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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-11-20, Page 4w,u«'.xremrrr u6.. nNIffL*Auyhu. a.rragyN,.vs%.e, N. 'u»wwmre✓+.wxu rt.>�-+rnxawrw��.r vwauw ,.,1 w.. na w..�mutraz: AA':^;uxaeFAueM;u oy£ roe tom, * With tills "If we behave, in the text thl years «s we hie..n thethree etottes sjnat our yin men fought and died thair sacrifice will have been In vain. The ebaai''u heights r greediness las been reached in this country as everyone, particularly in organized labour, mattes a grab for whatever they can g+et, One group in particular, the Metro Toronto high school teachers, are showing the best ftn`M attherplg trough as the following editorial taken from the Tomah) Glee and Mail ably demonstrat. "What salary slid fringe benefits have. 8,600 Metro Toronto high school teachers rete cted by a vote of 92.8 percent? What is the offer by the Metro school boards which angered 89 per - Cent of teachers into going on strike? Teachers. are divided by qualifications into four groups for — --salary ipges. Fifty-six percent are in Group 4, ich has h _chest-----_._. qualifications. More than half of Metre's teachers hers have more than 10 years' experience. "Here, then, is the portrait of a t„k has 10 years' xareer teacher. "At present this teacher earns $16,400 a year. Under the boards' offer he would immediately get a 31.3 per- cent increase to $21427 a year, Next September 1 he would go to $24,820 a year. for a 51.3 percent increase over two years. Next year he would also be entitled to a cost -of -living increase. **This teacher --and ail other Metro high school teachers—will receive the following vacations and statutory holidays. He will have two weeks of Christmas vacation between December 19 and January 5. He will have one week's vacation. between March 20 and March 28, for the winter break. He will have nine weeks and two days of vacation during the summer holiday season. His total vacation time will be 12 weeks and two days. • "In addition he will have five statutory holidays ---other statutory holidays fall in his vacation periods. Of the 197 school days he is required to work in a year. he is allowed 12 'for professional development activities. "Of Metro's 8.600 high - school teachers. only about 1 to 2 percent use a part of their summer vacation to take upgrading courses. "The teachers' working day is legally from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven hours. Many teachers work beyond- these eyond-these hours marking papers or taking . part in extra -curricular programs. The actual teaching day. however, ends in most Metro high schools at 3;15 or 3:30 p.m. Teachinga.periods vary in length between schools. The most general practice calls for nine 40 -minute periods a day. Of these nine periods. a teactlerteaches six --or four hours hasone period clear, one for lunch, and one during which he or she is on call. "Teachers' pensions are provided not by the teachersand the beard% but by the teachers and the provincial Government. The teacher contributes six percent of his gross basic salary. the province six percent. Beyond this there is a spacial flim, to which each party contributes one percent, which provides far a ost ef-living increases during retirement. "A teacher tan retire on full pension after 35 years of teaching experience, if those 35 years plus his age equal 90. He could, that is, retire with full pension at age 55. His pension is 70 percent of the average salary earned during his best seven years, "Up to one percent of the teaching staff in Metro high schools may be on sabbatical Leave at one time, at the discretion of the boards. A teacher on --sabbatleal-now,receivesiuntailnum of 60 percent of his annual salary, pias 10 percent for each dependant to a maximum of 80 percent. The boards have offered to make this a flat 80 percent, and to increase payments for tuition fee°during the year from $600 to $800. "A teacher can claim 20 days of sick leave a year. What he does not use can be accumulated year atter year if he has a lengthy sickness in one year. he must draw on this bank. When he retires, he can claim a gratuity for unused sick leave up to 58 percent of his final year's salary. if his sick leave bank is at least 200 days and if he has at least' 25 years of service. If he had less in his sick -leave bank or shorter ser- vice, his gratuity would be smaller. "Boards have been paying 60 percent of premiums for teachers' group life insurance, with a maximum of $60,000; 75 percent of extended health care premiums; and 75 percent of Ontario Health Insurance Phan premiums. The federal Government, however, has required that OHIP premiums paid by an employer be added to the em- ployee's wages and taxed. So the boards have offered to restructure and enrich the fringe benefits, "They would no longer pay any part of OHIP premiums, Instead they would pay 100 percent of premiums for a new dental care program. They would increase the maximum amount of life insurance/available to $80.900, pay 100 percent of the premium on the first $25.000 and leave the teacher to pay any extra. -'hey would add eyeglasses .and hearing Bids to the extended health 'care program, and pay 100 percent of the premium. They would pay 100 percent of semi -private hospital care premiums where they now pay nothing. The changes would mean more services and more money in the teacher's pocket. "Thee teachers have refected this totat wage -benefit package, and are\ walking the picket lines." Ohm) a publiabed each y• o ff, ds. tit Is reslitered' 11* the attic* ender bet Mt NT wrd #a Ms the its t*t and Sew tlai. totalt 10 YEARS AGO November 18 195 William Craig. 