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"_Dear Sir: -twice during the first show, in an see as attempting to govern eh
This in answer to the letter attempt to restore•.order,•both the . other they will imitate the same
under the heading' "Unwise", sound and picture were' shut off. barbarism. If we habitually adln,ut
signed "A Concerned Youth'' on but with no results as no one even the right of sovereignty in ,each
page two of last week's Signal- notieed.. You said that you other and in them, they will
Star. • resented the manager being become equally respectful of our
• The bey. who. wrote that letter - judge,' jury anti executioner. Mr. rights and of each other's.
betrays his immaturity through Lyndon the .manager a,n d All these propositions' are'
the use of •nanie-calling the yepresegtiug the owner,- has as • prdbablyself-evilent-„yet not one
theatre manager "Old BrissleS", .much right, by law, to decide who of the is -practicable under sthe
".',Big Boy" etc. It is the equivalentt „comes into his theatre as you have present *mixture of the interests
F r,; r1 ng hl d, to.saay ,v ul „ ;o.< G tr .hora,e ..-, .• 41.,—A ce .
sticking out his tongue at some . You may .have, wanted your •
fanciedenemy. Also, it is a rather letter to sound' mature and grown
`mild indication of the crass ill- upbutfrankly, I find name-calling
manners that seem„ to be the very childish. Tam referring 'to
pattern for a,,.,,fragrn.ent- mot -our .the line where. you called the
younger generation. manager ",Brissles" or was it
The manager uf-ta • theatre' has • Big -boy"? With an attitude like
the responsibility of ensuring that ° that I don't blame him for not
each person in the audience, adult letting you in,
and teenager alike, is entitled to From observing the 11 -year -
personal enjoyment of the'screen. old boys in front of me, I would say
This is almost impossible when that they had no right to even be at
loud -mouthed misbehavior, on the the show. A11 •three of them were
part of a small group, distracts smoking. As you enter the:theatre
attention:(The problem of seat- there arse at .least two signs that
slashing , and other ,fQr•ms .1f state in plain -" .iiglish" ""NO
vand`a ism also Thre part of the SMOKING PLEASE". I know
scene:) Thus, supervisioff and these kids are young but surely
discipline become a necessary they can read. There were also
segment of management. • wine' bottles found between the
The Park Theatre management seats -I wonder if these belonged
regrets that some "innocents" ,to the 11 -year-olds?
have become involved with You referred.to the -theatre as a •
discipline of the guilty. We " place of entertainment but judging
realize that the majority of from the -Conduct of the kids that
kids" try.tobe well-behaved and night, or should-lsay the -majority • ..a
..that all disturbances are created of kids,, it was obvious• that they Letter to the Editor...
• • by the lesser minority. The pity of - didn't want, the entertainment on. I" hope you have received the
it is, as always, that the ignorant the screen, just a place out of the draft I,,sent fpr the paper. I am
minority makes more noise than' cold and away frorti_home. formerly Minnie J. Tancott; come
* the rational majority. This You told the parents that the to Goderich from'Toronto as a
always results, . when . an ill- pool halls will be more crowded child and lived there many years.
mannered dictator. ballooning his now. Any parent with a child aged My husband has not been well,
frail masculinity, gathers a gang 11--13 should have the common off and on for many -years and
of young copycats.. Then, each sense and responsibility to keep' passed on on the 12th of February..
member of the gang tries to outdo their kids off the streets at night. Ido not have many friends left
the big wheel. Somewhere in that I am. very sorry that you, were in Goderich, but hope to be there
thought lies the:crjpc of troubles ' turned away from the show but as in the summer.
within our contemporary younger far as I can see, and l bras there,
generation. Mr. Lyndon took the only action
• The • management, parents possible May I suggest that next
themselves, sincerely wish that . time there is a show you want te.
the loutish types would take' watch, •ask °your mother to take
lessons from their better you. Maybe if,parents took more•
acquaintances instead of trying to interest in what their'kids-do on
O lead them into the swamps of had Friday • nights such drastic
-` manners-7Tfieri perhaps there `measures would not -Faye `been _a
would he less need for disciplines necessary. Dear Sir,
in theatres; less need for. I f e.el you have u n j u's t•l y As Clerk of Colborne Township
increased police forces, ` less criticized Mr. • Lyndon. and his
• I sent into th*Signal-Stara news
need -for all the restrictions made •- theatre,ii em of the February 1, 1972
necessary. by - youthful bad - Another Concerned Youth" meetingof Colborne Township
0 behavior. And, 'simply,.. all
would take is intelligence, C r e a t u. •
e S o f Council to be published in the
polite es•s ti consideration Ffor. February '10; ,1972 issue of .the•
'politeness- , , m 1 paper. It did :: not appearbut the
the right's. di others. .Example office said they had received it.
