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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-03-08, Page 12Pig" '2 A •Tithaa-.Advocati, March 8, 1013 • Facts 'n Fancies By Susan '714koseet GUESTS AT SERVICE - Special guests at the Exeter World Day of Prayer service Friday afternoon were Mrs. Frank Wildfong, left, organist, and Mrs. Don Wilson, who was the speaker. The service was held in Exeter United Church. (T-A photo) 'Sportswear from knits' 4-H girls select fabrics the pressure, tension and number of stitches to the inch. Hurondale IV The third meeting of Hurondale IV 4-H homemaking club was held Thursday at the home of Mrs. Olive Thomson. The girls showed the patterns and materials each had chosen to use for their sportswear and is was decided to call the club the "Knit- wits". A test for the tension of a sewing machine for stretch sewing was demonstrated Sponsor diet food forum The Home Economics Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food is sponsoring a food forum entitled "Calorie countdown" which will be held in the Ontario Street United Church, Clinton, March 14, 1973 at 8 p.m. Sensible weight control using Canada's Food Guide, will be the theme of the forum. Home economists from the ministry will be demonstrating and discussing low calorie dishes, Cosmetic Specials ,EXETER HUNTLEY'S DRUG STORE 235-1070 9, 11:11 0 0 TO WED IN APRIL - Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Dalton, RR 2, Grand Bend, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Marie to Mr. Kenneth Gordon McColl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas McColl, Forrest. The wedding will take place Saturday, April 7, 1973 at 2 p.m. in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Grand Bend. 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I left it until the very last day and by then, the line-up was too long and I was too busy to take time off work to get Ahem. But I thought, "No need to worry. I don't need my car in the morning (meaning the day after the final deadline). Pll just wait and get them then and put them on in the afternoon", I thought that was a fine piece of logic: I would miss the line-up and there would be no harm done. So when I got out of bed Thursday morning and looked out the window at the beautiful sunshine I figured it was a good omen. I went over to buy the plates just shortly after the office opened, anticipating no problems (except maybe a future one in my pocket-book). The first thing the lady asked was if I had filled out the forms yet. Well, I didn't see any in front of me, and having never done this before, I looked up and meekly asked, "What forms?" She gave a sigh of resignation and looked at me as if to say, "Boy, have I got a smart one this time!" and then explained that I had to fill out the application form on the ownership card. I was about half-way finished that when I got stuck. When I asked what I should put in one certain spot, she looked at it a little more closely and said, "Oh, you can't fill that out. It has to be signed by your husband since the car is registered in his name". "It's not my husband. It's my father," I said. "And I can't get his signature. He's 120 miles away." "I'm sorry," she said, "but we have to have his signature". When I walked out, the sun was still shining, but my mood was rather black, and I no longer thought the sun was such a good omen. Then I didn't know what to do. To mail the form home would have taken too long and I cer- tainly couldn't drive home to get in. I must admit I considered forgery, but not for very long. So I decided to call home and see if Dad would mind driving all the way down here. I didn't think he'd be too excited about it, but much to my surprise, he said he wouldn't mind at all. "Your mother is busy today, though," he said, "so how be we wait until tomorrow so she can come too". I really didn't have much choice, and I decided I could do without my car for another day anyway, so I said fine. I had just been off the phone for a few minutes though when it suddenly hit me. My parents had never been to Exeter, so they would want to see not only where I work, but where I live. Not that I am ashamed of either, but from experience, it is always a little traumatic when your parents make their first inspection. I have been through it twice before, first when I lived in a Bone cooked poultry while the meat is still warm. The bones should slip out easily, says the Poultry Products Institute of Canada. When the meat cools it becomes firm and adheres to the bones. house in. Guelph, and then in my apartment in London. But this time it was a little different. Before if there was anything amiss, I could always blame it on someone else because I lived with three other girls on both oc- casions. All I really had to ac- count for was my own room, This time, however, it was entirely up to me, because I had my own place for the first time. You can imagine then that Thursday night I was in a frenzy of activity, trying to bring the place up to inspection standards. Now I'm not a bad housekeeper. The bed usually gets made sometime during the day and I try to keep things fairly neat, But I'm not just sure that I would be a nominee for the Good Housekeeping seal of approval, And it happened that during that particular week, I has been busy almost every night, the floors needed sweeping, the shelves needed dusting and the dishes needed washing. There is an age-old phrase that says two can live as cheaply as one. From experience, I would say that this is definitely true. Two girls (or in my case, four girls) can cook far more cheaply, and eat far better, that one girl living alone. If you can draw a parallel between this and doing housework, it still stands true. Although logically, it would seem to take more work to keep a big place clean that a small one, I would like to dispel that myth Mr. and Mrs. Herm Dettmer, daughter Joan and Clifford Cassidy returned on the weekend from a three-week holiday overseas. The time away was spent mostly in Australia: on the east coast area from Townsville in North Queensland to Brisbane and then to Sydney in New South- wales. They then travelled to the Melbourne area of Victoria. While in the south they had a week with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Colby. Mrs. Colby