The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-01-10, Page 2PAGg 2—IQDERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1974
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Every winter It °seems to be the same
`'thing. -'[own come. more. of Goderich's
trees',
As of this week another 12 trees in the •
Court House Park alone are corning un- '
der the axe and saw of the Goderich
Public Works- Department. The .official
version seems 'to be that the trees are
dead, or at least dying;'.and should be'
removed so they dp riot presertt4safety p,
hazard or nsprea ti'seas+ : to other free `a a. '
`in the arda;but we question the wisdom.
Last fall In a 'report to, Council, Town
Foreman Stan Meriam reported that
during the winter his' men .would be
.removing five,. trees frorr the Court
House park. 'Two were elms suffering
,from. Dutch Elm Disease and the
remaining three were -"maples which
were reported to be either dead or dying.
f�ok —S underway but somehowN
the list has grown from the original five •
to the present 12. Other frees throughout
• the community are 'also scheduled. for •
cutting' as well. °
There• is no doubt that dead trees or
those in a state, where branches might
be blown down causing personal' injury
Or property damage, must be dealt with
but we wonder• on what . basis the
decision for removal of trees is made.
It :seems hard to believe that in the:,
short time since Mr. Meriam made -his
report to Town Council that seven/trees
have died in the Court H4buse Park. If-
a
Ear,
As wei.pto d197i, there' -h
is �ayebeen averted, v, •n,n
h e�...,-rsMt
probably, one-thing-thatmystifies most of ;Why, one wonders,' has`•neither thel
us in thewestern
• w
oil
more
than
n
•
a%tree
,
such is the case there is a serious
problem in that quarter and a qualified
totonist should 'be called in to assess
the situation.
We might; point out that it takes a very
long time for ' a planted :tree to 'grow
enough to replace its predecessor.
Would' it not bei better s fo -attempt
removal of infected portions from those
,damaged trees and keep the foliage for
even another Year Or twb while •that
young tree puts down its "first roots?. The.
cutting of 12 treesfrom the Court ,House
Park will doubtlessly leave. an ugly scar
'on one of Goderich's crowning features.
This is 'not to say that the' Town
Foreman should Arun to council seeking
permission to remove every bit.of brush
of each,dead tree found throughout the
, municipality. Some policy should be for-
mulated -however to prltect our, trees
sand lay down the. basis on which M•r.
Meriam should make his decision..
All -of us -:in, this' conrimunity have a
.stake in every tree. They grace our town
-and , make it "the Prettiest Town in
Canada.," Without them' we are ,just
another small community • with few
claims to fame.
rIM •
Trees can long outlive this generation,
and even .tt a neat•; • •iso do we have the
right to destroy them and leave aM nude,
• landscape for our children? We' do not
•and steps should be taken -..:.tom -protect
these. valued possessions.
UZZ
'anything, else', the energy crisis. M, .
,�; . Many of . us wonder i% the "crisis': is real, or•just agimic ori he part 'of the oil
companies to :justify )gher prices: And
at this
point, who` re Ily knows for s"ure
A former top execu fve for. the Standard
e' Esso claims
• Qil Company in the: U.S. (, .) W
s that in the
Hortae.He says
nos..
• r is
he e
t
U.S ' it is hard to/ find out how much oil
the ' *big, companies have in reserve
because the - re allowed to keep their
• reserve
y
ssecret. ret.
�
cfi•gu
And it certain, that •ts•hard to find
out exactly' what ;is going on. it `sti•ll.
seems bard to believe that suddenly with,.
•
hardly any warning, we,can e -short on
Q''''
.oil,tor the
e!n
govern .en
'�bn
t
no ' Half
ha 9
o%loco ponies could see it cgrrCing• Cer •'
,. , ,,�; ts;inkthe Arab boycott:has diadra some
,but we're now being told that•the
shortage was coming 'anyway. ,
��.. ,, A . 'We're fond of royal commissions and ' -
4 such' in this country. Perhaps we stiould
have one in .this caseo tell us just what
r the crisis is alhabout'and how it could
government nor the Qppositiono
'suggested calling . fare -an investigation?
