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.Huron -Perth S.S. teachers
-attend St.Columban event
Te ac lit r - from Kitkt►ra, "lht•y took various distance
Dublin. „ Columba,' and ,hots in the school hall and
Exett•rr. I,r,c.c,l tyre cold and play room. In :t Nhort time they
had ht,r ; 4.nditiore. 'to at- acquainted themselves with
tend art„tht•t ul :t ,erre, of the focusing. zooming,
EDI 't':v mechanism of this compact
'1— I E\ 1 1()N \VORK-HO1'- unit and obtained a good per -
on Thur'-daE'ehniir-v 15 at 't, spec j!‘ ut planning and,
Columba!" '' hoot executing* the 0„optimum
Mr Inn Onn, t t& Le 1" I*I Fi coverage on tape of audio
technk tan tr6iu the '‘trnlstry t)t yi.tial learning incidents
E:du, atlon in London, t — i -.ted Nleanwhlle, a second group
.loin tLcarrot' Con,ultaf►t was inyolye d. ill.- iluther,
for the 11 true Perthlt.l' S ti "hands on" approach with
System he ayie r equipment. John
'T'eacher's ere &1\111 into McC:trr'olI assigned teachers a
two group, \k here l,hev took 0e ,period' -of time to video .btape
Fettvit .•.- to t' ti
• .9,di visit"! hardware"-' 1r. taTcing Eil'ai �, durint the
t)ri15--ttrwt lemonstrtte,l the workshop with the stable
porta-per I,rnit•,'tor to his tripod based protector
group figs rhe tc achets then 'hhev kkere further involved in
'Wert .tole to c,.nti,lentk Use the processing of focusing,
the equipment .. zooming procedures, assem-
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ping, dismantling, planning
and executing with the 'I'AV
361)0 video taping machine.
The next in the series of
education television_
Workshops will fakir place in
Seaforth on March 13th.
Gymnastic Workshops for
teachers continued their series
at St. Mary's School in
Goderich on Wednesday,
February 21st. and at St.
There are still a few of the old
breed left, thank goodness. And
one of thein is eery friend Ab
('ordinglev.
Received a letter from him
this week, and, as with
everything he says and writes,
it was right to the point. He
doesn't warkte any words. The
letter ends thus, "Hope U R
OK."
He told Ore bluntly that he
still, f,eads this column and
"Sometimes think U - R OK,
f oitTTntrarrSc timtt oti Thur- omr im &Inff•has+ - ie rict�er'
sday, February 22nd. 11 -ie final had any hesitation in telling me
workshop was held at Strat- what was wrong with env line of
ford's Northwestern High thought. To my faco,'i •
Sc. h .)o
on
cuary
A couple of years later, we
became across -the -street neigh-
bours. One evening a few mon-
ths later, about 10 p.m., there
was a banging on our kitchen
door. It was Ab.
"Call the fire brigade,
Smiley. The dam' house is on
fire.', Ile had his pants pulled
on over his flannel pyjamas,
and was in his, bare feet. Had
been going to bed.
-That gravel is hell on the
feet;" he- observed, while I
reached for the phone. The
road between us was paved in
gravel. Try running across it in
your bare feet, at 82.
fire._h['i'
on z it —Was—.
A
�ti' e d.n.e a dam __L_retueu e.r the_lit t iln'a 'e,:...:. ,..1 'c rr
..went.trout_-fiJiltig...t etl r...:...,- told
was to pick hien up at 5::3O a.m, dinglev's house, and hung up.
or some such hour,vand have In a small town, you don't give
breakfast wit1h him. I arrived at addresses, you just say whose
Mr. David Kevho, a regional
P.E.• Consultant from the
Ministry ,of Education in Kit-
chener, Conducted these Gym-
nastic Workshops.
HURON PERTH ACTIVITES
'seams from London, Strat-
ford and Goderich took part in
a BASKETBALL TOUR-
NAMENT on Saturday,
February 2.1th. at the Goderich
District High. School (vni-
nasium. Mr. Tom Hoad, a
coach from St. Mary's School
Goderich will host this tour-
nament.
Approximately two hundred
boys from the Exeter di:+trict
have shown an ' interest' in
playing soccer; Mr. ,David
Zyluk, ay coach from Precious
Blood School in Exeter held a
meeting -on Monday, February
19th, in Exeter to form an
ExeterMinor Soccer
Association -tt►, work in unison
with the -Huron. Minor Soccer
Association.
Dr. 'John Underwood from'.
Seaforth has shown great. in-
terest in this future activity in
c0mmunitjes throughout
Huron County.
•
When. Yon Shop Say..^..
I SAW
IT IN THE
SIGNAL
pd
Cor
a quarter to six and he gave me
hell. Then he forced ' Ole, 0 cof-
fee -and -toast man, to shovel
down a huge breakfast of bacon
and eggs, enough for a logger,
which he had ready.
We had a good day. I got
thirteen speckles and a brown
and he filled his creel. The only
untoward incident in their-
ning's fishing was when he
stepped into 0 hoghole, felt `flat
on his face and, hit his head on
a rotten stump.. -
"Dam' good thing I had My
hat on," he quipped, looking
rtiefully at his cigar, which had
been mashed in the fall.. Of
course, he was just 0 spiting
chicken then, at the height of
his faculties. He was. only, 10
years old.
