Times-Advocate, 1980-11-19, Page 1MONCUR WINNERS — Deborah Webster and Lorrie Mothers are the latest winners of the
Moncur Scholarship 0s the top grade 13 stVaents at South Huron District High School.
Above, they are being congratulated by Huron Director of Education, John Cochrane.
Town progressed despite-Boyle
Officials have final say
an c
to a vote, council split on the
issue with: Mayor Derry
Boyle casting the deciding.
vote, in favour of 41)454,1% the float buck" to the new
council.
A SPECIAL AWARD AT Tuesday's Remembrance Day banquet of the Exeter Legion, first
World War veteran Reg Knight received a 50 year medal. Making the presentation at the
right is Ted Pooley. T.A photo
READY TO START — President Marion Dearing and con-
vener Marion Do ugall are ready to ring the bell to start Satur-
day's Exeter UCW bazaar. T-A photo
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A GHOST WAS HERE Actor Charles Hayter appeared as the Ghost of Robert Service at Stephen Central School, Friday,
He told the students that ghosts don't photograph. Judge for yourselves. T-A photo
teachers a 5 per cent in-
crease from September 1 to
December 31, 1980 and an
additional 1 per cent to the
period ending August 31,
1981. The offer amounts to
an annual increase of 5.1 per
cent,
The teachers, however,
are seeking an increase of 15
per cent in the one-year
agreement.
Stockton admitted that the
teachers had some catching
up to do in relation to
salaries paid by similar and
neighbouring boards but
suggested it should not be
done at once. His
recommendation was a corn-
promisal increase of 10.5 per
cent.
That increase was
recommended in a split grid,
Two drivers hurt
in Usborne crash
Stephen Finkbeiner, RR 2
Credi ton, went off con-
cession 8-9 south of sideroad
15 in Stephen Township,
Friday, and struck a
mailbox.
Constable Don Mason
investigated and set total
damage at $1,040.
The other two accidents
occurred on Sunday, the first
involving a vehicle driven by
David Shaw, Exeter, which
struck two mailboxes on
Usborne sideroad 15-16 west
of concession 4-5 of Usborne.
Damage was estimated at
$460 by Constable Jack
Straughan.
The other crash was also a
single vehicle accident in-
volving Martin Van-Raay,
RR 3 Dashwood. His vehicle
struck a fence on County
Road 21 at the junction of
concession 2-3 of Stephen.
Constable Frank Giffin
investigated and listed
damage at $1,200.
It was a time for
remembering both the good
and bad experiences of years
gone by as six members of
the town's current council
took part in the final council
meeting of the current
session, Monday.
Leading off the period of
kind comments was veteran
Stephen okays
cemetery lot
Stephen township will be
entering into an agreement
With the village of Grand
Bend and the township of
Bosanquet for the establish-
ment of a cemetery to serve
the three municipalities.
Clerk Wilmar Wein said
this week that council has
agreed to the purchase of a
site and the three councils
will be meeting in the near
future to form a committee
and iron out the necessary
details.
Wein said he could not dis-
close the location of the
proposed site until the
purchase was completed.
Council has instructed
drainage inspector Ken
Pickering to repair a portion
of the Heist municipal drain
at Lots 9 and 10, Concession
4.
In a review of township in-
surance coverage, township
liability and, insurance on
non-owned auto and auto in-
surance had been increased
from two to three million
dollars. An errors and
omissions policy has been
added to the regular in-
surance package.
Support was given to a
resolution from the regional
'municipality of Peel asking
for better control of off-road
motor vehicles. This would
include snowmobiles and
motorcycles.
A grant of $41 was made to
the Ontario Humane Society
to support the small animal
fertilization control
program.
In support of the Stephen
Optimist club this week has
been designated as Youth
Appreciation Week.
The new council for the
township for the 1981-82
term will be installed on
Tuesday, December 2 at 10
a.m.
councillor Ted Wright who
said the last meeting was a
time of relief and a time of
sorrow.
He paid tribute to the staff
and members of council who
he has worked with over the
years and made special
mention of the late Helen
Jermyn,
Thanking both the people
who have critisized and
supported him during his
time in office and the press,
the popular councillor said
he hopes he has left Exeter a
better place to live.
On changes and future
problems which the new
council may face, Wright
mentioned the capacity of
the town's sewage disposal
system and the problem of
solid waste removal.
Because of the spiraling
interest rates in combination
with matters that could be of
great expense to the com-
munity he said Exeter would
have to carefully examine
any further issuing of
debentures.
Wright urged the new
council to take an interest in
world affairs as one of the
ways of effecting change was
from the grass roots level,
Retiring mayor Derry
Boyle called his tour as
mayor. for the last two years
an "ego trip" and that his
Race was
not as close
The race for the one
trustee position in the police
village of Dashwood in the
November 10 election was
not as indicated in last
week's issue.
Nancy Rader defeated
Robert Boogemans by 132 to
83 votes not 57 to 56 as
reported originally.
Last' week's report was for
only the Stephen portion of
Dashwood and Mrs. Rader
was a handy winner when
the Hay township results
were tabulated.
