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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-01-21, Page 5, Watch for FROt'Y FEST Feb. 1 20, 21, 22 wved/0/64 Reisteied CertificateInvestmen* 'EFFECTIVE JANUARY 5/81 'Subject to change without notice' Chartered Financial Planner Wayne M. Chandler B. Sc., M.Sc., C.F.P. 8$7-6021 or Ontario public schools, al- ready struggling to cope with declining enrolments, are facing a significant, new challenge from, private gehooltt..: Usually affiliated with a church or nondenomi- national religious group, these -schools are returning to the community the Control over education of its children — •control which was yielded over the years in the interest of :efficiency" and a more uniform quality of education through centralization. Roman Catholics for years have operated their own separateechoola in a system "Which has reached on ac- commodation with . the pro- vincial government, giving it access tea measure of public funding. Some other churches, the Mennonites for instance, also have a tradition of church -operated schools,. though without any public funding. In recent years other groups which find their beliefs and °Xioctrn, variance wlth *1st .. state schoat. stat started a growing private schoollt tip educational ,alt+enr The Lucknow and Christian School', op by a nondetantinatid: community " ,atusociai opened in a r NO - schoolhouse 'gaat f, school, one Of'tb an associatl+n qi schoolst already,` enrolment `of • 63 garter through Grade 8 is looking ahead "to " . • ly doubling' itover, the next several years. ' More recently the. Wingham Baptist, Church opened its own school, cur- rently offering Kindergarten. through Grade 3, 'in the church basement with volun- teer teachers. The half-dozen youngsters already attending the school are just a start, Raetor buss. Smith said. The school will_ beexpanded to include Grades 4 and 5 next month, taki for educatl more students, er up to Grade ady are in the y a piece of land, d the church is rt construction on a taro -room ;off its own, which arged over the ed. is not aiming big school, he enrolment cord.. d reach 50 or 60 arobleni will not enrolment, he t .rather being modate all who attend• a church school, he emphasized, which means thatthes hool is operated by the :abOach-=and the two are not, separate. This differen- tiates .tt feem the Lucknow Christian 'ool, which is totted: ' specific church tloA l many of its sup - are members of the itch Reformed Church. Baptists were invited .to join the Lucknow school, PASTOR ROSS SMITH pays a. visit to the Kindergarten room at the Wingham Baptist Church School; where' his wife, Betty, teaches Alan and Jeremy. The youngsters demonstrated their ability to read simple sentences phonetically, as well as work out some basic math. They learned the alphabet with Bible verses. WING.,HAM BUSINESS PEOPLE Help Support Frosty Fest '81 Enter a girl in the Mips Frosty Fest Princess Contest Age 7114 Clothing of Girls own Choice Will be judged on poise, personality, appearance Must "live in a 5 mile radius of Wingham Girls to be sponsored by a Wingharn area business PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES Name of Business Name of Contestant Age of Contestant Address of Contestant Clip out and mail t: RoA 235, Wingham ENTRY FEE $211W —_a�__ m_.e___s®_____m®a the pastor said, but chose not to because of doctrinal dif- ferences. He said the Baptist schools place more emphasis on Bible study, whichis one of five basic courses students must pass. The others are social studies, language arts, math and science. The school follows the Alpha -Omega course of study, designed in the United States. "We feel our course is far superior to the public school system," Mr. St'itith reported, since it challenges students to work ahead and progress at their own paces. The church school had been in the works for a couple of years, he added, but the move this year was sparked by the discovery of two books containing fairly explicit sexual references in the library of the Wingham Public School. He said he 1,0 took the matter up with the principal ghtritiereeded In having one book removed, but not the other. "We had only one al- ternative: to take our children out." This school is just one of many which have been started by Baptist churches all over Canada and the United' States in recent years, and there will -be more, he said. He believes that it is the responsibility of the church and home to educate child- ren from a biblical stand- point, and the aim should be to build lives, socially, spiritually and academic- ally, which honor _God. "We realized we've been - wrong in handing oder' education to the state. We're going to take our kids back." Junior Farmers to host provincial winter games For many people Valen- tine's Day is a day to send something special to their sweethearts. However this year Feb. 14 is also the date for something special m Huron County. - -Junior Farmers from all over Ontario will be travelling to Exeter to participate in the Junior Farmers' Provincial Winter Games. Local Junior