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The Huron Expositor, 1970-09-10, Page 1Seaforth District High • Dublin Roman Catholic Seaforth Public St. James' Roman' Catholic • 41. • Walton Public `IWCZO.r.ft.,4.14.4`.04*. , rt.t.4.49 4 Whole No, 5348 0 111th Year .0 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1970.— 12 PAGES • Skgie P44411. - #1),P4t *;,74t44* 44 40,0•449; It's $chool Time Again 4 • S r e 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