The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-05-29, Page 9•
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MAR
THE WIMPLE
WADDLE DUCK
W'iddle, waddle goes,441e dusk,
Like a giant hockey Vuelt.
Swish, swasli' goes the.little_ CNA.,
imthe pond,
Away out there beyond.
His wet, wet feathers shine in
the sun,
And when his mother calls,
"Run!"
He goes for shelter° under his
Mother's feathers,
That protect him from all kinds
of weather.
Kelly Campion
Grade 5
Hill
Porter's
The May Meetipg of the UCW
was,held at - the home of Mrs.. T.
Sowerby with the president, Mrs.
Donald Harris, in charge. The
devotional period opened with
hymn 376 and was in the charge
of Mrs. Bill ('ox. ,
The Scripture ,was takers from
Psalm 1 39 ' erseg 1-12 followed
by prayer.- Mrs. ('ox wad a
couple of poems.
The roll c'all, was answered by
the exchange of plants. The -
secret ary's and' treasurer's•
reports were -read. It was decided
at this time to give a donation to
-the 11. tS.. M. and the Bible
Soc•iet y.
11t's. A. Lockhart and Mrs. C.
Sturdy are ,1* arrange for the
Rind). ti, be served at the rosin
service the last_ Sunday in June.
l' he m('eting closed with 1he
:\Iizpah Benediction and •the
hostess ser\ed a lovely lunch.
1 he .longe meeting 1v'lll be at
the hoose of Mrs. A. Lockhart.
'Phis Sunday, June 1, the
Sacrament of infant Baptism yyill
tyke place. We _hope as many as.
possible \k ill be present.
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A fire of undetermined origin leveled the barn and other farm
buildings on the farm of Barry Brown, • RR 1, Port Albert, ,
Monday evening. Ben Brown, the father of the owner, noticed
smoke coming from the barn. "The fire just 'seemed to explode
into the rafters and -the whole barn was ablaze," -Mr. Brown senior immediately. — staff photo
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said. The -fire quickly,, spread -to .nearby buildings and was
completely out of control by the time help arrived. There was no_
Toss of livestock. Barry Brown -said the insurance would not cover
half the cost of replacing the buildings. He plans to rebuild
Labor condemns
• discrimination
The regular meeting of the
Goderich and District Labour
Council was held'' in” the McKay
Hall on. Monday, May 26.• Our
guest speaker, which is now a
4 regular feature, was Mr. Wright,
a -_senior -_social worker- for the
Ontario Hospital. He explained a
few of the different types- of
mental illnesses common in this
day and age, also a breakdown
of neurosis and psychosis. In the
course of his talk, he outlined a
scheme which he would like .to
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see implimented in the Town of
Goderich, and that is to utilize
the services of some of 'the
patients, for the mowing of
lawns and window gleaning.
The Goderich and District
Labour Council, endorse this
enterprise, and would appreciate
the co-operation of the town
percent of them having an
income of -less than $1,000. per
year. 45 percent, of the. houses
have nd indoor plumbing or
water, while the mortality rate
among the Indian children is 8
percent higher than that among
the white population.
The conference attended by
over 100 delegates from all over
the Province was voted a huge
success by all who attended, and
was held in the new O.F. of L.
building at Don Mills.
WMS women
meet at Knox
The Sarnia ' area W.M.S.
people. Anyone interested in Institute of the Free Methodist
availing theoiselves of this Church was held in the' Goderich
service, and, helping out in what' Wesley Memorial church May 22
is considered to be, a worthy .with representatives from
project, are asked to phone London, Sarnia, Thedford,'Zion,'
Goderich 8454 or i655 when Charlemont, Wabash, Thornbury
the necessary arrangements can and Goderich.
be made. • The - area president, Mrs. R.
The president gave a resume . Cornish, Goderich; who was in
• of a. human rights conference he . charge of the meeting opened
attended in Toronto; sponsored 'proceedings with' a hymn
« by , the Ontario Federation of followed with prayer by Mrs. R.
Labour. He quoted from Nicholls. '
information -obtained• at the AMinutes's silence . was
conference how the r ethnic observed in memory of Mrs. P.
groups were being exploited by Bodnar, president at the time of
unscrupulous employers to the - her death in February.
• tune -of, $100,000 per 'month. Devotions were presented by
II Ethnic groups in Toronto alone Mrs. B. Rolling, Thornbury,
totalled 750,000, composed of - using the scripture "Give
in ;the main, 300,0170 Italians; attendance to Reading."
