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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-02-22, Page 10Mr. & Mrs, Doug Wedlake were entertained in London by their family last weekend on occasion of their 30th wedding an- niversary, Those present were Mr. & Mrs, Gary Wedlake, Montreal; Mr. & Mrs. Morris Wedlake, London; and Mr. & Mrs, Brian Wedlake, Exeter. Other guests attended from Goderich. Founder honored -internationally Almost 100 Brownies, Girl Guides, Cubs, Scouts, Rovers and Venturers from Exeter will be joining their counterparts from all over the area and the world to mark Scout and Guide week this week, Although there are no special' events planned in Exeter for the occasion, the Guides have placed a special display in the window of Gould and Jory's department store on Main St., and the Scouts are starting to make plans for contributions to Centennial celebrations. Next week, the Guides are planning a special discussion on what guiding is like in other countries, Today (February 22) c. many area Guides and Brownies will be wearing their uniforms to school, a world-wide custom to commemorate the birthdays of the founder of the movement, and his wife, Lord and Lady Baden- Powell. SHAG IS IN Special Introductory Offer Nylon Shag • Jute Back • Gold or Green M 9 5 fg's Sugg. 11 11 fist $14.95 SQ, YD. NEW! NEW! Printed Nylon FOAM BACK 3 Patterns • Various Shades FOAM BACK Sugg, Retail $12.95 Kitchen Carpet Bedroom Shag Colemans Epicure Bacon Vac Pok lb. 9, Coleman's Small Ring Bologna Check These '1.00 Items Monarch CAKE MIXES Aylmer FRUIT COCKTAIL Aylmer TOMATO CATSUP 15 Aylmer BARTLETT PEARS Aylmer HARVARD BEETS Aylmer VEGETABLE Pouch Pak your choice 5/ 1 14 oz. choice 3/$1 oz. 3/'1 14 oz. choice 3/$l 14 oz. 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It was decided to send birthday cards to everyone who has a name in the birthday book. The program conveners, Mrs. F. Dickens and Mrs. M. Greene presented the part portrayed by the women present at the Last Supper, The main part was taken by Mrs. Geo. Anderson with 12 members taking the parts of the women. A contest on places in the Bible was conducted by Mrs, M, Greene. Christian Women At the Exeter and district meeting of the Christian Women's Club Friday morning, the ladies decided to make two donations to charitable causes: to "Compassion", a London based organization, and to "Jesus Christ to the Communist Coun- tries" a group attempting to get Bibles into communist countries, The ladies of the club continue to conduct an evening service of worship at Hurooview one Sunday per month as part of their outreach to the community. Following coffee and a social time, Mrs. Eric Luther conducted a hymn-sing and Mrs. Doug Warren led the Bible study. A VISITOR FROM AUSTRALIA - The honour of travelling the longest distance to Sunday's Crippled Children's Day at the Pineridge Chalet went to a girl from Australia, Above, Sue Eashwood, an exchange student through Canadian Lions clubs is being served breakfast by Bill Brady wearing an English Bobbie hat. At the right is Mac Molloy of the Grand Bend Lions club. T-A photo. Local children participate in special winter oiympics Lambton, Oxford, Elgin and Middlesex counties attended. It is almost impossible these days to turn on the radio or television news without hearing something about the hundreds of American prisoners of war who have been released and are returning home from Vietman. It .;s-also almost impossible, for me at least, to imagine the joy that the families of these men must experience, first of all just to hear that they are coming home and then to see them stepping off the plane. I Know the feeling of simply having a friend return from a five-month European tour, But try to picture the reactions of a family who had previously been informed that their son was dead When they discovered that their prayers had been answered and he was actually alive and coming home. Or what about the feelings of a little seven-year-old girl who has only seen pictures of her daddy, because she was born just a few months after he went away. It would be just like meeting a stranger you have heard a great deal about, but just couldn't quite picture. It has been said that just about every American family has been affected in one way or another by the war, often directly because a son, husband or father was a soldier in the war that never really was. The mind boggles at the thought that billions of dollars have been spent, and thousands of men have died, in a war that was never formally declared. Of course, for most people, this declaration wouldn't have made a.great deal of difference. But for eZeit 1r0 eta6 The Times-Advocate would like to congratulate those people whose names appear in the Over 80 Club this week. Best birthday wishes to: Wilfred Cunningham, RR 2, Lucan, 83, February 27, 1973. Rev, Harold Kendrick, 174 Andrew St., Exeter, 81, February 25, 1973. If you know of anyone who would like their name to appear in this column, please tell us. Girl's club elects slate Hurondale VII had their first 4- H meeting on Tuesday. Officers elected were Cathy Ecker, president; Lisa Ritchie, vice president; telephone girls, Linda Ritchie and Shirley De Vries; press reporter, Cathy Wooden. The next meeting everyone is to bring patterns and material, Also the girls are to decide on a club name. Mrs. Brock and Mrs. Clarke introduced the girls to knit fabrics - the different types, their characteristics and which are the best to work with. The children from Huron Hope School joined those from Queen Elizabeth, Goderich and Golden Circle, Wingham on the school bus which took them to the university early Saturday morning. A fun filled day of skating, tobogganing, skiing and broomball followed, interrupted by a noon lunch of hamburgs and french fries at the Great Hall. Activities ended with hot chocolate and do-nuts. A weary group of youngsters waved goodbye to their new found friends among the university students and boarded their buses for the return trip. All who participated felt they had had a rewarding and en- joyable day. It is hoped that the Special Winter Olympics will become an annual event, Three children from Huron Hope School, Huron Park par- ticipated in the Special Winter Olympics held on Saturday, at the University of Western