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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-10-06, Page 18til PAGE 16r- '.QDDERI,CE SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 977 The Goderich Rebekah Lodge No. 89 held their draw on Tuesday evening for a quilt donated by Mrs. Grace Fuller, retiring Grand Noble. Mrs. Bertha McGregor of Hensall, district deputy president of Huron District No. 23 drew the winning ticket which belonged to Cathy Raymond of Exeter. Left to right are the quilt committee, Ruth Haydon, lla Crozier, Bertha McGregor, Cora Caeser and Grace Fuller. (staff photo) TOWII People lflparticu Talk Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kulagowski of Chotnedy Laval, Quebec were in Goderich to attend Mr. and Mrs. Murray Sheardown's ,on Sam's wedding which took place at Cambridge. He married Miss • Barbara Cowan. While the' visitors were there, they visited their daughter Debbie, also Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Parker and ;on Chad in Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Harris, Kelly and Sharon of Sombra. They then went on to London where thenvisited Mrs-. Kulago'vski's cousin, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Rafuse and sons. Mr. T. Rafuse showed them around City Hall where they Here given a lovely souvenir of the city of London, Mrs.. K-ulagowski- and Mrs: Sheardown are army friends ;MO have visited hack and forth -for the past thirty years. W.I. holds 63rd annual convention BY ELEANOR BRADNOCK Coming Together is a Beginning. Working together is Progress was the theme for the 63rd annual convention of the London Area Women's Institutes held last week at the Sandpiper Inst; Vanastra, when 820 members attended the two-day session from the districts of Huron West, Huron South, Perth South, Oxford North, Elgin West, Elgin East, Oxford South, Middlesex -North, Middlesex West. and Middlesex East: The president, Mrs. Leonard Caffyn, Ingersoll was in charge of the opening session and also spoke on the theme in her report of her year's activities in visiting Districts, and Branches special events. The highlight of the mor- ning session was the message given by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario president Mrs. Herbert Malusko of Chegley. She reported that the 80th an- niversary of the founding of the W.I. celebrated at Bingeman park this past summer was a great success and that 1275 members across Ontario had attended. She told that the special cake made for this occasion is on display at the Erland Lee Home at Stoney Creek. She stressed that there were now enough quilt blocks for sale now and that repairs are now being done on the drive shed. at this historical home where the first constitution was drawn up 80 years ago by Adelaide Hoodless and Erland Lee. -A special appeal is given for this project to set • The new executive of the London Area Women's Institutes are pictured following their election last Thursday at Vanastra. Front row left to right are Mrs. W. Keutsch, Sebringville, secretary; Mrs. Keith Hiepleh, RR 2, Springfield, first vice-president; Mrs. Leonard Caffyn, RR 5, Ingersoll, president; Mrs. Gordon Papple, Seaforth, second vice- president; and Mrs. Clifford Ritchie RR 3, Parkhill, treasurer. Back row are, Mrs. Emmerson Stanley, Denfield, provincial director; Mrs. Wallace Laidlaw, RR 7, London, past. president;; Mrs. William Porter, RR 2, Goderich, board director, and Mrs. George Wright, RR 8, London, Public relations officer. (News -Record photo) Library workshop held for teachers A library workshop for elementary school principals, librarians and teachers in Huron County was -held at the Board of Education Offices in Clinton on •Tuesday. October 4 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Teams of three from each school -attended. Attending from Goderich were Ernie Crawford. new librarian at Robertson school. Ralph Smith, principal .of Robert- son, Marj Freeman. Robertson teacher, Diane Steep, librarian at Victoria school. Caroline Cass,. teacher at Victoria and I)on O'Brien, principal at Vic- toria. Pauline Weber of the Wellington County Board of Education conducted the session which included such topics as Evaluation of the School Library Resuui 't' Program and Effective integration of Classroom and Library Programs. Ms. Weber is travelling across Ontario and con- djcting the library ,lrkshops on behalf of the 1-111,•r,r1i,rn of Women I 1 ,Ichc'rs Associations of Ontario, w liich created, •l,,on,or'1.