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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-03-23, Page 22(DETOCf 5101 A rSTAR;'f'I p AmARp4 2 j', 1 in Early this year the Signal -Star ran a headline saying "Jai I Nov In Its" Last Pays,', The story dealt with an announcement by the Department of Correctional Services that the Huron County Jai Iwoul.dbe closed, as far as its official functions were concerned, rater this year.. Recently the Department • set March • 31 as the. :clbising date. " The dui lding, constructed in 1841, is ` being replaced by' a 'regional detention, centre. Its future is far•from sure. ,When the- government agency first announced its jntention to close down. the Goderi,ch landmark considerable discussion, and a few 'suggestions, concer ring its f uture•'re•su i ted. Since that time, however, little else has been heard about the matter. - What is to become of the building .after March 31? Surely a structure of 1972 its age, with such historigvalue, could be put to sone good purpose. One obvious argument to a scheme based 'on its historic value might be that thenegative type ',history surrounding a jai l°i.s hardly the sort of thing we, should want to propagate, We' can only ask" is, history, 'negat ive and • positive, not of equalrmpot-tance 'i n the study of our past? Whether or not the bu'i 'din . coul'd . survivessol-elyon its historic vplue is • doubtful. Perhaps some venture coul d make use of it for other purposes without destroying' the actual. structure. Such an old,. relatively sound building is certainly worth an effort to save. . a , Now is tile' time to put -some of the--- • earlier interest and suggestions to work in hopes of giving the Huron County Jai -I a new 'role in Goderich: Time is running short. r`. Thou shalt not gossip •I_t takes al I kinds of peop l e to make a world—and there are all types of people in the Town of Goderi ch. At this newspaper, we get all kinds of comp,Icomplaints from al I kinds. of people - and we appreciate them all. Forlinstance, not long ago we were ° getting scuttlebuttfrom the street that our newspaper was not newsy enough. • There wa.s not enough l'oc.a . information, people were saying. We 'thought it was a valid squawk. In our efforts to 'rectify this situation, we ran a picture story of a minor accident -which occurred on Goderich streets;'Only hours after the. paper hit the street, we had this comment from one of the persons, irivolved inthemishap: "If this is the only news you can find to fill your • .paper, you'd "be better to run more recipes!" Lesson No. 1—Local nevus is best when • it does,n't involve the:.reader- , persoi1aI ly,. Guest editorial This week, .'we're hearing rumblings that people are discontent because they've not. been ,reading about the "development" wh i Ch ' i S going on in the district. We aren't sure what development these people are speaking about, but this is certain: It is one thing to bel ieve the gossip on the streets about:a variety of subjects; it isquite'another matter to track' down reliable inforniation for publ icat ion in a newspaper. LessonNo. .2—Local news is best when it' involv.es everyone -anyone else. We will not leave off searching for as much 'loca I new as poss i bl a to MI l The Goderich Signal -Star. But, Let's face 'it, readers. -We can`tprint the . idle prattling- which comes to everyone's ears from time to -time. We must print the facts (or as close to fact as is humanlypossible)when they -happen. intS to ponder Contract negotiations are sticky business at the best of times, and Cana=dian employees of U.S.Q. subsidiaries are finding ,that their employers are not iust bl uff inti when they warn they may close up if satisfactory terms can not be reached .with their unions. . In Goderich;, for instance, Sheaffer Ren workers have\been out on strike for some three months, and while there is an indication that most would be prepared to return to work at the offer original ly made by the 'Compa'ny, the company is apparently . not too ,anxious to keepthaf offer open. Canadian workers have to understand some pertinent facts about their present situation. In many cases, they are being urged to seek lligher wages- by thein--U.-S, based uni on leaders, while at the same ne; -those--ur ri on- +e • • - - • anxious to get U.S. subsidiaries to `leave Canada and return to thei.r'own countrytoprovi•de more job openings. for union' members there. It 'becomes most difficult then 'to assess the true pos i t ion of those union leaders'. In some cases it is evident they are urging Canadian workers to be adamant and. unreasonable in their requests, in the • hope that the companies will in fact close. their doors and return south of the border. Another -point that must be taken into consideration 1s: the pressure being puton U.S.. firms by their government' to. get subsidiaries Ho return home. , 'This, action is '. c'ausing, consternation at government "levels and has created .a rift in relations between Canada and the U.S. The devaluation of the, U.S. ,dollar has