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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-06-10, Page 15�Fa crduat . ('c, i employ 4imost all of the 14.3 new graduates from Centralia College of Agricultural Technology 'were en1ployed before they graduated, the gollegei'eports. Sixty-eight per cea of the students graduating • from the. agricultural business ri1anageinene course are returning to farms either with parents or employees of. ether farm managers. The remaining graduates are employedby farm service and supply industries such as farm equipment, in- Surance, banking and feed and processing; Graduates from the home economics and animal healtffl technology division also acre' receiving excellent empl'o+mekat opportunities. After graduation 20 of the 36 graduates from the home economics division had employment and job op- portunities continue to arrive a t the college. Thirty-eight opportunities were' available for the 32 graduating animal health technicians. Nineteen had accepted positions with 10 still 'exploring other possibilities. With economic conditions in agriculture being somewhat strained, Cen- tralia College staff were very encouraged by the employment situation as they graduated their thir- teenth class since the college began in 1967. Study of Somalia is mission topic MR50 II BROWN Mr. an rs..'Chides Red, :ley of Toeswater and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scott, Kin,o-' cardiine Township, visited, at the home el Mr.: and Mrs.., Martina Scott: Mr. Seett is home and recovering following surgery in Victoria Hospital, London. Gerry De Jonge fell and broke his leg. He is a patient • in Wingham and District` Hospital." Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Miller of Dearborn Heights Michigan, spent several days visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller. Mr and Mrs: Kevin Raven D of tobtO01 t visiles"Al Mr. and Mrs. Me re Dell* and ,!ed on Mr. and Mrs. ;Kenneth S.ehiestel anti baby daughter at Teeswater Mr. and .Mrs. John Koch. have returned home after spending. a . nth with relatives at WW1, Rosen- ;erg, Germany and Sur- rounding ur- rounding ares. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Haskins visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ross King of Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Gallaway, Mr. and Mrs. George Gallaway and Mr. and Mrs. William Rohs. of Bluevale hall to be renovated Residents of Bluevale and the surrounding area have decided to renovate the existing Bluevale Hall. Those attending Monday night's meeting decided by a narrow margin to renovate rather than build a new hall. The question of renovating the existing hall or building a new structure has been a controversial matter in the community for several years. After much discussion at the meeting, residents were given the chance to vote on the issue. The voters were given four choices: do nothing with the hall, renovate the existing hall, build a new structure on the hall lot or build a new structure on a different lot. Three ballots were held and the least popular option was eliminated after each vote. The final vote was 32-28 in favor of renovating the existing hall rather than building a new community centre. It was decided that.tbe hall committees would be turned back to the Bluevale Chamber of Commerce' for committee work on the project. Hall Board Chairman Jean Mathers said the board has approximately $12,000 in a renovation fund. But the group hopes to raise more money through grants, donations and fundraising .events. She said extensive repairs are necessary because the hall has not been kept up. She mentioned insulation and improvements to the kitchen and basement of the building as priorities. Mrs. Mathers said she was pleased with the outcome of the meeting since the issue is no longer "hanging inn the air". She said she felt the meeting cleared any misgivings which might arise and the groundwork for the project has been laid. Whitechurch n The United lnstitute • June meeting. last Wed - •meeting nesday at .the home of Mrs. Elmer Sleightholm. Mrs, at Allanhome Millan Moore gave.the call to worship and also conducted the mission study -on Somalia. She told how efugees; ,from Ethiopia are. treamirtgw•inro Somalia' an'ti`s how people there are trying to care forthem as best they can. Mrs. Pauline Adams read d scripture from the fifth chapter of Matthew's Gospel. She, also gave a reading and led in prayer. Mrs. Muriel Thompson gave a reading, "Our Inheritance ` and Legacy". • Mrs. Russel Chapman read .the minutes and Mrs. r Garnet Farrier read correspondence. The roll call was answered by 11 giving a verse of scriptureontaimng the word, "prise" or "prayer": Mrs. Moore read an article on South Africa from The Observer. Mrs. Farrier gave Words of appreciation to all assisting and the Birthday Tea concluded the meeting. 