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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-03-14, Page 13As this picture indicates, workmen are busy on the addition at CHSS and noticeable gains have been made in the past month in the building pro- gram. This photo shows the work being done by the brick-layers on the north and west sides. (News-Record Photo) Board Hires Seven of 28 New Teachers For CHSS, Principal Predicts No Trouble to Complete Staff Clinton News-Record CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 2L 1963 gcoND ..gcrioN,fipgps 9 tp! Make Rapid Progress on CHSS Addition WORK PROGRESSES ON ADDITION Only 28 Interested in. .A9riculture„ ope for More.. hen 'Established Will Perform Solo Maureen llayter, displaying one of the graceful parts of figure skating, will be one of the two solo performers at the arena, Tuesday. The inernber8 have been receiving instruction from Miss Paye Love and 0168'G obserVerS. have been amazed at the grog es Made by the In of the Ciub, (trews-. eeord Photo) Prepare Sturdy Structure for Students Judging from this maze of steel beams, the new addition at CHSS should out-live the students who will be filling most of the available space in it next year. Beyond the network of steely the brick-layers can be seen working on the second storey. (News-Record Photo) 4-H Leaders Accept Oiler of Hogs In Effort to Increase Huron Quality Clinton's Recreation Commits tee, meeting Thursday, held a lengthy discussion on providing some facilities and programs for senior citizens, but no defin- ite action was taken, However, R, J. Homuth and Bob Welsh were named to a committee to investigate the possibilities further and report at the next regular meeting. "It's something that's needed in the community," Homuth suggested. "We could do a great deal for them (senior citizens)." After discussing the possibil- ity of renting facilities in which senior citizens could meet to play cards, shuffle board, check- ers, etc., councillor George Wonch pointed out the upstairs of the town hall would be an ideal location if it was reno- vated. He pointed out it was a shame that the large auditorium was now closed as it had excel- lent possibilities for such people and other types of groups. teaching in the vocational sec- tion of CHSS. Expected to be named head of the commercial department is W. G. MacArthur, 60, who has been teaching at Goderich. He has 20 years experience in commercial teaching. Teaching the electrical divi- sion will be Peter Astles, a graduate of the Ryerson Insti- tute of Technology, Toronto. He is presently at OCE and is married. The board of CHSS approved hiring seven teachers at their meeting, Wednesday, and were told by principal D. J. Coch- rane that another 21 would be needed, not counting ,replace- ments for any who may resign from the present staff. The board has already re- ceived the resignation of Miss Ann Rogers, B.A., and it was accepted "with regret" at the meeting. In a letter to the members, Miss Rogers noted she had en- joyed teaching in Clinton for the past year, but •stated that due to the ill health of her mother, was moving back closer .to her Kingston home. Miss Rogers has been teach- ing science at CHSS. The principal, who also with L. R. Maloney, business admin- istrator, interviewed teachers in Toronto last weekend, reported the trip "very successful", He told the board they start- ed interviews on Saturday, March 9 at 9:00 a.m. and did not get through the long line- ups until 8:30 p.m., taking only half an hour for lunch. Although representatives of many other schools were con- ducting interviews at the same time, Cochrane noted that the lineups at the CHSS room were as long as those of some of the larger boards from Hamil- ton and Toronto. He commended the board for having their salary schedule ap- proved and set high enough to compete with the larger schools. The principal also noted that the school had a very "good name" among .teachers inter- viewed and he said he felt he would have no trouble in fill- ing the positions. He added he had over 80 written applications, but many were from students graduating from universities this year, and they were not allowed to sign contracts until March 23. On that date, he and Mal- oney plan to conduct interviews in. London for those applying from the University of Western Ontario. Hire Former Grads Included among the seven teachers approved by the board are two former CI-ISS grads, Miss Doreen MacKenzie and Williant Nediger. Miss MacKenzie, Bayfielcl, has been teaching for the past year in the Hamilton area and will be on the English depart- ment here next year. Family Honors Brumfield Man On 83rd Birthday William Dinnin, BrucefieId, was honored by' his family on Sunday, March 17, on his 88rd birthday, Attending were Mrs. Victor Dinah,, 2urich, Who was hostess for the event; and her son Bill; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Munn, Kitcheeet and their children, Richard, Karen, Marg- aret