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The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-01-22, Page 18r,. l•.-G.QDERICHnI•o:Nr4,L-5T.A THURSDAY', JANUARY'?'-', 1976 Recently, I listed some of. the things I• dislike about our rsoeiet•yF:-WhenI'd fia•ishedr-I thought tgmyself : •`Boy,: you are a nastyold••piece of work: Da you realize you've barely scratched the surface?'''• • For :a: week or two, I. went around'thinkingg in 10'or 20 secondsputts, every three or `Four days, that I was a Cur- mudgeon. • Some .:of ray; •younger readers will not know what a' ciirmudgeon is. " Well, it comes . from the root word ..mud'. We all know what mud is. It- is dirty. It is cool under the , toes;nless it is in the form of a mild • pack, which is goodfor the wrinkles..If your name is . Mudd, you are either in the doghouse, or you are a loser. I • hope that is clear. - (unless we want to root longer), we attach th prefix To: the root word "thud" around in the mud -a bit e "cur.,, A cur, aseveryone knows, - i9 a cad with teeth, and sometimes a moustache, who plays "the villain :'in old-. fashioned melodramas.• • In • • new -fashioned melodrama,_he also has teeth and a big belly or a bald head, and he has become the hero. Still with me! We nowhaJe "curmud,"' signifying a mean ." .guy: who is• cool- 'under the toes, has wrinkles, or is a loser. .Sometimes all three. ••. Now we come to the suffix, "geon," • which is ' of more obscure vintage. It is, , of Hungarian an - meant, originally, . something we might •call .collo l iially'."a • bg 011,1 3IIUY :cdtT'rnm:y•who makes a lot of • !john and i covere silly.and unnecessary-• noise: Common Seamen (and a very without eti in anywhere," common:1dt they were).lined which is. 'rater a con-"", rale'" !tire ef•..the..sympts. ms _ -.- trad'iction in 'terms,' come to of scurvy known as • "dire think of it •-'• rear In the interests of rThere • are,' many per- clarity, this has nothing to do °. versions of'.the 'original, of with :Abe. m; ter`"rear , ad course', We find the `suffix`in miral." such words...as "Injun,•" Understandably;standably; •Sir Dud "engine," and:"john:"` ' fi nto a. high• rage, the only But the original meaning is. ty�allowed to senior df, in there " somewhere. An• 'ficers, `and uttered.; a .good •Injtin, for •example, is: one of ':deal of silly and unnecessary the.original "In".people, who . noise, or `''g'eon,,'•'when he had - ` rides around• in ever- to wait his turn •for -°the dihrinishing circles, emitting "john." war=whoops, until he is shot As navaltradition has it, tiff his horse. • ' -:. this led •to the wedding , of Think of your ,.car. The chid` and "aeon", Meaning engine rriakes alot:of silly and a john that isn't working; or a unnecessary noise - at_ least senior officer with.a red face, mite does , and gets nowhere.; .: or a towering rage,' .Qccasionally, .the 'car ' gets;- whichever you choose, ' somewhere, but the engine That's one of the beauties of `remains exactly " where it". the E'nglish language.. You started..'.in..the'car: :can•.take your. pick. Arid you course th ere is^the '`know what you can do ,with It. 27.. m And of Goderich Pee We goaltender Jim MacDonald got a good .rltfleet scored goals two games a colloquial -word "john,". 3f you have followed ine • gainst the Goderich 'ef w.ork out's aturd. .,. tin exhibition play' against Saltfleet. goaltenders in•chocking up two wins. (staff photo) meaning a toilet. Or water carefully through this brie closet of ibackhouse, if ,toilet ; but enlightening exploration. e Ierchants' NIn industrial league action - -- Sunday iii hf t' a `Merchai1t "`" : suffered their Second loss:. of the • season at :the; hands of. ':':DRMCO:by a scare'of 6 2, The Merchants ,were outmuscled, outsbot, and outscored: as' the:. .:i?RIYIOO`. •' _squad played perhaps their .best garne•..of • the - season exhibiting -relentless . forechecking . and ° puck control. At 5.:06 of the first period Mike Costello banged in his own rebound on':a pass -from Jim -Kelly: Dave .Wilkinson picked up his ,.first of two • goals late in the period, the assist corning ..from". Kelly . again. Del Bedard scored'. }.unassisted:• at 6:56 of the second period to make it 3-0. In the third operiod Dave 'Graf,; Steve Doak and Dave Wilkinson scored for DRIVICO.,, . with - assist's coming from ' Wilkinson; Dei Bedard and - Dennis. Johnston: The- Mer- .. . managed only two t the conclusion., n 'great have come o indulges, R d d D k t eGPII-openR ke� ffo.rtstoeCtnu eessarnoise,as� �dealof unnecY offends ' you: This item of. •tato semantics; I am sure you �eeo 'goals past DRMCO net-. ° minder ie uc wor on en hardware n -u ge.s•in a _, .