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nters of memory colder TODAYPS,'CHILO
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ity,Bilt Smiley
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There's nohing like ri-rolid-
'stretch of really told weather
to remind you. that Natilre
still packs a mighty wallop,
despite all man's ingenuity in •
trying to keep his chin cow-
ed , , •
ve had a dandy around
here ' .day- after day of be- •
low-zero_temperattire. -Even
though the Y have been bright,
the sun hdabout as .much ef-
fecton the atmosphere .as.
fried egg, sunny -side's up.
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.Everyone - enjoys the first
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We all feel like hardy pioneers
when we stomp in out of the
• cold, eyes and noses 'running,
and exchange such inanities
as, ,"Thats a' real snapper",
and "cold 'nuff fer ya?"
But after a week or so, it
begins to •get tb- you. You
begin to remember those'
stories about people who go
mad in the rainy 'season, or
when the sirocco is blowing.
It doesn't affect the kids...
They love it, bundled to the
nose and full of warm, red
• blood. Most of the elderly
hate it, and visibly shrink: It•
doesn't bother the outdoor
enthusiasts, because they,
keep warm doing somethipg.
They can't lick it, so they
jbiti it.
It's the ordinary, simple;
every -day tOuseholder like
• me who begins to feel the
pOnc, and develop, a deep
gloom. When. you turn the
- key in the. -car and it just
groans like a wounded billfalo before expiring... When
you look up at the ever-
thickenng ice on the roof
and remember you've just
-• had yourlivin-roarn -redeco.
Ann Lamkrs
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GODRICH SIGNAL -STA, TIVIRDAY FE3RP4U4V44:19.1.1; 4.17'
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rated, and knOw it's going to.
cost ”0 to have itetiopped
off. And finally, when yOur'
downstairs facilities don't
work, and you realize with
horror that even in this day
of oil furnaces, inside pipes
can freze.
And the ,oilman trneth.•
And corneth and cornett'.
This is the time when you
should, stop and realize ,how.
ludkY you .are, instead of
bending •ev,eybody's ear witti
your petty woes. Iati.should
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Like most Canadins, .1
was brought up on cold win-
ters. Earliest recollections are
of midwinter Suna-morn- •
ings. -My mother would take
my kid brother and me into
bed with her where we'd help
ourselves to the breakfast -in -
bed she always wit Sunday '•-•
mornings, and listen with fear
and fascination to her tales of
winter on Calumet Island, in
the Ottawa Rivet. The het
was about the time Lady, the
dainty little mare, went
through the ice and the
dreadful time they sunt try
to rescue her. I think she
died.
guage that should have given.
me curly hair, interspersed
with the occasional clang,
when he'd belt the furnace
with his shovel out of sheer
rage. •
I spent a winter in noth-
ern England, with archaic' and
often non -existing heating,
equipment, • except in the,
pubs. Sheer, clammyrnsery,
except_ in the pubs...I Spent
another' in Germany on the
Baltic Sea, with very little
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much joy thre. ' , _
Then I got married. Our
first place had two wood
• stoves. I'd hop, out of bed,
plunk my freezing baby in
-with hi S warm mother, and
rustle up two fires. Then I'd
take a roll of newspaper into
the cellar, set fire to it, and
' unfreeze the water pipes
whiCh frozepsolid every night.,
Then off through the zero to
the newspaper office, which
boasted. bne of • the last
w.00d-burning furnaces on the
continnt: You could see
your' breath in the place until°
about 11 a.m.
We graduated to a coal fur-
nace, which did nothing but
produce in me the same vio-
• lence and frustration my
father had felt twenty years
•
There there was .my • Dad.
He hated winter and maden,
bones about was Depres-
sion times, and the 'coal bill
was an albTitissarund--his•
neck. He was a mild,gentle
man, never known to say any-
• thing ,tronger than "shoot".
But inside him was some of
•—the-wild-des:pair -.ofzhisIiish
• forefathers:
When he'd go down to fire
up the furnace, I'd getmy ear
up against the furnace -pipe
adlisten. With, delight -to -lam
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Big sto
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Dear Ann Landers: my , chops, meatloaf, corned beef
hash and chop suey.
brother-in-law thinks he is Jan
Murray. He •imagines himself a . Lo,ok in your book of famous
great soryteller. Nothing could qotations, Ann,, and see if
e furtherr m theru.'ve
anyone ever said "There may be
imself, so many times it is some exquisite affairs" but there:
seen him make a jackass out of
are116v
pitiful. His lol
vely wife just sits .• 1:e7notdons.
