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Whe n . there is no concern
The tragic story two weeks ago of a
young man from Varna who drowned at
Port Albert was likely greeted by area
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'of the head -before the news was.forgotten, • -
in favor of something -else more personally
pressing. ,.
As always in a case like this, there are
details which come to „the forelater which
may or may not be important I° .the
prevention, of similar accidents. •
It should • be noted here that since the
sad drowning at the- Port, Ashfield
Township Council has been 'alerted.to the
immediate need for. Signs along the river
Which will warn swimmers of the uneven
river bottom . . . and the terribly deep
holes which lurk tiler" to swallow up
fancy-free fun seekers.
And there is another side to this
particular mishap which leaves one cold.
It is the, confession of a young Goderich
girl who tried vainly to keep the drowning
bczy' aflOat after hercall for assistance had.
been ignored by a passing'boater.
The girl recalls that she heard the youth
call out for assistance and that she
shouted at • the boater to help. She
remembersthat he answered her by saying.
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tha't he had no intention to become
inyolved and moved on, without notifying
anyone else of the couple's difficulty.
A nervisvvirarixerherSeltitte,f,girLSteppettr-
towards-the-youttr-into very deep water:• —
He - clung to her and together they sank
beneath the water, surfaced to catch a
breath, sank again, surfaced • . . Then the ''
SliorSe'd away from the girl's grasp
and miraculously, she was able to get into
shallower:, water and finally ashore.
Sunbathers on -the beach who had
watched the entire thing said afterwards
they thought the couple had. just been
having fun in the water as some young
people do. No one - except perhaps the
occasional worrier thought to consider
whether or notthe young man and the
girl were in trouble. No one came to
Investigate just to make certain, ,
And the boater to whom the terrified
giy had called just moved on, enjoying his
holiclay o'rrthe water.
It causes one to wonder about .this
superior soliiety of ours which has so
much knowredge and s'o little compassion;
so many blessings and so' few concerns. It
offers opportunities but gives too few
chances. •
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• Three cheers for •the little •guy
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The efforts of the 'Save the Maitland
group to place responsibility for excessive
pollution of the ri,T-.,whee-lt.belongstre
highly encouraging. For once a group of -
plain; .ordinary citizens has- decided to
confront the world of 'officialdom and to ,
demand' redress for -What they believe TS,.
,at., best, shameful carelessness. In fact,
their attitude at present indicates that
they are prepared..tO take their arguments.
into court. , • • •
Chief among their charges is the claim
that the Ontario , Water Resources
Commission granted permission tQ dump
one of the Listowel sewage lagoons into
the Middle •Maitland River when
engineering work. had to be done at the
sewage pond: -As a consequence the lower
reaches 9f the river, particularly at '
• Brussels, have become fouled With algae
and slime.
• The finger of blame has been pointed at
a government body which • should be,
setting a' prime example of care inibthe
• preservation of waterdourses.the OWRC
is a powerfuNaody and -Ontario residents
and corporations have frequently felt the
*weight of the commission's righteous
Wrath...._ where, water. pollution was
concerned. It is bad enough when some
• ,commercial -enterprise pollutes a •
watercourse, but it is inestimably worse if
• the OWRC itself has been guilty of the
same offence, particularly on the 'scale
—claimed by the Citizens' group.
Granting that the drainage of, the
• Listowel lagoon was necesz,zry in order to
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carry, out the job reqUired, the %queslion
then arises .as to where else the 'contents
could' have been sent except,into the river.
This is a technical, point which we are not
prepared to 8nswer, but it -certainly brings
into sharp focus the dilemma which' all
civilized society is facing.
•. How • many thousands of acres of,
•lagoon space wiJI be needed 50 years from
no ,w to handle the waste a growing
population will pgmr forth?, How,..many
' once -productive farrns will be left useless,
to mankind beCause they are filled .to
depth Of 20 or 30. feet with buried
garbage? •
If We are to have 'enough- room left to
live in it is apparent that the technology
of .recycling our left -overs must be
developed as rapidly as possible.
• Unpalatable thoubb the 'idea may be, it is
quite obvious that our sewage water will
have to be scientifically cleansed and
re -circulated to our homes at least for
washing and flushing purOoses. The same
is true of the mi I I i ons'of tons of paper and
glass and metal, piling up in mountains
about us. Waste food products will
robably be returned to . the . earth as
fertilizer after' we- have learned:the'proer
methods.
In any case we are right behind the
Save ,the Maitland peOple. They are going
to prove the point that the' people who
live beside a river are at least as interested
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as a government commission.
••-Wingham Advance -Times
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for public opinion
Dear Editor:
On chatting, personally, with
His Worship Harry Worsell, while
• in Toronto, we, saw jacket
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buttons were missing from his
-handsome- --new - -• suit ' -and
presumed they had popped with
pride when being intrOduced to
. . . _the large audience as The Mayor
of the Prettiest Town in Canada
Which has produced the lovely
Goderich Treble Singers, who
,gave a wonderful concert on
July 2' at the, Ontario Place's
Forum.
