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Hensall Spring Fa
ir changes
to two-day weekend event
Breaking with a long-standing
tradition, members of the Hensai1
Twilight Spring Fair board deckled to
open this year's fair on Friday night,
June 13, and continue onurday
Juno 14. For over 110 nonHen-
sel! Fair has been held on a Tuitiday
tight to accommodate out
SERVICE DIPL • MA — ic argreaves centre was present
a service diploma at the annual meeting of the Hensall Fair Board
in recognition of his many contributions over the years. Shown with
him are board president Stewart Brown (right) and director Jack
Kinsman
Plan quilting bee
The sub -committee of the Centen-
nial committee met this past week to
make final plans for the Centennial
quilting bee which will be held on
Tuesday, March 18 in the church.
It was decided to hold it both after-
noon and evening with Marg Cole in
charge of the Quilting, Mona Alder -
dice in charge of the quilt display;
Evelyn Flynn is in charge of the kit-
chen and tea room, Hazel Corbett in
charge of the door and welcoming
committee.
The committee are looking for
quilts made over the 100 years for
display and anyone wishing to loan
them to the committee can contact
Mona Alderdice at 262-5988 or Belva
Fuss at 262-2946. Mrs. Fuss is the
overall chairperson.
United Church
The junior choir led in the ministry
of music at the United Church on Sun-
day morning assisted by the senior
clWr. The'junior anthem was "Jekuss,
Our Lord, Was Friend to All" by Lynn
Beckwith, with Belva Fuss at the
piano. The Children's Story was "Did
You Clean Your Teeth This
Morning?"
Lloyd Ferguson greeted the con-
gregation and Eric Mansfield, Doug
Kyle, Rick McGee and Larry Elder
were the ushers with Eleanore
Mansfield and Peggy Campbell look-
ing after the Baby and Toddler Care.
Mr. McDonald spoke on the subject
of a successful church. With the an-
nual meeting coming up on Thursday
evening he told how the functions of
the church would be under review,
and that we would be looking forward
to 1986. The question that will confront
us will be "Was it a successful year?"
If the bottom line is the all important
thing," he said, "then I guess we have
made it, for we have never had such
an outstanding year financially in the
history of the church, not only for our
local use but also in what we have
given away to others. But is that a
successful church?" "The pre-
requisite of being part of the church
is not "Look what a good boy am I",
but rather "There, but for the grace
of God go I", he said.
The successful church is not deter-
mined by its collective weight of
righteousness but by its breath of
warm ;acceptance and opening to
brother and sister sinners. We could
well call the church "Sinners
Anonymous" not "Righteous
Incorporated".
The flowers at the front of the
church were placed in honour of the
wedding of Glenn Slade to Jacquiline
Musser which was held in the church
on Saturday, and also in loving
memory of Gerry Ginn, a friend of
Mr. McDonald's and former Warden
of the County: in memory of Shawn
Reid by his parents Steve and Debbie
Reid; and in memory of Annie
Noakes by the family.
The congregation were reminded of
the congregational meeting on Thurs-
day evening. January 23 opening with
a pot luck supper and also that next
Sunday would be baptismal Sunday.
ilear Principal
The Fellowship Hall was filled on
Sunday evening at the United Church
when David Kemp, new principal of
the Hensall Public School, showed his
coloured slides and spoke of his Work
with the native Eskimo at Cooper
Mine, Frobisher Bay and other points
in the North. The fascinating presen-
tation showed the land, the conditions
and the culture of the people of these
districts.
His huge display of artifacts drew
a great deal of attention as he also
conducted a contest on what each
piece was. The evening opened with
a sing -song with Joyce Pepper at the
piano.
Mr. McDonald read the scripture
from a 1860 Bible which was a gift to
The Rev. John Logie, first minister of
the church.
Following the presentation the
Communications Committee con-
sisting of Eileen Rannie, Mary Lou
Hyde and Dorothy Parker as well as •
Jeanette Turner served lunch.
Unit II - Hensall UCW
On •Jand'ary 13 Deanna Brt>tk
welcomed eight members with a
poem "1986". Kay Mock gave a very
interesting devotion "A Dream for a
NeWv Life.'
Mona Alderdice conducted the
business. January 23 is the annual
church meeting; January 27,
Presbyterial at Exeter United
Church; March 7, World Day of
Prayer; April 9, Barbecue at Hensall
United Church.
Grace Drummond showed a very
interesting film on The Canadian In-
dians and the Church. After courtesy
remarks, Grace Drummond and Jean
Wareing served a delicious lunch.
