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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-10-16, Page 44 CQDER.I011 SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY OCTOBER, :6,,..j~969 Editorial.... Minor It seems this is the week for hockey beefs to be aired and perhaps it's about, time. Things have been left to go too long in Goderich, certainly for a town that is supposed to be known for its hockey. The Goderich Minor ' Hockey Association is ,faced with a problem this year that is not of its own making. Ice time _rates • at the arena have been increased drastically over past years and that too is something that has been left to go too long. Nobody wants to see ,the youngsters socked with 'a big bill in order to play in the minor leagues, but the arena can not continue. to be run with ice time rates dating back' to the days of 20 years ago. Everything—costs more — every year — and unless something is done soon to put the arena back into shape, nobody will have to worry about ice time anymore because there just won't be an arena. The Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Board took on a task at the beginning of this year that even the present members of that board didn't know existed. Th condition of the arena is pitiful benothing has been done to prevent the deterioration of it. It has only been in the past couple of' - years, largely through the work of arena manager Bill Lumby, that anything has been done there. It seems to have been a policy of the committee of .council responsible for town recreation in the past to ignore the arena, or other town facilities, until something fell down and rp; • ae Hockey they spend a small fortune putting it right. To put things right at the arena now is going to cost a. bit more than a "small" fortune. The question of parity for ice time has long been a,subject of debate in Goderich, notably because of the break between the Goderich , Figure Skating Club and the Goderich Minor Hockey Association as far as rates went. It can never be called fair to have one group consisting of young people, boys and girls, paying $7.50 per hour, and another group, consisting entirely of boys, paying' less than $1 per hour. ' This doesn't necessarily mean the hockey boys were paying that much less than the figure skaters, because, by its nature, hockey limits the number of people that can be on the ice at onetime, whereas with figure skating this is not true. Nevertheless, there has not been parity of fees and the change has long been needed. Both organizations must now pay $5 per hour. This puts the minor hockey boys in the. position of having to find more money to pay the bill. The rates for minor hockey have, therefore, been, increased accord ingly. The amount of increase will be discussed at a special 'Meeting to be held at the arena this Sunday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m. Parents of children who are going to enter minor hockey are urged to attend. the cost of the Junior Bs When the Goderich -Siftos open—their Ontario Hockey Association Junior schedule withtwo home games ,this weekend, a great deal is at stake. ' Team officials, not happy with last • year's last place finish, have gone to great lengths to attempt to put together a contending team. A spot in the playoffs is regarded as a necessity if Junior hockey is to thrive in Goderich. Local fans are not noted for supporting losing teams, and attendance last year was not sufficient to justify the tremendous ,amount of work that is necessary on the part of the team executive to raise the money toKeep Goderich represented in what, for a town of this size, is big lleague hockey. There is no better value for your • entertainment dollar than junior hockey; and the brand of_ hockey served up in the Central Junior 'B' League is the best this side of the London Nationals and the Kitchener Nationals of the "minor professional" 0. H.A. Junior 'A' League. The people of Goderich are lucky to have a hard working dedicated group of people who don't seem to 'know how to, quit. If they were easily discouraged, men like Jack Evans, Harry Kerr, Jim Wilkinson and their half dozen or so confreres would have thrown in the towel long ago, leaving local hockey enthusiasts • with only the second-hand "boob tube" TV type of the sport to talk about. Running a Junior 'B' hockey team is a big, year-round job. It takes dedication, organization, the right connections, and above all, a lot of money. • • With fund raising activities like the chicken barbecue held in August, the Booster Club Buffet Dinner and Stag to be held this-• Saturday, and " the sale of tele.gha te- .