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For the first time ii History the Gderich and District Collegiate • institute (and
,Huron County) wi II host the Regional Drama Festival for Secondary Schools. The
Festival, involving fourplays presentedby district winners, will begin at7:30on
Saturday night with all the plays being performed that evening. Festival
Committee chairman Jan Sutherland, centre, discusses the program with
committee members Trudy Kernighan; left, and Sherry Moore.—staff photo
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It takes a great many people to stage an award
winning play such as the the Goderich and District
Collegiate Institute Drama Club's "Ring Around
the Moon." Some of those behind the scenes are,
left to right, seated front, Mark Riley, Ruth Anne
Robertson, Shirley Good and Patti Reinhart. On
pedestals, :aye Dustow and Kaye Dustow, Back •
row, Andy •Markson, Ernie Pfrimmer, Bruce
Criwfor. d, Sue Simons,_ Shel ley Grange, Lynda
Reinhart, Connie Bell, Brian Hall and Randy
Hills. Ring Around the Moon is just one of four
plays tube presentedby Regional Drama Festival
winners and the public is invited to attend and take
in a top' notch evening of Drama. this Saturday.
on.
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remained at $9':425—almost 50 ,•
• percent'. - •
hall, $129,712 was sliced from
11 - en-f-e-r4a —the -secondary w settaol--bucigot-an
in enrolment. supplies. plant maintenance, $219,500 was stricken from the
trans'portat i'on• and' othc r elementary school budget.
operating expenses:-,
hi. transportation. for instance, Even with thecut hacks in
budgets 'fora field trips and Spending, the levy to the
program athletics were • cut - municipalities will likely remain
severely to one-third of last the same. The board gave its
year's budgets. I approval Monday evening for the,
The driver education program institution of a $200,00 reserve
Was retained for •secondary for working fund.
school students although students
taking the course in 1972-73 will
pay $20 towards the cost of the
course instead of $1,5 as
Previously.
In 1971, about 480 secondary
school students are enrolled in
the driver education courses at
the five county high schools. and
the majority of hoard members
felt the progra`ni'w'""s-175 valuable
in terms 'of" road Safety in the
county, todeletefrom the budget
Oriinaa . indications had also
been that night school courses
would he cut from the budget hut it
was later learned that deleting
this item would not constitute a
saving because of the grant
'Structure governingnight-school,
It is interesting to 'note that
personnel in the head office at
Clinton led the way in budget
savings. The .original budget for
head office spending had been
$17,525 and after the cut backs,
It took sharp pencils and two the ceiling, on elementary
nights of -concentrated effort. but spending $531,12 per resident
the Huron County Board. of internal student: , •
Education has managed to chop
about .5.0_0in from the -1a72
budget:....- .._._.. • .
The drastic .cuts were
necessary because of a provincial
government imposed •ceiling. on
spending for ordinary expenses.
This ceiling was • based on
spending last year in Huron This same ceiling applies to the
County and the board leaned that grants for the trainable retarded,
because it •, had been' economy- too.
minded in the past, its ceiling for
1972. will be much lower than in
some counties in the province
where ahigh level of spending has
been maintained.
In 1.71. for example, spendingel
• • in Huron County totall$470.88 Huron County isalso faced with a
per resident internal elementary substantial reduction •' in the
student. (A,„ -resident internal n�uniber 'of resident internal
student is one who lives arfdv„ students on which the 'government
'attends school in Huron County -1 grant is. based,.... -Lt has . been
The 1972 spending at_ the estimated thatlhere will be about
elementary level has 'been 200 students less in the
increased this year byd$60.24 per elementary System arid about 119
resident internal student; making students- less at the secondary
In the secondary panel,last
yea rs ,spending rn per resident
g I?
internal ._.student_ _was._".$942,_90:
This year's increase, will be
$76.58 per resident internal
secondary school 'student.
bringing,the ceiling to $1,019.48.
