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BRUSSELS
103rd Year — issue No. 34 Wednesday, August 21, 1974
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Huron B of E finds
Fuel oil costs up 54%
Judge says
flower show
Mrs. Lottie McCutcheon . and saucer donated by Mrs'. Wm. A large rroWd attended. during
Captured the EAton Silver Cake Hewitt.. the afternoon to enjoy the
plate for most points awarded at ' The Overall house plant points beautiful blooms, plants and
the annual Plower Show of the were won by Mrs. Norman floral arrangements.
While entries were down Turkey Supper which followed.
150 people were served at the Brussels Horticultural Flower Mctarty.
Show.
Second prize, a $10 gift somewhat from last year there The members of the
Certificate from Simpson we to . were about 15.0.td 160 entries,The• Horticultural Society are to be
Mr. Earl Cuchnord. judge for the show, Mrs: Cliff congratulated and thanked for the
Mrs. John Kelly was tops in the Epps, of Clinton sftid the quality work that goes into their annual
rose ClaSt and received a rose
cup exhibited was ekeellent: • flOwer' show arid for its success.
Quality high in this dear's
New York
hot, local
girl says
Its hot in New • YorIch tit.nora•S•
augerous and unfriendly Lt •
vcryone says, according to Anna
cc Stevenson of R.R.2, Brussels
'ho recently returned from a trip
o the United Nations. She won
e trip last spring in the Huron
!strict, public speaking contest
'hich was sponsored by the .
ebckahs and Oddfello‘vs of this
ea, •
Miss Stevenson, a student at
OHS and daughter of Mr. and
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Short
hots
A refreshing sight was noted on
ur village streets one afternoon
ecently. As a relief from
peeding cars with honking horns
nd screeching tires there went
a eye-catching "surrey with a
rage on top" with a team of.
nies spanking along. It was the
ampbc11 family enjoying a
!surely drive. It seemed a day
or the ponies. Later a gentleman
as sighted leading a pony with
o diminutive young ladies
hide. A young colt trotted
ong in close proximity to its
other's side.
****** •
Stirnmer is almost gone! In
ite of the lovely warm weather
e.have been enjoying, fall is
pidly approaching. Farniers are
usY combining, Mot hers are
utfitting their children for the I school term. Vehicle drivers
airy about antkfreeze, will it be ready supply and if so,What will e inflated cost be. Folks are
reading the • hunt of the oil mace and shudder at the cost. Of
e fuel it gobbles up. Still there
a lot to be grateful for; Our
ountry is. not torn by war within
t borders. There are not
Huron teachers get
big salary boosts
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FLOWER SHOW WINNERS — Mrs. Lottie McCutcheon, left displays the silver
cake plate that she won as exhibitor with the highest number of points overall at the
Horticultural Society's Annual Flower show on Friday. Mrs . Earl Cudmore, right,
was the exhibitor with the second highest points in the show. (Staff Photo)
ed to.
This
from
Hoto)
A whopping increase in the
price of fuel oil has hit the Huron
County Board of Education for the
thousands of Canadians left
homeless by flood or drought,
subsisting in refugee camps, or
dying of starvation. We grumble
abolif inflation, cost of living, the
cold of Canadian winters. lust cad
we should appreciate the fact that
we r e not suffering the hardships
inflicted on so many of our
fellowmen.
Brussels Fall Fair is to be held
Wednesday and Thursday,
September 25th - 26th. The prize
list, this year, was published in
the August 7th edition of the
Brussels Post.lf yoU have mislaid
your copy, or did not receive one,
you can get one from the
secretary, Edwin Martin, or at the
Brussels Post, Now y ou can get
busy preparing your entries and
help make our 1974 Fair .an
outstanding success. An exciting
new feature will be the Carling
O'Keefe Aerobatic Team They
will present a 20 minute Air Show
at 3 pail. ott Thursday. The
March ShOW Midway will be on
the grounds for the amusement of
the young and the young at heart.
Plan' now to be both an exhibitor
and a spectator.
(By Evelyn Kennedy)
1974-75 year. R.M.Wright,
manager of purchasing said in a
written report to the board at 1 their meeting in Clinton Monday
that prices tendered this year wee
54% over last year's heating oil
costs.
Ross Scott Fuels of Brucefield
was the successful tenderer with
a price of from .3300 cents per
gallon to .3050 to supply fuel oil to
'the 16 Huron Board schools that
are heated by oil. Last year the
cost per gallon from the same
tenderer ranged from .2135 cents
to .2085.
