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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-09-06, Page 2• PAGEj...-GODRRI.CH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1973 Let's promote Goderich. The fastball tournament held at Agricultural Park this past weekend tur- ned out to be a resounding success with fans from many points turning up to cheer the teams to victory - or defeat, Weather was hot and muggy, but the ballplayers insisted the heat did not bother them. -One would amost have to agree judging from the quality of fastball which was being exhibited throughout most of the weekend. Local organizers can indeed be proud of their tournament. It is the kind of event which brings all types of people to Goderich for one, two or three days. That's not a small effort. In fact, it is one upon which local businest should capitalize in the future. This newspaper has suggested - without much success to .date - that daring Young Canada Hockey Week in March, the business and industrial com- munity in Goderich should put forth a real effort not only to show visitors what Goderich has to offer but to entice them to return to this municipality hockey or not. - This newspaper has suggested - without much * success - a host of ac- tivities and attractions right here in Goderich.. The royal treatment has been advocated for hockey tournament guests in March - and the same thing should be offered to fastball tournament fans ii September. Whenever there's an influx of people to Goderich there's a golden opportunity to sell the community - the scenery, the history, the unique shopping. Nothing is to be gained by sitting quietly on the sidelines as hundreds of prospective customers and taxpayers come in and go out without ever discovering ,the real Goderich. The tourist committee .should be the first to get behind the town'stwo major tournaments with ` ideas and action. Tourism in Goderich doesn't end °with Labor Day and begin again on May 24. It is an on-going thing which must be ever ready to swing into positive action. A hockey tournament., A fastball tour- nament. A Summer Fest. A winter car- nival. All attract people and all should be treated as, opportunity promote Goderich. Last game for some The Kinette Club of Goderich spon- sors softball for youth girls each summer in this municipality. It is aneager young league and the contribution of the Kinet- tes. along' with the great ladies who `serve as coaches and managers deserve the commendation of the entire community, Tuesday evening saw the end - of another season for the league, It was also the final game for quite a number of young ladies who though they have lear the- skilL"_of ._the sport_.uand_hayem-__._._, developed a love for it, have grown too old for the Teague. It is the end of the line for these gals because the Kinette league is the only girls' league in town. Boys in Goderich are well blessed with organized sports. They have their choice of baseball, soccer and hockey DERR READERS Bg ShirIeg J. Heller something for all seasons. They can play from a very early age until they grow tired of exerting themselves. It is a different story for girls. Unless you are of xifdette bail' league age ----;12 to - 15 - there's little to do but watch the boys improve and progress. The Kinette League does a good deal to fill the gap in one area. The gratitude of the community is surely", extend l to those who make it possible. .._�G'itonly waondets�why._ .there_.c.an.not. be another ,league organized to provide an outlet-for.the talent which has been so painstakingly developed in these „„„.,„.,,,girls. Surely someone somewhere has the krfow-how and the interest to bring ladies' softball back to life in Goderich! Presery....us..fio.m...that! School is in again for another year and the students at Goderich District Collegiate Institute may have a treat in store for them: In the day of high food Costs, GDCI youth may just have the cor- ner on the best food in ' town__, at, something like bargain prices when Jenny Rowe gets in full swing at the cafeteria next week. Mrs. Rowe is the gal who has made things tick in the cafeteria at South Huron District High School in Exeter for the past few years.. Now she's promising hot nourishing meals„ at reasonable prices for GDCI students as well - and Principal. John Stringer thinks- this lady might very well just prove out to beta hit with the lunch crowdat the school. Beginning Monday, Mrs. Rowe will be serving a dinner plate complete with bread and butter foi just 55 cents. To complete the meal, dessert will cost another 10 cents with a beverage upping the total price by 15 -cents to 80 cents. That's a mighty decent price as most people.,will attest who have attempted to lunch out recently! It is to be hoped that parents of GDCI students will encourage their young people to patronize the school cafeteria. As well as the dinner plate, a la carte items will be available at -reasonable prices: hamburgs, 45 cents; hotdogs, 