-b-oncovers_ which contain a listing of the business n business and frequently used numbers . in town, the Goderich Booster Clue worts year-round with only one p0 rpose lir rrrind . to keep Ju nirrr-- 'E'- hockey alive. When the fans react by staying away in droves, Booster Club members must wonder whether it's all worth it. But these people don't kid themselves. . They know that to put people in the rink in Goderich you have to do one thing. Win. - The problem is that winning hockey teams in Junior 'B' hockey are expensive • and more than that, hard to come by in a town with a limited supply of minor hockey players good enough to play the calibre required,/ and where funds to,_make, it easier -to bring in the necessary talent to produce a winner aren't that plentiful. Local merchants and the few industries the town possesses are usually generous in tfieir support, and so arethe people of the town who buy tickets for the Stag Night, and sundry other activities the Booster -Chit can dream up to raise funds. But`'the team must also attract,eop1e to their home games if they are to avoid - the crippling deficits that give team officials sleepless nights and worried days of -hard -work. Jack Evans, the prime mover behind the Junior hockey business in Goderich, has devoted countless =hours- -and -hisconsiderable hockey knowledge and contacts toward making this year's team the best in some years. But its notall that easy to come up with a winner. 'Despite the fact that players from as far, away, as St. Jo{hn, N.B., and Sudbury have been brought into camp to supplement the group -of returnees from last year's team, there is no guarantee that the team will win games. It depends on many factors — most of them agonizingly unpredictable: Will the rookies from last year come through the way they should? Will the new imports be good enough to make the team win? Will freshman coach Bill Gallow be able to mould the players into that elusive goal — a team with pride and desire? Will the fans . support the team? Only time (and hockey games) will provide the answers to these questions. ter Club year's. lthese • opinion cess by supe iAg_tbe--tean-r_ irab.e_ first .r. aa._ho me games of the schedule this weekend. The first one on Friday at 8:30 p.m. sees last' year's league champions and all -Ontario finalists, the Strathroy. RcSckets fang the Siftos. The Stratford Warriors, picked by most observers as probably the strongest team . in the league, will play here Sunday afternoon at 2 in the second 'half of the weekend action for the Siftos. The people in the Goderich Boo are betting $14,000 (the size oft budget) that the - answer to questions*will be, "Yes.” You'll be able to hazzard as to their chances of ES"TA$LISHEDr Goilertril t uat_ to,,122nd YEAR of D-- The County Towns Newspaper of Huron -• 0 p U B L I C A T O N 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 1. RYRSKI Adverthlieq Memo ABC J ti:S14 1011.6 orifilk: *A, rl 4 Subscription Rates $6 a Year - To U.S.A. $7.50 (in advance) Second class .mail registration nu .ober — •0716 14. e..p+.w.'�es.4.Mhd.J.+ri.J.u.1 F+NF{ypN'1+ i-: BAMBI Photo by Ron Price unuuuuuuununnuuunlnunulnunlunnuuuunnnuunnnuuuunnuuouuuuonnnnnuunlulounuuuuunnnuunnuuunwnlunuuiinunlumnunnuuul *-* Remember When ? ? ? 55 YEARS AGO The kinetophone, or Edion talking pictures, will be seen here for the first time at the Victoria opera house on October 20 and 21. Just as wonderful as was his invention of the original movi :<s iicture is the latest discovery 'of the great wizard Edison. It is pre &ct 1 fir the. kinetophone thatre4 flesh and blood actors on many stages in the various theatres throughout the cduntry will soon be a thing of the past, to judge from the little gasps of astonishment and -the -char-u- _ sof "Isn-t f had something wonderful?" that one hears on all sides wherever the pictures are exhibited. The Jdnetgphone_may be called an immense success: , Goderich will be lighted from the hydro -electric lamps very soon. This statement was made by Mr. Fred Gould to The•Signal Tuesday. Mr. Gould is the street foreman and- has a gang of 17 men working in ' tbwn getting ready. At present they are working on the square preparatory to erecting the new lamp poles ' there. "We have everything ready here, , with the exception of the Square," continued Mr. Gould, "but the trouble is that the commission has not commenced putting up its wires yet." However, he thought that it was a short job and he fully expected to see everything complete in a very short time. " 25. YEARS AGO - Work has been commenced by the Brennan Paving Company on the construction of a mulch road from the town 'line_ of Goderich 'on the Bayfield road. The contract calls for MR miles, or . about half the distance to Bayfield, Validity or the will of the late Alexander Etue, of Zurich, bequeathing most of $10,000 " estate to one daughter, Miss Nola Etue, of •London,'is to be contested in court by another daughter, Mrs. Christine O'Leary, of Ailsa Craig, writ of summons to the other members. of the family concerned having been filed at 'Middlesex county courthouse. A party of Boy Scouts of America from Fort Clinton, Ohio, travelling by bicycle, is in town today. There are nine boys and three leaders. ' 10 YEARS AGO Ontario Department of Highways trucks and other equipment have been placed in