Clinton News-Record, 1977-05-05, Page 19iM
Liberal leader, Dr. Stuart S mith, left, talks to Liberals from Clinton at the party's Huron -
Middlesex annual meeting l st week. Left to right are Clarence Denomme, Shirley Kay,
Iim Hunter, Beecher Menzies, and MPP Jack Riddell. (Exeter T -A photo)
Board expands French program
BY Sliml.l.l•;l' McPHEE
The Huron County Board of
Education will be receiving a
grant of $1,000 from the
Ministry of Education to he
used in the conversion of a
vacant classroom into a
French learning centre.
The experiment is the first
step in the improvement and
expansion of teaching French
as a second language in
Ontario schools. The board in
their regular meeting on May
decided to transform one
elementary classroom into a
learning centre to see how it
worked. •,
"There was some discussion
as to whether the students are
receiving enough education in
French. .At the present time,
French is being taught in
*public school from , grades
three to eight, for 20 minute
periods.
"Truster .John I iiicitt said,
"The French program in 'the
elementary schools is good on
oral French. However once in
high school there is a large
number of students who drop
the French program, because
it's more history ,rnd written
'French, which reflects on the
old country's French, not
Canadian."
He suggested that the
French program should come
•
closer to Canadian content
not • Parisian and he would
like to see it on the obligatory
list as a Canadian study.
Chairman John Cochrane
pointed out that this niay take
language minded students
away from Parisian French
which is studied in university
by the language majors.
Trustee Shirley Hazlitt
questioned the benefits of
starting French at the grade
one level. Trustee Bob Allan
replied that the ministry had
done a fair amount of
research on this and had no
definite conclusions.
However it was felt that more
important than the age, the
students should he taught a
certain amount of French.
Presently a student taking
'1) minutes of French a day
would accumulate 360 hours
by the end of grade eight and
a high school student would
accumulate 920 hours by the
end of grade thirteen.
However, the Ministry of
Education sets the basic level
of achievement at 1 ,200 Hours
the middle level achievable
through 2100 hours and_ the
top level through 5,000 hours
of instruction.
Obituary
Stewart Young
Stewart Robert Young of
Thunder Bay died suddenly in
Toronto on Sunday, May 1.
He was born in Hullet
"Township to Henry and Mary
Ann Searle Young. He at-
tended Blyth Public School
and graduated from Clinton
High Schooi and the
University of Toronto as a
forestry engineer.
In 1936, he married Helen
Hozak in Toronto and she
predeceased him in 1967, In
1969, he remarried to Elaine
Frazer in Thunder Bay.
He is survived by his wife, a
daughter of his first
marriage, Mrs. James
(Patricia) • Armstrong of
Toronto and three grandsons.
Also surviving him are
three brothers -Henry of
Clinton, John of Blyth,
Archie of Hullet and a sister,
Mrs. John (Myrtle) Gould of
Idaho.
Funeral services and
cremation were held- at the
Norman ,Jenkins Funeral
Home in Thunder Bay. A
service and commitment in
Blyth Cemetery will he held
at a later date.
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977—PAGE i9
Knights of Columbus host police
I)rslr is t 11 of the Knights of
Columbus held their third
annual Police Apprecation
Night on April 30, at the
Pineridge Chalet in Exeter.
The previous two tributes to
the law enforcement officers
iif Huron .Ind Perth Counties
were closed affairs, but the
success of these prompted the
knights of Columbus to open
the m (•,rsiOn to file public
A total of 49 policemen,
their wive and girlfriends
and close to 401) others at-
tended a dance at the chalet
as a tribute to the police ef-
forts.
District Deputy Ed
Murray, who is a member of
the Stratford Council acted as
chairman for the formal
introduction of each police
force in attendance. In his
Stanley TWP. rec. news
The April meeting of the
Stanley "Township Recreation
Committed was held on
Wednesday evening, April 27,
with eight members and
softball co-ordinator Ross
Whittaker present.
It was agreed that the rent
to he charged to teams out-
side Stanley Township using
the ball park be set at $5 and
$10 for use of park and lights.
In other business concerning
the hall park, Gerald Hayter
reported that Lavis Con
tracting was going to roll the
grass at the diamond. Ross
Whittaker volunteered to
purchase a padlock to put on
the electrical panel for the
hall park lights.
Several area contractors
will he contacted to price
construction of a building at
the park, and the men plan to
get. together and do some
repair work on the bleachers
before hall season starts.
Ross Whittaker reported
that 63 people had registered
for softball this season.
Teams have been set up as
follows `- girls age 9-13, girls
age 14-16, and boys age 9-13,
boys age 14-16, as well as a
ladies team.
If -you neglected to mail
your registration form, it
isn't too late. They will still he
accepted up to May 14. Ross
said he could still ' use a few
more players on each team,
so don't delay. Watch this
column next month to see
when your team practices
will he held.
The men, had their first
slow -pitch practiZe on Sun-
day, May 1., If you want to
play ,but weren't able to get
out Sunday, call Doug McAsh
and let him know you are
interested.,
Some people have offered
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teams, but more volunteers
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opening remarks he paid
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The Grand Knights of
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After his reniarks, Com-
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District Deputy Murray with
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