The Huron Expositor, 1978-02-16, Page 1r.
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IIETIRINO DIRECTORS — The *bard' of Ntokillop lViutUal Fire Insurance
company at a meeting Friday, marked the retiremOtt of two dire000,Vm. Pepper
and FlObert, Ardhibald,, Who had sarved, the,-cornpahy for '18 and 30 years
reapectIvely. Both are 'paat presidente. Shown (left) are J.N.Trewartha, Mr.
Pepper, Mr. Archibald anclJohn H. Mc5Wing. Mr. Trewattha and Mr. McEwing
made the presentations. ' (Staff Photo)
Falconer who has been Communicable disease in the
presenting the course. under 25 age group,
The aim .of the VD section of
the sex ed program is to make Parental reaction• to the VD film
people more comfortable about was almost all, positive in
seeking help in an effort to cut the discussion groups after the
incidence of the disease, second viewing. should be on tv once
only to the common cold' as a a month" said one parent.
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Seaforth cotipcil okayed the
hiring of .a foal* police constable
at its. meeting, Monday night. On
the recommendation of its police
committee, which estimated the.
cosi of a new policerrian at
$11,000 a year, after savings on
overtime were deducted, council,
decided to advertise for a 'fourth •
class constable in h opes of filling
the job by the March council
meeting. Seaforth will thdn have • •
,a.' five man force, including _the
chief.
The town force will be short one
man for a total of 42 weeks in
1978, police committee chairman
Irwin Johnston said, with two
men at 15-week courses, one at a
two week course and two on three
and two on two week vacations.w.
But the main argument in
favour of an additional policeman
councillor Johnston said is that
present police are very unhappy
at 'having to work standby time.
Mitchell police have refused to
dp standby duty and_ that town
. paysthe OPP $10,000 -al year to do
it, the, councillor said. Seaforth
must pay an officer who is called
out after his shift ends for three
• hours at time and a half and a
fourth constable would almost
eliminate standby time, he said.
24 hour police coverage would
• be: available Thursday; Friday:and
Saturdays and 22 hours• other
days, the chairman said.
-Auxilliary policemen are
becoming almosi impossible to
hire, .he :added. Because they
" 'can't leave their regular jobs to go
to' ctiurt,:..they hesitate to lay - •
charges when ,they're qn duty,
according to Councillor Johns*.
: A third police constable was
suppoSed to ,efiminate7the need
for auxiliaries, reeve John'
• Flannery
said.
Seaforths busy . 3 to 6 a.m.
weekend period Would- be covered
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Archibald; PeppeT
THE DRUMS ROLLED -- Saforth bistrIct High
School's Girl's Band marched ahead of upwards to
300 Huron County delegates, committee member's,
dignitarieS and supporters. of the International
Plpwing Match to be: held' in Huron County near
Wingharn, in September. The group' enteepoUthe
Ontario plowman'S Association meeting inToronto
to present their final plans and solicit support before
the Big tient. (See, more OPA Convention pictures
inside) (Expositor Photo)
A salary and benefit4parcel. for
town employees, negotiated • for
the first time in many years by
onb Then committee and
representat ives' from eaph town
department was approved at '
Seaforth council Monday night.
Police salaries, usually subject to
long negotiation with tire police
ommittee, Were includ,ed, as
Arlie ,Works and recreation
emplo ees, the clerk-treasurer
and tl e 'police chief's salaries.
Mayor Betty Cardno, a membpf
of the town committee whiekw,'as-
chaired by deputy reeve BODale
and included councillors, 'Wayne
' Ellis,,Gerald GreOttinis and Irwin
Johnston, said the eon-unittee.did
a great job. She said less time was
spent than in the past and there
igyees. settle
ottOtiptis f
McKillop honors directors
the main, to the conscientious
attitude of policy holders. To keep
in step with the industry the
company, during the year, had
implemented -a $50 deductible
' clause on all claims except
livestock, liability and television.
This becomes effective January
1st this year.
Members referred to the recent
death of William, S. Alexander, a '
$10,081 was recovered throUgh
reinsurance.
In reporting to the meeting,
president Ken Carnochan
attributed the lOw loss record in
Allan Campbell is c
McKillop reeve • Allan J.
Campbell ha been named to the
board of Conestoga College.
Two other new menibers of the
Board of Governors are Arthur
Paul Dilks, a lawyer from
Stratford and Mr. William R.
