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Odds n' Ends
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by 4loihe Townshertr'
What the readers• say
During the two-and-a-half years I've written
"Odds n' Ends," I've heard many comments
from the readers. Some people call, some
write and others stop me .on the street. to
remark about a certain subject.
Most of the views have been favorable, but
one lady took exception to a remark I made
about tinted hair. „.„
A column supportingnon-smokers prompted
' a call from a woman whose husband, suffers
from emphysema And finds - that smoke
irritates his condition. Incidentally, shortly
after the column was released, my father
stopped smoking. I doubt. the Article affected
his decision, though; if .1 influenced him, it
. took me twenty years to do it.
.. Nostalgia seems to spark a, great deal of
• interest. A column about the one-room school, ,
• in Aich I received my public school
education, brought a note from a former
teacher, who now lives in Toronto. •
He wrote: "I'm sure the "little red
schoolhouse" that you spoke of is the one in
which I taught more than twenty years ago.
Your column brought back' some happy
memories of my stay in Goderich Township."
I'll bet it brought back memories of some
trying times, too, but he didn't mention those.
Besides his job, he remembered the social
activities of the rural community - dances and
card parties held in the school on Saturday
• night, tobogganing on hills near the school
and skating on a farmer's pond.
A story about an old country church
inspired similar recollections. Former mem-
bers of the congregation recalled numerous
events, but one of the most popular stories
concerned varnishing the pews.
It seems the 'congregation initiated a
painting bee to brighten up the seats, and on
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the next Sunday, everyone commented how
nice they looked. But the weather was hot and
muggy, and when ,the parishioners rose for
the first hymen,. they were disgruntled to feel
their good Stinday clothes sticking to the
pews.
A description of the wares in a general store
during the, 1920's, and a list of their prices
caused• such reminiscence as: "A big barrel
sat at the end of the counter filled with
pickles, and we helped ourselves." and
"Once in a while, Mother used to send me to
the store with a nickel and a bowl. I'd get the
bowl filled with scoops of ice cream. That was
our dessert for supper, and it was a real
treat!"
In a more, recent column, I explained that
people often misspell my name, leaving the
"h" out of Townshend. A few weeks later I
received a letter from a lady in Saskatoon. She
began by writing "Townshend" tenures
across the top of the page. •
Although she and her husband have been
friends of my parents for several years, she
admitted. "I never knew there was an "h" in
'Townshend; I've been spelling it 76ng for
twenty years."
To my amazement, the column that drew
the most response in the last few weeks was
entitled "My Green Phone." What's topical
abaft a coloured telephone?' You'd be
- surprised at the number of people who have
green phones and thought they were the only
ones who did. One lady confided she'd like to
have a poWder blue model.
Whether the comments about "Odds n'
Ends" are negative or positive, critical 'or
flattering, it's• encouraging to discover
someone actually reads what I write.
Seafarth lady splits $1000 bingo
Maude Weston of Bayfiefd and
Mrs. Raymond Murray of
Seaforth split the $1,000 pot, at
the Clinton Monster bingo on
Monday, August 23. Other
special winners' splitting pots
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items.
Up to 6 months Free Lessons to first-time
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Adults can register for Free Draws of:
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inquiries he has received about
the vaccination. He attributes it to-,
an over-confident attitude
towards health.
"Many people take their health
for granted and may not take
advantage of the program," he
said. "There is a chance the virus
may never appear in Canada, but
we know there is a chance of it
appearing and 'now is the time to
do something about it."
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were: Mrs. Bill Austin of Seaforth
and Mrs. Lotta Kerr of London
split a $157 game; while Mrs.
Evelyn Vanderburg of Goderich
won $154 and Mrs. ,Lenore
Bradley of Goderich won another
special pot of $163.
The night of bingo saw many
individual $50 winners in regular
games: Gordon Beadle, Auburn;
Marg Steep, Clinton; Susan
Wagner, Vanastra; Mrs. John
Grigg, Walkerton; Bev Cotton,
Goderich; Barb Kilgour, Bayfield;
Mrs. Bill Edgar, Clinton; Mrs..
