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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-03-30, Page 14 A _Cindy Bisback of Hensall pulled the lucky tiLket for a hamper of groceries in a draw sponsored " by the Hensall Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Don MacLean of Egmondville was the winner. Proceeds. go to the Crippled Children's Treatment Centre, London. (Staff Photo) Hospital gran proposals stir up • ,1 Huron council controversy The Huron-Perth county Ro- man Catholic Separate School Board passed a motion-exercisa ing its option on 7.2 acres of land on the easterly limits of Seaforth when it met in regular session, in Seaforth Monday. ' The land will be a •school site for future needs of the board. It is bordered by GoderichStreet (No. B Highway) on the north, Coleman Street on the west and Goeinlock Street on the south. The price is $40,000 with clos- ing date on July 31. A portion of the property consisting of 4.2 acres is being sold by A. J. Wright and is the location of the A, J. Wright Transport depot. 'The warehouse facilities used by Wright Trans- port were destroyed by fire late last year. ' The balance of the property is being purchased from Neil Bell and consists of 3 acres. It , is located south of the adjoin- ing residences of Mr. Bell and Wm. M. Hart and is immediately east of the Wright property. girls'' trumpet band Which is.also operating only in certain seasons .of activity. theyeara.S extra-curricu- lar Mr. Kalbfleisch denied that music has been unpopular with the students in Huron County. He said the Vitae program has not.been "eeld" in the same way that the other courses have been sold to the students. • He suggested the bands from GDCI could make a tour of the elementary schools in Huron County to acquaint the students with the joys of participation in a band and enrolment in a music course. Mr. 'Kalbfleisch noted that while the GDCI bands would not like to "be sentenced" to a year of playing nothing` but elementary 'schools in Huron County, the students would be happy to part- icipate in °a program to sell music to students coming into high school. • "How can a student know if lie wants to play a trumpet if he has never seen a trumpet?" he asked. The art program in Huron -Schools, reported. John Talbot, Seaforth PS, is somewhat hit and n'iiss. Re said that while most elementary schools have several teachers 'on the staff who have taken one' or more art courses which have been, Made available through . the. Huron beard of educa- tion, and all schools have art programs of some kind, there are -no 'art classes in the hight schools at thel3resent time. "The problem in beginning an art course as seen ty,the high schools is that they have no room suitably set up and the difficulty. of getting a teacher to teach art part-time and some other sub- ject," said Mr. Talbot. Jack Lane, Business Admin- istrator, revealed that a saving on interest of $4,196.20 would result to the board if the45 mun- icipalities paying it school levies were to pay them in four instal- ments each year. At present, 30 municipalities pay them in two instalments and 15 pay them once yearly and none pay them in the four instalments JACK MUIR Area fire board names 'Jack Muir Jack 'Muir was appointed deputy fire chief of the Seaforth Fire Area' Board ,at a. meeting in Seaforth Monday night. He will be paid $250.00. Jini Sills and peter Kling were named captains. Jack Scott as fire' chief re- ceives $500. Reeve John Flannery of Sea- forth , who recently was named chairman of the board, succeeds W, J, Leeming of McKillop. Other board members are Seaforth councillor, Wm. Pinder; Tuckersmith Counc. Cleave Coombs; McKillop Reeve Allen Campbell and Counc. W. J. Leem- ing; Hullett Reeve Hugh Flynn' and Hibbert counc. Clifford Milton. Mrs. Earl Dinsmore is 'secretary-treasurer. Memberl of the Huron County Board of Education took a long and longing 'look Monday after- noon at the Arts. The afternoon began with a stirring concert given by the concert, and stage bands from' Goderich District Collegiate Institute in Huron County and the 110-voice choir from Mitchell District High School in Perth County, and end- ed with a recommendation from committee of teachers that the board co-operate with the Huron County Council to build an Arts C entre 'in Huron. The presentation which fol- lowed the concert in the gym at Central Huron Secondary School• in Clinton showed that the art subjects - music, drama and art,' are of "paramount importance in the development of the whole child." Mbrley Sanders of South Huron DHS, outlined the aims of the creative arts in school. He said it provides the basis. for , leisure time activities in later life, teaches students to be 'criti- cal and discriminating in their interests, develops a questioning mind and a seese of confidence, aids in' social and emotional growth and helPs" correct