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Crhd riich Signal -Star, Thursday, April 2.B, 1Kifi
ditorials...
GRIM FINANCIAL. PICTURE
'Goderich residents are faced
with the. ,unsavoury prospect of
� pr p _ tax
hi e;a dl wing the next LL two , town
budgets.
We, are on the verge 'of 'a pro-
g.>aa .gin of massive expenditures *which
can do nothing but increase the bur-
den thrust on local taxpayers..
There is little hope of a popula-
tion explosion to counteract . the
grim financial picture by providing
more pockets from which to extract
the money. _
Town council had no .other re-
course . this year but to raise. both.
residential and industrial mill rates
to meet soaring expenditures.
The projected financial picture
for the next two years is even
'gloomier.
Two major projects, an addition
to the high school and a new sewage
treatment plant, were not even ' in-
cluded in the 1966 $1,000,000 plus
expenditures.
They will, however, be major
items on the town's budgets during
• 1967 and 1968.
Unfortunately we find our-
selves in the -position where we are
• being constantly jostled to provide
the most up-to-date service with a
population which has stagnated for
years.
Mayor Frank Walkom and
council members have the unenv i- -
able task of local politicians of turn-
ing Goderich into one of the highest -
..taxed municipalities Canada.
_-- . The -tab for -the annual`party"•
is growing each year yet the number
of people ---asked to chip -in remains
the same.
Goderich's Industrial Commis-
sion provides the one slim chance
the town has of hn�' esca ithis eco-
nog ici stranglehold.
A- breakthrough on, the indus
trial .cont would mean relief from
the tax burden. ._
Tihe location of one new indus-
try here could lessen the strain on
our individual purse strings as we
struggle along in the name of pro-
gress;
•(construction costs involved in
the . new .high . school wing and sew-
age
e«-age plant would appear negligible in
a city.
j Down °Mcn,orys Lane
Unfortunately we have only
6,700 residents to foot the hil
At no,other time in the history
of ` Goderich. has, the small popula-
tion created such a mammoth prob-
lem for town council as it wrestles
with the budget.
Even ten years ago town coun-
cil was reported to he "alarmed -at
its own helplessness" to avoid a
drastic increase in" the mill,rate; •
At that time, with a slightly
lower population, town hal.:officials
were faced with' far less }'costs than
they are today.
Provincial and federal grants
have been raised but not suffliently
to match the rising costs. of con-
struction and maintenance.
We are slowly slipping into the
"slough of inertia" caused* ky an
apparent inability_ to expand..
The time has come once again
to repeat our request for council to
hire a ,full -tilde industrial commis-
sioner.
• We cannot allow ourselves to sit
. back and watch high-powered sales-
men snatch potential industries
from our grasp.'
The money involved for such
an official must only be a mere drop
in the bucket in comparison to the
potential economic shot in the arm
for our community.
This is. the era . of wheeler-
dealers and the Sooner we wake.
up to this fact the sooner we can
--do-sortie l *g--abou it. _.
We need a full-time industrial
commissioner .with a sizeable ex-
pelise account. to. literally sell us to
prospective 'industries.
The name of Goderich should•
be made as well known to indus-
trialists as the name of the favorite
washing powder is to their wives.
No longer 'should Goderich
natives look down on outsiders. We`
shoul d Ybe, prepared to welcome them
to thiA community.
Y
After all we need them to help,b
pay our mounting bills so we can
have municipal progress without
personal poverty.
We have been kicked where it
hurts ... in our 'pocket books. Let
us not sit back and apathetically
''take further financial punishment.''
- LACK OF DIPLOMACY
Town council members showed
a surprising lack of diplomacy by
boosting their personal payments
at the same time as they announced
a, tax hike.
The wage increase itself is
justified but the tinging of the act
must be faulted.
There is considerably • more
work in' olved in the town's business
than most voters realize.
Time• spent at council and com-
mittee meetings makes up" only a
fraction of the. total hours involved.
For these reasons alone the in-
crease in payments, was justified.
