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It, shouldn't be' difficult to assess
that this ?Ilewspaper fully supports the
Ieai A4SOciation for the Mentally
Retarded. .We have no hesitation in
asking our "readers tc do the same.
Rpwever, we are presently
• contused by the actions of the local
Association for the Mentally Retarded
which has agreed not to• join forces
with the South ,Huron Association at
this time to build a regional' workshop,
for retarded adults, but has announced
a campaign to ,r'evitalize ,the
organization and. is asking for`
corntuunity interest and support.
*We've been, asked- what sort of.
c'enlinutiity support -the' 's t`i 'in"•tioA:is
-requesting.-We.don't know that answer
,` so We are asking the Association
0 0 w •
the Mentally' Retarded:
Does the Association want money to
salt away in the sock that reportedly
already holds several thousands of
dollars?
Does the Association wantonly
sympathy for the .retarded of this
area?
Does the Association want people to
sit around at its meetings to hear the
reports of committees?
Does ' the --Association, want to
progress towarda larger nursery
'schoot an 'integrated, da'yschool, a
new Workshop,. a proper residence for
con,t,ributing. retarded._.adufis?
What kind of , support does ' ,the
Association really want?
70 YEARS AGO
A 'delegation of Goderich
council members was in Ottawa
meeting members of the Federal
house with a,list of matters they
intended to taring attention - to
regarding the local 'area.
The Daughters of the Empire
were having boxes placed at the
harbour and other areas around
the community to collect funds
needed for expansion of the
Goderich medical facilities. ,
The" Goderich Collegiate
Institute Foot=ball•club was
organized and the' group..
announced its intentions to enter
competition ,for the Hough gup
with the. opening of the spring
A meeting held' in the rooms at
the Bank of Commerce officially
reorganized the Goderich, Golf;
Club.
The Collegiate Literary Group
were sponsoring a debate on the
subject "Stearn vs Printing,
which has been more beneficial to ra
mankind?"
Murdock McGuire drowned at,
Cable TV ,:for Goderich
Two weeks ago Goderich
,businessman Ron McIntosh, 219 Mary
Street, officially announced that a
hearing has been granted into the
matter of an application for
permission to operate a cable •
television system in this community.
We applaud this news and wish Mr.,
.McIntosh and his associates the best
of luck when they, do battle with the
Canadian Radio and • Television
Commission in 'Niagara Falls April
11The present selection and qual ity of
television -programing in this area
provides an the evi dence necessary to
show.that cable television would, not
only provide a welcome addition or
valuable extension to viewing in
Goderich, but that it is almost a
n'eces'sity. It hardly seems sensible in
the i970'sathat the 'hog market report
should preceed the national and
internationaI news..
Son-te might argue that to 'bring in
far off. stations filling the channel
$electpr ° with a wide variety of
stations and.networks would destroy
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local initiativein this field. Would it
not more likely serve to -i ntroduce'the
factor of healthy competition i'ntb the
business which could lead only- to
better service to the viewers.
Mr. McIntosh is wel l'experienced in
the field of' cable television, having
been involved i n the operation, of the
service at Strathroy, now for some
time, and should certainly be able to
provide Goderich with an excellent
product.
Cable teleyision for Goderich is
long over due. The service is both
wanted and needed. i n this community
and should have been here two years
' ago. Federal, member of parliament
Robert, McKinley has worked very
,hard in his capacity to, bring about
these , developments and deserves' a
great deal of credit for the "latest
development.
We urge the• C.R.T.C. ,to grant
permission for the project and to do it
without any further delay. It will take
time to install the necessary
equipment and wires and we would al I
ike to see it completed before another
•year is out.
Let's do itoveragain,
The Grade 8 students of Robertson'.
Memorial School have done it again.
