HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-06-22, Page 2The derioh. sig>na1-Star. T unsday,. June` 22, 1967
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No• man can hell) feeling a cer-
tain, sense of pride when he arrives
at the point where his next step.will
be the top rung on his professional
ladder. But there is something un-
usual about the top. `' rung of the
police ladder. It is the toughest job
m the department. From 'down in
the ranks, the role of Chief looks
exciting and .glamorous,but in
actual 'practice, the Chief finds this
position tense, tempestuous and
sometimes traumatic.
An applicant for this position
needs to know that being Chief is an
assignment of trust rather, �t1 an
glory. He will be respected more
than loved, tolerated more than
honored, and often hindered rather
than helped. Instead of running a
popularity contest, he will be run-
ning a semi -military operation
where life is often at stake and
where human rights and human
welfare are always at stake. It is a
cold, solemn • and deadly serious
business."
It is also in the very natureof
t.�
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such an assignment to provokea
resistance and opposition. A Chief
is under the continuing ° necessity,
of '• urging people to do what they
know ,.they ought to, do, ,but resent
having to 'do. . This resentment resent
fleets itself in . criticism, rumor,
mongering and , sometimes outright -
character 'assassination. The Chief
is automatically the main target.
Naturally, he will do everything
in his power to l:eep criticism ,to a
minimum, but to avoid it is impos-'
sible. Probably the most he can hope
toachieve is the satisfaction: of do-
ing' his work so well thatsomeday
in spite of the sniping and criticism,
the townspeople" will say, "Well, no
matter what you might think of our
Chief of Police, at least you have
to admit this; he's fair, he's firm,
and he's honest". -
In the glossary of law enforce-
nient accolades, this is - the highest
compliment a Chief can receive. It
means he „has been awarded the pro-
fession's top Oscar.
We got this from a man ina
position to know.
Moderation
Once again we have soen "those
black arrows', . : neing across the
war maps; and the comfort and
safety of our homes wondered at the
speed of the advances and the lop-
sided victory of the Israeli forces.
We were reminded by Rev. Bob
Marshall of Strathroy, an ex -mem-
ber of the RAF who was a prisoner
of war in. Germany; what dera,sta-,
tion and human : suffering lie be-
neath those.innocent'looking black
arrows.
Some of 'us have seen, through
the medium of television, the scorch-
ed bodies lying: in the sands of the
desert battlefields. Not . so promin-
ent, but more to be pitied than ever
now, are the Palestine refugees, so
badly betrayed by their leaders, who
are in terrible need of almost any
sort of sustenance, let 'alone • the
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Hands
- With Goderich Centennialob-
servances advancing rapidly in the
immediate future, the locaLcbmmit-
tee' is .swinging into action with d-
vengeance, and visible signs of ac-
tivity are beginning ,to make their
appearance.
A great deal of work has gone
into : the planning of the big "old
'horde week" and now a great deal
of elbow grease will have to be ex-
pended by all and sundry to carry
the plans through.
Some evidence of this is - seen
at the junction of Kingston street
and the Sqhare, where a traditional
"barrel -arch", such as was construct -
Charge
The rate of illegitimate birth
among teenagers, a groupoften rap-
ped'for'imrnoral behaviour, is the
lowest of any age group in Ontario,
says ' Betty Graham of the Ontario
department of family and social ser-
vices. . .. .
She told the 47th annual meet-
ing of the Canada welfare council:
:More and more unmarried
mothers are in the 25 -to -35 -year age
group."
Ontario' has 55 reported illegi-
• h timacierin every thousand births,
-a-52 per cent increase in the last five
years. The total birth rate has drop-
ped 11 per cent in the same period,
minor amenities of life.
The reverend, gentleman from
Strathroy, a sevral-time escapee
from prison camps, was recaptured
and punished, winding, up in a civil-
ian penitentiary with mostly con-
' victed murderers as cellmates,
In his wide range of experi-
ences he learned that some of his,
enemies -could turn out to be his
best friends' while erstwhile friends
could turn out - to be his worst
enemies.
Speaking to a Veterans' Week
gathering at the local branch of the
Canadian Legion, he called upon his
fellow veterans ..to lay aside judge-
ments based ori nationality, race,
creed or political :persuasion, and
deal with their fellow" men Individu-
ally, on their personal merits.
Wellsaid, padre.
