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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-05-10, Page 2>* a PAGE 2,—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1973 More trust in Rec. Bd. Are Mayor Harry Worsell and the `',,,members of council §uffering from wounded pride where the poderich Recreation . and Community Centre Board is concerned? Does the Town Council feel that its authority is being, usurped by the Rec. Board? Are the mayor and councillors having a difficult time adjusting to the fact that Goderich's recreation director is not only doing his job bin actively assuming the kind of administrative responsibility for- which most communities hire recreation directors these days? These questions and a whole lot more deserve answers from Goderich Town Council. Fo'r the second time in as many months, council has the recreation board on the hot seat. Last month it was council's interference with regard to the _„hiring of an assistant arena manager. This month council has refused to. pass the recreation board minutes which in- cluded the information .that 43 persons had been interviewed for summer help and that applicants had been referred to the Pool Committee with power to act. Council 'even noted at last week's regular council session that a list of the persons hired as' summer staff was published in The Goderich Signal -Star (May 3 issue) without council ever being asked for approval: Horrors! The' Recreation Board is. comprised of conscientious. Goderich citizens, each ^rye appointed by Goderich'and at least two members of council. These members are working under the guidance of a qualified Recreational Director, a man with more knowledge about recreation and its ultimate role in a municipality ti than Mayor Worsell, the reeve, the deputy -reeve and the councillors put together. But still, Goderich Town Council in- sists upon having a finger in the pie when it comes to something as routine as summer recreational staff. It wants to pass judgment on every little detail and it hesitates- to give the Rec. Board enough authority to do much more than open and close its meetings. Citizens of Goderich might well begin) co ask why the Recreation Board was formed at all. Although its members receive only pn honorarium for their labors, they are paid from municipal funds. If council continues to question and probe every decision; if council feels it necessary to rethink each issue and manipulate the Rec. Board so ,that it carries ow coun- cil's wishes, ratepayers of Goderich should ask council to disband the Rec. Board and to handle recreational affairs at the council table in the first place, the way they used to when recreation wasn't much more than a fancy word nobody had time to pursue. In the past, though, Goderich Town Council had the foresight to name a Rec. Board. It also joined other forward communities and hired a recreation director to co-ordinate all leisure time activities from yachting to yoga for per- sons from the ages five to 95. This present council should maintain the thrust. It should put its faith and crust in the judgment of its predecessors. It should turn over ever-increasing respon- sibility to the Rec. Board and the recreation' director. It should be progressive, not petty. Pendulum Players back The Pendulum Players are back hut there is .great concern that the outdoor courtyard at the former Huron County, Jail which proved so suitable last year for their summer theatre performances will not be available. Huron County Council's property com- mittee has advised the group's adult supervisor, Mrs. Beth Markson, that no activities are to be undertaken at the jail this season. There is indication, however; that Goderich ToWn-° Courfcit- could make some sort of arrangements with the group for the jail, although nothing has been specifically laid out as a possibility by either county council or town council. It is perhaps good sense for county council and local legislators to keep ac- tivities at the jail to a minimum this July and August. Some would argue this pont to be sure, but there is merit" in waiting to determine the type and amount of grants for historical building's like the jail mentioned in the Throne Speech not long ago (as well as other possible financing) before jumping with both feet into any project at the site,. Both county council and,. Goderich Town Council are to be commended for any measures taken at this point to en- sure that ratepayers will have the least tax burden possible for maintaining and eventually refurnishing the former jail. As has been stated before, the foremost task was to ensure the jail would remain intact, Finding a new use for it as well as -reopening it can wait until the time is just right. To be sure, there is every likelihood that construction will be going on at