They have come up with one of the best
doggone programs -this town-
has•seen in many 'nrioons--and -they've
'done it with ars unusual degree of
soph i st i cation for the i r tender years:
We -haven't seen a minstrel show in
years and -ye a'rs:We-haven t even seen
a minstrel show we enjoyed 'more
and judging from the comments of the
audience following the show and the
ca l l s we've received at this.
newspaper since the performance,
there are, -others who Will agree with
u
-If we were pressed into making
spec i a I mention of -a few, we would I ike
to commend Bill Lougheed Who was
the master of ceremonies throughout- •
the enti're.e'vening. Completely at ease
and fully in comman'of the situation;
Bi I hwas a credit to Ifi"s7.schoot and to
his classmates.
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When the fire trucks are delayed .40
seconds in traffic, people say:' -`It took
them 20 minutes to -get here. "
When the truck rac.es.,„at 40 m.p.h.
it's "look at those'reck.less foals.”
When, four men struggle with an
eight -man ladder: ` 'They ' dont even
know how to raise ,a ladder."
When firemen open ' windows for
ventilation to reduce heat in fighting a
fire: "Look at the wrecking crew."
When they open the floor to get at the
blaze: " , "here goes the axe squad,"
If the chief stands back where.he can
' see and direct his men, people say:
"He's,afraid to go where he sends his
• men."
If they lose a building: "It's a lousy
department."
PHOTO BY RON SHAW
LETTERS
Others • we could single out for
praise would be earl Salter who
portrayed F7`I`p 'Wilson.; Larry Ryan
wha-,pantomimedhis way through an AI
Jolson song; and- Denni s Powel I; the
young man, on a bicycle making his way
to the{washrodim:'.
,. We don't like to think of the show
ending before more peopl a have'hoan
opportunity to enjoy it—and- enjoy it
they did as evidenced by the fact that
the audience participation was
` exhuberant dty'ring the final few
moments of the show when'everyone
was able to join in'on some old, old
favorites.
Sorely the ,Grade 8 class of
Robertson Merriori al School couldfind
just one more time to perform their
fine minstrel show for the public.
We' 1 I wager there: are many who wou I d
return for a second time—and: bring
their friends.
have a chance
If they make a good "stop" folks
say:"The fire didn't amount to
much." -
If lots of water is necessary: "They
are doing more dama with Water
In favor
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capita-tax • payments from Union dendeo„,,"..pa.r,f.ty..,.,.,,.with
Canadiaran locals are deposited in '� anyorfe, as a matter of fact their
the -Royal Bank of Canada in wage demands;', have been most
To whom it may "concerti: M o nt re a 1 . ' T h i s c a n b e modest, and even if attained would
ascertained from Mr. Don t,e along .way from parity with
At orir'regul,iaz monthly meetingGoddard, 213 Park St.,' or Mrs. other wages in the area: However,
,on March 1 3 , . •1 9 7 2 , our • Louise McWhinney, R.R.6, both as you well know, wages alone
membership was read a letter Financial Secretaries •of Lodges have not been the issue. here, as.
written to the Signal Star giving in •Goderich, they can show that . Mr.. Laverty so aptly puts it in his
you some facts. Our entir°e- their cancelled cheques have been letter, the., members of .Lodge
membership is in full support of so deposited.2315 have been "fighting against'
•this letter being published. We. What about •the .•-•s t:r ike something that threatened their
this like to see this lettt er of- payment's''' The' International very existence as a bargaining
George°t)r?rin�ins' • in Thursday's0!the
Strike Fund Was ,by unit. And atthe•same time fighting •
(March 16.t1h. 19 72) edition of the • the membership • through their , the battle for other workers that
paper.•opuhlishedin its entirety. elected delegates to" the -Grand could be in'a similar position".
