HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-06-23, Page 2GoderichSi a1 -Star, Thursday.,
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Committee Of Whole
in the secret confines of its
committee of the whole, Goderich
Town Council, Thursday, complain-
ed Oat 'sentences being passed in the
touts vot Huron County are not
severe enough.
An unwritten understanding
about committee of the whole allows
the press°to remain in the meeting,
but publish none of the comment
offered there.
Because of, this arrangement
nothing more of council' member's
comments on what they feel the
courts of this county should be do-
ing will be published.
The individuals who should be
leading the way in fair comment
on matters of public interest are
doing the opposite, hiding behind a
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committee room door.
Nothing was said that the same
individuals will not say in the public
street to almost anyone at almost
any time.
This makes committee of the
whole an absurd anachronism. •
The press by and large has al-
ways recognized the correetness of
discussing personnel matters and
negotiations on new industry in
private.
Otherwise public business
should be conducted in public.
As for any concern that senti-
ments expressed orally will become'
offensive in black and white, council
could keep in mind that a statement
that cannot be made in public might
be best left unstated.
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Dr: Aldis' Tenure Time of Transition
Dr. Robert M. Aldis, for 16
years Huron County's;Medical Offi-
cer of Health, held that office dur-
ing period of great transition in
public health in Ontario. He, has
resigned to become director of a
new health unit in Perth County.
Dr. Aldis, whose greatest in-
terest has been prevention of dis-
ease and the comforting of the sick,
hnade-Huron's health unit one of.the
leaders in Ontario .health care _.._
This was not an easy task in a
rural area. In the early days, Dr.
Aldis and his staff -had to visit each
of the one -room schools in the
bounty, often arduous jouvneys in
Twinter. ,
Today schools have been central-
Ized. `Great changes have -also been
made in the handling of agricul-
tural food products as they pertain
to health.
The services of the health unit
which were once considered a nui-
sance, when brought into force by
men like Dr. Aldis, are now sought
as an endorsement to be placed be-
fore the .public.
When Dr. Aldis carne to Huron
the hearing of school children . was
tested by someone whispering in the
school hall. Today hearing is ac-
curttely measured by audiometer,
- and defects, that can lead to poor
performance in school, are recog-
riized and. cured.'
There have been many other,
changes, but to. vDr. Aldis the in-
troduction of Salk,polio vaccine was
the greatest triumph. He moved so
quickly,' _ v_heriit was brought_ out in
the spring of 1955 that Huron chil-
dren were immunized against polio
before any others in Western On-
tario, including London.
Prior to that Huron was aver-
aging two deaths from polio, and
18 cases of paralytic polio a year.
The last ease of paralytic polio was
recorded in Huron. in 1957.
Huron and Coderich are going
to miss Dr. Aldis, because he is an
alert and 'humane individual.
His -.latest work has been the
introduction of a study of the elder-
lyand their physical ,and emotional
problems and the establishment of
__In nate Aprils Stephen ,Lewis of
liason with the welfare department.
the New Democratic Party led a
sweeping criticismin the legislature
of the department of health. But he
had nothing . but `praise for Dr.
Aldis:
"... most ofthe medical officers
of health admit they do not even
know where the aged are located ...
"Now there are' two exceptions
which I want to put to the House.
One is in Huron County, where Dr.
Aldis is conducting an experiment
instructive for all .the. province. He
has gone. to . the tax rolls and has
taken every tenth name on those
rolls of people born before the year
1900. He • is systematically conduct-
ing an interview in depth in order to
evaluate the •needs of the aged and
their problems, and that should be
encouraged; I suggest, right 'across
the province."
Later, in the same address, Mr.
Lewis again"referred to Dr. Aldis:
"The only unit that has de-
veloped a direct exchange program
with welfare in the province is'again
Huron County. This Dr. Bob Aldis is
an excellent fella -and I- hope the
public health system • never , roses
him. He had an excellent and ob-
vious idea, which he pursued, which
is not pursued anywhere else in the
province."
Breach Of Municipal Manners
Goderich has been guilty of
several breaches of its municipal
manners in the recent past. -
A week ago Saturday various
officials gathered at Seaforth to
turn the first sod for the Interna-
tional Plowing Match.
