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Students fileold school records
by Shelley McPhee
Some of the records are covered with
mildew, some of the writing is hard to
decifer and some of them date back to
1854, four students are sorting through
some 1700 items from old school records
to organize a library.
• The library will contain old school
records from throughout the county,
filed in an organized fashion and will be
placed in the Board of Education offices
here in Clinton.
The project v,hich will take some 10
weeks to complete is, funded by
Experience '77 through the Ministry of
Education and is one of three grants that
were conducted from the Clinton offices
over the summer.
Two other projects involved book
Bid. of Ed. keeps. English texts
The Huron County Board of Education � � btQre *County system was sen because the'y Were tup:
defeated a motion • Monday calling.' for,
the removal of two Enmesh texts from "I don't think . we should -be 'taking
the county secondary school system. books out -
u at ran said:.alreadye iuse,"
Trustee John Henderson put 'forward .Trustee Alexg
the motiop when a list of 13 English
literature7textscame before the Board
for approval. He said the books "A Taste
of Honey", which was on the list, and
"The Diviners", which was not, should
not be approved.
"These are books that shouldn't be
allowed in the schools," he said. He did
not elaborate.
Superintendent of Education, James
Coulter told the Board that the list of
Grade 13 literature books had already
been in use in the school stem for a
long period. He said their use had not
been approved by the Huron Board of
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After the defeat . of Mr, Henderson's
motion for retrieval of the bobks, truStae
Dorothy Wallace introduced a motion
calling for the text list to be approved.
The motion was carried.
Later in the 'meeting, Trustee Eugene
Frayne asked Mr. Coulter if the teachers
were abiding by the rules set down by
the Board which stipulate books with
"questionable language" should not be
introduced into the school system.
Mr. Coulter said the teachers were
following the guidelines. "The books .on
the list are not new books in the s'ystem,"
he said.
repair. In the five county high schools,
which lasted for three weeks and
another already completed project in-
volved filing video tapes in the Media
Centre. This project took four weeks.
While these Experience '77 programs
have been completed four students
remain to complete their cataloguing
and organizing of material,
Many of the records were. brought In
and none of them hoe. ,ever been
catalogued before.. `Many records :cone
from one room school houses,,, that don't
exist anymore, but for arlpne• Car-,
nochaa, 19, from Saaforth the job as co-
ordinator for the' projects has been in-
teresting. ,
Darlene who recently finished her first
year in General Arts at the University of
Western Ontario is now considering s
library worksfor her f uture• career.
Darlene •noted that sincethis was a
county project, students were chosen'
"from all 'corners of the county" Each
school sent five students for the job
interview, which totalled 25 applicants.
Randy Potter, 19 from Clinton was
chosen from CHSS. He has the position of
team leader for the project. Randy plans
to attend .. the University of Western
Ontario in the fall and hopes to .major in
History.
From GDCI, Marianne Frayne, 19
from Kingsbridge was hired. She, like
the rest of the students found this job
through her • guidance department.
Marianne has found the project a very
interesting experience for the summer.
In the fall she will be attending the
University of Western Ontario to study
music. •
From the northern end of the county,
Liz Armstrong, 18, from Wingham was
hired for the _project as a team worker.
Although she drives from Wingham
every day, this has not lessened her.
enjoyment of the work she is doing. In
the fall Liz will be attending Wilfrid
Laurier University to study music.
Liz proudly noted that every record
has been saved, even those that were in
the bad condition.
"We had to sit one book out in the sun
all day," added Darlene to try and
remove the mildew from the pages,
Despite the few difficulties the four
-feel that all of the records are valuable,
historical literature and should be
saved. Their experience, reading
through,the•old records has shown them
many different things.
"This morning I found the building
plans for the old Exeter Public School
from the 1860's. They were all written
out -instead of drawn. A lot of the words
were spelled differently," Darlene
explained:, '
She noted that alot of records are still
missing and they could have been
destroyed, but she hopes that people will
now come in and use the catalogued
records that are available. . '
Mrs. Elizabeth_Batty was the seller of the top heifer at the first Perth -Huron Hary
Sale held in Clinton last Wednesday. Keg Lane Master's Beauty went for $1,20
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Liz Armstrong, Wingham; Marianne Frayne, Kingsbridge; records into a library. The project which is being conducted
Darlene Carnohan, Seaforth and Randy Potter, Clinton are. at the Board of Education offices in Clinton is granted
seeing education in a different way from
students.drthrough Experience '77. (News Recordphoto)• '
This summer the four' are organizing old school
Spots complex granted
The Huron County -Board of Education
decided Monday ' to "lease 9.6 acres of
land it owns for development of a sports
complex, at the northwest corner of
Eldon and Bennett streets in Goderich.
The $75,000 complex across the street
from .Goderich District Collegiate
Institute will include a 400 metre track
enclosing a soccer and football field.
There will also be a softball diamond and
facilities for other track and field events.
•
Goderich Principal John Stringer said
the complex which will be open to all
citizens, will be developed in four
stages.' Money for the first stage costing
$12,000 has already been raised by the
students, he said.
The first phase will include levelling
for Goderich
and draining the. area. The track and
different pits will be laid out in the
second phase and a track and different
pits will be laid out in the second phase
and a track base will be put down. The
cost is estimated at $10,000.
In the third phase costing $18,000, the
softball diamond will be constructed and
an asphalt track surface. The $35,000
fourth stage will complete the track
surface.
The development will be financed
partially by Wintario and Community
Recreation Centre grants, Mr. Stringer
said.
Board solicitor, Dan Murphy said the
board is not eligible for grants. Only
municipalities and incorporated
organizations may apply for funds.
Mr. Stringer suggested the board lease
the property to the Goderich Sports
Association which could qualify Mr the
grant. It was left with Mr. Murphy to
decide who the lessee should be.
Lynn Meyers, head of the Goderich
school's physical education, said the
facilities at the school are over -used. At
present one field is being used for
football, soccer and baseball.
Meyers said slightly less than half of
the total costs would be covered by the
grants. -
The board decided to lease the
property for 21 years. At the end -of that
period the lease could be renewed if the
property isn't needed for other uses.
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