the Huron -Penh Regional Assessment Of- fice just next door,. Elected officials may, be quite right in taking every,precaution for' the safety of possible visitors at the -jail--building. It may only. -be sound business to wait until the assessment of- fice addition is completed before em- barking upon a campaign to attract crowds of tourists to the former jail.. In fact, there -just may not be sufficient time to_ properly prepare the old building for display this summer. Few ,will fault county council or town council for keeping the doors of the former jail closed to the viewing public for at least this summer. There seems little cause, however, to close the accoustically perfect open-air courtyard to The Pendulum Players who operated there so successfully evenings and weekends last summer. With the possible exception of tricky entrance to the courtyard because of the construc- tion at the assessment office, there seems to be no justification for shutting ow the youthful artists for the upcoming summer season and their modest , and - generally local audiences. A �hc eoDcrtcfj SIGNAL -STAR • —0-- The County Town Newspaper of Huron --{-- Founded in'1$ I and published ev ry Thursday at 37 Wet tSt . 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SHAW—editorial staff • EDWARD J. 3YRSKI—edvertisino manager DAVE R. WILLIAMS—advertising representative DEAR READERS Just in time for Mother's Day, I heard a presentation Monday &ening by an anti- abortion group - The Right To Life Society of Stratford. Special guest speaker was Dr: L.L. de Veber of War Memorial Children's Hospital in London. His field is caring for the baby while it is still in the womb and his al} -consuming interest seems to be to ensure that''all babies conceived are born alive. The topic of abortion is by far the most controversialone of our present day. I agree With Dr. de Veber that all too often, too little value is placed on human life in our modern society and certainly, the ever increasing number of legal abortions attesth to that fact. While Dr. de Veber professes to be'a Christian, there is small doubt in my mind that Christian principles are hardly necessary to convince the thinking person that abortion is a type of murder and that other alternatives must be sought to assist women caught in an un- wanted pregnancy. Certainly, the ideal situation would be to prevent conception. But assuming that conception is already a fact and that the mother -to -be is distressed to the point of considering abor- tion, there seems just cause even - then to devise other means by which her Anxiety can be overcome. Dr. de Veber pointed out that by far the largest number of abortions are performed on healthy women carryinf healthy babies. For economic reasons (as well " as stated emotional considerations which may or may not exist) more and more women are subjecting themselve to abortions. And depending upon the length of pregnancy and the method used to abort the baby, many women are choosing hideous, torturous procedures to kill their babies and . to dispose of there as one would dispose of garbage. * * * I do not wish to dwell on atrocities of abortions. neither a god nor an expel'and I choose to avoid that ugly sub- ject. I do want to state that in my opinion, abortion, on demand should be resisted by this nation; thigt a massive educational program should be begun at once to acquaint all citizens at all levels of society with the importance of preven- ting conception rather than resorting to abortion which has its physical and psychological side -affects on women who have them; that contraceptives become as easy to obtain as a can of soup; and .that doctors be sworn to protect the unborn child unless it can be proven and documented that the mother will die in childbirth or the baby will be born with un- correctable and untrainable handicaps. I also want to suggest that in cases where an unwanted pregnancy has begun, all efforts should be made to assure the mother that her physical needs and those of her unborn child will be met; that fmancial aaaistance will be available to her and to her child (ahoukI she choose to keep it) if she can prove a need; that government m operated nursery schools and day care centres at very nominal fees will be available to her when she is ready to return to work; that child care centres and social service agen- cies will be close by to advise and° as,ist with either the nor" inal•trr handicapped child; that �aii all-out effort will be made to re-educate society to the fact: that human life is not only precious but deserving of com- plete andcontinued protection. It seems to me that very few women want to ,kill their babies. Most are only looking for as u_r races that if the baby is b rn it will be cared for and hay equal opportunities in a cis petitive society. It