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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1977-02-09, Page 1BLYTH, ONTARIO • PRICE: 20 CENTS • VOLUME 87 • NO., 6, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,• 197'x. Come home for the :Blyth Centennial July 30 August 1, 1977 King of the mountain two Blyth youngsters made use of a day off on Friday to build a snow fort and the cliose was a very strategic position on the top of a mountain of snow piled between Radford Construction and Griffith's BP on main street. The pile was so high the youngsters could have climbed onto the roof of the nearby building. r Truckers featured in show at Memorial Hall —staff photo. Ever since it first invaded Huron county to gather material for its Farm Show, Paul Thompson's Theatre Passe Muraille has been ndted for trying to attract new audiences to the theatre. Now, what the group did for farmers in The Farm Show it is trying to do for truck drivers in "18 Wheels." The new country and western musical play comes to Memorial Hall, on Thursday, February 17 at 8:30 p.m. Music for the show is by John Gray who wrote the music for the hit show Horsburgh Scandal last year. Other familiar faces include Ann Anglin who was one of the original stars of The i+arm Show. Miss Anglin plays the part of Sadie, the star of the Hollywood Grill, a truck stop known for little else but her charms. The truckers are willing to put up with the horrible food just to meet her. Also in the story is Molly, the wife,of an independent trucker who is having a hard time until Molly insists on going along on the trips and becomes a top-notch trucker herself. John Miracle, in charge of publicity for the show, says that . the theatre group is making a big effort to get truckers themselves to come out to the show. Publicity is centering on truck stops across the province in areas wherethe show will tour. The accent throughout will , be on the music. Tickets are available in Clinton at the News -Record; in Godetich at Campbells or , at Blyth Printing or The Standard in Blyth. Editorial Pg. 41 Church Pg. 7 • Classified Pg, 14 Entertainment Pg, 1; Cost-sharing agreement said last hurdle for Blyth senior's apartments An agreement reached between Blyth Village Council and the Ontario Housing Corporation Monday night seems to have overcome the final hurdle on the path of getting Blyth's senior citizens apartment project underway. Wilfred Kox of the O.H.C. attended the meeting to give a progress report to the council on the 2t1•unit project and told council that the cost of 6500 cubic yards of fill for the site was a major problem. He said that the $416,700 contract with the builder Paul Ducharme construction of Zurich left little room for added expenses such as the till. The project, he said, was at the upper cost limit allowed by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the federal body which provides the money for Kthe`projedt. Any more expence, he hinted, and' the project might not go ahead. He explained that a cost of $11,000 to $12,000 already spent by the contractor on the site last year in preparation for the , originally -planned 12 - unit building is included in the new contract. That project was halted last spring after it was discovered that a surveyor's error had made the building several feet below ground level. Councillor William Howson argued that O.H.C. was asking the village to help pay for a mistake that was made on their behalf. Mr. Knox admitted that he would not be asking council for the money if the costly mistake had not been made but hinted that without council's help, the project would now be scrapped. Faced with the apparent choice, the council agreed to go halfway on the cost of providing the fill, estimated cost being $2500, With the agreement reached, Mr, Knox assured council that the contract would soon be signed with the builder and work would begin as soon as the weather permits in the spring. Several councillors expressed the urge- ncy of getting the building ready before next winter because of the number of older residents who are finding keeping up a home this winter just too much work. In other business the council learned that the final road budget figures for 1976 showed a deficit of $5,993 caused mostly by heavy snow removal coast and unexpected drain construction. Clerk -treasurer Larry Walsh reported that the provincial road subsidy for the upcoming year will be up $2100 from $17,900 to $20,000. Council discussed fromulation of the road budget for 1977 and once again the question of charging new -road construction to the developer came up, though no decision was made. Councillor William Howson pointed out the numberr of lots on new streets that still have no buildings on them. The village, he said, is becoming more strung out and more costly to service instead of filling in lots already available. Speculators are holding too many lots in the village he said, hoping the price will go up so they can make a profit. That means that new areas have to be developed to meet the demand for homes. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority informed council by letter that a special meeting will be held to discuss flood warning plans on Feb. 24 at Wingham. Council gave two grants of $25 to the Belgrave•Blyth-Brussels School Fair and to the St. John's Ambulance. Councillors bothered with misinformation in sewer protests Eighteen letters and two petitions have been received by the Blyth village council against the proposed sewerage works. The letters will go to the Ontario Municipal Board and will be considered at its hearing to be held later this year. While all the letters were not read at the council meeting councillors had looked at many previously and several expressed concern with what they felt was misinformation on the part of many of the letter writers. "Most of the complaints are that we don't have the right to push through the sewers but all this has to go through a public hearing," said Councillor William Howson. It is up to the council to provide the opportunity for sewers, he said. Other councillors also expressed concern over the criticism of council trying to "railroad" the sewers through. It was pointed out that the issue had been before the public for four years. Councillor Howson pointed out that the entire council elected in the election four years ago had run on a platform of bringing in sewers. The cost factor for the sewers is also disturbing many people, councillors felt. Reeve Lawrie pointed out that if paid in advance the frontage charge and hookup charge would amount to $342 leaving the cost of hooking up and the annual user charge of $112.88. "Certainly it's going to be hard on some older people in the village," Councillor Howson said, "but we also have to think of our children and their children and the environment they're going to have to live in.". Councillor Helen Gowing pointed out that without sewers Blyth might be in danger of losing it public school. Elementary enrollment in the county is dropping she said and if Huron County School Board was faced with the continual cost of pumping the storage tank at the school at a cost of $5000 a year, it might consider bussing Blyth students else- where. In other business council learned that its levy from the Blyth District Fire Area Board this year will be $4750, up $3400 from last year. The increase is Blyth's 19 per cent share of the cost of a new tanker truck for the fire department. The old truck, Councillor Don Noble said, is not only rusted out, but is hard to keep on the road when driving. PG. 2, THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9 1977, Townships told to consult agricultural codefor zoning. Some provisions of the Ontario Agricultural Code of Practice are already contained in the Huron County plan, but municipal councillors were advised this week they should consider institu- ting the Code in their restricted area zoning bylaws. That was the message given a handful of area council members who attended a meeting in Hensall recently when the Code. and its accompanying certificate of compliance were outlined to them by representatives of three Ontario ministries, agriculture and food, environment and housing. One of the main speakers at the session, which attracted less than 20 interested farmers and council members, was Keith Clarke, an engineer with the ministry of agriculture and food at Vineland, Clarke was responsible for designing the formulas used in the Code. The formulas establish the minimum distance separation of livestock operations and other specified land uses and are part of the 1976 revisions of the Code. These formulas related para- meters, namely kind of livestock, size, percentage change in size, manure system and ' manure storage, They were established in an effort to isolate factors that contribute to environmental con- flicts, Clarke explained that the formulas were designed to reflict expansion of agricultural oper- ations, He did have a warning for farmers, especially those who had farm buildings that may be a non -conforming use under pre- sent zoning bylaws. He said they should look closely at their insurance policies to ensure that they did not require the buildings to be rebuilt on their present sites in case of fire loss, In some cases, they could not receive permission to rebuild on their present sites and their insurance policies should reflect this possibility. George ?enfold, of the Huron planning department, said most municipalities fall . under provis- ions of the Code and most require certificates of compliance for the erection of new buildings. He predicted that the Code would become part of zoning bylaws. A spokesman for the ministry of the environment said that fewer complaints were being received where the Code was followed, He said that odors would not be eliminated entirely from farm operations, but if the Code was followed the odors would be reduced for neighboring BLYTHIN.N FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT Friday Saturday Feb.11 Feb 12 EASTERN TRADE -WINDS YOUR HOST HAROLD AND THELMA property owners to the point , where they could live with them, Gospel Business Men's Fellowship invites you to their FEBRUARY BANQUET Monday, Feb. 14/77, 7 p,m, at The Blue Barn Restaurant Hy. 23, Between Listowel and Palmerston ' GUEST SPEAKERS: Rev. Fred Carson, Blyth and Rev. C. Wittich, Blyth Ladies Welcome Dinner $4.00 Reservations necessary phone: 367-5528 or 343.2126 IIISJNESS DIRECTOPY ELLIOTT REAL ESTATE AGENCY Gordon Elliot, Broker R. John Elliott, Salesman PHONES.: Blyth Office 523-4481 Res. 523-4522 or 523-4323 WANTED Listings on Farms, Homes and Business REID & PETERSON Chartered Accountants 218 JOSEPHINE ST. WINGHAM ONTARIO TEL. 357.1522 H.T. DALE SEPTIC TANK PUMPING SERVICE CLINTON PHONE 482-3320 or 527-0284 WARD UPTIGROVE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Si LISTOWEL. ONT. 291.3040 n'�on OLD MILL IN BLYTH Factory Outlet Bainton L1mited, Blyth WINTER HOURS: Monday • Thursday 9.6 k Fri. 9 - 9 Sun. 1 •6 Sat, 9.6 WOOL AND LEATHER PRODUCTS. YOUR CHOICE FROM ONE OF THE LARGEST INVENTORIES ON THIS .CONTINENT. Telephone 623.9666 TOM DUIZER Plumbing & Heating Oil Burner Sales -Service ' Installation and Motor Repair Myer's Pressure Systems & Water Conditioning Equipment Sheet Metal Work LONDESBORO ONT. PHONE BLYTH 523.4359 KARL C. LENTZ Chartered Accountant Wingham, Ontario. 357-1087 s RADIO and TV' HAMILTON STREET • MYTH ,ONT. • P446523-9640 Factory service for Automatk Radio and Admiral Products. ELLIOTT INSURANCE AGENCY BLYTH` ONT. Iijt Phones: Office 523-4481; Res. 523.4323 INSURANCES IN ALL BRANCHES Fire Windstorm Court and Other Bonds Automobile Burglary Plate Glass Liability- All Kinds Life GuaranteeInland Transportation Accident & Sickness All Risks Furs, Jewelr GRANDVIEW Restaurant & Confectionaries Come in and try out Tote -a - Meal Chicken or Rib Dinners. They are delicious. We also have Home made Dinners, Soup and Pie. l or Take Out Orders l'hone 523-4471 HOURS: Weekdays 7:30.10:30 Sundays 10.10:30 Located at the corner of Hwy4 & Cty. Rd.25, South end of Blyth UCO BELGRAVE CO.OP ®' YOUR FARM SUPPLY CENTRE Feed, Bulk Delivery or Bagged Fertilizer, Custom Blending, Bulk Spread, Farm Fuels, 24 Hour Home Heat Service, Hardware, Appliances, Feeding and Watering Equipment, Work Clothing and Boots. 887-6453 357-2711 L.B. ELECTRIC R. R.