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BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
It may be a little early
to bring up the subject of
Christmas for some
people, but the Ministry
of Agriculture and Food
has sent us some tips on
flowering poinsettias for
Christmas which I would
like to pass on to the
green thumbers out
there.
According to Theo
Blom., Ministry of
Agriculture and Food
extension horticulturist,
you can coax those
poinsettias to bloom
again for Christmas if
you start now.
To flower pointsettias
at home, they must be
subjected to a short -day
treatment beginning in
early October. This
means the plants need
uninterrupted dark
periods for 13 or 19 hours
each day. This treatment
should continue for six to
eight weeks up to
flowering.
In the greenhouse, the
natural decrease in
daylight hours in October.
is sufficient to encourage
flowering. However, at
home it is necessary to
simulate these® con-
ditions.
Dr. Blom recommends
moving the plant into an
empty ..room where the.
plant is assured light in
_the daytime and com-
plete uninterrupted
darkness each night.
"Alternatively, place.
the plant in a closet every
evening and take it out in
the morning after 13 or 14
hours. Uninterrupted
darkness is critical,"
says Dr. Blom. "A
minute of light during the
hoard -town finally agree
BY JEFF SEDDON
Rather than wade
through a lot off red tape
the town of Goderich and
the Huron County Board
of Education plan to co-
operate to solve a fencing
Proem n
blearlyo y
twears
old.
The board and the town
finally came up with an
agreement to fence off
the Victoria Public
School playground to stop
students leaving the
school from crossing
Bayfield Road at un-
controlled crossings.
The Victoria School
Home and School
Association asked two
years -ago that sol 'ie^tllit g`
be done about two exits
from the playground that
funnel children onto
Bayfield Road at two
Lottery wins
The following is -a list of the first 22 winners in
the Goderich and District Community Grand-
stand Lottery. Each winner received Ek.
cash prize.
The remaining 30 draws; commencing October
9, will be drawn every Monday prior to the Lions
Bingo arid will be viewed on cable TV channel 12
at 7 p.m.
Ticket
May & No. 1'387
May 15 No. 0808
May 22 No. 0761
May' 29 No. 0252
June 5 'No. 1408
Margaret Jewell
R.R. 4; Goderich
Mrs. W. Jean Bell
NeW Brunswick
Mrs. Doreen Doherty
Box 511, Goderich
Hugh Hill
184 Picton St. E., Goderich
Ronald Driscoll
Seaforth
Harold Lamb
June 12 No. 0350 Goderich
June 19 No. 0397
Bill Elliott
R.R. 2, Goderich
Ralph Simpson
June 26 No. 0338 1099 James St., Kincardine
f Cathy MacPhee, Karen &
July 3 No. 1043 Michael Redmond, Goderich
July 10 No. 0399
July 17 No. 0616
July 29 No. 0195
July 31 No. 1199
Aug 7 No. 1470
Aug 14 No.0614
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cook
147 MacDonald St., Goderich
Borden G. Litt
Box 182, Teeswater
Velma Oster
Clinton
Cathy Wisser
243 Cameron Street
Goderich Police Association
Goderich
Everett Richardson
264 George St., Parkhill
George Zirnii
Aug 21 No. 0711 1 Flamboro St., Dundas
Aug 28
No. 0240
Sept 4 No. 1434
Mrs. Yvonne Chase
Sept 11 No. 0408 137 Warren St., Goderich
Sept 18 No.'1987
Sept 25 No. 0135
Oct 2 No. 0458
Mrs. Rose Hill
59A Kingston St., Goderich
Peter McManus , Neil McKee
Goderich & Benmiller
William Smith
R.R. 5 Seaforth
Peter Oud Farms,
R.R. 3 Kippen
hettjr MacDonald
R.R. 2 Goderich
A sincere
THANK YOU
We would like to take this opportunity to
thank all those people who made' our opening
4 smashing success. In particular, we with to
thank all !h• contractors that worked so hard
on our b''half. Thank you:
Grade and Bill
yc
"A terrific new place to eat -but
you be the judge",
2 DINING
ROOM
120 THE SQUARE GODERICH 224-9111
points, one just south of
the Bayfield Road
Britannia Road in-
tersection and another
near Blake Street.
Parents in the home and
school group were. con-
cerned ' that children
would -be -in -danger -at the
two crossings when
Bayfield Road was
widened to four lanes.
The.='request was first
made'' Shen plans for the
road witlei4'rig.were f t*,
announced. ' Parants
wanted the two exits
closed to force children to
cross the highway at
intersections where
crossing -guards were
employed.
The matter was tossed
from committee to
committee at ' both the
board and council level
until finally last month a
plan was formulated.
