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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 2, 1975 Section Two Letter to Editor Meanwhile Back On The Ridge Dear Editor: The job I look forward to least each spring is shearing the sheep. It'slike a lot of tasks on a small mixed farm; by the time the work is finished you have rememberd most of the knacks and skills, only to forget them again by next year. Sheep are stupid, contrary creatures on the whole. They all stand in one corner looking at you with gentle trusting eyes, but they don't like to be caught or to be sat on their woolly behinds to be shorn. They would prefer to wear their long underwear all summer and risk the danger of heat prostration or gettmg on their backs and not be able to get up because of the mass of wool. The sheep to be shorn sits between your legs and you clip with one hand and part the wool and steady her with the other. You start at the head and clip in long smooth graceful sweeps. The fleece is unbroken and lays around her like an ermine cloak, She emerges looking like a smooth goat. Theory - Actually ber skin is very like the inner or yoke wool and if you are not careful you can skin rather than sheer ber. Sheep don't bite much, but to have a 200 pound ewe start kicking will all four feet, when she's half shorn is like running a jack hammer with one hand tied behind your back and your belt breaks. The sad part this year is the price of wool; something between twenty and twenty- five cents a pound. For this you grow it, shear it and deliver it to Carleton Place. Meanwhile, at Rickaby's, wool in the skein for knitting, costs nearly a dollar an ounce. Maybe Beryl Plumptree and her high priced help should investigate the wool industry. My aavice is to raise rabbits. Yours truly Sandy ELIZABETHVILLE (Intended for last week) Church services were held as usual. The choir sang, Bibles were presented to the last year's confirmation can- didates by Mr. W. Banister. Then the reception of confirm- ation candidates, for this year, and Baptism service were held. Those received were Misses Valerie De Salvo, Charlotte Greer, Merle Shep- pard, Sandra Sheppard, Mr. Scott Gray, Mr. Neil Trew, Mr. Robert Munro, and Miss Debra Zealand who was also baptized. Rev. Bartlett had a short meditation on, "The Great Adventure with Jesus." Mrs. M. Gardiner and Mr. C. Bell assisted with presenting the candidates with bibles. Good Friday services will be held at Garden Hill at Il a.m. on March 28. Mrs. Quantrill and Mrs. C. Beatty have been quilting the past week. Mrs. E. Elliott, Oshawa, visited Mrs. H. Quantrill while she was quilting. On Tuesday evening the general meeting of the U.C.W. was held at Garden Hill basement. Mrs. B. Wheeler presided and Mrs. Ken Trew presented the minutes of last meeting. We plan to help pay for camp at Quin-mo-lac for what girls and boys attend from here. We plan a straw- berry supper for the first Wednesday in July 2. Mrs. M. Gardiner had a very impres- sive devotional Easter service with candle lighting. She also had prepared the program and several assisted her. Lunch was served by the Unit I group. Mr. and Mrs. H. Thickson spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. J. Dekoker, Sunder- land. Miss Wenda White is spend- ing the weekend with her sister Mary Alice in Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. R. Trew had Mr. and Mrs. W. Boyko, Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. W. Deremo, Orono, M\r. and Mrs. G. Fowler, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. A. Trew and Richard, Cobourg all home on the weekernd and they attended the Confirmation services on Sunday. Mrs. H. Thickson spent Saturday in Toronto with Mn, and Mrs. H. Moore and girls. A number from here attend- ed the concert at Canton which was held on Friday and Saturday evening. An excel- lent presentation of Snow White and the Nine Dwarfs. Recently a bouse warming was held in Welcome at Mr. and Mrs. Joe Szwakob's new home and several attended. They recently moved ta Wel- coame and have a gnower on their farm at Oak Hill. ZION (Intended for last week) Mrs. Carmen Irwin and Mrs. Basil Day have returned from a pleasant vacation spent in the South. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Raby, Colborne, left by plane last Saturday morning for a vaca- tion in New Zealand and Australia. Mr. and Mrs. John Meneil- ley and sons, Belleville left Sunday morning for a few weeks holiday south of the border. Mrs. Margaret Gerow visit- ed her aunt, Mrs. Russell, in Picton Sunday afternoon. Congratulations to Victor and Elaine Doty (nee Caswell) on the gift of a little son, Victor Michael, born March 7, 1975. Construction of the new homes going up on the Zion Pond is progressing rapidly. Viewers of those completed report the interiors are very grand. 'il 10' x 7' Spacemaker Storage Shed Made exclusively for Beaver! Gambrel roof with overhead storage rack. Gold-colour enameled steel. 457 cu. ft. storage space. Sliding doors. 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