The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-12-12, Page 3(Continued from page 2
protecting and recording a
heritage that was intended for
'all of us, not simply the idle
amusement of a few selfish men
parading expensive firearms
and Claiming an. altruistic in-
terest in the farmers welfare.
Game farms, fortunately on
the increase,, appear to be the
only salvation. By limiting
these dauntless gunners to cer-
tain fenced areas, clearly
marked with huge "Danger"
signs, the lives. livestock and
chattels of the rest of us should
be comparatively safe.
Here,;as bird -shot shreds, the
leaves above his heart, the hun-
ter can find complete ex-
pression for his masculinity as
he blasts away at cage -reared
birds, animals, and, of course,
each other.
One other solution would be
for our local ; abattoires to ad-
mit, -'on a first-come first-served
basis o
wee . There, with bow or
bullet, they could fire into the
doomed beasts, wounded
animals being immediately
dispatched by the professionals
... Any hunter shooting another
would be disqualified from
returning for say two weeks. t'
Great care would have to be
taken lest these mortal remains
end up in the "choice ground
beef" ... But, I'm sure these,.
and other little items, could all
be worked out by our Health
Inspectors.
Thank you and A Merry
Christmas To• All
. J. Hindmarsh
good idea to place a bounty on
hunters, instead of wolves. This
may, or may not have been
meant to be implied literally,
but still casts undeserved
criticism at hunters.
Since the days of Esau and
Jacob, people have enjoyed
their beef, venison, etc., and
now due to these dear
enlightened people of modern
times, we now find that all
these centuries we have really
been committing murder, and
eating animals that were
placed here on earth only for=
their beauty.
I trust all you enlightened
people will rush to pack away
your fur coats, and head for the
market for a load of fresh
vegetables, and please, by all
means, be sure and bypass the
meat counter,
Dear
Hunters
hunt meal
Editor:
With the fre%h barrage of let-
ters recently in this, and other
papers, aimed at hunters who
have been branded, or implied
as being lower than the
animals they hunt, by J.C. Hin-
dmarsh, and as murderers, no
less, by Dianne McGee, it is
surely time to get things back
in a true persPective once
again.
Dianne McGee claims she
was angered, and disgusted to
see adeer tied, indifferently on
the back of a truck after it had
apparently been coldbloodedly
murdered, Well, now' there are
two of us -in the area who are
angry, and disgusted, 'aa firstly
I believe according to 'any°dic-
tionary,, murder implies the
taking of human life only, and
secondly how do you tie a deer
Qn a truck indifferently, or is
there a propef.'inethod. .
She also can't understand
`ghat . drives •people CO kill
animals such as deer: It could
be fhe high price of murdered
beef in the botcher shops, or it
just could be there -are people
who like to sit down to a, meal
. of roast venison, which•inciden-.,
tally is deer meat. Could it be
possible in the near future that
we may see a test case in our
courts where one of •our local
butchers has been charged, and
tried for murder at the
slaughter -house?
Among various uncalled for,
and far out statements by J.C.
Hindmarsh in your paper, was
one last spring as --h recall,
where he implied, it might be a
Sincerely,
Mervyn Hoy
.getting ha rel e r
Dear Editor,
Every year, my job in
Canada becomes a, little bit
harder, in spite of - or perhaps
because of - our vast
technological achievements.
You see, each year, I receive
a larger number of heart-
br..eking letters from young
folk who say they could manage
without Christmas presents if
only I could send Daddy back.
My research shows that Daddy
was in a fatal traffic accident,
and it is very hard for a little
one to understand how it is
Daddy can go off to work,
fishing, shopping etc. right as
rain, but "never come ,back.
Through the pages of your
paper, may lask for the help of
all the drivers in your coverage
area? We have just come
through Safe Driving Week in
Canada, and everybody has
seen a barrage of safety
messages. Please remember
them, not only through the
hustle • and bustle of this
holiday season, but all through
1975.
