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Clinton News-Record, 1978-01-19, Page 3Wayne Wigelsworth, Clinton's new postmaster looks over the general delivery section of the post office with assistant -postmaster Ken Dobney as part of his first day on the job on Monday. (News -Record photo) CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19,'1978—PAGE ,3 People in Profile: New postmaster also collects stamps by Shelley McPhee What started out as a part time job to help Wayne Wigelsworth through school has now led to a full time position and a bright career. In 1969, Wigelsworth began working part time at the London post office as a mail handler, while he was attending the University of Western Ontario where he was majoring in English. He later took on, a full time position at the post office to make extra money for future 'seliooling in library sciences. However, Wiglesworth now 28, never made it. back to school and now has worked his .way up through the post office to become the postmaster at the Clinton post office. His first major advancement in the post office came when a competition for administrative trainees was offered and Wigelsworth was one of four people selected to take the 30 -month program. "The object behind the program was to identify people with potential and to accelerate their learning," he explained. After working as assistant post- master, shift supervisor, along with other administrative work in the district office in London, Wigelsworth is ready to take on his first job as postmaster which he began on Monday. "I think this is going tobe relatively easy to familiarize myself with the work Decliningenrolrnent scares..... • from page 1 outlined the results that would come from the Board staffing Grades 1 and '2 at a ratio of one teacher to 24 students;. Grades 3 to 6 at a ratio of one teacher to 26 students; Grades 7 and 8 at a ratio of one teacher to 28 students; and if Kin- dergarten continued to be staffed at the present ratio of one half-time teacher for the number of students enrolled. It was illustrated that , based on a projected enrolment of 2648 students, this par- ticular staffing ratio would regl.rire the Board to staff the schools with 103.40 teachers. Currently, there are 121.15 classroom teachers on staff. It was further illustrated that if the staffing ratio for Grades 1 and 2 was 25-1, with Grades 3-6 at 30-1 and Grades 7 and 8 at 35-1 with the Kindergartens being staffed at one half-time teacher per class, the number of teachers required for September, 1978, would be 90.90. It was noted that since the Board had decided to give continued consideration to establishing a system wide staffing formula, administration and principals have begun a study of what grade groupings and staffing formula would be viable for each school. • Further consideration will also be given to integrating Kindergarten and Grade one pupils in all schools wherever feasible and if it were considered in all cases where the number of Kindergarten pupils enrolled falls below twelve (12). It'was illustrated that if this were done and if the average number of teachers required for September, 1978, would be 92.60. Further study and consideration is to be given to the possibility of con- solidating the Dublin -St. Columban school attendance areas to reduce the total number of classrooms in use from 11 to 8. Such a redistribution it was pointed out might be effected by housing the Grades K to 4 students in St. Columban -and the Grades 5 to 8 students at Dublin. Such an organization would avoid the need fortriple grades and permit the Board 'to eliminate one portable classroom and fully utilize the facilities at St. Columban. Alternately, the consolidation of Seaforth-St. Columban school at- tendance areas with a redistribution of Grades K-4 to St. Columban and Grades 5-8 to Seaforth is also being given con- sideration. In the Stratford area, consideration is being given to housing Grade 6 or Grade 5 and 6 students in St. Michael's school and transferring some students in school attendance areas in and aroind the city to achieve a more equal distribution and better class loadings wherever possible. Presently, some schools .are housing a maximum number of students while others contain some empty classrooms. Alternatives which were contained in the report but which are not being given any further immediate consideration by the Board, included, increasing half- time Kindergarten programs to full-time and the reorganization of Ste. Marie - Zurich School attendance areas. - The Board will decide by mid- February what changes will be im- No red ink for Rec. committee For the first time in several years, the Clinton recreation committee won't be finishing off the year with red ink in their account books. .The committee learned at their meeting last Thursday that preliminary auditing shows they will be left with a small surplus on their 1977 books, which h is the first in some years. However, the committee will in- vestigate further, high utility bills, which for December alone totalled $2,104.45. In other - business, Percy "Poss" Livermore was re -appointed chairman after the rest of the committee ex- pressed satisfaction. at the job he had done. Dean Reid was named- vice- chairman. The committee wil also look into ap- pointing a man to fill the chair left vacant by the late Doug Kennedy. The committee also approved buying a new 300 gallon gas water heater for the arena at a cost of $2,000 to replace the old one which has sprung a leak. The new tank is very expensive because of the specifications required for public buildings. The committee also discussed fund raising projects for the arena floor fund, but left until later how they would raise the $40,000 needed out of the $135,000 to replace the floor. plemented by September of this year. Changes to beimplemented by Sep- tember of 1979 will be decided by April, 1978 The standing committees for the board were elected with the first named..