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Editorial commentary
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The recommendation from a "select is eligible to run for a seat on Goderich
,,co rrnittee" on election' reform to give' town council.
anyone -who 'hasr'esidec1in a municipality It doesn't seem i-ght.
from January 1-9f ' an _election year the' Naturally the fihal choice is going to be
right to stand for office, regardless of the dec.ided, by the people of Goderich And
certainly aren't 'going to just'''etect
leaves us cold. -
anyone. But; pray tell, what 'happens nil
Our understanding,of this is that there i.s'an acclamation?
anyone, even if he has pitched a tent at. Surely our provincial leaders have a
Judith Gooderharrl Park for a few mon.{hs,, ,lit-tte more -foresight than that.
•
But more women should try it
Canadians have been overlooking a
huge ""reservoir of talent in the political
field '- sitting Q thq doorstep waiting tp
be to pe r d . •
That is wdmen - half of the population
Uf the country, who hardly ever run in
either mp,nicipal elections or for
)rovincral and federal parliaments. Only
one woman sits in the federal house and a
handful function in the senate 'and 'in
provincial assemblies,
a'
_ The lack .of 'encourageme'n.t...and the
systematic ignoring of women candidates
for elective posts is a natiogal disgrace.
.Without their, point of view, sensitivity
and u .ique 'k.noW.ledge. 'of , 'part iclular.
aspects., of life, go-'ernnients are certainly
crippled.
Women have to rid-r'Nemselves of the
idea .that-pdtttr is a.- dirty game and
realize that political decisions touch and
shape, th?ir lives on every' level. They had
better get in there'and help make some of
the dec:ision.s_. which set the quality of
their own lives. P.
Inability to find campaign funds,
restrains some potential ,women
candidates but money is a limiting factor
not only for good women candidates but
for men too. Somehow central election
funds must be set up - aswas done,.
recently` ,in Nova Scotia, where each
candidate gets a similar' amount for
campaigning. This would make elections
less expensive and fairer, would encourage
More and better qualified candidates —
male,. or.. fema le.
There is no shortage of good talented
women candidates to pick from.
Thousatufs7of women ri6w work in
po'iitical parties - serving- as committee
chairmen, presidents and vice-presidents
of riding organizations.
Most: of.'tttem are in -their late thirties
and early forties, have raised "their
families; pursued careers and are ready, for
new challenges: Parties must push,
d
educate . anencourage 'these ---women ;fo
take that one long step too candidacy,
Action is much more important
Through vvofld-wide" pollution, we are
gradually truining our' earth: -1 he U.S..
Government, for instance, estimates that
62,000,000 tons of waste, ranging from
DDT" 'residues to' old , mattresses,: are
dumped off sea coasts annua{I,y. "
And this is but o.ne•aspect o°f pollution
...is to fight , it ',with . every means at our
disposal- propaganda, high' fines or. 'even
imprisonment for the worst offenders,
• and lo-rrg-range, planning:. ' airned at
preventing pol'utior°"
The Japanese, for instance, are,working
oh'an'almost visionary plan of having only
electric cars in the centre of Tokyo' and
eventually other cities so as to reduce air
pollution, F$'
But one of the problems`with"pollution
is that talk is„far easier. than action. The
dreamers can draw, up all kinds of plans,
yet unless there is ,a national and indeed a
global will to change things, polluti.o,n..'can
only get worse. All of us must'be prepared
to spend 'time as well as money to fight a
Menace that -tis as ' bad as - warfare and
global over -population,
Aggression isn't everything
"Hlp Wanted” columns these days
reveal' that, even -i-n office work, many
employers are 'poking for someone who is
"aggressive." Students seeking summer
,'
jobsma J *misled by this emphasis on,
aggression. The vorld:`already has.more
aggression than it needs. It would
,welcome a little more service for a change.
Too often ' in, department stores, you.
either, serve yours?If or are ignored while
clerks busily discuss personal affairs, It is'
rare to find a clerk really 'interested in-
giving- the customer service. The, same
attitude prevails in many ' offices. Few
seem willing to serve 'any, more as' if•
"serve" and "servile" were synonymous.
'Job -seeking students can make up for
ladk of experience by being very willing to
serve and thus "make a welcome, addition
to Our, work -a -day" world. ,.It may, be that
only menial work is availatle regardless of
the app'licant's -educational qualifications.
