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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-05-18, Page 2od *l a ,; $10114041, , ‘' rtir I. jilt How About That? • president Waiter ons. t�eeeken : speech, critical of T:. policy on Viet Nam andcon- sidered to be widely divergent from the views of Lester B. Pearson and others.. of the cabinet, indicates he Should resign. Opposition leader John Diefen-- . baker has tried without success to get the matter debated in special session of the House, but to •our mind, for the wrong reasons. We take the .view that Walter Gordon has done the country a real service by bringing the issue out into the open. We think there should be a full-dress debate so that eventually the so-called man in the street will get sone idea of what Canada's at- titude really is. Augurs . We rook forward with quicken= : ed interestto the activities of Huron County historical ,society now that J. W. McLaren of Benmiller has taken the helm as president. Fresh from his triumph as, pro- ducer of probably the brightest and funniest musical comedy produced in Huron, "Stereoscope '67", Mr: 'McLaren took over the' gavel as head 'man of the, historical society at the :annual meeting in Wingham Tues- day evening, succeeding . Mrs. Wil- . fred Mack of, Crediton, whom he credited with irnuch of the responsi bility for formation and growth of the group over the past three years. A forthright man, Mr. Mc- Laren made it clear, that he intends to give dynamic leadership, espec- ially in this Centennial year, and bluntly advised his executive that there will- be no use taking a "let • a W,eyw It has been estimated that with- in• 30 years the population of Ontario alone could exceed 17,000,000 per- sons, almost equal to the present po illation of all "of Canada. upposing this estimate is well based, there are many possibilities that" should be considered. In some places in the United States, organized- labor is working toward the four-day week . with wages ,about double the average in- dustrial wage in . this neck : of • • the woods. We have often heard, and prob- ably ' accept without too much ex- citement or much thought, that the future will bring,, much more leisure time and more : affluence for the average family. We do not seem to be doing much about it. n the Commons Monday, Mr. Diefenbaker said it was of the ut- most importance to hear the views of Prime Minister Pearson or Ex- ternal Affairs Mhnister Maiftin "whichever one is directing the foreign affairs of this country". s Mr. Diefenbaker declared: `re expurged , brushoffs' _we haSe been receiving" will no, longer suffice. Spokes.Jien for all opposition .parties joined in the demand for the debate, and so. do Ne. If Walter. Gotdoes not re- sign, we must take it his" views are endorsed ` by Lester Pearson. The answer., we believe, comes within our entitlement to' know. Well George do it" attitude. "My name is. Jack," he declared, "so you had better get on with your jobs". Brig. Fred Clift of Bayfield as vice-presi- dent should make an able, shall we say, lieutenant? Opening of the new archives room at Huron pioneer museum June 15, when the noted author Harry J. Boyle will attend, will- be thefirst 'major undertaking of the society. Tentative plans tossed out by Mr. McLaren give one the idea that it will be "a really big show" as Ed Sullivan would say,,It is "hoped to have representatives from the Bruce, Lambton and Perth historical societies and enough . enthusiastic visitors to fill a large . auditorium and purchase great wads of mem- bership tickets to provide the fi- nances the 'society could so well use. Mcl4ren is well in the saddle and the, society is off and running. Imagination Needed In at least one heartening in- stance, the tourist council of MODA, our regional development organiza- tion, hascome up with a piece of tourism promotion literature that has won an award in competition with hundreds of like attempts here and in the United States. In an interesting fashion, it de- tails daily drives that may be taken through this,,region to see and enjoy points of interest which it has very- carefully erycarefully delineated. This is an im- - portant step forward for the tourist industry in the 'area, and It is now becoming -snore apparent ;that pro- motion dollars can be spent to best advantage on a regional basis. In the competition for atten- tion and interest of potential visi- tors, costly printed matter in full color is . one of the most powerful sales tools. and in the long run will do more for the tourist business on a regional basis than any number of poorly designed and cheaply printed pamphlets issued by individual lodges or motels or summer camps. ' If one must "think big" in the field of promotion of tourism, the same thinking could be applied to ' advantage when it comes to con- ceiving of new or improved attrac- tions,. 