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By Susan:
Your Neighbor
Mrs. Smalley said "We just7love
this town; the people are really
friendly".
Voilee oat
Not long ago, I had an op-
portunity to view an exhibition of
Tom Thompson paintings, He is
probably the most well known of
the "Group of Seven" Canadian
painters to which he belonged.
Thompson's love for the northern
land he painted, his love for
Canada, is extremely evident.
Even inside the hot muggy at-
mosphere of the art gallery, I
could almost feel the wind
blowing through Ally hair, and the
spray on my face, from some of
his pictures,
Thompson's paintings, or any
of the Group of Seven, for that
matter, are Canadiana in its
educational systern previous to
his new job, so it Is entirely new
for the whole family.
Mrs. .Smalley is so busy,
though, that she doesn't have
much time for other activities.
She used to do much of her
family's sewing, but "I don't miss
it a bit", she said, "I have made
my husband and my children my
career," she added.
She enjoys going to the cottage,
sailing and just puttering around.
She is also an .avid gardener, and
hopes to get some planting done
before too long,
As far as Exeter itself goes,
To clean your sliver. Mix
one-half Cup. of salt:and
three-fourths cup of soap-flakes
with sufficient .cold_ water to
cover the silverware laid in an
altmlotit0 pan. Bring to. a boil,
then wash silver in hot soapy
water. CAUTION; Do not use
on filigreed silver. Solution may
remove the oxidation in the
intricate designs and it will take
some, time for them to darken
again,
Still going strong
at 83 years of age
Mrs, May Smalley and her
husband, Moore, have been
commuting 39 miles to Exeter
and back to their cottage at
Goderich, for a month, but they
just moved here last Thursday.
Mr. Smalley is the new dealpr at
the Canadian Tire Store, and
Mrs. Smalley takes care of the
office work and book-keeping.
The Smalleys and their two
children, Susan, 18, and Stephen,
16, lived in London for 19 years,
but for the past few years, they
have been moving all over
Ontario, They have been renting
a lot of the time, and that is why
Mrs. Smalley says it is so nice to
get moved into their own house.
And a lovely house it is They
are not completely moved in yet,
because some of their furniture is
photo by Doerr
MR, AND MRS, G. A. CANN
Couple celebrates
diamond jubilee
This week, Mr. & Mrs. G. Alex
Cann, William Street, received
relatives, friends and neighbors
in honor of the diamond an-
niversary of their wedding.
Sixty years ago June 6, Mr. &
Mrs. Cann were married at
Montecello church, near Grand
Valley, Ontario. Later, they
moved to Brock, Saskatchewan,
Miss Lillian Ballantyne didn't
think she would make a life-time
career of nursing when she
started her R.N. training in 1916.
Even when South Huron Hospital
opened, she thought she might
quit, because more and more
patients started going to the
hospital, rather than to private
nursing homes.
Now, at the age of 83, she is still
working a few days per month at
the hospital, but she is again
thinking of retiring. "I just
wouldn't want to work if I didn't
think I was earning my money,"
she said, But her resignation
hasn't been accepted yet, so she
may continue to work,
Miss Ballantyne started her
training on a sort of spur of the
moment decision, She had been
taking care of two elderly ladies
in Exeter, but decided to visit her
brother, who lived in Fort
William. She happened to
mention to him that someone had
suggested she should go into Canadiana, and away frOrn the
attraction of the ultra-modern. It
sometimes bothers me, however,
that heritage is not created often
enough. Sometines, more at-
tention is paid to Canadiana as it
is viewed in an art gallery or in a
show-window, rather than in the
— Please turn to page 11
Mrs. May Smalley
in London. But they are very
comfortably settled for the time
being.
Although they have never lived
in Exeter before, the Smalleys
have a cottage at Goderich, so
they are familiar with the area,
Susan and Steven are now living
there until they finish grade XIII
and grade XII respectively, at
Goderich high school.
Mrs, Smalley is really excited
about moving to Exeter. She has
a completely new career in
helping her husband at the store.
"It's so exciting to do something
completely new", she said. Her
husband has been involved in the
where they farmed until 1938.
Returning to Ontario, they
settled in Exeter in 1940 where
Mr, Cann purchased the Harvey
Feed & Flour mill and sub-
sequently established the firm of
Cann's Mill Limited, The com-
pany is still operated under the
direction of his sons, Carfrey and
Arthur.
Besides their sons, Mr. & Mrs.
Cann have two daughters, Mrs.
P. L. (Lola) Jackson, Dunnville,
and Mrs. Arthur (Gwyneth)
Whilsmith, Exeter. There are 10
grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.
Three events were held in.
honor of the occasion; two at
their own home and one at the
home of Mr. & Mrs. Whilsmith.
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fullest sense. They show Canada,
particularly the land, and
sometimes the people, in a way
that many may see, but few can
express, and they have come to
occupy a unique status as stir-
veyors of Canadian heritage,
Canada is such a young
country, that, at one time, there
were few recognized objects
which fulfilled the same role.
