HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-05-22, Page 22By-LOey 0
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Clorit the maid of Mau sums it
UP perfectly for Lucy in "Horne
SweetHome.'1
One of the happiest clays this
year ,was on April when Lucy
arrived back at the Hut after
over five months absence. Kind
friends had looked after her
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She was a bit disappointed at
not seeing crocus in bloom tn
the garden.' She -had missed
them last year, and none
Showed this year. Then, too, the
only bird she saw was a female
houst-sparrow perched in the
Ohio at the corner of the seed
Owl, evidently very
despondent for her feathers
were almost sticking straight
out. Where were all the other
birds ' which frequented the
garden at "The Hut" she
wondered?
*ext day the big blow came
and the snow piled up so that,
there was no mail nor delivery
of 'any kind. However, we did
see birds — not particularly
popular ones. Flocks of
• starlings fought to hang onto
the suet feeder, where no doubt
the wire smelled -of -bacon rinds
from last autumn. And a lone
lue jay flew into the wire
teding station and looked
wards the house. The robins,
parrows, juncos and cardinals
ere notto be seen.
After the storm, the starlings
ew away in a flock to where
ood was more abundant and
ft a few of their number.
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to, the starlings as in the first tree on a small
Ow they were_ brought from limb', sometimes overhanging
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borer, They eat a gnat 'man)/ 'saddles a nest of downcovered
grubs. Often Lucy WO° watched with lichens and anchered.with
the old., birds training their spider, webs. In it ,she lays two
young, They Starrat One end Of White eggs,
the lawn and !Iva* the whole
distance, followed by junior. LucY voo(lers. hew the
The adult bird digs in to get a Revolt's tOluuultIghlrd got up
grub and Junior pecks in too, here. Did he by .chance hitch a
and of course comes up with Tide on one ofthe geese or
nothing. swans flyinik up north this way?
After the rain came, thfkOirdi—Or was he caught in a current of
wore so full of worms that they air and swept up here. Also, is
didn't go near the feeders. his mate with him?
Our neighbour has a pet
black cat. Resplendent in a red
collar, .she spends her time
' hunting birds and mice. Lucy
saw her going home one day
with what appeared to be a
female rosy breasted grosbird
in her mouth. And one morning „. bicoloured blooms. The for-
When the warm weather
came a few crocases came up
and were promptly eaten off by
rabbits. At time of writing the
air is perfumed by hundreds of
hyacinths and the daffodil beds
are a mass of white, yellow and
she almost caught a brown
thresher who was feeding.with
two robins at the edge 'V a
snowbank.
Lucy heard the catbirds last
week which usually' nest in the Itis the prettiest time of the
cedar hedge; also the brown year at "The Hut". And here,
creeperhas been going over the too, the cardinals have built.
trunk of the maple tree for
insects and the white breasted
nuthatch • and downy wood-
pecker visit the suet feeder.
The black capped chickadees
flit about and Lucy thinks she
saw a brown cap one day -- a
western bird.
We have in the neighborhood
of "The Hut" a rate visitor
from Central America, Revoli's
Hummingbord. Mrs. Chas. Bell
saw the male several times and
on Sunday, May 11, Mrs.
Carson Fawcett and Mrs. Bell
identified it extracting nectar
from cowslips in Mrs. Bell's
garden. It is the largest
hummingbird 41/2-" -5" long.
According to Song and
Garden birds of North America
— National Geographic
Publication, this bird rarely
crosses the, United States
border. Its range is described
as the mountains of S. Arizona
and New Mexico, south to
Nicaragru. Its plumage is
glassy black belly, bright
bronzy greens, emerald -green
throat and purple crown. With
every move it displays a dif-
ferent colour. The female has
spotted throat and dusky un-
derparts. Ranging up to 10,000
feet in the mountains of the
southwest it feeds on mescal
• and.other flowers and insects.
The Rivas sometimes sail
on set wings life a swift. The
wing, beats are slower then
those of smaller huni-
. *ngbirds,. and they produce a
soft sound unlike the sharp
buzzing of other members of
the family.
