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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-12-30, Page 15• • it • b TO DAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN o • • . Richard is nearly 11, a handsome boy as' you see, wit dart eyes, light brown:,hair with auburn' higbIights.,meditun complexion :arid.. a light sprinkle of freckles., His background is English alnd French. Richard is a bright boy, doing well in Grad`ir 4. His'teacher says he has 'an exceptional understanding of •mathematical concepts. He. responds to challenge and enjoys achievement. He,is considered able to progress beyond high school if he has the opportunity. Now living on a farm, . Richard is a healthy boy who Io'ves the outdoors, He likes animals, especially. his' pet, goat{ for which he, takes all responsibility. His favorite activitya.is itshutg.,. , ; Though Richard is sensitive and reserved, he can be spontaneous and 'outgoing when he feels comfortable, and he has a quiet sense of • humor. This lad very much needs parents who will give him warmth, encouragement and the feeling that he really belongs. To inquire about adopting Richard, please write to Today's Child, -Box' 888, Station-K,,Toronto . . . For general adoption information ask your Children's Aid Society. Rec�rd books read . y 'It is farm record book • analysis time again. Should you wish to have your completed , 1971 harm Rekord Book analyzed, it should be directed tci the . agricultural office in THE trEr.11 JOL 'FkLL4soPkk. JpE'S B.P Service Station • and Coffee Shop, 911 Hur._pg�Rd„ Godench • 524-6871 c1 _ ,'Clinton prior to February 15. However, they would appreciate having as many as possible turned 'in during early January. As before, the"ci�5lhtpleted farm record book will' not be leaving the office,-" therefore it will be available to you'at any . time. The checking of the book will be done by the local staff and a summary card forwarded to the computer at Guelph for analysis. ( -1t -takes -approximately --- sale day tQ .check each book and -do the transfers.)- "Your book may be brought to the office or mailed in," says D. S. Pullen, Agricultural. Representative for Hutt n' County. "If you are in the office, be sure to pick up a new record book - or we will ' mail °. ,you a 1972 record book upon request. . "If you would like assistance on the book ' while you work, please call for an appointment for any morning — 10 a.m. to 12 '� noon ;Monday to Friday in January;" he 'continued. "Every farmer ' in Huron County 'who has coinpleted an Ontario Farm Bo_ -'welcome to make use of this"no fee" analysis service." " a •Qt , 4 Ann L.ande rs . 1 Pay' your insurance.. DEAR -'ANN 'LANDERe'. I've enjoyed. your column for a long" Cane. Sometimes .you snake me mad;:but you'reusually right. , I. want - ,to , show my , appreciation °for .. the years' of leading • pleasure you' have given me by passing on a poem` that I think 'belongs in your column. I. don't know , who wrote it. -It, came acI ss my desk with no Signature. DO! -You Know This Man? He was a very calf ;tests person Who never romper,Nr played. He never laughed csr dreamed, Nor kissed a pretty, maid. ' So when he passed away,' they say Insurance was denied, For since, he never really lived They claimedhe'never died. ANN FANS DEAR 'FAN: Never mind if he lived. - Did he pay his insurance premiums? * * ,. DEAR ANN LANDERS: I am the mother of two beautiful teenage daughters. One is 5'10" • and the other 5'11". I„ am not,, saying this just because I am their mother. • Anyone- who knows my girls will tell you that they are breathtaking, but they are !so much taller than most or the boys in theirtroup that they don't get asked' out 'very often. What makes me mad is that the tall boys seem to go for the sawed-off .aunts.' Why ,.don'•i .,etre, ,, short irls date the.. short ,.bods. and leave the tall boys, for the' tall' girls?