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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-06-24, Page 4• • •4 GODERICf S1€ AL -61 AR, THLRSDAY, JUNE 24, 1971 Editorial commentary Town parks are something else!. The parks in the town of Grcertch are -something else! ,, We 'can say this wit=h all- sincerity 4is►►erv.#=Ye 'gra=y --pi; . in such good' shape as we've had the privilege of witnessing, since our stay in Goderich. �. The number of {parks alone, be they srnatt or large, in this munictpality,,isheruld give the citizens every right to be proud even to the point -'of boasting to others from less fortunate communities, But the Condition,,f the playlands and' Safe beauty spots in. Goderich is even More -reason for showing our appreciation; Don Carrick and his assistants certainly . deserve 'corxtmendati.on for the work they - to +r+.•.%1s:.an.o....-ua%avw>.eoeW.w�u'6171ru' e•...yre «rvwa..,,w, . ee ycoin g, as cies coo r Ox•��•tps chairman Reg Jewell and probably many others. 0 And of •course, those who enjoy our recreation facilities also deserve a pat on the -back. Naturally there a -few who abuse the privilege but i'n general those who do visit the parks rn Goderich leave them in the sante condition they found them - clean,,,well-kept and 'beautiful• boating week is here Safe Boating Week runs from July 1 to J.0 l y .7. Reereationalm' boating continues: to increase each year as more and more Canadians become. inyolved' in thls acti sty during .their leisure time. To pre t needress loss of life' and property, this increasing traffic on our. rivers., lakes.and sea shores must be accompanied by greater awareness of safe•.--boating- practices. Principal cause of boating accidents boating are requested to participate in any • through safety 4tlucation supported, where necessary, by law enforcement to make pleasure .boating what it 'should be a purely pleasant recreation. Recognizing the'..need for emphasis on boating ng safety, the Canada Safety Council l is sponsoring a Safe Boating Week across Canada. Ali boating and yachting .associations, provincial governme'nts, -the, news media and others interested in safe -a.31 e ��13gz'a -Loading trirsIliffr e.du tn......:_tide.,/m,._.Qfst r ie -anl ...:,� 4 NO rr� Looking across Huron aunty tl Remember When ? ? 60 YEARS AGO One of the most important communications read at . the meeting of the town council last Friday evening was a letter from F, W'. ,)oty of the Doty Engine Works Company in which he Stated that he had about a concluded arrangements with a company, now being formed, to utilize his boiler shfip: building in l-Goderich for the manufacturing company will be a strong one • financially ani will be composed of men connected prominently with the railway and milling interests. The special "meeting of the public school board was hell on , Monday evening to consider the applications to fill the position 'of teacher at the Central School, rendered vacant by the resignation of Miss Dunlop. Ten applications were received and it was decided' to accept the services of Miss Watson who is a teacher in the public school at - Lindsay. , The salary will be • $600. Miss Watson. holds a first class cert•ific ,t;e and received hers training at ' the Faculty of Education, Torontb. She has the reputation of being a very successful teacher. 25 YEARS AGO' Having purchased John , McGee's garage on St. Andrew's Street la41. month, Don Aberhart Cooney Weiland was honored is presently renovating the last meek when he was named to premises •and equipping it with the Hockey Hall of Fame.: the most modern equipmen°t. Others named at the same ...• through the weekly newspapers'. LAST PARADE CFB Clinton holds last-fotnial° parade and the News-Record,was there: improper !oadi.ng "of small boats, lack of knowledge .for safe operating procedures and improper use of equipment. too frequently result in serious accidents. Boating , accidents car be: control.►'ed other _activities during' this . national campaign. The observance ofmSafe Boating Week' is a'iceminder to veteran sailors and novices alike that boating fun and safety go hand-in-hand, And .Canada week, too From June 27th to July 4th, 1971, preaching secession from or. disassociation Canadians in ail provH4Ces Vsrill be invitd • with the central` government. They fail to to take part in special, festivs,ties to nonohr realize that the success of Canada today is Canada Week. due to its' abi=lity as a large power to Canada Week is a short peri-od of time overcome „rr�rr-/. of the difficulties which set aside to honour our country. T :-,is •does inhibit, the •growth- of smaller countries. not' mean that -the rest of the year we We enjoy an enviable reputation in foreign 'should be indifferent. Quite' the contgary! affairs. Canada