Clinton News-Record, 1981-10-21, Page 11Members of the Bayfield Yacht Club took advantage of the sunny weather last Saturday
to ban together and rent a crane to take out their boats, ending a sailing season for
another year. Here they are framed by a fishing tug. (James Fitzgerald photo)
Seniors meetfor rally
The sixth Fall Rally of
Zone .8 U.S.C.O. was held on
October 14th . in Goderich
Township Community Cen-
tre.
One hundred and twenty-
three persons registered.
The , Call to Order was at
10:30 with the president,
Mrs. Nola Love wearing a
beautiful corsage, a gift of
the. 50th wedding anniver-,
sary she and her husband
Mr. Ross Love recently
celebrated. Several other
couples in -the audience
recently celebrated anniver-
saries and all were con-
gratulated.
0 Canada was sung • ac-
companied at the piano by
Charlotte Norman. Rev.
James Bechtel read his
favorite passage from the
19th chapter of St. Luke and
spoke about the life of
Zaccheus, the tax collector.
Reeve Grant Stirling
welcomed all present and
Mrs. Irene 'Johns, zone
secretary, read the minutes
of the Spring Rally at
Vanastra.
Mr. Ross Love gave the
treasurer's report and Mrs.
Irene Davis of Hensall in-
troduced the guest speaker,
Mrs. Rosemary Armstrong,
co-ordinator of Huron ,Day
Care Centre. She showed
slides of the various services
offered and gave an in-
teresting and informative
commentary on them.
To older people Huronview
still has the stigma of
' "poorhouse" as some are.
unable to meet the expenses
there and in other nursing
homes: The Day Care Cen-
tre's objective is to keep peo-
ple in their own homes as
long as possible with trained
personnel from Home Care
and the. Victorian Order of
Nurses. •They can use
volunteers from all 4ver
Huron County. The Cehtre
also has a Stroke Recovery"
Centre at a 'cost of $5.00 per
day with " a meal and
transportation is reasonable.
Mr. Edwin Johns thanked
Mrs. Armstrong and
presented her with a gift.
After lunch was served
Charlotte Norman was at the
piano and a sing -song of old
favorites was enjoyed.
Mrs. Hazel McNaughton
gave an account of the Con-
vention in Kingston in
August. Mr. Wat Webster
played a tune for the Scot-
tish, one for the Irish and one
fbr everyone.
Mrs. Irene Johns told
about the Vial of Life - Stick
a red logo on or near the
refrigeator door. Inside the
door. place the vial contain-
ing information of illnesses
and allergies of each family
member. This is valuable for
"'persons living alone - if
'found unconscious. The doc-
tor or ambulance driver
knows what should be done.
Mrs. Ella Frame played
the mouthorgan and the
nominating committee
report was given. A draw for
four baskets of apples was
arranged by Everett McIl-
wain. Frank Pentland and
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dicated that they were
flourishing. The two main
department stores were
undergoing extensive altera-
tions and . improvements,
and despite the increased
prices of everything I looked
at, shoppers thronged the
main areas struggling with
inadequately wrapped pur-
chases. This was particular-
ly noticeable because there
is no doubt that in Canada
the consumer is well catered
to whenit comes to packing
and bagging his acquisitions.
In the grocers', instead of a
strong brown paper bag, the
three items I had bought
were handed to me to carry
as best I could. This is no
doubt, what accounts for the
shopping basket, often com-
plete with wheels, which
seems to be an essential part
of shopping equipment for
the British housewife.
From the coast I travelled
up to London, where
something of the atmosphere
of 'the Royal Wedding .per-
sists. St. Paul's Cathedral
was thronged with visitors,
and guides with muted
voices led their charges
around the church, describ-
ing the splendours of the
great occasion. During the
course of my visit, one of the
Cathedral clergy addressed
the visitors from the pulpit.
His request that people
should stand still for a few
moments, was immediately
complied with.
He welcomed the visitors
(who came from all over the
world) to this historical
Christian Church, said a
short prayer and blessed
them. The interval of quiet
respect was most im-
pressive, and I stayed a little
while listening to the choir
practice which followed.
Emerging in the afternoon
sunshine, the, bustle of the ci-
ty, the rumble of the traffic
continued unabated, and I
hurried ..away before the
onset of the `rush hour'.
