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Pedal for cancer
t is difficult to believe that a full.
year has lone by now and it is'
time again for the bike-a-tho`n in aid of
the cancer drive. But it is true .. , . and
the ladies of Goderiph •and district
are once more invited to pedal for
projress in the field of cancer
research.
it is unlikely that, anyone. has not
heard of. cancer, the 'lumber two
killer iritoday'lworld. Most families
.have been touched insomeway by the
disease.
April is Cancer Month,. Right now
-the campaign -is -onto raise the money,
to continue the research ,which will
one day find -the . cure " for the
mysterious and stubborn malady, a
scourge of our times. (When the
canvasser Galls at your home, please
give generously.).- •
The GoderichBranch.of the Cancer
Society is, planning a bike ,a -thou;
Original date had been set, for -April
SO, but du,eto the backward spring ante
the reluctance of many•womeh to ride
when the• weather is, still cool and
uncertain, the ride has.been moved on,
to mid -Mayor early JuneIt is hoped
the Cyclists themselves will set the
date by mutual consent. '
Peter's Parish Council accepts new -
ons'. _ ion • name youthr
Main concern right now, of°course A b w e ; f. .1 /
is to I I ne up the women for the ride. AiThe regular monthl y meeting of econded that the ylat ', its set an I als z had copies of the tni Utes
is imperative that as many riders as ,St. Pi ten's Parish 'Council out be adopted and become ,the for the perlrsal of • the Board
'possible would indicate :their ' Advisory Board was held on Constitution of the Board. • members. They requested that
intentions to participate in the bike -a- Monday evening, Aril 10 iri the Since our last- meeting John the name of the r'epr'esentative of
Farish Hall. the Youth G roup who would attend
thou to either Mrs. Ginger Shortreed Buchanan,, chairman, attended a
9 Father R. Moynah ij opened the meeting` of the Huron Perth these' meetu gs in the future be
at 524-9992 or Mrs. Anita Swartman meeting with prayer, after which Deanery in Stratford on Sunday, subrnitted.This was tobevoted on
at 524-9691. Mrs. Gerry Stimson read the March 19, which was well ata meeting of the Youth Group.
Also of importance is •
, for 'the m mutes .of the last meeting. atterlded. 4 Who in tarp were to advise the
Copies of the bylaws as set up had secretary, so this inf'•ornotion
riders to find their s onsors for the Ile resented a brief outline of
�p been forwarded to each member, •� p -, could be •supplied.'
event. Hope is, of course, that many, and a motion was made and the matters wtrich wet a discussed '°
Following this request the
many people will support the bike -a- Youth' Group elected Peter.
thon`inaddition togiving adonation to ''' c
Dykstra to be their
the canvasser at the ,door, trans p Ort IJepartiient_.-,epresentative, along with John
:We -wotll-i a each ofthe67,h Buchanan who is. the other
g ofte .-
riders in last year' bike -Ohm to a _representative,
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Mr. $uchanan stated he had
, accept our chatlen --to ride in the orders a' ' cu ficin taken on himself to invite the
1972 bike -a -thou,- to work to secure ° �• takenDeapit Council to come to
more pledges for her ride than- in u ' Goderich for 'the next meeting
1971 and to bring -a friend along on the hat kind of enthusiasm would G4 » p • /°^fir which will be in May. Exactdate is
ride. _; 11 'V e�11 e l e to bedecided on lat ri, • and
"Bell" Q
members will be ed at that
easily assure us of instant success -The Ministry of Transport has
and our donation of $2,300' last year Placed an order for the second
production model of the 25 -ton
could be ..sur,pa,ssed w IthA4lt ._ UCS1..,. „ pay1Qad�air cushion vehicle known
difficulty. • as ,the "Voyageur"' -Transport
It depend s "upon you ...., and . your " Minister Don Jamieson
desire to see cancer beaten. Why not announced today,''
call Ginger or An i to today? You'll be • ,The vehicle, scheduled for
delivery this Spring and costing
glad you did. $1,114,400, istq be assigned to a
° variety of special tasks in areas
ranging from the Great Lakes to
remote Northwestern Canada. ,
The development of this new
,_,type of. air cushion vehicle is a
joint venture ' •between the
Department of Industry, Trade
and Commerce and Bell
Aerospace of Canada at Grand
bend under the aegis of the
4., ,Program for Advacement of
Industrial Technology for .the'
'• development of new technology` in
:Canada. The work 'between MOT
o and Industry, Trade and..
Cotnmerce' is an excellent
example of interdepartmental
cooperation. The„ Canadian
-Governtnent._inuestment in, the
industry. through PAIT; affirined
by this Transport Ministry •
purchase. is also antxpression of
• the Ministry's leadership in a new
'--t. .nsportataen tee-hnalegy as well
as an expression of Government
confidence: in a new- major
Canadian manufactured vehicle.
