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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2003-04-30, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2003. PEOPLE AROUND ETHEL By Andrea Hruska Call 887-2605 One of the great privileges of having someone open the door to their memory and welcome you in is that you are given a chance to briefly visit places and times you might otherwise never experience. It truly is an honour to share the stories of community members who knew Ethel and surrounding area when it bustled and buzzed and even when it slumbered. Recently, Cecil Raynard described a fire at the mill in Ethel and also spoke of Mr. Dunbar’s General Store. I found myself most intrigued listening to Mr. Raynard share his memories of the store, particularly because all that remains where the building once stood is Mrs. Dobson’s vacant lot. Mr. Raynard reflects back on a time when several businesses stood on that spot; a barbershop, blacksmith, carriage maker and general store with a post office. While waiting for grain to be processed at the mill, Mr. Raynard, like many other area farmers, would head up to the general store for a bit of socializing. Upon entering the mercantile, the post office was on the east side. On the west side was the store, with most of the merchandise and grocery items behind a long wooden counter. At the back of the store was the storeroom. Behind that was the blacksmith and even further back was the carriage maker. Near the middle of the store, Mr. Raynard recalls there was a stove with eight or so chairs around it. This, he explains, was where most of the socializing took place. As I understand it, a dance hall once stood on the east side of this group of buildings. 1 asked Mr. Raynard if he had ever gone to dances there. “Oh yes,” he recalled, “they usually cost a quarter and you could dance all night if you wanted too.” He explained that there was no liquor at the dances and the musicians were usually local people although occasionally travellers would rent the dance hall to showcase their musical talents. When we first moved to Ethel, I walked into what is now Brubacher’s to buy a bag of milk. No sooner was I through the door when conversations and laughter stopped and all eyes were on me. There was no stove in the room, but many locals were sitting around a table having coffee. I felt as though I had stepped in on a sacred meeting. As 1 began to notice the same vehicles coming to the restaurant at the same time everyday, I realized just what an important part of life this socializing must be to people in rural areas. Whether it was people pulling up a chair around Mr. George Dunbar’s stove 70 or 80 years’ago or the gang that heads to Brussels every morning for coffee, this tradition has stood the test of time. Have a great week. Celebrating nature The celebration of Earth Day and all the wonderful creatures on the earth was the theme of Grey Central Public School’s spring concert, April 22. Tori Cardiff, left and Rachel Cole show off a tree during the performance of It’s a Great Big World, by the primary choir. (Janice Becker photo) Grey Central Echo Primarys present spring concert Last Tuesday evening, a spring concert was put on by Grey Central’s primary students. The theme presented by Grades 1-3 was What a Wonderful World. It was an Earth Day celebration including poetry, music, play and sign language. Congratulations to all the students who participated and staff who planned the evening. Mrs. Smith’s kindergarten class learned the colour yellow, then made a poem about yellow. They learned the sound P and composed a poem with that sound. In Mrs. Bowlei\ kindergarten classroom, they learned the letter X. They are also looking forward to making Mother’s Day gifts. They did Earth Day activities and learned an Earth Day song. Mrs. Goodall’s Grade 1 class and Ms Hill’s Grade 1/2 class would like to thank the classes who participated in the spring concert. Mr. Park’s Grade 2/3 class is learning regrouping in math. They are reading Billy Goats Gruff. The class went out to the learning grounds and cleaned up the butterfly garden. Ms Aarssen’s Grade 4/5 class are finishing up making their own newspapers. They are also making their own math games. They also went and watched the dress rehearsal for the primary concert. Mr. Walker’s Grade 5s are studying weather in science. In social studies, they are making televisions. The Grade 6s study of electricity is teaching them about magnetism in science. In social studies, they are learning about Aboriginal people and the fur trade. In math, both the Grade 5s and 6s are doing probability and reducing fractions. In French, the Grade 7s presented projects that had to do with creating summer camps. In language, they made stories of a time in their life when they found their inner strength. In math, they had a test relating to geometry. Both the Grade 7s and 8s are doing growth development in health. Mr. Payne’s Grade 8 students had their graduation pictures taken this week. In music both the Grade 8s and 7s are learning two new songs. To Ms Van Boulhuis’s classes, it seemed like a very short week. The morning class practised handwriting and had a probability quiz, they have also been writing adventure stories and reading books. In the afternoon class, they have started a new health unit in which they are learning about growth development and are continuing their study of Canada. 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