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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-09-21, Page 2SIQN +STAR„ THURSDAY. $ °n ,'EMBER 21, 1872.• Election bills rift word,, is out SouleWhat unof- flOatiy,.ot 0OurSecourse— that the .nationalvote ober 0w4[Ilc ' bOd a ' .rnitilon dolt rs. That's- a Jab' amount` pf change in, anyone's budget. . Estimates are that the Liberal Party''wili sound about $14 million,. the Progressive '.Qoriservativei about $10 million and the N:D.P. trailing: with about $2 Million, t11,'the i"ast°#Ontario-provincial pe Several candidates tossed around.r the possibility of an eleOtion budgetw ,which would make it offences for any party to . • -wocrrthe•voters will man y more than --age ___F.r tain stipulated amount of dpllar. That's sound thinking, provincially, or federally. R is something which should be studied and implemented, lust as Soon as someone finds a way to convince politicians there is another avenue to winning friends and lift ing:.Peopl0e-. -- - Co-operaton not lacking , if first impressions can be. trusts ° , . it would seem that Goderich Di rict Collegiate Institute is off to a great ; tart-- this art-this school year. Staff,. students nd parents ' must feel the surde of school spirit which' is being pumped in by r ew' Maces, new programs, new courses, new - outlooks. 1 The Huron County 'Board of Education _._. f as been instrumental to -encou-rag of ` g new heights of co-operation between tile -schools` and The community. The Huron. Board has led the way by _ t cementing relations with its own staff through sit-down meetings and discussions about something other than. budgets , and supplies. , The Huron schools have responded •by, r showing increased interest in the' I Fys of. board decisions. Just Monday', Oiling, two Huron school principals tte r lefthe (othe1y tt is with some apprehension that we ould„eciticize .mist: ka mm de in another publication. We make enough of our own, —so -it -is. --so -it-is . -with- more light hearted obser - vation .than criticism that we point to a number of factual errors in a story recen- tly published by Building an architec- tural magazine in Britain, regarding the former Huron County Jail., According to the article, the jail, retired from its original use in 1959, has found, a . new purpose as the home for theatre. We only wish thiswere true. : '• Pendulum Players did make fine use of the vacantbuilding for a brief 'time this summer but to say the. building now ser- ves . this "happier purpose" as :the publication notes, is ,not quite true. This ' one effort alone has not yetsaved the ' structure. should. also be pointed out •lt. that. the 'building served as' a jail until. . 1971, and was not retired in 1959. 'Although it makes a nice touch for the Guest. Opinion board`of education Meeting in Clinton as observers and went away carrying a new image of the -board. CACI Principal John Stringer; Vice - Principal W.K. Murdie and the. hostof teachers at the school°are noticeably af- fected by this era of better relations. From ,the first day of school, an all-out effort was made t. y .DCi staffers to. -draw the community-into—its::—confidenceso that. new trust for theschool's aims and -objec- tives could evolve. In many ways, the local newspaper .is a ready vehicle to carry the message from the school. to the public that education is. • an up-to-the-minute business and that educators are a concerned, conscien tious lot. Cooperation is the key and is not lacking at the, moment. of errors gar story, the English magazine might also be • • •interested to learn that "Dial M for Mur- _ Shirley J. Keller,. Wider" was never produced at the former _ DEA-iDITC -ditor, .,_. jail. That play was staged more.than 'Si than 30 • .._ gnal-Star,. miles away, at Grand- Bend by another ' Godirirh, Ontario theatre group. "Building" points up another matter in its article o enc that would no doubt chee embers of Goderich Town . Council an: Planning Board. It says, "Built for 5,000 people, the _population . is now barely. 7,000, making the town a museum piece ' for a town planning study." Not since the relics of King Tut's tomb were put on display has any museum piece caused such an uproar": -. Well "Building",, your facts may not ,have been perfect but we. thank,, youfor,. the .,recognition, nevertheless..: The tourist committee of this town won't find • your comments too hard to take, we'll bet. Generosity plus Similar to many area residents, some of the staff at the T -A apparently found it dif.- ficult last week to believe that one firm could be as charitable as Dashwood In- dustries Limited. So, while our headline and story repor- ted factually that the• donation made by DIL to the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded 'was $111,000 a caption under a picture had the figure at $11,000. That lesser figure in itself would have been most. commendable and generous and indeed it is difficult for many to corn - .prebend a donation of 10 times that magnitude. Dashwood Industries Limited, similar to many' Canadian companies, has long --teatized its obligation to support the many community services in its ,area whose work can only be fulfilled by the donations received from "all segments of society.. rj�h ./tp�/y t ^� +�,� '.sMtl�. shA,r.aRM/onakio�>.