The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-06-13, Page 7Robert Callan, left, from Rotan, Texas shakes hands with his host in''Goderich Tim Clancy.
'Robert is -staying at the Clancy home during part of a visit to Canada sponsored by the Lions
Club. ,(staff photo) . '
Young
Texan
visits
on exchange
Lions
In the home of a Goderich
family, ,Robert Callan sat bark
and I'lt a cigarette.
"rim"- from Rotan", he
drawled, •Rotan,, Texas is a .._
town of 2,000 in the rolling
plains area - about 300" miles
south-west of Dallas. Ranching•
and cotton farming. are the
main industries.
• Robert arrived in this area,
along with 15 other young •
Texans, .June 5. They are par-
ticipating in an exchange
program Sponsored by Lions_
Clubs across the continent. -
Rohert is 18 and a high
• school graduate planning to at -
..tend college next autumn. He
said he studied Canada in
'geography, class so he knew
- Canadians didn't live in igloos.
- Still, he wasn't sure what to
expect.
He finds the.Conadian accent
strange. comparing, it to the
way he would' expect English-
men'to speak. But basically, he
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finds the way of life in
Goderich similar to that in
Rotan.
Everday things such 'as
'television and radio ,are
similar. In Rotan, teenagers
create their own fun during
leisure hours. The nearest good
entertainment is 30 to 60 miles
'from the town.
-Climate differs though.
About this time of year in
southern Texas tef'nperatures
range between 90 and 105
degrees. In the winter 10 to 40
degree temperatures are com-
mon..No snow fell in Rotan this
past winter buusually it does,
The air is much drier. there.
Huron County reminds Robert
of Eastern Texas where there is
more humidity and . lots ' of
trees.
The main topic Of political
conversations in Rotan is
Watergate. Robert said about
half the people consider it non-
sense and the other half are
concerned.
• Mr. and Mrs. Jack MacKen-
zie flew by plane from Malton
last week .to Alberta. -Jack will
attend. cattle sales there and
they will visit their sob Douglas
at-- Red Deer.
Mr.. James Bowe of _Florida
visited at the home of his
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Finlay
MacDonald.
oIr. George Moncreif flew to
,Nanaimo, British Columbia
last week to attend the wedding
of his nephew. ,
A group . of young boys in-
cluding Steve Simpson, Ken-
neth' Finlayson, Paul Hamilton
and Brian Simpson have joined
a group of hall players in
Lucknow and played their first
game at Chepstow last Thur-
sday evening. The score was 6-5
•in favor of Chepstow. They are
--being coached by Mr. Stanley of
Lucknow. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Haydn of
Port Albert visited with her
mother, Mrs. Rhoda MacKen-
zie, -Jim and Neil -on Sunday
and attended ,Anni.versary
church services in Ashfield
Presbyterian Church.
Visitors on Sunday with Mrs.
Jean West and Miss Mable
MacDonald were Mr. •and Mrs.
Alex Andrew of Lucknow, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Smeltzer and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Allan
MacDougall and family, Mr.
Mrs. Lillian Simpson—
,
Since Robert arrived in
Goderich he has stayed at the
home -of M'r:. and Mrs. G.B.
Clancy. He will be stayi.ng-with
other families in the area
during his six . week visit in
Canada.
and Mrs, Jim West and family.
Mrs." .Jessie Johnston and
Miss Sadie -Johnston of
Lucknow visited in Ashfield on
' Sund,ay.
Mrs. Jean Carruthers, .Julia -
and Andrew of Goderich were
guests on Sunday with Mr..Mand..
Mrs, Douglas Martyr, Donald
and' Ainsley.'
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
'rhe 126th anniversary of
Ashfield Presbyterian 'Church
Was, celebrated on Sunday,
June 9th. '
Rev. .1.• Weir' Of Kincardine
who is th! interim moderator of
this church, was the minister
for both services', The evening
service, Rev. Weir was assisted
by the student miniter
Richard Sand' who is in charge
of the summer services.
