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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-06-12, Page 23• n 1 g lation. were presente Life. meml>iershi s in the Huron .Fe have�erved d last .Y week to volunteers,some of whom the group for more. than , 30 years, From left, rear are Edith Brothers, Florind a Johnston, Veirna Dinsmore .and May Dodds, all of Stratford,. and frgnt Ivan• Forsyyh an.d...E..,. —RosweJ ,": both of Seaforth, Others honored who weren't present include Edith Fisher, Mitchell; R.. E. Knight, Ernie and Florence Davis and Eileen O'Brien. (Huron • Expositor Photo) - Seafoith library well used BY SHARON _DIETZ The Huron County Library board will, be 1 looking into moving the children's 'section of the Seaforth Library to the lower floor of the library building because the upper floor has become crowded with both adult and children's sections on the same floor. At present St. James Separate School has classes using the library for • book exchanges because the school does. not _have . a -'library:- On - alternate weeks, two classes from the school are permitted to go to the library to exchange book- ds. This program and the library's other children's programs make it awk- ward to have .the children's ' section on the same floor as the adult section. The Seaforth co- operative Nursery School is presently using the library's lower floor four mornings and two af- ternoons each week however, and if the library takes over the lower floor, the nursery school wt5uld have to find a new home. The co-operative nursery has been operating .from the library since October, 1977. There are 48 children registered in the nursery school program which has -'classes Tuesday and Thursday afternoons as well as Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - mornings. . Seaforrtirt-s deputy - reeve Bill Dale told county council he won- ders why the library is being used as a school. CPTA elect officers Marie. Middleton has been elected as president Of the Catholic Parent Teachers Association (CPTA) for St. Joseph's Separate School in Clinton, Elections for the 1980 officers were held on May 28 at a genera meeting and. included: past president, . Carole Kerrigan; vice president, Marg Hoskin; secretary, Truce Ten Hag; treasurer, Liz Warren; reporting secretary, Janet McLean; family life representative, Marilyn Reidy; coun- cillors John Carlin and Ken Reidy. Mrs. Kerrigan welcomed everyone to the meeting and the minutes were read by Mrs. Ten Hag. The graduation, playground, family life program, and preschool library hour reports were read. St. Joe's principal Don Farwell presented the parents with some ideas for future projects of the CPTA. The final meeting of the year was scheduled for June 11. • • "It's a strange thing to me," commented Dale, "that . with school enrollment down, why are we using our libraries for school rooms?" Seaforth reeve John Flanery told council he objected to the procedure of the library board. He pointed out that at the Seaforth town . council's last meeting, they ap- proved fencing an area of the library grounds for use by the nurseryschool children: Flannery said if he had known the library board would be looking into using the lower floor, it could have affected council's decision con- cerning the fence._ Flannery told council, - he' ouncil,he wjnted the library board to take the 'matter to ' the committee -of finance and general government rather than the entire Seaforth council. Flannery said he did not object to the in- tention of the library board to have the Seaforth library use -the entire building, but he was objecting to the board's procedure. Chief librarian Bill Partridge told council the library • board had not decided to move the children's section to the lower floor but were only looking -into the feasibility of the move. APPLIANCE REPAIR Large or small, we'll fix them all,. Our repair experts will have your appliance in tip top shape fast. Call .us to- day. k PECK APPLIANCES "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" • 482-7103 VARNA S By Wilma Wilma Oke, The Huron -Perth Catholic school board approved the . hiring of two new. teachers at its meeting in Dublin Monday night. They are Sharon Hodgson to teach, at St. James school in Seaforth - 70 per cent - principa-l's relief and French, and at St. Exeter principal picked Gary Birmingham of Exeter, principal of Our Lady----oV.