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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-10-26, Page 22i The -Selinger faai.ily'is noT a sfxanger to th`e people of Goderich. Parents Betty and Al Selinger have three sons and three daughters: David, who holds a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, has a business of his own, manufacturing billiard cue racks; Robert who is finishing his law degree at the University of Toronto and who also has spent two yeare'in Business Administration•; Royj a 14-ysar- old student; Cathy, a studenT ib Business Administration at the University of Toronto; Lorle, a student in nursing at the University of Toronto; and Lisa, a Grade 13 student, Selingers buy. • from page IA enthusiasts of the world, want a cue as thin as a pencil, shorter than most but straight as an arrow.. Two-piece cues are an important item, par- ticularly with professional players.. since they are easily carried. But Selinger says his company can put " more playing ability in a two-piece cue". Because of that, 1,000 of the 9,000 cues made each week at Selco are two- piece cues. Price? Selinger says $85 will buy a top-of-the- line Duffeiin cue. The difference in the cost is usually determined by the butt end 'of the cue where the wood can be any one of 90 different kinds - maybe ebony or rosewood -from India. But it is the Canadian White Hard Maple that makes the difference - and some of the best maple in the world is dressed out at .Goderich Manufacturing Com=pany Limited from the woodlots within a 120 mile radius of the town. "Canadian White Had Maple is the designation used world-wide for top line billiard cues," says Selinger, "and Goderich is one of the largest producers of that." WOOD NOW, ALWAYS "They've made billiard cues out of everything • • from steel to fibreglass," adds the new owner of Goderich Manufacturing. "But wood has a resilience which is necessary to make a good • shot. Wood will never be displaced in that way." While Goderich, Manufacturing will, 'of course, continue to sell billiard cue blanks to Selco in Toronto, Selinger. looks forward to revitalizing many areas of the business at Gbderich Manufacturing which in . recent years have been quiet. The sawmill, for in- stances should be hum- ming again shortly.` The kilns which are capable of at one time 300,000 board feet of drying of lumber to exacting specifications using just the correct" mixture of air, heat and moisture will be filling, Up again. The saws will whine ceaselessly in the months to , come,' making the sawdust that will feed the furnaces to produce the steamheat necessary throughout the plant. The glue line will become more important in the future • and before too long, more men from the community will be needed to do the jobs at Goderich Manufacturing. "I'm confident we're going to seegrowth," says Selinger. "We wouldn't be here if we didn't intend to grow." aKx Penny Dietrich of Sebringville was in Saltford last week attending the Colborne Christmas Country Fair Wednesday and Saturday. Penny, like hun- dreds of other shoppers, went to the fair to shop for We are celebrating our 30th Anniversary in the Same Lof'ation, and to help us celebrate we are offering: FALL PERM SPECIALS Rog. 4O.°°PERM. f35.°°PERM- 830.00PERM- 82SS.°oPERM- 82O.00PERM- Call and m$co an appointment with Judy today) MEN NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY 1. Heather Beauty Salon ,01 LtGH?HOUEE St. 324.7461 arts and craft work not available in many stores and here looks at Roy Simpson's Pebble Pets. The handmade work was on display and sold by the local artists w110 made it. (photo by Jeff Seddon) • • GODERICH SIGNAL,BTS. t,'ffi;IR$p ': '.,QCT() Big Brothers look for members BY JOANNE BUCHANAN The Goderich and District Big Brothers Association is well un- derway. The Board of Directors now has a centre from which to work and a post office box through which people can contact them (it is number 382). By next week, the directors hope to have a telephone number. They will be conducting a mem- bership drive soon ,and when they receive the provisionereontract from Big Brothers of Canada; they hope to start their screening and matching processes. Two students working out of the Huron Centre for Children and Youth this summer' established the need for a Big Brothers Association in the Goderich area. Big Brothers is a professionally ad- ministered agency that uses volunteer men (Big Brothers) in regular friendship assignments with fatherless • boys (Little Brothers) on a orie to one basis. The agen- cy's chief purpose is to help these boys wholesomely develop .character and per- sonality so that they may become responsible. and productive men. Throughout Canada, there are more than half a million fatherless boys between the.. ages of, six and 16 (there are at least 90 in this immediate area). When a fatherless .boy is referred to Big Brothers, he is in- terviewed by a member of the professional staff to determine his interests and motivations as well as his needs, and con- cerns. The boy's mother is also interviewed regarding the behaviour and personality of her son. In sArne instances, severar . Separate in- terviews may be held and other persons may be interviewed as well as the mother and boy. When it is determined that the boy could benefit from having a Big Brother, the. agency then carefui'lly selects the "right volunteer" for the "right boy". This process often is a combination of dialogue between the agency's counsellors and members of the agency board or a specific board committee. After both the prospective Little Brother and the Big Brother -elect have been, screened for mutual interests which would • benefit the development of a regular association between them, an assignment or match is made. Usually the boy is first introduced to his Big Brother in the Big Brother agency office by the agency , Executive Director or by one of his staff. Prior to this initial meeting the Big Brother has been made aware of the background of the boy to whom he is being assigned and the boy's mother' has been .told about the _manwho is to be assigned to her son. Following the match, the agency assigns a supervision of every Big Brother -Little Brother "team" to one of its - caseworkers. A regular follow-up is made by the caseworker to determine the assignment progress and reports are often presented. All information regarding every Little Brother's 'case is - kept, confidential anti the mother is made aware of the readiness of the agency and professionals to help answer any questions related to the agency service in general and her son's case in particular. A Big Brother is ex- pected to see his Little Brother regularly once a week for an average of, three or four hours to share interests and ac- tivities on a one to one basis. The screening and Port Albert John Tigert, 524-7424 (INTENDED FOR LAST WEEK) Last week. Jim Doherty and Rita Tigert left by air for a trip to County Antrim, Ireland.. Sharon Tigert and Stlsan Tigert were home from Ryerson in Toronto for the Thanksgiving weekend. Fishing is .the big deal in Port Albert these days. There are lots of salmon but not many rainbows yet. CHURCH NEWS Christ Church, Port Albert is getting a fresh new look these days. The.. work crew are busy putting on a. complete new roof job. The two- tone green shingles look good•. 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