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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-01-16, Page 12Page 1 Times Advocate, lanu.ary 16, 1904. GRAND BEND WATER. Local model railroad .bvilders mark national week Exeter Model Railroad Club may be the smallest organiza- tien in the town but WS far from being the least enthustas- tie, Its three members this cm-, ing Week will join withover 13,- 800 similar hobbyists in the U,S, and Canada to celebrate Na- tional Model Railroad Week, The three local members in- chide two medical doctors, R. W, Read and D. A. Ecker, and Scoutmaster Larry Carter, all engrossed in the boyhood dream of running a railroad. But it's far from child's play. It's a years-consuming hobby • Says. Pr. Reath "IV'S a hobby With a tremendous amount of side skilla to it." The layout, including mountains, bridges, trestles, takes diversified car- pentry; intricate electrical work involves such items as burned-out voltage regulators, transformers from pinball ma, chines and yards and yards of wire; engine building, painting, plastering, metal work — they all have to be tackled by the model railroad builder. The three-man club hopes to stimulate interest in the hobby locally with a display in The Times-Advocate window next week, Pending Won how much is as-, Semhied by the Manufacturer. His layout includes an eleOr trically controlled turntable connected to six tracks in the roundhouse, plus a complex freight yard Involving 13 switching areas, all hand as- sembled, Over 40 buttons are mounted on his control board from which he operates the Read railroad. (Son. Bobby is shown at the con- trols below,) Dr. Eckerss layout involves an even larger area, about 13' x 20', while Scoutmaster Carter has mounted his on a 4' x 8' table, that involves many technical skills,. a, tremendous amount of patience, and friends around the. world. Take Dr. .Read. for an ex, ample, been. building his railroad for more than si x years, now has 125 feet of hand-laid track running around. a room 13-feet square that's devoted. to nothing else. Hers spent almost a year on one engine alone, .building it from the wheels up as an exact replica of a CNR Model, Nits for the engines start at $3.95 and the DC electrical engines run from $4.00 to $100„ de-, the bench come to the area With such equipment which they had purchased elsewhere, it was al- most impossible to ban it from the beach entirely. Dr. Z. A. McMaster pointed Out that an attempt had been made at the Pinery Park to ban such toys last year but Parents had not co-operated. Eric McIlroy snggested signs on the beach to warn people Of the danger of using beach toys in the water. The first day for Grand Bend council proved to be a long one, beginning with a swearing-in ceremony at a short recess at lunch, consultation with engineers from the De- partment of Highways of On- tario over the work on High- way 21, and proposed work on Main Street which is in reality an extension of Highway 81, committee discussion of the Meeting to be held in the even- ing, dinner at the Dawn Tavern as guests of Reeve S. Webb, who also was celebrating the birth of a new grandson; then the regular inaugural meeting which lasted from '7:30 pm until 12:30 pm. Council appointed Mrs. Ro- bert Keyes, a resident of the Green Acres subdivision of the village, representative on the Forest District High School Board. Mrs. Keyes succeeds Mrs. Emery DesJardins in this post. Late in 1963, council had named Mrs. W. A. Sturdevant, Who de- cided against accepting the ap- pointment. Re-appointments included W. F. 13. MacLaren to HSDHS board; John A. Manore to the Au sable River Conservation Authority and Councillor Emer- son Desjardine to the library board. Committees of council are: fire, Howard Green, Emerson Desjardine; health, Ian G. Coles, the medical officer of health Dr. F. Boyes, Parkhill and sanitary inspector William Rendle; property, Orval Wass- mann, Ian G. Coles; police, E m- merson Desjardine, Howard Green; relief and welfare, Reeve S. Webb and clerk M. A. DesJardins; roads, 0. Wass- mann, Howard Green; recrea- tion, Ian Coles, 0. Wassmann. HAY, ZURICH OFFICIALS SEEK TO SOLVE SCHOOL SITE CRISIS —Contintled from frentpaP dry, it had not been possible, Eric Mcllroy, told of a pair of wells on his property which had been dug 32 years ago, each producing 4,000 gallons of water per Nur during peak periods, and with no problem of supply, lie suggested that a split system, with one well north of the river, and another south, would be feasible, The committee pointed out the need for mains to be Ptit down before Highway 21 was payed, and before proposed work on the Main ptreet is done, In appointing the committee, Reeve Webb pointed out to them that "the pay for this job is Very small." ENDORSE ACTION Council endorsed a resolution from Bosanquet township pro- posing changes in the traffic act With regard to approaching a schooi bus stopped and "with signals flashing". The reso- lution said that traffic should be required to come to a stop when meeting such a bus, as well as when overtaking it. Also they wished the clause restrict- ing this regulation to areas with a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or more, should be taken out. Bosanquet Township pointed out that the change would bring the act