Times-Advocate, 1978-11-23, Page 15 (2)r
a S�par�echo�tokws$1,6i9,OOO budget
If the ministry of
education approves, the
Huron -Perth County Roman
Catholic separate school
board will spend about -
$588,500 on school im-
provements and new buses
in 1979, about $317,500 in 1980
and about 8785,000 in 1981,
1982 :and 1983, for a total
cap{tai expenditure of
$1,691,000 over the next five
years.
The board set its priorities.
Monday night.
First on the list was St.
Michael's school, Stratford,
where the board hopes to
convert classrooms 1 and -2
into industrial arts rooms
and classrooms _3 and 4 into
home economics rooms and
the gym balcony into a music
room, including equipments,-
for
quipmentfor each. The estimated cost
is $185,000. .
Its second priority for 1979
is to add three classrooms at
St. Joseph's school in Clinton .
to replace two portables
there now, plus the addition
of a special education
facility there for the pupils in
the 'county of Huron. The
estimated cost is 8368,500.
Its third priority for 1979 is
• the purchase of two new
buses to replace two 1973 66 -
passenger buses at an
estimated cost "of $35,000.
In 1980 the board proposes
to buy two additional new,
buses for an- estimated
$36;000 to replace two 1974 72-
, passenger buses. In addition
the boards proposes two
classrooms, resource centre,
_kitchen and sleeping -ac-
commodation as a facility
for out -door education for the
system schools in co-
• operation with one of the
Conservation Authorities in
..the two counties, at an
estimated cost of $281,500:
In 1981 the boards would
_ _consider.the•purehse-of,a#tor--
5-acre site in the town of
Listowel at an estimated coat
of $100,000 and then in 1982 a
new school on the site — five
classrooms, library resource
and general .purpose room;
-change rooms and health
room at an estimated cost of
8410,000.
Also planned for 1 ,2 at St.
Joseps school in Stratford,
a library resource, general
purpose and change rooms
at an estimated cost of
$275,000.
William Eckert, Director
of Education; said the im-
provements would "look
after Some of our needs but
the list is open for -deletions
_or. additions of items not
already there".
Trustee -Ronald Murray'of
Dublin questioned why
schools loading such things
as gyms were not included in
the list of proposals. He
stated "We're not going for
equality of education —
some schools - have
everything and others —
zitch!" .
He was told . the board
would lack credibility if it
included in its- list of
proposals the needs of every -
school.
Trustee Ronald' Marcy of
Stratford asked - When the
board could expect a reply
_from the ministry of
education on its decision to
approve.or.not approve the
proposals in the five-year
forecast. He told it could be
February or not at all. He
suggested that if the board
was turned down it should
send a`tielegati8dr to Toronto
to speak directly to ministry
officials. -
Trustee William ' Kinahan
, of Lucknow questioned the
outdoor education centre and
what -conservation authority
would be involved. Mr.
Eckert told him it could be
any authority in the two
--Founiies-and=Hie`proposal- to
the ministry had to be
submitted early because if
approved, much time was
needed to research locations
and work out the agreement.
Mr. 'Eckert said many
boards had worked out
agreements.and the ministry
looked favourably on such
projects.
John,. .O'Leary of Staffa
asked about the school at
Exeter, ' 1 ,think the board
only did ja minimum there
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Clandeboye
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Mrs. David Noonan was, a
guest of the Department of
Agriculture and Food at the --
4-H Leaders . Trip to the
Royal Winter Fair on Tues-
day and Wednesday.
N y. and Mrs. Otto Darling
haVb moved to their new
home in Lucan. •
The Clandeboye Women's
• Institute had 80 people at-
tend the "Luncheon is
Served" held on Wednesday
evening at the United
Church. Many thanks to
Grpup 3.for. their successful_-_
project. ' .
Lisa Carter. daughter of
Barbara and Clarence
Carter was the lucky' winner
of a 10 speed bicycle in the
"Kiska" contest sponsored.
by Kisko Products of Agin-
court.
Mrs. Viola Carter accom-
panied Evelyn and Dick
Parker of Harriston. to
Winjisor for the .weekend
She visited with the
Parker's/daughter and ron-
in -law, Rev. and Mrs. Bill
Millman and cpusins. Mr
and Mrs. Ken McKernan. On
Sunday. the was a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Don McKer-
non and family of Detroit.
