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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-04-23, Page 1No. 16—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1970 RAISE OVER $100 - Members of the Hi -C group of the Hensall United Church raised over $100. towards the Live -Love project last Saturday, when they conducted a car wash at Kyle's Service Statibn. A group of the young people are seen here as they apply the clean-up procedure to one of the many cars which patronized them in their project. ( Citizens News Photo ) Separate School The Huron -Perth County Rom- an Catholic Separate School Board at its meeting in the Board Rooms in Seaorth last Monday night was presented with a tentative budget for 1970 of $2,020,000. Jack Lane, Business Adminis- trator who presented the budget said this is an increase of 14.97/o over last year's budget. He said. Provincial assistance will be greater this year than it was last year. The budget was discussed by the Board but full details were not completed and further study is to be made by the members. Mr. Lane stated the amount of local taxation will not be finalized until the finance com- mittee is decided on the local mill rate to be levied and teach- er's salaries are negotiated. James Morris of Stratford, chairman of the personnel and salary negotiating committee, reported his committee had net with the teachers salary negot- iating committee and they pres- ented the 1970 salary schedule and benefits to the Board. NEW CONSTABLE The newest member of the Exeter detachment of the Ont- ario Provincial Police began his duties last week. Constable Bob Whiaeford is a native of Toronto, and his appointment to the Ex- eter detachment brings the staff strength to seven officers. oard Sets 197 Budget Mr. Morris said negotiating procedure is that press releases will be given by either party with pre -notice of 72 hours. William Innes of Stratford, chairman of the property and maintenance committee report- ed vandalism at Immaculate Conception School, Stratford, amounting to $696.00 in mal- icious damage to doors and windows. Mr. Innes said wiring and one amplifier were being installed at Holy Name School in St. Marys by St. Marys Cable Company for cable television for $173.85, There will be no. Lake Huron Fish Okay; says M.P. According to Robert E. Mc- Kinley, MP for Huron, people in this area have no worry when it comes to eating fresh fish caught in Lake Huron. Mr, McRinley told the Citizens News on Tuesday that there is very little mercury content in fish that have been tested in Lake Huron waters. According to results of test- ing which was carried out on Monday, pickerel in the Bay- field-Goderich areas showed only .18 parts of mercury, while farther south the content was .38 parts mercury. Both areas are well under the danger point of .5 parts mercury. Mr. McKinley also reported that whitefish showed only .4 parts, also below the danger point. Tests are still under way on cohoe, , he revealed. At the same time, the MP added, there appeared to be no danger whatever in the perch which are being caught in Lake Huron. The matter of mercury in Lake Huron fish was brought up in the House of Commons last week by Mr. McKinley, and he assured at that time that tests would be very thoroughly car- ried out as soon as possible. Area commercial fishermen were pleased when they heard the report on the tests, and now people can feel quite safe in eating the fresh fish from Lake Huron. monthly charge afterwards. The Board endorsed the res- olution of the Council of the City of Chatham which is being circulated throughout Ontario cities and associations. The resolution expresses the, concern of the Chatham council on the increasing use of marijuana and the prospect that its use may be legalized. The Resolution urged that marijuana which is now under the Food and Drug Act remain under this act, Howard Shantz, Stratford, chairman of the By-law Com- mittee, presented the first draft of the by-laws for the Board. Several amendments were made in the first part of the draft and the remaining by-laws will be studied at another meeting. John V intar, Superintendent of Education, reported on his enquiries to the Huron Board of Education and to the Perth Board on buying Kindergarten schooling for Separate School (continued ,on page 16) 10 CENTS PER COPY Huron County School Board Discuss Religious Education (by Shirley J. Keller) Two very controversial subject pertaining to school matters were opened at Monday evening's reg- ular meeting of the Huron Cou- nty Board of Education in Clint- on, but board members did not allow themselves to become too embroiled in discussion concern- ing thein. The topics were religious ed- ucation in elementary schools and corporal punishment. Religious education in elem- entaryschools was discussed brieflafter the board learned that there had been a request from the Iluron-Perth Presbytery of the United Church of Canada to one board member to be appointed as a representative to a committee that will study the question of religious educ- ation in elementary schools. One board member, Mrs. Warren Zinn, Ashfield, stated that she would be a member of the study committee in her cap- acity as a youth leader in the church of which she is a member Vice-chairman Bob Elliott of the board wondered if Mrs. Zinn could also act as the board's representative on the study committee, but the lady decl- ined to volunteer for the posit- ion. Mrs. Zinn told the board that she was not convinced that daily hour-long religious educ- ation sessions in the elementary school was the ideal situation, but added that she did not wish to have all religion bannished from the schools in the county. She left the impression that religion taught in the schools should be on a very general bas - Cancer Blitz In Zurich on Monday A Cancer Blitz will take place in the village of Zurich next Monday night, April 27, between the hours of seven and nine o'clock. The door-to-door canvas will be conducted by high school students living in the community. The Cancer Campaign in Zurich is sponsored by the Zur- ich Lions Club, under the chair- manship of Don O'Brien. The objective for the village has been set at $300. is and should not cut into time spent on academic subjects. Chairman of the board, John Lavis said that in his opinion, some religious training in the schools was beneficial to stud- ents. Although the board did not appoint a representative to the study committee, it is under- stood that one board member will attend the meetings and that the board will take the time to give that board member some guidelines to follow when he or she is expressing the board's opinion on the matter, Gordon Moir, Wingham, sug- gested the board take a stand on a recent resolution which was passed unanimously in Lanbton County Council recommending that corporal punishment not be eliminated from the schools, Mr. Moir said that corporal punishment has proven itself to be beneficial in most cases where it is applied judiciously by discerning educators. He was advised that as the matter presently stands, it is a decision to be made locally in the individual schools wheth- er or not corporal punishment is advisable. Moir told the board he was content with this judgement and would not press for the board to issue a state- ment on the subject. The board members also re- ceived information from Arn- old Mathers, principal of Huron Centennial Public School, re- garding teacher's aides on staff. Mr. Mathers listed 29 jobs that can be done by a teacher's aide to assist the teacher and five duties which must not be done by a teacher's aide. Mrs. Marilyn Kunder, Seaf- orth, noted that while it was stated in Mr. Mather's outline that teacher's aides would not be permitted to teach "any classes or groups especially those related to language dev- elopment, " it was permitted for teacher's aides to "tutor in- dividual pupils who missed in- struction due to absence" and drill in specified subject areas." "That's teaching, " insisted Mrs. Kunder. She indicated that the teacher's aides appear- ed to have more duties than the teachers. Dan Murphy, Goderich, re- minded Mrs. Kunder and the (continued on page 16) SOMETHING DIFFERENT - in the way of mail boxes can be seen on the farm of L, R. Robinson, just north of Kippen on highway four. The old pump at the right of the photo balances the barn shaped mail box at the left of the photo, and a piece of metal piping in the ground holds the ent- ire unit in place.