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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-11-20, Page 724, CARDS OF THANKS 22, BIRTHS Farmers update skilts;, take Kemptville course IP the modern Industrial World, mobility is often the _name of the game. Rarely doesn young man starting in business stay with the company he begins with. !POW he move around from industry to industry, always en the lookout for a better position. This mobility may mean that a person is retrained five or six times during his business life, to suit the needs of the various companies he joins. Far a fanner who remains on the same farm all, his life, retraining at various times is also essential. While he may not be moving, the industry he deals with is moving quickly, all the time. New developments in on-the-farm management, machinery, feeding techniques, and marketing practices are constantly taking place. Because of the nature of his profession, a farmer can rarely, if ever, devote a great deal of time to retraining himself to keep pace with modern agriculture. To fill a need for a farmer retraining service, the Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology now makes it possible for a farmer to enroll on a part-time basis. Because of the semester system at Kemptville, a farmer may select the course or courses of his choice, and register in the semester that suits him, possibly during the less busy winter months. John Gardiner, a member of the college's Chemistry and Soils Division, says that under the mature student clause of the registration procedures, farmers may enroll even if they lack the equivalent of today's grade 12 standard. Farmers with experience and know-how can not only learn much that is of value to them, but can also contribute greatly to other students' understanding of on-the-farm problems, said Mr. Gardiner. Among the courses offered that Mr. Gardiner feels might be Of value to the farmers are Fertilizer Use, Corn Production, Crop Protection, Income Talc Management, Engineering Management and Animal Breeding. Farmers who are interested in enrolling in part-time courses during their off-season should contact the principal, Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology, Kemptville. Reducing tips If You look around you, those people who are overweight are obvious. HOwever, a mountain of flesh is not the only indication of overweight. Your fifteen. extra pounds or that "pleasingly plump" may mean you too are overweight. Nutritionists, from Macdonald Institute, University of Guelph, give this guide to determine if you are overweight: 1.,. Consult a reliable weight table (Many life insurance companies have these), to check your ideal weight. 2. Compare your present weight with this ideal. 3. If you are 20 per cent or more overweight, you should reduce. If you are 10.20 per cent dyer this ideal and have a tendency to heart disease, kidney disease, gout, or diabetes, you should reduce to normal weight or less. If you are over 40 years of age and have put on excess weight, you might profit by reducing to the normal weight for 25-30 years of age. If you are of normal weight, do not try to reduce. 4. Do not attempt to reduce on your own. Consult a physician to give you the best and correct method to lose your excess weight. Clintpn ,Np+ Thursday, N9v0m0er 20:,. 196$ 7 Discover Your Ontario Science Centre. .,:.,.4`,::,,,E•:•;:Agf;O:'04:•,.:v".-4-',..,*"*••••-•?•-••,, • STAR TRACING Ps„ BIG NEW ATTRACTION is the Ontario Science Centre at Eglinton Avenue and Don Mills Road in Metro Toronto. A Government of Ontario project, the Centre is a discovery-land of 450 colorful, contemporary exhibits in science and technology. The three.-building complex is open to the public every day except Christmas. Photo at top shows how green space and patios surround the Tower Building which is connected to the Valley Building by escalators that flow down the side of a 90-foot knoll. Photo at right shows young visitors absorbed in a scientific perception game. Because it is played by looking into a mirror, it requires a re-learning of hand and eye co-ordination. BY BRIAN SWARBRICK As you wheel south into the heart of Metro Toronto from the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, ' ' *-thereItiOrbilg'grtlie-e`aner of Eglinton Avenue and Don Mills Road—grey, mysterious and beckoning—like a 20th century castle behind its flapping flags and moat of fountains. If you're among the more than 1,000,000 Ontarians (plus hundreds of thousands of others) who are expected to visit the new