The Brussels Post, 1975-02-26, Page 10The market at Brussels
Stockyards Friday was very active
with a good supply of cattle and
pigs on offer.
Choice Steers - 38.00 to 40.00
with sales to 40.75.
Good Steers - 36.00 to 38.00.
A steer consigned by Glen
Johnston of Bluevale, weighing
1220 lbs. sold for 40.75.
Three steers consigned by
Gordon & Melvin Morrison of.
• ; Lucknow, averaging 1173 lbs sold
I I for 40.60, with their offering of 25
• steers averaging 1172 lbs. selling
for an overall price of 39.00.
A steer consigned by Larry
Rienhart of R.R.3, Mildmay,
weighing 1110 lbs. sold for 40.00.
A steer consigned by Wally
Black of Brussels, weighing 1060
lbs. sold for 39.75.
A steer consigned by Jini
Williamson of Walton, weighing
1130 lbs. sold for 39.25.
Choice Heifers - 37.00 to 39.00'
with sales to 39.75.
Good Heifers - 35.00 to 37.00. ,
Eight heifers consigned by
George Blake of Brussels,•
averaging 1050 lbs. sold for 39.60
with one fancy heifer weighing
1060 lbs. bringing 3975. His
offering of 24 heifers averaging
998 lbs. selling for an overall
price of 38.65.
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Huron Board, of. Ed. raises own,
pay 100% to $300 per month
Members of the Hu'ron County
Board of Education gave
themselves a pay raise Monday
but members were divided on the
amount of .the increase.
After considerable discussion,
by a vote of nine to six, the
monthly trustee salary was set at
$300. They previously received
$150 per month.
Under new Ontario legislation,
the Huron Board with about
12,000 students under their
jurisdiction could receive as much
as $400 per month for each
member.
Goderich • trustee Dorothy
Wallace opened the discussion
and opposed any increase for
board members. She said the
proposed increase was of extreme
concern to her.
Correspondent
Mrs. Cliff Bray
Mrs. George Heimstra was
host for the February W.I.
meeting.
The meeting opened with the
Opening Ode, Mary Stewart
Collect and • the Lord's Prayer.
Roll call, "Tell your age or pay a
dime", was answered by twenty
ladies and the minutes were read
an approved.
The motto was "Health and
good sense, are two of life's
greatest blessings" was given by
Mrs. Chester Earl, Mrs. George
Heimstra introduced Mrs. Otto
Detwiler, who demonstrated her
crafts. She was thanked by
Mrs.R. Keffer and presented with
a gift.
Mrs. Ed. Gill took charge of the
business. The Institute will look
after the cancer drive in April
The Convention in Waterloo
was discussed. The District
*`.1t will create a bad image with
our ratepayers. The increase will
make little dint on our 14 million
dollar budget but it's the image
I'm concerned about," she
added.
Marian Zinn of Lucknow
supported Mrs. Wallace sayi ng
"we'll get a lot of flak if we raise
our pay too much."
Mrs. Wallace continued "I
don't think trustees should be
paid. But there's enough
politician in me that I will accept a
compromise." She proposed an
increase of $75 per month to $225.
Trustee Clarence McDonald of
Exeter commented "I have to
support the ladies. I worked for
nothing on the old board."
To this Molly Kunder replied,
"It's a paying job as •set out by
the government."
Annual will be held in Ethel in
May. Other business was dealt
with and the meeting closed with
the Queen and followed by the
W .1 . ,Grace
Lunch was served by the
hostess and Mrs. Ralph Keffer.
Personals
Canadian Legion public
speaking was held in Wingham
on Saturday. Phillip Weber was
one of the winners, a Grey
Central pupil. Phillip got second
prize.
Mr. and Mrs. W.L.A.Wardlaw
visited with Mr. and Mrs.D.
Wardlaw for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Jess and
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hampson all of
Hamilton, visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Percy STephenson.
Mr. and Mrs.Don Lloyd have
taken a trip to Savannah,
Georgia.
Misses Terry and Betty Lynn of
Toronto visited with Mr. and Mrs.
George Lyn.
