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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-03-10, Page 2SKATING ttUB ACHIEVEMENT - WILL BE HELD ° IN THE LUCKNOW AR1kNA Satutd0y,...,Mirch. 13th. •at: 8 pAt.. ADMISSION $1.00 12 AND'UNDER FREE GUEST SKATERS CAROL WHEELER (AGE 14) — BLAINE MOORE (AGE 15) MARK MOORE (AGE 7) All from the Wingham Skating qub Carol and Blaine were Gold Medalists at Sarnia W.O.S.W.I.C. and North Bay Free Skating Competition in 1975 and Silver Med- alists at Niagara Falls and Toronto Invitational Free Skating CompetitiOn in 1975. Inr February 1976 they, were Silver Medalists at 1976 Western Ontario Sectional Competition in. Cambridge and Ontario Silver Medalists at Ontario Winter Games at Sault Ste. Marie. ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND TO' VIEW THE :ACCOMPLISHMENTS .OF ,THE SKATERS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE INVITED TO • sitki RIPLEY NIGHT SCHOOL OPEN NOUSE 'TO BE HELD AT RIPLEY DISTRICT 'SCHOOL at8 p.in. Thursday, March 1 1 th • • U • ogram will include displays, fashion show and awarding of certificates 24. .1, • . PAGE ,TWO 1••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• z. The Lucionvir SENTINEL . ' LUCKNOW, ONTARIO • "The Sepoy Town" — 'On the Huron-Bruce Boundary "• Cost Cutting In Huron School Budget, Trustees Faced With Big Monetary. Dedsions Or Tax Rates Will Soar . • • * • U . • ._Donald C. Thampson, Publisher • • , , , ' • ••••••••••••••••••••ai•••••••••••••i•a•••• Second Class Mail Registration. Number 0847 Established 1813 -- Published Wednesda?? Member of the C.C.N.A. and 0:W.N.A. `Subscription 'Rate, $8.00 a yelir in .advance $2 extra to US.A. and Foreign THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1976. The Huron County Board of Education's budget committee is in such a bind over the proposed 1976 budget that it has drawn up two cost-slashing plans. The committee presented the board with a 10-point plan which would see five secretaries laid off and expenditures on instructional supplies cut by 20 percent. This is in addition to a 13-point plan, introduced last month, that the board 'is still considering. And although measures may sound severe, they will achieve a saving of only about $115,000,- less than one per cent of the board's estimated 1976 budget of $19 million. The board is faced with ,a situation coif mon to all boards - expenditures have risen sharply but provincial grants ,have been held at eight per cents above last year's level. - ,Unless it can pull some monetary' miracle, education taxes could increase by 50 per cent. • "From the ratepayers' point of view, we're not saving much"' bOard vice-chairman C.H. Thomas said of the new plan. 'We're • cutting tools. from high-priced workers." The new plan also proposes that' * Custodial supply expenditures be frozen and redistributed when necessary. , • , * The transportation manager look into the potential saving if the maximum walking distances were. set at one mile for secondary school students and one-half mile for • elementary school pupils. , * The board sell ' eight surplus buses now used for field trips. * The fee for driver education be raised from the present $25 to $35 per pupil.. . *There be a "reasonable increase" in: night school': tees. * The board look into the extra-curricular use of schools and survey the rate, schedules for community use of the facilities. *The board conserve energy in the schools by setting school thermom- eters at 21 degrees and institute a program to save energy. After hearing the proposals, the board 'referred them 'to a special board meeting to discuss the budget March 15. • Trustee Marion Zinn summed up most of the board members' feeling when she said: "This bit today is no more than a nick" in the post." "But at least it's a nick," said Roy Dunlop, the board's superin- tendent of business affairs. At the meeting, the board heard from a delegation of primary school principals who were requesting more say in the board's budget proposals. Bruce Robertson, principal of Howick Central School in Gorrie, said the principals feel they need to have some input in the budget since it will directly. affect them. "We have to live with the budget restraints," he said; "But we want to maintain our present calibre Of work:" • * The board arranged & meeting between the principals and the budget committee. • Budget committee. chairman John Elliot of Blyth said ,thee board will be considering both budget. plans, in the next month. He