a On February the 17, 1972 it also
Sincerely, 195 Strang Court did not appear. 1 then telephoned
George JeKrne.r Goderich, Ontario February 28, 1972 a nd I 'talked t..a s:o.m e o n e l
• understand who was in charge of
printing and he told me_ that the
copy was „received too .late for
February 10 and it w•as- just
Dear Editor: missed or forgotten on February
I read with interest the letter 17 but he promised to print it in
from ''A 'Concerned Youth" in the issue of February 24 with a`
& Last week's issue and I would like note ,to' the effect that it . was
to address my comments to that. received earlier but by mistake
writer. was not printed. However, it•was,
Although l fall into the age y l th not printed again.
group you mentioned. lam 16. I Council entrusts me to see that
find .some' of your statements this account is sent in eachmonth•
difficult to agree with, To begin, I Ratepayers telephone here asking
why it is not in the paper. They are
o_ believe that a Theatre ,by-law p bishop def the -Vatican ,_ ..., _. ° a _ �.. _ q ...
states that children under. 12 bishops, Ps ' interested in74-hat is going-on-
This
oing on in
This is the example we set ter our the township.
•years•of age are not allowed into youth and expect them to act in a
the .show •at"night unless Please send mea letter telling
manner • that' is acceptable to me why this is not printed so I can
accompanied. by an adult. society.
Therefore, kids 11 years pld and For children are principally show it to Council at the next
unaccompanied by•an adult should meeting to be held March' 7, 1972.
not have been there at all. the creatures of • example-- If your paper9is interested in
whatever the surrounding adults the fact that there is a meeting to
• In your letter you made mention do, they will do. If we strike. them,
once of, the destructive incident they will strikeeaGh•other. If they
but you neglected to point nut that Please turn to • Page 4
parents and childrent and=between
adults. °
To,,, -.solve the problem," of
education, children must be
surrounded with -equality and
Must be equitably treated, and
'each and every one, parent or,
child must have his or ' her
intrividual rights equally
respected. -
No child under the age of fifteen
should receive instruction in
subject which mayppssibly be the
vehicle of serious error, such as
philosophy or religion, for wrong
notions imbibed early can seldom
be rooted out, and of all the
intellectual faculties, judgement
isethe last to arrive •at maturity.
Yours' sincerely,
June McLean
Here in
��Sumroer'
Sincerely,
M.J. Alexander
189 Ramsdell„Ave.,
Buffalo 14216
Why no.
More
Concerned
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Dear Editor:
It seems increasingly' clear
that we, as supposedly mature
adults and parents are constantly
criticizing the youth for their
unruly actions, their attitude,
their appearance, etc. But young people are not the
enl rebels. Postmen, policemen,
firemen,` 'teachers and other
public servants `organize and
strike. :Union members overrule
union leaders. Priests defy
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In happier days -:it was W.S.
Gilbert who, -wrote: • "The
Policeman's Lot is •not a happy
one", and in, these present days of
vaunted peace, when care is' taken
not to call a war because the
insurance would be ,invalidated,
the same may be said of the -lot of
the soldier. Perhaps it would be
inaccurate to say the soldier was
misused in Vietnam, because it
was rather that h.is"high
commanders had misread the
writing which the last few yea s
had imprinted on the wall. •They
had failed to realise that' you do
not lightly oppose guerillas -with
conventionally trained and
conventionally armed troops,
unless you desire what is in fact
being dealt out: Stalemate. •
'GUERILLAS IN VIETMAN
-Guerilla tactics are
`particularly -advantageous for -
countries with a low standard of
economy because they do not rely
on expensive sophisticated
modern weapons. Nor do they rely
for success on large numbers of4
cannon fodder, On the contrary,
the essence of success is the
small target presented by ,the
guerilla, as opposed to' the large
and easily identifiable one
presented by. the_ conventional
army.
Add to this oSurprise, based on
sound' information • which is
immediately available to
, settlers who were given land, and
power in the 17th century on their
promise ---to keep , the • hostile ,,
Catholics'out'of the area
controlled' and "these are 'the
aging Unionist poiitieianswho run
the country from Stormont and
,who are the 'only people • Ulster
now.who do not seem to belong
here". (+.1) It follows that a
ghastly mistake.was made when interna,1 order. Soldiers neither
Westminster was apathetic enlist to do this, nor are they
enough to roan troops -to the , trained to do it. The rikt•It-p'la'c'e"
Stormont •'without strings'. For for anarmyw,heite hostile force is
' now the original agents of being used to. penetrate a border
Catholic provocation and goading, or frontier, as it is in Ireland, is
the, Ulster Constabulary and 'the on that frontier itself. The right
Ulster Defence Regiment, (alias body to deal with ' murderous
the B -Specials) were reinforced internal violence is a police force
by 15 ;000 troop s:. Their trained to restrain and punish
consistent partisanship-. violence with the minimum of
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plii•n. -
Sunday. , March 5 is .the
7 beginning of Education Week in
'�. Ontario a:hd,several of the area's
schools .are,planning speciil,
events to co-ordinate ,with the •
dates. .
