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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-06-16, Page 2Goderich Signal -Star," Thur day, Jude 16. 1966 it-oruals .. . Thisnewspaper has been asked to take ,'stand on the building pro- gram at Alexandra Marine and Gen- eral Hospital. It iso a matter that should Piave been attended to some time ago. Coming -at -a time when the ptb- lic subscription 'campaign has reach- ed. $97,000 of its $109,214 objective, the- request was a surprise. It seemed to• be amply evident that there was no question .that The Signal -Star was whole-heartedly in' support of the addition to the hos- pital, and the manner in which funds to finance the project were being, gathered. - Front page stories, pictures and the prominent weekly display of the thermometer, depicting the stateof the public subscription campaign, seemed to be ample evidence of this. Apparently it was too subtle a demonstration of the good will this paper has for the campaign and the building program. And from re- ports, no entirely convincing. The, campaign committee is not "� in any way unhappy about the pro- gress. it has made toward raising the $109,214 as part of the total cost of $812,877. It is confident that the goal will be reached. Yet it admits .dismay with some of the arguments that canvassers have been meeting in thein rounds. The argument it 4 takes most seriously follows the general line "What do we need a new hospital for ... if you do get sick the hospital sends you to London." The hospital does not send any - Arguments Against Hospital Not Valid Taxes are high enough now the committee feels. Besides, it reports, at least half the money collected t4 date has come from individuals and organizations which are not ori the tax rolls of Goderich or its sur- rounding municipalities, Add it to taxes? Seaforth, a town with less than half the popula- tion of Goderich and comparatively little industry raised $200,000 in public subscription for a new hos- pital there. If Goderich cannot come forth with slightly.more than half . that amount it will be a shameful thing. "The governments (federal, pro- vincial) should pay for the hospital," goes another argument. That is right. The fact must be accepted the governments do not pay the full cost: They are paying $278,466. • Questions have also been asked on why the old chronic ward was demolished. The ` only ans*er the committee can -give, and it does not seem unreasonable, is that this area of the hospital was no longer useful for active treatment. These, , are some of the reasons individuals give for not wanting' to contribute to the building campaign. "None of them a~cald:._._ _ ._- • The committee did -discover some significant ' details " in their study of complaints about the hos- pital. • Ninety-nine per cent of the complaints concerned the meals at the hospital arid the steps leading to the main entrance. body anywhere. A patient's doctor No ' complaints were received may feel_ that the care required is about the medical care, the accom- • beyond facilities here, and the 'doe- modation or the ,personnel.. tor recommends the transfer. . , With the new addition the main It is a matter of record .that entrance steps will be eliminated. transfers from Alexandra Marine Meals will be conveyed to. patients •and General Hospital are decreas- in wheeled, heated cabinets. They ing. As facilities are modernized should, be fresher, more appealing, and expanded there is every reason Next week the campaign 'moves to expect they will decrease further. ' into a door-to-door grind. Citizens Anot• her argument canvassers who have questions about the build - meet is that the cost of the hospital ing programshould not 'hesitate to addition should be added to muni- ' ask those questions. They should be cipal property taxes. ready to' accept a "fair answer.. Strike Ends,: Community Citizens of Goderich can be pleased and relieved 'that the strike of the United Brotherhood of Car- penters and Joiners - of America against Goderich Manufacturing Co, Ltd. has' been settled. It -was the longest and ,probably the most costly strike in Goderich's, history. Its economic repercussions throughout, the community cannot be accurately, measured:. The strike bordered on -becom- ing so openly bitter that it involved the .whole community. It ' had brief moments of violence. Individual- union members were guilty. of harrassment. Management made attempts at coercion. . None of these, however, are new tactics and after the heat of the 'disagreement dissipates should be,at,least-forgiven, if not -forgotten. In: several cases formal charges have