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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-08-25, Page 15Writes As Private Citizen ( The « oderi Signal -Star, ' '.ui"sday, Algi5,A 1 5" .Says The following lis the text of a letter written last week by i.wnrd-Matins,-R.R. i, .Gode, rich, to Ontario Attorney Gen- eral A. A. Wishart. Sir: I am writing as a private citizen, who has been engaged in the Emergency Measures Or- ganization, as a volunteer, since the Cuban crisis. I direct this letter to, you as head' of the Department, and because I be- lieve EMO is needed more each tlay. I. have learned that there is a possibility that EMO work will eease in moron County or 1be put in ' mothballs. ' It appears that the basic pro- blem is the desire of the local elected officials to retain con- Toronto Conflicts With Loca! trol locally, and to fat the orgy ization into daily life: whereas, the Provincial authorities, -be- cause of the expenditure cif pub- lic funas,wish to have' more Provincial eontrel, and to hold the organization to a provincial or national emergency basis. So; on the ere hand. we have our local officials wanting to have the organization and equip- ment available even for smaiil local disasters, which may be quite local such as major fires, or even drought, and the pro- vincial officialswanting the or- ganization and the equipment held fof something beyond even the county level. To my mind these are com- patible views, and one should restrain the other. If local mag- The Charles Pounder Music School Announcing Classes Piano, Accordion and Guitar. lessons starting second week in September; twelve bass accordion supplied for ar trial period of 10 weeks. New and used guitars for sale. Hf interested please sign your name in space provided and return to the address indicated. CHARLES POUNDER 196 Widder St. — Goderich, Ont. PHONE: -524-7541 istrates can read the Riot Act, why cannot Weal authorities be• left- to - decide • when.an em- ergency exists and call for mo- bilization of EMO resources. The question of -public funds really does not arise, rather, what is the need of the tax- payer? Provincial er Federal authorities are not handing out their money, `but ours, the tax- -payers money, and it is the safety and well-being of the taxpayers that should take first place. Our local officials are closer to the taxpayer ,and need no spec- ial reminding of that fact, but, unfortunately both provincial and federal authorities, through their civil service have lost that close touch. To abandon ` the Emergency 'Measures Organization is a shortsighted` policy for we are always, in the modern world," on the brink of a disaster. It is just a foolish nation to stress the fact the organization is for use in a war or o,major catas- trophe. We have got to emulate the Red Cross and go them 'one better, be prepared to help in any emergency, no matter how large or small. The EMO department in Hur- on County has been frustrating in the extreme, aid but for the elan and enthusiasm of the EMO Co -Ordinator,. appointed three year ago, it would not havd got a$, far as it has. We . have n basic, County orinization which could funetion, but we. need equipment, a headquarters and above all support by local muni- cipalities and the provincial and the federal authorities. There has been a retinenee by all parties to co-operate, we have people coming to the coun- ty too ready to dictate and the local people are unwilling to accept dictation. The needs of the public have been given no great consideration, and it is time for a change on every persons part. I have nothing but time apd my experience to offer and I am willing taco-oPerate, and so are many others. The reward for us who are so willing will at best be a note of praise and thanks once in a while,. This may be a mistake and it might be that, again, like the Knights of Malta, we should give some public recognition for such • work. Above all, as a volunteer worker I want to be part of a useful organization, that is seen and heard from, not 'some- thing that is done behind closed doors and dragged out once in a while as if shameful. Our local co-ordinator, W Stuart Forbes has been pressur- ed strongly by us as volunteers, to became organized to be more Name n Age Address Phone Instrument Desired .• - 32-33-34 Interested Members Desired For YOUNG BUSINESS - MEN & WOMEN'S INVESTMENT 'SAVINGS CLUB , For Information — Phone* 524-908'8 MARIE SWANTON Would you really like to put some money away. 'and let it grow for a year,:. and a second year... EMO Planners acceptable in daily life; to have a living organization, and he has done - wonders- -Ur --organizing g Auxiliary Police, organizing a county fire sysin, producing• working.plans in d simple man - nes' best annes'best suited to needs of this small rural County. Our local officials are wor- ried about costs, and here, we taxpayers give them no easy task. The provincial authorities work on a budget similar to every town, county or other municipality. So, we are tax- payers must accept higher 'costs for an emergency organization, but the provincial authorities have gat to realize that they cannot have unbendable rules, their regulations must be tail- ored to suit the local circum- stances. I have one other plaint, and that is the tendency for' urban folk to look on us rural dwell- ers as misinformed, and non - understanding