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Clinton News-Record, 1984-12-26, Page 10•r e f Page 10—CLINTON NEWS-RECORD;WiDNESDAY, DECEIVIBEI].26,1984 3ufiId Du.gla Jan Symons was awarded a certificate of appreciation recently for her service to Canada Post. Bayfield postmaster Ken McLellan and Mel Fransworth, area supervisor, were on hand to make the presentation to Mrs. Symons. (Shelley McPhee photo) Midnight Madness By Arlene Kok . Knock! Knock! Who's there? It's the New Year Man. What do you want? I have your New Year, Your new twelve months. Go away, I don't want any I had some last year And I didn't like them.. Couldn't get a refund either. But you must have them! Who says so? Well, I really don't know But everybody takes them. Well, I don't want any! Look lady it's going to be a hard day Just take them. I told you man, I don't want any! But you must have a New Year. Why? I didn't like the last one Or the one before that. That's got nothing to do with it You gotta take a year anyway! . So give me a good one then. , Sorry can't do that, you just • Take one out of the bag like Everyone else, choosing is against the rules. I'd lose my job lady! If I can't choose my own Then I won't take one! Listen lady, J haven't got all day Take your year. I don't have to, and I won't! Sure you have to, everybody has to Move into the New Year. Well, I don't want to go! I'm staying right here. Look, last year is finished You can't stay here. The door is closing, they will Pull it all down and recycle it. Be reasonable willya! O.K. if I can't stay in the old year Why can't I stay in between? That's dumb lady, nobody Stays in between years, One door closes, the other opens. You gotta go in, that's all! Well, why can't I stay in the hall? What hall? There isn't any hall. Sure there is, if there's two doors There must be a hall in between. After everyone's passed through I Can take my reclining chair My special Teddy and books, And sit there all comfortable like Listening to music and reading, Writing and drawing doodles! Oh please! Let me, it would be lovely! Okay, Okay, don't cry lady. Look you're making it hard on me I'm new at this job y'know But, I'll let you stay between years Only you must stay by yourself. What da you mean, by myself? Well, everybody Will be in the New Year And it's against rules to go back. Even for a visit? Sorry, no visiting! Not even on holidays'? No, nor on any day. How about just those I love And a few close friends? Look lady, stop messing around. I'm giving you a deal, take it! Well, I don't know anymore. Make up your mind, willya! Just take your new twelve months, O.K.'? You have a whole year to pay. 'Yeah, I know, I know Alright! Give me the package, Guess I'll take it anyway. Fine, that's settled then - Happy New Year lady! And a Happy New Year to you too! Y 9i Fire code complicates hall rental dames Friel take adequate precautions, such as engaged an architect to inspect the building By After over an hour's discussion by the installing fire extinguishers for the evening, and offer sugge§tions on renovations. The on,the architect's report has not yet been village council, Bayfield resident John removing the wooden bars p, Chapman received permission to hold a windows to permit exiting in case of fire and completed and forwarded to the private New Year's Eve celebration in the also to a "great deal of common sense." municipality: old Town Hall. Councils agreement, li,also saidthe building has already. been "We tried to find out what could be done but we granted at the Dec. 17 meeting, was subject insured by the group for fire and liability. "I can sympathize with the problem", Counc 1 o hadn't budgeted for any work," said to several conditions including Fire Chief Don Warner's approval. Reeve Dave said Councillor Helen Owen refering to her "We've notified of ` he intent td do Johnston was absent due to holidays. unsuccessful attempt to have a cabaret in something but we're strapped because we Council had previously granted the Town Hall as part of the province's dor> have the architect's findingsnd no permission to Mr. Chapman for his party in Bicentennial celebrations. Fire regulations figures on, chaormanrk nof,the dmeeting with Rded Councillor e vRee the hall, but a letter sent to the fire chief by quashed that event. Clerk Pat Graham at the request of council Mr. Warner said in his response to the Dave Johnston's absence soliciting co-operation, received a negative letter that a fire inspection made of the hall After several readings and alterations to response from Chief Warner. Mr. and other municipal buildings at the request Councillor Lloyd Huffman's motion and Chapman approached council to confirm its of the municipality showed the Town Hall to