a Ma NT. WW ee ER > a -. Pe R + - SS i Artie" EL ERAS Ee CN So A . ra} Co SEE RNR "Na ow Se SAY = --its people: -- 22-PORT PERRY STAR -- A ' Wednesday, April 19, 1972 Epsom News Jean Jeffery The town is the sum of Everyone must pull together to make things work and move forward. If a horse starts kicking it - stops pulling so anyone who wishes to help his town must heed his actions, Did "pot-hole Pete" take off for Vietnam? They have "lovely "pot - holes" made by bombs or maybe Iran? 1 read -they have beautiful pot holes there made 'by earth quakes, I'll take the pot holes in the local area. It's just a sign of Spring. Soon we'll have dust. They have that in the desert too but again I prefer Ontario brand. Don't forget a Euchre at - the School. April 21st.. No U.C.W. this ,month we just seem to have too . much to do and too many places to go. We will serve lunch at a sale near Utica April 28th. Each Any help from our friends will be 'much. appreciated. We hope for.a good crowd at the school to-morrow (Wed. 19th )evening to dis- cuss, We know we can't fight "city hall" and win but at least we can fight. Our sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown and family of Utica in the loss of his father Mr. Wilbur Brown. Also to other members of Mr. Brown's family, his sis- ters and brothers. We also were sorry to lose a long time resident, Mrs, Mary Day who would have celebrated her 99th birthday May 11, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ryall and infant grandson of Little Britain visited Mr. and 'Mrs. Donald -Asling on Wednesday. Mrs. Ross Prentice and Marsha of Amherst N.Y, have been viisting Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prentice for a week, Mrs. Prentice was jmember will please Supply, there for. the week-end to two pies. We will buy sup plies to make sandwiches. take them home. Mr. and Mrs. B. Bushell and daughters of Scarbor- ough, Mr, and Mrs. K, Catherwood and Brian of Brooklin were with Mr, and Mrs. H, Ashton on Sunday. We were so pleased to have Mrs, Thompson accom. pany her husband to church on Sunday, She so ably led... .in a sing song. I'm sure she'll visit us again, I'd love to hear her sing "Whispering Hope" which 1 noticed on our song sheets. This accompanied by an excellent sermon made a very rewarding ser- vice, . We are sorry to learn that Sandra Ashton, daugh. ter of Mr. and Mrs, Allen Ashton is in Uxbridge Hos. pital.. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kerry visited Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Feasby of Stouffville on Monday. Miss Heather Anne Brown of 'Toronto visited her bro- ther Ronald,. Mrs. Brown and family for the week: end. Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomp- son of Goodwood had lunch on Sunday with Mr, & Mrs. Keith Ashton. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McKnight and family visit. . yesterday ed Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Mec. Knight on Friday & Grand. ma McKnight kept her wee grandson while the others went to Oshawa to shop. Sympathy is extended to the Lovering family in the passing of Mrs, Lovering's "mother last week, W.I. members please note the fourth Wednesday will soon have rolled around. This time it is the Annual Meeting. The nominating committee were very busy trying to fill their slate of officers. We will meet this month at the home of Mrs. Thos. Carter. Answer to the roll call is your annual fee. Full attendance requested. Mrs. A. Bolton 1st vice-president will preside due to the ill ness of our president Mrs. Jean Smith, - I'm so anxious to get into. the garden, so here is a favourite verse: "A kiss of the sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer to God in " a garden Than anywhere else on earth." Now, Farm Credit Life Insurance. we've made it easy becauseit'sy to have. Time was, you couldn't get life insurance protection when you arranged bank loans for your farm business. But now, the Commerce has changed all that. 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Rural students get idea of life in "big city" Last week the Port Perry STAR carried some of the thoughts and ideas of four students from Waverly Public Schoolin Oshawa whohadspent a few days attending public school in Greenbank, and had lived with rural families as" part of an urban- rural student exchange programme, Whilethe Oshawa students were in Greenbank, a group of studentsfromthe Greenbank area were attending classes at Waverly, and-staying with families in Oshawa. Here is what four of them had to say about their experiences and expressions in the "big city." George Hill is 13, and in- grade 7, He says "Waverly school was really different, it seemed to be so much bigger. The outside play area was divided up into sections, but there was a real nice gym, The kids were friendly, and we had a lot in common talking about sports, school work and teachers, I'd never walked to school before, but I did in Oshawa, and we called -- on friends along the way. I think there is lots to do in the city, the Civic Auditorium swimming pool, and I watched the General prac- tice. I think I'd like to try city life for a while, just to see what it's like anyway." ELAINE FRASER Tom Hunter is 12 and in Grade 5. Tom says city kids don't have as much work to do. ""Theonlychore theydois take the garbage out to the sideof theroad. Atthe school I likedtheidea of four classesin oneroom. Youcanlisteninon what the other teachers are teachingif you want. Walking toschool was a new thing, but I didn't like having to walk home for lunch. And the family Istayed with never ate at the table, always in the front room. I played basket- ball, volleyball, and went bowling for the first time. There's lots to do, but I felt cooped up in the city, no ski-dooing in the fields, couldn'tshoot a gun. I guess I could have stayed about another two weeks, maybe." JANICE PARROTT GEORGE HILL Elaine Eraser is 12, and in grade 7. She says-*'the city is- nice to visit, but T wouldn't want to live there. The school was all right, but I found four classes in one room to be disturbing at times. The kids in Oshawa were not the same as us. They're used to being around lots of strangers, and don't seem nervous with people. Where I stayed in Oshawa the streets and the houses all looked -the same. It's easy to get lost, and the front and back yards are too small. In the city, you never --seem--to sit around - with nothing to do. We went to the shopping centre, and it is sure different from the general storein Greenbank. One thing I found is that in a lot of families both parents were working." TOM HUNTER Janice Parrott is 9 and in grade 4. "I wouldn't want to live in the city all the time, because there isn't much room to play anywhere. The Civic Auditorium pool was all right. I'd never been in one before, but there were so many people." The school seemed very noisy, and you could really get lost in the halls. I stayed with a Chinese family, and they were a little - ~ hard to "understand. We always had Chinese food for supper. One thing about the city, thekids sleepin longer. I havetocatchthe school bus at 8:00 a.m., but in Oshawa I didn't get' up for school until 8:30. We only had to walk half a block."