- Special n'i(isic was »presented
by the choir under the direction
of Mrs. Duncan Simpson. They .
sang two anthems. A trio con-
sisting of Mrs, Melba Park,
Mrs: Shirley Dodds and -Nancy,
Anderson who sang at the mor-
ning service.
In the evening Robert
Rutledge of Reid's Corners ren-
dered two solos,
The 'c.,ongregation par-
ticipated in a hymn sing at the
beginning.of the service..
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• Here are two poems watt -en
students in Miss Bon-
thron'°s' Grade 5 class'
THE ROBIN'S NEST.
Have you seen -the robins nest?
Formed and hui•lt the
h every ll be
y best.
Where their young
horn,
To live, and grow and play and
refit:
The robin, -eggs arc' warm and
blue,
They look quite pretty to me
and you.
And when they hatch some
baby birds in the
They' Il learn to fly up
Ir)
'reaching them to fly is hard,
They might fall down into a
vard.
But as their older Pthey will
learn,
To fly wii.hout parents on
guard.
The birds are veru fun to see,
Chirping seg very happily.
Its l'un to see them learn to fly,
And their parents praise them
with glee.
Diana Walzak
•PECLE
People can be funny,
•
People can he dumb;
People can he stupid
And you might be a bum.
People 'might have cars,
People ,might have trucks
People might have pennies
Or a million pucks -
cY
People have a .name.
People have a head,
People have a heart,
And people might he dead.
People have a friend,
People have taken the blame. .
People can he smart,
But people aren't the .same
.1ohn Alexander
The senior hoes softball of:
ficiallv started last week: Cum -
posing of pix teams it proves to
be an exciting series.
The grade eight class
graduation pictures were taken
last week and are ,shown in this
week's issue. The grade eights
were asked to wear good
clothes for t he occasion. This
made the girls dig deep„ into•
their wardrobe for dresses. -•
French projects were due last
•week and each studestk gave a
summary of his or her work.
The. projects- have been well
presented up to this time.
The grade eight exams were
given this and last week. The
exams determine the. awards to
he given later this month,
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY,., JUNE 13, 1974—PAOt1. 7
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Will award proficiency pens
The roll call was answered
by 28 members at the -June
meeting of the Goderich
Branch of the W.I.
Child hurt
A goderich girl was .injured.
as the result of aric accident
Tuesday at the corner of Picton
and South Streets
Sherry Kotvk, 11, 114 Picton
, daughter' of Mr and Mrs
M. Kotvk, suffered a broken
leg She was riding Deer bicycle
and apparently collided with a'
ar driven by Peter Burley, 34
Piston St
No charges have been laid,"
polic•te said.
Sherry was taken to Alexan-
dra Marine and General
Hospital for treatment and was
kept.overnight fir observation.
Mrs. C. Crozier welcomed all
and asked that Mrs. N. Clair-
mont, who was delegate to the
officers -conference at"Waterloo
University in May, give her
report.
A veru full and informative
report was heard. The study of
the handbook was stressed. A
,bus trip to the Mennonite
.Village was .interesting..-
Mrs.
nteresting..-
Mrs. G. Morlev's report. of
tt)e District Annual at Belgrave
was given by Mr'•N. Clairmont
in Mrs. M.orlev's absence:`.
Mrs. E. Sitter 'reported on an
tmptessive service for Pennies
for Friendship held at the rally,
• Birthday greetings were sung
for Mrs. Crozier, Mrs. Clair-
mont Mrs..Oke and Mrs. Ban-
nister.
Mrs C.. Young, program con-
vener, introduced Mr. A.
TASTY MEALS
for hungry people
LIGHT »SNACKS
for not -so -hungry People ,
Mathers, who spoke on In-
surance Liability. Much help
and information was gleamed
from his remarks.
Mrs. A. Schram thanked Mr.
Mathers,
Pens fr Proficiency are to be
given to Grade 8 students, with
fhe highest marks.
There wit11-,be no meeting in'.,_
July but the Annual Picnic,.will
be held in August.
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