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Long a tradition in Brucefield, the annual Memorial ,
Service sponsored by Brucefield , Varna: L.O.L. and
area Legion members at Baird's Cemetery on Sunday at-
tracted a large attendance of citizens and visitors who
returned for the occasion. In the upper picture the impres-
sive ceremony is in progress while a portion of the audience
is shown seated in a large marquee tent, erected for the
occasion. Held* are the oldest, and youngest members of
Brucefield I.O.O.P. (left) James Broa'dfoot, Ross Scott, Fred
13urdge add his grandson, Ricky' Einkage.' (Staff Photo)
Study Home Care
Program for Huron
op
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Mrs. Robert Robinson said
she was delighted the Board had
done something and had made a
proposal. She suggested por-
tables could be used if overcrow-
ding occurred at Seaforth.•
' One man suggested theta vote
on the McKillop Schools should
be held at election for school
trustees in November.i
Francis Hunt asked about
vacant rooms at Seaforth and at
Clinton Secondary Schools. He
was told Seaforth had no prob-
lem with vacant rooms, but at
Clinton there' were rooms not
being used - even enough to ab-
sorb the whole Seaforth High
School.
John Lavis, chairman of the
Huron Board of Education and
chairman of the meeting said
there were lots of ideas that
might be considered. Arthur Bol-
ton said he had always considered
'there were five areas in Huron
centred around the five towns
with the high schools. He said he
would not like to see Seaforth
lose its high school as it would -
mean a loss to the whole corns
munity.
Mr. Lavis said "I've derived
that there is a definite differenqe
of opinion of the people of Mc,
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It wasn't so bad after all 'is the conclusion this young pupil seems to have reached after
she had received a rubella vaccine shot at Huron Centennial School, Brucefield, Tuesday.
The vaccination prOgram is being carried out across Huron.by County Health Unit persOnnel
as a safeguard against Gentian Measles. Mrs. Phyllis McConnell (left) and Mrs. Marlene
Roberton administer the vaccine. (Staff Photo) -
New Rides Will Feature
Lions Summer Carnival
Long time favorites at'
Seaforth Lions Carnivals, Carter
shows are featuring seven rides
for this years carnival which
opens to-night.
The rides feature a- new and
exciting roller coaster as well as
a new ferris wheel, a merry-go-
round and , the ever popular
octopus. • '
The 35th annual carnival runs
for three nights including Satur-
day when finals in the talent hunt
will be decided and a draw held
for an automatic dishwasher..
JOHN W. TALBOT
Lions President
Interest on the talent hunt
continues high with contestants
entered from across Western
Ontario. They will compete for
more than $200. in prizes. The
talent hunt preliminaries are set
for Thursday and Friday nights'
With finals on. Saturday night.,
The Seaforth District High
"School Girls Band under the
direction of George Hildebrand
will play each- night.
Bingo is being featured this
year and will be in charge of
member's of Seaforth Branch 156
Royal Canadian Legion who are
co-operating with the Lions Club.
The picnic pavilion iarbeing re-
served for bingo.
In addition to the bingo, the
always popular penny sale will be
held in an especially erected tent.
Other games will be underway
during the three nights.
District school children again
will be carnival guest's and will
take part in a free day for k,
transistor radio.
Seaforth "Lions took time out
from Carnival preparations to
install officers for the new year.
Incoming president, John W.
Talbot succeeds Gordon Beut-
tenmiller. Other officers are:
1st. Vice Pres. - Bill Pinder;
and. Vice pres. - Brian Flan-
nigan; 3rd. Vice Pres. George
Hildebrand; Treasurer - W.D.
Stephenson; Secretary - Orville"
Oke; Bulletin Editor - Leo Tea-
tero; Tailtwister - Harold Turn-
bull, Geo. Hays; Lion Tamer -
Marlen Vincent; Directors - Ed.
Taylor, Clair Campbell, Bill
Thompson and Bob Beutten-
miller.
Huron BofE Defers
McKillop Decision
A proposal taken by a delega-
tion from the Huron County Board
of Education to a meeting with
more than 100 McKillop rate-
payers recently resulted in no
decision, it was learned Monday
evening in Clinton.
Chairman John Lavis, Clin-
ton, told the Board that after a
group of McKillip ratepayers had
urged the Board of Education to
up-date educational facilities in
that township, a study of the situa-
tion was made. Decision was
reached that the only feasible
solution would be to replace six
one-room schools in McKillop
with an-addition at Seaforth Pub-
lic School,
The proposal included plans to
house the bulk of McKillop stu-
dents in the enlarged Seaforth
school and to transport Students
in the northern part of Manion
to Walton.
