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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-10-13, Page 1FORESTRY LESSON — Gaining knowledge of trees was on the agenda of Stephen Central School students attending Camp Sylvan last week. from the left are Sarah McClure, Stanley Warden, Patti Cleave, teacher Fred Negrilyn and Steve Riddell. T-A photo Planner talks about annexation Predict busy time in Hensall BRIDGE RESTORED — One of the bridges in Exeter's Riverview Park which was washed out by last spring's heavy rains has been replaced. Originally built by the Kinsmen club if has been restored by members of the club. Shown from the left putting it back in place are Dennis Hockey, Bob Reynolds, Bill Hirtzel and Eric Finkbeiner. 1.A photo .exeferZnies-3-0vocale One Hundred and Fifth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 13, 1977 Price Per Copy 25 Cents HEAD ARTHRITIS CAMPAIGN — Students of Centralia College of Agricultural Technology will again be conducting the area canvass for the Canadian Arthritis Association. Back, left, CCAT Director of Student Af- fairs Don Orth, Brian Lobb and Mrs. Betty Janke, area co-ordinator. Front, Susan Beamish, campaign chair- man Vern Thomson and Rose Johnstone. T-A photo Separate school expenses `on target' with '77 budget uron towns near police system agreement Exeter council will probably be asked to make a decision regarding the 'county-wide police communication system at their next meeting, and if they share the opinion of most of their cohorts in Huron, they'll probably give it the green light. The subject of the system was discussed at a county meeting in Goderich on Wednesday, and representatives who attended from Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter, Huron County planning officer Roman Duz told Hensall's council Tuesday night that the village should plan to encourage growth of population and industry, "I think 1978 will be a very busy year and a lot of things will take place in Hensall",, he said."We are6 doing what we Can to 'make things happen. After that it's up to the private sector," He described the village as a major industrial area for the county. If annexation talks between the village, Tuckersmith and Hay Townships prove fruitful, Hensall should submit an application for annexation of additional lands to the Ontario Municipal Board. Hensall might then be in line for "a major development". Hensall's industrial develop- ment would logically be to the north, he said, while expansion of residential areas would be to the south in the vicinity of the school. Development of residences east of the village would mean children would have to cross busy highway four. Also, that area was still unserviced. Growth to the west would be more costly, because of the necessity of pumping water and sewage up hill. Six people were injured in the eight accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. A Woodham area man, Bill Rundle, sustained undetermined head injuries in a tractor-car accident near the hamlet around 9:30 a.m., Wednesday. Rundle was driving a tractor which was in collision with a car operated by Richard Watkins, Hale St., London, OPP Constable Bob Whiteford said the investigation into the cause of the accident was not concluded at press time. He listed total damage in the collision at $7,500 as both vehicles were extensively damaged. Both drivers were taken to Stratford hospital, Watkins suffering only minor injurieS. The accident occurred on High- way 23 just north of Woodham. Ir 1 Washburn, London, sustained a broken leg when his car was involved in a collision at the intersection of Highways 21 and 83 last Tuesday. The driver of the other vehicle was Dennis Jordan, Ilderton, OPP Constable Bill Lewis investigated and set total damage at $9,000 as both vehicles were almost totally demolished, Two area women sustained Minor injuries when their Vehicles collided at the junction of Highway 83 and County Road 2 on Saturday. Involved were Nola Taylor, RR 1 'Grand Bend, and Josephine Dietrich, RR 3 Dashwood. Damage to their vehicles was set Wingham andGoderich appeared to favor the system, In fact, there were indications that theonly question left to an- swer was choosing the location for the central dispatch. That promises to result in a political battle between Goderich and Clinton. Councillor Ted Wright, who joined Exeter Police Chief Ted Day, Constables Jim Barnes, Kevin Short and councillors Steve Pfaff and Harold Patterson at Mr. Duz commented that Gerry and Allen Reid, who proposed a subdivision south of the village, would probably soon he ap- plying to rezone their property from agricultural to residential. He expressed the opinion that Urge caution in eating fish Ministry of natural resources personnel at Wingham have cautioned area fishermen