'We have seen how what appear- ed to be commodious touirst camps set up by the province have become filled to capacity in the first year of operation. In `future, the word will have to be "think bigger"... when "it comes to .planning to cope with the well- heeled citizens with ..plenty of leisure time in the years to come. What Others Say, In discussing steps taken to aid area tornado victims an editorial in a recent issue referred to the fact that Huron no longer had an emer- gency measures organization. We 'were not aware at the time that the county had provided alternative assistance. We learn now that the Huron Highways department acting on instructions of council and of the road committee, immediately made -available heavy' equipment includ- ing.,a mobile crane and bulldozer to assist in clearing damaged areas. There was, of course, no charge for' the facilities and the fact that the department's construction foreman Billy Joe Hallahan eo-ordinated the program assured' a sympathetic and knowledgeable approach. Mr. Hal- la inn was himself the victim , of similar damage a number of years sego when a tornado destroyed his barn as well as many other barns in the north part of the county. (The Huron Expositor). established 1848 alle (uU?rtxt 120th year of P,ublacatian —0— The County Town Newspaper of Huron --tJ-- Published at Goderich, Qntario every Thursday thornin .by. • Signal -Star Publishing Limited • 6 ROBERT G. SHRIER ,wr Ft.C4oTT President and Publisher 'Managing Zditar • S. F. HILLS, Plant Supt. • Member of C.W.N• .A., O.W.N,A., and A.B.C. • Subscription' Rates $5 a Year -To U.S.A. $6 (in •advanci . ft *6 w� Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post office Dept, .Ottawa and for Payment Of Postage in Cash • From the Imperial Oil Collection Samuel, de Champlain on Georgian. Bay, 1615. • Ater his bitterly ' disappointing1613 exped. • ition up the Ottawa River, in search 01 a, northern sea that turned out to be nothing more than a figment of fellow Frenchman's imagination, Champlain again braved the . rapids of the Ottawa in 1615 as far as the Huron territory around Georgian Bay. There he visited.among the Indian villages and then went on the warpath with the Indians. Accompanying a war party of Algonquins and Hurons, Champlain's expedition headed south across the astern end of Lake Ontario to attack an Iroquois fort. The iacK.Of discipline 'among the Hurons and the Algonquins infuriated Champlain, who was attempting to 'direct the attack, andfoiledthe mission. They " withdrew several of the Indians wounded. Champlain retreated -with the Indians and' spent the winter goingrfrom village to village recording the tribal customs of the various groups. In the spring he returned to the settle- ment of Quebec and in August 1616 sailed back to France. (This 'historical feature is one of a series, readers may wish to clip acid save.) Messages Frani The Word Rev. Garwood G. Russell Ephesians 2:14'; "For Christ himself has brought ‘us peace, by making the Jews and Gentiles one people." This .was St,. ,Paul's great aff. irmation about- the meaning of Christ's cross and resurrection. He felt that in Jesus the law was both fulfilled and superceded, The Law of Moses took on fresh mean, ing and vitality as St, Paul in. terpreted, it - against,.- the__back. ground of Jesus' work of recon.. ciliation , Yet the seeds of dis. cord .between Jews and Gentiles were actually sown in those days,• and -we are reaping the harvest still. The persecution .of Jews by Gentiles is'one of the most pain. ful episodes in Christian history. We cannot ,deny that the harsh attitude of Gentile C nristians con, tributed to -the gas chambers and ovens of Hitler's final sblutibn. In many subtle (and not so subtle!) ways Gentiles have alien ted Jews, and are still doing- it. So far Christ has not brought peace; he has brought a. sword. Jews and Gentiles are not one people; they are seriously ;:lien- ated.6•om one another. Though we share a c4ommonre.t ligious heritage, wa do not. re. . late to each. other even on the - level of appree.iatioii--of the -441d. - Testament. The Jews are sen. sitive to our depreciation of the Old Testa ri t ::nd are critical of us for the w•k we interpret the nature of God as revealed through the law and the prophets. • . Much has been done lately by Christian scholarship to try to correct these misrepresents.. tions. Much has been done also to reinterpret the role of the Pharisees' so th"at.Jesus is not held up as anti-Semitic. `- A continuing—effort is being made to enter into a meaningful dialogue with Jews about relig. ious concepts. Yet we cannot ex. pect them to lightly overlook cen.- turies of abuse. In Ontario the Jews look upon the progress of religious educ. ation in -our. public schools with an abhorrence that may seem io many Christians to be' nothing ,slior•t of fanatical, The Jewish Congress has, submitted to the Mackay Committee a brief which is thoroughly opposed to religious instruction.. . It -is a masterly brief, well` documc'nted and excellently writ. ten. ,Its tone is polite but it makes very clear that they re- sent the teaching of the Christ. religion in public schools..