Zurich Citizens News, 1970-10-29, Page 12PAGE TWELVE
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1970
From My Window
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Shirley Keller
Never in my entire married
motherly life was I so grateful
for a large roomy house as I
was the other evening when my
children and their friends conv-
erged on the house.
As you may have guessed by
this time, our home is the meet-
ing place for the masses. That
wouldn't be half so bad if our
children and their friends had
similar interests —.but then, I
wouldn't have material for a
column if things went that
smoothly at our house.
You see, to begin with it was
the evening of a big high school
dance - the one when the girls
invite the boys.
"They used to call it a Sadie
Hawkins dance, I think, " expl-
ained our teenage son, " but now
they've updated it a little and
named it a Suzie Q hop."
At any rate, the boys were
getting all spiffed up to meet
the girls. The meeting place
was out house and the living
room was the exact spot. That's
where the best record player in
the house is situated so naturally,
it was the ONLY room in which
you could invite company to
recline.
In the adjoining room, the
diningroom separated from the
livingroom by a pair of very see-
through glass doors, my nearly -
teenage daughter was the hostess
for a very posh party.
It was a surprise birthday party
for a friend with two other very
special girlfriends invited. Even
though the guests wore blue jeans
and sloppy sweaters and clacked
away on wads of bubblegum, the
affair called for crystal water
glasses and sherbets, delicate
china dessert plates, linen,
flowers, table napkins, the
works.
Need I explain the kind of
picture these two scenes present-
ed - one room filled with suave
young men about to embark ori
their almost first-time dates
with enthusiastic young women
who had solicited their attent-
ions and in the next room, a
group of giggling girl -gluttons
who were devouring a chocolate
birthday cake and mounds of
ice cream with about as much
grace as an elephant turning
in a pansy patch.
Need I remind you of the
blend of dissimilar odors - the
stench of too much after -shave
lotion and the heavy smell of
chocolate cake, chocolate
sauce and grape fruit punch?
And need I explain the ex-
change of conversation between
the two rooms - the boys shout-
ing insults like "How old are
you Punk? and "Who baked the
cake? Broom Hilda?" and the
girls retorting with things like,
"Mom, why can't I ever have
a party without him interfering?
In the back room, cut off from
the rest of the house, our young-
est child was entertaining some
of his friends.
"Where's your brother going;
asked one lad.
"He's going to school cause a
girl told him to, " answered our
son in all honestly.
"Why?" carne the natural
question.
" 'Cause that's what boys do, "
insisted our son. "My daddy goes
when my mom says to."
"What's your sister doing?"
was the next question.
"She's having a birthday party,
he responded. "But it's not her
birthday. It's the other girl's
birthday. But the party's here
'cause my sister made the cake.
"Why?"
" 'Cause that's what girls do.
DASA: OP and DIST
Correspondent: Mrs. Ervin Rader
ICT NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. William Chand-
ler, of London have purchased
the store from Mr. and Mrs.
Ron Braid. They have two sons,
Mike 17 and Mark 12.
Ray VanDorsselaer attended
the annual cage Bird Show for
London and District last week.
As well as receiving several
prizes and red ribbons he brought
back the winning ticket for the
50-50 draw which was won by
Mrs. Wilda Clark, of Grand
Bend.
Sunday visitors with Mrs.
Laura Datars were Mrs. Hilda
Haugh, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Van-
Dorsselaer and Susan, Mr, and
Mrs. Howard Datars and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rader, Dian-
ne and friend, of Stratford.
Sunday visitors at Waterloo
with Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Wei -
berg and family were Mr. and
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and Darlene, and Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Willert, of Zurich.
• Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rader and
Sharon visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Miller and girls, Zion.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Amid a setting of Charlie
Brown and Hallowe'en, Allen
Hendrick, six- year- old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hendrick
celebrated his birthday by ent-
ertaining seven boy pals after
school, namely, Brian Horner,
David Hunt, Scott Armstrong,
Richard Forrest, John McAllister,
James Atkins, and' Peter Mc-
Bride. His sister Elaine and
'Carol Walper joined in the excit-
ing time. Grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Hendrick arrived
later in the evening.
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LADIES BOWLING
(October 19)
Night Hawks - B. Oke - 718
Dominionaires - M. Gelinas -587
Left -Overs - S. Teevins - 699
Happy Gals - P. Miller - 591
Packers - F. Gibson - 656
Starlites - D. Finkbeiner - 723
Ups & Downs - R. Schenk - 614
Mix -Ups - A. Faber - 575
Pinpoppers - G. Goudie - 459
Scamps - D. Dietrich 648
Alley-Oops - M. Bedard - 658
Jolly Six - D. Bettke - 560
Make cakes and junk. And giggle
And whisper. And yell at boys."
Our youngest son is only four
years old, but sometimes he has
the wisdom of a sage. The very
questions his father and I had
been asking as we watched the
performances of the two older
kids from our vantage point in
the kitchen, were explained so,
easily by our pre-schooler while
he built a castle of blocks with
his pals.
Out of the mouths of babes, I
thought, oft times come gems
that even parents cannot deny.
Special Speakers
At Anniversary in
Emmanuel Church
Capacity audiences were in
attendance at the 96th Anniver-
sary Services at Emmanuel Unit-
ed Church, Zurich, on Sunday,
October 25. The guest speaker
at the morning service was the
Rev. Dr. Ross Crosby, of St.
Marys United Church, who spoke
on the theme "Three Important'
Things:" "What do you desire?"
"What do you know?" "What are
you doing about it?" His topic
was based on a portion of John 9.
The music at the morning
worship was provided by the
Senior Choir under the direction
of Mrs. Milton Oesch, and an
Intermediate Girls Chorus under
the leadership of Miss Meda Sur-
erus, accompanied by Mrs. Beat-
rice Hess.
The speaker at the evening
service was the Rev. Douglas
Warren, of the United Church,
at Crediton, who spoke on the
theme: "Chosen of God" baling
his sermon on John 15.
The 1-Iuronia Male Choir, of
Exeter under the direction of
Mrs. R. J, McCaffrey and ac-
companied by Mrs. F. Wildfong,
inspired the evening worshippers
with three anthems.
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You Know . .
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Duch-
arme, Detroit, and Mrs. Ty
Stansbury, of Grosse Pointe,
were Monday visitors with their
mother, Mrs. Fred Ducharme,
and sister, Mrs. Theresa Hartman
The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Blue Water Rest Home will hold
their regular meeting on Wed-
nesday, November 4. at the
home. All ladies are invited.
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