30 cents; sandwiches, 40 cents; cakes, 15 zz cents; cookies, 10 cents; ice cream, 15 cents; beverage, 15 cents. . If students don't support their local cafeteria and Mrs. Rowe should be for- ced 'through `lack of customers to leave the _GDCI scene; there have been in- dications at recent board meetings that food vending machines may be pressed into service. These mechanical monsters can dispense almost anything .... for a price. They are efficient - as efficient as a machine can ever be - but they never smile. They take complaints in their stride - but never act on them. They are always on the job but with the same old impersonal service. While vending machines are very common in the United States, the Huron County Board of - ;,ucation would like to avoid them as lo g as people -like Jenny Rowe continue to step' to the fore with good food ideas ready.to be put into ac- tion. There's something satisfying about going down to the school cafeteriaat a, noon to check out the day's menu, hassling the cooks about it and then getting that big friendly smile when you've made your choice: You may nbt always be, thrilled -44th the quality or the quantity but It Is considerably better than plugging in 75 cents and -picking up from the slot one ham and cheese 'on rye. May it never come to that at good old GDCI. gig &Dectc!) SIGNAL -STAR —O. This County Town Newspaper of Huron —Q-,' fwnded M 1040 end oilseed mosey lle ns4. M W Meet all, Oe INAal, Oeterb- Myatt& M isle CMIWA end OWiIA. AdventeM4 Mee en noneSM. •eM.Ap$$ .e OW* M oefenee. 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WILLI 1Ms-- Out of seven headlines on the front page of the Signal -Star last week; five contained the word "new" and in one more, the word. gw" was under- stood. For those people who say there's no progress in Goderich, last week's front page should be significant. The stories talked about the new projects of Delbar, Sun - coast and Krohmer; the new veterinarian and his new area clinic; -the.-new__plaza--.proposed- - for Kincardine; the new health inspector for Huron; and new weather station to be built at the airport soon -'to become the property of ..the Town of Goderichr All stories point to prosperity andall indicate that life is going ahead in this part of the Is .it : any Avonder then,t i this newspaper keeps telling the people of Goderich and district that _- our __ hometown..-. is - -un- dergoing sweeping changes which in the next decade will affect almost everyone living here? Is it any wonder we con- tinue to encourage our readers to keep informed, stay in- terested and remain flexible? Look now at the projects planned by Delbar, Suncoast and Krohmer. Think what these developers are investing in Goderich. Imagine what planning, what studies, what assurances stand behind those plans to expand and build in Goderich. Krohmer is planning con- dominium development for Goderich .... a type of housing never before tried in this area on any large scale. Suncoast is planning a unique apartment building as well as more than 200 houses! Delbar is working on a sub- division and is now giving notice .of consideration- for a motel with dining and banquet facilities! Projects like those "demand faith in the future. And what a future with new people settling in this district all the time, ex- pansion everywhere you look. *** The plaza story out of Kin- cardine was perhaps the most interesting one in last week's paper. The key word was "major" and everyone should keep that word uppermost+ in their minds when' considering the Kincardine proposal in relation to the local one. Sam MacGregor of Huron Ridge Ltd. talks about a major food chain ar4d a major depart- 'rkient store?' VliaT`kindJ kind—or a. development could possibly make it "the shopping.centre of Bruce County" which would "offset Goderich" and "stop Port Elgin"? Let's just suppose MacGregor is talking about a large - a very "targe shopping centre with an ultra -modern food store and a full-fledged three-storey name department store*to, anchor it. Let's remember Kincardine's proxminity to Goderich and let's keep in mind that people today travel more than ever before in history. The question everyone . must be asking is, "What kind of an impact would development like that have on the shopping plaza proposed for Goderich? The present Goderich downtown business section?" stems safe to assume that if a plaza was located in Kin- cardine containing a major department store with the -full range of merchandise usually carried_ by such stores in much larger centres, the resulting im- pact on a plaza in Goderich could be tremendous. The main argument of local developers for the local plaza has been that it will draw shop- pers from `other centres to Goderich. It would be in- -terest-ing----to --know.—just.