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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-11-21, Page 1etty ike. r .4 u T $E ON Wing) it, Ontario. Thursday, Nov. 21. 19 idates are named fo y school board The highlight of 8orn►ation eting procedures in•Wfnghant 1 Monday evening was ;he Selection of candidates, for the new Huron County Board. of Education, 'which will take °vex the operation of alt public and . high schools in Huron at:the first Of the year, Local boards will cease to .function at tha tune* Nominated to re .P .:re*ent the Town of W in sb.ham a ncd ,the Towiiship of B. ast Waw nos h 'Were Taylor, of ast a warosh and Shepherd of Wing hams, both of whom, are ;members of thep ,.resent Huron- Bruce District High School, Board, , The first speaker, Mr*: Shep- herd, barrister, spoke briefly Of his background as'a native of Scotland Find a graduate of the Univetsisy' of Aberdeen. • He referred to the trennen- . dous changes which are about to take place in the field of ed- ucation and said that so far school boards have dealt only with the "nuts .and boltz", the physical: Mechanics of hiring teachers and 'providing for the buildings and equipment requires ed to educate our children and young people. The new County boards, said Mr. 'Shepherd, 'fill face a tie- . mendous responsibility, for they will be. asked to formulate educational policies and' to make decisions of much great- er importance that ever before. In -addition, they will control the spending of many millions of dollars a year. In this sec- tor the best of education will ;have to•be provided, but. a Careful watch on the taxpayers- Money will have to be main- • tanned at the same, time. The second nominee, John Taylor, said that he is. a life- long resident of East Wawanosh and hiss served 'for six years on the Huron -Bruise High School Board,- � said; he. � e also that all., not definite made up his mind R. • ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian REAL'THING-- ' There was no nonsense about the kind of weather we got on • Monday night and Tuesday. Driven by •a stiff wind, the snow had all the makings of a real blizzard. " More of the same is .predicted for the next few days at least. 0--0--0 WRONG IDEA -- We inadvertently left a wrong impression in an editor - f al Jn last week's paper. Re- ferring to the decision to build an addition to ° the county home ,at Clinton a few years ago we failed. to make it clear that many of the reeves in the north- ern half of Huron were in favor of al site other than Clinton, as were some in the south. The final decision was a close one, as werecall, only one vote separating the• yeas from the nays. - 0--0--0 GOOD IDEA -- We like Councillor "Bud" Cruickshank's suggestion at the -nomination meeting the other night. He looks forward to the establishment of a legal pedes- trian crosswalk at the John and Josephine intersection. Some of us who do a fair amount of driv- ing in the city have become- ac- customed to stopping in order to allow pedestrians to cross our streets --but there are a lot Of . drivers who have never heard of such courteous nonsense. , 0--0-w0 SINGERS HAVE -THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT -- The Ladies' Choral Group which meets at the high school each Monday night at 8 o'clock hopes to sing carols at the hos- pital "during the Christmas sea- son. They would like help with this project and ask that other ladies of the community lend their voices for the purpose of cheering' the shut-ins at Christ- mas. It is not neeeflsary to Join the group to be part of the Christmas chorus but it would be appreciated if those who will help would turn out for a fear 'practices before that time. What's Monday nights in the tntisic MOM at the high school. Please use the middle door. • about accepting the•notnination but if he did, he asked support in the December 2nd election, A nomination meeting was held on Monday to select can- didates for the Huron Boardof Education to represent the • Townships of Howick and Turn- berry1,• Those nominated were Gordon Moir, Corrie, member of the present Huron -Bruce Dis. trict High School .Bo d• Leslie € ar , Fortune of Turnberr , also a membenof theresent board;. p 4dA. Clifford Cooke, Walter Rein wick,; Leonard Sanderson- Clare Harr l Stewart ls, .Douglas and Morley„Johnsons At the nomination: for Grey, Morrls and Brussels those nom were Murray Cardiff, a member of the Huron. -Bruce Board, George McCutcheon, Donald MacDonald and Samuel Sweeney. In the Ashfield -West Wa- wanoshr nomination five names were placed: Rus111rvin, frank°MeQuillin, 1pon01d Mae' Kenzie, Donald Murray and Mrs. Marren Zlnn. One representative to the County Board of l~dueation is to be elected by the Separate School