HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-08-15, Page 10XR ° The Godedieh Signal -Star, ThurSdaY, . ,ugu,St A6tb, 11)63
If you hear any rude noises
-while you're reading this col-
umn, pay n.o attention. It will
merely be my stomach trYing
to remind me that I am not
the Etnperor Nero.
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For the past couple of weeks,
I've been trying to convince the
old grocery -chute, through one
orgy after another, that it could
handle anything 1 chose. to
throw into il; half -raw steak on
top of skunky beer, raspberries
and ice cream on top of gin
and lemon.
All I'm trying to say is that
we -poor people, simp-ly. because
we have some summer holidays,
shouldn't start acting as though
life were just agay, mad whirl,
a big bowl of caviar. It's more
like a blind stagger, a bowl of
As our most recent carload
of old -friend visitors fades into
the exhaust fumes, and I wave
a shaky farewell, I can't help
-thinking nostalgically of those
good old days when I was a
weekly editor, and had one
week's vacation a year. Every-
thing was so simple. You went
to the editors' annual conven-
tion, tottered home looking and
feeling like a skeleton, and
Went happily back to. work for
-another fifty-one weeks.
Now that I have those longer
holidays that used to look so
gulden, 1 realize- that' man is a
creature of toil, and is happier
and better when hp has his nose
to the old grindstone, his
shoulder to the good 9Id wheel,
and his feet planted ecstatically
in that good, old, familiar rut:
Lengthy surfimer, holidays,
and I say it with deliberation,
aile a menace to health, wealth,
morale and marriage.
Take -health. When my
days began, I was in good shape.
Just the usual smolser's hack,
'(crocked knee, touch of bursitis
in the shoulder, and aching'
back. But clear of mind, steady
of nerve. Today, I'm a wreck.
My sunburn .1s peeling, my
stomach is snarling like a scald-
ed cat, and every time a car
'stops outside our place I, run
- and hide in the attic.'
My wife is in even worse con-
dition. When holidays began,
she was pate but perky. Today,
she is brown on the outside,
but a whimpering shadow with-
. in. And no wonder. Just the
other day, for example, she was
aboui to step froM a dock onto
the deck of a millionaire's
cruiser. The gentleman, who
can run eight coMpanies with
one hand behind him, can't run
his boat. As she stepped, he
put it in reverse, by accident.
And there was the Old Girl,
with only ten feet oL air be-
tween her and fourteen feet of
water. It was like one of those
-cartoon comedies in which the
hero runs off the edge of a cliff
and keeps running in air for a
second -until he looks down. I
might add that she didn't have
her. swimming attire on.
She'll never be the same girl.
On the way to her watery riel-
come, she hit the dock a couple
of good ones, losing about ,a
fobt of skin ,off her arm, and
'picking' up a bruise on her nice
tanned log the size of a grape-
fruit and,, next day, the color
of a baboon's bottom. She's off
millionaire boat drivers for life.
Take wealth. When we began
-in-onths' salary to put me
end of one month, I had ilia
month's salary and a session
with the bank, manager.
It seems that when you're
working, you can't spend money.
When you're not, you can't.
Most People save up for their
'holidays and blow flie lot on a
glorious two weeks doing some-
thing, or staying somewhere,
they curl. afford. Try doing this
for two months.
Take morale. Frankly, after
six Weeks off the jab, I have
become a total slob. It rhyrns
but it doesn't reason. My total
accomplishment, on projects
around the house, has been the
erection of a twenty -foot clothes-
line. The book I was going to
wtite this summer has turned
into a comic book. My wife
laughs every time mention it.
Children imitate. When the
kids see -their old man lolling
in a lawn chair looldng at the
trees, they lie down on the
uncut lawn, and do the same.
Ai for marriage, you can take
it, too. Lengthy holidays put
more strein on a solid marriage
gambling or other
lacomen. I won't go into details.
But lady, how would yPu like
to run a motel -without -rates
with one hand, and try to 'direct
a lazy, unshayen brute with the
other? Dad, how would you like
two months of togetherness with
the old battleaxe? I leave it
to your imagination.
If this is what a long holiday
is like, I sure hope I die before
I retire.
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Discuss Steps
To Curb-- Smoke
Following is, a letter to Gode-
rich Town Council discussing
steps being taken by Domtar
to ameliorate smoke and ash
nuisance which has been a i
chronic problem in the east end I
;of Goderich for a long time.
Representations were made re-
Icently by Council, after Wing
waited upon by„a delegation
of complaining citizens. , Here
is the company's statement:
Goderich, Ontario,
July 18, 1963.
