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Time-Advocate, January 11, 1974 .P490 3 Two draw lots for position,
McCann declared chairman Chairmon..of county board.
elected on second ballot John McCann, RR 3, Ailsa
Craig, was elected chairman of
the Huron-Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
at the inaugural meeting Mon-
day, He succeeds James. Morris
of Stratford, Mr. McCann was
vice-chairman last year.
Nominated for the chairman
position along with Vincent
Young of Goderich, the 14
trustees divided their votes
equally between the two
nominees twice. Following the
two tie votes the :candidates drew
lots to fill the position and Mr.
McCann was declared chairman.
Michael Connolly, RR 3,
Kippen, was acclaimed vice.;
chairman of the board.
Chairman McCann, vice-
chairman Connolly, Superin-
tendent John Vintar and trustee
Young were named to a
.nominating committee to form
the committees for the year.
Huron MP cites
slow grant news AREA MAN NAMED CHAIRMAN — Jack McCann of RR 3. Ai lsa
Craig was Monday night named chairman of the Huron-Perth separate
school board. McCann who represents the 'own of Exeter, the townships
of Stephen and Ushorne and parts of McG liivray and Biddulph is shown
at the right of the above picture with vice Of)irman Mike; Connolly of
Kippen. Huron Expositor photo
position but I do believe you will
find it challenging, exciting,
frustrating and, hopefully, in-
teresting."
At this point Mr. Cochrane
outlined several procedures for
the nomination and election of the
board chairman and then the
vice-chairman, Following the
vote an ad hoc striking corn-
Mittee was appointed, consisting
of board chairman Hill, Mr.
Shortreed, Mrs, Zinn and Mr,,
Rail to form the committees. The
trustees were permitted to ex-
press their wishes on which
committee they would like to
serve. The new committees will
be presented at the next regular
board meeting-January 15 at 7:15
p.m,
Huron County Warden Elmer
Hayter, Varna, who attended
along with over 20 spectators,
spoke briefly and invited the
trustees to attend the inaugural
times during the coming years.
you will find yourself caught
between differing expectations
ratepayers, municipal councils,
teaching employees, non-
teaching employees, and the
administrative staff,"
He offered, "The only advice
can give you in such situations is
to 'play it cool'. Rememberthat
collectively acting as a Board of
Education you have the power to
legislate, set policy and generally
oversee the operation of a multi-
million dollar business dealing
with a very precious and very
fragile commodity — children."
He asked, "Will you also bear
in mind, however, that in-
dividually you are just that —
individuals, As an individual you
must accept the decision of the
board and just as we must do our
utmost to carry out the wishes of
the board, so must you. The fact
that we do not always agree with
Suspicion that applications for
Local Initiative Program
(L,I.P,) grants by municipalities
were being given lower priority
than individual applications was
voiced in the House of Commons
Tuesday by Robert McKinley,
Huron MP.
He was assured by Manpower
and Immigration Minister
Robert Andras his fears were
unfounded. "They (officials)
have not received such a
directive. Applications from
municipalities compete with
applications from private
organizations" the minister said.
Monday, the minister said $50
million remains to be allocated
from the $185 million L.I.P. fund
and that 11,000 applications are to
be processed.
Outside the Commons, Mr.
McKinley said a number of
municipalities in Huron have
applied for L.I.P. grants and few
seem to have been granted to
local councils. They were seeking
an early reply because they are
faced with a Jan. 19 deadline in
applying for alternative grants
from the provincial winter works
program.
pr. J. R. Holmes (PC Lambton-
Kent) announced that Indians of
the Moraviantown Reserve have
been granted $58,108 for the
Lenape development project
which includes improving sub-
standard homes and septic tanks,
removing dead trees, clearing
ditches and, if weather permits,
digging basements for homes to
be built in the spring.
Bill Frank (PC-Middlesex)
announced Tuesday that Lam-
beth cemetery board will get
$34,281 to restore a cemetery in
the village and the Chippewa
Indians of the Thames will get
$81,428 to renovate other homes,
build three storage barns and
clean brush. The Oneida band has
been granted '$60,840 for house
building and repair and septic
tank work,
HEADS HURON BOARD OF EDUCATION — Caley Hill of Goderich
was named chairman of the Huron County Board of Education at the
inaugaral meeting Monday night. He is shown at the left of the above
picture with vice-chairman Wilf Shortreed of Walton,
Huron Expositor photo
meeting of Huron County Council
on Tuesday when a new warden
would be elected to replace him.
