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Times-Advocate, 1983-11-09, Page 1P IRE • 0 r-; • Whitin g s g Phone 235-1964 Teacher will ottend demonstration despite refu•aI for time off work SHDHS math teacher Joanne Young plans to attend an anti-nuclear protest demonstration in Toronto this month, with or without per- mission of school officials. She's already been denied permission by principal Bruce Shaw, and while plan- ning to appeal his decision to the director of education, she •admits that she doesn't ex- pect a different answer from him. Mrs. Young, who gained considerable publicity lapt summer when she was de- tained for almost three weeks in a New Yourk jail as "Jane Doe" and then refused to return for a court ap- pearance, had requested per- mission to be in Toronto on November 18. In her letter tr Shaw, she said the request was being made "in order to participate in civil disobedience action at Litton Industries in Rexdale." The Hay Township resident said the number of days she would be absent "will depend on the reaction of police to our attempt as responsible citizens to change in a peaceful, non-violent way our government's policies on ar- mament manufacture". A year ago, Mrs. Young spent some time in an Etobicoke detention centre after being hauled away from a protest demonstration at the Litton plant. Originally, the teacher had said she would join a demonstration on November 11 in Toronto, but altered her plans because the Remem- brance Day activities were only going to a "vigil" or a "peaceful presence". She said she would instead attend the November 18 rally when "civil disobedience" was planned. In his reply, Shaw said that under the terms of the collec- tive agreement, Mrs. Young is entitled to three days dur- ing the course of the school year as personal days, and as principal he has granted that special leave for a variety of reasons, probably always viewing the requests from the perspective "would 1 grant it to myself?". "With that guideline in mind, I cannot possibly ac- cede to your taking part in an action of civil disobedience," he advised her. "As teachers we are, whether we like it or not, models for the communi- ty. In all good conscience, we cannot possibly break the law no matter how valid the •PLANNING SERVICE -- The R.E. Pooley Exeter branch 167 of the Royal Canadian Legion was in charge of Sunday's Remembrance Day service at Trivitt Anglican Church. Shown checking the program are Reg McDonald, Howard Holtzmann and Murray Greene. T -A photo reason. We can try to change 'bad laws' but we cannot violate them." • JOANNE YOUNG Mrs. Young said that while she could understand the principal's point of view, she did not share it and would have to follow the dictates of her conscience and give leadership in larger issues. Noting the troubled times in the Middle East, Grenada and South Africa, she said it was time for citizens to speak out. "There's no way I can stand by and see that happen (world problems) and not make an effort to express my opposi- tion," the teacher explained, adding that many Canadians were involved in contributing to the world's ills for the monetary return they were enjoying. "I must go to Toronto. I can't stand by and do More Germans coming Exeter will play host to the third visit of German business representatives next week. Mr. and Mrs. U. Wollkopf, operators of a dental laboratory, will be visiting the community, a year after they made contact ,with Mayor Bruce Shaw and Reeve Bill Mickle in their promotion trip to Germany. Mickle told council this week the couple employ 18 people and will have a brief stay in Exeter where visits have been arranged with local dental personnel. Council and the industry and tourism committee will stage a small-scale reception for the couple on Wednesday. itt�� imes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex x . ' ..AS,. 408x4:: One Hundred and Eleventh Year nothing" Mrs. Young, whose hus- band died from health pro- blems related to nuclear radiation, has been warned by the Teachers' Federation and the Huron board through former principal J.L. Wood that she could jeopardize her job at SHDHS by oeing absent due to unapproved atten- dance at protest marches or incarceration for her ac- tivities during regular school time. She said this week she didn't know whether school officials would follow up on that warning or not due to her planned absence. "That's their decision," she noted, ad- ding she was quite prepared to make a test case of it. "I have to argue the point of whether I am free to express my opinion as a responsible person." SPECIAL POSTAL AWARD — Lucan Cub Neil Fronts recently won a prize in a Canadian -wide poster contest sponsored by Canada Post. Above, Lucan postmaster Jim Robertson makes the presentation to Neil. At the right are Lucan leader Doug Halliday and Tom Seip of Exeter of the Huron Service Team. T•A photo & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, November 9, 1983 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Area schools indite public to Remembrance ro ram This year November 11 is not a school holiday. Instead, students across Ontario are planning special programs to commemorate Remem- brance Day. Don Miller, superintendent of student ser- vices for the Huron county board of education, said the idea for the change originated with a provincial committee set up to study the calendar for the entire school year. After hearing from representatives of all provin- cial boards, professional associations and the public, the committee recommended that Remembrance Day no longer be just another day off like the PD days scattered throughout the term, but a chance to observe this solemn occasion in a more mean- ingful way during school hours. "We want to re-establish Remembrance Day in its truest form," Miller said. He went on to suggest teachers and pupils can weave the theme into history and geography classes, and discussions of current events. As neither the generation presently in school nor their parents know what it's like to live in a country at war, con- centration on the significance MEMBER ILL The usual quipping that precedes Exeter council meeting was missing this week as members huddled to express concern for Coun- cillor Don MacGregor. The veteran member of council is in the intensive care ward at University Hospital in London undergoing treat- ment for a serious ailment. "Our wishes are for a speedy recovery," Mayor Bruce Shaw commented in opening the meeting with a report on MacGregor, who has served on council for over 15 years. His wishes in that regard were echoed by all members. 