"On the recent visit to our
!plant of Mayor E. C. Fisher,
!Councillor Croft, and Town Sol -
'some length the _problem of
Isoot emission from_ our stack
I and- the steps we are taking
!and are contemplating taking to
I reduce this nuisance.
I "In our last letter to you on
October 31, 1961, we explained
that the only solution to the
!problem is the inkallation of
:dust collectors. 'The only ltrac-
; tical location for this equip-
ment is at the 'base of the stack
which is surrounded by P'roduc-
tion equipment and buildings.
'At that time we were not in a
position to advise you if and
when these old buildings would \
be removed.
.„."We are 'now undergoing a
complete renovation of our
plant which we anticipate will
be completed early in the new
year. Immediately following
that all old buildings, including
those around pur 'stack will be
demolished. We then plan to
erect a dust collecting system
to handle excesgive soot and
fly -ash now being emitted from
our stack.
"Although most dust • c011ect-
ing equipment manufacturers
claim efficiencies in the order
of 98 and 99%, we do not, feel
under actual conditions we will
eliminate all fly ash. However,
we are confident the equipment
we install will enable us to
come well within the practical
limits set by air.pollution ordn-
ances, in force in variouvcorn-
munities in Ontario, and there
Should be no cause for further
complaints.
Yours truly,
A. P. BoUtiller,
Plant Manager."
Lost Grunter
Camping Out
May Survive
Without ever particularly
wanting to, members of the Pro-
vincial Police detachment ,k
Goderich have ,becorne the
guardians of a small stray ,pig
which was re.scued from a be-
wildering life at large on High -
Way 21 south of Sheopardton
Sy a tourist:
The young grunter seemed
'frightened and distraught when
;tourist from Michigan, who
'turned it over to the police.
'The small porker has been
"boarded out" with a farmer
but some fears are held that
the animal -may not survive the
ordeal, as it appears to have
'huffered from exposure and
Owner. of the pig may have
same by identifying the beast
and paying what costs may be
involved in its care. Sgt. II.
Two Charges
A Monkton resident, Ken
Vanderbergh, was charged with
driving while intoxicated and
also with careless driving after
being taken in ehargi by Pro-
vinetal Constable R. Primeau
of the Goderich detachment.
fle was pieked up a couple of
miles south , of Goderich on
Highway 21 when the ()P.P.
was alerted by Goderich police
department. The man was later
released. on $500 cash bail, to
Opear in magistrate's cOurt
here August 15.
uron _County Fpf A President
efends Grain Testing 'Station
Recently a letter was pub-
lished in a number of pluron
Vounty weekly papers written
by Rbnald McGregor of Kippen,
which criticited the proposal
to establish a grain testing sta,
tion in Huron County. Mr. Mc-
Gregor classed it as "Unneces-
ihry expense to satisfy a minor-
ity group" and he -suggested,
"The best way it wpald seem to
me is for a farmer to own his
own tyster lase it."
Mr. Elmer Ireland, president
of the Huron County Federation
of Agrioulttire, has written the
following on the subject: If I
interpret Mr. McGregor correct-
ly he 43uggests that each farmer
should own a moisture tester.
The lowest quotation we have
been able to obtain on a mois-
ture tester is $325.00, plus tax.
This would appear an expensive
alternative to co-operative ef-
fort. The above figure would
indicate the impracticability of
Mr. McGregor's suggestion:
McGregor raises the point
of whether farmers question the
accuracy, of the moisture tests
they receive. May we point
out, the law reguired that all
weigh scales (used in commerc-
ial trade) must be inspected and
bear the stamp of approval of
the Department of Trade and
Commerce. Yet no such regul-
ations apply to moisture test-
ing equipment. We submit the
moisture content of grain is as
much a basis of trade as the
weight and grade. Yet no pro-
vision is made for the insPec-
tion of -equipment used in mak-
ing a moisture determination.
We question whether Mr. Mc-
Gregor would cqnsent to settle-
ment for his grain had it been,
weighed over an uninspettiecr
scale. Yet he intimates that
farmers should not question the
accuracy of a moisture test
made- on 'uninspeeted equip-
ment. -In making the above
observations we are not casting
any reflection on the ;integrity
of any rit,ember of the grain
trade but it seems most incon-
sistent to employ strict regula-
tipns to govern one aspect of
trade and .have no regulations
to govern other aspeats.
