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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-06-21, Page 11Clinton, Ontario Second Section Thursday, June 21, 1973 1Q8 Year No, 25 This is Senior Citizens Week in Ontario and Huronvlew in Clinton has opened afternoon the Huronview auditorium was packed for a sing song and program its doors to the public with a special invitation to Senior Citizens Clubs from that featured old time music and dancing. (staff photo) across Huron County to come and take part in special activities, On Monday Irish visitor marvels at distances in Canada this orange and white Cavalier conic-built hi the product of five years Of work and tender loving cars. it Wet built by- Prod Oruhtenut and SO 13Ullert of Goderich. . Th0 01000 Was moved to sky Harbour Airport fait tituraday Morning, he tint flight Will not be for tt couple Of weeks, (Staff Photo) According to Rene Brunelle, Minister of Community and Social Services, "Living Can I3e Ageless". At least that has been selected by his ministry as the slogan for Senior Citizens Week, June 17 to 23, and the senior citizens of Huron County, both those living at Huronview and in the various surrounding communities, have set out to prove it. The committee of management at Huronview has declared an open house for the week and invited all senior citizens clubs, and any citizens over the age of 60, to come and take part in a busy calendar or activities at the home, A special church service, held at the Huronview auditorium Sunday morning, kicked things off. The choir of Ontario Street Church in Clinton provided the music and Huronview Chaplain Rev. W. McWhinnie of Goderich conducted the wor- ship. Sunday afternoon the residents and guests enjoyed a concert staged by the choir of Marian Villa, Home for the Aged, at London. Monday afternoon the A leadership training course designed to provide a "training experience to better equip sum- mer program leaders" is under- way all this week at Vanastra under the direction of the Lake Huron Zone Recreation Association. A total of 95 playground and other summer activity leaders from the five counties of Grey, Bruce, Perth, Wellington and Huron are taking part in the course which was conceived a-nd organized.- = by the,. Recreation Directors in various communities of the zone, The trainees stay at the for- mer Canadian Forces Base for the entire •week living in barracks and making use of the facilities now owned by Vanastra Development, Goderich Recreation Director Mike Dymond is the camp director and operates the course with the assistance of Hal Rowe, registrar, Elmer Wick, course director, Moira Cooper and Clair Fowler, home's auditorium was alive with old Lyme music and dan- cing as the Goderich Senior Citizens Club joined the Huronview residents for an old tyme hoe down and assisted with the activities and music. The Lucknow Town and County Club visited the establishment on Tuesday af- ternoon and joined residents in a sing song conducted by Rev. George Youmatoff, Rector of Bayfield and Middleton Anglican Churches, and for- merly Padre of Canadian For- ces Base Clinton. Rev. Youmatoff renewed old aquaintances made during his activities at the military base when he showed great interest in Huronview activities, Yesterday afternoon the an- nual Huronview picnic was held. In addition to good food there were good times as those attending competed in games and races with the Wingham Senior Citizens club assisting with the activities. This afternoon there will be entertainment in the auditorium provided by organ music and this evening begin- ning at 7;00 p.m, a special crafts, Kevin Rigg, active games, Clair Fowler, special events, Wayne Widdis, group work, Shelia Rowe, first aid, Bev Wilton, music and drama, and with final evaluation by Hal Rowe and Elmer Wick. The course contains instruc- tion for the students on the many areas they will find them- selves involved in as playground leaders and sum- mer program staff in their com- munity. Among these are in- strtictinn. periods on arts and crafts, games, both active and quiet, first aid, group work, special events, public relations and so on. Each student pays $35 for the course although in some cases this fee, which includes all camp costs including lodging, is underwritten in whole or in part by the municipality for which the students will work. Two of the training course organizers, Kevin Rigg and Hal Rowe, working under the sup- program of entertainment will be staged by the Bayfield and Exeter Senior Citizen Clubs for the "Family Night" activities, These same clubs put on the family night entertainment last year. As always Friday will be bingo night at Huronview but it is hoped by organizers of the open house week that many outsiders will drop in to take part in the games with residents. Friday afternoon the Brussels Senior Citizens Club will be joining the residents for activities. As the Senior Citizen Week activities wind up on Saturday there will be table games in the auditorium such as progressive euchre, bridge and 500 with the Seaforth Happy Citizens Club sponsoring the activity. During Senior Citizens Week only,the dining room is open to visitors and volunteers at a nominal charge and supper is provided at Wednesday's pic- nic. It would . be appreciated however, if clubs or individuals who are planning to stay for meals would let officials at Huronview know in advance. port of a Youth In Action grant from the Provincial Depart- ment of Community and Social Services Recreation Branch will be providing follow-up to the course during the summer months. The program will give assistance in organization of programs and activities in any municipalities where it is deemed necessary. "We will just be guides and not directly involved," Mr, Rowe' eXplained, " sort