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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-05-25, Page 25rt WILD WEST IN STEPHEN — Students of Stephen Central School presented a Going West play, Thursday night. Shown above are a group of Stephen township Indians. Bock, left, Russell F,nkbeiner, Valerie McDougall, Robert Rader, Tricia Normandy, Rebecca Vandeworp, Lori Hutchinson and Mike Rader. Front, Alice Volk, Susan VanDorsselaer, Dean Hayter, Fleur Mason and Sharmaine Prevett. T -A photo. About Grand Mrs. Mary Ferguson iscome to Ontario for a week's back to Grand Bend for the visit with relatives. summer, after spending the /Spending the weekend with winter in Vietoria, on Van- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence couver Island. Johnson, and attending the Marie and George Chowen funeral of their grandma, visited last Tuesday. May 17 Mrs. Mae Holt, Friday, were with Marie's mother. Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McVit: tie, Robin and Lawrence, Southampton, Mr. and Mrs. Don McArthur, Kevin and Karen of Port Elgin. Visiting with Beaulah Holt; and attending her mother's funeral, were cousins, 92 -year-old Mrs. Lillia Webb, and 87 -year-old Mrs. Grace Ross,. of Port Huron, Michigan. Other out of town folks attending the funeral were from Sarnia, Dorchester and London. Alice Aiken, Mitchell, on the occasion of her 96th birthday. $;olden Age Club members are reminded of their June meeting to be held : June 1. This will be a pot luck smorgasbord lunch at 1 p.m. at -St. John's Parish. Hall. Please bring own plate. cup and cutlery and lunch. Jim Kennedy presently in Toronto spent the weekend at his parents. Clarke and Irene Kennedy. and entertained a group of. young friends to a barbecue to celebrate Jim's 24th of May birthday. • Sunday dinner guests with Lorne and .Loreen Devine were Mr: and Mrs. Don Neil. Michael and Shawn, of Mount Forest. Rev. -and Mrs. Morris Vin- cent have been visiting here with his mother. Mrs. Katie Vincent, and otherfelatives. On the occasion of Morris and Dara's 25th wedding anniver- sary. their congregation in Morden gave them tickets. to • I heard on the radio recent- ly that a high school principal •• somewhere in the United States sent home some girls for wearing mini skirts. Now. 1 can't understand that. Just how old is this high school principal. anyway? . 1f he's an older fellow. then he must have been in the teaching system back in the late sixties, or early seventies when minis were popular. If he's a younger man. then you would think that he himself might have been. in school way back during mini craze: In either case, he should be .familiar enough with the mini skirt, 'and the leggy look shouldn't have caused him to •panic. Does he have a short memory? Or just where was he in 1969? The revival of the mini skirt isn't going to hurt anyone. We survived it bcfere and we'll survive it again - or al least (he high school girls will. The irony of the situation was that t11e northers of the girls 'weren't pleased about them being sent home. They • were. in fact. glad !ogee their daughters in mini skirts. Ap- parently. it -was the first time they had seen their daughters in any kind of a dress. 1t seems that prior to miniskirts the unofficial school uniform was tight blue jeans. Actually. these girls in mini skirts today have a lot less to• worry about. They have pan- ty hose to Hear w''h their mini skirts. When we first went to the short hcrnlines, we had to contend with garter belts. Rememler/hose love - Gate Person Wanted for Beach O'Pines Contact Rob McFarlane 238-2262 or write P.O. Box 2026 Exeter, Ont. NOM 150 Southcolt Pines ' The Vennings, Havenpark, swamped this years dart league - but it looks like they'll leave the field open for next year. Angie and Roger: (who's been transferred to Toronto) won the high score awards for women and men. shared trophies for league and playoff champions with Sally and Paul Johnson; and Roger won men's most wins. Gerry Alger, league !San, hared high,sew Mary's musings By Mary Alderson ly lime green fish net stock- ings you wore with the green and mauve paisly mini? Remember the white garter that sometimes appeared below the mini skirt? • Necessity is the mother of invention. and it wasn't long before garter belts were ob- solete and panty hose became a way of life. Panty hose was a necessity - too many of us were getting frost bite from those cold. drafts under our short skirts. As one who survived her high school years while wear- ing mini skirts, i would like to offer some advice to the high school girls. Unless you're over five feet nine inches