supporters, and two noni- inations mere received, Dan Murphy and John Morrissey, Separate School supporters' futile counties of Perth and Huron will elect a single ;board of education to look after all Separate schools in the two p counties. Th'e nomination. , meeting, also held on Monday,. g y• was to select candidates from the following municipalities: Ashfield, West Wawanosh, East Wawanosh, Mtrris, , Turnberry, and Wingham. ,Those named` were John Austin, .Donald Fray ne, Oscar Kieffer and Mrs. Ron- ald Wisser. Elections in all cases will be held on Monday, December 2. N..N.,N.NNNN..N,N.N.I...N t . Acclamation to mayor, deputy reeve, council -,< Since all nominees who were named at the public meet ing held on Monday evening had until 9 p. m. Tuesday to qualify, several las t•minute change's have been made in • • election plans.. In Wingham there will be an election, for reeve, but not for - mayor, deputy reeve or council- lors. DeWitt Miller land Harold Wild were acclaimed as mayor and deputy reeve. on Monday evening. Although thine were eight nominations, for the six.. councilseats, only six nomin* ees qualified, leaving •an elec' ti n.b *Ittfiatop Those declared elected to the Wingham council are Mrs. Margaret Bennett , •Jack Bateson, George Carter, G. W. Cruick- shank, William Harris. and Wil- liam Walden. George Carter and'William Harris are the two new members, replacing Har- old Wild and Alan Williams. The- W ingharn vote will also include the names of Norman Shepherd and John Taylor. the two nominees for Huron County Board of Education and the question of membership on Pub- lic Utilities Commission --three or five. Separate school supporters will also receive ballots on which they will vote for their member on. the Huron -Perth board and for the lone separate school member on the Huron board. IN HOWICK There will be an election for council only. in Howick Township,' where three are to be 'elected. Those who have .qualified :are Jam. Ferguson,. '.Fr . ..Haryey McMichael. John Stafford and Motley John) son, Reeve Harold Robinson and Deputy Reeve Mel Allan were elected by acclamation. --Mr. Chester Gilkinson of Edward Street is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London: --Miss Mary White is a pa- tient this week in St. Joseph's Hospital, Guelph, Room 246. She underwent minor surgery on her heel Monday morning. Bell conipany ponders purdrns. of MaNhndqrop ShareholdersMaitland Teleservices, the, company which operates the for me r..Brusse1s and Blyth, municipal telephone companies, have received a letter from the board 0f.direot- ors of that company.' • The letter informs' the share- holders that 13e11 Telephone Company of Canada is conteri- plating the making of an offer to the shareholders. of Maitland Teleservices to acquire all:the x shares of the company for a cash_ consideration of $15.0.0 per share, .The letter informed .share- holders that they should be fully:' aware of the offer and `also of ; the •fact that no actual offer had been made as yet nor has any firm decision been made to do so. , Further word is expected when., the proposal has been consider- ed and decided ,upon by the ;, • board of directors of the Bell' company. Former inspector honored Tuesday About fifty friends of J.H.. Kinkead, of Goderich, gather- ed to honor°`him at the Legion,:' ,hall in Wingham on Tuesday --night. . Mr. Kinkead spent many` years as inspector of public” schools in this area, and the presentation was on behalf of pupils who had attended school, teachersand ex -teachers and members of the board of the Wingham Public School. Vic, Kinkead retired from the post last year. • William Harris, chairman of the school board, acted as master of °ceremonies at a dingy. nor in the Legion hall and dura; i} rang the evening Mr. Kinkead -v .( was presented with a chi me clock. Scott Reid, veteran school board member and a past chairman of the board, made the presentation, David Murray another long-tifne board member and former chairman, presented flowers to •Mrs, Kin- kead. Both recipients made suitable replies, Mr. Kinkead referring to the happy relationships and lasting friendships he had made in Wingham. AV .13 THE WINGHAM COTTON queens had a fine display at the 4-H Achievement Day last Saturday at the high school. Three ,.of, 'the club members are pictured with their display, from the left: Ruth Bennett, Ev- elyn Norman and Alma Beard.—A-T Photo. a.. 4x • PROVINCIAL HONOR certificates and pins were presented Saturday to Marilyn Brooks, Lucknow; Sharon Rintoul, R. R. 2 Lucknow, Brussels. nd Rosemary Blake, R. R. 2 —Advan:ce:rimes Photo. 