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Clinton News-Record, 1969-09-18, Page 1Dr. G. P. A. Evans, Huron medical officer of health, looks on as Miss Katherine McGregor of Clinton, new president of the Huron unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, presents service certificate to outgoing president Harvey Johnston, also of Clinton. Mr. Johnston is administrator of Huronview, the county home for the aged, Dr. Evans was guest speaker at the unit's annual meeting in Clinton last Friday•evening. — Staff Photo Smoking means shorter life, MOH tells Cancer Society ban Ray, left, Was chairinan of testimonial held in Clinton last Saturday evening to honor Mary and Maitland Edgar. Televition set presented to the Edgars and their six children by the more than 256 persons wh6 turned out can be seen- behind Mr. kayo—Staff Photo Bayfield fall fair results in second sec tion linton NewspoRecor lOelth YEAR— NO, ..E3 CLINTON, ONTARIO — THURSDAY, SEPT E MB E R 18, 1969 PRICE PER COPY I5c Education minister inspects base with local, provincial officials Thirty-five days after disclosure of plans to phase CFB Clinton out of operation within two years, government officials at various levels appear to be pressing the search for a way to use the 247-acre, $40,000,000 plant and replace its $5,000,000 payroll. So far the most visible manifestation of concern on the part of elected officials was a tour of the base last Friday afternoon. Led by Col. E. W. Ryan, base commander, and escorted by Huron MP Robert McKinley, the entourage included Charles MacNaughton, provincial treasurer; William G. Davis, minister of education; William H. Shaw, special consultant to the Ontario Developinent Corporation and James E. Hayter of Dashwood, warden of Huron. Also taking part were Clinton Reeve James Armstrong who represented Mayor Donald E. Symons, Tuckersmith Township Reeve Elgin Thompson and John Berry, county clerk-treasurer. Frank Sills was there as mayor of Seaforth and as a member of the board of governors of Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology in Kitchener, the community college which serves this area. Bert Such of Goderich, the other Huron member on the board, was also present. Accompanying Roy Pattison of East Wawanosh, chairman of the county development committee, were the following committee members: William. Jenkins of Goderich Township; Alex McGregor of Tuckersmith Township; Girvin Reed, Ashfield and William Elston, Morris. Please turn to Page 2 Lt. Col. 0. H. Hack, corn mending officer of the Canadian Forces School of Instructional Technique, at CFB Clinton, speaks with officials who toured the base last Friday. Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaughton is at left and Education Minister William Davis at centre. Next to Mr. Davis is Huron Warden James Hayter, Huron MP Robert McKinley and W. H. Shaw of the Ontario Development Corporation. — Staff Photo Huron teacher salary hikes push year's payroll past $5,000,000 The first column The Clinton Colts will face Corunna in playoffs for the OBA Intermediate "B" provincial championship. The final starts Sunday with a home game at 2:30 p.m. Corunna defeated Campbellville and Walkerton in semi-finals. The second game in the series will be Sept. 28 at Corunna. * * Huron County public schools will hold evening classes in various subjects starting early next month. Details will be announced next week. * * * An account of a discussion at last week's town council meeting unintentionally omitted part of a statement by Ward Knox, manager of the Crown Drive-In on Victoria Street. Mr. Knox had been criticized for allegedly failing to clean up papers dropped in front of the drive-in. Replying to the complaints, Mr. Knox mentioned several other eating places in town and asserted that littering was a problem there as well, He did not single out one restaurant as the story last week made it appear. The News-Record regrets the error. • * * * Water service south of the CNR tracks as far as Canadian Forces Base Clinton was cut suddenly by a main break at 8 a.m. Tuesday and remained off until repairs were completed at 10 a.m. A Public Utilities Commission spokesman said the six-inch main broke in two, probably due to vibrations from trucks on Highway 4. A motorist who saw the water on the road surface reported the break and flow was cut to prevent undermining the highway. Repairs took two hours because the pipe was 12 feet underground and had to be dug out, the PUC said, * * * Police are investigating the theft of a small amount of cash from a physical education office at Central Huron Secondary School last weekend. Entry was gained through an open window, police said. * * * The Ontario Safety League repeats this from a U.S, safety magazine: When an automobile Went out of control and sideswiped three other vehicles, Colorado Springs police looked inside and found a sign that read — "God is driving this car at all times." * * , * Forest firer ,,"One man in one day with one match can clear a hundred acres." Nicaraguan proverb * * * Weather 1969 1068 Hl Lb HI Lb Sept. 9 64 48 76 57 10 64 45' 69 58 11 68 44 65 51 12 78 49 65 43 13 81 58 69 48- 14 81 54 77 46 15 84 61 /9 58 Slain ..09" A man who smokes cigarettes heavily can expect to have his life shortened by eight years, warned Dr. G. P. A. Evans, county medical officer of health, at the annual meeting of the Huron unit of