HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-06-10, Page 7•
Just who in heck do the organizers of last weekend's
bike-a-thon for cancer think they are? First of all we "have to listen
° to all this women's lib garbage and then we turn the pages of
Goderich's largest weekly and .find that, "although the ride (the
cancer bike-aithon) has been undertaken by women, we, invite
responsible teenage girls to joie if they wish 'to do„so,” That does 'it.
• The ,ride is for women but responsible girls are invited. What about
• "responsible men? Or even irresponsible men? Or responsible or
irresponsible boys? The same gals that probably dumpead their census
forms down the privies because they were ill-treated have'got the gall
to hold4:bike-a-thoa for wornen° only. Most of "us know that even
, ..,
the most°'rfropettb e `lf a 'i i1`tgersert`v' ig eddie°l lifke....
far longer, faster and more capably than those of the weaker gender
• who should be home Scrubbing toilet bowls rather than pomplaining
• about them. You leave nus no-alternative•ladies. We have decided the
onl answer is a Meq's ibezai;irm Movement, -Al} those-interegtedrin
joining may, attend the, first jockeyshort burning to be held in front
of the court house al a date to be'atinounced later. And by the way;
ladies, we hope your bike-a-thon was a success. Even without us!
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***And you might say our local police department took the
proverbial rap, on the knuckles t'other night when both councillors
Frank Walkom and Stan Profit spoke out on the issue of rubbish or}
to'w'n boulevards. Quoth Mr. Walkom: "I still think our police should
khow the bylaws and enforce them without having to be told about
it." Added the normally -jovial Mr. ,Profit:: `the parking bylaw seems -•- ives-Qn to, be the only'one the police work 100° on. I think it's time the as a gtft
woke up ... and were not in committee,. of the whole - and I've a
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"Good rapport established" with teachers -- Deathe
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER problem to be overcome. In his
During the open meeting of recommendation to the board,
the Huron County Board of Dr. Deathe suggested a `,fairly
Education,,, Monday evening, major cooperative program with
there was very little discussion ,y'?our professional staff"
concerning the current situation beginning with a session in
between the board and its October entitled "Improving.
teaching staff. .Communication Within The
When Dr. Barry ' Deathe, County System".
Goderich, was making his report While, board members decided
concerning a program for to take a full two weeks before
afternoon meetings of the board the next board meeting to study
beginning in October, he made all the ramifications of Dr.
reference to the fact- that Deathe's full proposal, including
negotiationrs with , teacher , s.. thoughts... to. set. up, a type of..
corieerrtang the''Ff p-wsdkredul °- teauhc'r 'advistirrrontroittee44o7.
Were somewhat strained atfirst the' board, Mrs. J. W. Wallace,
but that "a'good rapport"' had also of Goderich, made reference
been established within the to a convention she had
committee-whieb-he•-beads. ' attended••--�wlx .-••rt ha
At that time, he notified the advocated that teachers ge
board that, in his o union, poor involved in budget -making with
o
cmmunication with the the board of education.
teachers was an immediate Mrs. Wallace explained that in
all cases reported at the `
The letter, though-- U - --
by any official of `the "'
'by
group, 14 aeeepted
by the board as. valid, after'
several board nne b' o Olso
pork prQdiketts; advised., that .
"organization had agreed to send
the letter to . OW -board of
convention' where teachers had
been invited to assist with
budget ' planning, fell 1
, co-operation had been achieved,
with teachers' negotiations
moving swiftly and easily to
Settlement. o
"Teachers Jeanie-4rf the costs,
of other services while sitting in
ohbudget sessions," said Mrs.
Wallace. "No advantage ewes•, •
taken of the boards' budgetary
systems. In v' w of what's
��happersec9 �r� l`ro ld ii ,a:�-
•, 1.
";serious look at • the method. The
whole approach should be
looked at another year."
Director of education, John
d --'been- it f p o • e . on
communications from two
- agricultural' bodirs the
`Federation of Agriculture for
Huron County and the Huron
Former
re
Goerich bandstand
lost my sense of humor!" End of famous quotes.
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***Okay - back' to the gals and sexual discrimination - which is
supposed to be getting eradicated these clays, but apparently it's
bound to .follow some- people right to the grave. Caskets designed '
° just for the gals? That's, right. According to an renouncement from
Fiberglas Canada Ltd., a boat -building company in Victoriaville,
Que., the company has started making "Fiberglas-re-inforced plastic
caskets designed -specificall•y- for the' burial of women " -And-for--
clients who don't dig the first model, in white, The Financial Post
says the ,manufacturer is coming up with a second, more feminine
version.- in bale purple.
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***And °a Toronto subscriber„wants us to set something straight.
Catherine and Fairbanks Northoner had written a letter to the
Signal -Star last month regarding a "one-man Council,”: in wh li they
had signed it "facetiously your7 Facetiously, of course, means
jocose, droll, tongue-in-cheek. But somehow their letter came out in
Goderich's largest 'weekly signed "fallaciously yours," which is just
the -opposite' - to deceive or mislead and that just wasn't t'he. idea.
"In that case we would have' not signed the letter," ,they wrote.
* Sorry about that.
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***Do Goderich merchants take' back pop bottles from kids? And
if they don't, are they responsitle for' the messes of broken glass that.
are quite evident throughout town? We don't know. One reader
suggests we write an editorial on- local merchants •riot accepting
returnable soft drink bottles from the youngsters. • He claims he
• experimented and they would take them from an adult but if a child
tried cashing them in it was a no -no. We don't intend to run around
to the local stores with empty coke bottles under our arms. But it
would be interesting to4ind out just who will accept these two -cent
menaces and' Who won't. As for broken glass - there is enough of it
laying around the streets acid parking lots in our town to house
'enough beer to keep the residents of our -municipality in a tipsy
condition for many a moon.
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***Or as., they say -.people who live in glass houses. should watch
Six years ago, when Goderich
town+ council l decided to do
away with the old bandstand in
Court House Park, Bert Squire,
nephew of Robert Standish, who
built the structure in 1927,
decided to preserve it as a piece
_of_.local history. Lt,rnow_,_houses_.
what is probably the largest art'
and craft centre in the' region
known as Squire Gifts on
Bayfield Road in 'Goderich.
The old stand`was moved, not,
without difficulties, and
incorporated' in a modern new
structure, an unusual octagonal
edifice which,' makes an ideal
showroom where a wide range of
gifts from ., the modestly • priced
(around .25 cents) to the more
expensive ones (figurines in
Royal Doulton sell for as 'high as
$200) for special occasions.
The gift shop- is now open 10
months out of the year from
Kebruary through to November
and store hours are seven days a
• -week from 10 a.m.=.to 9 p.m.
The accent at Squire Gifts is
not strictlyarts and crafts;
although it should be said that
perhaps everything -sold in the
store was made by an artist in
his own way. Many different
kinds of cheeses, fudge and
candies and 'even "Old Croak. -
Ontario. Straight Embalming
Fluid" 'scan be purchased there..,
=The , ' `embalining fluid"- is
actually genuine maple syrup
made right in mi 4;00. Goderich
/ ■ youngskimoTownship. Eand Indian craft
'are in
abundance. Moccasins, mukluks,
dolls and slippers are all on
display, 'highlighting the skill of
Canada's Indians and the
to visit UflT. farms
o v�s►r farms
�.,�..
It's another youth movement!
Between 3,500 and 4,000 urban
, young people will visit Ontario
farms throw bout this summer
for periods of -'one week each.
Ft's r. :, !; lige Urxban= uTa°
s
��„„� Art Mnrt
.
for
an ideal opportunityOntario •
farmers to make their fellow
urbanites aware of the ' set fol
• agricultural situation in 1971.'In
return,- the anticipated new
friendships will enable. the rural
} young poop e o vi tr`t i lty`at---'
ju
some future date arranged.
between the families involved 'In •
Exchange Program 1971, an
idea of many ' youth leaders, is
fast becoming a reality.' This
exchange ,program, developed by
the Ontario G'overnment's
Interdepartmental Committee
on Youth, is being ,activated
• through the Extension and
'Home Economics Branches of
• , the • Ontario Department of •
Agriculture and Food.
The main objective of the
program :is to provide a learning
experience for urban •and 'rural
youth, ages 12 to• ' 15. The
.f •yil v'.'. , nfV
responsibility•�of `the host farm
family will be to include the
urban young person in .the
`regular farm life so th t he , or
she will receive a serious insight
into the business of farming -
this way the farm youth may ' BY MARTHA RATHBURN
receive a better insight into the Here is a bit of news -
pr.oblems_,and..pleasures of city , especially for the "artists and
life. • craftspeople” of this area:
Selection of urban students GodericliQART MART dates are
for participation in the' 1971 , July 15;16 and 17 this year. . !4
program will be made through • We ' hope you are •notified• in .1
the elementary and secondary'''. time that you may hurry' 'with''
• schools from those 'aged 12 • to your craft to sell at this great'
15 in ,cities having a population outdoor Art Mart.
of 20,000 or over. Many of you from this district
The. program's success? - Just attended the first one held in.
watch! ; 1963 on the tarmac beside the
Post Office' -, and will you ever
obtained from: Len MacGregor,
More information may be, forget being burned by the hot
441 co-ordinator in your local sun and nearly frozen by the
Ontario Department of cold wind? .
Agriculture andr Food office. Since that ,first year the Art
(4'82-3428). • ' Mart has been held in beautiful
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you wish more information, just
CKE.11/1 U ION�'!! `St.. pavld St.....-,...�.f� . 534.791 write convener; M�arthaf
Rathburn, Art.'"Mart, Goderich.