been laid. There has been sug- gestion that these charges . will ' be withdrawn now that the strike has been resolved. That is a matter f r the court to pertit or not. , • It would be'•fatuous `to suggest that the individuals involved in the dispute will go back to work side by side as if no strike .had happened. Union negotiators were pleased with the settlement reached. They feel that their real victory, if it can he so considered, was in the acquisi- Pleased and Relieved tion of a measure of 'union security. and a classification system. These were the key points in the negotiations, and the points on which they foundered, leading to the strike. . • • ° There are other- items that -will mean added cost of -operation to the company. And it has the right to expect—to use an old catch .phrase —a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. Three of the majorettes from Sentinelles of Ville Jacques Cartier, Quebec, a marching band that will appear as part of Expo '67 amateur entertainment program, are shown at the construction site of one of the Expo bandshells with Expo hostess Monica Campbell of Chester, N.S. In back- ground is construction on British Pavilion, own._ Mennory's Lane 55 YRaa, * Ago -1911 Sgt. -Maj. Hession with a party of Q411141=0 corps men arrived from London on Tuesday as the first advance darty of the mili- tary camp to be held at .trip's June ' 19 to 30. Other ad- vance parties will arrive on Fri- day and Saturday. On Corona- tion Day (June 22nd) it is likely that the troop,, will celebrate the crowning' of King George- In some manner. Col. 'Hodgins, D.O.C. promised that the people of the town and vicinity will have an opportunity of seeing the troops parade. This event may possibly be on Coronation v • }toy. Alfred Brown, who comes to Goderioh with the opening of the conference year in July to assume the pastorate of North Street Methodist Church, is "an able 'pulpit orator of command- ing presence and good voice. 15 Years Ago -1951 The contract for paving High- way 21 between Bayfield and Goderich was awarded at the beginning ofthis month. The Goderich Saddle Club has arranged a comprehensive pro- gram fo:• Dominion Day, July 2nd, in Goderich with a parade and children's sports in the morning and a 'field day in the afternmo at Agricultural Park. Besides saddle rolls, with many events for boys and girls, there will be three harness races with $200. purses fpr each race. The Huron County Coin:Icil, Messages From The Word THE -'G0DI RICH-._MINISTERIAL_.A.SSOCIA.T.IO-N. Rev. G. L. Royal Knox Presbyterian Church Matthew Arnold once wrote, "think clear, feel deep, acid bear fruit well." This can be true Christianity. We •are giveiu brains—let us use them to the glory of God. We have been armed with an ability to serve— let us give of ourselves for God and man. First of all, what, about our heads? Do we think clearly when it comes to serving- God? Do we bring our bestbrains to' bear on the problems of .this. age? What does the Christian say when someone :declares, "God is dead' Do we just let it lie or do we pick up the torch and testify to the Living God? Can man's reason really legislate God out of existence? Or, are we unwilling to face - up to the de- mands of God upon us in an af- fluent,' crisis -ridden world? Do we not believe that God .has granted us a free will and that this . same -fre'e will can get us The wood working industry is the oldest in the Queen's Bush area. Being so long . established it has shown a tendency to live in the ways of the past. - Goderich Manufacturing in giv- ing its employees this contract has taken steps beyond those standards. It could lead to a new attitude toward collective bargaining in the wood working industry, riot only, i theory, but also in practice. It is - too far away to contemn- plate , but the day will come in all industry when the collective agree- ment will be as common a document as' a newspaper, and as -easily gained. - When that time arrives •• ' labor and management will no longer be antagonists and_ the world will be living in a different form of society than we know today. Established 1848 Jt ,� F� ��� ���� 119th Year o• f' (iii t - Publication --{p-- The Bounty Town Newspaper of Huron --0— Ptabliohed at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday scorning by Signal -Star Publishing Limited ROBERT G. SHRIER - R: W. KEARNS President and Publisher Managing Editor S. F. HILLS, Plant Supt. E �. A♦ Member of C WN.A., O.W.N.A. and . A.B.C. v O Subscription 'Rates'45 a Year--iTo U.S.A. $6 (in advance) • Authorized as Second Clash, Mail, Post Office Dept:, • Ottawa and for Payment