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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-08-31, Page 3Ready Mix CONCRETE pima 23$;0833 Postdente 228.696) C.A. Pk --DOWELS Times-Advocate, August 31, 1972 Pion few immediote changes r• New area schools rin ciPo'is at Education at Brock University, in St. Catharines. Consequently, he is looking. forward to actually working with children again. He said it is both difficult and unadvised for a new principal to come to a school. and im- mediately attempt to institute change. To be effective, he said, "the, change must come from within the school, Both the staff and the children must -play an active role I FIRE DESTROYS BARN - More than $40,000 damages were caused Friday morning when fire levelled a large barn on the farm of Cornelius Inthout in Hay township, north of Grand Bend. A large number of pigs were also lost in the blaze. T-A photo Separate board concerned over liability for playground When school opens Tuesday, there will be three new principals in this area, and one new vice- principal. Ron Jewitt is taking over the duties of Donald O'Brien at Zurich Public School. For the past five years, he has been vice- principal at Clinton Public School and he taught there for seven years before that. He received his degree from Waterloo Lutheran University, and is looking forward to his stint at Zurich. It is a much smaller school than Clinton, so there will be some adjustments to make, but Mr. Jewitt can foresee no major problems. He will be working with a staff of nine teachers, one of them also new to the school. He said that the organization of this year's program was left pretty much up to last year's administrator. Thus he said there will be "no sudden changes, for a while anyway." Mr. Jewitt will continue to live in Clinton with his wife, and their two sons, aged 22 months, and almost two weeks, Two new men at Exeter - vice principal John Siertsema and principal, James Chapman • or whatever. in addition, it allows for a more equal distribution of class hours per subject. For example, said Mr. McKay, I think two periods of physical education in five days is too little, and three periods in five days is too much. If you can spread three periods over six days, however, this is much better for the children. Physical education plays a very important role in Mr. McKay's approach to education. "I can't see giving a child, for example, three hours of music a week and only one and a half hours of phys ed." "We all have to walk and run, but we can't all be great artists or musicians," he added, Mr. McKay admitted that he is a "sport's nut". He took his Supervisor of Physical Education at the University of Guelph, before getting his degree from Waterloo Lutheran University, "I took four extension courses a year to get my degree," he said. "1 would have taken five but they wouldn't let me," In addition to his sporting in- terests, Mr. McKay has a hobby of breeding cattle. He lives with his family, including two daughters, aged 9 and 5, and a son, 3, in Clinton, but farms as hobby on his mother's farm. "It's not that time- consuming," he said, "and it's a great tension reliever". Wiley FOX found hiding in Bradford in program design and struc- (tire." The new vice-principal of Exeter Public School, John Siertserna, seems to agree, "There can be no change for the sake of change," he said. .v Both, however, have very definite ideas on what direction such change should take place. Mr. Chapman believes there are three major areas where change can and should take place: structure, or organization of the school; content, or curriculum; and the processes of human interaction, between the principal and the staff, and between the staff and the children, Before the first two can hope to change, however, the last must change. We must recognize the children as individuals, he said, not just in terms of learning rates and needs, but as persons with special feelings and emotions. He said the children must feel free to ask questions, and must be encouraged to think, to learn by making associations between different subjects, rather than simply by memory and recitation, If this were accomplished, it would be possible to integrate the curriculum, instead of having it all divided into compartments, he believes. This, in turn, would lead to a more open, less structured type of system within the school. Mr. Chapman agrees with the philosophy behind the open concept type of school. "But if they are just buildings without walls, they are no good," he said. Mr. Chapman will be living in Exeter, with his wife,' and their four children, two girls, aged 13 and 11, and two boys, 7 and 11/2 . Mr. Siertsema comes to Exeter Public School from the Holmesville School in Htiron County, where he was principal + + + Hensall Public School is also getting a new principal, in the person