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The Huron Expositor, 1971-04-29, Page 1• First Section, Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH; ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1971 —16 PAGES Singh Copia; .10 Cent* KOO A Year iia,Advance Whole No. 5381" 112th Year • HEAR BRUSSELS, SPEAKER Seaforth Chamber of Commerce held a dinner meeting in the Commercial Hotel Wednesday and elected efficers for the coming year., Discussing plans for the year are, ;eft, Otto Tippelt, Ken Oldacre, Secretary, Walter Westerhoff, 'director, Clair Campbell, President, Bruce McCall, who addressed the meeting, Ken Linglebach, director and L. F. Ford, director. (Staff Photo) Chamber of Commerce Meeting Names Officers itors, E. Larone and E. C. Bos- well. Guest speaker for .the even- ' ing was Bruce McCall of Brus- sels. He Was introduced brrierv--- ,...Nott. Mr. McCall is secretary- -treasurer and manager of Brus- sels Stockyards Ltd. A graduate of the OAC Dairy Course, he had been a cheese and butter maker and farmer before coming to,,. Brussels. He continues to eperate a large feedlot. In his remarks, Mr. McCall cited the Chamber of Commerce for their excellent work on the national level. As an example, he noted that the efforts of the Chambers had led to construct- ive suggestions regarding, the White Paper on Taxation. He continued by saying that all levers of government needed men with determination, stub- borness and will-power but also with an attitude which would let them "be alert to change, to strive for that ---which is i-n---the- best interest for most." Mr. McCall closed his re- marks with a, reference to to- day's youth. "Ninety per cent of today's youth are good cit- izens" said Mr. McCall, adding- that "Times are changing very quickly and the young people have had to mature with the chal- lenge of the affluent society fac- ing them." , He • concluded by saying' that society will have to wait out the crisis before youth, "but I feel that the future of Canada in ,the hands of its young people looks good." Mr. McCall was thanked by Walter Westerhoff. Husbatid,Wife Team Wjn Council Awards CELEBRITIES CONTRIBUTE TO S.D.H.S. • Jane_ Sills, Sedretary' of the Girls Athletic Association and Cord Dick, secretary of the ' Boys • Athletic 'ASsociation at S.D.H.S., look over some of the items returned to them for a "celebrity auction". Included in the picture are an autographed photo of movie star Ryan O'Neal, an evening. purse which belonged' to Deborah Kerr, a hockey puck autographed by the Chicago Black Hawks and an autographed photo of Pierre Trudeau. The items, along with many others provided by celebrities from 'all, over the world, will be auctioned at a day long carnival which the Athletic AssodIations- are planning to raise funds. (staff Photo) t- fit SEAFORTH OPTIMITES The Seaforth Optimites Novice Hockey Team wound up •their season with an awards banquet Saturday afternoon. Shown following their last game are (Beek Row, left to right) Manager Jae Murphy, Sandy Scott, Paul Bode, Chris Ring, Brad Scott, Larry Dalton, Charlie Stewart, Jim Watson, Danny Nash and Coach Charlie Geddek. (Front Row) Paul Mc- Clure, Ian Doig, Joe Czerwinski, Bruce Henderson, Doug. • Anstett, Joe Van 13akel and Joe Anstett. (Staff Photo) -iireePOMPII1 • Spend More . . . Net Cost 'Less of E Sets $10,848,473 Budget The Seaforth Chamber of Commerce elected its officers • for the current year at a dinner --meeting Thursday--evening..___ Elected to the executive board were Clair Campbell, president; Jim Sills, vice-pres- ident; Mrs. Jean Henderson, past president; L. F. Ford, treas- urer and K. G. Oldacre, Secre- tary. ' Members of the several com- mittees of the Chamber were also appointed at the meeting. In each case, the first named will serve as• chairman: Retail Committee, Dave Hoover,, Elmer Larone, Bill Smith; Civic Im-,„ provement, Marlen Vincent, •• Walter Westerhoff and Walter Scott; Membership, Ken Lingel- bach, J. A. Stewart, John Snu- shall; Publicity, A. Y. McLean, Robert Reid; Economic Develop- ment, ,Y, A. Stewart, J. Wilkin- son, L. F. Ford; Public Affairs, Clair Campbell, Merv. 'Mott; - Nominations, Keith Sharp, G: A. Whitney, John A. Cardno; Ent- ertainment, Cliff Broadfoot; Fall „Fair, Carl Dalton; Keith. Sharp, L. F. Ford; 1971 Christ- 'tries Committee, .Walter West- erhoff ; Marlen Vincent, Ken.