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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1972-08-09, Page 3VICTORIA and GREY Scanning the Weeklies By Lee Hee In scanning the Goderich Signal-Star, we note that according to Bruce Davey, secretary-treasurer for the Bluewater TV Cable Ltd., all homes south of Britannia Road should have cable available to them by the end of October. MUch depends on the weather as to how much work can be done by that time. Work will re-commence in the spring as little can be done during the winter months. - - A small cottage owned by Donald Crich, R.11,5, London, and located on the west side of the Mait- land River, near the Maitland Valley Conservation Reserve, was burned last Wednesday. It is believed the fire was started by youngsters playing at the site. - - Mr. and Mrs. Wm. John Ensign celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. The Blyth Standard reports that the Board of Trade and the Recreation Committee met Monday night and decided that the upstairs theatre, part of memorial Hall, be renovated. The project is to commence immediately. Hay Township Council, according to thp Zurich Citi- zens News, has set a new fire rate schedule for fire protection with the Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department. Dashwood will receive $90. for the first hour at any fire in Hay Township and $50 for any Subsequent hours at the same fire. Dawson C. Boyd, who resided in Mitchell for a time, has been elected president of International Hardware of Canada Limited, according to the Mitchell Advocate. He is the first Canadian to hold this position as International is a subsidary of Embart Corporation. - - Colin Lee, district president of the Jaycees, paid a recent visit to the Mitchell group. The Listowel Banner reports that Mrs. M. L. Aitken, Bluevale, was honored recently by her relatives and friends on the occasion of her 90th birthday. She taught school for 35- years, 17 of them in Bluevale Public School. She still corresponds for Listowel Banner and Wingham Advance-Times. In. 1957 she wrote a brief history of Turnberry Township to celebrate its centennial. - - - Rev, and Mrs . R. B. Gulhaar marked their golden wed- ding anniversary on Saturday. They came to Listowel in 1924. Two years ago the congregationof his three churches honored him and his wife on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his ordination. - - - On Tuesday fire levelled a large metal poultry barn on the northern outskirts of Monkton. Loss is estimated at between $60,000 'and $70,000. 17,000 two-day-old chicks were lost•in the blaze. The Exeter Times-Advocate reports that quick actiot by two farmers, numerous volunteers and fire departments saved two barns from being destroyed by fire when the hay mows were on the verge of spontaneous combustion. Glenn Prout in Usborne was the owner of one barn and Robert Tindall in Biddulph was the owner of the other barn. - - - Construction of a new corn dryer and elevator plant near Dashwood will be delayed until the spring of 1973. - - - Hay Township's Centennial Park has been the scene of SWEEP activities this past week. The Sweepers are building a set of steps down to the beach at the Hay Township Pavilion near St. Joseph. - - - The Lucan Lions Club made a donation of $300. to the Granton Community Recreation Association to be used for floodlighting the Granton Ball Park. Lion President Larry Hotson made the presentation. According to the Lucknow Sentinel there are some 112 exhibitors taking space at the second Lucknow summer craft festival. Last year it was estimated about 8,000 people jammed the village and the arena where the 'crafts were displayed. - - - Bob Finlay has been named chairman of a committee appointed by the Lions Club to conduct a swimming pool fund. Total cost of the pool is estimated at $35,000. A contract was signed with Imperial Pools two weeks ago. 1 The Teeswater News reports that over 200 friends and relatives attended the Open House at the Town Hall on Sunday to honor Miss Phem Little on the occasion of her 100th birthday. Highlight of the evening was the presentation of 100 red roses from Teeswater council, Lions Club and the Chamber of Commerce. SPECIALS FOR Wed. -- Thurs. Aug. 9 -- 10 -- Fri. -- Sat. 11_ 12 BREAD 5 for 1.10 • . . 73c BUTTER . . • Sweetheart Cheese 2 1 /2 lb. blocks $2.13 $2.18 $2.23 $2.32 Colby Mild Med. Old Clover Leaf Mandarin ORANGE SLICES 250 Dove LIQUID DETERGENT • • • •• • • - 24-oz. 590 ROSE BRAND DILLS 24-oz. 390 Shirriff Assorted JELLY DESERTS, 3-oz. • • • • • • 2 for 180 CARNATION MILK • . i 220 OMO DETERGENT ..... • ,• • • • 42-oz 890 DELUXE BOOK MATCHES 190 Supreme rand LIQUID BLEACH 128-oz. 590 Myrna' CATSUP, 11-oz. 2 for 430 CROWN TEA BAGS 790 BLUEVALE GENERAL STORE Prop. Fred Leader 357-3187 887-9250 LUCKY DOLLAR FOOD STORES Yes,: they really do get adopted (By Helen Allen) Do these children, really get adopted? That's the question often asked about Today's Child and the boys and girls who are fea- tured there. The answer is yea, they really do. Adoting a child (or child-p„ renS private affair, lust as producing your own child is, so it is not possible to give specific details about individual ad, options. But a half-yearly re- pPrt will help , to answer that opening question. One hundred and thirty one children who have appeared in Today's Child so far this year are now living with their adopt- ing parents. Many more will be moving into their new homes as summer goes on, because school vacation is a convenient time for children to be transplanted and for pros- pective parents to travel to meet their new child (or perhaps child- ren). Today's Child originates with the Ministry of Community and Social Services, as part of the Ontario' government's program for the welfare of children in this province. Every adoption is special be- cause every one means that a child who has been waiting for parents has to wait no longer. The child has found a place of his or her own and a mother .and father with home and hearts open. But two of this year's ad- options are unusual enough to deserve extra special mention. The first concerns ono child only. The other is a family group. The one child is Mark, four years old, a handsome bright boy who was born without legs and with only stumps or arms ending above the elbow. Mark appeared three times in Today's Child Twice in previous years, possible parents were interest- ed in adopting him but it didn't Work out. The third time led to a per, manent home for this. hoy, Mark is now settled with a mother and father. two big brPtherS and a sister. Be will, grow up a part of a family. Dear little mark! while finding a mother and fathoAt for himself, has helped other children with handicaps as Well. Forty families expressed a desire to adopt him, Of course. only .one could. Some of the 4 did not follow through on glans for adoption. Others have adopted children with different kinds of problems "' problems not quite so grave as Mark's, but serious enough to affect these children's lives. The special family group is seven - - four sisters and their three brothers. The children are Canadian Indians, ranging in age from two to nine. They were adopted by a couple who already had five children, three of them adopted. The par- ents and their natural children are white. The three children adopted are Indian. These people had already app- lied to their Children's Aid Soc- iety for the adoption of one more child, preferably of Indian back- groung, when they saw the family of seven. They quickly changed their ideas. It seems they had always wanted to have children!. This is the second family of seven to be adopted through Today's Child. The first, .also four girls and three boys, was adopted in Canada's Centennial Year, 19d7. The only other seven ever to appear here will be rememb- ered because they attracted ad- mirers and would-be parents from all across Canada. They are seven young sisters, hoping to be adopted as a family so they can grow up together. That all-girl family has not been adOpted yet, but undoubt- edly will be. It takes longer when there are so many poss- ibilities to be considered. The next largest family was five four sisters and their brother. riey were adopted by two different families as a trio and a pair. The families are neighbors a.nd close friends so the children will grow up to- ther even though they have diff- erent parents and different names. Two families: of four found their adoption homes through ToF day's Child as did two three-, Scillies. At least two, more trios Will be in their permanent homes before school starts. Ten pairs were adopted by parents who saw them here. Of course the majority of children are adopted one at "a. time. The singles this year have been mostly older children -- a glance at the list shows age&af four, seven, nine, twelve and even fourteen. Today's Child has had almost no babies but there have been a few --, three months, five months, nine months, sixteen months. Every one has been adopted. News of Ethel Correspondent Mrs. Chester Earl Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bray and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cunningham, have returned home after a trip up north and on their return, visited with Mr. and Mrs. David Hutton and family at their cottage at Parry Sound. Mrs. Art Rock visited in Kin- cardine for a couple of days this past week. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Stephenson were, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Jess, Hamilton. Miss Terry and Jennie Lynn of Toronto spent the weekend at their home. Action Ads DIAL DIRECT . 881-6641 •••411...1.• Your new home- use our money to get it now! The home you've always wanted—you don't need to wait for it. You can have it now—whether you're buying or building—with a quick, tailored-to-measure mortgage loan from Victoria and Grey, With seasoned experience gained through eighty years of concerned service to home seekers, Victoria and Grey can arrange all the details. Make sure you're right. Conte right to Victoria and Grey. 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