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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 196
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A wise choice?
t The Huron County Board of
Education, in its wisdom, has chosen to
locate its offices in the unused portion of
Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton,
' The alternative site being considered
was the :top floor of the county
assessment building, in Goderich.
The board decided, for financial
reasons, it would ,be betterto use school_
property for their offices rather than rent
from .the county. Whether the choi e was
a wise one or not will remain to b: seen.
The renovations needed at the) chool
will be • costly and- the chances :. re the
board will have to move out - ore it gets
its money back — that is if the school
needs the facilities that it does not needat
the present.
On the, surface, it would••seem good
sense for the board to, have located in
Gbderich, closeto the coon.ty„ s and
*the county facilities. Financially it
apparently makes good sense to locate in
Clinton. '
And we would have to go along with
the financial aspect in view of the ever
increasing burden education is placing on
the taxpayer. But if it should happen that
the board runs into problems from the
decentralization of its' offices from the
main core of county work, it could be a
very costly proposition indeed.
Incidentally, four of the new
education officers have bought homes in
Goderich. Their total salaries, ,exceed
$100,000.
The Heart fund:. A unique health cause
It is, important for everyone to realize
that the Heart Fund, conducted here and
' thro.ughout Canada during February is
something more than 'just another health
-drive'.
The Heart Fund is uniquely
important. Essentially, it is a combined
appeal • supporting the nationwide fight
. against a great complex of diseases and
disorders — heart attack, stroke, high
blood pressure and hardening of the
arteries, rheumatic fever and -inborn heart
defects, to mention only a few.- Diseases
of the heart and cireu-Cation, which your
Heart Fund dollars help to fight, are
responsible for more than '75,0'00 deaths
ir. Canada each year: That is more; than
the _ .combined total, resulting' frorn all
other diseases and :causes of death. in fact
these cardiovascular diseases account for
over 50 percent of all deaths. The heart
:problem is no distant • abstraction..
Although national and InternatiorlAr tri:
scope, it exists as a painful and costly
reality right here in this town. If you have
doubts, examine ,the obituaries which
appear in our daily newspapers. You will
find that our. . local mortality experience
closely parallels nationalfigures; that, on
the average, about half our death
certificates will mention "heart attack"
"stroke' or a'heart disease,"
All too often these terms are applied
to .family _breadwinners in the prime of
life men in the 45 to 65 year age
bracket.
where ---is only-' one ---practical way to
fight heart disease, by supporting your
Heart Foundation's balanced programmes
of research, education and information.
You can do this- by contributing Heart
uA Fund, dollars. , Truly, -the I44art Fund -
deserves a. place at the very top of your.
"giving for health" list. Send your
contribution to the Canadian Heart Fund,
247 Davenport Road, Torontd'5.
Easter
Each year, the amazing historical
event of Easter awakens fresh hope for
personal aspirations as it points to the
ultimate in achievement.
It is tradition that this be a time of
new beginning,marking as it does the
resurrection. of Jesus Christ, the Son of
God.
Uncluttered ,,by :the amount of
commercialism that .surrds Christmas,
the other major ' Christiari phenomena,
Easter's, message strikes deeper at the
spiritual core of„man.
This resurrection from the dead is a
mystery that modern man finds difficult
A, froh \fiat
\world co i m s;n
, y pe
words,,as mechan.ize_d as many of our
processes, tend to be the common coin of
communication, especially among
educators. '
Witness • the way "activate”,
' structured',', "automate" keeping tuming
up. It comes as._ an.exhilarating shock,
therefore, to hear a leading figure in -this
field speak of "nobility".
Lloyd Dennis, co-chairman, with Mr.
Justice Emmett Hall, of the Ontario
Committee on the Aims and Objects of
Education has examined the needs Of
contemporary students from every angle.
This forlaT ._YY.
his colleague have advocated about 258
changes, scores of them dealing with
equipment and methods. He brushes these,
aside when he talks to his fellow teachers.
The key to the,good life and the healthy
society, as he sees it, is still the old, old
one of character lighted by vision.
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to comprehend. Yet, it is something to be
grasped as a hope for eternal life.
So,, it is in this setting of hope that
Easter comes upon us each year.
The mystery of ,the event, heightened
by the' vigil 'of the faithful, watching and
waiting for.Sthe sunrise of Easter morn so
they can proclaim the 'glad news that
Christ is indeed risen.
Then follows the glorious music of.
Easter, and who sari resist the triumphant
joy of such an occasion?
Easter is truly the zenith in the life of
the Christian.
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After all the material aids and
, techniques have 'been marshalled, what is
really crucial is still the -indefinable.
"something". that flows 'from one mind
and spirit to,•another. Almost any adult,
whateve
the rare men and women who from his,
school years left a permanent mark.
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The, world . into which young people
go tomorrow may be constantly shifting
its. patterns; the graduate may well find
that he must' train and retrain several,
times during• his working years, but
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Remember When ? ? ?
