HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-12-02, Page 2GODgINCki SI(NA,L,,-STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1971
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People who complain about being m be successful by government terms 'that
railroaded into things not to their liking , is theday o
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NCvnday, Dece nlier 6 to 'aka ve their say. A 'On the other hand, fhe need for such
meeting has been called, for that evening facilities in GQderich may well• be greater
in McKay Hall to discuss the pros and .. than most can'irnagine .... but the only
cons of establishing a day care centre in way we will ever really know- is to find
Goderich
out from the-peopte'who„ foot' the bills in •
iAlth,ough. we like •the idea and believe this municipality. - s '
in the principles behind day care centres, It matters not ,whether you are for or
......:.: v e....h.a.ve...no, .n.o.ti.on._Qt .whether or nat...1''"agairl`st the day care centre plan. Whatis
there is an actual need for a day care important that you would take time "out
centre . -in - Goderich- '- -Dr- whether . this —.' rortf your busy fire -Ch i tnrr-as'activities to
municipality could afford to plunge into make those feelings known to, the.ycouncil.
the program even though the Ontario You can do that by attending the meeting
government..promises, to "pay for 100 Monday evening, or if that is not possible,
percent of all costs if the project is you may register'your. opinions by
completed within a few months., telephone to Mrs. Osaydon, Warren Street,
Preliminary figures jotted\dow•n from or='the town clerk, Harold Walls.
conversations ' . with ' the property . We commend town council
committee chairman, Mrs. Elsa .Haydon, _providing residents with thi-s chance to be '
and other town officials, would lead one heard on this timely issue. We urge all to
to believe that 4 great deal of support make their thoughts knovin to town
would be required for the undertaking to council immediately.
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We get letters....
No other. way
Dear Editor,,
Says -Vikings got no support
In referenee t•i,you'reditorial,.
---last week, I am Very disillusioned
as to what is becoming to our
tf e � ..,., cr alle _ . s�Afro4l y-'- for t�a�t`l�f rTe�e�,�r-t-•�prerr�-ises� rtes • - ' ��T'�'rr� .:-,��.
finance committee of the -Town . of " this year and the cost of utilities' at the'. rumors drat .you hear aear and wall
G-oderich and.a' thorough study of 'all, toc-ation ren ains. high. Since there is no font .all tor doubt the
4, football team . are undoubtedly
'financial aspects affecting' the operation-- , otter tint ome than rent to.. offset these spread by the people that wexxe.
of 109 Homes, the 'decision"`' has been expenditures,' it seemed right and proper hoping. for us to lose, and being
reached to increase the .rents across the ' that rents• must naturally be moderately • a student myself, I happen to
board_f_or 109_._liome apartments by five increased know student
are students and
: ry..hMr..M...F
dollars monthly. ' sta-ff-t•t -feel-_this-'•ways ---
In ',Dar opinion they are
That means that_ single .apartments it
the dwelling at the corner of South Street
and Britannia Road will .cost $55 instead
of $50 and the double apartments,will be
$64 and not $59.
We agree that the rents aJ.,e, not all that
high, considering the services and -facilities
the residents have for that price. In fact, if
it were not that 109_ Homes was designed
and built for the senior citizens of lesser
means, • it could be considered quite a
reasonable schedule of fees.
Rising costs have naturally been blamed
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It had been .our hope that some
alternate solution could be found for 109
Homes. We have dared to believe that 109
Homes was not an average hone' for
senior citizens but was something entirely r
unique in this town for which special rules
could be applied:
-We were wrong. There was no other
,,way officials'say, and the monthly rents
vat 109 •Homes must be" hiked' to•
acjommodate'spiralling costs.
The Minister comments
BY HON. C. S. MACNAUGHTON
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practices reappear whin the spot-checks
' end .Qrnd the snow has gone. '
The Province of • Ontario believes, the
-effective-way, to overcome the dangers, to
human, life created by a jarge mobile
population is for each driver to
acknowledge personal responsibility for
his safety, and that of others. To drive
defensivelS/. To assume the other person
may not do the same.
