The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-15, Page 2PAGE 2—GODERICH,S,IG,NA.L-STAR,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1979
Sylvia Brady (left). was .presented with a Long Service Bar for serving over
10 years as a Girl Guide :leader last Thursday evening. Making the
presentation was areacommissionerof Guides, Diane Buchanan. The
presentation came just prior to Guide -Scout Week (February 18 to 25).
Leaders are always needed in town and Guide -Scout Week may be- your
chance to learn more about the movement. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
Scouting, Guiding on display
Celebration of tradition
BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
How many people in
Goderich know exactly
what the Guiding and
Scouting movements are
all about, other than
those people who are
directly involved in
them?
There's ,a saying that
goes: "Don't just send
your boy to the arena,
take him."
Perhaps the same
should hold true for those
parents whose children
attend Brownies, Girl
Guides, Cubs, Boy
Scouts, etc. Sure these
parents may drive the
kids to their meeting
places and buy their
uniforms for them. And
every so often the kids
run home proudly
displaying newly earned
badges and the parents
act mildly interested.
But what do they
REALLY know about
Guiding
REALLY.
On Friday evening,
February 23 and
Saturday, February 24,
anyone who wants to visit
the Guide -Scout display
at the Suncoast Mall, will
have a special ' op-
portunity to. learn all
about the Guide -Scout
movement. It is the first
attempt at such a display
in this district and comes
as the culmination of
Guide -Scout Week,
February 18 to 25.
The main purpose of
Guide -Scout Week is to
celebrate the joint bir-
thdays of Lord and Lady
Baden-Powell, the
founders .of the
movements and to take
time to think about fellow
Guides and Scouts in
other countries. It is also
a public relations week, a
chance for the Guides and
Scouts to let the public
know what they're all
about.
The Guides and Scouts
of this district,decided to
pool their resourcesfor
the big display at the mall
on February 23 and 24 but
each individual group is
celebrating Guide -Scout
Week in its own special
.way.
Some groups celebrate
by having a birthday
cake and party in honor
off Lord and Lady Baden-
Powell; by dressing up
like those in other
countries to remember
fellow Guides and Scouts
in other countries; or by
going on special outings.
A Girl Guide will
present a rose to the
mother who has a baby at
Goderich hospital on
February 22 (if there is
one).
And all the Guides and
Scouts will parade • to
North Street United
Church at 11 a.m. on
February 25 to take part
in the service there.
In Goderich there are
five Beaver colonies
(boys five to eight years
of age) ; five Cub packs
(boys eight to 11 years of
age); two Scout" troops
(boys 11 to 14 years •of
age) ; two Venturer
companies (boys 14 to 17
years of age); one Rover
crew (boys 17 years of
age and up); four
Brownie packs (girls 7 to
10 years of age) ; three
.Guide companies (girls
10 to,14 years of age) ; and
one group of Rangers
(girls 14 to 18 years of
age).
The main purposes of
Tid Bits...Tid Bits...Tid Bits...
BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
problem, you can call the
centre from anywhere in
the province collect at
This week's winner of
$1";000 in the :Goderichand
District Community
Grandstand Lottery is
Hugh Hill of Picton
Street ---again! Mr. Hill
won the lottery on May
29. So far he is the only
person to win the lottery
'twice. This time his lucky
ticket number was 0252.
+++
Canada's solar eclipse
on February 26 could
cause permanent eye
damage. Improper direct
viewing may cause
painless burns to the
retina. Damage may not
show for several hours.
The Ontario
Association of
Optometrists says it is
safest to .avoid any
devices for direct
viewing. Watch the
eclipse indirectly --on
television, for example.
Although certain
devices have been safely
used for direct viewing,
th risks involved with
improper use could lead
to blindness. Isn't it
better to be safe than
'sorry?
+++
Nearly 40,000 Ontario
consumers have used the
services of the Consumer
Information Centre since
it opened a year ago this
month.