• Gerald E. Dobie Lodge Convention. The terms and That. Mr. Editor, is what it has '
Don Thompson: conditions of the fund are spelled -. been'allabout. •
--.- •out inthe Constitution of.the Union - Your -ti -me -and effort would have
Th
e f • as proposed, debated°. "Ind agreed been much ' better• spent G I C S u n by the membership. , • obtaining more of the facts., and
po P g .e
R.R.1. Ga,1t., Ont, Payments into tthe Fund_ are perhaps directing your cynical
Mar•ct) 1,3. 1972, made on the basis' of one dollar barbs atthe large, multi -national
Dear Editor:' per month , per; member. ,and giant Textron. which had a before
' Your. editorial of Thursday,, strike pavtnents,are made, at the • tax profit in the first six months of
March 9th. 1972. concerning iii - rate of '.$40.00' per -week •' `W -hen 1-9TYof° $64;207-,000:00 instead of -
She:tffer Pen Strike cannot he payments • into the fund are .. undermi ling the position of those
allowed to pass without reply. consistently less than payments citizens of Goderich who happen'
although unfortunately by the time being made out cif it., and the fund:' -to work for this conglomerate.
this lettkuok,is published, your balance falls below :$500.000.00, Oen has only to look.at the record'
'scurrilous comment on they • the Executtive Council of the Union o f this C.o of•p a n y ,i n the i r
• situation may very well have . have no other option •but to • treatment of management
already had a de'tr-irrt•ewn-t-a-1--•efet. discontinue the payments until the employees to, understand why the,
on the Union's bargaining 1`iosrtion•
.:fund • c'1 i m h s again • to - bargaining unit employees are
at the meeting scheduled to be 5.2,500.000.00. That's what determined to protecttheir Union
held in Toronto on Wed•, March True ership have'•"ord.ered them rights.
-15th, Whatever the outcome of. to . do', 'thrtu h ' instructions , Sir �-Winston . Churchill . once
this meeting, the untimely attack .- spelled out in' the Constitution. said: --"A free press is •the
of your- editorial writer can only . and, if they `were not to do it they unsleeping guardian of 'every
he regarded as a stab in the back - would he • in viglation of the ,tither right that free men prize".
to the striking workers ,,of. C-onstitution and subject to legal. With a guardian like the
• action. The discontinuance of Goderich Signal -Star, the
It never ceases to -amaze one strike benefits applies fo all workers of this community
how certain, media •personnel are
Goderich.
members, American and certainly do not need any
very quick. to latch, on to the old Canadian, and is not aped at the a enemies:
bug -a -boo 'about the great local here in Goderich, as your » .
American domination of the poor article woulc`l seem to imply. ,
Canadian LQca1 Unions without a As for the. amount of strike .
word abo.ut.the exploitation of the benefits paid out in Canada, the
Canadian worker . by the big, picture is entirely different from
'multi -national • corporation, what you have .suggested. '.The
Let's look at some of your record shows the amounts paid
Flights of Fantasy and examine out in Canada during the past�3 As• president of Local 2315 -of
. years as: 1968, $316,553.78 paid' the International Association of
Fantasy:— "Itis far more their out in , Canada; $11,906.42 in
Yours very truly,
. George Drennan-
Special Representative.
local feeling
the facts:,
Machinists ,and Aerospace
than the flames'."
If a fireman gets hurt: ` `He was .a
careless guy.” -
If a citizen, gets hurt:" "It's a crazy
department." '
trus a az ee ingprns. w o exile -ss -of '134-44 rung ---1- ,
437;817.60 aid out in Canada, - '� to protest the
recklessly turn down offer after - $ p
offer on the basis of principle $58,575.07 in excess of paid in:
from some far-off New York 1970, $579,649.72 paid out in
office—" Canada, $105,551.53 in excess of
Facts:—No one from the paid in.
International —" Union, either Which means we have ;received
American or Canadian, has $176,033.0'2 more in Canada in
interfered in the negotiations at those three years than we have
any stage. As the representative paid in—hardly a, milking of our'
for this area, 1, along with -the Canadian locals hour "Yankee
elected committee of the Sheaffer , kingpins".
If a fireman inspects a citizen's
property: "He's' meddling in
somebody's business."
If he wants afire hazard corrected:
"I'll see the mayor."
If he gets kis led and leaves a family
destitute: "That's the chance he took
whets he joined the fire department."