and Julie; Mr, and Mrs. Kerry Dintlin and daughter Kathy, all of Petrolia, and Wilma, at home. Site for the parts had been ehengecii at the last Minute frorri Zurich, owing to illness, acid the other members of the fain, Were liftable to attend Owing to the 'the and other causes', The final teacher hired was Joe DeGroot, Seaforth, who at- tained his engineering studies in Holland. He will be teaching drafting and, is also presently at OCE. He formerly worked at Bell Industries. Seaforth, and is married. Most of the seven teachers hired are in the higher cate- gories and the principal noted they Would be "pillars" who (Continued on Page 13.I Secretary Mait Edgar ques- tioned if some of the church halls could be used for senior citizens, but it was pointed out that heating costs to the chur- ches made rentals high. All members of the commit- tee agreed that something should be done for the senior citizens, as the programs estab- lished at present concentrate primarily on the youth of the community. Discuss Skating After several members had voiced disapproval of the pre- sent public school skating pro- gram, they decided to request a meeting between Home and School officials, the Clinton Lions and the public school board to discuss proposals for `a more efficient program next year. Chairman Dick Fremlin not- ed that the children actually received only 30 minutes of free skating in their allotted hour, as most could not reach the arena before 4:30 p.m., al- though skating was scheduled to start at 4:00. Ile reported the arena wes closed at 5:00 sharp, and sug- gested next year the program should run from 4:30 to 5:30, giving the children a full hour. Fremlin pointed out as well that the Lions were not receiv- ing full value for their money as they were being charged for a full hour, but were actually only giving the children a half hour recreation. Members also expressed con- cern that the free skating per- iod was not supervised. "This is a poor idea when there's no supervision," Homuth noted. He s'uggested the program could possibly be started earlier in the afternoon and the young- (Continued on Page 1,3; Will Conduct Second Clink For Golfers The Clinton Recreation Corn- mittee's golf clinic will be stag- ed again at the Legion on Wed- riesday, Mardi 2/ at 8:00 p.m, There will be instruction of rules, etiquette, and how to play the game. 'IWO films on golf will also be Showia at the meet- ing. , Jim Grattan is in Charge of the program with the very able assistance of Feed Hulls of the Clinton-Bayfield Golf Club and Ken Doig, Seafeetli, Young Or Old—roale or fe- Male—professional Or begiithera. —all are Welcome and total cost for the three remaining Pre, grams is only 50 cents. Although Huron is presems ably an, agricultural county, the agriculture course to be offered at CHSS next ,yeah: has only 28 appliconts and principal D. Cochrane .questioned the board this Week if they wished to-include. the subject or drop it. The principal reported that only 15 boys had registered for, the 'grade nine course, while only 13 have sent in .applice, tionS for the grade 10 class. However, the principal also pointed out that he felt the course should , be given a chance and on his recommenclas tion it was left on the course of study. He said that once the course was underway there would pos, sibly be more interest, Cochrane noted that most agriculture courses offered in schools at present were not too good, but pointed out the new one "is a dandy". "It should be more popular as it becomes better known," he told the board. On questioning, Cochrane ex- plained that the new course dealt more with the science aspect as it applied to agri- culture and offered training in farm management, progeny study, etc, "We are leaving the prac- tical part to the 4-H Clubs and Junior Farmers," be stated. As well as the other 'aspects of the course, the students will receive training in the allied shops in carpentry, electrical and diesel work, "I think it's very important," Boyd Taylor commented. "We're almost obligated to leave it in for the present," Ken McRae added. Consider New Clocks The board held a lengthy discussion on replacing the pre- sent clocks and bell system with the same IBM type that is be- ing installed in the new section of the school. A letter from the architects estimated cost at between $4,000 and $4,500 to replace the present 31 clocks, three ex- terior and 1.0 interior bells. The principal explained to the board that if the work was going to be done it should be approved as soon as possible 'so the wiring could he put in afore s the finishing work,, -is completed, He noted that; if it was left too late they would, have to in- stall surface wiring and this would create an "eye-sore". No War Here- But Motorists Still Benefit The effects of the gas war in Southwestern Ontario reach- ed this area this week and while local operators are not battling each other, motorists are enjoying a substantial price reduction. On Saturday