is. often called upon to aCt if 'Canada Week- 'were''str'neday Canada as arbiter in international disputes, and its Year, indeed if a . masked feeling of peace -keeping forces have done much to national pride itself 'ori ' a pacify some of the Woricrs` frouble=spot`s. year-round basis through efforts` towards. The Canadian Passport is more respected unity and brotherhood on the part of all than that of any other country. Canadians, a special week would not be In short, it is thanks to a federal necessary. Canada Week hopes to rekindle' system of government that this country the spirit ,Qf patriotism that seems .today has progressed .and achieved international to have been pushed aside. Our national holiday, July 1st, is• th'e focal point of our celebrations. We must not .forget its significance. On July, 1st, 1867, Canada wasborrt :out of the union of Quebec -and Ontario with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Within a.few years the country stretched from the Atlantic to the "Pacific. .Created to Withstand political domination from the . outside and to fully develop its vast 4, respect, Canada Week has a definite purpose. We cant Canadians to take .Special notice' of their h,omeland,, ., of their liberty, of their cultural and Linguistic diversity and the tremendous potential ahead. No ,doubt, there is much•, room for improvement and we hope Canada Week will provide the incentive for thought about assuring that we alt benefit from its potential;'this then inevitable unid,n now advantages and from its future. enjoys one of the highest .standards of To dispel indifference and • promote living in the world. understanding "amongst all' Canadians '.is ' We have now reached a point in our ' our goal, not :Only during Canada Week history where many of u .seem to take for • but all year. If we can contribute in any granted all that Canada has given us. Some 'way towards.thisattainment, we will have. people express • their discontent bye; .s.erued our purpose. • farmers problem - low farm income is. This could be changed by farm Marketing Boards, not by the Board of Education. Rather than tear down the teachers bargaining power farmers should be building their own. Not too many years ago shown by Clinton and Huron telephone -canvass, Times9- Advocate: say --. "Area-- Commissioner..:, presented Dianne with her Gold Cord, and The Red Cross Blood Clinic praised Dianne on having earned this award. Dianne, has been a held in Exeter Monday nidh was a� time included such hockey from Toronto where h�? was with r_ de•. ,for S -..+.. •sus-' w.e. ... .,....nv.+,Mrmc. e.ma.-,„ uu a....-vK.-,r. ..e,•�_w•`cz.'-4-..z.:-.-,.....:Lt: 1 «- e , w -._ .. 4) .S.w. c... _y. .....-.Ha-....� _:�,.._ :uan... r , 4».rh-s... �u Nw�.wy.. uw.ea d - 4 .•+beu: .gym... rn -sere �, r��-.r,'YI. � ..� t ....gym. an� � ©T .�.,..,....,,�.F. '�, ears`. e a s s r n e ' �fere'nt �'" ti�'� 0 ox .p Y g-.----41)-----,. - _ -•_ .---- _.. _.... _,,,, _..- -._.:_tom• .,-.late —Harvey-- ---`-`,Busher' :k . _ • - , . Barnham clinic committee-rgnriier"`tn tie"" communify Jackson; Dr. Gordon Robertsa Reservations pouringinto •and has carried them out well, _baseman for the Exeter Legion bliss McMillan said Diarine has afid Arthur Wirtz ..Sr., Black Goderich hotels` give indication Ladies Auxiliary who sponsored , Hawks president. that there. will be more,holida p all t`he qualities a Gold Cord � y Mr. Aberhart comes to.Goderich Count• was extende by Major I. A. Small, Commandant of the Canadian Forces Radar arid Communications School. when he addressed the last formal parade to be held at . CFB 'Clinton. Friday. That parade was part' of "the` graduating ceremony of 29, radar ,technicians. Si he last class to graduate from the CRF&:CS at Clinton. , ' "It is. most »fitting.' • Major Small said. -that the last parade, ' to be at CFB Clinton is in honour of the. graduates of CFR.d:CS "' • He said the .bas•e had been home to many' schools over the 30 years of its existenc-e.' but that .it had always been famous for its work in radar. 01: Er 401000- persons. Bntis�.. American and Canadian. had graduated, ttafned -ra car'" t.ect'rnicians fr m' Clinton. v� htc :t e event. ' Guide .should have;' arid that she A . member of the Bruins visitors here this summer, than One hundred and fifty-five 'will be an asset to the Stanley Cup teams of 1928-29 - for a ' considerable number of persons donated the'i'r' blood, and 1938-39, Cooney Weiland years. While there are° quite a community, 'and Guiding in ::about 60 more than 'at the last was lauded by selection• number of visitors alreadyhere, 'Zurich in the years to come.' cirnic in December. First : ' c -'Gird Guides committee chairman Frank 'it will /be the first of next week Many of .