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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-08-24, Page 16McKeough says (continued from page 1) 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 • • • • (continued from page 1) 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" -- ,_ , _s_p e c. 1 End '., 44— - , — ------7 --'--- ' Siiiiiiii B -A R- - - . I , • 4 HP. EVINRUDE MOTOR - sale sin; 16' CEDAR STRIP REG. CANOE $298.°* $260 °° ALL ELECTRIC OFF -- $.209.°' 1 0 tutic FOOT . REG. $23:9.°° REFRIGERATOR . - N9W I I .ELECTRIC ” . . ‘14,ERICH) LTD. ' 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. , xt ". y. ^� • ,'l' n VR Sit.naj . 0, •e 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 s cf roompo lop ien: u d g i -only one half point behind the - -it-is—the law for -a - funeral number one newspaper, ___frm Newspaper category the Signal Star seored 64.0 points. The 'Campbell— River, lifritiih Mace went 1V-IliiiVrtriii---ABOUTPMERAI:S-:---, Signal Star recorded 16.5 points 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 Round Newspaper'' winner *as 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., which brings his copy alive." . Other categories in which -the community newspapers of director to show at least eight caskets. However, it is unusual for the Jowest-priced caskets to be shown, as they are often kept in a separate room, and anyone wishing to see them may need icy make a specific reques,t.' 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