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BARN FIRE,
Fire destroyed Hugh Flynn's
dairy barn in Hullett Town-
ship. south of Londesboro,
on Friday. Story on pg. 9.
HORSING
AROUND
The Van Egmond House
hosted what looked like a
gypsy camp on the weekend.
It wasn't. it was Caravan
featuring the play Horseplay
and Tabootenay. A unique
experience. See pg. 11,
SWIMMING Lip
A STORM
It was a successful Saturday
for Seaforth's swim team.
which took third place in
competition with four other
area teams at the Lion's Pool
Results on pg. 13.
LIFE ON
THE FARM
Life on the farm can be a
learning experience for
those used to summer in the
city. A couple of city kids are
experiencing a rural setting
in the Seaforth area in a'
junior agriculturalist pro:
gram. Story on pg. IS.'
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SWIMMERS GO! — There were Several young swimmers at the
Lions Pool for a swim meet Saturday. Kincardine, New Hamburg,
Seaforth, Mitchell and Harristori' competed- and placed in that order.
Althoughthere weren't many kids out for Seaforth's _team, the coach,
Mary-Lynn Glew, said they placed well because those there worked hard
and won a lot of races. (Photo by Rimmer)
Separate board hires buses, rate.
Professional Building Maintenance ofat-
ford was given a five per cent inefeslie for
cleaning five rooms at St. MichenPS'Sehool,
Stratford, which brings pay to i370 from
$353.
K.L. McCarthy was hired as a driver for
two separate school board studnets froin St.
Patrick's school in Dublin to Stratford at the
King Lear Senior 'Public School.
Short term appointments were also made
at the elementary school level. Effective
September I to August 31 ; 1982. Mrs.
Margaret L. Anderson was appointed to
King Lear Senior Public School and Glenn
M. Coghlin was appointed to St. Marys
North Ward Public School.
The resignation of Gary Miller from
Mitchell District High School was accepted
effective August 31.
A request for termination of contract by
mutal consent was accepted by the board
from Miss Sandra M. Currie of St. Mary
North Ward Public School effective July 21.
New teachers: hired in Pert
bet. f-ta-A-ugusril, 1982; was madeTO-WS.--SehoOrin-d7417s. -ChriatineThrasher to
The school attendance officer for the
Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic School.
Board, William macs of Stratford, was given
a raise of 50 cents per hour, bringing his
wage to $7.00 per hour by the board at its
regular meeting Monday. It was reported he
works about 250 hours in a school year,
_BY STEPHAME.LEVESQUE
Numerous teaching positions were filled
by the Perth County Board of Education and
responsible positions were appointed at the
July meeting of the board. •
Effective September 1. Mrs, Betty Ann'
Acres will be appointed assistant head of.
English at Lisowel District „Secondary
School, Henning Battntgarten will be ap-
pointed head of occupations at kiss; and
James Turnbull will be appointed head of
mathematics at Mitchell District High
School.
At mpkis Peter. Rice has been appoint.
- ed to the- faciiiiieffective September 1.
A short term appointment, from Septe,m-
An amended boundary agreement bet-
ween the. Perth and Middlesex Boards. of
Education was-approved by the Perth board
at its Ju ly" meeting.
The agreement will not be in force until
after the 1981-82 school year and will take
some students from St., Marys District
Collegiate and Vocational Institute (DCVI)
from the Perth board's jurisdiction to the
.0
mainly at meetings between students and
parents in the evening. Mr. Innes does
assessment work as well. His mileage
allowance was raised from 25 cents to 28
cents, per mile beginning September I.
The board office custodian was given an
increas in eight per cent over last year and
Karen Scholtzhauer to Stratford Northwest-
ern Secondary School.
appointments at the elementary level,
effective Septerriber 1 were made as
follows: Mrs. D erothy-Lynne Bryne-Jones
to Romeo Public School. Mrs. Lynne J.
Collard to St, Marys North Ward Public
School, Mrs. Heather Galloway to King
Lear Senior Public School. Mrs. Patricia
Hinz to Central Perth Elementary School,
Miss Sharon McLean to Central Perth
Elementary Sehool, Miss. Janice E. McLin-
they to Elma Township Public School, Mrs.
