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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-06-22, Page 3Rev. Carl Keane of yrh s,. parish in Stratford was present at the meetingiof Huron County Roman Catlaiic Separate School Board Monday night of last week with a proposal that the board move its administrative of; flees from Seaforth to St. Jo- seph's convent, Stratford, which will become vacant at the end of this month when the Loretta Sis- ters vacate the building. A special request was made by Chairman James Morris of Strat- ford to permit Father Keane to make his proposal to the board in view of the fact it was not on the agenda. He also asked that a de- cision be made on the proposal as well. A motion by Trustee . Vincent Young of Goderich was made to permit Father Keane to speak, but Mr. Young said his motion did not guarantee an immediate de- cision as this would be impossible to do prior to hearing the pro- . posal. In speaking of the Loretta con- vent Father Keane said it is a' building to satisfy the board's ned y ten yeai?s' dot i t peak condition. The chapel is more than adequate as a board room with plenty of rooms for private offices for the adminis- trative staff and religious con- sultants, kitchen and washroom facilities and ample parking space. In making the proposal he spoke of the costs of the venture, saying rental costs would be ap- proximately $500 per month or $6,000 per year. He said the taxes, changing from a residential to a business building would be over $3,000, to be paid by the parish. He estimated electrical heating costs at $900, electricity $240 and water $90. He said one of the problems is that the location is not central for the . Huron -Perth area, a real problem. However, one of the considerations was that with the declining birthrate in the coun- ties, '26 per cent decline in Perth and Om cent in Huron, regional school boards may be Forced to go lintinonlethirlOtWiteliaid ie foresees larger and larger school areas, and there is. a possibility in the near future in order to exist it may be necessary to combine with other areas. With the office in Stratford it would put the board in the driver's seat, he said. He spoke of the crowded condi- tions in the present Seaforth board office. Father Keane invited the board to lease or rent the convent for as long or as short a time as desired. He said he did not speak out of panic, he had nothing concrete at the present time. His major con- cern was that the building was built by catholics and that it be used by catholic -people. Trustee Michael Connolly of Kippen asked: "Why do you feel the present board offices are crammed? Who told you this?;' Father Keane replied that from his personal knowledge when Ks.,�{„4 �h w Amazing new poflutloncontrol devi Use it. 1 Keep Ontario beautiful. 0 Environment Ont.ario. Hon. James A. G. Auld, Minister. Everett Biggs, Deputy Minister'. • visiting -the religious cow! 'there was not eniourva the hipper~ area: Mr. Connolly replied. "i you are out of line." . Trustee Vincent Yon Goderich said with a year half yet to go with the lease on the present board offices in.SeafO he could not see renting tom' buildings for that period of tail . To this Father Keane replied that the- board may be interested, in renting some of the space for overflow in the convent. He staid he would rather see a portion. ' used than leave it vacant Board Vice Chairman, JOh McCann of Ailsa Craig ques- tioned storage facilities for SOP' plies at the convent, saying :that with storage only in the cellarr trucks could not back up to the; doorway. Father Keane felt this would be no problem with trucks able to get to the back door.. . Mr. McCann said he felt it would be costly with the board of-. fice not in thecentre of the area, but at one end. Joseph Looby of Dublin,. who said he was strongly dpposed to a move to Stratford, spoke of an. other convent which would be vacant soon and "It was built by good catholics too." After Father Keane left the. meeting Chairman James Morris postponed any discussion pn the proposal to the end of the meeting so as not to disturb the agenda, saying it was a real hot issue. However, with the board meet- ing continuing until almost mid- night June 19 was set as a date for holding a special meeting to dis- cuss Father Keane's proposal: Other Business In other business a report from the school attendance counsellor, William Innes of Stratford, had attended a convention for a't- tendance officers. His expenses for the six-month period amounted to $7794.4. John Vintar, superintendent of edt.tation, announced that ap- proval had been received from the Ministry of Education for construction and alterations to Holy Name School in St. Marys and an addition to St. Aloysius School in Stratford. Approval must now. be received from the Ontario