The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-05-22, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 22, 1985
Guides,: Brownies witness once -in -a lifetime event.
Guide founder's daughter
pays visit to r%ral Ontario
Warmth, generosity, vitality are the outstanding qualities that The Honourable Betty Clay
(left) exhibits and these are the traits that she looks for in her Girl Guidesand their leaders.
Mrs. Clay, of England, is the distinguished head of Girl Guiding. The daughter of Lord and
Lady Baden Powell, founders of Scouts and Guides, is visiting Canada in honour of Girl
Guides 75th anniversary in Ontario. Her tour included a visit to Clinton on May 15 and a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for more than 250 area Guides, Brownies and leaders to
meet the 68 -year-old worldwide Guide leader: Speaking to Mrs. Clay is Dene Greer of
Ludanow, Commissioner of Maitee District. (Shelley McPhee Photo)
Spirit o f cooperation . exists ..etiveen
two boards of education
By Stephanie Levesque
A` "real spirit of co-operation" exists
between the Huron County board of educa-
tion and the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic
separate school board.
Trusteee John Jewitt, chairman of the
separate school extension committee, said
he is proud of the way his committee and its
counterpart with the separate school board
are working together. f
The committee . has met twice, once by
%/itself and once with the Huron -Perth school
board's committee. At that meeting, the
Catholic school board committee presented
its tentative plan which callsfor sharing
facilities at Central Huron Secondary school
in Clinton. This would house Huron's
Catholic high school students.
Director of eaucation. Mb' Allen said the
board will make its impact statement at its
June meeting. This statement will estimate
the effect of a Catholic high school in Huron
on the present five public high schools in the
county.
The comnuttee states in its report that,
while it prefers the Catholic school board
not set up a high school, it has agreed to
co-operate_
Otner alternatives to a Catholic high
school discussed by the public school board
committee include adding religious educa-
tion as a credit, the school within a school
concept and changing an existing public
high school to a Catholic high school.
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She said that the young. Brownies and
Guides would develop a better understand-
ing about the history of the movement and
its founders through the meeting with Mrs.
Clay.
"This helps bring back Lord Baden'
Powell to Canada."
Lord Baden Powell founded Boy Scouts
in 1907. Soon afterwards girls began taking
part in the movement. Mrs. Clay said her
father was "scared blue" and thought that
the young girls would ruin it for the boys.
By 1910 Girl Guides was firmly
established. Today it is the largest ,
women's organization in the world with
more than nine 'Million participants in 104
countries and about 250,000 across Can-
ada.
Lord Baden Powell was a 50 year old
retired army chief when he founded the
Scouts. Five years later he married Mrs.
Clay's mother when she was 24. Lady
Baden Powell became the world chief
guide leader.
The romance and marriage of Lord. and
Lady Baden . Pnwell was re-enacted for
Mrs. Clay at the Clinton ceremony.
Goderich Girl Guides presented a skit
which recalled the Baden Powell's rom-
ance, their parents' objections and their-
work
heirwork together.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayshowed their
approval„and ..enthusiasm ,..with ..the ,..presen-.,....
tation. Mrs. Clay called the skit "a jolly
and true story”. In his lighthearted, good
humoured style Mr. Clay noted, "it is
remarkable . meeting my mother-in-law";
The Clays' style and presence is one of
delight and enthusiasm. Mrs. Clay also
recommends those characteristics to be a
good guide leader. She suggested that a
guide leader should have "perseverance, a
sense of fun and enjoyment of life and love
of girls".
As her parents did, Mrs. Clay has
devoted her life to the guiding movement.
She acted as her mother's secretary during
her parents' trips around the world. The
68 year old lady is now guide president of
southwest England, and still devotes much
of her time to travef .
Mrs. Clay says that the basic principles
' of guiding are the same as when the
movement was founded 75 years ago.
FEATURE REPORT
"It was right then, it is right now and it
will be right in 75 years from now."
Guides, she stressed helps girls develop
their skills and talents. It offers excitement
and adventure: "This is what appeals to
_ girls and this is what girls need."
Mr. and - Mrs. Clay's visit to Beaver
Division took the form of a "campfire"
style event held at the newly renovated
Clinton Town Hall. Songs and cheers, skits
and presentations were featured.
Along with . the skit put on by the
Goderich group, a second highlight of the
evening came when the Belgrave Brownie
Pack performed action songs for the Clays.
Two special presentations were made to
Mrs. Clay, donations to the Olave Centre in
England, being built in memory of her
mother by Guides and Brownies around the
world.
Goderich Girl Guide Jill Sygrove made
one donation to Mrs. Clay. Jill's grand-
mother, El= Sygrove of . Kamlachie, met
Lady Baden Powell in 1935 in Cornerbrook,
Newfoundland. Mrs. Sygrove showed a
photograph of the meeting which pictured
the 11 -year-old Girl Guide, the Baden
Powells and. Mrs. Clay as a young girl.
