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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-10-23, Page 19Tinne0Ndvocpte, October .2$, 1 97.4, ,Page '19 Apppint safety any activities at St. Patrick's. Vanden Bouvet. and Allan Maslen. These students, also, were required to prepare a one minute speech and it could be mentioned that the student platforms, content of their speeches, delivery and calibre of same was excellent. Then came, the voting - as one onipoker remarked they are all so good they all deserve to win! But in our democracy the four students with the highest number of votes were declared winners, namely Brenda Boland, Cathy Lernmon, Allan Maslen, and Paul Vande Borne, In addition Mr. Redmond's Grade 7 class voted Kevin Duenk and Lisa Vander Loo as their class representatives and Mrs. Maxwell's Grade 6 class voted Frank Quinn and Tracy Vander Loo as their class representatives. The whole exercise was a learning one for all involved. Who knows - one of these students may go on to bigger and better things as an MP in future years. The following students from the Grade 8 class have been selected, because of their leadership qualities, as bus patrol leaders, They are JackieTooriders, Allan Maslen, Cathy Lemmon, Marianne Martens, John Harrigan, Jim Biemans, Paul Vande Borne, Robert Van- derminnen, Raymond Thompson, Karen Toohey and Karen Williams. During the week these students were presented, by Mr. Ted Giesen, on behalf of the PTA with capes to assist them in their fine efforts as they assist Etta Drivers inloading and unloading students. The capes were presented to the aforementioned studente at a special assembly in the gym- nasium, Present at the presen- tation were Mr. Murphy owner of Murphy Bus Lines Limited, George Mottram, Business Administrator for the London and Middlesex County RC School Board and Corporal Bob Boyd representing the Ontario Provincial Police. At the conclusion of the presentation Jackie Toonders thanked all who participated in providing the capes on behalf of all the other safety patrol (bus) members, DISCUSS ROLE — Secondary school teachers from across Huron County met in Clinton Monday to hear Jim Head, author of a 500,000 word report on the role of the secondary school. Seen above with Mr. Head, left, ore Phyllis Lawton and. Peter Aunger of South Huron District High School. News-Record photo *Teachers told doing good job during development day professional concern for the iirection of secondary education and more and more are becoming involved in politics to improve the system. "Teachers are first and foremost people. They are not libraries, machines or disseminators of knowledge," Mr. Head said. KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS — One of the night class courses currently underway at St. Patrick's school near Lucan is arts and crafts with instruction by Mrs. Gertrude Grimmick. Above, Mrs. Grimmick gives help on knitting to Lind Hokensson while Jane Cornish tends to her duties. T-A photo school is large enough to need the services of two custodians. So Mr. Vander Loo has as his assistant custodian Mr. Jack Gael. Finally, Mrs. Menders, a Parent who has children at- tending the school, and also a past member in the capacity of Secretary-Treasurer for the original Board of Trustees has made a "comeback" as our new Secretary. So all in all things are sure different around St, Pat's this year!! Now we are approaching the end of October, all have adjusted to all the changes and the operation of the school is progressing smoothly, PTA The Parent-Teacher Association recently held its first meeting in the school gymnasium and parent attendance was ex- ceptional - let us hope it con- tinues! The agenda included the introduction of the Principal followed by Pat Crunican, our local trustee, and also board chairman, who addressed all parents present, All staff were introduced to the parents followed by the election of the PTA executive for the year. Ted Giesen was elected for a second term of office as president, Hans Bosch as vice- president, Mrs, Helen Toonders as secretary, Alf Williams as treasurer and Mrs. Mason as an additional member. We have a fine executive again this year and no doubt we will be hearing from these fine people throughout the year as plans are formulated. This was a new experience for the students of our school. It was an opportunity for students in Grades 6, 7 8 to become involved in all aspects of electioneering. Those students in Grade B only could run for office. However, the students in Grade 6 and 7 could vote. A grand total of 15 of these students presented themselves as eligible candidates. They were as follows: Janet Crunican, Brenda Boland, Henry Giesen, Paul Vande Borne, Janette Rooney, Robert Vanderminnen, Susan Huffman, Michael Toonders, Jackie Toonders, Karen Toohey, Marilyn Snoeys, Margie Van Busse', Cathy Lemmon, Nancy The 1975-76 school year is well underway at St, Patrick's School. For the students who attend the school .there are many changes. The school had a new addition Wit onto it which comprises a new Junior Kindergarten and If classroom, Grade classroom, Library and Learning Materials facility, Health room, a