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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-10-15, Page 4SDAY, .0 j 'Q ItOIUil..:. Let the people speak ` Deputy. 'Reeve Walter Sheardown Should be every 'grateful to the London' Free Press for the amount of free space he Was given in' last Saturday's issue, particularly as his comments on what he termed a "trailer park" contained enough election fodderto choke a horse..' Lest the people of Goderich be misled by .his allegations that a trailer ,park is once again going to be put in Harbour Park if the people of Goderich vote in favour of some° ->form of tourist camp grounds, through this plebiscite called for election day (story page one), let's review the issue and try to ascertain the reasons behind the motion to let the people of Goderich decide what they want. On September 8, 1969 the council of Goderich- was approached by ' two taxpayers, Dr.' BarrY BarryDeathe ' and Cayley Hill, both at that time residents of the area near Harbour Park, and was asked to remove the trailers from the park. The • deputy reeve was highly in favour of ejecting the trailers although he was criticised -by Cbun. Reg Jewell as having "changed his tune" considerably from two' years previous when a petition by town residents for the closure of. Harbour Park to trailers was defeated with Mr. Sheardown in the vanguard of the. opposition. Mr. Sheardown wasco-mover of the ,motion to close the park to trailerswhich was madeon th'e contingency that the town try to locate an alternative site. A motion to that effect, giving the responsibility to the Parks and Harbour committees was passed ue,animously that' night. ' When the committees given that responsibility presented a motion to council "That council -proceed with setting up a trailer park and camping grounds within the town at a site to' be decided.upon," that motion was defeated. The reasons are still 'obscure as to why, the motion was presented ..since there already was a .motion literally to that effect on -the books that had not been ' rescinded and has not been to this day. Ariel• it is still obscure why a council that approved such a motion unanimously in the first place would vote against it when the idea is about to become a reality. - Coun. Paul Carroll presented .a' three point plan for the development of the south beach for recreational purposes which included facilities for camping,, and camping that would include facilities for tents, trailers or •whatever form of recreational accommodation was used by the visitors. The proposal was shelved Shortly after that time the editor of the Signal -Star received a letter from a friend in Montreal that 'contained a .copy of a partof an .industrial 'development program for part of „the waterfront area ,of Goderich. At the public _ meeting of November 1969 the editor asked council:. "If the south beach area was ever.requ fired by an industry would council permit it?" Council said it would. Subsequently an editorial was published in the Signal -Star that warned unless steps were taken to save Goderich beaches the town soon Would be without them. Proposals now under- consideration by council for the erection of a storage shed at the harbour and for improved dock facilities bead out at least part of the prediction. . We now are awaiting replies to 'letters sent to Montreal, and Ottawa which may show • that the remainder of . the prediction, and the closure of Goderich beaches through it, 'are also true. We state this' now to point out that while the town of Goderich is at present considering setting up camp grounds for tourists • inside the town and while: the people of Goderich will have the opportunity to vote only yes or no to that question, there may well -be a -much more r: a tissue t,, a , [Cr.lp,o t n a. .St ke,. deplrnd.in�g.upo.n,., where the proposed camp grounds are - put. In his comments to the London Free Press, deputy reeve Sheardown --stated categorically there was no other municipality owned land . other than Harbour ;Park for such a project. 