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R aturday, March 10, St. School was the. scene of workshop sponsored by Attendance however y poor. workshop which lasted -4 p.m., was instructed n belt holder Helmut r of Goderich. who were in atten- enjoyed Mr. Krohmer'4' tion and .demonstration fighting technique. the afternoon they also d an exciting demon- of•competition fighting ed by instructor' Kroh - d Don Fisher. are currently Judo being held in the St. School on SatUrdays 0-12 a.m. and Friday rom 7-9 p.m. Forty-five are taking lessons from ohmer. .He has been ecemher his Judo club a grant'of $100 from n recreation committee in the purchasing of mats for their lessons. an for this equipment gned fur by Krohmer • otal amount of this loan ,125 which was eased at by about $275 in 'ons . from several ations. Charges for are 50 cents per week niors, 75 cents for s and $1.50 for adults. colors Of thevarious n order of achievement white, yellow, orange, blue, brown and 'black. There are 10 degrees in the black belt cliiss. These achievements can only come about through grading or com- petition. An exceptional person could coriceivably go from beginner to black belt in a period of about three years. 1 2 6 YEAR - 11 THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1973 Judo students Dennis Forbes (kneeling) and Don Fisher are shown demonstrating an outer shoulder throw to the interested people who showed up at the workshop sponsored by.Co pilot on Saturday March 10. The turnout was disappointing. (staff photo) 4/40 #4+4 *Ai de 6 student Barry .Tranquada dropped in to the ressive Conservative campaign headquarters last ay to pick up some literature on the party. The project personal one as he is very interested in politics. Barry icts a landslide victory for P.C. candidate Don South- (. Barry Tranquada of 275 Christina Court, is a Grade 6 udent at Victoria Public School who is probably one of e youngest but most dedicated supporters of the ogressive Ctrnvervative Government led by Hon. illiam Davis. Barry is very interested in politics and hopes to make a reer of it when he gets older. He is very knowledgeable out the history of the P.C. party and current Political oceedings. in his opinion, Bill Davis has been the best Premier the Quince has evee had. Barry also feels that the "27 years Conservative rule has been good for the province." His prediction for today's hy-election is a landslide vic- ry for PC Candidate Don Southcott. There certainly is no love lost between young Barry nd the Liberals as he is very incensed at the way they constantly rack up the Conservatives." As for N.D.P. representative Paul Carroll, "he is a very ice guy „ P9i A rumor last week that Huron County teachers would. boycott a meeting with Education Minister Thomas Wells in Goderich last Friday afternoon may or may not have been borne out, depending upon which side of the political fence . one is sitting. Although the 'meeting was billed "non-political", rumors were that many, many of the 700 teachers in the Huron County Board of Education's employ read political overtones into the `gathering and planned to stay -awiiy. .. - Education Minister Wells was in the Riding in support of Progressive Conservative Can- didate Don Southcott and said he simply took the opportunity for a "face to face dialogue" with ..the teachers. Actual attendance was very low. About 65 persons drank coffee and ate doughnuts before entering into a question and answer discussion with the' Minister. In the assembly were nine mernhers of the Huron County Board .of Education as well as six members of the ad- ministrative staff; 15 principals and vice -principals; several wives of teachers and some guests; a group of represen- tatives from. St. ° Mary's Separate School; and about 30 to 35 teachers with the Huron Board of Education. By-election candidate South- cott arrived at the meeting early but left shortly afterward. The only other candidate present was Jack Riddell who is a member of the Huron County Board of Education. Howevel, Riddell did not arrive until the meeting was ,almost over. Paul Carroll, NDP candidate and a teacher with the Huron Board of Education, did not at- tend. Neither did Ed Bain, Socialist candidate. The small numbers at the meeting were -attributed to "thee awkward hour" (the, dinner hour on a Friday evening) by Joe Wooden, principal at South *Huron District High School, Exeter, who introduced the Minister of"Education. �pl turns to date for the recent tt Fund Canvass in erich total tiv lower thin$1048.95, o areas last year. werei; not can= vissed and 'residents al`eas Wishing to donation may still do Bank of Montreal Square in these make a so at the on '.the ..The meeting itself consisted of "shop talk" for teachers and board members. One of the major concerns was for the new regulation which provides "nTre flexibility in the school year". According' to Wells, this gives school boards the privilege to "move • winter break as the. wish" and admitted that while it. -wasn't certa just what af- fect it would have, it was something which is v.believed necessary. 'The Minister disagreed that the fact that students entering teachers' college needed a university degree would 'in- crease costs to school board because better ° qualified teachers could demand better` salaries. 