some of the imbalance of aims within the present school system. "Marks are given for aca- demic abilities but, the persons with creative abilities do not get any recognition," he explained. "With creative 'arts in the schools in Huron C ounty, we feel it should help to repair the balance." • . Warren Robinson from GDCI discussed courses in theatre arts for 'secondary schools. He noted that facilities for teaching such• courses are practically non-ex- istant ,,''in the county and added there 'Was a shortage of staff as well. "There are too dangers," 'Mr. Robinson went on. "The most serious is that of saying• that we .can do: nothing becatase of lack of equipment, facilities or teacher.? background. Something valuable will come out of the most primitive conditions with the most inexperienced teacher as long as he pr she is in earnest. The aecond , danger is to allow the first condition to become norm." Speaking. 'about music in the county schoolS, Charles Kalb- fleisch, GDCI, said that while there is vocal music taught in - all the elementary schools of the county, and some limited instru- mental instruction,- none of the secondary schools has any music instructitin either vocal or instrumental. He said that GDCL has a 50- piece band and a 12-piece stage band but this activity is carried on as an extra-curricular activ- ity. At Seaforth DHS ttiefe is a SDHS one of two schools sponsoring band MUSIC • Suggest new courses for Seaforth High New courses - some of them entirely different eto what has previously been offered in Huron County - have been approved for the'five high schools forSepte,m- ber 1972. All courses, however, are subject to budget limitations and may still be deleted from the schedule if fulia-cannot be made available. At Clinton, Anthropology for ,students in ' years 3 and 4 and art for students in years 1 and 2 will be offered. At . .F.E.Madill Secondary School in Wingham, art will be taught at the first year level with a further course for a more sen- ior group; drama will be open to any student; welding will be of, fered . to students at third year level; and machine shop will be available 'to -students faking the auto major course. At GDCI, art will be open to all students; consumer educa- tion will be taught at the year 4 level; instrumental "music has been approved for all students; and business orgaMzation,world politics and' ,modern literature will be given to third and fourth year students on alternate years. Seaforth District Higli School will have film arts for third and fourth year students;, and Ger- man for students in year 3. Decision oe, a course entitled "Media," will be reserved until new enrolment figures are re-, ceiveci for art. (Continued on page 8) a $79,000 reserve fund for the roads department. According to Clerk John Berry, this repre- sents about one, mill to the tax- payers., "Our total requirement of $738,000 of County funds is identical to Our 071 levy," re- ported Reeve Elston. "our - recommendation for the Reserve Fund is as a result of discus- sion with C. S. MacNaughton, Huron MPP and Department of Transportation andCommunicat- ions officials. it is felt that D. T. C. financial arrangements will. be revised in 19'73 to allow the county to increase its road prOgrani in 1973 from the 1972 level whet it reached its lowest level in film years - 15.2% lower than 1971." "This reserve Fund will be required to finance our sha're of this revised arrangement 10973" Reeve Elstoh explained. Goderich Deputy-Reeve Daft Gower questioned the wisdom of establishing a reserve fund in the road department at a time When the total county budget is "probably up". "I'm concerned about the overall picture to the municie panties," he stated, Reeve Gower went on to question the method by which the overall budget for the county is set. He said that since all department budgets are approved before there is an opportunity to assess their total effect. on county spending, it was difficult 'to control the overall picture. • Reeve Charles Thomas,Grey, concurred. "We pass the department budgets," Stated Reeve Thomas, "and .then'- we look to see if we're up over the previqus year," He said there could be some merit in seeing the entire tax picture at once, and then, if necessary, making cuts in 'various departments. _„"Apparently that's the way the' province does it," Reeve Thomas added. Clerk Berry told council that while all budgets from the de- partments are approved individ- ually, the total budget for the county must Ape approved by council before the necessary by- laws are passed to c011eet the money from the municipalities, He said it was his understanding that if the majority of council ' was dissatisfied with the total budget picture, changes could be made in certain departmentbud- gets even though they had 'been approved previouslye. Stanley Township's Anson tvIcKinley i deputy-reeve, said he