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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-06-10, Page 88 -The Wingham Advance -Times, June 10,1981 Sunday School holds annual fiower service GQRRIE — Gorrie United Church Sunday School held its annual flower service and anniversary on Sunday. A large congregation including friends from Wroxeter at- tended. The theme of the service, "The World is Mine", ap- peared on a decorative banner suspended above the choir loft and on the cover of the bulletin. It was designed by Marion Schefter. The church was beautifully decorated with baskets of early summer flowers and pots of chrysanthemums and globes which represented the world. The Sunday school teachers and pupils wore pretty corsages: The service was conducted by Glen Findlay, a teacher at the school for the deaf at Milton. Mr. Findlay reminded his audience that this is the International Year of Disabled Persons and that we need to educate ourselves about the disabled, their feelings and their needs. Ontario has about 800,000 disabled persons. These are Family dinner held for 25th BELGRAVE — The Campbell relatives held a family dinner at the WI Hall on Sunday to honor Mr. and Mrs. Donald Campbell of London, on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniver- sary. Those in attendance were: Mrs. Olive Campbell, Mr. and. Mrs. Lorne Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell , and Jeremy, Mr__ and Mrs. Bruce Campbell and boys; Mr. and Mrs: Allan Camp- bell and .family, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Van Camp and. family, Mrs. Ivy Cloakey and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jardin and boys and Pete Brommer all of the Bel - grave area, Mr. and Mrs. ,. Barry Bondi, Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cloakey, Brussels, : lyir. and Mrs. Gordon Campbell and Heather of Kitchener and Brent and Lisa Campbell of , London. people without sight, without hearing, without speech or with the loss of a limb or limbs or with a learning disability Disabled persons can make an important contribution to our society ifs we will let them. As Christians our attitudes should show our solidarity with our handicapped brothers and sisters. Speaking especially to the children, Mr. Findlay gave factual accounts of three disabled persons he knows per •onally•who are making a real contribution to their communities. One is a blind lady. One is a man who, although con- fined to a wheelchair, has become a lawyer. The third is a deaf boy who graduated from the school at Milton and then attended the University for the Deaf in New York and is now a member of the teaching staff at Milton. Mrs. Sheldon Mann at the organ and Kendra Robertson at the piano played the prelude and the recessional music and accompanied the hymns. The Sunday school children sang several numbers including, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands'', "For God so Loved the World" and • 'The World is not My Home" Special music was con- tributed by the Howick Quartet, consisting of Harold Robinson, Wesley Ball, Kenneth Denman and Stuart Douglas, which sang four ni#mbers accompanied by Mrs. John Freeman. ' Awards- won by the children were presented by the Sunday School superintendent, Mrs. Robert Harper, who also expressed appreciation to the many who had helped to make the service such a success. A special feature of the service was the baptism of Kevin Richard Fines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fines of RR 1, Gorrie, conducted by Rev. J. D. Martin who also pronounced the benediction. BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS—Those students who placed third at the East Wawanosh Public School's track and field meet were: Sharon Ramsay, midget girls; Jeff McKee, midget boys; Ellen Taylor, junior girls; Andy Versteeg, junior Pcirents meet school bd. By Wilma Oke DUBLIN The Huron - Perth" County Roman Catholic Separate School Board held a special meeting last Tuesday night to receive a delegation of concerned parents from , the Dublin school area. Board Chairman Ronald Murray of Dublin explained the meeting was to discuss the teacher transfers, referring to the board's decision at the end of April to_ relocate 20 teachers, to dif= ferent schools, effective 1981. Adrian Olsthoorn, a Mitchell businessman, was the chief spokesman for the delegates: Marie Eickmeier and Wilha Vendenberk, both of Dublin; Aliee Louwagie of Mitchell and Louis Peters of Monkton. Mr. Olsthoorn questioned moving the teachers and then having to pay mileage costs, but he-was`assured by Ronald Marcy of Stratford that according to the collective agreement there would be no mileage costs unless a teacher was moved more than 25 miles. Mr. Marcy said the philosohy of the board is that with a vacancy in Stratford, rather than moving a surplus teacher to Stratford from Goderich, the board feels it is better to move several by. short distances. In this way, Mr. Marcy said it. did not upset the whole