The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-11-25, Page 15WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 1970
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ing which, followed.
First to speak was Oscar Kief-
fer , elected to office two years
ago on the Huron -Perth Separate
School Board, Mr. Kieffer .out'
linedbriefly the mernbers.mak
ing up the board and signified,
his intention of again seeking
office.' ;for the next two year term
Donald Frayne expressed his
thanks for the support of others in
the community in extending him
the nomination.He,said'he int-
ended to stand for office.' He felt
-there• has been a lack of interest
and communication from the pep
le since the establishment of .the
county school boards two' years
°ago, Mr. Frayne said, it is unfgr
tunate that this is happening and
that, it was the fault of everyone
for letting this take place. He
said that part of the trouble in .
making county boards as effect-
ive as they ''should`be was•the fact..
that the areas'served were large
and that sometimes individual
:schools fejt very remote from the
operation centre. '
Mrs. Marian ZInn,, .representa
tive on the Huron County'Schooi
Board,. gave a very detailed
brea.kdoW.n•of worlt on the board;.
over the 'past two. years•. •'She said
that the present board 'had: two• •
Years -ago inherited 39 school:
buildings, 8700 elementary pup-`
in,. 4450 secondary students and.
`5.75 principals and teachers. Also
cotningqind'er their control was
• $29 million dollars worth of build-
i rrf r e--14- ur-u-st-e-e ;-serve n
were'form.er elementary' trustees •.
and seven had formerly se.rved'on
secondary' school boards; ' Kinder.-
tarten 'has' since been. provided' in
four-shools-:which 'did not havie, it -
...,Eight chools ' in the county die
of them Brookside , .now have 'lib
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• rary resource centres.. ` •
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Mrs. Zinn explained that buss
.ing was a privilege for rural stud -
loped -into
tud-
loped.-into 'a-'
•million dollar expenditure, in the
county. She said' hat u.eary 3/4
of complaints and enquiries rec-
eivedconcerned transportation.,.
Mrs. Zinn stated that in 1969
.she 'attended, 65 m.eetin:gsarid to'
date: this year she had attene
5t;
.which does not include a va r
•,;iety of:commencements, concerts,
• seminars'; conferences,; etc.; Sal
aries, transportation and debent
get. ,;She reported thatcustodians
liad.negotia;ted their first union
contract with a.10 %increase for..
custodians at elementary schools..
and an 11:0o increase at secondary.
schools... :. •
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° THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO`
Demonstration On
Decorating .for. • •
Christmas. Season
. The Ripley and. District Horti-
cultural Society, held their pot
luck dinner meeting at the Legion
Hail on Thursday, November 19
at1,00 p.m. A very delicious
dinner was''enjoyed by 24 mem.
bets. The hostesses were Mrs. W.,
ing of the school facilities.'
The meeting, which was not
largely attended' considering the
number of 'municipalities it invol-
ved:, produced some excellent
-dist ission-qf-various -sehoei-nra.t
ters.
Others called on; who spoke
briefly, were Reeve Girvin Reed
of Ashfield, Reeve Robert Lyons•
of West' Wawanosh Deputy -Reeve
Eugene Frayne of ' Ashfield , Coun-
cillor Finlay MacDonald '1 **Ash-
field' and.Don Thompson'of Luck-
now.
M..
J. MacKay, Mrs. Harry Ramsay,
Mrs. Charles Smith and. Mrs. Glen
Stanley. .
As the . roll was called, the
members exchanged, their gifts..
,$9.25 was ,realized from the `
sale of tickets for the tuliperri
broidered quilt top, Mrs.. Orville
Finlayson being.• winner,, Other
draws were made, Mrs. Harry ' K
Ramsay won a lovely Christmas
Wreath while Mrs,. Charles Smith
was another winner.., Winners,
of plant fertilizer were Mrs. Ewan
MacLean: and Mrs. Walter Farrell.
M'rs:. O ville Finlayson gave,the
treasurer's report. She also report-
ed having•on hand horticultural
society serviettes, and note.�a. er
Mrs, Cordon Farrell`'brought in
the new. slate 'of officers for 1970
who will be installed in January,
Mrs, Lorraine Holmes, repres-
enting the, Royal Bank, presented
Mrs. Glen Stanley with a . •
silver water pitcher for winning
the most total points in both
PAGE FIFTEEN.
