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Clinton News-Record, 1972-04-20, Page 1Weather 1972 N1 1.0 1971 HI 1-0 April 11 49 3.0 65 29 12 ' 57 30 . 73 43 13 51 35 63 35 14 51 33, 36 27 15 49 36 50 25 16 43 31 53 27 17 49 32 48 29 1.9" rain,' Clinton, Ontario 2.0 (Ion ts. Thursday, April 20, 1972 .107 Year - No..16 Clinton :\ ews-Record Local ladies win provincial championship Dr. Harold Olney Distinguished churchman to speak at Wesley-Willis anniversary • • • School Board to relocate in Par-knit. factory BY SHIRLEY J, KELLER Subject to approval of the Ontario Municipal Board, the Huron county Board of Education announced acceptance of the proposal of James Hayman Construction Limited of London to provide administrative offices for the board at a purchase price of $198,000. The proposal entails the renovation and updating of the former Par-Knit Hosiery factory at the corner of Albert and Mills Streets in the town of Clinton, • Completion is estimated at three-and-one- half to four months following signing of the contract. The new facility will bring the present administrative offices located in the former Nurses' Residence, the office of Student Services Personnel located in Central Huron Secondary School and the board room, also located in CHSS, under one roof for the first time since the inauguration of the board in January, 1969. Provision of thiS accommodation does not fall under the provincially imposed ceilings on ordinary expenditures and therefore does.not . affect day-to-day school operations or budget limitations. It is anticipated that the Hayman proposal Tax on diesel fuel lifted Farmers and commercial fishermen will no longer have to pay tax on diesel fuel, the Field- Secretary of the Huron Couhty Federation of Agriculture said Thursday. William Crawford of Clinton said he had been told by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture that the provincial government had amended enabling legislation introduced with the provincial budget at the end of March to exempt these two groups from paying the tax. The tax-25 cents per gallon 'on fuel that only costs 24 cents per gallon wholesale—was criticized last week as "unnecessary double- booking." The issue had been confused by the fact that not all fuel oil distributors had been levying the tax. The government had been facing opposition from the O.F.A. before it made the changes. Board visits Toronto with protest BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER A delegation from the Huron County Board of Education was in Toronto Tuesday, April 11 for a meeting with EducationNinister Thomas L. Wells, two of his senior grants people. Hon C. S. MacNaughton and Mr. MacNaughton's executive secretary, Don Southcott, According tolhe chairman of the board, R. M. Elliott, Goderich Township, the delegation was well received and is now only awaiting an answer from government regarding the board's protest to the new grant ceilings on ordinary expenditures in the schools. Mr. Elliott told the board at Monday's meeting that the government readily admitted that Huron board had the fifth lowest budget in Ontario in the elementary division and the second lowest budget in Ontario at the secondary level. The government recognizes, Elliott said, that the Huron Board has put up a valiant fight to hold the line on education expenditures, especially in the area of salaries. John Henderson of McKillop asked whetter or not Murray Gaunt, Liberal member for Huron-Bruce had been invited to the meeting with the Education Minister. He was told that Gaunt had not been advised of the meeting. will be financed by the sale of debentures. The board also considered another proposal for construction of a new building, but found the price of $285,875 to be prohibitive. ' 10,000 loss in Brucefield fire BY WILMA OKE Loss is estimated at $10,000 in a fire that levelled a workshop on the farm of Allan Haugh, R.R. 1 Brucefield about 9;30 p.m, Monday. Mr. Haugh was sanding a tractor, which was to be delivered to a customer the next day, when the fire erupted, He had been using lacquer thinner shortly before. When Mr, Haugh rushed outside to his truck for a fire extinguisher he was unable to re- enter because of the flames which were already shooting out through the windows. The Brucefield Volunteer Firemen, who attended the fire, were unable to save the two- storey steel covered building, Lost in the shop, which had been renovated recently, were a four-horse power air compressor, welding equipment and other tools and equipment as well as the small tractor. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Tuckersmith studies bridge relocation BY WILMA OKE A legal survey by engineer Kenneth Dunn of Goderich of acquisition of land, relocating the roads and building a new bridge over Silver Creek (at Seaforth Golf Course) on Concession 2 and 3, Huron Road Survey, is to be requested by Tuckersmith Council. A preliminary survey made by Mr, Dunn, has been approved by council and the landowners involved. At the special meeting in Brucefield, Tuesday night, the engineer's report on the Moore drain was provisionally adopted by the council. Seven of the 35 ratepayers affected by the drain were present at the meeting. The drain starts at Highway 4, south of Brucefield and goes in a south-easterly direction for 8,220 lineal feet. No appeals were made. Engineer Henry