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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-03-05, Page 1Jif- ; of are dry Yet its Lich ent Require one less classroom, DHS board learns li$791:1$ hnard's plans for $225,000 ,addition Were juggled about Tuesday night and the pieces haven't fallen into place yet, The hoard may hold a special meeting with architects this month to take a new leek at its building program, Plans may be modified in view of principal H. L, Stur- gis' announcement that on; y three classrooms will be re- quired in the addition, rather tnan the four originally planned,. The PrePQ4ed building al59 will include a science room and a shop. transfer to Clinton than had Peen. expected, recincing next• year's anticipated,enrolment at Exeter from 760 to '730. "It's not likely we Will see an increase above that figure for the next three years.'? BY that time, •111r. Pturgis felt, the beard should be giving serious consideration to the ep- tablistiment of a limited vo- cational program which would previde training for all grade nine and 10 students in the area before any transfer to ;Clinton Or the four-and ger- prectical courses,. 'Inspector D. W. ,Scottegreed, the prinnipai ,said, that the limited vocational operation would be necessary by 1.9001 In view of this,. the 'principal felt moomcattm* should be made to the presentplen te con, struct .e second shop on the north side of the present one, because the, existing shop would have to be enlarged to provide MOOS ;WOO the op, eratien self-supporting. He else pointed out that the stove in the kitchen needs re- PlaPing and that a dishwasher should he provided to increase volume, Because. of the lengthy meet- itig, the board decided to post, Pelle,consideration of the chap- ges until such time as Qiitario Municipal Beard approval has been received for raising funds for the addition. poets to appoint within a Year or two, He suggested the vice- Principal could move into the present principal's office, the principal into the present heard room and that the typing class- room he turned into a board room. At the start of the board meeting, a representative of Beaver Food Services Ltd., which operates the cafeteria, said more kitchen space was re- quired to provide the volume in vocational training, The principal also seggested that the three rooms might be added to the east end of the school, en the ground floor, rather than the four on the second floor which had been planned previously. MORE OFFICE SPACE Secretary E. D, Howey pro- posed another alternative to provide office space for a vice principal which the board ex- boiling salt Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 5, 1964 Price Per Copy 10 Cents !r chop- ill cool. id bake ;rees in TOWN APPROVES MAIN ST. DRAIN end add ped nuts a warm filer for bubbly. vlorenz, shwood. OTHER CHANGES 'TOO However, other changes were proposed which also could affect the plans. One was an enlarge- ment and refurnishing of the cafeteria kitchen to provide faster meal service for the stu- dents. The other was for an extension of office space. Another suggestien involving its building program was turned down flatly, This was the offer by Exeter and District Swim ming Pool Committee to con- struct its proposed pool at the high school if the board wished to cover it for use during the winter months. "We'dbe class- ed as nuts by the people if we went for that one," said Rev. John Boyne, The board express- ed "regrets" that because of financial reasons it couldn't participate. Now the y 're all set for spring training Exeter Greys, who won the WOAA intermediate ladies' softball championship last year, waited until Saturday night to hold their victory banquet. The wait was worthwhile, however, because the girls received their flaming red jackets just in time to start spring training. Above, Jean Taylor and Dolly Mattson help Darlene Snell try on her jacket. Teachers get increases, ask better board liason REVISE FIGURES Modification of plans sug- gested by Principal H. L. Stur- gis resulted from a revision of estimated enrolment figures for the next three years. The principal revealed that 30 more pupils have requested HSDHS teachers have re- quested more than money from the board this year. They made their no r m al spring request for salary in- creases and the board approved schedule revisions which will r a i s e instructional costs by some $27,400 during the coming year. This figure includes sa- laries for two additional teach- ers in 1964-65. Teachers also requested more active communication with the board through more meetings with its management and property committees. In addition, they told the board through their federation evalua- tion of schools that the con- ditions of work at HSDHS were less than satisfactory, although there appears to be some con- fusion over the reasons. In a secret ballot, the teach- ers collectively scored con- ditions at less than 50%, the figure