HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-11-02, Page 2Like a lone lost voice lin the wilder-
ness Councillor Ray Robinson keeps tell-
ing.' the rest of the town council that
what Goderich really needs is—parking.
He sees them as a means of raising
money.. A kind of legalized 'slot .ma-
chine where the .percentages are rigged
.•one hundred per cent in favor of- the
operator.,
'We have .always felt that parking
meters were a necessary evil in areas
where there was a chronic parking
problem. Where downtown workers
take advantage of available, -parking
space to the detriment of local store-
keepers we can argue in favor of plac-
ing parking restrictions; Goderich has
such a restriction in the two-hour park-
ing bylaw. By an accounts it is working
well and has alleviated a problem that
used to exist. --
The storekeepers. themselves at a
meeting of the Goderich Businessmen's
Association -openly opposed the idea of
having parking meters outside thejr
establishments. Councillor Robinson's
proposal would have had an array of
parking meters around the Square and
down side streets for one block. (His
own place of business would narrowly
escape having- a pay -as -you -stay sen-
tinel outside the door).
The installation of parking meters
is not something that can be takers
lightly. A recent example can be seen
in the town of Clinton.
That town after much' deliberation
and requests from local merchants de -
meters.
ercy
A move by the ambulance opera-
tors across the province to have ambu-
lance calls paid through hospitalization
insurance will undoubtedly give way
to a great deal of controversy-,•
Though ambulance operators are
justified int their concern about the dif-
fi ,ulties involved in keeping their
operation solvent, the public may not
like the idea of paying additional dol-
lars annually for _a, service they Will
seldom require.
Two local ambulance . services _
were discontinued recently because the
operators found it impractical to con-
tinue. An Ontario Ambulance Act which
lays down the regulations for ambu-
lances' and their operators is certainly
of no assistance when it comes to col-
lecting -accounts..
In the majority of.., cases—partice-
larly .traffic accidents and the like—
persons requiring ambulance service do
not authorize that an ambulance be
summoned. They awake in hospital or
elsewhere to find they are responsible
for the expenses- incurred by the am-
bulance and the operator who picked
them up. While most persons feel an
-obligation to pay the bills, an alarming
number refuse this is what causes
tided that parking meters wouldde the
answer to a serious parking problem in
the downtown business area. The town
now has parking meters on the.xnain
street and will do so -for the next five
years,
Since the installation one month
ago, it would appear that the town coun-
cil has had nothing but. headaches with
them. No, provision was made for rigid
policing of the meters. Cars have been
seen to sit for hours with the violation
sign .showing and no parking tickets
were being issued. It was even brought
up at one council meeting that the
police chief's car sat on the main street
all day with nary a nickel in the slot.
To CIintonians parking meters are
a joke, and they were installed to meet
a specific traffic problem—not mereily
as a means of raising money.
There is no acute parking problem
in -Goderich. Should' one arise in the -
near future off-street parking facilities
could be obtained almost immediately.
If and when parking meters are
required in Goderich as a means of
alleviating a parking problem we will
support their installation. Until then we
feel the councillor's able 'talents can
serve a better purpose other than
dreaming up schemes tq__keep both
hands .in tje pockets of the paying
public. .
Town council was right in`"tur'ning
down the request for a motion to study
the feasibility of installing parking
meters as a means of filling the town
coffers.
Missions
headaches for the ambulance operators.
Just recently, one ambulance
driver told of an incident where a bill
for ambulance service was returned
with the notation, "Go to hell Shortly
afterwards, the same man was in need
of ambulance service again. Asked the
-driver,' "Should I pick him up or fell
him to follow my bill?"
Omer problems_ include .the .num-
ber of ambulance patients. who can
never be reached for payment because
of lack of informatiC5n'about names and
addresses; the false alarms where more
ambulances than necessary are called
Ito an accident scene; and the occasional
hoax call by some practical joker.
No service—no' matter how neces-
sary—can operate without adequate
funds!
;Some `'municipalities subsidize am-
bulance services in their own areas,• but
we doubt 't -hat this 'is a proper solution.
Though hospitalization insurance prem-
iums would rise, the total cost of suf-
ficient, well-equipped a m b u 1 a n c es
throughout the province would be
spread "over the largest possible popu-
lation, thereby resulting ina most
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• economical arran e;hent for alt.
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4.
Hallowe'en Pennies
Children know th,t one UNICEF
penny will pay the *freight on enough
free surplus -milk powder to send six
glasses of milk to _a hungry child in an
impoverished land. They -know that five
pennies will buy enough penicillin to
cure two children of yaws; that ten will
cure a child's trachoma;that twenty-five
will vaccinate, 20 children against'TB.
