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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-11-02, Page 23I rt Luckncw'c.a Festival ws..from HORTICULTURAi„lsTS ) ,... ✓ Mrs.. Inde MacLennan was V � hostess to the . Ri 1tiry and • , District Horticultural Society. on Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Tuesday.." McCh.arlea, Mr.and Mrs. Omar -,,,The* speaker Mr, David ressman from the Brooks, and 'Mrs. Russ Ritchie spent the week -end in London Conservation Authority showed representing the Lucknow Craft slides and explained the various Festival Committee at the Lon- aspects of Conservation such as • end. Johnnow attends Univer- sity i.n. Toronto where he has en tared a course, in Medicine. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Bradley spent the weekend' in the Chatham Leamington area and called on Alman Fowlers at Pienheim. Mr. and Mrs. Art Mat- thewman spent the weekend in Vlr. and Mrs: Ewan MacLean Moan Arts and Crafts show in the our wood lots, ponds, ravers, tvir and Mrs. Ivan MacLean _ y ., ......_. .,K- _,..»,., -... ,..re.orea.on..,-w„ tia..r as�.,�.e... H.4s Bandon Armor'ie� „ ..,ked,..x.,-.....rc,...,„ ...,.. .... _ - _... ,,„. members to , picture; if they Here the Lucknow group were could, a tree-les,s countryside, a congratulated' on having held land so well drained that no one of the best organized Craft bird, or wild flower would grow, Shows held in the Province of He left much food for thought Ontario during 1972. ' and was much enjoyed by the ' largest - gathering 'of Horticultural memkaers in some' , time. Mrs. Bert Mason was the con- vener and deserves credit in ob- taining such a good speaker. eet 1Ylke Dyma Goderichks , new recreation director, Mike Dymond, is now on the job and hard at work from his office in.the Goderich Develop- ment facilities, 26 The Square. Mr. Dymond comes to Goderich from Kingston where he was the director of recreation at Pitt- sburgh Township. Graduating from the University of Guelph , in 1965, the Recreation Director spent a year with the St. Albans Boys' Club ,in Toronto, working as a craft and cultural program director. His duties with the, club included developing and conducting craft and cultural programs as well as youth counselling. After leaving Toronto, Mr. Dymond worked with the city of Galt, Parks and Recreation Department as Director of Programs for four years: In that position he was responsible for supervision of full and part-time staff, determining program needs, "developing and conducting programs, work with and for various community citizens' ,groups to assist in mutual problem iden .tifving and solving and program planning. He also, had administrative and budget responsibilities and facility administration under him. At -his position in Kingston he was responsible for establishing recreational services in the township, planning 'and development of a major , approved park, seeking out established community groups and assisting in the forming of additional and necessary citizen groups for the purpose of identifying program and facility needs. Many of these matters will also be conducted by the new Director here in Goderich as he sets up the first full-time Recreation. Director's office in thecommunity. Recreation board beard proposed outlines of -duties for. Mr. Dymond, at their meeting last week that will further indicate his responsibilities. Approval on the outline will be made after iris further studied and changed in any way seen fit. • ' ' Mr. Dymond's office may be reached at 524-8373. Even trees get wild Some shrubs and trees are unable to develop strong roots of their own. A plant with a 'weak root system will be weak If throughout, says R.F. Gomme, horticultural specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. - a Many ornamental plants, in- cluding flowering almond, crab apple, fruit trees and almost all rose bushes, are propagated by budding or grafting a different variety to their .root. When one of these plants goes "wild", growth directly from the root -system has developed about the 4 These compliments were in order due to the fact that over one hundred Ontario Craftsmen . were permitted to participate in .such a show, with no discrimination made as to the 'various crafts. The Lucknow Agricultural soil., If this growth is not removed, it will eventually starve and crowd out the hybrid variety