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PAGE 4-00DERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARDI 24,1977
Right prescription
The hand of Goderich was extended
in friendship and goodwill last week
into Zurich, Switzerland, and Bay City,
USA. In this 150th year since the
founding of Goderich, there's no better
way to celebrate our heritage or
broaden our horizons, and the people of
the town should offer commendations
to the handful of ambassadors from
The Prettiest Town in Canada.
Goderich Oldtimers Hockey Club
went to Switzerland to represent the
town during the Jubilee Three Year
and to survey .the competition in the
Oldtimers League across the world.
Surprisingly perhaps, this new team of
veteran hockey players proved to be
worthy delegates, winning world-wide
recognition as gold medalists in the D
division, and attracting international
attention to the Town of Goderich. The
champions have also managed to focus
provincial sights on Goderich, a
valuable bonus during 'sesquicen-
tennial celebrations.
Members of town council, of the
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 109, the
Jubilee Three Committee and some
others travelled to Bay City to take
part in the annual St. Patrick's Day
parade there. Bay City residents rolled
out the red carpet for the local
delegation and in return, Goderich
citizens will have the opportunity later
this year to entertain Bay City folks. It
is a tremendously exciting dimension
to local celebrations which is bound to
foster new and lasting relationships
between Goderich and our American
neighbors.
It is difficult to assess the long term
importance to Goderich of these two
happenings outside the town. Perhaps
it is impossible.
But for the present, there has been
much civic pride stirred in the hearts
of many, many Goderich people. It is
just the kind of special thrust this
community needs to get going for
Jubilee Three Celebrations, It is
exactly the right prescription to make
community spirit come alive when it is
most needed. - SJK
Come alive
This is Goderich's sesquicentennial
and an energetic and imaginative
committee has been working for
several months now to bring an ex-
citing and memorable program to this
town on the occasion of its 150th bir-
thday. Judging from reports which
have been trickling 4n from all corners
of the community for weeks now, the
celebrations . will have just about
everything - including plenty of guests.
The enthusiasm of the townspeople is
building. It will climax undoubtedly
during the last few days of June and
the first week or so of July when the
greatest portion of the activity will
unfold. Everyone is talking about in-
viting former friends and neighbors
and relatives to come back to town for
the gigantic -party which will have
something for everybody to enjoys.
it is a great year and a great
celebration ahead.
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This week, businessmen in the
municipality will receive several
suggestions concerning ways in which
they can make 1977 bigger and better.
They are being asked to pitch in to
make the town's businesses as festive
and as a friendly and attractive as
possible.
Surely homeowners will want to take
their cue from the businessmen.
Residents of this community will want
to dress up their properties in party -
fashion - realizing that every inch of
Goderich will be in the spotlight this
spring, summer and fall as folks come
from far and wide to join the
merrymaking.
Similarly, every aspect of life in
Goderich will come alive with an extra
touch for effect this Tri Jubilee Year.
With such co-operation, Goderich
will be more than just the Prettiest
Town in Canada. It will be a pure
delight for everyone :.. a downright
living, breathing invitation to
travellers along Highway 21 and High-
way 8 to, stop off and find out what's
happening. The vitality of the town will
utterly reach out and grab folks out of
their cars and their campers.
With that kind of an atmosphere in
Goderich this year, there will be no
concern about getting people to
celebrate with the townspeople. With
that kind of spirit, the success of
Jubilee Three is assured. - SJK
Farmers decide
It isn't too surprising that some
farmers in Huron County have adopted
the attitude that saving farmland it a
pain in the neck. it just depends whose
ox is being gored.
Frank Falconer of the Huron -Perth
Shorthofn Club told the local members
of parliament recently in Clinton that
efforts to save farmland is all a bunch
of "B.S." -and who better f'o know
about such a commodity than a
Shorthorn farmer. Falconer says that
farmland should be "sold to the highest
bidder".
Obviously Falconer is convinced that
farming, like all other business, is
strictly to make money: Keep com-
petition keen,keep the demand just a
little greater than the demand, and
there isfhe formula for financial gain.
