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Canadian Forces weekly Contact
A note was received only
recently from: A. Y. McLean of._-
ithe Huron . Expositor in
Seaforth.. Pinned to it was a
clipping from the Winnipeg Free
Press concerning ' .a former
.,Goderich resident, Mrs. Vicky
Thornton.
- "You may be interested' •in
this story," wrote Mr. McLean:
1" "Mrs.' Thornton lived . in
Goderich about 10 years ago
when her husband, Major D. G.
Thornton was at Clinton RCAF
base. She worked as, a. secretary
for the late AVM Sully at
Dominion Roads," .
Mrs._ Thornton_ is_ now_ pdRor r -
of the Canadian Forces weekly
Contact at Canadian Forces Base
Trenton. She was attending the
Canadian Weekly Newspapers
Association annual convention
in Winnipeg during August.
ar She assumed the post as
editor of the paper one month
ago. Ten years prior to her
recent appointment, she had
been editor of Jet Air, . the
SCanadian Forces Newspaper in
Portage La Prairie.
Born in Toronto and
educated at a business college
there, she said that her job
"requires dedication more than
-experence." According to Mrs.
Thornton, the editorship of an
armed forces paper is a challenge
because of the mobilityof the
service life.
"There is no continuity of
staff at any base because it. is 1
such a mobile society. There are
daily 'changes, on abase ... I have
to be prepared at any time to
...replace any member of any
staff," she explained.
She has a staff of six, five of
whom are servicemen who
"world, on the paper as a
secondary duty, often during the
evening and on weekends" she
said. The sixth is a serviceman's
wife who acts as women's editor
and handles news about the
other wives.
Neer director is
Mrs. Thornton has been a,
serviceman's wife for 24 years
and claimed that her hpme in
Trenton is her 27th house. "It's
a wonderful life and although it
has its 'ups and downs' it is,
never boring. You move around
a lot though!'
She, has three teenage
children and "a "husband who is
very ° co-operative, is a b good
writer, and often -helps out an
editor left in the lurch," she
laughed.
Contact has a circulation of
3,500 and is published "every
other Friday," she said, for a
total of 26,. issues per year, The
paper is partly subsidized by the
armed forces 'although Mrs.
Thornton claimed that "40 per
cent is advertising."
"We aim at our own people
to keep them informed because
a .base paper is the best way of
communication and is also good
formorale," she said. "The
paper . is sometimes limited in
Human Children.
Bruce R. Heath, • 31, the local
director of the Huron County
Children's Aid Society officially
took over the post from Miss
-Clare , McGowan Tuesday,
September 8. • •
Mr. Heath was born , in
Toronto and was raised in
Ancaster. He' holds a Bachelor of
Arts and a Master. of Social Work
degree from ,the University of
Toronto. He also did advanced
work in Chicago.
He began his career as'a social
worker with the Catholic
Children's Aid Society in
Hamilton and was a supervisor
when he left there to go to
Toronto Catholic Children's Aid
Society. Before coming to
Goderich; he, was a department
supervisor in the Toronto ,office
of the CCAS.
Mr. Heath.. describes the
Huron County CAS as a "well
. run agency" having .a very close
relationship with the
• community."
Although the Huron CAS is
one of 'the smaller agencies • in
the province and one of the -few
recognized as a county agency, it
is . "fortunate . iiz its unique
relationship with the county and
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with its board of directors", Mr.
Heath pointed out.
"I think the board is
genuinely concerned,? the new
director stated.
He expressed pleasure at the
interest take_ n by the. people of
this county ' 'arid would like to
see it expanded.
"There are many functions of
the day to day role of the CAS
what it can print so it's basically
morale boosting and informative,
rather than controversial.". '
The paper receives some copy
from the Canadian Forces press
releases, the British Overseas,
news releases, and occasionally
news from other bases. Contact
is distributed "free of charge to
the base personnel • and their
families 'who also subscribe to
the local bi-weekly newspaper,.
the Trentoniare for news of local
happenings.
"We do not wish to compete
with-- them local paper because
ours is entirely different," said
Mrs. Thornton,
Local tees"
are buddies
Five Goderich and area
teenagers travelled to Orillia over
the weekend to the school for
the retarded where they worked
as volunteer buddiev.afor two
days.
Brenda Thompson, ' Brian
Thompson, -Susan-Scott, Scott, Darlenee
•' . Reid• an '—:cliff . Reid ,escorted'
eight retarded children to a fall
' fair set up on the grounds at the
Orillia hospital.
Residents of the hospital had
r saela.-,the--4aIe andL.all : its .. ,
exhibits. Booths
various games as well as stalls .
Wh..ere merchand`iase
manufactured at the " hospital
was for sale.
The public was invited to the
two-day affair. Attendance was
good reported Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Reid who travelled with the five
,Goderich teenagers. - m
The youthful volunteers will
make a° -full report about their
experiences at the next general
meeting of the,local Association
for Retarded Children. -
The Ladies Auxiliary ,of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch
109, has made a donation of $1,000 to the Goderich Memorial
Arena fund. The, official' presentation was made Monday
afternoon:Aat-arena. From.�the .left.:are Mrs. Evelyn Carrot,
7Zone- :comma'l er; Mrs. --Margaret :`t%liulten J: onvenermtf•!-fund'';
raising program; Paul Carroll, chairman of the recreation board;
and Mrs. Jean Elliott, president of the Ladies Auxiliary. Mr.
--Support -CAS
.n^kainssa �.'�nuNmm..-.-
which 'can .be picked up by the
community — and should be,"
Mr. Heath said. "It 'means
involvement — and not just
financial."
