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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-03-03, Page 2' oderloh Signal -St Thursday . March 3, 1966 1�. load is qui have tends responsibility someone else, will take it over. That public -minded someone failed to:, materialize during the first three organizational meetings which were called. The situation looked so bleak here that even Centennial planning branch "trouble - shooter" Albert Cane was unsure as to whether he could whip up the necessary en- thusiasm. Then. came Monday and the peti- tion in which local students pointed an accusing finger at the adults for" "failing to carry on the 'legacy of our forefathers." After reading their Well=prepar- petition it was obvious who was e delinquent in this. matter — blic apathy. ori A TOWN EXPERIENCES TRAUMA hesdo>rtsatffee a �akalrist public'` apathy is all dpwn hill.: Were jolted from their The members of council cannot d apathy' by local teen - be blamed for.not wanting this extra burden; The idea of "field • a busy man and he'll do the job" is a grossly sots becbecamedeclare- unfair stratagem to apply. futility of previous ef- forts Still, the majority of our resi- Meld of Centenniplan- dents" are coasters. The sheep who once eagerly went along with the shepherd are beginning . to bleat to considerable already, their disapproval at any innovation, d to look` away from this whether or not it is for their own, ty in the apparent hope good Godric :traumatic experience on Monday-- when they 'self -induce " agars. The petition signed by 267 high school stud ;tion of the forts in the ning here. • Council members, whose work- edh t pu It is once, again a reflection of .� eget-:=c�-ivn _ that. X placeln-ey"whicII iaS i unted--numer= ous communities since. .the depres- sion. a The, simple fact is—to borrow a phrase frons the British Tories- "We've never had it so good." We have become smug and com- placent to the extent that we `can- riot even make that .extra effort to enjoy ourselves. Consider the evenings you have snuggled a . little deeper into' your easy chair and decided to foresake the effort of going out for the un- complicated life of a television viewer. -, This attitude of "I can't be bothered,"- has been eating into our .§ociety like a cancer- and the fight ACCIDENTS ' Although� the majority. of On- tario farmsnoware highly mechan- ized, the first claims for compensa- tion or medical aid payments to farm farm employees now covered by . the Workmen's Compensation Act show that the . traditional sources of injury still exist,- Faan employees in Ontario have been covered for the benefits of the Act since the first- of this year. Voluntary subscription' is available to farm owners and operators for themselves. and their wives. One of the first claims- for medi- cal aid, which ' was allowed, came from an Oak Ridges farm employee who suffered painful rib injuries when he was kicked by a cow. A gClarkbur,g farm hand was al- lowed medical aid for the removal of grain dust from one eye. He, was moving sacks of .grain in 'a granary atthe time, and had to have medical attention. A woman working on °a mush- room farm near Weston had to leave her job for seven days when a sliver penetrated a finger,which became infected. Her compensation claim was allowed. A rare accident ,,was reported from a Hamesford.area farm where an employee suffered a ` painful wrist injury when he was struck by a turkey's wing, He was assisting The younger, ,generation pay be our leaders of tomorrow but should we also need them„to lead us today? A creeping senility has set in here as residents sit out their span wondering who, is going to take the initiative next. People will -turn around and say: "I have no time to - do things like,, this.” If this is the case then we should evaluate our time a little more carefully. The stress of superficial trivia has dulled our senses to coin= munity responsibility. The Duke of . Edinburgh once told British manufacturers who were facing a recession: "Pull your finger out. In essence. this is what the GJCI -sets t . Monday night. It is .very. rarely these days that we see this side of our youngsters. The riff-raff . element normally makes the headlines with- ,its de- generate antics. The average students are norm- ally too involved with their studies to be able to kick over the traces More than once in 'a while. We appreciate the petition pre- sented by. the students as a re- minder that all is notwell wit irthe town of Goderich. Mayor Frank Walkom and his council, will •r'o doubt relish the in- terest the students have shown.: It is far too often'that the rallying cry for civic action goes unheard. 