Let land go to the highest bidder and 'a
some farmers, especially those on the
fringe of growing urban communities
or those who are just plain lucky, stand
to get rich.
Gone is the old-fashioned idea that
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farmers have an obligation to feed the
nations And perhaps that's as it should
be. Too long have city and town tolk
behaved as though its their natural
right to have a bountiful supply of
cheap food from the farmlands of
Canada.
Still, farmers always will be an in-
dependent breed. Though in recent
years farmers have become in-
creasingly vocal where farm policy
and prices are concerned, they have
remained fiercely proud of their ability
to keep pace with the demands of a
consuming public. They are intense
about this matter -of food production
yet they demand the freedom to choose
their own..destiny.
Politicians are justified, perhaps, in
their concern for the farmland of
Ontario, of Canada. Maybe Frank
Falconer's views are a little too radical
for the times, but there is merit in what
he says. Farmers must retain the
choice. Chances are they .won't let
anyone down. - SJK
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Spoils of friendliness
There is justice after all.
Think now about the
commercial on television
which depicts the pretty,
slender gal who is drinking a
low -cal soft drink and telling
the audience that people who
are counting °calories should
be aware that some diet pops,
contain -sugar. Then she p
out - slowly'- a teaspoon of the` t
foul product of nature a'td
croons something about her
soft drink having no sugar at
all and in total adds up to only
one calorie.
Well, I've watched that
commercial for a few months
now, and every time I see it I
cringe, To me, diet drinks and
diet foods of any sort which
are sweet yet contain no
sugar, should be avoided in
the diet. Artificial
sweeteners spell trouble to
me personally, being allergic
to them. But more than that,
the thought of consciously
consuming chemicals to
replace a natural substance
like sugar seems to me to be
deliberately begging for
disaster to befall us.
Recently, cancer resear-
By Ron Sha
DEAR READERS
chers have indicated they
have found a definite link
between cancer and - sac-
charines (artificial.
sweeteners) and as of July 1,
1977, sugar -free pops con-
taining saccharines will be
withdrawn from the market.
By the first of November,
1977, saccharine is , to:. be.
phased out of the market.
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In response to this news, a
letter crossed my desk this
week from a diet group
known as Counterweight. The
letter was signed by Hector
MacMillan who is general
manager of Counterweight
with offices in Weston.
Hector MacMillan wants to
assure all those men and
women who use Coun-
terweight's salad dressings,
'jellies, jams, marmalade,
milkshake mixes etc. that the
company is "reformulating"
mixes. And he also points out
that Counterweight soups,
something called Coun-
terweight '76 which comes in
strawberry, . chocolate and
vanilla, and a product with
the handle Slik, do not now
contain artificial sweeteners
so are perfectly safe for
everyone.
"Artificial sweeteners, in
their own way, have been
helpful to many of uswho
have attempted to lose
weight," MacMillan, writes.
"It isimperative at. this time
for those who are on an eating;
plan not to panic, for no doubt
industry will find other
alternatives in the
manufacture . of sweetening
agents." '
And then' he leaves the
impression that he may not
be entirely convinced that
present artificial sweeteners
are all that harmful to
humans.
"Meanwhile, - artificially
sweetened foods are still
available at the retail level,"
says MacMillan. "-It is the
decision of the consumers if
they wish to continue the
purchase and consumption of
these products for the length
of time that they will be made
available."
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If MacMillan does have
some doubt about sac-
charines and their potential
danger to the human body, he
is not alone. Many people
have expressed the opinion
that if one is to avoid death by
cancer, one must not eat or
drink anything, one must not
enjoy lfe,_olne must live in the
shadows, one must stop,
l r'eafh'in .
Last week, the editorial
writer for the Wingham
Advance -Times wrote an
article entitled "Let's just
stop eating". It 'was pointed
out that it is "scarcelysafe to
open one's mouth for food and
drink or to breathe the air on
a summer day".
"One scientist has com-
mented that a person would
have to consume about 800
cans of diet soft drinks per
day to equal the dosage
(artificial sweeteners) which
was used to produce cancer in
the laboratory animals," the
editorial stated.