GOOD music being our
special hobby we are not easily..
pleased and do not pardon one
note of the. off-key UNtalented
performances thrust upon us,
from •' every medium, so
frequently these past few years.
Therefore it is most refreshing to
come upon this-grorions, choral
musicale by these Lovely' Ladies.
The "Forum" is a large
-- auditorium; . under. an __unique.
canopy, open dn all Sides to the
great outdoors - a trying
acoustical ,hurdle for true singets
to project their voices, But, the
Treble Singers, 'with the capable
leadership of their very
attractive Mrs.' Eleanor
Hetherington, took this in stride
",'With ease, as displayed by their
fine enunciation and tonal
The selections. were • most
appropriate for the time and
place. If we had to choose only
one as the "highlight" it would
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be a difficult assignment but,
humbly, likely would be "This
Land", Always a favorite, the
applause of appreciation was
tremendous.
•...Metkerington, herself is
a most prepossessing musician
and often , co-ordinates just the
-right mood for everyone With
her unconstious, graceful iittle
"jig" in those wondrous
rhythc numbers. We could
listeti'"Until the cows come
home" and had to harness a
pressing desire to join in.
Going right along with her
conductor was another lovely ..
Miss Lois Grasby, the
accomplished and sympathetic
'accompanist. A "sad" note for
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EiTABLISHED,.VJje oberitb 124thYEAR
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viAreemly newApapers
• Seaforth is studying official
plan says Huron'Expositor:
Despite hOt sticky weather
some 25 Seaforth citizens. were
present , in a second floor room
• the_ . _Town: .1411- -Monday. said th_e.plan.suggested_provision.
evening to - hear Seaforth for a population of perhaps.
planning consultant, Peter 4,000 within the existing
Martin, explairi details of a draft , boundaries -of the town. .
proposal for orderly growth and
not a document that continued
forever. It was subject to
continued review and could be
altered as conditions -altered. He
of an official plan for Seaforth. )* *
The meeting was arranged to Exeter teachers' cars are
provide, an 'opportunity for the, robbed, according to
public to discuss details of the Times. -Advocate: ,
plan with members; of councik4;.4," Thra,, teachers . from Sou -0
and the planning board and toH uron District High School -
make suggestions before formal reported last 'week their motor
consideration is given it by vehicles had been damaged while
council. . parked on'the schobl lot:
Mayor F. C. J. Sills opened flub caps were' stolen, front
the • meeting' and 'epiaedT headlighq-dainaged and aerials
broken off.
The vehicles were owned by
Kenneth Lawton, Clayton
Murray and Torban Haareye.
As a result.of the investigation
by • Constable A. McIntyre,
charges are pending.
An Exeter home was also
entered during the past week.
' Mrs. Karen Schurman, 289
Senior St., reported that her
•continuation of the planning home had been entered and
steps that had been initiated by about $5 removed 'from two
a zoning by-law some three years' piggy banks; *-
ago and had been carried out in • * * *
conjunction with an industrial The Exeter Times -Advocate
site • study which had been also tells' of a series of thefts in
requested by council. •town: -
Mr. Martin of Canadian Several complaints from
Mitchell Associates, the' town businessmen , in Exeter and
planning consultants emphasized Dashwood resulted in a London
that the draft plan was a - man being charged with theft by
provisions of the Planning Act.
which applied and the steps that
had been taken preliminary to
the presentation of the. draft
,plan.
Planning board chairman A.
Y. McLean said the draft plan
had been under consideration by
the consultants and board for
nearly two years. It was a
Remember When ?? ?
25 YEARS AGO
With the approach of the end
of the Second World War the
thoughts of many Canadians are
turning to that long anticipated
holiday that many had to defer
for some reason or another
during war time, Soon they
should be able to take that
longed -for vacation without the
• -guilty --feeling that -- they lare-
neglecting their patriotic duty to
• the Tart -behind the gun.
_It_ stilt maybe - some ttme yet
before the travelling and catering
services return to normal, but
that 'should not prevent anyone
from planning his, vacation now.
Discharged members of the
armed forces,' especially those
returning from overseas, are '
likely to make up a large
percentage of this year's
vacationists. Those who elect to,
continue their service until
Japan is defeated will have thirty
days leave in Canada before
proceeding to the Pacific theatre
of war. Many of them may wish
to spend this.time in some quiet
spot far removed from anything
that may remind them of the
constant noise and crowds that
were a part of their life for so
many years. -Altogether the stage
seems set for an early revival of
holiday -making in Canada.
Afnerican visitors to the
country ,,whotrz are staying five
days or rangermay secure ration
*.eardsticor their temporary sta$, at
(ceatratlon 'boards'or at crossing
points at Windsor or Sarnia,
according„ to the ration division
of the regional office of the
.5t.dacciption.Rates46,,a-gear,- -
To 'U.S.A. $7.50 (in advance)
Second class Mail registration number - 0716
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Americans would be advised
to 'have the lr draft cards in the
case of men, or social security or
voter's card .in the case of
women, ' for presentation when
getting their ration cards. ,
10 YEARS AGO
When 25 pupils marched out
• of. -SS.- No.. .7, -Colborne,- last
Thursday to end the school year,
they were the last group to use
the:nearly-century-old-school.-
When school re -opens in
September, this group will
attend the new Zion school
south Of Carlow.
Always known as one of the
smaller schools in Colborne
township, it will now be used -no
more. Nodefinite arrangements
have • been made for the
disposition of the building but
School Inspector J. W. Coulter
believes . the school will
ultimately be put up for sale.
This Maitland concession
school, , located between
Holmesyille and Benmiller, and
its log cabin . predecessor has
Served , the southern part of
Colborne since 1865. The
original school •was heated by a
box stove and -the desks and
SeaLt were' of hand -dressed
lumber. ,
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2 YEARS AGO
Tile final graduating class of
,VictoriluristOn _Public School
held lts banquet n at---the,---
1-1arbOurlite on Thuisday, June
26, with 120 students 'receiving
their diplons,.
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the OPP this week...
This ,person obtained. an
ampunt of cash by confusing the,
cashier and short changing store
clerks. •
- Area merchants- -have'-been
-advised to be on the alert for
this type of con -artist.-
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Crops in Huron County 'are
making excellent progress, says
Clinton News -Record.
i" All crops have made excellent
progress -in the last' weeks under
spotty dry conditions as showers
were scattered across the coun
according to M.P. Miller,
assistant agricultural
representative ' for Huron
County. •
Wheat is well headed but is
shorter than average 'due to the
dry spring. Early spring grains
are, heading out and„ look good
'while later crops are growing
rapidly but remain thin due to
dry soil conditionS'after seeding.
Corn crops have made
excellent growth during the
warm nights and spraying
operations are about complete.
Cultivation of corn continues.
Bean crops have good stands
and size and first cultivations are
just beginning. , Occasional
atrazine damage is reported, thiS
likely due to dry Conditions
after seeding, which tends to
cause greater damage than when
moisture is abundant. ,•
Haying is about completed in
the south with alfalfa weevil
causing some damage. Hay crops
are about one half in
North Huron.
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Joseph's reports "Zurich
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Father Alphonse A. Robert,
another native of Tilbury, has
assumed his duties as parish
priest at St. Peter's Roman.
Catholic Church, St. Joseph, He
replaces Monsignor Bourdeau,
who just recently retired.
The new priest, who was
ordained in 1962, is a brother of,
Father Edgar Robert, who
served St. Peter's Parish for
bout one .year,,25 years ago.-
ather Robert , was born in.
Tilh ,ry and attended grade
schoo'1 there: Foliowing that he
attended college in Ste.
Therese -de -Blainville, and
received his BA degree -from the.
• UnLyersity of Montreal. After
'attending Dominican College in
Ottawa, Father Robert taught
French Literature for several
years, and, then in 1962 was
ordained foliowing - his
graduation from St. Augustine
Seminary in Toronto.
After his ordination, Father
Robert •served „at St.
Lawrence-the:Martyr ' Parish • in
'Scarborough, and then the
French National Parish in
downtown Toronto, untir,1967.
From ,Toronto Father Robert
transferred to • Ste.
Anne-de-Penetanguishine; and he
was there until 1969 when he
moved to the Diocese of
London. Prior to his- cominp to
St. Peter's, ' he served ,at St.
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Benedicts in Sarnia and Sacred
Heart, -in Windsor.
"Coming to a rural parish like
St. Peter% is a hope and prayer
come tnie," Father Robert told
the-- Citizens-- News I have
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always wanted a parish like this,
• and now my wish has come
• true."
Father Robert 'also pointed
out that he developed a strong
liking for St. Peter's Parish since
the days his brother served
there. He added, .,`Jiaying a
brother who served the parish,
and being related to Monsignor
Bourdeau, 1 could not wish for
anything better."..
"Another interesting
-Cdnrieetion with "tis ,area,"
went on to' say, "is the fact:that
Father rA. Durand of. Zurich
• preached the sermon "at. my
ordination. .I feel' 'ag if I know
most of the people in the area
already."
Father Robert ilk:told the
Citizens News that . he will be
starting to prepare for the
centennial celebration of St.
Peter's Parish, which will take
place in July; 1973. He added
that there is a great deal of work
. to do in this connection, and '4)
that the project will. use up all
'his spare time from now unto
then.. '
The favourite hobbies of the
new Priestare gardening and ,
music, and no doubt at times he
will lend his teaching ability t,..
the students at 'Ste. Marie
School., as well.
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