The Huron Expositor, 1972-02-24, Page 1▪ The annual program presented by the .Seafortli Skating Club attracted a large audience at the
Arena Sunday afternoon. ThoSe taking part in the CoUrt Scene as a,,Deck of Card's' ard: (left to
right) Brent Finlayson, Mark McLiwain, Paul Ellis, Stephen Underwood, Earl Ribey, David Ellis,
• Ron Scott, • Mark Underwood, Brian Ruston, Peter 'Underwood, David Underwood. Queen of
Hearts' - Joan' Sills. (Staff Photo)
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The Turtles in scene 11 "on witiLtheir_headslt.aref(-Left-to-right)- Laurie.1-labklric; Linda Ellis,
Darren Crocker, Debbie Henderson, Debbie Dinsmore, Sharon Dale, Patricia Rimmer, Alice:
" Margaret Sills. (Stiff Photo)
1000 Plates
Waiting For
Motorists
• Apprixtriliately hOl of the two
thousand motorists in • the
Seaforth area--have still to pur-
chase their 1972 licence plates
with less than a week to go
before the 'February 29 dead-
line.
Seaforth issuer, F. C. J. Sills
said while the demand has in-
creased- ni'recent days there are
at least 1000 area motorists
driving with 1971 plates.•"It's
going to be a pretty hectic few
days" he said, anticipating the
rush that is sure to develop on the
weekend.
At the end -of December only
11.5 per cent of the estimated
total -of 2,233,039 Or licences
had been issued in the first
month of sale, the, office of the
Registrar- of the Motor Vehicles
Division, Department of Trans-
portation and Communications,
reported. . • '
There .will be no extension
of the February 29 deadline, he
emphasized. •
Children AO Society
Reviews Year Activity
A feature of the recent annual
meeting of the Huron County
Children's Aid Society in Goder-
ich was the report presented by
the "Society's director, Bruce
Heath.
"Almost one year ago, I had
noted that 1971 would find us
questioning how we can expect
to realize all our legitimate aims
and objectives as a Children's
Aid Society, within the context
of a mandate under the Child Wel-
fare Act which allows for a very
liberal interpretation and
increas. ing community expecta-
tions of service to be , given.
The report for 1970 underscored
the observation that we' could
count on 1971 to be a very suc-
cessful year if we were able to
force ourselves to settle on cer-
tain priorities and objectives
over the whole range of valid
aims and' objectives.' i
"The process of evaluating
service and its delivery was'
barely under way, when itbecame
obvious that service demands and
traditional priorities were being
altered drastically and mere
quickly than even. anticipated.
The service statisticSscompari-
son contained in our annual meet-
ing booklet will emphasize the
service changes that have taken
place, are taking place, and will
-continue—to • take_-plate—during
l972w"
"The area of adoption has
undergone a marked change, and
i this Society sees tself, in the
position of most Children's Aid
Societies, of coming full cycle
in a two year period, when we
were searching out homes for
infants, and international place-
ments were being, encouraged
in many cases* We are- now in
the position of having a waiting
list where approved applicants
must anticipate long waiting per-
iods, if the request has: been
made for a normal CapeaStan
infant. Two factors hare largely
effected t s change,-one the fact.
that infants other Children's
Aid Societiei e generally not
available, •and t e decrease in
placements from umarried par-
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Win Prizes
At Euchre
The IOOF hall was decorated
in a St. Valentine's theme for .
last week's uechre sponsored by
Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge. Mrs.
,'Mae Habkirk was in charge of
games with the following being
winners; High - Mrs. Cecilia
Edgar, Clinton and Frank Smale,
Seaforth; • lone hands, Mrs: Geo.
Fox; low, Miss Belle Campbells__ _
nearest birth-1W, Miss- "Cllan
Faulkner.
Mrs. Adin Forbes and com-
mittee---served luncheon. Pro- -
• ceeds amounted-to $35.00. •
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• Skating Club Performers
Present Annual Revue
Board Agrees 'Educational
oats:SW*1d Include- Morals
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B of E Defines Distances
tudnts Required To Walk
Huron Perth Presbytery of the'
United Church of Canada, met in
Main St. United Church, Mitchell
on TIliesday. Present were 36
clergy and 27 lay delegates re-
presenting the United Church of
our area.
Presbytery unanimously
passed a resolution_ 'that it'igo
re"CoTd• as opPOsed fo the conduct
of any Funerals on Sundays."
Some of the reasons for this reso-
lution were that Sunday Funerals
pressing the board's belief that
all buses should stop for rail-
, way crossings. The policy states
that ,-Board owned buses shall
comply with this policy when'
driving empty and all contract
. buses shall be encouraged to
conform". '
There was some discussion
Concerning how the Board would
determine. whether or not.con-
tract buses were conforming to,
the regulation.
