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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-01-29, Page 11• Odds it' Ends by Elaine Townshend o The old phone Remember the old wooden telephone that hung on the wall?.The children had to stand on a chair to reach it. The phone had a crank on one side, a bell-shaped receiver on the dther side and on the front, a cuplike apparatus into which the caller spoke. If you remember the old-fashioned phone, you Probably recall the party line. It wasn't unusual for twenty-one homes to be hooked up to the same line. A different ring was designated to each house.The first was 1 long ring, the second,- I long and 1 short, the third, 2 longs and so on. Iinagine the length of .the ring in the twenty-first house! Everyone took turns using the busy line, but they couldn't talk long. If they hogged the wire, -they'd, be in their neighbours' black books. They usually shared the line good-naturedly, and they gave the farmers top priority. Everyone understood the urgency when a sick animal required a veterinarian 'or a piece of broken machinery needed repair.,,. Eavesdroppers must have had a heyday. They heard thelarmers complaining about the price of thfilast milk shipment.They listened while the housewives swapped rec dries and rehashed a recent . quilting bee or ladies aid meeting. They heard the - children comparing notes on the new young teacher, and they listened to the old. folks reminiscing about the good old dayS. With so many peeple on the line, the eavesdropper enjoyed anonymity for awhile. Eventually, ' though, the, neighbour's pinpointed the community busybody. When a fire broke out, one long, sustained/ ring signalled an' emergency. 'Everyone rushed outside to locate the smoke.With true neighbourly spirit, they charged across the'fields or down the road to help. Thus each section of the road had 'its ow form of a volunteer fire departrifent. Rican a number on another line, a black button on the side of the telephone was pushed. This summoned the opera or, who connected the caller with the othe party. Even communicatidn between two wns, than-were only eight miles apart, was classed as a long distance call. The telephone and its communication network has come a long way. The large wooden phone was replaced by the compact square one, encased in black plastic. A ten-digit dial substituted for the crank, and today, push-buttons are being introduced.The stylish contempra phone, with its dial or Touch-Tope buttons in the handset, is the first model to be designed and manufactured entirely in Canada The modern telephone comes in a variety of colours, ranging from pastel hades and white to avocado green' a d cherry red.Choosing the colour that lends with the decor of the room is n important decision for,the heuseho er. Meanwhile, the installation ext sions cancels the dangerous rush from e farthest upstairs bedroom down to the kitchen to answer the phone. While -the number of phones in a house increased, the.number of parties on a Ii ne decreased. The average rural line now carries four homes, and most phones seem peacefully private. Of course, the bill is higher now than it was for the early telephone, but the local calling area has expanded. Today's long distance call travels instantaneously from Ontario to Newfoundland or to British Columbia. Communication with the Far North, overseas, countries, ships on the ocean and 'mobile vehicles is no longer a phenomenon..' • How could the users of the old wooden telephone, with its crank and its party line, imagine the future that lay in store for it? Kilbarchan Notes Scot remembers" Burns Ontario IMPORTANT DATE (HANGES Key rent review deadlines for LANDLORDS and TERI, AN aye been extended as of January 16, 1976. Here ar the new dates: • F r tenancy agreements taking effect on or after' July 30, 1 75 and upto and including December 31, 1975. TEN= ANTS wishing to dispute increases up to eigtit4per cent for” that period must make application on fhe'appropriate form by February 29, 1976,. . • • For tenancy agreements taking effect on after July 30, .1975. and, up to and including December 31, 1975: LANDLORDS wishing 'to charge more than eight per cent over the.rent charged during the last full month prior to August 1, 1975, for the above period, must make applica--" tion on the appropriate form by. February 29, 1976. , if the LANDLORD and TENANT do not agree on a rent increase above the eight per cent guideline, and do riot " apply to have.:.