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Witter• to" the editor
Dear Editor:
In response to your request
for your readers' opinions, I° am
writing this.
I :am very much interested • inn
yogiPage 1A, That is a very
good picture of the Children's
Aid Society offices in the upper
left hand corner (although the
writing under it would lead one
Ito believe it is the'
1[ wish I could, haves heard the
county •Council discussing this
matter; '.'I heartily agreethat it
needs a great deal more study
and investigating. -
Although you seem to criticize
Deputy -reeve Gerry Ginn for
thinking if the jail were to`
become a penology museum it
would be known as the place
where Truscott was in, custody,
yet your article "Huron is 'right
for museum of penology" tells
us that Weekend Magazine
describes it as the site of the last
public hanging! Without a
doubt those, two things WILL be
told REPEATEDLY to visitors
to such a= museum.
I' strongly object to Huron
County's jail being perpetuated
because those two things hap-
pened in it. I would far• rather
see it demolished and a hew
building erected -to house the
Children's Aid Society office
and other overflowing County
offices. They could be made
most attractive and haveoorn
fora theatre as well.
I'm sure the original jailer's
office was not "decorated in a
pond roue >< o tyle to em-
phasize the 'comfort of living ...
compared with the stark and
boring lives of the prisoners-. I
don't believe visitors "could see
how depraved a citizen, can
become" in that way. Why em-
phasize the wicked in our past?
Why not build on the BEST?"
The prisoners ' of our jail have
not been treated- that way.
during the last 25 years at least.
If we can't have a "special
corner in North America"
without the stigma of the last
public hanging and incar-
ceration of a teenager, then we
have nothing to be proud of in
retaining the old jail as a
museum. Let it be something
else. Or let us replace it with a
building we CAN be proud of in
the days to come.
Mr. Berry is • quite right in
saying- there will be lots of
suggested
museum, but but fno tmoney.- The
County councillors must con-
sider the tremendous cost of ad-
ministration and upkeep of a
museum as well as its appeal to
tourists. Of course it would
appeal to tourists for the first
years -anyway. Can't you seek
them flocking to the place where
the last public hanging was
executed? Y
You will find that°our County-
councillors HAVE "the vision
and ARE the far-sighted and
hard-hitting" kind. I am glad
they are discussing both sides of
the question and will continue
to study it until' they can, eome
up with a wise decision, God
bless them:
•
' . Sincerely,
Clare McGowan.
• Dear Editor:
' I have just finished reading
the article on turning the
County Jail into 'a -Museum of
Penology in Huron County.
Although I found the article in-
• teresting and the facts and
opinions expres$ed. for, ,,he
change good, I am neyertheless
against this stove.
Having been a member of‘The
Pendulum Players this past
summer you can understand my
position. The members of the
group at the end of the season,
discussed the possibility of tur-
ning the jail into a permanent
arts centre, featuring drama
performances as well as other
aspects• of the art.,We felt that it
was a feasible proposition and
that, it could be done with
minimum costs and' renovations.
" The present Huron County
Museum has gained
international appraisal for itself
and the Town, of Goderich. The
building of this museum I feel,
would have pnly a short term
effect in attracting tourists and
that the - initial investment of
$25,000 and upkeep costs . of
$15,000 per year would be*very
foolish. I feel that an investment
towards making it a cultural
centre for Huron County would
be far more beneficial.
It is for these reasons that I
am- opposed to the proposed
venture.
Sincerely,
Mitch Moore.
Dear Editor:
I'm writing • to state my
opinion about out new Museum
of Penology that will soon ( I
hope) be an outstanding land-
mark in Ontario.
It amuses me to realise that
some council 'members who
seem to think they are being
'thrifty tear down a monuments
which • could bring them en-
, joyment, entertainment, and be
of educational value in years to
come.
May I remind the council that
the human being is basically
sadistic. ,(Nothing against
humans mind you) They love to
see how their fellow man has
suffered in bygone years.
How many people in
Goderich, and visitors for that
matter, can remember as a
child, and even as an adult,
locking themselves in the tidy
jail house in our Huron County
Museum, and thrilling to some
inaginative story dreamed in
their heads. •
You say that is insignificant?
Well thea, on for more exam-
ples.
• Thousands of people travel to
the British Isles, and find that
some of the chief attractions are
the stocks where criminals were
left foi days, and of course the
guillotine. that's a head chopper
in case you have forgotten,' and
the Tower of London where
hundreds every day in the sum:
mer pay t$ relive some of this
glorious (?) history.
'On, to Rome where the lions
killed the criminals and
Christians in amphitheaters
which still stand.
You say that London and
Rome are a far cry from
Goderich? I'll guarantee that
there were a few foolish folk in
those times who would have
lowered the walls of these great
buildings, but someone looked
ahead and thought of the future.
I have just returned from
Yellowknife in the North West
Territories where the tourists
lament over torn ,, down gold
mines. Someone there was short-
sighted.
To Reeve Pill Elston I have a
few words to say. Everybody has
a past, eh? You, sir, have a past
because, someone cared to
preserve it for you. Can you
imagine what, will happen- to
your younger generations, whore,,
many already believe . to be
mixed up, if they have no
tradition or history to identify
with?'
,Reeve Allan Campbell has
the right idea! Sell the property!.
