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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-02-11, Page 15F rom my window BE MY LOVE BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Winner of two categories — Children's Furniture and Furniture of Man-made Materials — in the Canadian Furniture Mart Design Awards, is the 100 percent plastic children's crib by Mariko Division of Don* Manufacturing Industries Limited, Toronto. A very safe, sturdy, and practical piece of furniture, this crib can be converted into a playpen and small bed. Available in primary colours and white it is also reasonably priced at around $60.00. T E M A N CLINTON WINTER Carnival Special STEOM A N 8 DRAMATIC COLORS PHENTEX 2 PLY HAND KNITTING YARN 574 I AR( ;f I 0/ SKI IN DEALER tUNTOK ONTARIO OUR THANKS * To all of our customers who experienced power interruptions, for their patience arid understanding, ** To the Municipal hydro utilities and toad authorities who provided assistance and co-operation in restoring service to Our customers, 44i To the snowrnobilers and snowmobile clubs Whose help was immeasurable in their helping out staff to reach trouble spots. ** To everyone who volunteered their help by providing accommodations, meals, and other facilities, which were so urgently needed. ** to all of our employees •who worked far beyond normal requirements to restore power Services, in spite of extremely adverse weather tonditions. If you still have service problems, or if you require any information, please call us at Clinton, telephone 482-9651. On behalf 'of Ontario Hydro's Clinton Area se— our thanks Walter J. Palmer Area Manager, Clinton Ontario Hydro Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Louis MacKay of Berkley, California who passed away Wednesday, February 3. Surviving are her husband Professor L. MacKay, a former Hensell resident; one son Pierre, Seattle, Wash., one daughter, Mrs. C. Jensen, California. First vice-president Mrs. Howard Smale presided for the February meeting of Legion Ladies Auxiliary Tuesday February 2. Two new members Mrs. I-Tarry Klungel and Mrs. Lawrence Uyl were installed by past president Mrs. Garnet Allan. Members will canvass for the Red Cross in March. A draw on a hamper of Easter groceries will be held in April, proceeds to aid the crippled childrens Treatment Centre. Mrs, Clarence Reid is convener of this project. Mystery pride was won by Mrs. R. Vanstone, guessing Mrs. J. Randall, attendance Mrs, Mary Taylor. Bingo was played and lunch served. Mr. and Mrs Lorne Deeves of THEREARE TIMES WHEN EVERYONE NEEDS SOUND INVESTMENT ESTATE COUNSELLING When you need the competent services of a trust company, let us help you on such items as Tax Matters, Succession Duties, Planning and Administering Estates, Investments, Savings and High interest ,Certificates. 372 "gay street, ToFioNTo CLINTON CARNIVAL SNOWMOBILE RACES SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 1:00 P.M. UP TO $300 CASH PRIZES PER RACE at CLINTON KINSMEN RACEWAY 4, 5b GET-A-WAY WEEKEND IN TORONTO Get away from it all. Come to the Lord Simcoe, close to shopping, theatres and entertainment. Special price,s.,54.90Pqr couple includes Fri. & Sat, night accommodation in deluxe bed sitting room, or best available. Bottle of champagne. Breakfast and dinner (for 2) on Saturday. Breakfast and city sight seeing tour (for 2) on Sunday. Please mention the gat-a-way weekend to your travel agent or when you make your reservations. Special weekend price valid until April 1, 1971, and includes taxes. Lord Simcoe Hotel Tel. 362-1848 Telex 02-2458 Furniture colors brighter sign of economic recovery SIGNO ARE NO-V AN INVITATION FOR y T./ARGOT' PRACTICE.- • 0; Volk.) woULON'T' ,y0". WAND PULLET WOLt' YoUP. FPON'T THE LITTLE OWL.. showed a six-setting table, with folding chairs, that could be folded up in seconds and tucked under a floor-standing shelf unit. For families with young children, there was plenty at the Mart, too. One exhibitor won.. two Design Awards (the Mart's "Oscars" for good design) for a sturdily-built crib, made of non-toxic and "soft" plastic, which could be converted to either a playpen, or a child's bed. Sunday will he St, Valentine's lay, a time for lovers. I'm ready w the event but my husband ;n't, He's angry with me at the resent time and certainly not in he mood for hearts and Rimers. The reason? No, it isn't 'saber man. And it isn't a girls' ridge club. Or even an rgument. My husband is jealous of our ew sewing machine. That unds a little far-fetched I now, but it happens to be true. "If you can tear yourself way from that sewing achine," he'll tell me with that body-cares-about-me tone in is voice, "I'd like to play a ame of cribbage," It all started about one month o when my daughter flounced that some of her riends were learning to sew. She ked me if I could teach her omething about the art, and hile I'm not a professional by ny means I can stitch together a ery passable garment if you give e enough time — and a half recent sewing