Mrs. Art Hodgins visited
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
New books
at library
BY ELIZABETH SCHROEDER
The Canadian Woman's
Almanac by Ruth Fremes
The Bronfman Dynasty by
P. Newman Chesapeake by
Michener. War•and Remem-
brance by H Wauk A Dis-
tant Mirror by B Tuchman
Takeover by D Creighton.
The Far Pavilions by M
, Kaye. Women in Can Law
by Dranoff Fly Away by
Desmond Bagley Fools Die
by Mario Puzo. Prelude to
Terror by Helen Maclnnes
•Ranching in Western
Canada by Ed Gould
this year". To which Mr.
Eckert replied that possibly
during the next_ few years
wittrthe continuing growth in
Exeter it would be necessary
to look into improvements
there.
Business -superintendent
Jack Lane said that new
projects could be added to
the list of proposals for
another year and given
priority. listing if the need
was indicated.
An ad hoc committee has
been gamed to interview
applicants for the position. of
.superintendent of education
for the' board following the
By JACK RIDDELL
MPP Huron -Middlesex •
Ontario's minority
Conservative Government
.was`cjefeated by one vote
(37-361 in the Legislature.
last week on an amendment
to the Child Welfare Act.
The amendment that
would permit adopted
children to discover the
identity of their natural
parents under a voluntary
system. was -moved by New
Democrat Ross McClellan
t Bellwoodsi. during the con-
sideration of a bill by'Social
Services • Minister Keith
Norton. to amend the Act.
Mr Norton said he op-
posed the McClellan amend-
ment because` it places
pressure on the adoptive
parents to give their consent
when approached by the
Ministry At the present
there .ts no legal right for a
child to learn the names of
his natural parents. and
even if all parties are will-
ing. tracing the natural
parents is difficult.
Alt orney General Roy
McMurtry. came under fire
in the Legislature when he
tried to explain why not one
of the )34 provincial judges
recent resignation of Joseph
Mills. Named were William
Klnahan, John" O'Dro*sky
and Keith Montgomery for
the board to work with
Director William Eckert and
Rev. Tony Sonderup,
president of Huron -Perth
Deanery. Ted Geoffrey was
named an alternate.
Mr. Eckert said with the
deadline today (Monday) 20'
applications for the position
had been received.
The board approved a
leave of absence for Mrs.
Stella Farwell, Grade 1
teacher at St. Aloysius
school in Stratford from
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RETIRING — Two -members of local boards will retire at the .
end of this term. In the top photo, plan board veteran Wally "
Burton receives a plaque from Mayor Bruce Show, while
former mayor Jack Delbridge is retiring from the committee
of adjustment and is shown below with -Shaw: Staff photo
Govt defeated
in.thecriminal courts -in' On,
tario. is a woman In reply-
ing to the question 'from
Albert Roy. Liberal Member
•for Ottawa East. Mr.
McMurtry- said he found it
difficult to find women -who
will accept judges' robes
During the past three
years only one woman
lawyer has submitted an
application to the Provincial
Cabinet for a judicial ap-
pointment. The application
was later rejected because
it expressed no more than a .
mild interest. Mr. McMur-
try said the prerequisite for
-the bench is several years'
experience as a lawyer and
that judicial. appointments
for many women in that
category would mean a cut
in pity.
Provincial Court Judges
are paid. 842.900. although
that is under review.' Mr.
McMurtry said that the
prospect of a drop in pay
should not be too great a
deterrent since "women
may have a greater concept
of public service." When he
was called to the bar about •
20 years ago. he said only 7
of 250 lawyers were women.
A spokesman for the Law
Society of Upper Canada
said its membership in-
cludes 901 women and 11.402
men. Five years ago 49
women and '630 men were
called to the bar. while this
year the figures were 193
women and 793 men.
in connection with the
deaths of 22 Hamilton foun-
dry work • rs, who died from
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ACADEMIC WINNERS — the top four students in each grade at South Huron District High
School received academic shields at Friday's Commencement.. tKe grade nine winners are
tram the left, Kevin Glasgow, Brenda Riddell, iudith,Meflecke and Kim Geiser. T -A photo
lung cancer. the Minister of
•Labour. Dr. Robert Elgie.
has described the actions of
medial officials in his
•ministry and Workmen's
Compensation Board as
"careless". The Minister
stated that he had met of-
ficials from his Ministry's
occuptional health and safe-
ty division and the WCB and
learned that the investiga-
tion was not carried out
because of a breakdown in
communications.
