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Zurich Citizens News, 1978-06-29, Page 1FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS JUNE 22, 1978 ST. BONIFACE GRADUATES At a ceremony held Wednesday evening, the graduating class of St. Boniface school in Zurich received their diplomas. In the back row (left -right) are Dennis Hoffman, Jim Regier, Rick-Soudant, Phillip Masse, Michael Van Raay, Kenny Overholt and Doug Volland. The middle row consists of Annette Blom, Mary Watson, Cathy Vanneste, Cathy Smith, Linda Mathonia, Lorraine Dietrich, Lori Meidinger and David Smith. In the front are Peter Smith, Deb- bie Overholt, .Carrie Sweeney, Pat Masse, Beth Gelinas, Mary -Ellen Ducharme, Lorraine Ducharme and Jerry Wilder. , Staff photo Placements up 17.9 percent Youth employment situation good The employment situation for students in this area is not all that bad according to a spokesman for the Canada Manpower office in Exeter. Mary Van Osch student placement officer for the Exeter district, said 200 students have registered with the local office with 84 placements being made. Ms. Van Osch stated registrations were up 15.9 percent and placements up 17.6 percent over the same period last year. While the placement percentage may appear to be low, many students find jobs on their own and fail to. notify Manpower, , she stated. On the response of local commercial establishments for hiring students, the se- cond year nursing student at McMaster University said she "has really been sur- prised" by the response of the local firms. Students are generally willing to accept any type of summer job that is offered with a very small number of students turning down jobs that they were offered, she said. This year, there have been many more requests for casual labor help for jobs that only last one or two weeks. Most students in post secondary education registered at the Exeter of- fice have found work by this date, Ms. Van Osch stated. Of the approximately 25 post secondary students registered, only two have not found jobs. Many students 14 and 15 years old have been registering at Manpower with placement for students this age being difficult. Ms. Van Osch said -many employers are not willing to hire students this young. One of the side-effects of" the- secondary school teachers strike in Huron was - the registering of students at early date for students looking for work. The. establishment of the Zehrs store has helped the employment situation, as they have hired about 20 MOST IMPROVED — At graduation ceremonies held at St. Boniface school on Wednesday, the two most improved. students in the grade eight class were honoured. Michael Van' Raay and Laurine Dietrich were presented with their awards by Knights of Columbus member Wilfred Mousseau. Staff photo students this month. Many other students have. jobs at Grand Bend or on the farm, she said. Manpower . is still ready and willing to assist in fin- ding jobs throughout the remainder of the summer but the placement officer said it was still up to the stu- dent to take the initiative in finding employment. Little discussion at Hensall meeting There was little discussion and no debate at the schedul- ed public meeting for input into Hensall's secondary plan. The Thursday night meeting at Hensall Public School attracted about 25 residents, who listened to Huron planner Roman Dzus outline the main features of the plan. The plan has been for- mulated over a two year period following five public meetings. This was the last meeting before the plan goes before Hensall Council for consideration. 'County Coun- cil and the ministry of hous- ing must also approve the plan before it is official. Dzus told 'the meeting there was three major types of growth in Hensall - com- mercial, industrial and residential. The primary function of the plan is to con- trol landuse so incompatible uses are kept separate, he said. Hensall is now in the process of annexing about 150 acres of land from neighboring townships. Most of the land is in Hay Township to the south of the village. "Basically, Hensall has outgrown its landuse base. If the decision had been to maintain the status quo, then there would have been no need for annexation, but Stanley council At the June meeting of Stanley council, six tile drainage loans totalling $33,- 000 were passed by council. A bylaw' was passed which approved tile drainage loans in the amount of $7600. with moderate growth, more land is needed," said Dzus. During the question period several Hensall .residents expressed concern that the plan would restrict commer- cial aktivities already in operation in residential areas. Dzussaid this would not happen as the plan could not restrict an activity that was already established. Another resident said an industry could put pressure on the village council and have the plan changed for its benefit. Reeve Harold Knight said this was impossible as any plan changes required a public meeting. "It isn't something that can be done under the table," he said, �.w Price Per Copy 20 Cents McKinley praises retiring teacher Over 200 people, represen- ting former and present. staff and former pupils at South Huron District High School, gathered at the rec centre Friday night to honor Glen Mickle, a 30 -year veteran of the teaching staff who will retire at the end of this term. They spent a good part of the evening reminiscing with the former Panthers coach and among themselves. Bill O'Brien and Murray May, two members of the first senior. basketball team Mickle took to a WOSSA championship were on hand, along with six of the 13 - member staff who were at Exeter District High School when he commenced his teaching career in 1948. They were former principal H.L. Sturgis, Andy Dixon; Cecil Wilson, Eugene Howey, Morley Sanders and Lauretta Seigner. Master of ceremonies for the program was Ron Bogart, who succeeded Mickle as head of the physical education depart- ment. "He should be proud of his records," Bogart com- mented. "They are ones to beadmired." Several letters were read from former students, teachers and associates. Former principal H.L.. Sturgis was among the head table guests who spoke briefly. He told the retiring teacher that his own retire- ment had been very good and he Wished the same for him. "The children always spoke highly of Glen," com- mented Harry Hayter, who represented the Huron board of education. A former teaching associate,. MPP Jack Riddell, said it was both a sad and happy occasion, noting that the area students and parents would be big losers in Mickle's retire- ment. "He has shaped their lives in many ways," suggested MP Bob McKinley in reference to the students who had passed through Mickle's classes in the past 30 years. - McKinley drew loud laughter when he said he had told a friend he was atten- ding the retirement party for Mickle "because us Conservatives have to stick together". Present principal Joe Wooden •said he 'would miss Mickle because he had always been able to count on him for some "pretty solid advice" whenever it was elicited. After the comments from the head table guests, Bogart called on several former students to recall some humorous and unusual anecdotes involving themselves and Mickle. These included Murray May, Don O'Brien, Bill Batten, Bob Fletcher, Keith Lovell, Don McCurdy and Don Webster. The latter noted that he and Doris Schwartz were the only peo- ple who were still around the school and had been there when Mickle started. Both were students at the time. He termed his stay at SHDHS "30 wonderful years" and said he was overwhelmed at seeing so many former students and associates, many of whom he hadn't seen since they left school. Looking over the audience of former students, he said he saw many who had become school teachers "so I don't know where I went wrong". _ After relating some of the experiences he had enjoyed, he said he 'wished he had kept a diary so he could write "one of those famous books". He was presented with several gifts on behalf of the people gathered for the oc- casion and also the current teaching staff, Strike may affect schools The effects of the Huron County teachers' strike may carry into the next school year, but there are no serious problems, South Huron District High School principal Joe. Wooden said Monday. "We certainly didn't cover as much work as we should have. In some subjects, such as grade ten math, we may have to start back.. at the first of the year covering things missed in grade nine," he said. VISITING AT REST HOME — Two of the many visitors at the Blue Water Rest Home on Sun- day were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Catton of Sarnia. They were visiting with Miss Viola Cadger, 84, of the home. Staff photo