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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-02-12, Page 13crow Mardi Grp 1y Queen '.About '30.0 persons -attended the Kinettes 11th annual Mardi Gras Ball' Saturday evening and enjoyed the marvellous buffet prepared by the members of he Kinette Club. During the evening, Sylvia Chisholm was crowned queen of the Mardi Gras by Mrs. Martha 4. Archibald, last year's queen. •The q u een's escort was Bruce Holmes.. Also on hand for the evening was j3i11 Lawless, deputy governor of Zone B, Drayton. The successful' evening was planned.by- conveners Cathy Jewell and Donna Lynn Lamont. Others who assisted . were: decorations, Jean McCauley, 'Ey. Gardiner; Dorothy Scott, Barb • Shewfelt and Marie Whetstone; "lunch, Sylvia McGee and Mary Lou , Melick; tickets and reservations, Jean Bannister and Donna Lynn Lamont bar,_ (Mara Sinclare and Nancy Shaddick; flowers, Dianne Morrisey and - Jean Cruickshank, Lil Lougheed ,and Florence C,ummings. n,• i 1 Sylvia Chisholm was Queen of the Kinettes Mardi Gras Ball Saturday evening and received a dozen real roses and a victory- kiss from Ray Cook, president of the Kinsmen Clcib. She,was crowned by Mrs. Martha Archibald, last year's queen, and received 'a host of lovely gifts courtesy the merchants. of Goderich. d ti Valentineflowers say it for y Lovers all over -the world will, be ,celebrating St. Valentine's Day on February 14,, by„mdin ands and flowers to their loved pnes. Wro. But . according to various" reference sources, St. Valentine had nothing at all to do with lovers, in fact there were two saints of the name, both were martyred in Rome on February 14, although many years „apart; and neither° were intereested° in the opposite sex. The tradition of setting aside a day especialry for • lovers, dates r back . to pre -Christian times. In Rome, on -February 14 which was the feast of • Lupercalia honoring °the god Faustus, or Pan, each • young man drew the name of a girt from a love urn, and she would be his partner in the coming festivities. The custom was taken to Britain by the Romans, and it continued into.Christian times. Chaucer mentioned in his 'writin s the ° belief that birds choose a mate on St. V'alentine's Day, and in Some parts of Britain o• it is still a tradition that the first unattached r -ur#g :nnan-a-maiden--sees t arr February14, will be her lover, By the 14th Century, the giving of a gift, usually a paid of gloves, accompanied the drawing of a girl's name. The first mention off a paper_ Valentine came in the • 16th Century, and in 1669, a book of verses was -published t9,,elp the inarticulate to write , , -their own valentines. By the end of the 18th - Century artists were painting engraved cards, mid when the penny post and envelopes -were introduced into Britain in 1840, the valentine card trade was • well and truly launched. Victorian cards were very pretty, decorated with lace and tiny artificial flowers. Today, the card trade is as busy as ever, and although humorous and 'sick' cards are available, people in love still prefer the traditional cards with - theilr sentimental verses. x, 'Naturally among the most popular b't all . flowers for Valentine are the spring flowers .ro UM .r, esjpecially-. the red tulips, golden daffodils, —and -the -fragrant hyacinths. These harbingers of spring, ,report Canadian Florists, are not bought by young people only. One' man recently mentioned to his florist that this -year he would be needing a special order of -fl 'wers: it seems that when he married, his • wi e told 'him how "tulips had always rep esented to her the end of winter and the star of a new year. He bought her a ,dci'"ten pink tulips in a pot'for their first Valentine's Day Or their marriage, and when `the snows had, gone, and the • flowers had finished • blooming, the young couple -planted the bulbs in a special section of the garden. He -, continued the custom each year, and his wife had fhe • pleasure every May, of seeing • the flowers.uw.hi,ch has been sent to her •for previous Valentines. This year they are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, and the special order is for 25 dark red tulips,' which will later he planted in the • heart of their .Valentine garden., . Sending Valentinecards an be great fun, and -Iiitariann&s:.mother will cherish this carcl for the time, and thought whichwent• into the: makettp. of it: Thi pot of .pink -tulips' which en1;tearwold. tilarnanne plans to give to her mother oh `Pebr'uary 14 are an assurance that winter cannot log fi r ever, and soon, we shall be•enjoying the sigbt,of spring,flowerr bloomiing in the garde,,.