'True in. part, but rnis`leading: There . are .other municipality OPERATED lands readily available,, and already designated as- :a municipal' park, that would have more than enough room for such a facility. We speak of course of the area named St. Christopher's Beach or better known as the South Beach. ' People who have homes on the bluff above this point will no doubt object to having such a facility in that area; but they may. have -to decide,, what would 'they rather have, campground or industry? The deputy reeve appears to have •a • - particularly short memory in' that he cannot remember when the trailers were voted out ,of..Harbour Park, according to the Free Press article, he thought it was this past spring. He appears to have even less of a memory'when it is pointed out that at the meeting last Thursday, it was suggested Harbour 'Park . be specifically excluded from the referrendum as a possible site for the camp grounds. The suggestion was not taken up by council as it was felt the town solicitor would know better whether -sue -1 a'stipulation could be made or not. Yet Mr. Sheardown rattles on and on about Harbour Pt k ';Trailer Sites" even - to the point of suggesting that those who have suggested ,.this-referrendum will lose their seats on council' through it! We won* what kind of voter would be opposed t°o men who would rather give the people the final say Rh a matter that has been kicked about by councils for several years without result, than let the matter go on for ever especially in the light of a petition from local businessmen. We rather:. think the voters would prefer to get rid of members of council who seem to -' feel -the voters have no right to vote on this matter. Mr.. Sheardownmakes a big thing of. preaching about members being ." . elected to represent the people and make decisions," yet he would defend •the position of one businessman in the town who started a traitor ,camp and ignore a petition sent it bririany busrnes'smeh `of; the town. Mr. Gardiner's trailer court is an asset to Goderich. Any trailer court would be an asset to Goderich. But the .,town is speaking of tourist camping. facilities run by the town, bringing people into the town, spending money in the town; that involves many people,. not just one. And Mr. Sheardown's final .statement shows how little Mr: Sheardown has kept up with the times or. how little he knows of the benefits of the tourist industry. He claimed the only people who ' gain anything- from the trailer park are ".' . . those who sell groceries or give haircuts Trailers in Goderich would be tourist hornes not permanent ones. They are pulled by cars, cars use gasoline, oil accessories. Cars also carry such .things as children and pets, people who need clothes, who like to take home souveniers, gifts of china, cloth, who like to visit museums, and by ice cream and newspapers; who .have their hair done and hire baby sitters, who take swimming lessons:and' use the town pool when its -too rough at the beach;- who' have boats with motors and need charcoal for barbecues. You name it,•they need it. The fact that the deputy reeve is opposed to a town operated camp ground • — not trailer park, that means something much more -permanent — isn't the real issue here. The fact that he would refuse the people of Goderich the right to chose for themselves is much more to the point. What does he and councillors Frank Walkom and Deb Shewfelt who also were opposed, feel will be lost by letting ^the people have a say in the matter? ' • .----Strre--it'-s—true----corrncrls~ st' " l'l cted- t -o make decisions, but wh'en a council such as this one makes decisions, by recorded motions, and then fails to act on them, it is-tirrle to let the people of the" {own have their say. ESTABLISHED - r tt$t'123rd, YEAR - w4r Gpbertril 0)Ignal-Otar + D---- The County Town Newspaper of Huron . :70— -- ' p U B L ICA TI ON Published at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by . Signal•Star Publishing Limited TELEPHONE 5244331- area (ode 519 ROBERT G. S.HRIER, ,resident and publisher RONALD P. V. PRICE, managing editor SHIRLEY J. KELLER, women's editor ' EDWARD J. BYRSKI, adPertising'manager J Sub ption Ratet $6 a Year -- To U.';.A. •$x:50 fin advance) Second cls mail' registration nut.iber 0716 AT ,THE LANES By G. Macl).wid 'Rolm u, 'a THE TRUTH ABOUT HESS. Rudolf Hess was one of the .earliest Nazi party Members, Number • 16. Hitler was onlyNui r 7. Hes joined because he was an idealist • and, was. carried way by Hitter's personality and tater by his doctrines which became fixations. Born in Egypt, he fought for Germany as an airman in. World War; I and was emotionally shattered . • by its defeat. In.1820 be carne uridgr •Haushofer's .(the geopolitical a philosopher) influence and later under Hitler's spells. To ,Hess, Haushofer was - the prophet and Hitler the, messiah. He was Hitler's amanuensis for the first volume of "Mein Kampf." His obsession was the Germanic doctrine of a huge lebensraum to the east. In 1933 he • became Hitler's official secretary - the Fuhrer's. deputy. In 1938 he • was declared the third man in the Reich, so that if Goering and Hitler died, he would become R.,uhrer of Germany. When Goering objected, Hitler explained he w"=� of appointing Hess a leader but s' merely rewarding a',follower. 