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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-09-03, Page 11More 'Than. '2,000 Students - .(ram: Clinton Classrooms News-Record Photos By John Visser Plenty Smoke; No Spark At Mutual Fire Aid Meet A two and a half hour long meeting Tuesday night in Clinton council chambers with representa- tives of nearby townships failed to bring Huron County any closer to implementation of a county mutual aid fire system. CLASSROOMS CHSS ClassesBeing Held In Cloak Rooms, Cafeteria At least three classes have been set -up in emergency quarters at Central Huron Secondary School to date, and indications are the over-crowd- ing situation could Worsen. The school — which already this would be the case if the has undergone three major ex- students were-evenly registered pension programs since it start- in all of the courses being of- eel' ih 1926—has 'a 'capacity. crf fered". • • between 1,200 and 1,250 'stud- . But the students appear to eats. favor more and more the -tech- By Wednesday, 1,239 stud- nical and commercial courses ents had enrolled and 125 stud- offered last year for the first ents were expected to swell the time. total enrollment to 1,364. Courses Overdue Goodbye Kiss Cheryl gets a farewell kiss from her mother, Mrs. Ron JefferSon, as she starts out for her first day at school. Vacation Toles These Central Huron Secondary School students were chattering gaily as they waited for classes to start, First Day A new way of life With all sorts of interesting things wait for Debbie Showman behind . kinddrgartert doors. The Line-up So many old friends to greet while waiting for 'classes to start at Clinton Public School Tuesday morning. Vocotion's End. Summer's over as far as these stu- dents at Calvin Christian School are con- cerned as they get back to the books. Clinton News Record THE HURON RECORD— 81st YEAR THE NEW ERA 97th YEAR The Home Paper With The News CLINTON, ONTARIO,' T URSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10; 1964 $4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages STUDENT INFLUX F The meeting was arranged !flirter . -Clinton ,•Town..-Council learned during an Emergency Measures Organizational meet- ing August 17 that Huron is one of only two counties in Ontario which have not imple- mented the fire aid plan. (The other county is. Carle- ton, in the Ottawa area, where the plan has not been adbpted allegedly because of political end personality problems.) The points discussed' and the information he gave during bis 15-minute address are summar- ized here in capsule form: • A County Mutual Fire Aid Plan is a preearmnged plan whereby a municipality having a fire department is assured of help from one or more par- ticipating fire departments in the county in 'the event of maj- or peace time fire's when their men and apparatus cannot con- tain or extinguish the fire. Provisions • To participate in such a plan, municipalities within the county must meet a number of provisions which follow: • The participating fire de- partment must be established under the Municipal Act. • Bylaws must be passed by the municipal council authoriz- ing the fire department to par- ticipate in the plan whiph also authorites the depaeltnent to leeive the lineits of their Munici- pality at the diseretiOn of the county fire co-ordinator to as- Slat in fighting major fires in other munieipalities, ' tienkfits • A .mtinitierality wishing to patiticipate in the plan Shea (have a reasonable standard of fire prrOtection to Meet its ovvn horned event day needs. 41111 Attitu at fire aid pretides: • A basic plan for ekerelS4 king mobiliiing control Were the perticipating fire departments within a county or district for any large Seale peace time fire entergendi Vitithhi a partiedpet- anig etannuinity. • Additional tire apparatus end fire fighters to be Used izr The Weather 1964 1963 High toW nigh LOW Sept 8 67 54 67 61 4 80 51 61 S4 5 67 47 80 44 6 71 41 71 47 7 76- 57 72 51 8 86 67 71 9 83 63 72 SO Xe Pain No !thin System Outlined Fire - officials from -RCAF Station Clinton and Hullett, INICKlillop and Stanley Town- ships were invited to the meet- pig to hear an outline of the fire aid system by Fred Ander- son, an Inspector of the On- tario Eire Marshal's Office. - RCAF, Station Clinton was represented by three officers; (Continued on Page Seven) the event of any major peace time fire, Authority For Chief AO Eire service co-ordination at the county level. (Continued on Page Six) A Mal of 3,963 residents were ealigilble .to vote. The five points of the liquor plebiscite fellow, along with the wet and dry votes:, "Are you in fever of the sale Of liquor under a lounge lic- ence for consumption oft licens- ed premiSes?", Yes, 1,343: No, Bayfield Fairi bates Changed The dates of the Itayfield OA Pair have been changed At year ftona Sept. 28 and 24 to Sept. -30 and Oct. 1 Secretary Uoir Stirling said the change in dates oeettited bcdatise tither Day 'Weekend Was a Week later this year and as a reettit the FiXetet' Mar was being held on those daYs, lie said bee Luse a, rilitribbe of tattlers enter crops and livestock &Midi's at both faint, the hayfield Vitt itafes Wore Mo'Ved on Otte Week? Mrs. Alf. Warner improving 