HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-04-12, Page 2' PAGE 2---4ODERICI1 SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1973
Qualifications main asset
The confusion which has arisen over
the hiring of an assistant arena manager
for Goderich Memorial Arena is unfor-
tunate as well as unnecessary.
. It is unfortunate t)ecause it is leaving
d most unflattering impression of
Goderich officials. The unbusinesslike
approach of both Goderich Town 'Coup
til and The Goderich Recreation and
Community Centre Board is: creating a
good deal of justifiable discontent within
and without Goderich.
It is unnecessary because there are
somet,fairly hard and fast rules gover-
ning municipal matters -of this type
which. coupled with a sprinkling of com-
mon sense, could have averted this
nasty incident_
It is actually ,,a three -pronged
predicament.
In the first place, there is little
evidence' that Gdderich Recreation and
Community .Centre Board was. wrong
last fall when it decided to hire Lloyd
Moore of Exeter as assistant arena
rrianager for the town. According to all'
the information available, Moore is a
well qualified ambitious person 'with a
young family, who was ready to re -locate
for business reasons.Not Goderich born
:-3nd bred, he is a Huron County native
who is believed to have. the ability and -
the initiative necessary to become a •
qualified arena manager in. time.
It has net been publicly stated how the
Rec. Board's decision to hire Moore,was
scuttled. But it was. It was scuttled
�es;�ir.e • the fact that the Rec. Board,
which rs charged by Town Council to
make responsible and informed recom-
mendations to the council, studied the
matter thoroughly and thoughtfully` and
decided that Moore was the man for the
lob.
Not . only was the recommendation
scuttled, it is obvious that Aloore was
scuttled, for he did not re -apply when
the position was re -advertised.
Secondly, the Rec. Board must, surely
realize now that the only sensible course
open to them was to re -advertise the
position a third time, even if it was in the
space of a few months. The hiring of
Denis Lassaline and ' his subsequent
decision to leave for a better opportunity
made the vacancy fair game again for all
who would have applied.
The Rec. Board's decision to review
the applications • from the first . two
callings was folly from the beginning.
Any choice the members made then
would have left it ' open for , public
criticism.
Thirdly, there was evidence at
Goderich Town Council last week that
many members favor hiring a local per-
son as assistant arena manager. This
stand would be admirable if council had
added the rider "providing the local per-
son has equal qualifications with • the
outside applicant."
Activity at they local arena has in-
creased over the past two years. There
were indications at last week's council
meeting this activity could incr lase
even more in )he next few years, and
with the advent of additional leisure time
there is little doubt the arena will con-
tinue to be the heart of recreation in
Goderich. dustrial Commission.
Dr. Mills, a former mayor of
the Town of Goderich, is
probably recalling that he and
his cinincil came under some
serious criticism over the In-
dustrial Park which now
houses Dearborn Steel and will
shortly encompass a Dominion
Road Machinery enterprise •as
well as The Goderich Signal -
Star's new building.
In .fact, Dr. Mills may he
remembering with some
lingering resentment that he
was defeated in 197() by present
Mayor Harry Worsell who• in
the nomination night speeches
alluded to the "empty in-
dustrial park" which had com-
plete water and sewage service
while the salt mine was suf-
fering through with
suitable water supply.
It is doubtful, however, if
Mayor Worsell has ever truly
believed that Goderich did not
need room forindustrial expan-
sion. Having watched Mayor
Worsell in action now for two
and one-htt1f years, it is safe to
wiger_>ihsit the. mayor simply.
would have preferred to see the
local industrialists made happy
first .... with the industrial ex-
pansion running second (if not
third) to that all important
.priority.
It may he all water under the
bridge now, but the fact
remains that. the Industrial.
Park has proven itself worth-
while to Goderich ... and the
,present mayor and council are
r basking in the light of that far-
sighted decision • some years
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DEAR READERS
Dear Readers,
A suggestion from Dr. Frank •
Mills that the, total cost of the
Industrial Park he computed
against total lot sales and
estimated tax revenue should
be welcomed by Goderich in -
Surely then, this municipality needs
the very best qualified persons for all ad-
ministrative positions for this $70,000 per
annum (and ever increasing) business
yenture. Home boy status must come
a. secondary.
Poo r timing. for McKinley
Huron MP Robert McKinley apparently
thought a recent article by Ottawa Jour-
nal- writer Paul Jackson regarding the
number of defeated Liberal candidates
now working in government jobs worthy
of interest to a number of Huron~ con-
stituents.
