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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1973
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What is happiness? In the song
from "My Fair Lady" happiness
is many things including brown
paper packages wrapped up with
string. Every once in a while,
my oldest son comments, " Hap-
piness is coming home to eat."
For the last few days now,
I've been trying to determine
what makes me happy... and
even more to the point, what
happiness really feels like. It
is a very sobering thought to
be sure, but one upon which
I've been dwelling for a consid-
erable period of time.
I've reached one conclusion.
Happiness, for me, is my
family ---my husband and my
children. They are the reason
I get up each day, the reason
I work, the reason I live. With-
out them, I couldn't be happy
though I had everything else
I wanted.
Conversely, because I have
them I don't want for a great
many other things. My whole
purpose is to keep my family
healthy, happy and harmonious.
That doesn't depend on a new
dress or a silver teapot or a
fancy fragrence.
But what does happiness feel
like? That's something else, of
course, a whole new study
which has no easy conclusions.
But one thing I do know now --
happiness is not always being
joyful.
Let me explain what I mean.
When you look up the word
"happy" in the dictionary, you
begin to understand perhaps a
little better what it really means
In the Little Oxford Dictionary,
we find the words lucky, fortun-
ate, content, glad, apt and
felicitous to describe that one
little word.
They all pinpoint my feelings.
I guess I'm one of the luckiest
women alive having a husband
who agrees with me on all the
important issues of life and most
of the unimportant ones as well.
I'm fortunate, too, because I've
been blessed with healthy child-
ren who are clever each in their
own way and normally distress-
ing at times.
I am content, too. I don't
feel the need to look round for
another man who offers more
for me than the one I have. My
children are a result of that
union and they are no more and
no less than any other children
I've seen.
I'm truly glad, too, because
I'm pleased to have them in
good times and bad.
The Zurich V 4-H Club had
their first meeting on Septemb-
er 11 at 8 00 o'clock at the
residence of Brenda Taylor.
Toni Pennings is leading the
pzoject, " A World of Food "
irf Canada. " with Brenda Taylor
assisting.
We have seven in our club,
with one new member. The
meeting consisted of the elect-
ion of officers. Brenda Taylor,
president, Susan Park, secretary,
Brenda McKinley, press secret-
ary. At this meeting we made
blue berry buckle, which was
delicious. This is somthing like
a cake, it can be served with
milk or a lemon sauce.
Meeting II was held on Sept-
ember 18, at 7 o'clock, at
Janet and Brenda McKinleys
home. The topic of discussion
for this meeting was recipes
of French origin. We made
French -style onion soup, which
proved popular with all the
girls.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLEF
Apt meaning suitable and
felicitous meaning well-chosen
also apply to me where my
fancily is concerned. They are
just what I need every day to
make my life complete.
No wonder I'm happy.
But being happy doesn't mean
I'm immune to gloom or dis-
appointment or sadness. That's
the funny thing about happiness,
I realize now. It is impossible
to be joyful all the t ime, but
it is quite possible to be happy
while you are joyless.
For example, I wouldn't be
laughing and slapping my knee
if my son smashed up the fam-
ily car one evening, but that
does not mean by any stretch
of the imagination that I'd not
be happy any more. On the
contrary, I'd probably have a
great deal to be happy about --
my son isn't hurt, the family
has been drawn closer together
in times of trouble and stress,
there's deeper understanding
between mother and son, I've
an opportunity to display my
love in a way that will be most
meaningful to my husband and
to my children.
And so, though one couldn't
say I'm elated by the problems
which can beset a family, I
Work tocommence
on park facilities
Initial work on two new con-
servation areas within the Aus-
able-Bayfield Conservation
Authority will begin this fall,
authority resources manager
Roger Martin said last Wednes-
day.
The authority has acquired
about 180 acres along the Bay-
field River just south of Clinton,
and is leasing 17 acres near
Grand Bend.
The Grand Bend area, called
Port Blake is leased from the
Ontario ministry of the environ- •
ment and is directly adjacent
to the Ontario Water Resources
Commission plant at the junct-
ion of Highways 21 and 83.
Mr. Martin said the authority
hopes to acquire another 40
acres at the Clinton site.
Initial work at the Clinton
conservation area will provide
recreational day -use facilities
such as fishing, picnicking and
swimming. Work this fall
should include construction of
a service road, parking area
and toilet facilities.
Work at Clinton will be con-
fined this fall to about 12 acres
along Highway 4. The other
170 acres are on the opposite
side of the river.
Mr. Martin said the Port
Blake area "should be one of
our most heavily used conserv-
ation areas." The site has about
an 800 -foot beach frontage on
Lake Huron.
The resources manager said
Port Blake should have wash-
room -change room facilities for
next summer along with a park-
ing area and picnic tables.
Authority members and invit-
ed officials toured the watershed
area Wednesday looking at the
two new conservation areas as
well as most of the other six:
Morrison Dam, near Exeter,
Lucan, Parkhill, Thedford,
Port Franks and Rock Glen.
The tour showed the author-
ity's work in recreation, refor-
estation, flood control, river
bank protection and wildlife
accommodation,
am never really unhappy. I
would never wish I wasn't a
wife or a mother because of a
few headaches in the relation-
ships. More times than not, the
bad times are just strengthening
the family unit for the good
times... and unhappiness (if
there is such a thing) only makes
one happier in the end.
If all this seems confusing to
you, spend some time as I
have done thinking about ir. I'm
certain that when you've explor-
ed all angles, you will discover
as I did that true happiness is
a blessing which ordinary sad-
ness just doesn't destroy.
What is happiness? Happiness
is contentment. It is what
makes one feel warm and com-
fortable even in the bad times.
It is found in the strangest places
and is worth the search.
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