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Colborne- Central
about Japanese
Colborne• Central. School
! students in -grade live have been
busy completing group project'',
.about Japan. The various o4a1
report -Which Were grVeinieffie(1.
students Understand:more full‘
• the Japanese customs and ways of
The Colborne ;CentralSchool Grade five class have been studying Japan during the past weeks and
wound it all up with speciarjapanese Day. This festival dragonwas part of the event. Standing are
Susan Pollock, hetding a flower arrangement and Cheryle Jardine. Both are wearing Kimonos they
made.—Colborne School photo
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The people who Worked in th(,
area of art in Japan, showed
beautifully decorated, dishware
dolls,and delicate fans. Another
group dealt with special types of
food in Japan an(l. even made a
sample dessert.
The people in Food along with
,the aid of those whp had •WOrked on.
Festivals.decorated tee roOtn. to
give the air of a Ja'panese home.
LOW table's and .the absence oI
'(:liairs were in order.
'the girls who Worked the
area of clothing modeled kimonos
which they hadmade (with a bit of
help from home)
Ikebana is a special type of
floweit arranging 'characteristic
of Japan. The members of this
roup showed quite a talent in both
the sketches and actual
arrangements which were done.
Other groups dealt with .
Histbry,
Transportation and Homes.
Roger Mathews': Susan Pollock and:Chet:0e Jardine displaymore of the Kimonos the grade fiye
atudents,at Colborne Central School made as part of a special project aimed at the study of Japan.—
Colborne School photo
correc!iOn•
The story on page six on the arena
in -last week's edition about the .
gatesplitbetwee-n theLion's-Club
and. Arena tommission read;
'This motion wasicarried out and
passed-r"--That-i-s—ineorrect-, The
subject was tabled until a meeting
with the Lion's Club will be held.
Do you remember the Goderich
Bayfield road 25'3/ears a:go? Some
.of you will. There's a bit—no two
, bits—in the —Re -member'
minutes before,
So that was a few miles done in
spurts and stops and when we
finally reached that 'lovely line of
When???" column, this week. ttiat cedars not far from Hayfield we
will bring back memories -,and breathed a sigrh, Of relief. We
alsopoint out the fact that SOME _climbed up to the highWay and my
influential citizens can get things '. first impression was that they had
moving—if they're really beenalong..with the snowplough—
. interested.- and , a street sweeper because
. Well, that road was about the there was no snow on the road!lt •
worst—second to the "road was an uphill climb across that
rupning thro; Seafortli about the bridge and when we levelled out on.
sametim.e—that I had ever seen.- - the highway again we couldn't
.Peo,ple fromtown knew they believe thatthere could.be
travelled it at their own risk and , skiff ofsnow,inthe furrows in the
many a bent axle and blown tire fields—it was just IMPOSSIBLE!
calfsed a lot of cussing those days. We managed to, reach Reeces
Seems to melt was worse at the Corners—and we Iiad used full
' Hakfield end aria that ,skinny. , tank of gas—for those••days! •
little, •old bridge was being used The' people at the, gas station
• .then—and you 'wouldn't believe came out togape at the 18 inches
the.conditiOn'of it-L.-eitheror more of snow piled -on the top of
It Was our first Christmas' our car and ask v;herewe had been
or -come from' •
That show. was so thick that it
resistedthe sunshine of Windsor
thro• the three or four days we
were dOwn there and it v,.as. such a
conversation piece—with people
cutting their grass in shirt
sleeves—thit we made quite afl
impression --people still sak—
"Rememberwhen???"
So they sure hurried up and
repaired.that road before, those'
• people from the States. interested
in -our roads and,all that goes- to
:give tourists a good impression of
season away from home—the
relatives and friends all in
that sentimental journev—no
matterhoW had the roads.. ,,„
• I recall the day we were to leave
a heavy snowfall had begun—and
when I say HEAVY—to Sorneone
who had spent nearly all their -
born days in the "Sun Parlohr of
Canada" —it was HEAVY.
"._This is the way the snow
comes down—
Softly softly alling—"
Well it was softly falling but the
One of the projects conducted as part of a Japan study by grade five students ateolborne Central School
involved food. Members of the group Kell ie Swartman, Sandra Rowe, and Linda Kaminska display their
Japanese menu.—Colborne Sdhool photo
working to keep us a good Our -Mayor Worsell—well
reputationknown as that red headed
:For you -folks' away from umpire—haS been having a rough
home—our town isThaVing its first time with a miserable virus th,11
year of "Summer Fest". in which really lays you low. We thought he
-interesting-events and-aotivities -hakt--ove.r;cOm,e the—hug -hut-he-is -
will be taking place ALL season. back in Hospital—the best- placp •
Art Martis July 27,28 and 29. We in the world,to fight this thing, wr_:
appreciate the fact that folks want
to stop and'spend Uhl e in our area
and we are 'certain* going to do
our best to show them the` place is
not dead or ancietit. We, haven't
.enough to make if really ancient—
hut .we do have some fine old
,buildings which date' back to our
humble .b.eg.innings. . • '
;That old Central school. which
was condemned because it was
worn out still exists as thebusiest
and best museum in this end of the
wdrld. 1 don't think. it will -ever
really wear out becausein those
days craftsmen Were proud of
their work and wood mortar and
brick was a challenge to their
skills—and so their buildings will
"wear' ' for many years -to come..
