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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.
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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
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figures with .other years are He asked whether the board 1 '
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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
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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. -
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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. '