Off Off
ed many years ago for reunions, is
now under construition by volunteer
workers, including members of the
committee, aided by hydro and
works department men.
The efforts of these volunteers
are appreciated by the great major-
ity of residents." If there is' a minor-
ity that would like to indulge in
vandalism for kicks, or engage in
damaging practical- jokes and de-
stroy the efforts of the Centennial
committee, we feel sure public opin-
ion will demand severe treatment
in court.
`A word to the wise is sufficient.
A word to the unwise had better
be sufficient also
Refuted
she said.
The speaker said the rate ,of
illegitimacies may appear, to be ris-
ing due to the improved methods
of reporting such births.
Statistics are not immediately,
available for Huron county, but in
the meantime it Is encouraging to
think that one of the taken -for -
granted slurs against teenagers has
been hung by the heels by a depart-
mental authority. We feel sure our
youths will grow into responsible
citizenship, perhaps at an earlier
ago than did their parents, whose
record, en masse, is really not much
to brag about.
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From the Imperial Oil Collection
La Salle on the Toronto carrying -place, August
41681. Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle,
was one of the greatest explorers of North
America and is best remembered as explorer
of the Mississippi Valley. This drawing shows
La Salle at the beginning of his most success-
, ful expedition. He took a route between Torbnto
and Lake Simcoe known as the Torontq carrying .
place - involving a 28 -,mile, portage - and on
through the lakes 'to S. Joseph at the foot of
Lake Michigan. During the winter of 1681 - 1682
he went down. the Illinois, using his canoes as
sleds on the river ice. He kept on down the.
Mississippi and formally took possession of
the "country of Louisiana"for, France, La
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Salle -was a cold, ambitious man with many
enemies. Had he not been so restricted by the
opposition of his enemies, he may well have
carried out his grandiose plans for' colonization'.
Of America. And iff he had succeeded, if would
have taken more than one seven_•yea.rs'°" war,
no doubt,,to_ shake the hold of France on the
interior. But La Salle was murdered: by one
of his own men in 1687. France held Louisiana.
until 1'762, when ' it was transferred to Spain
and then returned to France in 1800. in 1803"
Napoleon I sold it to the 'United States for $15
million. (This historical feature is one 'of a
series readers may wish to clip and save.)
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• - -Despite the • uncomfortable
(continued 'from. page 1) overtones of the topic which
he had chosen, 'Mr:Boyle's dry
wit came through his reading
most convincingly and the aud-
ience was kept chuckling up to
the last line.
vincial treasurer, who had or.
iginally planned toattend.
GUEST SPEAKER
Harry J. Boyle, a Huron
county native son, who ' is now
well-known author, with four
,novels to his credit, was born
and grew up at St. Augustine,
a "tiny hamlet in East Wawan.
ash. It was • while living in this
peaceful rural setting 'that "
Harry J. Boyle formed many.
of the impressions and ideas
about' life which . were to ap.
pear later as autobiographical
sketches of his background in
the heart of rural Huron..,,_
Before accepting a position
Brigadier Clift of Bayfield,
an executive of the Huron county
historical society, gave the re.
ply of thanks to Mr. Boyle, on
behalf of the society. ,
Just before the conclusion of
the program, -Chairman M,o-
Laren called Mrs. W.D. Mack,
past -president, to the front of
the platform.- There she Was
presented with a plaque, which
carried_an illum' nated laudat•
ory greeting, from the gociety.
with .the Canadian Broadcast. . Mrs. Mack"aeeepted..the plaque
ing Corporation,with whom he-, and replied appropriately. •
is still associated, he worked At the end of the program,
as a newspaper stringer in guests and visitors were ser.
Western , Ontario' for the Lon. , ved tea, sandwiches, and cook.
don Free Press and the Tor- les, prepared "y members of
onto Globe. Huron county women's institute
Radio station CKNX'also cla-. groups. '
imed his services . for a, five While tea and lunch were be.
year period extending from 1936 *Mg served, members of the
to 1941. audience were given an, app.
Mr. Boyle entertained his • ortunity ,to ' view some histor.
audience with some wry, hum. icai material on .display. Fea.
ourous remarks about.subjects tared • in the array were. old
which ordinarilywould not be photographs of a pioneer : era
expected to offr a source of around the Benmiller area plus
amusement,but in the hands of-- a hand painted mural by J. W.
a skilful narrator, they turn- „M .Laren, depicting the fife and
customs of early settlers in
that Huron county community.
