The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-01, Page 23Bl.uewater Shrine Club, a unit of Mocha Temple, London, held
their annual meeting and. election of officers, Wednesday,
January 24 at a dinner meeting at the Bedford Hotel in Goderich,
with approximately 60 members present. Front row, left to right
are: Noble Ray Fisher of Goderich, third vice-president; Noble
Ron Forester of Lucknow, president; Noble John McKeown of
Goderich, first vice-president; and Noble Spence Cummings,
Chief Rabban of Mocha. Temple. Second row, left to right are:
Illustrious Potentate of Mocha Temple, Dr. Clinton Bell of Port
Stanley, installing officer; Noble Wm. Johnston Goderich,
Secretary Noble Bill Turnbull, Brussels. Immediate Past
President; Noble Mark Raithby, Goderich, Ways and Means
chairman. Other executive officers elected but not present were,
Noble Walter Newcombe of Clinton, treasurer and Noble Lee
Jennison of Grand Bend, second vice-president.
GODERICH, SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 , 1979—PAGE 3A
Legion news
Announce winners
Goderich Legion
Branch 109 this week
announced the names of
the winners of the poem
and essay contest which
was sponsored by the
Branch . last November
during Remembrance
Week.
.. This contest was under
the chairmanship of
Branch Member Mauricb
Wilkinson who, with the
co-operation of the public
schools in the area, was
able to conduct this
special phase of the
Branch Poppy Cam-
paign.
Comrade Wilkinson
stated that the judges
were impressed with the
calibre of the entries and
he wishes to thank those
who served as judges at
both the Branch and the
Zone levels. Prizes will be
awarded at assemblies
held at the various
.schools.
The winners at the
Branch level were as
follows : poem in the
intermediate class -first -
Todd Rittinger of
Robertson Memorial
School and second -Anita
Lassaline of St. Mary
Separate School; poem in
the junior class -first -Jeff
Bissett of Victoria Public
School; essay in the in-
termediate class -winners
in order of rank -Geoff
Chase of Robertson
School, Kent Milburn of
Colborne Central School
and Paul Murphy of St.
Mary's Separate School;
essay in the junior class -
first -Louise Baechler of
Robertson School and
second-Jeurgen Schultz
of Victoria School.
Two upcoming bills are worth watching
By Bob 1lcKinley,
MP
Last Tuesday when the
House of Commons
resumed, the Toronto
Globe and Mail ran a
headline which read,
"M.P,'s just running out
ciock as H.ouse.resumes,"
and they quoted one long-
time, member as saying
that from now until the
election, the government
is not likely to introduce
legislation of any great
economic importance.
Bills currently scheduled
for debate include two
that are sure to affect
most Canadians. One is a
bill to turn the Post Office
into a crown corporation.
The other is a, bill to
change the Central,
Mortgage- and Housing
Corporation's role, so
that instead of lending
mortgage money at low
rates, it will subsidize
interest paid to private
mortgage holders. This
bill is likely to receive
close scrutiny from op-
position members to
ensure that taxpayers'
funds are not used, for
example, to subsidize
mortgages on private
luxury hotels. Both these
bills will bear watching:
Before Christmas, the
minister of agriculture'
promised that before the
House resumed, he would
announce where he stood
on the issue of off-track
betting. But on Tuesday
the' minister had still not
,made a decision and the
government itself was
divided. .Instead, the
minister' announced
every year...
• from page 1 A
the Goderich depot
located at the Salvation
Army. Being an honorary
Kinette, she approached
the club and asked the
members to help her with
the depot. She says she
got a terrific response
from all the members.
"They all got involved
and really worked and as
far as I know. they'll do it
again next year. They
were just great," she
says.
The Goderich Kinsmen
help the Christmas
Bureau every year too
with their toy drop
project and a cash
donation.
Mrs. Scott thinks that
having the Christmas
Bureau co-ordinated is a
good idea.
"We're all one even
though we're five dif-
ferent depots and we can
distribute things more
evenly," she says.
Mrs. Scott has been
involved with Family and
Children's Services for
many years. Starting in
1967 and for several years
after that, her family's
home was a receiving
home for the agency.
That's a home where
children can temporarily
stay until a foster home is
found for them.
It all started one day
when Mrs. Scott had her
two daughters in for a
check-up at the county
health clinic. A health
nurse she knew suggested
that she become a foster
• parent and that weekend
she read an article on
fostering in the Toronto
paper. She phoned
Family and Children's
Services the following
Monday and it wasn't
long until she was looking
after her first foster
child, a nine-month old
baby girl who she had for
a year. One of her own
daughters was only 13-
, months -old at the time.
She saw many babies
come and go and then she
started fostering'
teenagers. At one time
she had three 14 -year-old
boys. They really kept
her on her toes but she
looks back on that time as
"the good old days".