The.old ail with -its big high
stone wall is a topi-c
biggest flakep I had ever 8ers and Odf•-- facikities% decided. .
tite-Y----- controversy-rtatt now,. --- --- ,
' bymid morning wehad'over a foot wouldn't want to visit our. nice
. . A lot of people say. "Tear it
of fluff covering everything. , country. • .. , down ,'' it is • falling to pieces—it
' Knowing the Hayfield Rd. was I can't recall when they put in was not'built for anything 'but a
so had, We decided, to take the the new scenic bridge at Hayfield cruel jail." I can't believe this,
Fourth ConcesilonAnt.'of town, but it was ndf long after. I believeand with others 1 will fight to keep
This led you in an uphill and A Anyway, 25 years has seen a it—for SOMETHING—becanse
downdale trip ending in the great many improvernehts in•our we need to keep -some' historic .
outskirts—at that time—of .. roadsf our eating places and our places in our fine county town: -
Hayfield near the highway and
close to that old bridge:
From No. a to the first
croisroad was fine. someone had
been,ahead of tis, but from there
on the virgin snpw stretched as
far as you could see without a
mark of ally kind_on it.
Not onlywas it over a foot deep
on the road but the ,ditches had,
fuled and your only hope of
staking on the road was'to try to
judge it by the trees and fence
:posts. Well, what a trip. Lumps.
bumps and a possible broken axle
or blown tire Wouldn't have taken
much more than half an hour from
here to Hayfield but that short cut,
via the back road took us or two
hours and no end of trouble.
To begin with, 'those lazy
snowflakes were, coming down so'
thick you could hardly See thro'
them, and there was no pan under
theblotor on thiiold Merc we had
at that time, so you wouldgo abont
10feetand the motor would stall.
You get out and dig the sneW,off the
motor which was.covered to the
hood and you tried to dey off the
Spark plugs and hope it would
, start again. Well, believe itor not
itviOnldstattagain. Welt, -believe
it or not we wers.stalleeso often
' we decided we'd better, get a,
.horse.. ,
Son Doug *as with us arid he had
spotted a farm a mile or so back
and sinde it loOkedas tliti we were
going -to just sit and: get t nowed
under.hedeclaectto walk back to
the tam and see if ne Could 'road
up ci traotot or somettlitutv .
fle hadn't gone very far when
the motor decided top ngalti.:-so
AO backed up and pleked Mtn up
and away we went. -1811 feet past
Wliere we,had been Stalled a few
towns in general.
"Prettiest Town" still sticks
with us and.we should plan for the
future generations to be proud of
our,citizens and Town Fathers for
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Even if we have to turn it into an
art museum or school, there
would at least be lots of little
studios and overhead lighting!
During the day—thaf. is -I •
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all wish you a "Good Recovery"'
Mr,. Mayor even if it isn't
speedy—.since you can't seetWo
rush this type of bug.
Love
-
P.S. Don't forget the flower show -
June 23. •
4ratie.
Goderich Little Theatre
PRESENTS
Kitchener -Waterloo Little Theatre
lntheir p
Here We Come Gathering"
a -farce in three acts
• By Phillip King and Anthony Armstrong. The story ora'
strange assOrtment of characters who occupy a vacant house
equipped with everythingbut furniture. Directed by tessa •
Gillartt
Friday & Saturda-y
JUNE 23 & 24\
.acKAY HALL
NOTE: This is the third and last regular production of the
1971-1972 season.Subscribers should pick ip reserve seat
accomodation in the usual manner at the offices of Reg Bell
0Otometrist, The Square, Goderich.
VIC, POPE
am proud to have established Kentucky redrChickerr1pcation in the lovely towrs,of Kincardine
which, along' with the Goderich location, now serves apPr ximately 4 55mile area, ,
Lastweek our Godarich and K indardine locafion had a record week. I would like to thank all those
people who made it possible. It is the constantendeavour of rill/ managers and myself to give you
"finger Hokin' good' chicken so' that we may keep, you coming back again and again.
VIC POPE
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