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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-05-01, Page 1 (2)• • TREE DOWN, POLE UP — Residents on Andrew St. dont know whether to laugh or cry. Efforts to save their trees failed and now the PUC have erected poles on the street, one of which is closer to the street than the tree that was removed. - T -A photo GB man seeking NDP nomination Veteran candidate Paul Carroll of Goderich will have some competition if he decides to enter the race for the provincial New Democratic Party nomination to be held in May. Philip Walker, 40 -year-old resident of Grand Bend, an- nounced Monday that he has decided to seek the nomination. As yet, NDP officials have not announced an exact time and place for the provincial nomination meeting although it is hoped that it will be held between May 12 - 19 in Clinton. It was stated by a Huron NDP executive member that the uncertainty regarding the meeting stems from the difficulty in booking a guest speaker as many nomination meetings are being held across the province at this time. Philip Walker The New Democratic Party in Huron will receive a morale boost on -Saturday when Ontario leader Stephen Lewis will appear at a dinner -dance at the, Sunset Golf and Country Club, three miles north of Goderich. The dinner gets underway at 7:00 p.m. with the dance to follow. Contacted by the T -A Monday evening at his home, Mr. Carroll said he had not made a decision . about letting his name stand for nomination. it's a family decision and there are certain matters cncerning my family to consider before making the decision." said the 30 - year -old Goderich elementary school teacher. The Goderich resident was successful in his bid for the NDP banner in both -the 1971 provincial election and the 1973 by-election. The voters of Huron riding supported him well in the 1971 election. "We were neck and neck with the Liberals in 1971 but in the 1973 by-election it was a differnt story. We were wiped out," said Carroll. in announcing his intention to run for the nomination, Mr. Walker said he felt the present provincial administration ap- pears to be getting further and further out of touch with the needs and wishes of the majority of the people. "i feel that 32 years of one- party rule in Ontario has created a desire for change among the people," said Mr. Walker. "The events of the past ten years have indicated many examples of the th need for a change of government. un Recent surveys have indicated T that more and more people are in realizing this need for a change." y — Please turn to page 3 fo If functional, financially feasible Most favor saving town hall A council appointed committee that there was no chairman tithe cost is a factor. Council didn't to make a recommendation committee and any comments he appear to be too interested in the regarding the fate of the Exeter made would be his own as an old town hall. I think they put the town hall will meet a June individual. Other members of the cart before the horse when they deadline according to members committee are Ada Dinney, Doug agreed to lease the old post office of the committee. and Val Gould, Joyce Monteith, before they knew how much Ben Hoogenboom, former Art Whllsmith, Doug Robbins, renovation of the old town hall councillor and committee Pat Fletcher, and Penny Dinney would cost." member told The Times- who has acted as secretary for Penny Dinney said she was also Advocate Tuesday that due to the committee, recording the an advocate of saving the old their nature, some of the dealings meetings. town hall "almost at any cost", and negotiations being carried on Mr. Hoogenboom said the but she was quick to point out that by the committee must be treated committee toured the town halls this was not the general feeling of as confidential until the report to in St. Marys, Stratford and the members of the committee. council is released. He did state Woodstock to view work done in She said the majority of mem- that the committee is having restoring and renovating the bers were in favor of saving the discussions with "a ministry and buildings in those communities. building but only if it could be a number of local concerns." A supporter of saving the town functional and financially Council had been negotiating hall in its original 1887 style, Mr. feasible. about the post office since the Hoogenboom circulated a Mrs. Dinney said the com- announcement on the con- petition last year and was suc- mittee was communicating with struction of the new post office cessful in finding about 300 the Architectural Conservancy of was made. The lease to rent the supporters. Ontario, which was providng old post office fora 20 year period "There seems to be an interest them with information and was signed only recently. in saving the old town hall," said general knowledge regarding the Mr. Hoogenboom pointed out Mr. Hoogenboom, "but of course, committee's study. Crash total