HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-12-21, Page 3BRUCE SIERTSEMA
BruceSiertsemagraduated from
theTourism and Travel Program
of Westerveldt College in Lon
don on November 30. He is the
son of Hebo and Marg Siertsema
of RR 3, Blyth and a graduate of
Blyth Public School and Central
Huron Secondary School in
Clinton.
Blyth.
People
There were six tables in play at
the weekly Lost Heir party in Blyth
on December 12. Winners were:
high lady, Dorothy Daer; high man,
Harve McDowell; low lady, Clara
Rinn; low man, Lloyd ^Walden;
special, Ella Richmond.
There were 10 tables at euchre
on Monday night in Blyth. The
winners were: high lady, Alice
Buchanan; second high lady, Mil
dred McNall; high man, Graeme
McDowell; second high man, Wal
ter Pepper; low lady, Mary Shob-
brook; low man, Ted Mills; ladies’
lone hand, Lillian Leatherland;
men’s lone hand, Jane Giousher;
marked card, Lillian Appleby;
marked chair, Jane Giousher; no.
of zeros, Marjory East.
This is the last euchre until
January 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Daer, Mrs.
Edward Daer and Terry Daer
visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Lawrence and family of
Dresden.
Origins
of Rudolph
One of the most beloved figures
in modern Christmas lore, Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer, was born
when a Montgomery Ward adver
tising copywriter named Robert L.
May was told to create a booklet
which could be given to children at
Christmastime.
That was in 1939, and “Rudolph
with his nose so bright,’’ the nose
which made him a laughingstock
among the other reindeer, has
Charmed generations of children
for over 50 years.
Interestingly enough, the words
of the song “Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer,’’ were net includ
ed in the original booklet that told
Rudolph’s story, and were not
written by May.
Rather, 10 years after May’s
original creation, his brother-in-
law, composer Johnny Marks, put
Rudolph’s tale to music, and wrote
the lyrics with which we are
familiar today.
Cowboy-singer Gene Autry re
corded the tune, which was releas
ed in the fall of 1949 and quickly
became a smash hit.
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1990. PAGE 3.
WI’s donate $6 million in volunteer time
When a monetary value is placed
on the work of the Women’s
Institute for the people of Ontario
and their communities they live in,
the figure is at least $6 million.
Last year the Women’s Institute
donated half a million volunteer
hours to various causes e.g. 4H,
Agriculture in the Classroom, Local
Fairs and Nursing Homes and
wherever they are needed. Statis
tics Canada stated the 1987 aver
age wage was $11.7 per hour.
The Romen's Institute members
realize the importance of their
communities and they are prepared
to donate time to assist others. As
well they donated over half a
million dollars to help others in the
community. All this information
was part of the report given by the
FWIO Public Relations Officer,
Geraldine Campbell at the annual
meeting of FWIO held recently at
Guelph.
In about 90 Ontario communities
the WI hall is the link that holds the
community together. Many other
branches actively support their
focal community centres by doing
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Good health, good friends...all the best to you
at Christmas! ...Paul, Dianne, Jeff & Joanne
PAUL JOSLING
CUSTOM BUILDING
BLYTH
small things like buying the clean
ing equipment, as the Palmyra
Branch did, to putting on fund
raising meals to help pay for
improvements such as the Trycon-
nell branch did.
However W.I. is not only about
money and volunteer hours it is
also about resolutions. When
20,000 rural women speak as one
voice as they do when a WI
Resolution is passed, action will
happen. After all Brock University
is there today because of a
Women’s Institute Resolution.
This year 12 out of the 18
Resolutions presented by Joan
Law, Resolutions Convenor, to the
FWIO Annual Meeting were rati
fied. With a theme for the decade
of Women and the Environment it
is natural that many resolutions
would be on that topic. Many briefs
were presented to local councils on
Environmental issues and as a
result action has happened at a
local level.
WI would like to see the Ministry
of the Environment pass legislation
to regulate manufacturers and
distributors pay refund for the
return of bottles and cans of soft
drinks and juices. A bag containing
broken balloons found on the
beach, from the Kingston area,
aptly demonstrated to the members
the need to ask our legislation to be
passed banning the launching of
balloons into the atmosphere.
The dumping of hazardous
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Our
Gratitude
Could Fill
Volumes
But given a limited
space, this heartfelt
message will have
to suffice:
“Many thanks and
Merry Christmas to
all!’’
Lloyd & Charlotte
-Till
wastes into landfill sites resulted in
FWIO asking that Regulation 309,
1:27 be changed to prohibit all
hazardous wastes from being dis
posed of at a sanitary landfill site.
As an organization that has been
around for over 90 years, the
Federated Women’s Institutes of
Ontario is not afraid to tackle issues
that are important to its members.