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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-08-27, Page 6New separate school eligible for grants The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board will share in legislative grants for its secondary school — St. Michael, Stratford — for the school year, 1986-87. At a meeting Monday night, the trustees were told that the board has complied with the requirements of the Ministry of Educa- tion to be a secondary school board and en- titled to the secondary school grants, ac- cording. to a letter from Sean Conway, Minister of Education. John McCauley, 'superintendent of Education, replied to a question that there has been no word so far whether the board will be reimbursed for start-up costs for St. 41 Michael Secondary School but there is hope. The board amended its secondary school plan approved on May 21, 1985, to allow for the continuation of attendance of Grade 7 pupils at St. Michael's School for the year 1987-88. (St. Michael's School, a senior elementary school, will be renamed the first of September as St. Michael Secon- dary School.) The official opening school liturgy in- augurating the new St. Michael Secondary School for faculty, staff and students and interested public will be held at the school in the gymnasium at 10 am on Thursday, Sept. 4. The working drawings for St. Boniface School, Zurich were approved and will be submitted to the Ministry of Education for final approval. The board will place asphalt paving at St. Aloysius School, Stratford. ' The board accepted the following tenders, the highest of four received, for the sale of two portable classrooms cur- rently on site at St. James School, Seaforth, with removal costs included: James H. Medd, RR 1 Blyth, $2,550 for one portable and Gordon Phillips, Seaforth, $1,500 for one portable. The board appointed the Stratford -Perth Archives as keepers of the records of the separate schools and the former boards in Perth County up to 1969. McCauley said this decision will serve the board in its best interest. Jacvnthe Veilleux of Stratford and Jean - Marc Laberge of Goderich will be the monitors for the full-time French program provided at St. Aloysius School in Strat- ford and Std Mary's School in Goderich. The board accepted; the resignation of Colleen Nagle, effective Aug. 26. She had been hired to start teaching at St. Michael Secondary School. In her place, Carolyn Ann Wilson of Seaforth has been hired to teach English and Visual Arts at St. Michael. Sandra Killeen has been hired to teach at St. Michael. The board accepted a request for a leave of absence from Mary Louise Laberge, ef- fective Oct. 13 for the remainder of the school year.. She is the speech pathologist for the board. Parents should appreciate children's achievements By Joan Van Den Broeck We have been exporting brains for decades - and doing it well. Huron County is a significant producer of doctors, lawyers, writers, technologists, researchers, artists and business men and women to name but a few. Over the years, Huron 'County parents and educators have learned how to produce a quality product for our country's use. The formula has proven true as our graduates compete and find success in their chosen fields. Some families and young adults feel cheated and angry that they must relinquish their friendships and familiar surroundings for far-off colleges, universities and for employment opportunities. It has always been so and, in reality, we can not keep all our youth and still maintain the integrity of our agricultural communities. They must go. And with them go our fears and expecta- tions. Some will return over the years as op- portunities arise to raise their families in our enriched rural environment. Some will pay a heavy economic price to do so - ex- changing lucrative salaries for the stability of community life. Over the past decade, I have seen several old school friends return, after many -years absence, to recapture for their children the values of Huron County life. And they, too, early files.. know that the time will come when their children in turn will have to be launched into a precarious and uncertain future away from their families. Other young graduates will never return to live in our communities for they are meant to make their mark in other places. As parents, we can not help but approach this time with some trepidation as the world holds no certainties for any of us. We can on- ly wish them God -speed and good luck - trusting in the knowledge that we have pro- vided them with a solid base. Now the time has come to begin our good- byes. There is little more we can do without stifling their initiative and damaging their emergence into adulthood, We can no longer prop them up and expect them to stand on their own feet. We hope that they will write home (even when they don't need money!) We hope that life will treat them kindly and that the pit- falls they will encounter will, at most, leave them bruised but not broken. We hope that they will be content with their lives and that we can be proud of them. As parents, we have worked hard to help them get this fai and we can be content if, as adults, they make responsible choices and carry with them the values we have tried to instill. • from page 4 CDC! Today - For the first time the Students Council of Clinton District Collegiate In- •titute will conduct a book store from the -.tock room on the main floor of the school, ,tarting Thursday, August 24. 