` ' SI 1 RonaId L. McDonald CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 39 St. David St., 524-6253 - -Goderich, Ontafro-- -, R. W. BELL. OPTOMETRIST The Square ' 524-7661 6 , -More-- power to you 1972!; in Make 1972 the year you remember as 'the time you started that h regular, month in, month out habit of regular savings. Money put 1 away from. each pay is the road' to security and independence. Star • saving today at Victoria and Grey'. VG The senior trust Company - devoted entirely to serving the people of Ontario. R14 aiid GREY TPUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 »• 9:0 to 5:00 Monday try -Thursday 9:01 to 6:00 Friday , Lepht4d . Hill, Tanager Elgin ,i nd Kingston Streets, Goderich 4 524.7381 laifidwitithaot , 145 ESSEX STREET .GDDERICH, ONTARIO A •shrimp looks peculiar'wifh a tall fellow. Why don't they see it? , I • was an art major and perhaps this explains .why I am especially sensitive to hayrmony and balance, Please tell the ;.t 11 boys' id Pass over the shorties and ' concentrat#rr r. on the • statuesque type The . will iisten''to YOU, n. -7M M DEAR MU : Do you think so? I don't., ' But here's your letter. .* * * DEAR ANN LANDERS: I ain terribly annoYed by the odd behavior of a close relative, This is what she does: Although she has an excellent floor atop (I bought it for her), she prefers to wrap a damp paper towel around an -old-and push the, .. -. around. ;Also . she •spy`"I les scouring pow''d X on her p.lms and cleans tile sink wi h her hands instead of a cloth which is right there. Why would a person do this sort of thing? Perhaps if I understood it I wouldn't be so irked.—S.C.I. DEAR S.: Why does this `botherYOU? It's heir broom, her hands and her stink. It will, also be her skin eruption•• if she develops a sensitivity to the scouring ' powder. Most of " the`; women who are doctoring with dermatologists are trying to get . rid of skin rashes caused by the t careless us&of .detergerfts. y 7-*„.,,-* * DEAR -.ANN L•AN:BI Iy..-_ mother=in-law 'baibysits' for 'our' 18 -month-old child . while ,my ' Available For. • , Large -or -Small Parties CONCERTS —• •BINGOS DANCES..— CONVENTIONS We Cater •Any Time or Place 3anquet Rooms for 25 to 400 Special Attention to Weddings PHONES 524-9371 arr'"9264•- * FRIGIDAIRE * INESTINGHOUSE * GIBSON * HOOVER ' Sales and Service JEWELL BROTHERS APPLIANCES & TV -LTD. The Square Goderich Now a good salary Opportunity -security for you in a business careEr 'Goderich Business College Clerical, Secretarial, Medical -Secretarial _ Courses 524-8521 Res. 524-8732 For FASHION RIGHT " SHOES , The Place To Go Is ROSS. SHOES The Square rt ' • Goderich Ess- DIESEL Pumps and Injectors Repaired For All Popular Makes Huron Fuel Injection Equipment Bayfietd,Rct,., C'IAn$on-482-7971 CHISHOLM FUELS Distributors For PRODUCTS HOME, FARM, INDUSTRY * Free , Burner Service * Furnace Financing. *' G`asalines & Diesel Fuels 5240-R7681 529-7524 For Pleasant Surroundin. and Goodood THE , GODERICH RESTAURANT STEAK HOUSE, asd TA VER!. k4 pJ husband and,,I work. We pay for her services. The problem is that , Grandma is too lenient and the boy tears her house apart. When 1 come to get -him ,after work my mother -in' -law' asks' me. to straighten up the place because "your child did it." It's not just putt ng things in order; It's an hou 's job at • least. You can't believe. what that kid does over there. , • I want to get another babysitter but my hus`fiand is' afraid of hurting his mother's feelings. I wish you'd - tell me,. what to do. I feel trapped. — X-ZAWSTED DEAR X.: Your; husband should consider wha- is ha opening,to his son. He, spends more"" time' with 'Grandma than with any other, person. And what goes on? Shelets him run loose and tear the house apart. You need to' engage another sitter at once — someone ' who will exercise some discipline. As for Grandma's feelings, don't worry. • She'll probably be relieved. 1=r GoI E4ICn' SIGNAL-STAR:THt .MYY Dt01040.1.30 9 1971,74 New Year's resolutions seem rather.