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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-08-09, Page 15The Owl and the Pussycat plays until August 18th and is directed by Aileen Taylor -Smith. The Playhouse Youth Theatre will continue to perform Sleeping Beauty on the Fikayhouse stage each Saturday morning at 11 a.m. during the month of August, except August 18th. ROBERT G. STODDART GOLDSMITH•DESIGNER•SILVERSMITH Personal.Quality Designs Gallery Main St. Bayfield 565-2617 Studio 133 St. Georges Cres. Goderich 524-8433 Family historian writes • from page IA county as Tie remembers them. The first half of the book deals mainly with farm life in Ashfield Township as it was when he was a boy. Mr. Farrish was born in Ashfield Township in 1899 and lived there until 1930. The farm on which he was born at` R.R. 7 Lucknaw is still in the Farrish family. In 1922 Mr.., Farrish became an associate graduate of, the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph. His family had already started a hat- ching operation on their farm in Ashfield. In 1936 he moved to Howick Township where he operated a hatchery in Gorrie. He moved this hatchery operation. to a farm outside Gorrie in 1941. In 1948 he became a Record . of Performance (R.O.P.) dairy insPector, a job which he held until 1965. For the first few years he„ travelled all over Ontario inspecting milk records and yearly production rates and doing sample testing for butterfat. During the last few years of this job, he travelled in -a smaller zone. Mr. Fairish also served on the Howick Township Council •for six years; three of those years he served4 as deputy -reeve and one he served as reeve. He found his council terms very in- teresting, he says. In 1965 he returned to his farm full-time. He had a heart-attack in 1969 and sold the farm. He and his wife Hilda then bought a house in Gorrie where they have lived ever since. They - celebrated their 55th wedding an- niversary last year. " CHANGES In his book Mr. Farrish writes about everything from his memories of rural school concerts and fairs to 'his mother's baking of bread. The biggest change he has •seen in. his lifetime has been the mechanization of everything. "Everything that can be mechanized has been," he says recalling his days of manual labor on the farm. In his book he also recalls the changing methods of tran- sportation. The book contains a picture of his family's first car --a 1919 Model "T" Ford. • Prices have changed a lot too. Mr,. Farrish bought his farm outside Gorrie for $2,500 and fixed up the run down buildings on it. He sold it for $45,000 in 1969 and a few years ago it sold again for $125,000. "I wonder how some of these • farms today will ever be paid for," he says. He feels that a lot of the community spirit which used to belong to rural communities is 'disap- pearing. "Farms are getting bigger and the people on them are getting fewer. It -Last -Wednesday's, Penny Carnival even featured where they want it to are Scott Wilkinson, left, and some small fry gambling. Hoping thek-wheel stops Steven Austin. (photo by Cath Wooden) One in every 10,000 Canadian men are, hemophiliacs. They have a disease preventing blood clotting and they depend on Factor VIII. Factor "VIII is a component of blood plasma isolated from blood donated at Canadian Red Cross blood donor clinics.,-- - ++-1 • Peaches • Plums • Apples - Cooking & Eating • Potatoes •.onions ART BELL FRUIT FARM - 524-8037 BELLVIEW FRUIT FARM - 524-8011 GERRY BELL FRUITFARM - 524-8008 Open 7 days a wook 9a.m.-9p.rn. C KIDS Reg. - Slilm - Husky Denim and Cord 1-399 25% OFF MOST NEW FALL ARRIVALS cook... breaks up the com- munity," he says. He. _feels that urban spral has taken up a lot of the good farm land too. Mr. Farrish has had a very good response to, his book. it came out about the same time as the ploughing match ,held in Wingham last year. Out of the 500 copies -he h4,d printed, he has 100 left. It cost him $2,700 for printing costs, etc. This was offset with a $1,000 government grant. The books sold for $6:95 and Mr. Farrish gave $5 of every book sold to the U.C.W. of Gorrie United Church which helped him sell the 'books. They received a total of $900 to renovate •,their Sunday school room as proceeds from the sales. "It wasn't a money- making venture for me. It. was just for the satisfaction of doing the job," explains Mr. Farrish. • Perhaps the preface of his book sums up his reasons best for writing it: "Having been •born in GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR; THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 , 1979—PAGE 3A Ashfield Township, September 28, 1899 and having lived in Huron County most of my life, I have seen many changes during that period of time. "It is my desire in these pages to record some of ' these changes so that those who read them may enjoy fond memories to those in later years and also give the younger generation some• idea of the life-style of peopleof the earlier history of this century. Playhouse opens. comedy Gloria Gifford and Tim Henry, the two young Hollywood talents who are performing in Bill Manhoff's smash Broadway comedy, The Owl and the. Pussycat, are delighting capacity, Playhouse audiences. ;The play revolves around a bookish young man's efforts to educate'a shady - and street -wise young lady. Gloria Gifford; who portrays Doris, . the • street -wise girl, is remembered for her role as Lola Gump in the recently released movie titled California Suite. Tim Henry, who plays the bookish Felix Sher- man, is well known for his film appearances and is a regular performer in such television series..as The Collaborators, Police Surgeon and Famous Jury Trials. 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