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Wingham, Ontario, Monday, Dec. 24, 1984
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THE BOUNTY OF CHRISTMAS is evident at the
Wingham Salvation Army Citadel again this year. Like in
other years, the Salvation Army is collecting food,
clothing and toys for needy families throughout Huron
County to be distributed for Christmas. Mrs. Gretta
Stokes, Mrs.. Janet Hubbard, Mrs. Capt. Vera Link/otter
and Mrs. Isabel Bannerman displayed some of the.
gciods las! Wednesday morning.
ngham & District Hospital
Committee plans to consider
progress of building project
The property committee of
the Wingham and District
Hospital Board has set a
yaeeting for early in the.new
year to discuss the progress
;Of the building project and
decideWhether or not work
rshoulti continue through the
winter weather.
Although work on the new
hospital wing has been
moving along well in recent
weeks; aided by the un-
seasonably mild weather, to
the point that steel roof
• Members were being hoisted
;into place last week, there is
concern that proceeding
during bad weathe,r could
cause problems.
At the December meefing
of the board last
Hans Kuyvenhoven, proper-
ty chairman, said there had
Forei ho
n students,host families•
;Committee whether it might
- been some discussion by the
bp hetter for the hospital
•
• celebrate festival of St. Lucia- hold the- project 'off due to
weather which might give us
an inferior job."
BELMORE This small
hamlet was quietly invaded
last Thursday evening. First
one Norwegian, three Finns
and two Swedes arrived at
Marie Douglas's door.
Within an hour, two more
Swedes, one West German,
one • Icelander and three
Canadians converged to
surround Mrs. Douglas at
her piano.
For over one hour these
earnest young people put
heart and soul into preparing
for what would become the
first-ever St. Lucia
celebration at the Belmore
Community Centre last •
Friday evening. St. Lucia is
a Swedish celebration to
mark the end of winter's
darkest time.
The group divided into two
camps last Thursday
evening, bedding down at the
Douglas home and at. the
farm of Harry • and. Carole
Helfenstein. The next'
morning these young ex-
change students slaved over
' a hot stove and a busy desk
to prepare not only
gingerbread cookies and
saffron buns, butname tags,
programs and costumes for
the celebration.
The young people also
thanked the host families
who have opened their
hearts and their homes to
them since September of this
year. The students came to
the celebration from aS far
away as Bayfield and Mount
• Forest.
All last Friday afternoon,
the students rehearsed their
favorite Christmas carols
from Sweden, Finland and
Canada and after a delicious
meal prepared by Mrs.
Douglas, the students were
revived and ready for all
their guests to arrive at the
community centre.
• The participants disap-
peared to a dressing room
with white sheets, tinsel
garlands, candles and the
special crown in tow. Within
a matter of minutes, the
dressing room inhabitants
were transformed, wearing
white gowns, garlands of
tal9e1 around their heads and
waists and carrying candles.
The girl who had the role of
St. Lucia donned the crown,
complete with its five lighted,
candles.
With care they proceeded
through the crowds of
hockey players, startled by
this' vision of light, then the
girls entered the. • small
hallway to await their cue.
John —4a zur • of West
Germany described the
story of St. Lucia to the
awaiting parents and of hdw
she brings light to winter
darkness. •
Mrs. •Douglas gave the
appropriate note on the
piano, the door opened and
the parents and children
were treated to the glorious
sight. St. Lucia Siru
Tunkelo • of Finland)
solemnly led the procession
of girls two by two. Candles
cast the only light as their
voices filled the' air with the
Swedish words for Santa
Lucia, a tunefamiliar to
many Canadians,
Slowly the girIsnroceeded
around the room, filling it
entirely with their warmth
and light. Once they were in
front of the fireplace, the
girls lined up and sang one
carol after another, the
words were in Finnish and
Swedish, the melodies un-
familiar to Canadian ears.
Nevertheless the message of
friendship and love was
SACRED HEART CONCERT—The Grades 1 and 2
classes at Sacred Heart School in Wingham presented
the play "Foolish Fred" at the school's Christmas con-
cert last Wednesday evening. Heather Vollmer had the
part of Foolish Fred and her mother was played by
Joanne Doerr.
The matter was not dis-
cussed further by the board,
but a meeting of the property
committee has been set for
Jan. 2 to come up with a deci-
sion.
In related business at the
meeting, Mr. Kuyvenhoveri
reported that due to the
weather and the number of
changes required, work on
the new parking lot across
from the hospital has been
put off until the spring,
lie noted that substantial
work will have to be done to
the existing lot to get it to
match the contours of the
new lot and that not all of it '
could be done during the
winter.
The estimated cost of con-
• struction, including paving
and lighting, is about $34,600.
The board also heard that
money is continuing to come
in through the fund-raising
campaign, boosting the total
- collected to nearly 60 per
• cent of the $400,000 target.
clear to all. - However he said no Alex Graham, finance
Before the finale, when decision had been made. chairman, told the board
Santa Lucia was kung again; "If it's the intent of the that as of Dec. 7 a total of
"Rudolph the kted-Nosed board to pull this .project to a $232,817.42 had been raised
contractor know'right now," Of this total, $55,812,59 is in
Reindeer" was ',', sung inhalt, you'd better let the towar• d the building project,
Finnish, - Swedish an
Canadian.. •it-Th4ritiorsoria,
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,. suggested the boar should clubs and foundations. s In other business, the
Christrrias". ' not the board approved amend-
ment the hospital bylaws
meetings to
is listed as a separate item.
