HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-04-11, Page 1One boy's approach to the vaccination was to squeeze his eyes
closed, hold his breath, and let the nurses do what had to be done.
The comforting hand of the nurse on one side may not have lessened
the discomfort of the needle on the other side but at least it
added a little security to the whole thing. Giving the injections
was Mrs. Anne Follis, supervisor, public health nursing, Huron
County Health Unit,. •
While 127 teachers study the 'proper classroom use of audio-
visual equipment students in the Huron Centennial School use
a wide variety of teaching aids in everyday classroom work.
Using tape recorder and separate listening devices are, on left
side Kenny Owens, Joanne Steckle and Sharon Coughtree. On
right, Prank Argyle, Brad Beattie and Kim Thompson, Mrs.
Robert Westlake, one .of the instructors in the special course
conducts the class. (NEWS—RECORD pion))
Central
George
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titiron Secondary school teachers, Anne' Chislett and
Gull, point. out 8ottie of the diffietiffieS in interpreting
to student DOA tortriet In school "BrIgadeon,"
From left are students Bernard Bakker, Jeanette Lobb, John
BrOete and Karen McLean,
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THE, CU TON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, 1968 THE RECORD Year :114PU.'cQPIE4 12c. HE NEW ERA • 11)1rd .Ytar No. 15
The .fiest
column,
More than 400 youngsters at Huron Centennial School were
given booster shots for diphtheria, tetanus and polio Tuesday
and there were more than 400 different reactions to the nurses
needle. Some laughed it off, others .cried and many were too
frightened' to do anything. This grade 4 girl took the needle with
a big smile and' then walked off with complete disinterest in
the whole thing. Teachers and bus drivers were given tuberculin
tests the same day.
New, fire truc.„
almost rolling
hour, They would also Pay 7.4
per cent of maintenance and
repairs over and above that
not covered by the hourly
charge.
In a second letter Goderich
township said, "The conditions
an brought back by the God.
erich Township delegates are
not acceptable to the township
in their present forme'
Huroe view is also being asked
to pay a pprtion of the cost
of 4 new fire truck but they
I" will pot discuss the matter until
•1 the boards regular meeting.
If the four townships and.
Huronview agree to help pay for
the truck their total payments
will amount to half the estimated
$25,000 debentured cost.
The portions the townships
are being asked to pay is based
on the assessment of buildings
anything about them,
Mr. Armstrong said he had
only two men and there was
more work to be done than they
had time to do. "When we are
grading and replacing sod
we can't be sweeping. We have
17 1/2 miles of street to main.
for 182 and parents 62.
The clinic's objective is 300
pints...150 each from students
and parents.
The clinic will be open in the
evening for working people,
however anyone who can come in
the daytime and not at night
will be readily accommodated.
Red Cross asking
more parents' blood
a big dent in car theft with,
wheel, gearshift lever, and ignie
their 1969 Models All will lock
Lion, with a turn of the ignition
says General.Motors will Put
simultaneously, the steering
The Critario Safety •League
key. * * *
The Ontario Department of
Agriculture's crop insurance
commission has announced in•
surance on grain corn will be
available under the Crop Insure
ance Aet for the current crop
year. The grain .corn plan feu-
tures the same guaranteed pro.
duction coverage •afforded by
their winter wheat and spring
grain plan, and, in addition, the
perils insured include wildlife
damage. Insurance is limited to
70 percent of the average farm
yield, however. '
* *
Clinton post Office has re.
leased a schedule of its ser-
vice for Good Friday, April
12 and Easter Monday April
15. There will be full postal
service on Monday. •Friday,
there will be no wicket ser.
vice or rural route service.
Postage stamps are available
from the vending machines in
front of the post office and
town hall, The lock box lobby
will be open from 4 p.m. to
9 p.m. and mail will be re.
ceived and dispatched at 6:45
p.m. The street letter boxes
will be cleared at 4:15 mole
* * *
A spokesman for Clinton Pub.
lie Hospital has said the has.
pital may have erred in the
figures given to the industrial
commission for their resident-
non resident survey. The hos.
.pital actually has 80 employees '
of which 27 live outside of Clio.
ton. The figures for part time
employees, 14 of 1'7 live,out of
town, are correct.
* * *
A new law to control the
operation of motorized snow
vehicles in Ontario was intro.
duced In the Ontario Legislature
last week by Hon. Irwin Haw •
kett, minister of transport;
-Under •the new legislation every
snow vehicle will be required
to be registered with the des,
partment of transport before
it can be operated in Ontario.
