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Enlighte ntent please
Exeter Town Council last week decided.
not to support: the efforts of the Goderich
Town Council in attempting to have a
feasibility study -made by the. provincial
government into the possibility of
improved access to the area from 'Highway
401.
Reeve 'Derry Boyle is quoted in the
Exeter Times -Advocate , as saying
"They've gotholeS in their heads." Exeter
mayor Jack Deldridge said the plan was
the — and again we quote : the Exeter
Times -Advocate — "stupidest thing I 'ever
read."
Some publid spirited, forwardithinking
gentlemen, these two treasures. ,
People elect them to .office to serve the
town to the betterment of the people.
People who have elected them to office
put their trust in them that they will do
,what they can to .improve the lot of the
electors, or at least attempt to maintain
the statusquo. a '
These gentlemen appear. to • believe
batter roads to the area .,would be
.detrimental to the needs ,of the people
who put them in .office. They appear to
feel any put,
effort by another council,
to open ,up this area - for any reason —
will jeporadize the existence of the people
who live here noW.
We aren't told why the Exeter Reeve
believes the Goderich Town councillors
have holes in their head for wanting to
improve things in this'area; we aren't told
why the Exeter mayor feels the news item
concerning the move was- the stupidest
thing he ever read.
Perhaps they would care to enlighten
us.
What ever happened to ...
Tuesday night -the people of Goderich
who are followers of the Community
Concerts' .rtreked to • Goderich District
fa
. Collegiate Institute for the performance
of the First Chamber Dance Company of
New York. The people were disappointed.
The dancers -arrived', choked the
,.
lighting at, the main auditorium of GdC1-
74.7. and and stated it wasn't.rightYoung students
y,,
attempted tp do something about
adjusting -the lighting, which is an
-up-to-date system —Tut the cast +f*"ided
• the stage was not large enough e .alked ,>
out. The stage is 32 feet by 15 fee There
are -five in the cast.
The idea of chamber dance grew out of
What has been described in press releases
as "...dancers wishing to bring theatrical
dance into a more personal and .immediate.
framework by breaking with the . Old
concept of Targe heavily produced works."
It would seem the dancers who were
supposed to have :performed, here this
week have' walked out on the.. type of
facility that -:was envisioned in the first
place.
The, lighting could have been adjusted
without much trouble. it would helm
helped if some forewarning had been
received of the requirements of, this
,group. One would think that before
selling tickets on the •thing some .check
would have been made to establish that
proper facilities were available.
• We would hope that other communities
Would think twice before booking this
group. And to the group itself we would
ask: what ever happened to "The Show
Must Go On?"
Back to thegood old days
t is a re -trestle -1g .thh n'g to discover a T
the "good old days" 'have not been- lost
altogether. The -days of ,baltny
summertimes and spring flowers with bike
rides for the whole family into the
countryside for a picnic.
These bike rides are things we have, seen
:little of in the past few years, although
there is an increasing awareness of the
benefits to be derived from cycling. .
The current up -swing in interest in the
two wheeled bike . �'rvas started .when
people •.became aware of health for the
first time in. many years following
gov ,rhfnent agency publicity.' •
Jogging, at first an embarrassing
experience to many who fried- it and a
source of amusement to those who only
stood and stared, has now become an
accepted part of the fife of many people.
Those who jog are beginning tb, feel a
modicum of respect creep into the eyes of
those who only stand and stare. A touch
of envy, even.
Now a club for cyclists, called the
Goderich Bicycle Club, has been started
by Ralph Sinith and the first sortie into
the countryside will take . place on.
Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.rn., with the
cyclists meeting at Robertson Memorial
Public• School.
Why not' jqin them and move back a '
little way toward the "good old times."
Letters To The Editor
LACK"OF INSIGHT CITED
- In the healthy spirit of
vigorous debate, I wish to
comment on the apparent
"light-hearted" reaction of the
Exeter Towri Council with
regard to a Goderich resolution
seekingri.rproved highway access
from Huron and Perth Counties
--to the MacDonald -Cartier
Freeway:
It is not my intention to
belittle the members of Council
hfor their decision not to support
that resolution, but, I am
disturbed by two comments that
were published in the Exeter
TimesiAdvocate last week — (a)
"They've • got holes in •their
heads," Reeve Boyle
commented, and (b).Mayor Jack
Delbridge, saying he had read
the Goderich plan .in the paper,
said it was the "stupidest thing I
ever read." - •
'If this is the attitude that our
Municipal Councillors have
toward anything progressive
which might be a positive step
toward the development of "our
`isolated' region, then it; is no
wonder that, in .same" ways,
Huron County is still living in
the 19th Century!
It is quite evident that Mayor
Delbridge and Reeve -Boyle have
not been doing their political
- homework on nmol :and
• development.
