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The Huron Expositor, 1978-03-30, Page 3,• STORY TIME .7.- Debbie 'lawn rteachers for a storybook`'as she entert4tria children of the mothers at Morning Out on Tuesday morning. The group Will Continue -their ;meetings each week'. (gxposi'tor .photo) Atiien by;K:art- chu'ess'ler I gave my wife the 'word. No birthday this year. . She couldn't believe it. it took hie all of •4. half hour to convince her.1 wasn't having a birthday this Year. "1 don't want to .be 49," I ,said, "It's as simple as that". I didn't want any argument., That was it. No:, birthday. Just let Mar sip right on by like every other de de the ye .•.I don't want. ' that date--or.any date for that matter 4o nia me. off;at 49, • Now, last year 1 said 48 was great: And it was. I'm 'sticking to,my word; •48.is great. And '4'm. going to keep if that way. '. 1 know, i could say that I'm 49, and feeling fine. bf 49 --mellow as. wine. 1''stood my ground. No birthday.-No'party. ; No cake. No happy•day,. . Who' needs birthdays anyway? That''jrid stuff. 1 outgrew those gifts long tine agb. And by the time you're 48, you've got about all of this world's goods you've ever wanted, much less needed.. Amid find there's something;l / really can't live without, then .I'll go,put and: • buy it. Un -gift wrapped: • - . Besides, at 48;' I think the • flow of goads rA—= --should-sterr�go'i ng.`thZ other way. Why not give gifts, instead of getting them?•At my age the stock is piled rather high, so why not start unloading the store? • This way I'm not only. solving the gift giving, but the card receiving too. I've noticed how all those card manufacturers have a day when. it mimes to. middle agers and' _their , birthdays.. They come out with all the well worn lines. • You're not getting older, you'.re •getting. better. .And don't think of it as old age, but Iffr . But 1'Il have none" of that. Anyone in s right' mind knows that 49• is a threshold --a :gateway .to 50. And on my ,scoresheet, fifty isn't nifty:: • • Jack Benny stopped' counting birthdays•at' 39: But :48 •is. my_:iiumber-,-T-hat's' the -:limit. This far and no more.. 1:•m•••throwing out every •': counting ' devise` , possible. Calendar. CaleU1ator'. Abacus. Finger and toe. ,•• I'm'onlycounting up to 48.... Finis: and;there's no'party .this year either. My ' daughter tried to convince `me we could have a: happy day celebration: Just a happy day, not a\ .: happy birthday... .. ' • '. And she said it 1' did 't want a cake that was ' alri g ht too. Because how doyput . on 49 g you• candles? vritheut burning your 'finger? Or melting down the first lit candles before you get to the' end 'of them all? • . • .1' never have liked to eat a candle waxed ' frosting anyway. • -think of it as.prr a time. And you're not getting old, you're just becoming a classic. And -then there's the ?Well, dearie, 'you may not have the looks, but you suregot the' - experience" rOutine. 'experience".routine, Or a there's a' steal from . Shakespeare with a Hamlet line, "I must be,:-; cruel, only to• be kind. Happy birthday." I figure if. I stop having birthdays; .1 won't have to•live_ up to all those stars who made it big past 70 --people like Grandma. Moses, or • Colonel Sanders or Charlie Farquharson,. I show no signs of being a painter, Ot•.a. chicken fryer. Ora crackerbarrel, homespun. So I''mt playing it safe. - I'm 48, Still X48.., - And 48 is, great. $�.Iingto sa^ by Susan White •• ' MB Easter was awfully early this year, 1 must be the 333rd person. to co ment on this fact., which maybe ows how badly this ley Easter h thrown all of us out of .whack. • ' 1 heard about one little girl whose birthday is usually right -after Easter;. Ah but that's when '•'Easter is in,Apri1, in more normal •.••-.•-.years and this little'.girl is having •',hard time. understanding that though Easter's come and gone, she• still has six weeks to wait .for her birthday. • • 1 know exactly, how she feels. To ,me Easter was always a sign that you could take off clunky rubber boots and go bare shoe Cocked on nearly bare pavement. This • Easter weekendyou could hardly walk without sliding even if you wore hobnailed boots. Easter also used to be.a time .to wear 'a new bonnet. Now even if fashion has passed . the frilly Easter hat by in recent years, nobody in her 'right mind would have.worn•any`thing but a toque last gloomy Easter Sunday: "Yes the - occasional - Wok Easter' is enough to .throw u$ all outotlkilter. This week too it set me, to wondering. Why is it just4Easter, out of all' ' our fixed important lolidays.that' ,moves alleoverthe place year after year? I mean; •if you cant be -sure v THE HU..RON EXPOSITOR, M ROH 30, 197 was Easter e of Easter being warm and sunny, hopeful time ,of rebirth and spring, what can you' depend on? Very little. My wondering sent -nit to 8ehforth Public Library and Encyclopedia Brittanlep. the. student's friend. Wild decides,, I wanted to know whether Beater's ' going to be in blustery mid-March or balmy • late. April? There. 