1 as he who climbs tree and hollers The rnan who whispers In a well about the things he hos to sell will -Myer make as many dollars Let THE ADVANCE -TIMES Do your shouting for you •CALL 357.2320 WROXETER — The June meeting of .the Wroxeter Women's Institute was held , at the home of Sally Allan with eight members and three .visitors present. . The president, Mrs. Wes Newton, welcomed everyone and had each lady introduce herself in an amusing way. Aft r the Opening Ode and the Mary Stewart- Collect, the roll call was answered by • stating one thing n' our province is doing to promote health. _ • • The minutes were read and approved followed by the financial Statement. • Mrs. Ron. McMichael' played some old-time music on her violin accompanied by Mrs. Dalton Dickison on the piano... ' A report on the district annual was given by Mrs. Allan. The guest speaker, in- troduced by Mrs. Mc- Michael, ..was Deanne Dick- son from the Town and Country Homemakers in Wingham. This is a. non- profit organization with 85 trained women who go to homes where helpis needed in order\to•allow patients to remain in their homes rather than go to the hospital. They are responsible for many things including the preparation of diets, light housekeeping and laundry. Mrs. Allan thanked Mrs. Dickson and presented her with a small donation which will g� towards the 'fund which is being raised to pur- chase a house for their per- manent headquarters. Mrs. Les Douglas pre- sented an interesting skit on Statistics Canada which involved everyone present. The Dutch auction was won by Mrs. Wes Heimpel. MrS:'Noe ,ton presented the past president, Mrs. Mc- Michael, and past secret: ry- treasurer, Mrs. Dickison, with gifts. Turnberry., ret!wn!e'd fir m a $U • ffshilig trip at Nord' The families of Path 1a Stewart or Mayne (risers and John Rozendale of Kurtzville gathered at We home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mayberry, Gorrie, Sunday for a miseellaneoua shower in honor of their ap, proaching marriage June .19 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Molesworth. The group also celehrated. :the 80th birthday of Oliver Stewart, grandfatherof the. bride -elect. • Among those attending the.. 50th wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hall of Ayr were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Edgar; Mrs. Glad. Edgar; Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Stewart, Mrs. Addie Hutchison and Stanley Edgar of Molesworth; Mrs. Watson Brown and Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Nickel of Listowel. Mr. and Mrs. Duffy Colvin and Shawn Foxton of Teeswater, Mr. and . Mrs. Earle King and Karen of Harriston, called on Mrs. Harvey Adams on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Brown spent the weekend at Doon Antique Car Show. Birks Robertson of Tees - water spent the weekend at the home Of Mrs. Glad Edgar. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Goodfellow of Teeswater called on Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Farrish last Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kow- tecky (Chureb Tompkins) and Philip of Kitchener re- newed acquaintances in the. village on Thursday. Heather, Charlotte and Duane Brubacher of Clifford are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harper. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Coul- • ter and family attended the shower for Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Coulter in the Agri- cultural Hall, Listowel, on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bower Far- rish spent last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Farrish and all attended the 57th wedding anniversary, cele- bration for their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Farrish; on Saturday. Fred Coulter is spending a few days with his: daughter, Mrs. Melvin Omand of Listowel, and other friends. THE FAMOUS PEOPLE PLAYERS TROUPE entertained a capacity crowd at the Goderich High School last Saturday evening. The production was sponsored. bythe.Goderich and District Association for Mentally Retarded and the Goderich and IDI' t ct Pro -Life group. Pictured here are three members of the troupe, Renato Amin, Brenda Woods and Benny D'Onofrio. The group are experts at entertaining with black light and fluorescent puppets. Fcn�us People Players delight Goderich crowd By Margaret Arbuckle Area residents who at- tended the:Iperformance by the renowned Famous People Players Saturday evening ,,in' Goderich were delighted and awed by the show. The Toronto-based group is a . troupe,of 12• -artists --who' rn nipulate life-size puppets and props covered with fluorescent, pa i nt which are seen under ultraviolet • or -buck;'li 0. Although s`Aei r>=tgst members of the group ;.4.