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A HTT SEE EET ETT TTR AN Eg : : : E = |] = E E : = by -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, Aug. 7, 1975 News from Greenbank area The cost of a Mars bar, bought at the request of a rather imperious young visitor, caused the writer to * reflect gloomily on the wild- fire nature of inflation and then more happily on the nature of chocolate itself. By its proper name, cacao, it is the seed of a very bitter fruit . tong known in. Central and South America and widely favoured as a flavouring by' . the Aztecs; as a'paste it was' used to baste meat and fur- ther diluted it was a popular drink (Montezuma is said to have drunk fifty pints a day). The Spanish, who didn't like 'it much, tried adding sugar which was then, about 400 years ago, being imported in to Europe for the first time in - 'any large quantity and from then on it became as addic- tive as coffee or tea has become since. The English _____ for some inexplicable reason |" didn't like the word cacao - it sounded like a dog barking they thought - and changed the. spelling and pronunci- atiol to cocoa and so the de-fatted powder 'has been known up to today. Chocolate is the name of the rich pure stuff. For those who enjoy chocolate, or even crave it, Armour McMillan one recent evening. ~ Weekend guests of the W. H. Grahams were Miss Nini Kreever, Miss Lyn Mendel- sohn, Miss Christine Mc Manus, Mr. Kevin Keeley, Mr. Bill Hewick and Mr. Danny Vickers. - Mr. 'Lloyd Ashenhurst of Cardinal divided the week- end holiday between Mr. and Mrs. Armour McMillan and Mr. and Mrs. T. Ashenhurst! of Uxbridge. : On Tuesday, August 12 at 7 o'clock, the Greenbank Gam- blers will line-up against the wreenbank Old Timers in a baseball game. This should wake the community up. Jor the last ten days, as mugt be apparent from this cojumn, Greenbank has been showing what is popularly known as a very, very low profile. As this is being written, the weather is should, cool, bright early mornings, & gathering golden August haze which foretells autumn. But lovely asitis, it lacks the drama of a drought or a baby cyclone. Reminis- cence, a mainstay of conver- sation, is most satisfyingly behaving as it. féed by memories of near disasters. Onsuch a morning as this, a-eonversation may opén with 'beautiful day, isn't it?" and that's it. But "did the hail get your corn?" or "Ihaven't enough water to do the washing' is good for at least ten minutes' chat. If this month, fine weather res- cues us from a miserable Juneand July, we can feel we earned it but we will also remember the summer as the one we kept our eye on the thermometer and our ear to the forecast. It will be something to talk about. . Lukewarm reception (continued - must be made to bring the facts before the people. Ontario MPP Dr. Matthew 'Dymond reveals more opti- mism about the committee, yet is perhaps the most blunt about suggestions of a decid- ing referendum. °° "A referendum," he said, "would be an abdication of council's responsibilities." He sees the committee as "a reasonable undertak- ing" giving members of each side a chance to exchange the best buy is Baker's Semi- ; gr a eq views and come to some kind is as good a candy ds the best Swiss dark, and much, much cheaper. _ _ ' Guests of Mr. and Mrs. of a decision. Asked if he thought that people-who ap- parently have already made up their minds-could be made to change their minds, " Helen Fedyk is a member of the group opposing the penitentiary proposal, and said last week she was "very much for it" (the commit- teeY 'It is about the only way to put all the information before the people," she said. "These people will have to sit down, study the question : and come up with some kind of answer. I just cannot see any other way out of this," she said. : She thinks the committee should sit for at least two or three weeks, but is in favour of a council decision, rather than a plebiscite. "I think council should decide, on the basis of what the people they represent want." Co Manchester news Church Sunday August 10 at 11:15. Rev. G. Wylie in charge. There is to be a Baptismal service, also. The Manchester U.C.W. will be at the home of Mrs. Paul Diamond last week py pymond stated unhesi- Aletha Holtby on Thursday, were Mr. and Mrs. Duane Nichol and children from Ottawa, and a welcome visitor for the weekend was their granddaughter, Miss Laura Steven of Agincourt. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Minten and their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Hendricks, drove to Burlington to spena the day with Mr. Minten's brother, Hendrick. On the way home they called on Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kersey in Scarborough. On Sunday, Professor Mc- Cready entertained Miss Nancy Haeverman and Mr. K. Dutton of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Watson called on Mr. and Mrs. \ TR tantly that the great major- ify of people arg open minded enough to listen to reason. '"'Once the facts are dut," he said, "I feel many will change their minds .about this thing." even this committee's work will have to come to an end and a decision will have to be made. . "That decision," he states emphatically, "will have to be made by council, on the - facts, and not by a referen- dum". "You cannot have gov- ernment by plebiscite," he said. "Where would it stop?" EB 0000000000 : SHENING LL o RESIDENTIAL 0 | J e COMMERCIAL ® REPAIRS o FARM © WATERLINES ENCHING Holding Tanks Sewer & Water Hook-ups GENERAL CARPENTRY HOUSING -RENOVATIONS - ADDITIONS 36 yrs. experience - 20 yrs. in business ALL TRADES LICENCED Ron Rankin & Sons 985-7679 or 985-3776 AE OO = August 7 at 2 p.m. Our Anniversary service is scheduled for September 21. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Roberts visited friends in Barrie, Sunday. 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