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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-11-25, Page 2b ...,fir 2 ooDslocitgotsiiiksTAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25-, 1971 JsE Editorial commentary "If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend -no 'one, there wouEc! be very little printed ... Benjamin Franklin 11 is it all for glory? WersupposcY it is the right and perhaps even the duty of Goderich and area residents to be proud of the GDCI Senior Vikings. Last week's headline "Seni►or Vikings win third straight.championship" told • the whole story and there is little doubt• about it it was a commendable effort for Coach Wayne Horner e1d his boys. Football is probably one of the most demanding sports a young man can. ,undertake. It requires not only'the same brains and . brawn necessary t'o' other contact games, but it takes & tremendous amount of extra stamina to Perform well in every, kind of weather a_football season and' ,wet, snowy and ..muddy or any combination 6f the'three:, At its very best, football i a gruelling battle of •wits and' strength and judging from the crowds the Senior Vikings attract, spectators love every minute of it. We've heard rumors — some substantiated; some not -that the Vikings winning,ways may be the result of a kind . of football fever, which usually grips only the professional ,players, the boys who are in the, game for dollars. Unsettling stories such as Senior Vikings going into the fray' with ° injuries which perhaps' should have sidelined them had victory not been 'so important, have come out of GDCI with amazing frequency this -season and have soured the sweet taste of success for"some fans. We '• know that Dr. A. B. Deathe, Goderich physician, keeps a close eye on the Vikings as well as other athletes. at GDCI We . also are aware . that Coach Wayne Horner preaches safety to "his athletes along with the fundamentals of the game. It is •difficult to believe that, , winning a championship could become foremost in anyone's mind with such careful and.concerned supervision. That's. why we're ,particularly pleased to ote that a Sports Medicine Clinic has ben arranged by the physical education s t cff , at Godericb_„Y District Collegiate nstitute for Friday, December 10. With the.pre'sence, of some ,outstanding speakers in the fields of medicirre and professional athlete training, much valuable information is bound to be forthcoming .414 for the coaching staff at all the county high schools. We would urge ,the Huron County ,,,Board of Education to take a long look at the recommendations which will likely result from this unusual but very timely' meeting. We think there should``be • a board policy which will protect the coach who must assume responsibility for his players as -well as the athletes who often become high school heroes the hard way. Let there be no room for the spread of those "glory -seeking"' rumors which* came out of GDCI this fall.. ,othi�b11�T - not roadmo6ile The word is "snowmobile" NOT "roadmobile". ' The Ontario Safety League; who's- are convinced that Snowmobiles should be restricted to snow ,and not permitted on roads used • by motor vehicle, traffic,.' quotes from an .._editorial in the 'November 4, 1971 edition of the Globe, and, Mail. This is their comment on a recent, statement by Transportation and ° Cornmunications Minister Charles MacNaugh.ton regarding snowmobile accidents last winter i,n Ontario: "He "(Mr. " MacN.aughton) warns that unless people show more responsibility in the use of snowmobiles a sharp increase in` the number of people -killed and injured can be expected. He finds that the main causes of accidents last winter in which 38 were killed and - ;598 injured were: snowmibiler"s'� riding on the. wrong side of the road, colliding. with parked cars, failing to obey stop signs, and other road warnings, and lack of knowledge of the machines' capabilities and limitations. "To anyone (save, . perhaps, a member of the Ontario Government). a glance over the list of causes would instantly and compellingly suggest one 'remedy: get, the. snowmobiles off the roads. Then they would not be driven on the wrong side of the road, ,collide with parked' cars, fail to obey stop signs." ' 4",� J .. N "000'01,-‘10 01110.1.1r1. 33ZSZ333SZ� N ( ( in:,�ther county�. ;1 � That1' 1( One of the t p cs discussed at extremely fair and totally means the people that live a recent Goderich Signal -Star act :'ptable to both students and within these borders. I feel' that seminar \vas the content of the adults, by' 'respecting p p Youthful viewpoint .heard UNICEF Greeting Card "Nativity", painting by Lorenzo Monaco, 14th century, Pinacoteca 'Vati- caria, reproduction rights contributed to UNICEF, =the :ld:rlrted VatioT Chtig-7,,.. ,dren••' wF-und.courtesy of, the Holy See. Proceeds from, the sale of this Spe- , cial Edition card help UNICEF in its many pro- grammes to"aid children ' world-wide. 