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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-03-09, Page 16• • • Officers chosen for Huron -Perth Presbytery OFFICERS PRESENTED On Tuesday, February 28, at the third regular meeting of Huron -Perth Presbytery of the United' Church, the nominating committee presented the officers of the Presbytery for 1978-1979, to take office at the rise of conference in June, 1978. Chairman is Harold Knisley of Goderich; vice- chairman is the Reverend Maurice Francis; secretary is the Reverend Eric LeDrew ; treasurer is Joe Snider; division chairpersons for communication is the Reverend Wilena Brown; for finance is the Reverend Donald Beck; for ministry, personnel and education is the Reverend John Roberts; for mission in Canada is the Reverend Ross Cumming; for world 'outreach is the Reverend Michael Boulger; standing committee con- veners for archives is .the Reverend Ross Cumming; for manse is the Reverend John Oestreicher; for oversight is the Reverend Donald Deas; for pastoral relations is the Reverend Stanley McDonald; and for stewardship is the Reverend Earl St. Jean of Auburn. The meeting, held at Wesley -Willis United Church where Chairman Rev. John Oestreicher ministers, recommended Wm. Richards of the Fordwich charge for ordination at conference this year. Three ministers will be moving into the Presbytery. The Reverend Roy L. Bab - stock will come to Parkview, Stratford from Essex Presbytery. To Seaforth, from Elgin Presbytery, will come the Reverend James G. Vanslyke. From Saskat- chewan; the Reverend Daniel O. Yourkevitch has been called to Tavistock. The Reverend Glen D. Wright of Exeter has been called to Middlesex Outreach Ministry. A request for retirement on July 31, 1978 was granted to Successful By Ashley -Geddes Working in law is a hard life but it has its pleasant moments, the Clinton Lions Club was told at their February 28 meeting. Judge Frank Donnelly, 76, of Goderich, was the guest speaker at the Lions meeting at St. Paul's Anglican Church hall Tuesday night. He talked to the group of about 25 Lions about different aspects of the justice system and its historical growth. In Ontario the judicial system is English civil law which was first brought to England by the Romans and then transferred to Canada, the judge said. The law society of Upper Canada that was established in 1797 still exists today, the judge told the group. He said common law, however, is growing and developing to a great extent today in Ontario. "A great part of my life has been devoted to law," said the judge. "It has been a very interesting and pleasant life, although sometimes very hard." He explained that some aspects of law have changed since he has been involved and pointed out that capital • the Reverend Homer J. Dean, who is the associate secretary of ministry, personnel and education in Toronto. The Reverend Grant Mills is now the assistant minister at Exeter. A task force is at work planning a display tent for the Ploughing Match, September 26-30. It was suggested that members of Presbytery write to their Member of Parliament irr support of a Private Member's Bill C-207 on the subject of child por- nography. An interim report from the task force on camping was given by Harold Coade. STEWARDSHIP REPORT In theirstewardship report, acted out as a role play, Mrs. Doris Zurbrigg and com- mittee brought out pertinent facts of interest. Huron -Perth increased its giving to mission and service by $2,400. The total for 1977 was $349,116.98 to the mission and service fund which was a 4.9 per cent increase. The sobering fact is that this increase is not sufficient to keep pace with inflation, thus the total givings have decreased. The national goal for 1978 is $17,600,000. Of this, $4,100,000 is the portion for world mission, which is not a lot when one considers that one million dollars will buy only 45 miles of lamp standards in communities, or in one eye - sweep, the cost of a runway at an airport. FARM MARKETING BOARDS In the afternoon session, the Division of Mission in Canada presented a special panel on farm marketing boards. Mrs. Evelyn Demaray introduced the subject and panel members stating that the General Council of the United Church has gone on record as af- firming the principles upon which marketing boards are icid su c VAtlf punishment no longer exists. The judge told several stories involving the justice system, some with a humorous twist, others quite serious. He spoke of a young lawyer in early Canadian history who was talked into a pistol duel with another man by his friends. The lawyer was killed as a result. "I guess the lesson there is not to always listen to your friends," said -the judge with Judge Frank Donnelly Goderich. t established, and has recommended that the constituency of the church be informed in order to promote understanding, support and approval of both the producers and consumers for the implementation of these principles. A farm marketing board was defined as a compulsory horizontal marketing organization for primary and processed natural products under government delegated authority. The four products discussed were milk, hogs, eggs, and white beans. Panel members were John Cam- pbell of Bayfield, chairman of Huron County Milk Com- mittee; Adrian Vos of Blyth a committee man with the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board; Bill Mickle of Exeter, past director of the Ontario Egg Producers Marketing Board and a past director of CEMA.; and Murray Cardiff, vice- chairman of the White Beans Producers Marketing Board. Each speaker ably gave background information on his particular subject followed by a question and answer period. Some facts revealed in the discussion were that in Canada it takes only six minutes work to buy a litre of milk, nine minutes work will buy one dozen eggs, 18 per cent of disposable income is spent on food of which far- mers receive 38 per cent. Four per cent of that 18 per cent food cost is spent in restaurants. Winners of Grade 9 and 10 group of the public speaking contest, Dan McKeighan who spoke about the trouble with school, on left, and Janice Webster who spoke about commercials, on right. (News -Record photo by Ashley Geddes) Christian School members meet On Monday evening, Goderich and Mrs. J. Kassies February 20 representatives of Clinton. These ladies do a of the Clinton and District lot of work with the children Christian School from Blyth, helping them take out their Goderich, Exeter and Clinton books on library day. met in Clinton. In October, a two-day The president Jack Roorda teacher's convention was opened the meeting and the attended by the entire staff at minutes of the September the Christian High School in meeting