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Dear Ann Landers: "Novice
In Nebraska" who declared that
worhen were undeniably the
stronger sex,, prompted me to
write my first letter to a
newspaper. Of course, he is
right. And, in addition to the
er, evidence he cited, I have
addi"tional facts which
•�••-•scrbsta=int;•irrte��tti•s�s'talerrtertt:--�•"'
source is Dr. Theo Laz g•. a
British journalist. 1
In the female ,,homo,sapien,.
the mortality rate for almost all
disease is iowe c t than in males.
Although women get :.sick mcite ,
often than men, they recover
more rapidly, The woman is a
better` automobile' driver (fewer '
• - , accidents) and the-. relative -.
weight of her brain is greaten,
The female is less apt to stutter,
• and she is overdrra.wn at the bank
less frequently than the male.'
Women feel pain far more ,
acutely than" men but they bear •
it more stoically. The final and
most impressive facts ,are, ,that
- women live longer and the
I.
times greater. - The Hand That
Rocks The Cradle
Dear Hand: Thanks for the
additional evidence. I dottbt'•the
battle of the sexes will ever be
resolved, however, for the simple
reason that there's too much
natural fraternization with the
enemy.
* * *. ..._._
• Dear Ann Landers: Please,
help .a -Senior Citizen who can
barely afforda party fine, much
less. a°' private one. We need •a
phone to keep in touch with,our
c h 1dr-en, the doctor, the;
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writing about the teenagers who
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the phone at almost any hour of
the day or night and hear
phonograph records. Nobody is
talking - just on.usic. Or we can
hear bours of homework -
History, English, Math., etc.
We feel this is very. unfair but
there's nothing we can do about
it. Will you help? - Missouri
,C -laid -, - ....
Dear M.C.: 1'll :try. A word to
you • Missouri cats ' who are
hogging the telephone: Will you
please allow the old folks who
share your line to interrupt your
homework assignments and
concerts temporarily to make a
call? I'm going to suggest that -
they ask you (nicely, of course)
to __release the line. for . ten
minutes. When asked, be sweet
and co-operate. Thanks. I Knew
you'd say yes.
* * *
Dear Ann Landers: A very
nice woman who was widowed
recently has moved next door to
us. The woman loves children
and has offered, •to•-si4'-•with _.r r
we want to go out. This has been
wonderful for us and for the
children. They love-ter:•Sti a
great storyteller -and -has a
delightful sense of humor. But a
problem has arisen.
This woman ' is deeply
religious and her religion is
different from ours. ' She is
confusing our children by telling
them certain things are sinful
and that ,God will punish them if
they do not obey 'His laws. While
we believe in God, we do not
believe in the hell -fire and
damnation -punishments that this
woman is espousing. We . are
beginning to see signs of fear and
guilt in our youngsters - . also
they want to know, who is right
'and who is wrong. What shall we
do? - All His Children .
Dear All: Have an honest talk
with the woman and ask her not
to discuss religion with your
children. Explain that they are
becoming confused because the
religious. beliefs of their
upbringing conflict with ""what
she •has_ been telling them. •,
Let your children know there
are many different religions, and
that we must respect . the views
of others and not consider them
wrong merely. because,, they are
not the same as ours. ,
* *- *
Dear Ann Landers: Please tell
that 11 -year-old boy -With' the
drunken bum of a father that'his
mother doesn't have to stay with
a husband like that if she doesn't
want to. Yes, even if she is:
"sick_
TODAY'S CHILD
BY' ,HE L.EN. AALL
, IT HAPPENS TO
EVERYONE, TILL
.,
"i4 fun-lov
1
ng
bo
y
Rrlly's,,disposition is just as winning ati his smile. This
three-year-old is an outgoing, loyal, fun -Io. ink; boy who
makes frieneis"readily and captures the heart of eyer•yone.
he meets. -
With an Anglo-Saxon background, Billy• is about a.�c•r-
age in size with blue eyes, fair' skim, and shining blonde
hair. Ile is in good general health, but he has cerebral
palsy (lack of. muscle control) affecting his legs. lle is
attending a nursery school operated by the Society for
Crippled Children where daily therapy is a.ailaljle, and
is almost walking. He tries hard and thrives on the...prraisc
he.��g.,cts for his achie%e+cnenis. „Lida...bikes .t ►...•4 .h Sc�sa c ., trlret ,r►,ta.cl_, �.uts► s , i,,j ,iia Y
"S'ESyOC."";n,.n %aT ..'TYfx �� � .. .� ...:Ypxmrvnb.a.'7�l+UQal;
with e inucat,eo ra tovs. too#�ors.artl to unt ii
School, especially the music, and' in his foster home he is
often heard surging little rhymes to himself.
This laddie needs parents whose lose will surmount his
physical handicap and who can help hint de.`ek►p• to ihf
limit of his abilities,. with more concern for l►er•sonal-ity
than for scholastic achievement:
To inquire about adopting, Billy, please vv -rite to To- -
day's Child, Department of Social and Family •SerVices,
Parliament fluiltlrngs, Toronto 182.- H'br general adop-
tion information, ask your, Children's aid Society.
