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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-12-25, Page 17t7 M TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN N.,LEN Tot?rntoTelegram icak a Kathleen is eight, an attractive little girl with a pleas- ant, likeable personality. Anglo-Saxon in descent, she has bright blue, expressive eyes, pretty blonde hair and fair skin. She enjoys school where she. is in Grade 2 and works as hard as she can. Learning is not always easy, though, and it may be she will need Opportunity Class in 'the next two or three years. Kathleen is quiet and well-mannered, but not shy. She gets on well with both adults and children. . She is fond of music, has a good sense of rbythm and likes to sing. She takes skating lessons and is anxious to learn to swim. Kathleen would like to have brothers and sisters. She needs a mother and father with an encouraging but relaxed attitude towards academic achievement. To inquire about adopting Kathleen please write to Today's Child; Depart- ment of Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182. on. Landers.. Says Bible condones booze DEAR ANN LANDLRS: I'm not .saying .my husband is an alcoholic, but he drinks more than he should. Like most people who drink' too much he doesn't admit it. He considers himself a social drinker. He insists he has to have a few belts to "unwind." Every weekend he gets so unwound he wouldn't .recognize his own mother. Last night we were with another couple — also weekend "unwinders." Joe, the other man, is a college graduate and reads a lot. He was giving us the Biblical history of alcohol and made a point that the New Testament approves of drinking. As evidence, he reminded 'us that Jesus drank wine at the Last Supper. He also pointed out that wine was an integral part of almost every religious ceremony. I must admit, Joe made a very good case for alcohol by reciting specific examples from the New Testament. Do you know if the Old Testament says anything on this subject? — MAKE MINE TOMATO JUICE. DEAR TOMATO: The Old Testament views the fruit of the vineyard as a gift of God to enhance man's pleasure. The Psalm 104:15 in the Douay version of the Bible says, "Wine maketh the heart of man glad." The trouble occurs when man gets TOO glad — and the Old Testament has something to say about THAT, too. I quote from Prov. 23:29-30: "Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who has wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry too Yong at the wine." Now that you have The Word, please pass it to your sorrowful, contentious, babbling red -eyed friends. James Richardson St Sons Ltd Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario PHONE 524-8388, GODERICH The boy does not love her or he wouldn't treat her so shamelessly. He comes over when he wants something to eat or feels like parking his feet in front 'Of the 'TV. He never takes her any place but for a ride --- in OUR car. I've tried to talk some sense. into her head, but we have grown so far . apart there's no reaching her. She insists she is going to marry hind no matter what anyone says. I know she DEAR ANN LANDERS: Our 16 -year-old girl is beautiful and smart and could have any boy in the school. So what does she do? She settles for a 20 -year-old jerk who dresses sloppy, has no life goals And—corders her around as though she were his servant. —HEALTH & SAFETY reads your column religi9us4r, Ann. Please give her some motherly advice. — NIAGARA FALLS DEAR NI: My "motherly'; advice- is for you, Mother. Lay off. When you talk against the boy, your daughter must defend him. For every girl who marries to please Mama, fifty girls marry to spite her. I'll repeat the advice, Lady. Lay off. Mainly for Motliers by Carol Hart Common Sense Measures Help Prevent Falls Possibly the earliest joke in history involved a .caveman who tripped and fell over a dinosaur bon'. Falls are still thought to he funny today — as long as someone else takes them. More than half the injuries from 4 fall`s in the home are sustained by persons under 15 and over 65 years of age. The Council on Family Health, a non-profit organization created to promote health and safety in the home, points out that most accidents in the home are pre- ventable if a few common-sense guidelines are followed: The first step is to analyze your home for every potential source of trouble and then cor- rect the `situation. Throw rugs, for example, often live up to their name literally. Mother should make sure that each has non-skid backing. They should he placed well away from the top and bottom steps of a staircase._ Before using a ladder, make sure it is solidly placed on a flat surface. Rungs should be peri- odically inspected and repaired if they are unduly worn or cracked. Items such as paint cans, brushes, hammers and other tools should be removed from the ladder shelf inin edi- ately after use. Stairways can be hazardous, especially for young children and the elderly. Install handrails and stair treads. Your youngster 'can help keep stairs free of toys rind items of c•lofhing, and can assist in cleaning up spilled liquids and foods. Lighting should be alle.quatc.. with switches top and bottom of each stairway. _t Large or bulky items such as laundry baskets, pillows, blankets and wastebaskets should he car- ried up and dow:, : tains c•tr."