#1, Blyth Phone 523-4309 PROPRIETOR: LIEUWE BRUINSMA Residential, Commercial, Rural & Industrial Fire alarm & Intercom systems 24 HR. SERVICE FRED LAWRENCE Electrical Contractor HOME FARM AND COMMERCIAL WIRING PHONE AUBURN 526.7505 JOHN LONGSTAFF Optometrist Seaforth 527.1240 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00-5:30 Wednesday, Saturday 9:00- 12:00 Clinton 482-7010 Monday 9:00-5:30 BY APPOINTMENT BP GENERAL REPAIRS OF ALL TYPES TOWING SERVICE 24 HOURS A DAY GRIFFITH'S BP Blyth 523.4501 523.9635 GORE'S HOME HARDWARE 523-9273 Hardware, Gifts, Philips T.V. & Stero & Westing- house appliances. LYLE YOUNGBLUT OIL BURNER SALES & SERVICE 'Your Oil Heating Contractor' BLYTH ONTARIO PHONE 523-9585 Geo. Burkholder AUTO BODY COLLISION REPAIRS & REFINISHING TOWING SERVICE 24 HOURS A DAY Phone 523-9474 BLYTH SAFETY CENTRE • Alignment -Wheel Balancing COMPLETE BRAKE SERVICE DISCS & DRUMS MACHINED GENERAL SERVICE AND REPAIRS SAFETY INSPECTIONS CHATTERTON AUTO -SERVICE ESSO 523-9322 CLINT WILSON BACKHOE SERVICE R. R. # 3, Blyth Phone 526-7218 DOREEN'S BEAUTY SHOPPE STYLING TINTING CUTTING & COLD WAVES DOREEN McCALLUM Phone Blyth 523-4511 OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY Smile if you think you're in shape. Pi7IIi7CIPa(IIOl 1 h Canad,.n moremenl ld DvIOne fitness Fitness. In your heart you know it's right. WALTON NEWS Bureau editor MRS ALLAN Mit'AI.I Former Walton merchant dies Former Walton Merchant, Douglas Ennis died at Seaforth Community Hospital on Monday, January 17, 1977 in his 68th year. He .was the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ennis of Brussels, where he received his education. He moved to Walton with his parents in 1926 where he was employed with the late W. G. Neal and later Bernie and McLeod in a general store. In 1934 he was married to Gertrude Miller of Walton and started his own business the same year which he and his wife carried on until retiring to Seaforth in August, 1972, Besides his wife,he leaves one son, Ronald of Whitby and one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Freethy of Seaforth, He is also survived by one brother, William Cosby of London, and two sisters, Mrs, Alex Kelly (Mary) Nobleton; Mrs. Ross Cunningham (Anna), Brussels and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by a sister, Mrs, Kenneth Ritchie (Edith), Seaforth, A former member of Duff's United Church, Walton, he has been a member of Northside United Church, Seaforth since retiring to Seaforth. The service was held from the Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home, Seaforth and was conducted by Rev. Mervyn E. Reuber of Northside United Church, Seaforth, assisted by Rev. Edward Baker of Duff's United Church, Walton, The'pallbcarers were Torrance Dundas, William Coutts, Harold Bolger, Nelson Marks, Douglas Kirkby and Neil McGavin, all of Walton. Temporary entombment was made in the Pioneer Mausoleum, Seaforth with burial to follow in Brussels Cemetery. ALPHA hopes for arena lifts ALPHA members were told by Jim Hunsberger of the London Branch of the March of Dimes that hydraulic lifts built into new arenas are covered by a 100 per cent grant through the Ministry of Culture and Recreation of Ontario. Mr. Hunsberger said the grant was available since such facilities exceeded the regulations of the Building Code. The lifts are needed to' give persons confined to wheelchairs access to a heated viewing area. Bert Sootheran also brought good news. Bell Canada intends to put coils, for use With hearing aids, in any public phones fitted with the new balanced armature receiver. Bell also plans to:install at least one low phone 'where public phones are available. ALPHA meets again on Tuesday, February 22, at 8 p,m, in the'Holmesville School. Every- one is welcome, For information, call Mary Howell, Goderich: 524-8642; Ralph and Pat Watson, Brussels; 887.6236; or Elaine Townshend, Clinton; 482.3073. Walton U.0 THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. PG. 3. Graeme Craig W. group 'heads Fair Board re-elects executive Mrs. Helen Williamson was hostess in her home for the Boundary and, 17th Unit meeting on Friday afternoon, January 21, The "Thought for the Day" was the opening read by Mrs. Helen Williamson. All joined in singing hymn 502, "What a Friend we have in Jesus". Scripture reading was taken from Psalm 729, followed by prayer. Mrs. Harvey Craig took the Topic with two different readings, "Danger of the enchanted forest" and "Tom Crosby the fifth". Mrs: H,'Williamson read a poem, "The first Snowflake". Hymn 501 "Will your Anchor Hold" was sung. Mrs. Martin Baan presided for the business period. Minutes were read by Mrs. George Williamson in the absence of the secretary Mrs, Harold McCallum, Eight members answered the roll call, Thank you notes were read from Sandra Harris and Mrs, Maud Leeming. Mrs. C. Ritchie gave the U.C.W. report and Mrs. H. Johnston read the miscellan- eous fund report. Collection was received and dedicated. The apron is to be passed around to every member. The same officers as last year were re-elected for this year, The units are to tie a quilt during the next week. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs, H. Craig. A social half hour was enjoyed when lunch was served. by Mrs. H. Craig and the hostess. News briefs INTENDED FOR LAST WEEK Mr, and Mrs. Don Dennis, R.R. 1, Walton and Mr. and Mrs. Glen McNichol, RR 4, Walton have been holidaying in Florida, Mr. James Shortreed is a patient at the Seaforth Manor, being admitted last week, Mrs. Shortreed has had a bad case of Shingles. Miss Pearl Thamer is a patient at the Kilbarchan Nursing Home in Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs, Stewart McCall and Mr, and Mrs. Herb Traviss spent a week in Florida Mr. and Mrs. Murray Mills, Scott, Cathy and David of Brantford visited with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mills a week ago Sunday. The Walton Unit ladies have completed two more quilts in the past couple of weeks, quilting at the homes of Mrs. Frank Kirkby and Mrs. Harold Bolger. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hoegy and Mr, and Mrs. Harold McCallum are on holidays in Florida. Members of the U.C.W. of Duff's Walton who attended the Huron -Perth Presbyterial at Northside United Church, Seaforth last Tuesday were. Mrs. Nelson Reid, Mrs. Martin Baan, Mrs. Edna Hackwell, Mrs. -Harvey Craig, Mrs. Walter Bewley, Mrs, Campbell Wcy, Mrs. Murray Dennis, Mrs. Merton Hackwell, Mrs. John • Burch, Mrs. Charles McCutcheon and Mrs. Neil McGavin. Charlie Murray., RR 3, Walton, was admitted to Seaforth Hospital last Friday. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Neil Taylor and three children to the village. They have moved into the former Mrs,- Marks home. Opening new doors to small business Financial assistance Management counselling Management training Information on government programs for business DENNIS TOFFLEMIRE one of our representatives will be at Parker House Motel Clinton February 17, 1977 If you require financing to start, modernize or expand your business and are unable to obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions or if you are interested in the FBDB management services of counselling and training or wish information on government programs available for your business, talk to our representative. FEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK Graeme Craig, RR 1, Walton was named President of the Brussels Agricultural Society at their annual meeting and banquet, a week ago Wednesday in the Presbyterian Church, Brussels. He replaces Fred Uhler, RR 3, Walton who was past President, Mrs, Harold Bolger of Walton is Secretary -treasurer. FOOD SPECIALS .v........ 0 Fresh Grade "A" Roasting Chickens 5-6 Ib. average 83C lb. Fresh Reg. $1.29 Ib. Chicken Legs 99c Ib. Maple Leaf or Hint of Maple Side Bacon "Save 30c Ib." $1.39 1b. Schneider's 10 oz. Wieners 59c pkg. Pork Rib -Bits Spare Ribs 69c Ib. Over 10 lbs. only 59c Ib. "We also have bulk sauerkraut" Canada Packer's 1/2 Sweet Pickled Cottage RoIIs$1.1.9 Ib. Product of U.S.A. Head Lettuce 39c ea. or 3/$1.09 Canada No. 1 Cello Carrots • ,2 Ib. bag 49C Sunshine 2 Ib. bag frozen Peas 79c Rhode's Frozen White or Brown Bread Douqh5k°$1 .19 1 litre ctn.- Cool Whip $1.09 Valley Farms 2 Ib. bag French Fries 49c Schneider's Crisperust Lard 59c Ib. Delmonte Halves or Slices Peaches 19 oz. 59c ea. Delmonte 19 oz. Fruit Cocktail 59c ea. Schneider's 8 oz. Cheese Slices 79c pkg. Catelli Macaroni or Spaghetti 2 Ib. bag 79c McCormick's 2 Ib. bag Cookies $1.19 ea. Oatmeal, Chocolate, Ginger Snaps Blyth Meat Market Blyth 523-4551 i �PvG, 4, THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. ' 4coA�fi'++�`ISi•: A .rr }.} { OM}ti .r'•. w r. the standard 1 (liltlri il' KEITH & JILL ROULSTON, Co -Publishers , Published every Wednesday al Queen St., Blyth, Ont. Subscription rates (in advance) Canada, $8.00 Outside Canada, $10.00 Single copies: 20 cents Authorized as second class mall by Canada Post Office, Registration number 1J19. ' Box 10, Blyth, Ontario. Telephone 523.9646. • '};{.tv':':.t;.}:•!}}:{•}:•:ti:{r,{.}}!:{''::::•;.l:v:S{•!}}}!:•.{:;;:.;{;:,.};{ti.!}}}ti:•1'i:;!}'rL::;:•}'ir:t}}}::1::•:ti;>!I <$i:i'!,', :" �•:�tiS:v::•:•:titi:..;a:';vl:.:ifv:•!1';•! •!.. r•:'•: •:•}} •! ..,.. :•ltiY�i! "•`,:. is1vN4:'•r.::la!{•!:,>.•:v,:::l:.vv.•.•.,.•:r.. . What about us? Four western Ontario Liberal members of Parliament have gone to bat for the area seeking provincial assistance in the cost of cleaning up from one of the worst winters in the area's history. Frankly, under normal conditions it would be better to pay the big bill ourselves and get it over with. The big hike in this year's local taxes would be hard to take, that's for sure. But because of the responsible nature of local government taxes would likely go down again next year given a normal winter and we'd have the cost of the storm over and done with. If the provincial government gets involved, we just might be paying for this storm for a long time. If massive government assistance is necessary there's no telling how many new jobs may be created in Toronto, not telling how much more bureaucracy might come about. Winter snows may melt away but levels of bureaucracy seldon do, even when the problem that caused their creation has long disappeared. So in many ways, we'd be best to go it alone. Yet the fact remains that the government is already studying special assistance for the Niagara Peninsula and Prince Edward county. These areas have indeed been hard hit by the storm but then a big storm for them is often just business as usual for us in snowbelt country. We have to fight bad snow conditions and high snowclearing costs nearly every year. Still 1977 is an unusual winter both long and hard. Last week's blizzard was the final straw. If anyone is to get government assistance then this area deserves it too' One wonders why the government didn't put us on the list in the first palce: is it just because the Premier only reads Toronto newspapers, or perhaps because thi snow is so much worse in Conservative areas of the province? Tougher controls needed Last year's assassination attempts on the life of U.S. President Gerald Ford spurred research into the personalities of assassins, both male and female, American and other. According to Priscilla Johnson -McMillan of Harvard, a common characteristic of assassins is their desire to escape direct confrontation. That means, in her view, that anything • anything at all, that will make it more difficult for an assassin to carry out the deed might prevent it. Lee Harvey Oswald might never have shot John 1. Kennedy if he had to risk a confrontation by buying a rifle across the counter instead of ordering it by mail, according to Mrs. McMillan. She adds that Oswald, like the other assassins she studies, was constantly torn within about whether or not to carry out the deed. They were not single-minded fanatics obsessed with assassination. They were not dedicated and angry activists. Rather, they were quiet people who could not express their anger directly. But with guns easily available, they found a way. Nor need these guns always be used on others. A mental patient in Whitby, Ontario, recently blew off his own head with a gun he had purchased moments before. • A waiting period, like the pause for reflection between the purchase of a marriage licence and the wedding, would help to eliminate many impulsive uses of guns. Those who oppose gun control regulations as an infringement of personal rights ought to consider that sudden death by a bullet is the ultimate infringement of personal rights. If stiffer controls will impede even one such killing, they should be encouraged. Contributed. New look at work The work ethic is something that has appealed to generations of Canadians as an example of what is right. It is quite simple, if you don't work, you really shouldn't eat. Nations that have invested heavily in various forms of welfare are often regarded as having a slightly rotten core. Examples of thrift, frugality and hard work are held up as a model for human progress. • The work ethic, that almost indefineable concept that the fruits of a person's labour is what they are most generally judged by, is an honorable ethic and of itself requires no real defense. But, as unrelieved welfare has proven to be almost more destructive of people than the ills it was designed to mitigate, so does blind devotion to the work ethic foster simple answers to the complexities of modern life. Instead of less welfare and more work, perhaps we need to define what work means. The mindless, soul -numbing drudgery of the assembly line or garment factory is work but it does little for the innate creativity that lies in each human being's personality. Is it so decadent for a person to be allowed to dream a little or write a gentle sonnet or look at the leaves just for the sheer uplifting of the soul? Yet too often work, whether it be for wages or for self-aggrandizement, destroys that essential part of mankind's being, his soul. Perhaps, rather than merely returning to the work ethic as a solution to our ills we need to find a new ethic, an ethic based on human relationships, on caring and sharing, on living within a natural environment. We need to return perhaps to that ancient vision of humanity that saw us as multi -dimensional beings, not simply narrow economic creatures fated forever to work in order to merely survive. Certainly work is part of that multi -dimensional view, but it must never be the whole view and that perhaps is the failure of technological man more than any other. Technological man has forgotten that he is a whole' creature, . -contributed ,�i�llllll, DO NOT PASS „/ So who's passing? Letters to the editor TO THE EDITOR: Having read Mr. Vos' answer to my last letter, 1 feel 1 must write and clarify my points which Mr. Vos seemed to , miss completely. 