C2 - Wednendany, December 23, 1981 - North Shore News

A FEW OF the 120 grade 12 students at Handsworth secondary school stand
alaugside a portion of the food collected by them for 23 needy families. The students
exgauized the hamaper program after contacting the Christmas bureau. (Terry Peters

Foster mom honored

A Nosth Vancover mother
who has contributed 18 years
to supporting foster parcats
ari children in British
Columbia was recently
appointed as a member to
the Order of Canada.

Mrs. Leona Pecdosuk,
foomer President of the
Beith Columbia Fedcration
«of Foster Parents, reccived
Bees Badge of the Order from
Governor Gencral Ed

Schreyer at the lnovestiturc

ccrcmony held at
Government House 1n
Otrwa.

Mrs. Pedosuoh playcd o
Significant role in
extablishing the = British

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Poster Parcats in 1966 and
betcx, im founding many
foster parcet 93 groups
throughout the province.
She was (he first presidcnt

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of the federation and was re-
elected again in 1975 to
serve a further three year
term. Throughout the last 15
years, she has served the
Federation untiringly.

In addition to raising four
children of their own, Mrs.
Pedosuk and her husband
Dick, have for 18 years,
opened their home and their
hearts to children in need of
care and support

Mrs. Pedosuk has
very involved in the com.
munity. She has been a
school volunteer, a Girl
Gunde leader. and has served
as Board member for the
former Catholic Family and
Children’s Services She was
also actively involved in the
formation of the Catholic
Community Services in
Vancouver

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“I am very pleased that
Mrs. Pedosuk has received
this very much deserved
honour,” said Human
Resources Minister Grace
McCarthy. “Through her
tremendous contribution to
fostering in British
Columbia, she has not only
improved the society in
which we live, she _ has
enhanced the lives of many
foster parents and children
throughout the province.”

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OAK PARK, Ill. UPI - Fred
Magel is. trying to get the X

-For the past 10. years,
Magel,- 72, has waged a

greeting card companies,
retail. stores and advertisers
from using the word “Xmas”
for “Christmas.”

“Ever since [ve been a
kid, I’ve resented the word
Xmas,” he said.

“I made up my mind that
some day I was going totry |
to correct it. It's my heritage |
to the younger generation.
We all owe the younger
generation something.

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1960s as former vice presi:
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“X is the derogatory. lett
in the alphabet,” Magel said

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an algebra examination. X
means wrong on. ai
examination paper. The kind
that can't read or write signs’
his X on a contract. Even
the telephone directory, ho oe .
many people with the letter (FOR SOPHISTICATED INVESTORS}
X have you got? Less than. a
ge.

“The letter X is now the
worst letter in the alphabet.
You can’t say one good thing «:
about the letter X.”

“X is derogatory, so why
use it with the word Christ?”
he said.

“Christmas, in many
hearts, is a sacred thing. We
respect it by spelling out .
Christmas, by keeping the
Christ in Christmas.” a

The Greeks used the X for ©
the word “Christi,” Magel |:
said. “But that is ancient ”:
history and the kids forget it.
How many kids know it?”

These days, he said, Xmas
only is used in cablegrams or
newspaper classified ads
where space is critical.

“I've seen very few infrac-
tions, only Xmas tree signs
and a few classified ads,” he
said.

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