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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-08-14, Page 22•.N .1 PAGE"19oDERICHSIGNALSTAR,THURSDAV, AUGUST 14, 1975 Pl�yground staff ends busy,ucesfuI summer Luring the hectic summer vacation period when children become bored and restless, a mother's best Mend r isthe_ town's playgrounds ff. The six talented young people working the playgrounds• this year offered youngsters bet- ween the ages of six and 12 a variety of indoor and outdoor activities over the six week duyation of the program. This marks the last week of ac- tivities offered by the playground staff,, Next week Playgrounds '75 will operate a day camp, at" Point Farms Provincial Park from NJtnday to' Friday. The camp's program will' involve orienteering, games, hikes, crafty: swimn__ ming _and other _ related camping activities including a sleepout, The children will be bussed to,and from the camp, The playground staff in- cludes Roberta. Hays; Nancy • Needham, Sheila Montgomery, and Marva Jackson who have been with the ."staff for two years and Jed DeJong who joined the staff this summer.' The group works under the supervision of "'Linda Carman who has . worked on the • fl 1 B ftP N E CORNER Mrs. G. Kaittinq MEMORIAL SERVICE A, good crowd gathered, at Colborne Cemetery, Sunday afternoon, August 10 tor the memorial service, Friends and relatives •had gathered to pay. tribute to the departed and the • many flower -marked graves ,showed the love and high esteem they had for those who "had gone before. Doug McNeil, Reeve of Colborne; spoke appropriate words to the' people • that were gathered. Several . musical selections were furnished by the McMillan Family as well"as 'providing the accompaniment for the hymns. • Rev. L' eonard Warr delivered the message for the service; with the'text "Christian Hope "If Christ- had. riot risen, our Hope would be dead, -but let us strive to do good to others to be" true Christians, and rejoice:and be glad of our Christian hope," said Mr. Warr, COMMUNITY NEWS The sympathy of the coin- rounity is extended to Mr. a-nd Mrs, Orby Cook of Goderich Township and .Ted Cook •and family of Colborne Township in the sudden ',passing of young Oliver Cook., It is the time of year when people with gardens are using their home-grown pota;toesand vgetables: Fred Battersby r'ep'orted this week in digging up one 'of his.. hills of red . potatoes he had 23 good size usable potatoes to the hill and one of which weighed one arid a half pounds. Can 'anyone beat that? . Farmers ..-a-r-e . urged .not to leave load's, of hay or straw on the side of the road overnight as this, could 13e• a danger to motorists and also encourage vandalism. Guests with Mr, and °Mrs. Richard Buchanan during holiday time have been the latter's sister and family, Mr. and _Mrs. Ovide Labrie and daughters Linda and Dominique of Sherbrooke, Que., 'and some of 'their children.and families, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Walsh and famil of North Bay; Mr, and Mrs, Fred Buchanan and family of Acton; Mr, • and Mrs, Marzo and son Nathan of Guelph; and gran- dchildren Lisa and Lesley Buchanan fromSt. Thomas. We are sorry to report Mrs.. L.M. Pope._ is: a patient in Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, Mrs. Pearl, Watson is also a patient in A,M, '& G. Hospital, Goderich, Their many. friends wish them a speedy recovery. Mr; Emily Cory is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London. SOFTBALL The, girls played last Tuesday evening, August ' 5, and the results were: Junior girls, Colborne B team defeated Stanley team sbore •. 19-14•; Colborne A .team ' defeated Goderich Twp. team. Thursday, August . 7,the Junior boys team played: Colborne A ' team ,,defeated. Stanley team, Monclay,-AUgust 11, the boys `played with.Colborne 13 team won over Colborne A team, score 16-10-; and Goderich Twp. }team' . won . over.' Colborne C team, score 28-9. • This Tuesday evening, August 12th,- the girls will be. playing with . Colborne B'' vs Colborne A team. • Next week Monday. evening, August 18,' the boys will play: Goderich Twp,. B team vs.. •Colborne A team; • Colborne 8 team vs., Stanley -'B team; Colborne' .,C team will not be playing: It is expected'that. this week will finish the girls' teams. Due to splendid weather for softball this summer the games scheduled have been record time. playground staff for three years Prior `to the initiation of the playground program—the ,ta€f- attended a leadership training camp at Camp Menesetung. Playground personnel from. all municipalities in Huron .County attended the camp which A)t-11i',..