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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-12-09, Page 22 comitiP . $IGNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, EtECEMBER 9, 1971 t Let'sgetthe, lead out •,/We doubt that Mrs, Elsa Haydon, chairman -of the property committee .of G.orderich ''4ToWn Council, was the only person in this "municipality who, was disappointed that only six people showed up -for a meetingsto discuss -the need fora mr.t icipally operated day care centre here •Vionday evening. We're witting to wager there were mothers and fathers - many of them - who hoped that sufficient interest in . thi'e project would be mustered without•them. having- -to rouse themselves from- their comfortable apathy to•express' an opinion. That's usually the way it is, People will sit back with a very passionate opinion about something, hoping a'hd maybe -even expecting someone else to carry their ball for them. It is that ol'd let -George -do -it 'attitude which kills more worthwhile _projects\than anything else. From the numbers ,of working women in Goderich yvho at one time or another have expressed a desire for the facilities of a day care centre in town, we are suprised that not one single, solitary parent of a pre-schooler was present at the meeting to express that wish. More tha .are ze.. tha.t.„ ‘.none—Of tf;is' group ..took the time .e•.rnade- the. effort to get in touch with -Mrs. Haydon or town clerk J. Harold Walls prior to the meeting either by telephone or by letter, if atteribance at the meeting was not possible. • -° It may aver► be that this project is new and confusing at first glance. That seems to be smalj excuse for not expressing even a mild interest in, what it erltails ter tiow it can affect you. You were not _asked to express favor for the proposal but rather to make your feelings known to the committee - toror'against. - M.rs. • Haydon now reports. - that questionnaires. will be placed it strategic points around town. Council apparently wants to give absolutely everyone an opportunity to indicate feelings on this important., issue. We think that -is a commendable a.ctian on' council's part, especially• since one might ..get' -the impression council's efforts were snubbed in the first instance: _ We urge everyone,, but most especially the mothers and fathers of pre-school ' •chin, to make their feelings known to town cuncil on a municipal day care centre for Goderich. No one is going to do it for `you this time. It is up to each one of Y»ou` unless,_ of course, the municipal treas-t ---a-rrd-•the future of odertcf are of no real' concern,to you. A may to bea:t,. thern? They are coming in thick and fast now. We're getting complaints almost daily now about outdoor Christmas lights "being , -2- stolen from ----trees and -home's and public building's..,.and then needlessly smashed on'the ground. • 'This kind of activity is, not new -to Goderich, of course. In fact, Christmas bulb thievery is a' nation-wide pastime:or so' we •would expect after hearing from • people from almost all corners of Canada. e've .been asked to provide ' the instruc 'ons for fastening ..securely outdoor lights'. into the. string so they canrrot be easily removed. This weekovve checked with Martha Rathburn who reported the job was easily accomplished with'a'small'tube of'glue, » . The trick says Martha, is to run a small bead ._of glue around.. the' very • top -most of the metal•part at the base of the light bulb. You simply turn•the bu,'Ib ^eW UNICEF Greeting Card "The Peaceable Kingdom", the design contributed to °. UNICEF, the United Na- tions Children's Fund, by the U.S.A. artist, Ezekiel Schloss, for the 1971 card sales. Proceeds from the sale of this Sard help - 'UNiCEF• in its rnany pro- , 'grammes to aid children world-wide. We get letters.... nderground newspaper in Goderich? NOT REPRESENTATIVE Dear Editor, Re - Voice of Youth . It,• seems 'quite remarkable that an article should be placed in this 'news _a' er h ', Pon McCee under the heading "Vbice of Youth". - His ,ideology is representative of the generation which precedes this ,sembIancf of • intellectual • awareness. »r - it unattractive and •un.p.rod-ucti-ve,- -. - posssed by youth. T'he articf e arri• .bored byall this nattering • wings on being , hysterically with t ieir mpi ?y, initiative and against something.' „ w illingraees to experiment U 11 finds - 1 linin f theroject sua y one ins young eager y: imng up or p people questioping the value, of and then callously brushed generalizing. I it comes oto , aside'? There was nobody there. Americans they, uite mindlessly, And. yet when, somebody .else,,- ... _ _ _...._._.._._._. ' ----Opens doors'' for Lust that. �* opens doors far us-• we- -get all • r. shoots at a beautiful blue heron let -alone wound or kill one, is more than a moron, he is the lowest form of the human species there is. Yours sincerely, E..D;. Fingland — 1,, realize;, that we are doing emotional (and nothing- else) This .