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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1971
Festa al
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of Agriculture for Ontario. In a
few brief words to the large
gathering, Mr. Stewart described
the annual festival as the great-
est thing that ever happened
to the bean industry in Ontario.
Visitors were present from such
places as Detroit, Windsor,
Chatham, Sarnia, London, Kit-
chener, Hamilton, Toronto,
Niagara Falls and Stratford. A
number of chartered buses also
brought loads to the festival,
and among them was a large
group from the North Thames-
ville Women's Institute. Other
groups came by bus from Chath-
am, London, Niagara Falls and
Toronto.
To entertain the many child-
ren in attendance, Bosco, the
Clown was present and a midway
was set up on two streets. High-
way 84 through the village was
closed off and traffic had to
detour around several blocks to
pass through.
Both Friday night's dance,
which was sponsored by the Zur-
ich Lions Club, and Saturday
night's dance, sponsored by the
Zurich Minor Athletic Associat-
ion, reported tremendous turn-
out,.
Probably the biggest problem
run into with such an oversize
crowd was parking facilities,
and reports came in that cars were
parked a mile out of the village
in every direction. As well,
every street within the village
limits was packed tight with
vehicles.
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Teachers reach agreement
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secretary of the Ontario Second-
ary School Teachers' Federation
which negotiated for the teachers,
said it was a fair contract.
Mr. Brown said the pink -listing
imposed on the Huron board
May 31 will be lifted immediat-
ely, which means teachers will
be free to seek jobs with the
board.
He said there should be no
problems filling four teaching
vacancies; a science teacher
at Wingham, a commercial
director in Seaforth, a drafting
teacher at Goderich and a
science teacher at Exeter.
The county's teachers had
submitted resignations to the
board when it was pink -listed
and these were due to go into
effect on Tuesday. The resign-
ations will be withdrawn said
Mr. Brown.
Mrs. Jean Aceti, of Sudbury,
OSSTF president, attended the
ratification meeting.
Asked if salaries were at the
root of the drawn-out negotiat-
ions, she said, "no--- It was
the lack of communication bet-
ween the board and its secondary
school teachers,"
Mrs. Iceti said that now the
contract has been signed she
hopes the board and teachers
will "take the time and opport-
unity to discuss problems relat-
ing to the quality of education
for the students."
"There are many topics of
mutual concern other than sal-
aries that they can discuss,. 'She
said without elaborating.
The contract also provides
that the board will pay 58 per
cent of fringe benefits for teach-
ers in the first year and 66 2/3
per cent in the second.
Fringe benefits include Ontario
Hospital Service Commission and
Ontario Health Services Insur-
ance Plan (OHSIP) and group
insurance premiums. Previously
the board had paid 50 per cent .
The OSSTF had asked for 66
2/3 per cent.
As well as paying a higher
portion of the group insurance
premium, the contract also
provides that women teachers will
now be eligible for a $10, 000
policy, as male teachers had in
the past. Women's maximum cov
erage had been $5, 000.
Second -year salaries in the
contract will be set by a com-
mittee of four made up of the
director of education, the board's
business administrator and two
teachers. They will set salary
increases based on 6. 9 per cent
of the 1971-72 payroll.
It was not immediately
known what effect the contract
will have on elementary school
teaching categories which will
be geared to the high school
settlement. A statement is exp-
ected from the board.
Not only were negotiations
drawn out, they also sparked
several heated debates at the
board level which culminated
in late June with the two Goder-
ich trustees resigning.
Mrs. J. W. Wallace and Dr.
A.B. Deathe quit, charging the
board was using the county's
educational system to protest
low prices for agricultural prod-
uce prices and high taxation.
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The United Church Women
of the United. Church in Hensall
will hold their first meeting for
the Fall on Thursday, September
2, in the Fellowship Hall.
The first meeting the W.M.S,
of Carmel Presbyterian Church,
Hensall will be held on Monday
evening September 13, at 8:15
p.m. in the Sunday School
Rooms.
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