•d and supported the �,1al,'hllt)' tl'I,h,,r urged Huron County tea( tiers to av oi•k more closely wine the librarians and to share ideas. She encouraged Ilhr,uions to work tow<rr•d a ill hihll• schedule in order to kl l ll al ^ open dont` for stud' ni, to ,Trop in. She said that the most important thing to help kids find things out. Pauline Weber of the •Wellington County Board of Education (left) talks with Carol Simons, Holmesville Remedial teacher and President of the Federation of Women Teachers Associations of Ontario for Huron County at a library workshop held at the Board of Education Offices In Clinton for elementary teachers, principals and librarians In Huron County on Tuesday. The workshop was sponsored by the FWTAO and Ms. Weber will be'ira'velling all over Ontario to co,,ductthe sessions. (staff photo) She said it is harder to con- duct research activities in the primary grades but stated that children should learn right from the start to look at a variety of hooks and not to always believe everything that is written down. She also Said that the teachers should teach their students how to write in a point form w hen researching, Writing ver- t ahina from a hook or copying. she said, is -a waste of time, effort and paper and students shouldn't he allowed to do it. The skill of finding hooks comes fairly easily, sand Weber. But, s'he said, thi' problem comes once the student finds the information he wants. He must then. learn to clrganize it rather than copy it. He should skim it, understand it, make- notes in point form and organise it under headings. She named several ideas to make students more enthusiastic about reading and rewire h. Weber urged the tear -hers to think of alter•natiec,s simply sending classes t„ the library for regolar honk • up the foundation fund. Mrs-. Maluske told the delegates- and members that the Officers Conference will he held on May 2, 3 and 4th at the University of Waterloo and the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada president, Mrs.., Joe Belish of Alberta will he the guest speaker. and urged all to send a delegate. The project - 1''nnies for Friendship project to help the Associated Women of the World has +i e+ aced in Ontario tiuiL -- S15,2.80 being raised in 1976 in Ontario. Scholarships have been given hula the Helen Mc•Kcrcher scholarship of 51000, will be presented in 1978- She told the delegates that. the F.W.I.C. convention will be held at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon in June 1979, Mrs. Maluske told about her trip to Kenya for the Associated. Country Women of the world conference which she will be attending as Ontario's delegate.. - Miss Molly McGhee, director of home economics branch. ;1linistry of Agriculture and Food spoke to the delegates and W.I. members for the first time and stated that she is indeed impressed d with this world- wide organrz.ation who supply all the volunteer workers for 4.1-1 work in the younger girls and also for the senior training classes throughout the province. She spoke of todays family life when father and mother are working and the children start out early on their own, sometimes without breakfast She encouraged the delegates to increase 'their membership and to make the meetings more interesing for the younger women and mothers in the community, Miss Elaine Townshend of At the annual commencement and graduation exercises held on Friday even' G.D.C.I. staff award for academic achievement, leadership and participation he Couglan who won the national Junior Mathwmatics clbntest and Karen Rodges who the A.M. Robertson Award for Progress and Development. Front row, left to right, Judy Tigert who was an Ontario Scholar and received the A.J. Moore Mem Scholarship and the William Cutt Memorial Scholarship for highest standing la languages other than English in Years 4 and 5; Paula Butter who received the Robertson Scholarship for highest marks in Year 3 and 4 English; and Kum Weerasooriya, an Ontario Scholar who received the George Buchanan Music Award G.D.C,I. staff award for academic acheivement, leadership and participation ine curricular adtivities. Earl Salter was also selected to receive a G.1).('.I. staff award wasagisent for. photo.. (staff photo).- • • v conomis t uis'iJts ungannon 4-H Mrs. W.A, Stewart returned home recently after spending some months with her cousin in Glamis. Mrs. Annetta Rahjohns, ' nee Stewart' of Birmingham near Detroit, visited her mother, Mrs. Stewart, and her sister, Gwen and Jack Caesar and family on the weekent. Miss Marion Clark of Kitchener spent a few days with • Mr. and Mrs. K.K. Dawson recently. George Dawson, Kathy and Lori, of Goderich visited in Dungannon on Sunday. Mrs: Flossie Ivers returned home last weekend after having spent a week with Mr. and Mrs: Ross Spry who have recently moved to Burlington from Niagara Falls, U,S.A. Sympathy isextended to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Culbert of the death of her brother, Charles A. Shaw, who died at Victoria^Hospital, London, on September 22 in his 70th year. Funeral service was con- ducted in the chapel of the A. Clinton spoke about the new Millard George Funeral ALPHA program started in Home on September 24 Huron County and en- followed by cremation with cotiraged the W,I, members interment of ashes in to support this project. Woodland Cemetery. • The home economists, Mrs. Sympathy is also extended Brenda Ingrhtta, Oxford; to the Glenn family on .the Mrs. Nancy Ross Perth: Mrs. death of Michael Paul, son Ruth Marcou, Elgin; and of Donald and Lucille Miss Beatrice McClenaghan (Mohring Glenn, which .and Miss Grace Bird, Huron ,occurred on September 25 at (Mrs. Carol Crerar of Mid