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DS CH. SIGNAL -WAR, T JRSI?AY, QCTOBER 28, 19?1
This newspaper
Complaints from all
the:most consistent
thus "time of year
burning of leaves.
Thele 'are those
When 1111 else _fails.
'gets all kinds of
kinds of people, but
type of complaint at
has - to do with the,,
who believe that fall
wou.ldn't be fall -without a pungent odor
at- leaves. Aotvi.inct w•it aaut
burning' leaves would be 'like Christmas
without trees and carois..w. and Easter
without bunnies and eggs.
But a little leaf -burning smoke goes a .
long way and when one is choking •in the
stench afid smog of an enormous heap of
burning leaves next door = or even -on the
same block • one --gets a little concerned
about. the legislation that exists to protect
the folk who recycle tel own leaves .,..
or bag them up for the g rbage man to
• tote away on his next load of refus'eq
"•-•~'As--the---story on the front .,page of this
edition.-..•Nvilt attest, there is legislation
which protects
attest,
l Ontario citizens from
the nuisance of smoke. Open fires must be
lit and tended under very. special
conditions to ensure that neighbors and
other citizens in the same part of town
will not be bothered by the resulting
furies and'the emission of.ashes, soot and
belching smoke.
• However, that ' legislation is q only
effective when people complain to the,
proper authorities ,and herein lied -the
problem for most'Peace-loving folk. who
don't ,wish to make trouble but want only
4'.., •live' ,:t.n;. •mlizt, acryiatiSE and' frestr•
atmosphere.
Counting
Time and time, again we've see,
evidence of needless strife ( between
` neighbors and fri'ends..-.The source of the'
problem may only be a barking dog or an
over -zealous child or a pile of burning leaves
,but it ,can destroy the harrnony of. a
'neighborhood as surely (Las if a major
.,„ , +t,Lap,LLI1`.,• �e,ibib .rak v.ti'- alt [ .MV-':
c iievagainst another.
The best solution to this annual --
,smouldering leaves headache lies in careful
municipal planning: Make it a' simple
matter for people to.get rid of the•autumn
deposit of leaves and you will effectively
eliminate -the source of this air -polluting
problem. •
This "simple matter' , unfortura.at:lQ,.,,,,._,.-.
requires additional, munic,+-pal funds to
carry it off to the .complete satisfaction of
those hordeowners and rent'ers•'''who just
won't expend extra effort to dig leaves
into their gardens or to make a; compost
heap or 'to- bag leaves for the- garbage
collectors.
In the meahtime, the, best defence
anyone has against leaf -burning neighbors
is a civil tongue and a benevolent attitude
`which politely 'explains. discomfort felt
and. asks for. the burning ritual to be
completed as quickly and as carefully as
.possible -on -suitable days.
Whenl,at approach . doesn't work,
—citizens may telephone the Kitchener
• number previously. mentioned ,here. It
may not- be the best way to handlari
offensive situation, -but we suspect'.. it
would have the necessar-y impact when aft•
other good -faith methods fail.
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votes before they're in
We really 'don't want to re -hash the
,election of last Thursday. The people of
Ontario have: spoken' most dramatically •
ane - -r,•• - . ., . or
the nextfour years in this province.
If this election proved anything at all,
it was that!' speculation .before a general
election is futile, even speculation built on.
painstaking surveys and careful studies at
the "grass-roots" level- , .
In•our own riding just days before the
:election, we talked with siporters for
the three parties. The NDP faithfuls were
the "most optom istic, a few of them
.-..,talking about beating the incomparable
''Charlie at the polis but more„ of them
n
Confident 'the NDP platform would draw
more votes for Paul .Carroll , than the
.,Ni'xon campaign' strategy would pu.lj for
Ken Duncan. . p•
The Liberals `on the • other.,........hand,
seemed to have few doubts about: what •
would happen local/y. Thole to whom•we
••t .,l..k•e.d......f•seemed convinced • that-,
• MacNaughton was solidly entrenched yin
Huron and that Paul Carroll would make
sone gains but not, enough to ,endanger -•
rim, ..,�.,�..�....
the Liberals' holt Ori-"';Ocohd place
popularity in this riding. The provincial
over-all picture was arioth'er matter
though, and some Huron Liberals% fully
expected the Liberal:. Party to • make
.substantial gains in Ontario.
.The Huron Conservatives • Party
displayed a real awareness of the NDP
candidate Paul Carroll. While 'few PCs in
Huron worried that Hon. . C. S.
,MacNaughton would 'be unseated, they
fled .i iith obvious interest 'as' Paul
Carroll campaigned throughout this
riding.
What makes political parties so sure of
where they stand with *the_ voters? Is it -
merely 'a feeling they get as they meet the.
• people? Is is just a ft?rm of enthusiasm
which ` makes there believe things • are
rosier than they really turn, out to be? Or,
is it that-•voters,make as many'prom ises to
the candidates ,as the`tandidate ' make to
the votiarr - promises .which may or may
not be. kept depending upon
circumstances..
.
• H 4
• We have a: feeling that the•tatter is the-
casel--Wer believe that voters sometimes
indicate their willingness to support a
candidate at the polls but when they are
actually within that polling booth with no
This Saturday evening Goderich youngsters will dqn .their various costumes become ghosts sand
goblins as they make their annual Hallowe'en rounds. When they mare a stop at the home of
George Turton .on 319 Huron Road, however, they will be met' by t4ese figures. Mr. Turton, in the
. spirit' of the season, set up this display .on his•front lawn to greet all the little trick.or treaters and
remind, -everyone -that Halloween is ft re:- .,stafLphoto:
Letters to .Editor
and
Praises new-spa:p�r coverage
Remember
_. 6O' YEARS AGO
a A bylaw to encourage the
establishment of the Clinton
•Motei Car Company was passed
in a vote by the handsome -figure
,382to10,'
The , Water and 'light
commission of Goderich met
and decided to make the cut in
electric light .rates which.' had
,been '..prapasedprvsous
meeting.
The opening meeting of the
Goderich Literary Society was
held in the,'assembly room at the
Goderich High' School and was
reported.to be well attended.
It was announced the Liberal
convention for South Huron for
Provincial purposes was to be
held at Hensall.
The conservative party in
Centre Huron announced the
nomination of Rev. James
, Elliott as .their candidate in an
anticipated provincial election
that year
When
Goderich Collegiate Institute
antro ►iced..-.,• the opening in
September of a Department 'of
Agriculture. The new course will/
carry' the 'Agricultural Science
through tour . years and
additional time will be assigned
to practical work in Agriculture,
Stipp, Work and Home
Economics in the first two°yea`fs;
,,,.,,'le gricultural Science ..of, the
third and fourth years will be' a
modifiedcaurse in Physics and
Chemistry with direct
application to problems in farm
and . horde management.
Students intending to enter
Collegiate bin September may
obtain' further infortnation
regarding courses from the
Principal, A. R. Sgatt,-,Godericil,,,_,_
(advertisement)
25 YEARS AGO
plurnerous women's
organizations in Goderich
received thanks from organizers
of the international plowing
match held at `Port Albert for
their help in feeding the huge,
crowds who turned out to the
event,
Clinton. minister Rev. Andrew,
Lane conducted the Harvest
Thanksgiving Services at Victoria -
Street Church in Goderich.
E. Drinkwater of Goderich
celebrated his, 91 birthday and
was reported to be 'active and
healthy.
It was -announced, that-
.
barbers-pricesinGoderich and
other surrounding communities
would be going up five cents for
haircuts and shaves.
The Arthur Circle at. Knox
Ch•u.rch in Goderich sponsored
an evening of Scottish 'music
which enjoyed -a large. turnout
and proved to be very popular.
It was announced that the
Port Albert Airfield had, been
.w - _,. . ,---dcehtred—surp us-:--a-n& handed
of Huron Plowing Match
FIVE YEARS AGO •
The town of Goderich
celebrated the 400th anniversary,
of, the discovery of salt at this
location in 1866 by Samuel
Platt, In honor of the occasion a
Unveiled
Centennial Cairn was
unveiled in a ',ceremony by
Mayor Walkom, W. N. Hall of
Domtar Ltd, and Minister of
Mines Wardrope.
• The e,oderich Lions Club
announced that it would again
sponsor free skating at the
Goderich , arena during the
winter season for school children
of the community,
The Christmas Parade
committee reported that plans
were well under way for what
was' anCcipated te-be the largest
manta Claus -Parade ever held in
Goderich-. The date of December'
3 was set for the event.
The first jet -aircraft. ever t
land at: Sky Harbour Airport at
Goderich touched, down as it
brought DOMTAR executives
into town to take part, in
celebrations marking the
a,nniversary of salt being
discovered locally.
.Thp Mai t
over to the .Crown" Assets
Disposal Corporation for sale.
Major R. S. Hetherington,
• '• MBE KC h 1 •
retrospect I • • see John F: ' imagined unknown things of the
Dear Editor: Kennedy and M•r.,•,,..Khr,uschev: • wild which • threatened the
I -should like to thank the a m
,. Signal -Star 'rot-. the excellent Then comrngyinto focus is Willy mental security -of his ancestors.
photo -story on the Huron. Brandt and Mr. - Kosygin, Some support for this view may
County Plowing Match..followed by • Pierl•e Elliott be obtained by a glance• at the
It was the best coverage of an.,
Thimself. •rudeau hilf. .", ..hu-n•t•i•.n.g.• magazines where ••
agricultural event we have seen -•,"..5 I watch the River dividing, animals are portrayed as fierce
in some time. , • .
1'see more and more of the Tides aggressive creatures several times
one to ever know for whorncttiey; "Can't'-'
their ballots, -.promises are'forgott"en anO
pled"g.es are broken.
How else could the Huron NDPs be sr
far out on their assessment of the number
of votes Carroll -would -poll? --How else -
would the provincjal Liberals be so
disappointed .- when all the votes were
counted? And how else could it be. that
the mighty ,Progressive -Conservative Party
in Ontario was so pleasantly surprised
when all' the~returns were in?
Still room for mistakes
It i•sn -t probfern.,tt yb '`
isn't even -worthy of note in the editorial
4.colurin of this newspaper: But we find it
extremely• interesting that in this modern
day of keen competition, and careful '
A., :analysis in-alt..levels of ,business that the
Coca-Cola company would come out with
a 40 -ounce bottle' which won't'fit inmost
refrigerators. .,
We even took the time this week to
telephone the Coca-Cola plant in
Stratford- to find out if the company
officials knew the b'ottle'was too high for
the average frig. We, weretold this had
become the L iggest "drawback" to the
new sized bottle, but that the screw-top
made it possible to replace theca and lay
the -bottle on its side in the frig without
fear of the contents leaking..Or you could
' simply keep the bottle Out df the frig and
k "'`"'chii.l • the drink' at serving time by the
addition, of several ice ' cubes, our
'informant offered.
ii
We asked if the company was aware
that the bottle would not fit in a standing
position into most refrigerators before'the
product was. , first marketed. . Our
spokesman hesitated to answer this
question and we could fully understand
his\concern.
A \e said at the outset, it is certainly
a very si iall problem 'and one which most
Coca-Cola Lovers' will 'be willing to
surmount just for the added convenience
pf having a larger bottle of their favorite
drink at their fingertips.
Stili we find it worthy of note that
today's' marketing experts would overlook
such an obvious problem in the first place.
'aIt restores our faith in man's ability to err
despite the overwhelming evidence that
-•,there is just no room in today's society
for mistakes and men who contribute to
them.
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Jamieson Ribey ' of History, finding' their way to their real life size: Allied this,
the new coy,Ise. - ,, is the almost' phenomenal
I now hear the screeching ignorance of many hunters
Dear Sir, ^ • sounds of desperation 'from the about wild animals (wolves for
l'his letter is not written for . Cold War polluters as they instance. are supposed to be
the purpose of , airing my recede into the old River bed. , dangerous. yet there is not a
personal grievancey_but rather to—while the -•--••lamer-- of Hiitory single authenticated instance of
draw attention to the glowing ',gathers speed arfd volume in its a wolf attacking a human being).
insidious practice a f new course leading •to the Adler believed that, the urge
irresponsible persons in defacing tranquil of world peace: • • for power was a major factor in
one's private property'•'wi'thoui'''•'•'~A •Arthur Laverty human behaviour, and there is
obtaining„the. owner's expressedsurely' no greater power than
l' -consent.. Editors, that over the life and' death of
- On• Thursday last I arrived Now that the tumult of 'the another living thing. Success in
borne, -and 'noticq a sticker election is over - and Goderich, , our society is, to 'some extent,
firmly attached to the rear ' and the rest of us escaped the measured by power, and, for the
bumper of'my•car. The time and `.'New Democratic Party'; - one soc•iall} insecure, the materially
place of the offence is not request please- - and, d, i n t e I 1 cl c t u a 1 1 y
known. • The .sticker _read Vote Freplace thepictures of the pr' g „a. the
P under• r►vrle ed d. for
for Ken DUNCAW'. "'-.,..,,^,u politicians , along -with the post coward, , the, gun provides an,
It did not lend itself to easy •mortems with more historical, 'easily 'obtainable power symbol
removal, SQ .I called the 'Liberal pictures of the town.. ' and the dead animal • proyides•
c a m p al g n h e a d q u ar to rs ''One in particular, , "The proof of his "strength".
suggesting that they -arrange to;Castle" 'on the •Terrat:e as one Freud would have said that
have it taken off. The gentleman called it. "Our Disney -Land of hunting was a sexual activity. No
who answered- the telephone the 20's". As children on our- doubt,. for 'some inadequate
denied all responsibility for this Sunday . morning walks, onelovers and husbands, . the
malfeasance and suggested that would make it our' favorite place powerful phallic symbol of the
it was "tin -Canadian for'rrDe to t " stop and gaze at in awe. gun provides compensation for
protest. He further stated that if' Visions of a fairy princess "their.. shortcomings. The
I .did not like it I could 'go imprisoned within - hoping to one-sided chase, the elevation of
elsewhere. No destination was catch -a glimpse other. - the gun, the emission of the
named but it__.jregwred little • aytlfuJ ,-..,;,1gir�,,,...A.yet�.i.e--..-,bu.j.le,.t..and.--t-1ae-di ,tic,..effect-,ori
thought toknowthe place he with it's wide •boulevard of trees the receiving animal have all the
meant,. .. 'and `Lake Huronglimmering at characteristics of a sexual act -a
^He reluctantly gave me Mr. the foot. All those beautiful old perverted act of course, but,,as
Duncan',s address and upon Streets lined with those glorious mentioned above, .killing • for
"telephoning there was told that trees. t 'never” tire of • w'alking . pleasure' cannot be• mentally
he was out. However, the lady •down them as a visitor now. normal.
who answered the • telephone 1 Inany light, therefore, the
graciouslyconsented to give Mj. Thank you, hunter appears as a poor sort of
,,t)und.an my message: No Catherine Northover, ' character -- ignorant and
response has been'received. Toronto secretly afraid of , the
' My point .is that such a countryside, insecure and
transgression on thepersonal Dear Editor
� cowardly or sexually inadequate
The subject of hunting has
right of an individual should nit and devious.
been
be permitted and , should. be discussed in your "Letters"
This Is, not to say,.of course,
chargeable under the law and column recently, and I that these are • the dominant
upheld by strict enforcement: It 'wondered if I might comment characteristics of the 'hunter
would in manycases, be on this -subject pard ularly with
' reference to J. G. F�indmarsh's when not hunting - most
difficult to identify the actual hunters o,ne, meets are indeed,
perpetrator of the deed but if . letter of'last week., ,._ normal x•adequate an& friendly
provision has not already been Before condemning the people. But, just as it is possible
made, the levy could be amended hunter, might it not be to 'be generally physically
• so that charges may be•"brotight . worthwhi)e asking why someone healthy and yet have, -.say, a `
against the party Or parties to goes hunting -in the first place? diseased hand, so, it Is possible
receive the benefit from such The two obvious. reasons are for otherwise mentally' healthy
advertisin or ro Anda. food and protection. Yet food is
g P Pte' people to have a blind spot in
plentiful in this society, and may their intellectual make -ups.
Sincerely, be mach more .cheaply, quickly Thee people need not
John A. Kidd. •and OonVeniently obtained from condemnation brit ?help. They
a toW'n store. Similarly, none of need education, understanding'
Dear Editor, our wild animals threaten us in and ,security. There is an urgent
Sitting in `my rocking chair any way. Set, what is the real
w need, of course, for legislation to
the hour is 3 a.m. Nothing' is' reason? The answer is, ofyourse, protect our remaining wildlife
stirring: A slight head cold that it provides pleasure and from their deprivations, in the
enables me to feel and perhapstip ,.,satisfaction to the hunter.
hear my heart beating. The
Now, to derive pleasure from senile way . that we legislate, to
of thy tongue btirns a little butkilling ormaiming is by protect our children from those
still I change from one pipe to definition mentally . abnormal, who would derive pleasure from
another and smoke
hurting them. But; we are, 1
What would - the' psychologists
continuously. , say? '
hope, past ^ the stage when
, mental ill -health. was treated by
1 ponder ''the' philosophy Jung suggested •that many ridicule and into an age of
behind Mr. kos , in's visit to human activities were motivated '
yAg increasing understanding of the
ada,..,in-the ntext by 'fear of archetypal ifriages YY
,�rdt•:•Attdaoitt assign is
-•own-Prime Minister's visit to the flat rs hy�'� �
USSR. from the primitive days of the
more - p ^o w e r f u l than
I see the River of History in race living , on in the condemnation.
therocess of changing its subconscious. Prom this point of Yours truly,
p g Michael Watts.
course: I search for the other view, the. hunter is killing not Menesetung Park
a>fchitects, of this change, and in harmless animals, but •the -
w o recent
returned. to. Wiiigham from
active service in "•Europe, 'has -
formed a partnership • i►► legal
practice' with J. II. Crawford of
Wingham, under the style of
Ciawford and Hetherington: ;1-1r.
Crawford has practised
Wingham. since 1930. Major
Hetherington, •a Goderich old
boy, also practised in- 1t, ingham
for several years before going
overseas. A
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Of
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Country Club started a drive for
new curers when•a report by its
curling committee indicated that
membership•was falling off. ' "•
A motion was introduced at
town council suggesting that -the
town 'help provide 'uniforms,. for
a community band by
contributing "soma financial a_ id_ -
to the project. ' •
-Five hundred fans turnedout
to support the Goderich, Siftos
as theyopened their Junior "C"
season " against the Brantford
Chiefs who downed the local '
team 7-0.'
The answers to your
estions about burning
SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR OPEN FIRES. "
1, Open burning 'should be conducted in accordance with the
safety measures required by police and fire services and 'the
Department or Lands and Forests and other regulatory bodies;
havirrg jurisdiction.
2. All open fires should be attended at all -times.
3: No opera fires should be located within 500 feet of any
occupied dwelling, Exemption: ' When the material :to be
burned is one (1) cubic yard or less in volume.
4. No open fire should be maintained when the wind is in such
a direction as' to cause: .
(a) A decrease in visibility on any highway or travelled
road. -
(b) Any odour to such an extent or degree as causes
discomfort to persons living in the area.'
5. No open fire should be. started on days of adverse,weather
such as rain, fog or other conditions that prevent the ready
dispersion of smoke. `
:"Materials to be burnedmus.t not, include excessive quantities
of petroleum. products,. plastics, rubber or other materials that
create excessive smoke. .r..
NOTE:
These are suggested guidelines only. If the emissions from any
open fire cause air pollution as determined by Sections 6 or 8
of Ontario Regulation 133/70, then the persons starting the
open fire are liable for prosecution.
Saturday night Hallowe'en
for most little spooks
As we suggested last week, the best night for little spooks'
and goblins to make their "tridk or treat" rounds will be
Saturday night. We urge all residents to leave,their porch lights
on and doorways cleared so that little gremlins will not trip
and fall to spoil their evening.
We further encourage all parents to 'be sure their children
can see traffic - no masks which hinder•vision -. and -can be
seen by traffic - light-colored costumes are best with some
•retro -reflective protection if possible.
Hallowe'en garb should also be fire -proof, expecially with
'so many fire -breathing jack-o=lanterns around.
And clothing_should never be so long that the child, inside
Will fie in danger of tripping over the hem.
Hallowe'en gouls aren't restricted to children, apparently,
so many parents may wish to check the, handouts for
booby -traps. We find it difficult to imagine that Goderich folk
would 'consider this an acceptable prank even on Hallowe'en
.-;..but..pararMvik r ruant4cr zpon,4he safa.sld - , #he't
youngsters to save their goodies -for eating, at home.
Make this a safe Hallowe'en the me'Iilories of which the
children will store away for the years t"o' come,
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