"Would' anycine like to move
that the trains stop for the school
,buses?" • quipped Chairman Bob
Elliott.
'Two resignations were noted
at Monday's meeting.. The first
resignation was from W. H.
Knisely, superintendent, who will
leave the board's employ at the
end of August for retirement.
One other superintendent, Frank
",--Tadilr,' tendered his resignation
last month's meeting. ,
Vice-prineipal. of Goderich
DCI, Leonard Boyce, has also
indicated his intention to retire
at the end of August.
The -board also approved an
education committee suggestion
that the planning and construc'
ton of an addition to Turnberry
Central Public School be pro-
ceeded with to accommodate
Golden Circla_'School. far the
,Retarded and a -library for pub-
lic school purposes; and that
• it There was-a large attendance
at the Arena Sunday afternoon
when members of the Seaforth
Figure Skating Club presented
their annual revue, this -year
titled "Alice in Wonderland".
Arranged by club profes-
sionals Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
• Brady, the revue featured
members of the club from .the
youngest to the oldest. • .
The program and.those taking
part included:
Scene I - "Through The
Looking Glass" -,Alice: Marg—
aret Sills; White Rabbit: Tracy
he Baker.
Scene H - "Off With Their
Heads" - Mock Turtle: Barbara
Chesney; Gryphon: Lori Savauge.
Dancing Turtles: Andrea Pinder;
Linda Ellis; Debbie Dinsmore;
Darren Crocker; Debbie Hender-
son;Valerie Millson;Bill Millson;
Danny Reidy; Mary Jane Eisler;
Kate Haynes; Heather Pruss;
Laurie Habkirk; Sharon Dale;
Elizabeth Ayres; Esther Ayres;
Patricia Rimmer.
• Scene III - "How D'Ye Do"-
Alice: MargaretSills; Chessmen:
--Cheryl 'Read; Trate Alton;
Susan McLean; Trudy tr.'s;
'Colleen Malone; David Rimiter;
Kathy Broome; Susan Ball; Lori
Strong; Jane Ellis; Darleen Hen-
derson; Ann Marie McQuaid;
Janice Underwood; Barry
Vincent.
Scene IV - "Court Scene" -
Queen of Hearts: Joan Sills;
-Deck of Cards: Earl Ribey;David
Ellis; Paul Ellis; Brian Ruston;
Mark Underwood; David Under-
wood; Stephen Underwood; Ron
..—Scott; Peter Underwood; Mark
McLlwain; Robert Thompson;
Brent Finlayson.
Solo: Susan Hildebrand.
Scene V - "Cabbage and
Kings" - Walrus : Claire Dever-
eaux; Capenter: Julie Bell;
Tweedle-Dum's and Tweedle-
Dee's: Darleen Whitman; Kim-
berly Riley; Mary Thompson;
Joanne Albert; Lynn Dodds; Jane
Morton; Rhonda McCowan; Bar-
bara Dupee; Lynn Henderson;
Cindy Stewart; Nancy Westerhof;
Shelly Driscoll.
Scene VI - "The Party" -
Unbirthday Cake: Rick Ruston.
Backwards People: Rho-nda Mc-
Cowan; Barbara Dupee; Lynn
Henderson; Cori Habkirk; Cath-
arine Ribey;. Donna Henderson;
Cindy Stewart; Nancy westerhof;
Shelly Driscoll; Ingrid Hoste;
• Jayne • Baker; Sandra ' Ruston:
Cheshire Cats: Todd Doig; Bruce
Morton; David McLlWain; Jim
Savauge; Marty Flannigan; Billy
(Continued on Page 5) •
The establishment of educa-
tional goals for the Huron County
Board of Education, particularly
one word of the first of eight
aims, was discussed in detail
by trustees and members of the"
administrative staff Monday
evening in Clinton.
The one word was ' moral"
16 a d the 'recommendation was as
Mows:
' "In an effort to give direction
and purpose to the educational
system of the County, the Huron
County Board of Education feels
0 'that all policies and decisions
should ie made withinthe frame-
work of the following education
guidelines: (a) The development,
within limits of resourses avail-
able and laws of the Province, of
each.boy anctigirl to his emotion-
al, social, moral and physical
growth regardless of mental and
physical capabilities."
It was.John Henderson of Mc-
Killop who questioned what the
board meant by moral andphysi-
cal growth. He was told that the
Huron County Board of Education
would do everything in its power
to see that the moral and physi-
cal growth of its students was of
the highest order.