was concerned abopt the budget- ting system of county council. "I have been concerned about it since , I came into county council," stated Reeve McKinley. "But it 'seems to me we're tied to the system. Our system may have faults, but I havenot an idea for the better one." "Priorities at the municipal level tend to be set by the pro- vincial government priorities," .44 Whole Not 5429 113th Year 14 PAGES. SEAFORTH ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1972 — First Seetio, Pages 1.8 Huron - Perth RC Board cquires ewSeaforth School - Indications are that taxpay- ers in Huron will be paying mere' money to the county in 1972. According' to Clerk John Berry, the expenses will be up about $700,000 over last year. "To give council an approx- imate idea of the increased costs, the total additional revenue re- quired by the county would amount to.$200,000 and on ..the:.,old sys- tem of about 70 million' assess-- , ment,t his is in the neighborhood of three mills," reported Clerk Berry., Council gave its approval to reduce the surplus account by $90,000, 'leaving about $110,000 to be raised en additional taxa- tion. This would mean' an ,increase of about J. 1/2 - mills to county ratepayers. Approval was also given for an additicaial $50,00.0 to be set aside in the working capital fund for 1972. The purpose of this fund is to help reduce borrowing costs to the county. Clerk Berry explained the need for additional money in' Huron this year,. . • "The greatest .increase ' 'of course, is due to the fact that the county has accepted county welfare and. this amounts to The second from last of the preliminary draws for $25.00 in . the Seaforth Lions Car Club was ----won--IVionday Gordon Elliott • —$94-i500---net to .the. county," Mr. Seafotth. Berry said. "In addition a full year for the county planning de- partment, certain land division costs, . firopoSed re-establish- inent of the Hospital Reserve Fund' and as well, general in- creases in almost every depart- ment." The road budget, Mr. Berry added, will remain approximately the same as other years. It is estimated that 10 mills will be collected in Huron for roads this year. The Executive Committee of Huron County Council brought in' a report to council last Fri- day afternoon which turned out to be the most controversial one to come before members in a long while. Chairman Allan Campbell, reeve of McKillop and the corn"- mittee members answered a-long series of questions as council probed detailg of the report. The issue which brought the most discussion was the recom- mendation to change the grant, structure to the five county hos- .. pitals. While members wee not opposed to grants te 'tie hos- pitals, they strongly indicated they were not . anxious to be "tied down" to a stipulated amount. - The original motion was "that county council accept the obli- • gation to provide funds for hos- pital purposes of one third of the approved proVincial costs, ,but „to an amount not to exceed $100;000 for each hospital pay- able to the hospitals concerned, provided the money is available in the Reserve Fund". That motion was turned back to committee for further study, but decision was reached to set aside $50,000-in 19'72 for hos- pital purposes, and that addi- tional funds be set aside from year to year to the credit, of the Hospital Reserve Fund, subject to approval of County Council • in each year. Deputy-reeve Gerry Ginn, Goderich Township, felt hospital grants should be made on a per Lions plan car club round up 1 4 with the preliminaries near- ing a it end the committee is making plans for the final draw for the major prize - a choice of a car according to W.D.Ste- phenson, chairman of the com- mittee in charge. While the tickets indicated that the linal event would take place on April 5th, Mr.Steph- enson said it has been• neces- sary to postpone it until ,such time as ice is taken out of • the arena. He said that each ticket holder would be advised by letter the date the big night would be held. He added that admission that evening will ,be restricted to ticket holders and each may bring one guest. The dlub has decided to pro- cedd at this time with the sale of tickets for a similar dra* so that it will be possible to have the 26 preliminary draws made before ,the ice is put back in the arena next fall. Mr. Stephenson said that each *4 of the 250 ticket holders will be contacted by the Lion member who sold them a ticket so that they may have firSt opportunity to take part in the Lions seccnd car chili, , have .to pay for two systems?" Reeve Bill Elston of Morris said Wingham Hospital was built with "local funds". He stated that people in the Winghem district were pr9ud 9f the hospital they had In their 'community and he disagreed that the same people should now help „to build hos- pitals in other areas of the county. "It 'is not fair to the little people to be taxed in this