Yet, on the eve cif a major tax
increase, .after 'making serious at-
tempts to prtme expenditures, coun-
cil suddenly feels members should
receive more money. •
The- amount involved may be
peanuts in the total budget, yet one
cannot help 'wondering who ' suf.-
fered cutbacks to meet council's
wage demands. " ••
By its action, council has placed
itself in the position of the house-
wife who carefully . budgets the
'housekeeping only. to splurge part
of the savings on a new hat.
PURGE- IN THE CBC
(The Montreal Star)' '•
The latest outburst of CBC
management — the purge conducted
against the producers and - staff of
the TV program "This Hour Has
Seven Days" — is typical of the
faults described (1) in the Glassco
Commission, (2) the President's
Study Group, and (3) the Fowler
Committee . report. A sterile man-
agen'lent is completely out of touch
with its creative staff.
General Manager Walker's .,hit-
ter• complaint that the "Seven Days."
people are "disloyal" to the CBC is
tr
Established
1848
f'15',"
YearsAgo1
91
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Petitions for sanitary sowers
on Br vee street between Vic-
terla and North streets, on Keays
street between 'Britannia road
and Blake street, and en Bruce
street between 'Nat street and
Waterloo,' street were received
by tewn council and referred to
the public works committee-
Jos. —Da—Willer was the 'pur-
chaser of ' the Yule property,
.corner : Of Caiii'bria,;-,.goad and
Park' street at' an auetien sale.
Qfeers'of the Goderich Rural
Telephcaie Company, reported
Plat 1wo .01 .chair- pales in,<Col-
borne Township had been tern
out by'indals.
.A4 uteetingi was 'called in the
local YMCA with,, the purpose
of forming a town football.
league. °
St: COMP'S ,Day was. celebrat-
ed in;,Goderich by�,the hoisting
the `flag outside 'the Bank . of
Corn'inerce. .
rt°' was "announced that the
lion. A, R G. MacKay, was to ad-
dress .a pwulie meetingihere.
°Goder ich Horticultural Socie-
ty distributed 7,700' bulbs and
plants 'among its metiers.
The Kensington• furniture fac-
tory resumed operations here.
The departure of -the steamer
J. A. Me,Kee marked the end
'of the winter fleet for° the sea-
son.
15 Years,,Ago--1951.
After years of- trying to gain
permission from the CNR to
cross its tracks with a proposed
read on the -.north side of the
harbbr, town council decided to
apply some pressure for ,action.
.4t' was agr eeu that unless the
CNR acted promptly the town
should take the matter to the
court of arbitration.
Goderich Commission was
reported to have shown a net
profit of $21,354 during 1950.
The Torontb Globe and , Maii re-
ported • the ` RCS'' planned an
$800,000 -"building program for
the town of Goderich: An offic-
ial at the Clinton camp could
not confirm the story and went
as•.=as-:wto.say:,: ``Thisp art of
the country is a dead loss be-
cause of too many days of ad-
verse flying, weather here.
E -Cardiff-was honored at
the 25th anniversary of the
North Huron Plowmen's Associ-
ation in tile Hotel' Clinton.
John Fisher, Toronto CBC per-
sonality, said Canadians were
too cautious,when'he addressed
a ` muting of the Knox Church
Men's Club. '
McKenzie, principal of Presby"
terian College, Montreal, return-
ed to his home .church at Ash-
field as guest speaker.
Ina recent election of bench-
ers of the Law Society of Upper
Canada, R. C. ' Hays, K.C., was
elected ffgr the fourth time to
become a life member.
5i ?a gagging mere ,reeeeiv
ed at the Goderieh Elevator
within one week.
Dungannon Agricultural So
clety announced plans for a
stage show to be• held at the
local agricultural hall.
Wilfred Peachey received a
leg injury at the Purity Flour
MW. '
10 Years Ago -1956
The contract for landscaping
Court House Park, at a east of
$4,475, was awarded to Charles
ii_ay of Zurich at a senting of
town council.
Alarmed by its own helpless-
ness to avoid a record eight 'mill
increase in the tax rate, council
appealed to the provincial and
federal governments for financ-
ial aid.
