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Likeria?!is a sniall,,Optintry in western
AfriOC'tk:degrees hOtketilhe equator
350 miles of AtiafitiO0eahh coastline. ft
Ma* 41hketrfee'are: based on rubber,
atlritlliture*li iron ore. Liberia is Afrzca's
largest. rubber producing coun
other,parts,af Afrlca there s little starva-
tion ;titte,ftkiattiral cainiees^encl:lbe Mein
staple is'40.1040and wetland rice. People
in the countryside can be reasonably self
supporting Like most of the world's cities
there'are9itunierous poor people from the
countryside „looking for a better life that
isn't.neeesSerilly there for them in Liberia's
cities, Liberia has a population of ^2.5
millionand 50 per cent of Liberians are
under 25 years of age.
Liberia is the oldest rspu')i m Africa.
Under the American Colonization Society
freed American slaves were I sent to the
African country to establish a colony in.
1821. In 1822 the director of the colony,
Jehudi Ashmtm, became the founder of the'
colony and named the colony Liberia,
liberated slaves, in 1824. Its main settle-
ment and now capital city was named
Monrovia after 11,S. president Monro.
Liberia's first nonwhite governor Joseph
Roberts proclaimed independence in 1847
and Afro-Americans continued to im-
migrate to Liberia until 1865. Liberia ex-
panded its 'boundaries and worked to end
the illegal slave trade on Africa's west
coast.
In 1926, unable to pay its loans, Liberia
granted 'a 1,000,000 acre lease to the
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company for a
$5,900,000 loan to pay off its foreign debt.
The loan further taxed the country and in
1931 the Liberian government resigned
after a League of Nations investigation into
charges of forced labour and slavery ac-
tivities. The new Liberian government then
negotiated a new arrangentefir with
Firestone.
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Today in Liberia Afro-Aniericans make
up 20 to,25 per cenrof the• population, the
rest being Africans belonging, to tribes of
one of three major language groups. There
is political instability between the two
groups of Liberians and today there is
trouble between the government and
rebels. Knowing this didn't deter Mr.
Jewitt from going to Liberia to teach and •
learn what he could about a Third World'.
nation.
WILLIAM O'SHEA
William Leslie O'Shea of Seaforth died
on Monday, May 21 at the Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital. He was 68.
Mr. O'Shea was predeceased by his wife,
the former Shirley Oldfield, in 1989.
Surviving are a daughter Nancy and hus-
band Jeff Moses, of Toronto; a son
William Jr. and wife Brenda, of London;
and a grandchild, Emery Moses. He is also
survived by a sister, Mrs.. Harvey (Irene)
O'Reilly, of Ottawa.
Friends were received at the Ball and
BACK FROM 'AFRICA - Gary JeWitt, past
Principal for' Seaforth and Walton public
schools, taught in the wast African country
of Liberia for seven weeks last winter. He's
glad to be home in Clinton, but would love
to go on another teaching tour. Oxford Photo.
At the airport, ih the •capital city of
Monrovia, the Canadian teachers were met
by officers of the "Istatienal., Teachers.'
Association of Liberia. The canad)aii
the"teliiii Of'Haligtait Jr?
teacheis„spent the mitt ilk: hi
the coastal pity of It( hes'
in an area of tropical rain' forests and
jungle. Although Kakata is in a remote
area its location is central for Liberia.
The seven Canadian teachers lived in
three houses that had furniture, television
and air conditioning. There wasn't working
plumbing and water was carried in by the
house boys. The electricity didn't always
work and sometimes the Canadians had to
use candles for light.
Five days a week the Canadian teachers
Falconer Funeral Home, Box Chapel,
Seaforth on Tuesday, May 22 with a
private family service held on Wednesday.
Burial at Maitlandbank Cernetery.
As expressions of sympathyi- donations
may be made to the. Canadian Cancer
Society.
' ELIZABETH KNEESHAW
Mrs. Elizabeth Kneeshaw of Fairview
Ave., London and formerly of Seaforth died
on Friday, May 25 at Victoria Hospital,
London. She was 73.