also seems 't<hatunder this' kind, of law, the ecologically minded couples who•believe in .only one or two children per family as well all persons in- terested in family planning will have even more responsibility on them to find fool -proof con- traceptives. No longer will abortion be a convenient 'out' should an accident occur. .5 * With Sunday being Mother's Day; it is perhaps time society took a long, hard look at its at- titude toward mothers. Naturally, most mothers are ffiund within the acceptable bonds of marriage. To insult them is unthinkable. But what about unwed mothers who due. to .circum- stances which need . not be. discussed here, are raising their children without a father? Are they any less mothers? Are they, incapable of loving their children? Are theyto be treated as outcasts by a society which 'flaws immorality everywhere And then chastises those who get caught while playing the game? Marriage does not automatically make women Bg Shirley J. Keller into good mothers. Yet many people would brand unwed mothers as unfit even though their married sisters on the block may be guilty of all kinds of offences against their children and may be even less suited to motherhood. In 'short, good mothers are to be found in every walk of life. Anyone who has had a good mother will know about gen- tleness, goodness, forgiveness, unselfishness. They'll know how to receive love and how to give love. They'll . know and they'll remember. It "is these kind of people, then, who will alkow all mothers to walk wit their heads high this weekend. It is these kind of people to *now. that. mothers are not really sinless souls only human beings with a full measure of compassion, understanding and devotion for their own. (:t►►,stiri.af ion Dear Editor: Have I got news for you!! Printable news I think. It con- cerns the great danger to the lives' of all of us from a cause hitherto unsuspected. At the worst, 10,000,000 Canadians could die prematurely, commencing almost any time now. -At the best, the ten million could die from presently ordinary causes IF the necessary actions are taken now. I do not make an outcry unless I know how to remedy the trouble, so my 40 years of research have given me a blueprint. No, this is not a bid for political office. From the early days of this century, all of us have been taught to treat the METALS with a sort of contempt, as vulgar, as something necessary for industry, but not as really vital to life itself. The metals, of course, contributed greatly to the increase of world population. As people crowded into certain areas, no one seemed to notice the rise in the IMPORTANCE of metals to life itself; in our day, the metals are as much necessities of life as are ,food and water. How simple it seems when drawn to our attention! Even in a small town like Gravenhurst we would starve to death if there were not machines made of metals to bring food to us and to pump water for us. In a congested area such as Toronto, the same problems but magnified one thousand times. Think of the horror - no food, no water, no sewage disposal, epidemics of disease sweeping the area. You are right; those horrors would not happen so long as we had large reserves of metals to draw from. But from the latest information it would appear that the western nations . might have "only 6 or"7 years of supply of key metals ahead of them!! A crisis, no less. Surely, in half that time' factories would be closing, machines and trucks could not be repaired. Still looks like a manageable problem, doesn't it? If only those those millions of people had somewhere to go and were prepared to abandon the congested area. But another factor says "No, you will hot get that \oppor- tunity". Our economic machine is designed to move only in the one direction, at variable speeds, but it has no reverse lever. Our economy cannot taper off • aa, say, the Roman Empire did. To operate at all it must retain public confidence, so the operators of the machine Will be ruthless, will lie to us, will hide the fact$ f:om us. The end, therefore, will appear to the millions to be sudden, with no time to ad- just . or to make other arrangements. At this point there is rio choice - the congested area must be aban- doned forthwith. A few will get away in cars, but the great majority will have to go ON FOOT, hunting" for food and water and killing, if necessary, to get them, since self- preservation is the first law of life. There will be no law and order in that time period, because soldiers and police wiN be busy saving their families. All are headed north, because conditions will be worse to the south. Probably not more than 25% from the congested arenas could save their lives IF WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN. If our children are to live we must not export any more