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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-06-13, Page 1i THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMI•.NT TC IN vFRY POOR COND sr he communities and areas of Dublin, Hensall and Walton 2 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO; WE®s,ES od memories at reu 0 were expected, over 150 peep= aiicneed the Seaforth District High School Girls' Trumpet Band Reunion at the high school on Sunday afternoon to reminisce and hear the present band play. For the first reunion in 10 years, over 400 invitations were sent out to band members from 1968., to 1984 and many who attended brought their families for the tatoo and the dinner. Old uniforms and instruments were for sale as mementos. "The reunion was good but there wasn't a great turn -out," says Marilyn Beuermann, who played the baritone from 1975 until 1979. 'There were only a few of the girls I went to school with there but they hadn't changed that much - I knew them." • Mrs. Beuermann says she attended to see who would be there and to share her good memories of her days in the band. During that time, the band played at many fall fairs and for the International Ploughing Match. She was also a member when the band travelled to Fort Myers, Florida in 1978. "Going to Florida and playing for. the president (President Ford) is my best memory." she says. Donna, Arts, a flag -bearer. from 1973 to '78, was also disappointed with the crowd but says she had fun at the reunion. Schools Three Huron County public schools under review for the past five months will remain open. The Huron County Board of Education voted to keep the schools open in a 9 to 4 recorded vote with two abstentions and one trustee absent at its June 4 meeting. The three •schools, J.A.D. McCurdy in Huron Park, Hensall Public School in Hensall and Vanastra Public School in Vanastra, have been extensively reviewed since January by separate committees made up of ratepayers and trustees. peso committees made presentations to 0 rd. at the June meeting.' „ ,°• ' There wasn't much discussion o the McCurdy or Hensall schools, trustees focused on. the situs, Vanastra. Vanastra is an unusual situation es the school facility used to house the 93 is rented from Conestoga College rather than owned by the school board. Trustee John Elliott said he had not seen any figures from the Vanastra presentation that firmly show him that enrolment at the school will increase. He admitted he' was on the school board when Vanastra was opened ',04e# 0. "I was hoping to meet up with some old classmates. it was fun finding myself inthe old pictures," she says. "I really enjoyed being in the band. We were the first bunch to go to Fort Myers and I carried the Canadian flag. ' When we came into the stadium, we got a standing ovation and that really made me proud." Mrs. Arts says she didn't feel too nostalgic but she has kept a few newspaper clippings from her days in the band. She says that' marching with the band wasn't too hard except on really hot or really cold days. "If it was a scorching hot day, it could be exhausting. A few fainted on hot days and had to be taken out and given water. On a frosty day, it was hard tqo. Sometimes, we just froze our legs off." GOOD MEMORIES George Hildebrand, the band's leader from 1957 until 1978, says he has so many good memories of his days with the band that he could talk for hours about them. , "They've done so much in -21_years that i couldn't say one memory wasbetter than the rest. When we played for President Ford and 13,000 other people in Fort Myers, we got a standing ovation; we were the first Canadian marching band to play in that parade. And, JNE 13, 1984 -•° 90 PAGES 50c, a copy when we played in Frankenmuth, there ri+ege so many people there that you didn't - you could get through the crow f for the:, mile parade," he says.,; Mr. Hildebrand says he had little trou'hle remembering any of the members at' ,the reunion once they came up and started talking to him. "You can't forgetthose characters. I knew each one by 'ghat she-:hSd to say. One girl came up and gave my tie.a. yank and as soon as she did that, I knew WOO' she was." One of the highlights of the reunionfer Mr. Hildebrand was when a group ,Q1 "oldies" got up and started to play jgSt before dinner. "One hadn't played for 18 years, another for 15 years and they called themselves the marching mothers. But, you don't forget thatstuff. Your timing's off for the first 10 or 15 minutes but the next thing you know, you're right back into it." During the years as band leader, Mr. Hildebrand says he could t distinguish one band from another. were • all great girls. They all did( tlt4job they were supposed to do and they did it without beefing. I'd take any of my girls back to form a band tomorrow." to remain open '10 years ago, but said it should never have been opened. He suggested the students from Vanastia could be accommodated at