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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-11-18, Page 164 Fac, 16A _ THE,HURQN EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 18, 1987 Mitt knitters needed for unfortunate children collecting and distributing toys, clothes Bureau offers the opportunity to select a • organization made up of wives of Optimist, and food to children and families who need suitable gift and a new piece of clothing for club members. help with Christmas is what Family and ' their child(ren) through a private conflden- The Opti -Mrs. are responsible for a drop Children Services (FCS) is all about. ' tial service:, As well, families are offered ' off location for donations for the less for- Once again FCS is operating the canned goods and staples to. help with tunate children and families, -and also for Christmas • Bureau though a network of Christmas dinner. Also during the year the "the distribution of wool and patterns for the volunteer groups and individuals across the county. This centralized service for families began more than 25 years ago to provide ' consistency and confidentiality to families and to avoid duplication in services. The Christmas Bureau is operated in the five major county towns of Clinton, Exeter, Goderich, Wingham and Seaforth. It is a location where people drop off donations for chiR1Fen and fanlike who may be less for-, tunate than themselves at Christmas: Since it is often difficult for parents to ad- mit they cannot provide the extras for their children at this special time of the year, the FCS provides wool for volunteers to knit mittens so children can have warm hands on cold winter days. The 1987 bureau is coordinated by Pauline Lingard of Grand Bend who oversees the total program and provides consultation for local groups in order that there is some uniformity of service of families in the coun- ty. Last year Huron County Christmas. Bureau die rtu eddonated-items to more than 300 families. Mote locally the Seaforth branch of the Christnias Bureau is being manned, for the second year, by the Seaforth Opti -Mrs., an mittens. Anyone wishing to donate some time to knit these much needed items is urg- ed to pick up the wool and a pattern at the Sewing Centre. Two pairs of mittens are given to each child and last year more than 600 pairs were distributed.. In Seaforth donations of money, gifts, clothing, food and even wrapping paper to be used by the Christmas bureau, will bQac- cepted from 10 a.m to 4, p.m. at the Optimist Hall during the week of December 7 to December 11. For further information contact Leona Scott at 527-1805. Book chronicles chamber's history The Brodhagen Chamber of Commerce The Mitchell Advocate and the Huron Ex- The Brodhagen C of C commissioned to marked 30 years in existence this year, and positer also provided some • basis for have this limited edition (250 copies) written a book chronicling the chamber's past is research but since both papers only have " for "a sense of history and what they have now available. their negatives from eight or nine years. ago • done," she said. Researched and written by Mary Jane the information was limited, said Mrs. As for the author's reward, shesaid she Schuessler, a freelance writer for the_Strat- Schuessler . got "the_aatisfaction_of_having .recorded_ ford Beacon Herald and a long-time The Beacon Herald has all of its negatives . local history." She said it's enjoyable to do a Brodhagen resident,the book is titled „ since 1944 and the London Free Press since history of people still living who can tell you Chamber of Commerce 30th 1938 and were able to provide Mrs. about it. Anniversary". • Schuessler with several old photos. Remembering the people Mrs. Schuessler • Mrs. Schuessler said she was approached As part of her research, Mrs. Schuessler in the spring by the Chamber of Commerce said she spent .a number of hours going to author this book and it was decided then through microfilm in the Stratford •library that pictures were preferred. The nine by 12 searching for photos. inch book contains approximatley 40 "Some days were great, I'd find two or photographs. • •three photos," she recalled, "but other Mrs. Schuessler immediately set about times I wouldn't find anything." finding pictures of C of C events over the In . addition to researching .the , book's past 30 years. She went to the Mitchell Ar- photos Mrs. Schuessler also' reseached the chives where Geraldine Siemon showed her book's text. Fortunately, it was basically a a donated scrapbook on the chamber. matter of expanding a previous text. Next she contacted local resident Bertie "I had already written a feature (basic Tubb who keeps several scrapbooks of , research) on the chamber two years ago so I newspaper clippings and was able to look just had to do a lot more checking," she through her books for pictures. explained. . "� Mfr. '�� - 5�•.,,„,.. , . ,'�:;a A t4"Y"i,A OPEN HOUSE - Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm there was an open house at the Seaforth and District Community Centres to help raise money for Seaforth Minor Hockey. Susan Halfpenny had a.lot of tupperware she was trying to sell to Janice Verschuere, while Amanda Verschuere and Tanya Hopper found some plastics that interested them. Also on sale at the event were books and make-up. Mrs. Halfpenny said sales were going very well and they made $200 in the first hour. Minor hockey got 15 per cent of the, money from the