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Sister Monica, principal of St.- Peter's School with some of her
students Saturday for the OXFAM walk.' She was smiling when
she left and still smiling when she entered town after completing
Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell:looked.•determined as he set out in
the fog Saturday for the OXFAM walk. He was still determined
when he walked back into. town 25 miles later to complete the
walk.
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The second annual OXFAM
took place Saturday May 3
-with 641 persons(?) including
th,members of parliament, an
amputee and aenun, taking part.
Five hundred and forty finished
the complete route of 25 miles.
Herb Murphy, campaign
chairman, estimates walkers will ,
have raised more than $10,000
• when the final tally is in.
Sergeant John Lawson of
CFB Clinton was first • home
the walk — ali '45 miles -- s vet coisitsItudents in tow. The
group is shown passing their school at the start of the walk. .t
. Phot By Ron Price
after jogging most.' of the way.
Sister °Monica, principal of St.
Peter's School completed 25
miles with some pf her..students
and Bruce„ Lamb, who lost one
leg a year or so ago,- al ;b
completed the walk: •
People from all walks of life
,took part Including the lion"..
Charles MacNaughton, provincial
treasurer; Robert McKinley, NIP
1Thron and Murray Gaunt, :'.1PP
luron-Bruce, Goderich Reeve
Harry '"W'orsell was also walking
ai; was county clerk treasurer
Js.,11r::;erry.
The three members of
parliament walked as far as the
check point at the Ontario
Pro‘iiicial Police. detachment
Inflicting o4 highway 21 before
having to return to their-
parlianit ntary duties.
Ileavy 1!og surrounded
walkcrrs as they set out with the
town bantl leading for part of
Town deeds .building to tuglate co. owner walkers
Goderich council has agreed
to. deed a harbor -front building
occupied by MacDonald Marine
Tug Co. to the company's
owner, Donald Bert MacAdam
without charge.
Mr. MacAdam has been
leasing the premises for the past
13 years as his grandfather, Bert
**MacDonald, did for 30 years.
before that.
Council. reached its decision
following a meeting held • at the
building April 28.
Mr. MacAdam had asked for
renevil of the lease and Mayor
Frank Mills suggested it might be
better for Mr.. MacAdam to'‘Own
the. building. He 'said Mr.
MacAdam had served the town
well in past years with rescues
-Teachers.
affected
Eby bo
performed with his company's,r Maitland River breakwall, and a s
tugs. hydro line will be installed to
" The land occupied by the the water's edge in preparation
building will •be leased to the for 'possible • ° marina
new owner' at a nominal fee, development. •
perhaps $1- a year, and the ' This action is contrary to -
building will revert to the town recently -stated wishes of`Mlr. and
if the site is required for Mrs„ B. M. Homan, who own
industrial development, or if Mr. Indian Island in the Maitland
MacAdam quits the business. River estuary, 50 feet from the
In previous years, Mr: fill area. •
MacAdam had paid a lease fee of -The 'Hornans did not want "
$300 annually. He told council access to the water made at that
Thursday night he .would, point as they felt it would cut
continue to spend this amount into the marina operation they
on repairs and upkeep of the ° propose to develop on the
buildings, island. •
Council this year decided not . . The couple recently asked ,
to 'spend any ` money for • coven to remove the fill `and
renovations to the building. close the access to the water.
In' other business, council They also offered to remove the'
decided to give other • fill themselves if council would
harbor -front. - ,property • a pay for the installation of a
face:lifting. ' hydro line t� the island. . ' .
Piles of fill and debris will be However, estimates obtained
levelled at the east end of4he by the harbor committee
hawed cast of levelling the area
would he $150' and installation
of the hyd'ro line would .cost
52,500.
Council felt the cost
difference was too great. �,.
The mayor said levelling the
fill and .permitting cartop boats
and canoes to be launched
would be only a temporary
measure.
'There was no intention to
compete with any development
on the island, the mayor said.
If the Homans proceed with
the island development, the
launching area will. be •closed, he
said.
