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kin9 personaily
n increase neede
At the last meeting'of council
proposed council, fees, be
locreased to $25 per meeting
from the present $15. The'
subsequent actions of c'orncil
require.an explanation. .
,The..motion, as introduced
later .wi'thdr'awn and pos.:iti'6ns'of°..er; people; this
replaced with„a.nother .as -king for would' seen `oth-like. a reasonable=-- ..-
oottnel to review• the rates and statement. But ,. with a little -
bring •tilemr- into line with other consideration for the position of,
tx untc'ipali'ties ”. ' , and show ' .'others who might be interested
�.ju ification
thereof?' • M ,serving 'the town we come up
Members of coundit were with a different picture.
are.thaeesv.Ecuk *unci}.. �v.ere l ic�st. cif.... khe .., pzex,,f ::
going trreettrietinder- iliscusstar-7-courrerl-Ezze4it re Tsai a seif�-,
employed or retired. Tiine off
from wgrk means nothing lost in
pay. Employees of Sifto Salt and
Dominion Road -Machinery
Company . who- work shifts
Would lose one day's pay each
time x they were 441/Pricing the
evening ,shift. . -lf 4 they' switch
every two weeks they lose two
days per month.
Put this over a 10 month year
at a wage of about $25 per day
'and anyone who wants to serve
'on council 'and who works shift
work' faces a total loss -over the
two .year term of about $1,000..
One member of ,council That's a4oss. An additional.$10
suggested that if the difference per meeting would mean the
between the, $15 fee?- council difference betw.een,iosl'ng moneti;•
now gets per meeting, and the
proposed $25 would induce
Some people to serve on council
who wouldn't otherwise " x
we. don't need"'thetni ," On the
surface, at first glance and _. ,;,
without const-�iering the
Ark
during the annual' budget talks.
"Those talks will be behind closed
doors and nothing that is said
can 'be made public: I believe
council needs a change in rates. I
believe ,more money- -_ would
attract more. people to council,
good people and when we
consider that councils in the past
have received more than those in
recent years, it „could perhaps be
agreed an, increase is due, But
, discus.. ion for change should be
-open.
But that wasn't the reason for
the' debate• Thursday. '
With Ron ' .Pri
e
and breaking even, Just breaking
even. \ ,L
The motion was put •before
council with no time for any
member but myself to have been
able to give it consrde?ation. I'm
sure many members would have
different ideas about the worth
of the motion .,. under the
circumstances.
Religion to schools
BY DAViD DE SONG
Rockway Mennonite School
' T'af ener• rrryidose ,in -June .due'" to
of funds.
The =students .ofthe school
preger't'i'y-:Ae'rigegett-in°"4arieff 3kry
enough money, to keep the school open
for -at, least one more. yepr. •
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The, Rockway school is,knot supported,
,by public. funds except ' for donations by
individuals: . -
Yet there Aare h d•reds of schoofs'ini'•...x
Sb
the province of . e ntario •run by the.
Roman Catholic Church and 'receiving
support from the province in the form of '
'tax revenu'e.
It seems unfair that a school, supported
by Mennonites, should be forced to shut
dow0 due to lack Of'funds,while schools ' .
supported- by Rdrnan . ' Cathol ics are
allowed to operate through, public funds: •
This .is not yto say that the schools
supported by the R ornan Catholic "Church
'should note be supported by' tax MONEY. x
They have as much right to .teach "their
hildren in the waa!s of their religion as do
those who have no beliefs.
However, Mennonites should also have
this right. In a democratic" society, it is the
inalienable right of any religious group or ._
- sect to teach their children in, the way
ton 4 •of
education is at least equal to`that found in
in public, schools. ro
'Mennonites .in- this .regio.nn ;ac-e,otxthe
only group in. Ontario who -would •Iils;e to
are h have their own schools and be able to
wise.,,,-, ,oen rok-wh t- rs•taught7--..
TheChristian. Reformed Church, • for
example, • is emphatic in, its, desire to
educate children in line with their
Christian beliefs.
