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LUCKNOW, ,QNTARIOWEDNESDAY, APH' • ...13th, 1960
• FOUR,TEEN' • PAGES.
F.S.
B...rd.Cu.t.s
Reject Teachers'
At the :. April meeting, of the
Lucknow Public School : Ff earl,
a • $20.00 reduction was .•made • on
the fee charged rural pupils at-
tending Lucknow ' school from a
School ', Arrest. or from a. closed
school.. .
•The fee was reduced from
$150: to $130., but the Board was
divided on • the • reduction,, • arp d
approved the amendment ,by a•
split vote; •
At a previous meeting, the
Board had increased the tuition,
from' $116.00. to ;$150.00 per • year
based on the actual cost of edu-
cation per •pt'dpil, for the previous
year.
Decline Additional. Increase.
Following a •discussion of sal-
aries the' Board ` did • not grant
an additional increase,' as re
quested by. the teaching staff. •
Early in .the year ,the',teachers'
requested. •an l early review of the
Matter .of 'salaries.; At a. subse-
quent
subse-
quentmeeting` the Board decid-
ed
ecid-ed. on a • $300. 'increase' to the.
principal, ,$100. each to ..other
members •of .the staff 'and. $50.00
to the .music supervisor, , and
they received the ' Offer accord
`'inglY by • letter.
The teachers declined the • of-
fer, which they felt was : unsat-
isfactory in ';view 'of the fact,
that in recent years the annual
increment has . been :$2,00.00.
There is no schedule -in effect
' 'locally,. and each : •year. the salary:.
• _ ,:question is :one which' has to ,be,
decided upon. .
• .The Teaching staff; we under=:
stand, has requested .the Board
.a
to meet with them 'to; further
confer.. on `al• "settlement ' of 'the
salary disagreement
Other Matters •
Other ,business :dealt °.with' •at
last week's meeting' was some -x
What secondary in .view' of the
above :two. matters.;•
Yard iigh -two,; 'three-hund
red watt bulbs have 'been instal-
led ; on the, rear ' corners ;of . the
school. Minor 'repairs are to be
:..made to the school roof.: The
•
upil Fee,
Salary R.
Board 'renewed membership in
the Ontario Safety League.
A detailed report was receiv-
ed. from Public School Inspector,
T. K. ' Waldie, which included a
good •report of the `teaching staff.
The April municipal requisi-
tion ' was set at $3,000.00:
SPLENDID 'CROWD AT
KAIRSHEA.. CALICO' CALICO: BALL
One • of, the "social, events of
the season," the Kairshea Calico
Ball, was largely ,attended ,•at
the • Lucknow Town Hall last
Friday night., The ladies of the
Institute are to be congratulated
upon making this annual event
one ' of the'. most popular and
'pleasant community get-to-geth-
ers during the year.
Cam' -MacDonald acted as mas-
ter :of, ;ceremonies' and . Carruth-
ers Orchestra played for ,: danc-
ing. The lunch 'counter: included
thebest in homemade pies from
the kitchens of ,the members,
and .naturally .was: all sold out. •
Mrs. Virdin . Mowbray was
convenor" of the dance' corn/nit
tee that included as its. :mem-
bers, Mrs. Cliff Roulston Mrs;_
W. F. •MacDonald, . Mrs. Fred
Gilchrist,' Mrs. • Roy' •Finlayson,°
'Mrs.. Herb, Buckton, Mrs. J. De
• Jong, • Mrs. Walter Thompson,
Mrs. Harry ' ;av'is and Mrs. •Alan.
MacDonald , ,
Prize; winners, inelucted, home.
sewn for high school. students,
special class, prize donated, ,by.
Hall's • Red and - 'White Store,
Carol Stanley, Carolyn Mathers;
ready made,. dresses,,, 25„•years.: &.
under, Judy Nicholson,'tRipley,
Patricia Thompson; ready: made,
Over 25 years,' Mrs. Cliff 'Kil-
patrick,.: Mrs. Robert' McIntosh
home, sewn dresses, 25 and 'und-
er, Barbara Murray, Mrs. Keith
Cranston home 'sewn, over, 25
years, r Mrs: 'Donald ' MacKinnon,,
Mrs. Morley , Bruce, ,Seagrave. .•
Judges were Mrs. Carman
MacPherson, Mrs. Clarence
Trott, Mrs. George : Beattie, -all'
of Clinton.