'n,` A farmer was detained for questioning a`�ut an election scandal. these people's "Did you•.sell your vote?" the our ,We -thought ht our readers might opinions one respects .Canada attorney asked. _ _ • tr On the eve of his departure g news which is coming out ofW. �r ., Y _. =,;,,sir ,n- :;,thk>re. tif5�'t: `Pt were . �t recrate--T IF~ -r11' -tit -sed-rs-there'fore•a true pat rot. _. , :. ancouver Robert Mundy, a ocai , h>Fg_h sc__.... _ .. _....� those at' the seminar who felt editorial comment.written by that too much attention was other' students from other high "I feel it is very important for being given to GDCI— and, of schools in other weekly Canadians to realize that the flag course, there were those who .'publications. The following is by and the National Anthems are thought it was not the correct a S111}1I•S'• student at Exeter and only. symbols of Canada. type of information which was appeared last week in the_E-xeter coming from the school. Times -Advocate: It should be"noted that.on at least two ' occasions, we have R�inember,When?? 60 YEARS AGO Election .campaigning was in ' high gear and among the many promises local voters were being 4 handed was a proposal that the Ontario Hydro Corporation czuld .harness„ power from the 'Midland and . Sat>!geen' 'rivers to' produce' 'p'ower for the Huron, Perth and Bruce county area. The Liberal party received a scolding from Rev. Ben .Spence, secretary of the Ontario branch of the Dominion Alliance for their position in regard to temperance legislation. A large number of Huron Old Boys attended the annual meeting of the Toronto Association •held, in: the smoking • room of the Prince George Hotel. The famous Canadian Jubilee Singers were scheduled to appear in • Goderich at North Street Methodist with a varied program of musical , ,.entertainment arranged. The non jury .sittings of the. High -Court of.Justice opened at • the Odderich Court House with the Honorable Mr. Justice Teetzel presiding. The steamer "1\leebing" unloaded 105,000 bushels of wheat at the Big Mill and cleared the same evening for Midland to load pig iron for Fort William. N attempted to correct this "Recently 1 had the prrvilege�•. p of being forcibly.escorted to the problem • by requesting editorial main office, physically guided to commentary from our youth. ,a chair •and 'then called' every We happen- to feel that the • deflamatory name I had ever young people ' of our town heard and then some new ones. should have a voice through the' why.? ' local newspaper, but we seem'to be in ,the minority, especially where the officials of GpCI are "Because I had failed to halt in the hall and stand at attention Concerned. We just haven't been when the National Anthelp was able to work out a satisfactory being played. arrarig'etent. •with the school to • b provide this public outlet for the ••I call this a privilege -because teenage generation through `the it opened—my eyes to a few obvious channel— GDCI. ` , things 'I had seldom thought. For the past two weeks, our about. I ' feel that to get the • High school photographer, Don records straight it is rely duty_to McGee, 1'1as` been the Voice of . Youth editorial for us. This say that just because a person column. though it may be about doesn't stand up for '0.Canad '_,- w�GDCI and what goes on there, i or tip his hat , every time he not directly from GDCI.' In passes a. Car dian flag he" is not other words, young Mr. McGet' •necess�irily a '' Communist. has been going out op a `Ii'nib,• anarchist ar"some similar threat with his.. editorials for and about to our nation's'security. youth and we must compliment him on the fine content f those • h "What is Canada'? Tome it is two articles.. We feel they have more than a piece of organized been not •only provocative, but sound `or a scrap of silk, To me it Maybe the news did "leek" U We're not proud of our mistakes here at the.Signal�Star, and contrary tb\popular belief, there is not a contest. running • to ,find the,spe•llirg-errors in this newspaper. We take plenty of ribbing about""ou`r'- difficulties with the ABC's and it seems that the harder we try, the more goofs we have: ) Last week, the mistake was "leeked" instead of ",leaked" in connection with the story about the sale of former CFB at Clinton: The word caused great merriment in several .circl s we're told, and our faces . were as' red as su•al. Rowever, ,..this time there is an opportunity to gaffaw in return, because though the word was unintentially misspelled, the incorrect spelling had an unusually true ring to it. The news really had "Ieeked" if the meaning of that word could be broadened to mean "get out in a smelly kind of way". Voice of Youth I