Page 2 A CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, St, Johns, Michigan "Thursday, October 5, 1967 County gets OK •! \ •*-*• «-**•«** -4qr ^.-.j^^^-4. wri**J *••*$—+' ta borrow money The Municipal Finance Com­ tf dP mission has approved the is­ suance of $200,000 of tax anti- t cipation notes for Clinton Coun­ ty. The approval was announced (Electronics to speed shorthand last Tuesday by Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley, chairman ofthecommis- learning at St. Johns High) sion. The proceeds will he used to obtain funds to cover operat­ St. Johns High School is util­ "This won't replace the teach­ ness in typing, too. Typewriter the need to keep track of up to ing expenses of the county for izing electronics to teach short­ er," Mrs Barnes said. "The tape course publishers provide tape- four recordings at once. But Mrs the remainder of this year. hand this year. dictations will take up only a recorded instruction, including Barnes, for one, is looking for­ The notes are dated Sept. 2, A new Steno-Craft lab device portion of the class time, with music which sets a pace for the ward to that fact being offset by 1967, are to be due March X, consisting of a console unit and the rest of it being used for typists to follow. The tapes can more rapid and lasting learning 1968, and will carry a maximum 30 listening stations makes It instruction as it is now. But it be used in the same way as with by the students. interest rate of 4 per cent annum. possible for teachers to provide will allow us to provide some shorthand, playing different "It will allow any student to shorthand or typing dictation to very individualized Instruction music for t the different typing move ahead at her own speed students at any or all of four that we haven't been able to speeds. without hindering the others," Bath to offer different dictation speeds—all at before." The electronic outfit, pur­ she said, noting that each stu­ one time. chased with the help of federal dent will probably be e'xposed to math for parents Teachers in the business edu­ BILL SWEARS, HEAD of the funds at a total cost of $2,122, individualized instruction more ' BATH — Beginning Tuesday, cation department at the high business education department, is expected to make a little more than normally under the old sys­ Oct. 10, BathCommunitySchools school expect the new electronic pointed out Steno-Craftrs useful- work for the teacher, because pf tem. will offer a course in modern device to be a big help to them in The Steno-Craft lab also pro­ mathematics for parents. The teaching shorthand, and it will vides for the classroom teacher course will introduce many of come in handy in other courses, to talk to any or all of her stu­ the concepts of the "new math" too. dents through the headsets, al­ which are now being taught in lowing her to cut in on the stu­ elementary and high school, in­ STENO-CRAFT IS actually dents she wishes to talk to and cluding Number Bases (why is four different tape recorders on let the others continue with the 1 plus 1 equal 10?) and sets. one movable console unit. Stu­ tape/ lessons. Some attention will be paid dents at 30 different listening Mrs Charles (Dorothea) Barnes, shorthand and typing teacher at St. Johns to the ideas of modern geome­ stations in the room can tune in BLANK TAPES will allow the High School, threads a recording tape into the four-channel main console try. on the tape recording which their teacher to record lessons her­ that can dictate to shorthand students at four different dictation speeds at * The classes will meet from teacher wants them to listen to. self so that they can be played 7 to 8:30 p.m. in. room 8 of Special tape recordings pry- should she be absent from class once. Students tune in on the one assigned them by the teacher. Bath High School. There is no vide dictations at varying speeds. and a substitute teacher is re­ fee. The instructor will be Mrs The teacher, Mrs Charles (Dor­ quired. Since the substitute might with only the start and stop help so that it can be moved around new school, the equipment wafe Alice Spier. othea) Barnes, will assign a spec­ not be familiar with the class of the teacher required. the room, and 30 listening sta­ purchased in part with building ific channel to specific students progress or lessons, she would The Steno-Craft lab consists tions and head sets. Each list­ and equipment bond issue money. So""live that you can, come depending on their ability. Four need only to operate the Steno- of the