, Then, I will' be better able to
'concentrate on finding the kind
of gifts that make up the more
routine requests from our
children. Let's have no more
sad, desperate faces at Christ-
mas time.
Wishing you.and •yours a very
merry and safe Christmas! .
9 . Ho Ho Ho,
Santa Claus •
Forest fires
School buses
police concern
Recent lobbying to enact a
law to force motorists to stop
for all stopped school buses has
not been favorably accepted by
district police chiefs.
Area chiefs of police
discussing the issue at the Zone
6 meeting of the Ontario
Association of Chiefs of Police
'`held here in(erich last
s
week, voiced d y sapproval of
the idea and prepared a
proposal for consideration by
the lawmakers.
The chiefs suggested that the
speed limit for the stopped
school bus law remain the same
and that the stopping points be
reduced and clearly marked.
Under the present system
motorists must step for buses
stopped with their flashers on,
in sections of road where the
speed limit is 35 miles per hour
or over. The new law would
force them to stop for buses at
all times when the are ticki
up or . isc arging stue en s.
The discussion by the chiefs
ranged from a reduction of the
present lawto imposing even
stiffer legislation than is
currently suggested. Some
chiefs wanted motorists to stop
at all times' and buses to stop at
more places to prevent children
from having to walk any
distance to catch their bus. The
move,' -would lessen the chance
of the young pedestrians being
in danger to traffic while
Walking to their bus stop.
" Other` chiefs felt that by
reducing the number of stops
and clearly marking them as
school bus stops motorists
would know a bus is going to
stop and could expect it.
The suggestion also removes
the traffic snarls resulting from
school buses stopping at every
driveway and slowing the flow
of cars.
One consideration suggested
would be to enforce the law of
stopping only in the evening
when children are getting` off
the bus. Chief Bob Cook of Sar-
nia felt that children getting on
a bus would .be in no danger
from moving traffic and that
the vehicles should be allowed
to pass in the morning when
the `s.tttdents are going to
school. °
Goderich Chief Pat King is
opposed to the new proposal
and ,.feels that it would only
serve to tie up traffic in urban
areas. He likes the .+•suggestion
of marking school bus stops but
„.is not sure'.that increasing the
distance between them is wise.
Chief King feels that a child
walking a long distance on, a
country. road faces a greater
. danger. than one walking the
same ...distance. in town. He
suggests that motorists travel
faster and are not as aware of •
pedestrians on a country road
as in town.
The school bus law that for-
ces motorists to stop when the
flashers are on was questioned
by some chiefs. They felt that
the system never should have
been started. The result of the
law is that children riding on
buses get a false sense of
security about crossing the
road. When the bus is there for
them, they know that motorists
will he watching for them and
stopping but they forget that
they must watch for motorists
themselves when they cross the
more numerous,
less damage
In its final report for the
1974 forest fire season, the
Canadian Forestry Service
records a total of.7,673 forest
fires in Canada during the
months of April to October in-
'clusive, affecting a total
2,070,000 acres.
For the 1973 fire season, the
correspondirig figures were
7,475 fires and.2,974,000 acres,
During the month of October,
440 fires burned ,over •116,000
acres of forest land, a dramatic
increase over the same month
last year, when 189 fires affec-
ted only 3,000 acres. .
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road' when there is no bus
there.
Chief King•' realizes the
danger in giving children the
false sense of security. He com-
pared the stopped school bus to
a crossing guard. Children who
have a guard watching traffic
for them at the school crossing,
don't worry -about traffic and
tend to forget to watch for cars
when ' they . cross` the roads
themselves.
Changing, the regulations
regarding school buses would
cause more confusion than
benefit according to the
Goderich chief and he would be
more in favour of leaving them
the way they are for this
reason.
Other chiefs -at the district
meeting said that many parents
feel_ that the police should
follow school buses more, and
enforce the law when drivers
as&j a sto m ed
bus.
