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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-04-03, Page 3;PEAR EDITOR Thankyou Dear Editor, The Canadian Foresters of Court Bgnmiller No: 86 want to expres§•'their appreciation to the Signal -Star for the excellent coverage given us by your reporter, Jeff Seddon, on our recent fund-raising snowmobile Marathon. This quality of reporting continually shown by your newspaper exemplifies high community spirit. Most sincerely, Gordon Daer Chief Ranger Opposed Dear Editor: We are opposed to abortion on demand. Yet, we find Sec- tion 251 of the Criminal Code is a barbaric answer to a critical social problem. Dr. ' Morgen- taler is a martyr in a sup- posedly enlightened age. Mary Carroll , Paul Carroll Tulip sales Dear Editor, As a measure to` celebrate our Golden Anniversary 1976, the Royal Canadian • Legion, Branch.._ 109 has.. undertaken a "tulip" campaign" A special" order has been placed in Holland for a specially hybridized_ golden yellow tulip. It is of the Darwin variety, about 24" tall, and the bloom period is mid-season. • Branch. 109 will be planting in excess of 1,600 of these bulbs in various public locations in the Town of Goderich. In addition we are making these bulbs available for sale to the general public. The price is $16,per 100, for top-quality, large'size'bulbs. Itis the decision of the Tulip. Committee to -give your organization special con„ sideration' if you desire to .use these bulbs in some way. ' "A limited number have been reserved for use'by community organizations. They ' are available for sale or special consideration will be given to donate a number of bulbs in the condition they be used to help Pear readers... (continued from page 2), plications of it where hard cash is concerned? This subjee.,t is tossed around from time to time in many quarters of the town. ',Some people say ."yes" ; others say "definitely no". It is all a matter of priorities. It is „a_ matter of deciding what is vital for the continued progress of this municipality. What "facilities must be provided for our youth. Our seniors. Our active citizens. Our business and industrial community., There seems to be little doubt a recreation complex is badly needed in Goderich. And if it is needed badly' enough, . the money must be raised. It will be a top priorityitem...a legitimate expense that must be paid. • Where . does , a 'recretion complex fit.,on your scale of priorities? beautify our To` vn in some public location, either in a Park setting or• in proximity , of a Public Building. c If you have a community project in mind, where this offer might apply, please ocontact the undersigned at your earliest convenience. The supply is necessarily limited. Sincerely, Howard Carroll, Chairnlan, Branch 109, Tulip Campaign . Committee. Statue scorned Dear Editor: I am writing in regard to all the vandalism and willful damage that is presently taking place in our town.. . I realize the police are en- , deavouring to curb this problem, yet despite their valiant efforts this vandalism has reached its peak. I fail to understand•how some individuals can perform such outrageous actions in front of the statue in The Square: He represents the thousands of people who died to keep our country free, and a better place to live. • Yet a few rejects of society would try to destroy what so ,many people died so valiantly to preserve. I think this poem adequately .describes the situation presently at hand: There in our park standing straight and tall, Forced to endure the seasons, Spring, Summer, Winter' and Fall, Stands an unmoving, un- touched figure of a man .. . Yet, the elements' have given him a weathered tan. His country he had helped to save • For the rights , of liberty he stood tall and brave, His head held proud and high His arms upstretched towards the sky. He represents the liberty which he fought for The liberty thousands sacrificed their lives for in the war, That we might be proud of the land of the beaver and maple tree, Is the reason he fought to keep its people free. • He dreads the coming of Halloween, It's then he's forced to con- template on whathe's. seen, He forever watches as teenagers rebel against adult authority, He wonders what has happened t6 their patriotic loyalty. , He wonders_ why heiasked_his__ life, For a country 'filled with so; much social strife, The rocks, tomatoes and eggs thrown at police, He wonders if . what he fought for is really. peace. • 'Still he knows one thing for sure That man has always been able to endure, • And that w_ a must all search in our quest, *rte b ' To learn that a democroi^,,,, f society is truly the best. ' , c P A concerned teenager. .,h Ron Shaw writes firom Niger GODERICH SIGNAL -STA I, THURSDAY, ARU 3,1.97 ^-RAg . Say days very hot; nights clear, starry skied Signal -Star Editor Shirley J. Keller recently received a letter from former Signal=Star reporter -photographer Ron Shaw who is presently working with the Canadian Hunger Foundation in Africa, Ron's "address ,there is Ser- vice d'Elevage, BP 81, Tahoua, Niger, Africa. He