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Ignoring the fact that the calendar marked the'date as only October 17th, the weatherman moved
in with a steady snowfall that by Wednesday had covered the ground with a clean white blanket.
Snow continued to' fall throughout the day. In the upper picture the entrance to the Lions Park
is covered with snow and below NorthSide United Church has received a share of the white stuff.
(Staff Photo)
Son has narrow escctpe
Seaforth Students Council at S.D.H.S. is busy planning a program of activity. Arrangements are '
in charge of an executive 'that includes (left) Dianne Phillips, treasurer; Bob Carnochan, president;
Vicki Miller, secretary and Bruce McDonald, vice president. (Staff Photo)
plies for entrance to a Faculty
of Music.
Trustee George Parsons of
Goderich claimed that if teach-
ers in trailers were permitted
to set up in school yards, the
Township
clears work
on sideroad
Ever wonder what the Huron they tested 14 students, held one
County Board of Education staff parental interview and four group
counselling sessionss,.. They are
currently conducting an experi-
ment with eight elementary
schools involving Grade 5 stu-
dents in a mechanical arithma-
'tic behavioural modifiCation mot-
ivation study.
"Developmental Reading
Program: During the school
year 1971-72 Mr. Henwood work-
ed with an average of 230 Grade
visits were made by the super- 9 students per month. in a 10-
" intendent and 55 visits were made month instructional and testing
by the two assistant superinten- period the average gain in voca-
dents. In addition to discussion bulary' and comprehension ranged
with the principals, 66 class- from 14 to 19 months. Remedial
room teachers were visited, re-
ports written and discussions
held with each teacher and prin-
cipal.
"we propose to visit each of
the 130 probationary Contract
teachers before the end of Octo-
ber. Of the 130 Probationary
Contract teachers 68 were newly
employed by the Huron County
Board of Education for 1972-73.
Probationary teachers would ap-
pear to be of a high calibre -
enthusiastic and conscientious.
On the basis on one month's
performance and one visit, 59
of the '66 observed are function-
ing at a better than adequate tendance at speech correction
level. • classes to date this year. In
"Psychological Services : September our three teachers
During the school year 1971-72 worked with 185 Stddents each.
our psychologist and psychome- This is a heavy case load. The
trist tested 341 students
'
held Ministry of Education suggests
124 parental interviews, 80group a maximum case load of 150
counselling sessions and 68 tea- students per teacher.
cher conferences. In September "Specific Learning Disabil-
does with the time?
A comprehensive report was
presented- to the board by the
Superintendent of Operation Don
Kenwell on behalf of himself and
his staff, Assistant Superinten-
dents R.E.Smith and R.B.Allan.
It is for the period September 1
to• September 29 and includes
the following:
"During the month 44 school
Reading programs are now un-
derway at Clinton, Exeter and
Wingham. Mr. Henwood during
September also visited six el-
ementary schbols to confer with
principals re tests and equip-
ment for the improvement of
reading. During September he
worked with 157 secondary School
students.
"Speech Correction: During
the school year 19'71-72 our three
speech correction teachers av-
eraged 166 students per -teacher
per month. Seventy-one students
who received help during 1971-
72 ,have been excused from at-
• There was an enthusiastic attendance Saturday night when the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce
sponsored astiance in the Community Centre withsproceeds going to the Van Egmond Foundation.
Prizes were awarded for costumes to (left) Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stinnissen, Mary Sills, Dr.
Roger Whitman, all of Seaforth, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Egmond of London. (Phillips Photo) -
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113th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1972 16 Pages Ewe copies 29 04040 48.00 'PPP 444Ygne0 .
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The Toronto Globe and Mail
in a story on Tuesday told ItOw
the son of a well known Seaforth
native had had a narrow escape
after becorning lost in the Co-
balt area.
Jan Westcott, 22, is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Westcott,
former Seaforth residents.
Two young Ontario Govern-
Merit employees, survived two
nights in swampy Cobalt bush-
land last weekend by burning
their socks and drying wood for
a fire to keep warm in 11-degree
temperatures.
Jan Westcott, • 22, and Jeff
Clevens, 23, both $9,000 -a-year
employees at the Department
of Industry and Tourism, were
brought out safely from Handel
Lake, 100 miles west of •North
A Bay.