Councillor Wilson seconded the proposal. support for his request for the party to be below standards set by the fire code. As a Councillor Owen supported' the motion enable him to discuss the matter with Chief result of the inspection, the municipality after she was assured the fire chief had the Warnerand perhaps allay some of the was requested to submit a plan outlining 1% final say. concerns leading to the chief's decision. Mr. efforts to be made to upgrade the building "I think I could go along with it because Chapman said that he hoped parties held by by mid 1986 to satisfy the fire code. it's the fire department which has the last the group in the Town Hall would be taken as According to a letter written to the word," said the councillor. favourable precedents•Ontario Fire Marshal by Clerk Graham Councillor Jim Quick did not support the "I think our past record speaks for itself. following the inspection, the Town Hall motion. We're going to have friends and loved ones could still be used provided co-operation "I wish your party all luck, but I don't feel at the party, we're not going to do anything was forthcoming fronethe fire chief and a I'm mmuin theae po position o me are ke this is lousy,"o goofy," said the villager. plan submitted. He added that the group was willing to However, the municipality just recently, he said. d CorrespondeJnt thanks conbributors' By Doris Hunter course ine many !crud things you have said, a wicker tray, but felt there must be some A Merry Christmas season and the are what keeps me writing for you each reason for their incarceration. So, Jan has happiest New Year to all the good people of Monday morning. put them back with the new ceiling under Bayfield. Now is the time for me to say a them. Mysterious, shoes great big thank you, to all those who take the The shoes were not from the Seven Dwarfs trouble to tell me what's going on. We have a very intriguing Christmas by any means, being full sized. Was it a good Many in town remember nostagically the mystery to solve. Jan and Arlene Kok have luck thing? To ward of evil? Who knows? newsy column Lucy Diehl produced for so been renovating and restoring the quaint old many years. Lucy's style was inimitable, home they bought from the Fraser Fellows Birthday time but she could not have written it without the on Louisa Street. Imagine their surprise to Best wishes to Flo Youmatoff who had a friends who gave her the gossip, because she discover between the ceiling and the floor Christmas birthday this week and is was a shut-in. above, seven very old shoes, men's. Sealed Fortunately I am quite mobile, but it has in for how long and why? enjoying a visit from her brother, here from meant a lot to mP to have your reports and of Arlene had them artistically arranged on England. betters understanding Christmas By Abby Champ I learned many things from my trip to Poland and one of them was a better understanding of the meaning of Christmas. Returning from school one day I was informed by two Polish friends Stanek and Panet, that we were spending Christmas in the "mountains. Everything had been arranged and it would cost nothing more than our December vacation coupons. Feebly protesting that I couldn't possibly live without butter and meat for a month, I soon gave way. Actually I was quite excited that I would be able to participate in the traditional Polish Christmas. The cabin was primitive, with 'no water and only a fire place for heat and was quite far from the village. The boys had arranged for a girl to cook our meals so we spent most of the time decorating our cabin as they fiddled with the coal oil lamps. Christmas. Eve was a night of surprises as the Irish girl pulled out some fruit cake, the boys champagne and someone else a small chocolate bar. Singing, we descended the mountain to midnight mass. . The tiny wooden church was beautifully decorated with pine cones, berries and cedar boughs. We arrived at 11 and found seats, yet by midnight there were twice as many people outside the church as in. The back wall of the church, like barn doors, was thrown open .and latecomers huddled together in the falling snow. Everyone seemed old and bent, yet the feeling of love they sent out was incredible. The service ended with Silent Night, which they sing in Polish and then Uerman. When we didn't respond, the Priest asked us to sing it in our own tongue, which we did, CLINTON FARM MARKET WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS! SPECIAL HOLIDAY HOURS Closed Christmas Day Tuesday Dec. 25. Open Boxing Day - 9 am - 7 pm Open New Year's Eve - MondayDec, 31, 9 am - 7 pm Open New Year's Day - Tuesday Jan. 1, 9 am - 7 pm tears streaming from our eyes. By this time the snow had turned to freezing rain, yet the