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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-02-07, Page 3This Thurs.., Fri. and Sat. Only Exeter Centennial Steins H lit K SPORT CENTRE Trophies - Engraving Sporting Goods MAIN ST. EXETER 235-2261 ONE INDIVIDUAL or GROUP PORTRAIT REEMEffiffiffiffl t1 Page Times-A090;tte, Fel)ftAiry 7, 1974. Thompson re-elected Authority budget $448,100 Tuckersmith 'township reeve Elgin Thompson was elected to his second term as chairman el the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation ,Authority at the .group's annual meeting, Friday, Thompson was returned by acclamation as the other two nominees vice-chairman Fred Beaman and Hay representative Jack Tinney withdrew. Heaman, a provincial ap- pointee from' McGillivray township is the vice-chairman for another year. He defeated Lucan. reeve Ivan Hearn in a two-way battle for the position.. In making his bid for the vice- chairmanship, Hearn said he felt a governmental appointee should not -hold an important position and McGillivray township had 'Expected expenditures for conservation areas ineludi lig land acquisition total $222,000 with $171,600 set for administrative and maintenance costs,. $515041 for water control and .$3,006 for conservation services, Russ Powell, conservation. authorities program supervisor in the Ministry of Natural. Resources regional office in London said Ontario's 39 :con- servation authorities will gradually assume more autonomy as the province decentralizes decision making authority. TALKING ABOUT CONSERVATION - At Friday's annual meeting of the Ausable-I3ayfield Conservation Authority, chairman Elgin Thompson and vice-chairman Fred Heaman were re-elected. Shown chatting in the above picture ore Jack Tinney, Hay township, Roy Westcott, Usborne, chairman Elgin Thompson, vice- chairman Fred Heaman and Bob Shaven, Grand Bend. T-A phatd Have little sympathy for local theft victim Can't afford to open road, but will start on acquisition An Exeter merchant didn't bother telling police about a recent theft because he didn't think it would serve any purpose. That situation was brought to light at Monday's council meeting by Councillor Ben Hoogenboom, who said the -merchant had also complained that there was not enough police protection at certain times during the day,' lloogenboom questioned If most breakins occur after midnight and Chief Day replied this was true and admitted most thieves waited until the police went off duty before performing their deeds. Members of council were critical of the merchant cited by Iloogenboom. Reeve Derry Boyle said it was a "stupid statement" for any person to make and Deputy- Reeve Helen Jermyn explained it was not giving the police a chance to investigate.. Chief Day referred to 1973 statistics to point out the ef- way from property owners to undertake the opening of the street. Later in the meeting, council gave tentative approval to road and drain construction for the year. The portion of Andrew St. which was serviced with drains last year will be paved at an estimated cost of $32,000. Expenditure of $8,000 for a drain on Sherwood Crescent and $65,000 to instal sewers and pave Riverside Drive were approved "in principle", In presenting the road and • drairq committee report, Wright noted the expenditures outlined were more than what would probably be approved by the ministry. He also reminded council they were committed to undertaking a drain on Waterloo St. in conjunction with Stephen Township and if it was un- dertaken this year it would require changes in the proposed program, Also considered is 1,500 feet of new sidewalk in the area of the new post office. "Many things need being done, but the amount of dollars we have will rule what wecan do," Wright explained. Separate schpoi Continued from Page Street from the Legion to the liPriCSS board office to return the school keys to the board. Carrying signs and.led by Huron- Perth OECTA president Sister Audrey Puniochello, Principal of Immaculate Conception School in Stratford and union leaders, the teachers waited quietly outside the board office while Mr. Carey put the keys inside the door of the board office," Pickets, carrying signs in English and French saying "Let me teach", "We demand justice" and "Negotiate", marched in front of the board office until normal school closing time Friday afternoon. Other teachers attended professional develop- ment activities, organized by teacher Brian Morrissey of Stratford, at the Legion. On Monday afternoon, Bob Cooney of Windsor, president of the OECTA and Rejean Belanger, assistant secretary of the Association-Des-Enseigna- nts, Franco Ontariens, from Ottawa attended the teachers' meeting and both recommended acceptance of the contract. In the new two year contract, the board has agreed to pay a bigger share, 75 percent, up from 66.6 