Uderstadt of Orangeville answered a number of questions. Court of Revision has been set for May 16 at 8:15 p.m. at Huron Centennial School, Brucefield for the drain which is estimated to cost $10,350. An account of $585 for two weeks' work cutting dead elm trees through the winter works program was passed for payment. Clerk James McIntosh reported the township would receive the unconditional per capita grant on a population of 2,100. He was authorized to seek the grant on a population of 2,799, as recently reported by the Huron- Perth Assessment office. This will mean an increase of about $3000 in the grant. Council endorsed a resolution from the city of St. Thomas that requests the ministry responsible for the operation of assessment review courts, Regional Assessment offices and related functions to take appropriate action to insure the disposition of appeals on or before November 30 and certification of the roll. This is based on the fact that the disposition of appeals by the review courts have been consistently extended beyond November 30 delaying certification of the assessment roll. This prevents the imposition of the interim tax levy and thereby creates additional expenditures in interest charges on municipal borrowing pending the issue and receipt of taxes. It also delays other municipal administrative operations including preparation of budget estimates, special expenditure forecasts, etc. Wesley-Willis United Church, Clinton, is to hold Anniversary Services on Sunday, April 23 with Dr. Harold Bailey of Toronto as guest speaker and with a choir augmented by 50 young people from the festival winning choir of Mitchell High Schodneder the leadership of Mr. Lorne Potterer. Dr. Bailey is head of the newly formed "Division of Mission in Canada", a streamlined structure which replaces five former United Church Boards, including the outspoken Hoard of Evangelism and Social Service, known over the years for its comments on everything from bingo to draft dodgers, "The decision has not been easy," he says, "but the reorganization has fine possibilities for radical change in responsibilities and in communication with the people of the church across the Country, If the church succeeds in giving people a feeling of 'meaning for their life, we would succeed in other areas: financial, service to others, and as a social conscience," At the morning service Dr. Halley will preach on "The Right To Be A Person" and in the evening he will give an illustrated talk on "The Purpose of the Division of Mission in Canada" followed by a question and Answer Period and a Coffee Hour, Special music will be given by the choir at both services, At the evening Anniversary Service at BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Outdoor education was the topic for the final afternoon presentation to, the Huron County Board of Education for this school year. Meeting with the board Monday in Clinton, the committee chaired by Vincent Elliott of South Huron District High School, built a strong case for their proposal to make outdoor education an integral part of a student's education in this county. The seven-member committee asked the board to consider the possibility of establishing a centrally located "base camp" for conducting overnight or prolonged field trips for school students in Huron. The suggestion was for the hoard to accept the offer by the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests to utilize the Stone Farm adjacent to the Hullett Conservation Area for this purpose—on a land use permit costing $1 annually. Although preliminary studies are still going on, the committee told the board the Stone Farm could provide facilities similar to those at Camp Sylvan in Middlesex County. At Camp Sylvan where "rustic" conditions prevail, many Huron County students annually enjoy a camping experience with their classmates under the supervision of their teachers, Rates are rising for students on overnight Wesley-Willis Church, April 23, at 7:30 the church choir will perform, augmented by 50 members of the Mitchell District High School Glee Club, The Glee Club of the high school consists of 115 young people, There are 60 boys and 55 girls in the full choir; with 30 tenors, 30 basses, 27 altos and 28 sopranos. As there were 205 applications for the choir this year, the 115 chosen consider it an honour to be members. They practice nearly every Tuesday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the school and maintain 98 per cent attendance. The choir has been successful in gaining first prizes in the Toronto Music Festivals and have given concerts in Royal Oak, Michigan, Owen Sound and Windsor, They will give three concerts in Windsor starting April 28. At the International Music Concert with the Royal Oak Symphony Band and Orchestra an audience of well over a thousand were in. attendance. At Owen Sound the choir performed for over 1,700 listeners in three concerts given on January 6th, On the program at Wesley-Willis will be; Haydn's famous work "The Heavens Are Telling", from the "Creation", Johannes Brahins' "How Lovely are Thy Dwellings" from the "German Requiem", "Everything's All Right" frem "Superstar", and the lively Spiritual "Ride the Chariot". 