And almost 70 per cent
of the inquiries to the
centre, set up by the
ministry of consumer and
commercial relations,
have been by telephone.
Remember, if you have
a consumer related
(416) 963-1111.
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Ontario Hydro met a
peak demand of 16,272,000
kilowatts on January 15,
„an all-time record for the
province and slightly up
on the '1978 peak of
16,247,000 kilowatts, also
recorded in January.
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The start of the 1979
shipping season through
the Welland Canal in late
March will signal
Canada's most
significant and historic
transportation .an-
niversary and its colorful
commemoration. °I'
Elaborate plans -are
now underway to observe
the 150th anniversary of
the . first passages
through the original
Welland Canal,
November 30, 1829.
Since then three larger
Welland Canals have
been built to link ,Lakes
Erie and Ontario. The
present and fourth 25 -
mile canal last year
carried about 70 million
tons of cargo.
Special arrangements
are being made to ac-
commodate visitors,
especially history buffs,
who are expected to tour
the present 'and former
canals. For further in-
formation. you may write
to Welland Canal 150th
Anniversary Inc., P.O.
Box 1829-1979 St.
Catharines, Ontario L2R-
7K1.
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Don't forget --February
3 c -D
rd Annual
fan
SUPPER
WITH
WITH
REAL MAPLE SYRUP and SAUSAGES
Shrove Tuesday, February 27
anytime between 5 and 7 p.m.
Ste Georgo'e Anglican Parish Hall
. Adults 13.00 Children under 121.50
is Heart Month,
Nutrition is one of the
many factors . in the
complex issue of heart
disease, point out the
Foods and . Nutrition
Specialists of the Home
Economics Branch,
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food.
Fortunately, it is one
aspect over which people
have control. Since the
food you eat can and does
affect your heart health,
why take chances?
Eat a nutritionally
adequate diet. Keep
active. A brisk 15 minute
walk every other day can
tally up a four -pound
weight loss in a year not
th mention an increased
feeling of well-being.
Check with your doctor
before starting any new
exercise program or diet
though.'
Limit the amount of
salt, alcohol, sugar and
fat you now consume.
Cutting down, not out, is
an effective . way to
reduce the risk of
developing heart disease.
Think positive. Take
time to enjoy your
--blessings, rather than
concentrating on all your
problems.
The emphasis for heart
health is moderation not
deprivation.
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The Stratford
Festival's grant from the
Canada Council will be
reduced'by six per cent in
1979, R.V. Hicksa.C.,
President of the Board of
Governors of the Festival
-reported recently.
The 1979 season will
proceed as announced
though with- no cutback in
productions and the
number of performances,
Hicks explains. But, he
added, the decrease in
funding represents a
significant loss at'a time
when the organization
can ill afford it and the
Festival must look to the
private sector for in-
creased support if it is to
maintain the standards of
production that have
brought it recognition at
both the national - and
international level.
For the first time,
provincial funding for
elementary and secon-
dary schools will exceed
$2 billion, the Ministry of
Education announced
recently.
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G.D.C.I. students -.have
really had the Valentine's
Day spirit this month.
The. Students' Council
bought roses which the
students could buy in turn
to be sent to anyone they
wanted in the school. This
put everyone in the mood"
for the Valentine's Day
dance held last Friday
evening.
At the dance, Dorie
Oke, Grade 11 and
Charles Maskaant, Grade
13 reigned as winners of
the Heart Throb com-
petition. Students voted
for their Heart Throbs by
putting pennies in a jar.
Those collecting the most
pennies won the com-
peti-tion. The pennies
collected were donated to
the Heart Fund.
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Guiding and Scouting are
to teach boys and girls
how to get, along with
others, to give them a
sense of companionship,
and to make them well
behaved and better
educated children thus
eventually making them
better eitikens.
