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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-09-02, Page 2SIGNAL -STAR; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1971 Catherine Hunt; Huron County Home Economist with the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food demonstrates Now to makei.cream puffs to the women taking a two day course at the. board room of the ODAF. The ladies will in turn teach the cour e=to girls inthe4-H-Homemaking course. - Among the things the ladies learned was now to cut a cream a puff in four pieces. After -Miss Hunt made the cream puffs • there were only nine to be split among the 36 ,ladies present, - so Linda Young of Dungannon undertook the cut-up job on ' one of the cream puffs. But no matter now you slice it, Miss Hunt's cream puffsWere a • success. Here Mrs..Hogg of RR 2, Zurich munches oneof the. ' til -bits': Elementary enro1ment down first time in 21 yrs. Although figures are not available as yet for 'the enrolment of students in Huron county Robert Welch, Minister of Education this week released his monthly report ; 'for. September and in it are the anticipated figures for the •p•roviace with regard.... to enrolments. _--�)rrta'rio's elementary and secondary schools expect to have an enrolment of 2, 040,000 students this fall. The number of elementary pupils is estimated at 1"',456,000 while the secondary enrolment estimate is 583,900. This year,' for the first time in 27' years the total number of elementary pupils is,expected to 'decline, reflecting the lower birth rates of the 1969's. The estimated elementary school enrolment is 9,350 pupils less than for September 1970. despite a continuing rapid increase in the numbers -of children ,aged four years and under who are entering the schy.ol. system as Junior kindergartens become more available. enrolfnent increased fr Junior ki'nderjarten om 7;666 in -1.969 to 12,689 in 1970. At the same time, the enrolments of children four years of d'` and under in both Junior. and'Senk r ' kindergarten classes rose from FAIL TERM Goderich District Collegiate Institute Students are reminded that school" commences on. Yuesday, September 7, 1971. Students from the Goderich District Collegiate Institute area who are attending' the -Goderich District Collegiate and Central Huron Secondary Schoof'in'Clinton, will report to the Goderich Collegiate. On Tuesday duly, school viii!, commence at 9:40 a.m. This ' means that buses will travel the - routes approximately forty-five -minutes Later than on 'a noPmal school day. „Students' attending ,.the Goder h District Collegiate ate to, report to the New Gymnasiu Hili Students attending the Central Huron Secondary School are to report to the Cafeteria. Central Huron students from the Goderich area must register at Goderich before they report to Clinton. Buses.; Will travel. approximately the same routes as last year. For, details as to time and location; please contact: Mr. Rex r''-ickworth, Goderich, 524-6: 1 or 524-8462 or Mr. Alvin erwood, Dungannon, 529-79€ i. - Grade 13, students should bring funds to purchase' text books as shown on the book Aistdproxidedin.June Year 1,2,3, and -4 students win be supplied with all text books by -the School Board. /42,608 to 44,661. AThis was an increase of- 4.8 . percent, as compared with an overall etementary school enrolment increase of less than One percent .-.(0.6) over the period. 'At the' secondary level, the estimated increase in Septen)ber .1971 . is ... approcitriatel ... W fjve 'percent above the enrolment for September 1970. The decline in elementary school .enrolment is expected to continue through „to 1978. Seeondary school enrolment is expected to continue through to 1978. Secondary school enrolments should continue risingand should reach,a peak in; 1 9 7 7 • 72,' 'and this -notwithstanding the numbers of students' who now leave secondary school after grade 12 to enter the colleges of applied arts and technology. A decline in total enrolment, is expected to begin•in4,972 and continue through to 1980. Estimated figures for Septeruber in Huron County show the Secondary school will remain with almost exactly` the same number of students , therefore not following the trend across the refit • of the province. No estimates for the county have yet been made on the elementary .. school enrolment figures: Fonthill Kinsman name national clu W. D. (Bill) Watson; 36, of Fonthill, Ontario was elected 51st National President of The Association of Kinsmen Clubs during the organization's annual convention held in ° London, Ontario. Watson succeeds ' William E. Reid of Vancouver, B.C. as P•resi.dent .and Official Surprise couple after 45 years of marriage On the afternoon of August 26; a delightful surprise dinner party was given for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Little of South St. by their family, at the home of their, son, Frank. The occasion was their 45th wedding anniversary. Twenty guests were. present including their twelve grandchildren.. Between showers, a lively -ball game was• played. Everyone took part, .with grand -dad :.making two home runs. despite grandson Randy's curves. A deli,cio,us turkey dinner was prepared and,served by the three charming daught°er's.in-law and enjoyed by all. One invited guest outside of the family was their esteemed and "life long friend, Mr. Dal Gardiner who was celebrating his 69th birthday that day. Mr. and Mrs. Little were presented with. a AM -FM radio amid many good wishes. REPORT o r' The 'cloderich detachment of the Ontario provincial Police this week report investigating nine motor vehicle accidents but only two' of these were serious enough .to result- in injuries -to - persons _involved. The others resulted' in damage to vehicles and property only. Susan Ok,onski, Delbert Baker of R.R. 5 Goderich and Margaret Telfer of London suffered injuries on August 22 when the vehicles in which they were :iding'were _involved in a two carr .rash on Highway 21 south of Goderich, The cars were driven by