Municipal Board for this work. The construction at Holy Name School will include two class- rooms, one kindergarten room, • library, general purpose room, change rooms and health room with debenture allocation from the Ontario Education Capital - Aid Corporation of $265,000. The construction at St. Aloysius School will include library, gen- eral purpose room, change room and health room with a debenture allocation for $182,000. Following a committee of the whole it was reported that a port- able classroom is to be installed at Holy Name School at St. Marys for September. This will make it possible for kindergarten pupils to be accommodated at the school. Formerly the kindergar- ten services for this school were purchased from the Perth County Board of Education for the pupils at Downie Central School and at St. Marys Public School. Michael Connolly, chairman of personnel committee, reported that the resignation of Mrs. Del- phina Stemmler, custodian at St. Mary's School in Hesson is effec- tive June 30 and that she is to be replaced by Mrs. Marie Poissant of RR 4, Listowel. BRUCE MELICK of Goderich was a competitor in the junior boys' high jump in the Huron -Perth Separate School meet here Friday, showing a bit of strain as the bar gets higher. (Staff. Photo) General Motors is piease.d the appointment of: o announce hrisG�sIing C.h�vOIds 469 JOSEPHINE STREET, WINGHAM as an authorized dealer for: Chevrolet - Oldsmobile Chevrolet Trucks 1 We would like tot suggest that you visit Hometown Motors. It is yet another example of the progressive and depend- able General Motors sales and service centres found from coast to coast across Canada. 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GREATLY ENLARGED and modernized in recent years Brookhaven Nursing Home ac- commodates up to 32 residents with provincially approved facilities. Nursing Home Week, being observed this week, is a reminder to area residents that visits and outings are wel- comed by the patients at any time. Arrangements for car rides may be made through the nursing home management. (Staff Photo) Canada is quickly becoming an important exponent of top world entertainment as each month more news reaches us of sales of television shows to world mar- kets for showing on world tele- vision. Most of the productions are documentaries but there are also some top dramas included in the sales to foreign networks. You will remember "The Meg - antic Outlaw", a 90 -minute fea- ture about a folk hero in Quebec which was written, produced and directed by Ron Kelly and has been seen on the CBC at least twice. It has been sold to West Germany, Britain and Belgium. To Holland go two half-hour Filwv. ,dramas which were shown on the Canadian Short Stories series (this was not seen locally but was the series which featured Alice Laidlaw Munro's story) and the "To See Ourselves" - series. The first, a story of an immigrant reunited with his wife after a separation of 40 . years, stars Vladimir Valenta and Maie Dem- chuk and was. based on a true story; the second stars Ted Fol- lows as a professor who tries to .help an elderly couple move. A documentary on the north, "The Living Arctic” seen last year on the CBC, has been sold to Belgium, Japan, England, Nor- way and Sweden. The history of the Hudson's Bay Company, seen in a one-hour film entitled "The Magnificent Gift"_met response from networks in New Zealand, Australia and Britain '(this was produced by Peter Kelly) . And to Germany goes a special on The Great Lakes which was seen on "The Nature of Things". This is the first sale for this two-part special. Not surprisingly, the great documentary "Wild Africa—As It Was" has found markets in Ja- pan, Holland, Australia and Switzerland and will be shown there. We saw.it first in 1970 and again this year; fine entertain- ment. Another `Nature of Things' segment, about the harp seal and called "Ice Lavers" has been sold to Holland as has also "Helicop- ter Holy Land", a story in pic- tures of Israel and the Biblical events, leading upto the founding of the world's three great faiths, Judaism, Islam and Christianity, We saw it at Christmas time and again at Easter. Also sold to Hol- land some time ago was the CBC. series "Corwin" starring John • • ARNOLD MATHERS Arnold Mathers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melville Mathers,, R ttZ 4, Wingham, graduated from the University of Toron- to with a Master of Education degree. Arnold is principal of Huron Centennial ,School, Brucefield. He also received his supervisory officer's cer- tificate from the Ontario De- partment of Education th,s month. Horton in the title role of a young doctor. It has met great response there and as a result, now has been sold to two networks in Brit- ain to be shown there. To Japan go two documentar- ies; one is the `Nature