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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-09-08, Page 14 (Clinton,. Ontario 25 cents Thuisd4y, September 8,1977 112th Year -No. 36 Weaiher 1977 1976 HI 10 NI 1.O August 30 75 50 62 36 31 82 57 79. '38 'j 81 66 61 52 2 75 60 64 38 3 70 51 74 45 4 74 46 75 56 5 70 59 6 40 Rain .46" Rain .72 Huron education sstudy weaknesses" but were things that could some teachers are wondering what be done to make the system that much they're achieving and what their, goals better. should be and the system could use some Lockerbie presented the board with a human resources to work with teachers 45 page draft of the final report to lay down a firm philosophy for representing about six months work education. managed by .him and Chapman. The He said he was generally impressed ev-atuation was commissioned by the with the system in Huron. He said there, board in February and was to be done on seemed to be a good climate within the the Exeter family of schools. The Exeter system and that morale seemed to be area was chosen because of its unique high. He claimed that most professionals geography in that six elementary were concerned and dedicated to schools, one school for the retarded all education and that no one working on the feed into South Huron Secondary School evaluation found someone that didn't in Exeter. The board hopedthat by care. • completing the evaluation on the Exeter The evaluation was a long process schools it could get a;good impression of according to Lockerbie. He said the first how the education system was per- step was an internal evaluation com- forming across the county. pleted by teachers, students and parents Lockerbie said that if he had to pick directly involved with education, The out the one area that seemed to be people were questioned, surveyed and troubling most people in education it asked for opinions and the information would be the goals of education. He said, catalogued. From there a group of • The Huron County education system is basically sound according to an evaluation report released Tuesday but it needs someone to offer some direction and goals for educators in Huron. Jay Lockerbie, project co-ordinator for the ministry of education, told the Huron County Board of Education Tuesday that the education system 'in Huron is basically sound but needs people to offer some guidance for teachers to help reap as much benefit from .the system as possible. Summarizing an evaluation report on the Huron education. system L.ockebie,. who' along with Exeter Public School principal Jim Chapman, told the board that the general climate in the education system was good and there were many strengths in the system but added that there were areas that needed im- provement. He said the improvements needed "were not necessarily Area school enrolment down With a few exceptions, enrolment in schools in the Clinton News -Record coverage area is down slightly. 0 At Clinton Public school, the number of children who turned up at school when it re -opened on Tuesday had fallen from 596 of last year to 416, but most of the drop was due to the transfer of Vanastra students to the new school at the former armed forces base. The new Vanastra School had 135 enroled on Tuesday, but principal John Ross said the number could go up once the initial confusion•is.sorted out. The Vanastra Public School occupies Part of the Clinton campus of Conestoga College, which was the former Air Vice Marsha'll'Hugh Campbell Public School before the base was closed in 1971. The rural public schools suffered, the most from the declining student population, with Huron Centennial in Brucefield down 50 pupils to 520 from 550 of last fall. Htillett Central Public School in Londesboro also dropped to 305 students By now, nearly everyone ,has settled back into the regular routine, as the warm, summer days appear to be all but over. However, many agree that the summer is all too short around here, and ill Batten editor of the Exeter. Times - Advocate wondered last week where it had gone. Says Bill: "It is certainly the shortest season in the year and there should be a huge prize for the person who could come up with some scheme to lengthen 'it.,, Well wish no more: yours truly of the News -Record has come up with the perfect solution, and its so simple it's a wonder the metric commission of Canada hasn't thought of it by now. Briefly put, we change the calendar over to the metric system, like AK everything else seems to have been of 11111 late, and have 10 months instead of 12. We'd eliminate January and February, and tack those extra days onto July and August. Brilliant..eh? Now Batten, wh,�e-i'e'� my prize? Well