The Citizen, 1987-02-11, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1987.
Walton Bolgers celebrate 45th anniversary
Compiled, by Mrs. Betty McCall. Phone 887 6677
Sports Club meets
Congratulations to Harold and
Elva Bolger who celebrated their
45th wedding anniversary on
Saturday, February 7 with a dinner
attheTripleKRestaurantin Blyth.
Those attending were Larry and
Faye Bolger, Chris and Erin,
Blyth; Bill and Jean Hutchinson,
Jeff and Steve, Listowel; Robert
and Shirley Lillycrop, Sheri and
Tracey and friend Dan, London;
Olive Papple and Margery, Sea
forth; Harold and Naomi Pryce,
Winthrop; Oliver and Thelma
Pryce, Seaforth; Margeurite San
derson, Brussels; Jamie Sander
son, New Market; Gerald and
Berva Watson, Blyth. Afterreturn
ing to their home in Walton, the
rest of the evening was spent
playing cards and visiting.
Albertans visit area
The Walton Area Sports Club
heldtheirmeetingonFebruary3 at
Ernie Lewington’s.
The secretary’s report was given
by Bev Stevenson. Ernie Lewing-
ton gave the treasurer’s report.
The annual poker rally was
discussed with ideas to make it
better. A good profit was shown.
The next meeting is at the library
on March 3 at 8 p.m.
Albin and Ruby Bergstrom of
Bashaw, Alberta visited with
Emerson and Phyllis Mitchell on
their return trip from Jamaica with
Doug and Marjorie Fraser, leaving
Sunday morning to fly out of
Toronto to the West.
Mrs. Viola Kirkby visited on
Thursday with Margaret Brown of
Monkton.
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Drop out rate causes concern
With the number of high school
drop-outs standing at nearly one
out of every three students who
enters Grade 9 across the province,
the Huron County Board of
Education is taking positive steps
to try to identify some of the forces
which cause the problem.
Superintendent of student ser
vices Paul Carroll said that a study
had been conducted in county
Comments invited
on student fundraising
Members of the public have
been invited to comment on the
issue of student fund-raising in
Huron County schools, a matter
which has caused increasing con
cern among teachers and parents
since the issue was first made
public last year.
At the February meeting of the
Huron County Board of Education
in Clinton last week, the executive
committee of the board issued the
invitation for input which may help
trustees to formulate a policy when
the matter comes up for discussion
later this year.
Fee increase
rejected
BY BILL BRAGG
Huron County Council last week
rejected a planning committee
recommendation to raise consent
application fees from $500 to $750
each.
Many council members felt the
increase was too steep despite
arguments by Gary Davidson, the
county planning director, that it
would cost his department $820 per
application based on an estimated
75 applications in 1987.
“It must be noted,’’ Davidson
said in his work program report,
“that consents are very marginal
cost sensitive in nature.
“If only 70 applications were
received the cost per consent
would be $880 and $950 with 65
applications.
“If there is no increase in
application fee the estimated
revenue from consent application
fees will be $37,500 in 1987.”
Davidson said the estimated
revenue from consent fees if raised
to $750 each would be $56,250 in
1987.
At $500, there would be a
difference of an estimated $18,750.
The 1987 budget totalling $521,
958 based on the higher fee was
referred to the executive commit
tee so it could be trimmed by
$18,750.
In other business, council re
ceived a letter from Dr. L. C.
Vincente, area medical officer of
the public health branch of the
ministry of health giving the Huron
County Health Unit a clean bill of
health.
The letter was read to council
when a member of council noted
there had been articles in the press
criticizing the level of health
services.
Vicente’s letter said that there
has been no deterioration in the
quality or quantity of the public
health services/programs offered
by the health unit since his
previous evaluation in June, 1986.
School trustee John Jewitt of RR
1, Londesboro, aspokesman for
the committee, said that any
comments would be welcome, and
could be directed to any local
trustee, or to Bob Allen, the
director of education, at the Board
office in Clinton.
Concern about shortfalls in
provincial funding provided for
students at the elementary school
level has raised a protest from
members of the Ontario Public
School Teachers’ Federation
(OPSTF), which is seeking support
in its lobby to have elementary
funding raised to match that
provided for secondary school
students in the province.
