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PAG* 37-GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 5. 1973 ,
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Particiiatory democracy. That's what
Deputy -reeve Stan Profit says he wants
ands; byall appearances,- that's exactly
what Deputy -reeve Stan 'Profit is begin-
ning to get from the people of Goderich,
although there is some question if it is
just the kind of participatory democracy_,
the- deputy -reeve was after.
To be sure, the minute people actually
begin to participate in democracy, they
start 'to think for themselves. That's
good, but it can be dangerous and
damaging for an elected body in •a
system which thrives on the normal
apathy which_ prevails everywhere.
For when people participate, apathy
goes out the window.And when apathy
is gone, people soon develop a sur-
prising desire to be heard. And when
people want to be heard, they want
someone to listen .... and to act.
With this new awareness should come
a whole "new- era of co-operation and
progress .... but will it. Will elected of-
ficials have the wisdom'and the courage
) translate participatory democracy into
acceptable action for a, better future?
One 'of the most recent examples of
local participatory democracy ' is the
citizens' committee to, study the possible
advent of the shopping plaza. This com-
mittee states that while the developers,
the planners, the businessmen and the
elected municipal officials will all ...)ave
a o.cracy
,AMV 41.4 their say, it is the- people of Goderict
and area who should be heard and must
be heard. -on this matter.
And the committee has set out to
'determine, if the people of Goderich
want a shopping plaza here; if they will
support a plaza; if they are satisfied with
shopping locally:
These are valid concerns and Rick
Robertson and his citizens' committee
must be congratulated fdr their'initiative. •
But must local officials always listen to
the voice of the local people? Can the ,
local people really expect . th eir. collec-
ive voice on such .issues to bear more
than the usual weight just because their_
numbers are greater?
Participatory democracy as -sought by
the deputy -reeve includes local citizens
working together to help 'finance the
step§ to progress in the community. tut
participatory democracy can be much
more than that, and in some case its
worth is difficult to assess and even
more difficult to reconcile in the whole
spectrum of facts and figures.
The provincial government, too,
claims to want participatory democracy.
But whenever the grass roots voice is
sought, the answer comes back contrary
to the views of the°goyernment .... and
participatory democracy is nothing more
than a fine sounding phrase which
pacifies the people.
Ii�wdoe,s it happen?
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Every ,week - come Thursday and- the -
rush of finishing the newspaper is over
for another week, the editorial staffsits,
down to criticizer. The Goderich Signa-
Star.
- The trio of writers views the news °with
a more critical eye than the most discer-
ning leader. Needless to say, time and
time again - week after week - mistakes
are discovered after it is -too late to do
anything about them.
And though -the news staff vows to
strive for perfection the following week
......thoug i everyone is advised of all
errors_ and thereby warned to .avoid
similar pro'Sfems in the weeks to come
.. mistakes continue tb happen.
For the most : part, Signal -Star readers
are understanding of the human failings
of the news staff and the great team o
workers laboring with the
casionallY thou` h customers cannot be
pacified by a mere apology: or even a
promise to publish the corrected item in
next week's news. They often. ask • the
somewhat redundant question, "How
does it, happen?"
The Signal -Star from time to time has
the privilege to host tours through the
plant,. Usually during these tours
someone will remark "I had no idea
there is so much to putting together a
newspaper."
While that doesn't explain how"
Mistakes happen, it does give some idea'
that the margin for error is considerably
higher than gone would assume while
_looking from the outside in. What ap-
pears as sheer stupidity „from that van-
tage point becornes_aw' that so feW
errors .actually occur in the vast volume
of work which is turned _out by the
Signal -Star crew each week.
If you have -two ,hours to spend drop
around to the Signal -Star to hear how
the particular mistake you are concer-
ned bout happened. There will be an.'.
explan 'on. If you haven't that much
time, just marvel with others who know
that the mistake wasn't"greater.
The wisdom of maturity
One of our readers brought us a clip-
ping recently, a ,. piece written by an
• unknown who 'signed herself ,only
"Widow X". It contains a few gems of
dly wisdom you might find in-
teresting: ,
Years ago, when my widowed mother
came, to live With me and -my husband,
she. _made our lives,.so miserable, that I
determined I would never bring such
Qmisery on my, children i,f I ever had to
live with them. One day I sat down and
wrote myself a letter. In it were some
_ .. _.
pertinent rules, and Fon. the outside of the
envelope I wrote: "To be openedon the
day I go to live with my daughter,
heaven forbid.",
I tucked it away in an old book and
forgot about it. I've been widowed and
self-sufficient for six years, but recently I
was forced to give up my joband go to
live with my oldest daughter. I've opened
that letter and I think your older readers
might benefit from it, as I intend to••Here
are the rules:
1. Give what you • can toward your
keep. Any budget will stretch just so far.