hee:ePfthecy.elone
ere with a phony smile on her - socially speaking. To be
"Jace. Somebody should give her specifle, Sarsdale, N.Y., -one
• ' - �f.. the highest per-capita-indome
a mHeidsal.dialect stories are the suburbs in the. U.S. Every
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before. ,- •
When I think of those -
days, and step out of bed into
a pleasantly oil -heated house,
I realize what a -piddling little -
-cold spell we're having -now, ---
and alniost feel like going out
in the now in my pyjarhas
and doing some push-ups. Al -
This
the entire ethnic group. And the sorry. Two of my close -friends-
idiot has no taste and judgment. are minus a cfJuple of good
Last night • he told one of those husbands becausethey• fooled
raiti-pinister-priest jokes in around. I know a lovely widow
front ;:•;1'zi• Catholic bishop. It who lost out, tob. She learned
bOmbed. Last week he got up at that an "exquisite affair" has the
a football banquet and told two life expectancy of abut' eight
POlish ibises. Half the team was weeks. The man she was crazy
Polish. He's lucky some guy about viewed her as a
didn't get him Wlth a piece of - prospective wife until she fell
pipe after the banquet. into bed on the third date. He
My husband .is this nut's told her this in plain English.
brother. Do You think it would
be # out of order if I said
something? Or would an
anonymous letter be bette?
This has been going on for 15
years and it is getting worse
instead of -better: Please advise
me. -Red In The Face.
Dear Red: I know the type.
They are incurable. Save your
breath. Your best protection
against embarrassment is to
is excuse yourself and go to the
powder. roome Be a pal and
invite We clown's wife , to go
with ybiri.
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handsome bOy he friendly Millie Brian, 1.]
years old. AngloISaxori backgrOund he is atall, slitn 'boy
with' brown" eye, dark hair, and a healthy -outdoor look.
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' Brian is an agreeable, co-operative boy who is .not
ss academically minded. He likes to do' things with his hands...
H attends 0 ortunit ClasS and says hiS favorite school
. 4 • '•• e PP y y
most:,
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Iiiintgh lieis not " in e' e l'aliclarir aiiii.itier lie'has
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broad general knowledge, especially on sitth subjects as
space and electronics. sBrian likes boating, swiimming and
fishing, and loves long 'rides ,en his bike. He gets on well
• with both children and adults. . , • '
This lad. undersCands all about adoption and hopes it will
happen for him. He longs for a homethat will be forkeeps.
•To -inquire about adopting Brian please write to Today's
- Child, Department 'of Social- and .Family Services; .PaTlia-.
ment BuilOgsr Toronto -1821' Fer general adoption informa-
otion, ask your Children's Aid S ciety.
• realized in Goderich • by. ' the and Rehabilitation Officers of C. party are held. Support is given •
annual -eampaign for funds to N. I. B. and citizens registered to Tweedsmuir Hall, London.
support .the Canadian National with the Intitute. These latter •
Institute for the Blind. The 1969 ° • are persons unfortunate enough
returns amounted to $884. to possess only 10 percent or Individual blind persons are
• The C. N. I. 13. and -local ---less....of their_ vision..Th_ere_. axe.. assisted- in-- learning -skills whch
. committee is most grateful to all about $0 people ' in Huron will make them self-sufficient.
o who made this 50% increase County alone served by C. N. I. Elderly shut-ins ale rehleinered
Annual- area CNIII report
shows 50 percent increase
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In 1970, $1,291'75'0' was between Field Representatives summer picnic and.a-Cliristrilas •
• poSSible: . B. . by cards and visits from time to
Bob Brew#er,
Outdoor Editor
Agefeury Snow Vehicles
The Goderich-Huron 'Board Outings such as an annual time. ., . : ' , Safety Is A Faluily Joh
. •• "• .4,• , ' ecause of their unique funk.
recently amalgamated with 'the , .„ '''• - # '#,-,*#,#### ‘,,,,- .
Perth • Advisor) Board. '''" This •• ... • , ` . #0, • - - appeal, snowmobiles seem to be__
F ure skaters---. er ornt ,. caT;aucTiP,ivren,i,
"rienefr,i'clen,i' rfltri7iin-
move was in line with the
general trend to regional control • , • perhaps any recreational prod- '
• uc_
t in historY. • .
•in many fields.
The new • group will
henceforth be known as the
• HuronPerth`‘,dvisory Board C.
N. I. B. •
Officers for the present year
are as foilovv: chairman, -Mr.
• • HarrLear, Myth; first
• •vice-hairman, • Mr. E. M.