F•'
Courthouse Park under the
• trees, 'and each year the crowds
and the crafts people have'grown
in numbers. It has done a great
deal to encourage people with
hobbies to go a little farther and
share their work with people
who are looking for hand made,
Canadian crafts. You may think
your work is not that good -
you just make things for your
own pleasure or push them off
on people people who don't want to
hurt your feelings - but they are
'not REALLY interested in this
. type of craft.
Well, 'this is your chance to
reach the people who ARE
interested and willing to pay for
it. Hundreds visit the park each
day and the whole town is now
on the band wagon. 'Where is the
great "Sidewalk Sales” where all
the 'merchants co-operate by
adding to the color and
"excitement of the Art Mart., r
There is a Carnival for the
youngsters and oldsters to enjoy
and the Kinsmen and other
organizations are doing all they
can for your enjoyment.
So, gather up your works and
attend Art Mart. Thursday A.M
•
est
northern Eskimo.
Paintings, souvenir plates,
china,, incense - you name it
and Goderich's former
bandstand has probably got it.
And for tea lovers, we found
an interesting rack of articles
that you just couldn't be
without.._.- bone °china° teapot
drop catchers.
County Pork. Producers. Both
organizations expressed their
support for the stand 'the board
is diking in, Ole , present salary
negotiations with their teachers.
The following is a portion of
Four ioca1•
a
srp AUrSeS
• the letter from the Port
Producers:
"There • is 2,200 registered
pork producers in Huron County
who are not receiving increases
these past few years in the price
of their ,product,; 're
*Therefo, in
no way shbuid ;any select group '
of •poop} "ot" Iuroh County feel
they should receive increases in
their salaries beyond the raise in
income ,of the people that have
to pay for their services. Once
,
Four` local, young ladies were
among the 42 students who took
fief razlmd
exercises of the Perth-Hurro
School of Nursing in Stratford
on of last week.
graduates
ff f.
Saturday
Those
Goderich
Sharon
MacLennan
-Dr.
St.
Church
address
Miss Linda
were
Little,
Linda
and
Finlay,
Patricia
Stewart,
Andrew's
in Kitchener,
to the
from
Hirst
Christine
Mumby.
minister,
Presbyterian
gave
graduation
Long
valediction.
'the
class.
gave the
Personais
z4g3i- iewe laX ' " rt'dr*Itro ies
County Board of Education and
we are prepared to face the
problems that may arise ifrom
their decisions."
education.
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Mrs. I. Papernick recently
visited in Thunder Bay with' Dr.
and Mrs. Keenan and then
visited With___her.... daughter
Frances at Gravenhurst.
f John A. -Hudie who recently
graduated ._ from Fanshiawe, •
College as an ' Electronic
Technician, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred P. Hudie of
Rattenbury St. He expects to be
employed :with -The
International • Nickle • Co. of
Canada at•Sudbury. •
DUNGANNON
Jim and Helen Lewisand sons
are getting set to open the. D and
J Machine Shop at Mrs. Henry's
House. ..
Miss Francis Lohse and Miss
Shiela Mathers of London 'visited
at the former's home here .over
• the weekend: ." """
Mrs. Linda Emmerton of the
village is a' patient in Kincardine
Hospital. She is recovering from
an attack of Phlebitis. • '
. ' Saw an ant staggering up the
• street with a -piece of leaf three
times its size. Imagine,, the
strength of .an '.arit if it were as
°bi'g""as.,a{•human. .
Mr. and Mrs. Ben De Ruiter
and family, London, visited with
-Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sherwood
Sunday and called on Mr. and
Mrs. David Dawson. ,
Mrs. Parky, Wiggins is in
Wingham Hospital.•
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• "SALT 'BOATS
May 17, Algorail, Little
Current; June 3, Algorail, Sarnia;
June 4, Parker Evans, Soo; June
6, E. B. Barber, Fairport. Grain
boats - June 5, Elmdale.
Bert Squire sports a•pair of mukluks - one of many interesting
items available in the storg.
in
NEW CARS - DEMONSTRATORS -
USED CARS
This is your last chance to purchase a 1971 Chrysler,
Dodge, Plymouth, ..or Valiant car from W. J. Mi$ls,Motor Sales
Ltd. We are also slashing prices on all used cars on the lot as
the premises must be -cleared by Juiy 1st.
An Auction Sale of the garage equipmentfurniture and
surplus parts will be held on Tuesday; June 29.
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The body shop and leasing division will continue
operations at our St. David Street location. '
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Miss*Shirley.,,Norman is presented with a Wedgwood dinner
plate by Bert Squire. The Colborne Township teacher won
the' valuable piece of dinnerware in Squire Gift's May draw
tt introducing its line of fine Wedgwood china.
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