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Walton.
Several board members,
including Chairman John Levis,
Clinton, said that rumors of the
proposal had reached McKillop
Township ratepayers prior to the
meeting and there had been
telephone calls voicing
disapproval of the plan even
before the matter had been aired
before the hoard,
"I thought we had come as
close tp pleasing all the people in
McKillop as possible," said
vice-chairman Rebert Elliott,
The original addition
suggested for the Seaforth Public
School had been for three new
classrooms and a library as well
as some storage space
When Mrs. Marilyn Kinder,
Sherlock-Manning piano
factory, which earlier this year
laid off men because of
economic conditions, is picking
up steam again and hoping to
return to full capacity.
That was the news this week
from Joseph Reid, vice-president
and secretary-treasurer of the
Sherlock-Manning Piano Co.
Ltd.
Mr. Reid said the payroll is
now up to 24 but said that some
of the employees are still not
working full time.
In June the company let 30
of its 40 workers go because it
had a large backlog of finished
and partly finished pianos.
During the summer and
particularly during the early part
of September this stock has been
slowly reducing and new orders
have begun to come in.
Mr. Reid said that the plant
was running at about 33 per cent
of its former production during
the summer but now is reaching
for 50 per cent.
He said that the autumn is
traditionally the best time of the,
year for the sale of pianos so the
pickup is to be expected. He said
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Tha pace is starting to quicken again at Sherlock Manning Plano -.rate after soonornic conditions force ii mop, layoff in early
Factory after a long summer slowdown. Orders have picked up • summer. Paul Draper tests a piano after assembling the keyboard.
and the factory is aiming for 50 per cent of its normal production —staff photo.
Two gangs on weekend spree
Police Chief Lloyd Westlake The chief says he thinks it
said Wednesday that he believes was a separate group that was
the spree of break-ins and responsible for, smashing the'
',vandalism early Sunday morning-, box at the. Speed Wash
tiiay hilie WeetlaiikobriLoiltvr',0:- lanndrOrnat; 'breaking- irr the
back doOr at Lavis Construction
and wrecking the coin container
at Corrie's car wash.
Meanwhile police are still
investigating last week's
attempted bombing at Central
Huron Secondary School. A
second telephone call warning of
a bomb was received on
Monday, this time at St.
Joseph's School. Principal Sam
Alberico received the threat at
1:14 p.m. and called police.
After a thorough search of the
building the pupils were allowed
back into the school but were
evacuated again before 2:30
when the bomb was supposed to
explode.
Last Wednesday a similar call
was received at Clinton Public
School saying a bomb would go
off at 12 noon the next day. It,
too, was a hoax.
A demolition expert from
CFB Clinton who examined the
bomb which did go off at the
high school said that it was a
wonder that the bomb didn't go
off in the bomber's hand. He
said that no one who knew
much about bombs would have
anything to do with this sort of
mechanism.
PROFESSOR ANDREWS
separate groups.
The chief said he is
investigating the possibility that
a group of juveniles may be
responsible for the outbreak of
destruction that caused about
$300 damage to nine homes and
businesses in Clinton between
midnight and 3:30 a.m. Sunday.
Windows were broken in the
PUC power house on Princess
St., at the home of Elmer Trick,
Rattenbury St., the CNR
station, the rear of Ball and
Mutch Furniture and at the
Crown Drive-1n on Victoria St.
where two large plate glass
windows costing well over $100
were smashed.
Taillights were smashed on a
car belonging to Jim Corran of
Huron St. and a large dent was
put in the door.
The back door of the Mhay
Mee restaurant was kicked in.
Glass in the pop cooler in front
of Corrie's supermarket was
broken. Lattice work at the
home of Norman Sheppard on
Huron St. was also damaged.
A window was smashed at
Frank Chapman's Barber Shop,
Ontario Street.
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Maintop students to be bussed to new Seaforth addition.
duties commencing September
8.
The board approved a
proposal by Clinton Town
Council to construct a sidewalk
in front of Central Huron
Secondary School on a share
cost basis. The board's share
would be about $1,000 it was
thought.
The sidewalk has been
propoSed for several years at the.
Clinton School to' permit CHSS
students to gather on the
school's side of the street rather
than on the sidewalk adjacent to
residences on the opposite side
of the street.
