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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-05-18, Page 3A BIG RAINBOW — Although the exact location is being kept a secret, Mike Ottewell of town had excellent fishing luck last week. Mike is shown above with the 32-inch rainbow he landed somewhere in Huron county. T-A photo Council disagrees on convention expenses AREA STUDENTS SKATE FOR WORKSHOP -- Students from most district Sunday's Skate-athon at the Grand Bend roller rink. Above are, from the left, Carmel Separate; Cameron Haist, Grand Bend PS; Bernie Kelders, Forest HS; Parkhill; Liz Blom, Seat orth and Doug Mock, South Huron. schools participated in Louise Mitten, Mount Pat Hogan NMDHS at TA photo May be 109' May 18, 1972. P.aio 3 To fete retired .staff 44), cONCENTRATED SINGERS — At Wednesday's Spring Concert at Stephen Central school, the senior choir contributed several musical numbers. Shown above concentrating on their chores are Kathy Steckle, Sherry Stade and Kim Ludlow, T-A photo WEKEY HALL Wesley Hall passed away, at his residence in Arkona,Ontario May 12, 1972 in his 68) year. He was the husband of Aletha Johnson. Funeral services were held at the M. Box and Son Funeral Home, Parkhill, May 15, with interment at Sylvan Cemetery. MRS. ALLAN KEYS • Mrs. Allan Keys, Ottawa, died suddenly, May 5, 1972 of a heart attack, in her 51st year. Surviving are her husband, a daughter Elizabeth, a sister, Mrs. Brian Marshall, Toronto, and her mother, Mrs. Beulah Thompson, Toronto, The funeral was conducted May 8, at the Hulse and Playfair Chapel, McLeod St., Ottawa, by Rev. James Lawson. Interment was in Pinecrest Cemetery. Attending the funeral from this area were Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Keys and Murray, London, and • Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Keys and Linda, Hensall. WM. (MAX) SWITZER William Maxwell (Max) Switzer, RR 1 St. Marys, passed away suddenly at St, Marys 0 Memorial Hospital, April 30, 1972 in his 48th year, He was the eldest son of the late William II, Switzer and Viva L. Rumble. Surviving are his wife, the former Ella M. Doupe, his son Donald and daughter Lynda, at home, and Kathy of London, and one brother, John G. Switzer, Atikokan, Ontario. Mr. Switzer had lived in Blanshard township all his life. He attended Anderson Public School and St. Mary's District Collegiate and was a member of Kirkton United Church Woodham L,O.L. No, 492 and the Royal Black Perceptory, No. 904, He was a forMer owner of Anderson store, and was later employed at Hobb's Hardware, London, In 1959, he bought his father's farm, and farmed until a his illness three years ago. He also worked in London until his death. Funeral services were held Wednesday from the L.A. Ball Funeral Chapel in St. Marys, with Rev. John King presiding. Pallbearers were Wm, Higgs, and Harold Collins, London, Ron Denham, Burns Blackler, Tom Bickell and Ron Paton. Flower bearers were Keith Thomson, Don Stephen, Eldon • Skate-athon helps adult workshop Proceeds from Sunday's Skateathon at the Grand Bend roller rink to go to the adult workshop being planned by the South Huron Association for the • Mentally Retarded are expected to reach $5,000. Close to 200 persons, mostly school students from elementary and secondary school in South Huron finished the ten-hour skate despite intermittent showers. • Adrienne Van Raay, president of YACMAR, the sponsoring group said early this week the minimum sponsorship for each skater was $10 with many run- ning over $20 and a couple as high as $200. A Hensall area man, Ted Oud " was probably the most out- standing skater of the day. Oud, who was on roller skates for the first time in his life went the full 10-hour route. The youngest skater was Tracey Ramer of London, High schools at Parkhill, Forest, Seaforth and Exeter were represented • •Wegman, Jack Wiles, Fred Switzer, :Harold Davis and Bill Waghorn, Interment was in Kirkton Cemetery. MRS. SAMUEL GIFFORD Olive Mabel (Jeffery) Gifford, wife of Samuel H. Gifford, Exeter, passed away in London, May 11, 1972. Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jill Schram, London; a sister, Mrs, Harrison (Fern) Fewster, Ostrander, Ontario; brothers, Earl and Carl Jeffery, both of Dereham Centre, and a grand- daughter, Sherrie Lee, The funeral was condudted from the A, Millard George Funeral Home, London, May 13, with interment at Woodland cemetery, The former Clinton Canadian Forces Base now owned by John van Gastel is an issue of prime importance to Huron Coun- ty . . . but a considerable amount of red-tape must be wound before the property is cleared for public use, members of county council learned Thursday afternoon. While representatives from Tuckersmith and the Town of Clinton are particularly anxious to get the project fully underway, county planner Gary Davidson warned that careful steps must be taken before the property can be a registered plan of sub- division. He said presentations must be made to all the local municipalities concerned and following that, reference must be made to the Planning Board for any modifications of the plan. A public meeting will be set for late May or early June. Final ap- proval of the County Planning Board is expected at its June meeting with presentation of the plan and acceptance by county council at its June session, Friday, June 30, "We must move quickly