At Victoria ,Public School here
i rode h Ptirreipa4 dolor • .,,
staff and' studentsare inviting the
,hangarst,old Mises and crowded. public to a.special eveafing Open
huts in which they live''. House at,which time par.ents'and
As someone. has said; perhaps , friends'are invited to tour the
Napoleon, who had every reason school and speak with the
'to know; "One • can do anything ''• teachers concerning , their
with bayonets 'except sit on classsroom' programs. ',
them".On Tuesday; March 7, .parents
Wellington was equally of school children are invited to
adamant in his dislike for using sit in on the morning classes fron
:soldid`rs for the preservation of g a.m. until 12 noon: 'In this way,
mothers and fathers will see first
hand just what their children are
doing at school each.day.
prevented the RUC from violence
ROBERTSON SCHOOL
At Robertson' School, a' special
variety night presented by the
Grade 8• class is scheduled for
Monday, Ma4?ch 13. This will be^a
Minstrel Show and the public is
cordially invited to. come and
• „enjoy''
obtaining any' in•forrnatien• about In a • l a n.d where such. an • , principal Ralph Srrtith fi notes
the ghetto inhabitants; in fact they organisation as the Provisional that while no special activities
did,;not-dare to -walk. do.wn.their --.1RAexis;ts, this mpans_a_strongly . are scheduled for Education
streets, so that they would not armed police.,, determined to Week, an Open House is being
recognise a guerilla terrorist stamp out murder, with planned for April.short of surprising him in some impartiality. It is the absence of
illegal act. . this essential instrument which ST. MARY'S SCHOOL
In the result none. of the forces nullifies the effectiveness of ;the . St. Marys School will be open
reputed'to be charged with law•and RUC, just as it nullifies the to the public on Wednesday,
order had any "intelligence," and influence of the• Stormont to March 8 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
it would be hard to conceive of produce peace. 3:30 p•m.
circumstances more frustrating If anyone • doubts .this last , During and from 1:30 :30thotto o times, normal
to t h e s old i e r> 0 r d e r ed to ,statement, let him read again the classroom activities will go on as
substitute for the Constabulary, articles in this newspaper dated usual with parents asked to sit in,
Jane Krasner• in a -Letter from, 27-1 and 3-2-1972. It is a pitiful take part and seetheir children.at
Ireland" -I:1.) describes the story of wilful pigheadedness. ' work.
situation in Derry thus:, -There is Yet, while the IRA was still "in
no escape in Derry from the slow peaceful. posture', Chichester- QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL
Members of a homogeneous despondent action of guerilla Clark, the Prime Minister of the Three days of Education Week
nation when it pits its .effort warfare -except ironically for Stormont at'that time. had •to, go will feature' special activities at
against an army of foreigners. It the gunmen who -have discovered out of his way to discredit the Queen Elizabeth School at 15
is only necessary toc'consider the'., that the roads to Donegal'areoften neutrality of the . 'Army and Caledonia Terrace.
e•u m b..e r• o.��.11..a.n_c..U. c, .•p_. . t h q : lett unguarded while the soldiers present It •as an additional Students will enjoy Bowling at HOLMESVILLE'P.S. .
conventional army assumes: its put hlocks on the toads that lead scourge. i a r t h a t h tr1-i� Littlw Bowl, -Tuesday, March -7 ------John Siertsenra pri-ni•ipaITat
.high` standard of living; of farther into the north.
'communicating: _.. of cclealing
The soldiers are present with
destruction: its complicated
no place to retreat to except, their
homo enity and"' centralisation; barracks. They are contained andLA.rtlurr;...B.ry.ant writes: ' • It is when the public isinvited to visit
g demoralised by the tt •ht. --hostile impossible to he in the company of
its intricate maintenance t< p p the sclSool and watch regular
1 •-fa s servicemen without nein . - ivi
- •- ----• .,_
little city :In win trthe on v ce serm m
services; its uiflexihility and its - q ,g classroom activity -Wednesday
inertia
This Will be of special interest to
the friends cit Qlieea Elizabeth
School since a fipor'hockey team .•. ,.
has' just been organized there.