1 learned that -there's always been confusion. about the when to celebrate Easter: It's beeif the moon . '.that cbcides, l,learned, when Raster•is ' ,to be celebrated, •Easter Sunday is "the first Sunday after the full moon • following the , vernal equinox." Now, that didn't make me a whole lot wiser untii't'trioked up that they celebratgd it at the same time 'as '. the ''rest of western Christianity. • And Encyclopedia Britannica tells es, Cshambers Or Commerce find our moveable Easter a real hassle and have.: been passing . resolutions asking for a fixed, date: since 1900. • In -1925, Britain passed an 'act of parliament calling the ftrst' Sunday after the second Saturday; in .April Easter - but I haven't heard of • it having any' great effect. Easter. kind of adds a bit of spice to life, moving. around as if does. We all- wait with bated.• breath the issuance of each year's new 'calendar just to find, out if we'll be wearing parkas.or pedal pushers conte Easter. • Yes 1; know it's•. only a month.e vernal equinox andfourtd• out . Easter can be any Sunday from that's the timein spring when the March 22 to April 25 but still, sun caossesthe equator and day what a difference a month .can and night are of equal length all make in the .weather. And that, over the world. That , usually surely is one of the joys of living happens'abotit March 21 brit the around here, full moon moves around. ' • . Now I don't like to check out an It was on' G'ood Friday this' encyclopedia and not use it to the year..:hence on Sunday, we had full so here are a few other Easter Easter:.. • tid bits 1• pickedupin a page''and a . As 1_ said -before;-•we've-been • -half of-r-eadin-g Eggs-have•alweys arguing about • When • Easter been eaten Easter Sunday as part should "be for some time. The of the' Christian celebration Eastern, and Western Christian because . they were forbidden during Lent. They were symbols of fertility, and renewed life at the pagan spring festivals: The new • outfit for. _Easter. • Q churches celebrated' it ,at two different times. Itwasn't'til 1.752 when' England,and Ireland adopted the Greorian calendar, the e icor: •-,-,. ..,.! sugar and Spice. • One of my' favourite indoor. sports is 'leafing through travel brochures" and rve been indulging - myself: lately, while' planning a jaunt to Ebropc this summer: 1 revel in the colourful descriptions 'of - exotic. aril .rom antic places. eventhough -1 know they are Re-nerally a lot of.:hogwash. it is common kirow•Icdge that Venice stinks , • likc'sui open: sewer; bid! still want-to•have .,. a gairder at" the Doge's palace and the Bridge of'Sighs. 1' am `perfectly aware that being a Canadian tourist in Paris is like being an • open safe in a houseful of burglars: But . that deesti`t strip me from wantingto visit —Nt3tia Dame-and-have•adekko-at-the-great- bells dekko-at-the great_ bells where the Hunchback thereof. swung -. so merrily. , • . • I'm pretty sure that .1 won't be having an audience with the Pope. but I'd still like to stand in 'the. Sistine Chapel , in Rome; • gawking at Michelangelo's. Magnificent, ceiling with all the other tourists. • • 1"d love to ride down the Rhine guzzling• - pilscner and •looking at castles, with one eye peeled. in case,we spotted Die Lorelei • sitting on a rock in the 1_ iddle, pf that. • ' uted stream. ' d slight in a real Hungarian goulash. Bayer an sauerbraten. Italian pasta, or. - ever asi'honest Swiss steak. . it• would be great to drop in on old prison camp friends like Nils Jorgenson ie Oslo, Milan. Katie in, Dubrovnik, Jean Morai Liege, Belgium. Rostislav . Kaind-usky in Morava, Czechoslovakia. Even though 1 know they would +male ager• be; dashing young fights • pilots. " but - pot=belh .d burgers heading toward senior citizenship. in fact. 1 could happily take off every su turner and spend six weeks or more kicking around Great Btitain and E.urope,,looking up.old acquaintances,. making new friends and devoiffing "scenery and history.. There are only two things that stop me from doing th.is,. One is stoney. The other is my wife, There's not enough of the -first item. And it almost -take dynamite to get the' second item trav'etling. • Looking, at prices, i am shaken • fairly •rigid by the