Mayor J. E. ' Huckins said the
only relief • for the fawn's tax
burden lay in a plan to attract
new industries ,here,
Five Ships delivered a total
of 958,000 bushels of grain to
Gederich Elevator and Transit
Company.
Work was started on an under-
ground• line to provide better
long-distance telephone service
between Goderich and London.
The plan -involved the eventual
removal of hundreds of < tele-
phone, poles.
Ashfield township school area
board announced it would close
.three rural schools.
One Year "Ago -1965
Department of Municipal Af-
fairs' officials in Toronto refus-
ed to accept the budget set by
town council because of an in-‘
complete .auditor's report.
The Salvation •Army launched
its annual Red 'Shield campaign
with the target set at $4,400.
Janes McKenzie, a former
world highland -dancing champ-
ion from Scotland, thrilled local
youngsters with `a display in 'the
Knox "Presbyterian Church hall.
More than 150 , attended' the
annual inter -club banquet at the
Legion hall with' Mayor Frank
Walkom reviewing the• services
of the four clubs involved.
Dr. A. C. Forrest, editor of
the United • Church .Observer,
was the guest speaker at the
133rd anniversary service held
" The Right Reverend F. Scott .at North Street, United Chun eh.
Dear Ann Landers: Is it pos-
sible that a. person can brin
on the hiccups, in order to get
9ut of a elm. that is boring
him? My boy friend does not
like concerts, the opera, lec-
tures or sad movies. Also,. he
does note care very much for
aur minister. Whenever he
must sit through something', that
does not interest, him he gets
the hiccups and excuses him-
self. .
J notice that he never gets the
hiccups when he is watching
„Batman or a cowboy movie.
Also, he never gets the hiccups
during a poker game or a foot-
ball game or when he is at the.
something. that needs more defini-
tion than it has got.
If disloyalty means nothing
more than that all reasonable con-.
tact'between the producers and the
isolatedv management in ,Ottawa
has been lost, the fault does nbt
necessarily lie with the program-
ming people. Management, it may
well be, does not know what it is all
about.
The Prime Minister and his
colleagues now .have ,a golden op-
portunit to move in.
•• P 11Slih ;Year ' of
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c aces.
He insists that it is not pos-
sible to bring on the hiccups
but I am suspicious. Please
give me the facts. Also any
suggestions you might have to
out -fox him.---BAM BOOZLED.
Dear. Bam: The hiccups can
.be brought on at will, but not
everyone can .do it. It's a rare
talent—like wiggling your ears.
Carry a paper, bag in your
purse. When Foxy starts to hic,
hand him the paper bag and
ask him to breathe in it for a
few minutes. If he won't try ,it,
your suspicions are well -founds
ed! -
:s:
Dear Ann Landers: After 14
years:. of what°,I thought was a
wonderful marriage I found out
that my husband was having an
affair. T 'was angry, hurt and
humiliated.
. I discussed the situation with
fr/.'ands and they all agreed that
Stanley was a rat and I should
divorce him. I went to a law-
yer and started proceedings.
'When Stanley heard from my
lawyer he begged nide, for an-
other chance. He made me see
that divorce was not the answer
and that we really belonged to-
gether. Our children . were, so
happy when they heard the di-
vorce was off' that they wept.
Now I realize that -the people
I thought were my friends were
really trouble makers. I am
also mad at the lawyer. He is
a money -hungry devil interested
Only, in a fee. • Not once did
he suggest reconsiliation.
Our marriage is stronger now
than ever, but I shudder to
think of what my "friends" and
a rotten lawyer tried to do to
me, Please warn others not to
•
fall into ill,- same trap:—FAITH-
FUL READER.
Dear Reade;-: That's right,
Lady — blame your friends,
blame the lawyer, blame every-
body but yourself.
If you've been reading this
column faithfully, as "your sig-
nature suggests, You should
have known. better. I've pub-
lished dozens o_ f letters from sor-
dowing wives who-. blabbed .to
"frien`ds"' and- ranto- lawyers,
and insisted on amputation when
a bandage might have done the
job.