They. do for everything else. There's been .a lot of hockum though
that we do know is false. In the -U.S. for
instance,--. the government' .is making
Canada a bit of a villain. by trying to •
.make it appear Canada is holding back,
' on export of oil, to our sauthern neigh -
!pours. The 'facts as shown by export
figures, however,• show that Canada had,
h• hi r: - n
' shi a ore of ,sout i s ea t o
PIS d1r a Y h .
ever before, Wegust don't • want• to drain
our own bar -rel -to try to give a"few reps
to a nation ,,.that needs;' millioRsmitoli•
gallons. •
• And there's that fact thatthe crisis,
may become an election : issue 'in
• Canada. If it can be proved that there is -
no crisis,..and that the government has
been guilty, of ,playing into. the oil corn-
panies' .hands-,• then` ltls a• legitimate•
,7..assue If not; it seems .l:ike,a red herring
because there seems to be little that the ,
opposition.'Parties can' :do. to reversethe
problem.,, Blyth Standard n•
ree
Each.day., the rivers of • steel continue
to surge lalong North°Arnerican' high-
ways. The utomobile has become a way
s
.. ,s
• of -life. a A5Urld the world and; of 'course,
mankind cannot turn back the clock. Yet
the .,gr -eel, for roil in North ,America and
in the tUnited States in particular; is at
last beingl•examined more carefully.
Canada's prosperity is tied closely to
that of the ' United ".States. ; What
. - -• Americans da, therefore, is of great. irn
portahce to .:us. Americans today drive
more than,;100' mi'liion automobiles; and"
• over 20. Million trucks and buses..
Automobile. registratmons have been 'in
creasing° at a rate, of .almost four percent
a year, ;which is roughly,fourtimes the
- rate of population 'growth. - -
�N . __Unlike the large metropolitan' areas of
Europe= and Canada, most big U.S. cities
d'o not11ave-an efficient public transport
system. This means,.that many working •
people, often driving- alone and con-
' :''suming- - a gallon.. every 10 or 12 miles,
must commute,: to offices and factories
- "Kat may be anything from 30 -to 50 miles''
or. til
,,,,.,r-w-wnwnr-w•.r•n w,• wa,,nnrr
from their horns. Such patterns of
wasteful consumption' of energy also are
part of the Canadian lifestyle, but to. a
much lesser extent.
Clearly,°North America's greed' for oil
and other sources of energy will not
abate in the near future. But hopefully
more realistic priorities will . be
established during the next few.
decades.
The United 'States, 4fi rat of all, will have
to plan and build -e er j fftcient trap
sportation systems for the .future. That
will mean: building fewer heavy, super,
-0powered. automobiles,' and Many more w
compacts. It will mean a' vast rail • con-'
strucldion program for trucks burn .up
four to sic' times as rriwch fuel per ton=
• mile- as itio'tra'ins, according to a study' .
carried out by"the .Rand Corporation for'.
,: the U.S. National Science Foundation. It
will require _vision „and imagination for'
North America n•s:fo alter their incredibly
wasteful system of personal transpor=
tation. - But the changes must come. _
For) `of you •,• contern=
plating a winter holiday in the
sun and fun of Florida, Signal-
Star Fditor, Shirley Keller has
some good news,, i£ you've been,
concerned . about • how serious
the gasoline .shorta-ge 'nay be •
south df the' border. .
Mrs. Keller left ,Goderich
New Years Day soinewhat ori'-
earned about, the rrvin g
prospects but in two .letters
since, one mailed' frbm
„Lexington,. ,Kentuc;Ty•-- on
January 2•and the second from,.
Cordell;e Georgia on, January 3,
she reports no difficulty in
ptir-
-WeJjust (nettedd i9 in Munro
Michigan. , The gasoline atten-
dant there was friendly and
-completely' surprised by ,. our
question 'Can •-we--get some ',
gas?' a•
'How much deo You want?'
be inquired "
'Can you •Sill it'' ' we
a.sjced"
r..
' . he answered;
.Of course,'s ,
,looking it us as ,though -we'd
just grown another head." -
`I'll - pour- it • out on the
ground as long .as you .want to
„paxy,'fo it;' " tie aid." ' '
-_- We - filled up' again at
chasing'gas for the trip.' Dayton., ,:.no problem,' at air.
From Lexington= --she °wrote, We drove on° to. Cincinatti and
'On the way here the radio' stopped for 'dinner and 'could
blared the -news that;Arnericans__ have ,purchased. more .gasoline
0
'.were unable to buy gasoline there 'but we' didn't need
because of Che .New Year "We arrived . in` •Lexington
Holiday. If that was so we, must and.filled up before retiring for
have been lucky." t. the night. The Kentucky sour--
tesy was everywhere. -9 he ,
station here had only high test
gasoline, but it was cheaper by
three . cents than the regular "
gasoline- in Ohio,"
=or. ".Seemed :funny, .alt we heard
5now'no��l�s
more or less
• BY RON SHAW G.
C,
During the mitdle '60s the
- sport of snowmobil#ng, burst
upon the scene, with an impact
that i8 seldom seen. Not. ,since'
Henry Ford'' revolutionized
transportation with the
• ,,,;,automobile ha$ a mechanical-
innovation so drarnati•lly of--•
fected $7 rpany, people in. North --
A erica.
