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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-01-18, Page 8"' once-Tires,Thum*, J MS rNrM,�+w�-��w�,ih,me,+..,�k,4w,... F �,.. Y ,.� _ . .. i t► .... - _.�- . e h�f.s from Th. . Wold of Women GRACE CARTER OF BLUEVALE has as, her project a bookcase table in nightschool woodworking classesat F.,t. Madill Secondary School, -Another lady woodworker is Mrs. Herman ,DeBruyn whose project is a rocking horse for .her grandchildren; The women are Amer): and aftentive.Students of instructor Art Laidlaw, a member of the regular teaching `staff 'of the school. Staff Photo. nicati�ns vital .link school program Ors. M. Zinn,: chairman of the �ducationCor'ani ttee of. the Huron County Board Of. Educa- tion„'spQke• about the importance 'Of icommunication ,irt an ,addTeit she made ,to the board Mothers • at the regular meeting of- the board Monday. R"In athis business. of cornmpnti-• trustees have to. be both a g board as wet 'as a lis - ng board," she said. a She expressed the -pleasure of the board: members at having so many spectators attend the inau- gural meeting4• and hoped there would be terested citizens at . every board. meeting. • She -compared the quiet Wan - guild „meetigof theachoot board. to the opposite atmosphere,* pervaded the inaugural mee of county council. She stated the budget for theschool board il(! cern intaUed general meetung. ningharn United • Church omen heldtheir general meet- ing on Monday evening of last The'worship service was taken bar Mrs. Stan Crier; Mrs. Ken Charnbers and Mrs Thomas Jar din who stressed that we should thinit of some ways in which we can; grow! and develop as Chris- tians. O Resolve to look to' higher ,things by reading the Bible each day: (2) Resolve to learn some new thing each day and tints increase our knowled8e. (3) Resolve to pray daily about lifeand our goals. (4) Resolve to break bad habits, and to • have faith that our • strength will be sufficient for the task of winning Someone to Christ this year. Mrs. •G, W. Tiffin introduced the speaker, Mrs. Colin Camp- ., Who showed slides on her re- cent trip to India. Mrs. Campbell - made Mention of the great con- trasts in India in religion, cli- mate, wealth, living conditions, et+e: Mrs. Ken Wood expressed her thinks to the speaker on be- half of the U.C.W. Mrs. George Underwood pre- sided for the business and then called on Rev. Barry Passmore to install the officers for 1073; honorary president, Mrs: K, B. Passmore; past president,—Mrs. Charles Hodgins; president, Mrs. George. = Underwood; 1st vice president, Mrs. Ken Wood; 2nd vicepresident, Mrs. Albert Brea - zit; recording . secretary, Mrs. George Guest ; corresponding secretary,, Mrs. 1Y. - Swatridge; treasurer,: Mrs. D. Courtney; fi- nance seorietary, Mrs. G. W. Tif- fin; citizenbliip and social action, Mrs, E. Suter; co-operation in Christian education, Mrs. K: B. ?assmore; press and publicity, Mrs. Don McKay; program, Mrs. Murray Taylor; membership, Mrs. John Strong; stewardship andecruiting, Miss Lavonne Balla,h ; friendship and visiting, Mrs, L Crawford and Mrs. Charles Bosman; manse com- mittee, Mrs. Harold Kerr and Mrs. Marvin Streich; flower committee, Mrs. Richard Weh- meyet and Mrs. Richard LeVan; Literature and communications, Mrs. Sinclair Wardrop; supply, Mrs. Art Laidlaw; social Conven- ers, Mrs. Arthur Edgar and Mrs. Stan Orien; •nominations, Mrs. DeWitt Miller; unit leaders, unit 1 and 2, Mrs: Albert Rintoul; unit 3, Mrs. Harold Kerr; unit 4, Mrs. Arthur Edgar; afternoon unit, Mrs. Olive Boss. Mrs. Lockwood introduces study of India at meeting The afternoon unit of the United Church Women met Tues- day afternoon of last week with 20 members present despite the snowy weather. The meeting opened with quiet music with Mrs. Galbraith at the piano. Mrs. W. Lockwood opened her meeting with a poem and a hymn was sung after which Mrs. Pen- nington led in prayer. Mrs. Lock- wood read scripture from I Cor- inthians and Mrs. Pennington read a poem, "A New Begin - Mrs. Halliday and Mrs. Pen- nington collected ' the offering which was dedicated by Mrs.. Lockwood. Mrs. Taylor read a poem, "A Message for the New Year" and another hymn was r Lockwood then gave an interesting talk on India, the topic for the unit this year. She told of the many hardships in the country. A mission hymn was sung and Mrs. Lockwood gave the closing prayer. Mrs. O. Boss then took charge of the business and .announced that January 28.ls the date set for the annual congregational meet- ing. Mrs. Bone gave the treasur- er's report. The annual presby- tery meeting will be held Febru- ary 28 at Seaforth United Church with IVIrs. Patricia Clarke the guest speaker. The next unit meeting will. be held February -6 with Mrs. Gowdy and Miss Wil - sots the conveners. A closing hymn was sung after which MI repeated the Miih benediction. p, five times greater than - that of county council, and that the