An opportunity for new mem.
-bens to enroll in the society
was provided at this time also,
at a fee of $2.00 per person.
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. ed out to be highly amusing.
Of all selections to chose from
his collection of essays about
rural life in Huron county, pub.
lished under the title of
brew and Patches", Mr. Boyle
for some sadistic reason, chose
to narrate the - one about "The
Old Parlour Stove", the title
.of which was sufficient to raise
the humidity level in the aud.
ience 'a few degrees over the
near -eighty mark at which it
stood.
We are sorry to report that
William J. Craig is ill at the
home of his daughter Mrs. Betty
Wilkin and family in Goderich.
We wish him a speedy reco.
'ery.
Had 'a..pleasant visit from the
editor of the Whitehorse Star,
Mrs. James Whyard who has
been in Yellowknife, N.W.T. and
the Yukon since a few years
after World War 11.
The visit to Goderich const•
Hated a reunion •with her father,
W. E. Elliott, Mars. Elliott and
a brother, writer of this very
column. She gets "paroled" not
oftener than once every couple
of years, usually.
"FIo" was periodically chant•
ing a little piece about "thank
you, thank you, all you wonder.
ful tax payers".
Seems when Princess Alexan.
dra was touring the fkr north,
a press liaison officer with. the
Royal party was asked by the
Smoke,
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Down ,,emory Lane
S 1912
8
YEARS A.00,
Considerable alarm has been
xCited• by the death of a. nunn•
ber of -cattle in• Goderich town+
shin from a disease whichhas
been diagnosed as rabies.
Stringent measures have been
taken tb prevent the spread of
the disease, and so far as it
is presently known, it is cello
fined to one farm, -
About 2,000 men are now in
camp across 'the ' river from
Attrill's. Ali day l tonday and
until :the small hours of the
next morning, the men were
arriving in detachments ' at the
cainp. The MiddlesexRegiment,
Which marched °311 the wa on
foot, arrived this after
Last Friday was a greap,
at" Point Farm. Eleven teams
competed in the semi-annual
shoot of the Huron County Rifle
League and individual shooters
swelled the number • who .kept
the- targets busy all day. The
Colborne team won the .gup,
the ; chief trophy of the" 'shoot,
with the ' Score .626, the fam-
ous Dungannon No, 1 team be.
ing 20 points behind.
price air conditioning equip
ment for the offi,ces and coun.
cal chamber.
A bylaw prompted by Coun.
cillor Ray Robinson a few weeks
ago when he cdmmented on as
many. as live organization sol-
icting funds in public at one
time, was' given two readings"'
and sent to special committee.
ADVANCE NOTICE
The bylaw: will call for writ.
'ten application for tag days
or fund ..drives. .on. . the, streets,
to be received 60: days in ad.
wince of the proposed day of
solicitation.
; A letter from the British -
American oil company took ex-
ception to the appraisal of a
triangular piece of property be.
"ing annexed from in front of
its Victoria street property for
additionto the.intersection now
under construction there. The
town set a land value of $600
on it, whereas, two appraisals, -
'for the company averaged out
at $3,000. Negotiations will con-
tinue.
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Rev. M. R. Roberts was in
Toronto last week attending the
conference of the United Church
of Canada.
lady, editor why no female re.
porters had been assigned "t0 the
Royal tour. •
"We have empty seats on the
tour plane (RCAF) so why don't
you come along?" was the reply.
She did. From -Whitehorse to
Edmonton, to Winnipeg, to Mon.
areal and a couple of days at
Expo, mileage deadheaded by the
_government, accommodation a
personal responsibility.
At the top of Mrs. Whyaxd's,
editorial column iSthe presumed.
to.be Latin motto: "Illegitilni
non carborundum". She said That
"roughly" translated it means,
and we'txuote: „ ,
"Don't • let the bastards 'wear
you dowel" And so we shouldn't.
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TER YEARS AGO 1957 .
Harbor beack beeame a pop.
Alar shot Monday and Tuesday
Of this week • doting an cans s-
onable ,hot spell with, -tent r.
atures hovering only a few de.
groes from the 90 mark.
