The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-01-23, Page 2•
PAG 2-.-GODERIt I SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23-,. 1975
EDiTORIAL CQMMNT
Need strongcommittee
A suggestion that the Hbron County
Board ' of Education and the Huron
County Board of Health get together to
form a School Health Co-ordihating
Committee is a*good One. Inti addition to
. providing some' r al benefits for_ the
youth of 'this counttY'i should help to
alleviate some,: •of ---the misun-
derstanding which seems to crop up
frbrn tirne to time on issues involving
both, the board ofeducation and the
board of health.
''At this week's meeting of the Huron
County Board of Education, for in-
stance, trust Mrs: Mollie Kunder
from. Seaforth ex -pressed dismay that
board members are sometimes the last
people to know.ot services Offered by
the Huron County Health, Unit in the
schools.
°Youth Clinics jn_some of the high'
schools were a point in question. Mrs.
Kunder says she did not know until just
`'recently that such clinics exivsted in
some schools. In. fact, she found„ -out
about - them bpi accident. during' a
"Tscsron w_s. "other
members. She says she, resents being -
the last,tb know about such rvices in
• the scherols and feel's that `such. im
portant programs should be reviewed
by board :of health personnel , with
board of education trustees before they
are ever instituted. She says she can,
on occasion, appear stupid and unin-
'formed to voters who may -ask
reasonable questions and she does
not appreciate it.
Mrs. Kunder. _has -a valid complaint,
but not all of the fault can be ;aid on the
board of health_.Although it is true that
the board of ',health should ' feel a
responsibility. ;to keep , school board
members informed about all aspects of
their •-progr_arns in the county schools,
some.'respbnsibilityt:must- surely rest
With "`those school.' board . trustees or
A other : officials who are informed to
present reg-ular and .complete reports
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of all .new programs • health or .
otherwise within the schools.
When this suggestion was, made to
Mrs., Kunder, she.. replied that it was.
probaaly one of :those things that other •
school off thought everybody
knew about. She "insi`sted that the bulk
of the responsibility lay with the board
of health or other Huron County 1-ealth
Unit personnel. Had a School Health
Co ordinating Committee existed, such,
problems would.never reach the press
-or the public, Mrs. Kunder went on to
say. (Incidentally, that opens another
avenue of thought which will not be
explored in this editorials.)
Although initial reports from
Monday's meeting of the board seemed
to indicate that Mrs: Kunder was o'p-
posed to the Youth Clinics in the
schools, in fact .nothing could be fur-
ther from the truth. Mrs. Kunder
knows as well, as' rust people know,
that high school 'students these days,
often require good sound information"
about pre -marital 'sex, how to avoid '
pregnancy, what to do to prevent
°-disease _anti a host of otherhealth
related problems. -She even went.so far -
" "'hs to say that a Youth Clinic had been
set up 'in her local high school in
„ Seaforth, and discontinued before she
.knew---'i-t had ever been there.. Had she
known about it, she probably would
have fought to have theclinic -remain
open, for according to Mrs. Kunder,
some counselling service for'teenagerrs
'"in her 'area• is needed. .
It is the usual case -of lack, of, com=
municati,on and co-operation. There is
little doubt, that a Scholl Health , Co-
ordinating Committee is vital and
board of health" officials as well and
school board members should make
every effort 'to come 'to' a quick and.
amicable decision about the establish-
trent'of such a c'bmmittee:,
Every :day!, of delay means just a
little less benefit to the youth of this
county ... and that's what is saddest of
all.
Snowmobile studies sorte'
- b Theweatherman ,has been kinder
this winter than in recent .been
to the
snowmobiler.s of the district. �In
Gaderich-,-or instance, a fresh coating
of snow last weekend brought out the
snowrriobilers in force fora weekend of
fun and front.
The news reports on Monday , rnor
ming gave teatimony,.to, the fact that_ - nowmobiling requires the. f-ulltime
attention and common sense of the
snowmooiler. Several snowmobilers
died during the past weekend bringing
1.heartache and agony to many families.
The Ontario Safety ; eague has been
• ,studying_, why so ' '; y in j-uries .and
death occur 'where snowmobiles are
concerned. It has been discovered that
about 74, percent of all snowmobile
,, accidents in Ontario r, happen after
'dark. Snow'mobilers travelling• in
unfamiliar areas at unsafe~' speeds
• invite injury and death, the OSL warns.
