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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-04-18, Page 13h. vaneerTillraes:. ' p is wins .. . n .scar The best live-action short film, "Boys and Ghia",, which won an Oscar at the' Academy Awards last Mon- day, was written by a gradu- ate of our high school, Alice Munro. Alice Munro, the former Alice Laidlaw, has gained fame for her gift of story- telling. In the past she has won the Governor -General's award, the Canadian Book Award, and the Canada -Aus- tralia Literary Award, to mention only a few. Recent- ly, her latest book, The Moons of Jupiter, was chosen as one of the 10 best works of the year by The New York Times,. _ Alice Munro has intuitive insight into airdinary people's emotions. It is this talent that has made her writing so popular. Her style is realistic and comprehen- sive and this makes her stories shockingly. real. "Boys and Girls" is the story of a young girl and her brother who are given chores judged suitable for their sex. The girl's emotional reaction to a farm event is excused because she is "only a girl". At the Academy Awards show, the producer, J. Platt of Atlantic Films of Toronto, gave credit to Alice for the winning story line. This school and Wingham can, in- deed, be proud of Alice Munro. Lisa Armstrong 13A Book review Papa's Daughter Bjorn, Thyra Ferre, Papa's Daughter. Bantam Books Inc., New York, New York c. 1958. If you dream of future goals, you will.be able to re- late to the main character in this book. Her name is Char- lotta, "Button" for short. She grew up as a preacher's daughter and did things that went against her father's wishes. When Button was little, she stole and told lies about people in' her home town. At fourteen, Button and 1.. r family moved from Sweden to America. Here° they began a new life and planted new'roots. In Ameri- ca, Button learned to. speak English, During her adoles- cent years she dreamed of becoming an author. Years passed and Button was married and had two daughters of her own. While the children were small, she was too busy to think about her dream. However, as But- ton grew older, she felt something was missing from' her life. She was threatened with a nervous breakdown andher husband was at a loss to know how to help her. She turned to God for help and realized that she must begin a book about the life of her father and mother so that she could give the story to her daughters. In this way she gained peace of mind ,and realized her life-long dream. Thyra Ferre Bjorn, the author of Papa's Daughter, was born in Sweden, one of .a large family. This is the family she wrote about in the book. In 1924 her father, a preacher, brought his family to America. Here she marri- ed, and had two daughters and four grandchildren. Mrs. Bjorn lived in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She had written a previous book en- titled Papa's Wife. I really enjoyed reading. this book. There were many references to God because the characters were from a religious family. The story is funny in parts but serious in others. As I read about the author, I feel she wrote about her own life of growing up. 'I believe it is a very enjoyable book for the whole family to read. Sheila Whitehead 12H HURON COUNTY FARM and HOME SAFETY ASSOCIATION Seminar Thursday, April 26th 8 pm -11 pm Family Paradise Hall 527-0629 Everyone Welcome COFFEE & DONUTS 1 WINGHAM LIONS MIDGETS—Jim Dennis was mostt valuable player, Ed Sweeney was most improved, Doug McFarlan was top scorer and Tim Brown won the ex- ecutive award for sportsmanship and desire on the Wingham Lions Midgets this season. The trophies were presented at the annual minor hockey awards day held Saturday. Geography club news On March 30th the Geo- graphy Club went curling at the Wingham Curling Club. The evening started at 8:00 o'clock with a demonstration by Mr. Cardy showing all the people who didn't know how to curl the proper method of sweeping and delivering the rock. We then split up into four teams and played a game. The resulting score of each end was usually made by the more experienced curlers throwing the rock just right to get the point. The inexper-' ienced curlers usually threw the rock too hard or too soft and didn't help much in get- ting points in the game. They also had the tendency to trip over each other and fall down when sweeping! After curling, we all went into the lounge to have some- thing to drink and to eat; and that brought a great evening of curling to a close. Murray de Boer UCW ` ladies entertain at nursing home WROXETER — The United Church Women and friends, as well as Rev. Lloyd Martin gathered at the Fordwich