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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-10-22, Page 1ST. COLUMBAN .ARE CHAMPIONS Jubilant members of the St. Columban Soccer Team lift their coach, Harry Ryan, into the air after clinching 1st place in their division of the London and District Soccer League. The championship . was assured when St. Columban and London Roma played to a scoreless tie at the High School grounds Sunday. (More pictures and story on Sports Page)(Staff Photo) Huron Board Investigates Bomb Threats to School FIRE STRIKES IN McKILLOP A large barn on the farm of Mr. Harold Dodds, R. R. 4, Walton was completely destroyed along with all its contents early Sunday morning. The loss was, set at almost $20,000. Smoke was still rising from the ruins on Monday when this photograph was taken. Shown in the ruins is all that is left of a combine. (Staff Photo) Loss $20,000 in McKillop When Barn, Implements Burn MR.. AND MRS, JAMES SLOAN Mr., Mrs. Jas. Sloan Wed Fifty Years • 1 Whole No. 5354 111th Year First Section Pages 1-10 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1970 —18 PAGES Binge C0P100 15 - canto 5540 A Vow Ifi 411v5440. Members of the Huron County Board of Education instructed director of education John Coch- rane to get an up-to-date report from Clinton Town Police on the investigations into the recent bomb threats. in Clinton schools. Gordon Moir, Wingham, said he had had disturbing reports and rumors concerning the hap- penings in Clinton. He hesitated to elaborate on heresay but urged the board to get some kind of an official report on the matter. There were also full reports from the principals at Huron Centennial School, Brucefleld and Cehtral Huron Secondary School in Clinton about recent thefts and vandalism: It was learned that between $400 and $500 'in damage was For 45 years a prominent Seaforth business woman, Mrs. Fanny Dungey celebrated her 90th birthday on Friday. For some time Mrs. Dungey, MRS. F. DUNGEY John Taylor, Mrs. J. W. Wal- lace and John Henderson have been appointed to act , on the Huron County Board of Educa- tion's committee to study the operation of the cafeterias in the five secondary schools. A Preliminary report showed there are four different kinds of operations in existence now - contract with caterers, informal contract with operator and wages subsidized, informal contract with operator and a guaranteed subsidy and an informal contract with no assured subsidy of any kind. The recommendation is to standardize the method of opera- tion and the committee will be in charge of suggesting the best system to adopt county-wide. Another report ptodirced by M.E. Malpass, manager of pur- chasing and services, showed that board owned buses were just a little more economteal than con- tracted buses in the elementary school division. A recommendation to stay in the board owned bus business to the same extent as at present was approved by the board. It was also agreed to replace five buses at Howick and Turnberry at an estimated cost of $43,000 after trade-in allowance. A report of board expendi- tures to date this year was found at Huron Centennial Fri- day, October 16 about 2:50 a.m. Ontario Provincial Police of the Goderich detachment were highly comm ended for their promat dis- covery of the break-in. At C.H.S.S„$220.35 was taken from the school. _ The board discussed the matter fully and agreed that a policy be established that no more that $100 be left over- night in elementary schools and .no more that $200 in secondary schools. An impromptu report of the findings of a Perth - Huron committee to study religious edu- cation in the schools was given by Chairman John Levis and vice-chairman Robert Elliott. They reported there was no dec- who is in quite good health, has ' resided at Kilbarchen Nursing Home, Seaforth, and friends ga- thered there to extend their con- gratulations. She and her husband, the late' Chas, Dungey, purchased the Commercial Hotel in 1920 having ,commenced in the hotel business in Bornholm to 1911. Mr. DUngey died in 1936 but Mrs. Dungey continued In the business until her retirement In 1964 when she sold the Com- mercial. Three years earlier in 1961 she had carried out an extensive renovation program to the hotel property. Of a family of four Aldeen, Roy and Sydney predeceased their mother. A daughter, Jean, Mrs. George Kruse, lives in Egmond- ville. There are a number of grandchildren and greatgrand- children. Mrs. Dungey was the former Fanny Lemon and was born in Fullerton Township east of Mit- chell. tabled by R. B. Dunlop, super- intendent of business affairs. It showed that $7,033,605 has been dispersed already. That accounts for 68.87 percent of the tool budget. "We're pretty close to where we were last year at this time." said Dunlop. Official enrollment in the county's elementary schools stands at 8779 it was learned with a pupil-teacher ratio of 26.3. Named to Division J. Douglas Jamieson, form- erly of the Agronomy Dieision, has been named head of the Livestock Division of Centralia College of Agricultural Technol- ogy. Mr. Jamieson graduated with a B.S.A. in Animal Husbandry and an M. Sc. in Swine Nutri- tion