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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-11-19, Page 1Mui IAD 111) No, 46 --ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LOACL NEWS ORA ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1970 10 CENTS PER COPY WINTER'S FIRST APPEARANCE - The first snowfall of the season on Saturday caused a rash of minor accidents throughout the area, as motorists found driving conditions less favourable than usual. This car, driven by Lindenfield, of Exeter, managed to find it's way to the bottom of a creek, on the Goshen Line a couple of miles south of Zurich. No one was injured in the freak accident. Huron Board Critical of Insurance Policy Members of Huron County Board of Education agreed Mon- day evening in Clinton that they were dissatisfied with the terms of a letter from the Frank Cowan Insurance Company Limited re- garding a claim against the School Accident Insurance Policy and will transfer negotiations into the hands of the board's solicitor, Elmer D. Bell, Q.C. The claim involves a student who lost part of two fingers in an accident. The insurance comp- any will not pay for loss of the fingers because not enough of the fingers were severed from the student's hand. The board learn- ed the fingers were lost from just below the second joint on the student's fingers. Mai" problem seems to arise from the fact that when the students and their parents contract for the insurance at the beginning of the school year, the master policy is not in the hands of the school board nor is there any particular reference to the fact that there is a master policy. Some board members indicated it is possible to believe you have coverage which doesn't actually exist according to the master policy. A letter from the Clinton Police Department to the board Thieves Raid Grand Bend Store Thieves broke into the Betty and Art IGA Foodliner on High- way 21 early Thursday and made off with $980 worth of cigarettes, meat, long -play records and candy. Provincial police at Forest said 100 cartons of cigarettes, 67 pounds of meat, 336 choco- late bars, 120 records and $12 in silver was stolen. Forty-nine records were later recovered by police hidden be- neath a nearby tree. Police said entrance was gain- ed through a rear basement wind- ow. from Police Chief A. Westlake was on file concerning the bomb- ing at Central Huron Secondary School. "The rumors you hear are, as far as I am concerned, just that, the letter stated. "We have our suspicions but we cannot convict on suspicions. It is my intention to contact you personally when and if sufficient evidence has been uncovered to prosecute the person or persons responsible." In the meantime, the board learned of another break-in at CHSS as well as a Hallowe'en stunt at Walton PS and a minor break-in at F.E. Madill Sec- ondary School, in Wingham In other business, the board agreed to give consideration to the inclusion in the budget of several items for the Schools for Trainable Retarded Children Question Period At Board Meeting The question period at Monday evening's board of education meeting in Clinton was much shorter than usual, due to the fact that members were allowed five minutes to write their quest- ions on paper and hand them to the administrative staff. It is understood that the admin- istrative staff will provide indiv- idual answers to the questions as soon after the meeting as the complete answer is known. The questions and answers will then be typed up and contained in the 'back-up' material for the next meeting. During the question period, chairman John Lavis told the press that its petition to have a five minute oral question period allotted to them had not yet been on the agenda with a rec- ommendation concerning it from the Director of Education. Mr. Lavis termed this an error. Mr. Cochrane told the board it had not been an error, but he agreed to include a recommend- ation on the agenda. in Huron County; moved the date of the next regular meeting ahead to November 30 in Clint- on at 8 p.m.; received the res- ignations of Mrs. Andrea Lee, SHDHS; Mrs. Madeline Agger - holm, Clinton P.S. and Mrs. Pamella Scotchmer, Exeter P. S. agreed to table a letter from Lambton County Board of Educ- ation re Educational Tax Levy; and discussed a progress report from the Seaforth PS building committee. Concerning the last item, chairman John Lavis wondered if the Department of Education was aware that in order to justify the home economics and shop classrooms at Seaforth, students had to be transported from Huliet. Mrs. Marilyn Kunder told them the idea originated with the Department of Education. "It is allowable?" asked Lavis. "Yes, " stated Mrs. Kunder. Stephen Parents Complain About Kindergarten Plans A delegation of Stephen Town- ship parents appeared before the Huron County Board of Education Monday evening in Clinton to protest the board's recent dec- ision to standardize the alter- nate day kindergarten program in schools across the county where transportation is a factor, beginning January 1, 1971. Spokesman for the group was Mrs. Doug McClure who review- ed the position of Stephen Town- ship parents who would have liked to have noon -hour transpor- tation provided for their kinder- garten students presently attend- ing classes on a half-day every day basis. Mrs. McClure reminded the board that the Stephen parents had asked the board to give their petition some serious consider- ation, but that if it could not see fit to fulfill the requests, they would be quite willing to continue on with their presnet arrangement - the parents of the kindergarten students provid- ing the noon -hour transportation. She asked the board to re- consider its stand on the matter, l or to at least permit things to I remain as they are presently. Mrs. McClure again outlined the strong feelings of the Stephen Township parents' that the half- day every day kindergarten classes were far superior to the alternate full-day program. Vice-chairman Robert Elliott asked the delegation how long kindergarten had been operating in Stephen Township. He learned the half-day every day system had been going on there since the kindergarten classes began when the school was built five years ago. "Then you don't know from first ' hand experience whether the half-day every day system is sup- erior to the alternate full-day program, " said Elliott. "You've never tried it." John Broadfoot asked if the Stephen Township parents would agree to try it from January to June on a trial basis. Ted Wright, a member of the delegation from Dashwood, said he was not free to express an opinion for all parents of kinder- garten students in Stephen Town- ship. "Speaking as a parent with a 'child in kindergarten, " added Wright, "my child is only going through kindergarten once and I wouldn't want to risk his year on a trial program." Another member of the del- egation, Keith Gill, Grand Bend, said, "we feel the board has gone over our heads. We will provide the noon -hour transport- ation. "Since the question was brought up the board has looked into the matter thoroughly, " chairman John Lavis told Gill. "The brief presented by your delegation was given every consideration. The members weighed the ad- vantages against the disadvant- ages and made their decision on it. As policy now stands, the matter cannot be reopened un- less some board members sign - (continued on page 6 ) 0 Hensall Reporter Honoured On Birthday Mrs. Maude Hedden, Hensali, news reporter for local papers, was surprised Monday evening when some twenty friends gath- ered at her home for her birth= day and to wish her many more happy events. A social evening ensued. A large lighted birthday cake adorned her table at lunch time, and an address, read by Mrs. John Soldan, reminded her of the good era which had been hers to enjoy. Mrs. Clarence Reid, on be- half of the friends, presented her with a gift, after which Maude expressed her appreciation. THREE LADIES HONOURED - When the Huron County Pony Trotting Club held their annual dance and awards night in the Zurich Community Centre last Saturday night, these three ladies were presented with gifts for their valuable services to the organization. Left to right are Mrs. Gladys Ross, of Lucan, secretary; Mrs. Marg Cunningham, of Clandeboye, race secretary; and Mrs. Ethyl Hunter, of Stratford, assistant race secretary.