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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-08-30, Page 3COUNCILLOR'S DELIGHT—Councillor Torn Pletch (left), Marg Krauter and Reeve Cal Krauter of Brussels enjoyed a meal when a Ladies night was held in the Blyth and District Community Centre for Huron County Council Past Wardens, Mayors, Clerks and Treasurers, Dept. Heads and their wives pn Friday night. (Brussels Post Photo) NOTICE Now Paying a High Rate of 9 3/ 0, ,4 ,0 % Monthly, Semi-Compound 9 If You can not come to the office we will call at your home. The Company is a member of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation. RONNENBERG INSURANCE AGENCY Guaranteed Trust Certificates for 5 Year Term Annually or Compound Monkton Office Open (Monday thru Saturday Phone 347-2241 Brussels Office Open Tuesdays & Fridays Phone 887-6663 t '-C RAWFORD MOTORS WINGHAM ,ONTARIO SALE•PRI,.. 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"If they haven't taken the book they have a pretty slim chance of passing," he said. Dorothy Wallace reminded the board of the concerns teachers had expressed about banning the books. She said the, teachers claimed if the board this year banned the three books here and next year banned the -three under fire in Wellington County and the year after that the three under fire in Nova Scotia teachers may find themselves not knowing where to turn for representative Canadian Literature. "We're not taking the books away from the students and teachers. We're just taking them out of the system," said Mr. Henderson. "If this is Canadian Literatue then I don't want it." Zurich trustee Herb Turkheim pointed out that most of the students being taught the books would be 18 years of age and that they would be permitted at that age to vote, become soldiers and sign million dollar contracts to play professional sports. "And yet we tell the' they're not old enought to read these books," he said. Mr. Turkheim added that he felt it is much wiser tohavea professional teaching the book and putting it in its proper perspective that to have students "reading them in bed at night and taking their own meaning." Mr. Henderson asked board chairman John Elliott to take a recorded vote on the books. John Alexander, Harry Hayter, Donald McDonald, R.K. Peck, Charles Rau, John Henderson, Eugene Frayne, Murray Mulvey and. Clarence McDonald were in favor of removing The Diviners while Cayley Hill, Shirley Hazlitt, Dorothy Wallace, Dorothy Williams, Marion Zinn and Herb (Continued from Page 1) diesel genera, ors and re- painted the exterior of the cars. Both CN and Canadian Pacific Railways (CPR) will move the train from site to site over the five years of its journey at no cost to the project. The theme for the Dis- covery Trian was designed by a concept committee of writers, historians and museum representatives from across the country. The theme will beillustrated with artwork, audio-visual material and artifacts drawn from the collections of museums in each of Canada's provinces. The story starts in two geographical cars where visitors walk through Canada on "Seven League Boots" September 26 - 30, 1978 I BERG S ales — Service' I Installation FREE ESTIMATES I - I ° Barn Cleaners I ° Bunk Feeders ° Stabling I I Donald G. Ives 1 R.R.#2, Biytb I Phone: I Brussels 887-9024 Turkbeim opposed t h e move . Another Time? Anxious to prevent a recurrence of the book, banning .issue the board looked at a policy that would require a teacher to choose material for use in classrooms justifying any decisions to the board. In that way the board hoped to have professional experti se go into decisions on what would be used in the classrooms and put the burden of the decision on the. teachers. The board felt that since the teachers make most of the decisions on books and the trustees merely rubber stamp the request for books, the teachers shoUld have to defend their choices. The policy • put before the board for approval was rejected since it was apparent, some trustees did not want teachers to have the power to choose material without any board involvement. John Henderson said the policy before the board denied the board power leaving the entire decision up to the teachers. The policy prepared for the board was written by director of education . John Cochrane working with superintendents, secondary school principals, English depart- ment heads and teachers and was desigend to make teachers responsible for the choice of materials and make 'them responsible to handle complaints about their choice of texts for classroom use. It was Mr. Cochrane who suggested that the board not adopt the policy prepared since it was obvious it did not agree with it. He said some trustees have made it clear the board did not want teachers making decisions on what should be taught nor did they believe that professional freedom and accountablility are essential to the teaching profession. area city the train visits, 1,000 visitors an hour tour the train. Many Huron County School pupils will be visiting the train during its stay in Stratford. All the Grade 7 an 8 pupils in the Huron-Perth Separate Schools will be bussed to tour the train during its Stratford visit. Discovery train will be in from the east coast' to the west coast, experiencing the variety of climates found in Canada. Then a moving sidewalk carries visitors through ten cars where the culture and historic heritage of the country is displayed. The Discovery Train was first unveiled in mid-July in Kingston. At each town or Fall Fair Assoc. meets The Annual Meeting and Banquet of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies, District 8, Huron- Perth will be held Wednes- day, October 25, it was decided at a meeting held in Kirkton recently. Fair Boards in Ontario are big business nowadays and the local fall fair remains an important community effort, William Westman of IVtIverton, President of the Association for the past three years, is retiring but has found his term of office 'enjoyable and rewarding. Don Young of Auburn is Secretary of District 8.