The mayor also:1;old council ,
that an application for a survey
of . the •river; to establish the
Iocatiob of the channel had been
approved by the federal
department of public works and
that work will begin
immediately.
decisions
The OXFAM walk was
officially over early Saturday
evening. Two Goderich residents
were unable to make tlre.walk ,
Saturday due' to other
commitments. 'They went it
alone on Sunday. •
'lJr. and Mrs. -Jack Leitch
started at 1:30 on Sunday
afternoon and the Signal-Sl.ar
caught them- coming into'.town
at 11 p.m; Sunday evening. By
the way they were walking,
,there was no question they had
strolled the entire route.
Saturday's walkers had
benefit of ;refreshments along
the way and encouragement
from fellow walkers. Not so •with.
the doctor and his wife although
,friends did go out with food and
beverage to keep them going.
,"That's a long walk, but the
walking after""dark IS nal.- very
pleasant," said Mrs. Leitch as she
hobbled by.
ittle Theatre chalks up comedy success
the (loderi'ch "'Little --Theatre-- .for''Norman' 'to- shine: Norman {Fallout 'magaf-ine and „°r an's
presented its final performance was a versatile writer for a lady-killer partne . '`' Mike
of the season last Saturday and , protest magazine. --lie Hwas -Gibbons, as Andy, pulled -off- a
chalked up one of its finest ' portrayed by Warren Robinson . few subtle coups of his own that
performances yet. , - who is•on the way to becoming had the audience in stitches and
The Neil Simon comedy Star tine Buster Keaton of Goderich. won them over completely on
Spangled Girl was well acted and , He didn't have to speak to. bring Friday evening. No one could
well directed and the audience . the house down — just look get more subtle than Andy when
he nonchalantly bounced up and
down, backward and forward on
a mattress under which he has
The Huron County Board of .. loved it. ,
Education Monday night It takes a bit more know-how
approved the hiring, of the to hold an audience for two
following teachers for a one-year hours and°keep it laughing. -
probationary period. For a first attempt at
Mrs. S. Attract -assigned—to. directing, Kathy..Jenkins, must
'd' Walton; Miss Marion Aldous, get an A. ,She pulled humor ou
Mrs. A. Dowds, Miss S of a scene where others would
Jefferson, assigned to Goderich; have missed it; she injected
Miss J. Booth, assigned to J.A.D. subtle movesinto an already
McCurdy; Mrs.. P. Deichert, funny scene and brought the
humor out,
Hensall; Mr. John Hartley, t to the audience with
. Exeter; Mrs. ayes, Usborne; ., a fanfare.
This probably, will be one.pf
• Mrs. J, McKiernan,._ Hensall; IVIr. ¢. ,. the ahoy :t i7re members of Little>i red l�legijii; Stephen; Miss C�, Theatre will remember fox a long
Preston, Hensall; Mr. D. Riley, time as one of the happiest they
Hullett; Mrs. B. Soldan, Huron
Centennial; Mrs. E. Taylor', have . done. Happy* not. only
Clinton. because it went over well with
the public, but because each
member of the cast had -a night
when they turned the audience
on, .Roberta Machan in her
second role with the local group
had the house with. her all the
way on Wednesday for her role
of Sophie, the Star Spangled Girl
swimmer, and deserved every
minute of praise. It's tough
enough projecting 'voice in a
place With the aecoustics Of
(transferring); Miss B. Snell, 1VIacKa-y Hall,. but to do it yeith
Pullett Central Public School; an angry Southern accent
Mrs. E. Taylor, Usborne Central without slipping back to'norm,
School and "'Mrs. A. Woodrow, is something to take a bow'for.
Hullett Central Public School. On Thursday it was the night
dumb.
