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Clinton* Ontario
Huron board won't reconsider buses
Bill Brady was the guest speaker at the Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer
Society's dinner at Clinton Tuesday night. Nearly 190 people and cancer society
volunteers were present at the meeting to hear encouraging words from the radio
and TV personality. The Huron Unit, which leaves the Huronia branch and joins
the Southwestern Branch, raised more than 157 percent of its objective. (staff
Cancer Society has
Confirmed cases of rabies in animals have
increased markedly in Huron County,
during the first 8 months of 1972, said Dr.
W.J, Thompson,. D.V.M., Sub-District
Veterinarian, Canada-Department of
Agriculture, Health of Animals Branch,
Sea forth, recently.
Total confirmed cases, involving both
domestic and wild animals were 52 for the
period, representing an increase of ap-
proximately 50 percent over the same period
in 1971. Undetected cases of rabies in an en-
demic area usually far exceeds confirmed in-
cidents.
The 52 positive animals were composed of
the following species of animals: fox 16;
bovine 16; skunk 13; swine 4; dog 1; cat 1
and bat 1.
The above figures indicate a relative low
incidence in dogs and cats, which are con-
sidered to be animals which present a
Open House
at Conestoga
The first Open House for the people of
Huron County to view Conestoga College's
newest permanent Centre at Clinton will be
held on Thursday evening, September 28 at
7:00 p.m.
Visitors will be welcomed by the President
of Conestoga College, Professor James W.
Church and the Treasurer of Ontario, The
Honourable Charles S, MacNaughton,
The Clinton facilities were acquired by
the College earlier this year and formal
classes commenced on April 3.
Clinton Centre has a full-time enrolment
of approximately 100 students with an ex-
tension enrolment of 225 part-time persons.
The public response to the establishment
of a permanent Centre has been extremely
gratifying and has presented many
challenges to Ross Milton, Administrator,
Clinton Centre and the teaching staff.
seven of the Elementary School Teachers'
salary schedule. Responsibility allowances
at the secondary school level have been
established as payments above category as
follows: Commercial and Technical direc,
tors, $2,100; Department Heads, $1,800;
subject chairman, $1,000; assistant Com-
mercial or Technical directors, $1,100;,
assistant Department Heads, $000.
(continued on page 9 )
Big Bird bid
Once more this year, the Huron County
Board of Education Will get behind the
Mothers ofHuron who would like to see
Sesame Street carried on local television.
A letter from the board to Cl~ Pty in Lon-
don will go out shortly requesting that the
program be scheduled this winter if at all
possible.
The action was touched off by a letter
from an Exeter mother to the board at its
regular meeting in Clinton Monday evening.
Outline** is thriving reports Camille Orange, pictured above, who, slang with her
husband Brian opened Clinton's newest stem, "The Bargain Box". The new liter*,
which Is located on Albert Street, is one of several the Couple c•perateci, They
have ones in Port Elgin, Hanover, end next week, they ars Opening another One in
GOderith. (News-Record photo)
...
biggest .year ever
The Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer
Society is one of the hardest working and
dedicated groups in the Hurdnia Division it
was revealed at the Huron Unit's Annual
Banquet at Clinton last Tuesday night.
The Huron unit reached and surpassed its
goal during the campaign, collecting 157,7
per cent of its pledge. More than $28,600
was raised, during the campaign dating from
last Oct. first until Sept, 30, The Huron Unit
received a total of nearly $38,000 in receipts
including "In Memoriams" and bequests.
The Clinton Branch raised nearly $5,000
last year through campaign funds and
donations and assisted 14 patients and
made 23 trips to the London and Wingham
Cancer Clinics, Mrs. Harvey Johnston, Clin-
ton campaign chairman, reported.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
There was lengthy discussion at the
regular meeting of the Huron County Board
of Education Monday evening in Clinton
regarding the request of the Clinton and
District .the School Board for free
transportation for 23 of their students in
return for taxes paid to the public school
system.
But when the vote was taken, board mem-
bers voted unanimously in favour of offering
to that Board transportation on a pro rata
basis.