Paramount, No. 10 School Sections
Vote To fain Ashfield Central S��dol,
Ratepayers.. of .the Paramount,'
:School section voted on Monday.'
and by a count of '12';to 0, fav-'
•ored joining the proposed new
school' area in•, the north-western
sector of . Ashfield' Where/ it ;is
proposed .tobuild.. a new school;'
the • Hemlock City • locality.
Paraxiount. ; school has 'been
•closed for some, time, with
dents .:from . that .'section being
transported ' to • Lucknow. •
S.S. No. 10 Iin ', Favor Also.
Ratepayers. • : of ,S.S: No. '10,
Ashfield; : ' known • as Scott's
School,. also , voted `, recently 'and
by a , big •• Majority . of 21' :to 5
favored joining • this • proposed
new '• area.; •
Both • .the .Paramount and, Tse.
10 ; votes were by :ballot. •
.Favor Withdrawal
At a meeting of the • ratepayers
of the Lochalsh section. 'held • on
Monday night, • those in atten-
dance were unanimous for with-,
drawal'' from the original ,Ash-
field Township School Area,, to
become part of the new area.
This was the • second meeting,
.called at Lochalsh: for this pur-
Pese with the representation on
Monday night about the same as
at the previous meeting.
Primarily the sections of
,J-aochalsh, Kintail° Laurier .and
jambe �
k•Caty originated
'the idea
of a Central school, With the
"door left open" for other Sec-
tient which might wish to join.
Paramount ' and No, 10 have
expressed • gap affirmative. 'wish.
to join and on Friday ;of
this week,the ratepayers of
Zion. section will have their:
to.,. op
ortonity 'decide between
Hemlock City and Lucknow:
As in the case of . Paramount,;
Zion pupils are currently being
•transported to Lucknow:
O.- NOR
ILLYOC O'CONNOR
HERE IN„MAY
The first big' gun to' fired
ed
.for the artificial ice fund Will.
feature Billy O'Connor, his band,
and: a 'galaxy of TV stars, Who
will stage a top-ranking show in
•the Lucknow Arena on Tuesday,
May 24th; A • •dance will follow
to music
C nnor and'
by the O'Connor b
' At, the Lions ' Club meeting on
Monday night, 'Lion George.
Joynt reported/ on booking the
talent.Rae /at.been
, has
.W s on
named ,t” head the tieker "sales
cotn'rnitte, arid • the .,publicity
'Committee', is charged with giv-
ing ,widespread coverage. to the
•event. ,
The Billy .O'Connor show was
featured' here cduring the 1958
Centennial, and the. success of
that' show and ;dance is well re-
membered.
Wrn. Lun'iby of Goderich, zone
chairman, visited the 'local club
and, addressed' the gathering.
"s SOT" CATCHES EYE. OF
•
NG MOTORISTIVor . central • School at .HoIyrood
A passingmotorist, an employ-
• ee, of . a .brick cleaning concern
Need At Least:. 4 School Sections
in . Kitchener, • was curious, about,. .,
1. •
0 tcome Of a 'meeting. of all
Kinloss Township school w trus-
t tees, ,held 'recently at Iolyrood,
a move to have . a Central
1 school .established at Holyrood
At least Jour sections 'Would be
req'uired to loin the area, to
' provide sufficient assessment to
xnake the construction of a new
grade' school economically feasi
ble,, • •
At a meeting of ratepayers, of
the Holyrood section held re-
cently, a. ballot was taken, that
resulted in ax 18' to: 1 vote in
'favor of the Central. ,school, if.
• sufficient sections joined. •
A meeting of ; the . ratepayers
of S S. -No. 5, (the 'Sixth Con-
cession) •has' also been held,, and
'at that meeting,' the representa-
tive;
epresenta-tive; attendance,, • by a show • of
hands, were unanimous in join-
ing the "Holyrood"„area, sub.-
ject of course to four dr more
sections joining. 'Students .of S.S..
No 5 are at present being ,trans-
ported to the Holyrood school,
with the 6th Concession', School
'closed. •
4t> and 10th”" Meeting • .
On .Tuesday night ratepayers
of S.S. No. • :6 ; (fourth ;Conces
sion)• ;were scheduled tomeet at
'the 6th Concession school to de-
cide- "where to .go," ' There is no
longer• a school at the 4th' and
pupils ' from this "Gray Ox" sec,
the wording • "Sepoy , town'-'
which he noticed on the sign at
the edge of the village '
The young man, who: was
'familiar with the history of the
Indian Mutiny, was, curious.
enough that he had the driver of
the truck stop while he' enquired
about the matter at the a Sen tinel.
