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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH. 14, 1984 — A3 ,
The cdii a l `tt ' er Mon lr +c'ojnmlttees
oft>he'1 iurp '+ p'a ' d cation will
tl, t4'SR ftl,nf. N.
be brin�gg ng;;a r ,p rt p artatrch Immersion to
tiie..AipdJ"f ret 1 t eft, e,board,
: ltd ch
e. ee. , he boad re0pi
• ledategu0 tt ap �chhnttierset
oJctt?Fie rou Godea'ad area
aiga a estheepumittee for
sere.,were
over 39
paten s i 'a'ttQ o I�t he'boa , meeting•,.
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Represo#�tative tof tftis'comini tee, Mark
Scully of Goderic • end iPP�at l Pati Lu uarw
mad a,35.minut ,,pvesen'iutlanIli he.
o 111110ng.what French mcrslon is and how
they would like 'to see it operated in Huron
County.
But some trustee's duostiened establishing
e' slewpr§,gram •when the :board is in the
of te
process vie in'g accommodationlevels at
three• clementar ` schools,
"I have aroblem lit my own mind in
deciding to add a program when we have to ,.
go to Hep ali ,e,a Watch them justifykeeping
their schealaep"; said trustee John Jewitt
ofaLond�lesboro , ,
Trustee, Joan Vanden Broeck of Saltford
had similar concerns. She said there are four
soho'pplaiti'addition to the three already under
review that are within a range of six students.
of corning ,tinder a similar review,
-Mrs:anden'Broeck said that in preparing;
the budget this year, the board's various
committees were told not to add new
programs unless they deleted costs in other
areas..
"If we work on that premise, what•are wet
e eOVAipV? ShQ li Jll; Ioaly��ar os'
be there pot( /4,0 ,Anc/4 le summon
seitoal, the county.eiencc fair an =tri}nsport-
atTrustray ulvey p 'RR '',Clifford'
sa•,ldo a t iough fa th•i miff tr donate
o upw ,air ale „ idea
.� � .p:i;�; p 1�., � i .
an b}na"4 y, ; � al..cc 0,i t >l lir9 i tk
e„ Ai, nts' fl; o da.;.n are
ask he board tb', se .l►: a total
Fi c t itnlmerslon pi rllt �: 1'e o d title.
to.sed a°ItinF� rgarfen and teneh
imnl'ers p'�pr gram'•sturt s'� ptember.
,:,Sit} isi es;theygatbe eclat ;,� bllc alerting
In'Feosol` y,.show,.23' ,chilii'en' `0,ttid be
enrolled, 1n`such''a [irogram at the klndergai•- .
ten level.and 27 children for�,.Grade'1
, The ista,;Q,rityy'.oftee;children'Wptilddcotne,
,from Goderich, .but. interest., hail also .been
expressed by parents of children in Blyth,
HolmesvilleandHallett'.! and the townships of Colborne
�1
Mr. Scully said that while the ti ne between ,
now and September is short, •other school
boards have set up French Irtime sion in that
len th•.of;time '
R °.
' tl aro f �irents lso�lndlcated that the
• M1 istry,o d Fatignifttnda,about 75 per''cent
of, t b r ti l°{t�t•• sal lav rage . pet, pupil, cost' of
B(jis McCallf,s perintendent of
pt ° atJt,
_*s_timates the cttnt'off'implcmentiiigg
wrench Immersion, prograltl.,ione sehool
area-{af 5 ;843. 4... a ' {I(
lie arrived ; t thea figgures° r loit
would .cost ,16.200:as
•for _ such "things,;
PATTY MALONEY, a grade seven student
at St. Golumban Separate School served up
pancakes on -Shrove Tuarday when the
school was treated to a pancake lunch.
(Hundertmark photo)
Separate school
submits plans to
The Huron -Perth Sweturo Sc Boob
The Huron -Perth Separate Sc Board
decided at its. Feb, 13 meeting to go ahead
and submit plans for additions at two schools
to the Ministry of Education for approval.
