HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-07-07, Page 2Goderich- Signal -Star, ;Thursday, July 7, 1966 '
Co►nfus ars in the Public
Canada Minister of Agricul
ture J. J. Greene believes there is a
misunderstanding in the public mind
about the government's role in dairy
support 'progratrls.
This is one of the understate-
ments of the week.
The average person, if asked
what all the fuss `in the dairy indus-
try is about, would probably reply -
that the price of milk has taken an-
other rise.
The real issue to Which •Mr.
Greene is referring is the contention
of farmers selling milk for manu-
facturing that they are not getting
enough money for their product.
To focus public attention on
their position the farmers have been
organized .into protest by the On-
tario' -Farmers Union. The protest
has taken the form oft tractor pro-
cessions on Ontario highways.
- Interrupted by the Dominion
Day holiday—during which most
farmers abstained -from taking their
tractors onto the roads—and the
more immediate need to get hay out
of, the - fields, the tractorcades ab-
sorbed public notice briefly and now
appear to have fizzled out.
In the midst of this the Ontario
Milk Marketing Board ordered an
increase of 46 cents a hundred=
weight in the price processors pay
for fluid milk, milk sold for bottling.
This'resulted in dairies increas-
ing their price per quart by two
cents, the second, increase since
'January.
The milk' marketing board said
it hopes the increase will stern the
tide of farmers .leaving the dairy
field where there is a possibility of
shortages in the future.
Earlier this year, the federal
department of agriculture announc-
ed price usuj port benefits to give
milk producers an average return
-of $4 a hundredweight. The govern-
ment intended to provide a subsidy
of 75 cents a hundredweight and
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Mind About Milk
make purchases and provide export
assistance to make it possible for
processors to pay $3.25 a hundred-
weight.
The government has no power
to set dairy prices and left the farm
organizations to negotiate their own
prices on milk. This is what the
Ontario Farmers Union is trying
to dQ.
Meanwhile, the small farmer,
faced with increased capital outlay
forced upon him by controls of the
manner in which he handle's his
milk, is compelled to the brink of
bankruptcy.
The variance of $3.85 a hun-
dredweight for milk sold for butter
or cheese,' for example, and $5.25
for milk sold for drinking is difficult
for those outside the .controversy to
understand.
If this continues; many farmers
will be forced t6 leave this part of
the dairy industry, eventually creat-
ing shortages, and forcing prices to
processors and cosumers to rise.
Ontario Minister of Agriculture
W. A. Stewart says that Ontario
does not pay subsidies. to the dairy
industry and feels this is a federal
responsibility. -
Mr. Greene says that the fed-
: ers;lg overnment is encouraging the
milk processors to ' pay $3.25, but
that his. government has no author-
ity to set prices. -
These statements give these .two
ministers of agriculture the appear-
ance of exchanging .a hot potato.
Must farmers go broke? Must
shortages occur 'to force prices on
milk products,higher before govern-
ments 'will accept the responsibilities
to which they have been elected?
Come the time when the hay is
in the barn, watch for mbre tractors
on 'the
highways. Watch for a ring
of 300 around Queen's Park.
And then, what will the cry be ?
"On to Ottawa."
Pollution and Its Dangers
Councillor Walter Sheardown because the parents did not know
.and many other residents of Gode- the facts to which they .'are en-
rich are fortunate to be living ex- titled? .
amples that humans can swim in Next, year Goderich's $900,000
polluted water 'arid `survive. sewage treatment plant will be com-
Councillor_ I1eardown. has _not I)1_ete, and the heavy flow of sanitary
-objected so much to the publicity sewage from the town into Lake
-given the fact that Goderich bathing Huron stopped.
beacheshave 'been polluted, but Then 'Riese who swam in algae
more that the medical officer of as children- and called it seaweed
Goderich's tourist information booth is
now open for the assistance of summer
visitors. Last week parks department .work-
men strung the banners in front of the
b00% preparing it for a gay welcome for
Dominion Day and United States' Inde-
pendence Day arrivals.
