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The inspection of Seaforth
Chapter No. 233, POO Eastern
Star, vias held Thursday, eve-
ning in the IOOF mall, with
Mrs. Helen Reeves, Worthy Ma-
tron, presiding. Three of the.
it oiileers were• absent, being
in hospital through illness.
Mrs. Florence Holden, IDis-
trict Deputy Grand Matron, of
St. Marys, did the honors of in,
specting, congratulating all on
the interest and progress of (the
Seaforth Chapter.
Guests were present from
London, Byron, Mitchell, Gode-
rich, Blyth, Clinton and St.
Marys. The evening closed with
lunch, under the convenership
of Mrs: Lela Forbes. Mrs. Edith
Daley won the prize on the
draw, '
Stiles••.
Sihndayschool Teacher: "What
are the heathens?"
Bright Boy: "Heathens are
people who don't quarrel over
religion."
Boss (to, office boy): "You
should have b en here at 8:00."
Boy: rWhy;yvhat'happened?"
SEA `ORTII, ONTARIO, THTJRSfAY, APRIL 28,196
SEAFORTH WHIRL -A -WAYS were hosts last week for a square dance jamboree that
filled SDHS auditorium: Guests were present from London, St. Marys, Goderich, Stratford,
Exeter and Clinton, to hear Earle Park,' of Yorkton, Sask., call the dances. (Expositor photo
by Philips).
School Arbitration
Hear Concluding Evidence
Evidence on the fifth day of
the Tuckersmith sclol arbitra-
tion proceedingscontinued
throughout the day, when coun-
sel representing the petitions,
J. K. Hunter and. D. A. Mur-
phy, representing the school
board, summed up.
Judge R. S. Hetherington, who.
was sole arbitrator, presented
his award that evening.
The first witness called on
April 19th was Mr. James Kin-
kead, Goderich. ° 'Mr. Murphy
asked for his educational back-
ground, which is: ' attended
rural school near Milverton,.
went to Stratford Normal
School, later he received his
B.A. degree from Queen's Uni-
versity and a B.Paed. from the
University of Toronto. He was
appointed Inspector of Schools
in Huron County in 1938. Re-
cently hewas elected President
of the Ontario Educational As-
soeiation: He' is secretary of -the
'County of Huron Public School
Consultative Committee.
Mr. Murphy asked Mr. Kin-
kead to read Bill No. 54 which
had been passed. This was filed
as Exhibit. No. 16. Mr. Kinkead
then explained how School Area
No. I was set up for . Councils
of . Tuckersmith, Stanley and
Bayfield at their request. In
June, 1965, the •committee re
commended this to the Depart-
ment of Education, and it. was
accepted. a ..
Mr. Murphy asked', Mr. Kin-
kead if an application was re-
ceived from Bayfield Village
asking the committee to change
the school boundaries. Mr. Kin-
kead explained a verbal request
was made by ,Rayfield Council.
Mr. Murphy: "Did your com-
mittee ever receive an •applica-
tion from all the Councils _hi
change the school boundaries?"
"No," replied Mr. Kinkead. "Did
you receive any petitions from
Tuckersmith ratepayers to have
the boundaries changed, Mr.
Kinkead?" "Yes, and they were
returned to the Township Clerk,
as it was their business," said
Mr. Kinkead.
"Was a resolution made in
February by the Tuckersmith
Council to join with Stanley and
Bayfield to build a central
school?" questioned Mr. Mur-
phy. Mr. Kinkead: "Yes."
A discussion followed on the
petitions received from the
Tuckersmith ratepayers and
about Tuckersmith Council fail-
ing to appoint an arbitrator.
Mr. Kinkead then repotted he
met with Clerk and Council of
Tuckersmith, who felt that af-
ter having made an agreement
with the other councils of Sea -
forth and Bayfield to build one
central school they had com-
mitted themselves and felt it
not right to change their minds.
"Did you advise them to •ap-
point an arbitrator, Mr. Kin;
kead?"
Mr. Kinkead: "It was their
business to appoint an arbitra-
tor if they wished. A township
can appoint an arbitration
board with • the Town of Sea -
forth to consist of one -arbitra-
tor from the township, Inspec-
tor of township school area,
arbitrator.• from town, Inspector
of Public .School in Seaforth,
and also the lodge of the Coun-
ty , o Huron, who is Judge •
Hetherington.
