Clinton News-Record, 1981-08-06, Page 19Some people are beginning to think Christmas, and the donations for Clinton toy centre
and coming in. Toys are piling up in John Balfour's basement and in September they will
be moved to the library's second floor. There they will be painted and repaired and given
out to less fortunate children in the area. (Shelley McPhee photo
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There's nothing like a relaxing
weekend away to completely exhaust
you. I mean the body just hasn't been
right since. My thumb, that I closed in
the fridge door, still aches, those late,
late nights still have me running at 25
per cent of my normal`capacity, and I'll
never look a gin bottle straight in the
eye a gain.
It was a great idea, to pack up the
sleeping bags and beer, the Frisbee and
the.suntanoil, and head for the cottage.
It was a delighfully mad weekend for
17 good pals, simply a crazy and lazy
weekend. The hardest tasks were
throwing out the. paper plates and
negotiating the steps down to the beach.
For an entire three days we simply
lounged, caught up on our summer
reading, took in a bit of sailing, roasted
marshmallows, slept in until noon and
sang all of our favorite songs under the
moonlit sky.
The boys could party all night long
without catching any evil eyes from the
girls. How lovely, they simply threw
caution to the wind.and carri&d on until
dawn. We, the better halves, for once
didn't have to sit and wait, and wait
until our fellows finished their
evening's activities, before heading
home. The cottage was home, the boys,
could have all the fun they wanted, and
we girls sweetly said, "Good night,"
and drifted off into dreamland when the
notion struck us.
We lived in bathing suits and our
"grubbies." The girls didn't concern
themselves with make up and curling
irons, and the boys, well they just
carried on partying, morning, noohand
night.
• Our Saturday afternoon trip to town
simply made us realize how grea the
crazy, lazy cottage life was. We\just
couldn't handle the traffic, the maze of
grocery aisles, the people and the mass
confusion.
Yet somehow we were able to handle •
the confusion that 17 people can cause.
It didn't really matter if someone's
socks were missing. There was no
problem with the four fridges jammed
full with food and refreshments. It
didn't matterwhat loaf of bread you ate
from, or whose orange juice you drank.
It was okay that ten people milled •
around the stove, each cooking eggs in
their own special way. No one minded
the bathroom line-ups, losing their
pillows, their shoes and sharing their
toothpaste.
It was a fine weekend - until the
realization came that the holiday had .
ended. It was time to face the reality of
heading home, of washing a load of
dirty clothes, of re -cooperating. and
preparing for another week of the 9 to 5
grind.
If we were normal thinking,
responsbile adults we all would have
been farther ahead to forget about the
holiday, the weekend spree and a few
days off. When all was said and done, it
was simply exhausting. Ahh, but we
love punishment, we love letting loose
and we'll continue to stumble through
the mornings after. The First Annual
Cottage Expedition was worth it all,
and will make for great stories at next
year's event.
NOTICE
PAYMENT OF
P.U.C. BILLS
Due to the postal strike, Public
Utilities Bilis will be available on
August 5, 1981 at the Public Utilities,
Commission office, 17 Park Lane,
Clinton, Ontario.
The due date will be August 17, 1981.
Kindly get in touch with the Public
Utilities Commission office in person
or call by phone 482-9601 to arrange
payment.
The P.U.C. office will be open from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. It is
your responsibility to pay the P.U.C.
billings If more inform tion is
required, do not hesitate to call 482-
9601.
CLINTON
PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION
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unlop Days feature old-time fun
BY JOANNE BUCHANAN
Goderich's Huron County Pioneer
Museum attracts thousands of tourists
each year and is a very important part of
this town and its history. But how many
local residents ever visit the museum?
It may be hard to believe, but there are
people living in Huron County who have
never even set foot inside the museum.
And, of course, there are many people here
who don't visit the museum often enough
to keep up with the new exhibits constantly
Yeggs steal tractor here
In the past week, two garden tractors
have been stolen from area businesses.
The Seaforth OPP reported that on August
6 a garden tractor valued at over $5.,000
wars stolen from Vincent's Farm
Machinery in Seaforth and the Clinton
Police reported that on August 8 a garden
tractor, worth $4,443, was taken from
Clinton Ford Tractor.
The Linton Police also reported a break
in at the Clinton Cemetery shed on August
6 and the Seaforth Cemetery shed was also
broken into as well. Nothing was stolen in
either break in attempt.
Constable Jim McLeod ofi the Seaforth
OPP also reported that more than $4,000 in
Royal Doulton figurines and jewelry have
been stolen from the Tuckersmith
Township home of Maynard Corrie.
The jewelry and figurines were stolen
from the home while the Corries were
vacationing last week. Investigation still
continues in that case.
After more than a decade in business Cleta Holland and Elwin Merrill are selling
Holland's Shoe Store to an Exeter couple. Cleta and Elwin will continue to serve
customers in the new shoe shop. I Shelley McPhee photo)
s,m MANY BARGAINS!
DASHWOOD PATIO DOORS
fro. $515. 51S•
DASHWOOD WINDOWS
30% OFF LIST
PANELLING
Good Selection
10% OFF
MY REGULAR
LOW PRICES
CEILING TILES - LESS 10%
BARN DOOR TRACK
3 0®/® OFF LIST
KEM PAINTS
VARATHANE
AMEROCK HARDWARE
...oil greatly reduced!
12'
WHITE
COLORLOK SIDING
$86•4°
86•40 BUNDLE (96 SO. FT.)
