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about the other barber sh ops in
town recently I had not mentioned
his.
I had to assure him that one has
to leave something for future
correspondence otherwise I would
run out of Something to say.
Col ,ncidently there was a full
.and Mrs. Harold Gordon. •
Dinner guests with Mrs.
Adeline Bennewies where her
daughter and son-in,law Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Rock #4, Walton ,a-nd
attended the Winter carnival at
the Brodhagen Community
Ceinre.
. 'Sara Mae, Rock of
Kincardine wa.s at the same home
for. dinner .on .Saturay.• . •
The travellers who went to the-
sOuth and enjoyed a week cruise
on the Ca rribbean 'Sea and
another week in the Barbados wer
Were Mr. and'Mrs. Gordon Mogk,
MT. and Mr§.- Harold -Bauer, Mr.
and. Mrs. Ken Siemon, Mr. and
Mrs...Leonard Rose, Mr. and.-Mrs.
Ross Anderson, Miss "Bonnie
Simon.. Murray Rose., and
Mrs'. Ron. Betterinaill- -.Mr.' and
Mrs. Don Rost, Mr. and Mrs.
David ,Rose,- Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
-Osborne; --Mr -and -Mt-S.-Brian
Anderson. They have all returned
to their homes with a nice tan..
yt,
• ;-.:.•‘ - i.
house' of my old acquaintances in
that day and 1 could see there was
material for conversation.
Well I received the usual good'
service and Dave proceeded to
cut my hair. -I reminded him at the
outset not to clip up too high, and
that if he took any-Off the top he
would have--to put it batk on.
in - the. second alternatie
.kindergarten Grades 1_,L2,„and 3
would be moved to Vf., Columban
so.that ther would be 19 pupils in
kindergarten. 32 pupils. in Grade
• I. 31 pupils in Grade2 and 30
plitllS in Grade 3 for alotal of 92
'pupils, 'Grades 4. 5, 6, 7 and 8
would remain in ddilin with 37
pupils in' Grade 4. 24, pupils in
Grade 5. 29 pupils in- grade 6. 28
:pupils in Grade 7 and 38 pupils in
Grade. 8. This would result_ in, a
total saving of two classroomS and
two ,teachers in. Dublin.
1n the • third' alternative
--moving the children to
'Scaforth, the board found no
monetary saving at all. •
Near „the end oft the ,niceting,
one of the men stood up and
'suggested that St. Columban •
could go 4e triple grading and that
Dublin could be left the way is.
In a vote the majority votcd for
leaying Dublin the way it is. •
Theaboard spokesmen told the
pare that no decision had been
made and that the parents
feciinS. would be reported back
Ito the board.
• "The whole board _to make
the decision", Ron Murray, the
trustee repreSenting St.
Columban said.
Alternative • proposals to
compensate for declining school
enrolments at St. Columban and
Dubliln Schools' were offered to
concerned Dublin parents at a
meeting held in St. Patrick's
School in Dublin on Tuesday
night. "
A committee, of the
Huron-Perth Roman , CAtholic
Separate School Board met with
the parents at an information
meeting of give the :alternatives
and obtain reaction of parents on
the natter " since one of the
alternatives could. result in their
children being bussed to St:
Columban,
BecauSe the province has said
it can't support education the way
it used and becauSe of
aedining enrolment at • St.
St. Columban correspondent
Tells tale's from barbeith
• Since receiving •an-increase in
pension for this'month I thought 1
could afford a hair cut. So I
dropped into Dave's last
Thursday and first of all he
reminded 'me that when 1-4CrOte-
Correspondent
. V. J. Lane
going in for more mixed grain,
and he was gathering up and
cleaning seed in preparation. I
asked the unconscious ques‘tion,
(was he soon going to Start?)
If DAve is as good a farmer as a
barber (and I have good, reason
to believe he is) he'll be ready
when the right time comes,
Next to Me Btid was cutting,
Someone said - • a senior was
asked to define the word inflation.
This reply was Infiation"is when
you pay $3.00 for 'a hair 'dun you
used to get for 50e. When you had
hair.