Ontario Science Centre in the next 12 months, you're in for a real treat. This unique Government of Ontario project is the !argest ; nd most spectacular public cen of its kind anywhere in t 9 world. Its 450 exhibits contemporary science aria technology are highly entertaining and, at the same time, educational. They call the displays participational, because they involve the visitor. This innovative approac t is being closely watched by experts in the United States. Britain and the Continent. The centre i 3 a vast, three-building complex of vafi-textured concrete nestled in a beautifully wooded ravine site. RS interiors delight the eye with a series of dazzling vistas ranging through the color spectrum-corridors of sparkling blue, halls of glowing orange, areas of startling reds and greens and yellows; Even the air-conditioning and heating plant—functional and yet an exhibit in itseIf—presents a technicolor maze of pipes and tubes and flickering panels of lights turned toward the visitor. There are wide, tall windows• which leave the visitor feeling he is literally Walking on air. Glass-walled corridors sail out over forests of trees, deliberately left untouched to provide a natural parkland for the centre. Overhead, the light of the sun pours down through plastic bubbles. This is the backdrop for exhibits dramatizing the science and technology of today and tomorrow. The exhibits theniselves are no static collection of museum displayS. From space Capsules to computers, from lasers to hydrofoils, from electron microscopes to nuclear power, they are a fascinating series of tnitid-stretching experiences that involve active participation rather than passive viewing. The visitor is encouraged to push buttons, pull levers, work pumps and turn wheels. As the chairman of the board of trustees, industrialist John 'G. Crean, has put it: "Collections of old engines, antique cars or vintage aircraft simply don't fit our 'concept of keeping contemporary." The centre's policy has been to shun the traditional approach, which emphasizes history and the collection of valuable artifacts. "By relating directly to today's world," he says, "we can contribute to solving its problems and realizing its promise." Director-general Douglas N. Omand, a 49-year-old biologist-administrator, says the centre's aim is to "involve people in a relaxed, informal, please-touch atmosphere, where they can explore what interests them at their own pace." At the same time, he is aware that some people may gain the impression that the centre is simply "kid's stuff." In fact, it is one of the most distinctive and ambitious approaches to public communication in science ever undertaken anywhere, Initiated and largely financed by the Ontario Government, it is a "people's centre" whose main purpose is to help Canadians keep better informed about science and technology. "Our super-graphics and fun approach reflect our belief that if visitors find our exhibits entertaining then they are on their way to being better informecl,"says Omand. "We're trying to achieve a mix that will provide as much for the sophisticate as for the neophyte. Remember, a man with a doctorate in one area of science may know less about another area than his 12-year-old son," The centre is certain to become a major tourist attraction, but among its most enthusiastic patrons will be the hundreds of thousands of Students who will explore it annually as part Of their studies. Already, scores of schools from as far away as North Bay have booked classes for a day at the Centre. What Can the visitor expect to See? There are nine main exhibit areas, including space science, earth sciences, moleadar sdienoos, engineering, communications, transportation, life sciences, , Canadian resources, and a specially designed "science arcade." • Here, you can concoct your own far-out music on the the ram in, mastermind the stage-lighting for a scene from Henry IV, generate enough energy on a pedal-bike to produce a picture of yourself in action on a TV screen, and pit your wits against an array of displays that deliberately, upset your sensory habit patterns. Elsewhere; a working weather station, an air-pollution monitoring post, a glass-blowing factory, an offset printing shop, an electron microscope laboratory, an amateur radio station—and that previously-mentioned air-conditioning plant seemingly plucked from the set of a science-fiction movie. Overall, the accent is on liveliness. Scores of organizations are booking the centre's varied facilities—the Great Hall, the 500-seat