There will' be a registration
fee and the owner will be is.
sued a permit and licence plate,
which must be attached to the
front of the vehicle. Anyone
under the age of 16 will be
prohibited from operating a
snow vehicle on a highway,
but a driver's licence will still
not be required to operate the
vehicles.
• * * *
. Cash receipts received by
farmers from farming opera.
tions in 1967; excluding supple.
mentary payment's, reached
$4,382 million according to a
recent Dominion Bureau of
Statistics estimate. This is a
new record high surpassing the
previous high of 1966 by 3.4
percent.
* * *
The Holmesville 1-EC's are
planning a march from God.
erich to Clinton Saturday, April
13 to raise money for the Re.
Larded Adult Workshop in God.
erich. Anyone wishing to spon.
sor one of the marchers should
contact John Ginn, RR 2, Clin.
ton. * * *
April 9 marks the 51 an.
niversary of the battle of Vimy
Ridge. There, in the thick of
the heavy snowstorm and tight*
ing was Tom Leppington, Spen.
cer Street, Clinton.
Bayfield girl
gets award
for rescue
Lt, Gov. W. Earl Rowe has
presented the Griffith Award
for bravery to Lynn Carson,
18, or 13a.yfield on behalf of the
Royal Life Saving Society.
Mies Carson, a grade 13 said.
erit at Central Huron Secondary
School, pulled a Detroit boy
!rem the Ba,ylield River last
August.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E.S,P, Careen, 87 Thera.
toh Avenue, London.
WEATHER
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As the number of practice
days dwindles, the cast of den.
•tral Huron Secondary School's
production of Brigadoon, is
working at full speed to reach
its allotted deadline. The play
takes to the stage, April 25,
26,27.
Since January, when the idea
of a. fulbaength musical for the
school was first discussed, the
enthusiasm, as well as the work-
load, has been growing,
At the start practices for the
chorus were held once a week
while the actors did not get
together until March. Now, the
entire cast is practising every
Spore minute both during and
after school to make the pro.
ject, a first for Huron, a sue.
A new Brownies organization
IS being started in Clinton and
girls aged 1 -= 10 can join Wed.
nesdayi April 17, 4i30 nxi, at
the Canadian Legion
Mrs. George Wonch, 'who i'e«
Signed frem ClinteiN13-roatniee
and Girl Guides organisations
two, years age, will be district
commissioner Mr the new
ceSs.
Late busses, supplied by the
schoel board, have transported
the actors and stagehands from
Exeter, Seaforth, Goderich and
Blyth home from school after
late rehearsals.
The' director ofBrigadoon,
George Cull, •has wide exper-
ience working with young people
in the area. He initiated the
Huron Youth Choir and directed
the Centennial Youth Choir last
year.
He has also directed the CH
SS choirs arid for the past
two Christmases has produced
the Carolfest.
Assisting Mr. Cull is Anne
Chislett, filer experience comes
Brownies. Clinton has had no
Brownies or Girl Guides since
she resigned.
Helping Mrs. Wench will be
WS, Harvey Carter, Mes, Ken
Wood and Mrs. Claudia East.
man.
Mrs: Wonch hopes to get Girl
Guides started again but as yet
had no volunteers.
Three of our,townships ser.
ved by the Clinton fire depart
ment have e.greed to help pay
for a new , $25,000 fire truck
for Clinton.
Tuckers:ellh has given their
written assent, willi delegates
from Stanley and Hullett Towne
ships having agreed verbally)
'Goderich Township has refesed
to agree to the conditions put
forth by Clinton.
In a letter read to Clinton
town council Monday night Tucloe
ersrnith Township agreed Clin-
too would pay 50 per cent of
the cost of the new track and..
Tuckersmith would eontrneutez
at the rate of $459.10 for five
years,
They would also pay for fire
calls into, their toernship at the
rate of $80 for the first hour
and $50 for each additional
Town councillors were some.,
what misty eyed Monday night
out it was difficult to tell if
it was because of the dusty Clin.
ton streets, which they corn.
plained, about, or the many
reasons Reeve Jim Armstrong
gave for not being able to do
Clinton Red Cross is hold.
ing its annual blood donor clinic
April 29, at Central Huron
Secondary School and hopes
Clinton residents will match
every pint of blood donated by
the students.
Last year, of a total 214
pints, the students accounted
from two years of theatrical
study' at University of British
Columbia and summer stock
work in Vancouver and Nova
Scotia.
Other staff members helping
the students are Ian Fraser,
working as production manager,
Vic Darasch, ticket sales, Gor.
don Smith and James Doherty
production and sets, Carl Black.
more programs and Elgin
Kreuger, publicity.
