The Huron Expositor, 1976-02-19, Page 66 He LI ON EXPOS TOR, FEBUARY 19, 1976
Mra. Graham Kerr was hostes"; lras els.
for the Seaforth Women's Insti• Mrs. MacLean gave the motto,
tote art Tuesday Februarj,, 10 at - "So many women-so much 'to
is 15p. tit. The President •Mrs. do-an International organization
Ports Hugill opened the 'meeting is born". The international organ-
bv reading a poe.nr —Tomorrow iiation ha 8 million m
Opportunities - followed by the f286 societies in 058 countri
cal'ening exereiacsa.al-his Organization was formedee.
Roll call Name a
a
Member
a
February 19, 1897 at Stoney
,:ountry of the Associated Country Creek. Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless
Women of the World w as ans- the founder passed away Feb. 28
%kep:d h+ members and two 1910. In February 1-91-9-
Communieations and was formed. Twenty-three coun-
hank you notes. were reeek ed tries attended and considerable
from Mae Hillebeeeht. Mrs. interest was shown on the idea of
Mar\ t, arter, Mrs. Ivlary Ross, some form of. an international
Reta Urr. Miss 1 ena Mc Naughton connection.
and Mrs. 'dare Haugh. A letter This is not an association, but
from •MeKillop Fire Insurance g roups are associated. This was
utytted members to attend their vent imp ortant when the assoc-
. I . rink crsary 'dtnner February tated WoMen of the World came
13 at noon in the' Arena. into being..
The officers. Conference is to ' No programs are dietated.eEach
ne held at the Unto ersity at group goes along their own Vc ay.
is aterlOo Mat 'f-rub., Mrsa 00r- 1,, epin g their natiohal . character-
don Par plc. Fcticrated Board e'isocs, basing their owtractikities.
.gas a report.. :1-th. right, responsibilities. This
NatlOnal---Con\ ention to be held in" -Make a flex'able organization.
Charlottoss 1 P. F .1. June Mrs. Alex Pepper told of the
ihe 1 in a re-a. on \ ention "w, di ,0u11[6 W omen of the World Si
he hehi in I illstinburg Re' the International conference held
LCr a nt Ma. Donald, t o be guest rn Washington. Mrs. Pap* told
spL'alscr. Mrs, 'Mary Haugh of. of the International Peach Gar-
it. R... hcr'horat.' for the March dens. along highway JO in
tiro c tine, yy step \k ill include a Manitoba and Flighss ay 3 in North
Hem' =faction. • Dakata. This is half way beta cen
This ht;ing the International,' up.. -Atlantic and the Pacific:.
rnecti,na N1rs. Doris Hugill turned
the meeting os sr to• Mrs. Mac:
Hillebefa'ht a'nsi , Mrs. .John
NI:1,1,am. Mrs. Mary- Flauoh
e a re LcOol ' ' Rc_ ,tpe for a goes;
Institute mcmher -. Mrs. Hills
;'!in...tei Mrs, Gtilliv er 's
1 t u rt le mountain is on the border
bct4cen' Manitoba and North
Dakora and is only 35 miles front
,
;ho spot considered to he the
ecographie centre of North Amer-
i Continent.
Mrs. Lorne Lao son gave their
xposito
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Kilbarchan Notes
See slides of Africa
(By Mab el Turnbull)
. Monday afternoon ate! .were
•taken on • n enioyable - trip td
- Africa w en - Lois !'and Bill
Floclgert, • former , ' owners of
Kilbarehan showed coloured
slides Of their trip'.0ctober 18 to
Nov. 9. Lois gave an interesting
running. • commentary as Bill
showed :the pictures. In all it was
so real-it m-adetne feel they had
really visited• that continent.' .
After twenty hours' in the- air
they arrived in Kenya, There
were thirtyeseven in 'the party.,
They travelled .., through , the
. 'country in mini buses, three
couples and a black driver to each
. bus.
