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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-05-14, Page 10;1t 10141i,k.ST"AR �, W I�r 4T, I4 1980 rr..4 Mme'' Grades 5, 6 and 7 wrote a series of skits which they performed along with jokes and songs centred on the theme, A Typical Day for their presentation at the Brookside spring concert. These students, from the left, Chris Gibson, Todd Park, Lorelee Howes and Vicky Hackett played roles in'one of the skits presented by the classes of Greg Hazlitt, Ross Errington and Charles Liddle, (Photo by Sharon Dietz) Brookside kids hold orientation The grade eight students who will be going to F. E. Madill had their orientation on the evening of May 5. Mrs. Worsell's grade three class "Kicked off' Education Week by having a "Feet Day", on Tuesday, May 6. The prize winners were: longest shoes, Jacqui Dawson, Bryce Beattie; shortest shoes, Brenda Mc- Nee, Dennis Gregory; widest shoes, Ian Johnston; most colourful shoes, Sherry Hod- ges, Annette Gruendler; and the most unusual shoes, Ken Strong, Craig Jefferson. On May '7 the students had their dress rehearsal for the Spring Concert. The concert was held on Thursday,. May 8 starting off with numbers by the Primary choir, Primary Dear Captain Comet: My " name is Jennifer McIver and I would like to join your Birthday Club. I will be five years old on May 17. I live at 175 Britannia Rod with my brother Scoff. -- Love, Jennifer and Senior Goir combined and the Senior Choir. Mrs. Louise Wilson's grade 1 class chose Numbers as the theme for their songs and activities. Grades 3.and 4 from room 3, directed by their teacher, Mrs. Lois Tebbutt, and mus- ic teacher, Mr. Don Camer- on, presented A Spring Pict- ure in song and choral reading. Mrs. Nancy Camer- on's grade 1 and 2 class peformed a medley of old fashioned songs. Rooms 7, 8 and 10 with teachers Mr. Greg Hazlitt, Mr. Chas. Liddle, and Mr. Ross Erring- ton put on a collection of skits, jokes, songs and danc- es, finishing up with an imitation of The Price is Right television show. The museumobile from the . Royal Ontario Museum visit- ed the school on Friday morning with a display of fossil materials to show grades 7 and 8. The fossils ranged from 500 345 million years in age. 1 On Friday afternoon, Mr. Hayter entertained grades 5 to 8 with his program, A Taste of Robert Service. Having come from the same area of England as the poet, Mr. Hayter was able to recite the poems with authentic accent and he ' explained some facts about Service's life and how he came to the Yukon from which many of his more famous poems orig- inated. It was a very enjoy- able and enlightening per- formance. Money raised for ROM Stay tuned to Rober- tson Roundup from now until the end of June." There will be lots more exciting articles about things happening around our school. ROM DAY On Thursday, May 1 it was ROM Day (Royal Ontario Museum Day). That day the school collected $33.71 to help the museum in Toronto.. The,museum is aiming at getting $10 million to get new exhibits and to make a new room. ROM already ,has over $7 million. MUSEUMOBILEI The museumobile, which was owned by Tom. Linderoos, was here on „Tuesday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 7. ,Tom showed a film and slides of fossils and coral to the Grade ,6, 7 'and 8 classes from Robertson, Victoria and St. Mary's. The Museumobile was filled with exhibits of fossils, coral and maps slaiwirrg the places in Ontario named by. dif- ferent eras such as Precambrian, Cambrian, . Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian. The Devonian is the era we live in and is also the youngest era. •-Th•e_.Precambrian Shield is the oldest era. Two different names are Trilobite, which is like an overgrown June bug and a Mastadon, which is an elephant with hair on it. They hada tooth of the Mastadon which was bigger than a human • hand. They also had sea scorpions which were . something like the scorpions we have today. All the students really enjoyed the exhibits. MOTHER'S DAY The Grade 1 and 2 class of Mrs. Scratch celebrated Mother's Day in a very special way: The six and seven year olds made lunch for their moms and the mothers attended a tea for their lunch hour. The children served their mothers cake and coffee or tea. It was a nice opportunity for the children to say "Thanks Mom". TRACK