Clinton News-Record, 1977-05-26, Page 2M
PAGE 2—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1977
Politics! Dare I jump in
with both feet? Surely a few
non-partisan remarks would
not be misconstrued.
Anyway, while listening to all
throe party leaders sounding
very omnipotent I was
reminded of a little doggerel
which, with a few name
changes, aptly fits the
campaign.
See the humble little fly,
Sitting on your apple pie,
Or your pork pie nice and
brown.
If you prod him with your
fork -
He will fly about and walk
On the ceiling upside down.
And - - Could Davis do it?
Could Lewis do it?
Could Dr. Smith do it?
Not one!
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Well, on to better things -
We are glad to report that
your postmaster, Dick Dixon,
is now home from hospital
and recuperating nicely.
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If for any reason, you will
be unable to vote at your
designated poll on Thursday,
June 9 - there are two days
before then on which you may
mark your ballot. The ad-
vance poll for all voters in
Clinton will be held Saturday,
June 4, 1977 from 12 noon to 9
p.m. and Monday, June 6,
1977 from 12 noon to 9 p.m. at
the Senior Citizens' Apart-
ments, 134 King Street.
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An added convenience to
this year's advance poll is the
fact that the location was
chosen with a thought for
anyone confined to a wheel
chair or otherwise having
difficulty with steps or stairs.
The Senior Citizens location
being on sidewalk level
provides this added facility.
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Please don't forget the
Blood Donor Clinic td be held
at the Clinton Public School
on Monday, May 30 from 1:30
to 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 to 8:30
p.m.
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The following reached our
desk through the Canadian
Government Office of
Tourism service - and as the
Tourist Season is now upon
us, we thought we would
reprint it in case any of our
readers might be interested.
It is entitled "A New Concept
in Bus Travel" and reads:
"T,he,re's nothing
remarkable about a bus
company adding two new
buses to a 120 mile line, but
Charterways Execubus
service between London and
7�a
Toronto is no ordinary ser-
vice. Last September the
company put two $100,000
luxurious buses in service
between the two cities.
"The buses, built by Motor
Coach Industries of Win-
nipeg, have only three seats
acros instead of the usual
four, for a total oto 29. They
are fitted with airvraft-type
seats with fold -down tables
,and more elbow room than
most airplanes. There is a
special passenger work area
and, as in aircraft, the buses
have a modern galley from
which hostesses serve
refreshments.
"Charterways General
Manager, Ian Turner, says
his company is obviously
wooing the travelling
businessman but he expects a
number of women shoppers
and other passengers to use
the service.
"Each bus makes one
return trip daily, Monday to
Friday, leaving Toronto and
London at 7 a.m. and
returning at 5 p.m. The 120
mile non-stop trip takes two
hours and 10 minutes. Return
fare is $26. The London
Terminal is at the Holiday •
Inn, while; in Toronto, it is at
the Sheraton Centre."
Magic Circle UCW meets
The Magic Circle UCW
group of the Wesley Willis
United Church held their May
16 .meeting in the church
parlour with 17 members in
attendance.
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Mary Dale, Hazel Brown
and', Bessie Steepe led in the
Devotions and Mrs. Steepe
told how music can be traced
through the Bible:
Guest soloist was Alice
Andrews and Mrs. Steepe
gave a very interesting talk
on the origin of hymns.
Roll call was answered with
each member giving the
name of her favorite hymn.
The treasurer's report
showed that another quilt had
been finished by the ladies.
Social convener, Billie
Stewart, asked for donations
of food or raoney for a lun-
cheon'to be served on May 30
and 10 hospital and 26 home
calls were recorded.
Jean Currie read in-
teresting, excerpts from the
Mandate and it was an-
nounced that a luncheon
picnic will be held on June 26
for all groups and
organizations and will include
the shut-ins.
Ah invitation was received
to hold the June meeting at
Mary Sutter's cottage in
Bayfield.
Pennies were collected and
after the Benediction the
ladies enjoyed a social time
together.
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Clinton graduate
V. Lynn Flowers, 19,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R.
W. Flowers, of RR 5, Clinton,
a 1974 graduate of Central
Huron Secondary School, will
be a June graduate of
Meredith Manor School of
Horsemanship, Waverly,
West Virginia.
Meredith Manor is an
accredited school by the
National Association of Trade
and Technical Schools, who is
listed by the United States
• Office of Education as a
nationally -recognized ac-
crediting agency.
Upon graduation, Miss
Flowers will receive her
Riding Master Diploma as a
qualified instructor to teach
private and public lessons, to
train and show horses in both
English and Western riding,
basic dressage and also
qualified to maintain and
manage a complete stable
operation.
The Riding Master Course,
Lynn will have completed is a
concentrated course which is
the equivalency of 64 college
credits or two college years.
Lynn plans to immediately
open a public riding stable in
the Clinton area and,, train
some outside horses and
begin preparing quarter
horses for national charm.
plonsh'ips.
