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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-10-19, Page 13ENROLLED IN CONESTOGA — There are several area people taking advantage of the new branch of Conestoga College which has opened at Vanastra, (former air base, Clinton). Two of the ladies in the Commercial Accounting course are Klara DeJong, Centralia, left and Colleen Kowalchuk, Huron Park. oc00 YOUR COMMUNITY STATION In Our 50th Year . AND WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Now With News Correspondents Throughout Huroh, Middlesex, Perth rind Lombton Counties Thames Road chuich celebrates anniversary By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE The United Church Anniver- sary Service was held Sunday with the Rev. Malcolm Sinclair, B.A.,B.D., of Woodbine United Church, Toronto as guest minister and soloist. Rev. Barry Robinson was in charge. Rev, Malcolm Sinclair gave as his sermon "Hard Core Christianity," and also sang a solo. The choir sang an anthem with Doris Elford taking the solo part. Quite a number of people attended annversary services and spent the day with relatives and friends : Mrs. Robert Blair and daughters, Mr. & Mrs. Ray Mills, Centralia, Mr. & Mrs. William Rowe, Larry and Karen, Mrs. Clark Fisher, Sandra Skinner, Exeter, Mr. & Mrs. Ross Rowe and Laura Lee London, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Rowe and Jeffrey with Mr. & Mrs. Harold Rowe; Mr, & Mrs. Larry Ratz, Trevor and Tracy, Shipka with Mr. & Mrs, Lee Webber; Mr, & Mrs. Oscar Tuckey, Exeter with Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Passmore; Mr. & Mrs. Roy Ferguson, Doug, Barbara and Mary, Mr. & Mrs. Doug Rohde, Exeter, Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Rohde and Danny with Mr. & Mrs. William Rohde; Karen Kerslake, Winchelsea and Robert Snow, St. Thomas with Mr. & Mrs, William Snow; Mr. & Mrs. William Lamport, Exeter, with Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Lamport; Mrs. Warren Brock, Exeter with Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Miller; Mrs. Elsie Cann and Mrs. Mary Hodgert, Exeter with Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Cann. Persona Is Charles Jeffery is a patient in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Rev. Malcolm Sinclair, Mrs. Sinclair and Rosalind, Toronto, spent the weekend with Rev, Barry and Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Ruth Knight, Seaforth, Mr. & Mrs. Allan Wanner, Shirley and Kenneth, Sarnia, Mr. & Mrs, John Pym, Pauline, Dennis and Steven were Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Pym, MON., OCT' 23 6:00 to 9:00 p.m „ EXETER $AIPP010, Red Shield Appeal $111E.VO For The Salvation Army Please Leave Your Porch Lights On To Assist The Canvasser YOUR GENEROUS RtSPONSe IS APPRECIATED 'Local people take advantage .of new branch of Conestoga yg ff SECOND SECTION EXETER, ONTARiO, ociosf.R 19, 1972. The newest branch of Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology recently opened at Vanastra, the former air base near Clinton, and several area people are taking advantage of the variety of courses offered, In fact, already there are 30 more students at the college than were originally anticipated, said college administrator Ross Milton. He said that a total enrollment • of 54 had been expected, but that there are 85 full time students at present, We are really making full use of the space available to us, said Mr. Milton, and already we are cramped in some quar- ters. The clerical course offered at Conestoga proved most popular with 28 students enrolled, 13 more than anticipated. Mr. Milton is very pleased with the enrollment, and said it shows that there was a definite need for the facility in this area. • The Huron Centre of Conestoga is the first post-secondary in- stitution to open in Huron County. The physic buildings are situated on seven acres and comprise 21,000 spare feet of floor space. There are 11 classrooms in the college, but one of the unique aspects of this college is the gymnasium. There are six centres of Conestoga, including the large Dorm Centre in Kitchener and the Guelph Centre, but Huron is the only one with a gymnasium. Mr. Milton was very excited with the gym, which has a built in stage at one end, and he hopes to have an extra-curricular athletic program underway before too long. He has already arranged for equipment for the gym, and hopes to enlist the help of Dan Young, Athletic Director for Conestoga Colleges, in setting up an athletic program. Mr. Young works out of Kitchener. Among other things, Mr. Milton hopes to set up programs in floor hockey, table tennis, volleyball, basketball and badminton, "When we get going, and when we get larger, we may even challenge some of the other centres to games," said Mr. Milton. He would also like to take advantage of the stage, and develop some sort of theatrical group. He said it might be possible to get some part-time training from the Goderich Little Theatre in such areas as staging, props, diction and elocution, But of course, the main func- tion of the Huron Centre of Conestoga is to provide advanced educational facilities for the people of the area, and the college does provide a varied array of programs, The scope of courses available ranges from the basic skills to more advanced