And then the summary
paragraph which showed the
contempt the writer holds for
the findings:
"Too bad- the br
who found that saccha'
deadly had not been
chance to test all that
flu vaccine last fa
might have saved usa
of million bucks."
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Fturl'ny thing. ,,r
researchers' have
evidence to suppo
theory that some can
be linked to
chemicals, like sacc
personally, accept
theory.
But the odd thing is
has been stated by'"
renowned doctors,
them the most illus
Denis P. Burkitt of
England; that
especially when c
with white flour, can
deadly combination,
human body. And v
fuss is made about it.
When I heard Dr.
speak in London ab
years ago, he told the.
the typical healthy
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Right on Ron
Dear Editor,
Ron Shaw's article in last
week's Signal re the seal hurt
hit the nail squarely on the
head. The seals die a swift,
merciful death - I,hope I go as
fast!
If only the hysterical
amateurs and bleeding hearts
could forget the Labrador ice
floes for a while, look closer
to home and howl to stop the
DEAR EDITOR
use of leg -hold traps, in our
own province. hundreds of
thousands of wild and
domestic animals die a slow
and agonizing death, often
after almost chewing off a leg
or paw.
A recent Department of the
Environment survey of trap
lines showed that out of 1911
animals and birds killed in
this instance, only 561 were
fur -bearers ` of any com-
mercial value. °
Fashion -conscious women
(and men) have only to refuse
to wear leg -hold trapped furs,
and this wasteful and bar-
barous traffic would dry up
over night.
J.C. Hindmarsh
Robins back
Dear Editor:
A well-known Canadian
has just returned from once
again spending his winter in
the south, where he was
forced to go because of food
shortages here.
However, - he will again
contribute to our economy,_
and - set us fine examples in
conservation and saving, of
energy. He will cheerfully
work 'from sunrise to sunset,
powering his own activities
without using gas, hydro, or
steam, and wasting no time
or food. He won't eXceed any
speed limits, either, except in
family matters, where he will
possibly raise two or three
families before going
again. Yes, you've
guessed, ----he is k
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75YEARSAGO
The motion to unseat
councillors Murney and Knox
came before His Honor Judge
Doyle on Mohday when, by
consent, the action was
dismissed without cost to;,
either; party.
Tirne and again the
newspapers report eases of.
early plowing but so far The,
Star has not, noticed, an in.'t
stance where a start has been
`. made earlier than bye Harry
Young „near:, Hieniriili+Err Wtnc�l°:
put in near
plowing on
and on:Thursday some of his
neighbours started similar
work.
On Tuesday last Mayor
Cameron and Captain A.M.
. McGregor left for;Ot iwa to
::.fit joined on the way down;by,
Mr. S.A. 'McGraw as a civic
deputation to intervieur'; the
ov'.e
gt nment.. .
rAAdrews slOPPe
able decked �tr rid` h - co .
ly a days solid of 196'hogs, the price paid for
Tuesday March 1.1 the best stock being $5.60.
25 YEARS `AGO
Mr. H.T. (Harry) Barker'
was presented with gifts.tro"m
the Dominion Road
Machinery Company and its
employees in recognition of.
tl:y+ears of faithful
F serr►lce
withthe cohraph'ny.-. -
° At .a.spedial 'meetlrig 15f the
yin fltb" ;ileard last'T'hur
sdgy.
evei'+iin ;- au. Nit tiiiF ,. mefi1
`+odeerfolif,.Uistrict 'Collegiate:
,di ':15 Mini W Y fii l lr�.
t:
bers of the teaching 'staff.
were"granted a cost of living
bonus of $200.for' 1952-53 ef-
fective next September 1.
The change over to 60 Cycle
power was Completed in
Goderich.-'on ;Monday when,
the last 25 cyclo motor was
Changedat the Goderich
Elevator and. -Transit' Com
pany elevators. '
,The latest acquisition•'of the
"u _fin- Pioneer'Museum is ah
+;. 'horse-drawn cultivator,
lade entirely a,*
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5 YEARS AGOS
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the International"
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agreementon Tu
virtue of a 33.23.•
;their employer She
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strike to an ends
p' any began calling;
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