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A letter ,to—the editor,-L-reprodueed-.
below, comee.like an'echo from theadult
population of tboderich' this past few'
weeks, calling out for a youth centre, or
at least sOmeplace where youngpeople
can go after School. It is a •letter from •
teenager's.. •‘
---The letter pOints out the pertinent
bowling,L". Movies,- pool—hal Is,
restSurants are the only "entertainment"
• available and these, for a teenager, ariftnot
only costly, • but in •some instances
unattainable.
The letter is supported by another, this
one from a mother of four - three of
them teenagers. The cry is the same.
• A local service club has been
investigating the possibilities of a youtft
centre; the Goderich Recreation and
inyo
- Community Centre Boardt has _been__
investigating the possibilities of using
, school facilities as community halls.
Obviously, something must be done
and it isn't something that can be left, or.
• just talked -7- or written aboirt,
Mrs. Hamilton has offerecr her help; she
has others who are willing' to offer theirs,
$ignal--Star, Women's_ Editor,_
has been pushing the youth centre
concept in her colurrin and has, -received'
almost overwhelming support. .
There is a need. Help is available. Let's
get at it now and do something about it.
Write - to The Editor, doderich
Signal -Star, West Street, doderich, if you
have any opinions .on the youth Centre
idea or if you would be willing to help in
any way. But above all, write todayt
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Goderich pulled by 401
•- Up at the end Of Highway 8, 72 miles '
• from Kitchener, the civic • leaders of .
Goderich have come to a histOrirmaking
decision. TheV ar.e turning their backs to
Lake Huron and looking inland or their,
• fiiture. •
Goderich town council, by unanimoUs
_vote,. _has resolved to ask for four -lane
,--higbway 16 connect to Highway 401.
Councillor Paul Carroll' apparently spoke
for all when he said that the economic
• flow of Perth and • Huron counties is
stagnating because of the inadequacy of
narrow' old No. 8 as a connection to 401.
• Goderich would not exist if it had not •
been -chosen by, the Canada Company.as.
the l'ogicat place to be the business centre
'for the 1,000,000 -acre Huron Tract •„
The site was chosen, nearly 150 years
ago, because it wash h
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place could' prosper less it Was a port.
• Wateniveys were the only routes for major. -
commerce.
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Goderich has clung to faith in its •
destiny as a lake port. No one could count •
the delegations and resolutions that have
gone to Ottawa , pleading for harbor
improvements at Goderich.:-. •
MitlytheAopening of the -St Lawrence
Saway Ibe drearn finally began to fade.
A route for ocean-going ships through the
upper Great. Lakes did nothelp Goderich.
it hurt. The big grain carriers could go on
• through to Montreal instead of
transshipping to rail at a Lake Huron port.
• ' The growth- of communites along the
401 -corridor has been the Ontario
•phenomenon of the 1960s. Preston, for
*example, has -grown -from 5,000 -to 16;000
while Goderich has .been groWing froni
5,000 to_6,000. • ' .
Premier Roberts' plan for the future,
unfolded in his recent Jarvis speech, may
have • been •the Clincher • in turning
Goderich thinking inland, and away from
the shipping routes.- -
• Mr. Roberts sketched the outline for
development of •industry through-. the :
1970s along the 401 line, from 'Windsor
through London and. Kitchener to
Toronto. If that, is to be the main steam
of growth, Goderich wants to join.
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• The newly -launched - campaign. has
implications for the string of tcivvns along
the route: Clinton, 'Seaforth, Mitchell,
Stratford; New Hamburg. It is human for,
all' of them to want to grow; they may •
- have p s learn the hard _may, as the.
Kitchener -Waterloo area is „learning,that
bursts of grovvth bring ,newvarld different
problems. - •
KI-TOOENER-WATERL09.RECORD
One step forward
'Goderich Town' • Council, at the
prompting of two of the younger
members, last *eek made its most
progressive step since the inauguratidn in
,1969. It agreed to seek improved ,access to
• Highway 401 from the area.
Councillor Paul Carroll, with Councillor
" Dave dower, • introduced a' resOlution
,,calling_for a _petition to be sent to the
proyincial government seeking four -lane
•linkage with the main artery of Ontario
and so provide some connection with the
outside world. The pair also want other
municipalities, on the line to support the
motion.
