HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-11-15, Page 2PAGE 2—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER :5, 1973.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
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We're moving
This is the week of the great migration
from the uptown Signal -Star pla,nt to -the
new, ultra -modern facilities in the
municipality's Industrial Park. It is the
moment the 'staff at this newspaper has
been 'awaiting for months and only those
who have worked in the present over-
crowded conditions can adequately ap-
preciate the anticipation of moving day.
Each staffer will leave behind a small
part of himself or herself.. in the West
Street office. It was here SignakStar
Publishing Company Limited was born.
It was here a unique staff_ of dedicated
workers was collected together. It was
here the operation grew fcom a
struggling fledgling to a sophisticated
enterprise.
The move to the new plant is a step
into the unknown in some ways. It takes
courage to leave behind the familiar and
to embark upon the unfamiliar. But time
doesn't stand still for any man and as in
1),
all progressive businesses, it is time for
the Signal -Star to make a change.
Since the move to Industrial Park was
announced, there has been speculation
in some quarters that customers will be
inconvenienced by the shift out of the
core area. It was not without careful
consideration by Signal -Star officials
that the decision was made to house the
facility under one roof for the smoothest
operation of all departments. It is
believed that Goderich and area citizens
will understand the decision of the com-
pany and make the adjustment to doing
more and mbre businessly telephone
and by mail as well as iperson.
Signal -Star personnel do not say
goodbye to the West Street plant without
some sadness, but they look forward to a
continued warm and co-operative
association .at the new. .premises where
they are better equipped to serve you
best.
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Worth
he effort
Those parents who took the time, and
, the effort to visit .t.heir children's
teachers, at. Goderich District Collegiate
Institute last week were suitably rewar-
ded. Staff members eagerly greeted
each parent, ready to offer en-
couragement or constructive criticism
as epch situation demanded.
It Flas long been a complaint of school
'teachers that whenever an open house
of any kind is staged, few parents at-
tend. It is even argued that it is'usually
the parents of the best students who
come but to meet the teachers. ,It is
almost .as though everyone wants to
hear good 'news when it comes to their
children's achievements in the -
classroom.
At GDCI • as well as many of the
elementary schools in the district, a very
real effort has been put forth by the
teachers in recent years to keep the
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lines of communication open to the
homes of their students. Parents and
guardians are constantly reminded that
their presence in the schOol is not only
encouraged but highly important to the
well-being of their children. It is
gratifying to, note this -co-operatiyb ven-
ture and those associated with area.
schools must sense the new and tremen-
dous difference it affords.
It only remains for parents and guar-
dians to grab hold of each and every in-.
vitation to find out what is really hap-
pening at the school. When there" is
demonstrated concern in things
educational, there is nearly always
related benefits for not only the students
but the parents in increased understan-
ding; the teachers in improved sen-
sitivity to their care& opportunities, the
administration in keener appreciation for
individuals, the board in greater service.
New look at railways
The announcement last week that the
federal - minister of, transportation will
call a three level meeting to take a
second (or is it third or fourth?) look at
railway passenger . services certainly
comesnone too soori:' The report of a
special committee of the House of Com-
mons which recommended immediate
restoration of paSsenger ' services in
Western Ontario has been fading on the
order desk in the Hause fpr upwards of
two years.
Bob McKinley's motion that the report
be adopted (and implemented) was left
hanging in mid air when Parliament was
dissolved prior to the election 'in the fall
of 1972 and has never been acted upon
since the new House convened.
When that all -party committee made
its recommendations the outstanding
reason for its conclusions was the in-
convenience suffered by residents of
this area. Now, however, there is even
more urgent cause to look closely at the
abandonment of service and the
demo;ition of facilities. Imminent shor-
tages of gasoline and diesel oil point
very clearly to an enforced reduction of
private auto usage. Within the next few
years thousands of people who have
drivsn their own vehicles to and from the
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cities may be forced by sheer necessity
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to depend upon public transport.
