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No. 43—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1969
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SIGNS REGISTER - Gerald A. Rau, a native of the Zurich area,
is shown here signing the register for His Excellency, Sir Solomon
Hockay, Governor General of Trinidad, upon his assuming the
office of High Commissioner for Canada to Trinidad and Tobago.
(Photo courtesy of Trinidad Express)
Home and School Associations Will
Seek Recognition From Huron Board
(by Richmond Atkey)
Huron County Board of Educa-
tion is taking into consideration
for further discussion a request
from the Perth -Huron Council
of Home and School Associat-
ions for recognition as the lia-
ison between the people of Hur-
on County and the Huron County
Board.
Mrs. Archie Couper, Hensall,
president of the Perth -Huron
Council of the organization,
presented a brief to Huron Count)
Board at its meeting in Central
Huron Secondary School, Clin-
ton, Monday evening.
She requested this recognition
in order that the people of the
County and the Board might
work closely with D.J. Cochrane,
director of education, and his
staff "for the betterment of all
children through greater insight
and knowledge by the parents
into the educational system of
today and the future", as she
stated.
Members of the Board made
few comments after hearing the
presentation, and on motion of
Mrs. J, W. Wallace, Goderich,
and R.M. Elliott, Goderich Towr
ship, decided to table the mat-
ter for further discussion.
Mrs. Cooper said that there was
not child participation in the
organization, parents only.
John B. Lavis, Clinton, Board
chairman, asked regarding fin-
ances of the Perth -Huron Coun-
cil. Mrs. Couper stated that of
the local membership fees, one
dollar for each member was sent
to the Ontario Federation of
Home and School Associations,
which remitted fifteen cents
per member. The Ontario Fed-
eration received a grant from
Ontario Department of Education
she stated.
Although the Perth -Huron Coun-
cil represented both counties, it
was planned to set up an organ-
ization in each county to operate
separately but in cooperation
with each other.
In her presentation, Mrs. Coupe)
said in part: "Since the inception
of the County Board system, peo-
ple feel too remote for a con-
tinuance of communication such
as that enjoyed between the sinal•
ler boards and the public on
whose behalf they hold office.
"Anticipating that a liaison
would be necessary between the
county board and the public,
Education Minister William Davis
stated that Home and School is
the one existing organization
structured to be that line of
communication, and where it
now in existence, some similar
body would have to be created"
Mrs. Couper also quoted Lloyd
Dennis as saying that parents
have the responsibility to part-
icipate ectively in the design of
education.
JUNIOR HOCKEY SEASON
OPENS IN ZURICH SUNDAY
Educators to Report by Next March 15
(by Richmond Atkey)
The county school board will
be ready to meet with municipal
officials and/or ratepayers by
March 15 to report on the systems
first full year of operations, it
was agreed at a board meeting
in Clinton last Monday evening.
John Broadfoot of Brucefield,
representative of Tuckersmith,
Stanley, Seaforth, and Bayfield,
had sought information to be
presented at ratepayers' meet-
ings prior to municipal elections
this winter, but both board chair-
man John Lavis of Clinton and
education director John Coch-
rane argued that a true picture
can be given only after the sys-
tem has run for an entire year.
Mr. Broadfoot stuck to his guns
to the last and voted against the
motion for reports by March and
said later that he was planning
to present his own report to rate-
payers' meetings as he had done
always as a member of the for-
mer local board.
Mr. Cochrane said the board's
executive council discussed the
Heavy Damage
In Deer Crash
There was only one accident
occurred during this week in-
volving a car and a deer, Pro-
vincial Constable D.A. Lamont
investigated. This collision
occurred on 84 highway, about
one half mile east of St. Josephs
on Friday, October 24, at about
11 p. m.
Philip Edward Overholt, Walnut
Street, Zurich, was westbound
on the highway at this point
when a 250 pound deer jumped
over the guide wires into the
path of the car.