The spectators joined the
trustees for coffee following
adjournment,
'4-is
"She's got this crazy idea I'i
not good enough for her."
Cayley E. Hill of Goderich was
elected chairman of the Huron.
County Board of Education at the
inaugural meeting Monday. He
succeeds Robert Elliott of
Clinton,
Mr, Hill and John Broadfoot of
RR 1, Brucefield were nominated
for the position of chairman and
the vote that followed ended in a
tie, On the second ballet, Mr. Hill
was declared chairman.
Nominated for vice-chairman
were Charles Rau of Zurich,
Wilfred Shortreed of RR 1 Walton
and Mrs. Marion E. Zinn of
Dungannon. Mr. Rau and Mrs.
Zinn withdrew and Mr. Shortreed
was acclaimed.
Six new trustees, along with the
10 trustees re-elected, took the
oath of office administered by
Judge R.S. Hetherington of
Goderich, The new trustees are
J.P. Alexander of Wingham, Ken
C. Cooke ofClinton, Jack Riddell
of Stephen, Herbert Turkheirn of
Zurich, Mrs. J.W. Wallace of
Goderich and John Westbrook of
RR 2 Clinton.
Judge Hetherington in his
address told the trustees they had
a very challenging role to carry
out. He said, "With the rapid
development of a new era caused
by urbanization and scientific
development, our standard
practices of governing ourselves
through all known establish-
ments such as government at all
levels, boards such as yours, the
judicial system itself our chur-
ches and other democratic in-
stitutions, all of which are
manned by human beings, have
not changed as rapidly as the new
world in which we live. Our
thinking is away behind and there
is a lack of synchronization
between the human element and
the scientific,"
The result, he said, is a feeling
of unrest among people in
general and an inherent distrust
in all our minds as to the
suitability of our present in-
stitutions to properly fulfil these
tasks. He said this results in
considerable criticismandalmost
lack of co-operation. This is to be
expected, he said and they should
not be discouraged or frustrated
if progress is not as rapid as
desired.
He concluded, saying that with
integrity of purpose followed up
with perseverence, that in the not
too distant future the gap will be
closed and all the establishments
of authority will again be able to
accomplish that which is
required and with the respect and
co-operation of all concerned.
D.J. Cochrane, Director of
Education and Secretary of the
Board, presided for the opening
of the meeting and for the elec-
tion of the chairman.
Mr. Cochrane welcomed back
the trustees with whom the ad-
ministrative team had worked
before and extended an
especially warm welcome to the
trustees who had just become
members of the board.
Mr. Cochrane said, "Yours is
not an enviable position. Many
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Sat., Jan. 20
EXETER ARENA
Admission '1.00
Lunch Provided
Everyone Welcome
They will present the list at the
next board meeting on January
22,
Rev, John G. Mooney of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel Parish,
presided for the devotional
exercises at the opening of the
meeting. He told the trustees they
should work with joy, showing
enthusiasm as they worked as a
team. He said they would face
difficulties.
Father Mooney assured the
board members they had a role to
play in handing on the faith in this
area (through ,the schools), and
that they are witnesses upholding
the work of the Board.
Father Mooney brought best
wishes from the Huron-Perth
Deanery, of which he is a vice-
president. He congratulated the
new members and those re-
elected.
He told the board members
they have the respect, support
and the co-operation of the
priests in the Huron-Perth
Deanery, He said he recognized
the excellence of the members of
the board in their giving of their
talents and time. He urged them
to work with joy.
Mr. Vintar administered the
oath of office to the 14 trustees.
Two new members to the board
were sworn in—Donald Crowley
of RR 2 Gadshill and Gordon Ball
of St. Marys.
Both Mr. Crowley and Mr. Ball,
along with Trustee Francis
Hicknell of RR 5, Seaforth, will
attend the Pick-up Conference for
newly-elected trustees to be held
in Toronto on January 18, 19 and
20.
Trustee Howard Shantz of
Stratford reported he bad been
talking with the Stratford police
on the Block Parent Plan which
will soon be underway in Strat-
ford. A "Dear Parent" letter will
be sent home with the pupils in
the Separate Schools similar tothe
one which accompanied the
public school children.
Under the program, volunteer
block parents screened by police
place a large, easily identifiable
sign in their front window in-
dicating their home is one to
which a child can turn if in
trouble. The plan is primarily to
protect children against child
molesters. It is being initiated by
the police in Stratford.
