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Please. do not harm
During., the second World war 7,000
Canadians , died in action in, ' the
Netherlands, another 7,000 received
• 'wounds from which they still suffer. On
Friday ni§ht the Dutch Canadians of
• Goderich and the surrounding ,district
remembered those Canadians and'
prestrited'a fountain to the town as a "... .
token of gratitude."
The fountain was . constructed with
volunteer labour from the Dutch
community. The hands that fashioned it
did so with respect for the many who died
to "help liberate an. oppressed 'people 25
years ago.' w
Adults who lived thirdugh the last war, ,
particularly in Europe, know what fespett''-
for those men means. The children of
today have no knowledge of the".deep
meaning behind that.fountain and what it
must feel like to be denied freedom.)And
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so they play pranks that could ruin the
work put' into the , project by many
dedicated men and women of this area
who want • only to say "Thank you '
Canada" for their freedom.
•Perhap,s the children do see.. only' a
fountain and think it funny to drop in a
box of. detergent.' But detergent can ruin
the motor, wiring, lights, and spoil the
whole effort. Adults - parents should
be aware of this and should make their
:children aware, of it. The, fountain' is low
to the ground and small children can see
the fountain at work. The coloured lights
playing up through, the sprinkling water
fascinate children. It brings them pleasure
too.
So for the•sake of all, young and old,
alive and dead, try to tell your children
why the fountain is there and' why it
should not be harmed.
time for an up -date
It may be that the-Goderich Signal -Star of them had anything to say about the
�1'fi�r•ten znpxiate .�.. ••GOCt-graduati nvr•-awardsi:pr
entations
--material-it-has-been usinrpd'the"peed�nw icfrmtmbers-of-their families w2re•-
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is has been covering. represented. Nothing was said about the.
We aren't sure just how we should .go amount-- of effort that, was put into,
about this because, quite.irankly, while obtaining -photographs of the students and
a 'b Leve- we have_a fair idea --of-what —activities at 16-641--- Schools during year.
-5—ypeople want we #aav o-w.ayf knowir Perhaps—they- are oncerned- with _the
for sure unless you tell us.
Take school news for example. We
have been h 'the news ourselves a little
over that type of story lately. Does the
public want To read about their.ehildren?
Is the public pleased when the children
are, photographed and named for their
accompl ishments?
Th\week vuP have been .•faced with
two trains 'of thought on that same
subject:
We had a telephone call from a lady
who feels it is wrong to publicize the
accomplishments of successful students
as, she feels, this disheartens the
unsuccessful • students. We thought"'" it
`worked the other way around. Set a goal
for others to aim at and all that stuff. We
also received a letter from another
unhappy .parent who feels it is wrong to
photograph school children in casual
clothes.
Both of the writers are women; neither
attitude ' of the newspaper only as, it
affects their own family, or the manner•in
which members of • their families are
represented.
This may be a very,' natural reaction.
We are all primarily interested more in self
than anything else. We can hardly expect
the general - public to be particularly.
concernedover a general policy of. the,N.
newspapers. Yet then again, the way in
which a newspaper represents the news
affects all the people to some extent. The
way news, is reported ha g a different effect
peoples pf different outlook, a§ did the
- report of the air disaster in Toronto last
weekend.
So why not:have some say about what
you would like to see in the paper and,
whether or not you prefer so called "hard
news" - accidents,, court etc; or,if you
prefer -the hornier .club type news items.
We would be pleased to hearfrom anyone
on the subject.
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BY HARRY+-1AY
Plus anyone else`
who likes to play the fool.
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The only thing Goderich gave
him was a self-righteous stare.
After all, he • was squatting on
,the Court House grass, probably
high on something, maybe even'
Goderich grass, but, worse of all,
•he was doing nothing. And no
one knew his •name or where he
came from until curiosity got
the best of us and we asked. His
answers were not eloquent and
his phrases ' too colloquial for
decent folk. In, short, we found
him to be a third-rate Hamlet
from the States • with longhair
and different clothes and given
different circumstances, he
could easily have been from
• Goderich. •
He was trying. to decide, at
that particular time, whether to
be' or not • to be. Or,° in -other
grords, whether to continue his
• education in the school -of hard
knocks, travelling, relying on
handouts, on his own initiative,
on his own experience and ideas;
or whether 'to return to the
formalized academic world with
- all its., superficiality and
contradictions. Like the time he
was in the office of the guidance
counsellor where he was told to
_co-operate in a system which
thrived on competition. It didn't w
make sense. His 'to be or not to
be' was not unique nor was it
limited• to one issue. He
wondered whether it was better
to soar the clouded skies and
contemplate +`e unending
ihorld=wide. wars of man.,against
himself, against , nature and
against his fellow ,man, or was it
better for him to bathe and wash
his hair? And was the mental
anguish ..that came from
investigating the various
underground of political and
social movements worth the
security of peace of mind he had
before?
