HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-08-24, Page 16McKeough says
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Mad and that ideally,, a
l IMI. would, comprise 050,000
to 0O,OQQ people.. He said such
a population, base would be
necessary to afford the kinds of
services required by the kind of
region' prapd ed-'foTr�
"It is not only what seems to
Make sense but also what will
wont; weld; r- siated"'M Keough.
Lower -tier government,
McKeough .said,, s.hould
encompass from 8,000 to _W,QUO
persons., McKeough pointed out
that at this size, a municipality
Could provide "some pretty good
staff",
Reeve Jack Alexander of
Wingham asked whether the
provincial government would
approve the amalgamation of
some rrtunicipalities within
Huron,
With a broad- ' smile,
McKeough told council that
"most consolidation talk has
come to nothing so far. He saida
that Ontario has 900
municipalities, . , probably ' °three
times as many as there should
be.
'The- answer is yes,",said
McKeough, "we'll be delighted
if some of these consolidations
are worked out"
McKeough went on to say
that almost everyone is agreed
that police villages• should be
phased out.
"But how many
municipalities have made a
.move to get rid of their own,"
said 'McKeough, He added that
most municipal politicians seem
to prefer to let government
make the necessary changes.
"Then they can blame it on
McKeough,-" retorted the
minister.
Reeve Charles Thomas of
Grey told McKeough that 'en
two occasions, the County of
0.
Huron toosmall • • • •
Huron has asked to be named ,a
region and then move tet 'softie
consolidations within the region.
P'Why have we beef ignored?"
asked Thomas.
McKeough answered that it
was necessary to formulate a
map for the .,entire : province --
before any regions were
established.
A'
government is to as a an ,, to
the mu..nicipalitjies , en en
assessment basis rather tha,n'on
'a per capita basis as in the past.
M'cKillop's Reeve • Allan
Campbell asked' about the
increased cost for larger Units of
-a-dnxinis$ra ien,
"When any outfit goes bigger,
"it costs more,". said Campbell.
"Wlli�,�' Ct `-is`supposeii"tFrnoi'e
economical."
McKeough claimed he might
be' . 'over -simplifying" the
situation, but he compared
larger government units_ of --
administration to supermarkets.
He said that most women no
-tenger shop -at the cornet store
because the. supermarkets can
give better prices,, better_. quality
fresher -produce and wider
variety.
"People are demanding more
and more services. and the cost
of govenrnment has , gone up in
the same way that the cost of
food or anything else has gone
up," said McKeough.
"I 'shop at the .. corner store
and so does my wife', retorted
Carimbel1._ "And the Prices don't
• vary that much from the s-
upermarket."
Reeve- Bill Elston of Morris
Township complained to
"'McKeough about the new
county hoards of education.. He
said these' Units were too far
away from the people, that the
operations of the school board
are being directed by civil
servants and that costs are too
high for the value being received
in education.
"It is just no, good,," said
Elston. .
"I really can't agree,
answered M.cKeoug.h. A' .
It was six o'clock before the
discussion . came to' an - end.
Dinner was served at. -the
'Bedford Hotel for county
illurs and their guests:
�...___.
�. W e-. a wanted -to -slow a..tli�e's. _.
process down and catch our
breath," continued McKeough.
"Is it • possible for Huron
County' to become a for,
asked Thomas.
"If you want a quick answer it
is no," answered McKeough.
"You don't meet „the population
criteria. You ca'n't afford the
services., A study has to be
made. You have to take a look
at the outer boundaries as well
as inner boundaries."
McKeough further indicated
that the boundaries fur
municipalities set up 100 years
ago need not remain the same
forever.
Gerry Ginn, deputy -reeve of
Goderich Township, asked
McKeough if consideration was
being given to the method Of
taxing farmland. He was told
tha. t a new system of farm
.taxation was expected about the
same time as the new
assessment - probably 1974..
Ginn also asked why money
for certain "people" services'
such as, health, welfare,' library,
could not be raised on a per
capita basis rather than on an
assessment basis.
