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Homer Watson House restoration scheme unveiled A proposal to renovate and preserve the Homer Watson house in Doon was unveiled at the regional hbheritage foundation meetâ€" ing last Tuesday in Waterâ€" loo but its fate is very much up in the air. Claire Stenning, who with Willard Ferguson own the Ten Mile House Art gallery in Hamilton, said a nonâ€" profit charitable corporaâ€" tion would be formed to purchase and renovate the home at an estimated cost of $250,000 including $160,000 for the purchase of the threeâ€" acre property from Mrs. Tom Calley. Mrs. Stenning told founâ€" dation members that a finanâ€" cial commitment from the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo area of between‘ $50,000 and $60,000 was needed since much of the money she has raised for the project is continâ€" gent on a show of support from the Kâ€"W area. Mrs. Stenning signed an option in May to purchase the property from Mrs. Calley with a deadline of the end of October. Agreement on 1975â€"76 salâ€" ary levels and fringe beneâ€" fits has been reached beâ€" tween the Waterloo County Board of Education and the Custodial and Maintenâ€" ance Association. The settlement gives the 320 staff members an overâ€" all increase of 28.2 per cent for the period September 1, 1975 to August 31, 1976. The increase particularly reflects the board‘s efforts to bring starting salaries into line with salaries paid to those in similar jobs with other boards and organiâ€" zations. In addition the agreement provides for a Cost of Livâ€" ing _ Allowance _ (COLA) clause of 2/10ths of a cent increase for every 1/10th of a point hike in the consumer price index. COLA payments will be made in March and September 1976. * The new settlement proâ€" vides a salary of $9,195 to $10,835 for custodian 1. $7,008 to ©$8,120 for custodian 2 and a responsibility allowâ€" ance of $200 to $550 for head custodians. Head custodians will receive a minimum salary of $9,445 and a maxiâ€" mum of $11,935. Assistant custodians will receive a minimum of $9,.195 and a maximum of $11,185 with a responsibility allowance of $350 Certified tradesmen will NAME At last a successful and permanent method to correct this embarrasing problem We are a Canadian Orgamzation specializing in this held and will provide a free booklet that will answer many questions re bedwetting and our com pany ADDRESS PHONE 2160 LAKESHORE RD SUITE 509 BURLINGTON. ONT. 1R7 1A7 PHONE 632 2160 AGE CANADIAN ENURESIS STOP BED WETTING! However, Mrs. Calley has since indicated she doesâ€" n‘t want to sell the propâ€" erty since she feels the proposal would* commerâ€" cialize the Watson home. She said she will not exâ€" tend the October deadline if Mrs. Stenning has not raised the funds by then. The foundation formed a committee to investi%ate the proposal further includâ€" ing the financial implicaâ€" tions, viability of the proâ€" posal and if the funds could be raised through private avenues in the community. The committee can call an emergency meeting if necessary to decide on the proposal before the foundaâ€" tion‘s next regular meeting Oct. 21. ' If the committee does not call a meeting before that date, it would in efâ€" fect kill the proposal. Mrs. Stenning told the foundation members she would need time between the foundaâ€" tion‘s acceptance of the proposal and the cloding date of the sale to raise the funds. The board also agreed to pay 90% of all group insurâ€" ance plans. Sick leave has been set at two days per month to a maximum of 260 accumulated days. Retireâ€" ment gratuity has been increased from $28 to $35 per day to a maximum of receive a salary of $11,095 to $12,845 and uncertified men $10,545 to $12,185. Mainâ€" tenance men will receive salaries of $9,735 to $11,375 and â€" utility â€" service staff $9,515 to $11,155. All maxiâ€" mum salaries are reached in 30 months. Both John Darling, the board‘s â€" chief â€" negotiator and Sandy DeVries spokesâ€" man for the Custodial and Maintenance _ Association, expressed satisfaction with the agreement. ‘‘We‘ve been able to proâ€" vide a fair salary to all levels of the association," said John Darling "and have done so without exceeding the ceilings and in an excelâ€" lent ~spirit of mutual coâ€" operation and good will .