Auditorium, and the smaller lecture theatres— for functions ranging from professional seminars to cabaret dances. For the general public, the centre is open every day but Christmas, until 6:30 p.m., and remains open Fridays until 10 p.m. /f response warrants, evening openings will eventually be extended. Since the intent is to make the centre as self-supporting as possible, an admission price of $1 is charged for adults, 50 cents for teen-agers, and 25 cents for children under 12. Pre-booked school classes are admitted free. A 900-car parking lot has been provided. landScaped with trees and shrubs so that it is an eye-pleasing integral part of the 20-acre Site. Fees charged-50 cents—are the same as those on nearby commercial lots, which are available on weekends as supplementary parking. Since a complete tour of the centre can eat away the hours about On a par with a tour of the ONE, many outdoor and indoor patios and rest areas have been installed. There is a licensed restaurant and a cafeteria, and for the visitor whose thirst for knowledge has been quiekened,- there is also a well-stocked bookstore and science shop, When are you and your family going to begin disdoVering the Ontario &fence Centre .t. wa OF BULLS? Toronto poet Langford Dixon signs autographs after reading his poetry Tuesday afternoon at Huron Centennial School, Beucefield. Students from grades six through eight from Centennial school were joined by pupils from Air Marshal Hugh Campbell Public School at CFB Clinton and by selected ninth and tenth graders from Central Huron Secondary School. — Staff Photo. ...No, we aren't showing • a whole acre of bulls, but we are showing the bulls that keep our acre of building busy...at UNITED BREEDERS INC. OPEN HOUSE November 1722, 24-29 RUPION COUNTY DAY IS NOVOIIREFI 24th tome in and tee the latest in A.1, housing, processing, storage etc, You'll find uS three miles north of auelph on 1-Iy, No, 6 • A100 IliesSienie • .••• • • AA e NITED breeders inc, Local obituaries MRS. J. D. THORNDIKE Mrs. J. D. Thorndike, 66, of 128 Frederick St., Clinton, died suddenly in town last Saturday. She was a native of Goderich Township and long-time Clinton resident. The former Etta May Hardy, she was born Oct. 13, 1903 on the Base Line in Goderich Township, daughter of the late Thomas and Martha Hardy. She moved to Clinton in 1911 and waS married Sept. 3, 1928 in Clinton. She attended normal school in London and taught at schools in Tiverton, IVlanilla, Merriton and. Clinton. She Was a former member of the Clinton Public Library Board. A member of Ontario Street United Church, Mrs, Thorndike was active in Sunday School and other church activities. Besides her hnsband, She it, survived by two grandchildren. A son, Frederick Thomas, died in 1966, The funeral 'service was held Tuesday afternoon at Beattie Funeral Home, Clinton, With the Rey, H. W. Wonfor of Ontario Street Chitral officiating. Burial was in Clinton Cemetery. Pallbearers Were Bert Grey, Gordon Shortreed, C,Ornish, Clarence Trott, Oarent Holland --and Jack Peck. Flowerbearers were Morley Counter, James Hardy, Fred Elliott and Cliff Milton. MRS. ISOBELLE McEWEN Mrs. Isobelle (Belle) McEwen of Exeter, formerly of the 2nd concession in Stanley Township, died in St. Joseph's Hosptial, London, Nov. 9, She was 81 years old. Born April 6, 1888 in Usborne Township, she Was a daughter of Peter and Christina MacDoUgall. She attended Exeter High School and the Goderich Model School and, was an elementary School teacher in Usborne and Stanley Townships. She was the widow of William MeEwen. Besides being a former Stanley Township resident, she lived in Clinton and at the BlueWater Rest Home in Zurich. She was a member of Wesley,Willis United Church and dames Street United Church in EXeter. The funeral was held at the tall Funeral Home in Clinton on Nov. 12 with the Rev. A. J. Mowatt of Wesley-Willis.ohurch officiating, Burial Was in Baird's Cemetery, Stanley Township. Pallbearers' were Bob Olen, Don Glenn, Marshall, kertheth Inch, Gordon Glen and Murray Walker. BELEY: To Mr. and Mrs. obert Seeley, a son Jason re gory, on November 1, 1969, t Lahr Military Hospital, errnerlY, a brOther for inaberly and Jeffrey, EAVIV: In Seaforth o TA nannunity Hospital, to Mr. and rs. Frank geanine of Acla.4ral ark, Ontario, a son, Paul rancis, on October 25, 1969, a rother for Teresa. LARK: Jack and Eileen Clark eleorne a baby granddaughter, ary Elizabeth, into their hearts and home at Hilltop Farm, RR 1, Auburn. 