ws the examingr Saturday Oct 1979 Policing direct mail Grounding companies that fly by night CALGARY CP Remem ber that genuine leather hand bag you ordered through the mail for an astonishingly low price The one that never came Or the record advertised on TV that did arrive but was damaged and scratched and couldnt be played Every week Calgarians are deluged with directmail adver tising blurbs for every product under the sun They come in the mail on TV or in magazines Send money and the man ufacturer sends you the product sometimes Other times the item just doesnt arrive Or it doesnt work if it comes But for everyone who has knownthe frustration of trying to rectify these wrongs with let ter after letter to fardistant manufacturers help has ar rived Its called the Canadian Di rect Mail Marketing Associ ation selfpolicing THE SIMCOE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Cordially Invites Members of the Public To Attend Special Reception for JACK RAMSAY Saturday October I3 I979 200 pm 500 pm Barrie Central Collegiate Special Presentation at 330 pm TOTAL ABSTAINERS ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH FOR HOUSE tMSOOGarage 101522500 Contents Credit Card Endorsement association of direct mail merchandisers SUCCESS RATE HIGH This year weve been aver aging about 200 consumer com plaints week and would esti mate our success rate is around 90 per cent says association president Frank Ferguson of Toronto That still leaves about 80 un happy consumers month out there but were trying to im prove our record The association which started its consumer help line about year ago deals with all complaints about directmail advertisers Direct mail is big business with some of the industry gi ants like KTel of Winnipeg ringing up annual sales in the multimillions And its particu larly big business in affluent Alberta which has become testing ground for new direct mail products Most of the big companies are members of our associ ation Ferguson says Of the 80 companies using the mail for advertising 60 to 70 are members of the association and we look after complaints about them GOT BAD REPUTATION FIybynight companies were smearing the reputation of the industry so the association was formed to police the industry heexplains Most companies are honest but were talking about an in credible amount of business and there are communication breakdowns Bridge break Last years champion Elizabeth Dittmer right takes break between customers at the auxil iarysponsored gift shop in the Royal Victoria Hospital Shes practising up for the auxiliarys an nual marathon bridge tournament with fellow auxilian Ruby Davis as sparring partner Time has almost run out for signing up but you still can do so by calling 7262394 or 7287730 Examiner Photo Lodge 190 for the 197980 term The ceremony took place at the New officers 22forRebekahLodge beareri Reta De Bruin inside guardianl Irene Cox outside Ann Landers Keep gas intank Dear Ann Landers Please hï¬rfy and print this before our neighborhood blows skyhigh along with my temper My husband has barrel of gasoline in our back yard and happen to know several neighbors who have tengallon cans sitting around am nervous wreck worrying that one of these days the hot sun may cause an explosion Please Ann ask the experts if such thing is possible My husband says Im nuts And let us know too if person MUST keep gasoline on his property what precautions should be taken Terrified In San Diego Dear Terry checked with Han Grigo technical consultant at the National Safety Council He said cannot stress strongly enough that the best place to keep gasoline is in the gas tank Storing gasoline is an open invitation to disaster If there is source of ignition nearby or if the container is heated by the sun the gasoline will expand flow over and explosion can occur This is happening now with alarming frequency especially in California Mr Grigo went on to caution It you must store gasoline store as little as possible and never in the house Keep it in an unattached garage or in shed Roundbottomed cans are better for storage than rectangular ones because they are less likely to tip over The best containers meet national safety standards They are made of heavy metal and have UL Underwriters Laboratory andor FM IFactory Mutuali labels These can be urchased at hardware stores in oneto fivegallon sizes an cost somewhere in the range of $15 Dear Ann Landers School will be starting soon and hope you will print this letter in time to help lot of youngsters around the country My son is in the filth grade Toward the end of last semester he came home with long face asked him what was wrong It so happens he is excellent in sports and was elected captain of one of the baseball teams He was unhappy because he had to take few guys his team who were lousy players When asked how the players were chosen he told me each captain gets to choose player as they take turns The best players of course are picked first The others just wait until they HAVE to be taken by one captain or the other believe this system is brutal llow humiliating it must be for the youngster who must wait to be chosen and then to suffer the final insult ending up the last one that nobody wanted Please Ann use this letter in your column and make plea for the poor kid who doesnt happen to be wellco ordinated and isnt very good at sports Theres got to be better way Thank you Mother Dear Mother Almost everyone who reads this column sees himself sooner or later Well saw myself in your letter today Yes was one of those klutzy kids who wasnt very good at sports and was always one of the last to be chosen It was indeed very humiliating cant believe they are STILL using that miserable in human mode of selection Please every gym teacher who reads this column there must be better way method that wont crush childs spirit Its up to you to find it INSURANCE $76 YEARLY Mabel Wilcox of Midland the Margaret Dennis treasurer ABSTAIN BUYS ALI OF THIS District Deputy Preidcnt og Sandra IIawman musician 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reasonable prices with no obligation See our new large Decorator Portrait Satisfaction always or your money cheerfully refunded One sitting per subject SI per subject for additional subjects groups or individuals in the same family Persons under I8 must be accompanied by parent or guardian Coming Daily 108 Sat 104z30 88¢ riiuris nu SAT I2 I3 At itagain judge in Salem Ore has told John Rideout he must pay for exwife Gretas door then never darken it Rideout who was aquitled last December on charge of raping