percent, of the teachers' OHIP and life insurance coverage, They have agree)z1 to administer coverage of teachers by a drug plan. The new contract allows ac- cumulation of a maximum of 200 unused sick leave and for payment of a sick leave gratuity upon retirement, Other provisions include the establish- ment of an educational im- provement or sabbatical leave selection committee, to include two teachers, two trustees and the superintendent. A contract interpretation or grievance committee has also been established, ficiency of his department in solving such crimes. There were only 13 break and enters last year, and of $2,162 stolen, all but $503 was recovered. Of 14 cars stolen all were recovered and 11 perSons were charged as a result. Hoogenboom said he would give the merchant's name to the police- so Chief Day could talk to him about the situation, Statistics for the month, of January were given by Chief Day and were as follows: Sixteen accidents with three injuries and damages of $5,590, 14 charges and 23 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act, three charges under the Liquor Control Act, 29 parking tickets issued, six animal complaints received with three dog owners being oharged, 11 defective cars found, one theft over $200 with no recovery, six thefts under $200 with $24.96 of the $195.96 total loot being recovered, six fraud in- vestigations with one charge, three assaults with two charges, three break and enters with two charges, six stolen vehicles with all being recovered. recent representation when Bill AnIns was chairman. To this Heaman replied, "I think we are all•on the same level and should work for every area in the Authority. Chairman Thompson com- mented, "I feel we are one big happy family and approve projects in all parts of our jurisdiction. The 1974 budget of $448,100 was set by authority members representing 32 municipalities. The budget, up considerably from last' year's $310,850 includes a tentative expenditure of $130,000 for land acquisition, Approval for property pur- chase, made up mostly of 550 acres upstream from the Parkhill Conservation area has not yet been approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The levies paid by the member municipalities are up about five percent from 1973 to a total of $91,300, The large majority of the in- come comes from government grants of $291,025 and the balance from special levies. No penalty for building delays Exeter's new works depart- ment building on Nelson St. is completed, one month after the contract deadline of December 31. However, the contractors won't be charged the $50 per day penalty for late completion. They advised council by letter that the delay was caused by a shortage of materials and they had no.control over the situation. "It's not of their negligence," Reeve Derry Boyle commented. Later in the meeting it was proposed that building inspector Doug Triebner move into the town hall office vacated by works superintendent Glen Dells. A request to have Alexander St, East opened prompted con- siderable debate around the Exeter council table, Monday, The request came from Tuckey Beverages Ltd., who plan to build a warehouse on the street in the future and wanted access onto Industrial Road (now Rosemount) front Alexander. A letter from the firm indicated there may be some difficulty in getting the ministry of tran- sportation and communications to approve another access onto Highway 83 due to the large number already in existence. Councillor Ted Wright estimated cost of opening Alexander St. at $40,000 and noted "there just isn't money to do that". At his suggestion, council will notify the local bottling company that it will not be feasible to open the street at the present time. However another motion was approved that the road com- mittee, through the town solicitor, start proceedings to acquire the necessary right-of- Appointed reps treated to dinner "Everyone in town appreciates what you do, especially council," Those were the words of Mayor Jack De!bridge in paying tribute to the men and women who serve on various boards in a volunteer capacity. The representatives and their mates were guests of council at a dinner staged at the Burkley Restuarant, Thursday. Attending were members of RAP, the cemetery board, planning board, committee of adjustment, etc. Mayor Delbridge spoke only briefly and , thanked the representatives Aar their efforts on behalf of the community. • "You've done a terrific job," he commented and concluded, by urging them to "keep up the good work.". Councillor Bruce Shaw was in charge of the event. Doctor: "I'm sorry to tell you, but your wife's mind is com- pletely gone." Husband: "Well, I'm not surprised. She's been giving it to me a piece at a time for twenty years." DaMages $600 in town crash The only accident investigated this week by officers of the Exeter police department oc- curred early Saturday morning; , .Involved collisioiV on Gidley streef 'were vehicles driven ,by Ronald Pickering, RR 3, Parkhill and Brad Oke of Zurich. Constable Alex Balazs in- vestigated and set damages at $600. LI IF nieces and nephews., The body rested at the Bon- thron Funeral Chapel in Hensall until February 5, when a private funeral service was held with Rev, Don Beck officiating. Interment in Bairds Cemetery, Brucefield, Pallbearers were Bill Bell, Ron Bell, Bob Bell and Max Zuefle. 