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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-11-02, Page 2GODERICH TAR. THURSDAY, NOV 11VII EW'2 1972 rry Do:God-0*h parents care?. • 'Everts of the past few days in Goderich W014lit'support the belief of. some people _mlttar��cm'gs terS -are-not-au--are-not-au-°for-blame for- ... the trouble in which they find themselves from time to time. Although it has been said before and is a dangerously upsetting accusation, the oonoiusio.rj 7must be that insome instan- „ oes parents in Goderich are exhibiting poor judgement and apathetic natures when it comes to their children. Last, week this newspaper carried a front-pagestoryabout two toilet seats which were,burned by youngsters in the girls' washroom at Goderich Memorial Arena. On an inside page Zest week, there was a report of home being damaged by -a- . homemade- bomb ' thrown by youthful pranksters. Another bomb was • thrown (but did not ignite) this week, Tuesday night — Hallowe'en — the Square was alive with young people bet- ween the ages of 12 and 15 who were A guest opinion throwing eggs and rocks, turning an fire hydrants, obstructing traffic and generally creating- a, dist rrbance.- There --gin are numerous other incidents which have,. been reported frbrn time to time in .,the Signal -Star. ,.ast .week was patents' night at the local high school on Thursday. Friday evening was the showing of a film on drug abuse in our time. Adult attendance was dispppointing at both these events. Where were the parents in each of these cases? Do Goderich moms and dads care . that this town's youth is creating havoc and.expense? Do, they ap- preciate that agencies,such_as the school and the Public Health Unit are en- --deavouritg te--assist -them-in these trying,__. times? Must Goderich youth accept the blame for the complacency of their mothers and fathers? Must our children discipline themselves? Have we lost control? Or have we just lost interest? Price must be raised The urge ,to vandalism seems to• be something • with. which many humans are born. It has been with mankind, in some .' degree, since the beginning of time, but it seems to be reaching new and more revolting 'heights in this present age of permissiveness and excuses for everyone who, feels like doing his own thing, no matter what the cost to society -generally.. Every community has experienced this sort of thing in the past. It is a rare oc- casion indeed, when a new park or monument or recreation facility can sur- vive even the first few months without some sort of senseless depradation. - The Latest major episode of which we. have heard was the destruction of dozens of new cars on a storage lot in the A• Toronto area .last week.. An estimated $2006000 damage was done by vandals who gat into the cars anctdrove them into each other and the surrounding fences. It would seem apparent that the penalty for such willful and premeditateddestruc- tion must be sharply increased, It can no longer be, accepted as youthful pranks. The perpetrators should go to jail for a long time- ith plenty of hard work to make the penalty memorable. What sort of idiotic society`do we live in when our young people do not hesitate to smash and destroy? 1t doesn't Matter whether the property is public �r private, this sort of stupidity must cease.. --Wingham Advance=Times. ikkor A timely letter If you can't remember, think Dear Editor: . 'On this November lith. Canadians will gather at war memorials in some 2,000 cities and towns across our -nation. At this time. they will pay tribute to the 114.000 men and women who were killed when the world was engulfed in the flames of war. Each will remember in .his own way.'Perhaps veterans will think of comrades as they were 'a few seconds before their death. Wives will remember the -long wait for husbands who went to war and never returned. Parents will think of boys who were s'o young when they left home for the last time. And some will think of a father who went away such a long time ago. .Yes. Many Canadians will remember the dead in many ways, But what about that 55% of our population who can't remember Canada's wars?. This year the Legion Poppy campaign has as its theme. "If you can't remember. think!" What does it really mean to the younger generations? May we. as Remembrance Week begins. take this opportunity to explain. , Perhaps the most important thing one should think about is that many.of the dead were not much older than you when they went to war. They went from classrooms such as yours. Many were flying bombers while still in their teens. Others were storming.the beaches at Dieppe. in Italy and in Normandy before their 21st birthday. Many did without ever reaching their 21st birthday. So one thing to remember is that they. were young. Also, one might think about what they left, Their future was as grand as your plans for next summers vocation. They left the excitement and magic of autumn afternoons and football: the swift silent swoop of skis on powdered snow: basketball. hockey, track. and dozens of things which you enjoy. Then you might think about how they were able to leave these things. knowing they