Clifford, a real estate broker from-
Goderich; The addition of these
three new members'Vves the
College its full complement of
twelve Board Memberi.
ollege director --
Dr. Ketmety, R. Fisk of
Harrison has. been elected
Chairman of the Board of
' Governors of CoestOga College of
Applied Arts and Technology at
inaugural meeting ;at the
College's Guelph Campus.
Vice Chairman - Operations is
Mri. Dorothy Warden of
Wellesley, and Vice Chairman
Administration is Walter C. Gerth
of Milverton.
- member of the board for 24 years
until his retirement in 1974. He•
had' been a fornier president of
the company and of group .6
M.F.U.A. A moment of silence.
was observed in his memor • y.
The meeting elected Ken
Carnochan RR4 Seaforth and
Stuart Wilson, Brucefieid to three
Year terms on the board. At the .
subsequent meeting of the board
Mr. Carnochan was reelected as
president and Donald McKercher
as,vicepresident.'Mrs, Margaret
Sharp was reappointed as
secretary treasurer.
• Inside•thks week
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It' was noted that there are
some 66 new potential members
for 'the Federation• in
Tuckersmith, mostly young
farrnerg—fliar have Started up
business within the past three
years.
Building permits were issued
by Rick LeBeau, Lot 24, Con. 4
HRS, house and shed; James
Ross, Lot 36, Con. 2 LRS, lean to
barn.
Tuckersmith Council gave their
approval on the application of
Con. 1, Lot 3 HRS.
severance from Francis Maloney,
• .' Town will' to
In spite of questions by one
councillory th change
necessary, Seafor ,th council
voted to call for tenders• for
gasoline for all town vehicles this
It hat been conned policy for
many years to rotate gas buying
to a different Seafor .th service
station every month. "Has this
not been fair to all dealers?"
was "great co-operation from
town employees."
As well as salary increaseC
town employees will now be
covered by a long term 'liability
plan, which will- pay disabled
employees two thirds of a week's
wages for up to 104 weeks, after
unemployment insurance
coverage is exhausted. All sick
pay credits will be frozen at their
present level. Employees will get
three weeks vacation after three
years, and four weeks after nine
yekcs'. see vice.
.Groul:Clife insurance for town
employees was raised $5000 to
$4000 and accidental death and
disrneMberment coverage added.
"We wanted "to equalize benefits
to all town employees'.;, Mayor.
treasurer certification exams with
who has just- passed clerk morning:
what clerks' with • similar
responsibilities receive. -
Police Chief John Cairns'
salary was set at $19,235 per
year, up trent $18,497.
Rec. Director Clive Buist will
make $13,500 in 1978 up from
;12,500. His car and mileage
allowance remains at $500 per
nder for gas
The Expositor won third place
in the Geheral Excellence awar
in Class 3; circulation to 300 .
The Expositor placed first in its
class for Best news and features
content-based on writing, subject
matter, imagination and format.
The architectural, award was•
basedon a series of Stores which
examined early stages of house
architecutre with a plea for
year. Arena Manager ac
Price's salary was set at $11,000 a
year, up from $10,000.
Towii foreman , Harvey
Dolmage will receive' $5.60 per
Mtr for his regular 44 hours
week, up fgrom $5.25 last year.
Assistant foreman Ron Johnston
will make $4.80 up from $4.50.
Public, work crew members
Leon Bann ' and Daniel Leonard
will be id $4:60 and $4.50 per
HUTQA. County secondary
teachers have -begun a rotating
strike when they 'shut down South
1luron District High Sehool a• few
The teachers voted 89.5 per
Huron.
The two sides broke off
negotiations Tuesday at noon and
both held press conferences later
that day.
Trustee E.C.Hill, chairman of
the board's negotiating t earn said
it's a question now of who is
running the education system and
appreciated, The Expositor .entry
was one of 56 from across the
province. The award in the daily
class was won by the Globe and
-Mb& area papers who received
rd'eognition in the competitions
included the Exeter , Times
Advocate who stood first , in class
4 for general excellent and for
tabled' • under_1000. and the
Goderich (Signal Star Won an
award for Best Agricultural' story. , .
The OWNA awards •will be
presented at a convention in
Toronto.," March 3 and 4.
the board can't afford to give 'in.
Two issues divide—the sides.
One concerns ,sick leave credit
gratuity which currently provides
eligible for the payment.
