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Some examples of early brItish stamped postal stationery, including the pictorialdesign for
the Golden Jubilee o Penny Postage. The reverse side of the postcards was left clear for
messages: unlike Canada. Britain has never issued official viewcards.
Many try skimp collecting
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One thing is true about modern
life - people are worried.. We
worry about, taxes, bills, what
people think about us, where we
are going to get money for next
summer's vacation, and many
silly things. We lack a trust in
God that he will provide for us
and our families in the future.
God gives us so much each
day to be thankful for. He sees
that our needs are met - that
we eat, drink, have clothing and
shelter. Yet so many of us lack
faith and trust. We worry our-
selves to the point of becoming
ill. We let our problems bother
and frustrate us. Life could
be much easier for us if we
could take our burdens and pro-
blems to God and let Him give
us the proper guidance.
We can feel better, too, a-
bout many of our worries, if
we trust Him to do what is right
for us. He knows what we
need, even more than we do,
most times. Our faith must
be aided by trust, in order to
lessen our burden in this life.
News of .
Bluevale
Mr. Dennis Freeman was in
charge of the service at Blue-
vale Presbyterian church Sunday.
The Mission Band and Explor-
ers held their first meeting with
Mrs. Keith Moffatt as leader for
mission band and Marie Walker
and Norma Willitts as assistants.
Mrs. Jack Willitts leads the Ex-
plorers, assisted by Mrs. Alex
MacTavish.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elliott
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Elliott and family
of Richmond Hill.
Miss Pat Pritchard of
Georgetown spent several days
with Mr. and Mrs. George
Fischer and family.
The Bluevale-Belmore Young
People's held their meeting Sun-
day evening in Bluevale.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gilkin-
son and Mr. Ivan Haugh were
supper guests Wednesday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh
and Eileen.
Miss Shirley Taylor visited
with Marie and Kathy Walker. on
Sunday.
Huron B. of
The increasing number of pic-
torial postal items produced all
over the world has encouraged
many collectors to specialise in
this attractive aspect of philately.
Canadian collectors wishing to
pursue this idea will find a variety
of recent material available with-
in their own country, and
sufficient has been issued else-
where to build up an international
collection.
The' British Post Office has
never b evn among those issuing
stamped view, cards, but on
several occasions has produced
other postal items embellished
with a pictorial design. The
first of these was art envelope
issued as long ago as 1890. It
celebrated the Golden Jubilee of
•Penny Postage,• recalling the ap-
pearance of the world's first ad-
hesive stamp, the Penny Black.
The envelope sold for a shilling,
but was valid for only one penny
postage, the balance of 11 d
going to Post Office charities.
The envelope showed contrasting
scenes in mail transportation
between 1840 and 1890. ,
In 1964 the British Post Office
issued two pictorial aero-
grammes 'to mark the 400th an-
niversary of the birth of William
Shakespeare. One depicted'
scenes from six of his plays,
while the other reproduced a full
colour photograph of the Royal
Shakespeare Theatre at Strat-
ford. The sheets sold for 10d
(6d postage and 4d premium for
the picture).
Encouraged by the sales of
these air letter sheets, the Post
Office subsequently produced two
tourist air letter sheets depicting
the Houses of arliament and the
'
Tower of London but this ex-
periment has not been followed
up. A similar pictorial sheet
marked the Investiture of the
Prince of Wales in 1969 and
there have been special pictorial
air letters. for Christmas gree-
tings in recent years. The 1972
Christmas Forth showed tra-
ditional easonal ornaments and
decorations.
In Canada, a series of 15
postcards was issued at the end
of 1971 in the Toronto areal Each
card depicted a full colour scene
of Toronto, and the impressed
cents stamp on the card re-
produced the Seine scene. This
Scheme was extended last July
When a series,of '90 different
postcards was released. These
cards depiet scenery and land
marks' from all over the country;
the impressed 8 cents
stamp in each case reproduces
the same scene. . The cards
are Sold new in packs of tiVe '
different fer $1.
Eighteen sets of cards have
been produced •-• three each for
Quebec, Ontario and British
Columbia, two lot Aiberta4 and
One for Newfoundland, Nova Sco-
tie, Prince Edward Island, NOW
Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatche-'
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wan, and the NorthWest k Ter-
ritories and. Yukon.
South of the border, the
American Post Office introduced
a much more modest programme
on June 29, 1972, when a set
of five postcards was releaied.
Each _of . the cards has on the
reverse side reproductions of
four scenes that are high spots
for tourists - thus making 20
different scenes in all. In ad-
dition, however, a fifth scene is
the subject of each of the im-
pressed stamps on the address
side of the cards. Acoastal scene
at Gloucester, the historic frigate
"Constitution" and Monument
Valley are the subjects of the
three cent stamps, intended
for domestic surface rates. The
9 cents Stamp, for domestic air-
mail, features the world-famous
Grand Canyon, and the 15 cents
stamp, for international airmail,
features the 'Niagara Falls with
the Canadian shore in the back-
ground.
