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senior .citizens' week,
The Bolden, Radarsmmet in aiglit
'during Clinton's Cen.
the Town Hall on June 4, A tennial Week of celebrations
business- meeting f ollred the has been' set for July 31 •
opening exercises and the announcements regarding his
reading of the roll call, date will be madelater. 4
Several events have been Cards and lunch were en-
scheduled ter Senior Citizetls' joyed after the meeting and the
Week, beginning June 15. lucky draw winners I were
Club is hoping for a good at- ladies, Mrs. Kobene; gen^
tendance 0 the public card tlemen's, Mr., M. Wiitse,.
party to be held in the Legion Everyone congratulated Mr:
Hall on June 18. A noon lun- and Mrs, Wiltse on the
;cheon is planned.at Huronview celebration of their 62nd
for June 19 at 1. Names were wedding anniversary.
taken of the persons wishing to The next meeting is
attend the event.
Mrs. Van Dame is from Town Hall having
ed for July 2 at 7:30. Noin the
lunch
.Slue Bell Tea at h
F. 2-4 on June 21. Senior Citizens' please.
Blyth summer festival
opens season July 9th
A professional summer August 2nd. The plays Will
theatre season will take place , alternate Wednesday through
in Blyth this year. James Roy, Saturday nights at 8:30. Tickets
the artistic director of the
newly formed Blyth Summer
Festival, has announced that
the company will perform
"Mostly in Clover" by Harry.(J .
Boyle, and Agatha Christie's
"The Mousetrap" - in Blyth
Memorial Hall from July 0th to
are $2.50 for adults, $1.50 for
ket
,011..TONN1
OR
Cht re NeWs
St, �.4 e& Anglican hutch
Middleton had morning prayer
at
11 15 with Rev. Youmatoff in
charge.
The ACW will meet June 12th
at 8 p.m. at the church and they
will have Jack MacLaren of
Benmiller as guest. He is one of
the. original. Dumbbells, who
entertained the troops of the
First World War. Mrs.
MacLaren will be meowing
some of his slides and everyone
is welcome to come and enjoy
an evening at St. James. Lunch
will be served and there will.be�
a silver collection.
Take note: Confirmation
Service is now on July 6th, not
July • i3th as previously an-
nounced.
"And you'll took sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two." Coventry bore out the
truth of the old song lyric as she and Mike Wood peddled the "two-seater" around Clinton
Public Schopl last Friday: It was all part of the festivities as the school held a Centennial Day.
(News -Record photo)
children A subscription tic fi I
for both shows is available at - � •
$4.50. CIt 1"MostlyinClover"willbean arm e r o want
adaptation o three o0
fbooks by
J, Bo le, based on his have already ordinator for the area that they
the p tom'
inent local author
Harry Y
often hilarious, often moving
recollections of rural life in
Huron County.
"The Mousetrap", Agatha
Christie's most popular
mystery. thriller, holds the
record for the longest running
play in London, England, and is
still making box office history
after twenty three years.
Plays for children, art
displays and some musical
entertainments will round out
the season.
Director James Roy is a
native of the Blyth area, and a
graduate of Central Huron
Secondary School. He has
worked with Theatre Passe
Muraille in Toronto, Frontenac
Playhouse in Quebec City, and
The Mariposa Summer Theatre
in Orillia.
The Blyth Summer Festival
William A. Stirling, son of Mr. will be aided by grants from
and Mrs. John Watson of . The Ontario Arts Council and
Clinton, received his honours Experience 75. A campaign to
Bachelor of Arts in Business raise additional funds will be
Administration at the
University of Western
Ontario's spring convocation on
June 4. Mr. Stirling has ac-
cepted a position with the
American Hospital Supply
Corporation in Toronto. He is a
graduate of Central Huron
Secondary School. r
Do ars &
Good ense
by William .I. ►Vadis
Special Consultant to
/AVCO FINANCIAL SERVICES
With food prices at an all
-time high, no one can affotd to
throw food money away. So be
sure to take advantage of cou-
pons.
It's true that coupons have
only pennies, but pennies acid
up to dollars. And if you look,
you'll find them everywhere. In
newspapers and magazines, on
take -one racks in stores, stuffed
in and printed on cereal boxes.
And there are coupon mail-
ing Lists, too. Every year manu-
facturers send out nearly 28
billion cou-
pons repre-
senting mil-
lions of dol-
lars in savings.
If you're not
on a coupon
mailing list,
you probably know someone
who is. Ask them to give you
the source and write to them,
asking to be included.
Of course there are some dis-
advantages. For instance, you
have to forget brand loy�llty.
Also, if a coupon is for "6¢ off
next purchase," it means you
have to buy the item twice,
with a net savings of only 3¢
per purchase. Make sure it's
wayth It 1.lso;LL--tnaicu..tsureuthaL-.
the price on the item has not
been hiked recently just' to
counteract coupon savings.
initiated in the region.
It is sometimes hard- to glean
the truth from remarks made
in the House of Commons.
- It must have surprised many
farmers in the area when this
paper carried a report which
said the Ontario Agriculture
Ministry is unable to expand its
program to send city teenagers
to farms for the summer
because not enough farmers
are willing to take them.
Agriculture Minister William
Stewart said this in responding
to a question from Murray
Gaunt during a debate on the
1975-1976 budget estimates of
the ministry.
Len MacGregor of the
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food -said he was surprised to
readthisd in the paper since the
deadline for applications was
on May 12, although it was
extended to about May 16.
