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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1972-10-21, Page 1MIO Erri(D NO. 42 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1972 MORE VANDALISM - The Zurich Public School was the scene of more vandalism last Friday night when two large windows on the south doors were smashed. Custodian Neil Walker is shown here as he examines the damage done to the doors. The glass, which was almost half an inch thick, was reinforced inside with wire, so officials feel a heavy object must have been used to cause the damage. Three other side windows -in the building were also smashed. New method for board operation (by Shirley J. Keller) An entirely new system of board operation for Huron County has been approved by board members and the re - organizational measures will become effective November 1. The board will now be oper- ating under three standing com- mittees; the Education Commit- tee with Mrs. Marion Zinn, as chair man and committee mem- bers, Wilfred Shortreed, Mollie Kunder, George Parsons and John Taylor; a Management Committee with Cayley 1.1111,. as chairman, and members Don McDonald, John Henderson, Alex Corrigan and Dr. Alex Addison; the Chairman's Adv- isory Committee composed of Chairman Robert Elliott, vice- chairman John Broadfoot and the chairman of the first two committees; an Advisory Com- mittee with Garnet Hicks as chairman and members Charles Rau and Wilfred Shortreed; and the Advisory Committees on Schools for Trainable Retarded, Chairman, Jim Taylor, memb- ers Clarence McDonald and Mollie Kunder. Ad Hoc Committees compris- ing not more than two or three persons, may be established to investigate where in the opinion of a standing committee, a • problem, potential problem or situation is likely to involve public relations to a high degree or has political overtones. The new system has been dev- ised in an attempt to make less meetings for boargl members to attended. A wide -variety of subjects will be lumped togeth- er under the main two cornmit- Hew system for labelling Mindful of improving its serv- ice to the public as well as advancing facilities at this of- fice, the Citizens News an- nounces this week the purchase of a new Elliott Newspaper Addressing Machine. The new machine was used for the first time yesterday in labelling the papers which leave this office each week, and the results of the new product are clearly visible on the upper right hand corner of the front page. The new addressing machine has many advantages in that it speeds up the labelling process; enables the publishers to maint- ain an up-to-date subscription list weekly; and eliminates the possibility of the old style label being ripped away from the Citizens News copy. .Hereafter the label will ap- pear in black ink permanently impressed on the white portion of the paper to the right of the Zurich Citizens News ban- ner. To further assist office rout- ine, a new five-year sequence system of "paid uo dates" which appear with each subscriber's naive has also been inaugurated, This system is now being used widely by many leading Canad- ian publications and has been found quite effective. It's sim- ple to understand. To explain we have taken the name of a fictitious subscriber as an ex- ample: Jones, R.H. •555 Hillcrest Ave., London, Ontario. May 76, 75, 74, 73, '72 In short, Mr. Jones' subscrip- tion expires in May 1972. The month is quite clear. The last of the numbers represents the year, in this case 1972. When Mr. Jones renews his subscript- ion the last number 72 will be dropped and the expiry date will read May, 76, 75, 74, 73 or May 1973. The numbers simply represent the years on a five-year progressive period. The reason for the five numbers is to enable this office to cont- inue using the stencil by simply erasing the last number each time the subscription is paid, tees, education and manage- ment. Full duties of the com- mittees have been outlined and their jurisdictions established. Open board meeting will be held once monthly, the third Monday of each month. The Education Committee will meet the fourth Monday of the month, the Management Committee will convene the first Monday of'the month, and the AVC is set for the first Thursday of each month. The remaining two committees will meet at the call of the chairman. Delegations may appear at any public meeting of the board, They are encouraged to make their intent known, in writing, to the board at least 96 hours in advance of the meeting and tc state the nature of the presentat- ion, the approximate number of (Continued on page 14) 100 PER COPY Board debates tours An overseas tour to London and Paris by the senior students at South Huron District I-Iigh School from March 27 to March 30 inclusive, was not turned down by the board of education at its Monday evening meeting, but it was decided that since the teachers who will accomp- any the tour will lose time from regular classes, they should be given a leave of absence without pay for the occasion. It was pointed out by Dr. Alex Addison, Clinton, that the board would be supporting "affluent students from affluent families" if the teachers were permitted to accompany the tour without question. He said that since not all school stud- ents would be able to particip- ate, those that stayed at hone needed a teacher more than ever to compensate for the knowledge they would gain on the tour. The board admitted the teachers might abandon the tour if they were not paid as though they were in the class- room, because upon retirement tile teacher could find himself or herself with extra time to make up. However, it was agreed that these tours could be booked for a time other than school days - during the Christmas or Easter break, for instance.. The tour from South Huron High School is to be a "private undertaking on the part of the teachers, acting as private citizens, and the principal of the school must give his consent for the teachers to be absent from duty on the dates involved. The board was more generous in the case of the SHCIIS night school where an instructor want- ed to set up a ceramics class and hacl offered to forgo his salary and put it toward a kiln which is vital to the study. Board members agreed that the kiln should be purchased since when it was no longer in use at SIIDHS it could be utiliz- ed in other county schools, and the instructor's salary be paid according to the regular sched- ule. In other business the board approved mileage allowances of 12 cents per mile for student services personnel, people who by the nature of their work must visit many schools in the county and operate their own vehicles; heard that construction progress at the new Seaforth PS addition (continued on page 2) Future of area discussed Professor J. F, Hart, chairman of the Computer Science Depart meet of the University of West- ern Ontario, was guest speaker at the dinner meeting of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce last Thursday night. He was accompanied by a former assoc- iate professor, Dr. H. Kalb- fleisch, a native of Zurich, whc introduced the speaker to the local organization. In his address, Prof. Hart told the group that he feels there is a possibility that the old inter- est and foresight in this region could be an indication that this area could be a cross -area of technology. He told the group that he first became interested in this area from attending the Bean Festival in Zurich and the Fiddler's Contest in Hensall, and since that time he had done some research in the area of St. Joseph as well. Some of the plans he outlined would include a technological library where people could obtain information and discuss new and old technologies. Another idea he presented was (Continued on page 20) DISCUSS FUTURE PLANS - Guest speaker at the dinner meeting of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce was Professor J. F. Hart, centre, chairman of the Computer Science Department of the University of Western Ontario. He is shown here following the meeting discussing some plans he has for this area with Albert J. Kalbfleisch, left, and Dr. H.K. Kalbfleisch, right, a retired professor from the same university.