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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-06-06, Page 2MY •. PAGE 2- GODERICU SIGNAT-STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1974 WNW n11111.0111MOOMPION110101111110110,1111111111111•111.111111111111G EDIORIAL COMMENT This is water safety week Back in the good old days before new math and Dr. Spook - there were • rules and regulations covering just about every,activity people did. And like the Ten Commandments, rnost of the . rules began "Thou shalt nor or "Qon't" 'or "Never". ,.,„,Red Cross Water Safety rules were like that too. "Don't swim alone". "Don't ,dive.., into unknown waters". "Don't overload your bdat."` Psychologists said this was the wrong way to approach the problem. They claimed that, "Don'ts" and "Nevers" tur- ned-pedple off. So the writers of rules and regulations' went back to the drawing board and thlgy re -phrased everything. "Don't cross/he street on a red Tight" became "Cross the street with the green light only? "Don't swim alone" became/"Always swim with a buddy." "Don'' dive into unknown 'waters" became/Investigate unknown water before yoy/dive in". And so on. / We sugar-coated the` instruction pill. Last year -1339 p ople drowned 'in Canada = an incre a of 17f over -1972. Most of the i,ncre'ases occurred in the age group 16 t/30, people in the prime of life. • Has the s»gar-coated pill become a placebo? in an effort- to "avoid turning people / off" have we made them turn a deaf ear instead? No one wants to go back to the time when people feared the water. Swim- ming and boating are good, healthy, 'ac- tivities. But a little more respect for the dangers is certainly indicated., This is National Water Safety Week in ' Canada. Al Thiessen, national director, Red Cross Water Safety Service says "Any' sport isfurore fun, when 'you know the rules. The more skilled you are, the more_fun you have; the more skilled you become, the safer you are. The Water Safety Service wants people to enjoy aquatic activities in safety.._Common sense' goes a long way, but you need skills too. Common- sense doesn't tell - you 'how to perform rescue breathing or teach you how to throw a 'Mr buoy. These are next difficult skills to learn, but they are skills which must be taught by an expert. . "If I may use that word the psychologists hate: Don't let another summer go by enrol in a RethCross Water Safety course this year. Learn to swim.,, Iea'rn to swim better, learn to han- dle ,smaR boats, learn the rules of water rescue, and self -survival: "The Red Cross Water Safety slogan is Keep in the. • swim. There is a programme .for every ability level, any age group. We inviteyou to come on in:" DEAR READERS By Shirley J. Keller • h bd t O th '1'b If the role of women in society is to change, women should move into the influen- • tial; decision-making field of politics. So •says Mrs, N. • Canaran who. is assistant editor "'of Municipal World and publicity chairman , for the Women in Local Government Project in connection with On- tario Conference on Local" 1. Government. Positive steps towards this goal are being taken by the group which is offering study workshops throughout Ontario to. inform women about local government and to assist them in becoming candidates in this political arena.' Unfortunately for everybody,' women "who, do accept the, challenge to enter politics — be it municipal, provincial or federal are immediately suspect of being resolute ra jicals who have burned their lacy garments behind"them and pledged themselves to stomping male superiority into the ground. 4 -So„ it. is that many, many potentially good thinkers — though female —"' are overlooked'. for positions of responsibility in ,the com- munity, u Locally, there'are two women on Goderich Town Council. Both are well educated and highly competent, But there are times when it would appear that Councillors Eileen Palmer and Elsa Haydon are only just tolerated by some of their male associates. Their opinions are s.:ldom given the same measure of respect as those held by the men on council ... and. more than once their duties have in- cluded those tedious tasks for which .women are ,deemed to have special talents and plenty of time. CounciLlor Eileen Palmer, now in her first term On co • asbeen assigns o e 1 rary cil, is chairman of the special board. committee. In that , capacity, Mrs. Jermyn, a former school Mrs.' Palmer has under her teacher, displays her in- jurisdic,tion, the matters conceri -•0, telligence in a most down -to- ning the animal control officer; the arrangement of social func- tions for council as well as visiting delegations;, and recen- tly ecently such gutsy issues as plans for the upcoming Canada Week. n- + • Councillor Elsa 1-laydon,in her second term 