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The Huron Expositor, 1971-08-26, Page 1VISIT ON EXCHANGE PROGRAM The Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food and the 4-H clubs of Ontario have co-' operated in sponSoring exchange visits between thousands of urban and rural children in the province this summer. One such visit took place' near Seaforth last week when 14-year old Lori Martin (right).• of Toronto, visited at the home of Sandra Hulley, 13, R. R. 1, Seaforth. Lori, who will start High School in Toronto this fall, said that she enjoyed her stay very much and that it was good to get out of the city if only for a week. Above the girls do a little window shopping on Seaforth's Main Street. , (Staff Photo) Swimmers at Lion's Park_ Earn Red CrossAwards Footings for the foundation r.b. the new' church fOr the longre- gation of Brucefield -United it Church were started on ridayo, The new church will repl e the 62 year old church destroyed by , fire last November 20. '• The new chUrch is beig ibuilt • by Riehl Construction Ltd Of New Hamburg for $122,000. red brick edifice will seat4,;3 persons in the nave and includes' a church hall. , Another prominent feature of the design is a modern bell tower, separate from. the one- 0 storey church, but 'connected to it by a covered walkway. Other features include kit- chen, church school rooms, a nursery, minister's study and . meeting rooms. Since the November fire, the 110 member congregation has, been worshipping in the Kippen United Church. • 4-H HOLDS LEADER TREAINING COURSE e iron FIRST SECTION — Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1971 — 16 PAGES 4 Whole No 5398 11.2th Year Single Copies 'Corpus $6.00 A Year 11: OtrOcket Swimming instruction at the Sea-forth Lions Park came to an end last 'week as Red cross examiners moved to check child- ren in the August courses. While the park and pool' will remain Open until Labor Day • special adult classes and swim- ming periods will terminate this week park officfals said. Over 800 delegates and visitors including three from the Staff ofi Seaforth Public School attended the 53rd Annual Meeting of the 35,000 - member Federation of Women Teachers' AssociationS of Ontario in 'Toronto last week. The Feder- ation represents the elementary public school women teachers of Ontario. Attending from this area (Continued on Page 8) pulpit, clergy 'chair and an old seven-day clock which went for $67. The McKillop sale was the basis for a feature article in the Toronto Daily Star last week end.' Accompanying the article was a picture of Mr. and Mrs. William Koehler who lived near the Church. SPS Teachers At Meeting • ---to-her-marriage. _ that in the areas The schools all closed their involved Board of Educatfoii bus-- doors at the end of JUne as a ses travelled about 900 miles further step in Ontario Depart- each day and Separate School ment of Education program to eli- biisses about 135 miles. inmate smaller rural schools. ,Integration will eliminate one The pupils who had been bus and at the ,same time reduce registered at the schools will average bus mileage. Of the attend central schools when clas- eleven bpsses required to meet ses resume' .on September 7th. the new schedule, nine will be Kindergarten to Grade four provided under contract by.Hab- pupils will be enrolled at Walton kirk Transit Ltd. of Seaforth Public School, while those and the remaining two by Mark's McKillop students. in Grades 5 Busses of Walton. through 8 will attend Seaforth Public School. An expansion project is currently underway at the Seaforth school to accommo- date the extra pupils. The first of the three schools sold Saturday was No. 2 located 1 1/4 miles north of Roxboro. Mr. and Mrs. William Massey of Toronto were the (successful bidders on the one-room frame structure. The Masseys picked up the building on a ,1/2' acre lot for $4,400. They plan to remodel the building for use as a Summer home and -possibly later a retire- ment home away from the hectic life of the city. S. S. No. 2i was the oldest school sold on Saturday. It was built in 1874. "A History of ' McKillop" compiled by Mrs. Joseph Grum- mett says of the school, "In 1874 a frame building, S.S. No. 2 was built on a half 'acre site, Con- cession 4,„ on what wa's the McElroy farm. Cost of die land was $66." "The old school was re- modeled in 1925 with a 20 by 40 foot section being removed from the south side. Abasement was built under the remaining section with a furnace .... at a cost of $2,819." Tom SchoonderwOerd of Mit- chell was the successful bidder on S. S. Nb. 4 (Duff's) School. Built and equipped in 1913 for about $3,500. the school sold for $4,650.00 on Saturday. "The Story of McKillop" re- ports, ,In 1913 the present school was 'built and equipped for about $3,800. , three distinct residents supplying most of the capital, to be paid back later. This school of two stories is of cement brick built by Louis Hoegy for $2,875. Much of the lumber used in the new school was from the