Seniors Meet
The Three Links Seniors met on
Tuesday afternoon with President Al-
deen Volland presiding. There were
23 members and one guest present.
It wasdecided to have a Euchre
Party on Tuesday afternoon, January
28 at 2 p.m. Everyone welcome.
Following the business portion of
the meeting euchre was played with
the Entertainment Committee in
charge, after which all enjoyed a
social hour.
Twenty-one attended shuffleboard
and cards on January 16 at Hensall
Community Centre.
Four games winners were: Walter
Spencer, 304; John Pepper, 207; Elsie
Carlile, 197; Three game winners:
Dorothy Brintnell, 248; Alf Ross, 164.
Rec hockey
Team
White
Black
Blue
Red
W
8
6
5
1
Scoring
Team
White
White
White
Black
Blue
Blue
Black
Red
Black
White
Red
Name
J. McClinchey
J. Ferguson
D. McGlinchey
T. Caldwell
R. Parker
J. Caldwell
D. Reid
L. Consitt
F. Campbell
P. McClinchey
M. Klaver
L 1
3 0
4 1
4 2
9 1
G A
27 39
28 20
18 29
17 12
13 16
21 6
13 11
13 11
11 11
Pts.
16
13
12
3
Pts.
66
48
47
29
29
27
24
24
22
11 10 21
13 5 18
pickerbuyers. Local beef retailers
have beeetcr ttaeted, and said Satur-
day is fine with them.
having the Malen nighare tBpbjs other
events such ass,a chain saw Contest on
Friday night were propooed.
Guests at the meeting.were,Lyle
and Aleida Murray, RR s Clifford,
and Bruce and Dolores Shapton, RR
1 Exeter. Mrs. Murray is Hometraft
representlitive for District 8, and Mrs.
Shapton is second vice-president of
Homecraft for the Ontario Associa-
tion of Agricultural Societies.
Mrs. Shapton spelled out the duties
of fair board directors, and suggested
Hensall follow the OAAS' example in
changing the name of the ladies' divi-
sion to Homecraft.
Vic Hargreaves was presented with
a service diploma in appreciation for
the many services he has performed
over the yearn.
Elected to the 1986 board were:
Stewart Brown, president; Bevin
Kinsman, 1st vice-president; Don
Dearing, 2nd vice-president; Beth
Cooper, secretary -treasurer; Francis
Kinsman, president of Homecraft and
Marlene Bell, secretary -treasurer of
Homecraft.
Directors are Jack Kinsman,
Harold Parsons, Vic Hargreaves,
John Baker, George Townsend, San-
dra Turner, Cecil Pepper and Les
Coleman.
Bantams win
- and lose
The Hensall Bantams won and lost
this week as they travelled to
Goderich and Exeter. On Wednesday
the boys were hosted by Goderich.
Hensall managed to come out ahead
7-5 in a rough hard hitting game. Hen-
sall's Jason Imanse assisted by Steve
McCullough opened the scoring in the
first with Goderich tieing it up 27
seconds later. McCullough assisted by
Rob Volland and Scott Bell once again
put Hensall ahead, then Bell assisted
by Volland and Imanse put Hensall
ahead by two.
Hensall opened the scoring in the
second with Brian Moir assisted by
Andy Phillips hitting the mark within
the first two minutes. Goderich
` responded and dominated the second
period before Imanse and Volland
teamed up to get one more for Hen-
sall. Goderich tied the score early in
the third but Brian Moir assisted by
Jim Dickens and Scott Bell once
again put Hensall ahead. Moir
assisted by Rob Taylor marked up the
insurance goal in the dying minute of
the third.
On Saturday the boys travelled to
Exeterr and.were defeated 4-2.. Jim
Dickens assisted by Brian Moir open-
ed the scoring in the first, but Exeter
responded with three goals. The se-
cond period was scoreless and Exeter
was first on the scoreboard in the
third.
With just 14 seconds left Jim
Dickens scored Hensall's second goal
unassisted but it was a case of too lit-
tle too late as the buzzer sounded to
end the game.
The boys' next game is January 29
when they will host Mitchell.
Be sure to mark Saturday,
February 22 on the calendar. This is
Hensall's Minor Hockey. Day and
each team from the Tykes to the Ban-
tams will be hosting a team, a great
day of fun even if you don't have a
hockey player in your house.
Queensway
It's "busyness" as usual at
Queensway. On Monday several
residents enjoyed playing Bingo in
our dinning room. Afterwards tea and
coffee was shared and all snacked on
��okkies and candies won during the
Bingo.