• I have that I' • not a Nether of receiving. or Curmudgeon at all. transmitting, and is usually I am not 'a mean guy. I . going nowhere, except, on. haven't hit 'a `little kid since trainsbuses or airplanes, mine grewup. whenit is so active it has to - I am not cool under_the put up•a "busy" sin most' of toes. My feet heat something P ;i_._ the time, • terrible in this weather., On ships, of course, with : h am nota loser. How can their innate, sense o£ you know you're a loser when superiority; the .• "john is ';:' you •don't know what it is to be ' called a "head.'' -- : a winner? . This came about when -one -=-l-clo--not-ga.around_.making 'of the,head men in the British silly and unnecessary noises, Navy, Admiral Sir Dudley except when it .is absolutely. Pound affectionately knon wnecessary. • And finally, -I feel,that I er?z...... ,: tai .his jolly airs.- as "'dud.," . . Y . J y . once ::went •looking for the •.• definitely getting somewhere. — The-Goderich Committee of Concerned . Citizens •'(CCC) individually ` contacted members of the Ontario government last week in --a la§t ditch stand to prevent°the Ontario• cabinet, from closing the .•` . Goderich Psychiatric 'Hospital. • The CCC sent the 1'x'3 members of parliament telegrams .Advising- thenr_Q -4 what was termed a "blatant disregard for mental health care" urging thememliers to -intervene ,i:n th.e cabinet decision. Three ;additional. telegrams were sent to the al'" threee provincial pasty lereg1e ramsweresentb• Y • �tter:now says F of A The, relationship between cash flow projection; and 4, a' : Prices might go and pointed. farmers and bankers • has debt servicing work.sheet 'mit that in the`Dakotas of the to • U.S.. land is selling at $4,500 changed for the better in: the see if the operation will be ':an 'acre and' o le'have the past few'years,. Iver Smith, able to pay its debts Banks pe p manager of the " Exeter he said; Are not • in .the' philosophy that it will never branch.. of the Royal Bank of . repossessio.n'game. be paid for in their.. own. '- lifetime His own feeling he Huron County Federation 'o . ' recognize the the' roductivit of E t High School last through, "Ihave .yet to say no the land the Goderich based citizen group to •• ensure • that -• all;' members of parliament were made aware of the GPH .closing Prior to Thursday mo"rning's cabinet meetiri g. - The messages were -prepared and sent -the night:before the meeting :at the expense of. the Canadian Union of Public Service Employees' to which the hospital workers' belong. The - telegram touched on the. high quality of treatment • GPH • 'offers: the 160,000' residents:it serves in Huron, Bruce and Perth counties and charged ,that the decision to, close the psychiatric hospital and reopen a mental. retar= dation resource centre was ' rnad.e without ."justification J Of . cost savings or con • sultati'on: with -'Medical • professionals" '. ;in the , com- munity. The members of the ctizen i. group decided to establish' themselves '. more:. firmly, to continue the •protest;againstm the closing and "selected a OAa -membership That W uld ' ensure representation'from linliticaliind, professional ng forums.; - They selected a steering °comrnittee cop. sisting • of representatives from. Goderich; Huron County., Goderich township, Perth and Bruce counties the medical profession and the -,staff of the hospital,...