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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-06-17, Page 1Column veinal members of council remarked day night on the appearance of the park In the downtown wedge of Clinton that Mr. Doug Kennedy is in charge of ng them clean and tidy. s they said, and we agree, the town has r looked better and the well-cut grass, ed flower beds and lack of litter must 0 a good impression on those driving ugh town. We can have more pride in town because Mr, Kennedy takes such in his job. * * * egistration times for swimming have changed because recreation personnel finding they were wasting too much waiting around for someone to come sign up. From how on registration will place only on Saturday mornings during hours named in an advertisement in this r. * * * he Kinsmen Peewee Baseball house e winds up its season next week with championship series scheduled for day and Wednesday. The winning team receive the News-Record trophy. * * * he first season of the Clinton Minor ketball League wound tip successfully ay night. A great deal of thanks should extended to the coaches, Dick Jewson, Steve and Jim Arming, Bob Riehl Paul Herman who gave up a great deal of e to help more than 50 youngsters learn new sport. Thanks should also go to the ario Street United Church and to Central on Secondary School for the use of the nasiums at the two buildings, and to Clynick who helped out Friday night at championships, * * * No. 84 Highway will receive a new face treatment this summer, According to Honourable Charles MacNaughton. The Huron MPP stated that tenders are ng called this week for hot mix paving of miles between Hensall and St. Joseph. The contract will not include 0.6 miles in Village of Zurich, which will be rfaced later following water and sewer allation. linton PUC ins Hydro COMPSC Fewer than 100 men were left for march as CFB Clinton held its final ceremonial parade on Friday afternoon to ho our 29 graduates of the Canadian Forces Radar and Communications School. Ma* r I. A. Small, inspecting officer for the ceremony recalled in his speech that at one time there was no trouble to muster 1200-1500 men for a parade on the parade square at the base which was once known as the largest in the RCAF, Clinton, Ontarilo 15 cents Weather Clinton News-Record 1971 HI LO 1970 111 LO June 8 68 46 81 42' 9 65 40 84 53 10 70 45 83 55 11 80 47 84 60 12 81 60 78 57 13 76 60 74 52 14 76 55 77 48 Rain .24" Thursday, June 17, 1971 106 Year - No. 24 Clinton Council to study building needs CFB Clinton holds- last parade before phase out An agreement which provides for a mon approach to marketing and tomer service, was signed on Tuesday at ch, between Ontario Hydro and three nicipal electric utilities in Huron County. Electric Utility officials from Clinton, ter and Zurich, agreed to form a operative marketing organization with tario Hydro. Insofar as it is practical, the group hopes achieve a uniform marketing approach uniform retail rate structures within the nicipalities involved. Increased energy sales resulting from such entute will be employed as a means of ping the cost of supplying electricity to sumers as low as possible. Also, it is ped that by increasing revenues, mpetitive rates can be maintained. Experienced Marketing staff will be ailable to the member utilities through Aare) Hydro'e Clinton Area Office. It will their responsibility to work with the micipalities in planning and carrying out ganized marketing programs within their nice areas. This is one of several "Co-Operative arketing Plans for Electric Cetrinlissieris", Limbed in southwestern Ontario, as well as roughout the remainder of the province. ie first tech Marketing grottp involving 12 actrie utilities was formed in Essex County 1967 and has been operating successfully et since. It is expected that other electric utilities Hertel County may join "Compec Huron" the future. Thanks for the friendship shown by Clinton and Huron County was extended by Major I. A, Small, Commandant of the Canadian'Forces Radar and Communications Clinton town counccil moved Monday night to begin a study of the future building needs of all departments of municipal government. Council, at its regular monthly meeting, voted to notify the firm of Dryden and Smith to call a meeting between officials of all town departments with the Toronto firm and their consulting firm of architects Snyder, Huget and March to assess the town's future needs. The decision was made after Councillor Russell Archer brought up the Much-discussed issue of the new building for the Public Works Department, of which he is chairman. Council has discussed a new building for many months but no decision had been made. Mr. Archer said something drastically needed to be done because the present public works building was hi such poor shape. Mayor Symons at that point suggested a study of the future needs of the town. He said that public works needed a new building and the Public Utilities Commission was talking about a new building. He added that some action was soon going to be needed in the town hall where the police and the town clerk's office are both crowded and without proper facilities. Already there is not enough room in the firehall for the department's three trucks with the tanker being stored in a rented building« The upstairs meeting hall of the town hall has been condemned for several years and unusable. The mayor felt that something should be done to to-ordinate all these needs to eliminate expensive duplication. An enquiry had been made to Dryden and Smith in February through the PUG and resulted in that firm recommending Snyder, Huget and March to prepare a study. Dryden and Smith