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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-07-02, Page 4iCfl. SI aNAL-STAR, TH.>*1B,SDAX, JUL.X 2,1970 4 • Ir Editorial.... „e fI1 printers were determined , not to print an ytkin tilE they'were sure it ��'��ul ! offend no one, these would be vel E ttie printcI .. Benjamin Franklin two sides of the coin The-i'roit page of the last issue of the Goderich . Signal -Star carried an open letter to the people of Goderich from the workers at Dominion Road Machinery Company.--,BasicatIy, the letter was one of thanks and acclamation for .the management of the company that can now guarantee employment for its workers for at least one year while other companies” are facing lay-offs and short hours. The. credit that must go to any company that achieves such success a� to be praised by its workers should be recognized. The fact that the workers recognize this themselves also deserves credit. There are two sides to every coin, and while the workers give credit to management for the~ affluence ,they are entoying.. -and can look. forward to. S• ' continue to enjoy, we are sure the Dominion Road Machinery Company officials would be the first to acknowledge that no .company can exist without its workers and no company can become affluent unless its workers are of the highest calibre. What makes the workers at Dominion Roads that way we don't know. We do, know they are held in high esteem' by the management. We do know the people of,' Goderich, also are aware of the management -labour relations at DRMCO and it gives the town a feeling of security that is lacking in the majority of centres across Canada and the United States. • So while labour takes off its collective hat to management, may we join in and take ,our hats off to them both? For without one side of the coin, there could not be a second. Much to- say Many people around town have much -t-o say about many things, ,but seldom, if --+evel-,•a`tttrto e'thei-rthougfifs--imPri-nt oq- - - the editorial pages of the Goderich Signal -Star. Why? Surely if something needs to be said, it should be said to the greatest number of people. Surely- if somone feels strongly enough about something, action should be taken to bring action about that will make whatever is wrong, right again. The 'editorial pages . of .the Goderich Signal Star, specifically the Letters to the Editor column, are for the use of the people to express their views on topical • subjects, of interest to many people. The column should `be a mens of saying what yotr"- trin-k -with itit. fear -of -reprisat-for- .while names and addresses are required, they need not be used in print. 'A room -de -plume is sufficient. Use the column, Say what you have to say and make your suggestions as to how things can be changed. We will not permit readers to use the column for personal. vendettas against private citizens. We will not permit libelous staternents against anyone, but otherwise there are -°few controls., The space is free, why not use it? Letter to the Editor S.S. 8 TEACHER' four historical account of Colborne S.S. No. 8 was very, interesting. YOu might. be interested to know that as a- teacher who became a member of a local Colborne Township family was my mother, maiden name Elizabeth ()live Helyar. She became Mrs. Samuel B. Gardner in 1 90tand must have been ,the teacher either preceding dr following Stevenson, I know *she taught many of the students who are in the 1907 picture and received_ less than $300 a year. The Gardners have not had much image in the area but being connected •with a newspaper, I like,to make records as complete s possible. • Eric B. Gardner. THAT'S LJ!-J.JL, . pr THE EISENHOWER PAPERS Twenty five years after D -Day Johps fIopkins Press presents us with the wartime papers of General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower, in five volumes, These -are -far too interesting to bp, resect .