The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-04-06, Page 2Q
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NAL -STA THURSDAY, APit11� p 1972
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pfiriWrs were d¢termineci not to prink anytkins till
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erg. shooId writ nu tY
uron.Ccurrt`ty. Council made a wise
‘7,0When. it decided to lend f roanc i a l
support to Midwestern Development
Council for 1972 and thereby take out
membership in the organization.
What's more, we were, impressed
'with • the manner in which Huron,
councillors meted out the changes
they thought desirable within MDC.
Through. careful and deliberate
action, Huron County gained for itself„
a stronger bargaining position for the'
cost of membership • and council
me nbers are to be recommended for
that. • •
At the __March meeting of council,
three appointments were made to
MDC: They are Warden Elmer Hayter
of Stanley Township,' 1971 Warden
Jack Alexander of Wingharn .and
.Bayfield ,Ed 'Oddleifson; also
• chairman of the county deve I op., r ent ;
committee.
Ali' three men wi l I be good
members -from council's point of .
view. Not only will the south and the
north of the county be well
• represented, `the urban centres wi I I
have sympathetic representation as
well: It is, without one doubt, a well=
_bas an-ced anal- informed trio to send t
MDC, Huron will undoubtedly... s.sume-_-
a strong position in MDC affairs•from
now on.
Although we were slightly
• disappointed to discover that 'county
council chose - only elected officials
or the MDC venture, we do not argue...,.
• with council's decision. It is true that
with direct' :representation from:' '
county council on MDC, the feedback
will . be ,regularly forthcoming and
Huron Council should know morethan
it ever has before, just 'what is
happening at MDC. .:
Like ,so many "urban dwellers"
we've grown a little weary in recent
months at the constant complaints
from officials of the Ontario
`Federation of Agriculture • that
education costs should. be „removed,..
from property taxation.
We don't • like the alternatives
proposed by the. Federation—such. as
,putting the burden of education on
income taxes,—because somehow,. it.
is the middle-income' urban working
man Who pays the bulk of income taxes
in this country ' no : matter what' ,
"changes in structure" are -proposed,
And that may' be sour grape's, ' too,
for it is true that neither farmers,
middle-income working men,
pensioners, businessmen or loafers
.will ever be tota l l y satisfied at one
time with taxation measures.
However that may be, Provincial
Treasurer- Darcy McKeough , had
hardly' closed his brief case after
.delivering his budget.address before
Gordon Hill, President of the Ontario
"Federati°om3f Agricu-l-ture-e=xela-i- red
"The Ontario government has once
again refused to' introduce, a , fair
system of taxation that removes the
*cost of ;education from property..'
"The budget eliminates' the basic
exemption grant, and introduces a tax
. credit system, but.it doesn't get at the
robt of the problems" Hill cried. "The
government has apparently. not
accepted that • the cost of education
should- be borne, not on the basis of
ownership of property, but on the
basis of abi l i•ty-to-pay.
Abd there it is again. The favorite
We do not, however, dismiss Reeve
Charlie Thomas' warning lightly,
Reeve Thomas,. 'a veteran of MDC
business, told County council that it
was of great importance to hav
representation from Huron on the,
MDC executive... That's where the
decisions and policies are actually.
hammered .out, stated Thomas.
-_ATC. wasTQr -tis regi ° lite -Reeve
Thomas urged continuity from Huron
on MDC. He estimated that Huron's
• MDC appointees should remain on the
board for at least four or five
consecutive years. He felt this Long-
term service would put Huron
members in even greater demand as
e ecutive material.
With al I present representatives to
MDC elected officials, county council
has no guarantee • any of these
members will be able to remain in this
dual rolefor morethan this year. This
is eection7year in Huron and any or all
of the three representatives to MDC-
cou l d be out of office in 1973.
We trust that the appointment •of
•, only elected officials to MDC will not
set a prei✓edentwhich wi I I be difficult
to overcome. We hope that even though
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One or all of our -present MDC
represent Lives ,may' be _defeated at.,....
the polls this fall, any or all bf them
could still serve,this county.. as MDC
representatives next year.
Like Reeve Thomas, we bel.-ieve that
continuity is an important factor to
consider . in . MDC , representation.
Experience i s. sti l l the best teacher.` it
often -remains solid and productive
when new blood does I ittle more. than
rails • a little dust. It may mean
success: in MDC and finally, Huron
County's early development.