tall. forget about the top'shelf in your locker. You'll never reach it in a mini Skirt. Just throw everything on the floor of your locker. You probably do that anyway. Or, find a tall locker mate to use the top shelf. (it helps if he's good •looking. too!) • Watch the stairways. Those guys aren't lining up at the bottom of the stairs just because they:re eager to get into math class as soon as the tell rings. Stay against the walls in the stair wells: don't walk along the railing on the open side. . Don't leave your mini skirt on the floor of the dressing Mom. when you put on your gym suit for phys. ed. The cleaning staff might sweep it up, thinking it was a small rag or a handkerchief. . In the winter time, always put on your long coat ( we had midi or maxi coatsbefore you bend over to pull on your boots. Besides, it's warmer that way - some of those halls can get pretty chilly. Wear your jeans every other day. if you wear your mini skirts too often. you'll suffer back pain from stan- ding and walking so stiffl. One cannot slouch or lean too far in a mini skirt. But 1 still haven't figured out why this principal sent the girls in mini skirts home. Do you suppose he's going to' send boys with long hair home to get hair cuts? Or maybe he'll be giving the boys with brush cuts detentions for hav- ing hair too short. Bend people with Roger. Lillian Myers Neon Signs, For Goodness won ladies most wins. League Sake, Craft Cupboard, Sun - wound up its 19 week season shine Village, I.G.A. and the with an awards banquet at the Pines. club in April. . The league plaques make Trophy donors included the . an impressive display in the Ass'n; Harwood Drugs, Acme 'club's lower rec room. Colonials lose one The Grand Bend Colonials lost their firstgame of the season in the first division of the London and district soccer league as they dropped a close 2-1 decision to Coringa .of London. The Colonials jumped in front in the first half as Pete Backx hit the London net on a close -in shot. The Coringa team who have been in first place in the first division for two years tied the score on a penalty shot near the end. of the first half and notched the winning, goal in thesecond half. The Colonials put on terrific pressure in the last 10 minutes of the game but could not get the equalizer. The same two teams meet again at. 8 p.m. Friday night at the Marconi field in London in an EMSA Cup playoff. The Colonials will host Calabria of London in a regular league game Sunday at 4 p.m. at Huron Park. Noisy start at Pinery. Loud radios, beery. boisterousness and just plain noise were on the hit list at Pinery Provincial Park on the Victoria pay_ :: eeliFnd and • willfbe alt sufnnier• The directive to all' parks, from the natural resources ministry, caught many youthful campers at the popular Pinery by surprise and some were evicted almost as soon as they pitch- ed their tents Friday night. That stirred some unhappy ru m bl i ngs a mong ca m Pers as their friends and neighbors continued to be picked off dur- ing the "May ,two-four" weekend, but park superintendent Jim Bass said Monday night "the good campers" were grateful. Over at the nearby Pinery OPP detachment, Cpl. Steve McFadden was con- templating a stack of liquor and Provincial Park Act charges from his patrol arca that he expects will total about 300 — more than the.275 similar charges laid in, the month of May last year. "That's just the tip of the iceberg, too," he said, adding that there's probaly 10 times as much illegal liquor activi- ty that goes undetected. The detachment area runs from Ipperwash Provincial Park to the beach at Grand Bend. Cpl. Rich Sawyers of the Grand Bend (WP said the weekend at the resort village was about average with 3511- quor charges and 14 traffic charges laid. At the Pinery, Bass said, IO park wardens and six conser- vation officers — who have police officer authority within the park - kept a tighter rein on weekend activity than in the past. Last year, he said, the wardens only had , security guard authority and many campers complainedof un- checked rowdiness. "Same amount of people but a dif- ferent set of rules." "Our tolerance level was perhaps getting a little high before the ministry order," Bass said. adding that evic- tions are definitely up from last year. "We want to provide the same camping experience for • all campers and the noise has been bothering some for quite a while." • Bass said campers can stay ,up as late as they want as long as they don't bother anyone. Despite the evictions, Bass said, the 1,000 -campsite park was full most of the weekend. However, some campers still packing up Monday