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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-03-08, Page 19• • A brother and sister team from Brucefield, Rick Kloss, 15, left, and his sister Wendy, 16, were the junior and senior winners of the public speaking contest at Seaforth District High School last week. (photo by Wilma Oke) Separate school speakers by Wilma Oke The top 16 finalists in public speaking in the 19 elementary schools in Huron and Perth counties gave their final speeches at a competition in Dublin Tue.sday night. The competition in the schools was sponsored by the Huron -Perth unit of Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association. The topics chosen by the pupils ranged from a talk on parents to Being the Youngest in ,the Family; from well-known spor- tsman Terry Crisp to Happiness. In the junior division, Tim Culliton, 11, of 298 Hibernia Street, Strat- ford placed first. The Grade 5 student at St. Aloysius School, Strat- ford. spoke on Being. the Youngest in the Family. Runners-up were Katharine Murphy, 10, of Goderich, a Grade 6 student at St. Mary's School, Goderich, who spoke on My Trip to Kentucky; and Nancy White, 11, of RR2 Gad shill, a Grade 6 student at St. Patrick's School, Kinkora who spoke on Farm Life. In the intermediate division, the top place winner was Katharine Murphy's brother Paul, 13, of Goderich, a Grade 8 student at St. Mary's, with his speech on Sportsmanship in Sports. Runners-up were Lucille Delaney, 12, of RRI Dublin, a grade 7 student at St. Patrick's School, Dublin, on the subject of babysitting, and Anne Kernaghan, 13, of Brussels, a Grade 8 student at Sacred Heart School, Wingham, speaking on Vacuum Cleaners. Other speakers in the junior division were: Maria Dalton, RR3 Goderich; Nancy Schoonderwoerd, RR1 Mitchell; Tom Teahen, St. Marys; Benny , Bedard, RR1 Dashwood and Lee O'Rourke, of RR3 Dashwood. Other speakers in the senior division were: Colleen Murphy, 13, of Stratford, Wendy Risi, Zurich; Mary Margaret Bedard, RR2 Zurich; Annette Cappa, St. Marys and Roger Boersen, RR2 Gadshi11 News of the Kippen area By Rena Caldwell , The World Day of Prayer was held in St. Andrews Church Kippen with guests from Brucefield, Egmondville, and Seaforth. Mrs. Ross Broadfoot officiated at the organ and Mrs. Keith Lovell contributed a beautiful solo. Mrs. Robert Kinsman, key woman, presided over the program. Mrs. Jack Sinclair and Mrs. Edison McLean gave a conversational skit on Luke 4, 18-19. Helping with the program were Mrs. Bert Faber, Mrs. David Turner, Mrs. Keith 'Love and Mrs. Harry Caldwell. Personals Mr. and Mrs: James Bryant, Stoney Creek spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cooper. Mr. N. Blom is visiting relatives in Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Cooper, London, visited last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Cooper. Mrs. Frank Wright is in University Hospital London undergoing surgery. Mr. and Mrs. .Robt. J. McGregor visited in Kitchener during the weekend. Mrs. Laird Finlayson honoured her daughter Sharon with a trousseau tea on Saturday, February 24. Mrs. Finlayson, Sharon and Mrs. Ken Carnochan greeted the guests. Kris Gemmell, Kris McNaughton, and Shelley Finlayson looked after the guest book. Fay Carnochan, Pam Car- nochan and Sandra Finlayson served tea. Mary O'Brien, June Cooper', Muriel Parsons, Irene Finlayson and Lenore Parsons helped in the kitchen, while Darlene Carnochan, Gail Parsons, Elaine Parsons and Debbie Consitt showed the trousseau. Happenings in Hullett Eclipse of the Sun On Monday, February 26 the last eclipse of this century took place. The pupils had to remain indoors at noon hour because looking at the sun for one second could cause permanent blin- dness. While the pupils were in the school, they were allowed to go to the gym between 11:30 and 12:00 to view the solar eclipse on telet'ision and at noon hour the classes were asked to move to the gym and view a movie called the "Fur Coat Club." Public speaking On February 26th the public speaking contest was held between Blyth and Hullett at Blyth Public School. Three students from the Junior division and three from the Senior division spoke from our school. In the Junior division were Julie Daer, Jeff McNarin and Lisa Preszcator. In the Senior division the speakers were Bill Jewitt, Brad Lyon, and Janice Daer. All speakers that competed in our school Smile Teenag r to dad: "You talk about your troubles, Today some of the kids had to park three blocks away from school." , a, contest as well as the grade 5 class went to listen to the speeches. The winners from the senior division were: first, Karen Caldwell; second Bill Jewitt and third, Janice Daer. In