• Lingelbach, Robert Reid, L.F. • Ford; 1971 Decorations Commit- tee, Cliff "Broadfoot,. Walter Scott, Merv. Nott, Jim Sills, J. A. Stewart, R. S. Box.; Aud- Mrs. Joseph McConeell, Mrs. W. C. Bennett, Mrs. Gordon Beuttenmiller, Miss Janet Cluff, 'Mrs. W. Harry Brown, Mrs., Clair Campbell, Miss Mae Smith, Miss Alice Reid and Mrs. Orville- Oke attended the Spring Confer- ence of District No. 2 of the Hospital Auxiliaries AssoCiation. of Ontario in Palmerston on Monday. • - Mrs. McConnell presented one of the discussion topics - Programmes for Open Meetings; Mrs. Gerald Godbolt of Exeter discussed the Uses of Auxiliary Funds; and Mrs. P. C. Roberts and Mrs. A. G. Graff of Strat- ford distlisted Bulletins and Newsletters. Mrs. A. G. Edmunds of Palmerston Was the guest speaker: She is the Provincial President• of the Hospital Auxil- iaries•Association. In her address to the 132 members, whoregistered at the conference Mrs. Edmunds said: "Auxiliaries have been many A former Seaforth resident and his wife are among194 Canad- ian artists who have been selected by the Canada Council to receive blirsaries valued up. to $4,000 each. Nelson Ball under the claret-:" things to their hospitals -- sources of financial assistance and of volunteer manpower, they have served as persuasive voices for hospitals in their cemmun- Ries and as established channels for community. participation, in hospital affairs, they provide a base on which to build an expanded hospital - community relation- ship." Mrs. Edmunds urged the auxillans to: "Remember one of our biggest . roles is still good public relations. To accomplish this responsibility we must have a solid background of facts." A tour of the Palmerston and District Hospital completed the day's program. ' Mrs. W. A. Hayes of Fergus is Chairman of District 2 which. has 20 Auxiliaries under its jurisdiction -extending fiorn Til- lsonburg and Exeter in the south, to Guelph and Galt in the east to Goderich 'and Mount Forest in the north. MR. AND MRS. NELSON BALL fication 'Writing' and his wife, the former Barbara Caruso of. Kincardine- under 'Visual Arts' have been chosen from among 888 applicants. Mr. Ball, who is a son of Mr, and Mrs. William Ball, Seaforth, is a graduate of S.D.H.S. Mr. Ball has had a.book of poetry, "The Pre-Linguistic Heights", published this month. Mrs. Ball , had her second show at the Aggregation Gallery in Toronto earlier this year. At present she has two paintings being shown in a show of 15 Canadian artists, at the Rober- tson Centre for the Arts and Sciences in BinghamPton, N.Y. This show was opened by the Canadian Consul-general-. on April 17th. , a The annual bursaries compe- tition of the,,Ca.nada Council is designed to assist Canadian ar- tists in the earlier stages of their professional ,careers and provide, fOr a years work or study. Mr. and Mrs. Ball plan two months travel in Europe with the balance of the year to be spent in study in Toronto. $1,205,213' for 1971. In the secondary schools, net expenditures for 1971 have been estimated at $4,948,013 or $304,228 more than last year's' actual expenses, $4,643,785. Net requisition locally is $1,474,538 in 1971. The budget as presented includes provisions for the new special education services at the elementary and secondary school level as t,„.well as the inclusion in the elementary schools of con- versational French in Grades' 3 to B. The board of education went into regular session Monday evening in. the board room at Clinton, but became bogged down when attempting to fit the costs of three new guidance teachers, one remedial reading teacher and possibly one other teacher into the secondary schools budget. One interesting fact revealed was that the new equipment budget ceiling is $21,614 for all Huron's secondary schools. It was pointed out that money " granted for cap- ital costs in Huron's secondary schools is heavily committed for debenture debt, leaving only a ing or unloading school bus pas- sengers and that all drivers of motor vehicles overtaking the bus ,from behind or approaching from in front be required to stop. (Continued on Page 8), Pigs Lost As Barn Burns A large L shaped barn on the , farm of Win.- Dallas-; south- . east'of Brucefield, was destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Brucefield firemen answered the alarm but were unable to save the building'. Lost in the Sire were a number of pig8: No estimate of loss was available. Loses Eye At Hensall Gary Lawrence, 25, of Hensall, lost his right eye when struck by a gate at Hensall slaughter house Mpriday after- noon'. He1 was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital, London, where specialists are working to save the other eye which also was injured. Mr. Lawrence,- an employee of A•-i's Supermarket, was work- ing in the slaughter house when a .cattle beast coming down a ramp kicked out a gate which struck him on the face. The impact broke his nose"and for- ced broken pieces of his glasses into his eye. small amount recoverable by grants for new equipment. Suggestion was made that if former secondary school boards in Huron County had been content with original plans to confine technical teaching to the sec- ondary schools in Clinton and Wingham, debenture debt could have been kept in line with grants, leaving additional money free for new equipment expenditures. It was shown that since all county high schools now have some facilities to teach some technical subjects, it has put an unusually high debenture debt before the ratepayers in Huron who may have been wiser to transport students to Clinton or Wingham rather than building additional classrooms and shops locally. Another factor in this year's budget is the item amounting to $237,453 representing arbi- tration surpluses. This sum will be divided among certain municipalities in Huron who came in municipal recreational pro- gram. In connection with the last point, Frank Sills, of Seaforth, a College Governor for this area, said that he felt consideration should ,be given to "working with elderly citizens" in any future courses for Recreational Lead- - ers.