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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-01-23, Page 4• M 4 { Qb&RIC1 SIGNAL -STAR: TI•IURSPAY, JANUARY 23, 1969 i!o CI Editorial.... W An End To Rivalry? "Your worship, there were three mations• passed at the inaugural meeting Monday nightand we were wondering if they were..legal as they were signed before ° the men.were sworn in." With those. words by Reeve Harry Worsell a near perfect session of council I-ast. Thursday was thrown out of the window.. The evening had been going along nicely with business handled in a brisk and efficient - almost friendly - manner when' the minor bombshell was dropped. It was unfortunate 4Aat it had to be, because it served.::.n• , ; ful service and only added more fuel to the otherwise smouldering• feud"" -'between factions cin council. Reeve Worsell las been one of the more moderate members of council in the • past and -the question was put with his usual aplom. He may have had the best intentions in the" world; perhaps the legality of the -motions needed to be questioned. But the time to have done .it • was at the `inaugural meetin•9•,. On the question, •Mayor Mills stated the motions were not acted on until after the swearing in ceremony was completed, and the matter ended there. If that is indeed the end of the matter apd the, end- of the rivalry that has been apparent on this, new council; if the meeting last Thursday can .now be taken as a guide as to what might be expected in the future, then we have a very fine council indeed. The members acted in the rma,iner in which any citizen is entitled to have them act. Let's hope it continues that way. A Word On Dogs Councillor Frank Walkori' will have his work cut out for him in the next few weeks • attempting to make rhyme or reason out' of .the town's 'existing -Dog eentrol Bylaw. He was handed . the task, as chairman .of- -the town's special committee, at the last meeting of council. He has atr•'leastone strike against him before he gets going because he feels dogs should be allowed to' run loose during the winter months. , Councillor Walkom feels dogs can do no harm then- because there are no -,gardens or plants that can be spoiled.'That. ,.may be true, but there are other areas in which they can become a nuisance and at. times, downright.,dangerous. As a case in point,: During the early part of this winter a near, epidemic of. rabiesswept the county and several °persons°were subjected to the very ainfui' series of rabies shots after "they were bitten by domestic pets - cats and dogs. In, a few of these cases the.,..person's own. pet As held responsible, but in a great many other cases the bites received were front animals running free which were' not, 'caught. A five year old child in London was bitten on the hand by a dog which .ran - off. She had to " undergo .{the' shots, not because the dog was rabid, but .because it might have ,been. . If the ,dog *had been tied, it would have been an easy task to • establish whether or not the dog was affected and the child might have been' spared the ordeal., • On the other side, pets would, also be' protected from possible contact with rabid animalsand their lives saved by being tied. '4\ ws434\ . " As far as nuisance, goes, 'jerhaps we could take. the example of my own dog, Rex, a fu,ll., grown German Shepherd dog who has been making a nuisance of himself , by barking.- The problem, has become acute enough- that I now must find a new home for him,,preferably in the codntry. What does he bark at? Dogs, of course. Dogs running loose. These dogs don't-Wie to suffer for 'the mischief they cause, neither must their' owners.. But we abide by the law and keep the dog tied and now we must lose a pet we have had for three years. 