100,000 Germans; 73,000 An outline of the Study
Polish; 50,000 Greeks; 40,000 Books for the coming year on
Portugese; 25,000 Yugo -Slays; Africa was given by Mrs. <J-
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6,000 Arabs , and other Meredith, Chatham.
• minorities. A • monologue on the,
Many of these people, it was Missionary Tidings w a s
stated, are told by employers presented by Mrs. H. M.cKaig.'---- -
that if they quit their jobs and More interest was given. by
go on relief, that they will be the presence of foreign country
deported, hence the ' rnajority displays, including those of Miss
suffer in silence. 11 was pointed - C.. McGowan and .Rev. L. Warr.
out by D. R. Colombo, director In the afternoon following a
of citizenship, that they are in delicious lunch, the devotions on
- actual .fact • placed on the Stewardship were presented by
deportation list if they go on Mrs. E. Foy, Sarnia. These were
Welfare. - • preceeded with prayer by Mrs.
The inability of many of D.. "Rolston, Uoderich'. To
these ethnic . people to read, further intereS't on Stewardship
write or ' speak--. English is a Miss' Lily , Blanchard showed
. contributing factor to their many interesting articles which
dilemma. Many of them go to could be helpful in stimulating
travel agancies to have 'zeal on each local.
documents translated, ` (often
Inaccurately) for which they are
charged exhorbitant fees, when
they, rouid. have the same service
1"' performed b the Department of
Citizenship at no cost. This,
translation servicers done in 70
different languages.
• It" was stated ,that the
Government Departments
concerned with the
• adniirlistration of the various
Acts relating to discrimination
etc., are reluctant to prosecute
employers, if they "promise" to
mend their ways.
The plight of - the Indian
groups was also brought out.
% Statistics show that there are
.250,000 registered Indians,
representing -Cree, Metis,
Chippewa etc. Chief Omer
Peters% who has devoted 40 years' throughout the day. The whole team as well as the
of his life to the plight of ,the; A generous offering was winners, plus the coaches who
Indian, requested the help of received to further the work of helped so much,' are • to. be
s. everyone. • Many of the Indian Free Methodist Indian Missions' heartily congratulated on their
families live in poverty, 40 in -Western Canattra, ride showing.
'A floral skit' showing the
character of missionaries and Saturday,-G.D.C.I. put forth an
representing the various excellent showing with the girls
countries in which our especially, placing third with. a
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rs5loiiaYtt.5"' -aft- _ .!created ' was ..total=•of.TM-_poiMrt,S;.. .._
presented with Mrs. W. Chase as--___ -. The results were a5_ follows:
GDCI
N-EWS
FRONT
Colborne Corner
BY BRENDA EAST 13B
DRAMA PRESENTATION
Tuesday evening the drama
clubp resented a 3 -act comedy -
"The Lady is not for Burning"
by Ch ristopher.'h'ry. Under the
directorship of Mr. Robinson the
8 member cast, performed the
classic comedy excellently and
to• a most appreciative audience.
Congratulations' to all those
involved , and thank you, on
behalf of the group,. to those
who supported them. ,
Wednesday of this week, 120
students travelled to Stratford
by bus to see the Shakespearean
play,- Ilamlet. The trip was
sponsored, by; the English
department and was greatly
app"`reciated - by the students,
especially those who are unable
to travel to Stratford on their
own.
FISHING SEASON •
F..very year I like to fish..
i take my pole and bait. •'
i put the worn1 upon the hook.
And then 1 start to wait.
Stlinetrriies -1 will wail alt day
And sometimes hall' the night
Even -when 1 fall alet'p:
I try. with -all my might. -
S SCOOP
FIELD DAY
Feld day this year is going to
be held ' . on June. 12th.
Kingsbridge, Goderich; Wingham
sand. Clinton ale going' to .take
part. I hope Goderich will win
because, I' think, it is, an honour„
to get the trophy.
Jo -Anne Healy
Grade 5
ciotetipti SIGMA SCAR, THP
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THE TALENT SHOW
On Friday, May 16th, our
school had a special little
afternoon. Over at St. Peter's
Parish, Hall, we had a Talent
Show. 1 was in the show, along
withmany other. We
entertained the school from
about' 1:30 to 2:45. The rest of
the time we made up yells for
field 'day. 1 +.hope the school
enjoyed the, show and we have
another Talent Show in the
fut ure.