'the Wesley- Willis choir members will assist in the Haydn. campouts, however, and the committee intimated that money now spent in Middlesex by the Huron Board of Education would be put to better' use in establishing a Huron camp. Outdoor education is a "learning experience which takes place in •an outdoor setting." A sound outdoor education program provides meaningful experience and factual information outside the classroom; gives opportunity for real life problem solving; develops skills for more productive use of leisure hours; builds strong bodies; makes student more aware of their environment; teaches sociability; strengthens relations with friends and the teaching staff; and creates an opportunity to learn about "vanishing aspects of life in the past" such as handmilking, maple syrup making, historic sites, etc. In the elementary schools with all schools in the county having some kind of an outdoor education course, the program includes outdoor activities on the playground, in the fields and woodlots within walking distance of the school, in sites within Huron County and in some instances, at locations outside the county such as Camp Sylvan, Midland Indian Village and Fort Ste. Marie, the Detroit Zoo and Storybook Gardens in London, Elementary school students — kindergarten to Grade 8 — study everything from dairy farming to astronomy in an outdoor setting. The committee report pointed up the fact that the variety of outdoor learning experiences which occur is limited only by the ingenuity of the teacher. At J,A.D. McCurdy School in Huron Park, there is an Outdoor Club which is an extra- curricular activity. About 60 children turn up after school hours for activities in the outdoors, The committee noted that since the community finds difficulty in providing leadership for Cubs, Scouts, Brownies, and Guides, tire school is finding it necessary to give the type of training previously offered by those organizations. A side effect has been that leaders for the future are being trained and already, high school students are helping out with elementary school students for various outdoor projects. In the five county high schools, a variety of outdoor education activities are provided, but at South Huron District High School in Exeter, a more concentrated program is offered than anywhere else in the county, There the total Grade 9 class goes to a science camp for a three-day period under the supervision of their teachers, and the Grade 13 biology class a three-day jaunt to Stokes Bay where the students "live in another world" and enjoy educational hiking expeditions with a biology flavour. There are other outings for SHDHS classes throughout the year as well, but these jaunts are shorter and less involved, South Huron school also has an Outers Club which is voluntary—and very popular with the students. They enjoy campouts in the fall and the winter, hikes and canoe trips and have employed various and ingenious methods to raise funds for a fleet of canoes for their Members. One of the leading lights for the SHDHS Outers Club is teacher Carl Mills, also a member of the committee making the presentation to the board. Mills said he finds that modern-day students refuse to accept responsibility for their problems in life, expect others to care for them and won't put forth any effort for themselves. The Outers Club, says Mills, puts the students in a position where they must accept responsibility and make decisions, take care of themselves and in some cases, proves to them they can do what previously might have been considered impossible. Mills showed slides of the Outers Club members — girls and boys — who camped outdoors in 20 degrees below zero weather — "and came through just fine", Seven further recommendations were made to the board. They were that all schools in Huron be encouraged to develop sound Outdoor Education programs; that a department of education course in Outdoor Education be offered in Huron in the near future, or if this is not feasible, that in-service session would be necessary; that a method of co-ordinating in Outdoor Education program be considered so that excessive use or over-crowding of an area would be avoided; that each school be responsible for conducting its own program and for determining its own budget figure for that purpose; that Outdoor Education be a year-round activity not reserved only for warm, pleasant weather; that Outdoor' Education be approached as an interdisciplinary subject—not just science by history, geography, art, language, physical education, agriculture, etc., and that school in Huron be encouraged to make use of various areas to suit the subject matter. Members of the Outdoor Education Committee were Chairman Elliott; vice- chairman Ron McKay, Hullett Central Public School; Miss Margaret Salmon, J.A.D. McCurdy School; Don Finkbeiner, Stephen Central PS; Carl Mills, SHDHS; Frank Madill, board office; and Clarence McDonald, Exeter, trustee. At tire evening meeting, Bruce Shaw, chairman of the Academic Planning Committee and a teacher at SHDHS, told the board that the seven sub-committees which have been heard by the trustees in the past feW months, held 54 meetings, spent 151/2 school days and a total of $112.60. Shaw termed the sub-committee's contribution "meaningful". Another member of the committee, John Stringer, principal of GDCI, said that if the committee could select one subject which should be treated as a priority item by the board, it would be curriculum development, Two recommendations