'of office, • is Property Chairrnan. Her area includes such things as collec- ting tenders for various repair jobs on town -owned buildings, assembling paint color chips and flooring samples; chasing repairmen and painters etc. - Of course, in times when Goderich has had an all-male council, these jobs were han- dled by men. Still, it, can be argued that the women ' on. Goderich Town Council have been, handed the least impor- tant committees and in their seats as the far end.of the table, one on each side, • are con- sidered by some to be in almost the same category as the drapes in' the . Council chambers -- decorative decorative but expensive and not all that useful._.. Either. of the two ladies on Goderich Town Council per- form equally as well as the men, and indications are.t'hat if they„ were handed equal duties they would continue to match efforts and results in every way. The same is true at County Council where Deputy - reeve Helen Jermyn from Exeter is 'the only female among 44 men. Here is a lady with a great deal of .political awareness Who has brains as weal' as genuine beauty with which to beguile the voters. She Huron earth:.. manner. In a ' recent discussion at Huron County Council concerning the raw "deal Ontario' Hydro is giving the county by not. calling a meeting to explain what's hap- pening• locally with regard to.. the. possible Hydro develop- ment here, Mrs: •Jermvn's com- mon sense shone through like a beacon when -she suggested taking , the mountain; to Mohammed • .. oor, in other words, inviting Ontario . Hydro to a meeting with Huron County officials. She proved one doesn't have to be 'male to havr good idea.. - Shirley Weary is another woman in politics -who has been able to „rally support in certain quarters. ,,,Mrs. Weary is a clever woman with a good deal of understanding where federal issues are concerned. Her party, the New Democratic�Party, has ,-benefitted from her efforts over the years and it appears she will once more carry the NDP banner into the frey. • The fact that more and more women are mounting the 'political platforms in our area is encouraging.' Workshops and seminars for w9men, to prepare them for office, are excellent. What remains now is for the elected mates in politics to revise their. thinking just a lit- tle — to admit to be born male is not the hest reason for accep- ting public office. They should' soon accept the fact that some women make exceptional can- • didatesat ail levels of govern- ment and should be recognized for their abilities, a resource that shouldn't be.*,wasted on trivialities because of an- tiquated beliefs. Air "1"tm'!l hare to speak up— my ears are full of Sand!". DEAR EDITOR Opera houses Dear Editor, I am researching the history of the Opera House. If anyone, has any .;informatitn about this' theatre I would very much •ap- • preciate it if they would get in touch with me at the Univer- sity. Harry Frehner Department df Drama & Theatre Arts University.. of Waterloo Waterloo, , Ontario ' N2L• 3G1 gioaericfj SIGNAL -STAFF —0-- The County Town Newspapbr of Huron —.0 -- Founded in 1848 and published every Thuiday at Goderich Ontario Member of the CWNA and OWNA Advertising rates m request Subscriptions payable in advance $8 50 in Canada. $10 00 in alt sountnes other than Canada, si-ngle•copies 20 cents Second class mail Registration Number 0716 Advetvising is -accepted on the condition that, in the event of typographical error the advertising space occupied by the erroneous *tem, together wrrh reasonable allowance for signature. will not be char9ed for but the balance of the -advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate In the event of a typographical error advertising •goods or services at a wrong price, goods or service may not be sold Advertising is merely an offer to sell' and may be withdrawn at any time may Signal-Star is, not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscript§ or photos Business end Editorial Office TELEPHONE 524-8331 area code 519 Mailing Address: r, P.O. t OX, 2/0, Goderich Second ctati Mail reglitration number -0716 Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. ROBERT .G. SHINER—president and publisher SHIRLEY J. KELLER—editor BILL DIMMI'CK--editorial staff JEFF SEDDON—=editorial staff r EDWARD J. BYRSKI--advertising manager DAVE R. WILLIAMS—advertising representative llterlkVou • Dear Editor, ° • /We, the student placement counsellors of the Canada Manpower Centre for students in Goderich and Huron Park; would like to thank all those who supported us in our Hire a Student Week,' prr'ogram by either sponsoring . adver- tisements or placing orders with us. Your 'cooperation has con- tributed greatly' to the success of this project and is very much appreciated by us... Sincerely yours, Gary