He sent out several copies of the ar-
ticle indicating that at (east 12 defeated
Lib.3ral candidates had been able to find
jobs on the public payroll.
Mr. `Mc} inley. could have 'saved the
mcney" ie spent on having .the article t,
reprinted- and mailed. - Political
patronage should surprise no one.
No doubt the same lengthy list could
have been obtained about stalwart PC
m€-mbers working for the goQernment in
. Ontario or NDP backers being on the
public payroll in Manitoba.
Ironically, the item reached our desk
on the same day an announcement was -
made in Toronto that former Huron MPP
•
Charles' MacNaughton-had been named
chairman of the Ontario , Racing Com-
mission.
There is no doubt but what Mr.
MacNaughton will be a most competent
chairman and will probably be followed
in the position by, other PC supporters
until such time as the Liberals win in On-
tario and can name one of their
stalwarts to the position.
There's little to, be gained in the kettle
calling the pot black.
This newspaper recently pointed out
-that some of Ontario's most conscien
tious and capable persons take an ac-
tive part in politics and our democratic
system would be severely weakened if
they did not. Certainly, the calibre of ap-
pointments would be equally weakened
if those persons actively engaged in
supporting one party or another were ex-
cluded from accepting those positions.
Exeter Times -Advocate
'An interesting question
An interesting question was raised in
the Ontario Legislature recently by the
Leader of the Opposition Robert Nixon.
Nixon asked Hon. Eric A. Winkler; chair-
man of -the management board, where
was the Minister of Education.
In fact, Nixon asked the question
'twice and both times the reply was the
same. Winkler told. Nixon he didn't ask
where Ministers go and why they are not
"in the House when it is convened.
"Whose responsibility is it to see that
a minister of a department that spend
almost $2, billion comes into the House,
so that questions can be asked, par-
ticularly when his programs are going to
restrict the quality of education in so
many communities?" asked Nixon.
"I'll do my very best to have him
here on Monday," answered Winkler.
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in fact, had the Industrial
Park not been there to absorb
expansion of local industry, one
wonders where Dearborn Steel
would have located, for .in-
stance, arid what• economic
depression this community
would have known had. the
plant moved elsewhere.
This newspaper. will he ex-
tremely interested in, any
figures the Industrial Com-
mission may produce regarding
the Industrial Park.
it is interesting to note,
however, that industrial expan-
sion so far has come from
within the Town of Goderich
and not from ether far off
places. This can only mean that
local industry is flourishing un-
der the capable management of
Goderich residents .... and a
town with that kind of leader-
ship must certainly be headed
for growth and prosperity. •
An interesting piece of
literature arrived on my desk
in a most mysterious fashion
Mast week, and despite the fact i
do not know who sent it to me
have decided to share it with
you. .-
My contributor said this ex-
cerpt from a hook being read at
the time seemed to he a
suitable analogy to the recent
provincial election in Hurn
when Don Southcott was
defeated by Jack Riddell.
The item rends as follows:
It was Overton rather than
Iluey who carried off the
oratorical honors of the
meeting. In his opening
remarks Overton. who had o
talent for satire, drew o vivid.
picture of the meeting of the
Vl/ilsrin delegates in the Samir
building a month earlier. They
had come tri,gether, he said.
he0ause the word had been
passed that "an heir -apparent
and a Crown Prince. wrrs going
to be born to rule over the State.
of Louisiana for the next four
years." And so the loyal nohres
of the reigning dynasty had
assembled: "'J'hc Lards and
Dukes and the. Earls took leave
in their Lincoln limousines, in
-their Halls"Royce autom ohilcs.
and in their Parllman palace
cors. r►nt1 went Clown to
Alexandria to witness. the birth
of the.Hoyal Crown .Prince and
i1e�r-Apparent to the throne of
-the Stotc'T(1 Louisiana. Anil lo
and behold, on chi: clay of their
arrival the political - stork
arrivecl, and In onrl behold,
was horn the imperial Grown
Prince, 11iley, of Huston'" Huey
was convulsed as he listened to
the description,. and later he
siiid fr► Overtonr "Think your-
solf up another speech. john.
I'm .going to use, yours'., ile
quoted parts 'of if in almost
every. spi u:li he. made during
the campaign....
