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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-05-24, Page 24PAGE 10A--GODERI&'N SIGNAL -8'1:. i3, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Gordon Dalley are residing In Clinton following their marriage April 19 at North Street United Church. The bride is the former Maureen Ann Moro, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moro, Goderlch. The groom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewar Norman, Goderlch. (photo by Eric Carman) 111110 Custom Farm Work Anhydrous Ammonia Applying PLOUGHING CULTIVATING PLANTING Goderich SPRAYING HARVESTING CROP DRYING 529-7.561 LAKE RANGE ACRES TIMOTHY J. HUNTER �ZZ Z�Z Z I Z Izx7Z-ZJIzZ Z-Zzdrzz-Z,.Tzz- Jrclx J J • DANCE at C.H.S.S. AUDITORIUM Clinton on FRIDAY, MAY 25 9 00 12 00 To MAJOR HOOPLE'S. BOARDING HOUSE WITH STJJDENT CARD 51.75 ADMISSION Refreshments WITHOUT CARD 52.00 19,20,21 azzaZzz,z44 Z I .T%I i t 1:Z-'� Z-Z-ZZ�Z�IZ�Z�Z�Z�S�ZI�ZJZ�Z�ZdZJIJ Get together with a man you can trust. ries your Texaco Farm Distributor And he s an expert Trust nim to help you keep your equipment in top condition r' to top quality lubricants .He II give you the most up-to-date information on equipment maintenance And he 11 do all this with excellent products at goon prices People tru ,t their Texaco man, That s why they keep corning ba' k .Ale trust you will too , VIC WALDEN FUELS Box 21, Maitland Rd. S. Goderich 524-8812 Montserrat ... (continued from page 4A) stalled by the Canadian gover- nment. At these tanks women gather to gossip as they fetch water or wash, their clothes, their. children or anything else that might need washing. Anyone selling soap in Mont- serrat must do very well indeed because cleanliness is moat im- portant. Meanwhile, with the days work complete, the men gather outside a rum shop to sprawl on the pavement in the glow of a street Tamp and play either dominos or an island game that makes use of dice and a board with holes along which the player advances stones. One evening I had the 'misfortune of topping a hill in our jeep a little too fast thus almost wiping out half the male population of Harris village as they played under a street lamp just down the slope. The men were most indignant about the whole affair since apparently any fool should have known there would be a game in. progress under that lamp. And so the social life of the local population goes on, cen- tred for the most part in the local villages and often within almost a family or tribal circle. There are surprisingly few family names on the island with perhaps half the island population sharing four or five common surnames. The reason for this being that Montserrat claims what must be one of the highest illegitimate birth rates in the world. Asking a father about his family and how many children he has will often bring a reply like, "Well I have six at home and I. guess eight outside." The "ofutside'' refers to children born to women other than his wife by—him. This should„ not draw any -conclusions about the lack of church activity on Montserrat. In even the smallest village 'there are at least two or three churches, but despite the efforts of the local pastors, and birth control pills provided virtually free, there are still a large num- ber of children born "outside". As mentioned earlier much of a Montserratians life is spent in the village of his or her birth.. In one case ,when Peg and I took two girls from Harris village to a movie in Plymouth, 12 miles away, it represented one of only a few times when one of the girls had ever been to the city. The same girl had never been to the' most northerly village on the, island which would only have been about 20 mike away. During our visit to Mont- serrat we stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wilkins and daughter Janet at their home in the subdivision of Spanish Pointe. There areseveral such "sub- divisions" on Montserrat which represent the areas where white residents may build homes. One view is also expressed that they are a sort of white ghetto. -- Spanish Pointe, being almost completely Canadian, is not the subdivision we think' of in North America but in the literal description of the word it is still a subdivision. The lots there are surveyed, serviced and sold by a developer but roads and surroundings are no different from any other area on the island. The native people come and go freely, working for the residents and pasturing their livestock on open lots. The pasturing is actually not sup- posed to take place but cattle stray across the front lawn and the situation is accepted by most as a fact of island life. In the subdivision the local milk man conducts his whole business operation. One morning we were up early and sitting on the balcony watching a spectacular Carib- bean sunrise when we saw this enterprising chap round up one of his cows pastured on an open lot next door, milk her, fill a number of run bottles and start out on