'We have ' also been subjected to telephone calls and abuse from persons who haven't the decency to give their names. And it all started through dogs" being allowed to run lbose. There are, of course, other objections to letting dogs loo* at any time and not the least -Of the is -the safety of children: They have en bitten by' -stray dogg„ knocked uneer cars by them and even, as happened in New York State just before Christmas, killed by them. Dogs are, without 'a doubt, man's best friends. One of the greatest things for a small boy is' to, own '•a dog., A dog is an _asset to any home, provided it is treated.. right, and letting a dog forage for itself in the local garbage calls is, hardly giving it the right treatment. We don't envy Councillor Walkom his task in 'clearing up the problems in the present dog bylaw. We do .hope he will give considerable'. thought to ALL the problems of dog control before he' brings. his recommendations - to the councir chambers. . Friends In -Nee .\ \ ter LoAdbn to.1.d stru led as f'ar\as Ta for ;s Corner; then iecently\bf'a 'young vomari who' suffered a seizure and collapsed in' the centre of the sidewalk on a" busy street. $hoppers passed by uncaring. '4n such a time it, is heartening to come across stories of involvement, to realize how many people reject the apathy which - - allowed 38.persons to igriore the screams of a New York City woman being stabbed to death. And we are happy to note that Huron County seems to have a fair share of Good 4 Samaritans, judging from the stories of motrists who' helped one another in this month's snowstorms: 4.8 • yielded • to the elements and •came to a • halt. ' * .Visibility vvas nil and snow, was accumulating quickly on the, roadway. After'a few motionless moments, a couple climbed out of one of the cars, bundled up it warm clothes and took to the..'trail on foot. q �_• The pair trekked down the centreline the several miles to Goderich, leading a doien or more cars in a manner which we are told is occasionally seen when heavy 'fog is encountered in England•. Braving the *brisk winds and blowing , THE MUSIC MAN •. r Photo by Ron 'Price ftllittllll�llt1luw!mIUINUIIIIItttfnlllulllilUlIIIIIIIIt1InuIIl1IILURIINIIIuttlttll111111utIIIIIII1l1IIIIIIIIIIIIIUItI111II11111111111111tIt,Ullhtltllllllttltlllllllllltllllllllllllllllltlttltl, 0...44.71 1.41 Huron y History Corner FhP. Wilt Of Tiger Dunlop . 'IN THE FAME OF GOD ' AMEN 1 William Dunlop of -.Gairbrelcl.;_ in the Township of Colborne, County and District of Huron, Western'Canada;' Esquire, being in sound hjealth of body and my mind, just .; as usual, (which my friends. who flatter me say is of no great shakes at the best of times) do make: this my last will and .testament, as follows, revoking ,of ! ou'rse all former wills. Remember When ? ? ? ONE YEAR AGO' ,> Goderich marked its second co utive fatality -free year' in 1967, Police Chief Fred N inshall- announced.this week.; Cold weather al lack oaf- a pubic address, system cancelled proposed -speeches' at the official year ., • d, , celebrations at the 'Court ouse bark Sunday night. Town Council came', face .to face , with the high cost of borrowing ' Thursday night in approving bids on a' $340,000 debenture 'issue to ,cover the remaining cost of- tkie • town's new sewage treatment plant on Sunset Drive. o • Tare Huron County health Orli' will' recommend to county council next week that it will be merged with the Perth County health unit. Signal -Star Publisher' R. G. Shrier received a Province of Ontario "Century of Service Award" at town council's re` 3 c \,\\\\ session) Iasi\ \ `t'sd 10 YEARS AGO Drilling in the shaft at the rock salt mine has -now reached a depth of 1.017 feet. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Alert MacDonald.," who .celebrated their golden,wedding anniversary at. the home of their daughter; Mrs_ . Dicl; . West, . on Christmas 1 ayw . r, The installation • of a dual -type • "around-the-clock" depository for :the local branch of the Bank of ' Montreal is complete and has gone • into operation, it was announced this week by W. B. M. Armstrong local bank manager. - Since 1948, the' men of Blue Water Lodge have given well over 500 pints of .their blood so that others may live. . Elston Cardiff, Member of Parliament' for * Huron, is ' coni alescing in his home at Brussels /following w an accident a25 YEARS AGO Coupons now good are ea-toffe \ 4 2r7�v\sdg \14 t � 4; *esekkeO\ � to 01; utter 4` \to 45; meat 30 to 34. Tfs LIFE, By G. MacLeod Ross ,Kw