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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-04-13, Page 2LETTER$0 ,THE EDITOR "Extremely Concerned" - t Facts of The Matter Th bulanee committee of the Alexanlira Marine and General • Rospital feel that the quality of am- bUlance'Service provided by. the hos- • pital was done a grave injustice as the result of a news item which ap- eared in the London Free Press on Thursday, April 6th. The new S item reporting on an accident which oc- • curred in Goderich at the corner of Bla,ke and Gibbons Streets an Tuesday, 'April 4th contained in-' acCuracies.., • The news item stated among other things that: The hoApital advisec,1 the person who telephoned for the ambulance that "no driver was available, but we would see if one could be found." The injured boy lay on the road- way at the scene of the accident for 25 minutes. The injured boy's. mother was forced to obtain the services of a' taxi to get her son to the hospital. None of these statements is true, according to board chairman J. W. Britnell, and the ambulance committee feel that the record should be set straight. Police a,nd • hospital records document the fol- lowing sequence of events: - -The accident occurred at ap- proximately 12:55 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4th., , -The -hospital- received -a.„.request.. • for ambulance service at 1:00 p.m. The caller was told by the hospital that the ambtilance would be sent . - Nurses deckled that Mr. Ryan could pass the sc'ene of the accident on the way to the hospital to pick up the ambulance alld if the boy was nOt seriously injured he could be_ taken directly to the hospital in the taxi and, thereby save Some 5 or 6 minutes in getting the boy to the hospital. it had been the, that if the injuries were . such that a stretcher or other equipment tn. the ambulance were required that Mr. Ryan would proceed to the hospital and return to the scene with the a,in- bulance and an ambulance assistant. - Mr. Ryan arrived on the scene at 1:05 p.m. and it was decided' to take the boy directly t 3 the hospital in the taxi -ambulance. It should be emphasized that all these arrange- ments were made by the 'hospital and not by the boy's mother as in- dicated in the news story. ; • The police arrived on the scene at 1:07 p.m. at which time their report states "the mother and the 'Injured boy were in the back seat of the taxi" and 'ready to leave for the hospital. The taxi -ambulance arrivecl at the hospital at 1:10 p.m'. The hos- • pital reprdi show that the boy was - admitted to the hospital at 1:10 p.m., 10 minutes after the call was re-' ceived- This is a far from the immediately. • • The Goderich Police were noti- fied at 1:05 p.m. • The regular full -time- airib'u-- lance driver on duty on April 4t injured his ankle and was sent home in the morning. In accorda.nce with a pre -arranged plan to cover such situations the Assistant Direc- tor of Nurses notified one, of the • hospital's two standby drivers for ,that day, Leroy. _Ryan, who was at the time driving for Curry's taxi. • Mr. Ryan was called at 1:02 p.m:— ••The Assistant Director of Down Memory Lane, pRomarkym BOUGHT HOTEL Dear Sip Well fail tO proVide'the aninials . The fOlIQW, ing'prOtnOtiOnSwere - --reCOMMeadeVereitterOtrgilI00 F. Yiinshall apd appreVed by the 13041‘419f-Cfitilflft40,1941er§, Ot-P91.• ice (Wing" the YettO COnstable R. 5, CrawfOrd prOMOted tO Ser. geant, it ClaSS..Constable T. F.' .Fortner prorneted 001113rd class to 2nd class. Constable J‘Rnxton rifomoted. from 20 class to 1st. class. constable N.. Powlialiluk promoted from 2nd. class to 1st. class. • . cr –25.7minute-period- ihat-the-nevis Rein— stated the boy lay at the scene. ( The boy was not seriously in- jured and was discharged from the hospital by. his doctor two days later. &The hospital-zwishes to empha- size that the ambulance service pro- vided by it is arranged so that 24- hour, 7 -day -per -week immediate service • is avPilable—the hospital pledges this service to the com- • munity. It is reassuring to have the -facts • set out. • We cannot help but