is a former 'Exeter resident, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Luther Penhale, The Colbys gave their Canadian visitors many in- teresting tours of their area. A cousin of Mrs. Dettmer's, Glen Schroeder and his wife showed them around the Mt. Martha, Mornington area where they have taught for the past two years. The Schroeders are returning to their home in Bracebridge this summer where Mr. Schroeder will resume his position as head of the mathematics department at the high school. Mrs. Dettmer said that one of the most interesting things about Australia was the variation in temperature, from semi-tropical and very dry in parts to very much like the present weather at home. They have no snow, however, she said. She added that the animals of that small continent were very interesting as well. Australia had forever, In a small room, if the least little thing is out of place, it looks cluttered. Consequently, with umpteen knick-knacks, curios and various other gadgets sitting around my apartment, something is always out of place and it always looks clut- tered, When I'm there myself, I don't mind a little clutter but it is a different thing when your parents are coming to visit, Although they should know me well enough by now to expect it, I wanted to impress them a little. And when they finally did come, was I ever glad I had gone to a little extra effort because my parents brought my aunt and uncle with them. It was a real treat to see them and to know that they wouldn't think I was a complete failure as a housekeeper. Though I complain about living in such a small apartment, it was saving grace that day, because it meant that I certainly didn't have the facilities to feed them all, and thus there was no strain on my culinary talents (or lack of same). The conclusion of the whole thing is that I got my licence plates (and even got them put on my car), I got a free dinner, and they were duly impressed with the town and my habitation. So I'll just sit tight until I have occasion to move again. many animals strictly unique to that part of the world. From Australia, the travellers took a flight to Bangkok, Thailand and spend two days and three nights there. They went on tours of the city's many beautiful temples and a tour of the floating market. They had an evening meal of Thai foods and saw traditional Thai dancers. Mrs. Dettmer, said, however, that the smell of that city is at times overpowering. It is a combination of the aromatic, highly spiced foods which are cooked right in the streets, open, or nearly open sewer systems and the intense heat. The silk and cotton shops in Bangkok are endless, she said, and the teak wood carvings and jewelry very beautiful. From Thailand they flew to Hong Kong, and proceeded to Taiwan, Okinawa, Guam, Hawaii and finally to Los Angeles. They had two delightful days there and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dennis and family and Mrs. Laura Wilson. Among other things they enjoyed the Farmers Market and a tour of Universal Studios. The Colbys and the Schroeders in Australia, and the Dennis family in Los Angeles are all hoping to return for Exeter's Centennial. The holiday ended for the Dettmers with a trip home by car in Saturday night's dense fog. Ladies pray around globe "We are living in the greatest period of all history. It is no time for us to lie down and sleep. We must be alert in our time". So said Mrs. Don Wilson, guest speaker at the Exeter World Day of Prayer service held Friday afternoon in Exeter United Church. Mrs. Wilson was referring to the theme of the international service, which was this year written by women of European and Maori descent from New Zealand. She referred specifically to the act of intercession, being alert to others. She said we must "deepen our understanding, increase our patience, widen our concern, broaden the dimensions of our love, awaken our compassion, direct our insight and be humble in the face of life in the 20th century. She said we could not do any of these things, however, without the Spirit of God. "When we sin before God, we realize there is an emptiness in our soul because there is something missing - the presence of God," said Mrs. Wilson. "We do have His love, but we do not have His forgiveness until we ask for it," she continued. "But with His peace within us, His joys and His happiness can never be removed", she con- cluded. Approximately a dozen ladies from six Exeter churches' took part in the service. There were representatives of the Christian Reformed Church, the Presbyterian, the Anglican, the United, the Pentecostal and the Bethel Reformed churches. Mrs. Ella Middleton organized the service and Mrs. Robert Coates led it. Mrs. Cecil Smith, Huron Park was the guest soloist. ' Traditionally the world-wide service of prayer was held the first Friday in Lent. In recent years, it has been changed to the first Friday in March. Impromptu barbecue - On a picnic at the beach or any place where rocks are available, stone barbecue pit works well. Build a stone wall a desired height of one and one-half feet, cover the structure with a strip of fine mesh wire. With a charcoal fire in bottom and dinner on top, hungry folks are soon fed. Hurondale II The first and second meetings of Hurondale II "Knit Wits" were held recently at the home of Mrs, Bill Dougall. The election of officers was as follows: president, Evelyn Neevel; vice president, Carol Dougall; treasurer, Pat Faber; telephone girls, Margaret Parsons and Cathy Read; and a rotating secretary. The leaders of the new project "Sportswear from Knits" are Mrs. Bill Dougall and Susan Parsons. Mrs. Dougall discussed pattern alterations and knitted materials at the first meeting. At the second meeting pattern alterations and pinning on patterns were discussed. Hurondale VII Hurondale VII had their third meeting on recently at the home of their leader, Mrs. Brock. Everyone showed their selected pattern and fabrics. The girls have their "Nimble Thimble" designs made, Mrs. Brock and Mrs. Clarke gave the girls some useful sewing tips to remember while working with knits, Mrs. Brock did a few samplings of a small stitch right down the piece of fabric. This is done to test Exeter couple returns from trip to Australia I