He continued "in review-
ing the correspondence i
must say... the breakdown in
communications is difficult
to understand. Neverthe-
less. this misunderstanding
did arise and was not
brought to my attention until
I commenced my in-
veatlgation. "
This so-called breakdown
in communication has led to
a further delay in the WCB's
decision on the 22 Claims for
compensation made by the
widows and families of the
foundry workers who have
already been awaiting for
more than a year for a deci-
sion.
In July. 1977. the board
received a copy of a 10 -year
study by Dominion Foun-
dries and Steel Ltd. which
discovered that foundry
workers over 45 years Old
are four and a half.times as
likely to contract lung
cancer than workers in
other parts of the plant.
Dofasco officials have
pointed out that these lung
cancers may be the results
of operations and processes
in the foundry 20 years ago
that no longerapply.
Dr. William MMcCracken:
executive dir'ecto'r of
medical services for the
WCB, said in an interview
that he sent•the study to the
Labour Ministry's oc-
cupational health and safety
division with a request for a
detailed evaluation. and ask-
ed for an analysis to deter-.
mine whether any other
studies show an increased
incidence of lunc$neelt in
foundry workers aewhere
in the world.
The extent of the
Ministry's involvement was
•to send a list of occupational
health studies in foundries to
Dr. McCracken last June.
However, Dr. • McCrackeft
was under the impression
that the Ministry was con-
tinuing a detailed investiga-
tion ,aleft held off doing
anything about the claims -
before the Board until the
probe was completed.
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January 1 to August 31, 1979.
llrustee .Mickey Vere
reported that Dan Devlin
would be willing to continue
to represent the board as a
representative on the
Stratford library board and
that Fired Bergsrna_indicated
he expected he would be -able
to continue as a. represen-
tative as well.
Ontario Separate School
Trustees' Association will
hold a New Trustee Seminar
in Toronto January 12, 13 and
14 on the theme "Heritage of
Yesterday, Practice of
Today" for alt neWly
elected trustees and all of the
1979 chairmen of boards.
Ontario School Trustees'
council will hold ' a con-
ference for newly -sleet=ed
school -trustees in Toronto,
r'ebruary 1, 2 and 3 for
newly -elected trustees,
experienced trustees and
senior administrative
personnel. The two new
trusteescts _ eleto the board
= eft liar this Month, who
. attended the meeting as
observers Monday, were
asked to consider attending
• these meetings in Toronto.
The board will meet in
committeeof-the-whole in
camera on November 27 to
discuss salaries of
secretaries and ad-
ministrative staff.
The inaugural meeting for
the 1979 term will be held on
- December 4 with the first
regular meeting to follow on
December 11.
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Shipka area folk
at TV production
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By MRS. HUGH MORENZ4
SHIPKA
Those from this area who
went by charter bus to at-
tend 100 Huntley- Street. a
live 90'minute program in
Toronto, a production of
Crossroads, Christian CQm
munication, hosted by David
Maines. last Tuesday. were
Judy Watt, Rosanne Russell,
Helen Ratz, Mabel Guenther
and Velma Russell:
Following the program
they had dinner in the
cafeteria and a guided tour•
of the studio. (Global T.V.
channel 61.
Personals 'y
Mr. and 'Mrs: Arnold
Keller and granddaughter
Sherri -Lynn, visited Thurs-
day with Alice's sister. Mrs.
Mary Hey at Blake.
vt•iti�rb- a other
• 'sisters. Mrs. Eleanor Brown
and Mrs. Myrtle Hay. Zurich
and Mrs. Ada Lee and Linda
Lou, Port Huron. The five
sisters enjoyed a happy reu-
• nion.:
Mrs. Trellis Little is a
patient in South Huron
Hospital. Exeter. •
Donna Baker. Sarnia
spent the weekend here with
her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Baker. -
• Saturday and Sunday
visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Keller.were Mr. and
Mrs. •Larry Keller. P.eter
and Tina, London and Mrs.
Keller's brother. Huron
Park. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gib-
son and Mark Crediton and
Rosanne Russell. Jacquie.
-and Jennie were• Bill and
Michelle Morenz. Goderich.-
and Hugh and Annie Morepz.