• • the. donors were presented 'her -with a_.Gold Cord Selke Sr.', as 4a terrific censer ice before they ,really start rolling . ret -timers "but several • were - Pin: Mrs. Carol Deitz is Captain man, a 'great team player and ; in, Officials} opened 'for 'the pe -sons who had been attendi.fig , -of the Guides, and Mrs. Shirley also a great coach at Harvard. He season on.Saturday, they Sunsetto blood clinics for rr►any.years and is:, :.selection in, which.all of- ou r Oesch, Lieutenant. -- `can` be proud." ,... authorities call `the x, x aX. "backbone of blood ,clinics," -n • • BLACKLiSTED '' - "I'm glad they decided to do Mrs. D. ' B. Hogg and 'Ken' The ' H;uron' Board of it while I'm still around to learn .?,,ins received gold , pins for about it." , Education is pinkli'sted —the donating 20 times, and lits. Weiland, was .Leachers, are blacklisted, says • Harold Fanner aas presented «'ingham advanceTimes: talking about his election into with •a' silver pin for her tenth the NHL's Hall of Fame. donation of blood.`Secondan' school teachers '"I'm quite excited," he said. Mrs.�'Baynham said she felt „ I feel honored because I'M up' who. were employed by .the the ever. house- telephone,calLs, Huron County Board. of there with some terrific -hockey made by Beta ` Sigma ' Ph' Education during the' past year players. Yes, I've thought about 3roi� members wktad- « r:a the Hall of_ Fame before.. It. • lav e been black i-isted by thef contributed really to .the brings back some very and suc�c-ess of the clinic. memories of the fellows I played " with." • la •- . Separate School Board of Waterloo County. was founded as a roadie •X x technicians school" in 1941 and was the site of much of the earl. pioneering of radar ° in '.;urth America.. Major Small impressed Jpoh the graduates the t'high reputation that' the school had in the North ' atlantic ,..treaty Organization and the North: American AiriDefenc-e circles. TELEPHONE FOR BLOOD The successful blood donors Clinic in Exeter may `have beer due to every -resident 0 f GETS GOLD CORD he d fed The unanimous decision e Born in Egmondville in 1904, the Waterloo boarollowthe graduated from Seaforth The Citizens News reports on "pink listing of the Huron Collegiate ' Institute before making hockey a career. He played 11 years' in the NHL for the Bruins, Red Wings and the old Ottawa Senators. He played for two ' Bruin/Stanley Cup teams - , pin his first .'years 1928-29,, and his last, 1938-39. He.. c.oac.hed . the : Bruins.. to __the championship in 1941. In his second year he scored 43 goals -in 44 games, a league record, and had 173 career goals in 509 games. He coached at Hershey and New Haven in " , the American -Hockey League before moving • to ,Harvard, where he recorded more than 300 wins. He retired more as coach at Harvard. ' * * * a Gold Cord Guide from Zurich:., board by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers', Federation and„ A member of the First Zurich the mass resignation of teachers Girl Guides, Miss Klbpp", in Huron on May 31. was presented_with her Gold ', The pink listing action Cord .at a very impressive Mother requests all Federation members and . Daughter Banquet held at to refrain, . from accepting i.he Dominion Hotel• last positions with e' Hoard -�riednesday:.. while the .w.a.gethdisputeuron b1$...ln A Gold, Cord is the highest progress. ' / award presented in Guiding. Miss .The black listing means that' Mary McMillan, of Goderich, the Waterloo board will not hire '00.01% N.eeeete1 piflIOn5 from , our readers • Dear Sir: Reserved for public opinion Mr. Editor: Your • fine editorial on, the "Need to Protect. the Family Resort" deserves to be acknowledged. A personal incident,twhich occurred On May 24 weekend leads me to believe that parents need the eo-opera-tion of the police -rather than vice -versa. "Parents .can do a great deal by discouraging mass ; youth, gatherings." ` het parents try to • find out where our 14, 15 and 16-year-olds'can avail themselves of a 24 -beer or" a 26'er within 10 minutes of reaching. The Square. Let's see the ' window wells LESTAALISHED ffbp 1848 around the court house free of enipti'L this summer. (After all, it might impress the visitor who leaves his holiday dollars here to return.) Who patrols or controls the park around the court house where our youths sun and enjoy their so-called pop? Having lived in a number of towns and larger centres in the past 22 years, I can hohestfy say that I know of no, other town as affluent as Goderich and none boasting the number of prol'sional then ' found 'here, but there is still very little to offer our youth. ' I would recommend that our town fathers get off their butts and • find money fora recreational " centre (not a, (trop -in) ,•complete with a full-time recreational director, to Teachers salaries are not the the teachers accepted whatever a Board offered them, Now with a strong organization they are in an enviable position with collective bargaining rights. Ontario Milk Marketing Board,' and any farm organization would be better off working toward putting real income into farmers pockets, rather than ,asking for handouts from the government. Cutting of decaying elm trees for 5S5 subsidy is an insult • to farmers. With a fair price on farm products farmers could cut down their own dead trees. 