When:l Bombardier began to
perfect. the power tob-bogan lt is
doubtful that its recreational ,
possibilities ' were fully '
visualized. It was seen as a
potentially useful innovation to
those individuals - and' com-°
panies ,who .found it necessary
to operate away from roads P•
during, wintef months •but mass
-prduction , and competition •
from other manufa`ctyrers,
.ought the,.price down to a
point where anyone could af-
ford a,. machine and the
snowmobile boom was on.
Now, in the middle '70s those
close'�°t7r snnwmobiling predict °'
a renewed boom, despite a"
possible ' shortage ; of gasoline
due to the energy/ crisis and a
somewhat ,less ;tae economic •
situation.
tarIn n a/recent editorial" the "On-
Snowmobiler"� (a non
ali ed publication) notes,_.
";W a think we are sitting on the
br nk` of the next,si owmobile"
:explosion '*"°A-`•mor.e moderate
and reasoned explosion _than
during the 60s....but an • ex-
plosion nevertheless."
-•..,;`Why7 First be,�ause sour,
present machines. are 'great.
They ate"reliable they will get'
people out there and back and .•.
• most of the early complaints of
noise` and seat ,padding and .
lighti'ng. and mecihanical
troubles have• been corrected.''
The nevApaper: also_ suggesti_
that further corrections will
take place annually and in -all
their observations.. they are(' -
probably ab1Y q
ui
te
,right-
The: gr«wth;' it is suggested,
:will come ,from the urban
• <mnarket. This however will
' Yom'
mean • that- fa`ciliti.e4, through
which the urbanite may Use -his
new snowmobile,. must . be -
provided and as a resvilt recent „
years have seeti the .establish-".
menet of recreational facilities '
catering to the. snowrnobiler
and a- extension of. service fit
camping, and other, summer
recreational, facilities;', to in-
clude
..
-the new winter Sport..
Out, "of all,,Nhis grown a
new....:Sni a ..to.. the' s.port which
.sereili as . a double/, aid -ed
sword racing. /R.acin'g -
provides additional r ern.te 'to '
t'ho--fledgling win tlit ..
establishment -;but -•b -the same -
tinie stirs up farther interest in
snowmobiling among those who
Might not have otherwise
become involved.
This is not fry say. that' racing
snowmobiles is anything new.
Nd doubt --the first-day or two of
theearly-ma•t;hines crossed
trils in a farmer field some
sort of race was held but high
o`r anid .2eracin ' for b g
g 8, g
mioney, is really just getting off
the ground. It is however begin-
ning to catch on•nndin years to
come could foreseeably be in a
league with the big auto races
like Mossport and Daytona.
It has been .suggested. that ,
the 'average urbanite will -tend
to be more competitive thanhis' •
rurai'•counter part and the out
come has been an almost,"mass
acceptance of the new sport by
the spectator • as well as the
snowmobiler. who, enters' his
• machine 'in ,that •'competition.
Large crowds are now paying
. out $2 or , ," a' head to take
in snowmo e races,
And so --"'-the - spiralbegins.
More people' take `a' bigger in-
terest in the snow machines,
more .machines are sold; the
corlipetititrn - gets. better', the"------
Machines
.the' •-."..,-w,-M.iii 'chines get,betfer, and,. more
people- turyi ,out to see those, -
Machines race.
As a result of all 'this,
snowmobile"racing has become
a sales tool of the -rnariufac-
turers.. They enter factory
• - teams in -:the big league races
having adopted,, -•the slogan of
auto manufacturers "Win on
Sunday; `sell on Monday.".,
Following the manufacturers
lead other companies have
begun pouring their advertising
'and promotion dollars into the
sport. ;Companies • like "Hoch";
- who produce spark , plugs; are
,throwingthe financial and
moral support behind the4new
'raging aesociationg: Si; are •non
related' companies like "Benson
' and' .Hedges" who this year
gave the bntario'Snowmohile
Racing Aasociation no less than
"'beX3a0n0 ,, Q-ft,o co'fimnpean
tces ioints:
1937(
With tanudltthatw4. moon.;
ponl u0p) fo!
nesee and G gia
eor seem wide
,open as yet but President Nixon
has signed a bill setting the
national speed•lixnit at 55 miles
• per. hour. Any- state which
_doesn't.- comply , wil-1 be
on the radio on the way down --penalized • in taxes.
was the 'plight 'of New Yeai°
travellers, many of whom were
reported stranded for lack of
gasoline, but we had no troub
atF all only courtesy and ser-
vice."