Passenger trains could become more
vital to our economy than they ever were
in the days before the invention of the
private car.
The railways themselves are aware of
this fact. Witness the recent increase in
the passenger runs to and from Toronto
and London And on to Windsor.
• Restoration of the old diesel-electric
units for passenger service would solve
few problems. Both railways and unions
should take a realistic look at alternative
lighter and faster _vehicles to provide the
speed and economy which would make
passenger service attractive to 20th cen-
tury travellers. At long last they should
study passenger rail services•in Europe
where trains get' people to their
destinations with a minimum of delay
and discomfort.
Abandonment of passenger services
which were losing money hand over fist
- was understandable from the economic
standpoint—but the continued removal
of depot facilities and the lack of any
known plan to be ready for a changing
pattern of travel needs certainly in-
dicates a lao0 of intelligent planning on
the part of both railways and govern-
ment.
—Wingham Advance -Times
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Admonition last_ week in, this
newspaper for members of
Huron County Council to get
busy on•some guidelines for
the restructuring of the county
government system should not
be overlooked. Perhaps few.
people in Huron with the ex-
ception of ,county politicians
recognize .the dire necessity of
finding some way to keep the
county system,ralive....although
vastly improved.
Members of Huron County
Council have long felt the need
for restructuring. They seein to
know it is as inevitable as taxes
but they continue to drag their
feet on the matter, probably
-
because it is a massive problem
which will be fraught with
many tense and turbulent
moments.
The same problems exist at
county council as exist at
county school board. It is the
tendency of sitting members' to
somehow cling tenaciously to
their own municipality's iden-
tity. There's no such thing as
the municipality of Huron
County to many county
representatives. Rather there is
only individual municipalities
such as Goderich, Seaforth,
Hullett, Colborne, Howick,
Blyth, Zurich etc each with a
very distinctive way of life
which must not be threatened
or even disturbed.'
Somehow,' all members of
county boards and committees
must begin to think more about
the ultimate good of the entire
region....even at the expense of
some local municipal identities.
For according to Treasurer
John White, the- provincial
government •• can now look at
problems Of counties because
the "regional government
prograni has been concluded
with restructuring in most of
the rapidly developing areas of
Ontario".
Reading between the lines
then, it would seem that unless
local county officials take the
initiative to effect some real
restructuring plans, the job will
be done for them as it was in
other areas where regional
government has been enacted.
'Like the regional govern-
ment program county restruc-
turing is intended to strengthen.
local government so thil it can
cope with the prot?lems it faces
and carry' out its respon-
sibilities effectively," $aid
White not long ago.
There are some visionary
members representing Huron at
County Council. It is hoped
they will take up White's
challenge and do the job for
Huron before it is done for us
all.
* * *
At the end of October it was
announced by Secretary of
State Hugh Faulkner that the
National MURCUM Policy is
resulting in some healthy
grants to certain museums and
galleries.
The National Museum Policy
proposed a series of programs
for Canadian tntlsennI8 and' art
galleries' which would make
their, collections, Canada's
heritage, as broadly and widely
accessible to Canadians as
possible and facilitate the
movement ,of exhibits
throughout the country.
As soon as 'museums are
mentioned, of course, one in
Huron County tends to,think of
the Huron County Pioneer
Museum as well as the former
Huron County Jail which has
keen saved but not utilized.
It is difficult to ascertain at
this point if the former Huron
County Jail, the only building
of its kind in North America,
would have any value in such a
program as encompapsed by the
National Museum Policy.
But it is exciting to discover
that the Canadian government
.is ready to spend money to
upgrade staff and 'facilities in
museums across Canada so
that standards can be improved
00 they may receive better and
mime interesting exhibits.
•
For instance, Le Musee du
Quebec in Quebec City receives
$146,000 so that it may assume
the Associate Museum func-
tions of creating travelling
exhibits and increasing its ex-
tension ,and education ac-
tivities. Included in that grant
are funds to undertake
preliminary plans towards
enlargingthe museum.