�l.�I—thei'x.. executives and employees have ' played an instrumental part in the.work of many organizations and civic bodies which fun. ction throughout the district. Certai'nly,few other private or cor- pdirafe -ottizena have -the- circumstances available to make a donation to the retar- ded Workshop to the same extent as DIL, but' they have certainly shown through their example that worthy causes of this nature deserve considerable con- sideration and cannot -function merely by handing them the loose change one .may have in his pocket. ' w The proverbial widow's mite is, of course, equally important. As the directors of the Association ex- plaine'd last week, there is still, a • great need for additional• funds to establish the workshop. The donations to date, including that of DIL, will cover the purchase, and. renovation costs " of the Dashwood workshop, but funds will be required to pay salaries, purchase equipment and meet operating costs. The'support'to date has been generous and with a'continuance of that from those who will , be :canvassed in- the next ,few. weeks, the workshop for thea retarded will become a viable reality and will not be New use for jail Dear" Editor; . •. The ' new Horizons' measure , brought ' forth by the Federal Government is of "great interest. to "me, as it must be• to every Senior Citizen who has given it thought. • This plan may not be as great as it ought to be when one considers that it was to a larges `extent the unpaid earnings of the'• present and past Senior citizens that built our economy -, to its present„ high level. /9ev•ertb`sless the . "new' orizitts' ` 'prdje"ct, ag" is; can be. used to advantage of Old Age Pensioners and indeed to other special interest groups within our community. Let me outline something that has been taking shape in my mind ever since "New Horizons" Was first made public. Firstly, steps must be taken to call a meeting of interested senior Citizens, and at such a gathering the views of those assembled . discussed, decisions reached and.. implemented. Part of the decisions would be to draw public spirited ;people outside of the old age group into activity. The "Signal Star"` would be an, excellent ally. If this phase of the work is successful, we would have established a community centre, where groups with ' common interest could collectively develop. ` The next, phase would be to procure the use of a .building to ccommodate the activities of 'the groups and in this I have in' mind the' Old Huron .. County jail. r, The Senior citizens could carry out 'a program of health and physical fitness; take up questions of group, or individual interest ' and benefits_ Should 1 •� - L • Well, friends, the election machinery is really getting uri= 'derway, even in this. riding. t The Liberals with Charlie Thomas are having their kicky off dinner at Saltford this evening: Last evening, the ' Progressive Conservatives had their nomination meeting in Clinton and (I'm writing this Tuesday „ morning) Bob McKinley will carry the PC banner. The NDP havetheir nomination meeting next Wed- nesday, September 27 at Brucefield. So far : as I know, Mrs. Shirley Weary is the only person who has expressed a public „ interest in the nomination. It never ceases to amaze me how slow we are in this riding to get at this business of elec- tioneering ... unless you count the campaigning which is going • ow continuously. But at the national level, the exist. candidates are really at it hot "Now in 1972 we are being and heavy. While Trudeau told by Mr. Trudeau that the d'oesn't seem to be projecting the major issue in this campaign is -same "swinging" image, I doubt, the integrity of the country.. 'that his chances for re-election That's. an . •interesting . will be impaired. Nobody really proposition." expects as much get-up-and-go from a married man, now ,do What would Stanfield do if they fellows? Last election, elected? remember, Trudeau,,, was foot loose and fancy free. "We trust believe and com- It is also interesting to note mon sense will tell, us that this that while Margaret Trudeau is' nation can do better. We can where today there is only one job for 'every 12 unemployed Canadians seeking work,' and i'':where today the family shopper 'has. to put something back dig the, shelf when a shocking total is rung up. at the supermarket. You can't watch -an old -age pen- sioner go through . that ex- •.perience and not know that the all-encompassing 1968 promise of a Just Society .has been sadly betrayed. "In 1968 Mr. Trii'deau promised participatory democracy. Instead he has delivered a government whose hallmark has been secrecy ... a government that is remote and beyond the reach of Canadians. "In 1968 Mr, Trudeau promised one united Canada. Instead he has delivered . at- titudes and actions that have prompted alienation and. despair where they need not 1• - T0cYEARS AOC,. SEPTEMBER 21, 190 Goderich home Owners had a 0 ' -iburninp--problem. That, a...say r .. . • they had a° problem . with .what to burn during the upcoming winter, A strike of American an coni rimers had resulted in a lack: of fuel, . through Western Ontario. O Things, at the Goderich Har- bour had been quiet with only .the -excursion boatRin ..Edward..