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.PAGE 2•--•GODERICR SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1974
EDITORIAL, C�MMENT
fob welId�n.e
The paint-up--the-Square project en-
ded on time and within budget and the
credit goes to the young men and
women who worked so hard all through
a long., hot summer from the tip-top of
extension. ladders.
When the project was g' tting under-
way, . many, many citize ,s predicted
'disaster: They., seemed \, to expect
everything from messy, uncaring pain-
. ters who would get !note col r on them -
'.selves and others than •on th buildings
• to lazinessand irresponsibili y' on .the
part• of the young,Jolks hired to do the -
work.
But as the sumrner progressed, it was
evident none of this dire doom\ wduld
materialize. The work was comple ed ef-
ficiently, easily and expertly. Ther were
'no: accidents, no' staff 'problem , no
major difficulties. In fact, it was cI arty
evident that some -of Goderi h's
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established citizenry could learn a
lesson from the co-operativ'e'°youth who
turned a lack -lustre core area igto a
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showpiece.
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The Goderich• 'Business Men` are also
to be congratulated fo. r their eftorts in
bringing . renewal to the downtown
district. It is' important for Goderich
residents to realize: that while govern-
ment funding was available for a'portion
of the cost of painting, the salaries of
four of the 12 painters were paid by the
businessmen as well as all Materials and
related needs for the project. '
In retrospect • then, The Square paint -
up' was a success: It. is to be hoped that
next -summer will see a continuation of
this fine' -idea with the spoke streets get-
ting their share of color to complete•the
setting' in the business district of the
prettiest town in Canada. w •
Attendance tells tale
A report from O.J. Silverthorn, Director
of Theatres and Chairman of• the Censor
Board, to the: Ministry of Consumet and
Commercial Relations for Ontario had
Some interesting . cornmentary on the
movie going habit's'ot the world. Taking -
the . view that the movie industry
produces 'the movies people want most
to. see, a quick -perusal of the .report
reveals that the overall outlook of
today's people has- change"d drastically.
frdm even 10 years ago.
The report showed, for 'instance, that
of 783 films examined, only 168 were
released for general exhibition while 318
were recommended -as adult entertain-
• ment with a whopping,. 292 labelled as
restricted.* Five, films. -were not approved
at 'all: Of 22 `Canadian -films received;six„
were approved for general exhibition,
five recommended as adult enertainrnent
and 11 (50 percent) released as restric-
ted. ° n
The report noted that more and more
Chinese films are being released each .
year. ' In fact China, is now number two
behind the USA for films released. And
even the number of restricted films has
increased. Submissions from China were
up 75` percent with restricted films
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showing, an upsurge of -almost 500 per-
ceht:
"Not too long ago Chinese movies
were mainly gentle historical type
,productions," writes Mr. •Silverthorn.
"Now• Chinese producers seern deter-
mined to prove that#they have -little to
learn from others in the screen` presen-
tation of sex arid violence."
The report furt.ter ,. reviewed the
"Meagre audiences enjoyed by some
very fine family type movies.',:"
"When we hear that such fi lm5 have
,not been successful at the box office, we
wonder where .all the .families are who
complain that not enough , family -type:
entertainment is being provided by the
•filmindustry commented Mr. Siiverthorn.
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As ,.+somebody recently said; "The
grandchildren ofthe kids who used -to
weep because the Little Match Girl froze
to death now ' feel, cheated 'if she isn't'
slugged, raped, and thrown into a
Bessemer convertor.”
Lucille Ball, the actress, in an inter-
view with Christian Science Monitor put
it this way: "Right now, I'm beginning to
be.shocked that I'm not as shocked 'as I
used to be." - •
Promise :watchfulness
The Civil Service Association of -.On- ,
tario has gone on record as being fully
behind the hospital workers oaf the
province, many of whom have recently
received sizeable increases in salary as
the result of threatened strike action. A
spokesmen for CSAO, general, manager
G.G.' Norman has warned that if" any
hospitalattempts to reduce staff at the
expense of patient care in an effort to
balance the' budget, the CSAO' will
clearly.. identify such moves -and bring
them to .the . attention,, of the public.