Since last fall, the board has been waiting
to hear from the Canada Works program
regarding proposed additions to Precious
Blood Separate Scheel in Exeter and St.
Joseph's Separate School in Clinton.
Jack Lane, superintendent of business and
finance, expected the board would have
either a positive or negative answer on the
two projects by December, 1983,
Now into February and still no answer,
John McCauley, act ng director of educa-
tion, said the board decided to explore
ministry funding for the projects,
The board, in a 9 to 3 recorded vote, also
approved having the architectural firm of
board
M of E
Kyles, Kyles and and Garrett of Stratford
proceed with working drawings for the two
schools.
The plans for Precious Blood call for the
addition of a gymnasium, library, special
education classroom, a health room, and
improvements, such as painting, in the
existing five classrooms.
Revamping the principal's office is
included in the plans. Change rooms and
washrooms will be built to accommodate
wheelchairs. The plans for St. Joseph's are
similar, A gym, change rooms, special
education mom, a health room and having
the existing all purpose room converted to an
additional classroom and a library are
included in the design. A new entrance way
is also planned for the Clinton school.
Vani s.tra.. Public. S.chool
r•'
Dear Editor;
Please find enclosed a copyof a letter
which -expresses my famiy concerns
regarding the school review of Vanastra
Public School, it would be a diserviee to the
people .of our community, If the Huron
County Board of Education choses to close
our school.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to
our concerns.
Mr. Robert Allan, Director,
Huron County Board of Education
Clinton, Ontario.
Dear Mr. Allan:
My family has some concerns regarding
the review of Vanastra Public School and we
would like to share with you our main ones.
First and formost we do not want V.P.S.
to close, As a family with four children, we
would like to sec Kindergarten to Grade 8
classes at V,P.S, so all our children can go to
the same school.
We feel just as strongly about our second
concern and that is busing. We do not want
our children bused, Busing poses several
TELECOM
MARCH 14, 1884
The proprietors of the Sorghura'Syrup
Refinery near Hensall have recently put in
all the latest improved macbinery at great
cost. They have decided to offer the farmers
of Huron an extra inducement to raise cane.
The average product of an acre is 150
gallons,
On Monday last,Joseph Hudson of Hills
Green and his twsons, Thomas and John
cut and skidded 100 saw logs in the bush of
Mr. Wm. Ialbfleisch on the seventh
concession of Stanley. The timber was all cut
from the stump. Mr. Hudson skidded the
logs with one horse and the boys cut them.
Theyworked about 10 hours and would like
to know who can beat it,
Messrs, James McConnell and S. Keating
of Hibbert left here last Friday for the
Northwest. They go back to their farms,
some distance south west of Brandon after
spending the winter in Ontario.
MARCH 12,1909
The rural telephone in the vicinity of
Wroxeter is now an assured thing, almost
100 telephones having already been sub-
scribed for.
A team of horses belonging to Thomas
McElroy of McKillop, created considerable
excitement on Main Street on Saturday
shouldVno
icoirnnodation, equipment andsupplies.an t
other •material for ,both kindergarten and
Grade 1, l •.
c Front that otal;cost'of 112.,40. Mr, McCall
bgradubtract�p, Ministr of • Education' rants
sedes
on 25 p�iut 1)s iin each of the two initial
a es of $8,=S 6,06 which would leave;,a
halance of $3, .3.94. •
Exeter Trustee Clarence M Donald asked .
why the cost of teachers was not inclttdcd'in
the esti,. ate;
`The"superintendent said teaching costs
were no included because the ' French
Immersion students would need a teacher
even.if�they were in a regular classroom.
DirectorofEdugation Bob Allan added that
theoretically there are no teacher costs, but in
reality,'there probably would be,,
Thboard also acknowledged that they had
received letters from . two , citizens with
concerns for setting up a'French• immersipn,"
program. Mr. Allan read aloud the letters'
from D.C. Scott and Doug Harrison both of
Goderich. .
