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A Tradition of Results
Fortunately it was not snowing and
roads were clear on Sunday, Jan. 7 so
church began at Knox United
Auburn as usual.
The children were invited to the
front. Out of the mystery bag a card
with a drawing of a traffic light was
shown. Rev. Paul Ross asked
questions about the need and
importance of lights. He said
obeying lights was important and it
is also necessary to obey God's laws
as they were the lights of the world.
Rev. Ross gave scripture from
Isaiah 60. In this there was darkness
but God's light shone through and
multitudes came from countries to
praise Him. From the New
Testament Matthew 2 — the wise men
saw a star which gave light and led
them to visit the baby Jesus and to
bring Him gifts.
Rev. Ross's sermon was Searching
for Light. He spoke about the various
By Shawn Drost
Grade 8 student
Dave Medd chose to retire at the
end of December after 32 years of
teaching.
Mr. Medd has spent 31 years of his
teaching career in Huron County,
beginning with the Armed Forces
base in Vanastra. During his
teaching career, he has taught in five
different schools within Huron
County.
For one year Mr. Medd taught
outside of the county, or I should say
out of the country. In 1995, he, his
wife and his youngest daughter,
went to Australia. He taught there
for one year as part of an exchange
program with Mrs. Moore. He really
enjoyed his year in Australia. He met
a lot of interesting people and he
enjoyed seeing the country and its
culture.
When I asked Mr. Medd some of
the differences between Australian
And Canadian schools, he mentioned
that the students wore uniforms. Mr.
Medd also stated that Australian
students were given a lot more
homework than Ontario students.
Sports are very important to the
Australian students. They played
rugby, cricket and were excellent
swimmers.
When asked if he always wanted
to be a teacher, Mr. Medd said "No."
groups who came to visit Mary and
FROM AUBURN
At the start of his career he wasn't
sure what he wanted to be, so he
started to teach to see how he liked
it. He enjoyed the challenge, so this
became his permanent career.
Mr. Medd has always taught in the
elementary schools. He usually
FROM LONDESBORO
teaches Grades 4 to 6. Presently, Mr.
Medd teaches a 5/6 class at Hullett.
He enjoys teaching this age group as
he finds the students easier to deal
reassuring the Israelites that the dark
days of their exile in the Babylon
were coming to an end, that brighter
times were ahead for them. Under
Roman rule the Israelite people
despaired over the loss of their
her son. Today the world is still
looking for light, he said. Rev. Ross
gave examples of people who
wished to do or to have various
things done as well as others who
knew that there were things that
should not be done. "God is always
with us to assist against things that
are wrong and with that which is
good. God's light is there for us to
follow," he said.
Offering was received and
presented by Mr. and Mrs. J.
Whytock.
The sacrament of Holy
Communion will be next Sunday,
Jan. l4 at Knox United.
On Wednesday, Jan. 10 the topic
Finding our Faith in the Daily News
will be discussed at the manse from
7:30 - 9 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
The congregation was treated to a
lunch in the Sunday School room
following the church service.
with than some older students.
When asked what he enjoyed most
about teaching, he stated that it was
the students themselves. He enjoys
their enthusiasm and watching them
grow. Mr. Medd thinks it's really
neat to meet his former students.
When asked what his favourite
subject was, Mr. Medd said it was
science. Science is fun to teach and it
really gets students thinking.
During his 32-year teaching
career, he has seen many changes. In
his opinion, the students themselves
have not changed. Two major
changes would be the use of
computers and the increased amount
of paperwork that teachers are
required to do.
Now as he faces retirement, he
plans to enjoy spending time with
his family, especially his
grandchildren. Mr. Medd is also
looking into teaching overseas, in
places like Japan or Korea, for a
period of one or two months at a
time.
Hullett Central Was glad that Mr.
Medd could end his teaching career
with us. We enjoy his enthusiasm at
Hullett. We wish him a long and
happy retirement.
