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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-06-21, Page 10Page 10 wifoloatormit Facts 'n Fancies- By Susan limes-Advocate, June 21, 1973 een sres, Vfle4 ,day —eaee .a94:44 Watch and Clack Repair Complete Engraving Service JACK SMITH Jeweller 213 Pryde Blvd. Exeter 235 -1926 Poor old. Dad - one day in the whole year that is supposed to be strictly his and I just about forgot it - again! I suppose as the old saying gt'es, it's better late than never, bu t I don't know what it is about Fat'her's Day. Every year it seenss to get harder and harder to reme mber. I thought about it early last week, but when the time came to get him something, it just e ntirely slipped my Mind. I hay e this theory about Father's .Day. The reason it is so difficult to remember is because of Motherhe Day. As I explained in a previous column, Mother's Day presents. a special challenge at our house because Mom's birthday falls just at the same time. Consequently, we have to tax our brains just to come up with suitable gifts for both events, Even by the time Father's Day rolls around, we still aren't over the trauma of the previous oc- casion. But I wouldn't say it is entirely our fault. Even commercial establishments seem to pay a lot more attention to mother than to father, It seems like for weeks ahead of time, calendars, media and advertisements remind you not to forget mother on her day. Not so for father, and it just doesn't seem fair. I mean who else was always there if you and a bunch of girl- friends wanted a ride to the high school dance? He always said he would take us in if someone else could come to get us. But you always knew that in a squeeze, he would do both. Who else would get up at six o'clock in the morning to take a cheque written on his account, all the way to the University of Guelph to pay his daughter's tuition because she was on an extended holiday someplace in the southern States and had forgotten to make arrangements to pre-register? Who else do I go running to when something goes wrong with my car and I'm just not sure what steps I should take next? Poor Dad gets stuck with all these rather thankless jobs and seldom gets any credit for it. There's also the problem of what you are going to do to make Father's Day at least a little bit special. Blind evangelist speaks to Christian Women's Club Major William S, Clarke, an evangelist for the Salvation Army of Canada was the special guest speaker at last week's picnic meeting of the Exeter Christian Women's Club. Major Clarke who was just promoted from Captain, is almost blind and has been in- volved in the work of the Salvation Army since he was a teenager, except for five years when he worked with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. His work as an evangelist for the Army takes him all across Canada and he has been in six provinces since January. His wife and family live in Hamilton, but because of his work, they them and by doing this, you have opened yourself to the Lord as well, Major Clarke reminded the ladies that God does not speak to groups of people, but only to individuals and it affects each one differently. "There are many ways of avoiding the voice of God," he continued, "but we must try to resist them". In addition to being a talented speaker, Major Clarke is also a gifted musician and entertained with several solos and accordion instrumentals. He was later joined by Mrs. Marilyn Zivkovic for some impromptu, but very beautiful duets. aim .70 eeed The Times-Advocate would like to extend best birthday wishes to another member of the Over 80 Club this week. Congratulations to: Mrs. Alma Price, McCormick Home, Lon- don, 94, June 21, 1973. If you know of anyone who would like their name to appear in this column, please tell us. There is no charge for this service. Mrs, Florence (Heaman) Carefoot, Kelowna, British Columbia is visiting with Mrs. Clark Fisher. Mrs. Ella Dorrance, Hunstville, is also visiting with Mrs. Fisher and with Mrs, Sam Jory. Hubert Cooper, who has been a patient in South Huron Hospital for the past two weeks, was taken to Victoria Hospital in London for further treatment. have seen him less than 20 days in 1973. Because of his very limited eyesight, Major Clarke works in braille. He said that it takes 18 large volumes of braille to reproduce one Bible. Most of the books in braille are provided by the Canadian Bible Society, Major Clarke used the setting in Riverview Park as inspiration for his message to the ap- proximately 30 ladies gathered for the meeting, He said that in the Biblical city of Philippi, the Christians used to worship by the riverside. On such an occasion, the disciples were approached by one woman of the group, Lydia. She was, by ac- counts, competent, independent and intelligent. Often, said Major Clarke, it is easy for people like this td "bestow"themselves on others; in effect to say, "Here I am world to brighten your life." Instead of this attitude, we must open our hearts to others, said Major Clarke.People in need of help don't want a benevolent do-gooder, They want someone they can trust and rely on "not just a sounding board." 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Between 40 and 50 sat down to dinner, Ola Morley conducted contests and games for the adults while Barbara French super- vised games and contests for the children. All were very interested and co-operated enthusiastically. President William Morley congratulated Walter and Ruby Morley, Shallow Lake on their You wouldn't dare give him breakfast in bed, because although you know he ap- preciates the effort, you also know he would rather be sitting ate solid table. There he knows everything he wants will be in arm's reach; there he knows there is little chance of an involuntary movement of the knee dumping the whole breakfast tray on the floor; and there he knows he probably won't have to cope with runny eggs or ketchup dribbling down his chin onto the clean sheets. There is no use offering to do the dishes or clean the house because these are things he doesn't do on a regular basis either. There wouldn't be much point in offering to have a special barbecue supper for him because as much as he likes that sort of thing, he would end up doing most of the work. There is no-one else who can do it as well as he can anyway. In