The "straight man" of the
show was .Andy, publisher of
,r The resignations from the
following were accepted with
regret: Mrs. M. Cline, Brookside
Public School; Mr. R.1 Doehn,
Huron Centennial Public School;
Mrs. Marie Johnston,, Clinton
Public School; Miss M. Koehler,
Huron Centennial Public School;
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Mrs, E. Lansing, East WaWanosh
Public Schdol; Mr. P. Main,
Colborne Central Public School
SOPHIE
ANDY
!'/1/rkr by Adricoi
'NORMAN
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ucation
It will cost Huron taxpayers
over $9 million to Have their
chi,ldreAr educated this year. The
Huron , County Board of
Education approved a budget of
$9,028,10.7 brought in by
Business ' Administrator, R. B.
Dunlop, and the special budget
committee bf the Board.
The . Board will requisition
,'4,739,992 , for secondary
schools; $4,248,145 for
elementary stools and $40;000
for schools for retraigable
retarded ohildr
Capitatl �t���-',i uipment
expenditures of "' ,10(x, or more
Board
pproves --
kindergarten
the way. Police Chief , Fred
Minshall was on duty at
intersections to see walkers
safely across and many people
who were unable to go on the
walk turned out to cheer walkers
Qn ,
Check points along the 25
mile .. route . were manned ,,by
volunteers from • the Goderich
Lions Club who also helped with
refreshments. •Kinsmen manned
pick-up vehicles and volunteers
took refreshments to the walkers
in between check points.
Refreshments were provided
at Porter's Hill, Holmesville and .
St. George's.hall in Goderich, by
members , of women's church
"groups:
W lkers are asked to turn' in
cheques and cash to Victoria and
Grey Trust Co., `where a
temporary receipt, will be given..
A large • amount of clothing
was handed in after the walk and
anyone who has lost anything
should contact Herb Murphy at
98 Lighthouse'street. .
The committee said this week
it didn't know how it was gojng
to thank all th eople -who took
part - ,in th °Walk which
"exceeded • all expectations."
Last year there were 250 taking
part in the walk which raised•
about $7,000. ,
placed his jacket .for. "pressing."'
It was themore subtle because it
curried -o1 f an•• -c therwise .piece_ of
monologue, one of the rarities.in ,
. the show~
• On Saturday the audience
went' for the whole cast and
'brie yet has received - the
applause that this trio did; The
curtain• -calls came to an- end_
when calls for the director were
unanswered. Kathy Jenkins had
'fled in the face of, success and
left her- cast to face the }audits '
alone.
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The backstage crew, were not
entirely forgotten this time as
bouquets were . presented. Ruth
Leonard, erstwhile assistant
director and stage
hand -electrician• and
what -have -you, received a
.bouquet for • assisting • the
direction of the play.
Others working behind the
scenes .were Bill Cochtane,, stage
manager; Ian Ilarper and Glen
Lodge, lights; Frank Bissett,
sound; Betty Cochrane, stage
properties; Lee McCallum, Rita
Ross and Marg Robinson, hand
props; Arthur'Coonibs, makeup;
Kathy Jenkins and Martha ,
Rathbun), set design; Marjorie
Macfie, wardrobe;' Stan
McGrattcn, house manager.
Set construction was under
the direction of Reg Bell assisted
`'hy•Greg Clements, Glen Lodge,
Ralph Mox,lc'y, Bill Cochrane,
Doug Graham, John Lawley;
Connie Bell, Betty Cochrane,
Mari Ma -fie, Ruth Leonard and
Louise t 'theringtOn,
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are to require .pior approval of
the executive committee and'the
Board and . capital equipment'
expenditures of $100 or more
will require prior approval of the
executive committee. - ry
What the ..budget mill cost
each municipality won't be
c l5nown until the nextalneeting �f
the Board when itis expected a .
completes breakdown. will be -
available. • `. •
The. Board did not .eonsidjr
this, its first budget, excessive;
Board chairman, John Lavis,
noted Lambton County board
had estimated the costs of the
new system there at $50,000 less
than the ggid system, Mr. 'Lavis
wondered"- if a` similar
comparrison could be made
'available'" trci' the taxpayers --in
Huron Coupty.