'In 941 Europe lay at Hitler's feet. • Only Britain had.spoilt the sup eme moment Hitler had' awaited for M. 2Q years. Britain which was supposed 'to have secured Gerhnany's • rear, while Hitler dealt with the Russians. Britain though defeated refused to admit it., Hess decided Britain', .leaders had been • bewitched by the Jews, so he determined to approach King George g - VI personally, through the Duke of Hamilton whom he had once .- seen far off at the Qlympic Games. On May 10th 1941 Hess parachuted down on the ducal estate and was arrested. Hitler was ▪ 'ftirlous and arrested Haushofer and family,. declaring Hess insane, whereupon- the German people asked why he had been appointed as. Hitler's deputy. ,11), gaol in England, Hess imagined he was being poisoned and later, gaoled in Spandau, he wrote a 49 -page testament in which, he related all the witchery, attempted poisoning etc. he had survived. 'Phis ;testament was addressed to Sir Oswald Mosley but never reached him. In the course of it he admitsThe atrocities in the prison' camps, but says they were undertaken by irresponsible Germans; the SS being the most virtuous of all Germans. Finally he concludes that all men were bewitched except himself: Himmler, . _ .Goebbels Himmler- bewitched by -the Jews into losing the war, In • the end even Hitler was bewitched by them This"testament is"now in - the possession of the London `Sunday Times.' /r., a BOOK REVIEWS IN BRIEF. _ Flowers in History by Peter 'Chats. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp264 - Here you have items which have the bright charm of polished f �� pehbles , .The name apaver tpoppy�i .is,Aaidttomome from the noise -'made in chewing the seed." A nice pebble that; and • since, Papaver ° = comes from. Sumerian you can fancy you shear the ancient men of by Ron Price- _ • Ur masticating their poppy seeds. Up the Organisation by Robert .Townsend:- Michael Joseph. Townsend is the rip-roaring professional manager who jacked up the - unprofitable Avis"company into money -making big time in three years. The book is indexed in alphabetical order: Harvard Business School. This elite is missing some pretty 'fundamental requirements for success: humility, respect for people on t 'e firing line, etc.... They are trained for only three .top posts in any company. Management Consultants. Use them only as a threat. Mistresses. An early symptom of a mistress is a sudden surge of creativity in an executive's expense account. From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow Vol. V. Victory and aftermath, by Arthur J. Marder. Oxford. pp417. In ten years Professor Marder has written the history of the„ Royal Navy from 1904-1919, most of it while a professor at the University of Hawaii. The, work is, a monument of scholarship. This final volume is anticlimactic. Jutland has been fought or rather not fought. -The submarine has been mastered, Jellicoe has been succeeded by Wemyss. The German Fleet has surrenderedi and scuttled itself. A new rival , has appeared in the United States, Navy and the Royal Navy decides to join it. The verdict:_ Marder finds the R.N. remarkably, but.not unreasonably, conservative in its strategy.�and tactics. Its material left a lit to be desiired. Admjn strgtJ,on over -centralised. Staff work aliysnial.'Its`officers'lander-educatedtIritl creative thinking almost non-existent. „Training emphasised' Character rather than Intellect. Yet Marder observe`.: we are faced with- the fact that Britain won the war and the naval victory. had been extraordinarily complete without any striking success. The shortcomings of the officers ' were 'many, yet he says there was no ° denying' their technical competence, energy, determination, courage, perseverance and unwavering confidence. This is the greatest - American friend the Royal Navy has had since Mahan. Ii11Iihi1I1111111i1111IIIIliIu11iIIIIIuIIllllilBlllli::uillllillllllil Iiii1RiI1111p111111iHhiiIuIIIIt1IIIIiIilllhIIIIIIiiIII11IiIIlifII111111uIII1111HIIIII111IIIII111IIIIiHIIIIIiII1111IIiIIIIiIllr Letter to the Editor AN OPEN. LETTER ' On October 31, 700,000 Canadian - children will be conducting , their own Hallowe'en for UNICEF campaign • to help their contemporaries across the world. In tur'n,, will you please help .them? • Last year, our children produced a massive $660,.000 in a few short' hours for programs of yehabilitali:on and rte, eIophtent. This year we hope that it will be even more; but it won't be possible without you. We. are entirely dependent on your goodwill to encourage them to give willingly at Hallowe'en. A child's natural enthusiasm can so • easily be blunted by a brusque refusal from . someone, ignorant of the purpose of the campaign. W know we can rely on your public spirit to support yet again a program which has -been dossed throw h the -years ? g by our Prime Ministers, f hurch'men, police chiefs and educators as being educative and worthwhile - as well as fun for the 'children.. Thank you for your consideration, for your support in the past, and in advance for your anticipated and most valued. help with the children's ,own 1910 Hallowe'en for UNICEF campaign. 