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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-11-09, Page 4A P,ge 4— Wingham Advance•Tinies, Thursday, Nov. 9, 1972 u • y shows Huron residents well satisfied with Dr. C. T. M. Hadwen of the Uni- versity of Guelph, who has di- rected an Interdisciplinary Study of .Huron County in 1971-72 at a cost of $21,000, was not un- familiar with Huron County be- fore the study began. But Dr. Hadwen has learned some sur- prising thinbout Huron County and a its this county may well be unique in many re- spects. For instance, Huron County citizens like Huron County the way it. is. They would prefer 'to change jobs rather than move away from Huron County and many, many present Huron County citizens have proven their loyalty to this county be reveal- ing they've been born and raised here and haven't even considered moving away. As well, Dr. Hadwen dis- covered that the county's weekly newspapers are not only appre- ciated and respected, they are the most trusted source of news and advertising information Huron residents have. Of course, the people which Dr. Hadwen and his workers inter- viewed were heads of house- holds—in other words, older citi- News from EWPS Grade 3 presents October assembly By Loreen Taylor BELGRAVE — On October 25 the Grade 3 class of the East Wa- wanosh Public School presented their October Assembly. Madam chairlady, Lisa Thompson, opened the assembly by announ- cing that the Grade 3 class would sing "0 Canada". This was fol- lowed by a choral prayer and a hymn. The song, "October Party", was sung in unison by the class. Robbie Rodgers and Murray Taylor recited "Thanksgiving Dinner", which captivated the audience. The whole class parti- Close vote for student council By Ingrid K. Jaretzke BELGRAVE — The Student Council election of the East Wa- wanosh Public School was held on Friday, October 27. The voting was very close, especially in two offices where the difference was only one vote. The results are as follows: :,President, .Janice Coultes, Grade vie president, Janet Cook, Grade °7; treasurer, Oscar Meier„ Grade 8; secretary, Dor- een Taylor, Grade 8.. Congratulations to those who were elected and three cheers for those who participated but didn't quite make it., • Grades 1 and 2 have been dis- cussing various signs of autumn and how the earth rotates around the sun to create the various sea- sons. They are also doing activi- ties involving these topics. Grades 5 and 6 are studying the • novel `Shane" by Jack Schaefer. The novel is quite intriguing. The main character had never really wanted to reveal his.past life but as the story develops, many sur- • prising events occur. Last Monday our school soccer teams were again beaten as both boys and girls met defeat: Kings - cipated in presenting the play, "The Lost Kitten". The cast was as follows: little girl. Linda Ging- rich; king, Daryl Dunbar; scare- crow, Calvin Bakelaar ; witches, John Arbuckle, Georgina Chettleburgh,-Melanie Scott, Meribeth ,Scott, Marion Taylor, Nancy Verbeek; ghosts, Lori Cameron, Lisa Hamilton, Mur- ray Hastings, Nancy Moore, Joel Van Camp; elves, Jimmy Smuck, Peter Rasmussen, Murray Snell, Murray Taylor, Lisa Thompson; cats, Murray Campbell, John Haines, Molly McBride, Patti McDowell; attendants, Sheila Anderson, Scott Evans, Kevin, Koehler, Robbie Rodger, Cathy Shiell and Kenny Swanson. The assembly was closed with "God Save the Queen".•Truly this was enjoyed by all. Bluevale Mr. and Mrs. William Dalrym- ple of Archydal, Sask., and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyd of Toronto, also Mr. and Mrs. West Haugh and Ivan of Turnberry visited Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh and Eileen on Monday. . Mr. and Mrs. Fraser .Haugh and Eileen and Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Dalrymple visited. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilkinson, Wingham - and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Horne of Listowel on Tuesday. Sacred Heart Mailbox bridge boys 2, Wingham 0; Kingsbridge girls .1, Wingham 0. We wish Bernard McGlynn a quick recovery from his accident playing soccer. Our Hippie Day was a success with : such characters as Brad- shaw, Harvey and Sidney show- ing their faces. Another success at our'school was our school. elec- tion in which the Liberal candi- date won by a ratio of over 2 to 1. On Tuesday our cross-country team of eight girls and eight boys will run a two-mile course. Lots of luck to them. zens. Just for the records, Dr. Hadwen has already conducted a similar survey among Grade 12 students in the county's five high schools, and preliminary tabula- tions indicate that Huron's young citizens may not vary all that much from their older county - mates in their outlook about the part of the province in which they reside. - Dr. Hadwen is not finished with Huron. His next move is to obtain the permission of Huron County councillors to interview them about themselves as councillors and their reasons for being there etc. There were 10 interviewers at work in Huron for the duration of the project. Two other persons— the late George Ellis and James Kinkead, both of Goderich, also contributed time and knowledge to the endeavor. Dr. Hadwen said .that while there would never be established "a comprehensive picture of Huron County", there are some indications of its make-up in the following discoveries, after inter- viewing 535 heads of households: 1. There is a strong positive identification with - Huron County on the part of most people inter- viewed, although many identify more closely with a town or vil- lage area than with the county as a whole. Over half the respond- ents did not wish to see the county change in any way, although about one-fifth expressed a desire for industrial growth. 