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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-04-01, Page 10"OP 10 GODERICH SIS' -ANAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1971 Miit,-rfry, o v. • . OtiSen ,mw• -..re,. 9 -Continued from Page 4. that- we all knew. It is the Local church and school IWVVs pear Sir, paper and the Signal .Star gran personal feeling that we get that is ,,always read avidly . 1 loge 'to 1 am writing this letter in become a forum for world news really, happeneds in'the countrymakes' the home town weeklies see the little'. school items regard to a letter. from Pat ainied at the local level. Oh, yes, radio*. Tv and the city so important too. written by the . children Melody which in effect criticized Yours sincerely, dailies told. as abqu.t the storm, The news of changes in the themselves. Who knows slow- , the content policy 'of your Brock Stimson but most oL their news was community " is important ' to many" t'uturt� (. trtadiatl \%ri.ter:; paper. Mr, Melady, condemn 'the ^ im ersonaly It, could have ,beenjournalistsg Signal Star for publishing useless / 1)11'OR SI •'.1'U7''I lb�c' hat e $ those at Come and those away, and will have rel-tE�n• anywhere: But when we read the Farms or other property for sales their start in the local weekly news such as the bowling scores eosc'cl our 'suggestions o11 to hometown papers, the store hadand then sold; are interesting paper'? ;� year or two agcy, a, , while ignoring matters of relative , lir publisher along witha .happened At .Home, areal place and either pleasant news or couple of girls ' from our importance. 1 he example Mr. roil yst for- u C p wire sen,ic'c' .and sometimes sad.. for'those of us rotllmunity spent a year 'down Melody used involved our M.P. about a ltalf-dO:en additional who are members of Century , under' and sent frequent letters Mr, McKinley- 'Now •1 consider .hill'.d reporters' to be stationed - Farm • Families, the Sale ot'" a , home alioutheir experiences. ., myself to . be " reasonably hesee' uircl t/tc'►v''cit'rc, s C'[li Ada x 1 al a•-.NNAy' 'tor 'thaw to, keep ds- well -inform' ett• .. 'et. 1 had -not And 'I can assure yeti�do '1, believe had a': '�'f'rc�titzg;..�..--Rini to, b.c', tc)o ' holi•dati•. y, affair, nor! • LI 4. gets you in where the fish are —but fishermen aren't. pang of regret, During centennial year, some of the trome town 'papers ran articles written by members of some of • these old families, I would like ,to see more,, of these stories. A year ago, one_ ,of my contemporaries 1)ad`a sketch of some of the stories his grandmother dr maybe great grandmother had told him when a small child. I had tlever,heard • those stories before 'and I was fascinated. I think such a project would be wonderful. t'or .marls Co , weekly papers tsponsor. There lTllls,t be thousands of pioneer • stories in.the Memories of older - ° people but when they are gone, an important ° part of local Ontario history Will be gone with thein Unless it is written or taped in time. ()ne thing whiclt worries ale about the home town papers is that many of • them are passim into the possession of owners who are not natives or else not rural people. 1 can think of one paper' which suffet'ed`such a fate. The new owner -tried to make -'it like a• 'city paper and ,,,mans' • subscriptions were discontinued! •' l�t sae whoe.ead the small town papers get all ,the pity news we want viat the mass media. \1'e want our, home towl paper to bring us news from home, not stale national and international news. So, I hope the owners of papers. are able to continued ill business because they' know,the district aiid'what their readers want to read. i} 4 ♦ �, ' !37' vim+ ` ' i e' r vv >r�l a ut t ' - v m ' mel abo 1 4 t;� � c rc�rc'/ttire fu our ,requisition but The Lightwin goes where you point It where, the fish are Its secret is.Evinrude's unique Fish'erniarr'Drive with. its an- gled leading edge It snakes 'through weeds and reeds and " •�slips• over shoals and shalloyti s, .And, the 4 horsepower Light win is a quality twin cylinder motor. We have it now. • ,SERVICE DOMIN HARDWARE A Subsidiary of Service Electric (G lx- _ . 30 VICTORIA ST. NORTH GODERICH — 524-8581 'tv'itC'r'' ' hr'C', �• ;'t.•a1,'R REPORT On Saturday, March 20, 1971, vehicle she was driving: Bolger on No. 4 •Highlor north of and passenger Mijrgaret Cook, • Clinton,' Judith AAP Hawkins, Mill Street, ,,Blyth both received 100 Cheapside Street, London, injuries, • . Ontari6.,...v1!as 'involved in• a single r On Thursday, March ' 25, car collision resulting in danutge 1971, William. Herbert Beacom, to the vehicle she was, driving. RR 1,, Blyth was tnjured'while 11 wki received injuries. 