---how--- many shoppers who,would have to' drive a distance _anyway, would bypass a small plaga in Goderich to get to a, major plaza just another 30 miles up the road. Ther_e's little doubt -it will be:- this kind of consideration which will .be. studied ,by..the, , , Ontario Municipal Board whenr it is handling the .Goderich proposal 'as well as any other similar proposals in the area. Ratepayers must feel a little more secure knowing that an impartial provincial body will be making the ultimate decision on the matter and made • by the OMB will be correct in every respect, it should be agreed that a more intelligent decision can be made when' one, is aware of the total picture across the entire province. As the old saying goes: Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. * * * accountable to them. In the past, as well, there has been an indication that the -- board chairman sets, the tone"of the board meetings. That may be so to a degree, but the chair- man is only one man on a 14 - member board. Surely, if the 13 other trustees wanted to be heard they -could be heard. One wonders if Chairman Cayley Hill recognizes too that his bod,is plosing favor width the-arpeoprale ofidly thus county: ---Education .'could'" `farce —a page Hill, a private businessman —who_ - is _accustomed to doing business in tete most efficient way open and to making decisions ' without those decisions ever coming under public scrutiny, is now urging his board to keep in -camera (behind closed doors without the press) 'sessions to an' ab- solute -minimum. The other local trustee, Mrs. Dorothy Wallace, attempted to have the board turn away from the committee system it now uses and revert back to the two Open meetings per month. Mrs.. Wallace's efforts did not go unnoticed by the local press although her idea was shot down in flames by fellow board members 'who like the committee system because it ex- pedites many routine matters. Strangely enough, though, this same board has little con- cern that many newsy items, of which the people have every right to be informed, are glossed over in the committee reports when they come before the whole board with the result that few ratepayers ever know what's going on or why. The question now is, "Are board members elected by the people to expedite board business?" The answer comes back just as loud and as clear. You can= trot. -You cannot represent people unless the people know the 'Issues, unless the people know the reasons` behind the decisions, unless the people feel they are very much a part of the functioning' of their representatives and know that their opinions not only count but count a great deal. Maybe the Huron Board �f Recently there's been quite a bit of controversy over the local news media and whether or not members of the press should be allowed in on certain discussions of town council, county council, county school board etc. This kind of disagreement is hardly new. Press people are accustomed to this kind of treatment and when they are welcomed warmly and openly, they'are often surprised and ex- tremely co-operative in touchy situations...sometimes to the utter astonishment of the elec- ted or appointed officials who are schooled in the belief that press types want only to hurt or hinder the local scene for the sake of a hot news story. , In a news story last week out of the Huron County Board of Education__written by Wilma. .Oke, it was noted at the very end of the item that Board Chairman Cayley Hill of Goderich told the board he would ,"like to see the board curtail . in -camera business as much t_ta possible;' _ That's good news for everybody, although it hardly seems to matter much anymore. The Huron County Board of Education is not really of much interest to the people of this county any more ... and although there may well be cer- tain members of the board who feel that a valuable commodity has been lost, there seems to be growing evidence -that more and more board members are becoming larger and more apathetic "rubber starYtps" with every' board meeting. There is a tendency, of course, to put the blame for such things on the board ad- ministration - that is Director of Education John, Cochrane and„ his staff; It is the board who "holds the deciding vote for board members are elected by the people of the county ... and Hardly, you say. Then why? The answer comes back loud and clear. Board members are elected to represent the people who elect them. But how can you represent people unless you see to it that they are informed about what's happening so that yon• can get some feedback so that you can express their views at the next board meeting? out of the book written by GoderichTown Council. Maybe the Huron Board could give consideration to opening its committee to the press, to let- ting the press cover these com- mittee meetings as it would a regular board meeting. From the- individual txustee's point gf view, there's one. distinct drawback. That seems to be that committee meetings would soot} become `very much alive and it would take ,a good deal of homework to cope with all this scuttlebutt at the local level. From the viewpoint of the people, however, the open