* * *
years I have absorbed these in-
creased costs by becoming more
efficient and working on largor
and' larger volumes but
receiving the same price for my
cattle to the point where I was
receiving lower and lower
returns for • my labour,
management and capital in-
vestment. When this point is -
-reached, individual decisions
,are made by beef producers to
either get out of beef produc-
tion or reduce the size of their
operation."
Mrs. John Austin of the
National Farmers' Union
locally had a similar approach
to the problem.
She writes:
"Food costs have become the
most political issue of the day
among consumers. This gives
farmers an opportunity to'con--
nect with urban' consumers and
jointly undertake . to identify -1
the source of excessive food
costs .
Canada is a country where
the housewife hires a woman to
do her cleaning so she will have
time to'do volunteer work in a
day nursery where the cleaning
, woman leaves her children.
The Thamesford Lions
Bulletin.
The fuss over the high food •
prices - particularly meat -
seems to have died down a lit-
tle this week. I 'understand
from a couple of local retailers
that ° Goderich and area
housewives do not appear to he
boycotting the meat counters.
In fact, meat sales were up a
little this past weekend over
the previous one..
I . had a chat Monday with
Graeme Hedley, secretary -
manager of the Ontario Beef
Improvement • Association.
among many things, Graeme
said that the high cost of living.,
is a problem of society, not a
problem of the farmers.
"Inflation is the prohlein,"
said Graeme, —and most of
these specific things are just
symptoms of the problem called
inflation."
Stewart Brown, president of
the Ontario Beef improvement
Association is a farmer at
Shedden. He explains the
problem this way. Said Brown,
"As an example,a new tractor
today'cosls about twice what it
did five or six years ago and
livestock feed prices have in-
creased from 30% . to 100%
during the past year due had
weather conditions in a large
part of North America. Con-
sumers should realize as well
that their annual or semi-
annual increase in wages is
reflected hack to me in the form
of hfkher costs• for input items
such AR fertilizer, farm equip-
ment, parts, and gasoline. For
"The area to look at is that
By Shirley J. Keller
between the farm and the con-
sumer, particularly at the retail -
food chain level. While the
natural tendency of many far-
mers in this situation will he td
resist consumers movements,
we must remember that in-
creased costs hear very heavily.
on people with low and fixed
incomes.
"At. the same time the, far-
mers know that agribusiness in-
terests between farmers and
consumers' are gouging out
huge chunks of excessive
profits. -
"Farmers are exploited on
the farm by the same agri-
business interests who exploit
consumers in the store. Far-
mers get only :17c of every
dollar consumers spend on
food; in 1949 farmers received
title of every dollar spent on
food.
"Fanners must concentrate
on establishing com-
munications with consumers
and on getting their support for
the farmer's cause."
PEAR EDITOR
• Thank you
Dear Editor:
Just a short note to express
my thanks to the members of
Co -Pilot in their endeavours to
create a permanent recreation
centre for the youth people in'
this community. 1 have been
following the Co -Pilot ventures
very closely as reported in the
Signal -Star, in talking to some
of the members and even atten-
ding a .seminar which was
educational, enlightening and
entertaining. - .
These joung people have
shown me, what I have. always
known, that given a little
money along with some
authority and a voice in the
community'along With our trust
and faith, they can accomplish
what has not been done in the
past. "Keep our children off the
streets with valuable program-
mes for every taste and talent:'
Organized sports and
-organized clubs 'have their'
place in our community but the
value of a centre where one can
walk in off the street will be
measured not only in the
decrease of idleness, but,
perhaps, also.in alcoholism and
drug abuse. In the past our
Parks and Recreation Boards
have been concerned only with
sandbox playgrounds hut our
babies throw their rattles away
ata much earlier age than we
did. ,
Mo, Nancy and Janet want
our help, as adults. They do not
ask for money except for our
moral . support and if they
should have your consideration
as they have mine I know that
the challenge they place before
us will be greater for them than
for us. Wherrsomeotae is doing
something gold they should
have the full support df , the
community. '"
Think of the benefit also for
the tourist, shopping in this
community, would not the
welcome sign be out for them
also, a chance to drop-in, to
communicate to participate and
offer them something for free
"friendship".
I am a stranger in this com-
munity, but if I can open ,any
doors for you I would be happy
to do so. The myth about this
'being the lost .generation js
slowly being desCrroyed by our
young people and we have no
Netter proof than this. Thanks
again Mo, Nancy and Janet for
not letting us down.
