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Clinton News-Record
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Large crowd at school board meeting
to hear resignation of Mrs. Wallace
Police dispute
settled with
2-year contract
Clinton residents should be spared the
agony of another police wage dispute next
year after Clinton town police signed a
two-year contract last week.
The three negotiating members of the
force signed the contract with town council
on Friday night after five months of dispute
Which saw threats of arbitration bandered
about by both sides,
The agreement calls for A salary of $8000
to Sergeant LeRoy Oesch in 1971 Compared
to his $6600 last year with $1100 in
overtime. No overtime will be paid under the
new agreement.
Constable Wayne McFadden will get
$7400 this year cornpared to the $6400
salary he was hired at in September. The
salary of Constable Clarence Perdue will
increase $600 this year to $6100.
The agreement calls for $500
across-the-board increases for 1972.
Chief Lloyd Westlake had already agreed
to a salary of $9000 this year, Last year he
received $7500 but added another $1100 in
overtime. This year he will have no overtime.
Included in the agreement are payment of
ail OFISIP payments by the town compared
to 50 per cent last year. The town will also
pay for a $10,000 life insurance policy for
each policeman.
2000 see fiddlers
tI Hensall
More than 2000 persons watched 50
fiddlers compete for the championship at
the Hensall Kinsmen Club's old time fiddlers
championship held at Hensall on Friday and
Saturday evenings.
The Ontario championship was Wen by
Gordon Bison of Ingersoll who won the
Ward Allen trophy, in memory of the
famous international fiddler, the late Ward
Allen of Itirkton.
Mr. Elton defeated 13 other fiddlers to
take the trophy.
Runner up was Eleanor Moorehead of
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A -fantastic display of athletic ability was shown last weak by 14-year-Old Betty
Heynsbergeri, a student at St. Joseph's Separate School ih Clinton during the track and
field meet for area separate schools at CFO Clinton lest week. The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Heynsbergen of RR 2, Seaforth, she won every event in the senior girls
category and helped St. Joseph's to n win in the relay, a total Of nine Wins in nine eventt
on the program. Here the determinatibn shows on her face as she competes in the long
jump, winning with a jump of 14 feet, seven hicheS.
It was moving day last Saturday for many senior citizens who were lucky enough to get
apartments in the new senior citizens apartment building on James Street. Many were
assisted in their move by members of the Clinton Kinsmen Club who donated their time.
Here Clarence Denomme removes a piece of furniture from a truck and passes it down to
Ross Jewitt (left) and Al Finch to deliver to the new home of one of the residents.
Russ Archer (bottom) and Gary Prezcator (on balcony) found an easier Way to move
furniture than by Using the stairs. Here they hand a bed up to the second storey balcony
of one of the apartments.
the Kinsmen looked after all the detaiiis in the move. Here Wayne MCPadder1 OV•111 Hooks
'up the television 'antenna so the new resident Won't have to miss the Saturday night
Movie.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
The cafeteria at Central Huron Secondary
School in Clinton was jammed Monday
evening for the regular meeting of the Huron
County Board of Education,
Interest in the meeting had been fostered
by a statement which appeared in the Huron
County Weekly Newspapers last week from
Mrs. J. W. Wallace, at that time chairman of
the salary negotiating committee, and Dr. A.
B. Deathe. Both members of the board from
Goderich, they had issued a statement of
their position concerning salary negotiations
expressly for the information of Goderich
citizens.
Mrs. Wallace and Dr. Deathe served notice
in that statement they would present a
motion at Monday's meeting asking that the
board of education settle the salary dispute
with the county's secondary school teachers
on the basis of parity with teachers in other
counties surrounding Huron. At the same
time they requested that persons supporting
this stand be present at the board meeting.
However, before Monday's meeting, both
Mrs. Wallace and Dr. Deathe had given
public notice that they would resign from
the board of education. Neither was present
and only Mrs. Wallace's written resignation
was before the board for consideration.
Councillor Ed Giesbrecht of the Town of
Goderich was present bolstered by several
other council members from that
municipality to urge the Huron County
Board of Education not to accept the
resignations of the two Goderich board
representatives.
Councillor Giesbrecht also carried the
written resignation of Dr. Deathe which was
to have been forwarded by the municipal
spokesman Monday evening to the Huron
County Board of Education.
