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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-02-07, Page 1Separate school issue settled categories will increase by $400 this year and $300 next year.. Other levels will increase by 8.7 percent and 7.25 percent next year. In 1974-75 the' minimum salary for HPRCSS teachers will be $6,200 and the maximum will be $15,970. Allowances for principals and consultants have also been increased, The settlement came after a compromise contract — the teachers, wanted 7,5 percent, the board 7 percent and they agreed on 7.25 percent was worked out - by the two local parties, with the acting superintendent, of the Huron-Perth system, Joseph Tokar, acting as a go-between. Negotiations went on from 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon until 4 a.m. Monday. The teacher-board conflict broke into the open Thursday evening when talks between the DIFFERENT SPORTS — , rnr.riett Ashford, a former major league baseball umpire Was the guest speaker Tuesday night at the Exeter, Lions Sportsmen's Dinner. Shown above chatting with Ashford are David Bell and Bill Glover, Exeter minor hockey participants. T-A photo A SMILE FROM TIMMY — A featured guest at Tuesday's Sportsmen's Dinner sponsored by the Exeter Lions deb was London's Timmy, Above, Malcolm McDonald gives a big smile to dinner chairman Don Taylor and Glen Weir of the Montreal Alouettes, T-A photo The teachers were advised by Mr. Carey that they would be enrolled as employees of the ()ECM and would receive pay of $75 a week if married and the sole supporter of a family or $50 if Single, per week for the duration of the dispute. (This amount was raised at an OECTA meeting this weekend to SO percent of previous salary.) The teachers were asked to clear out any personal belongings from their schools before the keys were returned to the board. By 10;30 Friday morning teachers at St. James' Separate School in Seaforth were taking record players and other per- sonal materials out of their classrooms. Friday afternoon the teachers staged a protest march along the sidewalk on Seaforth's 'Main Please turn to Page 3 , two parties broke down. The board sent notices home to area parents telling them that the IIP1ICSS schools would be closed on Friday and Monday for "professional activity" days. At 10 p.m Thursday the board notified teachers that they had accepted the 149 resignations, effective immediately, and in telegrams to school principals, asked them to turn in their keys to board schools by 1 p.m. Friday. "At this point we considered the possibility of arbitration a dead issue" said teachers' negotiator Murphy, About 140 teachers meeting at the Legion Hall in Seaforth Friday morning heard Mr. Murphy and Jim Carey of Lon- don, a past president of the OECTA, describe what they considered a lack of progrFss in negotiations. Inspector takes pics but not car licence One Hundred and First Year Price Per Copy .25 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 7, 1974 If members of Exeter council weren't aware of some of the Suffers shock as house burns isagree with planning board council okay apartment unit The third fire in recent years at a Grand Bend area farm caused damages of about $9,000 early Monday morning. The residence of Mr, and Mrs. Cornelius Inthout in Hay town- ship on Highway 21, north of Port Blake suffered smoke and water damage when fire broke out by a downstairs fireplace. Dashwood fire chief .Emil Becker said his brigade an- swered the call at 12,30 a,m. and were on the scene for about seven hours. Mrs. Inthout Was'taken to South Huron hospital in Exeter suf- fering from shock. She was released Tuesday. A fire of a similar nature at the same house a little more than two years ago caused about the same amount of 8mage and a barn on the property was, completely destroyed last year. The contract dispute between the Huron-Perth Roman Catholic Separate School teachers and board which saw 19 schools in two counties closed on Friday and Monday was settled Monday evening when the board ratified, "unanimously", a compromise contract for 1973-74 and 1974-75. All HPRCSS scheels re-opened on Tuesday, The contract, whiph provides for salary increases of 8.7 percent for 1973-74 and further increases of 7.25 percent the.following year, payment of 90 percent of salary to members of religious orders this year and 100 percent next year, and increased benefits, was ratified by the teachers Monday afternoon at the Seaforth Com- munity Centre by a vote of 103 to 26. , Chief, negotiator for the teachers, Peter Murphy of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association in Toronto called the 8.7 percent figure the biggest increase over the 12 month school year, in the province, although he added that the Huron-Perth teachers' salaries were lower than many in the province to begin with. Monday night following the closed one and .a half hour board