'Bill 'Austin, Seaforth; Raymond
Riley, Clinton; and Mrs. Mae
Varley, St. Catherines. .
Those winners splitting regular
games were: VV .D.Wiison of
Brucefield, Lorne Robinson of
Goderich, Mrs. Rita Momther-
steeg of Zurich, Violet George of
Goderich, Mrs. Cristina Harman
of Goderich and Nancy Graham of
Bayfield.
Bruce Austin' of Seaforth and
Mrs. Norman Baird;of Brucefield
split a game as did Mrs. Leo
Meidinger of - Zurich and Joan
. Hail of Goderich. Mrs. Bert Boyce
and Joanne Bell of Hensall split a
game as did' James Boyce of.
Bayfield, Doris „Ellison of
Goderich, Mrs. , t.trwich of
Goderich, Mrs. A.M. Bissett of
Goderich, Mrs. Walter Small of
Kincardine, Betty Graf of
Vanastra, Millie- Manley of
Clinton,
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30 000 in Hum!),
for swine flu vac
indicate that the latte roup have
a resistance due their exposure
during the 19 8 epidemic.
The vaccination will be
administered.at mass clinics in
the county. Using a special jet
injector, Dr, Mills estimated that
it was possible to vaccinate aliout
200 people an hour.
All those receiving the vaccine
will have to sign consent forms.
The MOH has contacted
doctors in the county for their
support in the . vaccination
m and is confident that the
help will be 'available. Both'
doctors and nurses will be
enlisted for the-program and once
mass vaccination begins, several
volunteers will be needed for the
clinics to help with the paper work
and assist in guiding people.
The provincial figures 'for
Huron indicate there Pare 19,085
people between the ages of 20 - 49
and 6,746 over 65.
Dr. Mills has expressed some
concern about the lack of
MARRIED 50 YEARS — The 50th wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clark of Hensall
was celebrated on Saturday whgn a reception was
held at the home *of their son Robert and his wife
Marion, at 82 Market, Street, Seafortri. Mrs. Clark'
was :the former Bona Blackwell, a daughter of the
late Charles and Jane (McSherry) Blackwell of
Township. Mr. Clark is a son of the late Matthew and
Emily"(Cottle) Clark of Tuckersmith Township. They.
were married on August 31A1926 at Hensall by the
Rev. A rthur Sinclair. They farmed in Tuckersmith
- Township until retiring to Hensall in 1969. The
couple has four sons, John, Lapeer, Michigan;
Kippen; Leonard, London; and
' Robert, Seaforth. There - are eight grandchildren.
,They were the recipients of many gifts and
congratulatory messages, including those dfrom
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Huron MPP Jack
Riddell. (Photo by Phillips)
Honour McGonigles
on 40th anniversary-
Motel, Bingeman Park, Kitch-
ener. Guests were present from
• Aurora, Dwight, Stratford, Lon-
don, Mitchell, Kitchener and
Seaforth.
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Plans are underway , dis-
pense approXimately 30,0Q0
doses of al wine flu vaccine In
Huron County this fall,
Huron county Medical Meer
of Health Dr. Frank Mills said
the first batches should be
available in Huron 'at the end of
September. '
This will be used on "high
risk" people, such as ''pregnant
women, elderly people, those
with chronic diseases a
essential workers such as healt
police and fire personnel.
Dr, Mills said the ministry of
health were presently drawing up
_the list of people to be included in
the initial program.
The balance of the vaccine
should be available in the latter
part of October and into
November for the rest of the
people to be vaccinated. This will
include everyone except those in
the under 20 age bracket and
those between 50 and 65. Dr.
Mills explained that blood, tests
• Mr. and Mrs. Gordon' -McGon-
igle, Seaforth, were pleasantly...4
surpised recently on the occasion
of their fortieth anniversary when
their family entertained at; dinner
in their honour at the Berkley
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