-Mount–Carmel School, Mount Carmel, was elected president of the Huron -Perth unit of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association at the annual meeting in Seaforth. He succeeds Donald Far- well, principal of St. Joseph's School, Clinton. Other officers elected were: James McDade, Goderich, first vice- president; Lorne Rideout, Zurich, second vice-president; Pat Brewer, Stratford, treasurer; Sister Loretta Hagan, Mount Carmel, recording secretary; Barbara Krauskopf, Stratford, corresponding secretary. Mathilda Martens of Zurich and Chris Polkiewicz of Stratford• were, elected as „coun- sellors _coun sellors and Gaeten Blanchette of Zurich was elected to the board of directors. Mr. Birmingham, who has been active in ` the teachers' federation in Waterloo, London and Huron -Perth for the past 17 years, stated that the eighties will be difficult times for education. He said declining enrolments, school closing and general belt tightening of the whole economy-- will be some of the major ,issues facing.. educators. - HURON LAKE TRAILER PARK This Family Park is near Kincardine at beautiful Lake Huron, close to Golf Course, Go Karts track, Drive -In. Tennis, Swimming. 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Don't waste your energy ontario hydro .:40..1$ xgkt�^qG'a-v[g' xgdaeae.�W-am hryB.t".'M^dn6M Calui:nban .sebool- 30 per. cent, French, effective September 1980; and Pauli e7, Mtreabe at St, Michael's school, Stratford - $0 per cent French, effective Sep- ternber 1, 100. " Due tQ retirements and resignations the following teachers will, be 'hired back -September 1 into the school system: Sharon O'Toole, kindergarten teacher at St, Boniface,- Zurich; oniface,Zurich; - Linda Wagg., classroom teacher (50 per cent) at'St. Michael's school, Stratford; Cleo Smith,, principal's relief teacher (50 per cent) at St. Patrick's school, Kinkora. ' Justin Tornasulo will be placed as itinerant oral French teacher at $t. Aloysius and St. Ambrose schools, . both • in Strat- ford; and Holy Name of Mary school, St. Marys; Mary Jenkins will be placed as a classroom teacher at St:, Boniface school, Zurich and Elaine Coxon in the junior division at Ecole Ste. Marie school and Cathy Foran will be hired (30 per cent) as special education • resource teacher at St.• Joseph's school, Clinton. The board accepted the resignation of Betty Clark, a teacher at St. Michael's school, Stratford. She .has ac- cepted a teaching position with the Duf- ferin-Peel Cathdlic school. board. The resignation of Lucy Walters, a teacher -at St.' Michael's school, Stratford, was accepted. The board will ad- vertise- for a•custodian for. St. Patrick's school, Dublin (approximately 90 per cent or 36 hours weekly), due to the retirement of Frank Williams on June 30, the present custodian. The Clinton Parent- Teacher association at St. Joseph's school will be t allowed to install creative playground equipment at s a CLTNTON NEWS -RECORD► THURSDAY, JUNE 12,1980PAGE 3A the school, with all costs of installation and maintenance to be ab- sorbed by the PTA with the condition: that it be a minimun of 40 feet away. ' from -the school. Board -chairn an, Ronald Marcy reported on the annual convention, of the Ontiarto Separate School, Tustxees' Ass ciatjon which he attended id Hamilton at- the end. .of May, as did 'Trustees Vincent Young and Gregory Fleming, Mr, Fleming and Trustee Ted Geoffrey reported on , the Congress of Education which they both attended in 1VMontreal the first of June. All said they had found the conventionsill~ with excellent speakers, and gained information from discussions on mutual concerns with other delegates. At Hamilton, the main thrust of the convention was on how to get parents involved in the schools. In Montreal, the delegates said that one speaker said the education system is falling down as graduates are not ready for the business world: They cited businessmen having to bring in trained im- migrants to fill positions at 'a time when there is high unemployment in Canada. One speaker commented sarcastically on the "interesting ap- proach to spelling that the new crop ' of secretaries have". Another speaker spoke of declining enroTment "- and the closing of school which should be avoided at all costs as it destroys th_e community when the. school is closed. It was suggested that the empty - classrooms be rented out, perhaps to a doctor or anyone needing an office. At Hamilton, Trustee Young said it was brought up- that schools ry to get young people -to volunteer help in the chools, but that they should consider as well retired people who could helpin the classrooms. ,as older people have much to offer to school. children. Education Director, William Eckert said this. Was being done to some extent. 'The nest meeting will be held on J ine .`2i. Chairman. Marcy said that during July and August the board would meet on July • 21 and would set a date ' for August if one was eon. sidered necessary, 4 including: . *. 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