about eating some of the large Chinook salmon being taken from the Ausable River. They explain that the larger fish in particular have a 'high level of PCBs. The ministry also note that it is illegal to take the fish by spearing, netting or three- hooking. Several reports of this type of illegal fishing have been received. The banks along the Ausable in the Exeter area have been crowded for the past week as fishermen try their luck with the fish. Some catches up to 22 pounds have been reported, at $2,000 by Constable Jim Rogers. The other injury, also of a Minor nature, was reported on Sunday when a vehicle driven by Ursula Regier, RR 3 Zurich, struck a mailbox on County Road 2 north of Highway 84. Damage was listed at $1,030 in the incident by Constable Frank Giffin. Mrs. Regier was alone in her vehicle at the time of the collision, On Wednesday, at the junction of Highways 4 and 84 in Hensall, vehicles, driven by Maurice Desjardine, Huron Park, and Elaine Gould, Exeter, were in- volved in a collision. Damage was listed at $250 by Constable Larry Christiaen. There was one accident on Thursday, it occurring on High- way 84 in Hensall. A vehicle driven by Florence Slade was in collision with another vehicle which left the scene, Damage to the Slade vehicle was set at $260 by Constable Wally Tomasik. Two accidents were in- vestigated on Friday, the first involving a vehicle owned by James Rotteau, RR 2 Kippen. It had apparently been rammed into a tree by an unknown driver after being parked by the owner at Centralia Farmers' Supply parking lot, Damage was estimated at $300 by Constable Bob Whiteford. The other Friday an accident Occurred near the intersection of County Road 21 and the Crediton Read and involved vehicles the meeting, suggested the central dispatch system was "a good"step in the right direction", He said it was something that the Heron municipalities probably faced somewhere down the road anyway, and in view of the government grants now being offered it appeared wise to take advantage of them now because there was no guarantee they would be available in the future. The cost of the communications centralization would be shared by Hensall's sanitary sewer capacity would be more than adequate for this expansion, In fact, he thought it would support a population of 1,800 - almost twice the present population of 955. Mr Duz also referred to Gerrie Glenn's proposed apartment complex between King and Queen Streets in the centre of town. He recommended that the village draw up' a development agreement. It would probably specify requirements for parking spaces, The Glenn proposal might be eligible for a municipal incentive grant of $1,000 per unit from Central Mortgage and Housing. Such grants are offered to stimulate the opening of areas for residential use. Mr. Glenn's plan would have to meet certain density requirements in order to qualify. Bendix Home Systems Limited might be invited to set up a model modular home subdivision in Hensall, Mr. Duz suggested, If council favoured the idea, it should make the proposal very soon. If Hensall's final official plan did not specifically permit Please turn to page 3 operated by Ralph Weber, RR 3 Dashwood, and Bruce Sch- weertman, Huron Park. The latter ran into the rear of the the five municipalities. Initial costs of about $70,000 for establishing the system, in- cluding new radios, monitors and radio towers, would cost the larger municipalities of Goderich, Exeter and Wingham up to $14,700 each, while Clinton and Seaforth would pay $12,950 each. Provincial grants would cover about 75 percent of each municipality's share. The change would mean hiring five additional staff and it was estimated it would cost $4,135 or $827 per municipality, per month to operate the system, That cost is comparable to what Exeter now pays for the service provided by Lorna Dale of the Exeter Answering Service. A common communication Construction of the new headquarters of the Big 0 Tile Company on Highway 83, just east of Highway 4 in Exeter has been slowed considerably. Vice-president of marketing for Big 0, Doug Riddell told the T-A Wednesday afternoon, "the weather has put us at least three weeks behind schedule." Riddell continued, "All the footings are now in and we hope to set the steel for the warehouse and service portion of the building next Monday. The new building located on the north side of Highway 83, op- posite Kongskilde will be 100 feet by 150 feet. Of this 9,000 square feet will be devoted to warehouse and service and 6,000 feet will contain office space. The Exeter building when completed will be headquarters for all of the Big 0 operations in Canada and their two sub- sidiaries Laserplane of Canada and Kraft Machinery. Plastic farm drainage pipe will be manufactured at the Hensall and Comber plants