'TRADITIONAL' ON FARM • in the blood testing of the fowl when it partially freed itself, and the em- ployee & ;struvk by the flailing j wing. He off work for three days. Compensation was allowed. , \ledical 'aid was approved for a farm hand who twisted a knee when' he was opening a gate between two fields. An employee of a Brampton nursery, who had suffered bulb,l poisoning some years ago, had the malady break out on his hands and legs after handling a particular variety of mum plant. He lost no time from work but was allowed I have. Nobody has, I'm be - medical aid. ginning to think I'm, the only The poultry house was' the scene Iammi Ripley inIgugh \ K1rLOSS �lyrood ucknow :ode White hurch ! Loch Lothian, Lanes amestown "�`� Trow nil G R E Ye .Marnoch crA" St. A gusting fgraveel, CAN NA T russel CANADIAN Walt,n rook Hent She' Moncrieff N. Changes of names and boundaries of certain provincial electoral districts in Ontario have been proposed by. the special commission - on redistribution. Illustration defines boundarie,e of the provincial riding as pro- posed by the' commission. 55 Years Ago. -1911 A special meeting of the town. council was held in the council chamber to deal with the town's interest in improving the.com- mercial dock. It was moved that the' town's '• interests be transferred to` lie crown so that the o efnmen - .c..ould_ ;proceed with the straibfitening of the wharf to allow large vessels to be in front of the Western Canada Flour Mills Co's Eleva- tor. - Bright and favorable weather and a,�large enthusiastic crowd made the regular,.horse market a recordbreaker. A feature of - the sale was the appearance of six matched .teams of dapple greys. The Ontario West Shore Rail- way bridge over the Nine Mile River at.. Port Albert was com- pleted by the •placing 'of steel girders spanning the river. Captain William Robinson was appointed lighthouse keeper fol- lowing the death of Robt. Camp- ' bell. The 20th annual convention of the Auburn • Union' Sabbath School Association. A majority of 19 voted to tri-. troduce an organ in Ashfield Presbyterian Church. 15 Years .Ago -1951, The Goderich 'Home and School 'Association celebrated -Founder's Night" • at which Mrs: S. , C. Anderson gave a paper tracing the origin of the 'organization. Lorne Wakelin won the. ap- proval from the -Arena Commis- sion for renewal of his contract as manager. 'The musical, show "Going. Places" was pesented at the. Pavilion under the auspices of the Goderich Kinsmen Club and e art directed ed b Miss Mand Sc o'f Iansas "Ci-ty� Mrs. Don Thornton was hos- tess to the Beta Sigma Phi and the topic .for the evening was jewelry. A 16 -year-old youth was re- manded to stand trial on a charge of indecently assaulting two local girls - Bail was fixed at. $1,Q00. ' Denying rumors that it.was making money out of Goderich hockey teams. the Goderich Lions Club °produced evidence. to back up its denial. It was shown there had been repeated deficits involved.. Preparations were reported to be •well underway for Young, Canada Week. . Branch 109 of the Royal Can- adian Legion gave consideration to a proposal to send 'cigarettes to soldiers serving in Korea. 10 Years Ago -1956 The Goderich Home 'arid School Association celebrated its 35th anniversary -with the • • ary school children in Huron County early the following April. The district had its worst taste, of winterweather with just about every known form of bad driving conditions prevail- ing over al24hour period. Freez- in rat _f an sn Are re 1 n o�cawr a g 9g d re or "eel —dill ng t ie" ` oin ci P ., P Four new members were ac- cepted by initiation at'the meet- ing of the Goderich Rebekah Lodge with Mrs. Frank Bowra, Noble Grand, presiding. Goderich Little. 