original one, with the official opening in 1915. The school yard was drained and a pipe fence erected ,on two sides with 36 rods of pipe being bought for $67." S.S. No. 6 (Wheatley's) school was to be sold subject to destruc- tion or removal. However, the successful buyer was Dyke Wheatley, on whose land the school is situated. Mr. Wheatley was•unable to be present at the but Clarence Ryan, a former pupil at the school, bid $600. to buy the building on his behalf. Mr. Wheatley hopes to resell the school along with land on which it is situated. Of Wheatley's school "A Story of McKillop" says, "Discussions regarding a new school were held from Janpary 13, 1897 until 1902. Contract was awarded to F. Gut- teridge of Seaforth for $1,180. Debenture by-law expenses amounted to $13.; furniture, fix- tures and desks cost $183.60; extras $26.44 for a total cost of $1,403.04." A large school bell, purchased from George A. Sills and Sons, Hardware merchants of Seaforth in 1908 for $20. was sold to Mr. Mert Keyes, R. R. 3, Seaforth, for $140. on Saturday. Mr. Keyes also bought a small bell at the S.S. No. 2 sale for $70. • The disposal sales will con- tinue this Saturday when Rathwell's Auction Service of Brucefield will offer for sale the buildings, property and con- tents associated- with S.S.. No. 7, S.S. No. 8, S.S. No. 9, and S.S. No. 10 schools of McKillop Town- ship. The remaining schools are all brick one.room buildings and one, No. 10, will be sold subject to removal or destruction.' Savings of at least $10-,Q00 The new system should elim- are forecast by county school irate much of the criticism of board officials with the intro- school bus schedules which re, duction , when schools open, fleeted concern that.two and three of an integregated bus system busses each serving a particular to service pupils in McKillop school, travelled along the same Tpwnship and In parts of Grey, concession road. Under inte- Morris and Hullett Townships gration one bus will pick up all attending both public, separate the students along each route. and secondary schools. • Max Malpass in charge of First raised by Huron-Perth transportation for the Huron Roman Catholic Separate School Board said busses had been in- board more than a year ago, the tegrated in the Usborne Exeter new system reflects continuing area for some years. The discussions between officials of that board and of the Huron Board of Education extending over many months. The schedule of integrated bus runs is announced in an advertisement on page 10 of this issue. It provides for 11 runs each school day totalling 534 miles. This represents a saving of approximately 500 miles a day over the independently operated schedules in effect last year. ust 30 concerning provincial sup- port for separate school educat- ion to the end' of Grade 13, will be attended by Superintendent John Vintar or Joseph Tokar; board chairman Howard .Shantz and trustee Francis Hidknell of R.R. 5, Seaforth. By that date it is expected that Premier William Davis will have handed down his at the board office location 'to create a new resource area. The property committee is to bring • Rev. Father Arthur R. Looby' C.S.B., St. ,Michael's College in a recommendation on the pro- School, Toronto, will celebrate posal. Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving on Stratford to hold a COR Week- the occasion of his Silver Sacer- end (a retreatTOFY-o-firieb151e)'------- - Fen•r is dotal Jubilee at St. Patrick's In St. Church; Dublin;-en-Saturday._ ford. Are Issued . Michael's School in Strut- o'clock. The custodians in the nine- teen separate schools in Huron and Perth will meet in the board" rooms in Seaforth, with the in- itial meeting to be held on August 31. At this meeting, setup by business administrator Jack Lane, they will deal with the rules and regulations for custod- ians so that they will all be aware of their responsibilities. Too, they will plan •subsequent meetings with .1n-service pro- grams for them to learn new techniques. Edward Rowland and a trustee on the Personnel Com- mm eitetteiengasl.so will be attending the A meeting in Toronto on Aug- Correction Trustees of the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board will attend the Canadian Catholic Trustees Association Conference in Thunder Bay on September 16, 17 and 18. The Superintendent of Education, John Vintar, or his assistant, Joseph Tokar, will also attend, with six trustees includ- ing board chairman, Howard Shantz; David Teahen and F. J. Vere, all of Stratford; Oscar Kieffer of R.R.1, Bluevale; John McCann of R.R. 3, AilsaCraig, and Vincent Young of Goderich. In other business Monday night the board granted permis- sion to Rev: M. J. Hughes of Integrated School Buses Cut Daily Mileage in Half Over 40 area women were on hand at the Seaforth Legion Monday and Tuesday to take part In a Leader Training Course for the upcoming season's "Dairy Fare" 4-H Homemaking Club program. The course, sponsored by the Department of Agricul- ture, is