2. Keep yourself clean and neat.
3. Remember, it is THEiR home. I3e
especially _ _considerate -of HIM. He
allowed fie' .to bring you here. •
4. Give them privacy at every oppor-
tunity.
5. If;
they want to go away on a
vacation, :but are hesitant because Of'
you, offer to visit another relative or
friend so they, will be free to go.
6. Don't offer any advice or express
any opinions unless asked. r
7. Volunteer information that they
might be `too embarrassed to ask for,
such as arrangements for your burial,
hospitalization, etc.--Wingham 'Ad -
Po vance-Times.
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DEAR READERS
If you have travelled recently
in the, Benmiller area you.will
have noticed that- the _former
woollen mill has taken on,a
new look....and if you read last
week's Signal -Star you will
know it has taken on a new roll
as well. It is to- =tie -come- a
"rustic hotel -dining lounge" -
open to the public generally.
There's no doubt about it.
Peter Ivey's idea for a first-rate
country dining lounge is a good
one arid there'sno'spot in On-
tario which is more beautiful
than Benmiller for such an un-
dertaking.
But whether the people of
Benmiller, and more t% the
point,, Colborne Township are
fully appreciative,of magnitude
of the project and the changes_
it may bring to the area, is; dif-
ficult to say. „,4w
This column has expressed
the view on more than one oc-
casion that the area all along
Lake Huron but most especially
in the Goderich vicinity, is
going to boom. Int may be that
the Ivey hotel -dining lounge in
quiet; peaceful Benmiller is just
one more indication of the
changes which are to -come
throughout the entire district.
People want to get away from
it all. More and -more, people
want ,to mike their permanent
homes in quiet green. areas far
-from the work -a -day world.
The time is long gone when
businessmen want to live
behind their stores, for in-
--stance. Instead, they want to;
close up the store at the end df
the day and go home to get, lost
in the seclusion of ,trees and
'water and blue sky.
Look around. You will see a
gradual but certain trend away
from the urban areas to the
rural scene; a'ivay from the core
of town to' the suburbs.
An exclusive and perhaps ex..
pensive dining lounge,.would
have had no place in' Benmiller
20 years ago. But today there's
an obvious move towards the
wide. open spaces and gracious
country. living and people
have . the money. and the
facilities with which to indulge
themselves in this fancy,
• Just the past weekend, I
spent five days in Toronto and
vicinity. People are on the
move acrd life is going at a fan-
tastic -pace.
3°My intenti +k. was to attend
the Ontario ' ,: er Games at
Oshawa but it wasionpossible
to find accommodation in that
city or in any of the smaller
communities surrounding
there. I finally ended up calling
a cousin who lives in Toronto,
She advised me she would be
- "in, the country" from the
closing of school until it
reopened but I was welcome
to use herhome as a base
during the weekend of the On-
tario Games.
' So, during the weekend I did
a great deal -of driving and
a fair amount of eating out. I
can tell you the move is on..
away from the cities and towns
to the country and money
appears to be no object for the
vast majority of the people.
the crowd sings 0 Canada, with
_rows of young, eager Ontario
athletes -standing at -attention--
ready fora the starting gun. '
I _liked the motto sported by
most of Huron County's
business districts though
the walking wasa bit more en
joyable in the climate 'con-
trolled` enclosure. -
one youthful- swimmer on her Thirdly, the variety from
T-shirt. It read: Thisswimmer store to store. was not all that • _ Finally(. I remembered how
vias maide�Cb nada. .; ., .. greai.-fliffpI5" e""'Vittre shopping
And that was the tone of the much new under the sun, but I anywhere, anytime. For a short
,whole event. Everyone ' but ' found when one looked through y., while I can tolerate shopping
everyone felt very Canadian ,the merchandise in one ladies'' ..... but soon it becomes a drag
and very much from Ontario.-•-4store, one had seen the main and I'm ready for something
new to, take my -interest
...anything so long as it does not
involve tramping around
looking , at price tags and com-
paring those figures to' the
balance in. riy pocketbook.
