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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-05-11, Page 18PAGE 18--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1978 TOWN AND COUNTRY CLASSIFIEDS 18. Services available asommosimi HOFFMEYER Plumbing & Heating Ltd APPLIANCES Inglis refrigerators, ranges. 55 KINGSTON ST. ELECTRIC washers, dryers, dishwashers, GAS Ranges, barbecues, lights, ranges. Backhoe -Bulldozing Public and private sewage systems Government Licensed Excavations of all types Free Estimates Gaetan Jacques Construction RR 2 GODERICH 524-7104 Big or small we do them all! LAKESIDE RENOVATIONS • eavestroughing • steel roofing • shingling for free estimates phone 524.2871. BOB'S LANDSCAPING Some nursery stock on hand Dealing in Sheridan Nursery Stock • Drop in anytime, at our location, just south of Bavarian inn in Bayfield. Phone 565-2185 We honor Sheridan prices and guarantees. PROFESSIONAL „CARPET CLEANING WITH "STEAM" • Steam gets the dirt other methods don't reach • Removes old shampoo • Carpet dries quickly • Steam Machine Rentals CARPET (ARE 216 Wellington Street S. Goderich 524-2440 19. Notice to'creditors 19. Notice to creditors 26. Births ALL persons having claims against the Estate of GORDON KIMBLE BRINDLEY, Farmer, late of the Township of Colborne, in the County of Huron, who died on or about the 6th day of March, 1978, are required to file the same with full particulars with the undersigned by the 27th day of May, 1978, as after that date the assets of the estate will be distributed. • DATED at Goderich, Ontario, this 27th day of April, 1978. PREST and EGENER, Barristers, etc., 33 Montreal Street, Goderich, Ontario. Solicitors for the Estate. 18-20ar IN THE ESTATE OF DORIS EVELYN MURISON All Persons having claims against the Estate of Doris Evelyn Murison, late of 1805 - 190 Cherryhill Circle, London, Ontario, deceased, who died on or about the 18th day of February 1978, are hereby notified to send in to the undersigned Personal Representative of the said deceased on or before the 27th day of May 1978, full particulars of their claims. Immediately after the Said date the said Personal Representative will distribute the assets of the said deceased having regard only to claims of which it shall then have notice, Dated at Goderich, Ont. this 26th day of April, 1978. VICTORIA AND GREY TRUST COMPANY 1 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario (Executor) PREST and EGENER, Barristers, etc., Goderich, Ontario. Solicitors for the Executors, -18-20ar 20. Public notices WHEELCHAIRS - WALKERS The Humanitarian Service Committee of the Goderich A Oddfellow and Rebekah Lodges have equipment for loan. Contact Amos Osbaldeston, 524-9623 or Fred Fritzley, 524-7217.-2eowar NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GERTRUDE LOUISA STURDY, late of the City of Peterborough, in the County of Peterborough, Retired Teacher. ALL PERSONS having claims against the Estate of GER- TRUDE LOUISA STURDY, who died on or about the 28th day of January, 1978, are required to file proof of same with the un- dersigned solicitors on or before the 17th day of. May, 1978. After such last mentioned date, the Executor will proceed to distribute the Estate, having regard only to the claims of which they shall have had notice. DATED at Peterborough, this 20th day of April, 1978. KENNETH C. TYNER, Executor, by Cameron, Johnston, 816 Lansdowne Street West, P. 0. Box 1148, Peterborough, Ontario. Solicitors for the Executor.-17- 19AR 21. Personal ARE YOU SEPARATED, single or divorced? Meet that special person. Apply P. 0. Box 104, Owen Sound, Ont. N4K 5P1. -1.8- 20x ARE you living with a drinking problem? AL -ANON can help. Phone Goderich 524- 6001.-1 eownc 22. Lost and found TAKEN from Robertson School May 9th, 20" boy's red Super Cycle 3 -speed. If anyone knows whereabouts phone 524-8519.-19 24. Business opportunities WANTED - Partner for business. M. Brown, 20 St. Vin- cent Street, Goderich, 524- 7998,-19x DEALERS NEEDED For Sarnia and surrounding area. Earn '25,000, par• -time '50,000 plus full time. unlimited op- portunity, with one of the nations ' fastest growing products. Minimum Investment '2995.00 1. 100% secured InVestment. 2. Insurance program. 3. Paid training program. 4. Repurchase agreement. 5. Paid vacation. 6. No experience necessary. It is our desire to help you meet your goals and become successful through Ultraguard. Telephone Jim Stevens at 542-7779 anytime S-26 25. To give away PLEASE save us! Call 524-2318 by Friday at sundown or we're goners. Signed two cute kit- tens. --19 26. Births BAKER .