Friday the Steamship Goderich
arrived in the harbor. It was the
ship's first visit here since she was
given. the town's name.
Saturday the base commander
and officers of Canadian Forces
Base Clinton entertained various
elected and appointed individuals
i n the immediate area at their an-
nual .civic night dinner.
At none of these three events
was Goderich represented by an
elected official.
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Messages From
The -Word
THE GODERICH MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
Rev. G. G. Russell
St. George's Anglican Church
,A little boy in Church School
was ,told he could do a picture
with his crayons, so first he
drew a pink cloud and printed
on it in big letters: GOD, Then
he did a sun in yellow and some
brown earth and a green tree,
and he labelled them all GOD.
After• that he drew some flowers
with yellow and blue petals,
and he printed GOD on them
too.
Finally he drew a picture of
a boy—With' his arms -stretched
out, and printed the word GOD
beside that.
The teacher .,asked him to ex-
plain the picture, so the little
boy replied, -'•I see God bustin'
out of everything since I start-
ed comin' here." ; .
What a wealth of truth there
is in h:s reply! People are
always hying to find out how
to put• God into their daily
lives. Or they are afraid that
God is going to get lost in the
complication., of secular society.
At Christmas -time we preach-
ers are very agitated because
there is not enough of "Christ"
in Christmas.
This little boy can teach us
all a good lesson. 'God is bust -
in' out of everything. He 'has
been there all the time. All
it takes is the faith and the
vision to recognize him in the
things .,that are going on.
When tiie patriarch Jacob left
his home he thought that he
had left .his family God behind
hilt. But he hadn't. Sleeping
under ' the stars, Jacob -saw a
,ladder tip to heaven and the
angels of God ascending and
descending. God. had "bust"
right into Jacob's life again, and
Jacob said: "Surely the Lord
was in tins place, and I didn't
know it." •
A great deal of the time we,
do not know that the Lord is
there. We have a bad habit
of thinking that missionaries go
overseas to "take the Lord to
people." But he is already there!
The missionary's' task is to go
and reveal to them the Lord
who has always been their God.
We Christians ought never to
make these kinds of mistakes in
Captain J. A. Bissette of the°
Goderich probably, did not notice
that recognition was not made of
his ship's arrival. But it would have
been a nice gesture.
In the oth
Goderich's a
noticed it
mentioned.
o instances, if
-had not been
:ot have been
Civic offi i.1s, like anybody,
can understandably have prior com-
mitments. But all nine at once?
If the mayor is tied up, surely
one member of council should be
available to serve as a deputy.
To preserve an aggressive and
vital image Goderich cannot afford
to allow its consciousness of
_etiquette to continue to be ignored.
Established "dile
'1848
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our thinking about God because
we have a revelation of God
"bustin' " into history in the
person of Jesus. People kept
saying—and they still keep say-
ing -it "When . is God going to
help us?" . And lo and behold,
there he is!
1 Like Jacob, we are often ter-
ribly afraid that we left God
behind when we left home. Or
we left him in the church last
Sunday. We don't expect to see
any eJlaenee of God's presence
in some places we: go; But we
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never know when he is going
Lighting Fire
Of Ecu .enism
In Quebec Olty a Roman
Catholic church opens its doors
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to scores f Protestant yam'
Out West, adherents of the
- Mennonite faith- spend a iday
touring a mosque and. meeting
Moslems in Edmonton.
A continuous series of sudix
soothe and edw,ational exchanges
between Canada's many faith
groups will light the fire of
ecumenism across the country
during the 1967, centennial.
The Canadian Inter -faith Con-
ference`" .has announced its
"open house" projects as one
of seven enation -wide activities
planned for .centennial year.
The conference es1il
through a grant from tihtabe cened-
tennial commission to plan .and
co-ordinate religious o b s e r-
vances during 1967, has attract-
ed an unprecendented 31 faith
groups from across Canada to its
membership.
Levy M. Becker, former rabbi
and Montreal businessman; is
chairman of the Interfaith Con-
ference's 19 -member board of
directors which (includes rep-
_resentatives of the Anglican,
Roman Catholic, Mennonite,
Presbyterian, Jewish, Baptist,
United Church, Lutheran and
Orthodox faiths.
The Inter -faith Conference
envisions the open house pro-
ject as a continuous series of
informal, friendly visits which
will be both educationally and
socially significant _to..the_.hosts.
and guests.