published in ratings of all schools throughout the pro- vince and distributed to teach- ers. However, Principal H. L. Sturgis has had the rating re- vised as a result of a subse- quent survey among the staff. provide some relief for the side streets. He also felt a short lateral might be installed on John to take care of the prob- lem near the intersection with Main. Deputy-Reeve Bailey noted that the new drain would have to pick up the aid drain at some point before it reached the Anne St. outlet. The motion to proceed con- tained a clause, "providing the dep't of highways grant will be forthcoming in the curr ent ye a r." This overcomes the problem pointed out by Clerk Pickard that council couldn't finance the $70,000 project if the grant was not available during construction. Councillor Ross Taylor voted against the project, recalling that council's original plan was to build the drain over a period of three years. Drains chairman Wooden said all roof water from Main St. businesses would be connected to the new drain, He agreed the other problems would not be alleviated until new storm sew- ers or drains were installed on the side streets. "We've got to face it", he said. "We have to put in these storm sewers for surface drainage some day. Sa- nitary sewers aren't designed to take surface water." Clerk Pickard wondered if council wasn't starting at the wrong end. "Perhaps we should put in the shallow storm sewers on the side streets first," Councillor Wooden felt Main St. should come first, par- ticularly since it appears some sections of the present Main St. drain are in bad repair. Works Sup't Paisley said the new Main St. drain could be put in without cutting off the older, deeper one, which would still undertaken," said Mr, Mac- Laren, "the teachers would feel they were more a part of the school and that the board was interested in what they are try- ing to accomplish." He said their recommendations in no way were meant to interfere with the policy laid down by the principal for operation of the school. "They are quite satis- fied with that." Principal Sturgis reported on his efforts to pinpoint the com- plaints of teachers following publication of the vote which re- vealed they felt conditions of work were not satisfactory. He OK sewer additions, discuss Sanders line Head Intl Plowing Match committee Gordon McGavin, RR 2 Walton, left, and Larry Snider, Exeter, have been named co-chairmen of the local committee organizing the 1966 International Plowing Match in Huron. Douglas Miles, Clinton, is secretary and Bill Hanly, Goderich, treasurer. Among the sub-committee chairmen are Orval Wassmann, Grand Bend, bulletin, V. L. Becker, Dashwood, tractors; and Glenn Webb, RR 2 Dashwood, co-chairman for the banquet with Stewart Proctor, RR 5 Brussels. The committee held its first meeting this week in Clinton. Hay approves road changes Have no alternative, grant trader licence conducted a subsequent poll dealing with specific items. Major area of dissatisfaction, it appeared, was the lack of separate lunch room facilities, coupled with inadequate staff rooms. Other points of dis- content were the caretaking and the pupil-teacher ratio. Complaints involved such things as unclean toilet bowls, cold toilet seats and staff rooms not properly heated. The principal felt some of these criticisms were unfair, since the teachers hadn't re- ported them to him or to the board. "If you don't know about them what can you do?" Among his recommendations was the use of a downstairs classroom for a teachers' lunch room "We might get a higher rating if we gave them their own cafeteria." He also felt the janitorial staff might be assisted by the employment of a woman and by the appointment of a head jani- tor with whom complaints could be registered. Re-form society Monday evening Exeter Horticultural Society, which ceased operating in 1941, will be revived at a meeting Monday, March 9, in Exeter Town Hall. Works Sup't Paisley, who has been working on re-establish- ing the society in co-operation with Rec Director Don Gravett, said horticultural society of- ficials from London and Clin- ton will be present to assist with the formation of the group. They will outline current pro- grams undertaken by horticul- tural societies throughout the province and the assistance available from the provincial government. Membership fee is nominal, said the works sup't, and each new member will receive a bulb as a bonus during the initial period. Monday's meeting is open to the public. APPROVE INCREASES The board approved revision of its salary schedule accord- ing to recommendations made by the management committee through its chairman, F. W. B. MacLaren. Biggest increase comes in the top category, No. 4, where minimum is raised from$5,700 to $6,000 and the maximum from $9,700 to $10,000. Mr. MacLaren revealed that five teachers in this category will go to the $10,000 maximum and that three others will receive $300 raises. In