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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-10-16, Page 1• IRS L 1tS nq• i "42 uu. THURSDAY, OCTOBER � fib, 1069 � • SINGLE COPY a umommlnI1ninllnnlnuumu1111a1111111u11u11111111aIIIIpU�11N111111111UIII11111iIIIIII11IIIIII111llll 11 a111gnlllNnlunlNI11HIi11111111III1FIUilli IUUUIIIIUIiNIlNN11NN11111'4HINlH1' ., Suggest students use... Presbyteriun Church toBoardaFrench county school own fu nfrfor celebrate anniversary reconsiders fees for non4esud;nt st • U BY RICHMOND ATKEY Student fund-raising events should be more constructive ° than the walkathon put on last • week by Central Huron Secondary •School, believes Robert M. Elliott of Goderich Township, chairman of the County board of education. In a discussion of the costs of secondary School sports last sio week, trustee John Henderson of RR 5, Seaforth, suggested that students use their own funds to pay league fees, and referee wages. Spectators should pay more to watch games if more is needed to finance the events, he M said. Mr. Elliott brought up the matter of money raised through walkathon contributions, mentioning the walkathon staged by the CHSS Students' Council Oct. 8 to meet a deficit of about $1,000. "If money is raised," he said, "why not ' raise it by doing something else that would be more constructive?" he. asked, "Walkathons are becoming quite a racket." Board members voiced no disagreement. The trustees decided that the $672.53 fee for secondary school competition in Huron -Perth Conference competition should be divided and a portion .charged to the budgets of each school. D. J. Cochrane, director of education, said the money would be used to buy prizes and trophies. Student - Council, funds have been pretty well used up, 'he said, in paying • referees' fees Y which are sometimes $30 or $35 for men who ~ charge mileage from London. • In other business, the board decided that surplus school equipment must be disposed of by public auction. ' It was reported that the fee for nightschool enrolment is $15 when materials are supplied, and $10 otherwise. Teachers, are paid $8 . per hour regardless of their qualifications. Clarence McDonald of Exeter, chairman,. of the board's insurance committee, said the contract with Dominion Life for accident insurance was completed, but tenders for general insurance will not be in until Oct. 24. , Elementary school enrolment at 8,792 for 69 Enrolment in Huron County's 25 elementary schools on OOct. 1, was 8,792, up slightly from opening day, according to James W. Coulter, superintendent of schools,. who informed the county school board recently - that a similar upward increase occurred in the five secondary schools where Oct. 1 enrolment was 4,685, up 46 from September.. Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton had 1,024. students on Oct. 1, two dozen more than on opening day. Goderich District Collegiate Institute remained unchanged at 840. Exeter was up two, Seaforth up 62 and Wingham up 18. ~. In response_ to a query from Gordon Moir of Gorrie, Mr. Coulter said there is a total of - 605 teachers, but not all are full-time. Detailed enrolment and staff reports presented at the session in Clinton showed that Brookside (Ashfield), Clinton, Howick, Hullett, • Huron Centennial °(Brucefield)•, J. A. D. McCurdy, (Huron Park), Robertson.Memorial (Goderich), Stephen, Usbome and Victoria (Goderich) elementary 'schools have librarians. Teachers of conversational French are to be found in Clinton, -Holmesville, Howick, Hullett and Huron Centennial Schools, it was learned. 6 27 join United. Church' Rev. •Donald' St. Clair Campbell, guest'. minister On Sunday, October 19, Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich, will celebrate its 134th anniversary with services at 11 a.m., and 7.30 p.m. The guest minister for the occasion will be the Rev. Donald St. Clair Campbell, B.A, , B.D.,, of St. Andrew's Church, Sarnia. Mr. Campbell- was born in Hanley, • raskatchewan, of pioneer farming parents. His family moved to Rodney, Ontario, in his early school years: He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, London, and of Knox College, Toronto. His pastorates include Carstairs, Alberta; Weyburn, Saskatchewan; Knox Church, Windsor, Ontario, • Westminster. Church, Ottawa, and his present incumbency at St. Andrew's, Sarnia, since June, 1954. During World War II he was, from 1943-1946, a chaplain in the Royal Canadian Navy. 0 Post -graduate work was done in New College, Edinburgh. He has served the General Assembly of the P sbyterian Church. in Canada On its board of education athe board of Knox College. At present he is - the convener of the missions committee of the synod of Hamilton -London. In 1969 he'was nominated as a moderatorial candidate of the general assembly. The Services. -at Knox will be conducted by the minister, the Rev. G. L. Royal, and W. M. Cameron will preside at the organ and conduct the choirs. - Douglas Paisley Studio. .,• . Twenty-seven persons were North Street Uniteg Church received into . the fellowship of congregation is organizing an the North Street United Church every -family visitation to all congregation at a recent families of the congregation. A communion service. _ . -meeting of all - visitors, group Last Sunday, Diane Charlene captains and committee Dawson, daughter of Mr. and members is set for tonight, Mrs. Max