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First AgVenture Camp
an unqualified success
CENTRALIA -• Fifty-two local
youngsters -are going to camp this
summer right ony.the campus of
.Centtalia College of Agricultural
Technology south of Exeter... Last
. week 26 children aged -nine to 12 in
grades four, five and six converged
on the college from-Lucan and Hen-
• sail, Mt. Carmel and -Kirkton, and
points .in between as part of the
first-ever AgVenture Camp, and
another lucky -26 arc- coming in
- daily this ‘k eek-. - "".
Parents drohthcir children off at
Middlesex Hall at 1.0 a.m., and the
campers head straight for home base
-at the food lab. Each day begins
with an hour in the computer room,
-among the tampers' favourite plac-
es: Each noon the children divide
into group to prepare a lunch and
learn about nutritional value of the
items on the menu. The days end
with an hour's swimming at the
nearby pool in Huron Park. A va-
riety of activit_ics'.arc packed in be-
tween.
The children toured thc animal-
-health building, the bush and re-
search plots.at the college's research
• farrn; visited a dairy farm,- made
bridges out of popsicle sticks in the
ag engineering department and then -
tcstcd them. for weight-bearing. on
the last day,: and: had an Alice in
Wonderland unbirthday in. mid-
week. - • . •
- AgVenture is the brainchild of
;Kathy Biondi, -head of Communica-
tions and coordinator of the ABM
course at the college. Noting that
many camps have themes, "she hit
on the idea of acquainting young-
sters with some of the .many as-
pects of agriculture, especially the
relationship between the industry
and the food we eat. •
Publicity about the .camp was
circulated among arca schools in
June-, and all spaces' were filled
within four days. Another 30 were
put 00 a waiting list.
"The response was overwhelm.-
ing. We could have run two more
camps", Kathy said.
Neither she nor one of her assist-
ants, CCAT information officer
Barbara Shipley, registered their
own children. .The other helper
was information officer Helga
McDonald.
The charge for one week at Ag -
Venture .was •S50, which also
_bought a camp. T-shirt for each
participant.
The success of the first two -Ag -
Venture camps guarantees that the -
program will.be offered again next
summer.
UNBIRTHDAY CAKE - The children attending the first AgVenture camp
at CCAT decided to have an unbirthday party. Shown with one of the cakes
rare camp organizer Kathy Biondi with campers Stephanie Pearson, Exeter
and Natalie Dick, Lucan.
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MMMMMMM. GOOD Jennifer Strang. Hensall, tests the tacos served
as a noon lunch during an AgVenture camp at CCAT.
Pick Your Own
Red and Purple Raspberries
$2.25 a quart
. Black Currants
$3.00 a quart+
Red Currants
$1.00 a quart
Irrigated & Plentiful,
Contalaers provided.
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SPECIAL BIRTHDAY - Exeter native Rita Smith celebrated her 90th
birthday on July 15. She and her husband Fred are now residents at the
Exeter Villa retirement home. -
A long full life
EXETER- "I never wanted to be
90, and here I am"; said Rita
Smith, an infectious laugh lighting
up a face that has been touched
gently by the years.
Mrs. Smith, who now lives in a
one -room apartment at the Exeter
. Villa with her husband Fred, be-
came a nonagenarian on July 15.
The Exeter native was born Rita
Rowe, the youngest of four daugh-
ters of -R.N. Rowe, who owned
what is now Dinncy's furniture
store and funeral service. She
taught school in Exeter, SStt 10
Hay, Essex County, Grand Bcnd,
Blind River, Norwich and a.privatc
school in Toronto before returning
to her home fawn and. working as
supply teacher all around this arca.
She was a charter member and
first secretary of the Exeter chapter
of Eastern Star, and a charter mem-
ber and first correspondingsecretary
of the South Iluron Hospital Auxil-
iary.
. Mrs. Smith was the Exeter librar-
ian from 1946 "to 1952. Shc first
met her husband at the library. The
Smiths will celebrate their fortieth
wedding -anniversary on September
15, and plan "a big party"
Mrs. Smith explained thc reason
for marrying so late in life - she
graduated from normal school at the
end of the first world war, the war •
that wiped out a whole generation
of eligible young men.
Among 'the list of things that
have made her happy, Mrs. Smith
lists people, teaching, reading and
travelling. One of hcr greatest joys
was having a little log house owned
by her brother-in-law moved from
the back to thc front of•the lot at 37
Waterloo St. and converted .into a
perfect little house.
"The :wood was dovetailed, no
nails. • It had hardwood 'floors,
glass door knobs and an open stair-
way. I called it Four Winds be-
cause there was nothing around it
at the time", Mrs. Smith recalled.
The house, now occupied by her.
great-nephew Bill Dinncy, has
sincc been added to, but the little
log house is still the -heart of the
home__.
` les. Smith reminisced about the
Exeter she kncw as a child. Ele-
mentary and secondary schools
were in the same building. The
public school had five rooms, and
students came by train from Hen-
sall to attend the three-room high
school on the second floor.
While growing up, she spent
most Sundays at the fundamental-
ist Methodist Church, now Exeter •
United. There were. morning and
evening services, and Sunday
School began at 3:00 'p.m. The
rest of thc daj was spent reading,
going for walks, or taking a drive
behind a team of black horses. -
The streets were not paved, and
wooden awnings shaded many
store fronts. Readymade clothes
were unavailable, but the :;trnres
carried a 'large varict) of .Ir ,.
goods and trimminc .:in I sc . cr,
skilled local dres ., sers turnc,t
Nit beautiful creations.
Mrs. Rowe summed up all the
changes she has observed during a -
lifetime that spans the horse and
buggy' age to walking on the
moon by saying "The world is in
some ways is a lot better now, and
in others.a lot worse. I feel sorry
for the world. Many things arc.
going wrong." -
Asked to pinpoint what has kept
hcr going for 90 years, Mrs.
Smith replied without hesitation
"My belief in God".
FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE -
Mr. Joseph Miller is pleased to an-
nounce the forthcoming marriage
of his daughter Valerie Anne to Mr.
Richard Irvine- Estey, son of Mrs.
Ruby Estey.'The marriage will take
place July 23, 1988 in Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Church at 3 p.m.
Open reception to follow in Hen -
salt.
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Country Market
Open 9 - 6 ,dally Fri., 9 - 8 p.m.
Closed Sundays
Specializing in cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage.
Tomatoes, cucumbers, mini carrots, beans, beets,
cherries, blueberries. - -
All -Ontario produce. Baked goods, jams and honey,
3 miles W. of Exeter on Hwy. 83
Phone 237-3442
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