Walden Jane Clancy H;nel inflation these problems. • There%"re a new party, caked „ the -Tax- payers,Party, is needed. A draft manife$.to;2,gf the netw party has been -prepared. , The Taxpayers Party ad- vocates a massive reduction' in the size of the government and, as a result, an end to inflation. All those of your readers who are seriously interested in the new party are asked to -contact: "Albert Lyons", PO Box 35601, Station "E", Vancouver B.C. V6M 4G9. A. Lyons .'' llnl►�, sol ,/"1'IUS Dear Editor, Regarding Mr. Reginald Thompson's poip t that .'Pro - Lifers use emotionally loaded words ,such as "baby, innocent; and. murder and never use the correct term of fetus, because it lacks the "cuddly. • lovable, connotations of helplessness necessary to gain the sympathy of the audience". In the Pro -Life information material, the medical term fetus is used to designate a stage in hips or her life. Fetus is -the Latin word for "young one ' or off spring". Fetus is a medical terminology but have ytiu ever heard a doc- - tor tell a woman she is a pec- eting a fetus? No - he will `£ell her, she is expecting a baby. The baby is definately 'in- nocent of any wrong doing. Call him fetus, young one, off spring, baby, unborn- whichever verble gymnastic exerciseeyou wish to use. Abortion kills a new human life! Abortion of a fetus, Dear. Editor, Canada faces' serious prgblems of inflation and a drift toward. total control by the state. None of the established par- ties has a program to solve termination of a pregnancy, menstrual extraction are all terms used to dehumanize an disguise the truth. Liette Letreault .\o►c 'is•1he time Dear Editor: Fortunately in Democracies we do have electiorts - sure they are costly but without them it could be more costly. We are told this election will cost 24 million dollars (might we ask fora detailed break -down?) but 4 the government came up with a budget of'.29 billion dollars, up from 23 billion dollars. Why, where and is it not much- more costly in comparison to anelec- . tion cost? The proposed budget itself would have been in- flationary. • Now is the time for voters 'to use ..their .power. After an elec- tion, suggestions, questions and objections fall on deaf ears. Ask for full explanations from your candidates and you. suggest • what they can do for you. The candidate is your employee. They are chosen to work for the majority; not the minorities. No one can be all things to alt people. They are to do the best for the majority Of people. If in doubt have a referendum. , . Correction of inflation- is the foremost `objective in order to survive. Novi/ the taxpayer • should "sound -off", He is paying the shot L(governments , enjoy saying they are paying for this thing or that). However the taxpayer is the one who pays, and now he alone should call Enjoying old pictures? Many peoplerhave been advising on how much they are enjoying the "old pictures" in recent editions of the Signal -Star. This week's old time photo was sent to the newspaperrtiy Art Curry. It pictures Mr. Curry along with his bandmates who are'dressed up for a fun event. In- cluded in the picture are Bob Henry, Campbell T.wee'adie, George James, Daig Henry, Emie Breckenridge, Bill Johnston, George Jenner, Howard Fowler, John Huckins, Charlie' Black, Bert Medd, Harry Witmer, Walter Newcombe and "Godfrey" Jess James. Can you pick ems out? Several weeks ago, a pictuYe of a patriotic concert was published on this page. 4n it s an unidentified woman who.has since been named by a reader, She: is Mrs. Walter Scott, the former Jean Lewis, If you have a picture of interest to readers which .portrays life in and, around Goderich many years ago, send it to the Signal -Star. Every effort will be made to return it to you in the same condition as it was received. - the tune. Every - expenditure, every endeavour should be qualified is it a productive ex- pense? We. have had all the "do- gooding" this or any other country can afford.' The frills are passed, and must wait until we can adfor.d-them. This is the :time to be productive and only that way can we lidk inflation. No more "hand-outs" here or abroad. " '6 Let everyone beware of the Canada Savings move made by the government. A government that changes contracts one way can also make changes another way later.' The contract of Canada Savings is firm for"both pa?Ues and can not be broken. Beware if you accept pennies now and lose dollars later.' ' The Bank of Canada was originally set-up 'to be con- trolled by parliament as a • whole, not by the- government in, power. 