-e mentally handicapped; ' their work is respected and admired by performers the world over., These people are hard - 'Small flings' theme of Bluevale WMS. meeting BLUEVALE — "I will love Proverbs r entioning ants Thee, 0 Lord, my strength" was the poem read by Mrs. G. ,Colley to open the June 3 meeting of the Women's Missionary Society of Knox Presbyterian Church. A hymn was sung and Mrs. Keith r ' Moffat- read the , scripture from St. Matthew. 'two piano solos were performed by Susan Elston and Sandra Moffat. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary and approved. Fifteen members and one guest answered the roll call with a verse mentioning the word "Love". • Mrs. Ross Gray gave the treasurer's report, followed by the offering with a'forayer by the president. An invitation has been extended by the Belmore WMS to join them for their meeting on June 24: Mrs. Jack Jenkins in- troduced the, special guest, Mrs. John Bell of Whitechurch. She spokof the importance of "small things" and read from Couple celebrates 57th anniversary GORRIE — Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Farrish of Gorrie entertained their families on the occasion of their 57th wedding anniversary at a dinner in the Gorrie United Church on Saturday, May 30. The tables were decorated with white lilacs, yellow tulips and blue forget-me- nots. Unit Two of the United Church Women catered. Among those attending were Mrs. Rebena Hastie of Mouht Forest; Mr, and Mrs. John Allesand and Mrs. Myrtle Long of Holstein; Mr. and Mrs. Redvers Pinder and Mrs. Elizabeth Bunston of Mount Forest; Mr. and Mrs. Bow Farrish of North Bay; M and Mrs. David Be f Toronto;Mr. and Mrs. Dick Thacker and Shawn of London; Mrs. Mame Currie and Mr. and _ Mrs. Don Leader of Wingham; Mr. and Mrs. George Adams of Wroxeter and Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Farrish of Gorrie. Johnston Farrish of Kelowna B. B., Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Robb of Goderich and Mrs. Wilfred Farrish were unable to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Farrish are Both quite well and have had a wonderful life together. badgers, spiuers and locusts. "Do wesee potential in the small,things around us?" Jesus and His disciples were teaching; preaching and healing. What is it about this faith that sets it above all, other? Jesus was eating with sinners, ordinary fishermen, tax collectors, Samaritans and prostitutes. 'He saw beyond their 'clothes and sees potential in us now as He did long ago. Some of the best pastors and teachers have come from small churches. Some ministers had six services a week and walked many miles. Reactidti, com- mitment, responsibilty and hope were thingsthey 'all knew about. The duty of - every Christian 'is to , witness wherever he is needed. ' Everyone has a missionary task at home,. in the missionary circle; the Sunday School and to pupils and`eongregation. • The reward is more work for Christ. Great is His love for each:one of us. Mrs. Moffat thanked Mrs. • Bell for her inspiring message Mrs. Golley thanked Mrs. Moffat for inviting the group to her horne..A hymn and a prayer closed the meeting. Mrs. Moffat and Mrs. Wal- ker served lunch. Many people hear talk on abortion About 150 people gathered at F. E. Madill Secondary, School last Thursday evening to hear a very moving speech by Mrs. Tanya Hughson of Calgary, president and co-founder of IHAA (I Had An Abortion) . The meeting was sponsored by the Wingham Voice for Life. Mrs. Hughson told of her experience as a teenager, when she had an abortion without being told the truth about abortions or being given any alternatives. She said she was not treated as a person and was given distorted information, such as that no one ever dies from an abortion although they may from childbirth. . ' She said the fettis was referred to as tissue and not a human being. She was not given an anesthetic and was told it would be a 15 -minute operation; in her case it lasted 21/2 hours. After the abortion she • . needed someone to talk to, but did not have anyone. She suffered from depression, guilt and was under. psychiatric treatment. She said man} girls suffer these symptoms of distress and are afraid to face up to their feelings Now Mrs Hughson talks to girls who want abortions. She tries to give them all the facts and alternatives, she said. If they still want' an abortion, she will