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TRACTOR SEAT 4.95
HOOVER APT. WASHER 159.95 •
ENGLISH IRONSTONE DISHES . . . . 14.77
3/s" DRILL • • 18.95
CAR HEATER 16.95
ELEC. AUTO-SEAT 11.98
1/4 " DRILL
ELEC. SOLDERING GUN
DELUXE FRY PAN 31.95
BLENDER 39.99
ELEC. GLASS PERCOLATOR 14.95
ICE CRUSHER 14.95
ELEC. KNIVES 19.97
TOYS---TOYS ---TOYS
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Phone 527-1620
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SNOWMOBILE OWNERS r
The Seaforth Council seeks
all owners of snowmobiles so t
tinue to enjoy to the full the
same time protect the interest
Please cooperate by:
1. Operating machines as
and at such times as not
citizens. This means the
at night operation.
the cooperation of
Wat they may con-
sport and at the
s of other citizens
quietly as possible
to inconvenience
curtailment of late
2. Avoiding areas where sickness exists such
as the hospital grounds and streets adjacent
to nursing homes.
3. Following all highway traffic regulations
and regulations contained in the Motorized
Snow vehicle Act.
4. Respecting the rights of property owners
and avoiding taking short cuts over private
property.
5. Giving precedence to pedestrian traffic
remembering that snowmobiles being so low
sometimes can be difficult to see.
The cooperation of all operators is urged.It
would be 'unfortunate if the actions of a few
operators made necessary restrictive, controls
that would curtail the pleasure of other owners.
Protection to Persons
and Property Committee
Seaforth Town Council
FREE DRAW
with every dollar purchase you
get a ticket for a FREE draw on
a Blanket.
000.000,aseet**•4***Mlime.
IMPORTED
BOXED CHOCOLATES
BLANKETS -- SLIPPERS
A LARGE VARIETY OF
IMPORTED
CIGARS
for your smoking pleasurer
Mainstreet Variety
SEAFORTH
MITCHELL
Phone 527-1640
Phone 348-9251
GALORE
at the CROWN HARDWARE STORE
PLASTIC SEWING BASKET
ONEIDA STAINLESS SILVERWARE -
24-Piece service for 6 . . . 9.95
32-piece 'service for 8 ... 12.95
DAISYY TEA POT 4.95
3.45
3.98
DAISY COFFEE MUGS on TREE Set 5.98
3.98
14.98
ea. 6.95 to 15.75
SPICE RACKS, complete with spices 10.45 to 15.95
PUNCH BOWL SET a 9.95
LARGE ASSORTMENT of WALL PLAQUES
8.95
DAISY CREAM and SUGAR
DAISY CANDY DISHES
DAISY COOKIE JAR
WOODEN SALAD BOWL SET
CANDY DISHES, assorted colors ea. 1.89
FONDUE POTS 7.95
FONDUE FORKS 3.45
VASES, assorted colors
-Corning Ware
TWIN SET
Reg. 13.75
includes a 48-oz. and 56-oz.
Saucepan with covers
Corning Ware
SAUCE PAN SET
Reg. 22.25
A 32-oz., 48-oz. and 56-oz. Sauce-
pan with covers and one handle.
Limited Offer 8.88 Limited Offer 14.99
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Senior Citizens Enjoy Annual Legion Auxiliary Banquet
There were toy trains before
the first railways of the 1820s;
toy flying machines before the
Wright Brothers' historic flight
• of 1903; and toy space ships some
30 years before space flight be-
came a reality in the 1960s.
Fantasy is involved both in
the creation of a toy and in mak-
ing it into something more im-
portant than a mere trifle. And,
somehow, a toy seems much more
• than a mere plaything because
it is an object that launches
dreams and produces pleasure
which accounts for the never-
ending love affair between a child
and his toy.
There are trends in toys just
• as in wearing apparel. A fashion
in dress, rises and declines and.
may returnin a revised font'
some years later. Sometimes a
toy will vanish for a couple of
centuries in history, apparently
forever, only to reappear in a
completely different part of the
world.
An example of this phenom-
enon is the yo-yo. It was known
in the Far East in ancient times.
in the Philippines it was actually
used as a weapon, its user hid-
ing in a tree and striking his
victim lethally on the head.