Guides and Scouts work
towards all kinds of
.badges and awards,
everything from
citizenship and world
religion to compass and
camping badges. All
kinds of skills are lear-
ned, from how to tie a
reef knot and pitch a tent
to how to make a bed and
sew on a button.
In this area, the Scout's
main source of revenue
comes from Apple Day in
the fall while the Guide's"
main source of revenue
comes from the selling of
cookies in May. Some
money also comes from
registration fees. Each
indivdual group also has
its own individual money-
making projects like
paper and bottle drives,
car washes, etc.
The Goderich Ven-
turers are active money-
makers and they are
presently using some of
their money while winter
camping in Bay City with
some Bay City Venturers.
Walter Thomas of
Goderich is the dis ict
commissioner for e
Scouts. The district to es
in a large area fr m
Goderich to Londesboro,
Clinton, Bayfield,
Craig, Lucan and Exeter.
Diane Buchanan of
R.R. 6 Goderich is the
district commissioner for
the Guides. This district
takes in a smaller area
including _ Goderich and
Bayfield.
Both the Guide and
Scout groups are always
in need of leaders and
leadership training
sessions are held for
these volunteers.
One Guide leader in
Goderich; Mrs.. Dorothy
Crocka,iso ie nuttier of
the new Girl Guide
Handbook. All of the
leaders are very special
volunteers. •
SOME HISTORY
Robert Stephenson
Smyth Baden-Powell,
more affectionately know
to The Boy Scout
movement as B.P., was
born oh February 22, 1857
in England.
Choosing a military
career, he served 21
years with his regiment,
rising ultimately to
become its Colonel -in -
Chief. He served in
campaigns in India,
Afghanistan and South
Africa.
The Founder's greatest
fame as a soldier came as
a result of his association
with Siego of Mafeking, a
small town in South
Africa. Here with 8Q0
men, he was beseiged by
ten to 12 times that
number off Boer soldiers.
For 217 days he held out
against these immense
odds and was finally
relieved.
Mafeking played a part
in Scouting, for it was
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REGISTRATION
Brookside Public School -
R.R. 7 Lucknow
Thursday, March 1
9:00 a.m.. 12 noon
PRINCIPAL G. JEWITT - PHONE 529-7900
Colborne Central School
R.R. 5 Goderich
Wednesday, March 7
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. -
PRINCIPAL J.P. KANE - PHONE 524-6252
Holmesville Public School
Holmesville
Friday, March 2
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
PRINCIPAL R.G. REABURN - PHONE 482-7751
Robertson Memorial School -
125 BLAKE ST. W.
Friday, March 2
9:00 a.m. - noon
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
PRINCIPAL R.E. SMITH - PHONE 524-8972
Victoria Public School
135 GIBBONS ST.
Tuesday, February 27
1:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
PRINCIPAL D:t. O'BRIEN - PHONE 524-8306
Excessive waiting would be'avoided at all schools if the
surname schedules are followed.
Parents should bring birth certificates and im-
munization card; and OHIP numbers to registration.
Goderich Community
CREDIT UNION
391ST. DAVID ST. GODERICH
Plan to attend our
Official Opening
of our newly renovated' building
FEB. 15th at 11:3.0
Coffee & Donuts Served
on Feb. 15 & 16
Together Again...
Virginia Lodge & Warren
Robinson after exciting performances
in...Lion in Winter
oderich Little
Theatre
presents
Virginia & Warren in
"THE FOUR
POSTER
by Jan de Hartag, directed by
Eleanor Robinson
Feb. 22, 23, 24 curtain at
8:30 p.m. at MacKay Hall
Box Office - Reg Bell
Optometrists - The Square, God.
OPEN
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Fri. Feb. 16 - 1-5 p.m. Wed. Feb. 21 - Closed
Sat. Feb. 17 - 10-12 a.m. Thurs. Feb. 22 - 1.5 p.m.
Mon. Fob. 19 -.1-5 p.m. - Fri. Feb. 22 - 1-5 p.m. .
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