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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-01-30, Page 3 (2)Should hold mill rate Try for fire agreement 'Expect Dashwood deficit in '75 • Dashwood residents can expect a deficit of over $9,000 in the budget for 1975 it was learned at the ratepayers meeting in the community centre on Tuesday night. Dashwood trustees said the increase was mostly related to a road expenditure of $11,000 for the Ellen St. drain and to an in- crease in salaries. Doug Riddell, chairman of the trustees, said however, that there would be no increase in the mill rate to cover the deficit. The police village made a profit of over $3,000 last year and with a bank balance of $10,674, the year end balance was $13,043. The $9,000 -plus deficit will leave the village with a bank balance at the end of 1975 of $3,975. The road account for the village is up approximately $12,000 over 1974 with the new Ellen St. drain being the biggest expenditure. - George Tieman, trustee for the village said that the cost could exceed that figure since the estimates were done a year ago and cost of construction and materials has risen sharply over that period. He said that the village proposed to make only essential road, drain and sidewalk repairs in the next few years since the proposed water system would mean that all village roads would have to be dug up in the near future. Tieman said that a study on the proposed water system from Lake Huron was scheduled for, last December but that approval had not been obtained from the Ontario Government and this had caused a delay. The '75 budget for the fire department is up from 1974 figure of $3,394 to$4,810. Salaries for the firemen and equipment purchase constitute the majority of the increase. The village is continuing negotiations with Stephen and Hay townships for a firefighting agreement. The agreement with the townships ran out in December of 1973. Doug Riddell said that the village trustees are concerned because they feel they have a moral responsibility to provide protection to the village and to the farmers in the surrounding Only accident is hit and run • •The only accident investigated this week,by officers of , the Exeter police department was of the hit and run variety. Sometime Thursday afternoon a vehicle owned by Mrs. Gladys Bierling, RR 3. Exeter was struck by an unknown .vehicle while it was parked at the rear of the A&If Food Market, Main Street. Damage was listed at $350 and Constable George Robertson is continuing the investigation. • JESSIE (FOSTER) STELCK Jessie Foster ( Stelck. formerly of Varna passed away at the Kilbarchan Nursing Home. Seaforth .on Sunday January 26 in her 100th year. She was the wife of the late Charles Stelck and is survived by one niece and several nephews. The funeral service was held at the Bonthron Funeral Chapel. Ilensall on Tuesday January 28 with Rev A. Taylor officiating. Interment in Hayfield Cemetery. OLIVER DANIEL MOORE Oliver Daniel Moore passed away in Victoria Hospital on Sun- day. January 26 in his 59th year. He was husband of Frieda Riehl and father of Guy of Strat- ford. Dan of Dutton and Judy. Mrs. Wayne Clausius of London. He was the son of Mrs. Guy Moore. Stratford and brother of Mrs. Frank ( Margaret t Bowra of Goderich The funeral service was held at the Westlake Funeral Home. Zurich on Wednesday January 29 with Rev: A. C. Blackwell of- ficiating. Pallbearers at the funeral were Michael Doerr, Leroy Thiel, Vic Dinnin, Harvey Clausius, Albert Clausius and Michael Cregan. IRENE ELIZABETH (SPENCE) HAWKINS Irene Elizabeth (Spence) Hawkins, formerly of Woodham passed away at St. Marys Memorial Hospital on Monday. January 27. She was the wife of Harry Hawkins of St. Marys, formerly of Woodham and mother of Edwin of Woodstock, Allan of St. Marys, Glen of Blanshard Township and sister of David of St. Marys, Omand of Atwood and Malcolm of Blanshard Township. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren. The funeral service was held at the Lindsay Funeral Home, St. Marys on Wednesday. Interment was in St. Marys •Cemetery. townships. He said, however, that at present they have no legal responsibility to ,the farmers since no agreemnt has been reached. He said that until now the townships have paid only a portion of the operating costs and have not contributed to the purchase of equipment or repair. He said that the truck is being used more in the townships than in the village and the townships should be prepared to pay their share of the costs. At present the townships have paid $800 and $500 per year in addition to an hourly fee for the truck when there is a Local machinery firm gets expansion