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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-05-17, Page 18• cr» PAGE 6A —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1973' SUGAR 'N' SPICE What would you' like to see if you were going to England this summer? Thee changing of the Guards? The Tower of Lon- don? Shakespeare's home town? Wordsworth's lake coun- try? Winchester Cathedral? This is not yet a 'burning question around our house, but I've been giving it some thought. Somehow, •tramping around with a clump of tourists . while some guide spiels off a bored nionologue doesn't ap- peal to me. I spent many a leave in Lon- don during the war, and never did get around to seeing anything historical', ,beyond, a few ancient pubs. And when I think of the south of England. and the north of England, and Scotland, all that comes to mind is piles of picturesque pubs. I did spend an afternoon in the cathedral at Chester. But that was because I was with a Kiri, and it was cool and private in there. And the pubs weren't open yet. I .spent a month within a stone's throw of ancient Kenilworth Castle, and didn't • get near it. The castle was in the opposite direction to an an- cient and venerable thatch - roofed pub, out in the country. Another "two months was spent near Shrewsbury, one of the very old county towns, no doubt crawling with history. All I can remember are two 'pubs, the. Red Lion and the Old Post Office. When we didn't go there, we nipped across the nearby \'Welsh border to the lit- tle town of Oswestrv, where there was a pub with a roaring open fire and a constant game of Tip -It, an old game that is as psychological as poker. One of the few historical sites I did visit was in the old, market town of Dumfries, in Scotland.' The site was — you guessed it — a pub where the bard Robbie Burns spent most of his evenings when' he lived near there. I felt pretty cultural about that. When in London, do as the Londoners do, was my motto. And you don't find them stan- ding around gawking at the guards or limping on weary ar- ches through the Tower: You find them in the pubs. Sound like one long, alcoholic orgy.? I hast/'n to assure you that it wasn't. It was a matter of choice, not a boozer's delight. You could, hang around the officers mess. This was a bleak. draughty place with a few ancient Magazines, :The only source of .heat was a fireplace with about three bits of coal sputtering in it, three or four fat senior officers with whiskies• in hand: Goderich FRENCH Dry Cleaners 35 WEST ST. I ` 1, 524-8452 Or you coulli get on your" bike, with a few kindred souls, and huddle off through the rain to the pub. There you found warmth, • both physical and social. Girls — Navy, Land Arrnv, Waaf. -Local colour. Games — darts or shove -ha'- penny. And if you hit the right night and knew the barmaid, there might even be spam sand- wiches. The ale was incidental. Well, which of the two would you have chosen, if you were a young man? No question. Right? However, that brings me to my present predicament. I can't veru well take my wife all the way to England and expect her to be wildly enthusiastic over nothing but an extended pub crawl. Somehow I can't see her being ecstatic about bicycling through the rain to get in North Wales. It has room for twelve customers and we used -to get about thirty in there. She might enjoy the Cheshire Cheese, on Fleet St: Or the Wagon Shed, at 'Horley, the Nag's Head, behind St. George's Hospital on Kittygut St., or the Star and Garter, St. John's Wood. But one interesting pub by BI[[ SMIIEY becomes much like another af- ter a while, unless you just want to get in out of the rain, or unless you have memories. What it conies down to is this. If a man's going back to his old haunts, he should leave his wife at home. Otherwise, he'll hear something like, "What in the world do you see in this place? The "Golden Lion' my foot. It looks 'more like a brindled dog. When are we having lunch at Claridges?" So, I guess the only choice is to leave her at home. I'll miss her but I won't be lonely. I'm going to call a couple of old buddies, Jack Ryan and Bill Proctor, who have sentimental memories of the same pubs. Take them along. Woops. Ryan has six kids. Might be a bit awkward for him. And, oh yeah. Proctor took his wife to England a few years ago, introduced her to some of his old girl friends, with disastrous results. He's forbidden ever- to go again. Oh, well, I guess me and the Old Lady can sit and feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. Or go to Bournemouth and watch the old women whizzing around in their electric carts. Kinettes Members gather at Mount Forest for inter -club event The respective clubs of the Midwestern Ontario Kinette Club gathered recently for the annual dinner and meeting in St. Mary's Hall, Mount Forest. Represented at the meeting were the presidents or vice- presidents of the various clubs located in the nine locales of Clinton, Goderich, Exeter, Hen - sail, Harriston, Shelburne, Listowel, Wingham and Mount Forest. The Meeting was held under the theme "Kinettes Kruise" and was held for the presen- tation of the clubs' yearly reports of their activities by the presidents of the respective local groups. Two vice- presidents delivered the reports in place of presidents who were unable to attend. Also present at the meeting was district convener, Mrs., Linda Lowe; the district treasurer, Mrs. Vera Muir; the district- secretary, Mrs. Melva Dell; and the district bulletin editor, Mrs. Effie Goldchurx, all of Niagara Falls. Of the district executive present at the meeting, Mrs. NEWS FROM KINTAi.L Congratulations to Miss Shirley Robb whose graduation as a Food Supervisor from the Home Economics Class took place at Centralia College, on Friday May 11. 'Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Robb, Glenn, and San- dra attended the graduation exercises. Shirley has accepted