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Huron Centennial
Seek More Rooms
Although the .Huron County
Board of Education heard the
varying viewpoints of about 100
McKillop ratepayers at their
meeting in Clinton Tuesday evenr-
ing, members later agreed to
move forward with plans to build
an addition to Seaforth Public
School to accommodate McKillop
students and to close the one-
room schools in McKillop.
Members of the a.dministrat-
lye staff of the ,Huron Board of
Education as well as trustees,
Mrs. Mollie Kunder, Seaforth;
John Henderson McKillop and
Don McDonald ;those family at-
tends the Walton school, will go
to Toronto to seek the very best
accommodation possible for all
McKillop students.
Enrollment figures following
Tuesday's school opening showed
that 177 are registered_ in Mc-
Killop schools and 256 are at-
tending classes at Seaforth
Public School.
It was pointed out that present
enrollment figures may indicate
that the proposed additidn of three
classrooms and a library at Sea-
"forth may not be sufficient, There
are 8 classrooms, a kindergarten
room and a gymnasium presently
existing at the Seaforth school.
However, five year project
enrollment figures indicate that
enrollment in Seaforth and Mc-
Killop may drop to about 407 in
19714972 and to 359 by 1974-75.
There are 24 McKillop stud-
ents presently attending the four-
room school in Walton. 4 large
delegation - about 50 persons -
prevailed on the board member
to give Walton every consider-
ation when making their decision.
Spokesman for the group was
Neil McGavin who suggested that
by , building an addition to the
eight-year old Walton structure
to accommodate all of Mc-
Killop's school population, equal
educational opportunity for the
whole of McKillop 'could be
realized.
He was told by director of
education, John Cochrane, that it
was" doubtful if the 'Ontario De-
partment of Education .would
give maximum building grants
on a n addition at Walton. An
approved addition at Seaforth
could realize 100 percent fin-
ancing from the department, it
is believed. '
"What will happen to
Walton?" asked Mrs. Neil Mc-
Gavin, who intimated that Walton
area McKillop residents would
press for equal educational op.:-
portunities for .their children.
"Nething' right now;" ad-
mitted Mr. Cochrane.
Another McKillop ratepayer,
Harold Pryce stated that 216
notices had been sent out in the
township advising ratepayers of
a meeting to discuss the future
of education ,' in McKillop. He
said 95 households were repre-
sented at the ensuing meeting.
Mr. Pryce said that 86 house-
holds had children in school and
55 of them were represented at
the meeting.
A poll at the meeting, stated
Mr. Pryce, shoWed that the
majority (81, no; 59, yes) were
not in favor of a central school.
There were 73 votes in favor of
the Seaforth addition, and 81 in
favor of the addition at. Walton.
Art Belton spoke for the dele-
gation in favor of the addition at
Seaforth Public School. He said
201 persons" have now signed the
petition in favor of the Seaforth
site.
"And we understand a build-
ing project at Seaforth should
cost less than at Walton," Mr.
Bolton added.
One lady asked the board how
the whole issue got started in
the first place. She learned that
a small group of McKillop rate,-
payers represented at the parent-
Plan New
A new element in plowing will
be introduced this year when the
43rd' annual Huron plowing match
and farm machinery demonstrat-
ion takes place in McKillop:
In addition to the long
established regular back and
forth plowing contestants will
have a new class -in which to
compete. In this class plowmen
will be required to plow three
rounds around a field with cup
donated by Gordon McGaliin
Appointment of W. T, Brock as
Assistant General Manager and
Senior representative, Far East,
InOrnational Division of the
Torbnto Dominion Bank has been
announced. He will make Hong
Kong his headquarters.
A graduate of the Seaforth
District High School, the Ontario
Agricultural College and the
Graduate Sbhool of Business,
Unlyerslty of Western Ontario.
teacher discussions in the county
last winter asked that the board
indicate what its proposal would
be in' regard to the McKillop-
situation. This was done at a
public meeting in Seaforth
and from that, current dif-
ferences of opinion developed.
Vice-chairman Robert Elliott
told the meeting in his opinion
there wa,s absolutely no way the
board could solve the problem
without disappointing some Mc-
Kiliop ratepayers.
"If there was no choice in
the first • place, then the
first meeting was out of order,"
stated on a McKillop observer.