General office, Principal's office and staff room. In addition, existing facilities such as the Gymnasium have been renovated and improved. The parents and students now have a school with facilities they can be proud of. The staff pf St. Patrick's School, too, have undergone a change, first of all with the promotion of Mr. Schenkel who • has been principal of this school for several years. Mr. Schenkel has gone to Strathroy to be principal of Our Lady Immaculate School, the largest school in the London and Mid- dlesex County R.C.System, Mr. deSalaiz, formerly Vice- Principal at Our Lady Immaculate is now the new principal of St. Patrick's. Secondly, there are two further new teachers to the staff - one is Mrs, Cunning our Remedial teacher and Mrs. Maxwell our Grade 6 teacher, Mrs. Maxwell, interestingly is a past student of St. Patrick's School, a graduate of the Faculty of Education and UWO, London and the eldest daughter of Sybold and Susan Jorna. The other change in the school is that there is a new class of very young students as of this Sep- tember. These are the Junior Kindergarten class of 3 and 4 year olds who have brought with them a new teacher to the staff - Mrs. Radcliffe who has worked as a supply teacher in past years at St. Patrick's School. Now she is with us to stay. Another change is that the Children misbehave because of insecurity Secondary school teachers are doing a good job in Ontario in spite of many handicaps, a Toronto man told about 200 Huron County teachers on Monday October 20. Jim Head of Scarboro, co- ordinator of a study on the role of the secondary school in Ontario, revealed parts of his year long study into the secondary school to the teachers who were assem- bled for a day-long professional development seminar at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. Mr. Head is preparing a 500,000 word report on the secondary school based on a year's study financed by the Ontario Secon- dary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF). The report, which was started in August of 1974, should be ready by January of this year and is expected to raise as much con- troversary as the Hall-Dennis report did on public school education in 1967. The Hall-Dennis report recomended sweeping changes in the schools and Mr. Head said that it neglected to look closer at the problems of secondary schools. The report which solicited material through questionnaires to 34,000 secondary teachers, 15,000 students and parents, and briefs from government agen- cies, industry and social agen- cies, will in part list 12 areas of concern to secondary school teachers, Problems listed included: violence and vandalism as a potential trouble maker here; declining enrolments because of the lower birth rate; increased pressures on teachers to give social and moral training without adequate training; too much emphasis on political decisions rather than philosophical ones; different expectations of various groups such as parents, teachers and trustees; too much ad- ministrative bureaucracy and lack of rewards and incentives. Other important points which Mr. Head said concerned teachers were stresses for today's teachers. "The only other group subject to more stress are psychiatrists," he said. Mr, Head also said that teachers are concerned that schools are becoming too large and depersonalized and many persons want to know what they are getting for their money. • "Can the training of students be equated with the production of goods," Mr. Head asked, The equalities are not the same for women in secondary schools Mr. Head said, and female students too are not receiving the opportunities as the males. He said he found that more and more teachers are expressing a Accident toll remains low caring relationship and there has been a wrongdoing. Punishment will be more effective if the child knows there is a consequence of wrong-doing. He cautioned against traditional arbitrary forms of punishment such as keeping. student after school or doing useless, repetitive work. He said he was opposed to group punish- ment when the ,disturber could not be singled out, "Be a detective and find the offender, punish him but not the whole class." Other workshops held for the 161 teachers in the day-long session included a religious program, Spirit of the Lord conducted by Miss Mary Ken- nedy and Miss Teresa Woods, religion consultants of Stratford; Design of Units of Work—an examination of the structure and organization of units of work with ' resource personnel from the regional office of the Ministry of Education at Waterloo, and Physical Education—an over- view of the key aspects of the physical education curriculum for grades 1 to 4, stressing that the freedom of movement is helpful in learning experience, not just in the gym, Patricia Doig of Exeter was the leader of this workshop. Guest speaker at the luncheon held at the Seaforth Legion Hall in Seaforth was Rev. Anthony J. Durand of St. Boniface Church, Z:urich, Father Durand stated the most powerful educational force is always the teacher as a person. He said if the education system is Christian then the person who must dominate it is Christ himself. The teacher's