Jeffrey Baechler
Grade 5
Chief issues
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warning
$Y PE$RA.SITTEI3 •
On • Thursday, May -72i the
GDCl Sebool.Band played at bur
school. We enjoyed ` their
selections .as Well as thou played
by their dance 1iand. •
Mrs. Shadditek has come back
for • all day and we're certainly
glad to have her back.
Field day will now be on
June 4 and 5.
On Friday, May 23, it was a
very non' -school -like day for the
whole school. . -
Grade 7C, Miss Melitzer's
room, spent the day down at the
Goderi-c*h Harbour. They
brought their lunch and went on
a 1301, ride.
Grade 7D, Mr: Bogie's room,
went tb Point Farms and spent
an enjoyable day down there,
with a weiner roast during their
lunch hour.
Grade 7A. ,Mrs. Proctor's
room, spent • their day at
I3enmiller,, and also .had a weiner
roast.
The (Grade 'ids weren't left at
'school l thoagh, W ' haat}
wonderful trip to Niagara 'Falls„,,
,;
At six in the' woruing
boarded. our 'fuses and ,after
lona, but eventful ride we arrived
in Niagara. We went •ori a short
tour, saw a boat- go dawn a
Canal, went on' a tour of .the
Ontario Hydro, and had our late
but welcomed lunch hour at
Broek's -Monument. We wentqo
the Great Houdini's Museum and
saw some of his greatest tricks -
and `were told how they were
accomplished. Then a magician
demonstrated some very,
unbelievable tricks..
From the time we left
Houdini's until 6 we had free
time to come and go as we
wished. That , is when-, the
souvenir shops were suddenly
crowded; the miniature goll
course in full use and all the
small eating stands crowded.
All in all the Grade 8s had a
lot of fun and the day was -
bright. sunny and warm. It was
•perfect day for our graduation
trip.
A message from Police Chief
Fred '.\linshall. chief of the
Goderich Police Department.
having in mind that we kill
scores and Injure thousands of
our Canadian youngsters yearly
thrtaugh auto -cycle accidents, we.
are asking for your , whole
hearted.. support in the traffic
safely programme -being
con ducted. hythe Goderich
Police Department.
that parents should
(Jowl\ watc.h the manner in
yv. ht(h their y oungsters operate
hicN (•lest within a few short
c-io\ertullent and w&.are deballulg
to see if the Bal) v Rollos should
he cut off. In Phys. 1.1d,'we t' are
doing track and field. In science
we are taking'aho'ti-t flit. planets
and Fart h. \lr. Harman is our
leaguer for this.. 1.nel-inure and,
1ail;;uage ary about: the same
\latlt is I'airl\ cliftic'ult but it -s
coiling gas) 'now .
\ i(ki \,anstone.
(;rade..
Holds election .. .
Continued from
Mis.s Margaret Jackson related
the highlights of Walkerburn, a
small . community south . , of
Auburn. which one time had a
woollen mill, a sawmill, a store
and :post office. She also told
about the church and school -
built by her grandparents. nil
neighbours when they settled
there along the 13th Con. of
Hullett 'Township. .
Mr. Norman McDowell spoke
ears, t hi'\ will be motorists.. -tin Westfield and about the early
When ( 0 see youngsters settlers in that community as
riding a bio He, imagine them
bc'h'i nd the • '�k heel of an well as telling -about the post
office and stores.
-automobile If they are good - I\1r. McLaren thanked the
safe cyclists whi) are mindful of members of the panel for their
sal'et \ and other occupants of interesting information.
t he road.- t hey will more - than M rs: - Wilfred . Mack, of
like!> project these good habits Credit n, past president and
into adult life.,.,chairman of the nominating
l '. the sam(' token, dangrous committee, presented the slate
and• foolish practices will also„be of officers which were accepted.
carried into their motoring. The officers for 1969- are as
For this reason. we of the follows — -
(iuderic li Police Department ask Edward ,Jenkins, London; and
ou, 1he parents._ to .give close . hon.
at tention to thy cyeling.habits of W. E. .Elliott,...:Goderich,
your children and to correct and pres.: J. W. McLaren, Benmillcer,
instruct them while they are at past ores.. Harold • 'Turner,
an impressionable age.
