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Cranbrook
church holds
anniversary
service
Clrambreak Cermapossiest
Mita. MAC ENGEL
its
There was good attendance at the
125th anniversary of Knox Pres-
byterian Church, Cranbook on
October 21
Reverend Rodger Mc Each=
was quest nunistu and his sermon
"'line Supreme Charge" was both
enlighscning and entertaining.
A quartet trap Atwood, Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Horton and Mr. and
Mn. Harold Smith provided special
music which was greatly enjoyed.
Altogether it was a rewarding ser-
vice. Lunch was saved.
The Strickler families all got
together for a Thanksgiving dinner
on October 21 along with the
Adams families, at the home of
Ralph and Sheila Adams of At-
wood. Everyone was present.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cotton spent
the weekend in Alliston with Angus
and Mrs. Starr.
Mrs. Mac Engel accompanied
Dorothy Sholdice and her daughter
Sandra to Hamilton on October 20
where they were guests at the
Miller -Keys wedding at Barton
Stone United Church.
ALL ABOARD! - Seatorth Preschool children had the chance to climb aboard the tire trucks at Seatorth
Fire Hall during a tour, October 26 From lett to right: Carmen Carr>ochan; Denise Camochan; Costa
Ford; Jaclyn Hulley; Kelly Jewitt, and, Kendal Camoc han. Oxford photo.
Compost • from page 3
VanderMolen objected to sugges-
tions that the project be opened for
bidding, saying that he does not
want to put hours of work into the
project, with no return only to find
that someone else receives the
leaves next year.
Committee member Eileen Palmer
refused to consider the profits of
the project as an issue.
"How much of that onus is on the
Town of Goderich?" asked Palmer.
"I ay none."
Hunter said that approximately
one-quarter of the Godench's leaves
have been collected by gown
employees this fall. They are cur-
rently being dumped in the Optimist
Park, the old landfill site.
C ,MPOSTING ENCOURAGED
In most cases, municipalities are
Id to dispose of the leaves, so long
Walton couple celebrates 40th anniversary
of green plants, giving the hall a
ver; festive look.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Attending the 51st Annual Con-
vention, October 25, October 26
from the Walton Women's Institute
were Helen Craig, Marion Godkin,
Ruth Axtmann, Marjorie
Humphries, Margery Huether and
Betty McCall. The Guelph Area
Convention was held at the Elma
Recreation Centre, Atwood with the
theme, "Broaden your Horizons".
There were 370 ladies in attendance
Walton Correspondent
MRS. BETTY McCALL
887-6677
An enjoyable day was held on
Sunday, October 28, 1990 at the
Walton Hall, where friends and
family gathered to celebrate Ken
and Leona McDonald's 40th Wed-
ding Anniversary. The family
gathered at noon to enjoy a
delicious meal and presented Ken
and Leona with many beautiful
gifts. Jo Ann McDonald composed
and read an address to the couple in
honour of the happy occasion.
An open house was then held
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and over
100 people came to congratulate
Ken and Leona. A most pleasant
surprise for them was the arrival of
the son, Neil from Vancouver and
daughter Karen and children,
Michael and Kendra, from Calgary.
A buffet lunch was set up and the
hall was decorated in wine, silver
and white, with a lovely assortment
as there is no evironmencal impact,"
says Bye. "We encourage them to
use the leaves as compost."
Leaves collected by the Town of
Goderich won't be of use to the
composting team this fall, Vander -
Moles said in a recent interview.
He says that by the time they find
a site to set up composting, it will
be too late to start the composting
project.
on Sunday
during the two days.
Congratulations to area couple,
Ken and Leona McDonald who
celebrated their 40th Wedding An-
niversary on Sunday at the Walton
Hall.
The Walton Area Sports commit-
tee held its October meeting when
plans for a Variety night was set for
November 16 at 8 p.m., dancing to
follow at 10 p.m. Ladies please
bring lunch. Donations will go to
the Walton Area Sports. Come out
and support your ball park.
St. Columban baby baptized guest: attend ceremony
St. Columban Correspondent
MRS. CECILIA RYAN
345-2028
Kimberly Marlene Murray, infant
daughter of Neil and Glenda Mur-
ray was baptized on Friday evening
October 26 at St. Columban
Catholic Church by Father Joseph
Hardy.