his rounds,: arrives at each door leaving one or two bottles from his burlap sack, then remounts his donkey and moves along down the road. "We used to clean and boil those bottles faithfully," Alex explained, "but then we saw he was just throwing them under a bush after his rounds and picking them up next morning- so orningso now we just boil the milk" to be continued. JHAT'S NEW AT HUONYIEW Mrs. Luther of ,Hensall led the Christian Women's Club Sunday evening song service and several vocal numbers ac- companied at the organ by Mr. Luther. Mrs. Gwen Whilsmith of Exeter' was in charge of devotjons with Mrs. Windower giving a special Mother's Day reading. The United Church Women of Brussels visited the home on Monday afternoon. _This an- nual visit in May by U.C.W. is looked forward to by the residents and this year was no exception. The program iin- cluded vocal numbers by the quartet. Neba Scott, Ruth Hupfer, Sarah Stephenson and Barb McCutcheon with Mary Bryans as pianist for the afternoon. Selections by the rhythm band and square dancing by .a group of the ladies rounded out the program which was introduced by Rev. E.L. Drew. Treats were given to each member of the Home by the ladies and the ap- preciation of residents was ex- tended by Miss Florence McNaughton. Marie Flynn, Mary Taylor, Norman Speir and Jerry Collins provided the music for the Family Night program. ATTENTION SNOWMOBILEO OPERATORS Before you put that snowmobile suit away for the summer, be sure it will be in good condition when next winter's snow comes. Stains will be hard to remove in the fall and moisture which is in the suit now can cause mould if not stored in a dry place. • Be sure your snowmobile suit will be in good condition next winter — bring it in to us for expert cleaning. BLUEWATER GLEANERS 38 WEST STREET t. - PHONE 524-6231 This activity which is normally held on Monday was changed for this week as we have had, visiting groups on the Monday afternoons in May. Two new residents, Miss Margaret Kehn of Dashwood and Miss Mary VanCamp of -Exeter, were welcomed' to the home. The program included dance numbers by Debbie Flynn, vocal and instrumentals by Sandra and Ken Dale and Earl Flynn. Township recreation :arranged A moderate number of in- terested people from the Town- ships of Ashfield, Colborne and West Wawanosh met at Brookside School on May 17 to organize ball teams for the coming season. Clarence Dougherty acted as chairman for the Meeting. The age groups will remain the same as previousyear with the exception of the 12 to 16 year group._ It was moved that this group be changed to 12 to 15 years; the boy being 15 years old as of June 1. Regular season games must be completed by July 29, 1973. It is• the responsibility of the Home Manager to arrange any cancelled games and have them played before the end of the schedule or forfeit, the pointe, The 'girls' league will have two age groups; 12 and under; 13 and over. Keith Kilpatrick was nominated as chairman of the Ball League for this season. Donald McKenzie and John Austin will act as co- ordinators. It is hoped that on Wed- nesday May 23 a -larger number of people will be present at Brookside for another meeting to finalize these plans. Coaches and Umpires are urgently needed; both men and women. MR. AND MRS. E.A. FINCHER Local couple wed in England setting St. John. Baptist Church of England, Parish of Claines, Worcestershire, England,, was the scene of a wedding May 7 when Patricia Anne McIver and Eric Allison Fincher, both of Goderich, were united in marriage. The service was conducted. by the . Rev. Owen B.A. and the music was supplied by organist R.A. Carpenter assisted by the choir. The bride is the eldest daughter df Mr. and' Mrs. Leonard Willis, Goderich. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Fincher, Goderich formerly of Woi- cestershire and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fincher of Ladywood, Droitwich. The bride was given in marriage by Eric Thomas Fin - cher, uncle of the groom. She wore a full-length empire line dress in white shimmer nylon trimmed with white Not- tingham lace. Her white short veil was held in Place with a headdress of roses and leaves. She carried a bouquet. of white carnations, freesia and stephanotis with blue hyacinth pips. Matron of honor was Mrs. Patricia Bateman, cousin of the gl•oom. Miss Caroline Derry, a friend, ..was child .bridesmaid,__ They wore full-length blue and white floral crimplene em- pire -line dresses trimmed iwith white guipure lace. M.rs. Bateman wore a whiteicture hat trimmed with t e roses and carried a bougi,et of white carnations, freesia , stephanotis and blue=grape hyacinth. Miss Derry chose a white floral bonnet and carried a hall of mixed blue and white flowers. Best man was Norman Lowe, a cousin. The reception was at Hadley Bowling Green Inn. The couple honeymooned in Southern England before retur- ning to Goderich where they now reside. 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