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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-10-21, Page 44 AR, THURSDAY, OCTOBE# 21,1971 Trees ARE important We believe that Godench's newest n councillor deserves suppo.rt 1ln hef to keep live trees growing in trills municipality. And Mrs. Elsa Haydart has had a fight on her hands.. It has be an Uphill battle all ihe way, and Mrs. Haidon still hangs in IF*re. She is commended. 'regales* as counci-I was deadlocked, -four to four, about. whether or not to cut it dawn I t appears t at cckkillcil U ?lave :to back -.to fuli strength before tr4is ,issue car; Jo* The c stor was rarsed during ,ast , week 's meet n as to rir„Pfti one vvou.ici KnOw f a vee was 'dead or alive it had Councillor Haydon does not want to beer noted bly several members of cososci We the tree behind the rnunicipaii �tc— tat ,Irees ,w,r*Ncn h‘adn't had ar,y -rea Sul. down ,..(Stye• admits ../tiat,trssesssia-s._ st,stysatp...,:ssg.s.,s,„.taLsOeurtg .-cteact b!"ee'rr be in the way of cars paKii'tg and L-rg around in that iot, but she. feels Vat tse tree has stood for many years noss .anid should, be permitted to stand un'ts s e cycle is ended. . icssis.nc rs.ssst ng, a drawing wfas not iced on "Trees have life cycles, too,- Mss. couscs's Dig ssacsboard. It •depicted a .Haydon will tell you. -They are awe and tree wit- a fss eaf crop, blooming assi they have. a place in a commsAts sust as BE -5 de is was a tree ssit- much as business „does, Trees ; slang trsss anss 4e,.^. barren Tsiere long after this council passes 4vizillf A second tree s also on Mrs. Hayor."Jr, s priority list these days. It is te b g tree adjacent tt'McGee Motors. This tree, b acImiSsicn of several town councisors, .as only a couple of dead branches at tre top. ng, bee se tri& woassse ars st In this instance, Mrs. Haydon st' -ao .a ,d as ooes Mrs E doesn't .buy the sto-ry about fear of a iarge "..7 g treee insurance claim if and when trie tree Goderic- T -e Prett est should fall on the car Icit below. Sise 40>... -i -d :oiNt tne were ta4t,-;,,n down We COr t VitiO tne artist was It, doesn't rea „rratter. But foliowing towe'e.- to,g.' The f4's't tree was 4.4,i_i's/ E., Te secorsd Tree -ed DEAD ''cv t S"'T. awas SuCn a s rratter :„,C, detect a tree wh,c- 's dead or believes the tree is being removed to accommodate business..;and that's not a good enough reason for the lady. ' So far, the scol-e is one win arib one ti:4oss for Mrs, Fliyddri, The tree behind T.r,e town hall is being pulled down to- Take way for a clearer parki'ng lot.. and ,a possible asphalt surface which is nice'•to drive on, neat in appearance and easy to -1.5.71-0Wpipw,,mJtie .knviptermon'tti. 'The tree .hear tV1cGeis, however, got a To'.. rI .,C an ace wrbng to sta' :a, / and -r• s e tne 57, ar,d oerta,- not for .o,se rif ere-ot r'j 7,e -On s,gns and ,ay -',g nte': ° COJrC,HOr '17-iay'Cllear• ,s oo,n's atte-„t,on c. ar°,C tr e.r T` -',S a wrtn.ne gest -"e'anc si.pp.prited" ..Oyw•Gratier.,?z,I° re5;'€;;.n..„7"5". )(Ise Will new system work? Huron County Board of Education has , approved, a complete revamping of their organization which is less than three years old. The idea is to make the board ,proceedings mbre efficient; making less and less time at the meeting table for trustees and affording the same degree of fine 'service i which Huron County residents are fast becoming.accustomed. We're not certainthe new rnethod will prove successful iand we don't think all fnernbess Of the board are convinced it is the solution to all their problems. Even the chairman of the bOsard, Robert, E. Elliott, noted that this system could cause a splitsdown the centre of the board if it is -not 'handled properly, and ,could use more new problems than ever before. We're pleased to ,noie'that steps isaVe • been taken to make it easier for:_public delegations to 'meet with the board. While members still urge delegations to state their intentions at least 96 hours before board meetings, the regulation -s have been relaxed somewhat and adelegation of taxpayers can ',now be,. heard at any 'time eyen though the solution-sto-Vr,dilemma may be longer in arriving,since the board retains the right tojeserve decision until a latertime.. _ If there is anythirkg about the reorganization we are 'worring, it is that the press re:c.E./.s-q„ e'ss a- 0 te..S.S 'back,groLind There .:s dec is s ss ,_: es oist-lct he actses ,cdm)-rlitteet, '-ee,t,ng5 .t- e forrnalifles be ng obser Jed t - hoard meetimgs., That's t7e Way t --e ' at' . Huron 'CLIr'i't-y Ccnci So r work is d„orie in -m-p,ittee: t -a: ratepaYers seldorn get to reas'oning behind a good many r_4,,s,r,.,.rts. Not knowing the r.easonc-vg,' b,er decisiOns was one of, tebeefs Ssted,bj Huron COun.ty school ..teacers,..duHrig communication meeting ear:ier, M,onday. They; stated that from sornescnroo: taar.o* - reports which aT.T.r.')eare-.# in tne news;,a;.iers, it wasevident .triat .the try*as not bei -ng TOM- 16 The Pu'ETTE-a-ricT t Faci7i 'communj.s.at,ion :Was bur'dh a tia o' distrust With 'the board on one s;de rj the public on the other, • We're willing to giv4 tne new 's/sterr a two-rrionth convinced the board is not attempting to stif;e understanding among ti -;le perxite; of Huron County, butilf this b,egins to show Signs o; happening, thi,q newspaper wil1,1?e.pne of the first to complain. Our readers can .depend 'on that. Minor Hockey on way out • With less than two weeks to go before the local Minor hockey schedule is Serto get underway the Goderich Minor Hockey Association finds that it has not endiTgli operatepeople to It is note matter df there being too few coaches, managers or, referees, it is almost a Metter of there being- none, AS -- this .editorial goes to .preis the association has only ab,put a half 'dozen' men whp -have come forward and offered their services ding the upcoming winter season.. Six, men is so far from enough to even Coniider operating the minor hockey piogram, that the association is faced witn toe possibility of letting it collapse. It is a sad thought to consider a winter season passrng by in a Canadian town, particularly one the Size of 'Goderich and one Ihith the facilitieSsthat Goderich has to offers with -no minor hockey program, but the possibility is nearly a reality. , The reason behind • this 'pending Collap§e can only be credited to an apathy never before surpassed in this cOmmunity. It becomes very apparent to this Writer' ESTABLISHED to (4P:1:Iberia) 1848- that tne general population of our triWh regards the Minor Hockey. Association 'and the program it is attempting to operate as rn bibysttinr S:e-rvice. A place to send '_":tri-d-l-kkis off fer -a.. feW hours --o:n-- Saturday aftern000 or after school in an attempt to gain a few more moments of solitude. This frame of mind can only be regarded by any honest anti objective person as selfish. No doubt we all claim minor hockey to he an excellent builder of fine citizens for tomorrow, with its practical, leassons in team play and good sportsmanship, but we show little real interest in it. The,time has come'when it cannot be left ,to those faithful few ,t6 operate this aCtivity; The job iS not a hard one, it takes only time and the rewards can far surpass the time or energy expended. • Are we going, to let minor hockey collapse? Lets get out and see wharwe can all do to help out. Manpower is what is needed and a few hours each week is unlikely to hurt anyone. ssssis. •• 14th YEAR SIGNAL—STAR ou. PUBLICATION the-Couni;f-Tinv-rrNtwspaper of Huron —0— Published at Goderich , Ontao every Thursday morning by ,Signal -Star Publishing Limited 'ELEPHONE. 524-8331. area code 519 ROBERT d.-§HRIER — president and publisher HEALEY, J. 'KELLER — editorial steff 'ON SHAW — editorial staff. .4 AAP J. liYASKI. 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The . • nteittr...b-cor Reg, are -- - r igger•r,:,:app;. , • Vi c7; Irv: •r,- r.-,1 n'..- • . 4.-r,tekr• • r. •.er ' g.LarTh. adrt tr ran Unfort,Jna".k:ly aerier Siecf 'Tn.) n .grOu p . probab!:, too . res.- gf OUT'S Of sportvr.en or pia,...2:74s". tandriWrterC f9r‘ca,na,age, :What we do, g:•.! 59 prc-s:rit adherents tr.., vieif move; Phi triph:, .• kgr,rj 'Wildtife Pre,4.fr;r.- , I:nar#-.44 .in, and start to slau shoot any , wild dur.k or geese lured .to farm ponds to mam'n-hawk nesting on top of a muskrat 1-ioui Ls dispatcted, some of the •,,,'Zung rerricrd. zhe , rest left to) die; ou find trie freshly -skinned 69ds of a, f am o f • coon s' grow up tossed just inside your • gate . in a trip ifs another • halft_ar.-ed • _7_with_an.........almost severed 'leg; in ,the cedars • gut -shot deer which sorne "sportsman" was too lazy_or ,wated' to follow, up rind kill; in a nearby, creek, rainbow trout are 'speared, sn.agged shot. stu nned or netted as thf.1' spawn; dead • an'd wouna1 gulls, litter the beach near. a duck -blind. Other • hunters simply use bottles . to check their aim, pulverize thPrn into‘ the sand for a child's bar& foot to find them. Thelist &Ad be much longer but I recall our editorlikes short letters. • A' mutual neighbour of Reg and myself - BrUee McClinchey - who has attempted to operate. a sanctuary 'for Canada Geese at ,his own expense for the . past twenty years, summed the situation up !$ spring, writing that the only thing his , conservation work has taught him "for certain" is that "just as sOon as you make an attempt to keep something ,aliye on your property, someone ,etse will try to find a'way to kill it." , High .salaried, socially irresponsible advertisers and • writers for tj,e. "Sportsman': or "Outdoors" type of magazine are responsible for much' of this situation. To get as many guns. into as many hands as quickly as possible, they,play up the theme of taking your child into the woods with a On to "make a man out of him or her." After the., kid, has been iiiitiafed by watching something die in agony that WariterMoiiireity614401itir:' he is nem ktnie "sport." _Farmers, once naive enough to leave woodlots and ,streams • 60 YEARS AGO in the, list of ,OVe, Canadians to whom awards were 'given by the Carnegie Hero 'Fund the name of James Sh.aw of Godeso erirecechi rexiapacpeared.awaid ha of . iS,soow w L• A re thrtgage'64 bis-ProPereritr s lia110,we'n mammy? the . for , Purposes of -- --it , Connection ith acts of bravery he showed in sassing Harry • ladean from a' machine 'at the Goderich Elevator Company. , Au inquest,..was beinrcalled into the „death of J.isserSchacle who was killed instantly by a falling stiting bar on board the steamer:, "Scottish Here", while it was unloading cargo in Goderich Harbour, , Goderich r.idents were reminded that it was their responsibili$T,to,5e.43to it that their name appeared on the Voters' List for the town. The Goderich , Collegiate -Board granted Grace Strang, a teacher in Imodern languages at the school, a raise of $50 per year in appreciation of her senices to th'e school. The numbep-of work hours produced each week at the Dordlnion Road Machinery Plant -4‘es-- Merv' aSe'' d' because , of increased 'orders for equipment • and an -upswing' in sales. est have only to attempt cotta.ge roof in on. or ft. fences in 1 -t ,r4 c-r.s.;,nt.r.':' 'before -4. - and •therilnr„ harnrner_.. nr to beini one. tnie rhade their , ,...1J,CIS ins.earch • t . tait't found preini; 'with- a The:. the it in the Tbey rr.....yt • .srrov, fa.r ore i!tif.. than tr.,c,- kiiier and ors: :rt. prey . Their Ric --re a i-Jern-ianent record •of Inc:1r ▪ and lastirig for cf$ and friends. Trie°:. Ata N • c.f cisrari and urisu/ired. T nrey are the "truR corisknattrintk.. a-, they proter:t and record a hentage .that was intend .-d for u.'s all, not simply the idle. arriuserne'rrt' 9f a' • fw men parading , fire -arms ..to prove tlieir altruistic interet in (ann.' welfare • and wild!ife rn.a.nlig, erne n t„ Game farms, fortunately on the inf.:masc...., would appear to be the farmer's only salvation. By crowding,, these dauntless gunners into designated "Danger Areas", the chattels, lives and" livestock of the rest of us will1,)e comparotively safe.Here, while bird -shot shreds the autumn leaves over hi. head and bullets. thud into -tree trunks a few -inches from his heart, the hunter may find complete 'expression for his masculinity, and sate his , urge to kill, by 'bagging freshly -freed birds and bunnies -"Ind, of course, each 'other., In closing, I again stress that do not include Reg Huckins in the .abovecategory and regret any ernbarrassment caused by t • tiie expression "trigger-happy t moron." As a special .2,6 YEARS AGO The 'Goderich Lions Club celebrated their 25th anniversary with•addree§...foi, :-.;ernationak Lions, Prnsid-eitt, • Clifford D. Pierce Of Memphis, • Tenn. (U.S.A.), who was present for the occasion. • • The Boy Scouts had a gratifying success on Apple Day sal.eS, with the receipts reaching a record figure of $275.' Thirty-two Scout,s and .24 Cubs were eivAgedin the canvass and -they disposed of thirty bushels of 'apples. • , . Under the auspices of the • Goderich .Music; Club; . •"The' Davies" of London 'Presented a concert ,in,,,,,Knox Presbyterian Church. —Immense crowds were on hand,. forthe opening day of the With Hallowe'en falling on Sunday this year, parents in oderich and area are deciding when would be the mon a prOpriate time to permit their younger children to go out On their annual "trick or treat" jaunt ,through the neighborhood. •* , Opinion seerns to be that Saturday evening would be the best night for little spooks and goblins to be out. The Signal -Star has been invited by some members of the Community to announce that Saturday evening will, be ., the official "tribk or treat" night. While this newspaper does not have that authority in this municipality, we can suggest that Saturday evening seems to be most favored for Hallowe'ening by parents of small Children and school -aged youngsters. We urge residents of Goderich to expect children to call Saturday .evening for their "shell -out" treats. We know the goodieswifl be safe and delicious to eat and that just the correct dosage of candy, to prevent ,tummy ache will be prescribed for each child. • di R. E. McKinley Mf writes The editOr, ' The policies of 'the Trudeau government seem to have no heart or feeling for the people. A deliberate program to put people:out of work as a tool to controljnflationdoeinot at all convince Canadians, • that the .present government has either feelink:or understanding of the terrible misery canied-by-siich 'action. A policybof ever increasing taxes has taken a staggering toll of small Canadian b,usinesses. Every • city, town and village has suffered in this fashion. We need all these small enterprises as they are the backbone of our economy. The policies fol. Agriculture have brought chaos and disaster to the industry. Probably more faimers 'have left or lost their farms in this government's 'short term of office than in any ,other'comparable' time in Canadian history: The Trudeau government's foreign policy has caused -Canada a' VictoryInternationatyloWing- drastic loss of international prestige and distrust from Other nations. "" The 'move toward' the ,CorninuniStLtilot countries is not understood Match held at Port Albert. •• • ." Traffic was a problem and • pr trusted. The fact- that emotional issueS such asabortion, 'p arking was scarceas the homosexuality and Ortip, are introduced into Parliament instead of , crowdspoured onto the s " easures' to solve our economic -problems gives the impressiori that . ite f T. . • the opening ceremonies and the government is playing with Parliament. No one denies the comtitions. • . --- -importance of these issues but our economic problems, including 'pe Minister of Healththe Honhousing i inflation and .unemployment, which the goVernment, .if , ., - RTKell'was in towntotackling at all, is doing so in the most ineffective way possible. Itis . . y . ' - inspect facilitiesat Alexandra not much.wonder that the Canadian people.are tiled -of being -fooled. , Marine and General Hospital • It is hard for people on pensions and fixed incomes to_apprectate— . -------why-there-is-not--enoumoneyjstrusing-pfojec-frorforirreireases in old age pensioris,'-eiC.. ., yet there appears to be -millions of dollars 5 Y5ARS AGO - wasted on trai:rel t� faraway places all over the_vv.orld-and-iihictilas • brought no return to the Canadian people and, in many instanCes, , Officials from DOMTAR and has caused reactions in thosecountries. the Town -of Goderich took part Th -unemployment rate for Canada jumped to 6.5 percent in in the official , unveiling August. The total nurriber of Canadians who are without worli is the - ceremony of ,the Salt Memorial, , largest On reesard for August since Statistics Canada began keeping ,marking 100 years of active saltrecords in 1946. 91VO'Triideau government maintains that mining in Goderich. •) '• - unemployment is. constantly falling but all 'Statistics indicate. that John K. Sully, president of unemployment is continually on the rise and the full effect ,of TYWhillitm Road- Machinery President Nixon's new economic policies have barely begun to be Company. was among 11 felt here in Canada. Ontario ,buiinesimen touring However; the government should not try to blame its failures Europe as part of a sales mission upon "Mr. 'Nixon's new economic, policies. The unemployment to countries there. . , • , situation in Canada was treated' by the federal 'government in the Fifty honor -students ,from name of a war against inflation which has now proven to be a sham-. the • Goderich and . District This situation was long established before the announcement was Collegiate Institute travelled to made by Mr. Nixon; The first priority for the government must be to Montreal fora visit to Expo '67take steps to prepare for a hard winter ahead. . The visit kIrthree days. Immediate action must be taken to stimulate the economy and to tiere face up to the serious unemployment problem. These include: (a) A special blessing and ribbon n personal income,tax reductions on a sliding scale with 'greatest cutting ceremony was held to reductions fpr low and Middle income Canadians; (b) eliminatio - of officially open the new or drastic reduction in the federal sales tax on building materials; (c) Joseph's elernentary school. at _ the .negotiation_of.the,CanadaAssiStarite Plan, to-provide.help for -the Kingsbridge. provinces provinces and 'municipalities dttring the winker months and (a) olmesvilie unjto establishment of an 'immediate federal -provincial. conference to Church' observed its 87th co-ordinate the winter -works program. anniversary with special services Most of us had the feeling thaLquLd,q)lar,,,,FAsA-rinking in the. under the direction of Rev. A. J. purchases we wert-umaking. This was cOnfitmed,recently when .we Mowatt. learned that the mit of living index had jumped, to a record level of 135 Percent ---- a rise of .7 percent in on month. In dollar terms, it " _ ..„ ,'• • Local Junior "C" action was, meant that last year's food bill of $13.19 cost $1359 in August of set to get underway, with the this year, aeo dents more than---in"July. The purchasing power of the Goderich Siftos opening against ,1961 tOnsumer dollar is now reduced to the equivalent of 74 tents. the Brantford Chiefs on home The government has paid a high price in terms'of human suffering ice. .The Siftos were under the and unemployment to develop ,its strategy against inflation. Today direction of coach , Doug we have inflation which Mr. Trudeati is supposed to have cured by Cruickshank. , increasing taxation and increasing unemployment. Now, as a result, • we have the worst of two worlds - Unemployment and inflation. The Goderich Vikings made it _ The Financial Times worked out the/calculations of WliaLtimpens he in a row as they downed to a wage-earner's raise. of $1,000 when takes -,-unemployment he Clinton Redmen 31-7 in a insurance and pension contributions are deducted. A man with a Buron-Terth Football .League wife and tour children earning $11,000 per -year would lose 33 , percent of the.rage in these deductions as would a single man earning $7,000. A manxith a wife and fourthildren earning $7,000 would lose 47 percent of the raise'. The amount of money taken off There was no doubt about the the UV, is-bad--ehough. But the figures show dramatically how middle-income families. are bearing the brunt of the cost of schemes approval of the students of which Messrs. Mackasey, Munro and Benson have divined, each in his GDCI 'when Betty, Moss was named SchOol Queen Friday PwIntwisayin night during the annual At credible that,a man 'earning $7,000, with a wife and four Home Ball. The roar of cheers children, should,have to pay more of his increase to the government that greeted the announcement than does someone making $11,000 .with the same number of by John Lodge was proof dependants. Such anomalies make a mockery ofthe Liberal myth of enough. Performing themanOl agerial expertise. They are e result of an utterly , smeo-ordinated-alsproaels-Mr. Mackasey takesnionev underthe crwnflTsiW _Palmer, social convener for the event which lived up to the standards that have been set for the ball in the past few years. Betty is 18, the daughter of.,Mr. and Mrs. William ,,,Moss of -Auburn and a Grade 13 student. Miss Palmer and Tier helpers turned Out a first clas:s,effort on a Cinderella theme with the -Ittottearkomaktiass and horses, and , even the necessary' pumpkins standing by In a floral garden. . dispensation, the next time .g dawn finds a shot -shattered goose, duck, horse or heron on our' property, Reg will be, personally Iiummoned to end its agony -- Providing, of course, that 'the team of Jack Graceand Sons, which usually looks after these acts of mercy -killing for me, is not available. ' (Signed - J. C. Hincimarsh) •, , LIKES HISTORY Dear Sir, You will find enclosed a cheque for our_suhScription to 'the Signal. I enjoy the historical sketches you have in every week and save them for a scrapbook. Would,it_ be possible for someone to write the hfatory of Kintall as it hadA been a busy "little,,burrat one TrelffAiwouoivrgorw-,.- otzloston,.? Yours truly, John Collinson, RR 3, Goderich. am e played locally., , ONE YEAR AGO •guise of unemployment insurave which is taxati n for welfare, mit insurance: Mr. Munro purports to judge what' families deserve faini1i.4.4. allowances and establishes a great hew bureaucracy which has to be *told every time a wage-earner's income changes. . Mr. Benson has a Tax Reforrn bill before Parliament which upon close scrutiny is becoming more and more , confused and complicated. The welfare state is often justified as taking money - from the rich and giving it to the poor. But there are notnough rich te 'people 'militant to support the ambitious social 'welfa;schemes which the goveriiinenkhas undertaken in such piece -meal, neoherent IsissWers.viangobittitaviestattstimmiddlositteoltiettitsettsisttbstais*-.90' the majority of Canadian taxpayers. They are the ones.phose , initiative to work longer and harder is being sapped by such punitive measures'. t s • ass 4 9