- With thanks to God, Jim and Tena announce the birth of their son, Jason Nathaniel, on May 7, 1978, at Clinton Public Hospital. A brother for Joshua Christopher and Jessica Monique.-19ipc GRAHAM: Mr. and 'Mrs. Gary Graham, Goderich, are pleased to announce the arrival of their daughter. Kelly. Irene, on May 7, 1978 et Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. -19 NC KERR: Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kerr, Goderich are pleased to an- nounce the arrival of their son Jason James on May 2, 1978 at Goderich Hospital.-19nc McGli}EGOR: Jim and Janet McGregor, Egmondville, are very pleased to announce she birth of their very first grand- child, a baby girl, Victoria Anne (Vicki) 7 lbs., 15 oz., in General Marine Hospital, Collingwood, Ont., on May 1st. Proud parents are Brian and Nancy McGregor (nee Glenn) Collingwood. Vicki is the 6th grandchild for Wilfred and Doris Glenn, • Kitchener, Ont. -19 PENGALLY: Mr, and Mrs. Donald Pengally of Dungannon are pleased to announce the arrival of their daughter on May 8, 1978 at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. -19 NC 30. In memoriam GODDARD: In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather, William E. God- dard, who passed away May 12, 1977. Only a memory of bygone days And a sigh for a face unseen; A constant feeling that God alone Knows best what should have been. Sadly missed by his wife Ethel, sons Charles and Paul and daughter Mary and their families. -19x Mrs. Crystal Jewitt leads the Bluewater Centre choir as they entertained an appreciative audience in the auditorium during open house, Sunday. Bluewater Centre administrator„ .Bill Gregg, was pleased not only with the response from family and friends of the residents but also from the Dear Editor..... • from .page 6 • much soulsearching. We are all deeply concerned. I am getting bored and restless with the timecon- suming effort of a couple of Council members who are relentlessly, working on creating an illusion that they alone , are, concerned with prudent financing and have to keep the rest of us from running away with the'purse! I have used up my time and your patience on this oc- casion. Many facts remain untouched and no doubt will be aired in the future. My observations have become rambling, but I had to get the whole lot off my chest. Perhaps it was time that some of these things got said and looked at. Last year during the celebrations it was natural that we gathered on the Square. We showed our visitors around with pride, confidence and good com- munity spirit. The Square is not a highway strip and cannot be treated as such. It is a natural frame for an attractive parklike setting of a unique outdoor` mall. That group of taxpayers called businessmen is ready to go into action to enhance the natural beauty of the Square for us all: It is not enough to pay lipservice to wanting to attract business and industry to ouetown; it is not enough to call ourselves the .prettiest town in Canada. Most of us are ready to work for it; many of us feel it is worth fighting for. I am c'lasing with a quotation ' from Housing Ontario: "It is important to maintain the core area because the downtown is a focal point of the community' and belongs to all residents of the municipality." Thank you for giving me so much of your time. Not all dirt Dear Editor: ' I have received several letters and telephone calls during the past two months from people who cannot understand why I do not support the banning of three books, Laurence's "'The Diviners'', Salinger's, "Catcher in the Rye", and Steinbeck's, "Of Mice and \'len" from the -literature courses in our secondary schools. Since there is a concerted attempt being made to have these books banned and since people who have not called me may also be wondering about my stand on this matter, I am taking ad- vantage of your Letters column to explain my reasons. In my view a work of art (painting, photograph, film or book) can only be judged by its purpose. If that purpose is 'to excite sexually or otherwise, or t� shock, then it is pornographic. We have to consider the purpose of the artist and the context of the item in question before we can make a judgement. An illustration which comes to m ind is that of Mi,chaelangelo's magnificent painting of the Creation on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The artist's purpose was to portray God in Goderich is • filbm page 7 but also provided the students with some practical