1 wouldn't want for the world to have people think that 1 ani a penny pinching miser unwilling' to pay the producer a fair price for his goods. 1. I have not been listening to the boycott advocates (male or female) as 1 too realize the futility of such headline hunting tactics. 2. Nor am 1 looking' to see my name in the news since the only place I have ever let it appear is our own local Blyth Standard, and be it a good paper in its own league, I'd hardly classify it as a "major newspaper". And just as a point on the side, 1 found it interesting that Mr. Vos referred solely to female objectors. 3. In these days of world wide inflation I can certainly accept and realize the need for some increase in produce prices but I do question the extremity of the coffee price hike because ( and this is my main point of contention): 4. I fear that it is not going, for the most part, to the poorer South American farmer. Those unable to replant for any number of reasons. When pork prices escalate in the stores, do you the pork producers rake in the "dough? I sincerely doubt it. When beef prices soar, do we the beef producers become ' even moderately wealthy? Believe me, Sir, 'we do not. The same, I suspect, is true of the South American coffee bean growers. 5. One more thing 1 found baffling•in Mr. Vos' letter was his remark that although the South 'American land owner may be rich to their standard, he would be poor on ours. Richand poor are relative value terms, not transferable across continent borders, and why in the name of Mr. Duddle would he care where he stands on our socio-economic scale? In closing may 1 say that I respect Mr. Vos' concern for the South American bean growers and I admire his resources of facts and statistics, but, I am not contending the dollars and cents iia per pound or per cup that we are paying for coffee, more I am questioning where these dollars and cents aregoing. like If Mr. Vos would to discuss 'THE EDITOR, In last week's issue of the Standard one of your editorials dealt with the weeklong blizzard and was captioned, "Many to be praised". Permit me to add to the "many" the name of Keith Roulston and staff who despite hazardous road conditions were able to place the Standard in the Post Office just one and one half hours later than its usual time of delivery. I happen to know that, because of the storm Keith did not have access to at least two of their articles until Wednesday morn- ing. After that, much- typing, set-up and a trip to Goderich was necessary. Fast workl Perhaps, it was this kind of this further, may 1 come and do neighbourly cup of LYNNE -HENRY invite him to so over a coffee, .r perseverance, community spirit and loyalty of staff that helped Keith receive at least two newpaper awards in 1976. Blyth and community are indeed fortunate to receive benefits and enjoynhent.from both a weekly newspaper and monthly magazine. the Squire, especially when the high quality of their content is recognized by. the newspaper critics. By the way, did you know, Mr. Editor, that years ago the villagers had a pet name for the Standard •- the Blyth. Blizzard. You may want to throw this letter into the W.P.B. Please don't. YOURS SINCERELY, 'MELDA McELROY Marsh World , 14.u,v',h '' 1` �4 ,.g e" '. a �' I EDGE — "Edge" is a term used by wildlife biologists to describe the place where two different types of habitat meet and blend. Greater numbers and varieties of living organisms are present in these areas, as the food and cover of two different environments are available to them. For example, a greater variety and number of mammals and birds, are usually found where water and shoreline vegetation meet than would be found in either open water or dense vegetation alone. Ducks Unlimited (Canada) 193 • '77 THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY, 9, 1977. PG. 5. Pollution, convenience foods hurt bean industry Convenience foods and indust- rial pollution are both hurting the Ontario white bean industry, the Farmers. Week at Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technol- ogy was told recently. Allan McGrath market analyst for the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing board and Don Little - johns of the college dealt with the two separate problems, • Ontario white beans are getting burned at the supermarket by stiff competion from increasingly popular prepared food products such as frozen pizza and french fries and nonfood products such as knitting needles and hardware, said Mr, McGrath. Canned bean sales dropped. 34 per cent between 1969 and 1974 due partly to increased competi- tion from new canned pasta products and a continuing con- sumer switch to frozen products he said, Also contributing to the slump in bean consumption are the declining size of the family -- "mothers simply think it's uneconomical to cook up a large pot of beans" -• and the growing popularity of eating out at fast-food chains, "An example of 'the rapid increase in fast-food outlets is in St, Thomas, where in 1965 there was only one and now there are 18", said Mr. McGrath, The bean industry itself isn't blameless, he added, pointing out to a lack of new product development to supplement the declining trade in the traditional line of canned pork and beans, The board is working with the processing and restaurant sectors to develop new bean salad and stew products, he said, Beans still provide the best' nutritional value for the price when compared with pasta products, said Mr, McGrath, "but nutrition does not sell products in supermarkets." A- bout 300 new products are introduced each year, and the average store now stocks 12,000 to 15,000 items, "The average housewife only takes about 45 minutes to shop which means she walks by about 400 products a minute," he said, , "Shelf space is at a premium and therefore supermarkets are . pushing high profit margin , products, which in some cases are non-food products." • Mr, Littlejohns said there is a continuing problem of ozone damage which eats at crop yields. Ozone damage, called bronz- ing, came to light in the 1960's when it was found that a combination of air pollution and sunlight damaged the leaves of mature bean plants. "Yields in Kent County were so low during the mid to late 1960's,,,that white beans become a high risk crop," Mr. Littlejohns said, "We in Kent are surrounded by industrial comples areas,., Cleveland, Detroit and Sarnia." Fine Evaporated 04. A high quality salt designed for livestock rations or any household use. Come to the CO-OP to get your supply. 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Keeps the water soft for you. Salt Lick 65c Perfect for barn use. Set it up in a free stall bam or make it accessible to your cattle. Approximately 8" x 4" x 6" in size, weighs 5 lbs. Please Note: Farm Price is a special price available only to those farmers qualified under Federal Excise Tax Laws to purchase items used for agricultural purposes on tax and/or duty exempt basis. This must be supported by the filing of a valid end L er certificate at the time of purchase. LI O UNITED CO.OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO PG. 6. THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977, AUBURN NEWS Moreau mItIor MRS FLFANOR I3RADNOCK Auburn slowed by snow. Snow, Snow, Snow, and more snow this past week so no visitors to the community and nobody going anywhere so news is scarce. Many acts of kindness were carried out in the district and snowmobiles came into good use to take supplies to the shut-ins and elderly people. Local stores and Maxine's restaurant co-operated and many boxes of groceries and meals were delivered. We are pleased to report that Mrs. Warner Andrews came home last Saturday after being a patient in Clinton hospital for several weeks. Anyone wishing to take the spring 4-H project, Clothes for Leisure, 12 to 26 years old, please contact the local leaders, Mrs. Donald Cartwright, Mrs. John Hildebrand, Miss Karen McClinchey, Ar Mrs. Tom Cunningham. Mr. Robert Armstrong is a patient' in University hospital, London where he underwent surgery on his knee. Mrs. Gordon Powell came home from Clinton hospital after being a patient there for several weeks. Mr. Donald Cartwright is a patient in University hospital, London. Atoms win first playoff game Blyth Atoms remained unde- feated on home ice this season by defeating Hensall 8 - 3 Monday night in their first playoff encounter. The Blyth boys played a greatly improved game. They played their position well and worked hard the entire game. Kent Howatt led the attack with four goals and three assists. Doug Craig had a good night picking up two goals and four assists. Other scorers were Billy Jewitt and Brad Lyons. Assists went to Mike Chalmers, Jerry Hakkers and Billy Jewitt. The next game of the series will be Friday night in Hensall at 7 o'clock. The boys will be back in town Monday night at 7 o'clock. rHa� p Teslt 1 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN THE TORONTO ...)1.11\J SYNDICATE Joey looks older than six because he is big for his age. But he seems younger because he has been slow in developing. This little fellow comes from a deprived background, so he is behind the average for his age and is now in kindergarten. Joey's teacher says he has a short attention span but is not disruptive in class. She is fond of him and he is popular with his classmates..Ile likes other children but prefers to play with younger ones. . Healthy Joey has blue eyes, light brown hair, and fair skin. He wears glasses for astigmatism. Ile is easy-going and good-natured, always ready to fall in with other people's plans. Joey learned to swim last summer but is not involved in • any other sports. If allowed he would probably overeat, because food is important to him. Joey loves company and will work along with his foster parents around the house rather, than be alone. It will take him a long time to trust new parnts but he will be a lovable son for people whose academic expectations are not high. To inquire about adopting Joey, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community & Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. In your letter tell something of your present family and your way of life. For general adoption, contact your local Children's Aid Society. LOVES COMPANY 1876 1976 McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD OFFICE: 10 MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT Mrs. Margaret Sharp, Sec. Treas.,. Ph. 527-0400. 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BUDGET CAT FOOD 5/99c FRUIT & VEGETABLES GRAPEFRUIT CUCUMBERS • 4/49c EACH 33c Lettuce, Cabbage, Celery Hearts, Turnips, Tomatoes, Oranges, Lemons, Apples & Delicious Apples Available. Our Chocolate Bars still the sane 20c each. We sell the Wintario and the Provincial Lottery Tickets. Wintario Draw,on Feb. 17 and the Provincial on Feb. 28. Buy up and win the chance of money. Open 6 days a week, Friday till 9 Phone 523-4421 - We deliver JIWA'S SUPERIOR MARKET From the minister's study Talk, talk, talk BY TED HOOGSTEEN BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH People talk, Some talk and say something, others just talk, Words are fascinating, for they always communicate a deep longing, a longing for fulfillment, for satisfaction, From the crassest curse to the most pious prayer, one hears the longing for God. To be for or against God is at issue. And how does one know whether your longings are fulfilled or are left empty, It comes down to a very common question: do you or don't you have faith in Jesus? It can't be simpler. To have faith in Jesus, and this answers the question, is to belong to the church, the institutional Church no less. Of course, some one will direct me to the murderer on the cross, to the one beside Jesus, to whom the Lord said, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." (Luke 23:43) The person who refers me to this text, will say then: "Look, it isn't necessary to be a member of the Church; this murderer wasn't." Such thinking, however, is founded on an ill -based hope that one can live according to one's own pleasures for all of life, and that miraculously, Christ will save .at the last moment, as happend to that murderer. But Christ in his Word proclaims that 'Today' is the day of salvation. "Today, when you hear his voice do not harden your hearts," (Heb, 4:7b) It is today that God through his Word and Spirit calls people to believe and to enter into his rest, that is, Paradise, and today experience the power of resurrected faith.' True, we live in an easy world, in which neither God nor his commandments are taken too seriously, but whereever there is the Christiam faith, there one sees brothers and sisters in Christ taking very seriously the Church, which is no less than Christ's body on earth. It is through the Chruch that they have communion with Christ, the Lord and Giver of life, through they move and have their being. This is the faith the Spirit gives and builds. In the Church the only men and women carry the conviction that at the faith they