. Creiffiton, Listowel; second
vice-chairman, Mrs. R. E. Young,
R. R. 5, Stratford; treasurer,
- -Norrilan McIntyre, . Goderich;
„ secetary, Eric Luther, Hensall:
• Goderich representatives are
Mir. McIntyre, Mr. and Mrs.
.- Leonard Boyce and Mrs. Clayton'
Edward. •
The Board acts as a liaison
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• at high test day
Is''or this reason the recreation
• experts at Merettry snowmobiles
,sugosr illat in a ose
• rules of a more aiinli-inale-ini-
Results of high test day held and Hazel Stephens; swing,_ •ure which are. frequently re -
January' . 24 ;1971 at the Debbie Chessell and Debbie . peated, fathilies jean' and al-
, GOderich, , Memorial Arena; Jeffrey,. ' :1e.rve some sp.eeial sa f et,:
wr Yst#,:.1".
hostd 13y. • the Goderich Figure Junior ' b r on ze dance, • --Mastimporfant, 'never,' neve r
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SkatingClub are as follows: •. foirteenstepc s ' Joh fir Williams; leave your keys in the switch,
F'relirninary figures, Debbie sen • ior bronze Alance, Europeon -' especially on an electric start
machine. This is an all-too-at-
Chessell and -Linda EicholZ; first waltz and fox trot, Carol tractive invitation to children -in
figures, Becky Crawford; second Chapman. ' , "se what'll happen" if they
• Krpliminary dances, 'Dutch .• Wingham And . Clinton also. . could, be Serious injury.
result
figures,'Shirty Mae -a -Men. , , Participants were here . from ' : turn the., icem.-- and the
Be •certakt•all family mem-•
waltz', Heather Fielder,. Theresa' - Judges .'were from Stratford berg learn the 'leer of snow:
Cummins, Laura Ross and. Kitchener, ' London arid ' mobile braking action, and au -
Michelle Campbell; Canasto Goderich:• , tomatically allow adequate dis-
. Tango„ Karin . Pederson; Ann Test • chairman, was Joan ,.• thrice for the inherent sliding
' stop of the machine.
Marie Murphy, SandraHamilton, Dieroff; ice captain was Grant All family members' should
• Ellison and music.,chairman wsL.-Ale coached 'n how to • stop a
, .
Bob -Chapman' ' • . ; s n o w m o b i I e ' if the throttle
should stick - by siml• and
The Goderich Eigrure Skating • quickly turning off the iiv
ition
Club appreciate theuse Of the :ky,
arena. Thejude'scommented on If •ehildren are allowed to op -
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option '-
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the fine arena arid the' perfect ice• crate the mathine. they never
condition. • should be, beyond your sight
range - in a large•open field.
Never over -exert yourself
physically in tering of distance
• travelled or in emergencies such
as trying to pull out a stuckma-
- chine. The safe rule, especially
for youths and women, is to
never travel further than . an
•
And the best rtilels to travel
' together as a taiilY" - never
alone - for more fun and safety
todr.
• You have n9 "locked in"feeliiig when
yolu put your retirement money -in a
Victoria and Grey retirement fund.
• You can switch your pension from •
Thigh interest" holdings to '-`,-growtb"
investment and back again whe,never
you choose. There are other options,
too. Put your future today with
Victoria and Grey.
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RHOPU7.11fabAitclul
nnld
may be some -good marriages but
there are no exqUisite ones," did
he'? He might have been right. P
wouldn,'S know about • good
marriage"ecause my marriage
was rotten. After giving my
husband fifteen years of what I
THOUGHTwas chateaubriand,
discovered he was getting cold
.lobster on the side. Also pork
' rm in no position to throw
rocks because I'm kicking myself
at this very moment , for having
made the same mistake -, for the_
second time. Yes, both affairs
were exquisite, but they were
NOT 000d. Jus t call me -
Brainless Marie.
Dear IVIare: It's not every day
that 1' get a lettet from the eye
of the cyclone. Thanks fOr
letting me know how the wind
blows in Scarsdale.
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Dear Ann 4aeders:,PleaSe filt4
space in your column for this
important message to.thOnsands
(mybe 'millions) of daUghte.t •
4no• •
-clieniavintr6irmbusrl'ivigx
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dnner. •
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rented rbom with a hotplate. If
, they don't have a table we'll eat
off the TV or holdthe dishes on
our laps. Hot dogs and beans
would taste like sirloin steak if
that's all they can afford. We
just want to be asked over once
beldre it's too late. . Time
Marches On.
Dear T.M.O.: Here's - your
tete& and let me know how
inuch time elapses between the
appearance of this letter arid the
inviation.
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