Clinton News-Record, 1979-05-03, Page 3' ' Quilting involves a lot of careful concentration, but it
wouldn't be any fun without a bit of talk and gossip. The
ACW from St. James Anglican Church in Middleton not
only enjoy quilting as a hobby but also raffle the quilts to
make money for the small church. Delores Dutot, Muriel
Grigg, Mrs. Fred Middleton, behind, and Audrey Mid-
dleton are only some of the ladies who are putting
together this Pansy Quilt. (News -Record photo)
Clinton man is new housing- manager
William G. Tugwell has officially
taken` over duties as housing manager
for the Huron County Housing
Authority, an agent of the Ontario
Housing Corporation. He succeeds
John Lyndon who resigned.
As housing manager, Tugwell's job
involves the renting and leasing of all
Ontario Housing's senior citizens'
County leases...
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was interested in drilling its test well
and would not even tell the develop-
ment committee. He said the search for
oil was very competitive and he could
not, for those reasons, give anything
away.
Hanly said the committee did not
really press Johnson for any par-
ticulars on the test well.
The lion's share of the leased land is
in -Colborne township. Almost one third
i of the total acreage, 594 acres, is in
Colborne. Another 250 acres is in East
Wawanosh township, 150 acres is in
Ashfield, 99 acres in West Wawanosh,
84 acres in Stanley township, seven
acres in Goderich township and two
acres in Hay.
Speculation in the county offices
indicates that the test well will be
drilled either in West Wawanosh or
Ashfield township.
buildings in the county and all of
Ontario Housing's rent -geared -to -
income family units in Goderich,
Clinton and Wingham.
This means that all senior citizens
and low income families in the county
wanting to take up residence in one of
Ontario Housing's buildings, must..
apply to Tugwell at the Housing
Authority's office on Stanley Street in
Goderich.
Part of Tugwell's job involves
communication with all the town
councils in the county too. A county-
wide residency policy for senior
citizens' dwellings has been adopted by
the town councils meaning that senior
citizens from one town in the county
can be moved .into senior citizens'
dwellings in another town within the
county if they are willing.
Tugwell has worked with the Ontario
Housing Corporation since 1972. He is
originally from Toronto and first
worked at the Corporati 'hea-doffice_
there. He was then made ma,4tenance
supervisor of District F. He says he
was in charge of maintenance
supervision for one housing project in
that district which had a population
bigger than Clinton. Mr. Tugwell lives
in Clinton now with his wife and three
children. ,
Before being appointed as manager
of the Huron County Housing
Authority, Tugwell had been working
out of Goderich for the past two years
as maintenance supervisor with the
What the other papers say
Blyth man chosen
Keith Richmond of
Blyth was elected as one
of the zone chairman of
the District A9 Lions
Club.
The Blyth Standard
,reported that Mr. Rich-
mond was chosen at the
Lions mini convention in
Port Elgin recently.
Out of the other officers
chosen, Paul Schultz of
Goderich was also
elected as a zone
chairman.
Belgians will
be welcomed
May 2 was scheduled as
the date that reporters
from Brussels, Belgium
were to arrive in
Brussels, Ontario.
The Brussels Post
reported that the village
was getting ready for
their arrival with a
special reception and
meal, complete with
French interpreters.
Brussels, Ontario will
be giving their foreign
VINIMPlk
visitors a plaque pic-
turing the village's crest.
The plaque will be sent to
the mayor of Brussels,
Belgium.
Town helps project
The Exeter Times -
Advocate reported 'that
the town council has
agreed to make ap-
plication for a $150,000
loan under the Main
Street Revitalization
Program. They also
made a recommendation
noting that they would be
responsible for repaying
$50,000 of that amount
over the next 10 years.
The Business
Improvement Area would
repay the remaining
$100,000.
The Improvement Area
plans to use the $50,000
for off-street parking, but
noted that it could only be
spent on municipally
owned lands.
Council gets raise
For the first time in six
Sears
years the St. Marys
council have given
themselves a raise.