'Theatre an- nounced it had received five entries for a local play festival. .One Year Ago --1965 0 5 Rev. S. 11. Findlay as guest speaker -for the •evening. Dr. R. M. Aldis,,Huron Coun- ty MOH, announced'that 15.500 Salk Polio Vaccine shots would be administered to the element - Dear Ann Landers: I've been reading your coluni.n for a long time hoping someone would write in with the same problem nut in the world who is both- ered by this particular thing. of two of the early accidents re- I was raised in a home }where 'ported under the farm coverage'`•there was a lot of drinkinig and fighting and screaming. My part of the Act.. . early life 'was filled _with viol - A poultry attendant at. Carp, j enge. It left its mark on me. near Ottawa, dislocated his righty I have a wonderful wife and f 'j F►,Tf cx,c• ,inn t iris. mit NDERS Why don't they realize the party will be a flop if they don't get lost? I'd be the laughing stock if my friends found out my folks were rattling around in the back room. - Please tell my parents that high schooll seniors don'tneed chaperones.- What do, they think we are planning to do anyway?—INDEPENDENT. Dear In: Good question. What ARE you planning to do any- way? .ami y now shoulder when the flooring -gave much because I'm afraid of loud Your parents have made It clear that they have no desire to hang around They do insist on being on the premises — which is precisely where they ought to be. wwhileheh' d Even :wen 1 Hay was wasIng ite received compensation and inset own. oud noise on the TV upsets ma e. , When I get nervous at Koine it's not too cal aid. In another accident,, an ,em -.1)6d because I'm comfortable plovee on a farm near Smithville there and I kn'w I'll calm down. broken- wrist when she'But when we are out with peo-I applaud their position and ole I'm afraid 1'11 .o to pieces. wish that all parents were as tripped o • vel• a feeder While trying; If you can Suggest a way to hip as 'yours_ to catch some chickens yet rid of this terrible fear' 1 As the records show, farms mayit'll lnever be able to thank Dear Ann Landers: My wife , 3 au �. Deaenou,.,h.r Afraid; Fear is the most year to e' her touchup my n AFFtAITS. has been nagging ging me for over a he highly mechanized today -but a l good percentage of 'farm accidents l crippling of all emotions. Talk hair. I don„t mind the gray to your physician. • Perhaps he! in my hair but my wife says are attributed to causes as old as can give you some medicationiit makes me look 10 years older. farming itself. Established 1849 tv 40. (!kinrirt ignat-tar Publication --o--- The County Town Newspaper of Huron ....CI--- 110th Published at Gtrderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by Signal -Star Publishing Llr ted ROBERT G. SHRIEK M.' E. C. CUWLEY President and Publisher • 0Managing Editor S. F. HILLS, Plant Supt. ' P Member i f C:Vii'-N.A., O.W.N.A. arra A.B.O. 0 Subscription Rates $4 a year. To U.S.A.', $5 (In Advance) Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post • Office Dept., Ottawa and for Payment of Postage in Cash. Year of to settle your nerves if you be- come upset- away from home. Knowing that you will not go to pieces will give you the cour- age to move about: And the more you move about the less fearful you will be. Get going and good luck. n r Dear Ann Landers: Every now and then you show signs of be- ing with it. " Unless you are on my side this time please don't 'bother to answer. I am a high school senior who has been wanting to have a boy - girl party fortwo years but my folks keep saying, "Not un- less we are in the house." • They have offered to stay out of sight, but they insist on being 'in the back parlor. She insists rev gray hair kept me from getting the promotion I was expecting .last fall. Ac- cording to her, an older man doesn't stand a chance in busi- ness these days. If I let her have her way my friends will, know" I did some- thing and I'd be very'uncornfort- able. My wile says they will get used to the dark .hair in •a week and that 1 am being fool- ish. Frankly, the idea of going around with dyed hair is re- pulsive to me. What i$ your opinion?—HI HO SILVER. Dear Hi Ilo: It's 'YOUR. hair and it's how you feel that counts. If, the idea is repulsive to you than, that should settle it. No other opinions. should count -in - eluding mine, • A 36 -hour killer snowstorm left chaos and confusion in its wake when it finally • subsided late {Friday afternoon.. The storm described as the worst in 30 years deposited 20 inches of snow on Goderich combined with gale force winds during the'height of the storm. " recodcongregation -a-8 86 eobservation oft theMarii Mariner's �Service _which was held in theKiriox Presby- terian Church. Goderich Tittle Theatre. will one day become "a ranking Canadian Theatrical Company" forecast, -playwright Stanley Richard's during a visit here. ' ' Leuers 149,The Editoi Dear ,Sir: Mr. Pyrah certainly does not exaggerate the disgraceful con- ditions at the Dungannon'dump. 