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Ontario
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An increase of six per cent was
approved for salaries paid to
office secretaries in the Huron-
Perth County Roman. Catholic
Separate School Board office at a
meeting held in Dublin Monday
night. The increase, subject to
anti-inflation board approval, will
be effective from January 1, 1978
to December 31, 197$.
Joseph Mills, Superintendent
of Education, formerly named
Superintendent of Special
Services, was given an increase in
salary from $31,900 to $34,400
(By Wilma Oke)
Eight members of the medical
and nursing staff of the Seaforth
Community Hospital have,
received training ' to use the
defibrillator recently purchased at
a cost of $3,800.
At a meeting of the hospital
board Tuesday night it was
learned the equipment will be-
used in case 'of cardiac or
respiratory arrest and for certain
other cardiac conditions'.' Dr.
Rodger Whitman and Dr. John .
Underwood explained the use of
the machine and the training
received.
A request by John Westcott
was approved for two n ew pieces
of equipment for his physio-
therapy department in „ the
hospital. The one, cold packs or
chilling equipment-will be used to
treat inflammatory conditions
such as rheumatoid arthritics:
The other piece of equipment is
an intermittent traction machine
to be used for back, neck and
limbs.
The total cost of the two pieces
plus benefits, anda mileage rate
increase from 18 cents to 20
cents.
The salary contract for Wm,
Eckert, hired in July as Director
of Education at a salary of $37,000
was given final approval by the
board outlining all terms of his
employment and benefits.
William Innes, Stratford,
attendance' counsellor of the
board, received a wage increase
from $5 to $5.50 per hour,
effective September 1, 1977, to
August, and his mileage
allowance increased to 20 from 18
is expected to be about $2,500.
The board was told that the
hospital had earned its third
Accident Prevention Award.
The award is presented by the
Ontario Hospital Association's
Hospital Accident Prevention
Department (HAPD), to the
hospital with the lowest
frequency of lost time injuries
among its staff.
The board members are still
concerned about the traffic"
hazard exis ting at the entrance to
the hospital at the corner of
Centennial Drive on Highway
8.The entrance is located on the
busy highway near the brow of a
hill. The board is continuing to try
and seek a solution. The board
through the Town Council asked
the Ministry of Transportation
and Communication for a flashing
light and a sign indicating a
hidden intersection and a turn
lane. The Ministry turned down
the turn lane which would cost
$50,000' and offered instead a
double line on the roadway at that
point to prevent passing.
cents. His duties are now to
,include assisting in searching
alpha listings for -Catholic families
who are directing their taxes to
public school system in order to
increase assessment to separate
schools, and to assist in forming
zones in unorganized areas.
The separate schools in Huron
and Perth will have What Makes.
Our Schools Catholic as the theme
for 1977-78 Professional Activity
Days. The first will be .held on
October 17 at St. Patrick's School,
Dublin, when Bishop Sherlock of
London will be the keynote
speaker and he will give each
school staff their mandate to
teach religion in the schools.
Declining enrolment brings
many problems. One is what to do
with the surplus of desks. Trustee
John O'Drowsky of St. marys
asked what each school was doing
and wondered if a central store-
room would be necessary as some
schools do not have storage room
to spare.
Jack Lane, Superintendent of
Business and Finance, said there
was no doubt a surplus of desks in
the system and a report would be
prepared on the problem.
The' Board voted to increase
their contribution to, the Kiwanis
Music Festival to $125 from $100.
Trustee John O'Drowsky will
attend the Canadian Catholic
Parent/Teacher Association
annual convention at Sudbtiry
September 30.
The trustees agreed to try and
hold committee meetings on
Monday and Wednesday nights
only if possible.
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Three mothers in Stratford with
children in separate schools will
be allowed to continue to send
them to these schools for 1977-78
at no expense to the family--the
$100 charge will be dropped.
These are Protestant mothers
whose Catholic husbands have
died.
A conference on declining
enrolment at the Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education in
Toronto will be attended by Jack
Lane and Joseph Mills. Trustees
will be attending a . similar
conference in December. The
decline in separate schools in
Huron and Perth is over 160
students this year.
A lengthy discussion was held
on a series of recommendations
for by-law changes and policy
changes before they were finally
approved by the board. Included
was "That board when in regular
meeting shall not remain in
committee-of-the -whole, in
camera, past the hour of 9 p.m.
unless determined by a majority
vote of the members present. ,
In the past the press represen-
tative, delegations, principals and
teachers attending meetings, and
other visitors have been ke$
waiting up to almost 10.30 p.ni.
on occasion before the regular
meeting started.
The following trustees
volunteered to sit on the various
curriculum committees of the
board: Art--Chairman Mickey
Vere; Science, Ted Geoffrey,
Zurich; Music, Donald Crowley,
R. R. #2, Gadshill; Reading,
IN Arthur Haid, ' Listowel;
Geography, Ronald Murray,
Dublin; Kindergarten, David
Teahen, Stratford; History, John.
O'Drowsky, St. Marys; French,
Greg Fleming, Crediton; Environ-
mental Studies, Michael Connolly
Kippen; Mathematics, Inter-
mediate, Ronald Marcy,
Stratford; and English, Inter-
mediate, John O'Leary, Staffa.
The next board meeting will be
held Tuesday, October 11.
Hospital gets
heart machine