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TROPHY PRESENTED - Following their victories at the Sliver
Stick Hockey Tournament at Watford over the past weekend, the
Zurich Bantams were presented with the "C" and "D" trophies.
Team Captain, Gerald Weido is seen here receiving one of the
trophies from tournament chairman, Dalton Richardson. Gerald,
also received a trophy for the "most valuable player" in the entire
tournament. He scored the winning goal of the final game in the
second overtime period on Sunday afternoon, for his second of
that particular game.
The subject of guidance in
Huron County will be the first
study undertaken by members of
the Huron County Board of Ed-
ucation in special half-hour
sessions during regular board
meetings for the next few weeks.
The matter was uppermost in
the minds of some board memb-
ers after a former South Huron
District High School student
told the board she felt she had
been misinformed by the guid-
ance department and the princ-
ipal at SHDHS concerning her
rights and privileges to continue
an art course in Grade 13 despite
the fact it was discontinued at
Exeter.
The board members learned
from the young woman, now
enrolled at Fanshawe College,
that the guidance department
at SHDHS had not provided her
with the answers to her questions
and that she had been instructed
to write to various universities,
etc., for the information she
desired.
She also told the board she
had asked to transfer to Beal
Technical School, in London,
at the expense of the board in
Huron County, and had been
told this was not likely to hap-
pen.
The Huron Board, however,
does have a policy whereby a
student in the county desiring a
course not offered in the county
schools, is entitled to tuition
at another school where such a
course is offered.
While board members agreed
to speak to the school officials
at Exeter regarding this matter
before making a decision in
this case, several board memb-
ers expressed their concern over
the guidance program through-
out the county.
It was decided to ask the guid-
ance department heads to make
a presentation to the Huron
County Board of Education at
its next meeting regarding the
guidance program in the county
schools. It is understood this
presentation will include guid-
ance programs at both the elem-
entary and secondary school
levels.
It is also hoped that the board
will find some way to discover
the students' impression of the
guidance program in the county
schools.
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New Policy On
School Lockers
(by Shirley J. Keller)
Principals in Huron County
have been advised that students'
lockers shall not be opened with-
out the knowledge of the student
involved and his being present
at the time of opening the locker
The ruling was made following
a complaint to the board by
Charles H. Thomas, reeve of
Grey Township, that 18 students
and several ratepayers have ap-
proached him to indicate their
annoyance at school staff open-
ing students° lockers without thei)
knowledge.
In future, if it becomes nec-
essary to open a locker and stud-
ent is not available, it shall be
the responsibility of the Principal
only to open it in company with
one other staff member.
The board also learned that
the entire staff of 22 program
consultants from the regional
office of the Department of
Education has been made avail-
able to Huron County for the
period February 1 to 12. These
services will be concentrated in
Area C schools but provision is
being made for specific person=
nel to visit other schools in the
county.
This will be a self- analysis
experience for all those involved
in the educational process in
the schools.`The consultants
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ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY
(by Shirley J. Keller)
The 1971 Warden of the
County of Huron is Jack Alex-
ander, reeve of the town of
Wingham.
Warden Alexander was elect-
ed on the second ballot, a 20-
20 tie vote between him and
Reeve Elmer Hayter, Stanley
Township. The tie was broken
in favor of Alexander by Reeve
Paul Carroll, Goderich.
The first ballot showed 14 in
favor of Alexander, 16 for Hayt-
er and 10 for Reeve Hugh Flynn,
the third candidate in the race.
Alexander listed the official
plan for the County of Huron,
the problems caused by the ap-
proaching closure of CFB Clint-
on, the appointment of a new
Medical Officer of Health in
Huron and the county roads
system as the priority items.
The Wingham businessman
promised to devote himself to
the job of Warden for 1971 and
to "work hard to keep Huron
County among the leaders in the
province of Ontario."
In his address to Huron County
Council, Elmer Hayter said the
last warden from Stanley had
been Fred Watson in 1944. He
noted he had spent 11 years on
municipal council, five as dep-
uty -reeve and three as reeve.