said . the wardens -- or "Yogis" ( for Yogi Bear) — were more than a little'overzealous. Several campers echoed the same phrase: "The Yogis are on a power trip.:' One said two girls came back to their campsite to find they had been evicted in their absence. Still others reported that evicted friends intended to fight their charges in court. me adders. whose 10 -man detachment wrestled with a Pinery traffic tangle a kilometre long Friday, took the complaints philosophical- ly. "Some people say we are too hard, others say we aren't hard enough." Assured of support • Grand Bend Airport com- mittee has been assured by the federal government that phase one of repairs .to the longest runway on the old air- port property,. east of Grand Bend, will he financed by a grant. Plans are to scrape the weeds and debris from the strip and to patch and pave a (ii0 foot wide path in the centre at a cost of about $640. Council has been asked to provide part of the money, purl will be supplied by a private citizen and the rest by the Grand Bend and area Chamber of Commerce until the federal •funds become available. The stipulation for the receipt of government assistance is that the village work out a 20 -year lease with Miner JohnTwynstra T to uncia assure that if the land changes owners. the village will still have control of the area enclosing the three runways. Get helpfor roads 11 was learned this week that Bosanquet Township has returned $8,000 to Southcolt Pines Park association to be used for lighting and road maintenance. The announce- ment came at an executive meeting of the group held last week The association plans to put three light standards in the northerly area of the Bosan- . quet portion of the subdivision. A committee, headed by Charles•Srokosz, has met with the township to sort out zon- ing and assessment for com- mon areas in the subdivision. it was decided to place a porto-john on Sun Beach. Gift of author's son Times -Advocate, May 25, 1983 Exeter library gets unique book A new book, "When 1 was Thirteen", has been added to the shelves of all 28 public libraries in Huron County, thanks to the generosity of David .Y. Plumb, RR 1 Dorchester. This diary, graphically and humorously depicting life on a farm near Sarnia in ,1897-1898 as observed by a ,young girl surrounded by lov- ing parents, eight brothers • and sisters, schoolmates and neighbours, was written by Plumb's mother under the pseudonym Mary McKenzie. It was published in a rural paper some 20 years later, then forgotten for many years until rediscovered by her son. Plumb, now scheduling of- ficer at Fanshawe College, had the diary reprinted. • He has also donated copies* to the public libraries in Mid- dlesex County. The diary is filled with young Mary's mature, original and perceptive obser- vations on everything from capital punishment to original sin. While procrastinating about some household chores, she oberves "I suppose it's a streak of the old Adam that the old men talk about. It's funny they don't call it the Old Eve, for they always seem to want to be sure that everybody understands that it was Eve who made Adam sin, and she started first. I think maybe, the reason the Devil got her to take the first bite was because he was -afraid maybe Adam would eat it all himself and Eve would be most likely to share up....Anyway, the Devil was a man himself I suppose, and would sooner have Eve show up bad than. Adam. If that was his plan it worked all right, for ever since then folks have thought that a man was a lit- tle higher than a woman. It's queer, though, that the Chris- tians would stick to an idea that the Devil started. You'd think they'd go the opposite way.'. As for capital punishment, she said, "If a man knows the hour that he must die, he will be that fidgety and scared that he never can get himself still enough toknow God. And he will he getting hung over and over again in his mind. and then when his hour comes, it will seem like breaking into his Father's house before his mansion is ready, and no one will be glad to see him." However, by her own ad- mission Mary was no angel. She confessed to enjoying word battles. "Being snippy is a pretty bad fault of mine, but I have decided to leave that among the last to be con- quered, as I don't see how I can get along without it Crediton folk at Rochester Sy MRS. STAi" PRESZCATOR Crediton East Crediton and District Social Club enjoyed a trip to Rochester, New York on the weekend. The first day was sightsee- ing and viewing the lilacs. Due to cold, rainy weather there weren't too many in bloom. We then listened to music at the Highland Park. The next day was