5,. CANADIAN UNICEF COMMITTEE June Robinson (Mrs.) Chairman, EF��' .. Hallowe'en' Committee. �� If a�� printers were determined not to print anything till tkey were 'sure rt would otfenci. no one; there would E,e very little printedBenjamin Franklin Remember When ??? 60 YEAR S'AGO Headlines: Still. A Mystery - Anderson Inquest To . -Be Resumed -Friday Evening - Reported that Woman Will Testify She Saw Edward Jardine and Lizzie Anderson Together Late on the Fateful Evening - Detectives Greer and Eoyd Still Working on the Case. It is announced that the Canadian pacific Railway '_ Company has taken' over the charter of the St. Marys and Western Ontario Railway o Company which provides''for a line from Stratford to Grand Bend via St. Marys. At the annual field -day sports of the Goderich Collegiate Institute, Fergus '.McNaught was - the winner of the senior championship and Ernest Pridham carried off the honors in the junior series. -Town council gave bl ssi .... ���eonsid-era e proper methods to adopt to - maintain order in the town. There has been an unusually large number of drunks about otown, chiefly Then who are employed on the construction work of the elevators at the harbor. Several citizens have - been very much annoyed by having men enter their houses iri an intokicated 'condition. The Mayor promised Lb' look into the matter and see what could he done to meet such a condition of affairs. 25 At AGO The Goderich Music Club held an interesting and highly tertainiryg `meeting on Tuesday fight, when the 47th ,anniversary the birth of George Gershwin, oiii:standing American composer, was observed. . Goderich had a slight snowfall Oh. Tuesday night, the first of the season. The snow mated as soon as it reached the ground. The Goderich Saddle Club made, its first bow to the public with a rodeo'at Agricultural Park on Monday afternoon. Some 1500 people were present and those who° weren't there missed the best show oL,the year. Miss Annie Wallace of Chicago is visiting friends at Kingsbridge. 10 YEARS AGO' . A Huron County Women's Institute Bursary Fund for the Huron CAS was established at the rally held at Auburn on Monday. The 85 delegates were from all over the county. Miss Donna McNee, Nile, is'to be congratulated on winning the Hit ron County Women's Institute • ,scholarship. This scholarship is won each yearby' the girl who has made outstanding progress in 4-H Club work, in school work and is going on to further her r LL--��tuca`ttz� �tkrZe mss: -•-t=om--= daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graham McNee. Police Chief Fred Minshall has • issued a warning re the practice of some•children which can be extremely dangerous. This is to pile up fallen leaves on ,the roadside and then crawl in under them to play. In this way they might , easily be struck by a passing motor,. car,..says the Police Chief. Miss Clara Dark has left St. George's Women's Auxiliary $500 to aid them in their work. ONE YEAR AGO • Headlines: Knights of Columbus to Dart youth group. A cheque for, $11,952.26 was. - forWarded to Oxfam of Canada as net proceeds from the 1969 Goderich and area walk. „ 4ie Huron Wilt ofthe Canadian' Cancer Society i planning ,a bank -up evening for Oct. 28 in'the recreations centre at CFB Clinton to Inform the public about all types of cancer. Quite a few of Huron's livestock producters will pay business tax this year, according to the new county assessment department. But many of the farmers are appealing to the courts of revision and are promising to, fight the.levy. "SPI LTH". The Christian Science Monitor has introduced a new word. In an editorial on Canada, reference is made to "Arctic oil sP'ilth," a word which is too neat, too expressive, too pat to have been the accidental interference of gremlins. „ In his book "Two Cheers forDemocracy" E. M. Forster. wrote: "The climate is political, and the conclusion suggested is that, --though we cannot expect to love one another, we must learn to put up with one another. Otherwise we shall all of us perish: "Those who need to know the most get to know the least." a It was said recently of a town that shall be namelesNt has the best police force in town. SIR COLIN CROWE. Sir Colin ,C•rowe the British High Commissioner in Canada has been highly complimented by a Canadian who said of him: "He even thinks like aCanadian:" UF Fresh. Ham 59 Roasts- ib• tl' Ham 69 Steaks 1b. FRESH .CUT FREE Includes - 15 to 18 STEAKS .SHORT RIB ROASTS f ROUND t3EEF - L al STEVV PORK w $LICEI of BE