I'm printing your letter in
the hope that others will learn
from YOU what you failed to
learn from others.
* - * •
Confidential to What's In A
Name?: There might be plenty
of trouble in the name you are
using since it doesn't belong to
you. I agree it has a nice ring
to it, but the ring that you
need is one you can put on your
finger.
Messages From, The Word
intellectual and emotional
straight. Do you mean that
we can accept an idea logic-
ally, but not -realm► believe
in it?
Yes. Theologians have al-
ways taught that God is a
Spirit without body, parts
or passions. • They have put
forward. evidences.- never
proofs,__ always "evidences"
--or the existence of God.
.Still this is , all logic and
intellect which is fine .so
long as science and cglture
remain fairly static. As
soon as the whole founda-
tion begins to shake; as in
astronomy, 4 space travel,
the racial struggle, the
Communist revolution and
so on, then we find that a
logical assertion ,. is only
skin deep. It has no heart!
I have heard it said recent-
ly• that we Christiangr are
losing our nerve. Does this
'mean that pur Iogical
foundation has collapsed
lnd we haven't the faith
to rebuild . it? Maybe it
would be more correct to
say that the Church hasn't
had 'a deeply, rooted faith
for a long time. We have
been living on the interest
{►f our •forefathers' invest-
ment, in faith.
I think you 'have analysed
the problem quite well.
That's why I think we must
be very careful in dour criti-
cisms of the "God is dead"
theologians. They are try-
ing, as I said, to be brut-
ally honest about their own
Feelings. If we just go 'on
the defensive, we may suc-
ceed only in kidding our-
selves into thinking that if
we ignore the problem, it
will go away.
But doesn't it say some-
where in the Bible that we
have to believe even tho-
ugh we dull understand?
Ohe of the Resurrection
sayings is: "Blessed—are
theywho have not seen and .
=et have----beReved: We
cannot see the relationship
these days between • "the
faith once delivered" and
our modern -Wobld-view. Of
course it isn't the first time
in history that Christians
}rave had to hang on by
a very thin rope. -
Do you think 'we can hang
on? ,. -.
Yes, but not if we get too
excited. You mustn't shout
too much if you have to
hang on to a precarious
position. What we chiefly
need is quiet courage and
• By -Rev. G. G. Russell,
St. George's Anglican Church
GOOD TALK
(ietween a Parish Priest and a
Faithful' Parishioner)
P.P. I hear that God is dead.
P.P. Oh, 1 think he is still very
much alive--
F.P. Why would 0a- Christian
theologian propound such a
theory? _
R.P. I think it is an attempt to
be brutally honest with
one's own feelings, We Are
so very "science -centred"
Joday.. r; has suddenly be=
come apparent that we can-
• not put either God or hea-
ven into the ,physical uni-
verse.
F.P. Didn't people know that
long time ago?
P.P. _;hey knew Lein'tellectually,
but it had not made an
emotional irlipaet on them.
Till the invention of the
atom bomb we didn't know
-how far .we had gene. Sud-:
denly we are overwhelmed
with the,, knowledge that
we have lost our bearings.
F.P. I don't see why man is so,
much more "lost" than ever
before.
h,P. For one thing; astronom-
ers are now looking at light
which left its source ten
billion years ago. ,titan and
the earth are pretty tiny
in the vastness of space
and time. For another
thing, blot of . our sociol-
ogical and cultural struc-
tures have crumbled. The
world is a maze of ideol-
')gieal confusions. We prize
our British and Europe n
heritage; but now we ha&e
to fit in Oriental and Af-
rican, (not to mention Com-
munist) ideas into our total
picture of life. Let's face
-the fact that up untila few
years ago we didn't really
feel. that colored people
had_a.ny.,h..gher goals --in- life
than to be `hewers of wood
and drawers, of water." Oh,
we would argue for them
intellectually and 'say that
we are all equal in the
sight of 'God; but the emo-
tional impact had not hit
me get this bit about
,y us.