capital assets of the school board are over thirty million dollars and employees number nearly 5900. She said the most important function of the school board is to see that over 13,000 students receive the, best edpcatiion , pos- si r'� iii 6.4 ay`iI J stree , ll�rf a Bi - telling," she said as she stressed the importance of communica- tion between the board and the public, the board and the teachers, the principals and the students and the board ,,and the. administration. Mrs: Zinn spoke of being the guest speaker at different "meet- ings which was another way of communicating with the people a -" trclstee represents. Rapping on doors to solicit votes at election time is another form of commu- nication she spoke about, which often . meant just listening to people sounding off. ' Communication to the public is realized through press coverage of board meetings she said,, as she spoke of the excellent cover- age the meetings are given in the newspapers. Communications between the board and the teachers can be at- tained when trustees are invited to attend meetings and seminars with the teachers and principals. She urged that as many board members as possible should try to attend these meetings as they are of the utmost importance as far as keeping up lines of communication between the staff of the schools and the board members. "By our attendance at these meetings I believe there would be less suspicion between board and teachers and princi- pals, and they would know that we ire really and truly interested in education," she stated. Mrs. Zinn spoke of the good communication between the board and the administration. She expressed the hope that the Teacher -Trustee -Administration Liaison committee would become active again. It could be the \ nucleus of some very important topics for the coming year—such as evaluation of . subjects like Latin, French in Grades 3 to 8, Physical Education, Home Eco- nomics and Industrial Arts, she said. She urged all board members to visit all the schools in the county to "see this $30 million dollars worth of property that we have in our jurisdiction." Mrs. Zinn spoke of the "new jargon" that the incoming mem- bers of the board will learn, and urged them to ask questions of the administration or the chair- man when there was something they did not know. Mrs. Zinn concluded by advis- ing the new members that any in- mation received in the agenda that is marked "Confidential Please" means Just that, strictly confidential. C$' It nsiham's St. Andrew's. hosts Though the attendance was small, the spurit was strong as $t„ Andrew's Presbyterian C Wingham, again opened its doors for the annual meeting of the Maitland Presbyterittl on Taw day of last week) A friendly welcome was, e - pressed in the serving ofa'bot . of coffee. Beautiful Bowers adoOted the chancel and follow* ing the executive meeting in the, Upper Room, rousing organ mu- sic manipulated by Mrs.. old Robertson, Wingham, preceded the call to worship, invocation,. and prayer by Mrs. Alvin, Mtn-. dell, Belmore, retiring president. The praises of a hymn were sung followed by devotions con- ducted by Mrs. Clarke Matheson, Mrs. William King Sr., and Mrs.' Gerald. Gibsen of Brussels. Cur, dial greetings were expressed by Mrs. Robert McKague, Wing ham. Mrs. K. J. Rooney, Ripley, pre- sented the minutes of the 1972 an- nual meeting and called the'roll. This led to the reports of the vari- ous secretaries. Some factsre- vealed from these were a slight decrease in membership but in- creased~WOW,. a g eat ,dam of interest and involvement in the carrying on of the InissioliarY et. 'fort ink `every department from . the CDC to the work of the senior members; many s'uggestions for methodsand means of enlargisg our circle in the community`, and interesting other .in the work through the Friendship and Serve ice division; one eveningaux- iliary and one afternoon, group. closed down.. To trainingsessions or workshops for leaders were held; some secretaries failed to submit a report; 184 members subscribed to the Glad Tidings; allocation for 1973 (accepted by the meeting) is $U,700 for the general fund and $800 plus three quilts for the supply fund. The afternoon session. opened with a hymn and ,devotions by Mrs. W. Ballagh, Mrs. Jack Mc- Kague and Mrs. T. J. McKinney of Teeswater, roll call and un- finished business. Mrs. A. Mun- dell introduced Miss Mary Lou Funston as a registered nurse, a graduate of Ewart College in Christian Education, who has New members .welcomed by, congregation 'gild:.in Al* .'Prisibyteries.. of . Brandon, Man., Ord in'' eRtm h * ter, B.G. After tWo years` leave of absence in tr ► and Scot- land she returned' Ito be :eduea- trona reser person in the na- tional church office. MSL - Ston conducted a highly interest- ing and informative workshop on ' visual resource materials. Among things available are posters made with pictures and recipes from. magaz• government brochures