Especially since Centennial year,
however, Canadiana, in all its
aspects, has become a very big
thing. People started tracing
their family trees, digging out old
records and Bibles, pictures, just
about anything to try to bring the
lives of their ancestors closer to
the present,
Dusty attics have been sifted
through to find artifacts, knick-
knacks, old furniture, anything to
revive the memories of our
heritage. Many things that were
once considered worn out and
worthless have now become
treasured antiques.
Former "junk" stores, have
become "antique" stores. There
has even been a run on antique
finishes and stains, so that you
can make things that don't really
qualify as antiques, look like
antiques.
But be it a chair, or a hand-
made bed, or an old china dish,
each keepsake in its own way
nurtures and protects heritage —
the unique sense of tradition in a
person's life.
I didn't fully realize the impact
of this trend, however, until
recently, when I saw a friend
with her daughter, They were
cleaning out the china cabinet,
and had come across an old cut-
glass dish. "This dish used to
belong to your great-
grandmother", she said. "She got
it as a wedding present when she
was married in England and it
was one of the few things she kept
when she and her husband moved
out to Canada many years ago".
I don't imagine the little girl
even knew the meaning of the
word "heritage", but her shining
eyes made me realize that she
knew she had just seen something
very important and exciting.
The same type of thing hap-
pened at an auction sale I at-
tended not long ago. The family
had sold the big, old house they
had lived in for almost 20 years,
and were getting rid of all the old
furniture, to make room for the
brand-new furniture that would
fill their newly-built house.
I noticed, however, that none of
the family's children were to be
seen. When I ask where they
were, their mother said, "Oh,
they must have taken ,off. They
just couldn't stand to see all the
furniture and stuff go".
These kids had realized that
you cannot purchase memories
or heritage. It must be preserved.
Often it must be rescued. But
sometimes it must be created.
The recent trend toward
restoration has somewhat
balanced the scales in favor of
still keeps in touch with many of
the ladies with whom she trained.
She has also attended many of
McKellar Hospital's graduation
exercises, the last one being in
1969. "We used to have reunions
at these graduations, but I don't
know if I will go to anymore or
not," she said.
• After her graduation, Miss
Ballantyne returned to Exeter to
do general nursing. She nursed
the elderly and acted as a mid-
wife. She worked here for a year
but then decided to go further
afield, so she went to New York
City. She worked in Brooklyn for
several years, travelling back
and forth to Exeter each sum-
mer,
A family crisis occurred,
however, and Miss Ballantyne
returned home to look after her
widowed brother's six children,
In 1937, with her other duties
nearly at an end, she began to
work for Dr. Fletcher. Many of
her patients were expectant
mothers,' "In those days, they
stayed at least 10 days after the
birth," 'said Miss Ballantyne,
"and they never got out of bed in
all that time. Things certainly
have changed."
Salaries have also changed. At
the time, Miss Ballantyne made
$7 a day. "Nursing itself, except
for the equipment, hasn't
changed that much since I
started nursing," she said, "You
work as hard, just not as many
hours."
Once the hospital was built,
however, the patients stopped
going to private homes, Miss
Ballantyne had no intention of
going to work in the hospital , but
a family whose relative she was
nursing recommended her and
she began to work on a part-time
basis. She has never worked full-
time there, but thoroughly enjoys
her work.
Miss Ballantyne also keep
extremely busy in her home on
Carling Street. In addition to
doing all her own spring cleaning,
she hooks rugs, crochets, knits,
pieces quilts and gardens.
She also has ambitions to travel
although she has already
travelled considerably; to
Florida, out west, and to Fort
William and New York many
times. She would like to fly to
California to visit a niece who
lives there.
At 83 years of age, Miss
Ballantyne is as, or more active
than many women half her age,
and she is still going strong.
nursing. He told her just to stay
up there to take the course, and
that was that.
Eleven girls started the nur-
sing course at McKellar General
Hospital in Fort William but only
10 graduated, The other girl was
expelled from the school because
she got caught sneaking in over
the balcony late one night. "She
would have been 0.K," said Miss
Ballantyne, "but she slipped and
hurt her leg when she was
climbing over, and then she had
to tell them how she did it. I guess
times haven't changed that
much."
After 53 years, Miss Ballantyne
RECEIVES ALL-ROUND CORD — Gail Boucher, centre, of the Huron Park Girl Guides was awarded
her All-Round Cord at the pot-luck supper held in Huron Park May 31. Presenting the award is the
Division Commissioner, Hazel McCreath, and looking on is the Guide Captain, JoAnne Perzul. The cord
is the result of about three year's work for Gail. T-A photo
BROWNIES GRADUATE - Four members of the Huron Park Brownie Pack graduated to the Girl
Guides at the third annual potluck supper held by the two groups, Shown, left, are Aline Marie Griffith,
I3eVerly Borgrnan. Leader lona 13oucher, Denise Baptic and Laurie House, "t'-A photo