afternoon, the first of the signs appeared in Clinton announcing gas prices at 30.9 cents per gallon, a re. duction of nine cents over the previous figure. By Monday, all local and area garages had posted signs in- dicating the reduced prices, but all announced the same figure. However, one local operator, Jim's South End Cities Service did have a sign offering his gas for sale at a price of 17 9 cents. The figures were in extreme- ly large print, but in much smaller print underneath was "plus tax", which would bring the price up to that of the other stations, The war has been going on in London for several weeks and gradually worked its way into this area. Operators near the city informed companies they could not compete and so their prices Were dropped and this practice has been continual all the way up the line, The reduced prices hit Exe- ter nate Friday, evening and made their way north through- out Saturday, None of the local operators expects the-drop will increase sales substantially, due to the fact that all are selling at the same price. 1-lowevere one operator did report Moat =theists were now requesting a full tank, when they pulled into Service sta- tions. Could Be Lertathy Motorists will undoubtedly be happy to hear that one local operator expects the drop to re- main in effect for at least six months. It was explained that the major companies had dropped prices in an effort to "break" another smaller firm who had been under-cutting prices for Some time. it is expected that if there- diaction remains in effect long enough this firm Would either be forced out of business or Would have to agree to sell gas at the Saint price tiS the other companies, At their annual meeting in Clinton, Monday, the Huron County 4-H Leaders' Associa- tion decided to back a project of the Huron Hog ProducerS to stimulate the production of quality hogs, The Hog Producers have of- fered to provide any Member Of a 4-H Swine club with two registered eight-week old Wean- ling gilts free of charge. 1Vteinbers Must Show the pigs at a fair hi the county and nittSt breed them artificially and then before farroveing must sell one at a Sale. The 4-H member is allowed to keep the Other' sew and any profit front the sale of the oth- er' one after the original price Of the two gilts has been re- turned to the /log Producer's. It is proposed that one sale would be held in the county of all the sows put up by the 4-H members. Parents to Sign Release At the meeting, the board approved printing a release form that all parents must sign when their children .en- roll in September. The release will exonerate the principal and the board in the ease of accidents and in- juries to students a n d will also give them permission to take students to the hospital . if the parents are not available for consultation, The principal explained that the question arose when a st, udent was recently injured and required medical attention, and Clinton Lions Club are hold- ing their annual Rural-Urban !farmers) Night next Tuesday, March 26. Speaker will be Prof. J. R, Cavers, of the Poultry Science' Dept., OAC, Guelph. His subject will be on his "Trip to Australia." Tickets are available from members of the Lions Club. At the Lions meeting on March 12, Dr. John N. Hagan, superintendent of the Ontario Hospital at Goderich, was guest speaker. Dr. Hagan reviewed changes in the attitude towards mental health in recent years. In the early 1900's mental hospitals became isolated for various reasons. This isolationism con- tinued up until 1,950. "Then came many changes both in hospitals and treatment," said the doctor. Much research was done by the Canadian Mental Health Association, he said. Population increase in On- tario forced increased accom- modation for mental health pa- tients. The Goderich hospital is the first in a series of smaller men- tal hospitals, said Dr. Hagan. The offer is open to as many 4-H members as may be inter- ested, as Hog Producers plate to borrow the money to finance the project, George Campbell, McKillop Township farmer, and a Mem- ber of the Hog Producers As- sotiation, reported the main idea in,.sponsoring the prOject was to stimulate the production of grade A hogs in Huron. He noted that at present only 39 percent of the hogs produc- ed in the county were of this quality. Agriculture Representative, Doug Mites, who announced the project for the members' con- sideration, noted that while there are between 3,500 and 4,000 hog producers in the county, there were only 15 4-H members who belonged to a swine club last year. "There's something wrong", he stated, noting that Huron The 26-year-old teacher taught three years in elemen- tary school before attaining her degree and taking up duties in the secondary school. Nediger, 30, is presently teaching in Seaforth, and has had six years secondary and four years elementary exper- ience. He is presently head of the mathematics department in Seaforth, and is expected to take on similar duties here. The