"If there is a choice, then let
us have demdcracy."
,During the meeting with the
delegation which took about one.
hour, some McKillop ratepayers
claimed they had not been advised
of all the information meetings.
Others expressed concern that
some McKillop taxpayers haahad
more than one opportunity to have
their opinions added to a poll or
petition.
The board met in committee-
of-the-whole to make Its decision
regarding the LicKillop issue.
The motion to build an addition
at Seaforth was moved by Mrs.
Kunder and seconded by Harold
Moir, Wingham. Discussion
lasted almost two' hours on the
question with John Henderson
holding out for fair treatment for
all ratepayers in McKillop.
Trustee Henderson's amend-
ment to Mrs. Kunder's motion
was to appoint a committee con-
sisting of the board members, all
superintendents, the principal of
Seaforth DHS, the principal of
Seaforth 'PS and the board's
transportation official to give
more study to the situation. It
failed to gain the board's
approval.
The motion as approved in a
recorded vote read "That the
board proceed to request the'
P. McGrath
Is Ninety
The oldest resident at
Seaforth Manor, Peter McGrath,
celebrated his' ninetieth birthday
on Saturday.
He was' born in McKillop in
1880, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter McGrath. His mother's
maiden name was WinnifredJor-
d
A bachelor all his life, Mr.
McGrath worked in the Ford
plant at ,Windsor for many years
and then worked in several Amer-
ican cities including Detroit and
Bdffalo on street car systems.
A brother, Ed. McGrath, lives
in London.
Mr. McGrath has been a
patient of Seaforth Manor since
October 1969.
The occasion was marked with
a special cake and party with tne
staff of the nursing home.
Cla'sses
going to the contestant with the
best corner.
The match this year is
being held- on October' 10th at
the farm of Joe Ryan, Lot 32,
Con. 14, McKillop.
Always popular features of
the day the selection of a queen
of the furrow and the horse shoe
pitching contest are featured
again this year according toSec-
rotary, R. T. Bolton, Seaforth.
Mr. Brock was formerly First
Assistant Manager of the James
& McGill St. branch in Montreal
and for the past three years has
been on loan as an Assistant
General Manager to Midland and
International Batiks Limited,
London, England.
Well known in the area, he Is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Russel
Brock, H.R. 2, Staffa.
Departanent of Education to ap-
prove the proposed addition to
Seaforth Public School and close
the one room schools in McKil-
lop Township with every effort
Opening day' enrolment in
Huron county public schools
showed a decrease of 34 in the
over-all' picture covering 42
schools, five of them secondary.
According to figures released
Tuesday night by the Huron
County board of education offices
at Clinton, 13,434 .students at-
tended the opening day, of school.
In the five secondary schools
4,624 enroled (as compared to
4,639 in . Sept. 1969); in the 31
elementary schools; 8,168reg1s-
tared (8,789 last year).
Enrolment figures for sea-
-Woman is
Injured
1 a 1
A Seaforth woman was hos-
pitalized, Tuesday for treatment
of injuries suffered in an auto-
mobile accident near Goderich
Saturday, Mrs. Dorothy Munroe
was admitted lo Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital for treatment of
whiplash injury and' bruises.
Mrs., Munroe was waiting to
make a left hand turn off High-
way No. 8, a mile east ofGoder-
ich Saturday afternoon when a
car driven by Kn de Schaeffer of
London was in collision with the
rear of her vehicle. He was not
injured.
Mrs. Munroe's grand-
daughter, Melissa Dark, 9, of
R. R,1, Lucan, also suffered whip-
lash and bruises but did not
require hospitaliiation.
Damage to the Munroe car
was originally estimated at $350
but later it was found to be ir-
repairable as a result of a bent
frame. Damage to the Shaeffer
car was estimated at $50,
The Goderich Detachment of
the O. P. P which investigated,
said charges are pending.
Portables
En Use at
St. James'
When classes at St. James
Separate School, Seaforth opened
this week for the 1970-71 term,
the 265 students from kinder-
garten to' grade eight were to
gether on the one property for
the first time in three years.
The members of grades four,'
five and six who had since 1967
been located at Egmondville, are
now at home in the main building
in Seaforth. This has come about
as the result' of the installation
of three new portable classroom 3
on the Seaforth school property.