While such multi -faith visits
are not entirely new in Canada
—for example, the Mortnon
Church has sponsored. a pro-
gram called Meet.t'he Mormons
and• •informal, inter -faith gather-
ings have been held in 'church
halls across. the, country..—the
conference's open house venture
will .be on--.a..-larger, .scale . than.
any previous inter -faith ex-
changes in• Canada.
In order to reach all age levels
across the country, the confer-
ence is recommending that in-
dividual "churdhes and commiuni-
ties gear their open .house -visits
to the entire family. "The hold-
ing of open houses across Can-
ada could be a real factor in
strengthening famlily relation-
sihips among adherents of all
faiths," maintains Rev. Stuart
Ivison of Ottawa, representa-
tive of the Eaptist Federation
of Canada on the Inter -faith
Conference's board of directors.
"People of different faiths_
or of no faith at all—will be.
invited to meet in places of wor-
ship in all parts of the' coun-
try," he explained. Rather than
specify any particular time for
the open house visits, the Inter-
faiths Conference will leave the
timing in each community in
the hands of the local inter -faith
representatives or committees.
The conference, however, has
recommended that a, substantial
number of open houses be held
In January. 1967, to get the idea
rolling full speed - ahead, then
continue at regular intervals
throughout the remainder of
the centennial year. '
"It could be one of the most
effective means of promoting
unity across the country if logal
groups will take' it 'up," confer-
ence board chairman Lavy
Becker and Mr. Ivison agree.
to bust right into the middle
of some situation.
Of course, God does not. al-
ways speak in "Bible" language.
We_ must be very _perceptive to
recogniz' his presence some-
times. The.words may be very
ordinary. They may even' be
profane! But it is the meaning
that counts.
We can be sure that when
love and forgiveness and gen-
erosity and acceptance are be-
ing expressed. that is God bust -
in' out of somebody.
Troublesome Trusses
Leave Writer Cuffing
By John Weichel
In The Stratford Beacon -Herald
I've hit a bit of nastiness at
home la'ely because I can't op-
erate my pants hanger. 1 never
could, -but the problem has now
come to a head.
You....._perhaps know the kind
of hanger I mean: It has -two,
four -inch felt -lined jaws at one
end 'a curved wire hook at the
other, and in between there's a
sliding wire..tightener that is
supposed to clamp the jaws to-
gt;ther on the cuffs of one's
pants.
If I ever have to give direc-
tions to my son on the opera-
ation of this nerve -testing de-
vice, it will follow these lines:
First, stack the cuffs of four or
five pairs of trousers in a pile
on the bed. With the right
hand, slide the wire tightener
toward the curved . handle. loos-
ening the felt teeth With the
left hand, wede the pile of
pants between the open teeth to
the depth of an inch or two.
Then, bring the tightener back
to close _ tiie . ielt pads.
Now, gently lifting by the
curved hook, inch your way ' to
the closet. Be careful •not to
breathe, and watch that dust,
pieces of lint and match sticks
lying on the floor do not jolt
your body severely enough to
jar the pants loose from the
teeth.
Once at the closet, son, you
will find, that as you reach for
the closet pole, the pants will
slowly shde from the • hanger
and make their way to the floor.
With your left hand, grasp the
Pants„, .e.uffs still together —
and. drape them over,,the closet
pole. With the right hand drop
the hanger down among the
shoe st!etchers and bedroom
slippers. Really, it's very sim-
ple.
One right, still awake hours
after being beaten to tears in an
episode with the hanger, I
came up with what looked like
the Great Answer.
After some rather involved
calculations, .I realized that to -
,day's trousers, being without
cuffs, have no way of staying
wedged between the teeth. Irl
the dark just before daybreak,
I hit upon ti'e idea of nailing
several .wooden strips to the
pants, to give thickness to the
point where the cuffs should be.
Soft red cedar. I thought, would
'b ideal,, for it doesn't rot, and
is surely -.n s,yle today as trim.
_Alas, before- I -Could turn out
a prototype, I heard the real
pants hanger of the house call:
"Time to get up .... get
dressed . . your pants are on
the chair where you left them."
If . the -strawberry season is
too short for you, preserve them.