Teachers oppose this stipulation .
Another ,problem in
negotiations appears to be a
clause which stipulates how many
.pupils . a teacher will handle
during a teaching day. --Xhe
teachers had the clause in 'the last
contract, and want' it renewed but
the board says-it isn't workable.
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Expositor that in the past when
each town committee negotiated
with its own e'mployees
separately' there were
conununication problems that
slowed' things down. This time
"everybody was fully informed,"
and negotiations were speedy.
Emplq,yees were " more
reasonable• than they've been in
the past, Councillor Ellis
commented. "Maybe they realize
you can only squeeze so much
blood from a turnip."
The board argues the teachers
are already protected by a
pupil-teacjter ratio ranging from
students to one staff to 17.2
Fourth
cop .,,,A .,"
9 kayp,ei
Director of the McKillop
recognized the eentributioti of two
Mutual Fire Insarance Company
• long time members of the board
following the company's annual
ti F ida mee ng on r y.
Robert Archibald and Wm. R. '
Pepper retired as members of the
board &her a total of .48 years of
service. Both had served, as
president. Presentations of
luggage to Mr. Pepperand a
clock barometer to Mr. A rchibald
were made by J.N4rewartha and•
John McEwing on behalf of the
board. •
The ceremony in the board
offices followed the annual
meeting held in the Town Hall
when company officials reviewed
a successful year which saw the
surplus account increase ,by
$182,500 to $790,554. During the
year insurance in force increased
slightly over $10 million to
$71,909.082. Losses•cluring 1977
totalled $47,054.54 of which
:Tuckersmith
approves road
budget
regular meeting on Wednesday,
February 8 approved a total roads
budget of $241,000 for 1978.
A motion 'was also made and
approved to apply for a
supplementary allocation of
$20;000 for construction in 1978.
Road Superintendent' Allan
Nicholson in his report explained
the breakdown: of the budget.
A Motion was carried to
advertise for tenders for the
crushing and hauling of 10,000
cubic yards of gravel and 1,200
yards to be stockpiled in the pit.
The tenders are to have their
applieationS in by Mardi 6.
It was noted however that the
16,1000 ' cable yards of gravel
—would not cover the Hensall Road
whieh is hoped to be paved hiS , year.
Councillor Nicholson explained
that 5,000 more yards of gravel
twould'be needed to cover the two
mile stretch of road before a
paved top is added.
A delegation from Tuckersmith
for the Federation of Agriculture
approached council 'at the
meeting, asking for a grant of
$900. 'In 1977 Tuckersmith
granted the Federation' $600.
Council heard .the three man
delegation but decided to make a
decision on the grant at a later
. date.
Money- sent on gas is public
money and the council is obliged
to look for the cheapest way,
councillor Gerald Groothuis
commented. "If we can save the
town money we should take a look •
at it. There's nothing to lose,"
said councillor Wayne Tills.
Council agreed to call tenders
' for gasoline and for heating fuel
Tuckersmith Council at their said the figure is comprable to are 273 secondary teachers in
- A SISTER CITY FOR SEAFORTH — A delegation
from Wes1 Beanch, Michigan were at council
• Monday night to read a declaration making Seaforth
their sister city. T,he men, who toured the town and
watched broomball and -curling for th0 first time
presented Mayor Betty Cardno with a key to their„
Evaluation sheets from have attended 'each of- fear
parents who .previewed the sex sessions) at a final' meeting
education program proposed for Monday night at SDHS.
Seaforth District High School
showed that the majprity' would
like to, see the program taught to
all grades coed, with the
emphasis on Grade-9.
SDHS principal Bruce Shaw
discussed the feedback from par
ents (an average of nearly 100
Parents felt that more
emphasis simuld be placed on the
boy's responsibility .'for his
sexuality. One' individual wanted
the program to -end and two or
three.wanted 'to see it continued
but modified„ Mr. Shaw said the
eyaluation sheets showed.
Concern was expressed that
abstinence from sexual activity be
stressed to students. The SDH S
principal said people will disagree'
in some ways • about the
implementation of the program
but that it must be started
somewhere, according to the,
wishes of the majority.
Last Wednesday night about
125 people viewed a film on VD
called "A half Million
Teenagers." "A few, years ago
the title was A' Quarter Million
ron Coin
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Expositor writers win awards,
preserving buildings and ,,best front page:" The Myth
streetscapes of architeciltural Standard gained itop place for the
merit, The Jury repcifi best editorial page in class 1,
commented on the feeling Mr.
