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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-03-21, Page 3New Morris Bridge in winter garb Huron-Perth board seeks cost reduction milk's a True Mend 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 INCOME TAX PREPARED FOR FARMERS BUSINESSMEN and INDIVIDUALS Reasonable Rates Phone today for an early appointment RONNENBERG INSURANCE AGENCY Open in Brussels Tuesdays and Fridays PHONE 887-6663 All other days .Monkton 347..2241 17 year's experience of income tax preparation 111111111111111111111M1111111111111111H11111111111111111111111 JUST A SECOND AGO? if Earth's total age, now esti- mated by geophysicists at about 4.5 billion years, is taken as a single 24-hour day, today's ocean basins are scarcely an hour old. By tile same measure, the cave dwellers were hunting their prey less than a second ago; the past 500 years is but a hundredth of a second, and a 50-year working life is only one thousandth of a second. EXTRA INCH PER YEAR Earth fractures from the Mid- Atlantic Ridge cut across Iceland. The spreading ridge adds nearly an inch a year to the island's width. BATTY STORY! The fishing bat of Central America and the Caribees use echolocation "sonar" to find food. When the bat locates small fish at the surface, it skims the water and spears its prey with strong talons, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG? The egg came before the chicken. Birds evolved from rep- tile stock that was laying eggs millions of years before the first prehistoric bird flew. VAST AREA! The area drained by the Ama- zon River is so extensive it would cover three-fourths of the United States. HAVE A SIP.... Peruvian Indians believe that a man who is struck by lightning and survives will be restored to full health by a sip of vicuna blood. PANDA'S FAMILY TREE Some zoologists place pandas in the bear family; others say they are related to raccoons. Smithsonian Institute scientists believe they belong in a separate family of their own. be held on March 20. On the school board commit- tee, an ad hoc committee for building projects. are Howard Shantz and F. J. Vere, both of Stratford. Added to it are Trus- tee David Teahen of Stratford and former board member Chris Walraven of Kitchener and for- merly of St. Marys, who were both on this committee last year and are familiar with the sew- age problem with the town. Mr. Ball, reporting for the ad hoc committee, also said that construction for the $193,245 ad- dition to St. Aloysius School in Stratford was expected to start the first week of April. Work on the $289,891 addition to Holy Name School in St. Marys is underway. Superintendent of Education, John Vintar, and Trustees Michael Connolly of RR 3, Kip- pen, and Ted Geoffrey of RR 2, Zurich, will attend the Regional Conference for School Trustees and Administrators to be held in. Hamilton from March 29-31. David Teahen, chairman of the Personnel Committee, said his committee would hold its first meeting on salary negotia- tions on March 27 in Seaforth. Trustee Vincent Young of Goderich, • chairman of a sub- committee on the Family Life Advisory Committee, Said his committee would present a report on Tuesday, March 13, at St. James School in Seaforth. At 'the board Meeting held in St. Michael's School in Strafford a presentation on library re- source services was made by Miss Marigold Collins, teacher- librarian at St. Michael'sSchool, and Pascal J. Calarco, program consultant with the Ministry of Education in Waterloo. Miss Collins gave an outline of her duties in developing a that support the school curricu- lum in meeting the educational needs and interests of every in- dividual child, in working closely with teachers and making avail- able every assistance from the 'library for an effective class- room program and in assisting with curriculum development and unit planning .with teachers. Miss Collins outlined addi- tional duties she has as a li- brarian and also presented slides showing different projects car- ried out by the students through the art approach. Mr. CalarCo told how librar- ies have evolved in the school system, that they are a recent thing in some elementary schools and something yet to come in others. He spoke of a greater stress being placed on language as a learning vehicle and this is helped by exposing students to a wider range of good books. Mr. Calarco said that in rural areas students are ill pre- pared to compete with. students 'from large urban centres with their large libraries. He stressed the importance of providing good libraries for the best quality of schooling to overcome this in- equality. Mr. Calarco showed pictures of the new library resource cen- tre at St. Boniface School in Zurich, to demonstrate what can be done in a small rural school (232 pupils), then he showed pic- tures of how a small wellington County school at Marden has used its general purpose room as a part-time library. In the question and answer period Trustee Ted Geoffrey asked if bookmobiles would fill the need where no library re- source centre was available in a school. Mr. Calarco said it was not a practical alternative. He suggested that two or more schools in the same area share the services of one librarian. He said, “Materials will be used to a greater extent` if they are located in the school, readily available to both theleacher and the students, rather than avail- able only once a week during a bookmobile visit." News of CRANBROOK Faced with the prospect of prepaying the fifty percent of the construction costs of the sewage outlet for the new addition started this month at Holy Name Schodl in St. Marys, the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board will send a five- man committee to meet with the St. Marys Town Council in an attempt to get the town to pay a larger share. The meeting will Brom& The true honest7 to-goodness taste of milk never lets you down when you are in the mood for a delicious pick- nie-up or cool treat. Try it! SEAL PURE and Quality elided DistrrAtid by . HURON FOOD PRODUCTS L Plilite 80402 ILK zi BRIDGE MOTORS LTD. SALES and SERVICE Wingham of NEW and USED RS :and TRU:C. how oh at- SPRING SALE Btu:38e • , ... ... Correspondent Mrs. Mac Engel Church service and Sunday School were cancelled on Sunday owing to weather conditions. Mrs. Calvin Cameron visited in Conestoga with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Huehn for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Purdy, % daughter Kathy and Miss Donna :ar Irwin, Cookstown, Spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Purdy. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Paris and family, Midland, visited Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron on the week- end. Both families were in Mitchell on Sittirday for the birthday of Mr. John Paris. MisS Jane Gartley of Guelph univetsity, and her nephew Kerry Recker; Kitdhener, Spent the Weekend With Mrs. Melvin Becker. Little Taininy tiewbigging, ListoWeli has been staying with her grandmother; Mrs. Netnian Pfeifer. 'The farm of Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Smith of Rata 3, trusteis haS been sold to Brian Moi.toh of Cobint who takeS po ssesslon April 2nd, Mri and Mrs. Bniith and family are Moving to EWAN'. 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