Clerk Wilmar Wein reports
that only 29 percent of the
3,325 eligible voters cast their
ballots in the township
election.
Wein added, "If you take
off the non-resident voters,
the percentage rises only to
33,
ego had been satisfied by
both his performance and
that of council's.
Boyle echoed Wright's
comments about past and
previous councils and the
town's staff and called the
last meeting of council "the
most memorable day in my
life."
"The mayor is only as
good as the eight guys out
there (council)" Boyle
stated and added in self-
depreciating form "The
town has progressed
remarkably well despite
me."
Listing items he had been
proud to be associated with
over the years. he noted the
improvement in facilities for
the town such as the
municipal office, the works
department building, the fire
,hall and the police offices,
Returning councillor Jay
Campbell said he was
disappointed in the results of
the election but that
Remembrance Day made
him appreciate the op-
portunity to present views
and was a matter which
many thousands gave their
lives for.
It was an honour to sit on
council and he looked for-
ward to the next two years,
Campbell said.
Mayorality candidate Don
Cameron said his election
campaign brought forth a
number of issues which
could be 'dealt with by' a
future council.
According to Cameron,
persons residing north of the
bridge, especially those
families with young
children, were feeling
isolated from the core due to
lact of pedestrian access.
He said, a traffic pattern
study could be in orderand
residential growth in the
north portion of the town
should be encouraged.
Irregardless of where the
dollars came from Cameron
said there were many people
who were not enthused about
theparkettes which havebeen
developed in the downtown.
There were also problems
in areas such as dog control
and bylaw enforcement.
In addition to the need for
seniors accommodation
within the town, several
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As the result .of the:
decision handed down by the
Ontario Municipal Board
changes to ,ceter's official
plan received first and
second readings at Exeter
council Monday.
Most of the changes
concern the shopping, plaza
owned by Hawleaf
Developments located at, the
intersection of Highways 4
and 83.
Earlier this fall the OMB
handed down a. ruling which
while favouring the' towns'
position in the zoning of the
area, suggested OM
modifications were
necessary.
Council withheld third and
final reading on the changes
until the documents had been
examined by the town's
solicitor on the matter, Mike
Mitchell of Stratford.
At a recent meeting of the
planning head of the Huron
County planning department
-Gary Davidson suggested
changes to the official plan.
Clarified in the amending
bylaw was the definition of a
shopping centre and the spot
Due to a vast increase in
the incidence of rabies in
Huron County, a series of
anti-rabies vaccination
clines will be held
throughout the county.
Dr. W.J. Thompson, of the
Canada Department of
Agriculture in Seaforth,
reported this week that 69
cases of rabies in animals
have been confirmed to date
this year.
By comparison, there
A ghost was in the area
during the past week.
No, it was not a leftover
from Halloween, but, the
ghost of Robert Service, a
legend of the YUkon and
Canada's northwest.
Canadian actor Charles
Hayter portrayed Robert
Service at the high schools in
Exeter and Seaforth and
Stephen Central School. He
also appeared as a guest at
the Thursday night meeting
of the Exeter Lions club.
Hayter keeps the memory
of British born poet Robert
Service alive touring across
Canada at least twice a year
entertaining mainly school
students.
The ghost delivered a
number of Service's most
popular verses. These in-
cluded "Beasie's
"The shooting of Dan
McGrew", "The Cremation
WRIGHT GETS
After almost 29 years on
Exeter council Ted Wright
finally had his revenge at the
last meeting of the present
council MotidaV.
At the close of the meeting
Wright asked Mayor Derry
Boyle if he could have a few
minutes of council's, time
prior to the approval of the
motion to adjourn,
Standing, Wright looked in
the direction of T-A reporter
Tom Creech who was
were only seven confirmed
cases throughout 1979.
A list of the clinic times
and places is included in this
issue.
"We strongly urge all
owners of dogs and cats to
take advantage of these free
clinics," Dr. Thompson
noted. They are sponsored
jointly by the Canada
Department of Agriculture
and the Huron County Health
Unit.
of Sam McGee" and "The
Pines".
When the T- A
photographer arrived at
Stephen Central, Hayter told
his audience, "It's perfectly
alright for him to take pic-
tures, but, everybody knows
you can't photograph a
ghost. But, it's his film
that's wasted."
An accompanying picture
has the answer to whether a
ghost can be photographed
or not.
During the summer of
1978, Hayter •got a closer in-
sight into his Subject when
he recited daily in the gar-
den of Robert Service's
cabin in Dawson City.
Before his performance
Hayter said, "I feel Sort of
close to Service. After all I
was born close to where he
was in Liverpool. I also mov-
ed to Scotland at an early
age and then erntnigrated to
Canada."
hardware store, con-
venienee store, a hair
dresser or barber, a .laun,,
.dromat, gas bar, large
hardware store or ,free
standing restaurant,
Dennis Hockey and Ron
Cottrell will co-ordinate the
board's review of possible
uses for the plaza and con-
sider the future action to. be.
taken. They will present a
preliminary report at the
December meeting of the
REVENGE WU
covering the meeting due to
about of the flu possessed by
editor Bill Batten. "This
is something I've wanted to
do for a long time," Wright
said as he fired several
rollert.up pieces of paper in
the direction of Creech with
the other councillors soon
following suit.