He was,, of 'Course, commenting on a-
report that the government has asked
the Ontario Hospital Association to "cut -
by attrition" the number of people on
hospital payrolls.° According to the
government, hospitals willhave to ab-
so,rb the first -five percer4t1in rease. above
the 7,9 percent increase allowed for. in
the 1974 provincial budget.,
It isathe feeling of Mr. Norman - and
many, many hospital workers across On-
tario, - that the Ministry of Health will '
simply have to assume the' financial
responsibility to ensure that the start-
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DRIVE DEFENSIVELY
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Bo Shirley J. Keller
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Publisher
Publisher R.G. Sillier gave
to me in recent weeks copies of
two special articles to read.
One was the President's Letter
from The Editor's 'Forum
published monthly in Atlanta,
Georgia, and the other was The
Royal' Bank of Canada monthly
newsletter entitled The Role of
the Newspaper.
The first one 'was heavily
American, dealing almost ex -
elusively with the fact that
many, mane United States
citizens "blame the press 'for
the plight - in •which .President
(former) Nixon..finds. himself,
instead of recognizing that the
newspapers have,only done the
expected of them by their
job
readers." ,
.The writer. 'says, "I 'have
found myself{through the years
explaining to readers of the
newspaper I publish that we do
not make the news .., we merely
report it. Seldom have I known
anyone who did`n•ot say he or
she wanted -newspapers to
report the • facts, impartially
and without fear or favor. But
the same people• actually mean,
"Report the news as I see it,
not the way an impartial per-
son sees it," Thet•,e is a big dif-
ference:" '
He sums it up by . adding,
"We •have 'our own Watergates
on the local level, too, and it is
the ' responsibility ° of local
newspapers to print the facts as
they become available, without.
fear or favor. It is a hum rap
when. uninformed individuals
try to blame .the' troubles we
dard' bf health .care: does' not suffer. have in "this world on the
Wages and salaries paid, in hospitals are newspapers that are shedding
only beginning to• approach a level that light where there would other
is acceptable, according them. wise be only darkness and
From the`'-palient's,' standpoint,
naturally the main concern is for first- D--D,.D-----------•----t---
rate care while in hospital..The struggles , The Royal Bank newsletter
between hospital administration and says about the same thing in a
hospital staff are of little concern when little different way. Their
one is recovering, from surgery or put- statement is: :."Its, (the
ting his life on, the line under some newspaper's) chief f0nction is
to holdup a mirror to the hap-
penings of ' the, day, If it ,is
But there is little doubt that Ontario careful to keep the mirror clean
citizens are becoming a. little uneasy and as flawless as,possible, the
'about health' care for. the future in this .reflectionswill be honest, clear
and interesting."
province, and Mr. Norman's promise to' Some responsibility , is at -a
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*, uncover any reduction in hospital \ser, tached to the reader, too. The
vices which could affect patient cre newsletter states, "Newspaper
will be welcom 0 by the majority \of writing and newspaper reading
thinking peopl ho want to know the • are•not jobs for people who can
facts. . hot, when necessary, look at 'a
,,_, subject objectively: The reader,
What's more, it is a safe' bet that 'On needs to distinguish between;
-tario residents will become ,more and knowledge and guessing, bet-
* more vocal about the' need for con- , ween trained and casyal..obser-
tinuing improved medical and hospital . .vation; between verification
ignorance."
Hehr. Hear.
care.. Health is somethin
wants D- and has a right t
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SIGNAL -STAR
-0-4. The County town Newspaper of Hurpn
'and :credulousness. Learn to
everybody Appraise the piece you are
reading: is it statement of fact,
interpretation, ,.,. opinion,
argument 6r special pleading
Irl: an important report, is
someone named as authority"
Newspapers are regularly'
't'iticiSed'as looking for the„sen-
sational angle to a story, I
a found it, interesting_ to read in
the newsletter, for instance,
'that one attempt by, a
newspaper to print only good
news ended in failure.
The paper, called• simply
Good News was launched in
California tri print ail the
bright,• happy doings which
most newspapetks cannot spare
room for, After \16 months, it
had to -throw 'in ° the towel,
thousands -of dollars in the red.
People obviously dirt not want
Good News - though many,
many still' insist they do.
Tip Signal -Star has \been in
.ah
busiiet for over 1(10 years, by
the way, despite•,the fact that
.ursue.
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ROBERT G. SHRIEi-.•president and publisher
° SHIRLEY J. KELLER—editor
BILL DIMAIIICK—editorial staff
JEFF SEDDOP'l—editorial staff
EbWARD J. BYRSKI •advertisin` manager Y
''DAVE R WILLIAMS-advertising representative .
