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Snow Costs
Are Double
In McKillop
This winter's record snow-
fall has cost McKillop Township
ratepayers about $35,000 com-, pared to the snow removal budget
of $17,000 council :learned at its
session in Winthrop on Monday.
To compensate.this added cost
the council approved a supple-
mentary road by-law for $12,000
which is subject to Department
of Highways approval.
Council decided •to apply for
funds from the combined Pro-
vincial-Municipal Employment
Incentive Program and the
Federal-Provincial. Special De-
velopment Loans Program which
grants $1. per person for each
resident. The population of Mc-
Killop is 1569 persons. This
fund will be used for cutting
dead elm trees and -other tree
trimming along roadsides.
Permission was granted Road
Superintendent, Kenneth Stewart
to attend the T. J, Mahoney Road
School in Guelph May 9 to 12.
• The by-law covering Seaforth
Drainage Works No. 1 - the
McKillop portion estimated cost
is- 5,345 was-passed.
A by-law was passed to levy
and collect a portion of the realty
and business taxes for the year
1971 before adOption of estim-
ates and the pre-levy mill rate
was estimated" at 30.0 mills. This
will raise $86,169;90..
Reeve Allan Campbell is to
attend a meeting called by. Huron
County Clerk J. G. Berry, re-
garding the Bayfield Watershed
on April 15, at 2 P.M. at.. the
Court House in Goderich. •
Passtd for payment were
road ,accounts totalling
$15,592.46 and general accounts
of $4,476.08,
Approval. was given applic-
ations from the North Middlesex
Arena fund committee in park-
hill to sell lottery ticketS for
its $100,000 Ontario sweepstakes
in September and also the co-
ordinated 'Arts Services which
includes funds for the Canadian
Opera Company, National Ballet
GUild of .Canada, Stratford
Shakespearean Festival. Fund
and other similar groups.
education. These handicaps can
include such things as percep-
tual problems, visual and audial
difficulties, motor control
troubles etc.
A film shown to the board
members showed that between
15 and 20 percent of all child,:
ren may be experiencing some
learning disabilities which are
preventing them from achieving
their potential. It was proven
that while these youngsters have
avierage and above average in-
telligence, some quirk within
them prevents them from learn-
ing
,
by the usual methods employ-
ed in the present educational
system in Huron County.
It was shown, for instance,
that some children are unable
to express themselves through
written examinations when they
would compete more than adeq-
uately if given the opportunity
for oral examination; some stu-,
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POST OFFICE HOURS •
A building permit for a new
house in Harpurhey was g?anted
to Harold Pethick of 17. Rail-
way Street, Seaforth by Tucker-
smith Township Council at a
meeting at Huron Centennial
School, Brncefield, Tuesday.
night.
Council also approved a per-
mit for Lorne Carter covering
a new residence he proposed to
erect on., his No. 8 Highway
property., At the same time
'council recommended for
approval on application Mr.
Carter made for severance of
a lot.
Council members discussed
at length the official plan for
the 'County of Huron whiCh has "
recently been completed and
which now is undergoing scrut-
iny of municipalities in the
county before receiving final
approval by—Huron Council.
Members noted several dis-
crepancies, such .as the fact 2.
Kippen was not shown on the map
when other similar small hamlets
were included. It was indicated
that Egmondville and Harpurhey
residents were supplied witfisea-
forth water whereas Seaforth
supplies only a limited number,
the balance being supplied by the
"township system and private
systems.
At a special meeting on March
25th council had applied for
assistance In removal of dead•
elms. However, council felt
details were not clear and' Clerk
.James I. McIntosh is to in-
vestigate further what govern-
ment assistance is available.
Road Superintendent, Allan
Nicholson reported snow removal
costs to date this year amounted
to $21,126, the budget had been
set at $12,000.
A supplementary road by-law
for '$6000 was approved for sub-
mission to the Department of
Highways for this is' to assist
with snow removal costs in 1971.