I wish to quote (for.. the
benefit of those, who do not
have access to it) a paragraph
from the Program - for
Development : 1969-1973
published by MODA and
prepared by the Planning and
Resources Institute of the
University of Waterloo . in
conjunction with • the
ita'Fidwestern Ontario Regional
Development CountiL
"Highway connections . to
points within and beyond the
region are badly needed in
several sections of the
four -county area. The.. industrial
development of the, urban core
of Waterloo, South -Wellington,
Counties requires much
improved., access 'to c'Hamilton
Harbour and its: surrounding
region. The relative "isolation"
of Huron and Western Perth
Counties would be very much
improved by an adequate link or
links from Stratford to 401
Highway and to . the urban core
area of here% rateitlo'a
thus providing direct access to
the Toronto ;region. Further
development of the tourist
industry, which could assume an
important role in the economy
of large porion of the region,
requires improved routes
through Huron County..."
• For , what' it's , worth,
gentlemen, as time prime
instigator of that 'resolution
seeking as feasibility study, I do
not respond with pleasure to the
lack of insight that some
Co'rmcillors exhibit in dealing
with matters that may have a
bearing on the future
development of -theirregion of
Ontario.
Paul
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Words of wisdom
THE VOICE FROM THE PAST
Each year, but long after the date, I • am reminded that the
remaining men of the 39th Divisional Royal Engineers carne together
for their annual reunion at Columba House, Stockton-on-Tees. These
,for
the' youthful apprentices of 1915 who finished their
apprenticeship at'Loos, on the Somme, or in dont of Passchaendaele
ox some other mspot which once, long ago, brought revulsion at.its
very mention
An old .corade writes:,. "I should have written you much'
.earlier,...Many''or the men unable to attend the reunion still support
us, which shows the really excellent spirit, for we have reached the
stage where even the babies 'of the ',39th Divisional Sappers have
Passed the 70 mark, The reunion displayed -the usual bond ofgood
fellowship; much as before, yet one cannot help but feel that those
Who attend are keen and glad to meet again; that there is real depth
of fellowship which has served to unite us down the years.
• "The Parish Church gf ' Stockton is decorated in most beautiful
style, colour and setting, all of which tends to make the overall
effect memorable: The service is commenced with a hymn, followed
• by, prayers and then the inspiring words of our Padre, Canon Wardle
Harpur, the Rural Dean of Stockton, followed by his references to
those who have passed away. Another hymn and then the layingon
` of the wreath; a beautiful arrangement of. flowers. Our memorial is
in the church at the bottom of the side aisle. To remind You, it is a
sizeable oak frontispiece, with a small desk at the centre on which
rests the history of the 39th Ditisional Royal•Engineers. The laying
of the wreath is a sacred moment, charged with silence and broken
only by the measured tread the length of the church of *the man
selected to perform this ceremony; an honour passed from one to a;
the next each successive year. This year it was. Sapper Snowden. The
silence holds awhile, then a bugler 'sounds Reveille within the
Church. A further.. appreciable silence and the sound of the Last Post
+comes to us•from without the closed door of the Church; the silence
continuing after the last note has faded into time. Then each man
files slowly to the Memorial; pauses before it to make his own
personal reunion. Thus the service ends.
"Then comes the dinner, which is good, thanks to all those who
oversubscrie.the cost. It is a quiet, orderly and happy -affair. •
"Recently I called at Ripon to see Arthur ,Cockerill of the 234th
Company. He got a Blighty on the Loos front (1915) and has
�suffered--a--ch+esi -eomplaint-ever--since. e.::,lives in a .comfortable
-.country' house sur rounded-by_.fields: nditrees,_.,and-he and his wife,,
live a quiet life of fireside and garden. Unable to attend because of
his'health, he. was delighted to have a chat. When the conversation '11
reached the old days you could see the sparklein his eyes and„the
youth return to his face. Wespoke of the many faces; of war: the
. IIt
hardships, th�eredom, the comedies ,the unsung heroes and the•
men - young men — nay boys. And"l ow that HO -rile -to
think about it, this is pretty well what our reunions are all about. A
voice, perhaps not my own, answers within me: You will be going
over the ground again and again until itshall be the simplest thing to
take''i'n your hands the hands of companions-Yetv companions-Ymet on the road to
St. Pierre Divion, or 'halfway,,to r Saint Julien, companions whose
presence was- removed from your ,,company and never satisfactorily
replaced." ;
VO'CABU•LARY OF OUR TIMES
FRESH^ ,- (AS IN FARM-FRESH):Something that originated in
farm or country at some unspecified date. .
MALL. A° windy expanse of concrete or asphalt well peopled with
strollers in the architect's drawing; less often in real life.
