HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-08-25, Page 6The. Godex b. Signal -Star,, Thursday' Aufust 25,' 3.$66
SUGAR
and
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mommi By Bill Smiley
Spent a Week in the old home-
town recently, and, as usual, it,
was anything hilt -a re.;;t. The
weather was Krfect,' ' hut the
hospitality was exhausting,
It's not really my hometown. I
didn't grow up there, physically.
BuO spent a decade there in
newspaper business, and
maybe I grew up there in other
ways. Anyway, when you walk"
down the main street, and every'
HOME TOWN
DEALER
I recently heard a dealer
acquaintance' who had moved
from a very large city• to a
medium size place explain the
difference between the two.
Et, summed it up by saying
that •in his large city dealership
he rarely knew his customers
personally and almost never met
them socially.. But, since moVing
to a smaller centre the opposite
was now true - - he seldom
DOESN'T know the people Who
are buying "from him. Quite a
few on a first name basis and -
many as personal friends.
He admrtted .that he -now felt
compelled to be scriipulously
honest with his. customers for
,the obvious reason that if he
ran his business any other way,
word would soon get around
and his business would suffer.
The basic truth about the
car businesk)- accounts for the
fact that a so-called "volurne"
,,„ dealer who does not provide
adequate service, can't operate
city. He must pull buyers from
miles around, usually On, a basiS
of misleading price ads.
It logically follows that since
he doesn't expect to- .see his
customers -again (the -distance
involved discourAges driving
back for. serviCe or 'complaints)
this tYpe of dealer considers his
out-of-town buyets fair game
for any corner cutting that will
squeeze an eXtra dollar of profit
out of the sale.
If you deal out of Goderi:h
with this type dt dealership `to
"save" a few dollars, you may
regret it, as thousand.s of buy-
ers who, have .will testify.
second person stops to shake
hands and ask about your fami-
ly, and tell you what their kids
are doing now, it's your home-
town.
A small town changes, and yet
remains the same. A few busi
hesseS have changed hands
Some of the stores have new
fronts. The paint on the hotel
has been changed from pas
sionate, purple to ghastly green.
The shady, tree -lined street on
which you used to live has been
raped: the statelY trees ,cut to
ugly stumps, as the street LS to
be widened.
But 'the biggest changes are ,in
the people. The young men you
used to work and play with are
grizzled or as bald as eggs. The
young women you used to look
at with some interest because of
their big eyes are sagging and
dentured. The lovable kids that
your kids used to play with are
Kulking adolescents, some 9f
them delinquents with pelice
records. And your old partner,
Once apparently indestructible,
is 'taking eight different colors
of pills.
DesPite the changes, there is
continuity as comfortable as an
old fishing hat. The Chamber of
Commerce is still fighting over
store hours. The Industrial
Commission is on the verit6 of
announcing a huge new indu.s-
try. The fire brigade ra,ceS per-
iodically to the town dump,
where th'6 inCineraling process
has got out of hand because the
caretaker has bogged- off for a
beer.
-Some of the local characters
have gone to their reward, but
many are still around. The local
lawyer still plays his electric-or-
g,an _between clients, The local
milliOnaire still slugs bags of
salt- and feed into the bacl of
his '66 model -and lugs it out to
feed his cattle. The barber. with
whom you once shared a riotous.
Legion zone rally, still quips
with his eustorriers, though he
went off to fight in a war over:
50 years ago. The canny Sent
chbrtles as he tells you hisi
shore lots are now- going over
$4,000. The same ,waiter insults
the same customer.s, in the pub.
The same beer barrel in human,
form sits in the same seat in the
same pub.
The same peOple still come to
LOCHALSH
LOCHATAII---A grass fire at
the Ernest Gibson farm on sat-
urday was cause for alarm whcen
several bee hives started tO
burn, Lucknow firemen an.
swered the call tad brought the
blaze under control.