Now . there are two!
a lot anti has no diploma."
The Welfare Department of'
her state will support her and
her children. This is why we pay
taxes. Legal Aid wi1T• provide a
lawyer for her, too. She can get
a separation ordivorce. After
this nervous wreak gets the guy
out of hex __life,. she probably
won't be sick so•inuch. And she
might decide- -to get that
diploma. I speak froth
experience. - Liberated. Lois__
Dear Lib: Thanks' •for, your
letter. Women who stay with
abusive, alcoholic husbands are
themselves sick - but that's
another' column., %..=..-•
TIRED OF
SNOWMOBILE
TROUBLE?
- BREAKING STARTING CORDS
-- FOULING SPARK PLUGS
- BREAKING CAE3L1_S
- WIFE CAN'T START IT
SICK OF MIXING FULL
SERIOUS ABOUT Bt1YING THE:
BEST AND FORGETTING TROUBLE?
SEE ME FOR THE ANSWER
STEVE ARGYLE
OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT
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So
We've just been through a
perfect late fall weekend in
. -
:these parts. The sort of
weather we'd been waiting
for all summer, and which
refuse34 oearrive,
But the weather was ,the
only thing that was perfect.
Therest of the weekend was
a comedy of errors.
My wife", had ,lost her
glas§es. "She can e ;'about
Pightc;.e.n._.rsa.iles,._but_has.
ble with the small print.
So I was -volunteered on
a beautiful Saturday. after-;'
noon, when 1 had ,planned.
to get in a last game of golf,
to drive 75 miles round trip,
with her, to the optomet- ,-
rrst.
For an eye examination''
Oh, no, she could have ob-
_ tained a prescription from
e..: lam. 44-e-,- Me.rel y -ssa
that she could choose
'frames for the dam' things
that would enhance her
beauty. -
She had explained that
the optometrist was •t;losed
• on Wednesday afternoons,
and that since I was -free on
Saturday, there was no rea- •
son I couldn't drive her yak
yak yak, ' p. : _
Just before we left she
wondered • whether she .
should call to make sure he
was ,open , l scoffed at the
--T"dr'a. "I) ” t be silly. 1f he • ”
closes °'`` dnesday after-
noon, he'll be open' Satur-
tion point, and twenty,
• minutes after that we were
laughing as we lumbered off
on the home journey,. -•
• Arrived chez nous and
the house was like an oven,
We were bickering ,about
who'had turned the thermo-
stat up to 75 titwas 7''S out-
side}, • when a sepulchral
voice .frronr..aba ce in formed:_„
us that our. only begotten
`son ' haT` arrived.; '"%aken a
shower, and turned on the
heat to avoid a chill. He's
.he same character who will
walk around in his bare feet
in winter.
Following a long-distance a,,,
tt1 of a few days before, we
had • 'half -expected him, •
along with his kid sister.
Half, because you never
know with them.
However, Old Fuss -Boots
had decided we should
stock up with grub, just in
case. We hadn't all been to-
,gether for • about eight
months. So we went "all out:
(*.-a- turkey, a big roast, wine;
all sorts of goodies.. The
freezer ' was "bulging with
• meat,
Kim didn't come.- Wlie 'rt
his mother asked Hugh what
he would like for dinner,
and rhymed off the deli-
- cacies, he answered- calmly
thatehe was.a vegetarian and
• had, b.rough-t his own little •
packet of brown rice.
day. Especially with all that There ate times when it's
-'out-of-town . business." So.,
} hard to' keep your temper,
irdr3-X r ...
time we'd sorted this out,
coolly, we had a desultory
dinner of boiled brawn rice
tor him;'• Kentucky fried
chicken for us,
But)yate stillhad a facile,
fickle finger ' for us.- Hugh
had come h.onn,e to get away
from the city,.see the glory
of fall foliage, walk in the
woods' .and on the lonely
. 1 nii''tlowed a bit on the
way, with the sun •smiling
on a world of magnificent
colour, But 'l'cl still rather
have been six other •places.
We tot there, parked,
' walked to the store and, -
you grabbed it - he was
.closed.
Ten minutes later we
were at the curt recrimina-
b
r,,
ave the Maitland represented at London
A meeting of the Save the
Medway Association held in
London this.. wok, was attended
by,.representatives of the Save
the Maitland Association and•the
Federation of Agriculture.
John Van der Eyk of Listowel
represented the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture,
William- Osborne of Monktan'
represented. the Perth County
Federation of 'Agriculture-, Jim
Vallance, represented the Save
the Maitland Association and
John Martens of Ilderton
represented the National
Farm'e'rs 'Union.
Detailed' reports were -received
on the general progress of Save
the"": Medway --the- program of
monitoring the Medway,
co-operation of the Canada
Centre For land Waters and
the signifi', progress being
made in ecting and
improvin. the Ma ' : n' River;
this is a j'rint ndrrtaking of
OFA, the Perth- ' and the Save
the Maitland Association, whose
president Mr. Jim Valiance of
A Brussels reported that paid
membership in his association
now -exceeds 400.
