HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-05-29, Page 16A 4QDERICU SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, MA'Y29, 1969
By A. R. Buckley
It may be an astonishing fact
to some but most children have
the same love of ga; dening as
their parents. If they are allowed
to purchase seeds or are given
some to plant in -the spring it is
just as much fun to them as
playing marbles, hopscotch or
just splashing through puddles.
However, just because your
ten year old brags about aving
planted- sunflower sees or
zinnias and his younger sister
begs for more seeds 'to plant,
don't expect .:that within a few
years ' they will be taking over
your garden chores. Gardening
from a child's point of view. is"
like everything else they
undertake, so their interest may
be very short lived.
The truth of the matter is
many don't care that much
about gardening itself, but only
want to copy what Mommy and
Daddy are doing.
Regular sustained chores are
too much to. expect of
youngsters even at 10. But assign
them a task of piling neatly last.
.year's -stakes or carting debris
away in a small wheelbarrow,
and they- will do it well.
Get them to rake up leaves
from under shrubs and the hedge
while you are working -elsewhere
and they will • energetically set
to.
To assist '''.you with your
chores children will need their
own set of tools and these
' should be sturdily built and not
tiny toys which break easily. All
are available in the right size and
weight for use by the small fry.
The best way to encourage
young gardeners is to give them
a plot sof their own. Help them
to work the soil and fertilize it,
but let thein plant their own-
seeds. and when they get a little
older, their own plants.
The seeds you have chosen
for children should be --selected
carefully' for ease of handling
and to give quick results. Select
large seeded species that will
quickly produce big, easily
recognized plants. Sunflowers,
zinnias, beans, pumpkins and
radishes are sure to please. Corn
was always a favorite in our
garden even though we _ really
mad no "room for it.
Make the plot small 3 feet by
feet and extend it gradually as
the child gets older. Select a
good sunny location with good
gardening soil. Teach the child
to make row§ whether they are
straight or not.
1 find that even a six or seven -
year old will use string for
straight rows and make a drill
with his hoe. Most seeds will fall .:
in the trench and the beans or
radishes will quickly appear and
the child's garden will flourish:
As the seedlings grow, the
child will be happy to water
,T�...- them. When they are w,el
developed use a mulch of peat
oir decayed leaves- to keep -
weeds from appearing too
thickly.
Teach him to thin out the
seedlings,y ..,and also how to
transplant them, as they will
probably be planted too thickly.
Do it at a time when planting is
easy sp that he will be successful
with some of them. Here again
shading the seedlings and
watering will probably fascinate
him..
The smaller child will
thoroughly enjoy 'a flower pot
garden. Select a few four or five
inch pots and allow the child to
fill them with soil and plant the
seeds.
Small children will spend
hours filling the pots again and
again, replanting and unplanting
the seeds and thoroughly
enjoying themselves, If despite
this, some of the seeds grow -
(and if they are beans they will)
the child will have an early
insight into gardening. °
This practice will instill an
interest in . gardening, and
although it may not make them
expert gardeners it will be a real
help ' when . they become
teenagers. Iminedial -'pad off
will, however, be realized as the
youngsters begin to show more
respect for your flowers and
shrubs
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lit it. Davi Goderich
Fornier Blyth girl takes
pupiis out west
"All education is not found
in books, and Canada this time
happens to be the classroonf "
says Claire Taylor, teacher at
Gateway Boulevard Public
School, -go-gradeFlemingdon
Park s Tool, located in Don
Milds
Miss Taylor, with 10 of her
pupils, left May 20 for Western
Canada in what she terms "an
experience in a new dimension
in education."
The group travelled by train
to Edmonton. At Kelly Lake the
children spent some time on an
North street
One of the largest
congregations in recent years
was on hand, for the Sunday,
May 11 Anniversary services in
l'torth Street United Church.
Former members and friends
from all over Western Ontario as
well as local people gathered to
hear native son Rev. Bill
Thorneloe.
For guest soloist Mrs. Bonnie
G o w man, a former choir
member, it was also a
homecoming.
Rev. Bill Thorneloe preached
the sermon, and Rev. Don
MacDonald and Rev. Bill Maines
conducted the service. -
BAPTISMAL -SERVICE
Received into the fellowship
of the church by baptism on the
Indian reserve.- From there they
went by bus to Dawson Creek,
where Miss Taylor's brother,
Mac, teaches high school and
lives on land he cleared himself.
Claire has arranged for her
student,s to be boarded in homes
along the route.
Claire, and her brother, Mac,
were born in Blyth and are
children of Mr. and Mrsh
Kenneth. „ -Taylor, Blyth, and
niece and nephew of Miss A.
Middleton, Trafalgar - Street,
Goderich.
anniversary,
same day at North Street United
Church were -Karen Lurenia,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Crazier; Brian Ross, son of Mr,
and' , Mrs. Donald Gibson; Tracy
Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
'Brian Pollock; Karen Dianne,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Pollock and Murray Gordon, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lane.
Assisting Rev. Don
MacDonald in the baptismal -
service was Rev. Andrew Lane of
Goderich. Mr. Lane received his
grandson, Murray Gordon Lane.
into the fellowship of they
church.
The Clerk of Session, Murray
McGill, assisted the ministers in
the service.
CORNISH - PORTER
Last Saturday,,° May 17, a
double -ring wedding ceremony
joined Marion Frances Jean
Porter and Ronald Arthur
Cornish of Eketer. -
The bride is the youngest
daughter of Mr. Elgin Porter,
Bayfield, and the late Sarah
Porter. The groom is the son of
Mrs. Dorothy -Cornish, Exeter,
and the late'Chester Cornish.
For the ceremony performed
in . Wiarton, the bride chose a
navy dress with' white and navy
accessories and a corsage of pink
sweetheart roses. The Rev. Peter
Renner officiated.
. A 'reception was held at the
home of the bride's -brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and . Mrs.
Gordon Porter, R -R 3, Bayfield.
Lilacs and tulips decorated their—
home
heir ..home and a double -ring wedding
cake centred the table.
The young couple will live in
Exeter.
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOT
BY ANTONIA FRASER
The first full-scale biography
for 50 years.
One o of the most romantic
and controversial figures a of
British history, Mary Queen of
Scots, has always captured the
popular imagination. She passed
her childhood in France and
married the Dauphin to become
Queen of France at the age of
16. Widowed two yearslater, she
returned to Scotland 'as Queen
after an absence of 15 years. Her -
life then entered its best known
and most melodramatic phase:
the earl,/ struggles with John
Knox and the forces •of the
Reformations the fatal marriage
to Darnley and his mysterious
death; her marriage to Bothwell,
the chief suspect, that led'
directly to her long, English -
captivity at the. hair Of Queen
Eli2abeth; the. poignant and
extraordinary story of her long
imprisonment that ended .with
the labyrinthine Babington plot
to free her, and her execution at
the age of44.
Antonia Fraser has spent four
years writing this tragic and
dramatic life. She has -studied
the published manuscript
sources in Scotland, France and
England and 'visited every
important place connected with
Mary. During the course of her
research she became fascinated
by the development of Mary's
character - how this beautiful
girl, so gay and pleasure -seeking
inyouth, developed in middle
age . into a woman capable of
dying one of the most noble
deaths In history.- It is not the
least of Antonia Fraser's
achievements in Ibis book Oat
she has provided a movin
answer to the question- "what
was Mary Queen of Scots really
like?"
MAR'Y QUEEN OF SCOTS
Antonia Fraser
The Ryerson Press
$16.95
Publication date:
mid June 1969
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