up slightly The area accident total in- creased slightly this week, but no injuries were reported in the five collisions. The most serious occurred at 9:30 p.m. Sunday when cars driven by Donna Desjardine, RR 1, Grand Bend, and Robert C.Jackson, RR 2, Forest collided on Highway 81, about one mile south of the Crediton Road. Both vehicles had been nor- thbound prior to the crash. .OPP Constable Bill McIntyre investigated and set total property damage at $4,000. At 8:50 p.m. the same night, a vehicle driven by Gavin Charles Wright, Grand Bend, skidded out of control on sideroad 20 in Stephen and rolled over in the west ditch. Damage was listed at $400 by Constable Bill Osterloo. There was one crash, Monday, it occurring at 5:00 p.rn. at the junction of Highway 4 and the Crediton Road. Involved were two northbound Itehicles driven by Jacqueline Keller, RR 2, Zurich, -and Henry A. Gill, Grand Bend. Damage was set at $175 by Constable Dale Lamont. On Thursday at 9:30 p.m. vehicles driven by Orville Russell, RR 2, Dashwood, and Robert Coulter, RR 3 Dashwood collided at the junction of the Crediton Road and County Road 2. Constable Osterloo estimated damage at $1,000. The other crash of the week was reported at 2:15 a.m, Friday, when a car driven by Ralph Dietrich, RR 2 Mildmay, collided with a parked truck owned by Douglas Bunker, RR 2 Harriston. The mishap occurred on con- cession 23 of Stephen and Con- stable Bill Glassford listed damage at 8950. During the week, the detach- ment officers charged 17 people under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 39. There were two charges under e Criminal Code and eight der the Liquor Control ,Act. here have been 140 LCA charges the first four months of this ear, compared to a total of 253 r the entire year in 1974. One Hundred and Second Year PREPARE FLOWERS OF HOPE PACKAGES — The annual sale of Flowers of Hope seeds by the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded will begin in two weeks. Trainees at the ARC workshop at Dashwood are preparing the envelopes. Association campaign chairman Mrs. Kathleen Whitmore and workshop leader Marg White help Betty McKellar, Karen Whitmore and Alex Howe with the packaging. EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 1, 1975 rtitv Price Per Copy 25 Cents Ministers oppose liquor change, question stand on grape boycott DANCING HATS — At Saturday's crazy hat dance at the Exeter Legion, everyone was required to wear on unusual bonnet. Dancing in the above picture are Dawn and Clay Murray. T -A photo Bill Hanly is named Huron county clerk B. C. Hanly has been appointed Huron County Clerk -Treasurer and Administrator, effective immediately. He succeeds John C. Berry who died recently following a lengthy illness. Acting Deputy Clerk is Mrs. Mildred Simpson and Acting SS rate jumps 18.4 percent Separate school supporters in Huron and Perth counties face an average increase of 3.41 mills on their 1975 tax bills following the approval of the Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School's budget for this year Thursday night. The HPRCSS board approved a budget of 83,432,258. up 18.4 percent from 1974. Of this amount, less than 14 percent or $451,753 has to be raised locally. 82,236.40 comes from provincial grants, while revenue from other sources and from other boards will contribute 894,000. The average mill rate collected last year from supporters in the two counties was 24.05. This year the average will be 27.46, - Some municipalities will be higher than this and some lower but none will pay more than 3.5 mills than they did in 1974, Ron Marcy of Stratford, the board's finance committee chairman said. Senior management, teacher salaries and instructional sup- plies are budgeted at 82,053,000, up $355,752 from last year. Plant operation expenses, chiefly salaries for custodians, have increased to 8184,020, up 814,729. Administration expenses are calculated at 8189,655, an in- crease of $33,808 from 1974. Transportation expenses for board owned buses are uj a relatively slight $16,799 to $341,500 for 1975. Plant maintenance expenses, including 830,000 for renovations to the board office, amount to 870,000, up $33,288 from 1974 expenditures. Other services, which include debt charges, capital from current funds and 8700 in municipal taxes, will cost the board 5377,483, up 853,088 from last year. In 1974 the board had an overlevy of 821,700. About 89,000 of this amount will be applied to the 1975 tax yield so that no municipality will face a rate increase of over 3.5 mills. The board went over the 1975 apportionment schedule, listing the mill rate required from each municipality in order to break even on the 1975 budget, before they accepted the budget, on the suggestion of Dublin trustee Joe Looby. "I don't know why we should accept the budget before I know what my mill rate is," Mr. Looby said. Trustees were also given figures on the mill rates for each municipality