Office. • '
Wonder ho : many residents
of the "Sepoy Town" would be
able., to tell why we are known
as ' such? We -often' think that we
don't "play up" enough this tra-
ditional and exclusive name
"tag.” ..
D.S.T. TO START
ERELNAP APRIL
R
At the April meet ,f the
Village Council, held last week,
Daylight Saving Time was set to
start on, Sunday, April 24th, (eft•
fective' that day) ' and. . to • contin-
ue until ' Sunday,, October .30th,
when stardard'' time is again
..adopted. This period• coincides.
with other centres to'• provide
uniformity, : 'and avoid the con,
fusion that .'has at times existed.
;Council conferred -with Fred'
Silk, Georgian Bay ' :District'
Municipal • Engineer of the H.E.-
-regarding the • local ,' Hydro
System's` •participation in .the.
,purchase of a '.truck) and also • in
the matter of a new flourescent-
type street lighting plan. ,for
'pain ` street.
H.E.P.C. approval is• •, required
for such undertakings, and Mr:
it
assured Council, the. would
have 'a°m''an" h'ef'e�'"soon' to°'draw'.
up a plan • of lighting that 'will •
extend' along • Campbell ,St., and
to the Village limits of Highway
86, . east . • and •west:. The ` layout
will be such that it can .be done
as finances permit, in case- the
entire' project, cannot ;be under-
taken at one .time.•
r.' Mr. `Silk stated that Lucknow's
flourescent lighting in the'• resi
dential. area, installed .in .Cen-
tennial year, 1958,; "sets an ex
ample." • There• are. .not' many in
the Georgian., •Bay . • Area.,,, with
such lighting.*
•He also approved, ' Lucknow's
annual tree pruning., program,
which again this' year was .done
by an experienced 'forestry crew
at a cost of.. about $400.
A : by-law was • passed regard-
ing the removal of trees ini, the'
Campbell St. block . between
Outram and. Havelock. ;: Streets,
•
deemed: necessary to • permit : a:dopt4 Category Salary . Schedule
ZION" SECTION T
VOTE FRIDAY`
Ratepayers ofS.S. o 5, Ash-
'
•, y S N, sh
' fig3 �}.�;Z is t
"�4ivn ron;.:Sc�o'o
met` in' the school' last Wednes-
day night. to discuss • the present
ation. have . been transported. to '
Lucknow for, several • terms.:
No. •,3 Kinloss- • (Tenth
•Concession).' ratepayers are to
meet next Monday night , to alis-
cuss theCentral. school area.
There
are. at present, seven Chil-
dren attending No. 3; school.
The Larigside section has also
been mentioned . as one ,which
would be.' Within a' reasonable
transp.oration' distance of Holy-'
:rood. •
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RET.,, RNS ON VISIT
Y.
TO HOMELAND
When the Saxonia sails' from
Montreal `harbour on Thursday
' of this week, one, of the.passen-
gers on board; will ::be . ;Mrs.
Phillip: Steer of Kinloss tTown
ship, who, is returning to •
land for a two Months'. holiday
It will mark the first. return to
her homeland since Mr.; and Mrs.
Steer .and fainily�: came to Cana-
da
almost ten' . years ago.
• It will be • a; happy .reunion
fqr Mrs. Steer and her; mother,
Mrs. James To' w llis, as *ell ' as .:'
other relatives.;Mrs. ' T`awillis
resides with her ` daughter ; and
husband, Rev:.: and. Mrs.:.W1
loughby, at , Bath in Somerset.
Mrs. , 'Steer ` has, a brother -Lester.
Towillis in. England, and •.Mr
'
Steer has ` two brothers and • a
sister : in'_ ,Devonshire with whom
his wife will also visit;
,• Mrs. Steer. will return, in mid-..
June, sailing from ; Southampton • `
on •the Ivernia '' .On her return. . ,.
, s w' res her,, i r,,•.
7��7e;' � l.� resume r,.`�dut es.:;at
(•/ �, Z1. -, ,�.., � Y... +hill ..;
the Greer : Nursing Home where
g"
she has ' been employed for four.
gtiestion that is before' : them -= years•
whether to,: continue attending
Lucknow Public' School.