Although this was the first
occasion on which official tourist
Cards of this type had been pro-
duced by the Canadian Post
Office, it is interesting to note
that Canadians had thought of the
idea many years ago. In 1871,
Canada was the eleventh country
in the world to begin issuing post-
cards, three years before either
Newfoundland or the United
States. In 1897 commercial ad-
vertising was permitted on post-
Cards bearing impressed stamps.
These cards were issued singly
in packages of 100, or in uncut
sheets of eight cards, in pack-
ages of 125 sheets (100 cards).
Large quantities' were used
by the three leading railway sys-
tems of Canada to advertise the
scenic attractions along their
lines. Although these cards, had
irnpresSed 1 cent etampe, they
were not an official Post Office
issue, like the present series
of view cards, but they are of
great interest and value to eel,-
lectOr. Another _semi-official
item in great demand by
collectors _IS the 1/2 cent post-
card' of. 1928 produced by a ge-
tting firm as an advertising
• ft-lick. it bears the inectiption,
'ThiS is the. first Coloured POet
card issued by the Canadian
Post Office. Keep it as a SO11,,
Venir.' One. wonders how many
Of these cards have survived to
thi*iday.
The greatest exponent of view
cards with impressed stamps was
the New Zealand POSt Office,
Which produced `several bifida!'
sett around the turn Of the teu.
Wr These featured 'Seine O
the
y,'
beautifutecehery Of that COUti f
try i but also included two sets
issued at, the time of the' Boer
War (18044002) with pictures'of
the troops in camp afnd embarking
or South Airide, NOW Zealand
then let this idea drop, but With
renewed interest in hid
fil stationery 'all over the world
Local ,
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a vacation in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mc
Cutcheon of Welland were visi-
toarnsnahwimthcchuitschemoon.ther, Mrs.
]Hannah
Mr. and Mrs. I.A.R. Bryans,
Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Rice and Shannon, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Hahn of Kitchener,
Mr. and Mrs. Bernell Smith and
family of Listowel, Miss Pauline
McCutcheon, Kitchener, Rickey
Clark of Wroxeter and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McCutcheon, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack McCutcheon, Mr. and
Mrs. Mel. McCutcheon and Jerry
Wheeler, all of Brussels were
holiday visitors with Mrs. Han-
nah McCutcheon.
Mr. and Mrs. R.W, Kennedy
and Mrs. George Chidlow were
Sunday visitors in Mitchell with
Mr. and Mrs. Harper Wood.
Mrs. Ross Cardiff returned
home from Mexico, where she
had been undergoing treatment,
last Thursday. Her friends hope
her health will improve.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hemingway
visited Mr. and. Mrs. Jack Nele-
mans in Galt after taking their
,son David and family to the
Airport, Toronto; on Sunday.
A• New Years dinner was en-
joyed by the McWhirter family
with 32 members of the family
present. Guests were Wm.Mc-
Whirter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mc-
Whirter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie. Willis and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Shaw, Blyth, Mr.
and Mrs. John Nesbit Jr. and
family, Blyth, Mr. and Mrs.
George McWhirter and family,
Kitchener,. Mr. andMrs. Elvin
mcwhirter and farrAly, Listowel,
Mr. and Mrs. Ken lionand and
family, Kitchener, Mr. Kelly
Dalton, Londesborouch, Don
Pletch, Brussels, Ont.
it may be revived.
Since the 1920s many Euro-
pean countries have produced
countless thousands of stamped
view cards, Germany, Swit-
zerland and Czechoslovakia being
among the • more prolific
countries. France has also pro-
duced quite a number of these
items, and of particular interest
to Canadians is the set of cards
depicting the Canadian War
Memorial at Vimy Ridge, with
impressed stamps to match, re-
leased in 1936.
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two salary agreements with the
teachers and a Union Contract
with non-teaching employees and
you • have four major tasks that
lie before the Board this year."
He said: "This does not take
into account a m!•riad of other
tasks that include policy review,
review of communications pro-
cedures, evaluation and possible
introduction of new courses in the
schools, the setting of new poli-
, cies and the unexpected day-to-
day problems that evolve in the
field of human relations. As ,
I said, yours is not an enviable
position but I do believe you will
find it challenging, exciting, fru s.=
trating and, hopefully, in-
teresting."
At this point Mr. Cochrane
outlined several procedures for
the nomination and election of the
board chairman and then the
vice-chairman.
Following the vote an ad hoc
striking committee was ap-
pointed, consisting of Board
Chsirman Hill, Mr. Shortreed,
Mrs. Zinn and Mr. Rau to form
the committees. The trustees
were permitted to express their
wishes on which committee they
would like to serve. The new'
Committees Will be presented at
the next regular board Meeting;
January 15 at 7:15 p.m.
Huron County Warden Elmer
Hayter of Varna; who attended
alOng With over 20 spectators,
spoke briefly and invited the
trustees to attend the inaugural
Meeting of Huron ConntY Council
on Tuesday when a new Warden"
'
Would be elected to replace hire.
The spectators joined the.
trustees for coffee following ad-
jetirn merit.
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