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PAGE ,113•••-• rODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1976,
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Detonator Dan outlines..' before election
Dear Editor;
<••e Well sir, as my neighbour
would say, the time. of great
decision is upon us.
We put the plough away
aga-in this fall. If Nyou
remember last June; about
the third, I'lbejieve,,the water
was flowing abbotit''6 cm deep
over the dam near. the Ben -
miller Inn. On that particular
day, .I was driving through
the village on my way to the
farm to plant beans. Well,
who should I meet but the
Mayor of Benmiller. We
rattled on abo r a : weather,
the crops, t consumers;
Consumers! ,`r=nd just about
eve
"der
the sun for
everything Y
about 16' mi tes. Had to talk
pretty fast you know. •
The Mayor said that .I
should get the ploughing done
early because it the water is 6
cm deep over the dam, on the
third of June; it will•enow by
November 8. Well you know I
never doubt the •word of the
Mayor.
So we finished ploughing
about three weeks ago,
. greased it up and put it away.
Further, we got the 'water
cooked out of the chicken
farmers corn and. have pretty
Imagine, wanting farmers
to take 95 percent of their past
income. Who else would do
that? And 'pay our taxes.
Paying taxes gives one the
right to complain. Well, like I
said., if you want to•keep the
land in crop, productiop, just
pay the farmer to produce.
Speaking of prices, the
other day it made my annual
visit to the local super-
market. (Did not know which
one to chose). Whoneeds the
farmer when you can buy all
that staff in the store?
Well sir, as my neighbour
would say, I noticed the price
well .hibernated' for the
strawberries to spray' -for
Pine ..eX pn Lake to pd
weeds, (yes, that is right) and
bed down with straw.
Say, speaking' of the
chicken farmer, that :young
chap was appointed to the
Minister of Agriculture's
Young • Farmers ,Advisory
Council. Well I tell you. that
Ag. Minister sure needs some
advising:.;
Maple Leaf IODE
will enter float
The November meeting of Mrs. G. L. Royal presented
the Maple° Leaf Chapter a briefcase to the Regent,
LO.D.E. was held at the home Mrs. M. Whitlock.
of Mrs. J. Skeoch. Thee. Mrs. P. Howe, Treasurer,
Regent, Mrs. G. L.' Royal, introduced the list of
presided and the table flags donations for Provincial and
were on display. Mrs. W. G. National I.O.D.E. Funds. As
Hass all, Membership' well as accepting the regular
Secretary, reported that • list this year, a donation will
members had . attended the be rade to Frontier College
funeral of the late Mrs. R., which provides Adult and
Menzies, a.life. member; of the `Community Education in
Chapter. Mrs. Hassell added outlying parts of Canada.
few -te'm•arks----on- lire Laborer teac-beCs .. •_work •
devotion of the late Mrs. mining towns; logging
Menzies to the work of the • operations, fishing villages,
•Opportunity Shop.
Mrs. E. Van. den Broeck,
Citizenship Secretary, an-
nounced a Citizenship Court
will 'be held Wednesday,
November 24th, at 8 p.m.
Mrs. H. W. Be.ttger
reported on the Charter Night.
of the Mitchell. Chapter °now
named `Helen Phillips'.
There were 40 charter'
members who took their It was decided to enter a
affirmation. Mrs. G. Ellis of
the Maple Leaf 'Chapter float in the Town Santa Claus.
presented the Badge •uof the , parade - and also to give a
Order to her daughter, Mrs. donation to the Town Parade
B. Foster, now living in • Committee.
Mitchell and.* named as Mrs. R. Y. Smith, Services
Membership Secretary ;of the ,.Secretary, reported the bale
new Chapter. . had been packed and that a
. wreath had been ordered for
the November,. 11 Remem-
brance Day Serviceat the
Cenotaph.
Mrs. P. Strickland an-
nounced her committee had
made plans for the Christmas
Party to be held Thursday,
December 9th.
Mrs. L. Boyce thanked the
hostess and lunch was served
at the conclusion of the
meeting.
etc. A._ donation will also be
sent this year to Canadian
Scene, . a • • non-profit
organization which
distributes information in 15
languages. • to ;• ethnic
newspapers • ` •and radio
. stations. It helps immigrants
adjust to our Canadian way of.
.,life by giving them . factual
information in • their„ own
language. •
Dear Editor
(continued from page 17)
stamped envelope to Dr.
