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'Pictured here. are The members of the Goderich Band which
Was formed in 1922. At the time this photograph was taken,
the l a'nd was four years old. Can you name the people in this.
photograph? Write them down.and'check your ' answers
against the tist of names which will be' printed in The
Goderich Signal -Star next week. if you have any oldtime
Photos for identification, bring them Into the Signet -Star of-
fice . anytime—Wall be ,happy to publish thein and test the
memory of some of our older readers.
Students would get paid
for pointing the old town
People usually aren't paid to
paint the to but. a group of
students at Goderich District
Collegiate Institu a hope to 'set
a .precedent this summer.
Tweiva...st°tidents. applied for
an. 'Q,pportunities• For Youth'
grant Trom.the federal govern-
ment recently, their teacher-
" advisor Charles Kalbfleisch
told the Signal -Star Friday.
The students' 'are asking for
about $10,000 to paint shops ,on
The Square, as,part of a'acelift
,scheme sponsored by . the
• Godercli Merchants:
Association.
The work would take about
11. weeks. Nine students would'
s 'be paid $70 per, week while
three others, who will be atten-
ding
.post-;econda,ry .in-
stitutions next year, would
. receive $90. „ .
As merchants would supply
paint, the only expenditures the
students would have are $400
for scaffolding and $100 for
liability insurance, Mr. Kalb-
fleisch said..
The facelift, scheme began
last year' when buildings were
photographed. Line drawings
from the • photographs, were
made..'
' A• local artist, Jim. Marlat.t of -
the Green 'Gallery, did color
schemes for the..drawings.
• ,iet.. similar scheme was suc-
cessful in Petrolia, Mr. Kalb-
fleisch noted.
The downtown merchants
got the- idea- from there .and
passed', it on to'thestudents, he
said.
Another application-_, for an
OFY grant is being made by
nine students ..who hope to
renew fund g r a _band: T.
Last year the, band travelled
• to 'senior citizen`s homes in the*,
area giving free concerts.
• The band fills a soc'ial''rieed,
- Mr. Kalbfleisch said.
The band. ". has organized' .a
complete summer schedule to
play one concert per day at old
age homes, hospitals and other
institutions, he said.
The band consists of two
•saxaphones, three trumpet's, a
bass, a troinbobe and an organ.
The a- musicians. `'play ' easy
listening music. such as "Sen-
timental Journey" 'Written
during the 1940's.
They maintain proper dress
and generally neat appearances
for all'conoerts, Mr. Kalbfleisch
stressed; ° �-- _ _.
, The concerts are complete
shows as the musicians conduct
si'rigsongs and talk to people
they are entertaining, he said.
The band'�is asking for about
$10,000, he said.
Neither of the two groups
will know if their applications
for grants will he accepted until
the end oT April.
Local legislators are helping
by stressing the- iipportance of
the grants to 'officials'. in Ot-
tawa, °Mr. Kalbfleisch said':
It pays to file tax returns
The Goderich Friendship and
Information Centre is"this year
preparing Income' 'lax forms
for senior citizens free or
charge. Isobel MacDonald,
,Ruth Beutenmiller 'and, Eric
Posen" have initiated a plan
whereby any person over 65
with an income of less than.
$5,000 can get their tax form
completed free of charge.
The program, set up under
the Local Initiative Program,
has - been patterned after a
similar, service carried out. in
London last year. London's ser--
vice
er=vice is operated by Marg Illmen
and' is financed ` by ' 'the
recreation.' department of the
city P.U.C.
The idea of the original
Friendship Centre in London'
was just for doing tax forms hut
the response was so.great their
centre blossomed into an infor-
mation centre to be kept open
,gear._ round.
"We are- completely on .our
own here irt• Goderich," •said
Eric Posen, one of the volun-
teer workers, "but we all went
down to London and toured the
facilities to get an icer of how
. to set ,lip our office here in
Goderich."
"Our whole proposal here is
that we help people get the
maximum benefit they 'can. and
to 'explain to them the
procedure: involved in doing a
tax form", said Isobel
MacDonald;, "We deal a „lo
with people who have never
completed. a tax form. In some
rasps the husband lad , always
taken care of the income tax.
and the wife had never even
seen a form. In others the man
of the family had always taken
the forms and T4s to an ac-
countant and had them taken
care of. , -great many of our
older citizens have no idea . how
to fill out a tax form to., their
-advantage."
'The appointments are
coming in slowly but the group
feels that the bulk of the work
will come as°the tax deadline of
April 30 draws nearer.
"People are wary of the ser-
vice we are offering them 'and
'seem to be somewhat
mistrusting'.,, coip,mented Mr.