might never come hack. And when one thinks of this. one will be gettingrlose to understanding the full meaning of their sacrifice. They were as alive as you are. as -full of hope and enthusiasm for life. Yet they were willing'to•sacrifike that life so that we might continue to live as free people. Through their death, t y~4)r1lghtlfreedom for future generations. Today we may tend to take mach of this freedom for granted. But look about you. Think of. what you plan to do tonight or tomorrow or next weekend, Then ask yourself if you would he enjoying the same privileges and pleasures if these men had not paid for it with their lives. ' The answer, obviously, is no. That's why we pay tribute to them on Remembrance Day. And the poppy.' which grew over the graves of so many soldiers in the first war. became a symbol of that remembrance. That is why. when we wear a poppy and stand in silence on Remembrance Day, we are in ef- fect 'saying "Thank you" to those brave men who paid for our todays with their future. N. Shaw. Legion R.R.O. • • •t WO "First they destroy our environment so that ive starve -- thenthey shoot us to save us from .the anguish of starvation!" Shirley J. Keller, DEAR _EDITOR= Editor, Signal -Star, Goderich, Ontario Committed to orrice Dear Editor: The Goderich Lions Club appreciate your cooperation in promoting the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary through your excellent editorial. The members are proud of the work - which which has been accomplished through fifty years, and are committed to the continuance of this work. Yours sincerely, .Jim Kinkead ght offioacrtcry SIGNAL -STAR The County Town Newspapir-of-Hur-ort Founded in 11I411 and pubs ished every Thur' lay at 37 West St., Goderich, Ontario. Member of the Audit ltureavof Circulation, theCWNA andOWNA. Advertising rates on request. Subscriptions payable in •' ' • Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the cents. event of advance, .00in anna a, 9.50` in all countries other thann Canada; single copies 20 cent Second typo ephicaieriar,thatporlionof the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with •rel►aonabieallowance for Sign/ature,will not becharged for but the balance of the advertisement .144 4.0 paid for at the applicable mite. In the event of a typdgraphical error advertising goods or servicefatawrong price, gaodsorservicetmay oaths sold. Advertising is merely an offer tosflt, J0 may bs withdf11Wr1, et aq iXNe. Boolean riod'Editorial WON) l teLEPIHONE 524M$331 area cods' 619 Claes mall regiatrafiol numbor. -0116 Publishid by signal•Star Publishing Ltd. ROOM' (. SHmER presldent and publisher SHIRLEY J. KELLEY-iditor R. W. SHAM/.- edbarlal Whitt EDWARD J. fYRSKI- vertisinq ```crage` DAVE R. WILLlA M S advertistng representative • Walking is • faster Dear Editor; We subscribe to, and look for- ward to your newspaper each week.. It's really swell to receive and hear about happenings back home, but for goodness sake buy the boy that mails our copy a new pair of running shoes. Windsor is only 150 miles from ..Goderich' and a paper dated Oct. 19 arrives at its destination Oct. 27 (approx. 185 hrs.) Any old man could walk it faster. If it's .the mail service bet- ween Goderich and here, please suggest they buy some new, ponies. Still like your paper. Yours sincerely, Archie Mustard (Windsor, Ont.) No time for prima donnas Dear Editor: I agree with your editorial in- dicating that it is urgently necessary for the municipality's elected and appointed represen- tatives to pull, together in the same direction. This is no time to play prima donnas, find ex- cuses for- awkard situations and waste energy •on anything other than looking ahead to what could be done better from now on. The Council members are en- titled to some guidance and direction of purpose. If this is -not adequately' available, nobody benefits from the resulting shortage of truly con- structive spirit and effective co- ordination of efforts . on all levels. Your editorial' suggests rightly that the town's well-being depends on teamwork. I would like to add to this another vital ingredient --- the active interest and participation of the town- speople. There was a time when nothing much happened. and small town councils- were more comfortably looking after the routine "housekeeping" chores of their communities. Recently, however, in many municipalities --- ours among there) — councils, were jolted ,out of their customary ways by the suddenly noisy and urgent demands of new development for which there was no proper degree or readiness. The purpose of my words is to appeal to the townspeople to take interest, take part and pay attention. What is being decided and done now cannot be undone in a hurry, but will„ -have a bearing on the appearance bf "And whether or not it is you, no .doubt the is unfolding as it clear, ,to unarse should." So said Pierre 'Elliott Trudeau Monday night about midnight as the ' election tabulations. were almost finished and it was, obvious his govern- ment had suffered a severe set- back -,if not defeat. Trudeau, of course, was quoting from Desiderata. The words weren't his own then, but they seemed to