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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-07-06, Page 7THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1961 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS South Huron School Board Gives Final Approval For Vocational School SHDHS board by unanimous ses right through to the grade consent last Tuesday night, ag- reed greed to support the proposed million -dollar composite school in Clinton which may revolut- ionize secondary school train- ing in the county. The board authorized Chair- man H. L. Snider to enter into a tentative 10 -year agreement to share costs of operation of the county school which will provide extensive vocational training for about 600 pupils from grades nine to 12. Board delegates to the county committee revealed the new institution is expected to bring about sweeping changes in district education at the high school level. They indicated there will be a "wholesale re- vision" in courses which may have a more far-reaching ef- fect than the establishment of district school over a decade ago. Although details of the new program are not official yet, delegates revealed some of them to encourage public sup- port. Enter in Grade Nine • Students will decide at the end of grade eight whether they wish to take vocational training at Clinton or academic instruction at the local school. They will be assisted in their decision by a guidance service to be established at the public school level. The choice will be voluntary; school authorities will recommend which course the student should accept but the decision will be left with the family. Besides providing vocational training for those who do not intend to finish high school, the composite school will give cour- 13 level to allow the vocational student to go on to higher ed- ucation if he wishes. The grade 13 course may be taken at Clinton or at the home school if proper courses are available. Classes at the county school will start at 9:30 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. to allow students from each area to be transported to and from Clinton after being picked up by the local district bus system. The noon -hour period will be shortened from 50 to 35 minutes. Eventually shop, home econ- omics, commercial and agricul- ture courses will be discontin- ued at the local schools in fav- or of more intensified pro- grams at the central school. Students who fail in one course will not be allowed to transfer to another until they have successfully completed the year. This will prevent "dum- ping" of non-academic students into vocational fields. It was emphasized again that the voc- ational training will require as much native ability to complete as academic fields, although the stresses will be in different areas. District schools will be al- lowed three years in order to meet their quotas of enrolment. They will be required to guar- antee a certain number of stu- dents for the central school to the extent that they may be charged over and above the per -pupil rate if the quota is not filled by the participating school in question or the others involved. Instruction a n d operation costs for the central schools will be approximately 25 percent higher than for academic cour- ses but provincial grants will be correspondingly higher. The new program eliminated many of the doubts which SH - DHS members had about the original proposal when only scant details were available. When In Zurich GET YOUR HAM CUT Al EARL OESCH BARBER SHOP Open Thursday and Saturday Nights_ ORE RNACE BOV 011 and GAS FURNACES Signing guest books is old hat for veteran newscaster John Cameron Swayze who made first trip to Toronto rec- ently, Visit was to launch Swaze's Notebook, which will be heard Monday, Wednesday and Fridays on the CBC Domin- ion radio network._ Greeting Swayze as he arrived was Tor- onto businessman, Ray C. Robbins. Couple Celebrated 40th Anniversary (By our Hensall correspondent) Mr. and Mrs. Herb Kercher, of Hensall, who observed their 40th wedding anniversary on June 29, celebrated the occasion with a family dinner on Sun- day, July 2, at the Dominion Hotel, Zurich. The date also marked the 12th wedding anni- versary of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. S. Jef- fery. Mr. and Mrs. Kercher were married 40 years ago in Crom- arty, by the late Rev. David Richie, and moved to their pres- ent farm in Tuckersmith, where tor LESS MONEY Save on heat -- have clean, mth all thoughhealthful, filtered urt home. Low Boy through y has features of much more ex- pensive furnaces. Extra big heat exchanger, fully automatic controls, -filters_and„blower. ONLY 42 INCHES LOW—The (Coleman Low Boy Furnace can be installed in basements with extremely low ceilings. UNIVERSAL—It delivers a new high in efficiency for any duct system. ,r -' -' -' our t#on+e� Call for FREE Comfo-rt,Survey�,._of _Y SEE THE NEW COLEMAN SPACE HEATERS !deal for Cottages .