HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-10-03, Page 3H k.. Bill Reid, fingered the fain was from their rapid rise through the
(Continued from
page 2) oc ey, t ea tngere ,
when he offered a con- "none at •all to very little", and ranks to obtain Positions of
detestablertduct that only a problem'
atithorit I ask; —• does the en-
tract=to the Rec'reatic n Director businessmen • in general felt y
ama11 pat -of became public in to spell out the ice times to be that races had failed to make dCess performance of dull,
the Wateggate trials, In my set aside at the „going price. any appreciable difference in Amean1repetitions esand ° often
opinion .the Ford pardon .smells While this was refused,' the volume. Some of the people "felt meaningless tasks by an or -
to high heaven of Nixon, in- Recreation Director did in that there is enough; noise and Binary seamen' (Backhand)
fluence. dicate that • ice scheduling parking problems now; others truly lead to the formation of a
I feel that the only blame on more • effective, efficient
would corm from his office, and said 'they had nothing, against
the American' people is that Master? Should a seaman have
that changes would be only by races provided the Town is not
they followed all due process of mutual consent of the users - a left' to cover any expenses. All to spend many years marking
thusin getting. rid of Nixon, step in the right direction, and, were surprised -to hear that the time in one 'basic ,. job, ' even
thus'allowing him time to cover hopefully to be carried out this Town gains rto° money at all though he has long ,a,,.sj, Ce
his Watergate trail as he drove year mastered the skills at that Per -
the
races and of the
himself deeper anti deeper into projected $1,000 - a month rent ticular level? I suggest to Cap-
tion.
question of additional o ected
the slime of political . corrup- ice has also been ,mentioned. for the use of the Agricultural tain Olsen that a great number
tion. Natural outdoor ice is a very Park not one penny- was of fine young potential sailors
In the U:S. as in all avenin ashore forever, simply
iffy proposition in Goderich. calculated to come into the
Democratic societies there is Artificial outdoor ice seems to Town's coffers while the tax- because such mundane con-
, always the danger of electing work quite well in Toronto, and payer supplies the premises as ditions do exist on many ships.
the wrong man to high place's-. is a distinct possibility,
well. as . the extra .police, • Did the Marine Course in
in governrrtent, but ,it is also i;However, the remarks made cleaning (it takes the Parks' Toronto close "because of, lack
through our democratic process . by the Arena Manager °that we crew one full,, day to clean the of,anterest and inferior work"',
that we can get rid of them just do not need a second ice sur- grounds after ,each race) and �No, not at all. In 1960, George.
as easily' as they wet*, elected. °Brown College in the. aforemen-
•Whee a democratic societ face are not consistent with the other expenses, boned cityinstituted a marine -
y 'facts. Whether we ,can afford It is not necessary„ to base
finds corruption at high levels one is another question, but we everything'' on a' business course. Initially, it was the only
it • liould ,be 'dealt with find
certainly do need one.wpoint, of course, or with institution to offer a course of
R Yours sincerely, money gains and losses in this type in.ihe Province of On-
III Peters, mind. Lots of things are done tario. Natur-all nterested car-
y�
Past President, and; should be doneimply for didates had to come to Toronto
G.M.H.A. fun and 'enjoyment. Thousands • if they wished to take this par -
of people enjoy going to the ticular program. �'
ourselves back in the ages of
• serfs and lords with outright
rebellion and blood shed' our
only salvation.
A Lover of Democracy
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Needs .reopening
• Dear Editor, •
"Uninformed, misled"
are the words used by Carl J;
Hocevar,' a leading American
AEC `safety expert, to describe.
the gene>al public, as he .
`'resigned from his position as a
nuclear power . plant safety
analyst this month. He states .
that . unresol'ved- questions
about nuclear power safety are
se grave that the U.S. should
consider a complete ' halt to
nuclear power plant construe -
The editor of this newspaper Wally. made by "the boys in the . major decisions for long-term a) encourage young men to
About trust
ra • Relatively few Toronto
ccs.