The follow!ng• day Mrs.
Keller .writes, "sArrived at Cor--
dell'e,'Georgia about 6:30 p.m.
this evening; one more lap to -
our destination in. Florida: 'No
• trouble at ',all; with gas, none'
whatsoever.
-In Ohio the speed limit was
already lowered -to 55 miles per
hour ''with' State, :'Troopers
le—everywhere-but we -saw--- no_
police in, Kentucky where the
speed limit Was still 70 miles
aperhour today:"
Mrs. ,Keller ! S "'expectedto
siimmariie 'the gasoline
-situation and. -.the possibility of
driving to Florida for
,holidayers .after her arrival in
spnshirie state but for the
..lrnoment it seems residents
v ,ting their holiday u'�i the
sun have little standing in the
way.
"Everyone is most courteous
•
to boot. We, hearing -h about
• rice' but
g5�g we've
P
-found ,noneall." -
"The spa limits irir, Ten.-
'7,•••
-
We would like to thank
everyone Ari Geirriclf and area,
tfor their, support this year in
A, our skating endeavours:" ale
.were pleased to place second in
the, Stamford 5--o terrtatiinintai
Dande. Competition in •Niagara
'`'Falls, second in the Western
A
• Ontario Sectjoiial.Cornpetitions
„in Windsor and fourth in the
Canadian Central, ,Division
Championshipsoo„a.nd so must
`��ao,�K toMMvnrrrr,
•CNA
assot��;s"
• 1110
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TELEPHONE•52431 ROBERT G. EHRIER--.president and.publisher
area code 519 itSHIRLEY Jr KELLER-editor,
,,a• x.MaINng Address!'.. RA S Awe-iiiditorlsl gaff , ,
J. BYRSKI--•advartl manager
e0. llrOx ,xio . �Glodirlali EDWARD J.
Sioefid clic mall rogIstlrtfof number -0116 DAVE R. WILLIAMS--advertising r`pri telt'etlw
The Western' O►nta'r'io'Section
helping us to select a suitable
par•ner....,in the next week or so•
for -me, and. as ;soon as it . is.
decick d. we will begin working
itis d io try 1s '°'rung a Canadian
Championship to .Goderich\ . •
I am sorry that Shirley finds
she •is not able to"keep up the .
rigid practise schedule we have
to maintain and . to keep her
.held in school wor up
k rf
Chatham °lis year: leave competition `tskating. We
hanks` to :those who are sup= -- enjoyed skating .together.„
porting us 'financially with our
�
Once again, thanks ``"to 1929.
ensee
ex to
The -Home was -first known as:
the House of Refuge, then the
County Home, and" 'was given
the .name ' of Huronvi$.w in
l9�C{0.
1 -
Something that many people .
do not know is that there is a
cemetery on the grounds, where
a" iota: of the residents of years
ago are buried. There has"been'
a cairn built -with the names of
the former residents ' .buried
there inscribed on it Ehe
am_.c
last' name m e re orded_ _--� s a>u'
__-_
these competitions everyone; ' will'learn°-aM^ "'ca"n - I would be remiss, if I failed
Spending several days in a at the Canadian Champion- to mention the Horne " life,
..total to a
ttend
Ehe practise ships t the end -df the. month. Which we Residents are _en-
, ''Sincere'l`y, joying, at Huronview. It is a"
'RU ty,.Ormandy-and swell ' known fact that -•--the
Shirley'Ma adden: supreme virtue of anyone's life
* * is Cove and 1 am sure that the
watchword here-at.-Huronview
.is Love. All -the, staff `are so
kind and considerate with the
4folk in their -,cafe, it would be
• rather unfair to name any.per-
sonally. However, there is one
.who deserves special mention -
Mrs. --Jacob, the supervisor of
nurses, who makes time in her
' busy days to take a persona's in -:
U terest in each one of us.
sessions, and r ornpetitions, "our
meals, our travelling expenses,
ice time, etc., can run into a lot
of money _ and we appreciate
your support.
WerVoulc a.11 b i'll x to thank
the man ,.manypeople who are
support ng us With their good
wishes 'and 'their interest.
Special thanks to the- Jeffries,
the.•taithbys,..the.Dierolfs and
the - Feaigans., -from . Goderich.
who `came to cheer us and' to.
Mrs -.-Brady from Seaforth, Mrs.
Johnston 'from Bayfield; Blaine
l Poore of Wingharn, and•Teresa,i
and Mrs. Daly •of London . who
were also in our cheering sec-
tion. ' r
Thanks. to` the Goderich
Figure Skating "Club and lastly
to our •parents for all the early
mornings, the, late nights and
the travelling they -dci.,for, Ik "
Sh•irl-esr wants to thank Mrs.
