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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-06-21, Page 12Elementary school principals appealed to the Hutton County Board of Education . , not . to.take their secretaries away from them next year. The principals took a proposal to the board objecting to a recommendation made by the board's fiscal and property policies committee to cut elementary secretarial time by 760 hours per week in the county. The principals,said that the policy inforce before the suggested cuts was "barely adequate" but considerably more reasonable than the sugge'ted revision. Arnold Mathers, principal of Huron Centennial Public School south of Clinton, told the board a reduction of principal's secretarial time would further cramp the already tight schedule' of a principal. He said the elementary school principal's association had appealed to the board every year for the past five years for more secretarial time and was asking the board to not only ignore the recommendation to reduce . secretarial time but to consider authorizing more. Mr Mathers suggested that the board consider giving principals of schools with less than 199 students a secretary 28 hours per week where they now get one 24.5 hours per week. He suggested schools with -between 200 and 399 students get 35 hours Bluevale STRAVVBERRIES Pick Your Own Open daily 8 a.m. weather perm ittin beginning Thursday, June 22 Bring your own quart boxes 4-6 quart baskets or quart boxes. may be purchased NO POTS OR PANS ALLOWED May be purchased "Ready Picked" at Lovell's fruit 8r Vegetable Market #4 Hwy. at Kippen. LEONARD LOVELL West of No, 4 Highway at Kippen Intersection; first fain* on left 262-6418 12 — THE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE 21, 1978 Principals oppose staff cuts policy penalized smaller schools. He said the added secretarial tine could be justified by the principals if the board wished. Mr. Mathers said public relations encouraged in elementary schools has encouraged increased visits to the schools by parents, more telephone calls from parents, school newsletters, parent- teacher interviews and other duties that the principals must assume. He said along with that principals were required to spend time counting and banking milk money, typing class lists, bus lists, 4 0.S.R. cards, monthly reports, ministry reports, reading mail which has doubled in the past three years, organiz- ing field trips, camp programs, money raising projects, c' lass picture m oney collection and accounting, organizing school Gold, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gold, Stouville, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Foxton and family of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Garniss and family, Brussels, Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM ALFRED BIRTLES William Alfred Birtles of 34 Tinder Crescent, Toronto, passed away in Scarboro General Hospital on Thursday, June 15th, 1978 after a lengthy illness. He was 80 years of age. The late Mr. Birtles was born in Sheffield-Norton, England, son of the late Wm. and Minnie Birtles. He had been a telephone switchboard installer for Northern Electric Company. The late Marguerite Jeanette Wilton, of Brussels, predeceased her husband in 1977. He is survived by one daughter Kathryn (Mrs. Guido Marini) of Islington, Ontario and two sons, John of Montreal and Michael of St. John's , Newfoundland. . Mass of The Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Brus,sels on Saturday, June 17th, 1978. at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. Father Detinger of Kingsbridge. Interment in St. Ambrose R.C.Cemetery. Pallbeares were grandsons and nephews. MRS. ALETHA I. BENSON The death of Mrs.,Aletha Irene Benson occurred suddenly at her Correspondent Mrs. Joe Walker 357-3558 ' Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wes Paulin were Mr. and Mrs. Harris Gold, Mrs. Marjorie . Gold, Mr. and. Mrs. Bob Gold of Stouffville, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Foxton and family of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Garniss and family, Brussels, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Breckenridge and family, Bluevale, Mrs. Doris Hoy, and Murray, Ron Irwin, Owen Sound, Mrs. Ruthanne Snelling and Mathew of Atwood. Mr. and Mrs. Irwine McCabe of Windsor spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. W.J.Peacock spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fischer at Rostock. On Monday evening a surprise party was held at the home of. Mr. and Mrs. Win: de Vos when the neighbours gathered there to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Dick de Boer. An address was read by Mrs. Alex MacTavish and they were presented with a table lamp. Sunday visitors for Father's Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker and family were Dayle Fischer, Laurie and Lee-Ann Douglas, Ken Skinn, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henning, Mr. and Mrs. George Fischer and Mr. arid Mrs. Harold Elliott. Members of the Women's Missionary Society of Knox Presbyterian Church were not disappointed when they attended the Associate Members meeting at the home of • Mrs: Keith Moffatt. They were fascinated with the enthusiasm of the speaker, Mrs. Harvey Osborne of Whitechurch, who, with the assistance of slides, portrayed many of her interesting experiences as a nurse among the Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte Islands. Her patients were mainly women and children, lumbermen or miners, and she gained valuable training in obstetrics. Seriously ill patients were flown to Vancouver or Prince Rupert. Grave problems of drinking and illegitamacy exist, though very few babies are given out for adoption; she said. Children born out of wedlock are usually reared by the mothees family. Indian girls Who marry a non-Indian lose their Indian status and must move out of the reserve. Being on time for anything is of ao consequence to the Haidas and they carry a deep bitterness toward the white Man, she said, Words of appreciation to Mrs. Osborne were Spoken by Mrs. Keith Moffatt as she prese nted her with a gift. The president, Mrs. Glenn Golley, chaired this meeting ' using a portion of Psalm 121 as a call to worship folloWed by a Itylitn. Devotions by Mrs. Burns Moffatt included scripture reading from Hebrews 4 and comments on temptation which she said is a test or a trial which may be enticing' or terrifying. Personals Miss Dayle