The first craft produced is
equipped with 'two' etteral
Electric LM100 engine's, made its,
• first flight last November and is
at present' undergoing its ,W
Government certificaition at
Toronto Island:The.sQ;c:and.e-raft---- -
---i-nfa*----to di-es�- wierfeff: is the basic production
model. is equipped with the Twin,
Pac ST6 , United Aircraft ' of
Canada engine's is due to roll ofit
at the end of this month. This is'
the :. first ' A,CV specifically
designed• for the Aretir
Environment, although • it is
possible to provide. Surely that is pleasant to talk tQ. suitabfe for use in all climatic
not too much to ask. . . .I understand now that April 30 conditions. • The Voyageur is
Operated initially by the
Northern Transportation
C ompanyLimited, under contract
with the Transportation
Development Agency of the
Ministry of Transport, the •craft
will be operated .in -roles which
will include maintenance of aids
to navigation. It will also.'ie used,
for logistical re -supply in the
,Arctic, and for search and rescue
operations, freighting roles in
special areas and—various, tasks
for other government
departments.
The craft will also be available
on a Commercial basis for limited
periods t� demonstrate this new,
technology to' the petroleum
industry -in resource development
schemes. After one year; this
particular model of the Voyageur
will replace some of the older
conventional surface vessel`s in
the', western Arctic- with th,e
Canadian Coast Guard. -
liell Aerospace of Canada
manufactured the Voyageur at its
plant at Grand Bend, Ontario. The
Voyageur combines the proven
technology of previous air
cushion 'vehicles with several-,
innovative concepts in craft
time.
Mrs. Dan Murphy, chaiminan of
the Spiritual Committee, had
several matters to report and
after some discussion she ,was.
• given authority to 'proceed witli
the, sugglstions'put forth. ' •
Pete McCauley for the
Temporal Committee was unable.,
to be present, but' sent
information thatthe carpet should
be laid the week ending April 29'.
Eileen O'Brien on behalf of the
EntertainmentCommittee
reported that the euchre which we
had planned, had been put on by the
Youth Group and proved very ,
successful: It was hoped they.
would have another• one soon,
Peter Dykstra, reporting for
the Youth Group was pleased with
their activities, having held a St,
Patrick's Daydance and a card
party. Youth 1 allyis coming up on
May 7, to which several other
outside, parishes are being
invited
Reports were also given by Pat
Osborne and MVirs. Stimson read a
written report from • Connie
Osborne for' the Steering.
Committee, which appeared to be
Woman to Woman
With Shirley 1. Keller
The day is Thursday—and I'•ve
just put down The );onion Free
Press with its lead story about
cast-off babies. The story . was
datelined Stratford and dealt with
three married couples in the past
year in that city who have refused
to take their newborn infants
home from the hospital.
The local director of the, Perth
ounly ,Children Aid S•
C.R. Taylor had a great deal to
say about such- happenings....and
one statement, according to the
Free Press, vias that people do.
"not Lok, upon family life as we
did a fe'w years ago."
Taylor ,said that marriage is
undertaken by people who have no
idea of making the relationship
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may say the parents may have
been •caught. irr an - unwanted
pregnancy; which because of the
tight abortion laws. was
impossible to terminate before
the child was well on,the way.' And
all that may be true.
I still'Ynaintain. however, there
is something cruel and horribly
callous about a `society whTall ambitions of more and more
the list of cyclists has not grown
very'rnrrch for :the•bike-a-than in
aid of the cancer drive._ ..and l am
surprised to say the least..
After'the enthusiasm Which was
• generated last year by the women
of this community, surely •the
• spring-like weather this weekwill
'serve to stir up the outdoor
Date to be announced later.
The next me•e i,ng of the
Advisory Board will, be held or
Monday, 'May 8. •
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design and manufacture. The doing a -__good job. A successful_
development of the • Voyageur apple sale was held by the Cubs.,places Canada among .the. leaders. A general meeting of the Parish
in air cus)iion vehicle Council will be held latein June,
manufacture, and high hopes are at which time election of officers
being expressed for -the- export will take place, to fill vacancies
l;otential,6f the draft. by members retiring this .year.
cast aside. by their married • To'get in the. ride, just
parents' Surely parents should telephone Mrs. Ginger Shortreed
have to face up to the. nasty at • 524-9992 or Mrs, Anita
business of placing the child for Swartman at 524-9691.Either of
adoption and Making. absolutely, the girls will have 'all the
certain the infant has as good a ,information you will need...and
start in life as it is humanly you will find either, of them
permanent: ,Tf' is a kind -Of ural The worfd is in a sorry state has-been-judgetralittl early in basrca`JIy a self-propelled cargo
deck which rides on a cushion of
air. It is thus able to traverse
water', land, snow, ice or marshy.
areas. The overall dimensions of
-the craft are 65 feet by 36 feet. and,.
the craft is unique in that it is
based on a simple flat bed
configuration° of modular units'
that permit it to be transported by
air in the C130 freighter in three
loads, and by rail, road or sea.
themselves will have a gL eat -dem V0yageuritras a maximum
thing which, if it doesn't work out.
can be resolved- either through
divorce or legal separation or
just plain desertion, young
moderns tend to' believe.
