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Peaee (..'nit at Stephen
Stephen Central Public
School worked on a
Peace Unit in conjunc-
tion with Remembrance
Week.
Shown above, Mrs. Skil-
lender demonstrated
how to make origami
peace cranes. This part
of the program was tak-
en from the book "Sa-
dake and the 1000
Paper Cranes" which is
a story about a little girl
from Hiroshima dying
from cancer who wants
"peace around the
world". At right, Mary
Ann Grotentraast, Erin
Jennison and Brent
Wuerth show the fin-
ished product.
Another part otlthe
peace unit was "Bridg-
iggrthe.Gap" which was
a.Oimulation of how co-
orMtation and learning
other cultures is impor-
ant to any country.
Shown at right is Eric
Sorenson, Christian
Stuckless and David Go -
vers trying to communi-
cate.
Christmas Bureau needs donations
GODERICH - The Huron
County Christmas Bureau, a com-
munity service for over 30 years,
is well under way in its planning to
provide Christmas for over 1.000
needy children in Huron County
this year. Volunteers in five towns
arc organizing their bureau loca-
tions and preparing them to re-
ceive donations of toys and cloth-
ing which will then be distributed
to children in each community.
The Christmas Bureau was de-
signed to meet a community need.
It was formed by a group of volun-
teers who were concerned about
needy children in the county. They
started by hand knitting warm mit-
tens, sewing pyjamas and organiz-
ing Chrisunas goodies for children
who otherwise amid have not fits
under their ChriallIWOtbllle.
The Chrisunasinsabau INN= for
families with deafen. 'fid 16
years and under, from all over Hu-
ron county. Families needing assis-
atance are referred by • churches,
friends, social welfare agencies,
and in some cases, by themselves.
Volunteers, working out of the
Children's Aid Society's office. ar-
range for families to attend their
local bureau to select gifts for their
children and to receive a portion of
the donated food. Each family is
also given a food gift certificate
from their local grocery store with
which to purchase Christmas din-
ner. Each child receives major
gifts of a toy and an article of
clothing and warm miuens.
This year, the` Huron County
Christmas Bureau will be accept-
ing donations during the week of
December 13 to 20 at locations in
five county towns; Goderich, Sea-
fortWEgmoodville, Wingham,
Clinton and Exeter. The sponsoring
churches are; Knox Presbyterian
Church in Goderich, Bethel Bible
Church in Egmondville, Sacred
Heart Catholic Church in Wing -
ham, Wesley -Willis United Church
in Clinton and the Christian Re-
formed Church in Exeter.
Financial contributions can be
made at any time to the , Huron
County Christmas Bureau, care of
the Children's Aid Society of Hu-
rron County, 220 Huckins Street,
,::Goderich, Ontario N7A 3Y5. Do -
:stated funds will provide Christmas
dini:ars or used to purchase gifts
not given by the public. A receipt
will be provided for income tax
purposes.
If you wish additional informa-
tion or if you need help this Christ-
mas please contact the Huron
County Christmas Bureau care of
' the Children's Aid Society of Hu-
ron County at 524-7356 or 1.800-
265-5198.
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The guest speaker at Thursday's Remembrance Day banquet was SHDHS principal Joe Wood-
en. From the left are Sam Aquiline, the oldest member of the Legion, Padre Rev. Fay Patter-
son, Auxiliary president Dorothy Pfaff, Legion president Greg Pfaff and Joe Wooden.
Wooden talks about memories
at November 11 Legion banquet
EXETER -
"Remembrance
Day is more
about personal
memories than
solemn rituals."
Those were
the opening comments of South
Huron District High School princi-
pal JoeWooden as he spoke .ai
Thursday's annual Remembrance
Day banquet at Exeter Legion
branch 167.
Wooden said, "In 1916, an 18
year-old girl wrote a poem express-
ing her individual memories. This
theme has been played out millions
of times in poems and World War
'II songs. Many real and wonderful
human feelings come tfrom these
memories."
He continued, "Mypersonal
'memories go back to when I was
70 years of age and halfway
through,tthe; %Kar whan my .father •
and grandfather were in the trench-
es."
"I remember hearing about sink-
ing ships and tanks on fire, but my
father and grandfather never talked
about their terrible experiences in
the trenches. They only mentioned
e few funny things that happened
• and not the horrors of war."
"We are here tonight to remern-
Aer the countlessmillions of men
who gave their lives for us. We
should focus on the poppies and
these can be found at 3,000 ceme-
teries throughout Commonwealth
countries."
Wooden concluded, "We look
back at times when life had more
clarity of what is right and wrong,
but we must renew oar beliefs and
values when we acknowledge Re-
membrance Day and those who
made us remember. Look at the
good things ahead and cherish the
values by which we should live."
Following Wooden's message,
Rev. Fay Patterson of Trivitt Angli-
can Church and Legion Padre re-
vealed that Wooden was celebrat-
ing his 60th birthday that day
which called for a strong rendition
of Happy Birthday from the large
crowd.
To this Wooden replied, "You
can't keep secrets in a small town."
Legion president Greg Pfaff was
chairman of the evening's program
and greetings were brought by dep-
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their assistance to the young and
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She added, "The town is proud of
the men and women of the Legion.
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