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System in trouble
Secondary school education was in The Listowel Banner'
headlines last week due to the generous contract settlemen
reached between the Perth County Board of Education an
District 22 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Feder
ation. That settlement results in the average pay for hig
school teachers there being approximately $50,000. That,
big bucks. However, it's doubtful if many taxpayers will give i
a second thought. Other workers in this country now view
school teachers as people apart. They simply can't relate to
either teachers' salaries or length of working year.
This is unfortunate because it means as well that many
people also tune out anything to do with our education sys-
tem. This is unfortunate because the system is in trouble. It
needs support as much as it needs revision — support per-
taining to the aims of education. Of course many parents,
especially parents of elementary students, provide valued
support for many school activities.
In the past there has been a spate of information concern-
ing the inadequacies of our education system. Put Simply,
Canadian students graduating from our schools are less edu-
cated than many of their counterparts elsewhere in'the world.
In fact, experts now tend to lump together Canadian and
American students and state that education in North America
is in trouble. The matter has reached the stage that politi-
cians sense they can score point's by publicly criticizing the
system. A recent example of this was a comment by Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney to the effect that Canadian high
school students were among the worst educated high school
students in the world.
Some school boards are endeavoring to do something
about improving the system. Certainly an obvious area of
contention is the length of the school year. In Ontario the
teaching year comprises approximately 190 days. In the
United States, it averages 179 days. At the other extreme, in
Japan elementary students attend school 240 days a year
and in the summer are expected to maintain studies through
special classes and projects.
Few people would want to pee sChools continue classes
through the hot, summer months; however, most people
believe the current school year is too short.
• In Ontario a major complaint concerns the number of days
teachers have for professionaVdevelopment — days that are
holidays for students and headaches for parents who. work
outside the home. It is a complaint well-grounded., Given
teachers' salaries and holidays; there is no reason profes-:
sional development courses couldn't be held during the sum-
mer for "teachers. This would add nine or 10 instructicin days
per year for students — days that are needed in core sub-
jects.
The lengthening of classroom instruction time by nine days
per year might not seem much; but over the course of a stu-
dent's elementary and secondary education it amounts to
more than 100 additional days of instruction.
It would be a start.
Remember the rain barrel?
One shortage which many Canadians now are facing is
lack of adequate water supplies for the larger inland centres.
Canada, which has the largest supply of fresh water in the
world, is awakening to the fact that we have squandered and
contaminated this most priceless gift.
The situation is probably worst in the Kitchener -Waterloo
area since it Hes far from the Great Lakes. No doubt people
in London can sympathize for they have been forced to pay
the costs of a pipeline from Lake Huron.
Residents of Waterloo County have been engaged in a
long and heated° argument about where they must turn to
relieve a situation already difficult and obviously to become
more troubled as the future unwinds. It seems a plan to use
water from the Grand River is the most likely one'to receive
approval from local government, but that scheme may well
prove unwise unless a purification plant can remove the con-
taminants which are known to eilst in the water of the Grand.
At best it will be expensive and at worst it may prove to be
impossible.
Perhaps all the home and business owners in that area are
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;.• SEPTEMBER' 1942 T
'Rev: and WA: 14.330le of
Blyth left for t4c64 where
Mr. Boyle :is taking Over that
charge. It is fiye years since Mi.
Boyle took over the four appoint-
ments of 13elgrave, Blyth, Auburn
and Carlow. This is the second time
Mr. Boyle has been in charge at Bel -
grave, as he was minister there
from 1913 to 1920.
Three members of the 99th Bat-
tery received their certificates, hav-
ing qualified as sergeants:: They are
C. G. Brown, G. R Keil and G.
Rathwell.
The new hydro dirnout regula
tions Went into effect Sunday but
the effect is only noticeable on the
main street. NO advertising Signs or
store windows are lighted and only
he east side of the street lights are
on. Any infringements of the regn-
ation will mean a discontinuance
f electrical service.
Dr. E A. Parker of Wingham was
lected vice-president of the West-
rn Ontario Osteopathic AsSocia.
ion at the annual convention held
n London.
Canadian Broadcasting Corpora -
on networks. will sigh off** at
1:30 p.m. in all (*glens, beginning,
pt. 27, to reduce Wear on,equir-,:.
ent.
Mrs. Alex Casernona has reireed
er Delmore home to John E. NM-
ead of Woodford.'Mt•Burnitead
es:'bought/the Behnore ink and
tends moving this week.
