The Huron Expositor, 1976-08-26, Page 1rkSSiltiATION SP011110
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Steve Underwood, left, and John Nielsen, Seaforth's
silver medal winners.
JOSEPH MILLS
get worse in the future. . "It's not just a case of 'oh well,
Anne more optimistic, I failed that exam,' it's survival."
understa bly.
Two other Seaforth students,
Anna Marie Hoste, who's going
into Giade 13, and Darlene
Carnochan - Who's • starting
university, were also at the
summer school, which is run by
the University of Western Ontario
in Trois Pistoles, 145 miles north
eastof Quebec City in the Gaspe.
Don and Mane are enthusiastic
about the opOprtutifty and would
like to see other local people who
The school has 250 students in
Morning classes ,on subjects like
French or Quebec literature and
history or straight conversation
and grammar. "It's not the
place to learn French for the very
first time." Don says, although
some students didn't know a word
when they arrived, "but if you
have just a little you'll be
alright."
'In the afternoon students had
workshops in things like drama or
Child mental health
centre planned
A mental health centre for
Huron County children is on its
way. -
The Provincial Ministry of
health has given approval for the
creation of 'a children's mental
health centre to- provide
specialized services for children
and yOuth in Huron County. The
new service will be incorporated
under the Children's Mental
Health Centre's Act, and as a
psychiatric facility under the
Mental Health Act.
FollOwing the closure vof the
Goderich Psychiatric Hsopital and
its child care and adolescent unit,
a County Steering Committee,
composed of staff and
administrators of .the present•
health and social service
organizations, along with
interested professional and
representive citizens, has met
over the last four months to
examine the gaps in _mental
heatIh and other specialized
- services for children. and youth.
An operating philosophy, and a
generalized outline of services
has been developed and
diagnostic and treatment
program will start during the Fall
of this year and into 19'77.
Throughout the deliberations,
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION EXECkHERE — The executivEref the Ontario H eritaae
Foundation spent an hour in Seaforth on Friday Afternoon and were thrilled by their
visit to Cardno'S Hall. Resting on one of .the benches that was original' Seating in ,
the hall are Heritage Foundation president Antony Adamson and John and on
CArdno who escorted the visitors around the hall that has been in their family Once
it was opened in' 1877. Foundation members also visited St. Thorpes Anglican
Church here and took a walk outside the old Seaforth Public School. They vent ori to
Exeter to look at the old town hall, recent recipient of a Heritage Foundation grant
of more than $40,006. (Staff Photo)
SEAKIRTH, ONTARIO, THURSOV, AUGUST, 26, 1976 — 20 PAGES
Whale No. 5662
117th Year
By recorded vote
WRITING OUT NUMBER SEVENTY-SIX,— Police
protect people and also write out parking tickets in
Seaforth. Last month' the department splurged and
of ter years of very'cew tickets, gave out 75 parking
tickets to the unsuspectitig public who failed to drop
a few coins in their parking meter. The $1 fine won't
break anybody though, not even' Expesitor
photographer John Miner Who got three tickets in
three days. Town council apparently asked that
lontime parkers be charged after getting complaints
ab' out the lack of empty parking spaces on Main St.
Const. Ron Lauzon is doing ticket duty above.
(Staff Photo)
ys,win 5ilver
t Dominion g
every day as well as following. a
program of strenuous stretching
exercises.
- "Technique and spring is the
main thing in high jumping,"
were approved for: John
Hayerkamp, R.R.1, Brucefield,
steel grain bin; Ken Gemznell,
R.R.2, -Kippen, steel grain bin;
Merton Keyes, R.R.4, Seaforth;
three steel grain bins; Ross
Faber, Kippen, Implement shed;
Ira Geiger, Hensall, porch added
to house; and Don B achert,
R.R.4, Seaforth, liquid manure
tank.
A tile drainage loan. for $2,800
was approved.
The Geary Creek 'drain report
from Hibbert Township, affecting
about four Tuckersmith rate-
payers , was given two readings
and court of revision was set for
reason for voting was to ensure
that the programs started by Mr.
Tolcar and Mr.' Easton would be
continued for the children from
Kindergarten to Grade 8 in the 19
separate schools in Huron and
Perth Counties.
The recorded vote on the first
motion to hire Mr. Mills was as
follows: For: John O'Drowsky,-St.
Marys; Mickey Vere and Ronald
Marcy , both of Stratford; Greg
Fleming, Crediton; Vincent
Young, Goderich; William
Kinahan, Wingham; Ted
Geoffrey, Zurich and Board
Chairman, Arthur Haid.
Opposed: David Teahen and
Howard Shantz, both of Stratford;
Francis Hicknell, Seaforth;
Michael Connolly, Kippen; and
Joseph Looby, Dublin.
The recorded vote on the
second motion to hire, Mr. Eckert
was: For - O'Drowsky, Vere,
Fleming, Marcy, Looby, Young,
Connolly, Kinahan, Geoffrey,
Haid and Hicknell. Opposed --
Teahen and Shantz.