designed to familiarize leaders with course content and teaching techniques for the winter program. Above, (left to Trustees Will Attend Thunder Bay In last week's issue reference was made in a picture caption to a barn owned by Mrs. Oscar Tebbutt. This was in error since the barn and lot was, the property of A. J. Wright,'having been purchased several years ago by Mr. Wright from the Oscar Tebbutt Estate. arrangement into by the prior to the Prize lists for Seaforth's 126th fall fair were released this week by secretary, James Keys. Copies are available from Mr. Keys or at the Expositor office. The fair this year, set ,for September 16 and 17, in addition to an extended prize list will feature a Queen of the fair Com- petition. The Queen will be crowned by Miss Dominion of Canada- who also will officiate at the opening ceremonies on Thursday evening, September 16. Meeting had been entered individual boards introduction of the • county board system. The Mc- Killop Seaforth schedule being introduced now is the first that. has been negotiated between the two county systems. Mr. Malpass agreed the economies which were indicated suggested that other areas in which integration was feasible, would be explored. Under the plan coming into effect in September, a transfer point has been established at Winthrop. Here all busses will There will be no change from meet and students will transfer last year in the bus routes ser- from the bus that picks them up ving pupils in Tuckersmith, and to the bus that delivers them to Hibbert who are attending Sea- their particular school. The forth District High School. Father Looby is supplemen- tary reserve chaplain (RC) Canadian Forces and is presently attached to the Royal Canadian Summer Cadet Camp at CFB Trenton. On occasions Father Looby has served at C F B Clinton. A son of Mrs. A. M. Looby of Dublin and the late Louis J. Looby, Father Looby was born in Dublin. He received his primary and secondary education at St. Patrick's Separate School and Dublin Continuation School after which he graduated from Assumption College,• Windsor, with a B.A. degree. Following studies at St. Basils Novitiate he was ordained August 15, 1946 in St. tte.sils Church, Toronto by his Eminence Most Rev. James Cardinal McGuigan, Archbishop of Toronto. Graduate studies were pur- sued at the University of Roches- ter, Rochester, N.Y., the Catholic University of America, Washing- ton, D.C. and at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa. McKillop Church Brings f50 Cormnutify Sirice '83 Set Footings For Church Al Brumfield Pave Service Area At P.O. Contractors are at work this week preparing to pave the service area at the rear of Sea- forth pest office. Preliminary work involved installing a drain, a catch basin in the area to the new storm sewer installed on Main Street two years ago: Levis Contracting Co. Ltd., Clinton, are general contractors on the job with Maloney Bros. of Dublin holding a sub contract according to Thomas Wilbee, building custodian. While the summer program at the park is nearing an end for the year there has been no let up in a series of break-ins that have plagued park staff through- out the season. The latest incident occurred sometime Saturday night, park superintenaent Roy McGonigle said. Thieves smashed in a door in the bathing pavilion and stole a quantity of chocolate bars valued' at $25. He said OPP Con- stable ,Ray Primeau, of the Sea- forth detachment was in- vestigating. ° Successful students in the Red Cross swim program are: Pre-beginners: Suzanne Eg- gert, Sylvia Wood, Dorothy Ham,- wert, Barb MickeI1,, Edward Chappel, David SCott, Grant Drost, Andy Vivian, Nancy Westerhof, • Brian Moore, Cla- rence VanDeBan, Debbie Dins- more, .Al McQuaid, Paul McQuaid, Mark Fischer. Beginners; Pia Marcussen, Jane Ross, Jim Scott, Joanne G-gerwinski, Mark Lynn Glew, A McKillop Church, which has served congregations since 1883, has closed its doors on' the last, worshippers and been sold at auction for $50. The McKillop Evangelical United Brethren Church, known as Zion Churdh, on the eighth concession of McKillop was sold to William Mott. Mr. Mott , who owns and operates Family Paradise Camping Park in McKillop,pians to move the wooden frame build- ing to the park for use as a re- creation hall. A condition of the sale was that the building. be moved by October first. The Congregation decided to sell the church and contents yafter it dwindled to a few families who could not afford to maintain the building and pay the circuit preacher's salary.