They were built and equipped ih
Hensall by Boise-Cascade Ltd.
and according to the principal,
Sister M ary St. Louis, will house
grades six, seven and eight with
about 35 students in each room:
-The rooms are 1970 models
with electrical heating and the
latest facilities for achieving the
best results in the upper grades.
With their installation, she said,
the all-purpose room in the main
building which had for the past
three years been the kindergarten
room will now be made avail-
able as a gyth iasium for ph
steal education throughout the
school.
SDHS Graduate
Goes to Hong Kong
being made to increase 'the
number of rooms and to include
Walton If PosSible; however, if
not possible to proceed with the
initial portion of this motion."
For J. T.E.L.Agri. C. McDonald, Kunsier,Broag094,
Elliott, !licks, Moir and 'Elm
Against - ilenderpon, D. 40-
Donald, Wallace.
forth area schools are: Seaforth
District High School, 480, (517
last year),Seaforth Public School
255 (244), Huron' Centennial
School, Brucefield, 682, (672),
Hullet Central School, Londes-
bpro, 353, (370), Walton Public
School, 70, (74), ' Seven one-room
schools" in McKitlop Township
had a total enrolment of 177, an
increase of four.
St. Patrick's School at Dublin
registered 192 students this year
as oppOsed to 152 last year.How-
ever, this year's enrolment in-
cludes 34 students in the• new
kindergarten.
Sister Patricia Bodendistel
the new principal at Dublin also
announced tha Mr. Dick Bester
and Miss Gwen Fuhr had joined,
the staff to teach grades 7 and 8
and kindergarten. Both are grad-
- uates of Stratford Teachers Col-
lege.
Mr. 1. P. Plumsteel, prin-
cipal of Seaforth District High
School, announced three additions
to the staff there. Miss Jeanette
Harris will' teach shorthand,
office practise and typing. Miss
Harris, originally from Paris
is a graduate of the Ontario
CORRECTION'
In a report of the'September
meeting of Tuckersmith council
in last weeks issue, Andrew Cro-
zier was referred to as having
made a staternent.conterning the
number of pigs owned by an
area farmer, his plans to build,
and approval of the plans. Mr.
Crozier points out he made no
such statement and the publi-
shers regret any embarrass-
ment to him as a result of the
references having appeared. •
'The first full day of schodl
had an exciting start for several
'pupils of S.D.,H.S. when their bus
was involved in .a minor accident.
Wednesday morning. No one was
injored.
The accident occurred near
the corner of concession 6 & 7
of Tuckersmith and Huron County
road 12 about 8:15 Wednesday
morning. ,
A tractor drawing a mix mill,
driven by Jim Papple, was pro-
ceeding west and had pulled over
to allow the bus to pass. At this
moment . the wheels of the mill
hit a bump at the ,of of the
road which jarred an unloading
chute loose. The chute swung into
the ,'path of the bus driven by
Eldon Hulley of Seaforth and
broke a small window. The im-
pact sheared several bolts which
attached the chute to the rest of
the, unit.
The students were taken to
school in another bus while
0.P.P.Constable Ray Primeau of
Seaforth investigated. He estim-
ated total damage at about $200.
College of Education in Toronto.
Mr. Fred Allen, who will re-
ceive his Master of Science
Degree from the University, of
Guelph this Fall has joined the
staff to teach senior math-and
Mr. Terry Johnston, a'graduate
of St. Mary's University in Hali-
fax will teach boys Physical Edu-
cation.
Mix-Mill
And Bus in
Collision
An engineering crew from Canadian National Railways was
busy this week cleaning up the area alongside the tracks in
Seaforth. Here a motile crane loads a small shacle which stood
beside the tracks onto a trunk as part of the clean-up Operation.
(Staff Photo)
of E Clears Seaforth Additi
The school year started off with a bang for several students aboard a bus bound for Seaforth
,District High School -Wednesday morning. A large pothole at the side of the road jarred a
chute loose on a mix mill and it swung into the path of the bus. Here O.P.P.Constable Ray
Primeau is assisted by the bus driver -Eldon Hulleyo background, as he takes meagurements at
the scene. No one was injuredin the mishap. (Staff Photo)
Report Slight Drop in
School Registrations