The "Snowfari", a 58 -foot,
al -steel motor vessel, built
, here for Arctic travel, defied
all efforts to launch her at
Goderich • harbor• Saturday at.
ternoon... The boat -provided
.some• unscheduled, excitement
when she turned over `:on• here
side during the launching oper.
° ationh.° She finally gave la Sun.
day and was perked into water,
' with a tow -rope attached to
the lap• Mac, one of the Mac.
Donald Mar, ane •tugs.
Three outstanding farmers
were honored here Thursday at
,, an awards dinner designed to
focus atteatioa on well-managed
woodlots. Certificates were
awarded to 'Prank Raithby, R.R.
1 Auburn; Thomas Rathwell,
R. R, ' '3 Clinton, and Ross W.
Horn, R. R. 1 Granton. "This
is a unique occasion" declared
Harold GawdY,, Huron county
warden; ' It marks " the first
time that any of our tree far.
niers in this county have been
recognized."
ONE YEAR AGO, 1960
The Alexandra Marine and
General hospital building fund
climbed over the last notch in
the, thermometer this, week to
a total of $101,000. Campaign
officials are confident the ob.
jective of $109,214 will be.re.
ached if contributions' continue.
Twelve Htaron county farmers
paraded their tractors'intoGod+
erich Tuesday. They were am.
ong many farmers across Onyt.
art(), who` are' seeking provin.
cial assistance to raise and
stabilize farm incomes.
The steamship Goderich
made her first visit to the town
which inspired her name. For.
.,merly the Pathfinder, the 550 -
foot ship was purchased by
Upper Lakes Shipping last year
and renamed after this town.
McDonald's general store at
Kintail has been sold to Bill
Van Osch of Kitchener. The pre.
sent building was erected by
the late W. J. McDonald in 1951
to accomodate the wider high.
way. The store which it re.
placed was owned and operated
by Neil McDonald, (the writer's
grandfather) since early in the
turn of the century.
15 YEARS AGO, 1952
Christie A. McDonald of Tor.
onto, one of the original four.
ders of- the Canadian Junior
Chamber of Commerce, was the,
officiating officer at the instal.
lation of the 1952 Goderich Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce ex.
ecutive. The ceremony was held
at the British Exchange hotel
on Wednesday evening of last
week.
The Rev. R. G. MacMillan,
Knox Presbyterian church min.
aster, spoke • at a "loyalty din.
nor" of that church's build.
ing fund committee on Tuesday
night, during which he intimated
that- the new church would be
dedicated on August 17. He out.
lined briefly the facilities which
have been provided in the new
church to the Church Family
Party at the Goderich pavilion
attended by more. than 450
"family'' arid
including
parent§ and children.
A flotilla of some 40 plea.
sure boats, carrying about 200
people from Detroit, are ex.
pected to arrive at Goderich
harbor, shortly after July 4.
The visit, an event in the Coin.
mander's "Vacation Rendez-
vous", is being planned by A.
C. Berry, commander of the
Detroit Power Squadron.
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LETTERS � TRE EDITOR
Dear Sir: I know that you
tyere losOtsgp.ttllp recent God&
erich Township Centennialtel.
Oration, .held at Ho1mesville
and partly at Clinton arena,
therefore the following may be
a duplication of effot: -
The council of the Township
of "Goderich, ` -the Centennial
committee of the township, and
many others deserve the full
thanks of all us residents of
the township, and ,of the , area
for a really historical, enter.
taming and wholehearted effort,
something that. their ancestors
and predecessors; would have
been ,as 'proud of ,as we pre.
sent residents who were but
partakers, were. :The -many fl-
.oats were spontaneous and good,
the exhibitions of relics. were
outstanding, and the wholething
can haver but one result, a
greater pride in our commun-
ity,, and a better sense of con.
tinuity with the pioneers of the
area. .
There were so many thin
Ri~91'kti n , orievote r
ced° "'and displayed that it is
be -hoped that the Huron cou•
my historical society will be
enriched.
The ---coverage of the • press
and the radio and television
mediums was also worthy of
praise, and may their records
also become part of our, his.
toric'heritage.
•Thank you all,
Yours . truly,
S. E. Mallin,
R. R. I, Goaenet'.
Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Red.
mond of Goderich and her ,bro.
ther, Archie McLeod of Ans.
tralia visited with Westfield
and Auburn friends last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wright
and family . of . Toronto spent
the weekend with Mr. Robert
Arthur -and4ayne.
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