Approved for payment was the
levy of $246.43 to the Ausable
River Conservation Authority.
Hulled Township reported the
Gibbings Drainage Works tender
has_ been awarded to George Rad-
ford of Blyth.
Passed for payment were road
accounts for $6,909.81 and Wel-
fare accounts for $1,100.76.
Road Superintendent Nichol
son reported he is still waiting
Department of HighwayS approval
for the construction of Sproat's
Bridge but expected clea,rance in
time to coil tenders at the May
meeting.
Permission to sell iottbry
tickets in the township was
granted to the Co-ordinated Arts
Service.
Tuckersmith Clears
Building Permits
Whole No. 5378
Y First Section, Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1971 —14 PAGES $6.09 A Year int lidirance
Estimate Is $204,300
Clear Special Education Program
rovi ing 13oartl has Funds
Organize Own Committee
Custodians Reject Union
Seaforth's police cruiser was badly damaged late Sunday night when it was in collision with
a vehicle north west of Monkton. The vehicle was in charge of auxiliary Constable Ross
Whittaker but no details have been released by police as to other vehicles involved or what led
to the cruiser being in the Monkton area. (Staff Photo)
"I believe we have taken the
first significant step towards, a.
very expanded special education
plan for Huron County", stated
Bob Elliott, chairman of the
Huron County Board of Educa-
--tion.
Members of the board meet-
ing Monday afternoon and even-
ing in Clinton, agreed to provide
a special education program
throughout Huron County begin-
ning this fall, providing sufficient
funds can be raised to pay for it.
The full program as proposed
by W.. D. Kenwell, superintendent
of special education services in
the county, would cost $204,200
for the 1971-1972 year. It calls
for one additional superintendent
at a salary of $21,000; one
psychOlogist at.$19,000; one psy-
chometrist at $10,800; one
remedial reading specialist for
the secondary schools at $10,800;
three speech therapists for the
. elementary schools at $7,800
each; three special learning dis-
abilities specialists for the elem-
entary schools at $7,800 each;
one secretary at $3,500; five
• secondary...school-guidance 'tea-
chers at $54,000 (total) and three
elementary school guidance
counsellors at • $23,400 (total).
In additiOn there would be other
costs such as travelling allow-,
antes etc.
It is understood that the board
will implement only as .much of
this proposal as can •be econoln-
ically sound for the county at
this time. However, board mem-
bers were made aware of the
tremendous need throughout
Huron County for this type of
education.
A presentation during the
afternoon session pointed up the
fact that some children have
-special learning handicaps which
can only be overcome by ex-
perts in the field of special
Huron-Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School custo-
dians have voted 100% against
having Local 220 of the Building
Service Werkers International
Union act as . their bargaining,
O agent. Jack ,Lane, business ad-
ministrator, told the bOard at
a meeting Monday night the vote
was held March 24.
The union had applied earlier
this year to the labor relations
board for certification after the
local secured nine signed cards
favoring certification from
• among the custodians of the 19
schools in the two counties.
Later a petition was circulated
protesting the union's application
and the labor relations board
then had ordered a vote, The
16 full-time custodians, eligible
to. vote, voted against affiliation
With the union. Mr. Lane said
the custodians have formed their
own custodian's negotiating com-
mittee with Harry Hak, Seaforth,
chairman, Mrs: Gwen O'Rourke,
St. Columban, secretary. The
third member of the committee
is Lee Regier, Zurith,
Trustee Ted Geeffrey, RR 2,
Zurich, chairman of the Per-
sonnel and Salary Negotiating
Committee of the board, said his
-- committee is planning a meeting
• Entertain At
Dinner Dance
Seaforth Lions entertained
their ladies at .a dinner dance
in the Legion HallSaturday even-
ing.
A short program in charge
of President John W. Talbot in-
cluded a musical interlude car-
ried on' by Mr. and Mrs. Marlen
Vincent. Chairman of the com-
mittee responsible for the event
was Elmer Larone.
