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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-12, Page 22CAA PAGE 2A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979 mm This is the dining room and kitchen of the doll house which Gus Chisholm, a self-proclaimed hobbyist, is building for his gran- ddaughter. He has purchased most of the furniture at miniature shops in Chicago but plans to build some of the bedroom and kitchen furniture himself using model kits he bought. Eventually he hopes to build all the furniture for the house. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Huron folks at party A large turnout ej.oyed • a card party held at Brodhagen last Thursday sponsored by the Association of Agricultural Societies for Huron and Perth Counties. The prize winners were: high man, Bill Westman, Milverton; low man, Keith McLagan, Mitchell; most lone hands (men), Dalton Malcolm, Mitchell; high lady, Mrs. Emerson Dill, Stratford; low lady, Joy Kane, Mitchell; most lone hands (lady), Mrs. Roy Pepper, Exeter; lucky cup, Ruby Dun- seith, St. Marys and lucky card, Emerson Dill, Stratford. Guaranteed Investment Certificates 1,O1/2 W.E. (TED) WILLIAMS 524-7102 or 524-7665 You're ahead in'79. See the 1979 line-up of HONDA MOTORCYCLES at REMKES ENTERPRISES EXETER 1 Mile South Hwy. 4 228-6281 NOW with'VIUTTAART'S: reduced mortgage rate A person could easily spend thousands of dollars to furnish a doll that itis too good to play with. Miniature shops, where little ' house like the one Gus Chisholm is building for his grand- furniture items can be purchased, are popular in the United daughter. Mr. Chisholm says he didn't buy really good furniture States but haven't really caught on here yet, says Mr. Chisholm. for the house because he doesn't want granddaughter to feel--"-(Ptioto-by J -o to )3'uchanan) Happiness is... • from page 1 A phone. Mr. Chisholm will be building the dry sink and other kitchen cabinets. A woman who Mr. Chisholm knows is making a Tittle living room rug for the house and his former secreatary from Dear- born is painting miniature oils.to hang on the walls. She has also made some braided rugs for a few of the rooms. Mr. Chisholm already had many of the tools he needed to work on the doll housebut he also had to buy some he didn't have. He has been buying most of his materials for the house locally. He won't give an estimate on how much the completed :doll house will have cost him. "You try not to think of those things' when it's for your granddaughter," he. laughs. Mr. Chisholm was well underway with his project when he found out that, by coincidence, there were two other women in town- also ...building doll houses- trona. the same set of plans. Mrs. "`Harold Jeffery and Mrs. Graham MacDonald are each building doll houses ' for themselves in the Jef- fery's basement with the help of their husbands. Mrs. Jeffery is building all her own furniture to outfit the house and Mrs. Graham is filling her house with her miniature collection of furniture, dishes, etc. The houses, with their fine detail and their little pieces -of furniture, are so elaborate and so' char- ming that it is easy to see how an adult would get just as much pleasure and enjoyment from them as a child. • "Even if Ruth can't appreciate hers now, she will when she's a mother herself," explains Mr. Chisholm. ANTICIPATION Ruth knows all about the doll house that her grandfather is building for her and she excitedly follows its progress through telephone con- versations and visits from Bramalea. "I decided to tell her about it because sometimes the an- ticipation can be more exciting than the actual receiving," explains Mr. Chisholm. Mr. Chisholm enjoys hobbies because of the anticipation himself. He feels continually excited while awaiting the final outcome of projects he is working on and most projects are never finished, he says. He has always been a model builder. In 1958 he completed one of the first home -built airplanes in Canada. After flying this plane . for six years himself, he sold it and to his knowledge, it is still being flown by the man he sold it to. He built the plane at Sky Harbor airport. It took three years to complete and during that time he was continually ally: __.excited,- he says. The government registration he received for his airplane contained the letters RAC in it. Those letters are his initials, Robert Angus. Chisholm. He also received the Golden Hammer award from`• Mechanix Illustrated for his efforts. He later spent seven years rebuilding another plane which used to belong to a Broadway star. Mr. Chisholm used to work at Malton airport in -.Toronto where he met his wife Jean who was from Goderich. He says he "followed her" to Goderich in 1945 and got a job at Sky Harbor airport where he worked until 1950. He got his private pilot's Licence in 1948 and his air engineer's licence in 1949. The latter allows him . to inspect aircraft. He completed training for both his licences with the late Keith Hopkinson. When he . left Sky Harbor airport, Mr. Chisholm went to work as a sales manager for a Ford dealership in town and then he went to work for Dearborn., making tail pipes. He resigned from that job• -this year after •19 years and a lot of tail pipes. He decided he wanted a change. COLBORNE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL Public Meeting Monday, April 23rd 8:O0 p.m. Township Hall Carlow PURPOSE: To discuss a proposed plan of sub- division for 44 seasonal residential lots on lot 5, Broken Front Concession, Colborne Town- ship. Comments and participation are welcomed from all interested persons. For more infor- mation coil (51e) 524-2148. G. Davidson Director of Planning County of Huron His resignation has left him some more time to work on Ruth's dollhouse but he says, he only works on it as long as he feels like it. If you work on •a project when you don't really f.nel like. it, it becomes more like a job, he explains. Although the doll house involves a lot of fine, detailed work,, Mr. Chisholm says, "It's not too much work when its for your granddaughter." Lucky Ruth to have such a devoted grand- father! PUT We roWORK FOR YOU ALVIN'S T.V. 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