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Clinton News-Record, 1967-05-18, Page 3From My Window Green Thumb Doesn’t Enchant Me . .............................................................. Shirley X$|fo’r I SUGAR AND SPICE By BILL SMILEY Smiley Goes Fishin’ that time again, That ■back-breaking season for gard­ ening has arrived and I’m net the least bit nwe enthused about, it than I have ever been. Back in the days when I was a bride, a well-kept vegetable garden was the mark of a* fine homemaker. The wives in my neighborhood opened every spring-time conversation with “Is your garden up yeft?'f or 1 “I’ll have lettuce by next Sun­ day.”' My husband was no help either,. His mother had always put out a large garden and he juslt assumed I’d be as. indus­ trious, I’ll never forget how his face ' fell when I struck into thb Good Earth with the hoe for the first time. I. knew I must have looked a bit inexperienced when I began to draw a line for the seeds, but I wasn’t prepared for hubby’s dlisappoiintment when I failed to snap .a string across the garden or prepare a seed bed’ before beginning to plant, , That initial summer. of our marriage must have been the hottest, most humid on record. Seemed as though every day Was warmer than the last, but the beans still had to be picked . . . arid picked , . , and picked . , . and the tomatoes, had to be staked . . . and' the potatoes had to be hilled . . . and the corn had to be hoed . . . and the cucumber's had to be wat­ ered , , . and the caprots had to be thinned . . , and the lettuce •had to be cut . , . and the beets had to be ’Weeded . , . and the cabbage had to be dusted . , , and1 on and on it went from the first balmy day in the spring to the last dismal hour of the fall. I remember how I used to envy thofee lucky women, in the supermarkets who could shop for their vegetables like any civilized housewife should, I couldn’t understand my city friendls who made stupid . re­ marks like1, “You’re so fortun­ ate tp have fresh vegetables from your own garden” and “What an economical way to gqt a tan!” Just .cultivating a garden and HOLMESVILLE LCW Makes Plans The May meeting otf the Holmesville United Church Women was held on Tuesday, May 9 at 2 p.m. Mrs). Carman Tebbutt and her group were in charge of the program. The theme of the worship service was “The Good Shep­ herd”. Mirs. O. Blake led in prayer 'and the scripture was read by Mrs. W. Yeo. The Bible study was taken by Mrs. R. Miller. Mrs. Barrie Walter gave the Indian interpretation pf the 23rd Psalm. Mrs. EdWard Grigg reviewed the chapter of the study book “Into a Nation”, dealing with the early church in eastern Canada. Mrs. Tebbutt told the part played by Dr. Drury, .arch­ eologist of Western University, London, in reconstructing the Jesuit Mission near Midland.' . The roll call was answered by naming the first minister you -can remember and the de­ nomination. Mrs. E. Grigg was in charge of the 'business session. An in­ vitation to attend Benmiller Tbankoffering on June 7 was accepted. The regular June meeting will be held one week early, June 6, on account of the June' 14 sm’orgasbord sup­ per. It was, announced that there' would be a bake booth, consisting of bread, buns', tarts and quick breads at the May 31 auction sale. It was decided to purchase small stacking chairs for the kindergarten room as well as more tables. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mirs. Harold Yeo, Mirs. R. Miller and Mrs. MacMath. Family Day Family Day was observed in Holmesville United Church on Sunday, May 14. Mr. and Mrs. Gerry. Ginn and family, John, l ■ \ _______MRS LLOYD BOND Phone 482-3210 took part in the service. Nancy, Laurie, Jimmie and! Jan The sacramen of baplsm was administered to Ronald Aaron Jantzi, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jantzi. Hi C’s The Holmesville Hi C’s held their regular meeting on Sun­ day evening with mothers , of the members^ as guests. , Dudille "Bond and her group were in charge of the program'. The lesson was read1 by Brian Potter and prayer by John Fisher. Nancy Ginn gave the topic on “^Builders”.Norma ’Walters, president, took charge of the business followed by -a social hour. Mrs. Donald Harris, voiced! the ap­ preciation of the mothers for a delightful evening. Personals Mr. and Mrs; Elmer Potter visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ashton and Donald, London. Mr. and Mirs*. Nelson Brown of Detroit ■ and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawson and' family, Lon- .don, spent Mothers’ Day with Mr .and Mrs. D. Giididon. Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Bond, Lucille and Laiurelanne, attend-- ed a family dinner on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Woodcock, London. Barrie Miller who has been a patient in St. Joseph’s Hos­ pital, Londbn, for the past few Weeks, returned home on1 Thurs­ day. Mrs. Ray Potter is a patient in Clinton Public Hospital. . -----------o----------- TOURIST DOLLARS KEEP ONTARIO GREEN Ontario's tourist trade in 1966 amounted to $1.6 billion, an in­ crease of nearly eight percent over 1965. Of this total an estimated! $440 million came from the U.S. and other foreign spending and $80 million from other provinces. reaping the harvest wasn’t enough, I learned. Some wacky woman had discovered that vegetables can be canned and frozen if they are properly cleaned and prepared, I mu&t have had beginner's luck with the first garden of mine, I had enough of every­ thing for the whole neighbor­ hood, but of course, so did my neighbors. Needless to say,. I gpt acquainted with a stewing kettle and a blanching pot. The day I decided to make corn relish was flip