The many native animals .-.,:
seemed to roam in the parks and'
open eatrriatinmolested. Sal t
was sprinkled - around the
drinking pools for she animals.
We saw pictures of many
elephants, lions. ostrich types of
the deer family, monkeys and
giraffes: flamingos in their
beautiful pik plumage were seen
in large numbers. The country
was mostly open with few fences.
• The tourists were warned not to
startle t h e beasts which oft en
carne alongside the bus. The
country: seemed dry and barren.
not the lush growth, we have in -
Canada,
.Meals serv'ed at the hotel w ere
'much the same as. in Canada !but
the 'beds were enclosed with
netting to discourage mosquithes
and other insects. The nettin.g,
hung front 'the ,ceiling and the
sleeper pulled the netting tightly
around. them. •
Sortie of the buildings and
homes in Nairobi \k 1.re 11106e rn
but many had thatched roofs, T ht:
natives -didn't like to ha \ e• their
pictures ,taken although a fek\
Were caught' in colourfUl nati ve.
costumes.
T h ere were churches utmost of
the religions in Canada, including
theSalvation army. Many of the
native- children were seen in
uniforms which they wore to their
schools„ The English language
was spoken. as it \s as tau g ht in
their schools.
Markets were common where
thingS for sale Were threw n on the
dry,ground in a heap and the
bartering system was used. They
stated' a price anieh waa %cry
high heir expected it would has e
to be reduced When trying to sell
to the customers.
Thank you Bill, and Lois for
transporting .us to this little
known a orld in such a short time.
It left us w ith the feeling that
Canada With all its troubles is a
good place to Ik e .
12 tables at
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euchre
In- • spite p1 squalls
February , II, a suo.tssfu;
Valentine ..F.Joeht.'' .0artyl tas
sponsc,ired Ldeiweiss
Lodge with 12 tables to play,.
Game winners w er e . Ladies -
high.- nMrs.' ( harles Eyre: lone
hands. Mrs. aka pepper,
Mrs. „Tillie Dunn,'
Gents - high,. Harold Connell;
lone hands. Frank Smale: low
Wilbur Godkni
Winders of ..pecial -prizes were:
Draa, Mrs.Clarenee Walden:
lucky tally. Mrs. Harofd Connell:
lucky cup, Mrs. Lillian
Grummett.
Mrs, Peter Male olm Was in
charge of games and Mrs.
Wilmer Cuthill, serial convener,
served a tasty luneh.
N1r. Rea Rena "strati ,rd.
iiste (.1 his rr,,thjrom.i,c , Mr.
• Russ 1-1,k, this at.cle' II
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Odds n' Ends
by Elaine Townshend..
, Comedian Bob Newhall turns simple
telephone conversations into hilarious
monologues. Sometimes we alfacovea his
ideas aren't as exaggerated as we thoUght,
We find ourselves in a wide range of
telephone situations: some bring chuckles,
other cause embarrassment and a few
result in frustration. '
For example, have you ever said "thank
You - to-a recording? Never let it he said
that we're impolite.
. .Dialing a wrong number is embarrassing
enough. but occasionally we make ix v.orse,
When Wi-e' ask' to speak "to' George, w e're
told no 'George lives:at that number. We
,wonder how we could • have madoa;.a.
mistake. We Might even 'AIC,3bta- • • 6 sure?' • •-' '
'- -
When men- first-infiltrated .4ti,e-ratiltaaof
female.telephone operators.' the pub-lie was
stunned.. Eaeh time a masculine' \ wee
asked for our number. a e stuttered.
chuckled or cracked a tired joke.
Party lines create unique situations.
How irritating to hear an . ea\ esdroppe. r
breathing on the line, when you're in the
midst of a priv ate eonverSation. On the
other hand, hale you ever eavesdropped
and regretted it later? M.any surprise
parties are spoiled that way
A Phone bill can be educational_. It
teaches you that Ysou :re longer y'inded tha'n
you realized. A geogrpahy lesson occurs
when a bill contends you placed--`a long
distance call to a town ,you didn't know
:existed. The . company is . usually
understanding about that,.
