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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-05-29, Page 27KINBSBRIDGE KAPERS .. Mrs..w..Jae- Ceertney 58',./1119 ' ARBOR DAY Arbor Day for Separate School No. 2 Kingsbridge was marked by a Memorial Tribute to the late Joseph Lyal MacIntyre of Kintail, former Road Superintendent of 'Ash- field Township, who had at-. , tended St. Joseph's high school " in the 30's. Doherty; Forest Folk, Jean Vogt, Joan Tigert, Phyllis Hickey, Douna Drennan, Tom gForan, Mike Frayne, Brian Smith. SUNBEAMS, Joanne Crawford, Debbie . Austin, Astrid Plasschaert; Guards, Tony Knoop, Maurice Miltenburg; prince, John O'Keefe; Music Supervisor, Mrs. Lillian Simpson. The teachers and Students are to be congratulated on their fine performances. Principal of the school, Clem Steffler and ,Grades 1 to 4 students opened the tree planting ceremonies with the singing of "0 Canada and repeating a recitation and poem, about "Trees." The blessing was given by Father Ed Dentinger. The Norway Maple was given by Mrs. Bernadine Kinney. in grateful memory of a loyal ,and ' dedicated member ' of" the parish and community.. The Students then enjoyed a picnic. • .GYMNASTICS The gymnastics students. of St. Joseph's School at Kingsbridge , and interested parents were bussed to the Central Secondary School at Stratford on Wednesday evening, May 21 to take part in the ' Huron -Perth Gymnastic Competitions in which they had already been placed "The First Place' Champions" as a result of their actions in competitions held at the Kingsbridge School last Tuesday evening May 13. Other schools taking part in ' the competitions in Stratford were Holy Name, St. Mary's and St. Columban, St. Columban. As. an added at- traction, four ,top Senior gymnastics from the Stratford Central Secondary School put on a demonstration showing their skills. SNOW WHITE Large crowds of interested parents, relatives and friends were on hand in SL„;Joseph's school gymnasium ori`, Thur- sday and Friday evening, May 22 and 23 to r see students of Grades 5 to 8 perform in the operetta "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The main characters were: Snow' White, Leola Chisholm; Queen Wistaria, Joanne VanOsch; King, Andrew VanDiepen ; Frosty £ate..,. Bob,. Tigert'; Court Doctor? Mark Doherty; Nibbles, Pat Boyle; Nutty, Joe Boyle; Queen Tiger Lily, Julie Vogt; Magic Mirror, Mary Luanne' Clare; Wood- ' sman,, Eric Courtney; Aurora, Meike H,anl.; , White Wings, Stephen Howard; 1st Dwai f, Bill Tigert; .2nd,. Dwarf, Jim Foran; 3rd Dwarf, Blaise Doherty; .4th Dwarf, Dean Doherty; 5th , Dwarf, Ronnie Austin; 6th Dwarf, Eddie VanOsch. 7th Dwarf, Brian - .Drennan. Courtiers,. David VanOsch, Bernie Gerdes; Ladies - in - waiting, Vera VanDiepen, Ann Drennan, Helen Wisser, Diana Leddy, Joanne Vanderheyden; "Townspeople, All the Grade 5 Class with solo by .'Dana•, SOCIAL NOTES CQNGRATULATIONS to Sandra Maize, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Maize of R.R. 1 • Dungannon and Harvey Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Church on Saturday, May 17. Several from this area •)attend the reception held' in their honor at the Saltford Valley Hall 'following their marriage. CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. and Mrs. Blake Alton of Ash- field Township who celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniver- sary with an Open House held at the Brookside. Public school on Saturday evening, May 17. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Courtney and son Carl returned to their home here on Tuesday May 20 after visiti> g during the past l+veek with his uncle, Mr. Frank Owens and other relatives in Saginaw, Michigan . and with her uncle,, ...,Mr. Eldon McNamara in - Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Mr. Owens recently celebrated "his 91st birthday and is now residing at the Frankenmuth Convalescing Centre, Frankenmuth, Michigan. Paul DeMarsh of London spent the weekend with' his friend Mr. Eugene Austin.,. Mrs. Mary Frayne, who has been residing in London during the winter months returned to her home hereon Sunday, May' 18. Welcome back, Mary. , Miss Mary Ann Miltenburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reis Miltenburg will be one of the instructors • at the Lucknow Swimming Pool during ,.the months of July and August. She is a graduate of the Lucknow SYwimming Program, Christine Rochelle Cham- pagne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Denis Champagne and. Tammy Lynn Hogan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hogan were baptized on Sunday May 18 at St: Joseph's church, Kingsbridge. Visitors during the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clare and Mary Luanne were Reverend Father Con Ryan of Argentina en route to Ireland, Father Lloyd Ryan of Guelph, Father Nolan of Wingham, and ,Mr. and Mrs. P.M. Ryan of Toronto, Reverend Father Ed Den- ” Linger, Brother Carl Voll, Mrs. Marie Austin, Mrs. Bernadine Kinney, Raymond and Terry Dalton, Lisa • Frayne; HOTEL HENSALL Appearing Tonight, Friday & Saturday - May 29,30 & 31 Columbia Recording Star, "PETE DUVAL The Man of 1000 Songs ii Margaret Lucille and . Donna Frayne, Mary, Luanne and Mrs. Mary Clare from Kingsbridge and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Stapleton and girls from St. Augustine attended a program at Marian Villa, London on Sunday afternoon,. May 25; under the beautiful trees in the Marian Villa Gardens. Father Ed Dentinger was the Master of Ceremonies for the afternoon; telling humorous jokes aild kept everyone in constant fits of laughter. The program" con- sisted of violin solos by Wilfred Hogan of Goderich, songs by the five Stapleton girls, dances by Lisa Frayne, songs by Margaret, Lucille and Donna Frayne. Speakers were . Mary , Luanne, Clare and:Mrs. Voll of Kitchener, sister. in -law, ,of Brother Carl ° Vol'. Readings by Brother Carl Voll, Songs by Father Dentinger and Raymond Dalton. On Saturday, May 17, girls from the Kingsbridge, Dungannon area congregated at the Brookside Public, School for the 4H Homemakers "WHAT SHALL I WEAR" Achievement Day. They began by talking with Miss Jane Pengilley who is the „ Home Economist for the area. They then did a puzzle, a. quiz, judged, blouses and listened to plans for the next 4H Club. ' The summer project, 1975 is -'`GARDEN CLUB - Use of Vegetables,,, . and the Fall Project, 1975 is ."LET'S. BAKE -BREAD." At 1 p.m. the girls' mothers arrived and the entertainment for the afternoon got underway. Clubs taking part were: Trinity 1 "Zippy Trinettes" ; Trinity 11 "Zippy Trinettes" ; Dungannon 11 "Super Sewers"; Dungannon 111 "Designers" ; Tiger Dunlop 1 "Cotton' Tail Cutters"; Tiger Dunlop 11 "Kookey Co-ordinates"; Tiger ' Dunlop 111 "Shirt Tails" ; 'St. Helen's 1 "Snappy Snippers"; St. Helen's 11 "Snappy Snip- pers" D'unganngn 1 "Sewing Seamstresses" ; Tiger Dunlop 1V "Topsy Turvies" and the Kingsbridge "Sew 'N' Sews". All girls. tgek part NO ,ePcl,, club presenting. either 'a• Skit or a demonstration; The Kingsbridge Sew 'N' Sews put on a fashion show modelling the blouses they had made. At the'end of the day, the girls who had completed six clubs received County Honours. They were Dorothy Culbert, Dungannon, Judy Draper, Port Albert, Lia VanDiepen, Kingsbridge, Lynn Pollock, Auburn and . Betty Sowerby, Goderich. Girls who had completed 12 clubs received ProvinciahHonours. They were Leone Cranston and' Bonnie Humphrey, both of Lucknow. All the other girls received spoons and certificates. BIKE-A-THON Approximately $5,000 was realized on Saturday, May 24 when 205 bicyclists par- ticipated in "WHEELS" the Bikeathon planned by the Ash- field Reoreat,n Committee, the Lucknow and Kinsmen Club • and the Lucknow Lions Club. The starting point was at Brookside , Public school with check points on the Mill Sideroad (a distance . of six miles); Boundary (10 miles); Maize's corner (15 miles); 9th corner (21 miles) ; North Ash - 1975. the year of the Cub Cadet: Separate school teahers get 25% pay raise By Wilma Oke