'We are told there is a surplus of teachers, yet they are in a position to bargain. Farmers co-ordinate "activities through- C%Alrnty school hoards were have a wonderful opportunity to be in a bargaining position. As. long as they continue in their apathetic ways, however, their position wilt gradually worsen. If .. farmers had collective bargaining rights, it would not be necessary to withhold municipal taxes. Farm income has gone down, while other sectors of ,the economy 'has gone up. . No one but the farmer can get himself out of his dilemma. A strong farm organization is the, answer, . not the' Board of • Education. Local 335 of the National Farmers . Union were asked but refused to take a stand on this issue. It's high time the farmer pulled' up his socks ^a; ►d got with the rest of "society. Yours sincerely, ' John Austin. *** Lthe different media Waiting to be claimed and used in Goderich. .,_otherwise, they need not worry about' encouraging new industry to locate here, as ,the supply of workers will not meet the demand. Certainly, Mr. Editor, there is a need to protect family resorts, but first we must protect -and preserve the family.' ' - Eileen Palmer. 1J•`s acrid) SIGNAL—STAR • 124th YEAR of . " PUBLICATION -0- The C'junty Town Newspaper of Huron -0- Published Goderich , Ontario every Thursday morning by ` � h Signal -Star Publishing Limited TELEPHONE .524-8331 area code 51.9 ROB;E,RT G. SI jilikR, president and publisher ' MfYAi f'4 ry r •M; •.}P 14 wr. rent -... 'f �` i %a.�a'}�,.) tiF ..,,++. i .rt:l "%' li ��." „�,'eP.t, �; .. Ay' 'N�r n P','w'"7, ,, �SHIRLEY J. KELLERwomen's editor ` To U.S.A. $7.50 (in advance t WARD J. BVRSKI', M l"vertising Manager ti, ,,,_, Second class mail registration number - 0716 formed, we were told so that larger and fewer boards would be in a better position to bargain with teachers. It .should be -fir) problem now for 6 or 7 Counties to get together and offer a` fair salary to teachers. Far"rners Lare still in t&e position of taking whatever is offered to them. Perhaps we would benefit from -someone of Mrs. Wallace's calibre on' our farm marketing boards. Our members continue to- sit on the Farm Marketing Boards without getting results. Marketing Boards have the power to set a price on 'farm products. However, siiicl, the borders are wide open for imports of farm products from other'countries, they do not use their power. This is no excuse ,with . strong repre=sentation or 'Dear Mr. Mill"s: farmers (not y •• . agee-ybusihess.),: 1�1 4All rtassociated .With me at r ..:J4gir�latk u:402 4/ r'" takes +fir toile atioi�'AI' 7�it+igai iw ' o f �.}'.�:�t+fi�y tfZtt'Itit+rid'r"'`€'rCrkC'��i-Ct'c'�►�t`i'�:k' 1°lf%tkolexi+u•M fi%r.ijt3*IAftt.e Other countries'such as U.S.,incerely appreciate your restrict imports to a percentage participation in the Red Shield pf their total production. Pork Appeal this year. Producers Marketing Board, Please turn to Page 6 tl_ • any of the . teachers, from the Huron"staff. w •. f * * PUC,KSTER HONORED Former Seaforth area resident named ti Hockey Hall of Fame, notes Huron Expositor: Egmondville native Ralph Hotel exptcts'.to be pretty well filled up by the end of this week of the begin.' g of next week. 5 YEARS AGOG ' , Author -Harry JAloyle was on hand ' for the Open,, House at Anderson's book Centre Friday. One of the author's books:"'A Summer Burning, dedicated to Will Robertson, a former publisher . of the Signal -Star and' Mr. Boyle's first employer was available: , • .Twelve Huron County farmers paraded their tractors into Goderich. Tuesday. They were among many farmers across Ontario who are seeking provincial government 'assistance to raise ,,and ' stabalize farm incomes. The Huron • group stopped at the Sky Ranch Rest=aurant for milk shakes .-on their return trip. A complaintabout the noise on The • Square brought a promise from Mayor Walkom Thursday that he would ask police to take some action, Complaint about • the noise carne from the Bedford 'Hotel. In a letter to council ' hotel owner Frank. Curry said cars race' around The Square at 3 and 4 a.m. with roaring motors and radios blaring. Three, guests from Michigan paid their bill under protest because they said they had been ,unable to sleep. 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