-the rent for., that period reviewed, the TENANT is entitled to a ,rebate of . any rent paid in excess of eight per cen,t by February 29, 1976. • The maximum rent likt\IDLORDS may charge tenants 'after January 1, 1976 for all tenancy agreements which became effective on or after ..4.4•30„. 1975 is eight per cent more than the rent charged during the 'last full month prior to' August 1, 1975. A 'landlord collecting more than this contravenes the rent review legislation and may, on 'summary conviction, be fined up to $2,000. . • In respept;to tenancy. agreemehtS .i,ak,ing effect on or after July 30, 1975 and up to and including April 30, 1976, LANDLORDS wishing to charge more than eight: per cent for any period after January 1., 1976 must make; application on '-the appropriate form by February 29, 1976: ' • • • For tenancy agreements taking effect on or after January 1„1976; TENANTS wishing to dispute any increase must make application on the appropriate form by February 29, 1976, or 60 days after receiving a notice of iikrease,. whichever comes last. G RENT' REVIEW FORMS. • Until the rent review offices-are .in operation, TENANTS and LANDLORDS.may 'obtain forms from offices of the.. Ministry of Housin,g,-MiniStry of Natural Resources' (northern affairs latlatichiptfices only), MiniStry of Reve- nue 'assessment offices„ Ministry of Consumer and 4; Commercial el elations';'azOi Ontario 'Housing, Corpora- tion branch 'offices in. Sudbury, 'Thunder -BaytOtta,ma, Cambridge, Hamilton and London.. Check yoLiy:.,'tele- phonadirectory,for . the local address. • ',• • Mail the COMPLETED forms to Rent Review at the postal box designated• for the'municipality in which your .'„,. accommodation is located. RENT REVIEW REGIONS Missisiauga, for the ' Regional Municipality of Peel Oshawa, for the Regional Municipality of Durham Peterborough, for the Counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Victoria, and Haliburton Richmond Hill'for the Regional Manicipality of York Ontario Rent Review Box 5370 ' PoStal Station A Toronto M5W 1N6 Ontario•Rent Review Box 511 Postat.Station Etobicoke M9C'4VS, Ontario Rini Review Box 1013. • . Pastel Station 0 East York M4A 2N4. Ontario Rent Review . Box 234 Postal Station A WillowdalerM2N 5S8 Ontario Rent Review. Box 940 • Postal Station A Scarborough MI X'5E4 Ontario Rent Review Box 23 Postal Station A Weston M9N 3M5 • Ontario Rent Review Box 126 " Postal Station A , Mississauga 15A 227 Ontario Rent Review Box 618 Oshawa 11H 7R.2 Ontario Rent Review Box 1586 Peterborough K9J 7S2 Diffario R ent Review Box 391 Richmond Hill 14C 4Y6 CENTRAL-WEST Hamilton, for the Regional Municipalities of HarniftonVentworth, - Halton, Haldimand•Norfolk, and the County of Brant Kitchener,"for the • Regional Municipality of Waterloa.aridthe"Counties of'Wedington and Oufferin St. Catharines, for the Regional Municipality of Niagara „ • §bUTH-WESTERN' London, for the . • • Counties of Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Lambton, Perth and Hurdn Owen Sound, for the Counties df Grey. and "Bruce • Windsor, for the Counties of Essex and Kent EASTERN Belleville, for the Counties of Hastings and Prince Edward Cornwall, for the Counties of Stormont, Oundas & Glengarry, and Prescott' & Russell Ontario Rent Review Box 2006 Hamilton L8N 3R5 4 ..Ontario Rent Review "Box 2048 Main Terminal Kitchener N29 4J3 Ontario Rent Review Box 3027 St Catharines L2R 7E3 