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as tribune april 30 1986 sculptures win awards stouffville michael redquests clay sculpture enti tled micro chip guy placed third in the juried sculpture ex hibition sponsored by cable tech company limited of stouffville and held at latcham gallery mr redquest was the only suc cessful awardwinner from stouffville presentations were made thursday by seigfried reimer president of cable tech twentyfive entries were re ceived others honored were best in showa carved yel low birch by dorsey james of scarborough seconda plaster sculpture by marlene hiltonmoore of barrie hon mentiona cast resin sculpture by ted fullerton of tot tenham and a mixed media sculp ture by laurel hassell of toronto an honor and to receive cub members from ballantrae attended a meeting of whitchurchstouffville council april 22 and were cordially received by mayor fran sainsbury pre sentations were made to each of the boys before leav ing and who knows out of this number may come a future mayor of the town chris shanahan finally aijuxurycar f that wont break the bank hyundai stellar luxury you can afford many define luxury as meaning expensive not so says hyundai stellar is proof that a luxury car can be affordable here is the epitome of the hyundai philosophy more car for the money more car means more extras michelin allseason steelbelted radials tinted safety glass all around stereo cassette with four speakers gsl rear window defroster with timer reclining front bucket seats side window demisters power remote dual outside mirrors gsl all standard all included in stellars downtoearth price to see the affordable luxury car that has taken the country by storm visit your nearby hyundai dealer today youll be pleased you can bank on that stellar brings the cost of luxury down to earth hyundri jackson motors markham ltd 347 main street north hwy 48 markham 4714505 limberts motors ltd 95 eagle street newmarket 8953222 p a euro cars ltd 955 eglinton avenue e toronto 4254488 rotom of canada ltd 1957 eglinton avenue east scarborough 7524720 downtown hyundai 951 queen street east toronto 4612323 north toronto hyundai 7582 yonge street thornhill 7318400 auto trend 11 262 yonge street richmond hill 8848841 agincourt hyundai 4910shoppard ave e scarborough 2912929 jack frame pony 285 old kingston road scarborough 2837669 ruth roberts memories of a country girl ruth clarke roberts grew up on the sixth line kennedy road in the former twp of whitchurch she attended hillciest public school- ss no 8 recently a newsletter published by mountainview baptist church of georgetown halton hills carried the following story writ- ten by mrs roberts under the heading memories of a country girl itj reads f the world has changed so much in the last 50 years or more that it is worth recording some of the changes i have experienced since i was a childgrowing up on the farm im sure there will be others who can identify with some of these or similar experiences from their own past our family consisted of seven children four boys and three girls j which would be a rarity in itself in todays society as well our grand4 father lived with us till he was 87 granddaddy had a wealth of stories from pioneer days to tell of when his parents came over on a sailing ship from ireland in the 1840s taking seven weeks to cross they settled on a farm north of toronto cleared the land and built a log house later on the year my dad was born they built the large white frame house which was our home there were two fullsized verandahs going around two sides of thet house we had a woodshed on the back which was essential as we burned wood both in our cookstove and furnace we had soft water in the house from a cistern but our drinking water was from a pump outside our food supplies were kept in the pantry off the kitchen we got our tea twice a year and our flour in 100 lb bags perishables were kept in the cellar which was always cool the cellar was whitewashed in the spring and smelled so fresh and clean after that we had no refrigera- tion of course and not even ice as some did we had a full house even though it was a large one there were hired- men to feed as well as a hired girl to help in the house there would be about 12 of us for meals each day and of course if company came our diningroom table was just extended to make room for more this has carried over to the present day for me and i always liked to have plenty on hand just in case if salesmen were passing through at mealtime my grandfather always invited them in for a meal they got so that they would time it to be there at noon my mother didnt appreciate this very much summers were spent picking fruit and preserving it for the winter months besides making a variety of pickles baking pies and other goodies was a wockly chore threshing and corn cutting times werei especially busy the neighbors would get together and help each other and you could have from 12 to 17 men to feed usually for two or threes days j the men would come in after washing up in a large tub outside as they would be black from the dust they would sit down at the table laden with our best efforts in culinary endeavor and in half an hour it would j seem as if the locusts had gone through and eaten everything in sight this would be repeated at the next meal there was a camaraderie in j those days among the neighbors that is often lacking in our affluent society today we attended a oneroom school house about a mile down the road where all eight grades were taught in those days you started in primer and went up through junior and senior classes to fourth class then you tried your entrance this was a memorable if somewhat awe- some experience the teacher spent a lot of time with the entrance class getting them prepared and if you passed you could go on to high school seven miles away it always seemed as if the winters were more severe then and i can remember on really cold days sitting around thel wood stove in the centre of the school to keep warm the walks to and j from school were real adventures everyone took their lunch including the teacher who boarded locally every spring the first friday in may was arbor day weather per mitting this was always looked forward to with great anticipation the girls job was to clean the inside of the school while the boys raked i and tidied outside then we got the afternoon off which was a great incentive to work hard and finish on time we had no hydro in our home and no indoor plumbing until i was j grown up the radio i first remember had a large horn for a speaker at j 7 pm every evening for years we listened to amos n andy fibber mcgee and molly and dad always had the news on my grandfather used to make apple butter in a large black iron kettle j outside over a fire our neighbors had a sugar bush bordering our farm j and tapped trees on a large scale we would often go and sample the sweet sap in the process of becoming syrup the heavenly smell that greeted us when we entered the sugar shack was overwhelming and one i still remember with nostalgia they always had a sugaringoff night j and invited the neighbors you put the boileddown syrup on the snow t and it hardened to form taffy it was a busy life and unsophisticated we felt rather superior to the j city slickers who would come out sometimes and show off but they probably thought we were country bumpkins and looking back i j suppose we were rather sheltered and unworldly during the depression being on the farm we always had lots to eat but were glad to accept handmedown clothes from our city cousins everyone was in the same boat so it didnt bother us not to have a new j wardrobe every season money was scarce but we were rich in the love of our parents and family as well as the heritage they gave us we attended a little baptist church three miles away and seldom missed a sunday our family filled a whole row we made lasting friendships there and often after church we would be invited home for dinner before there were seven of us or we would have a family at our place for a meal there would be singing at the piano and often lively i discussions on spiritual subjects at times the discussion got a bit heavy and opinions were strongly held our young peoples group was a strong and binding influence on us in j our teen years we met on sunday evenings and were in charge of the service the older people came to the meetings and were an encourage- ment to us i feel a great debt of gratitude especially to an elderly saint of the church who built us up and encouraged us in the faith as did many others there was no barrier between the generations back then we had socials in the homes with games or skating parties on the pond we j never seemed to lack for entertainment so we didnt feel tempted to draw a way from the group and seek thrills or companions that were less j wholesome saturday nights we were encouraged to get to bed in good j lime because sunday mornings were for sunday school and church we didnt feel pressured into going it was just a natural part of life we were conscious at an early age of god as a strong influence on our lives i realize how fortunate i am to have had parents who gave me a good i grounding and exemplified a faith that worked i cant say i would like to go back to those days but there was some- thing about the fact that our relationship with other people meant more to us than the lack of material things on the whole it was a resourceful arid uncomplicated life with the satisfaction of accomplishment and the compensation of living close to nature time has a way of erasing the frustrations and discouragements we had our joys and our sorrows as most people do but we had the support and ties of a christian family as well as the love of a god who cares both of which have stood us in good i stead through the years and for which i will be forever grateful i i if j ti memwkmwpfflk u id li vi li l u a fitness club exclusively for women of all ages hi atkham village 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