a,position at Huronview, Clin- ton. Her new duties start on Mav 14. Congratulations to Mrs. Effie Collinson of Kintail who celebrated her 93rd birthday on Mav 11. Mrs. Collinson is quite spry and active in spite of her years and entertained a num- ber "of friends on Friday, who called to wish her well. Mr. and Mrs. Ewen MacLean spent Sunday in Petolia, at the home of her mother Mrs. Fran- ces Williamson. Dinner guests on Mother's Day at the home of Mrs, Emile Mac1'.ennan were Mr. and Mrs. Finlay MacLennan of Huron Twp; Mr. and Mrs, Donald MacLennan of Wingham; John and Annette MacLennan of Stratford; Mrs. Bruce Miller of Palmerston. , Johnny MacLennan is an ac- tor in the Shakespearean Festival play "Othello" in Stratford. He is the son of Jack MacL:etnnan, forrner[y " of- Lochalsh, fLochalsh, and was chosen from a large group of boys to play the .part. Pupils from the Brookside School Sr. rooms went to Huronview at Clinton Thur- sday evening to entertain with music rand skits taken from their Spring Concert. Miss Margaret Simpson at- tended a wedding at Delhi on Saturday. A double wedding took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland when Agnese Guaeagnina and A Wedding Gift that will be.. cherished for years to come ... ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINES JUNE BRIDE O�� � 0% SPECIAL . W have over 100 different figurines to choose from. Drop In any day, and evening• until 9 p.m. to make your selection. a mm OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK SQUIRE .GIFTS BAYFIELD ROAD GODERICH MRS. D. SIMPSON 529-1548 Gerardo Vassella and Carla Vassella and Dario Guaeagnina exchanged vows Saturday, May 12. They are flying to Canada on their honeymoon and were expected here Monday, May 14. They, will visit with their relatives Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vassella of this community and at the home of Mr. -and Mrs. Carl Vassella Of Hanover. Glerr Ferguson, Gary Kaye, Miss Jan Simpson and Margaret Simpson, Mr. and , Mrs. Cletus Dalton and Jen- nifer were weekend guests at the "home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simpson. A large group,, of ladies gathered at North Ashfield School to honor Andrea Halbert, - bride to be and showered her with -many lovely gifts. Mrs. Donald Hamilton and Mrs. Eric Hackett were hostesses. Readings were en- joyed by Mrs. Alex Andrew and Mrs. Ewen MacLennan. A con- test was given by Mrs. Cliff Emmerton. An rea thanked the ladies for the gifts. Piano music was suppled by Lillian Simpson. Miss Gayle MacKenzie, Flora Simpson, Mary Lillian, Helen and Cathy- Simpson were - in Lucknow Saturday evening to do Highland Dancing at the concert in the Public School sponsored by the Agriculture Society. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gibson have bought the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Elden Bradley. Mr. and, Mrs. George MacGregor of Copetown were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ross MacKenzie and Mr. and Mrs. Jack MacKenzie over the weekend. Bill Farrish has been in Wingham Hospital this past week. We wish him a very speedy .tecovery. Lowe was the only officer to present a report to the estimated 155 Kinsmen wives attending the meeting. Mrs. Lowe reported on the many area club aetivjties she has been involved with in the past year. Seated at the head table were, Mrs. Jean Jewett, club president, Clinton; Mrs. Wanda Reynolds, president, Exeter; Mrs. Judy Hiles, vice-president, Goderich; Mrs. Helen Maxwell, president, Hensel!: Mrs. Jill Yake, past president, Mount Forest and co -convener for the inter -club meeting; Mrs. Jackie Becker, also past -president of the Mount Forest club and con- vener ofv the interclub gathering.• Mrs. Marlene Israel, vice- president, Mount Forest; the area executive, Mrs. Linda Lowe, district convener; -Mrs. Melva Dell, district secretary; Mrs. Vera Muir, district treasurer; Mrs. Effie Gold- churx, district bulletin editor; Shirley Hay, president, Listowel; Mrs. Carol Norris, president, Shelburne and Mrs. Gwen Strong, president of the Wingham club also sat at the table. The presentation of reports was made immediately after the dinner, which was prepared and managed by the Mount Forest Catholic Women's League, and prior to a musical interlude supplied by the Mount Forest Barbershoppers,, who were introduced by Mrs. Don Yake of Mount Forest. The Barbershoppers sang a selection of six songs, for the assembled ladies. Following the Barbershop- pers' performance, the Kinettes were treated to a fashion show by the D.F. Shop located in Durham. The fashion show, which lasted approximately three quarters of an hour with a five minute intermission, featured 11 models with Mrs. Roberto Crapper from Toronto Providing the commentary of description for the fashions being displayed. Ninety Grade 7 and 8 •students from Huron Centen- nial School at Brucefield presented their spring program, "Showboat", on Monday after- noon. The show, directed by the musical director, Mrs. Doris McKinlay with piano accom- paniment by Mrs. Mary Moffat, was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone with. a fine display of musical talent. The Principal of the school, Arnold Mathers, introduced the program with the ap- preciation , of the residents ex- tended _by Hugh Walker. The Clinton Kinette Club en- tertained the ladies from Ground Floor North and Cen- tfe on Tuesday evening. at a social get-together at the Clin- ton Public School. Members of the Club provided transpor- tation to 'the school and, following .an evening of bridge, euchre' and crokinole, served lunch to the ,guests. From all reports, it was a most delightful evening. On Thursday evening If you are looking for: - • FARROWING PENS •__COW TIE & FREE STALLS • SOW TIE STALLS • WATER -BOWLS •_ FINISHING PENS _ • LIXIP -PIG NIPPLES- . 4""ALL":TYPES` OF -FEEDERS . 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