She's stilt icebound but not for Tong. The shipping season is expected ,•
.to be nfficiall..underwa. thist,.yueek and before I•ong the Thornhill will
Officially -Y .�
be back on the lakes for another season, The first salt boat of the -
year is e-xwectettate'thisweelr, or.,soon-as the.c�c!ears-the
A 'new attitude?
he, . reta
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The Goderich and District
Association for the 'Mentally
Retarded now has its new
executive. Duringa recent
t t wares from highly Peters, director of the
'. chairman,
learned that the executive ha -s occ�ip • p ,,h,� Recreatron Plan announced
t --t-• ^cion ate- with rs ••Jessi�=-Bax-ter -head of
° been getti.rig, to kttiow ea,ch,��.�,�.er p uses o wot k: ef'G�rr�rmg.
. __rid_formulat-in ra-e-t-T- =—..,...
• lar.
Some contracts they fill- in _a gift shop. •ata onewend-td the -• distrietvisitars•; that with -grants the .p..
It is , our 'sincere hope that workshop: and monies . made ;from the •
of the farming n t before too long the Goderich and Tillsonburg• Association workshop and farm- the trainee R.C. Hays K.C. addressed the
argument9
th t their. income is' far be I ow• that relating to hospital affairs a
h' h d quote by
.program p y p she th clubs dinner meeting
today's standards. `� children and adults in this area:
harbourfor navigation. hi the meantime north westerly winds are
predi :ted and until that east wind comes up, blowing the ice' out into
open water Ire beat' stay Ice locked. 'photo by-B`iil'Se nmerviI le
k
70 YEARS #GQ
A large turnout of electors was
on hand at Young's Hall in Kintail
for a meeting called to discuss the
proposed I•luron, Bruce and Grey
electric railroad. The meeting
was"‘, under the direction of
Ashfield Reeve Dalton.
Swing of the Celitury" was to be
the title of the fourth in a series ef' •
lectures given by Dr. Daniel 'at •
North Street M4ihodist •Churoh.
a u .•
The annual meeting, of the.
Goderich Gun Club was heldwith
T. ,McDermotri,t elected as
president for the new term of
office The membership fee .was
fixed at=$2.00
The body of Murdoch McGuire,
who drowned two weeks .earlier,
was
was found where it had washed up
on a beach about one mile above
the harbour.
Ephriam Ddwning, a former
Goderich resident, sent The ret
copy of his new newspaper the
Maple Creek•Signal from Maple
Creek Assiniboia.
After 31 years in the Baking
business D. Cantelon retired
selling his bake shop to J. Currie
in Clinton.
It was learned that the
necessary repairs to the Lord
Stanley could not be made and that
the boat would not be
commissioned for the 1902
shipping season.
Louis C. Flemming was named
as a a new high school taacher by
the' school board replacing W.H.'
Thompson who had resigned t�
take up a position at Essex high
school.
25 YEARS AGO
Canada . Steamship lines
" -announced--the„appointments from
the shipping season for 1947 of the
ships masters and chief
• engineers.
President John Thorpe
presided over an enthusiastic
r an • c0ri . .ute-
•
meeting of the Goderich Board of
Trade who heard guest .speaker
upthe foam and 'Packaging ng it' for A 'was officially opened on the=Allistair_ ,Conacher secretary.
work and recreatipn program p treasurer o f the Ontario
who had been trained not only to stuffing pillows and toys, etc., property• During the summer 'Association• of Chambers of
-_take their- place in society but to.-'- "The workshop's ceramics • • months the trainees grow such
make a useful contribution toward -department turn, out hundreds of c r o p s ' a s sweet corn , Commerce.
.
dollars of useful and decorative strawberries, and melons.apd
conversation • with the new it. J.C.
ornamental f sell them at a stand on the 'side of
an, George Simons, 'we•'ve "TheTialson burg trainees are Goderich d e r1c h -and Community
led rmarily. ,in three • steins• teapots; enchanting the''highwaythat passes \the.farm• ,a
fitting—t•ltrtr�-me:� t�e�a--�o.��. +,� .. ,z
' c Dred lights, to ash trays and the” Tillsonburg+ .workshop, , steady increase in activities -when
dgt ' ual report on
he_ rub?
an r.,. ; ��, •
manufacture of ceramics y' tooth pick holders These are sold pointed out to the Exeter 'and he release Ike end
1acaL s ocaa �4u._ ,<,
include packaging seeds for seed
companies: putting . together•
simpleparts forthe TV enc ps ry; -
ulling apart rejectfoam seats
and returning' the inside, spine tis
the furniture company. chopping .
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'The
for
community program., y ' Goderich Lions Club on matter •
District Association will forge 1 t the • 'Mentally Retarded ro ram. • is 'financially' self ,
a ahead with a new and vital ff n the
W I C is considered a e � ��• t purchased a farm about two years sufficient.
