The Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-03-05, Page 4'OD ERI n ,sI
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Appalling crime rate
This geek we were made aware of one
of the, frost..appalling examples of crime
and ".the :proportions it has reach in at
least one iarea of the United States.
The ;report comes to us from Brigadier
- MacLeod -Ross whb gathered the
information from the "Washington Post."
In :that newspaper, ebveri'ng',e rents •in the;
.DiStricttof Colupbia; `an area of '6p square
Miles, daily reports of violence and
'robbery are carried in such numbers that
there:is insufficient space to run the full.
story. linstead, as Brigadier Ross points
out, "...they appear much as do the Law
Notices in. the 'Globe and•Mail.'
The ..items are printed "in five point,
type, one of the smallest type faces used
in the newspaper - business and usually
reserved for items containing much
information of a legal nature that must be
carried verbatim.
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The newspaper reports carried
contained 80 robberies, 23 assaults and
five stabbings inJust four days; headlines
read "Car is flagged, 2 i Robbed, 1 shot,"
Man held in' Kidnap, Rape case,r�"MD
Man field in Drug Case," ''''Three Playing'
Youngsters Wounded By Shotgun Blasts;
Man Held in. County, "Gas Station
Manager In QC Shot in Head'.'i Thesewere
all occurrences in the first four. days'of
one week and did not include any
weeken i..activities. - the• time -when most
criminal' offences occur.
We May µ feel we have problems., in
Canada with an increasing . crime rate,
increasing taxes, etc., but these can be
nothing compared to what they have in
DC.
lt make$ one -stop and think, doesn't
it?
A worthy Cause
• Not many of us these days are
completely happy about giving to appeals.
For one,thing, we are not always familiar
with the names ,of the agencies to which
' we are asked to contribute,.. But that's not
all. How do we .know that our donation
wird. be ,put 'to good use? Will it reach
• peopleQ-who really need it? Are charitable
organizations run efficiently.? '
Theseare all relevant questions, and yve
• do" wFl I to ask them.' '
Cine..agency that has passed', the test
time and time again is the Red Cross. Its'
.finest contribution to mankind has. been
its fight for the protection of victims of
armed conflict. A year after its founding
_ 1863 4t .---he.lped' , to organize_ an.
- -international conference ,which drew up
the 'articles of the First Geneva
Convention, providing for the relief of the
war wounded. It was also , closely
• associated with the later_ Conventions that
are concerned with the humane treatment
of prisoners of war and the protection of
civilians intime of war.
Tgday . tile' Red Cross'' is a"worl°c wide
M1 vei
`flourishing s ifh a _
F
eabetrm�"
as well as wartime, program. There are
national 'societies in ,over a hundred
-cop-M.1ies;- each---se&ety-.work-ing--to--meet
the -t eeds;; of the country in which. it is'
situated.
The Canadian Red Cross was founded
in 1909. Its rapid growth was due in.large
'easure to Canadian involvement in the
o World Wars. At the end of the
1939-4.5 • war it reverted to a large
peace"tirne program, maintaining many of
its established welfare and health services
and_Slso setting up new ones. -
The Red Cross' is perhaps best k nown
it Canada for its National Blood
Transfusion Service.' This exists for 'the
• benefit of all Canadians for it provides
Letters To
TAKING ISSUE
I have read your Editorials
with some interest; in the past,
by and large they have been
good .ding, although I did not
agree with all your views I did
read them and this in itself
proves to me they were
• informative.
It•. seems to me that most
people including Editors who"
continually write articles • ' or,
Editorials in the long run end up
believing that they know exactly
. which is in the interest of the
public and what is not. As long
as they think°it is news it should
• be printed, realizing of course
that sensationalism sells
newspapers, with respect to
Editors. .
Lately you' ` have written
Editorials:' criticizing individlals
and in your'last-Rne you :clam,
the right to do this if you
consider that what you print is
in the public interest. You also
take issue with people making_.
innuendos when they concern
whole blood and blood products for any
patient in any hospital in Canada at no
direct charge to, the patient.
Some services are designed specially to
help the needy.
The volunteers of Women's Work, for
example, devote mot of their time to
making , clothes . and bedding ,for the
underprivileged both in Canada .. and
overseas.
The older, members of 'Red Cross
Youth are spending more end more time •
deprived of their local communities. They
•have ..also 'helped to organize -a number of
self-help,' projects in various_
underdeveloped'countries.