53 Whitehead Street, will become technical director at Central • Huron Secondary School here after the Christmas vacations He succeeds Richard Harland to this post. Mr. Craig Joined the stag' at CDCI in 1955 as industrial arts teacher, and recently re -qualified to a vocational type A classification in carpentry, Clinton kept faith With the young Wien who died in - defense --of the Canadian _way of life, as veterans and ser- vice personnel paraded to the site of the town's new cenotaph on November 11. Perhaps it was the new centpb, end Fh ,it was the quite,decent weather, .or maybe it wag , the better location of the cenotaph, but in any case there wase near - record turnout of people to the brief ceremony at Library Park. The first dinner meeting of the Board of Governors of Clinton Public Hospital brought out a 100 percent attendance of members. Invited guests- were the area doctors who use the facilities at the hospital. Huron County Numismatic Society's annual coin exhibitions are growing larger every year. This was shown at the fourth annual show in Elm Haven Motor Rotel. Sunday afternoon and evening. Over 30 entries in the six competition classes were exhibited in the Timberiane room. and the dealers were set up in the downstairs ballroom. Peter E lgie of Thamesford won the prize for the best display in the exhibition. Bob Fotheringham, Seaforth won the hay championship at the Royal Winter Fair thus retaining for Huron and Tuckersmith township, a title which the county has held for five of the eight years the championship has been offered. 25 YEARS,AGO November 19, 1950 Playing their first match on the WOAA Intermediate pre- season hockey series,. Clinton Colts trounced Seaforth 13.9 in their home game on ar- tificial ice in ' Goderlch Memorial Arena. Monday evening. Engagement announced of Margaret Harriet Middleton to John William Counter. Clinton Town Hall was well- filled on Saturday morning, November II, for the annuet Service of Remembrance. Clinton's 'Citizens' Band, under the baton of .3, Agnew, played for the singirag of the hylaits; Bol#cal was chairman for the tervide, The Clinton Distract Collegiate institute Choir, whichiMade a name for itself at the littrtM County Whale Fettll. last sprin Is again in the 'limelight},'tinder the able and sympathetic direction of miss Anna Pond, ATC(, the Choir took part its the KKiwanis Music Festival at Guelph last evening. • In the data for toile' late In itute • ChOirt. the CDCI . group iy its" of 11 knd the agzlificent iwanls ._SMe id whi b is now reposing at CDCI. The adjudicator was high in his praise of the. Choirs' efforts. Clinton has contributed the magnificent sura of $3,116.25 to the Manitoba Flood Relief, the campaign for which started after the disaster last spring. The final contribution has been sent tothis wor- thwhile cause. Of this sum $76,71 was contributed by R.C.A.F. personnel as well as organizations and special _functions on the station. In addition to the money sent, 48 cartons of good used clothing and nine cartons of canned goods were forwarded for the relief of those distressed, Announcement • has . been made of the three Huron County Carter Scholarships which have been woit this year by students from Seaforth. WIngham and Clinton. The winners were: first, 5100, Robert D. MacLennan, Seaforth High School; second;, 560, William G. Johnston, Wingham High School; third, 540 Lois M. Wood, Clinton District Collegiate Institute. 50 YEARS AGO November 19, 1925 George Cantelon of Goderich Townsi'p and his sister Miss Linda, have purchased the house on Rattenbury Street West. now occupied by Dr. H.S. Brown, and will move into it as soon as the doctor can get his own home ready to be lived in. It says here - "One thin woman gained 10 pounds in 20 days and skinny men can do the same by taking McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets." Canadian National has a new Oil -electric coach which can cross from coast to coast in Canada in 67 hours. The travel speed averaged out to 431 miles per hour and it will carry 57 passengers with more in the baggage com- partment if it is necessary to use this section. Keen regret is being ex- pressed by citizens of alt religious faiths since it has been known that Reverend C.R. Gunite, Rector of St. Paul's Church here for the past ten years, has resigned to become Rector of Christ Church, London, The Dominion Government has opened a rural line bet- ween Clinton and Sum- merhill Post Office. Will Doherty hes given up his teaching duties near Dresden and has returned to take up further studies at the Collegiate. 