Although hers is not a
receiving dome anymore,
Mrs. Scott says she still
tries to do as much,as she
can. She is a bit limited
from taking on too much
because her 14 -year-old
daughter - Janet has
Downs Syndrome and
requires extra care and
attention. She attends the
Queen Elizabeth Wing of
Victoria Public School.
Mrs. Scott says Janet's
teachers there are "a cut
above" other„ people. She
feels they are very
special to be able to work
under questioning that he
will ask the Senate to
undertake a committee
investigation of the
question. If nothing else,
the sight of .a Liberal
Government asking the
Senate to help it make up
its mind may raise the
hopes of those who favor
our present constitution,
which maintains the
Senate.
Speaking personally, I
do not favor the idea of
widespread off-track
betting because I fear it
would jeopardize the
operation of the Class B
racetracks. in South-
western Ontario,
removing from our midst
one of the oldest aspects
of our locally created
culture and at the same
time draining money out
with children like Janet.
Mrs. Scott feels too that
the International Year of
the _Child is "mar-
vellous". She is a mother
of four and a grand-
mother of four. The
families she helps at
Christmas almost
become part of her too,
she says.
The Christmas Bureau
has already had its
review for 1978 and is
planning now for
Christmas 1979. Lette°r•s'
for referral families go
out in October. Social
workers then visit these
families getting sizes,
ages . and preferences.
Letters asking for help
and donations are then
sent out to service clubs
and church groups in
November. Some people
have already contacted
k tting co-ordinator
Dianne Armstrong for
wool to start knitting for
of the region needlessly.
And speaking of
needless drains of money,
one question that has
been allowed to slumber
during the recess con-
cerns the recent
disastrous Loto-Canada
scheme. Loto-Canada
'was originally set up to
help reduce Quebec's
Olympics deficit, and the
government gave a
commitment at that time
that it would not be ex-.
tended beyond 1979
without Parliamentary
approval.
Yet last June Cabinet
approved an extension
without consulting
Parliament, and
promptly spent $23
million on computer
equipment from an"
American firm though it .
the Bureau's Christmas
1979-.
Two of the nicest
donations to the Bureau
this year carne from
children, says Mrs.
Hindmarsh. In a special
church service, the
students from St.
Joseph's School in
Kingsbridge filled a felt
stocking with $116 for the
Bureau. Three children
from a family in Seaforth
each made a stocking and
used money they had
earned to fill them with
things for the Seaforth
Christmas depot. •
Mrs. Hihdmarsh.would
like to thank all those
people who work for the
Bureau as well as those
who make donations.
Without dedicated
volunteers like Mrs. Scott
and the others, Christmas
might be a sad affair for
many families in Huron
County.
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could have been supplied
by Canadian firms. It
also hired 50 staff and
then cancelled the whole
project, granting lay-off
pay to people who in some
cases had not even
reported to work. The
total stupendous bill for
losses is not known, but
the effect of bypassing
Parliamentary scrutiny
is obvious. It looks as
though at least half of the
$23 million will be right
down the drain.
Good news for farmers
comes from the
Agricultural Stabilization
Board. We were advised
last week that Ontario
Wheat Producers will be
receiving a stabilization
payment on the 1977
wheat crop of 87 cents a
bushel. In 1977 the
Ontario wheat crop, was
30.2 million bushels, but
crop prices here were
depressed because, of a
large crop in the United
States. Grower returns
averaged -$427 a bush -e1, --
well below previous
levels. No reason was
given why an 87 cent
subsidy was set instead of
the 90 cents previously
suggested in speeches by
the minister of
agriculture. It is ex-
pected that application
forms for the payment
will be sent directly to
producers, using names
on file with the Ontario.
Wheat Producers
Marketing Board.
The big event of last
week was of course the
installation of our new
Governor-General,
Edward Schreyer. Sitting
in the Senate Gallery, I
was particularly pleased
to witness the in-
stallation, because Mr.
Schreyer and I took our"
seats together in the
House of Commons back
in 1965, both newly
elected for the first time.
During his- years in the
House of. Commons
before he departed for
provincial politics, he
impressed me as a
capable politician with a
broad understanding of
'Canadian ,problems and
culture. Canadians of all
kinds can welcome Mr.
Schreyer's appointment -
and I myself wish a
former fellow back-
bencher the very best in
his new appointment.
At the Zone C1 Level,
Geoff Chase won a second
prize in the intermediate
essay class and Jeff
Bissett placed second in
the junior poem class.
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OF THE TOWN OF GODERICH
The Town Council would be pleased to
receive applications for members to serve
on the Housing Action Committee. The
Committee to be composed of 7 members
and will be responsible for acquiring infor-
mation- on- Government programs in the
Town of Goderich and recommend to Council
implementation of such programs. Ap-
plications will be received by the under-
signed on or before Friday, February 2nd,
1979 at 12:00 noon.
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Town of Goderich
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