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Stanley cannel - Stanley councitIqg(s for the 1989.91 term were sworn in at their December 6 inafigura!'►lent
ing, Shown are (back left) new cbilincillorMurray ,Taylor, incumbents Richard Erb and Bill Dawson, and (front)
Deputy Reeve Jack Coleman, Reeve Howard Armstrong and clerk -treasurer Mel Graham. .
Youngpeople shy from farming
CENTRALIA - froung people are
shying away from agriculture as a
'career choice. That was the mes-
sage delivered by Bill Allen, Direc-
tor, Centralia College. to =a work-
shop at the National Agricultural
Employment Conference held re-
cently in Hamilton.
Allen warned that the current la-
bour shortage i i agriculture will be-
come even worse in the next few
years. He noted that "Young peo-
ple are beingdiscouraged from en-
tering agriculture by parents, guid-
- ance counselors and friends."
There continues to be a percep-
tion that agriculture is a demCssed -
industry with- very little- employ -
:Man opportunities. Triday,thc op-
' polite%exists.'. Many jobs • on the
farm or in agribusiness remain, va
cant-tiecausc well trained employees.
arc not available. .
In addition there is a misconcep=
tion that all on-farm work involves
low pay, long hours and poorwork-
ing.conditions: Allen concedes that
there are some unpleasant jobs ort.
there but .is quick to point out that
we shouldn'taint all jobs with thesame brush. iHe goes on say "There arc
many -agriculture jobs that compare
very favourably with those in other
industries. We just haven't been ef-
fective in getting'that message out
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Keenagers in action
AILSA CRAIG - Where didrNo-
vember go? It seems the action at
Craigwicl Day Centre for Seniors
was so intense there was no time
for this joker to catch some -time to
get it down on paper.
Speaking of jokers takes us back
to October whcn a man once intro-
duced as having lost his marbles,
came to speak to -us at the Day
• Ccntre: -
Bill Thayer -says he's thougbt it
his duty in life. to make people
laugh ever since he was two hours
old when his mother looked into
his cradle and laughed. We would
testify that he takes his -duty quite -
ah -h - seriously? for he docs it con -r
tinuouslly-vvith-rearf ai `r. -- _ _ =-
He .had us chuckling from the
minute he. walked in the door,
throughout his speech, on through
lunch time and on his way out!
For instance, you probably thought
this .. was a period. According to.
Bill, it's a speck in a ghost's eye!
We're all hoping for a repeat per-
formance of his visit. You won't
want to miss it either.
It seems no time at all since Mrs.
Campbell's class from East Wil-
liams came to visit us on Hal-
lowe'en. However we're -sure the
ghosts and goblins, monsters and
fairy queens who came have .all
changed their appearances long ago.
Meantime, we had a busy month
painting and firing ccramics, mak-
ing bead ornaments, knitting etc.,
getting ready for our craft sale
Thanks to all you who came, it was
a great success. in fact we haven't
stopped making Christmas trees yet
because of all the orders that hove
comet in since. ,
We did take some time out to
have juice and muffins with Miss
Lori anid her. Nairn Playschool�..s
one day. What a treat! We igen
had an extra . great -grandma and
great -grandpa come from Crai-
gholme and the Apartments because
of our visitors.
Throughout November we had
two arca nursing students come on
Fridays with some fresh new ideas.
Jana , Bannister and Marion
McLaughlin had us'playing games,
exercising and showed us some very.
helpful films. Of course M_ 11on.-
„.8e, rlcbrougheb k'toinc old mem- '
orics just being there! Whether it
was the ideas, the girls or the com-
bination, they were a resounding
success!
We're doing all kinds of things to
get into the Christmas spirit. For
instance, shopping trips to London,
baking, and trimming our Christ-
mas tree the old fashioned way with.
strings of popcorn and such. ,
- Now Radio 98 is practically
sounding "Ho, ho, ho-ish" because
they are giving us the opportunity
to raise money for the Centre.
ANyone who would like to help us
by saving specific labels and 'store
receipts, give us a call. We'll think
of you as one of Santa's elves.
After our Christmas party, we
will'be closed until December 30
.when we'll have an early New
Year's Eve Celebration in thc after-
noon.
May you all sense the joy and
peace of this Blessed Season! '
Lucan Bowling Scores.
