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41970
unique; health cause
It is important for everyone to realize
that ,the Heart' Fund, conducted here and
throughout Canada during. February' is
°et yin .. More than lustAnother .health
rive'.
Tic Ieart Funel is uniquely
i:portaot. Essentially, it. is a combined
appeal ' supporting the nationwide fight
against, a great complex of diseases and
disorders heart attacks, stroke, high
blood, • pressure and hardening of the'
arteries, rheumatic fever rand inborn heart
•defects: ,to mention only .a few. Diseases
.of the heart and circulation, which your
Heart Fund dollars help to fight, are
responsible for, more than 75,d00 deaths
in. Canada each year. That is more than
the combined total, resulting from all-
other
ltother 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 international in
scope, it exists as a painful and costly.
reality right here in this citX.' If. you have**
doubts, examine the' obituaries which
appear--inL.our ,daily newspapers. You will
find that' our local mortality experience
closely parallels national figures;• that, on
`the average, about half our death. bptice
wilt mention 'heart attacks', 'stroke' or
'heart •disease', All too often these terms
are; applied- to family breadwinners in the
prime of life men in the 45. to 55 year
age bracket. ,
There is only one practical way to fight
heart disease, namely by • supporting your
Heart Foundation's balanced' programs of
reseach, education and information. You
can -do this by contributing Heart Fund
dollars, Truly, the Heart Fund deserves a
place at the very top of your 'giving for
health' list. Send your contributions to
athe•Canadian Heart Fund, 247 Davenport
"Road; Toronto 180.
Ethp�thyieeded
War was declared ,on poverty in the
Pearson years. But it has been. a war
fought largely with words in briefs,
— reports; conferences and so on. But the
peace of plenty for the,poor seems still a
long way off.. The experts, the politicians
know where the attack should be made,
but still they hedge, stall, talk about
priorities more planning, Study,
etc.
Can_ it be that'thle mihd knows, but the
heart doesn't feel? Perhaps more empathy
is needed. This highly desirable quality
the . human 'ability to. place" .yourself in
another's shoes, see from his mental
world, but more importantly.feel what he
•feels. It is from empathy cornp•assion is
born..
Distance and separation is the great
barrier to empathy and leads to prejudice,
misunderstanding and the hard, tough
approach. Empathy is^generated when we
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touch poverty, see poverty, smell and
taste poverty. Theory then comes. down
into the realm of feeling, the final state
for full understanding.
TO go down into crumbled, dilapidated
streets, dank, dark cheerless. buildings,
rickety stairs, smelly overcrowded rooms,
called home, reeking' with human misery,
is to' experience the ' world of the. poor.
,Many of the committed have lived with
the poor for - a while for greater
, understanding. To share, to sip, the bitter
cup of, another's rniseri'°_is , total
communication and a soul -expanding
experience.
Studies, briefs, conferences alone do,
not provide the dynamic of action. The
development • of i mpathy on the
battlefield of:poverty ,is the first and most
powerful weapon of all to win the war.
Lifter
No creature fouls its habitat more than
man. The evidence is everywhere. It is not
just the filth�tbat hangslikea cloud in our
polluted . air.. Nor the- oozing Waste that
poisons our waters.
It is also the litter, the debris of our
new, impr`oved way of life, that most of
us; .at one time br another, have • been
guilty of spreading. •
The Ontario Department of Highways,
for -example,• estimates that it costs $55
per mile per year to remove broken glass,
waste paper, cigarette 'packages and other
junk from 13,000 miles'of roadside. The
total costs Will soon' exceed S1 -million
annually.
Our lakes and streams, for example,
the ones in which no chemicals or effluent
are deposited, are littered with bottles,
;broken. glass and other signs that say man
has passed thiS way.
•
In one northern community, members
of . a sportsmen's club collected 20
hampers of ' man-made ,and
man -distributed garbage ,along aqua'rter of
a mile of stream). Multiply this by the
thousands of miles of streams and
lakesides in the more popular areas across
'Canada and you have one big°mess. •
Unfortunately, ell levels of government
have only 'lent an inattentive ear to the
• problem of litter. Although litterbugs may
be fined, there are not enough policemen
to enforce the law.
alt seems that now, especially with .the
new throw -away bottles and cans and all.
the other disposable wonders of our
technology;. it is time to educate and. to
enforce against littering. For if we fail to -
do. this, the,outdoors and the city., streets
will become a,pigsty.
letter to
HELP MEET EMERGENCY. k�
;Right now there are several
ways yttircan help rneet
emergency need } in Nigeria
among Suffering people.