__innt CHRISTMAS LEGENDS It is believed' that on Christmas Eve trees and plants bow in reverence- to the Christ Child, A man once rode into Jordan shortly before midnight on Christmas eve, and tied his donkey to a prostrate palm tree, , which the man supposed had been blown down by the wind. In the<,n'torning the tree stood erect, and the poor donkey was hanged. * * *, this sort of collective whining on about foreign domination many levels and in large ,^ ' • o- • 'Sincerely; quantities nowadays, but I find Elsa I-iaydon. „ on • PutYOn, .was not. only • „ *, bout foreign domination , taste. "American imperialism" and Expressing the view the paper into the socket and allow the glue to set. was subject to the ideology of The bulbs then • cannot be remmvedr' Karl. Marx proved ':Mr. McGee to 'be a neo -M C rthiest for, not _blatantly biased but ' in p»cot` a• every blame placed elsewhere, our youngsters often using , • slogans `'made' in U.S.A." »by some individuals and groups who do' not . fit' into any, society at home or elsewhere. "Decadent American culture", my foot! _ ,•It is up to us t� find the style and level of life -we find culture, when he"states the paper appealing and can afford and we was radical in content. As editor, would do ourselves a real favour - was • had ,to keep the torte of the.l�o•ncentarating on the pleasure paper ,at a moderate level to of living like our own selves instead• of wasting -so much time and energy -in constantly keeping • a ' quarrelsome eye on our neighbours on the other side. df, the border. No doubt. they are capable of looking • after. themselves; This is my Message to the editor of "Put=on". - In the meantime he can also --think -about -another.-•yexarn-ple: (Instructions for replacing the worn-out glued -in -bulbs -a-re - a- -ca'reful. -guarded secret.) It sounds like a solid 'st iution to the headache of having to buy new ,bulbs every' 'few days. As we have stated 'elsewhere. , this newspaper, however, we will not be- responsible ,fo;r...the reaction -of would-be. Tight bulb thieVes , who are usually easily frustrate�„and prone to fits of destructive rage. 'I�f you vtiant to be absolutely sure •that your. Christmas lights will itmain intact, thes really only one answer. Decorate your horse from the INSIDE. That's pure and ' u'tter defeat for, those frenzied 'few who get their kicks by watching beauty turned. ,to ugliness, light changed to darkness, ' 'y replaced by anger/,Christmas reduced to ick, joke. - A little guidance, With the . rash of pre -Christmas and post -holiday events scheduled' . for Goderich and district, we ate having a difficult time to keep our calendar .up, to date. We are certain others in. the area are exp%fencing the same problem,+ judging from the number of clashing dates which are showing up. ` ' t It was more than a year ago now,' that Reeve Paul Carroll ,pit forth the idea that 'rr '''' th'is',newspaper should devise a kind of "clearing house"' system. It was the Reeve's . thought that • if the Signal -Star could rfvork out sorne sort of scheme whereby .events :Ctil'd be charted on a centra community ° .calendar .as soon as they are planned, it.would be a very, simple matter to'avoid• bad dates and even co-ordinate events, which i ' _might complement each other. '--'..w�._ 'To make a long story short, we've tried. But always there has. been the one obstacle - this �s .a busy and growing busier place of trade. The'staff who work in our front office just cannot give their time to such a project and we still haven't thought Of a way to accomplish the deed without, utilizing manhours for these workers. ) There have. been several, new suggestions in` recent months. On was that some person with very little else.to do, might welcome the opporttsnit t:for contact with the public. This person would keep a calendar of events by their please. a , one piece of socialist doctrine .was to be found within. His right-wing tendencies • break through his...' facade of