Mr. Wright said the Board
would spend about $78,665 on
fuel oil this year adding that "if
it's a bad winter this could go up
and if .it's mild it would go
down". An additional amount of
about $26,000 will be spent to
heat school with natural gas
furnaces.
An area for retarded children
has been approved by the
Department of Education for
Victoria Public School in
Almost all the employees
of the Huron County Board
of Education have been given
hefty salary increases for 1974-75
according to a statement on
completed salary negotiations
released Monday afternoon.
Details of settlements reached
with teaching and non-teaching
personnel were withheld until all
negotiations were completed in
order that the Settlements would
not influence talks in progress,
Board. Chairman C.E.Hill of
Goderich said.
Mr. Hill was unable to give an
approximate total figure on the-
amount of money the settlements
will cost the board but said the
proportion that the board now
spends on salaries will not be
changed appreciably by the new
increases.
In the 1974 budget about $12
million the board spent about $8
million on salaries, Huron's
Director of Education John
Cochrane said Tuesday morning
"about 72 to 75% of the total".
Mr. Cochrane said increased
grants will keep the salary
percentage about the same for
1975.
The board's 350 elementary
school teachers will .receive a
12.5% increase over 1973-74 and
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Goderich, Board Chairman
Cayley Hill said and will be
included in the call for tenders for
the addition. Architect Brian
Garrett of Kyles, Kyles and
Garrett of Stratford showed the
board working drawings of the
addition and got approval to send
out tender calls this week, with
September 11 the closing date.
Mr. Garrett said construction
should be "Well out of the
ground by the first of December"
and ready for . occupancy by
September, 1975:
The 2 storey addition will
include a large multi purpose
room for retarded children, home
ec industrial arts, and music
rooms, a boiler room and a library
and two classrooms with movable
partitions upstairs.
Principal O'Brien of Victoria
School said the construction may
involve housing four classes in
the gymnasium but said
disruption would be minimal.
"The children will probably
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its 265 secondary school teachers
will get a 12.8% boost.
Under the new one-year
agreement, elementary school
teachers in the lowest salary
category will receive $6,200
annually increasing to $8,650 in
six years. The highest salary an
elementary teacher without a
university degree can receiye is
$7,200, increasing to $13,050
after 11 years. Teachers with
degrees will be paid at the same
rate as secondary teachers.
Secondary school t eachers in
the lowest category will receive
$7,770 annually, increased to
$14,400 aft er 11 years. The
highest category wil receive
$9,400 annually, increasing. to
$18,400 after 14 years.
The Service Employees
International has Union
negotiated a 26% increase over 2
years for its members who are
custodians in the twelve largest
Huron Board schools.
Employees with less than a
year of service will receive $3.45
an hour with an incr ease to $3:80
an hour June 1, 1975.
Experienced employees will
receive $3.70 an hour with an
increse to $4.05 an hour by Jime
1, 1975.
Clerical st aff represented by
the Canadian Union of Public
Employees will get a pay increase
of 22% over 2 years. 'This year a
category 2 clerical worker would
receive $4,600 ,rising to $5,900 in
four years. In 1975 a category 2
worker would st art at $5050 and
rise to $6350 in five years.
secretarial Non union
employees of the board were
granted a 10.3% increase with
salaries ranging' from $5300 to
Start to $7200 after 6 years.0
Chief custodians in Huron's
five secondary schools _received a
11.3% increase putting their,
salaries in the $9200 to $10,100
ranges .
Management personnel at the
board's administration centre in
Clinton have been given an
overall increase of 10.1%. The
salaries of the Chief Accountant,
Plant Superintendent, Manager
of Purchasing, Manager of
Transportation, Accountant and
Executive Assistant to the
Director will be in the $10,500-to
$18,100 range.
The Director of Education and
the four Superintendents of
Education have their salaries
adjusted in January.
Board . employed . bus drivers
will have their basic annual salary
raised from $2250 for 200 days to
$2405 for 185 days.
The 19 people who contract
custodial services in one
custodian elementary schools in
the County and the Clinton centre
received an increase of 12.3%.
Contract costs will now be in the
$d2e9p0e0ndingto on $
t1h6e, 00s Oi z
e
o f range,the
school and the amount of outside
help the contractor needs.
The courier service contract has
been increased from $4,760.10 to
$5,772.80, effective September 1,
1974.
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