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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-12-30, Page 22 ODE, CR $1I NAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 304 1971 EDITORIALS A rough 1971-ubrighter 1472 If' New Year's Da•y is a time for looking ahead, then the last few 'days, of the old ° year must *•be & ti m.e fol` looking back. ,I n ,,.„.„the' second section of this newspaper, we looked back• through 01971 and gleaned the top news stories from each week to help you .r. menahe ...just,Attiat.we n -t ;on in • -GGpderich 'for the past 365 ow— , The. editorial department has a 'few regrets about the past_i Bear, one of them being -'that we have riot • been able to . Suitably reward and acknowledge the efforts which have been made 4,8 some very valuable people to . improve the ' content of our local paper. We hesitate to mention names. Too often someone is unintentionally forgotten ,and new problems 'arise. But we do'want 'to end the old year = or begin the new year. — by offering our sincere appreciation to all those wonderful people who have helped us •ln so many ways during 1971. For the editorial staff in particular, 1971 was a gruelling year with ' many a changes recorded. For a .;large portion of .. the year — AT LEAST SIX MONTHS — we were short staffed and in a state , of upset brought about by the sudden departure of two editors. Add to that the advent of some of the Largest newspapers the Goderich Signal -Star has ever k.own, - and most anyone will admit that this has been a sometimes frustrating, alw flys busy ' and totally confusing 12 months. That's , why we are particularly ---inclebild to the people — the `rural corre's• . nc>f`ents, the sports - writers, the once -1•; p pile ttaff, the feature writers, the' Oleg!.reporters from so many orgahizations and anyone else — who always came through with the local news when the editorial staff just didn't have enough time and energy left to do more. We think the G.gderich Signal:Star this -- year has reflected the; life in this community becausQ thecitizens cared sufficiently,. -.to contribute copy, inforrnation and tips.' Thank you, every one. "- What's ahead for the New Year? We don't knovv.o�We do' pledge ourselves to working toward an even better newspaper for Goderich and area in 1972. That, of course, .will take additional co-operation from you, the people, but after the effort made -by the local population during 197,1, we are no longer concerned it will not come. When PM didn't listen 'to MP Huron County's Robert E. McKinley ended up -his 1971,, activities in the House of Commo ns by •tak ing a very gentle flub f<ee IY' positioned' jab atThe Prime., Mi ister, Pierre ElliottTrudeau during the December 21 session, , During the question period, Mr° McKinley rose to his feet and asked the following•'question — in these exact words as recorded in Hansard: "Is the government giving any consideration shall- -address -my °su'pp-temente .ry--- to -the Minister o,f Agriculture because the Prime Minister is not listening. Is • .the government giving any corlrsideration to the setting up of. -a levy system in Canada 'to counteract the revy systerri under which producers have the privilege of operating in the European Common Market?" . His answer from .Hon. H. A. Olson. "It is well known that the government's position is• to Liberalize trading relations, not to add further restrictions." • Being avid readers of Hansard with a - operations ., or the past wear presented. The_ report showed • the ,company: with some 300., phones:.:. on .._-their_.s_vstem ',and.. • expects to have 500 in opieration within the next year, The season of navigation _.closed and was reported to be a record_ breaker for Goderich in that more grain 'was .handled by the local harbour in the season of 1911 than in an previous season. As a result the year was also the most successful for the Goderich Elevator and Transit Company, GREAT c T LAKES uw40a TO LURE PASSENGERS THE 'W,t:ST£RNV METROPOLIS WAS TASTEFULLY FURNISHED WiTH CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS A MAR- BLE FOUNTAIN, IMPORTED WALLPAPER. CARPETING & DRAPERY. ROOMS_NAD COMPORTAg1.E'BEDS. AND A LARGE STAINED LASS DOME ADORNED TH TOP OF THE REAR DEC,K. e eR ier THE LAUNCHING WIN'S PALACIAL STEAMER. AT BUFFALO IN IB56, ATTRACTED S,OQfi SPECTATORS AND WAS CAUSE FOR CMG CELEBRATIONS, , ON AUGUST 4,1857 WESTERN, M£TRDPOL/S' MADE HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO DETROIT AND THEN BEGAN REGULAR SERVICE ON THE BUrFALO•TOLEDORUN, "i'HE 1857 RECESSION NAD•REDUCED BUSINESS; RAILROADS AND SMALLER SHIPS ALSO IWRT VIER PASSENGER TRAFFIC, SO IN 1862 THE WESTERN METRQPQ,jiS WAS STRIP OF ALL PLUSH ltd• TERIORS AND CUT DOWN TO A eARtB. HER SHORT LIFE AS A BARGE ENDED IN 1863 WHEN A LAKE SUPERIOR. STORM LEFT -THE WESTERN M£TRQPOL/S WRECKED ON A BEACH NEAR. CALUMET, MICHIGAN. l AUNCNFD AT BVITA.0, N.Y IENGT$ • 321 KAN • i9 1U OWAi'1 "14' Remember 60 YEARS AGO A Signal editorial urged voters to consider how much (. good Alexandra Hospital had done for the community when they made their decision about voting for the hospital by-law in the upcoming municipal election. , "No person," the editorial said, "should 'be without a desire to see the hospital continue its,work." Of our own rnember, we believe this to be the, very first time that Mr. McKinley has • openly taken; verbal'svvin ' at the Prit t'e . g TM111 niSter of , . Canada. -a . 