Ormandy for making .,,her
skating dresses for'_'h:
I am very happy that I was
asked 'by our Section to,go with
the team to. the Canadian
Figure Skating Championships
as an observer. I know I will
learn a lot and I want to thank
the, Section for asking•,ime,
Pirating 'fourth :in the
CanadTn Central Division
.Championships did riot qualify
us to skate in . the -Canadian
Championships, but perhaps -it
✓1•n
was a '`blessing inNdisguise"•. as
'ndvtP 4ir-ith my new partner I will
still 'be able,to coinpete'for two
more years in the Novice Sec- _
tion. '°v"•
" It has occurred to...ihe-writer
.that" --t r short history. of'' our
-Horne for the'Aged should be of
interest to many of your
readers. Of late; have bee
g g�,.
atherin bits of histary�'ort'iir-
mer days find am endeavouring
to' put them in readable„ form.
Believe , it or not, I am 10'
yearsolder, than Huronview, so
I would ask that my readers be
tolerant: toward defects which
no doubt you 'will .detect in
these ramblings. '
The first building at Huron -
view was built in 1895, by a
contractor by, name pf Sam
Cooper of Clinton'rMr. Cooper
was- as Irishman from the old
sod :(but no one -ever ,heli"d That
against him).
The first superintendent Was
Mr, Daniel French. In 1907 Mi.
Mutch took 'over followed by
Mr. J. Brown in 1.916, Mr. J,B,
Reynolds. in 1919, Mr. R.A.
Robertson in 1922, Mr. John
Jacob in 1924, Mrs. Jacob in
1939;• Mrs. PocoWinyf55 and
Mr. HarVey Johnston' in 1956.
During Mr. Johnston's tiiiie;the
title was changed, µ to- ,ad-
tiiinisttator and whe' Mr,
Johnston retired 16'1969, Mr.
Qhegter Archibald' came to -us.
There is 106 acres pt land in
connection . with the Home and
until recently• it w'nk farmed
successftf 1y.. In feet, the place
Atone Me was self-supporting.
•
Our lives are interwoven
• With the friends ,we. learn -To
know
And: we share their joys and
sorrows, -
'As we daily come and go.
•
We do not ask for the ata"ra or
moon , '
Or the gold' at the„ rainbow's
ends
We only want our: cozy room
And - some love' that we can
spend. •Ilank
(R. Henry Leishman)
***'
' Throughout the• year there
are hap aa'ys. and ead•days --
days when you're up and days
cfystroihy: Christmas to their):
Certainly brings many little.
pleasures, but in the back 'of
their mina it is another year
ticked off on a calendar that
may only contain nineteen
years. - _
It's going to take a major ef-
.;:w for.t; to make Christmas a. happy
- time for these children. Toy
and other gifts are only a ten'i
porary diversion. 'The only
Ihat._willlift, the cloud
from -their minds -is hope. 'That
hope lies. in ' the .succtess of
;medical research': - • ; We realize that the new year
'means the arrival of Christmas
bills • as . well as the usual crop
that come at the end of any
rncsnth: For us to "add another
accotint • ;•may cause you' -a
moment's concern, 'but it is not
a demand -just a request. The;
amount is unspecified and can
be measured only by the size of
- your heart -- it' ' a donation to
help' the- many chil"ilren with,
MD who cannot ask for them
• selves. ' That's whywe dpi'
hesitate to put their case.
know that you will'help'them
,you can.
' 'Fours truly,
• Mary Ann Wickham,
MDAC'.
Construction up
when yoti're down. But around'
Christmas time we male a
-"hef-
" fort to create -"happy days, ` dp;
we ie helped in this process by
. everyone around ,tie.
Sometimes it's a verytough
job to make people,.happy, even
;Mat t t'ritttrnae time -- and I'm
talking about;,the,'chiidren who
are afflicted • by muscular,
sr
Construction permits were
worth overs"$l. million' more in
1913 than in 1972 in Goderich.
The number of ' permits
issued increased by 77 for a
total value of $3,124.250," Roy
Breckenridge, building inspec-
tor,
nspector, 'told ' town council in his
year end report.
Permits for commercial
establishments nt nb'ered 36
and., four were for"apartment
buildings. - • ,
Five govern?neat' and' :in-
stitutional permit's were issued.
-Sixty went for single f atntily
dwellings, 14 for garages, and
1111or minor residential repairs.
For building deinolition, five
were issued, nine authorized,
swimming pool construction
and the balance parmitted erec•-
tion of 14 signs