way," Reeve Elbton said. Reeve Harold Robinson .con- curred, He said that local peo- ,ple should be charged with the 'responsibility to support hos- pitals in their own municipal- ities.. Reeve Elston further re- marked that county funding was needed by the hospitals in Huron, but it should be assessed accord- ing to the individual needs and requirements of the • hospital rather than as a straight one- third of approved costs, up-to a maximum of $100;000. Reeve Derry HOyle, Exeter, ' referred to -hospital building as a "broad spectrum of -financ, ing''. "Maybe Ake province should be paying 10G percent of all building costs or maybe it should. cut out.. some hospitals, I don't know. But• until -then, -the county must accept the responsibility. Let's say what's good for. wing- ham is good for Exeter. We have to think of every single person in Huron County,", stated Reeve Boyle. Anson McKinley, deputy-reeve of • Stanley Township, Said each hospital should be "examined ' on its merits and position". , ' "The motion as it stands - is. a little too rigid," said Reeve McKinley. The ReeVe of Wingham, Jack Alexander, said that he,, under- stood, why localehospital boards would get weary of door-to-door (Continued ,On Page 6) "Due to provincial financial restraint," William Elston, Reeve of Morris and chairman of the Huron County Road Com- mittee said Friday at the March session • in Goderich, "the DepartMent of Trinsportation and Communications has reduced the subsidy allotment to the county from $826,000, in' 1971 to $693,000 this year." The total amount, budgeted on roads and bridges' including Development Roads, the chair- man's report stated, "is down $259,000." 'County Engineer Jim Brittle!' said this represents a 13.9% decrease to' the county and a 19.1% decrease in the subsidy allotment. "All this when we can expect a 10% increase in "costs," he added. The taxpayers of Huron County, however, will likely pay the same mill rate for county roads in 1972 as they did in 1971. Included in the budget is Reeve McKinley went on. eetren though the two may not be com- patible. We should' be working for a system whereby we at the local levels' set our own priori- ties." predict it is in the future, but- I don't know when," Reeve McKinley concluded. "It is, imperative that it come and we must be ready to accept the responsibilities that will go with setting our own priorities. if we think this is a debate this morning, wait until we start set- ting priorities. This will seem just like a Boy Scout 'affair." Mr. Britnell endoreed a system of "unconditional grants" • from the provincial government. He said a brief asking for essen- tially that very thing had gone from the road committee to the DTC. The idea, Mr. Britnell said, was for a lump sum to be given to the county annually, with the county determining, how it was to be spent. AAA Board of Education , and Trastee Chris VialraYea; St. Man's, offered to contact Leonard Feen- ey, Stratford, separate sch001 representative on • the Perth County Board ofEdueation to get the feelings ".of those Public '' school boards. At present both public school boards accept the _ school levies in two yearlypay: ments, Accident insurance for parent volunteers will be -fireVided-as made available by Pitts Life - surance Company. A study on the Family Life Advisory Committee program at St. Jerome's college in Waterloo commencing in July will be att- ended by Sister Mary St. Louis,• pri icipal of St. James School, Sea'orth. At present the board has a committee studying the Possibility of the Family Life program -being -started in the schools under te Huron-perth board. 4 for transportation to and from , the hospital, this too, Is paid for.by the province. However, since the Home' Care plan does not operate on a 24-hour a day basis, the co- operation and• support of the fam- ily is urgently solicited. There is also a 30 day limit on the service. DI some cases, this can be extended to 60 days and in the case of cancer patidnis, (Continued on Page 6) Will seek industry Establishment of a group res- . pOnsible for the deVelopment of . 'industrial growth in SeaforthwaS decided on at a joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Seaforth town council"&indUstrial committees on Monday evening. The meeting followed in- formal discussions between the two bodies during recent months. An exploratory meeting was held two weeks ago. 