a visit to the International Museum of Photography at the. George Eastman House. The house is very large with pictures and cameras dating back to when -Mr. Eastman first began his photography. We then went to star gaze at the Strasenburgh" Planetarium and a' tour of Rochester and the Upper falls. We were to :see • fireworks at night, but it rained and we didn't go. Monday we left for home and shopped at a mall close to our Hotel. We stopped at Niagara Falls which was very nice. ancrsome of our guests had never seen. We arrived home at 7:30 and injoyed the fireworks at Crediton Park, sponsored by the Volunteer Firemen. Thanks to Don Winters and all who arranged this trip which was enjoyed by all and to the men who supplied us with music on the bus. . • around here yet awhile." When she and her brother engaged in a precarious game of catch with a rotten egg, Mary was the one who final- ly (and deliberately) threw it hard enough to break in her brother's hands. After Mary had hidden the book "Little 'Women" from her sister Annie until she herself had finished it, she felt very guilty and mean under the solicitous ministrations of her sister at dinner. Annie could not have been more helpful - pouring tea, passing plates. and smiling sweetly. As she drained the last drops of tea from her cup, Annie in- formed her sister she had stuck her big toe in the cup before pouring Mary's tea. The diary describes the spring ritual of washing the sheep in the creek before Page 9A shearing them. gathering hickory nuts. a neighbourhood bee tree party. and a jolly time m the sugar bush with everyone trying to talk and laugh through jaws stuck 'together with maple syrup taffy. The book is a welcome ad- dition to the county libraries. giving young and old an op- portunity to read of changing times and changeless human nature. LIBRARY DONATION -- David Plumb donated 28 copies of his "When I Was Thirteen" to Huron County libraries. Shown in the where the books were presented, are Plumb, Exeter supervisor and chief Huron librarian Bill Partridge. mother's diary Exeter branch, Helen Hodgins Institute at Granton hear Dairy Princess By MRS. E. SUMMERS Granton The Granton W.I. met at the home of Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins on May 17. Mrs. Clarence Lewis presided. Following a 'reading on Spring, Mrs. Lewis turned the meeting over to the program conveners Mrs. D. Roloson and Mrs. E. Halton. As the . topic was agriculture, the guest speaker was Mary Ann Hartwick, the CHECKING TRUCK CONTROLS— Huron Pork firemen Don Clarke and Tony Jones show some of she controls on o fire truck to visiting students from J.A.D. McCurdy School. T -A photo. AN EXTINGUISHING DEMONSTRATION Huron Park visited the Huron Park firehall Lorry Henderson shows' the force of Triple over last year Students Wednesday a fire hose. at J.A.D. night and McCurdy School at watched as fireman T -A photo. - Tuckersmitk permits jump Building permits issued in Tuckersmith Township iii the first four months, of 1983 have more than tripled compared to the same time last year. So far 26 permits valued at $563,000 have been approved while last year at this time on- ly eight permits valued at $119,000 had been issued. The 26 permits this, year include seven houses estimated to .cost $426,000. farm buildings at $78,000 and renovation valued at $58,000. In other business at the council session Tuesday'night the township's municipal in- surance policies were review- ed with Tom Smith, a representative from Frank Cowan Company Limited and local agent, Don Eaton of Sea forth Insurance. The premium this year will cost the township $11,937 which is $1,000 less than last year's. Lengthy discussions were held on the engineer's reports on two municipal drainage reports - The Veenstra and the Archibald. Both reports indicated the drains are to be cleaned and improved with the work estimated to cost $30,500 for each drain. Court of revision on each drain will be held al the June 21 council meeting. Attending the four-hour council session were Engineer Henry Centen and' two ratepayers affected. by the Archibald Drain -Harry Arts and Louis Maloney and councillor Brian Campbell, McKillop township represen- ting the ratepayers in his township involved with the Archibald drain. Council spent the last hour of the meeting in committee -of -the -whole. Dairy Princess at the recent Farm Show, as she had another commitment, the program was put on ahead of the -business. In her presenta- tion Mary Ann told about her experiences as the Dairy Princess and what it entailed and also told about helping with the work on her parents' - farm. The