Many °adult volunteers visit bedridden •
,veterans, bringing them, the company and •
friends -flip they so often -lack.
The Sickroom Egtrlipment Loan Service
_provides 'the Free loan of essential
apparatus for home care of the sick.
Internationally the Canadian Red Cross -
does much ' to hick disaster -stricken
• .
cdunrF
t es: through its membership' in ..the
League of Red Cross Societies.JOrgenized
relief takes two. forms —. emergency relief
for oatural disasters such as floods and,
earthquakes, and long-term assistance .to
count r. ies ' devastated by war,
- overpopulated by refugees or faced with
famine.
. Anotherimportant humanitaria.n
service is thit of the • enquiry bureau
which offers help- to people.who have lost
touch with relatives and friends,`usually as
a result of war or, d i$aster•. .
March. is Red Cross Month in 'Ca'nada
It .is at this•time-that we should pause .for
a moment ,to express our gratitude for the
many valuable services provided by this
excellent humanitarian organization.
The Editor
your paper, but ' surely Mr.
Editor where in the world -do we
read more half truths, innuendos
and quotes, taken ott of context
than in our newspapers; and if
the .paper has headlines of what
is considered news andthen has
to make %a retraction after
finding statements made are not
correct where do , we find the
retraction? On the least
conspicuous page the size .af a
50c add.
You have Mr. Editor in your
position a great power, the pen
(mighter than the sword) but to
wield either one you have to be
a big man in more'` sways than
one., You alone have to decider if
a person is acting in the public
interest, at least by your
statement in your Editorial.
Quote "I have and will criticize
any per'on whose actions are
riot in e - interest of the
public," and this is where 1 take
issue with you.
In' the past you have publicly
through your ' Editorials
criticized people of this town for
•
what you consider wrong doing,
and statements not made in the
interest -.of the public. I note you
very gallantly admit that most of
the individuals that you criticize
have and still do contribute a lot
• to this community. Then Sir I
must assume you are a little
'sadistic, :where you like to
attempt to -destroy a person with
your • pen, not taking into
consideration that this individual
,may ,have given a life -time of
servi& to this community. One
mistake in your -vie* is one too
many and they should -be
publicly chtestized.
..(sensationalism),
Let me also point out and I
know that you are quite aware
of tfiis,- having entered into the
spirit of this Z'fhmunity
yourself,, that you never get the
chance to criticize actions of
people who do not take any part
in the townaffairs, only people
.that 40.
In your capacity as Editor of
this town's only newspaper I am
Continued.. in column 4
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Published at ('oderich, Ontario every Thursday
Signal -Star Publishing Limited
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ROBERT ' G. SHRIER, president and • publisher
RONALD P. V. PRICE, • Managing editor •
SHIRLEY J. KI=LLER, women's editor ,
EDWARD J. BYRSKI, .advertising manager
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THE 1?ECAOE THAT WAS
Much publicity, has been given to the nineteen -sixties, but 'the
eighteen sixties were not so pallid.
1860: 'Abraharn Lincoln elected President 'of the USA; Mustard
gas invented; Florence Nightingale opens a nursing school;
Population of Great Britain 24.5 million.
186.1: Secession ot. Southern American States and Civil War;
Prince Albert dies; First London train; Krupp produces .its first.gun;
Mrs Reeton's Book of Housellold . Management published; Tzu Hsi,
Dowager Empress of China.
1862: Gatling. gun demonstrated firing 350 rounds per minute;
First, battle between two irorrelads, Merrimac and Monitor; Bismarek
'first Minister, of Prussia; France begins occupation of. Cochin China
Vlretn,xn)
1863;,. Discovery . of TNT; Battle of Gettysburg:;' Death of
' Tilackeray. d ,,
1864: First tnternational Workingmen's, Association formed in
London by Karl Marx; Prussia declares war ton Denmark over
Schleswig-Holstein International Cttee for Red Cross formed.
1865: ; Lincoln assassinated; End of American civil war;
Amendment abolishing slavery effective; "Alice in Wonderland"
published; Dr. ' • • i 0,11 sets out to find the source of the _Nile;
Queensberry Rules'for Boxing drawn up.
1866: Atlantic Cable laid; Nobel invents d ...
. dynamite; Ku
KluxKlan organized at Pulaski, Tenn..
