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Zurich Citizens News, 1967-05-18, Page 1• No, 2O --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1967 7 CENTS PER COPY IMPORTANT GUESTS—Hon. William Davis, minister of education and university affairs for the province of Ontario (left) was special speaker at a meeting of the Zurich Lions Club last Thursday evening. He is seen here with Dr. G. L. Leitch, chairman of . the Township School Area of Hay board; Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, provincial treas- urer, and G. W. Wilkinson, public school inspector. CENTENNIAL TEA TIME — This was the scene at the Hensall Women's Institute Centennial Tea on Monday when ladies from the district gath- ered. in Hensall Legion Hall for the special event. Seen here are (left to right) Mrs. W. Dillingg, Mrs. Byron Kyle, Mrs. Rodger Venner, Mrs. 0. Williams and Mrs. Jim McAllister. Mrs. Kyle and Mrs. • Williams seem to enjoy the service and attention from their three Centennial costumed waitresses. (Citizens News Photo) Minister of Education Explains Need For facilities to Lions Club Members "We must look at education as an investment — not 'as a cost," Hon. W. G. Davis, Ontario Minister of Education, told members of the Zurich Lions Club last Thursday night. The cabinet minister, along with provincial treasurer Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, was a dinner guest at the Lions Club meet- ing, and outlined his views on the modern trend in education Mr. Davis went on to say that there are 1,800,000 elementary students in the province of On- tario, He said, "this means that one out of every persons in the province is enrolled in a school somewhere. We must provide facilities to cope with this situation." The education chief told the group that he worries plenty about the soaring costs of edu- cation, but feels that proper training now will ensure the future of the children in the province. "If we don't provide the prop- er facilities in Ontario for the education of our youth, they will go south of the border where they can get it," he went on to say. "And then we lose them for good." Mr. Davis also pointed out that the philosophy of the de- partment of education is for larger units of facilities, so that better accommodation can be provided youth, and they can receive more advanced training. ing. The speaker said 1967 is an opportunity for all Canadians to show some appreciation for what has been done in the past, He added, "the true significance of Centennial year is not what we have accomplished but our dedication and faith in the next 100 years." Mr. Davis concluded his stir- ring remarks by telling the GREETINGS EXTENDED -- Two gracious ladies, Mrs, Beverly Heaton, past president (left),. and Mrs. Victor Pyette, president (next) greeted guests attending the tea. Seen here as they arrive are Mrs. Gilbert Dow, Mrs. William Green and Mrs. William Sillery, all members of the Exeter WL The social event was deemed a success by all who attended. Honor Award to Hensall Kinsman group that education costs will continue to increase as the number of children to be edu- cated increases. "Young peo- ple today are staying in school for longer periods of time than ever before," he remarked. The minister was in Huron County for the day, and after a hurried tour of school facili- ties at Exeter, Usborne, Stan- ley and 'Clinton, visited the site of the propsed new industrial and educational complex at CFB Centralia. After his visit to the Zurich Lions Club, Mr. Davis went to Crediton where he officiated at the opening of the new Stephen Township Cen- At the Hensall Kinsmen din- ner meeting Thursday night, Del Zehr and Dr. Frank Mader, of London, members of the Lon- don Chapter of Cystic Fibrosis, presented John Baker, a past president, with a Breath of Life" award for outstanding service to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, London Chapter. This is the highest award the chapter can give. Both gave brief speeches. Nominations were held for 1967-68 officer s. President Murray Baker presided for the business meeting. 0— tral School. Accompanying the official group for the day were Don Southcott, the executive assis- tant to the provincial treasurer, and G. W. Wilkinson, inspector for public schools in south Hur- on. The guests were introduced by Lion Vic Dinnin and thanked by Lion Don O'Brien, Other guests at the meeting were Dr. G. L. Leitch, chairman of the Hay School Area board: Bob Street and Frank Ander- son and Nick Lauriette, both with the party of government officials. Also present for the occasion was Lion Robert E. McKinley, Huron MP. New Stephen Township Area Schoo& Officially Opened by Education Chief Stephen Township C e n t r a l School was officially opened last Thursday evening when Ontario's Minister of Education, the Hon. William G. Davis, spoke in the auditorium of the $410,000 structure. He was introduced by the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, pro- vincial t r e a s u r e r, and was thanked by Ralph Weber, a member of the Stephen school board. Huron MP Robert E. McKin- ley, Zurich, brought greetings from Otawa. A memorial Bible was presented by Brigadier G. L. Morgan Smith, of Bayfield, a director on the Ontario School Trustees and Municipal Coun- cillors Association. Dedication of the school was by Rev. Merrill James, of the Dashwood EUS