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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1971
Hensall Women's Institute
held their fall meeting Wednes-
day, September 8, in the Legion
Hall, with vice president, Mrs.
B. Beaton occupying the chair.
Mrs. Clarence Reid was ap-
pointed a delegate to the area
convention to be held at Clinton
September 30, and October 1.
The Huron Historical Society
meeting will be held at Dung-
annon, September 14. Anyone
wishing to go will contact Mrs.
R. Simpson.
Mrs. Pearl Koehler presided
for the program, and Mrs. Beat-
on introduced the guest speaker
for the evening, Rev. Ivor
Bodenham, who chose for his
message, "Public Relations."
Shirley and 'Marilyn Brintnell,
Jean Cole and Linda Bell, prov-
ided musical numbers. Program
convenors, Mrs. Koehler and
Airs. Beaton; hostesses, Mrs.
Clarence Reid and Mrs. William
Brintnell.
Mrs. R.D. Elgie gave courtesy
remarks, and a pot luck lunch
was served.
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Legion Auxiliary
plan events
for fall season
The fall meeting of Hensall
Legion Ladies Auxiliary was
held Tuesday evening, Septemb-
er 7, in the Legion Hall. Pres-
ident, Mrs. E. R. Davis chaired
the meeting.
It was announced that the
group will cater to two weddings,
and made plans for a Christmas
draw, as well as a New Year's
Eve dance. A bowling tourna-
ment will be held in Wingham,
for which teams from this group
will participate.
Mrs. Grant McClinchey won
the mystery prize, Airs. Howard
Smale the guessing. Bingo and
a pot luck lunch was enjoyed.
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School wants smoking area
Even though the Huron County
Health Unit and the staff at
Huron County secondary schools
are making continued efforts to
discourage young people from
taking up the smoking habit,
there still seems to be a consid-
erable number of young people
who prefer the "weed" to other
forms of diversion.
This fact was made abundantly
clear at the recent meeting of
the Huron County Board of Educ-
ation when a request from the
Central Huron Secondary School
principal, R. J. Homuth, was
heard. Mr. Homuth was asking
for the establishment of a
"grassed area for a lunch area,
and the gravelled area for a
smoking area" to the west of
the school on board -owned prop-
erty.
The principal requested that
picnic tables and benches be
placed in both areas; that garb-
age containers be chained to
trees throughout these areas;
and that a student organization
be set up to provide daily maint-
enance of those areas.
The letter from Homuth re-
viewed the situation which has
existed at Clinton for years.
Students congregate on the side-
walks in front of the school to
smoke and to lunch. They then
toss their cigarette butts and
their refuse on the private prop-
erties which surround the school.
In the past, this situation has
caused considerable grief for
Clinton ratepayers, Clinton Town
Police, and the principal at
CHSS and the school. board .
"No doubt the board is aware
of the perennial problem that
now exists between residents in
the immediate area of our
school and out students, " wrote
Homuth. "I feel that these res-
idents have every right to be
concerned over students congreg-
ating in front of their houses,
eating, smoking and scattering
cigarette butts and garbage on
the street in front of their homes
and on their lawns."
"With an outdoor eating and
smoking area, " continued Ho-
muth, "students at CHSS will
have an opportunity to demon-
strate that they too are concerned
about our public relations, and
with such an area under my
jurisdiction I am reasonably cert-
ain that the problem outlined
above will be eased considerable,
I shall then be able to direct
students to these areas."
Homuth told the board in the
letter that students will smoke
whether or not they are offered
a smoking area and that the habil
is already condoned by the par-
ents of these students despite
injury to health.
Many board members rested
back in their chairs, puffing
away on cigarettes and cigars, to
discuss the matter.
"It would keep them off the
streets and bothering people, "
said Jim Taylor, Hensall.
"This smoking area would only
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fall and in the spring, " said
John Henderson, McKillop.
"Next thing they'd want to
smoke in the school, in the
cafeteria."
Chairman Bob Elliott, God-
erich Township, referred to the
fact that this has been a prob-
lem for the previous board at
the school and said that a side-
walk on the school's side of the'
street was supposed to have
corrected the problem of students
crossing the street and smoking
and eating adjacent to private
property there.
"If there has to be a smoking
area, let there be no furniture
outside for them, " reasoned
Elliott.
Dr. Alex Addison, Clinton
wondered why an area would haul
to be established and gravelled.
He suggested just allotting a
small area for smoking.
Superintendent Frank Madill
said that if the board established
a smoking area, it just might
set a county policy. He referred
to the Goderich High School
principal, John Stringer, who
doesn't permit smoking on any
sidewalks adjacent to the school.
"If a principal in these trying
times can pursuade students not
to smoke on school property,
then more power to him, " said
Madill.
Madill also noted that the
Clinton cafeteria is not full so
that over -crowding there is not
the reason that a smoking and
eating area outside has been re-
quested.
Goderich's Dayley Hill asked
to hear the director's comments
on the subject.
D.J. Cochrane, a former
principal at Clinton, said he
understood the problem at
Clinton.
"It is peculiar to this school, "
said Cochrane. "We get more
complaints about trespassing
than we do about teenagers
smoking."
Vice-chairman John Broadfoot
recognized a "divided camp"
within the board and suggested
there may be "some alternative
way to work this out that would
be acceptable to the board."
Alex Corrigan agreed.
"There must be a better way
of doing it, " said Corrigan.
"I'm not in favor of some of
the things which were requested
in that letter. "
John Henderson felt the board
was "backing off" from the
problem and wanted the board to
deny the request made by Ho-
muth.
However, it was decided that
Dr. Addison and Chairman Bob
Elliott meet with the principal
of CHSS to discuss alternate
methods to handle the smoking
problem at the school.
The subject was tabled until
next meeting.
Unit 1 of UCW
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subjects
Unit I of Hensall United
Church Women met Thursday,
September 9, in the church
with 13 present. Mrs. Albert
Shirray presided for the meeting
and also gave the devotional
entitled, "Man can -not live
without God."
Mrs. Harvey Keys gave the
study on "Three teenagers Mis-
sion to Brazil." The general
meeting will be held September
20, with Unit IV in charge.
Unit I looks after the nursery
and flowers for September.
Mrs. Don Joynt conducted a
talk session on pollution; shows
on TV, religion, etc. Everyone
joined in with suggestions.
Mrs. Jack Consitt and assist-
ants served lunch.
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