'After several months' 'work
on a bridge On the Finlay Mac-*
Donald sideroad, work has now
been. compfeted and traffic once
'again can get to the:" 12th of
A,slifield from Highway 86.
, Mr: and Mrs. Paul Emberlin
:spent the weekend With Mr.
,and Mrs. Gordon Finlayson.
the same cottages. Except that
the pregnant young matron was
, a skinny kid in bare feet last
time you saw her. And •the
handsome -young chap who
works at the -summer store was
the tyke called JohzmY-Cake last
t.ene you saw him.
vflowever: it's good to get back
for a visit, And it's never un -
Kept my 'hand in by writing a
few news stories for the paper.
Took the family to the Indian
reserve; same beautiful view
and easy -g oing inhabitants.
Dropped in on otd friends arid
got all the latest dope on who
was going crazy, and who was
running aroinii4 with whom.
Had a beer at The Cedar Rail,
rpost unique bar in the country,
and with the best prices. It's a
shed on a farrn, full of tools and
baled hav. A cedar rail extends
across the front., You stand
there with your farmer friend,
lean on -the rail and look at the
lake down helm., We've seen
deer and bear from there, and
covered local politics and talked
James Richardson & Sons Ltd
"Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario"
PHONE 524-8388, GODERICH
Got .stuck in the sand at the
beach, to the rage' of my wife.
She went flying off ,,,to find a
tow truck, in a frignd's car.
While she was away, I was
pulled out easily by a man with
no arms, who had a chain in his
trunk, a wife to drive his car,
and a gaggle of kids to help
push. Sounds like fiction, but
it's fact.
Mrs. Donald IC MacKenzie
spent a couple of days in Cljri:
ton with friends.
Miss Jane Ainsley of Toronto
returned home after -spending a
few holidays with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'rank
•
MacLennan. -
Miss ?fable MacDonald of
Wind.sor spent the weekend at
her home here.
Mr.- and Mrs. TQM Farrell
have hod their house roof and
trim painted which adds to the
fine stone strtIcture.
Recent visitors with Mrs.
Donald R. MacKenzie were Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Kemler and
Ruth of Mich., and Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Inglis and family of
Wroxeter.
Mr. and Mrs. ponald Mc -
Charles and Scott of Brantford
are spending a few holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Mc.
Charles. .
Baptised At
NSU Sunday
The sacrament of baptism was
„pdm,inistered Sunday in North
Street United Church to Lisa
May, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas •Baker -on behalf of
Victoria Street :United ,ghurch
and to Karen Ruth, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bushell.
Rev. J. Donald MacDonald'
conducted the service of wor-
ship and the Rev. Harry Bunce,
Northumberland, England, de-
livered the sermon. Mr. Bunee
is visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Wheeler for a few weeks
on his second visit to Canada.
Mr. Bunce became acquainted
with Mr. Wheeler and other
Canadians wheji troops were
stationed at Crawborough-Sus.
sex, England.
Lance Reed was at the organ
and Ed Stiles at the piano for
the_ porning •„hymn -sing and
music throughout the se7ice.
Services with Victoria Sti'eet
congregation at North Street
continue until Sept. 4.
GORDON T. WESTLAKE
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE - COMPANY OF CANADA
DID THEY SPROUT
THIS SUMMER?
Then so did their feet !
If your youngsters OW sprout this summer, then their feet did too.
If your youngsters are to develop healthily they need • school shoes
that are correctly shaped anti properly fitted. Come in. nfow and , see
the new sel6ction of school shoes.
Choose your new school.
shoes from a beautiful
-Collection of two -straps,
'suede oxfords, gore
loafers in a multitude
.of colors.
Such
Brand Names
As:
• SAVAGE
• CLASSMATES
• BONNIE
STUARTS
• HUSH
PITIVIES
THE SQUARE
To be noted about hay fever IS that it is rarely
caused by hay and, hardly ever results in fever,
(A rise in temperature usually means some
ether illness has been'added.) A more accu-
rate name for this"ailment that afflicts about
one in twenty Ame-ricanS is allergic rhinitis.