the Okonski girl and Waverley Nelson of ,Bruce Street East in Goderich. Considerable damage was sustained•to thenars involved, In: the other mishap involving injuries Robert Spooner , of Waterloo Street in Goderich, John Craig of Goderivh, ' and Maude Craig. suffered`injuries in a crash that occurred on Highway 21 north of the. Goderich -Subwayat'; the C.P.R. overpass. The accident 'NIS a car -truck crash in which the vehicles were both- airpaged, In other, activities O.P.P. officers laid 52 charges and issued 'six warnings to drivers. The . highway Traffic Act resulted in 38 charges, the Criminal Code five aid -Ligt dr - Control Act, tine. The police officers also answered 15 requests fdr assistance, conducted two prisoner escorts and registered 16 convictions under the Highway Traffic Act, nine under the Liquor Control Act and one under the Criminal Code in court. Goderich,busiiiessrnan says statements were significant The Provincial Government is learning from the experiences of Regional Development 'Councils, ,�,e4aimedb,,;�Jatrnes..C: ~Hayter of Goderich. Mr. Hayter, is President of .the Midwestern Ontario . Regional . Development Council. • presment , In commenting on a speech made by Provincial Treasurer, Darcy 'McKeough, to the 73 spokesman of 'the 1`5,000 member Canadian young men's service organization. Much of the Kinsmen's chief executive's time will be spent travelling throughout the eight Kinsmen districts and meeting leaders of the over 450 Kinsmen clubs across Canada. 4 ' A ten year Kinsmen veteran,, Watson served his local area as Club .President, Zone. Deputy Governor, and Governor of district one which is Southern Ontario. Always active in community social , service . work, he ' is ,a founding member and vice, chairman of the Committee ,of Management for the "Niagara 'I'rtining and Employment Centre" for the Mildly: Retarded. He has been active as a coach in minor hockey and baseball, for many years. Watson is employed by the Crowrp • Life Insurance Company as Regional Manager of Mortgages and Real ---Estate -for the Niagara Peninsula. „ During his one year term as Chief lxecutive of The kinsmen Association, he will be accompanied' in many activities by 'his wife, Jerry. The Watsons have three°children. He served • theNational Association hs .. Vice President this• past year,; As National Vice President, he establi"shed through studies and surveys as well as constant public speaking, direct communications with Kinsmen members and community leaders ,across Canada in oder to be aware' of community problems and needs.. Annual Convention of the Ontario Municipal Association ' held i"n Toronto .this week, Mr.. Hayt r' -said he felt the M'inister's stater eats were , of significant impo tance. The Provincial Treasurer had stated, "that Govnment, r• -through its Regional Il�ve1""o"'pment Program, is committed to the co-ordination and direction of programs and expenditures on a regional basis through rational planning."` The Minister' indicated that Regional , Development is '::1 vincial planning on a regional basis and "is one ,sof the key Programs" in Ontario. Mr. McKeough told OMA delegates that to ' develop a "planning framework ,for Regional decisions has proven to be extremely complex." Mr. 'Hayter ' said he 'agreed with the Minister on many points including the importance the present functions of the Midwestern Development Council was °emphasized in the Minister's speech at .the OMA convention. He said he would Ilave to agree with, the Minister i,n his statement that "there' must be -a body, other than government, to bring together all interested and concerned people and 'Organizations and to convey to government a,4 regional, viewpoint. . ' . Mr. McKeough added that he could ,see such• a body,. as one possible role for the ,Regional Development Councils, in the ' future. Mr. Hayter, a fornner Warden 'of Huron County and a long-time member of the Development Council, said the M i d western Development Council has been attempting to "carry out this rple on behalf of the Midwestern region. In referring to future phases in the. development plans for , •vafrious regions within. the Province, Mr..McKeough stated, "We. have learned from experience that timetables do 'not take into ,account • the - unforeseen factors inevitable, in this kind of process." Design for' Development - Phase , I: „Analysis for the Midwestern Ontario Region, 'of local participation at . the covering the counties of Huron regional level in 'the—Re-Kona: Perth, ,Waterloo and Wellington • Development Program. was released in ,July, 1970. At The. ' President ' of MORDC that time, the government said the government has indicated a three-month deadline admitted that it cannot treat all 'for replies to the Phase I. regions equally and a new The Midwestern President, approach must' be 'taken with.. said he is pleased to, see that the this consideration in mind. The government recognizes the President of 'the Midwestern greater indepth study by local Development. Council said he people involved at examining the agreed with Mr. McKeough's various, p ,ases,_ of government • statement on "the possibility of planning. change" in replacing the present _-,.„',.T ,he'Midwestern Development .system with one "of''•,eed, Council will complete its priority and merit," considering submission to the Provincial ' individual councils in each of the Government shortly, following 10 economic regions of Ontario. 12 months of meetings and Mr. Hayter said that one of intense study. ro sure LIFE a ,progressive comlvQny. in a progressive tinclustr71 GORDON T. WESTLAKE Pbotte 563-5333 .Bayfield SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY QF CANADA 5" AII ° EM/ fJlR\ a machine, you can depend On. 111" skirou/e oay .41 Here's tradition in the snow, skiraide by , but with a 'new price tag that's lower than ever before. .Co%mons PRE -SEASON SALE 20% orF ALL 1971 S & R 'MODELS ONLY D&B Service Centre:. CARLOW �-� :524-9878 (NO. 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