Village Nursing Home last Wednesday for the April meeting. Mrs. Stan Hays of the Willing Workers Unit was in charge of the devotional part of the program. Several favorite hymns were sung, followed by the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. Dalton Dickson played the piano and Mrs. Ron McMichael favored the residents with a violin solo. Mr. Martin led in repeating the Mizpah Benediction. Lunch was served. Move uptofamous cACI2115 QUMLITY Save up to $1250.00 Limited time offer. Once you've experienced Ariens year-round groundskeeping. Pro Quality, you'll never want to FOR A LIMITED TIME, YOU settle for anything Tess again. CAN CHOOSE FROM FOUR Ariens superb garden tractors SPECIAL PACKAGE OFFERS are available in a wide choice of AT EXTRAORDINARY SAV - models and mowing decks, from INGS. 10 hp with 32" deck to 19 No with 60" deck Plus all the attach- ments you may ever want for Check performance. Compare value. Drop In today. FRED McGEE AUTO ELECTRIC LTD. I(\i;i"Sales Backed By Service" 355 Josephine Street, winghom Ph. 3571416 A participating dealer with Factory Authorized Service. Come in and we'll talk about the one best suited to your needs. VISA 11111.1.111 By Steven and Paul Hallahan.' Kindergarten—has been reading stories and making pictures about the circus. Grade 1 and 2—is making circus books to get ready for the circus in London Friday. Grade 2 is working hard at its first communion books. They are going to make their first communion Easter 'Sunday. Grade 3 and 4—Like Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 2 have been preparing for the circus by writing stories and studying its history. Sacred Heart Mailbox Grade 5 and 6—has been doing reseach on stars and planets. Some of us have made planets of the solar system and hung them on the bulletin board around the sun. Miss Ermacora set up a starmania centre at the back of the room so the students can work on the questions or do something with star - mania. For art, we all made Easter bunnies out of decorated tissue rolls. Grade 7 and 8—has been busy working on con- firmation books and science fair projects. Grade 7 and 8 are making confirmation June 3. at the Wingham Public School Editors: Jason Ducharme Kevin Smith Keep on sending in your articles for the yard 'sale. We've already got quite a few items, but not enough. Remember the yard sale will be held May 5 and there will be a bake sale along with it. If you have some articles you don't need anymore and are lying around•the house, bring them in! We take anything! Well, the weather has been cooperating nicely and the. snow is completely gone now. The pupils have started playing baseball again and riding bikes to school. Also, field trips are being planned. —Ria Linardatos A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the Golden Circle • pupils were planning a'trip to the sugar bush. I'm pleased to say that it was very successful. Although the trail was muddy, it didn't dampen the students' spirits. They all got to test the sap and syrup and reported it was very sweet. Mrs. Caesar has invented an effective way for getting the pupils to complete their noon hour jobs. What she did was set up a recording and payment schedule whereby they receive a penny a day for a day's work of jobs well completed. Each Friday the crunch comes when the students have the option of saving their hard-earned money, purchasing candy or receiving cash. If no work is done or there is an unsatisfactory job done, then no pay is given. The pupils are proud to announce Kelly Stephenson bowled another great game of 163! Congratulations Kelly. If you keep this up, you might turn professional. -Nikki Reavie Mrs. Martin's Grade 5 class and Mr. Sakasov's Grade 4-5 class put on an entertainment fair last Friday. The two classes performed a variety of great events. These included such things as gymnastics which were mastered by a, fine group of pupils. An assort- ment of activities included piano by Christa Crawford and , Kirsten Keil, Julie Henry twirled a baton and Yvonne Trapp played a song on the guitar. The great development of the day was the videotape "Thriller" by a group of students under the direction of Anesh Bodasing. —Lynne Braun Last Friday the students of Mr. Martin's special lear- ning needs class went to the Armouries where they played a variety of songs on their recorders at the Day Centre for the Homebound. Serrena O'Neil also played a solo on her accordian .for the same group. The students have 'been busy making pizzas in cooking class. In art, the pupils are working on murals and have done some "Jelly Bean Art". Mr. Martin reported that the birds have finally found the feeders