The Citizen, 1992-04-22, Page 21Letters
THE EDITOR,
I would like to thank the Cana
dian government for helping to
brighten up my day.
It started as a normal day. Noth
ing terrible happened, nothing went
wrong, nothing broke down.
Then the mailman arrived. Along
with the usual assortment of junk
mail came two envelopes. One was
the hydro bill, the other my G.S.T.
refund cheque.
bituaries
VERNA ELIZABETH HAL
LAM
Verna Elizabeth Hallam of
Auburn, passed away at the
Alexandra Marine & General Hos
pital on Monday, April 13, 1992.
She was in her 73rd year.
A daughter of the late Jarvis
Anderson and the former Gertrude
Ladd, Mrs. Hallam was born in
Dungannon on April 18, 1919.
She was a member of the Knox
United Church in Auburn.
Mrs. Hallam was the beloved
wife of Thomas George Hallam.
She was the dear mother of Nor
man and Elaine Culbert of
Goderich, and Bruce and Betty
Culbert of Goderich. She will be
remembered by her sisters and
brother, Mildred (Mrs. Tom
Lawlor) of Auburn, Mary (Mrs.
Gordon Schultz) of Blyth, Bill and
Marie Park of Goderich and by her
sister-in-law Cynthia Anderson of
Dungannon. Mrs. Hallam is also
survived by three grandchildren,
Shelly, Bruce and Cindy and one
great grandchild, Nicole Lynn.
She was predeceased by one
brother, John "Buster" Anderson.
Funeral services were held at
I decided to have a look at the
bad news first. I got a sinking feel
ing in my gut when I saw the size
of my hydro bill. I quickly opened
my refund cheque hoping there
would be enough to cover the
hydro bill. Alas, not even half
enough!
So how did the government
brighten up my day? It's because
they have completely redesigned
the government cheques they issue.
No they haven't changed the
amount of the cheque, just the
design. No more plain yellow
cheques, but now we have a smart
looking new multi-coloured back-'
ground design. You know, sort of
like our currency. I tell you, this
new look was enough to give me a
real nice ooey-gooey feeling inside.
McCallum & Palla Funeral Home
in Goderich on Thursday, April 16
at 11 a.m. Rev. Paul Ross of the
Knox United Church in Auburn
was the officiating clergy.
Interment will be Ball’s Cemetery
in Auburn.
JAMES BORDEN BAIRD
James Baird died at Henderson
General Hospital, Hamilton on
Sunday, April 19, 1992. He was 79.
Mourning his loss most deeply is
his wife Dorothy of Hamilton. He
was the dear brother of Christine
and her husband James Kelly, Mary
of Willowdale, Allan and his wife
Jean of California, Edna and her
husband Pat Grottolo of California
and Ronald of Blyth. A brother-in-
law Simon Smith, and many nieces
and nephews will also remember
him fondly.
Mr. Baird was predeceased by a
brother Willie and two sisters Ena
and Dorothy Smith.
Visitation was held at Cresmount
Funeral Home in Hamilton from 2-
4 and 7-9 on Tuesday, April 21.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the
chapel.
Interment will be held at Wing
ham Cemetery. At 2 p.m. Wednes
day a memorial service will be held
at St. Andrews United Church.
As expressions of sympathy
donations to the Canadian Cancer
Society would be appreciated by
the family.
Just made my day!
Stuffed inside the envelope with
my pretty new cheque was a slip of
paper pointing out the new changes
- just in case I had dared overlook
them. It also told me that in the
event I still had an old design
cheque I had forgotten about in my
wallet, (I didn't - I used it to pay
some other bills) my financial insti
tution would still honour it.
I just wonder how much it cost to
redesign government cheques and
then tell us about it. Where did the
money come from? Can you tell us
Murray?
Ms. Editor, do you think there's
an election just around the comer?
Facetious Lee
Sunshine.
THE EDITOR,
I am writing this letter in regards
to the person(s) who took my son's
bike on the night of April 9.1 feel it
was a very unthinking and uncaring
thing to do.
My son is only seven-years-old
and has had very little time to enjoy
his bike as it has only been togeth
er for a week and a half. It was very
difficult trying to explain to him
WHY somebody took his new bike
when I don't know why myself.
This town of ours (Blyth) has
become a very sorry place to live in
when people take things from chil
dren.
If by chance the person(s) who
removed it from my property reads
this, I suggest they stop and think
about the past and how they would
have felt if someone took their bike
when they were seven. I also sug
gest they think about their future
too when they have children of
their own and how they would feel
if someone should take their child's
bike.
All I ask is for the person(s) to
please return it to the same place
they took it from.
A Very Upset Parent,
Connie Govier.
THE EDITOR,
As consumers, physically chal
lenged people in Huron County
prefer to support our communities
by shopping locally. Unfortunately,
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,1992. PAGE 21.
this is often made impossible by
physical barriers - steps, heavy
doors, narrow doorways and aisles,
high counters, etc. Disabled con
sumers are often forced to travel to
cities where shopping is more
accessible.
DIAMONDS - United Physically
Challenged People in Huron
County - welcome dialogue with
business owners and managers to
discuss ways in which their
premises can be made more open to
disabled consumers.
Also, if businesses that are acces
sible include an access symbol in
their advertising, physically
challenged customers would be
encouraged to patronize their esta
blishments.
You may be asking, “Why
should we make an effort to make
our premises accessible when we
don't see any disabled people
around?” The reality is that there
are many disabled people in our
communities, but inaccessibility
keeps them out of sight.
May we work together to enable
physically challenged consumers to
support local business people. The
DIAMONDS would be willing to
act as consultants and to advise
business owners how to make their
premises more convenient for the
physically challenged. If you are
interested, please call 1-800-267-
0535 or contact us at the following
addresses.
Ron Airdrie Glen McLachlan
DIAMONDS' Co-Chairpersons
Ron Airdrie
208 Townsend St
Clinton, Ontario
NOM 1L0
482-3463
Glen McLachlan
GMB 215, RR 5
Clinton, Ontario
NOM 1L0
482-9581
THE EDITOR,
We are Canadian Vietnam Veter
ans, formed as a support group for
Vietnam veterans and their fami
lies. Our main purpose is to find
other veterans and let them know
that they are not alone, advise them
of available benefits and to provide
them with pertinent information.
If you know of a Vietnam veter
an, please let us know. We would
like to tell him “Welcome Home”.
He deserves it!
If you know of a family of a
Vietnam Veteran who was killed in
combat or is listed as Prisoner of
War/Missing in Action (POW/
MIA), please let them know about
us. We are here for them also. A
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