individuals. • We are not, in fact some of us are far better informed than the authorities, and we have fre- quently carried out successfully, bigger jobs than theirs. We are willing to learn from t'hern, but they • must .be wilting to learn from us. The1 only thing they may have, we la'hk iSa clearer inkier standing of the federal and pro- vincial plan, which I personally' doubt when, reading the con- tradictory directives. We need our Emergency Mea- sures Organization, and I am personally going to bring the matter, up at the Farmers Un- ion, and meetings of other or- ganizations, for it is only through EMO, the rural dweller can get help when needed,, in an emergency. It is also a fact that if many are trained to handle small • local emergencies, we, as a nation, can handle a national or provincial emerg- ency. I.ask year help. S. EDWARD MALINS, Assault, Theft Try Gets Three Jailed Three youths were jailed Aug. 15 by Magistrate Glenn Hays when they pleaded guilty to assaulting a Gode- rich taxi driver and 'attempt- ing to take his money. AC J. C. Serge Meire, 18, CFB, Centralia, was sen- tenced to four montheodefinite and 12 months indeterminate. AC Jean -Guy Morin, 17, and AC Gile Massie, 18, both CFB Clinton, were jailed for two months. • "Crimes of violence such as this are rare in this county," said . Magistrate. Hays. He said the sentence is intended as "deterrent to others who might contemplate organizing: a crime 'of this nature." Sgt. Ross Crawford; of the Goderich police, .said Massie called ,a taxi to Wellington Street address where it was met by Morin and Meire: Kenneth Oke, owner and op- erator of Curry's taxi, was attacked from the rear by Meire. Oke fought them off, receiving minor face cuts. The trio arrived in Gode- rich . in Ma'ssie's car . from Grand Bend, said Sgt. Craw- ford. They were broke and decided to rob the taxi driver to get some money. During the scuffle Mr. Oke grabbed Meire's glasses and ran off with them. Morin and Meire took the taxi from the place where the attack" took - place at Wellington and Pic - ton Streets to Caley Street to search it for the glasses. Mr. Oke ran to the home of Arthur Curry, 105 Quebec St., and police, were called. Aware they were looking for servicemen, the Goderich police alerted officials at the two bases. The next day Meire walked into the base medical officer and reported he had lost his glasses. t Business Directory Sky Harbour Air Services Ltd. d For Charter Flights —, Flying Instruction New & Used Aircraft Sales and a third year.. Adrian D. Swanton and SPICE mon ay ain sm�er RIDING THE WAVES This summer, I'vebeen out in a boat only twice, but each was memorable in its fashion. x ., QS The first time, old friends called and told us to be at their cottage sharp at noon next day., They were entertaining friends from the States and wanted us to join them for a special scenic ride by chartered boat. • s. It sounded interesting. An it was. We drone 50 mileS to their cottage.- Light refresh, ments and we all, piled into two cars and drove 15 miles to Tobermory. The boat's skipper was an old friend, Archie Simpson, and we exchanged, "Long-time-no-see's." Everything went swimmingly. It was a beautiful afternoon, our host had provided all the trimmings, the company was pleasant and the scenery sup- erb as we cruised along the rugged north rshore of the Bruce Peninsula. about 80 miles, organizing ,the return of the borrowed cars. But it all ended pleasantly, with hamburgers at the cottage -about 101 p.m. Midnight found nze arguing racial problems with a big, , dumb Norwegian laver from Chicago. lie's so dumb he has only three- million dollars to his name. And we still had to drive 50 miles home. A memorable boat ride. Ten e mites by boat and 250 by car. But good clean fun all the way. . The other boat rice' was a typical Smiley, event. Klan and I went out in her uncle'$ boat, after a ,three-minute period of instruction. She insisted on driv- ing, though she'd `never steered anything more powerful than. a canoe. * * * Then the breeze 'freshened. We began to wallow a bit. Noth- ing serious, but two of the panty began turning a pale green. Should we go on or turn back? It was decided to press ,qn, pull into Wingfield Ba_ sins and wait for the breeze to drop. It didn't. It became a wind. The skipper said it would be a rough trip back. The ladies looked longingly at the shore. After two hours, our host, stout chap, borrowed a dinghy and rowed 500 yards to the light- house, made arrangements, and rowed back, without even suf- fering a coronary. We went ashore. ..Two cars were available. We would drive to Tobermory, pick up our own cars, and drive back to the cot- tage. But who was going to drive the two cars back to the lighthouse? n That was only the beginning of the complications, too involv- ed to relate here. Both cars broke down. The rear end went on one just as we reached Tob- ermory, and the other crept into the village sans brakes. *: * The ladies, grimy but - glad, took one of our own _cars and went back to the cottage. . My host, another chap and myself spent two 'hours and drove Mutual Investment Funds- - 524-9088 23 Wellington ' St. North, Goderich and a fourth year... and a fifth year... G. C. WHITE and a sixth year? 1 Buy cur new Growth Savings Certificate You receive $10.00 for every $7.50 ydu invest for six years. 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