What they don't know is that in
some villag°et-in"'Turkey today, parents
don't register a -baby's birth right away;
they wait first to see if it will live. And
if the mother loses her first child, she•°
makes it point not to prepare any
•
clothes for the second until she's sure
it will survive..
Even--s:o, ,the children, are trying
to help; these infants'to live by collect-
ing pennies on Hallowe'en. The candies
and apples they collect in shopping
bags that night may end up as stomach-
aches net day, but the pennies they get
may end up in Turkey, shortening the
appalling odds against survival in
countries where one child in six dies
•before its first year is out.
'The children understand this part
of it, and that's why many are collecting
"pennies for UNICEF" on Hallowe'en.
Established 120th Year of f
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By Maldwyn R. Roberts
This year we have• been' con•
corned with beginnings --- the
beginning of the Canadian
nation, the beginning of Con- -
federation,• 'the beginning of
each -province, county and, town.
ship. ,
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Saint ' M commences his
Gospel with th se words: liThe
beginning cif th gospel of Jesus
,Christ, the S n of God",We
can explain these words thus:
"This is the first recording
of the Gospel about Jesus
Christ, the on of God," Mark,
through these words, would in.
form us that he was the first
to write the wonderful story
about the coming of God's Son
into the world of men. Saint
Luke speaks of the many who
had taken in hand' this work.
Of all' writers Mark was the
first!
Our estimate of Mark's char-
acter may have been influenced
by the story of "his relations
with Saint Paul. We recall that
Paul and Barnabas took young
Mark with them on their first
Missionary journey. However,
the youth must have been either
homesick or afraid, for he
turned back and went home.
Later, he became the' cause of
friction between. the two
apostles so that they could no
longer work together. .
.Yet, in spite of these ini-
tial failures Mark became a fine -
Christian, so that Paul,, in old
age and in prison, was glad of
his . company and help, recomi
mending him highly to the
churches. Tradition tells us
that Mark . became the inter.
preter of Peter, andlater wrote
the gospel which reflects that
great apostle's preaching of
Christ.
Let us not be disheartened
if as disciples of the Lard Jesus
we sometimes fail and turn
back. The Lord, who did not
abandon Mark will not leave us.
He does not "break a brui'sed
seed or quench. a smouldering
wick". He lifts up ,the fallen,
and strengthens the weak.
Through the grace of the
Christ Mark became first
of the Evangelists, the first
in the church privileged to write
of "the beginning".
We can also explain "the
beginning . of the gospel" in
terms of the coming of John
the Baptist, the forerunner of
Christ.
Indeed, the new Translations
of the . Scriptures make , this
clear --. "As it is written in
Sir: Having read Mr. Hind -
marsh's letter a few weeks ago
in which he :rade a remark
about 'our glorious dump, I was
moved 'to write the following:
ODE TO THE DUMP
I must go down to the God.
erich dump,
To' the Goderich dump in the'
sky.
And all I ask is a 22 and some
shella to -shoot rats by.
'And 'While I'm there, I can.
stand and stare
At the wonders tobe seen;
Likeslightly-used meals, and
oranke peels
And piles of coffee beans.
I sometimes like 'to •take a
hike
Up the road to Saltford
Heights,
And stazid and stare in the
warming glare
Of our dump aflame at night.
So, before too Long, when the
East-wind's'strong _ . t,
A W4i y�?U J L 0pu ar
try air,
You never can tell,,._tllat
glorious smell
• " May be a rat's meal done
medium rare. -
What can compete with God.
erich's feat?
The West may have the
Mounty, '-
But we can boast With a pole.
luted toast:
"We've got the biggest dump' ,
in the county!"
Daniel Enzensberger,
Poplar Plains Road,
Toronto, Ontario.
*Sir: With regard to the cur.
rent controversy over the On.
tario Police Commission's re.
port I have noticed that it has
been said publicly that Coun.
chlor Sheardown and myself.
have badgered Mayor Mills into
agreeing to disclose all of the
report except that part dealing
with personalities.
I would like to make it known
that the presentation of the
petition which I. circulated re.
ceived a symp thetic `hearing
from Mayor Mils and I do not
feel that in any way I bad-
gered Mayor Mills. •
I would like to disassociate
myselffrom any particular
councillor's remarks. -
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Harold Leddy.
Goderich.
.,Linda Dangcil, who is:n Sis.
ter Ann in "The Flying Nein", •
feels : quite at home in her-.
in the comedy series. Linda
grew up in parochial schools ,.
where the nuns wore habits very
similar to those won in the
story of life in the Convent San
Tanco it old San'Juan.
Miss , Dangcil was born in
San. Francisco where at the
age 'of three she began her
show business career in a sing.
ing-dancing vaudeville act with
her brother Mel.