am not saying that we should abolish these symbols. That would be just as bigoted as being a "symbol' .worshipper. Symbols are a means where people that feel•a need to show their patriotism cart do so. Therefore they' do. have some value. "I do not see, however, where there is any patriotism in making someone else -who does not feel this need to do so. • • ' "Canada has always' been known as a peace loving country that .condones freedom of speech and action as long as it doesn't physically hurt anyone else. This is,the Canada that I love and respect. I see nothing about -trying to force people into conforming with your ideas. That'is the type of thinking that, is behind. -the Ku Klux Klan and' other rightest organizations of our southern neighbours and that is the sort,.1of thinking that can start similar organizations in Canada:" Should:iouth speak out? BY DON' McGEE' We have heard several adults make the considered before any piece -of legislation, comment that in their Minion, young ' 'act of-governin_g body, etc., is begun•. This people should not have the privilege -to- brings 'us back to the precious point; do We're.told that some parties connected write editorials for'the newspaper. They .teenagers have a useful point of view? Is with the sale of CFB at Clinton were not feel teenagers, as well as all other ages, this opinion worthwhile ,and logical? We at all pleased about the manner in which,' should be seen, and not heard,; as they say yes to both -questions. Many, man students. are erftirely capable of presenting such viewpoints,,..and to simply say that they should not be able to .express ffiis viewpoint is, such a narrow-minded and unfounded opinion,, .that we are sure the majority of -students in this town Would- take offence to it. The students realize they 'can write' editorials for this' column, and we are as tract confident that many of 'them are capable reasons, of doing so. We hope that they will take ' hold of this opportunity and let other the story was released, and in fact, may ' h'a'Ve'•4uesti oned the very truth of some of the statements in the earliest stories. A "leek" of rthis nature can occasionally be dis st'rous. The "leek" wasn't greeted with total '' elation by the Clinton News -Record,' editor either. We're told Clinton Editor Keith Rou'Iston . has had no official confirmation of the sale of CFB to date (Monday) "and than' he 'has had small uccess in getting in touch with the people who know the most about the details of the deal. ,r There is little doubt the release of'the story .concerning .the sale of CFB has been mismanaged by someone. You might even say the news "leeked" ESTABLISHED tI ie 1�• °werith 124fh YEAR 1848 SIGNAL- STAR of PUBLICATION -"0.— The County Town Newspaper of Huron —0— Published at Goderich , Ontario every Thursday morning by Signal4tar Publishing Limited TELEPHONE' 534.8331 area code S19 1 BEi ' C .S FHfIEt.« r'esidea nd.� blisher SHIRLEY J. KELLER . — editorial staff RON. SHAW -17 editorial staff BYRSKI ti—' advertising manager Second clam mail registration number — 0716 Subscription Rates $8.00 a Year -- To U.S.A. $9.60 (in advance) were in their day! Why hould such a comment' ever be 'promp •d toward the young people? "I'll 'answer that on •," your average adult will say, "Teens. •rs as a group are notoriously mouthy a d smart alecky!" We , must admit t 'at this is •not an entirely- unfair state . eat. Students, like society, represent a ' ross-section of every type of person, from- the lazy and shiftless, to the m.-ture and intelligent. 'To judge teenagers a. -a whole-'on'the basis of one' type, is a r'diculous•-•ping--to do. For those adults reading this editorial, that think they, as a group .of people, can -do. no wrong, and teenagers, as another group, haver. no responsible contribution to society as far as the lives of adults go, we would like to present these few facts about the younger generation. Like any group of adults, teenagers have their responsible as well as, their irresponsible members. The latter type, we regret, is the 'stereo -type. However, irresponsible people would never, under any circumstances, be N(lowed to write an editorial for a ewspaper. You are entirely wrong if you think any of the editorial comment in this Newspaper was written in an irresponsible, vindictive manner. We realize that in the days when our older adults- )vent'to school, they were -Me an+ tte Irvtwoltlieatd► , I. I 4, r . "political and economic conditions of thirty cr forty years agb were a far cry from their present situation. It is very important these days that all viewpoints, on all subject, are 'heard 'and ' protested. •`Y1'" -voted' 'for, that fireman with ^•the. C.P.N : was there fella `cause I liked^ flim."•honored by fellow workers who `;Come now",, threatened the gave him a Royal send off.