The Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-10-22, Page 2THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR •
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Letters to the Editor
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 1953
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
When a member of the l"nited States
Senate dies before the expiration of his term,
the''appointtnent of his successor rests with the
governor of the.State front which Ire was elec-
ted. The recent death of Senator Robert Taft,
leader of the Republican majority in the Senate,
gave to the Dei ueratie governor of Ohio the
right of appointment to the vacant seat, and
he has named fur the post the L)emocratie.
mayor of Cleveland, Thomas A, Burke. This
creates an awkva d situation, as the Repub-
lican majority of o� has been wiped out .and
a deadlock between the two parties may easily
result, bringing in Vice -President Nixon to
give the deciding vote.
One suggestion for Mite reform of the Can-
adian Senate is that a proportion of its muenr-
bers should be appointed by the Provineial
Governments. What has occurred in the [ S.
Senate gives all example of what might happen
in Canada if this stiggestion were adopted.
Under the Canadian system of government the
House of Commons is the responsible body and
it is important that it should not be thwarted
by a hostile majority- in the Senate. Appoint-
ment of Senators by the Provinces might create
such a situation and put the governmental
machinery out of gear.
'1'u avoid .such a contingency and give an
incoming government the opportunity of con-
ducting affairs aecording to ifs own policies,
Senate appointments should remain with the
Federal t'overnhieitt but night be terminable,
say in ten year's, or five years; or, if Considered
u 1visable, immediately upon a change of gov-
ernment. Not only would this prevent a pos-
sible deadlock between the Commons and the
Senate; it would tents to the improvement of
the Senate, since members would not remain
senators until they had to be carried out on
stretchers.
The Canadian House. of C'ontutons, elected
by the people, roust be the governing body,
without obstruction by an irresponsible Serrate.
THE TEACHER PROBLEM
. • (From The h'inancia1 Post)
Canada,' is short. souse 7,00( teacher; saes
an article. in the journal at.—tile Canadian Edo -
cation
. itcation Association. It's no emergency. It's
going to be with us for it long time to twine.
And it's going to get worse,
Ontario alone needs 3,100 nest elementary
teachers every year --has 1,900: It needs 501)
secondary teachers—hits 4:10. By 1961. ('EA'.s
president (_ioblrittg expects secondary school
enrolment to be double that off' 1952 The
products of the busy 4)1(1 stork's flights in the
last felt years will have grown up a bit.
Host schoolboys have a solution to thr
problem—burn the schools down.. But'as they
aren't on the sehoolboards, something else will
have to be done:
Salaries ea,i beaniade more attractive. Nut
so inut'h by raising theni--_they are reasonably
good now ---hut by putting more incentive into
the pay scales. 'Today's beginning highvsehool
teacher starts tvitlt a good 'salary, but knows
that his principal—with :10 or more years ex-
perienee—is only receiving about twice as
laugh
Business salaries cannot operate un such a
narr,+\V range. Teaching salaries can't either.
'l'Ite v tuneg rrlirtr entering business luny never
rea,•Ii the top. But ,at' least he 511601,1 be able
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"I said B -O -N -D ... Canada Savings Bondi"
Down Memory's
Lane
1„ see it' top \Forth reaching.
There has to be more incentive to en-
c,,tu•agt_ use a andwumeu to spe,nd a lifetime in
teaching. Taxpayers can't afford til raise every-
body 's �.tlai'iea, but `it little money would go a
1„ug way ---ill the .right places.
25 Years Ago
Ideal weather, a large crowd and
splendid plowing all combined to
make the fifth annual meeting of
the Huron Plowing Association a
success. The meet was held on the
farm of David Boyd, McKillop
Township. Edgar Howett, 13, of
Blyth was awarded the prize for
being the youngest plowman. He
i
had the best crown finish n sh in
the class for -boys 16 and under
plowing in stubble.
The fourth annual convention of
the Young Peppes Society of
Huron Presbyterialof the • United
• 1'erhai,s we should encourage les, �'xpetr- Church was held at Grand Bend.
sively_ trained young girls to enter the proles- Panel discussion leaders included
cion. It is now geared to -a large, inflow and Rev 'J. Walker, of Dungannon;
Rev. Max Parr, .of Goderich and
"t"'us must girls teach only a few years Rev. Robert Cummings, of Ben-
theu 100rry. No one needs B.A.'s or B.Paed.'s
find Mos. {i.'; dangling eIOWI1 to their knees to
t, aeli young Iliranl ,slow to spell eat.
