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127 YEAR -5 2 , TUESDAY DECEMBER 24, 1974 SINGLE COPY*/ 5.
Huron Board expresses concern.
God•eric h trustees
BY WILMA OKE
. The Huron County board of
education will express its con-
cern to the Town. of Goderich
and the Ontario ministry of
transportation and com-
munications over a proposal to
widen Britannia Road, (High-
way 21) in Goderich Trustee
Dorothy, Wallace of Goderich
expressed concern about the
safety of school children from
Victoria Public School crossing
Britannia Road which under
the proposed plan will become,
a four -lane through street) The
board will ask for direction to
improve pedestrian safety on
the proposed widening. .'
Speaking about a traffic light
which will be at the intersec-
tion adjacent to the school,
Mrs. Wallace . said, "It's . a
worrisome _ enough corner now
and. I'm worried that traffic
will move faster with the lights.
I'm concerned that .traffic will
come around the corner at a
very fast rate to beat the light."
Mrs. Wallace cited the new
shoppirfg mall out on Highway -
21 as causing increased traffic
along the route. She suggested
the possibility ,,, f an alternate
route, South Street to Highway
21 to 'ease the traffic strain.
"For my own personal view
I'd like to see the road left the ved that school buses are hard
way it is," she said. to discern in poorweathercon
Chairman Cayley Hill asked ditions such gs fog, snow or
Mrs. Wallace, "Economically dust because of the inadequacy
I'm 'not sure, but what would of,the lights, which makes them
you feel about an underpass at barely . visible at 50 feet".
the corner?" R.L. Cunningham, transpor-
Mrs. Wallace said she would tation manager, suited that all
agree, "As long as the children school busses operated must
are safe." conform to the regulations of
Asked about the safety patrol the Highway Traffic Act and
by John Westbrook, Mrs. the Canadian ' Standards
Wallace said only young • Association and all drivers are
children from Kindergarten to required to maintain clean
Grade 6' attend the school. signeand lights to assure that
There are 450 students at the the lights are clearly visible for
school and another' 30 as great a distance as con -
trainable retarded students ditions permit.
will be added when the Queen ' Trustee Alex Corrigan of
Elizabeth School takes up its Biuevale expressed his incense
new quarters in the school' next over the letter and questioned
year on completion of the con- the medical officer's right to
struction and, renovations un- direct the, board on buses, "I
derway at the school now.. . wonder what he is trying to.do,
A letter from the,. Huron come in and take . over
Medical Officer of Health, Dr. something .from us?"
G.F. Mills to the board advised Wilfred Shortreed, Walton,
of the need to have' larger and was re -appointed to represent
brighter rear driving lights and the board on the - Trustees
riding lights on school buses Council.
and to have drivers required to - The following teachers have
periodically get out and clean guhmitted resignations effective
off the rear lights of the dust Dec. .31:Mts. =Linda' Wilhelm,
and .dirt that tends to obscure F..E° Madill Secondary
them very quickly in bad Scho91; Glenn Buck, Howick
weather. Central Public; Bryan
Dr. Mills said he had obser- Probizanski, South Huron High
1 love you Santa
Santa, I love you. This little girl gave Santa a vdry special hug when the jolly old gentleman
dropped into Queen Elizabeth School to give the students some toys for Christmas. (staff
photo)
School; Allan Sygrove, Victoria
Public; .Mrs• Louise Syrogrove,
Colborne Central; Mists
Christine Smith, Grey Central
Public; Miss Janice Bonthron,
Robertson Memorial- Public
and Miss Margaret Adam's,
Usbornt Central Public. ,4
The following teacher
replacements- have been
engaged on probationary con-
tract, effective January, 1: Miss.
Carolyn Schofield, F.E. Madii l
from " Belleville; -Mrs:
Jacqueline Smith, Howick,
previously' ofrtaff there; John
Holmes, South Huron from
Forest; David Brereton, Vic-
toria Public from M iddleseX •
County; Miss Bonnie Perdue,
Colborne Central from Strati.,
ford; and ; Mrs. Fredamae
Gillies, • Grey Central, from
Halton 'County.
While most people will, be checking packages containing their
gifts, Christmas Day;'several nurses will be checking pulses at
Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. They don't seem to
mind wqrking Christmas, 'as all nurses. must work " either
Christmas or New Year's Day. They volunteer to work on either
day, Some of the nurses working Christmas Day pose with two
A commemorative plaque ,,}
will be mounted in a suitable
location in the Administrating:
Centre by, the board and vtiil'
_ include the names of "all the
board members of 1971-72,'
when Robert Elliott was chair.',;,,
man and D.J. Cochrane,
secretary. if is estimated to cost
approximately $300 to $400.
Neil Walker, bus 'driver;•
Zurich Public School„'resigned
„ effective December 31.` L,
As the meeting concluded,
Trustee John Henderson of
Seaforth asked what the
situation was at the Blyth
Public School in regard to the
sewage problem 'which had
been unresolved. for over a
year.
Roy Dunlop, Business Ad-
ministrator, replied that he had
received a letter to the board
from J.R. Bray 'of the ministry
of the environment which he
proceeded to read: "Dr: G.F.
