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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-11-01, Page 25NeverNever Land was never� like $whenyou were you�.gGODERICHSIGNALSTAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1878 -.PAGE 7A by Wilma Oke It was a trip the Land of Enchantment Monday' for the primary teachers of the Huron -Perth - C linty Roman Catholic SOD arate school board when they went to a professional activity day at St. James School in Seaforth. Dorothy Spence, a teacher -librarian of the Hamilton -Wentworth Catholic school board, led the way to the Never - Never Land through her reading of folk tales off fairies and dwarfs, elves and gnomes, ogres and giants, witches and wizards, fairy animals and ench anted people. Through her stories, it was shown how good and evil supernatural forces in folk tales act according to certain laws. If magic makes wishes come true r and points the way to happiness, it does so only with struggles and ` hardships on the part off the hero and heroin Though' not didacti these stories show tha courage and simpl goodness work their ow magic. that "evil must b conquered and that grac and strength will b bestowed on those wh strive mightily and keep honest and kindly hearts". .Folk tales are only a small part of folklore, myths are a part of it too. She described the predominant kinds of folk tales such as cumulative tales with their pattern of repitition, simplicity and fun, an example The Gingerbread Man. Another kind is the talking -beast tale where the animals had exaggerated charac- teristics of human beings Area choir performs and these generally teach of magic or fairy tales a lesson, an example, The are the heart of folk tales. Three Little Pigs. The She outlined how to drolls are a small body of implement ideas in the stories meant for fun-andk-day's curriculum by nonsense, such a,s T1ie making puppets for story Eggs. hour, studies Pn Other kinds are character, and other realistic tales such as The guessing games -- if you Queen Bee, religious had three wishes what tales such as Our Lady's would they be.' Child, romances -- Cin- Canadian folklore was -derella and tales of magic the theme of the af- such as The Shoemaker ,,Aernoon session for junior and the Elves. and intermediate staff. Mrs. 'Spence said tales Mrs. Spence pointed out that 'folklore en- The Eskimo !eget-his compasses superstitions, are sparse in de ail and beliefs, customs, games, have a simple direct songs, ballads, music narrative line, dealing festivals and holidays, mainly with survival. dances, medicinal Indian legends in practices, art, crafts, and Canada are abundant, as well stories, myths and complex and varied - legends. often a malange of She divided her talk anecdotes rather than a into four areas -- Eskimo single, unified narrative. folk tales, North The French-Canadian American Indian folk folk tales are the various tales, French-Canadian components of the old folk tales and English- world fairy tale, religious Canadian folk tales. beliefs and Indian myths - Married at St. George's Church St. George's Anglican Church in Goderich was decorated with peach and white glads on September 8 at 7 p.m. for the wedding of Kimberlee Ann Adair and Daryle Kenneth Ward, both of Goderich. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Adair of Goderich and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs'. Harvey Ward of Monkton. The Reverend Robert J. Crocker officiated at the double -ring ceremony. Music was provided by soloist, Ralph Woods of Seaforth, cousin of the bride. He sang The Wedding Prayer before the ceremony and Mor- e. ning Has Broken during the the signing of the register. c, He was accompanied by organist, Joe Herdman. t The bride was given in marriage by her parents. She e wore a long white wedding gown pleated from the n bodice down with a standup collar, low neckline and e long chiffon sleeves with lace on the cuffs. She also e wore a long veil edged in lace. She carried a silk e bouquet of red roses, white daisies and blue morning 0 glories. Matron of honor was Lida Wolfekcamp of Stratford, friend of the bride. She wore a long polyester peach colored dress with T -straps and a small cape which tied in front. She carried an arrangement of white daisies, blue morning glories and yellow daisies and wore white daisies in her hair. Bridesmaids were Valerie