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PAQN 10A—GODERICH SIGNAL-SIAM—T 1URSDAY, ALICIV: T 29, 1074
COtBtRN,E CORNER
Nn G Xanling 524-7017
(Intended for las' week) i have returned 'rum a two week
RECREATION COMMITTEE vacation tai the- Prairie. Provin-
..ces visiting their sun John
Swimming classes for .the Hardy and Mrs. Hartle John
Hardy, is with Agr►culcure`
children are going 'as scheduled' Canada at, Tw(i Hill's, Alberta,
with keen- interest and Many -
youngsters
youngsters are learning to s�w,t.tn
Of c'ot,Irse a most on f �'acatrun°.,
which is really a wonderful ac'' to'the 'West is a visit to Banff
complishment for the children. and Jasper and rife,. also repot: -
Softball is in full swing and ted the mountains something'
slow -pitch . softball is sure special. They were aecom-
growing in interest' and panned by Mrs. John )-lardy'
'popularity. The team of men .35 ri+ther, Mrs. Adrian '\'os (if
years' a,nd over started at Ben- Hlvth .
miller have named themselves Mr and Mrs. Bill Bogie -and
"Liniment League". They sons John `and Donald have
recently played the CKNX returned hone from a pleasant
team' which -afforded a great trip .to the West and speak
`deal of fun and amusement and highly of .the Rockies; Banff,
last week on Friday played the
McGaw Team. of regular
players and with the help of the
umpires scored a win of 8 to I.
, This team will be playing
_again thi..; Friday night under
the lights at Benmiller, when
they match up, with Ray •
"Fisher's Building Crew at 9
•-p.m. Come out and see the fun
and support. the teams.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Recent visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. John.. Wilson and Mrs.
Pearl Lawrence at "High
Haven" were' Dr. and- Mrs.
Cecil, Morris of Toronto, Mrs.
W.. Waghorne of Sarnia and
Mr and .-Mrs. Ron. Prout'4f.
Owen Sound.
John Clutton and Don,
Kellestine have returned from
an -enjoyable motor\ trip to- the
West Coast. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Hardy
Jasper, and the Prairiek'rovrn-
ce.s which were of great interest.
They _also visited Mrs. Bogie's
brother', John Murney at
Boissevain, 'Man.
Mr. and Mrs. FredB.attersby,
Sunset Beach Road and Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Swales 'of
Strathroy have returned from a
splendid two weeks holiday by
train and bus , to the •E'astt,
Coast,'They enjoyed the great
hospitality of ti the Maritimes.
While at St. •Johns, .Newfoun-
dland they met such wonderful
friendsand were entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. M. Walsh, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Young and Mrs.
May Lee who went out- of their
way to show them- everything.
At Charlottetown, P.E.I. -they
were warmly welcomed and en-
tertained by Kevin Newman
and- can't speak .too highly of,
the hospitality shown them by
strangers Who are now friends.
Goderich Twp.: folk
enjoy plonne4picnic
'BY MILL'IE..LOBB
The first Goderich Township
picnic.was • held at theHolrnesille school ,on Sunday
'August 18. In''spite''of the good
combining weather and • the
other events .being held, over
,100 people were out to take part
in the well-planned afternoon.
At 2 p.m. the- mothers and
'daughters ,took up their battle
stations and the, mothers and
;grandmothers showed the
young girls that there was. no
doubt they haven't played.ball
for sometime. Give us a bit of
.practise girls and we'll try
again. The fathers and sons
then had a turn for' the men to
find out just how unfit they are
too. Needless tri •say;: players
and spectators"•'enjoyed them- . There was nothing.lacking in
selves.' the way. of food and all had
° The. Recreation Committee_ plenty'to eat before we left for
.didn't let us rest after' the ball Tome and chores. If you missed
•game.`Races, a relay arid a trig- 'the picnic and the fun, please
..of -war were' held . for• the don't miss sending your foram
younger set while the ,mothers from,the Recreation,Committee
haminered nails. The winner of to Gerry Ginn by Augus-t 28th.
the nail hammering was Flora
Hesk , w.ith four bangs (had to
• be luck). Gerry Harris and Ber-
• nice McIllwain tied for ,second
with. five whacks. Ken Harris,
and Art Hoggart were .the best
at `'the log sawing With '23
seconds. Patricia ', Harris had
the hest arm -for throwing a
The winners ° of the races
Were: five" and under Angela
Orr, Allen -Young, Barb
Hoggart;, 6,7,8. girls -• Heather
Harris, Janene Mayhew,. Cathy
Franks, boys Scott Harris,
Ken Hoggart, Tim Mayhew;
9,10,11,12, girls -Karen Jantzi,
Laurie Harr! , Catherine Orr;
boys - Murray Hoggart; Robbie
Blake, Charlie ° Wise;
13,14,15,16, girls , Patricia
'Harris, Jackie Brand, Dianna
Brand, boys Lloyd Jantzi,
John Hoggart, Gary Tebbutt.
re.