- He-pointed out that elderly citizens felt left out of much of the present municipal recreation programs. Mr. Milton advised the council that a seminar course in "Marketing for the Tourist In- dustry" would be held June 5th and 6th in the Municipal Offices at Hayfield. He said that the course, which is„ limited to the first twenty-five applicants, is designed, to ensure . a working knowledge of catering to the tourist by' such persons as Hotel and Motel personnel,police, civic officials, retail merchants and restaurant staff. In connection with the-Hay- field Watershed, Mr. Milton re- ported that ' several letters tad been exchanged between both the administration and the faculty regarding the use of a portable laboratory at the college. It was generally felt by the council that the educational interest about the ecology of this area which would be generated by its pres- Dr. G. F. Mills, Acting Medical Officer of Health, has advised Huron County Board of Education that he would favor a system whereby all students entering kindergarten andGrade -9 would be required to have a complete medical examination with a record Of the results on' file at the school office. The move, according to Dr. Mills, would ensure that' the School would have a. general knowledge concerning the child's health as well as any particular physical disabilities or chronic conditions he may have. • A suggested form to be handed in ,td the school by students after a complete physical examination and bearing a doctor's signature was studied and the director of education, D. J. Cochrane was instructed to draft a polity dri the matter for presentation- at into the county school system with surpluses ih 1969. While the 'board of education was not in a position to divulge which municipalities will receive educational tax breaks this year," it is known that some municip- alities will pay considerably-less for education in 1971 and some will•pay substantially more. Considerable' time was spent by board members discussing the inequities of the system but no conclusions were reached. ence mould be tremendous. Mr. Milton also reported that a, course in Certified Visiting Homemakers will be launched -shortly with the assistance of the Canada Manpower Centre to fill a need expressed by the Huron County Health United as part of its Home Care Program. Details (Continued on Page 8) Rev. M. E. Reuber,13.A.i.B.D., of Elmira, who ha„s accepted a call to Northside United Church, Seaforth. A budget for elementary arm secondary schools under the jurisdiction 'of the Huron County Board of Education was approved last Tuesday evening In Clinton and contains some good news for county ratepayers. With the 1971 net requi- sition from the municipalities down $97,229 to$2,09,751,-there will be a reduction of 3.5 per cent on the overall ependiture this year. Gross expendityres" in the county for school purposes this year are estirhated at $10,848,473 up $190,584 from last year's actual gross expenditure of $10,657,889. . However, provin- cial assistance totals 66.1 per cent this year, two per cent higher than last year's 64.1 per cent grants. That means that county ratepayers are having to raise less money locally, this year only 25.9 per cent. Estimated net expenditures for county elementary schools are estimated for 1971 at $5,036,970, $34,322 lessthanlast year's, actual expense of $5,071,292. Net requisition from the • ratepayers locally is Trustee Ted Geoffrey of Zur- ich, chairman of the personnel and salary negotiating com- mittee, reported at a meeting ' of the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board in Seaforth on Monday that his committee will -, meet with the Teachers' negotiating committee for the first time on Wednesday. The teachers' committee is comprised of Sister Shirley De- Lisle and Patrick Monaghan, both of. Stratford, and Mrs. Berna- dette. Perron of Zurich. The subject of Financing will be under discussion at a school board conference to be hel4 in Toronto on, May 31 to June 1. The conference will be sponsored by the Department of Educational Administration, the Ontario Institute for Studies and Education and the Ontario School Trustees Council. Named to attend from Huron-PerthCJohn Vintar, Stiperintendent of Edu:, cation; Jack Lane, Business A .ministrator; and Trustee Midh3 Connolly of Kippen, chairman. -of the finance committee. The