It was the most constructive piece of
thinking produced • by a Goderich-
councillor in many a clay and one that...
could bear fruit that will benefit not only
.Goderich, but all of the people of Huron
and Perth Counties. ••
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A rolling ball must startsomewhere an&
it is to the credit of two of the younger
members of town council that the ball has'
been starte&here.
eters • _To The
A CALL FROM YOUTH
'Around the town 'of Goderich
there are not . any evening
activitie.s.farit„he_yoimg4eenagars__
of this area.
The guys go, to the pool hall,
but not allhave the money. The
girls wander around the square„
which can lead to rough trouble.
To go bowling, to -the show;
or a restaurant can be costly to a
vast majority of teens.
What we need is - a Youth
Centre. It could be open
evenings. with a few tables and
chairs; -an old workable record
player etc. to keep tisliccupied.
If it is teen support that is
needed „ we propose a petition
.to be passed throughout the
,Goderich high school and
through the senior grade at
, Robertson.
• Wefeel this project would be
successful if given a chance and
worked with the help of both
generations teigether•
Rhea Hamilton
• Jane Clancy
. Jirn McCue
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Published at Goderich, Ontario every „Thursday morning by •
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JOB FOR PROFESSIONALS
.1 am delighted to see that the
two fearless hunters 'who ran a
wolf to death with snoWmobiles
on Lake' Simcoe are being
• charged with -"cruelty to
animals!" In our own area, near
Port Albert, a female wolf, her
foreleg broken an,d_dangling by
gun -shot, was chased for most of
,two days by several
snowrnobilers,' until dropping in
a farmer t barnyard. .•
am a teacher and a summer
resident of Goderich. We have
wolves on our property south of
town The mobs Of hunters who
want • to eradicate this
much -maligned animal are Much
More to be feared than their
prey. Professor D. H. PimlOtt,
head of the animal ecology and
wildlife department of the
University of Toronto, has been
studying the wolves of
Algonquin Park for ten years..
Althougb the park his one of
the largest 'wolf populations in
the world, and up 'to 30,00Q
canoeists enter the interior eath
year, no one has "ever .been,
attadked.
It's hili ti e
1 0 I • •
perpetrating the feeling that
wolves are dangerous vermin to
be destroyed by any means,
whenever the; chance' presents
itself, and realizing that all wild
, things have an important place
in our human seheme of things.,
The first step Should be the
abolition of the wolf bounty,
now paid; by the Qntario
Government. . If they ' should
need thining' in certain areas, the
job 'could be • handled by
,
professionals.
'
Margaret McHalm
(Mrs. N. A. McHalm)
NEED DROP-IN CENTRE
• As a mother attempting to
raise four chIldren three of
thern teenagers I completely
• agree with other parents about
-the need for some sort of a
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A.MV,08"-vr.
-Pretty-tinda-Basler was KinePofs'inanyinorielizir
• '70," staged' by.students of Victoria Public School last week.
LIZA • DOOLITTLE The hat she is sporting was designed by Heather Matthews;
who was unable to take 'part in the fashion parade due to an
• injured foot.'
A point proven
We have long questioned the wisdom of
public legislative bodies who reverf to
committee -of -the -whole -board at the
Tslightest provocation. •'-
Perhaps- it is our pride thatjv injured
when we are left ,Outside in the hall to
guess what is going on behind Closed
• doors. After all, a committee -of -the -whole
session is a fair indication that the
• reporter on duty is nOtto be trusted with
'the (inf9rmation and that the, ratepayers,. ,
are ncA en -titled toknovv thefflhys and the
wherefores of the decisions. •
'
The reasons behind our own personal
feelings about committee -of -the -whole
meetings are really of no consequence.
However, we feel sure the board is as
aware as other boards and committeeS are
of the fact that the instant a public body,
operating on public funds, goes into a
closed session, it leaves itself Wide open to
speculation and condemnation by the
folks who foot the bills. That's why
public bodies should resort to-
committee-of..the-whole meetings only
when it is deemed absolutely necessary,
rather than as a matter of course.