the Canadian Cancer Society in Clinton last Friday evening. And the heavy smoker is not the only one with worries. Even light smokers have a life expectancy four years less than the non-smoker, said Dr. Evans. The MOH was guest speaker at the meeting in Wesley-Willis Church where Miss Katherine Maitland Edgar, an 18-year resident of Clinton who has moved to Petrolia , to become vice principal of Larnbton Central Collegiate Institute, was honored by 350 persons at a testimonial last Saturday evening at the Clinton Community Centre. Mr. Edgar was Liberal candidate in the federal riding of Huron in 1965 and 1968. He was defeated both times by Conservative Robert McKinley. He was also active in sports, church and service club work. He headed the geography department at South Huron District High School in Exeter for two years before becoming principal of the Petrolia School, and formerly was vice principal of Air Marshal Hugh Campbell elementary school at CFB Clinton. Donald Kay, chairman of the town recreation committee and chairman of the group which organized the "Edgar Appreciation Night," recalled Saturday that Mait was active in Kinsmen activities when the club set up a house,nunibering system in town. Malt, he said, served as deputy governor' for 17 dubs in the northern part of the district and advanced to become governor of District 1.. An intermediate ball and hockey player for years, Matt also coached and managed minor hockey and ball clubs and "Spent endless hours" working McGregor of Clinton was elected president of the unit, succeeding Harvey Johnston, also of Clinton. Other 1969-70 officers, all from Clinton, include: Mrs. M. W. Durst, vice-president; Mrs. Gordon Rathwell, secretary and Paul Aggerholm, treasurer. Also, William Barlow of Goderich, campaign manager; Mrs. A. J. McMurray, Clinton, commemoration funds chairman; Mrs. Joseph McConnell, Seaforth, education chairman; Mrs. Douglas Bartliff of Clinton, vice-chairman of with the recreation committee on construction of the swimming pool and community centre. Mr. Edgar was Committee vice-chairman for the last two years. "His wisdom, in decisions was highly respected and will be greatly missed," said Mr. Kay. "The Edgars," he added, "are the type of family any community hates to lose. We hope the opportunity may arise when the Edgars can return." Malt, his wife, Mary, and their six children, were presented with a television set during the party. The program opened with piano selections by Mrs. Florence Symons. The Edgars were led into the arena by piper Hee Iingswell and Bill Ranson of Holmesville entertained With his accordion. John Jordan was director of a humorous skit in which Bob Mann portrayed Mait as a teacher, with Clarence Denomme, Bill Fleming and Lard Jones as high School students. The eurtain was opened after strong-man limas Archer stripped to his bathing trunks in the midst' of the audience, grabbed a hammer and sounded a gong: John Anstett and Bela Cotirrioyer Went on stage as "The 'Whistlers" and Bob Mann and Clarence Denomme sang an original Song based Ott the Edgar family. Lunch and dancing rounded' out the evening. BY RICHMOND ATKEY Without fringe benefits on which no cost estimates have been given -- salaries of the 608 elementary and secondary school teachers employed by the Huron County Board of Secondary school teachers and the Huron County Board of Education are not yet agreed on frequency of pay periods and pay dates, but that is the only item to be settled in salary talks with the teachers, according to Daniel J. Murphy of Goderich, chairman of the board's negotiating committee. The report on the status of negotiations was contained in a statement released by the board and Seaforth District High School teacher Stephen M. Hook The salary agreement between Huron County Board of Education and the elementary (public) school teachers of the County was presented by the chairman of the Board's negotiating committee, Robert M. Elliott, RR 3, Clinton, at Monday evening's meeting. In summary, the teaching staff was increased to 340 from 388 last year and the total payroll went from $2,097,080 to $2,370,060 — up $272.980. The average salary goes up from $6,204 to $6,971 or $767. The increase in total payroll is 13 per cent, in average salary, 12,4 percent. The increases are exclusive of fringe benefits which are Education will total more than $5,000,000 this year, the board learned at its meeting in Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton, Monday evening. The 1969-70 salary total is $5,093,407.-- up $494,932 or 10 per cent above last year's costs of Varna at the school board's meeting in Central Huron Secondary School Monday evening. Mr. Murphy said the payroll matter was the only difference remaining and termed it a minor one. It does not affect salary and fringe benefit agreements reached by the end of last June, he said. The teachers' committee held out for payment of half the first month's salary at the opening of the school term in September, difficult to translate into cost totals because of the consolidation into one county school board. "This salary agreement has actually been settled, with the exception of a very few minor details, since June 2," Mr. Elliott explained to the board. "A public report Was not made until this time (Sept. 15) as it was felt it could be detrimental to negotiations which were still proceeding at the secondary