�r1� rel'inning; arts and crafts development. and child The -playground progra rn began July 7 and this year children had to pay a registration fee to help defray costs of arts and crafts materials and trips. The first week's activities included a • • NOTES FROM THE NILE Mr, and Mrs, Ron Goldring from Surrey"".ngland, visited with • his sister, Mrs. Sam Mabon and family for a few days, Mr, and Mrs. Ted Achilles of Hearst visited with Mr. and Mrs. J. Clements and families for a couple of days recently. There will be no -church or Sunday School until the • first Sunday in September. Michael Miller" and some friends visited 'in Pugwash, Novi: Scotia, with his. great- grandparents, Mr. 4nd Mrs. Avard Thomson. , The ladies of the U.C.W. met 4-H leaders take - course for tall project • The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and - Food is sponsoring 4H ' H,omemakingf' Clubs for Fall in Huron County. There has been a revival of interest in,. the skills, arts 'and crafts of yesteryear. Bread - making has,,, become • in- creasingly popular and because of this, a new project developed called' "Let's Bake Bread." Club members will. learn the techniques 'of making. bread and rolls. A varietypf recipes is included for homemade breads. and theeatr use ` in .meals and snacks. , • Miss Jane Pengilley, Horne Economist for' Huron County, will be conductingthe"following Leaders' Training Schools from Auglrst 25 • to September -'23 across the county. In Blyth the course runs Monday 'and Tuesday, Sep- tember 8 and 9 at Blyth United Church in Clinton, Wednesday and ' Thursday, September lu and 11 at'Wesley-Willis United Church. FOR FAST RESULTS USE EDS played inn 524-8331 CLASSIF1 u. »..r/io3+Yc1uws9ME'�f.,: ,n.,�°caY.w• •. Mrs. Jack ClemeDtls. 5M9-7640 ^~ at the church on Monday evening, and finished making plans for the, bazaar and bake sale on August 20. They also• discussed the auction sale coming up on September .6. at the Church. Anyone Who has - any ,donations for this sale, could call Ron Pentland at 529- 7413 and he will give you any details. Congratulationsto the boys and girls who successfully passed their swimming exams on Tuesday. A number of people from this' -area attended the "Fiddler's Contest" at Shelburne on the weekend,' " Kathy Pentland, ,• Glen Doherty, .Philip Young and Michael Hawkins are .away for a couple dys to Waterloo College attending a convention for the 4-H Club. A speedy recovery, is wished for Mrs. Howard. Sproul, 'who has been in London Hospital for about three weeks again. Hippie Iiay, scavenger hunt and art s: and crafts, During the second week of the program mmfI children en- joyed a 50's`dance at the arena that featured a twist contest and-s'pot dance. The following "week the, children took to the dance floor again but that time they were taught,, the art of square dancing. of the playground .lctivlties during the second -half of the program, were geared toward the Nickel Carnival and White Elephant and Bake Sale, which raised money for their'ugust 5 tripto the Ontario Science• Centre. The Nickel Carnival ,Was held. at Judith Gboderham Pool and featured a draw, bingo, -17 dunking machines, water gun fun,,, bean bag toss, a fishing pond, a fortune teller and✓ - refreshments. and . Marva ' handled the . children between the ages of nineand-t 'This year the Goderich playground staff offered . children a varied and con- structuve program of summer fun. The children are not only involved in constructive fun but they are also given some leadership and direction. Also this year the staff divided the children into age. groups because of the varted inter.e'st,� between the children. Sha and Nancy looked after the program for the six to eight year olds, while Jed Roberta' Members of the Goderich Playground staff have become ac- customed to being surrounded by children all summer, The staff includes Marva Jackson, Jed DeJong, Roberta Hays and. • supervisor Linda Carman. The summer playground program • elided its activities this week. 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