Mr. Scott's letter•'took excerpts' from a
recent Canadian Education Association
(CEA) study on the "Issues and Effects of
Frenchlmmersion. The overriding theme of
the:excerpts ware .negative towards. French
Immersion.
"The main concern for all should be to
achieve the best education available for our
children: To rush ,into a program that
o viousl has raised several serious concerns
school boards that have already establish.
. ed the program would, be improper. The
school board (Hugo •) should study end make
.publlc their findings on these and .other
concerns and assess the support of the Huron
Countyresidents when they have received all
the facts," said Mr. Scotts ,letter.
But Mr. Scully said the same CEA study
andread the summary which said in general,
administrators involved in setting up the
program felt the amount • of time•; spent on
French Immersion was offset by the benefits•
°`The program is worth the diffieulties.
Scully.
Mr. Harrison's letter outlined 14 -questions
including if there are enough • potential
students, to the. availability of textbooks and
other reference 'materials. ;
"1 wogld like to finish by saying.that I have
the utmost respect for anyone who is able to
speak more than one language. However. 1
am not firmly convinced that other learning
opportunities are not equally as pertinent in
the overall education of our youth," said Mr•
Harrison's letter,
Neither Mr. Harrison or Mr. 'Scott were
able to attend the board meeting,
g,
• The board, debatede having; the French
immersion 're orts of thea personnel and
education committee brought In at its April
meeting with some trustees saying it isn't
enough time to discover the ramifications of
French Immersion particularly as, it could he
drawing students from schools close to being
reviewed. But the reports will be brought in
at the board's April meeting, the same day it
brings down= its 1984 budget.
ar cane in
EARS
AGONE
afternoon, They were standing; its front of
W.R. Smith's store when somie snow falling
off an adjoining, roof frightened them anti
they Made off at a lively gait. There was
q'crowd onthe street at thetime =and
quite a tr
many rigs' were driving about, and these
made a hurried exit, giving •a clear right of
way to the runaways. The horses continued
their run out North .Main Street, but were
stopped a little north of Ainents cooper shop.
They were; apparently none the worse for
wear and no'damage• bVtttt: donee:
MARCH 16,1934
Tuesday night was the annual ladies'
night of the Seaforth Lions. Some 50 in all
were present. The program consisted of
commtmlty singing, a delightful solo by Mrs,
J.A. Munn and two well rendered piano
solos by Miss Helen Lane. Afterthe meeting
the Lions and Lionesses attended the Regent
Theatre to see one of the year's best pictures
"Lady for a Day".
Egmondville won the McMillen Cup in the
final game last Saturday night and also won
in the O.R.H.A. playdowns with Milverton.
TO THE EDITOR
problems for our family. Having to take
lunches Is one of them. Lunches to be eaten
away from home aro expensive to prepare
and we cannot be sure that our children
would bo eating nutritiously, We have
heard of older children on buses stealing the
lunches of younger children leaving them
with no food for a whole school day, Also we
have a child with food allergies, making it
difficult to prepare a separato packed lunch
as her variety of food is limited. Coming
home for lunch gives the children, espe-
cially the younger ones, a break from the
school setting, it also enhances the family
unit with parent-child relationships which
wouldn't be possible Otherwise. Busing
keeps the children away from home for
much longer periods. We chose to live here,
because the school provided for the family
needs.
if the school was closed and the children
were bused they would lase their Identities
FROM PAGE TWO
anniversary this year; less well known Is
that the fledgling Air Force struggled along
for ten years before members of the RCAF
provided their own telecommunications.