Office hours at the
Secretaries get new contract
It has come to .our attention
that area farnf familie$ have been
aving trouble trying to keep
heir mail boxes in good shape.
t seems that a few people
ithout much intelligence, have
n knocking them down with
ars, trucks and sometimes
rectors, and, of ' course, even
mbs.'
Has it happened to you? We'd
interested in learning how
idespread the problem is.
* *
Do you like to draw and have
sense of humour besides? If so,
ow would you like to take a
rack at being a cartoonist for
he News-Record?
We have a suspicion that
here are quite a few talented
ople out there who have never
ade use of their skill. We'll give
ou a chance to make a little
ash from your talent. Send us
hree sample sketches (pen and
nk or dark pencil on white
aper) and we'll see if we think
ou can make our readers laugh.
one of the cartoons will be
ublished without credit and
ayment to the artist.
Want to give it a try?
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We must compliment all who
had anything to do with
organizing the Commencement
ceremonies at the high school on
Friday night. We've seen quite a
few such ceremonies in recent
years but couldn't remember
one that went off so well.
Whoever chose Professor
William Andrews as guest
speaker should win special
praise. It's along time since we
have enjoyed a speech so much
as his. And it was good to see
'such a large group of intelligent,
clean-cut kids as those that
paraded across the stage on
Friday.
We can't say much about the
CommenceMent without
thanking E. F. (Jack) Hunt who
helped out taking pictures for us
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Decisions in journalism are
often not easily made. If a
newspaper gives something wide
coverage it can be accused of
sensationalism. If the coverage is
limited, the charge of
suppression of information often
arises.
We were in a little bit of that
dilema last week with regards to
the story of the bombing at
Central Huron Secondary
School.
We halve come in for some
mild criticism over the fact that
we revealed the reason why the
bomb which exploded did not
cause heavy damage. Some
people felt that we were telling
the bomber how to correct the
bomb so it would work next
time.
Before writing the story we
looked pretty hard at that part
of the question. We have no
intention of making anything
easier for the lawbreakers if we
can help it and we even offered
to keep the whole story under
wraps., if the police department
thought it would help their
investigation. The police felt
however that many people
already knew about the bomb so
there was no reason to keep it a
secret,
Somewhat the same reasons
prompted us to release the
information about the reason
the bomb didn't work. We heard
the story of the malfunction
before we ever went to the
police about the story. If we
heard the rumor it was pretty
obvious anyone, who wanted
to know could find out by the
time the newspaper carried the
story. But if we didn't give an
explanation, people would
become ell the more curious.
We had another decision to
'make on Wednesday. We heard
about the bomb threat at the
public school shortly after the
threatening phone call Was made
and were tempted to inClude it
in the other bomb story. We
didn't however for two reasons:
If it was a hoax, aS it seemed
it must be, there was no Sense
giving, the crank added publicity.
The second reason Was that the
bomb was supposed to go off on
Thursday at noon, Most of our
readers receive their
News,Record early Thursday
morning,' We did not want to
add to the headaches of polite
and school officials with a lot Of
phone calls from Worried
parents.
e We tell you all this not to
complain and not to brag but
just so the background of the
Situation will be known,
SHIRLEY J. KELCOR
All the students in McKillop
Township are to have equal
educational opportunities
following a Huron Connty Board
of Education decision Monday
evening, September 21 in
Clinton to build an addition of
Seaforth to accommodate all of
the Seaforth' children and the
students from Grades 5 to 8 in
McKillop and at Walton.
At the same time, the
four-room Walton school will
become a junior school for
students from kindergarten to
New members
to MODA Council
The Midwestern Ontario
Regional Development Council
has added three new members to
its Board of Directors. The
Board now has 25 directors.
The new members are all
from Waterloo County, zone
three of the MODA Region. The
new directors take their place on
the Development Council Board
because of their election to the
zone committee.
Elected Chairman of zone
three was Mayor Curtis Roth of
New Hamburg. Mayor Roth by
special appointment to the
MODA Council is presently a
Vice-President of the Council.
Reeve 'H. V. Howlett, Elmira,
was elected Vice-Chairman of
the zone. Committee directors
elected were Reeve Samuel
Shantz, Ayr; Mayor Charles E.