household. Mr. Olsthoorn asked, "Why shuffle them all up?" Mr. Murray replied, •"We have to staff the schools with the teachers we have. If we moved one teacher every year that would not be fair. History says. a teacher moves about every six or seven years, We are elected as a board. We work within the guidelines of the ministry. and we work within the guidelines of the board." Mr. Olsthoorn said his group has a petition with more than 200 names. He said, "The whole community, is in an uproar. You have a situation now 'that is getting a bit 'out of hand. People are getting involved and won- dering what can be done. This thing can blow wide open to a smozzle. But other questions are coming up. Where is it going to end'? We need to have an open meeting for the public. The board needs to do something. If a meeting with the public is needed then we should have it and get it out in the open." Chairman Murray replied that the board meetings are open to the public except for certain subjects such • as personnel Q property. He said that teachers are moved for several. reasons. One may ask for a transfer, and if we can do it, we do. Teachers who have specific skills in one area such as French, music and special education may be required to serve. any schocti. area which' lacks that skill, John McCauley, superin- tendent of education, ex- plained later.' The board also must act to fill vacancies, that arise from boys; Heather Shiell, intermediate girls; Steven Verbeek, Intermediates boys; Donna Higgins, senior girls; ,and, Tim Darlow, senior boys. over teacher transfers time to time, such as retirements, opening of new classrooms or a teacher moving away from the area. He said these are, primarily arbitrary transfers that would need to occur due to the teacher -board collective . agreement by May 1 in any year. He stated that a transfer by mutual consent can occur at any time. Mrs. Alice Louwagie said she thought the proposed list of teachers to be transferred should be put in the papers so that people could protest before the transfers were finalized. "It would be an ad- ministrative nightmare if we tried to advertise ahead in the paper that we would be moving teachers and then had a public meeting," Chairman Murray said. "We are' elected as a board to make these decisions. Perhaps' some o the teachers 'bei rtgsctrangferred are not happy and I know some"of the trustees are not happy. It was done to meet the . needs within the system." • Mrs. Wilha Vandenberk asked' why the parents were not notified by the board, saying she had learned about it from the children corning home from school. Mr. Olsthoorn said he felt he understood the board's position, was satisfied with the explanation given and was willing to go back to the petitioners with the ex- planation. He said all, he was looking for was an answer for those 200 petitioners. "We don't want our school system attacked by our own , people. I'm proud of this system. I think you are all doing a good job." He said that if the petitioners were not satisfied with the explanation he would like to see a public meeting called for them to meet with the. board and get the>explanation directly and also have them all to get a better understanding of the whole school system' .The people basically did not understand what was hap- pening, he stated. Mr. Murray assured the delegates if they wanted another meeting he would call for one if they returned with a presentation asking for it. At the close of the meeting the board, went to com- mittee -of -the -whole to consider the 1981-82 teacher - board agreement which later was ratified in a general meeting that evening. No details will be released until the teachers also ratify the agreement. TM Mod Fawn 8askst k+ Illy Wi THIS IS A. efcomn art t*o. COMMUNI T Y Let us welcome you! Joan Chandler Phone 887.6021 WING HAM . FRUIT MARK7T 389 Josephine St. 35i�2240 Kraft - 500 m1. j Miracle Whip • 99 Ni ara Frozen 12 � oz. Pink or White Lemonade est • 89 i Kraft 16 oz. Barbeque Sauces 1 • . 1 9 Schneiders Family Size 1 kg. Q Beef Burgers 3 • ®e 9 r� Schneiders - 700 g. bag Breaded. ' Chicken Legs • V, Stuart House - I O's , Large Heavy Duty Garbage Bags 1..1.9 : II STORE HOURS: Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Phone 357-2240 CLOSED SUNDAYS We Deliver i i/IPOttNA 1-41 0A. e C ' 0 or w"4-1,:. " I/ a- 1 6.'t A oto, .1v 4.J ' ,' t _,, . E®v.:. .or - :\.4:_4.,A .: �1.. EAST WAWANOSH CHAMPS—Individual champions for track and field at East Wawanosh Public School are: Severn Thompson, midget girls; Thorsten Mu- schied, midget boys; Maria Hussey, junior girls; Corey McKee, junior boys; Elizabeth Romanik, intermediate girls; Randy Nixon, intermediate boys; Denise Nethery, senior girls; and, John Smuck, senior boys. BUY NOW! Your New Appliances and • • . fav The Provincial Sales Ta* will come back in effect soon on .. ▪ Washers 1 ■ Dryers ,l ... - Ranges 1 • Refrigerators - Freezers Don't Wait and $e _Disappointed! 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