Floral displays were won by
Hugh Thompson, Mrs. Frank
Bairiton, Mrs. HelmarRnell,Mrs.
Dave Cornish and Mrs. Wm.
Hodgert. The major prize award
was won by Donald Morton.
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with the custodian's committee
on Wednesday, April 14, in the
board rooms to discuss salaries.
On the recommendation of
Mr. Geoffrey the board named
Mrs. Htward Martin as custo-
dian at Sacred Heart School in
Wingham to complete the bal-
ance of the term at• the present
contract price of $3150 per annum
(this contract expires on June
30, 1971).
Trustee John McCann, chair-
man of the Building. and Prop-
erty committee, reported shelv-
ing to provide for equipment
storage is to be installed at
St. Joseph's S1hbol at Kings-.
bridge at a cost of $114, and
front door closers a to be
installed at Sr. Mary's'. chool
• Richard' Ottewell, 16 - year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. K.
Ottewell of Exeter and a Grade
11 student at South Hurdb District
High School, Exeter, topped a
field of six speakers Friday to win
a trip to the United Nations in New
York. •
Runner-up was Kathy
Simmons of S. H. ,S. S. The
other contestants were Mary
Elen McGill, Goderich District
H.. S. Lynn Taylor, Varna from
C. H. S. S. Nancy Adams, R.R.5,
brussels, Debbie Townsend,
Wroxeter, both of .F. E. Madill
High School-, Wingham. •
Judges for the Contest held at
the C,. H. S, S, Auditorium were
Tom •Fox, head of •the History
Department at C. H. S.S.; Don
Dunbar, Principal of Elnia Town-
ship Public ,Sehool at Ethel and
Miss Joan Westcott, a Kitchener
Elementary school teacher.
' The Oddfellow and Rebekah
Lodges of Huron County are spon-
sors Of the ninth annual all ex-
penses-paid trip for two weeks
in July to the United Nations and
other spotS of interest en route.
at Hess ion at a sum not to ex-
ceed $75.
The board authorized a let-
ter to be written to the Hibbert
Township Council regarding the
flooding from a drain at the
former Continuation School in
Dublin which is now used for
the Dublin area kindergarten
class. • • •
John Vintar, Superintenderft
of Education, in his report to the
Board, *stated at this date there
will be eight vacancies on the
teaching staff at the end of June,
but there. could be more before
the deadline of May 31. lie said
there were over 200 applications
for teaching positions received
so far,
:Mrs. Gerald McFalls, Exeter,
was chairman for the event which
was attended by a large group of
spectators. Mrs. Frank Bowra,
Goderich is secretary-
treasurer.
Tops Ont. in
Chem Test
Marg. Elligsen, a Grade
X111 student at S.D.H;S., was in-
formed recently that she was the
highest scoring girl in a recent
province-wide chemistry ex-
amination. •,
Miss Elligsen wrote the
search Assistanceship Examin,-
ation in Chemistry" conducted by
the University of Watetioo. The
examination, written by 1,569 stu-
dents from 214 OntarioSeconclari'
School's was an achievement test
comprised of 50 multiple choice
questions on chemistry. Miss
Elligsen placed thirty-sixth to
become the highest scoring girl to
write the exam.
The first few places, were
awarded undergradiiate research
scholarships at fhe University of
Waterloo. In essence, this means
that they will be paid te,assist a
professor at research while they
are still undergraduate students.
The top fifty placings, including
Miss Elligsen, were given awards
of books.
Miss Elligsen, the only
student to Trite the exam from
S. D. H. S, Was also the only student
to place in the top 50 from this
area including Huron, Perth and
the City of London. She wrote,
the exam at the end of February
and was informed of her
achievement_ just before the
spring break. In addition to the
recognition from the University,
she also received a letter of con-
gratulations from D. J. Cochrane,
Director of- Education for Huron
County. ,,
Miss Elligsen is the daughter
of Mr.- and Mrs. Edgar Elligsen
of R,R,#4, Walton. Her chemistry
teacher at S,D.H,S. is Mr. S. M.