program concluded with a quiz on questions true and false pertaining to nutri- tion conducted by the speaker. • Mrs. Norman Riddell who was a delegate to the W.I. Of - fleets Conference held at Waterloo University May 3; 4, 5, presented a• •.very ; infor- mative report. Pornography was, one of the subjects discussed atthis conference and a new course, entitled "Wise money management." Following the business ses- sion, Mrs. E. Halton gave a reading "One step will not get' you very far." Delegates were named to the District Annual Meeting held at Parkhill on Thursday May 19. - They were Mrs. C. Lewis, Mrs. H. Hodgins and Mrs. E. Summers. Medway Euchre ('lub The Medway Euchre Club met at'the home of Mr. and Mrs: Percy Rhame on Mon= day afternoon May 16. Prize winners were the following members, for the ladies. high score, Inez McRoberts lone hands, Wreatha Burnett; low score, Ethel Lewis; men. high score, Clare .Lewis; lone hands, Chester McComb; low score, Austin Hobbs. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins, Mrs. Lois Herbert and Helen attended the Sun- day evening service on May 15 at "St. Paul's Cathedral London for the opening of the 131st session of Synod. On Monday and Tuesday Mrs. Herbert attended Synod at Althouse College, London. Church news At the United Church the Rev. Bruce Pierce conducted the morning worship and en- titled his message "They changed the World": This referred to the disciples after Jesus told them to wait for Him in the Upper Room. - While oom:While. they waited, they were , not idle, said the Minister. they spent the time praying for teaching those who were there.. -. Correction 1 would like to make a cor- rection to my recent writeup of the United Church news . and an apology to the Rev. Bruce Pierce for misquoting him in a recent sermon, en- titled "Is One Religion As Good As Another". My state- ment read, It doesn't make any difference what you believe, the important thing is that you live up to your belief. It should have read, "How often have you heard the remarks. It doesn't make any difference what you believe. the important thing is that you live up to your beliefs.?" At St. Thomas Anglican Church the Rev. Peter Der- rick was the Celebrant of the Holy Eucharist, assisted by John Herbert. The Epistle was read by Mrs. C. Lewis and the Gospel of the Day by the Rector. In the children's focus, the Rector explained the dif- ference between the wind and God's breath, saying that the Spirit is strong. just like the breath of Cod. The Spirit of God makes yoU feel comfor- table and peaceful. McCurdy Memo May 12 the grade seven and eights visited five different places. We had closeups of some birds at our principal, John Siertsema's house. After our visit with the birds we proceeded to the Bayfield harbour. During our visit with the class to see the Goderich elevators, we were shown slides and given a pamphlet explaining the way the elevator works and how much it stores. For quiet hour, we sat in the park eating our lunch. After that we proceeded to the Science Circus. We saw dif- ferent exhibits and tested our skills on balance and hearing tests. Some had very good balance. We even saw a hair- raising ball. What a sight- seeing those people with their. hair standing up! Then we went to the Mullet Wild life Sanctuary. During our long ride home we sure were glad it was us who had gone on our fun trip. Noreen Riley Skip it April 28, the grades four to eight had their first annual skip it event. The students went around Huron Park and Centralia collecting pledges for the Heart Foundation. Those six students who col- lected over a hundred dollars • received a track suit, while others won T-shirts, gym bags or ropes. The students skipped.from 10:OOa.m. until i:OOp.in. and raised around $3,200, 90 per- cent to the heart foundation. 5 percent to the school and five percent to the OSH. On behalf of the Heart Foundation and the students at J.A.D. McCurdy school we thank you for your donations. David Downing Orientation nay Tuesday May 10, the grade eights went to Exeter High School for a look at what would he a reality in " September. We were involved in one morning class and one afternoon class. Last year's grade eights served as hosts for the "new arrivals." Along with the McCurdy grade eights, Grand Bend's grade eights were also touring the . school. The high school gave both gr^de eights quite a shock with its large corridors and all those people. With our hosts along, none of us got lost. When noon came, our hosts took us to the cafeteria. then for a general tour of the school. 1t was n great ex- perience for all of us! Debbie Horton 1