Pizzey had for archireeture .and
observed that he must have spent
many hours researching his
material. His reference to
architecture as a living and
clur.n rn i c art t.;,..
• First class police constables
will receive $16, 134 up from
$15315 and fourth class consta-
bles $12,411, up from $11,934.
•Seat-ditn at pres ent has One first
class constable, David Dale and
two fourth class constables, John
Burgess . and Petpr Van
Meekeran.
All increases' are retroactive to
January 1 but will not be paid
until council gets approval from
hour re pectively, up from $4.50 the Al B o.
and $4 Clerk Ji5ri Crocker told the
said.
Teachers start rotating strike
a year, up from $15,120. the board. These can vary from a must be 50 years old and have teachers have agreed to a 7.5,
Negotiati n g committee members strike to _worklig to rule. There 12 years of service before being percent increase, resulting in an
average ,salary of $23,200,
including a cost-of-living
payment, up $1,550 from the
previous average salary. •
The minimum saslary for a
teacher with no experience and
minimum cOalifications will
increase from $10,730 to $12,350.,
' The maximum salary will be,
$25,550.
Clerk-treasurer, Jim Crocker, scheduled to open Wednesday salary when a teacher resigns or guidance-counsellors, principals,
retires without having. used up -vice-principals and other support
sick leave entitlements. S'taff.
an "A" mark, will make $19,000 cent in favor of sanctions against • The board feels the teachers Salaries have been. settled:The
Ca rdno. said. • , minutes before sch931 was payment of up to half a year,:s --;ti`idetitr to one staff. including
city. 'In the new council chambers with councillors,
looking on, standing from IMt are Rec. Director Jim
Gray, councillor8 Ross Reid and Mayor Richard
, Werth all of WeSt Branch and SeafOrth 's Reeve
John Flannery , Mayor-CArrino and deputy reeve Bill
Dare. (Expositor Photo)
Most support SDHS sex educati n course
There are 55 names on a "If you move a senior citizen
waiting list for senior citizens' ten miles down the road you
housing in Seaforth, the Huron might as well put them Onaylane
County Housing Authority told and -send them to EurOpe —
town council Monday night. - . commented Mr. :Ly :.radon. HHA
In a pitch for council support wants to be able to offer vacancies
for a county wide ,residency rule county wide but • "a few.
that could' see ' vacancies' in' (applicants) are nomads 90%
seniors' apartments filled from all want their ,hometown," he said.
over Huron, HHA chairman Both men agreed that Seaforth
Harold Knisley said "we're not council should get a monthly copy..
for pushing people all over ,the of the Authority's report which
county but if they want to get,shows how many people are on
wit hre there's a vacancy, okay." waiting lists. Local people want to
asked councillor 'Jim Sills. for the-town policy of
public. health nurse. Marguerite vacancies by greatest need could
, mean that a needy out of towner
Seaforth b6fore-- a Seaforth
• resident with fewer points, once
Huron Expositor writers have quality of writing a n d pineement obseryation that it reflected the county residency was in force,
won top honours in two Ontario and carries, with it a prize of $100 growth and development of the • authority manager John Lyndon
wide CompetitionS. and a trophy.' Canadian culture was especially
A series of stories by Len
Pizzey on ' the architectural
featurei of a number of Seaforth
-d._ area buildings gained top
prize of $400 in the first annual
press awards of the Ontario
Association of Architects in the
class for weeklies. The series ran
for several months last year.
Mr. Pizzey, now editor of the
Haliburton County Echo received
his award at a luncheon . at the .
Toronto Press Club Monday.
A . two part editorial series
. which discussed the, type of books
available in High school English
courses won the Walter Brebner
bard for best •editorial in an
Ocifirie 'weekly for Etposifor
Editor Susan White. The award is
based on editorial stand and
Father Eckert dies
Mary McLeod - wood Car\;er.
1)r. Str►lllle Robertson.‘,...
HensalLnativetnrns 100
Firehlt11 tender price "Shocker"
know, Mayor Cardno said, where
their applications stand and
neither clerk nor.council can -tell
them.
The 'Authority has a free phone A
line to answer such questions
from anywhere in A-luron, the
manager said. Its number 'is
Zenith 21,420..,
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