• The story went on to quote a
minister from St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church in Stratford
, who has taken the -to death do us
`part" vow from the :marriage •
ceremony. That,particul.ar pastor The statistic in that story which
felt it was "sacrilege" to have frighteneeme-the most -was that
young couples promise that when there are 150,000 children in
they have "no intention of making Ontario now cared for daily ,by
married life.permanent". persons other than their parents.
I made one vain attempt to get in, .I suppose in a province the size of
touch with some of the local Ontario,• that number isn't too
'pastors .contenting this point. high but somehow I would have
Apparently our Men of the Cloth estimated •it much lower.
are so busy with their work, they - Forme, it becomes even more
have little time left' over to ' alar ming When! realize I am one
answer the telephone or the silly of the Mothers'spoken about—and
questions" of some lady editor. -my youngest child- is one of the
For that -reason I Dam not at all statistics.
certain wh local ministers are There are advantages:- and
doing abo t their marriage disadvantages to being a working
ceremonies lately. mother as all' working mothers
But there is little doubt about it will admit. And as far as society
thatmarriage is taken much more is concerned, the' cash, against
lightly now than it was when I was working mothers isn't • all
married—especially among_ negative. Society does get some
younger fellows and gals who havg veryreal benefit from a strong
been raised - by parents with force of working mothers.
when married people think so the year for some women to ride.
little-� of life and the their bicycles 10 -miles.. Last
responsibilities that go with. it. • year, if you will 'remember, we
that they can abandon:a child went early in June. The sun was
without even asking its `sex or warmer' a n d the ride w as
looking first to see if it is whole enjoyable...but the traffic was
and healthy_ .. heavier than it would have been
.earlier in the season. ' , ,
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A definite date, therefore, has
not been decided upon. It would'
appear. that the cyclists
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to say about that. over -Water speed of 50 MPH with
By the way, the l;xeter ladies , a nominal payload capacity of 2i1
will be riding for cancer April 30. ' tons, plus five'tons of fuel with a
It will be interesting to note how -trade-off potential ,between the
well they do...and maybe we can, two. .
top their efforts again this yeas.
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At the beginning of this
discourse, I talked about a very
recent and modern problem—the
deterioration of the home in
Ontario. Of course, that's juse
offthe headaches of our tip
It is amazing when you think of
it, the dumber of things your
children do not know about that
you 'can 'remember quite .well—
common things such as coal, for
instance. Would you believe that
loosening standards. But whether or not working last week my youngest child went
Ido not propose to quarrel with mother s , a s ' a whole , • are for a walk with a -friend and
the values in today's society. It , contributingto the decline in brought home a bag of coal as a
does nothinggmore than to gain for family life in this% province- curiosity item from the outing? -
me a host of had friends/ indeed across' the world -1
1 admit that life has gone -on for wouldn't heprepared to say.
centuries despite" predictions of There„ may be very , strong
disaster and doom. Anyone. would " evidence to point to the fact that
be afoot to deny that: And frankly, working mothers are a curse to
ft is oche right of every human to the continued ..solidarity of
live as he or she sees fit ---when . homelife....and what's more, 1
there's no One being harmed but would doubt there is a working
or.her, - mother who will read this column
' l 'ut.i ham ea different attitude who could not attest to the fact that
aboutit—and.1 think society as a in some way, no matter how
whole has a• different attitude remote, her family suffers
ab utft -When It affects children. because she'is working. Well, there are more signs df
There is'. something grossly . 1 suppose ,when you multiply times...and°1 picked up a few
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offensive about the fact that those individual problems by the from the column of a friend, Bill
,parent• lift any society can cast
number ofworking mothers, you* flatten, editor ' at the Exeter
aside . neWbnrn infant without come up with quite a mess of ,r Times Advocate.'
even -so Much as a glance in Its • headaches which could easily r"uin Here'sBill's list of signs of aux
direction.. Anima;, won't do ..the home environment in a'large
modern times:
that—and ir is'Impossible ,.'to" •section of the province, m here ate some signs of our
understand how humans with their What's the answer' Are there moiletn times;
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such aunt incredulous nclion. Over the'hox office of a small.
Yin may say that those babies + '1'"
were better off aiddpti ve homes Moyle theater: First run—if.you
haven't seen it.
with parefts w►hO would . love The local .gancer Society �s
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There are other things: Like
the reservoir an the back of the
woodcock stove whin used to sit
in xhe kitchen...and the warming
oven where you'stored your plates
and which made such an ideal
place to let your bread dough
rise...and ttie.aahes to cut the i'ce
on yronr driveway ,in the
winter...to mention only a very
few.
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