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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-04-15, Page 33•II - • ' r, r • • • `,•• .00 .71 .. • ' . gO�d °fag: ver •at school Four rural young people win trips ' Four rural young people have been awarded Atte 1976 • Ontario • Ministry • , of Agriculture -atcl " Fo..ord Travelling Seholarshipsto the United R.tingdom for .1970. • These people are •Janet • Whitehead, Teeswater,;' Donnaiene Pletsch, Stratford;,„Arlene A11in, R.R.,' , 1, Orono; and Bryan Boyle, R.R. 3, /21pley. The delegates - were selected on the basis of Or contributions .to rganizationsand activities in •their home communities • ''und their ability to serve as a mbasSadors,of Ontario rural : youth, including over 30;000. • Junior Farmel; and 4H. Members. •• The six week trip, from May 31- to Rd-y-15,- Opporlunity ,for .the group to' •learn about life styles in the United Kingdom, current agricultural practices and the• role an,d activities of 'Voting .Farmer Clubs. During their travels each delegate will live as a member of several host families. • Announcement of , the winners was made at 'the • Annual Banquet of the Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario on March 20 at the Prince Hotel, Toronto.. • , -• , . • Cassandra Crabb • opens wide as Barbara Dougherty, dental assistant with the Huron County Health Unit, brushes her back teeth. Cassandra -was one of the St. Mary's kin- dergarten students taught the proper method or dental hygiene by. the health unitworkers in. a special class' held Friday. 'Cassandra is the daughter of Gordon and Joanna Crabb. Junior Farmers name president fromGrey. 13ruee Saunders, R.R. 1; • Holland Centre, Grey County, is • the • new provincial• -president of the Junior •Ontario.Bruce was elected to •• '4 - the • position at. the .annual rheeting of ihe assocrition on , • • March 19 in Toronto. „ • Bruce is 27, and has been a member of Junior Farmers for eight years. During that time he has been' a provincial_ director of the association for three years., and a member of • the--:qxequtive .coarraitteegoti • two. In 1975 h.e served asvice• president. ••Jeff Kuran, left, weighs the implications of moving his He has .attended the •bishop as his opponent Ted Doherty studies the board for his Provincial Junior Farnier 'Leadership Camp, par- . r ticipated in the Alberta Exchange and chaired the annual Summer Games_ Locally he has been involved • in many club, county 'and zone activities. A graduate ' of •the University of Guelph' with a B. Sc. (Agriculture),Bruce and his wife, Marg, operate a dairy farm. His other com- munity involvements include membership • in the Holland Township Federation of Agriculture as a director on the Walter Falls Parks and Recreation Board, and playing local league softball° and curling. • •• fq,'• • • Johnny Strickland grimaces as his teeth get a thorough cleaning by Huron County Health • Unit nurse Elizabeth Belling. Johnny and his classmates in St. Mary's kindergarten were taught the proper method of brushing their teeth by the health unit nurse in an Education Week special class held Friday. Johnny is the son of Peter and Johnine Strickland of Goderich. (staff -photo) -•,.....,..-•••.•-•1•1-7,•••-••••-••••IT ••"7 " • • • — GODEttICI-1 STONAL-STAR; THURSDAY.o.APRiL 1.6;1976_ Parents of children attending St. • IViary's school were in- vited to Open House last week to observe classroom procedure as _p.art of Education Week activities at the. school. Here mothers (from left) Kathleen Bowen, Marilyn • Williamson and Diane Morrissey sit in on a Grade One and . Two spelling class taught by Sister Maureen (standing) as • Jay Williamson Shows .his .mother a school book. (staff - photo) 'k5:94NP:;:te41494/ 0:1141(U1'.° A seminar for hospital food -supervisors was held 'Friday at Agricultural Technology ppansored by the Ontario Hospital Association and the Ontario • Dietetie Association. Committee chairman Lynda Roheau, Goderieh, at the projector, chats with Molly McGhee of the college who was one of the speakers; Eleanor Hdstle of K.Wospital, a Centralia .graduate;.Edith Atork of Kiteardine Hospital, N. Lambe of the Centralia Cofiege: of Meaford Hospital and Ruth Pepper ofSeaferth HOspital;.(News-Photo) • Good crop of lillies this Easter The province's Easter Lily crop 'promises tp• be an el_c- • ccllcnt one, says Ontario Ministry of griculture.ancl Food horticulturist J.K. Hughes. • • • • • . • "Sine th�. bulbs were' planted—late last fall, they . have been gtoWn slowly and. carefully, to arrive at, retail 'outlets in just the right stage Of readiness for the Easter. holiday," be says. `.1.-ilics are, sold in Europe as at flowers, • but this tradition has not been, popular in North America wheremoSt are'sold in pots." *Mr. Hughes suggests that purchasers try to.obtain a lily with the majority of bloonis in the unopened, white, Puffy plan1 bought this way will "ensure ,several ' weeks' enjoyment in the home beforc. their bloom is finished. . • Lilies require' lndirect sunlight, moderate . temperatures and frequent watering to keep the plants in good shape. After flowering, the • btilbg- are ' useh.'ss for forcing Again, but., if the bloom is cut Orr and the bulbs planted outdoors after chance • of frost ii . past. they. may hlot"")nH again in the fall. • • DRINKINGpAo DRIVING 67°14 DISASTER Nv06 • .41‘^,44, -•,••• Ilv",*&4•ib fite,"4-4 next move' in Bound One action of a chess tournament held at St. Mary's school as part •of Education. Week. • ' • . Ed Noble checks the -workmanship on a cabinet he built for the display while Glen Hutchins on. The two wood - wt -king students were part of a group displaying their talents lior education week: ; staff photo 0 • • Rick Robertson. points oul_som e a, Mernbet of the teaching's -tali _of GOC1, of the electrical equipment ondispity at • - • • „ • .. •.-•• '•; Uric (ast IV alt to two student's. staff hotel