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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-10-28, Page 2PE ..I :i SIGNAL-STAR,.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1971 ✓ *-0 Round qnd About With Martha If colum read mysel Casca girls know and° It large that that sprea mark octo a sq sial -asw don' the T -ligh perk thre COU reve a la doc ran hig we fish oce ha to so cer E" you got lost in last wee 's England. The' whole time in n, you were: not alone. Spain (and Portugal) ' we had and re-read.it before T got beautiful weather. We had a nice out or that tin market in flight back --- but on reaching Portugal. he Si al is, ge England found it cold, foggy and were so busy they didn't miserable. The only time I had they had. me rn.ixed up -- butterflies was when ' we were that..�4�nttx, � ► •'4* °,� "-145411 j rift-gb =lois^.---- f so long.— all all reminded me of the UNDER the fog bank. box of "odds and ends" r It was like coming_ home to had been caught in the nets get back to London — 1 just were quite a sight to see, wished- there had been time to d out in, one corner of the run around, but next..mornidg et. There was a small we headed for C. twick pus - devil fish — or was it home. Here we waited = -and uid? I think they're all the waited -- the planes had been --T but they're real ugly -- •kt, , ere:several other THINGS — hey had some large, flat', colored creatures — sole aps? =- that were two or Ore feet across-• and. only a �m eeh n held up by fog in Tcironto. , After a free lunch, we were bussed, to a fine hotel about five miles away -where we could wait more or less. in •comfort, . W�were all too late on rettitrn flight to go to Toronto;-so'rwe landed at Buffalo, N.Y., and bossed to Toronto. This surely took up the time, but we were all happy to be back in Canada. Young Canada with its many ugly buildings, brdd fields'and wonderful air. Home Sweet Home— but in a short while — t -want 1�o try to describe m L�caI Khotd ple of inches thick. Quite a .-- lation. Everyone should visit . Patterson will convene the after I catch my breath — I'll be rarin' to go again! --1 think, Martha. P.S. -- You wanted crafts classes-- they are ready. Stop in, at the town hall and talk to Sue — and 1-4- ''iso 'rl,� ! . Mornings, mostly, so far. Krid fn sb e BY MR'S VAN OSCH Honour students of ',the Goderich Collegiate District High -School enjoyed a'three day honour trip to Ottawa. They left last Wednesday morning by train and returned home on Saturday. While -in Ottawa they attended a atpa..rkCommons, and incidentally', they stayed at the same hotel as Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin. Six of the students were from Kingsbridge — Ann Dalton, Mary Van Rooy, Ken Doherty, Peter Frayne, Joe O'Keefe, and Ralph Austin. - Mr. and Mrs. Hrry Van Diepen have returned home after a month's visit with relatives in Holland. rge fish market at least once. - The Goderich Kinette Club We had • walked al n the held its general meeting Oct. 18 . k — not like our docksv— it at the Kinsmen park. parallel to the road and was Bruce Heath, director of the h above where the -fishermen . local Children's Aid Societti', . e unloading their boats. The showed a film and gave • an tugs were quite small for informative- Insight into the an going boats and they also workings of the Society. big, colorful row -boats with, President Bev Whetstone rned up bows — like thanked Mr. Heath and mething . from Venice.' ,They presented a - cheque for the rtainly� go in' for bright colors Children's Aid Society. • their boats, clothes just General chairman, Jean- VERYTHING — that's- what Cruickshank reported on the de the country so enjoyable Ability Fund (March of Dimes) '" haPPY • • ... , ' gampaign. in e si • b • 'I spent eight wonderful days ‘• The Mardi. Gras.Azvoir be hely Portugal, and I'd like to go Feb. 5 at the •Saltford Valley' ba again — soon. Portugal has Hall The various committees fisted -as an -independent :state were drawn up. nce the 12th Century and Jong Sylvia McGee and ' Grace fore that .the Romans had amed it Portus Cale. There were still evidence of he Roman influence about _ Use tudd d alis, bridges and old buildings w s Kinette