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12 The Goderich Signal -Star, Thursday, August 29th, 1963
Editorials .
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LET THE VOTER BEWARE
'.We have brcotue so enamored of
grants._, subsidies and coi1tpurrsory plans
for questionable public.bellefits that we are
much too inclined to vote for •the party
• which makes the highest offer for our
little X on the ballot,'' comments The
Wiu t tin Advance -Tinges in dealing with
the n.r•thconliug provincial lection.
Continuing, The Adva•uce-'Tinges says,
in liar':
"We seem to have forgotten that ev-
ery time government institutes another
costly welfare seheare tilie voters, individ-
ually . pay the price. The e lormous costs
of these Plans are 110 hurtle by Koine inyth-
HELPING HAN
When school opens in (loderit1i : on
September 3rd there will be some pupils
attend;ng thein here for the first time.
They will include those just starting sohocil'
and also the children of parents who have
just recently moved to (roderich. - Among
thein ,will 'be children wondering whether
the 'other children ,v:ll like them. ,l'p to
a certain age it is a big help if "Mummy"
could go along and hold their hands.
although not necessarily so in any
Canadian schools, th7tre will be schools in
the United States this fall where even
" rrorr.my - wood be glad to have someone
iva.l Source of revenue remote from our
own. shores. Every dollar. that is pcii.u'ec),
out so generously ta, the public has 16 be
put into the government coffers by the
beneficiaries, plus the high costs of ad-
ministration inhet'Yllt ill the plan: There
is no pot of gold at the end of any party
rainbow, unless you consider your owll
wallet ill that sense . . . Pay close atten-
tion during this Campaign and give very
careful thought to 'casting your ballot
for the party which does NOT promise to
look after your every' want. Seel,{ for
some -spirit of courage -and independence
where public expenditures are concerned: -
DS. NEEDED
hold her hand. We speak of _those U.S.A.
schools where desegregation will be the
rule for the first time this !all. The Nat-
ional Women's Committee for Civil Rights
in the U.S.A. is trying to do something
to help the situation. That eomniittee is
suggesing that it would be nice for white
women to take the hands of Negro child -
.ren and their parents and walk with them
into the sehoolrooni, that first .ay. It's
a heart-warming suggestion and one that
will he sorely needed in some U. S. A.
schools, Moine opening day for'school this
fall.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Goderich, Ont.,
August 26, 1963.
-Editor SignaI-Star.
Dear S;r:
I still think that our police
force is responsible for the en,,
forcement of all municipal by-
laws. I have gathered a few
statistics on this dog question.
If you remember, the Council
paid 5150.00 to a firm which
was ,supposed to come in once a
week and pick up all ..dogs
still a large area of the town
to assess so that with the, com-
pletion of the list there could
very well be 200.dogsr a great
many of which have never been.
tied up yet. Fite months have
elapsed since thil 1963 tags
should have been purchased,
and up to now nothing has been
done. We have been pestered
with dogs all summer. We
have repeatedly appealed to the
mayor,' and to the Chief of
Police. We have been assured
that the matter would be taken
running at large. Not one dogtcare of. We are .really dis-
was picked up. Then it was gusted with the whole matter:
revealed ' by the tax collector We have seen our officers
early , this year that out of directing traffic in the vicinity
about 600 dogs only about • 40 of the Judith Gooderham Park
tags had been sold. The Coun- and a half dozen dogs running
cil, disturbed by the situation, around within sight of him.
tried to do something about it.
It would be interesting to know
how many qf•• the 540 delinqu-
ents actually paid up for 1962.
And why was it that no action
was taken in 1962? Who was
at fault? Did the tax collector
supply the Chief of Police with
a list of delinquents? If not,
why not If a list was provided,
how many were brought to ac-
count for it?
Just last week I visited the
tax collector's office and asked
to see the list of delinquents -
The -Chief contends that his
-men are not dog catchers. Cor-
rectly so! But they do not have
to catch them. I£. they had a
list of all tags purchased it
would be an easy matter to find
out who owned the do,g and the
necessary .action could follow.
With the cost of police ad-
ministration- being what it is,
the Council should not have to
hire a special constable to take
over animal control. It is my
intention to appear in person
:he ---next oun.cil -meeting
there were 82 l asking that something sehsible
dog owners who have failed to be done about this dog nuisance.
buy their pet a tag. There is Any person who likes to have
a dog as .a friend or pet has a
perfect right to do sa. But these
persons should also see to it
that their pets do not destroy
his neighbors' flowers, shrubs,
etc, which are just as much his
pets. This brings us to the
reason for a restoritive bylaw,
which is intended to protect
both parties. -.