Alyce Whalen
Bogie's Beach
Save Ihi' jail
Dear Editor,
Living at present in the
British Isles but being a
resident of Goderich i feel i
must write this letter. When i
remember the hours of en-
joyment, yes enjoyment, the jail
held for many people last year
and then think of the reality of
its destruction I begin to won-
der about the pcfople of this
town.
How can we let it happen?
The "Pendulum Players"
gave hours of enjoyment to
hundreds of people last sum-
mer and steps were being made
to renew this activity but now
who •knows.
i try and think what would
have happened if many years
ago people had decilled to
remove a courtyard from the
"Old Bailey" or the small
chapel of Westmihster Abbey to
make room for a few more
horse and carts. What use will
there he for such words as
culture or history if we seek to
destroy the foundations for the
sake of progress.
Why not try and think before
we act, try to reason nut
whether or not our heritage, he
it a large or small part, is
' worth sacrificing for progress.
We 'can never bring hack
(Contlnu.d on page 3)
LOOKINEI Biu
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April 12, !9(q
'1 hr ruerchant, in
dry goods, gent,
anti millinery' IineSh
tin agreement to cl
place, of business at ft
on and after the ,wtbt
Saturday's and days
holiday's being etcept
is a commendable It
ftt
will give the store pe
opi
portunity for hrt
re(reatic►n and other
outside- of the
I)llsinesti'' We hoer
townsl►eopte and ochrowe
business in Goderich ti
the movement by dohs
shopping rly
A. McI)•eaAll.an has
home after a trip of till,
the to point, in Quebec,
Maritime Provinces, 1
was pursuing an iln .
in connection) with th
shipping business. Hti
engaged 01 t'OnrpiIl1g
for the Dominion Gen.,,
The building comes
the new lihrari met trot
evening and awarded
tracts for the erection
new building. Cha;. Pse,
the contract for the stat
brick work and plaster
uchanan tikAinckn, restBof the nr,
the carpenter. work,
plumhinR� glazing, etc
I)an and John Wi¢(,
' fish during the •easona
Vincent, near Kingt5
purchased a haat at
fitted it up and shippt;
Kingston. and, left fa
place on 'Tuesday mot:.
commence their work.
25 Years
April 12, 1941
Sounding operation
entrance channel wen
pleted nn Saturdac ani
st ruct inn to navigata
found. The silt and dein
came "down the floods
must have been carried'
Cher by the strong TUR
Temporal). repair
made to the cahle; •
electric current to the!
the radio beam andth
lights, • and these are
operas ton. Complete
can not be made In:i,
structiun work Is dint,
piers.
. Mr.. and Mrs C
Sullivan arrived last
take up their re.ihence.
summer at the radro
operating station 11r.i
is the new operator. '
The' water in the
and lake is clearing a"a
of perch may be ewe?:
George •1ame,, the
Caretaker and court oi5
the Court House. uasr
big surprise -on Saturdit
the staff in the Count...
-gathered- tu••present.h
gifts in honour of hi,ir•
second birthday. The,
talion was made by C`
Clerk Miller.
Mr. ',James has semi
County in hi dual cape
twenty-seven -"ears.
it is announced lit
Forest .1. 1V1c11ardy'that6
- tarir► labor Itelatiotu 1
has .certified bargatnlflL
at the Goderich organfa
application has heenrol.
certification of bar!'
the Goa
agency' at ora
Manufacturing Co..
God eric.li Public La
(waterworks►.
Working agreemenn
been signed establ`
satisfactory wage and
conditions at the Puf0f
Mills Ltd., the Gode.
Co., and the
Machinery Co. .
5 Years
April 12, 1968.
Twentv•four hoursof
through 14 miles of
I'`
icy
an end for Cap
Bourbonnais, skipper d
Hamildoc, the first shiptl
ter Goderich }larbourthm.
as Goderich Mayor Dt
Mills presented the ,
with the traditional t0�
Sunday afternoon at
Hall. cola
The Captain
ne
that ic•efields extended '
14 miles out from theaking i'•
slow and '•
liarbrnrr difficult. IN
sighted at about 2mi5
day, was still nine
8 p.m. Saturday night.,
oh
Two 'tugs from der
ian Mac and the Demp
were used in a a
f the e
through some ome
had little effect' ,
said' that. in order
path through the
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work the ship back
nudging forward dela!fey Tett
time in the more
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finally broke into.‘"`
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