The demands of the, parents
are very difficult to keep due to
the 'sheer number • of school
crossings, bus stops and
walking4 routes taken .by
children going' to and from
school. Chief King maintains
that school crot ing guards give
a childithe same false sense of
security that bus stops do. He
said that the child reacts the
same crossing the road whether
the guard is there or not.
Other chiefs -complained that
the • parents that d� the com-
plaining are the ones who send
their children to the store alone
and expect them ,to cross the
road without a crossing guard.
They felt that if the parents
shunned their responsibility in
this case, why • should they
worry about the children going
to school alone.
OODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY,4DECEMBER 12, 1974—PAGE 3
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Star of the. Week
Tommy Profit, the Atom League's leading scorer,
SailorS hsepiir..
assisting.
Starting the final period Ron
Bell scored for Sunocos with a.
man advantage, but JclIn Fen-
wick blasted one from the
blueline making it 6.4. Port
Elgin came right back with two
quick goals to. give them 8-4.
lead. Leon- Carrier and Al
Acorn were the marksmen.
Dirk Wolterbeek picked up a
pass from Tom Crawford at
centre ice and skated in all
alone to beat Sunoco's' goal
tender; then at the 18:51 mark
Jim Hayter's stick found the
mark to make the final score 8-
6.
in the game at Clinton on
Sunday evening, after a
scoreless first period Clinton
opened,. the scoring at the 5:38
mark of the second on'a goal by
Scott, Parks. Nineteen seconds
later Dirk Wolterbeek tied the
game for the Sailors first coun-
ter.
Tom Crawford made it 2-1
for the Sailors, Cam McDonald
drawing the assist: Ken Daer
who assisted on Scott's first
goal was in on Scott Parks
second goal to tie the gate at
the 7:56 mark
,Goderich Sailors :were
short on all four goalsClinton
scored in rhe second period.
Other two goal scorers for Clin- 1•14,..„
ton in the second. were Rick
Freml'in and Terry Abraham.
Wane Fisher scored Goderich
Sailors' third goal to open,the
final period, to make it 4-3 for
Clinton. Before the game en-
ded, Rick Fremlin and Terry
Abraham picked up their
second goals of the game and
Mel Huhner got the other goal.
Clinton also led in penalties
On the weekend Port Elgin
Sunoco's, top team in the
.division, scored four goals in
the first and three in the third
periods to give them an 8-6 vic-
tory over the Goderich Sailors.
Then in a game to Clinton Sun-
day evening, Clinton Inter-
mediates, also scored four goals,
blit in the second and three in
the third period for a 7-3 win.
Friday night's game was
delayed for over one-half an
hour as the scheduled referees
didn't show. Russell Pruder
was called to referee and did a
real good job, as he held, the
game under control. Ron
Sowerby also- assisted .him' in
the first period before an of-
ficial from Clinton arrived.
Sailors opened the game with
two quick goals. Wane Fisher
fought for the loose puck,
cleared it to.Jim Farrish and he
just passed it. to Wayne Doak
who ,put it in the open side.
Ther "on a high rising shot by
Wane Fisher. which Bill
Dryden temporarily juggled,
Dirk Wolterbeek bounced it in. -
Port Elgin protested, this goal.
Then just over the one-half
way mark Port Elgin went on
the attack, Al Blair hitting the
* Tommy'scoretl five goals in his team's last two games
to take over the Teaigue's scoring leadership with 20 goals
* and two assists. "'
* The speedy 10 -year-old centre serves as captain of '
* Goderich Electric, and has led his team to first place in
* the league. Tommy feels the team has a chance to go all
* the way to the championship• this season, but will meet
* some stiff competition from the Legion, Auxiliary team.
He's playing in his fourth year of minor hockey, and his
* second season in the Atom division. He's aiming to score *
* between 40 and 50 goals this season after an 18 goal year
• last season.
* Surprisingly, Tommy has no desire to play for the'all-
star team. "I get a lot more chances to score sand play, in
* house league," he said.
