The Citizen, 1987-03-18, Page 11THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1987. PAGE 11.
Ag. Museum
to open
new exhibition
Contributions made by various
cultural groups to Ontario will be
the focus of a feature exhibit at the
Ontario Agricultural Museum,
June 15 until Sept. 7.
“Multiculturalism - A Rural
Perspective” will offer visitors the
opportunity to examine many of
the social and cultural contribu
tions made by different ethnic
groups to life in rural Ontario.
Multiculturalism will be reveal
ed as a phenomenon which has
affected not only the urban, but
rural population from the time of
earliest settlement to the present.
The exhibit is divided into eight
different interest areas focusing on
topics such as things they brought
with them, place names in Ontario,
furniture, architecture, food and
diet, textiles and clothing, social
life and customs, and farming.
This topical approach will high
light the many different cultural
forces alive in rural Ontario during
the past and today.
While at the Museum discover
the sights and sounds of Ontario’s
rural past and explore over 32
hectares of living history.
Daily demonstrations of spinn
ing, weaving, blacksmithing,
wheelwrighting, open hearth cook
ery, farming activities and more
are featured.
Huron Women Teachers
to organize meeting
on education needs
Members of the 1987 executive of the Bluewater Shrine Club are,
left to right: front, Noble Ted East, Blyth, treasurer; Dr. Norman
Amos, Kirkton, Potentate of Mocha Temple; Reverend Charles
Carpentier, president; Noble Bill Riehl, Clinton, immediate past
president; Noble Gordon Baxter, Wingham, secretary; Noble Fred
Thiell, Brussels, director. Second row: Noble Max Watts,
Brussels, second vice-president; Noble Jim Brown, Seaforth,
director; Noble Jim How son, Blyth, director; Noble Ron Turner,
Parkhill, director; Noble George Bacon, Goderich, director. Back:
Noble Jim Bridle, Zurich, director; Noble Bruce Standlake, Grand
Bend, director; Noble Dave Hynds, Wingham, director; Noble Jim
Cooper, Clinton, director; Past Potentate Spence Cummings,
London and Noble Earl Long, Exeter, director. Other members of
the executive are Noble L. B. Graham, Goderich, dues secretary;
Noble Lome Kleinstiver, Dashwood, director; Noble Martin
Andrews, Bayfield, directorand Noble Ron Cross, Lucknow,
director. During the pastyear, through profits from their fish frys,
golf tournament and donations from their trust fund, the club
contributed over $17,000 to Shriners Hospitals in Canada and the
United States, as well as paying for travel expenses of area children
who received treatment at these facilities, [photo by Howard
Aitken]
The Federation of Women
Teachers’ Associations of Ontario
(FWTAO) will be holding a public
meeting on the needs and trends in
early childhood education in Clin
ton next month and is urging all
interested parents and educators
to attend.
The FWTAO is planning meet
ings in many parts of the province
over the next few weeks in an
attempt to raise sufficient public
pressure to convince the provincial
government to provide adequate
funding for the early years of
school, specifically for Junior
Kindergarten to Grade 3.
The association’s short-term
goal is to encourage discussion
among school teachers, admini
strators, trustees, parents and
others about how young children
learn best, and the implications of
their schooling.
“No money could be better
invested,’’ says Joan Westcott,
executive director of the FWTAO.
“It is estimated that one dollar
spent effectively on young children
will save $7 later on, in remedia-
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tion, unemployment benefits, so
cial services and welfare costs.”
The meeting will be held at the
Clinton Public School at 8 p.m. on
Monday, April 6. The keynote
speaker will be Fran Poleschuk,
director of the Ministry of Educa-
tions’ Early Primary Education
Proiect.
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sales tax credit for which
you may be eligible.
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our tax preparers can
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