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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-05-01, Page 12Page 12 The Wingham Advance -Times, May 1, 1985 Separate school boar` to burr French instruction By Wilma Oke The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board will purchase French First Language instruction, from the most appropriate surrounding board for the students who qualify under Bill 119 for the 1985-86 school year. The board has agreed to develop a policy incregard to the purchase of French First . Language and the payment of fees. It was pointed out at the board meeting' last Tuesday evening in Dublin that for the 1985-86 school term, there will continue to be four students from Stratford who attend a school in Woodstock fir this French program. In other business the board will contribute $232.56 toward the cost of the trip to Canada's Wonderland for the 92 separate and public school safety patrollers in Strat- ford. Trustee John Devlin, chairman of the secondary school planning committee, gave an update on the work of the committee, which now awaits the results of a questionnaire sent out to parents. Meanwhile the board approved the transfer of Ron ■ Gladding, family life co- ordinator, to a teaching position at Holy Name of Mary School in St. Marys, effective Sept. 1. Theresa Bowins, religious education consultant, will' be appointed religious education con - Helen Porter to perform Helen Carmichael Porter„ will bring her one -woman, story -telling show for, children to the .Blyth Memorial Hall this Satur-' day. An actress and storyteller, Miss Porter has been touring a collection of one -woman shows with stories on various themes for the past two years. She has performed at universities, galleries, museums, theatres and schools in Toronto and around Ontario. She also is a well-known vioce on the CBC radio "Morningside" pro- gram. Her form of storytelling is called narrative theatre. Not only does she narrate the story, she also becomes the characters in it, using face, eyes, mouth and hands and her whole body as an actress would to relate the story. u cat ion wee • at E. Wawanosh BELGRAVE — Education week ` at East Wawanosh Public. School was an event- ful one, with many guests visiting the school. The dental hygienist visited Kindergarten, Grades 2,4, 6, 8 to check chil- dren's teeth and teach dental hygiene. OPP Constable Marshall conducted streetproofing sessions with each class as 'well as fingerprinting chil- dren who volunteered for the identification program. Open House on Wednesday evening was well' attended. Youth Group holds dinner WROXETER — The Youth Group of Gorrie United Church and Wroxeter United Church celebrated Inter- national Youth Year on' .Sunday,with a dinner featuring foods from dif- ferent countries. Chinese rice, Italian spaghetti, Scottish oatmeal cookies and many other, dishes were enjoyed by more than 70 people from the community who attended the dinner. The Youth Group thanks all who supported this venture, proceeds of which will be given to the Bakalar family of Gorrie. Orientation for parents of pre -kindergarten children was presented; classrooms were invited. Yvonne Brewer presented her public speaking oration followed by melodians tunes of the senior choir. MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE —\ Belgrave Pamela Shaw of Belgrave recently received her hair - stylist's license and is pre- sently employed at Touch of Class in Wingham. Mrs. ,Elizabeth Procter spent .last' week with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zettler and grandchildren Sherry and twin daughters Amanda and Alicia. Nine tables were inplay at the weekly euchre held in the WI Hall Wednesday evening April 24. Winners were: high lady, Mrs. Bert Johnston; novelty lady, Mrs. William Black; low lady, Mrs. Alma Jar- dine; high man, Leslie Vin- cent; novelty man, Clarence Hanna; low man, Stanley Black, There will be euchre again this Wednesday starting at 8:00 p.m. Everyone is wel- come. sultant and family life resource for_ a one-year term, effective Sept. 1 of this year and lasting until Aug. 31, 1986. Other transfers approved last Tuesday night include: teacher Dorothy Dillon to St. P:atrick.'s School in Kinkora; Celeste McCreight, teacher at St. Patrick's, Kinkora, to St. James School, Seaforth; Catherine McCot`er, half- time teacher at St. Patrick's, Dublin,to full-time; John Milligan, teacher at Holy Name of Mary School, St. Marys, to Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph's and St. Michael, all of.Stratford, as itinerant core French teacher; Sister Colleen O'Reilly, transferred from Holy Name • School, St. Marys, to St. Mary's School, Goderich; Sheila McQuillan, teacher of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School to Holy Name of Mary School, St. Marys and Heather. -Marcy, teacher at St. Mary's, Hesson, to Our Lady of Mount Carmel School. Junior WI. holds its annual meeting FORDWICH — The How - ick JuniorWomen's Institute held its annual meeting April 18 at the Howick Central School. Mary Hall presided