•,- A. union 'resource 'man explained, to the ..CCC that every effort should be made, by' the•, community served by GPH ' to, indicate ..to the provincial 'government that the closing is strongly op- pose'd.',"Reg;Lang told•.'the meeting: that although the, petitions .circulating 'through the three. counties' ' were an excellent method .of showing supportfora cause individual• letters would carry . More weight. He said that one •way' of t' ethe opinions of -the t • in �p getting population to Park ark was a news•paper'. ad that formers Inn on says Canada told membersof thef - He "said that ifthis saidwas that you have to Agriculture, meeting at the _ document is completed right p Y g land should' and that with insuraii x•e er ig, to a farther: if the, loan pay for itself in :one; "., a. :Thursda. ni ht. ' Y g Mr. Smith said that the should not be granted'he. said, : generation: attitude ' of banks had to the, farmer can usually see ' - : - chan a since when he was' a` this for' himself after con ' There were fewer- than :a gpletingFalsifying people present at the boy•'growing .up in'Saskat i, . the -form �e_form, Falsif in dozenka p• 1 meeting because of stormy des itethe figures he said weather. The, rest of 'the. • • 1•lt-ale like entering P was ah chewani when entering a bank'' forms to try to get a oan a. figures; -- '- . _ - a they-brief_bUt meeting was ra church: it.waga sacred in the banke . harmer afore, than _., did. see: the tabling •of• the stituere - budget for 1976- which showed . There Were max corn- mazy t ire firms irms • are com- ': the Federation, with a deficit plaints in. those days, he said, pleted and.:the: plan tailored:df '44,336, • Fund raising•. that bankers weren't human borrower, 'he said,: the plan. overcome the deficit such as . to the needs of the individual projects ,'were . discussed' °to and he recalled::even in his early years in the bank that should • be revieweda"lottery and collection of $1. he-beard'bankers•tre,at farm,. freguentl to see if from• each member. customers`• tri :a. way he everything is going according • couldn't abide.. to fare, If a farmer is having Still, he said; the bank.•and repaying'itis loan he trouble N IL •anv. share the, farm` responsibility the should go to the bank a' '-"`-•• equal rg of thefai m in explain the•problem before a financing of farm.. sHsaid the loan..is. • due, Mr. „Smith n ' mos: new .tfarn plans with.said, and probably something meet he n chartered banks arm - can ' be.. worked out. If he . I E:F.S meet„ the needs of the farm, doesn't _go before" the • community much More than red a •• in the.past, but. 'that the payment is'due, both he a farmer must still a''t arid plan the branch manager will be in res onsibi trouble with head. office, 'and P Y helps elps no one. It used to be, he said, that a that -- , banker judged whether or not. a: loan should be'made simply on the basis .of the assets' of the•bo.rrower. If the borrower !was unable to pay, did he have enough assets torccover the delft, :was the question the banker asked hi,rnself. • Now the '-banker .•` judges the profitability of the purchase. If a machine ,can't Ray for itself,• he said, Then it is a `'We` deft 'say, you cant have a life of luxury," he, said; but -the bank tries to fit its firiaricial help to.:the needs Today of the farm operation. Y '---•Ontar.io Liberal'agric'ulture critic Jack ,Riddell has called• or ` the . institut•ion' of a. . voluntary farm`',ipcome min- surance 'progra. :.T:he .Huron -Middlesex `MPP said '•su•ch a program would be the only , way' to keep young farmers in the industry • "We just can'tcome in with" ad hoc pieces of legislation ' such as- the cow -call s-tabilization program," said :Mr.. Riddell. "There has got to be 'an overall program whereby fanners will no ledger -bear the entire risk of growing a crop or producing a .product." Such' a plan has keen recommended by 'the'. Federation of Agriculture, but according. to Mr. Riddell,Hvrofl - :owm.en• su � -ort the Minister of Agriculture • carried' a clip out: message to the minister of health or, the premier that could be signed by the sender. He _•said..the ads would befunded by the": : union and if successful .would