be there so they will have someone to talk to when it is over. She said if girls were given all the true infprmation and alternatives and the listening ear of someone who has been there, 90 per cent of them would not go through with the abortion., The talk was follbwed by a question period.. Anyone who wants to contact Mrs. Hughson is invited to write to her care of itHAA, 964 Marpole Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta working and highly -trained experts who spend hour after hour perfecting their craft. Before Saturday evening's performance, three mem- bers of the Famous People Players talked about the. group and explained what it is like to work with black light. Brenda Woods, a 27 -year- old Toronto -native, said she was approached by the group's founder and artistic ' director, Dianne Dupuy, to join the company.. Miss Woods explained that while onstage during a performance, the puppeteers cannot see anything, not even each other, therefore their movements must be precise to prevent any. ac- „ c•i dents or slip-ups. Benny L)'Onofrio. 25, re- ported the group has. per- formed all across Canada, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Lake Tahoe and even in Las Vegas. Renato Marulli, 27, of Toronto. demonstrated what the Famous People Players • wear for a •performance. Each puppeteer is, dressed from head to'fioe in a black velvet suit which has only a small screen of black net for the eyes. They said that the group's artistic director. Ms. Dupuy. comes up with the original idea for a character or story enactment and then it .is arranged. 1t often takes severalCnonths for an act to be perfected for the stage. • The Famous People Play- ers have met with and have been • enthusiastically received by many of the per- formers they portray. Among the performers they •have actually met are Anne Murray, Tony Orlando, . Leslie Nielsen Lorne Green and •Liberace, the group's.. mentor,who has had the 'group appear with hire at the O'Keefe Centre, at hake .Tahoe,and at other engagements. , , At Goderich the troupe performed highlights from the "Carnival of the Anima - Is" by Camille Saint-Saens • and verse by Ogden Nash, as well as "Sendin the Clowns • arranged by John Arpin'and "Concertino for Clarigan and •.Orchestra" composed ,by Andre Gagnon. After a brief intermission • the Famous People• Players portrayed Liza Minelli, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Anne Murray, Barbra Streisand and Liberace, using life-size puppets, some weighing over 100 pounds. „ After three curtain calls, the capacity 'crowd of over 9451 was invited to the high t school cafeteria for coffee. s The special evening of c entertainment was spon- t sored by the Goderich and b District Association for the a Mentally Retarded and the Goderich and District Pro- t Life in conjunction with the United Nations •1981 Year of g the Disabled. The Winghain Advance -Times, .Jtine By Murray Vision, MPP ONTARIO Ii'iri)ftf y Ontario Hydro has' been given the go-ahead by :. minister of energy for i Jong -delayed plans for high-power trans n fission line to carry electricit1 fropi the Bruce nuclear generating complex across the farm- land of, Southwestern On tario. Last December, the minister had called a halt to the planning process-. On Jeune 3,, Ontario Hydro released a report examining six options for delivering power' from the Bruce nuclear power complex and improving the power supply capability in Southwestern Ontario. • Besides providing the means to deliver the future power production the Bruce 'B' Station to major centres in Ontario and im- prove supply to South- western Ontario, the al-• ternatives also take into account Hydro's intercon- nection capability with American utilities. Hydro is not recoatrending any of the six alternatives at this time, but is seeking public discussion and com- ment on the proposals bet- ween now and the fall. After the public discussion period is completed this fall, Hydro will prepare . environmental assessment, documents re- commending a preferred alternative. These docu- ments then will be submitted to the minister of the en- vironment for hearings. starting in January, 1982. The line is to be in operation by 1988. ONTARIO AGRICULTURE An Ontario program set up six • years ago to underwrite $25 .million in young farmers' loans has used only One-third of .its budget because most farmers in financial. trouble don't know about it or qualify for it. Although the minister of agriculture often uses the, program as. an example of how the province helps out farmers facing bankruptcy, only nineteen farmers have had their,• loans guuaranteed in the past'two years under the Ontario Young Farmers' Credit