prepared zoning and subdivision control legislation for the town. Councillor Archer followed up the Mayor's suggestion with a Motion to have a talk With the companies because he said, talon Was badly needed, He said he didn't School, when he addressed the last formal parade to be held at CFB Clinton, Friday, That parade was part of the graduating ceremony of e9 radar technicians, the last want to see council continue to talk about the problem but never do anything. In other business, council received a letter from CKNX radio and television asking it to send representatives to a meeting in Wingham on June 30 to discuss the possibility of inaugurating daily flights from Western Ontario to Toronto. The radio and television station recently organized a demonstration flight by a deHavilland Twin Otter short take-off and landing plane to demonstrate the possibility of such flights, Council voted to send representatives to the meeting. Mayor Symons remarked that "connections with Toronto are just about nil if you don't drive." The Huron Centre of Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology opened its first course under the Manpower Training Plan in the Clinton Public Hospital Monday. The class which now numbers 15 ladies is studying to be Certified Visiting Homemakers. Plans for putting the training into effect were formulated by Miss S. Malabar of the County Health Unit, Mr. Herman Appel of the Canada Manpower Centre, Goderich and Mr. Ross Milton, Administrator of the College Centre. The principal instructor of the Course is Mrs. Gail McKenzie of Seaforth. Mrs. Mckenzie graduated from the Huron-Perth School of Nursing, Stratford in 1961 and comes to the college with over eight years experience as a registered nurse interspersed with some teaching time. F'utur'e molt yinent for graduates of the course, fore tin most part will be made through the County Health Unit es part of its extensive home care programme, although some of the ladies may seek employment with private agencies. The course is 12 weeks in length and elaes to graduate from the CFR&CS' et Citntoo, "It is most fitting," Major Small said, "that the last parade to be held at CFO The rest of the meeting was taken up mainly by small caretaking items. Council dealt with several complaints of poor drainage during the rainstorm that hit the area June 7. Members voted to advertise the former Annie Blacker house, recently purchased by the town, for sale with the building to be removed from its present position which is to be annexed to Community Park. It was reported that work on the new sidewalk in front of Central Huron Secondary School is preceding, Council had a discussion on who should water the flowerpots on the lamp posts which will be installed soon by the town and the comprises a learning experience which is more practical than theory in such subjects as the care of children, personal care of adults, care of the elderly, household duties, food and nutrition, budgeting, care of the mentally handicapped and general home management. Because of the nature of her work, the Visiting Homemaker may be The Honourable George A. Kerr, Q.C., Minister of Energy and Resources Management and Mr. Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. for Huron-Bruce, announce the approval of a provincial grant in the amount of $21,000.00 to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority to carry out further development work in the Falls Reserve Conservation Area. The Falls Reserve Conservation Area comprises some 229 acres of land located to the welt of the Village of Bentniller, in the Township of Colborne, County of Huron. It was acquired by the Authority in 1964. Development work carried out in the area to date has included construction of a Clinton is in honours or the graduatee of CFRifitCS," Ile said the base had been home to many schools over the 3Q years of its eidstenee, merchants. The problem of how to water them took considerable time and was left for the general government committee nder Norman Livermore to solve. Councillor Clarence Denomme reported that his Industrial committee was now meeting every month, a move which was proving very satisfactory. He said the members of his committee were doing an excellent job. He also introduced a motion to extend the assistance of the town to helping the Huron County Board of Education find a suitable lot if the board decided to build a new office building. The board is short of space at its present location in the old nurses residence on Shipley Street. called on to work in close co-operation with: doctors, public health nurses, social workers and physiotherapists, Plans for future courses of this type are now under consideration with the possibility that the next course may start in September. A lot depends on how successfully our training meets the needs of Huron County. campground service building, a concession building, picnic shelter, a campground and service road. The Authority is proposing to proceed with construction of a maintenance building, storage building, service road and parking area, construction of a small dam and pond, development of scenic lookouts and other general development working including tree planting and installation of signs. The extent of the proposed development, which will take place in 1971, will be limited by the funds available to the Authority from the Provincial Government. All member municipalities are designated as benefiting and will bear the Authority's share of the cost. but that it had always been famous for its work in radar. Over 40,000 persons, British, American and Canadian, had graduated as trained radar technicians frOm Clinten, which was founded as a radio