now that summer is more or less over for the year, I guess we can start talking about the upcoming hockey season without ruffling anyone's feathers. The Clinton Minor Hockey Association is facing that perennial problem again - not enough coaches, and are facing a double blow this year because every coach, or potential coach, has to attend the one-night coaches' certification school this fall before they can take to the ice. Fortunately, a school will be held in Seaforth on September 21, so contact. Gerald Hiltz or any minor hockey of- ficial and they'll give you more details. +++ Back to summer sports and to those " who Were wondering why no reports on the Clinton Bill's Streakers slow pitch team haven't appeared in the paper of late. Well quite frankly, it was too em- barrassing as we were usually beaten by big scores. But last Wednesday night, believe it or not, we finally put it all together and knocked off Londesboro 12 - 9. Whether it was 'good playing, or Londesboro's slump is a point of con- tention. If you think we ve had too much rain here in Huron this August, then be thankfulwe didn't have more. We're in good' shape down here compared to the farriers on the trice, During a trip up to a cottage Weekend rest "bn the Pen- niriSuia, we saw creeks in flood, and tOinbines being pulled'through hub -cap * deep Mud' by tractrirs trying. to get the r'onia .crops 'off, from 322 of last year, a lost of 17, while Holmesville Public lost only 10 students, down to 300 from 310 of last year. But some area schools showed slight increases, including St. Joseph's Separate School in Clinton, which gained 12 students from last year's 109 to 121 on Tuesday. The Clinton and District Christian School's enrolment went up 17 . pupils to 215 from last year's 198, but principal Ralph Schuurman said the increase was partly due to the new kindergarten class started this year. Principal Gord Phillips of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton said that attendance this year would be about the same as last year's 1,019, but as of Tuesday, all students hadn't been counted yet and the enrolment figure stood at 965. professionals from outside *the county came to Exeter and visited schools, surveyed teachers, students and parents and compiled their findings in an ex- ternal report. Lockerbie and Chapman then com- pared the two reports and wrote a final draft for the board. Lockerbie said the final draft was the only valid material, He said the internal and external reports were for background information only, atdding that anywhere the two reports agreed or anything that tkept recurring in the two was put in the final draft as a recommendation or opinion. Lockerbie said the real purpose of the exercise was not to compare the Huron system with another board but to take a look at education in this county to see if it meets the standards the public and professionals want it to. He said that by doing the evaluation itself the board and professionals in the system would more readily accept the results and would have a better idea of what was needed for improvement. He said the evaluation should be useful to the entire county despite the fact that only one section of it was examined. He continued on page 3. Hesitant heifer Gerard Brand, RR 3, Clinton, seems a little apprehensive as to whether he will be able to liven up his heifer in time to take part In the calf competition at the Bayfield fall fair. Gerard's thoughtfulness and his heifer's rest proved to be worthwhile as they took two second prizes in the judging, (News -Record photo) ttendance sags at Bayfield Fair Despite sunny skies and a refreshing breeze the attendance at the 121st Bayfield Fall Fair over the past weekend' only reached 1,400 compared to last year's crowd of 2,500. However the two-day fair featured a parade on Saturday which was led by the Clinton Legion Pipe, Band and Mr. Stanley Duncanson, Dutton, the president of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Society was present for the Robert Tindall. a event. ° 'Horse`a�"nci "'rig 1st, Harvey Ham - The parade which toured through the mond; 2nd, Bud Robinson; Pony and main streets of Bayfield to the fair rider - 1st, Debbie Angus; 2nd, Janet grounds saw many prize winners : 1st, D. Kaptein; 3rd, David Johnston. Horse and G. Vanderhaar, Pure Maple Syrup; and rider - 1st, Lynn Hudson; 2nd, Betty 2nd, The Old Homestead: 3rd, Stanley Kaptein; Decorated bicycles - 1st Peggy Stars. Barnard; and Joshua Bjerg; 3rd, Jimmy Two or more team and wagon - 1st, and Warren King. Tom Penhale; 2nd, Albert Erb • 3rd Antique cars - 1st, Don Gower, a N 1929 McLaughlin Buick Coupe; 2nd, Ken Johnson; 3rd, John Gamble, a 1930 Ford Model -A; novelty vehicles 1st, McClinchey's Mexican Burros; 2nd, Erickson's Oil Barons; 3rd, Dori Sniders unicycle; clowns - 1st, just married, Paul Dagg, Jim Gaunt and John Thornton; 2nd, Brian Bower; 3rd, Kyle McKay. - Any period in Canadian history costume - 1st, Julie and Lisa Porter, Indian women; 2nd, Dudley and Dwight Gray, 3rd, Cowboy and Indian. Nursery rhyme or story book - 1st, Deb Siertsema and Cathy Han; 2nd, Tracy Dinel; 3rd, Rebecca Stevens and Cari Sinnamon. Other events of the fair included the opening ceremonies, which included the fair opening by Douglas McNeil, Warden of Huron County, who was introduced by Bob Stirling, the president of the Fair Board. Other guests included Bayfield's Reeve, Ed Oddleifson; MP, Bob McKinley; MPP Jack Riddell; Reeve Tom Consitt of Stanley and Reeve Gerry Ginn of Goderich Township. While the various Reeves were ii - volved in the opening ceremonies, in another area of the fair grounds, Bayfield and Stanley Township were battling in a competition of tug of war. The Stanley team took Bayfield in two out of three pulls and donated their , winnings to the Bayfield arena fund, Inside the arena another competition was being judged by public health nurse. Built in 1850 Clinton's oldest buildjing, dating back over 125 years, met the wrecker's hammer last week. The house, once a wagon shop, was recently bought by Bell Telephone for future expansion of their overcrowded . exchange building on Rattenbury Street. The old structure was built like a barn, with heavy main beams instead of framing. (News -Record photo) Oldest building in town torn down What is believed to be Clinton's oldest building fell under the wreckers ham- mer last week as workmen cleared the site on Rattenbury Street, next to the Bell Telephone Building. The house, at 20 Rattenbury Street, was beleived to be the town's oldest, according to town historian Gerald Police report Fremlin, and was likely built around 1850. Mr. Fremlin said the building, other than being the town's oldest, really h'ad no architectural significance. According to a story Mr. Fremlin wrote for the Clinton Centennial edition in 1975, the building was erected in 1850 OPP recover stolen mower. After a year's' investigation, the Goderich detachment of the OPP have charged Gordon Pickett of R.R. 3, Clinton with possession of stolen goods. Const. Lorne Carter, the investigating officer, explained that in August 1976 a riding mower was stolen from Jim Queen of Vanastra. The mower, worth $1,090 was recovered this week by Goderich OPP. ' Pickett will appear in court in Goderich on September 12. The OPP are still investigating the theft of a snowmobile from the home of Lawrence Morrison of 4 Victoria Street, Vanast`i"a. Const. Carter said \ the machine, which is worth $500 was stolen on August 31. Two juveniles, both aged 15, one from Clinton and one from •Vana;tra have been charged with an earlier break and enter fripident :at Debbie's Custard Cup hi Sine. Also an adult and a juvenile have been charged with a break in this summer at the rec centre in Vanastra. The Clinton Police reported one theft this weekend. The incident occurred on September 2 sometime between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. when a guitar was stolen from the home of John Sutherland, 357 James St., Clinton. Sutherland was sleeping in the house when the thieves entered his home by a rear door and took the hand -made guitar and stand valued at $250. The guitar, which was made in Brazil, carries the name Gennie and has a light colored front and a black back. The Clinton Police are also getting ready for the metric change. Chief Lloyd Westlake. reminded the public that metrics are now in full force and people will now be charged in kilometres per hour. ' as wagon works, built like much like other earlier factories in town. It was built on a fieldstone foundation and was constructed of heavy wooden beams, much like a barn, and featured split wood lath. According to an old paper Mr. Fremlin used for research, the building Was first erected by a Mr. E.' Dinsley as a wagon shop. "Here Mr, William Harland (ap- prentice in 1854) commenced hsi trade as a carriage maker. Mr: Fred Rumball, carriage maker, started here (as an apprentice, 1851-1854) and Mr. Henry Stevens had bench room in the same .building when he commenced as a carpenter. Mr. Dinsley sold to Capt. Wilson on whose Meath it passed to Mrt. E. Holmes who sold it to James Seale, and he sold it to Albert Seeley," ac- cording to a 1905 article quoted by Mr. Fremlin, Mr. Seeley converted the building into a house, and it remained that way until its demise last week. The house has changed hands many times since 1906, but its