have already entered that glory. These are the people for whom God's 'Today' is every day, and the peace that passes all understanding fills them. United church holds congregational meeting The annual meeting of Blyth United Church was held on Monday evening, Jan, 24, with a potluck supper at 6:45 p.m. At 8 p.m. Rev, Wittich opened the meeting with scripture and prayer. Following the election of Rev, Wittich as chairman, and Marjorie McNall as secretary for the evening, last year's minutes were read and approved. The Financial Reports for 1976 were examined and approved. The budget as proposed by the Official Board for 1977 was then discussed and approved. John Sanderson, chairman of the nominating committee, then gave the following names as the new members to the Session: Elders, Miller Richmond, Bert Fear, Mrs. Harold Campbell, Earl Caldwell; Stewards, Melda'McEl- roy, Earl Fyfe, Gordon Carter. Charles Johnston and Jim Walsh were then reappointed as auditors for the 1977 records. Hary McDowell was appointed as United Church Observer repre- sentative in place of Howard Campbell. The Lay Representa- tive to Presbytery for 1977/78 will be Mrs. Mary Wightman with ' Mrs. Evelina Webster being her alternate. Mrs. Clarence Craw- ford was appointed as Congrega- tional Representative to Christian Education Committee. Mrs. Mary THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. PG. 7. Committee named o plan Centennial Crusade The Centennial Crusade Com- mittee held a meeting on Wednesday, February 2, in the Blyth Christian Reformed Church. Mrs. Marion Cook led a short devotional urging everyone to be thankful for all things. Officers for the committee were chosen at this meeting. The Bantoms lead series On Monday, Feb. 7, Blyth played Hensall in the opening game of the playoffs in Blyth. It It was a fast and• action - packed game, with the big edge going to Blyth. The final outcome was 3 • 0 for Blyth. Goal scorers were: Steve Siertsema with 2 and Wes Burkholder with the other, Steve DeJong 'and Dwight Chalmers shared in the shutout. The team travels to Hensall on Thursday, February 10, at 7 p.m. for game two in the playoffs. Wightman then gave a report on the Blyth Centennial. It was then decided to have a congregational social evening on Feb. 8. The meeting then closed with Mr. Wm. Aitken leading in prayer. 21 at Bible meeting Twenty-one ladies met in the United Church for the weekly Bible Study and Prayer Group. The new study outline on the life of Abraham were passed out to all the members for next week. Getting fit is something you can do no matter if you're running,jumP,ing or staning still. PE1RTICIPa(TIOf' The Canadian movement for personal fitness. Fitness. In your heart you know it's right. chairman is Rev, C. Wittich. Mr, Ray Madill leads the Financial Committee with Mr, W. Aitkin, Mrs, Ruth Vanderlei is secretary. If anyone wishes to contribute to the crusade, donation of any amount will be accepted. On Tuesday, February 15 the next meeting will be held in the Blyth United Church, Rev. Ball;' the Crusade speaker will be present to give suggestions and ideas for the program. Organizers would like to see more people show their interest by being present at this meeting. Universal STA&RITE START THE YEAR RIGHT WITH A • STA - RITE pipeline or parlor milking system For Free Estimates Call BENWAY MILKING EQUIPMENT AT 482 -7077 Authorized link/mai-Ste-Rite dealer Alternators - Water Softeners Feeding Systems • Power Washers Fire Extinguishers Service Maintenance to Most Makes of Makin : Equimeat CHURCH OF GOD • McConnel Street, Blyth , CHURCH SERVICE: 11 a.m. THE ANGLICAN CHUCH OF CANADA Rev. Fred H. Carson St. Mark's, Auburn • 9:30 a.m. St. John's, Brussels • 11:15 a.m. Trinity Church, Belgrave • 1 p.m. -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA REV. CECIL L. WITTICH SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:50 a.m. CHURCH SERVICE • 11 a.m. "0 COME, LET US WORSHIP" CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Rev. Ted Hoogstcen Feb 13/77 Worship Service • 10 a.m. Scriptures • 1 Cor. 10:1.13 Sermon: "The Promise of the Gospel" Worship Service - 2:30 p.m. Scriptures • Luke 22:35 • 46 Sermon: 'The Agony of Submission" WESTFIELD FELLOWSHIP HOUR Rev. Wesley Ball Family Bible Study Hour • 1 p.m. Family Worship Service • 2 p.m. INTERDENOMINATIONAL • ALL WELCOME THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Auburn - 11:15 a.m. Donnybrook - 9:45 a.m. Rev. Earl K. St. Jean ST. MICHAEL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FATHER JOSEPH F. HARDY Mass at Blyth every Sunday at 9 a.m. ' PG. 8. THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. BY BILL SMILEY Boy, am l glad I'm not rich! There is nothing wrong with money itself, though the love of it is reputed to be the root of all evil. It's what money brings in its wake that can make life a nightmare. For the past four days we've been a two -car family, and it's been a real brute. We need two cars about as much as we need two houses, and I still don't know how 1 got into this fandango, but I'm in it, and I wish I weren't. There wasn't a thing wrong with our old car, except that it was getting a bit long in the tooth. Or so everybody said. I didn't think a 1967 Dodge, with only 48,000 miles on it, that ran like a bomb, was something to be ashamed of. Dogs are said to age about seven to one, in comparison with humans. Thus, a nine-year-old Farm labour workshop at Centralia "A good farm employee without any responsibility, is an employee looking for a new employer", says Jerry Krauter, Farm Labour Training Coordina- tor for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Mr. Krauter will be conducting a Farm Labour Management Workshop for farmers at Central- ia College on Tuesday, February 15. With farms becoming larger and more specialized, the farm family may find they need extra help to get the work done and to get some time off themselves. However, many farmers are reluctant to hire someone to help them. There are the problems of finding a reliable, competent person, paying a competitive salary, providing housing, keep- ing extra records and so on. For the worker there's the image of "Mired man" and its lack of status in the farm community. If a reliable farm work force is to be developed, it must start with the employer. Most farmers have never worked for anyone else and may not sec things the way an employee would. But good labour management is not something a person is born with - it's a skill that can be learned. And a skill that may be more important than the wages paid. A recent study • showed that farm employees usually change jobs for reasons other than wages. Farmers who hire farm workers are urged to attend the workshop on February 15th. The program will cover employee recruitment, training, working . conditions, authority and responsibility as well as maintaining employee records. Farm wives are wel- come. The workshop starts at 9:30 a.m. in Huron Hall at Centralia College, Huron Park. For further information or to register for the workshop contact; Doug Jamieson at Centralia College, 228-6691. • Advertising. saves you time! CANADIAN ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD Bill and his • dog would be like a 63 -year-old man. That seems fair enough: missing some teeth, missing some hair, and getting a bit stiff and arthritic, But there are old dogs and old dogs, of both species. 1 don't know the ratio for cars and humans, but I'd guess it would be about eight to one. So, my 10 -year-old car would be about 80 in human terms. To some of you young people, 80 might seem a great age. But to my personal knowledge, for sonic people life begins at 80. And many an old girl in a home for the aged will back me up. They know, from persoi al experience, that some of the boys, at 80,82,84 are among the most dangerous men the've ever met in their lives, socially and sexually. We've all been reading lately about the Male Menopause. At least I have. I think 1 came through it all right, but you never really know. Only last Sunday afternoon I was giving my wife a big blast because she didn't want me to join the poker club and go to the Legion Hall and play shuffleboard with the boys after work on Friday. She was a bit taken aback for about one minute. Then she car ...a tough decision snapped that she didn't care what I did. I could go and stand on my head in a snowbank. I could go out and play poker six nights a week, as long as I didn't take more than a dollar with nie, and didn't "expect me to serve lunch to a lot of men who'd leave a dirty mess to clean up and burn holes in the rug." 1 don't know how I got away over here behind the barn when 1 started out talking about the horrors of being a two -car family. Anyway. People made disparaging remarks about my old Dodge. A mechanic 'Wanted to buy it. Cheap. When I suggested $1,300 as a fair price, he laughed so hard he had a mild heart atack. "Smiley, you've run that old wreck into every tree in Blank County." This was a gross canard. That car has hit only one tree. I'll admit that it has hit the same trce, the one at the end of my driveway, three times, once by my wife, once by my daughter, once by my son-in-law, but never by me. That shows you how rumors spread. It did have a wow in the front bumper from the time 1 hit a light standard, The back bumper was somewhat like a boomerang, because I bombed through two feet of snow in my driveway last winter, skidded across the street, and hit a telephone pole, backwards, But only one tree, On one side, the chrome was Stripped off and the door caved in, when the Old Lady had an argument with the side of the garage. But the other side, until today, looked like a new car, except for the rust, which had eaten a bare 12 inches up into the fenders, Key words there are "Until today". After today I have matching doors, both without chrome, both looking as though Paul Bunyan had taken a grievance and a kick at the door, in that order. Inside, the car is like. new, if you don't mind a bit of foam spilling out of the seats. You can tell it has been a one -owner car. The two inches of cigarette ashes on the floor are all of the same brand. You can understand how sentimental a chap could get about such a car. Like an 80 -year-old uncle with a few scars and wrinkles but a lot of zip still in the old bawd. People have made love in that car. People have been taken to hospital in that car. Babies have been brought home from hospital on their fifth or sixth day in the world, in that car, 1 loved that car. But it was too randy for me. It was Male Menopause No, 2, the one that comes at 80. So I bought a new one. Not really new. Anybody who buys a new car today is either rich or ripped off, Jumped all the way up to a '72. But I still have the old one. My wife loves it now, too, after asking me for five years if I expected her to be seen in public in "That old wreck." So 1 have two cars. I juggle them in and out of a one -car garage and a one -car driveway. Today I had the new one off to work. Although 1 have told her 700 times that she can't back the car out of the garage, she tried it. I don't know what her technique is. I think she looks over her left shoulder and twists the wheel to the right. Or vice versa, Anyway, she creamed it right up against the post of the garage, could neither forward go nor back, and 1 now have matching dented doors. Sans chrome. At least it wasn't the new five-year old one. CONVERGE SERVICES_ In farming, you have to look after your own retirement. No one is going to do it for you. So next time you're near a Bank of Commerce, pick up our SMART book. It shows you how you can invest money in a Commerce Retire- ment Savings Plan or a Commerce Home Owner- ship Savings Plan in order to Save Money And Reduce Taxes. At the Commerce we call that SMART It's one more Commerce Farm Service that can help you. And, after all, that's why the Commerce has Commerce Farm Services—to help you with the busi- ness of farming. c� CANADIAN IMPERIAL . BANK OF COMMERCE BELGRAVE NEWS Itumau editor MILS LEWIS S IONI HOUs Long-time minister dies 'WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS TAYLOR William John Thomas Taylor of Dorchester died in Victoria Hospital, London on Sunday, January 30, 1977. He was in his 93rd year. He was born on Feb. 17, 1884 on the sixth line of East Wawanosh and received his early education at S.S. No. 13, East Wawanosh and after attending Goderich Collegiate he taught school in the St. Helen's area. He then attended Knox College in Toronto and was a Presbyterian minister until Church union in 1925 and ministered following union in United Churches at Mildmay, Metz•Dracon, Moore- field, Belmore-Macintosh, Rock- wood, Dorchester and was assist- ant minister at Colborne United Church, London. - He retired from Dorchester United Church, where he remain- ed'a member. His first wife Mary Taylor predeceased him in 1963, He later married Clara M. Dundas who survives him, Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Laverne ..