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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-10, Page 3OSap CCESSC, GGAGt RIFF CA. . yOur and y five Unge, :ktail every com- ored. > for 'ding S27 14 am school 'board ck Alexander's Seat n County Board of was placed in ondaY afternoon missed his thir`s ve regular board yli?. Alexander has rationing in Texas s absent for the February and eetings of the board. January reviewed Mr. is absenteeismand o grant him per - miss two meetings deduct his pay for etings. move was not Ty according to .J. Elliott who asked e board re -open n on the subject, their original, motion s another granting Mr. Alexander permission to be absent Prem the three meetings. It is the third year in five -as a trustee that Alexander vacationed for the two month period. Mr. Elliott cited the Education Act which states that . a board member who misses three consecutive regular board meetings without the board's per- mission .shall vacate his seat and also states that 'a board Member is granted a. leave of absence for two consecutive regular meetings without the board's permission. Another section of the act states that the board may deduct a reasonable sum from the allowance of a member for 1 meetings missed. The Blyth trustee said that a board member does not require a leave of absence to miss two meetings and added that he felt that 100 percent of Mr. Alexander's allowance is not a reasonable deduction for the time missed. DIrector of education John Cochrane said the' board would have to make a decision on the matter or Mr. Alexander's seat would have to be deemed vacant. He said the Wingham trustee had planned to be at the January meeting and miss only ebruary and March sessions. A storm delayed the January meeting, however, and Mr. Alexander had started his vacation by the time the rescheduled meeting took place. Colborne trustee Shirley Hazlett said she was not so concerned with Mr. Alexander missing the meetings as she wasswith the :business held up. due ta. his departure. She said hls ,ab -1 sence from pommittee meetings may„delay board business adding that ,his, allowance for the months he missed should be deducted as firft decided. Board chairman Herb Turkheim said that quite often board- members are absent due tq sickness and pointed out that the mem- ber's allowance is an honorarium based on a year's. service to the board. Ashfield Trustee Eugene Frayne said that sickness and vacation could. not be com- pared, adding he felt that a year's service to the board was 12 months not nine. He asked if the people of Wingham knew Mr. Alexander missed the time and if they knew they were y City accepts invitation to Goderich not being represented at two Gar three board meetings a year. Herb Turkheim said he felt the people of Wingham knew about Mr. Alexander's ab- sence and showed their ap- proval of his performance by electing him to another term on the board. He said the Wingham trustee faced some good Competition in the election and was voted in at the top of the polls, "They must be satisfied With him,” said Turkheim. Under board policy adopted in 1975 the chairman's ad- visory board is charged with the task of keeping a record of attendance of board mem- bers at regular board meetings and reviewing the records to decide on any deduction of allowance. Mr. Elliott claimed that the policy erich citizens parade in Bay eople of Bay City, g the 1977 Jubilee an, o have celebrations and as a result, a annual St. Patrick's Day artedly accepted number of Goderich citizens Parade. 's invitation to be its will travel to Bay City March To date, plans have been mmunity in the USA 20 for that community's made to members of town council to journey to the town just across the lake from Goderich, with a Legion color party, representatives of the Knights of Columbus and members of the Jubilee Three committee. At the moment as welt, the possibility of chartering a bus for the oc- casion is being investigated. "The parade is two hours long and will be televised on Channel 5," Mac Campbell told council. "That's of special interest since people here in Goderich will be able to watch it on their televisions." It was also noted that President Jimmy Carter has been invited to the Bay City parade, and hopes are still high that he will attend. "We are beginning to lay some plans for visiting Goderich," Mayor John R. Willertz of Bay City told town council in the recent letter. "As we see from your schedule of eventse fourth Of -July is USA Day, and would therefore be the most ap- propriate time for an official delegation from Bay City to visit you." There was a resolution from Bay City sent along to council noting that the warm spirit of Canadian -American friendship prevails between Goderich and Bay City. "The reputation of the Town of Goderich is a friendly and beautiful community has already reached Bay City and im- pressed its citizens," the resolution