console unit, on casters ening station includes a channel In fact, 50 per cent of the total down from the heights—it's different levels of ability will be Craft console, with the regular switch so that the students can cost came from the bond issue, much easier then trying to climb able to take dictation at once teacher's pre-taped lesson being select the channel assigned by and the remaining 50 per cent is out of the depths. without bothering the others. broadcast to the students. the teacher, and a volume con­ expected to be approved under the The electronic unit will also Ovid council trol switch. It also includes a federal Vocational Education Act allow students to better make-up plug so that the teacher can tune of 1963, missed classtlme without involv­ in at the individual stations with Swears said the newbuildlngis ing the teacher to a great ex­ her head set to watch the work designed so that the Steno-Craft tent. Classroom lessons can be session routine of specific students. equipment can be used in two recorded on the machine, with OVID—Improvements at Ovid separate rooms, with the console NOTICE these available to the student were the major topics at a rou­ THE NEW LABORATORY In one room. tine session of the village coun­ equipment Is actually part of the The Steno-Craft lab has not cil Monday night, and then there new high school. It was bought been put to use yet. All the equip­ ©ff Public Hearing Rotary was little formal action taken. with the new high school InWnd ment is here and has been In­ The council agreed on speci­ and will be fully transferrable to stalled, but the school Is still The Bath Township Planning Commission will fications for- a new police car the new school when it is ready. awaiting a series of pre-taped official and then voted to take bids for It was purchased early so that lessons to use with the outfit. hold a public hearing on the request of Carl action at a later date. They also It could be used earlier. The tapes are scheduled to ar­ Schlegel Inc., to rezone their property on here Oct 10 discussed a new heating unit Because it was planned for the rive any day. Chandler Road at Stoll Road to Special Use, for the village hall but didn't Rotarians of St. Johns will make any decision one way or or Industrial, to allow the construction of a welcome on Oct. 10 the gover­ another. garage and office building. nor of this- Rotary district, Only one bid was received Wesley G. Logan, M.D., of Hast­ for a project of removing 18 ings. ^ trees in various sections of town, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 8 p.m. He will address the local Ro­ and Village Clerk Clara Tubbs Senior Janet Leonard demonstrates the use of tary club, one of 50 in his dis­ was instructed to write and seek Township Hall, 14480 Webster Road. the head-sets fot the electronic lab in shorthand trict, and will confer with William more bids. The council deferred Graef, president of the St. Johns action until later. classes at St. Johns High School. By switching Rotary club, and other club of­ C.B. FITCH, SECRETARY channels at the switchbox at her left side, she ficers to obtain Information on Trustees Clifford Saxton, Lar­ . ^ „ BathJwp.i-Plc/ffhi^.C^i'gib^ jean tune in on any ^^^^e^cc^dujgs^at ^ar the club's plans for its service ry Martlnjand Rcberj SJiinalgery-^- activities and <jta -offenc^ugges^ were named as a committee to jfous dictation speeds. • { # tions on Rotary administrative' work" with the Ovid -Lions Club matters. r t and Ovid Business Assn. onplans Dr Logan is one of 283 Rotary for ^community Halloween party governors in all parts of the this year. Trustee Joe Michut- world who are serving as the ka was named to represent Land Bank's sole representative of Rotary the council in planning with other International in districts com­ organizations for the community meeting Oct. 12 prised of member clubs. Each Christmas observance. No district leader is responsible Stockholders of the Federal for supervising the clubs in his Land Bank Association of St. area. More than 12,785 Rotary Johns have been notified of the clubs in 134 countries are super­ It Pays to Shop at annual meeting at 8 p.m. Oct. vised by Rotary governors. Score big with 4th 12 at the Masonic Temple in St, Johns, A MEMBER AND past pres­ Stockholders of the associa­ ident of the Rotary Club of Hast­ Quarter Dividends tion are farmers and farm own­ ings, Dr Logan is a physician. <^l\/[aaJ\innon ± ers in Clinton, Shiawassee and He was elected to office at the Gratiot counties.