fit the occasion. What else might Trudeau have said? Robert Stanfield admitted his party was "ready to form a government" but then, that wasn't really such a ' profound statement. Had the Progressive• Conservative leader said he and his associates were not prepared to be the next government . in Canada, the country might well have sat up and listened more intently. And really, Stanfield had lit- tle more to say Monday night. He'd said it all in the campaign and he was perhaps somewhat a "little surprised that he, indeed, might have to prove- to the Canadian people that the PCs "can do better," That's a sobering thought for any politician. David Lewis, the New Democratic Party Leader, was playing it cool. He said that his party holds the balance, of power in Canada in its collec- tive little hand. While others in • Canada might have thought that Lewis was showing his..•big heart by promising to co-operate with the party that forms the government so that Canada'and Canadians could -be spared - another election bill, some of the enchantment went out _of his generosity when it was evident that NDP co-operationwould only last as long as the Liberals or the . Progressive Conservatives were conducting business in ac- cordance with party policies. What's so big hearted about that? It took Real Caouette to .a speak his mind. He said he was ready to start all over again Tuesday morning if need be ... and he indicated by that, I thought, that another election is looming sooner than "most people wanted to admit. .Caouette is a "Real-ist" for sure. From where I sit, and , ap- parently from where many Goderich folk sit, there's another election in our im- mediate future,-Take.po heed to the cries of those who complain the country cannot afford it. So what? Judging • from the' statements of the four party leaders Monday night 'in the af- termath of' a disaster or a vic- tory, depending upon , which party you support, there will be another federal election soon — very soon. the whole town and the quality of our lives. It is important for ,the people to be clearly acquainted with the issues of development and planning. It is important to be fully aware of the principles of the, new zoning by-law now being processed on behalf of the town. Ta use• an, example -- it is im- portant to take time out to pay earnest attention -to the fact that the new proposed zoning by-law no longer contains height. restrictions for buildings in. town. Are the people trying to figure out in time what this. might mean in terms of their rin- dividual cases and do they visualize a six or eight or more storeys high building next to them or anywhere in town? There will be discussions, meetings and publications. Let us not regard all this as mere formalities to go through in prescribed fashion, but an effec- tive means of reaching everybody to have an interest and a say in what concerns us alt. ,, 1 see that -every 'Monday the 'continued on page' 3 :F :g :g lr conducted a short but in- teresting telephone survey Tuesday. I promised those per- sons to whom I spoke that no names would be used in the. newspaper. I just wanted an in- dication of the thinking in this town. I asked two questions. Why did the Trudeau government lose so many seats in Monday's election? When do you think the next election will be held? As one might expecti there was a variety of answers to the first question. I got everything from "Trudeau doesn't give a damn about Canada. He's in- dependently wealthy." to "No platform" and "Lack of'policy". Some people said they felt Canadians were fed up with the unemployment situation and the administration of welfare. Some listed high taxes and the rising cost of living, One person con- tacted mentioned the loss of property to the U.S.A. Others said it was the bilingualism issue and still more thought ,Quebec's power in the Cabinet and other places of decision was the problem. But all agreed that the coun- try cannot live with this situation for long. The estimates were from two months to one year. The average guess=time Was six months --- probably around June. One Goderich citizen to whom ioYEARSAGO NOVEMBER, 2, 1902 'a The firth of Lee and Shepherd plumbers anddealers in stoves and tinware was dissolved with Mr. Sheperd's retirement. The businias was to be operated by 'Charles C. Lee in future. Two runaway boys, Robert Carey and Otvvell Todd', were found on the farm of J.T. Marsh at Odell's Corners near London, Ricking apples. The horse and buggy the boys had taken with them was brought back to Goderich at well and .returned to its rightful owner; A special show at the Victoria Opera House, sponsored by the Methodist Sunday School, would feature pictures of the coronation of King Edward the Seventh, Jack and the Bean - stock and Captain Nisson shooting the Whirlpool Rapids, The entertainment of J.W. Bengough at the Opera House was . well.. attended, Mr. 