But does it necessarily follow residents actually took • `this
that if 10 or 12 summer races , course; only the facilities were
D Editor: - goodd then 104 or so `races a' located here. In later years,
ear i or; ..�.. , are ,
Tbr�"onally I° have no strong year must be better? And it is when the same course was of -
,feelings about horse races one not merely a matter between feredin other centres such
way or another and I am trying the Racing Assdciation and. St. Catharines and Owen
to measure with open mind the those who are attending, Sound it was no longer
merits and disadvantages of because the loudspeakers __necessary to take it only in
the proposed situation on the would shatter many other Toronto; consequently, in this
local level. However, thea man- people's Sunday.afternoons all centre,' the marine course was
net in which the subject was in- over the town whilst con- . terminated.
troduced for Council's basic tinuouSly more traffic and 'In his expertise, I am quite
decision, and the method of prolonged parking problems surprised that Captain Olsen
promoting it at the Council may well change some essential did not realize that per ratio of
table worries me -increasingly. part of our life'. There are many • .population, far more sailors
Any councillor, of course, has other aspects to consider. • reside in either St. Catharines
the privilege of rubber- IS it' good policy for•a Council ..or Owen Sound -than do in ,
stamping a decision which has with my two months of effee- • Metropolitan Toronto:•
(ODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTQBER 3, J..97+ -P.�A. GE
Dunqann�n fall- event
Fair shines as bright as
BY BILL DIMMICK
,The mood Of the people
bright
the sun
i best ever ,
as
overhead last Friday as they,
looked,' listened, felt, tasted
was and smelled the Dungannon
skies fall fair,
About 4,000 spent most of
their time smiling during the
'many events at the fair which
'organizers hailed as. one of the
t o„
bein ac- v term' left to make such Marine courses were in -
These youngsters are decked out in fine attire as they add to • the color at the Dungannon,Fall
Fair Iast Friday, They are Arlette, Ieft, and Angela Glenn',. daughters oMr. and Mrs. Garrie
Glenn, Dungannon.,(staff photo) ,
Murray Gaunt,, ,MPP for
Huron -Bruce, said -during his
remarks which .officially opened
the. annual event that small'
fairs are impsrtant becaua'e
.they bring rural people
together. 'The small - fairs, ,he
'continued, provide the- foun-
datiOns Or the larger ones
across. Ontario.`
People at. the fair seemed to
,agr' 'but there were a few who
seir�faces in masks of grim
scrutiny, as they watched what
was happening.
A „security guard, looking
stern and authoritarian, held
-the job of keeping children off
the race track encircling part of
the grounds while horses raced
and par8ded before • a ' packed
grandstand and the onlookers
who just hung over the. - rail
fence,. The guard was able to
stop children who attempted ..
the -crossing one at a time or in
pairs but after a • crowd
gathered and someone shouted
that the track looked clear, he ,
was powerless to stop ,yet
another .exodus from one part `df
the fairgrounds to another.
A. chill by little boy didn't
smile after his mother told him
,that he could not have • more
money,. to spend. She had given':
him '$1.50 already, The boy
complained that he spent the
money on only three rides -on
the midway at 50 cents a. ride.
His mother was `firm, however,
'and the youngster- settled for a •
• seat -on. the fence where he wat-
ched horse races.
Another boy, his red hair and
freckles Sparkling in the. sun, •
appeared outwardly calm, as he
and his Holstein calf waited for
the Junior Showmanship com-
petition to begin. He showed' he
might be slightly nervous
though when his calf bellowed.
He gave the calf 'a light• tap on
of g tie t y - the head and muttered, "Shut
with the hope of commitments without . inviting"° up.'' He then rested his elbow
has a responsibility to re -open back room • consider a career on the Great • •
ich is still on thy, list of hive to others. In my book it facilities and possible changes � � .
competition.
. in ours over-all life styles? tly employed on the lakes, to Some of the competitors in
potential n sites. ' comes'under this category when y upg ..•�
nuclear plat ■� have -an ,opportu�nit to- rade � ,,,._.Ane of the horse show events "
municipal-
._,._!__�..I:......r..,ii is oalrnrt to Perhaps nobody cares
tion. appearance
ormer victim says:
• on the animal's -head; :sighed
wait
Fear hampers cancer fight:_
" light f getting a foot in the door. It public in -put concerning the a't
deeply and resumed.his
y 1 h ) age sailors presen- for the p t' '
Godgr
the "can of worms in ig o Lakes and,
today's clarification that does .not make it more attrac- .; .stature of major recreational b encourage
much,
Consider some of the events e- •
•
"tickets" .. they
_.. dean- Brown =London, 4..1a *1,0. mem- .disseminate knowledge, you"- weren't _W:1:..... ..t,es.., a spry
"A man who was cured '2. •Need to increase security. without proper knowledge' and .decisions) for those who may became evailable. % ' • . ,. Unit of the Canadian Cancer '' the 'society's former publicity • . • • 'The dog wanted to get into the
. over reactor sites in Britain at least a shprt time for wish to make use of it, to take It is also a well known fact Society that they must help ' campaign stresse e rrfght" ' He told members that they' act but his'presence. was unner- .