Mr. Westcott is the son of
Clare Westcott, executive, as-
sistant to Premier William Da-
vis, and Mr. Clevens is the ne-
phew of Treasurer Charles Mac-
Naughton.
Despite tense hours keeping
each other awake, Mr. Westcott
• laughed last night and said he
was "thinking of asking for dan-
ger pay."
' The two were part of a task
force which has been. studying
several areas in' the province's
northeast. They had previously
been in the Kapuskasing area.
Mr. Westcott said that John
White, Minister of Industry and
Tourism, had announced a study
of the area's tourism develop-
ment possibilites when he took
over the portfolio. -
"No one has a' fixed idea' in
their mind but we've been study-
ing the lakes and other natural
resources, and then Valid ideas
will be _presented. Exactly what
form it'll take we don't know."
Mr. Westcott said they de-
cided to take an 18-foot boat,
powered by an outboard motor,
"into this particular lake 'and
river system for a close look."
Other. members of the group had
gone On by car..
"we wanted to go as far as
possible by water. We knew we
Sad to leave the boat and there'd
be about five miles between us
and the others.
"We had studied the aerial
maps, but unfortunately they
didn't show a large swamps
"W e were lost Thursday night
and when we finally realized
where we were, it was late and
we didn't want to move any more
at night.
"We hadn't taken any good.,
but we had a, compass and other
equipment. And, Jeff has had
some experience in Outward
Bound camps. •
"We did have a couple of
grim moments and we wondered
if we'd make it," he.said.
"It was so cold we had to keep
the fire going and we kept each
other awake by talking. -And then
that area has been very wet late-
ly. We had to dry the wood first
before we could get it to burn.
That kept us busy all night long.
"Fortunately for us, the flight
At the second shortest meet-
ing in the history of the Huron
County Board of Education, ac-
cording to Chairman Bob El-
liott, members agreed dot .' to
permit Henry Pulsifer of Hen-
ry's Harmony House in Seaforth
to park a trailer on school pro-
perty for the purpose of giving
musical instruction to students.
Mr. Pulsifer had asked for
this approval because,some par-
ents are having a problem ar-
ranging time and transportation
to music lessons for their child-
ren. He felt that by taking the
music lessons onto the school
property, he could alleviate this
concern for mothers and fathers
of musical Students.
Director of Education John
Cochrane said a privately-Owned
,trailer on school property would
present problems as far as fire,
theft liability etc. was concerned.
Trustee Jim Taylor on Hen-
sall suggested this would be the
responsibility of the trailer own-
er.
Trustee John Henderson of
McKillop asked why Mr. Pulsifer
would not be allowed to teach
music lessons in the school, in
the same way that a piano tea-
cher is permitted to give les-
sons at Brookside School near
Dungannon. He was told that
the teacher had not asked fqr
permiSsion to set up a "lesson
area" within the school.
There was some indication
that board members felt. that
piano study was recognized as
a subject and that students with
Grade ,Ei piano and Grade 2 The-
ory could treat that as one credit
when graduating from high
school.
.Mr. Cochrane reminded the
board it is recognized as a sub-
ject only when the student ap-
Accident
sends 3
to hospital
Three Seaforth teenagers
were admitted to Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital Saturday night.
following a single car' accident
o the second concessionol...Mc-
Killop Township at the 10th and
11th sideroad.
Admitted 'were William
Devereaux, 1'7, of R.R. 4, Sea-
forth, with concussion, cuts and
bruises; Roy Dalton, 19, of Sea-
forth, with concussion gasoline
burns, cuts and bruises; John
Munro, 19; of Seaforth, who was
treated for lacerations and kept
overnight in the hospital.
-Randy Wood, 18, Of Seaforth,
the driver of the car, was treated
for lacerations and allowed to go
home.
The „accident was investigated
by Constable Geurt Stoffels of
the Goderich Detachment of OPP.
He said the car flipped end over
and hit a bridge abutment, totally
demolishing the late model cars
in north
,avas clear, but . Friday night It
snowed."
Saturday morning a Depart-
ment of Natural Resources plane
was sent to look for the men.
"They had a small area to
search and they, saw us we
had bright clothing. But they're
very good they know their
business."