This Was proven last month. When the
regular county . news reporter was on a
• short holiday, Clinton 'News -Record
editor .Keith Roulston filled . in -at the
• Huron County Board • -of Education
meeting. 'That particular open m&ting
• lasted less than one hour - 55 minutes to
be.precise. -
The Clinton editor made, a comment
he -First -C.- oh) tlin or the
News -Record; He compared the short
'Board of Edudation meeting to the
..four-hour Clinton town councilsession he
had attended • the same week. ,The: ,
iMPlication was, _olcOurse, that the Bciard•-:—.,--, -
of Education -Was, having an easy time of
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Remember When ? ? ?
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60 YEARS AGO
h TEN YEARS AGO
The cemetery , and parks Of the ballots mailed to date,
committee recommended that 64 pereent of our readers are in
one sign, notifying persons that °Wright ;favor of capital
automobiles, are not allowed in punishment, having !narked
„the cemetery, and eight signs "yes' to the question of the
•
person with ad'Og will pot be. The Worium's.:„.. „ Association
. permitted in and around the meeting of Notth .8treet United „
cemetery,' be „purchased and Church began with a 'pot luck
-The---supperv -The- committee-topl-an
report was adopted, . with the , the kitchen in the hey,/ building
• exception of the clause with will include Mrs: C. Holland
reference to the running autos in
the , cerneterY, which was
referred back „to committee.
• Councillor-Parsoris thought there
was no objection to 'autos in the
cemetery. Reeve Reid pointed
out that they made it dangerous
for ladies to drive about the
cemetery with horses, especially
on the account of the
narrownegs of the roads.. Some
• of the council thought . that
autos might be allowed as far as
• the gully.
•The ' Goderich Lumber -Co.
'cjosed out their business here
and disposed of their mill to ONE YEAR AGO.
Baechler Bros. who have been •
bringing in a large quantity kating
William Craven, president- of
of the Goderich Figure
logs, and are preparing for ,a
•S
large cut this year: Club, reported the club had a
• Robert McIlwain Jr., has was "in the lack" for the
• _tifinanciIally • successful- year and -
purchased the farm of G. K. and ,.hfirst
,,,,dieroalethwnbalantnanceyi 'with a
,J
.Kmight;•=donor.
Judith Gooderhani Memorial
-Park,ide!:1 Thursday at Miami,
Florida.
That's Life: The 'salary of the
Regional. Director of Education
of Leeds and -Grenville Counties
is $30,000 per annum. The
salary of astronaut Borrnann,.
whether he is inheaven, or on
eartb,is$27,000per annum.
Allan Miller; • St. -Helen's,
attended the Hog Producers'
_ notifying that dogs or any ballot.
1VIrs. W. Moorhead; Mrs. C.
Worsell, Ji, Mrs. a Young, Mrs'.
T. Dannelly and Mrs. R, Hughes.
Fishing boats sneaked ,hround
the end of the north breakwater
and pushed their way through.
ice to head into the, open lake on
Wednesday moening for the first -
'time this season.
13y , the narrowest possible
margin, -18 votes to 17, Huron
,County Council] voted Thursday
to increase its rebate to urban
centres for road purposes from
40 percent to 45 percent. '
YeencessiontA3obrivtli1bfrtaking,,
another important step before
too long .•
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- 25 -YEARS AGO
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The parcel- committee -for the
I3enmiller Boys oferseas, Mrs.
Verne Gledhill, Miss 13. Long and
:Mrs. E. C. Pfrimmer, have
,packed ,and sent cigarettes to all
the boys.
