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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-08-01, Page 11DISPLAY CRAFTS — Two Grand Bend ladies, Mabel Gill and Nola Taylor had a wide variety of ceramics at the craft show in St. John's church in Grand Bend on Friday, They have been doing ceramics for two years and give lessons in the winter months, Times-Acbtocctte, August 1, 1974 Nigel- 1 . 1•04 'er _ T4104P 4444 1--(;' 4' A MEMORIALS : Shop At Wilson's jewellery 413 Main St. Exeter PLEASING YOU PLEASES US T. PRYDE & SON LTD. Phone 235-0620 Main Si., Exeter • MONUMENTS • MARKERS • INSCRIPTIONS Contact Jack Pryde: Office 235-0620 or Home 235.1384 DISPLAYS ALSO IN GODERICH AND CLINTON 'OUR BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1919" GRANTON W.I. — One of the many community organizations involved in the Granton Fun Day festivities was the Granton W.I. On their parade float are Mrs. Clarence Lewis, Mrs. George Wilson, Mrs. Don Roloson and Mrs. Ken Hodgins. T-A photo 45- AS WE CLEAR OUR WAREHOUSE OF Linoleum REmNANTs Inlaid Vinyl Exeter, Ont. (519) 235-2190 Neighbour's husband rides a unicycle Coming to small town Ontario from small town. Saskatchewan has been "quite an experience" for the Smith family. Helen, her husband Iner, their children, Dean, 8 and Melanie, 5 and their Pekingnese, Teddy moved here July 2 from Lum- sden. They are now living at 294 Sanders st, West. Both she and her husband are originally from north Saskat- MRS, HELEN SMITH chewan and had never been east of that province, He is working at the Royal Bank, Lumsden was the town that was having all the flood problems Yes . . We Can Look After Your Needs In I CUSTOM DRAPES F.- Plus Materials By 'The Yard FULL UNE OF DRAPERY HARDWARE earlier this year. Helen said their house was right across from a.12- foot dike, holding back the water, If it had broken, "the water would have come •to the eaves of our house," she said. "When someone said Exeter had had a flood I said, well we're experienced flood fighters," she said smiling, In her short Stay in Ontario, -Helen has noticed a few dif- ferences about this part of the country. "You don't have any back alleys." Back alleys? They're gravel lanes, she said, not alleys really, that run behind houses for gar- bage collection. She also remarked on the number of brick houses, In Lumsden most houses are all frame and painted every color of the rainbow. Brick is used for decoration. She thinks Saskatchewan towns are getting smaller because most major highways bypass them. The highways here, she said always seem to go through them, She and her husband have been to the canning factory to watch them do the pea crop. "I've never seen peas har- vested like that. The first time I saw a truckload of peas I couldn't believe it," she said. matiter th6rge -7e 14 Peas in Saskatchewan are only grown in people's gardens, she explained. They like to spend some of their evenings bike riding. Mr. Smith rides a unicycle which Helen says has created a bit of sensation around the neighbourhood. She enjoys general housekeeping, and does much of the sewing for the family. "It's quite satisfying to be able to make a dress for just $15," she said. Her daughter, Melanie, was five before she had her second store-bought dress. The Smiths have moved five times in the past 11 years but never as far as Exeter, But Helen reports they are "quite happy" in their new home. iititeit: #10:1" Mrs. Dan Lane, Terrie Lynn and Jamie from BC visited with Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Wells, Exeter for the past two weeks. Mr. & Mrs. Mervin Taylor, London and Mr, & Mrs. Lorne Haugh, Exeter visited for two weeks with Mr, & Mrs. Bob Taylor and Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Taylor and families at Merritt, B.C, returning home, Saturday evening. The response to the proposed Day Care Centre for Exeter hasn't been overwhelming but Marilyn Hohner, co-ordinator of the project isn't discouraged. To date Marilyn has received 13 responses to the questionnaire placed in the T-A two weeks ago. These responses indicate that there are 21 children involved. "Most of these reponses are from people I don't know," Mrs. Hohner said, and she is still hoping to hear from some mothers to whom she has already spoken about the plan. Mrs. Hohner a field worker for the Ministry of Community and Social Services took the proposal for a Day Care Centre to Exeter Council several weeks ago. Council suggested that she send out questionnaires to determine how much interest the towns- people have in a municipal Day Care centre. Grants for such centres are available from the Day Care Nursery Branch of the Ministry of Community and Social Ser- Remember . . SUMMER CLEARANCE Continues g Save .Up To 50% On Men's, Women's, F--• Boys', Misses' and 77 Children's Wear DON'T DELAY COME IN TODAY vices and Mrs. Hohner felt that Exeter should take advantage of the available funds. Once she has received suf- ficient response from the residents, Mrs. Hohner will meet again with the Town Council, Mrs. Hohner, said that Council wanted her to make a list of those interested. "Possibly, even with this few responding, they would think the project worthwhile," she said. Mrs. Hohner a full time em- ployee of the Ministry with young children of her own feels, however that in a town the size of Exeter, there should be more than 13 mothers who are either working or thinking of working and would like to take advantage of the service, "Perhaps once it is operating, there will be more people in- terested in sending their kids," she said. Mrs. Hohner is planning to spend her vacation knocking on doors and contacting people, in order to gain more support for her proposal. She will be contacting the Health Unit with forms to distribute to interested mothers. Mrs. Hohner said that perhaps the response was low because people didn't really know enough about it. "There is no way I can get to everyone, I'm so busy now, but if they would contact me I could probably give some more information," she said. If town council rejects the proposal for a town operated Day Care Centre, there is another route that we can take, Mrs. Hohner said. A co-op of interested parents, formed into an approved cor- poration would be eligible for the same grants as a municipal centre. She said, however that a town operated centre would benefit a greater number of people and would be less complicated. "A lot of women would work if they had a reliable place to leave their children." 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