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Clinton News-Record, 1971-08-26, Page 9Poison Ivy is one plant that everyone should get to know. Unfortunately, each year many campers get to know it too late, says the Federation of Ontario Naturalists. As its name implies, Poison Ivy contains an oily substance which causes irritating blisters on the skin of many people. It is best to avoid all contact with it, warns the F.O.N., but if contact is made, one should wash with a strong laundry soap as soon as possible. If blisters develop, your physician can prescribe proper treatment. According to the F.O.N. it is not necessary to touch the plant yourself to become affected. A pet which has passed through an ivy patch could transmit the oily substance to your skin. Smoke from the burning of Poison Ivy at any time of the year could also cause irritation. To avoid this plant, one has to learn to recognize it. In Ontario this is complicated by the existence of three different forms: as a low plant carpeting the ground, perhaps a foot high; as a shrub; and as a vine climbing to the top of a tree. In all forms, it always possesses a compound leaf of three leaflets. Towards autumn, its cluster of whitish berries also become visible. While Poison Ivy can bring discomfort to those affected, it may also indirectly benefit them. The plant is a source of food for some animals, particularly during critical periods. Deer, for example, browse upon it. The ripe berries are eagerly sought by game birds, probably as food, but they also contain a substance which kills intestinal parasites. Without the aid of those berries, birds such as the Ruffed Grouse would have a more difficult time building up a reserve of fat to permit them to survive the winter. The Poison Ivy is a member of the Cashew family, thus it is related to this valuable nut. 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The roll call was answered by 19. members and four visitors giving a "Useful Hint". The minutes and treasurer's report were given and adopted. A thank you was received from Mr. and Mrs, Pelter Westerhout for their wedding gift. The club agreed to give five dollars to the park committee for the use of the picnic area. Several members attended the Auburn W.I. meeting on August 17. Louise Lovett gave a piano solo. he September meeting will be at Ida Wright's on September 8 in the afternoon. The roll call will be answered by "Naming a flower, beginning with the first letter of your surname". On Lunch and Program are Joanne Salverda, Marion Snell and Isobel Stewart. The raffle was won by Ruth Jenkins. Barbara Lovett had a whistling contest which Edith Wright won. Ruth Jenkins gave a reading on Newfoundland, Mrs. Edith Lovett conducted a clothes pin contest which Donna Gibbings won. 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We pride ourselves in our modern technology, but practically all our advancement has been in methods, not in ideas. We take pride in our modern conveniences in our homes. The housewife uses electricity and a host of gadgets to save herself work — instead of several slave girls. We have baths and running water in our homes — so did the early Romans. The method of providing these, only, has changed. Needless to say, I'm leading up to something — taxes! When and why did taxes originate? I don't know when, but I think I can see why. When there were only a very few people living far apart, they supplied their meager needs themselves. As the community grew and developed, there were things needed by the community apart from individual need. This may be a church, a school, a road, a park. In the early days the people got to-gether at a bee and did the job. Human nature being what it is, work and expense weren't always evenly distributed, but they managed for a long time. I'm sure many of our younger people wouldn't know what I was talking about if I mentioned the "statute of labour". Yet I remember my father and older brother working on the road, drawing gravel with team and wagon, loading gravel with a shovel, and levelling the gravel on the road with a rake. The men were not &id, Each farm was assessed so many hours of work on the municipal road each year. A man and shovel rated straight time, a man with team and wagon rated, say double time, and so on, depending on the extent of equipment involved. There were no taxes for road work, To the best of my knowledge, the abolition of the "statute of labour" ended the days of paying "taxes" by labour. Money taxes were Much more convenient. When taxes first were introduced, there were "tax collectors". These men bid for the position. In other words, the "government" wanted "taxes" collected from a certain area and it gave the job to the man who would guarantee the highest amount. The tax collector then Set out to collect all the money he could squeeze out of the area, paid the government the guaranteed amount, and kept the rest. Last Week I read where the United States Government settled the railway strike by giving a 42 percent increase in wages over the next 42 months — a 12 percent per year raise in pay, It isn't a new idea, just a different method. For all practical purposes, the union members are the tax collectors for the government. In other words, the government is saying to the union — give us so much in income tax and we will give you the right to squeeze the last penny out of your customers. As in the early days, the government gets the money, the tax collector gets well paid and takes the blame, and the taxpayer suffers., but who cares? "This old World goes round and round" Catherine Hunt, Huron County Home Economist with the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food demonstrates how to make cream puffs to the women 'taking a two day course at the board room of the ODAF. The ladies will in turn teach the course to girls in the 4-H Homemaking course. Among the things the ladies learned was how to cut a cream puff in four pieces. After Miss Hunt made the cream puffs there were only nine to be split among the 36 ladies present, so Linda Young of Dungannon undertook the cut-up job on one of the cream puffs. But no matter how you slice it, Miss Hunt's cream puffs were a success, Here Mrs. Hogg of RR 2, Zurich munches one of the tidbits, The two-day course took place Thursday and Friday.