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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-23, Page 181/ i'AGE 26—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1976 Dear• Readers.... continued from page 21) home in Goderich to another one and all the week before Christmas. The movers have strict structions not to lose the roasting pan. Were going to have that Christmas turkey no matter what. - As I write this on Friday, December 17 I am in a complete state of confusion. With the, Christmas issue coming out a day early, the hdusehold in a state of upheaval, the new house not quite reacry for occupancy, no Christmas shopping done, not a scrap of Christmas paling completed .,.. a brand new junior choir under my direction (well sort of) making its debut Christmas Eve plus, all the. general excitement of Christmas -Ito boot, I'm a nervous wreck. But it will probably come together and go down in my memoirs as one of the hap-- piest Christmases ever. Son Randy is arriving home from school today. That's always a treat. He will complete the family circle at our house and that's the best Christmas gift I can get. The family is all getting , together in Dashwood again this year on Boxing Day. That's always the highlight of Terry Crowley N"mqNrIAIW.0 GoH DERic , London 524-9075 �;cm -represWiting 14;— the season for the clan. During the year, the family grew a little more and I'm told that this year's celebration will also include several • aunts and; uncles from the Zurich and New Hamburg area who want to join the festivities. Looks like it will be more than a dinner. It will be a reunion! - As Christmas Eve gets closer, I'm looking forward to the peace and quiet of the night. Have you ever noticed how quiet Christmas Eve gets out on the streets? I suppose that's because everyone is at home with their loved ones. We'll go to church Christmas Eve, of- course. Dear Editor..r. (continuedirom page 21) could be fastened together in our townspeople and all thought it.to be a good idea: I have mentioned it • to representatives of our Town's governing body, to members of our service clubs and also to members of our Downtown Merchants' Association. The more,' "dream" about it, the more I think it would be useful, unique and , an at- traction that no other small town has or could have in a similar setting.• • Goderich is unique with its downtown shopping area• looking. out onto a park used only in the summertime. My "pipe" dream is that some day we would have an artificial ice surface in the courthouse park for those who like to skate and for those who like to watch skaters, from tiny tots to senior citizens. The ice. surface could be . used for . skating around the clock with taped .music from speakers t at strategic locations in . the trees, acouple of small glassed shelters similar to the bus waiting stations in the cities, for changing skates. It is not my idea .that this ice surface would be a fixed affair that would mar the • beauty of. our •park in the summertime but would be portable, putup in the fall and removed in the spring. The, ice -making machinery could be housed in a small, low profile portable building. and the balance. of equipment • required to prepare the ice .surface would be in mats Which house the pipes and a pattern through the trees to allow the skaters to skate in an endless circuit. The ice surface does not have to be rectangular in shape. No doubt, you and 'many of your readers have seen people of all ages at any time of the day or Right skating on an artificial ice Surface which i a pond in the summer in Nathan Phillips v- &pare., Toronto. Also the portable ice surface in front of the ban- dstand in Victoria Park, London. I think we as citizens of the town, our neighbours in the. townships and surrounding towns and villages would make good use of it. The ice surface could be a real at - • N tr!, • rf... • Dear Santa But as I come out of the service, I expect to be thrilled again by the silence of the world around me. That's the way it always seems to be. That trip home is always such a tremendous experience. I pass the homes on the way, most of them lit up .in- dicating folks are ht- home. I traction which we could all be proud of. I have not inquired as to the cost of such an undertaking blit am sure that with con- tributions from citizens, merchants, service clubs, corporations, etc., that we could cover the cost. Theme original outlay for the equipment is the big thing, the maintenance . could be covered by our tax dollar'. I have written this letter in the hopes that you would • publish it and provoke some • action or reaction from other • citizens. Sincerely,.," J. C. 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His People .... and how that plan has af- fected the world all down through the ages. -I think 9f those heavenly hosts who sang "Peace on Earth Goodwill To Ail Men" on that quiet hillside on that first Christmas and I am awed • that even today, Christmas Eve 'still has. that spontaneous stillness about it. 'And then I think •of.my own family and -the blessing.of it. I think what a lucky woman I am to have a husband who ,cares, three kids who have grown to love and appreciate their family and a place to call home. But most of all, I'm grateful to the God who loved me. enough to send His Son into the- world to become the perfect sacrifice for my sins: I give thanks for the free gift of eternal life which is made possible through the birth of this little baby so many years ago on an evening much like this one and I go into my house filled with the lasting peace of Christmas. 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