0 Town of Yfingham nominations Though some offices will be filled by acclamation, there will be an election in Wingham on Monday, December 2. The Question of whether the public utilities commission shall con- sist of three members or five members, will be.laced be- fore fore the voters as well as the names of candidates for public office and county board of ed. uc atiori, • • At the nomination meeting on Monday evening of this week Mayor DeWitt•Miller re- ceived an acclamation for his fifth and sixth: years in that of- fice. Harold Wild a veteran' of five years on council, also received an acclamation as deputy -reeve. Others nominated were: For mayor, Mrs. Margaret. Bennett; for reeve, Joe Kerr and Jack Alexander; for .council, Mrs. Bennett, John Bateson, George Carter,' G. W. . •Cruickshank , Williaiim:Harris,' Harold. Wild, William,Waiden; Alan William& For:Public Utilities Com- mission, Roy Bennett, Colin Campbell, W.W. Gurney, and John Pattison. PUBLIC MEETING G._ W. Tiffin acted 'as chair- man for the public meeting' which followed the official .hour for accepting nominations. First speaker was Mayor Mil- ler, who referred' to the likeli- hood that some form of region- al government will be'a ,reality by 1871. Hie reminded his aud- ience that school boards and - assessment departments have vaarl y -been`regionalized:on Voicing disappointment that no new industries have been secured, he commended the members of the Development So. and for the unceasing work they have ;doze in this regard. The mayor pointed ort, how- ever, that expansion of present industries may.have done as townsthe i- - . �rriuforn ch the a troductivn of a• new plant, lie stared, too, that Wingham has a higher rate of industrialem vrr Single C ployrnent per :capita Ilion any Other town -in the. County. The mayor traced the his- tory of negotiations for tlhc con- struction on- sctio t n ru of as enircitizens' 1 � 7 �ens apartment building on,Alfred Street and said it is hoped that the .building.will be ;started MANN N..NN.N.NAN.N.NMN..N..o oAMN„A••AHHAsilmolNNN1..•.l,.. ►A...A'NAAA JNMNNoiWii. a • IT'S REALLY PAINLESS -=Diane Thompson was caught by the camera as she'received a last minute application of lip- stick from Mrs. Jack''Nevery before`going on stage for her part in the Town Players' presentation of Blithe 'Spirit.— A -T Photo. Elmer Bell. warns: council of county school board problems Elmer D. Bell,' Exeter, form er president of the Ontario Pro- gressive Conservative Associa- tion and retiring county repre- sentative on South Huron Dis- trict High School Board (he will • not contest the election), warn- ed me tubers of Huron Count y Council at Goderich 'last week that under the new county school board system, there would be - many new problems to solve re-, lating to cost and service. "I suggest that under the new system, there will be no reduc- tion in cost, and, unless it is very well handled, costs may pyramid, " He said there could be "an administrative jungle" and you conceivably could have "more chiefs thah Indians". "Any board chosen should go slow and the representatives of the' people of Huron County should not swallow holus bolus every proposal before it, " he declared. "I suggest each board should instruct'its principals and administrators to get together •and produce a feasible plan of Coaching Dad?, 'hi BY JIM WARD There are many dads in town who played hockey as boys. Now their boys want to play hockey but the coaches are few and far between. There have been complaints about the system of coaching the younger sets and that there Seemed to be pandemoneutn on the jeep There are not 'enough eoach- for bbth the tykes and the squirts. At present the tykes are practising on Tuesday at 5-6 p. tit.. and Friday at 4. 30- 5. 30. The squirts practise every 6aturday morning at 9-11 a. in. If you can give a hand you are asked to call the Rec- reation Office at 957-1208. operation, Mr. Bell was giving his final report after five years' service. Other county council represent- atives who reported finally . were: Dr. L. P. Walden, Clint- on District Collegiate Institut. e Board; John C. Brewer, Wing - ham, Huron -Bruce District High School Board (formerly Wing- . ham District); •Russel Kernig n, Goderich District Collegia Institute Board; and Russell . Bolton, Seaforth District 'High School Board after 23 years' service. Pupils attending the five sec- ondary schools total 4,465 comprising 2,288 vocational and 2,177 non -vocational. Largest enrolment is now at Wingham (after amalgamation with Lucknbw) 1,299 (vocation- al 8$1 and non -vocational 418); Clinton is second with 987 (vo- cational 337 and non -vocation- al 298); Exeter is third with 894 (vocational 337 and non - vocational 557); Goderich is fourth with 798 (vocational 276 and non -vocational 522); and Seaforth is fifth with 487 (vo- cational 105 and non -vocation- al 382). Teacher