way they have shot up iii the five years since we last went abroad. Hetet rices in London have zoomed by 50 per ..cent or more, to make that city, once a real ' bargain, one of the more expensive places to. visit. For etrant'ple,' iiy taking. advantage of a "special discount" connected_. with' our tour, we are able to stay for one' night at the Penta Hotel for a mere $56.00. Regular rate is $62',00. Last time we were over, we stayed at a middle-class hotel, with bed and breakfast for $32.00. And while the Petits is a new hotel, and no doubt very smart, it is far from being one. -of the great hotels of London. At that rate of'increase, a double room at the Dorchester or the Savoy would now set One back about $150.00. ',Probably the answer is simply London's $y Bill Smiley popularity. Although .malty ' uew 'hotels have been built in the last decade, there ids still an enormous demand. for rooms, . with hundred'of:thousands of North. Americans, European's and Asians p. ring into. the, fabulous old town every _.i,nrrner.--mouths open,: wallets bulg•' g,and . cameras clicking.... • ' • "Nor does'it. help that he pound has got back, some stability. w tie' the. Canadian dollar 'has sunk to Dept ' sio ' A colleague who. was -over there last summer suggested, "Take as much money as you ;think you'll need, then •double' it. • . They whack you a buck' for• a. cup :of When I wa�s. oung and in my prime, 'as they say; the* British pound was . the •soundest "kecurity ie the world. .A pound was worth. about .five dollars. Today, the pound is one of the least envied and 'most unstable •units, of currency in 'the western world. it used _to 'be an evening on•,the town, albeit not a wild ot(�,e, but a couple of drinks. a show -and something to eat. Now it's an averaged -sized till after a meal. That's what happens when you win a couple of wars and lose an empire. But it isn't the nioney that bothers ne• about making a trip. it's' the Old' Lady. First of all, -she can pack'so much stuff,into a suitcase that it takes an adult male gorilla to life the' thing. That's why 1 came home from our last trip with niy arms stretched to down around my knees. Second of all, she is Somewhat of an insomniac. Hot milk, nightcap. steeping pills. you name it and her system shrugs it off as you or I would a lifesaver. That's at home. • , ,Imagine what ,she's like when we're on the move constantly, sleeping in strange beds every night. eating strange food, getting excited at new sights and- sounds and people. She knocks off one or two houts a night and the rest of the time is an advanced case of soinnnmbulism. - Whyii tt selfisTi t-iien, you may well ask. Why do I drag her off to foreign fields. where she'll be lucky, if she' sits down on the edge of a fountain and people don't think she's a statue? ' • Because she won't let me go alone. Many a time 1'•ve offered. "Why don't you just stay home, dear, and liave a nice, quiet / time around the house? I'll send you a caret' every day. and I'll be .back in only six. weeks: before you know it." . She• doesn't trust me, even when 1 tell her it's the ladies. not the ,sten who get pinched in Rome. - So that's why I'm saving quarters in the cookie jai. and refurbishing my onc-fluent French, German and Italian. "Aii'ivederei, Madenioiselle, was' maken.•sie hier? Nix offnen der tor bevor der zng halte. Avez-vous des bluejinsi? Mein epouse nieh schlaffen prima." Expect there'll be no problems when you 'can• handle the lingo like that. dei in�o vecl reader:.'• s • . s 'For•the,past months, the Editor, or some of. the' staff members of Huron Expositor have. questioned 'several' people, about different subjects' concerning our Country;tithe people, or even happenings in our unmediate area. - - We have read the' answers people gave, and. ' expressed: their own • opinion. For'' instance: Qtieationswere .asked: What do' you think . about the se,paratipn. of Quebec? Whit do you -think .abeet the.food prices? 'What do you • think about the teachers on strike? What do you' think about our next-dcctionr •5e'veral • different answers have beet; given. pos-itive ahswers and nega tive' answers. in many cases negative answeris. Too. many; people :.around us who, say; I don't care, orj couldn't care less. . • Ifeel .sorry for those who.say: I dbn't care, because, they leave it •up to the next guy. who will say ouldn't. care less, Now this isnot the" way to. solve the the problems existing' in our country!. In our society! in our own town! We; all should'care: 'and 'get involved to' make improvements, where needed. 