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began and ended ..
It is at.,,two different. ends- of the year but 1971 in Goderich employees we're ,oyt on strike. Below is -a picture taken* this
began and ended with strike action. Above was the scene last December of a part of fhe parade in support of the still
January at the A -& P store on West Street when the male' unsettled strike at Sheaffer Pen. (Staff phot'os)
with strike action
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Panel 'includes students
Modern concepts
11442decn concepts
I4Veducation - some of them well
,N tried ,and proven throUghout
years gone by - 'were discussed
Monday afternoon af the regular
meeting of the Huron. County
Board of Education.
This was the third in a series
of Meetings instittited by • the
. board to Create a better
understandihg Lot' things
educational in 'the county
system: - The topic was
elementary school grading
procedures, anti the comMittee
in charge was chaired by Arnold
Mathers, principal of Huron
,Others on the cornmittee
were Gary Jewitt, vice-principal
at Seaforth; Mrs. Evelyn Merrill,
PS; Miss Jane Dougall,
- Usborne Central; Inlet Bolton
-and Alex Robertson., both Grade
8.---Istudents *at Seaforth PS;
Richard Jewsott, Grade 13
student at Getral Huron
Secondary School, Clinton;
scale
After an 4Tiaustive su-rvey of
education needs in Huron
County, Conestoga College's
scale' educational prOgrams next' •
month at ' Central "Huron
Secondary' School in Clinton. .
In ad, ertisetnents aPpearing
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news ape this,week the college
courses which will enable county.
residents to upgrade their ,
educational credentials and
Two acciaents
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qualify for training for better
"We know now what is
produced ,in Huron,), by whom,
what skills are necessary and
what the problems of indu tries
are," Rv•ss Milton, direct r of
Huron Centre Said Ttiesday
while discussing the inforMation
gained from the surve•Y; The
survey took place in the county'
over the past year and a half arid
included brochures , , sent ' to
county industries and personal
visits to plants. * '
gome of the findings of the
survey, Mr. Miltoril said, 'were
n o eric on next to no 'education at 'all
"We .find people -getting along
. • the waste in some cases
on holiday t,e,7".i.t4 • find .people.,,40 sip*
-..,,tWoliecielents were'
reCOrded in Goderich during the
oderich Police.
The first. mishav'occurred
December 22 just before
midnight when a vehicle, driven
b.y. Kenneth E. Prouse collided
with the overhead bridge oon
Highway, 21 north'. _Damage to
-the Prouse car -was- estirtiated at*
Gord's 'Sports and, Cycle, a car
driven by Terrence D.. Griffiths,
339 Comox Crescent pulled out
from its parking' 'Spot and
collided with a parked car
owned by Peter' Clark Brander
and with a truck driven by Laird '
Warren Schilbe, RR 3, Bayfield,
' Damage to 1he Griffiths car
e ruc sustained damage
• and hot wanting tii„.„,„talk over
aniounting to $400 and damage
to the Brander car was estimated
at $75.
Local man -
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nationallpost of business at two • social
evenings „ held recentlY at the
Rev. G. L. Royal of Knox Little Theatre's headquarters in
Presb yterian ' Church was "The Barn,:! on Bruce Street.
nominated recently by the• A great deal of interest in the
district Presbyte7, for the office ' production is being shown by
of *moderator jolt' the 98th those outside of Goderich in
Gerieial Assembly a the particular , with people present
Presbyterian Chdrch in Canada. ' from Blyth, Clinton, Auburn
Mr: Royal has decided to 4nd Bayfield as well as GoderiCh.
allow his name to stand for r, Weekly -; rehearsals are
election and will be one of seven ' proposed but in order to let
Presbyterian Ministers aspiring hiore people . get il) knoW the
For the post. 7 show, meetings will be held on
' The man receiving the highest Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
number' of votes in the mailed evenings January 3-5-7 starting
ballot to be completed by Feb. at 8:00 p,m. Chorus music will
28, will have his name placed in be available.
nomination cdh 'June 4 iiii----"NbliririeTarrOle's'.,`are to be
Toronto -when the Assembly will . chosen until Febritary -
commbn • problems with each
other, even- though they„are not
in competition -with one •
another.,
"Ve find to,tally illiterate accident. kith'
education isn't necessarily tied
to the number of years of school
attended, • that many' persons
have gained a wide knowledge
through doing things, absorbing
knowledge and disCovering
better ways to ,do things. A
he Itid • for example, might "
continue. to learn more, about
mathematics through dealing
with figureS' and-abqut science
by studying the composition of
foods he sold.