Davidson of Monkton, sister of the groom and Kelly Lynn Adair of Goderich, sister of the bride. They were gowned the same as the matron of honor and carried the same bouquets. Flower girl was Denise Meager of R.R. 4 Mitchell, cousin of the bride. She wore a long peach polyester dress and carried a basket of flowers the same as the other attendants. Groomsman was John Jedrzejewski of Monkton. .Guests were ushered into the church by Lyle Ward of Monkton, brother of the groom and Chris Adair of Goderich, brother of the bride. Ringbearer was Marty Davidson of Monkton, nephew of the groom. The groom and his attendants wore brown tuxedos with peach ruffled shirts -and brown bow ties. Following the wedding ceremony, a reception was held at Sanford VaIley Ia1-1-.us-ie–,-a-S--pro-v-}der}-by---•-- at Home "Religion or Christ" was the sermon topic at the Sunday morning service given by Rev. Darrell. The scripture was read by Frank Bissett, and Mrs. Elsie Henderson . played the organ. The Christian Reform; Choir, consisting of 30 voices -sang at the evening service,. Marie Flynn, Stanley Hillen and Wilson McCartney provided the music at Old Tyme Music on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Grace Peck held her painting class in the craft room on Tuesday morning, ' and residents are invited to come and try their hand at painting. Who knows? you may have a hidden talent you' are not aware of. Twenty residents en- joyed Tuesday afternoon at the Vanastra Recreation Center. Dancing and en- tertainment were the order of the day, followed by a delicious lunch. Jim Ruddock, Mrs. Mabel Garrow, Mrs. Elsie Henderson, Frank Bissett, and Les Fortune attended the residents' council "Mini" con- ference. number one at Huronview on Thursday afternoon. "How Can We Meet Life's Ongoing Challenge" was the topic discussed at the morning session, and the discussion groups con- sidered other respon, sibilities such as welcoming new residents, com- municating arid co- operating with ad- ministration, staff and fellow residents, en- couraging the making of new friends, and creating a desire for residents to help themselves and also' help others needing assistance. The group discussed encouragement of residents to participate in physical and social ac- tivities. ' Our residents reported that they found the day most in- formative. During the blind meeting on Friday morning, they listened to a record sent by C.N.I.B. Huronview would like to welcome Mrs. Alice Cornish from Clinton, Walter Cutbush from Exeter, and Mrs. Elsie McIntyre, who is from Ashfield Twp. polyester royal blue dress pleated from the waist down with a corsage of yellow roses. For a wedding trip to Niagara Falls, the bride changed to a three-quarter length wine colored dress gathered from the bodice down and featuring T - straps. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are residing at 64 Essex Street, Goderich. MR. AND MRS. DARYLE KENNETH WARD APPLIANCE REPAIR Large or small, we'll fix them all... Our repair experts will have your appliance in tip --top-shape-fast-Cjfl us 'fo day. ' PECK APPLIANCES "IN THE HEART OF VARNA DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482-7103 Star Trek. The bride's mother greeted guests wearing a long polyester baby blue dress with a cowl neck, ties at the waist, a cape and a corsage of pink roses. 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Mrs. Spence said that children need fairy tales to survive because they teach that everyday problems are not unique according to a..no.ted psychologist, Prof. Bruno Bettleheim. He said, "The tremendous value 1 n of fairy tales is, when exposed to fairy tales, a child knows "This doesn't happen only to me, it happens all over the world." He said children who aren't allowed to escaper . the real world through fairy tales may become addicted in later life to drugs or television in an effort to try to escape. He said a key ingredient in fairy tales such as Cin- derella is that the hero or heroine emerges from the experience as a changed person, Guaranteed Investment Certificates 3/4 W.E. (TED) WILLIAMS 524-7102 or 524-7665 LADIES WEAR LIMITED Anstett Jewellers LIMITED 11 ALBERT ST., CLINTON 412-3901 OPEN WEDNESDAYS. For YourConvenlence HOURS: Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday nights t1119 p.m. ALVIN'S T.V. 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