Huron Centennial Public School in Brucefield. He also Said he shares the concern of the Vanastra residents and if the school under review had been Blyth Public School (Mr. Elliott's area) he would have fought as hard. However, the trustee for the Vanastra area, Frank Falconer, said if Mr. Elliott had visited Vanastra Public School as much as he as, "no one would say it should be closed". If you close Vanastra, you're not meeting e needs of the children to the best ability of is beard/ said Mr. Falconer. e He then read a letter written from CanBay ancial Corporation of Bayfield to Tucker- 'th Township Connell. In essence the rporation hap purchased . the ° former esommitiucatwns school of fed` 'brick building in Vanastra with preliminary plans to place a company in the building which would employ up to 60 people. These developments were presented, based on the excellent recreational facilities in your village and the accessibility of the public school." states the letter signed by an A. Wolsenholme on behalf of the financial corporation. We would' appreciate your taking steps to inform the school board of these new developments in order that the schdol is not lost. You may be assured that these developments will proceed, placing a much greater demand on the village school." - Some trustees .s`2ill questioned going ahead and approving the recommendations of the three committees without further time * „coni . ; the recommendations and e; nts from admintstrition. McQuail defended support - which called for leaving the opened. He added that the e to decide to spend money on school, but concluded, the ' efits outweigh the economic Clair of Ste role ha be played by the Ministry of Education. Trustee '"c Murray Mulvey said the board could( tt make a decision on Vanastra until it eco whether or not the ministry would help SCHOOLS/ ON PAGE THREE �jp1y Nj UR{ T�tdl's 'whit 13 -month-old gtitAililfa4thetiftildle bethinking when he% pot hie hand& on `dee fifittick and a tenor `�rUtn at the SDHS Girla Trumpet Band ,artunlon at the high school on Sunday. He walk there with his mom, Cori Miller. (Hundertmark photo) May storm means work for steeplejack When he first climbed a church steeple in Listowel. Carl Vincent of RR 2, Grand Bend said he cried like a baby. He was 15. But this week, as he and Jim Desnoycrs repair the slate roof at the Northside United Church, Seaforth, it's just another day at work. The steeplejacks have been busy repairing slate roofs since the violent wind storm in May. And because of that storm. about 150 slate on the church roof need replacing. There are about 25 slate roofs in the are that need repairs. "There's some i haven't even got to yet," says Mr. Vincent. We have enough work to last us all summer." Though there are few slate roofs, the ones that are around have been on houses, churches and buildings since they were constricted. And most still have the original slate roof -dating back 75 years or more. "The roof on Sill's Hardware has been.' there for 130 years. The roof on Northside United Church is as old as the building. And it'll be there long after I'm gone." in the business for 35 years, Mr. Vincent learned his trade from his father and uncle. But besides replacing slate, he also paints church towers, steeples, and water towers. And he doesn't use scaffolding. • Steeplejacks use a special chair to scale steeples and when working on roof tops, use ropes, cables and ladders. When he painted the steeple on the Mount Carmel church. Mr. Vincent said it was about 70 feet above the' ridge of the roof. Ftorn the ground to the top of the steeple, the height is a dizzying 165 feet. He remembers the time he was painting the cross an another steeple. "It was rotten. i was hanging on with one hand and had my safety belt on. 1 was just going to paint the arm of the cross when a bird flew out, right fast my face. We put a new cross on when we ound rt was in such poor shape." But the est structure hes ever worked on was a hifoot smoke stack at Imperial Oil In Sarnia. The stack was 18 feet across. Mr. Vincent's job was to tear it down. Heights don't bother the Grand Bend steeplejack. "There would be no problem going up the CN Tower, just as long as there's something to hang onto. There's always a way to get up. A11 jobs are challenging. And climbing a roof is different than climbing water tants and steeples." Jim Desnoyers has worked with Mr. Vincent for three years. The first time he went on a roof, "i wasn't too keen on it." "But when i learned to stand and walk properly On a slate roof, it wasn't too bad. The s.