The Dangcils moved toHolly
wood when Linda, was ten and
she attended Precious Blood
School where'her teachers, the
nurls;''`W0re or great help' to'herr`
in her work - teaching her
their Irish dances and songs,
and making it possible for her
to be absent from school when
she had an engagement in a
motion picture cr on stage in
one of the Mexican -American
theatres _arottnxi California
where she and her brother fre-
quently entertained. Later she
went on .to Immaculate Heart
High School ancollege where
she majored in theatre arts.
Soon after moving toSouthenn
California, -Linda played a part
in the movie "Tropic Zone",
which starred Ronald Reagan
and Rhonda Fleming. She also
appeared in 'such films as
"M1 -s Sadie Thompson" and
"Apache", and - in later hits,
"The Magnificent Seven," "F 1
Dorado", and "West Side'
Story".
On stage Linda played alittle
girl role in "Peter Pan" with
Mary Martin, , the production
which began in Los Angeles and
San Francisco and enjoyed a
successful run at. the Winter.
Garden in Net, York.
On TV Miss Dangcilhas play-
ed parts in many 'series, in.
eluding "Maverick",. "Sugar -
foot," "Stagecoach West,"
"The Rifleman", "Tall Man",
"I Spy", "The Islanders",
"Branded", "Kraft Theatre,"
"The Flying Nun"! is • seen
on the CTV network Thursdays
at 7 p.m.
Isaiah the prophet .. John
the baptizer appeared in the
wilderness, preaching a bap -
Wm of repentance- for the for,
giVeness of sons". Saint Mark
would have us 4-,. '. rstand that
the coming of ' 1•sus followed
a movement of iiie Spirit of
God among •the"Jews.
If you like, Jesus was made
publicly known• or manifest
through the revival of John the
Baptist. Jesus was from eter-
nity the Son of God, but it
was in this movement set afoot
by John that He heard the Gall
to His public ministry as
Israel's Messiah' and ' the
Saviour of the world.
Jesus was awake to His
Father's work through the Bap.
tizer. H e , was aware of ,the
gnat religous movements or
His time, and Beard the call of
God through them!
What of us today? °Are we
aware that our heavenly Father
is working through His Spirit
in our' day and age? Do we
hear His call to consecrated
lives and dedicated service?
"I am Thine, O Lord; I have •
heard Thy voice
And it told Thy 1pve tc me;
,But I long to rise in the
arms of faith -
And be closer drawn to
Thee".
Kingsbridge
KINGSBRIDGE
St. Joseph's
Council Kingsbrie held their.
monthly meeting, a the home of
Mrs. Bernadine Kenny, October
24, 1967, with Mrs. Carl Rieg.
ling presiding. • Father Caruana
our. director, opened the meet.
ing' with League Prayer.
The ladies volunteered to fill
six Christmas stockings for the
Ontario Hospital, Goderich, A
box will be filled next month
.R ;t..�-for- Bomber-mere=.=All were= in
favor of donating to the Marian
Guild.
"Unpaid members are to pay
their fees by the next meeting.
November 7. A penny sale will
be held at the next meeting.
Each lady is to bring an. ar.
ticle no more than fifty cents.
Father Caruana reported on
the Synod meeting heldrecently
in London. Our guest for the -
evening, Sister Marie Ellen, of
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Det.
roti, gave, a short talk about her
Order.
-Mrs. Bernadine Kenny dona•
te"d twenty-five fibre'fra'y§scua!
an aluminum pitcher to the Lea-
gue. During the social hour, the
mystery box was won by Mrs:
Frank Doherty and the door
prize , was won by Mrs. . Joe
O'Keefe.'
F.IVEPOINTS
RESTAURANT:
Under the Managership of
DORIS ,ELLISON
Is Now
CLOSED
Mrs. Ellison and her staff would like to thank .
the many people who patronized them during
the time they were in business.
Your patronage was never taken for granted
and very, much appreciated.
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Bus Brakes
On Fire'
° A Thursday afternoon fire -
alarm caused some excitement
when the Gdderich fire depart.
ment truck sped to Roned's
BP service station on Huron
Road at the outskirts of iown.
Bus, driver, Don Diehl, had just
completed his Stratford to God.
erich run ana was returning
when the air -brakes on the bus
seized causing the bus to fill
with. smoke.
Ron Wilton; turned in the
alarm.. The blaze was quickly
doused by the Goderich fire-
fighters.
55 w YEARS, AGO, 1912
The elections in the United
States Tuesday resulted in a
great Victory for the Dennocras
tic party, headed by W.eodrOW
Wilson, who will be the next
President of the'united States.
Of the 531 votes in the elec.
torn! „college, over 400 are for
Wilson. Roosevelt gets 104 and
President Taft only 12. Wilson
carried all but nine states.
A canvass of the„ maiiufac.
hirers , town has shown they
are not p eparedtotake Niagara
Power, the price being too high.
