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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-03-06, Page 3From itr 1�AI'i Gette Oa:00n .,gcop again► Shirley Keller I know other families have en all through it Y several Imes in some cases. But this is he first child we've had •to start to, high school and somehow we're worried. Actually our teenaged torment is .still in grade 8 and will be until June, Whether Hall and Dennis are to blame, I couldn't say; 'but we had to escort our lad to the high school in February . for a kind of indoctrination course.. Almost every youngster there was accompanied by one or more parents. It was difficult to tell who was more nervous and confused, In our ease, my son took the whole outing in stride. He seemed to know exactly what was happening and he was disgruntled to learn that I wanted to seize this opportunity to talk to the staff. "What do you want to tack to the teachers about?" asked my eager son. "I know the course I'm taki*g. I know what I want to do with my life. You mothers always want to make things hard for a fellow." I suggested we tour the building as all the other families seemed to be doing. "Haven't you ever seen a school before," queried my impatient boy. "If you want to follow the crowd, go ahead, but do you mind if I go with the other guys for awhile? I'm tired of doing nothing much." °Doing nothing much!" I exclaimed, :"We're just making plans for the next five years of your .life. You call that nothing much." "Gee, mom," he shrieked is 'desperate whispers. "Hundreds of other kids have gone through this school. It isn't exactly like pioneer days. What's to get so excited." "Go ahead!" I say, knowing I shouldn't give up so easily but too weary to continue the battle of right against might. "Thanks, mom," he smiles and saunters off ' down the corridor like he owns the place, No shyness of uncertainty there, I think. Fifteen minutes later I see my boy again. This time he's leaning casually against a locker door, chatting with some prissy missy in a mini -skirt. He chats easily. She responds with as much ease. They enjoy a little joke — and part like two old friends. At their age I would have died — just died — if I'd been that close to a strange kid of the opposite sex. Why my husband didn't even know the difference between boys and girls until he owned his first car! My son turns and horses about with a group of fellows about his own age. Every one of those kids are as confident and as sure as the average adult anywhere. A teacher Inakes his appearance, The boys show their respect by signalling "hello" but there is no shaking and .quaking in their shoes. They are assured to a man! I catch my sc,,. a aye. "It's time to go," I say. "OK,'." he agrees, We walk through the school to the exit. He expresses his excitement at the thought of attending classes here. His eyes shine with the thrill of it all. He chatters all the way home about this and that. I remember how terribly terribly excited I was at the prospect of high school and I recall how much I wanted it NOT to show. Maybe he's better prepared for high school than I was. Maybe he's just a better actor. Either way I'm concerned. How can you tell a boy of the heartaches he'II know there? The growing up he'll have to do? Maybe I shouldn't even try. by Bill Smiley Sugar and. spice Isn't it a delirious feeling, about this time of year to wake up in daylight, and get home from work before dark? It begins to restore one's ;faith in the scientists' claim -that the earth is round, and moves in orbit about the sun. Or is it the other way 'round? For about three months, any winter, I'd join the Flat -Earth Society, and agree with practi- cally anybody that the sun is a legend, a figment of last sum. mer's imagination. Don't know why I'm in such a jolly mood today. Perhaps it is that we've had three straight days of sunshine. Freeze the brains of a brass money, but sunny. Spring is on its way. I can tell. The snowbank pushed up beside my garage has dwindled from 22 feet to 16. And two teachers smiled at each other in the staff room this week. It's not such a bad old world after all. Nobody has axed a computer or lynched a univer- sity president this week — yet. My daughter passed two tests in school; I got the garbage out without cursing once. Taylor's Corner Holmesville and Benmiller where a new bridge was built at the foot of Forester's Hill. The now unused right-of-way is to be purchased by Leslie Jervis, R.R. 2, Clinton and Ewan Ross of Goderich, owners of property bordering the old road. In other business, Norman Fuller was named warble fly inspector and Murray Reid of Londesboro submitted the lowest tender to supply warble fly powder. Listowel Silo Co. was low bidder on drainage tile - - total cost of the tile to be bought this year is around $16,000. An application was received from J. C. Hindmarsh for approval of a subdivision on lot 10, concession 1. The exact number of lots involved was not immediately known, but was reported to be around 25 or 30. The township's two road grader operators were granted increases of 15 cents per hour. ST: PATRICK'S TEA and BAKE SALE St. Andrew'S Presbyterian Church Saturday March 15 Tea Served by The Men 3 tb 5 0.tri. Allspice Madeleine Lane Auxiliary r My wife and daughter have stopped fighting (they gang up on me, instead). My bursitis is practically neutral. The income tax deadline is nearly a whole month away. I found the toe rubber that's been missing for a week. What more could a man want? The muffler hasn't fallen off my car. I haven't had a tooth- ache for six months. I almost made a crucial curling shot the other night. What more could life offer? My son is making his mark in theworld.