Someone asked DAve if he was
going to sow as many beans this •
year. He said he was, perhaps
nice to watch. and becoming very
popular.:
At a later date I would like to
recall some of the foot ball days of
' Getting back to the
barbershop, there was a lull and
everyone sat down for a spell.
Vern told a few jokes 1 haven't
space enough to relate right' now.
I mentioned that it was looking
like an unemployment office`and
was going-to get out in case
someone came in looking for help.
Our Pastor Fr. Oostveenk and
Dublin Pastsor Fr. Dill left
Sunday for a well earned rest in
the Sunny . south.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ryan and
Mr. and 'Mrs. Bob Cronin.
returned last week after spending
two weeks in Florida.
Allan Ducharme , and
Mclyer intend going to Edmonton
Correspdiident
Mrs. Lavern Wolfe
345-2757
There were 2 baskets of flowers
in St. Peter's Lutheran Church
from the funeral Of the late
Mrs. William Hoppenrath - on
Sunday morning.
Visiting • was Douglas Bailey
from Roanoke, Virginia with his
mother andher husband, Mr, and
Mrs.`Mervin • Betrerman for some
time . during the -snow storm'.
Friends orFred •Jung will be
pleased to hear he has•returnecto
his igmc f • the Memorial "
Hospital in Listowel.whtre he had "
surgery on his finger. .
• luck 'family dinner was
enjoye by all at the First
Lutheran. Church, Logan on
Sundy after the morning service
conducted by Rev, David Beutel
and was, well attended. The
annual-voters- meeting• followed:—
The newly elected officers arc
Eric Hinzielder and Gary Wolfe':
trustee. It was decided to have a
,pot luck family dinner again next
year.
Mrs. Lois Loyva and ,ittle
Andrea have returned to their
home in; Toronto after visiting ht
the home of the former's parents.
Mr.'ind Mrs. Harold Bauer. and
fancily. '
Sincere sympathy is extended
from Brodhagen-and community
to Mr.. and Mrs. August
Scherbarth and family, Mr. and'
Mrs. Harold Elligsen and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Elligsen and
sons. and a sister Mrs. Mary
Dittmer of Brodhagen in the loss.
of a beloved pothergrand-
mother and sister. Mrs. Willilam •
Louisa Hoppenrath. The funeral
Was held at St. Peter's Lutheran
Church of Brodhagen on
Wednesday afterrkion. She was
laid to rest in Elizabeth titz
• Memorial. Chapel. Burial at, a
later date in St. Peter's Lutheran
Church Cemetery,
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. •
• Doug Eliot and little Shawn w-a`e
• the latter's ;grandmother,
Martin Diegel of Shakespeare for
a week.
, Friends of Mr. Carl Priestap
will be sorry to hear he was
moved to the General Hospital in
stratford by ambulance last
Tuesday where he was placed in
intensive care due to a heart
problein. We are glad to learn he
is now out of intensive care. •
, Mts. Ralph Wietersen did heri
good deed for the day when
groups of 38 people from Keswick
sought accommodation for the
night during the snow storm last
Thursdy: They wer snowbound on
their way to a brae)/ tournament
.in Sarnia. M. `Ralph Weitersett
and 15avid had gone to Mitchell
ajad were storm stayed.They
' visited at the home of his wife's
• flarents 'mother and father, Mr.
Columban there was a possibility
that the school would have to be
:closed.
Jack Lane. superintendent of
business for , the board said taht if
the -Salaries and 4, number of
teachers were to continue in •the
complement' that now exists, it
'would consume 81 percent of the
total 1978 budget as compared.
with 70 percent in 1977. '
John O'Leary a trustee
representing Dublin area on the
board told the meeting that even
if they were- to , double. the
-e„Frrol'hi e t figures ' at St.
Columban for, next year
September 1978. Grades I , and 2
would have 14 students, grades 3
arid 4 would have 19 students ,
grades 5 and 6 vrotild'ha've 17
students and grades 7 and .8
'Brodhagen has
would have 17 students.
However, it was -in the best
interests of the board that the
school should be kept open so the
provincial government will
continue to „participate in
debentures, he 'said. •
• The alternatives that the board
offered to cloSing the school at St.
