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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-01-21, Page 174. If 1' t 4 t raryBo�ks MOSQUITO, by Joe Holliday: Doubleday,, 1970• Here is the story " of the wooden. wonder aircraft of World War 11, how the tiny Toronto Branch ' of the de • Havilland Company was turned into a huge plant turning out hundreds of these aircraft: For years the fastest airplane in the War, 'the Mosquito had an.., Canadian art are found in this handsome volume which was planned to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Group of Seven. It is more thancthat. It is the story. of the bir>h and growth of the McMichael Conservation Collection of Art .froin its first private•A egjnnings by Robert .arid ,Slgne'McMichael. The book abounds . with ' tine incredible record. It Was the • reproductions. ' fighters that escorted the Dam a Buster, bonIhers;.:,•}t .:wat , ;the +; bomber. that ; . destroyed ., the • ' R , > FA.RE NOW FOR A • ,' vide and- Oro•vrnie. News f PENNY CANDY, by Jean Kerr, Doubleday, 1970. The author " of PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES and TIME SNAKE HAS ALL THE 171NES has • put :together a new collection ,. of fifteen "funny pieces". Iler reflections cover such subjects as: -Partying is such.. sweet sorrow; I ,saw Mummy kicking Santa Claus; Marriage unsafe at any speed. OODERK4H SIGNAL TAR,•TUURSDAY,JANUARY a . Plenty of activity for nevi year BROWNIES - Pack One We were pleased to have • a new Packie, Cindy Wisher, join our" Pack at out meeting on January" 12tp. We also welcomed' a new 'Tweenie to our group, A "'sirsg song" begah our, meeting during which ,we learned to sing T,aps and also, • the „Brownie �rnile. " Btaiding' was tackled byour r Weenies who were helped` by NORTHERN REALI'PIE;S by one of our older'Bxowniet. • Jim Lott- New Press 1,970. We have quite a v'atiety •of.. ©r -that �t3 hw . '� t vivo , let ; 0 k �. w�E 44,.. o- i? ra4gieJr ��y? I nib the reconn°aissance plane• tha# � • oil tanker Manhattan h doing now. One grou - arning Donovan Weybright & Talley, have located the , German " rocket 1970 provoked a remarkable .outburst the correct words to our Inevitable" is the" attitude of of. na' iona1 feeling over Arctic -National •• Anthems. This is MOSQUITO is,a .tribute tb "a' • sovereignty. Mr. Lotz has taken • important for', all 'Brownies, to a r• Al owin • r u f g y' installations ` at Peenemunde.• heroic aircraft and the'. heroic p' p men who flew her., engineers and industrialists to the adoption of the metric system of weights and ,treasures Caradiar► North, its • within the next several- years. nothing 'for granted in the North know, and while this was i,n and, here presents an outspokenrvgres other girls were and stimulating ` view • ' of•,- the preparing tea and toast, sewing• • • problems on buttons and „ practising semaphore. So a busy meeting came to a opening songs, we decide that have no mark of identification at, semaphore, and ttie rest of its THIS time for sure we will d'cz.,.. an. learned about the flag of everything right through without We enjoyed learning a type of Canada. It is hard to remember a single "hitch", and each week charade game and weren't ready one particular "hitch" shows up _ to stop when the time ran out. without fail. How DO' you keep Each Six ..was asked, to "he" a Brownie hat on -a, very bouncy something Brown Owl and Brownie'? •-- For that matter. Tawny Owl were shopping for --- ' how do you keep one on -a using only the " Brownies Brownie who is standing' very themselves. We - "built" still'? clotheslines, , cars, vacuums, , We're, just about ready' to try' , swing sets, .pianos, sewing ;The •° Guide • me, ting • on wearing thein' pulled down as far machines • and lots . of •other • January 13th' was a very special as, theyll ,,go on every side, things.. . one for, Marian Melia, S.hiela leaving just enough room . to During Pow. 