'COLOUR F of A resents board decision "The Ontario Federation of Agriculture resents the Environmental Hearing Board ignoring the wishes of local people by supporting CP Rail's application to dump Metro Toronto garbage in Hope township," says OFA executive director Bruce Taylor. Taylor is an Enniskillen livestock farmer. The Environmental Hearing Board's go-ahead recom- mendation was presented to the, Ministry of Environment for -approval yesterday. "We surge Hope township residents ,ap- peal directly to the provincial cabinet immediately," says Taylor. "Metro does have a, garbage problem, but the problem must be solved by those who create the garbage, not the residents of other municipalities." He adds that Toronto must develop re-cycling facilities immediately to process their own garbage, "Providing additional dumping sites discourages ef- forts to develop these alternative methods." k. SHOW PLAN FOR GODERICH Memberst of the Exeter Board of Trade were shown a plan for downtown restoration and beautification in Goderich at their annual meeting Saturday night. Above, Exeter, reeve Derry Boyle and Harold Gunn, a Board of Trade past president look at the plan displayed by Jim Schaefer of Goderich and Bob Swartman, a Goderich and Exeter businessman, T-A photo Okay bid on Parkhill job, new area school 10 ,a MMMMMOMME Mom, Dad or all the Kiddies may be photographed as a group —FREE "trIr* ***.4).4*)!‘ 4‘)!4•AA)...di**i-r .),-r* room with stage, other storage space and several small service rooms. Possible overcrowding at W.G. MacDonald School for the Trainable Retarded in Strathroy within the next two years prompted the beard to move its plan ahead for accommodating the school with a building project at Adelaide Public School in 1975. The W,G, MacDonald School now has sixteen pupils in rented quarters at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. In other business, the board decided to retain the Crumlin Public School building, closed in June 1973, and to use it for supply storage and as a book depository, PARENTS: We've arranged to have a nationally recognized r.r,...fes. .nil photographer at our store on the dates shown below. You can have each member of the ta'rnily photographed in several poses, and pick any one of them for your free portrait. We only ask that all children be accompanied by a parent, DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY to get a living colour portrait you wilt treasure always. Several poses are taken and low cost additional portraits are available for those who wish them o- Ifs our way of saying "Thank You" to our many regular customers, and "Welcome" to everyone else. Incidentally, we believe these photographs are really something special, They're beautifully posed portraits - not snapshots. And don't forget they'll be in //wog colour, so dress the children in bright colours. ANNE SIMPSON Miss Anne L. Simpson,; 46, passed away iii South Huron Hospital, Exeter, January 31, 1974. She was the daughter of Mrs. Luella Simpson and the late James Simpson. She is also survived by a sister Mrs, Kenneth (Ruby) Simpson of London, and two brothers, Robert of Exeter, and Fleming of Usborne township. The funeral was held at the Hopper Hockey Funeral Home, February 2, 'with Rev, Barry Robinson officiating, The pallbearers were Stan Zachar, John Hodgins, Larry Baynham, Bob Baynham, Jim Fairbairn and Lorne- Haugh, Unicin collection contract. Three collections of com- mercial garbage each week' will take place during the summer months only. JESSIE MARGARET SPEIR Jessie Margaret Speir (former Collins) of RR 1, Varna, passed away at, Varna February 3, 1974 in her 76th year. She is survived by one son Robert W. of RR 1, Varna; one brother Earl Collins Of Clinton and one sister Mrs. Charles Pilgrim of Varna. Four grand- children and three great grand- children also survive, The funeral was at the eon- thron Funeral Chapel Wednesday witt'f interment in Bairds Cemetery, Brucefield. approve Middlesex County Board of Education this week ratified acceptance of the low bid from Genan Construction Limited of Waterloo for the addition and alterations to North Middlesex District High School at Parkhill. The company's bid was $1,247,151, more than $23,000 under the next lowest bid, It is expected that the project will be completed in December 1974. The board also approved a revised