Wingham Advance-Times, 1980-12-30, Page 1it
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• o, lear-014 Jim
Yltzgeraid.d after 'Car
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mitaPer along ,yp, on
Provincial ;the'
lacerdetachment
• reported that Wald
as westbound along the
highway about east
30f Deride at 8:40 p.m. when
-Irs lost control othls vehicle
:on the slush -covered. road
:and struck an -app
rase: belt* driven bA. y
tileX. • ••
las, now to' t
laneraSli result of the
collision; werestruck
-3xsAtidrd vehicle travelling
stand OrivePt07. Douglas
..j.: -Lever Of }tonna, lg.. •
;Sleetwas falling atthe
tlme and Pelke said the
darkness and the weather•
probably reotribote440,,the'
accidents.
Mr. Fitzgerald wati'xuebed.
to Kincardine and District
Hospital by .ambulance,
where he was :pronounced
dead on arrival: The other
two drivers, Mr. Whitney, 49;
and Mr, Lever, - 20, were
taken
token to the hospital by
police cruiser for treatment.
Both have since been
discharged.
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Jim ritageraldwaa.bbre,0
WlOaiitt and *Ovid with 4.4%;: •
flattItlY10; this area when, he
..4005 about five years old. He
attended ' school at
Teeswater and was very
active in 'hockey in the town.
At the time of his death•he;
was employed by Stanlek.
Dew Systems Ltd„
Wingham.
Lelt to mourn his tragic
am,
e Haran County Board
Education and its .,
tool teachers
* *eet Ugoin in
otiaddiaiisSionS until the
Year:
Board (representatiVes'
c101'0',. 011_0 provincially
Mediate'',
...61Tcressor Jeffrey Garble, •
held negotiations 'for three
days at Seaming Inn
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'.flb'1 but.. rIalks
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418 wife; the
raFulier of
Jporents,, Mr
ligergidof
brothers,
Bob and r.044 of Wmgham,
Don and Ken at home, Alfred
of.:1743Rst: 1,,yatti,b, sod Sandy,;
Godeiiithr+ and grand4
father, Bert Fitzgerald of •
!CACA•allt0:
Friends paid thir respects
at:the'NfaePitereonC.Funeral
CAWIA ,..,,WeeSIN-4-er, until
Saturday ,when service was .
conducted at two o'clock by •-,
tte' -17-•.,,ikrninicl Proud. Inter-
inentletteWed IO'Peeswater
Cemetery.
Pallbearers• were "Arehie
MacDonald, Clint' Pet-
teplack, Brad ;Orison,
Blaine Letteau, -. Doug,
Gamble and ,,, Larry
Donaldson, Floral tributes
were 'carried byltilyne 1011,,
Barry Ross and Rob
McMillan.
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teacher talks
"Until new year
the new year but will not set
a date until Jarmary."
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will not resume until
January. '
Professor Grinds Saidit
was early in the process,to
Make any definitive ,itate-
ments, adding ' that the
January date for resumption
of the negotiations has not.
been set.
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."We held some useful
,clOcussioa and are 'recon-
tdering the situation," he
said We will meet rigain,in
The • mediator was ap-
pointed by.. the "Education
Relations Cemmission after
talks broke down between --
the beard !fad teachers.
.factfirider
' Malcolm
Stockton, released his report
innii,d-November and stated
the main- differences be-
tween the sides were the
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salary -ptaff a o
•• , ., 'The board ;offered the
Huron-. •
CO Ott til :teachers fiVe Per cent frobi
Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 1980 and an
strikes committees
• Huron, County Council
adopted the report of the
striking committee naming
members to its 10 com-
mittees dtfring its first
meeting of the 1981-82 term.
The following are mem-
bers of the committees, with
the first -named as chair-.
man:
.Road Committee, Lloyd
Mousseau, Roy Williamson,'
Joe Kerr, Harold Robinson
and William Bogie;
Huronview, D. C. Russell,
J. M. Dawson, Brian
McBurney and Calvin
Kreuter;
Health, Paul Steckle, A. W.
Epp, G. H. Stirling, T. W.
Cronin and Bill Morley;
Library, R. M. Bell,
Ernest Brown, J. D. Durnin,
Noreen Gnay, H. . Elliott and
•111r
E -Thompson;
Property, R. • M. Bell,
Ernest Brown, J. D. Durnin
and P. H. Neilands; :
Planning, Bill Elston, D.