membership in the youth maintain my position. - The executive of the Student's Council ' at G.D.C.I. felt the same as did Mr. McGee and replaced me as editor of the school paper. My staff and „1 would like to congratulate :all. the conspirators who. ' helrred .i h them luck in competing with us Michael Gregg, Clinton Air Force Base had to. go Edito 'ut•On. to Europe to find industry and I , — . e investment, for the kind of project he has in mind 'and of otic. throw ..Pitt Qn •and, « s The new owner of the former' PUT- ON TAME which the community would Dear Editor: benefit. With a different When Ron Shaw joined the background he may;have gone to editorial staff of our local, the States; it, makes little newspaper and later the' "i,"gice difference in the principle which of Youth" column was added I is — were Canadian investors was pleased to see Young people included in such activities. There is much talk about today's telephone and folks in the community young generation; it is good and pian•ning an event would simply call, find_ interesting to hear from them out 'what else is booked in Goderich and directly. I was, therefore,'surpriised to district' for the same time and select,a date discoNer from Don McGee's lines which would •then $e technically .that there are people among us who- apparently oppose printed :rese"reserved" for them. Of"' course, there rved be no way to prohibit competitive activities on 'the, same date, but`for the most, part, we,• can envision co-operation among the major organizations in this .. municipality. r „ Another idea expressed only this week was that•• -the local Industrial Commission' office might- take ,on this activity. It is w- . true :that , indusrr al promotion and - entertainment 'may not be alike, -but we doubt. that -few will disagree that they are related. " We do not know the answer, We do . bring the matter to public.attention again and suggest that Town Council .or the Recreation Board or the Industrial Commission or the Tourist Committee' - or representatives of all four bodies' - sit down together to discuss what. can ,be done to alleviate, the trouble which is , more and more evident as a greater number of activities are planned. Goderich is a progressive community in many `respects.' There is plenty going- on here. All that remains is to impose some gentle and we b Zieve welcome guidance which would benfit everyone in the long run. It is food for thought , ESTABLISHED VSIje oberf clj , 124th YEAR SIGNAL—STAR o.T .. PUBLICATION -ria •ounty-"fown-Newspaper-o# Muro►k -- `- » Published atGoderich , Ontario every»Thur day morning*by Signal -Star Publishing Limited' ' .,1848. TELEPHONE 5244331 area code 519 •" R B rt� SH R I ERi - , prreWetif and publisher ttiIIILEY K•ELLER editorial staff ROS' SHAW editor ii staff ARD J BVRSK$ — advertising manager ,Second elan mail•.registration number — 0'16 Subscription Rates $$600'a' Year -- .To U.S.A. $9.59 (in advance) Mn A expressions of youthful thoughts and feelings and dismiss their participation. 'We should simply remember, that there is nothing done or said, that somebody somewhere • does not oppose anyway.. -- No doubt that adult readerst out of office as a record of. various 'ages will 'find some would never under any circumstances be person who takes it' upon himself to swept youthful views interestingly allowed to write an editorial for a ••'represent a category of which •►'fall under; turnout of voters came to the polls and ;cast 'ballots in ,presented and agreeable in }newspaper, - municipal elections » held'. in substance or at least with some From• the Voice of Youth editorial, , h I Goderich, - strong arguments in their favour, "Should youth speak out" 1 would like to expou p The retired Huron Judge pa doubt • we shall. at times �" Frank Fingland died at his home thoroughly disagree with others, give you- a pair .of. -quotes:, "To judge". I but I should' think that 'ijs st of f teenagers' as a whole on the basis' of 'one " in Clinton. Funeral services were us welcome the addition of held from Wesley Willis United I type is a ridiculous thing.to to do." E fight j ,. Church in that. community. your yiews to our paper.