recommendation from its agri- culture committee that these dates be accepted to coincide with those in neighboring coun- ties. The first date, as War- den Glenn Webb remarked, co- incides with the Dominion elec- tion. "I do not think you will see many hunters in your fields that day," he said. Huron council earlier this year voted against a deer sea- son, but this time approved it without a vote, after hearing a presentation by E. K. E. Dryer, Dear Mr. Davis, The undersigned are the members of the Delegation from Bayfield and the Western part of Stanley Township School Area who met with you on 15 July last to propose enlarging the Bayfield School to four classrooms to accommodate our portion of the new Huron Coun- ty School Area No. 1. We wish to acknowledge your telephone conversation to Bayfield last Tuesday and to thank you for your consideration of our prob- lem. We should also say that we were well represented at a School Board meeting the same Tuesday evening when Inspec- tor J. G. Burrows conveyed the gist of your Bayfield telephone conversation to the Boards of the Tuckersmith and Stanley Township School Areas. Ap- parently a letter will be sent from your Department very soon which will contain certain sug- gestions and recommendations. During your telephone con- versation to Bayfield you invit- ed comment and we are ap- preciative of this invitation. A representative meeting was held last evening (Thursday, 2 Sept.) to consider the Department's Please Turn to Page Two of the lands and forests depart- ment, and a discussion by var- ious members. Mr. Dryer said northern counties and districts have a week open season, but Grey and Bruce three days. Answering a question by Reeve Clift, Bay- field, he said shotguns only would be permitted, and no dogs. To Reeve Stewart Proc- ter, Morris, he said eight or ten counties in the Lake Huron dis- trict will have an open season, "and we are hoping the whole ten will." Reeve John Corbett, of Hay, said he did not see why farmers should not be allowed to go out occasionally and shoot deer, "and no doubt some do." Clinton The date for the poMination meeting was set at a special executive meeting Tuesday evening. GODERICH—Thirteen Ontar- io counties have decided to adopt the county assessment plan, with a crew of trained as- sessors under a commissioner, and five others have indicated by resolution their intention to start in 1966, but Huron coun- cil on Monday voted 23 to 14 against. It was recommended by the equalization committee, of which George Wonch, deputy reeve of Clinton, is chairman, "that the county assessment GODERICH—Huron County Council will appoint a con- struction safety inspector on February 1 next. Such appoint- ment has been mandatory under provincial legislation for some time, and has been pressed by labor department officials at several sessions. The warden's and personnel committee, to which the matter was referred in June for study, recommended action to council at its Septem- ber session and its report, pre- sented by chairman Clifford Dunbar, was accepted. The post will be advertised and applications received at the November session, to be re- viewed by the committee and the name of the successful ap- plicant submitted to the Janu- ary session. The appointment is subject to approval of the la- bor department. A minimum salary of $400 per month, plus mileage, is proposed for a six- months probationary period. Making their first trip to famed Florida's Cypress Gar- dens from their home deep in the Everglades, two Seminole Indians stoically watched the water skiers roar up and down the lake. "Why makiim motorboat go so fast?" asked one. "Have to," replied the other. "Little man on string chase um." The auditorium of the Cen- tral Huron Secondary School, Clinton, is the designated lo- cation when Liberal delegates from the 148 polls of Huron Rid- ing elect their candidate for the forthcoming Federal election this Thursday evening at 8:30. Prominently mentioned as candidates are two who have in- dicated their willingness to ac- cept the nomination in the per- sons of Gordon McGavin, suc- cessful farm implement dealer from Walton, and Mait Edgar, collegiate teacher, who has been in the forefront of service club activities lately, from Clinton. Others mentioned as possible contenders are B. Menzies, bar-I rister of Clinton; A. Y. Mc- Lean, of Seaforth, formerM.P. for Huron-Perth; and the presi- dent of the Huron Liberal As- The keynote address will be delivered by the Honorable Lar- ry Pennell, M.P., Solicitor- General in the Pearson Govern- commissioner system be estab- lished to commence January 1, 1967, and that the 1966 com- mittee consider preparation of the necessary bylaw for presen- tation at the 1966 March ses- sion, and the bylaw engaging the commissioner at the June session." P. G. Gillis, a supervisor in the assessment branch of the department of municipal af- fairs, reviewed the details of the plan, and batted out an- swers to numerous questions. De- bate consumed most of the af- ternoon, and concluded with a speech in support by Reeve F. A. Clift, Bayfield, who said: "We should not drag our feet." Voting Yes: Alexander, Boyd, Clift, Dumin, Etherington, Geiger, Hardy, Jim Hayter, McKenzie, Desch, Snell, Thompson (Clinton, Webb, Wonch.