"Recovering" from the
attack Creech told council "I
now know the real reason
why the editor is not present
tonight."
in county
Of the confirmed cases in
Huron so far this year, 30
were in foxes and 26 in cat-
tle. There were eight
skunks, two porcupines and
one each of a dog, cat and
goat.
Dr. Thompson noted that
the dramatic increase of
rabies in animals increases
the number of human ex-
posures with dogs and cats
being the most common
source of serious human con-
tact.
Rabies is a virus disease
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planning board.
In other planning. matters
council, ave their blessing, to
a rezoning of land along.
Thames Road West, west of
the railway tracks which will
permit the relocation of
Hamilton's Machine Shop
from its present location on
Nelson Street;
An official plan amend-
ment to Jon-Amy Enter-
prises was granted which
will permit the construction
of a small, light industry
plant on property located to
the west of the Of413. tracks
off of Wellington Street.
In the final bylaw passing
of the evening council ap,
proved the calling deben-
tures to the tune of $143,000
for work to be undertaken by
the Exeter PUG
Whether or not council has
a float in the town's
Christmas parade scheduled
for December 13 may be up
to the council which had its
last meeting Monday,
Councillor Lossy Fuller
said council should make
some plans for the float,
When the matter was put
A factfinder's report into
the negotiations between the
Huron County Secondary
School Teachers' and the
Hoard of Education is
suggesting the groups ap-
proach a compromise in
their monetary dispute.
Factfinder Malcolm
Stockton was appointed to
report on the items in the
collective agreement on
September 18 and his fin-
dings were released recent-
ly.
• The teachers and the
board were scheduled to
resume negotiations today.
The two key issues in the
dispute between the board
and teachers centres on the
salary grid and the staff
allocation formula.
The board has offered the
Two drivers were taken to
hospital for treatment of
lacerations following a two-
vehicle collision in Usborne
Township, Saturday.
Drivers involved were
Marie-Anne Archibal, RR 1,
Woodham, and Ivan Brock,
Woodham. They collided at
the junction of concession 10-
11 and sideroad 15-16 and
damage was listed at $8,500
by Constable Bob Whiteford.
The two were treated at
South Huron Hospital.
It was one of five accidents
investigated by the Exeter
OPP this week and the only
one in which injuries
resulted,
On Thursday, a parked
vehicle owned by Timothy
Welch, RR 3 Mitchell, was
struck by an unknown
vehicle at the parking lot at
Huron Hall, Huron Park.
Damage was listed at $500
by Constable Ed Wilcox.
A vehicle driven by
loP
g anles
ter in the meeting
puller received some SUP-
pert from a couple of the
retiring council members
who said they would help
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the second component of
which would give an in-
crease of 10.5 per cent. On
an annual contract, he
recommended an increase of
about 8.5 per cent, which
would also be applied to
principals and vice-
principals.
Another high priority de-
mand of the teachers was a
provision that an individual
teach no 'more than six
periods out of eight. The
teachers want that to be
made a mandatory position
rather than the board's Wor-
ding "making every
reasonable effort."
The hoard has argued that
if such an agreement were
mandatory, the provision
would increase the number
of staff by five at a cost of
$70,000 or alternatively
eliminate some courses.
Stockton said that strict
adherence to the provision
would necessitate the hiring
of additional teachers and
was an unreasonable de-
mand. He said the nature of
the Huron County system
was such that some ir-
fringements of the
guidelines would be un-
avoidable.
The parties have agreed to
introduce a staffing formula
used last year and to move
away from the straight
pupil-teacher retie ap-
proach. Stockton said the
board should maintain some
control over the pupil-
teacher ration from year to
year.
Stockton was also concern-
ed' about the size of the
teacher's negotiating com-
mittee that included 16
members, He recommended
that the number be cut in
half to facilitate the holding
of meetings and to shorten
caucus time.
The initial proposal
presented by the teachers
was for a 25 per cent in-
crease over the contract
period 1979-80. That increase
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Spot zone two areas Rezone Thames Road. West Ian.
mina rove official
zoning of the school bus.
despatch yard at the opposite
corner and a residential in
the area.
In another matter related
to the OMB decision,
Davidson has met with the
shopping plaza developer to
come up with a suitable list
of uses for the vacant areas
in the plaza. Among the uses
which Davidson and . Gerry
Sprackraan of Hawleaf
discussed were a drug store,
Rabies on increase
Halloween is over
but, ghost appears
BEST IN 'HURON 4-H — Elaine Pym, RR 1, Centralia has won the Murray Cardiff
Citizenship trophy as the most outstanding 4-I-1 club member in Huron County. Above,
Elaine receives her trophy from Huron-Bruce MP Murray Cardiff. T-A photo
Secondary teachers
seek 15 percent