Blow, Elmira and Harley
Ballantyne of Ayr. These
directors now become members
of the MODA Board of
Directors.
Mayor David Kilberg of
Listowel said he is extremely
pleased with the interest shown
in the development council by
the municipalities of New
Hamburg, Ayr and Elmira. These
centres are the only members of
,,MODA within Waterloo County.
In 'Huron, Perth and .Wellingten
coidirieS every municipality IS a
member of MODA with the
exception of the City of Guelph.
Production
Wingham PS; and the progress of
French classes in elementary
schools throughout the county.
The administrative staff
promised to delve into their
inquiries and to find the full
answers to them.
Two teachers were hired. Miss
Ann Klein-Haar, Huron Park,
was engaged for Huron
Centennial PS and Mrs. Lillian
Hallam, Auburn, for Colborne
Central School as a half-time
remedial instructor.
Ross Guenther was engaged
as a school bus driver at Stephen
Central Public School, at an
annual salary of $1,800 with
Secretaries wOrking in the
Huron County Board of
Edtication schools have been
given 'a new contract which was
outlined .at the regular beard
meeting in Clinton Monday,
Septetnber 21.
There are to be two
categories, one of secretaries
Only with a starting rate of
$4,000 per 12 month year with
the opportunity of recognizing
relevant past experience at the
rate of $200 per year up to a
-Maximum of five years; and one
Of elerk typists only with a
Starting rate of $3,200 with the
opportunity of recognizing
relevant past experiende at the
rate of $200 per year up to a
maximum of five years,
Secondary School clerical
John Henderson and Donald
McDonald as well as members of
the board's administrative staff
went to London, they received -
tentative assurance the new ,
addition could, consist of an art
room, a science room, a special
education room, A, library
resource centre, an industrial
arts shop, a home economics
room, change rooms with
he hoped that if the present sag
in the economy lifts he hopes to
resume full production. Because
of the economic slowdown, he
said, people have been afraid to
spend money on major items
such as pianos. He pointed out
that the same slowdown had hit
other industries such as the auto
industry.
Mr. Reid said he was
administrative office in Clinton
are now 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
with the switchboard hours 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
‘A report on the effect of the
pupil-teacher ratio policy shows
that staff has been reduced at
showers arid storage space,
It is thought that such an
additibe, though larger than the
one originally proposed, would
be financed 100 per cent by the
Ontario Department of
Education if final approval is
given in Toronto.
It was learned that
application had been made for
this addition even before the
plant
disturbed at the impression that
the plant had closed down as
reported in another newspaper.
He said he had had calls from
dealers asking if it was true.
"How can you hope to sell a
piano with a 10-year warrantee
if people think you're going out
of business?" he asked.
Despite the lay-off the plant
had never completely shut down
he said.
Central Huron Secondary School
and Goderich District High
School; increased at F. E. Madill
SS and South Huron District
High School; and remains
unchanged at Seaforth District
High School.
advertisements.
Mr. Williams also attacked the
attitude of modern society
which Makes money the
dominant factor in all things. He
cited the recent case where the
city of Barrie dumped one
million gallons of raw sewage
into Lake Simcoe rather than
spend $10,000 on a diversion
project. Since the city was
caught and fined at a rate of
$1,000 a day for several days, he
pOinted out, the city polluted
the lake for a savings Of about
$6,000.
He brought his argument
close to home when he told the
audience that he had heard
recent talk of a recreation and
camping area along the Bayfield
river near Clinton, but said that
he would never Camp near the
river.
Recently, he said, he had
made a Canoe trip up the rivet
and made tests of the water.
"There is no question about
the fact- that Clinton is polluting
the Bayfield river," he Said. He
charged that this had been going
on for a long time and that the
town Wag liable fora $1,000 per
day fine if the_ ()Marie, Water
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board approved the proposal,
since the committee sent to
London to meet with
department officials had been
given power to act and to get
'the best • possible for the
students in McKillop",
D. John Cochrane, director of
education for the county, told
the board that in order to justify
the industrial arts shop and the
home economics class at
Seaforth Public School, the
board had to show that the
shops would be in use at least 80
per cent of the time.