'operati'ng 'sncw vehicle in On Saturday, March V, 1071, • Hallett To'w:nship,�, that the coaling of "the home,` significant' proportion of your town paper each week when you are on the other side the world is one of the most heart warming things that can happen. ,Dear Signal Star: '• We hear a lot about socialism today.` Not long ago I read ,,a book from Clinton Secondary School 011 Economics. 'There was one chapter on Socialism. It told the story of the Pilgrim Fathers and how they were given. a plol'of ground for each family 'o.., grow food. The were allowed " to keep some for themselves and must turn the rest oyer to the government. But the colony did not grow enough , food for their, own needs over winter. So they changed their system. The government collected a tax and allowed them to keep the resfor themselves. The response was immediate. Whole families. got up early^in the morning and worked and planted .their fields and grew enough for themselves and some left over •;If socialism won't ,wort: amongst dedicated .christians like the Pilgrim Fathers, it wouldn't :work anywhere. Human' 11 just isn't made -that way. _Sincerelys_ A Reader. readers..: rt seems strange -to reelwe do welcome your c•cu11/1lc'tlts that an incident such aS this concerning t/tis lylr►t',Slla/Wr, concerning e hese► tatlive doesn't federal, eve p � n warrant a passing mention in the paper published in his home ridin'g,while it was of sufficient public interest to be reported in a Toronto newspaper. :ys y1r: McKinley is M.P. for the iiiajori'ty of your readers and is • responsible to them for his actions, they have a' definite right to know just what he's doit.g and it is the duty of the. Signal Star to report it. In your reply to •Mr, Melady.'s letter you said that it was not the duty of your paper to report ars incident such as the one rnvoTving Mr". McKinley, which had already been covered -by a city newspaper. however in my opinion you should, rather than filling your pages with tiresome reports on last night's bowling br• SHO RT RIB., ROASTS,, •'^• 1 9 any 'event 'which is of •interest only to those directly involved, BULK 4 try 'some of thea gut o - VV 1 ENERS ------ Ib R 89 issues which face us all: 1'm"sure that a great number of your OLD Fa PACK readers would ` join me in welcoming your opinions on world affairs, BE A RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR • on No. B' 1lighway..:west„.€,,.l\iu..,.,.,.,, .w�.:., 31 Catty 'Rend; Arnold Joseph Morrissey, 54 Victoria Street,- Goderich, Ontario was involved in a single car collision resulting in damage to his vehicle. --Oaa• 'Wednesday, March ,24, 1971 on No. 1 County Road south of Lucknow, Graeme Elliott, Albert Street, Luctiow was iinvOl'Ved in a, single car collision' resulting in damage to the vehicle, 'Elliott received injuries. On Thursday, March 25,19'71. on No. 25 Courcy Road west of No. 15 Colborne `Township •sideroad, Bethea Faye Bolger'; ill -A tireet, Blyth' was "involved in'' a .single truck collision resulting in damage to the .sat'7�':'.-:�:""511,�w�.:�:t'�,•�+,�` 'd"_'.rY+"°rm-�arr•M Council gives bus ' service some attention • Some attention was given by Goderich Town Council last Thursday evening to the matter - of bus service out of the town. Councillor �.eg. Jewell suggested that a letter be sent to the commercial - bus company operating in and out of Goderich daily to determine -whether or not -the bus is required to circle the Square before leaving -town. . The letter, advised Jewell, should • also .,request- improved, term's rtal~ -� facie;•.,', .. • - w n.W:,: N- ^'.... e`E 1 V I <�N.L']4.k. -'F+"yti ew �J ... - Req gists for Assistance,,, .8; ,• fie said that people who gravel �onvietions In Provincial Court, • the bus must either walk or Wit, G >, special transportation .out to the Criminal Division, Goderich,. 11 bus depot. The councillor persons convicted of, H.T.A. reported that, in some cases; the offences, 5, persons convicted of building is not open to permit L.G�1. offences. passengers to wait corr)fortably Attention Parents! If your until bus time. child rides his bike at night, or in poor visibility; remember ..v. the bike must have a white or amber Tight in'front' ... a red reflector or light on the” rear• . . : red reflective material at least 10 inches long and one inch wide on the back fender' . . ' . and white `reflective material at least 10 inches long and one inch wide on the front forks. 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