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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-10-12, Page 21r How to meet your parents at the aiio� "Hi mom!" "Hi sun, anything happen ' while we were away?" Oh, nothing much. Oh yeah, the roses died." "Oh how?" "Whey wilted from the heat of the fire." "Fire? What fire?" "Oh the garage fire." "How did the garage catch on fire?" "The flames jumped over from the house." "How did the house catch on fire?" "Oh, don't worry, there was nothing valuable in it at the time." "Why not?" "It started just after the burglars left." "But how did the house catch on fire?" "The gas truck ran into it." "Why?" It swerved to avoid the elephants." "Elephants," weakly. "The ones that escaped from the zoo." "How did they escape?" "The wall of their cage fell over." "Why?" ? "Because the ground was so soggy." "Why was the ground soggy?" "Because of the 'flood, naturally." "Naturally. What flood?" "The one from the tidal wave." "Tidal wave!" "The one from the explosion." "I give up, what ex- plosion?" Don't worry, the fallout didn't hurt the ducks." "Ducks?" Sure, the ones in the basement." "Ducks in the basement." "Yeah, the basement flooded," WhY7". "The pipes broke when grandpa fell in." "How, I'm almost afraid to ask, did grandpa fall in?" "He fell through the hole in the roof." "What hole?" "The one the lightening made." "Lightening hit the roof?" "Look on the bright side, It didn't hit- the trees." "Why didn't it hit the trees?" C e!I 4 ON N rWP-RgCORD. #. # *V,hI't+4 4 cnspgR 12 1978 --PAPE 2i "Because the tornado took them away." "What tornado?" "The third one." "Third!" "Yeah. The first one took the car, and the second flattened Dad's office." "But what about the flooded basement?" "Don't worry. All the water drained out through the cracks." "Cracks?" "From the ear- thquake." "Uh huh." "See, I told you nothing happened ... much." (1) central huron chronicle .uIuI_I Jjch�rd brown, editor secondary school news Teachers vs. students Teachers win basketball challenge Well, they've done it again. The teachers, the self -acclaimed school superstars, beat a team of students, in a game of basketball this time. In a ravel of irrelevent dribble, they publicly Thanksgiving, now and then In case you were puzzled as to why you had such a long holiday this weekend, it was because of a day celebrated in 1620 when the Pilgrims and Indians gathered for a feast of the Autumn's Harvest. Today we celebrate Thanksgiving by visiting relatives, having turkey dinners, (not the Swanson kind) watching some football or by going to a special Mass service to offer thanks for the 0year's progress. Holidays such as these are useful for doing forgotten homework, late assignments catching up on some reading (or sleep, depending on what you have been doing the past few days) For my Thanksgiving weekend I had a turkey dinner, complete with cranberries, turnip, dressing and potatoes and delicious pumpkin pie. I hope your holiday was as scrumptious and enjoyable as mine ! (was)—by Laura Hill. Hensall news... • from page 20 her daughter and son -in- lav+w,. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Gerstenkorn and family for Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Patterson of Lindsay visited with their son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ian McAllister and family on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Skea and David visited with Mr. and Mrs. Randy Mason and Andrew in London on Sunday. A family gathering of the Bisback family held Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bisback on Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Laird Mickle, Mrs. Plorence Joynt and Charles Mickle, Hamilton, spent Thanksgiving weekend with the former's son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. -Robert .Mickle and family, Cambridge, and with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Collins and family, Waterloo. Miss Patricia King, of Sutton, Surrey, England is visiting this week with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Payne. While here, she and her cousin, Wayne Payne of London, met for the first time. Sim Roobal was ad- mitted to South Huron Hospital, Exeter, on Monday and later transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital, London. 1'LM��.'N-1'VN•1♦ 1.1.E Y� VSA 1'bMµ1/�^ i'►N, � e.'KtiN� K1nMM/..'�MAM�►1ti'KMMN�/ � LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE challenged the students to a basketball game. The announcement was made by an obviously organized team, over the Tuesday morning an- nouncement. The game was to be played in Tuesday's activity period and the students were expected to be at their peak of proficiency by this time. In those six hours-, the students got together a haphazard team to play the teachers, which consisted of Mr. B. (Bruiser) Reeves, Mr. B. (Bombshell) Munroe, Mr. D. (Dagger) Ludwig, Mr. T. (Tackhammer) Howard, Mr. K (Killer) Clynick, and Mr. K. (Kluts) Allen (such knee action) . The Student's team consisted of Gerry 13e11, Jeff Schmidt, John Coleman, Bill Tackson, Mike Thomson, Ben Munnings, Chris McNall, Paul Weslake, Joe Verberne, Al Young and coach, general manager and part time player, Wendy Tyndall. The Teacher's (wrestling) basketball team won over the hard working students, who recognized the fact that most of the members of the opposition were teachers of their classes, by a mere two points 16- 14. Wait till volleyball. Just ask Dear Annie Dear Annie: I'm writing to complain about the ignorant things people write on washroom walls. I can't enter a washroom around here without having my eyes assaulted with an