'Mr. Pearson charged othat to suit his purposes and Governor Coyne resigned and warned them of government meddling. Insist that a new government go back to the original basis of 'control. Now . Is The Time for the majority and thetaxpayer to insist on their 'rights. Reverse those socialistic laws passed. by Pearson and Trudeau. Yes, even Bilingualism. Is it not now a laugh after Quebec's ac- tion?. is,a dying lagunge,'° antiquated and absurd. Yes ab-" surd, • having masculine and feminine nouns without rhyrne or reason and making it a dif- ficult language to learn and a language easily forgotten if not used everyday. English is the popular inter- national language todayand is gaining each year, even Japan recognizes its gaining popularity. Bi-lingualism has. added to inflation with dual labels on products, directions, etc. which is a benefit to the (continued on. page 3 LOOKtNQ BACK 1 75 YEARS AGO. • It is to be hoped that every Liberal who has the principles of Liberalism at heart and -who wishes to further {i the intergsts of the Liberal party in our' midst will attend the organization meeting -to be held in the rooms over Alex McD. Allan's store in the Hurton block on Friday night. It is the intention to form a Young Liberal club and the presence of every young Liberal in town is requested. The big even , in 6oderich Twp., on , May '5th was the barn raising on the farm of John Young. Almost the whole countryside turned out to 'see the „superstructure put on the big building. The new barn is 45 -by 65 raised on a wall 344 feet in length . and nine feet high. Mr. Young said he would go as far again to have the same men do the work for him. There were about 150 men at the raising and the whole thing went up like clockwork. Some 50 ladies were present in the af- ternoon to assist at the tables and in the evening a 'most en- joyable time was spent, about 80 couples taking °part in the • exercises. Last Friday night fire destroyed Major. Beck's A tan- nery inr•Saltford together with all the machinery and stock. There is a strong suspicion of incendiarism as no fire has been going in the buildings since the Saturday previous. The fire alarm, was rung and the engine taken .aver but the flames were' too far advanced for :the men to do much to save, the structure. Building operations hiave. been greatly delayed by the failure in the supply of bricks. j„w 50 YEARS AGO Master David Wenger, Bayfield Road, a pupil of Vic- toria School, has been awarded a prize in the "Save the Forest” week competition conducted by the London Advertiser. The annual picnic of the Huron Old Boys Association of Toronto will be held on the south lawn of the %exhibitiio1 grounds on Friday afternoon. A very attractive program of games and sports is being arranged for which valuable• prizes will be ,awarded to the successful' competitors. Every Huronite ins and 'around Toronto -is invited to be present and. „ take part in the proceedings. The Purity Flour Baseball team got into action in Wingham on Wednesday after- noon and 'in a ,good game in which Cooper pitched up to his usual good form, romped away with the long end of an 8-4 score. A bad accident occurred a couple• of miles this side of Bayfield on Tuesday evening. Mr. Hanlon, with Norval Precious with' him, was driving along in a McLaughlin car, when, as he says, -the' steering went wrong. The two young ,then went over'in the ditch and„ sustained injuries. The samples of milk and cream ent to London for test May 1 th all showed over the percentage required by law and provincial' requirement except those samples that were specifically marked as con- taining less. Readers are cordially .invited t6'' express their opinions of 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 that upon request from another reader, the letter writes 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 this, newspaper. Take en active interest in your hometown newspaper. Write a letter to the Editor today. 5 YEARS AGO Creation of a county welfare unit.was proposed last week by a representlative of the Ontario Welfare Dept., Jaines Deneaux of Wingham, who spoke at a meeting of • the Huron County Council in Goderich. He urged, formation of a committee to in- • vestigate ,' the county welfare units already operating in the province; 'R.J. Carter, a teacher in the technical department of GDCI, charged, in a letter at a meeting of Huron County Board 'of ' Education, that a two -pay system existed in the negotiation of contracts bet- ween the teachers and the board. The letter was referred to the secondary/chool salary negotiating committee • under the chairmanship of D.J. Mur - 'Huron 'Huron "County Board of Education went into committee o the whole in Clinton on ° ltd nday to discuss what Board Ch irman John B. Levis ter- med a private matter. Later in. session the board apprcived a - letter to a Goderich resident in connection with a complaint made..by him concerning water lying off his property adjacent to the playground at G»CI.