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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-11-03, Page 6PAGE 6--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977 S en House held on -woman's 80th birthday Congratulations to Mrs. Gordon (Pearl) Congram who will celebrate her 80th birthday on Saturday, November 5. Over 125 relatives, friends and neigh- bours enjoyed games of euchre and a friendly get- together at an Open House held in Mrs. Congram's honour at the Brookside Public school on Saturday, October 29. There were 20 tables of cards in play and the winners were:.. ladies high, Mrs. Meredith (Mary) Young of Goderich ; ladies low, Mrs. Russell Alton of Goderich; men's high, Frank Pentland, Dungannon; men's low, Tom Culbert, Dungannon. Among those attending were former neighbours Joe and Lil Petrie from Tilson- burg; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Astrom from Hamilton; Mrs. and Mrs. Victor Taylor, Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harper from London; Mr. and Mrs. Orval Boxall from London; Mrs. Sharon Heggs from St. Catharines; Mrs. Eggleston and daughter of Cobden as well as friends from Wingham, Goderich, Lucknow, Holyrood, Kingsbridge and the surrounding area. Mr. Frank McCarthy' of Surrey, British Columbia visited with his brother Mr. Wilfred McCarthy in Bervie and with his friends in this community during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Voll of Kitchener, Mrs. Ed Lionhardt and Mrs. Roach from Waterloo visited during the past week with Brother Carl Voll, C.R. Mr. and Mrs. John Kinney of Redford Township, Michigan visited with Mrs. Jack Kinney from Saturday until Monday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Boxall of London visited from Tuesday to Saturday, October 18 to 22 with Mrs, Gordon Congram and Maurice Ivers, Mrs. Mary Frayne who has been residing at her country home here returned to London for the winter months, on Friday, October 28. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Marsman and family of London visited on the weekend with her mother Mrs. Dennis Dalton. Mrs. Robert Howard Letters • from page 4 another happy and successful 150 years. Sincerely, William G. Davis returned to Miami, Florida with her friend Miss Peggy O'Neill who has been visiting in this area for the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John O'Neill and friends of Jackson, Michigan spent the weekend at their summer cottage. Grade 7., and 8 students of St. Joseph's school at Kingsbridge held a Halloween dance in the school gym on Friday, October 28. Their guests were Grade 8 students from - Kincardine, Goderich and Brookside area schools. The latest hit records provided the music for dancing. The students wish to thank the teachers and parents who chaperoned. It is Ruling soon for Amish Nothing but legal action can be ruled out if the Ontario cabinet rejects the Amish farmers' appeal for exem- ption from the Ontario Milk Marketing Board's bulk cooler ' regulation, a representative for the far- mers said Monday. Ian Hunter of the University of Western Ontario's law faculty said he doesn't know what the next step will be if the appeal is rejected by cabinet. But hs didn't rule out an appeal to the Ontario ombudsman. He expects a cabinet an- nouncement on the matter this week. "We've decided that if they (cabinet) turn us down, we won't make any move until we review their ruling and discuss it with the Mennonite Central Comr~ittee," he said. The Anish are Old Order Mennonites who object on religious grounds to a marketing board regulation that all Ontario dairy farmers convert to bulk coolers: The Amish already have rejected court action for religious reasons, said Hunter. Meanwhile, Ken McKinnon, marketing board chairman, said in a telephone interview from his farm at R.R. 1, Port Elgin, that the board may make a statement on its side of the story. He said he is not surprised at the cabinet decision to take another look at the regulation. It was to have been im- plemented Monday but Agriculture Minister William Newman said last week the Dear Readers • from page 4 by the editor to assure him that the letter was omitted in his own hest interests. +++ Once in a while, a letter Is received by the editor which, while it is libellous, has enough general interest to the public at Targe that it should be given further study. In such a case, the letter is usually checked out with the usual sources - the police, the town hall, the courts, the county offices, etc. Sometimes there is the basis for a story about the incident referred to in the letter. More often, when the other side of the coin is turned up, the story value evaporates like mist on a sunny day. . In any case, every letter which is received by the editor of the Signal -Star is given the respect any letter to the editor deserves, The editor reads them all and in 99 percent of the cases, the letters are run verbatim. One letter in 100 may be found libellous. That letter is omitted from the letters to the editor column, More often than not, the main idea of the letter is examined for truth and its news value in the community. There may be a story tip in the letter in which case, a reporter is assigned to dig into the matter in the usual unbiased manner. If there is no story opportunity, the letter is filed in the waste basket, If at all possible, the editor will contact the letter writer to advise the letter will not appear. Letters to the editor are an important part of this newspaper. The editorial staff appreciates receiving signed letters on all subjects - nice or otherwise. All letters are published.unless they are considered to be libellous. Pseudonyms are permitted but in the event someone calls for the name of the letter Writer, the name will be revealed without further question. Unsigned letters are never published. Maybe someday, the editor will also stop taking telephone calls from people who refuse to give their names, cabinet will review the Amish appeal before the regulation goes into effect. McKinnon said he wasn't "terribly upset" by the government's decision to review the appeal but "I wish they'd get this thing settled one way or the other." McKinnon said the government made the right choice in taking time to think about the question. Hunter sent a letter to Newman last week asking that the cabinet consider the matter. The Amish object to the conversion to bulk coolers for milk because the coolers are electrically operated and the Amish shun electricity. John Cardiff, public relations officer for the milk board, said the board's reasons for setting the new regulations are based on economics and the concern for quality of milk. The regulations are seen