By bringing this situation to
light we are not,. as suggeMed
by Mr. McGregor, attempting to
arouse suspicion, and distrust be:
tween farm producers and pri-
vate enterprise. Rather, we
are attempting to fulfil the ob-
jectives of the -Federation of
AgriclutUre namely to obtain
social and economic justice for
farrn people,
I sell very little grain from
my 'farm and have had little ex-
perience but I do know that one
must watch the moisture con-
tent of corn when purchasing
it for feed. Since there are
many farmers in Huron County
producing grain for sale I would
personally think it a good thing
to have a testing station. A
resolution requesting a Grain
Testing Station was presented
and carried at nur annual meet-
ing last November and will be
dealt with at the 0.F.A. annual
this Fall, Further comments
from grain producers on this
subject would be welcome, con-
cluded Mr. Ireland's article.
OBITUARY
MRS. PERCY EAST
The death occurred in hos-
pital at Stratford on July 30th
of Mrs. Percy East in her 74th
year. She was the mother of
Mrs. Bert Jessen of Goderich,
Mrs. Harvey Brown, Owen
Sound, and Mrs. Gordon Cook,
Stratford, and aunt of Mrs. Har-
old Larder and Mrs. Wilfred
Mrs. East was the former
Ida Copp, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Copp.
Burial took place in Strfatford.
NEW AMBASSADOR
Canada's 'newly appointed
Ambassador to Russia, Robert
A. D. Ford, once attended
public school in Goderich for.
one year back in 1920. He
Editor Emeritus ...of_The Lon-
don Pree Press, and Mrs.
Ford. Mr. Robert Ford is
one of the comparatively few
Russian-speaking officers ,in
Canada's foreign service.
Most of,Canada's 11,500 Eski-
mos live north of the tree -line
on the coasts of the mainland
or the islands of the Arctic
Archipelago.
James Richarclion & Sons Ltd.
"Serving the Feed Dealers 'Of Western Ontario"
PHONF4 JA 4-8383, GODERICH
We Are
BUYING
WHEAT — OATS — BARLEY
MIXED GRAIN — FLAX
at competitive prices
CHECK US FOR PRICES
BEFORE YOU SELL
New fast unloading dump sink
and hoist facilities. Our new
facilities mean 57qu can unlo4r
twice as fast.
"TAOISHI II' ARRIVES
The ft.CM,P. patrol'. beat
harber a Week ago Wednesday
on a routine Patrol, in charge
of Cpl. Dick Dion and a crew
ef three constables. The craft
has Sarnia As home port and
patrols the Huron shoreline
Crew Member
Big Vessel
Is Stricken
One of the largest lake ves-
sels to enter ,Goderich harbor
called here last Friday with a
load of grain and take out a. big
load of salt from the Sifto
mine.
It was the 620 -foot R. Bruce
Angus, a turbine driven vessel
owned by Upper 1,akes Shipping
Co., recently very much in the
news in 'connectIon with labor
trouble in U.S. ports. Two
weeks ago she Nkas unloaded in
CleVeland under the protection
of police armed with rifles. ...._
Porter I-11
. The big ship's stay here was
marred by the sudden illness
of a female member of the crew,
Mrs. Loretta Larch, second
porter of Port Colborne, who
was removed from the ship by
stretcher and taken to Alex-
andra Marine and General Hos-
pital, suspected td be suffering
from some form of food poison-,
ing. Mrs. Larch was in serious -
condition, suffering severe
swelling about the body to the
point where it was necessary
to cut rings from her fingers.
It was later determined that
the illness was not food pois-
oning but some form of allergy,
the origin -of whiah was not
immediately determined.- She
Leitch.
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Collect.
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'Chinese -Food
Our Specialty
ALSO TAKE-OUT. ORDSRS
OPEN DAILY 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
"Open Every Day"
The Esquire
Restaurant
The Square-Goderich-JA- 4-9941
greeineat 'Appears Possible:.
For New Milk' Marketing Plan
ers who saw a milk marketing
• Ontario,'s 70,000 dairy -farm: rather than on quality.
Concentrated milk .shippers,
whb receive less for their pre-
duee than do whole milk ship-
pers, claim their milk is of just
as, high quality.
It is expected the new scheme
will" presCribe a price for top
quality fluid Tilk, between the
average pride now received by
the two groups.
Only opposition so far was
expressed Thursday • by the
Channel Islands Breeds Milk
Proclyeers' Association, in a
brier to the government com-
mittee.