meeting HPRCSS board chair- man Michael Connolly said the settlement would necessitate "careful budgeting over the next two year period by the board". Mr. Connolly said that the board had passed a motion "re- instating all of its teachers" and that the 149 teachers' resignations would be returned to the OECTA office in Toronto. By the terms of the new two year contract, minimum and maximum salaries of $5,500 and $13,700 will increase retroac- tively to September to $5,900 and $14,890 for 1973-74. . The minimums in each of seven Thieves busy, hit three spots Crossing guard is found-dead The new crossing guard operation at Lucan public school is 'underway this week despite a few problems. Recently John McIntosh was hired as a crossing guard and he went through some practice sessions with the students Friday under the direction of OPP Constable Gord Barker. Monday morning when the operation was to begin, Mr. McIntosh failed to show up. Upon investigation Constable Barker went to his home and found him slumped over in his home. He was dead when a doctor arrived, Constable Barker told the T-A Wednesday morning, "Mr. McIntosh was dressed for his job so apparently died only a few minutes before I arrived." Tuesday, the guard crossing chores were handled by Lucan road foreman Bert Thomson and Wednesday morning Stuart Sceli took over on a regular basis. For the past 20 years Mr. Seed has been a flagman with the Middlesex County road depart- ment. down," stated Reeve Derry Boyle, adding he didn't like to oppose planning board. The project was approved and council agreed to follow a suggestion from Deputy-Reeve Flelen Jermyn that the reasons for granting the approval be conveyed to the planning board. Council did concur with the planning board in giving ten- tative approval to two'apartment buildings planned for Nelson St. by Ed Mittleholtz.' One' of the units will contain four apart- ments and the other, two. Mayor Delbridge said the buildings may not he started until fall, A request from A.J. Darling to build a barn in the vicinity of his abattoir at Exeter North was refused by council, again on the recommefidation of the planning. board,, It was explained that the abattoir is already a non- conforming use and the erection of a barn would enlarge the non- conforming use of the land. The planning board also recommended that a 90' by 20' building planned by Saveway (Beaver Lumber) be turned down because not enough in- formation was provided and because the size of the building would provide no sideyard set- backs. Mayor Jack Delbridge said he had talked to Saveway officials since the meeting of the planning board and had been advised they would reduce the width of the building to 80 feet to allow for sideyard clearances. It was also noted there may be some problem with water runoff in the area and a sewer easement and works superintendent Glen Kells and building inspector Doug Triebner were asked to discuss, these matters with company officials and report back to council before any building permits would be ap- proved. Exeter council this week ap- proved a building permit to transform the former L & M Cleaners building' on William St. into a four-unit apartment ' building, In so doing, they disagreed with recommendations from the local planning board, The planning board recom- mended that only three apart- ments be allowed. Council also approved erection of an 8' by 8' mechanical room at the rear of the structure, while the planning board had recom- mended that it be enclosed in the present building. The project will be undertaken by Riverview Estates. Principal in the firm is Len Veri. The work is to be undertaken by Milt Keller. The subject resulted in a lengthy debate at Monday's council session, with Mayor Jack Delbridge leading the move to have the project approved as the developers wanted. "We're dragging our feet if we don't allow the four units, he said. He also explained that the PUC favored the building of the mechanical room as it allows all the services to be in one spot in case of an emergency. He said Ontario Hydro wouldn't allow it any other way for apartment buildings. The Mayor said the building had been an '„eyesore" for at least 15 years and council should make every effort to have it changed. The apartment building will house two one-bedroom units and a couple of two-bedroom ones. The square foorage is slightly above the minimum of 500' for a one-bedroom unit and 600' for a two-bedroom unit. Some question was raised regarding parking facilities and it was indicated there was ample for four cars. "I don't see how we can turn it Three incidents of theft were reported over the weekend to the Exeter police department. Saturday, Steve Dettmer, 303 Carling street reported the theft of a tape case containing about 13 tapes from his motor -vehicle. The vehicle was parked in the downtown area., The tapes were valued at $104. Constable Balazs is in charge of