Centennial Calling
Takes Up The Challenge
By Mrs. Walter Rathburn
When the Centennial Com-
mittee was organized our chair-
man stated, "we have accepted
the chaliengeand i{esponsibil'ity
of a unique celebration, we must
give it the .best we have." And
away we go!
• We rent post office Box
"1967", inviting all and sundry
to send in, their ideas and sug-
gestions.
.These will be read tothe com-
mittee and if possible acted
upon. You will not ks, criticized
or ridiculed if your ideas are
not feasible—so—we have open
spaces in our calendar—outside
of July—which- need some
bright ideas. •
- These will not make the pub-
lication of the Calendar of
Events Booklet, but, we can
list. them in the calendar and
this way there' will not be too
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health did not first alert town coun- can swell their chests and say, "We
cil's water, harbor and light com- swam in it when we were kids, but
.mittee ' to. his findings before he ' 1': kids don't have to."
made them public.
The public does have a right to
have this kind of information as
soon as possible the same as a
—tornado alert or the imminent fall.
of a nuclear bomb.
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The results of swimming in pol-
luted water are not as violent as a
-tornado or a bomb, but can be just
as deadly and uncomfortable. Hepa-
titis and typhoid are particularly
contagious through sanitary sew-
age. '
Others have objected to the
mention in public prints that signs
wanting that beach waters are pol-
luted and bathing is hazardous were
posted. because it is bad for the
town,' particularly in the tourist
season. -
Would a few paltry tourist dol-
lars make up for one death, or the
infection by disease of one child
,"Water; Water :
If
Saturday night Goderich's 200,-
000 -gallon water reservoir was de-
pleted by the heavy demand for
water for lawns and gardens.
Pumps at the -oaten treatment
plant can produce 3,500,000 gallons
a day, however, its filtration beds
will only produce 1,500,000 gallons
a day.
When the water reservoir iso ow
or dry it places outlying areas of.the.
town in serious jeopardy of fire.'
Citizens would be wise to ob-
serve lawn watering "restrictions.
Meanwhile the Ontario .Water Re-
sources Commission algid ,the Public
Utilities Commission should be mak-
ing plans to increase the capacity
of the filters.
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many dulilications or too many
events on the, same` day,
We had written the. prime
minister asking for a message
re Goderieh's 140th- birthday.`
This has been received and a
very nice one it is. The Maple
Leaf Chapter -.of the I.O.D.E.,
the .Sorority and the Art Club
have been the early birds to
list their. projects for '67.
Other groups, most of them,
waited. until the last minute but
we now have quite an impressive
calendar.
The months of cold and mis
ery need perking up. Can you
give us tentative dates for a
sleigh ride you can organize,
or a jamboree for some nice
cold night, or how about an ice
carnival?
I'd still like to see: someone
organize a curling bonspiel,
open air type, using the jam
calls. How .about it, teens?.
Everyone can have fun!
Another thing—,have you been
planning your. decoratipns .for
the yard and house for next
year? Just how pretty can you
make the place look Tor this
time next year—you have to
plan it NOW while you' can
visualize it—and each month
as the weather changes, plan
certain changes for your house
and garden. Make notes—and
don't misplace them.
Start buying flags, bunting,
and outdoor lights and plan de-
signs to be used. This can 'be
arm chair fun in this heat.'There
will In prizesfor the best, most
original (which can cover a lot
of territory), and third and
fourth, and honourable men-
tions. We haven't any donations
to date to cover this, but we
will haye been working on it.
Messages From
The Word
THE GODERICH MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
Rev. G L. Royal
Knox Presbyterian Church
'"And now a`;deth faith, hope,
charity, the three; but the
greatest of lieFle d is , charity: '"
(T' Cor. 13:i3.)
These are the final words of
the Ap;stie's Hymn to Love—
a hymn wh.ch solidifies . his
claim to he a religious genius.
"The greatest, stron'geg-deep-
est thin; Piul ever wrote," pen-
ned Adolph Harnack.,
.The most remarkable verse in
this whole remarkable chapter
is the one, one, for in this verse
St. Pau! has found an absolutely
complete aad satisfactory form-
ula fofr'the Christian character.
Faith, hope and love, with love
in file' .place of honour—is not
this Christianity in a nutshell?