Dawson and Shelley Thursday October 16 at 8 p.m. Diane Pfrimmer, daughter of Mr, in the Christian education and Mrs. James Pfrimmer were building. received at the Thanksgiving Dr.. Robert McClure has been Sunday service. invited to visit the congregation On Sunday, October 19 Stan in the near future and a date for Jones and Rev. Don. MacDonald Dr. McClure's visit is awaited. will engage in a dialogue sermon Dr. McClure is the first layman with provocative and to hold the highest office of controversial topics under Moderator in the United .Church. discussion. Members of the He was an overseas medical congregation are also encouraged missionary. to offer comments MINI OXFAM proceeds sent • A cheque for $11,952.26 was forwarded to OXFAM of Canada as net proceeds from the 1969 Goderich and area walk held May 3. The local Committee estimated costs for printing, mailing ° receipts etc. at about • two , percent which was largely recovered through bank interest while walkers were• getting final returns in. Gross receipts were $12,039.90. -OXFAM • of Canada will use this and other Walk receipts from the 60 Walks held to date in 1969 across Canada, to make grants to church, relief and United Nations teams at work in 90 , countries that receive OXFAM assistance grants. The 1968 WALK netted $6,800. Taxpayer to have report BY RICHMOND ATKEY The future of conversational French instruction in Huron County public elementary schools was discussed by the school board at . a meeting in Central Huron Secondary School- . in Clinton recently. - French is now taught in four schools m the Clinton area - Clinton Public " School, Holniesville, Hullett and Huron Centennial at Brucefield - and in Howick Public School. John B. Lavis of Clinton, 'board chairman, asked school superintendent J. W. Coulter if there were plans to increase the teaching of conversational French in all the elementary schools. Noting that the Howick school is the only one outside the Clinton ' area where it is taught, Mr: Coulter said: "We feet that this is a test area and should help us make a recommendation early in 1970 for the next school year." Mr. Lavis inquired further whether or not the superintendent considered the French classes a success. Mr. Coulter said he felt there . had not been enough time (one month) • for the new staff to evaluate it. "Don't worry, it will take a long time to evaluate," said Mrs. J. W. Wallace of Goderich, a former school teacher. "Is it possible to get teachers if we think we want to expand this service?" Mr. Lavis asked. Mr. Coulter. said that offering French as far down as first and second grade would require 20 more teachers in the county and said that many qualified in conversational French are not available. "I don't think," . said Mr. Coulter, "that we can recommend a teacher of conversational French in every school in this county." Some school boards are hiring consultants to aid other teachers, he added. Hesaid the source of teachers of French conversation is limited to college students and housewives given special permits to teach after completing a short preparation course. This, he said, is the case in the Clinton area with a housewife from the Canadian Forces base. Mrs. Marian Zinn of Dungannon asked whether addition of librarians or French teachers would be given, preference °if a choice is. to be made. "It's a matter of economics," Mr. Coulter replied, "In one case you only have to supply the body; in the other you have to. supply the body and the room" Fees for non-residents in Huron County public elementary and secondary schools are being reconsidered by the - board of education - partly because Goderich says the fees "set last month make it too expensive to import hockey players. The annual fee• established Sept. 15 is $900, based on actual cost. That is the maximum permitted by the ' Schools Administration Act. " D. J. Cochrane, director of education, said that several persons have presented cases in which they maintain the fees are excessive in view of policies of former local boards. Seaforth pays education tax; first ,in county One of the cases involves a pupil returning from a city to live with his grandparents. Former board policy would have allowed free tuition -since the grandparents are taxpayers.. The second involves a hockey team wishing to "report" hockey players. "Since the team is no longer sponsored (in former years a sponsoring industry would have been asked to pay the fee)," Mr. Cochrane said, "either the team organizers or an individual will have to pay $270 per month: it is possible that in the past the one -school -one -town -one -team philosophy would have resulted in no fee being charged. Mr. Cochrane said that either the team organizers or - an ' individual will have to pay $270 a month, , although former The Town of Seaforth, which At recerl meetings the school t a $50,000 cheque to, the trustees had been wondering sen county school board recently, is when the money would start supporters of minor hockey the the first municipality to pay, a coming in. Heavy bank interest reasons for the associations' portion of the 1969 school tax is being paid to finance the hesitancy in holding registrations o policies might have resulted in no fee being charged (sponsoring industries were also asked to pay fees in the past). Daniel J. Murphy of Goderich asked for lower fees and cited the case of the Goderich Junior "$" hockey team which used to be sponsored by the Detroit Red Wings but is now unsponsored. • Two players are being brought in from Saint John, N.B., but • the team does not have $1,800 to buy their tuition. Mr. Murphy suggested a fee of $100 or $150, not $900. He received enough support to have the regulation sent- back to ,committee for further discussion. "Is if fair for all persons in the county?" asked Robert M. Elliott of Goderich Township. Minor Hockey Assoc. calls special meeting A special meeting between the Goderich Minor' Hockey Association and the parents of children who will be entering minor hockey leagues this year has been called for Sunday evening to discuss changes in fees. The meeting ..has been made necessary by changes in the amount of money that now has to be paid for ice time, which is considerably more than in previous years. Ice time rates 'for minor hockey and figure skating have been set at $5 per hour by the wG o d erich Recreation and Community Centre Board to bring the rates into better perspective with other facilities and to try to offset some of the ,defficit at the arena. The executive of the Goderich Minor Hockey Association said this week it would like to bring to the attentionof the levy. on -education Wingham and Goderich and the rest of the municipalities?" asked John Henderson of Seaforth at • - the board of education meeting in Clinton Members of the Huron that this is a problem that must County Board of Education plan - be faced by the board, and said the taxpayers ers on the what he wanted to know was first-year operations of -the how the board 'members should board just as soon as comparitive go about solving the problem., IIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111M111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111111111111111111111iimiiIIII11111111111111111111111111111iiiii llilll figures with .other years are He asked whether the board 1 ' -. _. _ ....... .........,, ., ..y. x:. v Ta•,.K..3 <..oxrf_'nf^. .a.y,u,. available, the county board should lay down a,�policy for all • - decided at its meeting in Central members to be guided by. -Huron Secondary School, "I'm not in favour of meeting Clinton recently. with municipal officials until we Both D: J. Cochrane, director are in a better position to discuss of education, and R. B. Dunlop, our affairs," chairman "John B. business administrator, said. that Lavis declared. "At that time I such a report could be available think I should call a meeting* of 'by the end of February but not municipal officials to carry on 'a before that date due to payment discussion with panels set up, of year-end bills. • I with questions as�:ed and When the • comparitive answers given." information is received by the "Many _municipal officials board, a public meeting or seem to criticise the actions -of meetings will be called, the school boards without according to chairman John B. knowing anything about it," D. Lavis of Clinton. He urged the J. Murphy of Goderich said, "or administrative staff of the board trying to find out...I don't see to set a target ,date.as soon as why we should worry about possible. them" if we do a good job. We Johan Broadfoot, Brucefield, don't need to go hat -in -hand to brought the matter before the any of them." board when he. suggested a "It's not ve y good public meeting with municipal officials relations if you don't appear at a before the December municipal meeting when you are invited," elections, in order to provide Mr. Broadfoot replied. information on the operation of Mr. Murphy said that the the board of education board members were not Mr. Broadfoot -emphasized representatives of individual tore ort to F Y P Monday school operations in anticipation for minor hockey due to the of ax payments. amount of the feepincrease that 11-_ be needed_ to cover Dance lMurphy of. Will_ "additional costs. Goderich, a lawyer, said -K'e expects that the Ontario The executive said it felt a Legislature at this session will public meeting should be held to pass legislation to - correct the discuss the increase and the situation. etin has been set for 7:30 p.m. this Sunday, October 19, at the arena. "The Goderich Minor Hockey Association has long worked to make hockey available to 01 the youth of the town andhthe area at a rate that was felt. to be fair to all, parents and town for winter recreation." a member of the executive said this week. "It is only with the wonderful support we have had over the years from our service clubs - The Lions Legion and Kinsmen - that we have been able to operate the Goderich Minor Hockey Association and we do not feel justified in asking them for more support in order to meet the increased financial demands of the Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Board," the spokesman said. Theexecutive ask that all parents • attend the special meeting and support the association. The Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Board met with representatives of the association at the last meeting of the board and while association -members 'said -they _.felt the cost of ice time was still 'fair, they did not see how the association could meet the added expense without drastically increasing the annual fees. municipalities, but the entire eftft'ers etiuz°atiarral ea county. You re only partly right, • Dan," interjected R. M. Elliott of Goderich Township, board Quite