his wife was given ninemonth suspend ASSORTED VEGETABLES THANSING DINNER SUNDAY OCTOBER TURKEY cg STUFFING GLAZED HAM HIP OF BEEF SALAD BAR INCLUDED KIDS UNDER ding secretaryi Trudy Voisin financial secretary Approximately ELS members attended in all people and places Arts and crafts Sandycove Acres will be hav ing an arts and crafts sale on Saturday October 11 am to pm and Sunday October from 12 to 330 The sale will take place at the mall San dycove Acres three miles east of Highway 11 on lnnisfil Line 11 operative will be held at the Waverley Community Centre Tuesday October 710 pm Demonstrations and signing up for courses Novices dabblers in mud and professionals all welcome Come tell us what your needs are Some ideas basic courses specialized workshops shared studio space custom firing supply depot ome to the old Waverley schoolhouse highway 93 at Waverley all 3222114 for further inloriiiar lion Ltopia United Utopia United Church will be celebrating its 107 anniversary at special service Sunday tober at 11 ani The guest speaker will be the Rev Norm Watson Anniversary dance dance and buffct will be WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW CLASS OPENING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON STARTING OCT I0 ROYALCANADIAN LEGION HALL ST VINCENT STREET EVENING cuss WEDNESDAY 730 pm JANE GREEN held at the Oddfellows Hall on Ferris Lane pm Saturday October to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Herb and Edna Lemay Friends and relatives invited to attend pen house There will be open house to friends and neighbors at 12 Nelson Blanchard Sunday tober from pm Iliankoffcring The Ihankoffering of the Womens Missionary Society of St Andrews Presbyterian Church will be held at pm Wednesday October 10 Greta Adams of Welland will be the guest speaker Lunch will be served and baked goods and other articles will be on sale All welcome Ilarvcst festival The second annual harvest festival dance will be held Saturday October at pin in the Inriisfil Community Centre There will be live band com onthecob prizes and cash bar Tickets are $350 at the door with all proceeds going towards the south Iniiisfil Com munity Centre would like to avoid buying food which has color ad ditives but notice that every time look at the lists of in gredients just the word color is used Does this mean it is natural coloring or synthetic dye Either unfortunately The Ministry of Health has recommended to the Department of Consumer and Cor porate Affairs that differentiation be made so that con sumers may choose whether or not they want foods which contain color additivies so it may not be long before the pre sent system is changed Food technology has taken giant strides since the last war but scientists only recently began to test such technologies in relation to health hazards and changes are being made How often we hear people say It seems that whatever we eat is harmful Well it is fact that between 1953 and 1973 the Canadian population grew by 49 per cent and cancer death rate grew 73 per cent and it is recorded that Dr Robert Bruce of the Ontario Cancer Institute has said We are instinctively attracted by colors and one of the reasons the decrease in the use of synthetic dyes is minimal is because processors are afraid that the consumers will not buy Little do they recognize that informed consumers are wise ones Some will remember the days when margarine was white and consumers had to blend in little packet of synthetic dye to make it yellow No one knew that this was health hauird but now that it is known consumers should be on the lookout once again for the white margarine Color is added to butter and cheese and yet that cream colored cheddar cheese on the supermarket shelves tastes just as good as its orange counterpart The red dyes Cirtus No and Ponceau SX are restricted respectively to the skins of oranges and to fruit peel glacc fruits and marashino cher ries These are many interesting and revealing books on the research of color additives and suggtst that you read them because of the fascinating albeit fearsome reports It is up to the consumers to learn decide and demand some changes ed sentence after forcing his way into her apartment mmfon SUE Bum to that between 60 and 70 per cent of all human cancers are Potters cclebratt the oath wedding an ted 0d Opcnhouse by the potters co 1153U Of Mr and MW re Pollys Pointers Remove glue from leather DEAR POLLY had pair of leather shoes and pair of suede ones repaired and they both came home with glue on the sides How can remove this glue with out taking the color out of the shoes There is no area where can experiment on them so hope you can help MILLIE DEAR MILLIE Your letter points up mistake most of us make We have something rcpaircd accept the packaged item without ever looking at the work and then have rude awakening when we get home Wi should always look before we pay would take them back and ask the repairman to remove the glue as you do not know what kind of glue was used If it becomes necessary you might try drops of yincgar on the glue to soften it and then try to roll it off with dull knifc but there is no guarantee what this will do to the color or material POLLY DEAR IOLLY For carrying Allltun violtts or other plants to friends use cereal or cracker boxes lisc box that is Wider than the diameter of the plant and cut hole in one Side of the box so the plant can be set III the holy Tht box Will keep the pot from tipping ovcr and illt width of the box Will protect the leaves from bumping and being damaged It is also possible to carry more than one small plant in large box by cutting several holes In cold weather plastic film spread over the plants will protect them from exposure IXIT DEAR POLLY pccl hardhOiled eggs perfectly by dippA ing thumb in water and then peeling off LIIt shell Keep dipping and peeling and there will be no shell sticking to the egg LINDA DEAR lt II use bulbtypo hastcr to suck the excess grease Iroin the pan in which have cooked hamburgers and find this is easier than draining off the fat Also keep pair of swimming goggles in the kitchen 11 put on when pttl onions UNNIIC DEAR lIIY About week before going on vacation or Wlfhlllli trip make list of the things that will tic nsitliil have thrtt IIiildrcn Illtl under each childs name and III liiisbaiid and IlllIIt Illtll put down tmll itciii of clothing tlt that will bc tlttdtd as think of it When trip lllllt tttlllt it is quick and easy to pack with no worries about whcthtr have forgotten the camera pills and 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