loan Ontario's Minister of Industry and Tourism announced Friday that Kongskilde Limited of Exeter was one of five Western Ontario companies to receive loans from the Ontario Development Corporation. Kongskilde will get a loan of $150,000 to be used in large ex- pansion program. The main addition which adds 37,500 square feet and a 2,100 square foot ad- dition to the present office May not donate to area charities Five charitable organizations may not receive their usual $25 donation from Exeter council this year. The annual requests were presented this week and Coun- cillor Barb Bell said it was something "I entirely disagree with." She said it was up to individuals to make contributions if they wished and councils and similar organizations should not be ex. petted to do so. "It's dipping into people's pockets without their consent," Councillor Tom MacMillan ad- ded, and several other members questioned if it was a practice council should follow. MacMillan also noted there were many other worthwhile charities residentsmay wish to support, but they. didn't receive funds because they never requested them. Reeve Derry Boyle noted that many of the charities also receive donations from county council. The entire matter was turned over to the social services committee for study and recommendation. The charities requesting funds were the Muscular Dystrophy Assoc.. Salvation Army, Mental Health -Assoc., War -Manorial Children's Hospital and St. Johh's Ambnlance. Closer look at rentals When Exeter's RAP committee set rates for rental of local facilities this year. they may look more closely at the type of programs being operated by groups making the rental arrangements. Some review of the policy was suggested after resources manager Alvin Willert explained that a local church had rented the ice recently and had then charged members of their group a $1.00 fee for participating in the skating program. About 250 people attended. and while RAP received $28 for ice rental. the church group made over $200 for their efforts. He suggested in future that rental rates be based on the number of. people involved in the activity. It was noted the S28 would fall far short of covering the cost involved in flooding the ice three times and cleaning up the arena after such a large group. Newby scores decisive win In Thursday's regular play in the Exeter and district rec hockey league Newby Tire scored a convincing 8-2 victory over Usborne township and Les Pines edged North Star by a close 7-5 count. The two winners, Les Pines and Newby will meet in the first game of to -night's doubleheader starting at 8 p.m. Usborne and North Stars meet in the finals at 9:30 p.m. Martin Overholt and Dan McIver each scored two goals to pace the Les Pines scoring attack while Paul Mason. Ray Funk and lan McCallum added single scores. Allan Knight's two goal per- formance was best for the North Stars. Getting one goal eat!) were Ron Harvey, Don Hart and Larry Brintnell. A double goal effort by Tom Watt was best for Newby Tire. Single scores were notched by Bob McDonald, Bob Jones, Dale Skinner. Gary Parsons. Paul Kerslake and Mark Hookey. The Usborne markers were fired by Dennis Passmore and Paul McQueen. facilities are expected to be completed in about two weeks. Kongskilde president John Burke said this week that cost of the expansion program had risen from a half million dollars to about $600,000. With the completed additions the Kongskilde operation will cover a total of 69,400 square feet. It is located on Highway 83 at the easterly edge of Exeter. Burke said the main reason for the expansion is the marketing success of a cultivator developed by the firm in Exeter. It is a high frame . row -crop cultivator particularly suited for North American conditions: The new machine will be added to the now famous Triple K cultivator which the company has assembled in Exeter since it began operations here in 1961. The staff of the Exeter plant of Kongskilde has been increased to 40 persons. Kongskilde ' also recently purchased 31 acres of adjoining land from R.J. Keller for further expansion and development which Burke said "will definitely take place but I don't know exactly when." Nurses contract gets approval Tentative approval was given last week for a wage contract for the registered nurses at South Huron Hospital that would give the nurses a total increase of 39.4 per cent over one year. The nurses, members of the Ontario Nurses Association bargaining unit, made their agreement with the hospital on January 15, after twelve meetings. There will be a 27.7 per cent increase retroactive to July 1974 with a further increase of 8.4 per - tent in January 1975 and a