Farmer members have been busy for several months making preparations to host the event. They will be on hand to welcome " other Junior Farmers, who will be arriving in Exeter anytime after 8:30 a.m. to take part in the competition. The various types of sports will include curling, volley- ball, basketball, badminton; bowling and cross-country skiing. These events will take place at the ,South Huron District High School, Exeter Bowling lanes, Exeter Curling. Club and the Ausable-Bayfield .Conserva- tion Authority cross-country ski trail at the Morrison Dam. • Following the competition, there will be a broomball game at the South Huron Recreation Centre. The Huron°County Junior Far- mers - will challenge the executive of the provincial' Junior Farmers in an exhibition match. Dancing at theSouth Huron Recreation Centre to the ;music of 'Shannon'. will 'conclude the day's events - The Huron County Junior Farmers are 'enthfised and excited about "-Hosting the winter games, which will involve several hundred young men and women from across the province: They 'irfvite all the people of Huron to share their excitement by coming to watch the events. The town of Exeter will be booming with activity Feb. 14, and everyone is invited to help give the visitors a warm, Huron County welcome. MARY MILLER, a Grade 2 student at the tnew WMil" ` ham Baptist Church School, gets some personal ,piten tion from her teacher, Mrs. Erie Cleave. The sdiiool' , currently has six children enrolled In Klnderggarte, through Grade 3, but plans to add Grades '41-5 :.fiestt. „month and expects to be up to Grade 8 by June. Weekend of winter fun Frostyfest 81 is on its` Plans now are well under way for Frostyfest '81, a winterweekend of fun and :activities being organized by the Wingham Kinsmen Club in cooperation with other service , clubs, and com- rnunity,groups.'. A recent organizational meeting hosted by- the, Kinsmen .yielded pledges of support ! from all „service groups in town. The weekend, Feb. 19-22, will feature many in- teresting . events for both young and old. It will kick off on the Thursday -evening with opening ceremonies, followed by a Christmas tree bonfire, a variety show hosted by the Lions club, and. the Carnival . Princess contest ' hosted by the Wingham Business Association. Business association members also plan a weekend sale in. conjunction with Frostyfest. Events scheduled for Friday evening include a Kinsmen casino night at the Armouries, a wine and cheese party at the Legion Agriculture and Cangdian Industries is theme of Bluevale WI speaker BLUEVALE — The January- meeting of ,the Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Harry Elliott on January 14. Mrs. Bert Garniss opened the meeting with"a poem entitled 'Recipe for a Happy New Year°. The Ode was sung and the Mary Stewart Collect repeated by 14 members and -three visitors. Mrs. Charles Mathers was re-elected rep- resentative to the Bluevale Board. The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. James Armstrong who conducted the program. The members shared articles on Agricul- ture and Canadian Indus- tries. - Many subjects were discussed: the production of bull meat versus steer meat; Canadian -made wicker products; hog production; horse meat as a growing in- dustry; paying of spouses for farrn work; recycling manure; a newly -designed Bauer skate produced in Kit- chener' to be on the market in February for approximately $200 per pair; the alarming fact that Canada imports 35- 40 percent of its food; the desire for Large eggs, result- ing in producers often feeding 22 per Gent protein when hens actually require only 15 percent; also the need for horinones to in- , crease. production. The group also discussed how the Bruce Nuclear Power Development may be utilized for heating green- houses; some pros and cons of sprays used on crops; and the production of newsprint at Cornerbrook, Newfound- land. It takes one and a quarter cords of'pulpwood to make one ton of newsprint and one editiorrof a Toronto MRS. JOE WALKER Bluevale Eight tables of euchre. were played in the commun- ity hall on January 14. 'Hugh scores were held by Mrs. Bert Garniss and Jim Shaw; low by Bill Willis who played a lady's card and Murray Willis. Ethel Willis won a lucky draw. " Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross on the birth of a daughter in Wingham and District Hospital. The new arrival is a wee sister for Nicole Spending Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Joe Walker and family were Marie Wallies', Clarence Ken Skinil a"nd Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Henning visited on Friday night with Mr. andlirs. Fred Lewis, newspaper requires four, acres of trees. Mention was also made of ttussell Bolton who, at 79, is a nine -time winner of prizes for hay at the Royal Winter Fair. ' Mrs. Armstrong then gave a short history of three - Ontario industries. Niagara Chemicals was bought by Rycold of4Toronto in 1977. It supplies sprays and equip- ment to all areas in Canada. The Big 0, which began in Hensall in 1968, has ex- panded four times. It