Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 19, 1988, p. 9

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Tilt lit Wednesday October IB 1WW I Board votes 132 in favor of closing Oakville high school A tablecloth similar to this one created by the local who helped work Guild will be available to be won Willy weekend at the Five Counties Seminar being hosted by Herald the Heritage 1 1 and we sum Guild Members of the Five Counties Seminar wood and Weavers converge this Saturday t a lengthy emotional discussion of lion trustees voted to close a south Hal ton hi school a I Thursday night Board of fcJucntion meeting The Board voted lo elosc Gordon fe Perdue HlBli in in June citing Us declining enrolment and a need for school in north as reasons for iht closure A Hoard report says the Ho man Catholic School Board pressed Interest in Hie vacated school site Catholic Board could in In the premises within three sold public Hoard Director Hob Willtums But Mr the Catholic Board offer hud an im pact on school closing Regardless of the school situation htrc Thursday opting to Perdue he said protesting Mil what they wiled an imo- bid to trustees asking them lo keep open Georgetown will focus of or a number of people weekend as the Heritage weavers Guild hosts a Five Counties Seminar with the theme Twill meet again A full day of has been planned for the weavers who arc ex petted to attend from a number of centres Including the Kitchener area Borne and Toronto The event being hosted by the Heritage Guild a group from Georgetown which also has members from Acton and Brampton In all there art about members according guild dent Nielsen The public Will also have the op portunity to take part In the noon activities Most of Iht seminars and displays will be at Holy Cross Auditorium but v til also be a seminar at the Georgetown Dlslnct High School the afternoon The morning session for the will feature a presentation Ruth of New York She has about since 1961 and is author of the Jacob Books whose technique on harness work well known She will showing samples of her work which art faithful reproductions of twills In the afternoon weavers will be able to take in a seminar by and Agnes of Cot la entitled Baskets of Asm She will resent a slide and speak on experiences during a sojourn in Pakistan when she Bain insight into techniques This will it the Holy I ross Auditorium and is open tht public Pre- resist rail mi 11 advised and cost is Meanwhile Ms will be conducting miliar at Iht Georgetown high school for weavers The mini workshop is tn titled Playing With Profiles and participants will Itarn how to develop profiles from drafts and how lo interchange unit weaves with them and use fewer harnesses for complicated tin mess designs Prior to afternoon Dr Robert Ktatcs of his computer tht kshous displays will for viewing In honor of Jacob theme for Iht day is wills and block visiting guilds will have their own displays Many of suppliers will on hand to display their products as will Nielsen the Swedish set up In her home capable of creating a thlngt Interior design The I mil Is hosting a day of hU weekend f Herald photo Remembrance Day How the war changed Canada War of course a thing countries ire destroyed along with the people who in them No one knows this better than wir veterans and so no one was when the wars ended Hun ihi if Canadi ins ho fought in Bui what kind of did they return to It is of the Ironies of Ihe Second War that the men and women who came home found that they had transformed their though they had been away from it Consider some of the things that but pcrhnps from British Westminster Hi was shaving on he happened l look at I to didn stop them or from remembering the tounlrv war thai is thing thai changed in llit U sinci Iht war train Tht Poppy Campaign is just as now as ll was in ISMI an still remember war as a producer of raw materials and agricultural goods and she end it as one of the worlds great manufacturing nations She hid started the war as largely rural country and lis end had made strides Her cities had mushroomed Other things had happened When Japan overran the rubber plant lions of Asia promised to produce lie rubber By wars end 10 plants were in operation and Canadians were turning out kinds of rubber It was the same kind of story for the vehicle manufacturing industry and so many other things For Canada s veterans the relum home must made them feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle did after his long sleep It was still the same country but it had been transform But even if there was some ap prehension about Ihe kind of country they would be reluming home to it hide the joy they fell when the war in ended Canadians celebrated from coast in GET THE FACTS ON FREETRADE FERN COMMITTEE ROOM MILL GUELPH STREETS 87301 74 Get A Tan Look Good Feat Great fe Unlimited 3 Unlimited Unlimited 75 175 FIRST SESSION FREE TO ALL NEW CUSTOMERS The Tanning Centre MID St Georgetown Open Mm Fit 10 am 10 Dare to join in the fun of our special HALLOWEEN DANCE Saturday Oct 29 Dare to take our A venture to chill oven bravest Fantastic Prizes for best costumes Door Prizes Dance to 50 BO music Special BuMet Bo part of the parade spooks NO COVER NO MINIMUM For Reservations Call 8786701 we have all built that now seem to be crush said Perdue s student council Vicepresident But tin Hoard would not swayed To a crowded board room packed with Perdue students and Mr Williams said a school is not an easy process for any of us Wt honestly looked at the information I provided by a commissioned independently our consul Mr Williams referred to the conducted llaskins and Sells tin firm hired In February to the Hoard with a review of projected enrolment Sept presented figures indicating a decline in enrol or 1989 decreasing students from Ibis years figure of students With the closure decl students will be patched to other local schools accdrding to a Hoard report However both 11 I ton Hills trustees favored the Perdue closure As things change we ve got lo changes trustee Dick Hewitt told the capacity filled board room Mr added that sometimes It Is In the beat interest of schools close make room for larger new schools Board Chairman Pat Htllhouse said that in her heart of hearts she knew Perdue could not survive and said she would support the mo tion lo close the school The two trustees opposed to closure were Burlington trustee Anne and Oakville trustee Janis Trustee Millman will head an integration committee to facilitate the trans I of students from E Perdue High School to High School and White Oaks Secondary School according to a Board Despite the decision trustee Mlllman remained opposed lo the school closure Rita MacNeill performs in concert Him MucNell one of most songwriters will give a concert Friday Nov II at B m in War Memorial Hall University of Her career has spanned 17 years and has produced three albums prior to her smash success with Hying on Your Own In the oil of she released the album which lias been turning point in her career with sales topping 120 copies This success has confirmed as one of Canada lending capped the fact that she has been awarded a Juno or Most Promising Artist a has Inspired standing ova lions wherever she travels She has sold oul major concert halls Canada has thrilled audiences in Ihe United Kingdom and has performed on numerous radio and television shows in Canada Ihe United Kingdom and Japan Her most recent show a one hour television musical lary entitled Hit a was purchased by the for national airing dur ing the summer The magic of Rita lyrics makes her a favorite wherever she sings as Ottawa Cltiien reporter Susan Beyer remarked She makes a dark hall full of strangers feel enriched and Ritas album To Believe was released in July Her song Working Man recorded with the Cape Breton coalmining choir Men of the Deeps was the first single Tickets for Rita MacNcii range in price from lo tin and arc available at the University Centre Box Office Sam the Man The Cafe and The Comer further information regarding in Stone Mall A handling the concert contact 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