fronrstlie Ontario Agricult- ural College. He has had exs perience as a lecturer in live- stock production, both 'at Cent- ralia and at Kemptvllie. He also Served as assistant agricultural representative for Lincoln and Welland counties. Mr. Jlunieson, the son Of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Jamieson, is a graduate of S,D.H,S. ision concerning religious edu- catiOn at the elementary level. However, it was suggested that religious education should be offered only as an option to secondary school students and that teachers should be quali- fied to teach the course. Father Has 95th Birthday Ernest Epps, Clinton, cele- brated his 95th birthday on Satur- day with a family gathering at his home 'there. At the present time his 87-year-old sister,.Mrs. Etta Crick is living with him., Relatives who were present at the birthday celebration were his daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Eva) Clarke and Mr. Clarke,Seaforth; two granddaughters, Mrs. John Smith and Mr. Smith and family, Seaforth, Mrs. Mae Watterworth and family, Seaforth; two grand- sons, Prof. Ernest Clarke, Mrs. Clarke and family, Toronto; Mr. Elliott Clarke and Mrs. Clarke and family, Exeter and nine great grandchildren. Mr. Epps,• who is able to be up-and around each day, was the recipient of many gifts. Board Clears Scholarships The board of education in Huron County meeting Monday evening in Clinton approved two new scholarships for two Huron County schools. The board was advised that the late George Roy Menzies of the village of Brussels had be- queathed the sum of $29,000 to be deposited in a trust fund, the earnings from which is to provide scholarships to pupils who have graduated from the Brussels Public School for the purpose enabling them to attend university or school of higher learning after graduating from any secondary school. The Moncur Scholarships were also approved by the board. At least $48,703.25 has been be- queathed from the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Miller Mon- cur, PeterborouVh. In accordance with the wills of Mr. and Mrs. Moncur, the residue of their estates is to be held by the Board in trust for the South Huron District High School, and to be invested by the Board as a perpetual, trust. The interest of the in- vestm ants Is to ee used each year for two scholarships -one for a boy and one for a girl graduating from the South Huron District High School - on such terms and conditions as the Board shall decide. r The board agreed that the principal of S.H.D.H.S. and members of his staff be appointed a committee to recommend to the board the terms and condit- ions for awarding the Moncur Scholarships. In other business, the board learned that the proposed sub- division plan in that town will entail updating and alterations to the school facilities in the town of Exeter; that principals of night schools in the county will receive $30 for each course operating in the school to a maximum of $200 plus $2.50 per student on the register October 31; agreed to deny a request for a donation to Brussels Fall Fair; and decided to charge the Huron County Health Unit for the use pf school facilities for union meetings. Kyles, Kyles and Garrett of Stratford will be architects for the new addition at Seaforth Pub- lic School being built to accom- modate the intermediate and sen- ior students from McKillop Township. The firm has previously worked for the board on the F.E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham; Seaforth District High School; Usborne Central; and Wingham Public School. Subject to a cost survey which is approved by the Huron County Board of Education, members of that board agreed to Offer half day kindergarten from September ti the end of December to all schools in the county with trans- portation both ways to be provided by the board. The offer also includes alter- nate full-day kindergarten from January to June for those same kindergarten students; The decision came after a delegation from Stephen Town- ship asked for transportation all year long to half-day kindergar- ten in Stephen Central School. Vice-chairman Robert Elliott pointed out that in his opinion, this request could not be treated as "an isolated case". He pre- dicted that all county elementary schools would probably want the same kind of kindergarten, sys- tem for their students - and would be justified in that request if Stephen Township was granted this concession. Elliott suggested that half- day kindergarten until ..the end of December with the beard fur- nishing all transportation would give the youngsters an opportu- nity te become accustomed to school before having to attend on an alternate full-day basis. Mrs. David McClure, one of the spokesmen for the Stephen delegation present at the meeting, said she could not speak for all parents in Stephen but in her opinion it was "a good compro- mise". ,. James Coulter, superintend- ent of education in Huron County,• claimed that he was "very pleased with the alternate full- day program" for kindergarten ;students in Huron County. "At this time of year there is some tiredness displayed," he stated, "but we haven't had any evidence to say the system