HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-04-03, Page 400
vl
IONA ,STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL ,1 9
• itriaI....
prjAters were determin¢d not to print anythins tilt
ey were sure it would offend no one, there would E,e
P
very tittle printed ... „Benjamin Franklin
�'
Half -way houses are for people
Across 'the *country, more and More
residential areas` are being asked to
integrate group homes and, half -way
houses for the emotionally disturbed into.
their communities.
'Mental-health workers now realize that
after patients have reached a certain stage
, of recovery, isolation in hospitals or.
' institutions only prolongs their illness.
They need the'" opportunity to make the
adjustment back into normal society
'while still having available to them the
help of the trained workers in the halfway
house, -After they have fully recovered
through this system, the public is relieved
of the enormous tax burden of supporting
them in institutions.
However, the discovery'- of a group
home for children or a half -way house for
adults in a neighborhood often gives rise
to unreasoning fears in some home -owners
regarding house values going down or the
safety of children on the streets.. ,
J
Despite evidence to the contrary of
these points, these few • pressure
Over -zealous authorities into premature
action .to close 'down the house before
their value, both to the individuals
concerned and to the communityhas
been . properly established. They are
referred to as "commer,ical enterprises,"
and placed, in the same class as the man
who manufactures plastics in his'
basement.
Many of the houses are run by
non-profit organizations, but even where
they are not, they must be judged by the
need and the end results obtained.°
- Surely we must bear in mind that we
are dealing, not with articles ' of
commerce, but with human beings, Jvho,
if offered the hand of friendship., can
overcome the results of unfortunate
experiences in their lives, and give back to
the community the' profits, both
economic and social, of healthy
personalities.
A future for South Vietnam
At tong- Last; a 'ter- more- than . two
decades of war in- Southeast Asia, the
people of Vietnam see the glimmers -of
-peace shining in the distance. The`Trght6r
hope is faint as yet, but at least it does
exist. ,
Certainly no nation that is conscious of
the need for stability in the Asian region
can now afford to sit back, and let others
handle the difficult task of peacemaking
on their own. It is partly up to Canada to
ensure that 1'Iashington's efforts to obtain
a just settlement are not in vain.
As a member of the International
Control Commission in: Vietnam, Canada
has definite responsibilities. One of these
;yoday should be to achieve the creation of
another Geneva -type conference where
the -rights of the two Vietnams are'
spelled out even more clearly than they
were in 1954. >
in the years ahead, the great powers
will have to agree .on certain guarantees
that will ensure South Vietn'am's future.
Saigon's mistrust of .the Communists is
' u
understandable. :.Part tcularf•y in...As•ia; the ---
Communists side relies largely on force,
on terror tactics, and this is now the
---struggle v. for —power in South Vietnam
mushroomed in ;,ruel and disastrous
war.
Even while 1:,2'iting in the . South
continues, Canada should be wnrkirig with,
other nations to\Nard a political
• cornpromise, arid one that is acceptable to
Fall parties involved in the conflict. ,.
ObviouFIy, the ' South Vietnamese
people have a right to five outside the,
Communist fold. And clearly, they are far
from happy with the present military
dictatorship being imposed upon•thern by
Saigon.
The only visible alternative, in present
circumstances is a broay based
government of national unman in the
South, Mth ' the -imai 'r • powers
guaranteeing its right to independence. If
Canadians can play any kind of role in
attaining such a solution, our efforts will
be well worthwhile.
SPace travel and theology
Man's exploration of space must
inevitably become a concern not only of
governments, scientists and the military
but also of theologians. The latter have
Rast mistakes to remember and avoid.
A violent theological reaction followed
the sixteenth century discovery that the
motions .and sizes of earth and the
so-dalled heavenly bodies were quite
different from what had long been
'supposed'. Roman ' Christian theologians
sentenced,Giordano Burno to the stake
and Galiteo to life imprisonrnent.