academic and applied technology courses. Conestoga, like most com- munity colleges, specializes in what it calls "practical, relevant education". The primary purpose of the practically oriented programs is to "assist employed persons to improve their com- petency and qualifications and to assist employers to strengthen their company operations," "In an everchanging world, education for employment and every other phase of life must be a continuing process," says the college brochure. Thus, the main aim at the Huron Centre is "academic upgrading". In this vein, Canada Manpower plays an important role by sponsoring a Manpower Retraining program. Ontario colleges were among the first to start such programs, whereby Manpower refers people to the college, which in turn devises a curriculum to meet the needs of the people as spelled out by Manpower. Under the retraining program at Clinton, students take basic academic skills such as reading and spelling, communications and home-making. The students then receive payment of a small wage from Manpower, rather than unemployment. - One of the more technical courses which the administration hopes to offer at Clinton is a construction technology program with reference to mobile homes and trailers, This course will give the student para-professional training to fill junior management positions in the mobile home and travel trailer industry. During the course of the six semester program the student will take such varied subjects as English and general com- munication, physics, applied mechanics, construction theory and architectural design. One of the interesting courses now offered at the college is the Certified Visiting Homemaker Program. Graduates of this program will work in conjunction with groups such as the Victorian Order of Nurses, helping disabled or sick homemakers, The pur- pose, however, is not to go into a person's home and take over, but rather to provide advice and practical help when needed. An Exeter lady, Mrs. Walter (Olga) Davis, is registered in this program, and is finding it a very rewarding experience. "I always wanted to be a nurse when I was a girl, but I didn't have the op- portunity," said Mrs. Davis. She heard about the course from a speaker at the South Huron Hospital Auxiliary meeting, and followed up with enquiries and eventual registration in the course. "It's just marvelous. I really love it," said Mrs. Davis. "It is very relaxed, very informal, and it is nice to get together with so many different kinds of people," she added. There is a lady originally from India, one from Russia and one from Scotland, enrolled in Mrs. Davis' course. "The only thing I found really hard at first was having to sit for such a long time," she said. "I'm not used to that", "I'm just sorry they didn't have this type of thing years ago," said Mrs. Davis. ACADEMIC UPGRADING — One of the most interesting courses offered at Conestoga is the Canada Manpower sponsored retraining program. Here, Sam Little, Brucefield, Joe Palsa, Hensall and Cathy Huxford, Vanastra make use of the spelling and reading labs which are part of their academic upgrading. T-A photo har e somas s AA 1 WIDE VARIETY OF COURSES — The new branch of Conestoga college which has opened in Vanastra offers a wide variety of courses to people wishing to further their educations. Shown above in the kitchen lab are four ladies who are taking the Certified Visiting Homemaker course, Left to right, they are Olga Davis, Exeter, Bernice Gregson, RR 3 Exeter, Marie Kumn, Brussels and Katherine Morris, Seaforth. T-A photo -\onnas is h/d/ed n Riding He doesn't want to stand on a ribbon cutting, hand shaking, flag waving campaign — that's for the birds. Charlie wants a better Huron Riding and he means it, He's a digger not a scratcher. He'll discover those area problems and he'll meet the people concerned face to face to discuss them. And he's not afraid of getting his boots dirty if its going to promote Huron and Middlesex. He's a member of the Tax Review Committee of County Council and a member of the Social Services Committee. He belongs to many Federal and Provincial animal breeding associations. He's served on the Regional Development Council for eight years — latterly as vice-president and he's served on the Huron Planning Board — last year as chairman. Charlie is a farmer and understands farming problems.. He's convinced that the sugar beet industry could be revived in Huron and Middlesex. He feels there are better ways of marketing corn in peak periods and he'd like to encourage more Canadian farmers to become involved in livestock breeding. And Charlie will fight for other benefits, too. For instance, he'd like more area development, he believes in Goderich Harbour as a potential Great Lakes port, he feels that Sky Harbor airport should be maintained and would fight for a subsidy, if necessary. Stimulationof local industry is another key issue Charlie believes in. He wants to give incentives to light industry to boost local economy. And he wants to make sure the 'brains' of Huron arid Middlesex stay in Huron Riding instead of heading south or to the cities. A better Huron Riding is worth fighting for. Charlie Thomas is a fighter. /de I (Thom° S YAIT:11 11 Pubtishodtw The Huron Liberal Associatioh Charlie //itn \-1 ro • • 4 • • 0 •0' L L a