The Huron Expositor, 1979-08-23, Page 7it
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KnockKnock
A grandmother was .entertaining her two
grandchildren, aged six and eight, with tales
of her girlhood. Horse and cutter rides with
blankets wrapped around her and a red-hot
brick shoved ander her feet brought grim-
aces, butwalking to school in the summer.
time in barefeet produced envious grins.
The kids weren't interested in what she
learned in school, what she sat on, what she.
wrote on or what books she read, but they_
wondered, "Did you: have recess back
then?"
Next they wanted to know what the
children did at recess and noon hour, and
what games they played.
Grandma thought for a few minutes and
;memories began drifting back of simple
games of tag among the trees, hide and seek
and kick the can. There was also ring around
the rosie and London bridge is, falling down.
as well; as May I, Simon Says. and Red
Light/Green Light.
Girls skipped rope and playedFhopscotch,
while 'boys played catch, Baseball was.
popular as well,
"You played ,baseball?" the kids' eyes
popped.
Some of the games were familiar to the
children, because they've changed little over
the years; others sounded new and strange
to them. Suddenly they changed the subject
and wanted; to know what Grandma and her
friends talked about when they were little..
Every generation seems to have its private
stock of "in" words and jokes, Grandma
remembered the fun she and her friends had
with a certain kind of joke and she wanted to
share it with her grandchildren,
It took her awhile to recall one, but finally
she said, "i've got a joke for you. Knock!
Knock! No you say..."
But.she didn't have to explain, Two
toothless grins asked in unison, ,"Who's
there?"
.Gimme...
"Gimme who?" •
Putcha arms aroundme andgimme a
kiss."
The grin; faded, "'That's not very. funny,
Grandma." confided Susan.
""1 know one a lot funnier than that,'
piped up. Bobby, "Knock, knock."
• "Who's there?:" asked Grandma, wonder-
ng how the tables coul4!. turn quickly.
"Mosquito."
"Mosquito who?"
"Mosquito bit me," "Knock, knock."
"Who's there?" asked Grandma, Wender,'
ing how; long this could,go on.,
""An '
dywhoV'
"Andy did it agarol"'
The, knock -knock ,joke, like the yo-yo,.
always comes back, It faded away for awhile.
but was not forgotten. Today it's enjoying a
resurgence in popularity unsurpassed even
in Grandma's .day.
The knock-knock_crare is being turned into;
a ring -a -ling phrase by an enterprising U.S..
telephone company, If youwatch some
American television stations, you know what
I; mean,
You may not like knock -knock jokes, but
they seem to be here to stay, At least, you've
got to admit they may help to bridge the
generation ;gap:
Knock, knock,
Who. there:
Banana,,
Banana who?
Banana man.
Knock, knock,
Who's: there?
Banana.
Banana who?
Banana nana.
Knock, knock,
Who's there?
;Orange..
Orange who?
Orange you glad i didn't• say banana?
That's called a triple knock -knock joke.
Don't get mad at me. I didn't make it up; 1
just repeated it.
Police News
11-000'
Seaforth police chief John
Cairns reports there were
two accidents in Seaforth in
the past woek:
On Saturday morning
William;.: Kelly of East
William Street wascoming,
south on the street and had
stopped at the intersection,
intending to proceed south
on Victoria Street. Mr. Kelly
pulled out into the inter-
section and hiscar collided
with a vehicle going east on
Goderich. Street East driven
by David Jarvis' of
Harpurhey...,Both cars• re-'-
ceived approximately S1,000'
damage. Mrs. Kelly sus-
tained a minor injury to her
arm and was taken to
Seaforth Community.
Hospital.
Mr. Kelly was charged.
with failure to yield to traffic
on a highway.
There was a second'
accident on the weekend at
the corner of Jarvis and John
Streets. Cars driven by
Karen Finlayson of R.R.2,.
Kippen and ' Ray Johns of
Staffa. .collided when Mr.
Johns failed to yield''. at the
stop sign. There . was ap-
proximately 51,500 damage
a
to the Finlayson vehicle and•
approximately 52,500 to the
Johns' vehicle.
Mr. Johns has 'been.
charged with failure to yield
at a stop sign,
Seaforth police chief' John
Cairns :also reported there
were two bicycle' thefts
during, the week.
On Thursday night, the'
back: wheel and, pedals of a
bicycle owned •by :•Brenda,
MacDonald of 24 Main, Street
South • were stolen when the
bicyclewasparked outside the
building. The theft is still
under investigation.