The board learned that
justification for the shops had
been proven through a plan to
bring Grade 7 and 8 students
from Hullett Central School pear
Londesboro and Huron
Centennial School near
Brucefield into Seaforth for
weekly classes.
"This has brought up a whole
new bailgame," stated board
chairman John Lavis. "I don't
think we have ever discussed this
possibility before tonight."
Vice-chairman Bob Elliott
asked if it was the board's
intention to provide industrial
arts and home economics at the
elementary level throughout the
entire county.
"Have we got French all
through the county?" asked
John Henderson.
Elliott then suggested it
might be wise to complete one
program across the county'
before beginning another.
"We can't stand still to wait
for the have-nots to catch up,"
observed Cochrane. "Personally,
I would like to see industrial arts
and home economics in all of
Chief believes
the high school districts."
Donald McDonald termed the
pilot project of industrial arta
and home economics shops in
Seaforth as an "opportunity to
get started,"
Another Seaforth area
trustee, John Broadfoot, said he
had "very grave doubts" about
the worth of an industrial arts
and home economics program.
He said it had been tried 20
years ago and discontinued.
Broadfoot also questioned
the board on the matter of
bussing the students from
Londesboro' and Brucefield to
Seaforth. He wondered at the
wisdom of losing about one hour
bus time to gain one or two
hours of industrial arts and
home economics instruction,
"I have no doubt that the
children would like it," observed
Elliott.
Some board members also
asked about the cost of bussing
students two ways in McKillop,
some to Walton and some to
Seaforth. John Henderson
claimed it would "simplify" the
bussing and make it "more
economical".
"I don't think it would cost
any more than it does now,"
added Donald McDonald.
When the matter came to a,
vote after considerable
discussion, seven board members
voted in favor of the entire plan
while four were opposed. It was
evident to those in attendance
the opposition was for the
industrial arts and home
economics shops rather than the
proposal for a junior school at
Walton with the senior grades
from McKillop and Walton
schools attending Seaforth PS.
staff Will be employed for 11
months annually; board office
staff for 12 months annually;
and elementary school clerical
staff, 10 months annually.
An increase of one-half of
one per cent per month of
employment from the later date.
of employment or date of last
increase to September 1, 1970
will be paid. An additional
increase on the same basis will
be given September 1,1971,
Additional merit increases of
one to three per cent May be
granted on these same dates by
the administrative management
based on the assessment of the
school prineipals where
concerned;
If at a result of cutting back
School office employees to
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Huron County Board of
EduCation members decided
Monday evening, September 21
in Clinton to tender for snow
removal contracts at Brookside,
East Wawanosh, TumberrY,
Howick and Hulled schools and
any others where snow removal
costs are not on the same basis
as last year.
Tenders will indicate that the
board wishes to remove snow
from roadways and parking lots
only; that snow removal be
instigated only when the
accumulation of snow is in
excess of six inches in depth or
drifting snow conditions prevail
which would impede buses
entering the roadway to the
schools.
Principals will be advised of
the snow removal conditions and
the responsibility of calling in
the contractor rests with the
custodians.
Two representatives from
Wingham Town Council, Bill
Harris and Mrs. Marg Bennett
attended the meeting. They
asked questions regarding the
removal of an exterior sign at
Whigham Public, School giving
directions to the auditorium
door; the pay telephone in the
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gaining at Sherlock-Manning
A native son returned to
Clinton as guest speaker at the
commencement excerises at
Central Huron Secondary School
Friday night and attacked the
idea Of putting money ahead of
concern for the environment.
Professor William A.
Andrews, B.A., M.Sc., B.Ed., a
former graduate of the School
now teaching at the University
of Toronto, addressed the more
than 500 stUdents, parents,
faculty and, friends in a
hard-hitting and often hurnorouS
speech Which drew heavy
applause.
In speaking on "The
Challenge of Tormorrow", the
professor told students to get as
broad an education as possible in
order to effectively deal with the
problems the World must face.
He said he is distUrbed at the
trend in the present school
system toward specialization in
one field while all ignering
others. He said a lack of general
knowledge IS evident in
television commercials.
"How can an educated person
believe Most of those television
commercials?" he flaked,
attacking Specific toothpaste,
cigarette and drug
County Board agrees to share cost of sidewalk at CHSS
Speaker accuses town
of polluting Bayfield River