‘ Sandy DeVries said he felt that the new settiement made the board competitive with _ other organizations and was equitable in view of present ec nomic trends "It‘s a fair deal for all memâ€" bers of the association . he said Regional news and views "If its going to be relaâ€" tively _ substantial, _ (the financial commitment) we‘d like to hear from you and the sooner the better," Mrs. Stenning said. A sign welcomes visitors to the Homer Watson house in the former village of Doon. A plan was unveiled at last week‘s regional heritage meeting to renovate and preserve the 141â€"year old home as a selfâ€"susâ€" taining art centre. * "All we feel, really, is something should be done about it." § A brochure on the proâ€" ject presented to foundaâ€" tion members said, "a unique set of circumstances A craft and pottery shop with all Canadian works would be located on the home‘s ground level and a small dining room seating about 40 people would be ‘Three different proposals for Waterloo Regional Heriâ€" tage Foundation promotional material were presented at the foundation meeting last Tuesday in Waterloo. ...combine to make it feasible for this national historic site to become selfâ€" sustaining." Description and costs of the proposals were outlined by Susan Karm, a planner with the planning and engiâ€" neering department. Works of major Canadian artists would be held in the gallery wing while in the house itself another gallery would present exâ€" hibitions _ by _ promising but â€" lessâ€"known â€" Canadian artists. One proposal was for calendars with seven wireâ€" bound pictures. Including envelopes and setâ€"up exâ€" penses,. the cost for 3.000 units would be $1.258.39 or .42 per unit. For 5.000 units, the cost would be $1.722.50 or 35¢ per unit. Heritage promotions Another proposal was for Kingsway Auto Haus Ltd. 2256 KINGSWAY DR. KITCHENER ONT. HONDA 744â€"4119 ‘‘The intention is to create an exciting and selfâ€"susâ€" taining project through the restoration of a national resource which will give a new vitality to Canadian art, particularly in Southern Ontario," _ the _ brochure said of the proposal to be called the Homer Watson Art Centre. prints which would include one copy of seven pictures, a one page description and plain envelopes. Including setâ€"up expenses, the prints would cost $1,069 .21 for 3,000 or $1.513.80 for 5,000, 36¢ and 30¢ per unit respecâ€" tively. operated in the coach house on the porperty serving ‘Waterloo County‘ food. _ The proposal also calls for the reviving of the art school with major Canaâ€" dian ‘artists as instructors with a capacity for up to 32 students for each 10â€"day course between June and September. The third proposal was for hastinotes. Three thousand units of seven prints, envelâ€" opes. a sealed package and setâ€"up expenses would cost $3.330.59 or $1.11 per unit. Costs for 5.000 units would be $5.050.50 or $1.01 per unit Action was deferred on the proposals until the foundation‘s next meeting in October The brochure also inâ€" cluded â€" estimated â€" annyal operating expenses which showed a profit of about $21,000 if the art school reâ€" ceived 100 per cent ocâ€" cupancy and a $1,000 deficit if the school received 65 per cent occupancy. Proâ€" fits would be used for Ask About Our Unlimited Mileage Warranty CIVIC Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, October 1, 1975 â€" Page 13 scholarships for deserving artists. Homer _ Watson _ purâ€" chased the home, built in 1834, in 1881. In 1893, he added a studio to the house and added his own gallery in 1906. Watson died in 1936. The art school began in the late 1940s and 16 cabins were built to lodge artists. A further wing was added to the home in 1952 as a studio for the Doon School of Fine Arts. The federal government has declared the property a national historic site and it is visited by 10,000 people a year. Foundation members exâ€" pressed concern about the viability of the proposal in light of past failures at the Watson home. Chairman Bob Gramlow was conâ€" cerned a foundation conâ€" tribution would in effect support a private enterâ€" prise â€" establishment, _ the St. Margaret‘s Offers: â€"an alternative in education, using the best of traditional and modern methods for the total development of the student Transportation is arranged from Gueiph. Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge The school opens in September 1975 tor Graddés 5â€"8 Openings still available at several Grade wvels ST. MARGARET‘S SCHOOL â€" _ (Elora) â€"small classes and individual tuâ€" torials â€"training for responsible living in a creative and disciplined enviâ€" ronment The Headmaster, St. Margaret‘s Schoeol (Elora) Box 670, Elora, Ontario Telephone (519) 846â€"5325 For detailed information write .n emphasis on mastering basic skills of learning A DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS proposed restaurant. 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