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Serving: Palmyra Macedon Walworth Marion Farmington Macedon Center West Macedon East Palmyra k i n g d a u g h t e r s LIB JOURNAL VOL, XLIII NO. 46 Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1971 Single Copy 15c $4.50 Per Year Walworth Chamber BISHOP DODGE WILL SPEAK Challenges New AT COMMUNITY SERVICE School Site Selection THANKSGIVING, 10 AM The Chamber of Commerce of Walworth feels that certain in formation must be brought to the attention of Walworth residents regarding the proposed $5.5 million dollar high school to be built in Ontario.. The following facts are presented for con sideration and action if warranted. At the open school board meeting held on September 16, 1971, a site location for the proposed new high school was outlined. This selection disregarded both the geographic center of student population and the geographic center of the two townships. Both of these centers fall in Walworth. There was also a total disregard for the past history of growth within the Towns ol Walworth and Ontario. Hie 1970 national census figures ' show that Walworth had the second highest growth of any community within Wayne County and approximately twice^hat of Ontario. Any projections to relate the center of student population at the time of completion of the new high school, approximately 3 years from initiation of con struction, was forbidden. When Walworth and Ontario consolidated in 1950, it was un derstood that the location of future schools would be divided between the communities. For various reasons, (E.G. Ontario had town water, Ontario will have sewers, etc.) this has never been carried out. Building the new high school in Ontario v-ould not only exemplify this building trend in Ontario but, result in the loss of the Walworth Elementary School. This school would be renovated for use as an ad ministration building for the school district. Probably one of the most im portant considerations for the residents of Walworth concerns economics. When we talk about $5 million dollar schools and million dollar school budgets, we are talking about economics that surpass that of many industries. Schools and their administration are big business and, must be treated as such. Building a school in the community is similar to having an industry to help sup port such things as water, taxeS, sewer projects, etc. Another school in Ontario not wily means a substantial increase in school ta^ces for Walworth residents but, further increases in various utility costs that are not being supported in part by any ad ditional income. The Chamber feels that it is time for residents of Walworth to evaluate these facts and, to speak oat concerning the welfare of their children and community. William Fren* RETURN GODS BLESSING The annual Community Thanksgiving Service of Worship will be held at 10 AM on,. Thanksgiving Day at the Reformed Church on Canan daigua Street. This year, the Rev. Dr. Ralph E. Dodge, a United Methodist Missionary and Bishop, now retired, will be the guest speaker. The Rev. Robent Ondra will conduct the service with music supplied by the Reformed Church Choir. . The service is being sponsored by the Palmyra-Macedon Clergy Council in keeping with the original significance of Thanksgiving. Bishop Dodge will be speaking on the topic: “ A Christian Heritage.” The Bishop was for many years a United Methodist missionary in Africa. He is the author {& many articles and two books about the church in mission. For the last three years he has served as the chaplain at the Mindola \A frica. Before being elected a Bishop in the African Church in 1956, Dr. Dodge served as a missionary in Angola specializing in educational and evangelistic work from 1936 to 1950 and then as Africa Secretary for the Methodist Board of Missions with headquarters in New York City from 1950 to 1956. As a Bishop he served the countries of Angola, Rhodesia and Mozambique until 1968 when he stepped aside to allow an African to be elected to the position. Much of the time that he was Bishop he was not allowed to enter one or more of the countries he served because of his strong support of the causes of the Africans in their struggles with the colonial or all white govern ments of their countries. Bishop Dodge has earned a number of academic degrees, Bishop Ralph E. Dodge including a Ph.D from Hartfort Seminary Foundation. He is the author of THE UNPOPULAR - ^ l l S S i O 1963, and THE PAGAN CJHURCH, published in *1968. He and his wife, Eunice, have four grown children. Bishop and Mrs. Dodge now are residing in Springfield, Missouri in their retirement. The offering at the service will go toward the special needs of the Mindolo Ecumenical Centre at Kitwe, Zambia, Africa. The Mindolo Centre is me' only Christian training center of its kind in Africa. It is located in the center of the copperbelt of that vast continent. The center includes an All African Literature Centre where Africans are taught to write for Radio and T.V., develop Church School materials and to work in the arts and graphics. There is also a Ministerial Training Center for the United Church of Zambia and a Training Center for Women, one for Youth and one for Farming. Teachers Clarify New Salary Contract THANKSGIVING, 1971 Freedom is a tradition in our great nation. From the earliest beginnings, the courage of our Pilgrim forefathers made it possible. The will and faith of our .people have kept it alive. It will rem a in ours with vigilance and dedication. So--the t>ast, the present and the future are inextricably woven together. Through freedom. Today we give thanks for this precious legacy. We rem em b er and cherish our tradition. We p ray that freedom will become the inalienable right of all nations. Clarification of a two-year salary contract agreed to one week ago was made last night by the Palmyra-Macedon Faculty Association (PMFA). The teachers’ group said that clarifications were called for because of “ certain misin terpretations” in reports of their 1971-72, 1972-73 salary contracts. The; PMFA said that “ all negotiations with the Board of Education have ended.” A joint statement issued last week by the Pal-Mac Board of Education and the PMFA sard that a panel consisting of a board member, Superintendent of Schools Carroll Hutt, another administrator and several faculty • association members would meet to decide (Cont. on page 14) ANSON JOHNSON, LOCAL DR UGGIST, DIED NOV. 21st Anson B. Johnson Sr., 65, of 320 W. Jackson St., Palmyra, died Nov. 22 at his home. Until he had undergone open heart surgery two years ago, the retired pharmacist had been active in civic, fraternal and political circles. Just a few weeks ago Mr. Johnson was readmitted to Strong Memorial Hospital but was released after a short check up stay. Mr. Johnson was born in New (Cont. on page 3)