Vice-chairman, Robert t,,
Ellicott, Clinton, said it should be •
e Board is
pointed out th
Huron County Woaid ot` carrying a large -loath from—the -
Education. decided during., a last Boards.
committee of -the whole meeting "In June this county saw
May 1 ,' to •_ approve— probably the biggest, salary._
recommendations` to make -increase never for' elementary
kindergarten facilities available school teachers," Said Mr. Elliott
in county schools. "and we have to `carry the full
• James C o u 1 t e r., . six montH's of it."
superintendent of schools for Dan Murphy, member from
the county, made the following Goderich, said the Board had a
re c o m m e n d a t i o n s: saving on- trustees' salaries of
accommodation be made • $25,000 over the old system,
available in Colborne Central due to less trustees being
School. by.combining grades; required.
kindergarten pupils be
accommodated in Grey Central
School with a portable1
classroom to be purchased for a
junior grade accommodation;
Holmesville — .accommodation
available in the school` by
combining grades; Huron No. 2
— one class at North. Ashfield
school in classroom presently
unoccupied; two classes at
Brookside, a junior grade in a
portable , classroom, with
kindergarten pupils
accommodated in classroom
vacated by junior grade.
'. Mr. Coulter felt the -present ,
transportation system, with
minor adjustments, would be
adequate.
The financial estimates were
as follows: two portables at
$8,000 - $1.6,000; furniture —
$4 , 000; transportation —
$4,000; for a total of $24,000.
Salaries (2' ,;. teachers) will be
$13,500. •
02 apply for
three positions
• Roy B. Dunlop, business
administrator for the Huron
County schools, told the board
of education Monday that he
received, 12 applications for the
position of chief accountant and
office manager; 19 applications
for the position of manager of •
purchasing, and services and 71
applications for plarr;t.
superintendent. All the operiings
were advertised recently.
The 'board decided to let Mr.
Dunlop screen the applications
and bring the names of three for
each position before the board
which will make the figal
decision on hiring., but will listen
to the .recommendations of Mr. -
Dunlop. r
Its John Cci' rane, director of
education, informed the board,
that the contractor for work at.
Blyth Public School claimed no
liability, for necessary work to
•cure- a sewage problem at the
school. However, Mr. Cochrane
said he • had met with
representatives of the architects,
and contractors. and felt they
would meet some of the costs
"for good public relations."
"Two years of planning becomes a reality." With these, word's,
Mayor Frank Mils, with the assistance of Councillor 'Deb
Shewfelt, Chairman Fire, Traffic and Safety Committee, officially
turned on the new traffic lights at the corners'of Victoria! Nelson
and Hamilton Streets Monday night. Mayor Millsosaid there had
been many near accidents at this intersection, particularly during
the summer months when Judith Gooderharn Memorial Park is
open,and many hundreds of children cros's daily."The electrical
contract for the installatibn was handled by Goderich Electric
who entertained council at the Ihlaitland Country Club later. —
StaffsPhoto
Principal
named
Goderich — Huron • County
Board of . Education Monday
night named G. O. Philips,
present vice-principal at Central
Huron Secondary School, as
principal of F. E. Madill
Secondary School, Wtngh tr .
The position of vice-principal
-'for--the- -Clrntott--school-will 'Ise .____
advertised for.
The decision to hire Mr.
Philips, was made during a
comn'titeee of the whole meeting
May.1.
• Mr. Philips was born in Port
Arthur and received his early
education in Ontario. He
received his $.A. degree -'from
the University of Manitoba .in
1950 and graduated from the
Ontario College of Education in
lie has held. positions in three
schools at Sudbury, and also
taught in Port Arthur. '
He • was vice-principal of
Fergus District High School,
1964-1965 and has been at
Clinton since 1965.
Assigned to Central Huron
Secondary School were Mr. G.
H. Atkinson, Mi T.Fox, Mir. W.
W. Hodgins, Mr. John K. McIver,
Mr. Donald Renshaw, Mr. J. K.
Mclver, Mr. Donald Renshaw.
Mr. J. K. W:His and Mr. C. W.
Worrell. -