The board authorized a
borrowing by-law for $1,000,000 in
the aggregate for current
operating purposes.
The board also authorized the
borrowing for an amount of
$650,000 in the aggregate for
capital funds to finance the
building projects at St. Aloysius
School in Stratford and at Holy
Name School in St. Marys prior to
the sale of debentures.
The legal firm of Donnelly and
Murphy, Goderich, was named
solicitors for the board.
The board endorsed a
resolution from the Kirkland
Lake District Roman Catholic
Separate School Board urging the
ministry of education to seriously
consider amendments to the
Schools Administration Act that
would tend to more equalize the
levels of remuneration of all
trustees of boards of education
(public, secondary and separate)
in the Province of Ontario, so as
to provide less inflexibility in the
financial measurement of
trustees' responsibilities.
The Kirkland Board feels that
the responsibilities are the same
for all trustees regardless of the
size of the enrolment. Presently
the practice is to pay all trustees
rates of honorarium that are
variable in accordance with the
size of the enrolment.
Approval was given for another
CORE weekend to be held at St.
Michael's School in Stratford.
GB council
— Continued from front page
report on progress to each
council meeting.
Later in the meeting, council
approved an advance of $2,000 to
provide material for the projects
until the committee can provide a
budget.
In order to have funds
available to go ahead with the
project council rescinded a
motion of last fall which
authorized erosion control work
on the river banks under the
supervision of the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority.
The original plans showed the
erosion project costing $54,000
with the cost to Grand Bend being
$17,000.
Authority resources manager
Roger Martin and flood control
chairman Ted Pooley attended
the meeting and asked council to
go ahead with at least part of the
work because of the danger of
more land disappearing because
of erosion.
In a recorded vote, newcomers
Bob Sharen and Ted Flint voted
against the cancelling of the
erosion control while Reeve
Payne and councillors Murray
Des Jardins and Walter Crumplin
were in favour.
Payne added, "The money we
tentatively alloted for erosion
control can be put to much better
use under winter works."
Before the matter came to a
vote, councillor Flint suggested
one 'portion of the work be
completed. He agreed that the
winter works grant should be
utilized.
Payne and councillors Murray
Des Jardins and Walter Crumplin
were in favour.
ame to a vote, councilloneylint
suggested one portion of the work
be completed. He agreed that the
winter works grant should be
utilized.
Exeter court
— Continued from front page
Hays and Justice of the Peace
Douglas Wedlake, the following
fines were levied:
Wilson Eugean Curtis, Huron
Park, $20 for driving a
snowmobile with no licence plate.
Frederick Langley, London,
$20 for attempting to pass when
the roadway was not clear. He
forced on oncoming cruiser
driven by OPP Constable Dale
Lamont to brake severely to
avoid a collision. Langley told the
court the car he was passing
accelerated as he was in the
process of passing.
Albert Rooseboom,Jiensall, $75
for having liquor in a place other
than his residence.
In the other case, 'John
Frederick Guenther, Zurich, was
ordered to post a bond of $500 to
keep the peace for one year. He
had previously pleaded guilty in
4 Goderich to a charge of threat
against his mother.
Hay council
— Continued from front page
subsidy on 1972 road 'ex-
penditures and a money
borrowing by-law was passed for
$25,000 on general expenditures
and $100,000 on drains,
Council also paid its mem-
bership to the Ontario Farm
Drainage Association,
Cobra made several grants;
$10 to St. John's Ambulance; $25
to the Salvation Army; $15 to
Huron County Soil and Crops; $40
to the South Huron Agricultural
Society; to 4-H club exhibitors, $4
for each completed project; to
the Canadian Cancer Society,
$50; $150 to the Zurich
Agricultural Society; $10 to War
Memorial Children's Hospital;
$20 to the Huron Ploughman's
Association; $15 to the Zurich
Centennial Band; and $10 to the
Rehabilitation Foundation for the
Disabled (formerly the March of
Dimes).
General bills and accounts of
$23,092.16 were passed, as well as
road accounts totalling $363.913
and drain accounts of $644.11.
Exeter Arena
Activities
MARTIN O'ROURKE
Martin O'Rourke, RR 3, Dash-
wood, died suddenly in Stephen
township, Concession 10, January
3, 1973 in his 67th year.
He was the son of the late
James and Catherine O'Rourke
and is survived by two brothers,
Gordon, London and Jerome,
Oakland, California,
Mr. O'Rourke was born in
London township and farmed
near Mt. Carmel until three years
ago.
