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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
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make
as
many
dollars
Let
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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