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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-03-16, Page 4• I N,l ,L" TAR,. THURS1 . Y. MARCU 1,6,1972 To.r.FrK:,,,•'$4.1r.t'+t.v.*sprootfo?....;........,,:arXarm.s-aenrnYrsaxsrnw. +cart:-c.,«rm•q.,+aF•,;.,...,,.,.««» axrr,,.,...•,.t+.emx`-wnr."-;, 1 wish that I were young again. with all my songs unsung again, " and - all my dreams far-flung again—I wonder what-I'd,do? Nick Kenny--wherey,,er he may be, writes a little poem that just has to set you thinking. 1'1'here are many things I would do again—if given the choice—for one thing I Would want to marry and`have my children while 1 was still young enough to understand them and grow up with•them—and believe it or not it, with pride • the' .grandchildren brag 'about their 'kooky'' grandmother. Speaking of songs unsung—that was'actually a. drawback as I was too shyand inexperienced to go ahead with making my dreams come true—anyhow, the dreams of that time were not' really't •formulated. So being young again—without 'some of the things I know now— , could be just _as frustrating again—wishing and getting nowhere. I wish that.' could see again the world all wide and free again— and things that used- to be again when life and love were new. When 1 was young the world was wide and free and waiting for me to' make a million discoveries- discoveries you didnt read' about in books. I was a dreamer, all right, Blit took notice ,of things around me, hada real healthy curiosity and had to know. 'why' and what made things go—and where. Through the woods I loved to hike olid linger'where the world was like—a story -book. A few stones placed ina brook could make a miniature Niagara Falls which I had 'only read about at that ^ time. I could create mountains and valleys. divert -shams • to Make tieautifia miniature rivers and there'was no end'of the/flings YOU could do on a lazy afternoon all byyourself. Thewarm sun and the hum• of the bees brought peace that you never again find unless you have brains eiiougli' fo take- offand find such a spot again. far away from the cares and worries' of today. beside a brook (where you now have to kick at the tin cans and garbage and fight the flies to just have that few minutes to yourself). These spots beside the bahhling brook are•• becoming fewer each year and .the hypertension grows greater each year and you are amef g the many who die young— 'but don't want to'. 1 wish that I could know again the paths of long ago again. ,with younglove all aglow again -7,1 wonder what I'd do? ' Well. I know now that I'd have a , heck 'of a lot more fun than I did . then, and young love is a precious thing, that the kids of today are missing. 'Young' love doesn't go too far—It isn't allowed to build up at the first:secret meeting, Girls at that time, knew very little about sex. The "Pill was unknown those days—where teenagers- so man regularly—and nonchalantly. It's 'a very different word now— love-1 don't think I would. want that kind of love since it is too. crude -there are no tender memori s these days—nothing to look ban on. Well, ' 'how did L get on that subject—better drop it . fast before I say too much! . Here's' another little dig. 1 • heard a funny thing at 'a meeting recently -somebody praising a a friend' • 'Guess that's what life -is all about. This is the season,for• sleet and freezing- rain and we have had a good. sample -of it to date. It appears to me that the children -are now being taught or .encouraged to step out boldly when they, want '-to cross the' street, because the car , driver 'wouldn't dare hit them and they get a great thrill—putof the contortions of the car 'and its driver trying to avoid them. In my -way of thinking this is not the rightoattitude.for these little ones to have. They just stare you in the eye and_ step right ouf—and with the icy conditions you are really in trouble -but .not that brat—he- just dares you to ,hit him—and they glare at you when you almost do it. A driver must a have - his car under control at --all times: . I understand, but I- also feel if the parents have no control sayer their children, the teaehers should try to make, these dare devils ,understa,nd that a car cannot always stop without sliding into hem and if they are ever hit .bV a car they' will pay for it the rest of their lives -if they li •e. ' . '.The (ART day .,1 bald very easily• have hit , a couple of young t"ers who saw me making a turn .4rnd stepped out