feel relieved that the hospital committee has seen fit to .clear the , air and reaffirm its pledge of immediate service. Listen, Teenagers Teenagers • I I•We hear the'plaintivecry of the teen-ager: "What can we do? Where can we go " The answer is . . . go home! Hang the storm windows. Paint the - • woodwork. Rake the leaves. Mow • the lawn. Shovel the walk...Wash the car. Learn to ;cook. Scrub some floors. Repair the sink. Build a boat.. Get a job. • Help the minister, • priest ,or • rabbi, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army; visit the sick. Assist the poor. Study your lessons. And then when you -are through" and not too tired, read a book. --- Your parents do not owe you entertainment. Your village does hot owe you recreation facilities. worlA does not owe you a‘ living. • Yori ,owe the world something. • You owe. it your time and en- ergy and your talents so that no one • will be at war, or in poverty, or • Sick, or lonely again. In plain simple words:. grow • up, quit being a cry baby-, get' out of your dream world; develop a ba4 • bone, not a wishbone, and start acting like a man or a lady; s I'm a parent..I'm tired of nurs- ing,. -appealing, begging, excusing, tolerating, denying myself needed comforts for every whim and, fancy, just because .your selfish _sgo, in- stead of common sense:dominates your personality and thinking, And requests.. •- (Written by • Juvenile Court Judge Philip Gilliam of Den/er, Colorado).• appen CouldH "There have, been a lot of speeches made in Parliament about the extent which U.S. capital controls Canadian business," says Eric Axelson, editor of Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering News. "And now another area is being seriously threatened. We are referring to Canada's Great Lakes shipping interests. Since the open- ing of the Seawd)7,, the U.S. - lake _fleet has steadily diminished in both size and importance. No modern lakers have been built for some ears (mainlyperhaps because no subsidies..are a,vailable) and the .many up-to-date, automated Cana- dian Great Lakes carriers have pretty well overwhelmed any ,com.:, • petition that existed previously. . Some very large U.S. interests are anxious to correct that situation in a way which would be every bit as or even more detrimental to Can- ada's interest than any banks com- ing in here. It is a fad' that at least three of the larger Canadian lake fleets have been approached by U.S. • firms with take-overs in mind, and all firms with very •substantial • stakes in the conduct of inland ship - pink operations. So far those bids have been rejected. But there is al- ways, we suppose, a point where offers of that kind become so attrac- • tive to the prospective seller that • they can no longer be resisted. stablished 1848 • ° R (Subtritil Otgual-fitar --p-- The County Town Nelispaper of Huron —0— Published at Goderighl Ontario every Thursday morning by • SighakStar PubliShiitg ROBERT G. MEIER FIATIOTT_ President arid pilblisher Managing Editor „ S. F. ; Kant Supt. . Member of 0.W.N.A., and A.B.C. 126th Year of Publication „ 4. Subscription Rates $5 a Year—To U.S.A. $6 (In advance) • Authorized as Seebnd Class Mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa and for Payment of Postage in Cash • SICKNESS • There was ' a loss �1Q days due td sicknees thirougliout tfit., year, due tO common illnesses and sur oPeration- ' • 1.-QUOR PERMITS . During the year there -were 92 liquor permits, banquet per. • mils.; and no sales permits issued by the Liquor Control Board, necessitating the officials ched.k.' ing these .permits to see that the law wa.s.adhered to. During the. year there were Pei. zures of liquor, beer, wine, etc., for itifractioas of theLiquor Con. trot/ Act, al: of which, from time to time, have been returned to the Liquor Control Board for dis- posal. This shows increase of 15 •seizures. Lost and staler4roperty ported to the Department during the year 'amounted to $14,536.87 and' .the value of $15,512.53 was recovered. During the year there were 19 bicycles reported stolen and 9 bicycles recOvered and returned to their owners. OTHER DUTIES • 'rhere was a total 0:153 houses which.: • received special super- vi.iOn_b_y_9212/epartment while heir owners were on tratatrono Out of town. Traffic control Was•• provided at 35 fire calls 'during the, Year, re.quiring the attention of the cruiser and an 3fficer. There wore4O a014 ilts rept:oriel to 'the Department As inisSiag all of whom were found ..