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Clinton News-Record, 1972-04-06, Page 1Weather 1972 HI 10 1971 HI LO Mar, 28 32 18 40 30 29 39 21 37 31 30 38 80 40 22 31 42 27 45 25 Apr. 1 35 29 58 36 2 35 .28 48 29 3 36 27 35 45 Rain ,85" Clinton, On turbo 20 ven,t_s Thursday, April 6, 1972 107 Year - No. 11 Clinton News-Record County Board tightens belt Huron School budget cut by *350,000 John Livermore(left)retiring town clerk-treasurer for the town of Clinton, receives a gift from MayorDon Symons at a dinner held in his honour Saturday night in the Clinton Legion Hall. The package contained an electric adding machine. Mrs. John Livermore, wife of former town clerk-tr"ea"surer John Livermore, receives 17 red roses from Florence Symons, wife of Mayor Don Symon,s during a presentation Saturday night at the Clinton Legion Hall. The roses represented the 17 years Mr. Livermore had served the town. Max Malpass, the new clerk-treasurer for the town of Clinton took up his new duties on Monday. Mr. Malpass, 37, is a native of Dorchester and served With the Huron County Board of Education before taking his present job. He is a former deputy clerk of Westminster township, hear London. The Ontario Housing Corporation will conduct a survey to determine the need and demand for senior citizen housing in the Town of Clinton soon. '"" I ' ll A senior citizens apartment building such as this could be built Joint Thankoffering service planned for Sunday at Ontario St. It took sharp pencils and two nights of concentrated effort, but the Huron County Board of Education has managed to chop about $350,000 from the 1972 budget, The drastic cuts were necessary because of a provincial government imposed ceiling on 1 st Column Many of our correspondents are reporting that people in their area have returned from the south after "spending the winter there". You've got to be kidding. It may be officially spring here now, but anyone who has been outside in the past couple of weeks knows that winter is still very much here. It's hard to know who this weather is hardest on—those who have returned from a warm winter in the south expecting spring, or the rest of us who stuck it out hoping for an early spring. + + + Hockey season is over locally. The ice was taken out of the arena early this week. Looking back on the season, we must thank some of the coaches and managers for the excellent job they did in informing our readers on the successes of their teams. Foremost among the minor hockey reporters were Robin Thompson from the PeeWee team and Bill Counter for the Bantams. Of course we also have to thank Bert Clifford who kept on reporting on the activities of the Mustangs Junior team even after he and his family had moved to London. The newspaper needs people like these if it is going to be able to serve the community to best advantage. It's just impossible for the staff to cover all events. So when people give unselfishly of their time as these men have, we say a heart-felt, thankyou. + + Hockey may be dead in Clinton for the year, but it is still going in some other nearby areas, The season ended in Seaforth on the weekend when the Beavers bit the dust but Will not end in Blyth until this weekend when the deciding game of the All-Ontario PeeWee "E" championship between Blyth and Oakwood will be played on Friday night, + + + Meanwhile, baiketball will temporarily take over the spot light for the next few weeks, beginning tonight when the first boys' and girls' basketball games will be held at Central Huron Secondary School, starting at 7 p.m. + + + A slip was made a couple of weeks ago in the report of the Huronview Auxiliary. We meant to make a correction last week but it got lost in the rush. The story said that a loom had been donated to the Huronview Auxiliary. It should have read, "loaned" to the Auxiliary. spending for ordinary expenses. This ceiling was based on spending last year in Huron County and the board learned that because it had been economy-minded in the past, its ceiling for 1972 will be much lower than in some counties in the province where a high level of spending has been maintained, In 1971, for example, spending in Huron County totalled $470.88 per resident internal elementary student. (A resident internal student is one who lives and attends school in Huron County.) The 1972 spending at the elementary level has been increased this year by $60.24 per resident internal student, making the ceiling on elementary spending $531,12 per resident internal student. In the secondary panel, last year's spending per resident internal student was $942.90. This year's increase will he $76.58 per resident internal secondary school student, bringing the ceiling to $1,019.48, This same ceiling applies to the grants for the trainable retarded too. It was pointed out that the increases in government grants will do little more than pay for the increases in salaries already contracted. Huron County is also faced with a substantial reduction in the number of resident internal students on which the government grant is based. It has been estimated that there will be about 200 students less in the elementary system and about 119 students less at the secondary level beginning in September 1972. The closing of CFB Clinton has been cited as one of the reasons for the drop in enrolment, although evidence is that the birth rate in Huron is declining steadily as it is in most parts of the country. However, development at former CFB Clinton could add revenue to Huron County's educational coffers and the board hasn't ruled out the possibility of a larger government This is the final week of the Bargain World promotion and the participating merchants are doing their best to make it the best week yet for values, For the past eight weeks the progressive merchants of the Clinton area have banded together in the Bargain World promotion to make Clinton the best market place around. They will continue to strive toward this objective this week and in the weeks following the end of the promotion. Clinton is the centre of a large tracing area. It has the services required by the people who live in that area, from needs of the farmer to needs of the urban dweller. The shops and businesses of Clinton have something. for everyone. This week the Bargain World Draw will be grant than presently anticipated, In the meantime, severe cuts had to be made in the budgets in both the elementary and secondary school panels, At the elementary school level, there will be no expansion of Special Education staff as was previously approved the board. Deleted from the budget were the funds for the psychometrist, one special learning disabilities teacher, one speech teacher, three and one-half remedial teachers and one additional assistant superintendent. Because of the decreasing enrolment throughout the county, the teaching staff can be reduced by eight teachers without causing too much hardship to the system. This includes three kindergarten