"Let us make it clear that if it should hap-
pen that our buses are filled, there would be
no backing out of such an agreement,"
stated board chairman Bob Elliott who had
turned the chair over to vice-chairman John
Broadfoot for the August and September
meetings. "I understand from their
statements (the Christian School Board)
that we are being niggardly. I don't think
we are. It could be costing us more by
spring."
When the Christian School Board's
secretary Cecil Bruinsma attended the
board meeting in August , he explained
there would be no more than three ad-
ditional students from that school system on
any one Huron Board bus. He said that in
all cases, there are empty seats on Huron
Board buses which could be utilized by
Christian School students.
Roy B. Dunlop, superintendent of
Area depicted I
:I • in Toronto
• Dear
It's not
Editor:of t
en that a play opens in 12
Toronto based solely on the charac-
• ters and farming community of an
area of Rural Ontario. And when will :T-
N it ever happen to be about the people _
ri around Clinton, Goderich and
• Holmesville? To-nice, that's when!
To-nite, Thursday, September 21st,
The Theatre Theatre Passe Muraille opens in rr;
Toronto.
Es.
business affairs for the Hurpn Board, said,
'We may have empty seats, but we may not
be paying for them,"
Dunlop added that the board would have
to see "how the enrolments stand at the end
of September,
"We must have figures by bus, by route,"
said Dunlop,
Broadfoot reminded the board that the
bus accommodation could change from
.month to month.
"Then what are you going to do?" asked
Broadfoot.
"We have no free seats on our buses,"
Hearing on education costs
Board settles salaries
Nearly $9,000 was raised by the Goderich
Branch last year through the campaign, the
bike-a-thon and memorial donations, Mrs.
Garwood Russell, secretary of the Goderich
branch reported.
The Exeter branch raised a commendable
Pupil count down
The number of pupils enrolled in elemen-
tary and secondary schools run by the
Huron County board of education is down
by 258 students from last year's total.
All but 28 of the pupils are from the
county's elementary schools, board statistics
show.
Total enrolment in the county's elemen-
tary and secondary schools is 12,913, com-
pared to 13,171 last year.
In the county's five secondary schools,
registration was 4,581, School officials an-
ticipate the number will increase slightly
(continued on page 9 )
lit Column
The Koffee House will re-open on Wed-
nesday September 27th for girls and boys
between seven and 13. On Friday and Satur-
day of the same week, it will open for
teenagers with some attraction planned, The
Koffee House is located above Eaton's on
Albert St. in Clinton.
**S
Commencement exercises will take place
this Friday night at Central Huron Secon-
dary School. The graduation and awards
presentation gets started at 8:15 p.m.
* *
The Colts are on their way to another
OMB baseball title after defeating
Wilkesport last weekend. The finals against
Barry's Bay get under way this Sunday at
Barry's Bay at 2 p,m. and the second game
will be in Clinton next Saturday September
30.
4, * *
The district meeting of the Women's
Hospital Auxiliaries will be held in Clinton
on Monday September 25 with Miss Angela
Arrnitt from the University of Western On-
tario as guest speaker.
* * *
The Annual Penny Sale sponsored by the
Clinton Hospital Ladies Auxiliary gets un-
der way Monday September 25. Don't forget
to get over to the town hall and make your
birth.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
At last the ratepayers of Huron County -
as well as ratepayers in other parts of the
province - will get an opportunity to air
their beefs on the costs of education and
suggest ways toalleviate increased spending.
There will be a meeting in London Mon-
day, October 30. Groups and/or individuals
are invited to attend, but notification must
be received in advance of any intention to
do so.
Persons wanting•to meet with The Com-
mittee on the Costs of Education should
write to Dr. J.R. McCarthy, Executive Direc-
tor, Committee on the Costs of Education,
Room S-944, 252 Bloor Street West,
Toronto 181.
Other members include Chairman T,A.
McEwan, RE, Arsenault, Mrs. H. Farr,
L.M. Kerr, W.G. Phillips, J.C. Ronson and
D.C. Trowell.
W.D. Kenwell, Superintendent of
Operations, told the board that while in
1971 there were 739 kindergarten students
enrolled in 39 classes, this year there are '773
kindergarten pupils in 36 classes.
A capital forecast for the period 1973 to
1977 showed two projects totalling $323,000
Night pay up
High school instructors at the five county
high schools this winter will receive $9 per
hour, an increase of $1 per hour of last year.