Kristmas bazaar, bake sale and tea. This event ,to be ' held Nov. '27 from 2 until 5 at the McGee Showroom, 37 Hamilton St. The draw for the candy house -will be made at that time. An invitation to join 'the Clinton Kinettes at their Nov. 9 d'i'nner meeting was accepted. Plans were made for the Christmas dinnermeeting, to be held at the Bedford Hotel. Girls volunteered to assist the Kinsmen with the Bingo at the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital. Arrangements were made. to have a Vanda;Beauty Counsellor demonstration at the next meeting Nov. 2. ill standing — hard ,to believe. Wine port wine — is big usirless here — fifth—`iarg s "° ndustry employing about -1 a c n t tires e -&-prowine- 00 ,0 00 workers. — and' Although most area residents uthentie port, with its:strong are still thanking their lucky haracter and perfume, comes stars that old man, winter hasn't only from .Portugal. France is yet shown his nose in the op buyer of the thousands of Goderich,, region., some are eallons sold, with Britain and beginning to look towards those Europe running close behind. • , colder months and are preparing Oporto•- meaning harbor — their: cars antrucks for the the nation's second largest city, months.ofch snow and slush ahead. faces the Atlantic at the mouth With this in mind the Ontario of the Douro River , and you Department of Transportation find the true port wins labelled and Communication issued . a "Oporto!! or "Wine ot` Opdrto". reminder to Ontario residents In ' Spain I had seen some that the use of studded• tires has. wine presses — but the CORIA been bartfittti'' in this province or;. - treading of.. grapes,' is since April 30 of this year. Faye Hogan of London.spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Con Hogan. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Dalton • and family of Port Elgin were Sunday visitors„with Mrs. Dennis ,,Dalton. °. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heffernan . and family of Brantford were'•weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ormond Heffernan. - . Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred 'Hogan of Toronto and Ronnie Hogan c�of Sun:. ury and Rbsemary Hogan of Woodstock were weekend visitors with Mr. and �� Mrs. Dennis Bogan. Bystanders' look on as fire"'hage�s Through the barn of John De sevetal calves; two bulls, same ,chickeris, 9,000 bales of hay and Ruyter, R. R. 2, Bayfield on Tuesday afternoon..The building 1,500 bales of straw. No cause has been found for the fire. The was destroyed along with a new ,cattle barn at the rear 200 pigs, loss.was partially covered byorrisurance. Firemen from Clinton' and Bayfield respond hiiesville fire destroys large barn Fire Tuesday afternoon destroyed. a Jarge- barn on, the farm of John De Ruyter, R. R. 2, Bayfield about three miles south of Holmesville. - Firemen from Clinton and Bayfield were.called to the farm'° about 2'p.m., but were unable to 'prevent'.�the�flames, which had a Maureen Dalton,- R.N '-Moose ' Factory, is spending a tire• s. -Vehicles fitted with snow few weeks vacation with her tires on 'all four wheels actually took longe to stop than those equipped with iregular ;tires on •clear' ice .at. temperatures near the freezi g�point. The 1 ane change tests indicative of cornering ability showed that .cars equipped with .- studded snow tires on all four wheels could make the,manoever "'on clear ice at -temperatures near the freezirig. point some 50 per cent. faster than 'cars'itted with regular highway or. snow tires. However, both speeds. involved on^���t pis -.slippery surface were relatively low. H ullett Fed. I Once. again, the advantage. disappeared at temperatures near zero. Studs on the rear wheels only, gave no such-improvement- and uch•improvementand actually decreased -cornering ability in comparison to regular •highwa'y . tires at temperatures near zero. In the starting traction tests conducted on clear ice, chains provided the most bite followed by Studded tires on the rear axle only. Studded tires- fitted on all four wheels provided somewhat. less traction: The hard packed'snow tests conducted on • surfaces so hard that tires left M tpead, marks,Y showed that snow tires ;give no advantage in starting traction cor�ipared to regular highway tires, Chains gave the most bite but studded- tires gave no consistent advantage on this treacherous driving surface cbmpared to the snow tires unstudded. wint'er—Testing.