teachers and five regular classroom teachers, It should be noted that it is unlikely that any teachers will be dismissed, The cut back will simply mean that eight teachers who are retiring this spring will not be replaced. Also chopped from the elementary budget was the funds for teacher aides which have been utilized in some schools in the county. Severest cuts will come in the reduction of expenditures in school offices, regular day school supplies, transportation (other than home to school and return) and other operating expenses as well as plant operation and maintenance. As an example of the kind of cutting which was done, the supply list from the elementary (and secondary) school principals which had already undergone several deletion sessions, were stripped to only the barest essentials as deemed necessary by the superintendents of education. In the elementary panel, there will be a reduction in the audio visual and library budget to 50 percent of the actual expenditures made in 1971. Although an original proposal had been to discontinue guidance in the elementary $20. Why not do yourself a favour and shop at home in Clinton this week'? You will find good selection, good quality, and fair prices, and you might even wi n the draw, Check the Bargain World as advertised in this edition of the News-Record and shop the store displaying the Bargain World banners for special bargains you can't afford to miss. Kum-In Restaurant, Del-Mac Variety, Paul J. Goldsworthy, Ivan & Mickey's Gulf, Clinton Electric Shop, Haugh Tire Supply, Scruton Tii z & Auto Service, J. W. Peck, Lorne Brown Motors Ltd., J. & T. Murphy Ltd., Beattie Furniture Ltd., Clinton PIJC, Fabian Furniture Mfg. Co. Ltd., Ball & Mutch Ltd., Pricegard, Amsing's, Archer's Sales and Service, Clinton News-Record, Clinton Farm & Garden Centre, Clere-Vti Auto Wreckers, Russell L. Jervis, and Aiken's. A research team from OHC, the Ontdrio Government's housing agency, will estimate schools of the county, the program was saved through making additional cut backs in the plant operation and maintenance budgets, In the secondary panel, cuts were made in the school offices, regular day school supplies, audio-visual supplies, guidance, library supplies, cafeteria supplies, plant maintenance, transportation, and other operating expenses. In transportation, for instance, budgets for field trips and program athletics were cut severely to one-third of last year's budgets. The driver education program was retained for secondary school students although students taking the course in 1972-73 will pay $20 towards the cost of the course instead of $15 as previously. In 1971, about 480 secondary school students are enrolled in the driver education courses at the five county high schools, and the majority of board members felt the program Please turn to Page 2 Livermore honoured by town Clinton said goodbye to the old and welcome to the new Saturday night when the town sponsored a dinner of retiring clerk- treasurer, John Livermore. Over 100 town employees and persons associated with the working of town business attended the dinner and dance. The dinner was capped by a presentation to Mr. Livermore and his wife by Mayor Don Symons and his wife, Florence. Mrs, Symons presented Mrs. Livermore with a bouquet of 17 red roses, one for every year her husband had served the town. In making his presentation speech, Mayor Symons commented that he was not as well organized as usual because it was usually Mr. Livermore who had everything in its right place. "Now I'm on my own," he said. The Mayor presented Mr. Livermore with an electric adding machine. Also present at the dinner was Max Malpass the new clerk, Mr. Malpass is 37 years of.age, He was born in Dorchester and his wife in Windsor. They „have three children aged 5-10. He studied business for three years in London and was deputy-clerk of Westminster Township from 1953 until 1960 when it was annexed by London. He worked with the Boards of Education in London and Middlesex and Huron counties, coming to Clinton two years ago, He told the News-Record that he is happy to be back in municipal work. the number of senior citizens living in Clinton, whose housing is inadequate or beyond their financial capabilities. The demand in the area for housing on a rent-geared•tq-income basis will be determined from information gathered through advertising, direct mail questionnaires and personal interviews. There is already one building of 18 units in Clinton but it is felt more are required, The study, which begins immediately was requested by the Council of the Town of Clinton, It will include an assessment of economic trends, growth factors and current and future housing needs in the municipality. In this regard, interviews will be conducted with such community representatives as municipal Officials, businessmen, social and welfare workers and the clergy, Senior citizens in Clinton will receive letters outlining the Government's housing program and asking them if they wish to participate. Some interested persons may not be reached by direct mail. OHC urges them to obtain a questionnaire from the Clinton town hall. If the survey shows a need for senior citizens' housing, it will likely be an apartment building, although consideration is given to one-storey unita width do not require stairways. Apartments fOr couples have a living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen, Apartments for single tenants have a bed- sitting room, bathrootn and kitchen, All apartments are equipped with stove and refrigerator. Rent is geared to income and includes services. After considering the survey report, Council can initiate the program it outlines by adopting a resolution requesting 011C to go ahead, Capital costs are shared by the Provincial and Federal Governments. Housing on a rent-geared-to-incorne basis is part of 08C's Hanle Ownership Made Easy (11.0.M.E.) Program. Those receiving questionnaires are asked to return them as soon as possible to assist the survey team, The Spring Thankoffering of the Wesley, Willis and Ontario St, United Church Women will be held in Ontario St. Church on Sunday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. Special music will be provided by the 13elgrave Men's Choir and the guest speaker Will be Dr. Charles Moyo speaking on "The present Controversy of Drugs." Dr. Moyo is associated with the Moyo Surgical Clink in Seaforth, he is a native of Rhodesia and Was educated In South Africa. After pre-Medical science course in the U.S.A. he graduated from the University of Ottawa. Following poSt graduate work in surgery in hospitals in Detroit and Montreal, he was resident-in-chief and clinical tutor at Ottawa Civic Hospital. He served as Commonwealth Surgical Registrar at Middlesex Hospital, London, England. In 1967 he was awarded certification of the Royal College Of Physicians and Surgeons In General Surgery, Last week of Bargain World Ontario Housing Corporation to survey Clinton