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National child safety week
The year-round safety of children is --
the objective of a nation-wide Child
Safety Week beginning on the first
Sunday in May eacW,year. This one-week
awareness campaign is promoted across
Canada by the Canada Safety Council.
The clergy of all faiths,together with
national and provincial associations. and
organizations and the news media are
being asked to take a prominent part in
directing attention to the high, neglected
incidence of accidents among children and
to encourage every possible measure for,
the reduction of • this needless loss of
human life and injury.
In Canada each year, more than2,000
children under the age of 15 die, from
accidents and around half a million are
injured. Most of. these accidents' could
have been prevented and should never
have happened:, A national summary of
child fatalities has been prepared and,
-although it is not complete,
major accident causes.
Thee population of Carlada• is younger
than most people think. One. out of every
three people; ,or more than six and a half
million Canadians, are under the age of
15. The importance of protecting this age
group cannot, be over -emphasized because
they are Canada's greatest potential assets.
To -day's children live in an increasingly
complex world. An important part of
their education ir. !earning how to live
safely in our n)odern, fast-moving society.
It is the responsibility., of all adults to
guide and protect children from the'
hazards that surround -them.
Accidents do not just happen. A set of
circumstances which frequently. with a
little foresight, could have been avoided,
all too often costs a child's life or ,results
in injury.
it shows
Our foss- is their gain
The town of Goderich will be richer
a,nd the city of Stratford the poorer with
the announcement last week of the
appointment of C. H. (Dutch) Meier as
Goderich's promotion director,
During his seven years as mayor of
Stratford, "Dutch" ashe is known to
most people, working with, former
industrial commissioner T. J. Flood and
other civic officials, was responsible for
many substantial industries deciding to
locate here.
As 'lately as last week, J. R. Hanson,
general manager of Supersweet Divisions
of Robin Hood.. Flour Mills Ltd. spoke of
the role Dutch played in the company's
decision to come to Stratford. The new
plant, of Supersweet was officially opened
last r' week and is the city's newest
industry.
Besides Supersweet,,, major industries
which decided to locate • plants in
Stratford • included such companies as
Canadian Hardinge Machine Tools Ltd.,
Chris-Craft Corporation, Crane Canada
Ltd., Dominion Chain Company Ltd.,
Schwitzer Division, Wallace -Murray
Corporation, A. O. Smith International,
Square D. Company Ltd., all during the
time Dutch was the city's•mayor.
Collectively the industries represent a
considerable investment in the
community, not only in assessed value of
property, but • in use of city services,
employment, and in bringing new and
responsible citizens into the . city as
management personnel.
Even in the short time they have been
in Stratford there have been expansions at
the Square D, A. O. Smith International
and Schwitzer Division plants. Dominion
Chain 'is one of the^ city's largest
employers with over 400 employees.
Sometimes communities, and
particularly "citizens of a community, have •
short memories.
Goderich will be gaining mote than just
a promotion director i'ri•Dutch Meier. The'
town will have acquired a first-class
citizen who will have the best interest of
any community in which he resides at
heart.
With his many friends in Stratford may
we joiri in Wishing Dutch Meier success in
his new position.
Space and theologians
Man's exploration of 'space must
inevitably become a concern not only. of
governments, scientists and themilitary
but also of theologians. ,The latter have
past mistakes to remember and avoid.
A violent theological reaction followed
the sixteenth century discovery that the
motions anti- sizes of earth - and - the'
so-called heavenly . bodies were quite
different from what had long ,been
supposed.. Roman Christian theologians
sentenced Giordano Bupo to the: stake
and Galileo to life. .imprisonment.
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 quite recovered.
Theorogians 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 terrestial religious
-thought.--Can- theological. ..systems based on
teachings of Confucius, Gautarna, Jesus,
Mohammed, Moses and Zoroaster be
integrated with other ideas we bring back
from travel to the stars?
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 environhnents totally unlike that of
earth.
WORDS OF WISDOM
The results of experiments carried out in 1943 have .shown that, the fastest messages
transmitted by the nervous system travel at 265
On the Terman index for Intelligence Quotients 150 represents genius. level. The highest
re':orded figure is 200 for the London -born girl somerset Hughes, 5, in 1960. The all-time record,
based on research by Stanfbrd University, California, into past geniuses appears to be a figure of
"over 200" for John Stuart Mill (1806-73), who began Greek at the age of three..