Work such as sweeping floors, cutting.
lawns, delivering groceries or putting out
the garbage of some business concern may
seem ,.a waste ' of one's talents. 'But floors
need to be swept and garbage 'needs to be*
put out and this is part' of,rthe World's
Work. There is satisfaction in fulfillinga
useful service tQ society - a satisfaction
those. who exploit society aggressively
never know. The greatest men in history
have been those ' who were the most
humble and willing to serve mankind.
Reserved for public opinion
Dear Sir:=- .
In reply to Mrs. J. Henry and.
Mrs. S. Scruton's,poem, you are
pot the only parents concerned
'about the sidewalks, Since both'
you ladies are sisters of our ,
l ,`eeve "f My, Carroll) maybe it
would- be wise for your brother
to use some of the money being
spent at the race track to correct
this problem. I have been pay'irrg'
a bill for nearly two years for
my daughter who is defaced over
a broken sidewalk and still have
another f'ur to go. I was always
under the impression that the
town insurance was for accidents
like this but I soon found out I
. was wrong and no matter how
much repair is ' done she is
defaced 'for life, and after all this
time the brojcen sidewalk is still
the same.
There are, two things of the
uppermost importance in this
town — the race track and Snug
Harbour.._.. Come on Town
Fathers what do you do for your
average working man who can't
afford a boat and doesn't like
horseracing. Y,u know it's not
your summer guests who keep
your town going, it's _mar
average working man struggling
to make ends meet to buy
what he needs here.
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Looking
h the
across 'HuronCounty weeklyr neg spapers
At Seaforth, the students at
SDHS have a unique way to raise
money, notes the Huron
Expositor:
Jane Sills, secretary of the
Girls • Athletic Association and
Gord Dick, secretary of the Boys"
Athletic Association at SDHS,
looked , over some of the items
returned to them for a
"celebrity' auction.". ...Included
are an , autographed photo of
movie' star' Ryan O'Neal, an
evening purse which belonged to
Deborah Kerr, a hockey puck
autographed by the Chicago
Black Hawks and an
autographed photo of Pierre
Trudeau. The items, along with
many others provided by
celebrities from ,all over the
world, will be auctioned At a day
long carnival' which the Athletic
A ,sociations are planning to
raise funds. _
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The Clinton . News—Record
editor Wants to remain a "hick":
People- from the cities often
like to -look down thei,r noses at
u small-towners and call us
hicks, but the biggest hick we've
e', er mets came from a city.
Last week' --"at a dinner
attended ----by' _persons from all
over this part of Ontario, we had
the misfortune of sitting across
the t.able.•_l'rom a man who must
have had an IQ -of about minus
10, 'but held • a responsible
position in the municipality of
Kitchener.
This ".gentleman', , used
language that Would be more
expected • from some ignorant
clod in the southern States,
things such as "big nigger buck"
and "big ,coon," terms we've
never heard, fortunately, from
any of the, "hicks" around here.
Let's just stay hicks, but polite
ones.
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Grand Bend will hate a new
medical centre, advises the
Zurich Citizens—News:
A .sod -turning ceremony!, for
the -new -Grand 'Bend area
medical centre will take place
this Saturday morning, May 1, at
1.0 a.m. The building will be
located on the property donated
by the Grand Bend Lions Club,
at 29 Gill Road. "'
A contract ' for 'the
construction of the new clinic
has been ' awarded to George
Kadlecik Construction, of
London and Grand Bend Work
Reserved
for public _opinion
Taxi meters
The Editor
. The GoderichxSignal-Star
Go'dericii
I have a suggest.iar►...foo you
ladies., Try the race track for
pushing your carriages.
That is where your money is
going. You will find no
obstruction in your path there.
H. M,' Armstrong.
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Sir+
This ` is
letter,
okay --racoon shooting not
shooting displayed on the front
page of yout last week's edition..
In my mind there is no'credit in
it.'for anyone connectedrwith the'
.-----tstory, including the staff
an, odds -and -ends . member who• took the picture.'
