HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-11-04, Page 182B aoritmcn SIGNAL.STAR. THURSDAY, NQVEM.$ER 4, 1971
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the season Wt+ . be wary
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'Tis the season to be wary,
• That's right — wary not merry.
Christmas just jsn't what it used to be
-- yule—Ibis, electric lights on the tree,
holly, mistletoe, 'carols, Santa Claus and_.
all that sort of seasonal stuff. Joy,
innocence, a comfortable meal.
Take Christmas tree lights for instance.
They're a 1V -No! on all artificial trees.
T fire department would' rather yot b
d' n't use, them at all. As for the frees,
keep them out of the house if possible --
they„s,e,,,;? big enough -hazard outthere.in
the woods. •
Vie yule Jog used to be so comfy and
cheery, but today it only adds to the
pollution problem. As for the, unguided
mistletoe, it could- . have serious
implications for the populatiap explosion.
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The flowing bowl is definitely out. If you
drink, don't drive. Better stW'hF; 'if you drive
— don't drive.
That leaves us with the Christmas
dinner. Wait! Drop that fork! Don't take a
chance. With' all those additives,
cyclamates, calories and mercury the good
Autumn flowers were
, tastefully used to decorate the
old Christmas dinner becomes -meet of morn and each lady, received a
death. Besides somebody somewhere liar rose corsae.
likely got a cranberry boycott on the go. After - the dinner, a short
_Well, you wouldn't' be able to wash the, business meeting was held. The
dishes because detergent is a dirty word. Scripture was given, by Mr.
Helping. �Hanc�s'
now 21 years old
Mr. and Mfs. J. H. Johnstone
welcomed guests as they arrived
last 'lyhursdn to celebrate with
members of The Helping Hands,
their 21st annual dinner.
Of course, can always to to church.
On secorl,l. thought, better cheek with
your psychiatrist. See what he can; do
about your guilt complex when you know
you're not 8oi ng to be around again until
Easter.
r1 y,....••n.. •..wq jltn, u 1=
Woman to Woman
With Shirley J. Keller
I.,..had lunch..tke•-other, .d.ay� .,..f..a.._.ga.l...is at.._iorne aLthe time
with a friend who was willing tow and -does her own cooking and
discuss the Consumers' baking, It costs money to work
Association pf Canada with me. away from 'home because of the
That person '(not a Goderich additional convenience foods
resident) felt that a Goderich one purchases, and a woman has
branch of the CAC would not be to decide for , herself whether
as' helpful as a Huron County working ais really economical for.
branch. • her or not.
"I' thunk we really need a This, of course,. is just one
consumers' association here,” aspect of shopping but it does
said my friend, point up that KNOWING the
"Why'?" 'I asked, hoping to reason for prices is 'a great help
,get another opinion,about the in UNDEI3.STANDING about
matter. - the cost of living and shopping
• "People are spending a lot of in general.
money in .Huron, County," * * * •
answered my friend. "If This b u s i n e s s, o f
• everyone knew exactly,, what -understanding things of interest
they were buying and how much to all consumers is, worth the -
'it• was really worth we would effort. . -
certainly be,better off." This week aeras in contact
It . was .a tremendously with a woman who. had
interesting theory. If all purchased some gingerale for -her
shoppers 'were really aware of children while they were ill.
their consuming rights - if they When she opened one bottle and
really had a working knowledge poured th.e. first• glassful of
of the best products for the least gingerale, she discovered a small
amot rt c riney - surely it fly floating in t.he. glass. Upon
would help everyone, the investigating -the remains in the
consumers as well as the bottle, she discovered several
merchants. more flies. dead and floating ,in
Let's take the weekly grocery the contents of the bottle.
shopping for instance. I knoyv of The gingerale had , been
very few women who don't, bottled by what. is considered to
complain bitterly about the ever be a most reputable firm. So the
increasing price of foods on the lady telephoned the company
market today and yet I and after a few "days, a
really -wonder about .that. Are representative of that company
• we always comparing the prices presented himself at her door.
'of staple .foods or are we usually He ex,plais ed' to„ her the extreme
comparing the price -. of -care which is taken fn washing
',coriven1ence o - -e.r less and sterilizing bottles before the
convenience.• gingerale is poured into them
You -know what, I mean. The but I'm afraid his explanation
price of a plain whole chicken is didn't cut much ice with my
...not too hard to take. But the. informant. She is of •the abiding
., -cost is' more if you buy chicken it tpression that the cleansing
plus one of those tasty coatings methods- of this particular
to bake it in. The price is still company '' are not at all
more if you buy chicken. ready satisfactory. What should she
barbecued or ready cut into do? "
serving pieces, maybe even all I suppose the first thing to do
drumsticks if your family is fond would be to write to the Food
of that part of the chicken. Now and Drug • Directorate witli
add the cost of pre-cooking offices ,in -Toronto. After all,
chicken and buying it if it has that's what Miss Stephain'e
been already, seasoned and fried, Blackstone advised ' us to do
just ready•to heat and eat. That's when such' things occur. Her
still more money. department will ..then put a more
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We are paying for careful 'watch on the 'company
convenience sand we shouldri't involved, especially if there are
forget it. That convenience similar complaints ,from other
comes in all kinds of ways - people about that 'particular
puddings which are ready-made firrn: '
and in tins ready for serving; Secondly, one should get in
salad 'dressings ready prepared touch with the CAC
and smoothly creamy; prepared whoa That's one reason we
cereals, macaroni and cheese need an --Association in G erioh
ready to beat and eat; vegetables - or in Huron County _. so that
cleaned and trimmed ; there -will be people who are
ready-made salads; margarine in willing to accept telephone calfs
serving dishes; and the list is from people with such
endless. complaints to make. '
Next time you go food - * * *
shopping, look into your basket I'm not all ''that informed
and ask yourself a few about the CAC. I plan to
questions:What is in this basket become informed though, and
today that I wouldn't have been I'm interested that all of you
able tg buy five years'agTo? What should join me in this search for
is in this basket that is ready knowledge about things of
prepared for me and that my interest to consumers.