Let's resolve that we•• -vv -on' -t try to teach
the other driver a lesson, no matter how'
stupid he seems,•'no matter how angry he
makes us. Let's control ourselves and our
cars; protect ourselves and ifthe other,
,buy really is stupid and irresponsible, let's
do our best to protect him too - by.
avoiding him. Next week and every week.
_ . Safe -Driving-Week --(December 1 7) is an
ironic comment on hu_man behavior. It is
an attempt to prove, through one week's
special' effort- and attention, that the
agony of traffic deaths and sufferings can
be -reduced if motoristsadopt defensive
driving, habits.
The winter' months tend to be a high '
collision .period, though the. number of
deaths arid injuries tapers off. December is _'
no longer the disastrous month' it used to
be as drivers respond to the need for _
safety under heavy weather conditions
and the -intensity of pre -Christmas police
spot-checks. But a lot of bad . driving
We
You've heard the adage "Damned if
you do and damned if you don't"? That's
Lust about the way we feel most pf the
time — as though we're sitting on' the
action end ofr" a fuse which is about to
blow us, all to kingdom come no 'matter
what'we do.
That kind ' of feeling, we . imagine, is
common in th.e weekly newspaper field,
Weeklies are generally located in small
towns — like Goderich — and people in
small towns are notoriously peevish about
the hometown "rag". , The editorial staff putting out a
newspaper filled with 'meetings of the
local sewing club and items about the
petunia :patch'' watered by the
horticultural society and articles featuring
the big cat down at the fish Market, are
the laughing stock of the municipality.
"That newspaper, say the readers, is good
for only lining the bird cage or wrapping
the garbage.
• So The weekly editor sticks the neck
wonder
away out. It is his duty to put some teeth
in his newspaper-a'hd make it say' for the
community what the community talks
about over coffee. And that kind of
reporting is A -OK with 99 'p'ercent of the
population for 99 percent of the time,
Everybody likes to read_. someone else's
name 'in print, Everybody wants to know
about the inner workings of other
people'Ausiness.
But let the editor and his newspaper
tread ever so -lightly on the toes of you,
John Q. Reader, and. report or comment
on the' matters closest to you in a 'way
that could be the least bit controversial, it
is then that the screams of injustice can be
„heard for blocks. In some instances, the
repercussions' are deafening.
We wonder, week after week, if it is
worth the effort. • Maybe a "rag" is what
the people really want iri' a small town — a
journalistic pussycat with the teeth 'of a
newborn baby and the gumption of a
teddy bear.
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124th YEAR
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Published at Goderich , Ontario every Thursday morning by .
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envious and probably even
jealous of the team's success.
The team worked hard and
didn't lose a lot -of sWeat and
blood .to .be second best When'
the last flag carne down. Maybe
they did have a type of "football
fever and' a des type
e excel and
win in everything. Isn't that only
right? And if so, it's too bad
more students in the, school
don't have that same drive.
Ag'.for the football team, what
nursery school equipment at
that Being
a t;law n,....._ _.
property McKay
Hall, is run by Town' Council,
District Marine Agent in Parry
Sound keeping his eagle eye on
the Lake Huron Ports.
With such concern for our
through its Property Committee environment it is no wonder our
o f...vuh is g o l y� : ter a.e -p ftrt _ .... ._ .
the co-ordinating spokesman and My original letter to -you on
organizer. I would find ft --this .incident stated the fact that,
difficult to be confused about it. I used 10 reside in Goderich and
We believe that the townspeople.- swim in your harbor. I intend to
expect to have town, properties again take up residence in your
Looked after in an orderly and area.
responsible fashion. There has Your -paper has' done an
--been aro in.t-e-ference with the --outstared ng
f any of'' the many many polution problems to
light: 1 guess the next step is to
expose the deficiencies of
Government Agencies, their real
lack of concern. and authority in
stopping violations.'The. Federal
and Provincial representatives
must work together on Such
antiquated 'laws to provide
consistant enforcement.