duty is- to impart Christ to the pupil, he concluded. David Zyluk of Precious Blood School, Exeter, was chairman of the Professional Development Committee. The area accident toll remained comparatively low again this week with only three crashes being investigated by the Exeter OPP. Only one injury was reported, it UCW "Misbehaviour is a symptom not a cause,"Dr. Anthony Miller, Chief Psychologist at the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital told a group of teachers attending a workshop on discipline during the professional development day held by the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board at St. Patrick's School in Dublin, Monday. He said children do not behave badly because they have an evil spirit in them but because they are anxious and insecure. As they become more anxious and in- secure they become more un- disciplined, he continued. Dr. Miller, in listing some of the causes for misbehaviour, said one might be the social system within a class. He said in the social system it is unnatural for a large group to get together, but it is natural for a small group of six or seven to get together. He stated some teachers try to break up a natural group in a classroom—those four at the back of the room. He said a good teacher recognizes a natural grouping and puts it to use ad- vantageously. Dr. Miller spoke of the teacher being the source of insecurity and anxiety by giving an assignment that is too difficult. He outlined how •a teacher's personal problem can be the cause when stress will send out signals through the classroom, He ad- vised the teacher to be honest and explain to the pupils. "I've had a bad morning," and the children will be able to cope with the teacher's behaviour, One of the causes of stress for a teacher is not having the tactical knowledge to deal with a problem such as too large a size of class, "If you feel good about teaching 20 children, then have 35, you may not have the tactical background to cope with 35." Dr. Miller suggested many ways of quieting a fidgety child before behaviour gets out of hand including the following techniques of standing near pupil, ask the pupil if help is needed, hold a gripe session with the class to let children express their disturbance and both teacher and pupils will feel better. Dr. Miller stated punishment can cause adverse consequences Unless a child knows there is a to hear being the result of a two-car crash near the junction of High- way 4 and County Road 21 at 6:45'd about India a.m., Monday. Drivers involved were Glen Stire, 103 Parkdale Ave., Huron Park, and Robert Core, Seaforth. Stire sustained cuts in the accident and total damage was estimated at $1,500 by Constable Don Mason. On Saturday at 5:45 p.m., a car driven by Harvey Lear, Grand Bend, went out of control on the Crediton Road after the driver applied the brakes to avoid an unknoWn person. The westbound vehicle spun around and struck the front walk of the Bill Payne residence at Crediton and also damaged a bicycle. Total damage was listed at $1,075 by Constable Frank Giffin. The other crash of the week occured on Wednesday at 4:25 p,m., when cars driven by James Cowey, London, and Ada Arm- strong, 94 John St., Exeter, collided on Highway 84 in Hen- sail, Constable Al Quinn in- vestigated and set damage at $225. During the week, the local detachment officers laid a total of 57 charges, six under the Liquor Control Act and the balance under the Highway Traffic Act. PTA PRESENTS CAPES —The Parent Teachers,Association at St. Patrick's Separate School recently donated capes to be used by students participating in the safety patrol. From the left are Kathie Lammon, Jim Biemans, Marianne Martins, Robert Vanderminnen, Karen Williams, Jackie Toonders, John Harrigan, Karen Toohey, Paul Vandeborne, Raymond Thompson, Alan Maslen and Ted Giesen, president of the PTA. Mrs. Dave Park president opened the UCW meeting with an Edgar Guest poem on Thanksgiving day. An invitation to Lieury U.C.W. to hear Miss Jean Darling and see pictures on her work on India November 12 was accepted. Display on Korea at regional, bring suitable articles to Mrs, M. Hodgins, Friendship luncheon was an- nounced for November 2 im- mediately following service, Every family visitation month will begin November 2. Explorers will canvas Monday for UNICEF announced by Chief counsellor Mrs. W. Froats. Two girls will be sponsored by U.C.W. to attend Five Oaks . A carton is in the church for the collection of old eye-glasses in- cluding frames and lenses. The new representative for Family Counselling Service for Middlesex County Mrs. Ann Telford told about the many helps offered. This service continues to be available at Lucan United Church Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Archie Rielly, Mrs. Dune McPhee and Mrs. P. Park led the devotions, Refuse pay for new plan Plumptre's statement 'Mis• leading• ' Beryl Plumptre's statement this morning that farm gate prices account for 65 percent of the coat of food to the consumer is misleading, Gordon Hill, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture said in Toronto recently. "That is the sort of headline- grabbing generalization