Centuries later the diabolo,
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Miss Mary Malwain
CorrespOn4ent
Jackie, Kim and Shelley .9flifur0*
MCCiore, Bryan and Claytun, and Mrs. Jerry me14,
Park were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Riley and Mr. and Mrs. Jim preszcator
family. visited over the week end with
Mrs. Don Keyes, sandy and
Mr . and Mrs. Ralph Glew of Beth of Point Edward visited on Dorchester.
Saturday with Mr. and Km Car, Mr. Jim Medd spent Satur-
man Scarrow, Jim, John and day at Glen Huron.
Doug. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thompson
and Ric ki of Goderich visited over
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Thompson and Joan.
Master Billy Preszcator
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Pfaff and family of
Crediton and Miss Debbie Presz-
cator spent the week end with
her grandmother, Mrs. Ella Jew-
itt and boys.
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomp-
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam McClure and family spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
"Heard the latest physical
fitness rumor? The team
will march in hall-time
parades!"
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Toys Common Centuries Ago
a toy frail the same family as
the yo-yo, was brought to France
from Peking by missionaries. It
swept France during the 1790s,
then disappeared again. It re-
appeared to sweep England and
the Americas in the 1920s, and
has had a couple of revivals since
then.
Certain basic toys seem ca-
pable of enduring popularity.
These include rattles, balls, tops,
kites, dolls and soldiers.
Some stimulate the imaginat-
ion and invite effort such as
building blocks. Others, such as
scissors and brushes, help a
child attain adult skill. Still
others, such as construction toys,
help the development of physical
and mental abilities.
Universal toys are inore
common among infants than later
childhood because the older child
demands something more elabor-
ate and more connected with the
world around him. The more
advanced toys reflect the natural
fluctuations of social and
economic change.
The rattle, usually a child's
first toy, has existed in various
forms since antiquity. Both
the rattle and the ball derive
from the simple globular shape
of a fruit, nut or gourd, either
carved for a ball, or with the
seeds left inside for a rattle.
Some of the toy animals of
early times may have been orna-
ments just as some of the dolls
may have been ritual figures
rather than toys.
Egyptian children appear to
have been well provided with
toys, including balls, tops, pull-
along animals and dolls made
from a wide variety of materials
including ivory,, gold, bronze,
clay, wood and composition.
The ball is an extremely
ancient plaything. The early
Greeks made a ball of wood
stuffed in an envelope of skin.
Bladders of sheep and goats
were used by the Celts. The
Japanese still produce a simple
version of a ball made of tissue
paper tightly bound- with string.
In Malaya, a bouncing ball has
been made for centuries from
beautifully woven split cane.
North American Indians made
balls from stuffed deer hide.
Dolls were certainly known
to both the Greeks and Romans.
Dollmaking as a trade dates back
to 15th-century Germany. They
were carved out of wood, some
were made from clay and others
from rags. North American In-
dians made dolls
Over the years dolls have
mirrored the fashions of the age.
In modern times, the most sig-
nificant changes have been in
manufacturing technique using
plastic and vinyl.
Dolls have contributed to the
history of medicine. From the
16th to the 19th century, ivory
manikins were used for in-
struction in anatomy and the fore-
runner of the medical doll, which
was used to train nurses prior
to the First World War.
Dolls were employed to
transport messages in the Civil
War, and sometimes to smug-
gle such things as microfilm in
World War 11.
Where the girls had dolis j,
the boys had their soldiers. The
lands and islands of the Medit-
erranean have.*11.,provlded-ovi
dence „of the ancient makine of0
model warriors in metal or clay
and tiny Roman-like figures have
been found in Spain, Germany,
Britain and even Abyssinia. Lead
soldiers enjoyed great popular-
ity in the 19th century and even
in the 20th century until largely
replaced by cheaper and more
indestructable models made from
plastic.
Today the scope of toys is
broader than ever. A toy is
still the plaything of 'a child,
but enormous therapeutic work
has been done with toys for sick
children, crippled children and
the mentally deficient.
Never has more attention
been paid to toys than in the
modern world.
Investigations are being con-
ducted into the safety of exist-
ing toys for ordinary children,
and enquiries made into the
needs of the child, prpper me-
thods of play, and the correct
approach to toys from the angle
of the child, parents and the
manufacturem, ta•
Antonia Fraser, in her book,
"The History of Toys" writes:
the toy, then, is a delightful
object which gives pleasure, a
companion of an idle hour, some-
thing far removed from the earn-
estness of existence.
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