• for thre retarded ndthis February a spacious `However, e
ago
a
residence
for
around 14 trainees financial benefit from the venture
cannot measured in dollars and M r . and Mrs.Elijah
however, w taken from a lV
The f o I lowing information, To do this,°however, we suggest •cents. r • D r i n k w a t e r of Goderich
however 'Was taken from a "news that a new and different attitude -- Y What is more -important, she celebrated their 69 wedding
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ANGUS SHOOT
Ducks Unlimited
release from Toronto concern'�9 the J�health an
will have to .prevail among ` ; ►
-release ease f ram Toronto concerning the s ;(, pointed out is to teach the anniversary in good health and
1972 budget of 'Darcy McKeough.
;supporter's for the retarded in Mine spirits.
It retarded how .to work and also
this area. ... "'T
reads: The combination of tax credits'
teach him how to'live.
' "Mrs. Baxter said a work
plus s p e c i a l s u p p l e m e n t a r y statement we heard not long ago program was not the complete_ to the retar a e s needs.
fax burden almost entirely for needy wlho,said,one of the reasons the
We. refer especially to . a
assistance will r• e l i eve the property from a member of the Association I answe d t' d
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`There must be something for him
pensioners and low-income farmers.
to do in his leisure hour's, too.' '
retarded adults had failed, was L''A recreation program has
• "' • because the concept wouldave been d_.e.v e;l o p e d for e'
An attached chart showed that a low -"expected too much of the _ ._, ' Tillsonburk trainees that
, _, . �• - A reporrof ice in the St. Mary's
estimate This person went onto state' a - attending car •races, , checkers,
belief which seems to permeate tournaments, skating and 'Floor river, received by the Goderich
• many farmer's would fall into this elevator company, indicated that
the minds of many uninformed
_ �_. _ hocks
clxSSIfI 15 ant If thetotal property people`. that the retarded are "It is important to teach them navigationofDakeSuperiorwould
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fax is $ o $ 2! O --1-a) relief could doomed to a life of menial tasks some social skills to well," she riot be open for at least Sup ri weeks.
propertyamount and insignificant production emphasized. "How to look after total tax rel ief could
The Goderich Board- of tract,
said that spring had brought them
many inquiries' from tourists as
well as a number of businessfien
looking for. locations.
• t h f the'
April 7 to April 13 was set aside
as. "Be Kind to Animals Week
income farmer—and from : recent retarded•" includes bowling curling, '
.indications we, would m many,
FORSTER'S TERN
•
A' striking'white tern with black cap, black -
tipped orange bill andorange feetandegs.
Found on' larger marshes particularly those ad- •
joining lakes. C ase y resem esthe Common tern.
Nests on floating masses ofreeds, muskrat houses
or on the the eggs-, usually three, are
dolt• --ochre r -e _or- olive----gxeen splattered. with .dark
brown. Small fish and crayfish make up a large
the tern's' food though insects are also
taken. Fish are captured y a headlong i•ve,
the bird frequently • disappearing beneath the
Water.,
77 - '72
y because that's all they have the I' their hair, how to recognize -the
..$2301 - mental capacity to do. '
traffic lights and how to buy a cup . 5 YEARS AGO
•We don't believe that's sound I l b1 C m t rn of .coffee in a restaurant are all
• neither .do the 40 or 50 people es s 1 g d k t very important needs of rhe A new band for Goderich was
Surely that's taxation not , on the from the Exeter area who took a retardate!!
f 1 support of the Goderich
>! well into the making under the
but on bus recently to Tillsonburg to see ground, `One of the Exeter visitors inancia pp
-basis of ownership of property: isn't,
it is asss closef abi lty-it pays"! If it Iso t,
the Rehabilitation Centre there asked`what could -be od ne' 'Ori Kinsmod'-club:
for retardates, person with .an attention span of -
it is close to it as any . Ontario The following story' was part of
not more than two hours. Classrooms opened on
governrrierlt has managed to get. published in We March 30 issue of a � b h dl hours,
• the Exeter Times -Advocate:
We may not be entirely pleased by ``At the four-year-old
the 1972 Ontario budget, but we think Tillsonburg shop the busload of
` interested persons saw first hand
that the, Ontario . Federation_ of ' what,can be accomplished for and
Agriculture should be extremely by the retarded when -the proper
gratified by the tax• concessions made facilities are made available.
to 'glow -income farmers". Or could- ."They saw about 30 happy
the rub possibly. be that there wren t
trainees, engaged in meaningful'
nearly as " many y' •low-income'
farmers"'" as the farming community
would like u's to believe.