In fact, a lot, o1' training now --excellent
as it may be individually and ,for higher grades
miller. E. Campbell, of Benmiller,
was elected convener of Christian
fellowship.
A number of citizens from Gode-
rich attended a meeting in Kin-
cardine at which Blue Water High-
away representatives appointed a
is totally ut►neeessary for teachingeleinen- delegation to visit the Minister of
titre grades where no amount of boofoklorekindor.Highways to press the taking over
college midnight oil call substitute_ r 1 bf the Blue Water route as a. Pro-
vincial road..
20 Years Ago
Old Man Winter put in an earlier;
visit than ,expected and' 'caught a
Bess and patierlee. So let's' gat deplore what
have been called "lower standards" -its teaclr-
iug. 11 there is a way- to a-ttraet younger girls number of motorists napping with -
'1l t„ teaeltin�,. for a few year at least, then l out anti freeze in their cars. Tem-
number
went down to 26 degrees,
while unofficial readings placed it
at 20 degrees. .Goderich . also ex-
perienced snowfall on two• days.
Prior to the snowfall, :.a wind,
rain and electrical storm caused
considerable damage in the dis•
trict. 'Part of th
- e roof -of the
C.N.g. roundhouse was blown off
and a large tree was -blown down
in Court House Park. Hydro ser-
vice was cut off for about six hours.
Pianos replaced organs in church
on Sunday morning, and at Knox
Church an. ancient. melodeon was
used to 'replace --the electric pipe
organ.
The play, "A Wild Flower of
the Hills," was presented by the
Victoria Players of Goderich in the
\1 ittioit has been nude in the pros, of the Town Hall at Clinton under the
auspices of the Chamber of Com -
100th 'anniversary of the buffalo, Brantford coerce, before a near -capacity
and tioder4.eh Railway. We have usually crowd. Special mention for acting
heard it spoken of aj the Buffalo and Lake was given to Delight Mutch and
Huron ltitil�i sty, anti when it was taken over' Mrs, Robert. Wilson.
15 oars Ago
by another Zine, eventually becoming part of William Bissett"received word of
the 1'ilnadiall National, it wits ,aid thai'it was his appointment as -postmaster, sun-
oit a 99 -year lease. lf- this Was actually the I ceeding' the late John Galt, who
had held the office for more than
'ils,', has the 99 years elapsed, and if so'.what ; 40 years.
are the owners doing about it? The member's i Dr. John M. Field, prominent
of the original company must all be in their I educator, died at his 'home in
��raves now, but there should he heirs. Goderich at the age of 72. Dr.
! Field came to Goderich in 1900 as
* master in modern languages at the
A contemporary observes that there are
Goderich Collegiate Institute and
two speed limits for motor cars -50 miles an
hoar for open country. and 30 miles for built-
uli areas--aitd that these speed limits are ad-
hered to with "monotonous regularity."
Artrurtci,here they aren't. You can be travel-
ling along the road at the lawful 50 -mile
speed when a ear passes you almost as if you
tvere standing still. It is impossible for the
police to cover "all the roads to eheek such
speeds; perhaps there is no need of such a
check on open roads; but every speedster
should realize what would happen if by any
chance he should lose control of his ear, if
some pedestrian or another car should appear
Where he does not expect it, or if there should
be some -turn in .the road for which he is not
prepared. If the motorist -makes his own
speed law he is assuming a great responsibility.
.inti lastly, there is the public's attitude
which eau be improved. Teaching is not at-
traetiye 10 many young people because of the
social load it eat -ries and the feeling. rightly or
'wrongly, that the, te;teher 1111ist forever ire
w at,•hing his step.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Iu the great international. game. India is it
neutral ---like tliti man -wlto sits on the fence
and .dues nothing,hut telt both team, about
the misplays they have made.
*
Zf by blame the 'Weather 'Man.! lie dues11'1.
make :t.—Loudon Free Press.- No; 1_,ttt he
tells irs it will be a tine day and we are caught,
down town. without umbrella, -Pubbel•s „r rain=
coat..