-�_,.., Making "calls on' her downward and �.y,u/�p�ward, boundtrips from the Soo. .Y. '' A coroners jury'handed •down. a verdict in the drowning death of one Frank Lawrence.. of 'the crew, of the "India" which had sunk off Goderich. The jury af- fixed ffixed 'no blame but did recom- mend that if a proper breakwall had been built the ship might iR have entered the safety of har- bour despite the storm. Goderich's Police Magistrate was having problems with the cow bylaw, : Farmers„ he said, were not `'` ke+ piihig` -thein stock locked up and they " were, wan- dering the streets. The steamer "City of the Straits" reported seeing a huge water spout several hundred. feet in height off . Kincardine as it was plowing thro1ugh a squall off that town. It was reported that over 300 tickets were sold in Goderich for trips to the 1902 Toronto Exhibition. ' Carpenter work on construc- ting cabins for the steamer "J. J. Long" at Goderich Harbour was • being pushed along. own priorities. And we willcon- vene�at once `a Priorities for Tomorrow .conference with the Provinces toy mutually determine goals and directions for the future. "We are going to employ this nation's human wealth• in productive ant creative projects to build this country. We will provide more jobs for Canadians and more ' opportunity for productive careers. • * * * At this office, especially at election time, we get all kinds of information. To date, we haven't heard directly from David Lewis, the NDP leader, but we had some really slugging statements from another David — David B. Archer, President of the Ontario Federation of Labor made to the Canadian Food and rke 1 tw k e o Said Archer: "Mr.. Trudeau has proven himself an expert on crowd ,psychology but somewhat ' -lacking in such things as.ethics and humanity. "He has singled out the most vulnerable anddefenceless group of citizens in Canada ... the poor and unemployed ... 'as the target for the mass frustration of the Canadian pe h M 25 YEARS - AGO - SEPTEMBER 21, 1947 Bob Lemaire was elected president .of the Goderich Collegiate 'Institute "Kamera, Klub" as it o ned-'•a a new • -•N season at the school. George Jefferson of Clinton addressed the Goderich. Lions Club on the topic. of Canadian Poets when he was guest speaker at the club's meeting. At the seventyseventh annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, held at Den- ver, Colorada t Dr. Hector H. "McKay of Toronto, a former. Goderich resident, .was elected president of the society. • The Presbytery • of Huron - Maitland (Presbyterian Church of Canada) meeting,.at Sea1orti elected Goderich minister Rev. R. Stewart as its head. - Air Vice Marshal A.L. James from Air Force Headquarters at • Ottawa announced that he would officiate at the graduating ceremony from RCAF station Clinton. at which 57 radio ` operators and technicians were to graduate. The Goderich corps .of the Salvation Army celebrated the anniversary of their group in Goderich. Word was received by St. Joseph's School of Music at Goderich that Mrs. E. Rodger of Auburn was at�varded the silver medal at -Western University of Music at London.. Miss' Mary Cancilla of Toronto began classes as the new school teacher at Kingsbridge. The Skyliners, featuring Julia Dunseith and Clayton Brodhagen, were booked to ap- pear anceat. the ,Goderich , Pavilion 5YEARSAGO SEPTEMBER 21, 1967 • A 22 --year-old Eskimo from Resolute Bay, Markoosie, was ople, faced wit rising costs taking his pilot's training at Sky d an unstable economy. The 'f and son were campaigning with her husband and we will make jobs for an Harbour. His wife on some' occasions, she' is cer- Canadians our first priority. irony of the situation is that Mr. in Goderich to stay with him for th r grow s such as tainl in the'back curd 'What ° "We can and we will reduce Trudeau created the "monster" & tifne. `fi3i7 ' starting out on tie ra`tf►er� �`sfYal�y" dation that had been envisioned. �:,.. e ... Q..,. e ...... - :avm... .,� ..:._:_ .-with i4s Ldp by attemP Q, - Gti—`-Morgan'niithraean., ..,rn,=- those oriented towart Art or a gracious 1a�y me ►rng1'31te' rsona'i-°inecg re•e�tax-and allow -preserve the value of the d gloats for the Liberal party in The goal is now attainable, thanks to 'own thing. / Mrs. Trudeau is very much portunity to spend more hard- establishment dollar by offset- the upcoming provincial elec- bIL,2ind all those who have contributed. I' am now inviting Senior evident while remaining very ..earned money as he or she sees ting inflation with unem- tion, said at a meeting` of the with the 'Ob so each person Citizens and other interested '- much uninvolved. fit, pooyment. Now he is, as any party that he felt n need for Lets get on wi h 1 n toget in touch with me.Mr. Stanfield is playing the "And if we have to arrest an good crowd• psychologist will, province wide zoning to ensure :. has helped ,,he � P -o .announce n r udl ca p Y Theatre they would do their the former' Jackie' Kennedy, the average Canadian more op- ed persons • playing a divertingthe frustration of with r f inflation, that good farm land" is not wi emergency un . � r m round o n K .