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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-06-05, Page 18 A d N T ,gr d 'k O prepar- ations for the com_ .Change- ov c' to use oft common 'Metric > t ; be d in the 19 _SchOOIS under the H tiros -Perth Co" ROOM _Catholic Separ- ' ate School Board' the trUsteeti were informed at a board meet-. Mg held in St, Patrick's School, Dublin,, Moray 'night of last !� week. ,Michael Dewan, principal of St. Joseph's, School Stratford, And spokesman for the metric cur- riculum committee set up by the board, outlined agrees to date. The ten merbers of the commit. tee wh o attended,the Meeting for the presentation of ' :the report are: Prinfaxy, Mrs. Terry rear- son, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Dasbweodi Sister .Louise Lowry, Principal, St.;, ' Beniface School, Zurich and • Joan Murray, St, Dolumban School. Junior, Ennis `Murphy,:; St. Patrick's $00013,r• •kora; Mr. Dewan; Mrs. Margaret Sup- lat, St. Boniface School,,:, and Joseph McDonald, at: rick's School, Kinkora. ;Inter Mediate, ;tea, Po�, per- eipal, St. J s cbool ► toy#;, Paul Zybura,, SL a to School; Stratford; and Miss Roberta .Stamp, 'St. Mary's Se 'f,. Goderich. John Yintar, director of OW cation, .Is on the committee and M. J. Liebovitz, curriculum ser- vice officer, . Pure" and Applied Sciwice. Ministry of Education, wore�. ted, with � tai. • Mr. Lebovits ee ` en sll, committee for the progress they Made which has put them in the forefront in Midwestern District for ,,pre r1n obi fort He s Canadtan meat. date I mil da'S :met1 (MO+le and t e O1 tai io [ii catitnalong with t departments of edta a June 1978 or sooner as :1 line. explained.that pr measurement: jc. tly'rte!_ : al me u lent: • !:. 'predominantly Mr. w n'said the in tern will rbe in - to grades *OW 19 by Septernber 1971 elusively by Jud Mr. 'Amin said awair + workshops for. staff will 1 d • May 30andStarting in Septeraber• intensive tan service worker and implementation is measurement area in and intermediate classes and 1 pilot projects in junior Kiippen Trustee l hae nolly saaid, sNow.I can set need for professional - Ment days! Jack Lane, business a 7' strator, said the metric kits fos each school will cost about 475 the primary division and 1 the intermediate division about a total of $2,850 in schools. He said the government is posing to pay a grant of 75 • per pupil to help with these In other business the.. Stratford, attendance counser, :k29. 0salary' in cress egiven a report by hiliun for the board who said the utun-, ;�, ber of referrals had decreased. since he was hired in 1971 did` Bent to Huron �etementary gave the reason for this► becau teachers were ratified Monday seventh instructor hired on a con- 1�:.,1 aiva.9ft1 44- ..• ». , k�.us.... •+•-•:..•.'r.•mr r::.w YA'CW.hY'•&cSv.Sw O.K., LET'S GET BACK ON THE TRACK ... Well, that's not exactly what this engine `.-.a�. saidPa. lsw t. othe freighoar...:,:. but it 's dose=enough. .•The freight car r was derailed Saturday u r da yy a om*•�! ap st n .�t .t+ �)1:acr sst� z hac4 ber sde,.uattn saw - art engine andseerawsorlkrfen work for almost ati hour to brie 9 the run- away freight car back -onto,,the tracks and back to where it was. Fr oaf eight car is derailed ter crossing Josephine There's a scientific theorem that insists "there is no action without a reaction" and a Satur- day evening prank certainly proved the truth of this saying. 4 The facts about the ction are still shrouded in speculation and uncertainty, but one thing is sure: somehow a freight ear parked on a side track east of Josephine Street was loosed from its moorings and sent rolling down the tracks. The reactions followed quickly. First to become involved was ha Mrs. Al Williams of Wingham. As v she tells it: "I was on my way across, Shuter Street on ` my bicycle around nine o'clock Saturday evening when I saw this freight car coming along the tracks with nobody in attend- ance. Then I saw two little boys 1 I fr 4 rrf fl�� �J rr� Jli •% i rr •.r r J . r � � �� i.•:�_iifr•.!il�fr(/i fJ •i ri , r% ?...� � -.�: r.........