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The Huron Expositor, 1982-12-01, Page 4THE HURON EXPOSITOR, DECEMBER 1, 1982 — A3 Learning to listen to the kids Well, whether you're a Christmas lover or one who is fairly indifferent to the year's biggest holiday, you • can't avoid the knowledge that the ,Big Day is but three and a half weeks away. As anybody who reads this column in December knows, I'm a big Christmas fan, This time of year has always had a special glow for me. IAnd no. that's not because of all the Christmas cheer dispensed at parties.) I think this time of year brings out the best in people, maybe because we're think- ing of others. of giving* instead of receiving and of the Christ child whose birth start• ed it all. Some of us are ever, trying to follow His example of concern for fellow human beings. Christmas is a time of togetherness too. as the de• corating, baking. tree -trim- ming and Santa letter writing become family projects. Christmas traditions and fes- tivities can, if we IM them. allow us to spend more time with those we love. Meetings and some of the other serious things about our everyday lives that often eliminate.time for the family from our schedules are cancelled, and rightly so. Christmas for me has al- ways been a time to get priorities straight. And. with a little help. I'm trying to do that this year. 1 must admit, my usual fervour for the festive season has been absent. I'm not sure why. Changes, new activities, being busy at work all have something to do with it. So does the gloomy, no snow weather. Then the better half and I have both $ogingniing 5©y by &sorra WtBg@ had the flu, like a good three-quarters of the popula- tion. But you can't ignore Christmas when you have a five-year-old around the house. It all started a couple of weeks ago, with an urgent request to make Christmas cookies. 1 argued{ that it was too early, we'd have them all eaten long before the holi- days. I argued that 1 was too tired, that we'd read a story instead. that we'd make cook- ies next week. My daughter's face got longer and longer. Then I took a good look at' my excuses and her disap- pointment and we made the Man charge+' after break-in attempt OFFICIALLY CHRISTMAS—Main St. Seaforth looks increasingly festive these days with store windows sporting some of the most creative decor ever. Friday PUC employees installed Seaforth's Christmas tree outside the town hall Art Powell donated the tree (Photo by Svela) Bell defends new phone book Continued from page 1 tic. dint tom was introduced in Intorno 'Our studies hast found that readership is ,is good with a file column format as compared to the four column directory There 15 pia, in all, n,' difference' explained Mr. f room' 1 he smaller telephone directories have resulted in major mont'tars and e-nscrvalion sasinus In Ontario, sasings in paper and printing costs were $1,1614,000 There arc 1,1th it pours o inial drrettnnc•s in (Wan., Inducer tit ,1,1 sastags are passed on to the customer' . said Mr. ( roomy. "By this time Halt scar. all directories will be changed to the new format except for the Muskoka arra which has a three column format." As for complaints. Mr. ( roomy said his oftnr is re(ming complaints from people whosas flies don't like, it. but we don't know exactly w hat the complaints are. People don't like change. It lakes time to get used to sonwthmg nest " "If its a )ase of legihilits and escarun? eye glasses then I mall hase problems' , he csi 'aimed Robert Edward Siegner. 35. of Sebringville has been charged with attempted break and enter and possession of burglary tools after he was apprehended in front of Keating's Pharmacy on 6' Main Street in Seaforth at approximately 3:01 a,m. on Saturday. According to an official with the Seaforth police department. Mr. Siegncr and another person were seen at the entrance to the store by constable John Cairns who was on patrol at the time. Upon investigation Const. Cairns found that the front door lock had been removed and a pair of holt cutters was found at the rear of the building. There was no entry gained to the building. Mr, Siegner appeared in court in Goderich on Monday. November 29 and was remanded in custody until his court hearing scheduled for December 6. Police are continuing their investigation into a possible second offender in the attempted break and enter. Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus stated that there is no connection between the Siegner Charge and a series of other break and enters in the community in the past several weeks. Police also report that there were three accidents in town, two on Friday, November 21e and one on Saturday. November 2'. All three accidents were related to poor road conditions with no injuries resulting. ruddy cookies. We had a ball. Those couple of hours to- gether in the kitchen, mixing and rolling out, decorating, baking and sampling were the most important hours for her in months. Everytime a cookie sheet came out of the oven. she ran to her dad, who was observing the return of NHL football in the living room. and reported with great excitement "More cookies, dad." She served a plate of "our" cookies when some friends dropped in and she told everybody she knows "Mommy and I made cook- ies." Of course we are eating the cookies that none of us needs at a record rate. And those left in the tin are mangled a bit because the whole con- tainer fell on the floor. But 1 shudder to think about the closeness we'd have missed, the shared experience that wouldn't have existed if she hadn't talked'me into that Saturday morning bake -off. We can make more cookies, and we will. (The recipe, by the way, for Vanilla Rolled Cookies was in last week's Expositor and they are delicious.) In fact, we're getting so ambitious that this weekend we're going to tackle Mary Oke Moore's fruitcake recipe. also in last week's paper. As every parent knows, and I'm learning, sometimes it's the kids who know what's really important. Dorothy Wallace to run ain BY STEPHANIE LEVIESQUE Huron County Board of Education chair- man Dorothy Wallace of Goderich has announced she will seek another term in that office. Mrs. Wallace made her announcement at the current board's last meeting on Novem- ber 23.• She asked other trustees to declare their intention to seek other positions on the board. Joan Van den Broeck representing Col - bourne and Goderich townships said she would be seeking the position of chairman of the education committee. Current education committee chairman Dr. John Goddard did not indicate if he would stand for re-election. There will be an election for the position of chairman of the management committee. Current chairman Frank Falconer who represents Clinton and Tuckersmith Town- ship and Murray Mulvey who represents Van Egmond group gets The Van Egmond Foundation shouldl e debt free by Christmas. according to foundation chairman Paul Carroll. The announcement culminates a two year strug• gle by the foundation to reduce its capital debt of $30,000 and is welcome news to the members of the foundation. In addition, the foundation has received approval for further grants of S3-,000 and up for additional restoration work planned at the site. The hail -out cane in three different phases. Thc first was an anonymous donation of SI0,000 from a supporter of the Van Egmond House during a period in which foundation members had visited several former donors. seeking financial assistance. Mr. Carroll explains that the donor e•ontrih• uted the large amount as an incentise to other possible donors. An additional $12,000 in pledges has been received by the descendants of the Van Egmond family. There is also a third agreement. to he announced at a later date. which will gime the foundation an additional S9000 Added to the three donations is $1500 paid hack by the archeological section of the Ontario Heritage Foundation. "When all these transactions are complete we will he well on our way," Mr. Carroll explained. The next step for the foundation is the building of a minor outbuilding or carriage house. The addition will house public washrooms and kitchen space to be used during community functions. The foundation has received approval for a grant of 537,316 and up for the work through the Community Development project available from the federal go%ernment's work creation pro• gram. The new program will create h new jobs for 130 weeks at the Van Egmond House. according to a spokesman for Huron -Bruce M.P. Murray Cardiff. Grants totallying 5200,000 hase been allocated to the arca for three projects in Godench, two in Clinton in addition to the Van Egmond House project. In the added space created he the extension Mr ( arrnll hopes to has c risem for MP's want voter input on charges BY STEPHANIELEVESQIIF; MPs William ,larsis IPC•Pcrilii and Mur• ram ( ardiff f i(' Hurnn•Hrucel are seeking Input front ,.annus groups on the proposed rh , torp' br'urrlarc t banters hs Ilei ember 15 Perth ( Hunts will he gut to half with the northern arta consisting of the Inwnshrps of 1 lona Morningtnn. Wallace and the Village n1 Vldst•rton and the town n(1 istoccl. hrnig taken nn w uh Ihr Huron riding. (he southern hall of I'i Irl, ( mint% will hr tied up w ith parts of Oxford ( mints in, hiding the Incnshipe of /t,rr,tand 1 act fort,' and f aststo k and parts of \toddle sas ( ,Hints including 1 lit an ,and the townships of Haddulph. West Ntca,uri and tendon Huron ( muni will remain iota( l hui surrounding noon( ipalitiec will he included Instead of Huron Bruce with Mtlrimac. lees. alt r I•nrmnea and thr tow nshaps ( or,. 