HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-07-16, Page 102A GODiRICASIGNACSAR THURSDAY JULY 16 1970.
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With Shirley j.• Keller,
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Woman to Woman
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I wonder whether I'm •the , Daisies Won't Tell, Love and ():,n the other 'hand,t there
only one in Goderich .wha has, - Letter Edged in Black and I are so many' fakes, so many
noticed that the,town cloak on Love The Name of Mather. Do quacks who make it impossible
the court house ° isn't •
syncronized just perfectly. It
Gould be that I am usually late'
When -I'm going through the
Court "House Square, but I've
been surprised several times
lately by that clock which
strikes nine -fifteen when it is
really only nine o'clock.
,The performance of that
clock prompted me to
tel phone the town offices
Friday morning .to ask what
ailed the mechanical beast.
The lady who answered the
telephone was most cordial
and told me that the clock did
. indeed have something out of
whack . . . and that IBM
experts had been summoned to
correct the trouble as soon as
possible.
Apparently the Goderich
any of you recall those oldies? for thefolk who are really add
And the food at the picnic "'truly down in their luck...
tunch. It was so delicious. I But seven so, what kind of
had one butter text (just one) people have we become? '
which was made with currants * * *
and not with raisins. Boy, it
has been a long time since I've
had a tart like that. My Mother -
used to make them regularly,
every single tiine she baked,
from the scraps of pastry left
from the pies.
I want to thank the senior
citizens for their very kind
invitation. It was a pleasant
outing for me.
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' Speaking of memories, • I
was having a chat last. week
one day . with a lady' who
occasionally attends auction
sales. You "know,. I'm an
auction sale buff but I have to
town clock isn't the only sick - stay away from them because I
town clock in Ontario. I fished get carried away on some of
this article out of the Coburg the darndest things.
• paper just this morning: Anyhow, this lady was
"We need an expert to
telling me how many young
Ymg
I've been talking to a couple
of senior citizens -who 'live in
the vicinity of the Youth°
Centre, and would you believe
that bothf. these people are
not at, ,all perturbed by the
activity there?
In fact, one lady . tells me
that she and her husband
often, "walk up to the corner
and listen to..the music."
This same . woman toyed
with the " idea of picking a
basket of sweet cherries from a
tree in her backyard < and
handing it in through the
youth centre door for someone
to distribute among the' kids
there who wanted to lunch on
..the, fruit. But she didn't do
that, she told tile, because she
just couldn't summon the
energy once she had' finished
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Editor's note: This is another. spring in the field:.and do not not stinted in the :cooking and
article written about the turn of have pto be .looked after as they for fowl, the pick of the
the- century, byEdna hfac 'watt do at other times of the year, farmyard is taken and it ,does
In the fall there is more work ' not hang up for several days in a
of Goderich. ,The prcaper i► of and less play, The corn cutting, butcher shop.
C'ftarles rinsluy, Britannia Rd., and threshing all come at. this The farm life here is very nice
this essay about -;fife on a farm time. The pumpkins are gathered but I should think that the farm
life out west would be very
much. better. Of course, there is
always the danger of having the
.crop frozen but then the crops
are far greater there. than here.
AU together, I ' believe the
farm ,life is' preferable to" arty
other. kind- that I know of.
gives some insight into fanning
as it used to be in this area.
LIFE ON A FARM
What .can be more pleasant
in to be made into -pumpkin pies
for Thanksgiving.. M
The mangles, __carrots and
sugar beets ajre pulled;, loaded
onto wagonsand hauled into;the
barn. The potatoes 'are ,dug and
than living. ori a farm? Of course' put- in the cellar in- preparation
there is plenty of work to do but " for the Winter. The cabbages are
• where can you go tfiat work, is gathered in and stored up for
not to be found and.. work is • winter,
pleasant. Fall is also the time -for apple
A good night's sleep is far picking, also for peach. and grape
more welcome .to a person who picking. There is- always a large.