-A— professional readers, yetprice the ensures they will not be widely read. • Raking- through these papers, the. student will find no unexplodedbombs, but,What he will find is a very Blear appreciation • of 'the character of Eisenhower himself. They remind us that he possessed that priceless military asset: Luck. When he found.himself Head of a Division in theWar Department', he devised and persuaded A General Marshal to 'accept a plan- for the invasion of, North West Europe„ and within six months he was General commanding the U.S. Forces in Britain, preparing for that invasion. In three years he had come from obscurity to be one of ;.the great ones of the earth, without as far as one can see, making a single enemy. The'Papers show that from the beginning he had a mind with a hard cutting-edge; he 'shouldered responsibility, effortlessly; he grew at beanstalk rate to keep pace with his job. The human qualities which made him famous were complementary to the professionalism which made hitn sti,ccessful. There ,were plenty of other good professionals available, but few who had mastered the'problems•of dealingwith a huge and intricately -constructed force-of•unq ilitary citizens -wearing an unfamiliar..and unloved uniform. With the gentlemen of the Press he dealt in as friendly and circumspect fashion as he knew. His papers reveal the speed with which he identified his - major problem ..on assuming supreme command, namely: Good Allied relationships, and he devoted unwearying attention to it to the end of the war. The failures and patronising airs of the one, and the ' inexperience and boastfulness of the other; the differing customs and temperaments of both, all made for trouble, so that a less imaginative, generous and•implacable attitude might have had serious consequences. �W1111liluilllltlllllNl'IIINtlt1111U!llhlltllttllllllrlltlltllltrtllltlilflUII111ttullHulllHltllWltUlltitul[luttttlll[ullui 111L' BY HARRY JAY 5. Snip and Snap - pus a word from ,a '61 -PDC! grad . U11l tlllilinitaill. t alllmrr1di?lt!'AlitlititiiiittllttluttllllllilitiiiiatlllttltlttttilltttlirltltilliW atatititaltti'ttlliatt • To -Me -Ed ror o f 'Snip and „Snap'. Each icing I see nrneune ideal sofa i� �ittackr> g _apathy. smugness , and narrows • mindedness. I ln% ariabl,, blush and Wis..'nexplain ably asliamed • Your column suceeds in arousing this kind of reaction and iner stably I q feel a desire . to explain nr, embarassment Part of the answ,er hos to the fact that V• hen 1 ,was. a youthful resident of Goderich. I too, in • my- own way, sciught to expre the 'frustrated needs of • my generation.' This desire. howeNer. remained onl.}, a desire • - for rea'tistieall� . ` it just didn't seem t worth all the effort '. lrpotence in the face of immovable, stagnant social forces in • Stoderich isnot preferable to the call of 'distant places where a much greaten and richer future was promised. Our generation waitea and in the long run attained a -partial satisfaction of the happiness *sought after. Neverthel , the passive always feel guilty 'and the active youth of today keep our guilt alive, ,The rest of the answer for our embarassment lies, I think, in the sociological make-up of Goderich and its environs.. Predominantly small c. cons 'rvative,'provincial in view anti . traditionally' unambitious and unimaginative. the residents of this part of Herron County strongly Lear change., - Therefore, all harbingers of youthful and• idealistic thoughts are unconsciously ignored or thwarted; • the•it ideas must not be put into action' Comprehensible of course, but { Pluto b>> BLOOMS 111,4,_ ..BOOT on Price. ,uttunutlttt Ul uutttuuitlrututunttttrututttttluuuuttlnnutluiltuttttutttutuutluuntauttutlwutnwtuntlttnnttutttutuutttututultutnmuiwuuuauuuuutu 'Have you ever considered care +uiiy the opening words of the Bib,e; In the beginn'Ing God cre- ateo the heaven and the eart I 'Ally doesn't It simply say that God created the universe' ' h\ the hearer and the earth' ' As we go on reading we J nC the ar.rswe'r tf this question, for t+•e B b4e ctear'� . teact''s that. God has a two ro,d pu-rpose -av•hg,, to do , ,t:I the Bait` ar. heaven t^e sub.ect cf-;0roche':•> wr. e the atter s the s.:b;ect c` e sec -et re ea e: •ar,a t'•?ou_-t,. St Four' ;See Arts 1 arc c' •Ro"' 16:25 'he . .er icer^s lsrae r•at•or•s t:.e ,atter ,,the Sc'o. `f Christ the 2n,,rcr ,-,f, the reav Sc -re acp.e are sr•.ro' s - : °to ear^ tr''at tr'rere s net se r t -e , h^ e C d Testa-re-nt ab. ut ,going to heaven Thee` the 0.ut;Gox is earth:.,.v th'" Vesslah rel,gn,ng es Klro ter 23-5 et ah when cur rd ap oeerec ,- tr'e fes the angels ed_ Peace On earth rlege 2 14, He Hin'self said :hat the "eek should Inherit-tre`ea-tr (Matt 5.5) He taught His s- nevertheless- something to be ashamed of for our generation as well as the older ones; for the youth- of to -day as tomorrow's leaders. should not be frustrated. For 'these reasons, I blush and feel°• ashamed when 1 readour first articles. I. like yourself and many others. do 'hot want the generation gaps; we also do not want unjust discrimination, apathy., smugness or narrow-mindedness •and .therefore, I hope indeed that• your endeavour to bridge the generations in effective • and truthful 'communication is a real success. Thank God for the youthful activists - may they and you achieve the. peace and happiness for `which we compromised , ourselves • too much. A graduate of (;.D,C 1. 