It was, pointed' -out that. the
increases in government. grants
will do little more than pay for the
increases in salaries already
'contracted.
Huron's. Cancer Society
has '18,500 objective
Sunday is Daffodil Sunday ,and
,Monday is the beginning _of' :the
campaign for funds for the
Ontario Cancer Society, Huron
• Unit. The olljective in Huron,this
year is the same as it was last
year—$18,50°0—although
workers hope.to exceed this sum
if at all possible. °.
The door-to-door campaign will
come in the wake of many new
discoveries in the fight,against
cancer, Canada's number two
killer. Although there is still no
cure for cancer, there is•new hope
for cancer.patients as. improved
and important treatments are
prolonging.life and bringing relief
for many sufferers.
In fact, many cancer- patients
are actually being cured df the
disease and are taking their place
in the community without any
reoccurrence' of the malady.
A bike-a-thon is again being,
scheduled for the Goderich
district, this time under the
sponsorship of the Goderihh
branch o'4the°-Hurcureanr U --
cenit. ,
Persons wanting' to participate
in this ride should contact Mrs.
Ginie'r Shortreed at 524.9992 or
Mrs. Anita Swartmah'at 52:4:9'691.• • The tentative date has been set as
Sunday. April' 30.
McCarthy;Miss Helen "Area 3,
r --s
M -, Carl Worsen; Area -4T Mrs,
L. Riley; Area 5, Mrs. Mary
Morris; Area 6, Mrs.:Elizabeth
Coulter;: Area 7, Mrs',•,Clarence
Chisholm;' Area 8, Mrs. J. R.
Sherratt; Area 9, Mrs. Marilyn
Bannister; Area 10, Mrs. Burns
Ross; Area 11, Mrs. Don,Masse;
and Area 12, Don Stimson "and'
John Gower.
Goderich Township captain is
Mrs• Gerry Ginn; Colborne
, Township, Mrs. Arnold Fisher
and the. Women's Institute; 'North
' Ashfield, .Mrs•,I, Courtney; and
South Ashfield, Mrs. W. Rutledge.
Captains for the door-to-door
campaign' were announced this
week by the Goderich fundraising
ibairmariw�Des Pitblado.
In Goderich they are: Area 1,
MISS Sandra .Malabar;. Area 2;
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level beginning in September
19'72. '
The closing of CFB Clinton has
been cited as ome-of the re -sons:
for , the dry
although evidence is that'the birth ,
rate- lb" "I-ioro t is :declinin �"
steadily as it is in most parts of
the country.
However, development at
former CFB: Clinton could add
revenue to Huron County's
educational coffers and.the board
hasn't ruled out the possibility of
a larger government grant than
presently anticipated.
In the meantime, severe cuts
had to be made in the budgets in
both the elementary and
secondary school panels.
At the elementary school level,
there will .be, no expansion of
Special Education staff as was
previously, approved the board.
Deleted from the budget were the
funds for the psychometrist, .one
special learning disabilities
teacher, one speech teacher.
three and one-half remedial
teachers and one additional
assistant superintendent.
Because' of the decreasing
enrolment throughout the county,
the•teaching staff can be reduced '
by eight teachers without causing
too much hardship to the system.
This includes three kindergarten
*teachers and five regular
classroom teachers,
It should be noted that it is
unlikely that any teachers will be
dismissed • The cut- 'back will
simply mean that eight teachers
who are retiring this spring will
not be -replaced. '
Also chopped firom the
elementary budget was.the funds
for teacher aides which have been
'utilized .in some schools in the
county.
Severest cuts will come in the
reduction, of .expenditures in
school offices, regular day school
supplies, transportation (other
than home fo school and return)
and other' operating expenses as
well as plant operation and
maintenance.
As an example of the kind of
cutting which was done, the supply
li sit from ,. the elementary (anti
secondary) school principals
which had already undergone
several deletion sessions, were
stripped to' only the barest
'essentials as deemed necessary
by the superintendents of
education.