Mills and I have considered the
proposals presented in your let-
ter and the correspondence
in view of the serious water
pollution and public health
hazards that were created by
past failures of°,the septic tank
and leaching bed system and in
view of the satisfactory
arrangements that have niiw
been made for hauling the
sewage, Dr. Mills and I are in
agreement ,. that the hauling
programme should ^ontinue
and that- the leaching bed
should not be re -activated. -
Angrily Mr.. Henders ,n
replied; "It's time that we sc •t
a delegation to County Council
Our administration cannot
work with this” (Health) Ad-
ministration. It has taken them,
almost a year to say the sewage.
system won't work. I think we
should have a committee of the
new board meet with county
council in January to discuss
. this problem.."
The press has learned that
the haulage bill from February
5, 1974, (when pollution
problem first reported by Dr.
Mills) to August 30 was $2,y40
and it was estimated that this
amount has probably doubled
at the present date with the
autumn rains.
As the meeting conducted,
Cayley Hill asked the retiaing
trustees to speak. John Broad -
foot of Brucefield spoke of his
„25 years on school boards and
recommended his successor,
Robert Peck, who has had
' school board experience.
Donald McDonald of Brussels
said he felt a' turnover of hoard
members was wise..John Hen-
, derspn asked the hoard mem-
bersto compare the committee
system and the monthly
meeting to the 1971 twice,
monthly meetings.
Mr. Hill told the three, "We
shall miss you •vert much
deed" and spoke of the con -
continued on page 3
g Part of the dietary and housekeeping staffs of the Alexandra
g Marine and General Hospital will also spend Christmas at the
hospital. They are (back roW, left to right) Mary Clark, dietary;
M..FFay Donaldson, housekeeping; Joan Supset, dietary; Jack
McClinchey, porter utility; Iris Boyce, .dietary; Irene. Green,
dietary; (front row, left to right). Krystyna Bruc.nicki,
housekeeping; Isabelle Gardner, housekeeping; Mae Glazier,
housekeeping; Sylvia Ho?, housekeeping. (staff -photo) g
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Iborne Twp, forms club
or snowmobilinq fan's
Strowmobilers feeling
slighted by recent legislation
curbing their activities can take
heart in the establishment of
the -Colborne Snowmobile Club.
The club was formed, this
time under the. auspices'of the
Colborne Township Recreation
Committee, and is open to all.
members wishing to pay the'
membership dues. The last clu
for snow worshippers folded af-
ter a short history.
The decision to reopen the'
club was made by about 30
snowmobile owners attending a
meeting at the Colborne Town-
ship Hall in Carlow. The group,
made up mostly of owners wan-
ting to enjoy the company of
fellow snowmohilers nut on the
trail, expressed interest in
establishing local trails for the
machines as well as planning
ratings_ for groups of owners to
ravel .together.
The meeting, chaired by
recreation committee member
Bill Bogie, investigated the
possibility of working with the
Ministry of Natural Resources
to establish a trail sy*m in
the townships sur cr rending
Goderich.
The Mit'tstr-y is currently in -
,volved in a scheme to set out a
trail system that will not only
satisfy local snowmobilers, but
will enable -the more adven-
turous owners to travel across
the province:' The trail system
will incorporate local trails,
five
will.
10 miles"` ling, regional
trails 35 tc'i 50 miles long and
provincial trails that will
enable one to snowmobile from
Grand Bend to Kenora if one
-chooses to:
The local trails will be
established on a township level,
the regional trails should en-
c•ompass the county and the.
provit cial trails hopefully will
make use of these two in their
circuit.
Grants are available from
the government to enable -local
clubs to bring existing trails up
to Ministry standards, The
money can he used to build
bridges over streams and
rivers, put gates in fences and
to groom the brush the trails
may pass through. The grant is
not for use to establish new
trails.
The Ministry of Natural
Resources have one definite
trail established for Goderich
area snowmobilers. The • Point
Farms Provincial Park will be
used this winter by the
ministry and a trail about 10
miles long has been ruarketl"
nut. Signs clearly showing the
route have not yet been erected
but there are posts, that the
snowmohilers can distinguish
with little difficulty. -
The project is three fold in its
goals. The ministry is hopeful
that snowmobile operators that
uso the roads: a great deal will
make use of the park this win-
ter. Areas of open space have
been utilized for riders wishing
to open their machines up after
periods of slow moving in the
bush.
By clearly marking areas for
snowmobiling the ministry is
hopeful that the machines will
not interfere with cross country
skiers out for an afternoon in
the- snow.
The third wish of the
ministry is that people who
own snowmobiles and use their
machines as recreation in the
open country will be able to go
to the park, park their cats and
trailers and set off for a cross
country ride.
The Colborne Snowmobile
Club selected a slate of officers
for the year and set a member -
hip fee at five dollars a single
membership and ten dollars for
a family, Any children over 18
and not going to school will not
be eligible for a family plan.
The executive committee. -
plan to meet enc discuss the
possibility of taking advantage
of the trail grants. They are
also considering joining the On-
tario Federation of Snowmobile
Clubs but thought it might be
just .as convenient to work with
the estatrlished club in Auburn
until they get on a more solid
working basis.
The officers selected by the
club members are Butch
MacLaren., president; Bob
Rising, vice president; Bill
Bogie, secretary; Bill Brown,
'treasurer; and Bob MacPhee,
Arnold Stothers and Bill
Clancy, executive committee.
The new club mettrnbers
pressed a firm.. ,desire. ' to. ..see
more enthusiasts out to supporte'
the venture in the hopes of
•establishing a thriving
Colborne Snowmobile Club.
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