AND FIELD it's time again for track and field! The. school events will begin May 21. The track events will be 90 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter, 800 meter, and in in- termediate and senior there will be hurdles as well. For the field events there are: running long jump, standing broad jump, high jump, softball throw and in in- termediate and senior there are triplejump and shot put as well. SPRING SUI11 SPECIAL CAMPBELL'S MEN'S WEAR, Clinton, have a SPECIAL OFFER for all prospective suit customers (this offer also applies to sport coat and pant) BEGINNING THURSDAY MAY 15TH With every suit or sport coat ensemble sold CAMPBELL'S MEN'S WEAR will give -FREE OF CHARGE.... A SHIRT AND TIE OF YOUR CHOICE! FITNESS Once again Robertson is involved in Fitness Canada. There are four stages: The Award of Excellence, Gold stage, Silver stage and Bronze stage. The physical education teachers are now testing the students. Good luck to all par- ticipants. P Familygathers for mothees birthday A family gathering was held at lyj("ra, Mary Bere's on. Sunday fqr Mother's Day and aliSo to recognize Mrs. Kathie. Stanibury's birthday. The Aldham family from Ingle- wood and the John Beres from London were present for the weekend. Mrs. Lynn Wall and child- ren spent the weekend rec- ently with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Emerson at- Queensville. Kenny Strong, sop of Mr. and Mrs.. Jim Strong, injured his lip at school last week, requiring four stitches. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Crock- ett,Megan and Jason of Loncon spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wif Pentland. On Sunday the family all enjoyed a Mother's Day dinner at the White Carnation. Those attending it clod-d-IGI"r•: iiia Ii•s:'Lai ti ' Pentland, Vicki, Michael and Julia; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Andrew, Jeff and Paul of Kincardine; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Utley, Erin, Owen and Tara; Mr. and Mrs. Greg Baer, all of Goderich and granddaughter, Miss Teri VanDongen of Kitchener. Ben and Margaret Mole spent Mother's Day in Kin- cardine with their families. Mr. and Mrs.. Alvin Moran enjoyed visits from their families through the day on Sunday. Sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Reed and boys, on the passing on Tuesday in Goderich hospit- al, of his mother, Mrs. Reta Reed. Mrs. Reed, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Young, was in her 66th year. Besides her son and family she is survived .by a sister, Mrs. Leonard (Edna) Raithby of London. Funeral service was held ,•. from Stiles Funeral Home, Goderich, on Friday with interment in Balls Cemetery, Auburn. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blake and girls of Galt, Cambridge spent Mother's Day with Mrs. Cecil Blake. Miss Beth McConnel also visited for the day. DUNGANNON, UNITED. CHURCH Mr. George Cowan spoke on the : topic, Whose Re- sponsibility is it?" in which be stressed how important the mother's influence is in a family. He also emphasized the fact that father has responsibility as well as the school and the community to help give 'children moral .values. The choir sang, The Church of Long Ago, and Helen Elliott sang a beautiful solo, Sweet Hour of Prayer. A special Tyro presentation was given by Joey Carmich- ael, Murray Curran, Kenny Logtenberg, Craig McNeil-, and Jimmy Wright. The children's hymn was, _What_ a Friend _.we_have .in - Jesus, and the story was entitled, Don't, Don't and Do, in which it was pointed out that most of the com- mandments begin with "Thou,shalt not" which is a form of "Don't" but one begins with a Do - Honour thy father and mother that ungannon doings Marie Park corresno•ndent 529-7719 thy days may be long in the the school board representa- land. tive,. The annual meeting of the London Conference of the United Church of Canada is being held in Wesley -Knox United Church, London on '1MIay T3; -T4; and 15.' The Dungannon -Nile charge will be represented by Mrs. Amy Wiggins, Mrs. Olive Blake and Mr. Cowan. The Nile Inner Circle is having a garagesale and bake table early in July. Campsite Experience at Gimp Bimini on Monday, June 9 is for.all women of the church, including those with pre-school children. The Salvation Army _ of Goderich extends an invita- tion to join them on the