category three, minimum was raised from $5,400 to $5,- 600 and maximum from $9,400 to $9,700. The minimum in category two is raised from $5,000 to $5,100 but the maximum re- mains at $8,800. There is no change in category one where the range has been $4,700 to $7,800. An increase in the minimum gives a teacher that much of a raise above the annual $300 increase, unless the maximum has been reached. Mr. MacLaren based his re- visions on a study of the salary schedules of 21 schools of si- milar size. perty owners would be respon- sible for further development along Pryde and east on Sand- ers. "I think this is the only sen- sible thing to do. The time is here to provide a trunk line to that area now so that when new houses are built the owners can invest in sewers instead of sep- tic tanks." Under the subdivision agree- ments, he pointed out, the sub- dividers are ,responsible for services but the town mustpro- vide outlet. By putting the sew- er down Sanders and up Andrew, it will also serve older sections. Most councillors agreed this was more practical than an earlier suggestion to bring the outlet to Huron, which would in- volve a line through undeveloped property. However, several felt other sections of the town should be serviced first. Reeve Fisher laid the matter over until next meeting, when the mayor would be back in the chair. Town council Monday night agreed to extend sanitary sew- ers on William and Carling streets, but deferred decision on a proposal to provide ser- vice to Pryde boulevard and the new subdivision development at the east. Works Sup't Jim Paisley told council a majority of owners on the William and Carlin g street areas has agreed to pre- pay sewerage charges which will cover costs of installation. The sewer on William will be extended from John to Huron and on Carling from Anne to Huron. Parts of three blocks are involved. The works sup't indicated OWRC approval could be secured without difficulty. He talked to water resources officials in Toronto last week. Assured that the Ontario gov't will assume the major portion of the cost, town council Monday night agreed to proceed with in- stallation of the $70,000 Main St. storm sewer this year. Works Sup't Jim Paisley re- ported he had received con- firmation that the dep't of high- ways will assume almost $60,- 000 of the cost. The town's por- tion will be $10,932. The sewer will provide sur- face drainage on Main St., from Anne St. to the river. Only block not affected will be between John and Sanders, which will be drained by gravity flow, However, the $70,000 sewer will not provide immediate re- lief for side street drainage, as had been suggested earlier. Councillor Ted Wright, through questions, established that the proposed Main St. sewer will not go deep enough to carry water from such streets as John and Sanders. In some places the new drain will be four or five feet above the side street tile which now flows into a Main St. drain deeper than the one pro- posed. The difference in depth re- sults from the new drainage practice which comes into ef- fect with the installation of sani- tary sewers. The old st o r m sewers, or drains, were put down deep enough to take base- ment drains but these are now being served by the sanitary sewerage. The new storm sew- ers, such as the one designed for Main St., will carry surface water only. Councillor Wright pointed out the new Main St. drain wouldn't relieve the flooding problem on John St., for example, where water has been backing up into basements for years. Councillor Delbridge saw the problem: "We're putting this new drain down to solve these side street problems and it's not going to do it". had no alternative. "It's a damn shame," said Boyle. "We refuse to allow a man to build a storage build- ing for his trucks over here (he was referring to the ap- lication of trucker Norval Jones, Gidley St., which was refused under the zoning bylaw), yet we allow a man to come in from the outside to do business which will cause the town harm." Delbridge: "I agree with you, Derry, but that's the way our bylaws read. We can't do any- thing about it unless we change the bylaws," Wooden defended his position: "It's no different from Exeter merchants operating in other towns," pointing out several examples. Council. shouldn't prevent free enterprise, he said, "I suppose you're in favor of high tariffs, too?", Wooden asked Boyle. Boyle: "Yes, I guess I am, since I'm a Conservative. Are- n't you a Conservative?" Wooden: "But I'm not in fa- vor of high tariffs". Boyle: "Then you'd better change your party." Later, Wooden accused Boyle of being a socialist, opposing free enterprise. Gets five years over area thefts Town council reluctantly ap- proved the granting of a tran- sient trader's permit Monday night after a discussion which finally involved the personal politics of Councillors Wooden and Boyle. The permit was for a fur- niture and appliance company which wants to conduct periodic