ex- perience in their studies of the French language. "The exchange actually reinforced what is done in the classroom and our classes are a vacuum since the students are exposed to. French in the classroom only," he explained. "This is one of the most worthwhile things I have done and I think the program should be continued." Howe claimed that the exchange has also worked to the students' advantage in the classroom since their trip to Montreal in February made the language a necessary part of their lives for a week. The students were inspired to learn td converse with their Montreal counterparts and Howe said he was grilled on the bus to Montreal for certain French phrases. The teachers strike in Huron. County almost jeopardized the second leg of exchange and Howe said the Montreal students were extremely disappointed when they thought the trip was off. But they managed to arrange the trip over a long weekend, from Thursday to Tuesday, and the Montreal students were quite satisfied with that. Howe, if possible, would like to continue the program warm.. . . with Marie Anne, but ex- plained there are problems there with declining enrolment and teachers are being relieved of duty in Montreal. While on the exchange the students were paired off and spent the visit in the home of the family, attending classes and learning to speak the respective language. Probably the biggest dif ficulty was the first en- counter, when the Goderich students arrived in Montreal and were not only meeting the other students for the first time but had to relate to them in French. Sandy Palmer explained that the first meeting was difficult and the students 'were somewhat apprehensive since they first didn't know what to talk about and secondly they had to search through their French phrase hook for the correct words. But all agreed that the Montreal students put them at ease quickly with a warm welcome and Anne Marie explained that after that "it was a party every night." The Montreal group were quite impressed with Goderich, its size, the friendliness and the dif- ference in the school system. "Goderich is Small but fun," Carole said en- thusiastically. "The at - all His power and glory at the moment when He had just placed His beautiful creation on earth. Naturally,,,that man is as naked as we all have been on arrival, since. I have never heard of that painting being considered por- nographic, It expresses so perfectly the painter's con- ception of that glorious moment. , I cannot imagine any parents who had the op- portunity of taking their children to see it denying them the opportunity simply because of its naked figures. Yet if the picture of Adam were removed from its context and used as the centre fold in a sleezy magazine it would im- mediately become por- nographic because of its purpose there. I am not!suggesting that the writers mentioned above are artists of „the .stature of Michaelangelo but that we should try to understand their purpose in writing as they have and at least grant them the courtesy of being read before their works are con- demned. When Laurence tells the story of the development of a girl from quite an un- derprivileged childhood to her achievement of success as a writer she has necessarily to make the episodes in the girl's life correspond with her character, and • cir- cumstances. In the fashion of most 20th Century writers the author does not spare us the details. When Steinbeck tells the story of how some cowhands mosphere is more warm here." Another student from Montreal was quick to point out that by the term warm, she did not mean the tem- perature. Carole also indicated that the school system is less strict in Goderich and perhaps Ontario, and she believed the students had more freedom. Anne Marie said she even learned something in Biology class in Goderich that she hadn't learned in French classes at home. But Carole wasn't at all impressed with the Biology class, mainly because the group was dissecting frogs, and she and her classmates couldn't quite stomach that. While in Goderich the students were given a dinner and reception by town council, they attended classes, , enjoyed • sports ac- tivities, a Maitland trail hike, swimming, roller skating and went on trips to London and Toronto. The students spoke of the program with an enthusiasm that indicates they have formed some lasting frien- dships and impressions of the people and places they visited. surrounding communities. It was the second open house held at the centre and Gregg plans more varied programs in