personnel and salary negotiating committee was given authority to negotiate and final- ize the salary settlement with the custodian's committee, sub- ject to the final approval of the board. The custodian's committee is comprised of Harry Hak, Seaforth; Lee Regier, Zur- ich; and Mrs. Gwen O'Rourke, St. Columban. Mr. Vintar outlined the need for additional special education teachers for the two counties to assist pupils with learning disabilities. Because of the dis- lanee between schools and spar- sity of population, Mr. Vintar reported it appears desirable to employ itinerant remedial tea- chers who can assist pupils in several schools. To date there are 285 cases who have been examined and others are currently being tested. The present staff inclUdes -one special education Consultant, one remedial special class teacher and one itinerant remed- ial teacher. The board endorsed the Mark- ham petition that legislation be passed that in any speed zone all school bus drivers turn on their flashing signals when load- 818 Teachers Apply for 17 Positions In order to prevent "ember- raesment to teachers" the members of the Huron County Board of Education have agreed to withh'ol'd the names of teachers who have resigned from the staff until the legal dates for notifi- cation, November 30 and May , 31. No one on the board elabora- ted on the reasoning behind the board's belief that some teachers may be unduly embarrassed if the, information is released to the public as soon as a resigna- tion is received. However,., the names of teachers Who will resign from positions this spring Nere a matter of public record for' this meeting, cOnducted prior to the new "ruling.,,,. (Continued on Page 8) Has Role -on Panel At Auxiliary Meeting HPRC Board Sets Salary Meetings In his opening remarks to the monthly meeting of the Huron Centre Advisory CoUncil to Con- estoga College chairnia.n George Youmatoff remarked that the public at large seemed to be of the opinion that Conestoga Col- lege would or should goon open a facility at CFB Clinton. He —said- that. -he--had---1 ea.r.thsevaralL reports that prospective students ware already inquiring at the, base about the college. Ross Milton, the adminis- trator of the Huron Centre stated that this appeared to be a natural reaction as a great number of people in the area thought of' the facilities ,to be established in this area by the college in terms of an institution of. learning and that it is extremely difficult for these people to grasp the concept of a program of learning. • In a diacussion which.followed Mr. Youmatoff's, remarks, the committee expressed the feeling that the College Centre would need to establish an' institution as its prime facility for education in Huron County. In other business, the council reported that the people of Huron are still ;largely Uninformed as to the intentions of the college and recommended that the centre es- tablish courses in the areas of education needs revealed by a recent .survey. Mr. Milton out- lined the needs that had been establ,iShed through the survey and asked for recommendations. Following a discussion, the following five recommendations were mac1; that the feasibility of a, general college course be in- vestigated as a first year toward specialization in the diploma courses of Applied Artsk that priorities be given to short courses for adults who have al- ready attained a level of profic- iency through experience and.. could benefit from such courses' for-upgrading their skills; that an ad-hoc development committee be established to develop specific courses useful to industries and businesses such as the Mobile Home Industry; that the adminis- trator (Mr. Milton) be ' en- couraged to proceed in his effort to mount a course in Early Childhood EducatiOn as two schools have recently been es- tablished in this area' and more 'will follow as trained personnel become available to staff them; and that the administrator strive toward the goal of providing Courses in Recreational leader:- ship as many towns and villages were looking for trained personnel to staff an ever grow- l. ' a See Need of Institution For Conestoga Program MOH Suggests Pre-School Medical the board's next regular meet- ing, May 10. Some boards members did express concern that county phy- sicians, already very busy, would be rushed during the summer months to make all the necessary physical examinations in time for the opening of school. In other business, it was agreed to offer Grade 13 home economi as . at Seaforth District High School this fall if permission can 'be obtained for the Head of „ the History DepartMent to teach the subject. It was pointed out that the new home economics course for Grade 13 is entitlbd The Canadian Family in Per- spective and is a fairly in-depth course having nothing to do with cooking, baking and sewing. In fact;, three boys at, SDHS have indicated they woul enroll for • the home economics course if it is taught.