In the -elementary panel, there
will be a preduction in the audio
visual and `library budget to 50
percent of the actual expenditures
Made in 1971.
Although an original proposal
had been, to discontinue guidance
in the elementairy schools of the
county., , the program was saved
through making additional , cut
backs in the plant operation and
Maintenance budgets.
In the secondary panel, cuts
were made in the school offices.
re.gu.lar day school supplies.
audio-visual supplies,•guidanc*;
The Drama Club at'Goderich and District Collegiate Institute will be presenting
their award winning play, "Ring Around the Moon" this Saturday as the local
school hosts the Regional"Drama Festival. Castmembers, left to right are,
front, Sue Dunlop, Jan Sutherland, Catherine Russell, Trudy Kernighan, Jim
Daer and Sherry Moore, back Tony McQuail and John Askew.'Otker plays to be
---f-presented are, "PoIIution_-Probed. "_ 'No _Exit' !, and "I Wish."staff photo •
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:The fund is conasidered
important to Huron County's
educational system, because
indications are that even more
drastic reductions in the ceiling
for the .1973 budgets will' .be„
—in-4)650d."There is no doubt that members
of the Huron --County Board of
Education are concerned. In fact,
a resolution was passed' Monday
evening that a meeting between a
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delegation-from--lair-onW-Gounty:'•s
board and the Ontario Minister of
Education be set up.
The purpose of the meeting will
be to outline to the Minister that
while Huron County Board of
Education has complied with the
government's halt on spiralling
educational costs for 1972. it
cannot dive, within similar
restrictions 'for another year
without jeopardizing the total
educational system in Huron.
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Town employees busy
as problems "erupt"
The'Goderich Public Utilities
Conilnission, and In one, case
Workers from Pie Works
Department of the town, found
themselves rather busy over the
Easter holiday weekend.
P.U.C. manager have Rolston
told the Signal -Star Wednesday
that last Thursday on Huron Road,
across from-Duckworth's garage,
a party working at installing a
sidewalk dug into the P.U•C,
underground cables In that area
and cut off power. to that portion of
the community for some time.
"The P.U.C. crew was just
nicely getting things- back to
normal in the eastern portion of.
the community when a waterinain
burst at the end of Harbour Street
down' at the waterfront.
Apparently firemen had been
called in to fill.the boilers on a
boat moored there and as they
shut the hydrants down the water
maim burst. "
Workmen vrere still making
repairs on this damage when a
call was received reporting
another .main broken in front ,o f
the Elevator offices on the south'
side of the harbour. Other mains
had burst under the roadway and
over f by the railway station.
According to the P.U.C. the cause
of these ruptures was the same.
"At the foot of the hill in that
area,'' Mr. Rolston explained,
"the pressure, which is usuallyat
about 100 pounds per square inch,
can build upeto 300'to 400 pounds
per square inch. If the hydrants
are not shut off very slowly the
breaks can occur,"
Members of the yolunteer fire
department feel that the initial
damage might well have been done
when the hydrants were turned on
and off Hallowe'en night last year
and that it only broke when they
used it last week.
Fire Committee chairman Stan
Profit told the Signal -Star on
Wednesday morning that a letter
had been received . from the.
P.U.C. asking the fire department
to refrain from using the hydrants
except for fires in that _area. ' t
think the fire department' and
P.U.C. have come to an
agreement satisfactof:y to both
parties," Mr. Profit observed.
Reeve Paul Carroll.
opening Festival
Ralph .Smith
moving to
board office
The Hurd' County Board of
Education announces the
appointment (subject to " .the
approval of the Minister of
Education) of two assistant
superintendents of operations to
rep] aee lw,)-1_ Kisay and_=F,E•
Madill who are retiring at the end
of the current school year.
Appointed are Robert B,: Allan
and Ralph E. Smith.