1 arrit k Huron and Kinloss. the tit•r, pr„p„mrd riding of Tinton Perth will in, hide !h, ,,,,nth hall ,f Perth ( Hunts. the tow nchips of Huron and Kinloss in Bruce ( °linty and Ailsa Craig and MacGillivray Township from NI Oiliest. "I am going to enlist the aid of municipal councils and counts groups.” commented Sir laws in get this aid Mr Jars is said he will be rilhcr %!siting groups in person or writing a letter to pros tile feedback Roth MPs will he all ending a hearing on the proposed houndars change's at Ihr 1 nndnn courthouse tan 'H at U VI a m Mr tart is said interested groups hast' 23 dais not 11 Oce I S I° make submissions to the federal 'Inc total boundaries commission. lirfcrring to the rnnrutapa11it'', of Mild ni,n 1eeswatcr. Formosa and Culross and ( ,irri, k. Mr ( ardiff said he hates to lose them I sr cows eft with them. 1 hate to los, them and 1 don't think anyone likes to be boomed around card Mr (ardiff Rt t ngninng that people an w cstern Ontario identify strongly with countv boundaries Mr. ('ardiff said he is reluctant to lose areas As of Nov, 26 Mr. Cardiff had not heard from .o% of his constituents on the matter. '1 don't know how 11tc people fat 1 sand Mr, Cardiff. Mr. Jarvis said he has had some to,+i,tct with agricultural groups nn an informal basis and intends to he at as mans mum. 'pal inauguration meetings as possible I he Perth member of parliament ',,,ed a is poor timing for the is hole Matter as our,. ❑'a1 councils arc changing and MPs arc hos, In Ottawa with marcors votes being yak, r on budget hills. Mr. Jarvis said he hopes to hast sono alternatrsec to present at the .I,tnu.rs hearing. as his number one objector is '+ keep the county intact He pointed our not only farm organisations arc courts ie as there are charitable organizations on a county -wide system If the changt s ..•e approscd such groups would hase to deal with hsm members of parliament. noted Mr .Iar%ic Mr ( ardiff noted the changes would mean mnrc members in the House of ( (morins !here would be additional costs incurred and the Huron Firm r MP suggested the proposed houndan c hangcs aren't a was of shim mg re, ct rami He would also request that mnrc tdenuf-Ica lion he goon In the four contours. Huron. Bruce, Perth and Middlesex. in the riding name if the proposals become fact Mr ( ardiff tail he would he walthing t° see what happens at the hearings het Anse if there arc further, hanges made to the ridings Iotht'south and caclnfHuron. we 11 hase t,, w ate h and sec w hat the% !the tommissmni do to ours Wingham and the townships of Howick and Turnberry are both seeking the chairmanship of the management committee. Current vice-chairman Eugene Frayne, one of the two separate school representa- tives, said he would also be seeking re-election for that position. • No candidate was brought forward to stand as chairman of the personnel committee. The present chairman of that committee, John Elliott, was absent from the meeting. Mrs. Wallace indicated trustees would have an opportunity at the inaugural meeting at 1 p.m. on Dec. 6 to declare intentions to seek office on the board. As it was the board's last meeting gifts were presented to the three trustees who are leaving the board. Marion Zinn, Jean Adams and Bert Morin were each presented with an old -fashioned -style school bell with their name, the Huron County Board of Education and the date engraved on the side. exhibition's by various craftspeople working at their trade. "We (the foundation) would like to use the Van Egmond House as an outlet for artisans from the area.” The grant would help to cover some of the cost of labour and material for the new building with the foundation adding an estimated 54000 to 56000 by April for the w irk. Oddi °l1U @wdo grants Mr. Carroll admits that the house cannot be run on tourist dollars alone and that it should be used for community programs and fill current community needs to be financially sound. "It is not a viable operation as a museum site because of its location." he admits. The foundation hopes that the Van Egmond House will serve community groups, once it is completed. by Rim @ Twlias@l;acd7 Am I ready for this? It seems like only a couple of months ago I en as complaining that 1 wasn't ready for this. Ms winter coat and boots had just been retries ed from the closet in the spare bedroom. The scraper for the car windshield was still at the bottom of the broom closet. Ms Christmas tree in its box standing in a corner in the store room. and the decorations %sere stashed in a cupboard somewhere along %soh the .raping paper. ribbons and tags. The ('hnstmas cards were in a box on a shelf in a store downtown. I had just concluded some shopping for birthday presents. and when 1 looked in my m0id's file of gift ideas. 