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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-10-21, Page 5WEDDING INVITATIONS THE- HURON EXPOSITOR PHONE 527.0240 Centralia College presents OPEN HOUSE '8 1 "Feeding A Hungry World" ' THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 10:00 A.M.= 9:00 P.M. Starting • At HURON HALL You are invited to attend this OPEN HOUSE as part of our recognition of World Food Day. , Displays and demonstrations of our programs on the theme "Feeding A Hungry World" will be located thpoughout the campus. Canipus tours and tours of College facilities will be provid- ed. Ministry of Agriculture and Fib/d„ and ama news sts have expanded recently. Mr. Ross' wife Heatheri a law student at UWO, will help in the office in the summer time and he adds, that when business warrants it. another lawyer will 'join the practise to run the Dublin office. CAGE meets in f. Huron The Huron County Citizens Action Group for Education ,(C.A.O.E.) met on Friday October 16th. Discussion took place regarding SERP report input, front C.A.G.E. mem- bers. Chairman Moira Coup. er reported that she had received an acknowledge• went from Mr. Duncan Green. Chairman -of the Se. condary Education Review erofect, He informed her that C.A.G.E. inputw II be consi- dered i when e steering committee prepares its final report to be submitted to the Minister of Education in Septemberc .Az E 1 d98eclided to dra;.ii up a scheudle of membefrs who will attend monthly Board of Education and, , Education Committee Meet. " ings. Monday January 11th 1982 was set as the date for' ' the C.A.G.E. Annual General meeting. Remember's- it take but 'a othosthtoetot WthaoPtlaceAd!in bElaxl. 527 i 02410. • • End Of Line Clearance • Particularly Popular. Portable- Prices • Catch A Car Stereo Deal • The All-New Hi-Fi Line-Up ON RIGHT NOW 40 ONTAQ10 RPM STQATIOLID DAILY 10-6. (SAT. K)-5 0.061D WEDNE6DAY6 • • MacRae's Market Limited --. Dublin, Ontario is-pleased to announce the opening of our new store We are now in our new building, just north of an* previous location. We would like to invite everyone to come in and browse. We now have' a full service Meat department, and Mike Tigani, our Butcher, Will b&happy to look after all your requeSts., WATCH FOR OUR GRANO OPENING COMING SOON. Monday-Thursday8:30 -'6 a.m. Friday 8136- 9-p.ra.,_ Saturday 8t30 -6 p,m, r. New Store HOurs: e • • THE Hum FiPOISITOR 0 OCT Bornholm 97 queen of the St. Columban native Publishes exciting war book 5ebriorille - Teresa .0e ZO, of R.R. 1, Born- holm was crowned as the 1982 Perth County Queen of the Furrow here. Miss Pn Block, a graduet, ing retail management dent from Humher coege was crowned by. the. 190.1. gOno Debbie Beaumont, glieen Witarlia!aefi borft • ftati eontesAnnts with$.44FtP- 49)417; Of14 tit 'Basuto . • Township., .named • an'.: runner -op.. • - . • -Block ths daughter of ifenri.-and.Barh- DeBiockof9.9.1.'jlorithoim • • .and- 'has two . brothers, trio and Randy. The De Blocks have two farms, one a cattle and corn farm•and the other a sow .operation. - After winning, Miss De Block related the first time she had ever plowed was during the plowing match held at the end of Augusts She said she had driven the family tractor before; but never, in competition. She agreed she would have to ...prardse between now and- • the 1982 International Plow- - ing Match to be held in Middlesex County. • • Miss De Block likes to ski, enjoys---live theatre, is inter- ested in agriculture, people in general, good 'books and movies. Prior to the crowning of the queen, trophies were presented to various plowing winners. John McDonnell of R.R. 2, Gadshill received the Bertrand trophy for being the 'youngest competitor. Brian McGavin of R.R. 4, Walton, was presented with the El. lard Lange trophy for receiv- ing the most points. t . In the warden, and past ._ warden class the winners • 'were as follows: John Step: hen of R.R. 1, St. Marys; Wilfred Tuer " of R.R. 3, Stratford; Ormond Pridham • of Fullerton Township; and Uoyd Morrison of R.R. 1, St: Marys. - • • In the mayors, reeves, MPs and MPPs and those who have previously served in those capacities, the Win- ners were as follows: John McKay-of R.R. 2, Stratford; Keith Culliton of Stratford; d Ellard Lange of 11:12. 