Why should not}.. these schools receive
14xbli,c,;,,, _Roman. Catholic
°schools do? What is fair fo`r' one 'is"fa'ir'for•
all.•
The answer goes back to Confederation
and the British North America Act. In
_.that act -there was provision 'made for
public . `support of 'the Roman' 'Catholic
separate •,sghoa.ls..-,..Th:ere was, however, no
support provided for separate schooIs of
any other denomination or sect:
This problem is not -easily "solveti.It
-would • take an amendment. 'to the
.constituti ►' of Canada; something that is
not 'quickf-y done, to equalize the
situation' in respect to public supp'ort of
they
see
f
it,
as
g
as
-the
gtanda
rd
private,„or separate, schoils.
It isnot time to.end pu,biJc.support of
the Roman Catholic?schools.• Rather, it is
:..-mime to start: public support of all schools
that are being ,run through private, or
-separate, groups:
The snowmobile driver
BY WAY'NE WARD
There has, been increasing alarm over-
the- number of fatalities involving
Snowmobile enthusiasts. On the' first. day
of this ..year.six people were killed• .in
snowmobile accidents in Ontario alone.
An estimated 100 persons are expected to
- die this winter~ in snowmobile accidents;
93 died fast winter. There is darrtor for 'stiffer regulations against both, the
machines and•their. operators.
The only thing needed is driver
education. There is nothing -wrong with
the snowmobiles; they are no.more unsafe
than-aiutomobiles. .4taRI we feels -it is
irrrpassitfe 'too legislate against drivers.--
overnrhent :legislation ~ ricir-b i'
effective in keeping incompetent drivers
Off the „roads; why should it work with
snowmobile drivers?
' There are presently 1.5 million
snowmobile in Canada. I n "'r -few years
this number will increase to 3 million.
One hundred fatalities out 9.f 1.5 million
is not. excessive; it is a, rate of only .007
per -tent: Even the armed forces consider a
war. game fatality rate of two per cent to
be.routine.
The problem is not the machines but
_ the operators.
Of the six fatalities on Jan. 1, four were
killed„in collisons with parked cars�.Of'the
other two, one was killed when he got off
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.his snowmobile to warn about 'parked cars
„a.nd was struckby a second rnac1 int
driven by his - other, and the second was -'
'killed when a ',car, swerving to, avoid a
.snowmobile which had cutin frdl`t`l of it, '
struck his•own vehicle. ”` ''-'''"
In Neva York, a.man was killed- when he
drove his snowmobile off • a cliff,
overlooking t'he-turnpike. Elsewhere a
•man tried to,beat a train to a `crossing; the
snowmobile got across but the sled it was
towing got caught in the tracks and the
man's two children -barely jumped clear in
`.time. The Interesting :thing is" that some'
montbs _,earlier the -„carne -,wman"Ahad his scar
demolished _at another crossing,.xv e a..,be..
".'fried'to` beat a trarnr'acro'si `R'
n ;,other' `accidents, people have
drowned p because ' they took their
machines onto thin ice. or have smashed
themselves at full speed into trees that
could have been 'avoided. TM •
• The point of all this is' that plain
common sense is required to operate
snowmobiles. °If the driver doesn't have it,
it''s untikety that- an education 'program
...will help him. At best, all that would be
done is keep the person sfrom killing
himself on his snowmobile in winter,only
to .have him kill himself in his car in
summer: •...-
Both of the above Editorials were
reprinted from INTERCHANGE
Editorial commentar
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The question ,of honour was
brought up -more than once as
though,honour carried ,with it an
obligathtop not t� accept money,
oro, „at most a relatively small
amount. But honour shouldn't
-be carried as -a burden on family
and home life and, the:.tnajority
of taxpayers of Goderich, by r
their egrnplete•lack of interest in
municipal "affairs, have shown
they could not care less,
If any persons want to. serve,
on council'tlry,;.td.;be.bia�
"te cio i:t rvrrhvai frrtat tial'
burden. ,We have a member now,
who will lose .. money by
attendance at meetings ,at the
county level. It shouldn't be so.