The St. Marys Journal -
Argus reported that
council voted themselves
a salary increase of more
than 33 per cent. This will
now give councillors
$1,600 a year and the
mayor will receive $2,800
annually. The mayor was
receiving $2,000 before
the raise and councillors
were receiving $1,200.
One councillor objected
to the raise saying that it
was unfair that the hoard
of works had be turned
down a 20 per cent raise
and the police were
refused their raise of 20
per cent.
Smile
'`Darling," he
breathed, "1 doubt if I'll
ever be able to get over
you -- so would you mind
answering the phone.
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Ontario Housing Corporation attached
to Huron and Bruce Housing
Authorities. He says $1 million was
spent in Huron County alone last year
on repairs and improvements.
All of the Corporation's buildings are
automatically inspected once a year.
As housing manager Tugwell is
responsible for tenders, both public and
short term (or those up to $5,000) to
make repairs and improvements to
these buildings.
A maintenance supervisor or
possibly two will be hired for Huron
and Bruce counties within the next
couple of months says Mr. Tugwell.
People in Profile:
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 3 , 1979 --=PAGE 3
Ladies keep quilting beesa!ive
by Shelley McPhee
It's not exactly known where or when
it began but it is known that the art of
quilting was born of necessity. The
handmade quilts provided ' armor
protectign in battle and warmth from
the winter cold. As it evolved, countries
in Southern Europe used quilting as a
sign of prestige. The wealthy were
gowned in heavy silks and velvets,
enhanced by intricate stitching.
The` art of quilting survived through
the years and is now considered for
most to be a hobby.
Yet for the ladies at the St. James
Anglican Chureh in Middleton the art
remains a necessary part of their lives.
Without the quilting the small church,
made up of some 20 families, would
lose much of its revenue. It is through
the long hours of needlework done by
tonly active group in the church that
the bills are paid and the church sur-
viveshe.
Quilting involves hours and hours of
slow work but the ACW ladies prefer
raising money by raffling their quilts
and taking orders than from holding
such events as a bake sale.
"We couldn't talk as much at a bake
sale, " Audrey Middleton laughed.
Quilting does not seem like work for
the ladies. Gossip compensates for the
broken fingernails, bleeding fingers
from pricks of the needles and aban-
doned housework while afternoons and
evenings are spent bent over the large
quilting frames.
"They always know at home when
we've been quilting," Audrey said,
"We always have so much news."
"The men go to auction sales,"
Estelle Wise added, "that's where they
get their news."
With • that statement the ladies
started a new line of conver..ation,
upcoming auction sales.
"We have to keep an eye on Blanche
Deeves," one lady joked. Blanche is the
area correspondent for the Clinton
News -Record.
stuck in
the middle
__--- Now I know what it --rear—wh-en
someone says, "It's not like the old
days." •
Growing up, right in the midst of
the age of modern technology, I've
never seen drastic changes. Only
through books and conversations
with older people 'have J learned
what it was like before, hut' now I
know first hand.
Someday I'll be able to tell
younger people what the good old
typewriter was like.
I'll miss the old girl, I've been
hanging 'out essays and stories on
her for years, but now she has been
taken away from me and I'm stuck
with this new fangled contraption
called a Mini Disk Terminal (MDT).
I don't really know how to explain
what the MDT i5'," I don't know
enough about it. The MDT vaguely
resembles a typewriter, the
keyboard is the same, but I'm not too
sure what all those other buttons are
for.
By hitting the buttons on the
keyboard, words appear on a small
television screen and from there
they are put on what's called a
record, with any luck. However,
with the way I run this machine, the
words I type won't go on the
--r_cct rd-,-a-i'tlrrh a l l those -fun -n y--bixt-t-o n -s -
that I always accidentally hi,t erases
everything.
If this continues much longer I
may he without a joh.A reporter that
makes deadlines a week late is not
much good to any newspaper. I
shudder when I think, of it. I trusted
the old clunker to help me to make it
to deadline time but this thing, I
don't trust.
Unlike the old manual typewriter,
I won't he able to take out my
aggressions on this new machine.
I'm not quite sure what would
happen if ',tried but by the looks of
its delicate makeup, it wouldn't
stand up. long to the wrath of my
fingers.