1961. STASLIS 1 -ED Alaa123rdYEAR r tSir?rir1tial- of . The County Town Newspaper of Huron --O - PUBLICATION Published at Iriodertch, Ontario every Thursday morning,by Signal -,Star Publishing Limited 'y,Gy IAgEk�9. ilk S oxo OB:?RT G. SHYER, presztient anti publisher .RONALD P. V. PRICE, rrierriea!; rrrg c=fttor 'L SHIRL Y J. K.ELLER, tvimirrz's editor .EJ>,Dlr iARD J. B'1�'RSK I, ozIl erts in flan er m aem.r 1 r u�y ;F.' Subsviot% Rates S6 a Year •-, to U.`_.A.' S7.'5O Cin. advance) c n• l class mall r ration nutaber - 0711 . BY CORNELIUS R. STAM -ARES: SERE AN BIBLE SOCIETY CHICAGO, iLUNOIS 60635 GOD'S ETERNAL PURPOSE • cp+es to pray.' ',Thy will be done Ln earth, as it. Is rn heaven" (Matt. 6. 12 , Even at Pentecost Peter de- clared that a+ter ..the restitution ,ot all ttngs God would send Josus back to earth and the times o' refreshing would 'corfie from tree ptteserce of the Lord'" (Acts 3 19.21. Not until :he rats hg up o'` Paul do we ;ear r that now all believers in Christ. are baptized -nto one boy' t l Ccr 1.2.131. and Col. 1 5 and r"any. other Pauline pas- tiag;esl speck of -the hope•which is alil up for von, r 'heaven. •' In deed. "before God believers are enly places In Christ" (Eph. 1:3: 2:4.7). The prophecies regarding the kingdom, however. will still be ful• filled and Christ will 'reign on earth and bring the promised -times of refreshing.- Thank God. this world will -not ,forever be a place of war and bloodshed, sick• ness and death, misery and woe. Indeed, at that time. heaven and earth will' be opened to Pach other, and thus will be fulfilled God's two -fold purpose: "That in the dispensation of the fulness of times He might gather together In one all things in Christ, both a•reac. given a posit*on -in heav• ,„,3h,4ch are in heaven, „and which en r ;•aces. • , and ' are ' blessed are 6n earth; even in Him” (EpTi with ai: spiritual bless ngs in heav 1:10). 4 There. is 'an interesting letter he wrote to Lord Louis Mountbatten when the latter was about to take up the South East Asia Command. "An Allied Commander -in -Chief must be self effacing, quick to give ti credit, ready to meet the other fellow more than half way; must seek and absorb advice and must learn to decentralise. On the other hand whenthe-.time tomes -that -he himself feels, he ,�•�:�st.make a.deeisio n, _ -�e�ust .makeiLo�Wa�eleanr�i�£a��� wrres onsibility77 - -and take full blame for -anything that goes -wrcmg*isetheror•n'ofit'' results from his mistake, or from an error on the part of a``;:,' subordinate...." In fact he never hesitated to assert his authority and take unpleasant decisions -Wlien :necessary; .and if it wasseidoff necessary --the- credit - was due to the c"ornmand structure which he guided with a very,.„ -loose In -handling tw ucii-- diffic36143.baordinates as Montgomery and Patton, his strength waiteste,d to the full; but the documents bear witness to the firmness with which he handles the ' , latter, an old friend, and the infinite courtesy and patience extended to the former. . What emerges is the care with which Eisenhower thought out his position and ,the firmness and dignity with which he defended it, whether ,against the assaults of Churchill from above or those of Montgomery from below. He had much to teach the -former about patience and the latter about magnanimity, and little to learn from either, by the end, about the conduct of war. These volumes confirm our memory of Eisenhower as a highly capable and really rather great man. (Michael Howard in the Sunday Times for 10/5/70) 4: Remember When ? ? ? 60 YEARS AGO .. . It you. are- troubled with a sick headache, try a seidlitz powder, the fresh and fiz.zy kind made by E. R. Wigle,. druggist, .successor -to-lames dads i The Smith's Hill Presbyterian, Sabbath School held their annual picnic at Point Farm. An interesting occasion was that of the musical and literary contest in Nile church, The contest was between two of the energetic organizations of this church - the King's Daughters of whom, WM.., Bailie is leader, and -the Young ;Men's Excelsior class, . conducted by George Currie. They awarded the palm to the ladies. A number from Kingsbridge attended a Women's Institute picnic at Lakeview Park. Kintail, Saturday. All ' enjo.