construction brief on Parkhill-West Williams elementary school. The plan calls for construction of a new 18-room school to replace the present Parkhill Memorial School which the Ministry of Education has declared unsuitable for renovations and alterations. • The new school, which the board wishes to have ready for occupancy in September 1975, Businessmen — Continued from Page 1 explained, adding that no one appeared interested in moving in with the coming of a plaza. In continuing the discussion, Swartman told the Exeter meeting that the growth rate of Huron is only one percent and therefore it was evident that the plaza would have to take business away from other stores in order to survive. Ile again emphasized the fact that the Goderich merchants were of the opinion that the proper development in the right place would benefit everyone. The clothing merchant went on to explain that the merchants have embarked on a project to improve the appearance of the downtown area by painting up the store fronts in a unified program, He said eventually the mer- chants may consider canopies over the stores ,to cover the sidewalks. "We hope to make it one of the most interesting towns in Canada," he concluded. In a question and answer period that followed, Swartman suggested many shoppers were reverting to small towns because they were looking for personal service, Both he and Schaefer explained statistics for each community are different and Exeter would have to undertake a survey to deter- mine their own market facts. would include ' six standard classrooms, two special education rooms, a kindergarten, art room, science room, library- resource centre, general purpose GB council - Continued from Page 1 approval was needed to transfer the tease. Thedford lawyer Philip Walden asked the village to support his request to have the Huron County plan changed as far as adjoining property in Stephen township is concerned. .Walden who is planning a subdivision wishes to have the zoning changed from rural to residential. Tentative approval was given. Mrs, Ethel MacDonald of MacDonald's Sanitation Service attended the council meeting ,to discuss the change in the garbage 101 Main St. — Lotan g-44214-7`11-4444 )* 3;t ";t .vt'W;t 3( LJ 7rt ';( 1;1JK A gift to you from Saturday, Feb. 9 10 to 6 p.m. Darling's Huron Park Monday-Tuesday Feb. 11 & 72 10 to 6 p.m. Darling's la Exeter Wednesday, Feb. 13 10 to 6 p.m. Darling's am Loam GEORGE WILSON • A life long resident of the Base Line of Blanshard Township, George Edward Wilson passed away suddenly at Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, January 23, in his 64th year. Mr. Wilson was the youngest son of the late Benjamin Wilson and the former Annie Hackney. He resided 'on the ancestral Wilson homestead all his life. In 1941 he married the former Ann McLean who survives him. He was a member of Woodham United' Church, former member of the church session and circuit treasurer for many years. He was also a past master of Granton Masonic Lodge, 483 and a Masonic Service was held Sunday. Surviving besides his wife are three brothers, Charles and Gordon of Blanshard and John of Toronto Funeral services were held January 28 from the Lindsay Funeral Home, St. Marys with the Rev. Grant Dawson, Woodham United Church in, charge. Pallbearers were Carman Rinn, Carl Mills, Calvin Wigood, Grant McLean, Arnold McLean and Ronald McLean. Burial in Kirkton Cemetery. MRS. JESSIE WILLIS Mrs, Jessie (Carrick) Willis, wife of the late Ralph H . Willis of Exetei', died January 31, 1974 at Huroriview in her gOth year, She was the sister of Mrs. William (Ethel) Fischer of Dash- wood and Mrs. Joseph (Edith) Green of Windsor. The funeral service was held at the RC. Dinney Funeral Home, February 2, with Rev. Harold Snell officiating. Interment was in Exeter Cemetery. The pallbearers were John Ridley, Chester Dunn, Norman Fischer, Gerald Lawson, Nor- man Bierling and Leslie Harris. • George Eizenga INCOME TAX-ACCOUNTING FARM & BUSINESS 121e485l MEASURING A BUBBLE µ-One of the t000hest jobs of any offitial at Saturday't winter carnival at South Huron bioritt High 86661 was inkistiriti6 bubbles, Above, Dennis Doidge 6tiehipts to measure a bubble blown by Janet Gielen. T,A photo ELLEN BUCHANAN At Hutonview, Clinton, February 2, 1674 Ellen Margaret Buchanan formerly of St. Thomas and Hensall passed away in her 82nd y'ear, • She 18 survived by several JACK McINTOSH The funeral of the late Jack Ross McIntosh was held from the Murdy Funeral Home February 6 with Rev, F. twart Madden of Lucan United Church officiating. Mr. McIntosha lOng time resident of the village was the son of the late Hector and May McIntosh and brother of James of London. Ile was in his 67th year. Temporary entombment was in St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye With burial Ihter in Union Cemetery, kintOre, •