- tid_rtz, iriaed_ to their parents d7.* abodes.One adult is liSted-On- dpartmental records, as miss... ing. • - 4 During: the year there were 5. revolvers and pistols brought to the szation fer registration; antiques and target pistols used by gun enthusiasts. Also there were 3 requests for permits to 'convey to the target. range at Clinton' and 7 -permits. issued to local banks. •,Sainmes were issued during. ; a.‘r for yarioas offen- ces to the -number of 465; There were 174 personal service sum- mons- 35 of them fOr other Dep. artm4utp, During the y:ear there Werettraearch warrants exedu • Theii,abera 2 'cotnm'tinent w4. rants f�l. non-payment of fines, etc., and 14 warrants to apprehend: • There 'were 35 'transients applied for and received, shelter 'during the year. with the*proper care that they re. Jripalre.--.1t_ift.,,CSsenti_ther_efore that seized antrnals te placed in the care and custodY Of a comt petent person Who is known to the SoCiety as trustworthy and. reliable and who can be depepd- ed on in every way. I notice in all this publicity that there has not been a single word from the Huron County Feder- ation- of Agriculture.lexpress concern for the welfare a an- imals in the 'first place. would have thought that if the • Huron County Federation of A.,gr. 'iculture .,.was the least •concerned with Prevention' of cruelty to an. imals that they would' do every... thing in their -power to encour- age menibers of the Federation to care for their animals properly -"'and encst to give any eauSe for' the law to be enforced ag'ainst :them. -The g•ood farmer who Woks after his anlifials will probably never see an inspector of theSoc- iety T. I. Hughes, General Manager, The Ontario Humane Society. Dear Haronites: - -I-was.--extreniely• concerned fo read your story of a repOrt of a meeting of the Huron County FederatiOn'of Agriculture'during which a resolution criticizingthe °ataxic, Humane Society for its actions in seizing Cattle "add • transpc•rting. these cattle to a place where they can be proper. ' ly cared for; was.passed: If we can accept the exactword. ing of the newspaper report the Federation asked the Governinent to make it "mandatory" for SM.+ ' iety • OffiCers to have •otrainihg" •and f'e4erience" aniinal bandry. This irresponsible state. • 'went simply shows how uninform- .e,t1 and Misinformed the Huron County Federation ofAgriCulture mitSt be. Generally 'Speaking, an Inspector, seizes animals from •the control of seizes, person. con. • cerned to avoid any further heg- ect or Suffering. In addition the Inspectors df the Society almost invariably Obtain the advice and agreement-, of a qualifted veter- inarian before an Y decision is imade io seize ,animals. Ontario is a big province and there are many parts of thispro. vince where it is simply iniposs. ible to obtain the services of a veterinarian Under the circuit - stances which often exist when a seliznurspeeoitsortos be f mttaitedes.00iet; are given training during which they receive lectures from. experts in every PhaPe of animal husbandry. Many of our Inspectors have hafi practical experience in farming. But the grea.t safeguard is the general rule of. the Society that either_ a veterinarian agrees: to the seizure or, where a veter- inarian cannot be obtained, the animals are taken -lo the near- est available Veteilnarian for ediate examination'. In this connection it is -inter., esting to note that veterinarians ettiployed by the Government have been instructed to refuse toassist Inspectors of this SOciety if they are asked to help bi examining neglected animals. Personally ,I find_ this situation a disgrace but this is little cciiiSolatiOn to the inspectors whO have to make the decision, Often under difficult -conditions. A further recommendation by the Huron County •Federation of Agriculture was that the Govern- ment "make it unlawful for the Society to abuse sick and weak- ened animals by trucking them long distances."