Director of Education Johr
Cochrane explained that if a ,
tral school was constructed in
McKillop, the Board would lost
be building classrooms and not
improving the education level for
McKillop students'.
He said the student population
In McKillop does not warrant the
construction of a school large
enough to include a library, etc.
Ii an addition was built at Sea-
forth, the students would have the
benefit of a library; a science
room, a special education room
and an art room.
Mr. Cochrane told the Board
that the Ontario Department of
Education would entirely finance
an addition at Seaforth: planned by
the Board was a senior wing, but
actually enlarging the Seaforth
building to accommodate most of
the McKillop students.
Garnet Hicks, Exeter, who at-
tended the meeting with the Mc-
Killop"' ratepayers, said there
were 'some fairly heated re-
marks' made by the citizenS
there.
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A well-known resident of
Kippen, Mr. Robert Thomson,
celebrated his 93rd birthday
Wednesday.
Still in excellent health, Mr.
Thomson cares for 7 1/2 acres
of beans and keeps a small gar-
den. He occasionally helps his
son, Bert, on the family farm,
1/2 mile south of Kippen.
His proudest achieareMent, he
said, was the raining and educ-
ating of his family of five girls
and one boy. •
Mr. Thomson attributes his
longevity to a policy of keeping
as active as possible. When
asked about it he said, "I don't
like sitting around".
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SEAFORTH ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1970 —14 PAGES • so.oe .es. Year I* AdvAnce
.WilOte No. 5331
Altip Year
cKillop Ratepayers at Odd
n New School Accommodation
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As the result of a meeting
in Seaforth Wepesday night, a
study is to be made on" the
practicability of establishing a • comprehensive Home Care Pro-
gramme ,in Huron County.
The proposal for the study
was made by Rev. Garwood Rus-
sell, Goderich and seconded by
Dr. R. A. Whitman, Seaforth,
and carried. unanimously by the
• MARY BERNADETTE NAGLE
daughter of Mr.` and Mrs. John
M. Nagle, Dublin, graduated from
St. Joseph's Regional School of
Nursing, London, on June 19,
1970. She obtained her second-
ary scirOol education at Dublin
Continuation School and Mitchell
a
District High School. She has
accepted a position at St. Joseph's
Hospital, London.
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DOREEN RILEY
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Riley, Londesboro, graduated
from Stratford General Hospital
School of Nursing on May 30 in
a ceremony, held in the Avon
Theatre, Stratford.
audience, numbering about
seventy-five.
The public meeting was
called by Dr. G. P. A. Evans,
medical officer of health for
Huron; to discuss a 'proposed
home care programme for the
county.
Among those 'attending the
meeting were Everett McIllwa-
in, Goderich, chairman of the.
Board of Health for Huron Coun-
ty, Dr. C. T. Wallace, Zurich,
president of Huron County med-
ical Society; physicians, public
health nurses, hospital admin-
istrators, nurses-, Children's Aid
Society personnel, reriresentat-
ivess from the Red Cross So-
ciety; the Canadian Arthritis and
Rheumatism Society; nursing
home operators, homemaking
service groups, municipal offic-
ials and other interested
people.
In his opening remarks Dr.
Evans noted the concept of a
"Home Care" programme re-
fers to care of patients in their
own homes. He said where Home
Care programmes have been es-
pblished throughout many cen-
tres in Ontario they are desir-
able. There is 100% funding
by the Provincial Department of
Health for those Home' Care pro-
grammes. There is no charge
at the local level for the profes-
Sional services given to the
patients.
Addressing the audience
briefly Dr. Wallace said that
where it is possible to care for
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JULIANNA RAM
daughter of 'Mrs. Isabel Rau'and
the late Verdun Rau, graduated
from St. Joseph's Regional School
of Nursing at the University of
Western Ontario on June 19.She
obtained her education at St.
James Separate Sehobl alidSDHS.
She has accepted a position at
St. Joseph's Hospital, London.
Free Use
Of School
Facilities
Policy was approved Monday
evening in Clinton by the Huron
County Board of Education per-
mitting the free use of school fa,
cilities and items of 'non-
perishable equipment' during the
summer for summer playground
activities when the following con-
ditions are met:
1. The activities are to be pro-
perly organized and supervised
by a recognized community orga-
nization;
2. Participants are to remain in
the areas of the activity and not
enter unauthorized parts of the
school;.