Protestant leaders called Copernicus a fool
,.and accused him of setting his authority
above that of the Holy Spirit. -
Eventual •acceptance of -the creation
theories of Copernicus, Galileo and Bruno
as `substantially correct struck theology a
blow from which it cannot truly be said.
ever,to have
q
uite recovered
•
- Theologians must exercise greater
wisdom to avoid a • similar blow after
earthmen land . on other planets and
perhaps find intelligent life there.
It may not be_easy for theology to fit.
new knowledge from other planets into
the framework of terresti•al religious
t thought. Can theological systems based on
teachings of Confucius, Gautama,_Jesus,
Mohammed, Moses and Zo-roaster be
integrated with other ideas we bring back
from travel to the stars? ---.1
f
The basic assumption of human
theology is the existence in the universe
of powers greater than man's. If real, such
powers must be manifest elsewhere in the
_Cosmos but grievous shocks could come
in discovery of how they are interpreted
in environments totally unlike that of
earth
WORDS OF WISDOM
The world's fastest writing novelist is the American mystery writer, Erle Stanley Gardner,
who dictates up to 100,000- words a day and works with his staff, on as many .as seven novels
simultaneously. -
•1
ESTABLISHED
Ttle WigriEtl.-#taX
1844
122nd YEAR
of
--D— The County Town Newspaper of Huron PUBLICATION
Published - at Goderich Ontaritci every Thursday morning by
Signal -Star Publishing Limited
ROBERT G. SHRIER
President and Publisher
RONALD P. V. PRICE
Managing Editor 1,,,
EDWARD J. BYRSKI
Advertising Sales
(AB(
•
Photo Py Ron Price
LOOKOUT P01 -NT - GODE-RICH
w
nnuuuuunununnnnrurEui�is.i��uuu�rrrtnu;rurFl;l�nnnlloouuuuuunuurinlluuunuunuuunununnuunununuuuliunnulliunuuuunnuuunuuununun
Remember When ? ? ?
55 YEARS AGO
Believing that 'it would be for
the general advancement of the
club and the moral- and genreal
uplift • of . its .,- members, the
Menesetung canoe. club recently
decided to hold a series of club
suppers and at each one invite'
the best speakers of the town to,.
give addresses. The first one of•
these pleasant •events, was heldfi,
last Thursday, • with . surprising:
success. With the exception of a'
few members who were not able
to be present the club turned
out in a body' and a real
profitable and enjoyabletime
was spent. The president, Mr. G,
L. Parsons, presided.
. Efforts to legislate against the
tango and other new dances
failed to meet with the approval
executive committee on social
welfare, which recently decided
to repo,ft adversely on a bill
introduced by Representative
Lewis R. Sullivan.
. Mr:' • Sullivan .sought to
prohibit dances " not conducive
to propriety" under penalty of
fine or imprisonment.
25 YEARS AGO
The assembly hall of the
Goderich Collegiate Institute
held an animated audience of
students when the annual
commencement exercises were
held. Principal.A. R. Scott, who
presided, remarked that it did
pot .seem long passing from one
commencement to the -next.
"This is my ninth; and the fifth
since the opening of the war,"
he' added.: Scholarships on the
basis of last year's work had
been presented either in whole
or in part as the students
receiving them hadleft for ,
higher education. `,`I have
repeatedly said at these
THAT'S. LIFE1
By G. MacLeod Ross
THE BOWLER HAT
As far as my experience in theArmy goes, the "bowler hat" has
invariably meant the end of th8 line; the shore; the end of a perfect
botch -up of a career. Not so in the shipbuilding world.
On October lst, 1935 I was invited to the Deptford foundry of J.
