The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-07-29, Page 7District News
Getting lost, without mishap, is fun
Over the years I have had the occasion to
get lost often. Now, one does not plan on los-
eing their way but that just happens to some
people like me -who do not look far enough
ahead on what they would do if they get lost.
Getting lost, easily, • without mishap, is
fun. You meet the nicest people that way. I
have talked about these happenings and
have listened to a lot of advice on the
subject -but again when it happens I have
completely forgotten all that good advice.
Now, I can tell you about the best advice I
have heard in a long time and you can share
it too. If you are one of those helpless? peo-
ple who are constantly getting lost, the
season holds great hope for you. The stars
are going to be unusually bright this sum-
mer, so if know the st s, you can't be lost,
unless of course you ca see the stars. Peo-
ple usually get lost mo • easily in the sum-
mer than they do in winter, because they
find themselves in stranger places. Ih
winter, anyone who • gets lost on his own
street -or even five bloeks away, which is as
far away as any sensible person gets lost in
winter, will not benefit by looking at the
stars. What he or she needs isa sympathetic
cop. But in the summer, if you get stumbling
on the beach perhaps looking for horseshoe
crabs along about eleven o'clock in the even-
ing you are quite likely to find youself tripp-
ing over an old cigarette butt that you drop-
ped half an hourbefore on your way home.
Anyone's likely to do that, so don't get
•downhearted -you're nobody's fool because
if it is the last two weeks in July -providing
you know what time of the month it is, look
at the stars, the brightest one is upiter. Now,
then you say, "What's Jupiter!" So far so
good. Now, work backwkrd-NOT WALK
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backward -and just say to yourself "Jupiter
should be over our house a little to the left.”
You will have to have figured this out before
leaving home, but then, that is the fun of the
thing. There will be so much figuring to do
before you leave the house that you may not
leave at all and then you won't get lost.
Therefore, if Jupiter is right over your
house and a little to the left, the thing for you
to do now, is to walk carefully toward
Jupiter and a little the right. This will land
you nicely in the old North Creek! Or, if you
happen to get lost during the middle of
August, between the llth and the 21st, to be
exact (don't count on it if it happens to be
the 22nd) you must look for Venus.
Venus is usually bright after sunset so lad
your plans to get lost just after sunset. All
you have to know is just what relation Venus
bears to the spot you are headed for and
Presto -there you are -LOST! of course, if
you get lost indoors and can't find the
bathroom, it will do you no good to stick
your head out the window to look for a star.
Nor can you count on the heavens if you find
yourself lost in your own bed, with the foot-
board where the headboard ought to be. In
such emergencies as these, you will simply
have to use your own wits. But in general
there is no excuse for a good woodsman or a
good mariner getting lost in the summer-
time unless, of course, he wants to get lost.
That can happen, too. Just think of all the
fun you are missing, the people you are not
,meeting, the stories you are not hearing and
the lies you won't have to make up for get-
ting lost.
Robert Ber)chley from away back about
1889 left me all this advice about getting lost
and knowing when I was born I would be one
that would take his advice and get lost often -
especially in the summertime since I was to
• darned smart to wander off iriihe winter.
Now then, I just had to get all that off my
chest, and I'm happy to tell you I had a
wonderful weekend in Windsor with my
relatives (I'm the oldest relative). In suim,•,
mer more than half my relatives have bir-
thdays in the summer (which is natural in
most families) so this was a great big Birth-
day Party at Doug and Madelines and we all
love them for it. I wish I could have taken all
of you. ,
Love Martha
Boating deaths down
Last year, boating related deaths fell 45
percent compared to 1985 when 100 people
died on waterways patrolled by the On-
tario Provincial Police. During the first six
months of this year, 21 people have died in
14 separate boating accidents.
In the first six months of this year 14 per-
sons have been charged with impaired
boating. Nevertheless, despite all the war-
nings and vigorous enforcement, some
boaters refuse to obey the safety rules and
put themselves in mortal peril.