Mr. Van der yk, detailed
their „procedures on water
testing; Dr. John Robinson,
UWO b a c teriologist, put
laboratory . techniques in
perspective.
Considerable debate followed
on water sampling. • Both the
Provincial Minister of the
Environment, and the -Ontario.
Water . Resources Commission
were. criticised for lack ' of
initiative , and adequate
procedures..
It was agreed that future
monitoring of the Medway will
be done as follows.. First Dr.
Shute will seek the, co -o' eration
of Dr. Sam Maharajah at the
Public Health Laboratory in
sampling the Medway on a
routine basis, with samples being ,
taken at the same depth and at
the- - same place with an
independent witness present for
the sample taking. All samples to •
be marked Save the Medway
attention Dr. Evan Shute, R. R.
'1, Arva, Ontario. Dr. ' John
Robinson will receive duplicate
'samples and will supply more
detailed reports, than those
currently ` received' from the
Public Health Laboratory.
Jim Vallance pointed out that
the value of water sampling was
-nimised by the absence of any
ovincial standards on stream
quality. Drs. Shute and
Robins'tn together with Mr.
George Tatham will draft a
detailed request to the Ontario
Minister of the Environment
requesting details of stream,,
quality in Ontario. Copies of the
above' correspondence . will be
sent to the three rntjor political
parties in Ontario, the Canadian
Environmental Law Research
-Foundation, Western Ontario
members •- of tttario
Legislature; the 0 A, the. NAT,
• the-Envir ,. for ental Secretariat of
the National Research Council, •
.Save the Maitland, the Middlesex.
Federation of Agriculture, the
Perth Federation of, Agriculture
and the Ontario • Minister of
Health.. • �„
'Dr. Robinson reported on the
growing concern over health
hazards emanating' from sewage
lagoons. He quoted the research
of `Dr. Sydney Webb, University
of Saskatchewan aerobiologist
'who has• retrievedvirus particles
which have become ' airborfie'.
from sewage lagoons. Dr. Webb
has retrieved E. coli from' ai
,aircraft five miles away from the
Victoria B. C. sewage lagoons.
.Spray irrigation • of untreated
sewage lagoon effluence can
present -a heal th a, hazard to
livestock, said Mr. Van der Eyk;
Dr. ' Robinson confirmed that
there were documented hazards
to -human httalth. Mr. .Jim
Valiance reported that the
0.W.R.C. had used spray
irrigation at the Listowel lagoon •
because it t."1 -led nothing better
to offer but would be
discontinuing the spray prograrh
at the . end of the current
season."
It was moved by Dr. Harold
Johnson, seconded by 'Dr. Evan
Shiute that—"The • 0.W.R.C..
initiate a pilot project for the
complete elimination of all
polutants, specifically
phosphatee.s,, nitrate compounds,
the B.O.D. load and bacteria of
intestinal origin, from entering
the Medway River directly from
NOTICE
RESIDENTS OF GODERICH
WHO HAVE NOT AS YET
GOT THEIR
Persons who do not hcj-v-e tags for their dogs
b y ---N oar em,b e r 15.,... =-L9 71_ a.r e -•.-•s ub j ec_t_ t_o
$1O violation. This in-cludes pups.
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•.•,.R .eharcLli s Ee r
-
-ANNAt'CO `L` "OF f l't 3
the -sewage lagoons now located
adjacent to county road- 16 in
London Township." The motion
was carried • unanimously and
will be forwarded to --Mr. R.• D.
Johnston,, Chairman of the
•
O.W.R.C.
.It was, moved. by Mr. Jinn
Vallance and seconded by Mr.•
..Fred Halos: that "The Chairman -L. -
of Save the Medway write to the
Chairman of the 0.W.R.C.
-requesting the detailed plans of
The • O.W; R.C.• .for removing
phosphates. and nitrate•
compounds from sewage lagoon
.effluence by' 1973 which is the
announced target date'• of the
0.W.R.C." Carried unanimously:•.
beach. - He woke up Sunday
morning, stretched his necks.
and- had a muscccle spasm.
This is a thing that sets your
neck over on one shoulder
and gives you a foretaste of
hell if you try to turn your
head.
Spent most of Sunday,
another perfe:ct dayz..trying
to, find --the .local chiroprac-
tor at his carefully conceal-
`-` ."ed--""cotta'ge-"'tem-mite from -
town, and thereafter slap-
ping hgt towels on Hugh's
. neck. He could 'see only the
foliage on one side of the
road, as leve drove.
Home tb- Mama, and the
last blow had fallen. The
freezer compartment of the
fridge wasn't working. 'And
it was loaded with meat. All
of which was rapidly getting
The meat is in the neigh-
bours' freezer, Hugh's neck
is slightly better, and, at
time of writing, it's another
beautiful day in which I
have been chained, first, in
an institution, and second,
to my typewriter. Tomor-
row, everything will he,back
to normal.
And it'11•snow.
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