•pointless, when one looks back over the, past year and realizes what a . mess one made of it. But trope springs eternal in the human beast (note to. ed. _•-, that's beast, not `breast), -and most ' of tj•ie time I feel as though I'm still animal, though 1 have a lot of calcium in the wrong places - not teeth, but elbows, knees and shoulders -, and there are moments when 1 feel pure vegetable, 'maybe a withered turnip. So here goes. - The very first thing I'm going to do in '72 is get my rake and lawn chairs out.of the backyard and --into- the basement. Provided I 'can find them under the snow, Same goes for my woodpile, • which has been sitting there, "drying out"., since August. The second thing I'll„ do is stop listening to my wife and ,make her start listening -to me. She is, eternally get- ting into jams because she • won't listen to'rne.because she never,, has because she .' thinks she knows more than 1 about practically apything you can name. And she is forevertetting me into jams 'because I. listen.. to' her be- cauteshe thinks etc. , , , '.That will clear a lot of the fug in our domestic air. I know: "You bink that's •A tike -a mouse braggi c t' • t he's going to , straigh en out an•, elephan't,-And it is. But it's also a fact that we mice have been•known to panic -a-` whole herd of elephants. Anyway, it'll be furl -trying. That old spirit of adventure, you lenow. Even if it does cost me a broken nose' oir a .couple of thick ears, Another thing I'm going to do is stop worrying. I'm a terrible worry wart. Some weeks 1 . worry a totalof twenty-seven minutes, aboat something I can't do a thing about. I'm going to cut that down to twenty- seve•n seconds, do it once a week, and get it over with, ...,.t.:.rn...g�irfg.t.ra.�ive-•=u��"1a, ev. nightls. They take a terrible toll on a fellow when he must work next day, No more of those. Except on exceptional . Cases, such as Friday and Saturday nights and anytime we go' to a 'party or have $ne. Or any- time I really feel like staying up, I'm going to put a 'stop to my daughter falling in love. This Will be one of the .trickier assignments. 1 just get nicely adjusted •to the fact that she's dee ly in love and settling down when 1~ get word that it's off with • the ° : e. with the ' new, and th'.time it's "real". In the past year she's aAXCMf HOW TO ,PAVE A CARL FROM OVE been in,love v,�,ith an English professor, an American (imagine!), student; twice engaged to the same guy, name of Joe; and is .cuarrent- .,.- ly head -over -heels with a • sculptor. How much does a struggling sculptor make? I 'don't really tcaYe, but I don't fancy 'the old idea that two ° . can live as cheaply as one, it l'rn paying the. bills. I don't o know what, technique I'll use to stop her, but I'll come', up with something fiendish that will guarantee her a long spinsterhood. I'm going back into the arms of the, church for a long-awaited (on her part) embrace. 1 ani steadily gt9.w nt : ; gT!,• sit ul•� u: like the rest of you, but it' time to start straightening. • the accounts. Well, that's enough to keep me going for the year. A nice mixture of physical and psychological problems, In closing, thanks to all . _ • ▪ those who have written dur- ing the year. • Forgive me if I haven't answered yet. Have a good year. And a -special wish to all those in trouble; Western • farmers, the unemployed, — the - old, the mentally 411. Keep your chin up./Things can only get better. And remember, somebody is thinking about yotl. Maybe Edgar Benson. won't,; but I • will. • • Y • Cards For All Occasions * Gifts * Books * Stationery Supplies lale Records 'ANDERSON'S BOOK CENTRE '33 East t, Goderich' GODERICH BUILDING -CENTRE • * 5248383 Cambria at Anglesea 40 iN .1, • • Things you should know- about... '4•'i 0;e YOUR NEW. COMBINED GOVERNMENT PLAN The: new "Ont�afio. Health.