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1987—PAGE 7
Lorraine Chamney and Dan Nicholson of The Park Housework -out in• preparation for the
upcoming Perrier Waiters Race to be held at noon Sunday, Aug. 2. The first annual race is
being sponsored by Perrier and The Park House and money raised from entry fees and
pledges goes to the Lions Club to help handicapped children. Each waiter or waitress car-
ries an open bottle of Perrier on a bar tray on a course that runs from The Park House, one
lap of The Square and back. Winners (male and female) receive $100 and the entry fee is $5.
Pledge forms are available at The Park House. Contestants must have five or more pledges
to compete and a waiter with 20 or more is eligible for a trip for two to The Sands Inn,
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'MANY IN STORE SPECIALS*
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Vitamin { f C f 1 20 Bonus
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Cola or Ginger Ale Ground Coffee
2 Litre 369 G.
1.25 2.99
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Fatalities and
• • •
injuries up
Fatal accidents and personal injuries on
roadways patrolled by the Ontario Provin-
cial Police are up substantially in the first
six months of 1987 as compared to the
same period last year.
In the first six months of 1987, 332 people
died in 281 fataltraffic accidents. In the
first six months of 1986, 306 people died in
262 fatal accident. This represents an 8.4
percent increase in the number of persons'
killed and a 7.2 percent increase inthe
number' of fatal accidents.
The, number of persons injured rose 11
percent during the same period to 15,878
from 14,305and. the number of personal in-
jury accidents was up 9 percent to 10,220
from 9,390. Overall, the number of ac-
cidents reported on roadways patrolled by
from
teen
to
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.P. was33,746
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32,112.
.In an effort to combat these distressing
trends and in order to save lives and
reduce injuries on provincial roadways,
the O.P.P. will continue its traffic enforce-
ment program "strict is fair" throughout
this summer with special emphasis on the
upcoming civic holiday weekend.
Card party held
DUNGANNON
DOINGS
Marie Park, 529-7719
Company last week with Claude and
Sandy Daoust, Cherrianne and Amy was
Major andMrs. Lewis Ashwell of Win-
nipeg Manitoba and Tom Round of Sarnia.
,The lady is Sandy's sister and Mr. Round
is Sandy's father.
* * *
There were' 8 tables of euchre at the
Seniors Centre on Wednesday evening.
Jiigh man was Bill Kraul, low man Cliff
Menary, high lady, Louise Brindley, low
lady Bertha Olson.
Congratulations to Jim and Sandra
Rivett who celebrated their 25th anniver-
sary on Saturday with a get together at
their son Duane and daughter-in-law
Nancy's on Saturday evening.
Congratulations to the following July
birthdays, Paul Chisholm, Todd Park,
Lavonne Curran, Doug Culbert, Heather
Ohm, Jordan Henry, Colleen Caesar,
Catherine Brindley.
Dungannon and Donnybrook Churches
will be closed for the month of August
while Reverend Roberts is on vacation:
Nile Church will worship at 9:45 and Trini-
ty at 11:15 with Reverend Dan Armstrong
in the pulpit.. Reverend Armstrong is at the
manse in Lucknow during this period.
* * *
The Willing Workers will enjoy a pool
party at Linda Currans on Wednesday ,
evening at 7 p.m.
* * *
Little Jordan Henry celebrated his first
birthday with a party on Sunday. Grampa
and Gramma Bill and 'Marie Park attend-
ed as well as Uncles Brad, Todd and Tom,
Tim and Wanda Hodges and Cory and
Elmer, Gail. Cook and Kevin. Also present
were Grampa and Gramma Henry of
Goderich and Glen and Ann Boyd of the
Ripley area.
* * *
Company on Sunday with Mel Jones was
Betty Marsh and Winnie Bell both of
Goderich.
* *
Martha Bassence and' Peter Stewart of
Stratford spent the weekend with Irvine
and Colleen Eedy.
* * *
Colleen and Irvine spent a week at White
Birches Resort near Algonquin Park with
their son Bob and family.
*
Sympathy is extended to Joan Arm-
strong and husband Tom on the death of
her father Larry Iliseler of Wingham in his
82nd year on Saturday. Interment was in
Wingham Cemetery on Tuesday.