Business and Editorial Office
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people claim the newspaper
c•arri'� s much' news that is too
"sensktional
. The newsletter puts it, this
way: "Airplanes ,that fly safely
and, without being hijacked, .
people who live together
without. qqarelling, rivers that
flow within their banks, and
the nations that conduct their
affairs' and resolve their dif
ferenc•es without fighting - these
are not news. An ordinary per-
son doing an ordinary job in an
ordinary way is not the subject
of .,news story, but if you have
an extraordinary man or
woman l in action, or an •or•
dinary man or -woman doing an
ektraordinary job, or doing an
ordinary job in an extraor-
dinary way, that is news."
The newsletter l ovidecI a
set of qualities essential to a
good •newsman or newswoman.
They are an open mind linked.
with unquenchable curiosity;
an. invincible scepticism; and ate'
disposition not. to be easily
brushed off,' Whether or not
Signal-S..ar reporters stack up
-to this .list of attributes will be
left for. the readers to deter- Dear Editor,
1,, wish to congratulate your
mi nt it is generally agreed newspaper on. its new sup -
that . there - is nothing plement„ "T V Signal
mysterious about a reporter. He • It is well done. and most
-"or she is. a working man •or useful and timely. - •
woman who 'probably lives. as Thank you for the service.
.well as, his or her salary af-
to think. More people than ever
before are interested in
knowing not only what is hap-
pening but why it is happening.
They need strongly inter-
pretative material to help them
to think their way -through the
fog of events." • •
There's more. "The editorial
writer must investigate' and ap-
praise, and write his copy with
logic and learning. His appeal
is .to truth and reason and in-
telligence, not to prejudice,
passion and ignorance."
Well, R.G. there it is = a sum-
.mart' of the two articles left on
the editor's desk. Two fine (ar-
ticles designed to make
everyone 'think - readers; and
reporters alike.
Oh yes, there's something in
the article for publishers to
think about too.
'The newsletter says, "A
courageous publisher, supported
by an inspired, intelligent, and
dynamic editorial staff,' might
find`'ltis greatest fulfillment as
a newspaperman and as . a
Canadian in making his
publication desired by the
public outside , its • .present
limited circulation area
because of its authentic and
well-written reports about
national matters.”
. Now there's a .'challenge.
Real food for thought.
Likes TV Signal
Yours` faithfully,
fords,: -.-marries, has children, A.R. Aylswprth
and takes a normal interest in
the politics,. poetry and ..per-, roleel Loll ,
lease
plexities,of life,
Editors have long recognized
the weight of responsibility on
their shoulders in writing
editorial, comment for the
papers of the nation. What the
newsletter has to say about
editors L or rather editors' as
they should be - leaves a feeling
df gross inadequacy running up
and d,owri the spine.
The newsletter says, "In 'a
society that is largely affected.
.by fear, insecurity,' uncertainty,
the deterioration Jof values,
disillusionment and
, materialism, readers do ' not
desire editorials that are bland
recitals without any -challenge
Dear Editor,
May I appeal to your readers
to support the International
Society for the Protection of
Animals . in their attempts'. to.,
provide 'relief for the tens of
thousands of abandoned,' stray
and injured animals in Cyprus.
Many of these animals are in
pitiful condition, all .require_
assistance.
�o not wish to suggest, for
one moment, that" animals in
this. tragic situation- should be
given, priority ' over). `hurfian
needs. In fact I..hope that the
matter will be kept in proper
perspective.
Nevertheless 'the meed'" is
"urgent and, by helping to solve
BOOKING BACK
75 YEARS' AGO
• Quite a novel display ap-
peared in W.A. McKim's store
window the ' past week in con-
nection with his 50 percent off '
sale. Some of the suitings that
are being- offered- at this
reduced price ' were draped to ,.
form a background while in the
foreground had been placed, a
block or stump on which the
price tickets had been • cut in
two'. The hatchet that had been
used for that purpose remained
fastened in the block just as it
-.was left' when the operation
was completed. Attached to the
handle of the hatchet was a
card bearing the following well
known words, "We. cannot;;tell'
a lie, we did it with our little
hatchet". 'Numerous price
, tickets were scattered about the
floor of the window, each one
severed in twain, while on
another card was inscribed the
following, "Prices 'literally -and
• ,practically cut in two"
To t 'ose who took part in
repel1 g the Fenian 'Raid on
the Canadian frontier in 1866
'an 1870, or who were engaged
- i 'the Red River expedition in
870, it willbe of interest 'to
learn 'that, the medal granted
'� for these services is the same
size as the war medals and will -
be of silver:
The organ factory was shut
down
for several days the past
week for the purpose of stock
taking.