• .chairman: Building and Property --Keith Montgomery, William Kinahan, Vincent Young, John O'Leary, Arthur Haid with Ed Rowland, the administration contact Personnel --Ted Geoffrey, Donald Crowley, Mickey Vere, Ronald Marcy, Ronald Murray with William Eckert, administration contact; Transportation- -Greg Fleming, David Teahen, William Kinahan,. John O'Drowsky, Michael Connolly with Jack Lane, administration contact; Finance and Insurance --David Teahen, Donald ' Crowley, Michael Connolly, John O'Drowsky, . Greg Fleming with Jack Lane, administration contact. The ad hoc' committees--Trustee- clergy Liaison : Arthur Haid, Ted Geoffrey, Michael Connolly with Joseph Mills, administration contact; Early School Leaving: Ronald Marcy, David Teahen, with Joseph Mills, ad- .. ministration contact; Declining`' enrolments: Ronald Murray, Ronald Marcy, John O'Leary, Donald Crowley, Mickey Vere, with William Eckert, Joseph Mills and Jack Lane, all ad- ministration contacts; Assessment: John O'Drowsky, Keith Montgomery, Greg Fleming, Arthur Haid, with Ed Rowland, administration contact; Teacher Negotiations: Vincent Young, Mickey Vere, Ronald Murray, John O'Leary with William Eckert, ad- ministration contact. Board representative to the Huron - Perth Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Association, William Kinahan; and to the Stratford Public Library Board, Dan Devlin of Stratford was renamed with a second representative to be named at a later date. In accordance with the -by-laws Donald Crowley, board chairman, shall serve as "ex -officio" member of all standing committees and Education matters are to be dealt with by the board as a committee -of -the -whole. The law firm, Donnelly and Murphy of Goderich was namea solicitor for the board. The members of the negotiation committee will attend the Ontario Schools Trustees Council provincial salary conference in Toronto January 26, 27, 28. ENTER AT Harold Wise Ltd. BAYFIELD RD., CLINTON 482-7062 "TAKE A HOLIDAY HOME WITH YOU" CONTEST You could win a iNarrlair / Intervac holiday for two in Hawaii iiregra and thehrthing youll,expect „ Drop -In today for a free chance on this fabulous trl'p...and while you're there, take a look at our Inglis Appliances. They're packed with -- sosyltvtng feature% to teke the work out of housework. but at the same time, I'm not used to a genet -.al delivery section as .large as this. Other post offices I've worked in had letter carriers," he noted. "So far it seems pretty good here and the staff seem to, be a good bunch to work with," Wigelsworth added. The phone rang and for a moment Wigelsworth was caught off guard in his new office. "Is there another phone out there or do I have to answer this one?" he questioned. "Today is the first day of my life that I've been in the Clinton Post Office," he explained.` Despite the unfamiliarity to his new surroundings, Wigelsworth has definite ideas on how the postal service should be run and what his position as postmaster should include. "As postmaster my job is to provide the best possible' postal service at the most economical cost to the area surrounding the Clinton Post Office a d maintaining good public relations," he clearly stated. "I'm going to be counting heavily on Ken Dobney for the first trollop or three months until I am ,familiar with the town, the post office and the people," he said. "I wouldn't dream of making a change here, for at least three months minimum, - Things may be working well enough aa,lready. Despite the reports of Roor postal service Wigelsworeh noted that the public get better postal service in small towns than in larger centres. "You get a personal touch. Even if someone moved 15 years ago you still know him and with general delivery you don't have the problems with address changes locally." He also noted that there are fewer union problems in small post offices because most problems can be worked out individually before they become major. Still, Wigelsworth admitted, "when somebody asks you where you work, you say you work for the government. obody wants to admit that they work for the st office." Despite that statement, Wigelsworth is looking forward to a future in the post office and is eventually looking for a postmastership in Stratford, 'Woodstock or St. Thomas. He is looking for that sized operation. "The large z the post office, the bigger the headaches become. It comes down to the choice of whether you want to enjoy your job or do you want the big bucks and go home and develop an ulcer," he pointed out. Along with his work in Clinton, Wigelsworth intends to enjoy his family life with his wife Janet and hopes to renew old hobbies and become involved in the community. He intends on keeping up his in- volvement as a'Scbtlt leader in London for the rest of the year. 'He is also a member of the Legion Branch 119 in Ingersoll. Along with an interest in photography and coin collecting, he noted, "I intend to join one of the local service clubs here, I haven't decided which one yet." "Maybe now that I'm going to be settled down in one place for awhile, I can get back to my hobbies," he said. Highway crews from Clinton, using the biggest equipment available, bashed away late last week at the huge snowdrifts left by last week's blizzard. Here a huge 18 -ton snow plow hits a cement -hard eight -foot bank at Vinagar Hill, at the north end of Clinton. All roads were in good condition by Friday, and little snow has fallen since. 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