mother would' ' have made The first step is to become a
herself? What is in this basket, member of CAC. You can do
which isn't •'really "`halthy for that by sending four dollar"`to
me? How much of what is in this ,'the Consumers' Association of
basket isn't really a food at all? Canada, 1001a Gloucester St.,
Then mentally eliminate all Ottawa. You will then be put on
those things in your shopping the CAC mailing list and will
basket which you have receive a.. subscription to- the
discovered from the above .`!Canadian Consumer" which
• question:nitire. • Mentally comes out six times annually.
substitute the staples ydu would Next, you should put your
need to make the same amount name on our list at the Signal
'}'of food. Now calculate- your Star office, You can do that by-
' food bill. Is there a difference? simply"' telephoning The office
Is it really that much higher now and giving your name, address"
than It wed to be/ and telephone number to the'
tin a. working wortian and I girls at the front desk. `I will
know that food bills ea'ti be cut keep that list on file until such a
During the year, three
missionary gifts were sent
overseas. One cash donation was
rade to the Lions Club for
crippled children, ' two cash
dpnatlons to Mrs. Carroll, 244
visitations, and- 7.26 deeds of
kindness were reported. .
After the gathering partook of
a dainty 'lunch, Mrs. Carroll was
presented' with . the annual
donation td'assist in her work..
Johnstone.- Mrs:- -(4r-St-tykes --read - -Mention-should-6r ' made of a—
speCial $5 donation by a kind
and interested donor, making
two of these -donations through
the year.
Candles on the cake were
blown out 'by Mrs: Stokes, while
all sang "Happy Birthday."
Mrs. Baechler closed in
prayer,
The hostess p rase.nted
bouquets -•of chrysanthemums -76'
the ladies before they ,departed
for home. �...,�
"Just for•To-c iy."
Mrs. E* BatNhler gave the
report of the previous meeting,
and after the daily ,reading and
thought for the dy by Mrs.
Johnstone, the singing of their
motto, .:"Others" and their
theme song, "The Love Of
God," brought this portion of
the meeting to a close. '
,'ai•�_a> ..laugh; two readings
were read by. Mrs.' H. F. Carroll
- The Great Equalizer and The
Old Iron Pump.
• After contests were played,
Mr. Johnstone came first, .Mrs.
Johnstone second, Mrs. E.
Baechler third.
Then the gtrests were invited
to join in to see who could win
Jphnsto.ne,'s, prize; and the
winner was Mrs. Carroll, Mrs.
Stokes receiving the consolation.
time as there ,is sufficient --
interest
interest to make a mo4e toward""
organization or until
someone else takes the initiative '
to do so.
This is Thursday, October 28
and at the present mothent"I'ffi
planning to ;attend a meeting at •
Kingsbridge on Monday, evening
to hear Mrs. H. R. Fisher,
Ontario Presidentpf the CAC,
speak. You will know whether
or not I've , fitted. the meeting
into my schedule when you look*
for an article, in this, week's Q.
paper about the meeting.
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Speaking,, of- consumers and
soda, pop, I wonder how many
housewives in Goderich and area
lave noticed that the new
.40 -dunce bottle of Coca-Cola
will not stand upright in most
refrigerators. '
I must admit that when.' first
discovered that fact, I was
totally frustrated. Who etTer
heard of such a thing as a pop
bottle which wouldn't stand ftp .
anywhere in my frig?
I ende' up laying- the 'bottle
on its side until it . was chilled
and actually it worked quite
well And it didn't in any way
detract from the extra -specially
nice taste. of Coke. It is still a
great refresher' rio matter what!
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You. can tell it is getting
nearer to Christmas by' the
nprimber" of teas and bake sales
and bazaars.which are'scheduled.
Once. again this week, I've
discovered the need for a
clearing ' calendar as once
suggested by Reeve Paul Carroll
fpr this community. To be
perfectly frank, ' though the
Signal -Star staff had tried for a
while to think of a simple way
'to accomplish this task rwithout
toomuchwork for the girls in
the front office, we've just not
been able to think of a way. And
I must admit that the idea was'
abandoned rather reluctantly
after a while,
We believe that our Bulletin
Board . oh the entertainment
pages of . this newspaper has
proved to be a big help to groups
planning • 'events but
unfortunately, it is not the
complete ._:answer to ' our
problem. You see, many, many
of these• events are planned a
month or more in advance of the
date and since n the
advertisements donot appear
until much closer, to the event, it
is often too late to be of help.
.• There are women who
telephone me from time to time
concerning the dates which may
or may not,be open but alas,
I'm not always much help either
because my calendar is not much
more up=to-date than yours.
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I've had a problem to deal
- with this week. It involves a
readerwho is obviously
distresseda because the names and
pictures' of all the local Grade' 13
graduates were not published' in
this newspaper -as has- been. the
custom in years past.
I know what this lady is
talking about. When I went to
high school, it was a big day to
get the hometown paper, and
read all the names and all the
marks of all the Grade 13,
people. It was always published
separately because the G acle..�l,:3
examinations were taken later
and marked well after school
had ended. '
In recent years, though, it has
becomt increasingly difficult to
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