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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-08-31, Page 10Pepe IQ Times-Advocate, August 11, )972 Facts N' Fancies By Susan. .5doota oar/ . Meet your neighbor Speak little English Lady, family move from Germany 1121Morreffr /21.121W107 ROUND UP OF VALUES Don't throw it away ASK US ABOUT TRADING IT IN ON A • GAS BARBEQUE This versatile JAK model Perfect Host barbeque is found on more patios than all other gas grills combined! Designed for average family usage, it will however, out- perform the average grill and with unbeatable results. JAK MODEL $119.95 as illustrated, installation extra No down payment Easy credit terms * Pay on your gas bill UnionGas Union Gas Sales Rep.. Graham McInnes 227.4112 Colemans FOOTBALL Ham T. S Centre Slices 98c lb. 4, Whole or Half lb. 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Basket $ 2 4 9 137 Blue Bonnet Margarine 3 lb. 99' Scott Decorator Towels 2 Roll Pkge 61' Ice Cream 1 /2 gallon FLOWER SHOW WINNERS -- A gladioli is a gladioli is a gladioli but not at the flower show sponsored by the Kirkton Horticultural Society last week. Admiring this prize winning basket of glads are Mrs. Thomas Hern, Woodham, third prize winner at the display, Mrs. Gordon Laing, RR 2 Staffa, second prize winner, and. Mrs. Ormand MacDougald, RR 1 Fullarton, grand prize winner and originator of the arrangement. Right is Miss Jean Copeland, Woodham, president of the Horticultural Society. T-A photo Mothers traditionally sigh with relief and kids with resignation, but there's really nothing anyone can do about it, One way or another, school is going to start again next week, in spite of anyone's personal feelings. When it finally dawns upon a group that August is almost over, individuals get sort of a mutually startled look on their faces, and someone inevitably says, "I don't know where the summer's gone. The time has just flown by." Technically, of course, that is a rather meaningless statement, Unless Father Time is putting one over on us, 24 hours doesn't go any faster during the summer months than it does in the winter. But everything is relative — in this case, to one's state of mind. It must bear some relation to the old adage that says a kettle won't boil if you watch it. The "logic" behind the idea is that the more you want something to happen, the longer it takes. Conversely, if you don't want something to happen, it sneaks up from behind before you know it. The mind has a habit of ad- justing itself to situations of a similar nature. If you con- centrate on one event for a long time, you become obsessed with it. The everyday things that normally impress you, make you happy or sad, and simply make you notice the passage of time, just don't seem to happen. Then when you stop for a minute, you can't understand why time seems to be going so slowly. In this case, summer is like a reprieve from winter. With spring and summer comes a feeling of freedom and release — both to the.warm weather and for kids, away from the respon- sibilities of school, They don't want the summer to go quickly, but are so busy with many other things that they forget about it. Now it's gone and no-one can understand why so soon, But the start of school marks another interesting psychological phenomonon. Although there are, hopefully, several weeks of warm, summer-type weather remaining, as soon as school starts, people begin thinking about winter, and eventually, Christmas. Just this week, I received a press release that said, "Fall is the time to recover from an active summer and prepare for the busy festive season." Shades of Santa Claus and mistletoe! Surely they're not thinking of Christmas already. But it never fails, As soon as the "back to school" sales are over, the "106 shopping days left til Christmas" sales will begin — slowly at first but gaining momentum as the leaves start to fall. Mothers will start wondering where they stored last year's mitts and scarves. And it won't take much prompting for kids to imagine possible presents and pine trees. But Christmas! forget it. This will be the first September for 15 years that I haven't had to think about going back to school. For 15 years 1 have been looking forward to it, but now, it's not quite what I imagined, Thank goodness the "reading and writing and `rithmetic, taught to the tune of the hickory stick" days have long since departed, but I am going to miss the kind of atmosphere that is characteristic only of school and only of students. A common enemy unites people, and work is probably one of the best unifiers I can think of. After a while, though, you forget about all the work. The things you remember are mid- night pizza parties; trying to make a snow sculpture for winter weekend, in the rain; the ex- citement when your girlfriend runs for Homecoming queen; and the exultation at finishing your last exam, "You must really like school," people say with some won- derment, when I tell them I wouldn't mind going back, But all the complaining about work, extended deadlines on essays, the test you had not remembered — are forgotten, and only the good —Please turn to page 11 A new house, new neighbors and a new community are dif- ficult enough to adjust to, but add an unfamiliar language and country, and you can see what Corry Vermaeten has to face. But she know that, and realizes that it will take at least a few months before she can feel relaxed in