•. It' quotes some of the passages in the text books which they find particularly offensive. One can. not read the brief without feel. ing• a strong syrr}pathy for them. Perhaps it will be possible to meet Inc Jews on the level of•. ,..:o.t;r..co.rnm'?n' concerns in, educ. ation, hut a 'high. will' of dis. trust will first }rave to be torn down brick by brick. Those who advocate a ;few approach to re. ligious instruction in our schools are conscious of several things: First, that the day is past when the' Christian Church can or should exercise its dominantwill on a weak minority, Second, , that we live in`a plur. alistic society in which there are many religions and some of no religion. Third, and the most significant, that If Christianity is to really mediate the Spirit of Christ then we must strive to bring His real Spirit into the area of Jewis'h. Gentile relationships, and most particularly at the deep level of ,the religious meaning of life.` This• third point is the most significant because it is fund. amental to the'meaning of the Gos- pel. Jesus was a Jew and his disciples were Jews, and he died for us all- Jews and Gentiles. Whether or not the Jews accept Jesus as their Messiah is not what counts right now. The question is: do we accept him as our Messiah with all his Jewishness, .and therefore commit . ourselves to be the agents of his reconcil- iation between his people and ours , ontthe level of understanding and acceptance? Jesus did' not care what happ. ened to him so long as man. 'kind was reconciled in brother. hood. Though ,we hardly, dare to breathe the naine , of Jesus when we meet our Jewish brethren, yet nothing less than the Spirit of Jesus will inspire us to un. dertake the reconciliation so that Jews, and Gentiles may in time. becorrie one people. G , Down Memory "Lane 55,. BIERS AGO, 1912 At the meeting Of the public school .boar on M6nday evening, J. H. Tiger resigned his posit. ion as principal of ,, letoria school. M. Tigert has been. on the teaching staff of Goderich public schools for the last, ten years. He held the position of Central school principal until, the opening of Victoria school over a year ago, at which time he took charge of the new school. Mr. Tigert resigned to accept a pos. ition as principal of a public school ifs Hamilton, . The board of Alexandra hos. pital; having had the matter under consideration for some time, has purchased «Tile Maples", .tlie well-known residential property of the late M,C, Cameron, loc.. ated near the river. The purchase price was $4,000. Warden Stothers., and County Engineer Patterson are in town today on county business. They will open tenders for repairs to several bridges, the principal one - being ' repairs to the bridge at Auburn. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, 1952 The Hon. Dr. W.J. Dunlop, On. tarso minister of education, vis. ited the Huron county pioneer museum on Tuesday . morning, accompanied by members, of the historic committee of county council, Dr. ° Dunlop expressed great' enthusiasm for the. pion. eer exhibits. Huron county Junior Farroers will be hosts to the Perth Jun. for Farmers at the annual Jun. for Farmers' field clay whichwill be held this year at Lions Park, S eaforth. The Friday night concert of the Huron county music festival will be broadcast over radio stat. ion -CKNX, sponsored by Goderich Lions Club. In spite of cold and rain, the Goderich .Collegiate cadet corps Marched to Agricultural park Monday, for its annual inspect• ioa. TEN YEARS AGO, 195? In recognition of 25 years' ser. vice to the Boy Scout movement Glen Lodge, Goderich, was pre. sented with a long set vice medal :with two bars. The presentation was made by district. commiss- foner: Doug Carswell of Bayfield. Looking back on 36 years in the railway mail service, Fred W. Currie of Goderich figures he has travelled' over 1,575;000 miles in the line of duty: Mr. Currie retired recently and was honored a few days ago by form. er associates of the London Dis. tract Mail Clerks Association at a banquet in Port Stanley. • The cover ,of the neW telep}lone directory now" being distributed in Goderich and the surrounding area, 'features a sketch of Huron county court house here. This • sketch, the 'work .of we11.k ngwn Canadian artist,, Lorne Bouchard, replaces the illustrations of the Perth county court house on last year's covert For the fifth consecutive year, the Goderich depot of Imperial Oil L lmtted has been awarded the • trophy • of excelienCe, awarded an. nually to the ° depot presenting the neatest and most efficient • plant; also Judged is the accid , ent rate of its drivers'and the • Goderich depot turned in one of the lowest accident rates of all depots in Ontario, • ONE YEAR AGO, 1966 The strike of Local 3054 of The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners is now in 'its llth week. -It gotiations ,for a new coptract started ' in August, '65 ansa ended March 8. Members of the 'local walked off their jobs at that time. Yesterday was the first .time since April 5 that then two sides have' met. On that, date they held a meeting with 'con. cilation officer Sam Billington in London. The third raid in Huron county since February was conducted by th Ontario Humane Society last week. The 'society seized 42 head of cattle in two raids, one on a Blyth area farm and another near Holyrood in