Clinton News-Record, 1977-06-23, Page 3The Rebekahs of Hensall had a very attractive float in the
Hensall Twilight Fair last Tuesday night that featured
members demonstrating the pioneer way of doing
household chores. (News -Record photo)
By Jim Fitzgerald
For the first time in two years, your
honorable (?) editor took a week off and
instead of working on the house,
travelled around this great province of
ours with spouse Lois and young Andrea.
We covered a great deal of the
province in the eight days we were on the
road, hitting a number of spots in our
travels, sticking more or less to the so-
called highly populated belt that extends
from Windsor to the Quebec border.
During our trip, we couldn't help but
be impressed with the diversity of the
province. Weather for instance, ranged
from the tropical heat of Windsor to a
near frosty night in Ce tral Ontario.
While in Windsor, w went through a
violent and vicious thun rstorm that I
hope never to experience gain. Along
with the high highs and an nbelievable
downpour that dumped two inches of
precipitation on the city in 20 minutes, I
had the terrifying experience to be
sitting in a car while hail, some of it as
large as ping-pong balls, smashed into
the windshield.
The near deafening noise was enough
to scare even a weather hardened Huron
County boy.
In contrast, most of the landscape east
of Toronto was suffering from a drought
that has stretched into two months wit
hardly even a drop of rain in some areas.
I thought we were hard done by around
here, but compared to our eastern neigh-
bours, we're very well off.
Crops too, offered another study in
contrast. While the sweet corn is coming
into tassel in Essex County, and some
farmers were even out second cutting
their hay crop, the corn in Eastern
By Wilma Oke
It took Tuckersmith Township Council
only seconds to decide to continue its
dump agreement with the Town of
Seaforth, but on the question of
assuming its share of the operating costs
or. organized sports at the Seaforth
arena, members of council put off
discussion to the end of the meeting
Monday night.
When the question came up at the end
of the lengthy meeting, which was ad-
journed at 1:25 a.m. Tuesday morning,
they decided it was too late.
A delegation from Seaforth Council;
Mayor Betty Cardno, Reeve John
Flannery and Councillor Bill Bennett,
chairman of the Arena Committee, and
as well, Seaforth Recreation Director,
Clive Buist, attended the council session
at Brucefield.
Mr. Bennett, as spokesman, presented
a brief summary of what has taken place
since the initial request for financial
assistance for the arena in 1974.
Of the four townships assessed to
share operating costs at that time only
Tuckersmith refused while McKillop,
Hibbert and Hullett Townships paid
their costs based on registration figures
of children from their townships par-
ticipating in hockey at the arena.
At Monday's meeting Seaforth
requested financial assistance again
based on attendance figures from
Tuckersmith amounting to $1,300 for
1977. No capital costs are involved'.
Since Tuckersmith Council had not
given the share assessed to it the
Seaforth Recreation Committee had
charged a $15 fee to township children
participating at the arena. Mayor Betty
Cardno said she did not like to see this
done, "I'd rather see this settled in an
agreeable manner rather than
regionally."
The latter when the question of a
county recreation committee was
mentioned, Reeve Ervin Sillery said,
"We have other rinks involved (Hensall
and Clinton) and we have to consider
them."
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Ontario was barely breaking through the
ground, and the hay crop was so short
that in many places it looked more like
somebody's back lawn.
Actually, when you get to drive around
this vast province of ours, there is really
a very small percentage that has the
excellent soil and climate conditions that
favors us here in the South Western part
of the province. It's not hard.to see why
Huron is one of the leading agricultural
producers in Ontario.
During our trip, we camped at a
couple of Provincial Parks, that are
without a doubt, some of the finest in the
country, if not the continent. They were
clean, well organized, and when we,were__
there in the middle of the week, nearly
empty, a real treat. That all changes
when school gets out, though.
We also dropped into Upper Canada
Village, and were very impressed by the
"living" history museum, that deserves
its world wide acclaim.
The village is authentic right down to
the old square forged nails used in the
boardwalks. All the two dozen buildings
were staffed by informative people
dressed in pioneer attire, and the village
was functioning much like it would have
in the 1840's. They made bread, cheese,
and even cut wood and carded wool just
like great -granddaddy did. Well worth
the trip.
Another highlight of the trip was a day
stopover at the new Metro Zoo, which
has to be one of the best in North
America. Instead of the normal barred
cages like in most zoos, this zoo has tried
to place the animals from five continents
in as natural surroundings as possible
and the effort is very well done. Another
must for anyone from two to '92. Just be
prepared to walk quite a bit, as it is
spread out.
It contrasts' to the peaceful walks in
the Village and the Zoo was a tour
through an automobile assembly plant in
Windsor. All we can say is Huron's clean
air, quiet countryside and summer
greenery is heaven compared to the
assembly lines and foundries.
All in all, a very rushed trip, but well
worth it.
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JUNO
Trustee stops sale of buses
The Huron County Board of
Education will decide at its August
meeting if it wants to stand by a decision
to sell six surplus school buses the board
owns. The buses were sold according to a
board decision reached at the monthly
meeting Thursday but Goderich Trustee
Dorothy Wallace asked that the matter
be given a second look at the next board
meeting which is in August.
Jack Alexander, Wingham trustee and
management committee chairman, told
the board that it Would be better
business to sell ,the six buses, two of
which are 1967 models and four 1970. He
said the buses were in serious disrepair
and would take more money to keep
them road worthy than they were worth
to the board.
The sale was to give the board some
return on a $98,000 investment it made
earlier this year when it approved the
purchase of six new buses. In 1976 the
board approved the sale of eight surplus
buss that netted $7,965.