'SAFARI. A crowded, costly, uncomfortable, unadventurous tour
a_planned by advertising men. ,
SENIOR CITIZENS. A patronising, term for Old Age Pensioners,
whose views and opinions are neither sought nor considered.
STANDARD - (as in Large, Medium and Standard steaks, eggs, `)
etc.) Very small. r. ,
.WA' RAN'1AY. Docutnent •esig'ned' to' reduce a `m.nufacturer's
legal liiabiiity:... ��
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"A camel is a horse that has'been designed by a committee."
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Every investigation which is guided by' principles of Nature fixes its
ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. ' — Athenaeus
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member When ? ? ?.
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ONE YEAR AGO
Two men of the Ontario
Voyageur- Kayak Club
challenged Mother Nature onpthe
spring -swollen; ice -laden
Maitland River - and won, Art
Powell, London, and Herb May,
Toronto. club president, set out
on the turbulent" Maitland in -
kayaks and successfully
negotiated the nine miles from
above. the fails at Benni,iller to
the river"estuary at Goderich.
Murray C. McGill has been
named clerk of the- session of
North Street United Church. ?4r.
MWBI'sueeeeds A.11. Scott who '
held.the position for the past 25
years until his retirement.
Goderich- town• council last
week' unanimously approved the
recommeq,Iution of the
industrial 'commission to hire
former Stratford mayor C., H.
( Dutch) Meir 'promotion
director. Mr. Meier will
commence"his duties in Mav^
Members of the Goderich
Little Theatre are busy these
days with rehearsals for' their
next production, the last of the
'season. Star Spangled Girl will
go "on the boards" four nights
at the end of the month. , .
TEN YEARS AGO
Carroll d�avigation at Goderich
Harbor was officially opened on
April 12 with the ,arrival at 4:30
• p:rn. of the Imperial • Cornwall
• from Sarnia under the command
'of Capt. J. Q. Knight. In .a
ceremony it 1 at'ri' the temporary'
town hall, Capt . Knight was
presented with the traditional
top hat. '
An ice 'field off Gndeiich
. harbor under which was slush ice
to a depth of 20 feet,'
• imprisoned four boats in a firm
grip over the weekend.
Little_ Miss ...:Brenda
123rd Y EAR
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Signal -Stat Publishing Limited
,ROBERT G. SHRIER, president and ,polisher
RONALD P.. v. PRICE, `managing editor
'SHIRLEY J. KELLER, women's editor
EDWARD J. RYRSKI, advertisqrnarigger
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SecpnI class snail registration nur.iber. * 0716
congratulations'extended to Her
Majesty on the birth of her son.
The letter has the Royal crest on
the top and a very nice letter
was • received by Brenda,
thanking her rot . the kind
message of good wishes sent to
the Royal Family. ,
county have sites which ,would
be available. for such a purpose,
one of these being the A. P.
-McLean property on the Huron
Road _ a short distance from
Goderich. '
Captain A. McLeod of the tug
Maxies of Collingwood has the
honor of being .the first sailor to
bring a boat into' Goderich
25 YEARS AGO harbor this season. The tug
'� .. ' wintered at Owen Sound and
f'en's - basketball, most ' arrived in port on its
popular of all. American indoor way Porn Stanley.
team sports,• is being presented
April
to Goderich fans in the form of
an exhibition series, free of
charge to the public, pending
arrangement -of a three -team
schedule, which will "be
expanded further next season
with the inclusion •of industrial
or church .teams. Four tenders
for the collection of garbage
were submitted to the. town
council at its meeting on Friday
night. The . lowest Was
considerably above the figure at
which the council he had
estimated the cost of collection,
and the highest was nearly
S4,00p higher still.
Chief of Police Ross
announces that; in line withs''' a
nation-wide brake -check
program, with the aim of
reducing accidents and
" conserving the dwindling supply
of cars, brakes will be checked
on the streets in Goderich.
•Though heavy rain
disorganized all • plans for the
paper collection, the town
trucks picked up enough to fill a
latge freight Or, the net ,*eight
being nineteen tons.
60 YEARS AGO
The propkisal . for the
extablishing of . ;n• county
sanitarium for consumptives in
Huron isjeing considered by a
Committee of the county council
aipointed at -the January
.,sion, ,and.. a meeting of this
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Last at Clinton, a previous
Meeting „having been held in-
March,
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POETRY'
"Like the experienced stripper, the poem never reveals everything;
its seductiveness lies in the refusal.Ato succumb to the reader. 'At once
statement, solution and puzzle, the system of dynamics in the poem
is as illdefined today as when Aristotle had an unsuccessful go at the
rules. When the poemworks, it refuses to reveal the secrets, and
wheh it doesn't, it's not a poem but a failure; quite a different
^ thing.•" Lyman..Andrews. _
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