2, Peter Bokers. Tavistock:' and. Hush Edi- furrow fir mitebou. In the ,Coaripotition argot then tar board pre- *len% the E ra weave's ' ,lle*leY; Bums Otackler., a iiitcheson otrehrend 'ElvY BtO,dhag'' go Of" Milfettort, the competition ,bei -wean tfilt. seriice clubs, ,f0 119w • -; John Melody •‘ BY SUSAN WHITE From 5:30 until 7:30 every morning it's quiet in John ,Melady's house in the country near Brighton. The phones aren't tinging and the family, wife, Mary and three teenage sons, aren't much in evidences About the only sound, seven mornings a week when he can manage it, is John Melady's typewriter as the St. Columbanr native works on his latest book. It's' a long road from the Melady farm in Hibbert (John's mother, Mary, still lives ground on the corner from the home farm; his- dad-Maurice died-4- years-.ago( to the publication this fall: of the writer's first book, a history of German prisoners of war BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Changes were made at the October session of Perth County Council, changes thnt would enable councillors to be more informed on county business. There is only one In Caned* celled Eticape front Canada (MacMillan a Canada. $16.95) but John Melady has been writing, one way or another, since he w** in high sChool- A student at OHS horn 1952 to 56, Mr- oguMeladmay w4Otettle*regular weckli high sellt4 ;few*. St4diks let O in 4004 la • and War/ *e.d thena ..:thy taw now, sti tookvbe*Enel* and is * school et oot 000 students between *ad Trait:on...And be,s kept on writi slab ng as a et rr for a nuMber. of =decal mattaahletb Recent stories laclude one. OR thebuilding of 401 for Canadian geograph- ic.; another for • the Canadian, Forces magazine, the Sentinel, and regular columns in the Ontario high school leachefs' nnigazine and,— the 1 Catholic Register. FIVE YEARS WORK Escape from Canada is the result of five years work, "off and on", Mr. Melady said in a phone interview -at school. Subtitled The Untold Story of Germs,n Prrthiners of War in Canada, 1939-45, the book's inspiration came when the author saw the remains of an old POW camp on a drive through Northern Ontario.' Escape from Canada is the fascinating story, sensitively told, of the 25,000 'German prisoners who spent the war years is Canadimi camps. They ranged in size from small outposts in the Northern Ontario bush to a converted Old Fort Henry in Kingston and a huge camp in Medicine Hat, Albertat which-contained some of-the- moat fanatical Nazis. , Some of the prisoners escaped: John ports. When were they mail- ed? The letters were mailed in Stratford on Oct. 1, and as of Oct. 13, had not yet arrived in Atwoodf Palmerston and •Shakespeare, all within 45 miles of Stratford. Shake- speare is only about seven miles from Stratford. "It's difficult, but we'll have to put up with it," said Warden Wilfred Tuer. MeladY has their stories. Souse were • murdered by fellow inmates and a very few were • shot during escape attempts, Most Canadians, • preh4hly: all postwar age „lona., have no ideal of this 4414000 ci*Pter--.Pf our 'country's history. John Wady bniiiesearched it exhaustively and writes. so well - " Escape fro*. 4444 reach, like. ;i..fiction ;thriller. • - ' • • Publication Escape from, Onadik. put John Me1.4*,1-..*,gocst.. On Front ,Vago• enimeo *,''reeeetgiseshON .L401•.: **4. '• he's •PreelottorialtOttrAvbile on;Itit unpaityleatfe of abSenCe from his school). • 'hives` the opportunity. Doors are `opening., BERTON:WU TAW For - instance,. Front Page Challenge panelist Pierre Berton, who many Canad- ians see as a bit brusque and hard-nosed, invited John to come to his home. in Kleinburg some night soon. The topic under discussion will be the new book John's working on, about Canadian involvement in the Korean War, a subject that also interests Mr. Herten. John also found Challenge guest panell" ist Margaret Trudeau interesting. "That woman has a lot on the-balr," he says with. anote.rf suprise inhisvoiee".