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Schools play their part
International Year of the Child
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Times-Advocate, December 19, 1979
First conviction
on crop 11.:nsurance,
A Seaforth area farmer
became the first person in
the province Tuesday to be
fined for attempting to
defraud the Ontario Crop In-
surance Commission,
Kenneth B. Wright, 33, of
R.R. 2, Seaforth, was fined
$2,000 in Huron County court
for attempting to defraud the
commission by submitting a
$4,160 claim in November,
1978, for a white bean crop.
Wright, described by his
lawyer, Bob Rogerson of
Stratford, as a "prosperous
farmer", was found guilty
last month following a four-
day trial.
Henry Ediger, general
manager of the commission,
said later in Toronto it is the
first conviction and fine
registered in the province
Since the fund was establish-
ed in 1966. The fund has
about 15,000 policyholders
and disburses about $15
million annually.
Judge Francis Carter said
Wright's actions have rang-
ing consequences in an
agricultural area such as
Huron. He told Wright he
must consider the deterrent
effect of the sentence on
others and noted he could
have given him five years in
penitentiary.
Whalen
On Tuesday evening,
several from this community
attended the Warden's dance
at the Goderich arena
celebrating the election of
Bill Morley as Huron
County's new Warden.
Congratulations, Bill we are
all very proud of you.
On Friday, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Hord, Strathroy,
visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Ernie Ferguson and on
Saturday they had Mr.
Clayton Ferguson, West
Lorne as their dinner guest.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
Hodgins were Sundae
evening supper guests wit:
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Hodgins, Lucan. Many
people attended the Sunday
school Christmas concert at
Zion Church Friday evening.
After the ;hilarious skits and
carol singing, Santa arrived
to pass out gifts of candy to
the children.
Mr. and Mrs. Ian McLellan
and Tara, Brussels were
week-end guests with Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Hern and
boys.
We are sorry to report that
David Baker is in hospital
and we hope his stay won't
be too long.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wallis
were Sunday supper guests
with Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Switzer, Woodham.
Sincere holiday wishes to
all the Whalen community
and best wishes for the New
Year.
LAVINA KEENER
At South Huron Hsopital,
Exeter, on Monday,
December 17, 1979 Mrs.
Lavine E. (Smith) Keener of
Exeter, formerly of London
in her 95th year. Beloved
wife of the late Milton 0.
Keener (1929). Dearly
beloved mother of Esteele E.
Winer of Exeter, Mrs. Helen
Wilson of London, Mrs. Vera
MacPherson and Orlando
G.Kenner of London.
Predeceased by one son
Wesley Keener (1972) sister
of Mrs. Pat Van Ordt, New
Dundee, Mrs. Jean Brown,
Kitchener and Mrs. Min
Bremner, Woodstock. Also
survived by seven grand-
children, five great grand-
children and one great
grand child. Resting at the
R.C.Dinney funeral home,
Main Street, Exeter where
the funeral service will be
held Wednesday, December
19 at 1:30 p.m. with Rev.
George Anderson D.F.C. of
Trivitt Memorial Anglican
Church officiating. Inter-
ment in Woodland Cemetery,
London.
NOLA COTTLE
Nora (Oke) Cottle, suddenly
at the Stratford General
Hospital, on Thursday,
December 13, 1979, beloved
wife of Alvin Cottle of Mit-
chell, and formerly of
Usborne Twp., in her 72nd
year. Dear mother of Mrs.
Arthur Harris (Lois) of
Stratford, and Ross Cottle of
Usborne Twp. Also survived
by nine grandchildren, one
sister; Mrs. Reta Campbell
of Usborne Twp, one
brother; James Oke of St.
Marys and Lorne
(predeceased 1962). The
funeral was held Monday
from the Hopper-Hockey
Funeral Home, Exeter with
Rev. Fred Feist officiating.
Interment Exeter Cemetery.
If it became a widespread
practice to attempt to get
crop insurance funds
fraudulently, Carter said, it
would result "in a depletion
of funds for bona fide
claims," That would mean
the Ontario government
would have to bail out the
scheme or premiums would
be greatly increased, the
judge said.
"If this court does not run
up a red warning flag ...
great harm may ensue in
this community."
He rejected a request
from Crown Attorney Garry
Hunter that the fine match
the amount involved in the
false claim and he marvell-
ed at the attempted fraud
considering the man had a
gross farm income of about
$100,000 a year.