that sets consumers against farmers and contributes to today's widespread misunderstanding of the farmer's economic situation," Hill says. "Figures from, our research department show that, on average, farmers got about 40 cents of the consumer's dollar on a wide variety of products during 1974," Hill says. In 1975 consumers are paying A request for a $2,000 interim payment from the planning consultant firm of Damas & Smith was refused by Exeter council this week. The firm had asked for the payment in view of some of the work they have already com- pleted on redrafting Exeter's official plan and zoning bylaws. Council members have been disturbed over the delay in getting the work completed and decided not to make any further payments until the firm presents their final draft of the complete job. "That should get them up here fast," Mayor Bruce Shaw predicted, noting the firm has already failed to live up to their promise to have the final draft presented by mid-October. The firm has previously received $4,000 in interim payments. PEE WEE FASTBALL CHAMPS — The Lucan pee wee fastball team recently won the district championship. Back, left, Ran Glenn, Marty Wraith, Laurie Carter and coach Charlie Glenn. Centre, Steve Glenn, Jamie Mugford, Bob Green, Paul Gilmour, Jamie Shipley, David De Boer and Mark De Boer. Front, Doug Smith, David Gilmour, Shawn Porter, Paul Wraith, Mike Neil and Tim Culbert. Extreme front, Tim Carter. T-A photo on average, 84 cents a pound for cottage cheese. Of this, the farmer gets 10 cents for the milk or 12 percent. Consumers are paying 54 cents a quart for fluid milk. The farmer gets 30 cents or 55 percent. The farmer's share of the cost of processed vegetables, peas, tomatoes, corn and carrots varies between 3.2 percent and 12 percent. The farmer's share of the price of processed fruit, pears, peaches, red pitted cherries and prunes varies between 8.3 per- cern, and 12 percent. Presbyterian moderator to, address London session Service at Pen tecosta I The Sunday morning service was led by Rev. Bill Cochrane. Rev, Cochrane used John 10 as his text, He spoke on the Parallel of Christians to Sheep and Christ as being the Shepherd. Christ is at the door Of the enclosure for the sheep. The only way Or a person to get into the enclosure and tinder the protection Of Christ is to go to Christ, Once we have cattle to Christ and are tinder his protection we also dotte under is guidance. Christ says "I am eerne that ye may have life and have it More abundantly, Sunday evening Rev. bong University (United Church) conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, and in 1973, Trinity College, Tomtit° (Anglican) honoured hini in the seine way. For Many years he was known to theologians as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Theology. The Synod will be opened by its Moderator, Rev. R. Russell Gordon, minister of St. George's Presbyterian Church, London, Monday. After worship a new Moderator will be elected to preside over the Synod for the ensuing year, The main business of the Synod will be introduced from the con- Dr. David W. Hay moderator of the 101st. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada will address the Synod of Hamilton and London at an open session on Monday evening at eight in Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church, London to Which the public is cordially invited. Dr. Hay who has jest retired after 31 years As professor of Systematic Theology ill MO/ College, Toronto, Was elected to his high office last June when the Assembly met in Montreal. xis 1960 Dr. Hay was elected president Of the Canadian Council of Churches.. fn 1049, Queen's veners of the principal cord- MitteeS in their reports: Missions Rev. Dennis Clarke, Atwood; Congregational Life, Rev. Dean Cassidy, London: Com- munications, Rev. A. S. Mac- Donald, Windsor: and Camp Board, Rev, W. D. Jarvis, Exeter. The Synod of Hamilton and London includes all Presbyterian Churches in South Western Ontario, south and west of a line drawn approximately froth Burlington to Tavistock to Thornbury, comprising the Presbyteries of Niagara, Hamilton, Paris, London, Chatham, Sarnia, Stratford- Huron and 13rece-IVIaitland. Barten of Allse Craig was our guest speaker, He spoke from the Book of Amos. He compared as now to the Jews in the Old Testament, Many of us go through the ritual of being Christians and going to church just As in Amos many JeWs were doing. Because Of this we go into Church and come out again the same way, The same happened during Jesus' ministry. Many listened but were not changed by what he said. We need to meet with God then We Will be changed. If we just open our lives to Christ, he will begin to change us and to meet our needs. No matter where we are, we Can Meet With God. 0 ATtEND WORKSHOP Several ores teachers attended aprofession& development day workshop stag- ed by the Huron-Perth koinon Catholic Separate School teachers at Dublin, Mondey, Chairman for the event was Dove Zyluk, shown above, of Precious Blood, Exeter. With hint from the left area Stella Porwell, Stratford; Sylvia Beierline, Precious Blood, Exeter; and Victoria Zyluk, St. Boniface, Zurich. Photo by Oke