I• am familiar with racoon's
* * * from. Toronto where they were
• I ' agree with the editorial 'freciuent- !and harmless —
opinion on ..meters in taxis; I visitors to our home and I'
never quite understood the logic cafif"if5t".,itnagine what sort of
of the councillors who voted great danger or disadvantage
against. it. It is like being against
would resent here. It must
weigh scales in,._ stores and have been possible. to scare the
deciding that small' and large ' Jtttle' creature. away, if be was
quantities of the same ,thing not welcome.
ought to cost the 'same amount jam not asob-sister and I do
of money. The only fain and ' realize that certain killings are.
dependable method • of necessary, but there is_a general
measuring one's ride in a taxi is a and perhaps growing tendency
meter., Some people (and that•, -to w'ards`' thoughtless, and
means, elderly as well) are' nog. 'unnecessary destruction oP 'all'
subsidizing others. sorts of creatures with whom we
I hope that 'the taxi owners . shale this planet •and whose loss
who supported the meter idea of life really benefits nobody,'
will do their • homework more . * "'` "'`'
'thoroughly (haying, metered, For the . new Editor's
examples ready, from various intorMation I would like to
points in town to the hospital, mention that we always have a
for instance) and present their "dog dialogue" in the' local,
case again at a later date. I fail to paper around this time, between
see what any fair-minded person glad dogs .and ,sadjogs. It must
could, '-
possibly have against be the spring. .
m
* * * - -' " sympathy with -people who seem
It is my impression .that our . to think that their dogs should
present Animal Control Officer be everywhere else, not at hostler`
is doing. a very good job and`the and not. under, supervision. N
number of unsupervised dogs has doubt +members of our family,
been drastically reduced. are every. bit as busy as most
However, I felt. very others, ,with thetask of daily
living as weld as extracurricular
disappointed about the racoon activities", but we find it easy
eters.:• I have no patience and
and pleasant to keep "a schedule
of ' daily ' walks, , runs and
"sniffing sessions" with our
Dachshund whom we want to
keep health,yK, .happy and safe. I
see many other people do the
same thing with, their dogs.
Seople who • cannot be bothered
obviously do not take pride and.
.pleasure in their pets andsimply
shatild not have a dog.
, * * •
T ' expects everybody has'
noticed that whilst the month of
May has been proclaimed our
clean-u'p ' month, the
one -and -only 'refuse• pick-up has
been ,placed right at the very
beginning of the same period.
In the past we .used to have
once -a -month • refuse pick-up by
town trucks all summer and fall.
I hope this service is not going to
be. discontinue&- `
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I' noticed" in Mrs. Keller's.
column, that the possibility of a,
farmers' market in Goderich has
been mentioned. It is a very
appealing idea and -I hope it will
materialize. Is therea'nything the
townspeople could- do on, their
part?
We've hit an
The Editor,
The Goderich Signal -Star,,
37 West Street,
Goderich, Ontario.
Sir:— ' ,
• . Coriwatulationsf You have hit
the all time low for a Front Page
Picture and in line for the award
of ".The Fuddle-Dyddled' Digit.
ofDestiny"! (apologies to P.E.T.
and "Laugh In")
I refer to the picture of the
'wanton slaughter' of one of our
most intelligent wild creatures,
the racoon! I am sure that this
picture must have thrilled all
those who .recently' saw the
motion picture from the Wait.
Disney Studios "Rascal"!
One can visualize the terrified
resit enti o
'R. Andrews Street,
rushing to the 'phone, calling for
HELP as the ferocious,
rampaging racoon yipped and
-tore at the roof of the house.
Jtoaringandlsharling:his defiance
at the' foot 4deticeless.'residewt.
,But Fear not!
"Sask-Qu, •ont'-man
av-.,kat000-Ka 'Warren-nabi-
onisha-pe-qui-honay" The Great
Rusty Topr^d Chief who thinks
all-time low
Warren Street one of the, better
streets in Town', '(.,Literal
translation from the'Pish'-pooSK--
Indian) will send Rotund
Richard to dispose of the
terrifying Beast.
There, , quaking behind the
protection 'of a step ladder,
knowing his very'li'fe depends on
that one shot, the "brave" Mr.
Eisler performed his "duty",.
felling the St. Andrews° St.;
terror as your cameras -clicked .
away, recording this infamous
deed.
Why could the racoon have
not ' been taken alive? Is Mr.
Eisler unaware that there are
such things as.live traps or nets?
'It is time that the citizens of
Godetimch put a stop to this
wanton killing and if they are so
apathetic to his actions then 'l t'
them not decry the slaughter of
the baby sea s.. When we the -•
taxpayers condone the killing of ' .
one, of the fewanimals that has
managed. -.to Adopto b r
ilitz�►b�S ever are t
blame than the 'killer!!
Small Animal Control??????
Oificet????? DISGRACEFUL!!
