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The Citizen, 1988-03-23, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1988. Cardiff to open Ethel rest home Sunday Huron-Middlesex member of parliament Murray Cardiff will be the guest of honour at the official opening of the Century House Rest Home in Ethel this Sunday, making the occasion special in more ways than one, according to Alice Munro talks about Huron roots in article In the Spring 1988 edition of the quarterly, “The Imperial Oil Re­ view,’’ noted for its excellent essays and short stories, there appears a three-page biographical account entitled “The Progress of Alice Munro’’ by author John Batten, whointerviewed Alice over a sandwich in the Blyth Inn, the first Saturday in June, 1987. She was wearing a name tag, “Alice”, a requirement for sales personsattheannualused book sale taking place across the street in Memorial Hall. She was anxious to get back on duty, for it was fun for her to sell books to help the Blyth Theatre. Jack Batten was taken by this remark, for just 10 days before, Alice Munro had walked across the immense stage at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto to accept the Garbage sorting promoted Continued from page 3 householders to put on their burnable garbage bags with Coun­ cillor Manning wondering if they were too small. Councillor Sippel said, however, that he had put stickers on his garbage and been able to see them all the way from his house when the bags were at curbside. The stickers are visible if they are put in a prominent place on the bag, he said. Councillor Bill Howson said that if people realized how much it was going to cost them if the two councilsaren’tableto cut down the rapid depletion of landfill area they’d do everything they could to help out. Council agreed to take a first step in trying a joint advertising program with Hullett then explor­ ing other possibilities such as a list of burnable and non-burnable items people would paste up near their garbage cans. Novice Crusaders take title Continued from page 15 Scott Clarkson scored Brussels’ first goal on a pass from Andrew Exel and Mike Dauphin got the second and final goal fed to him from Steve Machan. In addition to the previously mentioned players who were involved in goal scoring and assists, let’s not forget the important work of the other players, who assisted by doing what they were supposed to do well. Jaimie Thomas did a superb job in net all day, most especially during the last game. Josh Beuer- man, Chad McCallum and Shawn Nicholson all played well on defense and Jeff Finch pitched in on right wing. Shane Wilson received a hockey stock for M.V.P. and Mike Dau­ phin was presented the Consola­ tion Trophy on behalf of the team. All players received a puck, crest and hat. Special Thank-You to the Blyth Lions for a fun day and to the ladies for the great meal. Dan Pearson, Mr. Cardiff s consti­ tuency assistant and farm neigh­ bour at RR 1, Ethel. Not only will the event declare a new business presence in the village, but it will mark the first time that Mr. Cardiff has opened a Governor General’s Literary Awardforherlatestbook, “The Progress of Love”, as well receiv­ ing $5,000. A University of Toronto professor says, “All you have to do is read this book to realize that it’s close to a masterpiece.” What Alice Munro forgot to add in her conversation was that each summer, at the annual theatre Fair held on Memorial Hall grounds, she spends a forenoon selling used clothing with great enthusi­ asm. Born and raised on a farm west of Wingham, now residing with her husband in Clinton, and ever mindful of her father’s birthplace on the 8th Concession of Morris, a couple of miles from Blyth, Alice Munro finds Huron County impor­ tant to her. “It’s just so basic, Huron is, like my own flesh or something I can’t be separated from,” she says. Batten's article states that she writes her stories in long hand in a spare bedroom in her home, .then types them two-finger style on a manual typewriter and delivers them to a professional typist in Clinton for smooth copy which eventually makes its way to such international markets as the Unit­ ed States, Germany and Scandin- vian countries.” Radford's Auto Farm & Industrial Parts Ltd. cordially invites you to attend our... SAVINGS Blyth location open 8 a.m. -9 p.m. on Thurs. March 24,1988 to better serve you... 15% OFF ALL SALES IN BLYTH OR BRUSSELS RADFORD BRUSSELS 887-9661 business in the community he calls home since he was first elected on February 18, 1980, Mr. Pearson says. The official ribbon-cutting will take place at 2 p. m., followed by an open house in order that the public can view the new facility occupying both floors of the old Royal Hotel, whose interior has been totally renovated to accommodate what owners Cliff and Cindy Robinson plan to make into “the best of its kind in Ontario.” Exeterior reno­ vations and landscaping will start this summer. Licensed as a rest home, Cen­ tury House has four single rooms and two semi-private units, as well as a common dining room, activity room and visitors’ lounge. Resi­ dents will be encouraged to ‘' make this their home,’’ says Mrs. Robinson, and can come and go pretty much as they please. Visitors are welcome at any reasonable hour, and residents may entertain either in the lounge Few people think how trees help Continued from page 5 put all their eggs in one basket so to speak, and had to cut down locust trees by the thousands, in case the disease would spread to healthy trees. There are people who do not like trees, they don’t like raking leaves, they don’t like having to work around trees. These are the people who should have settled the treeless prairie. I et one of the first things a person from the prairie will remark on when in Huron County is “Oh 1 What wonderful trees you have. We can’t grow big trees on the prairie.” Few of us stop to think just how much trees add to our comfort. Their leaves convert huge quantities of carbon dioxide into oxygen we breathe, and is there anything much nicer than being in the shade of a nice big tree on a sweltering day in summer. Trees and the shade they offer keep our houses cooler in summer, and if thick enough warmer in winter. The author in speaking to the owner of a new house, some years ago suggested that in a few years with some trees started his house would look worth twice the money --- “hrumff, if I wanted my house in the bush, I’d have built it there.’’ It takes all kinds doesn’t it. An advertisement is placed elsewhere in this paper, regarding ordering “free trees” for Blyth residents. [Sweet Grass is the nom de plume for a well-known Blyth resident.] DOOR PRIZES AUTO FARM & INDUSTRIAL PARTS LTD. BLYTH 523-9681 or in their own quarters, and will even be able to have their guests stay for a meal, at a small nominal charge. Residents will also be welcome to help out around the home in any way they want, Mrs. Robinson says, whether it is helping to prepare meals in the big, modern kitchen, dusting or vacuuming, looking after the house plants or working in the large yard and garden, once the season arrives. The lack of restrictions and curfews will be what sets Century House apart from many similar homes, and the Robinsons hope that their guests will continue to be as independent as possible (there is even room for residents’ park­ ing), and will feel free to make the residence truly their home. ‘ ‘Our idea is to allow them to be as free as possible, to continue to live their own private lives with as little interruption and interference as possible. Living at Century House will not result in any loss of dignity or of personality,’’ says Lorraine Robinson, Cliffs daugh­ ter, who lived at the home to help with the renovations until just recently. Originally scheduled to open last December, the plans for Century House had to be changed several times due to hold-ups in getting iiu ’^men and materials, as well as because Mr. Robinson, who did much of the w^rk with other members of the family, had to commute from his Cambridge job until retiring just a few weeks ago. Nevertheless, all units are now ready for occupancy, and quite a number of enquiries have come in, according to the proprietors. Pri­ vate rooms will rent for $27 per day, while a semi-private room down­ stairs will cost $25, or $24 upstairs. Paymentis by the month, and there are no contracts to sign, although the Robinsons hope most of their guestswill be long-term residents. Century House will be open to thepublicthis Sunday.