Last night M. Westcott was
still' unaware his father had taken
part in the search and had spotted
the beached boat, seven miles
from the site the two were to in-
spect. • -
Sandy • Contracting Co. Ltd.,
Goderich, was awarded the con-
tract Tuesday by Tuckersmith
Township Council for building-up
.2100 feet of sideroad east of
Seaforth from No. 8 Highway to
the CNR tracks to improve the
road for heaVy vehicles travel-
ling to the hydro plant.
The Sandy tender, lowest of
three received, was $1,640.
Council accepted the tender
of Clarence Brickman, Sebring-
vile for construction of the Al-
exander Drain. His tender was
$7,400, the lowest of three re-
ceived. The engineer's estimat-
ed cost had been $8,750.
Clerk James McIntosh was
authorized to advertise, for ten-
ders for snow removal at Van-
astra, the former Canadian For-
ces Base in the township.
Council discussed the loca-
tions for the ten polling places
required in Tuckersmith for the
municipal election in December.
N9ne of the members of council
gave-a definite indication as to
whether they would be standing
for re-election or not. •
,Building permits were•grant-
ed to: Durl Hopper, Harpurhey,
for showroom and parts room,
John Janmaat, RR 2, Seaforth,
boiler room; E.M.Wilson, RR 5,
Clinton, addition to houSe; James
'Nott, „porch; Robert Ste. Marie,
RR 4, Seaforth, steel grain bin;
and Norm Turall, Egmondville,
new house.
Engineer Henry Uderstadt of
• Orangeville will be asked to pre-
pare- a report on the Kinsman
Drain.
A tile drainage loan for $3,000
was appreVed, • -
Council endorsed the resolu-
tion ,from the „Town of Whitby
which requested that the goven-
mod be asked to provide capi-
tal grants to municipalities for
repairs to or construction of new
arenas to meets safety regula-
tions recently brought in by the
Ontario Government.
Council also endorsed there-
solution from the town of Pem-
broke regarding stricter censor-
ship of movies and books.
A by-law was passed to levy
the cost for sewage and water.
services at Vanastra. Charges
'are to be levied and collected
with regular property tax.
Charges, will commence as
soon as the Department of the
Environment begins operation of
the facilities.
A by-law was approved to au-
thorize Reeve .Elgin Thompson
and Clerk James McIntosh to
sign the agreement fqr the oper-
ation of the • Sewage and, water
works at Vanastra.
An agreement is being made
with the Town of Clinton to con-
tinue to provide water at Vanas-
tra.'
',splay areas would be "full of
tiailers" and it would look like
a "carnival."
Chairman Elliott said there
Is legislation which allows stu-
dents time off from school once
weekly for musical training out-
side the school. He felt , that if
Mr. Pulsifer set his trailer
somewhere off the school pro-
perty but within easy access of
the students, there would be no
problem.
"If this can be worked out,
it would be good for the rural
people" Mr. Henderson said.
Voting in favor of the trailer
on school property were John
Henderson, Dr. Alex Addison,
Jim Taylor and Don McDonald.
Those opposed were Alex Cor-
riveau, John Taylor,Mrs. Mar-
ion Zinn, John Broafoot,George
Parsons, Clarence McDonald,
Wilfred Shortreed, Mrs. Mollie
Kunder and Garnet Hicks.
Hully Gully Sports and Rec-
reation Ltd. offered to provide
snowmobile Operator Responsib-
ility Training for students in
Huron County Schools.. The
board agreed to commend Hully
Gully for the interest and con-
cern, but to advise the firm that
the board is not presently in a
position to participate in a pro-
gram of that type.
"Although we do not deny the
importance of such a course,"
said Director of Education John
Cochrane, "in the realm of sav-
ing lives and reducing injuries,
we wonder about the respons-
'.ibility of introducing such a
course. ,Where does it end? Do
we get involved, eventually, in
motorcycle safety, bicycle safety
boating safety, etc." •
In other business, the board
learned that Profession Devel-
ity: During the school year 1971-
72 our three S.L.D, teachers av-
eraged 79 students per teacher
per month. One hundred and forty
students who received help dur-
ing 1971-72 , have been excused
from attendance at specific
learning dibability classes to
date this year. In September
our three teachers worked with
68 students each. Some of our
students would appear to have
problems which would require
placement in a class for emotion-
ally disturbed children if such
class were available. Our chief
problem is distance. These stu-
dents are so wide-spread geo-
graphically as to pose a problem
'in arranging transportation to a
central location. Psychological
personnel will this fall term at-
tempt to positively identify those
children who are emotiothilly dis-
'
Curbed and we will then present
a recommendation for their ed-
ucation program. In jurisdictions,
where classes for emotionally
disturbed have been established,
the maximum enrolment rec-
ommended by the Ministry of
Education is eight.
