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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-03-28, Page 2m [� a PAt"aiE 2.--GODERICI $IGNAL•STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1974' Cats on theprowl As the poem on th'e-. front page ofthe.' second section • pf this .week's'Goderich Signal: -Star will attest, cats have become 'a problem in goderich. While this poem, was designed as, a bit of good fun, ft should be pointed out that town coun- cil's concern is valid for the number of� cats which are prowling local streets." Counci.Ilor Eileen Palmer, chairman of the Special Committee, has been doing her, homework. She ,teas -produced B'law 29 of 1963 passed when E.C. Fisher was Mayor of Goderich And she has begun to stydy the document to see,.,if it should bewupdated in any way to make it even more applicable to today's situation.' .The bylaw, to regulate the keeping of cats in,Goderich, provides that: no per- son' shall keep in or upon any land or premises in Goderich at any -one time More than two cats of any kind, regar- dless of breed ,or sex. This bylaw, in cidentally, does not apply to unweaned kittens, Persons convicted under -this bylaw as Qt • it presently stands, 'shall be liable to a penalty tot exceeding $5 for the first of- fence, exclusive of costs, . and not 'ex- ceeding $25 exclusive of costs, for a second or subsequent offence. Like so many bylaws, Bylaw 29 of 1963 has not been enforced. And whether Goderich's cat problem ;is a result of this - neglect or Dick Eisler's very successful campaign to rid `the flown, of dogs - .as Reeve Deb Shewfell suggests it remains that cats are costing the municipality money. Accordingrto Coun- cillor Palmer, the bill last month for pound fees for cats done was in' .excess of $100. It is to be hoped that Town Council,; :will support Councillor Palmer in her bid to find an answer to the cat conundrum here. Whether it is., cats • squawling at night, garbage bags shredded by keen . claws or milk bottles overturned in -the crisp morning air.,' too many cats make life miserable for the average citizen. aily News success Judgingfrom comments around Goderich Memorial Arena 'lst week, Signal -Star's Young Canada Daily News 'Was well received by most of the hockey fans there. . The Daily News *was born last year of an rdea by Signal -Star Publisher, , R.G. Shrier, an avid hockey fanand a real Yourig Canada Week booster. Last year, • TheDail'y 'News was an eight-pa9e effort"` - which ,Keptthe regular Signal -Star editorial staff in• a turmoil from the - minute the first puck was dropped until the finalsiren was sounded. This year, The' Daily News was written by ' three young Conestoga College. studerits from Kitchener. These boys- - Gary-Le.ewerF, Dave --Sykes and..-J+r-n- MacDo,nald worked ` with their old buddy, Bill Dimniick, now of the regular Signal-Star•staff, to produce the 24 -page tabloid which was packed to the brirn with news and vieWs of the Biggest Little Tournament in'the World. Tournament Signal-Star .takes this opportunity to publicly praise the staff of The Daily News for the super• coverage given to the tournament. It is felt -the`people-wh'o- Throw • frequent the' chilly' bleachers during Young Canada Week were truly pressed, ,not only -by the news produc- tion tion of The Daily News staff but also by their friendly, gentlemanly conduct throughout their. entire stay here. The 'jocks'.from Conestoga made some good friends in Goderich and they are anxious' to corse .back again next year ,at tour- nament time. . While The Daily- News, certainly has won a place of honor at Young Oanada Week, the faithful fans are really what makes the•tournament go. This year, the Lions Club reports some of the beat crowds ever during tournament. wdek. This is a credit to the precision planning and aa-refut- . co-ordination, by all :the dedicated people who work months and months in.advance of the tourney, to en - „sure. a 'smooth show. The first 25 ,years',of Young Canada Week have been good ones, It was great to' be part . of the ,silver Anniversary Celebration: Itonly remains to look ahead to bigger and better things for 'the years, that lie ahead. This is no time to .be discouraged. away generation .'.- ,Pur principal product .is not progress, it's garbage. . A 'possible slogan for today is "Be careful how you throw it away!"" Yo,u know what happens when you 'cast your detergents on the waters - or dump your sludge in the,oceans. All that .glitters likely as not litters especially when you think of pop bottles, beer cans, or aluminum foil. Cellophane is a 'parr) • when it lies mainly in the lane. It -was bad enough when all we had to worry about was what we threw away in the picnic areas or the ditches beside ,the. highways. Now we've got to watch what we throw away in space. It has been reported that a 40 -pound chunk of spacer debris, some metal from 'a U.S.