'Vllhether we agreeyszr- disagree .with' Mr. McKinley does not. matter. Suffice it tosay, we 'were pleasantly surprised by'liar rnember's wit and remarkable opportunism in this instance. ' However, it quite possible that Pierre Elliott Trudeau had more . pressing -,_ -business -on his mind:` The-, nation'• -wide announcement Christmas Day that the Prime Minister 'Was the father of a .bouncing baby boy may provide a clue,to the' reasons behind the'' Pr'i me Minister's inattention to McKinley's query although of this fact we will never be certain. ' this ,regard, though, it , is an undeniable fact that . Pierre Elliott, Trudeau does everything in a spectacular` manner and even McKinley's terse, vvelF-placed ...remark in ,the ., House was overshadowed by the not -to-. - .der- Anothel• editorial noted' that ordinary common sense said to abolish the booze. Ani, •practice no • matter `h© vu harmful, " the' . '&11.641 rioted; Tat' 'has become°. est'6TR/led is hard to:dislodge'.'A multitude of arguments are used to. bolster' it up. Arguments galore were , used against " the abolition of slavery. But a sense of humanity over rode,. those .arguments as well" • The winter, and spring sittfngs of the High Cc ur•t of .Justice for --.isitan omen We don't know whether it is an omen for 1472 or -Tung"- Lit -'-vve are highly intrigued by the Economic Facts About Canada's Brewing Industry as published by the Brewers Association of Canada in Tate December. . The document outlines .some , 'discouraging trends • in the .brewery business, although it will depend -upon one's own personal feelings concerning firewater and its eventual results as to n; whether : or not the news ill , ' considered dis$'nal or heartening. I ,,\ Canada's brewing industry encountered •harp cost « increases during 1970,,_._. ,,, , accordi.n,110ja national survey carried Put • by the Brewers Association of Canada. The largest cost component continues to be taxes, which last year amounted to almost $319 million. This •amount,up.5 per cent over' the previous year, includes federal sales taxes, corporate ' income taxes, federal and provincial licence fees, municipal taxes and. special duties imposed • on beer by the federal and provincial governments. Federal excise duty alone accounted for over $146 million in 1970. 0 1 The survey shows-- that there were 14,078 employees (including brewers' 'distributors) on brewery payrolls in.1970, up slightly from the year before. These men and women, working .in 32.5 communities ...across Canada, were paid well over $115.5 million in wages, shlaries and commissions during 1970. mployees security benefits (group life insurance, pensions, etc.) amounted to • ove,r• $12 million, plus .another million and a half the county of Huron were to be held by Jury on Tuesday, March ' 26 before Justice Britton „and non jury on*Thursday, June 27 before Justice Clute, During 'the "week it was reported that Dr. .Clark, an emplo"!gee . of the Federal government. inspected the cattle, at Bisset Brothers . dairy; for tuberculosis to assure the ,residents of Goderich ,only the (surest of milk: The annual meeting of .the Goderich Rural Telephone Company was ° held,and ' a ,i�sfatory statemet of of the future? for miscellaneous benefits; such as educational courses and recreational funds. The breweries are .big customers of a number of. other Canadian industries, buying 97. per cent of all- their raw materials in Canada. In 197,0 breweries bought nearly $30.5 million of Canadian barley; ""malt, $7:9 mullion of other agricultural products used in the brewing pro,cess, plus\,an additional $4.9 million of other brewing ingredients. Purchase 'of bottles, cans, cartons, labels, crowns, operating and maintenance _sup•,pljes,_gffice_.' , supplies, fuel' and electricity .come..ovp „ 71,,. rnJ1jion/. in, 1970 compared with $66,millipn the year before. Apart from the extensive fleets of trucks maintained and* operated by individual breweries and distributing companies,. such as Ontario's Brewers .Warehousing Company Limited, the industry paid out well over $1'6.7 m'iltio• i - in freight and cartage costs . -T'6'""• independent carriers. Throughout 1970 brewing companies continued to improve facilities and; in' some parts of the country, undertook new construction. :,,,-.Capital and repair expenditures during the year come to over' • $52 million. An omen? An indication that in 1972.r: - Canadians IwiII (Say more for „their booze? Bad news? Good hews? It is all a matter for conjecture, of course .... and a- matter of opinion to boot. ESTABLISHED. Vie II- oberichj 1848 . SIGNAL -STAR, -O-- The County Town Newspaper of Huron --C}�- Published at Goderich , Ontario every Thursday morning by Signal -Star Publishing Limited TELEPHONE --°524-x331 area code 519 ROIBERT G. SHRI-- president and publisher 4.1RLEY J.