As is usual procedure, the board began its
meeting with the adoption of the agenda,
the call for delegations, the approval of
minutes from the previous meeting etc.
1 St Co lum n
This time next Thursday you'll be
celebrating Dominion Day. To make sure
you'll have your News-Record in time to
enjoy it over the holiday, we'll be publishing
a day early next week. That means the
News-Record will be on sale Wednesday
morning instead of Thursday. It also means
that all correspondence and news items will
have to be in our hands on Monday
afternoon or Tuesday morning at the very
latest. All classified advertising must be in
before Monday noon. Display advertising
will be accepted until 5 p.m., Monday.
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With Thursday a holiday, there will be no
wicket or rural route service that day at
Clinton post office. The lock box lobby will
be open at usual. Mail will be despatched at
5:30 with street letter boxes being cleared at
the regular hours.
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The Xoffee House will be operating
different days and different hours for the
Summer, For the next few months the club
will be opening at 8 p.m. on Mondays and
Thursdays. This Thursday only, the opening
will be at 9:15 p.m,
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Clinton is nicely decorated this week with
'flowerpots on all the lamp-posts. They add a
great deal of beauty to the town and the
town and the merchants should be
congratulated on the completion of this
project,
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Final aspects of the rebuilding of Albert
Street are being completed this week with
the laying of sod on the boulevards on
"Vinegar Hill," Again, it makes a great
improvement in the appearance of the town.
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A second baseball and softball diamond is
now in use in Community Park, one more
addition in the impressive facilities at the
park, Another addition is planned in the
next few weeks when an outdoor basketball
court will be laid out, thanks to a grant from
the recreation committee.
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We apologize to those who have sent us
meeting reports in the last couple of weeks
and haven't been able to find them in the
newspaper. We have had a problem of too
little available space for all the news. In such
elites we just try to squeeze in as much as
possible and hope you will understand we're
trying our hardest to get everything in,
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Wks. Norman Long, our Xippen
icorre0ondent for a long while, has
felinquislied her position and we are looking
for a replacement to give us all the Xippen
-news, If you live in the Kippers area and
would be interested, or know of anyone who
would do a good job, kindly let'us know.
It's hard to find correspondents. We're
stilt looking for one at Ilohnesville after a
long search.
Chairman Robert Elliott was well into the
third item on the agenda when one spectator
;n the crowd rose to complain that persons
seated at the back of the cafeteria could not
hear what was being said.
Elliott suggested tjat spectators move
closer to the front. Some did, Then Elliott
called for a microphone.
During the delay in obtaining sound
equipment, Councillor Ed Giesbrecht spoke
to the chairman of the board and the
director of education D. J. Cochrane. It was
then that the board went into
committee-of-the-whole-in camera to discuss
whether or not to entertain the delegation
from Goderich despite the fact that the
usual seven-day notice of delegation had not
been observed.
Upon re-entering the cafeteria, Chairman'
Bob Elliott began the meeting over again —
from the beginning. During the segment
allotted to delegations, he advised the
audience that the board would waive the
board policy in this instance and would hear
Councillor Giesbreeht on the matter of
Goderich's petition to the board that
members not accept the resignation of Mrs.
Wallace and Dr. Deathe.
The chairman also informed the meeting
that it would not accept the letter of
resignation of Dr. Deathe borne by
Councillor Giesbrecht since it would be
"highly irregular" to do so.
BY LIZA WILLIAMS
Bayfield Village Council soon will be
losing one of its members, Rev. Donald
Beck, when he moves to Hensall.
His resignation was read to the council
meeting Monday, and the council expressed
their warm appreciation of his term and his
contribution to the Council and the Village.
A motion was made to accept with regret his
resignation.
The new member of council is Mr. Ted
Gozzard, who was then sworn in by Clerk
Gordon Graham, In this brief but moving
ceremony, council was reminded of the
responsibility one bears as a councillor.
After the minutes of the previous
meeting, a new agenda was followed. Under
Petitions, Requests and Complaints, Father
Bower's letter of thanks was read for the use
of the school building for the Bower family
weekend retreat.
Councillor Giesbrecht then spoke to the
meeting.
"Goderich Town Council supports the
stand taken by our representatives regarding
the parity of teachers' salaries with
surrounding rural municipalities," stated
Giesbrecht. "We seriously and honestly
petition this board to refuse to accept the
resignations of the Goderich representatives,
Mrs. J. W. Wallace and Dr. Barry Deathe.