IL MacGregor, George
Fellows and Alan Walper ;
Development, Thomas
Cunningham, W. J. Dale,
Don Wheeler and Lionel
Wilder;
SOCIal Services, Bob Allen, -
Warren Zinn, Harvey Craig
and Simon Hallahan;
Executive, Fred Haberer,
Bob Allen, R. M. Bell,
Thomas Cunningham, Bill
Elston, Lloyd Mousseau, D.
C. Russell and Paul Steckle;
• Land Division, Jack
McCutcheon, J. Miler, C.
Desjardine, Gerry Ginn and
Allan Campbell.
additional one per cent to the
period ending Aug. 31for an
• average 5.1 per cent in the
• one-year contract:
The teachers were seeking
a 15 per cent increase over
one year.
Mr. Stockton recom-
mended a split salary grid
with a second component in-
crease of 105 per cent or an
8.5 per cent inmase in an
annual contract,
The teachers were also
seeking guarantees of a
maximurn----04kload of six
periods out of eight a day.
Mr. Stockton said it would
mean the hiring of five ad-
ditional teachers at a cost of
• $70,000. He said it was an un-
reasonable demand and that
infringements on guidelines
were unavoidable.
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ELABORATE DISPLAYS ,such st
-Street are fastbecoming.thiogs 01 ftp
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at the Fred Porter horhe on -Leopold
. People -tome *Om al! arourdfo see
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During a recent meeting,
members of the • Goderich
Police Commission agreed to
•take the first step toward
forming an umbrella organi-
zation to look, after town
police forces in 'Huron,
County.
The commission decided to
send a letter to each of the
five town councils, inviting
input about the possible
formation of a joint police
commission.
The proposed Huron
County Board of Com-
missioners of Police would
replace the existing com-
mission at Goderich and the
police committees of council
in Wingham, qiinton,
Seaforth and Exeter:.
It •was explained tat the
• joint board coUld be lOrmed
• if each of the towns p ssed a
• bylaw to do so. Theboard
-would •• amalgamat
e4 the
municipal police gpv rning
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authorities but not the orces
themselves. As pro ed, it
• would consist of the.had of
each council, togethe with
such other persons ais the
• Lieutenant Governor in
Council may appoint. l'.'•
The idea for forming the
joint board surfaced a the
meeting of the Huron (once
• comMunications betrunittee
in October Discussion at
the Porters' ChrIshhas decorlaikine-iitin41
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e police vommtssion
that time centred around the
point ' that the com-
munications systems at
Wingham. Seaforth, Clinton
and Exeter are in effect
satellites of the Goderich
host system.
All those attending ex-
pressed approval of the
nature and quality of the
system, including the cost-
sharing arrangement, and
declared they have no in-
terest in withdrawing or
making any chang&.
However Mayor Derry
13oyle of Exeter expressed
concern that neither the
police committees nor the
municipal councils of the
other four towns have any
inpiit into or control Over the
salaries the Goderich police
• commission negotiates with
the civilian dispatchers
--hired to run the system. •
While there was no ob-
jection to the salaries
currently being paid, there
was concern that in the
future the Goderich com-
mission might agree to a
salary scale which the other
contributors considered.
unrealistic. It was suggested
missio members exprested.
the reservation thO such a
board would be a plus for the
communications system, but
would not be good for looking
af,ter_lecal police matters.
Wingham Mayor Bill
Harris, who as a former
chairMan of the Wingham
police committee was in-
strumental in pushing for the
country -wide communica-
tions system, said he is un-
familiar with the latestjpi*
Posal raid Wants to look into.
it more thorougblr.
He said a similar plan w4s
proposed a number of years
ago but never -carried
through, and added he would
"have to take a long Itiok 0' • -1'
the 'economics of the thing"
before making a decision. It -
might be a good idea, but he:
wants to be convinced that it • •
would save money.
that forming a joint police Fire damage $500 •
commission could prevent
such problems by guaran-
teeing input from each town. •
Goderich police com-
The Origins of Christrnas
Advance -Times
Christmas
Story
Contest
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By Brian Langendoen
Grade 6, Howick Central
Christmas is the greatest, most joyous and most
blessed day of the year. December 25 is when
Christians all over the world celebrate the day when
Jesus Christ was born. Their thoughts go back to the
first Christmas morning almost 2,000 years ago, when
the newhorn Saiiiotr lay in a manger in the Holy Land.
From ther birthplace the Child brought new faith and
hope for the world.,
Today men, women and children in every Christian
country gather in churches to worship and give thanks.