obscene- suggestion, saying or joke. Frankly, I can't stand it. Can't we stop this? - signed , pug - eyed _ Dear B.E. I agree that it's an- noying, but the truth is that some bods, no matter how clean the washrooms are kept are going to try to wreck the paint job. The only thing you can do is to carry a washcloth or something with you to scrape these little notes off. Either that or try to ignore them. Dear Annie: I've had it up to here. We've only been in school a few weeks and already I've had about 15 pounds of homework landed on me, per night. Well, maybe not that much, but several nights I've been up until 1 a.m. It's getting so that I haven't got an hour for "Charlie's Angels' anymore and I'm suffering. I want to form an anti -homework coalition within the school... Da you,. .1. have a chance of getting members? - signed, Book -Beaten Dear Book -Beaten: Yes, you's probably get every kid (nearly) in the school on your coalition. " But it wouldn't probably get very far if their glorious leader started flunking his classes because he didn't do his homework. About the only thing you can do right now,isepray that the homework. stops corning. By the 'Way, . if you do start a coalitidp, do you have root for nosy old meas secretary? Brain Teaser time A bus leaves St. Mary's one day to take Basketball players to a game against our girls teams. It is travelling at 55 km -h. At the same time, a bus leaving Clinton carrying Volleyball players to a tournament in St. Marys. This bus is travelling at 75 km -h. When they meet which bus will be closer to CHSS? Answer: Niether. When they meet, both buses will be the same distance from CHSS regardless of the speed they were travelling. PARTYTIMEOFANYTIME The new slate of officers for the Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society was chosen at the annual meeting on Monday night. The 1978-79 officers include, left to right, campaign co-chairman, Jim Remington, Goderich; secretary, Marg Maklns, Clinton; delegate to district, planning, development and nominating, Chester Archibald, Clinton; education chairman, Freda Slade, Clinton; 1st vice- president, rep to division, rep to district, Harold Knisley, Goderich; unit president. rep to division, rep to district, Helen Davies, Clinton. Those absent from the picture were: 2nd vice president, cam- paign chairman, Ross McDaniel, Goderich; treasurer, John Dolbec, Clinton; commemoration funds, Miss C. Plumtree, Clinton; medical advisor, Dr. C. F. Doorly, Goderich; publicity, Howard . Aitken, Goderich; service to patients, Shirley Mills, Clinton; transportation, Gordon Richardson, Clinton. (News -Record photo) Dbuble baptism at Middleton church By Blanche Deeves A double baptism was held at St. James Church, Middleton on Sunday October 9 at 11:15 am, when Mr. and Mrs. Bill Klomps presented Jennifer Lee Miller, wearing the gown her mother wore, infant daughter of Bruce and Dianne to be baptized. Also Keith and Vera Miller presented Joanne Elizabeth Newell, infant daughter .of Jaihice and John Newell to be bap- tized. Those attending the service were grand- parents Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham and daughter and grand- parents Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Sturdy. Morning Prayer was held following the baptism service, with Estelle Wise assisting by reading the lesson. Ken Wise and Edward Deeves received the offering. Flowers were placed on the altar by Mr. and Mrs. James Storey in memory of Mrs. Storey's father, the late Mr. William Armstrong who passed away this past week. Rev. George Youmatoff in charge of the service. Personals The congregation at St. James Church, Middleton were pleased to hear our Rector is resting at home now and that his wife Jeanne and daughter Sally have returned from Australia. Best wishes to you all. The community wish to express their sympathy to Mrs. Shirley Storey and family in the losss of her father Mr. Londesboro kats meet Londesboro`Two 4-H 'Fhe -th'ir& meeting of. Kitties Kooking Kats was held on Monday October 2. Pat called the meeting to order and the pledge was said. Nancy Anstett read the minutes of the last meeting. All girls scored their carried lunch, and completed four pages of our pamphlets. Tonight Kittie and Nancy showed us how to make white sauce by two different methods. T ntgflt Nahcy's,- grdul3 - made "peanut butter and carrot spread" and "peanut butter and apple spread" which we put on "healthy peanut spread". Kittie's group made "Potato Cheese Chowder a La Metric," which most of the girls enjoyed. Our next meeting is on October 16 at 7 pm at Mrs. MacGregor's. -by Debbie Wallace. SUTT(JN PARK INN KINCARDINE'S NO. 1 NIGHT SPOT William Armstrong. The ACW of St. James church, Middleton will meet at the home of Mrs. Delores Dutot October 12 at 8 p.m. The guest speaker for the meeting will be Mrs. Nellie Gounie-Tak, Develop- ment officer for Town and Country homemakers. Ladies don't forget those pennies rolled, please. Chris Wise was home for Thanksgiving with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wise. Ken Wise was home for Thanksgiving with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wise. Diane ,and Bruce Miller, baby Jennifer and Julie enjoyed a family dinner on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham and family. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Sturdy, John and Janice Newell and Joanne en- joyed a family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Miller on Sunday. We are sorry to hear that Marion Smith's mother, Mrs. Morrell, is in University Hospital, London. VANASTRA CENTRE 3 MI. 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