the shallow water of the Maitland. River just west of the Saltford bridge for some time now, taking soundings. The work is in connection with the million dollar bridge to be built over the Maitland River some time next year. "I have the. utmost faith in this country. In the 30 years or was held over for two weeks by so that we have been in. Goderieh Town Council during production here in Canada, I its regular meeting last 4. have found that Canada offers so Thursday. much to industry, especially one The $4,000 restoration of the like ours 'at'Sheaffers." So said North Street United Church was Mr. C. R. Sheaffer, chairman of completed by Ronald Oak .the Board of ..the Sheaffer Pen Construction Ltd. of Zurich this Company, as .he addressed -the week. national sales convention of the The newly installed;'' 27,000 company in Goderich this week. volt power transfortn#,� the ' The voters of both Huron arid Industrial Park ,,will** n Perth counties - the only two operation in December, said counties left in Ontario where Public Utilities Commission " the Canada Temperance Act is Chairman, David Roulston. • still in effect - may be voting on Local taxi operators, Bob the same day as to ' whether or Prouse of Bob's Taxi and Leroy not the C.T.W.—should be Ryan of Curry's Taxi, were abolished. called, tp Goderich council Reaching agreements with chambers lastwhat was described as an • week following bricklayers and carpenters, "...embarrassing�incident at the.", including a strike by _ the_ latter harbour on Wednesday night and tradesmen, together with a delay a subsequent letter to council by Mr. Prouse in which he charged in shipment of some of the building materials will result in an agreement between the the new gymnasiurii and tourist commission Taxi was price cutting." and Curry's classrooms at G.D.C.I. being ready later than planned. Constable Nick Dowaniuk MacLaren's Studio on St. faced a, novel and unprecedented David street, has been sold by situation when the Alexandra Mrs. Earl MacLaren to Robert J. Marine and General Hospital Nephew, a native of Dunnville. sent him to find the right index Proving ,that perseverance- finger Detroiter Wesley Williams pays off, Goderich Legion "Pipe lost while unloading his boat at Band' made an outstanding the Harbour Park, Sunday, July showing in competition with 28 several other pipe bands at A petition signed by 18 Dutton on Civic Holiday. residents in the St. David, Park The watery depths of and Albert Streets. area, Goderich harbor gave up the requesting council to implement remains - of a mishap which by-law No. 33 of 1968 regarding occurred at the harbor .during the keeping of horses in early part of the century. It was residential areas was turned over an old buggy and a horse. These to the Property Committee and remains were recovereci'from the THAT'S LIFE! By G MacLeod Ross "STRICTLY PERSONAL" This is the title of a book written by Cecil King and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson recently. Cecil King, was chairman of the Daily Mlrror,until he lost his job last May. He pulls no punches when he records his opinions of some of the distinguished men he came across. On Churrchill: "The eulogies of. him have always seemed to me wildly exaggerated. He was an attractive personality, with a command of good English. He spent a lot of money and was not proud or fastidious in the ways he acquired what he spent - potboilers for the News of the World, or financial subsidies from Beaverbrook and Rothermere. He had .a very strong educational inferiority complex. He was very self-conscious about not having been to a university. As a politician he was not the equal of Lloyd George and in the war he was really Commander -in -Chief. There was no Prime Minister As.a man he was more self-centred than anyone I ever met He always seemed to me to be at heart a gifted adventurer. Politics was a glamorous career for him; service to his country was a subject for rhetoric; what he looked for in other men was service to himself. The adventurer in him responded to Beaverbrook and Birkenhead (F. E. Smith) - fellow buccaneers "The big event of the middle fifties was Suez Harold Macmillan left me in no doubt that a military operation was being planned I said this was not how`trhings worked. The first British soldier to land would inevitably consolidate support for Nasser Mr Wilson made exactly the same mistake over Rhodesia, apparently unaware that the more he attacks Ian Smith4he more he strengthens Smith's position. .. "Wilson rightly reiected the idea (of devaluation- of the pound). His reason lie "told me was that sterling had been twice devalued under a Labour Government I don't accept this as a valid reason If the government finds it hard to contain inflation before devaluation, how can they hope to do so afterwards9 It .has always' seemed to me that the City provides a lavish living for far too many charming men of no discernible ability. Nkrumah. "He was always very insistent on being