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The Huron Expositor, 1969-05-08, Page 1Receive Provincial' Honors . . It 'was "achievement day on Saturday when members of area 4-1-1 clubs gathered at the SDHS for their annual program of skits and denionsthatities. In the tipper picture are the mem- bers -who were awarded proVincial honor certificates: (left) Brenda Nesbitt, Joan Campbell, Sharon F,itcher, Angela Dev- ereaux and Laurel Hemingway. Those receiving county hOnor certificates are in the-lower picture and include_carelY11 Lake, Sharon Ducharnie, Janis Smith, Barbara Lee, Betty MacGreg-‘ or, Lynn Saundercock, Nancy Craig, Diane Henderson, Patricia 1Viurray;oSharon Shea, Evelyn Storey, Mary Ann *Grath, Jean- Devereaux, Joyce Haney, Debbie Wallace, Josephiiie Ann Nobel, Roseinary van den Hengel, Gail Searle. (Expositor photos.) • • , - Present 4-H Awards at Anticipat Despite the• heavy now fall a" grant foi a fireWorks display 'throughout the 'winter months, on May' 23. show,plowing costs in Tucker- A letter from iluron County smith showed a relatively small Council concerning a Tucker- increase over 1967. council smith resolution on regional gov- learned at its May • meeting on eminent indicated that while Tuesday evening. the,,county endorsed it in part Clerk J. I. McIntosh said they sought suggestions and costs in 1967-68 had been $10,. recommendations from Tucker- 950 as compared to $11,080 dui- smith for study before sending ing the present year. Council ap- the resolution to other munici- proved payment of road expen- pal 'touncils. ditures totalling $4,641.80. Clerk 'McIntosh said ,already a .Council filed a request from number of councils had endors- the Seaforth Fire Brigade for ed the resolution including the County of Kent, County of Grey, Seaforth, Blyth and McKillop. Council. endorsed a resolution from ,the. TowaShip of Saltfleet protesting the lack of adequate planning and the haste of the • Minister of Education -in amal- gamating school boards. The resolution- indicated edu- cation costs in Saltfleet would increase. by 19 mills, equivalent to an increase of $83.60 On an average home assessed at $4,- 400. Such increases are intoler- able for many senior cititens the resolution indicated .and as a result urged the government to take immediate ' steps to re- lieve property minors of tax increase to avoid general rejec- tion of education budgets by municipal councils, which could result in a paralysis of local fiscal procedures. It urged the government to take into full consideration the advice and opinion of local municipal rep- resentatives Whenever future changes are planned in the mun- icipal government structure. The tender of Fred Harburn for spraying township roadsides was accepted at $4.00 per mile, both sides of the road, subject to the approval of the Depart- ment of Highways. Council accepted a petition from Theo Melody and three neighbors for construction of drainage works. henry Uderstadt engineer 'was instructed to bring in a report on the work. Council received delegates from the Tueltersmith Attune!. (Continued on Page 7) A souvenir of nanny 60 years ago wnets motoring was in its infancy was found this week by Mrs. James McGreg- Or. The white on, blue license plate *as issued in 1011 to now unkown Egmondville mo- torist. The license came to light when a barn on the for- mer Wrn. Shea, property in EgOnmdville was being demol- ished. • Vigh! Increase in • Snowplowing Costs Up and Over In. The High Jump It looks pretty easy at this distance but contestants at the annual SDHS sports meet put everything they had into the competitions as Brian Leothardt in the high jump event indicates. Jim Dalrymple won the Overall boys' championship, while Shiela Dietz Captured( the girls' over- all title, (Staff- photo.) StArding ONTARIO, litURSDAY; MAX 8, 1969 Sing10 1.2 ',Cants' . 14M9.41r.sm.g Annual Achievement Day County Meat in, the Menu was the theme „of a 4-H Homemaking Club Achievement Day held, at Seaforth District High School, Saturday. • The 150 girls in the 12 home- making clubs in the Seaforth area of Huron for the past three months have been studying the various cuts. of beef and pork,' learning to identify and locate the tuts on the carcass,. Meth- othrof cooking both tender and lets tender cuts of beef and pork were demonstrated at the nleetiogi and the girls them- selves have tried , many new re- Saturday morning. biting was. devot- ed' to• the girls exh their record books and recipe files as well as a planned program of quizzes related to the project. In the afternoon each club put on a skit or demonstration. Provincial honor certificates were presented to five girls who completed 12 projects. They are: Angela Devereaux, RR 4, Sea- forth; Sharon Fischer, RR 3, Brussels; Laurel Hemingway, RR 3, Brussels; Brenda Nesbitt, RR 3, Walton; Joan Campbell, Blyth. County honor ' certificates- were presented to 19 girls: Review Successful Season The Seaforth Minor Hoekey Association, announced a bal- ance of $820 for the 1968.69 sea- son following a review of theit most successful season in re- cent years. Association, secretary-treasur- er Jack Eisler, in presenting the financial statement, attributed the success to the support redeiv- al on