'I'm .afraid that .some good
projects are going to be turned
'down in Huron because taxes
are raised on a,n assessment
basis, not on a per capita
basis," said Ginn.
-'--McKeough 'answered that the
general, trend now in provinciWl
Huron b'ard'will share • • • •
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Wells had' abdicated his
responsibility by leaving it up to
"100 different boards to deal
with the problem in 100
different ways
"We're in the red now and
we're .,asking for help," said
Bruinsma.
George 'Parsons of Goderich
asked if the Christian School
board had considered the
difference to'thcir budget if they
paid their proportionate costs to
the Huron board.
"No we haven't," admitted
Bruinsma; "but I don't think it'
would 'be too beneficial."
Parsons told the delegation it
should investigate the 'savings
through this arrangement before
abandoning the idea entirely.
John Broadfoot who was
- conducting 'the 'meeting' at the
request of Criairman Bob
Elliott, told the delegation the
matter ' would. be discussed
thoroughly and the decision
made known to them:
Transportation contracts for
carriers of trainable retarded
students were fixeduntil'June, .
1973.
George Cameron and Gordon'
Montgomery who transport
children to Golden Circle School
in Wingham will receive"an
increase of three percent over
.2575 per mile; Bluewater Taxi
carrying students to Queen
Elizabeth School at . the rate of
22.66 cents per mile per day;
Earl's Taxi ,transporting
students 'to Huron Hope at
Centralia at the rate of 22.66
cents. per mile per day; and
Huron Autornotive which takes
children te Queen Elizabeth •
. School at a cost of ',?.0.60 cents
per mile per day. "
Two' South Huron District
High' School employees have
resigned from the board's -
employ. They are,Mrs. Valerie
Chambers, custodian. John,
Consitt has informed the 1;bard
that he does not wish to renew
his contract' as custodian for
The ,Moncur scholarships
have been awarded at South
Huron District .High School Cor
this year. -
8tephen Wuerth, son of .Mr.
and Mrs. Wray Wuerth, Exeter,.
and Susan Tuakey: daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Tuckey,
Exeter, will each receive
$2,14875 at the end Of
November this year.
Miss Tuckey will studY
medicine at the UniverSity of '
Toronto,and Mr. Wiierth will
study medicine at the University
of: Wes.tern Ontario. .
• A fellow in the office noted
' that one of his co-workers had
been sitting silently at his desk
for several minutes with a
telephone receiver "-pressed
against his ear. 'The co-worker
noticed he was being stared at
and explained: "I'm trying to
get hold of Mr. They putime
on hold." He sat there for a few
seconds longer. "I dr't mind
being put on hold,' he said
finally, "but I think theN4ve got
me on 'ignore"
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addresses women teachers
G Coria ` S.teinez, -.
internationally famous women's
rights- leader, .. 'journalist --and
television personality, addressed
he Annual mintier of t ' `p -
Federation of Women Teachers'
Associations of Ontario , on
Thursday, August 1'?, at the
Royal York Hotel, Toronto.
About 800 delegates and
visitors, elementary school
women teachers from all. .over
Ontario, attended the Annual
Meeting of the' 34,000 -member
'Federation from ..Tuesday
evening, - August.. . 15 through
Friday, August '18.
Attending from Huron County
were Mrs. Doreen Oesch' of
Zurich, Mrs. Teresa McCann of
J.A.D. McCurdy School, and
Mrs. Evelyn Merrill of Blyth
School. '
Provincial' President Isabel
Ward of Pembroke, who is
principal of an elementary
school at the Canadian Forces
Base; Pet awawa,""p'res'ided"oven
the general sessions. Chairing
the businsss sessions ' was
Margaret Hyrtdman, Q.C.,
Toron' o lawyer.
Miss Ward in her presidential
address warned delegates that
declining school ,population and
spending ceilings on education
imposed by the Ministry of
Education are causing serious
problems for elementary
schools. She predicted that the
quality of education would
suffer if school , boards employ
teaching assistants or aides arid
then increase the size of classes.