Within a biief number of 'years
after Ascension, Paul not only
has pen trate° to the very heart
of "Chr;:„t's teachings, but has
given u, the kernel of His Gos-
pel in one il;uminating phrase.
So at least, the Church has
always felt. -
What the cardinal virtue
Justice. Fortitude, Prudence
Temperance— were to pagan
antiquity, that Faith, Hope, and
Love have been and -are to the
Christian. Illingsworth draws
for us this distinction. He says,
"Faith, Hope, and Charity are
not special virtues like justice
or fortitude, but spiritual dis-
positions v,hich 'penetrate the
entire personality, and qualify
its every thought and ,act."
There are Immense stretches of
one's life where the old pagan
cardinal vii toes have no oppor-
tunity come into play. They
are special virtues for special
occasions. But, Faith, }Tope and
Love are woven into a man's
whole way of living and think-
ing. *regard regard to Faith it is clear
that all religious faith, if it is
to he worth anything at all,
must rest finally on choice and
(be able to maintain itself in
face of hostile evidence. The
point is beautifully illustrated
in one c,f Robert Louis Steven -
son's Faoles, called "Faith, Haif-
Faith and No-FaithAt-All," in
which, three men, going on a
pilgrimage,' discuss the grounds
of Faith. " Ono, a priest, bases
his faith on •miracles; another,
d
a "virtuou3, person," on meta-
physios, the tnird, "an old rover
with an axe." says nothing at
all. At last r,ne came running
and torsi- them alt wass-10st;that
the po«,�rs of darkness had be-
sieged the heavenly Mansions,
that Odin wGs t`o die and evil
triumph.
"I, have been, grossly deceiv-
ed," cried the virtuous person.
"All is ,ost now," said the
priest.
"I wonder' if it is too late
to snake/i't' up with the devil?"
said • the virtuous person.
"Oh, 1 hope not," said the
priest, "and, at any rate, we can
but try. But what are you
doing w:lh your axe?" says he
to the rover. '
"I an: off to- die with Odin,"
said 'the rove..
Faith is vety closely allied
to Hopp. Hopefulness is the
temper of -Faith. We know of
no mo' alist before Paul who
made hope and joy moral vir-
tues. It was on inspiration, and
it show, how, thoroughly he un-
derstooe the teaching of our
Lord. "Can the children of
the bridecoamber mourn 'when
the brii egroom is with them?"
And, . "io, I am with you all
the day.:, even to the end of
the world." If you take these
-two texts together you Will have
justification for the high place
Paul gives to hope and joy in
his teaching.
Someof the i>ttost "wonderful
and soul -stirring words in God's
revelations -,are those in which
Hope is' spoken of. "The God
of . hqpe," "we are saved by
hope," "Christ in you, the hope
of glory"-- these are expres-
sions which' only familiarity
could deprive of their command-
ing power. The power of any
life lies al its expectancy. What
do you .expect? The anss'er
to this Is the measure of the
degree in which a man is alive.
The "aliveness of a man" knows
that God takes thousands of
years to accomplish His pur-
poses.
Bishop Wilberforce was once
out' walking -}with Thomas Carl-
yle, and the conversation turned
to the recent death of a mutual
friend. At last 'Carlyle turned
abruptly to the bishop and ask-
ed, "Have 'you a,creed?"
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Letters. To The Editor +
Sir:
La t Sunday Mernizit x at-
tempted to take my faintly
swimming. JEy,pry place I went I
met with locked gates or beaches
that weren't fit for animals to
be around, let, alone try to swim
in' int.
Too bad with the number of
laools'in this town and the water
facilities that we have, there
isn't , a decent place to swim.
Mrs, EvelyxL1Royce,
Goderich.
Sir:
1 have head with interest and
no little approval the letter sent
you by 1ttr. ' Hindinarsh, just
as I have read with the same
sentiment 'letters 'sent by this
correspondent in the past. He
writes with rare logic and dis-
cretion.
Now, it might be said that
the conditions described, if
known to the worthy depart-
ment of healti , could at least
have been corrected long since,
so that at this late date they
would not exist.