Bruce county? Goderich businessman since 1949, Kenneth D. Croft, has sold his real estate and general in.. surance business and is moving to Toronto. Mr. Croft will join the department of public works there, dealing in realty matters. His business was purchased by Alex. ander and Chapman. ' Three English, four Scottish and two Irish young farmers arr. ived in Montreal aboard the S.S. Carinthia on April 26. They are visiting- Junior Farmers in On. tarso and will remain here until July 22. Beta Theta. Chapter totlred the Goderich Signal -Star last. week. P resident and publisher, Robert 'Shrier,. gave a detailed account on the facets- of news gathering and the productive output of our weekly newspaper elaborating on the functions of the linotypes and the printing press. •., Huron county Federation of Ag. giculture voted to join the Mid. Western Ontario 'Development Association here last week. The Huron) • federation's :` president Charles.. Thornas of Brussels and vice-president Elmer Hunter of R.R, 3, Goderich, are the group's delegates to MODA. LETTERS Sir: It is my pleasure -to have beer( given the opportunity on behalf of the Catholic Women's League, Kingsbridge, to thank you and your staff for your good work "in printing our monthly news and any other item . throughout the past year. Mrs. Delores VanOsch, Recording Secretary, Lucknow a. f Sir:- i n The Goderich District College. iate Institute student council would like to thank you for your contribution to our centennial Dro ject., The "Coinerama" wasa tremendous success. thanks to your support,- Due to your' con. tribution we were able to raise $658.50. Thank you again for your help. Mary Cochrane Secretary of Stud. ent Council Letters To The Editor ir: untested theories that have slldd. Last week Mr. MacNaughton, the -rnem'rer from Horont, took issue with your editorial -on ed. ,ucation. He missed the point you made either by design or ob: tustness. However it is reassur- ing to the.electorate that he con. firms that the "Ontario govern. m ent was quite pleased" with Mr. James Kinkead's call for "Can. ada.wide co-operationin the provement of education", espec. ialiy since Mr. Kinkead is a gov- ernment employee. Mr. MacNaughton considers the size of the budget he pre. sented to the Legislature a crit- erion •of the standard ofOntario's eduction. Of course itis a large budget, because we have more children than any other province. We know also that over half our county land taxes also add to this impressive total 'How much of this is wasted 15y a lack • of dir. ection from the government, a policy not of improving education, gut of frantically trying to find classrooms for -the pr'ovince's' expanding population? .. Perhaps Mr. .MacNaughton can tell us why grade 1L students in ° the Western provinces are admit. ted On an equal basis with our grade 13 graduates. I"was asked this recently by a Western educ- ator, wlio left his daix'ghter }n Winnipeg this year, rather than send her to Clinton where she would need an additional year for graduation. Surely Mr. Mac. Naughton bannot believe it is because Ontario students are duller than other Canadians. . I can readily understand how Ontario's "new ideas" in educ. ation are being exported to the • Caribbean, but would suggest that the government might show more modesty than to. imply that the,, Western provinces could improve their edification by adoptingthAe f enly been advanced to correct the lethargy of a quarter of a cen. tury. Does this -exportation in. elude the texts with American flags in the illustrations,' which Ontaiio schools .use 'because they do not appear to be equival- ent Canadian texts to support this "new" education? G.L. Morgan•Smith- Eblana, Bayfield. Obitiiary LOR.N>a G. YOUNG Lorne Garfield Young, a well. known resident here for m?.ny years and employee of Western Canada Flour Mills and their successors for 43 -years, died suddenly at his home here May ? at the age of 73. . A native of Dungannon, he was a son of the late Samuel Young and Amelia West. He was a mem. ber of Huron Lodge "No. 62, IOOF, He is survived byhis wife, Norma A. Johnston. The. funeral *as held May 10 from the Lodge funeral home, with Rev. Donald MacDonald off. iciating. Bearers --.,were Bert Medd, . Earl Cooper, Arthur Curry, . EX.. Webb, Robert Need. ham and Robert Schoenhals. CREWE—Raymond .and Chester Finnigan were in Weston on Thursday attending the funeral of M rs.,, Percy''Finnigan whose death occurred in Humber hospital on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. GrantCurranand Annette,. Mr. `anti Mrs. Stewart Curran; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Curran andJohnny were Mother's day guests,of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Curran. Mr, and Mrs. Chester Finnigan and sons attended Pine River church on Sunday for the baptism of Sandra Pauline Henry and • spent the day visiting rel. atives. 4qiNkuiee, T. PRIME & SON Merrnorials. -� Finest Stone and Eaperienoed Worktnafnship Frank Mcilwain REPR°F$ENTATIvE 5247881 or 200 Gibbons St. -- 524-9465 roti "AR* 5 oa SAVE 30c LB. 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