were passed on to the board by the Academic Planning Committee. They were that a neW board-staff advisory committee be formed to assume the duties and functions of the Academic Planning Committee and the Advisory Council, new to be dissolved; and that the board compile a list of all the recommendations offered by the sub- committees and state what action has been taken on them, for distribution to the members of the board, the teachers and the local newspapers, A team from Clinton Crown Lanes Sunday came home with the southern Ontario Provincial Classified Bowling championship. The team comprised of Medie Elliott,' Clinton; Trudy Hill, Varna; Gerry Harris, Holmesville and Brenda Brooks and Mary Davey, Blyth won the title in competition against teams from all across southern Ontario, including teams from many large cities. The team had won the right to advance to the provincial championship by winning the zone championship at Collingwood in March. At Guelph the team came up with another strong performance, beating their nearest competition by 70 pins. The team will now go to the National Classified Championship in Winnipeg on the holiday weekend May 19-21. They will be flown out with all expenses paid and be presented with special uniforms to wear when they represent Ontario, The classified competition is composed of teams with representatives of various average groups, in this way, it is the best bowler in each classification that makes the team, not just the best bowlers in the bowling lanes. This allows smaller centres to compete more fairly against large centres. Adastral Park students would be schooled in Clinton BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER To date there has only been one inquiry at the Huron County Board of Education offices in Clinton, but indications are that people are beginning to move into living quarters at the former Canadian Forces Base, Clinton. At Monday evening's board meeting in Clinton, board members agreed that since Clinton Public School has a rated capacity of 675 and an enrolment of only 426, elementary school children who may move into the former Adastral Park will attend Clinton Public School. Secondary school pupils will be transported to Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton, A study will also be made into the feasibility of utilizing Huron County Board of Education buses for the transportation of students to Calvin Christian School at Clinton. Since Christian schools in Ontario do not receive any grant assistance from the government and are entirely financed by donations and tuitions from parents and others, ways and means of sharing facilities with government sponsored boards are being sought. R. L. Cunningham, transportation officer for Huron County, will explore the possible opportunity for cost savings in the transportation area. At the urging of Garnet Hicks, chairman of the Advisory Vocational Committee in Huron County, the board will initiate a study of the impact of the credit system on the existing vocational facilities in the secondary schools. Hicks told the board that existing facilities at the South Huron DHS woodworking shop are crowded and may be due to the fact that the course has been "over sold". The Usborne Township member asked the board to make a thorough study of the matter throughout Huron for recommendation at a later date. In other business, the board passed policy statement indicating that teachers should not consider a leave of absence as a means of extending holidays or as a means of joining together two holiday periods that happen to fall in close proximity on the calendar, There may be extenuating circumstances of course, but board members seemed agreed that most holidays are adequate for staff and well distributed through the teaching year. Survey shows schools prefer 5-year grads A recent study conducted by the guidance department at Central Huron Secondary School shows most schools of nursing still prefer students who have completed the five- year high school course to the four year.. Gord Smith, head of the guidance department said the result of the questionnaire sent out to 40 schools of nursing shows a heavy preference for the five-year graduates. The results of the survey are reprinted here: What exactly are the Schools of Nursing looking for in the academic backgrounds of applicants? In order to answer this question we recently sent out a short questionnaire to 40 of these schools in Ontario. Approximately n/4 of them replied and as some of them are schools which receive many of our students, we felt that the information we received would be of interest to those Wishing to go into Nursing, Following are the questions we asked and the overall picture that resulted from the anewers. First of all, we wanted to know what percentage of their first year students were from the Four-Year Program in high school, It seems quite clear front the answers that most schools accept a vete, limited number, Please turn to Page 5 Five lady bowlers from Clinton Crown Lanes Sunday won the southern Ontario Provincial Bowling championship at Guelph. The ladies are (left to right) Mary Davey, Blyth; Trudy Hill, Varna; Media Elliott, Clinton; Gerry Harris, Holmesville and Brenda Brooks, Blyth. The ladies will leave May 19 for the national finals at Winnipeg. Outdoor education studied at Huron school board meeting