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Celebrate 62nd Anniversary .::..
124th YEAR -14 " THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1971
Over 70 Enthusiastic Guide Leaders
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SECOND' SECTION
' Girl 'Guide leaders -have to keep learning too if they are going to
!seep' abreast of the times. That's why 80 adult Leaders gathered,
last weekend•;:in•=Knox Presbyterian Church for, a workshop.
Here Mrs: T. Lavender; Hensall (left); Mrs. J. D. Peddie, deputy
Fast weekend over seventy
enthusiastic Leaders, get, ere -
here in Goderich foreman event of
surrounding the monster called
our•`.cash book" and even added
helpful ways tci'keep it that way.
a calm, poised Guider
th d confidently signalling slowly, and
c'arefullyrf we were on our way. •
considerable importance to Speaking to others in the group The lively flow of ideas on
people interested in any part 'of convinced me that many 9f us projects and program changes to -
' an organization Balled "The Girl will be eternally grateful for Mrs. keep the girls in : the 13 to
Guides of Canada." The special Egiiman's excellent help.o ;/ 17 -year-old age group interested
occasion•, was the 'very first Lunch (delfcious) was back at and happily involvedtl, left no
Huronia Area Annual and it t the hotel. The noon break was doubt . that . a great deal of
brought together ladies ,from the, another opportunity to eget to thought and +effort had° been
counties of Grey, Bruce,• know folk from the other towns' contributed by many Guiders.' It
. I?ufferin, North Wellington and • as 'well as the chance 'CO seems to some' folk that the
Huron. The basic 'purpose of the "recharge our batteries." Rangers are : older, more self
gathering can be explained quite : Most ofthe Guiders became assured and capable girls who are
simply 7 to help. The people it pupils for the afternoon. Their not in very great need of our
will eventually reach 'and:help .. subjects . included two being program, and who are in that
cannot be counted for,the • taught for the first time in our- well-known "difficult" class of
number will, continue to row Area Drama and Dance. The their own - automatically
,for a long time to come. There - Trainers for these sessions spent making any person whet works
some time in Toronto during the with, (and for) them some kind
past winter learning ,how to of hero. I'd like to ,add a little
teach other ti Guiders `their personal observation ' based on
creative -arts — and they learned ' my .experiences lastFriday 'ar d
very well. - ' Saturday. Even if such a' thing as
Mrs. •Holly'Jane Kiehl had the Rangers not really needing the
Drama , group acting out Guiding program was true the',
different •Griide Laws for the opposite is also thy true. We
others to guess, or pretending to • definitely need . the Rangers!!
be unable to speak our language . These girls were present as we
and trying• to get a message , registered Friday evening, all
across to the rest of 'the class. At smiling and willing, to help
one point puppets were used and anyone at anytime and the same
at another a skit, •with the cast gracious and genuine' attitude
keeping their backs to the showed on every 'face all day
audience and using only voices Saturday too. We ''should be
took a trip down a country road proud of these girls and .grateful
past various animals in fields. to them. Thinking back to the
The animals were, easy to busy events of my own day I
identify by the different clucks, cannot recall ever seeing Rangers,
bleats, moos, etc, however standing in ,a little • group
everyone was stumped at one chatting, or even sitting down. I
littler "mew." They • were can also honestly say whenever
delighted to learn that its creator something needed doing and
had really used her imagination things began "ganging up on
she was a pussy willow!! me" somehow out of" nowhere a
The Dance sessions were Ranger appeared at my side and
equally interesting but much saved me once again. One girl in
more exhausting,r It didn't seem particplar stuck with me all the
to take Miss Mary Lou Brown way and as I say a sincere thanks
were certainly' fnamediate 'results
the Guiders, who took part —
solutions •-to problems, fresh
ideas,- new songs and game's,
craft ideas, as vvvell as new ,friends
were there for the Leaders who
very hard to help teach girls,
the 'worthwhile ,aims, useful
skills and heal -Try fun that make
--up Guiding.