Aron? signallers provided the telecom
services for the early years of the air force,
and then four stalwarts from the Royal
Canadian Corps of Signals, "plus three
RCAF remusters became the Rrst RCAF
Telecom members in Jun 34. They were
employed at Camp Borden in a school for
wireless mechanics and operators, Airmen
have always been quick learners, so it
wasn't many months before the Airforce
was able to manage en its own and train all
of its own telecom people
Early In World War Il, the now
tremendmuctlr expanded Telecommunica-
tions Branch built a home for itself and its
thousands of different and amazing black
boxesotekctronlc wizardly including radar
near the farm town of Clinton, Ontario, The
airforce years at Clinton have come and
gone. With integration of the Farces,
Clinton was closed and most of the Telecom
training was Integrated with that of the
former Royal Canadian Corp, of Signals.
The home of a Branch is often its training
school, and Kingston is now becoming the
recognized home of airforce telecommuni-
cations.
The reunion is happening on the weekend
of May 25-26. There is a large program of
events, but the main attractions will be old
friends, old memories and old stories.
if any of your readers who have been
among the tens of thousands of servlcemee
and women who served with our branch
want to join us, they should write in soon, as
we are forced to limit numbers. Write to the
"Airforce Telecom Reunion Committee,
CFB Kingston, Ontario, K7L 2Z2. Spouses
are cordially invited. (Providing you can
stand all the nostalgia!)
Yours truly
L.R. Drury
SCHOOL/FM
school into apartments is made, feasibility
and engineering studies will first have to be
completed. "If it is saved, it would be a real
ppilutss as far as the very jab itself, from a'
technical point of view," said Mr. Armes.
"If that was accomplished; it would be of
province -wide signlfleance because it's
Heyns been done betbro,' '
e "But if the building isn'tfit to save, that's
that. And the same bolds true if a market
ste shows it isn't viable as an apartment
buil,,,," Mr. Armes said,
If there's any hope of restoring the
building. it should be looked at, said Paul
Carroll, former principal of the Seaforth
Public School. M. Carton was invoked in
the Vara Rgntond house restoration project,
"1 have a to of respect Far the dilemma
the neve 4WD are facing. They aren't the
t. to naetve in and destruct.. but their
risme Rmi in the way of supptt,"
he said.
"If thele is anything i can do in terms of
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support for heritage, 1 will help, but they
have to look at the reality of•the situation, to
see if it's economical." said Mr. Carroll,
Though he hasn't discussed the old school
with representatives of Frank Kling Limited
since the company purchased the property,
"1 first think they have to assess the
condition of the infrastructure to see if the
building is wards renovating. And if it is
they willthen have to look at the cast," said
May Alf Ross,
"1 hope the cdmpany and LACAC will
work together, And 1 would also lt'ke the
opportunity to sit down with Kliegs and
Weems their ;plans. They're a pret�j.
responsible business. They will toot at all
the avenues before making a decision." said
Mr. Ross,
"k'hatover they to will be a benefit for
Seaf,stih, It's far `!letter than having a
derelict building sitting thele." said the
mayor,
and the sense of belonging that they have
now and the respect for the school.
They would not be able to participate In
extra curricular activities, and this would
deprive the children of developing the social
aspects involved with these activities, and
of teaming about th6 competitive aspects of
life and how to cope with it. if one or neither
parent is not able to drive, many other
activities (e.g, concerts) would be missed.
A very positive. aspect of V.P.S. Is the
teacher -pupil relationships. The teachers
here are responsible for a very caring
atmosphere. Smaller classes ensure indi=
vidualized programmes geared to the
children's capabilities. We have a child in
the S.L.N. Class who has made excellent
progress, A move to another school would
prove detrimental for her and regression is
almost certain. There is one child who
comes from Seaforth to participate in this
S.L.N. Class, Also parents are able to walk
to the school at anytime and are well
received by the teaching staff. After school
tutoring is possible, as there is no bus to
catch. Parents who aro able to volunteer
their time prove to be beneficial to the
students and the students like knowing
these volunteers. The principal also takes
an active part with the children watch you
rarely see elsewhere.
We feel that the state of the school
building is not as bad as we are led to
The local rink was filled to capacity when
Tuckersmith and Egmondvllle played to final' .•
gated.