Mrs. Alda T. Gray,
Goderich.
"Yes" . was his replay, "and
the older I get the firmer that
oreed 'becomes under my feet..
There is only one thing that
staggers me„." - - _
".And whal is that?" Carlyle
asked
"The slow progress that creed
is making in the world," said
the bishop.
For s,,me time Carlyle said
nothing, and then, very slowly
and seriously he said: `.Ah, if
you have a creed you can affoard
to wait."
Faith and Ilope are -means
to an end. Love is the end it-
self. Faith and Hope are the
ternal ties uniting us in our
ever-expanding life to the in-
fi ite . life of t.;•od; but love is
that life itself• in us. Love is
the very life of Goll shared with
us. Raith and Hope are ever
being changed into vision and
possession. B'ot Love knows no
change; it is final and absolute.
"God is not faith," says Bengel,
in his dramatic way, "and God
is not hope, hut God is love."
"The greatest is love."
This is a stattment of the A*ros-
tle's central theme. Here it
stands, simple, indefeasible,
final. Surely no words come
nearer -is, pass farther beyond
his, than these words.' Love is
the simplest response of life:
Deeper than the theologies and
the philosophies it has its being.
We met It in those earliest days
when all the approval' or dis-
approval we eould understand
was the gladness or the pain in
the eyes of those that loved us.'
bt is thesimple fact whence
home and friend and brother
draw all their meaning.
. And while these words are so
near to us. while they express
that which is at once woven into
the simple f act of our exist-
ence and the simple meaning
of our creed, they go beyond
us. filling the illimitable future.
And that is the great test of
all the classics of the heart.
They take us to the high hills
where the breath of God is all
about us. So is it with this
Hymn. Many have,read it with-
out kno ving 1' is deathless liter-
ature, bit surely few hare read
it without fet•ling that ,.it is
ii:nnmortal truth,
Sir:
To remark . on J. C. Hind -
marsh's letter pf last week I
would just 'like to say that Mr.
Hindniarsh does not appreciate
the foresight and leadership
provided by our mayor and his
council. -
For one thing, Goderich can-
not only boast ,that, it is the
'prettiest Town in Canada'but
also that it is the "Only town
with a scenic dump," within
the, town limits. Visitors should
be encouraged to visit this his-
torie-site° to watch the real rat=
race of smalltown life (firearms
could, be provided for protection
against the rats). As they stand
upon, the rubble of past genera-
tions and watch polluted water
flow gently into the migthy
Maitland, the visitors could be
told that the maintenance of
this 'dump 'provides part of the
town with unique Canadian
winter. scenery. As the various
contributions of the town glow
in the still, cold air of a winter
day, the ashes rise upon high
and filterdown softly and quiet-
ly providing' the eastern side
of Goderich with pure white
snow shaded with black specks.
There are other sites in Gode-
rich of equal beauty. The old
oC•gan factory site, for instance,
could provide the greatest tour-
ist attraction in this area. The
town could erect a sign stating
that this is the only town in
North America to be bombed by
the Luftwaffe during the Second
World War, and that the site
has been preserved to this day.
Well, that is the most reasonable
explanation that I can think of.
A brief explanation could be
given of how the pilot lost' his
way in the fog over London
There are other things,- such
as the polluted beach and the -
the corduroy reads that' 1 leave
to the imagination of our
thoughtful, industrious" leaders
to -explain fgir themselves. •
Dan Enzei sberger,
Goderieh.
Sir.: -
Summer Song
(or could it be a condition
known as Summer Complaint)
Godericet town has moved the
sewer
Closer oto the swimmers fewer,
Who on the beach must caper
Round the strands of tissue
paper,
Or dive from off `the pier cement
Into all the excrement.
Says councillor named Mister
SheardoWn,
Who at the public news does
frown,
"Here as a lad I swam with joy
"1 was goad enough for -a0;y boy.
If it were 'good enough for us -
Why should anybody cuss?"
So leap right in with shouts of
glee,
Strong it is, but still it's free.
Typhoid fever you may get
Meanwhile you are cool and wet.
If, perchance, you do not die,
You may have another try.