Door-to-door fund-raising is
done by elementary school stu
dents to provide such items as
sports equipment, computer hard
ware and field trips, all of which
OPSTF contends should be suppli
ed to schools through adequate
government funding.
schools of every non-graduating
secondary school student, and that
data is now being gathered as a
result of the survey.
“The data will hopefully be
compiled by the end of February to
provide a clue as to what we should
look for in the early grades as the
basis of this problem,” he said.
The information will then be
interpreted and recommendations
developed as to how the situation
should be addressed, he added.
Director of Education Bob Allen
said Friday that the situation in
Huron is quite comparable to the
provincial situation, which he said
is “not good.”
However, Mr. Allen noted that
the definition of a drop-out has
changed significantly over the
years, noting that the term was
once applied only to students who
did not finish Grade 8, andthatonly
10-15 years ago school-leaving was
set by law at age 14.
At present, the term applies to
young people who enter Grade 9
but are out of school befbre the end
of Grade 12, and in most cases
therefore unfit for work in an
increasingly technological age.
Deputy Minister of Education
Bernard Shapiro said recently that
he attributes much of the drop-out
rate to afailureto teach reading
and writing skills at the primary
level, so that students become
frustrated and leave school as soon
as they are legally able.
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Would like to say Thank you to all those who
helped, participated and donated to make our
Poker Rally a success.
The Donators are:
Zehr's - Listowel, Elwood Smith Ltd., P & F Lawn and Sports, Ideal
Supply, Perth Machinery, Midwestern Equipment, Listowel Feed
Mill, Elma Mututal Fire Insurance, Lloyd's Small Engines, Bell
Canada, N. D. Cameron, Zehr's - Wingham, Lynn Hoy Enterprises,
McGee Auto Electric, Bridge Motors, Super X Drug Stores, E.M.A.
Grocery - Brussels, Thompson's Meat Market, Golden Lantern
Restaurant, Murray Lowe, J. L. McCutcheon Motors, Brussels
Motors, Maitland Valley Insurance, McDonald Buildall, Ken's Men's
Wear, CIL, Cardiff & Mulvey Insurance, Brussels Stockyards,
McCutcheon Grocery, Topnotch, JR's Shake Shoppe, Oldfield Pro
Hardware, Bernard Fuels, George Blake, Brussels Variety, Dale
Machan Plumbing & Heating, Blake's Orchards, Todd's Bakery,
Stewart's Pharmacy, Radford Auto & Farm, B & G Electric, Bank of
Commerce - Brussels, Gore's Home Hardware, Scrimgeour's Food
Market, Bank of Commerce - Blyth, Manning's Lumber, Radford
Construction, Kate's Kitchen, Wilson's Gifts, Blyth Veterinary Clinic,
Bainton'sOld Mill, Huron Tractor, The Citizen, Wallace Turkey, Atlas
Tannery, Grandview Restaurant, Chauncey's Hairstyling, Triple K
Restaurant, Sparling Propane, Blyth Mini-Mart, Howson & Howson,
Hamm Motors, Walton Feed Mill, L-H Resource Management, Lite
Bite, Humphries Store, Cook's, McGavin Farm Equipment, Jo-Ann
McDonald Hairstyling, Mark's Garage, Margaret's Hairdressing,
K.M. & M. Drainage, Walton Refrigeration & Appliances, Stewart
McCall Ltd., Robert's Welding, Watson Reid, Hoegy's Farm Supply,
Barry Hoegy, Seaforth Automotive, Vincent Farm Equipment, Stewart
Bros., Sills Hardware, State Farm Insurance - Jim Etue, Archie's
Sunoco, Campbell's Crown Hardware, Gulf Service Centre, E.M.A.
Grocery, Pizza Train, Anna's Dress Shoppe, Canadian Tire - Seaforth,
Bob & Betty's, Texaco, Hildebrand's Flowers, Hildebrand Paint &
Paper, Shinen's, Hoffmeyer's Mill, Treemeer Printers, Triangle
Discount, Co-op, All Styles II, Middegaal Pools, Topnotch, Winthrop
General Store, Dixie Lee, Custom Art Designers, Seaforth Sewing
Centre, Flower Magic by Jean, Wong's Grill, Huron Expositor,
Seaforth Foto Pro's, Seaforth Image Cleaners, Lyon's Food Market,
Stedman's, Dr. Brian Nuhn, Seaforth Insurance, Jim Bosman Fuels
Ltd., Bob's Variety, Modern Appliance Centre, Listowel.
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