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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-04-27, Page 1,4 171 125 YEAR 17, Board orders switch around THURSDAY, APRIL 27 1972 SII4PLE OPT N t elementary sc Both elementary schools in the town of Goderich w°i11 have new principals whenSeptemher-rolls around. Garnet R. Harland, presently vici''-' `ri'iricip'al.' of EXeter Public School, will become• principal of Robertson Memorial School. He will succeed Ralph E. Smith who, Leaves to become a superintendent with the Huron County I3oard of Education. Don O'Brien who has been principal of Zurich Public School o for the past 12 years will become principal• of Victoria Public School. The -Huron County Board of Education this week announced a • series of transfers within the system which the board "'felt would be beneficial to the system at this time • As part of this grand shuffling, Victoria School Principal John Kane wall hecome •prin.cipal of Colborne Central Public School: William Black, principal of Colborne Central PS will be principal of Brookside PS; Brookside'_ pr•in.ci,pal• A. .MacLennan will'become principal at Zurich PS; W . Millson., vice- principal at Hullett Central PS will become vice-principal of "". Clinton PS; and W. Tremeer, a 'teacher at Central Huron Secondary School will become vice-principal of Hullet) Central . Siertsema, principal of NEW ROBERTSON P,RIN'CIPAL Holmesville PS will become vice- • Garnet R. Harland was .r .ised • principal of Exeter PS; and in Manitoba where he received his' Robert Raeburn. principal at • elementary andsecondary school Hensall -Public School..• will education. He r°ece;ived' 1- is •BA:: become principal of Holmesville ' from the University of Western PS. e,, Ontario in 1960. •. Other .° changes within.; the Mr: Harland spent five years system are': Ron McKay', with the, RCAF,. served as a principal of Hullett Central PS navigator with Coastal Command will hecome principal -of•Hensall a•nd one•year at Airforce PS; Ron Jewitt..vice-principal of Headquarters, Ottawa. Clinton PS will become principal He had 13 years teaching • Cable experience--elerlrentary and secondary schools --in Manitoba. He spent 15 years at A -M Hugh Campbell' School in . Adastral Park, CFB Clinton, the last three as principal. He was principal°at J.A.D. ' McCurdy:, School ' at ° Centralia for one year before CFB Centralia was closed. and he ha,s-been vice-principal of Exeter PS for one year. He is married to the former Phyllis Hardcastle, Windsor. The couple have four children, Robert who works with the Bank of Large dog may be wolf says Eisler" Goderich Animal Control Officer Dick Eisler issued a warning on Tuesday that a very large wild dog is running at large. T qpiproye Montreal; Patricia and Mary; Beth who are nursing ,in Toronto; and David, who is a Grade 10 is.tudeut at Central yHuron - Secondary School in Clinton.. 'NEW VLCT.ORIA SCHOOL. PRINCIPAL °: , Don O'Brien, 36, is a native of Zurich. He is a grkdnate of Exeter District High School, London Teacher's College. and the University of Western Ontario. Mr. O'Brien began his eareer. in Hay Township SS, 12 and has been principal of Zurich PS. for the past 12 years. He is married, to the -former Donna Desch, The couple have three children: Jeff. 12'; Pam, 11: aryl Brent, 11'2 . food news for local taxp ayer5 There was sortie good news for Goderich ratepayers, . at, last Thursday evening's regular meeting of -to.wn council. It was learned that deferred credits in the amount of .$92,625.66 have accumulated and will be used to offset,the cost of education and the levy to Huron County. There is still noofficial news from council regarding the 1972 budget -and whether', or not the mill rate for focal expenditures -will be up or down. Budget meetings were held at • the first of this 'week, with all members of council and Administrator Harold Walls in attendance. GarneiR. Harland (left) who will be the principal at Ficibertson Memorial School in September is..seen here with Ralph E. Smith, present Robertsnn princlbal who°Wi I I be leaving to take up his pew duties as a, superintendent with the Huron, County Board of Educafion. Mr. Harland attended Open House at Robertson School Tuesday evening and met with W. Smith for a few moments of "shop talk". (staff on O'Brien .First customer hooked -up by mid-Octolier os ' • weeks on the Cable TV 'system will .zbe available through his work so hard for you. says which will briag. three Detroit McIntosh. . ' • • . - - company, Bluewater ,,TV Cable ,Stations: five Bay City channels: . Limited.' Cost fot FM hook-up in a ° the local television station for Hamilton:- Kitchener; Wingham: home serviced bycable TV will be- Goderich has "good potential" London; and one local TV station $2.50 Per ,month. McIntosh feels. He said this to the teleVision screens of homes ''' McIntbsh did stress tle fact . channel will operate 24 hours A in fhis 'area.: ApprOvaI for the that his company is not accepting day and -will provide FM music. project was received *officiallY orders for cable TV hook-up now. continuously, Local and -district last week froni the CRTC He said an advertisement. will be Weather will be automatically following the hearing in .Niagara plaCed in the local newspapers in, bfoadcast on this. channel at Falls April 11. ' the fall announcing that orders for regular and • close intervalS. Ron McIntosh