the future. (photo by Dave Sykes) on a ranch had their dreams of some day owning a bit of land of their own, shattered, he had to allow them to speak their own rough language. Had he caused them to speak like University professors he would never have won the Nobel Prize for literature. We all know people who use coarse lan' uage because they do not know better or are too lazy, mentally, to speak other ways to express themselves. It seems to me that most readers would accept those conditions laid on their characters by the author. If our Board were to ban Of Mice and Men, a work by a highly skilled craftsman in the art of the novel, I would seriously question its aims •in education, I have not read Catcher in the Rye, since it has been on school reading lists in Ontario for at least 15 years and is the favorite story of some -of our graduates, I cannot get very excited about its potential as a youth per- verter. My opinion of these books is only one opinion. I want to point out to parents that if, when they have read the books, they decide that they are not fit for their children it is their right in our school system to ask that their child be given a different book and that request will be granted. However, I am afraid that many people are condemning these books without reading them. It saddens me to remember that less than 40 years ago the German people forgot to examine the evidence and allowed themselves to be led into a frenzy of book burning, then into the extermination of the Jews and the loss of their own liberty. Our fathers and brothers died to preserve our freedom to read and speak what we wish and we said then that only German people could be led to such excesses. Once this kind of frenzy is started it is hard to stop. In Nova Scotia there is at present a cam- paign to ban quite a different list of books from' those in question in Huron. Do we end up with banning everything that has been written since Dickens? I have confidence in the knowledge, sound judgement and motives of our English teachers. If I thought otherwise, I would be very disturbed indeed. The Huron County Board of Education has limited the use of any books which might be con- sidered to be written'» for a mature audience to use in Grades 12 and 13. I support this ruling fully. These are students who could very well 'be at Community College or University where we would not have, nor would expect to have, any control over the books taught. Further, I doubt that we do our young people any service in trying to protect them from the knowledge that there are indeed people who use foul language, cheat, are pur- posefully cruel, indulge in strange sexual. practices, etc., etc. There is a theory that the dreams of the perfect romantic marriage which is supposed to continue in a state of bliss forever, with which our young are en- couraged to enter matrimony, is partly responsible for so many marriage breakdowns. Perhaps the inability to face the reality after an overly protected childhood is one of the causes for the growing number of suicides among the young. How can our youth make its choices if it does not understand the alternatives or th,e, con- sequences of its choices? There are two ways to learn.One is by reading about the experience of others (in fiction or fact). The other `is by one's own experience. Is it not desirable to form one's, judgements on the former? Thank you, Madam Editor, for allowing me so much space. Dorothy Wallace, TrustiYe, Huron County „Board of Education OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR Dear Mr. Shewfelt, The purpose of this letter is to convey to you and your fellow councillors the official position of the executive and membership of the Goderich Ratepayers' Association with regard to the subject item. The Goderich Ratepayers' Association are not opposed to the spending of the "budgeted" $15,000.00 for necessary or needed repairs or replacement of existing concrete sidewalks on The Square. The Goderich Ratepayers' Association is opposed to the needless replacement of the existing modern, energy efficient lighting on The Square. The installation of the proposed "decorative" lighting would be a waste of taxpayers' money on in- stallation, maintenance and energy consumption for the Turn to page 22 • ASK FOR LET US ASSIST 4 INVITATIONS $'>' ANNOUNCEMENTS INFORMALS (Si ACCESSORIES /1✓rkVe.0 9,,. , NATIONAL• YOU WITH YOUR WEDDING PLANS COME IN AND ASK FOR YOUR FREE BRIDAL GIFT REGISTER V - THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR 524.8331 • Ci