* * *
And speaking about the past,
the Signal -Star this week is
moving lockv..stock and barrel
to its new location on Highway
21 south in Goderich's In-
dustrial Park. The whole staff
is excited about the change in
-
location and most especially,
the improvement in facilities.
Moving With. the Signal -Star
will be the precious Old Files, a
living 'history book (or books)
filled with a wealth of infor-
mation from the past, in
Goderich and area.
Only the more recent year-
books will be going to the new
plant. They are the ones from
about 1939 to the present day.
The .remainder will be stored in
a safe spot until the time when
their pages will be turned by
some avid historian or
historians ,who will search
every line. to separate the
wheat from the chaff - the
historical content from the not
SO historical and put it 4n some
order.
Incidentally, the files are
more or lesScomplete from 1848
and have been -.microfilmed
from that date until 1939. A
copyof this extraordinary film
is at Goderich District
Collegiate Institute where it is
often studied by the students in
various courses.•
Anyone interested in .these
records might like to 4k1ephone
Principal .John Stringer at
GDCI for some information
about their availabilityi to the
community in general.
JACKS JOTTINGS FROM QUEEN'S PARK
• 'Speaking in the Legislature
Justice Secretary, George Kerr,
intimated that Provincial
Judges are not working bard
enough. Mr. Kerr wasleacting
to comments earlier in the
week by Judge Joseph Addison,
Crown Attorney
William Rai in and defense
lawyer, Clare Lewis, who
agreed that the Provincial
Courts are slow and over-
crowded. The three were in-
volved in a rape case in which
two defendants were making
their ninth appearance in Court
for preliminary hearings.
Mr. Kerr said "There seems
always to be complaints and
whining from members 'of the
profession who themselves con-
tribute to this backlog and
overloading." Ontario Attorney
General Dalton Bales, issued a
statement rebuking his boss,
Justice Secretary George Kerr,
for saying that Provincial
Judges are not working hard
enough. Mr. Bales said that
Mr. Kerr's comments cast "an
unwarranted reflection on the
administration of justice in this
Province. It is an opinion I do
not share because it just does
not accord with the facts."
New Democratic Party
Leader, 'Stephen Lewis, said
that the lending rules of the
Ontario Development Cor-
poration effectively exclude In-
dian Bands from -receiving
development assistance from
the ODC.
Industry and Tourism
Minister Claude Bennett, who
is responsible for the ODC,
replied to his knowledge no
Band had applied for such a
loan. Ile% said Indian Bands
could receive aid for their
projects, •from other Govern-
ment anurce8.
NO. Lewis ,went on to say
that the ODC secures its loans
by Mortgages but Indian lands
may not be mortgaged. Bands
with worthy Objects are thus
shut off from this important
source of funds.
.Mr. Bennett said the ODC is
basically an agency to make
loans to businesses which can-
not secure financing for viable
projects from other sources. It
does not, for • example, frrake'
loans ' to municipalities. It
requires security just as any
other lender does, he said,
because the ODC is putting out
public money and wants to get
it back. He said that there was
nothing to bar an Indian Band
from applying and the ODC
Board from deciding to grant a
loan. The legislation
establishing ODC does not
specifically require - mortgage
security.
Consumer Affairs Minister,
John Clement, introduced
changes to the Insurance Act,
mostly designed to clarify
legislation and bring it up to
date The changes would
prohibit the "Confinement
Clause" in all sickness and ac-
cident policies. The clause
allows companies to pay lost
time benefits to a worker only
during the period of time he is
confined to his home under a
doctor's care. The new
legislation would require
payment of benefits while the
worker is unable to work
whether confined or not.
Other changes proposed by
Mr. Clement: - the ministry
will gain the power to regulate
M888 advertising of insurance;
the cost of ministry in-
vestigation of the finances and
records of a company applying
for accreditation in Ontario,
would be paid in future by the
company, mutual benefits
societies, such as ethnic and
social clubs will be allowed to
provide up to $800 for funeral
expenses of members, com-
panies incorporated in Ontario
who iftritle policies in which
policy -holders share in com-
pany profits must guarantee a
payment to the policy !folders
whenever a dividend is paid to
shareholders in the company.