LUCAN - The scores for the Lu -
can Bowling Lancs were as fol
lows: -
- MONDAY LADIES i
Lynne Farquhar 284-721, Joyce Sove-
reign 244.719, Shirley Noyes 244.677p
Joan Finkbeiner 258.658, Kit !learn
268.640, Audrey Watt 253.630, Pat
Hodgins 260602, Marj Green 275-
626, Luanne Herbert 237.609, Joan
Scott 260.602, Sharon Gibson - 241,
Carol IWillems . 239, Betty. Ankers -
230.
'TUESDAY Y.B.C. .•
Matthew' Dickey 178. Tammy Gra-
ham • 161, Mike Campbell 16!, De'=-
nise Cowdrey ' - 159, David Wilcox •
155, Brad Goddard - 146, Michael Yeo .
146, .
COLLEEN'S
Lori Hodgins • 236,311,240.787,
Dianne Faubee 260.672, Judy Jaques
249.641. Debbie McNair 249.624, Us7C
neve Gwalchmai 227-614, Judi Wells
218.608, Geraldine Parsons 257, Anita
MaGuire • 257, Cindy llgrrigan - 243.
MEDWAY
Peter. Designer 240.657, Cal Carmi-
chael 220.610, Dave Smith . 283, Mar -
on Barr- 227.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Wilson Pascoe 244.621,-Edie Burt -
261. Charlie Grieve •218, Jim Burt -
218, Pat Dbvis . 214, Frank DeBlock -
' 202, Marion Noels • 196, Marry Noels - •
/88, Grafton Squire • 188, Ed Armstrong
• 186, Howard Dolan • 184.
WEDNESDAY Y.B.C.
Wendy Hickson • 201, Nathan Rol -
lungs - 177, Tyler Graham - 157, Sara -
Lynn Dauncey • 156, Shallop McFarland
• 153, Aaron McFarland - /50, Windy
Jansen - 149, Erica Wilcox • 148.
.C.A.W. LOCAL 1620
Larry Smith 2'86-711, Lynn Smith
284.708,- Jim Smith 286.699, Gary Dun-
lop 257-658, Garry Gibson 236.658.
Wayne Wilson 249-679, Gary Melvin
261-629, Mary Keenan 229.622.
WEDNESDAY MIXED ' ,
Ray Van Geel 239.648, Bill'Corne-
lissen• 223-607, Bob. Pipe 211-
604,Mike !/olden. ••239. Dennis Little •
224, Pat Ryan • 213, Larry Hewitt -
210, Tom Dobinson - . 201, Anne
Broughton - 210. Bill Bos - 200.
THURSDAY MEN
Kevin Lightfoot :321,237,310.871,
Ray !lands 319.836, Jim Smith 312-
•777,
12••777, Pete Smith 308.739, Don Watt
255.732, Geo Robbins 300.725, Sandy
Ilyde 306.693, Andy Atc/ntyre 278-
601; Paul Smith 288.684, Fred
Cowdrey 236.671. Brian Noyes 245-
664, Brian Ankers 284.662, Bob
Moore 251.662, Harold Smith 260.-
658, ,Mark Stephen 256.653, Dave
Smith •295.
- FRIDAY MIXED • .
Jim Burt . 235.655, Al Robicheau
258.650, Pete Smith 267.636,-- .,'.._
Smith, 274.628, Wayne Smith 224.619.
Dennis Carty 234.615, Dan Rodgers
258-614, Marlyn Smith • 2l9, Gayle
Fox 218, Doris Corless . 211, Edie
Burt • 211. . •
INTER•TOWN LADIES
Lucan 16 Zurich /4; Audrey
Watt 253.699, Deb Pearce 313.692.
MEN'S SELECTS
Lucan 34 . London Fairmont 9;
Kim Giles 352.1366, Roger Bennewies
342-1294, Bob Smith 273-1249.
SUNDAY Y.A.C.
Lillie Buckareff • 22!. Sandy Hyde •
216, Chris Smith - 210, Stephanie San-
dison • 199, Peter Gibson -195, Steve
Snider • 177, Lori Hodgins - 176.
SUNDAY MiXED.
Glena Tripp 282-752, Barb Moss
259.663, Geo. Wilson 246.658, Garry
Gibson 261.643,'Gary Dunlop 273-
636, Bill. Vanfergen 259-632,. Ron
Mason 278-631, Geoff Moss 282-624,
Sharon Gibson 251-621, Jim Sweiaer
217:61S, Cheryl Smith 281.