It's some 40 years since I
had my first job in the West
End of London, and so my
visit would not have been
complete without some time
spent retracing my steps
along the familiar
pavements of Oxford Street
and Regent Street. The large
stores, with their lavish and
tempting window displays,
were little changed other
than in style. There was no
dearth of shoppers, but one
noticeable difference was in
the attitude of the salespeo-
ple,, who seemed to have ac-
quired a much more helpful
approach to their
customers!
Inflation is apparent in
every aspect - food, clothing,
property, rents and
transportation, and the lat-
ter is a major item for com-
muters whose increased
fares represent. a large part
of their working expenses.
As in any other city in the
world, eating out can range
from haute cuisine to greasy
spoon, but knowing where to
go to get what you want at a
price you can afford helps to
alleviate this problem. A
plowman's lunch in a local
pub is still one of the best
buys, although the accompa-
nying drink now costs con-
siderably more than it used
to. Theatre seats are expen-
sive, but nevertheless, from
what I saw the theatres are
well patronized.
Accompanying my friends
on household shopping ex-
peditions revealed a certain
apathy with regard to the
cost of food, although I did
note that there was a distinct
tendency to take more time
over this chore in order to
compare quality and prices.
By and large, people seem to
accept the increases but in
catering for their families
they tend to revert to old war
time habits in producing
meals which take longer to
prepare from cheaper cuts
of meat.
Inevitably, opinions on
Government policies varied
according to the bias of those
with whom I talked. My visit
coincided with the annual
Labour party conference,
and it was difficult to recon-
cile the solutions offered by
the Party leaders with the
practicalities of the situa-
tion. Many of the people with
whom I talked felt the Prime
Minister's stringent ap-
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preach was neeeesaryt
others felt that the time had
come to make some corn -
Promises. The new1► formed
Liberal group WO seemed
to be gaining support
politically, was nevertheless
regarded somewhat
cautiously, perhaps because
people have come to realize
that there is no magic, quick,
happy ending solution to
their economic problems.
By coincidence, the first
Friday of my visit I was
booked to speak at a meeting
of Medical Secretaries in a
hospital on the South Coast.
The chairman, who arrived
in somewhat of a rush ex-
plained that she had been
delayed because she works
at a hospital in East
Grinstead which was the
rendezvous that weekend for
a big reunion of allied
airmen, who, during the war
had received pioneer plastic
surgery there. I knew, of
course, that these included
the Gtanadian wing, one of
whom, ?4r. Norman
McHohn, came from just
outside Bayfield!
One thing I thoroughly en-
joyed was the quality of the
television programs in the
U.K. From . comedy to
straight drama, presenta-
tion of news and current af-
fairs, there was an expertise
in casting, production and
presentation which would be
hard to beat. Tuning in to the
one and only commercial
channel, it was ageip
noticeable that the material;
acting, layoout, consumer
appeal, technique in colour,
design and lettering was of
the highest professional
standard.
Most people felt that the
recent unrest and riots were
not due entirely to
unemployment problems,
although they were con-
tributory. It would be wrong
for me to try and analyze the
situation over such a short
period and' with limited ac-
cess to all the facts. Such
comment as I was able to ob-
tain-Varied.
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tain it alied.
In one instance I was told
of an employment agency
that had jobs on its books
which they were unable to
fill because people would not
accept work other than that
in their own particular field,
and preferred to remain
unemployed until suitable
vacancies occurred. A
school leaver told me that
she had applied for and been
interviewed for three vacan-
cies - and had been accepted
for all three!
For other school leavers
the situation is frustrating,
shortage of jobs in their
home areas, a very com-
petitive market for such jobs
as are available - thus going
from school with little pro-
spect of work inevitably
creates groups of young peo-
ple who are virtually becom-
ing what might be called the
professional unetpployed. It
is a sad oto*, , as P
hl ory 'shotapilal, tone Wbich
repeals dseif during periods
of recession. The vast tit -
crease in poppnlatt dveer`re-
cent years and overcrowding
in large cities doesnothing to
relieve the. situation. Never-,,
theless, the welfare state
struggles to provide for its
less fortunate menthe*,
I was discussing the pro,
blems with a cockney taxi
driver, whop lap :mg;
discovered that
emigrated to Canada, told
me in no uncertain term
that "even if things were not it
so good - he wouldn't leave 0
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