(Dorothy) Pentland of Detroit; Mrs,=Jack M. (Marion) Hunt and Mrs. Jack (Kathleen) Hunter both of Dorchester, One son predeceased him. Also surviving are eight grand children and five great-grand- children. One brother Rev. C. Elmer Taylor of Beamsville and one sister, Mrs. Lewis Cook, Blegrave. Two brothers Melvin H. Taylor and Wilbert Wesely Taylor predeceased him. The funeral took place Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. the remains rested at the L. Laird Funeral Home, Dorchest- er until Feb. 2 the funeral which took place from the Dorchester United Church. Ministers assist- ing at the service were Rev. Wray Mather, Rev. Dr. R. Stewart, Rev. Douglas Story and Rev. Dcrwyn Docken, An honour guard of ministers from the Middlesex Presbytery and Dorchester ministerial asso- ciation took part in the funeral. Pallbearers were Frank Hunter, Gerald Proulx, John Clark, Richard Ellis, Rev. Wilson Morden and Rev. Jack Thomp- son. Prior to the funeral 'a Masonic Memorial Service was held at the funeral home on Tuesday evening at 8 p.m, with Merrill Lodge, Dorchesterr in charge. THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. PG. 9. Knox United holds annual meeting The annual meeting of Knox United Church, Belgrave was held on Tuesday evening,'Janu- ary 25 commencing with a pot luck supper at 7 p.m, with about 20 members present, Rev. John G. Roberts opened the meeting with prayer. Bert Johnston was appointed secretary for the meeting. New officers elected by ballot for session and stewards with Mrs. James Coultes and Mrs. Lorne Jamieson acting as scruti- neers were; Session, Murray Scott and Ross Anderson; Ste- wards, Ivan Wightman, Donald Proctor, Bruce Campbell; Trust- ee, Albert Coultes, Committees; Christian Educa- tion Committee, Mrs. Murray Scott and Mrs, William Coultes; ushers, Melville Mathers, Ho- ward Roberts and Wayne Cook, Other officers elected by acclamation were; Manse com- mittee, Mrs, Robert Grasby and Mrs, George Johnston; United Church men, Kenneth Wheeler, William Coultes and Harold Vincent; Auditors, George Proct- er, Lorne Campbell; Sunday School Superintendents, George Procter and Clifford Coultes. Perform a death -defying act. Reduce if overweight. Give Heart Fund Question Box Q. Does switching lights on and off use more energy than leaving a light burning? A. No. The "surge" of energy needed to turn lights on is equivalent to only seconds of lighting time, Q. How much energy do you save whcli you lower the ther- mostat? A. Each degree you lower your thermostat reduces fuel con- sumption by about two per cent. This means that if your annual fuel consumption is 2000 gallons you would save approximately 120 gallons a year if you lowered the ther- mostat by just three degrees. • Q. Do fluorescent lamps use the same amount of energy as incandescent lamps? A. No, much less. A fluores- cent lamp gives over five times as much light as an incandes- cent lamp using the same amount of energy. The every member plan for the Observer will be continued for another year. The Welsh Country Fayre will be held on June 25th. The next annual meeting will be held on Sunday, January 22, 1978, following morning church service with lunch served. Q. What has speed got to do with using gas in a car? A. Air resistance at 75 mph is twice the resistance at 60 m.p.h. thus requiring more energy — more gas -- to pro- pel the car. Good Citizenship deserves a medal Do you know anyone here in Ontario who—through selflessness, humanity and kindness without expect- ing anything in return—has made this a better province in which to live? • That's the kind of person for whom the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship was established. Recipients are selected by an independent Advisory Council of Ontario citizens whose honorary chairman is the Lieutenant -Governor of the Province. Anyone may nominate a person for the Ontario Medal, and nomination forms are available by writing: Executive Secretary Advisory Council Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A1 Making a nomination is itself an act of appreci- ation for good citizenship. All nominations should be received by April 15, 1977. • ONTARIO MEDAL FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP • On behalf of the congregation Clifford Coultes moved a vote of appreciation to Rev, John G. and Mrs. Roberts for their leadership in the past year. A memorial of Outdoor Chimes will be place in the church in memory of the late Mary Ann Makas. Belgrave personal news Mr, Cliff Logan was transfered from the Wingham and District Hospital, by ambulance to Uni- versity Hospital, London, last Friday. A serving course pertaining to quilts is being offered by Mrs. Lorne Jamieson and Mrs. Clar- ence Hanna. Teenagers and young women are cordially invited and arc asked to please contact the leaders before Febru- ary 12. The Education meeting of the Belgrave Women's Institute will be held Tuesday, February 15 at 2 p.m. in the Belgrave W.l.Hall, Mrs, Glenn Coultes is the convener and the guest speaker will be Mr, John Elliott from Huron County Board of Educ- ation, The lunch committee will be Mrs. Stanley Black, Mrs. Walter Scott and Mrs. Ivan Wightman. Sympathy is extended from this community to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pletch and family in the loss of his brother Ernest Pletch and to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cook in the loss of her brother Rev, Will Taylor of Dorchester, lillf /° I t 4.I. 'Igib %."°: .S / le:fir 0 irt; 11 ';" orgyilt. -4,... ..... • Old Alge Pensioners Guaranteed Income 5uppment Application forms. lnu ca t5� Fill them out! Send them in! Guaranteed Income Supplement application forms were mailed recently to all pensioners now re- ceiving the Supplement. To make sure that your Supplement to the Pension continues beyond March 31st you must reapply. So make sure you fill in your form and return it in the addressed envelope en- closed with the form, as soon as you possibly can. 1+ Health Sante et and Welfare Bien-Atre social Canada Canada Marc Lalonde, Minister J PG. 10. THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARYS, 1977. 'Tis Show Biz Sadness among the Amid all the frivolity and the happy moments of winning, there were some sad times during the telecast awarding the Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood on Sunday night. -The Globes are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and are judged on the basis of contribu- tion made to the world by Hollywood motion pictures and television shows, In other words, these are the stars and pictures who made the most people in the world sit up and take notice and spend a little money at the box office, The sad moments came when Freddy Prinz was announced as a nominee for best actor in a television comedy or musical series, The 22 -year-old star of "Chico and the Man" had died the previous day of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. As a follow-up to that, bittersweet was the win of Paul Williams who is such a talented little guy and days later would serve as his buddy Freddy's pallbearer. In true "the show must go on" fashion, he made it to the stage to sing "Buggsy Malone" and you would never have known there was anything wrong. An honor too late came for the late Peter Finch for his exciting portrayal as the newsman in "Network". He died suddenly of a heart attack a few weeks ago, never receiving the honour he should have had when he was alive. Named best actor in a television drama was Richard Jordan . of "Captain and the Kings". He defeated, among others, Telly Savalas of "Kojack" and Lee Majors of "The Million Dollar Man", Best actress in a dramatic series was Susan Blakely of "Rich Man, Poor Man". Among the gals she defeated were Jean Marsh of "Upstairs, Downstairs", Farah Fawcett -Majors and Kate Jackson of "Charlie's Angels", Lindsay Wagner of "Bionic Woman" and Angie Dickinson of "Police Woman", The best series was "Rich Man, Poor Man". Comedy -music awards went to Carol Burnett and Henry Winkler ("Happy Days"). She defeated Mary Tyler Moore, Dinah Shore, Bernadette Peters ("All's Fair") and Isabel Sanford ("The Jeffersons". The Fonz won over Sammy Davis Jr., Alan Alda ("M*A*S*H"), Karl Linden ("Barney Miller") and Michael Constantine ("Sirota's Court"), in addition to Prinz, The best TV series, comedy or musical, was the story of the cops in New York, "Barney Miller". Supporting awards went to Edward Asner of Mary Tyler Moore's show and Josette Ban- zett of "Rich Man, Poor Man", Movie awards found their way into the -hands of many people responsible for "A Star Is Born", Stars Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, with all their reputed battles during filming, must have felt it worth it. They were named the best performers in a comedy or musical, He was in classy company, defeating Peter Sellers ("Pink Panther Strikes Again"), Mel Brooks ' ("Silent Movie"), Jack Weston of "The Ritz" and Gene Wilder ("Silver Streak"). Her cohorts were Barbara Harris, nominated for both "Family Plot" and "Freaky 32nd Anniversary Sale AT Stewart's Red & White Food Market Blyth Phone 9451 We deliver ONCE AGAIN IT IS TIME TO SAY WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE ********** ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS SCHNEIDER'S WIENERS SCHNEIDER'S BREAKFAST SAUSAGE SCHNEIDER'S BOX OF CHICKEN GOLDEN RIPE BANANAS FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT MAC, SPY, DELICIOUS C GRADE APPLES 2 LB. BAG FROZEN GREEN PEAS 2 LB. V.F. FRENCH FRIES RICHS COFFEE RICH WHITE SWAN PAPER TOWELS ECONOMY SIZE KLEENEX KIST LGE. BOTTLE DRINKS, - SOLID HEADS LETTUCE WESTON BREAD 2nd 1 LB. PKG. 69c 1 LB. TRAY $1.09 2 LB. $1.99 LB. 19c 4 FOR 59c 5 LB. BAG 99c ONLY 59c BAG ONLY 39c 16 OZ. SIZE 33c 2 ROLLS $1.09 Box 59c PLUS DEPOSIT 3 FOR 99c frivolity at Golden Globe 2 FOR 89c 3 LOAVES $1.29 '32nd Friday", young Jodie Foster for FF, Goldie Hawn for .'The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox" and Rita Moreno of "The Ritz", "A Star Is Born" was also named best picture (Steisand and her love Jon Peters went up to their eyeballs in debt to produce the thing) and she and Williams wrote the winning song, "Evergredn". For movie drama, Finch and his co-star Faye Dunaway took the honors for best actor and actress but the picture itself was outclassed by "Rocky", Other dramatic films nominated were "All the President's Men", "Bound For Glory", and "Voyage of the Damned". Perform a death -defying act. Eat less saturated fat. Give Heart Fund An Ingmar Bergman picture, "Faced to Face", was named the best foreign -made film, The World Film Favorites chosen by Reuters News Agency on the basis of box-office returns and coverage in newspapers, mag- azines, etc., in every country but the U.S, and Canada, were Sophia Loren and Robert Redford. These awards have nothing to do with the Oscars but are bound to impress some of the voters for Awards those biggies coming up soon. And an added footnote which I always add to the Oscar telecast, a look at how the stars looked. Extremely dated and old- fashioned would go to Deborah Kerr; tasteless would be right for Bernadette Peters; classy for Dina Merrill in her silver lame; different for Gena Rowlands' rag -bag look; tres chic for Linda Carter who chose the masculine look, even to the tie, and fit it to a T. 11w,r,,tio,wwwwwL6.JNNr,r.A.44rokti►,,1A ui, CX .**.s.»..iwww..,aC. 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Concerto for Four Solo Horns and Orchestra Barber Medea's Dance of Vengeance Mahler Adegietto INTERMISSION Vaughn -Williams ____Symphony No. 2 "London" to be presented at the ,GODERICH DISTRICT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM 8:00 P.M. SINGLE TICKETS: s4.5o EACH TICKETS AVAILABLE IN GODERICH FROM: Campbell's • The Square Goderich. of the door Sponsored by the Goderich'Rotary Club tinder the patronage of the Sully Foundation. Politicians from every major political part were present at the Gordon Hill appreciation night in Toronto for the retiring of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Shaking hands with Mr. Hill is Murray Gaunt, Huron -Bruce M.P.P. with Bob McKinely, Huron M.P. in the background, [Expositor Photo] A few from Huron make it through storm to Gordon Hill 'roast' . BY JOHN MiNER Gordon Hill has been noted for roasting politicians and govern- ment officials, but January 27 it was their turn. More than 650 farmers and members from every political party converged on the Royal York Hotel in Toronto to honour the retiring president of the Ontario Federation of Agricul- ture. Two bus Toads from Huron and Perth were unable to make it because of the weather, The evening was billed as a "roast" of Gordon Hill and he was treated to a good natured roasting as well as strong praise. Roy Jewell, well-known farm broadcaster, said Gordon would be remembered for "smartening up the Federation of Agriculture at a time when it was getting fat and lazy." "He was a politician's politic- ian, He used the gloved' fist when it was necessary, but not often. He's the kind of guy who could have been in politics for years and never been found out." Federal Minister of Agriculture Eugene Whelan told the audience that Gordon had better luck than he had had in his endeavors. "He set out and changed the Federation of Agriculture to his liking and I'm still working like hell to change the Liberal party." Mr, Whelan referred to Gordon favorite hobby of fishing, saying Only 6 accidents despite storm During the week, January 31 to February 6, officers a Wingham detachment conducted 23 investigations. Six charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act and eight warnings were issued. One charge was laid under, the Liquor Licence Act. During the week there were six motor vehicle collisions which caused an estimated $9,850.00 in property damage. No one was injured. pa/ mcpacnon The Cand,an movement 1o( Desonal Illness Fitness. In your heart you know it's right. that Gordon never concerned himself about fishing seasons. "He had the exact same attitude towards politicians. No real season was out of season for them." Everett Biggs, provincial depu- ty minister of agriculture, said Gordon had been abrasive and irritating to politicians at Queen's park, "which is probably a good thing." "Gordon has taken the Feder- ation of Agriculture from its lowest point in history to possibly its highest," he said. Mr. Biggs presented the retired OFA president with a pen on Ontario. The pen was "specially treated" he said so that Gordon would only think good thoughts and write good things about the government from now on. Rumours that Mr. Hill might run for political party were mentioned by provincial treasur- er, D'arcy McKeough. "I can only say that whichever party gets him will get exactly what they deserve," Mr. McKeough said it would suit him fine if Gordon joined his party, but warned Gordon that if he joined any other party they were already prepared. "Our battle cry will lir Hill," he said. Earle Maberly fro& Yarmouth, Nova Scotia paid. tbute to Mr. Hill on behalf df I the Canadian Federation Ar f' Agriculture. r�� "The'have been times we di/Jae-I.