the weekly hockey draws. Mr. Eisler on behalf of the Association, expressed apprecia- tion to the Seaforth Optindst Club, and Teen Twenty for don- ations during the year. The Minor Hockey Association' executive also, includes Don Wood, president -and Bill Hend- erson, draw chairman. Receipts for the year totalled $2,297.65 and incittded. • Season draw, '$400,00; dorm.' tiond 242.30; minor hockey day receipts, 218.08; gate receipts, 72.30; weekly draw, 1,325.00; • bank interest, 9.97. Expenditures amounted to' $1,477.40 ineluding: Draws, $700.00; equipment (Continued on' Page 7) Planning Adoption of a holding by-law in Mckillop in anticipation of county planning was proposed when representatives of the county planning consultants and of —the Huron committee met ,with McItillop council on Mon- day. J. A. Nicklom of G. V. Klein- feldt and Associates together with Reeves John 'Flannery and Gordon Lawson discussed coun- ty plans with council and ex- plained what could be involved. Similar discussions are being held with municipalities across the county. Council adopted sepplemen- tary by-laws to provide for min- or changes in the 'ryce. and Clarke drainage work% IL M. Gibson Ltd. was named as en- gineer on the McCallum-Win throp drain since the previous appointee could not act. The petition of James Delan- ey and Wm. Poppe forimprove- ments to the Delaney drain was accepted. Maitland Valley Con- servation will be asked for comments. The petition of Her- man Hoste, lot 24, con. 3, for repairs to the Henderson drain was accepted- and Henry Uder- Stadt was asked to report. Tenders will be requested by (Continued from Page 7) Named To Fill Vacancy Huron County Board of Educa- tion Monday night named G. 0. Philips, present vice-principal at Central Huron Secondary School as principal of F. E. Madill Sec- ondary School, Wingham. The position of vice-principal for the Clinton school will be advertised. The decision to hire Mr. Phil- ips was made during a commit- tee of the whole meeting last Thursday. Mr. Philips -was born in Port Arthur. He was educated in gen- aria. He received his BA degree from the University of Manitoba in 1950 and graduated from the Ontario College of Education in 1951. He has held besitions in three schools at Sudbury, and also taught in'Port Arthur. He was vice-principal of Fer- gus District High School, 1964- 1965 and hat been at Clinton since 1965. lie is a member of the Clinton tAbrary „Board and is principal of evening °leases in Clinton. Mr. Shantz said eight of- the 19 schools are presently set for staff • for September. These are St. Calumban, Kinkora, Exeter, St. Marys, Wingham, Zurich, St. Joseph and St. Aloysius in Strat- ford. N`Che board took no action on the question of a portable class- room for Exeter. Prices range from $7,250 to $9,074 and the matter will be considered again at the next meeting‘when more information will be available on future enrolment at Exeter. The board granted permission to Janiess Morrissey, principal of St. Mary's School-, Goderich, to spend one day in Toronto to ob- serve open classroom teaching ,with John. Vintar, superinten- ' dent of education. The St Mary's School in Goderich, presently being built, will be the first with • this system in separate schools in Huron or Perth. The board agreed no action' will be' taken on requests for field trips and that the princi- pals of the Stratford schools be advised that only trips allowed '4* St. Columban Wins Opener in the London and District Soccer League, St. Columban de- feated Delhi l to 0 in a game played in Delhi last Saturday. Continue To Allow Parking Parking will continue to be perniitted at the former Neil Bell service station property at the west of Seaforth until the building is torn down. 'The pro- perty w,,as purchased last' year by the Seaforth board. ' Huron Board of Educationde- cided- Monday night to put up with parking. until the building was removed and then either, erect a fence or-post signs warn- ing people to keep off. John Cochrane, director of educations told the Board he had placed two advertisments in newspapers, one to advise people to remove cars from the lot by last Saturday, and the other to call for tenders for the removal of the building. One tender has been received so far, he said. Business administrator R. B. Dunlop told the Board he had received 12 applications for the, position of chief accountant and office manager, 19 applications for 'the position of manager of purchasing and services and 71 applications for plant superint- endent. All positions were ad- vertised recently. The Board agreed to let Mr. Dunlop screen the applications and bring the names of three for each position before the Board. The Board will make, the final decision on hiring but will listen • to recommendations . of Mr. Dunlop. Mr. Cochrane informed the Board the contractor for work at Blyth Public School assumed no liability for necessary work to cure a sewage problem at the school. However, Mr. Cochrane said he met with representat- ive of the architect% and con- tractors and, felt they would meet some of the costs fat the sake of "good public relations." ' sclools; and -$40,000 for schools for retrainable retarded chit- drettA • . . Capital equipment eXpendi-, titre