HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-02-26, Page 9AROUND THE FIRE-PLACE in the livingroom is a nice place to relax. Sunlight filters through long white
curtains on the pine floor and the blue burlap walls as Susan McAllister glances through a magazine. This
is the second room that has been completed. The table to the right of Susan, now painted an antique
green, used to be an old medicine chest,
Time and talent needed Titniks-Advocati, .February 26, 1970 0. 9
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Mrs. E. W. Sanders and Scott
a of Thunder Bay are visiting with
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Sanders.
Mr. & Mrs. P. L. Jackson and
Mr. & ,Mrs,,,Paul „Jackson ..,wereo
weekend guests with Mr. & Mrs.,
G. A. Cann, William Street.
Mary Van Camp spent the
weekend with her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. H. E.
Yates, Lockwood Park, London.
Rebekah lodge sees
slides of the north
Mrs. A. J. Sweitzer, assisted
by Mrs. Irvine Armstrong
showed slides of the trip she and
her husband took from Seattle
to the Yukon and Alaska, at the
meeting of the Rebekah lodge
No. 338 IOOF Wednesday night.
The pictures of the holiday by
bus, train and boat were enjoyed
by the members.
Noble Grand Mary Fisher
presided over the business.
Committees were formed to
look after the Dessert Euchres
on March 11.
A quilt, for which a draw will
be made in June, will be a
money-making project for the
Lodge. Looking after the sale of
tickets will be Sisters Gladys
Skinner and Iva Idle.
Prior to the meeting a
Rebekah Service was held for
Sister Amy Etherington at the
Dinney Funeral Home.
The Canadian Girl Guide
Movement is celebrating its
Diamond Jubilee this year.
Sunday afternoon a special
ecumenical church service was
held for the Brownies, Guides
By L. SCOTT.
In -this day and age when all.
.pre-fab houses and modern
apnrtments are starting to look
#like,. a person could, easily
wonder what is going to happen
to all the artistic endeavours that
are supposed to add interest to
our liven.
Susan McAllister is one
person who doesn't have to
Worry about her creativity being
lost in a modern push. button
house however.
Although she has. the most
modern washer and dryer in her
kitchen and a well-equipped
cooking area, she finds plenty to
keep her busy planning and
creating the decor she wants for
her horrid.
A slender person in her early
twenties, her short dark hair
flipped neatly away from her
face, her eyes start to glow as
she thinks back over 'the work
that has gone into her home.
A year and a half ago she
married Neil McAllister, moved
into his family home in Lot 3,
3rd Concession, Usborne
Township and the two of them
started a massive renovating job.
The house had seen seven
owners in its 130 year history,
The McAllister' family had lived
there for 23 years.
The first Canadian Guide
Company was formed at St.
Catharines in January 1910, and
a short time later one started in
Toronto.
In 1917 an organization for
girls eight to eleven was formed
under the name of Rosebuds
which was later changed to
Brownies.
The first Ranger Companies
for older girls were started in
1920 and later divided into three
branches, Land, Sea and Air
depending on the interest of the
girls.
That same year the Canadian
Government recognizing the
importance of Guiding granted
the Movement an annual fund to
support its financial needs.
In Exeter, the first Guide
Company was formed January
10, 1946, with Mrs. Douglas
Knowles as Captain and Mrs.
Stan Greene and Mrs. Robert
Dinney as Lieutenants.
The Brownie Pack was started
here in October, 1947 with
Lillian Hunter Duvar and Mrs.
Robert Lux ton as leaders.
The Movement is active in all
provinces and Ontario has the
largest membership with -over
112,000 Guides, Brownies and
Rangers.
Guiding is in 87 countries and
the members are linked together
by one promise and law and by
the satisfaction of learning to be
good citizens wherever they are,
District Commissioner Mrs.
Robert Luxton reports an urgent
need for Brownie leaders in
Exeter.
This is interesting and
fullfiliing work and anyone
interested is urged to get in
touch with Mts. Luxton at
235-1864 or 235,0776.
aim SG' eeed
The Times Advocate
extends birthday greeting
to the following people:
ROLAND SQUIRE, 8/
years old, February 25,
MRS. ETHEL LATTA,
Exeter, 85, February 27,
STEWART McQUEEN,
79 Richmond St., S.,
Hensel!, 8S, March 2,
E. AUSTIN DILLING,
Strathmere Lodge,
Strathroy 83, March 4
PASSMOIIE,
Exeter, 88, March 8,
"The first thing we did was
take off the wall paper," says
Susan. "We have to do things to
the house as we get the money,
but it's amazing how much you
can do for very little."
Now she can stand in the
middle of her spotless kitchen,
trim in a white blouse and blue
jeans and look with pride at the
results of her work,
A new counter top in the
cooking area didn't cost too
much and a few oats of white
paint over the dark woodwork
made it so shining that Susan
says, "It's almost too bright
now."
The larger part of the kitchen
looks like a cross between Early
Canadiana and Twentieth
Century good Housekeeping.