Mr. Henderson then produced
a copy of a play which, he said, . _
was being studied.... The trustee.
related that a student was ie-
quired to stand up in cla'ss and
A recorded vote which Show-
ed trustees Garnet Hicks, John
Taylor .andJohn Broadfoot oppos-
ed to apoliey of walking distances
for students to meet buses was
taken Monday evening in Clinton.
Although the policy was-pass-
ed, there was considerable dis-
content shown among board mem-
bers who questioned the need for
it.. It was pointed out, however,
that the county board's transpor-.
tation officer had requested the
policy so that he would be able to
some transportation
dispute without bring each to the
attention of the board.
The new policy reads,"Elern
entary students may be required
to walk up to one-quarter mile
from gate to school bus and sec-
ondary students may be required
to walk up to one-half mile from
gate to school bus and then only
if after 8 am, except where a
'turn-around or other travelling
conditions may be considered un-
safe -to the school bus'and stud-
ents, in the opinion of the trans-
portation officer of this board or
an officer of the Department of
Transportation and CO,mmunica-
tion.
Some trustees predicted a
rash of complaints from parents:
who would misunderstand or m is- '
interpret the new policy. It was
Pointed out that no changes are
anticipated immediately because
Of the policy, nor does it mean
that the transportation people '
will not do eveir ything• in their
,pOwer to ensure' maximum bus
service for as 'many students as
Possible.
The policy will, however, give
some autharity to the transpott-
ation officer in' the event of
problems.
Director of Education John
.,Cochrane reminded .the board
that transporfatiOn is a "priv-
ilege, not , a right". The Act
.states that a hoard does hot
have to provide bus transport-
ation for students and that stud-
ents under seven can be required
to walk up to one. mile; students
seven to 10 May be required,. to
walk up _to__ two_mil - -
enf's over 10 'may be required
to walk up to three Trifles.
Policy was also passed ex-
Queen Elizabeth School be incor-
porated in 'the plans when the
addition to VictoriSPublic School
in Goderich is being considered.
Huron county, it was pointed
Out, is one of the first counties
'in Ontario to incorporate schools
for ,the retarded with the regu-
lar day schools. This is going
on presently.at Huron Hope which.
„is incorporated in with J. A. D.
McCurdy School.
The board' also gave tenta-
tive approval for a Consumer.
Education • course to be taught
at Goderich DistriCt
Institute. in September. The
course has been prepared by.
William Wark, commercial dir-
ector, and must still have Ont-
ario Department of Education.
approval.
Recommendations by the
committee on professional dev-
elopment were approved by the
board,, InclUding one to allocate
$5' per full time teacher as a
-Professional Development fund.
However, the recommendations,
for payments must come from a
committee of teachers to the
Director of Education for his
authorization. This fund will
contain about $3,100 it' was est-
imated. •
Reports-from the superinten-
dents Were 'presented to the
board. In ont report presented
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fo c Funeral Director to work on
e Sabbath, create a lot of extra
work for clergy who are already
very busy on Sunday leaving no
time for- Family life, and make tt
necessary for UCW's to prepare
refreshements if a reception
is held. Alsci:cited was the' fact
__that in -m-any-ether •aree-s-decHne-
of Sunday Funerals is the trend.
At the same meeting,the _mem-
bers heard an invitation from the
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The Seaforth district . was
isolated for short times on two
occasions on the week end when
sudden • blizzards brought traffic,
to a standstill on area highways.
What began as a pleasantly
• mild Saturday, by early afternoon
had turned into a driving blizzard
with winds of 40 'miles an hour.
By late afternoon traffic on most
highways had all but stopped
when visibility became minimal.
Area highways police during
the evening responded to only
emergency calls finding travel
on the highways too dangerous.
The storm caught a number
of Seaforth motorists ,while en-
route home. W=Ivibcieinc,losed
No. 8 Highway Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Haley and
family ''on the way home from
Stratford found accommodation
In' the Dublin Hotel where they
spent the night. Mrs. J. A. Munn
and Mrs. S. C. BosWell of Sea-
forth also spent the night at the
hotel when they were unable to
the
eaysetiorfmurther west because of h
The winds died -down, almost
as
Sunday wail bright and clear but
coidqu
wieitk a
with near
neas theyr_z07tegn and
tempera-
tures. tures. •
There was a repeat perfor-
mance Monday night.
A drizzly rain in the early
evening by ten o'clock had turned
,to a driving snow which cut
visibility to a minimum and again
forcedmotorists off area high-
ways,
Lions Club district deputy
governor, Orville C. Oke, spent
the night 'in Bru'ssel's when he
was unable to drive home. He
had been attending a Lions Club
meeting' in Fordwich.