Hugh Flynn stated his ambition
to "someday become warden of
Huron County." He cited cons-
ervation, reforestation, pollut-
ion control, regional govern-
ment, welfare planning amalg-
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Reeve Huron Warden
Elect , Officers r r
Hensall Fair
George Frayne was elected
president of the Hensall South
Huron Agricultural Society
during an annual meeting held
in Hensall, Saturday afternoon.
Other officers; first vice-pres-
ident, Larry Merner; second
vice-president, Grant McGregor;
secretary -treasurer, P,L. Mc-
Naughton.
The society also announced
the Hensall South I-Iuron Agric-
ultural Fair will be held June
22 this year.
amation of health services and
the CFB closure as the prime
areas for concern this year.
"If we don't stand up and take
a stand we're going to be told
what to do, " said Flynn.
Judge R.S. Hetherington adm-
inistered the oath of office to
the new warden. He said in his
business he found it necessary to
go back into the archives for
direction and he envied county
councillors their opportunity to
"make history."
He urged all members of
council to "co-operate and bring
together the facilities of the
county."
"That's your duty, " he told
the members. "The difficulty
comes in trying to apply it.
Don't let local interest too badly
mar your judgement."
Rev. Garwood Russell of St.
George's Anglican Church of -
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Huron oard of Education Agrees
To Library Deal With County Group
(by Shirley J. Keller)
After a committee of the
Huron County Board of Education
met with the Huron County Lib-
rary Committee and its librarian,
Miss Ethel Dewar, members of
Huron County Board of Education
agreed to purchase Huron County
library services for the senior
grades in schools in Huron Count)
without library facilities at a
cost of $1 per student.
When the school librarian, the
principal and the appropriate
superintendent of operations
agree that the school's book
collection is not large enough
for the library to be self-support-
ing and needs to be supplement-
ed, the Huron County Library
Service will be purchased.
It is estimated this will cost
about $3, 000 for ten schools
in the county plus the five sen-
ior schools in McKillop Town-
ship. It is also noteworthy that
the funds for the service will be
budgeted over and above the per
pupil amount allowed by the
Board for the purchase of lib-
rary books.
Superintendent of education
Jim Coulter told the board it
was felt the Huron County Lib-
rary service was not too satisf-
actory for the junior grades.
This is to be a one year ar-
rangement, the board learned.
Dr. A.N. Deathe, of Goder-
ich asked Coulter if the board
of education planned to inte-
grate its library program with
the library program offered by
the county, Coulter explained,
that the board of education was
buying a service, not integrat-
ing systems.
Board chairman Bob Elliott
wondered if the board should be
looking into a board -operated
book mobile system whereby
books in county school libraries
would be moved from school
to school. Coulter suggested
this may be recommended for
fiction -type books but that text
books are required to remain
in the schools to be available
when needed. Coulter added
that duplications of books are
already being moved around in
the county.
"We've done a lot of this, "
said Coulter.
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Snowmobile Cause
Several Injuriess
A Dashwood man was one of
two snow vehicle operators in-
jured in mishaps reported over
the past week to Ontario Prov-
incial Police, Exeter.
On January 10, George New-
man, 26, of R, R.1, Cottam,
was treated for a fractured left
collarbone and lacerations to the
right knee and left wrist by Dr.
V. Gulens, of Dashwood at the
South Huron Hospital. Newman
had been operating his mach-
ine at the Pineridge Chalet
when he was thrown off after
striking an unknown object.
Alphonse Denomme, 28, of
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YOUTH COUNSELLOR VISITS ZURICH - Jack Saarela, centre, of Don Mills, a
worker in the Lutheran Churches of Canada, visited the young people of St. Peter's
Zurich over the past weekend. Shown here chatting with Mr. Saarela at a Saturday
are, Left to right, Howard Thiel, Donna Schilbe, Margaret Elligsen, a visitor with
Brodhagen, and Christine Haberer.
volunteer youth
Lutheran C hurch,
night gathering
the group from