Canada. Mrs. Vermaeten, her husband Karl, and their five children, Arndt, 10, Frank, 8, Gens, 6, and little blond twins, Annette and Marlene, 4 and a half, just moved to Sherwood Crescent, Exeter from Wesel, Germany, a town of about 40,000. "It is so different here," said Mrs. Vermaeten. "There is so much space. Every house has a garden and a lawn, and the children have so much room to play," she added, occasionally flipping through a German- English dictionary to find the school, because there is a shortage of teachers in Germany. "Then I had to help them," she said. "It was a lot of work for me, but I enjoyed it. I'm glad I won't have to do that here,though," she added. She hopes the children pick up the language quickly. Already, the twins play with a little neigh- bor girl. "I don't think they un- derstand each other," said Mrs. Vermaeten, "but they get along very well," In Gerniany, Mr. Vermaeten had a boat and furniture building businessand with a friend,Walter Peitsch, he is planning to open a similar business at the south end of Exeter, It was because of his friendship with Mr. Peitsch that Mr. Ver- maeten first came to Canada for a holiday three years ago. He liked it so much that he came back the next year, and then decided to move here. The Vermaetens are planning the join the German-Canadian Club in London, so as not to break ties with their former life, "But I like Exeter." said Mrs. Vermaeten, " and everyone seems very friendly". Own Your Own Home On Sherwood Two bungalows now under construction. Three bedrooms, three bathrooms, livingroom, kitchen, dining room. Full basement. Forced air heated. For more information call Zwart 8. Graansma. plarflAriti illilii10111111111iiiiinal BUILDERS Custom Happy HOMES -OF- ZWART AND G RA A N S MA General Contractors 4$ 8T,:tlit k , Imitir For support We business, 213 213 Many Jack your will Pryde PRYDE has and been also Boulevard. Items Pat's BLVD. the watch from may be Main St., Thanks appreciated. our Jeweller • • . past 21 years. Your and clock repair our residence at left at Exeter 235-1926 /1110111111.44 patronage be continuing Smith much Pet Shop, engraving, for repair over Support Your Rodeo! right word. Mrs. Vermaeten is Dutch, and studied German and French as well as English, when she went to school, She has never spoken it until now, however, but makes out very well in such a strange language. She lived in Germany for 12 Phone 235-0212 a 01 n. of TRAINING SCHOOL FOR "THE THIRD MEAL" —About 50 leaders, representing 400 club girls attended training school for the fall 4-H project, "The Third Meal", at Exeter United Church this week. This club stresses such things as fondues, barbecues, casseroles and lunch-boxes. Miss Catherine Hunt, centre demonstrates ginger-snap cookies for some of the leaders; left, Mrs. Norman Hyde, Huron Park, Brenda Fahner. Crediton, Sandra Shapton, Exeter and Susan Parsons, Hensall. T-A photo A choir ofyoung people from Dayton, Ohio visited Huronview on Friday afternoon. The group was taken on a brief tour of the home, singing for the residents in women's bed care and they sang happy birthday for Mrs. Hamilton who was celebrating her 98th birthday. The next stop was the auditorium for a half hour of singing to well over 100 residents. Pastor Bigelow of Bayfield Baptist Church made the arrangements and introduced the choir with Wendy Greer of Bayfield playing the piano ac- companiment. Hank Ming was in charge of the chapel service Sunday morning in place of the regular pastor, Rev. McWinnie, who is having holidays. Mrs, Jan Bylsma sang two solos during the service accompanied on the organ by Jacob Roorda. Mrs. Doris McKinlay visited Huronview Monday afternoon and joined the regulars Mary Taylor, Norman Speir and Jerry Collins for an hour of old tyme Maple Leaf Dinner Style Cooked PORK Shqyjcler Ibe Corry Vermaeten years with her German husband, and the children don't speak English either. It's going to be hard for the three boys when they start school, because they won't understand, said Mrs. Ver- maeten. But they are all very anxious to learn, and every night, with the help of cassette tapes and Ger- man-English readers, they study their new. language. The school system is quite different in Canada also, from what they are used to. "The children are a little scared of starting in a Canadian school," said Mrs. Vermaeten. In Ger- many, the younger ones go to school for half a day, and then come home to study for the rest of the afternoon. Sometimes, they didn't have music, dancing, and sing song. Charlie Small who celebrated his 88th birthday Monday, sang a solo. Hamiltons hold family reunion The Hamilton family reunion was held at Seaforth Lion's Park, August 27, 1972 with 37 signing the guest book. President Mrs. Lorne Elliott conducted the election of of- ficers: president, Mrs, Nelson Hunkin; vice president, Harvey Edgar; secretary, Mrs. Alvin Kemp; social conveners, Mrs. Ted Goddard and Agnes Prebble. Novelty prizes went to Wm, Sillery, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliott, Mrs. Alvin Kemp, Mrs. Hazel Sadler, and Danny Elliott, There was also a children's scramble. A remembrance was sent to Mrs. Jessie Hamilton, who was unable to be present, qat aputeew lieetta y milllllllltllt11111111nIIII111111111111111111111I1umIIllIIIIIIIIminilllllllllllllllllllllllltlll1111111ne NOTICE Going To Make Your Own Lingerie? 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