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About this time < every summer, the
Signal -Star gets some reports of
Goderich residents who are not obser-
ving the watering restrictions imposed in
..the municipality for the benefit of all.
There's always that small percentage
f ' people who just can't keep rules.
Some persons insist upon circumventing
the regulations whenever possible and
most can justify their actions with one or
more excuses which seem valid unless
one listens with Ole trained ear of a law
enforcement ?offic r.
According -to Police Chief Pat King,
about 30 persons in Goderich have been
warned since the watering restrictions
were put on. The -warning always comes
first, says Chief King. No one is charged
upon a first visit for watering at illegal
hours.
No charges have been laid solar this
summer, which indicates that warnings
seem to be sufficient for most people.
Persons who are charged, of course,'will
pay a fine of not less than $5 and not
more than $20 for' the first offence' and
not less than $10 and not more than $20
for a second offence. As well, the guilty -
party's water supply will be shut off and,
will not be turned on again until a recon-
nection charge of $2 is paid to the
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Public Utilities Commission.
Chief King claims that what most
people fail to understand is thatonly
three hours in any given day may be
used for watering lawns, gardens and
plants. Monday through Saturday (Zone
1, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday;
Zone 2, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday) 'citizens may only water between
the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. On Sun-
day, watering may be carried out
anywhere in town ... but only between
the hours of. 8 am. and -11- am,'
There areother rules which are even
fe;as_:doinmonl-y known by the people of
Goderich, according .to Police Chief
King
.,
Grocery prima have hit the
headlines again this week.
Daily newspapers from all over
are writing detailed,.,..",stories
about the price of meat in par-
ticular and everything in
general at the supermarket.
Not to be outdone, the
Signal -Star made a few
telephone calls oil- Tuesday
morning to find out what the
local butchers and grocery
retailers were finding to be the
case.
The word was generally the
same. People are not happy
about the higher prices .... but
they continue to buy, buy, buy.
In a recent copy of . The
United Church Observer, I
came across a small item which
reported that even in Biblical
days people had problems with
high food prices, meat in par-
ticular.
I thought in the face of the
crisis many citizens are facing
now in their grocery budgets,
these little Bible quotes might
add a measure of merriment.
In Hebrews 12:16, for in-
stance, we read that " for
one morsel of meat (Esau) sold
his birthright."
In Numbers 11:4 it say*,
"The people of Israel wept.
again and said, 'Oh that we
had rneat to eat!'
The psalmist wrote -in Psalms
42:3, "My tears have been my
meat, day and night."
And, for the folks whose pay
checks just aren't 'stretching to
all the responsibilities, they.
will identify with the writer in
Haggai 1:6 who ._wrote: "He
who earns wages, earns wages
to eut them into a bag with
oles."
Several retailers to whom I
spoke this week termed the
"meat- price situation
ridiculous". None was really
illing to predict when the
rices would come down again
although onefelt prices would
soon level off - though high -
probably by this weekend. -
In the meantime, housewives
who are feeding a family of
' four or more are having a
rough time making , ends. meet.
nd - a,lthough• ' • some
ublications�'are attempting to
rovide ideas for ways - and
eans to cut down the cost of
ving where food is concerned,
1 fall a little short. It is very.
fficult to make something out
of nothing .... and nothing is
about all some people claim to
be able to really afford these
days.
A Canadian Press story
which appeared in the London
Free" Press on Saturday
couldn't even give much help to
housewives although the
heading was most encouraging.
t read: "Rural housewives cut
food costs by ' spending more
time in kitchen".
However, upon digesting the
story one quickly discovers one
of the biggest reasons for the
lower grocery bills is the fact
that much of their .food is
homegrown beef, pork, fowl,
eggs, milk and dairy products,
vegetables, fruit. They maysT
less money at the gid
s ore and more -time in the it
then, but they have an edge
that urban homemakers just
don't have .... and few will
argue with that.
The article does talk about
eking homemade bread and
nning and freezing vegetables
d fruit, but these things have
en well-known economy'
ves for years and years ...
d many, many local
usewives already are ex-
rienced in these departments.
But the main questions seem
be: How do you feed a
ngry family evert more
nomically when you are
eady using all the tricks of
trade to keep costs down?
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For instance, the inside, diameter ofa d
garden hose may not exceed one-half
inch.
What's more, when a fires siren is soun-
ded in town anyone who is watering at
the time must immediately shut the
sprinkler system off. The bylaw also
stipulates that the fire department will
sound two short blasts of the siren when
the danger is past to,signaf homeowners
it is safe to turn on their sprinklers once
more ..:. providing there's still watering
time left.
In Goderich, this is the law.
$20,000 husekeeper
Montreal economist Dian 'Cohen
figures Canadian housewives work an
average 99.6 -hour week putting them
into the $20,000 -a -year bracket.
In these days of rampant women's lib
, it's comforting for women to know their
own worth --even if they- aren't paid!
