Times-Advocate, 1979-06-06, Page 6Page 6 Times-Advocate, June 6, 1979
Odds 'n ends
Some confusing signs
By ELAINE TOWNSHEND
The following are a few
signs that have caused
people to do double takes.
At some railway crossings,
a sign warns “Do Not Block
R.R.” I am not the most
intelligent driver on the
road, but even I don’t want to
sit on a railroad track. The
last thing I want is a con
frontation with a train.
On some country roads,
signs say “Slow Cows.” I
guess ‘cows take their own
sweet time about crossing a
road from one pasture to
another or going to the barn
at milking time or going
anywhere they’re supposed
to.
When cows are headed for
a neighbour’s corn field,
though, most farmers will
tell you “Fast Cows” would
be a more appropriate sign.
Along the highways,
service centres are aptly
dubbed “tank and tummy fill
ups.” A few suggest “eat
now, get gas later.”
While travelling on
Vancouver Island looking for
a place to spend the night, a
friend and I noticed a sign
for as Holiday Inn, but it
didn’t solve our problem; it
was the Dog and Cat Holiday
Inn.
A sign in a cluttered old-
fashioned store explains;
“We’ve got it, if we can find
it.” A general store boasts:
“If we don’t have it, you
don’t need it.”
In another store a sign
hangs above the cash
register: “You want credit
... I won’t
sore. You want credit ... I
give . . . you won’t pay ... I
get sore. Better you get
sore.”
A sign outside of a
restaurant urges people to
“come in and have a pizza of
the action.”
A cafeteria sign offers
“Courteous and Efficient
Self-Service.”
Above a cigarette counter,
a sign says: “Draw your own
conclusions.”
In a pet shop window
hangs the sign: “Give a gift
that keeps on giving — a
female cat.” In front of a
karate school, the sign
promises, “Come in, and
we’ll talk chop.”
On the sign of a tire repair
truck are painted the words
“invite us to your next blow
out.”
A sign in front of a church
says, “Remember, Detroit
isn’t the only place that the
Maker can recall his
product.”
In a church kitchen a note
was hastily written and
taped to the door: “Ladies on
clean up committee: Rinse
teapots, then stand upside
down.”
Many appropriate-plaques
are found in kitchens. One
should hang in a conspicuous
place: “The cook loves
flattery and good wishes
almost as much as help with
the dishes.”
Some people have an
unconquerable sense of
humour. For example, after
a hurricane swept through a
small U.S. town, some home
owners erected signs in front
of their damaged houses.
The signs read: For Sale,
Open
Use
last
was
Signs have always been
with us, it seems, and even in
the eighteenth century, they
were worth a second glance.
In a farmer’s almanac, I
found a list of tavern rules
that hung in an eighteenth
century hostelry in New
York City.
“Fourpence a night for bed,
sixpence with supper.
No more than five to sleep in
one bed.
No boot to be worn in bed.
Organ grinders to sleep in
wash house.
No dogs allowed upstairs.
No beer drinking allowed in
kitchen.
No razor grinders or tinkers
taken in.”
While researching some
local pioneer villages, I
noted that a foremost hotel in
the area in the early
nineteenth century proudly
displayed its motto on a wall
above a clock: “No Ticks
Here.”
Requests on the increase
for homemaking services
grants in 1978, with the fees received for the services
funding to end in July ’79. provided, whether pur-
“Fund raising stands odt chased by the Home Care
as the priority needing to be program, Social Services,
considered by the mem- Family and Children’s
bership, Mrs. Cardno stated.
“As a non profit in
corporated agency, there is
no direct government fun
ding. All funds to support the
agency are dependent on the
give ... you get
Split-level Home:
House; and Please
Other Door. (At the
home, only one door
left.)
MR. AND MRS. KEN BRUXER
Christine McGregor and Kenneth Bruxer were united in
marriage, Saturday, May 19 at St. Patrick's Church, Dublin.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant McGregor,
RR 3 Kippen and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Bruxer, Dublin. Maid of Honor was Donna Henderson and
bridesmaids were Mary Jane McGregor and Joan Bruxer.
The best man was Al Ducharme and guests were ushered by
Robert McGregor and Don Bruxer. Photo by Jack Doerr
Homemaking services
established in Huron in 1977
are available to any resident
of Huron County if the need
is there, was reyealed at the
first annual meeting of the
Town and Country
Homemakers in Clinton
recently.
Board chairman,
Elizabeth Cardno of
Seaforth, spoke of the in
creasing number of requests
for the services. She said this
wps due to more people
living longer, the desire of
people to be as independent
as possible and the emphasis
of government to provide
more assistance to allow
residents to remain in their
homes.
Mrs. Cardno outlined in
her report'that all costs for
Home Care, initiated in the
county in 1971, are funded by
the Ministry of Health if the
patients are insured by
OHIP. She said as the Home
Care Program expanded the
need soon became apparent
that many persons in the
county required
homemaking but did not
qualify forHome Care and no
professional service was
required.
As a result the
Homemaking agency was
established in 1978 with the
aid of two Canada Works
Kinettes plan
work party
The Exeter Kinettes held
their May meeting at the
home of Wendy King.
Laura Jean Brock and Ann
Armstrong are planning a
work party soon for the
playground equipment for
Victoria Park.
Helen Klages and the
Kinettes will be paying their
next visit to Braemor Manor
to play bingo followed by
lunch this week.
The installation of new of
ficers and family picnic is
being held on June 10 at the
farm of Peter Watson in
Usborne Township.
Travel night July 3 takes
the Kinettes and Kin wives
out to dinner and then to see
“Pool’s Paradise” at the
Huron Country Playhouse,
Grand Bend.
Services, Cancer Society or
by private individuals. In
order to keep the fees at a
resonable cost, additional
funds are required,” she
said.
Mrs. Cardno said any
resident can buy the services
of a homemaker or a home’
helper on a private basis.
Jean Young, ad
ministrator, in her report
spoke of the number of
people who have lboked to
the Huron Town and Country
Homemakers for ideas in
starting similar agencies in
their areas such as Nova
Scotia and many places in
Ontario.
Mrs. Young stressed the
need for fund raising, “In
many ways, we are not only
at the front line in providing
direct services but we are in
the forefront of responding to
the new mood of bur society.
As our business is increasing
very rapidly, I think the
challenge for the new board
will be not only to continue
providing the services now
provided but to find ways of
augmenting the funding of
the service so that more
persons in Huron County can
Please turn to page 7
MR. AND MRS. DAVID RODGES
Debra Ruth Snider and David Daniel Rodges wer^ united in
marriage April 28, 1979 at the Church of God, Grand Bend,
by Rev. John Campbell. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Snider, Zurich and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rodges,
Clinton are parents pf the groom. T,he maid of honour was
Sandi Gingerich and bridesmaids were Brenda Snider and
Debra Rodges. The best man was Gerald Rodges and guests
were ushered by David Snider and James Campbell. After a
honeymoon to Niagara the couple has taken up residence at
RR 1, Belgrave.
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