'Wow tl, e Pack O'Brien, Paula ..Butler, arcd that we'started to use our Maple Leaf flag on February 15, 1965., We passed the secret squeeze around and said our Brownie Prayer to end our meeting. GUIDES - First'C�oderi,ch Guide Company Second Goderich Guides t ' Next week we are a Wal 1111g' .'J� our Ter}de>•'foot Guides. Tbi ceremony Will be special In that the Guides have' worked very hard on their Tenderfoot tests and now are ready-to'become' a member. of the sisterhood of Guides. I'areints and ...Mends : o.f, , the new Gtti'des are welcome to: attend our Enrolment, l' •r St�eral girls. are workingon ' their, Hostess badges, an,badges kyil.l be presented as -.well as..sbrvice stars: 1 a ., s• v t f . to ke a .. d � h �1 �, ti .undcrr t e'e�gc�i< ,�- bola d �•� ������ �'�,.- '�' �!�pi.5W� i is Earls Y g p 7 J g' Y �S POLITICAL ..PARTY FINANCING IN CANADA, by :l,: Paltiel. McGraw -Bill, 1970.\ci This book is both a cription and, an appraisal of the practices employed by. Canadian political parties to finance their activities; it is also a study of the legislation enacted to bring order to this, aspect of Canadian political life.°'The book is one of a series on Canadian politics published by McGraw-Hill Company. CANADIAN ART: "VITAL DECADES, Clarke, Irwin, 1970. noted "names in ' A The book discusses how and to and its future. what extent metric measures will close after Pow Wow when we. be adopted, how "r'i'ifc1"i"""'"'""""'"'N��'1`" fiction include: DOCTOR ON THE BOIL, by sang Taps• • Richard ' Gordon." • (:Another in the ° Doctor series); THE GRAFTER, by John Cassells. ( VANCOUVER, by Eric Nicol, Superintendent Flagg mystery); Doubleday', 1970. WHEN- IN " IiC)ME, by Ngaai. Marsh. (Detective Roderick Eric Nicol who, has Alleyn in Rome); GOD!, IS. AN entertained. us with his good ENGLISHMAN, by; R. F. natured books of_.humour here Delderfield. (Saga of England in presents an affectionate history the 1860's in the idiom of his A of the city he chose to make his HORSEMAN RIDING); THE home. Vancouver, "the Riviera, HONOURS BOARD, .by Pamela of home. "The' Gateway. to 1i7ansford Johnson. (Concerned the Orient is a scenic mixture with the teaching staff --• "a of mountains and sea which ' small wor,hl;�, set in an English continues tb charm visitors. .Prep. School). conv$trsior} will cost and when it will start. • 4t uyeis of Furniture in '1971 is going to be brighter 'than it ever was. - That. ' was - the 'forecast as - manufacturers got ready to •exhibit at' the annual Canadian Furniture Mart in Toronto' and the forecast game, true with Toronto's Exhibition Park" a'vengea.nc E�. . 9 'Attendance . was iome._1:�;. per /1s alre siY-day Mart drew to a . cent ahead of the' crowd at...the 4970 show. _ close, style trends -were Members. of the general public ' immediately evident. Ozone is the- — admitted to the trade show on Danish=modern, teak look; gone" are overstuffed living room styles. In '"their place: Brighter' colors, particularly in ' fabrics, and a ' rapid gtoWth of clean -limbed modern; furniture, with brightly • painted finishes which . concentrate on primary colors. it's still too soon to gather —' from the 300 -odd exhibitors or from' the 6,000 'Canadian retailers who came to the,show to . do their "shopping".- any accurate cpncensus. I•low.ever, it is safe to say thalt ,business seemed • to ,,,be looking up, especially ; in, the floorcoverings . field. ° . The Canadian Floorcoverings Market, which'_runs concurrently' with the'' Canadian Furniture Mart,' featured a growing' range of --shag carpeting_ (some with a five -inch pile!) and buying action was brisk "- which means that retailers will be working hard to 'sell their stoc�Jcs to Mr. and M.rs. Consumer in the near future,. The -picture Was spottier in the'home furnishings field. Some exhibitors, to their surprise, did a considerable amount l f heavy business, despite the economic doldrums. Others did' less: well, and advanced the view, that the s +�;u z low,s� i eeb,Rcony vias a ,:, j( 4 off �t�P`ary^'t'l V•n iglifi o rehyet`. ..: • .: Toronto show However, • there . were$ good reasons for optimism. and one' of them was the number of retailers who visited.the 600,000 sq.':'°'.'