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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-10-29, Page 1;y', October 29, 1980 Fortune of Kuror Gerry Fortune of RR 1, Wingham, was acclaimed aa.. president of the .l urlrl County Federation of Api- culture during the group's annual" meeting held last week at Brussels. She takes the place of Merle Gunby: RR 1, Dungannon, who stepped down following two terms as president. In a short speech following the acclamation, Mrs. Fortune pledged to continue to press for controls on foreign ownership of Ontario farm land so long as she has a mandate from the mem- bers. e presiderit oAgriculture' She said she remains a "cautious opts ist" that solutions will be found tti thin problemsof hi interni rates and cost y energy, adding that it will he difficult for her to follow Mr. and Mrs. Gunby, who worked as a . team , in • doing - the president's job. Succeeding Mrs. Fortune as first vice president of `ti e federation is John Van Beers, RR 1, Blyth,. who moved up from the office of second vice president. Moving into that seat is Tony McQuail, art 1, Lucknow, who sat on the executive as a director last rear. The three directors -at - large elected et the meeting are Bev Brown, RR 1, Blue; vale; Walter. Elliott, RR 1, Lucknow, ail ,,Jinn Hunter, RR 1, Belgrave. AU three served on'theexecutive last year.. Nine resolutions also were voted on at the meeting, with eight being approved to be forwarded to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. 'II'he resolutions dealt with subjects ranging from the family farm, high interest rates and alternative fuels to weed seeds -and banking practices. Stress among teachers discussed during PD day Huron County teachers learned all about stress and, why teachers are prime candidates for it during Monday afternoon lecture by Dr. Donald Morgenson, professor of psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo. ' The teachers were par- ticipating in the Professional Development Day, hold at F. E. Madill Secondary School Wi in ngham. Dr. Morgenson told elementary and secondary school, teachers from central and north Huron schools that '`'burn -out statistics" for teachers are increasing and eahlv-A1eti tn; :the five ears. He said that stress among teachers is cadged by work overload, role conflict, low self esteem,prestige and job satisfattien; difficulties with superiors, and the fact that the teaching profession is constantly exposed to the public eye and teachers are responsible for people rather than objects. Dr. Morgenson explained that although teachers are knowledgable about curriculum and new developments in teaching techniques, the public looks. to psychologist and PhDs to come up with 'innovative' ideas that aren't really new. "This is backwards," he said, and only serves to cause teachers more stress. Teachers also suffer from stress because of all the rules handed down from the administration that eliminate personal decisions.. In some schools everything from recess supervision to washroom time- limits for students is rigidly controlled by prin- cipals. Added to this are all the surprises in the classroom, such as unexpected fire drills that always seem to occur during test time, and unscheduled visits from board trustees and super- visors. Extracurricular activities expected of teachers, such as formation and supervision of clubs, teams and special events, add to the work load and also cause stress. Dr. Morgenson explained that stress, a nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it, has the same degrees with good and bad experiences, cannot be avoided and must be dealt with subjectively. Today humans react to demands the same way their ancestors did, only their problems and solutions are more abstract. The forced and prolonged calm, ex- pected by today's society, might cause the rage to build. He said the secret of success is not to avoid stress, and settle for a boring life, but to capitalize on it by using it as an energy booster. In order to do this one has 6 find the right amount of stress at the right tinie, "and that takes experience". Other activities for Professional Development Day were two language development sessions, featuring Arnie. McCallum, English consultant from the Windsor Board of Education, grade level meetings, a second talk on the antidotes of stress by Dr. Morgenson, and a group lunch at the Wingham Legion Hall. 12 CandStripers receive awards Twelve Candystripers received awards last week for hours of volunteer ser- vice at the Wingham and District; Hospital: 411;4- , ernin caps for 01 ill of ` er , ice were: Sus n Lan- caster, Kendra Furdon, Cindy Moore and Anita Hamming. A 50 -hour badge went to Lyn Webster. Bands for .75 hours were presented to Susan Lancaster, Cindy Moore and Lois Pennington. Teen volunteer pins for 100 hours were awarded to Susan Lancaster, Lois Pennington, Mandy Miller, Doug Wood and John Leed- ham. Janise Hill received her 200 -hour band. A gold bar for 300 hours was presented. to Lori:;., cPherson and Janet 4.;• Storey .w: given a silver charm for 500 hours of volunteer service. The Most Valuable Can- dystriper awards, voted on by hospital staff and pre- sented by evening super- visor, Sophie Faran, went to Lori McPherson and John Leedham, with honorable mention going to Lyn Webster and Doug Wood. Lorna Stuart, president of ttg . osoit ul , auxiliary, '"brtj`'' ' t-g'eetings froth the auxiliary and expressed appreciation to the teens and their leaders. Mothers of the young people were in at- tendance, together with Margaret Camp bell, repre- senting the nursing office, and Lyn Walker, president of the RNAs. Nancy Brown, who is in charge of the hospital laboratory, spoke to the teens on the career of lab technology. She discussed the educational require- ments and type of work done by a registered lab technician — "a most re- warding profession". Teens interested ir.i doing volunteer work a t . the hospital may contact Mildred McClenaghan at 357- 2528 or Mrs. Barry Pass - More, 357-1072. The first ;Whit* ' ap- proved calls for legislation to ;forge grain elevators to pay farmers for the .fie patter content received" ip sol, It charged that elevator operators subtract the fine matter from corn and later sell it vjthout any return to the tar er A second resolution called for .a committee to study the problems faced by young farmers as a result of the high interest rates, and to make recommendations on the matter. A third resolution called on the k, OFA to demand an amendment to the Bank Act requiring that all banking transactions be shown on the day on which they were made. It was noted that often a deposit made.o{he day will not be credited until..,,the following day, or sometimes the following Monday. Another resolution called for a revision of the Seed Act to broaden the classification of noxious weeds and force the removal of more weed seeds from seed grain. A fifth resolution calls for a committee to examine the situation facing family farms and report at the 1981 OFA annual meeting. It noted the social and economic impacts of in- creasing foreign and cor- porate ownership of farm land, vertical integration of the agricultural industry and tenant leasing. Three resolutions dealt with the subject of energy, calling variously for a reduction in the $500 licen- cing fee required to operate a still producing alcohol ,for to .fumel;'tte these OFAIl fenergly distriii te�� i atiotion alternative energy product- ion methods; and the development of federal guidelines which would encourage farmers to develop on-farm energy sources. The only resolution which. was defeated called for the federation to protest the efforts of governments to keep interest rates ex- cessively high. Just prior to the start of the business meeting, the annual Huron County Award for outstanding service to the cause of agriculture was presented to Norm Alexander of Hullett Town- ship for his untiring work on the control of soil erosion. The presentation was made by Adrian Vos and Mrs. Fnnt,,ne ' PBatrietcrrnrharc,' Charles Tr. RS of the Wingham Cuba flack are (front) Andy Inidrew M, Michael Lewlsi-Trevor -Agombar, Scot ick) Ja011 Creamer, u °:Rlch,', Chris Thynne. 1p, Tim Thompson and Br 41Hespie. With the Cubs aro Akela Betty Heart d and other lea+ Undo` "orad and of Beecrrft, lib. c , centre'he new Cubs andthree tea?ds'wr ceremony iast week: Ih„, iP.•. r '.;.a_i7Ra. 3°.L�N'',`aj uJe,;:.d.?. -1 ��,. �x'�'�r n li ;`airw i¢® ®®.� �� ��® �liSt h „°SS UPSm Following a rather bleak year in 1980, Western Foundry Co. Ltd. is looking forward to an upswing in business next year as the automotive industry begins to stabilize. The foundry, Wingham's largest industrial employer, is just coming back frorm a one-week layoff during which two of its four production stations were closed. However President R. W. LeVan said' by this week most of the 61 employees laid off should be back, bringing the work force to 125. He said the layoff was necessary to permit ildjustments to the inventory, adding that a meeting was held with the employees and they knew it was for only one week. Basically this has been a pretty slow Lyear, Mr. LeVan reported. Although t�ri g n946. yeVS' 4P Mit Western