Jr.. a resident qf service will he taken. There will also- be a calendar Goderich for thep.astthree years, . . High ' praise for the early "wheel" of upcoming local events said Tuesdayconstruction during apProval of Cable TV in this area televised at alternte intervals the summer will 'consist of goes tt R. E.:McKinley, MP for with the. weather. - stringing and laying Cable ip the Huron, says McIntosh. According Local programming-, however. town of Goderlch. About the first to McIntosh, McKinley has can pre-empt the weather and of Septembe,r, construction of the worked for two years on. WI'S calendar of eVentS. McIntosh said. tower to be built at Holmesville projeCt and is the reason why his company supplies. all the will get underway and the first . ',Cable TV will ,he available to necessary technical people. and ,GoderiCtf-Clinton•area people at Goderich cable TV customers facilities for local programming. shoUld receive service by mid- this time. , "It is the local people who October. . .. • "It is heartwarming, to 'know provide the program Material." Cab,le,ions.tallation will commence in the town' of Clinton during the winter. McIntosh estimates it,..„will be a year or' , more before service is available in all parts,of.the two towns.. - be fiv.e dollars per month, plus a ten dollar connection charge. Vor a second television set in the' same home, cost w,ill be $2.50 per -m-onth with no charge for connection., . McIntosh also reported that to resident Charles Thomas . 'reeve and Liberals friorn acrOSs Canada of Grey. was named the official on'policy making. candidate tot the Liberal Party in "I was impressed with the littron Riding when the federal ,Prime Minister's ability ,to eiection is cm.ied,•,, either %lune gather around people of • or•Octo,b er . according to exceptional ability from all parts 'speculation. • of Canada," said Thomas. • Speaking to about 500 Liberal Thomas told his 'audience. that supporters Monday erenitai, in the Trudeau was the only parfy leader gym at Central Huroti Seco'fidary ' in Canada • ,today Who could School. Thomas said- Huron maintain national Unity because County could benefit froin a the Liberal Party is the °nil/ party member Who would sit On 'the totave'representat ion in all parts • of the dominion.. government side of the House of Commons_ . To lose Quebec woulfl be just "1 aM,aWa re Of thP local issues as disastrOns' as ir British and the local problems. Y' Thomas . Columbia joined the Uni*Wd State§ ...said.Mclatost.1-n Kinea rdine_far stated. • • 1 recognize the difficult,v or. if the . Arctic joined with • instance. about eight hours a week—rin coiniitunieat ?fig thrrst-irered-s-to s LT- T -110411 -a -s -state -d — Ottawa through the Opposition, The 44 -year-old farmer of locfil television prograinming produces corn and hogs on his 500 iSteing enjoyed. Local people cah He called for planned k_)conomic• discuss matter's of 'municipal and ‚industrial growth in Hurow acres in Grey Township. He resides on that farm,with his _wile • interest in. "talk" shows and COunty, which would' include a - Mary and his three children. Bob pre'sent,musicitl.- shows. drama connecting link with Highway 401. 19, David 18 o.nd Dianne 15. etc. from the ,community -at no befter rail services. improved Thomas r. went to schOol in court facilaies at Goderich and a' Brussels before joining his father "coatainer 'facility.- at Goderich inthe construction business until' harbor to tie the'. industrial • f951. He was a jet pilot with the complexes to east of the county— RCAF from 19'51 to, 1957. the Kitchener -Waterloo area. for 'The candidate is -a member of instance—directly to the St. the Brussels United Church and of 'Lawrence Seaway. t•he Brussels Legion. He is a 1)'a.st Th*e Liberal candidate. was at ‚the Hot Springs Conference in perleubsidanednt ao 1f:tat hs et oBr er9s Len' ts oLf i ot nh es .1970 and worked with Pritne Huron Federation of 'Agriculture': Council study.: He is a former member' of the Agricultural Advisory Board of Conestoga college. ThOmas has been involved in politic'S for several yea.rs.. He has been reeve of Grey for four nursery. school years and as a member 'of Huron County Council, presently' serves on , thg Social Services Reeve Paul Carroll and Deputy- Committee. . reeve -Dave GowePr will meet with He is also a past chairman of " the pew executive of Tjnkertown the -County Planning Board. and to disCuss the 'feasibility of a was on the board during the time municipally operated nursel'y '.that Huron gained the distinclion of being the -first -county in Ontario school. Reevb Carroll told council last to comPlete an official plan. Thursday evening that a He was nominater-V Mrs. municipally' operated nursery Shirley McAllister and Graham. *school or day care centre would Craig. The only opponent in the contest ,, become eligible for and receive an''operating grant equal to 80 for the;candidacy was Mrs. Jeail.. municipality woiapickgp.the tab came to Huron froM Brandon, Manitoba. She is a widow. Her 'for the remaining 20 percent. Sukgestion from Reeve. Carroll husband had been with the RCAF "ineltided the posgibility of passing and° the. couple settled in the a bylaw to establish ,a nursery Brucefield area following ,their ,school tobe approved by the Dept. retirement from the service. of Social and Family Services. 