were read by- Cees Hamilton. Dykstra, and new auditors The Christmas card sale were appointed. this fall was once more a The principal, Ralph success and revenue from Schuurman reported on the this provide a lot of little school's activities, saying the extras for the children, such enrollment was 214 pupils as sports equipment. from kindergarten to grade 8. He also noted that the new kindergarten program is run on alternate days, Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Miss Judy Datema as teacher. An active parent -pupil help program was started again in October for those pupils who are having difficulty with their studies, particularly in the areas of mathematics and reading. Mrs. H. Stryker_ , Mrs. A. Kaastra and Mrs. C. Kuiper come in two mornings a week and help on a voluntary basis. This is much appreciated by all. The pupils benefit greatly So far the school has been from this type of help. Also fortunate to have had only six entirely voluntary is the help snow holidays. Compared to received each Friday from last winter this isn't much Mrs. W. Shoemaker of and also compared to the mesaysjudge''. Since Christmas, the skating program has returned. Thanks must go to the Clinton Arena staff for letting the school use the facilities every Friday morning when the junior and senior grades take turns for one hour of skating. After skating, the children are served a drink and hot dogs, that go over well after an hour of skating and a walk to the arena. The proceeds of this goes towards the planned trip to Ottawa for the Grade 7 and 8 class, tentatively set for early June. a straight face. He went on, pointing out that attempted suicide in Canada is a crime but suc- cessful suicide is not because the person could no longer be charged. He told a story of a man in England who had been charged with attempted suicide and was tried in court and convicted. Consequently, the man was hung. Attempted manslaughter, he said, is also an impossible charge. Manslaughter is the killing of a person as a result of an illegal deed, but with no intention of killing. If a person was attempting to kill he would be charged With murder. Other countries in the past have had rather bizarre treatment for punishment of crimes. Islamic law used maiming, said the judge. This is a punishment where the convicted criminal loses a part of his body that was connected with his crime. For instance, Judge Donnelly explained a thief may lose an arm or a leg, or possibly have an eye gouged out. The judge read in a Toronto paper that a nation east of India want to reinstate that law. All colours and sizes reduced! Savings up.to $21.50 per case. Sale ends March 1‘8. 1978. •SAMSONITE •NATIONAL (BROKEN LINES) REDUCED TO 30% WHILE STOCK AIKEN'S toda LUGGAGEFOOTWEARCLOTHING $ Judge Donnelly was born in Bruce County. He attended the University of Toronto and was called to the bar in 1924. From 1926 to 1930 he was in the lumber business. He practised law in Goderich from 1930 to 1959 when he was made Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. In 1976 he retired from this position and • • surrounding areas it's not much either. The school is making plans to attend the Fine Arts Festival which is held in conjunction with the Wood- stock District Christian Schools of which the Clinton School is a member. This festival is held every other spring in London and gives those pupils who are gifted in the areas of music, art, poetry and oral reading a chance to compete and learn from others. Registration for the Kin- dergarten children as well as the other classes will be held on March 7, 1978 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the school library. The Public Health Nurse will be in attendance. Schuurman also reported that a public announcement system and an automatic bell have been installed in the school, thanks to the generous donations to the penny boxes. These items prove to be great conveniences and are much appreciated by the staff. In spite of the lost days because of storms, the teachers still found time to attend a Professional Development Day in London on February 10. The teachers found this day very inspiring and rewarding. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1978—PAGE 15 One of the speakers had as his topic, How to see our children in relationship to Jesus Christ, not as they are, but as they ought to be. Teachers must work on this living relationship and connect this with the whole of the curriculum and it is of the utmost importance that the home and school be one on this as well as other areas of teaching. Epsilon sorority ready for spring Xi Epsilon Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met February 14, 1978 at the home of Mary Dobson. Following the opening ritual, a letter from Meals on Wheels was read asking for volunteers. Lois Fitzgerald read a letter from an Exeter chapter giving more information about a workshop planned for May 6. Marj Dobson, on behalf of the Social Committee, thanked the members who attended the very successful fondue. She asked who would be interested in going to see Charley Pride, April 15th. The daffodils to be sold for the r'nnccr Society will be here Thursday, March 30. Service chairman, Vivienne Roy, asked who will be available to sell them on the Friday and Saturday. Advance orders will be taken. Vivienne also reported that an Arthritis Society Telethon will he held on CKNX March 12. The program, presented by Marj Dobson, was a con- tinuation of the Charles Lindbergh topic. Marj discussed how the kidnapping and murder of Lindbergh's son was responsible for the changing of laws regarding kidnapping in the United States. Town Clerk's Office Our New Telephone Number, now effective, is 482-3997 became a member of the Royal Commission for the Pickering Airport. In 1977 he was appointed as a Commissioner- of the Supreme Court of Ontario, working with custody of children and maintenance and division of assets bet- ween spouses who have separated or divorced. No increase in grants A number of hospital boards have been complaining about the small increase of grants from the province. Total increase for Ontario hospital grants in 1978 will be ap- proximately $109 million. The total allocation for all libraries, from the province for 1978, is $109 million. There has been no increase in allocations for libraries in contrast to other depart - ments. 'I he county has in- creased its allocations to make up the difference in costs for library service. The county has budgeted $262,822 and the province $117,128. Total library budget for 1978 is $318,550. On a per capita basis including both provincial and county library service costs $6.92 per capita. 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