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Cheryl Ann Gray of Toronto, left, and her farm hostess 'Jean
Rutledge take time out from chores to -pet some young rabbits.
. Cheryl is a gyest on the farm of Mr. and Mrs: W.i Imes Rutledge at.R R
Nofear.
bOWUIk.:
after dark
For Cheryl Ann . Gray of
Rexdale, Toronto, life on a farm
is as.. she describes' it,
"Prehistoric without really
being Prehistoric." "Out here
you aren't in with all the smog
and you can go out for a walk at
night without being scared,"' she
observes.
"Where I live, Cheryl
explains, "when I 'go out at
night I'm always a little scared ,
° of the big dark area on the other
,side of the. street light, it's
different here."
Cheryl is visiting the farm of •
Mr: and Mrs. Wilmer Rutledge
at R.R.6, Goderich as part of an
Urban- Rural Exchange
organized 'and sponsored by the
Department of Agriculture.,a•nd
Food. H,urbna program co-
ordinator . Dianne Fines
explained the backgrounl of the
program.
"There is" a great deal of
•understanding needed between
'city and farm people about how
the other lives. The ;Urban
.Rural Exchange hopes to help
young people learn about a
different way' of life so that
wronvideas can- be -;corrected.'
Photo
story
Ron Shaw
Through their' schools, ► 2 to
15 year-old, studentsapplied to
take part in thg exchange and, if
compatible exchange partners
were obtainable, the youngsters
were on their way. Only $3,00 •
was collected from the families
.in the vya `sof transportation
costs with.the remainder of 'the
tab 'being picked • up.:b°y the
Department of Agriculture and
Food.;�'
"Wondering, 'questioning,
discovering and most important, --
understanding' was . the idea
behind the exchange, a program,
,begun last year," according' to
. the department. ,
Cheryl comes from a=family of
four, two younger sisters and a
younger brother. The only other
farm she has ever been on
belongs to her `uncle and' is
located in Quebec.
"It is not like this farm," she
relates, "it seems to be mostly
trees and doesn't have riasture�
land like Huron County."
The Rutledge farm is a mixed
operation with.- dairy- cattle,
.. some beef, pigs and chickens.
Cheryl is taking part in many -of
the' activities around the farm •
involving the care of the stock
and other chores.
The guests arrive at ,their
destination d'n Tuesday and stay
a fall week before returning to
Toronto with their hosts who
will stay with the city families.
foi . the folloring. week..,
6, Goderich as part' of a Rural Urban Exchange Sponsored by the_______,
Department of Agriculture and Food. (staff photo) ►
A Public Utilities Commission employee lifts the wires forthe house°of Ray Young to move underneath
while the town police block off traffic'on Hamilton Street. Mr • Young was moving the building from,St.
Andrews Street.
•
W.R. parsons Movers tow the house .around the Square the wrong way. Owner Young had to receive
permission from Police Chief F red Min'shal Ifirst. Going around the'Square the other way was found .to
be a more direct route to Kingston St.
•
Livestock, and living on a farm where theee's'kits of it, is a wh'Ti e ' experience for Cheryl Ann Gray,
left, a Toronto girl who is visiting the Rutledge farm at R.R.6, Goderich,. as part of an'Urban Rural
Exchange program. Cheryl finds that life on a farm is a freer form of living than`she is used "to at her
-• home in Rexdale. Her hostess Jean Rutledge is seen as the girls make friends with a quiet cow• (staff
Enterhitnment plorel
Drama, music everyday
In addition ,to its many other
facets the 1972 Art Mart, which
opens M Court House Park.
today, will have 'an
entertainment festival presented
by fourgovernment sponsored -
groups from the area.
Oneof those groups will be
Goderich's own Opportunities
For Youth program' "Folks"
who will open the festival with a
performance of children's
theatre 'in the park this
•
afternoon at 2:00 p°m°
In addition there will also be
Youth in, Action, program
groups, Air and Earth (a theatre
troupe) will present
performances Friday and
Saturday afternoons in the park
beginning at 2:00 p.m. They will
also ,stage evening shows in.
'MacKay Hall at. 8:00 p.m.
Air and Earth will 'stage
productions featuring childrens
theatre, Shakespeare, George
Eiernard Sha'vir, and Matlack
Another YIA group, Silent
Partners are also set to appear
during Art Mart. The mime
group will appear at MacKay
Hall Saturday afternoon
beginning at 3:00 p.m.
The Stratford Youth Theatre
is also scheduled -to aippeair,
although a final place and time
have not been announced. This
YIA group will present
"Shiveree" a - folk .production
about .PerthCounty, _ ..
The two-storey house turns off the Square onto Kingston Street, and traffic resumes its usual direction
around the Square.
Ray Young's house nbw sits on iii new location, 163 Elgin Ave. E., across frim Jaffrey's lumber yard.
Mr. Young, mapping supervisor for Huron and Perth counties, buys old houses and fixes their' up foi~.a
-.hobby. Ho will .have the house reb�ricked. " .
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