over the election and instal - at' of officers. The officers for 1985-86 'are: past president, Cath- erine Stewart; president, Leone Foerter; first vice, Darlene Harding; second vice, Brenda Browne; secre- tary -treasurer, Bonnie Wil- son; district director, Ronna Lee Johnson; branch direc- tors, Winnie Winkel, Elly' Emmerton; public relations, Cathy Weber; good cheer, Henrietta Claus and auditors, Myrna Penny' and Carol Watson. Lunch was served by Myrna Penny and Susi Kym. A bring-and-buy auction followed. - The next meeting will be held May 16 at 8:30 p.m. at the school. The topic will be preventative dentistry. -- MRS. ALLAN GRIFFITH Wroxeter Mrs. Cliff Marks and Mrs. Allan Griffith accompanied Mrs. Wally .Nixon of Ford- wich to Whitby on Saturday to attend the Hart-Kirkton wedding. They also visited on Sunday with Mr; and Mrs. Bill Hart of Oshawa. Wroxeter friends are sorry that Mrs. Cliff Marks is a patient :in Victoria Hospital, London. Mrs. Allan Griffith took Mr. Marks to visit with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pfeifer of London, while his wife is in the hospital. PAT"iOs WI1 IC,e7C PL A1.rr - s uri I;ETAIISl,l{JC WALLS *lea* IlIlIlIlIlIl We,O, ro\JCIt 111111111111111111 1111111111 : r.lia traiii ir' �WALx v./p.Y5 rirr14' .5141-eiL�� PLANTlN..K./ PAVIPJc 5Tb -iFi D2lJ WAYS Qkope•56ioNAL-- LOOK WHAT HURON LANDSCAPING CAN DO FOR YOU 1/2 mile S. of Lucknow on Huron Cty. Rd, #1 HOURS: Monday -,Saturday 8.6 _ Sunday' 12 - 5 529-7247 m. SCRUBBING IT CLEAN—Cathy and David Hunter and Debbie Morrison were among the members of the Salvation Army youth group conducting a car wash on Saturday at Ralph's Texaco in Wingham. The working . party, raised money for the group's activities and gave local motorists a chance to get their cars scrubbed clean for the weekend. Whitechurch Personals 1 Kevin Falconer has a position. at Londesboro feed mill with T. B. Allen Ltd. Mrs. Gladys Arnold and Mrs. Brooks of Ripley were. Wednesday afternoon visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Vic. Emerson. Mrs. Earl Wilken called ,on the Emersons on Saturday. On Friday Mrs., Nellie Evans. and her daughter, Mrs. Edith Brown of London, visited the Langside Cemetery where , Bill Evans is buried,andcalled on Mrs. Dave Gibb, Mrs. Fred Tiffin, Mrs. Wes Tiffin, Mr, and Mrs. V. Emerson and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Walker. Ronald Beecroft, Shannon 'and ,Heather, -.Sharon Werth and Ken Sinnamon, all of Wingham, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs E W. Beeeroft.` Mr. and Mrs. John deBoer Institute sponsors card party FORDWICH — Ten tables were in play at last Friday evening's Woinen's Institute card party. The winners were: high man, Helen Nickel (playing as a man) ; low man, Clarence Carswell; high lady, Agnes Geiger of Fordwich; low lady, Goldora Simmons of Harriston and special prizes, Esther Cunningham -of Harriston and Bill Jones of Kurtzville. The nextcard party is scheduled for May ' 10 and will be sponsored by the senior citizens. No truck for sale The council of the Township of Grey wants to make it "very clear", says Clerk -treasurer Jane Badley, that the township has no tank truck for sale to anyone for fire protection. Clerk Badley states township officials are con- cerned that reports of public,, meetings in Howick Township make it appear the township has a tank truck for sale. The township, she said, had purchased a truck for $1,800 and spent another $600 on it for its own use. Senior ladies hold banquet The Monday afternoon Senior Ladies' League from the Wingham Bowling Lanes held a fun dayand banquet last Monday to end the 1984- 85 season: The banquet was held at St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church, Wingham. The high single was rolled by Kay McCormick with a 191 and the high double went to Vera Moffat with a 357. New officers for the 1985-86 season were installed and they are: president, Jean Robertson; vice president, Evelyn Caslick; secretary, Gert Reavie; treasurer, Helen McBurney and press reporter, Elma Harris. n visited. on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ron Nicholson, Erin, . Ryan and Craig of Egmondville. Mr. and Mrs. ' Donald England and family have moved from their farm on the sideroad to a house in Lucknow. Anniversary services will be held at Chalmers Presbyterian Church on May 26, with Rev. Robert Shaw of Teeswater guest speaker. Jird McIntyre of Vermilion Lake visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mc- Clenaghan. Mr. and Mrs. McClenaghan recently spent a Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Doug Baird of Cayuga and visited this past Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Howe of Culross. Mrs.. Joe Ducharme of ,Goderich visited Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw. These sisters met Friday at a Listowel restaurant;, Mrs. E. W. Beecroft, RR 3, Wingham,, Mrs. Archie, Hertel of Kitchener, Mrs. Stewart Forsyth, Walkerton, Mrs. Michael Chreptyk, Kincardine, Mrs. Philip McMillan, Lucknow, and Mrs. Murray Wilken, Ripley. On