on this," insisted Alex McGregor, 'Tuckersmith. "There may not be a future to consider if we don't. The new owner cannot be ex- pected to wait much longer. The property is now all taxable land and he is anxious to get going. He's already lost two potential industries because of the delays." An elaborate display of drawings from the base were on display as made by the planning department. Davidson and his assistant, Nick Hill, said that the effect of the base will be felt in an area much larger than the base itself, Direct or indirect relationship to the development of the base are being investigated — existing land use pattern, transportation, waste disposal, education ser- vices, proximity to existing ur- ban areas, existing commercial and service facilities, em- ployment potential, existing labor force (especially female) and health services, "From our analysis of these factors four distinctive impact areas evolved," reported Davidson. "The largest area was a commuter shed. That is, the population living within ap- proximately a 30-minute drive of the base. It is probable that much of the original labor force at the base, especially the female labor force, will come from this area," "Secondly, the Hayfield River system must be considered as a separate impact area due to the very real limitations of the Hayfield River and its tributaries to accept additional effluent," Davidson continued. "The development of the base, to utilize its existing buildings, and allow for additional growth must attract low water using and ef- fluent producing industries," Davidson reviewed the two remaining impact areas — the long term impact area which is essentially a triangular shaped area bounded by Clinton, Seaforth and Brucefield; and a shorter term impact area which is a small triangular shaped area bounded by Clinton, the Base and the Adastral Park Road. "The first phase is the utilization of the buildings and area of the existing base," Davidson noted. "The second phase does not commence in full until the base itself is almost fully developed. At this juncture development will occur outside of the existing base." "Assuming the first phase is successful, there are three basic alternatives for development in the second phase," Davidson reported. "Each of these patterns has certain advantages and disadvantages. There is no correct or right one. Trade-offs must be made in the con- sideration of which is the best alternative. However, the choosing of an alternative via the plan amendment process is critical to the completion of the secondary plan and, hence, final registration of the base plan." The three alternatives are: continuation of the present trends which would slowly reduce ready access to the base because of built-up "ribbon development"; development of the base as a separate community; or development of existing urban areas such as Clinton and Seaforth where community services are already available. "Wide public exposure to the alternatives is called for and, in general, the wider the better," observed Davidson. "However, there is a cost in time and this cost must be considered." Once a decision is reached as to which alternative the county will take, the secondary plan and zoning bylaws will be prepared, Once the secondary plan has been submitted to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, work on the required zoning bylaws can commence. Members of Exeter council took varying positions Monday on requests from two employees wishing to attend out-of-town events in June. There was considerable debate before approval was granted to Chief Ted Day to attend the Chiefs of Police conference in Kitchener from June 26 to 30, He said the cost would be ap- proximately $200. Stephen taxes — Cont'd. from Front \Page applications of Ross and Donna Clarke, Lot 9, Con S. 13. and Fred and Mary Lee Rogers in Oak- wood subdivision. Council decided to increase dog control work in the township. particularity in the three police villages. At an earlier meeting numerous municipal drains were dealt with, The Pfaff municipal drain was given third reading and the tender was let to Robert Nicholson of Sebringville for $4,260, the lowest of five bids. The Veri, Parsons, Brock and two sections of the Centralia drain were approved and given two readings. The Eagleson drain was referred back to the engineers for further study. Resignations — Continued from Front Page W. McQuillin. At Central Huron Secondary School, George Atkinson, D. J. Brazeau, L. D, Gray, R. Johnson, Mrs, Margaret Robinson, Mrs. Dale Shannon and George Zwick; at F. E. Madill, Mrs. Linda K. Campbell, Miss Patricia Ciebien, Miss Linda Easton and Peter R. Mathwich; at Goderich District Collegiate Institute; Miss Maureen Dowds, Claude Kalb- fleisch, Miss Joyce Lambert, R. Scott Thomson and Leonard Boyce; at South Huron, Exeter, Mrs. Barbara Davidson and Miss Heather Hartford. It was also noted from the committee-of-the-whole tin camera) meeting of April 17, that Clarke S. Teal has been ale pointed head of the mathematics department at GDCI for a probationary period of one year. Noting that the Chief had just finished a two-week course at Aylmer earlier this year, several councillors thought there should be a limit on the amount of time spent at conventions and courses. Councillor Ken Ottewell said there was no doubt but what the taxpayers got some return on town employees