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The Huron Expositor, 1977-04-07, Page 1116th Year Whole No.5691 $11,00 a Year in Advance Single copy 25 cents 28 PAGES. FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 — 20 SEAR:1 RM,, ONTARIO, THURSDAY , APR! lerk quits in uckersrnith tw CROWD reiLLovithti-IE CANOES Sunday• was a nice day fortt drive and many local people droVe along the route of the '14 mile Bayfield River canoe race, sponsored for the last four years by the Seaforth Optimists, This traffic jam was'typical as drivers road all the way along the river in Tuckersmith to follow the (Expositor P (ExpOsItorPhoto) mets his two requests lie would information and if it was correct expect the press to present to the that was the important factor. .. public :a "brighter picture of our . "The bJaid tg- 'no' phSno.cto. 'dictate to newspapers how to write headlines," Turkheim. Mrs. Zinn said she wrote the. board of educat. ion stories for the Lucknow Sentinel and- the headline that 4 newspaper used was better than the one used in the_ News Record, the intersection on the hill in Egmondville. Mt: TIMMerrnahs. had Minimal injuries. Corporal Ray Primeau of Goderich OPP said charges are p ending. "When I taught school th is filth ;Was not there," he said. The forme teacher told the board that he had written letters to eduction administrators up to and including provincial minister of education Thomas Wells. -He added that-everyone-up to Wells had the letters and had said a 'total of nothing". • Mr. Barth pointed . opt that former generations didn't use the kind of language used today by children.. He said if people 'in his day, and' in the days of the board members Childhood, had written obscene things on walls in school they would have been expelled or at least received a very severe thrashing. . "If thatwas the case then and it isn't now who'. is responsible -for the change?" he asked. "No one wants to lay blame but someone is responsible;. : who selects. the books for classes?" Superintendent of education Jim Coulter said the department headS in each school meet with their staff members and go over the material available- .from the Ministry of education. He said they select the books they wish to and 35 (32) mills commercial. Huron-Perth County Roman Cath olic Separate School Board, primary, 38 (35) mills farm and residential and 43 (40) mills commercial. This year's levy breakdown included (with last year's in brackets): general purposes $106,895.12 ($88,096.86); county purposes, $106,895.12 ($105,380.30).; public school, $133,359.48 ($109,082.40); separate school, $19,891.10 ($16,976.77); and high school, $133,618.90 ($122,663.7 4) for a total budget of $500,659.72 ($442,200.07). The total assessment , for-the township is $4,384,795: ' ($4,320,860). (Continued on Page 3) • use adding there is no prescribed list of books to choose from as there was in Mr.. Ba.rth's teaching days. A suggestion to turn the' matter' over to the education committee was rejected by trustee Eugene Fraync who said the subject is. one the entire. board • should be staff and student body" claiming. the school does not haw' ;,s niany "thieves" as reper,,f. added thOt being at the top of such a list does little for school morale. Board vice chairman. Marion Zinn, author of the report dealing with library losses, told the board how she, had, come by the figuires public. . The trustee later withdrew his motion for a closed session asking that it rather be advertised as public. Board chairman Herb Turkheim praised the Move and suggested -.that English department heodS'' and • be asked to attend the-meeting. Huron Cook- ' of. education John Coctirt,,.•‘ was given approval Monday to t;; staffing. county 'schools for the #School year 1977-78. Board of -education approved Superinten- dent of Education, Ralph Smith's Tecommendation to begin staffing elementary schools to a maximum Of 315 teachers And secondary schools to -a maxinium of 273 teachei's. - Mr. Smith reported to the board that the elementary school staff needs was based on an ensected--- enrolment of 6,768 students, down slightly from this 'Year's enrolment of 6.787. He saidTarts of the county other than Clirrion would merit a reduction 4f, one teacher 14it increased enrol- t in the , Clinton area' would . have . made the engagement, of one additional teacher necessary even though Vanastra School were not opened, The opening of Vanastra requires an Additional. 1.5 teachers making the' Grades 1.8 ratio of terteher•sttident •21,5 to one, in lcdti- For special areas in the system, Mt, Smith tecerinmended the hiring of two home- economics teacherS,"' two industrial arts ' teachers, one half teacher for each 28 pupils for kinde-garteri and I maximum of four t adios (By Wilma Oke) The resignation of clerk-.. treasurer James McIntosh was accepted with regret by Tucker- smith Township Cotincil at a meeting in Bruceftet'd' Tuesday night. The township will also lose its assistant clerk-treasurer, Brenda McIntosh, who will give up her position when the township office is moved &Om the McIntosh home. Their resignations will be effective as soon as a replacement for therri can be hired. No reason was given for the resignation but Mr. McIntosh said it was not the result of problems with council or the job.' Councillor Frank Falconer said, "I feel it is. a big loss to the township".