Fete bride
at Kirkton
By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS
Mr. and Mrs-:- Carman
Bragg. Allen and Rodney
attended the Wallace -Currie
Wedding November 10 at
New Hamburg. Tom
Wallace is Mrs: Bragg's
nephew. .
Rodney Bragg. of Malton
`has been vacationing a week
with'his parents. Rodney has
now accepted a position with
Air Canada and will be
static__r
A miscellaneous com-
mUnity shower was held in
the United Church base t
for Miss Linda Mars a 1•
bride elect of next month.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Crago
attended the 50th wedding
anniversary of ;Mr. and: rs
Edward Mott of ingersolr
Several from St. Paul's
Church. Kirkton attended
confirmation service at St. '-
Patrick's •Saintsbury when
Bishop Geoffrey Park -
Taylor confirmed Catherine
and David Creery. daughter
and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter •Creery members of
Si. Paul's Church. Kirkton.
Mr. and Mrs. Burns
Blackler attended the fly -in
t Guelph on Sunday
BEST IN GI ADE• 13
went to.Wes Abbott,
— The o4ademic'shieid for grade 13 of Friday's SHDHS Commencement
Mary Warburton and Paul Von Esbroeck. •Missing was Heather Little.
Leonard Becker_ n '�h'trr' fCi't'"H�t�'gins- of
-` undav evening supper Clandeboye visited Saturday
guests wi.th Tom and with Mr. Miller McCurds•
Harold
Stephen talk
agreement
At its latest meeting
Stephen township council
discussed the developer's
agreement with Philip
Walden for his proposed sub-
division at the south-
easterly edge of Grand Bend
in the township.
Walden has received ap-
proval from the Ontario
Ministry of Housing and now
must get the okay from the
Ministry of the Environment
for water and sewer ser-
vices.
The developer hopes to get
all approvals during the
winter. The subdivision con-
tains 39 building Tots and
single family dwellings are
planned.
Road superintendent
Frank Mclsaac was
authorized to put up the
necessary np parking signs
in the Huron Park residen-
tial area to _allow proper
snow plowing this Winter.
A building permit applica-
tion from Bill Elliott- for a
barn addition at Lot 5. Con. 2
was approved
Drainage inspector Ken
Pickering was authroized to
proceed with repairs on
three municipal drains
They are the Greb Exten-
sion Lot 13. Con. 23; Dietrich
drain Lot 8. Con. 17 and Lot
9. Con., 1§ and O'Brien drain
Lots.l0and 11.,Con. 16.
Preliminary reports have
been approved on the
Weber and Ratz-Martens
municipal drains.
Council instructed clerk
Wilmer. Wein to prepare a
bylaw to update the load
restrictions on the Devil's
Elbow bridge on sideroad 20
and a bridge at lot 22.
Concessions 4 and 5.
Fire calls
The •Lucan area Zolunteer
fire department was called
to Scott's Elevators Friday
afternoon to quell a blaze, in
an empty corn dryer.
Everyone
that the
they rec
years ago
not in that co
is very thankful
yer was empty as
1 the fire some
one which was
which
took many hours to ex-
tinguish and during which
two firemen were nearly
asphixiated by the fumes.
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and
Mr.
Davis.
and
Mrs.
Sales keep active
Hensall `Sales Barn was
'active again on Thursday
with steady to tower prices.
Supply consisted mainly of
heifers• and steers. Fat
cattle; steers. $63.50 - 868.25;
heifers,.$58.50 - 567.75; cows,
842.00 - $52.50. Pigs, $48.00 -
$66.30.
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HEAD. GRADE 12 CLASS — The ocodemic shield for grade 12 at SHDHS was presented to
Doug Scott, Dave Turnbull, Robin Little and Catherine Abifott at Friday's Commencement.
GET TEACHING AWARDS - Staf
scholarships to Lynne Mercer and
District High School.
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member Pot Robbins presented the teaching staff
es Abbott at Friday's Commencement at South Huron
T•A photo.
GRADE 10 WINNERS - Arndt Vermaeten. Paul McCauley, Mary Anne Hogan. Barbaro Roder and Lir Scott were the
winners of the grade 10 academic shield at Fridays Commencement at SHDHS. T -A photo
try
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BEST IN COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS -- The top.students'in commercial sub,,ects received plaques at Friday's Commencemept
at South Huron District High School. Above: staff member Phyllis Lawton presents the award: to Lynne Merger., Catherine Ab -
bolt, Carol Rader and heather Meikle., 1•A photo