These words refer to allergic reaction—a
special sensitivity to some ordinary harmless
sUbstance—resulting chiefly in inflammation
of the nose tissues.
ANOTHER NAME —
Used is pollinosis; the substance to which hay
fever victims Most often react is plant pollen
or airborne seeds. )3ut the allergenic substance
may be Mold spores or animal dandei- (skin
scales, like dandruff) or some even more com-
mon materials such as 'dust. Whatever it is
called, hay fever is g widespread cause of poor
health and disability, hard to avoid or prevent
and hard tc..cure. While the disease is not
dangerous and does not cause permanent
damage in itself, some pf its complications
can be troublesome.
HOW HAY FEVER OCCURS, —
Anyone can develop an allergy a common
substance, but those who do usually have in-
herited the tendency as a family trait. The
sensitivity is developed after exposure to the
substance. During the seasons when. plants
are - pollinating, everyone in the vicinity is
exposed. People with* the tendency may de-
vellip sensitivity to any one or more of the
ipollens, although certain 'pollens are more al-
lergenic—more likely to cause an allergic re-
action—than others..
Pollens that are light enough to be windborne
are the offenders for more hay fever suffer-
ers: Heavier pollens that are borne from plant
to plant by bees and other insects can also be
allergens, but they cause trouble only when a
person comes into diredt contact with the
plant. Airborne pollens can penetrate . any-
vAere, indoor's and out, and 'are most numer-
ous at the height of the pollinating season for
the particular plant. The more pollen in _the
air, the worse the victim's suffering.
WHAT ARE.THE EFFECTS —
Sneezing, repeated and prolonged, is the most
common mark of the hay fever sufferer. The
stuffy and watery nose deseribed in the word
rhinitis is usually a chief feature, along with
redness, swelling and itching of the eyes; itch-
ing of the nose, throat and mouth; itching
or other ear difficulties. Breathing difficul-
ties at night due to obstruction' of the nose
may interfere with sleep. •
These effects differ in degree according to the
individual, ranging from mild to severe. When
severe, they are hard to bear, reduce effici-
-ency and may caup loss of time from work
and school. Even more serious may be the
effects of complications of hay fever attacks
repeated year after year. Chronic sinusitis---:
inflammation of the sinus ca-vities—is one.
Another is nasal polyps, or growths. hi addl.:.
tion, about thirty per cent of people with
hay fever d.evelop asthma. -
THE SEASONS FOR HAY FEVER
Trees, ,grasses and weeds have windborne
pollen. According to his sensitivity, the `lhay
fever season" for a particular individual oc-
curs when the plants that affect hinr pollinate.
Thus, in Eastern and Midwestern• United
States, those sensitive to tree pollens (such
as elm, maple, birch, poplar and others) suffer
in the spring. Early summer is the time for
the grasses (including sp_me used as hay, such
as timothy), to which half of all hay fever
sufferers are sensitive. The weeds flourish in
that part of the country from midsummer to
late fall. Of the last, ragweed is the most com-
mon offender, not only in its group but among -
all the pollens. Of lieople 1,Vi# hay fever, 75
per cent are sensitive to ragweed. But an
dividual may react to one or more items in
more than one of these groups, so that his -
own "season" may lie from early spring to the
first frost.
Far that matter, a person sensitive- to dust„
to dog dander or to some other airborne ma-
terial from' -which he cannot easily escape
may suffer all year around.
Mold and fungus spores ("seeds"), also an air-
borne phenomenon during the summer months
cause reactions in many people. Frequently
found around hay, straw and dead leaves,
their irowth is encouraged by -humid weather
and places with poor ventilation—danip base-
ments, for instanee.*
HOW SENSITIVITY WORKS —
Sensitivity is established when the tissues—ox
the nose, for example — develop antibodies
(defensive substances) to a particular pollen
or other allergen. After that, whenever these
tissues encounter the allerge,n, the antibodies
attached to,them react. Along with other re-
actiOns, a powerful defensive chemical called
histamine is released. As often happens in
Nature, these defensive measures are ..some-
times overdone, causing the blood vessel dila-
tiOn, increased secretion of fluids, irritation
leading to sneezing and other conditions that
add up to hay fe*r.