We knocked off for luno' I
was glad. I Was poopetl ,.1,1
pulled out my two meagre San-
dwiches, and Ab hauled outiti
lunch that would Stagg r'}}4 ii
truck driver. He forced apples
and bananas and great hunks
of cheese on me Until it, itis
comingout my ears.
I thought, "I'll fix then old
devil." -i'd brought two briers
along. I knew he was teetital.
It was a hot day, and the I eer
was'the colour and tempers ttrre
of you -know -what. Offered horn
one. He ` w,ls• not onljy] a
teetotaller but a gentlernari. lie
took it, drank down the gas;eoys
horror, and said calmly.
. H n x eta tea d n Hit•r ter•..- 3 3H - -rpt ua - set' kaac k. No....Ah Irit�' (i
house it is. Unfortunately, the
tire brigade went to Ab's old
'house and dithered about for
ten minutes before someone
remembered he'd moved.
Unaware of this, • we-- two
hustled across the street and
started , carrying out of the
house such valuables as -potted
plants, old pictures worth
shout seventy-five cents on the
open market.
We'd been doing this for
about five minutes when Ab
stopped at- the bottom of the
stairs and yelled up, "Dammit,
Annie, I told you to get down
here." The flames were roaring
in the roof by now. I realized
with horror that his wife, who
had had legs and trouble
walking, was still up there. •
Then the fire brigade arrived,
and soon confusion became
chaos. We got his wife over to
our house and into a hot cup of
rea. Ab -nippers around like a
ttWelve-year-old, telling people
4 hat to carry out and driving
kids back from.the flames. I got
o'irr kids out of bed, so that they
could watch something they'd
remember all their lives— a
tine old house going up . in a
glorious pyre of blaze and
smoke. There's something
heart -wrenching and at. the
-ame time thrilling.'. in such a
sie,ht. •
Many people. of 82 would
-have been utterly" daunted hv.
years."a
have been more disturbed if the
Tories had lost a by-election.
.;Quite a guy. He's 93 or 94
now, and still has a mind that
would make many fifteen -year-
olds look senile. He's a walking
encyclopedia. 'tte----doesn' t
pretend to be an intellectual,
but has read thousands of
books and can still recite poetry
he learned in public school.
He's everything you're not
supposed to be these days. He's
prejudiced. He's 100 percent
opposed to Grits, booze and
laziness. He believes in hard
work, making ' money, and
Colborne CouciI
All'' members of Colborne
Township Courkil were present
at the .two regular February
meetings. Accounts totalling
$7,268.83 were approved for
payment.
By -Law 4/1973 Re: Line Fen
ces was discussed and given
final reading. Also By -Law
3/1973 being a by-law
authorizing the borrowing of
money from the Canadian Im-
perial Bank of Commerce,
Goderich was approved.
Subscriptions to the"
"Municipal World" were ab -
proved for the, members of
Council and officials. A request
from the Ontario Conference on
Local Government was ordered
filed.
available, this year
decided to charge all
parable to the cost ttq
By - Law borne Township Wtrh4
A grant of $600 th,
County Federation
grit ulture was a
April 2, 1')7;3 wasset
pGro
date for'pavment 18'
1910
Arrears after
whichh taxi
registration would
Land Fill Site and
g!n
signs for Township cliscY
tersections, Were us,*
along ong with
provemEuts to the forrnerg
School grounds.
leaving something worthwhile A request' from the Huron
behind, like a first-rate County Ploughman's I
.hospital. �«(e iti fur au:_' i.
the -To wnship ''+ an-nu*l grant of
$25. to $50. was approved. Two
requests for- Land - Severence
were also approved. Permission
was given to Ontario Hydro for
a hydro extension in the area of
Ball's Bridge.' -
The Road Superintendent
reported on the Winter Works
Program which consists' of the
cutting and burning of dead
elm trees on Township road-
ways," He was instructed by
Council to tender for the 1973
supply of crushed gravel.
The Clerk presented a Waste
Disposal Site Provisional Cer-
tificate from the Ministry -of'the
Environment expiring the :31st
day of May 1973 and he was in-
structed to apply to the
Ministry of the Environment
for an extended certificate of
approval date.
Council decided to pay Fence
Viewers and Pound Keepers
Fees .and these accounts 'would
'be pilled to: the property owners
concerned. Warble Fly
Spraying was discussed at.
length and as no grants are
But-- there's • somethings
'clearing about about his prejudices.
They are right out in the.open.
I'll het he believes in capital
punishment, God, and heaven.
I'll take him away ahead of
your smarmy liberals any day.
And he has a sense of
humour. He used to winter in
Texas and took great delight in
telling the proud Texans that
their mighty state could be
dropped into one of our
Canadian lakes and not even
cause a ripple.
It seems to Me that one win-
ter he took 'some empty bottles
to Texas, told the natives the
bottles were full of Bruce
Peninsula air, and suggested it
'was worth at least one dollara
bottle for its purity.
Good health, Ab, and long
. live.
•
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Parents who plan to leave
their children with a babysitter
should:
- * Try to find one from a
family you-' know and like.
* If you hire a stranger,
check the references. A good
source is someone who has
taken a recognized course.
• If you hire a teenager, look
'for maturity, responsibility and
a genuine interest in children.
* Give any new sitter a con-
ducted tour of the house. Show
her ,where to find food, phones,
bedrooms, exits, etc. Show her
where hazardous objects are
kept, such as tools, chemicals,
matcheis and knives. Explain
"play and bedtime
routine.
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