The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-10-03, Page 10Page 10—The Wingham Advance -Times, Oct. 3, .1984
at the Wingharn
'"Public School
Editors: Jeff Wall
Nikki Reavie
6 l Second Lieutenant Ander-
son came to the Wingham
Public School to speak , to
Grades 6, 7 and 8 about Air
Cadets. We saw a film and he
answered many questions.
Along with that came an-
other presentation by Al
Harrison about the science
fair. Lots of people have be-
gun their projects. We got
many ideas, if we hadn't al-
ready decided upon a topic.
—Kira Stuckey
The Golden Circle School
has held its best hot lunch so
far. To prepare the lunches,
the class must read the
recipes and then go shop-
' ping. After shopping, they
prepare the food. When they
finish their meal, they all
clean up and return to their
normal classes. On Oct. 3,
the Golden Circle, as well as
Miss Buist's and Mr. Mar-
tin's classes, are going to the
London Children's Museum.
—Charles Trapp
Miss Buist's class is doing
woodworking in class, Some
of the children made items
like chairs, stools, model
airplanes and they were very
well done. Next week the
class is going to a museum
for a workshop on Innuits.
—Mike Cullen
This week Mrs. MacRae
had a Teddy Bear Day. This
is when the class brought
their favorite teddy bear and
showed it to the rest of the
class. They also are making
a teddy bear book full of
pictures of their bears. The
highlight of the day was
when they had Winnie-the-
Pooh's favorite snack of
crackers and honey.
Mr. Lisle's Grade 8 class
and Mrs. MacRae's Grade 1
class get together on Fridays
to have reading buddies. It is
most enjoyable, for both
classes.
—Allan Baillie
The pupils are ).fust
finishing up their study
about bears. For a finish to
their unit, they all brought
their bears to school. They
are doing a poem called
"Bear Talk" for the
assembly.
—Darryl Daw
Mrs. Szarek's students are
having a good week drawing
pictures of pilgrims and are
preparing for the assembly.
They hope to put on a good
show with a play and song.
Their classroom is very
colorful and bright.
—John MacDonald.
Mr. Whiteley would like to
thank you for coming to the
open house. The class is
presently planning for an
overnight camp -out with Mr.
Shaw's class at Westfield.
—Rose Marie Good
Mr. Lisle's class has been
working diligently on
pioneer projects. We've
learned a lot about pioneers
and their way of living. Some
(of the topics include:
soapmaking, candle making,
quilting and weaving,
housekeeping and many
more.
In att we have been doing
cartoons. We all realized we
have some talent in drawing
and had fun developing four
cartoons,
—Christa Curzon
MRS. LEWiS STO.NEtHOUSE
Belgrave
Rev. and Mrs. John
Thomas -of—McMaster
University, Hamilton, were
dinner guests at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. John Roberts
on Sunday.
Euchre for the winter
months will resume Oct. 10
at 8 p.m. in the Belgrave W.I.
Hall. Everyone is welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne
Jamieson of Wingham, Mr.
and Mrs. David Lennox of
Listowel, and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Hanna returned
home on Thursday after a
four-day motor trip to
Agawa Canyon, Sault St.
Marie.
Mr. Martin's class is going
to the Children's Museum in
London this week. The class
goes to the high school to do
woodworking and has fun.
They are working on a unit
entitled "Jobs' in Our
Community". They are
talking to people about their
jobs and hope to go to one of
the parents' farms.
—Brad Crawford
Fraser Haugh with his
daughters Eileen of Bluevale
and Isabel of St. Thomas
were dinner guests on
Saturday with Mrs. Leslie
Bolt.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Nixon
of Cambridge and Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Nixon and
family of Waterloo were
guests at the home of John
Nixon on Sunday.
Mrs. Nance Warren of
Sydney, Australia, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Walsh for a few days on the
weekend.
THE BLUEVALE POST OFFICE was 125 years old on Monday and to
celebrate the occasion several local dignitaries, post office staff
members and interested citizens gathered at the Bluevale Community
Hall. Those present for the occasion were: MP Murray Cardiff, MPP
1 Whitechurch Personals
The 'Public Relations
meeting of the Whitechurch
Women's Institute will be
held October 10 'at 8 p.m.
Convener is Mrs. Don Ross
and hostess Mrs. John
Gaunt. Guests will be
members of Lucknow,
Holyrood and Kairshea
Institutes. Roll call will be
"your thoughts on credit
cards" ; motto, "Friendship;
is the only cement that can
hold the world together".
Slides of England and
Scotland will be shown and
there will be a Scottish
singsong. Members are
asked to bring lunch. Mrs.