- fully, preferably wit'i nne land kept free fur support by the handrail. In the bathroom, u,e a rubber mat 00 the floor of the tub, and use grab -bars when cntcri:i„ and leaving the bath or shower stall. The entire fancily should be teamed never to touch electrical fixtures with wet hands or while standing in water. After your bath, dry up wet floor surfaces. Fall:; can he pry vented, h°y furesigl.t. 1)iecuver the potential pit the haznt•ds in your home and correct them quickly. BUSINESS '4 DIRECTORY GO.DRttIQH "$IDNAt -$TM * MISS + R 2 As the getting -ready -for - Christmas tempo around our house - increases from mild pan- ic to wild hysteria, I can't help thinking a long way back:' to the times when Christmas was an experience to be anticipated with thrilling delight, to be savoured when it arrived, rath- er than the inane, exhausting scramble it has become in these affluent times. First real indication of Christmas was the buying of the turkey. In my home town, there was an annual Turkey Fair, late in November. Excit- ing for youngsters. Farmers brought their turkeys to town, fresh -killed and plucked, but with heads, feet and guts still there. Housewives wandered among the turkeys, looking for the perfect bird, pinching, pok- ing, sniffing. Then it was hung in the woodshed, by the feet. At the right time, it was brought in, the pin -feathers plucked with care, head and feet chopped off and guts re- moved. Then the scent of home-made dressing filled the. air. It was a real turkey. Today, we elbow and shove our way along the meat count- er, gazing at a row of pallid, yellow -white lumps wrapped in plastic, legs neatly tucked in. They all look the same, and they all taste the same (wet paper), but we are secure in the knowledge that we don't have to disembowel them, that they are "eviscerated" and that the giblets are in a nice little bag tucked inside the frozen carcass. I can't quite believe that they have ever been 'real turkeys ,that have walked and eaten and fought and mated. Getting the tree was the next step. You welt out -into the country with your kid brother, walked half a mile into the bush and selected a beautiful spruce, one cutting, the other watching for the farmer. You dragged and car- ried it, sometimes (wo miles, home. There was a great sense of satisfaction. Today we go down to a Christmas tree lot, fumble through a pile of half -frozen, crumby Scotch pines, select title least misshapen, take it home, and when it thaws, dis- cover that the frozen side has a gap the length of your arm in it. This is after forking over• a small ransom. There is 4 great sense of dissatisfaction. Decorations in those s1ays were simple, inexpensive, but just right. Strings of red paper bells, venerable but cheery. Strings of red and green curled crepe paper all over the house. The tree; itself had ' `ici- cles" and some colored balls. A few wealthy people had col- ored lights. On top was a home-made angel. Today, on decorations alone, some people spend what would have fed a family in those days for two months. Fancy candles; store-bought wreaths of ersatz holly; colored lights every- where, inside and out; trees that are almost hidden from the naked eye by festoons of fribbery. Buying gifts in those days was simple, compared to the frenetic business it is today. There was scarcely any money then, and everybody needed something. So it was long un - airy, derwear, or a hand-knit seat- er, socks or gloves, maybe few real luxuries, like a 9' cent game of snakes and lad- ders, or a book. Ten dollars didn't go far, even then. Today people almost go • around the bend trying tofind something for other people who have everything, • or can buy, it. Nobody makes a gift, They buy them. They haven't time, because of the "Christ - ma's' rush". Clothes that don't fit. Eight -dollar toys that last five minutes. A -hundred dol- lars worth of ' ski equipment that isn't the right kind. - Christmas Eve then was car- ols around the piano, mother stuffing they turkey, kids to bed early quivering with excite- ment. Stocking -stuffing time for the adults. A quiet chat, with a little despair that there wasn't money for skates and new winter coats, and things. like that. Today it's frantic last-minute shopping and wrapping of gifts, entertaining people who have managed to finish their rat -race (we got to bed at 4 a.m. last year after receiving carollers and others, and, be lieve it or not, we had frozen chicken pies for Christmas din- ner.) Hope I'm. not getting maud- lin, but Christmas used to be merry. Now, it's just hairy. FOR YOUR FIRE INSURANCE See or Phone MAICOLM MATHERS GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT 46 WEST ST. 524-9442 6 DOUBLE PASSES TO THE PARK THEATRE. ALL NEW GODERICH RESTAURANT Steak House and Tavern r THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR YOUR AD l s WIN! DOUBLE PASSES TO. THE PARK THEATRE BOOKS & STATIONERY PAINT, WALLPAPER Cards For All Occasions * Gifts * Books * Stationery Supplies * Records AN DER N'S BOOK CENTRE 33 East St. Goderich BUILDING MATERIAL GODERICH BUILDING CENTRE Mrs. Jas. 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