now has four lines operating, producing plastic drainage tile in diameters from three inches to 12 inches. They now have plants in Quebec, Comber and Alberta, with plans for future expansion. They own a clay tile plant in Dresden and also own tiling equipment outlets.. In 1977 the head office in Exeter was opened. Dashwood Industries Was begun in 1991 by Thomas S. Clump. In 1939 the plant was destroyed by fire but was soon rebuilt. Phe steam engine and boiler for this plant came from Brussels. The war helped the company and soon a decision had to be made whether to manu- facture windows or kitchen cabinets. It was decided to produce windows and the company is now Canada - wide. Mrs. Armstrong then demonstrated how tO make a . -pin cushion which was pretty, useful and .easy to make. Everyone then had an opportunity' to win an article from the penny table, all of them Canadian -made ar- ticles. Lunch was served by the committee in charge, Mrs. Mathers, Mrs. Robert Mc- Murray and Mrs. William deVos. CWL holds euchre party The Catholic Women's League held a card party on Jan. 13 which attracted enough participants for 10 tables. Jean Crump finished as the high lady and Agnes Caskanette was low lady. Lorne Jamieson was high man and low man was George Marklevitz. The door prize was won by Clarence Hanna and the conveners were headed by Ike Templeman and Kay Rich. hall and a dance at the high school sponsored by the. Students' Council. Saturday ,morning will start with a pancake break- fast catered by the Legion Auxiliary and a Kinsmen curling bonspiel, with 9 a.m. - and , 41, , aim. draws, at 'the curling club. Later in the 'day the Lions club , will stage amateur snowmobile races with local riders • on stock machines. The evening will wrap up with a moccasin dance to the music of Crippled Duck on the ice in the Lockridge Memorial, Arena, sponsored jointly by the Kinsmen and firemen. During the dance the winners ' of • the snow sculpture contest will be named. • Action continues on Sunday, with a 100 km, • snowarama formultiple sclerosis organized by the Wingham and District Snow- mobile Club. A toboggan party at Fobs' Hill just out- side Wingham and a family cross-country ,ski outing, both hosted by the Kinsmen, will add to the outdoor ac- tivities. For those who are not so sports minded, there will be a special film festival at the Lyceum Cinema. The evening will feature a pork barbeque bythe local Optimist club, , wrapping up with a torch light parade and closing ceremonies. "With the support of all town residents at these events, the weekend will draw a lot of people to town to have fun in Wingham once again," Bruce Henry, who is helping to coordinate planning for the Kinsmen, declared. „ He noted that a number of people have mentioned this is one of the few tunes all the groups and clubs` have worked together `oti a 'town t+o�l�,,��e,ct,,annd with an�,,yw� luck ,mleeetio«., .. i..Hr event. With theexperience from Frostyfest, perhaps other projects this , size can be taken on in town and "get us all back on the right track again", he added, ex- pressing thanks to all the .. people who have become involved in the project. He also noted that , in- dividual events are still, in ..the planning stage and there is a possibility of some changes to the schedule before the big weekend. ALL OF CANADA The services off the Can- adian Conservation of the National Museums of Can- ada Institute reach into every corner of Canada. Its conservators have assisted archeologists from southern Ontario to Dealy Island in the high Arctic, and have provided emergency as- sistance to museums struck by disasters, such as fires and floods, from Nava Scotia to the Yukon. During 1980 its five mobile laboratories visited almost 200 small museums in every province and territory, giving advice and training, monitoring museum environments, and treating some 3000 artifacts. KINDERGARTEN — We are back to work, learning the sounds of the consonant letters. We have been having fun with sequence puzzles. Grades 1 and 2—Last week we learned how to play hopscotch. We taped it on the floor in the classroom and` everyone is trying, but we find our balance needs more practice. We are doing a winter mural. We painted the back- ground this week and we are now looking for winter pictures. Grades 3 and 4—In art we have begun a unit on design. The students are looking for- ward to recess sleighriding, skiing and tobogganing on the hill in the playground. Sacred H earpt Mailbox tirades 5 and , 6—In physi 1 education we are crosS-etuntry skiing. We all enjoy being out-of-doors and are trying to master the various techniques of skiing. Grades 7 and 8—With the end of the units approaching, we are preparing for tests in various subject areas. We have been learning' basketball skills in physical education. On Friday, Jan. 16, welled 'an afternoon of tournaments which included such games as chess, checkers and euchre. A pleasant finish to,a work -filled week. Ttie staff and students extend" their sympathy to William Kinahan, school board trustee, at the death of his mother. •�1