the investigation. Goods valued at $8 were stolen Saturday when the premises of Smith-P.eat Roofers, Thames, Road west were broken into, Investigation is/being conducted by Constable George Robertson, Sunday, David Dalphin, 73 King street, Hensall reported missing a brown leather coat .while attending Winter Carnival activities at South Huron District High school. The local police department reported a busy weekend. A total of nine persons were charged with having liquor in a place other than a residence, five were charged with under age drinking and two other persons face im- paired driving charges, In his weekly release, chief Ted Day .cautions motorists to use all safeguards against theft of vehicles and contents. Day continued, "due to the increase in thefts, I am again requesting that vehicles be locked and , ignition keys removed. If you have stereo tapes and cases in your vehicle don't leave them in plain view." "In addition if you are grocery shopping, put your goods out of sight• in the trunk of your vehicle." he added. HARD WORKING COOKS — The ladies of the Exeter Legion Ladies Auxiliary were treated royally Wednesday night when members of the Legion executive prepared and served the meal. Shown above at the stove are from the left, Roy Brock, Jim Bosatto, Bob Wragg and Wilf Beattie. T-A photo GB learns reeve substitute at county council is legal Grand Bend council was in- formed Monday night that their recent resolution to the provin- cial government concerning a replacement for a reeve as far as county council is concerned was not necessary. After the village had received practices being carried on at their dump in Hay Township, they were provided with some "evidence" this week. Unfortunately, the evidence came from an inspector of the Waste Management Branch, along with ' suggestions that tighter controls be placed on the operation of the facility, Two pictures were included with the report. One showed "immense black smoke" eminating from the dump, while another was taken- of a man burning tires off rims, Signs at the dump proclaim that burning of rubbish is prohibited, Reeve Derry Boyle was critical of the fact the inspector had not taken any action against the man he found burning tires off rims. "He should have laid a charge," Boyle opined, adding that the inspector's lack of action made him "more negligent than we were". Deputy-Reeve Helen Jermyn agreed to a point, suggesting the inspector, should at least have taken the licence number from the car the man was driving to give to police. Councillors passed the photos around the table, but none could incientify the person shown. The inspector urged 'council to consider reducing the number of hours the dump is open and also asked for a meeting with local officials in the spring to review the. operation. Another facet of garbage was mentioned at 'the meeting, following a questiob from Mrs. E. MacDonald as to whether council would be undertaking special pickups for local commercial outlets when they take over garbage pickup from her at the' end of February. Sanitation committee chair- man Bob Simpsoh indicated the question had not been considered as yet and his committee would meet to deal with it in the im- mediate future. Works superintendent Glen Kells also advised that the schedule for garbage pickups would have to be advertised.' The new truck has not arrived as yet and there was some fear expressed that it may not arrive on time due to the strike of truck drivers in the U.S.A. However, Kells said the truck was being shipped via rail. Board elects 'Don Webster Plans survey of businessmen Don Webster was named president of the.Exeter Board of Trade at the annual meeting, Saturday, He succeeds Norm Whiting in that capacity, About 150 people participated at the dinner-dance event at the Exeter Legion Hall. Other officers named were vice-president, Ben' Hoogen- boom, secretary, Marg Cook; treasurer, Ed Middleton; directors, Torn Arthur, Bev Skinner, Dick Vandergunst, Wayne Pearce, Jen Dinney, Ken Pettigrew, Jerry Smith, Jim Russell, Dean McKnight, Murray Greene, Emil Hendrick and Elaine Fletcher, In his address, the newly elected president noted it was "quite an honor" for him in that, blind people were not often given such responsibilities. He outlined some of his plans for the coming year, indicating a survey, would be taken in the immediate future to akertain the members' wishes on parking, store hours and other business needs. After the statistics from the survey are compiled, a brief Will be presented to council, par. ticularly in the area of parking. Webster urged all in at- tendance to renew their mem- bership fOr the coming year to give the organization the needed Several months ago, Grand Bend council passed the resolution in an attempt to resolve a similar situation to that which existed in 1973 when reeve John Payne was absent due to illness for a couple of months. Approve Sale Council gave tentative ap- proval to Mr. and Mrs. 