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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-08-29, Page 3THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1974 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS A party was held in the craft room on Sunday afternoon to honour Mrs. Isabella Hamilton on her 100th birthday. Seventy- five relations and friends att- ended the party with messages of congratulations being received from Robert McKin- ley M.P. and Jack Riddell, M.P.P. Molly Cox, Norman Speir and Jerry Collins provided the old tyme music for Monday's activities. The residents had an opportunity to congratulate and sing "Happy Birthday" to Mrs. Hamilton, who was able to make several requests for favourite tunes for the sing - a -long. Forty-four residents travell- . ing by bus and van had a picnic at Harbour Park, Goderich on Tuesday afternoon. The first stop on the tour was a visit to the Pioneer Museum and after lunch toured the harbour area, Sifto Salt Mine, the Fall's Conservation Area Benmiller and the Jezvic Sanctuary at Holmesville. The Crediton Women's Inst- itute were hosts on Wednesday afternorsn for the August birthdayparty. Mrs. Shapton was emcee for the following program; violin and piano sel- ections by Lois Hodgins and Mr. Sawyer, step dancing Mona Hodgins, a vocal trio Kathy Davey, Bevan and Janet Shapton; readings by Jean Neil and piano recital Anne Dearing. Gifts were presented to the celebrants by the ladies and after singing of happy birthday, lemonade and cup cakes were served, Mrs. Foster, who was celebrating her 91st birthday on Wednesday, thanked the ladies on behalf of the residents. The weather was ideal for the band concert on the lawn on "Family Night" played by the Mitchell Legion Band. All of the residents were able to take advantage of the fine band mus- ic, as the windows were all ntario PAGE 3 There's a lady in Hamilton who has been married to a bigamist for 24 years. Now she wants an annulment. She is 81 years old. A suburban homeowner is in imminent danger of being inundated by his neighbor's three-foot higher property, now inadequately contained by a bulging, oozing, flimsy wood fence. A landed immigrant, await- ing the arrival of his 8 -year old daughter from the old country, wonders if there is a summer school where she will be able to learn English. A young Lady from Portugal needs her High School Diploma translated so she can get a job. A yugoslav-born inunigrant wants to know if his Ontario driver's licence will be valid when he goes home to Yugosl- avia on vacation (Answer: No. Yugoslavia recognizes only an international licence.) What have ail these people opened on the west side of the Home. It was a real treat to hear the marches and familiar tunes. S 111 in common? (1) They are all immigrants to Ontario; (2) they all have problems; (3) they have all written to Ontar- io 20 for help. And in virtually every case, Ontario 20, through Ontario Welcome House, an agency of the Ministry of Community and Social Services, has been able to come to their rescue. One lady, a World War Two refugee, reports that after her husband was taken prisoner behind the Iron Curtain she carne to Ontario where she met a compatriot and fellow - refugee. The couple lived together as than and wife for 25 years. Together they saved up to buy a home, became Canadian citizens, and gradual- ly built a good life. But when the man died suddenly of a heart attack, the lady, ' who had looked forward to a comfortable old age in her own home, suddenly discovered that her lifetime partner had died withou a will, and now she was in Bang' er of losing everything she had worked for. Ontario 20, symbolizing the 20 Ontario Government Min- istries which serve all the people of Ontario, was conceiv- ed and is coordinated by the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism on behalf of all the Ontario Ministries, Industry and Tourism Minister Claude Bennett said: "The Communic- ation Program was designed to inform principally the ethnic peoples of our province of the various types of government services freely and readily available to them in the management of their day-to- day lives." For the newcomers to our province, many of them lonely confused, unable to commun- icate properly in English, the. Government's Ontario 2r... Com- munication Program has pro. fd- ed a real boost in helping 0h. I'1 settle in to a whole new life- style. 0 Conversation is like a boat -- if everybody crowds on one side, it sinks. It needs balance to keep it afloat. 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