auction sales of new and used items in the community. Town solicitor Peter Ray- mond informed council the per- mit could not be refused since the application was accom- panied by $100, as required by the bylaw. "I think it's bloody awful," said Boyle, pointing out that all of the proceeds from the auction would go outside the community. He felt local mer- chants should be protected a- gainst this kind of competition. Wooden called Boyle's stand "narrow parochialism" and "completely 19th century think- ing". He moved the permit be granted. All except Boyle supported the motion. Although the other councillors sympathized with B oyl e' s position, particularly Reeve Glenn Fisher who chair- ed the meeting, they felt they Safe driving course to start in September Dep't of highway plans to im- prove the intersection of the township road at Port Blake were approved by Hay township council Monday night. The dep't has found that entry into the township road, which meets No. 21 at an angle, has been a traffic hazard and plans to build a new entrance to the north. This will provide a "V" into the road which leads to Lake Huron. Hay approved the proposed changes on the condition they would not lower assessment of property at the northwest cor- ner. Council received notice from the dep't of highways that hun- ters' licence signs must be removed from poles on the highway right-of-way. Council, in turn, .will advise the Blue- water Gun Club to take them down. Council instructed building inspector Louis Farwell to in- vestigate the new implement building being erected north of Exeter. A grant of $25 plus $4.00 for each club member was approved for South Huron Agricultural society and its feeder calf club. Clerk Whitney Brokenshire was authorized to proceed with preparations for the Bender and Schwalm drainage works. GIVE LOAN TO HS After some discussion, town council agreed to turn over to the HSDHS board its entire al- location under the federal gov- - Please turn to back page After a new look at costs and an official presentation on benefits, HSDHS board Tuesday night approved the establish- ment of a safe-driving course for students in September. Sponsorship of the course was endorsed in principle only. Details of operation will be worked out by the transporta- tion committee for approval of the board at a later date. Only two members of the board voted against the course, which had been turned down almost unanimously at a meet- ing late last year. Most mem- bers changed their minds when they learned costs need not be as great as they had originally been told. Fred Cronkite, a safety of- ficer with the Ontario Dep't of Transport office in London, said a pilot course for 25 stu- Stephen ups road budget The London man who stole a car from an Exeter garage and broke into two district businesses three weeks ago was sentenced this week to five years in Kingston penitentiary. Patrick G. Burns, 38, was convicted of four charges by Magistrate Glenn Hays. He received three years for break, enter and theft at Elgin- field, two additional years for car theft from South End Ser- vice here, and one-year con- current sentences for break, enter and theft at Brucefield and auto theft from London. PC John Wright of Exeter OPP investigated. PROPOSES SEWER Drains Chairman Joseph Wooden proposed an $18,000 sewer line down Sanders street which would not only provide outlet for the subdivision area but would also serve older sec- tions of the town. He revealed that a survey of the area done by the works sup't and checked by the engineer indicated that the line could run on Sanders from Pryde to Andrew and from Andrew north to connect with the Gidley sewer. The chairman said some of the cost could be recovered through prepayment of charges and the town had sewerage funds to cover the remainder. The town would take the sew- er only to the subdivision; pro- Review sites for PS in Hay BETTER LIAISON In its other recommenda- tions, the teachers' committee felt liaison between board and staff requires considerable im- provement. The staff asked for more meetings with the management and property committees to present their viewpoints on school operations. Teachers suggested, for exaMple, that they be permitted to view plans for the addition in order to make recommendations. They also felt they should be able to discuss Such things as classroom cupboards, notice beards and other facilities with a board committee. It was pointed out that plans Were being Made for a second shop in the addition but, since no word has been received re- garding courses to be given in .grade nine next year, it was impoSsible to determine what equipment should be Proyided. The teachers also felt they should be given a resume of the board's decisions the day after each meeting instead of haVing to read What teek plape several days later in The Tinles-Ad., Vocateo ''it some of these things were Stephen council raised its road budget by $3,000 for 1964. A total