A simulated red brick floor
covering sets the tone for the
whole room. Various Canadian&
plates, jugs and mugs decorate
the grey plank shelf and the
blue-printed wall-paper. The
round table in the kitchen came
with the house but is in the
process of being scraped and
reduced to its natural shade. The
top is finished already and
boasts a fresh bouquet of
flowers. The straight backed
wooden chairs around the table
have been painted an antique
green, while a big stuffed chair,
re-covered, of course, in a warm
yellow shade, invites one to curl
up and never stir from the
kitchen.
Grey stained planks, salvaged
from a shed that was no longer
being used, line one wall and the
door-way leading into the living
room.
According to Susan, most of
the furniture and decorations
was picked up at auction sales
around the area.
"You can't get things now as
cheaply as you could even a few
years ago, More and more people
seem to be interested in buying
old furniture."
The pine floor in the living
room, relieved of several layers
of varnish and wax, now shines a
reddish gold. The walls were
stripped and laboriously covered
with blue burlap by Susan's
father.
"After we took off the
wall-paper, I filled in some of
the holes in the plaster and now
this burlap keeps the walls more
solid," says Susan.
Adding to the homespun
feeling of the room are the
wooden butter paddles and
potato mashers hanging on the
wall, a host of little things, from
an old silver key on the wall to
three round brass decorations
from a horses harness on the
mantle, and several hand-made
pottery containers.
he, fire-place is still in the
p ce s of being completed.
Alt lough ,a.'real fire won t burn
there, it adds character and a
feeling of unity to the room.
The living-room couch was
re-covered in a blue flowered
print. A Boston rocking chair,
painted black and given a few
cushions to match the couch
takes up one side of the
fire-place, and a cabinet,
refinished in antique green, lines
one wall.
Long white curtains, that
used to be long white sheets,
hang in graceful folds.
Time, talent and patience.
You can see it took all three to
put together this room.
Susan said she picked up
some of her knowledge of home
decorating in high school in a
Home Economics course and
learned a bit more from a four
month night course in interior
design at Beal Secondary School
in London.
Standing in the room slated
to be the family room, she tells
Facts 'N Fancies
— Continued from Page 8
delight of opening your coat for
a sail and letting the wind blow
you from one end of the rink to
theother. Of course the trial of
skating back again 'against' the
wind was pretty tough but when
the loud speaker is lustily blaring
"The Campbells are Coming
you fairly break into a
schottische.
The hut where we changed
was heated (?) by a pot bellied,
cast iron stove which puffed out
a little warmth and quite a little
Smoke.
Almost worn out from the
strenuous rounds of skating, our
host still hurried us up the hill
where a team of horse waited to
take us on a sleigh ride.
Exhausted, but glowing with
cold and good will we drove
back past the ultra modern York
University, past the
sophisticated, high rise
apartment buildings, through the
roaring traffic to a het dinner
served in front of a blazing fire
place.
Like I said, she's a gal of
many moods, Toronto! * * *
About the Over 80 Club
The purpose of the Over 80
Club is to give honor to those of
our citizens who are celebrating
an ottogenarian birthday. There
are some, however, who do not
wish to have their name appear
in the birthday column and we
ate indeed sorry if they have
been caused any embarrassment
or unhappiness. In the future,
we Will ask that those sending in
the harries of the celebrants have
the consent of the party
irivolVed,
you confidently what she'd like-
to see and where. Evert as she
describes what she expectato
you can picture the room taking
shape in her mind, Now it is no
more than an empty shell. The
wall-paper is partially removed
and a few empty picture frames
stand in a corner.
"Across that wall well have
book-shelves," says Susan.
The room is now blank and
unappealing. But she sounds so
sure about it all, and suddenly,
watching her gesture, you
believe her.
Ever get tired of it all?
"Oh yes," she laughs. "I
don't work at it all the time
though."
The steps leading upstairs
have been recovered temporarily
with a sort of green vinyl
covering. But the long range
plans are to remove the old stain
and shellac from the steps and
have a carpet runner. covering
them.
Upstairs is not as unfinished
as the family room, but has not
yet taken the form Susan plans.
Again she confidently
describes the red and white
wall-paper she will use in one
bed-room and their plans to
knock out the wall between two
others.
"Plumbing and heating
changes will have to wait a long
time, but they are not bad now
anyway," she said.
And there you have it.
An artistic project that has
already taken a year and a half,
and will take a few more years
to finish and a couple who are
getting a great deal of .
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and Rangers of the Exeter and
Huron Park District in Trivitt
Memorial Church.
Rev. George Anderson
received the colours from the
two companies. Susan Wooden
of 1st Exeter Ranger Company
led in the responsive reading of
The Guide Law Beatitudes. Rev.
Glen Wright, Exeter United
Church, spoke to the girls on the
need for Light" in each life.
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CLEAN, COLORFUL AND HOMEY Susan McAllister's kitchen is a room to be proud of. Susan has
been busy renovating her-home for the past year and a half and this is one room she had completely
finished. Here she tells a T.A interviewer that she collected most of the ornaments at auction sales.
The grey planks used to line the wall shown here were taken from an old shed.
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