Choose firm, bright red berries
for freezing or•.jammaking.
Down Memory's Lane
55 Years Ago -1911
One of the most important
communications read' at the
meeting of the town council
last .Friday,evening was a letter
from r. W. Doty of the Doty
Engine Works Co., in which he
stated that he had about con-
cluded arrangements with a
company, now being formed, to
utilize his boiler shop building
in Goderich for the manufacture
of a patent giain door.
The military camp is now
est bushed across the river at
Attieil's and until Friday of next
week Goderich .will have the
appeeral'ice of a garrison town.
The twenty-fourth annual
meeting of . the Walkerton As-
sociation of Baptist Churches
waa•held at Tiverton. eeven-
teen churches of the Associa-
tion were represented at the
meeting. The reports " showed
a slight decrease. -:in members
from last year due to the , eon-
stant moving out West.
15 Yeers Ago -1951
On entering their fiftieth year
of service hi this town, ,the Bap-
tist • congregation of Goderich
last Sunday celebrated their
forty-ninth anniversary. Un-
usually large numbers attended
the services of worship both
morning and evening.
A petition with twenty-seven
signatures drew the attention
of the council to what 'a ere
termed "the unsatisfactory op-
erating conditions of the Judith
Gooderham Memorial Play-
ground." The point of corn -
plaint sgas the closing of the
park .and locking of the gates
at six p.m.
Heavy seas on Lake Huron
yesterday wrecked the 32 -foot
cabin cruiser Reliance which
John R Desjardine was bring-
ing dowr. fro.rn Tobermory
'Phe annual school picnic of
Colborne Township will be held
at the Benmiller school grounds.
A resolution from Hespeler
protested against .costs of coun-
ty road to the smaller urban
muniripaiities Mayor Huckins
and Reeve Elliott pointed out
what they .considered gross un-
fairness to Goderich-in the treat-
ment this town receives from
the County Council in the mat-
ter of taxation forcounty roads.
10 Years Ago --1956. '
A Toronto diver on Tuesday
afternoon went under the sur-
faee of •Lake Huron toinspect
the inteke -pipe of Goderich
water supply. Mr. Elmer Wea-
ver, PUC manager, stated that
nothing was found in the way
ofclogging the intake. It is
more than a decade since such
an inspection was made.
As expected,, Huron County
Council neon firmed a 1956 coun-
ty tax rate of 12 mills as Jaine
sessions wound up here last
week. Tete rate which was tent-
atively set at the January ses-
sions ° is one mill higher than
fast year. -
Highest honor in Rebekah
Oddfellowship. 'the decoration
of chivalry, was conferred on
Mrs. vis H. Doak of Goderich
at the Rebekah assembly held
at the Royal Yor*C Hotel, Tor-
onto.
Fisherman blamed an east
wind for causing a scarcity of
perch early tris week.
A cruise on the Ian Mac high-
lighted the ladies' night arrang-
ed by the Harbouraires on Sun-
day.
One Year Ago -1965
On the front of the new, office
erected at the front of Huron
County Pioneer Museum at the
private expense of former cur-
ator J. H. Neill, warden Glenn
Webb `unveiled a plaque in hon-
or of the founder and .builder
of the museum.
Mayor Frank Walkom reveal-
ed recently that a group of
Goderich housewives is threat-
ening to picket S dto Salt Plant
here unless officials remedy the
soot 'situation. °•
A department of Transport
spot check point set up at Hol-
mesville has found, that more
than 60 per rent of vehicles are
faulty.
Goderich lawyer Dan Murphy
has accused fnem council for dis-
crimination by granting special
parking stickers to members of
county council.
Barefooted college students in
Bermuda shorts were among a
crowd of 200 bridge fanatics
who attended the 36th annual
Lake Huron contract bridge
championships here Saturday.
Mrs. A. A. Nicol and Mrs. W. F.
Saunders took the women's
pairs title.
letters To The Editor
Sir:
This is to give your Huron -
view corre,spoudent a mild to
buke for onittingl referentAto
a lively little department, t'he
Iluronview News,
O Perhaps yeti have never
heard of our journal whi h is
prepared and edited here in the
home, principally' by the resi-
dentsr giving news .and other
information of the -home?
We have a circulation of about
400. Oer journal., le sent free
to anyone, on requeet.