„ — of dining - rooms. Some nights he makes as much as $35. And some nights' °$5. And he's making something else; noises, vague but audible, about going back to school. My daughter came home from school today smiling, in- stead of scowling. Her mother asked her what she was smil- ing at, as she came in. "The door," poker-faced. Things are definitely on the upswing around here, Now, don't get me wrong I'm no Pollyanna. I know that though God's in His heaven, road to close Goderich Township Council, at its regular meeting Monday, made plans to close a portion of the old highway at Taylor's Corner and eventually to dispose .of the right-of-way to owners of adjacent property. The strip of roadway lies northwest of the church, between the church and school, and was bypassed when the highway was straightened and rebuilt. Plans Were also made to sell a similar bypassed road segment on the county road between even on weekends, all's wrong with the world. I know that there are little black clouds, no bigger than the Rocky Moun- tains, on the horizon. There are Black Pan- thers, and the Yellow Menace, and brown guerrillas, and white gorillas, and pink elephants, and blue singers, and reds un- der a great many beds. There are broken homes and broken marriages and broken garterbelts. Practically every- body you meet over the age of eight months is either emotion- ally disturbed or senile. We have explosions in the population, the stock markets and the furnaces of the nation. Taxes and insurance and even the important things, like bread and milk, keep going up. (It won't be long before most of us are living on bread -and - milk, considering the price of meat.) Cars are not being as well made as tin cans. The non -re- turnable bottle is our biggest threat since the bubonic plague. The Man -in -the -Moon has lost his image and Mr. Trudeau is following fast. Tomorrow there will be a blizzard. And the day after, the muffler and tail -pipe will fall off my car. My piles will re- activate. I'll lose both toe - rubbers. But today I don't care. The yellow sun is kissing the white snow, and the latter, overcome by passion, is melting. That is all I know and all I need to know. To hell with all the rest of it. I'm in such a state of eupho- ria, I think I could even go out• and have a whale of a time with a girl called Gloria. If I knew one. With every $5.00 purthase you wiff receive an attractive brocade "carry all" tote bag containing Dr./Barry Penetrating Cleanser (suitable for all Skin types) and Duearry Skin Prethenbr, both in refillable travelling bottles, With our compliments, Wed 40 years ago today, Mr. and Mrs. William Dodds, RR 1, Seaforth, open gifts presented by some of the more than two dozen relatives w ho attended a party last Saturday at the Dodd farm in McKillop Tom nship. Started with group honeymoon, McKillop couple marks 40th Forty years ago today the snow fell so heavily that a newlywed couple and all their wedding guests were stuck overnight at the home of the bride's parents on a farm in McKillop Township. But when Mr. and Mrs. William Dodds of RR 1, Seaforth marked their anniversary last Saturday, the sky was sunny and 26 members of their family came to help celebrate. Stanley Twp. books balance Stanley Township ended 1968 with a $400 surplus, the council learned at its regular meeting Monday, when an audit report was presented. The report actually showed a deficit of $2,030, but the auditor noted that a $2,400 item in accounts payable was carried over to 1969, so the 1968 revenue was in fact $400 over the expenses, The councillors agreed to a request by three Varna ratepayers for a cost study on street lighting improvement! ,in the hamlet. Ontario hydro will be asked to supply data. Hary Coleman was named warble fly inspector. llubert Cooper's 12 -cent per head warble fly spraying tender was accepted and Murray Reid submitted a low tender of $5.10 per 15-1b. bag for warble fly powder. Sandy Contracting Co., Ltd. of Goderich was low bidder and will supply the township this year with about 16,000 cubic yards of gravel at $1.36 per yard, delivered. Lowest tender to supply calcium chloride was Lee Jennison of Grand Bend at $51.55 per flake ton delivered. Expected purchase is 115 tons. In other business, council accepted a tile drain loan application, awarded two fox bounties and approved a $15 grant to the Soil and Crop Association. Wedding Pictures JERVIS STUDIO Phone 482-7006 A GIFT, FOR YOU • FROM DUE3ei "ry" and a new experience in beauty! PEARL READY Our trained beauty