attending such functions, but noted they were not at home to provide the services for which they had been hired. Some questioned the expense involved, but Councillor Tom MacMillan said even $50 a day for conventions was "peanuts". Approval was granted, but Councillor Ottewell and Deputy- Reeve Don MacGregor suggested this should be the last one of the year for the Police Chief. Later in the meeting, building inspector Doug Triebner asked for time off to visit the Research Council in Ottawa. When asked by Mayor Jack Delbridge what costs may be involved for the town, Triebner said there would be none as it would be partially a pleasure trip to visit his son in Ottawa. Reeve Derry Boyle thought council should pay for Triebner's gas, and despite the latter's wish that this not be done, council agreed to give him $25 for the trip, "It's partly for the benefit of the town and a little remuneration is in order," Mayor Jack Deibridge explained. Hopefully, she's still not waiting An Exeter woman may still be waiting 'for groceries she ordered from a local store, Thursday. She phoned in her order and told the store manager not to have the groceries delivered until the stone chips had been put down on the greet in front of her home. It had just been oiled, However, the oiling is not the usual surface treatment con- ducted in Exeter. The streets are being. given an application of oil only as a dust layer treatment and the usual tar and stone chip program is being discontinued. Works Superintendent Glenn bells reports more oiling will take been gravelled, streets have One of the main topics for discussion at Monday evening's board of education meeting in Clinton concerned an education committee recommendation to arrange a dinner for all teaching and non-teaching employees of the board who have retired in the Red tope foils trip It is too late to go to Niagara Falls for Mother's Day, but Mrs. Thora Davis, administrator of the Exeter Nursing Home, is going to try to get a public vehicle permit anyway. Mrs. Davis had hoped to take her mother to the Falls for an outing and decided to advertise in the London Free Press, so those mothers "who had no one else" could also go. The ad said the trip would cost $20. Almost immediately, Mrs. Davis' attempts were foiled by an inspector from the London branch of the department of transport. He told Mrs. Davis she could not drive the elderly women because she didn't have a public vehicle permit. He said he didn't care if she wanted to transport them around the country for nothing, but she could not charge any money. "His whole attitude really astounded me," said Mrs. Davis. "He was very efficacious and just wasn't very nice at all." Mrs, Davis would still like to make the trip while the trees are in bloom. Before she can get a public vehicle permit, however, she has to get an application from the Department of Tran- sportation and Communication in Toronto, fill it out, and then it goes before a board, which meets only once a month. Mrs. Davis said she has had several calls sympathizing with her entanglements in red tape. "This reveals to people just how tight the red tape is getting," said Mrs. Davis. "It makes you wonder if we're losing some of our freedom without really realizing it." GB refuses survey cost Grand Bend council has turned down a proposition from the Ontario government asking the village to pay one-half the costs of a municipal survey to determine the boundaries of the 27.5 acres leased from the province. Boundaries of the land leased from the department of lands and forests has been the main issue in the recent battle between council and two property owners along Government Road regarding fences to provide private parking. Reeve John Payne said he has talked with a municipal surveyor and the costs of such a survey could be as high as $9,000. "We certainly don't have this kind of money available," added the Reeve. Permission was given to Bill Baird to enlarge the curb en- trance to his Green Haven trailer park on Highway 21 north. Rental rates were set for the village's beach cleaner to be used by Southcott Pines Parklands Limited. The subdivision will be charged $8 per hour for use of the machine and road foreman Vic Anysymiw will receive $4 per hour and his assistant $3.50 per hour during their own time. Approve permits for new houses Building permits for three new homes have been approved by Exeter council in the past week. At a special meeting last week, Bill Gilfillan was given per- mission to erect two new homes on his lots on Wellington St. West, Monday night, a permit was okayed for Marvin Bower to erect a new house on Sherwood Avenue in the Dow subdivision. Other permits approved, subject to final approval by the building inspector were as follows: Doug Robbins, to place a garage at rear of property at 244 Main; Exeter Legion, to build an addition to their hall on William; Len Veri, to remodel exterior of his home on Sanders E. Roof repairing permits were issued to: Ted Jones, Marlboro St. ; Exeter United Church, James St.; and Ward Fritz for the for- mer Price home at Main St. N. KSOMEMMIMEIVIRCZEM PUBLISH ON SCHEDULE Although Monday will be a holiday, The Times-Advocate will be published on Thursday as usual, The deadline for display advertising will be extended until Tuesday norm, but the classified deadline will remain as Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. Correspondents