school level."' There is an overlapping of the two schedules, he explained. "The basic increase at the elementary school level has not been as great this year as it was, in most cases, the previous when there were 598 teachers. Increase in the average salary of an individual teacher is 8.3 per cent. Elementary school average jumped 12.4 per cent from $6,204 to $6,971 a year. The average salary of a secondary school teacher rose Mr. Murphy said, but the board committee was not willing, to go, along. Figures dischnse1:1 'at the' meeting Monday showed that last year there were 260 secondary school teachers with a total payroll of $2,501,395 or an average salary of $9,621. This year, with eight more teachers, the total is $2,723,347 and the average is $10,162. The total payroll rose 8.8 percent and the average climbed 5.6 percent. The total $2.7 million payroll years," Mr. Elliott said. "However, the variations of 18 former public school board salary agreements had to be welded, as much as could be afforded, in one yearl "As well, fringe benefits, which were not in effect in many elementary school salary agreements, had to be incorporated so that all members of the teaching profession working for the Huron County Board of Education would be treated equally whether in the elementary or secondary school systems," he said. The committee chairman emphasized that although there would be only two teachers Credit buying -- and paying -- will be discussed at a day-long consumer conference to be held by H. L. Rowntree, Ontario's minister of financial and commercial affairs, in Clinton Oct. 9. The Minister's Consumer Protection Conference, one of a series being arranged across the province, will be held in the Clinton Legion Hall and invitations have gene out to 300 industry and consumer delegates in the Huron County area. A letter from F. J. Pillgrem, deputy Minister of financial and commercial affairs, accompanies Rowntrees invitations and reads in part as follows: "Purchasing on credit has become a way of life for most of us today, whether we Use our credit for major purchases of home and car, or simply to supply our daily needs, "While credit buying has greatly enhanced our standard of living, it has alSo provided us with some pitfalls in out complex soCiety, Concern for the general public in the from $9,621 to $10,162 or 5.6 per cent, it was revealed. Although full agreement was reported between the board and the elementary school teachers, the secondary school teachers are reported to be at odds with the board over frequency of pay, does not include fringe benefits whose costs are difficult to determine, due to consolidation of five secondary schools under the one board this year, Mr. Murphy said. "I would like to point out," he said, "that all the items were agreed on by the end of June except the frequency of pay periods and pay dates. "It has been an honest disagreement between the teachers and the board. The Please turn to Page 9 more on the staff this year, there could be a great difference in qualifications this year which would explain some of the increase in the total figure. "I believe negotiations were carried on in an amicable manner and a fair settlement arrived at in relationship to the rest of the province," Mr. Elliott concluded. , The report was received unanimously without comment by the board. Some features of the basic salary grid for elementary school teachers, as contained in the salary agreement, are as follows:. Category1 — $5,000 starting Please turn to Page 9 ever-increasing trend to credit buying has led the Ontario Legislature to establish the Consumer Protection Bureau for the dual purpose of providing consumer education and consumer protection. "Because of the subject's great importance, and in order to acquaint more and more people with this consumer affairs legislation, the Hon. H. L. Rowntree ... has called for a series of regional consumer protection conferences “." The conference opens at 9 a.m, on Oct. 9 with registration early that morning and also on the evening of Oct. 8, A full schedule of talks, panel discussions and question-and- answer sessions is planned right through luncheon and dinner and op to the closing speech by Mr. ROWntree. Edueation Of consumers, advertising practices, credit buying, repair services, used car sales, Security deposits, leases and various forms of contracts are all among topics on the program. education; Dr. F. M. Newland of Clinton, medical advisor; Harvey Johnston, chairthan of planning, development and nominations; J. H. Aitken of Goderich, publicity chairman; Mrs. Lorne Salzman of Clinton, patients' service chairman and Mrs. Wesley Holland of Clinton, transportation chairman. Dr. Evans was trained in medicine and started his public health career in the United Kingdom. He came to Canada and his present post in 1966. "There is a direct cause and effect relationship between smoking cigarettes and developing lung cancer," he asserted, and smoking is linked to a "much wider range of misery, sickness and death." Smoking, he said, has been shown to be the most important ca use of non-cancerous brOnchial and lung disease such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and contributes to Please turn to page 2 Many attend testimonial for Mait Edgar family Pay in county high schools goes up 5.6% Public school salaries increased 12.4% Consumer bureau holds regional parley in town