carry thousands of individual comments of disfavor • to Toronto. • - Mr: Lang suggested that the communi.ty;. ifthey failed in aIl-attempts to:save;GPH, demand a ii`stayof execution" • toerrri : an' orderl'hasin P .tY,phasing, •o:.t of -psychiatric -s-ervices-. and a phasing in of mental.. retardation. services, He said the timed change would delay.. `the inevitable without damaging mental health care in the area. and Would petmit employees of the hospital. a little ' more .time to .. seek ' another-'-ob --or move t.o• work 0 another, community to in another hospital. Riddell Whetstone scored unassisted in•`a' wild scramble at 5:14 of ' the thirdperiod and Ron Aliin tipped in a• pass from Mark Ryan toround out the scoring. at18:36. - ' Fourteen minor . penalties were assessed with 7 going to 'each' team. Harold- ,Leddy, playing forward : for this game, played. strong 2 -way lFockey for:. the DRMCO`: squad In- a tight close "checking .• game, Hoime'sville .suffered" . theirsecondstrAight_sheto, ut,.-. _. nds_o .S,ift° Ibis time at ttxe,ha $ Salt, the score being 2-0. e R red scored unassisted at '5:3.3 of the opening period with_ Gary'r ' Taylor finishing the scoring. at 5:55 of the second •• anot• 'Raymond: and Jolin Phillips, .: The score could have :been much higher, but the Miners were continually thwarted by the Rockets goalkeeper, Gary The standings after 117 games : find the Merchants - with' 17 ;points, on a 8-.-2-1 recordfollowed by :DRMCO arid Sato. each With 11. points. DRMCO's..record is .5-5_1, Sifto's' 'being. 'Holmesville is. hording down the 'cellar with a l-7-3 record for -5 points.. • Action this Sunday finds the the° Minister of - Agriculture .percent of its food: • conven hasn't done a'°thing •on it. I ' .,, ,,`.`There's no reason.in the a great "user -of -land.' the, 7 p,m. contest .'a'nd_:.the know Bill Stewart: said he . world why Ontario- Hydro "ln terms'of productive Merchants battling:Sifto at 9 . wasn't going to. accept the can't build their lints.` up in hours, it's very costly to the p.m. p " the Canadian Shield,"' farmer to.have transmission lance to farmers, than Rockets meeting-DR-MC'O in suggested Mr; 'Riddell. arty,". said An Australian stud-ST....- Mr. tudy`' Mr. Riddell suggested ``The will be -just as:close to. Mi •-Riddell: !It's also 1:rig,ht-..:.. revealed that onl 14 ercent it was time the people 'of 'Y markets such as .of.way for Ontario Hydro and of belted drivers had their their major Onta'rio started preserving '.Toronto •as they :would; be anytime they want to- go in, safety belts properly agricultural land. Ile said. a , here." they go in, regardless of what 'fastened, reports the Ontario crop production program He said Northern Ontario crop is growing.If they want safety League. Most,were too could not`be Maintained w.' was crying Y lines on with . cr in for indust) and to tramp over a crop, they are his prop . loose or twisted in a: manner good land•'. being paved -over that's where the nuclear . Within their rights to do so. to• •contribute to •abdominal g. with asphalt: He also added. .plants should be'going.as far Mr. Riddell;- said: farmers injury, Safety belts should bei that scientists• are finding_ asMr.'Riddell .is•concerned. were now.being ••paid on ""'a` worn so that the 'lap belt is that pollutants are affecting Commenting on the' much better rate than in the :snug and low - not across the not only White beans but necessary •transmission lines past and ,the farmer isn't abdomen -:and shoulder belts many other crops. 