as the "first step" toward establishing one level of milk quality, said Cardiff. It is a joint government - board goal to replace the two grades of milk with just one quality level, perhaps by 1980 or 1981, he said. At present there is an in- dustrial grade and grade A, Industrial milk is used in the production of dairy products . Grade A is table milk. It has been estimated that if all Ontario dairy farmers used milk cans rather than bulk coolers, said Cardiff, the cost of milk to the consumer would be four times what it is. He said he doesn't see how cabinet can exempt the Amish farmers from the regulation. If the Amish are exempted, the government might be swamped with demands from other farmers that they be compensated for converting to bulk coolers, said Cardiff. "They could argue that they converted needlessly and that the government should pay their bills." He estimated that con- version costs could be as, much as $10,000 for some farmers. hoped that more dances can be held in the school. Mrs. Danny Dalton and children, Carl and Patricia of Nanaimo, British Columbia visited for two weeks recently with Mr. Aymond Dalton and the Dalton farpilies and with her family and friends in Fergus, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Courtney, Mrs. John Austin and Mr. Wilfred Austin visited with Mr. Frank Austin in the Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, London on Sunday, October 30. Jimbo Sinnett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sinnett was a patient in the Wingham and District General Hospital for a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Murray of Royal Oak, Michigan are spending holidays with her brother Mr. John O'Connor. Hallowe'en dances held at the Lucknow Legion Hall and at the Saltford Valley Hall on Saturday, October 29 were enjoyed by several residents of this area. Paul Dalton, son of Mrs. Mark Dalton completed an eight week apprenticeship course in steamfitting on Friday, October 28 at the George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology. Donny Miltenburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reis Miltenburg completed an eight week apprenticeship course in Motor Vehicle Mechanics on Friday, October 28 at the Centennial College, Scar- borough. SCHOOL NEWS Family Life is again being taught in Kingsbridge, Monday, October 24 was parent night and Ron Gladding, Family Life co- ordinator for Huron -Perth led the meeting, Also present were the pastor Reverend Father Dentinger, C.R., Principal Dave Zyluk; teachers Harold Zettler and Joanne Hamilton and parent representative Clarice Dalton. It was requested, by the parents that a further meeting he held in November to let the parents know at what stage the course is at and to discuss any concerns. On Thursday, October 27 at 12:30 p.m. a chaperone's meeting was held at the school in order to clarify the rules set for the students' Halloween dance. That same evening a meeting of the St. Joseph's School Association Executive was held. Jackie Dalton was named as one student representative and a second will be named within a short while. A general meeting is to be held on Thursday, December 1 at 8:30 p.m. A skating party for members of the com- munity has also been ten- tatively planned. A newspaper drive is to be held and plans are in the works. At the request of the Association 'a questionnaire is to be sent to Grade 6, 7 and 8 parents regarding the validity of school dances. Mary O'Keefe attended her first meeting of the Huron - Perth Kindergarten Curriculum Committee and «ill be working together with thy' other members in establishing a curriculum for kindergarten. Grade 1 students visited St. Joseph's church, Kingsbridge where they were met by Father Dentinger who showed them many things of interest. The last regular season game in Intermediate House League volleyball provided a tic between Toronto and Saskatchewan. This left the final standings with Edmonton in first place with six points;' Saskatchewan second with four points and Toronto third with two points. The first game of the playoffs, however, showed that the Saskatchewan win over Edmonton last week was not sheer luck as Saskat- chewan won the first game of the hest of three series. The finals will be decided next week. In the Junior House league, Toronto's two wins, one over Saskatchewan, the other over Edmonton, kept them at the top of the league and has given them a first place position when it comes to the playoff series. The primary line soccer lead saw Edmonton move from third position at the beginning of the week to first by the end. This was done at the expense of first place Saskatchewan who lost two games in a row to Edmonton. At present, the best of three playoffs are tied at one game apiece for both SaskatcheWan and Toronto. MISSING TRUCK A 1974 International Cattle truck loaded with corn and belonging to Mr. Howard Culbert of R.R. 1, Dungan- non, bearing the licence number 1473247 was taken from the M.J. Smith Grain Elevators, Port Albert sometime between midnight Saturday, and 7 a.m. Sunday, Brookside happenings On Thursday, October 27, Constable Bill Wilson of the ()PP Goderich Detachment, came to Brookside to talk on •school bus safety, He showed a film which demonstrated how quickly accidents can happen and gave the students something to think about. The chocolate bar sales are ended but the winners have not yet been determined. Open House on Monday evening was quite successful with an excellent attendance. The parents had a chance to tour the rooms before going to the gym for a gymnastic display, a film and music by the choir. Mr. Gary Jewitt introduced the teachers. There was a Special Education presentation in the library at which Mrs. Verna Kane, Speech Consultant; Mrs. Sheila Clarke, Special Learning Disabilities Con- sultant; Mr. Glen Buck, who comes from the Board Office to test children who appear to be having difficulties; and Mrs. Mary Bere, Remedial Teacher, each spoke briefly outlining their roles 'in the system. - The 50 Mile Club will end on Monday, October 31 so pupils not yet finished had better get running! Soccer finals are being played for the boys. The winning girls' team is Charlie's Angels, captain Linda Taylor. Friday, October 28 was a Professional Development Day (P.D.) for the teachers so all students had a holiday. The teachers participated in a variety of activities in the Goderich, Clinton and Wingham area. Several teachers from Brookside attended the an- nual dinner meeting of Huron FWTAO at the White Car- nation in Holmesville on Wednesday evening at which all new teachers were welcomed to the profession. October 30. 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