Again the storm was short
lived and Tuesday was bright,
cold and clear.
Two snowmobilers, injured in
Sunday afternopn accidents, were
treated at Seaforth hospital,OPP
at Sebringville reported onday.
. Roger Beuermann, of
R.R. 3, Mitchell, suff ed face
cuts when his owmobile
crashed through a fence. Polia
said he reported that his acceler.,
ator, was stuck and he could not
, stop the machine,
Ray Rock, 27, of 87 Hoffman-
St., Kitchener, reported to the
same hospital for treatment of
lacerations while police were
there investigating the first in-
cident. Mr. Rock told police he
was thrown against the steering
handlebars when his snowmobile
went into a shallow ditch.
In both cases the machines
were being operated in private
farm fields in . Logan Township.,
,s
op some concrete policies on
which to stand and n)::kli...\ist "talk
loosely about morals."
"You can't,legislate morals"
pointed out John Cochrane, dir-
ector of education for Huron.
"It is .a goal, but we may never
reach it." -
Mr. Cochrane said he did not
condone tdday's morals, but he
added that the schools were not
fully responsible for building
Morals in a student. He said
many students /earned their
morals at home or on the street
or somewhere else in society.
` Do we have the right to veto
certain books for study," asked
Clarence McDonald, Exeter.
"We're laymen and we're not
really qualified to judge the qual-
ity of textbooks for the class-
room. If we're going to ban all
books with obscenities in them,
they may wind up with-very few
books."
Frank Madill, superintend-
enclt, said that in his opinion
students were better off study-
ing these books under the guid-
ance of a teacher than reading
them in bed unknown to their
parents.
"I didn't always feel-this way,
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,Carr Club
Winner
The twentieth weekly winner
of $25. in the preliminary draws
in connectiojn with the LAMS-tar
Club is Ken Oldacre, Seaforth.
read a portio'n 'of the play which
contained some Obscene language
"Is that .prdfnpting moral
growth?" he asked.
Mrs. Marion Zinn, Aglifielcl,
chairman of the education comm-
ittee which introduced, the educa-
tional goals to the board, said
that lengthy discussion had been
heard in committee onothe.matt-
er. She said that it finally had
been agreed - unanimously -that
the -word ''moral" shOuld be in-
cluded.
These are our new goals,"
continued Mrs. Zinn, " and we,
are going to strive, and I mean
strive, to •see that they are mot
whenever possible." •
John Broadfoot, vice-chair-
man of the board, said the time
had come for the Huron County
Board of Education to / stand up
and be counted" and to find out
how many educators there are in
the county who will "stand up and
be counted with us."
"If we're not prepared to look
at morals then I think -we have
abdicated all responsibility as
trustees because morals are the
very fibre of a, student's educa-
tion," he continued. Mr. Broad-
foot added the board must devel-
but I do now," he continued.
Chairman Bob Elliott term-
inated the discussion by saying
that, there was right way to teach
such literature and a wrong way.
The vote showed that the word
"moral" would stay.
(b) To assist students to
master the basic acaliemic skills;
(C) To provide a variety of
educational opportunities so that
indiVidual differences among stu-
dents can be accommodated.
(d) To instill in each boy and
girl a real desire to learn that
will continue into adult life,
(e) To provide opportunities
for cultural enrichment and crea-
tive expression, and preparation
for the, constructive use of lei-
sure time.
(f) To provide ,for the con-
tinual professional growth 'of
staff.
(g) To maintain lines of com-
munication, both formal and in-
formal, between the Board and
the Coininunity,' the School, the
Parent, the Ratepayer, the staff
and the student.
(h) To encourage use of
school facilities, both education-
al and recreational, by the corn-'
munity.
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United Church Presbytery
Opposes Sunday Funerals
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The Chessmen in the "How, d'ye do" scene were: Coleen Maloney, Trudy Harris, Darleen
Henderson, 'Cheryl Read, Lori Strong, Kathy Broome, Jane inlis,,-Siisan Ball, Susan McLean,
Tracey Wilson, Barry Vincent, David Rimmer. (Staff Photo)
Among those featured at the Skating Club Revue Sunday were: (left to fight) Gryphon; Lori Savauge; Carpenter: Julie Bell; Mock Turtle r Barbara Chesney; White Queen: Joanne Whitman; White Rabbit: Tracy Baker; Alice:, Margaret Sills. (Stall Ph:AO)
The• Cheshire Cars who skated in "The Paity" scene
were: (left to right) Marty -Flannigan, Billy Garick, 'Bruce
Morton, Todd Doig, David McLlwain, Jim Savauge, Mark
Pinder. (Staff Photo)
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