Page 1
Goderich,' pres.; Harry Sturdy,
Goderich, 1st vice-?pres.; Merrill
Cantelon, Wingham, 2nd.
vice -Pres.; Mrs. Otto -Popp,
Clinton, sec-treas.; Mrs. W. D.
Mack, Crediton, archivist -
historian; Mrs. D. I3. Mooney,
public relations; Councillors; A.
Y. McLean, Seaforth, Mrs.
William Metcalf, Bayfield, Mrs.
Frank Fingland, Clinton, Mrs:
Mervyn Batkin, Clinton, Mrs.
Edward Lamport, . Centralia,
William Clancy, Goderich, Mrs.
Wesley Bradnock, Auburn, M.
Harold Turner, Goderich, Mrs.
Wilbur Turnbull, Brussels, Mrs.
Gordon McGavin, ,Walton, Mrs...
P. J. Green, Goderich and
George Ellis, Goderich. -
Chairmen • of Standing
Committees are, Mrs. Leroy
Poth, .Bayfield, membership;
Mrs. - Robert Simpson, Hensali,
project; Harry Worsell,
Goderich. finance; Mrs. Tait,
Clark, Goderich,' editorials (filen
Hays, Goderich, .constitu lion
and - by-laws: Merrill Cantelon,
Wingham, auditor.
Finally I make a catch.
'I pull it onto shore.
You should have
mother's face.
,When. 1 dragged it t hro.ugh
door!
• BIOLOGY CLUB
.Several points of Interest
were visited by the Biology Club
last -,Thursday, under. the
direction of Mr. McKee., The
group visited Inglis Falls near
-Oven Sound, they ttaveiled
•along the Bruce Trail with a
conservation officer as guide.
Later they visited - the Owen
Sound conservation area, and
ferried over to Chantree Island 2
miles off' Southampton. tc�
observe the bird sanctuary. This
was the first field trip of the
year, and of great advantage -to
those who participated in the
outing.
if one were to wander down
the hallowed halls of G.D.C.I.,
one might be surprised indeed.
with the. • barrage of posters
covering every single square inch
-o-f available space
The campaign days last from
Tuesday to Thursday with the
main activity being the campaign
speeches to be held on Thursday
at the awards assembly.
• Those nominated for the
positions were:
'President: Bill Cutt, Frank
Lynn, Ralph Moxley, Pete
Johnston and Murray Torrence.
Social Convenor: Chris
Mci,,ennan; Irene Manderson and
Jan Palmer.
WOSSA TRACK MEET
fn the W.O.S.S.A. meet held
in London and Woodstock last
narrator and Mrs. J. Robb, Mrs.
K. Kennedy, Miss 1<. Burton,
London, Mrs. A. • Harley,
Listowel, Mrs. H. Jennings, Mrs.
J. Robinson, Zion, Mrs. Firbey,
Wallaceburg, Mrs. Smith,
Thedford, , and . Mrs. A..
McKenzie, Forest as natives of
the different mission. fields.
A panel consisting of Mrs. M.
Wilson, Mrs. C. Hobbs, Mrs. V.
Girls Junior - relay,' first,
Brenda Graham, Sue Godfrey,
Gail Fritzley and Cynthia
Campbell: hurdles, secotrirtl, Barb
Fisher and fifth Shirley Fisher;
shot out, sixth, Ruth Malady;
440, fifth, Sue McKee; 100,
fifth, Brenda Graham and sixth
Peggy Stoddard; discus, fifth,
Mary Kalkinan and long jump,
fifth, Vicki Graham. '
Campbell and .chaired by Mrs. R. For the boys i t ' was long
Cornish answered many jump, fifth, Wayne Loney; shot
questions on the W.M.S. work. put, fifth, Brian Scully; and
Mtuaical numbers by the •t-riple - jump, third - Dave
Thornbury W.M.S. were enjoyed cat ruthers.
•> Churchmen to
attend General
Assembly
the
.1udit11 \1cl'hee.
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HOLIDAY
\\'e were alj .glad to have a•
holiday', on \londa>, ekes If It
' did rain! ' S)111(' oI us ' fished,
some camped and soli(' just
stayed at honk'. We had a \ isit or
in our room Wednesday. Susan
:\Ilanis front fort ('ar't,ier.
(��tit.hee, \vhich - is 1,0(10' utiles`
away from here. it was
interesting Io hear about her
-):chOol- and how it differed front,
ours.
Darlene .lewell.