• Capacity audiences '. filled -
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'MacKay Hall on Thursday and
closed -door Meetings, We are impressed Friday nights of last week, when Convention in Toronto last
by the !Doard's 'efficiency and in. all the ' three act comedy -drama „, -„i,
fairness to the board, we must concur that "Deacon Dobbs” was presented -,-
The 20th "annual Yong
some of the business of *the board' which under the auspices of the-
Goderich Lions Club in the aid Canada Hockey Tournament
deals with personalities is perhaps better • of the British Child War Victims mine: to a close Saturday with
treated in cbmpfete privacy. • Fund. The production was under
played.
r88 games having been
the direction of Lion President ed
Still we Wonder- at the wisdom of W. J. Hodge. The play was Three public school boards in
,comm ittee-of-the-whole sessions ' which;introduced by Lion J. Kinkead McKillop, Usborne and Goderich
often tend' to become the rule rather than . who read -sever:al,eiroirmetele,_rgr,., armor. g• ..,,HTownships, were ,Ke,fu
'grequests t fu Toref their
p
, the exception.' They are so apt to, --g- ive,the ;
urportin
' Hollywood, inviting . •acommittee
tfolu'llr as
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impression of cut-and-dried • deCisiOn ' productioir Of 6'"plar 'add ' Ivar'agreed 'prev s1 the
making which is so Unpalatable to the ' these created mueh amusement.' - elementary 'school boards would
taxpayer.
If Keith Roulston who is a reporter,
trained in the matters of public meetings,
was surprised by the brief session and
somewhat confused by the disposition of
board business that evening,.imagine how
the, board would have- appeared -aft -the
eyes of a taxpayer who Could very, well.
have taken time. to attend, the same
regular meeting of the board.
, .
That the Clinton editor remarked in his
newspaper • columnabout the short
meeting is not the crux of the problem.
The real issue. here lies with the board
which has chosen. to risk a somewhat
unfavorable public image in the interest of EUROPE'S ENERGY SUPPLY
what it considers to -be proper rocedureThe discovery of naturargas in the Netherlands lowered the fuel
,p.
costs of Holland, just as the discovery in the North Sea undercut the
Since that is the board's decision, we fuel prices in England. This month' Minn and Rome have agreed to
suggest that it should accept the contract for, and to finance delivery of, Soviet gas at the Czech and
occasional raised eyebrow as part of the Austrian borders at prices below the Dutch "gas costs in southern
price it must pay for that decision. It is a Germanyand Italy. Britain, .Hollandi and Germany have signed a
proven fact that committee -of -the -whole joint agreement to develop the enriching of uranium by the„ gas
centrifuge process. If, ,.the experiment bears fruit, expansion of
sessions do not,sit well with most citizens.,...1a.cilities to three fourths that of the U„&gageousdiffusion plants
will lose the U.S. an impOrtant prospective market. Canada, will
continue its heavy water efforts sine die.
Inspector R. 0. Staples paid
his official visit to Union School
in Goderich Township on
Wednesday.
be phased out at the end of this
month, unless there were 9
compelling reasons to retain
them longer. 1 •
THAT'S LIFE!
By G. MacLeod Rpas
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY
The Hudson's Bay Company celebrates.its 300th anniversary this
year. It was preceded by 70 years by the formation of the' East India
•Company. That the H.B.C. left an indelible' mafk on Canada is
supported -by-the story that the Company's domain was so vast that
HBC marks were almost omnipresent. Wags said"that HBC stood for
"Here before Christ." ,
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At the " last Board of Education'
meeting, Vice -Chairman Robert Elliott of
Goderich Township advised in open
session that he was displeased With this
kind of press coverage. He said it had
resulted in several remarks from
ratepayers who were wondering just how
" the board really was operating. He felt it
hissluty to exPlain to the press and to the
public -that the same "meeting which
Roulston had attended was preceded by
-an- hour-long committee -of -the -whole
session and Was followed by another hour
behind closed doors. Elliott also reported
that various committees of the board had,,
met at other times through the month to,
discuss hoard businek
Elliaft might also have added that
committee -of -the -whole sessians before -
and after the me'etings ,have become
general prOcedure•with.the Huron County..
Board' of Education. In fact, Elliott might
have noted that at least one-half f the
board's busines. is conducted behind
'Closed "c166ii 7 ?Ad Ihat 7th`81,,Fess anct•"9
conseqUently the publit, hears only what
the board, releases about those §essiopi.
We are not suggesting elk there -is any
hanky-panky going on in those
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ROBERT'G. SHRIER, president and publisher
RONALD P. V. PRICE, managing editor ,
SHIRLEY J. xeLLER, women's editor
EDWARD *J. BYRSKI; odvenising manager.,
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