0. R. Smith
2653 Somerset Blvd.
Troy, Michigan
48084
operation o
groups using McKay Hall, but we
have a requirement that, if old
furniture or other large' objects
are to be convert'e3'into nursery'
school or other groups'
equipment, such conversion
must take.yplace before the items
are brought to
M-C-Kt Hall.
,.'unsidedring the'overall
circumstances we think this is a
reasonable condition.
' 1 feel -strongly that not only
the Town Council but also its
they achieved was entirely `for -F --Property Committee is at Tall
times treating any group or
individual with equal courtesy,
fairness, attention and
realistically possible
co-operation. Do "come up and
see us sometime"!
Sincerely,
Elsa• Haydon
themselves, not for the school,
and the only glory they received
was from each other as the
school° has done as little as
possible to support them. in the
past few years., a o
As for injries, only one or
two players were ..what you
might call "hurting going into
PET. DEAD
Dear Editor,
This -s to the desperate hunter
that shot a boy's pet pheasant
ten ' feet • frc ,n the house •with
two shells in twelve gauge
shotgun.
that -game and the decision to 'W'— Two station wagons, one blue
play was entire v t err own. e _ RAGEEM4theother tan, with hunt6rs,and
"They wanted ;it bad eno'or Dear Editor: dogs; stopped and -. hot the
the team to put out uj�ijust a little , Your 'front page article on pheasant in his own front yard
longer. "The Ferndale Incident" viand when the boy said it was his
As for Coach Horner and coupled with your quotation on pet pheasant the big man 'said,
physician Dr.' Barry Deathe, I Page- 2' "Old Bureaucrats' never "Do you have ,,.;.your name on
think they have.) done a terrific die — they just waste away (our' it'?", grabbed' up the pheasant,
•job,�'and certainly would not put time, patience and resburses) — climbed over the fence and left:
any plaYer into a game just to must go down in history as a .... Mother of Boy,
win, if it meant permanent comedy or a tragedy.
injury t� the player. • .One would think that. Cavey's
There was one 'player who reply came from some
went into the game with a slight Elizabethan court ruling.
injury but did not play in a Can you picture s1ii, captairis
position where any permanent with armies of • little people
injury could occur. And he did sweeping out the h4)lds and
have the option to play or not depositing sane in' neat piles on
docks? for the, wind to blow
Remember
When ???
60 YEARS AGO
The Hon. MacKenzie King.,
attended a pre-election rally for'
the riding held at Clinton ;lam the.:
Town. Hall of, kat comnn,unity,
The three year period of the
county's option law ewas drawing
to a close and those supporting a •
wet community were shifting
into high gear in an attempt to
defeat the forces of temperance
once more.
A meeting to -Organize a
hockey club to represent.
Goderich duringk1e seas.orl(�of
1911-12 was called for the
following Wednesday "at Town
Hall.
The Huron Beekeepers
Association announced it would
hold its annual meeting at
Clinton Town Hall the following
week.
The Y,M.C.A. presented a
sell-out concert,„1 y impersonator
John B. Ratto who performed at
Victoria Opera 'House focally.
The 'steamer McKinstry
arrived in Goderich with a cargo
of 110,000 bushels of wheat and •
flax for the' Coderich elevator.
just people in general, with their The Canadian Jubilee singers
sheer numbers and sometimes were scheduled to appear in
poor wildlife -management, that Goderich in a concert, to be
brought on t1e ills of our given at North Street Mthodist
.:envixonment.2 a. Church:. ::
�y,y,yy..gy.,y�..-MY`• •+)P�il3U[k1:4 w r...,...r._.«wr ..+S.r_. .
lr' fi met.