'Don't leaveitate, the other .guy. ,Especially young people whquld be caring and get invovled, because it '-is up to them, to build, a better. country, a better society to live ,in .,-a...better town. it is the young, the teenager, who will take over from the elderlyt, people later on, •If we all together, say; we. don't care, what kind.of a society or country we are -going to have in an other decade of two? That's what worries rtie, .and there, we , give grounds to.the Com- ', munists to -Move in. ' • ' They are looking .for these. kind •'of weak people, and there .__is_�whcre they.:seek --- • • early? although it'seems tq be dying out, also has a long history: Years ago it was thought to be unlucky not to wearr something thew at Easter. Now that's a good excuse to blow part of the pay cheque on some new clothes. , But . when Easter's early•there's a dilemma. Do you buy winter clothes, that you can wear or summer Clothes you,,can look forward to.? That's got to be one weightier questions We all face this year.. , Tuckersmithi'and Clinton board of ' educatioz* trustee «Dorothy 1Ni)liams called me this week tri answer the question from' last • week's column - about what happens tothe money the board saves by not paying ,teacher salaries during the current strike. First of all, Dorothy says only 30 per' cent' of salaries are paid from local funds. Tile other,70 per cent comes from the province (and of course indirectly from us) and when salaries ,aren't being paid the•,boar never sees 'that ....money. It stays 'in Toronto. The 30 'per cent of the salary budget' that's already in Huron•, will go into the board's ,general -fund'at Dorothy.says. And maybe, just' maybe, it'lt help cut education deists next year. Teachers still out (Continued from Pagel) as their education goes". - Mr: Hill said the teachers'came into the meeting with a. proposal that amounted to demands that must be in the contract • and weren't negotiable.. He said the teachers made . it "abundantly egg. `,..that- the working condit- ioeS--they proposed "must be 'in' the contrie"T.• He sat the teachers gave no , indication they would back' off and , that the apparent refusal to budge ' brought the marathon• session; to an early end. He added that no other proposals were even discus- ' sed. :Mr. Hill's disappointment -was increased by teacher salary re- quests for the 1978-79 school year The board • negotiator said he that the board of education simplyelt� " o_ n profess attsm_ vas_1aek- ebuldn t pay. "He said the; first . Indin Heron's teachers: He said proposal for salaries for the next '.'he hoped that the teachers would' contract„ year aniounted�to a' 13:5 • realize what the strike is doing to •percent ' H dei d h the county education system and • Won'tSleggtiate •"They won't negotiate,"• he said., "We can;-t'.bargain with a gun at our heads', As an elected body of. Kubik officials are not, in - my opinion, in a position to aeeent that' king. of an ultimatum; Mr. Hill said the board had been accused,'in the past -of not • being 'conscie"s of public needs: He said that a the public was not satisified with the board's efforts to protect ratepayers they, '(the public) had better let it be known. He .said ratepayers should` Melte their ' opinions known through' signed letters to the editors of •community newspapers;or letters • to the board office. connections. They are spreading all over our - country to find the 'weak spots 'to move in, themselves• increase, a ..a ' e that the parties didn't discusssalaries would return to "the classroom. •for the coming ycrar and that he Shirley Weary Said she felt the Now do we really want the Russians to take didn't know how adamant the teachers had to continue tostand. over our Country our ' government? ., Do . we .,really want . to .become slaves of their government? Where nobody has'any thing t9 . ' •sa , or ho property of.thctr own, where there «is no God, no r'elgion at all? Think about it! What 1. think aboutour:nextelection? 1 think . our Mr,. Pierre'Trudeau is &sing all right. as long as Joe Clark• or Mr. Broadbent let him , I have seen and followed' a lot of tants, , and . speeches •of Joe Clark, leader of .the Conservative's, and he never, repeat never, • has; said•one• go .d_w.otd.:about Mr. Trudeau Joe Clark tll' iks that he can do a -much leachers were about the proposal, up for what they believed. 