The Citizen, 1987-12-09, Page 145 CENTS
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singfortheDec.22issuewillbe
Friday, Dec. 18 at 5 p.m.
In order to allow our staff some
much needed holidays, The Citizen
s coming! It s coming I The small girl, left, was the first to spot the
Brussels Santa Claus Parade on Saturday as it rolled on to the village's
main street from the CIL Agromart. Hundreds of children and adults
lined the streets in a cold wind to watch the annual parade, and to
welcome the jolly old gent everyone was waiting for - Santa Claus
himself. The kids were treated to a bag of goodies and a magic show at
the Brussels Legion afterwards.
Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987.
Icy roads take
heavy injury toll
A number of local people were
injured in motor vehicle accidents
over the past week, due to icy road
conditions. Several remain in
hospitals in Stratford and London.
Kenneth Hodges, 69, of RR 1,
Dungannon, remains in serious
condition in the Intensive Care
Unit at Stratford General Hospital,
while his wife, Elizabeth, also 69,
remains in hospital in London.
Their injuries were the result of a
two-car crash at the intersection of
County Roads 12 and 25 just east of
Walton on December 1, when a car
driven by Ruby Marie Douglas, 69,
of RR 1, Atwood, slid into the
intersection while attempting to
make a right-hand turn.
Mrs. Douglas received major
injuries in the accident, as did her
passengers, Karen Cardiff of
Brussels, Jacqueline Gowdy of
Gorrie, and Nadine Cathers of
Wroxeter. Mrs. Douglas was taken
to Seaforth Community Hospital
by ambulance and later transferr
ed to Stratford General Hospital,
where she is listed in good
condition. Her three passengers
were all taken to Wingham and
District Hospital, and have since
been released.
Damage to the two vehicles
totalled more than $11,000, ac
cording to a spokesman for the
Wingham detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police. No
charges are pending in the inci
dent.
In an unrelated accident, Hel
mut Sieber, 33, of RR 2, Blyth,
suffered serious injuries when he
lost control of his vehicle near
Benmiller on Saturday morning
and slid through a stop sign, where
he was hit broadside by a car driven
by Kenneth Wilson of RR 2,
Clinton.
Mr. Sieber was taken by ambu
lance to St. Joseph’s Hospital in
London, where he was listed
Tuesday in good condition. Mr.
Wilson, 39, received only minor
injuries in the accident, and was
not hospitalized.
The accident occured at the
junction of County Roads 1 and 31,
just north-west of Benmiller.
According to Constable Frank
Wilson of the Goderich OPP, total
damage to both vehicles amounted
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will be printed on Monday, Dec.
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earlier than normal.
Jewitt
named
to school
bd. chair
A Londesboro-area farmer has
been elected chairman of the
Huron County Board of Education,
after serving for the past two years
as vice-chairman.
John Jewitt of RR 1, Londes-
boro, was acclaimed to the position
at the Inaugural Meeting of the
board in Clinton on Monday, and
will serve a one-year term.
First elected as the school
trustee for Hullett and McKillop
Townships and the Town of
Seaforth in 1980, Mr. Jewitt has
served as chairman of the board’s
Personnel Committee, as co-
chairmanof the Joint Committee of
theHCBEand the Huron-Perth
Roman Catholic Separate School
Board, as a member of the Huron
board’s SALEP (Supervised Alter
nate Learning for Excused Pupils)
Committee, and as an ex-officio
member of all other HCBE commit
tees since the loss of the county’s
two separate school trustees in
1986.
Mr. Jewitt is well known in the
county, having farmed all his adult
life near Londesboro, as did his
fatherbefore him. He served as
Reeve of Hullett Township from
1975-78, and was a member of the
township council for 13 years. He
continued to farm while working as
a foreman at Champion Road
Machinery in Goderich until 1985,
when he left to devote his full time
tothe family farm. Mr. Jewittis
active in the Londesboro United
Church, the Masonic Lodge and
the Canadian Foresters Lodge, and
is a line director of the Huron
Federation of Agriculture.
Mr. Jewitt takes over the
championship of the HCBE from
Art Clarkof Wingham, who held the
position for two years as trustee for
Howick, Turnberry and Wingham.
Also elected Monday was Joan
Van den Broek of RR 4, Goderich
(trustee for Colborne and Goderich
Twps.) as vice-chairman of the
HCBE. Graeme Craig of RR 1,
Walton (Hullett, McKillop and
Seaforth) was elected as chairman
of the Education Committee; Brian
Jeffray of RR 2, Wingham (How
ick, Turnberry and Wingham) was
named chairman of the Manage
ment Committee; and Bea Dawson
of RR 1, Hensall (Usborne and
Exeter) was named chairman of the
Personnel Committee, defeating
Tony McQuail of RR 1, Lucknow
(West Wawanosh and Ashfield) for
the seat.
Donald McDonald of RR 2,
Brussels (trustee for Brussels and
Grey) was re-appointed to the
position as board representative to
the Ontario Public School Trus
tees’ Association (OPSTA).
Other members of HCBE com
mittees are as follows: Education -
Tony McQuail, Audrey Triebner,
and Rick Rompf; Management -
Harry Hayter and Dr. John
Goddard; Personnel - John Elliott,
Art Clark and Sally Rathwell.
The first meeting of the HCBE in
1988 will be held on January 11 at
the Education Centre in Clinton.
will not issue a paper between
Christmas and New Year’s this
year. The first issue after Christ
mas will be January 6.
The offices of the paper will be
closed to allow for staff holidays.
The Brussels office will close Dec.
18 and re-open Dec. 31. The Blyth
office will be open until Dec. 23 but
close4,until January 4. (Offices
may be open for short periods
during that week but no regular
hours will be observed.)