Wallace did not dispute the fact that
the, two 1967 buses should be sold but took
exception to the fact that the
management committee apparently
failed to consider practical use of some
of the 1970 buses. The management
committee pointed out that the buses
could be used for field trips but that the
board already had four buses across the
county that were used primarily as
backup vehicles in case of breakdown
and could also be used for field trips.
Alexander said the committee looked at
leaving some of the buses posted around
the county but said there weren't enough
to go around so it was decided to sell
them 211 uo e-,;(1 the four back up buses
are in Stephen, Turnierry, Grey and
Ashfield townships. He said the locations
allow any teacher to go to the school
where the bus is parked and use the
vehicle for any field trips.
.Wallace said she could see the logic in
treating all areas of the county equally
but said if the board planned its bus
purchases it could provide buses on an
annual or semi-annual basis. She said
this year it may choose to keep two buses
and add another two next year.
"We can't afford to just give them
away," said Alexander. "We have to
keep them in shape."
Wallace suggested that the central
area of the county lacked spare buses at
its disposal pointing out that by forcing
teachers from the central area to drive
35 miles for a bus for a field trip was an
injustice considering teachers in the
outer areas of the county have them
much closer.
She said that field trips cost the board
for bus time and for stand over time for
the driver while the students do what
they set out to do. She said the costs
would be less if the teacher could go get
the bus and drive it himself adding that
the central area needed that service. She
also said that a Goderich teacher had
summarized the costs of leaving a bus at
the Goderich District Collegiate and
asked if those costs were used in the
decision making.
Alexander said he had only used the
costs the board may face to keep the
buses on the road adding that not all
schools take the same number of field
trips and the board couldn't just give
them wholesale use of the vehicles. He
Budget committee popular
Trustees of the Huron County Board of
Education indicated at the board
meeting Thursday that they all wanted
to serve on the 1977-78 budget com-
mittee. Chairman Herb Turkheim went
around the room asking if any trustees
wanted to volunteer for the committee
and all but Charles Rau of Zurich and
Robert Peck of Stanley said they would
like to serve.
Sex education
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that manner adding that "off the top of
my head I would say it is something that
the education committee will have to sit
down and come to grips with".
The board accepted the recom-
mendation to set up a course "which will
encompass concerns expressed by some
parents so that subjects considered to be
of a delicate nature are dealt with in a
tasteful and inoffensive manner,
reflecting the moral standards of the
community."
said the board should give each school a
field trip budget and tell them to confine
any and all field trips to that budget.
• Two guests at the board meeting, an
elementary school principal and a
secondary school principal, both agreed
that the schools in the central area do not
take advantage of the cheaper buses
because by the time they send a teacher
to get the bus and then take it back they
are farther ahead just calling a con-
tractor.
Seaforth trustee John Henderson said
the board couldn't make a decision
between the two suggestions unless the 1
costs for field trips could be balanced
against the cost of keeping the required
buses.
R.J. Elliott of Blyth said what the
decision boiled down to was adcng extra
costs to the board's budget. He said the
board had set aside money for field trips
l?ut had not set aside money to repair the
buses. ,
Wallace lost her bid to have some of
the vehicles remain in the central area
.of the county but by delaying the
decision shy said she hoped to provide
the ..troaed with more figures to
strengthen her arguement and have the
board reconsider.
"I'm inclined to pay more'attention to
what the principals say about using the
surplus buses we no w have," said
Wallace.
The board was attempting to appoint
the committee after a recommendation
from John Cochrane, director of
education, suggested that a committee
appointed now could begin to develop its
objectives and procedures before actual
preparation of the budget begins.
Cochrane indicated in the report that
the board was dissatisfied with the
"rush" that the 1977 budget was given by
both trustees and administrator. He
suggested that if the board wished to
give the budget some other type of
treatment it could do so now.
The director said that the committee
has been six strong in the past and the
board should decide if it wants that to
remain. It should,d,ecide on a method of
appointing members, should decide on
method of appointing a chairman and
then proceed to do so.
Wingham trustee Jack Alexander took
exception to the chairman's suggestion
that volunteers be asked for. He said
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Fiddle
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Step dancing, 25 and over - Ernie
Lapalme, Simcoe, first; Chuck Joyce,
London, second; and Jim Petrie,
Atwood, third.
Fiddling, 12 and under - Michelle
Lubinecki, Scarborough, first; Madonna
McQuaid, Seaforth, second; and Anne
Marie McQuaid, Seaforth, third.
Fiddling, 20 years and under - Robert
Reed, Sudbury, first; Keven Reger,
Elmira, second; and Glen Warbington,
Lindsay, third.
Fiddling, ladies open - Ellen Ruth
Knapp, Ancaster, first; Karen Reed,
Sudbury, second; and Kathy Ferguson,
Kitchener, third.
Fiddling, 35 to 55 - George Mitchell, St.
Catharines, first;. Willis DesJardins,
Dashwood, second; and Ken Majavery,
Kitchener, third.
Fiddling, 55 and over - Tortr
McQueston, King City, first; Nelson
Howe, Staffa, second; and Viggo
Sorenson, Atwood, third.
Fiddling, 70 and over - Remeo Lar-
driault, Markstay, first; Ernie Adair,
Parkhill, second; and George Gagne,
Sarnia, third. Novelty fiddling - Gerry
Smith, Exeter.
Open class fiddling - Donald Reed,
Sudbury, first; Eleanor Townshend,
Toronto, second; and Ed Gyurki,
Woodstock, third.
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