-agree, but we always knew where we stood with you." "Gordon is one of the greatest farm leaders this country has ever seen," he said, "At the risk of offending some people, I want to say we think you're one hell of a guY " George McKeg, previous chair- man of the ' Farm Products Marketing Board of which Mr. Hill was a member, noted that Gordon had always been a radical. "His philosophy was to, raise more hell 'and less wheat." But Gordon Hill got the last word. "The progress' made in the Federation has not been made easily," he said, "and it has been made by a lot of people." Mr. Hill said the past seven years as president of the Federation of Agriculture were the most fulfilling in his life and he thanked his family for the strong support they had given him. He said the Federation was in good hands with Peter Hannam, newly elected president. "I have a great deal of good feeling for what's ahead," he said. In attendance along with a few Huron County Federation mem- bers who managed to drive through the storm to Toronto, were provincial NDP leader and leader of the opposition, Stephen Lewis, Ontario Liberal leader, Dr, Stuart Smith, Huron M.P. Bob McKinley, Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell and Huron- Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt. PLANT FOODS (1974) INC. 526-7262, AUBURN PHONE (519) 582-2020 • Box, 216, DELHI Home of Super Specially formulated graiin•fert'itizers Alt- analysis available - order now. Call your District Sales Rep, today WALLACE THORNTON Auburn Plant 526.7262 "Fertilizer Is Our Business -Not a Sideline" ... is \}'•::•:•}:•i 'i'•:`:': ':':•:•.; :•ii:•.•.ei...... �:}:;.; v:; •:•:v. . ��:;:::•"•; :' :•'i:....•...:. a • .::.:•.;.tib {ti\'{:•.:•T•A1: �: ':: i li i THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977, PG. 11. Good selection of books at Blyth Public Library THE WAR LOVER BY JOHN HERSEY This novel shows what secret hidden fear can do to even one of those seeming heroes, a war lover. The scene is an American bomber base in England some- time before D-day. The characters are the crew of a Flying Fortress, particularly the pilot Marrow and the co-pilot Boman and a girl they knew. Her fateful intervention plays a part as the narrative flows toward a' sustained and powerful climax. HELLO, MY LOVE, GOODBYE BY LENORA WEBER A friend commented about the heroine, "Some people catch colds but all you catch are boys" and in her senior year at St. Jude's high school it did seem true to Stacy. After a steady succession of boyfriends Stacy began to question the wisdom of her outgoing friendliness but finally learns to accept herself and to love both well and wisely. THE STARLIGHT BARKING BY DODIE SMITH The countless children who enjoyed One Hundred and One Dalmatians will be happy to know that The Starlight Barking also tells about those famous dogs. Pongo and Missis are happily living at Hell Hall when Pongo discovers the "mysterious sleeping" of all humans and other creatures except dogs. Dogs have to take over and they look to Pongo for leadership, What , happens during Dog Days makes interesting reading. SKY ROCKET BY MARGARET C. SELF A starved, beaten, terrified little horse, headed for the slaughterhouse, is temporarily left at the riding stable of a Junior Cavalry. unit. Colonel' Brewster, Commandant of the unit is impressed by the spirit of the poor horse and turns it over to his son Tom and teen -aged Pamela. Together they help it live up to its name of Sky Rocket. It is one of those stories that "could have happened" because the author had actually guided the rehabil- itation of a horse she found in similar conditions. 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CHRYSLER DODGE PLYMOUTH WINGHAM 914R10 35.7-.3862 • PG. 12, THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. . • DEAR ANN LANDERS: A year ago I walked into the living room to see what my children were watching on TV. It was a play about a sex deviate, complete with explicit scenes and a great deal of violence. I turned off the set and told my children from now on 1 would monitor their TV viewing and from 9:00 p.m. until bedtime they would do their homework or read. For several months there was a stubborn opposition. Even my husband refused to support me. The boys (grade -school age) did everything imaginable to break me down. They said they were ashamed to admit they had missed "Starsky and Hutch" or "Baa Baa Black Sheep", claimed 1 was treating them like babies and threatened to run away from home. But the more adamant they became the more convinced I was that the rule must be enforced. Finally I won. 1 feel like an effective parent again. The children's grades have climbed since they read more and their homework is done. 1 hope you will print this letter to encourage other parents who feel overwhelmed by TV. Maybe those magic words, "Because I said so, that's why," will be heard again in the land. Ohio. DEAR OHIO: American children are among the world's most polished debaters, Too few parents have the courage to stand up against such formidable opposition. They give in and rationalize -- telling themselves, "Well -- we tried." 1 hope your letter will give confidence to the millions of parents who are fighting this battle. In the meantime, there is something more you can do. Write to the National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting for a complete analysis of the most (and least) violent TV programs listed for fall and winter viewing. The report ranks primetime network programs according to. the amount and types of violent Mother strikes a blow for parents incidents. It also identifies the advertisers who pay for those programs. This index will be sent free to anyone who requests it, The address is: NCCB at 1028 Connecticut Avenue, Washing- ton, D.C., 20036, DEAR ANN: A professor whom I idolized once told our class that people who are slaves to superstition are weak-minded, I do not feel that the description fits me, yet I find myself avoiding black cats and ladders, and I become quite upset when I break a mirror, Also, I refused to get married on Friday the 13th, insisted the date be changed to the 20th. Tell me, do you think I'm a little nuts? Intellectually 1 know if I step on a crack it will not break my mother's back, yet I find myself avoiding cracks because if something should happen to my mother 1 don't want the guilt. Please respond. Crossed Fingers. DEAR C.F.: Many intelligent people are superstitious. These "protections" against bad luck are emotional not rational. Such behavior is the result of early training and once the patterns are established they are virtually impossible to break. So long as they don't interfere with your daily routine, go ahead and enjoy the comfort you derive from doing little things to ward off "bad luck". Nobody is 100 per cent sane. ***** What's the story on pot, L.S.D., cocaine, uppers and downers, speed? Can you handle it if you're careful? Send for Ann Landers' new booklet, "Straight Dope on Drugs". For each booklet ordered, send a dollar bill, plus a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope (24 cents postage) to Ann Landers, P.O. Box 1400, Elgin, 111, 60120. © Copyright 1977 Field Enterprises, Inc. Grow hardwood cuttings indoors It is not too early to begin planning for your hardwood nursery, says R.A. Fleming, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food horticulturist. Cuttings from hardwoods taken in February and March can be forced to bloom and root indoors. "We have forced forsythia shoots to bloom indoors during the late winter, and often these same shoots can be footed from hardwood cuttings," says Mr. Fleming. The cuttings should be six to eight inches long and about Vs to 3/8 inch in diameter. A shoot several feet long, providing it is good sound wood, sari be cut up into cuttings. Make the cutting just below a bud for optimum rooting. Place the cuttings in a box of peat and sand mixture to about two-thirds, the length of the cutting. Then thoroughly water the soil mixture and cover with a sheet of glass or plastic to keep the tops of the cuttings from drying out, Water the cuttings from time to time from the top. The cuttings should be well- Olmalion l�lfpib4i¢ Good Lifestyle dental care habits start early. Start your children brushing with a fluoride toothpaste when the first teeth appear. rooted by late spring and ready for planting in a nursery row to grow into garden -size plants. Hardwoods which may be rooted in this manner are shrubs such as forsythia, the willows, the shrubby dogwoods, philadelphus, and some types of viburnums. Motorcoach Tour NASHVILLE GRAND OLE OPRY Easter Weekend April 7.10 Victoria Weekend May 20.23 Brochures Available PLAN NOWT HLIDAY WORLD Joespidne Wool collect v' 357.2701 Freezing nieat the right way The freezer is not a magic 1 box into which you can just pop fresh, store•ivrapped meat and expect it to be juice and flavorful when cooked. To maintain the fresh quality of meat in the frezcr, protect it • and your meat' dollar • by always wrapping meat care- fully before freezing, say food specialists at the Ontario Food Ontario J unior Farmers plan winter games About 200 junior farmers from across Ontario will partici- pate in the annual Junior Farmers' Provincial Winter Games,' February 19. The games, which will include competitions in four sports, will be held in Niagara Falls and Welland. Janet Whitehead of the Extension Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food says teams competing in the events represent the seven zones of the Junior Farmers' Associa- tion of Ontario. To be eligible for the competi- tions, teams must have won championships at both county and zone levels. Events at the winter games will include men's and ladies' basket- ball, mixed volleyball, men's and ladies' bowling and a curling bonspiel. The curling bonspiel will be held in Welland while the other events will be held in Niagara Falls. The general public is invited to watch the games, free of .charge. For more information, contact Miss Whitehead, 'Extension Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Legislative Buildings, Toronto M7A 1B2. The Provincial Winter Games is one of many activities organized by the Junior Farmers' Associa- tion of Ontario for its 8,000 members. Council, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, In the supermarket, the wrapping on fresh meat protects it against over -handling and drying. This type of wrapping lets the fresh meat "breathe", and is designed for short-term refriger- ator storage. It is unsuitable for long-term storage in very cold and dry air, such as freezer air. Freezer air gradually pulls moisture from improperly wrapped meat and leaves you, with a dry, tasteless product. Before putting meat in the freezer, remove the store wrap, then re -wrap the meat in heavy-duty aluminum foil or durable plastic freezer., bags. Press out the air by pressing against the meat and seal tightly. Use a twister and freezer tape when using bags, or seal open edges with freezer tape when using foil. Air left in.a package or entering a package can cause oxidative changes in the meat. These changes result in off - flavors and odors; that's why it is so. important to mold the wrap tightly around the product, then fasten the package so air cannot enter. Label the contents as to type of meat, quantity, land date it was frozen, Help your Heart... Help. your Heart Fund NOTICE of Annual Meeting of the HURON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION Wednesday, Feb. 16 at the CLINTON LEGION BUSINESS SESSION: 1:00 P.M. The proper business of the annual meeting, Including the election of township directors and such business as may come before the meeting. Elmer Harding, president Lloyd Stewart, -secretary BLYTH& DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE Saturday,February26,1977 . In new auditorium Dinner -Roast Beef Smorgasborp Opening Ceremonies, Car Draw. Entertainment by the Bradley Family Dance to Follow Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Tickets - $5.00 per person includes dance Tickets for dance only available At door after 9:30 p.m. on a