HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-11-23, Page 11(XW & Wood?)
School days, school days,'
Dear old golden rule days
Reading, and writing and ‘rithmatic
Taught to the tune of a hickory stick.
The clock has gone full circle around! The first school house
was used for meetings etc, and now the “old” new school house
Is going to be used for municipal offices.
Personally, Lucy is quite pleased that the council was able to
secure the property and that it will be paid for in such a short
time. She feels that they have been fore-seeing.
It meaps a bit more on the tax notice but she shuddered to
think of the situation in'which the village would have found itself,
without water supply, had the building been. sold. And her own
opinion was that the municipality had already paid so much it
would be a pity to have nothing to show for it,
The old Town Hall is an historic spot and as such should be
kept in good repair. There are many uses to which it can be put
Lucy, would like to see a summer crafts school. It might bp weft
worth its cost in providing an interest for young people, Last
summer’s “Paint In”, organised by M.rs,- R. G, Hunter under
the sponsorship of the Pioneer Park Association was a great
success. One never knows where hidden talents lie.
But to go back to “the school” - it will probably always be
known as such - an idea, was conceived by members of the
Senior Citizens group, to have an old-fashioned bee to clean the
building for the council. Accordingly they posted a notice at the .
On the day set for it, four senior citizens and four other women
turned up. And these eight, good women and true, with a keen
interest in the welfare of the village scrubbed not only the floors
but the walls and other painted surfaces.
They got a great shock when they saw the condition of the place,
One woman said, “Why the old school was never in such a mess!
We didn’t dare use crayons on the walls.” she expostulated.
“And plasticine stuck here and there!” (Of course in Lucy’s
day such innovations as plasticine for use in the school were
| not known),
4 We learned to read with the large., old, cards about rats and
cats, hats, and mats, etc. instead of bringing out latent talents
r ’ in sculpturing. And we learned to read aloud, and write by
copying a line the teacher had written on the blackboard, so
many times, or it might have been from a reader, or copy book
as we progressed in the grades.
Lucy recalls that Wilmer Blair was a very careless writer, but
the teacher knew he could do better if he tried. In one writing
Competition he headed the list. Oh, yes, there was competition
in the old Bayfield School in Lucy’s day. Russell Heard and
Sidney Castle,'cousins, both wrote such beautiful fine hands
that it was a joy to look down their slates. And it wasn’t only
in hand writing that pupils strove to excell, it was also arithmetic -
both mental and written sums, - and in all the other subjects
taught in those days. We, the pupils, did the work. The teachers
■ kept us busy so that there was not time for defacing school
property. Of course Lucy knows that there were initials carved
on the old desks but not the new ones in the downstairs room!
In excusing the children for this, kicked in furnace registers,
etc, one woman said, “But they had no; place to play here.”
“Neither had we,” said Lucy’s informant. Those of us who weren’t
so hardy hung around the hot air registers in the winter instead of •
going outside to play in the snow. Andon wet days in warm weather
we might play - or dance unknown to the'teacher - in the cloak
rooms, and we had to line up in orderly fashion to march into.
school - and no rough play as we went out. <
The ^hickory stick had long been relegated to the wood shed.
(Lucy recalls receiving a crack from the pointer in the hands of
Mrs. F erguson). put the strap was still in evidence.
Now it seems as if the Golden Rule which we were taught
lias even vanished. If pupils were taught the Golden Rule in their
homes, there would not be so much destruction of other persons
property, nor vandelism so rampant today.
Let’s come back to the cleanlng~bee and pay tribute where
tribute is due. Those eight women were “busy bees” on this
occasion. For them Lucy gives “Three cheers and a tiger!”
. “Straws show how the wind blows! Their public spirited initiative
r t those,,wno gave .freely, of, their, .services,;to the ,,
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Post Office.
Children s Aid Society
presents report
Miss Gertrude Wilkes, Home
Finding Supervisor, presented
a report of the local director,
Huron County Children’s Aid
Society to County Council at
its November session in Gode
rich Monday,
She said the Society uses dif
ferent kinds of homes for dif
ferent heed of children; adop
tion homes, foster (boarding)
homes, which include wage
homes and free homes. Each
type has it? own requirements.
Miss Wilkes defined various '
homes.
A “free home” may be a
child’s natural home to which
he has returned on a trial basis
after being in foster home care
for a period of time; or a
holiday home for the child for
a brief period, which may give
the mother a ’’breather” and
enable her to cope more ad
equately, she explained.
A “wage home’? is one where
the child pays his own board,
the first .step in his being in-
to council
’ dependent while still in Child,
ren’s Aid Society care, '*
The foster home is one in
Which the Society pays board
and is responsible for provid
ing all the other needs of the
Child/
’’If he is a baby to be adopt
ed we do not tell his original
name,” Miss Wilkes pointed
put. “The foster family-gives
him whatever name they choose
while he is there. This gives
security, both for the natural
parent and the adopting par
ent
ents Also we do not tell from
where he has come and often
not even his birth date?*
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Kinettes to
hold events
The last regular meeting of*
the Clinton Kinettes was held
at the home of president Mrs.
Dave Beattie. It was decided to
make New Year’s favours for
the patients trays at the hos
pital.
Final plans were made for a
bake sale to be held in the Town
Hall on Saturday, December 16
at 2:30 p.m.
