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PAGE 4---GQDERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 23, 19751
EDITORIAL CO.MMINt
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Practical suggestion
Last week's council briefs carried
the news that Councillor Elsa Haydon
was working with Pollution Control
Plant Superintendent Gerry Fisher on
the. prospect of'Using sludge from the
sewage plant mixed with the shred -
dings of the'Ieaf sucker for fertilizer.
The' idea isn't new. In fact, an en-
terprising cattle -farm rh@nager in
Australia turns sewage sludge into
beefsteak', in a manner of speaking, He
recycles into food nine -tenths of the
sludge produced by the city of
Melbourne when the population is
2, 200, 000.
The sludge feeds Vie land that grows
the grass that fattens the. Herefords
that • puts steak on the Australian
dinner tables. That's right. On the
27,000 ache Werribee Farm] ust outside
Melbourne, the local Board of Works'
raises cattle and sheep on sludge -
fertilized grass ...: and they say it is a
$2142 million a year operation!
The sludge goes directly onto the
land, without requiring costly treat-
ment. James McPherson of the
Werribee 'operation, says that cattle
Looking Back
8Q•YEARS AGO
The quarterly' review will
be held next Sabbath. af-
ternoon at Sunday School.
Reverend , H. Irvin ex-
changed pulpits with Rev:
:Jos. 'Egerton last Sunday
evening. 'Is this the beginning
of United worship in
Goderich?
This is truly an age ' of
sharks. .Farmers, it was
thought, were the only class
susceptible to ,the gulling
sharpers. But it transpires
that businessmen of all walks
ate, , dols t as . like ly - to . be
swindled. -In London Monday
two doctors were gulled by a
supposed farmer. But what
appears to be gigantic
swindle was worked upon
"nearly every country mer-
„ I chant last week: A glib -
tongued traveller came along
in a handsome rig, and to
introduce a superior new
('arriage varnish, agreed
upon the merchant taking
$12.00 worth to send gratis
enough paint to paint his
store, inside and out, as well
ase supply tacked signboards
fo"r the fences in the
surrounding 'area. The bait
was a tempting- one, and -in
many cases, the. varnish was
bought and paid for on the
spot. The paints have failed to
arrive and the merchants are
concluding that they have
been swindled.
The fourth annual games of
the Goderich Collegiate
Institute will be held on
September 28 starting at '2
p.m, sharp. An interesting
series of athletic events,
including running, jumping
and a relay race will be held -
G,C,I, vs. Model School
- On Wednesday night of last
week five small boys- drifted
out into the .rake in an old
scow. One boy who remained
ashore gave. the alarm to
Capt, Babb's at 8:30 p.m. In
ten mind -res a rescue crew
from .town was at the harbour
and out past -the piers. The
boat was eventually found
near the old" International
Salt Works. It is nice to know
a rescue crew can be
assembled so quickly.
produced on the farm today meet °all
the health safety rules although he
admits that back in the '30's when the
'experiments were new, the cattle did
develop human -type tapeworms which
caused some brief unpleasantness for
all concerned.
Today's environmental scientists
know there is cadmium in human
waste and there is some 'reason to
expect it maybe harmful to the health.
The Australians are now studying the
possibility that cadmiur:,„ could be
taken -inby the grass and concentrated
in the beef.
Few Goderich residents will be using
the sludge fertilizer (if and when it is
available) for any' kind of meat
production, 4Ithough vegetable gar-
dens would probably receive a fair
share of the mixture. But it -is. good to
know that Mrs, Haydon ,.and Gerry
Fisher see exploring up -to -the Minute
methods for our town and more so, that's
based on proven fact,, their ideas may
indeed be practical for some municipal
needs.—SJ K
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60 YEARS AGO
The only arrival at the
harbour this week wasa`the
steamer Graham which came
in on Saturday with 68,000
bushels of wheat for the
Goderich elevator and 51,000
bushels of 'wheat for the Big
Mill.d
Mrs.' D. Read received a
severe lightning shock during
the storm of Friday evening,
She was walking up town at
the time: She has nat yet
recovered from the effects of
the shock.
A very .interesting ,,liquor.
case will be heard iGn Clinton
Friday, arising out of the
,recent case against George
Bender of Hensall. It is ex-
pected that six defendents
will be heard in the case,
including the Huether
*Brewing Co' of Berlin, the
farmers at whose homes.. the,
liquor was found, the owners
of the automobiles which took
it there and the express'
company.
A small 'but appreciative
audience gathered at 'Knox
Church Saturday afternoon to
enjoy the recital given by Mr.
W,T.Sharpe on the new organ
recently installed, Mr.
Sharpe, who proved himself a
master hand at the keyboard,
was assisted in the program
by Miss Little who acted as
soloist. The numbers ,played
were well received and the
performances by each one
were warmly applauded.
