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itorial commentary
Jettit hri�- Chrit..:,„,7Fin,,Super. Star
will . be iii our, hands by next week's
It's a song — Jesus Christ — Super Star.
And.we like it,. edition wren we intend to print. it in its
And we like the message. •
enrirety.
,Ruff 'there' are quite. a -few people who we're trying 'to .,say now is -don't
Isnock. it until You understand it. Or'at
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. •Unfortunately we ha'en:,,t' been able to
get the complete words to this sbng. but it art)some who will.never understand if.
KwitchedarnbeIiyakin, Federation!
Now the Ontario Federation of Anglers
and • Hunters' is beefing, because the
provincial government has decided to do
away with the53 angling licence,
We -really- can understand, the
,federation's reasoning.
The province has' already said it is.
costing them as .much to run the
administration portion of 'issuing the
licences as 'the revenue involved. This is
good enough for our money.
But the Federation' of Anglers and
Hunters insists the reasons given by. the
provinces are pute_.fuddle duddle.
Sportsmen generally rho not agree that
the licence was 'a nuisance because at last
they were contributing to the future of
their recreational, fishing, claims ._the
Federation, "If the , government' cannot
collect a S3' licence fee at a good profit
then there is sgmething seriously wrong at
Queen's Park.'
We, go' along with the Federation of
Anglers and Hunters. most of' the°time. •
But this isn't one of them.
These kids opened up our eyes
Yesterday' was one of -those days -when
these :lard -hearted stone•faced
editors, had to 'give in to the �,vr�ums of the ,
masses,
The masses in this case were three -i
young ladies 'in the person of Sandra
Palmer (Sf`" ilrlary's Schooll,-'and Anne. -1:
McDonald and Laura MacDonald, both of 7
Robertson. -
The girls had written the words acid'
music to a song, which they..c.all, '"In' my
They asked us' if we would publish
We agreed.
B.ut, ,f.i.r...st, tney insisted we listen to
'them sing it. We also agreed to mat:
Here's the song: .<,
I'was'sitting by the. garden gate;
Night was here'and ii was late; ,
Dreams.,``
I was sitting on. my wooden stool,
And not yek....wes,itcold but cool,,
Tra la la Tra tale Tra la la la la la Tra la
Tra is °4* 1"3 ;a ,la la, it was' cool,' not
ld.
I was tbfnliiing about,the day,
'It wasiCfu'I1-of laughtyr and gay,
I was thin -king aboutthe song .
I„was ;singing about the bells-thatwere
it. ringing.
That nignt I was dreaming about ,what•
tine next day wouIdbring,
•
Then 'all. of a sudden. I ,vtiwol.e up', and
saw my rx ite puP.
THANKS, Sandra, Anne • and • Laura
you Tilade our day. '
•
Little help for lura+ community.
The Seaforth Huron Expositor Each Huron municipality,
finger. on a •'subtect of growing interest to -:tor instance, continues to pay many ,
res'identsof this area. • •'' thousands of dollars to meat- educational
During recent years the extent to' cost,'At the same time little appears to be
which • rUral 'Ontario shares in the done to encourage the development of the
provincial economy has continued"...,.,to 'towns' within the county so that• the
- decline, While" revenue in some areas has graduates, which the education~ dollars
increased, rising costs of the things a produce.can find suitable_'employment.
fa'rrner must buy have more than offset ' .� . ,_
any gain he could have expected. ' . Instead, it seems at times that Ontario
While much is being done by Ottawa to is determined to write.off many counties
create changes that can offset the 'as far as'" -development is concerned and
differences din the level—of. return as that their role is to be limited to that of
�,...,. between rural, and -urban ; citzens, much • 'Providing open space for Sunday and
More remains to 'be done, '
puts
the
H
uroi County.
holiday y;isitors from :the -cities: The
It is essential for. rural Ontario to .get various studies commissioned by
fair and equal treatment, essential to government whichhave been released ri`
develop a sound economy for the family during the past year confirm this view.
farm. ' There must be, developed, too, 4 Certainly the budget recti`+ " `ly released
:opportunity for employment to prevent by Provincial ''Treasurer 'Darcy McKeough
the erosion .of rural youth from the farms -did._ nothing to recognize the rural
and small communities. Their migration, Problerrt•
to larger urban centres can onlyaaddto' „ The small. towns, the farming
the problems of the cities,' communities which make up rural
These 'are provincial responsibilities" Ontario, must be given due priority.,,.if
and this is'why the, Ontario government'.s , they are to make the contribution to the
•
obsession with centralization is disturbing provincial economy 'of ' which they are
•to people ' in places such as non -urban capable. _
Reserved for public opinion
Mow 'the Goderich dragon
Oh, hark for a while
And 'a story you'll hear
Of a brave Sir Eisler
Who had no fear.
When duty called him
,He did not shrink
Sir George had his dragon
And he had his mink.
Or was it a raccoon
Fierce. wild, and irate.