Dave Gbrdon of -the London
branch said the junior
agriculturalist program was
only designed for 200 and little
f
over 300 armers can't take anymore.
applied. It may seem amazing that so
He said this means they will few farmers want to hire boys
have to weed out about 100 aged 16 to 17, since it's a
farmers unless they extend the common complaint that there
program. is a shortage of farm labor
Over 837 kids applied to work especially from spring to fall.
on farms the majority from p
Mr. Gordon said there may
Toronto, but the program was onlybe 200 suitable teen-agers
limited to 200 since university
students, administer the and employers since this is a
ro ram and can't hand training program rather than
, more, he said. just a cheap labor program.
The teenager who get hired is
This was the same num r in like a government employee
the program last ye r which and gets $11 a day plus room
was its first year irroperation, and board. The farmer pay $5 a
he said.y and the rest is paid by the
Since the statement made by Ministry, Mr. MacGregor said.
the icultt a Minister was Mr. MacGregor said Huron
made in t paper, Mr. County has probably the
MacGregor said he had a largest number of host farmers
number of calls from farmers in the province, and about 25 to
willing to take students. 30 farmers applied.
He has given a -few farmers He said most the kids who
applications even though the come to work in Huron County
date has , expired he said, come from thfin Huron London
because they are sincere in area.
wanting to hire a student. Then He said the teenagers are
he said he gets told -by the co- hired on the basis of their in-
terest in agriculture, whether
they want to make it a career,
whether they are physically
able to handle the job and their
enthusiasm.
""'Tfie farms"r pis". chosCoTi—
whether he has experience with
Teenagers and what type of
operation he has since many
kids want to work on dairy
farms, Mr. MacGregor said.
The farmer is chosen also on
his attitude and whether he will
expect too much of the student,
Mr. MacGregor said.
Mr. Gordon said the
teenagers learn to milk cows
and operate machinery during
their nine weeks on the farm
which runs from the third week
' in June to the end of August.
History. T _graduate:._. -ham.-. Vera r ln* chkge The
family and friends were. en- winners were Mrs, Rowden
retrained at a! dinner in the DeloresDntt�t andM't rySmith.
Gx•indlay home. Vera Miller gave a humoraOS
reading on `Livinsky at a
Wedding and Audrey Middleton
read the address tothe'brides.
Assisting the br ides with
their gifts Susan 'De Groof,
Donna Cole, Terri Vain Dongen,
Chris -.Wise. Brenda and Bar-
bara thanked , everyone for
coming and for their lovely
gifts.
Lunch was served by the
ACW. A very enjoyable. evening
was spent by all. `
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Greg
Casterinas were home Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith.
Lorna Connolly rode `Chief
Len Mill's horse - first 'time for
both - in the Fair parade.
Congratulations to Carol
Dutot an winning with her horse
t the Clinton Fair.
Congratulations to Shelly
Middleton who won second
prize for her decorated bicycle
in the Clinton Fair parade.
Ed and Blanche Deeves spent
Saturday at the Johnston -Ellis
wedding.
Graduations Showers
Miss Patricia Wise Mrs. Roy Wise and Pat held a
shower at their home Sunday
graduated June 3 from the
faculty of education, University afternoon for Barbara and
Brenda Wise.
of Western Ontario with a A veryiccessful Com -
Bachelor of Education degree. munity shower was held at St.
Patricia will be on the staff at James Anglican Church
Clarke Boulevard Public Middleton for Barbara and
School in Bramalea in Sep° -Brenda Wise.
tember. Good Luck Pat!
Mrs. Fred Middleton spent We were pleased to have the
several clays last week in mother of the brides, Mrs.
London with her daughter and Edward Wise; the two gran;
son inc law Dr. and Mrs. Andrew dmothers of the brides, Mrs.
Grindlay. Emma Wise of Clinton and
On the afternoon of June 4th, Mrs. Bert Rowden of Clinton,
she attended the Convocation at the mothers of the grooms Mrs.
the .. University of 'Western Wm. Cowan of Goderich and
Ontario where her grand- Mrs. Jim Cleave of Bayfield.
daughter Claire Elizabeth Vera Miller pinned corsages
Mullens, daughter of Dr. and guests,on the and
everyone to
Blanche
Mrs. J.E. Mullens of Hamilton Deeves
wreceived her Honours Bachelor the shower. Games were
of Arts degree in English and played - with Barb Kilgour and
Sit. ih
When you have robbed a man of
everything, he's no longer in
your power. He is free again.
FREE
COMBINE
CUNIC
at
Huron Tractor
Highway No. 4 North,
Exeter
8:00 - 10;00 p.m.
Discussion on combine losses,
harvesting quality beans,
maintenance, and operation
John Deere and Gleaner
combines.
Sponsored by Soil and Crop'
Improvement Association.
THIS WEEK'S
CLUB
Winners
CLUB NO. 4
MRS'. E. T"ONKS
CLUB NO. 5
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The Christian Reformed Young People won first prize as the best youth float in the Fair parade.
(News -Record photo)
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By popular request --- the return of
"The Great Storm"
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A play written and produced by Warren Robinson of
Goderich and staged by students of G.D.C.I.
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A walk through Canada i verse and song staged by
Students of St. Mary's Seiarate School.
'Tuesday & Wednesday
JUNE 24 & 25
GDCI AUDITORIUM
Bi00 V.M.
Admission: ADULTS - $1.00
STUDENTS & CHILDREN - 50c
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from -Stratford,
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Stars of Gospel Music from Oakville
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