fur- ther 3.3 per cent increase ef- fective 'April 1975 and a further 3.3 per cent increase effective April 1975. The contract is ef- fective only until June of 1975. Hospital administrator, Elmer Taylor said that the nurses and administration were fairly close on their demands throughout the bargaining sessions. A new contract will be negotiated in June. fire. Riddell said that this figure in no way represented a fair share of the costs. He said that the fire truck which was purchased by the village in 1954 is adequate for the protection of the town for another ten or fifteen years but that it is not going to last five years running around the townships. He proposed a scheme whereby the townships will pay a portion of the cost of a new fire truck, should one become necessary. Healsosaid that he would like to work out an agreement taking into consideration the total assessment of the fire area. A system similar to the one worked out by the Zurich area board with the townships of Stanley and Hay. Under an assessment system Dashwood would pay only about 17 percent of the costs whereas at the present they are paying closer to 80 percent of the total bill. . Riddell said that he was hopeful they could hammer out an acceptable agreement. He added that they had notified the respective township councils that the minimum they would accept this year was a retainer fee of $1200 from each municipality. He said that in the past "the game hasn't been played all that fairly," and that Crediton fire department covers a smaller area in Stephen than the Dash- wood brigade does but receives a higher retainer fee. It was also reported at the meeting that the hydro rates to villagers would have to be raised this year. Riddell pointed out that the hydro account had operated in 1974 at a loss of between $35,000 and $55,000. He said that they had forced that loss by not adjusting the rates to the ratepayers despite constant increases from Ontario Hydro. - He explained that Dashwood had one of the lowest hydro rates in the province and that they had kept the rates low because of a substantial balance in the hydro account. Riddell said he anticipated a 10 percent raise in rates this year. He said that one of the problems of keeping the rates low was that eventually the balance in the hydro account would be all used up and the rates would have to jump suddenly. He said that the 10 percent raise would close the gap half -way and would still keep hydro costs to the residents down considerably from other towns. Diamond ring lost A ladies diamond engagement ring has been turned into the Exeter police office. The ring was found in the vicinity of Main and Hill Streets and may be claimed by iden- tifying same. - A RIDE TO THE GOAL -- The two goalies for the Big Mamas in Satur- day's hockey game were propelled by toboggan to their positions in the nets. Above, Kathy Whiteford is ready for the ride while Pot Brooks pushes and Carol Moore pulls. No. 1 Grace Gilfillan heads for the bench and a rest. T -A photo PUC at reso for increase The Grand Bend Public Utilities Commission has applied for permission to increase its rates to customers. The increase is expected to be in the order of 10 to 15 percent. Ontario Hydro is expected to increase its wholesale rates to municipal utilities by 15 percent. The Grand Bend PUC is referred to as a unique utility, having more customers than permanent residents. This is brought about by the large influx of summer visitors, when the resort springs from its village population to city con- ditions. The Commission explained this week that the request for the rate increase is not only due to the Ontario Hydro increases, but also the effects of higher- manpower rt applies in rates rates and the cost of replacing existing facilities as they wear out. In 1972. the resort PUC took over the water department from the village and presently Serve605 customers. They have been able to pay back to the village's general fund a sum of $14,:•:1 that was owing when the utility took over the water department. They also do the water billing for Bosanquet and look after the new water system recently completed for Stephen— including maintenance and operation, -reading meters and billing. The 1975 Commission is comprised of chairman Prosper VanBruaene, C.P. Chapman and deputy -reeve R. Grenier. i BACK AGAIN — Glenn Weir of the Montreal Alouettes making a repeat appearance at Tuesday's Exeter Lions Sportsmen's dinner. Weir is shown above of last year's event with 1974 Timmy, Malcolm McDonald. T -A photo. will be Top sports celebrities to attend Lions dinner The biggest fund raising project of the year for the Exeter Lions Club the second annual