At least it was breathing
But soonmet its fate.
lost its head
Reserved' for public opinion -
Dear Sir,
I wish to thank you for the
fine coverage your paper gave
our National Farmers' Union
give-away program in Goderich
recently. .
.A special thanks to Shirley
Keller in her "Woman to
Woman" column. She gave a
splendid explanation of ' Our
purpose `thus answering many
consumer questions about the
'progratn, I would like to make a
few additional comments,,
First of all. let us make. a
comparison between the farmer
and the worker who ,lives in
town. The worker has his house.
his' means of transportation and
his family's personal expenses
(food. 'clothing, etc.) to look
after.. The pfiice of most
Mr. Editor,,
In answer to Mrs. H. M.
Armstrong's letter in .last weeks
piper:
_.First, we'd , look. , a . littie
ridiculous' running around , the'
race track 'with our, carriages
while .being chased by' horses:
wouldn't 'we. What, larger form
of Obstruction could ' you
possibly want to find?
for ' your daughter's
misfortune:' we are all at, one
lime' -Or•.another. faced with some ;
type of accident and no matter
how ,large, or small we. cannot
cpectothers to be indebted to
us. The _tow'n, as a good exaMpli5
would find ?it eost'l��'`°'pa °trig for
repairs of every child who fell on
its property and broke an arm Or
damaged his or her teeth. •
Granted. we are sisters of the ,
everything has gone. up but iso; t,n..Reeve.(Mr.'Carroll) and are
have 'the wages. ' ' • proud , of him and his
. contributions to the community., ,
The farmer • •has the same
However. we would like to make
expenses, then on top of that. in . it clear that although we enjoy
order to .run his farm' he must �t+ong faintly ties at such t.ime.,
'have two, 'or' three tractors, reference is never made .to the'
seeding,' haying and �tart\est ;Qat held by him.
equipment —• if he •is,..iat..,..da,ir.y.._. At the time we directed our
' farming --he has to buy cows. poem 'and letter' to 'the town
milking equipment and have a council. �;'e did not think for one
' barn. mijk house (government brother's
regulations") — whatever ° he'would
cur • position
'would have any. bearing on Om'
'specializes -in; there is he request. Also, as • it is not the
accompany'i'ng cost. :There are • l�eeee, alone ,who is responsible
many operating costs freed. for the amount of money being
seed, fuel, etc.) that must, be. , spent on the ' town.. projects. he '
met. , . _ alone ' cannot �, remedy ° the
problem -presented by •us. Our
The prices the farmer, receives
only- intention was to bring to
in the last 20 years have not 'the attention of those
gone up as wages have, and yet res onsible the condition of the
..:his costs have soared so the rachis on' the square.
• farmer grids' "hirnseif borrowing Finally — Many of our Town
more money, getting deeper and Fathers ARE just the "average
deeper in debt until he is forced • working man'` who at the same
off the farm. , time give up the little spare time
This ' is why thie NFL' are they' do have to serve on our
holding_ these,, give=aways. - to town' cotfn.cil and many of
try and matte the ' consumer whom ,also cannot afford the
aware' of .why- the farmer is in luxunes -- of boating or horse
such financial difficulties. racing. They are making these
activities available• to us only for
Over the years the farmer has the benefit, of the, people and to
been told fo become .more give us.. the' outlets ' of
efficient and increase his volume , recreational activities,. _ writici''r
'for a -better income. He has every. tours- should, have: At the
became more efficient but same time,,°'keeping its people
:'.. ,what's the use of increasing the interested 'and encouraging
volume? i"'or example -- pigs — if others_to come and ,share with us
one pig lases you over„S7,00 — •the'i?nterprises of-ou,r town.
.__- 100 pigs will lose you $700.00 — In closing we would like to
You might as well quit first. thank• the editor for the space
When' the 2;3 of the farmers provided us to air our cdmments
and , wish to advise this, will 'be
that the .Federal government. our final letter pertaining to this
want to leave the farms, go to particular topic.
the towns and cities - What is it .
Behold the brave hero
With hand on his gun
Turned his best angle to'camera
While the foul deed was done.
R. Van Der Meer
55 Montreal St.
GODERICH, Ont.
ITSTABLISHED Thi ODeTttIJ
1848 SIN4L—STAR
-C]- -The County Town Newspaper of Huroh
Published at Goderich , Ontario every Thursday morrri'rig by
Signal-Star Publishing Limited
124th. YEAR
of
PUBLICATION
going ' to do top the, ' huge
unemployment problem that ,
already exists? • -
If big corpcirations take over
farming which will follow when
only. a few"'farrners are' lif t, "
can be sure that food prices are»
not going to get lower. The
family farm • is a most
economical 'unit” because all the
members, children as well as
adti its,• help withihe work'.
The consumers can help the
farmer in his fight to `keep the
family farm by writirig their
,complaints about Federal Farm
Polley and their support of the
.,farmer to: their MP at Ottawa; -
their MPP . Queen's "Park,
Toronto; their newspaper.
.h
R pectifully,
. Scruton,
'J. Henry.