'If.Onfario which radiate from a hydro t bucking that. -.,•The farmer "slack 1 k h t 11 ` f' continues --at its present, rate., plant, Mr.' Riddell said they. it will 0te importing , sixty were • more Of • an., • in - just doesn t want - the in- width. -between the chest and convenience. belt sac enoug , o a ow afist Council . authorized an . has been reluctant to act on.It. • • rhe H r o e u.on'• Plowmen's. •G d rich=Eve.rettMcllivain• • additional $50,0 budget to the The prices the farmerhas Association 'will 'continue its Colborne Jamieson Ribey property .committee, ta_.:un to pay for whati`he,needshavc support. of the 4H S:odbusters. Tuckersmith James Doig; dertake further research into been i -n c r e a s i n g Club in 1976, members ' The lender, Mr.Smith says, - t likes to se'e his client get, - ahead, but sometimes _an expansionary program 'can - get .out of hand. Perhaps, he'`' said,: you should try, to get •better •before you get bigger, Has: your_. productivity im proved'(he asked - -• • Mr! Smith was aske• how he judges' a younger *mei-. who, may need money to get • Started Without having much security to offer. He admitted • that it is hard for a admitted farmer to.get started and that i oh to have -tet -conte up 'he is sg , g punt -hoses must be backed by with 'soh e Capital of his•ti n' Stanley - Ernie :Talbot; Hay he Indian Island owner. ship' astronomically," said Mr, on. Property„ .• i e .� • meeting —at Winthrop •Turnbull, sborne Ken r quest! R dd 11 r decided at` the annual Valle Becker; Stephen -Allan•. citing fertilizer, Winth o iJ mittee chairman Bob Allen- • machinery, parts, twine yt,ncl recently; . �. Duncan: ' Howard Datars, chairman.e who•; will investigate the even 'farm land: "But the.. Reports • presented in- recently; - It. was .'a reed that others breild up on windows. . matter was told ' additional price': the farmer °re.ceivos for P g of •the local "com`mttee' dicated the' .club had ' 14 w•th had. been - listed` as responsi'bl'e' for the •,' 1978 ' + + + funds .would be authorized; if• .the product isn'•t. going up embers .ref which 13 com- directors in 1975 wouldebe' >,�.,s,a, orted '-«- the "Speed too' fast for con - 14 d' l' Oxford; 1981 W"elfin.ton• Simcoe and Elgin have also. -CXpiessed interest:he hosting a''mat•ch.'He reviewed the' new prize list and his work. with the OPA. + + •-1- . . Here's a ';winter tip for motorists from the Ontario Safety League'Keep thecar wel•lventi.lated to avoid fumes and prevent !the -inside glass 'from, misting up. 'A rear: -window-open*a fraction of an inch .helps circulate heat. One or two windows open a crack . when ,parked• will prevent. is ascii mg. y. e Huron.Match last named as associate directors r, • stress that the- 1should h ` d ete,d at the t g ditions" . all too frequently Mr,- -Riddell said he would � p ogress being made to date q Y N fall for 1.9x6 together with - the and said the nu,mber of appears on collision reports, e o an.e - her'popular'features that foliowin •J,ohn • Tinne states the..Ontario Safety g� Y committees for the '1978Y . I t y'because there tie less. overiimeiit is involved Junior match that replacing airy' umstee ; decidedon.,. time o year. Posted speeds g competitors who won $130 Cecil .Des'ar-dine (Stephen) are intended for perfect the cttcr. o motoring conditions: Any.' • change th ,. his farm paid • for Then he can and the horse- shoe pitching The auditors report l ne local committee plans sleet, freezing rain,' etc.. - J,ihh11 ride the humps •'and the I1���o� °h 1 he id The nun d 'e' the • G:).cZ in agriculture h h ' 13 compe e J (. p vice chairmen Roy Pat Yat prizes, the cross log sawing Iohn Jewitt . (Hullett), Roy Lison and Alan Campbell als h f' 'f f h . von un ar < . will be continue ar attractede (Hay); George HP,ldebraid . ,p{owm.g Match had been Lea part! u'iarly . at this • some farmers who think the,'• Tats fine i a :armee as contest with six competitors Williamson (Grey). • spoke. i wea er ' 'snow "reasonable" security rather whether from a parent or than total security as in the some other. source, old days, •he•said. He said it Asan individual banker,he Makes life much harder for rs because; now they said; he tries to look at the., banke, , ..„--...- bankers ., t use much more . character of the borrower ilius 'when considering a loan. He ftdgment: tries to loqk at: the credit Biit to.�� make "reasonable historyof the borrower and at ,, histo y • fudgrnents,`he said, the bank -lib* he communicates. He ' • 'roust have . Muth "more in- .'