A second donation to Olave Centre was
made , by Pathfinder Vicki Owen of
Lucknow.
Olave"Centre "Will serve as Guide head-
quarters, a meeting place for Guides from
around the world and a hostel.
Mrs. Clay thanked the girls for their
donations, noting, "It's a great and worth-
while gift to a great and worthwhile
Person".
'" "W hen you're just a little older you'll
have to Dome and stay.
The highlight of the evening came with
the end" of the campfire ceremony and an
opportunity to personally meet Mr. and
Mrs. Clay: The 250 people present
swarmed around the couple, toshake
hands, take pictures and to meet the great
lady whose connection with Girl Guides is
second . to none.•
Council Briefs
Council passed a motion to nominate
Jean Whitby again to represent Lucknow
on the . Wingham and District Hospital
Board
AA motion was carried to give $250 as a
ation to the Salvation Army's Red
Shield Appeal. Last year, council donated
$200 to the charitable organization.
Council has agreed to purchase new matts
for the library to be put under chairs to
save damage to the library floor.
Secretaries strike...
from page 1
haven't contacted our side yet," she says:
She says the picketting activities have
been limited to secondary schools within
the county . and have steered clear of
picketting in front of elementary schools.
"We have been staying away from
elementary schools : and doing secondary
schools because we figure the little kids
wouldn't understand the issues," she says.
The board is currently offering 12 per
cent phased in over two years with four per
cent up front and another four per cent
effective June 1. The offer also' includes a
cost of living allowance clause (COLA) of
an additional four per cent effective
September 1.
Mike Snobelen, chairman of the board,
said earlier the board is ready to return to
the bargaining table, as soon as the
mediator contacts them. The board has no
intention of implementing a lock out
against the secretaries.
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FEATURE REPORT
"It was right then, it is right now and it
will be right in 75 years from now."
Guides, she stressed helps girls develop
their skills and talents. It offers excitement
and adventure: "This is what appeals to
_ girls and this is what girls need."
Mr. and - Mrs. Clay's visit to Beaver
Division took the form of a "campfire"
style event held at the newly renovated
Clinton Town Hall. Songs and cheers, skits
and presentations were featured.
Along with . the skit put on by the
Goderich group, a second highlight of the
evening came when the Belgrave Brownie
Pack performed action songs for the Clays.
Two special presentations were made to
Mrs. Clay, donations to the Olave Centre in
England, being built in memory of her
mother by Guides and Brownies around the
world.
Goderich Girl Guide Jill Sygrove made
one donation to Mrs. Clay. Jill's grand-
mother, El= Sygrove of . Kamlachie, met
Lady Baden Powell in 1935 in Cornerbrook,
Newfoundland. Mrs. Sygrove showed a
photograph of the meeting which pictured
the 11 -year-old Girl Guide, the Baden
Powells and. Mrs. Clay as a young girl.
A second donation to Olave Centre was
made , by Pathfinder Vicki Owen of
Lucknow.
Olave"Centre "Will serve as Guide head-
quarters, a meeting place for Guides from
around the world and a hostel.
Mrs. Clay thanked the girls for their
donations, noting, "It's a great and worth-
while gift to a great and worthwhile
Person".
'" "W hen you're just a little older you'll
have to Dome and stay.
The highlight of the evening came with
the end" of the campfire ceremony and an
opportunity to personally meet Mr. and
Mrs. Clay: The 250 people present
swarmed around the couple, toshake
hands, take pictures and to meet the great
lady whose connection with Girl Guides is
second . to none.•
Council Briefs
Council passed a motion to nominate
Jean Whitby again to represent Lucknow
on the . Wingham and District Hospital
Board
AA motion was carried to give $250 as a
ation to the Salvation Army's Red
Shield Appeal. Last year, council donated
$200 to the charitable organization.
Council has agreed to purchase new matts
for the library to be put under chairs to
save damage to the library floor.
Secretaries strike...
from page 1
haven't contacted our side yet," she says:
She says the picketting activities have
been limited to secondary schools within
the county . and have steered clear of
picketting in front of elementary schools.
"We have been staying away from
elementary schools : and doing secondary
schools because we figure the little kids
wouldn't understand the issues," she says.
The board is currently offering 12 per
cent phased in over two years with four per
cent up front and another four per cent
effective June 1. The offer also' includes a
cost of living allowance clause (COLA) of
an additional four per cent effective
September 1.
Mike Snobelen, chairman of the board,
said earlier the board is ready to return to
the bargaining table, as soon as the
mediator contacts them. The board has no
intention of implementing a lock out
against the secretaries.
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