HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-02-25, Page 17••i
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The Kinette Club. ,of Goderich has just •completed" instructing the second
babysitting `course since. last fall. The classes were held in the basement of Knox
Presbyterian .Church anrl'the meetings were filled with plenty of instruction for the
w'°young people..enrolled. Pictured here are the girls on hand Wednesday, February 17
for their final examinations. Back row, left to right, Deb Grafton, Wanda Linner,
Patti Hills, Kathy Adams, 'Joanne Cochrane, Marion Bell, Barb Reynolds; Ruth
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Continued from Page 1} . _-__._sup.port .. taL.._ the ._-Co-Operative -
school will operate through the
support of parents who send
their children to " classes and
added that costs will be kept as'
'low 'as possible ' through the
assistance of mothers helping
out at `the" school. Children
whose mothers cannot help out
'will'probably pay more per day.
However, arrangements Will
likely 'be made through town
council in co-operation with the.,
• Ontario' government to .ensure,
that no • child,' is • denied.
• admittance 'to the • school
•because of his inability to afford•
the costs.
It is ,hoped as well, that local
service clubs will give some
Nursery School.
Goderich residents will soon
be. invited to donateor loan• -to
and other equipment .to , the
school. However, to avoid a
deluge of perhaps unnecessary
items, the ctnittee for the
Co -Operative- • Nursery School
will publish a• list' of desired
articles needed at the school in
the hope • it . will receive 'only
those things which' are most
useful to them -7, '
Mrs.' Mulhern also invites
questionsfrom Goderich
mothers regarding the school.
She can be. reached at.6r home
ow Elgin' Avenue by telephoning
524-8631. �..
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Mrs. Plumptre's list of yualiflcations
is an impressive one. She is President
of the Vanier Institute of the
Family; a Member of the Ca/radiun
Consumer Connell' and a Member
- of the Economic Council of Canada.'
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German, Joanne Britnell and Vaferie Clutton; second back, Debbie Marshall, Sandy
Hamilton, Debbie�,MacAdam, Debbie Argyle, Debbie Hamilton, Lynda, Hoffmeyer,
Sharon Kenwell, Maureen Matthews;.'Nancy Needham and Michelle Melady; second
front, Dawn Oke, Lori Beattie, Anne Melick, Cherie B'ourdeau, ,Karer"i Goddard,
Pattr,Helesic, Heather Stewart, Connie.McMillannd Diann -Riley; front; Robin
Sitter, Karen Hicks, Kathie Gauley, Debby Thurlow and Lucy Stinnissen.
G�diik Rietto-s‘donate
$1,000 to Kinsmen Club
The ` 10th regular Kihette
meeting ,.was held on. February
15 at the Kinsmen playground,
The treasurerv
ga a her report
and moiled that the outstanding
bills be paid, ,_'he secretary's
report' was approved as read•, --
Final preparations were made
for the Mardi Gras dance. Anne
Doherty, convener, set up work
parties for the coming week for
decorating the hall and preparing
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*Mrs.A.F.WPlumptre says:
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New annuals for
BY A. R. BUCKLEY
11re extensive petunia. trials
the Plant Research Institute's
test plantings,_contained over
500 cultivars of garden annuals.
•A part from these, the
Ornamental Grounds displayed,
in welldesigned beds, quer 200
cultivars. of • annuals that had
been tested in previous years and
proved to be pt outstanding
value. .These included a •special
display of the best All-American
Selections Award winners for
the past five years.. ,
,t With tate seed catalogues now
ar,;riving inforce, a note' or two as,
.. 4),»t ba„beiaaal tl li . u
'Me pass'rbty, help gardeners: ire
selecting their annuals for.
nib -Mg this year:. • •
The catalogues are, of course,
. emphasizing the new
All” -American Selection Award
annuals for these represent, for
the most part, 'the best • of the
breeder's selections, although it
is obvio s that sometimes in
judging hese plaints originality
dn'tl istinetion overrides
usefulness, at least as far as our
climate is'concerned.
This is shown clearly by the
performance of the new A.A.S.
hollyhock `Silver Puffs' a
semi -dwarf cultivar that flowers
the first year from seed. Its
susceptibility to hollyhock rust
and its inability to produce good
flowers in hot, weather
necessitated a low rating for it in
our gardens. I should think it
-might beworth growing in areas
with cool nights such as on the
Prairies or •in British Columbia,
provided some protective sprays
are -.applied:: early in the summer,
to combat hollyhock rust.
On he other hand the new
The second course in'. baby presented by Kinette president
sitting •is almost completed, with
--Sylvia McGee to the Kinsmen to
•the girls having their exams last
v�eek. . ,
Volunteers were asked to go,.
to th,e Ontario ' Hospital on
February .24 to play'bingo with
the patients. .
The •Kinettes and Kin wives
. enjoyed an. evening . with the
Kinsmen at their A'n'niversary
dinner at the Harbourlite •Inth'
',February 22'. A' chec;ue was
The spectacular Southern Belle Mallow.
We were very much inpressed
by two ' new zinnias, the F1
hybrid Peter Pan `Plum' and the
F1 hybrid Peter Pan `Pink'. Both
grew les than a foot high, but
had large double flowers three
inches indiameter on plants '
12-15, inches wide. --Both
cultivars are useful for bedding
where a uniform low bed of one
solid colour is desired.
Nearly everyone loves
marigolds for they are easy to
grow and shine like gold and
bronze in the garden. Although
the colors are mainly yellow,
gold -and -reddish bronze, they
can be obtained in every Many visitors to our annuals ,
conceivable form from s all beds are•
familiar with the
...-..�r _ ......- eC�euimp.
provided good cut flowers froth
July until frost.
A rather sensational new
annual poppy named Ladybird
cropped up in the trials, 'It was
very striking indeed with an`
abundance of ladybird -like red '
flowers complete with two or
three Black spots at_ the base of
the petals. The cultivar derived
from Papaver glaucum the '
peacock poppy is a brilliant
poppy that should brighten the
darkest corners of flower
borders and rock gardens this
year.
� c thernK �ellek _. 'stariIir'e singles to carnation rand Amarantims'::`l;ri`eol'or z' ,.
. lightpink, hugep.�anemone-flowered dOmum-1 'mum -like' is aNew this year
was .s uite--a sensation. -Its 'Early -Splendour'.
flowers. of dee ed gigantic flame colored cut -leaved
and white- spotted red were mopheads. Highly rated lastcultivar named Flamipg
spectacular . and produced in - Fountain. Not only has this •
summer among those sent for
abundance from August until trials were:- ;