$66 .9 5 BUNDLE (72 SO. FT.)
WHITE
ALUMINUM SIDING
$87.95 BUNDLE (99 SQ. FT.)
ALUMINUM FASCIA - 6" & 8"
5/16" SPRUCE
PLYWOOD SHEATHING $ 1 0
•
4' x 8' Sheet
3/8 FIRPLY
SHEATHING $10
10 70
4' x 8' Sheet •
5/8" T. & G.
FIRPLY $22
4' x 8' Sheet • 5 0
BRUSHES - SCREW DRIVERS - LEVELS - HAMMERS - HANDSAWS
BOLTS - LAGS - WOODSCREWS - UTILITYIKHIVES
WE HAVE DOORS - CEDAR, ENTRANCE, SLAB, BIFOLDS
PREFINISHED TRIM
BUILDING S
CLINTON'
PRiNctSS ST. MST
IES
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being added.
With this in mind, curator Raymond
Scotchmer and his staff organized the first
annual Tiger Dunlop Days last year, a two-
day event to attract local residents to the
museum land named for the founder of
Goderich, Dr. William `Tiger' Dunlop).
Since the museum contains old-fashioned
items, the event featured old-fashioned
demonstrations, contests and en-
tertainment and it all added up to old-
fashioned Jun. It was a moderate success
too, considering the fact that it was a first-
time effort and that a Sportsfest was being
held in town on the same weekend. -
This year, the second annual Tiger
Dunlop Days • has been planned for
Saturday, August 15 and Sunday, August
16 and it is hoped that it will be an even
greater success.
Terry Marshall, a post -secondary
student from Goderich and one of two
students hired through the town's tourist
committee to work at the museum this
summer, has been concerning • herself
exclusively with the organization of Tiger
Dunlop Days. She has handed out
brochures and tacked up posters all over
town.
For entertainment, Terry has lined up
the Klompen Dancers from Monkton; the
Goderich Squares and the Huron Strings,
the Wheel. 'n Dealers and the Old -Time
Square Dancers from Clinton. These
groups will perform both days on a stage
set up outside on the museum grounds.
Inside the museum on both days at
specified times, there will bt demon-
strations of spinning by Harriet Boon of
• Jamestown; weaving by Ruth Knight of
Goderich; quilting by Mrs. Adams of
Goderich; rope making by Cam Maguire
and Jane Smith of Goderich; and candle
making by the museum staff.
For those with a competitive spirit,
there will be a nail driving and bag tying
contest on Saturday and a sheath tying and
log sawing contest on Sunday. Winning
participants will receive cash prizes.
For those who like to eat, the Lions Club
will have a food booth set up. And on
Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. there will be a
beef -on -a -flan barbecue looked after by the
local Cadets.
Other features will include an outdoor
display of antique cars supplied by a
Kitchener antique car club as well as the
Goderich club. George Morely of Goderich
will play his Wurlitzer Band instrument.
Dave Hooten of the Milton Museum will
have a steam engine on display. Children
will be able to take pony rides and there
will also be buggy rides for adults offered
by Don Sowerby and Arnold Young.
On Saturday, Mayor Harry Worsell will
be piped onto the museum grounds by
piper Bert McCreath and on Sunday,
Huron County Warden Fred Haberer will
be piped to the event by piper Sid Lawson.
The admission to Tiger Dunlop Days is
$1.50 for adults; $1 for students and senior
citizens; and 50 cents for children. This
includes entry into the museum. Beef
barbecue tickets can be bought separately.
Tiger Dunlop Days is not a money-
making venture but rather a ,promotional
event. Admission collected will merely
cover costs.
Terry Marshall says she has been
having a lot of fun putting Tiger Dunlop
Days together. When it is all over, she will
complete her job by writing up a report on
the outcome of the event for her successor.
With the help of area residents she
will l--' able to write 'big success' in that
report.
How about it? Have you visited the
museum lately?
Point Farms plans weekend
There is lots of fun this
weekend at Point Farms
Provincial Park for area
residents, park campers and
visitors.
A variety of good reading
is available from the Huron
County Bookmobile from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on
Thursday, August 13. Meet
at 4 p.rn. for outdoor art
followed bya lively hour of
puppetry and story -telling at
the Barn Activity Center at 7
p.m.
On Friday at 4:30 p.m. bat-
ter up for a softball game
and then meet at the barn for
a Twilight Hour of films for
everyone's enjoyment.
Feeling creative? Join the
pottery workshop for all.
ages at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
There will be hayridesto the
Barn from each, campground
starting at 7:30 p.m. At 8
p.m. Ian Watt, a wildlife
technician with the Ministry
of Natural Resources Rabies
Research Unit at• Maple will
present Rabies In Ontario, a
program which will reveal
the latest findings in the field
of rabies research. Bring the
Whole family.
You are welcome to attend
an old-fashioned church ser-
vice. and sing -a -long at the
Barn on Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
Meet at the old hotel site at 2
p.m. for Kids' Stuff - lots of
games for children of all
ages.
For more information
about Point Farms, contaet
the Visitor Services staff
(524-7124) or pick up a week-
ly newsletter at the park's
Permit Office. Admission to
all events is included in the
entry fee to the park,
Point Farms Provincial
Park, located on Lake
Huron, just north of
Goderich on Highway 21 of-
fers excellent . opportunities
for swimming, sunbathing,
picknicking, sports
going
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Our sale is on
NOW
until Saturday, August 29
...when a warm welcome
will be extended to
the new owners
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