The standing position on a
snowmobile is an unsafe position, the
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research Frequently, the sta,ndi•ng
driver is thrown forward into hie
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Dear Editor, -
Re: Morals by Hindmarsh,
One of the greatest im.
moral crimes' -committed is
u - ,the interference of men int(
somebody else's life and wad
of life be it iri thought, wore
or action,
If you', Mr. 1-lindmarsh
have never swatted a fly
'stepped..., on 'a worm
destroyed a nest with your y
'plow, sprayed pesticide or,
chemical fertilizer, never
wore leather shoes or used a,
leather belt or wallet, or
enslaved animals like horse$
for instance in leather
harnesses to pull your sleigh
around1!11 listen to you!.. .
At w, at age does it
•become i°mnIoral to hunt? O'r
'-should''" I ask what o Socia .`
Status does one have tc,
achieve to he acceptable tc '
he one of the 2 percent to be
considered hunters?
What, please tell me, is
professional? Is that the mer
who kill screaming anc
frantic animals with- the riftU
in our Abattoir? Has dyin€
ever been easy?
As to Mr. Davis anc
Friends of Animals': While
there are Canadian men out
on that ice trying to carve .
:out:;~" tricager •livi.ng. rather
Dear Readers, . program to. elim.inate . The •latest 'figures show
Every week, the editor of ,mercury -discharges. that non -,smokers outnumber
a weekly newspaper receives Permission'. to bury the smokers in Canada; 53
• a desk full of news releases meroar.y is condi•taonal, upon~ percent of the . population 15
from every conceivable , the company ft:Wlfilling the years, of age, and overcomes
organization and. group. The Ministry'sinstruction for its not smoke ar• all, and .6.5,
average, day's mail firings safe, disposal and' Ministry percent , of the population
information a h o u t staff will make frequent and over 15 •-does " not smoke
everything' from a holiday in regular. inspections to ensure cigarettes -regularly '' that
Calcuttato the sex life of the that the disposal operations is, eyery day. .
North Am"aerican squirrel..' . are carried out properly and More women. are smoking
„As any editor goes through safely.
'than ever before with more
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'I'. he. two plants were . merr'giving up the habit.' '
the pile bf niail -redeived
demolished after a 197D Statistics indicate that
• each day,, there are always w
some hits'of information that Envjyonm'ent Ontario control ' those who do smoke,
order was -'issued to six however, appear to be
are ',saved from 3 ediate,
dispoal in, thetebasket plants in Ontario using the smoking more cigarettes per' _mercury I 11 ' `'',rocess to ,,' day. There has been a, rise in
and filed forIo''ierusal, e
Today's column will deal'' produce chlorine and sodium ' the percentage of smokers,
with, some .of the gems, of hydroxide: vj
a,ng from 11 to '.25
don 'that have . been + + + ' cigarettes a day, and a
wisdom
glrned from,�the mail in'this One news release ;last. decrease in the percentage
office.. for the last couple of. caught my eye. It dealt of 'ones-srnoking from 1 to 10
weeks'' n ' with • a longtime phobia of cigarettes a day. The change
+ + + mine my reluctance to of the percentage •of heavy
m take patent medicines or any smokers (more thanq5 a.
To begin,. the Federation of p'
Ontario Naturalists ,has kind of r non-prescription day) was negligible.
launched, a `"'write in cam- ''
• drugs for any kind of The news release, has this
paigp tt Premi William - ailment. °''' """ gloomy .`forecast; ``The •in
er
• According to this • news . crease of the number of
release, in 1972 Canadians cigarettes smoked every day
`bought` enough ASA (the by regular 'smokers .and the
most -;common ingredient in fact• that few smokers are
hed'dache, ta-blets) to supply able to stay` in the category,
each man, ,woman and child of occasional ,,smokers ..in -
with 125 tablets. Cold and dicate the strong dependency
cough remedies, laxatives produced by nicotine."
and vitamins are other big +, + +
sellers. Seat baits are back in
The release ,stated,. "Most ne!14,cs again. It seems the
people- don't realize' that .provincial Agovernmonti has
some of these drugs Carl' he • decided not to make the
mentally or physleally habit- wearing of seat belts; corn -
forming' — and that they pulsoiy because of;,tb ick
may, react violently when of citizen support and en -
taken with other, pills or ' forcement problem's,;, but
alcohol."pthey have launched` an
ASA, a.s •.. an example, education program aimed at
-`irritates the lining of the • convincing motorists;tb wear.
b' I iBut wording to the ° stomach and should never he seat belts -for their own
refused to ensure the p P Wim includes , a
dependable frozen waters. Or, along „public's ability to buy Over -use of analYgesics for ,film plus broadcast material
roadways• arid highways or' through a long period may produce for mass distribution;
returnahles• arr•d they feel so
municipal streets. Mainly, they will do• 'strongly about the matter ..kidney damage and blood
most of .their pleasure snowmobrl ing they are urging all their d i s o r,'d e r s . ,. ' Some.