R. Henry Leishmlan,
lluronview.
Six'
I see, in • the Star Weekly
where your paper accused Mrs.
LeBourctais of ,conducting a,
"Vicious Vendetta" against
resident's "of Huron County ie
the Truscott case. Well I used
to reside in Clinton over 50
years afro and I am intensely
interested in the facts as re-
vealed in the book, from court
records, and interviews with a
great many people, jurors, etc.
Like hundreds who read that.
book, I am quite convinced
there w ts, and is, a "Viciotis
Vendetta" against Steven and
his family! If Logans, and other
friends were and are convinced
he is an innocent dupe for
some redl psychotic person who
gave Lynne a ride home and
who is the real perpetrator I
can reali2e how such a crime
aroused the desire to connect
the only one who was available,
since Steven dill evidently _give.
her a lift to the highway, • and
she was angry with her parents.
It was a habit, and a danger-
ous one, as y oung folks were
known to hitch. rides in cars at
Milk Man
Takes POst-
Harold Martin has accepted
the positionas secretary to On-
tario Cream Producers Market-
ing Board, left vacant by the
recent death of R. W. Morrison.
To accept tlh1s position, Mr.
Oartiri had to resign as secre-
tary to the Ontario- Milk Mar-
keting Board. "
Mr. Martin has served the
milk - industry in many capaci-
ties, and his working knowl-
edge of the dairy princess com-
petition over the years will
not be lost, as he will carry
this organizational responsibility
With him to tffrOntario Cream
Producers . Marketing Board.
Prior to serving as secretary
to the Ontario Milk Marketing
Board, Mr. Martin was secretary
of the Ontario Milk Producers
Co-ordinating Board:'He is also-
past 'chairman of the Ontario
Cream Producer's 'Marketing
Board where he had served as
director of zone 9 for 13 years.
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that place. As' to bile doctors,
I note the court passed by the
evidence of Dr. B. Browne who
had had rape eases in the army,
and sail the 'sore" was not in
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pa . cecaused .. be agape. Dr.
Addison could easily be wrong
re stomach contents; and;, also
Dr. ,gown's expert knowledge
on that question w'as ignolred,
by court. He said several hours
it took, and "Dr. A." said a
half hour <just when Steven
could not prove vvhere he was.)
We realize the girl was raped
before carried through the brok-
en barbed wire, for her leg had
that long scratch toe near her
toes, and socks had no blood.
on ;them.
In such hot weather, and in
broad daylight, and in such
a short period, it's not usual for
a rapist to attack one, and they
use a car, mostly.
Tho site had told untr• uth,
and also was a good hour out
.at Lawson's barn. said she
was there at 6.30 and Lawson
said it was. 7.30. yet Logan
could have seen them as he
said, and Steven a known truth-
ful boy with knowledge of cars
extra good. , "
Where are all your Christian
and church people? It's like
Christ, a perfect man and God.
"Give us Barrabas the thief!"
When. I read of the crime, I
felt the usual rapist was around
but o that Steven might have
been known to "bother" the girl
at school, yet I felt he could
be quite innocent.
--1 am an invalid -over -70 -years -
and I read that book three
times. I bought two. and lend
to many who are interested.
There is a rapist in your part
of the county 'now. Blame the
"Alymei" case on Steven, he
maybe got lose, and did that,
too! Some of the Jackson girl's
clothes were strewn about.
Where did that cut square of
cloth. from Lynne's.-. blouse,.. et
too. Bet she was dead when
brought there also raped in the
dark. •
My doctor says he should be
freed also given a large sum.
My dad was a mounted police,
and erve read a lot of crime
cases and in all Perry Mason
eases on TV the D.A. is always
positive they got the right cul-
prit. Yet Perry always proves
an "unsuspected" party is the
guilty orae! You'd think this
was Nazi Germany! To think
those ;police put chains
on Steven's legs when they went
to a lunch room—just a wonder
they fed him—to draw attention
to him with the clanking at
every stsp. -
I saw red when I read that'
every jury conviction is not
just, and he was treated hor-
ribly before his trial. Cruel,
as two wrongs do' not make
a right, and "Truth is stronger
than fiction."
May God fcrgive you all!
G. RENWICK,
Hamilton.
T. PRYDE & .SON
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