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HUNTERS GATHERERS Fascinating colored glass By ANDRE I came across a much prettier one by St Clair The bright swirl of colour Imprisoned in glass has which I gladly purchased for an tiulgnltlcuit All la lasting fascination for me perhaps because of happy the luck of the game childhood memories of Sunday spent at the bouses of my Small objects area boon to collectors with very little two great aunts both owners of china cabinets filled with shelf room Animal cook and house wares toy soldiers glass objects some useful some not but all pretty so that and every kind of miniature has been produced by every Sunday became a kind of Christmas manufacturers throughout the centuries Even today some Graciously the contents were set out for me to study attractive mctatware wheelbarrows telephone while the grownups talked with one eye on the hones etc are still being made for collections The Glen child ready to pounce If I showed the least sign of Williams Country Concession has a stock of these clumsiness and who knows a little later on you may be able to augment The paperweights were my favourites I never tired the collection with a few antiques thus lifting it out of the of the spirals and thousand eyes of those dellciously ordinary into something special smooth glass magnums Heaven knows where they are The bad old days of Japans copycat reproductions I wish I knew They must be worth a ransom have gone Now they export some beautiful china artwork The snowman was the piece resistance of the especially in miniature pots and animals which can lend collection When you held him upside down he became colour and Interest to some dark corner Invisible but If you shook the glass ball gently snow Small things can be every bit as Interesting as the showered him In glistening white It remained a weekly larger pieces and they dont break so easily One or two treat as miraculous as the sailing ship In a green bottle on really fine old pieces are all that Is required to give the my grandfathers sideboard collection merit an distinction This Sunday being bright I went to the Thimbles for instance dont take up much room and Market As usual I hunted around for a paperweight They arc dainty enough to be admired without any great are not common anymore but I have been lucky on expense involved The old metal ones are valued for I asked a friendly stallholder II any ever came his historical Import and the florals In china are decorative gold not only enhance the collection but are have two at home be sold but want over themselves valuable for their metal content each for them j surprised when at auctions to see ivory and They were apparently unmarked unsigned so I buttonhooks and other small tools go bo they were either old British or American since It cheaply Pincushions too frequently turn In garage i ome BtJfBW tuckwJ hds always been the policy of the French and Italians iifin their weights In fact the French seem to have cornered the market price wise at least According to my copy of 1S76 Sotheby Parke net Guide to Pricing Antiques a three colored 1 century Cllchy paperweight three and a half Inches In diameter sold last May for 1800 In Belgravla several 19th century ones went for around On the other hand same British 20th century sulphide magnums containing busts of famous figures only fetched a although a Stourbridge millefoiore magnum was sold for three hundred and sixty The reason for the high eighteenth prices is dear as this was a period of artistry in glass such as we will again but the high value set on these objects maybe it Is a good time think about starting art from our own century is a little mystifying since collection Baccarat still produces colourful paperweights quite cheaply though not nearly so beautifully England also Forgotten things that He and rust regularly issues sulphide magnums containing famous or some small object gathering dust faces add to someone elses pleasure I saw a present day Baccarat weight sold locally for Trash for one anothers treasure disappeared but bits and pieces do turn up A very small part of a Hornby set circa MO was sold recently In London for dollars while a wooden scale model of a British destroyer fetched Clockwork toys and tin soldiers should be wrapped and put away safely for a rainy day Perhaps the present enthusiasm for gathering unconsidered trifles seems a little blrarre to those who think in terms of Chippendale and Spode but consider the dollar bill it becomes more trifling by the hour so maybe Film rental fee hike proposed by library board The fee for renting film projectors from Hal Ion Hills libraries may be Increased At the meeting of the Hal ton Hills library board Oct there was a discussion to vbether or not the fee for Increased from the present for a mm projector and for an mm projector There Is also handling charge or service charge of cents being charged per film The board Is concerned with renting projec should be that accounting shows the goblins at the junior library In Georgetown will be held Saturay with all fines from overdue books being donated to All children are invited to attend the Halloween celebrations and they are urged to bring some pennies for the box and be treated to some loot from the library such as balloons posters and coloring sheets rges dont cover the cost of the repairs necessary on the pro jectors because of misuses or abuse Chief librarian Betsy said the charge doesnt begin to cover the capital coat of purchasing the equipment One of the solutions the board considers Is to do away with the film charge and Inc rease the charge for renting a projector One of the problems with charging for the films is the reduction In cost which the library receives in purchasing films for educational contract basis and not profit use It would be Imposs- card Mrs Cornwell to Justify this reduction If the board The person borrow people are charged for the ina the film accepts respoi films Mrs Cornwell said for it The Mlssissauga library has Some of the board a voluntary for expressed concern their films where cents wfl the charge for cover uplo the first feet of projector would make in damaged film The fee not to some people Mr compulsory but those who said that wan nil dont pay are liable should and pointed out anything happen to the film at present rental rat People taking out films from the Halton Hills library are he busy season them on a kind of September and Anrtl Proper home insulation and heat conservation