Rogerson said Wright had
been drinking heavily at the
time of the offence and has
already suffered "public
humiliation .. and the stigma
of this conviction."
On Christmas Eve
By LYNN GAISER
Stephen Central
I couldn't sleep,
It was eleven-thirty-nine,
Our tree was all decorated,
It was a beautiful pine.
Suddenly I heard,
this thumping sound
I knew it was Santa
Cause he jumped with a
bound.
I threw the covers off
of my bed,
and ran out to see him,
And there he spread,
Toys and lots of other stuff
He had rosy cheeks,
and a big cheerful smile,
But soon he left,
After he delivered his pile.
I couldn't believe it,
I had seen Santa Claus,
But then I was waken,
By my dog and her paws!
The Stuck Santa
By JOHN HUNTER
Grade 4
J.A.D. McCurds
"Oh how will I ever get out
of the chimney," said Santa.
"I shouldn't have eaten that
last piece of pie."
Santa heard foot steps
coming down the stairs. It
was the grinch. He was an
evil person. He was waiting
for Santa so he could tie him
up and take his place.
Santa kept quiet. The
grinch saw Santa's feet.
He said "A ha-Now I will
tickle your feet until you give
me your suit."
Santa said, "Go ahead."
He did and Santa laughed.
He laughed so hard he came
flying out the chimney.
He delivered all the
presents and went home for
five eggs and five pieces of
toast.
AGNES BODENHAM
Agnes (Gibson)
Bodenham, suddenly at
University Hospital, London
on Sunday, December 16,
1979. Beloved wife of Pastor
Ivor Bodenham of RR 2,
Kippen, in her 74th year.
Dear mother of (Catherine)
Mrs. Harry Peters of Lon-
don, (Barbara) Mrs. James
Pasman of Vancouver, B.C.,
and (Ivy) Mrs. David Toms
of Owen Sound. Also sur-
vived by seven
grandchildren, one brother
Duncan Gibson of London,
three sisters, Mrs. Barbara
Hillan of California, Mrs.
Jessie Monaghan of
England, and Mrs. Maggie
Buchanan of Scotland.
Predeceased by two
brothers and three sisters,
all in Scotland. Funeral ser-
vice will be held Wednesday,
December 19 at the Hopper-
Hockey Funeral Home, Ex-
eter at 11 a.m. Temporary
interment Exeter Cemetery.
WI LLIAM ROUTLY
Suddenly at St. Joseph's
HP s pital, London, on Wed-
nesday, December 12, 1979,
William J. Routly. Beloved
husband of Elva (Horne)
Routly, of Usborne Town-
ship, in his 79th year. Dear
father of Mrs. Donald Wilcox
(Anna), of Kitchener, Mrs.
Gerald Rennie (Grace), of
Brantford. Also survived by
7 grandchildren, 3 sisters,
Mrs. Mildred Craigo and
Mrs. Ella Somers, both of St.
Marys, and Mrs. Vinetta
Hogg, of Thorndale, 1
brother, Norman, of Aylmer
and Prank Routley
predeceased, Funeral
service Was held Friday
from the Hopper-Hockey
funeral home, Exeter with
with Pastor Ross
Hargreaves officiating.
Interment Zion Cemetery.
Santa's Elf
By JENNIFER MASON
Grade 6
Exeter Public
School
Is it ever a drag being
Santa's elf? All that I do year
round is make toys If I were
Santa there would be a few
changes. First of all only
good, good children would
get presents. Santa nags at
me all of the time.
"Get those toys fixed, he
says. All we get to eat is
meatloaf and Mrs. Claus
makes it. "Yuch"! (Per-
sonally I prefer pizza.)
To top all of that off I
have to ride in Santa's sleigh
on Christmas Eve. First hot
countries, then cold. I've got
one doozy of a cold by the end
of the night. It's a drag. But
it's a living!!
Christmas
By CATHERINE MacKID
Grade 7, Precious Blood
Christmas is a time of
peace.
Its happiness shall never
cease,
As bells ring
And angels sing,
All over the earth
People celebrate Jesus's
birth.
Children wait for Santa to
come,
The presents they get are a
great sum.
Christmas trees stand in
every home and store,
They are there for people to
adore.
While stockings han from
fireplaces,
Children wear smiling faces,
As you see, there are many
reasons,
Why Christmas is a happy
season.
When Will I
be Chosen?