'Why are people allowed to use a township road for a dump? There is ifiardly :room to et' a car through the • piled refuse. When our family drove that way last fall to see the leaves and .mill, as described so well by Mr. Pyrah, we noticed a dead . goat on top of, the latest dumpings, a few feet from the car window. 4 -Goodness knaves, a live goat smells bad enough! Now • that 9derich Will soon stop pouring all her sewage into the lake, perhaps;,, smaller towns will follow suit, and clean up a few of these pest holes. What better Centennial Projects? . Sighed: __ `,Nauseated Nature -Lover." (P,S. I note that the Colborne Township dump is at least fen'c- a, so papers and trash cannot blow in all directions.) Sir: A proposal will come "before, county council in March •to in- crease its tax rate for roads from 8.75 to 93 mills. Preliminary discussion in January gave lit- tle indication of opposition. If this goes through, it will be one more liability facing the town's budget -makers. Goderich is the municipality making the largest contribution to the 15.5 - mill levy: by the county for gen- eral and road purposes{ I have • not 'heard of any hankering for higher taxes in the municipal field; we are hit hard enough ir the provincial. I do not think the town., can afford more, at the present time, for county roads, 'Certainly •per= sons .9f. fixed income paying higher -prices for necessities, T a e' e •e will be d>�m,,�yedif their r .i?1l sentatives asst uu - -higher taxes that are-atroidabie. • A theory behind the proposal is that by spending more on roads the cintrity will earn more "government"' money. There is a eurious notion that this is col- lected' somewhere else' than here. It is a complete fallacy. Highways dep�a`rtment subsidies, so-called, are ma a up ofour ess own tax 'money (what else?) and we have to of ay i in be ore we get any administration cost. ) am hop- ing someone will dispute this. lie should be, however,. a 'pax- son who neverpajls-retail sales tax ($195,298,000 last fiscal year); gas ,tax, ($221,188,000); ' income .tax, ($196,842,000); who never buys liquor ($1i3,000,000 profit last year) and is not a customer of any corporation ($232,543;374 corporation tax last year,) These and other tax- es come almost entirely from a population of 6,668,000. In provincial election •cavi, paigns, the ministers talk about, grants, so-called; not. higher taxes. When the Legislature meets, with its docile govern- ment majority, the taxes are passed and we read about it in the newspapers. County councils find. ,the pattern useful. Was any reeve or de luty reeve 'elected for 1966 on a platform of increased road taxation? ' W. E. ELLIOTT. An open Letter to: Secretary°•sof State Dean Rusk, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Dear Mr. Secretary: s• a citizen of a country whose future is directly 'affected by your decisions, I feel a moral obligation to state my stand= -- a - fairly universal, one :in this part of the country—on the Viet Nam issue. We must re- member that the Germans were blamed for having failed to react to Hitler's" inadii :- Now we see President John- son leading a holy 'crusade to bring Americrn democracy to - Viet Nam ,through napalm bombs, crop poisoning,suspect' killing, the infliction of immea.- surable suffering on Asian nien; tweet n -a• ,,obi ion:r_.and-taki•ng—. - the -world- t.ne nuclear brink. We shudder when we hear distinguished American gener- als' and politicians calling for nuclear arms to be used in a 'War against China. Arid we wonder when a distinguished.,; American " news commentator (Lowell Thomaf.) announces an- other "peace rumor" and its resultant "dip" in stock market prices. Yours truly, Signed: "J. C. I1INDMAR.SH. Copies to: Hon. Paul Martin, Canada. Senator J. W. Fullbright, U.S.A.. Messa:ges From The VVordui THE GODER'ICH+ MINISTERIAL ASSOCIAATION. ,z, , u BROTHERHOOD% By Rev: , G. L. Royal of Knox Presbyterian Church .It's so nice to dwell in your own little corner and to con- verse with your own people. There is' always a sense of sus- picion where "others' are' con- cerned. - This was not ..meant to be. As far back as Cain's so - far -unanswered question, "Am "capitalism"—all of which are mere substitutes to the basic thing we should be propagating —Christ's Gospel. So, do NOT look around. In- stead, look severely, deeplyt"into your own soul and determine the extent of yout affection to a brother. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, buthave everlasting life. John 3.16). ;You see -Gid; DID send His Son because He "so loved "the world" (and this includes India, China, Egypt, Syria, Ghana, Rhodesia) and in His. Son is calling "that world" to -testify of Him. This lays a heavy load - on the Christian because he is responsible for this world thro- ugh his consciousness of God's command inQItrist. • 'Our -first duty to a brother is to be• a cannot escape the fact that the "kultur" of. a France is not the same as that of a Viet Nam. Yet, these men are all brothers though they -do not act as such. The message of Jesus has not penetrated deep enough in, the white man so" that he can con- vey it to `•°others." Thus, we find- a world in revolt against "imperialism," "exploitation," I my brother's keeper?", this matter has plagued the peoples of the earth. We find the "white brother over against the black brother in Rhodesia, America, and South Africa. ' We oftentimes evenfind "religious reasons". for this state of affairs. " In Chifla the white ' •man -•is written off as a "rank capitalist." In' the Congo the first victims of the deluge'" • were "white bro- thers" from Europe and the Am- ericas. You would almost think that our opening remark was the Truth and must remain as Stich. Yet, if we are in sympathy with the Biblical injunctions in regard to "our brothers," we find these brothers everywhere, under all climes and in the; midst of all nations. God de- creed that Love, .His .Love, should be invoked in the rela- tion of one -brother to another, whether white, black, brown or dusky. - The whole matter turas oar our regard for God. If we understand aright the Creation of the world all men came out from .God. He did not create the first-rate,, the !second-rate and the third-rate MAN but created all equal and in His Own Image. When Ile sent Jesus Christ outinto all- the world it was to all the world, and this is certainly testified to n our Negro Spriituals, our great Reformation hymns, our study of itis Word. If all men, are in, the same relationship to the Creator "then all men -are meant toe be .bro- thers, There can be no top nor bottom, no superior - nor infer- ior. There certainly are levels of education, evolvement in political spheres, cultural stand- ard{;, but these. "do not debase the foundational truth . that all, in the sight of God, are equal, thus brothers. When we compare the univer- sity centres of Great Britain or Germany with those of Tanzania or Indonesiia, there is a vast difference; the same is true when we contrast the politics of Canada or the U.S.A. with those of Ghana or Nigeria; and, we brother. It is through God's intercession in Christ„ that we have our minds 'cleared and know that these black men, brownmen, yellow Men and white men are all brothers. , Universal brotherhood can be achieved by Faith. It becomes a necessity to lay our lives at the feet of Jesus and make our- selves obedient to His principles. Once safely invested in the Faith of Christ Crucified this world takes on a totally different hue. It is that difficult step of tak- ing Christ as Saviour that must come first, then, in? the- open realization that wenare all one do we move toward complete brotherhood. It is the most worthy goal, but, first, let us get right with God ourselves before launching into the sights of "others:" Foresters Greet ith Top Official It The regular meeting or Court L1901' Canadian Order of For- esters, 'vas held- Wednesday night with the new president, Eleanor ;Fiaher presiding. Bill Bennett, Seaforth, intro- dueed Norman Hill; Brantford, the newly appointed Fraternal Representative, to' the members. A means of making money far the retarded adult's workshop was discussed. Plans were made for the an- nual spring dance , in April. Canvassers were chosen to col- lect for the annual cancer drive. A successful card party was held Saturday night with 12 tables of ."500" in play. Winners were Mrs.''- Charlie Mills and Gerry Ginn. Consol- ation prizes went to Mrs. Albert Durst and Frank Baer. Winner of the lucky draw On' a bushel of apples was Mrs. Charlie Mills. ' T. PRYDE & SON Memorials Finest Stone and `Experienced Workmanship Frank MCiiWaIf• DISTRICT ' I�EF�RESE•NT,ATIVE 524-7861 or 200 Gibbons St.— 524=465 batt AIto15LIE`S MEAT' 5 ECI :ALS rn Q.