com- mittee meetings would provide background information on all sorts of interesting questions that are presently going un noticed; it would provide an opportunity for the people to become involved again because they would - know what ' was coming up at the board meeting and would have the oppor- tunity to make their feelings known to their local represen- tative before the vote; it would keep trustees on their toes all the time on every matter. Maybe two open board meetings a month are un- necessary, but surely the com- mittee meetings should be open to the press. so that this cut - ':`rnd - dried rubber stamping session once monthly can stop. The Huron County Board of Education needs the press to publicize its cause. Its members should revitalize themselves through co-operation with 'the press before every trace of public spirit dies and is forgot- ten. This n Via_ F Dear Editor,- The people of Goderich and the surrounding area are to be commended for their support at our Softball Totlrnamertt this ' past weekend. The bleachers "rand. grandstand seats were mostly filled at all times as `people thoroughly enjoyed the high calibre of ball playing taking place on our diamond. Local merchants answered "above and beyond the call" in the door prize department and out-of-town supporters, fans, and -ball players had nothing but praise as for the cooperation wle obtained in this area. I wish to,tommend also our local paper for their outstan- ding promotion and coverage of the tournament as Rob Kellestine spent several hours prior to, and during, the tour - The whole of the Goderich Industrial Softball League wishes to thank each and everyone concerned in making this, our 1973 tournament a major success. Doug Fisher Tournament Chairman 1973 Complaint Dear Editor: This letter is written for two reasons: (11 to let off steam; (2) hopefully to point out to the present businessmen - in Goderich why,the people want ,thee Ma Ii. My reasons are only two reasons but if this happens to one person think of what or how the population is treated in general. Earlier this year, We -ob- eonttiii fsd on page 3 �OONIN6 B��y atT the Park Houkul flaw er looking their Very b are a continual-source bee* and pleasurestorth of passers-by. The why kept call forthny well -kept and favorable comments* ot,, skill and taste d played of Wright; who re be classed ally dyeyr,'y amateur gard meta first On Monda 114, „Danny" Cam Y afttrA. call at the market had a and Pat Hurley hays. of coal that was bean once and as theybeingwa, market housed the huove b ofd the wheels caught apibi post. Mr. Campbell fell the load right behind the ses' feet and the onlywo„ he was not killed. 444, received a severe wound it back of the head and of hand and was somewhat ched about the face. The who were working it library rescued hilt washed his wounds. A number of the v have received their ten; for their land grana la, Ontario, having located claims through the ages the Veteran's Locating Colinization Association, lands are situated in torr of Conmee only a distance from Port Arthur, D.M. Robertson, secr the Association, writes that land is a clay loam., with a heavy growth of timber and not far railway communica, Among those, who have G. land in this township lit Wright, Wilson Salkeld, Mitchell, J. Brophey St ra i ton, _,and__they:are pleased ,with their gifts. 25 YEARS AGO September 4,1111 The children of Goderid flock . , back to school Tuesday after a longs -vacation. Separate a modatro>a. will be,'nec.:: St. Geode's Parish Hall 4' kindergarten, in wblab,' children are already a, and for grade IV , MacKay Hall, .where a class is expected to beta, Mrs. Ewan Ross. A total of thirty-eight left Goderich this week Winnipeg to- work at Western --harvest, son ti leaving Tuesday and Wednesday:They were ched through the Gig branch of the National ployment Office. Those from Goderich district were Geo. To Gerald • Garvey, R. Sproulee John K. 6 Norris McCreight _sad Johnston. People by the bun flocked to the beach on seeking relief from the MacDonald's launches kept busy taking out pc + the lake in search of a and off the beach and the piers swimmers and ' were trying to keep as" possib n a water tem, of 5 YEARS AGO mbe 5,1111 Sky SepteHarbour Airpo 'British Commonaa°i� Training Plan World War II, will be' " a National Historic dedication ceremonies oI tle of Britain Sunday ter 15th. There will be 0 mll' show in the afternoon - pasts from aircra t o 4 and a civilian air shy staged later ion the. JY Canada's o rai tios manufacturing pe relocate ataCentr0 1 ' Park this f Tie Hoy'„, t.od�,.-.by.l htop� Charles frtcNaug minister of the DePI Trade• Canada tiro° ', Dunlop transfer production,f mid a Centralia 0 ins atA� demand -percent eachciy year, ties ha expanded ova thc'.' the firm to m out of rtg Toronto f' Judith Geooderhem i Park servedl'y� fridtY , swimmers ed thea children ergo take part in a nv rodeo org*nrzed by, pool counseltors,,'la Lewis and the 6! SUPPORT V� LOCAL REO Lw