The board considered
severing off the property
one exit uses to sell the
land as a building lot and
fence off the rest of the
land. The lot is just over
60 -feet vide and is too
small fora hoitse to be
built on iti
The final agreement
called for the board to
lease the land to the town
to be used as a parkette.
In return the town will
pay half the costs to fence
off the school property.
Goderich trustee.
Dorothy Wallace told the
board Monday that
discussions with
Goderich mayor Deb
Shewi'elt indicated .that
-severing-the- lot -from the ---
school property and
selling it may be difficult
Wallace said Shewfeltfelt
the lot may not be easy to
sell because of its size
and location. She said
both parties felt the
leasing in return for cost
sharing of the fence was
an equitable solution.
-... W ingham-trustee -Jack-
Alexander suggested that
the board may come out
ahead if it merely gave
the land to the town in
return fora fence.
Superintendent of•
business affairs for- the
board Roy Dunlop said
that arrangement would
save the board little. He
said the land would then
only be worth $1,500 to the
board, or half the costs of
the fence. He said the
property needed 600 feet
of.. chain link fence and
the fence was to cost five
dollars per lineal foot. He
said the total cost for the
four -foot barrier was
$3,000.
Goderich trustee
Cayley Hill said the lease
toithe town had no time
limit on it- and the board
could . make some
arrangements like that in
the future. Hill said 'the -
board could wait until the
"smoke cleared" over
the highway widening
and the fence issue and
look at selling the land
later. He said con-
struction :patterns in
Goderich could change in
the future making the
land more valuable and
easier to sell.
"It will make a nice
parkette at no cost t9 the
-board-and very. little` cost
to the town of Goderich,"
said Wallace.
L.
dark period can . retard
floWering. Even glare
from a -street light can
upset flowering."
Since pointsettias arcs
sensitive to fluctuations
in temperature, maintain
temperatures of 18 to 19
C. Temeratures of more
than . 21 C may delay
flowering.
During the short -day
treatment, good growing
conditions are important.
Plants - must' have
adequate moisture at all
times. Don't allow them
to become so dry that the
leaves begin to droop.
Fertilize plants every
three weeks.
Follow these 4n-
structions and your
poinsettia will be in full
bloom for the
holiday season, says Dr.
Blom.
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_.-.And while--- on , _.t,he.
subject of Christmas,
don't forget the 13th
annual Christmas
Country -Fair to be held at
Sakford Valley Hall on
Wednesday, October 18
from 10.a.m. to.9 p.m. and
Saturday, '4October 21
from.l0 a.m. to 6 p.m.
By attending the fair,
you can pica up all ova...
of unique, hand -made
iteins which make
delightful Christmasgifts
and by buying as early as
October, you can ' also
avoid that last.. minute
Christmas rush. •
Just browsing at the
fair can be.fun too as it
features manyartists
who do everything from
quilting, weaving and
cooking to china painting,
chair caning and candle
making.
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A bed and breakfast
guide to Canada, to be
published inthe spring of
1979, will provide
travellers across Canada
with a comprehensive list
of off -the -beaten -track
accomodation.
Today's trend towards
simpler, less extravagant
ways of travelling means
that more and more
people are inclined to_,
stay off the busy high -s,
ways. It means they are -.
looking for placesto stay -
in the country and rural
communities rather than
in the cities. The new
guide will hopefully give
them what they are
looking for.
Bed and breakfast is a
common phenomenon in
Europe. In Canada, it has
never caught on. The
guide, which is the
brainchi4d-- of John
Thompson, may offef a
way to remedy this.
According to Thom-
pson, there are
"thousands of hospitable
people across the country
who would love the op-
portunity to put up a
couple of travellers
overnight, offer them
some home cooked
hospitality, point out a
few of the local features
and speed them on their
way the next day,"
People interested in
offering bed and break-
fast- acconrmadatioar--to`.
travellers by means of
the new guide, are asked
to send, a photo of their
place and a hundred word
description of it to John
Thompson, ' Low, P.Q.
Any takers in this
community? ,
The guide will be
published by Deneau and
Greenberg Publishers,
305 Metcalfe Street, Suite
205, Ottawa. For further
information call (613)
233-9075.
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The
The Goderich Little
Theatre group is once
again preparing to offer
those. in the community
another fine season of
entertainment through
three full-length theatre
productions. Season's
tickets will sobn be
availablethrough the box
office which is located at
- Bell's Optometrist office
on the ,Square next to
Woolworth's. The office is
closed on Saturday af-
ternoons so tickets can be
purchased during the
week and Saturday
mornings only. Watch
this paper for further ads
about -the upcoming
theatre season..
Brian Marks'' who
wrote Shamali per-
formed by G. 1 . in
honor of Jubilee i last
year, is writing = nother
production for t e group
this year. -See the full
story on this elsewhere in
the paper.