Ontario Rent Review Box 5101. London NBA 4L6 Ontario Rent Review Box 625 Owen Sound N4K 5R4 Ontario Rent Review Box 1605 Windsor N9A Ontario Rent Review Box 4300 Belleville K8N 5H9 Ontario Rent Review Box 607 Cornwall K6H 692 Kingston, for the Counties of Frontenac Lennox & Addington, Leeds & Grenville, and that portion of Lanark County lying west of Highway 29. excluding the towns of Carleton. Place (see Ottawa) and Smiths Falls (see Ottawa) Ottawa, f or the Regional Municipality of , Ottavva•Carleton plus that portion of Lanark County lying east of Highway 29 including the towns-of Carleton Place and Smiths Falls Pembroke, for the, County of Renfrew NORTH-EASTERN North Bay, for the Districts of Nihissing and Parry Sound • Sault Ste, Marie, for the District of Algoma' Sudbury, for the Regional Municipality of Sudbury and Districts of -Sudbury and Manitoulin Timmins, for the Districts of C,oehrane and Timiskarning NORTH-WESTERN Kenora, for the Districts of Kenora and Rainy R iver • Thunder Bay,-for the District of Thunder Bay ... Ontario Rent Review Box 5500 Kingston -K71•694 Ontario Rent Review Box 9800 Ottawla K1G'3Y2. .0 nt rio Rent Review • Box 1010. Pembroke K8A 7T3 a On?arid-Rent Review -.Box 884 North Bay P1B 8K1 Ontario Rent:Review Box 627 Sault Ste Mane P6A5N2 Ontario RentReview Box 1059 Sudbury ,P3E 4S6 Ontario Rent Review Box 1130 Timmins P4N 7H9 Ontario Rent Review Box 2440 ' Kenora P9N 3X8 Ontario Rent Review Box 5000 Post.' Station F Thunder Bay P7C 596 ME TRO TORONTO City of Toronto • Etobicoke. East York Ninth York • Scarborough York CENTRAL-EAST, 'Bards, for the. Ontario Review County of Simcoe and Box 9 5 the District Municipality Barrie 14M 5E1 of Muskoka Telephone numbers and locations of the rent review offices will be published shortly. _ If you wish a booklet or furt her information, please write Rent Review, Box 580, Postal Station F, Toronto M4Y 2L8. Or, if you live within the Metro, Toronto toll-free calling area, please telephone 923-1199. 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Tuesday, January 27 the Vanastra Club is host to the Huron County Secondary School competition. The two top winners' go to Huron-Perth competitions. Saturday, January 31 a mixed jitney is planned'with Hensall vs. Vanastra. Winners in the Vanastra, Bingo for the jackpot of $225. was Mrs. Buist of Seaforth. The jackpot went in , 49 calls. Bingo is heir Monday evenings at the Vanastra Centre and .is sponsored by the Vanastra Curling Club and the Vanastra Piirks and Recreation Cominittee. a (by Mabel Turnbull) Devotionals were ' taken January 21 by'Rev. A.A.Horst of St. Peter'S Luthelan Church, Brodhagen. The service cdeneci with prayer. Hymn, "OA come to the church in the , Wildwood". Scripture: Matli.16 Vs. 13. •., 'where Jesus asked the. people , gathered about. "WIs m ' do ilu people say that I am? 'etc,- , answered "Some say ijah. Jeremiah, John the Baptist' or one of the prophets. Jesus said to Peter "Whom say you that I am?" Peter 'answered "Thou art the Christ the Sop, of the Living God". BY saying this Peter showe that .Jesus was h is Lord , and Master. Jesus Said to Peter "You are the rock and oh this reek I will build my churchy:'' Hymn: , "The 'Church's one Foundation',At Christ's trial Peter denied his Lord but was forgiven and reinstated. He went to Rome. Hymns: "My Faith Looks up to Thee",-,:Jesus Loves Me". "What a frient we have in Jesus". The power of God working in us reveals right decisions to make which are not, always the decisions .of the majority." Through prayer we can take, all our troubles to God and receive his guidance and peace of mind Closirig Hymn, "God be with you 'tillwe meet again". Closing' prayer followsil by the Lord's Prayer in unigOn. . Haying Scottish ancestry on both sides of the house, it' would be quite fitting for me to mention Robbie Bure's birthday on January 25. A'§- you know Rpbert F'13urits was the Scottisit rio-et who stirred the Scots with