Liberal MPP Jack Riddell was present at the Clinton Public School on May 20 to help the
students celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. He presented medallions to
representatives from the different grades. ,(Left to right) Allan Bont'e Gelok, grade
three; Dori Daer, grade two; Michelle Gaulley, grade one and Lori Ann Turner, kin-
dergarten, accepted the medallions for their grades. All the students received medallions
in the afternoon. (News -Record photo)
Education Brd. explain budget
The Huron County Board of board had to make up for the
Education met with about 60 costs this year was to ensure
elected and appointed of- that the budget wasn't ar-
ficials from around the tificially decreased as it was ,
county to try to explain the last year. He said the use of
complicated reasons for the the reserve funds and the
18 per cent budget increase in underlevy kept the tax rate
1977. Superintendent of down but meant the board
Business Affairs Roy Dunlop was basing its calculations on
tried to explain the budget in artificial base, a base that
laymen's terms to the disappeared this year with
audience largely consisting of the reserve funds.
elected officials and besides He added that the budget
reaching a few municipal was bare bones explaining
clerks, seemed to cloud an that if the Anti -Inflation
already muddy picture. Board went out of Business
Dunlop said he had tried to and the teachers in the county
simplify the budget and sought more money than the
presented a set of comparison AIB allows the board would
figures based on the 1976 be in dire straits. He said the
budget to help explain things. budget allolwed for salary
He pointed out that the entire increases to the AIB
budget was a "horrendous" maximum and' with no
20 -page document sent to the reserves couldn't ac -
ministry that would com- commodate more than that
pletely escape everyone in amount.
the room if it was used for the Exeter deputy -reeve Cy
explanation. He said the Simmons said he was
ministry requires a very discouraged by the board
complicated procedure for budget pointing out that the
setting up the budget when entire audience waselected
calculating the grant officials and should be more
structure and cost sharing concerned with halting in -
adding that it required all offlationary trends. He said the
his department's expertise to public blamed labour for
handle the chore. inflation adding that he knew
The budget riled the of no labor settlement for a 23
majority of municipal of- per cent increase.
ficials because of the increase "If they're the cause of
their municipality faced due inflation where does° that
to the budget hikes. The leave us," he said.
hoard 'passed the budget in Howick Reeve ' Harold
March after the budget Robinson suggested, that
committee explained .that it wages were the main reason
faced an 18 per cent increase for the increase pointing out
in expenses this year. Among that the board had to make a
those expenses was ` con- decision to stop the increase
struction of a school in somewhere. He compared the
Exeter, . re-establishing a salaries to a farmer's plight
reserve fund for more suggesting that farmers take
financial security, correcting what they can get for their
an underlevy from 1975 and cattle when they go to
paying expenses for con- market. He said that possibly
struction at Victoria School in the teachers should be
Goderich. prepared to take what they
Dunlop said the increases get when salaries are
could easily be broken into negotiated either that or the
percentages. He said nine per board say "that's it" to the
cent of the increase was in teachers.
regular expenses, four per Board vice chairman
cent covered the use of Marian Zinn said she felt not
$200,000 in reserve funds from all the teachers could be
last year, two per cent branded with the same stick.
covered the Exeter school, She said 85 per cent of them
one per cent the Victoria don't know what their
School and two per cent contract offers are until it's
covered the underlevy. time to vote on them ex -
He said the reason the plaining that only a few, most
of whom are on the
negotiating team, are aware
of the requests. She said the
committee this year would be
looking closely at class size
and subject material when
negotiating the contract and
asked if the politicians and
ratepayers would support the
board in a strike situation.
Goderich Clerk Harold
Walls said he was going
through this exercise for the
second time having ac-
companied his council to a
special board meeting once
before to discuss the budget.
He said he was made aware
of the problems facing the
board when they drew up the
budget adding that the in-
creases to the municipalities
can sometimes be deceiving.
He said he went back over
the Goderich budgets over the
last few years and discovered
that while the board of
education requisition goes up
annually in dollars. and cents
the percentage increase does
not change that much. He
said the board requisition and
the town budgets can be
compared using about four
sets of figures and each
comparison would have a
different result.
"There's no one given
answer," said Walls. "It's a
very complicated
procedure."
Several officials conceded
that the board could do
nothing about this year's
budget but said that it cer-
tainly could do something
about next year's. The bulk of
the budget - about 70 per cent
- is used for wages and the
board could give some
serious thought to evaluating
its administrative and in-
structional staff with the
intention of perhaps reducing
the amount of staff.
Board chairman Herb
Turkheim said that salaries
were a touchy thing at this
time of year since the
negotiating teams were in the
process of working out 1978's
contract. He said the board
could not divulge any in-
formation on the proceedings
now but shared the concern of
taxpayer's and officials that
education costs are going up
,annually.
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