High in an alder or maple
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sythia almost makes one
believe the sun is shining on a
dull day. And violets carpet the
ground south of the hedge.
The male has a caressing tone
in his mating call, so the female
is probably sitting on eggs.
Lucy hopes that they have
chosen more wisely than in 1973
when we thought they were
rather smart to build in a
syringo shrub on the hedge next
to a dog kennel in Mrs. Bell's
garden. The dog barked a great
deal but they never flew out on
his side (Alas! The 'coonsknew
the dog was tied and one night
they climbed up the thick shrub
and feasted on young car-
dinals). Next morning when
- Carl went to the barn the old
birds sat in the shrubs by the
garage door looking very
downcast. They told him of
their sorrow in mournful
chirps. The birds, black and
gray squirrels were all Carl's
friends and he talked to them.
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Four Auburn area girls received their county honors certificates for completing six courses at
the Illyth-area 4-11 achie ivement day held at Blyth Public $011001 recently, Those honored were:
left to right, Linda Van Dongen, Janet Cook, Jane Thompson and Jayne Arthur. (Blyth Stan-
dard photo)
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Area group launch attack on Parliament
With one :million signatures
supporting the legal rightf
unborn children, ' ..canada s
pro-life groups will launch a
three - pronged attack on
Parliament Hill demanding
legislation to protect , all
prenatal life.
The Alliance for Life - co-
ordinating organization for all
pro-life groups in the country
will:
1. Meet with the Prime
Minister and select Cabinet
Officials, May 21 to present a
major brief outlining the
atrocities committed against
"40,000 innocent lives which are
destroyed each year in
Canadian Hospitals" The group
will also seek ways to "Stop the
Killing".
2. Have 10 Liberal and
Conservative MPs
representing all Provinces -
present the one million
signatures from an Alliance
Petition from the floor of the
House of Commons on May 29.
The MPs are expected to
demand unborn children
receive the same legal
protection under the law as any
other person.
3. Conduct a massive lobby
on the same day with MOs from
each of the 265 federal ridings.
Having taken more than a
year to be completed, the one
million signatures petition
asserts: "Parliathent'S most
basic duty is to protect innocent
human life. Urging legislation
for the protection of the unborn,
the petition calls on MPs to
show more leadership in
fostering a life-sustaining
society.
The Petition has been broken
down according to RidingS and
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The $1,500 Ontario
• Home Buyers Grant.
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Who will get it? How? When? Why.
Ontario understands how important it is to have a home of your own.
And we'd like to help out With a grant of $1,500.toward your first home. It's
part of an overall plan to make more hones available in Ontario. And stim-
ulate our economy. So it's good for all of us.
The answers to your questions can be found in a handy booklet specially
prepared to help you understand every detail of the Grant. For your free
copy, write to: Ministry of Revenue, Ontario Home Buyers Grant,
Queen's Park, Toronto M7A 2C9.
Fofili6re information, telephone us (free of charge) by dialing "0" and asking the
operator for Zenith 8-2000. Residents within the Metro Toronto local calling
area should dial 965-8470.
Ontario
William Davis
W. Darcy McKeough Premier Arthur Meen
Treasurer of Ontario Minister, of Revenue
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more than 150 lobbyists from
_local alliance chapters will
hand MPs the lists of their
constituents who have taken a
pro-life stand. The chief, pur-
pose in holding the lobby is not
only to show the amount .pf
concern by Canadians on the
Abortion Issue but to present
MPs with statistics on the
number of abortions performed
each year.
A 41 passenger bus will be
leaving from Goderich on
Wednesday, May 28 at 1 p.m.
and will return on Thursday,
May 29, leaving. Ottawa in the
afternoon. Anyone wishing to
go on the bus or wishing to sign
the petition please phone the
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Smite
The Scouts were in camp.
During an inspection the camp
director found an umbrella
neatly rolled inside the bedroll
of a small Scout. As an um-
brella was not listed as a
necessary item, the director
asked the boy to explain.