..°' -ft:' ---.of-_... exhibits, spread throughout the buildings in Thursday and Friday evening's showed a six -setting table, with folding chairs, • that could be folded up in seconds and -tucked under. a .floor-standirg shelf Unit. For families with • young children, there was plenty at the Mart, too. One exhibitor ' won 'two Design. Awards (the Mart's "Oscars" for good design) for a Sturdily -built crib, made of non=toxic ..and "soft" plastic, which • ..could be converted., to ,either a playpen, or a child's' during the Mart's six-day run bed. saw., .heavy mixture of old and' new. A . . Amid the ' bright painted ,furniture • exhibits there were traces of Baroque European styles, including .some,,,, ,,living room furniture; hand,"crafted in Italy,. which will retail at $12,000 for a living room suite: Among th'e many exhibits of .colorful ni-ushroom-shaped plastic lamps, there were enough • indications . that 'Colonial -styled furniture is stilt" popular., And .there were signs, too, that more .and more furniture co"i pan'ies were bringing furniture ontd'the „market to suit'the More limited ,,spaces offered, to .,apartment dwellers several, companies came. up 'with compact; dean -tined furniture that can •be tucked' away. One company Coup• ; marks k' 49 years Pack Two 'Eabh week, before the faint 4..ait bNiyf all a , Inaba and we be an.. to plan what night that Captain Craves there's alwa chili tape!! - ---•-we'Irdo• Oh ,yes; we also added a introduced the., girls ,,,to our While we're on • the subject, bit more to our precious, -"'ca-m1 -Commissioner Mrs.,. McCreath, may •we ask that the name of the. fund": who then enroled them into the present owner be in every girl's sisterhood of"Guides. tam. As I'm sure you realize, they pinto •off easily and often and dpring an energetic game nearly all the hats endi* anywhere but on the head to which they belong! Precit�us time is taken up each week while we try to sort heads and hats the .'results are not always satisfactory since many hats • ' Pack Four Some. of the parents were on (by Sandra Kloss) hand and were invited- t-o--t-r-y- Teresa Streeter ane! ' Lora figuring out some of the Guide Morrison were helping last week. 'Laws which the girls Put before We played�,the Dutch Shoe game them as charades. Mrs.. McCreath and we sang an African' Song gave the parents a little help by that Brown Owl taught us. It letting them use her rule book was' a'lot of fun, and we 'liked it • which seemed only fair. As the very much, 'girls were enrolee', Kimmy Brady Soine of • •. us ' practised ' took pictures and we're. all hoping they turned out nicety. a i raj111Ca'i ' '. ibh r'k '?*fire tom. 1'11 7°' ,`; this weekend, providing the w,eatherrrran is good to us, and. we hope to lay and fellow a trail, ' The 1.A.P.A.-, is appealing to workers on the job and -to •their families at home to ,,cid ' accidents by- strict adherence to propers; work systems; by c o m rt on -•sense housekeeping methods that: keep homes safe and free of ., hazards; and by., careful driving to cut down on treacherous•road accidents.. • Mr. and .Mrs. Leonard Elliott, celebrated " thein:, 49th. wedding anniversary Sunday, January 17.- . They were entertained by thoti family .at a 'dinner in Tiger -- Dunlop Inn. Present' were their daughter, . nMrs. Maxine Cameron and hero husband Al; son Don an'd family; • and granddaughter Caroli Sommerville and husband Bill.. 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