HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-08-16, Page 21Mrs. Mel Bell People
leaves job lnparticul
after 30 years
BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
Mrs. Melvin (Edythe
Ethelwyn) . Bell of
Goderich is not a teacher
but after more than 30
years as a secretary in
the field of education, she
. has a lot of friends who
are.
Mrs. Bell retired on
August 2 after 10 years as
a secceetary with the
Huron County Board of
Education. Prior to that
she was a secretary to
several Huron County
school inspectors for
more than 20 years.
In 1946 Mrs. Bell
started working as a'
secretary to school in-
spector, Dr. R.O. Staples
for 50 cents an hour. His
offiee was above the
Royal Bank in Goderich
but he was seldom in so
Mrs. Bell did not have
regular office hours.
"I .just did the work as
it needed to be done," she
recalls.
She worked for the next
nine years on a casual
basis in the office above
the Royal Bank. Then, in
1955 when the office was
moved to a suite of three
rooms in the newly
constructed Huron
County Court House, Mrs.
Bell began working full-
time for school in,
'spectors, Glen Gardiner
and Jim Kinkead, They
covered north and south
Huron County.
The move to the Court
House was not Mrs. Bell's
last. In 1969 the Huron
County Board . of
Education office was set
-up in • al former nurses'
residence in Clinton and
Mrs. Bell went to work
there. She moved once
more after that to the
present site of the Huron
County.- Board of
4-H needle
point class
Would you like to learn
about a fascinating (and
habit-forming!) craft?
Are you between the
age's. 'of 12 and 26 years
(as of September 1,
1979)?
If the answer is "yes"
to both questions, they,
you are invited to become
a part of .the 4-H .,
Homemaking Club in
your community.- It is a
fun way of learning and a •
terrific way to meet new
friends.
The upcoming
"Needlepoint" 4-H
project, which will begin
in September, involves a
total of at least seven
meetiags. Members' will.
learn and work seven
needlepoint stitches on a
sampler which will then
be made into coasters,'a
wallhanging or a pillow.
Instruction on the
selection of colour
schemes and how to
create and, transfer
original. •designs onto
canvas will also be given.
You may also have the
opportunity to make a,
"free choice" article.
Have you ever thought
about . ,neediepointing,_
napkin rings, belts, key
tags, pin cushions, book
covers and tie backs? It iS
possible.
Sound interesting? Are
hope so. Those interested
in becoming a member
(whether you be a girl or
boy, living in town or in
the country) should
contact Grace Bird or
L Brenda Kisyk at the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food in
Clinton at 482-3428 or
Zenith 7-2800 in regards to
'finding the nearest club
for you or for more in-
formation about 4-H.
•
Education office in
Clinton.
Besides working out of
four different offices.
'throughout her years as
an edticatiori secretary,
Mrs. 'Bell has worked
with numerous
superintendents of
education --Frank Madill,
Harold Knisley, Jim
Coulter, Don Kenwell,
Ralph Smith and Bob.
Allen. She has also
worked with many men
and women whose
progress she has followed
from high school through
teachers' college.
Mrs. Bell says she has
enjoyed her work and has
especially enjoyed
meeting people. She did
"a little bit. of
everything" in her job
but emphasizes that she
was strictly involved in
the academic side of
things and had nothing to
do with the business end
of the board.
At the beginning of
June, the Huron County
Board of Education held
a retirement party at the
White Carnation in
Holmesville for all of its
retiring staff. Mrs. Bell
received a special scroll
at that•time for her years
of work. On the last day of
school in June, the board
office staff in Clinton held
a retirement party
especially for Mrs. Bell
and presented her with a
toaster oven.
Last Friday evening a
surprise retirement party
was held for Mrs. Bell at
the Candlelight
Restaurant in• Goderich.
Many of the people who
she had worked for were
present along with her
son 'Norman from
Thunder Bay and her
daughter Nancy McIver
from Oakville •and their
spouses. She •even
received a letter from Dr.
Staples and was
presented with a gift of
luggage.
Mrs. Bell hasn't had too
much time for hobbies
overthe past 30 -years
although she likes to knit
and sew. Now that she is
retired, she looks forward
to tending her garden,
travelling and doing
some volunteer work.
r
Mrs. •'1Glelvin Bell of Goderich has retired after more than 30 years.as an .
education secretary and now- looks forward to travelling and doing some
volunteer work. She has spent the last ten years working as a secretary at
the Huron County. Board of Education office in Clinton and prior to,that, she
worked fot several county school inspectors, for more than 20 years. ;(Photo
by Joanne Buchanan)
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Decoration day
parade forms at 2 pm
BY
NEIL SHAW, P.R.O.
As there are no regular
general meetings of
Branch 109 until Sep-
tember, - the following
items from the July
ex.ectltive meeting,
chaired by president, Roy
Mugford, are to be noted
by members of Branch
*i•109.
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Decoration Day will be
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Members are asked to
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of the cemetery. Dress
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medals. The public is
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Branch remembers those,.
of the comrades who rest
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The•service will. be held
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An auction sale will be
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an electric fridge, a
Hoover spin and dry
washer and other ,ar-
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space, it can be turned
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To arrange ,pickup of
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The Sick and Welfare
chairman, Comrade Ray
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following comrades in
Goderich Hospital -
Harold Hibbert, Ben
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University Hospital,
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Members sick at home
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Comrades are
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In September treat
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On Saturday, October
27 at 1900 hours an Honor
and Awards 'dinner will
be held in the Jubilee
Room of Branch 109 at
which time the honored
guest will he the
President of Provincial
Command, 'Comrade Ric
Collins who will he ac-
companied by his wife.
Further details will be
announced following the
next meeting of the
Honors and Awards
committee which will
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