Last Friday afternoon a team
of baseball players went ' to
Clinton to play the team there
and the Go'flerich • .boys were
beaten by an unr`nentionable
score,
The thunder shower Tuesday
morning was another' blessing
,'to the farmers in this neck of
the woods.
the animal problems, we may.
be playing a small part in
helping the situation in Cyprus
return to normal.
The Ontario Humane
Society, which is a member ' of
the International Society for
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the Protection of Animals, has
be asked Co. provide
. a` s!stance in the form of drugs
and veterinary supplies. We are
arranging with veterinary drug
supply companies to have. sup-
- plies shipped 'to Cyprus and we'
are hopeful that these.supplies
will be' flown to Cyprus in
Government aircraft. If,not we
will "send-. them by air- in the
normal mapner...
Anyoneawishing to support
this appeal should send ',a
'donation to the Ontario
Humane Society marked.
"Cyprus".
Yours sincerely,
T. L Hughes,
Executive Vice -President.
50 YEARS AGO
A gasoline engine driven saw
is busy on 'the beach cutting up
timbers from the• old river
breakwater, which have been
towed around and drawn up on
the beach.
The Goderich Fall Fair fo'r
1924 showed a very con-
'siderable : improvement over
previous years both in atten-
dance and exhibits, in fact in
some departmentsthe exhibits
make a record for the fair. The
reduction of the` price of ad-
mission from 50 to 2.5 cents
seems'to ,have met with popular
favorand the gate receipts this
year at 25 'cents were in eitcess
of those of last year, at 50
cents. Gate and' grand stand
receipts this year• amounted to
$1,263.50 against $1,198.50 last
• year. Gate and grand ,stand
„'receipts of • slightly over $1060
.• for the main day, with .over 525
school children in the
procession admitted free, would
mean betweewa four thqusand
'and five thousand people were `
. on the grounds. The experiment
with the. new 'admission would
seem to have been a good one,
from a financial point of view.
as well as popularizing the fair.
Our lovely town unfor-
tunately was invaded last Sun-
day when a carload, the car is
yet ' unidentified, of loud;
"trouble making, liquor swilling, '
youngsters in .raccoon coats
persisted in driving about the
Square at. high speeds.. The
t, group were thought Co be from
the Detroit area but a passerby
• said he clearly. •haw Ontario
• licence plates on the vehicle.
The group made a couple of
turns of the Square and 'made'
off in the direction of Clinton
before . the good Constable,
could take action.
Sticky. problem
Dear Editor, .
My son and daughter each
needed a bottle of glue: When
they arrived home after school,
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klU)th(9' time, 'another "way
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With the stubble beginning ,to show in the fields around Goderich and fall weather creeping
,”up on the community, people get a little nostalgic about all sorts 'of things, 'his old
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hotograph was loaned to the Signal -Star -by Mrs. Gordon Hodgkinson who says it is about 57
g it the
years old, It features Joe and George Garrick and family.,Note fNote the narrow bridge with Y�
wooden floor; the tolling landscape and the sharp mode of travel.„
Bring backany memories
for 'anybody'? Wish• that modem -day driving was as peaceful and pleasant' -
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. 5 YEARS AGO
A tender. in the amount of
$5,958.75 for a new -dump truck
for use in the town's pollution
'Control plant has•been accepted
from RecGee and Sons Ltd.
The -tenni. was the lowest of
three bids submitted. Other
tenders were from Goderich
Motors`' Ltd., $6,250.21, and.
1luewater, Truck "Centre,
'$6;573.061 A tender for the
same unit ` had been accepted
" earlier but the unit delivered
was not according -to ,the
specifacations and was •retur-
tied and 'the tenders recalled.
All Roman Catholic children
in Perth and Huron Counties,
,in
of how far they live
from the,, nearest separate
school, will be accepted ih
schools operated 'by thedPerth-
Huron separate school board. ,
Deputy 'Reeve W ,lter Shear-.
down pitched the first ball •of
the Goderich Industrial League
Pastball Tournament on Sun-
day to Itiug Keene of '"Gard's
Sports. Councillor''"Ia'e Gower
was catching. Keene hit a foul
ball' 'which was caught by a
Varna player. Thet'tournantent
was won by Holrneavl'lle after
they, defeated London 2-0 on
Monday evening.