HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-12-23, Page 38WIN VOLLEYBALL TITLE — East Williams Memorial Public School won the recent Middlesex County
volleyball tournament. Back, left, Robert Scale, Mark Thomson, Peter Twynstra, fan McKeen, Stephen Thom-
son, Don Brubacher, John De Vlugt and coach G. Welshman. Front, Russel Cox, Brian Watson, John
Oosterwal, Frank Brubacher and Kevin Stewart, Photo by Scheifele
All grades perform
Hold concert at East Williams
One hundred and eighteen
senior citizens were guests of the
Ailsa Craig and district Lions
Club last Sunday as the Lions
provided their annual Christmas
dinner for seniors in the area,
One hundred and eleven were
on hand at the Town Hall to enjoy
the turkey dinner with all' then, l
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trimmings, while another seven
received theirs at home.
Wives of the Lions Clubs
cooked the turkeys, vegetables,
and made the salads and
desserts, while members of the
Lions Club did the serving and
cleaning up. In addition to the
main course a wide selection
dessert followed, includi
choice of pie, ice cream a 'ruit g
cake.
To begin the even'' the group
was entertain• imitations 'e
and songs fr group from §
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Once again the Auditorium at
the East Williams Memorial
Public School was packed to
capacity as the children
presented their annual Christmas
concert. Late corners were hard
pressed to find a place to sit.
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At ChristMas, .pecial prayer:
May mankin e blessed with "Peac
Earth." A a special wish: May
your per anal Christmas.be a most happy one.
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Soft eandlelight and Christmas
tree boughs set a joyous mood for
the congregation at the Nairn
Church as they met Friday night
for the annual Sunday School
concert.
Little children from the Nur-
sery, Kindergarten and Primary
classes set the stage as they
enacted the Nativity story with
purity and feeling. Led by
teachers, Beatrice Bender, Edna
Nordemann and Ruth Martin the
children sang a couple of
children's carols during the
presentation.
Two other classes, the lower
junior and junior class I grouped
together. Working in pairs the
children presented the message:
Jesus Came for All People. Each
pair drew a picture on a large
sheet of bristol board depicting a
modern situation requiring God's
love.
Christmases of past times were
recalled by the Junior High Class
with Simon Bender, who told of
Christmas as he had experienced
it as a boy. "We thought we were
very lucky to receive one gift at
Christmas," he recalled.
The Junior II class presented a
choral reading on the shepherds.
The evening was then brought to
a climax with a White Gift of-
fering, The gifts of food and
clothing will be distributed
through London Mission Ser-
vices.
Refreshments of cheese and
crackers and apple juice were
then enjoyed by all downstairsin
the basement area.
Sunday morning the worship
service focused on "Experien-
cing Christmas" with special
music offered by the senior and
junior choirs, individual solos
and readings,
The program this year was
presented by the senior grades in
the school, and the auditorium
decorations also made by the
students.
The grade five class delighted
the audience with an "Old
Fashioned Christmas Concert"
which brought back memories
and a Brat deal of laughter from
the audience as days of yester
year were recalled with fun and
fancy.
The senior che' , which in-
eluded Principa en Stott, and
.0 senior teache rs, Nicholls,
opened the ogram with a
fi'' dumber o ristmas selections.
he ade seven class
a short play entitled:
mas Eve News", which
ded all that no other event
tory has had the impact and
e such "good news" as the
b th of Christ.
'Vet people around the world
frequently celebrate this great
event in different ways. This was
well presented by the Grade Six
class who briefly demonstrated
some of the Christmas customs of
other lands.
Following a number of
selections by the Triple Trio
Choir, the Grade eight class put
on a skit entitled: "The Night
Before Christmas Revised" in
which the well-known character
Scrooge is taken once again to the
scenes of his misdeeds by his
friend, Marley. Only Scrooge this
time finds he has been involved in
very modern, but still, shady
dealings.
The boys and girls enacted
their parts well, delighting the
audience and providing a very
pleasant evening for all.
Competing in a round robin
tournament at Medway High
School at Arva, East Williams
Memorial Public School boys
volleyball team succeeded in
taking the Middlesex County
championship.
Eleven schools took part in the
tournament held this year on
December 11. It proved a tough
and unpredictable competition
Huron County Board of
Education heard a delegation on
Monday seeking admittance to
kindergarten of four year old
Steve Martene. His mother, Mrs.