more into conformation with regtilations in Michigan, where many tourists to this area, live and drive their cars. BAN BEACH TOYS? Clayton Mathers, represent- ing the Grand Bend Recreation Committee presented a pro- posed budget for the lifeguard operation on the beach this summer. They suggest six guards (compared to four last year), with additional equip- ment, and a budget of $3,317, not including extra towers, more signs on thebathingbeach etc. Considerable discussion arose over whether or not a by-law could ban the use of air toys on the water. Last year some questions arose following the drowning of a young girl, when it was thought that she might •have slipped from an inflated air mattress at a spot over her depth. The recreation committee did not recommend a banning by law, but left it up to council. Among points considered were that these articles are sold as beach toys, not as wa- ter toys, and since visitors to HS ADDITION. , ontinued from page PO from a delay forty din of provincial ..grants which to, tal Ogee. tP MAO and: shinty" give the board .a larger bai". ance than it carried into :190.3.,.. ADMINISTRATOR? A P4MePtion that the 'board will consider the hiring of a business administrator for the. school, beginning- the next term, came from the secretary self, who indicated he would be available for the position. lie said he planned to retire from the staff after 30 years of teaching, The secretary recommended the board hire him on a monthly basis, instead of the normal annual salary, in order to make. the appointment of a business manager possible this coming summer. Although Howey did not re, quest an increase, the board agreed to raise his remunera, tion to $165 a month, which would be equivalent to about $2,poo a year, compared to the previous $1,800 he received. A number of board members laud- ed his efficient services. The board also agreed to raise the salary of senior steno- grapher Miss Doris Swart z from $2,800 to $3,000 per year. In other business, the board: Elected Kenneth Johns, Us- borne, to succeed Larry Snider as chairman, and Roy Morenz vice-chairman. Named Lloyd Lamport, Ste- phen, chairman of the trans- portation committee; Rev. John Boyne, Exeter, property chair- man, and W. F. B. MacLaren, Grand Bend, management chairman. Approved deduction from tea- chers' salaries for PSI medi- cal insurance.. DISCUSS GUIDANCE Some discussion on the guid- ance program resulted from a question from Rev. John Boyne, who said he had received sev- eral complaints that not enough assistance was provided for children in determining which of the courses now available they should take, Principal H. L. Sturgis point- ed out that HSDHS was the only school in the area with a full- time guidance director and that the grade nine and grade 12 courses provided here are more than are given in most other schools. The suggestion was made that more effort along this line should be undertaken at the public school level. Labor income in Canada for 1963 is forecast at $21.8 bil- lion, compared to $16.2 billion five years ago. should cover at least a township. Councillor Tinney of Hay ask- ed about building a new school in the township. "Is that out of the question?" "No", replied Bornhold, "but it seems logical that if you have a central location where you have quite a number of children who can walk to school to put the school in that location, rath- er than putting it out in the rural area where you would have to provide bus transportation for all the children". In answer to a question in regard to the total number of classrooms required by both Hensall and Hay school area, Bornhold noted the total enrol- ment of 501 children would re- quire 15 rooms. "You have 12 rooms at both schools at pre- sent. You need three more somewhere." —Continued from page 1 educational services, "I want to commend the Hay township board for its efforts to close its one-room schools and give graded school education to the children." Burrows admitted an addition to the older part of the Zurich school "is not the best sugges- tion in the world" but the build- ing has been declared struc- turally sound and it would serve the fundamental purpose. Inter- preting the board's stand, he said the Zurich addition appear- ed to be the "most reasonable solution" to serve all of the children in Hay. CROSSING BOUNDARIES Commenting on the formation of an area around Hensall in- volving four other municipali- ties, Burrows said the problem involves crossing township boundaries which is "not the best idea in the world." "To let Usborne in is ques- tionable since they are going ahead quickly with their own large school and the Usborne council's decision to approve a debenture bylaw involves a commitment by all sections in the township. "In Tuckersmith, if all four sections were to move to this village (Hensall), what would happen to the children in the other sections. Would it be fair to deprive them of the op- portunity to have graded edu- cational facilities?" Ross Turnbull, the new Hay school board member from the Bluewater, suggested a Zurich school with seven rooms would provide reasonably good graded education, to which the inspec- tor agreed. Turnbull pointed out that many of the ratepayers from his area wanted to send their children to Grand Bend. "Could we hear