Sportsmen's Dinner is all set for Tuesday at the Exeter Legion hall. A few tickets are left for the gala event and may be obtained by contacting any member of the local service club. This year's committee headed by chairmen Lloyd Ross and Murray Moore have lined up an excellent array of sports celebrities to grace the head table. While Jack Donohue is the main speaker and will be followed by many other stars the heroes of the night will probably Minor 'A' teams have good series Three Exeter -minor hockey teams fared well in a Shamrock "A" tripleheader at the Exeter arena Wednesday night. In the opening contest Exeter scored a 5-3 victory in the pee wee category, the bantam game ended in a 2-2 draw and the Exeter midgets closed the night out with a win by an identical 5-3 count. In the pee wee contest Exeter jumped into a 4-0 lead by the midway mark of the second period but St. Marys came on strong in the final stages. Doug Brooks was the top scorer for Exeter with two successful shots and Mark Parsons, Edward Willis and Wayne Parsons added singles. The midget game started out the same way with the locals grabbing a 4-0 lead before the St. Marys team started to roll. Doug Osgood led the midget attack with a two goal effort. Getting one goal apiece were John Van Gerwen. Ken Pinder and Bryon Davis. In first stage at mobile park The first stage of development consisting - of 150 mobile home units at Grand Cove Estates in (:rand Bend has been completed a spokesman for the company said this week. At the moment there are no definite plans for the second stage of 146 units which would bring the total up to 296. The spokesman for the mobile home park declined comment on the number of units which have been sold to date. stating that that was classified information. However, she did say that "sales were progressing suitably ac- cording to the market". She said thatreal.estatew•as not moving particularly well in the cities but that the estate park was a little better than the national average. Classed as a retirement park and an adult community. Grand Cove Estates consists of 137 acres straddling the border between Stephen Township and the village of Grand Bend. Asked if their was any prospect of changing the regulations to allow families with children to purchase the mobile homes. the spokesman said "definitely not. There is absolutely nothing here for children and the homes aren't big enough to accommodate a family. There are four styles of mobile homes available for purchase at the park. The big ones seem to be moving better because they have a little more to offer, with one and a half baths and a separate family and dining room struc- lure. The recreation hall is almost completely finished with Barn- wood panelling and antique farm equipment displays. be Whipper Billy Watson and Danny Altan of London who is this year's Timmy for Western Ontario. Last year Watson who has been a strong campaigner for crippled kids for many years stole the show with his reminiscing of contacts with children throughout Canada. Donohue who heads the guest list is coach of Canada's national basketball team. Another top notch celebrity is Fred Shero coach of the Stanley • Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers. The only returnees from last year's dinner in addition to Watson will be Seaforth golfer Ken Doig and Glenn Weir of the Montreal Alouettes. Accom- panying Weir will be team-mate Mike Widger. Shelley Goudreau who was runner-up in the number of wins as a harness race driver in 1974 will be here along with Wilfred Laurier football coach Tuffy Knight, Russ Enron. former baseball and fastball star and St. Thomas curler George Parkes. Representing the Detroit Tigers will be their rookie sen- sation Ron Leflore. He joined the team in August of 1967 and stole 23 bases in the balance of the season. The master of ceremonies will be Bruce Murray of St. Marys who is a Lions district governor and a good speaker in his own right. Tickets are 825 and receipts for income tax purposes are availah'e. To watch town parking Exeter police chief Ted Day reports this week that he has instructed his officers 10 spend more time in the area of Main and Wellington streets to issue tickets for parking violations. Day said 14 accidents occurred at this intersection in 1974 and some were caused by vehicles parked in the end zones. The chief also reminds motorists that a No Parking zoneexists on Main Street from the Sanders Street intersection to the laneway of the Burkley. Restaurant Some motorists are forgetting this and are receiving tickets Parking space. is available behind the town hall. Day further points out the following regulations which are being