FSP. Let
LEITER TO THE
EDITOR
OUR HOSPITAL — LIFE'S
SANCTUARY
Of •all the wonders of the world'
to see. ;we dream and scheme,
there is nothing quite as wond-
erful-
as a place we all have been.
Unsurpassed by visiial deity
befrilling, our senses, '4
bespeaks the mystery of life,
from hence irall commences.
Gifted, hands and gifted hearts
this euurtof life enthrones,
thresholds first and final breaths,
God's physician' chaperones.
Here our pains and sighs find
• comfort,
ill and broken bodies mend,
in sentry of alerted eyes, •
who direct with guided hand.
Clothed in simple verticals
acts wisdom- of the ages -
a `hospital in every town
life's survival wages.•
SIGRID CAMPBELL.
P.P.
F.P.
P.P.
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F.P.
P ;P,
F.P.
P.P.
patience.
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May 1 ---. Easter 3
0 30 a.m.--Holy Communion
11:Oi1ba.m.—Holy Communion.
(Nursery for Pre -School Chlldr•n)
Sunday School at 10.and 11
Sermon: L.S.D. vs. Christian Ecstasy"
5:00 p.m.—Service withdrawn.
7:00 p.m:—The. Laying -on -of -hands. (com-
monly called Confihnetion) will be ad-
ministered by the Rt. Rev.- H. F: Apple-
,. yard, Bishop of Georgian Bay. Reception
after in parish hall:
Rector: REV. G. G. RUSSELL, BA., B.D.-
Mr, B. Kempster, Organist and Choirmaster
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
North Street United Church
SUNDAY, MAY 1st
10:00 a.m. Senior Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Kindergarten — Primary Dept.
11:00 a.m, Morning Worship
WELCOME
The Rev. J. Donald MacDonald, B.Sc., B.D.--Minister
'Mr. Lance Reed, organist and Choir Director
Knox Presbyterian Church
THE `REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A., Minister
William Cameron, Director of Praise
SUNDAY, MAY, 1st.
10:00 a:m. Church School
.._19:1 aan: Bible Oiass
-11:00 'a.m. .Divine Worship
"Go ... Enquire ... Concerning ... The Book"
LAYMEN'S SERVICE
(Nursery and Junior Congregation)
7:30 p.m. Young ,People's Society
ENTER* TO WORSHIP , - DEPART,.TO SERVE,
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Victoria Sfreet United Church
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
It "Our Money and the Church"
1:30 p.m. Benmiller: Church and Sunday School
REV_ HUGH C. WILSON, Minister
MRS. J. SNIDER, Organist
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
Montreal" "Street Near The Square
10:00, a.m. — Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship
7:00 p.m.—Evening Worship
Everyone Welcome
Minister:'REV. HENRY de VRIES, Phone 524-8792
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Corner Victoria and Park Streets
9:50 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship Service.
O.
7:00 p.m. Evangelistic ,Servide
Rev, R. L. Gordon, of Clarksburg, Ont., in charge
Wed., 7.30 p.m. — Prayer Meeting avid Bible Study.
THE SALVATION- ARMY
CAPTAIN and MRS. ROY WO?ABOLD
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Family Worship
7:00 p.m. Salvation Meeting
EVERYONE WELCOME
,Bethel Pentecostal' Tabernacle
Corner of Elgin and Waterloo Sts.
REV. ROBERT CLARK, Pastor
SUNDAY, MAY 1st -
10:00 a.m. Sunday School Classes for all ages.
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
7:30 p.m. Evangelistic Service
Fri. 8:00 p.m. — Young People's Service
Each Sunday, 5:30 p.m. Hear Jack West over station
C-N,L-O, St. Thomas
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
SUNDAY, MAY lst
SUNDAY SERVICES
10:00 a.m. Sunday School ' ---- . Ride the Bus.-- 524-7622
11:00 a.mo•MORNING SERVICE
7:30 p.m. EVENING SERVICE
Wed., 7:30 p,m. Romans verse by verse.
Pastor: REV. T. LESLIE HOBBINS, B.A.
"A Warm Welcome To All"
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