called Dr. Nkrumah, though the doctorate was only honorary and from a third-rate American university. The trouble with him was that he was a good politician but he had no administrative ability and could not be made to understand finance Any idea that the Africans are stupid or incompetent is nonsense, as one soon learns when one employs many hundreds of them. (King owned many West African newspapers.) Ghandi. ."To . me Ghandi was a very unimpressive man to meet -small, ugly and insignificant: On his record he must be one of the half -doh, ,,,,,gi atest men of my lifetime, but I could not see or feel it when in his, presence I got the impressionhe thought Hinduism too old, too adultereted; too corrupt to hold the twentieth century Asked had he experienced any miracles, he replied yes, two. The first when the British government gave self-government to South Africa in 19`09; the other was when Churchill was rejected at the polls in 1945 (Ghandi) said India should always be grateful to England for two things; introducing the English language and building the Indian railways - the two binding forces that would keep India togeth > ." - "I had a long talk with Johnson when he was president. He is a big man but not a great man; a superb Washington politician but not a good national one He gave me two impressions: (1) that he was out of his depth on Vietnam but obsessed with it; he could not keep it out of his conversation. (2) that he was doinghis utmost. to be a good president but found his quite appalling past very difficult to .shake free from. I felt that the Bobby Baker case .had leftits mark on him." After meeting John Kennedy and L.B.J. and noting the security precautions in the White House itself, Cecil King remarks: "It makes one reflect that the rulers of America and Russia are important enough to be in hazard of assassination. Whereas our rulers and this country are no longer important." Now that we have had a commemorative stamp for General Brock,.how about one honoring Tecumseh, without whose assistanceroc Bight never have got to Niagara? • FREE LIVING -It is possible to; eat, drink, sleep ands even be merry in -London these days without spending a penny. Some notes: Rested all night in Trafalgar Square. It must be one of the friendliest places in • London, with all manner of slap and giggle going on amongst the --staff. Watccied..a. Frenchman -mail a letter in the "lit_ter_box". Walked to our office where I slept on the floor in true guerilla style. At • Canada House a lovely receptionist got annoyed when I got annoyed that there were. no British papers. "You can buy them outside and read them in here". Thankyouverymuchindeedmydear! ' Listened to the Black Watch band on the Embankment. A snooze in the crypt of • St. Martin's in the Fields. Made several' telephone calls from Barclay's Bank, one of many where it costs nothing. Popped i into the Saudi Arabian Airlines to read the Ministry, of Information newsletter. Hopped on an'8'8 bus and when the clippie appeared'I asked (french accent) "I want to go to Kweensvay". You're going in the wrong direction. "Oh, la 1". Wheii I hopped off we had covered half a mile. At the Rolls Royce show rooms in Conduit Street, I introduced myself (heavy Afrikaans accent) Danie van Vuuren, just arrived from South Africa. "My wife said mustn't come home s without a Bentley ora Rolls". Englishmen are evidently under the impression that Afrikaaners dress as they did in the Boer War. A demonstration was arranged. _ Friday morning I turned up for my drive in the Rolls. Mr. Deacon, whom I had thought to be a director, put on a cloth cap and off we went in the Silver Cloud. (about $36,000 in South Africa).„Very interested 1 told, the salesman. Contact me at the Cumberland from Sunday. Passing my pub, after four days for free I'thought about a pint, but couldn't bring myself to spend money. 4 M M s • 0 0 A the Building Inspector by the -• bottom of the harbor during. town council last week. dredging operations by the Ontario Marine and Dredging Company. It is believed that a horse and buggy went off an old wharf at - the h ai b-or--during__the--__. early . part of the century to disappear until now. Shades of the "Azov of elli��gton S`quare,'- -a fdined schooner whose home port was Goderich around t'he turn of the • century, were to be seen at Goderich harbor over the weekend. Vessel movements in Goderich Harbor have been ..fairly heavy this past week, with everytype of craft in from schooners to steamers. Completion of the building of a new hard top on EIgin avenue isexpected to be (140e- ,before the end of this month. This will be the first stage in a re-routing of the "Thunder 'Trail" - the grain. truck route - through -town. ONE YEAR AGO The Goderich Rotary Club sponsored a lecture at the Bedford Hotel Tuesday afternoon, featuring two University of Toronto sfiidents involved in a project aimed at preserving historic old buildings in Ontario. 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