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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-12-28, Page 2E GLASS/ALUMINUM PHOTOGRAPHY WINTER BOOTS REDUCED! OFPARRSS MEN'S-LADIES'-CHILDREN'S-BOYS'.GIRLS' GOOD ASSORTMENT OF SPECIAL LOTS SEIGEL'S SHOES PAGE 2—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1983 111 nts ca S`ir s se WINGHAM - Christmas ornaments are believed to have been the cause of a fire which gutted a two-storey brick home in Wingham. Although the house, owned by the David Shaw family at 400 Minnie Street, was left standing, Wingham Fire Chief Dave Crothers said he considers it a total loss because of the amount of d ar..'age. house. The value of the loss was estimated at over $50,000 which he said would . par- tially covered by insurance. The fire broke out while the Shaw family was away visiting friends and was discovered when a neighbor, Mrs. Arnold Dawson, saw flames through a window and called the fire department. Paul Caldwell Clinton ,A PLACE FOR KIDS isin. 46— t-, " Batty Sayings There are lots of sayings about bats; "You drive me batty", "Blind as a bat", and "Bats in your belfry" are just three of them. Bats aren't blind at all - their tiny eyes can see as well as most animals. But hats don't use their eyes at night when they're out looking for insects to eat. They use pitched squeaks to guide them instead. The squeaks bounce off things in the hat's way and echo back to the hats sensitive ears. 1f a bat thinks anything is in its way, it quickly changes directions. I3ats can even detect thin black thread on a dark night with these echoes. During the day, hats hang upside down wher- ever they will he left alone. Hollow trees, attics, mine shafts, and abandoned buildings are all per- fect places for bats. Church hell towers make a good daytime home for bats, which is why there's the old saying, "Bats in the belfry". People are often afraid of bats because they are associated with night and dark spooky abandoned places. If a bat is found inside a room, people often get frantic with fear and try to knock it down with a broom. This describes someone "going batty". Going Natty is silly because bats will leave a room if the window is open and the door shut. Distributed by Canada Wide Feature Service limited 1983 MacKay Fairfield Isabel Glen, a well known Stanley Township lady celebrated her 90th birthday on Dec. 26. (Shelley McPhee photo) DRYSDALE MAJOR APPLIANCE CENTRE LTD. . SALES WITH SERVICE "The Place to Buy Appliances" NEW AND USED HENSALL 262-2728 CLOSED MONDAYS s A V E Come early before your size is gone. We still have Make cold feet a thing of the past and save at the same time during Wuerth's annual WINTER FOOTW SALE AR All Ladies mess Shoes 20% Off and Dress Boots Clutch Purses & Ihawdbags Ladies Casual Winter Boots All Men's Winter Boots REDUCED TO CLEAR NOw 4593-499 (unless otherwise reduced) When purchased with shoes or boots 20% Off 369s-4695 Reg. to 59.95 Reg. to 56.95 EXAMPLE: Cougar and tractor boots (fleece Tined, leather Grab Kodiaks 8" insulated, sylflex leather, safety toe and sole WutrtL)'s SHOES Quality & Service Since 1938 Exeter and Clinton t t� .4 visot ... 69's !1° 2 STORES IN DOWNTOWN LONDON 129 DUNDAS-330 CLARENCE isa Sta ye rs yo el ' :len is ley's best known ne f i® 1a»..' fes At 90 -years old, Isabel Glen is still going Her brothers Jack and Don worked the strong. This Stanley Township lady farm, Isabel kept house, garden and dairy celebrated her 90th birthday on December and Ned and Jane Glen were able to enjoy a 26. happy retirement right on the farm. Well known throughout the area, Isabella Isabel's kitchen for the past 60 years has Pearl Glen was born on a wintery day, been a popular meeting place for neighbors December 26, 1893. Her parents Edward and relatives. She baked hoarier!' de bread Glen and Jane McFarlane lived on Lot 31, until she was well past :.;a and was famous Concession 3, and were both children of for the old fashioned flavor of her cake, pioneers on the fourth of Stanley. pies and preserves. She was also famous for Isabel was strongly influenced in her her knitting and crocheting and her childhood by her maternal grandmother delicately stitched petit point pictures line Eliza (Stewart) McFarlane and indeed the walls of the farmhouse. remembers many of the pioneers in the SS 1 Isabel remains modest about her ac - school area, the Diehls, the Stewarts, complishments. When complimented on her MacFarlanes, Pearsons and the Ross needlework floral pictures, she simply family, to name a few. To this day Isabel stated, "Oh I've given away a couple hun- can still tell you clearly who is related to Bred of those." whom. Isabel has led a very active life and was Her parents were known in the neigh- hardly sick a day until she was well past 70. borhood as Aunt Jane and Uncle Ned and Her robust good health enabled her to were noted for their seemingly effortless recover from a broken hip. She uses a way they could relate to small children and walker now, but she manages quite well by teenagers. Sunday School and church were confining herself to the first floor of her important part of Isabel's childhood. home and not risking stairs. Ned and Jane Glen were also progressive Brother Don is in charge of the cooking in their approach to farming and always had now and Isabel helps with the dishes. Of good buildings, good equipment and pure their shared responsibilities in the kitchen, bred stock. They believed that one would Isabel noted, "If I say anything I get told always have good neighbors by being a good off." neighbor oneself. Don still runs the farm and Isabel spends "I don't think I ever heard my mothersay much of her day doing needlework which anything bad about anybody," Isabel has she donates to the gift shop at the Clinton said on many occasions. Public Hospital. Isabel attended school at SS 1 Stanley and What sorrow there has been in her life had Master George Baird for her teacher. At occurred with the loss of members of her present she is the last living pupil of Master family. Her brother William James died at Baird's and still resident in the school the age of 2 in 1900 and her brother George section and is believed to be the second Wallace died from an accident with scalding oldest surviving pupil. water at age 2 in 1907. Her sister Agnes She graduated from Clinton Collegiate Campbell died at 31 in 1933 from cancer. and attended the Faculty of Education, More recently, in 1970, her brother Jack died University of Toronto in 1913 and 1914. About in his 74th year. the time she graduated, her father bought Still, life continues and Isabel has seen one of the first cars in the neighborhood and many hardships and many happy times as Isabel was one of the first women in the well. She has no secret potion that keeps her neighborhood to drive a car. so healthy at 90. In fact Isabel says she For the next several years, Isabel taught doesn't feel like she's lived nine decades. in one room school houses, mostly in Perth Isabel still enjoys the company of good County. neighbors and relatives and there are still "I loved teaching," she recalled. "I liked new experiences to take part in. Recently preparing the lessons and I particularly she celebrated her birthday at the Triple K enjoyed the children. The politicking With Restaurant in Blyth. It was in fact the first the parents was awfully hard on my ner time she'd ever eaten in a restaurant since ves." her college days. She quit teaching in the early 1920s to Relatives again gathered last week to come home. As Isabel remembered, honor this enduring lady. One cousin Ken "Mother was approaching 70 and wasting Stewart of Toronto remarked, "Those of us away from work. I was needed to take over who know her have benefitted greatly from the heavy work in the house and with the her friendship and good example." milking " BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OPTOMETRY REPAIR R.W. 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