Funeral mass was said at Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, by
Rev. J. Mooney, January 6, 1973.
The T. Harry Hoffman Funeral
Home, Dashwood was in charge
of arrangements.
Interment was in the adjoining
cemetery. Pallbearers were
Rodger Ratz, Michael Pickering,
Pat Sullivan, Gerard O'Rourke,
Dan McCann and Pat McKeever.
JAMES MURRAY (JIM)
VENNER
James Murray (Jim) Venner,
died at Victoria Hospital,
January 6, 1973 in his 13th year.
He was the son of Murray and
Marian Venner, Grand Bend, and
brother of Bobby. He was the
grandson of Mrs. Irene
Desjardine, and great-grandson
of and Mrs. James Prance,
Grand Bend, and Mrs. Ella
Desjardine, Exeter.
Funeral services were held
from the T. Harry Hoffman'
Funeral Home, Dashwood, with
Rev. H. Dobson of Grand Bend
United Church officiating.
Interment was in Grand Bend
Cemetery. Grade VII and VIII
schoolmates formed a guard of
honor at the funeral home and
cemetery. Pallbearers were
Richard Hendley, David Bedford,
Jerry Bestard, Remi Verhoeven,
Donald Walper, and Norman
Rafuse.
Flower bearers were Terry
Luther, Teddy Stanlake, Mackie
Richardson, and Howie Green.
WILLIAM RICHARD LAMB
William Richard Lamb, Huron
Park died suddenly at his
residence, December 25, 1972 in
his 68th year.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Edna Irene Young, one
daughter, Gloria, at home and
two sons, David, Hamilton and
Fred, Zurich. He is also survived
by one sister, Mrs. Robert
Twitchett, Ancaster, and one
brother, Frederick, Waterdown.
Mr. Lamb was a Com-
missionaire for the RCAF and
served at Clinton and Centralia
airports.
Funeral services were held
from the Hoffman Funeral
Home, Dashwood and were
conducted by Hugh Kersey and
Robert Fuller of the Forest
Gospel Hall.
Interment was in Exeter
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
members of the Canadian Corps
of Commissionaires from Lon-
don.
MRS. THOMAS YEARLEY
Mrs, Thomas Yearley, Exeter,
the former Gertrude Muriel
King, Exeter, passed away at
South Huron Hospital Exeter,
January 8, 1973 in her 76th year.
She is survived by her husband,
and was the mother of Mrs.
Austin (Audrey) Boland, Lon-
don; Edward, Windsor; and Mrs.
Ken (Rena) Wood, Bryanston,
She was the sister of Mrs.
Sherman (Olive) Willis, Sex-
smith, Alberta and William King,
Knox, Indiana and is also sur-
vived by seven grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren,
Funeral services were held
from the R.C. Dinney Funeral
Home, Exeter, January 10, 1973
with Rev, Glenn Wright of-
ficiating.
Interment was in Exeter
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Nelson Squire, Ken Bridges, Ted
Chambers, Sam King, Gerald
Schenk and Lloyd Lamport,
LLOYD WESLEY JOHNSTONE
Lloyd Wesley Johnstone,
London, died at St. Joseph's
THURS. JAN. 11
3-8 Hockey Practice
8-11 Rec League
FRI. JAN. 12
2:30.3:30 Tots & Parents
4-5 Skating
8:30 Jr. Hawks vs Strathroy
SAT. JAN. 13
7:30-7:30 Minor Hockey
8.10 Public Skating
SUN. JAN. 14
9.2 Hockey Practice
2.4 Public Skating
5:30-6:30 Exeter vs St. Marys
(Novice)
7.11 Ausable League
MON. JAN, 15
3:30.9:30 figure Skating
9:30.11 Hockey Practice
TUES. JAN, 16
3:30-8:30 figure Skating
8:30-11 Hockey Practice
WED. JAN. 17
2:30.3:30 Tots & Parents
4.5 Skating
5:30-6:30 Mites
7.10 Shamrock Hockey
10.11:30 Broom Ball
Hospital, London, January 5,
1973,
He was the husband of Hannah
Mary Feeney and father of
Terrence, Lloyd W., Ronald,
Wayne, and Mrs, Phil (Pat)
Ritcher, all of London, Mrs.
Norman (Barbara) Minneault,
Centralia and Robert, Dundas.
He is also survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Ross Nash, and Mrs.