I---' s'lrbTt7"r'E ; t . at�-�t he Tire' I l bt'M1'i�
outdoorsman, even if he fires the 'the Goderich Children's Aid
occasional shot,.is usually more Society since the appointment
conservation -minded than most of•'•••a- "new director Mr. G. E.
non hunters. Elliotk, was held at the Covert
The facts of course, if anyone House in Mr.. Elliott's office
is really interested, as to how 'y there. u'
damaging hunting is to, the' 'A special session of County
-continuation of --the -species-C'o•unc'ii-was called -to discuss the
involved, or how beneficial to possibilities of harnessing' the
the economy of a region, can Maitland River for Hydro Power
readily be 'obtained from. the as suggested by a candidate in
Department of Lands and• the Federal Election.
Forests.
Furtherfnore most countries
seein to take the view that
wildlife in their forests, while it
rightfully gives pleasure to many
a birdwatcher 'and naturalist, is
also a renewable resource, which
can be harvested. After all,
hunting and fishing do playa another two scheduled to arrive
role ;in stimulating the tourist before freeze up.
industry and the supply of gear
Clayton .Edward and Earl
and equipment should • keep Elliot would represent new faces
quite a few people in jobs. . 'they,.„-.: an town council after
Finally to the indefensible successfully unseated former
cruelty of hunting, the killing of members and won,, election, as
harmless birds and animals, may town fathers.
I add a few words that are not Stanley Snyder was returned
mine, but taken from a recent to another term as reeve' in A
CFRB Radio Comrhenfary oxr Colborne township by virtue ,of
hunting; another non -argument a narrow win in elections there'
if you please: • •and Reeve "eorge Ginn won
T_.._."People buying their steaks,. re election to his ositivn- in or chickens at .the p
butcher's really.just hire their �'oderrch Towrhrp.
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killers." After a meeting of ' the
Goderich Public utilities
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' 25 YEARS AGO
- It was announced" that a total
fleet of -..16 steamers - would
occupy Goderich Harbour
during the w'h: ter of 1946-47 d.t,,
with .14.. already in harbour and
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to.
- Sure football is a rough sport,
but at the same time a player is
in good-. physical, co.ndi.tion°.-to.
play the game or else" he
wouldn't be playing.
So wherever you get" •ytmur
information 'or rumors tell them
that no one is out for glory for
themselves but that it is a
combination cif team spirit and a
Willingness to win that 'has put
the Vikings where they are now
holding the Huron -Perth
championship.
A student
COUNTDOWN
Dear Editor, '
A few weeks) ago you'
,presen•ted a very dramatic story
about how the Town Council,
particularly the Property
committee, was doing most
deplorable things to Tinker
Town hrsery school and how'
everybody involved was in utter
confusion,. •
— . I did' not respond earlier
because 1 was counting to ten.
In `her understandable 'and
commendable concern over such
a worthy project as Tinker
Town, the Women's Editor went,t
slightly beyond her customary
accuracy and'fairness. L am not
going g too have a belated °
•''•""�•"'thing altogethe�P�,,ln an•,,e1say cor�cernirtg
into the water.
You can also vision the
LOWN UP
Dear Editor:
Re: Hunting. • .
• .Is this' whole thing . being
blown up slightly bigger than
life? ti
,Was it not pollution,
pesticides, water -diversion and
Ernst Tafeit,
Goderich:
OBLIGATED
Dear Sir; •'
Being a hunter and also a
sl'rapper I feel obligated to add
my comments to those that have
been • • voiced in your paper.
Especially do I resent being
called a poor sort of character,
ignorant, insecure, and sexually
inadequate and -devious by Dr.
Please turn' to Page 3
w Ay
Voice of. Youth
The "Put4;" reviewed
(by Don McGee)
The ,tirst issue of the school :newspaper
carne out on Monday of this week.
