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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-12-01, Page 18smirrogri THE . LUCKNOIN SENTINEL, LUCK NOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDA' DECEMI Brucelea Haven News REPORT FROM QUEEN'S . .PARK . d,Y MURRAY GAUNT HURON-BRUCE On October 4th, the Teeswater Women's Institute came and put on & lovely program and brought lovely bags of treats for each of our residents. In the evening the Sweet Adelines of Hanover came and same many beautiful old songs. There were •22 ladies dressed identical in beautiful yellow evening dresses trimmed with flowered blue scarves. Their conductor was' Mrs. Marion Becker of Elmwood. About thirty of our residents went by bus to Beaver Valley on Tuesday, October 5th to see the coloured leaves which were very beautiful. We all enjoyed the ride and stopped for• treats on route. We had a Quiz Contest and 'Spelling Match, four bingos and three euchres with prizes for the winners. The C.W.L. of Lucknow came on October 14th and presented a lovely program with Father Dentinger acting as M.C. Elmer Umbach and Father 'sang several old songs with Elmer on the piano. Wilfred Hogan of Goderich played several selections on his violin with Elmer and Father singing along. Brother Carl Von of, Kingsbridge gave several comical readings, then Ehner changed to his accord- ian and played 'several beautiful old numbers. Mrs. Gertrude Leddy, president of St. Mstry's C.W.L., read two poems which proved to be very humorous and interesting. The ladies then served lovely homemade cup cakes and juice., Our monthly birthday party with 15 residents having birthdays in October was held on Tuesday, October 19th. The Armow Women's Institute put on a most interesting program' and two of the ladies placed a birthday hat on each of the birthday residents and gave them a personal gift. Then we all, sang, "Happy Birthday", and the ladies, served birthday cake, ice cream and tea. ° The C.W.L. of Walkerton came and put on a euchre on Wednes- day, October 20th at 2 •p.m. Mrs.. Stewart and Angus McAllister , won the high priies and Miss Millie Lambertus and „Mrs. Charlotte Cameron the low prizes: Mrs. Leander Weiss and her helpers then served a delicious lunch. On Wednesday, October 27th we had our first movie for this season. It was very,t,much enjoyed• by all who were in attendance. We had a Hallowe'en Party on Friday, October 29th with Grades 1 and 2 of the Brant Central School taking part. Colhoun, their teacher accompanied them. They were all dressed up in their Hallowe'en costumes and our residents really enjoyed visiting with them. We also had games and dancing. Mr. Wm. Wehenkel and partner won first prize for . the waltz, Each resident received a bag of Hallowe'en candy as they were leaving. , p Our ministers for the month were, Communion Service, Walk- erton Ministers;' Rev. D. Sinclair, Baptist Church, Hanover;• Rev. M. A. McDoWell, United Church, Kincardine; Rev. Edwin Martin, Pentecostal, Hanover and the Salvation Army, Hanover. Father Newstead celebrates mass in the chapel the 4th Monday of each month. We wish to express our sincerest sympathy to the families of Mrs. Mary Mighton, Miss Ada Stanley and Chester Gibson in the loss of their dear ones, who were residents of Brucelea Haven. We wish to welcome two new residents to Brucelea. Haven in Octobef, namely James Miller of R; R. 3 Walkerton and John McMttr- chy from Huron Township. French in Early Glades Would Be. Costly, .BruCe County Board Told Not enough, qualified teachers, high costs and lack of curriculum guidelines are the problems in the way of starting French in the early grades, the supervisor' of French instruction in Bruce County says. Mr. John Snowden, French' instruction-supervisor, spoke 'to a meeting of the Bruce County Board of Education of the county's French program. , He said approximately $300,000 would be needed to add French .to the curriculum in Kindergarten through to Grade 6. Eigkteen teachers would have to be hired, and teaching materials would have to be purchased. According to Mr. Snowden, qualified staff to teach French is difficult to find and getting 18 French teachers would be "almost an impossibility." He said regular elementary teachers have neither the specialized training teaching a second language requires or the , oral' proficiency needed to do• it. There are also no provincial curriculum guidelines available yet, though the ministry ' of education has hinted they may be coming later this year. But Mr. Snowden said until these are fixed, the board should not buy teaching materials which may not conform to the future guidelines. "Linguistically and theoretically, it is desirable to teach French at an earlier age, but concrete directions are needed before I would recom- mend embarking on teaching it 'at the primary level," he, said. With trustees playing the role of 1 students, Mr. Snowden . demon- strated the Passeport Francais program being used in all Bruce County secondary 'schools this year. The new program, which was Intended for last week. BY MURRAY GAUNT Next week the Provincial Treas urer will be making a - major economic statement, giving some indication of economic strategies to be adopted by the Government during the next twelve to sixteen months. It has been indicated that the 'statement will underscore the commitment 'to spending restraint and spell out some new initiatives. Stimulation of business invest- ment, extended sales tax exemp- tions on productinn machinery, additional incentives 'for' mineral exploration and new housing assistance programs are possibilit- ies_ as part of the government economic recovery plan. Preliminary figures released in written by teachers and tested in the classroom before • it was printed, was started in November 1974 because the old program wasn't working, By September 1975 six of the seven secondary schools in the county were using it for grades 9 and 10. ' The new program is designed for any students to be able to achieve even if he hasn't had French in elementary school. The emphasis is on, basic skills, shorter lessons and a more attractive forinat. Mr. Snowden Said it is less frustrating for students because it' allows ail students to achieve. Mr. Snowden stressed that the program cannot do more than give students a sound basis in French on which to build by the time they, get out of high school. He said it was unrealistic to expect a school program to make students biling- ual. September forecast a spending jump of S1 billion and a deficit of $1.3 billion, The Minister of Transportation and Communications,, James Snow, announced new regulations regard- ing classification of drivers' licenc- es which' will become effective February 1, 1977. All drivers will be categorized for licensing pur- poses, depending on the character- istics of the vehicle driven. The categories are as follows:, tractor trailers, school buses, full sized buses, mucks or combinations weighing 10,000 lbs. or less, small school buses, small buses or ambulances, automobiles, small trucks or combinations and motor- cycles. Drivers of cars, light trucks and motorcycles need take no action to obtain new licences. When present licences expire, the new type will be issued automatic- ally. Licensed, school bus drivers will be required to take a defensive driving course, if they have not alteady done so. Drivers of heavy commercial vehicles are expected to provide satisfactory medical reports every, three years to age 65, and annually thereafter.' Foodlands in Ontario would be protected against unjustified devel- opment undei a bill intioduced in the Legislature by a P.C. back- bencher, George McCague (Duffer- m-Simcoe). The bill goes much-further than any official position of the Govern- ment. From that point of view it is seen as a trial balloon. It would give every municipality two years to survey and classify all agritultural land and prepare plans designating foodlands xs Class 1, 2, 3 or 4, or.for specialtytrops. The general practice now is to use a broad "agricultural" designation for planning purposes. Municipalities would have to adopt formal planning policies to deal with foodlands. Developers would have to obtain local approval before official plans could be altered to earmark foodland for non-agricultural purposes. 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