By DWAYNE LAWRENCE
Grade 5
Hensall Public
School
In the wood
A little tree stood
With all the trees beside him.
Without any fear
One of the trees were chosen.
When the trees were chosen
They all were chopped down
and taken to a house,
And always chewed on by
some mouse.
When the owner came again,
He carried decorations in a
can.
He decorated the tree
Then waited for Christmas.
After Christmas had come
and gone,
I used to wait for a year
Then the time came again,
The little trees was won-
dering
Wondering if he would be
chosen
His wonders did come true,
He was the first to be picked!
Christmas Is Here
By GRADES
ONE AND TWO
Mount Carmel
School
Christmas is here
Santa is near.
Bells are ringing
Kids are singing
Snow is Falling
Angels are Calling,
Jens is here,
Let's give a cheer,
Dinner Surprise
By ERIC BROWN
Grade 6
Grand Bend Public
School
One year ago my mother
ordered a huge turkey. When
the turkey arrived, it was
alive! A note was with it.
Feed it food and it will grow
huge. So we fed it and fed it.
It didn't even grow an inch.
We found out it was rabbit
food, So after a week it
started growing to be 12 to 14
pounds. It was 2 days before
Christmas. My mother told
me to get an axe and kill
him. But I didn't kill him. On
Christmas the turkey and I
came to dinner. He was
dressed in a bow tie.
Tis the Night
Before Christmas
By TAMMY BELL —
Grade 5
Hensall Public
School
'Tis the night before
Christmas
And all is dark
Not a creature is stirring
around in the park.
Santa is giving his toys a pull
The children are happy
'cause their stocking are
full.
'Tis the night before
Christmas
And the snow is falling
It is a dark night and not a
person in sight
The children are in bed
Though nothing is being said.
Christmas is nearly hear.
Have a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year.
Christmas Eve
By PATRICIA BERTENS
Precious Blood
School
In the corner is the Christ-
mas tree
The children in bed wait in
glee
Above the door is some
mistletoe
And outside are big drifts of
snow
But there by the chimney is
quite a sight
There's a little old man with
his eyes shining bright.
He's all dressed in red
With a hat on his head
Quick as a wink he stuffs my
big stocking
Then he's up he chimney
without even walking
And away in his sleigh he
rode out of sight
Deeper and deeper into the
night.
A Christmas Poem
By MURRAY RUNDLE
Grade 7,
Usborne Central
The bright snow Was
glistening
And everyone was listening
To hear the loud sounds
Of the Christmas bells round
Credit cards are running low
Christmas lights begin to
glow
The children now are in their
beds
With dreams of toyland in
their heads
There was a bright shinning
star
Along time ago away off far
Christ Jesus was born
On that crisp Christmas
'MCA,
Christmas is often thought of
as a time of great celebrating
but Jesus's birth is the true
Meaning of Christmas.
Sinta Claus
By PAULETTE
ROTHBAU ER
Grade 5
J.A.D. McCurdy
Santa Claus is a jolly elf,
Dressed in red and white.
Laughing and laughing to
himself.
He's really a funny sight.
Santa rides in a sleigh,
Full of all kinds of toys.
Ho-ho-hoing along the w ay.
And making a lot of noise.
Santa makes yummy
candy.
Using red and white candy
paint.
Five pounds is what he gains
When he eats them like a
saint.
Santa lets his white beard
grow,
Until it's as long as a sword.
It's as white as -the whitest
snow.
And as stringy as a guitar
cord.
Santa is a busy, busy
ghome
Making toys for boys and
girls
In, his small and cozy home,
Sawdust and wood out the
window he hurls
Santa goes around the
earth
In only one whole day,
Always thinking about Jesus
birth
In the manger far away.
Christmas Day
By PETER COOK
Grade 6
Hensall Public
School
One Christmas morning,
The old folks were snoring,
The children were waking,
And the whole house was
shaking,
The tree looked pleasant,
Especially their presents,
The parents woke up,
And said, "What's up!
They opened their presents,
And the children said, "How
pleasant!"
They cleaned up the wrap,
Accept for mother,
She didn't even bother,
The men got up,
And they all had "sup",
They watched T.V.
And took down the tree,
The children went to bed,
And mother said "I'm
dead,"
And she too went to bed.
Christmas
By BRUCE DIETRICH
Grade 5
Mount Carmel
School
Christmas is coming,
Lots of people are humming,
Santa is coming soon.
Santa will be here,
His sled will appear,
Can you hear his tune?
