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-
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.
the local address. • ',•
• Mail the COMPLETED forms to Rent Review at the postal
box designated• for the'municipality in which your
.'„,. accommodation is located.
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' Regional Municipality of
Peel
Oshawa, for the
Regional Municipality
of Durham
Peterborough, for the
Counties of Peterborough,
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Regional Manicipality of
York
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and the County of Brant
Kitchener,"for the •
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Waterloa.aridthe"Counties
of'Wedington and Oufferin
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Regional Municipality of
Niagara „ •
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Counties of Middlesex,
Oxford, Elgin, Lambton,
Perth and Hurdn
Owen Sound, for the
Counties df Grey. and
"Bruce •
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Counties of Essex and Kent
EASTERN
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Counties of Hastings
and Prince Edward
Cornwall, for the
Counties of Stormont,
Oundas & Glengarry, and
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"Box 2048
Main Terminal
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L2R 7E3
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London NBA 4L6
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Box 4300
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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
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Rainy R iver •
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District of Thunder Bay
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Opening new doors to small business.
At Vanastril
ospei sing rescheduled
Dan Campbell. The team won
against Seaforth 7 - then I ost
against Teeswater 10-3.
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..'