Foundry's share of the market for gray iron castings has increased, in absolute terms business has been down, and the foundry has operated for most of the past, six months on just one shift. He said he hopes to be back up to two shifts next year, gradually building the work force back up to 175-200. Business already shows signs of improving for the foundry industry, Mr. LeVan reported, but since customers want to keep their own inventories at a minimum for year-end he doesn't ex- pect any real upswing until the beginning of 1981. However he said things look "reasonably positive” for the remainder of this year. "Next year looks even,more positive." CANDYSTRIPER AWARDS were presented to a number of young volunteers at Wingham and District Hospital last week. Lois Peh- nington (back row, left) received a band and pin; Anita Hamming, next to her, received her cap; John Leedham received a pbl and badge and also won one of the two most valuable Candystrlper awards; Susan Lancaster received a cap, band and pin; Kendra Purdon received a cap and Janet Storey received a 506 -hour silver charm. In the front row, Lori McPherson received a 300 -hour (gold bar and was the other winner of the most valuable Candystrlper award; Mandy Miller received a pin; Janice Hill received a 200 - hour band and Cindy Moore received a cap and band. Not present were Lyn Webster, who received a badge, and Doug Wood, who re- ceived a pin and badge; both also received honorable mention as most valuable Candystripers. Volunteers receive a cap or badge after 60 hours of work, a band after 15 hours and a pin after 100 hours. Local girl wins award - Patricia Brophy of Wingham won the IBM secretarial science award presented at the awards night dinner following the fall graduation ceremony of Fanshawe College, London, last Friday. The awards night is held annually to recognize and honor Fanshawe students who have made significant achievements whi e at- tending the college. Approximately 325 stu- dents were eligible *grad- uate at the colleges six- teenth graduation ceremony. ceremony. SCOUTER KEN FOXTON Invests Ron Beecroft as.a leader of the Wingham Cub Pack. Also invested as laarlmre et +h0 eererronnv !eat wawk were Murray Underwood and Wilson Daw. Fire destroys barn An early morning blaze destroyed a barn on Con. 12, Lot 28 of Turnberry Town- ship Monday. Loss of the barn and its contents, which included a car, a tractor, a feed mix mill and a small amount of hay. There was no livestock in the barn. The structure belonged to Donald Morrison of RR 5, Lucknow, and was located on the former Ross King faun. Wingham Fire Chief Dave Crothers said when fire- fighters arrived on the scene, the barn already was completely engulfed in flames and all they could do was keep the fire from spreading. The blaze was reported by a neighboring farmer, David Elliott, who saw the sparks drifting toward his own barn. Chief Crothers said he suspects the fire originated in either the car or the tractor, noting there was no hydro service to the barn. Another fire Saturday morning resulted in about $1,000 damage to the home of William de Vos, located on . the, Turnberry R Line east of, Wingham. Chief Crothers reported the fire was caused by a defective fireplace allowing the flames to get into the wall of the house. Fire- fighters had to cut into the wall to get at the fire, which they extinguished. Election update Since the report last week, the following changes have occurred to the local elec- tions picture: In Wingham, John Bateson and Hans Kuyvenhoven 'withdrew from the council race, leaving seven can- didates to contest the six seats. The only other election will be a three-way race for two seats on the Public Utilities Commission. In Turnberry, Lynn Hoy withdrew from what would have been an acclamation to council. A second nomination, period produced two candi- dates, Ben Maida and Ray- mond Wright, who will join John Cox on council. No elec- tion will be required. A second nominatiop period in East Wawanosh managed to fill the two vacant seats on council. Jim Taylor and Donald Schultz filed nomination papers and were acclaimed to council. An election will be required to dedide between two candidates, Simon Hallahan and Donald Dow, for position of reeve. In the Village of Brussels, Henry J. (Hank) TenPashas been nominated to fill the one vacancy on council. No election is required., There has been one change in the Morris election scene, with Robert Blank with- drawing from the race for a council seat. This leaves five candidates for the three council seats and two for the position of deputy reeve, the 4.0