technicians school in 1941 and was the site of much of the early pioneering of radar in North America. Major Small impressed upon the graduates the high reputation that the school had in the , North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the North American Mr Defence circles. lie said he was honoured and pleased to have been chosen inspecting and reviewing officer for the parade, but regretted the fact that it was the final such parade and that op such an occasion only three small platoons could be mustered on the parade square. He recalled that it was 19 years ago, on the same day, that he had graduated from the same school at the Clinton base. "Some of the older people here today," he said, "can remember such occasions when this parade square, then known as the largest in the RCAF, was almost too crowded to hold a proper parade. In those days it was no trouble to muster 1200-1500 on parade." There were less than 100 on Friday, Major F. A. Golding, Base Commander, during his short address to his men, read a message from Major General Carr, the i Commander of Training Command. "The ceremony today," it said, "brings to an end 30 years of electronics training at CFR&CS, during which time the quality of training and of the graduates has always been of the highest calibre. I know that you will continue this tradition both in field positions and in the combined electronics training school at CFSCEE, Kingston. Well done and God speed." Major Golding said that with the last activity as a training school completed, the personnel must now turn all their efforts to the phasing out of the base. "This will be my last opportunity to address you on parade," he said. "To each of you, I thank you for your loyal support and I wish you and your families all the best on your next posting." Final closing of the base is scheduled by September 1. Police settlement likely The police dispute in Clinton may be-over at last. A meeting of the executive and police committee and the Clinton branch of the Huron County Police Association was held Tuesday night and tentative agreement was reached on the demands of the three Clinton police officers whose salaries were under negotiations. Chief Lloyd Westlake had already been hired at a salary of $9,000. He could not negotiate. A statement is expected on Thursday if council approves the proposals of the police and the police committee. Huronview plans open house The Department of Social and Family Services of Ontario has endorsed June 20 to 26 as Senior Citizens Week, Huronview has planned to hold open house with special programs for each day. Visitors are always welcome at Huronview, but for this week a special welcome is extended to senior citizens clubs or any citizen over 60 to come and join in the programs. For this week only the dining room will be open to visitors and volunteers at a nominal charge and supper will be provided the day of the picnic. Activities will begin on Sunday, June 20, with a band concert at 2 p.m. Monday there will be old time music and dancing commencing at 2 p.m, A sing-along of hymns and familiar songs has been planned for Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday the annual picnic will be held with a program of special activities and supper served outdoors at 4:30 p.m. Thursday there will be special events and games in the afternoon with a variety concert at 7 p,m. in the evening by some of the local senior citizens clubs. There will be bingo on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. iti the auditorium for everyone. The auditorium will be set up for games and entertainment on Saturday afternoon. Conestoga starts Homemakers course New grant for 'Falls' 3oderich trustees to call for parity on teachers salaries BY J. KELLER The two Gerderich representatives on the ;ton 'County Board of Education, Die A. Deathe and Mrs. .1. W. Wallace, chairman the satiny negotiating committee Will arnpt to enter n Motion at Monday Wiles regular meeting of the board asking at the board conduct any further salary gotiations with the teachers of Huron runty "on the basis of achievement and iihtenarice of parity With the surrounding ml counties." The following statement from i1r. Deathe d Mrs. Wallace was directed to the people the Town of Goderith and was worded as [lows: "We regret to inform you that as things tnd now the secondary schools in the linty wilt not open in September. "in 'View of the crisis Which has developed the educational system irt Huron County e representatives of the town of Godetich sh at this time to make their views known the public. This explanation is long trelue and it was only in the hope that an ticable solution to the problem which ces the board and its secondary school 'tenets could be found that it has been :Wield until now. `The chairman of the salary negotiations iltmittee held the view that her Mk lay in totiating With the teatimes from the eition of the 'Majority decision of the Committee while doing what she could to influence this decision toward a tenable position, -`From the beginning of the period of negotiations differences of opinion between the chairman and the committee became apparent in spirit and intent. "The initial Board offer contained no raise beyond the 3.6 pereent increase guaranteed to the teachers in last year's contract. it required between 7.5 percent to 8 percent increase to bring our teachers up to parity the offers being made in the surrounding eounties. Only in its last Offer did the Board committee come up to 5.5 percent. "The principals of the five secondary schools asked for a 21/2 percent increase. The board offer was for half of that. Salaries in surrounding counties ate currently averaging $1500 above our principals' requests. "The vice-principals , ate about $1200 below average. The Board offer Was for a $500 increase. "The -committee's proposal to withdraw completely the gratuity allowance was the cause of great eoriceen to the teathere. This sum of Money has for many years been paid by most boards to a teacher when he or she reaches retirement, It is based on the number of unused Sick leave days he or she has accumulated. It is in effect a bank which the 'teacher can build tip to a Maximum of half of the ,salary for hie lag year of teaching, While a good case can be made that this plan sleeted be phased out gradually in the light of the pension plans now in effect irt Canada, the abrupt refusal to pay the gratuity allowance as Of September 1, 1B71 is in effect a breach of faith, even when used as a bargaining item. The feet that its reinstatement'was offered the teachers in the last meeting with the conditional on their acceptance of the board's whole offer, did little to restore the torifidence of the teachers. "These are some of the main issues et stake. Whether or not teacher? salaries generally are too high or too low is irrelevant here because, in order to give our children equal educational opportunity, we must offer salaries comparable to those in other counties if 'we Wish to attract and hold good teachers. "In spite of continuous efforts by the chairman 'of the committee and the Director to persuade the committee that this approach must be taken in negotiation, the committee, with the support of the majority of the Board, took the stand that by holding the line'oe salaries arid resisting the insertion of any $600 increments in the schedule pitmen is the only board in Ontario Without them — many have $600 and $700 increments) they ate registering a protest against the ruinously low prices being paid for agricultural products. However it is precisely because Huron is a low income area that we enjoy a large education grant. The specific aim of this grant is to provide equal educational opportunity. We cannot have this without good teachers. "Many undesirable results have accrued and will accrue if the board persists in using the educational system to fight the battle against inflation, high taxes and low incomes. "The advertisement inserted in the eounty papers June 3 has presented an incomplete and unfair picture to the ratepayer. It has inflamed public opinion against our teachers at a time when, because of a mistake in some bureau le Queen's Park we appeared to have lost out mine grant. This mistake has since been rectified. There was in fact no increase in the education levy iri the town of Goderich this year acid we can expect a compensating decrease in out levy for next year. Meanwhile the Machete have been blamed unjustly. "Pupil-teacher and board-teacher relationships are at an all-tinie low, Whenever we are able to reopen the schools we will have to equal or surpass the Salaries being paid elsewhere — at a cost in quality, confidence and rapport *liege effects will be felt for years. "Since virtually all the teachers have resigned we have no way of knowing Until September how many. or who hew° taken positions elsewhere. "The 4tiestiOn also arises as to the liability of the toad to pay the tuition of all children who wish to attend classes not provided in the eounty. "By behaving in this irresponsible fashion the Huron County Board is inviting the Department of Education to take control out of the hands of local trustees and centralize it in Toronto, "It is time that the Huron County Board of Education stopped attempting to sacrifice its school system as a means of protest against low fern.' prices and high taxes and got down to the busineas for which it Was elected. "Ae a result of this crucial state of affairs We, the elected representatives Of the town of Goderich hereby give notice of the following Motion which will be presented at the next regular meeting of the board on Monday, June 21,1971 at 8:00 pen.: "Although the Huron County Board of Education has acted with sincerity and conviction in using the present salary negotiations with its teachets as a protest vehicle to publicize the economic and taxation plight of the farming profession, this Board now believes that this was the RIGHT BATTLE. but fought on the WRONG BATTLEFIELD and apologises to the teaching profession of Huron County for any ill will and misunderstanding that has arisen. "The Huron County Board of Education re-affirms its belief that the teaching profession of Huron County is the equal of its colleagues in the surrounding counties of South Western Ontario and therefore merits a salary structure baSed on parity with its rural county colleagues. "Therefore the Heron County Board of Education hereby resolves to conduct salary negotiations with the teaching profession of Huron County now attd in the future on the basis of achievement and maintenance of parity with the surrounding rural counties and that this resolution become policy of the Board. "We regret to Worm the public that if this policy is not adopted by the Huron County Board of Education, then lit our opinion the Secondary Schools Will het open in September and the trust and co-operation between Board, Teacher and Ratepayer will be nonexistent, "This motion will only succeed if every responsible citizen goes to the Board meeting at Clinton Secondary School on Monday, June 21 at 8 p.m. and demands that the Board alter its course. Whether or not a settlement is reaehed with OSSTF hi the meantime, the principle contained in the motion needs your Support as shown by your attendance at the meeting. "We your elected representatives can no more for you. It is up to you!"