works than ta,a person who does orchard on a- farm and the
not. The person who works is farmer sets all his sons, and
always the most healthy. sometimes his daughters too, to
In the spring there is always a picking apples.
lot- of work to be done on the . I know of one ,farm; not very
farm. There is the spring sowing, far from my home and it isnot'a
that, takes up a good two weeks fruit farm, that yielded two
of the busy farmer's time, This hundred and twenty-seven
must be done and. the farmer barrels of apples- This farmer did
puts aside all pleasures until this not hire any help either.
is done. Although this is a very busy
The farmer never thinks of season for the farmer, it is the
the pleasures that may have season he likes best because he is
come and gone while he was now reaping the benefits, of- his
4 planting his grain and vegetables. work in the- spring. He enjoys
He thinks only, of what sort of the threshings and enjoys being
crop he will reap in the fall and invited to threshings.
what he should do if his crop . When the harvest is all
failed as it very seldom does. gathered in, it • is time' to rest.
In the summer the work is not Thanksgiving follows harvest and
so heavy. The horses and.cattle.,`. generally -winds up the season.
are driven back to the pasture what can be more enjoyable
�conle _and look at the ,town couples are bu old -....picking cherries for heiself and fields `in- the',morning and.may "than a Thanksgiving on the farm,
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" )a - p dniutn ms I ti�i irpointswp"the fact grass. They may get ivater-at~the WholesoFne -But Ee '`tfaf g e,"
Lena -Fisher at Monday night's S ung," she remarked. "Kids,. though, that the youth centre
council meeting.
"Mrs. Fisher, attempting to want something solid now:with and the -people who frequent it
•jagh,fliol a bit of character to it and a are not as ill thought of as
%i orhis'- dry e m i . m'e eop%"hav`*e ffiTn ght-fit"°°`""' °-°"°"�
difficulties being encountered, ,
spoke , of "rods, batteries,;
That s twee •I think. Young �fact,.it eems to• �thai»more
connections:" Apparently the people are beginning to:realize . and more people are beginning
clock is ru with the aid of an the value of heritage. -I know I to realize 'that the youth of
am, though it is about 10 years Goderich deserves, an
electro -magnetized rod. .
"However, batteries for the too late. ' .
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reflection on water. It Can
.- transmit enough ultra -violet light
to .harm the eye, causing vision
to ..fade so,gradually that the.
'victim might not realize what
was happening- until too late.
Sunglasses will reduce, the .glare,
warns CNIB, but will not
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, opportunity to "do their
unit have been ordered twice thing" ... and to show adults
and have been, the wrong size that they can ado it without
- both times.. upsetting , ,the entire
"We !t sed to have a pppulation.
When I was first married, I
owned several of my mother's
things -- in fact, most of them
since I was the only child. But
•gentleman-€rom Toronto come
ceilown and look at the clock
once a year. In the 40 years he
was here, there was never any
' trouble from the clock," said
,Mayor Jack Heenan.
-The Public Buildings
Committee was given the
go-ahead to seek some expert
advice.
"After all, the citizens- of
. this town use the,clock to tell
the time," said Mrs. Fisher.
I have always believed that
one of the'°-- very. . , greatest
blessings' that God hands out is
."old age. I'm serious'about that.
I think that it is a real privilege
to grow old, especially if one is
healthy enough to enjoy it. _
After attending the senior
citizens'. .picnic Wednesday
afternoon, I'm even more
con jinced that I'm right. It
was a funtinie for those men
and, women present and life
was well worth living for each
one at that particular moment.
One of the nicest things
that happened that afternoonA. refinished, tan add so,much to
was a couple of solos ..a room.
rformed by guests. _,..,,.Alad,what could possibly be
'he first was sung "by' the more rewarding than to have
oldest man . present, > Charles
Prouse, 93. I °wasn't familiar •
with the ptune that he sang but
I 'remembered my grandfather
singing something similar. It
brought such h lot of memories
-flooding back. .