Ralph E. Smith is presently
serving as principal of Robertson
Memorial Public School in
Goderic ttrevious to coming to
Goderich in 1960, he had a total of
10 years teaching experience
from rural schools in Perth'
County to assistant principal of a
new school in Scarborough
In 1960, Mr. Smith became
principal of Victor Lauriston
Public School in Goderich and in
1963 was appointed supervising
principal of the three public
schools in Goderich.
Dur,ing that year, he helped plan
and organize the original section
of Robertson Memorial School
and assumed responsibility for
the closing of the old Victor
Lauriston Public School.
Mr, Smith is married and has
five children. He will be assuming
his new duties August 1, 1972.
Robert B. Allan was educated in
-elementary schools in
Tuckersmith . Township, Huron
County, and at "the Seaforth
District High School. He his -14
years experience as ,teacher and
principal and for the last five
years has been principal. of
Harwick Raleigh Public School in
Kent County.
.Prior to .entering the teaching
profession, Mr. Allan served in
the business world for a number
of years. He bl4ri i a wealth of
experience having served on staff
of a number of Depalrtment of
Education course and Kent
County committees,
He is married and has 'three
children. He will be assuming his
duties in Huron County August 1,
1912
A weekend, of drama
Theatre program
offers variation
Goderich will be enjoying a big
weekend' this Thursday and
Saturday of live theatre as two
Drama presentations take place:
The:-Goderich Litt
opened last night at MacKay Hall
.and on Saturday the Goderich and
District Colleg}ate Institute hosts
the 'Ontario Collegiate Drama
Festival involving four. plays to be
presented by regional winners in
other
areas,
The G.L•T. group is presenting
"Here Lies Jeremy'Troy" a
three act comedy featuring Bill
Cochrane in the lead role
supported by Kathy Jenkins as his
wife, Glen Lodge as university
friend and artist Charlie •Biekle,
Mary Rose Doorly as- an artists
model and .Garwood Russell as
Jeremy's boss Sven Ivorsen.
Tickets are still a.vailable and
'everyone is invited by the local
little theatre to come .,.out and
enjoy this play. It will be staged
this _evening_and aag.a+nOn Saturday
evening at 8:30 p.m.•Ttiere will be
no show Friday.'
At 7:30 p.m. Saturday \the
'curtain will go up on the
Collegiate Drama Festival at the,
G.D.C.I. auditorium.
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Eastwood., Collegiate,
Kitchener, will present "No
Exit" by . Jean Paul ',Sartre;,
Saugeen District High 'A,School,
Port ,Elgin will do *-.1 Wish" by' '
Jzfhnsc�tr Aricas�ter High
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-atry rs- ol ttti
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Probed" ---a Tri•lo:gy; and '
Goderich Collegiate 'win present-
"Ring Around the Moon" by Jean
Anouilh.
.There will be an adjudication - .
after the performances by Gordon
C. Johnson, Head of the English •
Department and Theatre --Arts at
Earl Haig Collegiate"in North
York. Awards will be given for the
. best play and four outstanding
performances.,° There,, is. also a
Special. Award, which may be
given to a group or to an individual
for , outstanding theatrical
endeavour•.. •
WSponsor of the, Festi4ral,
Simpsons -Sears Limited,
provides -the awards and takes
care of other expenses,, including
the adjudicator's fee and travel
allotments for the schools.` •
The winningplay will represent
this region at the Ontario
Collegiate Drama . Festival
Finals; to be held at,the
University of Waterloo Theatre of
the Arts on May 12 and 13. Seven
other regional winners will also
take part in the Finals.
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tong and Invol* d*fo ry from Jo tinflyTroy,(ISiIf C.ch ai u) tight,
in ono scene of th'o Gad.rioh L Hide Theatre* production of If ore
Lies Jor.m "roy. "rho throe *tit Oettitily0p6004 at MacKay if*It
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