41., Mrs. Adams was nominated by The town would then appoint a a past Liberal candidate in Huron, board of directors to operate the . Dr. Morgan Smith, Bayfield and nurSary school. That board would Paul Steckle. be charged with the operation of MA. Adams told the audience the centre and. would . report there are many good wornen , annually to, cOuncil . regardin "going to • waste" In Huron County. She ;yeminded those their.programs and expenses. "In effect," noted Reeve present that percent of- the Carroll in a_. yritten brief to mork 'force in Canada' s council, "this'action would create comprised of women and about 50 a, municipally operated nursery percent ofthe voters in the nation school —Tinkertown. By pursuing are women. this *' matter, council could She expressed her belief that a demonstrate its interest and- wontan has "'access to the cabinet 'Auelopkiisio support for .another. segment of , such as no man has': and she noted • that while she didn't have all the the cOmmunity."‘ charge. . NicIntosh"explained that while both Clinton and Goderictc will have• the' service, it will he possible for .Goderich people to have only Goderich programming and Clinton people to have only Clinton programming if that is their wish. How,ever,,both Clinton and 'Goderich community .offerings can.te viewed in both tOwnsif that is more popular with' the customers. McIntosh who oame to Goderich from Strathroy, has been in the Cable TV business for , seven years. Before that, he was in a related field, telephone'S.. His 'company has the Cable 'TV service in Strathroy and in Phins.are now being Made to move the office's and the construction warehouses to the Goderich-Clinton area in a move to centralize the operation. No • site has been chosen to date, McIntosh said. • muriicipal answers for., Joday's complex problem's, neither did •''our - present member either-, She challenged the Liberals to , "get rid of their defeatist attitude' and put a. Ifttle vim and vigor behind the campaign". ' -And open up the purse' strings,", said Mrs. Adams., , A third nominee declined the nomination. He was Wilson Hodgins of BicIdulph Township in North Middlesex, now pail of tte Huron Riding (federal). Hpdgins urged the 'Liberals to "get out and work". 4140Ndcandidate can do it concluded' Hodgins. Guest speaker for the 'evening May. Red Shield. Appeql The Salvation Army Red Shield ApPeal is set for Goderich and district for the monthof May. The door-to-door blitz will be staged Monday. May 1. event is ,Cayley Hill: campaign chairman is Don Shortreed: campaign. treasurer is eyril Murray: and campaign directOr* is Capt. Bill McCune. , Fund objective for the area is Following the public- Teeting two weeks ago, decision has been reachedto close the entire- South Storm Sewer all the way from Bayfield Road tO the' outlet. As well, study Will be made into the matter of extending the storm ,sewer east of Aavfield,Road. The engineering fi.rm of B. M. Ross and Associates. has been approached by the Town of Goderich to become the municipality's official Town Engineer. Need for an appointed engineer has increased due to the rapid grWth of .subdiviSions within the municipality. As well, Reeve Paul Carroll, Deputy -reeve Ila,ve Gower and the procedure Used in' Olher municipalities Where a building inspector and a 13ylaw enforcement officer is It has, been suggested that provisipen be. made in the 1972 ,budget for the a.ppointment of a town .e-ngineer', a bylaw enforcement officer and ,a -building inspector. Department head at Goderich 'Districi Collegiate Institute has been named vice-principal of Seaforth District High'School for Se'ptember. He replaces W. Murdie, vice-principal, of Seaforth DHS who' will become vice-printipal of 'GDCt. These ahnouncements were made this week by the Director of Education for Huron County, D. J. Cochrane. Sunday, May 7 is th_e_official date of the Canrer The ride will commence at 2 p.m. from the parking lOt at Conklin Lumber. • Anyone wishing to join the ride should telephone Mrs. Ginger Shortreed at 524-779992 or Mrs. Anita Swartman at 524-9691. thing Moore, ikeet the candidates for GDCI Queen Dime trowtoid" Keroiliso Students at the Goderich antbistrict Collegiate Inttitute voted-. on Wednesday morning for theirchoice of th‘se four girls, From the bottom left, clockwise, Trudy Ke'rnighan, Sherry Moore, Dianne Crawford and Anne Hopkinson are this year's nominees , for school queen to' reign oyer the' annual spring formal dance. the dance is being held at the school this Friday, and the qu'een will be crowned at that time.-1.staff photos Bank of N.S. announces new hours The GoderiZh branch. of the Bank of Nova Scotia announced new banking hours this week in what manager Jobn MacKay termed, "an effort to provide better hours for our. customers. We will be open after they' leave . The Bank now Plans to be open Mary Margaret Dudkvvorth graduated recently as an Air Canada Airlihe Hostess (stewardass) in a ceremony at t4 Montreal _Air Capada "training centre following -an intensive tourse of itudy. She is presently 'Lori* Monday and Tuesday frorif— ThursdAys and on Fridays from Mr,MacKay said he hoped the proptAld now lours would he going idle) effect Mari: . stationed out of TorontO. Mist Duckworth attended Victoria Public Sehbol and was school Queen when she griduated from GOC1 in 1968. She worked in the Quality Cob* and Refunds Unit of the tuition department London until DeteMber 1971.