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Photo by Ron Price
Autumn Soli'ioquy
BY L JiNA VINCENT •
O spirit sick with this world's weary strife,
Come bathe your wounds in gentle solitude,
And all the irritation and distress
Shall vanish in sweet music of the spheres.
Walk in'God's cathedral for a space,
And hear the forest priests chant low their prayers,
Or sit awhile beneath this gothic arch
Of interwoven trees,
And know the benediction d'f pale leaves
That fall upon the stream so silently.
Listen to the choir of winging birds
Sweeping triumphantly across the sky,
And rest your eyes upon the altar there
Of crimson sumach on a flaming hill.
The unseen hands of earth are offering now a sacrament,
So frail spirit drink, and find your strength,
And go your way for you are whole once riiore.
CNIB campaign
The annual campaign of the Canadian National Institute for the
Blind is now under way in Goderich and will Continue until the end
of the month.
The direct mail campaign started on,Thursday, October 15 under
the direction of Peter Corless, field director with CNIB from
London.
Si&far almost $500 has been raised in Goderich but that figure is
behind the amount raised in Clinton which has collected over $900
on a door to d or campaign, despite inclement weather.
There are 19 blind persons in Goderich, nine in Wingham, eight in
is under way
escite oppose
businessmen seek to
Maurice Gardiner, owner of
the newly constructed Gocjerich
Trailer Court on 'Highway 21,
was, at council • lash week to
express his opinions of council's
decision to hold a plebiscite on
the need ffr municipalit5r
operated tourist campsite and
trailer park in Godirich.
Mr. Gardiner told council he
had contacted . -trailer court
owners within a 15 mile radius
of the town and figures showed
that almost all of the parks were
increasing their. facilities which
he felt was an indication that
there was no need for the town
to spend money to provide
facilities that were already
available elsewhere: •
.Sandy Profit, who .stated he
represented local businessmen
who had petitioned council for a
municipality operated campsite •
last year, told council he felt Mr.
Gardiner was to be commended
on the a report he had presented
but pointed out the parks
related' to were outside of the
town and were not operated by
any municipality. He said the
businessmendel La:.,campsi te-run, _-
by a municipality was usually,.
better run and better looked
after.
-Mr.. Profit said 'the
businessmen ,were•not suggesting
Clinton, seven in Hensall, Exeter and Seaforth, six in Zurich, four in
Blyth and Gorrie, three in Auburn, two. in Fordwich, and one each
in Nile, Brussells, Londesboro, Bayfield and Crediton; all these beirfg
in Huron County. a•
To provide rehabilitation, residence and recreation services, it
costs CNIB annually $200 for each person. At that figure it would
cost CNIB annually $3,800 for the blind people in Goderich alone.
When ,you receive the pink coloured envelope from the CNiB
campaign personnel., 'please give generously, you might be helping a
neighbour,.
Harbour Park: as a site but on,1g
asking- that the town consider
the arno}1nt of Money that was
being lost through tourists going
elsewhere: He also pointed out
the 'Meneset Mobile Home; site;
one of the ones close to
Goderich referred' to by Mr.
Gardiner, was _g site for
permanent trailer homes, not .
tourists. He said the town was
spending manyjdollars attracting
tourists but they were leaving
when they found nowhere to
camp. -
Mr. Gardiner said milk sales at
Gardiner's airy showed an
increase over last year. "If they
`are drinking milk they must be
here," he said. Mr. -Profit
countered that bread routemen
had shown a decrease in sales of
bread.
.Mr. Gardiner said he had
invested over $25,000 to
develop his 'trailer park and had
received little return bn his
dollars yet. Asked if he felt .a
town °run campsite would
influence his business he said°ihe
felt certainly it would at " the
moment:�: because he wwas.-_,.not
prepared properly, but "...in two
or three year I don't think it
would matter at all." He said all
he asked was time to get
• established.
Rotary to finance.
first aid room
The Goderich ' Rotary Club
will finance the construction of
a first aid room at Goderich
Memorial' Arena, it was
announced this week.
The move was approved by
the membership Tuesday during
the clubs,,; weekly, luncheon.
meeting.
The cost will be
approximately' $1,400. It is
expected the . room will be used
mainly by personnel of the St.
John. Ambulance Society who
donate much of their time to
events at the arena and
Agricultural Park.
The -. Rotary Club had
approached the Goderich
Recreation and Community
Centre Board seeking ways of
providing a room for first aid
and the board had discussed
various areas in the arena °that
could be modified to provide theme
necessary facilities- at the least
amount of cost.
At the board's meeting on
October 5 arena manager Bill
Lumby suggested part of the
former Junior B dressing room
could be remodelled for the
purpose.The necessary
plumbing is close by aid access
could be had from inside and
outside the arena.
Board chairman Paul Carroll
discussed the suggestionwith the
members of the Si.tJohn
Ambulance Society and found it
agreeable. The costs were sougfil
from the contractor at the arena
and passed along to the Rotary
Club for considers' '. n by the
executive. This in turn was
presented to the ' membership
and accepted.