Sassone, 900 North Broadway
Suite 725, Santa Ana,
California 92701, Tot -date no.
one has won it..
Anyone who had the good
fortune ., to see the
documentary " !Population is
,People° on Man Alive last
winter will understand the
overzealous tactic of family
planning groups who injected
virus into ' the wombs of
women in underdeveloped
countries, which . produced
infection, a great deal of pain
and suffering and finally their
ultimate goal -sterility.
History has shown that with
development, people
automatically limit their
families. Planned . Paren-
thood shoutd limit itself to the
original intention to help
couples plan their familes.
Connie Osborn
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CGIT pyjama
party big hit
Education and the HUrort
Perth • Raman " ..Cathdlic.
.Separate School Board to
introduce a policy under
which they, would accept the
1977 tax• levies on two dates;.
June 30 and December 15.
Council also considered a
request (pile the Goderich
Recreation Committee 'fart a
donation toward the repair of
the Goderich arena. Council
recommended that the
•canvass be continued,
since a
pointing o.
ut that
P i
g
number of residents had
already donated, a donation
from the general,.funds would
be creating a double donation
from them.
Reeve . Gerry Ginn had
previously offered to help set
up a canvass, but had never
,heard from the Committee
council said.
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Easy on t
At its regular meeting last
' week, • Goderich' Township
Council considered a formal
objection to Council's action
of October 14 in not con-
curring with, a request to
change a parcel of land to an
urban designation in order to
accommodate a mobile home
park. Council chose.to take no
action on the protest and
ordered it filed.
R.M. Elliott, operator of
Pine Lake Camp, appeared at
the meeting seeking per-
mission to increase his trailer
camp size to 400 sites. Noting
that Mr. Elliott's application
conformed ' to the existing
Township By-law the council
voted to approve the request.
In other busine,ss the
council moved to request the
Huron County Bovard of
he lights
ea`s'the'•provinc•e„heads into` -
winter, Ontario, Hydro warns
that consumption of electric
power goes into high gear,
and asks for moderation and
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conservation.
The • return, to
standard..
time, shorter daylight periods
and colder weather bring,
almost overnight, a dramatic
jump in daily demands of two
to threehundred thousan
kilowatts, according_to .H. .
Wright, . Hydro's Director
ofEnergy Conservation.
This is the time too, when
The North Street C.G.I.T.
group had a lively time
October 29 at its pyjama
party.
With Mrs. Peart's help the.
girls each made a corn husk
doll.
At present they are busy
preparing for our Vesper
Service which will be held
December 12, at 7 p.m.. at
North St. Church`.,
FHP SHEAVES
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prans are” nade"'to'°.brighten
the early winter with
Christmas lighting displays.
While not wanting to reduce
the spirit of Christmas, Hydro
points out the need to
moderate the, size of the
lighting display as part of its
conservation program.
It has also adopted the
slogan of "Off until 7 p.m.,
and off again at bedtime,"
regarding indoor and exterior
lighting displays for homes,
stores and offices.
of a pound of bearis at 43 cents
(dry white beans). You know
of coarsethat these would
likely be 1975" crop and the
average prfce to the farmer
was iff•the 17 cents range. The
packager likely bought these
beans for that price. (17
cents) Who is -ripping who
off? * .
And while I was in town I
stopped at thelocal self serve
gas bar. Didn't have much
money what with poor crops
and low prices so'I could only
buy 10 gallons of gasoline.
P. ice 79.9 cents per gallon.
Sure beats buying • gasoline in
• bulk lots on the farm. 83.6
spergallon"in 500 gallon,
cent ga n.
lots. Makes youfeel good I
will bet. Who is ripping who
off? •
Well anyway, I spent some
time at the local clerk's office
Bean crop
was. good
According to the Ontario
;,,Bean Producers' Marketing
Board tits 1976 bean crop was
good in terms of quality with
few splits, low moisture
levels,minimum pick and
good color. Estimated total
crop harvest for this year is
about 1,850,000. cwt. bags 'as
compared to the 1975 harvest_
of 1,783,789 cwt. bags.
The average yield was 1,275
pounds per acre ori 145,000
estimated..acres This yield
compares , to the five year
-average yield of--1,354-pounds
per acre.
Ontario's current selling
price is $19.20 ; export and
$20.20 domestic p,er cwt.