After considerable discussion;
pre. and con,.it was,.'decided to
call a .'vote of ' the ratepayers at
the school from ` 4 to . 6 p.m. ''this
Friday,' April '15thl; 'As. appears
in an advertisement in'this. •is-
sue, the ratepayers • will be, 'vot.
ing ,on the.. question as' to'"whe
.tier ,they will. continue to'.'attend
Lucknow Public" School after,
September, 1961:" One vote is•
allowed each ratepayer: ,
Regardless of the decision of,
the , vote, it will • not , effect the.
school tern commencing . Sep-
tember,' ' 1960:
WINS VALUABLE
T DE :.T - H 1;.
SU NS P ,.
John ,1VI,; (Mack) MacDonald
has been'•awarded. a national Re-
search,. Council studentship, with '
a value • of $2,2.00, ' tenable in the •
Department.. of :Chemistry, tJrii-
•versity of ' Western' Ontario,' for
the year • 1960-61.
Mack ck is stud in • for" a P 'a
a y g h D.
degree :(Doctor of Philosophy) in'
organic chemistry, • hoping to ,.
complete it in two years.;, He is.
the son of. Mr and Mrs W. F.
MacDonald' of Lucknow
Board ;Engages High School Principal,
street.. widening program :to* be,
carried out by, and at the ex-
pense of, the Department of
Highways. •.l ratepayers' along this'
street will 'receive ten:'day: notice.
of . the tree •• felling' ` plan.
E. H Agnew's salary ;was: set
at $3,750 an : increase of ';$350:, ef-
fective : April'' lst
Recommends ,Replacements
An inspection of !bridges.. in
the , Village by a Department of,
Highways engineer, brought the
recommendation that a. bridge
replacement program,' . be com-
menced . when the', street -paving
program • is completed in 1961....
His inspection included bridge
abutments;tand
he could not see
the . sense of 'spen`ding money. on
repairing old brides; Eventual
p g g
replacements :will be by: regula-
•tion width bridges with Pedest-
rian walks.: •
John ' Kreutzweiser appeared'
before Council regarding ,a street
g
drain on the . south side 'of W il-
loughby St. • • .. ; •
Council reverted to a Court of
Revision. dealing .solely . with
minor rebates and adjustments,
in the matter of business tax, a.
demolished `warehouse,; Church
House exernbtion and Village
lot ' that g
s have reverted to the
'Municipality.
(combined en page 3) •
Mr; Dalton Kirk of the Mark -
dale' Hugh School . teaching staff
has been engaged', as principal of
• C
the Lucknow District High
School to. 'succeed Mr..
Hoag, whose retirement becomes
effective in June. 'Mr. Kirk'
holds a . principal's certificate
and ,was one of two ' applications
properly qualified for. the posi-
from among sone eight
applications received. Mr. Iirk's
Salary will be ,$8,500.
, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk have three
sons of school age -,.. two • in
high , school. •
Adopt • New Schedule
On 'i Monday night Mr. Kirk' at-
tended a joint meeting of the
members of the 'teaching staff
and the Board. of. Education,
when the newfour; category
Salary ' schedule was.. negotiated
which will mean a substantial
overall ' increase, particularly in.
,Categories, ' 3 and 4, •over , and
above the $300,, "increment for
each • full time teacher.
An accumulative • sick leave
plan ,is also ..being negotiated. It'I
may not be finalized until next
term, and if so,' would . be re-
troactive to• September 1st. ,
The new " schedule showing
m nimum & maximum levels is:
Category :1, for teachers. with
assistant's certificates1- $4,600 to
$7,600. .
Category 2, for teachers with.
a permanent certificate, endor
sed for; the particular subject'' in
which" 'they.' specialize$4,800 to
$7,800: •
Category 3, for • non ;academic,
specialists or honor degree tea-
chers—$5,100
ea. chers—$5,100 to $8,300,
Category., . 4, for teachers with ,,
honor _ degrees , and' specialist •
standing $5,300 to $8,500.
All teachers 'With the •°excep
tion ' of ,two are 'in Category '1.
Miss Fiederlein is in Category 2,
but on completion•..of a• summer,.
course will qualify 'fol' Category
3. AIN. . :Suter is in Category 4.
Salary 'increases • tinder the
new category. . system ,a sharp
increase in the principal's sal-,
, ary, and the annual increment
Will run the oy'erall salary in-
crease to the neighborhood of
$5,000 when , the ;,,1960-G 1 staff is
complete,
This increase will represent
ou'a mill on the area as
'sessn,erit of$5,230,000, in round'
figurerghly s, .
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