- Progrirn•--- was undertaken- by the Canada 'Safety Council in co-operation • with 'the 'ederal Ministry of T••rar},spor ;, the Ontario Department of '1'ransportat' and Communications and the Quebec Roads Department. They e ,carried out by Damas and Sth Limited, Consulting Engineers .arid Planners on Lake • good start when .they arrived,- Jzom.destroyi g,the.bu#l,riing. ---Mrs: De Ruyter said her husband had, been harvesting cors ,near the barn when he saw the smoke coming from about the centre of the structure' where the new cattle barn, built just last year, joined the older main barn. She said the hired man had M1 been in the barn Jest after lunch to- cheek the .animals .and had seen no ing. , Cause . of the fire is not known. Mrs. De Ruyter said the wiring in the barn was. all new. Luckily the milking herd w outside when the fire erupted. The family was able to save •most of the calves which were in n Associationspons�rs - •• barn but two bells were burned. of About `200 pigs were in the barn the and only -a few escaped. Mrs. De Ruyter expected—most 'of thoa 'traditional with the making of According to the Canada!"' • the best port in Portugal Safety Council test, results have In - the Quintas central • shown that while, studded tires home" for growers, fresh cut tine chains •and sand are effectiv clusters of grapes are dumped, -driving aids at temperatures near two feet, deep, into big troughs freezing they give motorists • no called lagares. In.the evenings extra protection at temperatures the peasants- a happy •lot - near -zero in coinparison to wade back and forth, their arms regular highway tires. , linked, half dancing to the chant, "The Council considers that and sounds of music, crushing tests ' provided valuable new the grape's with their bare feet. information regarding safe This was once a nightly ritual, winter driving techniques," J. C. but it is gradually being -"f ushed Thackray, , president of the CSC, out • of their lives by commented. "They show mechanization. • • conclusively'' that there is no The making of wine is a„story ,. substitute for caution and skill in itself — a very colorful and in these adverse driving -�-int�erest;ing-•e�ne, too. conditions." , So, by going to .Portugal, I The °council vehicle missed a very nice part of Spain with standard high . and the Rock of Gibraltar. A 2' . snow tires and aids tested, the hour boat trip took the tour too report said, but even the ' Tangier. _ increased friction provided by sand became insignificant when Tangier' until 1662 belonged applied to ice hardened by a to the Portuguese, when it pp became British, later becomingdrop . in temperature to 10 P rt of Morocco again. I didn't degrees. file mink i»issing'this city. On clear ice at temperatures Costa del Sol n the sun coast. near the freezing paint, "dire bn, the Mediterranean — picture chains and studded, now tires post card beaches rivalling the fitted on all four wheels French Riviera in pits heyday of provided -the most significant 40 years ago. Sorry 1 m'ssed it, decrease ,in stopping distances in as this should be the highlight of comparison to standrord,highway Spain, tires or snow titers• "Once again Granada, founded by the the improvement was nullified as Arabs in 756, beautiful castles, the ice temperature approached homes of Moorish kings, zero. interesting cathedrals, Is called Snow tires did not reduce the "brightest " jewel" in the crown of Spain. Later, over the Sierras and a long trip back to Madrid. There I rejoined the tour by flying from Lisbon, About 35 miles out of Madrid the "old city on the rock'', Toledo (pron-oun-ced Toe -Lay -Doe), was once the 'apital of •Spain. World famous siirords and fine jewellery of gold threads in intricate patterns and many_other things rapiers, wr-ought iron lamps and orna ental work acrd I believe they, till make the famous metal `rsults' worn by the warriors centur es ago. Very interesting. The \famous cathedral, home and paintings of E.l , Greco were Well worth travelling miles to see. lb Madrid many ,tlf the group went to the bull fights. If you dod�t go too,the bull fight, then WHY' did you go to Spain? 