- launched space,.probe, crashed to earth in Cuba and killed a cow. A recent count of orbiting objects was 624 satellites and 2,349leces of.. debris. Whether it's an•ancient jalopy, a piece of ^tissue stained with, lipstick or an old nose cone, 'we've got to be responsible, • discarders. We must learn how to throw things away intelligently. It doesn'tmat- ter whether it's an actor throwing away a line, a president throwing away tipes-or. just an ordinary citizen'throwing caution to the winds. 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Editorial Office Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd.. -TELEPHONE 5241833.1 arra code 519 Meiling Address: P.O. BOX 220, Goderich $scoria clads mall rrglstratlon nut ,bar= 0716 ROBERT'' Q.. tHRiER--president and publisher SHIRLEY J. KELLER--editor BILL ,DIMMIOK-edltorial staff JEFF SEDDON-editorial staff EDWARD ,J. UYRSKI—advertisihe manager DAVE R.'WILLIAMS—adv rtlsing representative ; 1 KNOW bAKtRIES MAKE PO.U6H, tlUT T►115 15 R%D1CU100J I)yipf)c►inf ed Dear Editor; First 'I will h'['e to say that I aim not a 100 .}iercent' hockey fan -simply `-becau I cannot "Oh well, it wasn't loaded anyway." 1 DEA.R EDIT'OR always get a•ride to\t'he arena to watch the boys play. The games pJ, ed on March",' and 10 between_ Glenmattk Hennes and Goderich Electric I did see ,and was yery ditiappoin.ted.;.,,, ._The refereeing 'of these games was, very.bad: 'I feel this puts a` very bad reflection on the fine people .that run the hockey year after year. • I suggest to• the •people : t°hat they write'to the local paper, to see if there ' fs anything we can do to stop this. The parents of these boys must feel very `bad • after a good, year •of hockey and good coaching to'end irh uch a way when it should have been a great event •,for everyone. 'I- will not 'sign this letter because I do not want anyone to pick on children who do not deserve it. '' `' --."So to all you people who saw ;These games or know of • this problem, please help these kids. They could be yours. I feel, this, .can not go on without someone doing something.. 80% Hockey. Fan. .11nller o/' ►►►oi►e'v . Deaf Editor: Congratulations to Reeve Deb Shewfelt on the way he broke the •tie on the Huron County 1 the. issue. It seeingthatto .some County Councillors; bullets, buckshot,. snares, traps and ,poison are okay for coyotes, raccoon, foxes, and groundhogs' but, -of course, alive "they" are money out of the farmers' pocket. So if I u sI rstand the reports in the news: fight, with deer it's the other way around. A -har- vested deef.seems to be money . out of the farmers' pocket, so it "is wa'f`ted alive. .Looking at, it closer it ap- • pears to me that th,e coyote and deer are not really a ' moral _• issue but simply a • matter of Dollars and Cents. Yours truly, Manfred Dierolf. , iemories Dear Editor:. Two weeks ago the Signal- , Star published an article - about the W.C. Flour Mills new salt ' block getting ready to start operation. This was fifty years ago. I was really surprised to read it for it brought back pleasant memories. 1 'was cine who took a part in this operation. I understand that. Mr. J.W. Taylor, our 'chief engineer at rats the designer of the plant. He also was our'boss, and one of the nicest filen that I ever • worked for. I was, on this job from start to finish. We started at fhe dock and put the suction water litre uncd,er the railway tracks to the basement of the mill. Here we installed a thousand gallon a niiqut water. ,pume. which shippers there are J.B.•Mills; supplied t.hL w4l,.er to the goose Palmerston St., Goderich neck of the vacuum pan to help Albert Kitton, 'Ed Irwin of create the required va •uu:m to Huronview; Ernie Armstrong, operate the pan. ,- town;' also "Charlie Younge, a We had a'• -good gaug•of men real old_ timer. to d'o' the work„which consisted There may be more but I do of many different jobs. I wa,,5 not know of anymore. with the_l ipe "fitters. When the .. , pan was' ready to run, :this workrnan was designated to make the final inspection of the leg of the pan,.' being 'the youngest ,4m -f. slimmest of the il►t►►►kyou g ng. So with -rt rime around my Dear Editcit•, wa''st and armed with an elec-. We would like to thank the tric light extensii►n curd .and a following people for donations, big cari\►f ready mixed s•rnooth- • 'ervicc>s and help in making our ori (a paste that sets like iron) I 'was l;ower\•�td d'ciwn the leg feet trip CO Engl•and,•J�ossible: _- Mr. H. Sully; Mr. R. Shaw; first. V Mr..'Donnelly; `Dr. V..Jones; I found a thew minor flaws Mr.. B.. Jackson; Mr. and Mrs.J�. and a