Mr, Teahen, the only trustee to
voice his objections to the hiring-0-
of the two superintendents in the
general meeting before the press,
said "he objected to the hiring of
two people to the superinten-
dent's position at once as our
board now has a special services
unit operating With nine people
involved, ' one of whom has
ministry certification in special
education; because of declining
enrolment, grant structures and
the fact that this will give us a
supervisory officer for each 1,000
children; on top of not atterniiiing
to .use our own qualified staff a
decision to hire a second
superintendent for $31,000 when
he was making $24,500 as a
,^-prititipal, is outrageous."
Mr. Teahen 'concluded: "The
recorded vote speaks for the
trustees concerned."
Stratford trustee Ron Marcy
said: "It is cheaper to hire two
supervisory officers than to go
back to the time when we only
had one superintendent and two
' consultants."
Mr. Marcy said that
certification in special education
does not qualify a person for a
supervisory position.
Mrs. Sheila Jankowski . was
hired as a Grade 1 teacher for Our
Lady of Mount Carmel School at
Dashwood, effective September,
1976:
In answer to Mr. Looby who
reported he had been questioned
following the newspaper report of
the last board meeting in July
with regard to rates paid to hoard
owned bus drivers, Jack Lane,
superintendent of business, 94
the rate paid to those drivers who
provide the regular morning and
afternoon service includes a care
allowance for each driver. These
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P board
hires two
(By Wilma Oke)
Two superintendents were
hired by the Huron-Perth County
Roman 'Catholic Separate School,
Board at a meeting in Dublin
Monday night to fill the two
vacancies created by resigna-
tions.
Joseph Mills, 38, of Burlington,
formerly With the Dufferin-Peel
County Roman Catholic Separate
School Board, will replace Joseph
Tokar as Superintendent of
Special Services.
William Eckert, 38, of
Brantford, formerly with the
Brant County Roman Catholic
Separate School. Board' will
replace Alexander Easton as
Superintendent of Program.
Mr. Mills, a native of Lindsay;
and Mr. Eckert, a native of
Seaforth, will start their duties
* with the board effective
September 1, 1976, both at an
annual salary of $31,000.
AtZsifil
WILLIAM 'ECKERT
In the recorded vote (requested
by .Stratford trustee, David
Teahen) the board chairman,
Arthur Haid of Listowel left the
chair to vote on the two motions
made to hire the two superinten-
dents. Mr. Haid said that.. his
PARLE2 VOUS FRANCAIS? Anne Stewart and
Don Malady can answer "oul" to that since -they
returned, with two other Seaforthistudents, from a
six week immersion French course in Trois .Pistoles,
Quebec. The two said they learned fa lot about
'Quebec's relationship with the rest of Canada but
they're not sure that it's going to improve.
(Staff Photo)
Two Seaforth students who are
just back from a six week French'
immersion course in Quebec feel
that they've learned .a lot . more
than they knew when they left
about "what Quebec wants".
But they don't totally agree on
what it is.
Don Melady, who's going into
Grade 13 at SDHS, says the
Quebec media "emphasizes the
French-English debate. The
French speaking family he lived
with "wasn't particularily
interested in E nglish Canada.
Their interst is Quebec,"
Anne. Stewart, who is majoring
in French at the University of
Guelph, says her family (students
are placed with families in the
town of Trois Pistoles who don't
speak English' was the opposite,
very open minded and concerned
about places outside Quebec.
"They were concerned about
Canada as a country and wanted
to learn English."
Don says he "hasn't got all my
impressions sorted out yet," but
he's afraid relations between the
rest of Canada and Quebec will
are interested in learning French
attend the school. Ali Faragh,
French teacher at SDHS told his
students about it and all four of
the - local kids got federal
government bursaries which paid
for their tdition, their board and
field trips to Quebec City, the
Gaspe and a couple of other
places, • while they learned
French.
"It doesn't depend on your
marks. Anyone between the a
of 16 to 25 can get a bu ry if
they're interested," Don 'says.
The Government has 5000
bursa ries for English students to
take summer French courses at
various schools. ,
Older people attending Trois
Pistoles paid `their own way or
some were teachers. sponsored
by their school boards, Don says.
Anne and Don say it's the best
way to learn French much
better than in the classroom or in
after work classes for adults. "If
you want something bad enough,
you have tp,eommunicate," Anne
says, like when your hest wants to
know what you want to eat.
Hard work and perseverance
paid off for two Seaforth young
men when they walked away with
silver medals from the Canadian
Legion Dominion track and field
meet in Edmonton this weekend,
A threw of 17.08 meters with a
9 lb. shot gave John Nielsen his
silver medal, while Steve
Underwood came away with two
silver medals jumping 1.70
meters in the high jump and 11.64
meters in the triple jump.
"I was expecting to place in the
top six,. but I didn't expect to
come second," said John, about
his high finish. Two weeks ago
John won the provincial Legion
championship in the shotput
winning a gold, medal in London.