Kimberly's godparents are Grant
and Mary Little.
Guests attending the baptismal
ceremony and with Glenda and Neil
at their home were Kimberly's
grandparents, Tom and Maddie
Murray and Pete and Mary Connol-
ly of Seaforth; Kimberly's brother
Brad, sisters Mandy, Leanne and
Heather; Georgina Little, London;
Dave and Marilyn Wylie and Derek
of Kitchener; Allan and Mary Lou
Murray and Andrea; Mark and Joan
Crosbie, get with it
• from page 2
Crosbie seems to have as-
sumed that the difference was all
government handout.
Did he forget that in countries
such as Chile and Argentina, a man
will work all day for six dollars,
and consider himself privileged,
whereas in Canada, we have a
minimum wage law? Did he forget
that this figure includes the $850
million annual Crow Rate subsidy
that has paid railway workers and
supported the national railways for
all these years, while making
western grain cheaper when it com-
petes in Ontario? Come on, Mr.
Crosbie, get with it!
At the October meeting of the
OFA, the directors unanimously and
enthusiastically passed a resolution
censuring Mr. Crosbie for his rash
and uninformed words.
John Crosbie wouldn't even have
been in the running at a contest
held during Agri -food Week at the
Sunset Mall in Goderich. To
heighten the consumer's awareness
of food production, the Huron
County Federation of Agriculture
(HCFA) collected more than 250
guesses from mall shoppers as to
what the farmer actually received
for the Ontario grown produce in a
S50 food basket.
The foods in this basket listed
with their supermarket value
included: a 4.5 lb. sirloin tip roast
($19.49); a 2.5 Ib. chicken ($7.18);
2 Ib. of dry white beans (S 1.79);
1.35 kg. oatmeal (S2.59); 10 Ib.
potatoes ($1.99); 2 loaves white
bread (St .78); 400 g. corn flakes
($2.99); 1 litre milk ($1.59); 1
dozen eggs ($1.38); 3 ib. apples
($2.39); 900 g. dry spaghetti
($1.19); 3 cans of mushrooms
($2.97); 2 cans tomato soup
($129); 2 cans cream corn ($1.38).
To avoid the hours of home num-
ber crunching and calculation
needed to pick the winner, the
HCFA turned the problem over to
Cecil Bradley's research crew and
their computers at the OFA office
in Toronto. Thew figures. hot off
the press, are the most up-to-date
valuation of what the farmer
receives for the exact quantities of
food in this grocery package.
On the $50 basket of groceries,
the total amount received at the
farm gate was $11.30 for pmducing
Murray and Janette; Father Hardy
and Grant and Mary Little and
Beuy of Seaforth.
Mary Moylan spent several days
last week with her daughter and
son-in-law, Catherine and Janos
Janossy of Walkerton.
Jim and Pat Subject, Came, Ryan,
Jeff and Nathan Subject of
Kitchener, John and Mary Jo Nel-
son of Lucknow, Gerry and Karen
Ryan. Jason, Amanda and Jeremy
and Debbie Core visited on Sunday
with Cecilia and Mark Ryan.
Sympathy from the community to
Claire Murray and Jack and Fran
Malone on the death of their
brother Jim Malone on Saturday.
Melodee and Caitlin Black of
Fergus spent a few days last week
with their grandparents Ab and
Eileen Cronin.
the food. The breakdown is as
follows: beef, $3.85; chicken,
$1.40; beans, $0.50; oatmeal, $0.15;
potatoes, $0.40; bread, $0.24; corn
flakes, $0.05; milk, $0.54; eggs,
$1.20; apples, $1.25; spaghetti,
$0.13; mushrooms, $1.00; tomato
soup, $0.26; cream corn, $0.09.
Read 'em and weep, folks!
The exact amount was guessed by
Donelda Brindley of Goderich, and
our OFA Fieldman, Blaine Stephen-
son delivered the food basket to her
home last week, along with our
congratulations for her astuteness.
