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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1974-01-16, Page 4As Sunday loud cl the star sn Lord?" sitting there w Hop: sonnet isn't with my by Aa. fa • skin of a coat. $ 2 O leopard; , 0C00in. , off wi • so much MID-WINTER FOOTWEAR SALE Snowboots 20-50% off LADIES' VINYL woo, LADIES' LEATHER $12 — $18 MEN'S VINYil $8,00 MEN'S LEATHER $12 $18 Children's Shoes SHOES $3.00 — $5.00 — and $7.00 Snowboots up to 1/2 price • Women's Shoes $5.00 $7.00 * $10.00 and 14.00 — Reg. Price $25.00 Men's Shoes $7.00 $10.00 00 and 20.00 Reg. Price to $30 JIM UOCKER 'FAMILY FOOTWEAR. 53 Main Ste. 527.0102 SEAFORTH Need equal opportunity in Huron schools, BofE chairman At the inaugural meeting of the Huron County Board of Education in Clinton Monday E. Cayley Hill, Goderich, chairman of the Board, addressed the board. He said: "An inaugural address should not dwell on the past but rather should state a current position and outline major objectives for the year ahead. This is the st art-of the 6th year for the Huron County Board of Education. In the early years, much time had to be taken by trustees and administration ::officials in the formation of programs, procedures and, policies. Much of this work is now behind us and while up-dating and changes will be required from time to time, we can now turn our attention more directly to the current and future needs of our F . community. At the end of last year, a report , of the school visitation program was presented to the board and this outlined some of the basic problems in our schools at what might be called the operations /level. It is my hope that at an , early date, this board can give serious thought to the subjects raised in this submission and develop a program with priorities ,to overcome the problems which exist. Solutions must be found if we are going to have equality of opportunity in our Huron County Correspondent Mrs. Joe Walker Mrs. Willie Vander Woude of Wingham was guest speaker at the January meeting of the Bluevale Women's Institute held in the Community Hall on Wednesday afternoon. She spoke on the care of retarded children, the nursery class in particular, With whom she does volunteer work. Mrs. Ken Chambers was hostess and citizenship conveners were Mrs. Wm. De Vos and Mrs. Ken Simmons. Mrs. Mel Craig, President, welcomed all present and voiced her appreciation to the committee in charge of the planning of the Christmas concert and to all who had taken part. Thank you notes from many who had received cards at Christmas were read. A new member, Mrs. Alex McCracken was welcomed to the Institute. Correspondence was read from Huronview thanking the members for a donation of money 't and gifts at Christmas and from the. Children's Aid Society explaining how the W.I. Bursary is to be spent and outlining what they need in the way of new clothing and knitwear, The spring 4-H project is, "Taking a look at yourself" and leaders and assistants will .be Mts. Robert Peel, Mrs. Mel MacTavish, Mary Edith Garniss, Rosemary Schmidt, Mrs. Ken Chambers, Mr, Tim Talton and Mrs. Charles Mathers. Mrs. Jirit Armstrong and Mrs. Murray Jenkins will be leaders for the senior homemaking course. "More Ideas for Sewing With Knits", Anyone wishing to take either the 4-H or the Senior course may contact one of the Institute members, Mr s. Wendall Stamper will be a delegate to the. Officer's Converence held on, May 1 and 2 at the DniVersity of Waterloo. The 011 call was answered by twenty-fout triembert naming One Way in which we May help retarded children. A glotiatiOn Of money was given to Mrs. Van der Woude to help buy something needed for the children. Lunch was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Cecil Sanderson, Mrs. Murray Jenkins and Mrs. Chas. Mathers. United Church Planning Committee The Bluevale United Church Woman's. program , planning committee, Mrs. Harvey Edgar, Mrs. Marie Elston, Mrs. Murray Johnston, Mrs. Harvey Timm and Mrs. Jack Nicolson met at the home of Mrs. Harvey Timm on Tuesday afternoon to plan the programs for 1974. Euchre Party A euchre party was held in the Bluevale Community Hall on Thursday, January 10 with M r. and Mrs. Mel Craig and' Mr. and Mrs. Ross Turvey in charge. High ladies' prize was won by Glen Pullman; Low Lady - Mrs. S. F'ocaluyko; High Man - Glen Sellers; Low Man - Hugh Campbell; Lucky Draw - Eric Ross. The next euchre party will be on January 24 