A social evening is to be
held on November 18 in the form
of a bowling party followed by
a pot luck lunch. Initiation cere-
'monies were conducted for Mrs.
Russ Archer.
Next meeting is to be held
November 28 at the home of
Mrs. Ted McCullough.
Ont. st UCW
guest speaker
Unit 3 of Ontario Street Un-
ited Church Women met in the
church parlour on November
13, with 15 members present,
Mrs. Elmer Trick led in de- .
votions, assisted by Mrs. Nor
man Trewartha and Mrs. Nor- .
man Tyndall.
Guest speaker was Miss Sybil
Courtice, who shared many re
miniscences of the days she
spent as a missionary in Japan,
occasionally making compari-
sons of Japan of the past and
of the present.
Mrs. OrvilleStanleypreslded
over the various business dis
cussions. It was decided that
the December meeting, which
will be held jointly with Unit
4, will be on December 12 ra
ther than on Decmeber 11, so
that we may have as guest
speaker Douglas Miles, Agri
cultural Representative.
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COMPLETELY
COMPREHENSIVE
MEDICAL INSURANCE PLAN
Salaries for
library board
One of the main ’ problems
in connection with the new Huron
County Library Service has
been the supplying of books
to the various libraries, in
particular, the larger libraries
located in the towns, Duff
Thompson, Clinton, chairman
of .the County Library Board
told members of Huron County
Council at their November ses-
sion.
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atipji/' special permission7 was*
, given to permit these larger
libraries to buy books directly
if they so desired, he said.
“In the meantime, however,
a purchase-order system has
been installed , whereby each
library requisitions books re.
quired and these are ordered
directly from the publisher by
. the County Library staff,” the
chairman said. “This system
works well as long as the books
are available. ”
He stated that at the last
Board meeting, the County Lib-
rarian pointed out that although
the orders as requested by the
local libraries had been sub»
mitted to the publishers, there
were in excess of two dozen
back orders, indicating either
that the books were out of stock
or had not been published.
Effective January 1,1968, sal.
aries will be as follows: Mrs.
C. Huffman, $4,500; Mrs. G.
Whaley, $3,000; Miss M. Pep-
per, $2,580; Mrs. J. Cruick-
shank, $2,880.
Board chairman Thompson
was enthusiastic concerning the
future of the County Library
System., once the wrinkles had
been ironed out
Huronview 254
is record
“Huronview” the county
home near Clinton, has the lar
gest number of residents-254-
in its history, Harvey C. John
ston, super intendant, informed
Huron County Council at its
November session.
Total is made up of 102 men
and 152 women. This is the first
time the number of men in the
home has exceeded one hundred.
Cost of operation per diem
is $5.49, Mr. Johnston also
stated.
Alvin D. Smith, Turnbei|ry,
chairman of the Board ‘of Man*
. major■ oil -companies to supply
fuel for the next two heating
seasons. Six tenders had been
received, the lowest being that
of Ross Scott Limited, Bruce
field, at 10.25 cents per gallon
effective November 1, 1967; The
former price was 10.75 cents
per gallon, Mr. Smith said.
Tenders were called for snow
removal and only one tender
was received, that of Glen Lay-
ton R.R. 5 Clinton, at $8 per
hour. The contract was award
ed to him.
Superintendent Johston pro-
vided a breakdown of the 254
residents of “Huronview”, as
follows:
Townships: Ashfield, 8; Col-
borne, 4; Goderich 7; Grey, 1;
Hay, 4; Howick, 18; Hullett, 7;
McKillop, 5; Morris, 4;Stanley,
10; Stephen, 5; Tuckersmith, 9;
Turnberry, 2; Usborne, 4; East
Wawanosh, 9; West Wawanosh,
7; total, 104.
Towns: Clinton, 24; Exeter,
21; Goderich, 50; Seaforth 13;
Wingham. 17; total, 125/
Villages: Bayfield, I; Blyth,
9; Brussels, 7; Hensall 5; Zur
ich, 2; total 24.
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TOWNSHIP OF STANLEY
NOTICE is hereby given to the Municipal Electors of the
Township of Stanley, that a Nomination meeting will be held
in the
TOWNSHIP HALL, VARNA
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Friday, November 24 th, 1967
at the hour of I p.m. to 2 p.m.
for the purpbse of Nominating persons tor the office of Reeve,
deputy Reeve and three Councillors for the years T968 end 1969
and two School Area Trustees for a two year term.
If an election is necessary the polls will be open in the following
places With the following Deputy Returning Officers:
Poll No. I Calvin Horton
Poll No. 3 Varna Township Hall
Poll No., 2 Ted Robinson
Poll No. 4 Melvin Greer
Poll No, 5 former Blake School
Ken McCowah
Onral Wobboe
George DoWson
Bert Dunn
Philip Durand
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MONDAY, DECEMBER
and will open from 9:00 o'clock a.m. until
■ 6:00 o'clock p.m., and no longer.
Pfease hbte iftht wh6h a prbposfid candidate is hot present
at thb nomination 'meeting, his nomination wifi not be- valid unless
there is satisfactory evidence that the proposed candidate consents
lb be So hdminatod.
4lh, 1967
Dated jiVVarha this J5»h day of November 1967.
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MEL GRAHAM, Returning Officer/
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