;, "Sir,." answered the boy with
a weary sigh, "did you ever
have a mother?"
area representative tin your
district:
_Goderich, Mrs. Leona
Sheratt and Mrs. Sharon
Munro; Kingsbridge -
Lucknow, Mrs. Joe O'Keefe;
Blyth and Clinton, Mrs. Penny
Pelss ; Seaforth; Mrs. Ken
Reidie; Kincardine and Ripley,
Mrs. Allan MacKenzie.
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Plernentation of the Ontario
Home Renewal rograrn
(OBIW) have been allocated to
several additional Ontario'
municipalities, including the
Village of. Bayfield, Housing
Minister Donald R. Irvine
announced today.,
QHRP provides per capita
grants to Ontario
municipalities to administer
directly as loans to homeowner
occupants to repair their
houses to an acceptable
municipal Minimum standard.
Bayfield has been allocated
$15,000 at this time, Mr. Irvine
said, which represents ap-
proximately J50 percent of the
total 1974-75 funding designated
under OHRP for the
.municipality.
The prime objective of the
program is the correction of
faulty structural and sanitary
conditions and the upgrading of
plumbing, heating and elec-
trical systems of the owner
occupant's home.
"OHRP is directly oriented to
low and moderate income
families, with a maximum
annual income of $12,500," Mr.
Irvine said. "Bayfield is to be
congratulated for its initiative
ayf
4 this program which ensures
the continued, usefulness or
needed existing housing".
The maximum amount or an
OHI lean,ias determined OY
the loeal rnunicipal4, $7,500,
less' any funding from, \ other
home renewal program. The
-
municipality is also responsible
for determining the rate of
interest charged on the loan,
from zero to eight percent, and
.what portion of the loan will be
"forgiven", and therefore need
not be paid back.
OHRP extends home renewal
possibilities to owner occupants
in any municipality in Ontario,
urban or rural, which has
adopted either a minimum
housing standards bylaw or a
resolution setting such stan-
dards..
, et
support the
mentally
retarded
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Three Londesboro girls received their County Honors certificates at the Achievement Day at
Blyth recently. Left to right are Nancy Salverda, Barbara Glouscher, and Judy Mason. (Blyth
Standard photo)
.Parks and Campsites are among
• our greatest natural attractions.
This is what Ontario is doing
to expand and protect them.
den
-The-Ontarkr Government- firm putt -yr -
of dstablishing and maintaining provincial
parks and campsites.
This year, for example, four new provin-
cial parks and over 600 new campsites are
being developed for the enjoyment and
recreation of Ontario residents- bringing
the total number of operating parks to 120
and campsites to 21,000',
The new parks are:
Silent Lake Provincial Park, 1860 acres sit-
uated 13 miles north of Apsley on High-
way 28.
85 campsites are available, but no motor
boats will be allowed. Regular fees apply.
,cr
Ferris Provincial Park, situated one mile
south of Campbellford on County Road 31,
has been expanded by adding 87 camp-
sites, comfort stations, and boat launch
ramp for access to the Trent River System.
Regular fees apply.
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at the Queen
Elizabeth Way and Highway 25, midway be-
tween Toronto and Hamilton, will be open
without charge this year for day -use and
picnicking. Among its speci'& features are a
children's farm and nature hikes.
Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park, near
Dorion on Highway 27 about 35 miles east
of Thunder Bay, provides walking trails
along the canyon's edge to give visitors a
-,_spectacular view of the "Grand Canyon of
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Additional campsites are under construc-
tion at several existing provincial parks-.
Algonquin, Bon Echo, Killbear, Fairbank,
Remi Lake and Ivanhoe.
If you would like more information about
Ontario provincial parks or campsites, or a
map showing their lOcations, write to:
Ontario Parks Division,
Ministry of Natural Resources
Whitney Block
99 Wellesley Street West
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1W3
Ministry of Natural Resources
Leo Bernier, Minister
Government of Ontario
William Davis, Premier
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