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for 2011 will be Dec. 10.
The Knight family Christmas was
held at the Brussels Legion Branch
late Saturday afternoon. They
watched the Santa Claus Parade and
then came inside to get warm, visit
and wait for dinner. The group of
nearly 50 enjoyed a turkey dinner
and then a visit from Santa surprised
the little ones.
Comrades helping for the Branch
included Comrades Jo-Ann
McDonald, Judy Lee, Mary
Bradshaw, Linda Bird,
Jenna Thompson and Samantha
Thyssen.
The Sunday night dance had a
good crowd of nearly 90 enjoy the
music of the Country Versatiles.
Comrades Jo-Ann, Judy, Mabel
Glanville, Nicole Noble and
Mary Bradshaw looked after the
evening
Family Christmas held at Legion
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wheels of our economy turning and
it’s pretty obvious that the grease for
the Christmas part of the wheels gets
applied just about Halloween time.
The advertising budgets increase as
the days go by much to my irritation.
Sometimes it feels like we’ve
forgotten why we have this
celebration.
The giving part of this Christmas
time has gone a little fuzzy, we’re to
give of ourselves for the good of
others. Cash and credit cards have
taken off as the way to say – may
peace, joy, hope and love be yours.
The church folks try to remind us
that deeds of kindness, words of
encouragement and time spent with
others are the way to spread love
around.
This season of anticipation needs
to be used well so that the story of
the Bethlehem baby continues to be
the reason for this very fine and fun
season.
Well Santa came to town with his
bells a ringing. Once again the
welcoming committee from our
village did a super duper job of
organizing the welcome home
parade for Santa, the fella with the
many red suits.
The lights on all the vehicle and
the enthusiasm of the party couldn’t
help but make Santa happy. The
community enjoyed all the fun
available at the Brussels, Morris and
Grey Community Centre after the
great showing for the parade.
Painted faces, animal balloons, hot
dogs and skating, who could ask for
more.
I’m questioning Mrs. Claus and
her judgment. Her cute wee fur-
trimmed parasol seemed just a bit
formal and a tad flimsy for a Huron
County November. But who am I to
question Mrs. Claus, the lady
wonder who lives with this fellow,
runs the toy shop, the reindeer farm
and the Avon outlet? Maybe we’ll all
get fur-trimmed parasols under the
tree, if we’re good.
I had a treat this week. Three elves
came to help me decorate the house
on Sunday. I have angels and Santas,
sleighs and reindeer in every
available spot. It’s amazing how
much dazzle, silver garland can offer
to house plants and shelves. A
beautiful piece was also carefully
laid in my cutlery drawer for my
viewing pleasure I presume.
Christmas parties are underway,
so enjoy your time together. Look
after yourself and wash your hands,
lots and lots and lots.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
Group does well welcoming Santa
Continued from page 3
news, Blyth’s Grade 7 and 8 student
worked together co-operatively
online with Wingham Public
School’s Grade 6/7 students to
describe a picture using Google
Docs.
By Courtney Bachert
The Christmas concert is coming
up on Dec. 14, so everyone is
excited about their special part in the
play, especially the Kindergarten
students who are enthused about
their parts of “mini” Joseph and
Mary in the school’s nativity scene
play. They are singing “Away in a
Manger” accompanied by a student
pianist. The Grade 1/2 students are
singing, “Twinkle, Twinkle, One Big
Star”, accompanied by another
pianist. The junior kindergartens are
still practising their writing skills.
This week, they are focusing on the
letters, L and H. Both letters are
created by using straight lines,
which are easier for their fingers to
form with their pencils at this point.
They have also been working with
the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3 and are
becoming quite proficient at
printing, counting and playing
games using these four numbers.
The Senior Kindergarten class talked
about the letter T and what happens
to T when it is printed in
combination with H. Example:
thereby creating the famous “Th”
sound.
They visualized five frames and
completed mental math facts for
five, along with extending their
thinking to include the ten frame as
an anchor for number six. They have
been watching the weather carefully
to see if November does its job of
moving us all from fine, fall weather
to cooler, winter temperatures.
During the month of November,
the boys and girls in the Grade 1/2
class have been thinking about the
idea of peace and created paintings
to show what “A Wonderful World”
looks like in a time of peace. They
have been focusing on the virtue of
courage and thought about the links
between peace and courage.