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Cutting and Wrapping — Sausage Making -- Fast Freezing;
HOGS AND CATTLE ON MONDAYS
CATTLE ONLY ON , WEDNESDAYS .
With Two Big Coolers,We Are Able To Hang Your Beef From.
1 To 3 Weeks ' Whatever Your Requirements Are
For Horne Freezers We Sell, Choice Home `Killed Beef, Pork.
and Lamb. In Any Quantity 'At Lowest Marketing Prices
ALL MEATS ARE GOVERNMENT INSPECTED FOR YOUR
PROTECTION '
' CHAS. HOOISMA,, PROP;
ABATTOIR 395-2905 • STORE' 395-2961
flower shows.
'The convener; Mrs. Allister •
MacKay, told about the Prince
Edward Island floral emblem,
the Lady's' Slipper.' •
Mrs. Walter' Farrell played '
Christmas, music for a sing -song.
Mrs. David Eiphick demontra--
ted making.,•Christmas•decorations,
• ifeaths, table dentresand 'Mo-
biles using cones, ribbon and a ,
variety of accessories. She 'had
a wide variety of original and.
imaginative decorations to, show
and suggested. variations. ,It was
a most interesting' demonstration ..
Mrs...Frank'Fair gave•the
courtesy remarks and the 'meeting
was closed with Jingle Bells.
uSpplQgypoiV: P
In 19:6, before county boards,
elementary school_ teachers rec-•
eived an increase of 22 /u-.i.n salar-
ies.. In 1969 the increase was
13,,6 °%o,and•in 1970 6 1/•2%. Sec-
ondary teachers,
ec-ondary.teachers, in 1969 received'
increases of 8 1/2 % and in 1970
IA /0.
Gordon Smyth, the other nom-
inee for Huron County School '
Board, said he did not intend' to :.,
stand. .He ,questioned the large
salaries. paid -to -administrative
people in Huron where•the direct-
or of education receives an annual'
salary • of $27,000. .Gordon said
'�`I his istr't-r of this- _
County". •
• John Austin and Bev. McNay.
both sought information from the
Public School and. Separate SchoOI'
members about the use of the
. schocrls-'and -how this -Schedule -is -
set up.' Angus MacLennan; ; Brook-
side principal', read the regrlay'
tions: as presentd to him by, they
Huron Board concerning the rent -
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aro.
lace,.'you'd rather
• Ontarians--a=re--the-kited• of people-who-w..cauldn' ' he -
here if there was any 'place better.p p
V�Te ate people •
• who came from a hundred lands and stayed.to build.'
People with backbone and brawn and a hunger to
succeed. Men and women .. who've• created a
' standard of living in. decades- that -other -lands •
_worked .centuries'
enturies ' to build. If we have a flaw it's
our chronic modesty. Ontarians may. be proud to
ntariaus g adi:ans the seld
tell anyone. From, an economic point of view
that's wrong. The more people .we have boosting
Ontario and Canada the better'. it is. And we've got
a lot to boost. with. Ontario's war on water pollu-
tion, for example, is: being wiged and won. New
regulations; many of '-which are the first of their
kind its North America, are .being. enforced- and
many of our rivers . 'and. lakes are . getting cleaner
instead . of dirtier. .Housing. is; another battle, and
on this front the Ontario Housing Corporation . is
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active in nearly . 200. communities with programs
totalling close .to • a • billion :dollars:, We .need a . .
vigorous economy of course; to.support these im-
portant programs.. And, that's where you collie. in.'
Though•ur oroduct'ivit has doubled: in: ten years
ancour incomes in. twelve, Onarians don't . sir on �`
their successes. There's a demanding decade ahead
full' of challenges and opportunities to make the
quality. ' of , our lives better yet. To meet these
challenges we've got to believe in ourselves. Which,
when you think about it, isn't such a bad idea.
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Ever time you "boost Ontario � . � Canada get.a little stronger.
Ontario and
Government. of 'Ontario tJ John Robarts,. x'rin a Minister.
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