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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-01-07, Page 1k Az' 4,0 fe e, T .I R'SDAY, JANUARY 7, 19-71 J24fh.:,YEAk• • , _ ..... I III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIu11111111I11111tItII111111111111UI11Ul 1111 11 lllllli11111111111111111 I IIIIIItl1111fillll IIIIIfillllllllllllllflllllulllllllll flllfllllllullllllrflllllululllllltllllllllllllllll lJl unillllullll i 111111111117 inio1111111111nmil .fll iiunmllfnuwulllntlufufnllunlillffmm�llouulnilllll liuluulluulnutnllauluuuullnniiiiiuttitllluluuwufu4lnulluntuunultluuulllnluutuuuuullliuullullululwuuuurulnuuruyl�nllulltuu 1 t �, „ 1 I 111 t •,. 1 , l vJ SINGLE COPY • 15 0 - The area was flooded by fire department - volunteers on Tuesday evening after being packed dow.n with'a roller earlier , in the day. Maintenance of the • natural ice .surface .will have to be, carried out by . those who use• it arid snow scrapers will be left at the park for that purpose. The surface should,be ready for use by the timethis, issue of Vie: gn tar is on :the sr Bets; 6 Recreation board chairman ��, -Paul Carroll said this week if the experiment is a success a more' permanent area will be prepared for next winter. "It will Probably -.involve a small 'shelter ° and, boards -around the perimeter of the ice," said Mr. Carroll. Qpei air rink ready 1 The Goderich ttecreation and Community Centre Board, with the help of the Goderich Volunteer Fire Department and the Public- Utilities Commission has prepared an out -door ice rink for the people -of Goderich. The new ice surface, approximately 45 by .75 feet is located at Judith Gooderham Park and is being set up as an experiment to accommodate those people of the town who are not able to make it to the arena for .,public skating due to work or school schedules. Shantz: ert { rn �,. The first baby of the New Year for Goderich also was the birst baby born in Huron .County in, 1971. Seven pounds 9'/z oz. baby girl Angela Down , ood arrived of—Alexandra Marine and General Hospitalsat 8:1,5 atm. January 1. She is the daughter of Mr: and Mrs. Reg Good. 139 South Street, Goderich and the granddaughter of Mr- and Mrs- Melvon-Good, R.R 5 Goderich, and Mr, and Mrs: Walter T. Jackson, 1320 King Street, London'. Mr. and Mrs. Good have two other children, a girl, nine and a -boy, four- Mrs. Good and the baby will be' receiving many gifts from Isocal merchants..._,. Staff photo. 6 heads.b�arci for Huron se erste sch Howard Shantz., Stratford, Arthur Haid, R.R.4, Listowel; Was elected chairman, by acclamationof the Huron -Perth Cou ty : Roman Catholic Separate r chool Board at the ,, inai'x ' sal meeting in Seaforth forth � Monday night. Mr: Shantz was vice: -chairman of the" -board last year. _ ' He succeeds Keith Culliton of . Stratford who _did not stand ,for election to the board this tern Of the 14 members of the board Mr. Shantz was the only one°to lets. his name stand for the position ,of chirman. ._ " Joseph Looby of Dublin was elected vice-chairman, Four trustees entered the race for the position • - Joseph „Looby; AChristopher Walraven, St- Marys; „ .Francis Hicknell, R.R.5,, -Seaforth; • and James Morris, Stratford. Voting by ballot three times was necessary to eliminate the other three men before Mr. Administrator, was instructed to butiget ,items which are Oscar Kieffer, R.R.1, .Bluevale; contact the:firm of Kyles, Kyles . and' F.J. Vere, Stratford"- & Garratt; 'Stratford, to have • Personnel and Salary Negotiating' -them check the heat regulators Committee - Ted__Geoffrey, at Si. Ambrose, St. Michael s Zurich; James Morris, and St: Joseph's Schools in Stratford; and Pat Carty, R.R.5, Stratford and Our Lady of • Stratford. Mount Carmel School at R.R.3,, Rev.' Carl Keane opt' St- 'Dashwood - Joseph's 'Parish, Stratford, Dean - A borrowing by-law was of Perth -Huron, Deanery, approved for $850,000.` cq ducted 'devotional exercises - °°Mr. Vintar reported that the- to open the meeting: He - also Seaforth --O-ptimist Club--- -had took * the occasion to invited the sitparate schools in compliment the board on the - the Seaforth area to participate progress in the school on the with __other schools- ill a .smow .. Canadian Catechism Program. ,. sculpturing contest during the Fat -her, Keane emphasized Optimist, Winter Carnival during that the clergy 01 the deanery' -the January 23 weekend. were 'very eager • to. -.