The Huron Expositor, 1974-12-26, Page 9W,
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Ill
on r� fromtripreturto'' n land
Canadians habitually complain cottage in Osswestry, Shropshire situation. The Stevens noticed own money to use the tokens' attti .-
about Canada, especially in the on the border between England tight security at Manchester some of them were, ,questioning
'winter' time, when they have to and Wales. The, cottage was airport where they lapded. how'much value thev would be ,
shovel snow, clean ' off car chilly and an owl on the roof Manchester is a' common entry Brian said.
windows and try to keep their hooted all night. "It would be point fd'r people . coming from The Stevens said ' they
fingers and toes from freeaing, nice in the summer but it's grim Ireland. appreciate England's lovely old
But two new residents of Canada -� now ', Suzanne said. They were The world wide inflation seems buildings more now and th'e
appreciate their new country very lust 40 miles from Birmingham to have hit England particularly green, green countryside. "l
much, after a five week visit to where the bomb blast in a pub hard. The Stevens said that their there were people everywherO.
England, their homeland. killed,19 people a -few weeks ago. week's groceries which cost, places seemed really crowded't'
Suzanne and Brian Stevens, "some ple for Osswestry were "three or four quid a ,,ayear Brian Stevens said it was di
who • operate Brian Stevens in thelWat the time and were ago, ,.now cost "10 or 12 pounds". to have a glass of wine with lunch
Antiques across the street from injured" Suzanne said., The pub Although everybody is complain• in a cafe and take advantage of
the Huron Expositor have just is in the same building as the ing about high costs they noticed England's ' "sensible liquor
returned from a five week buying Canadian Immigration Office that lots of money was being laws". A 'highlight of his visit
trip in England and are very where the family originally spent at the antique auctions was an evening at a tiny old pub
happy to be back in Canada. applied; to come tQ Canada. the where thev did their buying. with atmosphere "like Charles
-They found things in England, Stevens eimigrated here last inflation spending was at work, Dickens time," where the beer _
even' the weather, pretty grim. spring. they concluded. came out of wooden barrels.
"There it was 48 degrees and The problems in Ireland, are Petrol for cars .is••up to about The Stevens' daughter Nikki,
we were always freezing. Here really being brought.hoe to the $1.35 .a gallon` but both Stevens a nine year.. old, Grade five `
it's.22 degrees and we're warm", English, both the Stevens said. said that clothes are still cheaper student at St. James School here
Suzanne Stevens said Monday. ' "The English are turning against and o_f better quality there than in is the only family member, who
There were shortages of many the ordinary Irish, which is really Cari a. . really prefers England. "It's a
,basic commodities in England. a shame", Suzanne said. One Con ns in England are lovely place ", Nikki says. The
Sugar and salt were hard to get Irish family had,windows in their really har ,. n people on fixed other Stevens' children twins
and "although the bread strike' house broken by people who were incomes. Pe oners halve just Beckah and David who are four
had just started when we left you angry about actions of the IRA. been given a "rise ' but in tokens don't care much one way or the
couldn't get bread in the stores", There is a 'big army camp in instead of money. ' 'ey get 20 other, their mother say.
Brian Stevens says. Osswestry which perhaps makes pence'in tokens to bu meat but "You could say it was quaint
The Stevens stayed in a rented people more sensitive to the Irish have to spend 20 penc of their , but dreary" Brian Stevens says
with a.laugh.
A TALK FROM SANTA - E'xprepsions on the faces of
some of the pupilyfn the kindergarten class at St,
James' School r r5ged,from fascination to bewilder-
ment when S'o'fa Claus visited their Christmas party
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W,%3 oarhomourstrustees
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y' �?� g-; s Trustees John McCann of Ailsa Catholic Separate School Board successor, Wliam, Kinahan. Pat Carty of Stratford, who was "
F ""U "' � ."'Id l±ri x i s r,^
At .' , , :.> ,R, , ,,... Craig and Oscar Kieffer 'of forthe pasE six years werehonored Donald CrowlLy; in presenting not at the meeting, has served for ,
`: r a ale who have se rued on the Wednesda ni ht. rior to their six years and will be succeeded by
Blu v y g P Mr. McCann. with liis4ift said, _.