stated. Bay City is located at the mouth of the Saginaw River and was once the camping ground of the Chippewa Indians. The following is the colorful history of Bay City as com- n ting ans 1 n wants calm Paddy's Day cillor Stan Profit has promised to wear his green the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Bay City, an. Stan: "This is the first time I've had a chance to a bunch of Irishmen since I left Scotland." I have to wear something green?" he asked.' hink a green jolt would be quite in order," ked Reeve Bill Clifford. this, Councillor Profit announced that his kilt is green and it would be just the thing for the parade City. I residents are urged to tune in to Channel 5 , March 20 for Stan's debut on international Ion gg director Honourable Keith Norton, Minister of ComMunity Social Services, this week announced the ap-- ent of William Gregg as Director of Bluewater eat Goderich. Gregg, the present director of training at ater Centre, will assume his new position March 7, He replaces Ross F. Bryant who has resigned. was appointed director of training at Bluewater in 1976, Mr. Gregg joined the Ministry of Community octal Services in 1975 as coordinator, program opment, mental retardation community programs. m 1970-1975 he was director of Regional Children's e, Windsor Western Hospital Centre. Prior to that as a regional educational consultant with the 'o Ministry of Education. Gregg, 42, received his Bachelor of Arts degree the University of Windsor in 1964 and his Master of tion (special education) from Wayne State idly. in 1970. card turns down request uron County Board of Education . ed down a request from Seaforth council for support of the town's sing guard program. Adopting a recommendation of rector of Education John Cochrane board claimed that the primary possibility for the safety of pupils ossing'highways rests with the pupils, irparents and their municipality. he town made the'request for money the March board meeting advising and members that it planned to tiate crossing guards at the mentary schools. The assistance was offset the costs for the guards, marily wages. ochrane said the board had adopted a elution in August of 1975 that set -a ecedent with 'regard to crossing ards. He told the board in his recommendation that prior to that time there were three different situations in the county regarding the employment of crossing guards. The three were em- ployment by the board, employment by the municipality and a shared cost by the municipality and the board. ' The resolution reduced the number of instances where the board participated in crossing guard programs to zero. Since that time Wingham and Goderich have both initiated crossing guard programs without the involvement of the board. In his recommendation to the board the director said- that along with. the responsibility the municipality has with regard to pupil safety the board cannot become financially involved in the employment of persons who work forthe municipality. IMMINNommomum piled by the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce: "More than one hundred years have elapsed since Stephen Wolverton set sail for. this territory, armed with a commission to build a lighthouse at the river mouth. Finally, he came to the end of what the Indians called the. Saginaw Trail from Detroit. That was in July, 1837, two ' years after Michigan was incorporated as a state. ' "Business in Bay City also dates back to 1837, when Benjamin J. Pierce came here, for it was then that the first store was opened for trade. (One of Northeastern Michigan's best known wholesale firms, the Jennison Hardware Company, ob- served its 100th anniversary in 1950. "In 1822 Saginaw County hadbeen established, ex- tending to Saginaw Bay,. Court cases for the bayside communities meant a three day journey to Saginaw so the citizens of the area voted in 1854 to separate from SaaiitAT 'Minty, • forming what is today Bay County. "Bay City, nestled in Saginaw Valley, was in those days located in the midst of a fruitful pine land, and it was the cutting of those pines and other trees that crowned her lumber queen of the world. The actual' year was 1844 in which the lumber industry had its start in Bay County when a mill was constructed at the mouth of the Kawkawlin River. "In following years, lumbering became a boom industry and by the time that the Sage Mill was erected in 1865, the region became known as the lumber capitol of the world. By 1888, over four billion feet of lumberr had been cut, enough to circle the globe with a walkway of two inch planks, four feet in width. It was in -1850 that the salt basin which underlies this section was tapped, and this too progressed as the lumber business had done. "With the end of the lum- bering industry and their livelihoods pretty well wiped out, the citizens of the area began looking for new fields of endeavor. Thus was laid the ground work for what is now a city