---assist the Claude Harvey and Victor - board - and co-operate in any way Lindsay of Stratford • were with the schools toward„ ,re -appointed to the Stratford ;'attainment of "the Christian Public Bard for one, formation cif t%r-youth" based year to repfe-ser the board. John . Vintar spoke to -."the trustees on public . -relations stressing the necessity of maintaining public relations."He offered some suggestions for • further . improvement in communication.''' -_ - Mr. Vintar stated that the principals' `association has''been. involved at the staff levelin an advisory capacity - ' the principals meet monthly ansi are informed of board decisions and motions which ,.,_ affec$ their schools. The principals are then expected, to pass this information to their respective staffs. • Also, the - principals are. involved in the formation of ' policies prior to 'their. presentation, to _the ..board by the administration. Too, a, committee of principals makes - recommendations regarding on the- concept .of parents, students, teachers, priests priests and • Looby, finally eliminated Mr. - sc h o o l boardvirorking M °tris by a vote of 8 td 6. -v co-operatively together'. The members-_ of four In other ,business- the law firm standing committee were of Donnelly and 2lurpby, - named, with the first named as Goderich, was again named as chairman ',Finance and solicitors for the board for• 1971. Insurance Committee - Michael 4 - Trustees Howard Shantz, Connolly, R.R ;3, Kippen; Joseph Looby and Vincent Francis Hicknelland Christopher Young and . Superintendent of ..Walraven: Property Committee Education, John Vintar, were John McCann, R.R.3, Ailsa named to attend a School Board --'---1 ig; Vincent Young, Goderich; Adni-;nistr tion. Seminar•, ' in and David Teahen, Stratford. Toronto on• Januaa::21 - to 23. Transportation Committee= _ The semirl`ar is titled Control and - Autonomy, - - Today's School Board: _,,: • Trustees aures Morris, Ted Geoffrey and Pat Carty and Mr. Vintar were named .to attend the Ontario School Trustees 'Council in Toronto on January 15 and Final plans- for the second 16. CarnivaI plans -set r Goderich Winter Carnival are being made now and' it looks as •••-hough the town is in for a real. treat. . --The. Goderich Kinsmen Club at its meeting Monday evening decided on "some of the events that will be held over the two 'day carnival on January. 30 and 31. '-,,,These will include snowobile __ races with , big Machines .coming into town to Compete at Agricultural Park. One of the main attractiOW; at the carnival last year was the' m s ovittobile Lacing that drew large crowds on. both days. Other events will., include-- - •`""cutter ride§, a snow ulpture edntest, a draw for a• anoWmobile and a number of trovelty events." One big attraction will be a snow queen ' c iuntest which, it is hope; will attract the beauties of the area, •,`, g'rand dance will be held Saturday evening to help. those ' ',.rho wee at the carnival to relax: '-'' illtter a busy day; re reshments of all kinds will - be available. Get your tickets early ityotl want to .hough, Blast year it was a sell out - „• t• Jack Lane, Business considered during the preparation • of the annual budget. It is believed -'this approach allows for an equitable disbursement Of, fundsraccording Elliott nani�dHuron board. chairman at inaugural meeting . The irxaugural meeting of the• new, enlarged Huron County Board of Education was held Monday evening in Clinton in the board room at Central Huron Secondary School. The 16 -member board sat down in ,black swivel, chairs to brand new desks to begin the business of the year. New faces at the board meeting were Wilfred Shortreed, Dr. ' A. B. Deathe, Dr. Alex - Addis6n, Charles Ra,i and Alegi;. Corrigan. Members, chgs • Bob -Elliott as their chairman for the 1971-72 term of office _ with John Broadfoot as vice-chairman: In his opening remarks to the board, Elliott- re-echoed, the words,. - of the hoard's first chairman, John Lavis, that board members would have to grapple with , the problem of red schoolitis . . . concern for one- school' ne••school' in. a particular part of - Huron County • rather than the - entire educational picture irt. all the schools. "1 don't know if we -can ever get away, from it," Elliott stated, . E�`but we must -try. He outlined plans to allow more time to discuss the .aims and objectives in Hur6n County schools, .artdVoalled attention to Mrs- J. -W. Wallace's