It's wrong,
I know of no text books that
say honour and payment for
services can not go hand in hand.
The federal and' • provincial ,
governments apparently agree, as
can be judged by the salaries
paid to. MPs, etc. And of course
the argument that immediately
pops to mind is that the MPs etc
are being reimbursed for time
away froth business -F---whish
brings us back' to my ori nal
point - the workers at Sifto SIt
and ,DRMCO etc. -
Perhaps the answer" will be, to
institute a $payment for lost
'wages, bat whatever it is, there
-now is a motion on the books/of'
council that -it will review the
present payments and justify
any changes., When that.
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The . readers write ...so YEARS AGO of Agriculture; Miss Joan Alton
J C f. ithwaite, .ex chairman from Colwanash Junior
A TRIBUTE
Not being familiar with the'
drama activities otour locahhigh `
school from the past, last Friday**
my _husband and 1 .went to see
..Trigon '71, rnerely following the
principle thdt if young people
(and their teachers) go' into the
trouble , of putting: on plays, •the°
least we can- ,do is to, , provide
some audience, "
into genuine ' enjoyment. It
would' take too long to lift all
the merits of4,the evening, but I
should like to mention'a few.
Whilst the impressive and timely
(perhaps always timely) message
of The Wheel gamelzacross very
well (feel'ing `slightly unfair •to
the others, 1 would like to single
out Greg Markson as
Grandfather) and Early ,Frost
was equally well' done (the part
• discussion " comes up, it too
should be out in the open.
F ootnote: 1 hope the deputy
' reere. doesn't- use the same
riuithcma(ies 'in dealing with the
to N7l aceoun is as he does . in •
cc)nsiderinemotions to increase
Cllr
.515 fee to $2'5. Throughout
his- 'discourse, he continually
'referred to lack ' of: justification
Pr "doubling flu? present fees of
council.." Tut, Tut Davey!
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o f Louise, being more
substantial than the others, was
welt --played by Cynthia
Campbell), it was the. last play,
Private Ear,: that captivated otir
full attention and imagination.
of' he special committee, sent a Institute; and Warren Zurbrigg,
statement showing that for the president of the Huron County
past ,six , months, the Hebrew - Federation of Agriculture.
woman who has been living on Don McKee of Benmiller was
the town's charity has been elected president ' of the
supplied , with groceries to the Goderich Horticultural Society
value of $2;50 each wetk. •at its,annual meeting_
Either, the three young people Deputy ,Reeve Munriings h ru, "Town assessor, Ed ,Iessop,
(Alastair Pirie, Jim Doer and ue " said that D. Brown , was willing . `told ,ownCouncil last Friday
Dunlop), gave .quite a remarks le to, pay $50 of the transportation night of, a pro.p�osal to erect a
degree of ;natural talent or moneys rif t.t . town would 407+ nit apartment bpildIi g'
W, Robinson :is a very good a undertake to send ber. back to bee e the Sunset Hotel on
ew cto :'�" 1YAti, �7i�/+ w..L '(F'A.•�i� DiY': a`:±•.JJ•4 ,., ,rA )7 Y T, G,'J' 17.W. ".' ,- a Y": . M.? �.d•1Ip"'se t •..'aYdTiA"lR :b"4
combination of the two
elements. " �.
We "were 'very favourably
impressed by the' absence of
self-consciousness with ,which, all
three parts were played, with a
beautiful restraint, sensitivity
and insight,. It was not necessary
to make allowances; the
production had -an air of
professional quality in, the best
sense of the word and as all parts
were "' equally well played the
overall impressiono was' one of
artistic maturity one 'does not
usually come ,prepared do find in
a high school auditorium.
I am glad that the
Huron -Perth Drama Festit al will
be held here in February and I
am very curious to see what
happens.
Elsa Haydori
Editor's note: I'll be pleased ,to'
secongl that!