subsequent history has not been traced. Bell Telbphone acquired the house several years ago, and 'decided to tear it down rather than continue to pour money into expensive upkeep. Jim Scott, Bell area manager at Stratford, said' .on Friday that the 'Telephone company has no immediate plans for the site. • Mrs. T. Reid, the baby contest. The winners were: under six months -, 1st, Aaron,' five months, son of .Douglas and Rebecca Carson of Toronto; 2nd, Megan, two months, daughter of Doug and Ruth Getty of London ; 3rd, John, three months, son of Doug and Anita Vanderhaar of Bayfield. Over six months -'1st, Jimmy, seven months, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Auld of Ohio; 2nd, Michelle, nine months, daughter of Dave and Debbie Fawcett of London; 3rd, David, 8 months; son of Don and Debbie Rathwell of Varna. In other judging competitions the Village Guild awarded a prize to Mrs. H.. Beirling of Zurich for having the most points in the ladies handwork section while Mrs. Ross Trewartha won a.gift certificate from Cameo Products for the most points in the liquid embroidery section. Mrs. I. Boa received a gift certificate from Simpson -Sears for gaining the most .points in the sewing section while Mrs. R. McMichael received a gift certificate from Mary's Sewing Centre for winning the most points while en- tering the sewing section for the first time. Mary's Sewing Centre also gaye a prize to Mrs. Ruth Getty as the winner of the T-shirt class. Mrs. Elmer Turner received a silver tray from the Bank of Commerce for gaining the most points in the plant and flower section and Miss Doreen MacKenzie received a gift' certificate from K.C. Cooke Florist in Clinton for gaining the second highest number of points, Fred McClymont held the highest number of points in the fruit section and won a gift certificate from Campbell's Men's Wear in Clinton. He also won a special from Smith's Repair Shop in Varna for showing the best bushel of cqntinued on page 3. Council gives $2,500 The Clinton Legion Pipe Band will be definitely going to California this December to appear in the Rose Bowl parade, thanks to some financial help from Clinton council. Council decided on Tuesday night to give the band a, $2,500 donation towards the cost of travelling to Pasadena, California as part of a massed pipe band from Ontario that will appear in the prestigious parade that is seep by 50 million people on continent -wide television on January 2. Band representative, John Wise of Clinton, was at the meeting and told council it would cost the 18 -member band $7,200 to travel to California and stay a week, and he said they needed $2,500 from the town to help them go. The cost will be $400 to each member of the massed band, with a total of 150 people from seven bands' making the trip. Mr. Wise said that the Clinton band would make up the difference in the travelling cost with fund raising projects, and other expenses and extra cost to take wives would come out of each individual band member's own pocket. The Clinton Legion is also helping to buy new uniforms for the band, and three Legion members of the colour party will pay their own way. Mr, Wise told council that an ap- pearance in the Rose Bowl was a great honor, as one had to be invited. / He said the invitation had brought new life towthe band, which, had nearly folded for lack of interest, and finances . this year. "We haven't asked for any money from the town for ten years," Mr. Wise 'said, "and all the other bands are getting support from their towns". Council endorsed the request nearly 100 per cent, with only Deputy -Reeve Frank Cook voting against it. " That's nearly one mill on the taxes," Cook said, "and I don't think the taxpayers will be too happy." "It's too bad we didn't know about it earlier and put it in our budget," Cook said. In other business, council accepted a tender from Ray Potter and Son for a new Ford back hoe and front end loader for $16,460. It was the lowest of two tenders. Council also agreed to buy a six- foot front -mounted snowblower to keep the town's sidewalks clean this winter, at a cost'of $1,600. Council agreed with a committee of adjustment recommendation to give severance to Roanald Demers for a house on Church Street, and passed building permits to Bob Langendoen, house, $30,000; J.M. Cameron, garage, $3,000; Craig Cox, alterations, $2,000; and Harold White Homes, semi- detached home, $47,000. council also declared the week bf September 25 to October 1st ;as Conestoga week, in recognition of the college's tenth anniversary celebrations, and Will disculls ata closed meeting later, a request from dee'. Ca ,n Proctor for a third part-time perzori►.'iti the Town Hall office.