The organization, represent-
ing 1,700 Jersey and Guernsey
dairy farmers, claimed the pro-
posed plan would encourage
marginal farmers to produce
more milk, thus creating a Tir-
plus problem.
scheme founded last year may
be nearing a more compatible
The new scheme would be
based on the principle of equal
pay for equal- qualitY; milk,' as
agreed to by -the Ontario Milk
ProctucerS' League and the On-
tario' Concentrated Milk Pro-
Endoriernent of the principle
has coine in briefs presented bY
the two groups, representing a
total of 28,000 dairy farmers,
to a provincial' inquiry com-
mittee ,which concluded hear-
ings at Toronto last Thursday.
Other dairy groups would
have to agree to it, and the
scheme would have to be ap-
proved by farmers before it
could become effective.
Farmers now are 'paid for
their milk at rates depending
on the final use of the product,
A classified ad in the Signal -
Star brings quick results.
SUN -LIFE
a
progressive
company
in a
industry
GOR -DON T._ WESTLAKE
-- SUN LIFE ASSURANCE, -COMPANY OF CANADA
DERIC
MONDAY, AUG. 19
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Kinsmen
110.Witless
POUR/MIS
CALL, PHONE OR WRITE
PAy OR NIGHT
Stan Haddon
118 St. David Street
' Real Estate Agept
RUTH VAN DER MEER
PHONE JA 47875, Goderich
- 0 Agent For
REALTOR Walkerton
Roy N. Bentley
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
P.O. Box 478.
Phone JA 4-9521
GODERICH ONTARIO
Roomy — Comfortable
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77 Montreal St., Goderich
Call Lodge
AMBULANCE SERVICE
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TELEPHONE
R. W. BELL
OPTOMETRIST
F. T. ARMSTRONG
Consulting Optometrist
-The Square -IA 4-7661
ItEFRIGERATION
AND
APPLIANCE SERVICE
All makes — All types
GERRY'S APPLIANCES
59 Hamilton St.
"The Store That Service
Built"
Ben Chisholm
Esso Imperial Products
20 Albert St., GoderiCh
Office—JA 4-7502
Home—JA 4-7835 tf
Butler, Dooley,
Chartered Accountants
Trustee in Bankruptcy
Licensed Municipal Auditor'
GODERICH, ONTARIO
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HUGIIES
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insurance keent
Phone• JA *8526
Mechanical and Body %eft
Radiator Repairs.
Protect against rust with
Unda-Spray
DAV IDSON'Ttirbtaco Sankt
'No. 8 Highway, Goderich
Phone JA 4-7231
George Turton
Co-operators insurance
A Complete Line of Casually
__and Life Insurance.
Prompt, Efficient Claims Seg.
vice by Goderich Adjuster
of CIA.
319 Huron Road
Phone JA 4-7411
ALEXANiDER
CHAPMAN
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of
GENERAL INSURANCE
AND REAL ESTATE
Bank of Commerce Bldg,
Goderich. Phone JA 4-9661,
A. J. Alexander, Res,
C. F. CHAPMAN, Res.
JA 4-7915.
HURON CO-OPERATIVE
NEDICA14 SERVICES
Prepaid4lealth Plans
at Cost
the
way
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President, Fordyce Clark, RR 5,
Goderich; Vice -Pres., Gordon
Kirkland, RR 3, Lucknow; Mrg,
0. G. Anderson, RR 5, Wingham;
Mrs. Lloyd Taylor, ' Exeter;
Hugh B. Smith, RR 2, Listowel;
Lorne Rodges, RR 1, Goderich;
Roy Strong, Gorrie;
Bolton, RR 1, Seaforth; Bert
Irwin, RR 2, Seaforth; Bed
Klopp, Zurich; Gordon Mat
son, RR 1, Brucefield; Kennelli
Johns, RR 1, Woodham.
C. H. Magee
Secretary -Manager
Miss C: E. islumtree
Assistant Secretary
For inforniation, call 'your
nearest director of our office in
the Credit Union Bldg., 70 On-
tario Street, Clinton, Telephone
Winter 2-9751.
or see your
CO-OP representative
GEORGE TURTON
319 Huron St., Goderiah Ont
Phone JA 4-7411
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'this water softener re-
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or
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For rent at 48 West Street,
Goderich. Ground. floor prem --
comprising fotir room and
vault (now used as dark room).
This. location is completely self,
contained with grade entrance.
Contact owner,
46 West -Street,
Goderich
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Close to finest shopping and.
entertainment centers, mai0
:,hospitals apd subway.
Beautifully appointed rooms
and suites.. Dining Room.
Teievision. • Children FREE.
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Occupancy
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