There is a slogan on all signs
telling the ,people who are enter-
ing our town on all highway
approaches that Goderich is the
prettiest town in Canada. Those
of- . us who have flowers and
shrubs, etc., are contributing in
our small way to, that slogan.
- Mr. Editor, I shall probably
have more to say on this ques-
tion after I have talked the
matter over with the Council.
If the situation is to be no
better next year, then we should
change that highway slogan to
"The town has gone to the
dogs."
Sincerely,
J. E. HUCKINS.
Almost everyone who has had
dealings with - goOernments
knows the meaning of the term
"red tape,", but how did the
expression originate? The' En
cyclopedia --Anger el'm`s—suggests
it derives from the fact that at
one time official documents were
bound together by red ribbon
or "tapes."
Down Memory's Lane
50 Years Ago -1963
Goderich has Won the dis-
trict lacrosse championship. By
a splendid rally at the close -of
the season the locals bested
their strong competitors of
Clinton and Wingham, ,winning
three decisive games within
eight days. The Goderich line-
up was as follows: goal, W.
Snazel; point, G. Johnston;
cover point, F. Dale; .1st de
fence, E. Statharm, 2nd, W.
Blackford; 3rd,- W. Drew; .cen-
tre, R. Walter; 3rd home, G.
Beacom; 2nd, W. Doak; 1st, E.
Page; outside, S. McKay; inside,
H. Belcher.
A project fpr the construction
of a county inter -urban 'electric
railway to serve all parts of the
. county was the chief subject
of discussion at a meeting of
Fie Ur erfc7 -ward of Walt -s
Tuesday evening. The subject
was introduced by Dr. W. .1. R.
Holmes.
30 Years Ago -1933
There was some excitement
on St. David's street the other
night,,,�,"` r rather early morning.
With Mr. and Mrs. Harry San-
derson ,attending the World's
Fair at Chicago, their house
has been unoccupied. Sudden-,
ly lights appeared in the win-
dows. A neighbor checked up
with relatives pf .Mr.,§,pndtkv,
son and established that he had
not come home. The police
were phoned and Constable
115 Years Ago
In Goderich
A number of highly respect-
able emigrants passed through
Galt during the week, chiefly
bound for the Huron District.
One party had seven wagons
laden with furniture. One
family had several cages of
larks, goldfinches, bullfinches,
linnets, canaries and even
sparrows, which were heard
singing merrily.
Gundry responded. Neighbors
surrounded the house while the
officer crawled through a win:.
dow and descended to the cel-
lar, gun in hand. Suddenly an
upstairs window shot up and
a„ftiendly_femlpi- vnien called:-
out: "Who's there?" It was
disclosed that friends of the
Sandersons had come from Tor-
onto and had pre -arranged per-
mission to use the house. The
constable and all 'went back to
their beds.
15 Years Ago -1948
On Friday night about 10
o'clock Bert M-oPonald receiv-
ed a message from Amberley
to the effect that a yacht Off
shore was sending up flares, ap-
parently as distress signals!
Immediately Bert manned his
two launches, Captain John and
Annamac, and with Bruce Mac-
Donald, James Reid and Gordon
Sullivan, radio beam operator,
set off' to the north, reaching
Point Clarke, 22 miles away, at
midnight. When they arrived
the•yacht was just disappearing
in the distance and they were
informed that the „engine
trouble had been adjusted and
the yacht had proceeded on its
way to Tobermory. The Gode-
rich men with. the two launches
made an easy trip, back to
Goderich, arriving at 3 o'clock.
MESSAGES
FROM
THE WORD
BYa
GODERICH MINISTERIAL.
ASSOCIATION
MORE TALK
Ey . Rev.. Cecil A. Dukelow,
Victoria Street United Church.
"Now rhose who were scat-
tered went about preaching the
word." Acts 8:4 R.S.V.
The Church: made its first
impact on the world by "talk."
St. Augustine pointed out this
truth when he said: "One lov-
ing spirit sets another on fire."
Our text goes one step further
—an apparent disaster became
a blessing. The scattering was
the beginning of "the gather-
ing in.' The mighty . ants of
the apostles is' not a picture
of lay "preachers"' going , out
to conduct an official mission
of evangelization. Rather it
was a picture of a number of
ordinary men and women "Tim,
Dick and Harry -Susan, Jane
and Mary," conversing with
their neighbors with "More
Talk."