of Postage in Cash. x"` into a pack of trouble? If, and we believe it is a fact, we do possess a free will then the +harnessing, the'- con- trolling, the ordering of this free will becomes a monstrous responsibility for man. When our f, ee will pis detached from a belief in an all -supreme. Deity we speed into tormented waters and -destroy our crafts on ,the. doctrines- of nothingness. God gave us a free will so that we might freely- `turn ' to Him, voluntarily, In accordance with our own decision, or, reject Him outright '.and reap the in- evitable harvest. The late Emil Brunner wrote a book in the late 1940's called, "Revelation and Reason," and in it he sought to +harmonize the two. His main thesis was that God has given you and me a "brain" and that this '-"brain" was capable of dealing wi.the "openings of God unto man." • God revealed the secret; of atoinic power and bestowed ANN INDER$ Dear Ann Landers: I am writ- ist? I think the world could use more folks who are wining to put forth• the extra time and energy to do . things right. I had an argument with friends who claim the 'perfec- tionist makes life miserable for everyone • around him. Why should this be? Wouldn't a per- fectionist be easier to take than a lackadaisical,, sloppy type who throws, things together, Waves jobs unfinished, always shows up late and takes no pride in his work? Comment, please— PUZZLED. F, Dear Puzzled: Don't allow antics with semantics to ,mis- lead you. ^What your friends are talking about' is the person whose demands on himself, . as well as on ' others, are out- rageous. Such a person. often theta n l h the ing this letter in the hope that the 22 -year-old girl who is run- ning around with 'my husband will read it and give him back to his family. My husband started to see this tramp just before Christmas. He spent the 'weekend with her and then tock her out New Year's• Eve while I sat at home, worryingmyseTf sick that some- thing terrible had happened 'to him. • . The girl knows he is married and the father of five children but that doesn't bother her. I had a talk with her several eeks ago and she told me I should consider Myself lucky that my husband is aying with me and paying. m bills instead of walking. out—the way some husbands do. What, is wrong with a person like that? Is she out of her head? What can a middle-aged wife do to protect • herself against the wiles of, a young sex -pot? This sort of thing seems to be happening more and more and I'd like your views.—TWO,- TIMED. Dear Two -Timed: Wake up and smell the ,coffee, Your husband doesn't want protection. He wants tb- run around' - like --a. darned fool. Your letter sdggests you think the girl chloroformed the little darling and dragged .him off. And your plea that she, give him' back to his family *further suggests that a man can be handed back to' his family because -some tomato sends him back. He goes ,back only if he becomes sick, exhausted, • sud- denly rational, conscience strick- en—or bored. And, it helps if he finds the door.. -at home open and, beside the door, a wife who is willing to forgive and forget. a Dear Ann Landers: 'What is wrong with being'- perfection- 0� C-• Meeting on, Tuessday,filled the 'mittenitten of county clerk, Made vacant by the death of Norman W. Miller in March, by appoint- ing 'county treasurer A. H. Erskine to fill the a °position of clerk treasurer. - 10 Years Aye ---=1956 Work s tar t•e d Wednesday afternoon on the paving of High- way 8 from Walnut Street 'to The Square. - The job was to start Monday but the contractor, F. 4. Stonehouse & Son Ltd. of Sarnia, was held up by rain,. The plants of Dominlod Road Machinery.. Co. Ltd., are going full blast . to keep pace with orders <3 fur the completely re- designed line of Champion motor graders and contractors have re- ceived the 1956 models with enthusiasm and orders have ex- ceeded ,expectations. The com- pany now employs over 125 ,men here. upon man the necessary brain- power to cope with- it, but, if man's free will is detached from a faith in God that atomic power will bring about man's final downfall and destruction. As Paul so clearly asserts ware to seek 'the "rendwal of our minds" in Jesus Christ. Do we use our minds for the glory, -'of God? . Secondly, Matthew Arnold's dictum urges us -to "feel deep." The cold, calculating, uncon- cerned person is all too . com- mon today. He has not the makeup for tears and anything that tastes of - "emotions" is considered "soft." Even in mourning there- is a hard belief that to show brief is uncom- plimentary to man. Yet, the Lord built us.,that way. Our own Saviour was swept up into a