The Citizen, 2009-08-27, Page 7Londesborough United Church
will hold its retirement farewell for
Rev. Pat Cook next Sunday,Aug. 30.
Following the regular morning
service everyone is invited to stay
for dinner and fellowship. Plan to
attend and give Pat and Bob a
Londesborough send-off they will
remember.
Last week’s column carried two
stories regarding exchange youth inour area in July. Don and KittieMacGregor hosted two students.Kittie also sent me information Ithought the Londesborough areafolk might be interested in.Their own travelling student,daughter Elizabeth returns toCanada from Essex University inColchester, UK on Sept. 1 with her
Masters in Computational
Linguistics. This means she can now
write program for computers. She
will be working in Toronto and plans
to do her PhD somewhere in Canada.
She hopes to some day be a
professor.
Liz has had some adventurous
travels in a number of countries
while studying abroad. Kittie noted
that she and Don are very proud of
her achievements and will be
pleased to have her closer to home.I found an interesting item fromthe Clinton paper of July 1886 Ithought I would share with you.It seems the churches ofLondesborough, Holmesville andthe two Methodist Sabbath Schoolsof Clinton planned a picnic togetherin Goderich. The report notes that1,200 tickets were sold in Clinton
and 250 in Londesborough. As all
children under five travelled free, the
number of picnickers was enormous.
Presumably the trip began at the
train station in Londesborough,
picking up church folk at the Clinton
and Holmesville stations. The
Doherty Band was on board for
entertainment. It required two trains
to take everyone to Goderich where
a pleasant time was spent according
to this report. However the rain that
had threatened all day began to fall
before evening.All the folks were loaded quicklyinto 14 cars on one train and set offon the return trip. Half a mile later,the train stopped and left off fivecars. It is reported that even the ninecars of people taxed the engine.After unloading in Clinton, thetrain returned for the balance of theexcursionists. Once in Clinton a
special train was called into action to
get the Londesborough people
home. The Londesborough residents
who expected to be home by 7 p.m.
didn’t arrive at the station until 10
p.m.
The writer of the 1886 article
claims the Londesborough folk
“bore their misfortune with good
humour although many of them were
put to considerable inconvenience as
they lived a good distance from the
station”.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009. PAGE 7.
The windup
The Londesborough PeeWee girls southpaw pitcher shows
top form as she gets set to hurl the ball at the Mitchell batter
during a game Aug. 18. It was a tough contest for the local
squad as they were soundly defeated by their visitors. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
By this time next week students in
the Avon-Maitland District School
Board will be back in class.
They begin Sept. 1 and after four
days will break for the Labour Day
weekend. This is a week earlier than
usual.
As of the end of June the teaching
staff is set up as follows for the
pupils attending Hullett Central
Public School for the school year
2009/2010.
Kindergarten A will be taught by
Janice Hutchison-Ryan and
kindergarten B by Jill Hausen. Joan
Vandendool will be in the Grade 1/2
room. Nancy Pickell will teach
Grades 2/3.
On the senior wing the Grade 4/5
pupils will have Craig Caldwell as
homeroom teacher. Julie Gilroy will
be in the Grade 5/6 room. Again this
year the Grade 7/8 pupils will be
taught by John Coups.
Sue Barnett will teach music in the
afternoons and handle special
education in the mornings. Julie
Maver will be teaching French
mornings.
Not returning to Hullett Central
this fall but enjoying retirement is
Marie Webster. Marie has been at
Hullett since she became the special
education and resource teacher in
2000. It was interesting to note that
she arrived at the Londesborough
school as the Grade 8 class of June
2009 was entering kindergarten.
Born in Hullett Twp., Marie
attended Stratford Teacher’s College
and began teaching in 1973.
Previous to her time at Hullett,
Marie had taught at Brookside
Public School and Blyth Public
School.
Marie remarked that “I will miss
the kids, especially the look of
understanding and delight when kids
who struggle finally understand the
concepts of print and learn to read. I
will miss the interaction with parents
and the opportunity to work with
them to provide the best for their
children.”
Marie intends to spend more time
on her other interests - painting,
hiking, reading, gardening and
travelling. Volunteer work will also
take more of her time.
Congratulations on your
retirement, Marie. The community
offers their best wishes to you.
Back to school on the horizon
The Citizen
offices will be closed on
Monday, September 7
for
LABOUR DAY
The deadlines for the September 10 paper
will be
Friday, September 4
2 pm in Brussels
and
4 pm in Blyth
Graduation
Rita Rice Bowers graduated
with distinction from
the University of Western
Ontario’s Faculty of Education,
on June 12, 2009, with a
Bachelor of Education Degree,
Intermediate/Senior.
Congratulations! Love, Steve,
Greg, Laura and Gavin.
MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
The upcoming Council and
Committee meetings for the
Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry will be held:
Tuesday, September 1
at 7:30 pm
Regular Council Meeting
Tuesday, September 15
at 8:00 pm
Regular Council Meeting
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