CHSS grad has been a critic teacher at the Ontario College of Education and will be a lecturer there this sum- mer. Nediger is married and has three, children. The third member approved by the board is William Mc- Kellar, 35, who has been teach- ing history and geography at Goderich. A junior member of the staff there, he was displaced due to the fact that school will cut down on the number of in- structors because many pupils will be attending CHSS. He has also had 13 years experience in elementary schools, 10 as a principal. Also married, he has one child. Heading up the new library instruction will be Mrs. Made- line Joey, Kirkton, who has been teaching at Exeter Public School for the past 11. years. An experienced teacher who recently acquired her B.A., Mrs. Jory was highly recommended by Mr. Cochrane, who noted she had a very fine teaching phil- osophy. Recommended by AVC The final three teachers hir- ed came on the recommendation of the Advisory Vocational Committee, and they will be Recreation Committee Considers Senior Citizens, May Appoint Wo He termed the present sys—tem "useless", noting the clocks Were not accurate and no two in the school were ever exactly the same, as they were all independent. The IBM system being in- toned in the new section is run by a master clock in the office and all clocks will show the same time, .Several members felt the cost of the new clocks; it add- ed, should come out of the con- tingency fund to be shared by all participating schools, end the question was handed over to the Advisory Vocational Committee for further discus- sion, Complains of Rating The board received a letter from the Ontario School Teach- ers' Federation.noting the score the board had received on a recent rating submitted by the teachers. They were given a mark of 72 for staff-board relations, 68 for their attitude towards edu- cations but only 42 for working cenditions. No reason was given for the "poor" rating in regards to working conditions, but mem- bers expressed the opinion it was due to the building pro- gram and the heavy work load on the teachers. "I wouldn't fault them for that," Del. Philp commented, in regards to the opinion it was the building program that br- ought about the low score, "I didn't like it myself", Ken McRae noted. He added that every teacher in Ontario read the report and it was also pub- lished in most newspapers where prospective teachers could also read it. He pointed out there had been no explanation given for the poor rating. McRae said the poor work- ing conditions had been no fault of the board, and said the teachers should have real- ized this and bent over back- wards to give them a better rating. a hospital official .questioned who would sign in the youth, "Once the shops are ,operat- ing some students are going to get hurt," Del Philp noted,. "and it isn't fair for Mr, Cochrane to have to sign them in if the parents. are not av- ailable to be contacted." The release will take the responsibility off the board and principal in case medical treat- ment or operations must be given before the parents can be reached for approval. The form to be followed will be similar to one used at H. B. Beal Technical School, London. Lions Hear of Mental Treat tent Tour New Hospital at Goderith He also said the large Ontario hospitals at London and Toron- to are clue to be replaced by more modern facilities. Larger hospitals are hard to administ- er, therefore the increase in the number of smaller institutions. Speaking of the Goderich hos- pital, Dr. Hagan said "It is a community hospital for treat- ment of all types of mental ill- ness." Fifty percent of the beds are for active treatment of patients. The Goderich hospital will serve Huron County, and a part of Bruce and Perth adjacent to Huron, Dr. Hagan said the staff at Goderich hospital were pleased with the reception they receiv- ed from municipalities and or- ganizations in the area. After the dinner meeting in St. Paul's parish hall, 16 Lions were conducted on a tour of the hospital by Dr. Hagan and Basil Hall, the chief social worker at the hospital. Deputy District Governor Bill Lumby, Goderich, was also a guest at the dinner meeting, and promised to return to Clin- ton Lions Club at a later date for his official visit. one of the largest hog produc- ing counties in Ontario: Miles also reported his de- partment had been trying very hard to find some project to stimulate interest in 4-H swine clubs and also for the produc- tion of Grade A hogs, "I think we should take the producers up on that," ,George w Kennedy stated, "It's a onder- ful idest." It was pointed out by other club leaders that such a pro- ject would bring More good breeding atock into the county and would Stimulate better qu- ality. Campbell reported as Well that he expected the price range to go up for grade A hogs and drop fOr both grade t and 0. The leaders also voted to pro- mote the hog marketing ,pro- ject for Senior 4-1-I members. (Continued On Page 13)