3. Such activities are to be held
from Monday to Friday inclusive,
and will not require the use of
schools on weekends;
4. The organization will accept
responsibility for any damage or
loss which may occur to equip-
ment or the facilities;
5. Items of perishable equipment
such as crossbars, tennis and
badminton racquets, etc., will be
supplied by the organization or
participants;
6. Arrangements for 'storage,
parts of the school td be used,
equipment to be used,, are to be
made directly with the principal
of the school concerned.
7. Every effort will be made by
the participants to minimize the
extra custodial. work.;,
8. A signed statement acknow-
ledging agreement to these con-
ditions'• and receipt of the equip-
ment Is to 'be deposited with the
principal.
Although Garnet Hicks, Us-
borne Township, argued that the
Beard was not 'playing fair' with
the rural ratepayers, the, Board
agreed that the same rules apply
throughout the county for secon-
dary or elementary school sum-
mer playground activities.
Will License
Bicycles
'Members of the Seaforth Po-
lice Department and the Seaforth
Optimist Club will hold a bicycle
clinic on Monday evening at the
town hall from 7 p.m.
The. clinic is being promoted
in an effort to have all bicycles
registered, licensed and taped
with flourescent 'reflector tape
for the summer.
By licensing and registering
bicycles, the police hope to re-
duce the number of thefts and
to relocate lost bicycles easier.
The cost of taping and licen-
sing is 25 per bicycle.
It is hoped that all areachilds
ren 'will attend with their bikes •
to make this program successful.
DONNA NICHOLSON
daughter .of Mr. and Mrs. John
F. Nicholson, Mitchell, graduated
from the Regional School of Nurs-
ing St. Joseph's Hospital, London,
on Friday. Educated at S.S. 5,
Logan and Mitchell High School
she plans on attending University
of Windsor in the fall to obtain
a degree in Nursing.
McKillop Township Public
School supporters ere still di-
vided on the issue of where their
elementary school children are
to receive their education in
Set Dates
For Street
Opening
Cerembnies in connection
with the opening of the recently
completed pavement through Sea-
forth and Egmondville and of
the new Silver Creek bridge on
No. 8 highway east of town is
set for Thursday afternoon, July
23rd.
Provincial Treasurer,
Charles MacNaughton confirmed
Wednesday morning that he would
be present and i expected that he
will be accompanied by High-,
ways Minister George Gornme.
Present plans call for the
opening ceremonies to get under-
way late Thursday afternoon
July 23: The following day Sea-
forth merchants plah a sidewalk
sale with a street fair and dance
following in the evening. The
sidewalk sale will continue on
Saturday.
Committees of council and
the Chamber of Commerce have.
been at work .for soule time on
preliminary plans. With confir-
mation of the date, the task of
working out details willget under
way.
Ok Six
Portable
assroom
• Windows in Ste Marie School
at St. Joseph are to be replaced,
including double glazing, by Fen-
timan Windows of Toronto at
a cost of $9696. The , decision
to replace the 21 windows was , • made at a Huroli-Perth Separate
School Board meeting in Sea-
forth on Monday night on the re-
commendation of Larry Parsons
of the architecturhl firm of Kyles,
Kyles and Garrett of Stratford.
He was 'at the meeting to report
the findings of an inspection made
at the school. s,
Other additional repair work
to be done by' local tradesmen for
apprciXimately $2000 including
repairs to counter tops, shelving
and similar- work.
Mr. Parsons reported on the
inspection by his firm, of roofs,
at St. Aloysiqs ,School•in Strat-
ford and St. James in Seaforth
and was instructed to call for
tenders on repairing roofs on
these two schools. 'The Build-
ing Committee was authorized
td accept the lowest of three
tenders.
Kyles, Kyles and Garrett are
to make an inspection of roofs of
St. Boniface School in Stratford
and of St. Patrick's School, in
Dublin.
The Beard spent a brief time
continuing' the •review of the by-
laws of the Board. This is in
preparation for drawing up a
revised set of by-laws for the
Board. The first ten are now
completed.
A• committee of trustees,
Michael Connolly of R.R.
pen; Francis Hicknell of H.R. 5,
Seaforth, and Joseph Looby of
Dublin was named to contact
R. S. Box, from whom the Board
rents its administrative office
in Seaforth, to have him make
improvements to the parking lot
there.
The Board decided to' drop
consideration of erecting a fence
between Central United Church in
Stratford and St. Aloysius School"
because the Church is not in-
terested in sharing the cost.