There will be a retirement open
house in Mr. Medd's honour at the
school on Sunday, Jan. 14 from 2 - 4
p.m. Everyone is welcome.
homeland. The promise by Isaiah of
a light lifted their spirits. Christ's
birth turned the darkness into light.
Despair, death, discouragement,
are dark times of today, Rev. Ross
Continued on page 19
The Walkerburn Club is holding
its meeting on Jan. 8 at Vera
Perifound's home. Crocheting and
sewing are in the main day's work.
Margaret Hildebrand is improving
daily after knee surgery. She is at
home but will be seeing her surgeon
in Stratford shortly.
We have been hearing that birds
have seemed to be disappearing due
to the nice white snow. We however,
have more, not less, birds than usual.
The main change is cardinals. We
have been blessed with a goodly
number in the past but we have never
had so many before as we do now.
Of course, my husband sees that they
have sufficient food in front of them.
Probably our home is in a perfect
spot — we have a valley with trees to
The Londesboro Women's
Institute met in the community hall
at noon on Jan. 4 for their belated
Christmas gathering. Ten members
and four guests enjoyed a bountiful
Continued from page 16
of the KnOx- United Church
congregation on Epiphany Sunday,
Jan. 7 bringing with them mem-
orials to Calvin Brick and the
forefathers who worshipped in the
community.
The communion set comes from
Calvin Brick. The plaques
honouring the Methodists and the
our south, a pine forest to our east
and a bush across the road to the
west. It gives protection. Anyway we
have at least a dozen cardinals now.
They are here first thing in the
morning and again in the evening.
Sometimes they do a bit of fighting
with themselves and with our
numerous blue jays.
We have had a downy wood-
pecker and now we have a red-
bellied one. They both come over to
the deck to receive suet, corn and a
special treat that Ell puts in a log for
them.
The' nuthatches also come to the
deck. I enjoy them anywhere. It's
fun to watch them walking up and
down tree trunks. We have had one
pair but this year have advanced to
more.
We are also blessed with wildlife,
two or three black squirrels and
occasionally red ones. Then there are
rabbits. Our little dog tries to catch
them but no luck and I don't expect
that there will be but he does scare
them away for a little while.
One other thing that we have is a
hawk. He is one that we do not want
however with our generous birdland
we can't complain, can we?
meal.
Roll call was answered by the
sharing of the memory of each
person's longest journey.
It was decided to make up two
baskets of items for the Clinton
Public Hospital Card Cavalcade to
be held in February. The group will
also donate to the Clinton Fair
board.
Before Christmas 20 gift bags
with homemade cookies, etc. were
taken on visits to shut-ins.
Chairperson Leita Wiley
conducted some games of bingo
to complete the afternoon's
activities.
Presbyterian heritages date back to
the rededication of the Calvin
Church as the Calvin-Brick United
Church. The pulpit hanging was a
gift from the UCW who served from
the Calvin Brick community.
After the morning worship service
lunch followed and a time of
fellowship with members of the
Calvin Brick congregation.
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Children learn of need for light
Searching for Light was the
message at Londesboro United
Church on Jan. 7, Epiphany Sunday.
Churchgoers were greeted by Elgin
and Joy Penfound and ushered by
Nick and Joan Whyte. Amanda
Falconer, accompanied by Valerie
Van Riesen, treated the congregation
to a solo, "Gloria, Deo".
Reta Kelland served coffee, juice
and muffins prior to the service.
From the storybag during the
children's time came two pictures.
The first was a picture of a traffic
light, the second was of the three
wise men following the light of a
star. Rev. Paul Ross and the young
folk discussed what the lights in
each picture meant.
Matthew 2: 1-12 the New
Testament scripture passage, was the
story of the trip by the wise men.
Following the sighting of the new
star, the magi left Persia and two
years later arrived in Israel with gifts
for the new king, Jesus Christ.
The third prophet Isaiah, in the
Old Testament passage, 60: 1-6, was
Hullett Central PS news
Recalling 32-year career
J. Penfound greets at 'United
Congregations join together