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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-03-04, Page 7. (4' ARC LITTLE THEATRE presented their premiere performance at the annual meeting of the Association for the Mentally Retarded. A scene from 'Snow White and Nine Dwarfs' shows Prince Charming, Stan Pickering; Snow White. Gwen Richter; and dwarfs, Cam Define, Leslie East, Doug Deline, Dorothy Schultz and Eddie Dwinelle, ARC Little Theatre holds premiere and cackling laugh sent chills up the spines of a captivated audience. The nine dwarfs, Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey , Bob Fry and Lloyd Miller, were portrayed by Leslie East, Marg Kehn, Terry Gibbs, Eddie Dwinelle, Doug Deline, Cam Deline, Judy Tedball, Gloria Chambers and Dorothy Schultz, They trooped through their parts with ease and a great deal of fun. Taking the part of Snow White Young plan wake a thou About 20 young people from Caven Presbyterian Church, Exeter and Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensall, will stage a Wake-a-thon this weekend to raise money for relief in Guatemala. Starting at 6 a,m. Friday morning they will stay awake until Saturday noon. Friday night will be spent at theehurch where the youngsters will play games and listen to records to keep them awake. Doug Dalrymple, leader of the `group, will join them in their enterprise, and Mrs. Dalrymple will help them cook breakfast Saturday morning. Anyone wishing to sponsor a member or make a donation to Guatemala relief may call the Dalrymples at 235-1967. HEARING TESTS No Obligation EXETER PHARMACY Thurs., Mar. 4 — 1 to 3 p.m. Batteries, accessories, repairs to most makes Wegoties HEARING AIDS E. R. THEDE Hearing Aid Service Ltd. 88 Queen St., S. Kitchener WHITE prepares supper for the nine dwarfs who are coming work. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO TRAVEL FAR WE'RE NEAR EXETER TRAVEL CENTRE SNOW home from Our 16th ANNIVERSARY SALE is on right now until Tuesday, March 9th ALL STOCK REDUCED ALL • WATCHES .20% OFF • RINGS, etc. Visit us at our New Location beside Bank of Montreal N'S ELLERY "Pleasing You Pleases Us" by MRS...HAMIVON HOOQINS Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Hem and Mr, & Mrs. Bill Morley returned home this weekend from .a two week holiday in the sunny south. They went on a four days cruise on the Emerald Seas out of Nassau and spent the rest of the time touring around Key West, Winter Haven. Cape Canaveral and other places. Mrs. John Scott and boys spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr, Mrs. David Scott, Nobleton. Mr, & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson travelled to Sarnia on Wednesday to attend their nephew's funeral. Rob Morley left Saturday for a holiday in Florida. & Mrs. Tony Damen and family, London were Sunday evening supper guests with Mr. & Mrs. John A. Damen. Corporal & Mrs, Don Davies and family, Port Lambton were Saturday evening and Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. MacLeod Mills. Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson visited Sunday with Mrs, Wilma Gowan and Murray, London t owns hip. Friday evening supper guests with Mr, & Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins were Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mardlin and girls, Wesley, and Mrs, Minnie Mardlin, London. They were celebrating Sharon's birthday. Sunday supper guests were Mr. & Mrs. Ray Mills, Centralia, Bruce Mills and Linda Coughtrey, London and Cpl. & Mrs. Don Davies and family, Port Larnbton. BY MR. FLORENCE HENDRICK Sometimes when my mind wonders I think of that time, over half a century ago, when I was a young teacher in a little country school not far away from Exeter, I had been hired by the trustees of the school section at the magnificent salary of $1000. My I duties were to teach the students and keep the schoolroom clean, So, I went forth, armed with my timetable, my new World Encyclopedia, and my set of hooks for each class. The first day was terrifying, The children were all grouped about the entry to greet the new teacher. With heart pounding I walked in. "Good morning girls and boys ," I was so excited I didn't see the front platform and over it I sprawled, books, lunch box and a bunch of flowers flying in every direction. Embarrassed, I picked myself up and I remember there wasn't one snicker from the back of the room. I rang the bell and each child took their favorite seat, The Bible was read, the Lord's prayer repeated and the day was begun. By GORDON MORLEY Mr. & Mrs, George Prest spent last weekend in the United States. Danny Lewis and Larry Fenton are holidaying in Florida. In the Middlesex typing competition, Cindy Prest got first in the Junior Division and Kim Morley, third. Mr. & Mrs. Albert Steeper of Exeter were Saturday visitors with Mrs. Marjorie Steeper and Leslie. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Fenton visited recently with Mr. & Mrs. George Prest in the evening. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Trevithick attended the funeral of Edward Walper held at the M. Box & Son Funeral Home, Parkhill, Tuesday afternoon, Charles Corbett has started making maple syrup in February this year. Earliest on record for him, Mrs. 'B. Carson and Kathleen Morley were dinner guests Sunday with Mrs. Violet Allison. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Wright arrived home Friday after enjoying a vacation in Florida. • Swags • Table Lamps • Pole Lamps • Fixtures of all kinds Aintley, Royal Albert , China Waterford Crystal HOTSON LIGHTING 1 Mile North Grand Bend Hwy. 21 2384240 Once again. I see those bright little laces. all 26 of them, from the big girls in the entrance class down to the tiny beginners . eight classes not grades) all to he kept busy through the whole day. "Everyone take out your books and slates." What a hustle. I can still hear the sound of those scratching slate pencils as they wrote their copies or did their sums. Then, up to the front they came standing in line for their reading, spelling or to correct their arith- metic, The little ones were taught from large white cards sounding out the words, m-a-t, c-a-l. At last it was time for the children to leave, I cleaned off the blackboards and swept the floor. Never again did a day seem so long! Do you remember those old one morn schools, the front and side blackboards with a shelf to hold the chalk and brushes, the platform at the front with the teachers desk, the high cupboard for library hooks and supplies, the four high side windows, the rows of seats and the big black stove at the pack which ate up huge blocks of wood to keep us warm? Then there were the coat hooks at the back and the shelves to hold the lunch boxes. This was our school with its never to be forgotten smell of chalk dust, drying clothes, lunches and apple cores, Outside were the school grounds, where we played and ate our lunches on warm days under the trees, the flower beds, and the two privies, each in op- posite corners of the yard, Those were wonderful years and I remember so well the social life of the section, going home with the children for supper, staying all night and walking to school with them in the morning. There were other little affairs, square dancing in the farm kitchens, and parties now and then. The teachers convention in the fall was the first holiday of the year, Most dreaded of all was the inspector's visit when I trembled along with „„the children. They always seethed to forget all they ever knew and did their worst that day, 1-le was Mr. John Elgin Tom from Goderich, a bearded dapper little gentleman who judged whether or not you were fit for your job. The Christmas concert was the highlight of the year with practising going on weeks before as the children prepared their recitations. songs. drills and dialogues. And what excitement 'then the great night came with crowds of people and the arrival of Santa Claus with gifts and candy' During the long winter months we skated on ponds in the fields, played in the snow banks. or on stormy days, stayed inside and played games and tick-tack-toe on the blackboard. Then at last Spring arrived and the Easter holidays, Arbour Day came when we tidied up the yard and made a trip into the hush afterward, That day, too, the more daring took off their shoes and stockings and let the grass tickle their barefeet. When the school year ended we had a school picnic with races and prizes at Grand Bend. The entrance class went to the near by town to write their exams and the others went happily home for their summer holidays. All those happenings were an important part of the life of the community! Now, after all these years, I think of those days when I was only a few years older than my pupils and wonder if in some way perhaps I helped them through the problems of their future years, I wonder if they remember their childhood friendships and the good times they had mixed up