There will be no wicket ser-
vice or mail received 'al the
Seaforth Post Office on Good
Friday according to Postmaster
0, a Oke.
. Rural routes wilt not be
served on the holiday but -mail
will be dispatched to all points
at 5:30 p.m. The lobby will be
open as usual for post office
box patrons.
HIGM 'GIRL IN PROVINCIAL CONTEST
Marg. Elligsen, a Grade XIV Student at Seaforth District
High School was recently infotmed that the was the highest •
scoring girl in a province-wide chem1s.try 'test conducted by
the University of Waterloo. Aboves'he reads the letter
informing her of the achievement with Mr. S, M. Hook, her
chemistry teacher at the school. (Staff Photo)
Best Speaker Wins
United Nation Trip
Talks On .
Sewer
Continue
Negotiations between the town
and Huron Board of Education to
provide sewer service to the
enlarged . Seaforth Public School '
advanced during the week.
• At a meeting•here Wednesday
of last week between council and
members of the board's building
committee, council indicated it
was prepared to construct a
sewer. line along Market Street
from the school to a' point near
High Street where it could be
connected ',to' an existing sewer
line.
Most of the line would be
• incorporated intheproposecitown
wide sewer system now under
discussion with OWRC, The cost
to the board would reflect only
that portion that would have to be
abandoned including -force main
and'pump plus a portion of en-
gineering fees. This was set at
$12,000 or actual cost whichever
the board preferred.
The board at its meeting Mon-
day evening agreed' to offer Sea-
forth $10,000 providing the
amount was regarded as payment
of sewage frontage and providing
Sea-forth' assumed responsibility
for sewage disposal at the school
as of September 1. Payment of
the $10,000 would be made upon
date of completion of the temp-
orary disposal system.
Seaforth council will con-
sider the board's counter pro-'
posal at its regular meeting Mon-
day night.
A communication from ,the .
Ontario Department of Education
advising that all students enter-
ing Ontario teachers' colleges in
1973 will be required to have
a -university degree in arts or
science was not greeted kindly
_lay the Huron County Board of
Education.
"They put a ceiling on spend-
ing and then they put us in the ,
position where we can't do any-
thing else but spend more,"
stated Mrs. J.: W. Wallace, God-
erich. She noted that the starting
salaries for university grads is
higher than the starting salaries
The annual dinner meeting of -
the Huron Liberal AsSociation
(provinCial) is being held in
Hensall Comthunity Centre next
Wednesday. The . event gets
underway at 6:30 p.m. and the
meeting will follow dinner.
' Guest at the meeting is mrs.
Jao Steele of London, executive
Vice president ,of the Liberal
Party in Ontaiio.' Tickets are
available from municipal chair ;
men.
Area Farmers To Be
Guests of Lions
'he annual Seaforth Lions
Club. Rural Relations night din-
ner is being held Mondaylin the
Community Centre.
The event, originally schedul-
ed fdr mid February, was post-
poned when blizzards blocked
area roads. Tickets which were
distributed at that time are good
for the Monday night event
according to committee chair-
man G. 'A. Whitney.
Comes Home With
Maxi Grapefruit'
Mrs. Jerry Doerr, ,who
recently returned from a ten
day bus tour to Florida, brought
bark something • new in grape-
fruit.
Purchased in Orlando,
Florida for 10 cents, the cham-
pionsize grapefruit weighed -2
lbs 11 oz. and measured over
18 inches around.
Although it's still too cool to go about in shirt sleeves and short skirts, the'•Signs of Spring
are proliferating on Seaforth Streets. The bikes and skipping ropes are back in business and
the snowdrops are beginning to bloom about town. ShCiwn above as they get 'into the, spirit 'of
Spring, despite lingering snowbanks, are (left to right) Robert- McFarlane, son of Mr. and Mrs. •
Robert McFarlane, George Street, a Grade 2 puPWat •S ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, son of Mr., and • .