of one hundred diversified industries, for failure of the timber trade conclusively proved the futility of, a one-track town. "Out of this, among other things, came a machine shop (now Industrial Brownhoist) which in time began turning, out mammoth railroad and industrial cranes that are used the world over. Then came a shipyard. (Wheeler) which launched the first six hundred foot steel freighters to ply the Great Lakes. "Bay City, county seat of Bay, also is rich in agricultural attributes. One of the local sugar refineries is the largest east of the Mississippi. (Monitor Sugar Company) . "With the coming of the automobile, a Bay City plant that had been internationally famous for making bicycles changed its line to automobile parts, and today this factory (Chevrolet Motor Division) is an important unit of General Motors Corporation. "Another plant (Defoe Shipbuilding Co.) which made knock -down boats in the early 1900's today con- structs US Naval vessels and steel yachts that cruise the seven seas, at the time, building fabricated boats which dot the civilized ports of the world. "Another large plant (The Prestolite Co.) also makes automotive and aircraft equipment. Magnesium castings for aircraft and other uses are among the products of still another of the City's industrial enterprises (Dow Chemical Company). Power shovels, cement, electric furnaces, ready -cut homes, electric welding machines, women's hose, and other textiles are made here. "In summation, among the items produced today in Bay County are automobile parts and accessories, ships, petroleum products, metal castings, automotive and locomotive' cranes or shovels, chemicals, jet engine com- GODERICH Silal+li gives ' the task of deciding what percentage bf allowance Alexander should, be docked to the committee and means the board should not have been involved. • Shirley Hazlitt said that under the resolution the advisory committee was given the responsibility but suggested "it hasn't been doing its job". $he ,said the committee should review the performance of every board member regularly and asked that it do the review now paying particular attention to Alexander's absenteeism. Elliott said the only way he would consider that motion is if all members were treated the same. The board recognized the need for performance. review and passed the motion. City ponents, foods, cement, - airplane parts, sporting goods, corrugated boxes, 'clothing, plated goods, welding equipment, in- cineration and structural work, tubing, potato chips, pre-cut homes, cheese, sugar, electric devices, aerospace equipment, and magnesium fabrications. "Bay City is one of the top ranked ports on the Great Lakes and handles tremendous tonnage of commercial seaway ship- ping. More waterborne tonnage is handled at the Bay City Port area than at any of 31 other Michigan port cities, excluding Detroit. There are 26 total terminal facilities along the river banks, and three turning basins provide ample ship maneuverability. "The government of Bay City consists of a Mayor and nine City Commissioners. The Mayor is nominated and 'elected at large while the Commissioners are nominated and elected from the wards In which they reside. Terms of office are two years. The mayor is the chief executive and presides at all City Commission meetings while the actual duties of Department co- ordination belong t6 the appointed City Manager. "Bay City is an ideal community of opportunity, with the facilities of a large city combined with the convenience of a middle-sized town. It demonstrates a relaxed pace in an at- mosphere of friendly good will." Kids' program at library Although only formed in January of this year, the Goderich Friends of the Library are going ahead with a program for, children up to grade eight. The project provides for afternoons of activities, crafts, songs and magic during the winter break March 21 to 25. The Huron County Library, through the. Goderich Public Library, is providing necessary materials and making Meeting upcoming Family Care workers in Huron County will be holding regular monthly meeting on March 17 at the Clinton Community Hospital Board room. The meeting is set to 'get underway at 8 p.m. and a guest speaker will be on hand. Organizers this week ex- tended an invitation to old and new members to attend. available the room opposite the children's section of the library for the activities. The program has been organized by Pat Montague and the group asks parents to come along and have fun any or every afternoon next week. PURE MAPLE SYRUP Doug Vanderhoor 2 mi. E. of Bayfield , Golf Course Phone 482-9923 ;ee Us DA patty You con Truste.•e INTRODUCING! THE FAMILY SPECIAL 0 0 DISCOUNT $ FAMILY 0 PURCHASES OFF ALL Weekly Specials Exempted "Red Brand" Boot- "Grade A" Pork *Huron County Lamb Week after Week LEAN • GROUND CHUCK STEAK WHOLE OR HALF FRESH oR SMOKED . 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