and pamphlets for "wrists; sit filmstrips, . and cassettes to company the study . book; rnunity people such as the li- brarian, missionaries on fur - WOO; natives of, or travellers to the land being studied; children's aid workers stem, health nur- ses, local m' stets, etc. Important events announced for the near future are the Syn- odical on April 10 and 11 in St. Andrew's, Wingham; Biennial Conference on May 4, 5, and 6 in Montreal; spring Presbyterial in Molesworth. Mrs. Hamilton, Kinloss, read the report of the nominates mittee. Ilev. Robert Armatrosig brought greetings from tery and took charge of the instal; lotion. of the 1973 office, ,After 11lh'tt, .Exan Keith, Kinloss, ex- pressed courtesies, Mrs. James . English, the new president, closed the meeting with prayer. The new Officers are: honorary president, Mrs. Geterge Slither- land: S �- land, Ripley.; Past ipr��, Mrs. A. Mundell, Belmore; prem* dent, Mrs. J. English, Wi haro i 1st. vice president, Mm, Mel Bit* ie, Kincardine; 2nd yice pr - t, Mrs. D. Robertson,. Kin ough; 3rd vice president, Mrs. F. MacLeod, Ripley; 4th vice presl- dent, Mrs. Lorne Sparks, South Kinloa$; treasurer, Mrs, Evan Keith, South Kinloss; historian, Mrs. H. MacKenzie, Ashfield; ass't. historian, Mrs. Gordon Wall, Wingham; secretaries: re cording, Mrs. K. J. Rooney, Rip- ley; corresponding, :Mrs. R. H. Armstrong, Wingham; afternoon groups, Mrs. Walter ,: Bailegh, Teeswater; evening groups, Mrs. Jack MacDonald, Lucknow; Secre ►riei: Bugh Armstrong, Ts water; a Co*, Mrs. Robert Campbell, , Wingham " home help.helperst Mrs. WamBeb , L;friendshipend s Mrs. ma* Kielouh; literati*andlibrary, Mrs. John MagLealli. RlpOy;, Glad Mrs.Angus) Wilson Sr., Kincar- dine; gip+, Mrs. Gordon Mun- dell,, Bluevale l supply Mrs. Robert Arbtle, Wit; life member:alp, Mrs. Bum Mof- fatt, Bluevale; without portfolio, p Mrs. W. D. Campbell, Moles worth, Mrs. C. McAuley, Ripley, 'gra, William Sim, Gorrle; auditors . are from Whitechurch" and Langsl; nominating tom- mitteer-Wingbam evening group, Teeswater, Whitechurch., Ashfield, tnennber -of executive, Mrs. A. Mundell; synodical dele- gates are Mrs English, Mrs. A. Mundell, Mrs, W, D. Campbell, Mrs, Evan , Keith; Mrs. Robert 0 Campbell and one representative from. each of Bluevale, Dungan- non, Gorrie, Kincardine, and Kinlough. ,a The sacrament of Holy. Com- munion was observed Sunday morning in the Wingham United Church with Rev. Barry Pass- more in charge. In his com- munion meditation, Mr. Pass more said, " ..we often have no control over the events which happen to us; but what is impor- tant is the way we respond .to them. . ," He cited examples where a person's reaction to life's problems made the difference between a life of misery and a life of happiness. .Duringthe service, Mr. Passe more extended a welcome to.p1nes a 1° ntvpmxtembersivebov4timinsiet- ring their 'MembeithiP ' to ,• } local church. Mr. and Mrs#vin: Alton,Bill, Jim,Brian andKay th comfrm rinityt; lJn ted Church, Ashfield; Mr. and. Mrs,. Don Courtney and Carol formerly members of Pine United Church.' The senior choir sang an,,. them, "God So Loved the World' under the direction of H.' Swatridge. The congregation of the Wing - ham United.Church will hold its annual meeting on January 28 in the church. Reader grans help blind study •,: � � •:�:; �{ ri:•:•'r,'•{:::ti i {� r v.}tiff v' �ti:''•?'i o:'�,�i,L $.ry� •i%.':, I - MFORT Virginia Ewing, a second -year psychology student at York Uni- versity, pays classmates to read text books and lecture notes to her. "It helps me to keep up with the heavy work load," she says. Virginia, 020, is one of 88 blind university and community col- lege students in Canada to be awarded a reader grant by The Canadian National Institute for the- Blind. .'total value of the awards amounts to $19,300. The reader grants, available to the 270 blind Canadians studying beyond the high school level and awarded on the basis of the stu- dents' needs, arose out of the groiving trend toward higher education among . blind people. Undergraduates are eligible for grants ok$200 for the academic year; postgraduates qualify for grants of $300; part-time students can apply for grants of 140 per course. Some students find volunteer readers. "It's difficult to estab- lish a fee for readers," says ginia, "and some of them don't want to be paid." Reader grant recipients also use their award to buy books and tapes. Virginia wants to pay for taped French texts with part of the grant and "some of it I will use to tie off loose ends." To help them further in their studies, blind students can bor- row a selection of 3,000 taped and 16,000 brailled books from the CNIB library. If a text on their course is not available, students forwatd a printed copy to the li- brary to be recorded by one of the 285 volunteer readers or tran- scribed into braille by one of the 202 volunteer braillists. 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