with their little scrapes and troubles. And I wonder if they remember that terrible article I had to use on occasion, the strap. How times have changed! The little, old schoolhouses are gone now or have been made into family homes. The children no longer walk to school but are transported by buses to the beautiful central schools with only one grade to a room, and a whole staff of teachers. The system is all changed. No more teaching sounds from Mr. Tom's cards, There's the new math, the metric systemand many other changes. But I don't think the children are happier now than they were before. And sometimes I think the old teaching method of the three R's was all right and that in those old schoolhouses we learned a great deal about the fundamentals of life. Yes, the old ways are gone, but is it any better now? ' By MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR Margaret Haist, Caledonia, spent the weekend with her parents Mr. & Mrs. Earl Heist and Uncle Wm. Mountain. Mr. & Mrs. Stan Preszcator, Lorna, Brenda and Barbie Glanville were Wednesday evening visitors with Ted Van Romphey, Dashwood. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Glanville, Jody and Rhondi, Parkhill, and Mrs. Elaine Foran, Robert England and Robert Jr., Huron Park, were Sunday visitors with Mr, & Mrs. Stan Preszcator and girls. Mrs. Irene O'Neil, Parkhill, and Milton Gower, Huron Park, were Tuesday evening guests with Mr. & Mrs. Stan Preszcator, dishwashers can make your housework easier CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB , met Friday morning for their regular monthly meeting at Trivitt Parish Hall. Enjoying a cup of coffee before the meeting care Mrs. Edgar Cudmore, Mrs. George Anderson and Miss Marion Bissett. One hundred and twenty dollars was collected for Guatamala relief. T-A photo You could win a valuable gift lust by visiting Our store. Free coffee and cookies. SAVE NOW During the Grand Opening of our New Showroom — Thurs,, Fri. & Sat. Let us show you how Warehouse Furniture and Appliances Unlimited (New and Used) Sales & Service • Antiques & things MAIN ST, , 235,1964 KitchenA d There's a new theatre in the area, and James Murphy and the Huron Country Playhouse better look out! Friday night, ARC Little Theatre gave a premiere per- formance of 'Snow White and the Nine Dwarfs' at the Dashwood Community Centre. The original production, directed by Laurie Khattar, was a smash hit and was performed at the annual meeting of the local Association for the Mentally Retarded to a large and en- thusiastic crowd. The actors, all in the ARC training program, turned in a fine performance. Particularly praiseworthy was Colleen Carter as the wicked queen, turned witch. Her sinister appearance C.W.C. donate to Guatamala Members of Exeter and district Christian Women's Club donated $120.00 to Compassion for Guatamala relief at their meeting held Friday at ;'the Anglican Parish Hall. The regular get-to-gether was opened with a half hour social time, and a sing song led by Mrs. Shirley Luther with Mrs. Betty Smith accompanying on the piano. After devotions, given by Mrs. Dorothy McAuley, on the "Secret of a Christian Life", Mrs. Gwyn Whilsmith told of her experiences of holidaying at the Christian guest house called 'Willowbank' in Bermuda. She recounted the pleasures of meeting the many interesting people who vacation there. Mrs. Dorothy Bullock, ac- companied by Mrs, Leila Fink- beiner, , sang "Everything is Possible with God", Mrs. Muriel Cudmore closed with prayer. Two new residents Mrs. Pat- tison and Mr. Muir were welcomed to the Home at Mon- day's program. Mrs. Mary Broadfoot, of Kippen, Frank Forrest of Hensall and Norman Speir provided the old tyme music. The Clinton Christian Reformed volunteers assisted with the activities and helped to lead the sing song. Coloured slide pictures of parades at Clinton, Exeter, Hayfield and Goderich were shown at the "Family Night" program with special musical numbers by Eunice Batkin and Mrs. Elsie Henderson. Tables of bridge, euchre and crokinole were played at games day with donations received for the hospital fund, Mrs. Davis, Mrs, Henderson and Jake Roorda shared the playing of the organ for the monthly program of organ music, Thursday afternoon, was Gwen Richter; Queen, April Holmes; Lady Jane, Karen Whitmore; Lady Margot, Colleen Carter; Voice of mirror, Cam Deline; maid, Eleanor Gordon, and Prince Charming, Stan Pickering. 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