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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-05-15, Page 4*CD THU!SL AY, MAY t. ;, 196 About what was- expected The Goderich Town Council has brought in its budget for another year and there were few surprises in it for anyone.. The increase, of about 10 mills was expected by most; but probably there are a few who thought the increase might go, as high as 2Q mills. TQ. keep the figure within reason, the town's finance committee, under chairman' Dave Gower, did some axernanship and reduced budgets submitted by some $70,000 or $80,000: There are some things that were needed in the town which will be Tett. for another year. Some of them will cost a Vvtiole lot more when they are put in, others will never be done. 'The recreation board had asked council for the go ahead to put .a three -phases renovatio1 program in -to . effect forothe arena.'T major concerns were replacing • the ''existing, floor under the ice and expanding facilities to make them more usable by, a greater segment of the public. -- `"These plans have now been 'passed over for future consideration by the board. Some work will be done at the arena, t. mainly to the front entrance area and will no - doubt improve facilities there conderably. What will happen to the main floor, nobody •is. yet in a position to '-say. The board" could coneeiVably,try to raise the necessary funds from the`general ,public wrth,,the -help of service clubs. ., These ase,ituh,i ngs 'th•at f will have to - be decided Pater.. But .all this notwithstanding, no one can fault council for- its decision. There are other things that must 'te•dorj,e, such as moving the towp;disposal site. In the mayor's budget address,- (page one), mentio•v.-is- made, bf the town using ..the Lavis Co. Sand" and Gra-v.1- pit 'r its. ,_ new garbage dispo �s:ite That's a rather strange statement to make when nothing at all has been said about it in open council and no information on the decision has previously been given to the taxpayers of the town. If the- town has indeed agreed to use the Holrnesville'pit for garbage disposal, it is time the town council made, the details available to ttie people of Goderich - including all pertinent costs. This thing is a i'najor issue in town and one of importance to every resident whether aI taxpayer or not. The people should be kept informed of progress and - should be made aware of decisions when the,i are made. ° • Council as a whole and the finance committee in particular should be commended on its budget and for real_istig- reasoning. 'Coun. Dave Gower, chairman of -;-die f inance committee should -b-e complimented on a first 'glass jab in' his'' tyro year, as a councillor: This:year more 1 'v ,. .. - - 0 _ -, .. ' a ✓ _ .4s fir .�s - .. '!F - loorr rat .,'ry `�- than =any' before the t 'sk,,.-s 't for the - 4 °' • ' • w � • Ry Ron :..Price chatrrnan of finaru'e has been awdilly. New.. Phc�tcx regulations have meant much more' Work , �'' . " for, the 'corrimittee and the new set-upf_ r TH E OLD FARM .SILQ~, FE CLi'NTO�t ` education delayed the education budget, 1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIII111UItIItltIt1111NI11ItIIII1ntIIIIIII1111111111111111 itutJllmlttllllttptrlltllfllillltttltltlllllll111111111111111ttIIIIImIIIIIIIIIIIIII1t11111111111111111Itlllllllllllllll making the town committee's job much „ # - ' harder. Unselfish acts At a time when the general trend seems to be towards selfishness, it is good to hear there are those among us/who are not . so selfisha It was brought to light 'this week that students at local schools,took part in the blood clinic of the Goderich Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society held here ' last fall, making the "clinic one of the best yet. Perhaps blood clinic chairman, Mrs. F. Curry, summed it up best when she said the students seem to be "facing the challenge. It's quite true, giving blood is a challenge and one we should all face. ' It's the old story of mind over matter -that keeps many peopte-frorrr 'donating. They convince themselves it is- painful or unpleasant to give blood. Neither is true. Any discomfort is .minimal, especially in view of the benefits others derive from the gift. This month„640 people set'out to ache a little for the benefit of bthers,w,hen they took part in the OXFAM walk. It is much. Sauce for Indispensable as each, of the sexes is to the other, there is also plenty_.of tension between them, from the embattled aggressiveness of a Judy la Marsh tp the lady who won't go near a woman doctor or lawyer, no matter how impressive their qualifications. Thanks to the ,publicity attending . hearings of the Royal Commissiore to investigate inequalities, many will be remedied; but nne area hath not been explored at all - a gross imbalance in recreation. All day, during the pre-school' years and for an even longer period afterward at night, the responsible parent cannot leave children alone. Baby sitters are expensive; many couples, therefore, rarely use them. ,>One adult ,must stay at home, and in the _--process the- - person whose social . _and cultural life goesdown the drain, is usually Mother. ` w_:_ From the time when the household wakens until evening dinner, it is not unreasonable to expect her to give full-time to homemaking and child -raising. During most of these hours her husband is 'selling 'shoes, repairing cars or keeping less painful and certainly a lot less tiring °to lie on a bed and let a good looking nurse extract a pint of blood that could save a life. Industry too has shown it can be unselfish, letting employees .take time off in order to