Then his tone changed and he
became more honest, unique,
authentic and sincere. He was
scared stiff of life ° and the
decisions it .forced upon you.
You just have to respond to
survive and you always seemed
to lose. He wanted security, not
of a material kind, but the
.deeper reliability of his own
mind and spirit. No fears, no
doubts, no questions - no one
staring - that's what he wanted.
In the course,of cx the
conversation he had entioned
how his mother could never
make up her mind, between
Nescafe or Maxwell House and
how his father grabbed : for beer
with his right.hand. and whiskey
with his left, finally drinking
both because he couldn't make
up his mind. That's - when we _
thought of Goderich, The
indecisions. The Wait-and-see.
The never -getting -anything -done.,
The lack of greatness. The
non-involvement. The refusals.
The denials. He called Goderich
the Huron County Museum's
biggest attraction.
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A boy and a dog in'summer. What could be more natural? And this photograph by' -f red Bissett
tells it all. The boy, is .Robbie McEwen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norris McEwen, 254 Bayfield Road.
The dog, a Pug, awns the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wilf Reinhart, 294 Lakeshore Drive. Neither the
dognor Robbie are amateur radio operators, but both Mr. McEwen and Mr, Reinhart are,and were'
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disbanded due to the base phase-out scheduled for this year. - photo by Fred Bissett
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Letter to the
SOUR GRAPES
Congratulations ori your
excellent coverage • of
graduations and .presentations of
awards and *prizes in Goderich
and vicinity. Viewing the award
winning presentations, one is
immediately impressed by the
superiority in 1) bearing 2)
academic .: excellence 3) sports
ability of the Public Schools, as
so portrayed.
Tell -me, does • the WASP
attitude • prevail even in the
schools of Huron County? St. •
Mary's Separate School award
winners, photo taken next day,
(in way of explanation in case
anyone in Goderich should think
Editor
these "grads" attended, their
graduation ceremonies _in this
attire, as one might be led' to
believe) looked like
underprivileged children. ,
Ironically, at St. Mary's girls
are not allowed to wear shorts
nor slacks nor are boys allowed
to wear shorts nor "cut-offs"
(except for gym or field day).
Why then should St. Mary's
students be made to. look like
the future second-rate- citizens.
And where were these same
students when the Safety Patrol
'awards were handed out? No
doubt in. school studying
religion, in order to learn
tolerance!
"Sour grapes in Goderich"
0
°sy G. M.chi od Ross
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS.
Is it too:much to hope some college president might address his
graduating class this way next month:
`'`,As" you Commence your new life I wish to remind you of some
of the things you carry into it from your p` here.
' "First,ou owe your* Parents (or, if you we, on scholarship, you
' owe Society) re.oraverage about $15,000. As you begin earning I hope
you Will repay parents or society for the things they did withiut, to
send youhere.
"$,econd, you owe to your country the freed(lnf which enabled
yon to come here and learn preparation for -I hope -a full happy
life. If you- want your children to have that same privilege you must
repay the debt -by -military service, or a life of political service, or an
earnest, honest citizenship devoted to •preserving and improving this
nation. y
"Finally, you owe your years here to the profit system. People
first built and now maintain this institution out of profits they have
made in business or out of taxes they pay from business income.
"Most Commencement Addresses are all about the glories
awaiting you. Whatever those glories are, you yourself will create
them. And if you will repay those debts, of yours I have listed, you
will be building' a character which will make your future very
glorious indeed. That, I promise...Be on your way!"" -
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The Loan Executive addresses a client: "It's people like you,
Mister Nevers, constantly liying beyond your "means, getting
hopelessly deeper and deeper in debt, to whom our industry owes
,eternal gratitude."
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States which use three letters on their -auto license plates are
rather cross. Who will accept a plate marked: L S D - 727?
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OVERHEARD
"They're plain shuffle bored!"
° "If I was able to fill in this income tax form I would have an
income -
Editor's note: The writer of this
letter obviously was denied the
training in tolerance that is now •
attributed to the students of St.
Mary's School. We believe
clothes don't make the man -
nor the child, but recognition of
accomplishment may. The
children were not photographed
on the day of grad44ti9n due to
a mix-up on assignments by' the
Signal -Star editor. It was
thought better to» take the
photos of the e children the next
day than not ' at all. The
photographs of the students at
Colborne Central School. also
were taken the following day.