Lulu Edwards, London and 17
grandchildren,
Funeral services were held
from All Saints Anglican Church,
January 9, 1973 with Rev. Allan
Young officiating. Evans Funeral
Home, London was in charge of
arrangements,
Interment was in Forest Lawn
Memorial Gardens.
MRS, JAMES A.
LEATHERLAND
Mrs. James A. Leatherland,
the former Mary Agnew, passed
away at her residence, London, in
her 70th year.
She is survived by her husband,
and was the mother of Alex,
Grand Bend; Jeffrey, Dor-
chester; Kenneth and Ronald,
both of Lambeth; John, Sarnia;
Mrs. Donald (Claudine) Baxter,
Goderich; Mrs. Glen (Margaret)
Gallinger, Belton; Mrs. Carmen
(Moira) Brunskill, London; and
Mrs. Ronald (Carolynne)
Adamski, Newark Delaware;
and James..
She was the sister of Mrs. Nan
Stewart, Montreal; Alex Agnew,
London, and John Agnew, Barrie,
and is also survived by 22
grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
ducted from the A. Millard
George Funeral Home, London,
January 10, 1973 with Rev. E. J.
Humphrey of The Church of the
Epiphany officiating.
MRS. BURLEY HODGINS
Mrs. Burley Hodgins, the
former Edith Katharine Simp-
son, passed away in Queen
Elizabeth Hospital, Toronto,
January 4, 1973 in her 81st year.
She was the wife of the late
Burley Hodgins, Clandeboye and
mother of Sidney, Cleveland;
Mrs. Harold (Marjorie)
Wellwood, Sebringville; Mrs. Lou
(Bernice) James, Toronto; John,
Cobourg; Mrs. Harold
(Florence) Roberts, Toronto;
Mrs. Ray (Geraldine) Pid-
werbeski, Toronto; Dalton,
Columbus, Ohio; and Mrs. John
(Lorna) Berry, Toronto.
She is also survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Emily Tomes,
Clandeboye, and Mrs. Ruth
Mains, London, 24 grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
from St. James' Church, Clan-
deboye, January 8, 1973 with Rev.
R.A. Carson officiating. Murdy
Funeral Home, Lucan, was in
charge of arrangements.
Temporary entombment was in
St. James Chapel, Clandeboye.
Chief could levy
heavier fines
Exeter Police Chief Ted Day
warned this week that stiffer
fines will be imposed if illegal
parking on Main street near
Wellington continues.
Day said numerous vehicles
have been ticketed for parking in
the end zones where parking
is prohibited and the fines have
been the normal $2 for illegal
parking.
The chief added, "if this
practice continues we will begin
to issue tickets under the High-
ways Traffic Act which calls for a
fine of $23",
the decision is immaterial. The
important thing is that it is the
will of the majority of people
charged by the residents of
Huron County to make educated,
educational decisions, that
counts."
Continuing, he said, "The year
that lies ahead is going to be
fraught with a number of thorny
problems. Almost before you
have time to become accustomed
to your new positions around the
board-room tables you will be
faced with the task of striking a
budget for the 1973 'calendar
year."
Mr. Cochrane said: "A
preliminary examination of the
1973 grant regulations from the
Ministry of Education seems to
indicate that, in spite of
assurances received last year,
we will be in difficulty again,'
insofar as expenditure ceilings
are concerned. It will be
necessary, therefore, for the
board to examine, re-examine
and finally establish priorities, to
ensure that the number of dollars
we are told we can spend are
spent in such a manner as to
maximize the opportunities
available to the young people of
Huron County."
He continued: "Add to this the
responsibility of negotiating two
salary agreements with the
teachers and a union contract
with non-teaching employees and
you have major tasks that lie
before the board this year,"
He said: "This does not take
into account a myriad of other
tasks that include policy review,
review of communications
procedures, evaluation and
possible introduction of new
courses in the schools, the setting
of new policies and the unexpected
day-to-day problems that evolve
in the field of human relations. As
I said, yours is not an enviable
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INSIDE OUT — Science, and especially the human body proved to be the drawing card for three J.A.D.
McCurdy grade eight students when they visited S.H.D.H.S. Monday night. With Vince Elliott, head of the
science department are David O'Neill, Perry Knee and Mike Gibbs. T.A photo
WINTER WORKS PROJECT AT THE BEND — A Winter Works grant of $55,000 has been approved by the
federal government to be used in Grand Bend. One of the projects will be to mstall a turn-around for cars at
the westerly end of Main street shown in the above picture. T-A photo