Board of Trade President Mac.
klin suggested at a recent meet.
ing' that the town should in-
stead make a contract for 1,500
lip from the Maitland River
which would' cestaboUt the same
as '750 HP from Niagara. He
further ,recommended that the
Ontario Hydro Commission sup.
ply • power from the Niagara
. Line until the Maitland River
plant was completed.
•Local 'authorities have a
problem on their hands in es.
tablishing the identity of a young
man whose body was found wash.
ed ashore between the 12th, and
13th concessions, Of Ashfield,
about 20 Xniles north of Gode.
rich. `A boy namedJohnston dis.
.covered the body Wednesday
morning. It had evidently been
in the water not longer than
two weeks and was fairly well
preserved. Dr. impson of Kin.
tail, .is making an examination
to determine whether death was
the result of drowning or not.
The body will be buried after-
wards at Kintail Cemetery.
15 YEARS AGO, 1952
The inaugural meeting of the
newly -formed Goderich Litt'e
Theatre will be held at Mac.
Kay Hall, Wednesday night.
The Huron County Pioneer
Museum. has obtained an old
hand -pumper from the village
of Crediton that was originally .
used by the Goderich fire de.
partment. The pumper was used
here until 1870 'when it was
sold to•Crediton for $50. •
, The 43 -year-old Goderich
Township- Municipal Telephone
System will be sold to the Bell
Telephone Company, it was de.
tided after an argumentative.
meeting of nearly 25b subscri.
bers. „ The chairman R. E.
Thompson, township clerk,, cal-
led for a vote of subscribers
near the end of the meeting;
the results were: 134 votes'
favoring the sale and 59 against.
"Spooks on Skates" wasthe
theme last Friday -night when'the
ifloderich Lions Club and-B1tue'
0 Water 'Band were, joint :-,osts-to
several hundred costumed
children who attended the annual
Hallowe'en party at the God.
erich arena. Skeletons, ghosts,
witches, clowns and tramps took
to the ice, to enjoy one of the
first skates of the season.
Prices were good and buying
was brisk at the first annual
sale of Scotch Shorthorns, spon.
sored by ' the Huron - Perth
Shorthorn clubs, in the Luck.
now arena, Saturday. Average
price of the seven bulls sold
was $485..
TEN rays Ado,1967
'4Thn ,nein= • G4cierlch Junior
B hockey team is gra.4141ally
rounding into shape" says coach
Ted Williams. A nacos for the'
new team may be chosen ;t4•
night at'. a meeting of the Cod.
erich Booster Club, •
Running across the street
to meet her mother, dive -year.
old, Bonelda Campbell was
struck and fatally injured by a
gravel truck at the: corner of
Brock and Cambria Streets
Thursday afternoon, The. little
girl died almost instantly as a
result of severe brain injuries;`
according, to coroner Di'. N. C.
Jackson,
The Port Albert airport pro.
peaty, owned by Reg. McGee
and sons, has been leased to
two clubs which propose to
open the second 'sports car rat.
inv frank in (Thi-arin.
The auditorium el the God,
erich District Collegiate histi.
tutus filled to capacity for
the annual commencement :and
graduation exercises last Fri•
day evening. Guest speaker was.
Dr.- C. H. Stearn; professor of
classics at McMaster Univer-
sity, Hamijton.
About 150 people attended the
official .opening ceremonies of
the new $40,000 Zion Central
School, located in Colborne
Township. Guest speaker for
the occasion was Hugh Hill,
of Goderich, who has for many
years been associated with the
municipal life of that cora.
munity.
ONE YEAR 'AGO, 1966
More than 100 Huron County
employees gathered in Gorrie
Community Hall last week for
their annual' bafiquet. The ban.
quet was served. by ladies of the
Anglican Church.
London area Women's Insti-
tutes held their 52nd annual
Convention atKnox Church, God.
erich, Tuesday and Wednesday
of last week. Bob darbert of
CBC's .Country Calendar spoke
.at -Tuesday's meeting. Mj, Car.
bert told the 360 delegates that
-the WI today is a ' blend• of
rural and urbanrwomen •and_ one
of the major influences for bet.
ter living.
The first play of the 1966-67
season to be presented by the
Goderich Little Theatre opens
next week at MacKay Hall. The
play, entitled "Never Too
Late", stars Virginia Lodge
and Bruce Sully.
• Goderich Mayor Frank Wal.
kom and Clayton Laithw,ai
.also of
Goderich, were elec
vice-presidents of the Hur
County Progressive Conser.
vative Association at its annual
meeting in Clinton last week.
Friday morning 'a Hamilton
construction company arrived
at Snug . Harbor and started
driving. .steel piles along the
east edge, of the wharf. Coun-
cillor Robinson said he was
furious that pile_ driving had
started without official notice
being given that the work Was
to be done.
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