Iliave' just returned.from that
war-torn country, having been
sent there to survey the need by
World Vision of Canada. World
Vision . is a service and relief
organization • which . operates.. a
vast childcareprogram
Supporting over ' 31,800 'needy
• children and reaching into
twenty countries (Nigeria is one
of them).. They have ,scores of
projects going and
' intevnationally they operate on a
Multi-million dollar scale.
Here are several ,,,immediate
."projects • in which your readers
can participate:
1. Seed -Tool. Project. ▪ $10.00
will supply :three . basic hand
tgols (hoes, machettes, etc.)
_,garden and crop seeds for a
family,. Initial thrust is'to get the,
`seed -tool set into the hands* 'of
3000 fain•llies' before the Marsh
'rains begin.
2. Operation .Dorcas.. A p112t
project has already been teste"Ic .
Next to , food and :medical help,
clothing is the greatest need. We
can train 120 tailors in three
cities � in one year. When they
have sewn a 1000 garments for
" the refugees . the machine is
theirs and they carr' set up a
home industry. Cost for.
machines, wages and supplies
$1.20,000. -
3, Childcare support. For
$13.00 per month World Vision
'can feed, clothe and educate a
needy child. Sponsors here
.receive a picture and case history
of a particular - child.
Correspondence ' and reports
follow. World Vision has
supported three orphanages in
Nigeria, and' now• must meet the
needs of thousands of children
suffering the "after-effects of
starvation, disease and neglect.
Sponsors should support a 'Child.
for at least one year.,
In addition to these projects
World Vision ` has already sent
•funds for immediate food ` and
clothing needs. There are many
other urgent projects under way.
Inquiries and~ fundi should 'be
directed to World Vision of •
Canada, .240 Eglinton Avenue
East, Toronto 315. The
organization is recognized by the
Canadian. government -and issues
tax deductible receipts. •
I consider this to be a crucial
hour in our relationship_ with ,
Nigerian people. It presents
Canadians with • an unparalleled
opportunity to - assist; ',where
there is immediate critical need.
Yours sincerely,•
Robert N. Thompson
ESTABLISHED • 123rd YEARof
isms Gobertril *Ignal-rtar.
---� . The County Town NewspOper of Huron ; p- PUBLICATION
Published at Goderich,' Ontario every Thursday. morning by,
Signal -Star Publishing Limited Q
'ROBERT G.
RONALD P.
' SEIIRLEY'
5FIl l E R, prestdertt dna publisher
V. PRIM managing editor
TELLER .women's editor
By4 SK t, • d keill in .:rail
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`SAUL AND DAVID IN MODERN .D. RES; `.
Whilst at the ` Provincial level. McKeoughs has alienated" his
thousands; at the Federal level r-Beison has alienated his'tens of,
47 ^'
thousands..
NEW MILITARY H.R. TO DIRECT COLLEGES - '
It is interesting to hear (Globe & Mail 1511/70) that Canada has
no °‘less than "seven staff colleges and military colleges across
Canada" As Omar Kahyam .used tosay, to,,me:. "What shall it profit _a
=mane Jif, he haveAtla pteenkstaff colleges,..but .no Army in' which to
.einploy them? ..^
P.S. It will take snore than Staff, College graduates to win the next
war. 1 ..
POSTAI,. BOSS APPOiNTEb
The pilot for Ontario Region for the G.P.O. is John A. H.
MacKay, He is to implement 400 recommendations amongst which.
' Is one which willmake the P.O. a "Crown 'Corporation". LI was
always tinder the impression that, the "brown" had been lost in the *
Wash by King John. circa 1214 A.D.] He must have been slow in the
uptake for he is only to be paid ,$30,000 P.a., the same as a Regional
Director of Education.
SOVIET MISSILE INSTALLATIONS
Soviet- agreement to talks on. limitation of strategic arms appears
to be an effort to cloak aggressive purpose with a show of peaceful
intent.
THE HOUSING SHORTAGE
Does the shdrtage figure of housing overlook the thousands of
mobile homes?
a THE NEW CENTRE.
While Herr Benson is trying to `find' money, Dr. Mitchell Sharp is
spending it. Now $330 million for a centre to,,, -devise new ways of.
applying sciehce and technology in overcoming problems in
less -well -.developed nations. It is to be hoped that its first problem
will be how to mutate earth'into gold.