Stone and Company on the Thames -side to see one of the propellors
cast in• manganese bronze for a ship called by John. Brown's
Clydeside yard, Number 534'. Her hull had been launched just a year
before on the 29th of September on the Clyde, where she had been
christened "Queen Mary." The -propellor weighed, as cast, some 53
tons and was 19 feet 10 inches in diameter; one of the biggest casts
to,date in bronze. ,
To one side was.a huge cauldron of molten metal which had just,
been poured out from the kiln. It stood there smoking and covered
with dross awaiting the overhead crane which would lift it over the
huge pattern of the propellor. There was almost a hush over the
shop. Odd people scurried about the floor, while others took up
their appofnted posts for the memorable moment. Then out came
the foundry foreman in his bowler hat. Not another soul would have
dared to appear for work thus arrayed. The bowler was as personal
to the foreman as a crown would be to a Zing. He approached the
cauldron quite' casually; took off his bowler hat and fanned the
molten metal. Then he called for some 'implement and carefully
removed some residue of dross which floated on themafltensurface:-
Satisfied that the pour was at the correct temperature, he replaced
his fiat and the crane operator was permitted to hoist the cauldron
-over the pattern. - '
It was three years earlier, in 1932, that Big John Rennie; the last,
and one of the greatest of the old-time shipbuilders, got 'his bowler
hat, after having worked up in 'John Brown's shipyard on the Clyde
from apprentice boilermaker to head of the yard. Since that day he
has never been seen in the yard without his well -brushed bowler hat.
He has built dozens of ships; the Caronia; the, battleship Vanguard
and now his masterpiece the Queen Elieth 2.
- --Before-she--left--the Clyde- on- =November the 1 -9th 1968, Rennie -
ordered the traditional "walk-through" and 20,000 workers and►
their families admired the ship. On her first trial Cunard were
delighted with her. She sat down exactly to her marks in the water;
she was within a tenthof a knotofdesigned-speedishestopped dead
in the water from full speed in less than five minutes and she steered
perfectly.
On her shake -down cruise , both her_port and starboard turbines
began to run roughly on Christmas Eve. A design failure caused -the
..80 -ton, high pressure rotors to run two thousandths of an inch out of
place. You have read of her ignominy in the newspapers.
Big John was 65 and within three days of retirement when the
post mortem on the ship's failure resulted in his being fired after 50
years of building big ships. A scapegoat had to be•found it seems.
But Big John was quite unchastened. "I'll be having New ' Year's
Eve wi' ma lads, just as we planned and the party willna be dry."
.s he I ' r struck u . the first reel and Mr. and Mas. Rennie led
t
he ante it' was ` e - i'r ime mos l�pre e" n' is seen i'fr-'
Johnwithout his bowler hat.
Subscription Rates $6 a Year - To U.S.A. 57.50 lin advance)
Second class mail registration nui.,her 0716
•,.
commencements that I believe
there, are few schools in the
Province so well equipped with
scholarships as - we axe," Mr.
Scott continued. "We have a
prize available in each of the
years, and certainly thete are
few schools whichcan provide
such a fine financial start."
Between 15 and 20 babies
with their mothers were present
at the • •well baby clinic
conducted .by Miss A. Cleaver,
pubIfl health nurse. It was,, a
picture -taking event, for Miss
Ann Wurtele was present with
her camera and the various
stages of ' the clinic were
snapped. -
TEN TEARS AGO •
During ' the - month of
February, the shaft at the rock
salt mine went down for a total
depth of 320 feet for that .eriod
alone. "Progress has been &I,"
Mr. Gordon Muir, manager of
the Dominion Rock Salt
Company ,plant at Goderich,
told the Signal Star.
"By the end of March we will
be down to an overall depth of
1,760 feet, which will be -"the
bottom of the bed of rock salt
we will be mining;'.' said , Mr.
Muir. •`
Opening of navigation for -
Goderich Ha b -Or- and, .In t;;
-•fac
the., whole Great Lakes area, is
expected . to be considerably
later than usual due to the severe
winter and thick ice. Unloading
of grain boats in Goderich
Harbor has .been a bigger task
than usual during the past winter
due to the amount of ice in the
harbor. Four boats have still to
fat.t)
uron History
Corner
ANCHOR AND CHAIN DRAGGED FRONk
HARBOR USED AS SAFETY FENCE
Nellie G. Redditt
A #ence, unique',i.n construction,_ of chains and anchors,
has been placed along the shore of Lake Huron at
Lighthouse 'Point under the supervision of the parks
committee of Goderich Town Council. The anchors are
placed at the ends and midway on the stretch of chains
which are supported by -posts. h '
The huge iron cables and the big anchors, are relics of
the days when schooners, fishing vessels and tugs plied
busily in and but of Goderich harbor, for they Were
salvaged only last year after Tying for more than half a
century in ,Lake Huron, where they were dropped by the
"Sephie" during a storm,
' The Sephie was a trim, three -masted sailing vessel of the +�
schooner type, built about 1890 by William' Marlton when
he was at the age of 20, and who became widely known in
Shipping and marine circles as a ship builder.
