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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1973-11-01, Page 10PAGE 10 Set dates for achievement day The Home Economics Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agr- iculture and Food is again hold- ing 4-H Homemaking Club Achievement Days in Huron County. The 1, 100 girls who are part- icipating in the current project "A World of Food in Canada" have been studying food custom: of people from other countries who have made Canada their home. English Trifle, Hungar- ian Goulash, Danish Smorre- brod (open sandwiches) and French Onion Soup are among a few of the national dishes included. Miss Jane Pengilley, Horne Economist for Huron County, will be conducting the followint Achievement Days in this area: Howick Central School, Nov. 3, 1973; Seaforth High School, November 24, Clinton Area Achievement Day, Central Huron Secondary School, December 15; Zurich Area Achievement Day, Zurich Community Hall, January 5, Exeter Area Achievement Day, Exeter High School, January 12; Crediton Area Achievement Day, Stephen Central School, January 19. ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1973 rem my wIstdow 111111111111111111111111111111111111111.111.1. RV SHIRLEY J. KEI.LEF (by Shirley J. Keller) During recent weeks there has been a growing controversy in my area about school buses and school bus drivers. For a good many years now, school buses have been a bone of cont- ention for me, for when my children were younger and we lived in a rural community they rode to and from school each day on one of the big yellow monsters of the highway. Now that niy children no long er depend on school buses to get them back and forth to school, school buses still pres- ent a problem to me for they are on the highway many times when I want to travel... and they present a real safety hazard not only for the children who are riding in them, but for the drivers who must share the road with them. Let me first off say that school buses appear to be a nec- essary evil in these modern days in which we live. Consolidated schools mean children have much longer distances to travel to classes and they have no alternative but to ride to and from in some motorized convey- ence or another. OF HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, ANTIQUES AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 1:00 P2 1. Main Street, Zurich West of the main intersection, between Hess Jewellery and Laporte Meat Market. HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: McClary 4 burner electric stove, less than one year old; Beatty combination automatic wash- er and spin dryer; chrome kitchen table and four chairs; kitchen sideboard; dining room table, two leaves and six chairs, buffet and china cabinet; New Scale Williams piano and bench; Admiral B & W TV; White treadle sewing mach- ine; chesterfield with thatching chair; upholstered occasion- al chair; two section sofa; leather covered recliner; coffee table; assorted end tables, bedside tables; magazine racks; pole lamp, tri -light lamp, table lamps, dresser lamps; combination magazine table and lamp; TV tables; metal folding table; numerous wooden chairs; iron bed; single bed; wooden bedroom suite; cedar chest, chest of drawers; dresser with mirror; wall pictures; card table; desk; numer- ous china cups and saucers; candy plates; cake plate; coffee mug set with server; complete set of stainless steel ware; two sets of dishes; miscellaneous dishes, cutlery and cooking ware; electric toaster; electric tea kettle; step stool; Hoover portable vacuum cleaner; electric clocks; Cuckoo clock; clothes hamper; bathroom scales; bathroom space saver; etc. ANTIQUES: Ornate solid brass bed; iron and brass bed; secretary desk; what -not; hall tree; rocking chair; desk table; washstand; flower stand with marble top; chest of drawers with porcelain pulls; corner table; Tiffany lamp; six piece toilet set; dresser with mirror; approx. 100 small collector pitchers; pair of collector tea pots with picture of Zurich main street; assorted crystal and glass pieces; book ends; shell basket; coal oil lamp. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Picnic table; hand tools; lawn chairs; veranda rocking chairs; bird cage, etc, FOR MR. LEROY O'BRIEN In case of inclement weather, the sale will be held under cover. Not responsible for accidents on day of sale D. & J. Riddell Auction Service AUCTIONEERS Doug Riddell 237-3576 Jack Riddell 237-3431 But it must soon be recogniz- ed that school buses stopping and starting on heavily -traveller provincial highways are not only a nuisance but the makings of many accidents --major and minor- -which leave motorists disgruntled and disgusted every school day from about 7:30 to 9 a. m. and 3:30 to 5 p.m. There is a common assumpt- ion among rural people that because their children must travel to school by bus, it just naturally follows that they must be picked up at their homes. That's why school buses seem to stop at every gateway no spatter how close those laneways are --- and why some buses are even expected to make dangerous turn-arounds on busy roads just to give at -the -gate service to some able bodies student who could easily have walked the quarter -mile to a safer stopping point. School boards all over the province have endeavoured to provide this tremendous at -the - gate service for every child -- and many school board members have taken severe tongue lash- ings from irate parents who want to know why their children must walk 200 feet