limited basis, First Come, First Served - $3.00 per person. Music donated by • Country companions Tickets Available at: Post Office, Clerk office. Only 350 tickets being sold in advancb for banquet. ',Obtain your tickets early. Londesboro personal news Sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shaddick on the death of her brother-in-law Mr. Harold Schnider on Saturday in Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Lear accompanied Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Ball, Clinton, to Singhamton and attended the wedding of Douglas Ball and Karen Hammil at Singhampton Anglican Church, Mrs. Lear was the organist, The reception was held at Duntroon near Collingwood. Joan Garrow, London; Doris Ellerby and Chastity Colquhoun, Clinton, visited on Sunday with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shobbrook. The W.I. card party cancelled on February 4 will be held this Friday, February 11 at 8:30 p.m. in the hall. Hullett Federation plans survey of township On Tuesday, January 25 the Members of the township will be Hullett Federation of Agriculture visiting the farm homes asking a - met, few questions concerning During the morning plans were farming, These visits will be finalized for the township survey. taking place during the months of Burns U.C.W. meets The January meeting of the Burns U.C.W. was held at the home of Mrs. Pete Salverda on Wednesday afternoon with 19 present. Ida Leiper opened the meeting with a reading "Freedom". Hymn 662 was sung, followed by a reading, and Ramona Jamieson led in prayer. The topic "What the Lord's Prayer Really Means" was given by Ida Leiper. Ida thanked Gay and all who helped with the meeting. Hymn 399 and prayer closed the first part of the • meeting. Mrs. Rice was in charge of the business, and read "The Bible Alphabet". Roll call was answered by a Bible verse and payment of dues. Minutes of the last meeting were read, The Treasurer's report was given by Jean Leiper. Mrs. Rice reported that delivery of a box of used clothing was made to the Scott Mission. Thank you notes were Wingham Voice of Life plansannual meeting On January 24 an executive meeting of the Wingham Voice for Life group was held at the home of Mrs. Richard Campeau. The minutes of the previous meeting and the treasurer's report were approved as read. Several topics came up for discussion . such.. as a...new presentation which the group has recently acquired and which it hopes will soon be shown in many of the schools, Three new executive members were welcomed. They arc Ray Van Camp, Richard Campeau, and Joanne Plas, "Festival for Life" buttons arc available to be purchased. March 29 has been the date set for the Annual Meeting. The location and speaker for this evening will be announced at a later date. In order that the membership may continue to grow it was asked that in ' the coming year each member secure one new member. It's not work to walk. So why not walk to worts? m'Astros211i. MUs a NorlOWay. 1LEO1'±tOHOME Now available at Larry's TV 1977 colour TV's by Electrohome at low, low. prices [NOT AS ILLUSTRATED] _ Cxampie 20" colour TV • 100% solid state • Precision inline [N.G.B.] Picture tube • Automatic colour controls Model Capri AT THE LOW PRICE OF $485.00 WITH 3•YEAR WARRANTY Hurry Supplies. Limited S Radio & TV. Hamilton St., Blyth, Ont. 523-9640 received from Harriet Knox and Mae Smith, Names were drawn for the copper contest. Leaders are Joan Middegaal and Joan Hoggarth. The -meeting closed with the Lord's Prayer. Grace was sung and lunch served, THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. PG. 13. February and March. The following people are heading the workers in the different area: Gerrit Wilts, Conc. 8 and 9; Lawrence Plaetzer, Conc. 14 west; Bill Gibbins, Conc. 4, 5, 6 and 7 west; John Van Beers, Conc. 10 and 11; Gerry Heyink, Conc. 12 and 13 east; Gordon Daer, Conc. 12 and 13 west; Maurice Bean, Maitland Block; Cecil Elliott, Cone, 1, 2 and 3; John Benjamins, Conc. 14 east; Hugh Flynn, Conc. 4, 5, 6, 7 east, After lunch Norman Alexander showed pictures on erosion in Huron County. The aerial pictures taken along Lake Huron' showed many large gullies working their way inland carrying many tons of soil with them. Pictures showing the Maitland River at Wingham and Listowel showed why there was flooding. Erosion was in fields planted with wheat as well as plowed fields. These pictures showed why everyone must be more concerned about stopping erosion, The next meeting will be after the survey has been finished and we will be discussing the findings. SNELL'S GROCERY wen? km aim S:S:!vii'ir.':X$i.4crn3:;iZX.�:3:°;'bY:v`.�rsb' qII�# off oKiveh • • SCHNEIDER'S 12 OZ. BOWL HEADCHEESE 79c ALL -BEEF OR REG. MINI SIZZLER SAUSAGES 1 LB. 99c 2 LB. BOX BEEF BURGERS $1.89 MEAT PIES 2.4 OZ. PIES 59c MARGARINE 1 LB. TUB 49c BOLOGNA 1 LB. PKG. 79c FEBRUARY IS FROZEN FOOD MONTH [SPECIAL PURCHASE] SILVERWOODS MEADOW GOLD ICE CREAM 2 LITRE PACK 99c CHAPMANS ICE CREAM 2L.PACK ,99c OLD SOUTH 121/2 OZ. ORANGE JUICE 2/$1.00 AWAKE 12 OZ. ORANGE DRINK 2/99c' McCAINS SUPER FRIES SOMERDALE FRENCH FRIES LEO D'OR ONION RINGS VALLEY FARMS PEAS HIGH LINER COD FILLETS SAVARIN T.V. DINNERS HIGH LINER FISH & CHIPS McCAINS DELUXE PIZZA KELLOGGS EGGO WAFFLES 2 LB. 79c 2 LB. 43c 89c 69c 14 OZ. 2 LB. 1LB. $1.19 79c 32 0Z. $1.39 22 OZ. $1.99 11 OZ. 65c PEPPERIDGE FARM NEW SIZE LAYER CAKE 17 oz. $1.49 DARES BOXED CHOCOLATES 1 LB. $1.29 " SMILES & CHUCKLES TURTLES 7 Oz. $1.50 ROWNTREE DAIRY BOX 1 LB. $2.75 STILL ARE EACH CHOCOLATE BARS 20c TIMEX WATCHES LARGE SIZE CIGARS MENS THERMAL SOCKS KNITTED TOQUES' BAKERY FEATURES WESTONS OR LEWIS REG. 53c 3 LOAVES FRESH BREAD FOR $1.19 1 DOZ. REG. $1.39 FOR GRANNY TARTS $1.09 CINNAMON BUNS REG. 83c FOR 69c NORTHERN GOLD GRANOLA . REG. S1.99 COOKIES 2 LB. BOX FOR$1 .59 FRESH PRODUCE SUNKIST ORANGES TEMPLE ORANGES WHITE GRAPEFRUIT FRESH TOMATOES CELLO RADISH NO. I ONT. CARROTS 138'S DOZ. 79c DOZ. 79c 48'S 4 FOR 49c 2 LB. FOR 89c 16 OZ. PKG. 39c 2 LB. BAG 49c UNIVERSAL MED. RED COHOE SALMON 7 3/4 OZ. 99c BLACK DIAMOND SINGLE THIN CHEESE SLICES 2 LB. $2.89 VAN CAMP 48 OZ. BEANS WITH PORK 99c LIBBYS FANCY PEACH HALVES 28 0Z. 69c E.D. SMITHS BLUEBERRY PIE FILL 19 OZ. 89c BETTY CROCKER PIE MIX STICKS 18 oz. 69c MAR FEETERS NATURAL OR CINNAMON HONEY BUTTER 10 oz. 69c NIPPICAN WINE CURED CHEESE to oz. 89c SHIRRIFF 3 OZ., 3 FOR JELLY DESSERTS - 69c DEL MONTE 12 OZ. GOLDEN RAISINS 69c DALTONS 12 OZ. SULTANA RAISINS 69c McNAIR CHOPPED WALNUTS 8 OZ. 93c [NEW PRICE ON THIS PRODUCT WILL BE $1.29] WHITE SWAN OR SCOTTOWEL PAPER TOWELS 2 ROLL 95c JAVEX POWDERED BLEACH FOR THE UNBLEACHABLES 44 oz. $1.99 CLEARING: LADIES & GIRLS KNITTED MITTS s REG. TO $1.95 FOR $1.39 30% off Our Cost PAIR 88c REG. $1.89 FOR $1.39 Phone 523-9332 We deliver Open 6 days a week Friday night till 9:00 PG. 14. THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. r PIII7ZZi=k2 441 classified Rates At Your Service Effective June 26, 1974 WORD COUNT Charges are based on the number of words, Sets of numerals as for serial numbers, street numbers, phone numbers or prices count as one word per set. Words joined by hyphens count as separate words. SEMI -DISPLAY 5 cents per word, minimum charge of $1,25. Box numbers to this . office will be charged 50 cents per insertion. Births, marriages, engagements and deaths are free of charge. DISPLAY $1.40 per column inch, after 10 consecdtive insertions with no changes, $1.00 per column inch. 25c DISCOUNT FOR CASH PAYMENT ON OR BEFORE MONDAY NOON OF WEEK FOLLOWING FINAL INSERTION Deadline for classified ads is TUESDAY NOON BERG Sales • Service Installation • Barn Cleanen • Bunk Feeden • Stabling FREE ESTIMATES Donald G. Ives R.A. 2, BLTI'H Phone Brussels 887.9024 PHONE 523.9646 For Sale HONEY: Limited quantity of white, 65 cents a pound. Amber at 60 cents. 30 pounds at 55 cents. Bill Elliott, Dinsley East, Blyth. 523.9663, 5.tfn DELUXE REDWOOD ABOVE Ground Pools, (2) 16 by 24; 16 by 32, complete, 1 year old. Repossess by bank, sacrifice half price. Call Mr. James, 519.681.3804. 23-tfn 1 6'/: ft. HANOVER KITCHEN CUPBOARD Unit. Complete with upper and lower cabinet, counter- top, sink, and taps. In very good condition. Phone: John Bos, Auburn, 529-7860. 6-1 Bruce Falconer Const. Custom Built Homes Renovations, Rec Rooms, Remodeling & additions Phone 523-9518 1968 CADILLAC CALAIS excel- lent condition. Very little winter driving. 523.9322. 6-4-1 USED GEORGE WHITE SNOW- BLOWER 6 ft. width auger type. 523-4530. 6-1 ou1j. i uuaminuUua*s III nnnrlaur BROADLOOM CLINTON'S . CARPET CENTRE •Wall to wall installations or area . carpets *Samples shown in your home •Free estimates •Guaranteed installations there's a Celanese carpet for every room In the home. "Quality you can trust" From . BALL & MUTCH FURNITURE LIMITED Pbono 482.9505, Clinton 0111000100011011000=001=010001,11000111111, PREGNANT AND DISTRESSED • Coll BIRTHRIGHT 524.71"!'!, 432.7191 WE CARE HANK'S SMALL ENGINE SERVICE HENRY REININK 1 MILE NORTH OF LONDESBORO 523-9202 SNOWMOBILE SNOWBLOWER ETC. REPAIR SEPTICTANKS CLEANED • New modern equipment. Over 20 years experience, Phone Louis Blake, 887-6800, RR 2, Brussels. tfn CONCRETE WORK Expert chimney and roofing repairs; specializing in stabling. Don Ives, Phone Brussels, 887-9024. tfn Wanted Birth JOSLING: Paul and Dianne are proud to announce the arrival of Jeffrey Paul, in Wingham and District Hospital on February 6, 1977, weighing in at 7 lbs., 11 oz. The first grandson for Mr. and Mrs% Bill Buchannon, Blyth, and Mr. Elgin Josling, Londesboro. The first great grandson for Stanley Cook. COOK: Born to Ivan and Margaret Cook . of. Goderich, Sunday, Jan, 23, 1977 in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, a daughter Jaime Melissa. Notice to Creditors IN THE ESTATE OF MARY ANN DEXTER ALL PERSONS having claims against the Estate of the above- mentioned, late of the Village of Blyth, in the County of Huron, widow, who died on January 10th, 1977, are required to file proof of same with the undersigned on or before the 12th day Of February, 1977. After that date the Executor will proceed to distribute the Estate having regard only to the claims of which he shall then have had notice. DATED at Wingham, Ontar- io this 20th day of January, A.D. 1977. CRAWFORD MILL & DAVIES ,Wingham, Ontario Solicitors for the Executor Dependable person who can work without supervision. Earn 514,000 per year. Contact customers around Blyth . We train. Write R. F. Dick, Pres., Southwestern Petroleum, Bramp- ton, Ont. L6T 2J6. 6-1 EXCELLENT INCOME POTEN- TIAL with perhaps the most "professional" firm in the SPEC• IALTY-COATINGS field. Oppor- tunity to win fabulous vacation - business trip combinations. Advancement, awards and hand- some overwriting program for ambitious individual in Blyth area. Rush name, address and qualifications to R. G. Deitz, President • 2300 Schenker Street, Ville La Salle, Quebec, 6-1 Death COOK: In St. Joseph's Hospital, London, 'Jan 27, 1977 Jaime Melissa Cook, infant daughter of Ivan and Margaret Cook, 4-3 Real Estate REAL ESTATE LTD. 482.9371 Clinton New 1 floor brick home in Blyth, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, carpeted, fireplace, family room, double attached garage, propane heat. 11/2 storey insul•brick home in Goderich, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, Under 530,000 will buy this 2 storey brick home in Blyth, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, carpeted living and dining room. Centrally located. Real Estate 1 floor frame nome, 5 rooms, all in excellent condition, 3 bed- rooms, carpeted, full finished basement. 4 acres in Londesboro, 1 floor brick home, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, carpeted, full finish- ed basement. Lot in Londesboro, suitable for mobile home. • 5 acres in McKillop Twp, drilled well, hydro, no buildings, Brick school house near Auburn, excellent condition, new wiring, propane furnace. Food for Thought Many a live wire would be dead without connections. Real Estate J CUNTON OFFICE 482.3821 HAROLD WORKMAN 482-7658 LARRY PLUMSTEEL 527.0052 • PIERRE RAMMELOO 523-9478 Member of Huron County Real Estate Board Multiple Listing Service FARMS -120 acres dear Blyth, 100 workable, 3 bedroom house, large barb.. - , 200 acres, 185 workable, no. bldings, in West Wawanosh Twp -1t1) acre cash crop farm near Lucknow with buildings, • 34 acres, 22 workable, 12 of bush, Gravel bottom, near Clinton. - 50 acres cash cropland near Holmesville. • 80 acres, 70 workable, rolling 'land, at Holmesville. -300 acres, 250 workable beef farm, no house, near Brussels:. -250'acres, 175 workable, good house, beef and corn drying setup, near Brussels. - 100 acres, 65 workable, brick house, dairy barn near Brussels. • 100 acres, 80 workable, 20 pasture, beef and sow operation, near Brussels. -90 acres, 55 workable on Maitland River near Brussels. . 1501 acres,135 workable, brick home, modern dairy barn, near Belgrave.' • MIONSWIMMOIMMOSUMnit We have houses for sale in Clinton, Seaforth and Surrounding areas • as well as apartment buildings and businesses, • V. C. [VIC}FOX Bus. 527-1511 Res. 523-9525 94 acres, 90 workable, edge of Londesboro. Ideal site for new home with good cash crop land, ******* 213 acres, Hullett Township, cash crop, Modern brick bungalow, full basement, 200 amp. service, 2 car garage. Steel storage building, 45,000 bushel capacity. 2 grain tanks, 140 acres workable, self -drained, '/mile river frontage. ,1191„ •6 building lots in Blyth. 