�'.... � . Fl After months the Huron Count partment has pub ick Township and councillors ha weeks of its releas tain aspects of it. The complaints, ship councillors sa who "ar the plan's policies o a buffer zone an floodline mapping. Township Reeve son, referring to the sue said, "It's pretty ick." He said that res councillors feel the drawn incorporates land in the three vil titularly in Wroxeter that about half of Wro the floodplain, which a severe restriction on velopment in additio jetted hardships on p ers. Rive Gibson said Ilia s wab,draw s on the basis on bicycles come out from behind it, but I couldn't identify them. I immediately thought: well, what about the corssing on Josephine Street? So I bicycled quickly right along the tracks, with the freight car right behind me all the way. When I got to Josephine I got right onto the street and waved my arms about wildly to stop the cars. One car stopped, and the other was much further away. The freight car crossed the main street and then derailed on the other side by the creamery. Then I thought. I should try to ap- prehend the two boys I had seen, but they were gone by the time I got back. So I called the police." The police came out to check on the situation, Mrs. Williams said, and questioned her about the event. As of the latest police re - r port, the matter is still under in-. vestigation by the department. The derailed freight car was left in its off -the -track situation until Monday, • when an engine and several workmen were called upon to get the car buck on the tracks. Speculation about the event was rife by this time. One observer said the car was derail- ed by teenagers. Another story had it that the freight car nar- rowly missed hitting a bus as it rolled across Josephine Street. The workmen, concerned only with getting their job done, labor- ed for close to one hour to get the freight car back on the tracks. After much maneuvering, count- less cable adjustments and some kibitzing by observers, the `'this area. freight car was pulled back on the The event was organized by track and returned to its original George Cameron, Ambassador. spot on the other side. and Ron Lee of Winghani. IvE GENERATIONS ,Mrs. Mabel Finlay (right), a esld,nt of the Fordwtch Village Nursing Home, celebrated r 102nd birthday on Saturday, May 31.On Thursday, May . members of her fatally got together for. a quiet visit and is picture of five generations. From teff to right are; Mrs. gimes ( Isobel) Hudson of RR 1, Hanover, (granddaughter ementarry teachers' Salary increases of 29.9 per proved increases for its six driver ,education instructors and .for 'a the students knew he would irtT ` by the Huron County Board of tract basis. vestigate any _truancy. Mr. Ind: 1~!tion. Instructors who are board em - said ' The�board's negotiating chair- Ployees will receivean . • increase aid be has on occasion- beenc;w to X5.5 from X44 per student for in- ' in 'for consultation by a. man, y1ey �of Goderich, in riecsiirtmending ratification to his car instruction and a lithe from So v board members said, "It's to $10'for in -class instruction dui= Settlement in -relation to ing the 1915-76 school year. �t it' :a o' . $tie— . uchon fees Paid n$. •W t r:.'S8� ......k . t � �:'', °r"'mt • .i[ 4 - v...J' family in trouble R. help counsel fir; student. Charles Rau, Zurich,; Separate School representati o . Harpn<....+ ity ► ueatio m�,,� in.. attend t "`'iiie "; 47,4thitis in th vtti . his activities. The two separate Mr ,HIH continued, "I hope this, school representatives on the -higher trend does not continue for Perth County Board declined the another .year." invitation to attend the meeting John Mann, principal at Wing- The "Zurich Minor Athletic ham public school and the Association was granted permis- teacher negotiator said the sion t� use the ball diamond at St. agreement which was ratified by Boniface school, Zurich, on the teachers Thursday,in Clinton "is recommendation of Trustee Ted going to be of benefit to both Geoffrey, Zurich. The use of one Parties bus will be given to Rev. C. A. Mann indicated negotiations Pettit to transport children to St. were underway for about eight Mary's School, Hesson, June 30 to weeks: He said, "Members of July 5 for religious edu- both groups pit in about 75 hours cation.Trustee Arthur Haid, RR of work." 4, Listowel, said there would be The increase of 29.9•per cent is about 50 children and they would made up of 2.44 per cent in incre- use two classrooms and the gym- ments; 26.406 in increase on grids nasium at the school with the and 1.072 per 'cent on allowances parish Paying expenses of bus and fringe benefits. Under the driver and gasoline. new agreement starting teachers in category one will receive a salary of $8,400 increases to $11,400 for ' five years * of ex- perience. Category two ranges from $8,900 to ,$13,400 increased from $6,600 and $10,850. In category three the minimums and maxi- mums are $9,500 and $16,100. Category four salaries vary from $10,400 to $17,100 and cate- gory five goes from $10,800 to $18,400. At the same time, trustees ap- Shriners meet Eighty -1'6w members and guests of the Bluewater Shrine Club, a unit of Mocha Temple. London, held a meeting at Lee's Restaurant on Wednesday, May 28. It was the best attended and most successful meeting held in • .. X.