Appropriately entitled "Put -On", 'the
majority of students at G.D.C.I. voiced
the definite opinion that the newspaper
was "garbage".. We personally would not
go so far as to term the newspaper as
such. However.„ we do question the
reasons behind this apparent failure of the
.ewspaper to impress some sense of its
worth on the students.
' Hailed as "the erd...of 'Mickey Mouse'
school news...", Put -On certainly livet up
to its predictions. But, whether Carl Marx
and his socialistic views are better
entertainment and food' for thought than.
Walt Disney'sfamous protege, is another
journalisap duel with the Editor
who is my good friend, but it
occurred to me that it might be
in order to 'assure the
townspeople at this point that
all is well at McKay Hall and i
do not know of any hard
feelings.
The • anonymous caller who
thought it was cruel to take
away •children's toyw, can be
thoroughly assured
onty
article, tire- only- thing- we had -
removed . from McKay Hall
j rgmises was are old iron bed
which had been left against a
fence for five days and which we
simply did not associate with
American take-over of Canadian
resources, wide -sweeping and insulting
remarks were voiced towards, and I quote,
the "decadent American culture":
Further, naive views of creating a new
political party, keeping tourists out of
Goderich and saor.ificing "monetary
gains" to protect our Canada were
presented.
that,
here. was. the h
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importance of foreign capital to tTe
growth of any country which itself does
not contain sufficient money for huge
industrial endeavours. '"
All in all, we agree that it is difficult for
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young people to put together something
.of .value in the face of much opposition—
such as money, student support, etc..
However, when the.newspaper staff does
decide to publish, we entirely expect to
see responsible and intelligent
commentary when the editor and his staff M i 1 d r e..d
see. fit to deal with such controversial arm' acknowledged as the greatAest.'
Harp Soloist in the world, hada
Commission it was announced
that,the town was suffering from
a serious power shortage
situation and everyone was
asked to limit the use of
electricity •to. necessities.
Out in. the _f'iang districts
around •GQderichanother
shortage was being fella by
farmers. A great shortage of
water was putting 'the pinch on
their operations.
FIVE YEARS AGO
-With municipal election` day
only three days off 20
candidates had thrown their hats
into the ring and declared their
intention to seek election to the
13 seats open.
1-furon County Department df
Agriculture officials reported 'in
a year end. summary_ that this
area was among the top
producers Mr the.:.country.
Motorists who, intended to.
,beat the last minute,,,.li.neups
tutted out -to pick up their 1967
motor vehicle registration plates
which became available ' on
December 1..
CFB Clinton's Pegasus Players
were Making . the final
preparations for the opening
-night of Arsenic and Old Lace.
explosive topics!'-
According to the majority of students,
the newspaper failed to accomplish these
'ends, pointing to the facto that most
teenagers are not radical in their thinking,
and not immature in their sub'sequent
actions:
A We realize, of course, that such
one-sided commentary,could have been
concert booked for Goderich at:
Knox Presbyterian Church.
Students of The Goderich
and District Collegiate Institute
were busy with exams.
Max Cutt addressed the
Goderich Rotary Club stressing,.
to the group that an air cadet
squadron was badly needed in
Goderich.
empldyed to promote student reaction OIflIOflSopinions, but nowhere in the
newspaper were students greatly
encouraged to express their views. A
casual remark to the effect, "any
contribution will "be considered, although
not necessarily accepted", wa . Contained
in the inewspaper, but we feel it'hardly
possible that students would contribute to
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' V'vgrrh' wh°at"e'vet;;effart rerreintcr mak i rag 1 are reminded that the
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opinions expressed in letters
published are not necessirily
the opinions held by The
Signal -Star.
In order . that Signal -Star
readetight express their
opinions on any topic of
public interest, Letters fo That
Editor are always welcome
for publication.
But
the writ
ars.
of such
it. `
One senior student summed it all kwwhen he said, '°simply, "Vm 'waitirlg• for
something better!"
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