expenditure of $60,- 000 was approved by bylaw. This includes $20,000 for con- struction and $40,000 for main- tehance. Council plans to erect one bridge this year, Stephen council, as did Hay, approved dep't of highway plans to improve entrance Of the town- ship road to No. 21 at Port Blake. Stephen also consented to moving the Crete Road, run- ning south off No. 83, east of the present locatiOn where it meets No. 63. Cotincil authorized the dep't of lands and forests to plant trees on the property of Mrs, Mary Sanders, lot 21, con. 5-6, Under the Huron county re- forestation scheme. Contract for supply of warble fly powder was let to L. P. Boulitterie ' C re diton, whose price of $4.40 for 15-lb. bag. was the lowest of four received. Clerk Ross Baugh was auth, oriZed to call tenders for supply Of Weed spray 'and liquid Ciurni Vitat invoice for $1,600 in ors-engineering costs tor the development road trent Green, way to the Bluewater was re- ceived from tagoaer B. M. Ross, becterial,. The cost will be SubSidited 100% by the dep't of highways. Reeve Glenn Webb presided and all members Were Present. Two sites which have been considered by Hay township school area board were viewed again by a group of officials Wednesday afternoon. A representative from the ardhitectural firm of Riddle, Connor and AsSociates, London, accompanied the group to Out- line costs at both Sites. He in- dicated developmental expenses would be about the same in each case. Toering With him were board chairman Elmer Rowe and area, inspector J. G. Burrowt.. It was agreed that the facili- ties of the addition to the old School at t urich could be Utiliz- ed in the case of either Site. dents would cost less than $200, charging a fee of $20 per stu- dent. He suggested the board set budget of $500 for the first year's trial operation. Cronkite showed the board a government film outlining op- eration of the course and the as- sistance available from various quarters. The film stresseu that graduates of the course committed 85% less violations and were involved in 50% fewer accidents than did students who had not received such education. Dep't of transport provides text books and dual controls for an instructional car without charge; the dep't of education pays grants for classroom in- struction, and car manufactur- ers contribute vehicles. Mrs. Joan Harness, who led a delegation of interested citi- zens, pointed out that two per- sons in the community are qualified instructors. Elmer D. Bell, QC, moved that the course be established in September. He was support- ed by Rev. John Boyne, who felt Cronkite's proposal "did not go far enough". Opposed were two Stephen township members, Roy Morenz and Lloyd Lamport. In other business, the board; Gave formal notice to teach- er Joseph Wooden that it wishes him to under take vice-prin- cipalship training as soon as possible. Didn't get its minutes read until, 9:45 because of the three delegations it entertained; Approved use of the audi- torium by Kinsmen for spon- sorship of a hootenanny; Learned from Principal II. L. Sturgis that he Was receiv- ing few replies from his ads for teachers and expected con- Sidera.ble difficulty in securing staff this year; the principal also complained about some unethical methods being used by other boards to lure teach- ers away from HSDHS; Approved purchase of two new Sewing machines, nine type- writers, a Thermofax copier and overhead projector; Debated at some length the reasons for the results of a newspaper survey which in- dicated that Canadian studentS klieW Less' about Sir John A. McDonald than they did about American historical figureS. Danish-Canadian leap year baby Young Henrik Berg had a distinct background the day he was born. First, he's a leap year child, born Saturday at South Huron Hospital. And he's officially a Danish-Canadian, since he Was born here of Danish citizens. His parents are Lt. and Mrs. A, G. Berg, and his father is a member of the Royal Danish Navy. Lt. Berg one of four from that force who are the first to come toCanada for helidOPter training. He's cur- rently stationed at RCAF Station Centralia and the couple lives' In Grind Berid. Thty arrived late last yeari Henrik Weighed 8 pounds, 3 1/4 ounces at birth and is just "wonder- ful", according to Mrs. Berg. HOS their first child.--T-A photo Coming vents o 10 EditOrials , 4 4 , Farm News f Feminine kaCta Fancies Heitaall o 444ff 4- 4 Ltican I, s. TA. V4V 1 SPOrt§ 4' V 'V i' t t V 4' v Wait Ads ittwttwtww•ii Local schools hold Education Week open houset Both Exeter Ptiblic Scheel and preoloug t4lOod Separate School held open houses this week in celebration of Education Week. Monday night at the separate school, parents heard Speaking contestants' and viewed children's work. Prindipa1 MrS, IViittelholtz, left, shows art to MrS. lielea Ryan, teacher; ,,James Glaab, parent, and ReV. J. E. Kelly. Exeter Public, School was host to a large number of parents Wednegday afterridon.