Rattiona Million to Milverton Public Scheel, ,
Mrs.I.inda Riedstra to Mitchell Public
Middlesex jurisdiction.
The area affected is the township of West
Missouri, lying on the boundary between
Perth and Middlesex.
In the old boundary agreement, Middle-
sex students living in an area bounded by
the West Nissouri's township line in the
west. Concession 7 in the east, lot 19 in the
south and the country line in the north had
rate of $51.74 per day. The students atttend
special education classes.
Transportation special education pupils
from Goderich to Clinton will be continued
with the Goderich Coach Lines at a cost of
$41.50 per day.
The dailyr ate paid to the eight drivers of
board-owned buses will -be increased
to $22.70 for 185 days for the school
years, 1981-82. The school. bus rate schedule
for contracted, doses was increased $1.00
across the board, ranging from a fixed pay of
$21.50 for six to 10. passenger station
wagon to-$65.00 for a 72-paisenger bus. The
board will protect the contractor for
increases in fuel prices over.,the -term of-the
term of the contract.
• The resignation of Sister Elaine Noury was
accepted. She has taught seven years at,
Holy Name of Mary School in St. Marys.
Sister Colleen O'Reilly was hired to replace
her.
The 'resignation of Joyce Rooney was
. accepted. She will study for her M.A. degree
at the University of Western Ontario in
speech pathology. ' -
Mary LaBerge of Ottawa was hired as a
speech pathologist at a- salary of--$17,600 plus
benefits. She will work out from the board
office.
The meeting adjourned about 11:30 p.m.
Royal wedding
celebrated here
Several times people have come home at
4:30 a.m. from a party. bUt it's very seldom
that people go to a party at that time.
Nevertbeless, Jan and Ets Delvecchio
decided to be different and host a party at
4' ;30 this morning. But today it was allowed,
for the Princes of Wales and Lady Diana were
united in marriage in a service which started
at 5 a.m. our time.
The Delvecchitis entertained 16 people at
their home. including Mrs. Delvecchio's,
cousin who drove from St. David's (near
Niagra-on-the-lake) who left home at 2 this
morning, and arrived here at about 4:40 a.m.
There were three televisions in the living
room, and guests stayed until approximately
9 o'clock.
The big surprise of the morning came with
breakfast. Not that scones. and fruit salad
aren't exciting, but a mast to the newlyweds
with champagne at 6:30 a. m is something
rare.
Detvecchio said they thought of the
party when reading about the posh affairs
which were to 1 c staged in Toronto) and she
felt Seaforth shiiuld zi sirotito• rf ,ir
OVOEft, PAV014413-:
;. factorstoOthe good Weather ,
upoperation fram,various segments Of.giiver-
.Ittrierit and the, akaitability of Material's -
Seaforth skaters could be lactog on'their
blades' at the town's new arena by January,
15.
That opening date prediction .*the earliest
possible, was made by engineer.Derk Maat at
a special Meeting of council Monday Night. It
was after an inspection in early June by Mr.
Maat, of McLaren Engineers. Planners and
Scientists inc. of London. that the Ministry of
Labour Condemned the building. Theexisting
structure must be closed no later than
October IS.
Though council inclined towards building a
new arena. it called together representatives
from the ministries of Culture and Recreation
and of Labour, from the town's accounting
firm and Mr. Maat to help determine whether
to rebuild or repair.
The major factor in council's decision to
bu ild a new structure was assurance from
Melanie McLaughlin, of the Hanover office
of the Ministry of Culture. and Recreation.
that the town is eligible for maximum support
through Wintario.
Through two grant schemes. Seaforth is
eligibleibr abOut 15 per centrof the estimated.,_
CiiiiiiiVODAR)fiiiiii-e-new arena, The first a
Local people
i • niured in crash
Three Seaforth residetits are in' fair
condition and a fourth is in good condition at
University Hospital in London as a result of
injuries they received in a two vehicle
accident west of London Friday evening.
Spokesmen at the hospital said early this
afternoon 'Wayne Parkinson, 21. Jill Muir.
17 and Myri'am Hnste, 1 7 are all in fair
condition. Francis Meidinger. 20. is in good
`condition. .
The four were passengers-in a car driven by
Mc. Parkinson when it was struck broadside
'by a van driven by Alice Jinkeraon, 47, of .
