The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-12-12, Page 5GODERICHSIONAL•STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1974, --PAGE 5
ROUND AND ABOUT wirN MARTHA
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The wintetstorms are upon
us -and I just dread the thought
of scraping and digging.
Already I have had the car
washer and wipers quit.
The Service Station man got
the wipers going after digging
the ice out of the channel but
on finding ice in the washer
container, he - dumped the
whole thing on the ground and
sold me a gallon of his stuff.
When I really needed the
washer to help clear the ice
.:.from the windshield the •darned
thing still didn't work. Very
frustrating
I' was reading an item for
snowmobilers in which safety
practices • were stressed.
Already this year• folks with the
snowmobiles have had a chance
to do their good deeds.
The big storm ,in Essex
County a week ago brought out
these fellows to rescue hun-
dreds stranded aA ..,loe _,� ,,., „•
.,
ss
ways - some o t em near
frozen after running out of gas
and having to just sit.
, My son and his wife- from
--Windsor visited us that
weekend and so were caught in
the storm' on their return hothe.
Six hours to go the last ten
miles - and a dreadful night.
They left their , brother, Doug,
and'I, at 6 p.m. stopped in Lon-
don and after getting no infor-
mation on conditions ahead,
they left London at 8 p.m. They
arrived home at 6 a.m.
exhausted: .
This is the sort of storm WE
have most years and we aren't
too surprised when 'it, hits, but,
for Essex County to get it -
THAT'S tough. The only thing
we can hope for, now, is that
the snow snow is out- of the system
and the rest of the winter will-
be--ah--tolerable.
I can't help thinking back to
▪ our first winter here. In the
first week of March '47 the
worst snowstorm for many
years - someone said "80 some
- raged for three or four days
and left Goderich and other
communities in this district
isolated - STRANDED.
The storm began on Sunday,
and on Thursday, March 6, a
plow with four engines behind
it left Stratford for Goderich,
hoping to clear the C.N. line for
many people who had been
stranded for three or four days
and werehoping to get home on
the train. Roads - were still im-
„ „ passable.
About 40 farmers along the
8th Concession, Colborne were
out early Wednesday morning
and by evening had shovelled
the road clear from Auburn to
Goderich.. No mail, no police
y
Men from the lumber yard, Ed-
wards Coal, Sky Harbour and
others laboured with shovels -
assisted by a snovi' plow and
truck, opened the road to get
the ambulance thru'. This took
half a day --then the road filled
right in again.
Also, at that time, another
well known citizen Beth Tobin
was frantic to get OUT of town.
She was to leave Saturday from
New York for a trip to Britain.
On Thursday, Lou Lane -a pilot
at Sky Harbor, took her by
plane to catch a train at
Hamilton and on to her ship.
Local bakers worked in four
shifts to meet the bread shor-
tage. Mercy flights were made
by the late Keith Hopkinson
dropping food and medicine to
isolated villages and homes.
People talked about "floppy',
and his "Skyways Milk Ex-
press", for many years.' Froin
above he could see the cars and
trains marooned all over the
district.
I had lived in Essex County
a"' cou"rt, hockey, ----buses or • any
schedules were able to carry oh.
AND no papers for a week.
Mrs. Ted Baechler visiting 4 ,
1/2 miles north of town with
her brother, had taken ill there,
PERIDOT
The term peridot comes directly
from the French •• "peridot",
which in old French was
"peritot", the origin of the .word
is uncertain, however.' In com-
mon with many other gemstones,
peridot has an interesting
background of legend and super-
stition. It was called "the gem of -
.the Sun" by the ancients. Their
belief that it had the power to
dissolve enchantments and to
put evil spirits to flight was
probably due to this association
with the sun, before whole 'life-
giving rays darkness and all
powers of darkness were driven
away. For peridot to exert its full
powers as a talisman, it had to
be set in gold; warn in this way,
it was thought, to dispell the
terrors of the night.
Top .quality grades of Peridot
are medium to dark, slightly
yellowish green, which to many
gives the impression. of a warm,
velvety colour. It is never as in-
tense in colour as the most ex-
pensive grades of emerald µ or
demantoid garnet, but to those
who appreciate peridot, this is an
important facet of its beauty.
There is little doubt that over
the years the most important
source of gem peridot has been
the island in the Red Sea, Zeber-
jed. The secondmajor source of
peridot is the Mogok area of Up-
per Burma. Excellent light green
stones are found occasionally on
an Indian Reservation in
Arizona. Other sources of gem
quality peridot in small quan- °
ti,ties are Brazil, Australia and
Czechoslovakia. -
Gem quality peridot has a
unique beauty of its own; a soft
velvety texture imparting a
"sleepy" appearance of warmth,
make' an inviting combination,
increasingly cherished by its
wearer. Peridot is the birthstone
for the month "df August,•
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David Anstett
Graduate $emologist (GIA)
Clinton, Ont.
talk, to her friends • and
EVE Y_ ONE who would listen
- tell them to write to their
M.P.P. that .,they were not in
favor of this bill. If you don't
write they don't know how you
feel about ,not being able to
have your awn doctor• when you
need him or being shipped
miles away „frons home when
you are ill.