writes: "I'm presently at our camp on the , project site, 80 klics north of Tahoua, . hence the hand writing instead of type. We've been here this time for three days and head b ' ackt o town for a few days tomorrow morning. ,' `It's. been as hot as hell itself here this afternoon. All one can do between noon and 4 p.m. is lie in ' a bit of.shade with your tongue hanging and pant. I usually try to make my rounds or do what must be done in the mailing and then, get back to 'camp by early afternoon. If need be I go back out for a couple of hours after 5 p.m. (Temperature today was 120- 125 degrees) "Our little home away from home here is quite comfortable. We have a good size tent and a bunch of straw mats tied up in a thorn -tree out -front for. shade. "We got a couple of canvas cots in Nigeria, and a Coleman cooler in which wecan keep the beer on ice (for a few days at least) and this trip we brought up a table with. two benches that the local carpenter„,,,in Tahoua threw together out of old packing : crates: Then you' add to all this a beautiful cool breeze after a day of scorching sun and •the sum is a pretty good feeling. ` "Getting a little romantic there aren't I? Well I , just. wanted to paint a bit of the picture for you. I should mention the stars while I'm at it though. You have never•seen a sky full of stars until you lie on your back on a straw mat and look at what is above the Niger outback on a night this time of year. No smog, no clouds, no city lights on the horizon. Just those bright jewels laid out for, display on a black, velvet sheet. God didn't do much for Niger but He worked 'overtime on the night sky. "It was brutally cold at night up here in January and early February but this last' couple of weeks have been just great: "Needless to say we like it out here despite a few drawbacks and it more or less balances off the bad things of living and working here. I should have just said "working here" because our way of life is agreeable to us in almost every way. "There's about 251 or 30 people living herein a big grass hut or one of three small mobile homes. We've got a • radio - kitchen ,(combined) shack and a,45gallon drum up on stilts for a 'shower. The kitchen belongs to a couple of FAO technicians so Peg does' our cooking here at our part of the, camp on a little gas burner. Does a pretty good job too I might add. "Just let me point out that this is 'base camp' I'm talking about. There's also an `advance camp' in which the crew building' thefence lives but it consists •of only twb tents and a supply dump. We live here ecause there's some added. acilities so . it's a bit more omfortable. By virtue of a orfable generator we even ave electricity. Econom •••••••••••••••••••'••••,•••••••••••••Ss••••••••••• AINSLIE MARKET LIMITED STEAKETTE STYLE Minute La]9e FR BUTT- SHOULDER Pork Cops TENDER LB. .Short Rib Roasts 77c BONELESS POT ROASTS • WHOLE OR HALF 0 LB.88c Fresh Nam Roasts LB. 79c. LEGS 8, BREASTS 5 1b. Chicken L. FREEZER SPECIAL Chucks of Beef.7SC CUT FREE ' `This camp is where they're drilling the well. It's not as. peaceful as it could Os with the drilling rig running all day but everything can't be perfect. (Sometimes it runs all night as well). +++ `Well, I just had my supper. It's now 7:30 p.m., and it's wonderfully cool. It's dark now and I've just lit the lantern. "There's something really nice about being in camp at this time of day, the lantern sort of sets the perimeters of one's world by its circle of light and there's something primitive in it all which attracts us to fire. As soon as my boy gets the dishes done he'll light the fire. "Ah! Peg just served the coffee. "Today we did some ex- ploratory work up in the north- east section of the range. There are more than 1300 square kilometers here 'and it takes a lotof bush -driving to cover it all. Right now' We''re looking at road acid gate locations as well as where we will be leaving the fence open so 'those living on what will be the ranch, can come and go in the„meantime. has a•capacity of 2,400 feet and "As of, now they have just if they drilled that far they about finished stringing wire on would find water somewhere the fjrst of five sides and a good along the way: number of the posts . are up should mention that we along two of the remaining have a couple of guys up here sides. Survey work should be with us this time who are completely wrapped up in another 10 days or so, at least as far as the fence is concerned, Roads and buildings have yet to be located and.laid out. "The well crew drills on. They had hoped to bring in water around 300 feet but today they're about 1,320 feet down and it's still a dry hole. The rig resting up after crossing the "Well the fife is lit and we've desert from Europe. A Dut- got a couple of guitars up here chman and an Irishman. so, I thinly„,we'll liven up the • They left Europe about six t - weeks ago in a beat -up 63 VW, camp a bi. pieces of which they have been • "Please extend all our best to leaving behind along the, trail.' your family, everyone at the They're on their way to Zaire Signal and any of