"Attendance C ourisellor;
During the school year 1971-72
our Attendance Counsellor sub-
mitted 103 reports, wOrked 851
hours and travelled over 11,000
miles. His services cost the
board slightly more than $4500
or an average of $45.21 per case.
In September, Mr. Thomas Lang-
!Ile made 29 house visits and
submitted five reports. He also
made 44 other visits, travelled
Jelin Taylor also said they would
not seek re-election this, fall.
Those who will run for re,
election are Charles Rail, Mrs,
Marion Zinn, Wilfred. Shortreed,
Garnet Hicks, Clarence McDon-
ald and John Broadfoot.
Those who still have not
reached a final decision on the
matter are Alex Corrigan; Don
McDonald, Mrs. Mollie Kunder
and John Henderson.
Cayley Hill of Goderich was
not present at the meeting al-
though Mrs. Zinn indicated that
it was understood Mr. Hill would
return. George-parsons, also of tl
Goderich, probably will return
next year although he'did not
wish to give his final decision at
Monday evening's meeting.
Bennett of Forrester's Falls in
Renfrew, are Committeeme,n.
McGuigan, a corn and fruit
cash crop farmer, is President of
the Kent 'County Federation of
Agriculture. He was attive in
the groundwork that led to the
fcirming of the Corn Committee.
Bennett sits on the OF A executive
and is chairmari of the
Federation's Grains Committee.
When making this announce-
ment, Gordon Hill of Varna, Ont-
ario' Federation of Agriculture
President, 'said "I expect the
committee will develop a
practical marketing plan -for
Ontario corn, which will win the
support of all grain corn
producers.
1596 miles and worked 103 1/2
hours.
"Guidance Program: Our
program in the elementary
schools has the same content as
last year.' Fewer teachers are
involved than in 1971-72 as we
attempt to concentrate the in-
struction with' principals and staff,
members who holdGuidanceCer-
tificates. At the secondary level
we employ the equivalent of 12 1/2
full time teachers for 4608 ste-
dents or the ratio of one teacher
for every 517 students. The im-
plementation of the credit sys-
tem and the problems arising
from individual student time tab-
ling would seem to indicate a
,much lower ratio is needed to
provide a more satisfactory sers.
vice.
"Horne Instruction Units:On-
ly three were in operation for.
September , one each-at Howick, •
F.E.Madill and Goderich District
Collegiate,
"Trainable • Rata /pet!: Our
enrolment has riarn from 46
last June to 52 in September a nd
we have a waiting list of four
for the Golden Circle School•in
Wingham. More students are
remaining for the full day. In
June we had 29 full day and 17
half day students as compared
to September when we had 394111
day and 13 half- day studentk
Three newly appointed half time
teacher aides have been engaged
to replace those of 197142 who
moved away during the summer.
One additonal half time teacher
(Continued on Page 5)
opment Days are arranged In
Huron County Schools from
September 25 to November 10;
and' that the board of education
office will not be ready for ocs
cupancy until the end of Nov-
ember..
At the end of the regular
meeting, Chairman. Bob Elliott
invited board members . to in-
dicate whether or not they would
run for scheol board for the
next two }wort. He announced
he had "served my last term
for the present" and. that there
would be "someone else to re-
present God.erich and Colborne
Townships" next term, He said
he would say more at a later
date.
Dr. Addison, Jim Taylor and
A seven-man committee of
grain corn farmers has been
named by the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture to outline the
mechanics of a farmer-
controlled corn marketing
agency.
Chairman of the Corn Com-
mittee . is Robert Allan, R.R. 1,
Brticefield. lie is a Huron
county corn and bean cash crop
farmer.
Cash corn farmers Edward
Thompson, R.R.1, Ariss, in wel-
lington county; Ray Guy of R.R.2,
Mountain in Dundas county; Wil-
liam Hardy of R.R.1, Inkerman in
Dundas county; Kent farmers
Leonard Pegg of R.R.1, Morpeth
and James McGuigan of Cedar
Springs; and dairyman Delmer
Brucefield farmer heads
FofA corn committee
Board staff carries -out heavy program
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