Huron -Perth County Roman retirement.
At a meeting "There can't be a mori�. onest dtonald Marcy• t,
held in. Grand Bend the two guy around. he says what h
trustees who have been on the Gordon Ball of St. Marys who r
^y!, thinks. He has done a' good job fo r
coun'ty board since it was formed g l has served two years will be y�
the board In re 1 Mr McCann
'11, k• ,; Lq
I'M NOT TO SURE' -ABOUT YOU — Jeff Gemmell, 2, had a visit with Santa at the
Toronto Dominion Bank on Friday afternoon but he wasn't too happy.about his big
opportunity. Jeff is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Getrrtmell, R, R.'2, Kippen. Santa's
helper Margaret Sills is in the background. q� (Staff Photo)
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in 1969 were each presented with spoke of the first year as being a �su<cceeded by John' O'Drowsk'y, t
Van E mon a gift. h.. ....airm..n
9 Ted Geoffrey• of 'Zurich, who .tough one for all the members Ted Geoffrey, chairman ofr�the
presented. the gift to Mr. Kieffer, with no superintendent, of the maintenance committee, outl�ned
said he had done an outstanding' progress made, of his year as how $38,000 was spent at tfte 19
Ufa�.�. M,r. ddb for the {�oard. In iepli IVIr. chairrimap and wished the board_ schools in 'the system in kung
Kieffer thanked the board and fhe best in the future.,fie will hFem up to date; •sucs f,,� • °�'
A asked for the same support for:his succeeded by Greg Fleming. rr$pairs, painting, drainageh--awork.
comes Off y The request by St. Joseph's
We, get letters parish, Stratford; was granted to °
Work .started last week on use, St. Michael's School for a
restoring the. historic Van - ' COR (Christ in Others Retreat) I�fn
Egmond House in Egmondvilie. . the weekend of April 4, 5 and 6." 1 .
Van Egmond Foundation Post,
Of f I C e �t�;r `t.R �+chairman' Robert Newnham saidThe police in Goderich will be •
the work so far, which' is financed
t t P M array is
. *x :. r alerted to be on' the lookout for
under a Local Initiatives grant, • + children playing on the roof of St.
has consisted of stripping off old "biggest , ,' a s` t Xmas m a i / Mary's School
wallpaper in the house and a HS Queen
general clean up. ,h LeBean's. Plumbing, Clinton,
"We hope that the house itself' The biggest Chiristrtti�s•mail' in stamps, 18,300 and 10 cent 'was awarded the contract for
can tell us more than the hearsay several years Was , the'. way stamps 400. in addition 1000 15 installing cupboards at St: Marilyn Murray, 15 -year-old
we have now about what it once Postmaster Orville 'Ok'ekdescribed cent overseas stamps were sold. Joseph's School in Clinton for Year Two student at the Seaforth
was like", Mr. Newnham said. activity at the Post office. ,.,,.i1e the stamp sale reflected $340. District High School was selected
An expert -from the Museums . The office ran out of 6 cent an Rile
in outgoing mail as Seaforth Snow Queen at the
and Historical Sites Board of the stamps one day last week so irieorning mail was The resignation of Mrs. Sharyn Snow Ball at the Seaforth District
Department, of Colleges and great was the demand. When Boven, principal's relief at Sacred High School Friday night.
Universities in Toronto, Mrs. sales had been added up as of correspondtngiy heavy. During Heart School in Wingham was Miss Murray, daughter of Mr.
the 10 idhy:; preceding Christmas acce ted, effective December 31. and Mrs. Tom Murray, of R.R.S,
Dorothy Duncan, has been Monday, a total of 42,100 six P
the office, o.,cessed 75 bags of Seaforth, was elected by
visiting the house and Mr. -cent stamps had been sold up
Newnham said the restoration from •30;000 last year. Sales of incoming 'letfers including So The inaugural meeting was set popular vote over seven other
will be under her overall other denominations were 8 cents bags of Christmas cards. for January 6.p nominees.
directionv y�
Things o3Mistorical interest will z
hopefully be found as the house is
being "Stripped down"' but Mr. t
Newnham emphasized that an Shopping
reeexpert would have to assess their } �`±
importance.