sales. Corbett photo. PUC had talked to for the book's purpose since her research began she said people have been helpful in trying to recall. She adds that it helps to have lived here a while and to be able to associate names with faces, Mrs. Schuessler and her family have lived in Brodhagen for the past 16 years. Education thrust -thwarts AIDS Huron County has been spared the rapid spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syn- drome (AIDS); county council was informed at its regular November session. - The statement was included in a report of the county's medical 'officer of health, Dr. Maarten Bokhout, which was included in the monthly report of the Huron County Board of Health. Dr. Bokhout was out of town and unable to attend the meeting, but his report expressed hype that an effective education campaign will minimize the spread of AIDS: The report pointed to recent provincial legislation which makes AIDS education mandatory in schools and the Huron County Health Unit is attempting to. work with both the Huron County Board of Education and the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board in meeting the requirements of this legislation. Worldwide,, the report said, it is an- ticipated that approximately a million or more people will die from the disease in the next several years and in Ontario, a few thousand people are expected to get the disease 'within,•the •next five • to eight years before the epidemic may abate,. This would depend on public education and the presumed introduction of a protec- tive vaccine, the report adds. However, significant improvement in the situation is not anticipated until the early or mid-1990s at the earliest. Closer to home, Huron County to date has had only three exposures to the AIDS virus, two of which have resulted in death, Dr. Bokhout states in his report. At the present time, only one person in the county isrknown to have been exposed to the virus, but is not now suffering from AIDS. • from page 3 ment will appear in a water safety magazine. There are new lights on Goderich Street East. The old six foot florescent lights have been replaced by 150 watt high pressure sodium lights. The new lights cost $173 each for the total fixture and bulbs, but are much brighter than the old ones. There are cur- rently 17 lights in, stretching from the Main corner east to Centennial Drive, but the town of Seaforth is looking into replacing lights on the rest of Goderich Street in the near future. NEW CHAIRMAN Gord Pullman has been chosen as the new Chairman of the commission fbr 1988. When the issue came up of who would take over the commission at the meeting in December Jim Sills admitted he had some reservations about the mayor being chair- man, and Mr. Ross said he didn't want to be chairman for a second year. Mr. Pullman was nominated by Mr. Sills as the chairman for 1988. That nomination was seconded by Mr. Ross. "You've done a good job as chairman and SHOE REPAIRS Heel Lifts $5.25 Clothing Repairs & Alterations 6 Main St., Seaforth 527-0055 IMAGE SHOPPING DAYS IN SEAFORTH TILL CHRISTMAS we've had no problems, but we would have been leaving ourselves wide open to pro- blems if you stayed on another year,” said Mr. Silas to ex -chairman Ross. None of the commission members know of, any other PUC that has had the mayor as Seaforth receives $16, The Town of Seaforth has received $16,910 as first payment for the' construc- tion of sanitary sewer modifications and additional treatment capacity, Environ- ment Minister Jim Bradley and the lion. Seaforth wants from page 3 "This includes the cost of the "rebate" back to themselves, so in effect the reduc- tion is not actually 45 per cent .of expen- diture for county roads, but includes 45 per cent of county contribution for urban roads as well. Therefore, the true rate of reduce - tion to urban municipalities is less than 45 per cent, because the urban municipalities chairman, but all agree things went well in Seaforth. "As. chairman I've always made decisions • with only the commission in mind and will. continue to do so as a member of the com- mission," said Mr. Ross. 910 for sewage works Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron, announced today. The money is part of an estimated $1,184,000 grant as a provincial contribu- tion towards the estimated 1,562,000 total cost of the project. 24 per cent are charged 34.59 per cent of the 45 per cent rebate," said the letter. "If County Council did finally adopt(the recommendation to decrease urban road funding) the action would deeply hurt the road system in the urban municipalities by decreasing their funding," the brief con- cluded, urging the Road Committee to reconsider its recommendation. SEAFORTH'S GREAT CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE SHOP SEAFORTH THIS CHRISTMAS •We the busraesa people In Oowntbein . Seaforth have a challenge for you this Christmas. •bo ALL, your shopping fn Seaforth this Christmas Season, and In retu'm, we'11 do the beet we canon PRICES enc provide' yOu with the best SERVICE going. •We can help you find the perfect got. right here rn Seaforlhll DOWNTOWN SEAFORTH 80 BUSINESSES DEDICATED T6 tERYIN6 YOU' SANTA CLAUS PARADE FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 4 LET SEAFORTH'S DOWN'OWN BUSINESSES SEND YOU ON A TRIP TO' 4111p has riocsah varud .hip must be akin by dvhe 1, loss •Oraw Id tido) piaci Thunder, Oso R4 TWO TRIPS. 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