• LOWEST FORM. Dear Editor, Now that our big brave game hunters have had their say, I would be' interested in their replies to Dr. Watt's question, why do they hunt? , Is it tor the_ great outdoors? They can have that by going forth with a• camera. Is it for sport`?" It can scarcely be called ' that unless animal and bird is also armed with a gun. Is ,jt, for • need of meat? Hardly. , Is it to ' show their prowess and bravery? It must :take a lot -.f .the latter to kill a gentle ,doe or fawn or helpless ,,bear cub. They must 'be very proud of the recent .wild -cat hunt in Nova Septia, and they still rnore••reeent ' de cription of- the,;,.batiting ane hunting..ot our bears. Many of _these tatt'i r arewwotinded'and left 'to die in the woods in terrible agOny. it took -four brave hunters to shoot and -leave helpless and -dying beside a marsh, one lone goose, • the pet • of the neighbourhood. They must ' be very' ,proud indeed • of that epi sod e( • I would go further than Mr. ' Hindmarsh and' say anyone who WANTS JAIL Pear- Editor, ,_I .•w as -pleased to read in_ last _ week's Signal -Star that action has been started to save the Jail. The Jail must not be razed. If parking space is needed, it would be cheaper and aesthetically better to raze a nearby house. As a'' beach patrol `officer at. Point Farms Provincial Park for 4 years, I know that tourists love that building. All 'ages imagine isorriething different' in it — pirates, princesses, tea room, prisoners; everyone' wants a:tour through it! 'As a tourist attraction q the Jail has more value than as a parking lot. Besides, those Walls are 4'/z feet thick at the bottom. Can you " imagine , • the cost of demolishing them? And tFien the cost' of rebuilding_them in 5-10 - years when we'd realize we'd lost a • part • of our heritage? Econon'tically, its better to keep the Jail and start preserving it .. Sincerely; Susan Bell. SANTA REVIEW • Dear Editor: • • . Santa has made his annual pre -Christmas visit to Goderich. In reflecting the results of our 1971 efforts;'t am very pleased.' On behalf df the Goderich (Please turn to Page 3) It is believed that bees can be heard —singing in the hive on Christmas Eve. It is believed that if a girl knocked- loudly at the sty door on Christmas Eve; if a hog grunted in reply, her predestined husband world be an old man; if it were a little pig, that meant her husband would be young. * It is believed that the luckiest person in the household' during the next• year is he o she who first opens the doo "to ,,let Christmas in." * * w m en N ir 00 1 M V'�itli two ARS AGO- 60"YE elections -having- - - taken place within three months the publishers of the Goderich Signal promised that they would try to give more attention to news features during; the year 1912 after the - pressure• of elections was removed. Pressure continued,'as applied by - those supporting . local • option,' to - have the policy of t rnperance� • Maintained in » Goderich when voters wept to, the polls to vote on the issue. Miss Skimmings was noted to • have been -the victim of a rather unfortunate accident.. when she fell on, St. Pat ,ick Street and fractured.. her thigh,: bone. 'She was taken to Alexandra HOs'pital, • "'An interesting feature was scheduled for- the G,C.I, Literary Society in that, they would be • presenting gold and silver •medals won by Muriel Galt' 'and Ruby Stiddatt" of 'Victoria' and Central Schools'respectively.• At 'Toronto Justice __._Sutherland. made an_ order for • the winding up of the Doty Engine Works Company Limited of Goderich on the Petition of the Bank of Montreal which claims' to be a creditor in the sum of $96,163.98. The 'local fire brigade was called out on two occasions, to a frame dwelling 'on Palmerston - Street occupied •by•`Lewis Elliott and to ,extinguish a fire discoyered in the hold of a dredge located at the harbour. ~-- - Andrew •-Cruic.kshank_ of Wingham who had been sentenced a few days previously by Judge Holt to seven years in penitentiary at Kingston on a charge of assault with intent was taken -to his new place of ,abode in the Limestone City,, 4 Voice o Youth The Voice of Youth. Reviewed By J'ohp P�ammiriger' contend that the following statement of the editor of this column, Don McGee, be put into effect, "Irresponsible people- 4 r� arson who finds more 'food for thou ht person» g FIVE YEARS AGO ,` in ly),,ickey Mouse than in the writings of Mayor`` Walkom;;Reeve Jewell Carl Marx- and also the. credentials. of a and Deputy -Reeve Moody were that of youth. I also question' why the writer us:4 "we"when en he is ,only ndin on personal opinion: The editor has .'stated. that a possible result . of this column will be a much better understanding and youthful passion defining a defending new discoveries everlastingly , beauti 'sentiments and causes. "I lines before that I found the gem,- '"I'll j between adults and teenagers. I ask how answer that, your average adult will say, I can this be accomplished when. each teenagers as a group are notoriously i article has contained passages putting 'mouthy and smart aleck.." It,seems that down various segments of youth leaving the editor did ."the•aridic'u ousthing": o ~onI"' that one of which the editor ispart onetype. width of student's hair, the editor spends point feela that the .alio of theeditor. 