something on price as far as busting it all up is concerned. We've been quite vague on these other pro- positions." Burrows pointed out the dif- ficulties of establishing costs when parts of municipalities are joined for school purposes. AGAINST "BUST-UP" Reeve John Corbett stated that when Hay council passed the board's request for funds approved by the referendum, council recommended that the school board look for a new site. "As far as I know, they haven't done so", he said. "Don't misunderstand me", the reeve continued, "I'm not against consolidated school". He felt there was a problem of space as far as the Zurich site was concerned and he didn't feel the township children would benefit from a kindergarten or a gymnasium if these facilities were provided at Zurich. "I'm not in favor of busting up Hay township. I'd like to see the people of Hay get what they want." He pointed out that Hay ratepayers had voted twice against the addition in Zurich (in the referendum, it was the voters from Zurich who pro- vided the majority for approval, and in the school board election in December, Hay ratepayers elected two trustees who op- posed the Zurich addition over two former board members who were for it). He felt an attempt to take in other township4 would be asking for a "lot of trouble". Elmer Rowe reported the new Hay school board had just held its inaugural meeting and had not discussed the site problem yet. He personally, however, felt the school should be built in Zurich. However, he had come to the meeting "with an open mind to find some way of solving this problem". TUCKERSMITH APPROVES Trustee Trevor Wilson, of Hensall, said ratepayers in Tuckersmith had "the bless- ing" of their school board and council to send their children to Hensall if this was possible. He pointed out agitation for an area school at Hensall has been going on for four or five years. Councillor Jack Tinney, Hay, felt the township would have no representation if some sections went to Hensall and others to Grand Bend. Burrows wondered what kind of representation the people of the surrounding townships would have if they formed a central area around Hensall. Knight suggested a district board might be formed similar to the South Huron high school bo a r d, with representatives from each municipality. Born- hold pointed out, however, that legislation provides that all the ratepayers in an area vote for one board. REMOVE FRINGES Councillor Knight, Hensall, said every time there seemed to be a controversy over central schools it always involved the fringe areas. He suggested that if the fringe areas of the sur- rounding townships came to Hensall this problem might be eliminated. In answer to a question, Born- hold said that all councils in- volved would have to approve any move to build a central school at Hensall. Added Bur- rows: "I can see quite a bit of time passing before all these people agree". Asked about the ideal size of a school area, Bornhold said the department favors larger areas because they provide the op- portunity to offer more services for the children. The depart- ment suggests that an area Trustee Ian McAllister, who had established earlier that the proposal to build an addition at Hens all was not unanimous among the members of the new Hay board, pointed out two phy- sical problems in Hay township which should be considered in regard to school site. One was the natural division of the two- mile-wide swamp which divides Hay into east and west; the other was the fact that almost all of the northwest corner of the township involved s eparate school supporters and Zurich was on the fringe of that area. On the question of difference in taxation, Bornhold noted that the only way to establish an equal levy for Hay township, Zurich and Hensall was to put all three in one school area. The establishment of two school areas, he said, would be con- sidered a backward step by the department. Carl Oestricher, Hay trustee, said he would prefer to send Florist re-opens at new location following Sunday's fire Reder's Florist shop has re-opened for business at the former McKenzie Paint Store at the corner of Main and Wellington following a fire early Sunday morning which gutted their greenhouses and office at the Main St. location, near the river. The fire was spotted about 4 a.m. by Constable Lloyd Hodgins, who was driving by in the police cruiser. The business, now opterated by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Northcott, was established by Mrs. Northcott's father, Jacob Reder. Daughter and father view the ruins above. Three greenhouses were gutted by the fire, which the local brigade fought for two hours in below-zero weather. --T-A photo would complicate the problem even more by bringing in other areas. Bornhold pointed out that any changes undertaken must be ap- proved before July 1 of any year in order to become effective the following Jan. 1. • ESTIMATES At the request of Trustee McAllister, Burrows outlined the estimates provided the Hay board by the architects. The proposed Zurich addition would cost $120,700; an addition of seven rooms and gymtorium at Zurich (replacing the four rooms In the old school),$180,- 200; an entirely new school at a new site, $224,000. McAllister suggested life ex- pectancy of each p r op o s al should be