__� de Opposition lea n 2 9824 of O g �' My phone 5 4--- le' pp make a dream a reality: —Exeter Times Advocate ¢qe Ooberl[ry SIGNAL—STAR The County' Town Newspaper of Huron E MM End' iishedeve thatedeyat371NestSi., Goderich, Onteria. 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SHAW-toflai staff' .k tllbWM «t M ridlvsrtIsing manager DAVE: i t.>rart nipifatitirttatttf! 44 Etisittlit and Edifd'wial Officti 1IF�E 52441 ars. .. _.... , -ro d' to to t f His swallowed, up by industry'. Arthur Laverty Bows to (leveloper Dear 'Editor: It is with sympathy and regret that I am• able to say "Goderich hits „the big time". Like Toronto, from whence 1 carne, Goderich is bowing Ithe Developer. ' • For many years, people in the southwest corner " of Goderich have suffered from a poor stoat sewage system. Now, after years of living with others' wastes, they'll'` be 'saved! The ''fawn Council has decided that the 'townspeople, who haven't rated for ten years or so, wilt now receive STORM SEWgIt,S, but these sewers are not for 'the' townspeople. It "is • only . because- of an "outside developer", Surely thla people who have lavedhere deserve better treat. —went at -the hands of their own council. A. • mStevvart Thomson, zeal. He's putting up all the we will have the courage to do • right° arguments and rehashing' so through temporary wage and what he claims to be Grit price controls -... we are not mistakes in judgment. He's ap- going- to be either headless, pealling to the people to be con- heartless or gutless in attemp- cerned about unemployment, ting to fight inflation by the "just society", the united throwing Canadians out of Canadian image, etc. etc. work." To give you an idea at what "We can and we will stop Stanfield is hitting hardest, I've using inflation to obtain hidden gleaned the following remarks personal tax increases OW) • from an. address in Halifax.' take an 'increasing percentage of 'Th"ey go like this: ,',It is not my," . your income each year. intention in this campaign to "We are going tolive our pen - urge Canadians to throw out the signers better protection by ana 'aria cm -_ a -rge o own creation. • "He has come out in his true establishment colors, demon- strating his total inability to un- derstand the problems of those who depend on a daily wage to support their families. "Rather than answer the 'c,harges of Mr. Lewis regarding handouts to multi-million dollar corporations, he attacks the cripples left in the wake;,of his all-concieved war on inflation Canadians who have found themselves on welfare or unem- Reeve Bert Such intimated that Goderich might be the site for a new branch campus of Conestoga' College from Kit- chener. Huron Chapter''Number 30 of Goderich of the Royal Arch Masons observed their 100 an- niversary with a . banquet at North Street United ., Church. A family of five was rescued from their boat in choppy waters off Goderich by harbour master Allan MacDonald (in the , tug Trudeau government 'simply making old -age pension Ian M►,c) when their cabin because it has made some awful a ents full reflect increases Ian insurance because of cruiser irate out of gas leaving 's kes. Y think Canadians ° p flivingsince their the `antique methods brought to , them stranded about three miles mistakes. in the` cast o bear by his government on off shore in ra idl deteriorating should take that action for. a last major adjustment.p y larger reason. The Trudeau a are goingto reduce the problems affecting the economy weather; . g W c oft ars country. .The Goderich Lions Club ob,, government has shown itself to size and cost bf bureaucracy, Mr. Trudeau, through his anniver- be unworthyof -continued trust ,and we will eliminate non- served their forty-fifth: ewes in ch>3ir a against so- ause it has betrayed so much active . overnment P g •eery as a club under the chair - bac Y prod gfreeloaders,has t of the trust that Canadians`ex-' ro rams sti h as Information called welfare rnanship of the groups forty fended to it based milts own'"`" Canada. " placed three quarters of a seventh' president,Ralph Smith. 1 "We .' million Canadians and their . Tony Bedard won the promises of 19(18. are going to emphasize .. fatriilies into the +category of out Maitland Gauntry Club annual "f n 1968 Mr. Trudta - . tax sharing with the provinces , t" and pariah. ...off ants cis 4 p . • lVlen"a Golf hampionship in a _.and _ i s premised. a Just Society.. and take xhe...sr.pg_. , ._. ..__..... _._...4r !u to �tliat tiles / ,`..nit _._;r. him. nateaid that the themselve:t a ' " tiya�uia� t plat nn the nlab d Z.. . y, so,, Y n ... , , tour . Canadians 'trusts he . ,,has delivered a situation wail •be .better able to meet their (COntlrlutlid on pogo s f