Friday evening started things
rolling with about forty Guiders
enjoying a casual get-together
and a cup of coffee" at the
Bedford Hotel. Mrs. (Ella May)
Harper from CFB Clinton .led a
very enjoyable ' sing -song that
was filled with variety. Almost
before, anyone realized what
they were doing the air was
filled with lovely harmony -•-
while the 'singers wore surprised
but delighted expressions. Those
-expressions changed in a flash as
a speedy action song proved how
tricky it can be to indicate —:,on
the required beat of music —
such things as a wiggling foot,
flapping " elbow or ,swaying
feather. -i, Anyone proud • of
success along these lines soon very, long before her class was
"got theirs" iii same dandy'-' going right' through a'speedy
folk dance and, loving every, bit
of it. Some of the steps were
,rather tricky .and the ladies
laughingly helped untangle each
other and then they'd try again
— and "again if necessary until it
was done properly. Some
"mini -photographers," a
Brownie, a Guide and a Ranger
were present at one of the dance
classes and one reTark was made
a.s they _.watched✓ with
considerable interest and' it
seems to speak. • volumes.
"Guiders sure are good sports!"
There were other groups busy
at their chosen, subjects. Mrs.
Marie, Weiser worked with
Brownie Guiders on the most
difficult requirement of the.
Golden Hand (the Brownies'
highest award) = , the old
bugaboo Semaphore., Those
twenty-six ` little letters and
handful 5'f helpful phrases such
as "go ahead" and "erose" lend
together to form a real
stumbling block . for a� lot sof
Brownies and their Leaders and
Mrs, Weiser was there to help us • Crafts were on display all day
over the bumps. Once we eri ked Saturday and interesting items
outset
yR,
sketched.orJ
ottedrudawn
.'r . kyama
-with wings flappiri ' "Zvi{Ct.in"1`-1*""With -Pg'etralittidtetpaniess hack— , -
desperate attempt to take off home. . ,Many people from
and replaced it With a picture of Brownie age' up to the adults
tongue twisters • and
breath-catehing pauses in the
singing became quite common as
first one and then another singer
doubled up with laughter.
It was a relaxed,
friend -making evening but it had
to end for Saturday was going to
0 be a very busy day!
Scheduled for the morning
work session was the
all-important subject of money,
— how to use it wisely, take'uare
of it, keep track of it and (when
absolutely necessary) spend it.
Guiding is a voluntary,
non-profit— organization and
when funds must be raised the
rule is definite and final. i.e.
V?lue must 'be given for money
received. In other words: no
soliciting, no tagging etc. It's no.
news that without funds very
little can be accomplished. To
• begin with enrolment pins,
emblems, and badges cost
money. Guides' weekly clues
only go so far, and Brownies'
"Fairy Gold" isn't that magic.
Many people help us in a lot of
ways and we're sincerely
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to our Goderich Rangers may I
- add a little extra pat on the back
for Barb Britnell.
O'ne discussh ii began with a
dandy question: What is -a good
Commissioner and why are you
a Commissioner? To add to the
soul-searching required for the
answer Miss Marj. Doubt added
'"Are you fulfilling your duty? If
not, why • not?': Some of the
subjects produced prefty lively
discussions With everyone' very
interested and involved. The
commissioners have quite a
handful as they help Guiders'
keep Packs and Companies
running smoothly. It is •hard to •
-pin down the•'first requirements
for doing the job- or a
Commissioner but, they can be
found somewhere between being
1. genuinely fond of people,- 2.
helpful and understanding, 3.
very patient,''4. well organized --
lire a computer, 5. determined
{when necessary), 6. endowed
with leadership ability, 7. willing
to listen and 8. possessed of a
large amount of diplomatic
silence, •
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- tieeealty • and ' 'Mrs. (Hilda)
Eggiman, Area Treasurer,
patiently explaned away the fig
McCre
ary McM
tbvincial commissioner, Toronto; Mrs.'8.-Y. ath, Huron
Division commissioner, Goderich; and Miss.Millan, illan, area
and
commissioner, admire the fibreglass toadstool papier mache
owl on display during the event. (photo by Bob
Legg) 1-,
Mr, and Mrs: ' 1Lil, E. Peachey, 116 Warren St., Goderich, will
celebrate their 62nd wedding, anniversary Easter Sunday, A"prii
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student wins trip..
o United Nations
Richard Ottewell, 1L -year ole
son of Mr. and Mrs. ,K..Otlewell -
of Exeter ' and a (grade -11
student at South Huron District
High School, Exeter, topped a
field of six speakers last friday
. `N'to win a trip to the United
ations in New York,
contributed ideas and articles for
this joint display and our thanks
go to, everyone who helped in .
any way, at all. ,
Public Relations is the newest
heading on the list I think and if
not ° the newest, . ,then it's the-
smallest.