• - WINNING THROW—Tammy Nash of St. James School puts everything In her throw to win first In the softball throw. Students participated In their annual track and field last week. (Waselnk photo) view is nice, especially in Seaforth with all the trees. Carl told me it isn't the fall that's bad, it's the sudden stop. And that maybe scared mc even more." Mr. Vincent has fallce twice -- once from a church tower in Moose Jaw and the second time from the roof of a two storey house. He fell 25 feet from the tower onto the church roof. The house roof was about 28 feet from the ground. • "I never broke any bones, just tore the ligaments in my legs. The last tune i fell was in 1951. I got a little smarter -1 learn from my mistakes. You have to know what you're doing. You can never be too careful." Buildings with slate roofs are becoming few because people don't know who to call to repair the slate. There are only three steeplejacks in the area. Including Mr. Vincent, there's one in Bright and another in Stratford. And they're all related through marriage. Slate is mare expensive than asphalt roofing, but ft also lasts longer. Buildings constructed today probably couldn't support such a roof. Each slate on the United Church weigh about a quarter of a pound. But some slate weigh as much as one pound. "You need a structure that can hold the weight. And they're not building churches like that anymore. The sheeting is usually a fall inch thick. "The slate is made in Pennsylvania. They're heavy enough when yon carry a bundle np a roof. I also use used slate. Mr. Vincent hopes to continue his line of work, as long as he can climb. "There's no roof that's too steep. We'll climb anything." "it's a seasonal job. Once the snow flies, you're beat." Women must tackle issues in the 1980's Economic issues such as affirmative action, daycare, and equal pay for work of equal value will be the most unportant issues for women to tackle in the 1980's, Dr. Cynthia Miller, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, told about 30 women in Clinton last Tuesday at the annual meeting of Women Today of Huron County. "Women continue to snake only 60 per cent of the male dollar, over 2/3 of elderly women Live Hader the poverty level and most single mothers are poor while single fathers aren't. Until women achieve full economic equality, they will never have equality in anything else," she said. Equal pay for work of equal value is a fairly new concept in Canada but has been implemented in some American states.. it goes beyond men and women getting the same pay for doing identical work by giving the same pay to work which provides the same value to society determined by a point -scale. The,concept is premature in Ontario, said Dr. Millet, because jobs are still segregated on the basis of sex. "Plumbers now make more money than nurses and we could have a long argument on who contributes more to society. And, as long is the work men dots valued more by society, equal pay for work of equal value will have very tittle value to women." Affirmative action, which means qualified women are recruited, hired and promoted for job openings, will lead to the same number of men and women doing the same jobs. "Until then, a mint scale isnot going to have a very good aon women. With an equal number of men and women doing the same job, society can't say this job is more valuable because men do it." Because women still do the majority et all child care, daycare is also needed before women's economical problems are solved. "We're told daycare is bad, that only mothets can be mothers and that children are going to be irreparably damaged if they have daycare but as child psychologist, I can ten you that's not true. Daycare doesn't produce juvenile delinquents and it doesn't hurt children. In fact, most kids benefit and have happy parents and teachers." Because both society and employers benefit from the work of women, they should contribute to the costs of daycare, said 13r. Miller. "Children are worth a lot of money; we need to put more money into their care. if society sat down and got its priorities straight, it may decide that children are more important than nuclear weapons." And, once child care is valued more highly by society, women who choose to stay at home to raise children will also have more steins. "Child-rearing is going to be viewed as a perfectly legitimate way to spend your time butyou should be paid for your choice that's aob you're doing. A higher value to child care along with greater career choices for both sexes will also benefit men. Men who want custody of their children or a job in child care could have that option. Men haven't learned good child-rearing skills but a lot of men like it and would rather stay home. But in this society they consider that's not a valid thing to do. "The whole point of feminism is to give legitimate choices to each person and each family." FRMINISM When people learn that the true definition WOMEN/ ON PAGE THREE SPS wins regiondl track and -field meet / A10 Dam project gets full funding/ A14 West Virginia singers perform in Seaforth/ A20 BIND Births /A8 Brussels /A14 Classified 1A16, 17 Community Calendar /A3 Dublin /A4, 5 Entertainment /A18, 20 Family /A6, 7, 8 Farm /Al2 Hansell /AA, 18 Kids /A13 Legion /A20 Obituaries /A6, 8 People /A7 Sports /A10, 11 Walton /A15 1