--14. No: Boyle, Cook, Corbett, Cuthill, Dalton, Dunbar, Gan- don, Gibson, Hayter (Elmer), Jewell, Jones, Krauter, Leiper, Mcllwain, Procter, Robinson, Stewart, Stirling, Squire, Tal- bot, Thompson (Tuckersmith). --23 (including Goderich double vote). Reeve J. Kerr, Wingham, and Reeve A. D. Smith, Turn berry, were not present when the vote was taken. W. M. Jelly, London super- visor, who met the committee earlier, left the presentation to Mr. Gillis, introduced by Coun- ty Assessor A. A. Alexander. Mr. Gillis appealed on behalf of the government for adoption of the system in the interest of efficiency and of more equit- able distribution of taxation. "Unfortunately," he said, "there are a great many rate- payers paying too much, and an equally large number paying too little, and quite a number not paying taxes at all." "It is very clear to me," said Reeve Clift, a member of the committee, "that in our circumstances we have to have a better system. The 1940 manual is so out of date it is difficult to apply. Our asses- sors do not understand it. They Gordon McGavin ment. Mr. eennelf is the Lib- eral Member for the federal rid- ing of Brant-Haldimamd. He re- sides in Brantford with his wife and two children, where he is also a member of the law firm of Pennell, Watt and Purcell. He is regarded as one of the most eloquent speakers in the Liberal Party. are already thinking in terms of current transactions--which surely is the proper way. I would say about half the asses- sors we saw in 12 municipali- ties are asking, 'When are we going to be able to retire?' or 'Surely we are going to get the new system in a couple of years.' "Our assessor is very loath to change any assessments because the new system is coming in, so we are marking time in a very expensive way. As point- ed out by Mr. Gillis, we can- not afford not to adopt the new system. In our village there are all kinds of properties that are not being properly assessed and it is very difficult to get them changed. All this will come easily when we get the new system and trained asses- sors not subject to personal pres- sures. "In urban areas there is a vast discrepancy in assessed values. As pointed out by Reeve Jewell (Goderich) if you have efficient assessment you are paying a larger share of county taxes. In fact, we are all going to win, with continu- ity and good training. We should not drag our feet." Planting Program GODERICH—Continuation or otherwise of the county's tree- planting program has become a matter for consideration. The provincial grant ended with conclusion of the 1964 program. "In addition to that," said Reeve Torn Leiper of [Julien in presenting the report of the agricultural committee, "we are wondering how much land throughout the county should be reforested when there is an ever-increasing demand for land for agricultural purposes. We hope to have a fuller report at the November session." Council authorized a peti- tion to the minister of lands and forests requesting permis- sive legislation " for smaller parcels of land to he reforested under agreement on properties not suitable for agriculture." GODERICH—Construction of an addition to Huronview is ex- pected to commence early in the new year. The Ontario 'Municipal Board has approved the plans, and authorized coun- cil to call for tenders. The board of management report, presented to county council on Monday by Reeve Elgin Thomp- son, Tuckersmith, recommend- ed and obtained approval for the architects to proceed with specifications and working drawings. Tenders will be pre- sented at the January session. The architects are Snider, Hug- et and March, of Waterloo and Goderich. Cost of the addition, to pro- vide 75 beds, was set last Jan- uary at $550,000. Reeve F. A. Clift, Bayfield, enquired on Monday if there had been any change and Mr. Snider said: "We have increased it, but how much it is difficult to say. We hope to build early in the year, when costs are not as great as at the present time." Committee chairman Thomp son said the department had agreed with a recommendation that the addition be tied to- only one