Posen. "'Phis could possibly -be
because our service is free and•
the' elderly' are, wary that it
could be a come o_ n."
work by appoint
mbnt and ' do not. go door-to-
door offeri'ng the people a free
tax service", he pointed. put.
"Some of the citizens feel
that maybe we are not qualified
to complete . their forms for
them, so we show then'* the let-
ter each of us, received from the4.
Minister of Revenue, Mr. Stan:
bury'', added Isobel
11ilacDonald. •
The' letter is addressed:.: to
each individual worker and
, commends them for their ef-
forts in aiding the old'people in
this difficult task. The group is
not totally unprepared to han-
dle the situation. The 'were in-
structed in preparing the in -
comp 'tax forms by a federal
representative 'from Kitchener.
There are several other mem-
- bees of the committee Who took,
the course and have 'offered
their time. "and efforts free of
charge. They do not work with
the centre all the time but help°
out with tax'forms. They are'
Mr. Woolford, Austin Young,
Reg Wilson, Len Boyce and
Sandra Billson. These people
do not work withi the. govern-
ment but they feel certain that
• if the government office
received a complaint from an
elderly person, they would
direct them to the centre.
The staff • at the Friendship
Centre wants the people who
• get the tax form completed to
feel secure, so they make every
effort ti_showthe person w ha t
they are doing and 'explaining
why. .They make out both
copies of the form and give the.
Working copy 'to the person
whose tax they are filing.
"This .enables us to give the
applicant a 'better understan-
ding of the whole tax system
and seems to make them_ feel a
little more' at''ease", said Mr.
Posen, "I never thought the tax
---form was'as, easy as it is to fill
out but it only takes an average
• of one half hour to complete.
The trick involved is making
sure you benefit entirely."
Each person is allowed their
own personal exemption as . a
starter. They then can receive, '
the rebate from the Ontario
Tax' Credit system that was '
inaugurated this year. They. are
eligible for 1 percent of their
'claim for a sales' tax exemption
available only, to people over
65.
The old, age • pension is
$1164.54 per year which is not 1
over the'exemption ceiling.
"Most of the retired, people
we deal with assume that since
they don't have a taxable in-
come then they have no reason
to worry about the tax forms",
explained Mr. Posen.
"They are not aware that
they are automatically eligible + .
to $100 from the province ,and
$26 from the sales tax exemp
tion"; he added. "G.etting
people to realize that We are
here -is a prohlern-•s nee at. -is_ a_.,...
touchy matter to advertise and
we can only rely, ori the ,
newspaper ,and, word of
mouth." ' -
. "The older people we hope to
help can only benefit from
corning to ,,see us now", said
Mr. Posen. "If they came in
now we can get the forms off so -
that v t e person will receive •
their ceque at the beginning of
the summer."
"A nice income tax return is`°
, • always. a nice way to kick off
the st ilmer", he concluded.
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Dancing' to lively Mexican. Music was an ,enjoyable part of Mexican Day at Viittoria Public
School last week. The students listenedand danced to, several tunes aa part of their
geography studies aboutsMexico. (staff photo)
Chill andlortllias, hot and spicy are served by Karin Middy," left, and. jannq More to Loney
• Wells left,'and. Barbara Suplat. The special lunch was pvepared, fast week, by students at
Victoria Pubitc School as part of their Mexican Day Festivities. (staff photo)
To make Mexican Day a little more authentic at Victoria•
Public School last week, the students staged 1 bull fight.
Because it is hard to, get .a real bull into a classroom,
Cherylo-Marshall'put on some horns ,and ears to play the
part. She charges matador Pamela Tolchaid. (staff photo)
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A Goderich public .tchool teacher' took the bull by, the
horns and turned it into part of a new approach in learning.
In an effort to make his Grade 6 geography course about
Mexico interesting for students, Allen Schade had his class
pretend to be tourists going to Mexico. •
The project ended with the class holding a Mexican Day
last Wednesday. - ,
a: As tourists, "the students made passports, and talked to
people in town about what,preparatiotis had to be made.
They talked to customs officials, a travel agent and public
health officials. .
Keeping away from lectures as much as possible{ Mr.
Schade Showed the students 'several films shout. Mexico.
'�We tried to make it as realistic as• possible", he said.
The class spentifour weeks studying Mexico before it had
the special day. •
Mexican day included hat dancing, a puppet show, a
bullfight and a hot lunch• of chili and tortillas which the
silents made themselves.
�Fa ari adrled"tourh they dressed in Mexican costumes.
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The Mexican Dayestivities at Victoria Public School last week Included a pup let show. ,
The puppet* were\attired in Mexican garb as were manyaof 'the sjudents Three students;
Shannon McLaren, left, Peter 'McKee, centre and Michelle Good, right, •entertained their
class. (staff photo) •
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Photo 'feature by Bill Dimiick •