gigantic emotion when He view- ed the perishing Jerusalem and He was grief-stricken when He heard of Lazarus' death. Even 'with the knowledge He possessed concerning the Resur- 1 Year Ago -1965 Letter to The Editor, Dear Sir: - • I would like to comment on the letter signed', "Interested' Young Person," I think the re- quest for a roller-skating rink is quite in order. Other neigh- boring communities seem to 'be considering our young people by providing such facilities. Thera is no reason why they should have to drive thirty-five miles to enjoy a little clean recreation. If the arena is -not available for roller-skating, why not cover part of the parking lot near the grandstand w!th.eoncrete? Sure- ly in a town this size, there are others interested in the welfare of our future citizens. -An- other Interested Person. County Council's latest move in its effort to obtain special parking rights -for its officials and employees is to confront G.od.era ch .. ,council.- ,.with .a -_1953, agreement signed and sealed pro- viding twoblock long areas on court house,. park, five' days - a week. - becomes so hung . up on that he drives everyo t wan. The perfectionist, in the end, winds up the ,most miserable of all because he -is never satisfied. Shakespeare,• wrote, "No per- fection is 'so absolute that some impurity cloth -not pollute." And herein lies the rub. ' rection He still was able to feel personal loss and to sympathize with Mary and Martha. Our day revels -in a Stoic hardiness that despises•.the simple acts of kind- ness and turns the heart from the suffering multitudes. When we read of the parable of -the Good Sarf'ari�tan we will- °too often 'see ourselvesin:-the--priest and Levite who "passed by on the other side of the road." There is no feeling for human- ity. The misfortunes - of "others" mean only little to us. There is an urgent 'responsi- bil'ity w"rki•ng within us not to get involved in the troubles of someone else. If we "feel deep" then the world is our mission field and no man can be divorced from our compassion. The world has laid a claim upon our gen- erosicy, understanding and of- lection—will- we "feel deep". and lend a helping hand? 'The final injunction is "to bear fruit well." These are not necessarily big ,act's of altruism or benefiscence. It is the' little things that so often count. It is in the family circle, the business dealings, the classroom encount- ers, the round of pleasures. It• is the frail vessel of man meet- ing mar.. The old theologians tell us that we- live in a vertical - horizontal relationship. There is the vertical .confrontation of a' map with his God ,and working out from that -point there is the horiz8ntal responsibility of a man to his brother. M 'Little room is left for the pet- tiness that obsesses so many of us—we have a vast concern for everyone. John Stanton show ed'thls remarkably in his associa- tion with his younger brother, Kenneth. The young man' began to fail and John stood., beside him. When Kenneth took to a wheelchair John pushed 'him everywhere and waited on him constantly. When Kenneth took to his bed John watched over him and was often up a 'dozen times a night to - tend , hiis 'brother'ssufferings. When Kenneth died John despatched a telegranit to a friend in a far country. The telegram simply said; "Kenneth walked again today." John Stanton's life was one that bore fruit well—he did it not for .pub- lieity- '.he did it out of love. Can we love So ,much as to bear fruit 4 Dear Ann: I was so happy when I read your advice to'that, idiot who ' suggested that the neighbor have his dog debarked. A friend of- ours did that to his dog and it is just heart- breaking. I hate to go to their house bernuso I can't bear to see the poor creature sitting on the porch trying desperately to bark. Ali he can do is make a -few pathetic sounds. Thanks for your wise advice. You came through 'again and I love you for it.—ANN FAN. Dear Pam The dogs love me, too! This week's mail con- tained a letter from a poodle, a terrier and a "brown' mutt of dubious parentage.", Please for, give the bragging, but whom p - Letters To The Editor Sir: In last week s Signa{ -Star, one headline . aslted "Is Goderich Really the Prettiest Town in Caanda?" On another front page our town council was dis- cussing underground wiring. One counoilior stated that Gode- rich should have a standard subdivision agreement that would include installation of all underground s e r v i c' a s. The P.U4C. manager said the extra cost - of underground wiring makes it too expensive to be installed as a matter of. course. In 'Goderich, it would cost about four times