50 years ago August 27, 1936 Radical Action Needed - In an address before the Kiwanis Club in St. Thomas the other day Magistrate E.S. Livermore, son of ,1r. and Mrs. J. Livermore of Clinton, ex- pressed his unqualified agreement with the idea of state sterilization of the unfit as a rnrasure to cure some of the social ills of the country. He cited several cases coming before him as a magistrate in proof that a great deal of moral delinquency was the result of a sub -normal condition inherited from subnormal parents. An Old Coin - Tom Carter, when digging in his garden the other day dug up a coin which is seldom met with these days. It is a Bank of Upper Canada penny, dated 1854. On the one side is a mounted warrior, on the other the crown, cross, a .spear, an anchor and a couple of horns of plenty. It is seldom that one sees a penny of any sort nowadays, as they are not now minted. Popular Lady Leaving Town - Mrs. F. Venner, who has just recovered from a rather serious illness, has decided to give up housekeeping for the time being and has disposed of her cottage in Rattenbury Street and will leave this week for Mount Pleasant where she' Will reside with her son for a time. • . CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1986 --Page 5 CLINTON FLOWER SHOW WINNER .Karen Whitmore shows green thumb expertise CLINTON - When it comes to green thumb achievements, Karen Whitmore ranks among the best in this area. For the second year in a row Miss Whitmore took the top prizes at the annual Clinton Horticultural Flower Show, held here on August 22. This is the second year in a row that Miss Whitemore has taken the first place ranking. For her achievements at the 1986 show she received the Clinton Horticultural Society Award for obtaining the highest number of points in the show. Among her other awards were a cash prize donated by Jean McEwan for the best collection of marigolds and a special prize donated by Jean McEwan for the best pot-et-fleur. Jean McEwan herself was in the winner's circle at the flower show. For earning the second highest number of points in the show, she received the Clinton News -Record Award, as well as a cash award donated by Bev Williscraft for the best gladiolus. Third place in the show went to Florence Pullen. For her efforts Mrs. Pullen won the Verbeek's Farm and Garden Centre Award. She was also the recipient of a special prize donated by Cela Sloman for the best bouquet of sweet peas., Jeanette Martin earned the fourth highest number of points in the show and received the Anstett Jewellers. Award for her efforts. She also received a cash award, donated by Miss Florentena Marquis. Another annual prize winner, Gwen Holland, again took home her share of prizes, including the Margaret Anderson Award for the best arrangement in the show. She also won the Stewart and Grace Middleton Memorial Award for her top ar- rangement of gladioli. For earning the highest number of points in the ar- rangements classes, Miss Holland won a special award, donated by the Horticultural Society. Other prize winners at the flower show in - Karen Whitmore holds up her entry for an arrangement in a small, unusual container that won first prize at the Clinton Hor- ticultural Society's annual flower show on August 22. (David Emslie photo) eluded: Wendy Watson, receiving a cash award donated by Evelyn Olde for the best dahlia; Edna Andrews, cash award donated by Bess Fingland for the best bouquet of dahlias. In the children's classes, Wendy Watson won a cash prize donated by Pat Holland for the higest number of points in the Junior Gardener Section. Darlene Bailey had the highest number of points in the Elementary School Section to. win a cash prize donated by Dorothy Williams. . Ricky Cook and Jodi Castle earned the se- cond highest number of points and won cash awards donated by Marion McMann. Douglas Maguire was the third highest point earner and the recipient of a cash award, donated by Margaret Sloman. Six cash prizes for Junior Gardeners went to Wendy Watson, Douglas Maguire, Jana Bos, Patricia Bos, Jodi Castle and Christine Strickland for their fruit and vegetable scenes, creating an animals and a person to form a scene in a cake pan. Pauline Richards of Fordwich was the judge of the flower show this year, while Jean McEwan judged the children's classes. In total the show saw 17 adults exhibiting 172 entries, while the young gardeners, nine in total, showed 97 exhibits and two elemen- tary school children who showed eight exhibits. • - This year's door prizes were won by Clarence Bos and Ida Luiper. WEEKLY9WEATHER 1 1985 HI LO HI LO AUG. 19 25 11 20 28 12 224 1813 21 26 15 20 10 22 25 11 21 12 23 23 16 22 24 19 11 20 13 25 22' 7 26 16 24 mrn 44 mm Rain SPECIAL FOR BACK -TO -SCHOOL EVERYTHING IN OUR STORE IS 75 years ago August 24, 1911 Five And Costs - A quartette of young men came up from Stratford on Friday last on their way to Bayfield for a few days camp- ing. On their arrival it was apparent that they had been imbibing too freely and one at least of them made use of language that is here considered profane even if it does pass for good English in the classic city from whence they hailed. He also flashed about a big -revolver and this being too much for the patience of Sergeant Welsh, he gathered him in. The magistrate read the young man a lecture and fined him five dollars and costs. As the young men had not reckoned upon this depletion of their funds, they had to wait for more cash before proceeding to the lake shore. A Stone Fell - Some time ago while George Dale of the Huron Road east was unloading hay with the big fork and a bundle was being hoisted aloft a large stone -fell out of it which struck Mr. Dale on the head. It bumped him hard and laid him up but for the time lost in consequence Mr. A. Hooper the other day handed him a cheque to the amount of $32.86. Mr. Dale had an accident policy. Won Chairs - Several of the local bowlers attended the Wingham tournament last week. Most of them were only successful in winning additional practice, but one rink, consisting of Messrs. J. Wiseman, P. Towne, W.B. Taylor and J.B. Hoover, (skip) brought back as a consolation prize four Handsome chair& Now till Saturday, September 13 LEE'So CU M.•=`"'=LADIES' AND GIRLS' WEAR -MAIN FLOOR MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR -2ND FLOOR 23 Victoria Street 482-9711 The Goderich Phone Book TRUCKLOAD CLEAROUT OF FAMILY CLOTHING :II New Merchandise COMPLETE LIQUIDATION! 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