"col JOHN }AMOUR 1967_.,,
MINN.
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Vv IS.
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N. Y.
PENN.
for. a
FREIGHTER
MICHIGAN•
IND. - CrkE\1E‘-." A. TYPICAL OIL FIRED
FREIGHTER , WILL USE ABOUT
5,500 GALLONS. PER DAY. .0N -THE SUPERIOR TO CLEVELAND'
"ORE ' RUN” AN 8.500 TON BULK CARRIER WOULD .CONSUME OVER
20,000 GALLONS OF OIL.. -
TQ REDUCE TIME SPENT IN FORT, FUEL BARGES BRING
FUEL' TO THE FREIGHTERS AS' THEY UNLOAD . THEIR CARGO. •
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WNE N A GREAT LAKES SKIPPER i. TS 100,000 GALLONS IN
HIS SHIP'S. TANK, THE TAB MAY BE 8,000°° - ENOUGH FUEL
FOR 19 SAiLI.NG 'DAYS OR.ABOUT '000 NAUTICAL MILES...
OF COURSE NIOT • ALL FREIGHTERS ARE OiL FIRED. MANY ARES,
DIESELS OR COAL FIRED.. THERE ARE NEARLY AS MANY
DIFFERENT. TYPES AND GRADES OF FUEL AS, THERE ARE
SHIPS THAT USE THEM.
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ABORTION IS MURDER
The•. medical Then were'
consulted on this moral issue,
but the opinions of theologians
:pr the ever) -day Minister of
Religion and' the 'precept "Thou
shalt�n t kill"were ign®ree1
_ The child in the Mother's'
,womb is a human being, 'a'living
creature, 'distinct froin' --the '
mother. It is therefore, ,an
individual possessing natural'
rights, in.,eluding the right to life.
Deliberate or direct termination
Write..
.of -pregnancy is a violation of the
right to life, hence, no ,,case' of
direct, abortion can ever .be
justified. • ..
• No reason of extreme
necessity makes abortiop lawful,
�-:f.l<iseaus�.:�al"�xe• �;are�i�l�wahte,..=
rights which cannot be • taken
away, and "one of these is the
right to lire .
Mrs. Jim O'Donnell,
r President
Catholic Women's .
League, Lucknow
by
Anglia Viotti
Ducks Unlimited
A contribution ' to'
The ' Ability Fund
(M arch_.of Di mes )
is a helping hand to
disabled adults: ,
•Laithwaite was filed and, no
action taken, 'respecting the
deporting,xof tie woman.
Edward 'Jardine, , who awaits
trial next April on the charge of
murdering Lizzie Anderson, is
w-ksaid to• be one ,of the best
behaved prisoners at the jail. He.
sleeps well, eats. heartily and no
longer requires the assistance of
a Gane: when walking. During his
confinement since the 26th ,of
October last, ' he ..., •has.. gained
nearly 25 lbs. iri weight. He
looks the picture of health,
There is but little change in'
the condition of Wilfrid
Armstrong who was injured by a
fall from the'roof of the Big Mill
elevator on, the 14th inst.
Beyond the broken bones and
the external 'injuries, no -serious
effects from the young ,x mans
terrible fall are showing
themselves. Ten patients are
being cared for at the hospital,
this week.
Victor Thorburn has hired --
-with- Charlie Boy.d;• • Arnbeerier,
for file winter.
garden. Approval was given the
idea by,'the town council. The
'matter •now`has to be' dealt with
by the Goderich Planning 'Board.
Three men taking rabies
`1noctilations are doing so
religiously and are confident
},they;are,out.4of danger. The trio
are Reeve. W. J. Forbes Of-
Goderich Township; his son.
Donald and Dr. George S.
Elliott, Clinton veterinarian. „The
whole thing started when Reeve
Forbes saw and shot a skunk on
his farm. Next a ,cow on his.
farm became sick and died. Then
the brain of the cow was sent O-
a government laboratory in an
effort to determine cause of
death, the report came' back that
it was definitely rabies. When
-Reeve' Forbes told Dr. R. M.