' due to terroryist activities. studying. the matter first arid 'some stand in matters which; that presentlY" there is va shor- ving to t e orses. h d g-
%3. Twenty:dne reactors or- without even enough copiee of have a bearing on our collective tage of Jicenced offieers both ..Peotte.,,-' lefairette the fear of against ancer and the "danger should be self-eduPated and
dered closed in tiw United . pertinent documents for all 'property, life style and future • deck and eriginetobin., 'Al
--so; '...,•;, Th,e Retr• Carkr. -R• Charlea , • ;An opinion poll showed that date for the "educational
cancer throug edncation. signals"' Of the dreaded diseeae.....keep their information up to seemed to know he was in, the
spotlIght as lie wagged his tail -
1. MisuSe cif nuclear matter concerning a major should be an' opPortunity . might Avail themselves, of ..a cer almost 20 years ,ago, ,bers at their annual meeting in. • have to knOvv, then you aye
technology in India. • , .., piece of public .property, (before„ not- after major,- promotiOn just. as soon as it daY told members df the Huron Goderich Monday night, that make' it known" he - •d dog wan.dered into •the ring. .
St tes for potential of . councillors on hand. Snch an prOspects.
• coolant hazard. episode was Made even rnore 'Next time the Council is to
- there are' not enough qualified • • people Wouldn't get eheckups 'crusade" of, the society. • ' brisk y while people tried to
4. Japan's first nuclear ;enfortiinate recently because it make a major deciaion it May
owered ship develops a took• place ,et- the end ,of a be in a matter. YOtJ question.
•ation leak on its .maiden ' meeting when the Press. had YOU"would want it thoroughly
• • 'already left. . • 'n1/4 I aired end truly visible in all ,
nce Year' '75 reveals, This approach has never an? - aspects. • ,•,. ..
rican and British pealed to Me; it is'' . also - Sincerely,
ra
voya
that -
emergency c
may not work..
a busy month!
the ,world energy con
this week in Detroit The
Solar energy researeh
e cooling systems hopelessly outdated. Delays n sa- ay ,
t sure has been any -matter can be more effec-
tively avoided: by starting
Chilets' Okay
howeVer, things at the beginnirig;Attern,•
sion of pts , at shortcuts only, create
fl in
rence much unnecessary app ng
.S. all directiOns. And facts are?
more productive than rumours
' which quite naturally grow put
programme. , f any reluctance' to 10 all -
It is to be hoped that cards on, the tab e pu
Canadian officials. see that mat rs.
r.
With this' in mind I 'was
Paul Carroll thorough
asked for a \
a completely
Need more ice emphasis -accu
colleague of not
Dear Editor:
. Making 'Council decis
w 'matter I was
d by.. a
"faith".
ns
Your writers, Mr. Dimmick
had "never heard before (fr
% 'remarks in, the last Signal -Star .•
•out-of-town at that) and in
issue which I feel should nal° .
coMpany yet to be created by •
unnoticed or unchallenged. .• persons .not even known by
'Your writer's have, under7
standably, taken the attitude
''''riarnel I find it incredible and
it still bothers me. ,
that minor hockey and figUre
HaVing All -year 'and -'Sunday „
skaters are in a coetinual state
horse rapes in Goderich may
of-"confliel",, Thie is not really
*ell be a ,"good thing for the
The letter submitted by Cap -
Jain Carry H, Olsen !entitled, .
-”Ban cadets," (Thursday, Sep7
tember 12th) deserves hirther
examination and' comment.
'Any men,'"who has spent a
total of forty-two years at see,
twenty-two of them on t e
Great ,Lakes sailing the last
seventeen as. Master .• from
minimum to maximum •size
ships," is to be commended.
Doubtless, Captain Olsen has
worked wry hard and made
-period of his life. Working con-
- ditions experienced in this time
' ay well be described• aa dif-
An 0 ld sailor, • aboard the
Gordon . Leitch on8d1 con-
fessed to ni that, "Sailing was
reat life. t was aa exciting
, as being irr jail, but you also
had. the added possibility that
at any given inomen ou could
Regarding Captain
true. It just so happens that
, town", but not likely for thet.