Fischer and Miss Marie Walker spent the weekend with Mrs. Clifford Brewer and family at Milton. Morris . (Continued from Page 1) Council also heard a letter from the MTC regarding the flooding of concession roads 2 and 3 on lots 5 and 6. MTC had gone along with some of council's recommen- dations but also made some suggestions of their own which council felt weren't applicable to the situation. Council decided to get the engineering firm of Burns-Ross who had made the recommen- dations to talk to MTC about the problem and ask them to comply with council's resolution on it. Belgrave Kinsmen will hold bike rodeo On June 7th the Belgrave Kinsmen met at the Wingham Curling Club and the Wingham Kinsmen were their special guests. Wayne Chandler was the winner of the Chinese auction. The Belgrave Club are sending a donation to the Feversham Kins- men for their charter night June 17th., Neil Edgar and Wayne Fear reported on their very successful Pork Barbeque held June 3rd at Belgrave. Over 200 people at- tended and a donation of $500.00 from the profits will be sent to the Cystic Fibrosis Program. Pre- sident Lloyd Michie presented a copper engraved plaque to Don Carter of the Wingham Kinsmen Club in appreciaiton of the work and time involved by their club in chartering the Belgrave Kinsmen. Club. Don Carter and Alex Strong responded for their. club. -Belgrave and District Kinsmen started arrangements for a bike' rodeo for children.to be held at Belgrave the. end of June at their meeting. Allan Bridge, Lorne Campbell, Jeff Hurst and Lloyd Michie attend Kinsmen Spring Con= vention de in Sarnia and reported back to . the meeting, At this Convention Kinsmen awards. were presented, new executive elected arid a large crowd at- tended the C.V. dinner in the Sarnia Township Arena of secretarial help where they . now get between 31.5 and 35 hours and schools with 400 students or more get 42 hours per week where they now get 35 hours. The revised policy suggested by the property committee granted schools with less than 150 pupils seven hours secretarial time per .week. Schools with between 150 and 300 students were given 24.5 hours per week. Those with between 300 and 450 students were given 31.5 'hours per week and those over 450 students were given 35 hours per week. Mr. Mathers argued that adequate secretarial assistance was of paramount importance to the smooth operation of any elementary school. H e said all but six elementary schools in the county had teaching principals pointing .out that the proposed Correspondent Mrs. Joe Walker 357-3558 Bluevale Tri-County Midget Girls tied with Belgrave 36-36 in Bluevale, June 6. Friday, June 9 Bluevale Midget Girls won 23-16 over Winthrop at Winthrop. Boys Bantam team lost by I run, Ethel 20 and Bluevale 9. Wed., the Bluevale boys won at home, 34-33 against Winthrop. Miss Linda Harkness was a Sunday visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker and family. Rev. Young of Goderich was the guest speaker at the 121st Anniversary of Knox Presbyterian Church, Bluevale. the choir sang, "Mansion Over The Hilltop" and "It Is No Secret"' accompanied by Mrs. Shirley Snell and Miss Kathy Snell. A vivid description of her visit to a Royal garden party, related by Mrs. Wilson Thornton, was one of the highlights of the meeting of the Bluevale United Church Women, held Sunday evening. The president, Mrs. Wendell Stamper, opened the meeting by' reading "All Things Bright and Beautiful" and other thoughts of spring. A hynn was sung and members of Unit Two conducted the worship service with Mrs. Robert Fraser, leader. She read scripture passages and a poem, "Spring Song" was read by Mrs. Edward Sewart. Mrs. Lloyd Warwick read a poem "Where?" and Mrs. Mel Craig closed the worship service with prayer. Mrs. Charles Mathers introduced Mr. and Mrs. Thornton who, as well as describing the garden party, told of their travels and showed slides of Scandinavia and the British Isles. Mrs. Mathers thanked them on behalf of those present. The meeting was closed with a hymn and benediction by Rev. Wilena Brown.' Visitors were present from Whitechurch United Church and Bluevale Presbyterian Church, Miss Pat Pritchard of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. George Fischer and Dayle: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wright, Dotiglas and Steven Walker spent Sunday With Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henning. Timmy and a Kenneth MacTavish of Wingham spent the weekend with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Alex MacTavish, Sunday visitors with Mr, ana Mrs, Wes Paulin were Mr. and Mrs. Harris Gold, Mrs. Marjorie. testing programs, handling library duties, handling adminis- tration of school supplies and organizing special school events. Bill Black, president of the county elementary school principal's association told the -board in a ' letter that the secretarial cuts* will, not really save money.. "In our striving to provide leadership in our Schools and quality of education for the pupils under our care we really cannot feel that it is money saved to have principals spending more time counting milk money, answering telephones, typing letters, sorting bills, bandaging knees and checking supplies." The board asked the property committee to meet with the principals to work out a policy for secretarial help and make a recommendation to the board for its August, meeting. Dale Breckenridge and family; Bluevale, Mrs. Doris Hoy and Murray, Mr. Ron Irwin, Owen Sound, Mrs. Ruthann Snelling and Mathew of Atwood.' late residence in Brussels on Monday June 12th. She was 64 years of age. Born in Frankford, Ontario, she was the daughter of the late Timothy and Matilda Hinds. She is survived by two daughters, Barbara (Mrs. Max Watts) of Brussels and Jean (Mrs. Garnet MacKinnon) of Dartmouth, N.S.; two sons, Darwin of Fruitvale, B.C. and Dale of R.R.5, Madoc, Ontario, one brother, Wm. Hinds of Toronto and twelve grand- children. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Earl 113enson, in 1971, and one sister, Mrs. Ila • Mitchell of Frankford. Rested at the M. L. Watt Funeral Home, Brussels, Tuesday afternoon and evening, thence to Grant Funeral Home, Belleville, where funeral service was held on Thursday, June 15, 1978, at 2:00 p.m. Interment was in Huntingdon Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ross' Laine, Clare Hagerman, Walton Reid, Ross Twiddy, Carlyle Rolli.ns, Lester Reid. In Tri-County play Bluevale girls win Obituaries West