quickly to force rite to stop. Luckily I hit a hare patch of pav'emerit in time 'and they ambled, on their way. untouched—but 1 'was really'' shaken—and when I spoketo them later I felt like knocking their, heads- together. This is not the a first time for me that kids have deliberately walked out in front of •fne; with defiance, in their eves. Knowing their ways lam always on the alert, but "some day they ° -may not be so lucky and my car may not be ,able to stop on `-Command. Teachers --parents— ". can't you talk to them and. snake them' understand :their luck' ni v.._. some day,run out.' How many of vouread the letter in last week's paper by one of the Advisory Committee for a larger workshop for retarded adults'' It is hard to understand why one ,says' at.onetime that larger facilities are badly needed. then later says they are quite adequate. This has been the way some of the people involved have contradicted themselves ' and ,throw:n.a monkey wreneh'into the a_ ps yeof planning and hard work by a 'few viedfcated people The general feeling is that' better and 'larger. facilities are badly' needed and your moral facilities are .badly needed to .bring this about. '.4onday. March 20 the meeting is open to all of you at Queen Elizabeth school. 8 p.m.—Caledonia Terrace at North Street.. Please come out. Don't forget tonite-Thursday ,March 16, the card and' fun party at the Legion Hall•. spopsored by the Sunset Circle. of them --are taking them If youmissed the organ _recital by Paul Baker last Sunday at St. George's church, make a note on your calendar to .catch the next two. You will• he glad that you could•spertd such a relaxing and pleasant hour right "here in Goderich. . This Saturday at Knox Church' Hall the ' Arthur Circle Bake Sale -1:30 p.m. • Martha Clinton horse wouldn't die, wi1F to live saved ., execution by mob Late last Thursday afternoon a Clydesdale horse owned by John F. Dale,'}luron Rd last fell into a snow-covered ditch, , After -a three-hour struggle by the horse and horselovers had failed to free the animal, permission was grantefl to put the horse to sleep. . While the men laboured to clear' snow from'the'ard to get heavier equipment-tht'otrgh, Mrs. - John Baker returned to the sceneof the acodent and found the animal still fifiirtittg to survive and had Mah rj ed to turn itself around- in - ihe snout.- ice and water. 'the. .a:ninittl's great determination to live • changed Mrs. Baker's decision to put it to sleep: Equipment provicded by the Elgin Nott family, the Sinith family, and Bill Holland, all of R.R. 4 Clinton, finally rescued the horse which then walked some distanc6. fo the barn, Others Who took an active part in the rescue were Bob Patrick and Jack Patrick and Jack'Baker who were first 'on the scene, Andrew Veenstra and Dr. Turnbull. The. aged, Clydesdale who wouldn't gie in toperish is reported to ' be in „ excellent condition. e�1 9 ,4 Mrs. Friedel Nanz and Raymond Scotchmer, under who's direction the improver'nent projects at a Huron County Museum are being conducted; move some of the nature exhibits to make way for redecorating one of the museum rooms. 'The'projectis being financed by an Ontario Government Incentives program through the Property, Planning and Developments Committees of the Huron County'Council.—staff photo More mosey for e1emeofar school french classes Thomas L. Wells. Minister of Education, has' announced the release of the General Legislative Grant sand Apportionment Regulations for 1972. These Regulations provide the formula for the calculation..of grants to School Boards which operate elementary and secondary schools within the Provincial education system.'and also- 'set„ -out the method - of apportioning a' board's l'ocal tax requirement -among, the municipalities .supporting that board. • - T,he_ KApis te.r, rem in_c ed trustees that this is the finarfear that school boards "will he authorized .to spend even limited amounts beyond the Departmental ceilizgs.:tit beards must adhere ,to the arigounced ceilings ' ,in preparing -their. 