The Board instructed the
Superintendent of Education, John
Vintar, to rent six portable class-
rooms, of a type he considers
most satisfactory, and have them
ready for school opening Septem-
ber, 1970. The portables' are to
be located: one at St. Patrick's
School, Kinkora, three at St.
James School in Seaforth, one
at St. Joseph's School in Clinton,
one at St. 'Boldface School in
Zurich. A portable for St.
Joseph's School at Kingsbridge is
also under consideration.
He also is to arrange to have
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Publish
As Usual
Seaforth stores will re-
main closed next Wednesday,
Dominion Day, The Expositor
will appear as .usual Thursday
morning,
future years.
This seemed the concensus
following a meeting at the Sea-
forth Public School on Thursday
night.
At present the 182 pupils ir.
McKillop attend seven one-room
schools in the township.
At the Seaforth District High
School on April 27, parents of
students in the High School area
attended a , meeting called by the
Huron County School Board to
discuss improving educational
facilities In the whole county.
At that meeting each area met
first in separate rooms and the
McKillop group of 40 parents
were, concerned at the lack of vi-
sual resource centre, ' etc., in
their one-room schools. A vote
was taken of the group concerning
the schools and a large majority
favoured having all the McKillop
students attend the Seaforth Pub-
lic School. Few were interested
in any other proposal.
A resolution was passed at
the meeting: "In order to give
equal educational opportunity to
the students of McKillopElemen-
tary Schools, the Board is re-
quested to make a study of the
possibility of providing better ac-
commodation and, that this infor-
mation
,
be made available to a
meeting of McKillop ratepayers
to he held in June."
A study was done and at the
meeting on Thursday night John
Cochrane, Director of Education
for the Huron Board of Education
presented the proposed plan to
the 65 McKillop residents in at-
tendance.
In the plan Mr. Cochrane, as-
sisted by Harold Knisley, Su-
perintendent of Education, noted
McKillop at present has 182 pu-
pils and in five years it is pro-
jected may have 147.
His first proposal was for
combining, McKillop with Seaforth
Public School to form one school.
Seaforth now has 245 pupils and
expected to have 202 in five years.
Combined, the two areas would
be expected to have 349 pupils in
five years.
Mr. Cochrane's second pro-
posal was to combine McKillop
and the 4-room Walton Public
School which has 75 pupils. This
would at the present time give a
total of 266 puplIS and in five
years expected to have 231 pu-
pils.
Mr. Cochrane noted that re-
gulations of the Department of
Education insist on 350 students
before a library would be granted.
This would rule out combining
with Walton as it- would not be
providing iniproved facilities-
At • present Seaforth Public
School has 1 kindergarten room
and' 8 standard classrooms and an
auditorium-gymnasium. If com-
bining the two schools it.is pro-
posed to add 1 special education
room; 1' art room; 1 science
room; 1 library resource centre;
1 health. room; "2 change rooms,
plus showers and storage space.
Mr. Cochrane stated this plan
would accommodate bothSeaforth
and McKillip and both would bene-
fit. He estimated, the total cost
for the additions at $193,156.
With three less teachers needed
and with added grants, Mr. Coch-
rane suggested an overall saving
would result. ThiS means there
would be no direct cost to -the
Huron County ratepayer.
CcincIuding Mr. Cochrane
stated: "There would be improved
educationallacilities for all Mc-
Killop Students and for all Sea-
forth students.
In the question period Trustee
John Henderson, who represents
McKillop on the School Board,
warned the audience of the in-
creased costs he expected Would
folio* combining the two groups
and building the addition.
Mr. Henderson cautioned the
group, "I feel we are -going too
fast", and urged them to wait.
Following a number of pro-
tests ',against combining the
schools or in making any changes
at present, Mr. Cochrane said:
"I have the feeling that you are
jumping on us for suggesting bet-
ter education accommodation
for McKillop." He reminded the
group, the plan was presented at
their request - it was not the
Board pushing.
Arthur Bolton spoke . on the
'need of renovations on the seven
schools in McKillop. He reported
No. 6 would take $1000 to repair
and redecorate and other schools
were in the same run down con-
dition. "I think sooner or later,
something should be done." In
reply -to a direct question from
the chairman, Mr.. Bolton con-
firmed he favoured combining
with Seaforth.
Robert Robinson expressed
his s'ur'prise at the change of
mood in the preSent group from
the attitude of the ratepayers
at the previous meeting on April
27. He stated: "I feel we are
paying for the fine schools in the
rest of the County."
Harold Pryce was concerned •
that if McKillop conibined with
Seaforth it would be crowdedlo
capacity with no room for any
growth in Seaforth or McKillop.
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