Forty-four heifers consigned by
John Wheeler & Son of Brussels,
averaging 939 lbs. sold for 38.85.
A heifer consigned by Allan
Wilhelm of Walkerton weighing
970 lbs. sold for 38.00.
Ten heifers consigned by Cliff
Ritchie of Walton, averaging 926
lbs. sold for 37.60 with his
offering of 30 heifers averaging
917 lbs. sold for an overall price of
37.40.
Choice Cows - 22.00 to 24.00
with sales to 24.75.
Good Cows - 19.00 to 22.00.
Bulls traded to a top of 27.75.
40 to 50 lbs. pigs traded from
36.00 to 43.00 with one fancy lot
at 45.
Brownies
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Day. On Sunday, Feb. 23, 1975
the Brownies met in the Presby-
terian Church for a Thinking Day
service in full uniform.
the brownies would also like to
take this opportunity to say,
thank-you, to their former.
Packie, Elizabeth Exel, for all the
time and help which she gave
them.
FEBRUARY 26, 1975
Vice-chairman Herb Turkheim
said he was in favour of the pay
raise due to a heavy, workload.
He added. !tast year I attended
more than 70 meetings, if that
amount of work isn't worth $300
per month we shouldn't be
trustees."
Mrs. Wallace proposed the
$225 increase but this was
followed by an amendment from
Cayley Hill of the eventual rise to
(By Ross Haugh)
Computer data; processing
equipment is being purchased by
the Huron Board of Education
and will be installed at South
Huron, District High School in
Exeter.
Cost of the equipment is
estimated at $35,000 with grants
of 95 per cent available.
Trustee Molly Kunder,
chairman of the education
committee presented a report
recommending the purchase. The
equipment will be used for dat a
processing courses and for use by
all Huron secondary schools for
report cards and time tables.
Up to the present time,
corn puter work is being done in
London and the arrangements are
being handled by Willard Long, a
t eacher at South Huron.
Reverse Meeting Procedure,
As the result of recent changes
in the Schools Administration Act
Huron Board meetings will be
• held the first Monday of each
month instead of the third
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$300.
Trustee Charles Thomas of
Brussels originally suggested a
per diem pay arrangement saying
"I like the idea of being paid for
the work we do. I would like to see
a flat $2,400 per year with an
additional $50 for each extra
meeting. Failing this my next
closest compromise is a flat $300
per month."
Board chairman Wilfrefl.
Monday as has been the practice
in the past.
The Act now states that the
meetings of a school boar d,
meetings of a committee of the
boards including a committee of
the whole board shall be open to
the public.
On the motion of Cayley Hill
the board decided to hold the
M arch meeting on Monday,
March 3 at 2 p.m.
Hill continued "This will be the
reverse procedure on everything
with all matters coming to the
board first and then passed on to
the proper committee.
Charles Thomas said, "I would
like to think our meetings should
be public. I think feedback from
the public is good before we make
our final decisions. In the same
vein feedback from our own board
members would be helpful."
Mrs. Wallace suggested going
back to the two meetings per
month system. To this another
member commented "anything is
better than two meetings a
Shortreed will receive an
additional allowance of one-third
of his basic allowance as a boar d
member.
The Separate School
represenative on the board
Charles Rau will now receive the
same salary as the other
members. He was previously
restricted by separate school
regulations and received $100 per
month.
month."
Exeter trustee Clarence,
McDonald suggested the
chairman have the right to put-
closure on any discussion. "I
went through the old times with
long sessions" added McDonald,
Mrs. Kunder was re-appointed
to the Huron-Perth Tuberculosis''-
and Respiratory Disease
Association. She commented,
"It's about time somebody else
had the job, preferably non-
smokers."
The board approved an
expenditure of about $1,500 to
send a physical education teacher
to Russia in May to take part_in an
in-depth study of the Soviet
system of physical education.
The course is three v'eeks in
length and will examine the
physical education curricula in
primary secondary and post.
secondary institutions for male
and female students.
The application to make the trip
came from Bill Weber, a/staff
member of Central Huron in
Clinton.
Ethel
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demonstration
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