fact, when it comes right down to it, many of the things that fathers do around the home are things that only fathers can do or at least, things that they can do far better than anyone else, Nobody else can tidy up the workshop downstairs or the garage, because Dad is the only one who knows where everything goes. Nobody else can fix the fence behind the house, at least not permanently, because Dad is the only one who knows just exactly how to do it. So again this year, Dad will have to settle for a "Sorry I forgot about Father's Day" card and a present I hope he can use but am not sure about. But somehow, fathers seem to realize this too, and appreciate it, hopefully as much as we ap- preciate them. 1 9th Anniversary SALE ii SPEAKS TOW GMEN — Major William Clarke, an almost blind evong elist with the Salvation Army spoke and entertained at the picnic meeting of the Christian Women's Club Friday. Talkin g with Major Clarke above are Mrs. Eric Luther who is holdin g a portion of his Bible reproduced in Braille, and Mrs. George Anderson.T-A photo Speaking of fathers (and mothers) my parents are finally going to get a long-deserved holiday this summer, They are planning to go to the east coast for two weeks. Dad was stationed in New Brunswick during the war and hasn't been back since. Mom has always wanted to go east, but somehow it seemed that they could just never get away, They probably wouldn't be going this year either if it wasn't for my cousin. He is getting married to a girl from Nova Scotia and they are using the wedding as their excuse. My cousin cinched the deal by asking Dad to be master of ceremonies at the wedding. Now there is no way of getting out of it. It's about time they had a good holiday though. As they are fond of reminding us, they never had the opportunity to travel when they were young - not like my brother and sister and I. I have been south twice and travelled all over Ontario and Quebec. Jane is planning to go out west for the whole month of August with two girlfriends and Jim and a friend went to Nova Scotia to visit the friend's brother a couple of years ago. But as anyone who lives or used to live on a farm knows, you just can't always pick up and take off whenever you choose. Dad used to have to use all his holidays bringing in hay or doing other jobs around the farm. And it wasn't much of a holiday for Mom when we went away and she had three small, fidgety kids to take care of. I'm not saying we never went away. In fact, we used to take off for weekends all the time. Since we live fairly close to Wasaga Beach, several families used to rent a couple of cottages for a week and we'd have a ball. But Dad was only able to come up at night or on weekends. And Mom used to spend more time wondering what we three kids were up to than she did having a holiday herself. So it is off to the east coast for them - barring any unforeseen circumstances, and I wish them a very fond Bon Voyage. At Irwin's Sewing Centre HENSAL ENDS SAT., JUNE 23 iE mfmt,timil11iffit$11111111 ii ii ii MO11011111 iii 1 ii 1 iiiii llllll 111111111/111111111M1011111$11$111111111 llllllll 011 01,f4,01 UM{ lllll lllll 111411111111111MIII11111 llllll tinniiimmetutimlimmoulsoi llllllll itoilotstrum llllllll 5 • SAILCLOTHS • WABASSO SHEETS • STRIPED DENIMS • BRAS & GIRDLES • BELTS • HAIRBOWS Visit Our Store This Weekend For Values You Can't Afford To Miss Huronview news The South Huron Christian Women's Club held their monthly song service in the chapel Sunday. Marie Flynn, Clinton joined Norman Speir and Jerry Collins to provide the music for Mon- day's activities. A new resident, Mr. Sharp of Goderich was welcomed to the Home, The country drive, sponsored by the men of Exeter United Church took place Monday. Well over 100 residents took advantage of the two-hour drive through the country and with ideal weather conditions it was rated as one of the highlights of the year. A total of 26 adopted grand- parents of the Clinton Kinette Club were treated to a smorgasbord supper Tuesday in the Clinton Public School cafeteria, Each of the residents received a corsage and following the supper were entertained at a social hour on the school lawn. The ladies of North Street United Church, Goderich en- tertained their senior citizen and shut-in members Wednesday to a picnic supper at the church camp. The 24 residents having June birthdays were honored Wed- nesday at a birthday party provided by the Hurondale Women's Institute. The president, Mrs, Carl Mills, in- troduced the program which included a sing-a-long led by Mrs. Cann; accordion solo by David Rundle; vocal solos by Cheryl Cann and Susan Spence; a piano solo by Sandra Stewart; in- strumentals by Mrs. King, Maurice Quance, Cecil Skinner and Norman Speir. Mrs. Shapton who this month celebrated her 97th birthday, expressed the appreciation of the residents, The Rhythm Band from the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital entertained the residents at the family night program. Gordon Harrison, leader of the band, arranged an hour of variety numbers. Pearl Gidley filled in with sortie paino instrumentals IRWIN'S SAWNITNRGE HENSALL Ei lologitilitill lllllllllll Entertain with Indian dance The June conference of the Stratford Presbyterial was held in Cromarty Presbyterian Church June 12 hosted by the Cromarty and Caven Presbyterian Church Women, Mrs. T. L. Scott, president of the Stratford Presbyterial, conducted the meeting. Mrs. Mac Lamond, president of the Cromarty church group welcomed the 70 ladies who at- tended. Various reports were given of the Synodical held in Wingham, and Mrs. Stuart Stevenson reported on the conference in Montreal. Musical selections by Miss B. Trines of Avonton were enjoyed. Mrs. Arthur Whilsmith, assisted by Mrs. H. Strang, Exeter conducted the worship service which developed the theme of this year's conference, "Hidden beauty". Slides were used to emphasize the glory of God's creation. Mrs. Whilsmith affirmed each person's responsibility to care for the beauty around us and where possible, to create and develop loveliness. Following lunch, Mrs. J. K. Irvin, Exeter directed a game. Nine ladies of Cromarty Church then performed a 'sari dance", This was both very graceful and informative as it had been included in this year's study of India. 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