The "Word" had no special-
ized meaning as yet; it was not
yet the written word. The pen
or print was not the medium,
but the tongue—"talk." These
were simple church- folk talk-
ing Church language.
There-' is no suggestion — it
would be unwise—that Chris-
tians should always be dragging
in religious talk. An opportun-
ity always presents itself for
"Church t4k," "More talk,"
mare talking the ordinary
Fan•guage of- the Church by
Christians. Today, 'lack of
"talk," "Church talk," is why
Christians make so little im-
pact on their own circle -of ac-
quaintances. We must be able
to give reasons for :our faith
and show its relevance to the
problems of our age, in ' our
world.
Where will we learn the
language for "more talk"? The
answer is: go to the lang-
uage school of 'Christianity,
which is the Church. In Church
10 Years Ago -1953
The staff of No. 532 Squad-
ron, Maitland Air Cadets have
been busy the past few weeks
preparing for the beginning of
the coming air cadet training
year which begins on Septem-
ber 9th and operates every Wed-
nesday night. -The staff for the
coming year will consist of CA%
iti+l~a cutt, -F76 Adjutant BM -
Hill, F/O. W. Leggy, supply; C.
Banks, chief instructor; F10.
E. C. Rivett, radio; D. McLaren,
flying training; W. J. Johnstone,
armament; K. Pennington, dis-
cipline; R. Craig, drill, and F.
Wood.
• One Year Ago -1962
•A local laundromat has been
victimized by an ingenious thief
who obtained about $26.00 in
coins, from the coin -changer,
by the use of copper. The
slugs are. the exact size and
weight of a quarter and have
been stamped out of sheet
copper.
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Youngsters Ruin
House Interior
Goderich police report four
young "Rumpelstiltskins," 10
years of .age and under, were
responsible for an olernight
"interior decoration job" done
to the Mary street home of
Leo Miller.
Mr. Miller, who intended to
start redecorating -his recently-
purchased- 'home
ecently-purchased-'home Friday, found
ev__er_ __ rn.o.rly had air
done—after a fashion. Most of
the cans of paint he had stored
in the basement had been used
in the process: .
Mr. Miller estimated it would
cost 'him $400 to remove the
paint from ceilings, floors, win-
dows ;and walls.
Police said the four boys, one
10 years old, two nine and one
six, entered the house through
a basement window Thursday
night.
all is centered in God and what
God has done. If we are to
speak the language, we must
learn it. The only school in
which to learn the Christian
language is the Church. The
worship of the Church has kept
the "Faith" alive, spread the
"Gospel" and passed it on from
age to age. •
What is needed today, then,
is more •Church people to learn
and talk Church language. Lot
us have "More talk," Church
talk
Making Survey
Of ;Airports.,
Dr. Neil McArthur of the
Royal- Military- College,- ,King
$ton, ;was in Goderich Thursday
and Friday doing an historical
and economic research 'story on
Sky Harbour Airport. He is
doing similar stories on private
airports across Ontario. Dr;
McArthur is a brother of Don
McArthur of the Bell Telephone
staff, Goderich.
Objectives "--of his study of
community airports are based
on the following:
1. To assess and determine the
land -use compatibility of ex-
isting community airports in
Penninsular Ontario to ad-
jacent municipalities. In par-
ticular, this -concerns the
former B.C.A.T.P. airfields.
ra
Zoning, eonflictiug laud uses,
access; blight are to be con-
sidered.
2. To determine the various uses
• to which airport sites are put.
3. To determine, froth official
sources, and by c, tuestionnuaire,
the a.:PPell>i. P2teBIi.-of exp
.fisting community airports,
the areas served, the degree
of under use, and the need
for more extensive facilities.
4. To • suggest alternate public
institutions which might be
located on unused portions
of airport sites and around
airport perimeters.
5. To prepare a mathematical
model of the Canadian Com-
munity Airport. This is a
long term objective.
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School. Teache..rs!
Today, as no time before in history, the school
teacher is recognized as the builder of tomorrow's
Canada!
It is high time that tribute was paid to those
patient men and- women who instruct our young. Let's
remember that teachers are human beings, not mach-
ines. Let's give them the support and c'onfi'dence they
so richly deserve. Let's,attend the Home and School
meetings and contribute something more than our
"children. This community is fortunate in having
such fine schools and outstanding educators. We app-
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