the hospital for Sick Children dlesex was absent) showed a in Toronto. He was 8 years old film and spoke about con- and is survived by his serving energy in the home. parents; one sister, Linda; They also told about the and two brothers, Frank and jd in food John. A funeral service was and ects nutritianon andcourses clothing held at the Marshall Funeral c xchan es and reacting that are being. made available Home in Richmond Hill on periods. She said that they in the different countries this September 28 and interment should not he content with coming winter and spring. was in Dungannon Cemetery. where things are at but rather Mrs. John E. MacLean, The sympathy of the i Macy should st down ;Inal convener of the craft table community goes out to Mr. discuss impme nes w hi, }r with articles for sale reported and Mrs. Bob Stothers on the could he made. ,incl encouragacd all to visit death of Helen's youngest after the session. sister, Alma 1 Mrs. Warren The highlight of the con- Bamford. who died in South vention was the banquet with Waterloo Hospital on Mon- ths head table centred with a day, September 26. The decorated 80th anniversary funeral was conducted on cake made by Mrs, Gordon September 28 from the Papple of Seaforth. The funeral home in Preston, She president. Mrs: Caffyn was is survived by her husband; chairman and head table one son, Cram; and one guests were Mr. and Mrs. daughter, Ruth:' . JackRiddell, MPP Huron- Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Sher- Middelesex, Mrs. Caffyn, wood and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mrs. Keith Hiepleh; Mrs. Caesar attended the wedding Gordon Papple, Miss Molly of Janet Hamilton and Dan McGehee; Mrs. Earl Morden, Olsen in Brampton recently. secretary treasurer, Janet is the daughter of Mrs. F.W.1.O.; Mrs. Wilfred Nancy Hamilton and the late Keutsch, Sebringville, George Hamilton. Turn to page 22+ Mr. and Mrs. Allan Finlay The teachers th, msel\-I s stated that the main problems with their lihraries were a constraining budget, . lack of space, lack of time and lack of interest from hot students and other stiff members. Carol Simons, President of the FWTAO in Huron ('aunty and Holmesville Remedial teacher, thanked Ms, Weber on behalf of those present, for her overview of the library system in the schools and her suggestions for hotter use of facilities. of Surrey, B.C., and their son, Anson of Don Mills spent a few days recently with rs.. Cecil Blake and contacted as many relatives as possible in this area. Frank Pentland and Eldon Culbert escaped serious in- jury in an accident near .St•atford on Monday in which Frank's truck wars demolished. Eldon was in Stratford Hospital a day or two and then went to the home of his daughter, Bennie, Mr. and Mrs, Clare Hodges for a few days. Mrs. Ken Hodges un- derwent hack surgery in Stratford Hospital last week and may be hospitalized for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnston on London visited liis mother in Dungannon and his father, Mr. Russell .Jo,hnston,- in ' W ingham 1-lospital. Congratulations to those articipad i AnnualwhopCommencetementn and Graduation Exercises at on Friday evening. Those receiving their Secondary School Graduation i)1plomas from this area were Virginia Chisholm, Donna Sue Errington. Gerald l..ogtenberg, Wayne Pearson, Chcrylc Rivette, .iudith 1' tr'n, i ail meeting Robinson, Debra Schuler, Kathryn ; lin.irdwill6e Kathryn Stanhury, Elain Stewart, Susan Wagler and the Dungannon Philip Young, 11'1 IInl4,daiG, October Elaine Stewart, daughter of Rill and Marie Stewart, won the R.D. Munro Scholarship which is awarded to -a student who has specialized in Commercial and -or Technical- subjects and has registered in an institution of higher learning. Elaine is presently attending Fan- shawe College in London. Brenda Brindley, daughter of Leonard and Violet Brindley, received the E.J. Redman Mathematics Progress Award for Year 2. level 4, which is based on the student's improvement in mathematics with regard t„ scholarship and attitude, and is worth $50. Michael Austin, son of- 141r. and Mrs, Eldon Austin had his appendix removed in Wingham hospital on Sunday. 4-H NEWS The Dungannon 3 4-H ('luh held its fifth meeting , '. Monday, Septem, sa7 p.m. at the homeber of26t Mrs. 1191,1 11!,,ck, with all is r- 1,r1 ,• nt. Special wars Mi„ Bird. the eeonlrn •t. Rolf ca nsw' r d hy namingo ;inti telling three d ways It /bind he serve itl;ic k, ,1,•ni,cnstrated rrl;cke ,,n apple pie . r,itrh tthile I )„ugherty made one prix and the girls tim 1 n Sr pa re. Mrs, lose the proper of roiling pastry shit girl in,1,11' her ow The n,\r meeting id N1 ond, I v. October 3, at at Mrs ltlock"shame: Clll'RCH NEW 1 he ',',ties of the l eI lo\, .hip Church in is4 /7111•11 and girl Diiiip.ow,In United Ch .in ,t it Octoberc Thursday,11 l,.n•I "I here will be a Ilf handcrafts madeby in Il111I r lands and spa h} the "self-help Pr" Tho -,'1• articles maybe uiefi Ilii rr iw ved will t,, till e ikr'I's• Th., `lams' Hoard's 1,1 1714.1•1 at the m Thur li.,+. 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