Monday afternoon . a progressive euchre. party was held in Whitechurch Community Memorial Hall with eight tables in play. • High lady was Sara Anstett, low, Lila Shickluna; high gent, Albert Coultes, low, Agnes Fairbrother, playing asaman. Jean Crump won a door prize. Mr. and Mrs. Hector Purdon of Strathroy spent the weekend with Mrs. Robert Mowbray. Many were fishing on Saturday and caught a good supply of trout. Sacred. Heart n Mailbox Sacred Heart School held its science fair last Tuesday. Students from Grade 1 to " Grade 8 competed. The winners from Grade 1 and 2 were: first, Cormac McKenna; second, Jason Phelan; third, Timothy and Denise Schmidt, Andrew and Michael Rammeloo and Carrie Grubb, Grade 3 and 4 winners were: first, Clara McKenna ; second, Jim Hills; third, Darryl Hallahan and.. Kelly McInnes, Robbie and Joey Grubb and Mark Carsons, Winners in the Grade 5 and 6 division were: first, Jason Steffler and Joe Schmidt; second, Robert Bedard; third, Jason • Kieffer, Catherine Bird, Peter McDonnell and Tracey McInnes. Science fair winners from Grade 7 and 8 were: first, Rhonda Schaefer; second, - Jeffrey Sanders; third, Lori Belanger, Kris Chandler, Mark McDonnell and Steve Doerr. Two exhibits from each division will be sent to Dublin for the system con- test on May 8, The staff congratulates all the students for a job well done. The judges were Mrs. Nancy Laing, Mrs. Verne Galbraith and Angello Ippolito. Mrs. George Tiffin of Lucknow spent the weekend with Mrs: Wes Tiffin ,and visited Wes Tiffin at Wingham and District Hospital. On .May 9 . at 8 p.m., the Whitechurch Women's In- stitute's Family and . Con- sumer Affairs meeting will be held in the memorial hall. The 4-H club members and their leaders ,will be in at- tendance. Convener will be' Mrs. Tom Day; hostess, Mrs. Elgin Johnston; roll call, "How I handle personal stress"; motto, '"A recipe for a ' happy home", Mrs. Johnston Conn; speaker, Mrs. Dan Tiffin; subject, cake decorating; report of officers' conference; penny auction, muffins and plant slips; music, Jean Ross; lunch, Mrs. George'Fisher, `Mrs. Bill Rintoul, Mrs,. ; Garnet Farrier. Former missionary is speaker GORRIE — The United Church spring Thankof- fering. service was held on. Wednesday, April 24 at 8:15, Mrs. Carol Mann opening with a call to worship, followed by prayer and responsive reading. Mrs. Jim Schefter read scripture, followed by the singing of a hymn and prayer. Mrs. Mann introduced the guest ' speaker, Morley Hammond of Durham, presently teaching at a high school in Flesherton. He spent. seven years in Korea in the late 1970s as a missionary and showed manynteresting slides, telling about the country's many customs and dress'. Neighboring church groups were invited and at the close of the meeting a social time was held and lunch served. Mrs. Lloyd Jacques thanked the speaker. R. W. Bell OPTOMETRIST Goderich The Square 524-7661 HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY Filter Queen "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482-7103 � 6y: 0wrcx 8 j NOTICE In accordance with the requirements of the Planning Act there will be a Public Meeting to discuss the Community Improvement Plan and the Ontario Neighbour Improvement Plan for the Township of Howick. Location: Howick Community Centre pate: June 6th, 1985 Time: '8:00,.p.m. , s ;wrg a , l Marvin h. B3.4,',.M:tt.;. Clerk -Treasurer, Township of Howick. Here today, here tomorrow to serve you"r' hearing needs. Beltone has been serving the hearing needs of. people in this area for more 'than :25 years. 'More important toyou, we expect to go on ser- ving them for many years to come. When you buy a hearing aid from us, yoU know, we'll be here to provide service when you need it. Come in and see us at the regular monthly ser- vice clinic at VANCE')S ,PHARMACY FRIDAY, MAY 10 - 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. J. D. FAIR Reg. O.H.A.A. Hearing Aid Specialist , / / �ONie � Stratford Office WHEN A•HEARING 1.45 Ontario St. AID WILL HELP - 273-2118 Making changes to a watercourse? Ontario Mlrllstry Of , Hon. Michael Harris Natural Minister Resources Mary Mogford Deputy Minister �Il The waters of, rivers, streams and creeks belong to everyone. Improper use of the watercourses which carry these waters may result in the following: - irrigation and drainage problems for neighbours - destruction of aquatic and v'ildlife habitat - reduced recreational opportunities - erosion and flooding problems Whenever permanently flowing watercourses are to be altered in any way in- cluding damming, diverting, and channelization, Federal and Provincial laws re- quire that the approval of the Ministry of Natural Resources be obtained. As a first step in planning any work on a watercourse, contact us. Our staff will be glad to discuss possible design and layout alternatives which will minimize future problems for you, your neighbour and public in general. Inquiries can be directed to: District Manager Ministry of Natural Resources RR , Wingham, Ontario NOG 2WO (519) 357-3131 or 1-800-265-3003 (area code 519 only)