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The woods have been !bitting on their an-
nual fall exhibition of color—searlet and -gold,
bronze and the beautiful vvine color. The best
of the show tnay now be over, but a drive in
*'tile couutry'will still reveal some of the glory
of the autumn.
'l'wertty-five years ago- --U) you remember?
---pretty, Clearly everybody dreamed he was
getting riot in, the stock market boom and the
common topic of eotiver..sation was investments
and profits. "'Then followed the erash 'that
woke people. up to harsh reality.
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The first se.sRiion of the new Parliament at
Ottawa is to Open on November 12th. Will all
the wrathy -pre-election talk be rehashed, or
will the M.P.'s determine to be good boys and
settle down to earn their salaries and do their
best 4) advance the welfare of Canada?
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Some -municipalities not a great distance
from Goderich are raising their assessments,
and the local papers are endeavoring to reduee
the taxpayers' blond pressure by stating that
the higher assessment does not mean higher
taxes but a reduced mill rate. They should
say. "perhaps" and throw its n few "ifs...
>* * • s ..4c:-....... .
It is 'said that the art of bookbinding is
dying out --at any rate, that bookbinders are
becoming sear, e. y Isere- is alt opening ,for
young people*, of* either sex, who are not par-
ticularly attraete 'd to any other pursuit. It is
not hard work, in the physical sense, but it
requires some degree of artistry, and the re-
wards,., With so little competition, should be
sol ieWh it. more _.,thktn adequate.
ugoslavia and Italy disputing , over
Trieste, 'kypt' talking big about Suez, British
Guiana in. revolt, Israel and its Arab neighbors
getting rough with each other, continued war
in . Indo-China, violence in Kenya, East and
teik Germany trying to break their cages,
o eettlemeent r iii Korea. No wonder if
it. 'muttered, "Double, dol ole 1
rotrhleI"'es-he ,_again took over the
post of British Foreign- Secretary alter an ill -
nes 4,}' ,,'neral mouths. AVito 140111d. want to
of fie elliirgt1 of such a witches • brew f
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THE 'VOYAGER
Mariner, why do you risk the sea?
"Something is calling ----Calling isle."
AMOr
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five years later was named prin-
cipal of -the collegiate._ In 1911
he was appointed public school in-
spector for East Huron and held
that position for 25 years ,,until
his retirement.
Ben Goldthorpe, doing roadwork
at Wroxeter, was painfully injured
when -he was struck on the head
by a beam falling from the rock
crusher. Several stitches were re-
quired- to close the wound.
10 Years Ago
Huron County farmers, through and then go sit in a beautiful park
the agricultural committee ' of and rest d'while. The teenage
children are safe on the sheets at
night, which is another asset. Re-
creation for the children is out. -
standing --drama, art, bands and
playgrounds for the younger ones;
also to swimming pool on the way.
Skating and hockey are all things
that stood .out in my mind the
first time I came to see Goderich.
The churches are all so beaittifel
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—When ttte Town Council
is going into the bicycle riding
problem, I'd like to suggest that
all bicycles should be compe e
to carry a light.
Several people have had narrow,
escapes since it gets dark earlier.
Both boys and girls come speeding
along the sidewalks, and as they
have neither a bell nor a light
it's impossible to see thetii until
they nearly knock you down.
A few lessons in courtesy would-
n't hurt a few of the Collegiate
students. They take up the whole
of the sidewalk, and expect others
to move out of their way.- Most
of the students are grand, but a
few seem to think they can do as
they like, so they still have a lot
to learn.
INTERESTED READER.
• Goderich, Ont ,
October 9, 1953.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—I have never written to a
newspaper before, but the article
from "South Side Citizen" prompt-
ed me to do so. He has covered
the situation of the Sheaffer Pen
re Goderich so well, I felt he de-
serves praise for putting into words
the thoughts that so many Gode-
rich people must have. The
Mayor in his speech on Labor Day
said in ten _years the population
of Goderich would more than be
doubled. Take a look at a typical
Sheaffer family moving up here
with children. Those children are
going to marry and raise. a family.