University of London opens examinations to women;
Transportation of convicts t8 Australia ends; Siemens introduced the
dynamo; Otto gas engine invented; Open-hearth steel process
► developed; Lister introduces asceptic surgery; Votes for Women
defeated, 196 to 76 in House of Commons:
1868: Disralei Prime Minister; 14th amendment• gives negroes
citizenship; Sholes patents first typewriter; Grant 'U.S. President;
Bourbons overthrown in Spain; Public execution abolished in
Britain.
1969:_ Empress Eugenia opens Suez .Canal; Union and Central
Pacific Railroads meet; Hudson's Bay company's territories
incorporated in Canada; Launching of `Cutty,Sark.'
1870: Franco-Prussian war " .begun; Pope declared Infallible;
Salzburg Music Festival founded; Fall of Sedan and collapse of
French second Empire; Rome annexed to Italy and becomes capital;
Abolition of purchase of Army 'commissions; Pop: of Great Britain
27,431,000.
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with Canadian content, also wouldCanada be content with Barbra as
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LfferscOntinued
not asking you to suppose 'that
which is news, just. to try' and
differentiate between ne.ws and
sensationalism and -to remember
that your'. Editorials criticizing
individuals can erase from some'
people's ,minds the lifetime of
good that .a• -person may haye
accomplished Qby again in your
view4printing .publicly what is in
the interest of the public. In
closing Mr. Editor you -state you
had 'no idea .. lawyers • "bled" so
-easily, why? They are human.
Why not find, out if you bleed,
because • I would 4suggest that
anyone who reserves himself the
right to 'criticize individuals on -
the assumption that he alone
knows what is'in the interest of
the public -and what is not; must
surely "be some type of ,super
being. If you -.must criticize any
individual in your Editorials, in
the- future please do so in -your
interest not on tiny behalf as one
of the public.. •
If you deem it necessary to
answer this Letter don't forget -
that I bleed easily too. 0
.Mr. James Wilkinson
•
Editor's .'Vote:
Goderich seems to have Tore
than its share of ' experts in
journ isru.. t. is. ft.rtuttate that
everyone does riot . think as the
writer of tliis letter doe.sl for we
would be in Ti .sorry state'V
persons' were allowed tci do
whatever they wished . iii our
society without fear of criticism
from' someone, no matter "t'ho
they are, and if, the local
newspaper is. not going tri dc1 11.
-who is? Mr. Wilkinson'criticizes
the editor of .the Goderich
-,Signal-Star J?)r deciding what is
right or wrong yet oresenr'es for
himself the .right to-do just that.
Most -of is were taught at an
early age to distinguish betWeen 1
right and wrong 1 was 4awkoto_
speak out against what I;believe
is wrong.
CLEANING DIRTY SHOES
--A -reply to Mr. G. MacLeod
Ross' letter on "Group
Lbyatty." 1 wonder. if Mr. G.
MacLeod Ross has ever worked
at a trade oar for that matter a
civil profession?
To. make •a statement like;
"True it still gets you the buck
today you dick. not earn and will
. not earn tomorrow," is not a
statement of, ignorance,; but
truly a statement of slander!
, And tb his letter goes on and
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1 on, cleaning his 'dirty shoes on
tradeand profession, which
shows only too well that the
man's philosophy is as limited as
the boundaries of Goderich,
desperately digging n for
something to - bolster his
statements in ., merry old.
England, for he .cannot fin'd''it in
Canada, and then goes ,cin to ask
us if we. have a conscience, and 1
must answer you with al definite
yes, 'and if you Mr. G. MacLeod
Ross have a conscience,+ quit
writing in such an unresearched
-:end deplorable way!
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QUESTION
Re: Donnelly — Goderich
signal -Star . .
What the hell!
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Q. Egener
AN OPEN LETTER FROM ,
MR.°DONNELLY '
342. Friends: •'
For two weeks, •I have been
1• ridicule.
oTferetiP
� fora public t,
Neither did I seek this
experience, 'nor do I shrink from
it. My 'abiding conviction is that
these Editorials will - cause no
person to • think less of me. I y
grieve not for myself. My
anguish is that such events could
happen 'at all -r to anyone. in,
•Goderich. ,,
In order • that the editorial
criticism of me may not obscure
the'„ true a,, issue, I restate the
following. Whjle the 'Town
Solicitor was away on vacation,
he was publicly condemned
about his professional conduct
and thus was deprived of. an
opportunity to defend himself.
That . incident and ` the
subsequent . public . criticism of
the Solicitor were given headline
treatment in this Newspaper. I
objected at Town Council. Thetw
Council apologized. The
Newspaper, in a two column
editorial, accused - me of
"Throwing Mud."
