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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-11-04, Page 12Siva," art Spie,„ • by 0.111. Smiley " •.• Thanks tot O .0011)0 An English poet (Browning?),asked a rhetorical question years ago: "What is se-- rare as a day in Jnife?" The obvious answer is "I•lothing". Maybe so. A day in June in England on which it is not raining is a rare thing indeed, and something quite fine. The world is ,green and soft and effulgent with the sights and scents as flowers. B ut the sentiment hasn't much meaning to a Canadian. A .day in June usually means a heat wave and mosquitoes. Soggy armpits and an irritating whine in the bedroom.' Making much more sense to a Canadian would be: "What is so rare as a day in October?" I don't know about you, but for me, there is nothing on pod's good earth to' equal a golden October day, when the air is as clear as the thoughts of a saint, the land lies fallow, and the wild, free honk of the goose sends the gills up the spine. In the West, the poplars shimmer with their burden of gold coins. In the East, the Master Painter has got drunk and is • slashing unbelievable colors across the landscape. Mothei Nature has delivered the fruit of her womb, and is still feminine, lying back and suckling her* children, spent but resting. She' has not yet done her transvestite bit and changed into the clothes of Old Man Winter, quite another kettle of fish. On the golf course, the turf is still green and springy, and it's almost a pleasure to lose a ball in a heap of fallen leaves. On the bay, the water is a blue so intense that it shouts back in mockery to the deep, calm blue of the sky. Around the pot-holes and sloughs, there is the tense thumping of the heart as the ducks head in • to 'land, or take off with a suddenness, in morning, that makes the adrenalin pump. On the rivers, wrapped like Eskimoes, the anglers tease for that last, 1 urking rainbow trout that will go ten pounds. There is thump of leather on leather as. the football 'heads for, a climax. And there is the headinessof track meets, where the young push every sinew to jump farther, run faster. There is the ritual raking of the leaves, and the jumping in the leaf-piles by the little folk. And, if your town hasn't passed a stupid by-law against the burning of leaves, there is the sheer joy of that. Let me hesitate a.....,moment there. The burning of the leaves is just as ymbolic as the planting of the first seeds and bulbs in the spring. It should be a time for neighbors to be out, chatting quietly and raking the flaming bits back onto the pile. A time for children to stay up late and poke. the bonfire with sticks, It siwal4 be a time forin cantatiOns.We are cremating Our- beloveC7with tenderness and regret; but without sadness.' We know they will live again , Maybe that's what Qctober is all about. It is a time of dying, when life flares up in all its splendour, briefly but brightly, before going quietly and with dignity, to the grave, Sometimes all these things come together on a Canadian Thanksgiving Day. What is so rare as a day in June indeed! Give me an October Thanksgiving, with the yellow sun filtering through the wild ecstasy of the maples, and the water and sky so blue it hurts, and I'll give you a glimpse of glory. Come in from golf, or fishing, or hunting, or just walking, into the incredible smell ofroasting turkey, and you've 4d a glimpse of paradise. Draw me up to a blazing fire of oak logs, and the bite of a good rye, and the women making gravey in the kitchen, and the grandchildren climbing all over me, and a discussion of those 'other turkeys, the Toronto Agronauts, and I wouldn't trade places' with the Shah of Iran, the Queen of England, or the Pope. . l's then I have my personal Thanksgiving. It's a long time to be Married to a strange woman, but we're still together. My grandbabbies are as bright as butterflies. My daughter has her head sorted out, and is tough and self-reliant. And quite beautiful, despite the new toughness. There is food in the house. There is oil in the tank, even though we may be feeding the furniture into the fire in ten *years. My arthritis is only ten per cent worse than last year. I have some good friends. I like my work. My teeth are getting ropy but my hearing and sight are excellent. My morals seem to be in the same old shape, not good, but so so, no worse. I don't have any 'great aspirations that are unfulfilled. In fact, I don't have any great aspirations, which fact considerably annoys those who think I should. I'm sorry. This sounds competeiy hedonistic. And it is. I've paid my dues in suffering and frustration. I'd like to sit back and watch my belly grow (which it won't), and tell my grandsons tall tales, and chuckle at the, absurdity of the human race. Maybe next week I'll be on the barrica des. with Women's Lib or Labour or the AIB or food parcels to white Rhodesians. But this week, I'm just on my Thankful kick. .F: N°V.E.MBE.11 . • .1!Co hittees , I .1 tans Otections Brian Murray Gord Dick Casey Van Bakel Paul Coyne 5 different players scored 10 goals or more and it was this kind of overall balance and strength that led to the team's success. With practically the whole team vowing to return next' year, St. Columban will be quite competitive in the 2nd' Division and could challenge the top teams. St. Columban and Seaforth minor soccer programs have been operating for a few seasons now and as a result there are some young players who are ready for senior soccer. If there is sufficient interest (and help), St. Coluniban may enter a "B" team in the London & Dsitrict 3rd. Division this , coming season. Players would be able to move from the "A" to "B" teams oh a limited basis. The annual Wind-up dance is at Brodhagen Community Centre on Saturday, Nov. 13. The Nitelites will be playing from 9 - 1. Tickets are available from team members. Delhi 19 .2 1 St. Columban 17 3 2 London Leo's 15 4 3 Hungarian's "B" 13 , 7 2 Carnival 12 8 2 Lusitanos 13 9 0 Huron House 9 11 1 St. Thomas "B" 9 12 1 St. Marys 6 13 3 Goderich "B" 6 14 2 Oakridge "B" 3 17 2 Portuguese "B" 0 21 0 The two top teams, Delhi and St. Columban, earn promotion to the 2nd. Division for the 1977 season, while the two bottom teams in the 2nd Division, London, St. Georges and London German • Canadian "B", are' demoted to the 3rd Division. St. Columban played 22 regular season games along with 4 cup games and scored a total of 85 goals. (2 forfeits, which are awarded as 1 - 0, are not included in this total) Leading good scores for St. Columban, including cup games: Grad Finlayson 18 . 