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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-04-20, Page 9e1! outlines s • e on iii:J •hone s Bell Canada plans to spend around $100,000 to maintain and upgrade telephone.. services in the Wingham and Lucknow exchanges this year, Roy Cunningham, local Bell manager, has announced. This compares to $300,000 spent in this area last year. In & letter to councils, Mr. Cunningham outlined the scope of the company's local involvement. Projects in= dude expanding facilities to provide better service in both urban and rural areas, and updating cable and switching equipment. He reported that Bell employs 210 people in the Owen Sound area, with an annual payroll exceeding $5 million. The exchanges had 2,920 customers at the end of 1982. Last year Bell invested , $1.4 billion in its total lief;work, two-thirds of which went toward meeting sub- scribers' requirements. Another large portion of capital expenditures was used to improve the quality of service in areas such as operator services, line testing, switching and trans- mission and rural service. More than $200 million worth of digital switching equipment was installed, and Bell announced it ex- pects to spend more than $300 million in each of 1983 1t 5 i 9 Mcs 1 The Wingham Advance -Times, April 20, 1983—Page 9 to --SPOTLIGHT and 1984 to expand its digital switching and transmission capability. Last year, the company paid $47,777 in taxes to this municipality, consisting of real estate, $2,671; business, $800, and gross receipts, $44,306, taxes. The gross receipts tax is a special tax levied against telecom- munications companies. It Is five per cent of all revenue derived from Ontario customers during the previous year, and is ap- portioned to each exchange depending on the number of telephones. In 1983, Bell's gross receipts tax to be paid locally will amount to $51,037. STEEPEN AUTO SUPPLY WE'VE MOVED TO 200 JOSEPHINE ST. (formerly Shirai's) Our phone number is the same Just our address has changed! STEEPEN AUTO SUPPLY 200 JOSEPHINE STREET WINGHAM 357-1550 THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE at the rum- mage sale and the shoe table is no exception. Hospital auxiliary volunteers helped customers select shoes at last Friday's rummage sale held in the Armouries building. The auxiliary holds two rummage sales each year, one in the spring and one in the fall. MinIrnurntachjng days approved for 1983-84 Huron -Perth Separate School Board teachers will be back to school this year on Sept. 1 and 2 for professional activity days. Nine professional activity days in the Huron -Perth sys- tem for the school year 1983- 84 are part of the school year calendar approved by the board at its April 11 meeting. Director of education Wil- liam Eckert said it will be "uncommon" for boards across the province to start school on Sept. 1. Previously Ministry of Education guide- lines stated the school year would start the day after ` '! ;!.Cls• Vis, •a. • Labor Day, whereas now school may start on Sept. 1. "I think its wise that class- es not begin before Labor Day," commented Mr. Eckert. "It's a tradition for Ontario families to start school after Labor Day." The director said of the nine professional activity days only five are within the school year; two are before the students come back to school and two are at the end of June on the 25th and 26th. Other professional activity days are on Sept. 23, Oct. 28, Dec. 5, March 9 (which pre- cedes the mid -winter break) and April 2. Stratford trustee Ron Mar- cy asked if there are any PA days common to the two pub- lic boards — Huron County Board of Education and Perth County Board of Edu- cation. Friday, Sept. 23 is the only common day between the three boards, while Monday, Dec. 5 is shared with the Perth system and Friday, Oct. 28 is shared with the Huron system. Monday, April 2 is common to the sep- arate system and the Huron secondary schools. Other changes in the school year calendar are the dropping of Remembrance Day as a holiday and a two- week Christmas vacation as outlined by the Ministry of Education. Holidays are Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6; Thanksgiv- ing Day on Monday, Oct. 10; Christmas holidays from Dec. 19 to Jan. 1; mid -winter break from March 12 to 16 (changed by one week from previous years) ; Good Fri- day on April 20; Easter Mon- day on April 23 and Victoria Day on Monday, May 21. There is a total of 194 school days including PA days which leaves 185 in- structional days — the mini- mum required by the Minis- try. "Why is it set at the mini- mum rather than the maxi- mum?" asked Seaforth trus- tee Gerald Groothius. Mr. Eckert said the com- mittee determined there would be 185 instructional days plus nine PA days, but the calendar is before the board and changes could be made. No changes were made. "It saves the busses from running," noted Ellice trus- tee Tim McDonnell pointing out one of the reasons for the minimum of instruction days. Trustees also questioned why students don't go until the end of June in 1984. June 22, 1984 is the last day of