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Al Bosman, left, John Hoggart, and Sam Dougherty were
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Happy Gang, guests listen to Lears perform
FROM LONDESBORO
WI members dine
at Blue Fountain
The Londesboro Women's
Institute held its annual meeting on
April 9 at the Blue Fountain
Restaurant in Clinton.
President Betty Hulley presided
over the meeting. Only 10 dedicated
members paid dues for the coming
year.
A planning meeting for the year's
meetings was consequently held on
April 17. Those involved have made
some interesting plans for the next
12 months in hopes of attracting
new members. The nature of life in
small communities has changed. It
becomes increasingly difficult to
keep our groups viable.
The Huron West District annual
meeting for the Women's Institute
will be held May 28 in Auburn.
Huron West District has been active
for 101 years. There are now only
six branches in this district —
Auburn, Belgrave, Dungannon,
Londesboro, Maitland and St.
Helens. During the 1960s and 1970s..
there were 11 branches and the
Londesboro Branch had some 30
members.
Women's Institutes over the years,
have worked for the good of all.
These women are responsible for
among other things, demanding the
pasteurization of milk, a centre line
on roads, running lights on school
buses and plastic wrap on bread. As
well they have taught crafts and 4-H
groups. -
The Londesboro group has built
cupboards in the hall, bought dishes
and appliances and contributed to
local needs.
If you are interested in joining this
group, contact Betty Hulley, Reta
Kelland or Leita Wiley.
2 items stolen
when thieves
search
Hullett home
On April 25 at 11:15 a.m. Huron
OPP were notified of a break-in that
occurred on Blyth Road east of
Blyth in Hullett Twp,
The owner of the residence said
that the day before, April 24, he left
his residence at 7:45 a.m. He
returned that same day at 1:30 p.m.
to find the front door had been
forCed open. He checked the house
and found that a watch and clock
with a glass dome had been stolen.
The house had been completely
searched by the thief but only those
two items were found missing. The
door jam was damaged in the break-
in.
• Anyone who can help in the
solving of this crime is asked to call
the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers.
At the Londesboro Happy Gang
Seniors meeting on Wednesday,
April 25 were guests from groups in
Auburn, Holmesville and. Vanastra.
Alt were treated to piano and solo
duets by Gail and Harry Lear who
shared Moments to Remember and
Harbour Lights.
Special guest for the afternoon
was Shirley Dmytruk from
the Orillia area who was recently
elected as president of USCO -
United Senior Citizens of Ontario.
She is only the third female president
in the organization's history.
The theme of the service at
Londesboro United Church on
Sunday, April 29 was team work —
the title of Rev. Ross's message.
Supporting scripture passages were
Acts 4: 32-37 and Mark 9: 38-41.
From the storybag during the
children's time came a container of
toothpicks. It was discovered that a
single toothpick is easily broken.
However, a large bundle of
toothpicks could not be snapped,
demonstrating strength in numbers.
The lessons to be learned from the
children's conversation time and the
service's message was that by
working together the Londesboro
congregation and the United Church
as a whole will experience success.
Brenda Snell and daughters
greeted churchgoers and Ed and
By David Salverda
On April 27, the Grade 8 class of
Hullett Central Public School went
around Londesboro looking for yard
work that needed to be done. We put
an ad in the paper and we put posters
around the town. We had a lot of
people phone us and we were ready
to work. We worked from 12:45
until about 5:15.
This fundraiser was to raise money
for the grad trip that we are planning.
In this 25th anniversary year of,its
VIP Award, the Learning Disabilities
Association - York. Region presented
the award to Dr. Beverley Lee,
principal of Parkview Public School
in Unionville. Her parents, Jack
and Helen Lee of Londesboro
were in Unionville to witness'
the presentation on Monday, March
26.
Lynn Ziraldo, executive director
of the association stated, "I am very
pleased to present this award to Dr.
Bev Lee as she has always
encouraged students with learning
disabilities to reach their full
potential.
Beverley was nominated for the
award by Cheryl McCal.
Ms McCart has a son who
has a severe learning disability in
Grade 7 at Bev's school. He and his
family have benefitted from Bev's
calm understanding and
resourcefulness.
Beverley models acceptance,
inclusion and compassion when
dealing with children with
earning disabilities. She offers
consistent and immediate help for
Shirley's interest in the seniors
organization began many years ago
when her father was a member
and served as president from 1974
to 1976. Shirley joined USCO in
1995.
A pleasant aspect of her executive
position is the opportunity to visit
seniors' groups across the province
to inform them of the work of
USCO. This organization is the
largest grassroots seniors' group in
Ontario and works to benefit all
seniors in the province.
USCO is a non-authoritative
Mary Salverda ushered. Valerie Van
Riesen had junior choir practice in
the Sunday School room prior to the
service. As a result, pianist Tanya
Drost played the morning preludes.
Flowers at the front of the
sanctuary were in memory of the late
Dorothy Govier. The sympathy of
the community is expressed to
Murray and her family.
Coffee, juice and muffins will be
served in the entryway prior to the
service next Sunday.
Included in the order of service
was a wish list from Camp
Menesetung. For those of you who
missed getting a copy, the list will be
posted on the bulletin boards. If you
can fill some of the needs on the list,
a box for donations has been placed
in the narthex of the church.
It really didn't •seem like work
because the jobs we did were fun.
Miss Uhler tried to pair us off into
groups with our friends and the jobs
that we wanted.
The Grade 8 class would like to
thank all the people who gave us
work to do. We would also like to
thank Miss Uhler and all the parent
volunteers for helping us.
We had one pick-up truck load full
of junk that we cleaned. up.
the students, their parents and her
staff.
Parkview Public School, under the
guidance of Dr. Lee, was recognized
in the 1998-99 school year for
outstanding contribution to the
support of the exceptional student by
receiving the first Jim Albery Award
for Exemplary Practices in Special
Education from the York Region
Board. •
In addition to a Bachelor of
Applied Science from the University
of Guelph, Dr. Lee holds Master of
Education and Guidance and
Counselling and a Doctorate of
Education Adult Education from the
University of Toronto. She has been
the principal at Parkview Public
School for five years.
Education has been a top priority
for Bev since she was a young
girl. I recall that during her years
at CHSS, when her bus was
cancelled • because of storms,
Bev always found a way to get
to class with a school secretary,
teacher or other commuter from our
area,
Congratulations Beverley, from
the Londesboro community.
Delores Howatt and Bernice
Pierce were saddened to receive
word this past week of the passing of
their sister Rhea Racine a result of
a fall. Formerly, Rhea McNall of
Blyth, some from the area4inay wish
to send condolences to her husband
Leo. The address is 2966 Front Rd..
Windsor.
The sympathy of t community is
extended to the famil
organization which does not regulate
the type of activity its members
should undertake. Membership is a
mere $2 a year.
The executive of USCO works
with government agencies to ensure
all seniors enjoy quality of life. By
being the voice of all seniors they
have the power to make changes for
seniors in areas of living health,
pensions, travel, etc.
Shirley stated that there is no need
for any senior to be lonely. Members
of seniors' clubs across the province
enjoy camaraderie through a variety
of activities which also educate
them about relevant issues and
concerns.
Shirley is also the editor of The
Voice, a seniors' magazine published
from the USCO offices on
Lakeshore Drive in Toronto. It is the
only means of communication and
news between members and the
office. Shirley encourages groups to
send in news of their activities and
their concerns.
It was an informative and
interesting •presentation from which
everyone benefitted.
Rev. talks of teamwork
Hallett Happenings
Students clean up