An evaluation of -the services
rendered by -the Huron County
CAS will be one ofdthe first
concerns of the new director. He
noted that the roll of the
province and of the local
societies is '. being, carefully
scrutinized in Ontario where the
department of welfare is a "kind
df watchdog."
"Amalgamation is not an
immediate concern for Huron,"
Mr. Heath added.
Mr. Heaths and his wife are
residing at 28 Trafalgar St.
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Remember. ladies!
Send in your
meeting
reports
Eight sets of twins;
one set of triplets
nrolled in Goderich schools
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Babysitters
go to school
The baby sittingcourse,
announced' last fall to be
sponsored by the Kinettes in
Goderich, is to •begin shortly.
Registration is September 30 at
St. Mary's School.
To participate in classes,
students must be at least 11
years of age. The fee for the
course is .85 cents and there are
no other. costs involved.
Girls or 'boys are . invited to
register.
Carroll reported the moray will be, used to refinish ano
landscape. the outside of the building. He said, "The Ladies
Auxiliary deserves credit because it was the first service chib to
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recognize the need for some help at the arena.It-speaks highl,y..'
A"ofd�the'°mernbers wito -•recognize: the�rneelisco yOUng people in
—town." —staff -photo. . _
eta Theta Chapter.
Tuesday, September 8 a
meeting of Beta Theta Chapter
of Beta 'Sigma Phi was held at
the home of Mrs. Sue Gower.
Fourteen members answered
roll: call and the minutes of the
last meeting in May were
approved as read.
- • The president welcomed the
girls back after the summer and
passed out sheets listing
meetings and the members
comprising the various
committees.
The vice-president, Mrs.
Shirley . Baechler, ' announced
that the group should rush for
eight, new members and gave the
dates of the rushing parties.
The social committee will
organize a trip to visit a chapter
of Beta Sigma Phi in London.
The ways and means
committee announced that there
was another new -cook book my
"salads" published by
international and suggested the
selling of this as a fund raising
project.
The girls of this chapter
agreed to again support the
Children's Aid Society ,as a
service. project.
Gifts .were exchanged with
secret sisters and .each girl found
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out • which particular member
had been sending her all those
nice gifts 'and cards all year.
Each girl drew the name of a
new secret sister.
dule
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rush
After an interesting program
on "The Body. Beautiful" -
presented by Helene Alcock, a
delicious lunch was served by
the hostess.
bu
Nile U.C.W. meeting was
held Thursday, September -10
at 2 p.m. in the,Church.
Mrs. Elwyn Pollock,
president, called the meeting
to order, the theme being
.`1.,iterature and
Communication".
. Mrs. Wilmer Rutledge and
Mrs. R. C. McClenaghan
--conducted the worship service
which included reading in
unison 8 verses of the hymn
“Take My Life and Let It Be,".
Sciipture reading was from
Galations
Mrs. McClenaghan read a
very interesting article on
"How to build bridges to
Communications". Prayer by
.Mrs. Rutledge closed the
• Mrs. Pollock conducted the
-b ukness meeting. The
secretary's report was read by
Mrs. Alvin Kerr and
correspondence included
"thank you" notes from Reg.
Ryan, Mrs. Thos. McPhee, the
'Moore family and the Ribey
A letter from Mr, Bowden
froin Saugeen Indian' Reserve,
expressed appreciatiOn- for the
generous dopation of clothing.
Roll call was answered by
"What is Literature and
Communication" and was
answered by 11 menibers.
The treasurer's report was ,.
given by Mrs.•
Riitledge
Plans we're made for a
community shower. in the
church Sept. 21.
-A joiet. t _meeting with
Dungannon will be held Sept.
COntinlied on page 8A
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News
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It isn't triplets:. It is really twins but Ian° Cochrane, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Cochrane, 33 Waterloo N., is missing his twin
...sister Lynne who was heme sick when thii picture was taken.
The others are Lori lcentre) and Leslie McKpy, children of Mr.
and Mrs. John McKay, 257 Shore Cretcent. They are all in
Grade 2 at Robertson Manorial School. —Staff 'photo.
There are two sets of twins in the. senior grades at Robertson Memorial School. They are Patrice
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(left) and km Craven, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Craven, 169 West St. and Jerry and Terry
Fritzley, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Don Fritzley, 181 Blake -St. W. The, girls are in Grade 8 and the boys
are in Grade 7. —staff photo.
Robertson 0Aemorial School also_
*) . boasts ,the, town's only set a
Rehm and &ibis litifelleitt;rkeevithoilL-MrimAyBiboronrimm;47r;s4;;nighittryr,osehools..Aliniinarar0
proud tol:"„Se twirls. Haien and Johii, the eNildreti of Mr." and Shelley (top) Margaret and"
' ,,, Mrs. Doug HOff, 45 Elizabeth Ave.. E., are in Geade I at Claudia "- Hill, il-year old
'— —ifictorte-Putiiio:Stimolv4asndiVirs.laill-Wilsdrvi-144,"171incks —daughtt;rs of Mr. and Mrs. caley
Sto,are thli parents of ,David and bean, itudents in Grade 2 at • " 1,3111:Ittey-.1artrire-Grade--6 -this-
. ' Victoria PS. staff photci. '''. '' "' year; staff photo. .
St. Mary's School' in Goderich has one
Susan Feaver, oid children of
set of twins, David arid
Mr. and Mrs,„ ttlVdMams, tWin daughters Of Mr. and,,Mrt. Ted Williams are registered in
girls apart, in the classroom. -staff photo. 7 „,
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