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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-03-23, Page 8Page 8 Times-Advocate, March 23. 1972 Facts N t Fancies By Gwyn LEARNING THE ART OF KNOTTING for macrame are four of the 75 students Mrs. Kaaren Batten has taught this winter. Intent on their work are Audrey Pooley, Wreathe Green, Joan Eagleson and Pat Kading, Mrs. Batten gives them a few tips. T-A photo All you need is cord and fingers Knot your own thing A (dating Your Income Tax? MAKE THE JOI3 EASIER Rent an Adding Machine Reasonable Rates virigsmossre &ekr`ircillies,AbtiOcafC 235.1331 Ca The Prettiest Looks For The Easter Parade and Spring ARE NOW ON DISPLAY AT Boyle's Ladies Wear We Have An Extra Good Selection of Dresses, Skirts and Handbags This Year DROP IN AND SEE NOW MAIN ST. EXETER ARTISTIC WALLHANGINGS are being worked on by two of Kaaren Batten's students of macrame, Jane Van Wieren and Kathryn Penhale. 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I'm sympathetic with school board members and parents who are concerned about some of the literature their children are studying in school, Much of what passes for good writing today is pornographic trash realistic pornographic trash, maybe, but garbage just the same. However, I think most of the kids who read it are smart enough to sift the wheat from the chaff.After all, if you think about it a bit, you begin to realize kids have been getting grizzly literature since their babyhood. This was struck home to me over the weekend when I baby- sat a couple of young fry, aged three and five. Enseonsed between them on the chesterfield we perused through a nursery rhyme book, Remember: Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her... "Couldn't keep her from what?" interrupted the small chap. "From running out on him, I guess," I answered. He put her in a pumpkin shell . . "Yuk," said the little fellow, shivering and screwing up his face. "What do you mean 'Yuk?' " I questioned, "It's all gukky and slippery in there," he said, "when me and Dad made a jack-o-lantern it was all gukky." The child was right. Imagine, if you can, what sort of heinous fiend would imprison his wife in a dark, stinking, slimy pumpkin. He'd have to be a saddist in the truest form. We turned the page hoping to come up with something better. Rockabye Baby on the tree top, "Who put her up there?" demanded the small sister in- dignantly. I thought about it. "Well," I admitted it's a pretty sure thing she didn't crawl up by herself dragging her cradle behind her." By the time we finished the verse the kids had me believing a diabolical ghoul was lurking in the bushes just waiting for the wind to get up and break the rotten branch that would let the baby come screaming and tumbling to the ground. We tried another: Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot nine days old, "It would make me sick," one young charge told me wisely. "Come to think of it," I agreed, "there could be a danger of food poisoning, Let's forget that one," Little Miss Muffett, Sat on a Tuffett, Eating her curds and whey (sounds tasty doesn't it?) Along came a spider . "I hate spiders," screamed the little girl, "Turn the page . . • I don't want to look at it." She burrowed her head in a cushion. I couldn't blame her. The mean, huge tarantula, swinging over the head of Miss M. was eyeing her with such blood thirsty relish it would make anyone panic. Ding, dong bell, Pussy's in the well . , . "Pooey, I sure wouldn't drink that water," the young fellow disdained. "Come to think of it, it wouldn't do much for the cat either," I added. Who put her in? Little Johnny Green . "Geez . what a dopey kid," he said. Anyway, we were glad Tommy Stout rescued the kitten . . . it gave the verse some redeeming grace. After reading about. Old Mother Hubbard who let her dog starve to death, and the miserable cook who baked alive 24 blackbirds in a pie, and the man who was so crooked no one else would enter his little house of sin except his equally crooked cat and rat, we gave up reading nursery rhymes and turned to fairy tales. "There's Cinderella," chirped my nephew, "I know all about her. Her'wicket'step-mother beat her up and locked her in a dark room with the mice." "But the story does have a happy ending," I reminded him. "Cinderella did marry Prince Charming." "Yep," he agreed blissfully, "And I bet they chopped the head off that old 'wickets step-mother, then." "Here's a good story," I an- nounced, "Jack and the Bean- stalk," We were getting along great until we came to the part where Jack was sneaking up on the sleeping giant so he could swipe all the gold, There was a gentle tap on my shoulder. I looked into two solemn blue eyes. "Our Mom to'd us it was bad to steal," I snapped shut the book. "She's perfectly right, Let's look at some wholesome television." My advice to the powers that be is if they're going to ban Catcher in the Rye and Tropic of Cancer and other books like that, they'd best cast watchful eye on Mother Goose and Fairy Tales, too. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Taylor, Huron Street, Exeter, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with their families and friends, at a surprise dinner, held at the Dashwood Hotel Sunday. They all returned to the home of their son, Jack for the evening. Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Hamilton returned home after a two month vacation in Florida. duet ,C e4ed Special greetings go out to the people celebrating birthdays this week. Mrs. Louise Tinney, Exeter Nursing Home, 81, March 22. Mrs. Janie Desiardine, H.R. 6, Strathroy, 88, March 23. Arthur Simpson, R,R. 2, Lucan, 84, March 27. Norman Vincent, Grand Bend, 83, March 28. Mrs. Marie Pask, Zurich, 83, March 28. It is always a pleasure for the Times-Advocate to wish our senior citizens a Happy Birthday. Vlecetolateact Sunday night, a service of song and words was conducted by Christians Women's Club of Exeter. Mrs. George Anderson presented a message of Joy and Mrs, Wm. Marshall read the scripture. Carfrey Cann led in hymn-sing and he and Pat Skinner sang a duet. Four girls, Chris Cann, Cecile Hall, Ruth Thompson and Elizabeth Jolly presented several choruses. Pianist was Mrs. Betty Smith. Others assisting with the program were Mrs. Morley Hall and Mrs. Art Whilsmith, The volunteers and musicians from Goderich were unable to attend Monday's program due to the ice storm so the old-time dancing period was replaced by a song-a-long. After a lapse of two months the regular birthday party was once again on the agenda. February and March birthday celebrants were honored at the festivities. Clinton and Blyth Women's Institutes provided the en- tertainment to a capacity crowd. Mrs. W. Colelough was in charge of the program of songs, sq uare dances, and instrumentals which all had a definite Irish mood. Other numbers on the program were presented by the ballet students of Mrs, Zablocki. Forty-two residents celebrating brithdays were presented with gifts, and refresh- ments were enjoyed by everyone. There were only two groups of people at the special Irish program on Family Night . . those who were Irish and those who wished they were. The concert was arranged and directed by Mrs. Orville Storey of Seaforth and included the Hen- derson Trio; Irish singer, Clarke Johnson; Irish dancers and step- dancers. An instruction book, a ball of jute twine and a talent with her fingers bloomed into an ad- venture for Kaaren Batten, Exeter, she never believed possible a few months ago. Last fall, Kaaren, intrigued by magazine pictures of macrame, was stirred by the urge to learn the art, Since there was no one handy to instruct her, she bought a book and set out to teach her- self. Since that time not only has she constructed many beautiful, artistic articles for herself but she has also taught around 75 other ladies this magical, knot- tying craft. Monday night, her third class of the winter took their final lesson and left to spread the gospel of decorative knotting among their friends and equal ntances Mrs. Batten's students have ranged from teenagers to teachers, housewives, 'secretaries right up to great- grannies and they've turned out all kinds of things . . belts, bracelets, decorative bottle covers, mats, wall hangings and purses. You can buy these items at specialty shops for prices up beyond $100 but it's more fun to make your own. Kaaren especially enjoys making wall hangings and shows her creative flair in the many designs that turn up in her work. Some people prefer the natural color of the twine but for those who like color, the cord can be dyed in a multiple of shades, Mrs, Batten thinks one of the most exciting things about the craft is working out various color combinations. It is said the history of macrame goes beck to Biblical days in Arabia where it was used for decorating. Another legend tells how it was developed by sailors to fill idle hours at sea. Whatever the case, Kaaren Batten and her followers now have no idle hours as they knot and tie, knot and tie.