Columban were triple grading at
St. Columban, consolidating with
Dublin or consOlidatiog with ,
Seaforth. -
In the' first alternative._
kindergarten would remain in •
Dublin. Grades 1, 2 and .3 would
increase to 20 pupils, grades 4 , 5
and 6 would have a total of 30
pupils and grades 7 and 8 would
have a total of 17. this would close
one classroom with the saving of
one teacher,
Friends of Mr, Ken RoSe will
be 'pleaSed • to know' he has
returned to his home on Thursday
from . the general hospital,
Stratford'., Stratford, where he was 'a 'patient
dile • to an injury on his foot• in.. a-
snoWmobite accident last Friday.
, Holidaying with' Mr. and Mrs.
Doug -Elliott and, little Shawn for a'
week • was. ' the • tatter's
grandmother, MrS. Martin Diegel
of Shakespeare. •
Once again' Brodhagen and
community • is saddened by the
Sudden' . death of Mr.• Edgar
Elligsen with a heart attack in a
holiday. in Toronto Sunday night..
• They enjoyed,-.their, .holidays-so
much with. their daughter Joanne
and .son,m-law. John Bender and
liftle Karen in Portland ; Oregon
• • that they stayed an extra. week.
The Canadian Lutheran Bible
'A mbassador_Grou.p_from._ALberta • which was at the Grace Lutheran
Church in Mitchell last' week
beat St. Peter's Feb.
Dublin .parents-,dsscuss scFmoi bussitig.
One.of the men in attendance
wondered what the result would
be if classes wer doubled and
tripled in size. 'Has anybody'
asked the teachers if this would
affect the education of the
children, he asked.
.we going to have
meetings after the teachers have
had•their say? They have a- lot
more responsibilityjn bringing' up
my kids than I have. think they
should have' a say in there!' he
said..
.The Board spokesman said that
they are 'holding a meeting with:
the teachers in Stratford on
Thursday night..
• . Vern Dale's hair. Since' I have • •
have to admire how .well he looks.
Only. as he says. all buggered' up
at the knees due to football. But,
he can't blame me, I could never
run fast enough, to get near him,
Football in those days was a
blow'em' down drag him out
game. Theyc all it soccer today.
You get penalized for butting. It's
1
' known Vern' since the early' 20's
•,. when he played football for that
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The Huron County Board of
Education has advised rural school
principals to "use their heads"
when contemplating • sending
students home • from - school'
because• of power •„failures or
interruptions. The board : •
heard a request for guidance froth
the, principals at its- Monday
,1,9•idod if , lea\ e the
matter up to the individual
Principals.
Dorothy Williams, .-ClintOn
trustee and chairman of -the
'.,"Student policies committee. told
the b oard that thecommittec had
received a letter from the North
'Huron principals, reqdesting
. • direction. in the event of a hydra
interruption, 'She said the
principals seemed to be at a loss
ok or' their re‘noncibititie,. t4-'1
students when the lights go out,
Mrs. Williams ' said, the
principals were concerned
because them was no way of
determining hew long the power
would be out. She said the matter
could be dealt with easier if they
could be assured it would he 'out
an hour of live hours and that the
principals did not want to send
children home and then. have
URQN EXPQ$ IVA FEBRUARY 9 '1978
ome, board tells
A PACKED HQUSE—:§eatorth Saddle Club members were'sitting in doorways at '
their meeting Sunday since a large crowd came out;, hear local veterinarian Dr..
Stan Alkernade. (Expositor Photo)
•
power service yesurned. that Monday, she, heard a bulletin
The trustee said that 'when- on the radio that power would be
power failures occur some schools out in some northern areas of the
arc left without heat, running ` county for two hours. , She said
water to opert4e fountains and that is the type of situation the
toilets, fire alarfn systems arez,,off....z„, • principals are concerned with,
lights are out and cloi,ks and class •"I suess in that situation the
bells off.' principal would have cto tail --bus'' • .
Shriley .'Harlin, trustee for drivers not to. ick up, stodents,''. ..
•hairman John
to wonder
She said she felt the decision was what principals w e for," said,
the principal's responsibility. vice chairman Alex Corrigan.