classes. Superintendent, of education John McCauley said the committee recom- mends students finish school on a Friday instead of bring- ing them back for a Monday and Tuesday. Board chairman Ron Mur- ray said the committee to study the 1984-85 school year is to include ratepayers along with trustees, teachers and administration. CORRECTION In a report from the board's March 28 meeting, chairman Ron Murray refer- red to trustees' committee pay. In fact trustees don't re- ceive committee pay. The only honorarium trustees re- ceive is their monthly stipend. BUCKET This Saturday and Sunday, Kentucky Fried Chicken has a sensational special for you. A Bucket, with 15 pieces of finger lickin' good chicken, priced at only $8.50. The Sensational Saturday and Sunday $8.50 Bucket. At Kentucky Fried Chicken. There's nothing like it. • cgar.�`� ,/u w.6e 'RWo�n ei once sander ` Doi ` atarse Buffet. t0 I 1 wujaa[�s �'; woe �,p us.v �C2�larrel� .rsw Mo 4,7N "7000'm Josephine St., Zehrs Plaza Corner of Hwy. 4 and 86, Wingham SEA OF CLOTHING—.Velma Balser, a hospital auxiliary volunteer, had a hard time seeing over this mound of clothes at last week's auxiliary rummage sale held at the WIngham Armouries. A large crowd of bargain hunters and the curious attended the sale last Friday. REV. HENRY JENNINGS of Wroxeter, a retired AnglIcan priest_ believes_ That- a clergy man must be involved—iii community happenings as well as the church to achieve a healthy balance. He is assistant padre to the Howick Legion, an avid local historian and a Tong -time member of the Oddfellows. Also, Rev. Jennings has started to compile his memoirs and hammers them out on his 70 year-old Oliver typewriter using two fingers to do the typing. Rev. H. Jennings is active in church and community By Margaret Arbuckle You don't have to be a stuffy or overly -pious person to do God's work and Rev. H. L. (Henry) Jennings of Wroxeter is proof positive. Rev. Jennings has been retired for several years as an Anglican priest, but he still takes services occasionally if he is needed at local churches. His spiritual life is balanced with an active community involvement as well as several personal projects. Rev. John Swan of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Wingham, is a close associate of Rev. Jennings. Rev. Swan called him a dedicated man of the church as well as someone who strives for the betterment of his community. Several of his Wroxeter neighbors, Mrs. Hazel Griffith, Mrs. Dorothy McGee and Mrs. Dewitt Adams, praised him for his willing spirit and in- volvement with groups like the Wroxeter senior citizens, the Howick Lions and the Oddfellows. Born in York County ,(now a part of Metro Toronto), in 1911, his devoutly -religious family moved to London when he was very small. The Jennings background was solidly Anglican and the family attended church with precision regularity, so it was no surprise when young Henry decided to go into the ministry. Rev. Jennings said he has vivid memories of his early childhood. He said he can remember once when he was about four years old, sitting in church and listening to a particularly long-winded minister delivering his sermon. He turned to his mother and said "Momma, tell minister enough", laughing that he never thought some child might say the same thing about him one day. The family moved to. Exeter where Rev. Jennings received his public and high school education. Then he went on to the University of Western Ontario in London where he was active in athletics (pole vaulting in particular) and debating. He received his general BA in 1935 and his doctorate of theology one year later. After entering the priesthood, his sense of ad- venture and desire to do the Lord's work caused him • to pressure church officials enough to re -open a long -closed mission in the Northwest Territories. His persistence paid off and he spent several years there acting as a missionary and quasi -medical doctor to the natives. Upon returning to Southwestern Ontario, he asked for a rural charge and was granted one in Ripley, where he met his wife Ivy "believe it or not", he joked. He also served as priest in Lucknow, Dungannon and Brussels before poor health forced his retirement in 1968. Mrs. Jennings' mother was ill and living in Gorrie at the time, so the Jennings moved in to care for her and they have been in the area ever since. A clergyman must try to divide his time between church and community projects in a parish, Rev. Jennings believes and make an example of himself to others. He practises what he preaches too because he is heavily involved with several local organizations. He is assistant padre of the Howick Legion, a member of the Oddfellows for the past 47 years and an enthusiastic member of the Bruce County Historical Society. In fact, he has compiled histories of several of the local Anglican parishes. His other hobbies include coin and stamp collecting and playing the organ. His latest project is compiling his memoirs into a book which he hopes to have published one day. He still hangs on to the hope too, that one day he can visit the Holy City, Jerusalem.