- Among the contents sold were two Bibles, one of which, a large pulpit Bible, sold for $9. Twenty dollars was enough to buy an aluminum communion set while an old pewter set got more. Also sold were the pews, ' piano, reverse procedure will be followed onithe return trip. Schools that will be served include Seaforth District High School, St. James Roman Ca- tholic Separate School, Seaforth, SeafOrth Public School, St. Columban Roman Catholic Sep- arate School, Walton Public School and Central Huron Sec- ondary School at Clinton. Brucefield, chairman of the- board's salary negotiating com- mittee for secondary schools, said 'he hoped the agreement would be ratified and school could open 'on schedule, Tuesday, Sept. 7. FATHER LOOBY Father Looby was associated with the Aquinas Institute, Rochester, N.Y., St. Thomas High School, Houston ,Texas, St. Joseph's High School, Ottawa and Assumption dOlrego' School, Windsor. The community has been invited to join with him and his family at his Jubilee Mass ore Saturday. . Bob Scott, Brad Sallows, Steve Sallows, Christie Knetsch, Paul 'Geddes, Bob Graham, Michael Costello, Karen Laverty, Bob Costello, Nancy ,Kunder, Allan Nigh, Stephen Hildebrand, Mary Lou Jansen, Peter Underwood, Paul Ellis, David Townsend, Lyle Hill, Steven Johns, Tracy Ziegler, Jerome Cronin, Suzanne Eggert, Jim Delaney. Juniors: Jeffrey Allan, Sandra 'Menheere, Ken Menheere, ctinda Heard, Doug Geddes, Robbie Chesney, David Ellis, Carol Raymond, Juanita Smith, Serena Hulley, Rosemarie Kelly, David Staffen, Allison Pollard, Connie Willis, Gord Geddes, Pam Geddes, Jim Laverty, Beth Val lance, Ted Montgomery, Tessie Malkus, Edmund Malkus, Carol Anne StaUen. Intermediates: Barb Chesney, Cindy Dorssers, Debbie Dors- sers, John Bakker, Brenda Dale, Sheila Geddes, Bernard McQuaid. Seniors: Ida Stinnissen, Clare Devereaux, Mary Jean Sgisbury: Jane Dietz. Schools Bring Good Prices In McKillop The curtain came down on more than one hundred years of history and tradition on Satur- day as three one-room schools in McKillop Township went under the Auctioneer'S call. Four more schools are scheduled to be sold Saturday. Sold last Saturday were S.S. No. 2 McKillop located on Con- cession 4, 1 1/4 miles East of the Hullet town line, S.S. No. 4 (Duff's) School, also on Con- cession 4 and S.S. No. 6 (Wheat- ley's) on the 8th Concession. The sales were attended by a varying crowd of bidders, former pupils and interested on- lookers. At least one former teacher was present for the sales. Mrs. Andrew Crozier of R. R. 2, Seaforth, attended the sale at the Wheatley School where she was able to purchase a black- board as a memento. Mrs. Crozier taught at the Wheatley school from 1926 until 1934 prior Suggest Early Agreement In Teacher, Board Dispute While no decision had been ion negotiating, committee. quested an eight per cent wage announced at press time, indi- , No detail I of -the tentative increase, Plus 66 2/3 per cent cations pointed to a settlement settlement was released until payment by the board .of fringe of—the eTwcen thenethsai Huron gi-s CountyaluYdi s- . the ratification meeting. benefits. They later reduced A rourict=th-e=clock negotiat---.-their—agary_ 7.demands to 7per pule h ..._ .___ _________ dory schrdoof olteacher s. Education cent. ___ and sebon- ing session preceded the set- _. • tlement. The two sides met The board's most recent of-, Teachers are considering a Wednesday of last week at 2 for of six per cent was turned proposed agreement at a meeting p.m. in Central Huron Secondary down in June.- The board has in ClintonLegionHall on Wednes- School, Clinton. and continued offered to pay 55 per cent of day. talking until 2 a.m. Thursday. fringe benefits. Last year A tentative salary agreement At 8 p.m. Wednesday, the 15 it paid 50 per cent. was reached early„Thursday be- trustees of the board of educat- Bruce Shaw, president of the tween Huron County board of ion also gathered at the school. Huron branch of District 22 of" education and an Ontario Secon- Two members of the Ontario the OSSTF and a member of dary School Teachers' Federat- Trustees Council assisted in negotiations. There were con- the teachers' salary-negotiating its negotiators throughout the agreement." owmasmittee, said- the committee suitations between the board and pleased witmh rt.he stheanwtativles .c, ,The trustees also stayed on evening.. English department head at South until 2 a.m., - ratifying the Huron District High School in to the end of Grade 13 for separate firSt time a two-year contract Exeter. John ' -.agreement before they left. If the agreement its ratified Broadfoot, R. R. 1, ruling bn the extension of grants by the 269 teachers, it will be the schools. In connection with the has been signed in the county. proposed extension of grants each All previous contracts have been for one year. trustee was presented with a book, Completion Campaign , The teachers originally re- Handbook 1971, which had been . prepared by the English Catholic ' Teachers' Association of Plan Mass of Thanksgiving Ontario. The meeting discussed reno- To Celebrate Silver Jubilee vations to the existing storeroom right) Ann Noble, Seaforth,'Mrs. Sarah Elliot, R. R. 5, Seafotth, Mrs. Olive Little, R. R. 1, Seaforth; Sylvia-Smith, R. R. 2, Walton, and Ruth Axtmann, R. R. 4, Walton, a visiting home economist with" the Clinton branch of the Department of Agricul-, ture and Food, diScuss points raised during the two -day training school. (Staff Photo)