over the past eight years. Finance chairman Roy Marcy said - that the assessment equilization factor, a percentage which is set by the Ministry of Education, has a lot of bearing on A VARIETY OF TOPPERS — The Exeter legion crazy hat dance Satur- day provided a variety in headwear. Above, Anne Kennedy and Jennie Devlin model their finery. T -A photo the mill rate, as well as the actual assessment figures. "The lower the equalization factor, the higher the mill rates are going to be". Board business administrator Jack Lane said the equalization factor is set by the Ministry for their use ... "it's untouchable." Zurich area trustee Ted Geoffrey commented "one minister told me they grabbed a figure out of the air to arrive at this equalized assessment per- centage." Mr. Geoffrey said he suspected that the low equalization per- centage in Hay Township was the result of an effort to attract tourism to the township which he thought was lowering the overall assessment there. Hay sup- porters will pay the 3.5 mill maximum increase. Vince Young of Goderich wondered how much cutting the amount the board spend, per child would affect the mill rate. Not much, finance chairman Marcy replied, because the board only has to raise about 14 percent of the total budget. The finance committee had worked out that removing an expenditure of 120,000 from the budget would only reduce taxes by 1/7th of a mill. About 25 of the municipalities "are getting hit with" close to the maximum. Mr. Young estimated. The new mill rates will "raise what's required, taking into account the 1974 overlevies and still leave some surplus", Mr Lane said. The budget increase this year is not out of line, "considering the teachers' strike, raises and our — Please turn to page 3 Deputy Treasurer is Mrs. Martina Schneiker. Mr. Hanly told members of Huron County Council last Thursday in Goderich that the temporary appointments of Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Schneiker to chief county posts will allow time to "take a look at the overall operation." The administrator said that before his death. Mr. Berry had made some recommendations for possible changes in the county administrative staff. Mr. Hanly felt now is the best time to con- sider these recommendations. "The present system is probably the best one." Mr. Hanly said. "but maybe. very maybe. there should be some changes. We'd like time to study 11 Mr. Hanlv's salary will be 822,000 per annum and Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Schneiker will Please turn to page 3 Playhouse helped again An LiP grant of 87.261 will be received by the Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend ac• cording to Huron -Middlesex MP Robert McKinley. Mr. McKinley announced the federal grant under the Local initiatives Program on Monday. He said the funds were to complete con- struction of its new theatre scheduled for opening on June 25. The group recently received word that a 815,000 gift was forth- coming from the Charles H. Ivey Foundation Benson Tuckey is chairman of the Iluron Country Playhouse fund raising. Work is expected to be com- plete in a mo» 8th on the new theatre which is being con- structed at a total cost of 8125,000. Volunteer labour is being used in the construction. As well. much of the materials necessary was salvaged from five buildings to be demolished which were donated to the Huron Country Playhouse. After considerable debate the members of Huron -Perth Presbytery of the United Church of Canada, meeting in Fullarton recently questioned the support its highest Court, General Council has given to the California Grape and Lettuce Boycott. A resolution was passed asking the General Council to: (1) Meet with the other Church bodies that joined with it in the boycott issue, to re-examine the whole situation. 'and (21 Institute a study, from the viewpoint of Christian ethics, into the economic forces being used today. e.g. boycotts, strikes, crop destruction, excess profits, cartells and monopolies. The meeting dealt with two other social issues during the day -long session. Rev. John Beaton of Centralia, introduced a motion asking that Presbytery strongly object to the change in Ontario Law that allows children to drink alcoholic beverages at home. Notice of this action is to be sent to the Government of Ontario. The Division of World Outreach, under the chair- manship or Rev. George Ball of Milverton. also presented a motion involving the Ontario Government. It asked that all members of United Church congregations write personal letters to Premeir William Davis, urging the Ontario Government to. "match dollar -for -dollar, the monies given voluntarily by the citizens of Ontario through in- ternational agencies and chur- ches for socio-economic. self-help Burkley permit is turned down A building application from the Burkley Restaurant to make changes as required by the Liquor Licence Board has, been turned down by building - in- spector Doug Triebner. Council were given this in- formation at theirspecial meeting Wednesday. and passed a motion supporting Triebner in his decision. Reeve Derry Boyle e,:plained that the.permit had been refused because the restaurant did not have ample space at the north side of their building to instal a landing outside the fire door. The Burkley owns only 20 in- ches of property to the north of their building. The Burkley has received tentative -approval -from - the- LLBO for a 133 -seat dining lounge, but that approval hinges on making several alterations including the firedoor and lan- ding at the north side of the building. Stolen automobile quickly recovered A car stolen in Exeter Tuesday night at about 10 p.m. was recovered a few hours later. A vehicle owned by Mel Gaiser, 273 I'ryde Boulevard was parked in the vicinity of Gord's Variety, Main street. While the owner was making a purchase, the vehicle was taken. The car was recovered at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday by Constable Joe O'Driscoll. A suspect was apprehended and will be ap- pearing in Exeter court, May 6 on a theft charge. development programs in the third world." -This is a similar resolution that was contained in a Brief Hook imbeds in lad's eye Ten -rear -old Robin Bilcke suffered a painful injury, Sunday, when a fish hook caught in his eye at Morrison Dam. He had been fishing at the dam and the hook lodged in his eye- - when a line was being cast by a chum. He was taken to South Huron Hospital and then transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he underwent a two-hour operation to have the hook removed. His father, Silvere Bilcke, RR 3 Exeter, told the T -A this week that Robbie will be in hospital for two weeks and that it will be 10 days before doctors are able to determine the amount of damage caused. The lad's eye had to be cut in three places to have the barbed hook removed. He is a grade five student at Precious Blood Separate School in Exeter. presented to the Government in January by the Ontario Council of Churches. Rev. Walton Tonge, of Stewardship Services of the United Church, was the guest of Presbytery in the afternoon, and made a major presentation on a new visitation program, the "Commitment Plan". Mr. Tonge has been touring Canada introducing the plan, which has been developed by 15 denominations in the U.S. and Canada. The Church too, he said, needs to make adjustments in a period of recession, and thus the need for a unified approach. The Church begins with commitment, and that is what the plan first seeks to increase. It used the terminology of football to generate interest and un- derstanding. and comes with a series of kits. Mr. Tonge enthusiastically concluded that churches who use the program can be assured of 3 results: 1. A deepened spiritual life in the congregation. 2. The incol•ment of people in great number's. 3. Increased givings. Until 1965 Mr. Tonge had been a missionary in China. and he also offered some comments on the Mid -East situation. — Please turn to page 3 CRAZY CREATIONS — Crazy hats were necessary to gain admit- tance to a dance at the Exeter legion. Above, Julie Higgins and Anne Nicol model their creations. T -A photo Mud and P.O. strike hindering completion Due to the periodic disruptions in- -the -postal- service in- London, - the Ontario Housing Corporation does not know how many have applied for apartments at the 32 - unit senior citizen housing project in Sanders Street. OHC representative Keith Lucas of the London office, said the mail situation has also made a slight problem in the hiring of a caretaker for the unit. He said as of Thursday. only one application had been received, but was sure there were more in the mails. The completion date for the senior citizen housing is not known by Lucas. However, "off the record" comments by several individuals connected with the project indicate the opening is not too far in the future. One major problem blocking the opening is the weather. At present, it is impossible to move into the apartments, even if they were completed, because of the mud. A worker on the site said cement cannot be pured when the ground -is- so -wet because it would - crack. According to Lucas, only the "tedious work is left to be done in the units. This includes some painting. He also said the con- tractor, BIB Construction, will advise OHC two or three weeks in advance of completion. The OHC will then advise the successful applicants. Lossy Hiller. Exeter council's community services chairman, said she was very impressed with the layout of the apartments. She said each unit has ample closet space and "a large window in the livingroom and bedroom. Each apartment is comprised of a kitchen area, including refrigerator and cooking stove, living room. bedroom, and bathroom, and closets. Ramps at the front of the building and hand bars in the bathrooms will accommodate wheel chairs and the han- dicapped.