as much as overhead wiring, he said. In Chatham it costs six times as much and in Sudbury 15 times as much. It is unfortunate the photographer didn't take pictures of overhead wiring on Bruce Street near the `Museum and underground wir- ing on Victoria Street north to the golf club hill. natural beauty of Goderich. It is these things along .wit wholesome recreation - and th encouragement of cultural arts that att,tact industries to your town. °I would suggest that you ap- proach your metober of parlia- ment to get you the foots rela- tive to underground wiring, in- cluding Australia. - JOSIE G. SAUND'KRS, Goderich. Years ago, a, highly qualified engineer from M e l b our n e, Australia, came to Canada to see how wp did things. He spent several 4, weekends with us, - so we had the opportunity of learning many things. He brought with him some beauti- fully illustrated books. One was the city of Melbourne. It was all underground wiring. He told me it cost more to install, but once 'installed the system paid for itself over a period of time. Melbourne had long conduits, through which were installed the wafer system, the sewage system and the hydro system. A man from Europe told me a few days ago that about eight cities in Europe all had under- ground' wiring. . ' Goderich haq an opportunity to. .show .-visitors.. , and-., tourists around Goderich with a beau- tiful driveway, .a o nd the old and new se tleri Let us show some initiative to enhance the Sir: "' 'I write with refereneiPto your report on a Maitland Manor patient in your issue of April 28, 1966. The report -states that: —'-'(1) When a patient was first brought there last year from the Ontario Hospital he had spent 44 years without com- municating with any of his fel- low patients; - ' . (2) In 19 1 he had been admit: ' ted to , institution and re- portedly as. completely deaf; (3) Because of his handicap he withdrew and would not speak to anyone; • (4) The Bonne provided him with a hearing aid. - After making enquiries I find that none of the above details are _ correct. Moreover, the "'' patient possessed a- hearing aid before his transfer to Maitland Manor.` but it was lost. 'In addi- ti'o'n the. new hearing aid was purchased out of the patient's - own money. Your editorials. have expres- sed concern about the respon- sibility of the press to report • the truth. Consequently, I am sending you the correct in- fotthltion. ..Basil, __hail,. . - -Field Worker, Homes for Special Care, Ontario Department'- . of Health. Centennial Calling . More Boarding Band Wagon By°Mrs. Walter Rathburn More. and more people' are jumping on the centennial 'band- wagon. It is most gratifying! "Apathy" is a word a- good many of us never used, and many, until recently, didn't even Know its meaning. It . is a Word which makes civic -m in d -e d people shudder. because it can oecome so sinister! It can wreck the best laid plans and ruin everything it touch -es. There -are a- great number of people who are now - shrugging' off „its heavy cloak and starting to =stand up - and take notice of what is going on around them. This is wonderful! Just .the fact that they are starting to look about and take an interest in their town and its problems .makes everyone from the planner down to the street cleaner perk up. . And this is what we want. Perk up! 'Come Alive! You're in 'the centennial year -before you-: know at4 You—hili trey see another! This is the .year we should push all those nice ideas so dog .writes man ----that's news! well? • many have had for improving different spots in our area. This is the one time you. will get people to help you., So let's get it rolling. One or two people just run up against a brick wall —but all of you behind them' Can .push that wall down and see the 'wonderful things that can be done, and will be done 'if you have the guts to stay with it. Goderich - is growing larger every year, so you must realize that a. few people must be work- ing.'iowards a bigger and better Gelderiah! Our local merchants now have had that `needed transfusion and I believe they will never again be called - "anaemia'! ' I hope that this time -next year I will call 'them Dynamic! They , just don't know their own strength as yet, but they are moving, and even thiough they. have to drag a few along, - I know they are going to move that mountain called Apathy! Let's help them push th ball of progress right backa:u that' hill. The sun .yv shining on the other side, I'm sure df it! Martha. Most sleeping pills • are fol- lowed by a definite hangover period of depressed mental powers. - T. 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