DON'T LET BIG- CORPORATION 'PROFITS" FOOL YOU In practically every labot demand for higher wages these days is the statement: "You can sthdld'the. price revel steady by paying our wage increase out of profits". Let's see. For a company to stay alive and so provide jobs`fdr all, it must keep its equipment modern. To •do -that, the company must earn TWO 'TIMES as much profit" as before the war. Here's why - First, out of the profits made: taxes can now take 52.8 percent. Out of the less than half that's left, the company pays .for new machinery it snow the two often had to he her -_thea MUST have to sta.' alive; machinery at prices made higher by higher • �e were n e receiving en o suc • cars onewsr one over and througti large gglInrfr help on .the highway not long ago and can drifts. manta IJPSY z °,. ., L They tell us Canadians produce less per man than Amencans. This is not because the Canadian physique is inferior. He has just as appreciate its vaTue� But we think The best But when thecb'nvoy was approaching good muscles as the next than: So how do you make the Canadian - story so far is one which comes from Bill town, the two volunteer guides , produce more? Not by gymnastic, exercises to increase his Haysom',. Beit Canada'' manager for this ' disappeared and none of the grateful muscularity, but by buying machines which will enable him to turn 1 •---•-drivers•-k nowr-ityh m--they--h1. Mr. Haysom was -a guest at CFB Clinton for the base commander's levee on New . Year's Day. He set out on the drive to Goderich via Highway 8, but soon found himself in a line' of 'cars which -for the "rescue." has to come out of the "half that's left". We, worked once in a community Out of anything the company can keep. it must save. for out more useful work than he could with the old machine. The money" to pay for the better mac nes o ma e •e r an .1 • which called itself "The Friendly Village."-' expansion, (or else no new jobs can be created) and pay something to It often deserved the name, but we can - the 'owners, without which -the company and -its jobs would never see now that it had no monopoly. • - have been In exittence at all. (Average dividend payments to owners. , by the way; is 3' 4 percent return: they could make more, with no CLINTON NE"NS'RECORD risk, leaving their.m.oney in the bank.) . So when big "profit" figures are•displayed in headlines. read` the FACTS -in the fine print. Unless the profit is two times pre-war, the company can't hope to live. And killing companies kills jobs. FOR DENTISTS ONLY - Patients simply ao not realize the immense advances in dentistry in the last decade, particularly in thef eldpf pairs and fear prevention. Modern anaesthesia is 'superlatively good, and not least because of The development' oftf'rast=acting intravenous drugs like methohexital Bind propanidid. -• 1. E:TARLISHED . 122n, 11114111— ttil d YEAR ae 'f� r of - 0- - The County -Town Newspaper, of Huron' .1:1-cr _....P Li B L t CA T 1 O N Published at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by SignalStar Publishing Limited "-OBERT G. SHRIER President and Publisher . RONALD P: 14.4anaging Editor • ,. Et»/A,RD J. l YRSK"I • Advertising Sales • ..A,. S,ub criptl*n Rates 14• W kNk.- let! $5 a Year' --4o U.B.A. $6 (in advance) Authorized as Send Class Mail by the Pot Office Department, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash A practising dentist writes in the. `Sunday "Times': "1 have my teeth filled under Brietal by a colleague. 1 have treated my wife, my - sister, taffy son when aged two, my daughter when aged three, my seeretary, both dental nurses and my dental mechanic. As aJIinal--- vote of confidence 'our dog had intermittent inethohexitone for her ,fillings and .licketimy .handin..