congregation remained, embracing each other. Before returning we broke the Christmas wafer with each other, thereby vowing to start afresh each friendship, forgetting all past hurts. Poles take this very seriously will never forget it. A collage of al memories five. I can still recall the feeling of utter desolation when the doll's tea service that I had gazed longingly at every day, vanished from the shop window. I don't remember the smoked leg of lamb that Christmas eve, or linking hands and singing Christmas songs around the tree, lit and devote a great deal of time to preparing themselves for this moment. Once the wafer is broken, the past can never be brought up again. It is a matter of honour. We gave no gifts that Christmas. Santa Claus was never mentioned and by many standards the food was quite poor, and yet I By Addy McPhee So many Christmases, in different places,, in different countries, with parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, in Iceland, with friends in England and a husband and children in Canada. All with their different memories, customs and foods. The firsts were' always the best . with real candles, but it must have remembered. Turkey, plum' pudding and happened, because that is what we did in mince pies for the first time in England. Iceland.. But I do remember that somehow, Bringing my two month old baby to her miraculously, the tea service was there. grandparents' farm for our first Canadian So from all those Christmases, what I Christmas with a new family. remember best are the family, the friends And the first I ever remember, when I was and sometimes, the food. Message on life of St. Francis By Doris Hunter The Ever Young Senior Citizens Club and 45 guests enjoyed the annual Christmas dinner party at St. Andrew's Church Hall. The tables were attractively decorated by Doreen McKenzie and her family, and there were favours, for each guest given by Milvena Erickson, as has been her custom for many years. Diane Argyle and her UCW group seed a delicious dinner, and head table guests included the Reverend and Mrs. Aubrey Bell, Monsignor Bourdeau and the BELGIAN ENDIVE (Also called Chicory or Witlof) KALE BOEREKOOL Neilsons *DAIRY PRODUCTS *TAVISTOCK CHEESES Great for Holiday Season Gifting! 4 different varieties. *CHEESE TRAYS l�ufuns�%i� II� GaZleric4 NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the Township of Goderich will be meeting on JANUARY 7 AT 4 P.M. in the Council Chambers to fill the office of DEPUTY REEVE by, appointment and to fill any other Council seat that becomes vacant due to time cppointment•'of the Deputy Reeve. Any elector of the Municipality who is interested in ser`bing as a Council member for the remainder of the current terns, and who is qualified to do so, should notify the Clerk in writing prior to January 7th, 1985 in order to be considered by Council at the above mentioned meeting. R.E. THOMPSON Clerk Township of Goderich CLUNTON FARM MARKET 212 Victoria St. (Hwy. 4 South) Clinton OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9 AM -7 PM and Sundays EXCEPT FRIDAY NIGHTS OPEN TILL 9 PM open loam - 5 pm ,q c Reverend Paul Murray. The Monsignor defined a Christmas message on the life of St. Francis of Assisi and read his well known prayer. There was jolly music provided by Rosemary Taman and Steve Argyle. They excel at such toe tapping tunes as The Maple Leaf Rag composed by Huron County fiddler Ward Allan and Pretty Red Wing. Plaque for Symons By Doris Hunter The post office staff had a party to honour Jan Symons, a former employee and for a time post mistress. The present staff Ken McLellan, postmaster with Joan Merrier, Marie Fitzsimons, Gladwin Westlake and his wife • Mae, and one time employee Marg Mayman were on hand to see District Supervisor Mel Farnsworth and his assistant Terry Miller of Goderich present a plaque to Jan commemorating her years of meritorious service. Beauty to stop the blahs Don't be afraid to cut your Christmas poinsettias, for a centrepiece. You know you\ won't like.them in the New Year. Be sure to, have a lighted candle ready and immediately sear the cut stem in the flame. They last quite well. ;Forethought, could make January 1985 less bleak, you can bring in branches of forsythia now, immerse them in warm water till the New year and voila, lovely yellow blossoms to take away the blahs. BEST RATE Special 111/8% 18 Months RON KEYS VARNA 262-6273 Agent for ABC ANNUITIES NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE DECEMBER 31, 1984 Bayfield Community Centre 8 PM -1 AM '15. PER COUPLE INCLUDES MIDNIGHT LUNCH AND PARTY FAVOURS. MUSIC BY "Sultan ©f Swing" Ticket information call John Stanley 482-991x4 Proceeds to Youth Work l Sponsored by Optimist Club of Bayfield.