The class has read many
interesting books to learn about what
it means to show bravery and
courage. In their “follow-up
discussions”, they found examples
of bravery and used their knowledge
to define what the words mean.
In math, they concentrated on
addition strategies and used a variety
of tools to increase their
understanding of combining parts of
numbers to make a whole. In
connection with adding doubles and
near-doubles, the students in the
class are becoming very proficient at
playing games to practise and
consolidate their new learning.
Another topic they were focusing
on was explaining their thinking
through pictures, numbers and
words. During science, they are
investigating ways people, animals
and plants adapt to the changing
seasons. They are looking forward to
an in-depth study about bears and
hibernation.
In French, classes are working on
their plays and practising
pronunciation of the words and
understanding what they mean. All
the classes are looking
forward to next month and its
surprises
MARY ELIZABETH GRAY
Mary Gray of Brussels, formerly
of Toronto, passed away at Huronlea
Home for the Aged, Brussels on
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. She was 99.
The former Mary McAfee was the
beloved wife of the late Sydney H.L.
Gray, dear aunt of Tom and Donelda
McAfee of Tobermory and Jane
McLennan of Wingham and aunt of
Heather, Shelley and Laura
McLennan, Tom and Nancy and
Tyler McAfee. She was predeceased
by her parents Thomas and Elizabeth
(McLellan) McAfee, her brothers
Thomas and Russell McAfee and
her nephew Murray McLennan.
A graveside service was held at
Prospect Cemetery, 1450 St. Clair
Ave., W. Toronto on Thursday, Nov.
24 . Rev. Wayne B. Beamer
officiated.
Memorial donations to a charity of
one’s choice would be appreciated as
expressions of sympathy and may be
placed through McBurney Funeral
Home, Wingham.
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Obituaries
Blyth Public School holiday concert set for Dec. 14
Continued from page 3was the First Sunday of Adventleading up to the birth of Jesus. Heasked the children if they could find
Jesus in the church and the search
was on. They looked all over the
church but said they could not find
him. Rev. Clark then explained to
them that Jesus is in all of us. When
we do things for others we are like
the story in the scripture this
morning. Jesus tells us that when we
have helped others we have helped
Him.
The first two verses of the hymn
“O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
were sung and the children did the
actions to the chorus that Rev. Clark
taught them.
Rev. Clark’s message to the adults
was “Christmas is Coming – Did
You Wash Your Hands?” As you go
into a hospital there is a sanitation
station on the wall that everyone is to
use for their hands. This helps
control the disease in the hospitals. It
has taken a long time for us to
change to washing our hands. Jesus
was trying to change the people in
His time by telling the stories of
people helping the sick, the hungryand the injured. By helping thesepeople they were helping Him.Rev. Clark had us look around the
congregation and into the faces of
others. Jesus is in these faces and
God is with all of us. Jesus
remembers actions not words.
Everyone of us is responsible for our
actions. Everything starts with
personal responsibilities. When we
give to the Food Bank we are
helping others who cannot provide
for their families. Jesus tells us to
love one another as we love
ourselves. Love never dies. Gift
sharing is love. Our choices make a
difference in someone’s life.
The choir sang the anthem, “Take
Time to Be Holy”. The offering was
received followed by the offertory
hymn, the offertory prayer, the
prayers for the world, silent prayers
and the singing of The Lord’s
Prayer. The last hymn, “Crown Him
with Many Crowns” was followed
by the commissioning and
benediction.
Everyone was invited for coffee
and a time of fellowship
Keep it clean, healthy
Boxing for kids
Volunteers at the Huron Chapel Evangelical Missionary Church spent some time on Saturday
boxing up donations for a charity project through Samaritan’s Purse. The volunteers included,
from left, Rob Campbell, Alex Campbell, Angie Campbell, Ian Wood, Annette Davison,
Heather Wood, Marilyn Brown, Patrick Wood and Senior Pastor Mark Royall. Ian,
representing Envira-North systems, drove the 1,116 boxes that were donated to the drop-off
point in Cambridge. He was also hauling boxes from Exeter and Barrie. (Denny Scott photo)