-KELLER — editorial staff 124th YEAR of PUBLICATION Subscription Rates $8.00 a Year — RO.NSHAW editorial staff .. ...,.a`,ToA$9,60 (in advance). y.5Vi—N@Y. '"RY, ,5"r,NPe �Y0,' o''',1$744707401, -rag l�eaVfaoa &Wroiit��,+ :•rrn r+. i�: W : VRSIC-- adverts in8`ma d r'Se ort*cfas maltregistration number -0T1� i FIVE YEARS AGO Goderich fishermen Norman MacDonald' and his son Chester When??? found a life preserver of the Daniel J. Morell which sank in Lake Huron off Harbor Beach November, 29, three'miles southwest of Goderich. Nearly ,4'0i" families in Goderich and area had merrier Christmas thanks to alae employees at DRMCO who gave up their annual Christmas party and put the funds, and effort towards the needy of the community and area. area. . Eight, laky, .boats..;havle, arrived .: at their winder berth oc erk, harl'our.' l'hey" '`were the B'ricoldoc, Mondoc, Douglass Houghton, Maunaloa 11,- Victorius, Agawa, C. A. Bennett and; Manitoba. " . Cartoonist and film maker Walt Disney died at the,,age of, 65 in Burbank California and a; Signal -Star report reviewed the famous_:....gentleman's-, visit -to Goderich in 1947 for a visit with his past, Sanitary 'sewer =• Operation rates recommended by Goderich Public Utilities were approved giving an increase of $36.000 for operations. 6 ' Improvement of, small boat mooring facilities and more local. control of Goderich harbour has' been promiged" .by the federal department- of transport and public works. • ' . A Stop sign at the. top of North :Harbour Road • Hill, 'removed by the town in favour of a yield sign, was replaced at the request ,of the Department of Transport,.. Cuurtc'sa' fij' The C'linu,mt iti'c'4s RcCorcl'' Praise Pierre, Canadians Sing" •Calory to our new born King. Peace on Earth and Stanfield riled, • All the Liberals have gone wild. Joyful All i Join the triumph of Trudeau. CBCiand Star Proclaim, A`sonis born for future reign. Praise Pierre, and Margaret too A Christmas gift for them to you. n rain and snow, From the Publisher. .,. -Bob '.R yerse ti• Dear Editor, To me there is something very disturbing int the -way W. A. Hoy joins the automatic cry for extermination of wolves, as . a danger to man and animal. It seems to be the same type of conditioned reflex as the killing of a snake — whether harmless or.not — gyerytime man comes.. upon one of these reptiles. There is:- something so smugly self:righteous about such acts that a 'genuine nature -lover cannot help but be alarmed Just what is ,there about man that makes him so ,sure ,of his superiority .in •naku.res scheme, and his—tight to say what shall live and what 'shall die? We need only dwell upon the rapid rate we ' are,:„ allowing Ourselves to multiply, blight and- contamjpate all we touch - not -to-'mei tion,our- record -of mans' inhumanity 4o, questions in correct perspective. A few of us even go as far as believing that man has a soul,, wolves have not. .In spite of all the hair-raising tales of , hunters,' trappers and. section men ringed by wolves and fighting for their lives, it has been proven ,b,yond a doubt that wolves are no menace to npan. The late James.. Ceirran, publisher -1of the Sault Ste. 'Marie Star, devoted much of his life researching his book "Wolves Don't , Bite", ,debunking dc�'aTh=or glory ° wolf stories by the. 'score: H,e is famed ,for his classic challenge: "Any man who says he was eaten by• wolf, is a liar, Another book in-the,sante, vein is Farley �• 'Mowat's "W'o1v`s` tot*. ate 'in .,bur local library. kills the most wolves in Ontario. Dr, Pimlott. points out- that Algonquin Park probably " has one of the highest wolf populations in •the wgrld, Although used yeakly by over - • 40,000 people, not one has ever been attacked by a wolf.' The Wolf .is invaluable, as a natural check on deer and Moose herds,. In many areas of Canada moose especially are becoming too numerous for their food. The - killing of a moose °-.usually the weak or aged --- is beneficial, and' the paying of wolf bounties, or salaries to predatory control officers, is "a—waste of 'public funds. He calls such practice a crime, cloaked" under the misnomer of "con rvation" or ' `w ibdlife than ment". Sportsmen in the Goderich area ..last winter collected a bounty after