1/C4e fuoecit6
SIGNAL -STAR'
} The County Town Newspaper of Huron ' -�C:i-
Founded in lid and published every Thursday at 37 West St., Goderich, Ontario, Member of the Audit
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workers have conducted all the - No one is happy about the
editorial published in your .
newspaper on Thursday last.
Many of your observations are
comple'tely untrue and
inexcusable. You imply all
through your article that the
Union members in Goderich are
somehow being ordered and
directed by some Yankee
Kingpins, this 'is certainly 'not.
true: The •decision to strike was
negotiations, without anyone else decision to suspend payments, but unanimous and freely made by our
advising, ordering, or otherwise , until membership have an ,members with a secret ballot
interfering with, any of the opportunity to put the Tund on a vote. The only Company offer (not
decisions made by the members more sound \footing at the offer after offer as you have said)
of Local Lodge 2315. Decisions on Convention to be held later this was presented to our membership
any Company offer have been year, we have to recognize the on Wednesday, January 5 in
Saltford Valley Hall, throughly
made by theme n e s""Ciy'secret facts. Incidentally your laments
b a 11 et a t e r ti a v i n g been over the stoppage in payments discussed and overwhelmingly
thoroughly discussed by them. were rather premature. as 'the 'ejected. No other offer has been
'The same, however, has not been Local .leadership had already received and the only meeting we
true of the Company side of ,made preparations for' this have had with"the company since
negotiation; not one of the local- eventuality, and every striking
management have been allowed to member has continued to receive
take part: a fact you.,whose to the full- $46.00, the difference
ignore in your article. ' 'being paid out of strike donations
• which have been received from
Fantasy: --How long will they our friends in the Labour
continue to allow the* American.movement. P
big boys continue to .drain the Fantasy: --"They seem unable
Canadian locals of their dues—': to understand that one Company
Canadian
Facts:The Canadian section mayrvell-not be in a position to pay
of the Machinists Union operates it workers parity with workers
with . complete autonomy and of ,another'Company—"(l don't
publishes each six months an know who you mean by 'They' but 1
account of the Canadian financial assume you mean myself and the ' get an agreement. t"
operations, and a copy is supplied tirhon coreinittee). A living wage is not alt ideal, it
to each local lodge. All of the Per- Facts:—At no time has the is a necessity. Our Members did
then is the one held in Toronto on
Wednesday, January 19. At that
meeting the attitude' of the
company lawyer was even more
arrogant than it has been since the
beginning of negotiations. His'
statement was' that it did not
matter to him if we stayed out 6
weeks or 6 months, the company
could survive. So, although the
com iittee was willing to
ne g ot�.a e ' we 'were "certainly not
g y
willing to crawl on our knees to
not choose tofwalk the picket line
for kicks, but were forced to take
this step to be able to continue, to
work'with some dignity. They are.
not asking for the unearned and •
are certainly worth • more than
they have been offered.
There a.r _some _things worse
than strikes and one 'of them is
loss of freedom. What we are
fighting for amounts to more than
wage demands, we haye ot1nr Union,
security at stake and other things
which we have already won,' that
thy want.us to give up.
No one .from New York or
anywhere else forced'us to take
this step and for you to suggest
suchi a thing in your ,article . is-
utter nonsense. You seem`, to
forget what and whom 'did cause
this action. '
I would have expected you to'.
haye . given . our members the '-
courtesy, of getting your facts
straight" %before- yon- started
undermining our efforts, with
your ridiculous, irrational
statements. '
Of course we are disappointed
in our cut in strike 'pay, but we•..
realize that this was a possibility
i'vyith the way the strike fund has.
been set up. As for our loss of
money that you think We—shall
'never make up,.. perhaps you
should know that a lot of people
are making as much on strike pay
as they were when working. We
have been accumulating strike
assistance from other locals and
have been able to continue making,
_full strike payment, so no one has .
suffered as a result. it is a far
-better thing that we are fighting
for oun rights and principles than
to be bought with a few dollars like
a lot of people allow themselves to
be.