that has been grafted to it. The only -way to find out whether* suspected growth is' wild is to trace it back to the place of origin onr the stem. When growth begins below the swelling on the stem just below ground level,'. it's likely wild. If it's above the swelling, it will be hybrid growth. When pruning away unwan- ted -growth, make a clean cut as -close as possihle..,ta._the_ stem,_. THEY'RE HERE FROM WASHABLE WOOL & TREVIRA KNITS WF70—single- breasted blazer with patch pockets, in houndstooth pattern knit. Sizes 10, to 20 Each $40.00 WF72---slightly flared matching pants, elasticized waistband. Sizes 10 to 18 Each $20.00 SHOppE GODERICH OPEN . FFRIDAY NIGHT TILL 9,e e. spent the weekend in •.$&rnia and'Wyoming. Visiting Mrs. Emile MacLen nan are her two grandchildren of Sarnia, Tena and Jason Mor- ton. - Mrs. Wellington Webster was a recent visitor cin Akron Ohio with her daughter Jean' and husband and attended the baptism of her grandchild: ITEMS by INTEREST . Society will 'benefit by about -A story of the life of Mrs. $2000 for the year 1972 due to David MacMurchy is available C of , ee inl tfie arena s from Mrs Henry MacKenzie SPA ,and oui= N�rsT'F7\ilacN�'urchey's daughter - side the arena amounted to prepared the booklet and memoirs of a pioneer lady of our community.. John McCharles of Petrolia spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McCharles. Mrs. Jim Bradley has retur- ned home from hospital in Lon- don, where she spent a few days recently. John Bradley was a visitor at 'his home here over the week - $848.00 this year, at • $1..00 a foot. This meant a decided in- crease over the 1971 show. No percentage of"sales was collec- ted other than the 5% sales tax. sent in to the Ontario Depart- ment. Admissions, • even tho' they were only 25 cents per person amounted to almost $1600.00 with hundreds having passes and participation tickets. . Expenses included such items as rent for the arena, security, free meals for workers, new signs, advertising which was a big item considering the Beach directories, ' Vacation Guides, radio TV. papers across Ontario and folders that were distributed across Canada and the U.S. Souvenir Booklets were printed and sold, and some of these are still available from committee. members. No member of the five couple committee received any remuneration but gave of their time and talent to promote the big event, and for all this they were complimented and congratulated for such a fine piece of community work which is commendable in the eyes of Craftsmen and Craft Organisations throughout the Province -When You .Shop Say... SAW .:IT JN THE SIGNAL AN I Octogenarian Ciub .01 if Yo . i `• sShop�Say: ..,� I S AIN ITINTHE . • SIGNAL Mr. b4arry. Powelltof 44 Anglesea Street in Goderich celebrates his 87 birthday on November 7. If you know of someone who will be celebrating an 80th birthday or better in . the near future and ou-Td7Ike -to Piave firs"or her name mentioned in this column, please telephone 524-8331 giving the name, .address, age .and birthday of the celebrant. There is absolutely no charge for this service and we are pleased to hear from all of you, . Big '0' Winner �ees�He��aItPlar�� Mac Mac"bo.ugall, field representative of Big '0' (right) with Mr. Lloyd Bender of RR -2, Crediton, winner of the Big '0' ' 10 acres Free Draw' at the international Plowing Match. Mr. Bender visited the • Big '0' plant at Hensall recently to see plastic drainage tubing being produced and to collect his prize of 8,750 feet of 4 -inch diameter tubing: sakv=AvAvAwevAwAvAvA.vAra=AvAvA3vpev 544Nola i, Nag Notc gz wo:ie"" V 0 X n 0 m 0 ce = ILI �o.1 5: tio w .i XZ o MATINEE SATURDAY AFTERNOON 4-6 p,tn, ****************** TIIE FLOWER TIIAT WON TIIE pEACE... SUPPORT THE HOUSE TH.t POPPYCANVASS by members of Branch 109, Royal Canadian Legion Friday lit Saturday November 3 & 4 THE POPPY IS THE MEANS BY WHICH LEGION BRANCH 109 1S ABLE: 1) To raise funds for the relief of distress among veterans and their dependents; 2) To provide work for disabled Veterans who make the wreaths and poppiesU at Vetscraft; 3) To preserve the memory of those 104,000 Canadians who gave their lives in the service of their country. Legion Church Parade t, SUNDAY,NOVEMBER5, 11-a.m. St. George's Anglican Church All Legion members and .,veterans `will film up at the Legion Hall ,at iOj30 a.m. Dress - Beret and Medals, . 411 C."