The pastoral operetta "Sylvia" given by.
local talent under the auspices of the
Women's Hospital Auxiliary in Cardnos Hall
on Thursday and Friday evening of lastweek
provided two nights of delightful entertain-
ment for the people of the town and vicinity.
MARCH 13, 1959
Thieves broke into Baldwin Ilardstare
Wednesday night or early Thursday morn-
ing. Included in the loot was 555 in cash, two
rifles, 2590 rounds of ammunition, flash-
lights and fishing tackle. Mr. Baldwin said
entry was gained by breaking a panel in a
Correction
1884
rear door. Chief Elmer Hutchinson is
investigating
Pupils of Seaforth Public School took part
in the annual public speaking contest at the
school Wednesday. Mrs. Dale .,Nixon,,
president of the Homegand School associa-
tion presented prizes to. the *inners who
were Katie Scott, Jeanette Watterworth,
Kim McLean, Ruth 'Ann Wilson, Darrell
Schneider and Janet Turnbull.
The rabies threat'in the Seaforth area is
more serious now than at any previous time.
Dr. J.C. MacLennan of the Health of
Animals Branch here told the Expositor this
week. Dr. MacLennan said • increasing
numbers of foxes= in the area are being found
to be rabid -1n almost every case of a rabid
fox a dog is invol9ed. This increases''th'e
danger to humans particularly children;
since they have no hesitation to approaching
a dog, Dr. MacLennan said,
v.
A mistake appeared in a cutline under a
picture in last week's paper. The cutline
should have read "Huron Centennial School
Was one of 20 Ontario winners in a contest .
sponsored by Hostess Food Products. Sales
ou
Louis, v/p Joe Fansher, council secretary
Lisa Strong and Ron Crawford, local
distributor of Hostess Food Proddels, looked
on. The ,student council plans to rise the
money to buy a disk drive Ore e •'school
supervisor George Menezes presented a computer."
51,500 cheque to principal Arnold Mathers Wevapologize
^,for any embattassmcnl or 'f ;used by thlsIf,
b'V" ;�e ,,
"'"" while council.orcaident Tracey, Snelljateo ep ncd,c
believe., the school, has an excellent
playground, enhanced with equipment
supplied by a local =Lioness Club• in the
winter the children are able to enjoy sliding
and toboganning while in warmer weather
have a large grassy area with swings,
climbers and baseball diamond. An extra
parking lot could be used for hopscotch and
other activities requiring a flat paved area.
Tho children are proud of this school and
respect the property. Truancy is low in this
school.
With the amount paid annually for rent
the school board could purchase the school
building and return grades 7 and 8 pupils to
the community. We also need a branch of
the Huron County library in Vanastra for
both children and adults alike. With another
year's rent or the equlvalt}nt amount of
money needed to bus our children, the
school could be brought into, an excellent
° state of repair, a proud focal point of our
community.
Vanastra would slowly degenerate if the
school was not here. Young families looking
to locate would go to an area with a shoo!.
Busing is a way of life for children whose
parents chose to live in the country. It
should not be a way of life for children
whose parents chose to live in the
community with a school.
We trust the Review Committee and the
Huron County Board of Education will
recognise the vital need for Vanastra Public
School and will allow it to remain open.
Sincerely
(Mrs.) Kathleen Stone
Drug abuse info
at Seaforth pharmacy
A mother sorting aothas ,to be washed
finds some strange pills in hr son's jeans.
Latoty she's noticed he's become withdrawn
and lost interest in activities at school. He's
made several new friends but doesn't want
to bring them home so she and her husband
can meet them. And, she's worried he might
be experimenting with drugs.
Parrots in the Seaforth area who want
information about drug abuse can have their
questions answered by Shaukat Mangalji,
pharmacist at Keatings Pharmacy. Members
of the 3000 member Ontario Pharmacists'
Association (OPA) are offering a program
called "The kinds of drugs kids areening
into" as part of a• province -wide "Pharma-
cists Against Drug Abuse" project,
"We're just trying to get some pubiic
awareness. We as pharmacists see a lot of
people everyday and we can give fnforma•
Mon about drugs and their side effects. We
can also get tut} drug you find at home
analysed,' he says.