that were up all winter. Gardening has really begun to "sprout" in our elective programs. The group of three students and French teacher Mr. Poulin plans to learn how to trim shrubs after which it will make flower beds, clean the school yard and trim the shrubs. We began by planting our •seeds. Now almost all the plants are up and going strong. If 'the plants are ready by the time of the yard sale, we hope to sell them to buy seeds for next year's gardening. —Heather McLennan As many of you may already know, April 9 to 13 is work week at the high school. Working at our school is Bonnie Ablett, who is training to be a secretary. Mrs. Nicholson has enjoyed the time that Miss Ablett has spent both learning and working. - —Kevin Smith Few Yitlgh.ar'-area s is are teaming up to present a bicentennial variety program slated for Kay 16 iit the F. E. Madill Secondary School, Pupils from the Wingham and Turnberry public schools, Sacred Heart School and Madill will be taking part in the program. It will feature singing, dancing and skits, according to Mrs. Shirley Kaufman, a com- mittee member from the Wingham Public School. The Bicentennial School Projects Committee was formed at the suggestion of the Ontario Ministry of Education, she said. The ministry is looking for ways for school ;children to celebrate the province's bicentennial this year and a variety concert is only one idea. MRS ALLAN GRIFFITH hel• will be two ,pros the afternoon of May 16 for the students and an evening performance from . 8 to 9 p.m. for the public. • in addition to. the variety program, eacil oi' the four schools is planning a number of interesting activities to celebrate the bicentennial. For instance, Sacred Heart is planning a pioneer week early in June. The Wingham Public School will hold a dress -up pioneer day to experience what it was like to have all eight grades in one room. Turnberry Central is making a mural for the bicentennial and it and Sacred Heart also are planning to plant a number of white pine, the tree chosen <3' to commemorate 200 years in Ontario. Wroxeter Personals Mr. and Mrs. Doug Weber, Dawn and Kevin • of Erin, were weekend guests with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Musgrove recently. We are pleased to welcome Ken and Marg Galbraith home from the sunny south where they spent the winter months. Sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Riley and family in the loss of his father, John Riley of Brussels, who passed away last week. Mrs. Peter Iredom, St. Thomas, accompanied by her grandson and his` wife, Mr. and Mrs. 'Lucas Morrow of Port Stanley, visited last week with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ackermann. Emily Oriold held a party in honor of her sixth birthday last Saturday with five little friends, Erika Wright, Lisa Nelder, Sarah Pratt, Angie Hood and Julia Polstra, attending. Scott and Linda Galbraith and little daughter Carleigh of Paisley visited his parents, Ken and _Marg Galbraith, last Saturday. • Friends of Mrs. ,Clarence Clement and George Hamilton are sorry to hear they have been hospital patients, but hope for im- provement soon. Mrs. Walter Charles of Gorrie also is confined to hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alderson and daughters of North Bay visited at the home of•Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Riley last Saturday enroute home from the funeral of John Riley. We are pleased to see Harvey McMichael home again from hospital and wish him good health once again. Congratulations to Jim and Cindy Galbraith on the birth of their first child, Craig Matthew, March 14. He will be residing with Mommy and Daddy at Lucan and`is a first grandson for his proud grandparents, Ken and Marg Galbraith of Wroxeter. • Congratulations to Trevor Pocaluyko.who won a radio telephone in a draw at the Stedman's store in Wingham last Friday —a lucky Friday the 13th for Trey. .The sm a.t . _of. _the community goes to Henry C. Scott whose wife passed away last week. "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482.7103 Why tax Yourself' The specially -trained tax experts at H&R Block will prepare an accu- rate return for you so you'll save as much time and money as pos- sible. Visit your nearest H&R Block office soon, or call for an appointment. Ye SIS 1-4 Sr - si 447 CF ' S •I ;1:. T1 General Our tax specialists will look into over 300 money -saving deductions, exemptions and credits. We want you to pay $1800 the least tax possible. from T1 Special We'II investigate 20 areas of tax savings not shown on your form. Then we'll prepare the return that saves you the most. 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