• Mrs. Trudeau. • invited him to be a guest on her Ottawa TV talk show in November.' The Korean book by the way is "going very well." Mr. Melady recently spent a half day in Ottawa with retired General Jirequef—Vixtritze, now chairman of Canadian National but Canada's -top- ninth* Man when the war wear:in. And he hopes to interview the man who was our senior officer 'in Korea when. 'he visits • '''' A Seaforth lawyer has opened a full-time office in ` Dublin. Paul. Ross, formerly a partner with Beecher Men- ties in Clinton, has had a law office in Seaforth for a year and a half. Now he's expanding and opening an office in the -tohn Moore Insurance building on Dublin's main street. Mr. Ross said the opening of a preetice - in Dublin was prompted by the number of people who've, come to Sea- forthas clients and said "too bad we didn't h.ave -a lawyer in Dublin." The lawyer also says he has 'confidence in the village where several lotal trinities- Victoria on his hook promotion tOUr• That's something John Melady really ikes about writing; the people you meet. With one exception (which he won't talk about on the record) every POW he interviewed was cO-operative. He started with Tow Kitemitime, now * real' estate. man Wricobilay one ex- ?W IOWA. to another. "1 foUnd one in Trenton', near where I tivt'11. John says. Willie as the bock AkOtea, lots of POWs • camp )lack. to Canada could *ter the war, Man have stayed. in Germany. Wherever itve, must John Melady-knows of have "done tery Well" "They are 'pretty well educated...bad been Well fed and looked after in Canada," the author says. Compared to most of the „,t-war German population they were- • ahead of the game when re-patriated home. Some spoke English and goV good join transleting for the Occupationrforces. Research involved one trip to Europe. As well, John corresponded back and forth with a number of ex-POWs. One, 4 former rxrlonel, came to Canada to talk to him. While he's working steadily on the new book, John Melady has no intention of becoming' a full time writer. That doesn't Pay and besides, he loves teaching. He remembers the example of an uncle, Tom Melody, who was a schools inspector in Toronto and wrote in his sparetime. But he's happy that his eldest son is hoping to study journalism- perhaps at Western next year. His father's example likely had something to do with that career choice. And it appears the sound of a typewriter- will be a fixture in the Melady family for some time , to come. Mail causes council problems thing they cannot count on, the mail delivery. At the start of the session, several 'Reeves complained they had not' received the minutes from the previous meeting and committee re- a 4 MITCHELL: Directors:* • • gates and in some cases alternate delegates were c sen at the Individual Service Members (ISM) meeting held here Oct. 5. There were about 75 mem- bers of the Perth County Federation of Agriculture ' meeting. , In North Perth, the area including Wallace and Elma Townships, Clayton Bender was returned as the direc- tor. The delegates include Wayne Hartung, Ernie Brocklebank anci Paul Verk- Ivy- Henry, Klooster was return- ed as the director for South Perth .F of A .mines convenno-n delegates Perth. , tahsalo; e, r e= South c1udrii g North Easthope Townships. They are Ron Hyde, Tony Van Loowen and Ken Green. The alternate delegates are Gary West and Vic Roland. In West. Perth, the area includings Fullerton; Hibbert and Blanshard Tewnships, Clara Keller was returned as director. The delegates in- clude Leo Kroonen, Ron Christie, and Andy DeVriet, with Jake Willems as alter. pate delegate. Bill Osborn was returned as director for East Perth, which takes in Mornington, Ellice and Logan Townships. The delegates chosen were Dave Smith, Don Crowly. an e 0 • Law office opens in Dublin Teresa -De Block "44(1t age of the:-"Shakespeare itnint. WINTER TUNE--UP 4 cyli 6 co:43.95-- sot 47.95 ANTI—fREEZE SNOW TIRES • Mon. to Thurs. 7-6 Fri & Sat. 7-10 Sun. 9-8 •