give. It means more people attend the clinic, the "staff can handle the inflow - and outflow, if you will excuse the On - much more easily. .. With high school students and industry setting the example, it shouldn't be too hard for the average individual, to take a few minutes and 'give the greatest gift of all. - A The clinic -is set for May 21 in Knox Presbyterian Church halt. Let'sget out and make it a bonanza for the volunteer staff, who do so much for others without thought of reward. Let's make it a clinic they will remember andwhich will be remembered. The clinic is open from 2-5:30- p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. Don't miss•it. ibe goose? . t ledgers straight. Each partner is carrying a necessary part of the family.load. • The evenings' are a different matter; here the inequality is glaring. Curling, bowling, lodges, service clubs beckon father.'They.•absorb him night after night. His wife would also like to participate in Something that would ''- commit her regularly once or twice a month. Does she manage it? 'Too often, not at all. When_ their activities conflict ,"it is she who waives recreational -rights, Yet -she its most' in need of 'adult contacts, since her. working time is spent with children. Often - in this era of youthful marrying - she is very young. Her single friends are free as air. •Understandably, she resents her ties. Those who lament the increasing exodus of wives and mothers from the domestic mit eU, -10- _ the- Marketplace, - should do a little soul searching at this, point So should social- workers affd pastors who are constantly uncovering marital troubles. A division of labor should mean a division of pleasure too. - Unchurched Editorials, The Board of Evangelism and Social Service, United Church of Canada. • Remember When ? ? ? 55 YEARS AGO The report of the street inspector and the recommendations contained therein, was the subject of a good deal of comment, at -the regular meeting of the town council on Friday night last. The inspector recommended that the traffic on the 'Square_ be regulated .for the protection of the grass on the park there. His ,worship thought it was a good, suggestion and that the grass on the Square park should be protected and people should be kept off it. The report was finally --referred to the special committee. At a meeting of the residents of Kirkton district on Tuesday, it was unanimously decided to ask ' the , Ontario power commission to send its engineers there to survey for a radial road from London to Listowel.- via Lucan. ' ' 25 YEARS AGO 'vlr. Harold Taylor, of town, is setting out• at the end of this month on a trip to distant Aklavick, at the mouth of the Mackenzie River, to be engaged for five years as a student missionary for the Church of England in Canada. He will be accompanied •by his wife, who for some time has been engaged as dietitian at Alexandra Hospital and has now tendered her resignation of the position. They plan to go to ' their destination in the Far North by way of Edmonton and the Peace and Mackenzie -""Rivers - a journey of over tvi`o thousand miles. Large congregations: interesting sermons and excellent music marked the anniversary services of North Street United Church on Sunday ESTABLISHED 122nd YEAR ° 184$ Goberirtlt nett-Otar ' o f —0— The County Town Newspaper of Huron —0— PUBLICATION Published at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by Signal -Star Publishing Limited \\ROBERT G. SHRIER President and Publisher RONALD P. V. PRiCE Managing Editor EDWARD J. 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ONE YEAR AGO Editor's Note: The articles containc'd in this column are taken from early issues of the Signa! and the .Signal -Star. While they may be written '!n the present tense, 1t should be remembered they refer to incidents that took place in the past and are reprinted verbatim. The articles are updates because it has not been. ppossible to establish the actual dates on which-• thew were written • GOVERNMENT ACTION SAVED COURT HOUSE AT GODERICHBy-Arnold McConnell The present controversy: as to whether the Hi.jr,arl our courthouse at_Goderich should be torn down and replaced by 'a ; new and•, modern building has brought to. light.the,#act that at one other, time the present courthouse was the 'centre of controversy which threatened it with domolition and took a special Actiit the ,Government of Upper Canada to settle. When the Town of Goderich was laid out by the Canada Company in 'the year 1828, a plot in the centre of the town Was set' apart as a market place, and on April 26, 1$54, -this parcel of land was conveyed to'.the municipal council to hold to them and their successors "as and for a public market place for the use of the inhabitants of the said:Town of Goderich forever." The municipal council of the united counties of Huron and Bruce being about to erect a courthouse innxthe Tool of Goderich; the"+county town, certain negotiations took place as to the site, which resulted in the adoption by the counties' council of the following resolution: 'That the courthouse be erected on the centre of the market squ,t'e, in compliance, with the 'ashes of the inhabitants of the town, and on the terms and conditions named in the jesolution of the town council, namely - council draft a. deed of the lend required and form' approaches thereto.:. -and further, that ttie.town council xr. shalt gitarantee,that;;no building be. erected_wrth•in 66. feet of the walls of the buildings, F' ry The counties' council 'proceeded 'with the .erection of the courthouse shortly, after the resolution in question had ' been adopted. The building was commenced