while the neighbour's kids are picked up right at the gateway. The argu- ment most normally expressed by these taxpayers is that it is simply not safe for their child- ren to walk on a busy highway it a busy hour. In towns and cities all over this province, however, child- ren from kindergarten through Grade 13 brave the elements and the traffic to walk to and from school. Many of them walk a mile or more. Many of them must cross dangerous roads and intersections. Some must trudge along heavily travelled streets without the benefit of sidewalks. Theirs is a daily problem... and they learn to In an address to about 75 members of District 6 Association for Municipal Elec- trical Utilities, First Vice - President I.L. Bradley Utilities Manager for Waterloo stated "The public doesn't give a damn about hydro problems until the lights go out. Then it's too late." The address was part of the fall convention of the A.M.E.U. which was held last Friday at the Maitland Country Club. This is the first time Goderich has hosted the event for nine years. R. "Gus" Boussey, manager of the Clinton P.U.C. resided as President of District 6 District 6 extends north to Walkerton, east to Guelph and south to Zurich. DASF4WOOD Phone 237-3381 or 237-3422 cope because there is simply no other way to get to school. There should be some real consideration given by school boards across the province to the possibility of limiting the number of stops any school bus makes on a busy highway. Sec- ondary roads may be treated in a different manner, but on main thoroughfares, some special legislation must be enacted to protect the motorist as well as the school children. Perhaps there could be specif- ied stops along the route - no more than one every mile -- with signs clearly indicating to the motorists that this is a pick up and drop off area for school children. Maybe these school bus stops could have a bench for waiting and a portable shelter for winter months. May- be footpaths could be construct- ed at the side of the roadways to accommodate not only ped- estrian traffic but bicycles -as well. Or maybe the best answer is to build sideroads along main highways for school bus travel in the morning arid evening hours during the school year... and slow moving vehicle traff- ic as well as bicycles in the off hours and during the summer months. All I'm saying is that school buses are here to stay and there must be some provision made in the future to ensure that as roads become more jammed with traffic, the school buses will create less and less probl- ems. That would be costly, you moan. Of course it would be. Who ever said that safety came cheap? For that matter, who ever said that we should put a price limit on that which would make highway travel pleasant and almost hazard -free? OF REAL ESTATE, ANTIQUES AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 3 at 12:30 p.m. at the Dashwood Community Center REAL ESTATE: Well maintained brick house on large double lot with separate small barn at rear of property. House contains 3 bedrooms and separate walk-in closet upstairs, large living room, den, family size kitchen, pant- ry and bedroom downstairs, full basement below. Property to be sold at 3 p.m. subject to a modest reserve bid. HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: Galaxie gas -electric refrigerator, Findlay 4 burner gas stove, 3 burner coal oil stove, 4 burner coil oil stove, battery radio, chrome kitchen table, 8 wood- en chairs, Coleman space heater, Quaker space heater, Raymond sewing machine, Royal A sewing machine, Hoover floor polisher, sofa bed, quilting frame and curtain stretch- ers, clothes rack, pots, pans, dishes and cutlery. Hinze upright piano. ANTIQUES; Pine dry sink in excellent condition, flat to the wall cupboard with carved pulls, carved dining room table with six leaves and six chairs, Berlin pump organ, 5 piece parlor suite, very old and in like new condition, Jenny Lynn bed, dresser with mirror and wash -stand, wooden beds with matching dressers and wash -stands, large dresser with cherry fronts and porcelain pulls, wooden rocking chairs, press back chairs, dough box, blanket chest, fern stands, clock shelf, hanging lamp with tear drops and smoker bell, numerous cut glass pieces, assorted milk glass pieces hand blown rose vase, various carnival glass items, hand blown cruet, blue water glass, gold trimmed table set including creamer, sugar spooner and two dishes, hobnail fruit bowl, syrup cruet, rose serving bowl, alphabet dish, German serv- ing bowl, Bavarian mustard dish, German sandwich plate, pair of snatched serving dishes, Pearl of Savoy water pitcher, pair salt cellars, matched cream pitchers, goblet, fruit nappies, Bavarian creamer and bowls, Hen on the nest, set of semi porcelain English dinner ware, numerous souvenir plates, Wedgewood plates, sterling pickle fork, mustache cup, vaseline vase, hand blown flowered vase (similar to Mary Gregory), German shaving mug, five piece commode set, five coal oil lamps, one Beaver sealer, 2 copper tea kettles, iron kettle, copper boiler, coffee grinder, Waterbury 8 day pendulum clock, iron fry pans, flat irons, cream cans, numerous old wall pictures and frames, assorted crocks, blankets, comforters, scatter rugs etc. This is an excellent offering of very unique antiques. Lunch available at the Dashwood Community Center. PADDLE BIDDING F or the estate of the late Miss Susan Willett Not responsible for accidents on the day of sale D .1 RIDDEL.L. AUCTIONEERS AND SALES MANAGERS "Doug" 237-3576 "Jack" 237-3431