'After Highway Crash Mrs. .Alfred Warner, 59, of AA 1, Bayfield, was expected to be released feom Clinton Public-Hospital. later this week where she has been a patient Since ehe was injured in a ea crash Friday night. Mrs. Warner was admitted for treatment of sirodk'and fac- ial injuries after a. car driven by her' 64-year husband an Which she Was a passenger, was involved in a crash near Gode rieh. heat DeetroyeAl °Marie Provincial Police front the Goderich Detachment Said Mr. Wernet Was SoUt114 hoitild on Highway 21 abbot four Miles south of Oodenich when his tar collided. with a boat end 'trailer being towed by a tooth-bet* tar, Driver of the tar WAS -Louis "rewsley, 26, of betrOlt. Polite said 'the 15eiliadt tied- err boat was destroyed. Dant age to :the Warner vehicle Was etitirnateel at $250., Class In Cloakrooms The school said- it was not known whether , the additional students were being held at their former schools, whether some had decided 'to change their course plans, or whether some still were vacationing in other parts of the country, or had remained at summer jabs. The 1,239 students already at the school, however, presented an accommodation problem and some had to be placed in make- shift classrooms, which include two former cloakrooms and the cafeteria. (See centre page photo at left.) "Top Heavy" Enrollment Principal John Cochrane said CHSS is overcrowded with the 1,239 students "because we are top-heavy in enrollment' in 'the commercial and technical courses. "The enrollment figures so far and the school's capacity figures look just about per- fect on paper," he said, "and Enrollment at Celvbt Chris- tian School jumped by 29 to 125 students this year, Nit the sincflhouoxl:board was ready for the Dating the sweeter a $15,836 two-room .additien was built to handle the increase. Attend From Area Miss livancirie Greydatuts 'is the new priincipal of the 800614 Pupils attend Calvin Chris-, time Scheel from Clinton; lalyth, tsoter, Seafooth and Mitchell. RCAF School Swells, Principal C, A., 'Trott of Air Marshal Hugh Campbell School at 11,CAP station Clinton re- norted-'Nesclay the enrollment of the SehreOl, has jumped by 50 students. Re reported an eairearient of 440 pupils:, St: Jos. Roll Drops i‘haevaly,:tt School, littihaotz n St. Jouel kit's Clinton, repotted 'ruesday a de-- erase in, siehool entollnient this year tif 22 Student, Total tilooliniont of the school is: 75 Students. A total of 14 commercial and vocational courses are offered in grades nine to 12, and the 72 Grade Thirteen students may take 15 subjects. "Vocational training courses were long overdue here," Mr. Cochrane said, "and now they are being taken advantage of by, many students. The result (Continued on Page 12) 0 Public School Jammed Temporary classrooms have been set up at Clinton Public School to handle the enrollment increase of about 20 students this year. Principal Bert Gray said to- tal enrollment 'to date is 525 students. The temporary classrooms have been set up in the audi- torium for Grade •Six students and in the teachers' room for kindergarten. Addition Planned The additional enrollment Was expected by the board, and will be accommodated when a four-room addition is built et the school. The addition—which is esti- mated to cost $110,000 000 — has been approved by the board, and currently is being examin- ed by the Ontario Municipal Board. The proposal was sent for the OMB 9n June of this Year. If and vviten it is approved by the OMB, the reSeluttem will be given a third reading by Clin- ton cot nail and debentures in the amount of $110,000 will be issued by the town. Farmers Need Warm Weather Good Weather during the past several days has allowed the contpletion ,of harvest Of spring grains ,according to a weekly crop report issued by Mug 1ite4s, Agricultural resentative for 1-Turon County, White bean harvest bat Start- but ripening is still slew. Wonto watt' is needed to mature both beans and corn. email Wheat fields 'Eire prepared for sowing This Wdek, How Aid System Works During a special meeting Tuesday night held in connection with, the possibility of implement- ing a county mutual fire aid system in Huron County, Fred Anderson of the office of the Ontario Fire Marshal outlined the plan. Goderich Now Partly GODERICH—Goderich residents approved only dining lounges and loungest last week in a five-point liquor plebescite. Beverage rooms for men and women were turned down. The question on the sale of 1,153; beer and 'wine for consumption "Are you in favor of the sale with meals squeaked by 'the of liquor under a dining lounge required 60 per' cent by only lice-nee for consumption with .97 per cent, and the sale of meals?" Yes, 1,954; No, 1,050; liquor under a lounge license (Continued on Page Seven) get by with a '61.51 per cent vote. The sale of liquor in a din- ing lounge was approved by 65.04 per cent of the voters. Five Points a~vi n nrollment ncreased CHSS CLASS MAKES DO IN FORMER CLOAK ROOM (News-Record Photo By John Visser) Troubled Waters Angry waves surged Over the end of the gotierhtnetrt dock at Six cited over the weekend making this pretty piethice possible but thwarting many vatatiOners on their fast stint ter Weekerid for boating. (Arttios-4?ecOrd Photo)