•�.J: ?.� •.• ?.; ::. � - peri .47 of Mrs. Finlay); holding liar own grandson Ji 3, on;her knee; Danny Metzger 7, siring on his father's knee, Oliver Stewart of. RR 1,,Garries is the son of Mrs. Finlay andher first husban behind is Mrs. Finlay's great-granddaughter, (Marion Hudson) .Metzger of Hanover. • (S►ia Joyce Marlene Nethery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Nethery, RR 4, Brussels, graduated, from Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology with a diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education. Graduation exer- cises were held Friday, May 30, .1975. Jim Pattison, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Pattison received word that 'he has been offered. a Descartes Fellowship ifh a total value 52,400.00 i the Faculty of Mathematics at the Univer- sity of Waterloo. Jim, has been accepted in the Co-op Mathematical Programme. He was also offered a 5400.00 scholarship at Wilfrid Laurier University if he furthered his studies there. His sister Katherine received word last week that she had successfully completed her first year at University of Waterloo with first class honors. —Mrs. Harry Lear of Blyth held her annual music recital on Wednesday evening of last week. Participating in the program from Wingham were Karen Wood, Douglas Wood, Jim Laid- law, Ian Mann, Caryn Mann, April Moore, Ruth Taylor, Jo- anne Wood, Janet Wood "and Syl- via Beard. traiiid .�."•+z.': c x ys iittert den, ten: George. Sohn son, Blyth; Harold Adams, Luck - now; Ralph-, Jewel, Goderich, Jim Cardiff, Brussels; Ed Powell; Wiiigham, Sandy Fey,. Mildmay; Bruce Kith, Tees- water; Omar Brooks, Lucknovi; Don Picot, Lorne ',Robinson, Kjncardine. -Twe are *wed it « accident Two persons were injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Hlghway 4 and County Road 25. The accident occurred Saturday and was in- vestigated by the Goderidi de- tachment of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police. Daniel leClear of London was treated at the Wing - ham and District Hospital for a laceration on the right knee cap and was discharged. Mrs. Brenda LeClear, a passenger in her hus- band's car, was treated at the hospital for brush burn of the right elbow and mid -chest pains. She was also discharged after treatment. odIi�'hot' in Howick, official plan is released of public debate y Planning De- lished the How - Secondary Plan ve within a few e blasted cer- Howick Town - ay, come from upset" about n severances, d especially Robert Gib - floodplain is - hot' in How - idents and t the line too much lager, par- . He said xeter ig in would`tnean future de- n to pro - resent own - t the line of aerial photographs. "If they were on the ground they might see better." Gary Davidson of the county planning department in Goderich said, "Floods kill people. Every- body is tacking about just pro- perty. Db you want to protect people from floods?" He said that the line utilized by the planning department was the one established by an engineer- ing firm hired by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. They used the "once in 100 -year flood" as a guideline given by the province. "We were as surprised as any- body else of where the floodplain was, he said. Mr. Davidson mentioned that the criterion used was that of Hurricane Hazel in 1954 which may or may not be a "one in a 100 -year flood". If Howick councillors change the floodline which must be sub- mitted to county council rind the province, they might use a differ- ent flood criteria, he said. Or, another alternative would be to solve the problem by going to en- gineering works to reduce the flood line. "If the floodline is different we'll change it," he said. But the county and province, who would pay the bill in case of an emer- gency, must approve it, he added. Coun. James Robinson said, "There'll have to be some changes so people won't suffer fi- nancially from its ifloodline map- ping) ." He said they must think of the person whose house burns down. He would not be allowed to rebuild under the secondary' plan guidelines. Coun. Harold Hyndman said, "The flood plain mapping is tak- ing in far too many building lots. In Wroxeter there are people who have never had water in their basement and they're within the flood line. • "We don't feel we should okay the plan until we do something -about it." Coun. Stewart Douglas said he supports the plan