couple of,mall holes so B. Lapaine; Mr. Kehoe, 'Kit - promptly plugged -them. chener; Anon, Stratford; Anon, Now this was q‘.01;, an ex- Florida; Goderich Lions Club; perience and no kiddie I.could Goderich Littale Theatre; Mr. R. not -see helov 'myself .art4 I had • Duckworth;; Mrs.' J. Wallace; barely room to move, What 'if•there was a jag spot and I got stuck with a w of east iron `two'inc•hes, thick al \' in 'oitr haste we havee om.it- around me, Oh well, you run �, • into many dangerous things Vin' t• • .any name- from _this .list illease accept our thanks` and life. ra%tulle. Anyway 1. made it • o.k. and •g G,D.C.I. Drama Group signalled my buddies to pull me "Britain B rund” up. It was nice to see daylight \ again. W: put' down the'con- li n►►ls\.r•ontil i' shiti.11 veyor 'chain, put on the head - \ - shaft; filled the Tian with brine „and it was„ ready to rut.. Dear Editor: With a few minor adjust- Well, spring has almost nest; for two or three days the sprung and it is time to get the chief, Mr.,, Taylor, •gave the or- 'cobwebs, out of my p,.n. dors •to try the Pan . at full. Last Thursday, I had' the op- portunity to attend the Land, capacity. - Use Conference at Centralia,. .Here• something happened sponsored by the 1`-Iuron County m that is worth entioning.°We_ heard- our first' sonic bdom and Soil and Crop Improvement' felt our first earthquake. It' Association.- Attendance was happened arr>und.ten o'clock in good, but mit good. enough,, Are the mo'rnin'g:-Thefreight the people' of Huron County and their elected ;,repr'esen- train was nearly ready to go . $ " tatives really interested: In the out. The yard engine' was shun - Way that Huron County land is ting 'box cars hack and forth. used? From the attendance, 1 We were 'all watching the think not. vacuumopan. When boom, the Do you know that the building swayed, the Pan primary plan has been accepted rocked. We thought the trains' had 'collided two :floors below us, on the tracks. ' Finally one of the engineers called the chief. He said what's wrong with it. The pan was completelynempty. The•vacuuni was too great. It had lifted eleven tons of pure brine and put it over the goose neck of the pan, and down the drain 'in ab.tut three seconds flat. We -soon fixed that and everything worked fine after. I received a little gift later that fall. A free hunting trip to the Soo on thel ,dear old Maplecourt, the fastest' freighter on the lakes, Com- pliments of Chief Engineer .J,W. Taylor and Captain Pat- terson, for two weeks. • Here are a few of e, the Old Timers who are still around as far as I know. In' our gang, there is Alex Mallough, town; Les Smith, Httronview, Fred ;,Love, Toronto;' rJp,m__Kelly, the chief's nephew, who married n Race Belcher later, find lived in Columbus Ohio; and :oh ve's, Percy Barker. Of the millers, packers and Yours trutly, Percy Barker. Mrs. E. Haydon; Goderich Signal -Star; Mrd B. Wark and Miss D. MacKenzie.• • \ r:. by the Provincial Government, -.and now 'Townships are,. - working on their . secondary plan, but very slowly. Colborne - has started on a " secondary plan. But are our elected -re'presentatives really terested?,The reeve was not,at Centralia. "The new deputy - reeve has publicly stated that he 'is interested in "land use planning. He was not at the Land Use Conference either. I give credit to Colborne's new councillor, of four 'weeks. He was there.' What about the others? Of course the inevitable question was asked. What • about the Nuclear Develop- - meat? ' We- hear—from good source that it may be built, near the Drysdale -Hwy. 21 area. At the Land Use Conference, I questioned the Warden. regal:- ding egar-ding County Council's stand on the proposed power develop meet. The Warden publicly stated' that, he as againstthe development and dries not want it In Huron. County. But he did not know how to.stop it. Well, has : the+ Warden eves, • heard of fighting for' one's belief? I, would suggest, that' it is .time our elected, represen- tatives at the local and County level to,ok a stand and fight, and we as the voters had better well support them. Do we really need the power development in Huron? The impact on the white bean in- dustry alone would be fan- tastic. As you. are no doubt aware, the' White bean is very susceptible to any type of air • pollution. With the proposed '\development to thew.est •of tie major bean growirig area, the prevailing winds . would carry any p zllution over the greatest white bean growing area in Canada,' and yes, the world. ' I rnely, Huron' County. P. It is my own opinion that, Huron County Council will not support the Warden and will • not fight' with him against the power ,development. Regarding the. ,''restructuring of .County Government, I would