•ed themselves thoroughly. Now ,if Mr. McDonald can have a better picnic on Dominion Day. let him at it. �. 25 YEARS AGO . • Mr.' and Mrs. James ()spa ald -Craigie and family. Buffalo. are spending the summer at Sunnycrest Cottage. Lighthouse Point. The Club Grill on Kingston Street near the Square. is a new addition to Goderi'eh's eating places. It is .operated by Bert Brereton, who recently returned from service with the Canadian. „Mr's. Beth Wilkin, Blake Street, military camp. • Award winners at Goderich Collegiate Institute'' were Joan • Scott, Grade X; Donald Scott, Grade XI; and William -Moorhead, -Grade--X-11.. 10 YEARS AGO ... • Betty Moerbeck, daughter' of , Mr. and Mrs. J. Moerbeck, Cameron' Street. is the winner of ,.the first .'prize - an electric clothes dryer- - in the draw of the "Live Wire 'Group" of the Goderich • Businessmen's Association. A special centennial sen ice will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Auburn. Sunday.' when Rev. Findlay B. Stewart. Kitchener, will be the speaker. Scholarships at (;DCI - go to 'M a r �•- L o w r e y, • L -e -o II doge nboom. •• 'Margie Koopmabs.. Douglas Clark, Carol ' iindmarsh and by reversion to Sylvia Gilbert. . Revs. H. L. Jennings has announced his resignation to St. Paul's Anglican; Church. aingannon, and has accepted a parish at Brussels after eight •years ser ice'in_our midst._ ONE YEAR AGO... Headlines: 9ya1 Hotel fire leaves -eight, residents homeless. Patricia Wilkin, 'daughter of Harbourlite Inn. ' Workers at the Sifto Salt Company's Fine Salt Division will strike July 6 . unless agreement over wages is reached with the plant management. MAKE-WORK . Until scientists admit that in the name of sciences a,. Jot of • make-wo>k,goes on, pleas for money are apt to fall on deaf ears. • . ENGLISH FOOD! British culinary traditions go back centuries, not "ten. years or so." When the French were making bouillabaisse, masking old -or coarse fish with bay leaves, saffron, fennel, olive oil and garlic, their proverb: "C'est le sauce qui fait manger le poisson" - the British were forcing down the world's finest roast venison, jugged hare, pigeon pie and roast swan stuffed with rump steak: Set that against your stringy rooster stewed in undrinkable wine, or your molluscs drunk on garlic butter. Careme, the camouflager; did not found modern French cuisine but drowned his cooking'in a sea of sauces, complicated works of art, which killed the natural flavour of his food. It tpok Escoffier to rescue French cuisine and bring it back to delicacy. (A letter from 'The Old Rectory' Dining Club.') 1.. A DOG'S L'I F E ',Vest German scientists have stumbled on to a rejuvenating drug which can sweep aside the symptoms of senility and allow an old' hound to live like a puppy Until the day he dies. gets working in the Bayer chemical labs came across the drug quitel by chance. Apart from helping the dog to avoid many symptoms of senility such as stiffness, arthritis, general lethargy and less alertness, the new drug. could ' have importantl'conomic and • social , repercussions. For" example extending the life of a Guide dog would reduce the cost of training which now runs to $625 to buy and train and teach a blind person to work it. The drug does not prolong life, it merely makes it more pleasant and productive. 4 BONELESS' POT .y. • BEEF AST .. - LEAN -- BUTT ` '� o-iFtW t ► 'r` ,irr'+t `. ;ottAis iii inb 3t rt pw it has become popular, and as it from Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor, too '. is conducted in first-class style it the may -or of a Newfoundland promises to have a long arid town ,where she will spend two.. successful run. weeks this month. Miss s Wilkin :.f. i%ie A - 4044P*, rG i/• om. 0ly'uro =Mrddle5e�Regtrrlert �i0ri YWnl yK. VL (R.e ertiej ,First Battalion will Voyageur program.- M ' leave Godetirt h Sunday morning The last gradu ltiop /banquet at 8:30 tt'eIorek tor two• weeks' for students of Vietor Lataiston tttai>Ititr i M field Jules ....20 at >tig • � �alw �;�ia,es �aiie wool �a� .. ....:. ..... . 4' ib. RK CH' BOI,IM.I=._..MADE__ HEAD OVEN READY • CHEFS WITH OtiIi