'Well, 'didn't go. This, too, is a °fllce in a lifetime thing -� or a fabulous city VERY large -- very, beautiful in places! "' Prom' Madrid we returned to, equipped vtkay tires, stopping distances on clear ice in ' comparison it regular highway ° 'h' l' fa o • parents Mr. and ' Mrs. Mark .s tuf f in bee inStr' ,ford Dalton and family. Sally Van Osch, two year old daughter of M'r. and Mrs. Bill Van Osch ' is a patient in War Tuberculosis and Respiratory Memorial Sick Children's Disease Association members Hospital, London, after recently sponsored a stuffing bee fracturing her left arm in a in -'their Stratford office. A number of community difficult„place, just below the respiratory disease sufferers shoulder at a fall in her home at turned out to help fill the the supper hour on Thursday. s '•envelopes with Christmas Seals Mrs. Theresa Lennon ©f for the 1971 Campaign. London spent the weekend with_ The Christmas Se a 1 her mother Mrs Ma Zrrrbertus• Timiskaming 300 miles north o • Toronto. will hold annual meet flames and -are continuing•• to smolder. ``Ensilage,, stored in .a tett .: silo at the .back of ie barn, was also damaged. Firemen were .able to save a nearby , -driving shed and• grapar• ies from the flames and the strong wind , from the east prevented danger •to the home: ;' Mrs, De !Ruyter was unable to estimate total damage, but_said_ some, insurance w on the building. The same barn had been slightly damaged by fire several "'' ld Dave to be' years ago when a faulty light ' destroyed. Nine thousand bales of hay , A will begin in 'Stratford in the near future. The course is sponsored by the Huron -Perth T.B. and :Respiratory Disease Association and is conducted at the YM—YWCA by' Mrs. Ian Clarke Physioal Education Specialist an•d Women's. - P rogramme Director of the "Y". ry Huron -Perth . Community was The Hullett Federation of 'Agriculture held „its October, meeting in Londesboro. Plans for the annual meeting, which is to be held on November 8 in -the Londesboro Hall, were discussed. It was decided tot -aye someone show pictures before a social evening. ' Ted Hunking, Lawrence Plaetzer and Cecil Elliott were named' to the nomination committee. , Harry Tebbett will audit the books. . Harry Bakker•..spoke on the Federation's attempt to get the toll free area enlarged. All members were asked to. canvass for names on the petition. well represented with' persons, present from Clinton,, Seaforth, Tavistoek and Stratford. Ther film "The Battle 'I o Breathe" was shown tater by the._ Programme Director, Mrs. Beryl Davidson, Mrs. May (Frank) Dodds, Screening Chairman of the Associatiln - helped supervise activities. Mrs. Betty (Cecil) Patience and Miss Sylvia Davidson,. Christmas Seal. Secretaries served lunch, Over 70. persons recently heard an address, by Dr. Norman Epstein.•pf Toronto. Dr. Epstein is an Allergist and Paediatrician; now 'Director of' Allergies, St..Joseph's Hospital, Toronto. He is also Allergy Consultant at Mississauga and Queensway General Hospitals. The meeting was sponsored by. the Huron -Perth TBRI) Association. The Fourth Physi.cial Conditioning Course for children • WANTADS 'ea socket- started a blaze. The fire, however, was spotted early Ind • and 1,500 bales of straw fed the”"°' contained until firemen arrived' UTDOOR-ETHICS sE2 THE LITTLE OWL 1 kti. . WE. LL aF ALL THE NERVE• KEN DUNCAN' w , Thank you for the - support you have • given rrre! KEN DUNCAN Liberal •— 'Huron, v "YOU WOuLAN r DO T1,41s IN YOUR, OWN BACK `(ARD. DDN'T' LITTER U P INE' �OREST, EITHER :� ) CLEAN UP THE J' CAMPS'ITE- AS TUouGN IT `, `" • WERE YOUR -• OWN• HOME!" THANK YOU HURON -BRUCE y sincere thanks to the electors .of Huron -Bruce for the overwhelming sup- - port at the polls. Thanks also to'the many people who worked so hard on my behalf in the election campaign. FULL. RANGE ,OF SNOWMOBILE BOOTS, FOR EVERYONE .��Ladies — for a look at aur fall lineup of high vinyl waterproof boots, pop in to see us. 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