of Things' special "Yanomami: A Vanih- ing People" which we saw last January. The other is from the same series and was first seen in 1967; "A Celebration of Swans" is a story about the trumpeter swan; a rare breed of Canadian waterfowl. Last but . not least, the British Broadcasting Company has latched onto a M `Telescope" seg- ment, 'The Huggett Family Play- .ers', a story of a Canadian family ensemble who singe folk music and tour Canada and other coun- tries with their music It was seen on the CBC series last December. These sales are a great thing - for Canada; the documentaries well advertise the talent of' our producers of such shows. It is to be hoped more of our dramas can sell, to not only' .introduce the world to our behind -the -scenes talent but also to some of our per--. sonalities. Maybe then our actors and performers would not hive to head south of the border for a little. recognition. Cold feed and waFM spirits produce fun time Thirty-four haleand hardy youngsters, all of them members of the Wingham United Church . junior choir, enjoyed a weekend camp -out in Inverhuron Provin- cial Park. The children, with Rev. Barry and Mrs. Passmore, Ken Wood, and Don Rintoul, left Wingham at 5 p.m. Friday and returned Sat- urday about 6 p.m. Highlights of their program included volley- ball, baseball, a lively campfire, sing -song with Don Rintoul lead- ing on his guitar and a nature trail hike conducted by the park's naturalist. If you think back to last week- end you will remember that is was anything but warm. The chil- dren apparently retired about 11 p.m. and at 4 a.m. were huddling around a roaring bonfire trying to keep warm. This was about the time the people at home were comfyunder our electric blankets! Chilly or not, though, the youngsters and their- elders en- joyed the fun weekend. They made their own meals and gen- erally `roughed it' all the way. No doubt the fresh air did them a world of good but it's a'safe bet their own wee little beds looked mighty attractive Saturday Board refused to sanction Truscott book for schools Books to be used for instruction in English courses throughout Huron are creating problems again for the County Board of Education, one book in particu- lar. �. At the monthly meeting Mon- day evening in Clinton the board was presented with a list of books drawn up by the heads and assist- ant heads of the English depart- ments of the five secondary schools. Among the books sug- gested for study in the English courses was "The Story of Steven Truscott", as told by author Jack Trent. Steven Truscott was tried and convicted of the rape -murder of Lynn Harper in 1959. Truscott and the girl were both residents of the Canadian Forces Base Clinton and the body was found near that community. In raising objection to the book Board Viee Chairman John Broadfoot said that it presenteda very .biased view of the case and indicated the book reflected un- favorably upon certain members of the board. He also charged that it was of no educational merit. Mr. Broadfoot said, "Since I am the only member of the board who has read the book I might point out that some of the people in this room should be aware of what is in it and that they are in- volved." He refused to discuss the matter any further in the open meeting and later took the. matter up when the board met in committee. Following the committee meet- ing the board announced they had decided to drop the book from the list on grounds that it was "not an unbiased look at the story and that it was of no educational merit." Two members of the Huron County board were indeed closely affiliated with the case. Clarence McDonald of Exeter sat on the jury which convicted fourteen - year -old Truscott but lithe is said about him in the Trent book. Dr. Alex Addison of Clinton, however, is portrayed in rather negative terms by Trent. Dr. Ad- dison was the doctor responsible ..for the medical examination of Truscott and' the introduction of medical evidence in the case as called for by the prosecution. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a plea for mercy but Steven Murray Truscott was sen- tenced to death by hanging. His sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment - and he has since been parolled from prison. The committee of English teachers say they had proposed the book for study due to its local interest. ROBERT JOHNSTON Robert W. Johnston, son of Mr. and. Mrs. Elgin Johnston of RR 2, Wingham, received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the spring convocation of the° University of Western On- tario, London, on May 30th. -4 M1 Intematlonal Development needs your help .. . you can help through OXFAM 'SHAREPLAN Foll information contact: OXFAM THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE 97 Eglinton Ave., East Toronto 315, OntarioA 4