The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-05-07, Page 26! •
THE LUCKNO
e UCKNOW-•SENKL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO-; ..•.
�,The " =- O, n the "Huron=BMuee Boundary Sopoy, 'Town •
Second Class Mail Registration Number 0847
Established 1873 — Published Each Wednesday Afternoon
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Donald C. Thompson, Publisher
WEDNESDAY, MAY ,1'4th,: 1969
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:SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
'WEDNESDAY, MAY 14th, 1969:.
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RIPLEY WILL MISS AB WYLDS
The resignation of Ab Wylds as principal, of Ripley District High
School is the end of an.era: for this small secondary school which ser
ves the village of Ripley and the major part of Huron Township. The
names Ab Wylds and Rile District High School are synonymous. Ab'
' Ripley
has given his entire teaching; •career, • 34 years tothe furthering of
education in the; Ripley District:
Cammend� Students
• Bruce education costs, for 1969
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For. P'GSet11'g1'iQt1,
will total $7 764, 052 as forecast
. in the budget presented to the
County Board -of Education,
meeting in Chesley Legion Hall.
Elementary.expenditures.'were set
at $3,619;894 (1968 $3,077,941),
.secondary school cost will be
$4;:612,606 (1968 - $31;332,214)'' •
and operation •of the schools; for .
retarded• children will require
$131;.552, With no 1968 .rusts avail
able• � - ..
Estimated, revenues for the year.,.
exclusive'of tax. -levies and the
special subsidy' for tax relief,, will
be $2,,141,342 for elementary'
schools, $2,280;335 for secondary
and $103 ,813': for the schools for
retarded. children. The total rem-
airiing to be raised from taxes and
the special subsidy is $3,.238,562, •
as /against total: tax levies
last year of $1,991,388 for .element
.The Editor,
The Lucknow Sentinel,
Lucknow, Ontario:
Dear' Sir;'
`1s':i'tany Wonder thattyouhg.
people; cryout, walk out, dropout
or protest in some other way? One
of the. glualitiescorniron to all
human beings is a, desire , yea •
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rather a=needfor recognition. Let's
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Hehas beenmore than a teacher to the students of Ripley High.
Our knowledge of Ab,' and our experience with him, indicated to us
that he ;was a very devoted educator and, a . concerned" individual in
not Only the' education of the Ripley , oun People, but in .• their •
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personal well-being,:
/ Ab was born and raised; in Huron.and attended the same school'
where he later returned to : teach and eventually become principal. His ;.
whole. life haw:centred' around' one community. Students to, him were,
individuals, not numbers, and ;the: school spirit which has always been
a : trademark of Ripley High, 'was created primarily through • the "de
votion•of Ab and . his staff of teachers.
guiding .. l
• Ripley will miss, the gu di • g hand ofAb Wy ds ••
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When "regional ional government' was first mentioned as being.: in,
the. cards for Ontario (and that •waso), the J
;'ust a bit over a; year:a g
general public tookan apathetic attitude. Most of us thought it was
'just '., another . dream J of . some way-out politicians that would never.',
-ialize;_others-toolt4he4ttitude 4J/ell, it.. can't be much worse
than what we already have.
The apathy .has : now turned to alarm.; Why? ;,Because .itis
evident from . the small taste of . "regipnalitis" already experienced; ,
• that it is going to be a costly move more costly than even govern-;
r lent. sources could foresee: Further, ,it is 'difficult 'to•see,,. at this early
stage, the benefits that are •supposed to follow: • •
Endeavouring to - watch the' changing . scene and assess' the pic-
ture as, fairly as possible,we can't make up our .mind about the ul-,;
timate outcome of regional government.. Certainly it's going . to be
costly to the 'point 'that` ry r. and Mrs. `fax ager will . find the burden
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almost unbearable.'; The benefits, if . any, are, , going to be a: long tune
materializing. It• adds up to tte question: Are we sure we are moving
' h ri h direction?
County School Boards were the bigmove toward regionalgovern-.