SEPTEMBER 1955
Mrs. Vic Loughlean was elected
esiderit of the witAhorti Kinette
ub, succeeding 'Vitale& Walker.
rs. jack Lloyd is vice-president;
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too ary and Mrs.
too young to recall the times when virtuallyevery home tiad Andy Scott Impure&
a cistern In which to collect the water which fell on a house
roof. 'if not a cistern, most had at least a rain barrel standing
under a downpipe from the eaves.Even after mr•Itt home's
were served with drinking water from a municipal water.Sys-
tem, rain water was preferred for Washing weel and human
hair. Nowadays, of cdurse, we ell have watOy softeners to
Probably very few hornes billit,Within the paei 46'1/ears
of the eavestrough so that rain Wateiw Ovid' once again be
collected, but we may well 'find Waft* the ritXt few Oars
there is little alternative. Water may become as precious as
gold beige vVe are through.
achieve the same results ea hefty annual cost.
One Of the ,tiltlest.!:••• usinesses in
Wingham, Mckibbon's Drugs, will
celebrate the opening of a new store
front this week. The business has
been °penning Lor .over 50 years in
the same' buildinOlock on the
main strecitin:ftighain.
Rev. Patkoiv rector of St
patti's ice #baii'Vhurch, was
on , „
sec
ave a built-in cistern and many would require some re -fitting ,X:Ao'ciatio;6:
, meeting iO Lintdo
isters attended th
Huron,' Michigan
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etyk# the Alumni '
'iYbflCo11ege at a
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e'reuion from the . •
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dent 'or the Win
Literary Society.Vice-presidentsae
Carol DefhOoker, and Peter
NasmithriElOuglag Murray and
Sally Slogger arelmasurer and sec- `.
retary and Helen Haines is editor..
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, sErTEMBEit. 1965 '
Rev. T. E. Kennedy preached his
farewell sermon at Knox Presbyteri-
an Church, Belmore. Mr. Kennedy
is retiring from the active ministry
after 47 years.
At a nomination meeting in*ar-
riston, FL Cordon Green (*Montre-
al "was, named, as candidate for the
Liberal party in Wellington -Huron.
Mr. Green, who is an editor with
the Family Herald, Was .born at
Arthur.
- Dr. R. M. Aldis, director of the
Huron County Health' Unit, has
announced that Sabin, oral vaccine
for protection against polio Will be
• achninistered at clinics in district
schools. The unit was at Howick
Central, where about 500 pupils
ieteived the vacCine. At Tumberrv,
our files
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• tagant
After iriege of
Huron as their memberbf parlia-
menefor the paSt 41 -years, L. E.
Cardiff announced: his retirement
from the political s.cafte: Mr. Cardiff
is 76„years of age.
Officers installed at a meeting of
the Wingham Kinette Club include
president Mrs. M. Stainton; vice-
presidents Mrs. M. Gerrie and Mrs.
D. Burgess; secretary Mrs. R. Neil
and treasurer Mrs. K. McClure.
The official Opening of the Kins-
men Clikb pairiliOn'at.:Wingham's
north end was staged Saturday
evening, when , a large crowd
turned out to lieer Lionel Thornton
and his Casa kiyateitbeitra. ,
SEPTEMBER 1975
Murray Gaunt Was .orice more re-
elected area MPP lituthe provincial
election. He has been Liberal MPP
in this area since 1962.
• Constable Kenneth Allan Murray,
21, is the latest and youngest addi-
tion to the WItightitrt detachment of
the Ontario Provincial Police. This
is his first assignment since his
i'graddaltiVroirillOPg Training
• and P4A*1$1Tle: •Cfq16-01, Art
' Skied Heart Church broke' with
tradition and installed foir 'auxil-
iary ministers, two of them Women.
Mrs. R. Morrison, Alexander Spree!
and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Campeau
' will be 4 WO entrusted the job of
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bringing .the aeaenient, of Holy
•Communion to Slik persons and
shutiriS; They are alipiautharited to
give Communion on a' regular Sun-
day:if thepriest is unable to, per-
form a mass.
A. Pretty •double -ring ceremony
,united in marriage Barbara Alberta
France of Wingham and Grant
'fiptiey McDonald of RR 4, Ripley.
They will reside on the groom's
ferm in the Ripley area.
Brian Robinson of Carrie is
attending the Radio College of
Canada in Toronto, taking Electron-
ic Engineering Technology.
The Wingham branch of the
"Voice of the Unborn' has changed
its name to "Alliance for Life". The
executive has also decided to form
a youth oro-lifp 1 rb
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Wingham frailr Park. Archie Holteebef Brantford, a suhuherthrie resideht of the trailer
park, tci�k thlaptioteigieph just before the dam Went 01,1t. (Courtesy of Archie Holmes)
bill
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Ontario Pres
complaints about t
and advertising. if
with the newspal)e bou
Press Council* 15
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ltd.. If
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1984, lust 'after the dam went
and bruslu /Wide Mario of
be seen to the te1 anitthe