Council is entirely behind them and we do
not want any change of membership from
the Town of Goderich,"
Later in the meeting, the matter of the
resignations of the two board members was
discussed. It was pointed out that only one
resignation, that of Mrs. J. W. Wallace, had
been received by the board. It was the only
one considered at the meeting.
On motion of John Taylor and seconded
by James Taylor, the board agreed to accept
Mrs. Wallace's resignation. There were two
dissenters — Mrs. Marion Zinn and Dr. Alex
Addison.
Members of the board of education also
ratified an earlier decision to appoint John
Broadfoot as chairman of the secondary
school salary negotiations committee.
Broadfoot was appointed to succeed Mrs.
Wallace immediately following her
resignation last week as chairman of the
salary negotiations committee.
Mrs. Marion Zinn was named chairman of
A letter from Irwin W. Pease
accompanied his June taxes — paid under
protest, he said. He is concerned about the
cost to taxpayers of the new posts in the
park. Council was eager to reassure the
public that the expense of the posts did not
come out of tax money but rather out of an
insurance sum specifically for the park.
Letters from both Harvey MacDougal and
Hal Ormond requested restriction of weed
and brush spraying near their property, as
they feel that this damages the health or
endangers the lives of other plants and of
birds and wild animals.
Bayfield now belongs to the Ausable
River Conservation Authority. The
Chairman of the Board of this Authority,
William J. Amos, sent a letter of welcome to
the council, and invited them to elect a
member among them to attend the
Authority's meetings. The council has
Zurich baby tops
Cameron Blake Horner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Homer of Zurich won the award
for bat baby between six months and a year
of age at the Hensel' Spring Fair on Tuesday
night. Winner in the under six months
category was Scott Merrier, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Merrier of RR 3, Zurich,
The fair officially began following a
parade from the town hall to the fair
grounds. The parade, led by the Zurich and
District Centennial Band, was one of marked
contrasts. It featured floats displaying
the salary negotiations committee for
elementary school teachers.
During the meeting, Broadfoot presented
his first public report as chairman of the
salary negotiation committee for secondary
school teachers, He stated that Trustees'
Council Salary Committee has given the
Huron County Board of Education its
unanimous support on the stand the Huron
Board has taken,
Broadfoot said that Trustees' Council had
noted that the Huron Board was In a
"comparable position with other boards in
the province of Ontario" and that it would
assist the Huron Board in its negotiations.
"It will require a great deal of patience
and a great desire to settle," said Broadfoot.
He promised the teachers he would make
every attempt to keep them well informed
and urged them to listen only to the facts
presented to them.
The salary negotiations committee for
secondary school meets Monday, June 28 at
2 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. and will reconvene
Tuesday, June 29 if necessary.
Elementary teachers' salary negotiations
continue tonight, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. in
the board room.
The next regular meeting of the Huron
County Board of Education will be July 19
at which time an appointment must be made
by the board to fill the vacancy left by Mrs.
Wallace's resignation.
chosen Reeve Oddlelfeon to be their
representative, for a one-year term. The
Authority conducted a tour of the
watershed on Wednesday, June 23, to review
their accomplishments of the past 25 years.
Among the older members of the Authority
are Rock Glen, Thedford, Port Franks,
Parkhill, Lucan and Grand Bend.
Under Reports of Committees of Council,
the Reeve discussed a program called
S.W.E.E,P. — Student Workers
Environmental Enhancement Program. This
is sponsored by the government, to provide
work for students 18 years and older. The
students do not charge for the jobs they do,
which consist of clean-up and repair
projects. About 65 young people will be
involved.
Bayfield is distressed by the amount of
community property damaged or stolen.
Benches, street signs, street lights and flags
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at Hensall show
100-year-old antique farm equipment as well
as modern tractors with air-conditioning,
tinted glass and bucket seats. Entered in the
parade was everything from horses to a
decorated tricycle ridden by Danny
Charrette, 5, of Hensall,
Following the judging of horses and cattle
the fair concluded with the sale of about
100 head of cattle raised by the South
Huron Agricultural Society Calf Club.
More results and pictures in next week's
paper,
Bayfield council bids goodbye to Beck