Shirley 1. Keller
somewhere else to shop and
will migrate readily to other
areas __and_other_,centres where
food and clothes and, goods are
offered for sale. '
I've never been so aware of my
citizenship in a long, long time
.. or so, ' proud (since the
-Canada-Russia hockey series).
T saw my • first real live
lacrosse contest at the Games.
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_ Lacrosse,ism t all. that popular
in this part of the world but the
two teams I saw hani- -LL
mering it out were from Whitby -
and Niagara Falls ...., and they
looked like they'd been playing
the .gaine 'for years and years.
The crowd nearly went wild
as the score ended in a 12-12
tie at the" end of regulation--
.tuner;...It.was .annQpnced. ,there.
would a 10 minute, over -time
period and if nothing was set-
tled in that period, there would
be a sudden death rule in force.
-The crowd roared as neigh-
boring. Whitby made it 14-12.
Then the fans from Niagara
Falls had their innings as
Niagara tied it up 14-14 in-the
---:-dying-moments of the .overtime
period: .
.. And then,_ as if by magic, -the.
Niagara team took fire and net
ted two quick goals to. ,make it
16-14 just as the buzzer soun-
ded to end the overtime:
I've watched a lot of hockey
in my lifetime; a fair amount of
football and basketball; a con-
siderable amount of baseball.
But to ' my way of thinking,
lacrosse has to be the most
gruelling contest of them all:..,.
and the roughest sport I've
giver seen. That game alone was
worth the trip to Oshawa.
, Speaking of the Ontario
Games, they were -an absolute
tfellght to watch. It gives orfs°'a
'tnef endoua feeling to stand
beneath fluttering flags. while
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During the weekend I visited
two large shopping malls
and I, couldn't help but think -of
home and, the fuss - which is
arising here over the possibility
of a mall locall .
These malls - Ione in Toronto
and the other in Oshawa - were
large and contained everything
from pet stores to hairdressing
salons. It Was hot outdoors
but indoors the temperatures
were cool and inviting. Prices?
Well, prices were high -to my
way of thinking but one comes
to expect that in these kinds of
city plazas where the finest'.in
shopping comfort is- offered.
There's small doubtthat-a
locil plaza, if constructed,
could not compare with these
'two shopping. malls I visited.
This community just does not
have the population base to
"support such a pfojctr"--
But ..1 _:.did_make some _.obser-
vations which may or may not
be of interest locally. .
First of all, 'I found the mer -
stock in all the ladies' stores in
theentire plaza.
Fourthly, I discovered , that
she, people who reside in . the
area of these plazas and shop
there -regularly, soon long for
DEAR EDITOR
Thank you
Dear Editor , , .:....:
The school year 1972-73 is
now part of history. Yet during
the year, you have made our,
children, our teachers,, our
parents, and the public fully
aware of what . is going on in -
the, educatronal
nsther__educational progress ' of
every day life.
Thanks ' for , your fine
coverage be it events in touch
football, floor hockey,_ swim-
- ming,skating, , basketball,"
volleyball, '' tumbling, soccer,
softball, ,folk and square dance, '
and track 'and field day events.
Your acceptance of_;articles
on teachers' meetings,
workshops, and professional
development days has ,,been
very gratifying.
It has been . a pleasure to
have worked with ,you.
Yours sincerely,
J.B. McCarroll;
Physical Education
Consultant.
Trophy turmoil
Dear editor.
As a secretary for the Huron
Minor Soccer Association. _I
went to Exeter to watch the
Exeter Centennial- Cup Tour-
nament in the Atom age group
which is 10 and under.
I must say the Tournament
was exciting for the young
boys tvho showed excellent
Talent by all communities par-
ticipating. Teams participating
_ were two from Exeter, two from
Goderich, two from Seaforth,
one from Clinton, one from
Huron '' Park and ohe from
Grand Bend. It waA a lot of fun
for the boys and parents and
spectators..
I have watched every game
played and there were many
co*ches from other cora-
munitiel who tried to cheer on
their teams to win "coaching?"
There__ _were Also- many
parents supporting their teams
Cheering them very loud. At,
one game I hay . seen • ' xeter
official approach' a ;Sea ' th
spectator telling him not
shout so Ioud,
Before the Centennial Cup
bete wild-- a ' clash 6 , between
Exeter officials Clash
.Ooderich
requesting , that 'the
Committee would- deal with
'thinmstter,This waac•diaecus,sd
cii*nts in these malls totally in-
- dependent and lacking in the
kind of good business graces
I've come to appreciate.. in the
smaall,twni$ Iihave`shopped in
al xny..lilr in Huron County.