23. DEATHS THORNDIKE: Passed away in Clinton on Saturday, November 15, 1969, Etta May Hardy, 66, beloved wife of Douglas Thorndike, Funeral froin the Beattie Funeral. Home on Tuesday, November 18, with interment in Clinton Cemetery. 25. CARDS OF THANKS GERMAN; I wish to thank all my friends for the beautiful flowers, • cards and baking sent in at the time of the death of my father, C. H, Coultes. Special thanks to our former Queen St. neighbours, for the lovely flowers. I also wish to thank our friends. for flowers and cards; Rev. Wonfor, and those who t took me to London to visit while George was a patient in -Victoria Hospital. — Mrs. Geo. German — 47b THORNDIKE: We wish to sincerely thank all who were so kind to me at the time of my recent sad bereavement, We would especially like to thank Mrs. Gordon Shartreed, Miss Jean Sjaarda of Clinton Hospital, Rev: H. Wonfor, Beattie Funeral Home, pallbearers and flowerbearers. — Doug, Debbie and Bonnie Thorndike — 47b CRICH: My sincere gratitude to all who were so kind while I was in Victoria Hospital. A special 'thanks to friends and relatives who helped move my family to - our new home. — Arnold Crich — 47b BROWN: I would like to thank all who remembered me with visits, cards and gifts while I was in Clinton Hospital. Special thanks to, Dr.. Oakes, nursing staff,Krid Mrs'. 'Johnston's dietary staff. — George Brown — 47p STURDY: Clarence and Addie Sturdy thank their many friends who remembered them with flowers, gifts and cards on their 55th wedding anniversary, also the Rebekahs and Past Grands. Special thanks to Mervyn and Doris Batkin, and Clayton and. Jane Groves for the lovely dinner at the Grove's home. — 47b TRICK: We would like to sincerely thank our friends and neighbours for the farewell party and lovely gift that was given to us recently. It was gratefully appreciated. As before, your old neighbours. — Elmer and Mary Trick — 47b HUNKING: We would like to express our sincere thanks to our neighbours who put on the dance . for us and to all those who contributed so generously. The kindness and help of all our neighbours and friends will never be forgotten. Thanks again. — Lorne and Addle Hunking 47b CLEGG: Sincere thanks to relatives, neighbours and friends for flowers, cards, visits and their kindness during my illness. Thanks too, to the dietitian and the doctors and nurses of the second floor. — Mrs. Joe Clegg — 47b CRAIG: My sincere thanks to all who remembered me with flowers, cards and visits while a patient in Clinton Hospital. Special thanks to MS. Kelly and Newland and nurses and staff on first floor. Thanks to Rev, Morrison and Rev. MacLean. — Mrs. Helen Craig. — 47p SHOBBROOK: We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our friends, neighbours and relations who helped us celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary in Londesboro Community Hell. Special thanks to our family and IVIargaret Anderson for their work, td LondesbOro Women's Institute, the officers of O.E.S. Blyth and all other gifts and cards sent, It meant so much to us and will be long remembered. — Bert & Dora Shobbrook, 47p COLCLOUGH: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Colcpegh Would like to thank all th many friends and neighbours, alsd the nurses and kitchen staff of Clinton Public Hospital, Who, by their kindness, made their 50th wedding anniversary So v-ery enjoyable. — 47p FISHER: I Wish to ex press my thanka to all those who Sent gifts and visited me in the hospital, also those who helped at home. Special thanks to Dr. Itchy, ,,Nemiland and hospital Staff. Aaron Fisher, 47p Pkkitg urn ,) Ow • LAND; We wish to thank everyone 'who was so Bind tO Oar daughter, :$4004,, V.11.1P4•she was- a. patient in the Clinton Public Hospital. Spec)* thanks to Dr. Newland, Dr. Harrett' and 111.440, Harry and Rose Land. — 4.74 26. IN MEMORIAM. TURNER: In loving memory of a dear husband and father who passed away _3 years ago, November 24, 1966. So many things have happened, Since you were called away, So many things to share with you Had you been left to stay. We cannot bring the old days back, Your hand we cannot touch, But we still have the memories Of the husband and father we loved so much. It broke our hearts to lose you, But you did not go alone, For part of us went with you. On the day the Lord called you home. Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by wife Jean and children Gayle and Danny. — 4'7p 28. ROOM and BOARD ROOM and board for one. Apply to Mrs. A. Rurnball, 364 Victoria St., 482-7059. — 47tfn ACCOMMODATION for one. Mrs. Jim Cox, 127 Princess Street W. 482-7093. — 47,48b