'Bengough (unannounced) lawn- cheel into a lecture on tem- - perance during the program.: The principal's report, at fhe regular meeting of: the Goderich Public School Board showed that average attendance during October was ' 402. '181. boys and 221 girls. I spoke said that -'the Canadian people did not recognize what Trudeau had done for the coun- try. "He has opened doors to Canada not before opened," this person noted. "He has given us co-operation with the nations of the world. such as we've never known before. He has blazed the trail into new frontiers. He was a human intellect, not, a political intellect. His con- tribution will not likely be appreciated for years to come." I think Judy LaMarsh was hinting at that on Monday evening's television election broadcast. She . said that Trudeau had worked to make this country respected throughout the world as a nation of wealth, power and im- portance: Canadians on Monday preferred to look inward at the domestic problems which . affect their daily lives right now .... and who's to say they are wrong? It depends upon who you are, where you sit and what are your priorities. Dalton Camp was jovial Mon- day evening on TV wasn't he? He said very early in the evening, if you recall, that he was expecting a progressive Conservative minority govern- ment. The big computer kept in- sisting upon a Liberal minority government. And now at Tuesday, October 31 at 4 p.m. I understand it is anybody's ballgame with the Grits at 108 seats and the Tories having 109. The boys in Ottawa will have fun sorting this one out, won't they? * :K * Arthur' Qua, pf .the Bank of Montreal staff, was noted to have presided at the organ in Knox Church in the absence of Mr. Passmore. Mrs. Edward Sharman of Goderich met an untimely death in a home accident. Mrs, Shar- man was said to have left the supper table to go into another room of her home and in the dusk, fallen down the cellarway. She died of theresulting in- ju ries. In Huron, of course, Bob McKinley handled his op- ponents with ease. His majority increased and McKinley was probably dead right hien' he stated that it was because he's represented Huron's 'con- stituents well in his last two terms' iTt office. Charles Thomas didn't poll well at all, not even in his home area. It was obvious to many folks late in the campaign that the Thomas effort just would not entice Huron's traditionally PC vote -- and, to be sure, it will take a strong Liberal can- didate in Huron with a strong Liberal tide countrywide and ' some hot local issues to change. that picture here. It any of the Huron also ran candidates has something to crow about this week, it has to be Shirley Weary who gained strength in Huron. I'm told the NDP popular vote was in- creased by about five percentage ..point4, front four to nine percent. Not much, you say? 'That's something to Wath in the future, I'd say. I can\ remember when the NOP was here and elsewhere, van you? • 25 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 2, 1947. A special Hallowe'en party was held for all the little spooks and goblins at the West Street arena building. A large turnout of youngsters was reported on hand to take part in the action. -The West Section of •the Huron P•resbyteri of the Women's Missionary Society held their meeting in Goderich and heard of the needs in China as told by a worker who spent some time there. Despite the efforts of the Blue Water 'Band to provide enter- tainment for youngsters on Hallowe'en .night, young vandals ' broke into a rural .. school house and left a wake of damage through the building. Herbert Spence, a represen- tative of the Department of Labor from the Industrial relations branch, was in town and spoke to a group of workers who were members of Local 23736 of the Operating Engineers. a . A large audience was on hand at the North Street United Church auditorium to world -famed violinist Leona Flood in concert. A special remembrance day church service was planned for Sunday morning at 11:00 itt.m. when veterans would parade to the Baptist Church. Premier George . Drew an- nounced that he Would be paying a visit to Seaforth on November 28 when he would speak to the annual meeting of the Progressive Conservative Association of South Huron and, South Perth. hear Miss FIVE YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 2, 1967 Goderich deputy -reeve Harry Wor,sell dropped the first puck to officially get the 1967-68 season for 'the Goderich Junior B Siftos at they Goderich Arena. The Siftos opened their season at home against the Waterloo Siskins. Goderich Town Council failed in its attempt. to have the grain storage barges removed from the local harbor. They were infor- med by the Federal Department of Transportation- that there was nothing the town could do about barges using the harbor. Plans were in progress for the annual Santa Claus parade. Organizers of the event announ- ced that a total of $200 would be given out in prize money for the- best floats' entered in the parade. ' Parking meters will not be in- stalled in Goderich, council decided at their regular meeting. A motion by B.R. Robinsotl that the town look into the matter further died when no seconder could be obtained. • The first,phase of a new major stretlighting • moder- nization program was completed when• Mayor Dr. Frank Mills switched on, 55 new street lamps along Huron road and Toronto Streete between Victoria and Sheaffer Pen. 0 4 A • 4 1 1