also entered the picture to end the favorable currency exchange rate U.S. firms once enjoyed in Canada. In many cases, the e.cq.nomic consideration that brought them to Canada ;has been lost. These are al I points that may reach close tohome inthenextfew weeks as rnembers- of the U.A.W. seek new contract terms with Hal I Lamp Co. of Canada Ltd. at Huron Park.' While the increase in the cost of living suggests -the workers require 'a should be reminded to- keep that request reasonable, as well as -considering--"s-ome of the aforementioned points. It may also be prudent to consider the plight of the Goderich workers. TheirU. . based union has told them ,they c'611 no longer afford to keep up their strike pay.and they are being cut back to $10. -per week. • Not many people can get by on that these days. - ° •— Exe,ter-T i mes-Advocate ozfji ltgaDerltry • SIGNAL— TAfl • The 'County Town. Newspaper of Huron —0 -- Founded in UM and published every Thursday at 37. West St., Goderich, Ontario. Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, the WNAandOWNA, Advertising rates on request. Subscriptions payable in edvance,Sg.00 in Canada, 50' in all countries other than Canada;' single copies 20 cents, Second Clots Mita RegistrationNu,iiber 0716: Advertising it accepted on the c0nditiori that, in the event of typographical error, thatp`nrtionof the advertising space occupied by the 'erroneous item together., With reatonabieallowance for signature, will not becharged fdr but the balance of the advertisement p f a typographical error advertising gaodi or.' Wit be aid for at he applicable rata, Ib the event o servicesatawrongprice, goodforMovie's May not be sold. Advertising is Merely an offer to sell, and May be withdrawn`at any time, li irtttsar and Editorial Office n TELEPHONE $24-8.13,1 ' w area code' aia , incl rIgtstrat on hurt l er-X01'16 d Second Claps Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. ' ROBERT G. SHRIEK—president and publisher 'SHIRLEY J, KELLER—editorial staff R. w; SHAW-weditnriat staff EOWARo BYR$K1 advertising manager Dear Sirs: Enclosed herewith is my, subscription for one . halt year (cheque). . I like the new, ,bold headlines and the larger print on the editorial page: (Miss) Olive Miller Suite 4?, 435 Sherbourne Street Toronto 5, Ontario Dear Editor: • • LETTERS As a new slate pf officer:, will be elected as •of the first 01May. next, may- 1 -take t-hi&-©'ppo•1=tunit-v-- on behalf of the present, executive of. St. Peter's Catholic Women's League, .to thank you most sincerely for' the excellent coverage you, gave our special events during the past two years.. We appreciate the time mill effort. your staff expended . in covering -several of our meetings and also the' space in the p ipei- each'month for the write-up of our meetings. Yours truly. . Mrs. Lloyd Aubin Secretary Dear Mr. Shrier: I would like•to extend to you and the staff at your newspaper, our extreme thanks for your grand co- operation during our first Heart Fund Canass in Goderich in February. Could you please- pass along sincere appreciation to Mr. Byrski •for helping put together the full page ad; to Mrs. Shirley Keller for her'assistanc�e�and to- • t1 Sir rthei hoto 1 K that,the coverage you gave us in, your paper played, an indespensahle part in the success of our campaign, • "flue to the tireless efforts of Mrs, -Panner, the canvasser•s.•.a,nd institutions like yours, we considered our first venture into Goderich an outstanding success which we hope to duplicate another year. Again,- thank you for your help. Yours sincerely. Jacqueline Farquhar Area Co-ordinator =Dear Editor. In the past few weeks there has been a good deal of comment in the total paper cbncerrfing teenagers. I would like to tell you about one -teenager I know. I attended Ralph Whitmore's funeral last Friday afternoon, E was killed in a Car accident on Monday evening as he was. returning horhe from Welland. Ralph had been to Welland for an interview at Niagara C°ommrinity College. He wase interested in a Social Worker's course. Although he was• only seventeen he was sure 'hecould do the work necessary for the course. • I • knew Ralph hest in the camping situation, He _had attended catnp.as a boyf then as a junior ,counsellor, and last year as a senior ccliunsellor, Dear Editor I,think it's about time the. people• of, Western Ontario hear -tire whole truth of our Seaforth- .Kincardine W..O.A.A. Intermediate Hockey Team play-off series:: The third game..of the playoffs ended in a tie game. This tie' was called by t.he. referees which naturally are sent'fo the.game by the •W.'O:A.A. Neither team protested (at that time) as it is understood the referees' decision is final. ..One error for the W.0 A.A. 41 PHOTO BY RON SHAW .......x..:.:.:.:,:.:.:,:,:,:,:::::,:::::!:,:::::::::::::::::::::::::::,:::::,:::::::::::::::::::::::::,::::::::::::::;:::::::::::,:::::::::::::::::,:,:::::;.. o theEditor . 