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Remember When .? ? ?
55YEARS AGC
Clinton has an oil strike! What
has been pronounced to be
petroleum • oil has` been
discovered along the Grand -
Trunk, right-of-way in Clinton. •
The "find" was made : by
accident Monday morning when
Section Foreman George David
and his crew were engaged in
digging post holes. -
A new club, has been formed
in Goderich, which will be
known as the Marine and Social
club. Its organization is
primarily - for the promulgation
of marine instruction and- will
also be utilized as a place for.
social intercourse. It is also the
intention of the club to debate
upon matters . relating to
g
navigation and lectures will be
given from time to time. The
membership is open to, all
sailors; fishermen, dredgemen
and in fact all men who make
their living on the water.
25 YEARS AGO
Jack Miner, •• whose bird
sanctuary at Kingsville, Ontario,
is one of the most famous spots
on the continent, was 79 years
old on April 10th. Many
celebrities in Canada and the
United States sent their
congratulations. ^
The total number of no. 4
'ration books issuecl for Goderich
and dist&ict ori Th sday, Friday
and Saturday of last week was
officially placed at 7,706 at the
HAT'S
By G. MacLeod Ross
HOW TO HOLD UP A BANK
W. H. Allen, the publishers, have just announced a new book
entitled: "How to hold-up a bank." It should be required reading for
the Chairman of the Goderich Council Public Works Committee as
EARLY RESIDENTS OF GODERICH QUICK TO
DEFEND FACILITIES AS HARBOR BLAMED IN WRECK
By Vivian Scribner
Goderich Harbor, recently damaged by ice, was also
struck- "a cruel, blow" in 1853 as well. But where damage
in 1948 ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars, the loss
in 1853 was only in the harbor's reputation.
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The "contemptible distortion of facts" which upset the -
citizens , of Goderich in that year appeared in several
newspapers in the district, including theGuelph Herald.
The news item, printed in November, reads:
"WRECKS ON LAKE HURON:
A correspondent of The Guelph Herald writing from
Southampton (Saugeen) under date of 29th of October,
says: 'We have had a "couple of wrecks on Lake Huron '1
this week; one a large vessel„the Philo Shoffield, owned, in
and bound to Buffalo, with a cargo of wheat, flour and
fish; her complement of wheat was 18,000 bushels, flour
300 barrels, and fish 200 barrels; she went ashore at the
Fishing Islands, and is a total wreck. The other wreck
occurred at Goderich; the vessel was owned at Kincardine, 4
and endeavoured to make Goderich harbor during a
north-west gale, but as it is a very difficult harbor to make
at all times, she was dashed against the north pier, and lies
there a total wreck:”* * *
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The remark that Goderich "is a very difficult harbor to 4
make at all times" brought forth the wrath of the owner of
the Huron Signal, George Coxa Cox printed the Signal in
his offices in the market square in Goderich. In the issue of
Thursday, November 24, he lashed out at the originator of
the article.
The • story, he says, "has evidently been put into` •a
circulation forthe purpose of damaging Goderich harbor
in public estimation, and probably with the view of raising
the character of those,. of other places. We have . no
objection, that our friends at Southampton or the
advocates of the ports and places -on the Georgian Bay
should .take. every honorable and fair means of bringing
their respective ports into notice, but -we decidedly object
to allow the --petty jealousies of- those parties, by such a
contemptible distortion,.. of the facts, to stigmatise our
harbor with impunity." '
• • ' • . Continuing, he writes that the gross culpability of such
close -of the distribution at 9 conduct • is too apparent and, is deserving of the deepest
o'clock Saturday evening. Of censure." He remarks -that "this is not the. only instance"
these 6,841 were issued at the in which "such slanders" have been circulated.-
Goderich entre in the_ Town � • * * , *
Hall, ' and 865 at 'Dungannon.' •
The personnel of the airports In earlier editions Co), complained bitterly about the
received their books at their disrepair of wharves and piers in the harbor. In this issue
stations. The distribution was he writes that "we have had, and still .have, just occasions
made by fifty-four ladies who to complain of the disreputable decay which has been
gave their assistance voluntarily
under the efficient leadership of • allowed• to prey upon its wharves and .piers, but we never
Mrs. D. D. Mooney Who had doubted the many superior advantages, of Goderich
nothing but the highest praise, harbor." . • '
for her capable staff. "Its approach and entrance are by -no means.diffieult to
- those who have the least knowledge of 'it; there being a 4
10 YEARS AGO good bold shore on both sides, free from rocks, or shoals
An auction sale of "all for miles and ten feet of water in, the entrance channel;
equipment at -Julius Kayser plant ^this channel is near the 'north pier, nearer the south pier
on East Street is being held on the water is more shallow on account of the formation of a
Tuesday, April 28. bar." He adds that the bar could be easily removed.