Using a U. 'S. study, but current
Canadian wage rates, Ms. Cohen
calculates the basic weekly hoUsewife's
income at $204.24 for such diverse ser-
vices as nursemaid, dietitian, food buyer,
cook, dishwasher, housekeeper, etc.
Add to this such intangibles as sexual
activities, 'executive talent juggling a
dozen jobs simultaneously, community
involvement, entertaining her husband's'
business pals --and her salary soars into
the $20,000 sphere.
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Housewives' labours - have not yet
been dignified by Statistics Canada.
Nobody bothers to measure it or add it
into our gross national product.
But stay-at-home women, waging the
unceasing• battle on the family front, are
getting definitely defensive when asked-
-"do, you work?"
Darn right she works!
Next beleaguered housewife asked
this fatuous question should take a deep
breath and hit back with this:
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ca
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be
mo
an
"I'm a short order cook, same-day- ho
laundry, purchasing agent, ohild care Pe
worker, continuous cleaning service, to
maintenance, and home management hu
centre, 24-hour counselling centre, child eco
bearer, garderner, chauffeur, gourmet air
cook --and cost accountant!" the
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There don't seem to be many
good answers to this. There
comes a time when it is simply
impossible- to stay within a
--b[ dget -"Thiele comes a" `iime
when one must spend more .,,,
and that.probably explains why
people show up in the stores,
shrug off the prices and dig a.,
little deeper • to meet the extra
expense.
* *
The Signal:Star has several
new features and faces to in-
troduce to readers this week,
anil it is to be hoped that per-
sons who enjoy this newspaper
will offer comments upon them.
The first addition about
which we are particularly ex-
cited is a new boating safety
column written by Skipper
Walter Dee. Skipper bee is in-
terested in boat safety and
Goderich, and . has offered to
write the weekly column on a
DEAR READERS.
trial basis to determine. its ef-
fect locally.
In a town like Goderich
where boating is popular
because one of the world's
greatest waterways is so easily
accessible, we felt a boating
column Was long overdue.
Skipper Dee is anxious to an-
swer your boating questions
and the SignalStar will hap -
pity pass them along to him if,
only you'll ask:
Two new writers, to the
Goderich area. have been added
to the church page this week.
The first is Gwyn Whilsmith;
an Exeter lady who is no
stranger to local church ladies.
Mrs. Whilsmith's family is just
about grown now and she is en-
deavouring to become ,a colum-
nist for, as she puts it, she
believes there is a renewed in-
terest in Christianity
hereabouts.
We think you'll find Mrs.
Whilsmith's column just light
enough to be entertaining and
just thoughtful enough to be
Skirlei J. ktIIir
challenging, Let us know t hour
you like it.
The second new Writer to be
introduced this week on the
.church page t� Misa Elaine
Townshend. Miss - Towns
hand
is an areagirl who is studying
writing at Conestoga College.
Her teachersbelieve her to be a
promising writer and we agreed
to give her talent a "showcase"
for some special features she
has been preparing about the
district.
Also' this week, we'll be
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results from Wedrri
horse racing is air
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course, is the fact the
nesnewspaperdayafteirn is pri
streets Thursday
to` '
would not have i pr,
for any given week nhe ap
until the next week's*
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been run. That teenal
stale news to thole
staff here, a<
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trying to include is au
since the beginning oithi
season is entitled Fro
Horse's Mouth It ie wri
. a Seaforth man who foil.
race circuit and the local
see.
�lso in the planning
possibly to be ready
publication next wad
feature on a typical Wed
night gat the Goderich
track. We recognize the
that racing "is a small
industry 'in town and r
asset to the munici
through providing en
ment and leisure•time a
for many hundreds of
and around Goderich
"It should also be pointed
that in other years, there
been a Snoopy columns
missing '.his year. Also
are the pictures and wri'
Don . McGee and K
Williams. Both of these
young horse enthusiasts
to have outgrown their
for newspaper writing
(They, like many' others,
found it not too lucrative
fraught with many prob
suppose.)
***
Because by this fall a
Goderich should be se
cable television, I thought
of youA, night .be inter
cl—`now thaiit ie going to
more to • see your far
television shows this a
.... that's ifyou intend to
1974 model color TV set
many folks are.
According to a recent
of ,.The Financial Post, it
cost anywhere from f 10 to
more for color television
fall, depending on 'the
and the sceen size.
The Canadian Admiral
poration, Port Credit,
that increased labor rata
materials and .compcnent
will put prices up this
Westinghouse Canada
Hamilton, reports pricy
their new models are up 1
20 percent, representidg a
to $60 increase on 826.
screen size.
"But you have to bet
mind that the consumer d
ting more for hismoney,
W.C. Luton, Westing
• Canada vice-president. 1
models have a 100
solid-state (no vacu
chassis now, compared
vete
percent last year."
The upward yen favi!_
is closing the gap
prices of Canadian•tntde
Japanese made coley
though. General handliM
Ltd., Winnipeg,
Sony Corp. line, says the
inch color portable set
about $20 more uhhstf*l
that's only beCa
titular model is to to
demand as a ��o
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