1 drew a blank. My wallet was thin, and my bank account couldn't cope with the shock that Christmas was approaching. I wasn't looking forward to winter nor was 1 reads for Christmas. Nose thoughts were racing through my head only a couple of months ago, weren't the%' Surprise, surprise. That was a year ,ago the snow has arrived. Santa Claus has p,aradtd Santa's helpers have made public appearances at shopping malls. Television and radio commercials have exhorted us to bus this and buy that to make someone's t nristmas especially nappy. the countdown has begun - only 24 lass troth ( hnctmas \m I reads' Of course not. But, you wall no doubt he surpnsed to learn, I'm better prepared for winter and Christmas than I was this time last year. I've even surprised myself. !bought a new winter coat before the nasty weather began, but I'm still putting of=f replacing those boots that didn't seem warm enough last year, A quick check of Christmas cards and wrapping paper left from last year shows Itll probably hase enough to do this year. If someone receives a present with no wrapping paper covertng the bottom of the box. they'll just have to realize it's what's inside that s important. Os cr the past few weeks. I developed a list of gift ideas by simply listening to the hints that people dropped. Some people give hints accidentally: others drop them intentionally. 1 began picking up a gift now and again way hack in November. (For me. that's extremely earls .1 Several more presents base been ordered. Unfortunately. they have been ordered e o d . which means the crunch is vet to come Oh %sell. complain though I do. I can tolerate winter 11 don't have much choice 1 And. 1 always look forward to Christmas • a %ens special time of year Being prepared ahead of time makes the season es en more enjoyable But 1has en't changed that much in a sear I know I'll lease plenty to do at the last minute I wouldn't want to miss the excitement of that madcap last minute Christmas rush 9 Chairman John O'Learyother retirees honoured by Board Bl w II,MA OKE Thc Hnron•Perth Counts Roman t .ttholic Separate school R.1,4 rd honoured Is retiring teachers and tnis tees at c dinner parts in Stratford f riday. Fiorene McDonald of 1 is towel has retired after 29 years as a teacher at St Mary's Se hool at Hesson. and 20 of ;hem as principal sat% of VIantiiitew•m' Winnipeg 4' %ears ago as a teacher She has been a religion extnsattant %%ith the Huron Penh Board for the past 12 sears She .ill be spending more time with her hnhhics and ir,11 clling Pr, ends clic returned from .i trip to Furopc Ccscn trotters %%Ill he lea%ine the Huron Perth retires after ser%mg the past Ii sears smith the Huron• Perth Board and before that 1.1 scars as a trustee at Ecole Ste Marie at St .Joseph and sr %en sears representing se- parate ec heel supporters at South Huron District High S, hoot at Fxeter teannette Fvhergen of Stratford retires ,after yrra'. nog only one tear Gregory Fleming of Cre d• iton has scncd the past might stars with the hoard and John DI ears of Staffa. sax sears with the Hurnn•Prrth hoard and before that three nears as a trustee on the St Columba" Sr rat ate Se hoot ObNucly RETIRING 'TRUSTEES—Honoured by the HPRCSS board Friday were retiring trustees, from left, Vincent Young, Ted Geoffrey, Jeannette Eybergen, Gregory Fleming and John O'Leary., Absent taken were Lorraine Montgomery. when the picture was Devereaux and Keith (Photo by Oke) Two teachers, seven trustees retiring The graduate of London Teachers College will be keeping busy with her family. her hobbies and travelling. She and her hos hand hate recently returned from a trip to California, Marc Kennedy of 118 Coburg Street. Stratford. graduated From the llniver• Board on Uct•cmhcr h w hen new trustees will he install ed Vincent Young of (rode nth rchrcc after senmg a total of 22 years as a trustee. with the Huron Perth Board since It w ac formed in Ioho led (,coffres of Turn( h JOHN iMANSE John !manse of R.R. 1 Varna died in South Huron Hospital. Exeter on Satur- day. November 27 in his 82nd year He was predeceased by his wife. Cornelia D. Schalk in 1973: and two brothers and two sisters. He is survived by ten children, Mrs. Gertie Pennines of Exeter, Frank of R.R 1 Varna, Johnny of R.R. 3 Brucefield, Mrs Abraham Janice i fie Vnes of Sarnia. Mrs Robert (Susanna t Spier of R R 1 Varna, Andrew of Hensall. Peter of R.R 3 Godertc'h. John of R.R 1 Varna, Mrs John JoAnne' Forest ell of Danville and Darlene of Exeter: one brother and one sister both in Holland. 71 Bhard He ac tht prrtcnt chairman of the hoard terrains De%irea::5 .'f Seaforth retires af't- ^' pleting one nm,' %tat' 'rrm and Kc'th \1,,^•t ,r r-% Wingham foot %c.a-s Sir Malcom,- 'as 'i; ice ha'rmar ,t ' , hoa-,'. 'lits pact %car grand( hildren and ane great- t:randrhlld \ nsitatioc was at the Ronthror Chapel of Michael I' t)'tbnnor Funeral Homes, ,;g King Street, Hensall, until Tuesday. November 30 °%hen a funeral service was held at the Exeter Christian Reformed Church at 2 p.m. The Reverend Bernard De ,longe officiated. interment was in Baird's Cemetery