Thursday, jporning, :'lularch�.
from .9:115.td‘ 10' Queen °Elizabeth
school students will ori oy Skating
0.40e54,
every. one is•welconne to conte out
and 'spate with, the students .
GDCI
Goderich District Collegiate
Institute students will be
lebrating Education Week with ..
the beginning' of examinations.
The firstset of examinations will
-be written_ Thursday, according to
Principal John Stringer,
However,Principal Stringer'
recalled that about 1,000 people
- visited the high school during
December and,January to hear an
explanation of the credit system
which goes into - full effect in
September. Ads well, there may be
something special planned for the
"interested public. in April.
C• OLBORNE CENTRAL
Tuesday, March 7 will be Open
House at Colborne Central School
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Followinga
which _time-
-tour-bf Lilo school at
visitors will be free to visit any
° and all classrooms, an assembly
will be "held in the gymnasiuTfl
when R. M. Elliott, chairman of
the Huron County. Board of
Education • will be speaking on
education matters.
All day Thursday, the school
will be opened to parents who want
to sit -'in on classes as .their
children are working. Each room
will have .something special to
offer in connection with Education
Week. .. '
•Friday, Colborne Central
School students will enjoy skating
all afternoon. at Goderich
Memorial Arena. •
minority. M from 2:3 0• to 3:30 p.m. Holmesville Public School, says
A SYSTEM OF MANNE S Wednesday,,March 8 will be Open there Will be.nothing special going
R House from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. onatthe school during Education
Week.
However, a special unit on
Go -dutch Township win - he
attempted right after the Spring
Break en March 27 through 30.
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that change,arctthe faces of the surprised and moved by the 'evening there will be a film of
• All fhese'factoi.s play`inta the IhA,• The soldiers, are getting contrast between theworking floor,,hnek•ey shown -at 8;30 p.in.
hands of the "hit' and . run" nowhere in Der r v they are philosophy with which they govern
guerilla. •The two protagonists. losing an.iinnerviiig waiting game. •their lives anti that of the•
are as dissitr�ilai as the fox and
They are stalked.`T:hev know it. permissive. competitive and,
the elephant. Raids on the civilian • And some of the young soldiers confused • world ' outside. 'They•
4here • � r � id with t t as it were e by compass and
�unciilors get more,
population result in complaints to ' ere now have I oat so rna see .
authority which goals the
tension and their own growing for all their individual diversity. r
• .•i er.un.lv.tat:o.mo.nths.._it the_s:ame...com .ass; When
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laatt•eld-th<rt,, tt p fos I'......_miee e-
t cgnvent"�onal to do sometfi-itrg'�' � � � ��O'��.. �_... _. _ ...
c todefine recisely wherein
any#hi.ng.,-In�,Vietnam the ontour inDerry they couliturnon asked p
consistent remedy was more and a crowdof ten thousand peaceful lay ,the affection and loyalty. a '
"^"
which translated
rights marchers and kill genius of the Services for evoking Although Clerk -Treasurer for, , stipend a while ago.' I see no
, more troops,
into North' Vietnamese spelt an" w.l t h in a •f e w rn i n u t e s o f vrrtue,from men and winning their the County of Huron, John Berry, reason .1-o' raise the mileage
ever' g r eat e r 'a n d more• receiving reports that someone affection and loyalty, a genius' , could not say exactly what it would rates." .
cumbersome target 'for the %somewhere in the crowd was which had been evolved over the mean in total dollars;.member.s of ...'Several councillors agreed
guerilla to hit. r throwing nail bombs. centuries and in every clime on • -council voted themselves 'an • with Boyle,but the vote carried
However this is Derry and earth• the answer was given: A increase in mileage from ten r easily to approve the increase.
• There is the added handicap
that the conventional troops Derry is "so different from System'of Manners. A system that cents to 12 cents per - mile
-obligingly provide, with ..theirBelfast that it might be a different -i f i t s c o r e w a s b a s ed on . effective March 1.
distinctive uniform. Thus it country; in .fact Belfast does not `consideration for others -of all The executive committee
that the' individual
appear to belong here. at all". ranks. Thus it is that as Manners chaired by McKillop Reeve Allan
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Deputy
comes about ..� .....4-. ..r ... ...._ . ....._ ..._ _ . ..._ S..._._ rna•keth-M-an, so-the•Ser ices have -...Cam be,}1, .sa.id..._.that--.the.. xaise_...� ! .�....
soldier's `"recognition of his A.SOLDIER WRITES:.. � "
immediate guerilla enemy is next fashioned a superb instrument for would put . � n,� s ■ e r
The advent of the regimental evoking from human beings at all
to impossible,.