expects the final budget to be ready in mid-April. Mr. Elliot said :salaries account for 85 per cent of the budget ,and that there was no opportunity for ' cost-slashing there. Instead, the committee was trying , to skim the top off the remaining 15 per cent. In other business, the board passed a Lambton County board of . education resolution urging that the drinking .age in Ontario be raised from 18 to 20. Bob Ritter, principal of the high school in Wingham, said some of his students have to 'be sent home , in the afternoon because they've been drinking at the local bars during noon hour., `It's not an epidemic, just an increasing problem," he said. • Alton Macintyre Died At Age 44 After Long Illnes ALLAN A. MacINTYRE • Allan Archibald Macintyre, a Kinloss ToWnship farmer and auctioneer, passed away on Wed- nesday, March 3rd at Wingham and 'District Hospital 'following a -lengthy illness. He, was 44. Allan was a son of Archibald and Norma (Nidholson) MacIntyre and was bob' in Kinloss Tovvnship on August 23, 1931. On December 24, 1960, he married Nancy Needham of the Kincardine area. Besides his wife he is survived by .a young family of three, Paul 11, Helen 9 and Heather 7, all at home; two brothers Dr. Alex Machityre of Alliston, 'Donald C. , MacIntyre of Kinloss Township and one sister Miss. Mary MacIntyre of Lucknow. He was predeceased .by his parents. Allan was a lifelong resident of Kinloss Township. He attended elementary school at the 2nd of Kinloss and secondary school in Lucknow. In his years as an auctioneer and fariner, he had Made many friends and acquaint- ances and was known throughout a wide area. He courageously and optimistically fought" through a long • illnes and his death came suddenly at VVingham Hospital shortly after visiting with. Mends on Wednesday afternoon. The funeral service was held at' 'MacKenzie Memorial Chapel, Lucknow on Saturday, March 6. Rev. Glenn Noble, minister of South Kinloss Church of which the deceased was a member,, conduct- ed the service. , Mrs. Lorne Sparks and' Frank MacKenzie sang a duet and Mrs. Anne Pritchard was organist. Honourarypallbearers were Bob Armstrong, Joe MacMillan. George Lockhart, Jim Boyle, Bill Porteous, Jack Henderson, Clar- ence Irwin. , • Active pallbearers were' George Anderson, Bruce Johnston, Grant Phillips, Gordoii- Brooks; Joe Foran and Dan. Rose. Temporary 'entombment was at South Kinloss Mausoleum. Old Light Lodge No. 184 A.F. 8i A.M. held a service on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. OLI VET VISITED HOMELAND Mr. and Mrs. Gerry, Meurs of the '4th concession recently returned -home from a very enjoyable trip to Holland. They also spent, some time in Paris, France, where' they' visited with friends and relatives. Mrs. Meurs was bOrn in France. They reported good ' weather, except for some snow in France, something that had'n't happened in '6 years. This, was Gerry's and Sylvia's/first trip-back to Holland since coming to Canada 8 years ago. Mrs. Robert Engel, Marilyn and Robbie Of Dublin visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Black, Joyce and Jim. Visiting on Friday evening 'with -Mr. and* Mrs*. Ron McGuire and Christopher were Danny Boyd and Mary Ann Coiling. Mr. aind Mrs. Bert White and family of Birr and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Moore and boys of Ripley visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar White. • $750 RAISED CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 injury and property damage was staggering. The • money was raised' in Lucknow and Goderich. Here in Lucknow donations Were received at Uinbach Pharmacy. The funds will go directly to Guatemala and will be distributed where needed there. WALICATHONS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Walkathons in the area last year sponsored jointly by the Lions and , Coca Cola. , Locally, $2400 was raised by the Luclmow and District Lions* Club. $1200 of this was earmarked for Olympic athlete's training pro- grams and the other $1200 is to be used in helping send the Lucknow 'School Band to the Lions* conven- tion parade in Quebec this year. MILKER CLINIC 8:00 A.M. TO 4 P.M. AT LUCKNOW• DISTRICT CO-OP Bring In Your Universal Pulsators and have them cleaned and repaired. No charge for labour, just 'for the parts. Factory trained per- sonnel to do the service. Specials on milker de- We like to know our customerp by. name! Lucknow District Co-op PHONE 5283024 ATTEND OUR 'UNIVERSAL Tuesday, March 16 tergents and cleaners.