enthusiasm for this subject, to 'be introduced oh• some regular basis at the board meetings. He suggested the formation of an add hoe committee of the - board to review the policies made ,in the last two years arid urged that these be studied in depth to ensure that everyone understood and approved -them. ' Elliott said there -was need for. a transportation'. study as well. and hoped that the board would soon be 'able to delve into this subject, ` I • '.The new chairman also praised the• administrative staff the board would be referred to adequate . pa on of the Huron County Bbard of an ad hoc committee for young people i Huron Education but warned that at no investigation and report. County,"4 'said Mrs. Wallace; "We _.; time should "the tail wag the , The new system comes as the need more time to consider dog". result of prodding by Mrs. J. W. what's going on in the schools so -a°•°�° M "They are -still employees," Wallace who urged "more we cap spend the . taxpayers' added Elliott. "Though these .talking with-teacheOs and experts money intelligentlji. We ,can't people are learned, we are still on the matter of education in the board members." " Ontario and more particularly work too hard or too quickly It Five ad hoc committees were-' Huron County". ,- is crucial to make a start before, also formed at this inaugural "We are not offering an budgetime." k. meeting. They in _ de& - • • Salary negotiation's; Boar- to investi�ate W. Wallace, Mrs. Marion Zinn, __.. _. t Alex Corrigan, Don McDonald, • Prepara aur . pro.posed iib.rary4ee be appointed). Kindergarten, Jim Taylor, Wilfred. ' Shortreed, Clarence McDonald, Mrs. Maribn Zinn and M-rs. Marilyn Kuncjer.'d A u dio-visual - aids, John Taylor, Charles Rau, Dr. A. B. :Deathe and Garnet Hicks. Schools for the Retarded, Clarence McDonald, Dr,.. A. B. Deathe and . Mrs. Marilyn' Kunder, r - comirtittee-td visit Huron - County f Council • as 'soon as possible after the election of the 1971 / Warden, Chairman , Bob Elliott and Vice -Chairman John Broadfoot.. • Two more committees, the -Advisory-Vocational Cothmittee and the Advisory Committee .on Schools for Trainable Retarded Children are - still to be appointed..• For at least the first two months of the flew year, regularmeetings, of the . board will be, -held on the first and •' third Mondays, -with the •agenda to include a period of perhaps one-half hour to discuss plans John Henderson, and John Broadfoot •(one more member to for future action , This period would be a forum -type discussion on. any subject relative to education and any'farther action indicated -by 1 A three-inernber committee teachers. preferred " to buy - $T"-- of `lT"-- of the Huron County Board • of • worth of boos rather ,than $6 - Education will arrange to meet worth ,and usin the remaining with the Huron County Library $1 t� rent boolig which would - Committee to - discuss Huron not remain in the school County Council's recent libraries. proposal to charge $1 per student in the county -for the use ,. In recent years, added of Huron County library bpoks Coulter, the Huron County in Hut -On County schools. library books have -been available - -Mrs. • Marylyn Mind e_ t€rs:without charge othe..selio , . _ . W Marion Zinn and John _Taylor 1 -le - stated that it was his were appointed "to discover the understanding that the county, w county's .thinking behind the librarian, Miss .. Ethel Dewar, unan proposal°+ arrd° to bring back a ' found that with the majority:of - recommendation to the school children's books going -to the_ hoard regarding it. schools there -was .a `rather poor ' - - The board learned . Monday • selectiiori left for - the public evening that ...the majority 'of libraries. - Mr: Coulter- felt . the . school librairians are not county `librarian hoped to offset "favourably disposed" to the this problem by charging'a fee of • propAsal which will cost,'$8,779 $1. per school student udder the and -result :in no., gain in capital• ••jurisdiction -of the, Huron inventory for theschools. County Board of Education in . "It, is simply a matter .of ___order to build up an adequate renting versus•purchasing;" said library of _good children's books James Coulter, superintendent Which* would fill the needs in the of education, when questioned county. • It .Was noted that a similar by the board. • _ Coulter ---said that 1 the service was provided prior to the budget for 1971 was similar to formation of the Huron County last year's' budget, $7 per Public -Library by the .Huron • student--• would be•. allotted for County'Co-Operative Library for • ° buying--' - books. He said the - 30 cents per student. ii�illillullullllllllllilf1111{Illllllfitf[illllllllllllllilll111111111UIIIIII111fI111111iIIIIIiiIIIliI11111111f1f11111111iIIIIIII1111111111fI11iII111111it111ul1iulfilutltl11f11iII11111uI111t1iflilt(lilUlliliilillfi}iiithllffiltliff1if111111i111ililftUUlffli{IlllffiiftGfili- $ • to the needs of -e schools. --:.