„ .• . - nOispaper• allows the hitherto levels, dedication, obedience,
ULSTE,R� silent' soldier to set down- his resourcefulness, efficiency, and
impressions on the conditions. A in the h -our Of need,,
When we come to Ulster we find
few months ago a 26 -year, old selflessness."•
it was just as easy to misuse the Corporal drew attention to the But having said all this, the
Army and to place it in an contrast between the lot of his soldier remains human. He .has
invidious position vis a vis the fellow soldiers serving in not been endowed with second
Provisionals of the' IRA; and no . terrorist ridden Ulster and the sight, nor is his sense of
where was this'truer than in members of the IRA'and their discipline always capable of
Derry. Here it is said'( -I-1) that sympathisers who' have , been dealing with the cunning
'though the ghetto Catholics like placed in detention by the chicanery to which his -misuse in
-to say they control their Stormont. ' • Ulster has yexposed him,
neighbourhood, their street' He writes: "There are nearly , + 1 . The "' N e w Yorke r ' '
committees are: in fact. carefully 1'2,000 detainees (actually today
" patrolled' by IRA'guerillas who 000) living in magazine foro 19-2-72fUlster
there are'15; "+2. The whole of Ulster enjoys
wait for. opportunities to, snipe at Northern Ireland today. They live
the. easily recognisable soldiery in a large number of improvised' ALL British welfare a etc. benefits
h
from the open shells of Catholic cams throughout the Province. -1-'3, 1sArthur d*L B r v a e t i'nthe
houses that the Protestants once `Illustrated London News.
Far from leading a leisurely and K
burned out," unproductive existence, similar
The only ghetto'authority is the to•that,experienced by a fortunate
IRA authority with its kang�iroo 219 civilians at Long°Kush, "these ,
courts, the ghetto's r1,,eW 12,000 detainees are required to
judiciary, , while . its, strange wear a distinctive uniform, carry
punishments replace authority's out risks not of their own
prisons and fines, for have not the .choosing, and work through every
Provisionals identified their day of every month in a situation
sentences b shooting prisoners y g p which began with their detention
°
in the legs before tieing them up to in Northern Ireland on August
be tarred? 15th 1969, and for which there
Prirhe Minister Heath seems no end.
inherited what the British call These detainees, called
r`the Irish unpleasantness" and a soldiers, who do not call on any
sh9rt week after Home Secretary political' faction to represent
Maudling's fruitless visit to their case..; .mutely carry out ,
Ulster the Army was ordered to tasks set admidst a background of
make its first arms search; in the hate and loathing, a f e w
Catholic Falls district of Belfast. i n c o n s i d e r a t e ry allowing
It . is 'true that the General themselves to he killed by the
commanding at the time realised merciless men and women whose
this was no. duty" for troops, homes, live 'and future it is their
because the' `sharp end of law and duty to protect. Silently. they nury
order'' is invariably the their dead in a more friendly land,
polit;eman's •clot; the assumption not -an dour away in time nand
being that only the police have the distance. Even their inj�ired; -
detailed information about the lie under guard' from t h e
inhabitants necessary to divide murderous designs of people who
+the Sheep from the goats. draw benefits from British social
And while it willbbe agreed we , (+2) . live in. modern
are dealing. with a 'number of security,
demented men making -up the subsidised housing and.pay no
the refit. ' .
Provisional terrorists, ° .. .
damaKe wbhth- compounds the 'Yet .there is no determined
...resent situation was dome some effort to free these. 12,000 'from
p
years ago by ""these - token the barbed wife encampments,
Englishmen, •descend hits . of di>s°used factories, empty
county councillors in
line with all other county
personnel as far as mileage is
concerned: ��� m � n g
It was Anson"McKin1•e'y; deputy -
reeve of Stanley, who wondered
how much the increase would cost In recognition of Education
the county taxpayers. Week from March 5 'through'
"How large an item is this?" March 11, 'the Goderich Lions
asked McKinley. Club 'will have the Deputy
There is no way to tell," Minister of Education, Ed Stewart
answered Clerk Berry. as their special dinner meeting
berry Boyle, Reeve of Exeter, speaker Thursday evening.
was the first councillor to oppose Other special guests •of the
to increase for mileage. .Lions -Club will be trustees and
-We hassle over the 'services administration staff of the Duron
to our people but there's no County Board • of Education; th#
difficulty approving something Student, Council Executive d'f -
for ourselves," observed Boyle. GDCI; and a- number 'of area
"We just raised ' our" annual school principals.•.
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