They saw the live show of
Tommy Hunter -and his cast at
the Charlottetown Fahr.
M.r. and 'Mrs. Eric Reaburti
ha' e had their tardily borne for
vacations and of ,speciar men-
tion is the• visit of thei? sou,
('At: James Reaburn of Bur.-
naby, B.C. and Mrs. Reaburn's
sister, Mrs. Fred Bannish and
daughter Jennifer of Cooke's
Cr''eek, n Manitoba.
Mr and Mrs. Roy Amey and
family of London were visiting
with the -former's, sister, Mrs.
Fred_ Battersby and Mr. Bat-
tersby of Sunset Beach Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Cltff•.McNeil at-
tended the N. A.A.B. Conven-
tion at the Royal York Hotel,
Toronto, August 11 -14th.
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. ,Jerry were
in Toronto over the weekend.
Their daughter Janette who.
has• been „()n staff •in (he
operating room of the'Montreal
.General Hospital has been
home on vacation and -has now
,,accepted a position on staff in
the operating- room of the Sick
Children's Hospital, Toronto.
We are sorry to report Miss
Helen Brindley was treated at
Alexandra Hospital Sunday
morning for first degree Burns
to her-fac,,e, head, arms and
hands but pleased to note she is
now doing nicely.
BE.. A 4.
BLOOD
DONOR
TOWN TkLK
Death spread on bread
Botuiism.c�n;
In,1963, two teenage brothers ' outbreaks were reported in
living,, in Montreal made sand- Canada and the United States.,
wiches for their lunches from Of the 1,125 cases reported, 732
commercially canned liver persons died. Commercially
paste. Without knowing it, they prepared foods 'caused 50
spread' death on bread. poisonings' while home -canned
The older brother ate four . foods 315 cases. ,.
sandwiches. and the younger, Huron County health inspec
'who complained the liver_ paste tor Jack MacKinnon `says the
had a bad flavor, ate three danger of botulism increases
mouthfuls of his lunch. thia time of year because many
That <night, the boy who ate persona preserve fresh
the fou sandwiches became "vegetables in their homes.
weak, had trouble swallowing Vegetables such as beans,
and urinated »frequently, corn and spinach are most
The symptoms became worse. likely to cause poisoning as
He saw the family doctor the well as meats prepared at home
next night. The boy needed such as sausages. Tomatoes,
help to stand- peaches and similar foods are
Next morning he was dead. in safe because they contain too
his room.
much acid for botulism poison
Shortly after his brother'sto `develop.
death, the younger boy. corn-- • Botulism poison comes from
plained of weakness, dizziness toxin produced "by a, bacteria
and problems swallowing. ° 'found commonly in soil. aIn
Soon, he received an antitoxin oxygen itis harmless. It is only
and avoided-. the fate of his harmful when put in certain
brother. . conditions. The conditions are
The brothers contracted darkness, lack'ofair and lack
botulism, a type of food of proper cooking.>.
poisoning which kills about 60 The toxin can be eliminated
per cent of its victims. by boiling foods for. at least 15
The liver .pAste they 'ate was ' minutes. .
part of a large batch traced by - In addition, home ,canned
health authorities. They vegetables should be boiled for
destroyed it,20 minutes after- they'"opeeed
Cases of botulism in recent, `and made ready for eating.
years . are rare, but statistics Precautions should be 'taken
from the ,past show that most when preparing commerically
poisoned persons ate food canned foods also, Mt.
prepared at home rather than •'MacKinnon says.
at a commerical cannery. - Persons should never buy
Between 1899 and 1943,'404 canned goods that have bulges
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Pentland,
of Dungannon announce the
August 16 marriage of their
daughter Norma Jeani.; to Mr.
Hugh J. Crockett, of' Sudbury,
son of Mr. .and Mrs. J.E.
Crockett, London. The couple
will be residing in Sudbury on
their return from a honeymoon
in the French Caribbean.
CAI -ICO
2C'KOOLHOUSE.
1 mile north of Kintail
on Highway 21L,,
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THURSDAY TH'tU MONDAY
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dead
in the containers. These cans
probably are contaminated
with botulism, he" says.
If the can looks: normal but„
the food inside ismoldy-or has
a tainted odor it could be
pbisonous. ,
Persons who discover such
foods shotula report them to the
county health unit which will
notify federal food and drug in-
spectors. They will trace 'the
food and if necessary recall a
contaminated batch of it, Mr,
MacKinnon says.
Several years ago, health in-
spectors took cases of a canned
meat from shelves because it
was poisoned with botulism.
If' consumers remain' alert,
botulism will kill lessthan
rarely; it will not kilt at all.
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