machine. That was the hang-up. My wing machine was about as ependable as a snowmobile on a patch of ice. Many times when I sat down to mend a seam I would have to give the old relic the once-over and then, more often than not, I would have to abandon the project because the tempermental gadget just simply would not function even halfway properly; When my daughter began to show an interest in dressmaking, it re-kindled a hidden urge within my breast to "whip up a little something". I soon convinced myself that if we had a new sewing machine — one that would actually sew a neat seam — we could save a great deal of money, own much larger wardrobes and have enjoyment out of it. I spoke to my husband about it. He recalled the pair of perma-press trousers in the closet upstairs which remained with -a gaping hole in the rear end because I had been unable to coax the old sewing machine into performing the task of closing the breech. He also remembered the cost of the last outfit we purchased for our daughter. It didn't really take much effort Assisehavesethitn— agreeing with me that a new sewing machine would be a worthwhile investment for the family's financial future, That's how it came to pass that we purchased a new sewing machine * a beauty which goes backward and forward with equal ease, sews on buttons, makes buttonholes, darn socks, zigzags every which way and makes sewing pleasurable once more. Then the big snow storm hit — and my ,daughter and I joined forces to fashion ,a new outfit for her. Three days we were confined to barracks and three days we sewed and experimented and stitched and explained. At the end of that time we had a most attractive ensemble — and the urge to begin another project. More material was purchased and the whole process began again. Between the two of us, we managed to keep hot meals on the table, the beds drawn together in some semblance of neatness, the floors dusted, the washing done and the main debris picked up throughout the house. But there was little other time to spare — certainly no time for frivolities such as card playing and visiting and television viewing and the usual pastimes. While my daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed the hours inside the house during the snowstorm when we could work together on a sewing project, my husband didn't appreciate the fact that he was being ignored. After a couple of days he grew tired of reading and playing snakes and ladders with our youngest and watching women's programs on TV. It was then he wished that new sewing machine would become overheated and non-operable for the length of time it would take to play a game of cribbage. Needless to say, I love my husband enough to forego my personal pleasures long enough to play cards for an hour or so, but when the games were over I returned to my sewing project. Even now I can see the resentment in his eyes for my wonderful sewing machine. What am I sewing on? A bright red car-wash mitt in the shape 'of =a heart -inscribed "Be My Love". Sarnia, formerly of Clinton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jackson 107 Inkerman St., London, Saturday, February 13. There will be Open House in the afternoon from 2-4, and in the evening from 7-9. The celebrant is a brother of Mr. Asa Deeves of Hensall, Monday night at the Hotel Hensall Members of Hensell village council and the Public Utilities Commission honoured Oliver Jacques. The former reeve was presented with a desk set from the village and a pipe from the PUC. He expressed hiS thanks. sossossossseesess.essposse-eoeee'les The Herat volunteer, who calls on you at home, will leave behind valuable educational information. Study It earefully, The heart it saves may be your own. When We compare the comfort and quality of life that we enjoy today with the work and leisure styles that were common at the turn of the century, we are reminded of the tremendous technical advances that have come to us through electricity. The modern housewife with her electric fry pan, dishwasher, automatic washer and dryer and as many as 200 portable electrical appliances, wouldn't part with these material things which give her the time and energy to seek more personal rewards in her life. And today's factory worker An added attraction at the Stratford Festival this year will be the Third Stage, a theatre in the park featuring drama, mime and puppets. Michael Baw tree, the Festival's Workshop Director and Assistant to the Artistic Director, will direct The Red Convertible, a new play by one of Latin America's leading dramatists, Enrique Buenaventura, in its English-language premiere. The National Theatre of Puppet Arts will present Excerpts from Shakespeare and Montreal Marionettes will present opera, ballet and other musical works including Hansel and Gretel, Peter and the Wolf, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Brave Little Tailor. Rounding out the season at the Festival's new theatre will be Adrian Pecknold's Canadian Mime Theatre with a presentation entitled Shapes