Mrs. Duncan will be back at the
house early in January and hopes,
to visit the project every few
weeks. � s+�`s� a` a, &•' ' . , `,.& s� ,��,�+ '� � r � �kF
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t SKATING $ Ob i FbR AiVO FIER WEED Timm- mother Mrs. Jim Char In Brown and Mrs. Joyde
� Br=own, foreground, waves goodbye to the photo ( y )
g'rsl'pher as he and his friend§ get their skates tiff Taylor with -Tammy and Tracy and Angela Stoll.
after V1le'dnestJay afternoon skating nt the arena. On
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ANOTHER TURKEY -- Sandra Jessome assured
that her -family is going to have a very good
Christmas dinner. Sandra, the winner of the
Optimist7b-S'hbpping Spree, picked up $37,6 in
groceries, including several turkeys, in her ten
minutes shopping stint at Ray's Family Market on
Saturday night. (Staff Photo)
FAST AS LIGHTENING -- Mrs. Siiby (Sandra)
Jessome of Seaforth went through Ray's 1=arnlly
Market in Egmondv.ille like greased lightening on
Saturday night in the Optimist sponsored Shoppill
Spree. When she was finished she had $876' In
groceries, the highest total ever in the anpla'al+
optimist Spree. (Staff P into)
J t nr. �ny
1
last week. Santa talked to the class and gave a gift to
each child. ' The children's own
paintings decorate
the walls in the background.
(Staff Photo)
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W,%3 oarhomourstrustees
sry
y' �?� g-; s Trustees John McCann of Ailsa Catholic Separate School Board successor, Wliam, Kinahan. Pat Carty of Stratford, who was "
F ""U "' � ."'Id l±ri x i s r,^
At .' , , :.> ,R, , ,,... Craig and Oscar Kieffer 'of forthe pasE six years werehonored Donald CrowlLy; in presenting not at the meeting, has served for ,
`: r a ale who have se rued on the Wednesda ni ht. rior to their six years and will be succeeded by
Blu v y g P Mr. McCann. with liis4ift said, _.
Huron -Perth County Roman retirement.
At a meeting "There can't be a mori�. onest dtonald Marcy• t,
held in. Grand Bend the two guy around. he says what h
trustees who have been on the Gordon Ball of St. Marys who r
^y!, thinks. He has done a' good job fo r
coun'ty board since it was formed g l has served two years will be y�
the board In re 1 Mr McCann
'11, k• ,; Lq
I'M NOT TO SURE' -ABOUT YOU — Jeff Gemmell, 2, had a visit with Santa at the
Toronto Dominion Bank on Friday afternoon but he wasn't too happy.about his big
opportunity. Jeff is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Getrrtmell, R, R.'2, Kippen. Santa's
helper Margaret Sills is in the background. q� (Staff Photo)
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a +,
d .�,
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• Np
4•"hi�+ „§Xj � fid.
in 1969 were each presented with spoke of the first year as being a �su<cceeded by John' O'Drowsk'y, t
Van E mon a gift. h.. ....airm..n
9 Ted Geoffrey• of 'Zurich, who .tough one for all the members Ted Geoffrey, chairman ofr�the
presented. the gift to Mr. Kieffer, with no superintendent, of the maintenance committee, outl�ned
said he had done an outstanding' progress made, of his year as how $38,000 was spent at tfte 19
Ufa�.�. M,r. ddb for the {�oard. In iepli IVIr. chairrimap and wished the board_ schools in 'the system in kung
Kieffer thanked the board and fhe best in the future.,fie will hFem up to date; •sucs f,,� • °�'
A asked for the same support for:his succeeded by Greg Fleming. rr$pairs, painting, drainageh--awork.
comes Off y The request by St. Joseph's
We, get letters parish, Stratford; was granted to °
Work .started last week on use, St. Michael's School for a
restoring the. historic Van - ' COR (Christ in Others Retreat) I�fn
Egmond House in Egmondvilie. . the weekend of April 4, 5 and 6." 1 .