John Gaunt and Mrs. James
Wilson are the committee in
charge.
On Thursday evening
residents of Kinloss held a
meeting to arrange for the
canvassing for funds for the
hospital addition. Present Tiffin visited Saturday with
from the village were Dave Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin.
Gibb, Fred Tiffin, Bill Mr. and Mrs. Relison
Gibson and Tom Day. Falconer of Sarnia spent
Mrs. Gertrude Tiffin was a Sunday with his mother,
Saturday evening visitors Mrs. Robert Mowbray.
with Mr. and Mrs. Victor George McQuillin of
Emerson. Toronto was a weekend
On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Fred Tiffin accompanied Purdon and Miss Beatrice
Mrs. Victor Emerson to McQuillin who is spending
Wingham where she un- some time here while
derwent eye tests with Dr. S. brother Bill McQuillin is in
Bruce of London. Wingham hospital. ,
Quite a number from here Miss Kathy Purdon was
attended the International home for the weekend with
Plowing Match and Farm her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Machinery Show last week at Archie Purdon.
Teviotdale. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mc -
Many in the area have- Clenaghan spent the
been enjoying bus tours to weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
the north to view the beauty Raymond Des Roches and
of the fall landscape and the family of London.
colors of the trees. Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Miss Karen Beecroft of Ducharme of Goderich were
Kitchener spent' the weekend Sunday visitors with her
with her parents, Mr. and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy
Mrs. E. W. Beecroft of East Laidlaw of West Wawanosh.
Wawanosh. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ross,
Beecroft visited Sunday with Diane and Debbie, attended
Ken Sinnamon of Wingham. a barbecue on Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Michael night in East Wawanosh.
Burke of Downsview and This community extends
Paul Currie, who is boarding best wishes for a speedy
at their home, spent the recovery to Leroy Rintoul of
weekend with their parents, St. Helens who is a patient in
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Currie. - Wingham - and District
Church service will be held Hospital.
October 7 in the United The After -Four Class wt
Church, with communion at themanse on Monday with
service at 11 a.m. The ser- leaders Mrs. Lamb and Mrs.:.
vices will be' held in the Moore serving refresh -
United Church during the ments. The story, "Reasons
month of October and for Being Thankful", based
November services, will be on Psalm 103, verse two, was
held in Chalmers Church. told , by , Mrs. Moore. Mrs.
Sunday school will be held at Lamb taught the children a
10 a.m. song, "Praise and Thanks -
Mrs. Bill McInnes. of giving". Each of the nine
Teeswater was a Monday children in attendance made
visitor with Mrs. Victor a Quaker man. There will be
Emerson. not meeting next Monday,
Mrs. Hugh McMillan, the next to be held October
Sarnia, and Mrs. Isobel 15.
WOOD WORKING PR • JECTS—Children from Miss Buist's class at WPS holds up
some of the work they did in woodworking. Some of the items they made -have
already bedn taken ho A. (What's News Photo)
Sacred
Heart
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By -Laura Hallahan
and John Hunsik
The Kindergartens started'
their Hickory Hollow
Friends' workbooks this
week and they made apple
trees for art. They also went
for a walk to look for the
color red.
The Grade 1 and 2 students
made a "Belonging Tree".
Each child traces around the
hand of two members of his
family and puts them on the
tree. This represents each
family in the Grade 1 and 2
class.
GRADE 8 PYRAMID—She of the Grade 8 girls at Wingham Public
pyramid during the afternoon recess. (What's News Photo)
School formed a
Mr. Doherty's class has
been preparing for tests this
week in math, reading and
language- skills. They also
have been looking forward to
putting on the mass this
week at the school.
Kindergarten and Grades
2, 4, 6 and 8 had their teeth
checked by a dental
hygienist last Wednesday.
The Grade 7 and 8
students' council has begun a
mission project entitled
"Christmas in October", The
purpose is to fill Christmas
stockings for the Indian
children in Northern
Ontario. .
Mrs. O'Malley attended a
two-day principals' con-
ference at Stevenson Hall,
London, last Monday and
Tuesday. .
Murray Elston, Marie Walker,' the Bluevale postmistress, Ron
Kueneman, area postmaster from Kitchener, and Turnberry Reeve
Brian McBurney.