In our case, we have never
asked for wage parity with the
main plant in Fort Madison, we
only asked for a wage we could
live'with. We bre not against the
'company making a profit, because
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the month of the Maitland River in
Lake Huron as' he attempted •to
swim ashore from a foundered
'boat. Two menwith him were +1
saved by rescuers but only with
great difficulty.
Captain Wa. H. Gundry Qf.
Goderich was on duty at Kumasi
on the•Gold Coast of Africa. In his
letters home he described his
dutiesas ranging from those of a
commanding, officer to a judge.
Plans were being made for a
junior baseball league for
Goderich similar to the junior
hockey program._.:_...__. .....W... _ _."
A -
Rev• R. H. TurnYEARSbullGO who had
been the minister at North Street
United Church for the past six
years accepted a call to preach in
Toronto. `
The "ppderich Lions captured
the championship by • virtue of a
17-8 wiq over the Thorold team
in a game played at the local
arena.
. A large audience turned out to
hear the choir at Knox
Presbyterian Church ,in
Goderich. The program consisted
of spiritual • and classical
material.
Th'e Public -School, Board of
'.Goderich went alopg with a town
council suggestion and form lly•
called for a yote of the ratepa}rs
onthe matter of a school addition
to the local educational facilities.
Water R. Henry, despite his 89
years, said that he would be taking
-a test of his driving ability on the
demand of the Ontario' Motor
Vehicle Licehse branch...in order,
to verify his right to continue
riding his motorcycle. Mr: Henry
was a familiar sight on the streets
of Goderich,
FIVE YEARS AGO '
Youi g Canada Week plans by
' the local Lions Club were nearing
completion and. more ' than 100
'teams were registered to take
part in the "Biggest , ,little
tournament in the World:
John A. Schaefer was elected to
'his •-thirdterm of office. as
chairman of the Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital
' Board.
According to reports .from the
- local grain elevators, the, grain
wasp moving steadily out of
Goderich by rail at a rate of 50
cars per:day.
A total of $400,000 was
allocated by the Federal and
Provincial Governments to be
spent on repairs at the Goderich
Harbour.
Organizational meeting's were
being" held to get a trig season of
soccer off the ground.
" 'The Goderich and District
Collegiate Institute Board—set a
mill rate of 18 mills for the year.
The rate was the same as in 1966
but- Was- - based . _ en_ widelay
expanded assessrrrent.
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Keeping it clean
with Bill -Dodds.
School: bus driver Henry free tickets, they set to work too.
Larouche doesn't believe in '''Pretty soon there were 50
kids running around cleaning up
and there wasn't enough litter to
go around," Henry recalls.
"It's not unusual for the
children to get rewards for their
work, but already some of them
are turning down the rewards,"
he says.
One of their big cleanup jobs_ is
the patrolling a • Section of
CirevilleConservation Area, a
heavily used centre operated • by
the Metropolitan Toronto and
Region Conservation Authority.
The patrol cleans up a section
each Monday morning -before the
conservation area opens to the
-public ,at 10 a.m.
They have found the answer to
the rising tide of paper, bottles,
cans and trash cast aside to
deface our parks, cities • and
countryside—Just bend over and
pick it up,
The trouble is too many of us
are- too lazy and too -ready to let
Henry do' it)
a..
getting emotion l aboutlitterbugs
and their trail Of garbage.
"A lot of people are getting
emotional," he says, "not too
many are doing anything."
But he's doing something with a
group of Brampton children—
their parents and neighbors refer
to them fondly as Brampton's
Little ,Litter Patrol.
"We decided to do something
1 and wehopethat other peeple wild
get the habit,"•Henry says. "We
are just plain citizens doing our
bit."
Five youngsters form the'
faithful nucleus ' of the litter
.patrol—there are others who
work regularly. But wherever
they go, other children watch the
fun, then dig inane' lend a hand.
At Brampton's annual flower
festival, he had free midway ride
tickets for
his young • help
ers in
reeog~rtron Of their efforts to
keep the.grounds °clean. When other children saw the
fl