At the same meet Steve won a
silver in both the high jump and
triple jump,, as he did in the
national meet.
Both John and Steve: put a lot
of work' into their wins.
John has been training in the
shotput for four years now and
puts in from 11/2 to 2% hours at it
a day. In the winter he does
considerable weighty training and
jogging,' but drops the weight
training as the meets near.
think it throws your
co-ordination off a bit. If you, train
(By Wilma Oke)
Tuckersmith , Township
residents participating in
organized sports at the Seaforth
Arena will be charged a
don-resident fee of $15"each for the
winter season, 1976-77 by the,
Seaforth Recreational Committee.
Seaforth town clerk Ernest
Williams, in a letter read at the
township council meeting in
Brucefield Tuesday"-night, said
that the fee was to be levied
against Tuckersmith residents
because Tuckersmith council
refused to contribute toward the
renovations and maintenance
costs of the Seaforth Memorial
Community Centre., Mr.
Williams said' the fee would not
be levied against the residents of
Hullett, McKillop and Hibbert
Townships. These townships
have contributed their
percentages levied against them
by the Recreation Committee.
This will be the second season
the fee has been charged to
individuals. It affects mainly the
ratepayers Vying in the farming
music and Anne and Don enjoyed
singing in the school choir at
mass in Trois Pistoles and on the
radio in Trois Rivieres. "It was
good voice training," besides
being training in French, Don
says.
Both say they'd go back to a
French immersion course again,
although they'd like to trY,I., the
best one; which is run by
University of Toronto in St. Pierre
and Miqueloti.
"It's a lot of work," says Anne,
"and you have to give up the
money you'd get from a summer
job."
"But money's only money. In
60 years if you looked back you
wouldn't remember the money
you made one summer but you'd
remember the summer you
learned French."
Anne's back to work none at
Debto-'s Custard Cub near
Clinton, where she's worked for
several summers.
The two say they haven't used
their French much since they got
back from Trois Pistoles. "It's
hard to with other people around.
You feel self canscil , that they
don't like it or think you're being
smart," Don says.
They do talk French when they
phone each other though so
neighbours on the same line with
any of the four students might
pick up the phone someday and
get an earful of the language.
• Anne and Don are concerned
that few SOBS students are
taking French ... there were six in
last year's Grade 13 class, but
don't know what can be done
in the winter it stays with you in
the summer and then you can pick
it up again the next winter," he
said,
Steve runs two to four males
community surrounding Seaforth°
and the residents of the hamlets
of Harpurhey and Egmondville.
Young people participating in
organized hockey in the Seaforth
arena are the largest group
affected. '.
Clerk James McIntosh reported
that the balance of the .1M, per
capita grant has been received.
He said the total grant for the
year is $19,140 based on a
township population of 3,190.
Township residents planning to
plant woodlots next spirng by
participating in the Ministry of
natural resources tree planting
program will be, expected to pay
About 10 cents per tree
themselves for the itrees and the
planting. About 8,000 to 10,000
trees are, planted on an acre of
ground and the cost would range
from $80 to $100per acre. Reeve
Elgin Thompson said he has
planted trees himself when the
trees only cost one cent each. He
remembers it as a back-breaking
job.
Requests for building permits
1 I
about it. For one thing there's not
much immediate demand for
employees who speak French in
Seaforth.
They joked about the Expositor
needing a bilingual reporter.
"Well, maybe 'if enough people
go to Trois Pistoles, we'll need
one;" they said on their way out.
said Steve, who, has only been
training for two months,
Steve and John give ,a lot of
credit for their outstanding shew-
ing to Terry Johnston, phys.'ed.
teacher at the high school,
t' He really helped a lot", said
Johd.- "He picked out..eur flaws'
and showed us what we were
doing wrong,"
ifo-wever, Mr. Johnston was
away this summer at the
Olympics and the two were left to
.train on their own.This didn't
bother them much though, as
their perforOance shows.
Steve isn't sure if he will
continue his training now that the
meet is over, but John hai..
already been working out for next
year's high school meets.
"I've started training with the
12 lb. shot," said John. "With
the 9 lb. you have to moveAuick
in the circle, but with the 12 you
have to put more power behind
the throw."
, John is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Nielsen of Jarvis' Street and
Steve's parents are Dr. and Mrs.
John Underwood of West St.
Their trip to the Dominion meet
was sponsored by Seaforth
Legion, Branch 156.
October 5.
The Layton Drain report from
Stanley Townihip, was read.
Tenders will be called for. a
.one-way,016* end truck frit Silo*
removal at Vanastra.
In his report road superin-,
tendent Allan Nicholson said 32
road signs were removed in a
recent rash of vandalism, and that
28 were recovered. He reported
numerous signs smashed at
Vanastra.
Mr. Nicholson said the
government is slow in giving the
final go-ahead on a bridge to be
built but is phoning the' officials
again.
to
Tuckersmith res idents
Kids learn "What Quebec wants
To pay $15 nrena surcharge.. (vain
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