Getting the • whole
organization to sign a letter
should be done by each group
in town or ,by
area, -
ANYTHING to convey the
word that socialized medicine
is 'not for us. s
Reams have been written
against this bill soon to be'
brought up and unless the,,,,
representatives of your areas
have hundreds of letters to
show we don't want this
amalgamation of hospitals and
services --they can't do a thing
against it. Once it is passed it is
too late. Mrs. Taylor has Mr.
Davis' letter ready to show you
if you wish. -
coming to Goderich-and snow
was an exciting experience
there, since it turned to slush so
quickly. I had some qualms
about winter here; but I was
assured it was always easy to
get around -not too much snow.
If they'd 'piled up all the
snow I had ever seen in thirty
years, it couldn't compare with
the snow we had in that storm.
Three miles out of town -
Laithwaites - . the snow was
drifted to the cross bars on the
telephone lines and on leaving
Clinton for Winghatn about
two or three weeks after the
storm - we travelled 'thro'
snowtunnels, the like of which I
had never ever heard about.
What a country! What a lot of
Liars! I was really disgusted.
Since then, I've travelled thru'
many bad storms' but, I'll -
never forget that first one.
I am happy to find some
people ° really are concerned
-about the "Mustard - Report','
which will come before
Parliament early in the new
year. Once this bill is passed -
TH►T IS I'h!
Mrs. Stewart Taylor from the
Nile called me saying she had.
written some time ago to
Premier Davis. She received a
letter from him saying he was
pleased to hear of her concern
about this hill and urged her to
Mrs. Taylor and asked what
Mr. Taylor 'was `up to' these '
days. She assured me he was..'
keeping real busy with his car-
vings and other . crafts.
'.The first time I met Stewart
Taylor I was fascinated by his
little blacksmith, shop. For
most people- it would be a
dusty, old, junky shop - to me it
showed the possibilities of
many - wonderful things hap-
pening there.
And they DID. Mr. Taylor is.
indeed very clever, has many
wonderful talents - and is using
them. I hope someday he will
have a showing of the things he
has made - that is if he can get
people to return some of these
gifts for his show!
Every - year people travel
many miles to the Christmas
Concert at St. Joseph School in
Kingsbridge. Just a reminder
that it is on December 19 this
year. Don't miss
I see another Barbie and Ken
Doll clothes ad. The kids love
these dolls and they DO last for
years - so dress them up and
make someone happy with
there. Phone 526-7256.
' Walt, your favorite Taxi
driver is progressing slowly but
surely.
come
one
come
Fall !
Sheaffer BollspieI. winners�
sa;
Bill Gardner, right, general manager of Sheaffer Pen,
congratulates skip Cam Bogie for his team's victory In the first
draw of the 12th Annual Sheaffer Bonspiel held at the Maitland
Country Club. The other curlers are 'from left Ralph
lead and Jim Haw dns, •vice. Doug Bundy,' second,- was not
available for the photograph (staff photo)
Foster,
uaRe
'500 000 fire at
Bruce development
Fire Iat an Atomic Energy of
Canada warehouse at the
Bruce Nuclear Power Develop,
ment Wednesday caused an -
estimated
estimated, $500.000 damage,
Cause of the fire, which star-
ted at approximatelyp 9-a.m., is
unknown but Hyudro officials
investigating say an electrical
or heating problem could have
triggered the blaze.
The heat from the fire was so
intense in the 15 year old
building' that nothing could be
removed. Lost in the blaze were
fueling machine parts and reac-
tor maintenance 'tools for the
Douglas Point Generating
Station
Elgin Horton, • Hydro
operations manager,y said the
200 by 50 foot building was to
have been demolished early
next year.,
He stated that none • of the
equipment lost was required for
the ongoing operation of
Douglas Point,
See our large
Selection of
Small Appliances
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With every small appliance you also
receive 2 packages of Christmas
lightbulbs (Indoor or outdoor) Free.
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Last . Wednesday, December
4, we were fortunate in having
rMr, Tim St. Louis, proprietor of
Raintree ,Gallery, Clinton show
the Woman's Day Out' group'-
how to create a Christmas cen-
0
tre piece.
Mr. St. Louis demonstrated
by putting together -a pedestal.
centre piece which held a lovely
tall red candle with a variety -,-of
what, he termed fill around the
candle. (Incidentally we were
cautioned to have candles
at least 8" or more above the
flowers and leaves because Of
fire.)
We were. shown a variety of
flowers and leaves, such , as
cedar, holly, poinsettia, ete. Alt
of these items are readily
available at " Mr. St. J Louis'
Gallery. Mr. St.Louis also
showed howeasy it is to 'Make
a very decorative bow and ad=
vised what type of ribbon not to
use.
After making a centre piece
.for us to see how easy it is, Mr.
St. Louis then offered his help
and advice to any of the ladies
who had brought their own cen-,
tre piece to work on.
Ourcolumn for next week
• will report on Public Health
Programs by Mrs. Thind,
Superintendent of Public
Health Nurses.
Don't forget the Christmas
Party on December, 18 'games,
songs and fun.
Come' and join us.
.Wrap-up workshop
A wrap-up workshop meeting
to produce an official plan for
'Goderich Township will be
- held tonight"at 8:00 p.m. at the.
Holmesville Public School.
This workshop will sum-
-marize the previous four
workshops - which dealt with
agricultural land ' use, urban
development, recreational land
use and extractive resources.
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