75 YEARS AGO November 1i,1800 The advantage of having a hospital where patients can get the best of cart and treatment is shown by the fat that in Clinton Hospital, which Was only opened a short time ago, every bed is filled with patients. These are strgieal. Cases. It is a pity that the building Is not large enough to accommodate medical des as well, and it may be ne,ceSPe enlarge t'r, had charge at the nhant part of this newspaper for over two:ears, has been compelled t reiinguish bis position. owing to ill health, and leaves shortly for Lacombe. Alberta, where he hopes the air of that high altitude. may be beneficial. Mr. A. Hooper, representative of the Manufacturers' Life Insurance Co,, for the County of Huron, has rented a house from Mr. Knox, on William St. and taken up residence here. He calculates to remain if the people used him well enough, and the probabilities are therefore that he will be a permanent resident, After a fairly successful season, the Evaporator has closed down, having manufactured about 60 tons of product in the time it was running. Mr. Holmes is to be congratulated on his victory in West Huron. This time we may be sure there will be no charge of tampering with the ballot boxes. He is unctuestionably the free choice of the electors of the constituency. There is talk of forming a Y,M.C,A, for town and holding the services in the upper part of the Stavely Memorial Hall. It is a good idea and should be acted upon without delay. Constance Fourteen rnernebers of Court Constance and Con- stantine attended the Foresters Provincial Assembly held in Niagara Fails during the weekend. Those attending were Nelson and Ferne McClure, Sam and Mary McClure. John and Carolyn Thompson. Ken and Betty Hulley. Ella Jewitt, Elma Jewitt. Walter and Muriel McClure, and Don and Alice Buchanan. Mr, and Mrs. Paul Southgate and Jennifer spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sproule and JetCmy of Kitchener. Miss Margie Whyte of Guelph, Mr. Michael Dzandza of Kitchener and Miss Gwen Witdooi of Capetown, South Africa spent the ' weekend with Mrs. W.L. Whyte, Tom, Bill and Mr. Harold Whyte. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley visited from Friday till Wednesday wig their daughter and family, Mr, and Mrs. Robert Woods, Debbie and Michelle ofGananoque. Mr, and Mrs. Jim Presz- cator Bill, Debbie and Michael visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Scott and Dwayne of Parkhill. They also attended the christening of Dwayne. Mrs. Harry Day, Marilyn and Nancy of Stratford. and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Reaburn of Goderich were Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs. W L. Whyte. —rr r,.'rarermrmrs iyM IF+ 'Sm�TIS'i5r ra;lrR! R"T�yT'+ t rent lar lgueges Ontario there ere l r stations carryingthis. programme. me. Through Ibis mission work, many pal are br i1ght to their salvation: to Cid the . . Father through Jes. Christ Ills Son.. by the woark intg of the Holyspirit, Personally, whether the advertisement reads "Back to. God" or "Back to qv - Jehovah" semis irrelevatitto me. I can'assure you, when we speak of God we speak of the one Universal God. Creator of heaven -and earth. 1 would like to quote from my encyclopaedia: "Jehovah is an inaccurate reconstruction of the name for God in the Old Testament, According to Jewish tradition, the name of God. YHVH, is too sacred to be spoken. The term Adonai. meaning Lord is substituted instead. in the Hebrew text, the vowels of Adonai are inserted between the con- sonants YHVH to indicate. the substitution. The English term Jehovah is a mistaken reading of this combination of letters. Scholars today believe that theoriginal pronunciation of YHH was "Yahveh". The derivation of ° the word is uncertain, although it near imiply "He who brought into being" or simply, "He is". The Jews may have refrained from speaking the name to avoid its profanation * by use for magical. purposes. They may also have felt that pronouncing one particular name of the universal God Wright imply that there were other gods. (Rev. Holt H. Graham, Rev. Joseph Pedulia, Ceal Roth) If, Mr. Barney, you have any doubts as to whether this broadcast speaks of the one true God (Jehovah) I invite you to listen to one of the broadcasts on the following stations any Sunday. CHOK, Sar>r,ia, 8:30 a.m.; CKFH, Toronto, 11:30 a.m.; or CHLU, St. Thomas at 4:30. Sincerely, Mike Dykstra, • Clinton tiotro4liosrd madam aio on. otorrogod to taproom ter *Odom b lotion, M Ito editor, Mir, so* optatano do eMM aicassarity ropy t tAs W the Nouro4koo d. i s, WO wotablishodp ns st it d as OF THE WILL BE HELD AT THE 1. To present the annual statement for the fiscal year. December 1. 1974, to July 31, 1975. 2. To elect 3 directors for a term of 3 years. The trims of John Campbell, Claire Deichert and Donald Brodie have expired, John Campbell is eligible to be elected for a second 3 -year term. Claire Beichert and Donald Brodie are not eligible for re-election. Nominations for the office of Bireeter must be in the hands of the Secretary of The Co-operative 5 days prier to the Meeting. 3. Toappoint auditors for the ensuing year. 4.i`o attend to sdch matters as may properly he dealt with at -an annual meeting. BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Donald Brod' . Vice President: John Campbell. Secretary: Elgin Hendrick, DIRKS chi., Chester Sturdy. John Campbell. Keith Horne. Ken Ro ter. on. Ross Corbett At the en of the annual meeting. there will,bc t ntertelnr nt, followed by lunch,