Perhaps some of you listen to the
CBC radio's Double Exposure show
on Sundays, and caught their
parody of John Crosby's song to
the Canadian farmers in which he
tells them to quit whining and take
back those combines - the banks
own them anyway, and he sings,
"we don't need your food - there's
food at the IGA". I wish they'd
tape that and sell it it was well
done. It would also be some
concrete words for Mr. Crosbie to
eat when he becomes enlightened.
About that grandmother who leads
the OFA; last month, Bob and
Brigid Pyke of Wolfe Island were
overjoyed to welcome their first
grandchild - a little boy. Hard on
the heels of this announcement
came Brigid's resignation as the
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
President of the OFA, effective at
the November convention. She said
that she'd enjoyed four good years
leading the group, preceded by
years of participation in other OFA
positions. When accused of
slowing down, she replied, "I still
water ski".
I'm glad that I've had the oppor-
tunity to be involved for a year
while she was the OFA President. I
know there are many excellent
people in the organization to take
her place, but she was a class act,
and has made a major impact on
the industry.
See clearly for a change
Dew Editor:
In her "Just 'Thinking " colwiui
("Agree with school board
decision," October 24) Scirrhi Ox-
ford writes that she doesn't believe
in effective methods of bate control
as a solution to the problems of
misery and poverty that afflict more
than 97 pa cent of the population
in the so-called Third World,
especially Latin America. Ms. Ox-
ford implies by her opposition to
Planned Parenthood that she will do
what she can to prevent these
fly poor people from ob-
taining information that would
enable them to limit the number of
children they produce; to have only
Activists
• from page 2
three
If you are still in doubt, try stan-
ding at my door, when
darkness begins to fall and see how
many homeless come to call.
How about you - did you help an
animal to -day - oh sorry
but I'm busy writing notes you say.
Some never miss a chance to con-
demn without the given facts,
How proud you must be of that.
P.M. Reid
Rodeo
as $crony as erre c+M Fvtdir Its
adequatrAy 111110011 of lh
breed Wm siedais rabbits.
The countries of Lade America, a
revue of the world in which I bite
travelled and lived for 22 mond*.
have the highest bath rakes and too
worst poverty in the world. Is dice
a wimeczon txstwcxri the two? Of
course chore is even it Ms. Oxford
says she is unable w see an over-
populauon problem in those
countries. P+erttaps she ought to
remove her rose-colored glomes and
see clearly for a change.
Most of the unfortunate people
living south of the Rio Grande are
oppressed by authoritarian political
and religious institutions where they
live. In recent years increasing
democracy and declining birth rates
in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin
America indicate that more and
more people there no longer allow
the church to intimidate and
fnghten them. The poor people of
the Third World do not need nor do
they want fatuous advice from a
misguided, muddleheaded and im-
mature Lady Bountiful in Canada
advocating policies designed to
keep these wretched people and
their descendents perpetually sick,
hungry, barefoot, ignorant and
pregnant every year.
Just thinking indeed!
Paul Copeland
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Elementary School was discussed
by 100 Huron County teachers
attending their annual convention in
Clinton Public School.
Ian Fraser, head of the english
department at Central Huron Secon-
dary School stressed the necessity
to improve the reading and writing
skills of students. "We are indeed
changing our methods of
education," he said, "but there is
nothing new under the sun - the
three R's are still the most impor-
tant part of our education. The key
to learning, and indeed to the very
survival of our young students, is a
good understanding of English.
Dropouts in secondary schools are
largely due to a lack of reading and
writing skills. We must make our
students omnivorous readers if they
are to prepare themselves for the
future. Automation is so changing
our world that we are preparing our
students for jobs that don't even
exist today.
SUNDAY
NOV. 4
Noon
till
5:00
lousbe
OWCHRISTMAS
Tree Ornaments
OFF and fights
TAKE TIME and REMEMBER
ANNUAL CHURCH PARADE
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Will procood to Cenotaph at 10 20 for laying of wreaths and poppies Will than
proceed to Northside United Church for services
POPPY DAY CANVAS -SUNDAY, NOV. 41:00 PM
iN SEAFORTH AND DISTRICT
W. encourage and appreciate tite support of Legion members in carrying
out the canoe
The Support of the Public For These Annual
Events Will be Appreciated
SEAFORTH BRANCH 156
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
President Gordon De Jong Poppy Chairmen Bob Watson
CIJ gaff
tee. a.
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