Magistrate D E Holmes
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ordered five youths to pay five 'f
dollars apiece per week --until Cox then continues by refuting the charge's that tWo
they have paid for the $1000 -wrecks occurred during the one week. "There is scarcely a
farmhouse ,which they set afire. vestige of truth in the whole statement," 'he -writes. -
The Kinsmen Club expressed "Our readers will remember we alluded to this wreck a
disappointment over the amount
of waster paper collected in their few weeks ago; it was' that of the Anne of.. Kincardine,
pickup last Saturday. There was Capt. Morrison, The real facts of the case, as declared by
only about half a 'carload. which
Capt. Morrison in his protest, were that this vessel had
is less ,than the usual amount. , ., become' 'water-logged' before ,he got near the harbor, and
The next paper collection will be was perfectly 'unmanageable' when he attempted' to enter
made sometime this fall. and would not answer her helm. Thus our' harbor is
ell the ditto for Parks «hY Because it deals with a subject of ONE YEAR AGO charged with a•wreck Which in reality took place out in the
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and it was only a wreck, in ,a sinking state, with 46
vital interest to the stability of the town's real estate. The book 'Goderich police confirmed
describes a new technique for controlling erosion of .banks and shote just at press time Wednesday which the Capt sought to enter it.
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lines etc. that two prisoners had Tled-rem _.__
THE SEMI -LITERATE *
Huron County Jail, here. • The wind was blowing from the north-west according to
Goderich will be getting a the Herald article, Cox writes that "this is directly at .
• The Americans estimate that at the present rate of learning the building code after all. as the wind was from the
number of semi -literate non-productive people in the U.S.A. could Mayor Dr: Frank Mills broke a variance with the truth,
outnumber the literate by the, 1980's. In Britain, the semi -literate tie vote of council Thursday a southward, and the vessel, had she been manageable, could
population numbers four million. Any statistics from Ontario would evening ^in favatjr of accepting have entered the harbor with the greatest of ease." ~
be gratefully received. the national building code for. * * *•
local construction. (Please turn to -page 9)_
THE DANISH BACON
People have a trade relations man called Mr. R, Haddock which
sounds pretty fishy, but they also have another called Mr. W. E. R.
Tongue. That sounds offal! ,
NEW INVENTIONS
The table Clearing Robot travels along a table, stopping where it
sees an article for collection, picks it up, returns to deposit it on a
rotating table which places it in store, then moves down the table
looking fdi. further objects.
THE PLANE ROBBERS
In 1967 the men who waft gems, ° cash and gold bars from
Heathrow Airfield in England got away with some $960,000. In the
first 11 months of 1968 thefts have amounted to $1.8 million and
this does not include $250,000 obtained from Pan American cargo -
sheds, which are not technically on the airport.
MAXIMATION AND MINIMISATION
Our political practitioners use a procedure to great! effect which
earChe--Called–the- Maxima -CIO -ft
and the minimisation ---of Statistical--
analysis.
tatistical–anal sis. Thus at one moment they demonstrate that if only every
fam0 in Canada saved air extra 6G cents • a week, the sum of things '
could -make the American dollar, the mark of the pound look silly in
the face of the Canadian dollar. This is"known as the maximation
procedure.
On the other hand when the post office bumps up the postal
charges by 10 million dollars a year, it is swiftly pointed out,that
this represents only the price of a miserable pack of cigarettes per
head, so stop grumbling and making an exhibition of yourselves!
This is the minimisation procedure. The two used in conjunction are
very useful weapons in the armoury of Ministerial sophistry and
chicanery. ."
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A HOLE IN ONE.... aeroplane.
From Livermd , Gal. the home of Melte Wine comes this story:
Russell Marley, 50, said he had lofted a perfect six -iron approach
shot to the first green just as a plane came into his path. The ball
went.through a window,of the plane and struck the pilot a glancing
blow. An average 84 -shooter, 'Marley blamed his 94 on this
shattering experience.
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BACON
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