- Mt. McIntosh has been the township clerk-treasurer for the past 16 years. • . In other business in the council, session which continued for- almost seven hours (from 7:30 , p.m. Tuesday to 2:20 a.m. Wednesday) council decided to buy a F: M two-way radio system for township- road employees. The purchase is "Sillijecite approval by the Ministry' of TranspOrtation and Communications... The Seaforth office of United Trails Inc. which operates many of the school buses in the area and is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day will be a base for the system at no cost to the township, and has' given perntission for -their ,./"..1 • Volunteer In an -effort to trim down ,the costs incurred in construction and also to make the Arena truly a community centre, the Seaforth Community •,-Gentre ;Committee hai planned a painting blitz for Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8. Beginning at 8 a.m., each day. "the cetrittee hopes that volunteer labour will' be able to finish all painting in 'the newly renovated arena, The #intatio, grant format allows a community 'to use the cost oftiottated labour in the same fashion as cash or .pledges. 'director Clive Bttist explained that if 50' volunteers worked both -days for eight hours, Seaforth could ask VVintatiO to litaleTt tilt man hours,. or, $3200. 1\ftit would the iabalt bb saved, 'but- an additiongb .60 would be raised:. The arena CoMmittee hopes that the whoteldWii will get behind the'blitz v ;get out their Brushes and' falters ofd' 'keep May teacher is ade9nAe 4Ale.1-fil'a same complement Of staff be kept,. • Clinton trustee Dorothy Williams pointed out to the board 'that , the ratio, of students to '7 and 8 clear for painting. • • In other arena business, the committee has decided to keep ice in until this Sunday dud to the fact that the 'Dublin PeeWee team may 'have an Ontario final game Diane Durnin, director of Vanastra recreation centre, was told, at the council meeting the parking lot mould be enlarged by the addition of more gravel south of the day care section of the building. Council agreed to ask the councils of Clinton and Stanley Tmynship to allow a delegation from the Vanastra day care centre to address their meetings. The delegation would include township councillor§ Frank Falconer and Robert Fothering- ham as well as Karen MeEwing, director of the day care centre and Diane Black, chairman of the centreboard. Not to accept Both Clinton and ' Stanley Township have decided not to accept their' portions of defitits from the operation of the centre. The operating deficits ' are calculated monthly and billed to co-operating area muncipalities on the basis of hofv many youngsters from each attend the centre. Clinton decided to opt out last month because the town has its• own nursery school. At Tuesday night's meeting' of Tuckersmith council Miss McEwing and Mrs. Black said 'they want to appear before Clinton council to explain the value of day 'care centres and the differences between them and nursery schools. Council will ask EngineerHenry (Continued on Page 3) ', p..'ll-fr"lis , .. actually teak result is that a`fk. d thaant:cnvoetrayll .the staff fies. She said the librarians included \lx•P\ class has only 17 pupils. .'"17"Z" arena Sunday. It was felt that it would, be nice to 'Offer two afternoons of free skating to finish off the season'. Tice, arena will be open on both, Friday anal Saturday for anyone 'who wants a' 'free skate from 2-4 p.m, "Filth"•tciught, man claims Board looks at books April The Huron County. board... of education is planning a special public meeting April 25 at 7:30 to take -i look at a claim that secondary school students in the County are being subjected to "literary filth" in the books used in English courses. LloydBarth of R. R.3, Blyth .spoke to the board at the meeting Monday bringing the board'S attentionto material from novels taught in secondary school English literature. .Barth ' said he didn't really expect the board-'members to know about, the filth since their other vocations combined with ' the high number of books used in schools would not permit them to read all material but asked .who might be responsible for the ' selection of hooks. -He-conceded that he, as a parent and former' , teacher himself, would not have - known of the material, in the books had his daughter not brought it to his attention. He referred to three novels used in schools regularly . John Steinbeck's Of ,,,Mice and Men, Margaret Lawrence's The Diviners and J.D. Sa)inger's Catcher in the. Rye. looking at. He said that when situations where, "board members and parents are not filled in enough on what children are being taught. it's time it got looked at," Frayne also indicated (hat he felt the board should hold a special ' meeting and that it should be closed to the press' and Tuckersmith taxes up • (By'Wilma,Oke) ' Education, primary 34 (28) mills .Sehoolli_farm _and residential and 39 (32) ratepayers face a 12 per cent tax mills commercial; secondary 30 increase this year and separate (28 ) mills farm and residential school ratepayers a nine per cent increase. A proposed• tax rate was 'presented to Tuckersmith.Council 'by Clerk 'James 'McIntosh Tuesday: night, and • was, adopted, For county purposes the rate. is unchanged from 24 mills on all farm and residential property and 28 millL on 'all commercial and business assessment. For general townShip purposes the rate is up to 24 mills from 20 on all farm and .residential property and 28 from 24 mills on, commercial.and business COMPTialnee with the Board of Education requisitions the following rates are to be . levied With last year's in ' brackets: on Coenty Board of •DAIVIA0. 