our friends but the worst of -the trip is you might happen across. behind there, the roads` ,We're doin' fine.” paved most of - the way from here on. "Hopefully we'll be setting out for the same trip (in the . opposite direction) in a little more than a year. are fun of vim, vigor and vitality This enthusiastic group of youngsters is.getting ready forthe long.run at the skate-a-thon. Most of the skaters enjoyed themselves. The group of 101 per- sons raised $1,500 at the. Goderich .Memorial Arena' last Saturday. (staff photo) Notonly bunnies; lay colored eggs Holmesville hens from Chile real mystery Mrs: Lewis Dempsey of Holmesville may have trouble selling her eggs in the near future. Now that, may be per- fectly understandable con; sidering that consumers may be buying less eggs due to escalating prices but Mrs. Dempsey, has a problem of a, different- color. The' eggs are blue. But more interesting is that the hens and roosters on the Dempsey farm just outside of Holmesville, range ins colors gol from blues and. ',ds to oranges, reds and purples and Mrs. DeThpsey'can't wait to see what colors might be produced when some , of the eggs are hatched. For those who are inclined to be skeptical in nature, and take a 'I will believe it when I see it' attitude , the eggs are not of the hard boiled variety left over .from Easter—and the chickens are not escapees from a paint, by -number factory. The chickens are Auracana and originally come from Chile, South America. Mrs. Dempsey estimates that they have been in Canada for about five years now but the numbers are scant and,widespread, She knows of a farmer in the village of West Lorne with Auracanas w claims to have pink, blue a green eggs. 'Mts. Dempsey' purchased six day-old Auracanas in Durham one year ago. She purchased the chickens more for a hobby and has since raised six more bringing the total to 12. The chickens were originally purchased for pets but the IAmpseys intend to build another coop this summer and raise more, The original hens are now laying eggs and. they intend to sell some chickens next year, The eggs laid by the hens are bluish -green in color and Mrs. Dempsey admits that anyone who has seen them has acted rather strange but soon realize they are no different than other eggs The eggs have been part of the Dempsey breakfast menu do occasion and Mrs, Dempsey claims that they are no different than other eggs • except perhaps that they are 1ow in cholesterol. Also the shell is a deeper blue on the inside. Perhaps more astonishing than' the egg color is the coloring of the hens" and resters. Every chicken has its own distinct markings ' and coloring and like snowflakes, • no two could 'look alike. Mrs. Dempsey explained that the hens each have their own color and the roosters would vary from blue, gold, orange and red.— "I ed."I am going to experiment with • them," Mrs. Dempsey said. "It will be interesting to see what colors they will be when they are hatched because yob simply have no idea of what color you.could come up with.", However the Auracanas become even more mysterious "'rust after they havefieen hatched. _ "Until the feathers come it is impossible -to tell ,what color they & re going to be," Mrs. Dempsey explained. "It takes about six weeks for the feathers to grow in and until then the colors are a mystery.” Lions whip Kin but CF aided The Goderich Lions Club and the Goderich Kinsmen Club met Saturday night on the ice at Goderich Memorial Arena for a benefit hockey game with all ,proceeds ,going to cystic fibrosis, a national „Kinsmen project. The scorn in the hockey game was 8-'2 in favor of the Lions, but the friendly rivalry bet- ween these two worthwhile community service clubs continues. Despite the fact that some Lions and Kin members were siderined from further hockey action this season, club work in Goderich by these two groups will go on as usual. Although the Auracanas are from a more tropical climate in South America they seem to have adapted well to the Canadian climate. Mrs. Dempsey is quite pleased with the progress of the chickens explaining that they are a hearty breed and experienced no problems in adapting. However another variation with the Auracanas is'that the hens are slightly smaller in size but the rooster does grow to an acceptable level. In fact, large enough to roast. • Mrs. Dempsey would like to learn more about the Auracana but simply can not find any information on the chickens since they are relatively new to Canada. It is also frustrating" for her to talk about colored eggs and chickens since no one knows what she is talking about and simply •passes it off as a ludicrous joke. But the Dempseys .• will continue to raise their Auracanas and try to sell their blue eggs and if Worst comes to worst, they would always be a big seller at Easter time. a•, Mrs, Lewis Dempsey of Holmesville hOlds one of her Auracana hens and two of the blue colored eggs laid by the hen. The-Dempsey5 have 12 Auracanas wh'.ch are relsitively new to Canada and came from Chile, South America. (staff photo) • D w . ;VI:I' M"Y' w Cif -", 4' .w . 'i: 4