! It may come as,a distinct shock to the Officers of the Huron • County Federation ofAgriculture to know that the :Government of Canada has made it a criminal offence for anyone t6 abuse a sick animal. It is, in. fact, a crime . under the'Criin'inal Code of Can.,. ada. If the FederationrofAgrictil- ture Officals, think that any person, employed by the Ontario Humane Societyhas ever abused an animal then my suggestion and hope is that they imniediately a'crim- • inal charge against that person. Of course the allegation in the first place is utterly 1.rrespor- • Animals are moved only because they have been -neglected by a farmer and only after a vet. eyinarian agrees that seizure must be effected in order to pre- • vent the animals from further Stiff i d t • — • OCCURENCES The number of occiirences re- ported and attended to by theDero, artment during .the year were 2,60T.• pa.rade escort, etc.,' 22 funeral escorts, 12'7 escorts of money and 13,048 security calls from Banks, County Gaol,Shea. ffer Pen Company Limited. There were /5 persons' arrested by the Department durd ing the year. There were 245 • business • premises found in- • • secure by the Department during the year, •necessitating the owners being notified and the pre- mises made secure. • The Departhrieut attended and investigated 4 sudden deaths, 3 natural causes and 0 by motor vehicle accidencl drowning. Of the total of number of off- ences Charged during the yearn? were violations at the _CrimInaL • Code, 22'7 for...violations of the HighWay Traffic Act, 168 10 viol,. ations of the Liquor Control Act and Licensing Act and 611 tags were issued ter violations of mun. icipal bylaWe. • During the year there were • 34 vehicles seized for evidence; de. fective brakes, unsafe vehicles, and drivers not in condition to drive. " After clearance by the Department they were released to their, owners. *AinatiGs „ .55 YEARS— AGO -1912 , Town counCil business MOW*. .plized the front page of Yhe • Signal , in the April 11, issue. Here are. some. interesting items; , Colonel Sam Htighes, Minister of Militia, replied to the council's request for the erection of an armouries building it Goderich.... 'Ile stated •lie- would Visit Coiderich " during the coming simmer and would then inspeerthe- stte Which the council had offered to donate for the building. • _, , Chas, ' C. Lee's.offer of $4,00 • cash for the: summer hotel was accepted. Reeve Mannings Was inclined to think that the council "was giving the hotel away" at the price mentioned:— • VVilliam Martin asked for a, license at the usital rate of 30, , t rich Area Thursday causing one ,, to peddle peanuts and IpopcOrn - deal on the streets of Goderich. The and considerable Property . •damage. Alex Watson, 65, of R, R. request was granted. •1, Port Albert, died in a' hos. The first in a series of lee- , 15 YEARS AGO -1,952 iifaiitallingaftrteeer ihime bsouliffeerweads aaff:anac.. • tured skull when struck by a .••• newly formed Goderich At club er reeve of Colborne tOwnshiP, tures on *art sponsored bythe wyn Dewdney of the Western It Will be 28 years this week , was given Tuesday night by Sel- Since I cannot accept your in. MacKay Hall before a large group and 'decided to giye Uie car bust. that,Reg. McGee came to town ness a try in a comparatively - Ontario Art League, London, in sine/ 10 ca ti on on Hamilton FOR $4,250 10 YEARS 'AGO -1957 A Varna farmer told Goderich Provincial Polite that timthitch. hikers whom he befriended later threatened him with a saWed-off rifle, tied him up and stole his car. Murray Qrainger, 4,5, Who lives alone ahOnt three .miles east of Hayfield was truSsedwith his own necktie bythe tlY0YOuths: The next day, London townshi police arrested two YOUths; they were 'returned to Ood•er•ich, d the suspect e are charged with armed rObbery.° • Town planning on anareabasis was discussed when about- 50 municipal men. from Huron and Perth counties met at Clinten.