Pa,,, as my grandfather was
called,' would take the young
children on his. knee, sit them
there faeing-him and hold onto
their- hands. Then' he would
sing a . jiggy little tune and at
the appropriate time he Would
spread his legs open wide, and
the children- would, of course,
,, fall through (but not all the
way because Pa's strong arms
Would hold them off the floor
just before. they hit bottom).
. I remembered ho_w ' 'the
children would stjd in line
waiting their turn to sit on Pa's
. lap .... and it was Mr. Prouse's
song that reminded me.
The other song was sung by
ry a lady of 90 °years whom I
' didn't know by name. She. was
•, -a jolly sort who had made a
little speech about how
'
quickly the time had passed
since she was a child. `
"I don't know . where the
time has gone," she mused,
apd the ladies around her
' seemed td agree.
• The song that she sang was
"Sweet Bunch of Daisies".
And that brought back a whale marvellous organization to
of a lot of memories. really offer the true hand of ...
My,. mother loved music. We friendship"' and Christian
tised to have piles and piles of brotherhood) or some
music books with songs from similar agency. But 1 doubt .
ear back in them ...rand on that many cities, ,or -towns have
a Sunday evening or any ,other policy to cover the .comings
t the week forthat and goings. of unfortunate then
Me -
I didn't really attach any
meaning to them. As far as I
was concerned, they were
old-fashioned , ' monstraceties
that I had hated when I was a
child and I couldn't wait to rid
the house of them, -
I did keep a couple of
things ... like a pretty bowl
on tiny legs and a silver crumb
tray and brush and,a platter or
two. But for the most part,
everything is gone and I'm
really so;very sorry now.
Just this spring, we
purchased a . glass • cupboard
which had been owned by my
husband's grandmother. We
refinished the huge piece of
furniture and today, it is one
of our prized possessions.
I know several couples who
have furnished their homes
entirely with someone else's
cast=offs . . not necessarily
antiques but rather just
interesting pieces of furniture
which don't cost- much money
to buy but if properly
someone remark on the
, attractiveness of - your home
when all .the time you know
that it has cost you very little
in the way of actual dollars •
I had a rather strange report
the other day, about an elderly
b 1 i nd chap , who was ''
hitch -hiking through Goderich
a few days -ago and was looking
for a spot to spend the night.
The party who told me about
tffe incident said that it took,
close . to two .hours to find
quarters for this man ... and
' that 'several agencies in town
had been approached in the
interim.
My informant - found it
upsetting to -find out that there
is no place in Goderich-which
caters to the needsl.of people
like this who are really in
distress.
I don't understand all the
ins and outs of things either,
except that I find it hard to
comprehend why an elderly
blind man • would be
hitchhiking alone in the first
place. Surely there, is more to,
this story that meets the eye.,
And what do ellen the larger
centres do in 'such cases?
° Perhaps the Salvation Army
helps out (it usually takes this
By the way, I may have left
an erroneous impression last
week in my -discussion of the -
Youth Centre by saying that I
didn't approve of everything
that went -on there. I might
better have said that I don't
approve of everything the kids
,are doing these days.
For instce, I'm not happy
to see yoitng people sitting
around . smoking, especially_
when' they know full well that
it is an exPensive, dirty habit
which can be hazardous to
their health. But that's really
their decision to make, I guess.
And I'm .not particularly in
favor of the codes that some.
young people today live by .
like going steady at a very
early ..age, and neglecting
respornsibilitiesto home and
community in favor of more
p.le.asant activities, and
loosening moral values because
it is considered -the "in" thing.
But again, these decisions
must be maide by the young
people following the example
or' guidance of their parents.
Certainly the youth Centre
does not really contribute to
these practices , ... and I may
have left that impression in last
Week's column . . . but they
are as evident there as they are
anywhere that young people
and cents? convene. ,
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have come to the point where;
t don't remember. Sweet we -would, actually 4 urrl-aw.ay.a J
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that remlinsletlint of it ... like 'whq ii, cid and blind'
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