•1.nslur•ancre.4P4an will: provide -all the coverage - ,under boat OHSIP and Ontario Hospital Insurance. And it will do so premium than 'you now pay for the two separate plans., The nepremiums will bepayable in January, 1972, and. thereafter, to beginni. g on or after April sp 1972. These new premiums will be:. - now. available to. y..oul at a lower combined . cover benefit periods • $11.00 a month for a single person, and - • $22.00 a month for a family (2 or more eligible persons) REPLACES "OHSiP": ND "ONTARIO HOSPITAL INSURANCE"" The Ontario Health- Insurance; Plan will replace.the OH$IIP (medical) and 'Ontario Hospital Insurance plans as of next April 1, and you will then have Only: • _one plan _tadeal with; • one health insurance identification card; •'' + one health insurance number (your former Ontario Hospital Insurance number); • one combined premium to pay. If you now have Ontario Hospital lnsur nce,'-your changeover to the -new combined plan will be•automatia No,action, on your part isquired ;as the new plan; will bei based on the existing hospital insurance billing system'. FREE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (Alter 1 -year Residence in -Ontario) As of January' 1, 197.2 residents aged 66, -and over are . exenipi from ,paying Ontario Health Insurance premiums to cover themsely a-aod their eligible dependents. • To benefit ' from this exemption; insurance may be transferred to -the name of the older spouse if it is presently• in the name of a spouse under age rr Most residen,.:' aged. 65 years and over have already applied .for p =niium-free coverage, but if you ,have not done so, please write to the Plan giving your Ontario Hospital Insurance number, your OHSIP number, and month and year of birth. , Persons who tt1rn 65 after, January , 31, 1972, should applyattheti•meforfreecoverage, If you payyour premium on a direct basis, write,to the Plan for an application. if you.'pay through a group, advise your group. Prem- ium -free coverage will take effect on the f first day of the month iri which your 65th birthd y occurs. Any p'remiu'ms paid to cover -benefit periods bey>ad that date will be refunded, IPREMIUM.ASSISTANCE (After 1 -year Residence in Ontario) • Effective' with the b'en,efit month of April,,19.72, ihdividuals and families with no taxable .income for the. year 1972, are efig•ible, 60 -application, #or 1-©4%,Ontar-i .Govor rnent• prem- iuni assistance. Individuals with less than $1,000 taxable income in 1972; end tag., Ings vvith total taxable„ income of under $2,000 are eligible •or 50% premium assistance. This will reduce the monthly premiums to $5.50 for such individuals .(instead of 51 1,00) and to S11.00 for an eligible family (instead' of $22.00).1 Taxable income is the amount on which a person pays income axes, after subtracting from his total income all `exemptions and ether deductions"fo which he is entitled. - Note; I you remit your premiums on a.direct-basis, details ion Prerr)ium Assistance will be mailed with your next Premium Notice. Residents enrolled i>ft groups will be informed through their groups. NEW IDENTIFICATION CARDS The Plan will provide each insured single person and each insured head of a family, with a new Ontario Health Insurance Identification Card to use for insured services received on or after April 1. Anyone who has not received his or her card by that date should use the current Hospital Insurance Certificate). after April 1, 4972; for medical and hospital services until the.new c'aftl is received. Your present OHSIP card should be used when claiming for medical and practitioner services received up to March 31, 1972. 11, 'IMPORTANT .. As the present Onth io Hospital Insurance numbers and billing system will fort fhe basis of the new plan, anyone who does not now have hospital irsurarrbe ooverage should register without delay, . Applications are available iri banks and hospitals and from offices of the Ontario Health fnsurance'Plan, BE SURE YOU ARE COVERED NEXT APRIL. 1st! ;a ti w'i'"'d5la`i�• ,Xf1#'h'�•,?•t;ii`.�.+ '�i�R' .�,� � E � �'''� L .1..,t. �� az�5.t'a6"4.�e+kl?�x•:7iEi,,�,�,��.-'{'e�Mdr�'�,+�k.1F%�33�`'.J+-�.M-ne�s�.=.�4x;,Av. k " 219 Yonge Street, Torok 295, opt, m