data are as follows: Wingham, 711 (salaries $6, 500 to $20,000); Clinton, 631 (sal- aries $6,400 to $13,000; prin- cipal, $18, 500; vice-principal, $16,000); Exeter, 54 (salaries $6,400 to $16, 500; principal, $18,000; vice-principal, $16, - 500); Goderich, 47 (-salaries $6, 500 to $15, 000); Seaforth, 25 (salaries $6, 400 to $16,000). Ratio of pupils to teachers varies slightly from school to school: Wingham, 18.7 to one; Clinton, 15.5 to one; Exeter, 16.56 to one; Goderich, 16.98 to one; Seaforth, 20.1 to one. Other staff reported: Wing - ham, 23; Clinton, ' 18 (business • ldrninistrator, $8, 700); Exe- ter, 13.1 (business administra- tor, $8, 900); Goderich , 18; Seaforth, 6i. Bus information; Wingh arn, 22 (2,001 miles per day 1,020 pupils transported); Clinton, 10 (707 miles per day, 574 pupils); Exeter, 17 (1,018 miles per day,. 775 pupils); Goderich, 7 (701 miles per day, 33.5 pupils); Seaforth, 9 (649 miles per day, 411 pupils). Relative assessments for the various school areas are: Wing- ham, $19,461,052 (mill rate 18.4); Clinton, $11,219, 585 ..(rmill rate 21.263); Exeter, $16,- 488, 16,488, 663 (mill rate 19.0); God- erich, $15, 244 „407 (mill rate 19.0) ; Sea forth , $9', 857 , 82 6 (mill rate 13.2). 13 to compete for queen's Guineas Thirteen 4-11 members from Huron County will be exhibit- ing calves in the Queen's' uin- eas Competition at the Rq al Agricultural Winter Fair, To- ronto, this week. These in- clude nine Hereford steers, three Shorthorn steers and one Angus steer. The Queen's 50 Guineas will be given to the winner exhibit- ing the grand champion steer. The 50 Guineas are provided from a fund that was developed for agriculture i.nOntario nearly a century ago by King Edward VII. ' The Queen's Guineas Com- petition is considered a very. educational event as the mem- bers learn to prepare their ani- mals for show , and above all • leam good sportsmanship. The exhibitors this year from Huron County are: Bryan Black, R. R. 1, Belgrave, HarveyBlaek, R. R. 1, Belgrave, Grant Coul- tes, R. R. 5, Wingham, Paul Eedy, Rosemary Eedy and John McKenzie, R. R. 1, Dungannon, Ivinrray Mewhinney, R. R. 1, Lucknow, Brian Miller and Paul Passmore, R. R. 3, Exeter, Margery Smith, R. R. 1, Del - grave, Marlene Stewart, R. It 1, IEirkton, Murray and Neil Vin- cent, R. R. 1, Belgrave. ,y Not Dyeat shortly. 4 • Mrs, Margaret Bennett said •th t she appr'ecialedthe her in 'ei% nominated for the may - ox $ ost, byt that she would not be a contender, ,As acoun- ei1 member for four years and chairman of the; finance corn- ,Mittee for two, she outlined • Some of the financial pxobl n s Please Turn to Pa eti ...t • ' pen s demonstration held Saturday Last Saturday a Teen Sit -In was held here in Wingham. For several reasons, one of them examinations, very' few attend-. ed. Only 18 sat in on. a session of discussion' at the ton hall ur the moaming. There discuss Ions were. carried° on in therly afternoon.. Since the;thought of at coffee house has been..prevalent 'lately the problerns discussedrelated to the coffee house location: and pits operation.. 'i discussion'they,realized that if it would be run to`their: satisfaction • they would have to xt, u.and` ` it thciixselvees. It set wasithen, tharunt it °'vas .realizd hat t wasp quite. a task, xlow- ever, they are . quite keen to push forward to make it a suc.- : cess. , The. Teens have y alreadstart'' .� ped by. raising ever 1.00 00 on 'ttree'•projects. : r r ,•; p- r - Their problems included creating interest in the coffee house, raising funds and setting it up. No • definite site has yet been chosen. After the discussion sessionS_ Walter Sunahara: of the `3� dt. • and Recreation Board of Ontario Department of Education, e a demonstration of psychedegav`le' Atmosphere, using multico,ur- ed slides combined with multi coloured 16 mm. films. At times all were kept separate, taking turns flashing on the band. On occasion, to get a , good mixture of colour, .all projectors faced the U. S. O. 's, a local rock band. The afternoon session was attended by 25. What it lack- ed in quantity it certainly made up in quality as all, who attended took an active, keen, interest in the discussions. Minister- moves to Wiarton cGarge. Rev. Wayne Lester, pastor of the Wingham Pentecostal Church for the past 31 years, , will leave November 30 for Wiarton where he will become the pastor at Bethel Tabernacle. Mr. Lester is married. They have a 10 -month-old son. Following the .service on Sunday morning the Wingham congregation presented Mr. Les- ter with a gift of money. Jim Morrison of Drayton, a graduate of the Eastern Pente- costal Bible College, Peterbor- ough. will succeed Mr. Lester in the Wingham charge. Mr. Morrison grew up in Drayton. He is unmarried.