55 YEARS.AGC
The marine department tins
-issued_ notice=t-ha-t --commencing
with the opening of the
navigation. this year the fixed
diptric. , light at Goderich
Harbour will be replaced . by, a
flashing catppric light, showing
two flashes within intervals of 6
seconds between them, every 25
seconds.
The steamer, Chas. S.'
of Cleveland �yh
Lae ; Ilii
Of November tli ast, wtse
raised: if the plans of Detroit-
an- d Toronto steamboat men
prove effective. Arrangements to
this end are being' made: '
25 YEARS AGO� ll
The housewife may korw buy.
canned blueberries without the
surrender, of D coupons.
Suspension of the rationing of
these blueberries is temporary
and is due, it' is announced,• to
the large crop of last season.
After• July 1, coupons Will be
again required for the purchase
of this fruit. M
Among the people of
Goderich are at least_ two who
made their advent in this world
on the odd day of the year,.
February 29 of leap. year. These
are . Audrey, sixteen -year-old
:daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Barker, and Carol Ann, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs.i P. A.
Zimmerman, who though four
yearsold had her first birthday
anniversary this week.
k 10 YEARS A O
. Are high school sports
squeezing out academic work?
At the request of Godericsh
District Collegiate Institute
Board, representatives of Huron
County high school boards met
in Clinton to review policy on
inter:school sports.
It was decided not to change
the present policy.
Goderich is mentioned in'the
supplement on Canada which
was published, recently by The
Times of London, England.
Capacity audiences enjoyed
"Collegiate Capers," annual
presentation of the students of
Goderich District Collegiate
q
Institute under the direction of
members of the • teaching staff.
Providing lively music at the
,
The Goderich Music Club
has issued -the syllabus for the
-third annual Gode,rich Festival
of Music, to be held May 2nd
and 3rd.
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By G. MacLeod Ross
A VITALSIDELI HT
ON WAR IN VIET,JAM-
As early as February 9, Henry Bra- ,on of the SUNDAY TIMES
gave the world an exclusive story :,n how" Clark Clifford, then
President Johnson's minister of defense, engineered the bombing
pause in South • Vietnam which, in turn, led to the Paris talks. One
month later NEWSWEEK published a somewhat similar" account, but
with one important omission. In the late summer of 1967 Clifford,
with General Maxweli Taylor, was sent by the president to visit all
the allied countries which were contributing troops to aid the
American effort in South Vietnam. These included Thailand,
Australia, New Zealand; Korea and the Phillipines.
...wh_ ether. ._,_- he__..sp.e- nds.a ..lrf._.etime in, .._4Ce....._._.._U.- b,.. this vist-:Clift9rdbad-accetedthe--
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he is will count more in the long haul than • Communist expansion. However, on thistour, he came to the
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start of the program and at
var-ious•-intervals-tlfrbughottt- was -
the GDCI orchestra composed of
Miss Margo Grange, Gary Allin, ,
Brian « Turner, Paul , Smith;'
Michael Vrooman,Ron Allen,
and Wayne Muck: Dressed like --
cheer leaders, four girls launched •
the- program amid fanfare,
announcing with action and
gusto the presentation of the
1959 , edition .n of "Collegiate
Capers." They were Eleanor
Durst,• Elizabeth Harley, Anne
McKenzie," and Sharon Peachey.
ONE YEAR AGO
Women observe "World Day
yen nere. i ne worra uay
of Prayer was celebrated at
North Street United Church by'
women of nearly , every
Protestant church in Goderich.
' Goderich District Collegiate
Institute Viking wrestlers
• finished in sixth position in the
WOSSA wrestling championships
• held , at Clark . Road Secondary
School, London. ,
The Goderich team's sixth
place finish was the highest of
any team in the `Huron -Perth
Conference. Listowel, winner of
Huron -Perth, finished in tenth
spot. a
A t'fit*s\Naf'e (oderi t�edk- Nurses �-A eiati�cia
for, 1968 were installed at' the
group's first meeting in th
Auxiliary- uar'd-�--Rcrom--at
Alexandra Marine and General
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uron History.
Corner
Playground Site Former Cemetery
By Gavin Hamilton Green
While excavation was in progress for preparation of the
Judith'Gooderham Bilernorial Playground in Victoria`Park,'
the bulldozer unearthed some human bones,. presumably
those of persons interred there when the land was used as a
burial ground.
On the editorial page' -of The London Free Press on'a
date in May, last (this articleis a reprint from an early
edition .-- .ed.) there appeared an article extolling the
beauties: -of London's Victoria Park. The park in by -gone
days, it was stated, was a military parade ground and this.
gave me the idea to' touch on the history. of Goderich
Victoria Park. The latter ,was a burial ground of the
pioneers' of Goderich town and Goderich, Colborne and,
Ashfield townships when the Canada Company surveyed
the town of Goderich.