Children will be singing,
Bells will be ringing,
Under the Christmas moon.
Jolly Santa
By JODI LEE GREEN
Grade 3
J.A.D. McCurdy
I saw Jolly-old-Santa
I saw Jolly-old-Santa,
Upon a Christmas Eve;
And all that he had in his
sack
I could hardly believe!
He was the real Santa,
And if he had known better,
lie wouldn't have given me
all that I wanted,
Without even reading my
letter!
By DEBBIE PENNINGA
Grade 8
Exeter Public
Scheel
1979 has been declared
International Year Of The
Child. Its purpose is to give
children the rights to have a
good education, love and
their own decision con-
cerning what they want to
be. It is also to help the
children who are abused,
starving or living in worn
torn countries.
At the beginning of the
year some singers such as
Olivia Newton-John, Andy
Gibb, the Bee Gees, Donna
Summer and Rod Stewart
gave the rights of the gongs
I'm Gettin' Somettln"
for Christmas
By VICKIP 7FAFF,
Grade
Usborne Central
Chorus
"I'm gettin' somettin' for
Christmas."
Mommy and Daddy are
glad,
"Cause I'm gettin' somettin
for Christmas",
mad
!all the other kids are
I washed the dishes on
Monday,
everybody's pleased with
me,
I ironed the clothes on
Tuesday,
everybody's pleased with
me,
On Wednesday, I bought my
mom,
A golden broach, oh, it cost
some,
she recieved it on a Thur-
sday,
everybody's pleased with
me!
I went to the grocier on
Friday,
everybody's pleased with
me,
I made the beds on Saturday,
everybody's pleased with
me,
On Sunday, I went to church,
it was a bore, so I stood
lurched,
but did my duty for the day,
everybody's pleased with
me!
Chorus
So you better be good,
for goodness sakes,
Cause your good,
"teliiiig you,
You'll get somettin for
Christmas!
"Lucky Me."
On Christmas Night
By CHRISTIE EVELAND
Stephen Central
On Christmas night all
through the house.
Silent it was not a peep
from a mouse.
A child woke up.
He went Through to his
Mommy.
Mommy where's Saint
Nick.
And Prancer, Dancer,
Vixen, Comet, Rudolph, and
the rest!
They've been here
already. Now get back to bed
it's 7:00 a.m.!
You should have been
there that morning! Honk-
Honk! Toot-Toot! Bang-
Bang! Oh how it is fun.
With a baby on the run!
By LA HUITI E'ME ANNEJE
Precious Blood
Noel au Quebec est:
le 25 de'cembre
la naissanee de Je'sus
la messe de minuit
des arbres de Noel
des cadeaux de Noel
des cartes de Noel
la Ache de Noel
la tourtie're
la dinde
Joyeux Noel et Bonne
Anne'e
Syllable Cinquain
By KELLIE WHITEFORD
Grade 5
Exeter Public
School
Christmas
Christ's day of birth,
People giving presents,
At Noel everyone is glad.
Greetings!
Christmas
By DIANE GIESEN
Grade 7
St. Patrick-Lucan
C is for Christmas that
comes every year
H is for Happiness, good
tiding and cheer
R is for Reindeer that make
the sleigh role
I is for igloos at the North
Pole.
S is for Santa that brings in
the fun
T is for tree that shines like
the sun
M is for map which Santa
doesn't need
A is for angels that do good
deeds
S is for snow all glistening
and white which for old and
lOung people's a very nice
sight.
they sang on a Television
special to the developing of
childrens' rights and to help
the children in need. All the
money that the particular
song made was greatly
appreciated by the treasurer
for International Year Of the
Child who gave them a
tearful thank-you.
Many commercials were
made, showing how to help
children in need and children
feel about their parents and
themselves. The commercial
showed even little children
which is beneficial to show
that even the smallest of
children have feelings, fears
and rights. On one com-
mercial, a little boy said,
"I'd like to get away from
My parents for a couple of
weeks!"
Sally Struthers, an ac-
tress, who used to star on
"All In The Family" is
contributing very much to
helping children in poverty.
She does commercials and
appears in magazines,
telling about supporting a
child in a Communist or
poverty stricken country.
She tells about the little girl
she is supporting and shows
the girl's letters. She asks
people to follow her example
and support a child.