and news contributors are asked to have their material forwarded at their usual tithe where possible to ensure publication. past four years — or since the board came into being in January 1969. The recommendation, of course, was part and parcel of the board's effort to improve relations with the staff and the people of Huron County. As chairman of the board, Hobert M. Elliott pointed out, "Had the _old boards been in existence, they would have had something to honor those who retired." One of the biggest problems was to define retirement; and after considerable thought, the board members agreed that the policy should state "all those who have retired in the past four years and are not eligible to be rehired on a fulltirne basis by the board". It was left to the education committee to select a time and a place for the honors banquet, but it is likely to be held in late June, It has been estimated guests could number 100, but this has not been substantiated. John Taylor of the Wingham area was opposed to the scheme. He said that employees in his part of the county were honored by their fellow workers upon retirement. He felt a retirement dinner by the board was un- necessary. "What is it going to gain?" asked Taylor. Vice-chairman John Broadfoot said that not all areas in the county recognize the retiring staff members. Mayor challenged on dog situation The Exeter Veterinary Clinic has challenged Mayor Jack Deibridge on his contention there are no more than 10 legitimate complaints regarding dogs in a year. In a letter to council this week, the Clinic, operated by Dr. R, Roelofson, wondered how anyone on council would know how many complaints a year are received "when it is our clinic who receive all the complaints". The morning the letter was written, the clinic received a call from a woman on Carling St. advising there were four or five dogs in her garden and she wanted something done about it "immediately, if not sooner". The communication from the Clinic also noted that the $1,075 paid them not only covers the patrolling of streets during the five summer months, but also for the operation of a pound year round in Exeter where stray animals may be taken. The clinic also picks up injured or dead animals during the other seven months. A post script to the letter noted that monthly reports will be sent to the town again this year as was done in 1971. Members of council noted that only a couple of reports were in fact received last year, The April report was read at the meeting. It showed that three dogs found at large had been destroyed, one turned over for research, and five puppies destroyed. 'In addition, a loon, a baby coon and one dead cat were picked up. Name principal for Exeter PS James T. Chapman, a native of Tuckersmith Township, has been named principal of Exeter Public School by the Huron County board of education. At present, he is on the staff of the college of education at Brock University in St. Catharines and for five years prior to that was a master at the St, Catharines Teachers' College. The father of four children, Mr. Chapman is a graduate of Stratford Teachers' College, He obtained his B.A. at the University of Western Ontario in 1952 and his Master of Education degree from the University of Toronto in 1966, He taught three years in Hibbert Township and later became a teacher, vice-principal and principal in Brampton before moving to St. Catharines, Mr. Chapman is 40 years old and commences his duties in June, replacing Arthur Idle. "They may be treated royally in the north," quipped Broadfoot„ "tot a county board should treat all employees equally," The board noted it was clearly an ."effort to catch up" .On overdue recognition for retiring staff members. It was further agreed to present each honored guest with .4 scroll' for his or her achievements. Hensall's. Jim Taylor suggested the serails be mailed to the employees and . the dinner be forgotten. His motion was seconded by John Taylor, but failed to get board approval. OPP investigate many area thefts A wide variety of property was stolen from area residents this week. A school jacket, valued at $30, owned by Annette Zimmer, Zurich, was taken from the Zurich hotel. A small outboard motor owned by Sheldon Boyle, London, was taken from a summer cottage near St. Joseph. It was valued at $150. Ross McCurdy, Woodham, reported the theft of three bags of seed grain valued at $15 from his residence. A set of wheel discs were taken from Don Taylor Motors in Exeter. They were valued at $50. Ladies!! Don't Throw Your Old Chair Away See Us First Free Footstool with every 2- piece chesterfield suite upholstered. Drapery Satins & Prints 5 1 .5 0 yd. to $1.99 yd. EXETER. Upholstery and Mill End Fabrics 433 Main St. S. Phone Side Entrance Exeter 235-2051 EXETER KINSMEN ANNUAL PEPSI DRIVE THURS. May 18 During the Evening PROCEEDS FOR COMMUNITY WORK Six Bottle Carton 7.5e Case of 24 $3.00 Told to move quickly on planning at Clinton Notice The fireworks display normally sponsored by Grand Bend Fire Department on the Victoria Day weekend will not be held this year, Please support the Alhambra fireworks display on June 17 which will be set off by Grand Bend firemen. We are hoping for a larger display by holding one instead of two smaller displays. Algarvae Caravan No. 1$$ Grand Bend Alhambra Grand Commander Peter ()Wong w