The deer was killed. Roy Bel-
inger, R. R. 2, Goderich, Dep-
artment of Lands and Forest,
Game Warden, attended at the
scene.
During the week the Exeter
detachment spent a total of 284
hours on duty, travelling a
total of 2264 miles. There were
22 criminal cases investigated
in the week. Twelve charges
were laid under the Highway
Traffic Act; seven under the
Criminal Code of Canada, and
one under the Liquor Control Act,
matter at length and concluded
that before such meetings are
held, 12 -month financial reports
on budgets, salaries, arbitration
results, municipal levies and
other factors must be available;
the accomplishments of 1969
must be studied and the acade-
mic and financial aims for 1970
must be studied and stated by
the board,
Mr. Broadfoot questioned the
value of meetings in the spring
and held that they are needed
now when citizens meet prior
to elections.
Bank of Montreal in Clinton Named
To Handle County Education Account
(by Richmond Atkey)
Clinton Branch of the Bank of
Montreal was established as the
Board's "authorized bank" at a
meeting of Huron County Board
of Education in Central Huron
Secondary School, last Monday
evening.
A note in connection with the
actual resolution, said:"The
omission of the words 'interin'
and perm anent' .. , makes it pos-
sible for the Board to amend or
rescind the motion at any time."
Since the Huron County Board
of Education was organized early
in 1969, the board's banker has
been the Goderich Branch of the
Bank of Montreal, but removal
of the head office of the Board
to Clinton was a factor in chang-
ing over from Goderich to Clin-
ton, it was stated.
The payroll is handled by the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Com-
merce under contract, entirely
separate from the general ac-
count in the Bank of Montreal.
In this connection, the Board's
cheque number 889, for $363,
202.47. was payable ro the
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Corn-
rnerce. R.B. Dunlop, business
administrator of the Board, ex-
plained that this was part of the
September payroll, processed
by this Bank.
Before the resolution was adopt-
ed, Robert M. Elliott, Goderich
Township, vice-chairman of
the Board, inquired what service
was performed by the Bank of
Montreal other than the usual
service performed by a bank.
It was stated that the Bank of
Montreal accepted their own
cheques at par anywhere in the
County.
D.J, Cochrane, director of
education, stated that represent-
ative of another bank had claim-
ed that the Board's account was
large enough to split among two
or more banks operating in the
County of Huron.
"I pointed out to him that it
is our main objective to keep
this matter as uncomplicated as
possible, "Mr. Cochrane said."I
told him we were satisfied at the
present time."
Mr. Elliottointed out that a
change couldbemade at the
discretion of the board when the
situation again was reviewed.
One member of the board seem-
ed to feel that there were more
branches of the Bank of Montreal
operating in Huron County than
any other bank, thus paying the
most taxes, either directly or
indirectly, through having the
most employees.
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Hold Anniversary
At Zurich Church
Ninety-fifth Anniversary Ser-
vices of Emmanuel United Chur-
ch, Zurich, were held on Sun-
day October 26, with Rev, Snell
of Riverside United Church, Lon-
don, as guest speaker. Mr. Snell,
a native of Huron County and
a former minister at James Street
United Church, Exeter, spoke on
the theme "My Church" at the
morning service, basing his topic
around Ephesians 3. " The Plus
Factor of the Christian Religion"
was his evening topic, based on
Matthew 5.
Special music for the morning
was provided by Stephen Horner,
accompanied by Mrs. Berne
McKinley. In the eveninga
ladies duet from Bayfieldsang
appropriate vocal selections.
The church choir, under the dir-
ection of Mrs. Milton Oesch,
also contributed anthems for
each service,
ENJOY BUS TRIP - Last Wednesday about 53 members of the
Women's Institutes throughout this area enjoyed a bus tour to
the Collingwood and Midland areas. Some of the group are
seen here as they load up in front of the Hay Township Hall
in the morning. Along the route the group ran into some dis-
agreeable weather, and a bit of snow was falling as they left,
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