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to young people, making their career
choice." ,
'Two possible solutions came out.
of the workshop: First, agriculture
has `to'do a better job of "telling.
their stofy" to primary and sccon
dary school students. Most stu-
dents today have very little or no,'
concept. of primary -agriculture:
Scvcral.pro vines including Ontario .
arc implementing Agriculture in the
Crassroom programs to address this"
problem.
and, careers in agriculture
ave to be- promoted more aggres-
sively that they arc now. The posi-
tive experienc'es and opportunities
of an agriculture career have to be
emphasized with a high profile, ap `
pealing promotional 'campaign.
This promotion must be targeted to
students, 'guidance counselors and -
parents:
,What does the future hold if agri-
culture is not successful in attract-
• ing more employees? Allen indi-
cated the situation can. only get
worse. Farmers and agribusiness
will find if increasingly difficult to
obtain experienced, well trained la-
bour. They will be force, dot hire
inexperienced workers or leave posi-
tions vacant. ,
• se1IrMr' O '11101"-.
Yesterday. evening the kindergart-
ens to grade 4 put on a Christmas
Concert. Mrs. McClure's kinder-
gartens .performed a dande called
the Reindeer Roundup and sangL.
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Mrs. - Beierling's. grade one class
put on a play called The Christmas
Story. The grades 2-3.under the su-
pervision of Mrs. Cook performed
The Elves and the Showrnaker, Fi-
nally, Mrs. Westelaken's 3-4 class
put on the play Santa and the Ro-
bot.
- . Auditions
We held additions for our,play On Broadway this Tuesday. They were
open to the -grades 5-8. Each student had to read something out of a
book, and now the directors, Mrs. M. Nelson, and Mrs. G: Tripp. have
the had job of choosing parts for everyone. -
The play takes place on the "Great White -Way", where -a director tries
to put a play together using dance's that can't dance, songwriters that
never agree, and acleaning woman from the union that is always com-
plaining .about nothing. This director also has a hard time with a very
self-centered male lead and a female lead that is never on time. But the
Main problem is that there is not enough money to support the show.
Before act one is over, a small-town girl joins the cast and a rich oil-
man from -Texas offers the directorthe needed financial backing.
• Selections for On Broadway will be announced later this week. The
Drama•Club hopes to present their production in late February. -
Indian Village -
On Monday the grade7 and 8 class travelled to the Longwood Con-
--servation Area to visit the Indian village there. We made pottery -par-
ticipated in Indian games and.toured-the village. It was an interesting
and learning experience and we all had fun. We have just finished.an In-
dian unit'in Historyand this was a good way to end it off: _ •
. r ' Volleyball
The grades 5, 6, 7 and Nitta -lents ate preparingfor an upcoming vol-
leyball.:tournament. We have -`girls'. team, coached by 'Mrs. Wilhelm
and a boys' team, coached by -Mr. Wilhelm: We played a round-robin .
series against St. Boniface and Mt. Carmel..Our girl' team is in first
place. Mt. Carmel is/in second place and St. Boniface is in third place.
The boys' standings` re: Precious Blood - first, St. Boniface -• second,
and Mt. Carmel - third. - - -
This year, the girls' tournament will be held at Precious Blood. The
bays' tournament will be held-at'St. Boniface. Both winning teams
will receive a plaque and wilI represent'our zone at the system -finals in -
Stratford. The first four.teanis will receive a pennant. We are hoping to.
do well in the tournament:
'On behalf of the staff and studeitts of Precious Blood`School, we
would like to wish everyone a very Morry Christmas and a Happy New
Year! -
By Jill Sararas, Erin•Kraftcheck,
Ann Marie Mittelholtz, Darryl Hartman
Golden
mpses
ZURiCII : The annual Christmas
party sponsored by the Ladies -Aux-
iliary was held on Tuesday evening,,
A skit, The Meaning of Christmas
was presented, organ and piano
ducts we{e played by Grace Martin
and Mary Lou Erb, and several
Christmas carols: were sung h-•thc
audience. Santa Claus visited and
gave each Resident a.gift courtesy
of the `Auxiliary. A delicious lunch
was served -which included short
bread, Christmas cake and cookies.