'u representative backed by the majority of "students,. To ° for 'he does riot have'•much in common r Goderich Lawyer D. J. what avail? Does either of these groups ' with _any. of the- yout+l that I know well./ Murphy and Harry Bridle of - • n facst I find his comrients not only Mount Forest were appearing have the power or authority to overrule y �, the,Bill of Ri his? contradictory incorrect, and irrelevant by�E before a Parliamentary g - "- Committee on industry in , In last. week's newspaper, the writer naive and boring. ; Ottawa. reviewed the'schoonewspaper "Put- On." Note: Don McGee, though having contributed feel that he should haye,.read_the paper - regulur1. r "The Voice ,of Youth'' t"s oat the before he criticized it. I give you a quote `,,editor' of the column. In fact, the column rs' concerning is paper: "But, whether Carl ' wide open to any member of the youth j�arx and ah) socialist ideas are better community to speak out on matters in Goderich splratior►s wad-written—by�-a -.Riz e , in. th person s opinion, to be aired. person who, by his own entertainment a od for thought than. ' :� atmision, has been fifty times Walt Disney's famous protege (in this case As we require that editorialsyyouth must be signed, Mr. McGee was the. only young person around the•sun. Mickey Mouse) is artother thing '' -.. uitii�f phis wOek -- who accepted our inyitation Knowing the editor slightly 1 altogether." -, to use - the column. Why? • It has been' our rather regret saying these I read the school paper and -even after • experience that signing one's .tame to one's unflattering Ings about the going through . it again. and again, I could ` thoughts for publication fry, a newspaper is not school' pa , but I Leel that rot__ not find an article or even a mention of too popular With even the most vocal people, - The Goderich Public Utilities Right now 1. want to say that Commission •- announced that I found Don McGee's last week's I electricity would cost `less after review' on the high school paper - g January 1, 1967. The PVC "Put-on".„ somewhat misleading. ( f reduced rates to consumers. We 1- were led ' to expect ,,'`` j y ,Santa Claus, in his ud ing adults on the basis of yp f of on a pre -Christmas visit to Goderich, cctintrovcrsial and explosive I 9 pedestal. topics" •— in other words, In an editorial concerning the length or took part .in .a successful. Santa something to a , degree The i t of all this is that I that C us, Parade and then held court stimulatingly radical. ; I was many words stating g the is not act ally a .,a _the Goderich Arena and looking forward to words fairly of youth but a representative of himself, istributed a ton of candy, to crackling with the excitement lot school administration On this matter is opal youngsters ,. id of ful I found the ^paper colou less x and Mame, its most daring and reckless essay being a repe tion Td'f tiredoanti-American caches. The only article that i my opinion came closest to youthful a rM• some reg on -he made it .with his eyes,ciosed and could have more "Carl Marx ' and his ,s'ocialist views:0'. We still invite, the editorial comments of interesting results if he declared Besides, Kari Marx's views were not youth for this column Copy must be in no later himself for an idea instead . of socialistic. • than Tuesday, at 5 o'clock for publication that *astiri f1 i his 1 t' th t "I st bIt of a week ter tus hear from you g energ es app nlo g Ron Feagan, one of the most successful horsemen in • standardbred racing, hurdled' past the finish line in first place for the 200th time in one season sib to set a hew season record for drivers. ' 'The Decefnber 8 edition of the Goderich Signal -Star was the - largest edition ever published in the 118 year history of the • paper containing 28 pages in three sections. - " Dr, Frail( Mills piled up .1417 votes to defeat former , mayor Frank Walkom who polled only 91.3 and became ' mayor for the 1967.68 term ot. office '► quer o a ma iien a y .