„ a Violent vinds, accompanied by _ . . 'snow, sleet and rain swept Gode. • vitation to speak at your July of' interested citizens. Mr. Dew& 2 Centennial, due to , ours being "4-ney prefaced his address by con. • on same day, here are a few veying greetings and congratula- • thoughts to add lustre to pioneer tions from the Western Ontario spirit of Huron County. • . " b.rt league which has a member. o • ' Before 1867 Confederation, My Ship of 700,• • grandfather, Maurice Dalton of Captain Clifford Sloane, whose Kingsbridge was onHuronCounty • S. S. Imperial Cobourg was the C ouncil. first vessel to enter Goderich During the year there were • yarnings issued by members of the bepartment for various Off- ences of the Highway Traffic Act, Liquor Control Act andinunici. • pal braille bylaws. 100 V•erbal warnings an d 227 warning tickets weretssued. •During the year the Depart. ment issued 765 bicycle licen. ses and piAced them -the bic. ycles. $222,50 were ected and turned over to the Town Clerk, S. 11. Blake. During the year 14 .prisoners were photograpked and 18 pris. oners fingerprinted. There were 10 people fingerprinted for Visa PurpOses. During the year a total , Of $13,764.68 ix fines andcostawere collected by the cOurts in charges preferred by this .Departinent. • • Morgan- Dalton, ply father, -harbor this year,'had high praide • ought the William Grey farm. for tovVn fathers and. harbor of. on the 4th. Concession., near Port ficials. Captain Sloane, who hails Albert, which during War 11 yras from Mimico, arrived here after er lig an o obtain proper 'food, shelter and carg..for thean. imals. • The Society is responsible for the Well being of the animals that are seized by fts Inspectors. It would be utter stupidity to simply • seize the animals and plate them in the care of a person of whom the Society had no first hand knowledge and wno might very training runway for Empire d a he snowstorm street, , . The first group of Hungarian refugees to come to Goderich arrived here last Friday andare • in the °process of -rehabilitating themselves under the guidance". • of the Canadian Department •of Immigration.. ONE.YEAR AGO -1966 • The Alexandra Marine and Gen- • eral: Hospital board launched its mammoth build•ng fund drive dur- ing Easter week. E. A. Elliott, vice-chairman ot the-. executive fi ld: f ice OomEift-e-e,—StragetlYthe-urgent------- men. -1-6-5-n-rdwgtin—erffrarvi, al1.--the-way--Irorn--Sahnia-amt-enp—' clover On their uniforms and counteri-------. e o local navigation season, , public subscription target... they could : smell the sweat I near Kettle Point, to open the need of reaching the $109,214. • imagination. When 1 would meet The Ice Follies of 1952, pre- A critical "shortage of bed - left in the hay fields, with alittle,* space confronts organize,r s of the them overseas during•the War, I 'sented by the Georgian Bay ,_ billeting -operation -on. the_ eve of _ Figure Skating • Club and 'spoil. used to say: , "The. battle of, Britain was won gorbed the Goderich Lions 'Young Canada Hockey week. . brought ht out a capaCitraudi. - Port Albert Airport." Net proceeds' went AO the fun . - morrow, will see the arrival of ence' to the arena Friday -night. • When• the flower of Huron for ' the installati n of a new . th'f 'a-CW.411R c! guard of tnore than - hockey". la el.'s • dn runways of my fathers farm at , . and I,edofficials are still short 'of . 0 county s gallant manhoodpaid the floor -in the arena/ 80 b s • .• supreme sacrifice on the field " •' • Stilke talks involvingunionand of honou.r..,at Dieppe and Western. A meeting was called-by-,th Europe, I used to write._ribme to Goderich Ministerial Association e---/ management representatives of the Goderich Manufacturing Com - ‘My God what parents these ' and two delegates from each church to form an exechtive vim. pany broke down again after two days this week. Company officials the Duckworths etc. lads must have had, to raise such ,gallant sons, in the county of my drigin". Huron County•also sent valiant boys in defence Of the Crown in World War 1. In 'sports, National