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ROUND AND ABOUT WITH
M ARTHA
For many,.- years I have:
asked that the 'different
',organizations make their
plans then let SOMEONE
know about them.' The.
'someone' could be someone
who is interested in their
projects like ME for in-
stance, - of. the Signal -Star
who had for your con-
venience - set up a book which
wasavailable to everyone;
where , you could .check the
date to see if two or three
other groups were doing
somethingon that same date.
Well, the book has fallen by
the wayside" since people
would not send in their dates -
and very few ever asked in
advance if they had any
opposition on their planned
date.
Consequently there have
been a great many things that
have had a badly divided
audience and many people`
wishing -there had been dif-
ferent dates for these affairs
so they could have attended
them both.
Organizations and Groups.
note: A smart secretary will
go out of her way to check on .•
their project date and report
back to her president. This
gives them time to set a new
date if they .have run into
another groups project date.
The smart thing to do now
is to set a. date for your Bake
Sale, - dazice or _ whatever,
check with other groups re:
their plans, then make your
date known.
The Bulletin Board is a
great way to bring the item to
the attention ofeveryone and
really has helped a lot .in the
last year or so. Once you have
had people "MARK YOUR
CALENDAR" you just have
to keep reminding them of the
date. Talk it up, really get out
and sell tickets, if necessary,
theft have an •ad in a con-
spicuous. corner the week
before your date..
I know. that I. have helped
many groups have better
attendance at their affairs
thrti my DON'T FORGETS,
because many of you have
told me so. I am happy to help
- if you will just_ make your
plans known far enough • in
advance.
I• like. to know WHO is
sponsor, WHERE and WHEN
- precisely - it is being held;
WHY it is important to ,you,
•
HOW you have been working
for your project and if - IF -
you appreciate the way your
Signal -Star is •interested in
lielping,YOU,
Don't forget Saturday,
October' :23 if you . Missed
attending the Colborne
Christmas. Fair last Wed-
nesday. It is being held in
Saltford hall - and I expect it
will be bursting at the seams
again as this is of great in-
terest to everyone at this time
of the year.
GODERICH SIGNAL*STAR, THUG
In '1969this little
group .
g of p
Colborne ladies with ,their
Arts and Crafts were finding
that their . space in the
Colborne Town Hall • at
Carlow corner, was becoming
cramped and crowds were
larger each, year. So, they.
decided to take, .over the
°
whole building -'more or less -
and have more space. This
was fine for a. few years -but
once again they were finding
they needed more space and
finally a couple of years ago.
they set upat the large
Saltford Hall across the River
Maitland.
Where will they go next—
.iWill the Arena be ready or
eeler reports
usin
Housing Action Committee
Chairman D. F. Wheeler
reported, to Goderich Town
is Council on Thursday.evening
through' a briefpresented in
connection ' with the annual
Association of • Ontario'
Housing Authroities con-
ference on housing.
Mr. Wheeler said that the
e" Minister of Housing set the,
tone of the conference .in.his -
opening address. The
Minister ' told the meeting
that Housing Authority ap-
proaches to government
subsidized housing had.: to
change. ,,Tlje_building of the
large autonomous projects of
the past were not working out
and by their nature were
creating as many problems
as they solved. .
"Because they were large
they tended to segregate the
corn -
triunity,
from the c
inhabitantso
triunity, set them apart, in a
sense ghettoize them," the
minister said. .
The meeting was told that
Marina reports.
average year
During the past summer
approximately 512 boats
•
stayed overnight at
Goderich's municipal marina
and at least twice that many
refueled and continued on.
their way. `
According to a report
submitted to Goderich Town
Council last , Thursday
business at the marina this
year was'for the most part on
a par vvith'past years.
A number of •suggestions,
pointed out by visitors using
themarina, were put before
council
A pump for diesel fuel was
suggested as with the . in-
creasing amount of small
diesel craft the present
yste'iiri of 'phoning -fora truck
o come to the marina had
roven inadequate.
'In connection with the
wn's 150. anniversary next
ear' it -was=; suggested- that .a_
ree taxi ride frofti the
arina to the down town area
e provided. It was also
uggested that: the town
onsor a sailboat race. . .
The town was asked to
onsider enlarging the
ticking facilities. This was
en as the one improvement
at both visitors and resident
aters had been concerned
out..., .. .
€onferencE
what was needed was a new
approach, one Which will
integrate°this type of housing
into the community rather,
than set it apart. To • ac-
complish this the . Govern-
ments have made amend-
ments to the housing act that
will attract .substantially
more private' funds into the
housingmarket," he said.
• The Minister also said that
totally 'sponsored Govern;
ment projects will be, located
and designed to integrate into
the'", communities official
plans. Programs such as
OHRP will enable citizensto
improve their .ac-
commodaations and rent
geared to income schemes
will enable people to obtain
better accommodation or
help them tb say in their
Take a step in the right
• direction. Take a few.
11i1rk a IiMxk.'ItiHl*
ONLY YOU CAN
GIVE THE.OIFT .
OF LIFEI _ �'.
•
present accommodation
which might • otherwise
become unaffordable.
The conference .was-. also
told that part -of the change.
must take. ' place at the
municipal level. Nb Ion er
will a community get hots Ing
just for the asking. It will
have to get more involved
with their own housing needs,
they will be required to show
need, help select suitable and
desirable sites and ensure the
proposed development will
conform with local bylaws
and official plans. •
"What they seem to
suggest," Mr. Wheeler told
•council, "was .. that
municipalities needed groups
to : do exactly what our
Housing- Action Committee
has been setup to.do.'
available for another year
W1}en will we ever have an
auditorium large enough ;to
take care of things such as
this. I hope this is not far
away for I know Goderich is
growing - inmore ways than
one. Signs of progress are all'
around us.
Back .in 1969 the buildings
on The Square - - West St.
Corner to. the Craigie
Building at Montreal. Street
'corner were' torn down and
Gerrards Clothing Shop,
Simpsons -Sears Office, the
Offices of Niagara Finance
and Realty Co.' with the fine,
Bank of Nova` Scotia- filling
the West Street corner, were
erected. Before this big
renovation things had. been
moving also, as. the Guy
Emerson Drug store had been
where Mac Campbell is now
On The Square. Guy moved
Into the corner 'store at The
Square and West S,t. wher'e,,,,
now stands the lank` of Nova
Scotia,
Jeweller, . Reg Bell (not
'Reg' - Optometrist) . had
moved to the store where Mr.
Bricker now sell, fine glass
and jewellery.
Until '65 to 1969 there had
not been too many. drastic
changes - at least 'ones that
meant building new
buildings. The choice of
design for the Gerrard's-
Sears, etc. building on The
Square was to many con-
cerned citizens a poor one,
since it does not blend, in any
way with the general ar-
chitecture of The Square.
I can only hope the Town
Council have made a ruling of
some kind to prevent such >
thing happening again. "The
prettiest town in Canada" is
quite a"slogan to live up to; so
let's not lose the charm ofc a
fine150 year old town.
Don't forget the Salvation
Army Fall Tea and Sale
Saturday October 23, 'THIS
Saturday afternoon.
Another thing, the .pottery.
classes at the Orange Hail
behind old A&P Store are on
Wednesday evenings with
that fine*. potter, Sheila
Gundy, teaching.
Check the Bulletin Board
for more: Love .
Martha:'
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