Starring in the musical with a
Scottish setting are students,
Jeanette Lobb, Bernard Bakker,
Douglas Palmer, Jelin Broeze
and Karen McLean.
The play itself, which has
elements of comedy, mystery,
and romance concerns the es.
capaxles of two Americans who
are lost in the highlands of
Scotland and stumble upon an
eniknown village called Brigae
dean,
They find the town alive With
excitement but when one of the
Americans falls in love with a
Scots girl, he finds the town
comes alive only once every
one hundred years.
The plot develops When the
Americans discover the delight.
Sul "sleeping spent, will be
broken if villagers leave the
area and visitors can stay only
if they fall in love.
in their area.
Town clerk John, Livermore
said the old truck was in good
condition and could be used
for fighting fires in the town
where there are hydrants near
by.
"Bet the 19.year.old truck
Isn't heavy enough for the back
roads and fields and has the
equivalent of a three horse.
power motor for pumping water,
And, what happens if there is a
fixe in town when the truck is
out in one of the townships?"
he asked,
Council as yet does not know
when a truck could be pure
chased. Negotiations with God.
erich Township will continue.
Mayor Don Symons said, "I
don't see wly Goderich shouldn't
agree to pay. I think our terms
are quite fair.'!
tain and it is a lot of work.
We hope to pave two streets
and we have two or three block•
ed drains to unplug."
Mayor Don Symons said, "A
lot of people have asked about
the sweeper- they are wonder*
ing if we have sold it."•
Mr. Armstrong replied,
There is just a water pump to
be put on the sweeper and !twill
be ready to go." Then he added
"These are some of the hard.
ships we must bear in public
life."
Mr. Armstsong resigned his
position a year ago because of
public complaints about the
snow plowing.
The streets to be paved are
James, between Walker and
Gorden and Gorden between Vie.
toria and Matilda. Tenders must
be called and work will probably
not start before the fall.
Children today are familiar
with the many audiovisual dee
vices available for teaching but
there are too few teachers train.
ed in their use, said Arnold
Mathers, principal of Huron
Centennial School.
It is for this reason the On.
taxi.° Department of Education
and Huron County School' Area
1 is sponsoring an audiovisual
course • for 127 teachers from
22 school boards in the sur.
rounding areas.
The course, which the depart.
ment asked Mr. Mathers to
organize, has been going strong
for four hours every Tuesday
night since October 3. It in.
eludes study of classrooni, the
use of tape recorders, 16 mill.
imetre projectors, overhead
projectors, filmstrip project.
television sets, opaque project.
ors, television sets, opaque pro•
jectors, tape recorders, record
papers and mounted pictures.
The course even gees into the
proper use of such everyday
communication aids as bulletin
boards, puppetry, posters and
even field trips.
Tuesday April 9 the teachers'
put on display some of the
Brownies ready to start again
Students and teachers working
to set stage' for "Brigadoon"
Streets, sweeper both dust y
most modern equipment even.,
able in an open house at Huron
school. Much of the equipment
will be of the type in daily use
by the school and some 'will
be put on special exhibit by
the manufacturers.'
"Schools are just now acquir.
ing audiovisual equipment and
the teachers mast know how to
use it," Mr. Mathers said.
His school couldwell be taken
as a model in the use of the
special equipment at the prim.,
axy level. "Most of our equip.
ment is used an average of about
10 times per week," • he said.
To prove his • point Mr.
Mathers shows eight charts on
,the wall of the school's equip.
ment storage room. Each re.
presents a one piece of equi•
ment and the scribbles whin
overflow 'each allotted space
are teachers' reservations for
the equipment at a particular
time.
In recruiting instructors for
the course Mr. Mathers man.
aged to recruit some of the best
audio-visual experts in Ontario
education.
These include, Mr. Stan
Beisel, an audio-visual master
at 'Stratford teachers college,
Ron Eyre, Seaforth public
school, John Macdonald, audio.
visual consultant, Stratford
board of education, Mr. Car.
men Nixon, vice principal of
London public school, and Mrs.
Robert Westlake, Huron Ceti.
tennial School.
Mr. Mathers has also ar.
ranged for a number of guest
lecturers to appear.
The, course should result in
more and better use of the
equipment,which is available in
many of the schools in this
area, Mr. Mathers said. •
Caged canines
cause comment
Consensus among town coun.
cillors Monday night was that
the number of dogs running lose
has decreased drastically since
council decided to negotiate with
London for a dog catcher ser.
vice.
Councillor Clarence Den.
omme, who works at Crest
Hardware, said he has sold
more than 30 dog chains and col.
lays in the past month.
Audio-visual teachers, instructors
display special equilment