THE ABSENT MIND
The Bishop once stopped to talk to a curate. At the end of the
conversation he asked to which direction he had been travelling
when stopped. When the curate told. him' he said: "Ah good. I must
*. g, a have had my lunch." -
There
on the kitchen oorste and friend who put the hot water bottle
is, alsoJhe story of the,
friend
SHAoows p went sup to bed,' tucked in with two
empty milk bottles. .
iritutt t tl „ 1 m i to tiumiti tmt uri.. They tell the story Qf Ch :: Kettering, who when approached in
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the club car for his rail tic 'r failed to find it. The conductor, who
__knew Kettering'very well,. told him not to bother but send it in when
ohefound it. But Kettering replied: ``bang it man. I have to find it to
-find out where I'm ,going":,
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'Photo by Ron Price
An Aima in Life
Words of wisdom
..:is the greatest fortune you can. find!
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Remember When ? ? ?
60 YEARS AGO
Assessor Campbell -furnishes
the following figures: The Flour
-Mills Co. is at present assessed at
$141,280 (including business
assessment). ' On • . the greater
portiorr of this assessment only ,
the school tat' is now being paid,
the `"taxes " being 51,100. The...
Elevator Co is assessed at
5125.000 (including business
.'tax)"' and pays $750 for school .
tax
J. H. Worselt and Son
announce' the sale of . their
business to Fred. Hunt, of
Chicago, an . old Goderich boy
`who is coming bask to -_town,
25 YEARS AGO
Alex Alexander, reeve of
Grey Township, was elected
Warden of Huron at the January
meeting ,of the county council.
The weekly blizzard.... hit._us_.
again and roadways in all
'directions were ` drifted and
blocked. .J. EMutch. official
weather observer for 'Goderich,
statesthat the month just -passed
was the first January since he
took over the position 16 years
ago in which no,. thaw _ was
recorded
Letter to the Editor: At this
.time of the -year one usually
hears bf the,, need of new
RADIO NEWS
One of the advantages of radio newscasts was demonstrated the
other evening when a local station reported a boy's nose bleed. No,
you're quite wrong. It was not the CBC, ~" .
GUESTS -TO -:BE AVOIDED '—
Add to the previous list: The Couple who arrive to spend the
night and proceed to take over the whole menage. They rise at 6
• a.m., turn on their radio ,high, invade the kitchen to make tea. The
dog ° is ;woken,. thinks it is. his mortal enemy the milkman, and •
continues to bark until everyone within earshot is forced from.their
bed.
industry in. Goderich; but like. underground, 'knowing full,_well u
the weather, no oneseemsto'do that there' will be 'exactly .six
anything _about_ it. Nor does weeks more winter..
there ever appear to be any clear .
idea of what industry, :or of its Curator, Herb Neil reports
suitability to this di trict. We' the cost of the CPR steam
were,„ indeed: fortunate when• locomotive placed in the
]-Tole roof Hosie located here museum is $3,800. Cost of
p rY moving.the engine andputtingit
but apart from such windfalls we on a cement base was $64485•
cannot hope for much expansion ,.
unless we do something about it
ourselves. ONE YEAR-AGO
- On Friday evening last shop
was •
discovered that the meat shop of _ Mrs. ' Mary B. Howell,
Allison and Heitman on the president of the Goderich Art
Square had . been broken into. Club, in a'letter to town council,'
Nothing had been taken. The". has asked that the possibility of
police have the matter in hand. using Victor Lauriston School as
.,..recreation centre be
10 YEARS AGO investirgateti by town council,
the Huron . County Board. of
Completrrg 34 • years as Education and the Goderich
principal and 40 since he began Recreation and Community
teaching, 'A. R. Scott will retire
June. 29 as head of Goderich - Dr. G. 'Frank Mills, Goderich
District Collegiate Institute. mayor, . has condemned the
C a n_c e r slogan: ,Cure actions of merribers. ''of town
sometimes, relief often • and council who last Thursday voted
comfort always. —against signing a lease that would
Na less tk i 22,apartmerits or have. -paved --the way far _new
,, houses were offered for rent in town dump.