.also looks at::' the formation :on the state of the •reasonableness •. of the farm- and future plans than in request, at the capital behind q ir3-twk�i•eh nine teams resented by Mr. McKinley organize u load means reduced . speeds. • Elmer Hayter, indicated .attend the' '76 'convention in .Winter ':driving •, doesn't wed ,..hollows„" sat young 'classes p to a bus oa to p artiei :ted and took away and F p P farmers starting -up in the ... _.__ _-.,. .-- — / 'i57 inpr:izes. sentries in asses at. Teriento and -10 arrange t-63°1' neeessatily i lean accideri s ei2'6Q a IIDL�G�tCGtire • business, with ipnd: so .ex Huron • W ard'en Anson •the 1975 match with prizes of have the 5DHS band resent are inevitable. It' does mean` p hars� 1 cnsive• needs $300,000 beforF. McKinley .presided:" for the 419.56`•and.;14 entries in tractor George Hildebrand, leader LEO- SPEED 'and. MORE farming ming of Mc' i op was $872.52. . s' he 'can start and • clas'se's with prizes totalling CARE I tin of officers when W J p g of Seaforth Hi h School Band • He's grit to have some kind of I,ee poke about . the Band h + + •• expect to make yin income. a leetion 1{'11 g named president: .Other of- The a'ssociationagain af- travelling • to „Fort lvtye'rs; If you back into a snowdrift; yePca ria a4. COME IN AND SSE OUR COMPLETE SELECTION.OF - •.1N'IrAT1Ns • . •. AN'NOUNCEMECvwisp • `INk`ORM,iL5 • ACCESSORIES the past. Th -e• farrrr plan► of. , the - borrower, ;at the toOberf t' S �i •'fared by his•bank; .he sa>:d has ',borrower's net `worth,, at his. 'J 'four portions to be filled out: capacity to raise money, and • • I. a '.'stateinent of affairs at the health of the. borrower giving. a picture of whit iso and how well ho is looking .. ownedand what is owed,. 2: after the land-andiequipment an operating statement, he already has. • e giving a moving picture of the • finances of the 'far'm; 3. a tie was asked how high land • protection.'' ' . The preservation of good facers are pastpresident,Iohn filiated with -Huron- rlorida February -7th.'- 15th' -make sure your car sexhaust -- ' Pre k fiirst. 'vice, X' `'Federation of w inciP 1ar=ke;' lture.: and the association agreed to isn't plugged up with- snow, farm iyiad is' nisei a pr inrity item fcirMr. Riddell. • second vice • ]lrmstreng,..• , and appointed Allan Turn}hlill •,.donate $50 toward travelling- - advjses, the Ontario Safety G.irven e as s.repr <l I measurer, '' ussell, Bolton. Sodbusters, ub ea ars that 'the amount. be $250 was• • Monoxide could be forced into - the car. ` , , "Asphalt and corn u5t•expenses: n ar ie root on League. .D.eadly Carbon simply dont make a goat! Cl l d pY' m "tteewll J h Clark and he• rota •d "Not •The executive co ma i Harried were, o n' ar :..' n defeated tion.. said. a ma con' siders the appointment of . , Bill. Leemiii and Bill is pain done,' The g .. ` The meetf�jig expresse " M B It d Russell Bolton C thind pr >vinr c. announced 5"rens c .lure(` .ago. that it was going to Ashfield Ross Hedy; Tur to• the. OPA Coiyventian o1I. Bolton; secretary -treasurer, ;litrvc: an overall fund use plan r - Harry• Mulvey; West °February 16th and lith. as well as to •John Clark for • but nothing hila; liver been ober y • Wawanosh'-, Bob Lyons.. East Jim„ �r'mstrong, 'who -was hosting '75` Match' and tib Bill done. 1`vc, irski d in the House W nosh Siitt'on Hallahan; • re-elected OPA director, Leeming and John Clark ,fir if the girvcrnment•r 'Was orris. Bifl'Elstpn;'Howiek listed ,future OPA mat 'hes # leadershipin the Sodbasters trim ret.' up with an ovcrali 'Ivan kfns; Grey lien and lairs, These .are: 1976 - Ciub. Ivan Has plJn,' a guideline for local lanes; `lvlcl{illr p Ross 1 race; Il)77 - l •rontenac 197 government's to follow, .but Gordan; 1ltillett'- •Bill'Flynn. - Huron' 1979. -.Kent.;. 1980 •. is •'i •'a rest ion• o n 'in assistant to r o ons Leen ng an usse o on pp at t Joh lark, Directors elected, were. were named representatives president' and ., Russell , It's SQ obvious ;that every motorist knowsto doit ., says the Ontario Safety ;League, but it'bears repeating: Allow extra following distance when the road is • slippery: And remember, ice " is :twice as slippery at zero celsius as it is at minus ten.