The Goderich Victoria Park was an Indian burial ground
and Canada Company officials deeded the three acres to
the town,of Goderich to be used as a burial ground free of
charge and for .many years was the resting place of white
pioneers. There was no record kept of the graves as the
ground had never been surveyed as a cemetery and bodies
were placed where most convenient. Those who could
afford it put marble headstones or wooden markers, while
many of the graves had picket fences., Appearances were
not helped by the fact that cows, horses, sheep, pigs and
geese were ,at large in those days,., ,, _ .
Most of the graves wereleft unmarked and those that'
could be identified by friends were removed to the new
Maitland cemetery, but the majority of the pioneers still
lie r'rvhere they were buried in what Goderich now calls
Victoria Park. •
I was -told by the late William Skimmings that about
500 people were buried in this ground before the Maitland
cemetery was established. He said his father, mother and
other relations, six in number, were buried there; none
being removed to the new cemetery,,My mother's parents,
James Kerrand his wife, Annie Hunter and their son,
James Kerr, were buried in the former graveyard 99 years
ago, in 1845. At the time of their—death, -my mother's*
parents. lived on a farm where No. 1 school house stands in
Colborne Township.•'Their bodies were taken to Goderich
on a jumper or a homemade sleigh drawn by oxen.
There is a stone vault *underground in Victoria Park,
Goderich,, where the_pioneer, John Bedford, of the• new.
BedfcLrd__Hoxe.l,__his wife and other members of the Bedford
family are buried, never being .removed , to Maitland
cemetery. The Bedford vault is near the centre of the park
where two paths cross.
After serving as a burial grou,n for pioneers it.became a
military home for.the 33rd Huron battalion and theesite
for St. Patrick's ward school. The.graveyard then was used
for a parade ground . and the county fall fairs were held
there, with a drill, shed doi.ng;:dutzy4;ias,ta;cshow,,building. I ri
'winter• the shed was used as a curling rink. When new show
buildings were erected in another part of town, the drill
hall was used by George Thompson for manufacture of
cement.
Then John Platt took over the shed as a coal and wood
depot, and when he was digging to put in a large' weigh
scales he came onto a grave with four persons buried
side-byside, supposed to be Indians. He left._ihem to rest
in'their graves and put the scales in another place.
In fall of 1902 the old drill shed, Platt's coal and wood
plant and the St. Patrick's ward school were all destroyed
by fire. After this fora few years the old graveyard was a
free-for-all common. -Filling. in for circus, side shows;
merry-go-round, baseball and other sports and as a pasture
field. `Some, time preceding the first Great War the town
,council • decided to make it, a playground for children and
call. it Victoria Park.' In the spring the dandelionblooms
there • in all its glory and there, myself and other old-timers
still collect \th • dandel' ns for a n ring to c t at
rate ith sulp tip'\ nd b1as!es the �y
A mounted gun from the Crimean. war seems fo act as a._
e guardian over this burial ground of prQneers. How man of—_.-
theMmen, women, boys and girls who cross and recross
Victoria Park every day on their way to work or school or•
use the grounds for play, are aware that the grounds may
well be sacred t� many descendants of the district's
founders?
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Hospital recently. Mrs. Herb
Murphy was installed as
president, with Mrs. Richard
Madge as first vice-president.
the skills he has mastered. No enterprise is
stronger than the men who operate and
direct it. Mr. Dennis iso excitingly specific
about the primary role of the teacher — it
is "to make men noble." (United Church
•Board of Evangelism and Social Service)
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conclusion that
contrary, they,
.certainly nothing
threat in World
e 'allies did not subscribe to this belief. On the •
se sed no urgency and felt no . real sense of danger;
W be compared with that caused by the Japanese
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This is a 'most vital conclusion to reach at this late date and it
goes far to support a similar ,belief which many have held from the
outset; that -this war was undertaken under a misapprehension of the
true state of affairs. If real weight is given to this conclusion, there
seems adequate reason for a reconciliation of American and North
Vietnamese views in Paris. •
The . question now 'raised' is whether American intervention is
being continued solely on the basis of urgings from the•. South
Vietnamese-government,whomay well -be the. very few w rI—o "stand to
gain by a continuance of the4American presence.
Further support to these ideas is given by news that the North
Vietnamese are quietly bidding for increased trade and foreign aid
for an ambitious .post-war rehabilitation programme. The first
Japanese Mission to Hanoi has -just, returned to-Toky€ agreeably
surprised with what they found, while another Japanese Mission `left
last month. There have been similar overtures to Franc`, Australia,
-Sweden and West Germany. Some Australians were offered visas to
Hanoi, but the Australian government has banned the reopening of
trade. A businessman in Sydney received an initial order for 4,000
tons... of wheat, an offer well timed to make the Australian embargo
less acceptable, especially in view of the expected' hue wheat
harvest this year. %, ,°
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