A 'bicycle belonging to
Robbie Glew, 27 `Jarvis
Street, was also ' reported
stolen. The bicyclewas.. a
man's I0 -speed and the
matter is still
under
investigation.'
Police also investigated
two incidents of vandalism.
Four windows were broken
at the' :Kling; workshop on,
Railv+ray Street.; The damage.
was reported i on .Thursday
morning and police are still.
looking into the matter.•
Damage was- also .reported
at the . Victoria Park: band=
shell, where someone tried to;
force the lock. to gain entry to
the building.— A door was
damaged. in the break-in
attempt.
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Invite you to the opening of their 'NEW FARROWING :COMPLEX"
Located1..1/4 miles west and 14 mile; north of Zurich` (watch for signs)
This new building complex.' contains 150 commercial sow herd of
crossbreds producing • 3000. wiener pigs per year which will be
available for sale.
Perth Builders Ltd, Millbank Ont. 595-8404. The entire building
complex was built by Perth. Builders Ltd. The outer walls are built.
using. the New Concrete Sandwich Wall concept.
Fristamat Ltd. Kitchener, Ont. 7441157. ,Fristarrtat Ltd. supplied
the totally modern ventilation and stabling system.
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Manure'handiing 18 dono''through a partially slatted deep guttelr'
gravity flow System. .
The building will only be opened to the public free of charge from 1'
p,m. to 5 p.m., August 30th, 1979.
WEAVER'S DELIGHT -These two spinners and weavers were admiring
the result of ingenious' dyeing methods. Norma. Clayton (left) and Pat
Hamilton were. part of a group ,that met at John Kerr's home north of
Blyth, to try new and old ideas with dyeing, Here samples of wool are
drying. Some are:,coIIoured with onion skin, goldenrod and even tomato
leaves.
THE HURON EXPOS.iTOR, AUGUST 23,; WO
a ►linnets a,, r inreaver
", heAugyst meeting of
,Eluron Tract Spinners
Weavers Guild was held! 4n,
the Board room of 'the
flfinistry of Agriculture and
Food, Clinton with eighteen
members and 2 :new meta,
bets. joining. John Kerr,.
spinner from Brussels dist-
cussed with; the participants
his ;nature -dying workshop
On August 18 on how to.
prepare the various dyes,
beforehand. Such: plants' as
Marigolds' onion skins etc.
were to be used..
A card weavingworkshop
was set up for .September 15
with. Mary, McLeod of Sea-
ford' and Dorene Kilburn of
St. Paul's. Station in charge,.
Planswere made for the
Guild'sdisplay at the Salt -
ford; •Christmas Country Fair
and their exhibition of spin
ning and weaving at the
River MiBenmillin Nov-
ember..
The topicll of the lee meeting
was, "The making of a good
display." Members who
have shown at various craft.
shows told of how they built
up their displays and what
props they used.
Toni Vos, spinner and
weaver of Blyth. demon-
strated a bobbin winder
made from the cheapest
hand -drill, Pat Lee of God-
erich showed a child's pon-
cho
on cho she had woven in 2
'octangular pieces on a 15"
• • table loom, Evelyn Hardy of
lots win too hVarna' _.. Goderich showed' . a pink
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' MRS. MARY CHESSELL
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Congratulations to Don
and Lorraine Taylor, •who
have a beautiful baby girl,;
born, last Wednesday.
Arnold and Nora Keys and
Bill and Helen Taylor re-
turned last Thursday from a,
trip to the east coast. They
travelled part; way up the
Gaspe Peninsula,, then across
northern New Brunswick to
the crossing to Prince
Edward Island.. They went
around the:• Cabot Trail on
Cape Breton;, went as far as
the Annapolis Valley. in Nova.
Scotia, and watched the tide
come; in at Truro, The return.
trip: was made by way of
Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont and. New York.
State.
The Stanley Squirts won
the Vanastra Fair trophy, on
Saturday sby . defeating the
Vanastra team in both
games. These boys and their
coach Charlie Kalbfleisch,
assisted by son Dave, have a
winning team. They are.
undefeated in the ten games
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they have' played, and won
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ONION SOUP ANYONE?' Mary McLeod
was••tending a batch of dye containing onions.
The wool came 'out a bright rust colour. ,This
was part of'' a working demonstration at
John Kerr's home, north of Blyth for `spinners'
and weavers,
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