'The new Seaforth Develop- ment Committee will be headed by P.U.C. Manager Walter Scott. Others naiad to the committee are Counc. Betty Cardno, Counc. George Hildebrand, Doug. Pruss and Robert Read. The meeting agreed two additlitial persons could , be named to the committee. . Formation 'of the committee reflects the increased concern which' council has indicated • for increased industry and the recent establishment of an in- dustrial park in the southeast area of town. 4.4 `4. Seaforth stores open Thurs' till 9 Seaforth stores are remain- ing open until 9 P.m. Thursday evening on the eve of the Good Friday holiday, the Merchants Committee of the Chamber of °I Commerce has announced. Weekly Friday night shopping • hours begin .on Friday night, e April 7th and will continue until the end of the year. "Can the county afford a reserve fund for the road de- partment?" asked Reeve Gower. Chairman Elston said the road committee. was not in faVor of ° cutting the mill rate one year, and increasing it the next. He said the preferred method was to keep it constant whenever possible. • "We think it is a good idea to keep a continuous mill rate of 10 mills," Reeve Elston told council. tvIr. Britnell noted that if it was not possible to spend the ,reserve on roads in Huron County in 1973 as expected, the reserve fund could be transfer- red to another departinent. He also told council that be- cause of the drakic cutback in road spending in 1972, fewer sintirner and casual laborers would be ,engaged by the county this year. "It is fiat a very pleasant outlook," the county ouginest concluded. provided for in Section 81 (2) of the Separate School Act. The study of the tax levies was authorized at a board meet- ing two weeks ago when a Strat- ford trustee questioned his city paying its levy .four instal- ments. However, the business . administrator, who had been ab- sent from the earlier meeting, assured board members that Stratford paid its ta.ex -levy only twice yearly even though taxes were collected foul. times yearly. , Trustee Joseph Looby,Dublin, stated "I think we should get 'a report on the feeling of the pub- lic school beard." Jack McCann, Ailsa vice chairman of the board, who presided for the meeting, 'sug- gested the matter be left over for another meeting after Trus- tee Ted Geoffrey, Zurich, offer- ed to contact Charles' Rau of Zurich, the separate sahool, re-,-. presentative on the Huron County Mrs. Betty Cardno, supere visor of the Home Care Pro-. gram in Huron ,County appeared before county council Friday afternoon in Goderich to explain the service and to answer ques- tions.' Mrs. Cardno told council- lors that even though. Home Care is a county program, it is pres- ently in service inSeaforth, Clin- ton and Goderich areas of the county only. lipmemlakers, Mrs. Cardno pointed out, are not immediately available in the Exeter and Wing- ham areas. She hopes that some women from these districts will enroll fOr the certified home- making courses being offered through Huron's branch of Con- estoga Ce1l.l a -e Clinton, so that the required rsonnel will lf be available throughout the ent- ire county of Hurpn. The Home Care, plan is des- igneted to free hospital beds in Huron County. It, makes it pos- sible "for patients to leave hos- pital early or, in some cases, it 'permits them to remain at home without ever entering hos- pital at all. A patient must be recom- mended for the Home Care plan 'by the family physician; To be eligible, the patient must require some nursing or physiotherapy care which, it the plan was un- available, would necessitate hos- pitalization. Homemaking ser- vice , Mrs. Cardno.stressed, was not available through the, Home Care program by itself. - "We are not running a home- akereervice ;" commented Mrs. Cardno, "but I 'do have a list of homemakers who are avail- able for work in the county." Home Care is funded 160 percent by the provincial govern- ments All costs to the patient appOyed /of • the Home Care program, will be paid by 'the province "just as though he or she mere in hospital eleurses supp- lied., by 'the Victoria Order 'of Nurses will be paid to visit the home and care 'for the patient; • physiotherapists, speech thera- pists, etc. when required, will also go directly .to the patient's home at no cost to the recip- ient of the service; homemakers, " when necessary, will be provided; all drugs and 'dressings will be supplied; and in the event that ambulance service is required Tells Huron council of home care program down $133,000 .Ontario subsidy reduction cuts Huron road program capita basis or a per need basis, not an assessment basis. "Hospitals , are important to me, but •not to the back 40 acres of. my farm, remarked Reeve Ginn. Reeve Charles • Thomas of Grey said that 'about three-quarte ers of his' municipality supported Li stowel's hospital, .whiell is out- side Huron County. "Are we going to be com- pensated," he asked. "Do we Huron taxes to increase Constable resigns here Constable Keith Ruston has tendered his resignation from the Seaforth Police Force. lie has been a Member of the force for 8 1/2 years. Councillor Wm. Pinder, Chairman of Council's Protection to Persons Committee said the committee had accepted the resignation, are pro- ceeding with a number of appli- cants who respohded to an adver- tisement to fill an earlier vacancy he said. 4. w.