"Two" Mrs.Baxter schedule at Brookside Public
exclaimed. "Many of our trainees School when pupils from one room
don't have a: two minute attention schools in West Wawanosh• and
span when they first come here! Ashfield Were transported to
But these peoplecan be trained to . their new headquarters located a
put in a full day of work." quarter of a mile west ,of Huron
"Mrs. B.aicter,has'spent rnany County road 2'7.
years working with and training
retarded adults from the ages of Roger West, well known CKNX'
'15 to over _45' and she answered tdlevision personality, of
questions deftly and with common Wingham was named'Progressive
sense about their needs. Conservative candidate for the
"As the district people were Huron Bruce riding at a
leaving the workshop to boar, the nominating convention held in
bus that would bring them. home, Wingham which was addressed by
one of thein was heard to exclaim, tike Hon. William A. Stewart,
"If I hadn'•t seers it with my own `"Minister of Agriculture.
eyes I couldn't have believed itf" '• '
+ + + Legal Aid, described as the
We urge the local Association most advanced solution yet 'to the
members to became informed. problem of legal assistance, went
We urge them make it their into effect in Huron County.
business to see with' their own
eyes what can be done for the Malcolm Campbell was named
mentally retarded when people president of the Goderich Rotary
work together, forgetting, the Club when the group made their
preconceived idea from the past. election of officers.
This is 19721 There's a new °
"tot
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ROBERT G. SHRIdi1--president and publisher
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DEAR EDITOR=
Dear Editor:
Last week your front page
carried a short report on the
preliminary hearing into the case
of two persons connected with a
recent local strike.
1 do not stake .kindly to the
wording used' by' your reporter.
"The McWhinney woman who..,,';'
Is a very unfortunate expression
which • lacks the usual eburtesy
and good manners of your
newspaper.
tarn surgyour' report meant to
say "Mrs: McWhinney who..•"
a'bid 1'' trust that courtesy will
remain as important as
acccu'racy in your newspaper:
Sincerely,
Elsa Haydon.
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Area/ 134e,s-
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` A SINKING SHIT CAN BE A SAD SIGHT, BUT WHEN THE CLEMENT
WENT DOWN HER 'CREW WAS SAFE ASHORE AND HER CARGO HOLDS
WERE EMPTY - _S0 NO TEARS NEED,MOURN HER LosS,
THE .NORMAN P CLEMENT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1922. IN ENGLAND, SHE
ARRIVED IN gANADA 1141923 AND BEGAN A 45 YEAR CAREER SAILING ON
THE FRESH. WATER SEAS:
HER SHORT LENGTH OF 253 FEET FIT THE
OLD YVEI.LAND AND ST. LAWRENCE CANALS, FOR MANY SEASONS SHE
CARRIED, ORE, COAL AND GRAIN ALONG THE SEAWAY. WHEN LARGER
CANALS WERE OPENED, 114 1959, CLEMENTS SMALL CAPACITY WAS NO
LONGER PROFITABLE, SO SHE WAS CONVERTED TO CARRY ACID.
lament cesLk&#i
IN 1968, WHILE IN DRYDOCK AT COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO, AN EXPLO.
SION RIPPED T.HROIJGH THE OLD CANAI.ERCAUSING EXTENSWE DAMAGE.
' THE COAL•tURNING;NT CLEM WAS DEEMED
Sb SHETOWED
UNFITFOR'REPAIRSwas.. oW
INTO LAKE HURON AND SCUTTLED.
THE NORMAN CLEMENT 15 NOW
ASLEEP IN THE DEEP - SAFE FROM y'
THE SCRAPPERS TORCH.
OiJMfNt.Witsrl>OVilt' ty GCOAGiiW nosy
AND 'SAW(XUST•UKE A 5i0Nt....
W1 �iEPt tREV( wAs SAf E AND !MY
WITH TIDE VAMltS a AT 11Nif,
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,.. - _ . The town's sh . r, of the costs in
world opining up for all �,
.. Cemetery
Malta
and
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mankind—including the retarded operatingthe Y
of dnoderich and, District. Surely was increased by $1,000'to bring
the pe le of this area aren't the total to $9,000' each year.
,tial
d learn and to reach out for •
succesh. Two quartets or pipers fr'0m the
'1' h -ex e' s no question o f Goderich highland pipe band
support-only,,a need for competed at the indoor lames
leadership. , • piping ompetftion f n'Toronto. '
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