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Zurich Citizens News, 1971-09-09, Page 11PAGE 12 What's New ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1971 At Huronview The Clinton Christian Reform Church song service which is held on the last Sunday evening each month was well attended last Sunday. Mr. Dick Roorda led the service assisted by Mr. Haviakamp. Miss Bonnie Storey of Seaforth, visited Huronview last Monday afternoon and Glanced some Irish jigs for the residents at the old time music and dancing program. The weather was ideal on Wednesday for the bus trip to Goderich and area. The two buses with eighty residents left Huronview at 1:30 arriving back at 5 p.m. with stops at Les Jervis wild life sanctuary at Holmesviile, Benmiller, Goderic Harbour and lighthouse point and over to Bayfield by the fourth concession of Goderich Township to view the apple and peach orchards with a short stop at Pinelake and home by Bruce - field. There was a Scottish air at the Thursday Family Night Program provided by the people of the Brucefield area. There, were Scottish dances by Karen McGregor and Sylvia Wilson; piano solos by Bob Wilson, Mrs. Henderson, Karen McGregor; bag pipe numbers by Glenn McGregor; violin, Adan Wil- son; accordian, Linda Webster; vocal solos, Mrs. Fred Mc- Gregor; a chorus of four girls, Debbie, Sharon, Carla Brodie and Karen Davidson. Mr. Hugh Walker, a native of Brucefield thanked the entertainers on behalf of the residents. An Australian study, quoted by the Ontario Safety League, concludes that the risk of death to a motorcyclist involved in a crash wearing a helmet is red- uced to about one-third the risk without a helmet. rorn nay window My youngest child started to school this week. I'm afraid my reaction to this event is somewhat different than most mothers experience and once again •I'm letting myself in for. reproof because of those feelings. You see, most mothers say they feel sad when their young- ster oun - ster starts off for school the fijjt time. I'm different, I'm absol- utely delighted. To be perfecltly honest, from the day my young- est was born I was just waititwg for the day when he'd be old enough to start to school... and thank heavens, that golden day arrived this week. Women who weep and wail when their children go to school for the first time must have stronger attachments to their family than I do... and to hear my oldest tell it, /if my attach- ments were any stronger he'd be smothered. I've never known what it is to be lonely with the children away. That's right. I have always found many, many more interesting things to do with my hours than wipe runny noses and tie shoelaces and make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches... and to ine, that's what having small children around the house means. So when they are school age it means that I have a few hours each day all to myself and as far as I'm concerned, that's pure pleasure. I start early in my child's life extolling the virtues of school. I guess you could say I brainwash my children about school. By the time they are five, they are so eager to go to school they don't have second thoughts about the big day. There's no tears and no prodding to get them off to school... BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER they go willingly and easily. No sweat, I'd say I did too good a job on my youngest child. He be- came so anxious for school a year ago that it became neces- sary to implant the idea of a nursery school in the minds of some mothers in town so that my son would have something to do to fill his hours. It was a great success, too -and with that wonderful program Sesame Street, we got through the Establish lawn with good sod Seeding is the conventional method of starting a new lawn. But where seeding is unsuccessful or unsuitable, sod is preferable. Spring and fall are considered the best times for sodding or seeding as new grass roots are produced freely then. However, the lawn can be started at any time in between. Sod is more expensive than seed but it establishes the lawn more quickly. It is best used for terraces and steep slopes or on frequently used bare or thin spots. Obtain good quality sod from a farmer specializing in fine, weed -free turf. Before laying the sod, prepare a moist soil bed and apply super- phosphate to encourage root growth. Sods should be joined end to end without overlap, cut and laid to fit perfectly. Start at the bottom of a slope and lay strips horizontally, working upwards. Horticulturists with the Ontario Department of Ag- riculture and Food advise stag- gering the joints to prevent washing or erosion. oflee of Holding an ADVANCE POL THE Ni`_ NACOPA UTY OF RATION OF THE T '=WNSHBP OF HAY Notice is hereby given that a Poll for the purpose of receiving the Ballots of Voters who expect on the Day fixed for polling, to be absent from and unable to vote in the Polling Subdivisions for which their names appear on the list, will be open on Saturday, September 11, 1971 FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL. 8 P.M., D.S.T. at HAY TOWNSHIP OFFICE ZURICH, ONTARIO The Ballot Box or Boxes will be opened at the said Places and the Votes counted at 7 p.m., on the 15th Day of September, 1971 Dated at Zurich. Ontario, August 20, 1971 WAYNE HORNER, Returning Officer. winter and spring just fine. A couple of weeks ago, we took our annual trip into the big city to buy back -to -school clothes. It isn't my custom, mind you, to go shopping in the city. It is simply that I feel my children should have one outing in a large business area more for development purposes than anything else. I wish you could have seen my youngest son as he strutted through the aisles looking for school clothes. He was so co- operative, so interested, that I patted myself on the back because of the thoroughly conv- incing sales pitch I had given him about school. And now comes the best part of all. When it comes eight o'clock at night I say to him, "Into bed son. School tomorrow;" And he goes, without a whimper, because school has become a passion with him. Bath -time is a joy, too. "Your teacher expects little boys to be clean, " I tell my son as I scrub his face. "She espec- ially likes to see clean ears, " I added as I dig into the crevices which have brought screams of . terror on other occasions. And tooth brushes. Tooth brushes have become necessary items to my son who just a few days ago hardly knew where to find his. "Look mommy, " he cries, clenching his teeth together and showing me his biggest grin. "White Huh?" And that's just part of the change that occurs when a child gets all charged up about going to school. IIe starts to listen more and talk less; to sit more and Jump less; to eat more and pick less; to wait more and hurry less. I think it is wonderful what ' school can do for a child, not to mention what it does for mother. That's why I shed no tears when my youngest goes off to school for the first time. He's taking his first steps to becoming a man and I'm all for that. Who would want to keep a little boy small, helpless and ignorant all his life when he can go to school, grow up, become indep- endent, get wiser... and leave mom free to enjoy her life more. Don't depend on. windfalls The only sure way to harvest money is to grow your own. 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