HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-10-08, Page 44C SI NAI, 17AR, THURSDAY; OCTOBER.
K�epiig Aware
ROaders will have noticed an
'ncrt'ase in the news content
coifterning Goderich District
Collegiate., Institute this year.
This has been due largely to the
efforts of Richard Madge of the
GDCI staff and the members of
the GDCI Press Club formed this
year:
We -think the added news will
keep students and parents a*are
of . what is happening at the
school and will serve in future
years as a means of discovering
what things were like in the past.
Imagine if 'you will the year
2000 and the children of 'the
students now attending GDCI
looking over old files of the
Godericl , Signal -Star, "Well will
you look at that," they say. "My
mother was to scorer on the
basketball • team that year," or
"My father used to be in the
science club here, but that was'
before we . got the atomic
reactor"'yor words to that effect.
You probably get the picture.
School news is essentially
news of the development of the
younger generation..
The young people at GDCI
who collect and collate the news.
items from the school are doine
a first class job. A job they
should be 'given credit for. Last
week we slipped upvery badly
by not giving credit where it was
due for some of the news from
GDCI. We attributed the :source
of the news to one member of
the press club and omitted the,.
-' hame of another who did
yeoman duty , covering the
school beat. Nancy Hills was the
student we left out and we
would ask her to accept our
apology for the error and our
assurance that we will do . our
• best to See it doesn't happen
again. Nancy has this week again
been gathering news for the
GDCI news column along with
her colleagues.
A real Thanksgiving
- • Thanksgiving weekend generally finds
Canadians' driving madly off - in atl
'directions. Thanksgiving Day ' itself is
usually' hubbub on the highway. The glory
of green trees turning .to scarlet, russet or
Old draws us to the woods, the lake, the
river but this Thanksgiving let's pay our
beautI t -planet` a--tribute.'by NOT
. crowding the highways a'nd'polluting the
air unnecessarily. Unlessyou have -to close
,. ,up the•cottage, leave the car at home. ' .
Enjoy the changing. colours of- nature
as close to home as possible - walk
through the• parks, along the river, or out
, jDtothe country; ride a bicycle if you
have one; or if transportation is necessary,
•,share a bus ride with .others to 'the nearest
- conservation area or nature trail. Plan a
•
simple picnic lunch of sandwiches and a
hot drink from 'the thermos 'insteadof
polluting the air with barbecue smoke.
A stroll through the park or along a •
nearby river -bank can be your gesture of
appreciation for nature's bounties and can
- be just as rewarding as a campsite mites
""f:ru it ham atje-f' '1"# r i it i1'1 a-titt{'e"",
• listening to nature - to ,the birds, the
little wild animals of the woods, busy
insects, rustling Ieayes.. w - '
Let us try this one day to hear and'.
''understand a little of what nature has to
tell us when we have time1and patience to
listen - that on this beautiful planet each
creature has a place and a purpose, no
more or no Tess important than man's.
Contributed.' " ..
THE SIDEWHEELER MAPLE LEAF WAS NOT A BIG SNIP, ..BUT WAS
WELL SUITED FOR THE,PASSENGERS AND -FREIGHT *SHE WAS DESIGNED
TO CARRY ---- --_ _
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MAPLE LEAFS ORIGINAL ROUTE WAS FROM HAMILTON, ONTARIO
TO MONTREAL. DURING THE NEXT TEN YEARS, OWNERS AND ROUTES
WERE CHANGED- SEVERAL TiMES. THERE WERE RUNS BETWEEN TORONTO
AND ROCHESTER, SERVICE TO MOST LAKE ONTARIO PORTS AND OCCASIONAL
VOYAGES TO'NALSFA%) BOSTON At4DNEW YORK. • DURING THE CIVIL WAR
A TRAVEL EMBARGO WAS -PLACED, AT U.S: PORTS, TO STOP DRAFT -AGE
MEN FROM FLEEING TO CANADA. IN 1862 MAPLE LEAF WAS CHARTERED
BY THE U.S.. GOVERNMENT FOR SERVICE ON THE 'ATLANTIC COAST.
ON APRIL I,186y THE MAPLE LEAP HIT A MINE. NEAR JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA. A NEARBY GUNBOAT RESCUED THE ENTIRE CREW; THEN, A
GROUP OFSONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BOARDED THE HALF -SUNK SHiP AND.
SET IT ABLAZE LEAVING THE MAPLE LEAP ONLY A CHARRED
MEMORY
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LAUNCHED AT KINGSTON, ONTARIO LENGTH - 173' 2"
IN 1851 I • ,BEAM • 24' 7"
DRAFT- 18'6'
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LUNCH ANYONE?
There?*are.. thosehone restaurants p y estaurants where the food takes longer to
read about than to eat. This sort of thing.A gleaxning,,white bone
china cup filled with freshly brewed Ken n coffee, hidden by-,► -
foamy mountain of rich fluffy cumulus cl ds of whipped cream.
The kind of place where the, "chat du jour" more i . ; rtant than=
the, "plat du jour"? where the maitre answers any que"'ions with a
15 minute eulogy;.. where -the typed menu is full of mistakes such
as:. "Stewed rears and naked egg custard". There was a cavalry friend •
of my father's who, when -presented with a mound of stodge, asked:
"What on earth's this?" _ "Baroness pudding," replied the waiter.
God help the Baron" was the reply. There's the plac,e where, when
you ask, what kind of cheese they have, you get the answer: "Both".
There was a short-sighted chum who lunched at a famoas Indian
liestaurant and thought the basket of hot flannels brought for him to
wipe his hands on were some exotic Indian pudding. Forking them
on to his plate he tucked in. There was thegirl who went into a
restaurant, ordered auhuge carafe of whisky and drankthe lot. When
she walked out, vertically, all the waiters lined up to shake her hand:
Finally there are those who 'say they are too exhausted to eat, "but
don't let that deter you!" You then order the plainest.dish and a
glass of water; whereupon your guest's appetite suddenly returns -and
they proceed to order a vast T-bone steak, some smoked salmon,and
a bottle of Chateau Thierry.
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THE TEASEL
The Teasel needs no introduction hereabouts for it grows wild all
over Huron and not least in the vicinity of the old Gledhill Mill at
$enmiller. Surprisingly, even in this technological age, the vicious
_. teasel, suitably trimmed and drilled ready for -the spindle, is used to
"tease the nap on cloths, especially velours and mohair. If only fickle
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