Get some money! Spoil our
beautiful, spacious, quiet little
town! Who cares? We who have
to live here when you are dead
and gone care. Please leave us
something to remember your
generation by.
Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle
says, spend the money on roads,
books or health services. I must
admit this* is a more sensible'
idea.
As for Deputy Reeve Ginn
and immortalizing well known
criminals, what is wrong with
that? The person mentioned has
since changed his name; and ar-
tifacts from a few other well
known Western Ontario
criminals such as, the Black
Donnellys would be a drawing
card.
Gentlemen ,please, consider "
your past and our future. •Leave
this beautiful building for our
education and enjoyment, and
in doing so; leave a bit of your-
self.
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• Canada at the group's annual
convention,
Liberal Party officials met at
Clinton with their candidate Dr.
Morgan Smith to make plans
for the upcoining Federal Elec.-
tion.
The Hun Unit of the
Canadian DancerroSociety held
its annual • dinner sleeting • at
Clinton. The treasurer's report
indicated the group had ex-
ceeded their quota for the first'
timtpin many years_ co
Harbour e
News
Yours sincerely,
Janet Williams.
Octogenarian
Club
The Goderich Signal-
StarispLeosecd to eaten
happiest birthday
greetings to the following
member of the Oc-
topnarian Club:
Mrs. Robert' Wilson Sr.
of 58 Elgin Avet'ue Egst ,
in Goderich will he 85 on
October 18.
Mrs• Minnie Riddell of
Goderich will he 87 on
October 8.
If, you know of someone
who will be celebrating
an 80th birthdayor better
in the near future and
would like to have his or
her name -mentioned in
this column, please
telephdne 524-8331 giving
the name, address, age
and birthday of the
celebrant.
There is absolutely no
.charge for this service -
and we are pleased_to
hear from all of you.
More than 175 People attended Open House at Conestoga College's Huron Centre at
Vanastra last Thursday night. The guest speaker was Charlie MaoNaughton, Huron MPP. and
provihelal treasurer who is: shown talking to the audience. Others in the stage party are: left
Ross Milton; Huron Centre administrator; Dr. J.W. Church, Conestoga president; and Frank
Silts, Seaforth Mayor and a member' of Conestoga's board of governors: ( staff photo)
Keepingit clean
by Bill Dodds
A group of 22 boys with four
leaders all members of the Car-
`stairs lacrosse team •trekked
nine miles into an Albert wilder
•ness park last summer.
In the course of a single long
weekend in the depths of Banff
National `Park they collected
2,200 pounds <sf garbage. •
Orie campsite alone' gave up
600 pounds of"bottles, cans and
broken, glass. "I've seen pigstys
in better shape than this," one
of the boys commented.
It was :35 man -days of hard
work for these . young' people,
picking up the offal from lazy or
careless campers. Then they had
to carry the 'junk to meadows
large enough to allow a helicop-
ter to land.
For some of.. the boys, this
meant lugging 80 pounds of gar-
bage across a river, bed and
through muskeg.
All this . was. collected in area
where motorized transport is
forbidden by law --The group
had to have 'special permission.
from. Alberta's Direetos of Par
to run the helicopter from
collection points to the Banff -
Jasper Highway.
All this was collected from
areas frequented by experienced
hikers and campers --People who
travel light because they can't
drive into their campsite.
These are people you would
expect to know better. These are
people who should know enough
to pack, out what they pack in.
It happens in Ontario's
wilderness parks too and it still
surprises me. The people w`ho
believe in getting back to nature
should really be trustworthy..
We should be able to count on
them to preserve what they en-
joy,
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Maybe people are basically
stupid.
You're almost tempted to
believe that when you see what
they do.
'Not long ago, Arizona dug
into, a roadside litter control
campaign, They set up hundreds
of litter receptacles and signs in
advance reading: "Deposit Lit-
ter 'Ahead One -Quarter Mile/b.
They had to change the let-
tering, on the signs thh read: "Lit-
ter Containers One -Quarter
Mile.'
You . gtiessedg it. 'People , took'
the signs literally and started
strewing their waste over guar-
ter mile stretches of roadway as
soon as they saw the signs.
' Discouraging isn't 'it.
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Fees: $2.00 per student per hour group lesson;- one
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At the Goderich waterfront
last week; the. Martha Hindman
docked out of Conneaut light
and took on 12,100 tons of salt.
October 3 the Paterson arrived
light and took out salt as well.
On, September 25, the Helen
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B.L. Waizak, administrator at
Alexandra Marine and • General
Hospital, , announced his
resignation and John Schaefer,
hospital board chairrnkn; �!
namedH.A. Elliot as temporary •
administrator.
A request for adult crossing
guards to conduct public school
children . across main intersec-
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ntersextions of Goderich streets was
given consent by the Fire and
Traffic Safety committee of
town council. •
The sailing season was win-
ding up at Snug Harbor as
Goderich bnators undertook the
task to take their boats out of
Lake Huron for another season.
The annual Dungannon Fall
Fair washeld at that com-
munity with .a large turnout on"
hand for the events under sunny
skies.
The Goderich and District
Collegiate _Institute Vikings
soundly' defeated Stratford Cen-
tral High School in the opening
game of the new ,high school
football season by a score of 32-
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