Secondly, there was n ire*t
deal' of walking, to be done, just
AS Much if not more than in"
t
at the last meeting. -Then it was
felt that because of the lack of
basic :rules •in • sccer .:.that all
communities will'try 'to study
the literature given out, so in
.--the-future the.- game would be
enjoyed by all.
- Reports have been given to
me by some officials" who -snow
soccer, that -hockey, rules have
been applied to this game sem-
ding a player off for 5 minutes
during the game for
misbehaviour. In soccer if a
-"player is sent off the field he
Stays for the game and his con-
duct is reported to the
H.14.S.A. committee who would
deal with this matter. s,,,
During the presentation of
the Exeter. Centennial Cup to
Goderich Atom A - team; an
Eiger official in his speech
condemned the Goderich
coach` from :the Atom A `beam
without, consUltation, : and
earned a disciplinary action by
refusing to' give- the Goderich
.....taeam the • trophy to take home
to Goderich.
"'ire . stated that the trophy
will ,.remain-_ in Exeter:
Turing the half time of the
first gam `'loetween Seaforth
and Goderich pressure was ap-
plied on thekreferee that he
would talk to the Goderich
coach and disqualify the gage.
The referee refused as he could
see nothing wrong with the
game and felt it was properly
played. This referee promised
me and the President Dr. John
Underwood that he will make a
statement to O:S.A. ° OF Sport
(Mario Job Jones.
In concluding I ould like to
point out That ''1 .M.S.A. com-,
mittee had nothing to do with
the deniat't of the trophy to, the
rightful winners. '
Yours in Short
Kaz Btrdny
The referee was an official
referee of the -0.8,-A. whose ser-
vices were requested by Exeter
to officiate at the final game.
We like
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William Lane, :4,..
the Godertch'. Hot':
Society received•(,
Canad'an Corm
Paris 1°el-
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awarded x�oettion,
to the ���,.,,y
posuthtit�,
Revition. Wa.w. StoddNn''
formerly in :Or
Presbyterian Lebanon .
�. Kentucky,
Miss, Constance la
who"'taught for
years in the. Resell;
School, resigned her
with a vjew to attea�
College in Hanulfoa,
her departure to her
Goderich, she was pr
the choir and Young
Union of St. Paul's
Hensall, with an add
pressing appreciation
service as a church w,
companied by a Ba,
An addition of $50it
-ter the salary of Mr.'
modern language ma
last meeting of the
Institute.
On 'Monday a ' ,
against the return
Cameron as member
,,legislature for West Hu
entered in the -.office
McDonald local regist
High Court. The peg;
James Mitchell the
candidate.
Corporation Te
Beacom was well ple
-the new watering cart
the _town has entrus
charge. He says that
holds several more ,
weight than the old o,
easier to draw.
25 YEARS AGO
July 5, 1949
Favored with fine
the Dominion Day. cel;
in Goderich went over
quite successfully F
time the parade mov
the-" morning until.
clusion of the pro,•.
Agricultural Park
evening, the lay's
proved most enao,abli
The GoderiN
held itslast ".`'net`
resuming them'
the British Exchange
The, new. preside,
Emerson spoke of
lying ahead and of a
greater activity now
club has a membership
one of the largest mem
in Ontario for a townt
Goderich.
Paul Mooney, sono
11D, arid Mrs:--
pleted his four years
business administratio,
-at' - Pickering ►
Newmarket. He won.,
dlirigton award whacf-
for outstanding etintti
community life
Farewell messages
minister and people me
closing of --the six
pastorate of Rev. R.
bull in„ North Street
Church.
Representatives°
congregations' in the
Maitland
PresbyteryPresbyterian Chur
Lucknow when a rece.
held in 'honor of '
MacDonlad, newly
moderator of the '
Church in Canada. II.
about 80O people
at
Ashfield area School
at the Kintail
beside Lake Huron.
5 YEARS AQ'
July 5,19N
A suplementary'
program was approved
council which involves
-This amount include)
cover the remainder,
Lavis Company work
way 8, $15,000 for
$4,509 for storm
blacktop paving.fros
8 to Maitlaoad to
Most production
no
Maitland 1
of
employees
Sheaffer Pen Com'
laid off for an in,,':
jifstment" the c'
nounced. mens W
In a state toy
the company rep01
to " insufficientorder!
in relation � ne�
prod
been found -
an inventory adJJu
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