On Tuesday, Rev. Abram Bleak of
the Bethel Reformed Church in Ex-
eter provided us with our church ser-
vice. Everyone enjoyed the sermon.
On Tuesday evening the Exeter Chris-
tian Reformed Church Singers enter-
tained most of our residents with
hymns and poems of inspiration read
by Mrs. Julia Knip. We hope they
come again soon!
On Wednesday, we finished our
Wall Plaques and hung them
throughout the Nursing Home. We did
such a good job we thought we'd like
everyone else to see how talented we
are!
On Thursday afternoon our Green
Thumbs Club kept busy repotting
plants and planting some new plants
that we have rooted in water. It was
a real muddy mess but lots of fun.
Happy birthday to Mary Parlmer
and Ethel Alexander who celebrated
their birthdays on Friday, January
17.
Quote of the week: "No man ever
injured his eyesight by looking on the
bright side of things." Edna McCann,
The Heritage Book.
WHAT IS ITT — New Hensall Pub ic School principal Dave Kemp spoke to the January Fellowship Night
at Hensall United Church about his experiences during a seven-year teaching stint in the Arctic. Shown
with him examining a walrus tusk are communications committee members Mary Lou Hyde (left) and
Eileen Ronnie.
New principal reflects on lessons
learned during teaching career
NEW BOARD -- The Hensall Fair Board elected 1986 directors at their annual meeting. Shown (back
left) are directors Ross Corbett, Harold Parsons, John Baker, Jack Kinsman, Sandra Turner, George
Townsend and (front) 2nd v/p Don Dearing, president Stewart Brown, secretary -treasurer Beth Cooper,
Homecraft president Francis Kinsman and Homecraft secretary -treasurer Marlene Bell. Missing: Cecil
Pepper and Les Coleman.
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Dave Kemp, who assumed the posi-
tion of principal of Hensall Public
School, in January is certain after
more than 20 years in education that
teaching is a learning experience. He
has taught in one room, a big city, the
far Arctic, and a number of schools in
Huron County, and maintains he has
gained as much in these diverse set-
tings as the knowledge he has im-
parted to a broad spectrum of
students.
Kemp grew up in Staffa in a fami-
ly of teachers. After graduating from
Mitchell High School, he gravitated
naturally and inevitably td Stratford
Normal School.. Kemp returned to
familiar territory in 1962 to take
charge of his first school, Number 7
Hibbert east of Chiselhurst. He
describes that initialresponsibility -a
brand new teacher in charge of 28
students in grade one to grade eight
- as "awesome". Fortunately, Kemp
had himself attended a similar school.
For the first two weeks, Kemp
recalls, he tried to do everything by
the book, literally making himself
sick by the second Friday. That's
when he learned his first lesson as a
teacher. The lesson was reinforced by
a lecture`from his mother, who was
also teaching at the time: "fulfilling
all one's expectations is impossible.
A teacher can not stay up all night
every night planning five lessons for
each of eight grades."
Kemp has fond memories of one -
room schools. He is certain the lack
of facilities was offset by the sense of
independence instilled in the students.
Kemp's next move was at the other
end of the scale, a public school in
Guelph. He was not impressed with
the big -city system prevailing in 1965,
deeming it impersonal and oriented
more to program than to child.
Two years later, Kemp returned to
the classroom himself, completing his
BA with a major in zoology at
Western. He returned to fill in at
Huron Centeniaj for two months at the
end of the school year. Though the
Brucefield school was bigger than the
one in Guelph, the focus in the rural
school was on students, Kemp said.
In September of 1967, Kemp began
a seven-year stint in the far,north,
teaching first at a large school with
300 students and a staff of 20 in
Frobisher Bay. The town's 1,200
residents were equally divided bet-
ween whites and natives. Kemp's
students were all Inuits.
"It was like starting teaching all
over again", Kemp recalls. "The
children had such a different
background from their southern
teachers. The northern peoppe were
unfamiliar with our culture, and
whites were unaccepting of the native
culture, which caused quite a bit of
conflict in that school."
Kemp learned to admire and
respect the Inuit. He spent a great
deal of time visiting in the homes and
getting to know his pupils' families.
At that time, the Ontario cur-
t
rtcuium was taugnt in the eastern
Arctic, the Manitoba curriculum in
the Keewatin district, and the Alber-
ta curriculum in the western Arctic.
Kemp laughs when he relates some of
the absurdities in the study course,
like requiring students to prepare a
leaf collection. In his opinion,
teaching Eskimo children about
Africa was also "pretty remote".