forgotten by area motorists: No vehicle is to be parked within 20 feet of any intersection. No motor vehicle is to be parked. facing the wrong way on a public street. The signs at the John and James Street intersections of Main Street indicate that left turns may not be made. No motor vehicle is to he parked. blocking driveways or across sidewalks. No vehicle shall be parked on any street (travelled portion within the town of Exeter) bet- ween 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. of each day. Smowmobil ers charged in Pinery This week officers of the Pinery Park detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police laid 14 charges under the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act. Tuesday Constable F. S. Hubert investigated a cottage break In at Port Franks. A 20 - inch portable colour television set was stolen. Officers of the detachment investigated a total of 24 oc- currences. No motor vehicle accidents were reported. Times -Advocate, January 30, 1975 Pogo 3 Area accident total declines this week The area accident total declined slightly this week to eight. Hazardous driving conditions contributed to several of the crashes, including the moat serious which occurred on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. on Highway 4 about one mile south of Hensall. Drivers involved were Lynda Buckland, London, and James Gingerich, RR 2 Zurich. The cars were heading in opposite directions when the London vehicle skidded into the path of the Gingerich car. Total damage in the collision was listed at 82,000 by OPP Constable Bill McIntyre. At 12:20 p.m. Monday, a car operated by Laurie Henderson, London, skidded out of control on Lakeshore Drive in Oakwood park and slammed into a tree. The driver sustained bruises and damage was set at $1,200 by Constable Bob Whiteford. There were two crashes on Saturday, the first at 7:00 p.m. when a car driven by Elias Muilwyk, RR 1 Kirkton, went out of control in Usborne township and struck a fence post on con- cession 13. Damage was set at $500 by Constable McIntyre. Two hours later, a vehicle operated by Alan Laurin, Exeter, skidded on a curve on sideroad 20-21 of Stephen Township and hit a guard rail. Constable Al Quinn_ listed damage at 8350. A dog was killed in one of two collisions reported on Friday. The animal was killed when it ran into the path of a car driven by Robert Jewell, RR 6. Goderich. on Highway 84. Damage to the car was set at $150 by Constable Bill Lewis. At 5:00 p.m. Friday. cars driven by Allan Lovell. RR 1 Centralia, and Floyd Riley, Huron Park collided on Highway 4 with damage .being estimated at $800 by Constable Jim Rogers.. There was one crash on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. when a car driven by Morley Thompson, RR 8, Parkhill. struck a hydro pole in Centralia. Damage to the car was listed at 8200 by Con- stable Rogers and another 8200 to the pole. The other crash of the week occurred at 10:55 a.mat the parking lot of the Huron Park post office, involving vehicles operated by David Mitten, RR 1 Crediton. and Audrey O'Neill. By MRS. RENA CALDWELL Elzar Mousseau was admitted to Seaforth Hospital lass Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. Frank Collar. Wingharn . ,visited with Mr. & Mrs. Elzar-*Mousseau. Mr. & Mrs. D. E. Kyle made a business trip to Calgary recently. Mrs. Pearl Love is con- valescing at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Harold Jones. Mr. & Mrs. Garry Cooper and baby son visited with Mr & Mrs. Vivian Cooper. Miss Cathy Bell. Stratford, visited at her home here. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kinsman joined the Beef Producer's tour to Florida. Ken McLean•"is a patient at South Huron Hospital. Mr & Mrs. Vern Alderdice have been holidaying in Hawaii. Ladies to start badminton class A badminton session for area ladies could start within two to three weeks. Exeter rec director ,Jim McKinlay reported at RAP, Monday. Ile said the necessary equip- ment had been purchased and the courts painted on the floor at the gymnasium at the local arena. Mrs. Mary Ann Topp had told RAP at an earlier meeting of the interest in the sport by some ladies and it was decided to move ahead with the project. An advertisement appears in this issue seeking participants for the badminton program. which will probably run on one or two mornings each week. Exeter court - Continued from front page had lost the licence markers. Bruce Douglas Haskett. RR 1, Lucan, was judged not guilty on a charge of assault causing bodily harm. He had been charged after an incident outside the Club Albatross on September 20 when Glen Rowswell sustained one broken and two cracked