• attorney. "I have evidence that. J. J. Doyle, former owner of he gave you five 'dollars for a the Haiieybury Hotel, vote.'" announceld�-Ihat • following the "Well' now," the farmer said, sale of his establishment • in '0 "it's plain common-sense; that Northern Ontario he would be when . a fella .gives yot( five retiring to Goderich. ' - dollars you like him." - . 25 YEARSAGO • As*szx xSxsks x E3. ' .4 Terence Hunter was chosen as • president ,of ' ' the Colborne, WHO'S ME? - '"•District • . Federation of You cannot pray. the Lord's Agriculture when the unit held prayer • its annual meeting in 4:.t•he And ever thice say `I'. Township hall. You cannot pray .the Lords Bert Mills of Bayfield, ,. a prayer poultry farmer, had muchhard And ever once say `My'. work well rewarded .when' he You cannot' pray 'the won several top awards at the prayer Toronto Winter Fair. • • ' And not include another. The Huron . County You cannot ask for daily bread Temperance ,Federation held its And not include yotfr brother. annual meeting at Clinton in the For others are included . in each Wesley Wills United Church with And every plea , delegates attending from all.'ove-r From the very :•: inning, the county and other, areas. It never once says `Me'. • The non jury sitting of -the Lord's -REVERSE REASON She married him because he was such dominating man; she divorced him because he was such a dominating male. He Iiiirried her because she was so fragile and petite; he divorced her because. she was so weak and helpless. She married him' because he knows how to provide a' good living; she divorced Jiim, because all he thinks about is business. He married her because she remlfrds me of ,my mother, -he divorced her because she's• getting more like her mother every day. • She married him because he --was gay and romantic; she . divorced hien because he was shiftless and fun -loving. He married her because She. was steady and . sensible; he divorced her' because she was boring and dull. In London it is an offence to sound your horn when the car is stationary. The Ontario Safety League "says this emphasizes the -fact that a horn is a warning device; for use in moving traffic, Reid it is not intended to be used a substitute people know what they are thinking, the result of which will be, we feel, a much better understanding and relationship between adults and teenagers; and possibly; some improvements. Listen, parents, when your teenager comes to you and „begins a discussion on some matter, pay attention! He probably wants your opinion on what he says. He wants to` k now how you feel about it. Do not take this as an offensive• against you as head . of the family, or representative of the older generation but look upon it„as a _meeting of two factions, on friendly grounds, with bott'r sides looking for some answers. When you see student -written editorials in this newspaper, be proud of .the 'fact 'that there. are some students who will stand up for their convictions and have the ” uts" to let ever vone know just where trey stand- e t t may De men and women everyone will be looking for in later years to supply the governing power for this great democratic country of Canada! . Y doorbell, or to attention for social or to vent -irritation supreme court of Canada was held at the Goderich . Court House under Mr. Justice "Fulfilling our • Church. Membership" was the theme of the regular meeting of the •Union W.M.S. held at the home of Mrs. Gerald Orr. • Water levels of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River during October dropped according to the Federal' Hydrographic and map service. FIVE YEARS AGO It was indicated following a wage dispute discussion between town council and members of the . Huron Coupty Board of Health that the health workers 'might walk off their, jobs. Dr. Franks Mills indicated his intentions of challenging Mayor Frank Walkom for his position in the upcoming municipal election. The Goderich and Di, trict. C o 1 legiate Senior • V'. ings celebrated their third s aight ' Huron Perth Championship with a Banquet at the school. • It was announced that effective January 1, 1967 Hurgn County., would begin operati ,'its'own library' system, • Goderich residents w re informed 'that. effective in -‘1`. 67 they might expect to pay about $1.50 to help finance the ew sewage treatment plant. The first increase in taxi fares for Goderich in 10 years werei to go into effect when t wn council formally passed a by' law perirnitting-the increase. - g GREATLAKES LOG © ✓.,,,� Zi.o,,N 1369 THE srF:AMF:R "SF.CORt)•' SAILED UNDER SE\'F.RAI. NAMES. HUT IS i rsr RF.MEMBERW AS THE NAMESAKE OF IIER FIRST SKIPPER, C'Ai'rAIN 'S I) SECORb ' the d► lain S D. Secord l.ALN(HEi) AT Scr'RRIOR, WISCONSIN, IN 19011, '•SEC'ORi) \VAS Tli'FN . 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