Aldis of the situation.` -the latter
advised -that rabies inoculations '
be waken as a precautionary*
measure, by the three men, .all of
whom had worked with the
animal.
.,�„�.,_x -•YEAR.$ AGQ--e
Headlines: Mrs. • Kenneth.
Hunter, Wajr. -Bride, Joins Her.,
Husband in Goderich; Board of
Trade Expects Big Tourist
Traffic. in the,Coniing Summer;
Privy • Council' »Says -Canada
Temperance Act is Valid.
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ONE YEAR AGO
Basketball teams representing
G xD mC I.� . _ ,• i -n. ,� �H u. n P e rpt h... r ..:.--
Conference action Wlist Friday
were able t� salvage only one
*victory in four games played v tl
against Seaforth.
• • A. 'short cerem=ony for the -
burning of the mortgage for the
-Masonic Temple building, West
The only Goderich boy t'owfCy'"";°' Street,,was held by Maitland
in the Burma theatre of war, . Lodge_ during the regular Lodge
'.F/O J'ohn;.Holland,-returned to night, on.Tuesday. 'The building
Canada by the Queen Elizabeth was constructed in 1912 by- the
Ma`s'onic Temple Association for
the' Lodges and the -mortgage
was taken` out in 1942. One
other ceremony was held during
the evening when ..an Entered
Apprentice degree was conferred
on Douglas Cruickshank:
Town council decided not to
propeec1th,.�ex priation o
tan' A, l
ow r ; by P ; family or
Mrs. Paul: Robarts, ori • Elgin
.--:Avenue. The family °has agreed
to sell land needed for" the Elgin
Avenue storm *sewer project, to.`
the town for $2,500.
A bylaw approving the
purchase was passed with a rider
stipulating that the 66 -foot tract
-e-would be used for underground
work only ,.and no right of way
would be given to vehicles or
pedestrians. Dr. G. F. Mills,.
mayor, said he had received, a
telephone call from' Mrs. Robarts
asking . ..clarificatio•n of
expropriation proceedings, and a
subsequent call' from -her son,
Richard, offering to.' sell .the'
land.
This is International
Education A , Year '`' rind • the
Canadian Post Office is planning
•.b,xahead•,„to-give.a"rs'pe'cia'I'°` lSYi'CIi'fi11"b
stamp to Christmas 1970.
Mrs. Robert -f Leey-- MdCaa1ran
has been named .chief • marching
mother for the 1970 Ability
Fund March of Dimes campaign.
prominent Goderich lawyer,
Daniel J. Murphy was named a
Queen's Counsel on the Queen's
New Year -Honours list.
last week after almost two years
of overseas service in which he
saw almost a dozen foreign
countries. - . •„ •
In "response-- to several
• enquiries regarding tete foundry
on 'Victoria Street owned by the
town and leased, . tom the
Iominipn: Rtlad Machineary
Company, the town Counicilat
its meeting on Friday night set a
cash price of $5,000 on it, with
the .proviso that any purchaser
arrange' to supply any castings -
required by'DRMCO. •
DrA. L. Cole was in Toronto
this week attending the
midwinter Optometrical
Congress.
Approximately $709• . in'
stamps and a 'small amount of
cash 'was stolen from a large safe
in the Lucknow postoffice early
Wednesday when thieves entered
the building through a rear door,
moved the safe to the centre of
the floor, and pried the 'door
from its -hinges: Entry was made
between two and • three o'clock.
10. YEARS AGO'
Among those who took part
in Huronx..,Coi nty2s,.b$irst,,.,,.rnre.l„x
leadership forum held in.
Goderich were - Mi. - Donald
Riehl representing West Huron
Women's Institute; .Warren Zinn
from"the Ashfield Federation of
Agriculture,, Professor W. - E.
Mann from the OAC, at Guelph;
-Mrs=' Mervin. -Lobb of . the
`.Goderich Township Federation
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