of ad- visers I guess you'd say." The two men will also be organizing a number of inter- community competitions. These will include such activities as a swimming meet, track and field meets and a play day (activities for youngsters involved in playground activity). The Leadership Training Course at Vanastra got under- way on Monday morning with registration and will wind up with the final evaluation Friday afternoon. about 60 acres so her family's is one of the larger units, Land values are high there with farm land selling for about 1,000 pounds per acre :about ($2,500). Farming is more intensive, however. On the Harkness farm about 100 head of beef cattle are housed at the farm and, "We're building it up all the time," she said. She says her part of Ireland is similar in appearance to Huron County except for the hedges. In Ireland, she says, there are no fences, just hedges and everyone must have a hedge cutter. "You can imagine what a job it is to keep the hedges cut when you have 100 acres com- prised of three acre fields. Then too, it grows so fast due to one fast growing season." Another difference is that there are no maple trees in Ireland. She says she's tempted to take one home but doesn't, think they'd let her through customs with it. The suddenness of spring in Ontario surprised her. "The trees seem to come out overnight," she says "and the grass seems to grow over- night," The violence in nearby Belfast has curtailed some of the social life of her part of the country, Miss Harkness says. It used to be that people she knew would go into Belfast for a show but not anymore. Yet'there is no trouble in the country where the Young Far- mars Club (a combination of our 4-1-I clubs and Junior Far- mers) has both Catholic and Protestant members and works well. She says the problems in Ireland are not really between Catholics arid Protestants but more because of Communist agitation with the two armed sides getting arms from Com- munist and Arab countries, The religious argument was only an excuse to fight she says, She is saddened by the fact the violence will mean that no Canadians will be going to Nor, them Ireland in the exchange this year, The Young Farmers group is doing so much to help the young people of Ireland she says, so she wishes Canadians could visit the farms there to Make it a true exchange. She says there ate many beautiful farms there she'd like to show Miss Harkness started her visit to Canada in Brant Coun- try then attended a conference at Guelph before going east to Olengarry, Lennox and Ad- itixens week lying can be ageless" It's a long way from Nor- thern Ireland to Canada and/ for Bertha Harkness, a Nor- thern Irish woman visiting here in Canada, it's a long way just from one town to another in Ontario. Miss Harkness has been visiting recently on the farm of Louis Phelan, RR 2 Blyth, Her hosts are Jim and Joe Phelan as part of the Junior Farmer exchange program. Her home is a one hundred acre farm in County Antrim, about 16 miles from Belfast, The average farm in Nor- thern Ireland, she says, is Ninety five young people, from the counties of Huron, Perth, Wellington, Bruce and Om, who will be WOrking during the summer months as staff Member* for various municipalities on Playground end Similar recreation activitlei, are spending the week at Vanastra learning ,a little Mors about their fobs and how to best carry their responsibilities out. The Leader4 Ship Training course is operating under the Spongier** of the Lake Huron tone Recreation Association. (staff photo) Air show coming The town of Goderich Will be treated to a special event this *simmer legion as the eanadian Aerobatids them- pionships and Air Show will take place et Sky Harbour Airport, AM. 30 and July 1, The show previously held at Centralia may become an ennui, Went ter 00(1010 it this particular one luny's* aufteisful, according to an Offitilf of the Experimental Aircraft AitaiOchitiOn apOitiori of the ShOW, 00000004 will be participating in inns classes,- *Pot* Wien, ihtertnediste and senior, Along with the aerobatics competition and demonstrations, there will be skydiving events. In this event, ttie Competitor will be dined on the jump And the'time it takes for he or she to get rid of the "chute" and travel the distend. to ring a bell on the field. Some Of the Planet Which Will be involved in the sir eh** Will be HerVards, Cltabrivi and Pitts.opetlata, the mini bi-planes. the 41'1460'1ot the show will be July 2, Leadership training course to help program leaders dington counties. Then there was an enjoyable break as all 10 delegates from Britain spent a weekend in Algonquin Park fishing, relaxing, canoeing and travelling the nature trails. Then it was on to Halton county. There was a noticeable dif- ference in the pace of life bet- ween the eastern counties and Halton, she says. Things were much more relaxed in the east but when she visited Halton, the people were tense and rushing everywhere. She at- tributes this to the ,-close proximity to' Toronto. 'She "says people in the area are very con- cerned about their farms being swallowed up by urban sprawl. From Huron they will go on to Kent county to end up the tour. Then the delegates, four from England, four from Scotland and two from Ireland will tour the Canadian west on their own. They hope to drive to the west coast then back through the United States. Again the distance comes into play. Miss Harkness points 'out that it is almost as far to the west coast from Toronto as Ireland is from Toronto and it took seven hours to fly to Toronto. She notes that in Ireland few would think of driving 50 miles but here ppeople do it as a mat- ter of course. No doubt when she gets home the people there will be as fascinated by her tales of this country as people here are about Ireland.