Disgusted,
M. B. i .umley.
. ; Sincerely,
Elsa Haydon.
on the project will commence
immediately following the
sod turning ceremony.
a
Rmernber
When ? ? ?
60 YEARS AGO
The knife with which Edward
Jardine confessed' that he
murdered Lizzie Anderson is
now in_ the bands of the
authorities. Shortly ' after the
conclusion of the trial or tie
condemned man, it was learned
that a:,knife, had been found near
the •spot where Jardine stated he
threw ,the weapon while sitting' '
do ' the lake bank, The finding of
the' knife goes to confirm the
itt4'tte>;p—and' the .trial who •
describe,d 'the' knife which_they
said they had seen in Jardine's
possession.
An --able presentation and
exp
lab.ati.on ,if..... the Keciprocity
'pact was given to an audience in
Victoria Opera House *on '
Saturday evening by Hon. A. G.
MacKay, Liberal Leader in the
Provincial • Legislature, and W.
Proudfoot, M.P.P. Owing to the
fact that it was a busy Saturday
night, when merchants and ,
shoppers Were engaged, the ,
attendance was not as large as
otherwise It would have been.
However, the ' audience was a
keen one and it was evident
According to Jack 'Mennel, throughout the meeting that the ,
secretary of the committee in, addresses were, being followed
charge, a total of over $23,000 with keen interest.
has been donated to the project '__. 25 YEARS AGQ
to date. The objective has been At a Board of Trade meeting
set at'$30;000.
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The Times -Advocate at
Exeter reports on summer
courses at CCAP: .
Assistant principal, Mollie
McGhee,,- announced this week
that the Home Economics
division of Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology will
offer,..short summer courses for
the first time this, year. ••
Courses in Nutrition, and
Psychology and'Family'Life will
be open to ladies.
Erriphasis in—the . Nutrition
Course will be on the family's
present need when tremendous
technological changes are
occurring - in the food, industry.
The Psychology' and Family
Life course will deal with the
impact of invention and
innoyat'ion on the family's social
and economic development.
I..,ectu'res, small ' group
discussions,, and films will form
the content of these courses and
it is hoped to ' ' hold them
Tuesdays, . Wednesdays and
Thursdays from 9:15 11:45
for three weeks each..
Girls between the ages of 11
and 14 years will. also benefit
from summer courses at
Centralia. During July, and
August, basic courses in Foods,
and., Nutrition, and Clothing
Construction will be offered to
them.
Lectures and demonstrations
will ' form the major part of the •
Foods and Nutrition classes,,and
simple articles and garments will
be made in the'Cloth-ing course.
Miss McGhee said times and
duration of the girls' classes will
be determined following
consultation with the applicants.
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ON Mar EVERY 71ME
there was considerable
discussion with regard to' lighting
up '. the town. Mayor `Mooney
stated'that colored lights on high.
standards,were at present being
arranged on the Square. R.K.
Warrtele, who had just returned
from a trip to Western Canada,
said he noticed many interesting
things there, Many cities are
using the most modern style of
_street lighting, such as Toronto
is,now installing. Goderich, with
the lake and other attractions,
would do well to light up. He
predicted there.. wouldbe some
tourist business from the West',
as manyhad signified their
intention of "visiting' old haunts
in Ontario. .
A delegation' from the Lions
'Club, composed of ' Dr. J. A.
Graham, Harry L. Watson,
Arnold McConnell and Ed
Jessop, appeared before the
Town Council on Friday night in
behalf of a proposition to make •
improvements" at ' Agricultural
Park for the accommodation of
baseball, ,:and softball) lixers.
The town's sun"tmer visitors -'this
year would expect, one
spokesman said, to 'see '"some
baseball games ' • on summer;
evenings and this •would' be one
of the town's attractions. What
was ,asked was the construction •
of a new diamond in..front'of the
main grandstand, the
improvement of the present
diamond and a third diamond•so=-'
that, junior baseball teams_ and
girls' softball tams might all be
accommodated.
,4-�w.
5 YEARS AGO,
R. William (Bill) Kearns , has
been appointed editor of The
Signa,), Star' succeeding M.E.C.
(Mike) Cowley. '
Milton. Rayner, manager of
the . Bank of Mpntreal in
Lucknow for the pat ten,years,
has' been transferred to Goderich
as manager, with the 'move to
take effect • in mid-May. Mr.
Raynor will succeed Ben Corless,
manager, -presently at Goderich,
who -,will--take over this position
at Campbellford.
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