in Ontario, at Taber, Alberta and one location in Quebec. Big 0 owns and operates the largest Canadian clay tile Biddulph okays building permits At the regular October meeting, Biddulph township council let the contracts for the repair of two municipal drains. Neil Drainage was awarded the work on the Mitchell drain and the Van Geel drain contract was let to Birnam Excavating. The following building permit applications were approved: Harvey Poole, Lot 24, SB, a house; John Dewan, Lot 28, Con, 8, a silo; Don Beatson, Lot 25, Con. 11, a barn and Wilson Hodgins, Lot 32, Con. 2, a barn addition. Weber pickup at the intersection and damage was listed at $250 by Constable Dale Lamont, During the week, the local system would "end the hodge- podge", Jim Fraser, police communications expert with the Waterloo Regional Police, told the meeting. He suggested Goderich would be the best location for the system's headquarters. While Clinton is more central, he said, Goderich has a larger police and office staff and to centre the system in Clinton would mean enlarging the present police offices there, Exeter Police Chief Ted Day said he felt that Goderich was the best choice, using the same argument as that presented by Fraser, Chief Day explained that the system would operate similar to the existing setup in Exeter. The officer on duty would be advised manufacturing plant at Dresden. Two locations at Grand Bend will contain the company's warehouse and service depart- ments. Big 0 and the two subsidiary companies manufacture plastic corrugated and clay drain tile along with electronic graded control systems and the Krac Churee installation plow. Riddell said the new plant in Exeter would employee about 25 persons initially with some of these being present employees to be relocated. One bike stolen, two recovered One bicycle was stolen in Exeter this week and two others have been recovered by the Exeter police department. A men's blue bicycle owned by Donald Perry, 196 Huron Street East was taken from South Huron District High School, Friday. it carries Exeter licence number 358. The two bikes now at the police office are a men's five speed Sears ,and a gold coloured 10 speed super cycle. The bicycles may be claimed by proving ownership. During the week two accidents were investigated. Wednesday, Albert McCoy, London was treated at South Huron Hospital for cuts and bruises following an accident on Main Street, near Alexander. He was later tran- sferred to a London Hospital. McCoy's vehicle was in collision with one driven by Harold Rowe, 230 Willian Street, Exeter. Constable George Robertson set damages at $3,000. Vehicles driven by Raymond Baker, Brucefield and John Smith, 213 Pryde Boulevard, Exeter collided Friday on Main Street, south of Sanders, Con- stable Robertson listed damages at $190. detachment officers laid 19 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and two under the Liquor Licence Att. of calls and could answer them immediately. In addition, he said that all emergency calls would be recorded at the central dispatch and would be available if needed to verify a complaint about poor service from the officers on duty. Another advantage he cited was the fact the officers would have constant use of the Canadian Police Information Service. (C.P.I.C.) This is a computerized service supplying police with information on suspects within seconds. At the present time, a long distance telephone call is required by the local police to reach the London or Goderich OPP who operate the service for this area. If the communications system Expenditures by the Huron- Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board amounting to $4,300,000 are "on target for 1977" according to a report given by Jack Lane, Superintendent of Business and Finance, at a meeting in Dublin Tuesday night. The board passed a borrowing by-law for $350,000 for the balance of the calendar year, 1977. The art curriculum committee presented to the trustees a detailed report on the teaching of art in the separate schools in Huron and Perth. Sister Audrey Dumochelle of Stratford, chairman, reported through their art, children communicate their attitudes and feelings towards themselves and their en- vironment. She said the main objective of art education today is to assist in the intellectual, emotional and social growth of the learner according to his needs and capabilities. Assisting Sister Audrey in the presentation were Celeste McCreight and Margaret Rowland both of Dublin; Ralph Weishar, LuAnn McQuillan, Margaret Bossence and Mary Bannon all of Stratford, The board will inform the Huron County Board of Education it is not interested in the North Ashfield School which was recently closed by the Huron Board, Trustees Joh: O'Drowsky, St, Marys and Greg Fleming Crediton reported