Hockey "Stars,. Jeffrey, .Hender- son, etc. In religion, Bishops Tom McCarthy, andDenisO'Con- nor. 12 Apostles of Kingsbridge, . native Priests, Hogan, lio 'gen, CP.. Neil, Ford, Hussey, Dean, Sullivan, Garvey, Garvey, Dalton, O'Keefe O'Keefe. Kingsbridge sent Cliplains to both Wars. Hus- sey, World War 1 Dalton World ? • • War 11. (One. of them was callw ed in to Buckilighain. Pala ce to chat with the King about Huron County and got M. B . E . Medal). • "Peace has its Victories, no less renowned than War". Our. ancestors, who hitched the oxen and horses to a plough and wait. ed till daylight to find the furrqW, won such victories :to r their descendants. • Pioneers. who ploughed Many a- .lone furrow. County Huron, whefe we learned to live. 'Lake Huron, where we learned to swim, With gratitude to God, we salute you. • Father Mike Dalton, • . Native of Huron • Kingsville, Ont. I•••••••••M Petty Cash, 135.72; Miscellan- eous 206.34;'Police Meetings 125,00; Board of CoMmissionets and Secretary, 1,000.00; Photos, F lashlights, 152.98; Officers' Mileage and 'Expenses, 345.84; Special Duty, 57.09; Total $50,- 980.42. 'PERSONNEL Chief of Police F. IVEnshall, Appointed Novemlier 3rd, 1958. Sergeant R. B. Crawford, appoint- ed August 301h, 1958. Cons'able G. Bacon; appointed November 27th, 1961. Constable J. Ruxton„, appointed April 7th, 1963. Con. stable N. Dowhaniuk, appointed May 1.9th, • 1963. Constable M. Grieg, a.ppointed Septembet 1966. • CONCLUSION- . • In conclusioh I wish to extend m/ sincere thaks and apprec- iation to the, Metribers of the „ Board of coMmissidners of 'Police Who have b6en very „co- operative and considerate in all matters. Mr.. W. G. Cochrane, Crown Attorney; Mr. J. K. Hunter, Town Solicitor; Mr. Clasen, Probation .Officer; The Royal Canadian • Mounted Police; The Provincial police and all other police dep. artments who have so ably ass- isted and co.operated with my department, I extend my sincere • thanks. 1 also wish to, thank thniem. bers of law firms in Goderich, raembers of the fire department, representativea of the press and all metribers of my own dew. artment for their co.operation so,andlissistance, • ' It has been a pleasure' to have been associated with them in the past and I can assure. them of my. continued co-operation in the • future. F. Minshall, Chief of Pollee E XPENSZS Salaries , and employee ben. efits, $42,373,21; Cruiser Trade. in, 1,184.61; 'Clothing and boots, 11099.11; Cruiser operation and insurance, 2,490,91; Books, print. ing andadvertising, 345.59; Tele. phones, 582.33; Telephone An. mitering Serviee, 365.00; Radio and nada Maintenance, 82/.69; f • mittee of the Goderich branch of refused 'to comment vn the latest the British and Foreign Bible setback in the two -Month old Society last week. •Rev. R. G. strike. . MacMillan, president of the as- •••• Colborne Township School sociation, , paid glowing tribute Board has accepted the tender , to the work of Mr. A. M. Robert- of Cale DOucette •Construction'. son; president of the branch,Mr. Limited of 'Clinton, Ontario, -for Robertson'whowas r etiring after the addition to Zion school • at many years' service to the British a total cast of $181,841.00. Bible Society, waS presented witih4 .ClintOn cbmpanyte tender -is . an inPerPed- Bible ".a token lowest of six•receiVett ';'•11011 the appreciation of the Minister. ., In the second mixed draw com- ial Association.- . ..•pleted recently at MaitlandCaun- Funeral services were held on try 'Club, it was the team of Saturday March 29th, at Ash- Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McGee and field Presbyterian church for • Mr -and Mrs. Ben Chisholm who Lyall •Bradley Campbell, 25, came out victorious. The team youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. was skipped by Alvin McGee. • Albert Campbell of Ashfield. He Jim Chisholm, Huron County met his death by drowning while museum curator, handed over the checking in at Thorold to corn. office keys to officially mark me,nce another season sailing on the appointment of Mrs. Friedel • the S. S. 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