Ignore the county board of
health,
"Dawn with the ,placards e'en
µ by stealth.
Ruth Van Der Meer,
Goderich,
Down
Memory's Lane
55 Years Ago -1911
Dominion Day this year was
the quietest Goderich has had
for many years. The usual ehil-,
dren's games were held in the
morning and the 33d Regimen
band, played on the Square in
the evening. Otherwise the
townspeople were left to their
own' devices as to how they
should amuse themselves. Next
year an effort should be made
to put on ah extra good pro-
gram for the day. '
The proposition of John. Leo-
pold Brodie for the supplying
of electrical power to the.. Cor-
poration of Goderich will be
subiiitted to the ratepayers in
the form of a bylaw to be voted
on August 5th. It is proposed
that Mr. Brodie supply to the
corporation for a period not to
exceed 30 years, 325 horsepower,
to. be delivered at the switch -
hoard at -the corporation power
house at the rate of 34 dollars
per horsepower. • .
Early on the, morning of
Dominion Day a number of Boy
Scouts assembled at the G.T.R.
station as, rendezvous for an
outing. Under the direction of
Scoutmaster Hayden and A. -M.
Robertson they set but for a
convenient spot by' the river
where breakfast was prepared.
The new billy cans were use.
to good purpose in this work.
After a scouting game in
tracking', by means of scout
signs, the troop marched back
to town and at the court house
were met by a deputation of the
Ahmeekchapter of the Daugh-
ters of the Empire. These ladies
had kindly arranged to honor
the four Boy Scouts who stood
highest in the competition for
the coronation contingent. "The
Boy Scout movement is only a
]title oiler three years old and
it has captured the wworld," said
the speaker. .
15 Years Ago -1951
Fitting ce crony marked the
official ope ling of the Huron
Pioneer Museum fn the former
central public school building on
North Street on Wednesday.
afternoon before a large and
representative gathering of
Huron County citizens.
On Tuesday .evening in the
presence' of a large gathering
of members and friends of Knox
Presbyterian Church, an impres-
sive worship service and, cere-
mony was held for the turning
of the first sod for the new
church building at. the site on
East and Victoria Streets...
There was present a large
representation of clergymen and
laymen of the Huron Maitland
Presbytery. Rev. R. G. Mac-
Millan addressed the gathering.
10 'Years -Ago-1956
Most fishermen who flocked
to the Maitland River for the
opening of the bass season on.
Sunday were not .disappointed;
Catches were gooey and Howard
Aitken, chairman of the Jaycees
Bass Derby, estimates that at
least 400 bass were taken by the
scores of eager anglers who jam-
med the river mouth with their
boats.
Goderich Blue Water Band
topped its class with a' brilliant
performance at the 21st annual
Waterloo band festival in Water-
loo Park Saturday. The 30:pi-ebb
Blue Water Band scored 241
points out of 300 possible. This
was 17 points higher than the
second -place band from Elmira.
"I've never had such a hot
time in my life!"- said Deputy -
Reeve E„ .C.. Fisher, .thairr:avn_of
public works. He said his
trouble was too mush sand.
Complaints started to come in
from merchants last' week
shortly after "finishing touches"
were put on the Square paving
project. 'Phe final coat was sup- -
posed to, be sand and tar which
would give a- sand seal finish.
Only there was too much sand.
The result was clouds of„dust. -
A successful bazaar and tea
was held Thursday of -last week
by the Knox Church Ladies'
Aid Society in the beautifully
decorated hall of the church.
One -Year Ago -1965
A fleet of tiny home -built
aircraft flew into Sky Harbour
last week to honor the memory
of the man who opened the
door to aviation for all Cana-
dians—Keith "Happy_ ” Hopkin-
son.
opkinson.
A vivacious Goderich -teenager
sang pop songs to keep ealm as
she clung to ^an , upturned sail
boat two mire-F(5ut from Gode-
rich harbor Monday night.
Fourteen -year-old Bonnie Such
and her 17 -year-old brother
waited 30 nerve-racking minutes
clingmg_t'o their upturned sail
boat before being rescued by a
harbor tug.
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