In our school, E:P.S. we
are also acknowledging
The Day When Santa
Lost His Mittens
By DEREK BIERLING
Grade 4
J.A.D. McCurdy
One cold winter day while
Santa was loading his sleigh,
he couldn't find his mittens.
Santa said to Mrs. Claus
"Have you seen my mittens?
Mrs. Claus answered "No I
have not.
Santa mumbled "I can't go
out in the North Pcle without
my mittens."
Mrs. Claus was crying. She
said to Santa "I have a great
idea."
Santa said "Aren't you
going to tell me.
Mrs. Claus said "You'll
see on Christmas Eve.
That night when Santa was
in bed, he wondered what
Mrs. • Claus was doing. She
was knitting mittins for him.
On Christmas Eve Santa
cried. He thought he couldn't
deliver presents.
Mrs. Claus said "Why are
you sad?"
Santa said "I can't-deliver'
presents and the children
won't like me."
Mrs. Claus said "How do
you know?
I knitted a pair for you.
Santa yelled "You did?"
Mrs. Claus said "Load
your sleigh.
After the sled was loaded
Santa went off with the
reindeer and a sack of gifts.
International Year Of The
Child. In the autumn parade
we had children dressed in
costume for many countries
of the world, along with
people holding signs telling
what country the costume
was worn in. There was also
a tape playing the song "It's
a Small World After All."
There were children from
grades one to eight in the
parade.
Our school also had an
assembly for this project.
There were children dressed
up in costumes from several
countries, including Viet
Nam, Mexico and Germany.
We were then shown a film
entitled "Free To Be You
and Me." Though it was not
made in 1979 it mainly dealt
The Night Santa
fell out His sled
By'SCOTT RUSSELL
Grade 2
J.A.P. McCurdy
It was very cold one
Christmas eve. Santa hit-
ched up the team, and off he
went delivering toys here
and there.
A disaster had happened.
Santa fell out of his sled and
down through the Johnson's
chimney. He got quite a bit
dusty but he finally got out.
He put all the toys under
the tree. And did you know
that he never went down or
up chimneys ever again.
Diamond
By COLLEEN GLASGOW
Grade8
Exeter Public
School
Baby
holy, petite
resting, loving, growing
infant, child, Christian,
Christ
preaching, forgiving,
praising
faithful, obedient
Jesus
Winter Poem
By CHRISTINA
McILHARGEY
Grade 5
St. Patrick- Lucan
Once there was a snowman
He lived out in the snow
He had to stay there
There was no where else to
go
He wanted to go inside
But he knew that he would
melt
Oh no one could imagined
How sad the snowman- felt
One day there came a
blizzard
The children stayed inside to
play
The snowman was so afraid
He would blow away that day
When the blizzard left
The children came out again
They built the snowman a
snowife
He was happy for the rest of
his snowman life,
with how children felt and
that parents should not
stereotype their children.
The film showed a boy who
wanted a doll, only to be
ridiculed by his friends, a
boy unjustly blamed for a
mess at school, a princess
not wanting to marry
whoever her father chose,
and several songs including
"It's All Right To Cry,"
Mario Thomas narrated and
appeared in this film.
Huron County Music Night
was in December instead of
March so the schools could
pay tribute to International
Year Of the Child. The choirs
sang songs entitled "Reach
Out In Love" and "With A
Little Love." These songs
told about how many
children needed help and
how we must help each
other.
All our problems aren't
solved, but now the world
knows that there's care.
Hopefully, we can solve
problems like child abuse
and give children a happy
world to live in.
Christmas to Me
BARBARA GALLANT
Grade5
Stephen Central
Christmas-a time of love.
A time to remember our
loved ones faraway. The
time to raise your voice in
praise of the birth of Christ-
our Saviour.
The time of year brotherly
love becomes reality as
strangers muffled against
wintery blasts, and
staggering beneath tinselled
packages say to each other
"Merry Christmas"!
Christmas-a time for
children. Boys and girls
nestled down in dreaming
warmth, on Christmas Eve,
listening for the sound of
reindeer on the roof and
Santa coming down the
chimney. The laughter
beneath the true as their
dreams come true on
Christmas morn.
Santa's Fanta
By JOHN GIFFIN
Grade 7
Precious Blood
School
There was an old man
named Santa
He would always drink lots
of Fanta
Along came a coke
And gave Fanta a poke
Oh farewell to old Santa's
Fanta
There was a very old
stocking
Everyone would look at it
gawking
;aid Santa
And jail with Pante
Ant t storking
when walking-