I'll probably ped glasses within
the week. My eyes aren't ac-
customed to looking at a television
screen only three inches away.
I have no idea how long my stories ,
are anymore. The MDT doesn't type
Out pages of paper only takes a count
by characters. To be on the safe
side, I just keep typing until either
the tape or my brain runs out.
With any luck Stuck in the Middle
will make it on the tape before I hit
the wrong button. If not, just ignore
the big white space in the middle of
page 3.
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"They tell me not to put this and that
in the paper," Blanche, the junior
quitter of the group noted.
Blanche has been quilting for about a
year now, a youngster at the art
compared to some of the other ladies.
Mrs. Fred Middleton has been quilting
for 50 years and Muriel Grigg, a former
resident in the Middleton community,
has been stitching for many years as
well.
"Mrs. Middleton is a very valued
quitter," the group of six agreed.
"And look at Muriel's stitches,
they're so tiny and even," someone else
added.
That's the trick to quilting, making
good stitches.
"Not jabbing the needle into your
finger," is the secret to quilting for
Blanche.
"Perseverance too," Muriel added
without, raising her head or losing a
stitch.
"There's often been blood marks on
the quilt," Mrs. Middleton recalled.
"But a little batten will soak that
up," Muriel gave a tip of experience.
Muriel is only one of the ladies out-
side the ACW group who come to join in
the quilting and visit. In fact Muriel
enjoyed the quilting so much the other
day that she stayed for supper and
quilted on into the evening.Other ladies
from the area often join in as well.
"We're always glad when someone
comes out. Visitors' are always
welcome," Delores Dutot said:
An extra chair and needle are
brought out for visitors and one more
cup of tea is poured.
"We always have our cup of tea,"
Blanche repeated several times.
Obviously this lady enjoys more than
just the needlework itself.
"In the old days we used to have the
whole quilt filled with about 12
ladies," Mrs. Middleton remembered.
Now, out of the 13 ACW ladies, only
half -a -dozen do the actual quilting.
Most of the club members help in the
initial stages' by taking a number of
blocks home and doing the embroidery
and applique work.
"We don't take orders for quilts,
other than from the members of the
congregation since we don't have
enough ladies to do the quilting,"
Delores Dutot said.
Although making the blocks may
take several months the actual quilting
is done in close to a week. The ladies
work steadily at it every afternoon and
evening until it is completed.
Enjoyment allows this, and the ladies
are determined to put Delores Dutot's
home back to normal as soon as
possible. The quilting frames,
belonging to Mrs. Middleton are
always set up in the small Dutot
livingroom, only a short distance away
from the Middleton church.
"I just move all the furniture out,"
Delores laughed.
The quilting is also finished as
quickly as possible since the prime
objective in making many quilts is to
sell tickets on it and raffle it off. Last
year a special autograph quilt alone
made over $300.
"Oh don't print that," ACW treasurer
Vera Miller said, "people will think we
have enough money and won't buy
anymore tickets."
It is doubtful that people could ignore
the beautiful handmade quilts that the
St. James ACW make, with so' much
dedication and fun
Hospital safety
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do now with the. dxtension should have
been done 15 or 20 years ago."
Presently an architect is being
consulted to find uses for the 14 rooms
that were closed in cutbacks. It has
been suggested that some of the rooms
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business.
Road superintendent Allan Nicholson
reported a number of road signs in the
township have been stolen or damaged
causing a hazard to drivers ,until
replaced. He reported the township
shed was entered with loss estimated at
$110, including window damage where
the entry was made.
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be used for storage of oxygen tanks and
wheelchairs. The hospital could also
use a bigger waiting room since many
patients now come in for outpatient
treatments; public , washrooms are
needed as well as office space, Mr.
Coventry said.
'`I know people are going to talk " he
"If we have to borrow money then we
will," he added.
The hospital auxiliary plans to take
over at least one room arid`make it into
a gift shop.
Mr. Coventry admitted that he was
glad to see at least two rooms, at the
main entrance of the hospital closed.
Positioned as they were, facing the
front desk and beside the waiting room,
did not benefit the patients using them,
he felt.
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