Bluevale post office
marks anniversary
On Monday, Oct. 1, the "I was too young, according
Bluevale Post Office marked to law, and so my mother
a century and a quarter of had to go around with me,"
service with a special he recalled.
ceremony at the Bluevale He remembers that during
Community Hall. certain seasons they would
The event included ap- deliver the mail using a
pearances by postal officials horse and two -wheeled cart.
and representatives from the The post office today
municipal and provincial serves a total of 240
level, as well as the customers in and around
presentation of abf•ass Bluevale. There are 86
plaque signed by Michael general delivery customers,
Warren, president of Canada 74 more on rural route one,
Post Corporation.
The ceremony also in-
cluded the ceremonial
cutting of a large cake baked
specially for -the occasion
and afterward spectators
and invited guests were
invited to have a piece of
cake and a coffee at an in-
formal reception.
Marie Walker is Blue -
vale's 12th postmaster. The
first postmaster, William
Messer, served from Oct. 1,
1859 to 1880, Since then a
total of eight men and two
women have occupied the
position, including Alvin
Dunn Smith, the longest -
serving postmaster (30
years) and William Dulm-
age, whose four-month stint
in 1888 makes him the short-
est -serving postmaster.
Miss -Walker became post-
master on June 16, 1977,
succeeding Mrs. Elsie
Smith, wife of Alvin Smith,
who had replaced her
husband upon his retirement
in 1968.
An interesting sidelight to
the post office history has
been provided by R. E.
McKinney of Bluevale. It
seems that William "Billy"
Messer, the first postmaster,
was Mr. McKinney's uncle.
He also reported that his
father, Joseph McKinney,
took the first rural delivery
contract at the post office,
delivering the ail along
Rural Route 1 hick in-
cluded Wingham.
At that time t e contract
paid something like $425 per
year, Mr. McKinney recalls,
and his father applied for it
in the expectation that it
would provide some em-
ployment for his elder son
Leslie when he returned
from overseas service
during World War I.
Sadly, Leslie was killed in
action and never came back,
so R. E., who was in his early
teens at the time, and his
mother ran the mail route.
BLUEVALE 4-1.1
The first meeting of the ..
Bluevale Computer Club was
held last Saturday morning
at the Bluevale Hall.
Members went over the first
meeting, "The History of
Computers".
The executive was chosen:
president, Donna Johnston;
vice president, Ian John-
ston; secretary -treasurer,
Sandra Thompson; and
press reporter, Bruce
Johnston.
The leaders are Bonnie
Johnston, Sharon Darlow
and Deb Johnston. The
meeting closed with the 4-H
Pledge. The next meeting
will be held at the Brussels
Public School on Oct. 9 at
4:15 p.m.
—Bruce Johnston
New unit
in service
at Bruce
ope, ated by Stan and Vera
Moffatt, and 80 on rural
route -two, operated by Dale
and Frances Breckenridge.
Gordon Sutcliffe, super-
visory postmaster in
Wingham, oversees the
Bluevale operation. He in
turn reports to Clarence
McCallum, zone postmaster
at Listowel, who reports to
Ron Kueneman, area
manager and postmaster in
Kitchener.
BACHERT MEATS
*Try our own smoked pork chops
for the bar -b -q season
CUSTOM KILLING, FREEZING
Cutting (4E Wrapping
KILL DAY ON TUESDAY
All meat Gov't. Inspected on the farm
1 MILE EAST OF WALTON
887-9328
Ontario Hydro's newest d
largest generating unit is
now in commercial service
at the Bruce Nuclear Power
Development.
Unit 6 at generating
station B was declared in
service Sept. 14, just 56 days
after it first achieved full
electrical output. During the
month of September it has
been operating at a net
capacity factor of 96.7 per
cent, placing it in the same
world class as Hydro's other
large nuclear units.
re ci)izen2 tbo
So let's acknowledge the outstanding young
citizens of Ontario, through the Bicentennial -Year
"Junior Citizen of the Year" awards program.
Young people aged 6 lo 18 who have proven their ,
courage, ingenuity, resourcefulness, initiative,
leadership, fortitude, community service and
selfless performance are eligible for nominations.
We're not looking for the "super -heroes'" -• all-
round, good kids are good citizens too.
This year the 24 top-ranking nominees will receive
a CP Air ticket, good for any Canadian destination.
Twelve of the recipients will attend the Ontario
Community Newspapers Association convention in
Toronto and a reception with the Lieutenant
Governor.
Submit your nominatiort'now. The finol deadline for
1984 nominations is October 31.
Nomination forms are available through this
newspaper. Contact;
Barry Wenger
The Advance -Times
357-2320
.,.or call 1-e00-266-5034 to hove a nomination
form moiled to you.
A joint Bicentennial Year project of the Ontario
Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, CP Air and
Ontario Community Newspapers Association.
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