day I almost ruined my marriage. I picked corn and tomatoes and cabbage ’and cucumbers and onions until IQ a.m.; I cleaned my produce until noon; I chopped it until 2 p.m.; I measured it and seasoned it until 4 p.m.; and cooked it un­ til 6 p,m. When my husband arrived home, he found a slip­ pery kitchen, a sticky wife and no suppgr. But he was proud of me. He gathered me in his arms and ■whispered sweet nothings like, “I think the relish is burning."' Together we tasted the fruit of my labors. It was. terriible. I burst into tears. A, whole day’s work and my relish was a flop., ’ ■ But my husband, undaunted, put me and a cup full of the foul pickle into the car and de­ livered the two of us to his mother. Being an old hand with such things, my mother-in-law knew the' cure but couldn’t solve the problem from her kitchen. Armed with a quan­ tity of celery seed1, sugar and tumeric, she accompanied us home and in just a few minutes, my relish was recovered. That evening, to the strains of “Tea For Two”, my harass­ ed husband and I bottled some­ thing like 30 quarts of corn relish. It lasted for three win­ ters. Now, 13 years, later it is time to sow another garden. I’ve mastered the art of seeding and weeding, picking and pickling, cultivating and canning. I know I can’ save dollars on the groc­ ery bill and serve a much tas­ tier stew because of my garden. But forgive me, darling, I still hate .gardens. First- trip of the year is, like a good spring tonic, "it cleanses you physi­ cally and spiritually. Abd leaves you exhausted. I had mine last Saturday. The important thing in going, after speckled trout, "of course,’ is the careful planning.. There’s no use to it ail if you just throw your fishing gear in the car, and go out to .some stream where all the amateurs angle, and toss in a iine; You’re liable tn come home with a creel full of fish if you go at it in this haphazard way, No. First .of all, you select, a fishing companion. Th!is, to’ a real angler, is just a bit less important’ than choosing a mate for life. You want a dependable sort of chap — the type who is going to have fresh .worms for both of you, a 'good supply of hooks, maps, with the sure-fire holes mark­ ed in red, and an infallible sense of direction in the bush. That’s exactly what I lined up this year, Mind, you, those keen types take a bit of man­ aging. They’re great in the bush, but they need an or­ ganizational mlind to channel their energies. I had to get quite firm with him when he began muttering about 4 a.m. and hitting the stream at dawn. Dawn, indeed, I told, him that is pure superstition. Only the very young, imma­ ture angler goes floundering off in the dark, fishes Mice a fool until noon, then is whacked for the day. Just about then, the willy, mature angler, fortified with a good breakfast, arrives and slaugh­ ters the trout, which are com­ pletely unprepared for the second wave — -the experts. Well, we got away about 10:30, after a couple of false starts. He forgot his lunch and we had to go around to his place. And when we got out to the County Line, I re­ alized that because of his stupidity, I'd been upset and ■had forgotten my wad'ers. But he had a beautiful spot SUNSET DRIVE-IN THEATRE^Great Ontario Adventure Vacations The Wilderness Way of the Voyageurs Highway 8 — Goderich At Concession Road 4 Largest Screen in Huron .County WEEKENDS ONLY Double Features FRIDAY and SATURDAY MAY 19-20 A dazzling — and — SECOND FEATURE MUSICAL BONANZA! unemployment insurance is now available for most employees of FARMS, RANCHES, NURSERIES, GREENHOUSES, HORTICULTURISTS, FRUIT,VEGETABLE, FLOWER GROWERS. employees: it is to your advantage tofind out if you are* eligible for the unemployment insurance protection now in effect for workers in agriculture and horticulture. employers: If you have people working for you, there ate regulations -that you must adhere to. 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Slide from a log and oh-oh-oh-oh as you hit that spring-fed water. Lose a boot in the mud. Scratch hands to. a bloody mess on jagged branches. But it’s all worth it if the trout are biting, And, boy, were they biting! they were biting each other on the neck, nibbling each others’ .ears, and snapping each other in half, as far as I know. But they weren’t biting worms. After an hour of torture that would ’ have made the Gestapo green with envy, we arrived at the big pool above the beaver dam. The sure­ fire hole. We fished, Hard. A b'ig mallard hen popped into the pond, secure in the knowledge that it wasn’t duck season, looked us over, cackled With laughter and took off. We fished, Harder, A baby beaver surfaced, swam casu­ ally to within four feet, look­ ed at each of us, and express­ ed his feelings by turning his rump in the air and sub­ merging. We fished. Desperately. Suddenly there was, a huge splosh, then' a ker-plunk, ker plunk, and a big buck deer splashed through the shallows and aiway, sneering over his shoulder. That did it. W? left, But there was no point, sMd my mate, in taking the long, tor­ tuous trail h#k down the stream through that heavy slash. Sp, with his infallible sense of direction, We swung around in a circle by the high ground. , The high ground turned out to be cedar based in mud, both so thick you had to crawl most of the time, The circle turned, out to be the two long sides of an isoceles . triangle. Two hours later, we hit fhe hydro road right on the nose. Except that the nose had moved aho# a mile due east, My first trout teip of the season. And believe me •— I don’t care if Mrs. Richard, Burton wants' to' go along next time' — it’s my last. 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