is inferior to the half-day pro- gram." Knisley, another super- intendent, disagreed. He said he had been involved in a study of the two types of kindergarten pro- grams in another area of the province and there was conclus- ive proof that students in the half-day program had absorbed much more throughout the year than the youngsters who went to kindergarten alle day every other day. • Mrs. McClure said' one of her''pet peeves" was the amount of money spent to equip and transport one secondary school football team for one year. As a former physical education tea- cher, she wondered at the pri- , CAROLYN FRASER SDHS, Grad Wins Carter Announcement has been m ide that Carolyn Fraser has been awarded a Carter `Scholarship as a result of her standing in -the final examinations at Seaforth District High School. A graduate of' this year she obtained a high average of 83.7 based on English 85, Math A 82, Biology 92, Physics '79, Chem- istry 76 and French 88. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fraser, R.R. 2, Blyth, she now is attending University of Western Ontario. A cornmitte of John Broad- foot, Marilyn Kunder, John Hen- derson and Donald McDonald will work with the architects to bring suitable sketch plans to the board for approval. Chairman John Lavis will be an ex-officio mem- ber of that committee. A capital expenditures fore- cast for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973 totalling $728,382 showed the Seaforth addition, the orities of a board which pru- vided complete football programs and skimped on the program for .kindergarten youngsters. Another member of the dele- gation, Keith Gill said' that he had heard of one youngster who would not be able to attend kindergarten in Stephen Township next year unless transportation was pro- vided by the board. Gill said the mother was unable to cope ' with the problem of getting the child to and from school daily. "I think it is pretty imeort- ant that this item be included in the budget," noted Gill. Stephen Central's principal, Don Finkbeiner was present. He told the board that to his know- ledge, every child who was elig- ible fdr kindergarten classes was attending this year despite the fact that parents are responsible for transportation one way. It was John Henderson, McKillop, who first questioned the cost of the additional service. He learned teere was no firm figure established as to the cost of such a service if it was implemented on a county-wide basis. Gordon Moir, Wingham, noted that in Howick Township, for instance, one bus at the noon-hour would not be sufficient to transe port the kindergarten youngsters because of the geographical dis- tances.. He said the board would need three or four buses. Moir suggested that a cost study be completed and approved before any final decision on the matter is reached. The president of the Royal Canadian Legion's Ontario Pro- vincial Comm.and Sunday' pledged the legion's support for the federal government's decision to apply the War Measures Act. Douglas •McDonald of Brant- ford received a standing ovation from about 350 legien members attending a convention in Clinton 3f District C. The district com- prises 45 branches in an area from Exeter to Tobermory, and from Goderich to Guelph. The government should be commended for its action in dealing with the FLQ terrorists, said Mr. McDonald. At the same time, he cautioned Canadians not to over-react and condemn all the people of Quebec. "Many times, the legion has been criticized for being flag- wavers, warmongers because.of our background as veterans," Mr. McDonald said. "And very often some of the public feel we try to , maintain the memory of the war for our purpose as. vet- erans. "Thee extreme opposite is our position. We don't advocate wars, but the Legion constitution ade vacates that Canada should main- ' tain; at aletimes, adequate forces for the defence Of the nation." Support m ist be given to the government's action, he said, not because of its military overtones, but because it will preserve the democracy "our fallen corn rades fought and died for." Clinton Branch 140 was host Are in Charge Of Campaign St. James Roman Catholic Church is participating in an appeal by the London Diocesan Finance C om m ittee on behalf of the 1970 DiocesanServices Fund, a new name to cover the former Bishop's Development Fund. The Diocesan Services Fund supplies the monies for various program m e S, dealing with C Oho- lic Social Services, Education and Youth. In charge of the appeal in St. James are Ted Van Dyke, Arnold Stinnison, Gordon Noble, James pevereaux, James Kelly, Leon Bannon, Irriirik Reynolds, Harry Hak, Harold Maloney,M Ike Williams, Frank Nigh, Wilfred McQuaid, Swart Wilson and Jack B edard. ".proeision of a library resources centre and replacement, of sub- standard classrooms at gieter Public School and the addition of two classrooms and a library _resources centre at Turnberry Central Public School. There is expected also to be the provision of library facili- ties through the use of portable classrooms and the renovation of existing classrooms in Grey A large barn on the farm of Harold Dodds, R.R. 4, Walton, was completely destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. Fire Chief John F. Scott of the Seaforth Area Fire Brigade for the convention, which began Saturday. Allan Nicholson of Seaforth, District C chairman, was in charge. Sunday's sessions were held in the Central Huron Secondary School auditorium and the legion hall. Discusses Pollution Reverend J. C. Britton of Northside United Church was the guest speaker at the regular monthly meeting of Father Ste- phen Eckert Council of Seaforth and district Knights of Columbus. Mr. Britton's topic was on Pollut- ion. He was introduced by the lecturer, Frank Reynolds and was thanked by Joseph White. Following the program a social was held and the share-the-wealth draw was made with Al Davies of Kitchener win- ning $176. Maurice Hallahan, Blyth and Keith Volland, Hen- sail , won the door prizes. Discuss Easter Seal Representatives of Seaforth Lions Club took part in a dis- cussion of a new concept for the 1971 Easter Seal Camaaign stressing the more positive val- ues of rehabilitation which was revealed to community service clubs from the counties Of Huron and Perth at a District Meeting in Clinton on Tuesday evening. The District meeting was called by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. At this meet- ing, Service Club representatives met with Society personnel to discuss plans and preparations for the 1971 Easter Seal Cam- paign, scheduled for next March 11th to April I lth. Since Its in- ception, the campaign in the Sea- forth area has been carried out by the Seaforth Lions Club. The Service Club representa- tives reported on their local crippled children's program and the meeting was presented with a report for the 1970 Camping season. Representatives from the Seafotth Lions Club were: Clair Campbell, William Pinder and Orville Olcti. central P.S., Colborne 'Central P.S., Blyth P.S., Brussels P.S., East Wawanosh Central P.S., Hentrall P.S. and Zurich P.S. Mrs. J. W. Wallace questioned the board whether it had made any arrangements for the accom- modation of two extra board members after the fall elections. She learned that temporary accommodation would bee found and it would be up to the new estimated 'damage at $20,000. The fire was noticed- by Mr. Dodds about 4:30 a.m. when it already was a mass of flame's. The Seaforth Area Fire Depart- ment on arrival were unable to save the building which had started to collapse. The Fire- then," however, contained the flames and prevented spreading to a nearby shed. Lost in the fire along with the wood frame barn were a come bine, a small truck', a bale ele- vator and many smaller tools and farm implements. Also lost The 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James Sloan was marked by a High Mass of thanksgiving in St. Columban Roman Catholic Church with Rev. P. A. Oostveen officiating. Msgr. J. J. White was in the sanctuary. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan were married in this same church on October 19, 1920, by the late Rev. F. P. White. Following the mass a dinner prepared by the ladies of the C. W.L. was served to , the members of their family. Mrs. Sloan is the former Josephine Kale, the daughter of the late Mr: and Mrs. Thomas Kale. Mr. Sloan is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Sloan. They have a family of five sons, 3 daughters and 31 grandchildren: Joseph, Windsor; Thomas, Pet- erborough; Patrick, Lakefield; Gerald, G rafton; Jarhes, Jr.,. R. R. 5Seaforth; Mrs. Tom (Madeleine) board to decide upon any new furnishings to be added to the board room. John Cochrane, director of education, zaid that fir the civic body which meets oftener and longer than any other, present accommodations have been "not the most comfortable'. However, none of the board members chose to complain about present arrangements were about eighty pigs, the family pony and the seasons crop' consisting of 4000 bales of hay, 1000 bales of straw and between 40 and 50 tons of grain. Mr. Dodds said that the loss• was partially covered by insur- ance. No cause has been definitely determined as yet but spontan- eous combustion in the hay is strongly suspected according to .Mr. Dodds. s The barn was located on the Dodds farm at Lot .33, Conces- sion 11, McKillop Township. Murray, R.R. 5,Seaforth; Mrs. Gerald (Mona) Gaffney, Peter- borough; Mrs. Donald (Florence) Brady, London. They, with all their families, were present. The groomsman of 50 years ago, Mr. Thomas Moylan, Kitchener, was present. Mrs. Sloan also has one sister, Mrs. Laura Holland, Dublin. Mr. Sloan has twq sisters, Mrs. Mary Jordan, Dublin and Mrs. Margaret Feeney. The Apostolic Blessing was received from Pope Paul VI; also congratulatory messages from prime minister Trudeau, Ontario Liberal Leader, Robert Nixon, and Governor-General and Mrs. Michener. A reception for the bride and groom of 50 years ago was held in the Knights of Columbus Hall, at which they received congratu- lations and good wishes from their many friends and neigh. bourn. Board Names Architects Estimates Include SPS Addition Operated -Hotel Mrs. Dungey Is 90 Name Groups to Act On Cafeterias Offer Proposal for Kindergarten Transportation Clinton . Legion Hosts District 'C'