Program. On June 4, I attended a Toronto meeting of the On- tario Federation of Agricul ture on the topic of farm' economic , problems, at which farmers protested that • •they Cannot. compete with Quebec farmers who re- ceive much more financial assistance from their pro-, vincial government. They urged Ontario government officials to provide Ontario farmers with relief. The OFA proposed a three- point program. designed to remedy agriculture's cur- rent' economic situation. In he short' term, the OFA is eeking'a suspension of fore- losures and forced liquida- ions by having cases heard y an independent review gency before foreclosure may be exercised. On a long- erm basis, the OFA pro- poses that the provincial overnment reinstate the unior Farmer,. Establish- ment I OFA's fora provi the asststance pr it is guarantee that a intermed iat " ileal risers will be cover> Remarks " made Premier Davis at ane ing *nenuomng ' producpM,Of ,pori,'a� had it in ltheir;POO power 1 • their own solution to market troblems, seemed fes f est that he ver• 4tr tction; of ma*ting- 'bot rffa t1f1 ': industriesa meetifig'alo was attended 'by ' Peril' Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan, who mentioned that• interest Pa .ft,��� �y f mers .:to ; th Corporation were i • posed for ap to three • beforeae SOLICr ESTIMATES The opposition) rternhersof the Justice Coittee coon- ; tinue to probe thettiOettlief, fire marshall:siini the pro- blems of Ontario. Although a program- haS been esta- kilfshed by which the fire marshall is responsible for all safety rneasurdas, `no pro visions have been made ►+et•. by the"fire marsh l�for the` funding required td increa'se"t and train thehst dff ids= RENT CONTROL The Ministry of Crinswner and Commercial Relations` indicates that the reeen" Supreme Court of, Canada, decision, declaring certain provisions of Ontario's 'Rest,' dential Tenancies Act uncon- stitutional, will not affect the rent control provisions of the Residentiaj Tenancies Act. ' Under the rent control pro- visions of the Act, landlordi. are limited to one. rent in-; crease per year-, on individual rental units, regardless of amount. In addition, they can charge only up to a six per cent increase, -unless they have recent approval from the `Residential Tenancy Commission for a higher increase. RETAIL SALES TAX The temporaryretail sales tax program intrbducedlast fall v ill•expire'June 30;1981, - as scheduled. This program provided retail sales tax exemptions on ' certain building,materials, furniture and major appliances, and a rebate of sales tax paid on ' purchases of light trucks and vans. As announced in' the treasurer's 1981 budget, the delivery period for house- hold ousehold furniture will be ex- tended to September 30,1981. Delivery period for all other categories under the pro- gram will remain • un- changed. OTHER MATTERS Legislation overhauling the Ontario Human Rights Code has been given second reading, and is now betel$ the committee for clause$y= clause study. Under new legislation, On- tario workers !aid off in plant shutdowns will receive a week's severance pay for every year of service. Employees with five years' service will apparently be eligible for severance pay up. to half a year's salary. The legislation will apply only to companies with 50 or more employees. SURVEYORS—Bradley Campbell, Peter Strong and Clint Pewtress used rudi- mentary instruments to survey a field during a two-day field trip by Grade 8 stu- dents from Turnberry Central last week. In addition to the adventure of sleeping in .the open and cooking Aver a campfire, the students spent time learning the fundamentals of surveying, stream and tree measurement and other nature and plant studies. The students spent Thursday and Friday at the Harold Quinn farm in East Wawanosh, camping out In his bush Thursday night • Mrs. J. Kerr hostess for ACW meeting The June meeting of St. Paul's Anglican Church Women was held at the home of Mrs. Joe Kerr with 15 in attendance. President Mrs. Alvin Higgins opened the meeting with prayer and Mrs. Jack King reported on the spring deanery meeting held in Seaforth June 2. Mrs. Helen Curzon had charge of the topic. She chose as her subject "Fear" and showed'h'ow man tries to rid himself of fear. "We must learn to put our ab- solute trust in God for God is oulr refuge," she said. Mrs. King read appropriate passages of scripture. Roll call was answered with a Bible verse containing the word, "broken". Mrs. Higgins read an interesting article about St. Paul's Cathedral where Prince Charles will marry Lady Diana Spencer. The meeting closed with prayer and the hostess served lunch I, A social time was enjoyed by all