suggest that time is of -the essence. The, question now, are we going to do it ourselves, or let. some Jde or is it Bill from .Toronto handling the situation? Yes, and shove it down our throats. rn Please, County Council, take a stand and 'do it yourself'. May I suggest some public meetings? Do •we really need Deputy -reeves? Do we really need the multitudes of county councillors we now have?,. Could we snot have two, three or Mut- Townships working together with one represen- tative? Must we accept the Townships having their own. road system? Would not a county wide system be more ef- ficient with all roads coming under ofie jurisdiction? Man- power • and equipmeitawoi,tld be. better utilized. - Or are we willingeto accept inefficiency "of the present system? And about , the per continued on page 3 J Readers are cordially invited to express their opinions sof local, provin- cial and federal issues through the Letters to the Editor column of The Goderich Signal -Star. All letters must be signed to be published, although pen names are permissible providing it is'•understood th$t upon request from another, reader, the lettei writer's true name' will be revealed. While there Is no limit to the length of a''letter, , which can be offered for publication, the ,editor does. reserve the right to delete portions of any copy submitted for. , In- clusion in newspaper., Take an active,lnterest Iry your hometown newspaper. Wrte a letteir AO the Editor today. J,Q 15 YEARS AGO' At a meeting of the citizens committee ,a ,strong resolution was passed condemning any at- tempt on tbe part ,pf the Grand Trunk Railway to tinker 'with the present railway station, which is an eyesore and : a disgrace, to the town, in recom- mending that a modern brick station be erected facing East Street with all the zridern con- veniences and requirements that a growing town needs. Those who were present at the entertainment` given by An- \ sbach, a German magician, who appeared under the auspices of the , . Collegiate Institute Literary Society enjoyed quite a treat. Ansbach proved himself to be a master in his art and kept the audience'mystified and yet • wide awake for a full two hours. Monday evening's ,hockey match proved as was expected, the . most interesting contest this winter. The team from Stratford, was evenly, matched with the :'home team and ,the game resulted in 'a 2-2 tie. J.H. Brown, of Detroit, Owner of the steamer'Carmona, was in town F iday last and in- timated that, contrary .to report, the Carmona would be ur• cin the— route.-. 'from Cleveland to the Sault again this season, calling this season, .at different ports along . the shore. It is intended that the .. Carmona "will.' arrive here : or her first trip ono June 16..; 50 YEARS AGO • .The American anti -Marxist league held a rally on' Satur- day wh'en they warned decent upright citizens ton beware the. threat of Bolshevists which may upset moral ethics gover- ning our great country.' The harbour will soon be open with officials predicting a �+ good yearr for shipping which will bring prosperity and growth to. the area in keeping. with the success experienced. last season. With the ice star- Ating to break up, shipping is ex- pected to begin with in the next two or three vsreeks. At a meeting held in Strat- ford Saturday last,''attended by representatives of several 'fallb fair committees of. western On- tario ---air organization :effected of what is now . called the Western Ontario. Fall Fair" Cir= cuit. Goderich was admitted to the circuit. •, 5 YEARS, AGO Huron County Board of Education voted last Monday to locate new administrative of- fices in Clinton at the Central Huron Secondary School. The offices are to be located in a former : laboratory which will cost $26,200 to renovate,' in- cluding air conditioning. Town council approved, last Thursday, a "proposal 'by a Strathroy firm to provide a $190,000 cable 'television :ser- vice to Gctderich• residents. Airland CcpmmunicationsySer- vice Ltd. won the ' right- ,to, provide the service after Rogers Cable TV Ltd., had made a similar, offer shortly after. the first bid. Councillor Paul Carroll con- demried last Thursday, the ac- tion" "Jf five members of town council who held secret meetings with representatives from Clinton and Goderich. The meetings were held to discuss a possible landfill site. Council as,,whole had note[ authorized the five councillors to attend the 'meetings which were held to keep the press from ;hearing of the ...landfill proposal. Huron County councillors voted themselves a pay raise last Friday during their regular . meeting. The raises were: to $25 per day from $20; to $8 per day 'meal allowance while at- tending conventions; to $1200 from $800 per year for the war- den. •