. any unusual occurrence
reasons given in the promoters' -
requiring ice time at the arena
sales talk. Of the people whom
iresults, in Minor Hockey ice .
contactefl in the meantime ,
t e service stations did not
of the tiine.
— The Presid-ent of Minor
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- condemnation , of cadets
persons coming through the
rank's,' to fill the -.positions
"TicketS" obtained ' from
marine schools, in `Ontario are
valid, On the -Great Laltes,90.
per Lakes Shipping Company
makes every attempt,,to obtain
as • many worthY • ,cadets ,as
frOssible each year. Bursaries
are offered by -this company to
the top graduating cadets in
employed ,by, Upper Lakes are
constantly. encouraged to take a
•Marine • course 'either by.
0correapondence• during the ap-
tual shipping seeson or "at
achool during the winter lay-up. •
Cai-0 a 'young boy- not
cultivate an 'irqereat and gain •
some experience about the
likes _by "going round the
breakvvall cruises on harbor.
tugs"? 'Granted, to the Worthy
captain, this, may well, appear
pretty small stuff, lout I suggest R. chq!,let Brompl
that a start, no' matter hoVv
from doctors because they Were
• afraid they Might have cancer,
he said.—
Canon-,Brown ,_is the chair;
inan of the kovincial division
of the CCS and has a strong
background in the churCh, civic
groups and the canc6r, society.
„ As a result of the fear the
poll founci„,he said: the Message
. qf -the 'society changed to
"safeguards!' .an.ci the 'seven
•
atrial! it is, has to be made,
steps to health", 0
Canon Bi.own. outlined the
steps the 'society is taking to left after he was sure he. hed
further that education.
call him out Of the ring. The'
show -stopping canine 'A 11
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4, given a performance hi
program. for. use in elementary
•schools Since it learned that feeling at the fair that there
most cigerdtte smokers start in , was - something tb • interest
kindergarten to Grade 3. ' everybody; Some Watched the
calves being judged, some wat-
A new program has begun in
universitieS .through a special 'died the horSe shoW, some. Wat-
youth committee Of the soeiety. ched the •-•ees and some,
- Educational films are being especially children, wandered
He described the - cancer ,
society as 'the .eduCational
of the medical profession
said -this must be first
forever the business .of
the* 'way' to' educate people.' Nii,ork 'persons to try their., skill at
abotit cancer is involvement of
people, getting them cornrriitted
to' actioti And the final step PI
• seeing that they get medical
check-ups, he Said.
wide-eyed and 'laughing
ma"de availablethEit are aimed
The mid:way was Isypical.
and* Women, and industrial workers:
Rides that made stomachs
and Canon • Brown praised the
chnrn were the biggest attrac-
the volunteers who work diligently
tion. Hucksters appealed to
was a privil•edge to
. genies of chance. Old rock and
toward SaVing lives. '
roil'songs sounded distorted as
teers raisea $27,280,51 for gut children.
ca"Inpaign received
as both St. ,J2,sep,11.'s Sep:arate
,Cautioning' society members
not to overstep the boundries Of
this, -definition, .he - said they
Children Were in- abundance
'figures were 16.,817.59 . and
• • must give the public faCts, not 12,213.96:' -
School , let students leave.
spelling „ and math- problems
acorn, the mighty oek- Cloth' sailors on the lakes; both today . "Oftime.s we' have usurped $40,558.20 to the nationel-And . behind for an.afternopn„ tt. ea-
-Captain Olsen commence bis ftom daderich. It is also -true _guesswork. -* „, .
•
They: arrived •there • with -1
groW." Did the ornniPotent and -in daYs gone by, have -could positibna of doctor's",„,be provincial camryeigns. ioY the fair, , • -
iNstrious career as chief trate Ahat the age-olii method of a • mi ht t diagnoSe cancer. funds were raised wes -at Pine flourish as part 6r a paraae
aboard•the Stewart J. Cort? sailor progressing, slowiN • c B t• dth t Lake Qamp in Goderich Town- Which he.lped create the festiVe
of atmosphere.
professional ..'medical people. ship, where collection
Any boy who ever worked on through the ranks0,Until he at -
the tugs, with the ilate Bert tai•ne& •Cominand of his own, ',must be p,art ,of the education $350.30- for the 'cancer society • The parade tfeaturedtWo
seci bedecked in --a blindin
MacDorifild soon learned from ship. produce& ceptaina w,hose was made during Sunday mot- . .
ehirn the quali,ties of honest
Y, competence was of utmost ex- ,,
•• of the-, public about cancer.