a ,-few of • Huron's _ livestock producers will pay business tax this year, according to the new county assessment department. ' But - many of the farmers are appealing to the courts of revision and are promising to fight the levy. The directors of the .Huron County Federation of Agriculture discussed the matter at a meeting in Clinton last rt Thursday' .evening and the • county broiler producers held a special meeting at the Dept. of - Agriculture office -in Clinton E. F. Hall, assessment commissioner, said the addition • of business tax is based on a supreme court decision interpreting a section df the assessment act. The act, he 'said, does not - specifically say farmers are liable for business tax, but does say that any business not listed is to • be assessed as 26 per cent 'of the bi. value of the property used for business. The county assessors, maintain that livestock Operations dependent on purchased feed are businesses. Where all the feed is grown by the livestock owner, the business tax is not applicable, said Mr. Hall. • A three-man panel went through questionnaires returned by farmers and decided which were liable for the tax,,,Mr. Hall said, explaining that the men were experienced with farming and "not ones from Toronto who have only seen chicken at Col, Sanders." Mr. Hall said. he recognizes that some cases were not clear-cut and "where we make decisions, we make mistakes." He said he has had a lot of inquiries on the matter and "we are advising everybody to appeal as a matter of principle, to protect themselves. We want vice-chairman„,„* . everyone's rights to be "You repreesent the separate protected. That is part of my school ratepayers of the county job. Our- prime concern is the ,on this Board; 'the rest of us are people involved.''- - - -' - from individual municipalities. He said anyone - not only Have you ever heard of the farmers - can indicate on the members of county roads back of their assessment notices committees getting more roads their intent to appeal and return Executive officers of the Father Nagle Council, Knights of Columbus for the 1969-70 term were installed on October 8 at St. Peter's parish hall. Installing officers were Joseph Tobin, district deputy, and John Meagher, district warden, both of - Stratford. Left to right are, back row: Pat Osborne, financial secretary; B.it Lawson, j aracellor; Bill Wisser, warden and A. J. Wisser, recorder. Front row: Aage Stegenstad, treasurer; INSTALL OFFICERS &° for their ' own area than other. - byGoderichOt ° Y • the, notices to the "assessment c unit councillors? Or the department in c • Ontario Premier who got moreKnights .,of coiumbus 15. Postmarks do not count, he roads for his riding? We were said. The appeals must be in the elected to represent our department office on the 15th. constituencies on this board," Mr. Hall -said , he had no idea Mr. Elliott concluded. how many farmers were Mr. Broadfoot said that all he affected, but doubted it was a wanted' was a uniform report large percentage in the county.roduced by the board for the He noted that Bruce and other members so they would be counties have already adoptedsain the same things. the same policy on business tax. Business tax on a livestock Jahn Henderson of Seaforth, feedlot would apply only to the warned that the board members buildings involved arid a small had better be prepared with parcel of surrounding land. It facts if they were; going to be would not be based on the full questioned and give correct t f a farm. Tlie installation of officers of the Knights of Columbus, Father Nagel Council was held at St. Peter's School on October 8. Installing officers were Joseph Tobin, district deputy and John Meagher, district warden. Both men are from Stratford. Officers for the 1969-70 term are Mark Dalton, grand knight; Le§ter• McKenna, .deputy grand aneno knight; Pat Osborne, financial answers secretary; Aage Stegenstad, e* treasurer; Bill Lawson, chancell'i r; Bill Wisser, ween; A. J. Wisner; recorder; Cyril Boyle, advocate; Don Frayne, Joseph Hickey, Leonard Jeffrey and Kaz Bi•udnicki, trustees. Spiritual director is Father H. Galea, S.S.P. The installation ceremony was preceeded by a short business meeting following which the members of the council and, their ladies were entertained at a Lester McKenna, deputy grand knight; Father H. Galea, S.S.P.; Mark Dalton, 'grand knight; Leonard Jeffrey, trustee and Kaz Brudnicki, trustee. Absent from - the photograph are . Don' Frayne and Joseph Hickey, trustees and Cyril Boyle, advocate. A social evening was enjoyed following the in»allation with lunch provided by the ladies of the Catholic Women's League. staff photo to start youth group__ dinner provided by the ladies of the Catholic Women's League, of St. Peter's Church. - Grand Knight Mark Dalton, announced recently a steering committee has been set up to organize a Catholic youth group to be known as the Columbian Squires. This is the official youth organization of the Knights of. Columbus. • Catholic youths between the ages of 15 and 18 are invited to attend a special meeting on Monday, - October 20 . at St. Peter's School, located at the corner of North Street and Gloucester Terrace in Goderich. Parents are also urged to attend. The steering committee is under the direction of Warrant Officer Bob Ingram, CFB Clinton who will be assisted by ' Mark Dalton, Pat Osborne and Tony Wisser. '