5he Shirley Weary said the. fiasco.' said she was not happy with the strike but said she didn't feel as much guilt about staying out of school Tuesday as she did• when she 'first walked out in mid -Feb- ruary. The • proposal issued by the teachers for the Good 'Friday session stated.: that ,workload conditions be written into the contract for both years under negotiation. It, specified that no . better job the Mr. Trudeau.. He thinks that lefther with the feeling that, teacher shall be responsible fur',. he' can solve all -the pr lems: in notame,more things had never been worse. She than 1'80• -students in advan- betterthan Mr.Trudea ell let me say this; said it was as though "someone eed credits,:155. in general credits he is. selfish, he M. job so badly, •had driven a bulldozer between':other than commercial subjects, "us". . .140 students in taking technical n to the people,' •Fl Mediator, credits and 100 in special: educat- Mrs..Weary said she "planned ion 'classes.' to go to the Education Relations Along withthat total. pupil Commission 'and request that a period contact theproppsal 'stated on . Good 'Friday 'clearly showed that • as the controversy wore on both 'sides 'became more:..firrttly entrenched: She said.the teachers have become "increasingly milit- ate.). and have as much as said tp her "we've gone this far. Dont even' dare to ask us togo back to for that (the latest board offer). , after what' we've given up": • She said Ias't Friday's sessi .that he gives the impress that he is the only men in this country, that can .solve all ,these problems by himself. I •think he maker a big fool out of. himself. Even last week, the Am'e'rican people were mediator be appointed to assists that no class shall exceed 30 •impressed with Trudeau's speech, Joe Clark sa• says, 'no he dtdri'x •,or do"good the contract talks.•`She said'she 'students h advanced- credits, 25 Yone thing Joe,you are selfish again. � s no way the two :h • I like Mr: Trudeau, e is the felt there wae right men for •parties were .going to come to any our country,' he's warm, kind..hn'rnble, and • agreement without a third party. uses very simple word, to express himself .so She said the request for a that even the uneducated people can under- '' mediator was - the • first step in ' stand him. I •hope and wish, that Mr. True"eau Obtaining ERC intervention. will .be around .for. a long time to. Come- yet.' I don't think there s anything. students' in •general ~credits, students in technical' etas s wand 15: in special -ed, The board was, 'also requested to adjust teachers timetables so . that each • teacher was -required to teach :six peribds a .day. The remainder of the eriods t the eight od'cl e more we can •do• directly; she p _ c�!- • John VanGeffen__.aid: `"F'ttelioard won t talk to ua were to.••be used for teachers to •' - direct,~ 'but maybe they'll. talk • indirectly thraugla a mediator." ' Mr.' H.ill 'said he was surprised with the.a'ttitued of the teachers. He said the *'teachers today wanted a "crown in heaven" and that the contractual problems . basically boiled down to who was going to run the education. system, the teachers or the.board. He said he felt the hoard had done everything it could. He said it had lifted the lockout, agreed to • pay the teachers under the terms of this contract despite the fact it 'hadn't been settled; and had -set .11'e stage for a, settlement .of this contract and eommeneement of serious negotiations for the next • Teachers work: hard • With regard to the 'present OSSTF Huron • Unit strike, it•appdars'thatthc main dissension "tencerns the Huron Board's desire to take the pupil -teacher, ratio clause from the' contract.' whereby ..it is setting an Ontario -wide precedent. From the Board's point of view it is -essentially a , shatter of dollars and cents. • Uridoubted'ly "'that . aspect influcnees the teachers somewhat as well,• but one • must.' admit that the teacher's stand also promotes better education. ' 'Are the teachers really such a dedicated lot or are they mere- selfish swine like the rest of us, in search of • maximum security and minimum peadu'etivity? , The Ministry of Education. has • cou:nttcss• "professionals:' setting up curriculum guidelines• and course :.outlines for the teachers of the province,, and it • remunerates them handsomely, `"- Meanwhile the leach•crs' of today arc working on program•study committees. often in their own..time, attempting to 'lie together the loose ends of the Ministry work --this besides setting up yearly courses of Study for ,choosing textbooks for and assigning and, marking the work of their ,day-to-day classes. • And then it 'is said that the, Board does not wish to allow the teachers to dictate the terms of education in .Huron County. • -Dirk van der ►Vcrf,.Clinton • Expositor asks: Would you prefer a rise. in Recently the provincial government ,carne outwith a budget -that hit rather hard in one area-OHiP premiums. Expositor Asks decided ,•-it.would be interesting to ask, "Would you have preferred to see an increase in personal income tax rather than an increase in ,OHIP premiums?" . - Stanley Bray of 172 Goderich Street •said it was kind 'of miserable for old people who weren't old -enough to have OHIP paid for them. , (Tho'se• over 65 have governrrtent paid preniiums) Mrs. )Ion McClure of R.R.I , Seaforth said if she had her choice she would probably have to prefer a income tax increase. She said that with OH1P, not everyone can afford the increase but if you're working you can likely afford to pay more income tax. William taint ,of 11.R,4. Walton said he would have referred to see an increase in the income tax. He said lot of people can't afford 01 -IIP and with an increase in personal income tax everybody' pays a little bit. Mrs. Thomas Scott of R.R.2, Staffa said she• thought she would prefer to see an increase iii personal income tax also. "People who pay income tax are .usually a little better off than anybo dy in gener•,l," income tax to a rise in OHIP fees? she said. She said that the increase ih OHIP could lead to a lot of problems and that it was going to come back, again to the person -who, was in 'the low income bracket. • M'rs. •Hugh Hendrick of 11.R,3, Kippen said she thought an increase in personal income tax 'Would be better for thb poor people. "1 think the OHIP premiums are hard for some families,' • Ate said. • Frank Williams of Nelson Street in. Dublin said he would have rather seen the increase in the personal income tax, "because the 'hospitalization hits the poorerpeaple and sonte of them are not working," he said, ' He added that people who are working can afford to pay an increase in personal income taxes more so than people who are on unemployment can afford to pay the OHiP increase.' "They find that 37„4tiercent increase is quite • a hike," Mr. Williams said. . - Debbie P1uinb of'R.R.1, Hensen said she would have" preferred to 'see an increase in • personal ;ncotne tax and she didn't think she would have been so mad if it .had been the, income tax Instead. "It wouldn't have been so easily missed as' • paying out motley for, your OHiP,:' she said pact. r Hydrooff handle • administration duties, class preparation and marking. Along with" the workload clause the sick leave gratuity clause was written so that any, teacher with 12 years of service in Huron, was• eligible for a'pension and entitled to gratuity at the terniination of employment. • The board wanted thework load clause deleted from'• the 'contract and wanted the sick leave clause to read 12 years of sevice or 50 years of age. (Continued from Page 1) years there has been a problem - around the Seaforth area with people • shooting at hydro,. insulators.' Hydro wasoff in. Brussels for about an hour and 40 minutes. while hydro in the other areas was off for about'24 minutes. Towr1 accepts cheque • The finalaction. tkae Lion's Club arena Penny Fund Campaign took place Monday evening at aLion's meeting in the arena when arena representatives accepted a cheq- ue for $5,724.22. The cheque was presented by Gordon Rimmer ori: behalf of the club and accepted by acting ., Mayor Bill Dale an jr recreational director Clive Be}af• The penny collection' _which weighed ever two tens:amounted 'to $5,878.55 the difelence of $154.33 represented/The cost df wrapping arid mov)g the collect- ion by Brinks express. Itr accept- ing the gift Mr. Buist pointed out . that it was the largest single gift received by the local campaign whi•' t•;,'-c•d ,wt 564.;000:00. • Former clerk dies lLontinued fromP e l i by his parents and by rive gran.. - children and a brother ' Gordon Funeral services were held at the Cheslie Clark Funeral Home, Port Rowan ,vith Rev. H.D. Herring officiating. interment folliowed 'in Mt. Pleasant • Cemetery, Wal ingham Centre...•.,. A Masonic service was held at the funeral home on friday while Port Rowan Legion and .,'Auxiliary, Members formed a guard of,honor at the cemetery,' Honourary pallbearers were George Stantial, Gerry Johanson, •Bitl'Ktmwles and Edward Garvey. Pallbearers were: Alex Ha'nim, Bruce LaChappelle, Robert Stanley, Ray Poole. Roh Driscoll and Wilbert Smith'. Atnong those attending the funeral from. Seaforth were Mr. and.Mrs. Thos. Wilbee, Mr. and Mrs'. George Mutter, ,Mr. and Mrs. Ron Driscoll, Df. and. Mrs. Chas. Toll, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence. Walden, Veiny Ziler and James Dalrymple as well as Don Gowers of Clinton. Representing Seaforth Dsitrict High School Band, of, which Nancy Franklin was a member, were Mary'Jane McGregor, Rose Grothuis, Cindy Horne and tvliiry Halt.