'Wayne Moody and William McNichol to purchase the Fisherman's Cove owned by Bruce and Gertrude Tiedeman. The property in question is situated along with others on land owned by the village and leased back to the fishermen, Village — Please turn to Page 3 endorsement of their resolution from many Western Ontario municipalities they were told legislation-was already in force. A letter from H. I. MacDonald, deputy-minister of the Treasury, Economics and Intergovern- mental Affairs said under section 209 of the Municipal Act "a municipal council may appoint from among its members a replacement for a head of council in the event of his temporary absence. MacDonald continued, "this means that the council of Grand Bend could legally appoint an alternate for the reeve who could sit on county council in his place." "However, because the section refers to the head of council and because of the case of a town this is the mayor and not the reeve, towns such as Forest and Petrolia could not appoint a county alternate for an absent reeve." The Ministry at present is; looking at possible ways of resolving this difficulty and is interested in having the views of the council of the County of Lambton on this issue. MacDonald continued to suggest Lambton may wish to consider the offer the Minister made at a meeting of the Association of Counties and Regions of Ontario in Hamilton last fall, At that time he said provincial assistance would be available to counties wishing to undertake studies toward restructuring. In conclusion he said, "an important part of any such study Would be an examination of representation. This would enable county councils to solve the problems of adequate representation as they relate to the total local government system rather than dealing with each problem as it arises on a piecemeal basis." capital to help boost local business. Two Goderich busitiessmen were guests for the evening and outlined what was happening in that community regarding a shopping plaza, The speakers were John Schaefer and Bob Swartman, the latter being a partner in Rawson & Swartman Men's Wear in Goderich and Exeter, Schaefer told the audience that the news of a plaza coming to Goderich had sparked the re-. organization of a businessmen's organization which has since organized several committees to combat the shopping plaza, He said the downtown mer- chants were not opposed to the competition, but did feel it would 'be a mistake.if the plaza was built on the outskirts of the community rather than in the commercial core zone. The Goderich businessman also explained that the organization conducted its own surveys When Members voiced disagreement with some of the statisics being used by the plaza developers to back their case. Many statistics in the surveys conflicted, He said the downtown Mer- chants were also opposed to the size of the proposed plaza because they Were afraid it would have a detrimental effect on the core area, "There are already three empty stores on the circle," he Please turn to Page 3 Slight delay for apartment Some people have a different idea of what constitutes a "slight change", Ontario Housing Corporation considers a six to eight week delay as "slight", while Mayor Jack Delbridge says it's "mjaor". The debate arose after Deputy- Reeve Helen Jermyn said she had phoned OHC officials regarding the proposed senior citizen apartment building ap- proved for Exeter, She was told that plans had been held up as an architect had just now been engaged and it will be six to eight weeks before they will be completed. In November, Mrs. Jermyn was advised an architect Was already working on the plans and tenders would be called by the end of January or the early part of February. She said she Would investigate the situation further and com- ment to the OHC regarding the conflict in information she had received in her two contacts. •A BIG BUBBLE — The bubble gum blowing contest at Saturday's South Huron District High School winter carnival created plenty of in- terest, Above, Tom Thomas is shown at work. T-A photo Juveniles cited in theft Juveniles are believed reponsible for a breakin at Hensall District Co-Op. The in- cident was reported last Wed- nesday morning. Money and soft drinks were taken front the lunch room and value of the items was listed at $1.1. Considerable damage was caused by the unknown persons who entered the premises, Earl Dixon, Centralia, reported the theft of some outside lights this week, They were valued at $20. OPP have recovered a snowmobile which was taken from Pirteridge Chalet about a Month ago.. The machine was owned by Itoss Scat, London, and was recovered this week in BOARD OF TRADE OFFICIALS At the annual meeting of the -Exeter Board -of Trade held Saturday night, Don Webster was named presi, dent, Above, Webster at the left it being congratulated by retiring president Norm Whiting, T-A photo