The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association jointly announce the contract settlement for 1975-76 effective September 1, 1975. Terms of the agreement are a 25 percent grid to grid increase bringing the average teacher's salary to $13,250. Principals ;are to receive an additional $100 per classroom' bringing this to $500 per oc- cupied classroom. Fringe benefits were • in- creased from 75 percent to 80 percent. Fringe benefits grid, to grid, increase and an additional year added in levels 5, 6 and 7 in the schedule of qualifications equals 27.3 percent, increase over the cost of the current contract. Increments accounted for an additional 2,8 percent, increase bringing total package to 30.1 percent. a. The settlement will cost the board $2,000,500 in the 1975-76 school year compared to its current expenditure of $1,547,000. The increased cost is estimated at $453,500. The total budget for the board is about $3;432,258 - an 18.4 percent increase from last year. Following the release, of the above statement at the . special meeting of the board last Wednesday night, Stratford' Birthright helps all trustee • Howard Shantz, cha.irr5aan of the negotiating committee, said, "I believe it is a fair and equitable settlement. The meetings were conducted in an atmosphere of mutual trust and we hope it Fill con- tinue in years to come." In a telephone conversation with Clem Steffler, principal of St. . Joseph's, School, Kingsbridg0 and the chairman of the teachers' negotiating committee, he said, "Very satisfied with the contract. We were able to get things done in five meetings." Some board policies were discussed and updaZ;ed. at the meeting as Howard Shantz, chairman of the bylaw and policy committee, continues ..GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 29, J970 --PACE"." reviewing all present bylaws and policies. Trustee Francis Hicknell, RR 5, Seaforth, reported on the recent meeting of the clergy - board liaison committee when religious teaching of Catholic children attending public schools was discussed. • Trtastee Hicknell said that the list of Catholic children at- tending public schools in Huron and Perth were given to the clergy. He said "the pastors will deal with this and may be able to bring some of these families back into the separate schools.p ' Trustee Hicknell told the trustees, that the' pastors will call on them if further . assistance is needed, ATTENTION CURLERS �.r Have your sweaters and slacks cleaned now. Curling season is over. It's time to put those warm clothes away for the summer. Colourless stains in time will turn brown and become permanent, woollen sweaters with stains are more susceptible to moth damage. Make sure your clothes will be in tip top shape for next season, bring them in now for expert dry cleaning. BLUEWATER CLEANERS 38 WEST STREET GODERICH 5244231 Classic light oak with raised panel doors and stylized brass hardware. Distressed women in Huron' County faced with unwanted pregnancies are offered help and hope by . Birthright International. The organization operated by volunteers helps to put the resources of the in- dividual and the commun'itylo work in aid of the frustrated women. For the woman who is con- cerned about pregnancy a test is arranged to make sure, 'financial help is granted and assistance given to attain the maximum eligible through established agencies. Birthright will help find a place for the person to live, will make. appointments at a doc- tor's office for medical advice and will arrange legal aid if it is needed. Employment • or tutoring is arranged and clothing and furniture can be set up for those needing it. If you' just want to talk, to someone who cares, call 524- 7157. field Public School (27 miles) ; Arnold's Store, Lanes (34 miles) ; and back' at Brookside school, total distance of 40 miles. The first bicyclist to com- plete the route was Doug Blake who travelled the distance in less than three hours, thus averaging 14 miles an hour on 'his bike. 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