1;:iz;:t...;::::.:4:::::.;:44:.::::::::::::;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::i:::::::::::::;:::::::i:,:::::::::::., •., Following this game the Western . sends out written notices that no game will end in a tie. -So Kinerditreand-Seaforth-battle to•three.games a 'each plus the tie,,(Kincar•dine winning on Seaforth's home the in the seventh game) Now the crying begins. The manager of Kincardine team obtains written notice signed by the acting secretary manager of the W.O.A:A:• and congener of the League in the absence of the secretary manager that the eighth .game of,the Kincardine-Seaforth series will be held in the Kincardine Arena. Seaforth of course being thecryerstheyarerefused to come to Kincardine for the final game. They ran- to the ,W.O,A.A,. and pouted until naturally the W.O.A.A. agreed poor Seaforth should get their way. So they threw out the Series and agreed to a new two out of three series. Kinc'a"rdine agreed to this providing ice time could he obtained. On returning to Kincardine ice time could be obtained on Sunday afternoon or• the following Sunday. The manager asked Seaforth if they would consider playing the first game in Kincardine on Sunday and as Kincardine lost the flip they would travel to Seaforth for the firal two gamesbut again Mr. Anstett and dictators wouldn't hear tell of this. So Kincardine Bulldogs and a good nuinJe'r of fans travelled to Seaforth on Sunday. At least the team proved they weren't scared to go to the'' opposition's ho,,me arena as the Seafortr Beavers were. thestarts t f' d two referees so unreal they must have been Hitler's'relatives. A well-known, not very popular Seaforth player happened to get a much deserved penalty (for once) and woke up the referee by slashing him On the hand with his stick and believe it or not received, another two minute penalty. for "slashing,','. 1•• (A little later after Kincardine received one more ridiculously called penalty a player shoved •the referee and he (the ref) happened to fall.' The r ref,. more embarassed than, hurt threw out the player: (this is Kincardine's second player sent to the dres,singroom)Granted'the Kincardine .Player should not have pushed the ref but If Seaforth. can ,slash the ref and 'draw a two minute penalty, it was. worth a try:= d • • The assistant captain of Kincardine disputing such terrible refereeing only had to look at the ref and draws a ten minute misconduct.'. During this episode Seaforth team are really laughing it up. Thi-s'mad-e it so obvious that the referees chosen-- by the W.O.A.A. wanted the Seaforth team to have the series even the nei. al. fans were disgusted' 'with Sunday's referees. ,Finally the team from Kincardine were getting - sick of being made fools of and on the manager's decision walked -off the'ice rather than continue 'such a farce of a ganie."During the season all teams are asked their opinion by the W.O.A.A. of the y, referees. This ear there have only been4hree or four that showedfafrness to all'teams. Two ofrthese go by the nameof 'Nixon: The majority of the rest picked Seaforth as their team. To show, how'`tinfair the W.O.A.A. have .been to Kincardine, the manager -asked them' to` have a meeting of the complete board to decide, on this whole series and the result Mr. Baxter reported • "We just couldn't get the men together for a meeting". I would think Mr. Lockeridge • on his return from holidays will be rather disappointed to hear his executivehandled this matter so terribly. It's a crime that two teams couldn't have a play- off -series without one team crying their childish hearts out untilthe W.O.A.A. kissed their baby pink. behinds and did what Seaforth dictated. At the time 01v/riling it seems -quite obvious as to the outcome ofrthe whole 'me -Si and Seaforth got what they wanted once more. and it is a mutual • i n name s ar s o° rn feeling we hope Port Elgin- beat the Hell out of Seaforth oneway or another and then let them cry to'. the W.O.A.A. so everyone can see why, Kincardine "defeated but able to walk proud" have written to the public.. • - - A new business opened in Goderich by W.P. Westoby woukr provide flour and other provisions' from its location on Hamilton Street- ' The application cot- Charles Passmore was• accepted by the managers of Knox Presbyterian Church as thenew organist,. . The Hon. J.T. Garr,-,pw of Huron. County was appointed to the bench of Ontario,, It .was aginounced that he would be leaving Goderich to take up his new duties elsewhere in the province. .. • • ' An executive meeting of:the South,fluron.Lilieral ASsociatton was, held. in !Gdderich and, decision made to hold the annual meeting in Dungannon at whfch•the candidate, to stand in the coming election,•was to be chosen, It . was reported - that the bricklayers were making good progress with work' of the summer hotel if the weather held they would have the job completed before very ibn, .:__ 25 YEARS AGO The Goderich Midget Hockey team, sponsored by the Goderich Lions Club, captured. the..; W.O.A.A. championship by dumping t , , All but Por30 ofColborne500 young chicks were saved from the blazing hen house of Wilfred Peachy on Bayfield Road. The fire started