Born in McKillop Township on May 29,
1916, she was the (laughter of the late John
A. Howes and the former Maude Hart.
Surviving ,are her husband, Ernest; son
William of London and a daughter, Bren-
da Barfoot. 'of London. She is also surviv-
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a, alictlioneekeeping Depertnlenteladiheir usliat-htekef co-operation from the weather,
m10 9111:theNiethria DaY Weekend kid 1.7044011 to raise approximately 9A00.00 for the
Hospital F,4141fahaleld. It seems that is wherkthe'sliffieulties endedthougb, as again this
Srear we were overwheltdedbY the time and effort put forth by friends of the hospital staff;
their families and patientii. Theyloaned, lifted, aortedibaked add Wets much needed !moral
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With.' the inilitary.4.Merleel:are groupsng Liberia ;With foreign Au an
aid: Mr! Jewitt414i
;!.crogr" people working from,the Red
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Many of the Liberian principals are also
preachers in their 440. A larngCntuaber
QUA e_0 leaCllarP, 0.99' Work On the TiihSei
plaii44901.;•A9111Q industrial coulhaideC'Wet
1w:hakes. anu Self*, for workers and
theirLihIldreken-!identation WW1
Not ail' of mk,..oikitr0 time was: spent
*thing and heattintanage to see some of
*4country on the' weekends. The Cana-
dian
teachers visited villages in the coun-
tryside And settlements :on plantations, He
wee -entertained by dancers moving to the
rhythm of drummers'. music. For three
days he visited the nearby country of Ivory
Coat. Moit *Oh in .Liberiais performed
manually and peoplfe carryiltings on their
Mr. Jewitt tried to make himself
even more useful by carrying things on his
head, but found it to be too difficult for
him.
He made lawny friends in Liberia and
has started a correspendence with some of
them. Some of his fietyfriends have ask-
ed for booksand paper and one man ask-
ed him for a dintiallarY,:Oneleacher has
asked that Mr. Jewitt'sponsor him while
going to a Canadianniversity, but the
sponsorship process is too expensive and
cumbersome. ^'
Mr. Jevidtt is else' in touch With his
fellow travelling teachers back in Canada.
He iS-workmg on a idaeliers' kit ,on Africa
for'use in NIFf.0 ;49044tY, sP49,1sa_,„ Mr'
,f0h,gicleriff&A Oro 49#111K„
AO; miteoprog,,I. ot. 0$110;' to
LibeCia, Bob CraWier- of sending one 15
ton container of:chinatee Okslo Liberia
at a 'shipping dpt of 45
If another.opportunity to tech in the
Third Word' were to come his way Mr.
Jewitt would take it. The experience was
valuable and will help him in the future
when teaching Huron County school
children about the Third World and
Liberia. In September Mr. Jewitt assumes
principal duties at Huron Centennial public
school in Brumfield.
ed by three grandchildren and a sister-in-
law, Jean Howes ,of Wingham.
Mrs. Kneeshaw was predeceased by a
brother, Wilmer and a sister, Bernice.
Friends were received at the Whitney-
Ribey Funeral Home, Seaforth on Monday,
May 28 where Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Burial in Maitlandbank
Cemetery.
FLORENCE AMY LOVE
Miss Florence Amy Love, formerly of
Walton, 'ed on Monday, May 28, 1990 at
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto.
Fimeral services WiP be held at the
Whitney-Hibey Funeral Home on Thursday,
May 31 at 1:30 p.m. Interment Brussels
Cemetery.
Full obituary details will follow next
week.
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Wmghant aridDistrict Hospital Corporation
Noticels hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Wingham and
District Hospital Corporation will be held in the Nursing Assistants Train-
ing C,entre, Catherine St., vvinghaini Ontario on Thursday, June 21, 1990,
at the hour of eight o'clock pon„ for the revision of bylaws; for the elec-
tion of Governors;ifOr tfigappointment of Auditors; and for the fran-
saction of -such other thifigi'aSlitar pfOperly come before the meeting.
Copies of the Annual Report and .HosPital Financial Statements may
be obtained at the front desk of the Wingham and District Hospital prior '
to three o'clock Pm., Thursday, June 21, 1990: Said documents will
also be available at the Annual Meeting.
Memberships granting voting privileges may be purchased at the front
desk of the hospital for one dollar ($1.00) prior to five o'clock p.m.,
Wednesday, June 6, 1990. No membership sold after that time, on that
date„ will entitle the purchaser to a vote.
Dated at Wingham, Ontario, this fourteenth day of May, 1990.
By Order of Board of Governors.
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