June Martene and nursery school
teacher Karen McEwing both
told the meeting that they felt the
board's reluctance to admit the
youngster due to his age was
unjustified.
In a letter read into the
minutes of the meeting, Mrs.
Marlene said she was appealing
to the board to "consider Steve's
readiness for admission to kin-
dergarten on par with the child
attending kindergarten at Clinton
Public School now,"
"I am under the impression
that his admission was con-
sidered because he had attended
a junior kindergarten in Wood-
,SUPPORT RESOLUTION
The Huron County Board of
Education has voted to support a
resolution presented by the
Prince Edward County Board of
Education calling on the Minister
of Education to have required
courses in Canadian Studies
include one credit in Canadian
History and one credit in
Canadian Geography, rather
than the Minister's present
direction which calls for a
History and Geography credit or
two History credits.
All board members excepting
Molly Kunder supported the
resolution.
The Huron Board also sup-
ported a resolution from the
Lanark County Board of
Education requesting the
Commission on Property Tax
Reform to delay for a period of
one year the implementation of
the proposals contained in, the
Budget Paper in order that they
might be adequately evaluated
by all concerned.'
with some of the smaller schools
coming out on top.
In the semi-finals, East
Williams played against Metcalfe
and McGillivray. Their final
scores against McGillivray were
11-15 and 9-15.
Earlier in the month the girls
volleyball team placed third in
their competition which was held
at Strathroy Collegiate.
stock last year and he will not be
five until March of 1977," she
said.
Steve will not turn five until
February of 1977,
"As Steve's mother I see him
indicating great interest in what
his sister in Grade One is lear-
ning," she told the meeting, "and
he has absorbed considerably
what she has taught him."' '
Karen McEwing of the
Tuckersmith Day Nursery told
the board that it was her feeling
that Steve was ready to start
kindergarten last September,
even though he will not be five
until February,
"He has been enrolled at our
Day'Care Centre since October of
1975," she explained. "During
that time, he has shown that he is
very mature physically, men-
tally, socially, emotionally and
creatively."
She said Steve knows the
alphabet, how to write and spell
his name, the basic shapes,
colors, counting and number
concepts. "His attention span is
quite long compared to others of
this age," she said. .
Trustee Dorothy Wallace
asked Mrs. Martene if she had
considered the age at which Steve
would be trying to enter
University if he were accepted
into kindergarten now.
iDirector of Education D.J.
Cochrane pointed out that while
there was no minimum age limit
set for admission to University or
OKAY INCREASE
Huron County Board
Education approved an inc
in fees payable to ers
conducting driver ucation
courses when it et at its
December session on Monday.
The board will pay, retroactive
to September of this year, $59.40
per student graduate for in car
instruction and $10.80 per student
graduate for classroom in-
struction. The increase
represents eight per cent across
the board and is effective for the
1976-77 school year,
Lions fete
• area seniors
College Steve's ability to get
along there socially because he
would be younger than his peers
might prove a problem.
Referring to the ease of the
child of five enrolled at Clinton,
Mr, Cochrane explained that he
had been a student in junior-
kindergarten at Woodstock and
once enrolled was subject to the
compulsory attendance rules of
the Ministry of Education.
Others had been admitted at an
early age he noted, but those had
been cases considered on medical
grounds pr recommendations
from the Roberts. School in
London,
On a motion by Molly Kunder
the matter was finally referred
back to the Education Committee
for study at its January meeting.
The motion stipulated that
consideration would be given to
changing the age for kin-
dergarten admissions,
Says son ready for school
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LIONS WELCOME GOVERNOR — District A Governor Jim Stott made a visit to the Ailsa Craig and district
Lions club recently. From the left are Carman Pickering, Neil Lloyd, Bob Hooper, Lloyd Mothers, president
Derek Turner, Governor Jim Stott, Ken Jones and Phil Cant, Photo by Scheifele
Lions host to area governor
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Lions Club played host to their
District A Governor, Lion Jim
Stott, last Tuesday evening.
The Governor spoke to the
group and commended them on
their many accomplishments
over the past year, and urged
them to continue on in the spin'
of Lionism to assist wher
there is a need.
He also challenged t ub to
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The forty clubs i " District
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he left, in the care of the Ailsa
Craig club. The Ailsa Craig Lions
have) the responsibility to care
for 1.114 duck and within five days
see that she is taken to another
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