Painted white with blue trimming, the Sephie was
considered the fastest and best -looking boat ' on Lake
'Huron. She was a pretty sight as she sailed in and out of 4
the harbor with ail canvas set, skippered by the veteran
Capt. McLean, of Goderich, whose sons now sail some of
the largest and speediest boats out of American ports. '
During a storm the Sephie was weathering her way into
the harbor When she missed the piers. The anchors were
dropped to keep hegfrom drifting onto the beach. As soon
as enough canvas could be spread to get her under way, the
anchors were "shipped," and at fa sail>, she managed to
reach deep water.
The vessel was sold for coastal service during the First
Great War, and Mr. Marlton received a letter from the -
purchasers praising the workmanship. Sincethen nothing
has been heard of the ship. Mr. Marlton died in 1921... •
. - Weeks after the storm an intensive search. was made for
anchors and chains without success. It was only fast year
that Capt. Bert MacDonald saw them Tying in clear water
about half a mile out from the -north pier and the mouth
of the Maitland_ RWet ..He -_succeeded._. in....salvaging, the six
tons of anchor and cable and they were brought into the
harbor on a scow. - -
The anchors; which..had guarded the safety of mariners
for many years are still guarding against danger as the
incline below .is steep both ' at the "cannon bank" at
Lighthouse Point, and the "anclior bank" above the C.P.R.
The fence is a safeguard against the possible danger of
going too near the,.edge of fhe precipice. There are favorite '
spots for citizens andwisitors to -view the sun setting over
the blue waters of Huron. -
Not only is the fence of . historic interest, it is
,ornamental, too, and a fine' improvement. It is understood
it is the intention of the town council to place a plate on it
on which will be inscribed the names ,of captains who
skippered sailing vessels out of the Pbrt of Goderich.
Other well-known boats built by Mr. Marlton were the
passenger -package freight -steamers Manitou and Caribou
and perhaps the most •widely -known and a money-maker
1
r' was The Jones which plied up -and down the Great Lakes
as a passenger and package -freight steamer. .
Old-timers recall with pleasure the schooner days of
Goderich whenfishermen made and mended their nets and
-did'a thriving business; and passenger steamers called once
or twice a week.
be unloaded. They are the,
Collingdoc and Altadoc of
Goderich Elevator and Transit
Company and two barges of the
Upper Lakes and _St. Lawrence
Transportation Company.
ONE YEAR AGO
Goderich will be the sports
centre of Western Ontario for
the next week as the"town plays
host to the- nineteenth annual
-Young Cana Weak V pee -wee
hockey tournament and the 11
team .All -Ontario ' senior boys
"A" basketball tournament. In
addition, the Goderich Sifto
junior "B" team will be playing
off against the St. Marys squad
for , the championship of the
Central Junior "B" division.
For the second time in just
over a month;- the Maitland
River pushed itself beyond its
banks on Tuesday afternoon,
when the mouth of the river
became clogged with heavy ice.
Homes in the Saltford Flats area
were again threatened as the
water sought out a new area for
its' flow. The home of William
Clements, ..hardest 'hit in. the
"February flood, was again
-isolated by 'flood waterer The
family was forced to evacuate
the home, including furniture
and possessions, ' Tuesday
afternoon as the flood threat`
worsened. By press time
Wednesday, the waters were still
rising in the area, fed by a light
rain which fell overnight
Tuesday.
4
4
8 - 10 LB.
LAKE HURON -== \3'/ 'Ib.
x
EiTHER HALF - NO CENTRE SLICES REMOVED HOME CURED
MOKED HAM$
IDEAL FOR THAT QUICK MEAL- -
w
-EAKETTE
Ib: 69
°
4
•