1973 budg.ets.. •.: • Mr. Wells said he expects that a significant g cant number of municipalities , will enjoy a decrease in their education',m111 rates and that many others will, have fhe same mill rate as in I971. ' He said that the decreases, will result from a- combination of increased Provincial grant support and the pe.rtpupi,l 4m expenditure ceilings announced by the Department in November. At that time. the ceilifri's were 4 established for a two -veal• Period which, Mr. Wells said, will enable boards to. undertake'better 'long range budget planirrng.. In announcing the• grants. the Minister summarized 'a number of1 mportant features o; the ne Re-.. gul:t?tions as f illows:- ai .1 25 per. ent incre'ast in, grants for Fr ch'instruction ( 1 pupils in.Kinde •garten t.o•Gr.ud.e.8: - C{FARI G AUCTIO SALE 'OF MODERN FARM MACHINERY, FEED AND HOUSEHOLD 'EFFECTS , will be held for CLARRNE=-.NICOL CSON. RR 3 Ripley, Lot 16, 9n the Fifteenth Sideroad of Huron Township, 234 miles north of Ripley on County Road 15 and 214 miles south of No. 9. THUR.S.., MARCH 2 3 at 1:00 p.m. MACHINERY:1970 f=ord Diesel tractor 1124 model .4 wheel-, driveSuperSix with cab in new condition; 5200 Ford Diesel tractor, 1 yr.'bld in new condition; Ford Major Diesel tractor; Cockshutt 550, Industrial tractor with loader; 5 furrow SWedish semi mounted plow; 2 yr. old 56 plate Cockshutt wheel • disc; John Deere four row corn planter,,like new; 12' set of s-and1-sefof-iliarnorrd harrows; 14 ft. Turnco land packer; 1 •220 gal. Continental spr . r with new pump, 65 gal. per minute capacity; 1.600 . • .`pr sure sprayer; 21 ft. land Leveller on wheels; 1-12' pos - , uger; 1-14 ft. landfloat; 1-6 mos. old.315.bu. New Ide•” = ure'Spreader; 1000 gal, capacity Liquid Manure' Spreader; 33 ft. -8" grain auger on wheels; 1 Turnco fert. box, 8 ton capacity'with hydraulic auger unloader,; 2-8 tort Tornen wagons; 1-3 point hitch scraper 60" wide; 1965 G.M.C. '/z tbn pickup truck; 1 1 dumpbox with dual wheels and P.T.O. hoist; 1-8 ft. snow blower; 2-20' Star Line silo unloaders in silo; 1-24' Star Line silo unloader in silo; 2 Fill -Rite silo distributors with pipes; 1 Even -F lo silo distributors with pipes; electric -cattle clippers; Shell cattle oiler; incinerator; cement mixer; 1971 Snowmobile Arctic Cat 340 Lynx. FEED: 7,000 bales of Iiay; 2,000 bales of straw . HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: Schubert piano and bench, . smal l apartment size, excellent condition; desk and chair; filing -cabinet, like new; 30,inch Gibson electric stove; 22 cu. ft. Belwood deep freezer; 161/2 cu. ft, WestingI ouse fridge, like new; Kelvinator automatic'washer and automatic dryer, like new; brown leather recliner chair with heater' and vibrator. -W-TERMS CASH— Real Estate for Carl E. Nicholson, consisting of 200 acre Beef Farm, Lot 17 and the northerly one third of Lot 18, both on the 12th Con., Huron Twp. This farm consists of good land, partly drained, Targe beef barn, cement barn yard, new,deep well pump. Brick house with furnace, bath and built-in cupboards. Property will be sold approximately at 3:30 o'clock. Subjectto reserve bid. " Terms on'Ai'operty 10 percent cash day of sale, balance in 30 days. ' Owner or auctioneers not responsible for any "accidents or injuries on property daygof sale. Clarence Nicholson, Prop. Auctioneers: Grant McDonald, Ripley phone 6395-533 Wallace BaI lagh, Teeswater Phone 392.6170 b) A. revised and simplified method of calculating a municipall,tv'.s share of the school budget, based solely on provincial equalized as"sessment.' c A subsidy provision, to u1',otect ra'tepaye-rs, in a municipality :from.. mill rate increases of more than, z' a mill on equalized assessment. An opportunity for hoards which • have not vet completed their programs to achieve . ''qua1it,y •o1'' e(du•cational 01)1)0rhmity throughout their jurisdictions to ,make further progress inrisr a:t h 'Mr. Wells:, inclicafed '-that hid • considei•s•the new Regulations to be fair and equitable and, while . requiring further belt tightening' on the part of some hoards; would enable -t'd:-provide--a. all satisfactory. level of service-•° REOPENING SALE CONTINUES SQUIRE GIFTS GODERIC'a ark Albert Mr. and Mrs. Elton Draper visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Fritzley of Burford over the weekend. Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hoy were Cpl.. and Mrs. Clarence Hoy, Ronnie and er...A..:.sAM4,4 K"„^..'. Gary of Bagotvill-e. Quebec', also A.B.S.Ca. Tina. Hayof$S Saguenay, Halifax. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Vandeburgh returned honl.e from Florida last week. - - When You Shop S�y'... SAW IT IN THE S NAL. GODERICH FROSTED FOODS 65 HAMILTON STREET BABY BEE -F. LIVER FRESH ST. IFAW(ENCE-25 oz., CORN OIL • LIGHT BULBS 2/-. 4 9 SUPREME -16 .oz. 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