he"smallest. Most. of us become
wary because the title seems to
indicate a goat deal of work -
perhaps of a type calling for
speeches and, 'other horrifio
things of that sort. Most Guiders 4
though, realize something their
Brownies and Guides do not
seem to be of...but should
be told about if for no other
reason than their own personal
pride in belonging to an
organization respected by our
community. I'm getting at the
fact that' THEY are the most
_important Public Relations
representatives.,Girl4 Guides of
Canada could ever have each
and every one of them. If each
girl looks .neat and happy to
wear her uniform, she'll. convey
-a message of, pride in belonging
to the organization she's chosen
to join. If, on group outings,, the
girls 'are well-behaved ,imply
every day common courtesy)
even people who know
absolutely , nothing . about
Guiding cannot fail to be at least
a little impressed. Conseq•uently-
a good image will have formed in
their minds about anyone in
•Guides. Welcome to the' Club,
fellow
Mrs. J. D. Peddi, Deputy
Provincial Commissioner from•
Toronto, one of our two special
guests, led a discussion on the
subject of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Their topics included ways of,
raising money and ways in which
the . L.A. can actually help the
Guiders. '
Our Area Commissioner, Miss
Mary McMillan thanked Mrs.
Peddi .and Mrs. Parker Evans,
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A resolution
directors of the
Federation of
Thursday night
Ontario • Fed
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pase c ' by the
IIuron County
Agriculture,
calls on the
eration ' of
Agrculture • to sponsor an
advertising campaign to educate
they consumer on the portion of
the price of'a food-product,tlia.t
is returned to the farmer'.
-The resolution .calls upon the
OFA".and commodity groups to
institute a campaign''*° of spot'
newspa.p.ex ads ' and short
television commercials to tell the
farmers' story to urban ,dwellers.
In promoting the idea, Mason
Bailey, vice-president of the
HFA, said an urban f:rielid of his
had beensuggeing this to ,him;
for several years. Ile said urban
dwellers did not know how little
of the price` they pard for food
products actually \vent into the
farmers' pocket.
we want to get - across.
what we want to say, we're
going to have to pay for it'', said
Bailey.
He suggested small ads stating
such things as: "Last week
farmers in Ontario got 21 cents
per *quart -for milk" or "There
arethree cents worth of wheat
in a loaf of bread."
,Bailey " .said he . would
eventually like to see legislation
to bring in cost plus a percentage
mark-up in -food-pricing. In this
way, he said; the more a
manufacturer paid for a farm
product; the more he could
charge. Thus the trend would be
to pay more to the tanner so
that those,along the line in
processing ould make more
money.
The resolution asked for help
in financing the campaign from
the different commodity groups
in the province since it,was felt
the OFA alone could not afford
the cost of such a campaign.
***11` our writing seems a little incoherent this weak vire can conte
up with four good reasons why we're a little mixed up. First,4f all,
we have just finished one whole week on -,the staff of -the Signal -Stat
and aren't really tog organized. Secondly, man, with a bunch of
characters around here like we have to work with, anyone•would be
mixed up. 'fake last week's paper for. example. Here Js little. tale lViills
(actually it's big cold Mills but we like the fiat description better),
trying to,put an ad in our weekly newspaper looking for a house or
eottage for rerd., We thought we would pull a funny on the 'classified
department and added, "Wanted house or cottage tont —'must
include blue•eyed blonde. ,' Shore enough, between those classified '
gals, the typesetters and ,the production boys downstairs the; ad
C .y�v ala�p tired in L,:sacterich's largest- weekly,. They .ch ►ge it: slightly hut,„
• pone -the -less ,— it wen 'rrr Ian idertta»T °ifme fere-n'ri odnynivtd :
considering advertising for a •house or apartment complete with
.'blue-eyed birds or such -- forget it, friends •T- we didn't receive'one ,
single reply.
The' third excuse for our incoherency has to go , to Sybil
Cummings, one of our part -tine gals who operates a headliner. Sybil
sh•e•wed---up-last Friday in a pair of hot -pants and we haven't been the
same since. I' rom What we hear,.,sne is the first to model this ,garb-ln
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Goderich, „ .
• And finally',' the fourth excuse •-- it's not really an excuse — we
,always write like this. - "A
Seriously,' from \what we've seen of Goddrich so far, and by the,
looks` of the staff around the Signal -Star office, we can't help but
like it here.