Mrs. Bill McLaughlin, Goderich Street, Grade 3, S.P.S., Mary Jean Salisbury, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Salisbury, John Street, Grade 5 at St. James School, Steven Maxwell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wally Maxwell, Huron Street, Grade 6 at SPS and Michael Maxwell, Steven's .
brother, in Grade 2 at SPS. (Staff Photo)
Board Sees BA Requirements.
IncreasingSchool Salary Costs
Liberals Plan
DinnerMeeting
Robert S. McKercher, of Mc-
Killop, was re-elected a director
of Co-operators Insurance
ASsociations of Guelph at CIAG's
annual meeting in Owen Sound
April 3.
' Mr. McKergher, a former
president of . CIAG, is past
president of United Co-
operatives of Ontario, and one of
three ,,UCO representatives on
the CIAG boar&
for teachers who graduate from,
teachers' colleges after 'high,
school.
',It's a queer kind of an atti-
tude on the part of the depart-
ment," added Mrs. Wallace.
This board should protest,"
The Huron board will write
a . letter to the Ontario School
Trustees' Council asking that
the matter be included ,on the
agenda of some •futUre .provindial
meeting for discUSsion.
Huron County Board of Edu-
cation Chairman Robert Elliott
drew the attention of board mem-
bers to an announcement from,
the Canadian Radio-Television
Commission that' Sesame Street
will return to television this
fall.
• The Commission is prepared
for the program ,year starting
in. 'the fall of 1971, to authorize
private affiliates of the CBC
to exceed the percentage .of pro-
grams imported from the Upited
States if this is caused by the
shoWing of Sesame Street.
The Huron. County Board(of
Education had written to the Com-
mission , expressed its views
in favor of the children's tele-
vision show and asking that it
abereara. tained-on teleVision in this
Separate
Hus,ban.,ds
And Whies
Dr. Barry Deathe, Goderich,
suggested to the Huron County
Board of Education that it should
consider a policy whereby a hus-
band and wife could not teach on
the same staff in any school in
Huron County. No action was
taken on the matter.
Dr. Deathe suggested that now
there is a surplus of school
teachers, it should not be nec-
essary ' for husbands and wives
to be engaged for the same school.
' Sometimes you have to hire
both to get one," was the obser-
vation of one superintendent.
The board was told that some
badly needed qualified teachers
have turned down positions in
Huron County because a spouse
could- not find work within the
Huron system,
The following teachers were
engaged with duties to commence
SePtember, 1911: Mrs. Dale
Shannon, Miss Ivie Linington,
Garnet Harland and Miss 'Linda
McKenize, all for Central Huron
Secondary School; Miss Linda
Reavie for Goderich DCI; Bruce
Eccles and Miss Joan McMartin
for Seaforth DHS; Arthur Clark,
Mrs. Barbara Green, Mrs. Marg-
aret McMurray, Miss Beverley
Gates, F. E. Madill Secondary
School; and Miss Patricia Gille-
land, Miss Karen Smith, Miss
Laura .French, Bryan Probizan-
ski, David Brooks, JameS
Aunger, Miss Patricia Rowe,
Mrs. Linda Gerrard, Miss Cor-
inne Elliott, Mrs, Judy Eddy
and Fdward Garrard all for
South Huron DHS,
Those who have resigned
include Mrs. Madelene ,Steiss,
Grey; Mrs. Martie Lobb, Mull-
ett; Mrs. Dorothy M. Powell,
McKillop, •Mrs. Shirley Hailitt,
Robertson, Goderich; Mrs.
Cheryl Payne, SHDHS; Mrs.
Olive Kennedy and Mrs. l).E.
Durnin, Brookside; W. Brock
Olde, CHSS; Mrs. Mary Cleland,
F.E, Madill SS; Mrs. L. M.
McKeniry, Seaforth 1VS1 ,