'He said now more than 60 to 70 percent id students in teachers' colleges hold a university degree and "most elementary people have it anyway". ,He said he could foresee "no attempt to discriminate against experienced teachers without degrees". Ausuggestion tat schools in urban • areas like Toronto are receiving bigger grants was never really handled by the Ministers He said he'd been trying to get an increase in his salary, too, but had found no one with whom to negotiate. A question on the American Dominion Road Machinery President -Bruce Sully and Goderich Mayor Harry Worsen combined on the handle of a silver shovel to officially turn the first sod on a building project undertaken by DRMCo at the local Industrial Park. About 25 people involved in the project, representing 'mem- bers of Town Council, the local planning board, Dominion Roads executive and the ar- chitects, braved rnud, rain and, wind for the official sod tur- ning. A brand new DRMCo grader, which was to he used as a backdrop for the 'event, did not make it however getting mired in the mud on it;; way to the site. It took `another grader and a tow truck to free it. 4The new 15,000 square foot plant is expected to employ about 25_persons at the- outset and construction on the -project - is set to be completed in about two months DRMCo received an Ontario Development Corporation.Loan of $525,000 last January to help with, the project. The new gear plant. 'is the first stage -of a $1.6 million ex- pansion program and according to the company -will he the most modern of its kind in North America. It will manufacture gearing and power trains for the parent company which em- ploys more than 600 persons in Goderich. The company also hopes that in the near future the plant will design and manufacture gear and transmissions for other markets 115 well. Although the' new plant will be staffed with personnel from the parent com- pany at the outsit it is to be a separate unit operating with autonomy from the parent com- pang. The new DR,MCo plant is located on a• 15 acre section of the Goderich Industrial Park which was purchased from the town at about $1,000 per acre. The company also holds -op- tions on another 22 acres at the park for future expansion. Bruce Sully, president of the Dominion Road Machinery Company, and Goderich Mayor Harry Worsell share the load as they turn the first sod for DRMCO's new 15,000 square foot gear plant at the Goderich Industrial Park. The $1.6 million project will be in part financed by a $525,000 Ontario Development Corporation loan received last January (staff photo) influence in 'the Ontario education system brought out the Minister's Canadiainsm. He said the Ministry of Educatibn is concerned about keeping the content as 'Canadian as possible and he said the ratio of Canadian teachers at the university level; and Canadian 'text hooks had gone up ,"quite considerably" in the last few years. Wells -said that 79 percent Of the professors at Ontario universities are Canadian and 90 percent 'of the text hooks are Canadian as well. Ontario Minister of Education Thomas Wells was in Goderichvon Friday March 9 to do,some sidewalk campaigning for P.C. candidate Don' Southcott Mr. Wells also attended a meeting. with area teachers Friday night at the arena. He was welcomed by two Conservative Sup- porters Earl Rawson and Herbert Such of Goderich, both on the left. BY A.N. McDONALD Five men from Goderich and area, engaged' in the marine trade, have been attending classes in. various subjects relating to navigation, held during January and February at Georgian College, Owen Sound. Sponsored, by the federal department. of transport, the course in marine technology, allows Canadian sailors a chance to upgrade their knowledge and skills in several different areas of seamanship. Those who ccomplete the course successfully are issued "Masters Certificates" by the certificates for inland waters; Donald Bert MacAdam, ,writing for a tug -boat Captain's certificate for inland waters; Walter Davis and "Danny " Wilson, writing for Master's certificates, for coastal and foreign waters. Three of the subjects, meteorology, electricity and stabiIity, were written last week. Ahead of them are three more: navigation, charts, and ship maintenance. Upon successful completion of the written papers, ap- plicants .must take two other examinations at department of transport headquarters in Toronto. Board of Transport, indicating in one, the aspiring captainr their competence to .sail a ship is tested, through oral com within the respectiive boon crnication, on his general un- daries of marine trade riOrn of seamanship; in which they have applied. 1 Regular classes at' Georgia i College ended Friday, March ' members of the marine sch )1 at Owen Sound , s . as those in similar cc irs s con- ducted by the boa d f tran- sport, from coast t st, are now writing examinations. They are tested on their knowledge of six 'different sub- jects of marine tec.hnolo . FromCoderich, the five can- didat.ets for "Captains' Papers" are : Laird Fulford and "Bud" Robinson, writing for Masters' the second, the applicant is examined on his knowledge of marine lighting and signals. While taking the course, sailors qualifNP for Canada Manpower retraining allowan- cces. The applicants- for Masters "tickets" may not have time to finish all the subjects in one season. They may return to their ships for a season of navigation, of part of it, before getting an opportunity to com- plete the course,