Two personal telephone experieliees
stand out.in my mind. The first happened a
few years ago. when the lady 1 was talking . to -went to answer her doorbell. Soon I
heard excited voices.They became loud;
then 'they faded into the distance. She
apparently lead surprise
Fne mmUte passed, ten
and still I waned. How insi g mt...iit I twit
reahting she had h.lrgotti..n
the kol..es sounded close tr the ifhon‘..
shouted and whistled into, mo„ihr
but no one hear'd me
trustraion.1 hung up.,
la o hours later my phons nine an: the
embarrassed lady apolowied tor geeping
me !c.s!. !mu, c.'d, waiting ••,5 long. ".•
4,40 reeef%.er I c ing on the stab
Similar frustration 0, „;rrt..c.! d.a. 4
ailed thctfuiness offac't-c oi ham
department' Stores. I told the
operator ms reason for trrd sh,
,:onar,..ted me \\ ith the 11 -;,,r '
.repeated m ). inquiry to \Ir. B-,T.n's
secretary. v. ho informed ra I had fhe
%krong department. .• fs!
N1rs. Green's oft 'e
1 repeated my story hi.}; 1.`s mat
sounded stale to Mc'. Mrs •-s as!ei!t.
lut-ah, but her assistant sTC.. I sna
to Mr, Jones. After Mr Joy,
heard my tale. shy a ssurc....1 'is, s.
\could he happy to talk to me. as soon as hr
fid-iahed a eonversation on'another phone.
She put Me on hold. • .!
Aftf r a seennnak outaarrnmah'i ,et ,
heard a rattle on rfatlitiet wen'. -I th!' ime
Before Leonid sas a !...ors4.4.„;*:!..I"); Is
brought the dial tone main,: in n; c.:r all
that explaining and sy^a'it!rit.; a as 1..r
n o thin g . No a ay %`!, as 14c.cii1. tffr.cc.gh! .1
again!
Bob Ness hart could, turn this an,, other
telephone anecdotes into a te.kl!ne
soliloquy. But to me, oc wits east
frustrating.
courtesy remarks, Mr/ Hugill
adjourned the meeting, and
Institute Grave' was sung. A social
half hour was spent, Lunch was
served by the hostess Mrs.
Graham Kerr, Mrs. Clarissa
$tess'art and Mrs,- James Keys.
Hullett
Happenings
! Grade Five Trip •
Three Tacks ago Mrs.
Jamieson andter grade five class
went tq the Goderieh Weather
Station. Here the class observed
many instruments used in
weather forecasting. ,This, trip
pros tad helpful in their science
studies about weather.
Student Teachers
On January 27. two student
teachers-came to Hullett Central
School, They were Mr. P. Swan-
and Miss L. Gummow both front
London's Elhorn Collele where
they are studying to bevteaeshers,
Mr. Swan Was with grade seven
and Miss Gummow was with
grade one.
They observed the Tiorne room
teachers on the.nrst . clay and• in
the days followng they contri-
buted to the teaching. At the end
of the two weeks they returned to
0T7F_Iborn College to prepare for
another practice teasehing.seaaion.
E uchre'Winners
The Happy Citizens met'
February 5 in the Legion rooms.
The gro.up held a two minute
silence for Mrs. Pearl DroV•er who
passed 2 aw ay since the last
meeting.
-They then played euchre with
15 tables in play. All were t aken
by, surprise when Mrs. Susan
White came in and started taking
pictures.
Winners at euchre were,'Ladies
high Niclet Eigie; Lone Hands -
Katie Phillips; Low Dorothy
;oivnsend; Men's High - Andrew'
Houston, Lone 'Hand - Leo
• Murray; Low - Charles Eyre.
The4leaw on a -box of groceries
seas won by' Mrs. Mary McIver.
The group sang Happy Birthday
for Mrs..' Eva McCartney after
which lunch. was serS•ed by the
social committee.
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