Those who want to verify just
-how far they have co -Me on their
own, 'he said, can Perhaps find
out through one of the tests
offered by the college Many
people With only. grade eight
education cap pass grade 11' or
12 tests.
Baron; Cerire,
APplications,from, students.'. of ,alt
ages. Plans'are being laid for a
Christmas Eve
people either too proud or too
scared to attend an institution of
i•vho have 'Goderich__ maao:
made their way up the ladder of
success with . very little
education, yet they do not wish
to attend college for fear of
exposing some. mythiCal
ignorance in that they lack mere
paper certification."
Mr. Milton emphasized that
Little Theatre
—taleirt
for musical
G Oderich Little Theatre'.
Sterling Vance (Van) Hunter,
24; of 204 Strang Court,
Goderich,, died the da),L. before
Christmas -in a motor vehicle
ac.cident at Shakespeare. ,
Three other persons also died
in 'the same grinding crash. They
-were 18 -year-old J„udy,Tigani of
Stratford; Robert P. Broda, 24,
of New Hamburg; and James
Eichler, 21, also of New,
Two other persons, were in
serious cond.ition in hospital
following the mishap. They were
Robert Cleary and Joanne
Details surrounding the
proposed production of—the
o an e. iscussion on- the
accident are sketchy. There were
nO witnesses police said.
1947 in eampbellton, New
course this summer for the •
16-19 age bracket .on the art of
. Adulkstudents are thought of
as the person between 19 and 69
and probably education is more
meaningful for , this ,group
because they can see their goal
vvhile for 'younger students
Please turn to Page 8
Victoria LOL
elects
new officers
The' 1972 officers of the
Xaster. and Deputy, Master. is%
. Others include Chaplain,
John McGraw; recording
secretary, James " Mortis;
financial secretary,- . Glenn ,
• Patterson; treasurer, Carl Clark;
Marshall, Wm. Mew, LeCturers,
Earl Willis and Earl Cooper.and
Tyler, -OgaYake.
Town
ouncil
Briefs
attention ,of the Goderich Toivn*
Council that the buildings orr-the
Square' between West Street and
removed and also„ that this
property will. be left vacant for
the present.time.
If the -town would consider
levelling,this property, M. & M.
as buildings, are erected. .
The matter was referred to
the Public Works Committee,
chaired by Councilior Ed.
Giesbrecht, with power to, act.
-Hunter. He resided in Oak Bay
Mills, Province of Quebec before
moving to Kitchener in 1964
. and then to Goderich ,in 1970.
He worked as an upholsterer
industry. He was an adherent of
and machine operator and in the
electronics (transformers)
Victoria United*Church,
Surviving besides his parents
are -three 61 -others, Alvin of
Cargill. Lynn of "Whitechurch;
and George, of Kitchener. ,
, • .interment was in Maitland
Cemetery. Pallbearers were Paul
Black, Goderich Harold Ash, ,
Leonare" Pringle, all of
the floor.
nominations may be made from • Anyone interested in'
part, either on stage Or
Present moderator is Rev. lighting, make up, scenery
other associated work is ask
,Was elected for the one-year contact any member of t
.,'.4itootgrrm at •the 97th, General
Little Theatre , or to _zhon
' 524-8366 or 524-9472.
7,0As-sembly earlier this year.
Councillor. Elsa Haydon made
the progress in the esta,blishment
of a municipally -operated . Day
Care Centre, and concluded that,
at the preSent time, there seemS
to be no need for the"seririce.
At the time of preparing the
report, ,Qouncillor Haydon said
there_had ..been -only -one -of the
..pre pa red cluesti or,2,Litresjeta_ed_ri
d—wari'd-thIT.7-vas—Tirmn a woman who
would be interested in half-day
care.
aking
nd-
to
• in --education shown.