82' by 132' each. Village water supply. Lots are suitable for septic tanks. A good investment. Arena Schedule Feb, 10. 4:30-5:30 PecWee Practice 6.11 Belgrave Hockey Feb. 11. 6-10:30 Minor Sports 10:30-11:30 Bantam practice. Feb. 12, 7-1 Minor Sports 2-4 Public Skating , 4:30-6 Minor Sports 7-8 Broomball 8-9 Cadets 9-11 Christian Reform Feb. 13. 1-2 Baintoneers 2-4 Public Skating 4:30-6 Midget game 8-11 Industrial League Feb. 14. 4:45-6:45 Belgrave Hockey 7-10 Minor Sports 10-11 Midget Practise Feb. 15. 3:30.6:30 Figure Skating 6:30-7:30 Lions beginners 8-12 Broomball Feb. 16. 2-3 Beginners 7-10 Minor Sports 10-11 Christian Reform 'Feb, 17. 6-11 ,Belgrave hockey AS IS SPECIALS "Before Reconditioning" Sloshed To The Bone WE NEED THEM OUT OF • THE ROAD Please Note,,,. All of these cars and trucks run well! '73 Pontiac Laurentian Sedan, 8 automatic, power steering, power brakes, radio. Lic. No. DPW539 '799 '71 Olds. Delta 88 Sedan, 8 automatic, power steering, power brakes, radio. Lic. No. DHF318 '416 '71 Chev. Belair Sedan, 8 automatic, power steering, power brakes, radio. Lic. No. DEC892. '666 '71 Plymouth Fury II 2 door hardtop, 8 automatic, power steering, tape, Lic. No. H N L871. '589 '70 V.W. Station Wagon Lic. ESW187 $299 '70 Ambassador Sedan, air, 8 automatic, power steering, power brakes, radio. Lic. No. KMU886. '355 '66 Dodge Polars Sedan, 6 automatic, radio. Lic. No. DHD364 '74 '72 Ford 1/2 Ton 8 stick. Lic. No. C93526 '997 '69 Ford 1/2 Ton 6 stick, radio. Lic. No. H26714 :6a3 One Week Only McGEE Pontiac Buick 524-8391 Cadillac Hamilton Street, Goderich NU YY NLNY'ING SUN. MON. a TUES 111. 11.11 ' a1M MOW ONLY • IMO NIL F11. TUES. ' FRI.1 SAT r:II $ ►:u 4f.e en. ,' rht .nugl.lr 1014.' 11 only Ihcy knew e had the ower. L.tte II.7L7 a 11.11.1 PJ.,l 111. 16 SILVER STREAK , GODERI H 10 1111 ',Q11.14r, 1110141 S.'4 11111 AINCON04nONI n Program w111a 1, tht••• a COMING EVENTS CASH BINGO, SEAFORTH LEGION HALL, Friday, February 11,1977 at 8:15 p.m. sharp, 15 regular games at 510.00 each, three specials for 525.00 each and a $75.00 jackpot to go each week. Admission, $1,00; extra cards 25c each or 7 for $1.00 (Children under 16 not permitted) Pro- ceeds for Welfare Work. Sponsored by Branch 156. SEa- forth Royal Canadian Legion tfn BINGO: Every Monday evening at the Vanastra Recreational Centre, RR 5, Clinton at 8 p.m. 15 regular games of $12.00. 3 share -the -wealth. Jackpot of $200 must go. Door prizes and many other specials. Admission re- stricted to 16 years of age and over. 36-tfn CLINTON LEGION BINGO every Thursday 8:30 p.m. Admission 51.00, restricted to 16 yrs, or over, 15 regular games of $15.00, $5.00 leased on split, 3 door prizes, $50 concellation if lack not not won. Jackpo t ' $210 in 55 calls or less. tfn The February meeting of Blyth Horticultural Society will be held in Blyth Memorial Hall Feb, 16/77 at 2 p.m. sharp. Mr. Harvey McAllum will be showing slides. The Society is hoping for a good attendance as there will be a lot of business to be discussed and also a lot of plans to be made concerning preparations for our upcoming Centennial Year. Please attend and bring your ideas, suggestions and freinds. Everyone is Welcome. 6-1 A benefit dance is to be held at Auburn Community Hall Feb. 12. Dance to the• Country Compan- ions from 10 p.m, to 2 a.m. Lunch provided. 6-1 General Meeting of the Blyth Centennial Committee on Wedn- esday, February 16, 1977 in the Blyth Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. 6.1 ,: Coe out and learn to do Senior I Cimtizen's Income Tax Returns tor yourself and Senior's with income less than $5.000. Mrs. Kathy Craigman, Public Relations Officer Revenue Can- ada, Taxation Office, Kitchener will be at the Blyth Town Hall, Thursday Feb. 10, 2.4 p.m. Sponsored by the Huron Volun- teer Bureau. For information call 482-3037. 6.1 Valentines Dance on February 12, at Blyth Community Centre sponsored by Clinton Junior Farmers, Dancing from 9 to 1 by Drumlin. Lunch included. Tickets $2.50 in advance, $3.00 at door. Available from Rick Archambault or Shirely Dough- erty. 6.1p. Blyth Lions Bingo SATURDAY NIGHT 8:00 p.m. Blyth Memorial Hall JACKPOT 5150 IN 60 CALLS SHARE•THE-WEALTH AND REGULAR GAMES THE BLYTH STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. PG. 15. Business column Solar energy provides opportunities for small business BY JIM SMITH Societies don't spring up overnight; they evolve over generations, slowly taking shape through countless incidents. From time to time, however, major developments cause sudden dramatic shifts ' in the structure of societies. Construction of our great trans -continental railways had this sort of dramatic impact. The atom bomb changed the course of world civilization. And now our decisions about energy policy will shape the pattern of the Canadian society for generations to come. The OPEC petroleum boycotts and our own dwindling reserves have ensured that oil will not be our primary source of energy in the future, Electricity, because it can be created by technologies as varied as burning coal to harnessing the tides, is the energy of tomorrow. Industrial League sees action Two games were played in the Blyth Industrial Hockey League on Sunday, Feb. 6. In the first game Team 4 defeated Team 3 by the score of 8 to 4. Goal scorers for Team 4 were Larry Robinson, 4; Grant Vincent, 2; Tom Black, 1; Steve Robinson, 1. Assists went to Tom Black, 2; Ron Lovett, 1;. Grant Vincent, 1; Larry Robinson, 1. Goal scorers for Team 3 were Jack Coultes, 2 and Robbie Lawrie, 2. Ron Henry had 3 assists. In the second game Team 2 defeated Team 1 by the score of 14 to 3. Goal scorers for Team 2 were Neil Beamen,3; Kevin Pletch, 3; Wayne McDougall, 3; Brad Bromley, 2; Brain Bromley, 1; Gord Rinn, 1; Dave Cook, 1. Assists went to Wayne McDoug- all, 7; Brain Bromley, 3; Brad Bromley, 2; Neil Beamen, 1; Ken Ritchie, 1. Goal scorers for Team 1 were Terry Pierce, 1; Donny Carter, 1; Shannon Niblock, 1. Assists went to Bill McDougall, 1; Gary Manning, 1; John Watson, 1; Willy Dougherty, 1. This Sunday Feb. 13, Team 4 plays Team 5 at 8:00. At 9:30 Team 1 plays Team 3. LYCEUM o Mari®ma .10:1: 2 J,�Lan 1dlI,. :4111.0 Due to so many requests I it's bock 1 WED.-THURS.-FRI.-SAT. FEBRUARY 9 -10 -11 -12TH WED.-THURS. AT 1:00 P.M. FRI.-SAT./40 AND 1:00 P.M. WALTER MATTI L u TATU�M■ O'NEAL "THE BAD NEWS ADULT ENI[RIAINMENI Sunday - Monday - Tuesday SIIRUARY 17.14 • ISTH ON1 • WING DAILY AT I:00 P.M. The love story that will scare the hell out of you. OBSESS/ON C1111 0011011031 01310111 ..101.10.11100. INN MI MMMMM INN MI STARTS WEDNESDAY FEB. 16TH WED.-THURS.1:00 P.M. FRI.-SAT. 7:00.1215 P.M. The mat exciting oeillnd motion picture event el all time. AMA N Though electricity can be generated in many different ways; two new technologies, nuclear and solar, can be expected to be major suppliers of our future energy needs, But the social ramifications of choosing one over the other are enormous, Nuclear power is synonymous with large-scale, centralized, heavily guarded technology. Individual generating stations are so fantastically ex nsive that only the biggest of private corporations or government will be able to finance them. Only the most advanced technocrats can operate these generators. And, since the consequenced of politic- al sabotage of a nuclear station would be disastrous, Tigris security is always required. Solar power is much different. 1t can be scaled down to the point where even a single house or a community can have its own . generating station. And because the cost of individual installations would be relatively small, we could finally wrest control of energy distribution out of the hands of massive public utilities and international oil companies. According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, a solar energy industry owned and controlled by Canadians could provide oppor- tunites for tens of thousands of small firms in manufacturing, installation and service. Nuclear power, in a country like Canada which has rich uranium deposits, is inevitable. But the key to a healthy society in the future is a mix of solar and nuclear power. Too much emphasis on nuclear power would be destructive of communities and tie us into a model of big cities and big corporations for generations to come. Attention Anyone having car tickets outstanding, please turn in to Bill Riehl by February 10, 1977. Theatre Passe Muraille and Blyth Centre for the Arts Presents • 18 WHEELS A Country and Western Musical about Truck Drivers Blyth Memorial Hall • February 17. 1977 8:30 p.m. Tickets $3.00 AT: THE STANDARD, BLYTH 523 • 9646 for reservations 1 February 11 BlytftArena Hall' Sponsored by Blyth Centennial Committee Music from 10-1 By Music Makers Lunch included Door prizes, Spot dances $8.00 per couple Tickets available at: • Dave Medd Wilson's Gift Shop Sibyl Mcdougall PG. 16. THE BLYTH .STANDARD/FEBRUARY 9, 1977. The cleanup began on main street in Blyt on Tuesday as equipment from George Radford Construction Ltd. made quick work of the snowbanks along main street. Actually though the area wap virtually crippled by last week's blizzard, accumulation of snow on main street was not that heavy. Gaunt asks for aid after Four Liberal Members of the Ontario Legislature - Murray Gaunt, Bob McKessock, Jack Riddell and Eddie Sargent • have urged the Premier to extend the terms of reference of the committee to study the needs of snow disaster areas, to include the Counties of Grey, Bruce, Huron and Middlesex. In a statement issued at Queen's Park, the Members said that "attempts to cope with the disaster storm conditions of the past week are financially cripp- ling to municipalities, which have neither the equipment nor the funds to open roads which have been blocked by the huge snowdrifts, "We believe that the Provincial Government shpuld give immed- iate financial assistance to muni- cipalities, by means of road subsidies for snow clean-up and removal. "Many farmers, particularly The Empty Pew BY W. JENE MILLER Is the Christian Religion healthy or hell -thy? That is the question which must be put to her spokesmen. Hawkers of "The Word" stand on street corners and bang on doors to declare that their God loves everyone. Then they declare that this same God shall put all his enemies into some kind of Eternal Barbeque pit and burn them alive for ever and ever and ever and ever! The first problem that poses is the psychic nature of this particular God. Who would want to have a friend who burned his enemies alive? Who could love and adore such a person? Yet, these proponents of the hell -thy religion declare that the ultimate reason for loving is to avoid burning. And, the rewards for serving and loving this God are equally unworthy. Those who please this God -Who -Sets -People -on -Fire, whom 1 have dubbed Gwspof, are allowed to go to "Heaven". The definition ,of Heaven is a place of unlimited joy and thrill and satisfaction of all human desire. However, those who live on earth only to satisfy "all human desire" are declared craven and debased, and sent to the aforementioned Eternal Barbeque Pit, They are rejected from the glutted psyche which is afforded to the worshippers of Gwspof. • . The Second problem posed by these proclaimers of the God -Of -Burning -His -Children forever is his own failure to do what he demands of his followers. The teachings that are accredited to this God are those of Jesus. His followers all declare that they are the true teachers of the Christian Way. They use the New Testament to "prove" their claim to pure Christianity. One of the things they read from the New Testament is that their God demands that his Disciples forgive their enemies and love them. Now, that.'s a real Christian teaching, for sure. The VILLAGE RESTA URANT ON MAIN STREET - BLYTH, ONTARIO FAMILY FEATURE Thursday night February 10 Special 5 - 8 p.m. only $1.99 R i beye Steak Butter -fried Onions, French Fried Potatoes, Crisp Coleslaw, Roll and Butter. Sorry no take-out storm dairy farmers, have experienced ! enormous difficulties in shipping , their milk and other commodities, because of the disaster snow conditions. A number of dairy farmers have been forced to dump their milk because of impassable roads. We are calling upon the Minister of Agriculture to initiate, with a minimum of delay, a programme to compens- ate these farmers for their, losses," Maybeit'stimeyOU jumped into something more demanding than a car pool. PaorIcIPacrIon0 The Canadian movement for personal fitness. Fitness. In your heart you know it's right. The question is, why doesn't this God also forgive HIS enemies instead of burning them forever and ever and ever and... The purpose here is not --repeat NOT --to belittle Christian Truth. It is to question the teaching of Christianity by those who present God as Hate instead of Love. They may be right. However, it is possible to get a kinder view of God in Scripture! • B. J. Fabrics Blyth, Ont. 523-9675 Terylene Quilt Batts - $4.69 80 x 100 Ibex Blankets - $7.99 70 x 90 Ibex Blankets - $6.99 45" Cotton Corduroy - $3.29 X-tra Special Savings on Winter Fabrics SpringFabrics Now in Stock Make her your Sweater Girl on February 14th and you'll have won her heart for long after! We have styles enough to suit the most avid collector in a wonderful assortment of hues. Cowl neck pullovers Drop shoulder wrap cardigans M ultic colour assortment Ladies' & Infants' Wear Blyth, Ont. Phone 523'4351