60 YEARS AGO
Thursday evening last was
exceedingly warm and there
being little tendency on the part
of the mercury to lower in the
glass, the -aldermen seemed loath
to get down to work. When His
10 YEARS AGO
• Steps have been initiated to
remedy a situation on East
Street, 'at the new federal
building, in regard to traffic
• conditions. The street is
' narrower than West Street and
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Worship Mayor Cameron asked with parking on both sides with
the clerk to proceed with the persons calling at the post 'office
reading of the minutes, there is a tendancy for cars to
Councillor Martin was ,the only' collide. The works committee,
one in his place at the council of which deputy reeve James
board. Reeve Reid was the ' Bisset is chairman, met. on
second to appear and' a moment 'Monday arid' decided to remove
afterwards Councillors Wallace the boulevard in front of the
and Laithwaite • filed in. Anderson Book Centre and the
Councillor Hawkins followed properties of Art George and
shortly after and Deputy -Reeve , Charles Woods on the other side:
Munnings arrived before ' the Paving will then be laid from
reading of the minutes was curb to durb, between the
finished. Councillor Parsons Square.and Victoria Street.
came in later. The Judith booderham
Electric wiring has - been Memorial Playground opened on
strung over the bowling green on Wednsda of last week.' Water
polo iso. the main feature after
West Street so that the "kitty
finders" may . engage in ' their
chosen sport in the evenings
after stmset„
The contract of painting the
exterior of the . court house has
been given to Ed: Lynn of town,
swimming hours while
volleyball, basketball, baseball
and soccer leagues are being
started.. °
Sunday, July 3, attendance
for this season at Huron County
whose tender to dol the work is Pioneer Museum reached the
$270. 6,876 mark.
• Dr: L.B. Mabee returnee to
town - Monday after ' ani
Boston, New York and other The"ONE YEAR AGO churcnes of 'Goderich
'interesting trip of two weeks to
eastern points. through the members of the .
• ,Ministerial Association will
present a series of films during
25 YEARS AGO
the Art Mart and Sidewalk Sale
The children and staff of days July 1708 and 19.
. Victoria.Public -_School-realized-
$45 in a collection made before r Ontario Treasurer Carrs S:`
a pounced
Published at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by '
closings in'', aid of 4 the Sick MacNaughton t d y an
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wholey owned subsidiary. o
Linton and Hirst Ltd. of
England, will establish ,a new
plant at Goderich fof the
manufacture of electrical steel
laminations. " 'rhe company
t S A,, t etlotN:;
the. Wil' of -to -20161 SC .•,fabr7, ";
plant and ' the installation of
machirier r wJiich together will.
repfesent an investment in
Goderich of more than one '
minim% dollars. 'rhe project will
• Children's Hospital at Toronto. that Linton and Hirst (Canada)
Bisset Bros., Goderich, paid.,
$600 for ' Elm Colanthus Bag
Apple Righto, ` a four-year old
bull, at the dispersal sale of the
Oakhall Holstein Herd of W. S.
Hall at Oakville. jrhe Saltford
s#e ilii ,. /1 Fri� ..,
Vials o nta l e . ,
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• fpr Canada and " tfghto"" should
have a chance to prove himlf
there. •
A boatxi a large 12•footer, is
.,beim built by the Scouts at the
Scout Hall; •
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TOUT CA CHANGE!
Nowadays the white collar worker wears a• blue, yellow or striped
collar. The Blue collar worker wears a white collar, and the guy with
-plaid slacks, the -open -shirt -and an ascot is the boss' son-in-law.
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President Nixon is reported down to his last yacht.
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Prosecuted for
'.addictive drug.
MORE CHARLESTONESE
Cellan (pronounced like Celanese) Herron
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° We have had the New Deal, the• New Frontier,- the Great Society,
and the Just . Society. The New Deal became the. big swindle; the
New Frontier became the big doublecross; the Great Society became
the sick society and the Just Society eliminated society, to the point
where we enjoyed a dictatorship. We have had the war on poverty,
which produced welfare, something from which no one ever gets
airbay; a social disease; a sortiething-for nothing punishment. Now pe
have ti- e . war on pollution, which followed the war for safety on
highways. It seems we have had the same horse for the past 37 years,
we have just changed riders. The theoretical purpose of the war for
auto safety was' to recluce the number of highway fatalities, but it
' has proved just another'half-baked solution for a problem which is
still at large. The theoretical purpose of the war on pollution is to
purify the air we breathe and the water we drink. The immediate
major purpose is to create distrust and bitterness toward the
industrial system. Its corollary purpose, to have the government step
into yet one more area where it has never been before and where it
does not belong. Added, to all these there is BENSON.
• QUERY -
• Did Nader take the Tiger out a Esso? How .,diad it get,over to the
'•,-Tire industry?
create 23 new jobs initially and a
further 72 jobs within 'five years:
The International Police Hall
of Fame,,a project of Constable
Tom Fortner of .the Goderich
Police Department, is nearing ,
completion.
- A two-phase $836,000
expansion program .for the
Goderich rock salt mine of the
Sifto Salt Division, . ,Domtar
'Chemicals
DomtarChemicals Limted, was ,
announced ' today by Gordon
Muir, mine manager:
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