with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Edgar and Mr s. Marie Elston in charge, Mrs. Lloyd Henning spent a few days With Mr. and Mrs. George Fischer and family. Mr. and Mrs, Fraser Haugh and. Eileen visited on Sunday with Mrs. Michael Newton in Wingham and District Hospital. Mr. and Mrs, Newton have a baby girl. Mrs. Jim Darling was a dinner guest at the Haugh home. on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill. Rainy and M. and Mrs. Gordon Hall visited with Mr. and MrS. Bob Casentore and Kim on Tuesday, at Watford and with other Hall relatives during the Week. Mrs. Doris Adams and Mrs. George St. Marie and their mother, Mrs. Alberta Elliott of Wroteter visited With Mr, and Mr s. G. Hall on Friday. experienced by the boards across' the province. It may be that weighting factors and other supplements are not sufficient to provide for equality of education across the province. Where such problems effect us, we must take action with the proper authorities to seek a fair resolution. While the general public is aware of our existence as an arm of county government, few really know and understand the function of ,trusteeship in education. Too often trustees, and the board, are thought, of in the negative. We establish salaries and play a part in setting taxation levels, but that is not, as you know, our prime function. It seems a step should be taken toward making the public more aware of what we are doing and what the problems are. We should not dwell on any desire for better publicity unless it is warranted, but we should try to expand public awareness of our activities, to better inform our citizens in the trends and state of the county education structure. We have, in our teachers and supporting staff, people who have dedicated their working lives to educating our children -- and their work must be made better known -- to be fully appreciated. We must find means. to accomplish this. As well, we Must encourage capable people within our community to come forward as prospective trustees, so as to ensure continuity at board level, when some of us decide to retire. I am very proud of the opportunity to serve once again as', your chairman. We have a good board of conscientious trustees. One thing I have always taund is that once a decision is made by the board, all members support it, regardless of prior discussion. This is indicative of the proper spirit of board work. Undoubtedly we will have problems to deal with in 1974 and some will be serious ones. However, if we maintain as a board the spirit of co-operation that has been demonstrated in the past, we can, with the support of our competent administration group, have a very successful year." Ri• intel espe enco G. skin. His t they Ri inqui havit enth jute It i eithe child famil To Chil ' Stati pleas A cau ght of his had bee "Of the ang have we New Year's baby"' Mr. and Mrs. John Segeren of R.R.2, Seaforth, proudly show off their new daughter, Melanie, the first baby to be born at the Seaforth Community Hospital in 1974. Melanie Segeren, who arrived at 8:40 p.m. on Thursday, January 3, weighed 101/2 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Segeren now have three _sons and three daughters. Action Ads DIAL DIRECT 887 6641 educational system. Considerable progress toward the development of a better understanding between our board and our teaching staff has been achieved, and this program must be Continued. While differences may from time to time develop, we must have a mechanism which will allow us to sit down and solve problems in a fair and just manner, As trustees, we have overall responsibility and authority, but we must use and measure our prerogatives wisely. 1974 has every indication of being a year in which we will experience a continued inflationary trend. This will increase our problems in budgeting and may force us to seek additional monies through taxation. Unquestionably, our costs of operation are going to be higher. We will have to face such problems in an objective manner and deal with these subjects in a way so as to ensure that we are giving our ratepayers the best value possible for their taxation dollar. Inequities which may exist in the provincial educational assistance program which have an adverse effect on our type of administration must be the • subject of discussion with officials at Queen's Park. There ,are most definitely differences in costs News of Bluevale Learn of retarded children ,,,THE BRUSSELS, Oat; JANUARY 16i 1974