Church, father of the president of the student council at the school, Orville James, who spoke on behalf of the students. Rev. Douglas Warren, of Crediton United Church, pro- nounced the benediction. Tours of the school were arranged. Principal Ronald Heimrich heads a 13 -member teaching staff that includes: D. Fink- beiner, S. Hoist, Mrs. K. Becker, Price •Increase On. Milk This Week Milk prices in this area will go up effective May 19. House- wives in Hensall, Zurich, Dash- wood and the surrounding dis- tricts serviced by Hurondale Dairy will pay about two cents .more for each quart of milk they purchase. Dairy officials say the in- crease is "due to the Milk Mar- keting Board's instructions to increase the payment price for milk from our shippers. We have to make an adjustment in the price of some of our products." One quart of homo aid stand- ard milk will. cost 31c, up from 29c. The three -quart jug will cost 86c, five cents more than before. The two -quart jug of two per cent homo will cost 58c, not 54c as previously. Skim milk, too, will cost two cents more, now 24c. Buttermilk will cost 27c per quart this week -end, three cents more than before. However, the price of eream will remain unchanged. Milk may still be the best buy, though, indicates Ron Mock, Hurondale Dairy owner. He was referring to a letter from Trevor L. Davies, presi- dent of the Ontario Milk Dis- tributors' Association, which said, "Since 1949, dairy prod- ucts have risen 26 per cent in price while the increase has averaged 38 per cent for all foods. High School Board Sets New Poky For Teachers Mrs, M. Brown, Mrs. M. Dun- can, Mrs. H. Jamieson, Mrs. H. Kleinstiver, Mrs. J. Skillener, Miss S. Lightfoot. Miss M. Mc- Lean, Miss S. Pridham and Miss L. Trot. Mrs S. Zurbrigg is the school secretary, Lawrence Wein is the music supervisor and Jim Laye is in charge of custodian duties. Grade eight students Bill Kraft, Danny Calcott, David Goodale and Peter Kleinstiver handled the ushering ,chores, while Nancy Scott, Susan Davey, Sally Verkerk and Heather Whitney were in charge of dis- tributing programs. 0 Zurich Accident Causes Fuel 01 Mess on Rood A freak accident on the main street of Zurich early Wednes- day morning caused close to 100 gallons of fuel oil to be spilled out on the road. The fire department hosed as much of the oil as possible down the sink -hole nearby. The accident happened when a road grader owned by On-. tario Backfilling and Gradin:. of London, and operated by Roderick MacDonald, also of London, was pulling a panel truck behind it, and in some manner the truck swerved and upset in the midde of the road. A wrecker was needed to pull the panel truck back on its four wheels. While there was no damage caused to the grader itself, the truck suffered minor bruised through the encounter. Happening just before eight o'clock in the morning, the in- cident drew a large crowd of curious spectators, most of whom were on their way to work. 0 Some regulations regarding teachers' salaries were set forth last Tuesday evening, May 9, when members of the South Huron District High School board sat dawn at the regular meeting. It was agreed that when the management committee and the teachers' salary committee have come to a decision on the sal- ary schedule for the year, the principal will prepare and pre- sent a table indicating how each teacher's salary has been calcu- lated. Both committees will study the table before endors- ing it. As well, the gross salary of each teacher will be confirmed by the board. Salaries will be paid on a ten-month. basis, with an advance of $300 from the September salary being issued on the first day of school. Teachers, other than those being paid in category one, shall present their Ontario Sec- ondary School Teachers' Feder- ation certificates to the business administrator during, September is requested. A motion was defeated to discontinue the present prac- tice of providing each board member with a monthly printed report from the principal of the school pertaining to school matters. The board did decide, however, that Russian be dis- continued in grade 11 of the five year arts and science pro- gram. The advisory vocational cntn- mittee has asked that a survey be made to ascertain the costs involved in draining, filling and landscaping the present playing field and to arrange for a run- ning track in the southern por- tion. There will also be a survey to determine the cost of estab- lishing a Language lab. New Officers Are Elected by Lions For Next Term Morris Webb was elected president of the Zurich Lions Club, by 'acclamation. last Thursday night, First vice- president is Claire Geiger; eec- ond vice-president, V. L. Becker. both by acclamation, while Stewart Deitz was elected as third vice-president in one of the two positions where a vote was taken. Secretary for the coming year will be Louis Willert, with Doug O'Brien as assistant; treas- urer, Ray McKinnon; tail twist- er. Hubert Schtlbe: Lion Tamer, Delbert Geiger. Bob Merner and Robert Westlake will fill their second year of a fwo-year term for directors, while Gordon Bloch and Richard Erb were both elected as two-year direc- tors. Immediate past president will be Leroy Thiel, The new slate of officers will be officially inducted into their office at.the last meeting in Jtute. IA lucky draw at the Thurs- day night meeting was won bee Lloyd O'Brien.