and Shadows. The Canadian Mime Theatre and The Red Convertible will works a 371/4 hour shift because electricity has provided the means for attaining an ever-higher level of production. He, too, has time to join service clubs or pursue a hobby. Based on the average kilowatt-hours available in Canada, each production worker in a /widen] plant has the energy equivalent of 534 men helping him on his jet) all the year long. The average Canadian household in 1969 used 4,600 kilowatt hours of electricity, equivalent to the muscle power of 21 able-bodied men working an eight hour days non-stop the year round. have both afternoon and evening performances at 2:30 p.m, and 9 p.m. with matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays only, while the two puppet companies will play mornings and afternoons only, with 11 a.m. showings on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and 3:30 p.m. showings on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. There will be no Monday performances. One of the back-breaking tasks that farm folk knew only 40 years ago was pumping water by hand, An able-bodied person using muscle power only to operate an old-fashioned hand pump would have to work two full days to equal the amount of water delivered by one electric motor on an automatic pumping system using 1 KW of electricity costing two cents. Electrified mass transit systems and electric vehicles of all types could provide the transportation requirements of the city of the future. Strategically located nuclear generating plants could provide the energy for electric heating and cooling of the city's industrial plants, commercial buildings and homes, provide power for the battery charging demands that would be required by many thousands of electric vehicles The average homeowner has a big stake in today's controversy. He has much to gain and at the same time much to lose in the contamination of our environment, He probably doesn't know that under today's nuclear technology, the electrical energy required by one household for one year can come from the fissioning of one pound of uranium, equivalent in energy to 2,700,000 pounds of coal, 300,000 gallons of fuel oil and 10,000,000 cu. ft. of natural gas. SHOPPE GODER1CH 1,7771r, Clinton News-Record, Thursday, 'February 11, 1971 The 'good old days?' Furniture in 1971 is going to be brighter than it ever was. That was the forecast as manufacturers got ready to exhibit at the annual Canadian Furniture Mart in Toronto — and the forecast came true with a vengeance, With the six-day Mart drawing to a close, style trends were immediately evident. Gone is the Danish-modern teak look; gone are overstuffed living room styles. In their place; Brighter colors, particularly in fabrics, and a rapid growth of clean-limbed modern furniture, with brightly painted finishes which concentrate on primary colors. It's still too soon to gather — from the 300-odd exhibitors or from the 6,000 Canadian retailers who came to the show to do their "shopping" — any accurate consensus. However, it is safe to say that business seemed to be looking up, especially in the floorcoveririgs field, The Canadian Ploorcoverings Market, which runs concurrently with the Canadian Furniture Mart, featured a growing range of shag carpeting (some with a five-inch pile!) and buying action was brisk — which means that retailers will be working hard to sell their stocks to Mr. and Mrs. Consumer in the near futere. The picture was spottier in the home furnishings field. Some exhibitors, to their surprise, did a considerable amount of heavy business, despite the economic doldrums. Others did less well, and advanced the view that the slow-down in the economy was a long way from being over yet. However, there were good reasons for optimism — and one of them was the number of retailers who visited the 660,000 sq. ft. of exhibits, spread throughout the buildings in Toronto's Exhibition Park. Attendance was some 15 per cent ahead of the crowd at the 1970 show. Members of the general public — admitted to the trade show on Thursday and Friday evening's during the Mart's six-day run — saw a heavy mixture of old and new. Amid the bright painted furniture exhibits there were traces of Baroque European styles, including some living room furniture, hand crafted in Italy, which will retail at $12,000 for a living room suite. Among the many exhibits of colorful mushroom-shaped plastic lamps, there were enough indications that Colonial-styled furniture is still popular. And there were signs, too, that more and more furniture companies were bringing furniture onto the market to suit the more limited spaces offered to apartment dwellers — several companies came tip with compact, clean-lined, furniture that can be tucked away. One company Hensall BY MRS. MUADE HEDDEN GET ATTENTION Third Stage added at Stratford Festival PANTS SWEATERS SKIRTS COATS DRESSES MANY BARGAINS STILL AVAILABLE Come In And See For Yourself Some Items 250A, OFF Some M / 3 OFF I" Dresses gfill" PizicE