• ment. ' We could see this increasing -costs, but' not to the•point reached •
within four months of the larger Boards' formation..It's/the same right.
across Ontario; and the public is raising. a :great hue and cry. The
penpli. "in power" are: -asking did the -public CaiL.untiLno
1 the 'need ,and thus stop the
tna'nd
To'illustrate my point let me •
glance.briefly at two recent happ-
enings at the F:E Madill Second-
ary School. 'First, last winter on••a
coldblustery day our students held
ahalf-d.ay walkout. The mass .•
media in Western Ontario, radio,,
T. V. and•daiiy new'spapers., gave
the 'event great coverage .:i.n •
actual fact the students didn't really
know what they were protesting, or.
what they'hoped to accomplish.by•
their demonstration: :The media
used the, words: ,"protest" ,
"walkout" "march" ', and "dernon-•
stration"' with'eniphasis , • suggesting. •
that students were•at ' best,misled
andjustifiably,angry; orr at worst,
unthinking, stupid •and ,ignorant.. .'
Little attention was paid to:the in-•-
clemancy Of, the weather, .the .order •
liness•
. of the march , ,or. the harmless
ary' and.; secondary: schools'.
SUBSIDY LIMITS; IN'CREAS'E' ' •
Calculation of the subsid ; , ad of
been completed ,in time for 'the.
Meeting but :it was indicatedthat' .
the: elementary' school subsidy
'would be about •$300 ,poo : The 'sub'
sid is scaled to limit tax increases
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to 1 mill for secondary
; school
purposes•�ard;`1 mill for elementary
expenses:on the. basis 'of provincial
equalized •as'sesstnent ; On the •
local talc levies. the increases may: •
ness of several hundred: students
walking around the block.
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Second.•, this spring these same
students wrote,: edited ,
performed, diectezl acrd -produced:-
an excellent musical comedy
"Some •Funny Things Happened on
the Way:to. Graduation" . On the...,
late;ni ht.news on'T.:V.;nomen
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tion was made. of either the eccell-
ence of the production or even of •
the fact of its happenin .> Morning
news on; radio didn't :mention..it '
'either .
Nor.did an , e
xaminati-
on of
;any.daily papers produce any diffe
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ent result.. FranklY,•.I don'tmind
admitting that'PersonallY I was'v�erY
muchpby
leased and surprised the J
P .,
:whole production. There were min -
or flaws to' be' sure, but the young
people have cause for pride in their
work. The' author , along with her'
enthusiastic ,, talented and :well-
rehearsed company, demonstrated
fore, ibly her . ability to move an •
audience: rapidly between ' laughter.
and tears. ` No' news :headlines!.
`Most' teachers and parents ,•I bel-
leve ,' are aware of the value of a
word of praise for a job• well done.
When the mass 'media 'begin to` be .
more human and: less •
sensational,•,then perhaps thedrop-
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have a reason to protest ,'
and that will end the: glarriOuf of,'
dropping .out'. A ;patron the back':
from the adult world, May even
eliminate the need' for the •add
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'AB WYLDS RETIRES
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+alight his regular' share of'classes
es wellas handling the adinrnistr=
ative duties of principal:'
` Ile �afried his Pact nh"]r sc
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•object; why. did they' not raise, a cry when the first. proposed announce-
ment was made..We'll tell you why;: because it came on: us quite sud r
denly, a rosy picture of economy'was painted, and the general public
• had little or no . idea -as to just what the move; entailed.
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Now -that -the' 'picture. is=mare-clear as to what "regionalitis"•
means; and the'effect-it wilI have..'on'.taxpayers purse -strings"' well,
as.. we say, the apathy • has given way. to alarm: It has been stated
that the'furore over County School Boards has set the formation of
of regional government back ten years. If; that :is' the case maybe the
intervening decade :will, bring a change of thinking' and at ,least some
modification • to the entire .business! •
THE TEESWATER NEWS
EFFECTIVE. FRIDAY, MAY 16th, '1969
ADULT HAIRCUT
CHILDREN_
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education' at. S. S, NO,
Township, on the 6th concession: ;
west He attended Ripley Contina-,
trop School , Kincardine High'
School• and won a Carter scholar
shi' for Bruce County .when ` adu %
P Y .gr a
ting He:also won one of the three
major 4 -year tuition scholarships
at the University of'' Western. Ont-
ario where he `attended.' He 'spent
four years .at Western taking • math-
ernaticrand-phyaics. At the-e,jd' of
range up to a maximum of.5 mills
for each classificatign, depending.
on the relation of local -assessment
scales to the/provincial•standards.