on the annual convention of the Catholic Parent Teacher Association which they attended in Sudbury September 30, October 1 and 2, They said they found the meeting worth attending. However, Mr. Fleming said he was disap- pointed to find most of the delegates at the convention were not young' parents of school age children but grandmothers. Elizabeth Clark, Exeter an itinerant F,,rench teacher will teach French 40 per cent of her time and spend the remainder in the area of social and en- vironmental studies to identify and develop resources and program materials, The Board passed a by-law that the school operations will be administered by an executive is approved by council, it would probably be put into operation by about June of 1978. Once such a facility is begun, Fraser suggested it may be advantageous to consider assuming the responsibilities of dispatch for the county fire departments and possibly the ambulance services. "It must be stated that one day, such a system will have to be effected, if not for all forces in the county, definitely for the larger," Fraser commented in his report. "To decline until another time may see the loss of assistance grants with a change of govern- ment, and will most certainly see an increase in costs," he added. He concluded his report by saying "it is vitally important that the citizens' needs be con- council composed of: Director of Education (William Eckert); Superintendent of Education (Joseph Mills) and Superin- tendent of Business and Finance (Jack Lane). The board renewed its in- surance policies with Leeson- Killer Insurance from October 26, 1977 to October 26, 1978 for a net renewal premium of $24,150.00. The board approved the con- tinued use of the St. Patrick's Dublin school facilities by the Dublin and District community council and that subject to receiving the renewed com- munity school development grant of $10,000 the board con- tinue to assist in the funding of the project in an amount equal to the costs of providing heat and hydro and the use of other school resources at a cost of ap- proximately $500. The first community school grant for $10,000 was received for 1977 and a request for another $10,000 has been made for 1978, The Board recommended that Giustino Tomasulo be nominated as a candidate for assignment for Wayne Horner, Hay Township clerk and lifetime resident of the Zurich area, is moving to St. Paul, Alberta, early next month, He will be clerk-administrator of the community, which is about 135 miles northeast of Edmonton. "I always wanted to go out to Alberta", he said. "It was time for a change." He plans to leave here by car with his wife and two children, and possibly the family cat, about November 3. They will rent a house for a month, Wayne is going to buy a farm on which to keep the 25 horned Herefords he is shipping west, though he intends to continue living in town. Grain and beef cattle are the agricultural specialties of the area, St. Paul has a population of 4,500, A surprising number are from Ontario. In the county health unit alone, five of 11 sidered above all, and as was demonstrated over a 28-day period, the police are called upon over 600 times a month in the county for emergency services, and this is the major con- sideration when adjudicating police needs for a common radio and dispatch system", It was noted that under the central dispatch system, the public would not be in danger of having a true emergency call stacked behind non-important calls, as can happen in any of the police setups in existence today. There was also a hint that the county system would provide the strength in numbers to request a C,P.I,C, terminal for use by the county forces rather than have to request information from the OPP, a loan of service to teach in Department of National Defence dependents' schools for a two- year tour of duty overseas. He Please turn to page 3 WAYNE HORNER employees came from this province, Wayne said. He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Harold Horner of RR 2, Zurich. His wife is the former Helen Grainger. They have two children, Shelley, 11, and Cameron, 7. Wayne attended SS 12 public school in Hay Township. In 1960 he graduated from South Huron District High School in Exeter, The same year, in October, he became a clerk in Zurich's Bank of Montreal. From December 1961 to November 1963 he was in its Grand Bend branch, He then worked for a year at the Highgate branch, near Ridgetown, In December 1964 he was employed by the Hay Municipal Telephone System. He sub- sequently became municipal clerk. He is a member Of the Association of Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario, Rain slows work on Big '0' building Woodham man suffers head injury Londoner breaks leg Six injured in area collisions Hay township clerk accepts western job