The board was told that instructors spend
a great deal of time preparing these courses
for which there is no remuneration, and
receive no gas mileage consideration,
The Advisory Vocational CoMmiitee had
continued tin page 9
for Exeter Public School in 1973 and one tor
Victoria Public School in Goderich at an
estimated $300,000 slated for 1974.
The Victoria School project was to have
begun in 1973, but is being delayed for a
year to "assess pupil population patterns in
municipalities immediately adjacent to
Goderich".
In other business, the board approved
policy on the pro-rating of retirement
Following Monday evening's regular
board meeting, the following written release
was distributed to the press concerning cer-
tain salary arrangements for this year,
"The Huron County Board of Education
has concluded salary negotiations with the
Federations of Elementary and Secondary
School teachers; with Local 210 of the Ser-
vice Employees Union (custodians); and
with Local 1428 of the Canadian Union of
Public Employees (office staffs).
"In addition, the Board has granted
salary adjustments to its senior ad-
ministrators, middle management staff and
supervisory staff.
"Salary ranges for elementary school
teachers in the seven categories of
qualifications are: Category 1, $5,500 to
$7,500; Category 2, $5,900 to $9,400;
Category 3, $6,500 to $11,300; Category 4,
$7,100 to $12,400; Category 5, $7,400 to
$13,000; Category 8, $8,300 to $14,800;
Category 7, $5,000 to $15,900.
"Salary ranges for the four categories of
qualifications at the secondary school level
are coincidental with categories four to
said John Taylor, "These people decided on
their own not to take advantage of the
public school system. If they want to ride on
our buses, I think they should pay for it."
Section 37 (1) of the Schools Ad-
ministration Act reads: "A board may
provide transportation for its resident pupils
to and from a school that the board operates
or for, its pupils for whom it pays fees in a
school operated by another board."
Dr. Alex Addison felt the Ontario Depart-
ment of Education should provide some
guidance on this matter.
"They want to stay right away from it,"
greater risk to our human population.
During the past six years the Canada
Department of Agriculture, Health of
Animals Branch and the Huron County
Health Unit have sponsored free Anti-
Rabies Vaccination Clinics for dogs and
cats, which attributes to the low incidence of
rabies in these animals.
It is gratifying to note that the residents of
Huron County are taking more advantage of
these clinics. In 1966, 1957 dogs and 673
cats were immunized for a total of 2630.
The Honourable Charles MacNaughton,
MPP for Huron, has announced that two
Huron County firms will expand their
operations with assistance from the Ontario
Development Corporation.
Traylor Industries Limited of Hensall
will use an ODC performance loan of $7,500
and a small business term loan of $24,000
toward the cost of an additional building
and the purchase of new manufacturing
equipment, The performance loan is interest
free and may be forgiven if the company
meets certain commitments. The small
business loan is repayable with 8 per cent
interest.
Traylor Industries produces a line of
truck campers and will begin building
mobile bunkhouses and offices for
construction sites. The company will add six
BY MILVENA ERICKSON
The regular Bayfield Council meeting was
held in the Council Chambers, Monday
evening, September 18 with the reeve and
all councillors present.
A letter which was received from Mr. A.
Earl Pounder requesting dirt to fill beside
his driveway, was held in order for Council
to inspect the property in question.
Another letter was received from Grand
Bend Council asking if Bayfield has a bylaw
banning the sale of fireworks in the area.
Council will answer their request by infor-
ming them that they are awaiting word from
the Association of Municipalities of Ontario
who are presently investigating this matter
and who hope to come up with legislation in
the near future.
Council approved a request from Mr. Len
Apeidaile to hook onto the Reddock well for
water across Catharine St. with the motion
that the water line be tubed under the road.
said Elliott. "We can be the dogs,"
Elliott added that this question of
Christian Schools or any other parochial
schools is "difficult" and can "cause war.",
"It shouldn't be allowed to go that far,"
added Elliott.
Charlie Rau of the Zurich area, who is the
Separate School representative was asked
for his opinion,
"I think I'll just stay clear," said Rau,
John Broadfoot took time during the
meeting to refute some statements made in a
Letter to the County Editors from Cm!