Also still to come in are
funds from the hospital
lottery. The board was told
that although there are still
many tickets unsold, all
costs associated with the
lottery have been covered
and there is to date about
$16,000 profit. If all 5,000
tickets were sold, the lottery
could potentially raise up to
$80,000 for the hospital.
The first draw for $1,000
will be held at the hospital at
1 p.m. Dec. 31. There will be
a total of six draws for $1,000
and a grand prize draw for a
new car.
In a report from the public
relations committee, the
board was told that in
response to concerns ex-
pressed by a number of
donors a new policy has been
established regarding letters
of recognition. Persons
donating more than $100 will
still get cards identifying
them as life members of the
hospital corporation, but no
certificates will be sent out
unless specifically request-
ed.
Also letters will only be
sent in response to donations
which come directly to the
public and setting out the
procedure for receiving
deput,ations.
The new bylaw, which was
proposed by the manage-
ment committee, states that
board meetings will be open
to the public as observers
only. Any deputation wishing
to make a presentation to the
board must submit a request
in writing -to the secretary of
the board at least 10 days
prior to a meeting, outlining
in detail the nature of its
busineg.
The:request will be for-
warded to the board which
will either 'set a date and
time for receiving the
deputation, table the request
or refer it to the appropriate
committee. Each deputation
will be limited to a 10 -minute
presentation and may have a
maximum of two spokes-
men.
Dr. 'Brian Hanlon, chair-
man of the management
committee, told the board it
is breaking new ground in
this area. He said the board
could find itself faced with
many different types of
deputations and these •rules
are . intended to allow it to
deal with any problems or
• t 'ettly and effi-
Mr. Helfenstein, emcee for
the evening, introduced all
the girls and thanked Mrs.
Douglas for her help and
hospitality. This was
followed by the reading of a
letter from Cheryl Stafford
of Wroxeter, a girl from this
area wile is an exchange
student in Switzerland. Miss
Stafford's inspirational let-
ter reminded everyone that.
Canadians are just as cap-
able adapting to a new envi-
ronment as are our young
visitors from Europe.
Heather Larsen- of God-
erich treated those present
to a vocal arid guitar selec-
tion. __Bryan Tokarsky of
Mount Forest, Duane Siert-
sema of Bayfield, Kristin
Tokarsky and Angie Wilson
read "Twas the Night Before
Christmas" amid giggles
galore.
Alex Wilson led a short
singalong which included
"He's Got the Whole World
in His Hands", adapted to
include the countries of all
the exchange students and
Canada — a very stirring
moment.
The youngsters present
were astonished to discover
that Santa Claus was able to
find Belmore in spite of the
lack of snow and that he had
a stocking for each of them.
Over Swedish saffron buns
and crisp ginger cookies,
everyone enjoyed an hour
of conversation. Christmas
wishes were expressed, hugs
and kisses exchanged and
each family headed back
home where each of the 10
exchange students will spend
their first Christmas away
from their own homes across
the sea.
For the Helfensteins, who
are area representatives for
the exchange program, and
for the others present, the
memory of the evening will
live forever.
"let him (the contractor) go
as long the weather holds
up."
does include $50,000
donation by the hospital
foundation, however, which
an
to
opening its
the
6041.4.;
-Adel
Trustee' Marian Zinn said
the policy is 'similar to what
she has found on other
boards over the years and
she thinks it is pretty good. R
was approved by the board
without opposition.
Dr. Hanlon also reported
that the management
committee had discussed the
questions of review of the
chief executive officer and
peer review of board
members. On the latter, he
said, it was decided to hold a
workshop day with an out-
side advisor to get things
underway, while the man-
agement committee will set
up an evaluation process for
the executive officer'.
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SANTA VISITS BROOKHAVEN—=That jolly old elf, Santa Claus, paid a surprise visit
to the Brookhaven Nursing Home at Wingham last Wednesday evening. He
presented Margaret Curtis, as well as several other residents, with Christmas gifts.
The Wingham Lions Club also visited Brookhaven last Wednesday evening to sing
carols with the residents and share in the Christmas spirit.
EMON6 GOIETI\G-
MOM
Weekend
mishap
injures
two
• A Wroxeter youth and a
young woman from Listowel
were injured in a single -
vehicle accident in Howick
Township Dec. 15.
The driver of the car,
Thomas G. Leek, 19, of
Wroxeter and -his passenger,
Kelly Mitchell, also 19, of
Listowel, were taken by
ambulance to the Wingham
and District Hospital where
they were held for ob-
servation `before being
released.
Provincial police at
Wingham reported that Mr.
Leek -was southbound on
County Road 29, just south of
County Road •33, at about 1
a.m..when the car slid off the
roadway striking a raised
concrete curb and then
entering the west ditch.
Damage to the vehicle, a
1976 Chrysler, was estimated
at $4,000.
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