44;01 The i018 .Dodge Cdr on the . left titivo.:15vbsvitt.TittiiititriatiS"Of 14.,f4•.31 ',Kipperi wag daitaged to. the' tune of 0000' Friday afternoon and: the .one' en the right, driven by Jean 0,urtt 'of ft.11.41-8eaforth,. $2,600 in a obRISIOn at .th ers Principal criticizos B of E for inaccurato stor R. J. Homuth, principal ..of in the report adding that she hadt. .1. L. Wooden, principal of Central Huron Secondary School assumed they were correct. She South Huron. Secondary School in in Clinton, levelled some criticism' said she wished to' apologize to .E xeter. said.' The board could at,,the beard of edueation.,M ontli'V "anyone who.. received . undue quarrel a great deal on. the for releasing inaccurate materi, t eiriticlsm. from the issue adding 'number of books missing froth to the preks and public and for not that she wished to publicly thank library .. shelves - becans.e , the checking with adininistrative those people who had.. returned number -varies through the year. staffs of sehoolS• to see if 'books since her apeal went out. He said the report used probably .information used -about the . . Mrs. Zinn laid some Of thp indiCated a shelf inventory 'and schools is accurate. - • blame for the CHSS problem ,on while the books missing were not Referring taa.recent account of - the Clinton News Re cord on the shelf they may have been Missing books in seeondary claiming the newspaper blew the in Onotherplace in the school. He school libraries in the county story out of proportion and caused said the shelf inventory would be Homuth cl aimed . a gross some misrepresentation. She:said. considerably .. different on -inaccuracy appeared regarding she thought the newspaper went Scptemer 1 CH-HS.:s losses. He said the figure . in for some "uncalled for , "There is little doubt .howeVer quoted in 'the . newspapers after sensational Journalism". She that all five. secondary schools will the board meeting at. which the added some basis to her claim' by have h certairramount of erosion issue was 'discussed' repreSented • alleging that -the-News- Record? of books each year. " said the total dollar value of books carried another "unjust report" Wooden vvho' attended the bOard replaced because of loss,' theft last week in lts issue. ' meeting as a spectator. • ' and damage, for the years prior io Bdard Chairman Herb Turkheim. Colborne trustee Shirley Hazlitt " 1075 and not for the- year 1975-76 asked Mrs. Zinn how she felt the•-•. said she had heard from. as reported. newspaper misrepresented the " librarians' that great losses were The principal said he had a -account of the losSes. • • being suffered in the school report from the, school librarian • "It was the headli n e she said. libroriess. adding that the board stating that there were 490 books "The headline read something should find out. not accounted for, for, • during the like 'Students steal $20,000 worth " John Henderson suggested 1975-76 school year and that the of books'." t'iat an annual report be prepared dollar value for the 'books would • Mr. Turkheim said he felt there for the board with the intent .of be, less than $ 4,000' , not $6,240• was no way a headline could be revealing actual 'book losses. indicated in . the .newspaper construed- as misrepresentation. ' • report. He Said the story carried in the For Vo.nastra Mr. Homuth said if the board newspaper would contain the for' special educatrOW.— At' the secondary school level the total adjusted enrr;f inent in„ *.N.1977 will be 4,692, "-up three • S0.-;,its. The present staff is 273, and M?. recoehmiended that frequency to be used. The system' will be purchased from' London • Radio and ComnivniCations Service • in London which services several other systems in the Seaforth area and will cost installed $2,847.91. The township will tender for a new road grader as one of their three graders must be replaced. The old 1961 550 Adams grader will be offered for sale, Read 'Superintendent •Allan Nicholson reported the - new. Hanna Bridge will be `cbmpleted by May 15. The 'engineering' firm of B.M.Ross of Goderich has offered to inspect the 15 township bridges at a cost of $2,500 and will ' complete the work by September 1, 1977. The Ontario Government has' ordered all bridges in the municipalities to be ' safety inspected. It will pay the township of Tuckersmith a, ' subsidy grant of $2,000 for the inspection, Township will buy 160 tons of chloride again ' this year ' for township roads at .a cost of $89_, per ton from Pollard Bros. Ltd., up front $82.50 last year. Mr. Nicholson said quite a' few ratepayers 4want .more of the township roads covered but the budget will not permit the increase. This purchase will be subject to approval of Ministry of Transportation and Cornmuni- cations. B of E needs one E. AN INSTANT PORTAGE -- When the Bayfield River is low it's really low, in. some spots,- as these competitors in Sunday's Optimist-canoe race found out. Canoeists - like this capable pair simply carried their canoe over the low spots and then carried on. Optimists reported the biggest entry and largest number of pectators- yet. More photos and results on pages 8 and 9. (Photo by Dillon) nlpre teacher e ratio of 17.5 students to one teachers is 'based on all staff. paint set for Inside This week : Loves married 70 years P. 4A Mexican girl at SDHS P. 5A Egg graders want producers off . P. 7A, OptImist:canoe race:photbi, ... . 'P . 8 80' -,, at* :v. 1..