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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1971
°pori my l• --ci l
to pack a trailer and trunk full
of dishes and food and sleeping
bags and clothes and lanterns
and stoves and cam stools and
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folding cots and frying pans and
toilet paper etc. etc. etc. to
set off for a weekend in the
country. No siree.
We ve Cried that. We ve ar-
rived at a park just at dusk,
We've managed to select a site
by dark and we've even been
able to get the camper set up
before midnight. Then the
children are hungry and want to
be fed, By the time they're
bedded down, mother and father
are too exhausted to do anything
but retire,
Next morning, there's time
for breakfast, a quick tour of
the camp, perhaps a swim, a
hurried lunch and then begins
the backbreaking chore of pack- I
ing up for the trek home. „ . and
once at home, there's those 24for
sure trips from the trailer to the
house and from the house to the
trailer.
Last summer, we didn't even
try to camp out. It was far more
relaxing just to stay at home,
"The only way we can camp, "
I preached to my beloved fam-d
ily, " is with a fully equipped
house trailer on a fullyequipped
lakeside lot which requires only
to have the door unlocked before
you begin living the leisurely
life. "
Apparently my loved ones took
my message to heart. I have
been presented with the house
trailer of my dreams so that now
I have no excuse when the camp-
Ing bug strikes. All that remains
is to find the right spot to locate
our home -on -wheels and we're
'ready for a summer of enjoy-
ment.
Now 1 am s ure my family
loves me, They have shown me
they want to get me out of my
large, well -ventilated kitchen
and into a cramped hot little
trailer galley. They have helped
me leave my Frank Sinatra
records and bedroom television
the sound of swinging public
washroom doors and the sight of
neighbours swatting mosquitoes.
How can I thank them for their
generosity? How can I convince
thein that I don't deserve this
great sacrifice and world be
content to recline at home by
the air conditioner?
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Wit beam
One of the most spectacular
developments of the space age is
the laser, Light Amplification by
Stimulated Emission Radiation.
Its uses range from bouncing
light signals off the moon to use
as an extremely accurate
measure of distance. It also has
uses in the field of agriculture.
Professor Ross Irwin, School of
Engineering, University of
Gtielph, says it has been used at
Guelph for research into the
control of.insects in Stored grain.
Now, he says, it is being used to
rovide more
drainage t enchingccurate the
In 1970, two tile trenching
machines' in Ontario were fitted
with a helium -neon laser to
establish a "grade reference
plane." A central command post
in the field is used to establish the
desired grade or level,
The beam sent out from the
post is picked up by a
photosensitive detector on the
trenching machine. The detector
activates the hydraulic system of
the machine to maintain the
grade. The result, says Professor
Irwin, is more accurate work for
the farmer.
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Last year on Mother's Day I
was a disaster area. I think 1
cried for the greater part of the
day. It wasn't just that my fam-
ily hadn't remembered me with
a whole bundle of silly little
trinkets. It was simply that 1
was feeling sorry for myself...
having no mother of my own
alive, no brothers and sisters,
no one in the world to care for
me except my own family...
and even they had forgotten
me...
(Boy, if I keep going in that
vain I'll rust the typewriter
mechanism).
This year, things were differ-
ent. After the horrible events
of last Mother's Day my family
knew enough to make this year's
version more personalized.
They wanted to buy me some-
thing I really wanted more than
anything else in the entire
world... and bless their hearts,
they found it. It is parked just
outside our diningroom window.
No, it is not a sports convert-
RV' $ UIPILEV J. 'KELLER
ible... although that is some-
thing I would really enjoy. And
it isn't a bicycle although I'm
wanting one to help me keep
in shape for the day to day grind,
Actually, it is a 28 -foot
house -trailer which is shutting
out all the sunlight from our
usually bright home and somehow
or other, my family believes
this latest purchase will help
me get away from it all for the
summer at least,
I think most of you are aware
that the Keller family enjoys
camping. It is a great hobby in
the summer for people who live
normally. But we've never liv-
ed normally at our home and we
find it a real headache to go
camping by the tried and proven
methods.
We have a tent trailer, you
know, and all the accompanying
gear. Husband finishes work on
Saturdays about 4:30 or 5 p.m.
and I can assure you he's in no
mood at that hour of the day
after a long, gruelling work weet
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Early Planters of
"FLOWERS OF HOPE" SEEDS
These local young people are actively
participating in our community's
"Flowers of Hope"
Campaign
Area BOitz
Centralia, Huron Park, Crediton, Dashwood, Exeter, Hensel!,
Grand Bend, Zurich.
FRIDAY, MAY 14
Anyone in the rural area wishing "Flowers of
Hope" seeds can pick them up at the Bank of
Montreal, Exeter
You, Too Can Help Your Area Retarded
Children's Association To Provide Help And
Hope To The Retarded Children Of Our
Community By Planting The "Flowers of
Hope" Seeds That You Will Receive From the
Canvasser As a Token Of Your Interest And
Support Of the Programs and Activities of
Your Area Retarded Children's Association.
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. . . For Your Information
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. Mentally retarded children can be born to any family regardless of race or class ...
. Mental retardation handicaps about twice as many children as cerebral palsy, rheumatic heart disease,
crippling polio and blindness combined , . .
. With your interest and support, retarded children's associations initiate and provide a variety �f services
to help the retardates lead happier and more productive lives.
• SUMMER AND DAY CAMPS • PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
• SHELTERED WORKSHOPS • RESEARCH INTO CAUSES OF RETARDATION
• PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACTION
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