main entrance to go into when they visit the home. This joint link is a wonderful thing. "There has been great dis- cussion regarding structure of the roof, in view of poor results over past years. We looked at a lot of roofs in the past week. Our proposed structure is basic- ally a roof pitched from out- side to centre on a scale of ap- proximately eight inches to 20 feet, the centre core area hav- ing a slight pitch from the ad- ministration wing to northern extremities." SEE RELIEF PLAN Don Snider showed a relief plan and blueprint. The groun GODERICH—During the cur- rent year, $50, 000 will be add- ed to county council's hospital reserve fund, now standing at $102,000, but there will be a withdrawal to pay a portion of Wingham and District Hospital's expenditure. "We are also expecting ex- penditures to the Goderich hos- pital," said clerk-treasurer John Berry, "hut no definite dates have been mentioned." Whether or not the hospital fund will be continued will be up for decision soon. Mr. Ber- ry said: "In 1967 we will have completed our obligations for the present time to the various hospitals, and you will then have to decide if you are going to carry on with the fund for hospital purposes, and if so, on what basis." The clerk-treasurer reported a nominal surplus of $29,12.68 at floor will contain the adminis- tration office, nurses' station, elevator and stair tower. The second, virtually the same, will provide nurses' stations, doc- tor's examination room, doc- tor's office, nurses' office, sit- ing room and board room. The entrance, Mr. Snider explained, will be at the end of the existing roadway, with minor alterations necessary in the parking lot. Superintendent Harvey John- son reported 44 admissions to date this year, with 30 deaths and three discharges. "We have a large number of applications," he said. "Our married couples' rooms are filled, and some are in the bed care section." Reeve Clifford Dunbar, Grey, asked: "Is the ground floor sat- isfactory for bed care?" "Yes, it has worked out sat- isfactorily," replied Mr. John- son. "We keep people down there who do not need a great deal of care. Since we opened that part (formerly used by staff) there was some objection, part being underground, but rlcuoc Turn to Page Six Two Nomination ,Meetings Tuesday select a candidate for the Nov- ember 8th election. Speaker for the meeting has not been named, and as yet there is no definite word about possible nominees. William Tilden of Harriston was the standard- bearer in the last election, be- ing defeated by Marvin Howe, of Arthur, who represented the Progressive Conservatives. The same evening the Pro- gressive Conservative party will nominate in the Central Huron Secondary School at Clinton, when Michael Starr, minister of labor in the Diefenbaker cabinet, will be the guest speaker. Elston Cardiff of Brus- sels at present represents Huron as a member of the Progressive Conservative Opposition. end of June, of which $14, 143 is from highway account. High- way outlay totalled $639,474, Huronview $191,997 and Child- ren's Aid $54,417. "In 1966," Mr. Berry point- ed out, "we will not have $80, 000 surplus transferred from surplus to operating expendi- ture, but to offset this loss there will be less spent at the mus- eum, and the history will be paid off." The long-awaited county history is now being printed by Ryerson Press, but still lacks an index. It is to retail for $5, the property committee report- ed, through Chairman Elmer Hayter. Sign in a restaurant: "Our steaks arc so tender we wonder how the cow ever stayed to- gether." Here, in its entirety, is the committee's letter to the Min- ister: Bayfield, Ontario, 3 September 1965. The Honourable Wm. G. Davis, Minister of Education, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ontario. Huron Reverses Decision Huron to Hire Opens Deer Season Nov. 8-10 Building Inspector Elston Cardiff In the Progressive Conserva- tive Camp sitting member Elston Cardiff indicated this week he will ,allow his name to stand for sociation, William Elston of nomination at the convention to be held at Clinton. This is ten-, R. R. 4, Wingham. tatively set for September 28 at South Huron Central School at Modern Assessment System Rejected by I-;uron County gether with present buildings by means of an administration wing. "By having the administra- tion area located in such a position," he said, "it was our feeling that we would save con- Liberals in the federal con- siderable money as far as office stituency of Wellington-Huron staff is concerned; also it makes will gather in the Harriston town it much more convenient for the hall next Tuesday evening to general public, who will have