Grade ,t.
VISITORS
Grade two have had l'wo ver\
enjoyable little visitors this year.
One little girl came from
Trinidad. ('ianina Dhei- found
our climate quite cold when she
arrived in January. She moved to
Calgary at the end of April. Our
next visitor came from Port
Cartier, Quebec, but just spent a
day with us. So we didn't get a
chance to get well acquainted
with, Robyn. We like visitors
from other, places so we can
compare our ways with theirs.
• (rade 2.
GRADE ONE
MRS. NORMAN
. Beverly Lamb — Beverly is a
.girl in grade one - who likes
painting and printing.
• She likes skipping and playing
with footsees. Beverly wants t�
be a hairdresser when she grows
up. In arithmetic they,are doing
adding and subtracting.
Sherry Duff — Sherry is a girl
in grade one•who likes printing.
She likes playing on. the swings-
and piaying with friends. Sherry
wants to be a lb -ale -star when•
t1.e .grc�vu� ur They aretaking
about money in arithmetic.
Betty Pollock,
(;rade 8.
GRADE EIGHT
,, In geography we are doing a
booklet on South America.
Mrs. -Hallam, our geography
and history teacher, has kind of
forgotten about history. But we
are taking about the
THIS SUMMER
BE WATER
WISE!
Hey, G. I.. Ito\ al. ininistt,r,,of
lino\ Presh,v terian -Church. and •
Sandltisset1. church el(fer;
he commissioners representing._
St ratfOrd-iliiron l'resIl\ ter\ al
the tlit.(h 'General .\„entt)l\ 0I'
the Presh\ terian Church' in
Cana (la. co)Illen1I1). Su1ida\ -
evening, .Juju- 1 in
(`hurc•h. 'Toront ci. Hey are -
among -5 1 pastors ,ind elders
commissioned h> .the eight
Presbyteries of the, Synod of
I lanlilton and London.
Fortner minister of lino\.
Key. Robert' \lac\lillen was to
have been nominated for the
moderatorship of the highest'
court. of tlie.Presh> terian church
but withdrew. Ile is at present
minister of linox. t)ak�ille.
Rev. R. 1 Mao1.t'ain' St
Andrew's, Clinton, has also beeii
commissioned h\ .the
Stratford -Huron Presbytery Io
attend.
For the first time since the
-formation- of the_
Church in Canada, by the union
of • six Presbyterian 'bodies in'
1875, the. General Assembly will
To purchase
p
portable
,
classroom's
Huron County Board , of
education At its meeting Tuesday
night decided to purchase two
portable classrooms constructed
by Halliday homes at a cost of
$7,950 each.
Tenders were also received
from General Coach Works,
• Glendale ---Mobile -- Homes_ and_
Farquhar Construction Ltd.
Dodgers win .-.
(Continued From Page 1)
Bruyn's second hitof the game.
Betty picked up the•Iast run by
sliding into home on a wild
pitch.
Sharon Siliil pitched the • first
three innings holding Brhdhagen
hitless and striking out 10
hatters.
Betty De"Bruyn was big hitter
for Goderich with two hits. Bev
Wright, Mary ,Kolkman, Donna
Hayden and Lii MacflonaTd each
picked up one apiece. -
. M. Wieler collected two hits
for Brodhagen, J. McClure, K.
Leonharot, G. Sumon each had
one, `
DUE TO A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
c'onntn('nce on a Sunday evening.
.\ neither 1novation is that on
\.'.onday. and "Tuesday., the
Commissioner, will he divided
into 1) groups ,..of about' 23 in
ehch to' study, the plain reports.
\Ionda> evening the clerks,
Ile\ . Drs. \, 'Thomson and L.
Fowler will he under attack on
)•(.'hurch' law 'and. government"
h> Prof •.1 C. \lcl,elland and
itev . 1 I . I. l It-ltderson.
1111 I tiesda\. Prof. A. Farris,
\lirrgaret \\ebster, principal. and
I. - McDougal. hoard" chairman,
vv ill he under attack on
"'Theological,training and the role
of Illy minister and -deaconess."
11 is hoped prior presentation
and discussion of the reports will
e\pedi11 the transaction - o1'.
business at the plenary sessions
scheduled to start Wednesday
morning.
The as,serhbly :Will conclud:
Saturday..June 7.
The PIZZA PATIO
will be
CLOSED
THURSDAY, MAY 29
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