It is hoped the sale of tickets
for the Rotary Travel Series
which gets underway October 27
will help finance . the project.
The ,series has proved very
popular with area residents since
it was started. Tickets may be
obtained from any Rotary
member.
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Shop home among those
you can trust
IT'S LIKE'THE LADY SAID ISN'T IT A GLORIOUS FEELING
TO‘BE AMONG THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND TRUST.
This was overheard when a Goderich Customer returned kilter a
big city shopping trip, where she encountered thc'hustic and the
don't care attitude' of the big city clerks. l ,
Recognition, fellowship and trust ,erre the basic needs and you will
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find alt of these attributes in Goderich. You can shop with
confidence with friends and •neighbors., to help you find exactly
what you need at the price you want to pay.
WHAT DOES tODERICH HAVE TO OFFER YOU?
Goderich has almost everything the city hastooiler ku• i,n the way
of services and ,rnerchandise without, the hustle arsd bustle or
traffic jams you'll find in the city. Shop at home Goderich
antnng those you can trust. 13c sura to check'thc Greater Goderich
tys"scekit{t.itt!.,t1iis: week»= ..,paper and shop at your participating
merchant -you'll be, glad you. cfi , ,
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Because the Signal -Star goes to' press Wednesday, and 'to allow
people more time to get their entries in; the draw for ,the first
Greater Goderich Days prize mune} will not be made until Thursday
morning, Octob'cr '?. Therefore the w inner of last week's prize -will
not be announced until3.next week's (Octc icr ?9) paper.
- Another financial undertaking
by the ' club has, been the
sponsorship of a Bantam All-Star,
hockey team this year.` The
members of the team will be
provided with sweaters and
socks by the Club and helped
throughout the season.
cane
ave one
' o resentatiQn sounded. as though:
Dr. G. 1i . M�11s, mayor, � P ,
advised Mr: Gardiner his 0 (Please turn to page 12)
Kinderga
approv
Subject to a cost survey which
is approved by the Huron
. County Board of Education,
members of that board agreed to
offer half day kindergarten fm
September to the end of
December to all schools in the -
county with transportation both
ways to be provided by the
board. ,
The offer also includes
alternate full-day kindergarten
from January to dune for .those
same kindergarten students.
The decision came after a
delegation from Stephen
Township asked for
transportation all year long to
half-day kindergarten in Stephen
• Central School.
Vice-chairman Robert; Elliott
pointed out that in his opinion,
this -request couldnot be :bleated
asp"an .-isolated—case":
predicted that all county
elementary 'schools would
probably want the same kind of
kindergarten system for :their
students — . and would be
justified in that request if-
Stephen
fStephen Township was granted
this concession. •
Elliott suggested that half-day
kindergarten until theend of
December with the board
furnishing' all transportation
would give the youngsters an
opportunity to. become
New members accepted into
the club on Tuesday were John
Cochrane, director of education
for Huron County; Dave Gower,
retail hardware and. . Bob
Swartman, mens retail clothing.
accustomed to school before
having to attend on an alternate
full-day basis. ' -
Mrs. David McClure; one of
(Please turn to•'page 12)
Nomination'
night is
November. 23
Nomination night for the
eleetion of members for council,
PUC, Huron County Board cif
Education and Huron -Perth
Separate School Board will be
held Monday evening, Novempber •
23. The date for the elections is -
set for December 7. .
Council passed the necessary
;byla:wu.:.ui:..its _;:meeting.,_last
Thisrsday; �aithoughrno-place has �,
" yet been named for the meeting..
It is'expected the, meeting will
be held in `he afiditorium of.
.Goderich District Collegiate
Institute. ` °
Concurrent with the election
this year will be a refereendum
asking the people of Goderich to
express an opinion as to whether
or not they want the town to
operate a municipal campsite for
tourists. ,
Acting clerk Marion MacKay
will be returning officer.
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Clocks back
Sunday
The clocks go Lack Saturday night as the country reverts to
Eastern Standard Time. Officially you will gain onehour_of sleep
Saturday evening and find -the days getting darker earlier in the
evening from now on. Don't forget, clocks BACK ONE HOUR
Saturday' night when you go to bed for the night.
The new Benmiller bridge (top photo) is•nearing comptefior, and is expeiied to be put into u30
withina month. The only,work remaining is the construction of the bridge approaches. The bridge
is one of five new bridges under construction in the area that comprise part of a $1 million project
that will be completed with the reconstruction of the road from Highway 8 to the norIh end of d
Benmiller: ether bridges,are the onetclose to the new bridge and another several "yards up the road
to that and two others in the north end of Benr. filler. The bridges are all being c nsti'uated by. ,
crews from the Huron. County Engineering Department under county engineer Jim Britnell. Cott
of the main bridge is $293,500. Completion ,of the road between Benmiller and Highway 8 is
dkpected to be delayed due to budget restrictions. ' Staff Photo