his poetry. He was a Scot who lived close to the 'Mild sod' and this is • refieeted in his pOetry. ...,. My favourite poem of his is "A Man's 'a Man for a' that and a' that". In this poem he comes very close to the common folk of his time. Many of his poems hive been set to music. While I taught in S,P.S. I had One pupil Jimmy Watson, born a Scot, whose birthday is on Burn's Day, Jimmy used to sing ''The ??.. ,,-Satrrey with the Fringe on Top" in his421i ghtful unadulterated Scottish' brogue' especially to those who could boast' of their Scottish ancestry. . This town is well noted for its tie with Scotland. McKillop township seemed 'to be especially endowed with those of •Scottish blood. I could mention many flames who pioneereil McKillop such as Scott, Hastio,Kerr, Hogg, Turnbull, McIntosh, Many of my readers could think of other names but these were often I remember my fattier bear Christmastime asking my mother to make a NeWdie bun for New Year's. She tried it once but I don't think it was a success. ' Apparently in Sccifiand, 'New Year's Day is very popular. It, seemed to me that this bun was made of a covering of bread dough and this contained much the same as Used in a Christmas cake - raisins, peel' and mixed fruit. le an just remernber it had a crusty outer covering , but the centre was crumbly and couldn't •be sliced like a Christmas cake.. • In town here the Lion's Club often celebrated Burn's Day with a banquet and -speaker. I don't remember the haggis or the piper but James Scott was the speaker who really handled his subject well and held his audience in the hollow of his hand as few speakers can do. Correspondent Mrs. Karen Lehnen The Vanastra Christian Church Gospel Sing, cancelled due to snow, is rescheduled for Friday, February- 13 at 8 p.m. The Vanastra Community Association has taken responsibility to maintain snow clearing at the Group Mail Boxes. Clinton Winter Caritival will begin January 30 with the selection of the Winter Carnival Queen. Karen McEwing will be the, contestant representing the Vanastra Centre. Wednesday, February 4 Vanastra Centre will host Hospitality Night. A Snowmobile Torchlight Parade is planned for 8 p.m. beginning at the Clinton Arena. and ending at the festivities-in Vanastra. February 7th is planned for The Winter Carnival Parade, Vanastra Parks and Recreation Committee and the Vanastra Lions Club are constructing/a-float forthis event. Wednesday, January 21, . a team of ladies representing Vanastra were storm s aye in , Teeswater. Bev. haddick, Corrine Cutler, Gayle ownridge and Linda Reid had the unexpected holiday. Saturday, January 24, Vanastra was host to the Radio Operations Bonspiel. First draw winners were a Seaforth team skipped by Glen Hayt er. Winners in the second draw was Ed. Broadfoot's team from Vanastra. Also on Saturday' two ladies teams represented Vanastra in the Qederich Bonspiel. Both teams won one game and lost their second game. -.Represe nting Vanastra at the Seagrams Mixed, Bonspiel Sunday, January 25 were Denis Lebrun,Gayle Brownridge, Bruce Shillinglaw andCorrine Cutler. Vanastra's School Boy Rink at the Junior Tankarsis0Competition in Seaforth wer(Don Peterson. Brian Lobb. Paul Galacuik and mentioned in our home when I was growing up. A traditional Burn's baneuet ig. Often, held to celebrate the event. St. Andrew's Church, Huntsville was often the scene of such an event when the haggis was piped in-held high on a platter. The haggis it self Ps quite a conver- sation piece as to How it is made.' The, casing is a sheep's stomach, they tell me:filled with a mixture , the main ingredient being (you guessed it) oatmeal. I have never made one so can't give all the ingredients. • Perhaps one of my readers right from the auld sod who has made it-could tell me'. I have had several tell me the exact ingredients. It seems to me that onion, fat , and some of the offal of the beast, cooked and ground up is added, heart, liver, etc..'