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EMBRO â€" Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Craig, of RR 1 Lakeside, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the community centre here last week. The couple married June 26, 1931 in Swift Current, Saskatâ€" chewan. Later, the couple moved to the Lakeside area where they owned and operated a farm. Mrs. Craig is the former Helen Cowan, daughter of the late Wilbert and Elizabeth Cowan. She was one of a family of eight, and the only one to live in Ontario. â€" ie Mr. Craig is the son of the late Oxford board approves junior curriculum Norman and Margaret Craig. The new document reâ€" places the present curriculâ€" um, which was the first produced ©by the Oxford County board for Kinderâ€" garten through Grade 13. The new curriculum breaks the guidelines into the areas The board gave its unanâ€" imous approval and support to the document, recognizâ€" ing the many hours of work spent writing, rewriting, reâ€" vising and testing the new curriculum designed â€" for Grades 4 to 6. After for and a half years of discussion and debate a new junior curriculum was presented by the junior English curriculum comâ€" mittee to the board for approval, recently. Gold and silver celebrations Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Craig He is the last surviving member of a family of seven. The Craigs have four children: Mrs. Jim (Jean) Caddy, of Embro; Mrs. Allan (Grace) Schnurr, of St. Marys; Rand, of RR 1 Lakeside, and Leslie, of Iroquois. The Craigs also have eight grandchildren. While Mrs. Craig enjoys flowers, reading and fishing, Mr. Craig likes to spend his spare time fishing and going to the racetrack to watch his sonsâ€" inâ€"law race horses. The occasion was extra special for the Craigs because their daughter and sonâ€"inâ€"law, Jean . and _ Jim. _Caddy, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary on the same day! ez "Towin Cniern o of primary, junior interâ€" Mr. Burnett said five mediate and senior. types of listening will be stressed: attentive, informâ€" The._committee "is just al, appre?iafive, critical thrilled" with the curricuâ€" 208 marginal. lum ready now for impleâ€" Another important aspect mentation in Oxford County _ of the cirriculum is the public schools, saidcommitâ€" _ teaching of language strucâ€" tee chairman Robert Burâ€" _ ture. Grammar is stressed nett, principal of Norwich â€" very heavily at the junior Public School. level but the curriculum deals with only those conâ€" e 3 cepts the students are able nrf&j‘fl?fif‘ffliglugf & to perceive at that level. The. committee "is just thrilled" with the curricuâ€" lum ready now for impleâ€" mentation in Oxford County public schools, said commitâ€" tee chairman Robert Burâ€" nett, principal of Norwich Public School. The junior curriculum apâ€" proved by the board, ties in very closely with the primâ€" ary and intermediate levels, said Mr. Burnett. In keeping with the ministry of educatâ€" ion‘s philosophy, the docuâ€" ment stresses listening and speaking skills which in the past were never dealt with in any precise way. .t t J 9L There is attention to masâ€" tering what they at their age level can conceive while still offering to them the basics, said Mr. Burnett. Teachers will be working from the child‘s present level of ability to improve his grammatical structure ALICE HAWKESWORTH shows one of the flower arrangements which won her the Becker‘s prize for design at last week‘s horticultural show in St. Marys. The annual show was put on by the St. Marys Horticultural Society. x PLST o 1Gtaff Dhatn) is put.on Dy tNC oL. MaL ) Cme 24, / I9/ Brown‘s W.I. met Thursâ€" day June 16 at Browns Corners. Mrs. David Arthur, president px:esided. e â€" r/fll’/i'/‘/ /77/ A further $100 was designâ€" ~ne 30, 146 , * by correcting the student‘s errors and helping him to understand the concepts. Donate To Lift The document is divided into sections focusing on the four modes of language: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Mr. Burnett said it will be implemented this fall and is already in the hands of the teachers. Some are prob ably already trying out some of the techniques in it, he said. ' ‘Workshops are planned for the 1982 school year to aid in its implementation. ‘"‘We think we‘ve got a document here that is really going to assist youngsters in the county", said Mr. Burnâ€" ett. ated to go to the North Oxford District Chair Lift project. The chair lift is to go in the therapeutic pool at Woodingford Lodge. Browns WI (Staff Photo) It was agreed that the W.I. give financial support to Browns United Church for the installation of a new washroom. 3 Mrs. Evelyn Arthur preâ€" sented Joyce and Dorothy with gifts and expressed thanks for their work in leading this 4â€"H unit. The meeting was closed with the singing of O Canada. A bottle drive is to be conducted by the Junior Farmer July 18; Pick up is at about 8:00 a.m. at Browns School. A newspaper drive is to be conducted by the Union Church Youth Group in early September. The roll call ‘"What I Learned from 4â€"H?" was answered. Mrs. Marion Mainprize spoke on progress made in the treatment of arthritic patients and the need for financial support to continue such treatment. One person in eight is known to suffer from arthritis. Mrs. Margaret. Arthur convener of the Family and Consumer _ Affairs â€" group thanked the 4â€"H girls for their interesting presentaâ€" tion. R The Cackling Chicks preâ€" pared Nice and Spicy Niagâ€" ara Chicken and Chicken with a Chinese Accent which they served later with rice as a delicious lunch. Cherylanne West and Jodi McKay entertained by tellâ€" ing fortunes â€" personality traits being observed in eggs and in the way people handled them. A contest which included facts about eggs and facts about chickens, conducted by Cherylanne and Jodi proved to all present that there was a lot to know about both. The Browns _ Cackling Chicks, the 4â€"H group volunâ€" teered to canvas for the Arthritis Society in the Browns area. % Mrs.: Dorothy â€" McKay, leader outlined the topics. Mrs. Joyce Tate, also a leader, introduced the girls as they took part in the program. Chris Craig read an inâ€" formative report of the 4â€"H tour of the Van Heeswyk Chicken Farm. The Cackling Chicks made a presentation on their recent Unit "Which Came First." Jodi McKay demonstrated the proper method of sharpâ€" ening a knife with a steel. . Lisa McKay and Heather McKay demonstrated cutâ€" ting up a chicken while Terri McKay gave a commentary.