• . Or Small Homes! GAS or 011 MODELS! GINGERICH'S SALES & SERVICE LTD. ST. JOSEPH and DRYSDALE. LAL. FRED DUCHARME, Correspondent] On Saturday last, Mr. and lately with her parents on this Mrs. Joseph Masse, Windsor, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Du- charme, of near Tecumseh, call- ed on the Ducharme's. The two couples left their homes on Saturday morning on a sight- seeing trip. On their return they called on relatives on this highway. They travelled north on Highway 21, probably in the Kincardine district, there cutting across an easterly dir- ection, going through Walker- ton to a further point north. They very much enjoyed their country -side trip and it was a great relief from the sultry city atmosphere. It was also an out- ing for them viewing the towns and burgs they went through and as well the growing crops, and other things interesting along the way. they have since resided. The bride was the former Myrtle Wright. They have three child- ren, Margaret, Mrs. James Jor- dan, of London; Ross, at home, and Doris, Mrs. Spencer Jeffery, of Staffa; also three grandchild- ren, Judy, Ruth and Billy Jef- fery. After a delicious dinner dur- ing which an anniversary cake was served, the family presen- ted their parents with a stain- less steel electric skillet and the grandchildren gave them a cup and saucer. The bride of 40 years wore a orchid corsage and the groom a buutoneire, also gifts from the family. They also wished their parents many more years of happy married life. LAFF-A-DAY O Md, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights emend. "We interrupt this program to bring you a message from our sponsor." Notice to Destroy NO IOUS WDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to property owners in urban and sub -divided areas to destroy all Noxious Weeds as often as necessary in each season, to prevent their going to seed. Also, after July 22, 1961, proceedings will be taken to destroy Noxious Weeds in accordance with the Weed Control Act. ALEX CHESNEY Huron County Weed Inspector highway. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Masse, De- troit, spent the weekend in their farm home south of St. Joseph. Miss Delores Denomme, De- troit, visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Denom- me, for a few days on this high- way. Many resorters have already taken to their summer cottages along the lake for their vaca- tion, others are visiting with their parents for a few days or weeks. Visitors over the first of July at the home of Mrs. Josephine Ducharme were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Masse and family, Lon- don, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jef- frey and Mr. and Mrs. G. Mc- Laughlin and children, Goder- ich. Mr. and Mrs. Bliase Duchar- me and family, Windsor are spending their holidays with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ducharme. Mrs. Tyrus Stansberry and son, Dale, Detroit, spent a week PAGE SEVEN 3 o'clock, and of course by that time most of the north -bound traffic was about to an end, and we think perhaps only half of the number of cars at that late hour were travelling. But re- gardless of that, there were 190 travelling one way to the north, so if that number was only half of the average for the full 24 hours from Friday to Saturday at the above hours, there would be more than 8,000 vehicles travelling north. About half of that number were going south or in the laneways lead- ing to the lake. Motorists are to be complimented for their careful driving as few or any accidents were reported in this nearby highway. 0 Food Shortage? On the past weekend along this highway and perhaps as well in other points people be- came uneasy due to a shortage of bread and other groceries. Perhaps they did not think of the first of July being a nation- al holiday, especially for the business people. In the early part of the week they did not supply their bread box. However, they were lucky the butcher was on his route as usual and also the milk deliv- ery, which was a great help to provide a stimulant for the hungry situation during the long weekend. There was much chit chatting over the situation, but after a careful analysis of the case we have come to the conclusion that no blame was put on any particular one as all were aware of the holiday. Heavy Traffic Saturday last, the first day of July, being a national holi- day, we believe not in it's his- tory has there been so much traffic. We took off an hour on Saturday afternon from 2 to Hensall Kinettes Meet At Cottage (By our Hensall correspondent) The regular meeting of the Hensall Kinette Club was held Tuesday evening at the summer cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bonthron. Mrs. George Sawyer, of Exe- ter, a former member, who is leaving for Tillsonburg in the near future, was an invited guest, and presented a gift by president, Mrs. Ross Jinks, on behalf of the club. Yearly reports were submit- ted and a birthday gift will be forwarded to their adopted lit- tle girl in Italy. Mrs. William Clement won the raffle. Meetings will resume in September. A pot luck sup- per was enjoyed after the meet- ing. 27.8b ONTARIO Application forms for ONTARIO " ETAIL SALES TAX ENDOR'S PERMIT should be returned by July 15,1961 Official Permit Application Forms have been sent to over 120,000 Ontario vendors together with detailed informa- tion on the new Ontario Retail Sales Tax Act. These applications should be completed and returned by July 15th, so that vendors will receive their permits and additional information well in ad- vance of September 1st, when the tax goes into effect. Who requires a vendor's permit? Every company or person, who in the ordinary course of his business sells goods to purchasers in Ontario, must have a sales tax vendor's permit. Restaurants and other premises selling prepared meals require a permit.Perrnits are also required by salesmen or manufacturer's agents who sell in Ontario for non-resident vendors not registered in Ontario. Vendors who have not received official Permit Application forms should send for one today! COMPLETE AND MAIL THIS CONVENIENT COUPON Retail Sales Tax Branch, Office of Comptroller of Revenue, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 2, Ontario Please send me a Permit Application form together with detailed information on the Ontario Retail Sales Tax. NAME COMPANY NAME ADDRESS TYPE O' BUSINESS FEE PHILIP T. CLARK Comptroller of Revenue