1_ r FOR REMEMBRANCE - - St. Bonifoce students Marc Crane (left) and Terry Genttner put the finishing touches on a wreath made by grades four and five for the school's Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday. District fire losses hit 5200,000 total Fire losses in the area covered by the Exeter and Area Fire Department amounted Io $200,000 over the past year. For the year ending in Oc- tober, Fire chief Gary Mid- dleton told the fire board al their recent meeting that the department responded to 30 calls, four of which were due to malfunction in equipment calls There were 16 structural fires, three vehicles, four brush and grain and two to assist other departments. Usborne had 15 of the calls, Exeter 12, Stephen two and Biddulph and Fullerton one each. The men spent 719 man hours at the scene of responses, 1,432 man hours in training and 144 on long weekend detail Middleton advised that money rased by the firemen in the pancake breakfast, added to a donation from the defunct Exeter Gun Club, was used to purchase two more wheelchairs, two walkers, a clock for the radio room and a 16 mm projector. A total of 70 buildings were inspected during the year and 142 children toured the fire hall and were shown films on fire prevention. smoke detec- tors and the use of fire extinguishers. of this day will give both a heightened awareness of what others went through. Exeter Public School will hold an assembly for the en- tire student body at 9 a.m. on November 11. Members of the Exeter branch of the Royal Canadian Legion have been invited; a spokesman will make a few comments. This will be followed by represen- tatives from each class laying wreaths. Bob Clark will take over the playing of the Last Post and Reveille, performed so faithfully for many years by Bruce Cann. The school choir will sing Not in this Land and Dona Nobis Pacem (Give us Peace) . During the preceding week students are involved in art and creative writing ,A'rtain- ing to Remembrance Day. Members of the public are welcome to attend the assembly. Zurich Public School is holding their assembly at 11 a.m. Parents and the public are invited to attend the pro - Letters have desired result The stream of letters bet- ween the Huron -Perth Separate School Board and various government agencies regarding its rejection of Canada -Ontario Employment Development (COED) pro- gram has paid off. The Board has been inform- ed that C.O.E.I). (Canada On- tario Employment Develop- ment Program) funding will be made available to help the Board complete an addition to Sacred Heart School, Wingham. It is expected the building project will create a total of 61 work weeks and result in new facilities that will include one new classroom and a library resource area. It is also planned to modify and im- prove the present general purpose room by adding a stage. Total cost of the project is *161,500.00. Of the total cost, $68,620.00 will be funded joint- ly by The Provincial and Federal Governments and $92,880.00 by the Board. Plans call for an additional 2600 sq. ft. to be added to the existing building. The school currently operates 6 rooms. Four of the classes are housed in the main building and there are two portables on site. One portable houses the grade 5-6 class: the other is used for library; special education resource centre and French instruction. It is expected that with the new addition, both portables will he removed from the site. gram which has been organiz- ed by the Grade eight students. The pupils have decorated the gym with ap- propriate art work and flags. Poem associated with Remembrance Day will be read, and a wreath laid at the foot of a cross. Teacher Bob Redick said the students are adding to what has been done the day before in previous. years, and "putting lot more into it because it is part of the school day." The public is invited to the 10:30 a.m. assembly at Hen - sell Public School. Dr. John Goddard will be the guest speaker, and the program will include essays and poems the students have been work- ing on for the past week. The Remembrance Day ceremonies at Usborne School will follow the same pattern as past years, the on- ly difference being that this year the 11:00 a.m. ceremony will take place on the actual day. The school and the Ex- eter Branch of the Royal WORLD WAR ONE VETS PARTICIPATE — First World War veterans Norman Norry and Earl Guenther are shown on the saluting platform with Legion branch 167 president Jim Bornetson and Legion Auxiliary president Marian Frayne during Sunday's Remembrance Day services in Exeter. T -A photo Exeter wants more facts on fire calls A lack of communication? A proposal to have the Huron Municipal Police Com- munication System handle fire department calls in Goderich failed to get support from Exeter council this week. Ironically, the main pro- blem appears to be a lack of communication in detailing the proposal which was