- tftudeoa..awaken,ing. if I thought this method dangerous 1 might perhaps hazard my patients, my. family, my ' staff and myself, but my doggy Never!" ROMANCE DEAD? NEVER! Who'says the Welfare State has killed romance? A sexagenarian announces that he is engaged in writing a thesis on "The effect or chahip 1gne of tannin in actress &tippeets." leave the property of Gairbraid, and all other landed property I may die possessedrof' to my" sister Helen Boyle Story, and Elizabeth Boyle Dunlop, the former because she is married to minister, whom (God help. him) she henpecks, the latter because she is married to nobody, nor: is she likely to be, for she is an old maid, and not market :— rile, and I also leave to therm and their heirs my share of tt a stp,q ,, of implements on ,the farm, providedalso that the enclosure around my brothers grave, be reserved, and if either of them die without i s•e, then the other is to inherit the whole., leave my sister-in-law Lou isa •Du'nlop .all .my share of hdtisehold furniture and such haps with exceptions hereafter mentioned. leave the silver tankard to the eldest son of old John, -as a representative of the family. I would have Left it to old -;John himself, but he, would melt it down to make temperance medals, and that would be sacrilege, however, leave 'rny big horn snuff box to him, he can only make temperance horn spoons of that. A I leave` to my.'°sister, Jenny my bible, the property-' formerly° of,my great -great-grandmother, Bertha Hamilton Of Woodhall, and when she knows °as much' of the spirit of it, as she does the letter, she will be -another guise Christian than she is. I also , leaare my late brother's watch to my brother "Sandy exorting h:im at the same time to give up Whiggery, radicalism, and other sins that do most easily beset him. Jack Mclvor, son of Mr. and • Mrs. Norman McPhail has joined the army.. A grodp of five' surveyors of • the Ontario Department of Highways is now. " located in ttioderich, and they are expected to leave here in, a month or six, Weeks. - The Saltford Red cross held its annual meeting ,at the home of Mrs: H. Williams, Saltford, on - Thursday,•January 6. Home dressmaking, the art, of "Making over, making do, and using what you have" is today practised in Canadian hones - for, in war time, it is both patriotic and economical to "make your, own things." 4 .11 55 YEARS AGO. Miss Hermena Griffin of the G.C.J. and .Miss Laura Griffin are horne•for the holidays. The store windows of the local merchants looked exceptiflnelly---nice this holiday season. Whae; Guelph\ (I�t a short\��((i t, tr. Ja editor of the\\`oderich S leave to my brothsAllan, my big silver snuff box, as AI am informed he, is a rather decent Christian,' with a swag belly and a jolly face. I leave to Parson Chevasse (Maggie's husband) the snuff box 1 got from the Sarnia Militia,'as a token of my +� gratitude, for the -service he has done the family,,in taking a sister that no man of taste would have taken. - . ;,,,; • 1 leave John Caddie a silver teapot, to the end that he may -drink tea therefrom, to comfort him under the affliction of a slatternly Wife.' I leave my books to my brother, Andrew, because he has been so long a J.u;ngly Wallah, that he may learn to.read with them. , give my silver cup with a sovereign in it to my sister • Janet graham Dunlop because she is an., bld maid, and pious, and therefore will necessarily_take to horning, and also my Gramma's snuff mull; as it looks decent to see an old woman taking snuff. I do hereby constitute and appoint John Dunlop, • k,e \�\f \` \ROk`I\Oid.��� xe cY�r ettl i0t- "+a.. vac i0 ,�. 4 '� �,Ed 6 k gha AOan,,C�unlo Es e and W �C elk, OTi \� � 9 � p, �l, r �l \ a \ fell �- � � � Tuckersm.tth,- William Stewart, and -.William -flooding, on a • sidewalk -arid- suffered, severe shock. It certainly must be thofghtlessness on, the part of local young men and women who will persist in dancing the "tangq" and • other. up-to-date dances when the court of- Canada fCanada - Rideau - has put a ban orf them: ' Quite a number of young people around here took a surprise 'party to the house of Mr. , William Henry on Friday Esquires, Goderich to be, the executors of this my last Will and Testament. " w In Vlllitne?whereof I have- set my hand and seal the Thirty -'first .day of August, in the year of our mord, One thousand eight hundred and forty-two. -� Signed W. Dunlop L.S. Wili.of Colonel Dunlop Registered in Registry Office Goderich, Ont. 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