will save you money This is what Ontario suggests your home energy costs ionic of the to cut heating costs insulition are on the market How should choose an insulation contractor does mom What is vipor Those arc just a few of the important questions youll find amweted in free publications now from he JOYCE BEATON Nurses region OK 1976 wages Need to be needed People come and go in our lives Some touch us for just a moment others stay the allotted time and move on Many times this comingtogether seems predestined That was the case when the three young Knox came to live with us What began as a need forthem to be mothered and cared for ended my need to be needed II was October a cold raw day when they came to our door proper clothing Their father a good guy ho was at his wits end was almost in cars He had been travelling back and forth to the East Coast all summer trying convince his wife to come home to her four children There was a baby girl as well Mother had come to the end of her rope The family had been living in a trailer and she couldnt take it any longer She would return when her husband could provide suitable ac commodation It no trouble finding a home for the baby girl but who would take three upset rambunctious young boys They live in thecar any longer this is what theyd been doing lor three months and the older boys should be in school In they came I t sec how I could handle the situation It was just a month since Id received the word daughter had a short time to live She was in the hospital and these three young boys were all I needed Actually it was just what I needed Maybe not three of them but diversion from my own problems I had my yearold son recuperating from a serious operation but he v an 1 enough to keep me from fretting The Knox boys were They had lived so long In a cramped trailer they werent accustomed to a table They cried at night for their mother and the middle l miss a night wetting the bed The youngest was a terror He t eat anything but porridge and ran like a wild animal My church friends and neighbors quickly gathered some clothing together and by the time the boys left us two months later they were far better dressed then my The older two began school which lightened the load a bit through the day So desperate were these young boys to Identify and belong they would call me mommy and insist to their friends that we were their parents My heart would ache for them and of course 1 played their game It was December when Mr Knox came back Tor the boys He had found a house rent and his wife was returning As tired and frustrated as I was with them at times I felt very sad at their leaving But the timing was Three days later our daughter died The story of the Knox family has a happy ending However it gets worse before it gets better I looked them up at Christmas to take some gifts for he boys I found them living In a terrible old house the boys sleeping each end of an old couch with the springs showing through Knox was off work with Within two weeks the local service clubs saw to It they hod furniture bedding linoeum on the floor and a washing machine stove and refrigerator It was probably the best Christmas they ever had The last time I saw them Mr Knox was back on his feet and things were normal happier than this young family had ever dreamed of being That was years ago I was years old How Id love to see them now all grown up Agreement has been reach ed in a contract dispute bet ween Region and Its 50 public health nurses members of Local of the Ontario Nurses Association Ratified by the nurses Oct 12 and by regional council Oct cent in the second of a two year contract The nurses were with out a contract for 22 months and the present one runs out Dec 31 this year George Gray chairman of the board Health told The Herald in an interview thai the contract Is retroactive already the two parties have to Jan 1978 and gives the agreed to meet early in Jan uary to begin negotiations for the next contract Dennis Camm Hal tons dir ector of personnel said under the old agreement nurses earned between to Average backpay for he nurses will amount to about less deductions One reason for the lengthy negotiations is because of in dustry wide bargaining Mr 4000 raised The October meeting of the Georgetown Ladies Auxiliary for the Mentally Retarded met on Monday Oct 17 at the home of Mrs Fudge During the business meeting the treasurer reported that over was to be turned Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations and the Ontario Ministry of Energy The two ministries are cooperating to inform Ontario residents about how proper home insulation can help offset increasing energy costs and to point out other of conserving energy Facts about insulation are included in the Ministr of Consumerand Commercial Relations interesting bulletin Insulation Heat in Your House Money Your Pocket It covers such matters as the and vapor barrier proper ventilation tpcsof insulation material how to check your home for existing insulation finding a reliable contractor information to help you understand the customerinstaller contract how to check the completed job Forafreecop of the bulletin write to- Consumer and Commercial RelationsHome insulation Queens Park Toronto Ontario M7A Other ideas on money arc included the Mir Energys booklet Energy tti The Choice is Yours moni the money saving lowering daytime and tunc temperatures installing doors and window it systems once a month closing window on nights For your free write to Ontario Conserv it ion Ministry of Energy 56WelIeseyStren Moor Toronto Ontario Cam laid The nurses rally asked for a threeman compulsory arbitration board the parity with hospital nurses The par- turned 1 to the North Halton Association received from the board offered which the nurses Larry Grossman Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations James Taylor Minister of Energy William Davis Premier rejected In May the nurses truck for a week and were Flowers of Hope Campaign The members arc placing pamphlets printed by the North Association on or a week Mentally Retarded in various offices about town The ladies will make donations to help with the Christmas parties at the Developmental Centre and Tinker Bell Nursery Tickets arc available from members and town for the Cash For Life draw The first prize will be a month for life Christmas cards for the Mentally Retarded arc being sold and orders may be given by phoning There will be an open 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