Education is the base of the nifig church services ?for ,cam- array .of color; and sparkle that
ofier glittered in the,,sun. The smiles
kindness and reapect foe- One s th ' society's ,work, he said: -
hard work, falr•play, hurnility, cellence;' cadets tbo, when given.
. • ort their brightly dressed riders
eir chance, will perforp their , 'months,
fellaw men. No, it. trub, „one tasks -.equally as well.- '
you -re , going
"ticket" 'by posses.sing. Only tifullNi.derides any young man,
these qualities, tont, whatever pa\rticularly -.one who has
cher, baker, or cendleStick oWn Choice, the good- '
these are qualities' wOr- skipper should A be reminded
consideratio'n" thet he, is shipping water, an
earie As 'mighty co; he 'really should battee down
Ca tkin 9 sell: • his hEitches. ...Rather than look
gro Ainslie•Markettimited
p5 2 4-8 5:5 1
BaCk Bacon S 1 .5-9 lb
STEAK 'SPE; lAtS.
,Top Rouraditeak Hi.
.9ENTRE„SIRLOiN .
e s $ 7 9 lb. fr
CHUCK LEAN
Ground kteak -9
LEAN, BUTT jib
Pork Choi's
Lewis Bread (24',,oz.) eve"
• 09 lb,
purchase
mak
from so
'Did the graduating cadet, elsewhere for the "egotist"
identified perspeally, in the let- which Captain 'Olsen so pain- •
for a job stakingly defined; he Thimself
waste should look in the nearest
ter finally "sett
ashore emptyin
baskets"? If Captai
would expand. his outla
ther, rather than view the
tire situatibn in his narro,
fur- 'To conclude when von, as
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editor, iilloW any persoe, to arse
- Your. newspaper to ProclaiM
Minded, impudent manner, he ,derogatory anti unwarrente .
"LWould soon realize, the fact that 'irtiarks against anyone, your.
„, every. large Canadian steqm- Conduct‘•Can only be. described
ship corripeny ail the Great' ECe unprofessional ik:pri
unethical. Your newspape.r.
then no' longer fulfils " a .
engineer, or master, or both in valuable ptirpose 'in the com-
the head office.,In these cases a
become nOthing More than the
truly meaningful function 'is
link is provided between the
irsVore and the
tkers at sea. '
'Times• have rapidly changed
•
4Ydurs truly,
Glee Gardiner,
Cedar
eafort octor alorme
y ustard Report
By WILMA OKE
glittered. almost aS much.
.The schaols added floats tO
the • parade. The ehildrin
• e,
1, abeard the; moving decorations..
used' their imaginations to
create costumes thet brought
more langhter and fun to the
- The- procession marched. to
' health care service. pi. enning;
the qbeat of, an oddly attired .
but nat resOoesibility to
band of clowna who.seemed as
authorize expenditures, interested in .entertaining the
"To rtlf this dichotorny.bet-
crowd with Costumes as -with
ched along With their teachers
Dr. Peul, L. Brady, Seeforth
general practitioner, told 161
delegates—to the armual Fall .•
Conference of "Distrect 2,
HoSpital Auxiliaries of Ontario
held in Seaforth Monday that
he is alarme.'d by proposala in
report, on health care service:.
"One of ,Ote principal recom•
mendations in this- report •is
'that the prOvirice be divided
• into nine district, health coun-
cils. These wolild be' further
-sub-divided into district health
•t'ar as and to the it is Lather
alartning tO read of tile powers
stiggeSted for,this chain of corn.
marid", Dr. Brady said.
He eriticized the' proposals
;‘,v,oul(1° give a district
And masses of students mar -
anticipating the event which
proposal would wipe out the
pleasantly interruPted the
Ontario Hospital ,Associatiodn . ,A.
-The fair interrupted not just
es. the diStrict health council •
their routine, but the routine,,of
would perforfn the funetions.of.
1 who'' raised the best calf/ who
tot ;rtirfil people gathered to :see
trained the, best. horS$, 'who
community hospital.' W20ittho.,
atould race the fastest and who .
nearest hospital facilities 4
.., 'f* d an exodns . of farnily . E
munities to he replaced,by corn-
, mitit centers 'staffed by one
so more
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