* Many of his goals come on breakaways. Sometimes he *
* gets passes for breakaways and other, times, "I just deke
* through the. whole team." 1
His favourite N.H.L: team is the Toronto Maple Leafs,
* and his favourite player is Maple Leaf winger, Inge Ham-
* marstrom..
* When asked if he'd like to play in the N.H.L., Tommy -[
• said, -"I'd like• to try to make it." •*
** **°********'*'**,*.*.******
GDCI basketball
Vikings win three victories
over visiting Seaforth Bears
The GDCI Boy's basketball
teams kicked off their regular
season on Tuesday afternoon
with three resounding victories
over the• visiting Seaforth
teams.
'The inter -collegiate triple
header was a treat for the fans
as their Vikings displayed some
excellent precision passing and
shooting in a strong team effort
that netted them nearly 50
points each in the three games.
-The Senior r-oundballers held
the Seaforth attack down to 28
points while their offensive
•
thrust amounted to,46 points:
Pat Conlon lead ' the GDCI
scoring with 13 points followed
closely hy,teammates"•Jim Watt
and Casey Wildgen who Scored
nine each. Ron Sowerby ac-
counted for six of the GDCI
points, Brian ,Petrie five and
Zeke Weerasooriya four. The
leading scorer for Seaforth was
Jim Nigh with nine points.
The Junior Vikings: had,, a
good percentage of their shots
go in with nine of the
hometown players getting on
the scoresheet. Jeff Baechler
Tim McLean goes up for a layup snoring one of five points
for'hs team on the way to victory over the Seaforth Bears.
The°'Junior basketball team a't; =GDCI won their Season
opener 54-29 over the Bears. (staff -photo)
op e an, corn•r,
screen shot by :Jim McKinnon,
both playing five aside. Blair
then got his. 'second goal to
make it 3.2 and before the
period ended on a two-man
break -a -way Garry Grant let
one fly from 30 feet out.
In the second period each
team picked up a goal, Rob"
Kellestine replaced Rick Toth
in the nets for the Sailors. Also
in the period Goderich had a
goal disallowed by Port Elgin.
Catching •Goderich defence
up 'ice, Jim McKinnon scored — :35 minutes.
hiG second goal of the -game, Future games are: Milverton,
and on a power play .Jim .December 13th; Fergus, Decem-
Farrish made it 5-3,- Wayne _her 15th, and Seaforth, Decem-
Doak and Ron, Corriveau ber 20th.
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led' the Junior attack with 13 _
points, just ahead of Greg
Beacom wlioo had 12. lain Lam r
•bert and Jon Barz scored eight
points each and Tim McLean
accounted for five Viking
points. Tirri• Dohert, •Bill,„
,,Iii
Gauley, Bernie Van( and
Dennis LeBlanc rounded out
the effort with a• basket each.
The GDCI ,Midget Boy's
completely stifled the..Seaforth
attack" allowing only nine
points while they erupted for 49
to coast to victory.
The leading Viking scorer in
the midget encounter was Mark
Hovey with 12 points, Pave, •
MacKenzie played a key part in
the victory netting 10. points
followed closely by • Perfy
Teichert • and Ian Chisholm
with six each. Tony ' Widden
and Tom Doherty were good •
for four points each and Dan
Willis, Don Bogie and Earl,
Raeburn had a pair each to'
round` out the scoring.
Photos by
Jeff Seddon
Tim Doherty strains to get this shot off against•a pressing
• Seaforth defender in the Junior Boy's. Basketball game at
, GDCI on .Tuesday, The Junior Vikings won .54-29. (staff-.
photo) '
Bill Walters reaches high for a pa4s from one of his teammates in Tuesday's Junior Boy's
basketball game against Seaforth. The GDCI team won their home .openers, the .seniors wiriy.
sing 46-26, the juniors 54-29 and the midgets 49-9. (staff -photo)'"
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