Dorothy Martin, Executive
Secretary . 'of the Federation,
pointed out in her report that
classroom teachers are' the first'
to suffer in- an economy drive
such as has been going. on in the
last two years in Ontario. More
is being- expects? f<-,tu .4t x
a time when there is l-t'tle job
searching the • ranks ' to find
dispensable teachers, she said.
• Scholarships worth a total of
$28,000 were 'presented to eight
women teachers for a variety of
purposes ranging from
completion of a Bachelor of Arts
degree through Co doctoral work
in education; .from the teaching,
of the deaf to study of the
"underachieving" child. One
thousand dollars was awarded
to ,a Kingston elementary school
for an innovative project in
home economics Ind industrial'
arts in the junior division,
Federati9n, awarded for service
Wofession and the Federation,
were given to two former
provincial preSidents of
FWTAO, Mrs. Annabelle
Harten of Sault Ste. Marie and
Misa Alice Ogden of St.
Catharines, and to fiye other
retired members of thitt
Federation, Mrs. Catharine
Anderson cif East York, Mrs.
Jennie Crothers 'cif Cornwall,
Mrs. Violet Davies of Stratford,
Miss Edith Fuleher of North
J3ay and, Mrs. Mildred
It's Western Fair time
The 1972 Western Fair will Satu4ay and Sunday This year
offer -- foirr -- -separate -Castle briks to' the Wealein
entertainment packages for its Fair a host of new performers of
free grandstand presentations international prominence, some
'during the nine -day exhibition, of them making their first
Sept, 9 and "10, and the other" appearance in North America.
threewill each appear for two. The Flying Valentines --
be offered free old boy' wonder of the circus
s starring Ray Valentine Jr., 14
to all fairgoers, included in the . wOrld, performs " his
general admission fee of $1.50 unparalleled triple 'somersault
for. adults and 50 "cents for from the trapeze bar while
children. Starting times for the blindfolded.
grandstand performances will
be' 2 p.m., 7 p.rn., and 9 pan, The .circus is complete with a
bevy of trained chimpanzees,
daily, except epening Friday
bears, cemels and seals, and a
when the afternoon shoW is
rollicking array of zany comedy
scheduled for 4 p.m.
routines to delight, the entire
Hubert Castle's International
family. The actionlxicked
Circus, one of the oldest and
mest popular forms of minute grandstand show will be
entertainment, will be presented featured three times daily Sept.
the opening three days, Friday,. 8, 9 and 10. ,
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000111114001 from Mg 1) CAIN4da MINWO judged included,
i„ the hoot front page, best
, Thursday. Few indUstries On Christmas editiori, best
boast a better staff than the' newspaper picture, best sports
Signal Star," he' ad‘ded. page, best womens news, best
_Calumbill,_,s9,,ored 70.5, second
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-only one half point behind the - -it-is—the law for -a - funeral
number one newspaper, ___frm
Newspaper category the Signal
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Powell'Iliver, British Columbia,
publication 'who won the
For "Best Editorial Page" the
ittsi,,onwweriteh arct: til' u I a ted
ng in a number of 'Canada reports that in Ontario,
editorial writing.
Consumers' Associatiri'n ' of
categories before the "All
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decide,d. Front peie, editorial
page, news of the community,
pictures, advertising , quality,
typography and, make Up were,
. aft taken into consideration.
Through the efforts of James
Kingsley, a Signal Star reader,
the, local' neWspaper was
honored in one other C.C.N.A.
Contest as well. Last winter the
7-trieW spa per - association
sponsored a contest called, "Our
Hoinetown Newspaper".
• The competition encouraged
readers to write an article
regardifit tile local newspaper
in their community. Mr.
Kingsley's entry was judged the •
best for the nation and he was
awarded a -cash 'prize of $300 at '
Montreal as well. The Signal
Shstarp'srercteived a bronze medal for
Ted Earl, editor, of Marketing
.niagftzine, who judged 'the
Hometown Paper contest said of .
refreshingly stated't,tainplei
rather than philosophizing.,
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Other categories in which -the
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director to show at least eight
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