With more industry those children
will not have tp leave town to
seek employment. They will settle
right here, Sure it's going to take
time to adjust, but our parents
and grandparents came all the way
from the Old Country and did it.
I can speak from experience. The
people and tradespeople are going
more than half way in doing ti. it
part in making Sheaffer people
e,
gP P
welcome. As far as the town it-
self goes, where can you go shop
pang, • have everything delivered
County Council and the Federation
of' Agriculture, were seeking to
have a floor price of $20 per cwt.
placed on dressed hogs at Toronto.
The average price of dressed hogs
in 1942 was $16.32.
George Gordon McPherson, K.C.,
of Stratford, believed to have been
the oldest practicing lawyer in
Canada, died at the age of 93. Mr.
McPherson was for many years and of every denomination. Yes,
Crown Attorney of Perth County "South Side Citizen" summed it
and was well known its Goderich. all up well and I thank him. Thanks
Rev. W. A. Beecroft, chairman of to the Editor for printing it. Sig -
the county Victory Loan campaign, nal -Star is a grand paper. We buy
gave an address to the Goderich it every Thursday.
Lions Club on •the aspects of the Yours faithfully,
drive. ANOTHER SOUTH SIDE CITIZEN.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 1933
gen bomb are making. There must
be, it says editorially, decentraliz-
ation of industry. The move to-
tion
otion must be blocked. "The basic
defence in the new era," it says,
"is to minimize the resources whtea
Hannover, Germany, can be destroyed in any given
October 15, 1953. area," Business Week asserts that
Editor, Signal Star. "the threat of immediate war is
Sir,—I am writing this to let fading... The threat of the atom
is increasing. This is the long
you know'that I will be leaving warned -of war . . - soon every in -
Germany in a. short time to return dustrial nation will have its own
to Canada. I have enjoyed getting stockpile of bombs."
my copy of the Signal -Star very Together with deeentralization—
much and always looked forward even though it may require Gov -
to the day when it would come. ernment regulation, and strict en -
It has kept me informed on all the foreement—there must be inereas-
changes which have taken place in ed civil defence measures, says t:iis
the past few years. However, on magazine. "Business men have a
my return I hope to renew my key role in this new concept of
subscription vet' get my copy at civil defence. They must decide
whatever camp I may be.at. where to, locate new plants. They
Thanking you very much. must play their part in deciding
Yours truly, how their nation is to survive in
(CPL.) E. C. BOWERS. the second half of the twentieth
century." It is a thought for Can -
nation between Uncle Sam and
Ivan. We must also plan to sur-
vive.
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SPREAD I
POPUL-
ATION THINNER
(From The London Free Press)
Location and construction of the
one million dollar Sheaffer „,Pen
plant at Goderich is an excellent
example of industrial decentraliz-
ation at a time when so much new
and expanded industry is being
centred in the large cities of this
province.
Toronto, Hamilton and London
are the most favored cities. Tor-
onto, for which a population of
two million within 25 years is pr2.-
dieted, is faced with the prospect
of becoming a vast, factory -studded
metropolis too large and fretted
for comfort. Hamilton faces a
somewhat similar prospect.
In the United States, Business
Week, an authoritative publicatiol
for busieessmen, issues a frank
warning to business leaders to look
realistically at world affairs, par-
ticularly to the 'changes which de-
velopment of the atom and hydro -
ward increasing density of popular ieweemengoeseemeeNeememememeim
11016
c "Huron County Health Unit"
"IMMUNIZATION CLINIC";
The second in a series of pre-
school immunization clinics
for Goderich and district will
be held in the Presbyterian
Church, Goderich—main en-
trance --on THURSDAY, OC-
TOBER 29, 1953, at 3 p.m.
Children four months of age
to school age may be brought
to these clinics to receive
initial immunization or re -
enforcing inoculations for
diphtheria, whooping cough,
tetanus and smallpox. -
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ALL BRIDGE PLAYERS
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DUPLICATE BRIDGE
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The Goderich Bridge" Club
AT MRS. A. A. NICOLS-46 WEST ST.
MON., OCTOBER Zai ---8.15 P.M.
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if you need a partner phone Mrs. A. A. Nicol, 133
or J. K. Hunter, 58 or 968
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