The Rural Voice, 2004-07, Page 37a teacher left because she was
expecting.
Later Mother taught full time in
Belgrave school and Whitechurch
school. She finished her teaching
career in the Teeswater Central
School. In each of these communities
she made many friends.
Our house was the first aid station
for the school. Pupils who needed a
place to lie down for a while were
always accommodated. In the winter
when it became too stormy for
children far from the school to go
home, Mother often received a phone
call from a mother asking if their
child could stay for the night. Helen
lived farthest from the school and
was a frequent overnighter during the
winter. Once or twice the teacher
even stayed the night.
The advent of television in the
mid -50s added a new and
unusual dimension to our
social life. Our neighbour, who was
an elderly, fairly affluent retired
druggist from Toronto, bought the
first TV in southwestern Ontario. We
would go to their place, sometimes to
see only snow on the TV and other
times to see a pretty snowy picture.
We were at their place the night
CFPL London came on the air.
Dad was completely taken with
TV. Within a few weeks we had a
TV, certainly before any of our
neighbours even considered the idea.
Dad rigged a way of turning our
aerial with parts from a old binder
and an old phonograph crank sticking
into the house through a window
frame. We had great reception from
London and often got Detroit,
Buffalo and Erie Pennsylvania. Our
home became the television centre of
the community. Neighbours dropped
in during the day to see Dad and
ended up in the house watching
Arthur Godfrey on TV. Saturday
night was full house. For the first two.
years we often had from a dozen to
20 people come in to see The
Honeymooners and the hockey game.
Relatives and friends that we hadn't
seen for years came for a visit.
As others gradually purchased
televisions the traffic diminished but
life after television was never quite
the same.0
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