17 16 14 10 MOnday next, folleWing the Inaugural Meeting. Under the heading of 'Old Business' the Board would deal with any recommendations from the previous Board and committees. The regular meetings, beginning in January followed the Inaugural Meeting, of 'the • Education and Management Committees will be held on the third Monday of the month. The final standings of the London and District Soccer Association Third Division are as St. Columban plans strong year in '77 The Home Economics' Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agri- culture and Food is again holding 4-H Homemaking Club Achieve- ment Days in Huron County. This club helped members become familiar with cereal grains and the food products made from them. Recipes and ideas for using cereal based items featured snack* supper dishes, desserts, muMns, squares and Homemakers set Achievement Day dates cookies. Jane Pengilley, Home Econo- mist for Huron County, will be conducting • the following Achievement Days throughout the County: Blyth Area - Blyth Public School - November, 27 Clinton Area - Central Huron Secondary School - December 4 Wingham Area - F.E. Madill Secondary School - DeCember 11 Dungannon Area - Brookside Public School - December. 18 Seaforth Area - Seaforth High School - January 8 All friends and relatives ,are ' invited. to attend the aftetenoon program which begins at 1:15 OA? The girls will be presenting , skits and exhibits „ on various topics related to this club.. "Your presence will show your support for the yohng people st4 A, Ps o sway #.206 44.‘" pot\A IcjeR . oes 'a Goy 4i• • .An ,isrl:tliac, Committee which C.441'104.. With reviewing the present policy and practice Of the Huron. ounty Board of Education 'broughtits report at the .regular Board meeting on N944ay mtdting.a number of wide '4410g. recommendations. ¶he committee recommended that,' in an election year, the .December 'board meeting will be held.on'thOsecond Monday of the month, The Director of Education is to contact all non-incumbent candidates before that meeting and invite them, if elected, to attend the December board meeting as observers. All sitting members are also to be given the opportunity to declare their candidacy for office, but .no time is to. be provided for tioneering speeches." • December meetings of committees (Education and Management) will be held, if necessary on the usual day with ..committee reports . to be submitted to the new board in January . The Inaugural Meeting of the new Board,!following an election, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on the day school reopenS following the Christmas break. • For Nominations and Elections it was recommended , that the Secretary 'of' the Board preside over all nominations, and elections and that they all be held by a secret ballot, Three nominating ballots would be required for eligibility to run for office. . The offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Education • Committee and Chairman of .the Management Committee are to be elected in that order. Nominated candidates will be listed alphabetically and allowed to speak in order before the election is held. Each candidate will act as his or her own scrutineer and the Secretary of the Board will call for a motion to have all ballots destroyed when the election is complete. For installation of the Chairman it was recommended that a Judge, or other invited dignitary, conduct the installation, that such person be allowed to address the Board, Once the Chairman assumes the chair he or she would then give the Inaugural AddresS. The ,Striking Committee is to be composed of the Board Chairman, the Board Vice Chairman, the Chairman of the Education Committee, Chairman of the Management Committee and the Post Chairman of the Board. The January business meeting of the Board would be held on the •44205,...4 e••••;..fr..ii• Sunoco Special 5W-40 Reg. 1.35 ea. 'Clinton, on Friday, November completed a project in 1976 will 5th, commencing at $;00 p.m. Agricultural club members who occasion, as' well as those who, lia,t9.4. • Secondary • School • in receive their awards on this have received special trophies and awards for their 1976 4-11 Ottron County 4-1.1. Achievement Night will be, held in the Central The twentyltinth Annitai All "Huron County 4-H to attend the Aphieverpietit Night, in the 4-1-1 Programme iq invited last Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Bev Thompson at their home. Charles Geddes, Mrs. Ken Smith Tuesday at the Hadass4 Bazaar in Mrs. Charles Geddes had lunch and Mrs. Harold Connell spent Mrs. Darwin Bannerman and Mrs. Joe Murphy, Mrs. ver.Yofle who has n in erest Egmonchiille London. club work. Mr. Cattleman Cut your costs by USING Spatton for Warble Tramisol injectable for worms and get the best gains possible with TOPNOTCH CONCENTRATE MEAL OR LIQUID • OPNOTCH - TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Phone 527-1910 Seaforth. RABBIT SHOW HERE — Exhibitors from across Ontario were at the Seaforth arena Saturday for the East Huron,rabbit breeders show. Bob Shaftoe of Ingersoll is judging one of the 240 rabbits entered. Six , classes of meat type rabbits' and four classes of fancy rabbits were judged. And bunny burgers were availab le. 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