specialist Pearl Ready awaits at the buBarry Counter to advise you in skin cage and make-up, Conte in and see her March 10 and '11th. t' tLB I±ACIALS BY APPOINTMENT NEWEOMBEPhar,njz Pharm PRESCR1P'FI'c`�N ani 82.95 S won limo YOUR ()RUG MORE The Dodds were wed the evening of March 6, 1929, at the farm of the bride's parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Webster. The bride, Pearl Webster, was attended by her sister Mae, now Mrs. E. Holland of Toronto. The groom, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dodds, had his brother, Adam, as groomsman. Quite early that evening, a terrific snowstorm started and when the wedding dinner was over, only the minister, the Rev. W. P. Lane, braved it home by horse and cutter. The guests and bridal couple remained on the farm overnight and, in the morning, the Dodds left on a wedding trip to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Dodds have one daughter, Mrs. Fred (Dorothy) McGregor of Brucefield and a son, Donald on the homestead in Sea fort h. They are also grandparents of five. Clinton personals Bill Fisher, new credit officer at the Clinton branch of the Bank of Montreal, was transferred here this week from ,the branch in Exeter. Ile ,is the :son "of .Mr. and . Mrs. Gordon Fisher of lucknow. : Mr. and Mrs. Ed Porter visited with relatives in St. Marys over the weekend. Adastral Park new" C.FPB. Clinton women hold closed bonspiel Qlintpn News -Record., Thl~+rsday, Merch 0, 1909 3 Fly Sandra Sinker The CFB Clinton Ladies' Curling .Club field its annual Closed Bonspiet on Saturday. The ladies played two 10 -end games Mid enjoyed a delicious Catholic league ladies hold tea The Catholic Women's League of St. Paul's Church, Adastral Park, recently held a most successful annual Valentine Tea. The tea tables were decorated with small 'bouquets of flowers while the main table held a candelabra and floral arrangement, Pouring tea during the afternoon were Mrs. Rita Ryan, Mrs. Pamela Warner, Mrs. Mary Cournoyer and Mrs. Florence Youmatoff, The president, Mrs. Evelyn Slater, greeted the ladies and guests at the door. Mrs. Shirley Rasmusson was convenor of the event and she was ably assisted by Mrs. Sylvia Langevin. Mrs. Lois Beseau was in charge of the raffle table and she was helped by many friends and members of the CWL. Invaluable service was given by members of the Girl Guides who helped to wait on tables as well as sold raffle tickets door to door. Mrs. Bev Fischer convened the Tea Table while Mrs. Marg Belton and Mrs. Verna Paulin were in charge of the kitchen arrangements. The Bake table was successful due to the efforts of Mrs. Anne Thompson, Mrs. Marion McNee and Mrs. Irene Brezinski. The prize winners were: first prize, a Polaroid Camera, Mrs. Sharon Cormier, CFB Clinton and second prize, footstool, Mrs. Flara, Varna. A valentine cake (baked and donated by L. Beseau) was won by Mrs, Mary, Wride, CFB Clinton, and the door prize, donated by the Base Beauty Salon, was won by Mrs. Shirley Rasmusson, CFB Clinton. Drawing the tickets for these prizes were Father F. Lally and Padre G. Youmatoff. PERSONAL. Mrs. : Syl;via Harwood is a Patient'," tin Clinton. . Public.. Hospital and Mrs. Shirley Rasmusson is a patient in Seaforth Public Hospital. lunch as well as a supper of fried Chicken - First -prize winner was the rink skipped by Mrs. Vera Sparks, with Sharon Monkhouse,, Karen Kerr and Marion McNee. Second prize went to the rink skipped by Mrs, Mary Danford with Lizette Parsons, Marion Turner and J3arb Gowanlock. Third -prize winner was Mel Pageot's rink with Tillie Hack, Mary Brown and Marg Lince. The consolation prize was won by Del Jervis' rink with Joyce Walker, Roberta Bagnall and Trey Richardson. After the presentations, Mrs. Del Jervis thanked the executive for a grand day on behalf of the ladies, The president, Mrs. Bev Fischer, took the opportunity to thank her executive members, Mary Bartley, Jane Golding, Del Jervis and Edith Motomura for their efforts over the season .and she also thanked all those who had helped to make the event successful. NOW Polo YOUR ENJQYMEt4T At CLOUp "9" gOQM HOTEL CLINTON Featuring SING ALONG WITH JEAN A; THE ORGAN CLOUD "9" ROOM , pA R GODERICH 30 THE SQUARE K PHONE 5247811 AIRCONDITiONED THURS., FRi., v' A `w / L -.-> SAT. March 6-74 -- BIG GAME NUNTING AROUND THE WORLD WITI ' THE WORLD'S GREATESTHUNTERSI ( t i Showing Evenings In GlarloU at 7.30 and 9.20 \\ Sat. Matinee color �1�r0.: at 2l- 3 JV0 SUN., MON., TUES., ,,0,; ;... n;? w h S y # 1 „...,..°,.`.,, SHOWING WEEKDAYS March 9-10-11 --- MGM Peter Ustinov. 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Or take t alph King's example, Broadcasting soybeans means big savings in cultivation Costs, and often increases in yield per acre But, like Ralph, you have to know your weed control- 'plan is Obmpietely effective. Treflan really came through for Ralph, It can come through for you, :Hall. Elanco Products Division of EU Lilly and company (Canada) Limited, 'Scarborough, Ontario. CONTACT YOUR SHAMROCK CHEMICALS REPRESENTATIVE M> . W. Bruce Nichol, R. I 2, Heirnsall, Ontario. PH 2624616