due to a malfunction in an overflow pipe -of an oil burner. The Huron Maitland Presbytery" of the Presbyterian Church nominated Rev. C.H._ MacDonald to stand for thoffice of Moderator of the churches assembly." , • Despite weather that had been very springlike Goderich and area wbre cast back into the grips of winter by ,a two day storm that brought ice now and freezitag .rain to .the region. ' A special memorial -tablet was received and dedicated during' a memorial - service at Knox PresbyterianChurch for the late Frederick G. Weirawho died in the sinking of the S.S. Anthenia during the first week of World War Two. Mr. Weir had been an elder of the church. o Fourteen Goderich boys, all members of the public school team, spent what they termed the ' best day of their lives when they travelled to Toronto and took in an N.H.L, Hockey team at the Maple Leaf Gardens there: w 0 FIVE YEARS AGO ri► It was announced that. the "Timmy",for 1967 would .hes in Goderich to drop the opening face off of Young Canada Week. James r. Saunders of. Toronto was the representatives for that year's Easter Seal Campaign. . Alastair. Pirie,- .a Goderich and District Collegiate Institute student won the .Junior secondary. class in the district finals of the Royal Canadian Legion Public Speaking Contest. Dan Murphy, Bruce Sully, John H.opki-nson, Clem Jutras, W.R. Curry, Clyde Everett and Dr. G.F. Mills were appointed by town council to form the 1967 Industrial Commission. for Goderich. Huron County Council recommended the addition of one more staff member at the County Jail in Goderich. JohrrStrong, news broadcaster from'radio and television station CKNX, was in town to address the regular meeting of the' local Rotary Club. The Goderich Public Utilities Commission were studying a plan that would provide fora $70,000 program of street lighting improvements in the town over a five year period. It was announced in the rivoAtincia'liause..at_Tovonto_tha t Goderich would receive an additional grant of $34,444 on its •- mining revenue, The• 1966 total was $67 555. It is hard to describe Ralph, He vvas not a polished scholar. He was more like a rough stone, solid and enduring. He had a strength that prompted his campers to call him `,friend and his fellow counsellors to stop and listen to hit when he had something to say. He was enthusiastic, and willing to do more than his share of work at camp. He had a real concern for, people. Because of Ralph's death I have had several of his friends ask me if they could serve at "camp full time 'this summer: Ralph was one of sixty teenagers who worked at camp last summer, and who were much like Bite. There are teenagers who are responsible and have a real concern•for others. We will miss Ralph at camp but 1 know ,that there are other teenagers who will carry on in his spirit. For this !thank God. George Simons Director of Camping Camp Menesetung • Thanks for listening. Spring, Spring, Spring Ah! Spring! She conies so gently Upon late winter's snow. Where yesterday were .snow banks Now"pussy willows grow. She passes quietly thru the woods Goes softly up the lane We smell her fragrant perfume Waft sweetly on the rain. She brings her friends, the robin The blackbird, crow and dove. _.. Around they go together ' To wakethe flowers we love. Atnid the perfumed blossoms The.busy wild bee hums And so Spring softly passes And sister Summer comes. Grace F. Hussey, Dox, 233, Seaforth, 4 Keeping it clean with People keep talking about dirty air and water pollution in the cities–' -something you escape'by moving to •a small town or the country. Don't you believe it! %ou know what really bothers-- people otherspeople aboutairpollution? It's the smell. They'cofnplain more about odor than they do about dirt. . -And there is something especially ripe about a badly run piggery or poultry farm, Just stand downwind from one. The Ontario Water Resources Commission say that_600 600 cows, 5,200 'hogs or 70,000 broilers produce a solid waste disposal• pr'oblein that equals a town of 10,000 people, Solid 'waste • disposal problem, ..that's *manure, It was easy to ,.spread it around and make use bf it When farmers , produced crops as well as animals.o But this is the age of specialization and intensive animal farmitip;, .Bill, Dodds So manure is piling up and getting rid of it is a headache. You even have to be careful spreading it, because too much can create a water 'pollution problem. 'An overdose means nutrients wash -0 into the, rivers and lakes. It is too good 'a fertilizer, to Waste. It has to be used to produce crops. But there's no easy answer to the problems of handling it. We're still looking for one. But there are •a lot of things a farmer can do to avoid offending his neighbours. Ontario's Department P of the Environmentp and Department of Agriculture and Food put together a suggested code of practice for animal farming. If you'd like # one, write: Information Services, Department of the Environment, 880 Bay Street, Toronto 181, Ontario, f.. It comes in a f=la=n F,>ho •n wrapper; 4 W