metals.',O"ur national defence needs the same action. I suggest it is not too soon for Lands and Forests to start many plantations of woods suitable for bows and arrows. ' Horse herds could be greatly increased; for, like it or not, the survivors from the collapse of our metals civilization will live as farmers in the -style-- of -our pioneer forefathers (for a con- firmation of this see page 484 of Vol. 2 of "A Science Policy for Canada", a report in 1972 from the Senate Committee chaired by Hon. Maurice Lamontagne, PC). Thank you for reading to the end. A copy of your editorial comment would be greatly ap- preciated. , W.T. House, Box 7, R.R. 2, Gravenhurst,- Ontario. P0V, IGO Thanks Dear Editor and Staff: The members of St. Joseph's Catholic Women's League of Kingsbridge thank you for ex- cellent coverage of our monthly meetings April 1972 - April 1973. Sincerely, (Mrh.) Anne Riegling (Co. Sec.) R.R. 7 Lucknow, Ont. Defends teacher - Dear Editor, In regards to the statement made by Donald S. McKee in last week's edition of the Signal Star it appears that this matter should be well investigated and that all sides be properly presented. If a man with years'teaching experience and seniority must be eliminated in an "honest at- tempt to assure etpployment•of as many employees as possible" then there seems to be more to this than was stated in the letter to Mr. McKee from the Director of Education and the Principal. I have been a resident of this area for only a short time but many young people with whom I have discussed this situation had only the highest respect for Continued on peg* 3 70 MAY 10, Mayor Lewis has cl deal with S, Furl tore chase of a garb. ttr ground for the towns is at the gull outlet on the a at the town lake alto1e from Furse the entrance road. The place, which was talker) an alternative )static, held at $350, while location was pure hued The place is k now teas persons in town who haY1 bage to dispose of eholsld. it taken there, George E. Goderieb "old boveB hada very succesatul career across the lits now connected with a mercantile establish5entk Louis, Mo., is. s about to extended trip, to England the Continent. He will 4I the 19th by the Kaiser der Grosse and will spend time in France, Germeay England. While in Engliai, will visit the scenes : father's boyhood days Devonshire. George Buchanan; son: Buchanan, of town, who to Cuba with the United army at the time of tis and who, since the wit..,. of the army, has been';,, in the office of a Iargt York sugar refinery; is into partnership in the chase of a 600 -acre rani the grazing of 2,000 acs ditional. Mr. Buchan located in . a mining d,. about sixty-five miles Santiago, and is evidenth ceeding well. 25 YEARS MAY 10, 1911, Owing to unfaf'or weather the auction silt pounced by Mr, G.•H, 0 his Old Curiosity Shop postponed from Saturday to Wednesday afternoon. weather was still threw and the comparatively' crowd in attendance was a bidding mood, and Mr. called off the auction, lit since sold the commit shop, excepting books a tures, to a dealer and vacate the premises shy A new plan for G� proposed artificial ices being drafted and oil shown to the ratepayersi near future. This was i ced at a meeting of Goderich Comm Recreational Centre co held Monday night at the? Hall. Chairman of the was Dr. J. A. Graham The plan wilt be const modified from the origmtl an artist'setcli df`lrhrh published sometimeago.b new plan there will hr provision for stores, office The new plan will designed for artificial b building of fireproof co tion. Sky. Harbour Air have been ferrying Ansi aircraft to coastal pot shipment to European tries. At present the elf are going tat: Holland• are also being ferried Western Canada to 9h'' bour, via a northern 1 States route, and from coastal points. tii S YEARS MAY 10, 1911 Dr. Michael Conlon► superintendent a;�G', Psychiatric Hosp a Centennial Med stilt it ho ur of hie ar I hospital for the Pa Dr. Conlon came to from England in l966,Is appointed medical so dent at the Ontario H' January 1967. previously, heWec' psychiatrist to the tr Regional Hospital min'ham, England The Goderich , Collegiate i ditiaeimg Concert 8a flint' points to take honours in t e Gr Festival of Sound Friday Directed by Cher the group Sound dud i students come West Hill SecondirY and Owen sound y'' Institute, both ech�h d host city. Kenneth McGee_ nia Road West' elected pr the cls mdtion of N► ' smen Club at the inn Monday awdniN -pay ri ds Doi fro on ,n• LI tho' me 1n t'i'e an sea tl ,g II sae 811 e 'ce ed tion ;she St , ent opo •dly in v ops • cos ,e I ,g of rvat tly use read As t be eraI chi s at ncre the alta the "s g e to to o • $• ng •s uest .gisli by t Ni �'S w gate yea] milli a ,'hen igne spme e L 1 The :itior inq es ing o Hy n f atior 'n 1 ,nags d o da Sl ed ii ittee .rvat wo 1 W' a lahvf