A number of people had the
pleasure of witnessing a very
beautiful sight on Saturday`
night at Smith's Art Store,
when a night -blooming
Cereus was in full bloom, The
lovely form and texture of the
flower, its , delightful
fragrance but above all its-
radiant
tsradiant long white petals
elicited expressions , of ad-
miration from all behold,ers,
The Messrs. Blackstone
ir},,stalled a new electric
player piano at .their
restaurant on- 'Wednesday.
The; instrument, which was
built by Sherlock Manning
Co. of London, is of the very
latest design. It is enclosed in„
a solid quartered -oak case
with a glass front so that the
mechanism may be seen in
operation. It is operated
either manually, by• foot
pedals, or by a concealed'
electric motor.
5 YEARS AGO
Members of the Huron
County Board of Education
expressed deep concern over
the recent bomb threats in
Clinton schools. Meeting
Monday evening in Clinton
the board agreed to notify the
Clinton Town Council of their
concern over the matter and
to offer any assistance in
resolving the matter they
Could give. It was learned
that a bomb acutally was
discovered in Central Huron
Secondary School Sunday
morning. It was learned also
that several calls were made
to. warn the culprits not to
explode it. It is not know
where the calls were made to.
An application ,by William
Gaucher, owner of Bluewater
Taxi, for permission to install
taxi meters, was held over for
one week by council so that
the consideration could be
given to the possible effects
on taxi fares. Mr. Gaudier
assured council no increase in
the general rate would be
made but the provision of
meters would allow the
companies to make a fairer
assessment on waiting time.
A photography course has
been added to the curriculum
of GDCI night classes this
year. Named Practical
Photography, the course will
be conducted by Sign -al -Star
editor -photographer Ron
Price,
The salary agreement for.
1970-71 between the Huron
County Board of Education
and the Huron County
Elementary School Teachers
was approved Monday
evening in Clinton. "' Vice-
chairman Bob Elliott termed
the agreement which was
settled finally with the
Teachers' Federation as a
"fair settlement on both sides
of the coin":
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It is surprising that so little.
has been said - both in, the
.press and on the street - about
Mr. Trudeau's Thanksgiving
thunderbolt. Could it be that
people really know in their
hearts that' Trudeau and his
government had no other
choice in the matter? Do
people accept' the wage and Although it contains pages
price restrictions as
a and pages of figures and
necessary evil to get Canada charts relating to the
back onto the road -of charts
policy, the total
prosperity? message can be contained in
The media received a just these few words:
mailing .a week ago entitled "Canada is in the° grip .of
"Attack on Inflation - A serious inflation. If this in -
Program of National Action". flation continues or gets
worse, there is, a grave— Dr Morgenson was the
P'CjASP ®THE FRIENDLY GHOST
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Unicef Canada . Cpl LD EN STFUUND
. ALL MY FRIENDS WANT TO
HELP! .WON'T YOU 1ELp ON/CE"
NELP CHILDREN ALL OVER THE
WOR : BY G/1//NG ALL YOU CAN
TO L/N/Ceoc WHEN WE CALL
ON` HALLOWEEN2f
In houses all over Goderich, last minute preparations
are now being made for what is hoped will be a record-
breaking Hallowe'en for UNICEF Day and the 20th
Anniversary of Trick or Treat for UNICEF.
-'On October 31, a day of excitement and adventure will
begin for hundreds"ztf local children who -dressed upas
goblins and witches, imps and elves - will be joining
millions of Canadian boys and girls across the nation -in a
special collection for the life sustaining work of the
United Nations Children's Fund.
The special effort and the special excitement could
hardly come at a more crucial time. In Africa, Asia and
Latin America, hundreds of millions of children are in
desperate need of help. Basic health services do not
reach 90 percent of them, The threat of malnutrition and
even starvation is increasingly perilous, In" some regions
up to 60 percent of primary age school children cannot go
toschool.
The children who come to your door - holding out the
familiar orange and black boxes. - will be acting as
anihassador•s, and diplogiatic couriers for their less
fortunate brothers and sisters all around the world. No'
contribution could he too large, and none is thought too
small. UNICEF can putany contribution to good use.
Just '27c can buy a clinical thermometer which could
help save the life of an infant or young child in a village
health center: X1;00 can deliver enough high -protein food
to feed three malnourished children for a .month; $5 can
stockQ village pond with baby -fish for potential protein
supply
conclusion is that "it's a sign
of the tim-es".
But one thing is certain.