HOW TO CONTROL illAY FEVER —
Avoiding the substance that causes a victim's
reaaions is the best way to control hay fever.
Moving to a different part of the coulntry is
sometimes suggested, but this may prove use-
less if the sufferer has or develops sensitivity
to a substance common in the new location.
Seasonal travel and the use of air conditioning
and air .1m:11 -Hying devices whenever possible
may at least cut down on the victim's suffer-
ing during his season, so that he may sleep and
work. reasonablT well.
The use of antihistamines, drugs that counter -
ad the histamine and other substances re-
leased by the allergen -antibody reaction, may
serve to give relief from some symptoms.
They don't affect the underlying sensitivity.
Each individual has to depend on his doctor
to find opt what drug or combination of drugs
works best for him, Nose drops are usually
of limited value and their prolonged use may
actually cause and aggravate the symptoms.
Certain, hormones may be prescribed by a
doctor in an extreme case, but they have to
be carefully used. Desensitization by means
of injections is a long-drawn-out process, but
may be very effective.
HOW DESENSITIZATION WORKS —
Once a' victim's offending altergen has been
identified—after what may be a long (series of
scratch tests with many suspected substances
—it is possible for the doctor to make up a,
graded series, of injections. The injections con-
tain a minute amount of the substance, which
is gradually increased in each -injection until
the body can tolerate larger doses without re-
action. if the injections are started well before
the hay fever season and continued for about
three months, the usual reaction to the natural
appearance of the allergen may, be prevented.
The injections may have to be repeated each
year; in many instances, injections over a
period of several years have resulted in de-
sensitization to the particular substance.
Some day it may be possible to tell why people
ha.ve the tendency to develop allergic sensitiv-
ity, and to counteract the tendency. For the
present we can only control the symptoins.
*THE SUFFERER and HIS DOCTOR ---
The hay fever sufferer should be examined
by his doctor and follow the doctor's advice
thereafter. He should avoid the common mis-
takes of trying all the new patent medicines
that are advertised each year, or of shopping
around from iioctor to doctor.
The doctor can help almost all patients; he
'can 'desensitize some entirely. When he is un-
able to eliminate, the hay fever itself; he can
7 -at least be alert for possible complications.
The wise patient follows the doctor's advice
•and co-operates in treatment as well as
he can, eagerly awaiting the day thatifurther
research will find even better tools for the
doctor to use.
IF YOU ARE A HAY FE' VER VICTIM, REMEMBER:
1. .No matter how badly you suffer during , the seasoft,
hay fever will not kill you. 'It may have tronblesome ,
complications; however.
. Consult 'your doctor and get his help, in identifying
what causes your Hay fever, plus his advice on what
to do abont it.
3. If yon can, get away from the substance that causes
your reaction. Air conditioning and air purification may
help you rest, sleep and work.
SHOE
SHO
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4; Use antihistamines sparingly --always with yeur doe-
tor's advice. Don't try to medfc'ate yourself.
5. If your doctor thinks injections will help, start them
well before the hay fever season and stick to them
without skipping.
6, Don't get dtscouraged if you get rid of. one sensitivity
only to find you have developed another one.
7. Be sure to let your doctor know if you think a compli-
cation—such as a real nose or throat infection—has
developed.
Your Tuberculosis Association works for thia control of all Respiratory Dieases and,
in particular, for the elimination of Tuberculosis. Hay fever is one of the many Respira-
tory Diseases being fought through education and research supported by your Christ -
Inas Seal contribution.
HURON COUNTY TB ASSOCIATION
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