Alot_of-peOVIe attend midnight services on Christmas
Eve. Beautiful decorations make the church look
splendid and rich musk is played from the organ and
sung by the choir. The splendor and beauty of the
decorations are a lot different from the humble stable
in Bethlehem where Christ was born, but the message
He brought was the s$ne: "Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peaee, good will toward men".
At first several different days were used to celebrate
the day when Jesus was born. Decemher' 25 is the day
that most Christians finally agreed to call his birthday.
The name Christmas is short for "Christ'a Mass" and
the word "masa" means a kind of church service.
Christmas is a religious festival or holiday There are
special Christmas services in Christian churches all
over the world, but many of the festivals of Christmas
do not have anything to do with religion.
The thought of giving gifts at Christmas time may
have come from the three wise men in Bible times, who
came and worshipped the newborn child by giving
gifts. In some coantries Christmas presents are not
given until January 6 or the Twelfth Night, the time
when the three wise men brought gifts to the baby
Jesus. But many people think that the idea of Mist-
mas gifts comes from an old Roman custom. Dec-
ember 21 is the shortest day of the year. After that
time, days start getting longer. The people of longiago
were very happy when the days began getting longer
because they thought of the returning of the longer
days as the birthday of the sun. Christmas comes at
just about the same time the Romans were exchanging
presents to celebrate the lengthening of the days.
Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are
newer ways of making the Christmas season merry
and joyful.
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Decorating with holly or mistletoe and evergreens
goes all the way back to an ancient custom in Northern
Europe. The people there used the decorations we now
call Christmas greens to celebrate the time when the
days grow longer.
Burning a Feat "Yule log" is another custom that
grew up in Northern Europe as a part olthe midwinter
holiday. Bringing in the Yule log was a joyous
ceremony in old England. The Yule log is still im-
portant in many gotmtries.
The idea of Christmas trees came froth 'Germany.
Now it has spread to many other countries throughout
the World. In Canada we decorate our trees with lights
and different sorts of ornaments. After the tree is
decorated, some people put the gifts that they wig
exchange on Christmas Eve under the tree.
A little manger scene may take the place of a
Christmas tree in many lands. The scene shows the
baby Jesus cradled in a Manger. Mary and Joseph are
watching over him. Standing near are several animals
-- some sheep, maybe a donkey. There will probably
be a shepherd or two. The French people call a scene of
this kind a creche.
The name "Santa Claus" comes from the name "Sa-
int Nicholas". Saint Nicholas is portrayed as the
special friend of children. Dutch children put wooden
shoes in front of the fireplace for Saint Nicholas to fill
the night before his feast day, December 6. In America
the idea of a saint changed to the idea of a jolly fat man
dressed in red who lives at the North Pole and rides in a
sled, pulled by reindeer. American children hang up
their stockings on Christmas Eve and hope that Santa
Claus will fill them up with toys, good candies and
foods to eat.
In many countries groups of Children gp singing
Christmas carols in their towns and cities. There are
many quiet and beautiful carols that people hear
during the Christmas season.
In many parts of the world Christmas is likely going
to come with cold weather, ice and snow. People really
enjoy a "White Christmas" because it gives -you a coy
feeling. But in warmer regions there is no snow at
Christmas time. South of the equator December comes
in surnmer. In one part of the world Christmas Day
may be a hot day and maybe a picnic on the beach or it
may be in a warm house in the winter time. Christmas
is a fun time of year and is enjoyed by everyone around
the world.
Few people take the time to learn the origins of our
many special customs. Imagine how strange the' -
would seem lo the simple folk gathered around the
manger in that lowly stable in Bethlehem! Although
our 'customs are ever changing, may the spirit of
Christmas always remain the same. Merry Christrrias!
The Wingham Fire
Department responded to a
• blaze in a driving shed and
workshop at 8:10 Monday
morning.
Chiefing.Dave Crothers
• reported there was approxi-
mately $500 damage to the
building, owned by Rae
Lewis at Lot 30, Con. -11,
Turnberry Township. He
said cause gf the fire is still
under inyWigation.
Also during the holidays
firemen investigated what
turned out to be a furnace
malfunction at the Toronto,
Dominion Bahk in ttm
ningha•
on Dec. 22 at 2:25 p: Chief
Crothers explained there
was no fire or damage
caused. "
A false alarm brought the
fire trucks to 13rookhaven
Nursing Home at 4:20 p.m. •
on Sunday • and Chief -• .s •
Crothers investigated a
gasoline leak from a
snowblower on Patrick
Street at 11:19 a.m.
Christmas Eve.
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OUTDOOR DISPLAYS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS a
becoming fewer and further between In WIngharn, btie
• an evening drive around town still reveals some pretty.;;
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