TFUEPHHONE 524.8331 area ' code 519
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JACI(.W H. Mit.i..'.+ ditpr,, .
r §a''n
$l.fRLEY J. KELLER, worrien's editor.
.
EDWAf D•J, B''R Ki, aadvenising 'manager
a;
Subscription Rates $6 a Year'�-
To U.S.A. $7.50 (in advance) •
Secant!, dm maillegisultion number +- O/16
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We annot have a healthy
urban society,, if we have a ' sick.'
rural society.
Sincerely,
Cls Wilkins,
Sec. Loe41335,
National Fanners' Union.
IT'S YOUR
1.1F ...
LOVE IT!
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Abortion must 'be left to each woman's
'conscience. It is a decision she makes
alone.
--All-the advice .in the world -can be
offered. But it means nothing -unless her
own conscience and her own 'needs ' are
met.
Every woman has her own' particular
circumstances. Many could never condone
an abortion for themselves. Their opinion
should, be respected. '
Other women could not in all'.
conscience have the babies, for which they
can not r plan. Their wishes should be
respected .too.. - •
This 'is the simple yet intensly
complicated reason -why no kind of
legislation," can ' , exactly fit all the
circumstances of abortion. Yet legislation
_._is meed,ed to. protect both' the woman and
the doctor. • All cbncerned must 'be
informed and not Merely pressured by
'circumstances.
For thesame reason population control
is not' a valid argument for abortion. And
the assumption that abortion' ''kills" a
human. being is no reason to 'Legislate
against it. This point`coul,d beargued until
the end 'of time.
Some' women feel as soon -as they are
pregnant that life begins. Others 'believe
just ,as firmly- that ' human ,life does not
begin until the baby is born— separated
from their body. - '
But the major," question a woman
should always ask herself is - do I want
this baby - will'the baby be loved?....
, Because ' view, .personalities,. religious
beliefs and needs differ, 'abortion should
be an option, and nota sh'ar'ieful one.
There 'should be room in society for
alternatives. No one%segment\of society,
no government legislation, should- dictate
to another' the' agonizing d'ecision of
bearing or not bearing a human being.
Remember
When ? ? ?
60 YEARS AGO►
Will Goderich regain its
old-time supremacy, in the salt
manufacturing business? There
appears - • to be a most
encouraging prospect that such
will be, the outcome of present
developments. .Definite steps
have already ' been taken to
secure- possession of the Platt
Property on the river flats,
where years ago a salt block was
situated: It i`s . stated that
machinery for the plant is -
ready on. the way from
>.PM74" 24Ennc. ... ,'jWuy `i4+4]I
land: . '•There- - same
speculation as to the possible •
bearing of the project upon the
reported discovery of potash
deposits in this' neighborhood.
The plans ,for the erection of the
new plant! may be expected to
mature very shortly, and the
re-establishing of the salt
business' as one of Goderich'`s
chief industries, if such 'should
be the outcome, will be hailed
with gratification by the people
of,the town and district.
•Clinton's population this year
is 2,300; Exeter is to have an
'all-night telephone . service; the
total assessment -for W'ingham
for 1911 is $807,398.
A consignment of eight
horses was received last week
from Pictori,fpr Gundry's livery.
The horses are all of a good class
and a handsome team of blacks
is especially admired.
' Y
25 YEARS AGO . a
The Town Council held " a
special meeting on Monday
evening to consider the estimates
of receipts and expenditures for
the current year and to strike
the tax rate for 1946 and found
would be necessary to levy a
rate of 42 mills for the general
taxpayer and 41 '<:i mills for
Separate' School supporters. A
little, ' figuring (one mill
representing $2.,600), will show
that ' unusual or increased'
expenflitures account for
approximately' 10"nnills, which is
three • mills more than the
increase in the tax rate. The:,.,.;. s
Council expects , toget by with
the,, use of a portion of the
surplus 'which was accumulated
three or four years ago., ,
The cottage on Bruce Street
owned, by Mrs. 'Gray was bought
on Saturday's auction sale by
Mrs, James Reid, Hamilton
`Street. The house on Nelson
Street, formerly' owned and
,occupied -by Gordon Lamb,. has
been ` purchased ;by Walter
Westbrook. Tom ' Morris, a
merchant, ' has
d the brick building
w
0
4
.Saltfor
porch
diagonally across from his store,
which in days gone by •was
occupied as a hotel. ,
• 5 YEARS AGO
Sifto Salt Division of Domtar
hemicals Ltd, has ' pledged'
$7,500 ' to the building fund of
the Alexandra , Marine and
General. Hospital in ' three
year . $2,500 instalments:
The strike at Goderich4
Manufacturing ' Company . Ltd.
has developed into a, war of
bitter . words, and .../t. ompany
officials say ' settlernent appears
further away . than when
negotiatione•st`a.rted last August.
Huron C unty ° Library
Co -Operative B and has accepted
the resignation f librarian, Mrs.
Jock Pirie.. Mrs.'Pirie is returning
'to her former . work as a high
school teacher.
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