The Michigan crop .• is in at
slightly more than four
millioncwt. bags with . an
average yield 'of only 950
pounds per acre. Michigan's
quality is also reported as
good, with slightly more split.
beans than Ontario. Current
producer price in Michigan is
$15.00 and has ranged from
$14.00 to $18.00 per cwt.
up there at Carlow. Election
time you know.
_ And I suppose we will see
the same apathy as in the
past, no turnout at the
ratepeYers' meeting, no
turnout to vote, maybe no
election.
Well of course I wept O'er
the voters' list and°19 and.
behold, my name , was, not
there. So quick like a bunny,
or is it a rabbit, s'or a
Volkswagen?, I rushed to the
local cemetery to see if my
name was chiseled into the
granite. To my relief I could
' not find it. I even asked Zeke,
the local sexton if he had seen
me go by. -
So back to the eletk's office
at Carlow I went to get my
name on the list.,Well sir, as
my neighbour would say, I
checked the voters' list again,
to and behold . I spied the
name of,a long since departed
resident. What kind of a.
voters list is this?
Well sir (you know who
says teat) I wondered ,if the
chicken farmer's name , was
on. No sir, it was pot.
Well sir, (that is the last
Centre needs help
Bluewater' .Centre.. Volun- around us. '-Training and
teer Services' Department
can offer you involvement -in
the real concerns of society
and the community. We
guarantee' you personally
rewarding volunteer job
placements. You, in return
• will help us to improve the
quality of the Centre's nor-
malization programs for
'adult retarded residents' by
providing new experiences,
charfges from daily routine,
stimulation and an awareness.
that will boost their morale
and increase their un-
derstanding •of the world
orientation :., to mental
retardation provided-. Men,
women, senior teens: , you
may arrange to come in for
an informal chat about
volunteer ng - by.• contacting
the Co-ordinator of Volunteer
Services, Bluewater Centre,
Goderich. Phone 524-7331
"Dogs make pollution too.
They leave bones. And
animals Sometimes they're
good when they eat paper:
Most of the time they're good
and bad. Our dogs eats paper.
Does yours?
time) I think the clerk just
picked a few names from a
shredded telephone book. We
must have a'ghost voters' list
in Colborne. .
Today; the 8th I was
beating the road home from
Holmesville, and , met the.
County Snow Plowv. Would
you believe that the plow
blade was about 15 inches ,
above • the snow. Must: be
saving fuel no doubt. .
I just received ='a call -from
the Mayor (of Benmiller). He
mentioned that there is ao
person runningsfor County
Warden this corning year..I
believe that to' be a wise
move. Warden is just a
that
costs too
figurehead head t
g
much money. You know I
often wondered on that,
County Council how a fellow
could have two votes, 'and
then could vote one way and
then change his ' mind and
vote the other way. I guess
that is what you call fence
sitting.
Well it looks like I must run.
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Some •young chap just got
stuck in the ditch out front.
No snow .tires on he • says:
Should be a law about that.
The Mayor just called and
said that there will be a green
Christmas • this year.
Something to do with 8 cm of '
water and all that.
Yours truly,
Detonator Dan
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DCI students suggest trude
Menibers of the students' council at
GDCI have put forth an : interesting
proposal which is designed to get the
whole town cleaned up in time for the
150th anniversary celebrations ..next
year. • •
A letter from Iain. Lambert, vice-
president of GDCI students'' council, said
the student body at the local highschool
would be responsible for picking up the
garbage and litter on all the streets in
town, and in return it is hoped.the town
could make a contribution to the school's
beautification program.
"A clean-up during the spring would
be especially beneficial to the town this
year as it would help the appearance of
the town for our Jubilee Summer,"•
wrote Mr. Lambert.
The matter was referred to the Works
and Engineering Department and to the
Parks Department.' •
Councillor Elsa . Haydon reminded
council that GDCI Principal John
Stringer would have to be fully informed •
of all aspects of any future agreement
between the students' council and the
town.
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91 VICTORIA STREET GODERICH
PRICES IN EFFECT NOV. 11. TO CLOSINGTIME
SAT. NOV. 13 OR WHILE QUANTITIES LAST
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES.
OPEN NITELY . TILL ` 10 PAIL
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SCHNEIDER'S
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8 OZ. STICK
KLEENEX 200'S
TISSUE 59c
FABRIC SOFTENER 64 FL. +OZ.
FLEECY 99c
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SAVARIN.
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