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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-04-30, Page 1:I! nk or fts ag tat Ese LS ire rds er, to rho lks ing will '31 nry ess eat bu- any ion red lam my 73(1 wh is pita ats )ert the ince nett 73.1 ing and ho ay, rr ery ,ar. wife 3x1 a l ost et. AN IRISH SONG — With their shillelaghs ready students from Grade 2 at Brussels Public School sing an Irish song that they presented at the Spring.- concert Friday night at the school. They are Mrs. 104th Year - Issue No. 18 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1975 Huether's pupils. From left are, Sharon Exel, Wendy Martin, Kevin McArter, Jeff Culbert,Kevin Johnson and. Bradley Campbell. (Photo byLanglois) The Huron County Board of .'Health received permission at last Thursday's general meeting of county council to make appointments to a Huron Perth Steering Committee, the first step '1,12, toward a Huron-Perth District 1,, " Health Council. ! The possibility of a joint health council has been under' iscussion for sometime between. Huron and Perth. On the steering committee from Huron County will be the chairman of the Health Unit Board, one representative of the medical society, one ;.representative of the Hospital Planning Council, one representative of a consumer or voluntary organization and one other representative. Perth County will have the same number of representatives. The Warden and the Medical :Officer of Health from both counties will be ex officio ' me bers of the steering committee., Separate school supporters in Huron and Perth counties face an verage increase of 3.41 mills on their 1975 tax bills following the ,,pproval of 'the Huron Perth oman Catholic Separate chool's budget for this year • ! hursday night. The HPRCSS board approved a '.Midget of $3,432,258, up t;8,4% from 1974, Of this amount, less than 14% or $451,753 has to • , raised locally, $2,236.40 comes front provincial grants, while eve Ile from other sources and Toni other boards will contribute x,94;000, The average mill rate collected ast year from supporters in the iwa COUntiCS Was 24.05. This year he average will be 27.46, Some umeipalities will be higher than "This is an important aspect of promotion of health in Huron," said Reeve E. W. Oddleifson, chairman of the Huron County Board of Health. Reeve Oddleifson said Huron has met twice with Perth County to discuss the possibility of a Health Council. He said that while the appointment of a steering committee doesn't "commit this county to anything", the Minister of Health for Ontario is "very favorably inclined" toward some agreement between Huron and Perth where health matters are concerned. MOH Dr.Frank Mills said that after the steering committee has met with both. Huron and Perth Health Units, names would be submitted to ' the Minister of Health for membership on a joint District Health Council. The Minister of Health reserves the right to either accept or reject the recommendation of the steering this and some lower but none will pay more than 3.5 mills that they did in 1974, Ron Marcy of Stratford, the- board's finance committee chairman said. John G. Ritchie, manager of the Brussels branch of Topnotch Feeds Ltd. is retiring from his Position at the end of the month.,. Mr. acid Mrs. , Ritchie were gtiests of honour at a dinner and gathering of Topnotch people in. Stratford on Friday *evening. The event was attended by Topnotch management from all over Ontario including. Topnotch presid'— truce McMillan of ESTABLISHED 1872 committee as to the 'composition of the Health Council. "It is an important. step to get people to sit down and talk about health care services,' said Dr. Mills. He mentioned it would be the committee's duty to make recommendations or proposals for improving health services in Huron and Perth, and about such things as costly duplication of services. Some skepticism was evident in the council chambers. Warden Anson McKinley warned this was an untried venture. "We do not know what authority the Ministry will give to these health councils," said the Warden. "We're going into what is an unknown., I only hope it doesn't st art the bureaucratic structure of the Mustard Report." Warden McKinley told council it is safe to assume that the health council would cover a much wider (Continued on Page 4) Senior management and teacher salaries and instructional supplies are budgeted at $2,053,000, up $355,752 from lait year. plant operation expenses (Continued on Page 5) Winnipeg, Man. After dinner Mr. Ritchie was presented with a large reclining chair and Mrs. Ritchie Was honoured with a silver tea service. 