"It would seem to me to be the ' Mrs. Williams argued that not
same situation. as when a winter every school may be affected by
storm strikes," said separate the power Interruption -which
school trustee Eugene Frayne. makes 'each principal's decision
-Mrs. Williams said the an individual one if they are not
committee had spent a ' certain of the, scope of the
considerable amount of time on problem. She added that in some
the matter and pointed out the situations parents are not , bonne
situation was not, the same as a' and provision has to be made to
storm. She said principalS know , send children Co' a -home where
during a storm that the situation' people will accept responsibility
will_be constant but do not know fOr the child-. She said the
how long power will be off. She committee wanted to know the
said in rurual Schools children board's' legal responsibility.
have to be bussed home but in ' John, Cochrane, director of
urban schools they can be education, told the board the only
dismissed to walk home, policy, in affect is "use your
MrS. Williams told the board _ . _ __
a
head
bitur
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Seaforth and R. Bruce Dale,
Stratford , and by 5 grand-
children. She also is survived by
her mother Mrs. Adeline Taylor,
Hensall, bY brothers Delbert and
Milton of Exeter, Ivan, Kitchener
and Frederick of Clinton and by
Sister Melba, Mrs. Harry
Walper, Exeter and Verna, Mrs.
Gibbings, R.R.1, Clinton.
The funeral will take place froth
the Box Funeral Home, Seaforth
on Thursday-at 2 p.m. and will be
conducted by Rev. W.J.Murray of
Mitchell. Interment will follow in.
Clinton Cemetery. Pallbearers
will be Dalton Walper, Ray
Taylor, Paul , Gibbings, Murray
Taylor, Vernon Dale and Harvey
Hodge. Flowerbearers - Eugene
Dale, Ronald Walper arid John
Hodge. .
The Huron Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
KINDEROARTEN:'
REGISTRATION
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at
St. Joseph's School, Kingsbridge
Thursday Mardh 30th-1:30'- 3:80
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Schbol
Tuesday, March 28?th 9 - 4
• St. Joseph's School, Clinton
Wednesday, March 1501'9:30 12:00 —
St. Mary's School, Goderich
Wednesday, March 1 -p-rn•
Thursday,March 2 - p.m.
St. Boniface School s Zurich
Monday, April 17th 9 - 12-
Preciobs"Blood School, Exeter
Monday, February, 20th - p.m.
St. James School, Seaforth\
Thursday, February 23rd 1 - 3:30
Sacred Heart School, 'Wingham
4Thursday, February 16th -
, St. Patrick's School, Dublin
Wednesday, February 15 9 - 12
St. Marys School, Hesson
Wednesday, MarCh 1st . 9 - 11
1 -3:30
Immaculate Conception School, Stratford
Tuesdafly, February 14th - P.M.
St. Ambrose School, Stratford
Tuesday, February 14th - p.m.
St. Joseph's. School. Stratford
Tuesday,, February 14th - p.m.
St. Aloysius School, Stratford
Tuesday, February 14th - p.m.
St, Patrick's School, Kinkora
.4Thursday, February 23, 9:30 - 3:30
Holy Name of _yary Schobl, St. Marys
Monday, Febrdary 27th 1 - 3\81
Children eligible fo,r registration will need to be
five years of age on or before December 31, 1978.
Please bring, birth certificate,' social insurance
number • (if available), , OHIP number,
irnmunization cards and any other pertinent health
records at the time of registration.
Colborne Township, said she. suggested boar
didn't feel the board needed to Elliott.
develop wlicy for power failures. "I was beginnin
•
MRS. MELVIN DALE
d6ath occurred in Seaforth
Community Hospital on Tuesday,
February 7. 1978 of Mrs. Melvin
Dale of 54,1 Coleman St., Seaforth
folloWing” an illness of eight
months. She was 66.
The former Mildred Mary
Taylor she was born in Grand
Bend, a daughter of Mrs. HarrY
Taylor and the late Mr. Taylor.
She attended school in
Tucker h smit and following: her
marriage to Melvin Dale, August
15, 1936
until'
couple resided in
Clinton 1945 when they
roved Seaforth. Mrs. Dale
was a member of First Presby-
terian Church and of the• LOBA.
She_is soryiyed by her husband
and two' sons, Floyd 'R. Dale,