Mr. Kinkead • reported an ap-
peal coups have been made tat- o
er to set tip a',board of arbitra-
tion.
Mr. Mui phy: "I assume you d
are familiar' with another area
which wishes to disassociate it- e
%elf from . the area." Mr. Itin.
kead: "I know the area,"
Mr. Murphy: "In .your dpin-
fon, de ' YOU feel application 1
should be allowed?" Mr, Kin- f
kead: ''f shot id have refitted to
have appointed an arblttater. I
maintain the municipal counci
of Tuckersmith with two othe
councils formed a union and
would disallow it."
1 Kinkead about Bill 54 -.govern
r ing the Township School Boards
I Then Mr. Hunter asked: "How
many school areas have bee
formed since that act?" "Al
townships in Ontario, replie
Mr. Kinkead.
Query. Morris School
"Do you know any that hav
had boundaries changed, Mr
Kinkead?" "No."
Mr. Hunter: . "What abou
Morris School Area?"Mr. Kinkead: "Morris was one
school unit. Walton was crowd
ed. It was either to build at
Walton or transport children
The families didn't want chil
dren transported, Two sections
1 asked to be detached to Grey
County. These two sections in
Morris now became part of
Grey County School Area, and
the reason was. that the school
e was in Grey County."
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Mr. Hunter: "The Minister
of Education states • in a very
few years the graded system in
s public schools will be abolish-
ed,"
Mr. Kinkead: "I was at the
meeting in Toronto when this
was announced.. Everyone seems
to think everything will be free
from Grade 1 to Grade 13. But
as I told Mr. Murphy, some
children require different types
of grading. I think Mr. Davis
means to improved . graded
schools and to improve teach-
ers."
Mr. Hunter.: "Can you visual-
ize when graded schools will be
obsolete?" ,
Mr.• Kinkead replied that he
could not, but would like to
see more team teaching, more
use of television.. We need more -
co -operation to build up the
schools we have."
To Mr. Hunter's query about
accelerated classes, hd replied
that it does not mean that one
child is ' smarter than another
when accelerated. Enrichment
classes are better. We have en-
ough children losing their way
now without ,hurrying them
through."
' Mr. Hunter: "Irk' any given
group of children" -starting in
Grade 1, are there any drop-
outs?"
Mr. Kinkead replied: -"In Hur-
on we say, if they have the
ability to stay in our graded
classes, they will stay in school
until they are 16. By provid-
ing special classes we hope we
won't have dropouts."
Mr. 'Hunter asked Mr. Kin•
kead about the qualifications for
teaching of the Seaforth public
school teachers, and Mr. Kin-
kead said he did not know.
Mr. Hunter• gave the follow-
ing: Six ,, teacher's in Level 1;
one teacher in Level 2; two
teachers in Level 3a,, and one
teacher in Level 4. Mr. Kinkead
replied that Seaforth has a
good standard. He went on to
say that the salary scales in
Huron County for minimum sal-
ary varies about $100 from
$3600 to $3700.L. School boards
encourage teachers' to improve
their levels."
Mr. Hunter asked: "Do I un-
edrstand you correctly that if
Seaforth was enlarged to 12
rooms it would be eligible for
grants for library." "Yes-'
A discpssion of costs con-
cerning the enlargement of the
Seaforth 'school followed, Mr.
Kinkead also advised that if an
addition were made, perhaps it
should be art 'L', rather than
ust making it longer. Too, I
would recommend more play-
ground area being bought.
Mr. Kinkead reported that he
Minks that farmers who have
well built-up farms with high
ssessments want their children
o go to their own schools,
ether than to urban schools.
'Urban dwellers and rural dwel-
era can't seem to''get together
- to agree on making a go of a
.. union school,
Mr. Hunter handed • Mr. Ki
r
n kead•'- a paper with cost esttt
1 mates of a school which • wa
d made up by Inspector' Burrow,
with the help of Mr. Kinkead,
and asked him tb explain it. Mr,
e Kinkead said he was not too
. sure- about it, as it had net
been made up by him. Pte
t thought the figures for a .I0r
room school were taken from
the cost of the Morris school•
Mr. Hunter: "If classrooms
are added to a school, do :you
upgrade the school?"
Mr. Kinkead: "Yes, it would
be upgraded."
Mr. Hunter then asked Mr.
Kinkead he had ever • con-
sidered taking the children to
the perimeter rather than ' to
the centre, but Mr. Kinkead
compared it to Morris and 'said
it was not feasible. Mr. Hunter
said it could not be compare
as it is not the same.
Mr. Hunter- asked Mr. Kin-
kead about transportation. He
replied that he had been asso-
ciated with transportation of
students for. years with no dif-
ficulty. • We consider the safety
of the children first--icy...roads
may be more dangerous than
snowbound roads. Transporta-
tion is no problem.
Mr. Hunter asked . Mr. Kin-
kead about the desirability of
teachers not living in the same
community, and . whether it was
good for parent -teacher rela-
tions.
Mr. Kinkead replied that they
encouraged teachers to take
part in the public affairs in
.whatever area they live, and he
did not feel that it mattered
where they lived.
Mr. Hunter questioned Mr.
Kinkead about the trend in ru-
ral .populations. He reported.
that in most of our townships
there are more pupil's or fewer,
but very little change really in
the overall picture. In 1963
there' was a decrease of sixteen
pupils in the Egmondville
school.
Mr. Hunter submitted a news-
paper clipping of a report of
a United States census bureau
stating, there was a drop of
3,300,000 pupils; 'a drop of over
2% in farm- population. 'Mr.
Hunter went on to discuss the
increased 'birth rate after the
war. Mr. Kinkead replied that
school enrolments have not
changed much Aver : the past
few years. When the Central
School was built in Grey it .was
for, 300 pupils, but now there
are about 315. Mi. Hunter won-
dered what would .happen to
the birthrate due to the. "pill",
and, suggested that the figures
would soon be out of line.
Said Mr. Kinkead: "Let's not
get into the sex question. I
can only figure five years
ahead" "Just five years?" ask-
ed Mr. Hunter,
Mr. Hunter: "Did the Huron
County Health Department ask
for a report on the soil condi-
tions�e for the health situation
at the site of the, proposed new
school?" "Yes, this has been
taken care of and approval giv-
en, as far as I know." -
Mr. Hunter asked 'Mr. Kin-
kead who.would be the inspec-
tbr at the new school, and if
not he, who? Mr. Burrows, was
the answer given.
When questioned about sew-
age disposal, Mr, Kinkead said
he ,personally would- like to see
a stabilization pond rather than.
weeping tile.
Bayfleld Concern
Judge Hetherington: "I be-.
lieve the Village of Bayfield, is
a par of this. as they belong
to Area 1. Is there a spokes-
man for faylleld?"
The Bayfield Reeve from the
.. (Continued on page 16)
"Mr. Kinkead, if you were an
arbitrator, would you allow it?"
Replied Mr. Kinkead: `While
the decision is theirs, I would
not grant it. These three mun-
icipalities came and asked for
an area to be set up. There
were rumours then there was
to be one school. Then during
1965 the seho.olibbards of Stan-
ley and Tuckersmith jointly
.planned for a union school at
Brucefieid.. Approximately 500
children would be educated at
this school, requiring 16 class-
rooms, permitting two Grades
and two Grades 2, and so op,therL three extra rooms for aux-
iliary classrooms, kindergarten,
and library. This school could
be operated and would provid
excellent education, Certai
pupils can- be put in 'one class-
room and certain pupils can be
put in another. If some pupil
are slower or younger, .they can
be taught -what is best for them._
At the end of every year we
would shuffle, thus 'to child
would be condemned,to this'one
room."
Mr. Murphy: "Wou~d Seaforth
school be the type of school to
have the additions` proposed
previously?"`
Mr. Kinkead: "When the Sea -
forth Public Schoolwas built
it was planned as a typical ,av-
erage school. I was the Inspec-
tor and helped plan it. Any
architect would tell you it. is
only an eight -room school.
Should the number of class-
rooms be incre ,d`d, then a lib-
rary should be included, and an
opportunity classroom.'{
_ Mr. Murphy: "If there was
an" application to and four
rooms, would you recommend
that 'these rooms, such as lib-
rary. • and opportunity . class,
.should be added?" "Yes," re-
plied Mr. Kinkead.
Mr. Murphy asked 'Vabout op-
portunty classes. .
Mr. Kinkead's answer was:
"In every township we have sev-
eral pupils who could profit
from special classes. These
Classes - are expensive to set- up,
perhaps 50 per cent higher costs
than ordinary classroom.".-
Mr: Murphy: "Are there any
such classes in Huron?"
Mr. Kinkead: "Yes: There is
one in Exeter, . one in Goderich
and perhaps one..in...Clinton."
• "Mr. Kinkead, as a member
of the Consultative Committee,
have you received any word of
any other area desiring to with-
draw from the union?" "Yes,
around Hensall."
Mr. .Murphy: "In your opin-
ion, if both areas had 12 rooms,
would you ever see a 16 -room
school again in this area?"
Mr. Kinkead: "I think the
plaits for this area would be
lost."
Mr. Hunter began questioning
Mr. Kinkead as to wether, in
the beginning there were rum-
ours that there, would be one
school only In the -area. Mr. Kin-
kead replied: "We heard rum-
ours sit discussions to this ef-
fect."
Mr. Hunter enquired: "Was
the decision for one school made
by someone from the Depart-
ment of Education, maybe one
person? Who did suggest the
ne school?" "1 don't know,"
replied Mr. Kinkead.
Mr. Hunter asked: "Is it the j
uty of your Consultative Com-
mittee to recommend -that the
ouncil act when you received
the petition from the Tucker- t
smith ratepayers?"
Mr. Kinkead: "We referred a
t to the eounefl, as we, did not t
eel that it was our directive. r
We advised the ,council to act."
Mr. 'Hunter questioned Mr, 2
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Holds
Exercise
Huron County. Emergency
Measures Organization held a
successful exercise, utilizing The
cetutty council chambers as an
emergency headquarters. ..
•Warden Kenneth Stewart and
a number of elected officials,
including Frank Walkom, Mayor
of Goderich, attended:
The simulated exercise was
under the direction of W. Stu-
art Forbes, E.M.O. Co-ordinator,
onto was assisted by Fred Skel-
ton, ' the Lambton County Co-
, ordinator, and Jack Yates, of
Sarnia, a radiological special-
ist.
pecialist.
Fallout from a nuclear explo-
sion was used as a vehicle and
many decisions of magnitude
were made by the elected offi-
cials.
R. Stock, deputy -director of
the Emergency Measures
Branch of the Provincial At-
torney General's Department,
attended, with T. E. M. Smyth,
as observers.
Many lessons were learned
from this exercise, which gave
the ,responsible officials an op-
portunity to actively partici-
pate.
tit, 6
Purposes ,of Educationo
O-utiIned. by lea#orth �r
Christie l4adeline Dobson,
who has. 'received awards for
both academic proficiency and
athletielt, �lusg • been chosen to
represent Seaforth District High
School in the London Free Press
Queen's,. Gull,
Christie, a'Grade 13 student,
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. Atirobbson, Seaforth. A
first-class honor student through-
out high school, she hasrecieiv-
ed sc ool crests and a school
lette or her academic per-
forms e. She has also won
awards in junior and senior
track and field and in public
speaking.
The 18 -year-old student is al-
so a member of the students'
council, the yearbook staff, bas-
ketball team,, and girls' athle-
tic association.
Christie, who is aiming for
a BA in English and history
and a career as a high school
teacher, writes about education
in her essay.
• By Christie Dobson
"To many people, education
is ' just a means of preparing
us, the students, for our fu-
ture. life, They believethat by
training us for our chosen pro-
fession it allowsthe best
possible opportunity for fulfil-
ment and happiness. Row very
unobservant they are!
"First, education helps us. ,to
know ourselves. Through it vie
learn our, strengths and weak-
CHRISTIE DOBSON
Seaforth bHS
nesses, . our-, merits and our
faults: Doing provided with .0
true picture of our capabllitiesr
we are enabled to .combat ftai,
tore difficulties without rations
alizing :our ability10 solve them.
"Education makes' 'us think
for ourselves. When it places
tasks before us;; each of us must
overcome them ona-ltis own., Sire,
ilarly, the responsibility of -ac-
,complishment as thrust upon us.
"Our ability to judge,between
right and wrong iS gree
owed to education which not
only reviews standing preju-
dices but also points out the
ignorance andfear from which
they rose., Thus, with the re- --
velation of past mistake's, it
hopes to correct future errors.
"The greatest lesson of edu-
cation • is humility. 1'he more
educated we become, the more
we realize how very little we
actually know. The fact re-
mains that man has only touch-
ed the surface of knowledge. and,
we should humbly admit it,
"In conclusion, if we practise
daily the lessons ' taught by
education, • perhaps we will
eventually be worthy of the
greatest knowledge, the • secret
of life itself."
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