evenings of May 16 and 17 when four ministers in'train- ing are being honoured. DUNGANNON W.I. The W.I. meeting for the month of May was held at the home of Mrs. Graham Mc- Nee, Thursday, May 1 with 25 memb ers, two visitors and one child present. Mrs. Hugh McWhinney, the new president opened the meeting. Mrs. Graham McNee welcomed the guest speaker of the evening, Mr. Stuart Ball of Auburn. His topic was, gardening, stating that "Soil is better than gold". he said many home remedies could be used. He advised not to burn leaves as they are good for the soil when decayed. Papers were left to be passed around at a later date. Mr. Ball was thanked by Mrs. Fred Young and 'pres- ented with a gift. Mrs. Jean Errington, past president, and Mrs. Winni- fred Girvin, past secretary - treasurer; presented three Life, Memberships to Mrs. Hugh McWhinney,'who has been an institute member for 26 years and a leader of 4-H clubs. Her presentation was read by Mrs. Purdon. Beth McCont}ell read the presentation to Mrs. Graham McNee who has filled every office of the W.I. and is the Past District President. Mrs. Olive Blake read the presentation to Mrs. Marion Zinn, who has been very active in the W.I. also being +++ Make sure your young fatniIy is vaccinated for rubella, commonly called German measles. If contracted by a mother - to -be in the early stages. of pregnancy, it can cause blindness in her unborn child. Contact CNIB Eye Service Department for details. Ai I I Li Mita SPRING GARDEIIIIIG TROPICAL PLANTS • Ass't Cactus • African Violets • Tropical Soil • Peat Moss • Assorted Pots & Planters • Begonias • Geraniums • Mums • Dracaena • Hanging Pots BEDDINc.,,PLA.NTS • Petunias • Dwarf Marigolds (16 varieties) • Tall Marigolds • Snapdragons' • Ageratums • Alyssum • Zinnias • Salvia • Celosia • Impatiens • Portulaca Pansies• Coleus • Primr .se • Tomatoes • Spanish Onions • Peppers • Cabbage • Cauliflower Tickets were given out to sell on the quilt. The motto, Whether a fellow ends up with a goose egg or a nest egg, depends irthe c-fifeilie metrics; 'was given by Mrs. Alma Black. Betty Errington and her mother, Mrs. Jean Erring- ton, brought some of the 4-H work which was well done. The club books from Your Corner of the World, were shown around. Betty thanked the W.I. ladies for, sponsoring the club. Hostesses were Mrs. Dor- othy Clement and Mrs. Fred Young. TOWNSHIP OF EAST WAWANOSH CLERKS NOTICE OF POSTING OF PRELIMINARY LIST OF ELECTORS THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ACT 1977 SECTIONS 24 AND 25 NOTICE is hereby given that 1 have compiled with Sections 24 and 25 of The Municipal Elections Act 1977 and I have posted up in my office at RR1 Belgrave, Ontario, on the 14th day of May, 1980, the list of persons eligible to vote on three (3) questions under the provisions of The Liquor Licence Act 1975. AND I hereby call upon all such electors to examine the list and to take immediate proceedings to have any errors or omissions corrected according to law. Tffe-i'astday for flung -applications -for-- i'nelusions,- additions, or corrections to or deletions from the list is the 23rd day of May, 1980. The place at which the revisions of the list will be taken is the Township of East Wawanosh Municipal Office in the Municipal Garage at RR1 Belgrave, Ont. Revision of the list will be undertaken during normal office hours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Wednesday, May 14th to Friday, May 23rd, 1980. DATED AT RR1 BELGRAVE, ONTARIO THIS 14th day of MAY, 1980. Winona Thompson, Clerk -Treasurer of the Township of East Wawanosh RR1 Belgrave, Ontario MANAGERESS: SHARRON HENRY DEPT. STORE SHOPPERS SQUARE GODERICH CHECK THESE INCREDIBLE MARKDOWNS WHILE QUANTITIES LAST AND THEY WON'T LAST LONG! ONE TOYS GROUP VALUES TO '16.99 X500 EACH ONE RACK LADIES' _ BLOUSES NOT ALL SIZES OR COLOURS ONE GROUP CHILDREN'S WEAR VALUES TO '13.99 BROKEN SIYES JUMPSUITS ETC. X500 ONE RACK LADIES' DRESSES REG. '12.99 VALUE 2:$500 $5,?0 ONE RACK GIRLS' WEAR e, VALUES TO '20.99 10?° BROKEN SIZES a COLOlnls MAIN CORNER CLINTON 482-9732 A HIUSSER'S GREENHOUSE 156 Eldon St. (Across from Racetrack) GODIIRICH 524-9649 ONE RACK LADIES' CORDS REG. '23.99 VALUE 000 CUBE -SIX GAME BOARD REG. '5.99 4 1 00 ONE GROUP GIRDLES VALUES TO '9.98 $5?0_j,- ONE GROUP LADIES' DRESSES VALUE TO '29.99 ONE GROUP BOYS' WEAR F $5 °411