DELAYS ENCOUNTERED
In presenting.'the long; awaited•; ,
budget ,, Superintendent of Finance
Roland Swanson reviewed a series • •
Qf delaying factors. :The necessary
audited`staternents for 1968,school
operations, were slow in coming
through, and after' they had been -
received: and the budget almost
completed;' announcement: of the'.
special provincial grants to relieve
excessive increasesin property
taxes made a complete" revision of
the budget arid local levies necess-
ary,:
ecessary,
With the grants contingent on
holding 1969's•increase in'costs'to
1510 'over 1968, paring of soru
expenses was necessary. This had
been completed an'd a schedule of
levies for the municipalities was
worked out but • furthe.r, instructions
were received'from the department.
rnaking. it necessary to revise the •
budget and levies again
Mr. Swanson expressed his apprec
;dation for the patience: of municip.
al clerks' while their tax'notices
were ;being held •up by delay in
presenting the requisition .for
school 'levies. 'Unless 'further tom
plications arise',. he hoped that the "'
•requis:itions would be :in the mail
by the :end of this week
• istration of 'a firmer one lower
down; to all tut. the 'lunatic: fringe',
'Of the 'world of youth..: More,
• than ninety .per cent of our young
hition
Yours Sincerely ,•
C..11. Morrison.;'
oiil' English Dept;.. -Head
F: E. Madill Secondary
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the second' year lie took the'
' physics''option and graduated •in
1933 at the top'ot his class in
.STRIKE . DIVERTS' PLANE
Visits Here With
M�mbers:Of Faflhi
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.Members of the .A alders. family in
Lucknow' were ,this week reunited.
with- their mother; randniother a
gand
great-grandmother, Mrs: 'G. O1d'en-"
• euving o ° o an' w o arrived -by
plane from Holland . •Y,.
Nirs ' Oldenbeuving is the' mother:'
.of; Evert Aalders and the g randmoth
•er of Ralph Aalders, operators of` •
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Heriry's Fruit Market in, Lucknow . 1t
is `twelve years since the ;Aalders
;family left•their native Holland'•
andthey
the first time have beenv:.
together since then. This is Mrs.
1denbeuvin's first visit to
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•anada • ,
rip.to.Canacla_wt
her' daughter' and son=in-law who .
are. visiting' their daughter•in New'=:
market.' Because •of the Air Canada
strike, the flight came into
Nia ara Falls, New York an
Niagara
passengers were bossed to lvlalton.
Besides'her '�Son 'Evert of Lucknow,':
Mrs. Oldenbeuving has' another. ...
daughter in Waterdown,.Ontarro,,.
amity gathering and ;d nne'=is------•
planned for Monday at the Log ".
Cabin Restaurant in Lucknow. •The,'.
family are nativesof
Gas`seaternyveen`, Drente , a snia1.l
cornmunity in Holland:,
WANT Ah!.:
GET RESULTS
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physics. la 1934 A b attended' the, .'
Ontario College of .Education in
Toronto.
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While at O.C.E. he'did practice
teaching at 61obr Collegiate, Cen-
tral•Technical` School and Jarvis.
Collegiate; He also did.sorne
commercial teaching; at Central
Sch of Commerce `'
ool on Shaw•
street.. .
..Returning to his native Huron,he
acoepted his ,first•-t-caoh.%rr-g po it -ion
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WILL' BE. PRESENTED
BY THE
SENIOR PUPRS
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OF THE
now and District fub1li'Schoot
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NI the Ripley. staff 34 years ago and!
'OO • has continued in Ripley'since then •
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• ,. present members 'of the •Ripley staff
GORDON FISHER ;• are f.irs. Marion Emerson, Mrs.
the--rine'Coll-ins•.: M-iss-M•ar:garet-. ',,,
HAROLD RITCHIE,
;Machan, Mrs. Andy Burgess, Reii- ,'
......... Edw a d neBrow Rdbett Damstna and:
In the Aucditoriwn
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14
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