1.M.Cunninghant, Topnotch General Manager was chairman for the presentation program when telegrams from Roy Bonner, assistant to the Topnotch president and from Oeorge T. (Continued on Page 7) HP board defeats motion Trustees of the Huron Perth Roman Chtholic Separate School board narrowly defeated a motion to keep the number of professional development days within the system to six, the same as last year, instead of the ten that Director of Education John Vintar recommended. Mr.Vintar gave board members the dates and tentative agendas for the days, along with a list of what was done in the system's PD days last year. The days for this year were set by a committee of four principals. Trustees noted that one day, September 19, is the date of the Stratford Fall Fair. "What do PD days have to do with fairs?" Wingham trustee William Is our face red? We just hope no one was an hour late for church on Sunday morning. A memory lapse regarding Daylight Saving Time resulted in 'no mention of thefact that it would commence on Sunday, April 27th.. No doubt most people -were made aware of the time change on news broad- casts. Nevertheless we sincerely hope no one was inconvenienced by our lack of information. ******** Bargains will await you on new and used clothing and interesting new articles. It is another, of those very successful Morning Star Rebekah Lodge Variety Fair s on Saturday, May 3rd. You can also save yourself some work by availing yourself of the oppor- tunity to get your choice of the goodies from the delectable home baking that will be on sale. There will be a tea room where you can refresh yourself after you have made the purchases that appeal to you. ******** How dependent a lot of people have become on their T.V, for home entertainment. They are lost without it, We never realize how many hours we spend staring at that screen until suddenly it goes blank and we wait impatient- ly for the television technician. Many of those hours could be much better spend in more enlightening pastimes instead of gazing at some of the trash that Trustoes look at sthools Over the objections of two trustees, the Huron Perth Roman Catholic separate school board decided 'to set up an ad hOc committee to report to trustees bn what is being taught in the schools,. "We should get beyond transportation, buildings, policy and finance and into edcucation-- `that's the name of the game.", said freshman St. Marys trustee John O'Drowsky, who introduced the motion. The curriculuiii committee will also study subjects that are• not now taught in the HPRCSS system for possible future implementation. Dublin trustee Joe Looby objected that reporting on what's being taught in the schools is the administrations job. "If I had a man working for me and wanted to know what's going on, -I'd go and ask him." He said that the move to establish the committee meant the board had no confidence in its administrators, Director of Education John Vintar and Superintendent Joe Tokar. " 'This is not a witch hunt", Mr. O'Drowsky said. "We have great confidence in' the adminstration and we may find out that everything is okay," "Do you think things are not well now?", 'Mr. Looby asked. "Yes, but we'll find out for sure", Mr. O'Drowsky answered. "Bully for you", Mr. Looby said. The board agreed to set up the committee of Mr. O'Drowsky, Ron Marcy, Stratford, Don Crowley, Kinkora and Director of Education John Vintar, with Mr. Looby and Michael Connolly, Kippen voting against the Another motion by Mr. O'Drowsky, to provide in service training for newly elected trustees at the local level •was passed to the board's policy and bylaw committee for study. (Continued on Page 4) comes to us via the air waves. There are a number of very good programs available and for shut- ins T.V. is a real source of enjoyment. ******** Now that we have all struggled through the maze of the so-called "easy" income tax return, by the required date, or given up in disgust and turned it over to an income tax specialist, we can relax. Instead, of putting the whole thing out of our mind do, we wait in dread of receiving notice that we must forward still more money or are we hopeful of a hefty rebate. What are all those income tax. specialists now going to dO with all their leisure time after so many hours of frantic work to get all the returns done in time. ******** Remember those so tasty cookies the Brownies have for sale every year? You Will have the opportunity to get some again on Brownie Cookie Day, Satur- day, May 3rd. Guess what? Although most everything else has increased in price those Brownie cookies are still only 75 cents a package. When a Brownie offers you her cookies help a worthwile group. Buy some. ******* It proves expensive to provide a convenience for the 1180• of the public when they are repeatedly vandalized by Some stupid, (continued' page 6) Brussels Post BRUSSELS ONTARIO uron looks at health., ouncit with Perth eparate school taxes up Jock Ritchie honoured Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy