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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-11-04, Page 2_ GQD RTCI I Sl if\1. -. 'AR,,. TIIURS•DAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1671 t EdWorioI commentary i all printers were determinecl not to print anything f {� they were sure it would offend no one, there 0kt be vetYlittle printed-. BenjaiMin Franklin Didn't say much The Ontario Water Resources Commission has finally given a reply to the letter from Council i'n the Town of doderich, dated September 14 regarding the Ferndale incident in the harbor this summer. After the Tetter_had been dutifully read in ,,°open council .by the' clerk -treasurer, Mayor Harry Worsell was heard to mumble, ,"Well, that didn't tell -us much." It was true. The letter from the OW Rte.. -...•- was liery inforrnative about matters involving tbe,discharge of ballast.arid bilge waters in ,the Great Lakes, but there was little in the letter that council didn't krrQw before and certainly nothing that would indicate the Ferndale incident was regarded with concern by the OWRC. It is perhaps most understandable that OWRC would have to. have more than a • complaint 'to' go on before it could begin legal action against the shipping company: The letter from OWRC (printed in its entirety-eisewi\ere` in this -newspapers • A stupid BY RON SHAW If you were among °the members of the mob vvho occupied the centre of the Square on Saturday night, it is unlikely you will agree'with, or like, whatyouu are about to read here, but for the sake of free speech please continue. The attitudes expressed' out there indicate it is doubtful some of ,you` might come. see just how stupid and senseless that demonstration of contempt far what is right really was, but ome._m igh t. If -everyone •was to be entirely honest, few could deny having taken part in sone -Hallowe'en pranks. - No one could __ ...condemn_ totally the. harmless *ones of soaping a few windows o , ,taking a' yard gate off. 'its •hinge's;, arried out with discretion; • s" pranks are just 'in. 'the spit , , 'e day and except for a little ,�nvenience to the owner no harm is done. , Even turning on a fire hydrant 'dould be harmless enough if it was left at that, but the- attitude shown towards the police officers as they turned off the hydrant in question was something I had hoped. would never be 'seen in this country. Per-sdnalty I have never harbored any great love for the men in blue but neither do I hold the --contempt for the'f i shown •by..Saturslay evening's mob as they hurled eggs and tomatoes as officers attempted to exercise their duties. Although th.e. police have always represented a threat to my freedom in some subcolticious place deep in my mind, they have seldom even - come close to threatening that freedom in reaIityr"a'nd`" Whe fr TT6\ thirst was for the good of the commun'ity'as a whole — and would be the first to admit this. Incidents like that of Saturday night, however, can only lead' to dess tolerant police forces in ,,ou ountry and before we' evenrealize' it is happening, we will be living in a police state such as, the one in •the United States....,a.l'situation ;where police officers every • day Shoot young people, some barely-teenalrs, in the back and then ask questions, questions that too often reveal the dead youth had done nothing. Had an incident like Satu�rday's occurred in the U.S.A., policei,neuld have waded into the mob ,and bfoken a few skulls. This is not just ess work either. They' break "skulls during peaceful demonstrations. D ring incidents like the one Saturday nigf t they kill people. What did%our police force do?_,There would I.those believers in law, justice Salute to Ontario stat that while discharge of polluting ma real, in Ontario waters is prohibited, the Crown must be able to prove that the discharge made was -'f a polluting -nature. That could represent "a quandry. It would require a'couple of actual samples of the bilge water being0discharged, we would suspect, and in the case of the Ferndale, of course, -this. is quite impossible now:... and possibly was then.' ""••About"the best OWRC could muster in the letter was to remind' council that the' provision in port of holding and treatment facilities for oily ballast water was the most permanent solution. 'The 'Ferndale episode will probably go down in the record books as one of those unfortunate happenings -about which little or nothing can ever be done. A pity. There may be those who would stake their reputations on their belief that the Ferndale did indeed violate the regulations at least this once in Goderich harbor. - incident and the protection of property who would say nothing, but that is riot realty the case.. The ,Goderich officers stood ▪ their ground. They •watched that no serious damage or incidents occurred against other citizens of this community and then Ttrst waited the rabble out. They did all this under a barrage of verbal abuse as ,well as eggs, rotten. fruit and nearly anything else the mob could, .find_to pick up and throw. - . • I saw one police officer struck square in the back of "the head by an egg. That officer deserves only the highest congratulations for his action immediately after being struck. He just wiped it off as best he could ;and continued to patrol up and down the street to :make sure no property suffered serious damage. I have seen too many similar scenes where that one lucky Shot on the part of the•hurler would ;have started a chain df events that would have left blood running, in the Square. Instead., that police officer and the rest of the police with him kept their heads and refused to. be provoked into retal"iatiori. Goderich can be very proud of ----its- officers, On- the ot•her:_.hand, however, I • am ashamed td rank myself with the youth of this community, something I had considered. can honor yntif Saturday evening. In this time when the world is finally coming to realize, through the leadership of young people, that war and violence achieve no one victory in any . disagreement, it is sad to see these same young people taking part in. outright violence` that is n9t even. involved with a cause but is merely an end in itself. " I ask these, young people, for the sake o what Canada will .be" l i"ke tomorrow, to `consider what really hap'ened on :the -- Square:Saturday'eyenin--: re we trying to build a country like hat we see south of our border? I would like to think not. It is a hard thing for many of us- to avoid resorting to primitive violence.when we are faced with criticism for the things in which we believe, but to see other young people, whom we thought were , allies in this struggle for a, just and • peaceful world, turn t� stupid and pointless actions like those df Saturd'aylt is a sad and heartbreaking thing. • I ask, on behalf of -those who believe in all the principles we talk ..'abouf, those principles of' true freedom', justice, peace and yes even love, to think about what"- really hamsreally happened out •there. Is that what you really want? a As a tribute to Ontario, an Ontario scene will illustrate The Roral Trust Company's. desk calendar for• 102. Acquired for the Company's Centennial Collection established in liUi7, the painting is "November lst, Glengarry', Ont.", by Llou las A. Fales, and• it pictures his farni home near; Alexandria. The .calel, lar will be sent 'as a Christmas and New Year's greeting to some285,000 clients and friends of Royal Trust -throughout Canada, the U.S.A. and abroad. uinuununmlmnnllnllli unutiu�nuunnnnullnunuliuununnuulnuunumiiiiiiilunlluuuuuumm�uuuuununnunuulnnnuniniuununuulilnnuiunnuu Letters to Editor ot head Dear Sir;', What happened on the Square on Saturday night was the result of hot headed .policemen poorly trained to handlecxowd control, and firemen who were 'too anxious to display their fire fighting 'abilities' on ,the kids of" Goderich. As an 'onlooker . •and a participant in the Saturday night crowd I saw some things which really shook me up. I didn,t�. think such a scene could be displayed in Huron County. I saw firemen punch .w, out teenagers;_ spray kids for . no apparent reasonother than the result of a Tew eggs splattering_:_ on their fire wagon. Sure a hose may have been%cut and helmets stolen but; what was the cause of..r this damage? - I saw police attack a crowd with sticks that should only be used to control stubborn 'cattle let alone ' teenagers. I saw an officer of the law knack .down teenagers whether they were male or • female. There were many cases of improper use of these ribt sticks. I "doubt if the Goderich force has had one lesson on crowd control let alone the use of billy- sticks. Next thing you know crowd control will be handled with shotguns. I'm not, tryirig•:to say that the kids were not to blame, Sure, many got what they deserved but there was absolutely no need or no . way that you can warrant the actions or the police or firemen on Saturday night. Their level of training seems very low. M....• Su,rely the local force is not run by sadists, which their actions',, proved ,on Saturday night. Parents, listen to your ESTABLISHED 1156e oberitb 1/14$1 • - { EiOENAL—STA °f , PUBLICATION 4 124th YEAR �- O-- The County Town Newspaper of. Huron _---C] Published at Goderich , Ontario every Thursday morning by • Signed -Star Publishing Limited TELEPHONE 5244331 area rode 519 ROBERT G. S IRiERI -- president and publisher° SLLE' tA0411tarz ,staff ro„. , ( .4Ier&Strbse'tPtianjkates., S 41Wea "'' .•p''""L'...4,45w.""rr..�,44;.1. s7�,:21tY�rr. e. a.:.:..,.r;c :'V.?* ' editorial staff To ,U.S.A. #7.50 (in advance) J. BVRSKI advertising manager Second class mail registration number 0tig children and try to find out what really happened and why. The kids had a legitimate beef aria" they knew no other way to air it. This incident should. -prove to the citizens of Goderichthat, there is a problem between the police force and the teenagers and you would do well to solve it before some real damage occurs which will likely prove to °be beyond human repair. I would advise the Citizens of Goderich to investigate the ~-incident of Saturday night and try to remedy the ill•,feelings or else you'll , find that the generation gap is wider to bridge • than you could.- .ever begin to imagine. A Concerned Teenager. police? Dear Editor, The October 14th, 1971, issue of the Goder' Signal -Star, arrived here las Saturday. -We 'are grateful to yo for Sending it to s and we - are especially, p`le sed w-ith...t,he content of the a isle as to doth accuracy and i teresting presentation. • We have a number of relatives here who would be interested, in seeing it..I would be glad to pay for a dozen additional copies or reprints if you wo'ul'd send -then to me with an invoice. I also want to thank you for inviting anyone with information to write to us. As you suggested, we talked td Mr. Wrri. Elliott who noticed on the funeral notice of Harvey Hincks in 1$94 that the address shown as in "Concession 4, Lot 10, would place the Hincks farm farther south on Huron Road that we had thought. It probably wasn't on the site'of the present abattoir after all. Thanks" again foryour interest and consideration. Yours truly, Harvey F. Hincks, 1090 King Street,. San Gabriel, Calif. 91776 U.S.A. .New welfare staff named Dear Teen • Pranksters, L. 'of Goderich, Shame on you Teens. What an, example for the younger generation' of Goderich to see. When you,,are adults it will be their turn to be teens. Is that what you want them to do on Ha'llowe'en night? I don't think so. • How about putting all your eggs in one basket and donating the money spent, to a worthy cause. Instead o.f,,.t,urning.„on....the•..._ fire hydrants, why not let loose your energy at a teen sponsored • dance, and donate the money earned to charity. Come on teens, we know you can do better than that, A Concerned Mother. * * * Dear Sir: Ing .answer -to Mr. Watt's psychological analysis• . of "Hunting": I am glad indeed (I really am!), that there are still some solid citizens around, who are well adjl'ted and without frustrations or hangups. To the • rest of you — sex -deviates etc. — where ever you may roam, Happy Hunting! ow _M .................... m Ernst Tafeit, Goderich. The executive committee of. Huron Cbunty Council chaired by Reeve Gordon Hess of Zurich Friday announced the appointment of the staff for the Social and Family Services department (welfare).. The administrator is John A. MacKinnon and the field workers are .Howard Haokwell and Charles D. Hay. Mrs. Donna Reed is transferring from the office of the county clerk -treasurer to become the secretary. Salary .for the admi'nistrator has been, set _at $9,000 per annum subject to review in six months from commencing the operations of the Unit, January 1, 1972: As well, the committee has authorized a $500 moving allowance forMacKinnon. Salary for each field worker has been set at $6,000 per annunr; 'also subject to review at the end' of a six month probationary period. The staff reported for duty November ^t^ REAT LAKES LOG © YONM 4MWK 1969 THE STEAMER' SF.CORD” SAILED UNDER SEVERAL NAMES, Bur 15 REST REMEMBERED AS THE NAMESAKE OF HER FIRST SKIPPER, CAPTAIN S D- SECORD. lie ap/�iTr LAUNCHED AT SUPERIOR, WISi'ONSIN. IN 1.960, "SECORD" WAS THEN TI IE 4S8 FOOT LONG BULK FREIGHTER "CHARLES R. VAN. HISE'•. DURING: THE.F(RST WORLD VI/AR "SECORD" WAS ONE OF MANY I.AKFRS SEI.E(TED' FOR SAI, r WATER DUTY, TO VI HER THROUGH THE OID SEAWAY CANALS, SHE WAS•('UT IN HALF ANi) FLOATED THROUGH ON HER SIDE. ' IN 1920 '•SECORD" RETURNED 10 F12ES11 WATER ANI) AN 84 FOOT SECTION WAS ADDED AT EC,VRSE, MICHIGAN. FOR •MANY SEASONS Si IF SAILED ' ON THE FORT WILLIAM 10 MONTREAL. GRAIN RUN. A 'UNIQUE FEATURE OF "SECORD S" APPEARANCE IS HER PILOT HOUSE -1 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHIP, LIKE A SAL f WATER FREIGHTER, AGE AND ECONOMY CATCH MOST SHIPS— ALTI1OUGi1 STILL IN SOUND .CONDITION, '•SECORD" COULD NOT COMPETE WITH BIGGER AND FASTER BUZZ-t:ARRIERS IN 1968 "CAP TAIN S D SECORI)" ,RF.TORNED TO SALT WATER FOR HER LAST VOYAGE— 10 THE SCRAIWF.R'S TORCH AT SANTANDER, SPAIN, CAPTA/N S 0. SECORO LENGTH - 542 FEET BEAM - 52 FEET WEiGNT • 6,943 TONS Opinions I n . order that Signal -Star readers might express their opinions ' on anytopic of public interest, tetters to The Editor are always welcome for publication. But the writers.,.....of such letters, as well as -all. readers, are reminded that • the opinions expressed in letters published are not necessarilt the opinions held by The Signal -Star. , . THANKS ,FOR THE GFT OF GOOD HEALTH - FR//O/4 • YOUR TB ASSOCIA.T10N R�meinbe 60 YEARS AGO The date of Monday December 11 was announced as the- pending date for a general Provincial election with • the Monday .December 4 set as nomination ,clay. G . M . E Iliot, recently appointed the local agent for the Qhildren's5 Aid Society, was, at tsToronto attending a conference .with the Provincial Superintendent. C.A.S. week was also b$ing observed. , The first entertaindent course of the YMCA was set to Pe held on November .9 in Victoria Opera House. .Goderich organist and choir master Martin Kilpack moved to London and -on. his departure was presented with a locket and watch fob by the choir of St. Matthew's church. The death of a former pastor at St. Peter's.. church, Father McEvoy , was announced at the home, of his nephew in Jersey City. A reopening concert was given at Temperance Hall Friday evening. and was supported by a large turnout. The 'I-luron County , Rifle` omnmunity Hall for their annual League announced that it would banquet. hold its annual. shoot at The first County Christmas Fair was being organized and .. , reports indicated that it was to provide for sale"a wide variety of local handicrafts. The" Ryan Home Building The Goderich Little Theatre e Company.- announced it was announced the opening of their trying to have 15 ..of the 50 production "Never Too Late" at houses they were in the process MacKay. Hall. of constructing ., in Goderich' The Canada • Manpower ready by the middle of Centre announced that the level December": Of' ungThpioypivant. gin, , the Assessment figures ;.were Goderich area 'Was remaining -at a released showing that the town low` level with few people of Goderich' hada population of seeking work. 4,746 persons, an increase of Exeter lawyer, Elmer Bell 258 over the previous figures. QC;_..was re=elected president of . A Burlington man, J. W. the Ontario Progressive McKay was the victim of a fatal Conservative, Association. Jllollunnmuiullnluull1nunumm�unuuulununnnnnnnlllnnultlunualalllnnnnunnmuululum�= Ea _ anala sh�uId • • When ??.? accident -on Highway 21 near Dunlop when the /ruck he was driving went out of -control. Immunization clinics at the Civic Health Clinic were getting udder way offering -0 immunization to school age and pre school- age children of ,the community. , In spite of a scarcity of soap -in the community, because of war rationing, a good number of store windows -arrear windows were soaped as H'allowe'en pranks. , Work got underway on, tyle installation of a new sidewalk between Hamilton and North Streets. FIVE YEARS AGO Work began on improvements at Snug Harbour under the direction of the Federal Department of Transport but the move prompted heated discussion at town council when it was pointed out that the town had received no official notice in connection with what work was to be done. More than 100 Huron County Employees gathered !h. Gorrie Whitechurch. - 25 YEARS AGO • not confront U.S. Canada would be wrong - to employ confrontation politics, with the U.S. in trying'to cope with the current trade problems, That's the view of Carl E. Beigie the . American -born economist who has been executive director since July 1 of the Private Planning Association of Canada, John Schreiner reports in The Financial Post. • Beigie is also research director for the association's Canadian -American Committee. He has written a book -for the -Planning Association on the auto pact. ' The trade -options available to; Canada are limited, "says' Beigie. The U.S. is the only significant 'customer Canada can count on to buy the sort df goods that will support job -producing industries in Canada. •'Canadadoes not have,.,a strong power -bargaining base. . "Canada has things the U.S.' needs," Beigie says, "but they are things that the U.S.' oan do without. This is a key point.'? For example, the -U.S. gets only about b per cent of its 'oil from Canada. In Beigie's, view,. Canada's response to the. U.S. economic moves should have been and it just may be a bit late now — a seriesof positive statements. For instance: "That Canada views private investments as something that should' not be taken over by government -fiat That Canada stands ready tonegotiate,,at„atlfair ' market price the supply of energy, resources to the U.S. - Canada is willing to re-examine the safeguards (of the auto pact) and states t)he fundamental principle of the auto pact is to achieve efficiency in North America, subject to the -Condition that .nonmarket forces should not interfere with production location decisions.” Statements such as these, Beigie says, would have shown Canada in sympathy with U.S. problems while not giving • away anything fundamental., ;; • , �Illllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll - N � i least ono doesn't mind �o#"i�'lliili� Ibd'-said''ithat Goderich boat owders � a little rough water even if it did et the better �of him. Last week thi s b�oatwas out for a spin lir came° up against water, that was a bit rougher than had been all ibipttedlind-overrtuyn , The tug, Debbie Lynn -went out and quickly retrieved the stricken craft and-4ts ri the'r wet skipper. -cptOoto by John E. Bedard 1/ I • • M 0