• My original indictment of this
Newspaper was that its
treatment of the Hunter incident
was indiscreet. My friends, you
May ' think the Donnelly
editorials went beyond
indiscretion.
Mr. Sprier, I thank youjor
publishini; my. reply to `.your
Editor. This letter concludes my
remarks.
Jim Donnelly.
Remember When ? ? ?
60 -YEARS AGO
Notice: Having bought.. out
my. partner's interest in the Red
Star picture show, I take this
opportunity of thanking the
public for the patronage shown
us in the -past and soliciting a
continuance • of the same. Jas. A.
Culver, . o
,, The following is the school.
report of S. S, No. 6, Ash ieid;
V, May Shackleton, Wilbert
Free, Donald „McKenzie; Sr.
'Finley Cook, Willia - Maize,
Bertha Petrie, 'Albert Maize,
Grace. McKenzie;, Sr. III, Mabel
.Gillmore; • Harry Shackleton,
Harvey Maize, Orville Free, Olive
Free; Junior III, Millard Gray;
Senior II, ' Chester Durnin,
Melville Culbert, Willie Petrie;
Junior 11, George Brazier, Erriest
Diplock; Part II, Roddie
McKenzie, Roy Petrie; Senior
Part I, Alma Free, Mary Petrie;
Junior Part I, George -McGlynn.
Number on roll, 24. Average
attendance, 21. Laurette Kirke,
teacher. •
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Donnelly's thankl, while
appreciated, 'are not necessary.
-'he Goderich Signal -Star will
never prevent any reader from
replying to -an editorial, or from.
commenting on local issues. -
Bob Shrier
RED CROSS
CAM !A1c N
MARCH 16.
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Arrangements are.being made!
for a benefit hockey, game . for
George "Farmer" Westlake,
-member of the. Juvenile hockey
team who is in hpspital suffering
from severe burns.
( A joint conference .of
representatives of the `Carpentry
and Joiners' -Union ° and.
employees of the Town of
Goderich was held in the
Bedford Hotel. Wednesday
afternoon. They are asking a
basic minimum :wage for
carpenters Of 75 cents an hour,
and a five-day y week of '.nine
hours a day. -
The moving picture 'shown at
Carlow for the 'school children
was exceptionally well attended.
Four schools 'were in full
attendance and the condition of
presented with the Gold Cord,
the highest award in twirl
Guide organization. Miss Pat
Connell', Galt; area international
trainer, made` the presentation
on behalf of her mother, Mrs.
Bruce Connell, area Girl Guide
commissioners
More than 300 people
Mariners'
attended the annual
'service at
Knox Pre
sb erian. R
the roads pre pretarttiNtimnr#Y1I7
i t� war t e ,: f, 7r,rv,,
fr&m' attending: 1-taWey '4
%'�' to 1 a�x�x
g y eadlines: -Willy Dredge
Johnston, who• is. in. charge of •-lfarbor To A Depth Of 23 Feet.
the machine, kc pt the children
on their toe's by asking questions
on the pictures shown between
film changes., ; •
10 YEARS AGO
Unless some practical aid (not
just ' moral .support) is
forthcoming soon, Goderich
may find itself withouta tourist
promotion program. Goderich
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
-"which , has been conducting an
active , `tourist promotion
program in recent years, voted
Tuesday to withdraw from
tourist promotion, this ' year.
Right now, the club is not in a
position financially to carry , on
its program, it •was stated at the
meeting. One Jaycee, who has
had dealings with council,
reported that council has given
ONE YEAR`AGO
The -administrative offices of
the Huron County Board of
Education will be in Central
Huron Secondary School,
Clinton. The decision to
renovate unused space at the
high school and open the head
office in Clinton was reached in
an 8-6 vote on paper ballots at a
meeting in CHSS Monday night.
In picking the Clinton site over
one len Goderich, the 14-monaber
elected ' board rejected the
„unanimous recommendation- of,
its three ,• newly hired ' top
administrators who wanted the
offices located 'on -the now
vacant second floor, of the new
Huron County -Administrative
plen y of moral support — but (Assessmeht'De'pt.) Building.
not much else — to tourist... A proposal by wa Strathroy
prorr5'otion. r firm to install. an eight -channel
Miss Catherine Anderson, a cable • television service in
daughter of `Mr: and Mrs. Sara Goderich at a cosi of $"I9B4OO0
Anderson, St. Patrick Street, was, was unanimously .approved by
town council Thursday bight.
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