the junior division the win- ners were: first, Julie Daer; second Susie New rec director Walsh; and also tieing for second was Garth Wit- tich. The first place finalists went to Brussels to say their speeches on March 3rd at 1:00 p.m. The finalist from our 'school, Julie Daer, placed 4th in the last of the Legion contests at Brussels. The Goderich Signal - Star reported that the town has a new recreation director. Jim Moore, 30, of .Palmerston will take over the post left vacant by Mike Dymond earlier this year. Mr. Moore was chosen over 80 applicants and will begin his duties on March 5. The new rec director is a graduate of Mohawk College and has been the director of recreation in Palmerston for the past six years. Spruce up on Exeter streets The Exeter -Times Advocate reported that the Exeter Business Improvement Area may receive financial aid from the provincial government. A loan of up to $150,000 could be received to help the ° association in their beautification program. The money, available through the Mainstreet Revitalization Program, dan be used for such projects as pedestrian - oriented istreet lighting, planter , benches, parkettes and for the purchas of land for' '1e parking facilities. The Exeter ccyuncil has approved the purchase of 55 trees to be planted in the community this year. The Exeter Times - Advocate reported that the trees will be planted on private property and residents who would like one are asked to apply through the PUC. Norways and Crimson King varieties of trees are worth between $25 and $30 each. They are being planted to partially replace a number of trees that were cut down in the past year A CLINTON NEWS RECORD THURSDAY, MARCH 8 , 1979—PAGE 19 Middleton church busy weepover the Church News HOly Communion was celebrated on Sunday morning in St. James Church Middleton. Reading the Epistle was Audrey Middleton. Ray Wise received the of- fering and Rev. Wm. Bennett was in charge. Canon Paull will take the service at St. James next World Day of Prayer was held in Trinity Church, Bayfield on Friday March 2, 1979 with a good attendance. All churches in Bayfield were represented as was St. James, Middleton with a representative from each church taking part in the service of reading. Brother and sister both win by Wilhia Oke A brother and sister team placed first in the junior and senior divisions respectively in the public speaking contest held last week at Seaforth District High School. Rick Kloss, 15, of RR l Brucefield, won the juniory competition and was awarded a trophy by Seaforth Branch 156 of Royal Canadian Legion. The Grade 10 student spoke on "commercials". On Saturday at Brussels he won over four other competitors to win the junior secondary school class at the Legion's Zone Cl finals. He will go on to speak at Hanover Legion on Sunday, April 9 in the District CTinals. Wendy Kloss, 16, a grade 11 student, won the senior secondary com- petition at Seaforth Legion and was also awarded a trophy. She spoke on The Violence in Nursery Rhymes. At. Brussels she placed third over three other com- petitors. Mrs. Hindmarsh of Family and Children's Services was the guest speaker and gave a very interesting talk on "Spiritical Growth". Mrs. Phyllis Campbell and Mrs. Blanche Deeves acted as ushers and received the offering. Lunch was served by the ladies of the ACW of Trinity and the UCW of Bayfield. A very en- joyable social time was enjoyed by all. 4-H The fourth and fifth meetings of the "Super Sewers" was held March 5th at Mrs. John Brand's. In the fourth meeting, they talked about purses and shoes and how to care for them, while at the fifth meeting, they looked at some favourite pic- tures of jewellery. A game was played with the pictures of jewellery and it was discussed what would be hest on different people, then different kinds of jewellery were passed around. The next meeting is to be March 19th at Mrs. Case Brand§ by Allison Postill. Socials The ACW of St. James Church Middleton will hold their March meeting at the home of Vera Miller with leader Blanche Deeves, in charge. Ladies, after the business part of the meeting, there will be time to work on the quilt. The Clinton Midget Hockey team played Southampton in Clinton on Thursday night. They travelled to Southampton on Sunday and won the series. Congratulations to the team. Ken and Lynda Dutot and Ivan spent the weekend with Alvin and Delores Dutot. Harold Atwood of Gallion, Ohio is visiting in the area with his sister Delores Dutot and Aunt in Bayfield. Henry W. Block "H&R Block charges a lot less than you might expect: Our price is based on the complexity of your return, not on your income or amount of refund. 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