rur-nirrg-a"-femar6woif-with -a bro , - n foreleg, for. most of two d finally barnyard, "A minister of Ian spoken out very hunting wolves rom, snowmobiles, the practice will go on until the bounty is removed. • the challenge that exists is to preserve wolves in spite of their negative image," Dr. Pimlott writes, "It is to get conservationists' , around the world, to broaden their concept of conservation so„ that they_ will see that it is as' desireable to have wolve's in a forest as it is'to have • de;er,.,aik..and rtlq[ise.;, it .is ,:to get ,ibasn to ,accept t at •tile."woiU that, k'iYls to live has just as much, ,or even a greater right to deer as good or not., has• the man who kills for fun.", I was told while irrvolved with Editors and , reporters (our own excluded, of course) must share the blame for perpetuating the Red Riding Hood fable. In their •hurry to §et a . good • wolf -human story ' print, they are too often uncritical and lax in verifying_facts,..And__aslong-aa we have happy groups of goofediup. hunters ,trying 'to out' lie each other as they relive the hunt - in. the local pub,• there will be no dirth of wolf stories. Apparently a bit skeptical of psychologists and 'psychology, Mr.- Hoy suggests we approach: j,anls and Forests officials for hunting information, rather than Drs, Jung and Adler, who he has renamed "Ugg" 'and "Clug". Professor Douglas H. Pimlott, Animal , Ecology and Wildlife Biology, University of Toronto, is also a Research Scientist for the Ontario Department of Land,F, and ' Forests and has - probably studied' the wolf more intensively than any other man. He and his family 'have lived in close proximity' with wolves in Algonquin Paxlc and in ' the Arctic on Baffin Island, and not onee, he claims, were they in the slightest danger. For the past fifteen years. he has urged the ending of wolf .bounties, deploring the existing system .where "flying sportsmen" can chase and kill wolves from the air on- frozen lakes, also the lobbying of Ontario businessmen who profit from organized Wolf hunting. One such organization is the Northern Ontario Tourist, Outfitters, which presents an annual trophy to the man who Improve the OId In a few days we will start on a new calendar. It will start for many of us with the thought that here is a hew year, a time for new directions to follow and new things to.b.one. All the illustrations that indicate the new year have connotations of newness. The neuv year is depicted as ,a baby. Nothing is newer ,with an aura of more hope than, a baby. The old year is depicted annually es 'an old man ready!, for the trash hear. Implications are that we should forget i' it and that all it represents is gone, neve to be recalled. A baby comes into the vyorld blameless and without responsibility. Not so the baby "year",. The baby cal'1ed "Year 1972" comes upon us with many responsibilities. Most of us look , at it 'as someone elses; to be raised to manhood- and looked after into old age. Few there are who will slay, "That bab'-is-mine and how he Turns out is my responsibility; he will reflect in the maturity of December the way 1 raised him," Let us this year forget the cartoonist's. description of the old and the new. Nothing stops as of the calendar date December 31 except the use of one' nu meral•. 1972• is noth'n ore than an 1 „A new year is an opportunity to do orleifthing — a chance.to improve the old. - Many have _lost lifetimes looking for new ~ ways to achieve a • goal. Oth'rs in equal' spans of time have taken old ways, improved them and found - their goal achieved., - Happy New . Year? It all depends on you! Happiness is to be found in doing. In improving the old, not cc nstantly looking for new "kicks". , -George • Bernard. -Shaw once wrote in Candida I, "You have no more right to sume happiness without producing it than to, consume wealth -without producing it," We at the Signal? We are going to be looking for ways to irnproye the old Signal -Star. When the next number changes to, '3' and 1972 extends into 1973, vee pope to have made it. Let us know if we did not. At any rate, we'll all find a measure of happiness in our work trying to find ways to improve theaold. ' And if after all you insist on looking at 1973 as a new baby,- take the responsibility for it 'Wall of your affairs.\ Treated like an unwanted child, it will have treated you badly by the time it is old. Treated like a child of love, it will �!you wellw hen it has have looked after .'+g RJ• .r .n'. ,v ;+�'« .�,•, yyt � aV•:iY;• w , µ«., , .� ti, .� a 1970, etc. - .. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 1i~ k .rf'� .: t r nY .. ., x a« :4e? n r h. W c .;,.e.uul t '«xru;>a, "KrC- , T 'cX ::, - rr cam.:✓ a s with snowmobiles. She apsed in a files e ' hough our resent s and . forests has ly against technical' end Sg I observed the work. It was mentioned, about the choice of plays, that it wasn't the best. The choice of play is ,i entirely up to the director and careful consideration goes into its choosing. We as young•acto.rs aiPnd actresses must be able to accept many parts, not just ones. that #re easy. Although some people- cannot comprehend tyle meaning of a play above a comedy level, this is not necessarily true of everyone... Plays are like books, they are written with a purpose and a message.' In some the message isn't clear right away or else'the purpose is to provide 'food for thought but becuase one cannot - .understand the play, or cannot or will not use the f6od for thought it is no reason to condemn, a production that so', many -other - ,; people •enjoyed, I am most certain that people did not see the same antics and ti actions, and pear the same foul language on the stage during rigon'72 as, were purportedly harried out on the lawns of ouseholders on Keays St. in an •impromptu theatre. Much of the rehearsal time at G.D.C.I. is after supper on student's own time. In reference about the remark on 'Murder in -The Cathedral' all I want to say, is that it was a ' section of a longerplay that was widely acclaimed, `Madwoman of Chaillot,' that placed' us runner-up in the Regional Play Festival in Brantford last year. • I am sorry to say • that I did not :get, the .opportunity Q. read it rberi,Whittaker's:arti fe in;°th e `e ' Gtob s �o I dont know it ittis '• . the Christmas . Parade that - Back on . the farm my anything you do for the public challenge will be to try and sell to. see you will receive ;criticism this philosophy to the next from at least one person. ,The station -wagon full of grim. same man also told me that the hunters and howling hounds ones who critize the most should which stops in the -.yar-d,-all--set.-- be -tire-- ones who ---are- gi-vthg-,"� to drive our woods for wolves. suggestions towards a' 'fetter No, Mr. Hoy, the only op''en performance next year. ' seasons or bounties needed are Ralady. Hills those for (a) The Hunter. (b) His Hounds. Should- 6'ne species of animal need' thinning, let it be Dear Sir: ..done by professionals. "Peace on earth, goodwill to G overnment-controlled , game „ farms are the only place for the men is an, oft -repeated phrase ever-growing mobs of amateurs. -at Christmas, a time when we Safely fenced and fortified from- mortals try to prove' with lavish the rest of us'they can "execute - gifts that we really believe in the Thanksgiving or Christmas goodwig to men. What most of fowl, and dream"up -wolf stories us forget is very often a more to their hearts content. satisfying and' rewarding (P.S: I do not feel qualified to • experience. comment on your theory of ,a The student body at Biblical basis to justify -modern must have -the right idea- and hunting. Possibly, now that the have proven to me this week busy Christmas season is over, " that, offered a • challenge, the one of our"local theolog}ani youth of today is equal to it. could help us out?) As- rekaT co-ordinator for the J. C. Hindmarsh 'Ontario Heart Fund, I approached the • Students' Council of G.D.C.I. for assistance , in 'A recruiting canvassers. This week I was informed that canvassers from the student body will be available on Heart Sunday, February 13. This to me represents the ChristYnas spirit of giving ani: sharing - truly goodwill to men. Eileen Palmer Dear Sir: �n last week's edition of the Signal -Star there was a let -ter from an irate• drama. critic ,,let-ter I feel deserves a reply, of some. sort. I am involved with the Drama' Club at school which is why I am writing ,a reply. It is based entirely on ray opinions •,and knowledge, A great deal of time, effort and talent went into the . produ.etjon of Trigon'72 in all aspects. including directing. I had some • work to do with the 0•• • pInIons • In order that Signal -Star readers might express their opinions on any topic oft public interest, Letters to' he Editor are always welcome for publication. _ - But the' writers of 'such letters, as Well as all retders, „ are reminded that the opinions expressed in letters published are not necessarily the' opinions, held by The Signal:Star. 1 0 �r Dear Editor,. Would appreciate you printing the following portion of a letter received from E. J. Bensoi:, Minister of finance today. ' To quote'. "The student (or -any boarder) may demand a receipt for his own protection and any amount received in payment for room and board is income and is, required 'to be reported 'as ' income. However, the studerlt,,,cannot deduct such payment from income since they are expenses of a personal nature and are not laid out to earn income." Not that there are many rooming or boarding students at Goderich but many landlords are ignorant"of this law. 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