. The December birthday party was
held on -Thursday evening sponsomd
by the ladies of the Zurich United
Church. The program consisted of
.piano solos.by Jill Ramer and Vale-
rie Gingerich, they also favoured
•
with a vocal duet. Helen Geigel
gave a poem and Gwen McKeller
read an article°'The Harried House-
wife". Barrie
ouse-wife".Barrie Gandier favoured with
a musical prelude prior to the pro-
; gram on his electronic accordion and
also again while everyone was, as- -
sembling for lunch. Beatrice Geiger .
accompanied the ladies choir sing-
ing Christmas carols. -
Residents having birthdays during
the month of December and receiv-
ing gifts, courtesy of the Ladies
Auxiliary were: Mrs. Matilda Bas- -
sovw, Mrs: Violet Dunn,
Fran-
New ;staff - Cathy Skinner has been
hired as assistant clerk-treasdrer
for Usborne -township. -
New
QjLeensway
HENS -ALL -. 'Monday morning
Father Ilaycs visited and said Mass -
for our Catholic residents. Games -
were played in. the afternoon and in
•theevening The Christian Singers
were in to entertain us. '
Tuesday afternoon our church ser-
vice was a united effort. Residents .
contributed scripture§ that were
meaningful to them. Gord-Beier-
ting lit our sccond Advent'candle
and Mildred Gingcrich read the spe-
cial. scripture. Thank you to Joyce ,
Pepper for being our volunteer pia-,•
nist. -
Wednesday Baking Club,mct and .
prodficed some delicious Christmas "-
:baking. •- -
Some ladies from our retirement
home were. out Christmas shopping -
on Thursday. in the afternoon
many viewed our film "Miracle on
34th Street." The Hensall Legion.-
-and Auxiliary joined us in theeve-
ning bringing -cake,. ice cream and
refreshments. Jim and Rena
Young, Lloyd Thompson and Fred
Harbum supplied the music. Thank
you also to the Legion for the case
of bananas they presented to the res-
idents. -
Friday morning Fun and Fitness
- loosened everyone up.in thc activity
Mr.
we cxerciscd to Christina%
-muses-Iii the afternoon a few la-
dies had a scwing-bci;"in thc•activity
room. -
- Our big -day took place Sunday as
family and.fricnds filled Queensway
_.for-.-our_,Annuat Family_ Christmas.
dinner. Our program started at'2 `--`
p.m. consisting of greetings from .
reeve J. Robinson followed by Rev.
duke Vipperman, The Brass Bunch,
Hcnsall United Church Junior
Choir, Kerrie. Barraclough -and the
DcHaan Singers. A marvelous pro-
gram enjoyed by'evcryone. Thank
you to Bill Gibson and JoycePcpper
for playing our dinner music on the
organ and piano. Thank you to all
the wonderful volunteers that make
such a day possible.
Coming events arc Dcccmhcr
23rd at 7 p.m. our Resident Christ-
mas Party and December 31st at
2:30 p.m. our New Years Eve Par -
cis Kipper and Mr. Anthonyier..
' 'The Sunday evening chapel ser- -
vice wasconducted by Rev. Larry
Stojkovic of the Dashwood Luthe-
ran church. -
DI party - The London Laff Guards are shown entertaining at Sunday's annual Dashwood Industries Christmas
party.
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3 Plant sold
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg -based
grain company has purchased
Cook's, Hensall's white bean mar-
keters. -
Cook's which deals with 35-40
percent of Canada's entire white. .
bean crop will continue to operate
undcr its own name and -current
management and employees -will re-
tain their prescntpositions.
The sale to Parrish & Hcimbccker
of Winnipeg will take effect Decem-
ber • 31. The purchase of Cook's "
came as part of the sale of the late
Gerald Bronfman's estate.
Parrish & Hcimbecker employees
more than 1,500 people Canada -
wide. -
Cook's employs 70 people with
four elevators in Centralia, Kirkton,
Walton and Hensall. -
ICY@C3 & JL/E 1, .
Books, Books, Books -
Hardcovers, Paperbacks
Novels, Cookbooks,
Humor Books
Autobiographies
Dictionaries
Historical Books
Calendars, etc.
Crafts for the young - Edith and Michael.Yeo show some toy crafts at
Saturday's bazaar sponsored by the Ailsa Craig Gala Days committee. .
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