of Ron McKay, Clinton. Mr. McKay's move is also the result of the shift made by the county board. He was principal of Hullett Central School in Londesboro for the past four years, and taught in Clinton before that. He is also aware of the fact that he has some adjustments to make in moving to Hensall. For one thing, the school is only about two-thirds the size of his former school. For another, grades V to + + + For the new principal of Exeter Public School, coming here is just like coming home. James J. Chapman was born lust a couple of miles north of town, but has not lived here for some time. Mr. Chapman is the only principal, completely new to Huron County, and he is looking forward to his work in Exeter, He has been out of contact with this level of education although not with education itself, since 1966, when lie was an elementary principal in the town of Bramp- ton, For the next five years he was a Master at the St. Catharines Teacher's College, and last year, was a special lecturer at the College of Exeter; Dorothy Bowes, Exeter; Loretta Sanders, Exeter; Elizabeth Wasson, Exeter, Ca thy Triebner, Exeter; Bernice Martin, Exeter; Phyllis Collett, Crediton; Judy Brittain, Exeter; Marion Cornish, Exeter; Ray Cann, Exeter; Dorothy Stephen, RR 1, Woodharn; Mrs. BettyHumphrys,Exeter; Marilyn Campbell, Hensall; Ferne Stewart, RR 1, Kirkton; Madeline Witmer, Exeter; Paul Mansfield, Hensall; Murray Neil, Exeter; Nancy Alexander, RR 1, Hensall; Louise Pincombe, RR 3, Exeter. Mrs. Jim Patterson, Grand Bend; J. Keith Ayotte, RR 3, Dashwood; Bill Thompson, Exeter; Robbie Essery, RR 1, Centralia; Francis Zandergen, RR 1, Hensall; Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Exeter; Cheryl Westcott, RR 3, Exeter; Bernice Thomp- son, Exeter; Mrs. Doris Weigand, Exeter; Billy Brintnell, Exeter; Marlene Wilcox, RR 1, Centralia; Isabelle Coward, RR 1, Woodham; Steven Pfaff, Exeter; Mrs. Horrell, Exeter. • At a meeting Monday night the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic School Board, concerned about its liability in the case of an accident, voted to prohibit the use of its property on Willow Street in the Devon subdivision, Stratford, as a playground for area children unless an agreement is signed by the Deven Park ratepayers in 10 days. Previously at a board meeting on May 23, Robert Smith, 390 Willow Street, an alderman in Stratford, on behalf of these ratepayers had requested per- mission to use the property (3.6 acres) for a few years until the board is prepared to build a school on it. The board granted the request and a letter of agreement was sent to Mr. Smith for signing, • However, Mr. Smith, not wanting to be personally responsible for a group of ratepayers not yet of- ficially organized, refused to sign i t. Trustee Joseph Looby of Dublin said "I'm not happy unless someone signs this agreement." 4 Board chairman James Morris of Stratford said, "We are willing to let them use it as a playground. We just want the agreement signed." Jack Lane, Business Administrator, said 16 families in • the area had contributed to buy playground equipment for their children, but that now children from other areas of the city are coming in, "This is part .of the dilemma in the agreement not being signed." He said he believed the ratepayers would organize officially. The Board voted eight to five to install a portable classroom at St. Joseph's School at Kingsbridge to • free a classroom for the kin- dergarten class which for the past four years has been ac- commodated on the stage of the gymnasium. This decision resulted from a presentation to the board by supporters from the school at the July 10 meeting when the kindergarten situation was explained and the sub- standard conditions outlined. The portable is to be rented at a cost of $2,500 per year and to be installed by September 1 or as soon after as possible, At present there are 12 students in the kindergarten and in September there will. be nine starting. Mr. Lane reported the com- pletion of details in the purchase of the 208 Queen Street property in Stratford to enlarge the Immaculate Conception playground and that as soon as the deed was received the property committee would call tenders for the demolition of the house, Mr, Morris said an ex- tension would have to be made for demolition of the building on September 1 to October. The Board granted permission to the City of Stratford to use the separate schools for polling places for the upcoming municipal election. The board refused a request from a solicitor for Miss Edith Robinson that she be allowed to have a fence built three feet in on re Hellyer visits Dale Simpson, RR 1, Kirkton won the top prize in last week's "Find the Fox" contest. He'll receive $15 in merchandise certificates for locating the fox in Bradford, Dennis Keller of Exeter won second prize and Royce McIntyre, also of