Now all three areas are under the
jurisdiction of the Northwest Ter-
ritories education system, the cur-
riculum has been adapted and made
relevant to children living in the
north, and native teachers have been
trained.
Kemp's next move was 300 miles
further north, to become principal of
a five -classroom school at Broughton
Island, just within the Arctic circle.
Here he lived in a two-bedroom house
with all the amenities except sewage
and water. The first problem was
overcome with a chemical toilet, and
water was delivered by truck. If the
supply ran out, a block of ice was
chopped off a handy •iceberg.
As one of 16 whites in an Inuit
population of over 300, Kemp became
actively involved in the community.
He did even more visiting, and began
to learn the Inuit language and the
history of mythology of the native
people. He lent $200 of his own money
to assist in setting up a carving
cooperative; he was repaid within
months, and the cooperative is still in
business and doing well.
Kemp admitted the isolation: and
the darkness of winter affect
everyone. He began to understand
why Hudson Bay men from remote
parts of Scotland could identify most
easily with northern living.
Kemp met his wife Audrey during
his second'year at Broughton Island,
the two were married the following
year, and moved to Coppermine a
year later, in 1972.
White civilization had made deeper
inroads in Coppermine. The
700 -resident community was served
with regular flights in and out, almost
everyone had a telephone, and the
town had its own radio station.
The Kemps suffered culture shock
on returning to Ontario when Kemp
accepted a teaching position at
Robertson School in Goderich in 1974.
They had forgotten how much of our
time is taken up with shopping; while
living in the north, they would spend
no more than one morning of their an-
nual two-month holiday ordering
everything they would need for the
entire year.
Kemp also noted that Inuit children
are "self -regulated", as compared to
the "more programmed " white
children. Neither Inuit parent nor
child can understand for example,
why premission must be obtained,
before leaving a classroom to use the
washroom. This is explained by the
differing child-rearing practices. In-
uit parents respect each child, con-
sidering each the embodiment of
DEMONSTRATION — William Gibson, a qualified flower, fruits
and vegetables judge, gave the Henson Horticultural Society some
tips on preparing entries for horticultural shows at the Society's
February meeting.
some now dead relative. The child is
not restricted or thwarted unless in
imminent danger.
Children are encouraged to imitate
the adult role. Progress is rewarded,
and effort accepted.
"I received a real education in the
north. It has made me a better per-
son, and a better teacher, Kemp
remarked.
Kemp returned to Huron Centen-
nial for two years, was vice-principal
at Seaforth from 1980-84 then back to
Brucefield as vice-principal until his
promotion in Hensall.
Kemp , plans to continue the
philosophy which first developed in
Guelph, to discard teaching to the tex-
tbook, and look at each student in-
dividually. He is introducing peer
tutoring, pairing older and younger
students in reading, language train-
ing, and other subjects where a team
effort will be mutually beneficial.
The three-month VIP program
(values, influences and peers)
developed by the ministry of educa-
tion and the department of the
solicitor general will begin soon for
students in grades five and six. The
program, which has already been
taught successfully in Brucefield, Ex-
eter, Goderich and Zurich, covers
such topics as peer pressure,
decision-making, drugs, authority,
truthfulness, destructive behavior,
shoplifting, and youth and the law.
The purpose of the course is to enable
aiatudent to evaluate situations such
as vandalism, its costs and how it af-
fects others, or how drugs affect the
physical body, and equip those
students to make the best possible
decision in each case.
This, too, fits in with Kemp's beliefs•
that the most important function a
teacher can perform is to encourage
young people to develop strong think-
ing and analytic skills, to consider all
alternatives and select the best.
Turning to . discipline, Kemp
believes children should be made to
accept the consequences of illogical
actions, and the child should be in-
volved in setting the consequences.
"Writing out 500 times 'I must not
chew gun in school' is not very effec-
tive", Kemp added.
Kemp has never lost his en-
thusiasm for his job. In over 20 years
of teaching, he has "never taught the
same year twice, never kept a day
book the second year:He is a fervent
advocate of treating each student as
a unique person, with his or her
special strengths and needs.
"In the last five years, the main
focus in our profession has been
change and growth", Kemp said. "i
have come to look on myself as an
educational physician. If three people
go to the doctor with three different
symptoms, not all require the same
treatment for the same disease. It's
the same in the schools, and the way
to address it is through
individualization."
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Thus. Jan. 23
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5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Exeter Minor
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5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hensall Figure
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7:45 to 9:15 p.m. Hensall Okltimers
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