Ontario. Professor Conrad Milne of the faculty of physical education was chairman of the organizing committee. He ex- plained that evidence has shown that physical activities, sports and competitive athletics can have a positive influence on the retarded child by enhancing one's self-concept, social ac- ceptance and physical development. More than 200 university students volunteered to act as chaperones for the day, Approximately 225 children ranging in age from eight to 20, from the Schools' for the Trainable Retarded of Huron, H u ronv iew news Table games were played in the auditorium Monday afternoon with eight tables of euchre and two of crokinole. Mickie Cum- mings had high score in the euchre. An hour of religious music was enjoyed by everyone on Tuesday with Pearl Gidley at the piano for the hymn-sing and Jake Roorda playing for the organ melodies, About 100 residents attended the Valentine party held in the auditorium. Music for the old- tyme dancing and sing-song was provided by Alice Roorda, Mary Taylor, Norman Spier and Jerry Collins. Happy Birthday was sung for those having birthdays during the week and a new resident was welcomed to the home. Following the afternoon's activities, tea and cookies were served by the kitchen staff, The birthday party for February with the Goderich Township Women's Institute as hosts has been postponed to February 28. A film, "The Black Creek Pioneer Village", was shown family night, with Bert Colombe in charge of the projector, followed by a 20-minute showing of slides of the recent activities and birthday parties at Huron- view, continuing their educations' which were so suddenly in- terrupted, They will have to get used to things which we take so much for granted, like being able to brush your teeth every morning, like being able to walk for hours without a Sergeant yelling "Hup, one, two, three", like being able to drink a glass of water without having to think twice about what might be in it. Insignificant as these things may seem, these events will make the men realize they are finally home. They will have to re-acquaint themselves with former friends, and family. Some will be meeting their son or daughter for the first time. And to add to the confusion, everything will not be the same as when they left. Prices, places and even persons will have changed. Some, will return to the knowledge that a wife, or a girl- friend has not been able to stand the loneliness and has thus been "unfaithful". But possibly the worst aspect of the whole situation is the knowledge that having survived the fighting and the prison camps, some of the men who have returned home will not be able to stand the strains and pressures exerted on them when they do try to fit back into society. Although I would like nothing better that to be proven wrong, I suspect that in the next few months, we will hear tragic tales of nervous break-downs and possibly even suicides among those men who could not stand it. But for now, they are coming home, and I guess that's all that matters. some, it certainly would. I can't help but think of two young American milita men I met on a holiday in South Carolina in 1971. These 18-year- old boys (for they couldn't be called anything else) had enlisted in the army reserve, for two years of formal training, and a further two years of being "on call". They told us at the time that they had enlisted in the reserves because unless war was formally declared in Vietman, they would not be called to serve in that far-east hell-hole. Both these kids were a long way from home at their North Carolina base. One was from northern Michigan (we were just like visitors from home to him) and the other from Nebraska, But they were glad to be in the States just the same. They had no ambition to "Join the Marines and see the world" as so many of the recruitment posters said. And they would have been just as glad to let Uncle Sam take care of his own wars. It is hard to imagine that the Vietnamese war has actually been going on for more than 10 years, that that one subject has occupied the minds of Americans, and the front pages of newspapers for such a long time. And of course, seldom a week went past without one major newspaper headline reporting a fact of the war, Just last week, Lieutenant William Carley made the news again. And how long ago is it since music fans shed a tear and feminine hearts turned over at the thought of their idol, Elvis Presley, donning a uniform and heading off to represent his country? But now most are heading home. As Canadians a great many of us, especially anyone under 30, will have no indication of the feelings of families whose sons are returning home, and those whose sons will never return home. For the family of Marc Caher, the French- Canadian agricultural worker who was a POW for five years, it will be different. And probably many others will relive the heartache which accompanied the Second World War. But what about the former soldiers themselves? What must many of them be thinking? Once the initial homecoming is over, once the publicity, the glamour and the notoriety of their return has worn off, they will have to settle down to the business of living again. For many this will be very difficult. Some will have drug problems to cope with. Most, I suspect, will not have jobs to come home to. Many, at age 27 or 28 will just now be thinking of Women to day of prayer As usual about this time of year, Exeter and area ladies are preparing for the World Day of Prayer service to be held March 2 at Exeter United Church. Sponsored in this country by the Women's Inter-church Council of Canada, it has become traditional to hold the world-wide service on the first Friday of March. The theme of this year's gathering will be "Alert in Our Time" and the guest speaker at Exeter's celebration will be Mrs. Don Wilson. Soloist will be Mrs. Cecil Smith, Huron Park. This year New Zealand women of European and Maori descent have written -the original service, STOCK UP-SAVE MORE AT H Dial 235-0212 High Quality Meats Full Slice Round Steak. Bottom Round Roast lb, Chase & Sandborn COFFEE New Blended 6 oz. Jar $ 1 39 $AVE ON CARPETS 29 Boneless Top Round Steak lb. 1 39 From the Eye of the Round $ 1 4 9 Minute Steak lb. Lean Stewing Beef lb. 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