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,'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
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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
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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
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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