Bruinsma. (continued on page 9)
Last year, the totals were 3899 -dogs and
2432 cats for 6331 animals.
The sponsoring groups have therefore
decided in view of the increased incidence of
rabies, to again hold anti-rabies Vaccination
Clinics in 1972.
These clinics will commence on October
2/72 in the northern areas of the county and
continue southward to completion on Oc-
tober 25/72.
Dates of clinics in the area are:
Wednesday, October 11-St, Augustine,
(continued on page 9)
new employees when the new production is
under-way and anticipates adding another
thirty people over the following five-year
period. ,
The Ontario Development Corporation
will purchase land in Exeter and erect a
16,800 square foot building for lease to
Kongskilde Limited, a farm implements
manufacturer. The building is expected to
.costabout $262,000 and will be leased to the
company for a ten-year period with options
to renew and an option to purchase.
Kongskilde located in Exeter about ten
years ago and, due to a growing market for
its products, is expanding its manufacturing
operations, When the firm moves into the
new building, employment will gradually in-
crease with about fifteen more people expec-
ted to be hired over the next few years,
The road is to be cut by a saw no more than
one foot wide and to a depth of four feet
minimum. All costs are to be borne by the
applicant and the road is to be returned to
its original condition with hot mix. This
work to be done under the supervision of
Mr. John Lindsay, road superintendent.
Council discussed at length a resolution
from Clinton Town Council that an in-
vestigation into the administration of justice
be carried out; and decided after con-
sideration, not to support the resolution.
In other business, the road superintendent
was instructed to fix the corner of the road
at Bayfield Terrace and Emerick St., to in-
stall a catch basin on the north-east corner
of John and Jane Sts. in preparation for
paving.
Council also learned that the Senior
Citizens Housing questionnaires had been
distributed.
The next regular meeting of council will
be held Monday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m.
gratuities; heard that Mrs. Jean Carruthers
has been engaged full-time for the kin-
dergarten at Robertson School in Goderich;
learned that Jim Murray has resigned as
custodian at the same school; hired Howard
Hopps as Driver Education instructor at
Seaforth and Clinton high schools; and ap-
proved the termination of a contract with
Mrs. Eila E. Martin, French teacher J.A.D.
McCurdy School on the grounds of impaired
health.
$10,400 while the Seaforth branch raised
more than $3,100. The Wingham branch
collected more than $6,400 in the last year.
Nearly 190 people attended the banquet
at the Clinton Legion to hear the reports, to
install the new officers and to listen to guest
speaker Bill Brady.
Mr. Brady, Open Line host of CFPL, TV
star and sometime bucking cow rider, and a
director of the society's London-Middlesex
unit, told the Huron Unit that they should
continue their fight against cancer.
"There will come an answer," be said.
"One day •Ave will be freed from this black
spector,"
He said that work like the Cancer Society
is doing just proves that "people do care
about other people."
Mr. Brady said that the government
should stay out of charity work because it
would deprive people of loving other people
and "caring about other people is a good
and heart warming feeling."
New officers were also installed at the
banquet. They include: president, Gordon
Richardson; vice-president Chester Ar-
chibald; past president, Mrs, M.W. Durst;
secretary, Mrs. Gordon Rathwell; treasurer,
Harry Merriman; campaign chairman, 31
William Barlow; commemorative funds Fr:
chairman, Miss Catherine Plumtree; 7=1
education, Mrs. Ted Davies; medical ad-
visor, Dr. . C.T. Doorly; planning and =4
development, Mrs. M,W, Durst; publicity, J.
Howard Aitken; service to patients, and
transportation„ Mrs. Harvey C. Johnston.
▪ Those of as who enjoyed the play
the group put on out at the Bird farm
•-.1 would like to wish them well. I have
just recently moved to Goderich, but I
am personally acquainted with one of
r•-- the cast, and I plan to send them a
▪ telegram of best wishes. Perhaps there
are others who would like to do the
same. If so, send it to Theatre Passe
Muraille, cip Paul Thompson, Direc-
tor, 11 Trinity Square, Toronto.
I'm sure they all would appreciate'
it.
Sincerely, ff.
D.R. Bundy
Goderich :3-
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Rabies increase, clinics started
Local firms get loans
Bayfield rejects inquiry