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Harold Kinsely, smperintendent„ that every staff should try."
board office; and Mrs. Marilyn. Ten recommendations were
Kunder, board merriber, hy the committee to the
Seaforth. board. They were to encourage
"At the outset of this report, teachers to begin non -graded or
our corrimittee wishes to make continuOus progress programs in
its bias,vm„.clear," said Arnold their classrooms;* to establiSh
Mather& "We believe that the committees of teachers on a
calibre of edueation in Huron short-term basis to study
County extremely high, that, non -graded procedures; to
the., teaChers ate sincere and provide time, resources and
capable, and that the schools are personnel. to the committees; to
supported by &competent and encourage principals to spend
dedicated administration, Let us one day per month visiting other
not les& sight of these facts as schools and/or attending
we discuss this rep -ort." conferences or seininars; to
"Secondly, our committee eritolage superintendents and
feels that the - successful princiAls to n-i4e more
introduction ..oE new -ideas into opportuhities available Tor
our schtols requires special teachers to visit other schools; to
care," hp dontrliued.'"When they designate pro fe
' are Irriposedo introduced by development day 1972 as an
edict, or when 'they are -toicen opportunity for ,sehools ' to
innovations, even the best ideas organi2e staff seminars.
make little impact on creating 0 the r • recom mendations
the condliions for improved were:
learning., However, we feel that . 1' That the principal should-.
there are imPartant innovations- decide on innovations which he
desires IA&ithin his school and
then work with the staff to schools in the county showed
that many of. the.schools are
already using the non -grading
committee listed 12 signs in the
county elementary schools
• showing a trend toward
The committee also pointed
out that the ,non -graded -
approach to education
recognizes that each child is
unique arid has his oirvn rate and
pattern of physical, mental,
social and emotional growth;
that he has his own special mode
of learning with ' growth
continuous from infancy to
maturity; that a feeling of
success Eine a lack of the
A survey of the elementary
implement change; sh_ould
encourage teachers to explore
new uses for present facilities
and encourage flexibility in use
of space and equipment; should
initiate constructive planning
sessions and provide time for
planning, evaluating and
. reporting sessions within school
time.
* Stress public relations with
adveitigements of school open
nights and special events. ,
s Appoint consultants on a
short term basis from present
county staff to aid _grhools 'and
teachers who .with assistance In
adoptinvion-graded methods to inhibiting fear of failure are
their program.
essential for -normal growth; and
* Designate financial and finally, that children face certain
staff support to chools which cernmon "developmental tasks"
are willirig to write, undertake and should work at those tasks
and open to the•publie, projetts when they reach the appropriate
in non -grading. maturity lelpls.• 1
Board
"The graded structure in an
elementary school presents
certain barriers to ptitting such a
philosphy vinto practice," the
report noted, "Grade lines are
pet ' of a century old
organization, whose only
' educational value lies in making,
,it easier to administer a schoOl
br classroom. They are
recognized now as a part of an
organization inconsistent with
.20th century knowledge of child
growth and development."
"Ungrading a school or
, classroom is one way to make
possible the continuous -progress
children.,", the report added.
During. A frank, „aftd open
question and answer period,
board members raised, gome of
•• their concerns about the open
concept and ,the non -graded
system. -
Chairman of the Board, R. M.
Elliott, said he wonders if
education wasn't "going around
doach !louse Travel Service
announve the appointment of
Darrell BaePhler to their Staff.
Mr: Baechler travelled
throughout Vitt United Kingdom
France, Italy, Greece, and
turkey before leaving to study
in Japan in - -1967. After
obtaining a B.Sc. in economics
from . Sophia University., . in
Tokyo Mr. Baechler travelled
Eest to West through the Soviet
Union, Finland, Sweden,
Denmark, Gernfany and France.
Mr. Baechier married in Tokyo,
he -speaks Japanese end is fully .
.cOversant with th; local
ttircrtitagftwoomegamwgitograsua
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told council that about 30 'dead
elm trees are being removed
from the Maitland Cemetery at
the present time.
The work is being done under
the Incentive Program sponsored
by the Ontario government to
promote winter employment.
A letter of inquiry will be
sent to, MODA to ascertain if
concerning' public hearings about
rail or substitute p`assenget
service within tile South Western
Ontario area.
Th$ action vv,as taken
following the reading of
correSpondence from the House
of Commons inquiring
concerning the adequacy of rail
or 'substitute passenger service in
this area.
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Jack Scaman, chairman of the
Maitland Cemetery ' Board,
reported to town council at its
last meeting and warned that
some maintenance expenditures
will 'be Yequired in 1972 on the
caretakei's home and roads.
Estimated cost is approximately
president -?,of the Maitland .Golf -
and Country Club,. refited
report concerning the year's
operation there. He seid that the
.*Cltib's financial positkin has
4, 0 rOved, but suggested that the