Whatever we are, our
children are likely to become,
only more so. D -i-- Donald
Morgenson, a psychologist t
Wilfrid 'Laurier University
would likely'agree.
danger that . economic- speaker at the, CAS banquet..
recovery will be stifled, He kept everyone in stitches
unemployment increased and with his humorous address on
the nation subjected to children. In his lighthearted
mounting stresses and fashion, he described to his
strains. audience what children are
"It has thus become ab- .., and how they get that way.
solutely essential to un- But Dr, Morgenson had his
dertake a concerted national serious side, and he related
effort to bring inflation under the following sobering
control. There .are no simple statistics:
or easy remedies for quickly "Some years ago,
resolving- this critical. psychologists, employing a
problem. The inflationary personality inventory used a
process in Canada isso large Freshmen, sample at a
deeply entrenched that it can university in the States, and
be brought under control only two decades later they gave
by a, broad and co'- the same battery to the new
prehensive,program of action entering Freshmen class to
on a national scale." determine what changes had
This column has called for occurred: The findings were
some sort of price and wage uite fascinating:
Controls in recent weeks. "1, About 40 per cent of the
Trudeau"s action therefore, is un sters studied reported Sjo'n'ti__Str!
welcomed and approved in g p
this corner.
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,,4„ The present postal' strike
across the nation is most
unfortunate. Undoubtedly
there are some postal
workers who feel justified in
their walkout; thpre ,are
certainly many more peptal
workers who. deplore this
strike action and would
willingly and happily 'settle
their wage agreement now.
Of course,. all , postal
workers will suffer because of
the strike. What's more,
Canadian citizens have been
assured by the government
that the strike could be a Iong
one. But while the govern=
ment may have made plans to
withstand along ordeal with
the postal workers, the
average Canadian depends on
daily postal services across
M.'the nation. A long strike won't
be popular with the people.
Canadians are- innovative
and most people will . find
ways and means around the
inconvenience of curtailed
postal services. It seems a
safe bet then, that if the
majority of Canadians have
.accepted the" government's
wage'and price guidelines as
'necessary, the pressure will
be on the postal workers (not
the government) to cut the
comedy and get back to work.
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Statistics presented at last
week's Children's Aid Society
annual dinner meeting in
Clinton were to sayathe least,
frightening. According to the
director of the CAS in Huron,
Bruce Heath, one out of'every
four marriages in Canada is
"on the rocks and heading for
the divorce courts". -
What's wrong? That's
another question for which
there may not be a simple
answer. Perhaps the most pat
that they work under a great
deal of tension, in contrast to
25 per cent of the students
studied decades ago.'
"2. There occurred about a
20 per cent decline in the
number of youngsters who
say that they wake up
refreshed- and rested in the
mornings.
"1 Several years ago,
about 60 per cent of .the youth
said that their hardest battles
were with themselves, in
contrast to about 80 per cent
today.
"4. About 20 per cent of the
kids studied years ago felt •
then that they knew as much
as the experts did, whereas
the sample studied today, 4d -
per cent report . that they
know as much as the experts.
D
o you
have a beef?
Tell hto the
DEAR EDITOR
Questions source
bear Editor,
Reading in your t'lette re"
column recently the
`glorification' of- "Faith"
healers, I was reminded of
the words recorded in Mat-
thew concerning the. healings
accomplished by Jesus: "The
result was great astonish-
ment in the crowds, as they
beheld the mute speaking, the
deformed made sound,
cripples walking about, and
the blind seeing. They
glorified THE GOD OF
ISRAEL." .(Matt. 15:31, Saint
Joseph edition of the New
American Bible)
That same expression
"'They glorified THE GOD OF
ISRAEL" is used in the
Revised Standard version,
the Catholic Confraternity
translation, the King James
version, the Bible in living
English, The New World
translation, and in the
"Reach out".
.But where is the
"glorification of THE , GOD..
OF ISRAEL" in any of the
reports of "faith" healing
ever recorded i'n our day?
Sincerely yours,
C. F. Barney,
Clinton,
Seniors needs
Dear Editor:
'The article in Thursday s
Signal -Star regarding rental
accommodation for Senior
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Citizens prompted me to
write with the suggestion that
any further apartments for
Seniors be constructed in the
northern sector of the town, if
at all possible. '
I was thinking particularly
of the acquisition of prpperty
within.a two -Neck range of
the Square - as parking isn't
of too much concern, many of
the tenants being "car -less"
it shouldn't involve too much
footage.
An apartment in this area
would mean that Seniors
would be within walking
distance of most of the
churches; the hospital
(where many visit their
contemporaries whg, are ill) ;
The Square for shopping;
MacKay Hall for" social ac-
tivities; and there are well-
established grocery and other
stores in the vicinity.
At present, thank God,
rental accommodatioh isn't
of cohcern to me, personally,
'but it could be within the next
few years.
Although the. town is ex-
panding to the south and
young families are moving to
the new subdivisions, a Mall'
out-of-town on the Bayfield
Road isn't of much use to
Seniors once they have sold
their cars, and being within
Walking distance of services
is of prime cdn ideration.
It's just a thought! Thank
you for the space to get my0
message across. ' 4
Mrs.•Carl (Martina)
Schneiker
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