--- This _This approach was initiated because Mr. Vintar believes it is necessary to involy.e•-tile schools«.-�. more intimatelvAn the „decision maidprocess. ie pointed out the administration - and consultants are called upon to speak to numerous groups of interested parents. These meetings allow (Please- turn to. -.Page 12) New clerk takes up .post,., New Town Clerk Treasurer Harold Walls has arrived in town to take up his duties. Mr. Walls started --• work on Monday, January 4, the first woirkg day of the new year. - He formerly was town clerk treasurer at' Essex. His wife Jean and "sons Bruce and Barry are expected to join him next week. Mr. Walls also wilt be serving in the' opacity 'sof • building • ,„ inspecto, , , hotter,. licencing officer; welfare officer -and;:•- secretary tb theToderich Police Commission. -His first official duty with the new ,eeicil will - be next Monday evening, January 11 - when the inaugural meeting will be held. Provincial Judge -Glen; 'Hays will conduct; the official /, ceremony which will .start at. 7/ p.m. "in tile.... town' - council chambers-,. • • • - The Royal ''Canadian Legion Zone C1 Pee Wee Hockey tournament was held at the Goderich . Memorial Arena on Thursday; •December 31 between teams from G_ oderich, Seaforth, Kincardine," Win hockey .!? Q�G , 1► ,q d„ y� - Toe. Eodar P e: -Wee All Star team won the championship ' defeafrng Blyth 3-1 in the�'last • game of the day, Goderich defeated -Kincardine 7--4 ' the �, morning sessioiran'd Blyth eliminated Seaforth 3-2. Prom the left are, front row: Stephen1dmer; ' tOUf'110�me . .`Shannon Nibblock, Jed DeJong; Rick .Moody, captain. Jeff Beachler, Len Kolkman and Scot • 4, Kennedy..` Back row'. Paul Schutz, coach; Peter Crew, Bill Gauley, Mike Cummings, Greg Beacom, Kevin Williams, Mike Andrew, Jeff Harrisnd Wayne Moody, trainer. The winning trophy was presented by branch 109 president Harold, Chambers. Staff photo. - • 8c- E. - HURON couture, , PIONEER, EJ MJSF:J)4 The Huron County Piionee -Museum had its busiest year vet in 1970. Under cgratoir Raymond- Scotchmer the museum drepanded its range of exhibits and now has a mobile exhibition 0 that tours the couhtk n a Bus. Atterrdence iri 97'0 i la3 an increase of about .1,500 .',41;;(4 ,• 1969. The building is administered by Huron County Council f'S'ce /%eenure' 6 and' 11 a„ , �.. oderich Mites win awardfor Most Gentlemanly' team Thee Goderich Mite All -Stars,. sponsored by -'••i the ,.. Legion °auxiliary, gave a good account Of themselves in i,he first.annual Exe.te.x...... .-".Minor Hockey Association mite tournament during the, Christmas holidays. They won their first round game 4223- Over--Strathroy one Larry Madge's goal in - the last minute of sudden -death overtime, after the two' teams were tied both -on- goals and shots on goal during regulation timie. Donald Elliott scored tiro`' goals for Goderich,, and ' Mike Hodges got the other. • fl Strathroy was then relegated to the Consolation round, where they won the semi-final 3r-2 over South West London and -the final 3-1 over Zurich. - 1 Goderich advanced to the semi-final of the championship. .round, but lost 2-1 to -Forest. Glen George, scored both Forest ;goals, _with the wife 'ling ,goal coming with just `two sec�nds left! in the game.' Donald Elliott scored the,,lone Goderich goal. Forgst then vent on to win the' -with li�g ton � . a c �n oP $.�.p victory 'over St. Marys - in the 'final game. - The Goderich boys did not come away , empty-handed, , however, as they were awarded the trophy- for the hidst. gentlemdhfy team on and off the ice. Much of the credit for this goes • to thein coachr•-John. Hodges, and. manager, Bill' Dobie. .... Saturday night, the Mites, defeated " .tcknow, in Lucknoow, 6 t3, 'lr " 56ifeny` I ll the, attack with three goals while Larry Madge scored twice and Donald ''Elliott once. ' rGoaltender` Steve- Gallow racked up his second shutout of the sea.son.