-i- ++
Douglas R. Williams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C.D.
Williams of R.R. 2
The Auburn WI quilt was on display -at the Fall Rally held In Londesboro on -
Monday. The quilt was entered In the contest at the International Plowing
Match. (Blyth Standard photo)
THE BURGER BAR'S
OCTOBERFEST
SPECIAL
9" PORK
Riclured above with Sauerkraut
Special for
'the month of
October ONLY
,BURGER BAR
e37 KINGSTON St
_ ^GCDERICH.. -
1 5
CALL AHEAD
HAVE YOUR ORDER READY
524-67 2
Goderich, graduated on
September- 7 from tlpe
Canadian Forces' School
of Military Engineering,
CFB, Chilliwack, B.C. He
received an 89 per cent
average in the
Refrigeration and
Mechanical Technician's
course and after a short
vacation, plans to report
to posting at C.F.S.,
Barrington, N.S.
▪ ++
Five well-known
Canadian artists have
donated designs to the
1978 SAVE THE
CHILDREN Christmas
card program. The
talents of Ken Danby,
Andy Donato, Brian
Jones, Stewart Sherwood
and Janette Weiler will
help more than half -a -
million needy children
around the world,
through the work of the
Canadian Skyethe
Children Fund. --- -
Five distinctive cards
are available, each
portraying the individual
artist's, personal con-
ception of the season.
Designs are reproduced
in full color on cards
measuring six and a
quarter .inches square.
The cost of a package of
ten cards of a single
design plus ten envelopes
is $3. A colorful calendar
tea towel is alsoa»ailable
at $2.50.
Mail orders should be
addressed to CANSAVE
Christmas Cards, P.O,
Box 2000, -Station Q,„
Toronto M4T 2V5. A full.
color illustrated brochure
is available
upon
o request.
Some readers who
don't know yet that I was
recently married, may be
wondering about the
name at the top of this
column -Told elsewhere.
Just wanted to set you
straight. It'.s the same
person but a different
name as the result of my
turning from a Miss into a
Mrs. -
+ ++
Miss Ida White,
missionary home it,
Goderich on leave from
India, will be the featured
guest speaker at the fall
rally of the Huror •
Presbyterial to be held in
Knox Presbyterian
Church, Goderich on
October 11.
This week's winner of
$1,000 in the Goderich and
District Community
Grandstand Lottery is
Betty McDonald of
Godericjl She held lucky
ticket number 045$.
Winners' names will be
announced on Channel 12,
Monday evenings at 7
p.m. again starting next
week.
SOUND
XPRESS
is coming -
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PRICES ARE
PER TON
SANDY FILL
B2 GRAVEL
BI GRAVEL
400 200
tons tons
.30 .35
.40 .45
.50 .55
100
tons
.40
.50
.60
SAND, STONE DUST, ROAD GRAVEL
4" UNDER STONE, CEMENT GRAVEL
Load
Prices
.44
.S4
.64
1.20
1.24
Prices include delivery up to 2 miles
Add l0c per mile over 2 miles
Dozer and scraper available for a
Good leveling job
The DRY DOCK
Restaurant
SUNDAY: ROAST TURKEY OR HAM
MONDAY: ROAST BEEF OR LAKE TROUT
Meals include juice, salad,
rolls, potatoes, vegetables
and home baked pumpkin or
apple pie
$� 50
•
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SAVE 3" PLUS
Special Savings On Storewide Sale
ONE
ONLY
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End
Table
SALE PRICED
.$49.95
SALE STARTS WEDNESD^Y SEPTEMBER 27 THROUGH OCTOBER 7,6.
-DINING ROOM SUITES-
•Knechtel 6 piece French Provincial --51699 -SALE $1399.
•House of Braemore 7 piece, Pecan Finish -51799 -SALE $1495.95
•Kroehler 7 piece, Oak
- $1299.°°
1759 -SALE
•Treco 7 piece, Pecan Finish---- 5835 -SALE $74500
20% OFF
Pine and Maple Dining Sets
Tables, Chairs, Buffets, Hutches
-CHAIRS-
•Large Selection Of Chairs -SPECIAL SAVINGS .iwn.$99,95
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-BEDROOM SUITES -
LAST
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DAYS
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Walnut
Finish
Head
Board
SALE PRICE
$49.95
•F our piece suite -bed, dresser with
twin mirrors, chest, night table
"Five piece suite -triple dresser, chest
and"two night tables
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•Troister pine 7 ^'- erfield
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from September 27 to October 7. Many other
specials to help you take advantage of
the tax savings now.
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FURNITURE
Located on West Street, lust oft The Squiire, in Goderich