including the floodplain mapping, although he knows it is not "a popular stand" Ne said, "The main bone of • contention is that the most beau- tiful "spots in Wroxeter are in the flood plain—and residents say they've never been flooded." Planner Davidson said that the line is drawn on the basis of at least a one in a 100 -year flood which means that residents who live in an area for 20 years or more might never have ex- perienced a flood. This would not mean that one could not strike, he said. "bloods don't give much warn- ing. And after, people forget them too. quickly." He added that the province will eventually step into floodplain areas and take control. The line must first be registered and adopted which has not yet been done in Howick. BUFFER OPPOSITION Reeve Gibson Said that the -buf- fer zone is "of some concern to people". The plan calls for a 2,000 -foot buffer vnnr around all urbanized areas where present intensive farming will be limited and hone allowed in the future. The zone would not be used for urban de- velopment either. Reeve Gibson hastened to add, "There's nothing you can do about this." The incorporation of the buffer zone into the plan is "no more than institutionalizing something that exists" according to Mr. Davidson. A provision of the Agricultural Code of Practice calls for a 2,000 -foot zone between urban and intensive farming operations. "You can still operate big oper- ations within the zone," he said. It would limit growth and certain aspects of the actual operation, he added. Colin. Douglas said that as long as the provincial code is in effect then the council would go along with it. Coun. Hyndman disagreed. "This is ridiculous," he said. The homeowner can dictate to the beef fanner what he wants. A fanner invests up to and more than $15000 in an operation while the homeowner's invest - i tizent is small in comparison, he said. "Yet the homeowner can close the farmer up." SEVERANCES The plan encourages farmers to retire to villages and hamlets rather than building a house on a "separately titled lot". Surplus residences may be leased for a long-term period subject to cer- tain stipulations. Reeve Gibson said, "Farmers are opposed to spot dwelling." He added that the land severance committee, composed of five members including Coun. Robin- son, is still granting severance applications for father -sons, where another house is to be built on the farm. "You wonder why some are turned down and others ac- cepted." The plan attempts to clamp down on "spot dwelling" by mov- ing people into planned urbanized areas. Severances in the country in general would be turned down. "This is a good idea," Coun. Robinson said. "It's a good thing, we definitely need it." Coun. Douglas however, said that there are "dozens and dozens" of places in the country that would not affect farming operations. "There is a degree of silliness in denying severances." "I'm against diluting the popu- lation in the country." He said that the rural population is small enough without shuffling people into hamlets and villages. Coun. Hyndman said he thought the plan regarding sever- ances "was a real good thing. It would take away the possibility of country residences (which would have a bad effect on farming)." Planner Davidson said that the department's attitude was based on the idea of protecting farming. "It really depends on how strong- ly you want to protect long-range agriculture "tt all boils down to • should people be allow d to do anything they want with their own land? "This department gives a re- sounding no to that question." PLAN'S FUTURE Councilmen will be given a few more weeks to discuss the plan among themselves after which public meetings will be held to al- low residents the opportunity to express their views. Basically Reeve Gibson said he thought the plan is good and would vote for it, "if we could get it worked out by altering the flood plain part." Coun. Robinson agreed. Coun. Douglas would like to see a change in severance policy but is in favor of the flood line pro- vision and would go along with the buffer zone practice. Counc. Hyndman said that changes must be made in the floodline mapping and buffer zone regulation but is content with the severance policy, al- though he did say a father should have the right to sell a house to his son and sever the land Mr. Davidson said, "Council can make any changes they want to. We, at the planning depart- ment, will point out the impli- cations of any change, however!' The plan with or without changes will be submitted to county cotindil, which will re- quire approval -from the pro- vince.