Responding to a suggestion
from Bernard Newman, Liberal
Member for Windsor Walker.
Jack Riddell, Huron MPP ,
ville, Transport Minister Got':
don Carton said that it may
eventually be possible to keep
track of the mileage at which
cars are sold so that purchasers
will not be tricked by
speedometers that had been
turned back. Mr. Carton told
the legislature that "when we
get. cornputerized perhapa this
,would be worth looking into."
Mr. Carton also accepted a
suggestion that Ontario and Ot-
Jawa look into the possibilities
of a tamperproof speedometer,
one ewhich cannot be turned
ba
Replying toa question from
Opposition Leader, Robert
Nixtin, Ontario Attorney
General, Dalton Bales denied
charges that the ,Government
refuses to prosecute stores that
illegally remain open Sundays
and trucking companies that
shipIoods on Sundays without
a permit. Both are offences un-
der the Federal Lord's Day Act.
Mr. Bales said complaints can
be laid through either the
police or a Justice of the Peace
and are then forwarded
t)hr)osuecguhaCrown Attorney to
his office for' consent to
prosecute. te.
James Bullbrook, Liberal
Member for Sarnia, said delays
in the legal' process meant the
illegal operations could con-
tinue for six to eight weeks
and because these stores
operate from six to eight weeks
the fine, therefore that might
subsequently be levied is in-
nocuous." Mr. Bullbrook said
the storesdonot care whether
YOU making
u. pros cti t prosecute o r not, they
a
Solicitor General John
Yaremko refused to identify a
Toronto Lawyer, said to be
handling investments of Detroit
money in Ontario. He said that
he was aware of the reported
...investment practice and ,that
the Ontario Provincial Police
and Metro Toronto Police
knew of the lawyer and were on
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[OOKING BACK
.70 YEARS AGO
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at. their meeting•bAst Frid
dispense with any celeb
of St. Andre:,''s Day this
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England was organized
night with thirteen me
and four more in pros
J. D. O'Connell is m
this week to Mr. LIqd's
on Nelson Street. Mrs,
non, we understnad,
wj
cupy the rooms at present
bv Dr. Whitely as a surge
soon as the new tffices
ready for Drs. Whitely
SCI:Aiiels; has been on exhibiti
plate of superfine Nor
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C. A. Nairn's, grow,
--Richard Jewell, of Benm
cfMr." Jewell had about
harries of apples this yea
D. Thompson has lease
rink again this year. He
mencedflooding it yeste
and with the continuance
"cold weather, it should
operation hy the end of
week.
B. D. Grant has been
• ding a few days in town
week.
25 YEARS AGO
November 18, 1948
The .w"eather beaten
flown on t his OCcasion from
Court House flagpole has a
teresting history It was
, for the first time exactly t
years before, on Armistice
November 11, 1918, at the N
Canadian Stationary Hos
in Prance. For a numbe
years it was on loanr,to
Government of Prince Ed
Island and hung inthe
federation chamber beside
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had been taken int() Fran
the units in November, 191
now belongs to the presiden
the Goderich post of
Ca n ad ia n Legion, Clare
MacDonald.
Tenders will he called
Goderich' s new artificial
arena 00 January:2 next
will be closed January 15.
was the decision of a meetin
the Goderich Commu
Recreation Centre comm'
on Tuesday night. - -,--
Represen tat ives of fifteet!
filiated organizations atten
the quarterly meeting of
recreation council on Nevem
. 9, with the president Rev, L
Turner, in charge.
On Wednesday afternoon,
a vote of 16-10, Huron Cott
council adopted the proposit
, of its health and hospital
mittee to forma county pu
health unit, to replace
present school health plan.
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will present the firs1 of a se
of concerts under the ausp
of the Goderich Commit
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