discussed at a meeting last month with representatives from the supporting municipalities of Goderich, Wingham, Exeter, Clinton Paul Carroll gets superintendent job The principal of Seaforth Public School has moved up to the position of superinter) dent of operations with the Huron County Board of Education. Paul Carroll, who has been principal in Seaforth since 1977, was chosen out of 34 can- didates for the position. Board chairman Dorothy Wallace announced the deci- sion for the position at the hoard's meeting on Nov. 7. "The Huron County Board of Education is pleased to an- nounce to the public that it has offered the position of Superintendent of Education (subject to Ministry of Educe tion approval) to Mr Paul Carroll of Seaforth and Walton Public Schools," states a press release issued by the hoard. ('arroll received his basic teachers' education at Strat- ford Teacher's College in 1967 Ile started teaching at Victoria Public School in Goderich that same year. He became vice-principal at that school in 1973. In 1973, Carroll became a vice-principal at Seaforth Public School. Active in the community, having served as Goderich councillor and later reeve, Carroll is currently chairman of the Van Egmond Founda- tion in Seaforth. Carroll starts the new posi- tion effective Jan. 1, 1984 at a salary range of *55,000. and Seaforth. Exeter was represented at that meeting by Chief Ted Day and Councillor Dorothy Chapman and the latter in- dicated some confusion over the fee that was suggested at the meeting for Goderich to hook fire calls into the system. She indicated it was her understanding that each of the municipalities would receive a fee of *2,000 from Goderich for the additional service being provided to that community, while a letter received by council indicated that the fee would be *2,000 in total and would be distributed proportionately to the other four supporting members. Goderich wanted an answer by November 15 on the pro- posal. but it probably won't he forthcoming from Exeter. Council agreed, after con- siderable discussion, that more information was re- quired before they could make a decision. The main area of concern is the rate to be charged to Goderich for taking fire calls on the system and Reeve Bill Mickle said if it was only ((2,000 in total that it was not a very just figure and he would definitely oppose 3p- proval on that basis. Members noted it was costing them *27,000 annual- ly to have local police calls handled by the communica- tion system and there were questions as to how the pro- posed fee for fire calls had been established. Mickle said each council should have been provided with details on how the figure was arrived at and what es - Please turn to page 3 Canadian Legion together plan and share each year's program at the cenotaph on ,the school grounds. The public is invited. Parents, guardians and visitors are welcome at Stephen Central, to join the student body in an assembly at 2:00 p.m. Students in grades eight, six, five and one are preparing this year's pro - ram. Representatives from the Exeter Legion will also participate. - Each class at J.A.D. McCurdy will make a con- tribution to the program when the school assembles in the gym at 11:00 a.m. Welfare Toad shows decline Huron County's general assistance caseload hasn't been hit as hard this year as it was a year ago. Social services ad- ministrator John MacKinnon told the November 3 session of county council that the caseload is "down quite a bit from last year." "We have not been hit as bad as at this time last year," said MacKinnon. Statistics show that 150 referrals were received in September of 1982, compared to only 97 this past • September. Also, a year ago, assistance was issued to 218 cases representing 507 beneficiaries while this past September's statistics show assistance was issued to 186 cases representing 418 beneficiaries. MacKinnon also reported that since May of this year records have been kept of the number of "UIC exhaustees" applying for assistance. From May to September, 36 cases were added under the ex- haustee category. These cases represent 14 percent of the caseload additions. Students in grades four and five at St. Boniface are plan- ning their school's ceremony. Each class is now working on a wreath based tin the poppy theme. On November 11 at 11:00 a.m. everyone will assemble in the gym to see a film obtained from the Exeter Legion, hear poems and essays new and old on the meaning of Remembrance Day, and the hymn "Let There Be Peace on Earth," Reveille and the Last Post will accompany a wreath - laying ceremony. The program will end with a prayer for world peace. Al Ecole Ste. Marie, each teacher arranges a Remem- brance Day service for her own pupils. The history and meaning of November 11 is explained and discussed after a film has been shown. Students at Huron Centen- nial will take part in a wreath laying ceremony as part of the special assembly in that school from 11:30 a.m. till noon. The wreaths have been provided by a local service club. A slide presentation will portray the significance of this day. Cubs and scouts from the school will par- ticipate in a parade to the cenotaph and a ceremony in Seaforth. Man fined '174 on speeding count Only one case was heard in Exeter court, Tuesday. In that one, Carmen Drost, RR 2 Granton, was fined 8174 after pleading guilty to a charge of driving at a speed of 118 km in a 60 zone on Oc- tober 21. He was proceeding through Hensall shortly before mid- night and was stopped by a policeman who had clocked him with a hand-held radar unit. Drost was given 30 days in which to pay the fine. SMURPS ---- Barbara Sheeler watches while Tracy and Carolyn GIIHIlan admire some of the articles for sale at the Kinette craft show. f