Runner-up. was Kathy
Simmons -"of S.W'.H,S. The other
contestants were Mary Ellen
McGill, 'Goderich District' 11. S,.;
Lynn Taylor, Varna from
C.11.S.S.; arid Nancy Adams, RR
5, Brussels.' and Debbie
TOwnsend, Wroxeter,_both. of.F.
E. Madill Iligh School, Wingharri: ,
Judges 'for the contest heli at
the C.11.S.S. auditorium were
'Com Fox, head of the history.
department at C.ILS.S.; Don
D,,unklar, principal of Elma
Township , Public School at
Ethel; and Miss Joan Westcott, a
Kitchener elementary school
teacher.
The Oddfellow and Rebekah
Lodges.- of Huron Coii'f y are
sponsors,of the ninth annual all
expenses -paid 'trip,for two weeks'
in July to The United Nations,
, and other spots of • interest'
enroute. •
Mrs. Gerald tic l"alls, Exeter
was chairman for th'e.. event
which was' attended by. a large
group t of spec taturx.. Mrs: '_Frank
Bowra, ,.(apderich,, is
-secretary-treasurer.
Miss Catharine • Russell,
Goderich, last year's.' winner,
expressed her thanks - and
showed , several pictures of
interest taken on, the trip.
'**Wasn't that something, those people from Michigan coming
over'.here to thank the town for the assistance given their skiers
.while stuck here during that' snowstorm'? One tadyskierwe--know,
out on the west coast didn't have it so good. So help us this is a true
story..Seems lady skier, wife of a well-to-do Vancouver industrialist,
Mtrnigh. up on Grouse. Mountain when the call ,of nature beckoned
her. There are no beep -beeps up on.Grause Mountain, so lady skier,
along with the help 'of mothernature, decided that was the time and
the -place -for everything. lady ,skier goes into hiding near bush. The
only trouble is, while Iadv skier was answering the call of nature:She
bumped into the hush and it gave her such a jolt down the ski slopes
she went with her i clothing disarranged in a 'very unfavorable
manner. With arms flying and screaming in high embarrassment,
fellow, skiers .ansred her call by smiling and waving back at her.—
happy that she was having such a delightful time. Washroom-
'bl'acilities have since been erected on Vancouver's .Grouse Mountain.-
.
Tn` case our .residents wonderhat aft -Chose Iif tl'e "doohinkies
are mushrooming in, our sidewalks in the next month or so -- don't
be alarmed. These doohinkies ..are not the biting kind. Actually,
Union Gas has another name ,«for them -- Automatic Inserts and,
there will be something like 250 of them installedi around town,
They are devices for detecting underground, leaks where there is
walljo-wall pavement. Incidentally, the little devils will not be
sticking out of tl* ground they will be flush with the sidewalk. .
't'AId. we do have to extend a friendiy..,bit of congratulations to..
Mr,' aild Mrs. • W. 1;.. Peachey who will 'be celebrating their -62nd
wedding anniversary► --Easter Stirrday. SIXTY-TWO ,YEARS? Egads,
ttrat's•a, long time to spend together,' huh? And.for a,well, almost just
about confirmed bachelor i 'seerris like millions of years. Sincere -
congrats Mr. and Mrs. Peachey.. ,
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. ''"'`I'he're is no doubt that a fire engine will be Ordered 'to
compliment our' local fire department sooner or later, so let's face it,
it may as well be now, Apparently this matter has been played with'
for a number of years and .that p'rlce quoted of over -5(35,000 is a few
thousand More than a quote received two or three years ago. And if
the fire truck Issue is delayed any Longer, naturally it's going to -cost
us'nVire money. The present unit is something Jike 22 years of age
and, as the fire chief told town daddks,'."every time we take"it
outside :w'e.ha•ve to baby it, hoping it won't quit on.us." Providing all
town daddies free and the .new, one is ordered, it still won't be
delivered until 1972. We have to go along with councillor Deb who
added, "we hrlv'e to have a ,fire truck -- if taxes go Op they go up."
40 years of'service for Roy Meriam was recognized by the Ontario Good Roads Association, who
presented this service award to Roy's son, Stan, at' the group's annual convention held recently.
Presenting the award on behalf of the Good Roads Association is county engineer Jim Britnell.
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New games and recreational ideas are always being sought out and tried. This dance
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