A pamphlet giving baste information
about the abuse of marijuana. cocaine.
alcohol and PCP (Angel Dust) and what
parents can do about drug abuse is displayed
on the phatmaey counter,
' A tot of people are picking up pamphlets
but noone has asked for any advice yet. In a
small townpeople are anxious about
confidentiality brit we can answer requests
on the phone, Answering questions is what
we're here foe. says Mr. Mangatji,
Since most students must snake a "yes"
ee "no" decision about marijuana before
i
HULLETT TOWNSHIP Clerk Harry Lear
participated a1 last weekend's curling
bonsplel in Vanastra. Mr: Lear, who says he
only curls once a year, was on ono of 20
teams that took part, in the event for councils
in Huron and Perth counties.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area
residents, phone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at
527-0240 or mail the information to Community Calendar, The Huron
Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario N0K 1WO well in advance of the
scheduled date
they complete elementary school_, the
program is aimed at stopping drug abuse at
the experimental stages. Learning about
drugs, encouraging children to get involved
hi activities that give them a "natural high",
discussing rates of behavior with children
and fuming groups with other concerned
parents are all ways for parents to help
prevent their; children from abusing drugs,
are explained in the pamphlet.
Films, slides and material for a presenta-
tion on the toplc can be obtained from the
pharmacist for interested groups.
"Nowadays, parents are taking more
interest in what their kids are doing. 1
personally am not; aware of the drugs on the
street but statistics show that kids are
getting aware of drugs and are trying to stay
away from them; it gives yea some
encouragement." he says.
ARCA discuss
reducing members
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority has taken no formal position on
the province -wide move to reduce the
number of representatives on conservation
,authorities.
The move to reduce the number of
members on an authority started by the
Association of Monitioalides of Ontario
(AMO) was discassed at,. ABCA's
annual meeting on Feb, 28,
Wednesday,
March 14
8:45 a•m,•1:30 p.m. • Figure Skating
1:30-3 p.m. • Parents & Tots Skating
6:30 p.m. • Wingham vs Atoms
8 p.m. • Competitive Curling at Curling
8
Clair
m. - Set1forth Horticultural Society
meeting at Seaforth Public School- Guest
speaker is Pauline Richards, past president
of Ontario Horticultural Society and flower
Judge.
Thursday, March 1S
7:35 a.m. - Canadians vs North Stars
8:30 a.m. - Oilers vs Bruins
'9:35 a,m• • Nordiques vs Kings
10:30 a.m. - Penguins vs Jets
11:35 a.m. • Leafs vs Flames'
12:30 p.m. , Ringette House League r••%
1:30-3 p.m. • Public Skating
3-4 p.m. • Mites
7&9 p.m. • Mixed Curling at Curling Club
Friday, M rch 16
2 p.m. • "This Can't Be Happening at
MacDonald Hall" at Library
8 p.m. • Mixed Curling at Curling Club
9 p.m, • Waterford vs Midgets
Saturday,
March 1T
7:35 a.m. - Nordiques vs Oilers
8:30 a.m. • Canadians vs Kings
9:35 a.m• - North Stars its Bruins
10:30 a.m. - Flames vs Jets
11:35 a.m. • Leafs vs Penguins
12:30-5 p.m. - Knights of Columbus
Tournament
Sunday, March 18.
7 pm. - Bruins -Vs Penguin
8:30 p.m. - Flyers vs Rangers
10 p.m. • Canadians vs Hawks
Monday, March 19
3:45-8:30 p.m. - Figure Skating
4-6 p.m. • Jr. Curling at•Curling Club
7&9 p,m• • Men's Curling at Curling Club
Tuesday, March 20
7 p.m. • Ladies' Curling at Curling Club
9 p.m. - Industrial Curling at Curling ( leek 1
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