in Mayo a1854, - and according to the_ terms of the contract was to have ° been finished inthat year. In February, 1855, it was in the course of being roofed, the roofing having been commenced` in the fall of 1854. On . February 20, 1855, just as the building was conipleted, an action was started in the Court of Chancery . for Upper Canada against the Town Council of Goderich and the municipal council of the,,united counties of Huron and Bruce. The plaintiffs in this action were four-, Goderich ratepayers, John Gait, 'Daniel Lizars, Christopher Crabb and William- G. Smith. They claimed that the erection of the courthouse had the effect of obstructing the free use of t ©e ,market square by the' inhabitants of the town, and in fact render it unfit for the .purposes of a market place. They therefore asked the court to issue an injunction restraining the erection'of the building and for other relief. The case was heard on May 12, _1u56, by the Court of Chancery. for• Upper Canada, consisting of William Hume. Blake, chancellor; -Christie Palmer Esten, vice-chancellor, ° and J. Godfrey . Spragge, vice-chancellor. Mr. Brough was counsel for the' plaintiffs while • the town council was represented by Mr. Crickmore, 'and the counties' council by Mr. Mowat. After lengthy arguments the court unanimously came ,,, to the conclusion that the erection of a courthouse on the market place in the Town of Goderich was a breach of -0 trust and herd that the newly -completed courthouse --become the property of the town council of Goderich in •trust for the citizens of. Goderich and that they could At 4 4 R In an orderly and efficient meeting 'of Huron County Council last Thursday morning 'Members passed the 1968 budget calling for a general rate of ,9 mills and a highway 'rate of '" 1Q mills In the good oI•d U.S.A. spending on.health, education and w,lfare increased during the Johnson regime from 520 billion to 50 billion. Health has risen"from 51.6 billion to $12,3 billion. E6ucation from' 5700 million to $3.8 billion. Welfare from $3 billion to $4 billion. But -the Dept. of HEW is not the only source of welfare spending for the poor. Actually welfare spending has doubled and 40 per cent of the poor negroes have escaped froin'poverty. So, everything n-=1 the -garden 'should be lovely, yet Ameriean- society has• seldom been sicker. All the rnajor riots occurred during the' five years of Johnson'sterns, but racism was not the .only symptom."The'restlessness and 'discontent everywhere in society, has 'been on a stale never before attained. What on anomaly! How can it be • explained? do Tocqueville's; Law -says: "The evils which are endured with patience so long as they are incurable, seem intolerable as soon as hope can be entertained of escaping from them." FOR LADIES ONLY M ,Those pale hands we loved beside the Shalimar, the waters of -Bai'3y`ft)TT alongsidthe &rand -Ju -notion --Canal and in other delectable settings were eminently suited to fine needlework, The hard' tough work of the world was done by the hefty male who swung the hatnme"r, heaved sacks of coal, hewed the sides of mountains and forged flaming .ingots of steel. "Ah, my dear", he could say, "if I didn't go out and do the real work of the world -you couldn't sit there peacefully crocheting." Brothers, that prolonged and seemingly eternal phase is passing - and will soon be over. The computerised age calls far the delicate touch, not for the strong right arm, which is now more likely to mess up the works by its crude operation. You can't fob them off with the ancient saw that the hand that rocks the cradle rules' the world, for that same hand is destined to rock andbrule industry. Why is Japan becoming such a formidable economic power? The tiny hands of the young girls there fashion the transistors and electronic devices which , in turn will enable their sisters to run a shipyard. Before long the young women will be' operating cranes, rolling mills and power plants and you blokes keep your clumsy fists out of it! Oh! They couldn't stand the strain? As if the traditional ,..of running the household involved no strain, as you will find 2.1s, if the developments envisaged relegate you to the home an, running up. and down stairs, doing the shopping, answering the. y . r, waiting for the plumber and wiping your hands on your trou rs in a dash from the sink to the telephone. Admit that this makes refreshing and instructiv reading. Why not cut it out • and paste it in the family albu , so that your grand -daughter, first pilot of the 215tcentury sup • . nic plane may know that there was one percipient seer in your tim : George Sclt adz on 1/12/69 Robert E. McKinley, MP for Huron, ” told Huron County Council Thursday morninglha.t the four Centennial medal winners from .among its ranks had been selected- " because of "unselfish co-operation in e -m -un ity-projeots-------an. - events," -'excl+jde the counties ° and • demolish,°' and remove `the buildings then they pleased: • .One can imagine the consternation of the•members of the counties' council of Huron and Bruce, after having - spent a large sum to erect a courthouse only to find that it did not belong to them and could be torn down at the discretion of the Goderich town council. however, the counties immediately petitioned the Government'pf Upper Canada for relief in the matter and by a special Act of Parliament passed at the next"session the ground upon which the courthouse now stands was ;given -to the county council. of the combined counties of d Huron and Bruce. Thus was the�threat of demolition of the courthouse removed. 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