Exeter, was the third place winner. They receive certificates of $10 and $5 respectively. The third contest appears this week, and we're offering no clues. Last week's consolation win- ners are printed below, and they and the three top winners, may claim their prizes by identifying themselves at the T-A office. Consolation winners Fleming Simpson, RR 1, Kirkton; Brian McCann, RR 3, Dashwood; Mrs. Bev. Skinner, Exeter; Mrs. Murray Coward, RR 1, Woodham; Mrs. Martha Pfaff, Dashwood; Peter McFalls, Exeter; Glenn Cooper, RR 1, Exeter; Mrs. Beatrice Mantey, Exeter; Mrs. Thomas G. Hern, RR 1, Woodham; Brenda Pin- combe, RR 3, Exeter; Randy Parsons, Exeter; Lela Kestle, Exeter; Kathy Campbell, Exeter; Jennie Pavkeje, RR 2, Centralia; Mary Lou Richard, Thieves hit - Continued from Front Page were taken from the construction site on County Road 21. Vandals threw rocks through two windows in a truck parked at Htifon Motor Products in Zurich, causing damage of $160, Frank Hicks• reported that youths broke two windows in the Centralia home of his mother. They were throwing. apples at the building. "Paul Hellyer and I share the same attitude over the Liberal administration in Ottawa," Mr. MacNaughton said and made comments regarding his battle with the federal government in recent years regarding various policies. Ron Jewitt - Zurich for 12 years. He attended Stratford Teachers' College and received his degree by extension from Waterloo Lutheran University, in 1969, He will continue to live with his family in Hayfield, Mr. and Mrs. Siertsema have three children, Robert, 7, Debra, 5 and Ian, 1. Ron McKay - Hensall VIII at Hullett were on the rotary system, and in Hensall, they are not. Mr. McKay has no immediate plans to institute such a plan at Hensall, however. He is a proponent of the six-day cycle, and due to his work, Hullett will start on this program in September. The benefits of this plan are obvious, said Mr, McKay. If the children miss a day of school because of bad weather, they will not have to skip that day's routine. Instead, the next day would become day 2, the school property adjacent of her property at 216 Queen Street in Stratford. Reporting for the building and maintenance committee, Trustee Vincent Young of Goderich reported on asphalting, etc. being carried out at the various separate schools in Huron and Perth, He received permission for his committee to go ahead and have signs put on all the schools Unauthorized Persons and Vehicles Prohibited, He said his committee felt these signs were necessary, not to keep out children playing on the grounds when the schools were closed, but others such as snowmobile operators, This will enable the police to enforce the rules. Mr. Vincent reported that seven bids had been received to supply No. 2 fuel oil to the eleven schools heated by this method and that the lowest had been accepted, that of Ross Scott, Brucefield, at a cost of 16.3 cents per gallon, Trustee Arthur Haid, RR 4 Listowel, made recom- mendations that were approved by the board: that William Baechler of Zurich be appointed as full time bus driver at St. Boniface School in Zurich, and that Lee Regier become a full time custodian at the same school. That the integration of tran- sportation services between the Huron , County Board of Education be continued, serving areas of McKillop Township and parts of Hullett and Morris Townships. This integration has meant a saving of $2,000 for the Huron-Perth Board this school term. That board owned school bus drivers be paid the rate of $10 per day for morning and night runs (the same as for the 1971-72 school term) and the rate for extra-curricular driving be in- creased from $2.50 per hour to $3.00 per hour, effective Sep- tember 1, 1972. PETER M. CASE Peter M. Case passed away August 27, 1972 in Toronto. He was the husband of Eileen Kenney and father of Peter Arden. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. E. (Ada) Rowcliffe, and Mrs. C. (Gretta ) Prout, and was predeceased by one sister, Ethel and one brother, Ben. A private funeral service was held August 29, 1972 at St. James Crematorium chapel. ELIZABETH A. McLACHLAN Elizabeth A. McLachlan passed away at Strathmere Lodge, Strathroy August 26, 1972 in her 91st year. She was the daughter of the late John D, and Martha McLachlan, and sister of Howard, Thedford. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held August 28, 1972 from the M. Box and Son Funeral Home, Parkhill, with interment in Sylvan Cemetery. a TALKING ABOUT BEEF - At the Pineridge Chalet near Hensall, Thursday, Eastern Canadian members of Canfax met to discuss the beef industry. Shown above are Doug Jamieson of Centralia College; Hensall area farmer Bill Rowcliffe who organized the meeting; Clarence Hardy of Lucan and Usborne farmer Archie Etherington. , T-A photo MRS. G. ALEX CANN Charlotte M. Hammond, wife of Alex Cann, Exeter passed away at South Huron Hospital, August 26, 1972 in her 81st year. Mrs. Cann moved to Exeter with her family in 1941 and was the president of Cann's Mill Limited from 1945 until the time of her death. She was the mother of Mrs. P. L. (Lola) Jackson, Dunnville; Carfrey A. and Arthur 0. and Mrs. Art (Gwyn) Whilsmith, all of Exeter. Besides her husband and children, Mrs. Cann is survived by 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Dan Mark, Drayton, Mrs. Art Watson, Burford and two brothers, Wm. Hammond, Tottenham and Wes Hammond, Guelph, The funeral was held at Hop- per-Hockey Funeral Home, August 28, 1972 with Rev. Glen Wright and Rev. Douglas Warren officiating, The pallbearers and flower bearers, all grandsons were Donald and Roger Cann, Peter and Paul Jackson, Robert Whilsmith, Gerry Kading, David Cann and Braden Whilsmith. Interment was in Exeter Cemetery , MRS, SEBASTIN BOS Mrs. Sebastin (Wouthera Pauline) Bos, London, died suddenly at Victoria Hospital, August 27, 1972 in her 44th year. She is survived by her husband, and three children, William, Anita and Rudy, at home. She was the sister of Mrs. William (Gerarda) Vanderword and Johan Verhoeven, New Zealand, and Mrs. Martin (Tonia) Cornelissen, RR 1, Lucan. • Funeral mass was said August 27, 1972 at St. George's Church, Byron, with the John T.Donohue Funeral Home, London in charge of arrangements. Interment was in St. Peter's Cemetery. WILLIAM FRANCIS (BILL) G LAV I N William Francis (Bill) Glavin died suddenly as the result of an accident at the farm of his brother Don, RR 3, Ailsa Craig, August 26, 1972 in his 17th year, He was the son of John A. and Theresa Glavin, RR 2, Crediton and grandson of Mrs. Mary Glavin, Mount Carmel, He is also survived by his brothers, Don, Ailsa Craig, Hen, Leo, and Dan, all at home, and sisters Mrs. Larry (Joan) Wismer, Stratford, and Mrs. Gary (Eileen) Loomis, RR 3, Ailsa Craig. Funeral mass was said at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, August 31, 1972 with T, Harry Hoffman Funeral Home, Dash- wood in charge of arrangements, Interment was in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Pallbearers were all cousins, Basil Glavin, Jerard Glavin, Tom Dietrich, Joseph Dietrich, Eugene McDonald and David - Continued from front page enstituted he termed it "insanity" and his prediction that unem- ployment would increase had come true. The Progressive Conservative party under Mr. Stanfield would change this direction he predicted, in fact he said a change of direction of 180 degrees • was required from welfarism to opportunity for Canadians. He said the change would end the price-cost squeeze in which farmers find themselves and the $5 billion generated by his plan would solve some of the problems people talk about but do little • about, The money would be used to eliminate poverty and slums and develop decent housing and urban transportation systems. He advocated increasing the, minimum wage "so people can look after themselves" and in reference to slums, he said he had visited Metis homes in Winnipeg and said there wasn't a farmer present at the Hensall meeting who would even consider keeping animals in such places. Mr. Hellyer also noted that new tax laws were required to en- courage savings and he cited the need for Canadians to become less conservative in their in- vestments and help build Canada. Huron MP Robert McKinley, who thanked the speaker, said there were others in the Liberal party who would like to follow Hellyer. He said Prime Minister Trudeau has wilfully thrown away the confidence of the people in Canada and his goal has been to establish a complete socialistic state. McKinley who is expected to get the PC nod to contest the Huron riding for his third time, said the ND? have been "ex- tinguished" by Trudeau's policies. He predicted Hellyer would be of much assistance to the PCs, Huron MPP, the Hen. C, S. MacNaughten also said many welcomed Hellyer's decision to join the Stanfield caucus. 2 Watchmakers to Serve You... earl Campbell is pleased to announce that his nephew, Brian Whittaker, has joined him to provide two certified watchmakers to give customers quick, expert watch, dock and jewellery repair service. Brian is a graduate of George Brown College in watchmaking and has been certified by the Ontario Watchmakers' Association, the Canadian Jewellers' Association and has been licensed by the Ontario Ministry of tabor, Don't take chances with your valuables, Have them repaired by skilled craftsmen. MAIN Sr. EXETeFt See - i'‘.e Reteeio- tiEEP ANALYSTS - Area beef producers hoard all aspects of the Canfax operation at a meeting at the Pineridge Chalet, ThurSdey„ Shown above are till Price, the Ontario Canfax analyst, his American counterpart Mark Padowski of Iowa and local beef producers harry tlnyter of Dashwood anti Carf Cann, Exeter. 1-A photo •