Van Egmond Foundation Post,
Of f I C e �t�;r `t.R �+chairman' Robert Newnham saidThe police in Goderich will be •
the work so far, which' is financed
t t P M array is
. *x :. r alerted to be on' the lookout for
under a Local Initiatives grant, • + children playing on the roof of St.
has consisted of stripping off old "biggest , ,' a s` t Xmas m a i / Mary's School
wallpaper in the house and a HS Queen
general clean up. ,h LeBean's. Plumbing, Clinton,
"We hope that the house itself' The biggest Chiristrtti�s•mail' in stamps, 18,300 and 10 cent 'was awarded the contract for
can tell us more than the hearsay several years Was , the'. way stamps 400. in addition 1000 15 installing cupboards at St: Marilyn Murray, 15 -year-old
we have now about what it once Postmaster Orville 'Ok'ekdescribed cent overseas stamps were sold. Joseph's School in Clinton for Year Two student at the Seaforth
was like", Mr. Newnham said. activity at the Post office. ,.,,.i1e the stamp sale reflected $340. District High School was selected
An expert -from the Museums . The office ran out of 6 cent an Rile
in outgoing mail as Seaforth Snow Queen at the
and Historical Sites Board of the stamps one day last week so irieorning mail was The resignation of Mrs. Sharyn Snow Ball at the Seaforth District
Department, of Colleges and great was the demand. When Boven, principal's relief at Sacred High School Friday night.
Universities in Toronto, Mrs. sales had been added up as of correspondtngiy heavy. During Heart School in Wingham was Miss Murray, daughter of Mr.
the 10 idhy:; preceding Christmas acce ted, effective December 31. and Mrs. Tom Murray, of R.R.S,
Dorothy Duncan, has been Monday, a total of 42,100 six P
the office, o.,cessed 75 bags of Seaforth, was elected by
visiting the house and Mr. -cent stamps had been sold up
Newnham said the restoration from •30;000 last year. Sales of incoming 'letfers including So The inaugural meeting was set popular vote over seven other
will be under her overall other denominations were 8 cents bags of Christmas cards. for January 6.p nominees.
directionv y�
Things o3Mistorical interest will z
hopefully be found as the house is
being "Stripped down"' but Mr. t
Newnham emphasized that an Shopping
reeexpert would have to assess their } �`±
importance.
Mrs. Duncan will be back at the
house early in January and hopes,
to visit the project every few
weeks. � s+�`s� a` a, &•' ' . , `,.& s� ,��,�+ '� � r � �kF
,
'
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4•
�krX'��'fe't...°"k�€_as'>Ytrac.,,.,, .. .. ...:.ka...•xm- •.'�� .�: e �i'�,i:, .. _.. �°�`r'�'" �:.. 4i..:�., ., ..
d �r�rt` �a .x• K �r �"x s�m:.:,n. ;rd ar -,, i. ^ �;rs>a..
r :�scwAw...«J�:,.; <Y »,...,. w,�z:'h i�§$Sixa"^�&h : •. 'u ..... i M i '' . `
y Tim -my are his.br'other Donnie, his
t SKATING $ Ob i FbR AiVO FIER WEED Timm- mother Mrs. Jim Char In Brown and Mrs. Joyde
� Br=own, foreground, waves goodbye to the photo ( y )
g'rsl'pher as he and his friend§ get their skates tiff Taylor with -Tammy and Tracy and Angela Stoll.
after V1le'dnestJay afternoon skating nt the arena. On
KMM,~...
ANOTHER TURKEY -- Sandra Jessome assured
that her -family is going to have a very good
Christmas dinner. Sandra, the winner of the
Optimist7b-S'hbpping Spree, picked up $37,6 in
groceries, including several turkeys, in her ten
minutes shopping stint at Ray's Family Market on
Saturday night. (Staff Photo)
FAST AS LIGHTENING -- Mrs. Siiby (Sandra)
Jessome of Seaforth went through Ray's 1=arnlly
Market in Egmondv.ille like greased lightening on
Saturday night in the Optimist sponsored Shoppill
Spree. When she was finished she had $876' In
groceries, the highest total ever in the anpla'al+
optimist Spree. (Staff P into)