ribs in a fight. No evidence was submitted to the court to prove that Haskett had been involved in the alter- cation. A not guilty verdict was also handed down against Patrick H. Smith, Zurich, on a charge of failing to produce a breath sample. Evidence revealed that while Smith was being tran- sported to Goderich for the breath sample, he told police he would not take one. However, it was noted that the charge was laid on the incorrect date and the wrong municipality was named in the charge. • Huron Park. Damage was only 850. Constable Ed Wilcox in- vestigated. During the week, the local detachment officers charged five people under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another eight. There were five charges under the Liquor Control Act and five under the Criminal Code. 8y MRS. HAMILTON HODGINS Rob Morley and Bruce Mills spent the weekend at the cottage at Wiarton. Mr. & Mrs. Larry Hern flew to Miami and then took a cruiseship to Nassau last week. They were in a glass bottom boat and also travelled on motorbikes to see the island. Mr. & Mrs. Charles McRobert attended a going away party for Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Hodgins who moved to Lagcaster near Corn- wall. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Betteridge and boys• St. Marys were Sunday supper guests..with Mr. &_Mrs. Gordon Johnson. Mr. & Mrs. MacLeod Mills spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Ben Mills, Oakville. Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson were Thursday dinner guests with Margery Morley. Friday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson were Edna Willis and Jim Fitzgerald Glencoe. Mr. & Mrs. Earl French were Sunday supper guests with Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Hern. Zion. Randy Parkinson. St. Marys spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Earl French. Friday night will be euchre night at Whalen Community Centre. Be sure to bring another couple. North Star - Continued from front page Star 26 will be back on line in another four or five weeks. He said that while some orders for new boats had come from the boat show in Toronto, "most people don't sign up for purchase at the time of the show. As a result of the boat show, deals are closed several months later," he said. He said. however, that all boats taken to the show were sold. North Star recently completed a shipment of boats to Spain, Bela Molnar, Vice -President in charge of management is in Spain now at the Barcelona Boat show. Mr. Molnar reports that the North Star 1500. the largest of the line. has been very popular and is the best accepted boat at the show in Spain. Baskin said they are "looking for good things from Spain in the future". The company is also presently displaying their boats in a show in Montreal and are planning to attend shows in Miami in February and Niagara Falls, New York in March. "We manage to make most of the major shows in North America". Baskin said. Fire pact continued from front page contributed 52.5 percent of the fire area's budget. Stanley 20.4 percent and Zurich 27.1 percent. The share of costs was based on the total value of assessment in the three communities served by the Zurich brigade. Previously the three paid flat rates plus hourly fees for the time spent at fires within each municipality. In 1974. total firefighting costs were about 84.600. Lionel Wilder said Wednesday that Zurich council had ten- tatively approved the agreement and that Stanley had indicated they were happy with the new settlement. He said that the two municipalities had accepted the recommendation of Hay without changes and that approval from Hay council was just a matter of process There has been no official motion of approval yet but representatives are confident that the agreement will be passed. Councillor Wilder said that Hay and Stanley will now discuss purchase of a tanker truck to serve the two townships but which will be kept at the fire station in Zurich He said the two townships have agreed to purchase a tanker to be stored in Zurich and to pay a rental fee to house the tanker with the truck. He said that they haven't negotiated the details yet. Hay township now has a tanker which is stored in the township shed and is used for fires in Hay township. He said it had not been decided whether to sell a share of that tanker to Stanley or to purchase an add- tional tanker for use in the two townships. Hay council is also in the process of meetings with Dash- wood and Stephen township for a fire agreement with those bodies. A meeting with Dashwood is planned for Wednesday evening in the Stephen township hall to discuss the problem. • 11 If" w