° the classified section of the Betty -Rogers, Chief Marching
' Sign'al-Star last week. ^ Mother for the' 1Vlarch• of Dimes,
The ,surd shrine brightly here reports. receipts to be "almost
on Tuesday.: In accordance with $48,50."
tradition, the groundhog
came .. out of his° hole, took a
peek around;. saw his shadow_
,,and went back down
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LETTEReE
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Centre Board.
HARD TO BELIEVE 'time freely should have to take
the insults he took from a slip of
The wind . up to Minor a kid,. .
Hockey week in Goderich was' • By this stage in the evening it
something you would have to was the 'Novice team's turn • to .
witness tobelieve. take to., the ice, still not cleaned
Sunday.p Ba field had a practice
or flooded Tbes�'oys also had
The roblein started 'early
y•' p ce to share dressing room five with
and left their equipment in the Pee Wie1team as room two
dressing room . two.as they were was unnecessarily tied up by the"
going to play later Sunday. The Bayfield team. The boys played
next on the agenda was public two *periods and about five
skating from 2-4 then the minutes of the last period. When •
Drun'ico team practiced. The Pee- again this insolent child who was
' Wee team was scheduled to go in charge of nth . trine clock' rang
. on the ice' at 5:3() to • play a , the bell to indicate the game was
•
league game, ut at s , b ti
ttme over, the referees tried to
T1r•tr trio were still practicing and ptoceed with the game but the°
then cleaned their own ice and manager•ofthe arena Mr. Lumby
left the ice at 5:45. At this time sent two boys with scrapers ohto
the manager of the Pee Wee the ice ,at 7130.. The referee had
team had to find one of the to call. the game as ,some child
"deck hands" to fur an the . may have been hurt. The reason .'
hydro to the time clock as this for calling the -Novice teanyfrom
had not been done. These the ice was a group amen were
votthgsters played their game on,-„ to, play at 8 o'clock and the ice
-„ ice which had not beenflooded had to be flooded'ror them'.
since Saturday night The last Do, you: have a boy in Minor
five minutes orthe third, period • I oekey? If you- do, complain to
is supposed to be played stop your Minor Hockey executive, a
time. tut the �ybungstet looking member' of Council; Recreation
. 4,6.400k -would oI dokt , - ,- ..-3, ,...
d� cif, +lir, �trte . � ..f�e`u�s�'+�t
' . Its°teferee.-meeting' ..a ftdckey
'sex"��r �"eit<"'�'sic�
Atter the ` ane t}i� coach aur the , rif Minor � ,
`liar. Don �'ritzle � the . arena on
g Supp rte's? at •
"Pee Wee `tea.1ri y 'ebtuary 10 at 8 p.mi
went to the side of the boards t41 ..,
protoot,Allo man wi10h Live of itis 4 .erew
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Cor Bless rriai { rogistratiort number 071
TAL SOI THE O.M.B. g
It is some years Now since .we, here in Goderich, had a'visit from
an official of the Municipal Board. The last occasion attended by
this reporter, was when a public hearing was given for the new .
Zoning. by=laws of the town. The meeting was held in the County
Council room; quite new then; no initials..cut in the woodwork.
Those who wished to ask questions, or' make suggestions,' were
seated around what seems in retrospect, a huge circular arena, with
the C .M.B. official at a table on one -chord of said arena..It soon
became obvious,ti 'at any questions which were asked would not be.
answered. When I got -lip, �I was peremptorily told* to sit down, and.
.so it_went 'for several other questioners. Finally one brave soul got..
up, only to be immediately told ,to sit down by the 0. ,B. official.
However he persevered, stood his ground and attempted to talk
against the OMB man. ,. =
You couldn't help .-admiring the cold courage he displayed,: faced
as he was by this inquisitor. Finally the OMB man said; "I won't-
. hear questions from anyone but an attorney1' -"But I am ail
attorney.I represent the Imperial Oil Company."' "Well why didn't
you say so before. All right. What do you want?" The attorney
stated his case, which was immediately deferred for consideration
back- in Toronto. It,.was a wonderful example of the democratic
system (as known in Ontario) at work. You left the chamber
wondering 'whether you had not peeped behind the Iron Curtain by
mistake. If it'happened today, one would be glad to recommend the
attorney_ for the new Canadian decoration for bravery -in -the face of
the government. • •
-1970's-LOADED-OU EST -ION
"How to find 'the money to give the; people the services they
'DEMAND?" That is the• question. This writer would be glad to hear
from 'anyone who has demanded -any, services from the Provincial
• government of late. " '
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