2. The best features of Huron County are seen as its good farm land, its friendly people and its pleasant scenery. Its least at- tractive features are thought to be hard winters and a lack of suf- ficient -job opportunities. 3. The attachment to Huron County amongst those questioned is strong enough that two-thirds of them say they would stay in` the area, even if it meant they had to change their occupation. 4. Over three-quarters of county heads of household have always lived in Huron. Except for those who. have always lived at their present address, there has been a tendency to move from a rural to an urban}, location w in the county. The .one;quarter who have moved into Huron come mainly from Ontario, especially other parts of rural Ontario and have been attracted by a job or farming‘opportunity or by friends and relatives. 5. With respect to most serv- ices, respondents were at least fairly well satisfied with . what Huron. County , has to offer; not, however, in the case of public transportation which many felt inadequate. Recreation and health. facilities, on the other hand, are seen as superior by al- most half those questioned. . Health services are seen to have improved during the past five years by many, in that more doctors and treatment centres are thought to be in the area now. A small minority hold the oppo- site opinion, stating that doctors are less available to patients than they were. 6. Over half the sample go, to the lakeshbre at least once 'a month for recreation, although only about five per cent own a cottage there. A majority, though not a strong one, would like to see the lakeshore further developed, mainly by adding more public beaches and. campgrounds. FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION to the betterment of minor sport, Ted Baynton (right) of Mild- may was presented the Mike Weichel Trophy at the annual meeting of the WOAA at the Legion Hall here last week. Making the presentation was Richard Parker of Harriston, a past president of the sports' association. (Staff Photo) life-style Tourists are thought by most to be very important to the economy of the county, but those clues.. tioned tended to bei less en- thusiastic about the presence of tourists than about the revenue they produce. 7. There is still a clear am- bivalence in county household heads regarding the establish» ment of central schools and a consolidated school board. Opinion is almost evenly divided on this issue, with 85 per cent holding to the same view they had when the issue first came up. The chief arguments advanced .,are increased costs by the opponents of centralization and higher quality education by its advo- cates. 8. Three-quarters of the re- spondents feel that people *now have less control over decisions that affect them than they used to have. This development, de- scribed as a very, bad thing by most, is seen as most noticeable in education policy, farm mar- keting and county and municipal government. However, only 13 per cent can claim to have made any effort themselves to in- fluence a policy decision in the last twelve months. 9. Two-thirds of those inter- viewed noted an increase in the number of families not farming in the county. Opinion was split as to whether this is a healthy or unhealthy development. Similarly, while almost everyone thought agriculture would re- main Huron County's main in- dustry, only about half the sample said they would be un- happy if that were not the way things turned out. 10. Much of the county's history can be seen in the fact that while 65 per cent of the sample had had farmer fathers, only 33 per cent are now farming. A part of the future may be seen in -that over a third of those classed as farmers are now working at a part-time job off their own farms. Of these, almost half are engaged in such work steadily. Most of those working part-time plan to con- tinue, and are using the money to increase family income rather than to improve the farm. 11. Television is the medium preferred for entertainment by the, sample, but newspapers are ranked ahead of it as the source of news and opinion which has the greatest effect on people's think- ing. ACW neeffiig at Rhin Name BELGRAVE -- The November tweeting of the Anglican Church Women was held at the home of Mrs. Hugh Rinn with an atten- ance of 10 members. The meeting was in charge of the president, Mrs. Robert Procter, who led in prayer and read the scripture. 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