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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-01-28, Page 15• ,41 Citizens News, January 28/76 - Page 15 Snow cancels classes despite promises, early days recalled School was called off again on Monday, due to weather con- ditions! Do you recall when the area schools were being instituted and everyone promoting this idea, telling the parents that there would be no problem getting the pupils to and from school, with all the modern snow removal equipment? And there would be no danger whatsoever of pupils being stranded at school; they could always get them home if the weather turned bad. Well, I wonder what has happened to all those forecasts! The children have been stranded at school•, and many times the schools have been closed because of adverse weather conditions. I often think back to my school days in our two room school in Bayfield. There was hardly a day that we couldn't get to school. We all walked, some like the Lindsay family who walked two miles; but it was no hardship. Often the snow was up to our armpits; no snowplough as we MILVENA ERICKSON TELLS YOU, , . ALL ABOUT have today, but we plodded through. I recall the late Jack Parker with his team of horses and a wooden V-shaped wooden plough, which he stood on to give it some weight; trying to keep a path open through the town. We wore good warm clothing; maybe not stylish garments; but they were comfortable.. Do you remember the long underwear, fleeced -lined petticoats and bloomers and the long brown stockings and sweaters, warm YFIELD INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN ONTARIO'S PRETTIEST VILLAGE Mr. and Mrs. Fred LeBeau arrived home last week after spending six weeks with their family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Faller, Jeff and Jill in Loveland, Colorado. On their return they stayed for a couple of days with their family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cluff, Rob and Tara in London. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Knight, Heather, Jackie, Sandra and Kathryn of Toronto were the weekend guests of his mother, Mrs. G.L. Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lamont and Scott, Goderich visited Sunday and Monday with her parents and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Oesch and Terry, Goshen Line. Mr. and Mrs. Rob Irwin and Robbie, London spent Friday and Saturday with his family, Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Erick- son, Andrew, Luanne and Lydia. Mr. Bud Sturgeon and his finance, Miss Barbara Davidson, London were the guests of Bud's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Sturgeon and brother Andrew for the weekend. Best wishes to Mr. Hales Dresser who is able to come home after being confined to Goderich General Hospital and also to Mr.Alf Scotchmer who is also home after being a patient in Goderich General: Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Erickson spent Saturday night visiting friends in Port Huron, Michigan. Mrs. Pat Graham spent several days last week as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Chuck Rockett in Woodstock. They were joined by her husband and family, Pat, Barbara, Nancy and John and all Bayfield council meeting Village council met Monday for a special meeting to study the proposed budget for 1976, and found, not surprisingly that almost all commodities had increased considerably from the previous year. Because most of the necessities are up, ie., hydro, gasoline, heating, repairs, maintenance, construction, etc., and word from the Ministry of Treasury that grants will be cut, it is certain that there will be an increase in the Village mill rate. How much of an increase isn't certain, as council intend to meet again and pare off as much of the proposed spending as possible. The telephone wasn't always such a free -and -easy communica- tion means. Back in the 1890's there were stringent, no- nonsense rules about how patrons were expected to behave when using the instrument. For instance: "Patrons are strictly forbidden to use words of twelve syllables for fear of breaking down the line. Profane swearing is earing on the line and will not be tolerated. People are strictly forbidden to use the wire for clotheslines. Persons who eat onions must stand four feet from the transmitter. No mistakes in grammar will be rectified in transmission". returned home on Sunday evening. A very sincere sympathy to Mrs. Gordon (Kay) Scotchmer, Highway 21, in the loss of her brother, Bob O'Neill early Friday morning in Windsor. Due to adverse weather con- ditions the past two weeks some of the hockey games have been rescheduled. The Bayfield Atoms travelled to Zurich Monday night, January 19 to play against Grand Bend and ended with a tie score 2-2. Bayfield goals were scored by Robbie Siertsema and Darin Telford; both unassist- ed. The Atoms play their next game on home ice on Friday night against Grand Bend. The Bayfield Pee Wees played Dublin in Bayfield Friday night and were trounced 14-1. Andrew Couper got Bayfields only goal assisted by Robert Boayes. Sunday, January 25 they travelled to Seaforth and defeated Dublin 2-1 on their home ice. Bayfield goal scorers were Rick Johnston assisted by Jeff Merner and Robert Boyas unassisted. Clinton Pee Wees visited Bayfield Monday night and ended in a tie game 3-3. Kippen UCW hold meet UCW MEETING The UCW of St. Andrews Church Kippen held their first meeting of the new year at the Church January 13 with a pot luck dinner. Due to the stormy weather only 25 members and guests turned ou"t. Rev. Stevens conducted the installation of the new officers. After the business meeting Shirley Bond entertained by demonstrating the making of flowers with fun fur. Courtesy remarks were given by Sandra Turner and the new president Mrs. David Cooper closed the meeting with the benediction. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Grant Love, Caro, Michigan visited with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McBride. Letter to the editor Editor Zurich Newspaper Zurich, Ontario Dear Editor: Attached you will find a poem which we feel expresses the sentiments of the majority of the citizens of Huron County. We would appreciate your publishing this poem in your newspaper in an effort to express our feelings to the citizens of Ontario. The author wishes to remain anonymous in publication. Thanking you very much. Yours truly, Committee to Save the Hncni+it See Page 4 Scoring for Bayfield was Robert Boyes assisted by Mike Telford; Robert Baoyes unassisted and Rick Johnston assisted by Jeff Merner. Friday night, January 30 the Pee Wees play a home game against Grand Bend and Saturday afternoon they travel to Hensall for a game against Hensall Pee Wees. winter coats, ski pants, woolly hats, mufflers and gauntlets? We were snug in that clothing. We would get to school (on time) and the late Bob Orr would be down in the musty old base- ment firing up the furnace, There was a big round register in the centre of the lower room and the same in the centre of the upper room. Somedays it wasn't too warm, even with the furnace working overtime. On ocassion we would sit in our classroom with our coats on and do our lessons; but no one seemed to complain too badly. I guess we had it better than our forefathers with the pot bellied stove in the centre of the class room with the endless lengths of stovepipes running along the ceiling. Central heating,' water on tap and bathrooms have come to be conveniences we take for granted, as we tend to do most things. When we were youngsters, there were veru few homes with such as we have today. Quebec heaters were fired up in the parlour only if company was coming. The old wood cook stove in the kitchen was used for everything from baking, cooking and drying soaked clothing; and if you were lucky you had apple wood to burn in it. sending By Milvena Erickson a sweet aroma all through the house. The water pail sat in the corner of the kitchen on a stand and quite often it would be frozen in the morning; if the stove happen- ed to go out in the night. The little house out back was only a convenience; not a very com- fortable spot; no one stayed too long, especially when the wind was blowing and the snow drifted in. Maybe we weren't a hardier lot than the children today; but I wonder if it didn't make us grow up to appreciate things a little more than our children do. Most times I wonder if our child- ren wouldn't be as well off in the little one room schoolhouse. Shouldn't dwell on the past, those things are gone and this is progress and is needed; and I can't say that our children aren't getting a good education with all the modern methods and the advantages that we didn't have. Mind you it costs a great deal more but will it make them better citizens? Time will tell. I expect our forefathers often wondered what the would would be like when their families grew up and maybe its not such a bad world after all. 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