of $2,000 or more are to -require • _prior approval of the executive committee and the board and capital equipment ex- penditures of $100 or more will require approval of the execu- tive committee. What the budget will PQat, each municipality won't be by previous boards will be a,p- proved until June 30. Principals are to be instruct- 'ed to order general supplies, pupils' supplies and textbooks to take care. of requirements until the end of December, 1969. The board has received re- quests from town councils ,of 'Exeter and St. Marys, asking if the separate school board tax rate has been set but this will not be possible for perhaps a week GT so. , St. James' School, Seaforth, is in need of 35 desk sets for grade 7 and these will be sup- plied from extras . being stored in ,Stratford. Sister Irene and James Mor- ris of Stratford will interview prospective teachers at Strat- ford Teachers' College. Sister Judith, Ted Geoffrey, Zurich and Christopher Walraven, St. MarYs, will interview prospec- tive teachers at London Teach- erie College. ' The board agreed to Complete Department of Highways forms (Continues on Page 6) Cancer Fund Short $300 While there has been an ex- cellent response to' the Cana- dian Cancer Society appeal for funds, the 'Seaforth campaign is dragging a bit according to chairman R. J. Spinal. Mr. $pittal said an additional $300 was required before' the $2,000 campaign objective is 'reached. Gifts may be forward. ed to him or left at any Sea- forth bank. knoinituitir the -Meetble of the board. When: it is expect- ed a complete breakdown would be available, • The board did not consider this, its first Widget, excessive.- • DR. W. J. THOMPSON Appointed Sub-District Veterinarian Dr. W. J. Thompson, Barrie who has been appointed sub-dis- trict veterinarian, health pf animals branch, Canada depart- ment of agriculture at Seaforth began .is duties on Thursday. He will move his wife and three children- here at the end of the month. Dr, Thompson fills the vac= ancy caused by the death of Dr. J. C, MacLennan, who died last August. A native of Osgoode in the Ottawa Valley, Dr. Thompson is a 1954 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph. He .was in private practice in Os- (Continued from Page 6) Board.00,14:10,0r,404.k' UtY-, neted 4,01)140n .COAntr ; had estiMaAedy4be; lee*, o new SYStent.tbet* at , than the old and Laide WQ41krgt,,,:c comparison could be 44,10 available to the taaglay0.11f, Huron: County-' ViCe•ohniiionn- .4013ort Elliott,4" Clinton, said it should, be point'• ed out the board is--carrying a large load from) the Opt -boards, "I% June this county saw probably the'biggest salary in- crease ever for elementary school teachers," said Mr. lilt, "and we have to 'carry the full six months of.it." boa-rd - Approves roposal Huron County, Board of Ed- ucation decided 'thiring a •cOm- mittee of , the whole meeting Thursday 6 approve reconiMen- dations to make Kindergarten facilities available in county schools. - James. Coulter„ - superintend- ent of schools for the,county re- commendeA that: • Accommodation be made avail- able in Colborne Central School by combinina grades; . Kindergarten ptipils lie ac- commodated) in , Grey Central School with a' portable classroom to be purchased fora junior- grade accommodation; ' Holmesville accoMmodation available in the school by com- bining grades. Huron No. 2 one clIss at North AShfield: school in classroom presently unoccupied; two class- es at Brookside, a junior grade in a portable classroom, with kindergarten pupils accommo- dated in classroom vacated, by junior grade. Mr. Coulter felt the present transportation system, with min- or adjustments; would be ade- quate. • The financial estimates were as follows: Two portables, at $8,000; $16,000; furniture, five times $800, $4,000; - - transportation, 14,000; total $24,000; salaries, two and a half teachers) $13,500. Carolyn Lake, RR 3, Brussels; Sharon Ducharme, RR 2, Brus- sels; Janis Smith, RR 3, Brus- sels; Barbara Lee, Londesboro; Betty. MacGregor, RR 1, Londes- boro; Lynn . Saundercock, Lon- &share; Nancy Craig, RR 2, Blyth;.Diane Henderson, RR 5,. Seaforth; Patricia Murray, RR 5, Seaforth; Sharon Shea, RR 3, Seaforth; Evelyn Storey, RR 1, Dublin; Mary Ann McGrath, RR 3, Seaforth; Jean Devereaux, RR 4, Seaforth; Joyce Haney, RR 4, Seaforth; Debbie Wallace, RR 4, Seaforth; Jogephine Willems, RR 4, Seaforth; Ann Nobel, Sea- forth; Rosemary van den Hen- gel, Illt 5, Seaforth; Gail Searle, RR 3, Walton. Huron taxpayers will pay ov- er 44 million to gaVO their chil• - dren' ed0catedi thi0•r.Arkat The -11nroo',CoOntY., Board Eica- tiion approved a -budget. of $0i; 028;107' brought in by business administrator R. B. DunloP anti the special budget committee o ,the board-at *nieeting in-Gode- rich Monday night: The board will requitition $4,739,992 for secondary schools; - $4,248,115 for elementary Salary negotiations between the Huron-Perth Separate School board and teachers are progressing satisfactorily board• members were told at a meeting here Thursday night. -Howard Shantz, Stratford, said negotiations are completed with the exception of four points. It is expected these will be completed by May 13. — Teachers Negotiate With H-P Board *F.