R.R. 2, penfteld at about 6:30 Friday. -Mrs.
Jinkerscin was charged with failing. to yield
after the accident, which occurred at the
intersection of Adelaide St. N. and
concessiortvad 14 and 15.
Damage light
in Dublin fire
A Clinton truck driver doused his smoking
tractor-trailer unit before much damage was
done Monday at Dublin. ,
. Jack Hart of Boyes Transport LiMited of
Clinton-was-headed-for-thatiowirwith -a-load
of salt when he saw ,smoke coming from the
tractor. He uncoupted the unit and drove four
kilometers west on Highway 8 to the Liffy
Drain where he used garbage pad and water
to put out the fire.
The Mitchell and District Fire 'Department
then arrived, and helped cool the unit. --
Dania e was estimated at $350 by Mitchell
fire chiefFloyd Wassmann. I
se.
••••,•,- t • ,r4',
New one for MbHS
Inside this week
Perth settles boundary question
thechoice of attending St. Marys DCVI. choose a course not provided there, will at
Once the new boundary agreernent is in the expense of Middlesex Board of Educat-
ion provide the instruction in a Middlesex force, everyone west of the Thames River in
West Missouri will no longer have the school.
option of which school they will attend.'
Those students who are already attending
St. Marys will be able to continue to do so.
The agreement provides that students in
West Missouri - who attend St. Marys, but
voottoetkiti. rec 040OP* . :„...
(tOrler.Of t4e total Cost VFW, 00.10.9,* •
enriched- 04.1.X4Vattt tht*Ogh:Wietatio.,
offsets two,thtittts'of the letoOiltting, cOstS.,
gOiOgNiNEOFOR ccitTAIN
To qualify ,the asSistance, the town tintat •
meet two Wintariorequirements. The f irst,
the condemnatiOn Of the budding, which until
Monday evening was not certain to members .
of council. has been established.
The second stipulation is that the balance
of the total cost of the new arena, between
$200,000 and $210.000. be raised privately.
In similar situations elsewhere until now,
that provision has nottsbeen altered. but town
representatives are meeting with Ministry
officialvin Toron to Tuesday to request a
special dispensation. The town wants per-
mission to use its reserve fund to cover some
of the balance.
Ms. McLaughlin was not optimistic about the
town getting that permission. She said she
had talked with the ministry earlier in the
clay. and was told the town's chances "were
next to nil. But because of the town's
agricultural base, and with other fundraising
in town. there may be a chance.". she said.
DEMOLITION
Given that assurance. council instructed
..Mr„.14eet.to _prepare...the_ specificat ions., for.
demolition, which could likely be completed
in early September but may be postponed to
the end of the month until after the Fall Fair.
The fair is scheduled for September 24-26.
The new construction could still be started by
Mid-October.
Rotting aupport trusses were the main
cause for condemning the arena. Although
the engineers determined the building could
handle live and wind loads, it was decided the
arena could not support snow loads, which is
the reason for the. October closing deadline.
The new arena will be added to the current
comunity centre which was built in the early ,
70s. The arena was built in '1949.
close
icon •
BY JOANNE RIMIER
It was only a terrible scare but it could have
been a tragic'accident for young Brian
Melady Sunday. .
The boy, of R. R. 5'Seaforth. was playing
ball at his father's home at R.R. 3. Mitchell,
at about 5 ;30 p.m. with his brother Sean,
when he chased a ball onto Highway 8.
His grandmother.Mrs. Ted Melady, said
I he looked for cars, got excited and ran in
the path of a van. Sebringville OPP reported
the driver. Donald Matheson. 53, Oil
Springs, took evasive action and ran in the
ThP.09.Y by_the..drivet:s.sleor.
and there was S800 damage to the vehicle.
Brian Was taken, to Stratford General .
Hospital for observation. and was badly
shaken. However, hismother. Nancy, said he
is doing well 'and several times repeated.
"he's lucky." Mrs.-Ted Melady said Mr.
Matheson was a "mighty good driver."
There were no other injuries.
I LOVE CHICKEN! -- Melissa Robertson seems overjoyed at eating the
delicious baibeCue chicken at the Brodhagen Chicken barbecue on
Wednesday night. A great big smile expresses her 'delight to her mother,
Joanne. (Photo by RIMMer)
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