taken into considera- tion, pointing out that while an entirely new school would cost twice as much as the proposed Zurich addition, the life ex- pectancy would e considerably greater. McAllister felt a township school should be considered as close as possible to Zurich to take advantage of such ser- vices as water, medical help. Elmer Rowe said it wasn't feasible to scrap the two good rooms in Zurich, which were built seven years ago. Bornhold a dv i s e d that the dep't would penalize the board for abandoning two rooms which had served only seven years. There would be no penalty for abandoning the four rooms in the old Zurich building, however, since the dep't considers the building has served its purpose after 50 years. Reeve Corbett objected to a gymtorium because it would not be any use to rural children. Bornhold replied that such a room receives greatest use during school hours, when rural children could take advantage of it. Trustee Christie, referring to McAllister's comments, not- ed that an addition to the rela- tively new Hensall school would have a life expectancy of 100%. It also offered plenty of land for a playground, sufficient heating capacity, and all of the required services, "It's the soundest in- vestment of anywhere." Elmer Rowe noted the high tax rate in Hensell and said he wasn't prepared to pay the ad- ditional cost when c entr al school facilities could be pro- vided at Zurich considerably cheaper. Councillor Knight said it ap- peared obvious that neither Hay school board or council had the slightest Intention of breaking Up the area, At this point, Broadley suggested Hay should decide ekactly what it wants to do before any Other municipali- ties become involved. Rowe, referring to a previous Statement by McAllister in which he (McAllister) express- ed his belief that Hay township needs Zurich and, conversley, Zurich needs Hay township, said he felt the two municipalities should work out the problem. This led to the unanimous agreement among Hay and Zur- ich offidialS to Can a special meeting.• his children to Dashwood, since he lives on the border, but he felt that the addition to Zurich would provide the best solution for everyone at the least cost. He also felt there was the pos- sibility of providing remedial training and a kindergarten if the school was established in Zurich, KINDERGARTEN Reeve Corbett asked how rural children could attend a kindergarten at Zurich. Born- hold cited one township which worked out the transportation problem by having a special bus take children from one side of the township home at noon and bring in children from the other side of the township back in for the afternoon session,(Kinder- garten operates only half a day). Tinney: "It would pose quite a problem for the rural area." Oestricher: "If I had a choice, I'd rather spend money on edu- cation services rather than on new buildings." Clerk Earl Campbell brought up the question of responsibility for debenture payments on the existing schools at Zurich and Hensall if two school areas were formed. Bornhold replied that a referee would have to establish the division of responsibilities. If one board were formed, it would assume all the existing debts; if two boards were es- tablished it was conceivable that east end ratepayers of Hay might have to contribute toward the Hensall debenture debt as well as to the Hay debt. Trustee Clendon Christie suggested that if some sections of Tuckersmith and Stanley were brought into the area, it might be possible to build two rooms at Hensall and two rooms at Zurich, which would give both centres eight-room schools for fully graded education, "This would be nearly an ideal setup", he said. Bornhold suggested a meeting might be called to find out to what extent the other townships were willing to go along with such a development. COUNCIL POWER The question of who has the power to establish areas was cleared up by the dep't official who said the authority rested solely with the municipal coun- cils. Several of the represen- tatives mistakenly had under- stood that the department of education dictates what the areas shall be. Bornhold pointed out that sec- tions have the right to object to any move by councils to form new areas. Trustee McAllister Wondered hoW Dashwood fitted into the picture, since Stephen also is considering a central school. (At present, the Hay side of Dashwoecl forms a union sec- tion in Stephen). There was a possibility, he felt, of a room and a half from bashwood which might go to a new Hay school, Burrows pointed out that a union section With Stanley, north of Zurich, was also interested in going to Zurich, Deputy-reeve Delbert Geiger SUggeSted that since Hay town- ship Was having So much dif- ficulty reaching a decision, it alintiniallia111111111111111fflanun11811111111111111118811111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111111111111111111811111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111811111111111111111811111111111111111111181111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111181111811111110111111111111111111111811111111111 • , „,_ HAY, ZURICH, IIENSALL AND STEPHEN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS DISCUSS AREA CENTRAL SCHOOL SITUATION GRAND BEND COUNCIL SIGNS DECLARATION OF OFFICE BORING INAUGURAL- SESSION