with a 'sfhowr__b:Ie club• ---,---_- to ra., nrenaratio,ns contain a
members to write' to
Davis", demanding an. end_
to 'one-way beverage con-
handl•bar when a snowmobile strikes ta$ne'rs: This is in response
a rut, a hidden rock or snow-covered to Environment Minister
fallen tree trtn . The sitting. position William Newman's
on a snowmobile is the safest way • to statements that ,he will not
take action to end the use of
go, says l e 03`L: '' non -returnable he tt1es and
Snowmobilers and ,their passengers
containers. '�
often attempt to steady a tipping The ....
,committee of
�' machine by putting out a foot. naturalists had suggested
p rete retailers_be required to
Num es result.rThe best wla. to avoid, stockret et rnables in the
injure y
painful discomfort or hospitalization is same ,sizes_ and ! r.ands as
to learn body shifting techniques and non-returnables. This idea
speed 'control to maintain balance,' was rejected by the Minister
according to the OSL. _„ .. w, • , ,• make the" deposit on
Snowmobile trails provide. the safest returnables mandatory .and
and 'most- rewarding snowmobil•ing . to boost it tq five cents.
- although • he . did agree'to
t
experiences. • Wlse snowmobile e w .
operators will not skit -over un- naturalists, the Minister- has taken for stomach pain or by: protection.
' < eo le with. ulcers. The progr
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A snow machine seems 'easy •to Davis to _express their narcotic and may produce
operatefid d I f concerns physical dependency.
_ �. _ s o m etJi i n d'o'ne.:.. _ a bzs . t' vie ,_
part of the driver. Keep sober, keep gmovements and may -lead' to
irresponsible people who tos3
sensible, keep 'safe. kinds of bottles even chronic , constipation, Con-
an returnable ones — all over _ tinued use of mineral off,,
the streets .and roads: While . laxatives May stop the body
but n requires' a go
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used 'dill can
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Laxatives,,
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DAVE R.'WILLIAMS advertising refiresehtative
jt i' true that the intact from absorbing .essential
returnable bottles on the vitamins.
roadsides are picked up, and
sold by enterprising citizens,
the 'non-r'eturnahles
remaining to litter and
• collect, it is high time an
intense program' to "catch
and punish, the ' litterbugs"
was begun in this province,
Speaking of cleanups, the
Ontari .'Minis/ry .of, the
•Environmet,;;lras issued a
certificate of aiithorization.to
Dow Chemical of Canada
L$td., allowing the company
to bury safely, the last traces �• ' 4•
+ ,�
of mercury from two 5arti1a The National Health and
plants.. Welfare Department', have
• The m.ercurj' is contained figures which show' thpt the
in rubble ,er>ta eating from srnok'iLtg habits of Canadians
kali plants in
riot changing drastically
the two chlor -al •
° the Sarnia complex which despite all the anti-smoking
Y ,�, thermal,
were shut down to comply
- with a . Ministry, chntrol.',
.N •f
'Vitamin pills that contain
much more than the daily
recommended dose' of
vitamins• in each pill can he
a. waste' of money'. ,Mont°
extra vita'mtns that 'are not
needed by the body are
eliminated.
In every case, prolonged
discomfort should he
reported to your doctor.- Let
hir"n ~decide. And -by the way,
nothing co tributes" to gor'rd
health 1ik'S a proper diet,
exercise' and adequate rest,
than go' on Welfare (under
conditions that .even the
Humane Society 'Peop•l(
printed material and, ,prefer to sit out with their
folders; the strategic placing families in cosy homes)..
of symbolic signs intended to would have to he one of the'
remind all motorists to most ruthlessWmernhers' of
buckle ,up; a community • society to donate just'
program' organized - by penny to that 'powerfu'
Ministry of 'Transportation helicopter Mr: Day.is it
and Communications per- dreaming, of ' before the
sonnel . for" local' use; an, social hardship of the
elementary schoak program Newfoundland Whalers has
package • and evaluation and been eradicated,'
surveys to rneasure`resufts. • ';' ' • Yours truly,
• Mr. Manfred tiieroll
. The Ministry .is using the. '
positive approach, 'and that " Bean busines�s -.
is always good: They list • `
seven Teaser's for "buckling Dear Editor,
up" including': , -- In a report by the. Londe!'
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Seat belts reduce °the ree' Press ,on January 16 o: • chances of •iniury and death Farmers,' . Week ir
by 50'percent; __,;; Ridgetown, Mr. Broadwell o:
2. Most injuries and deaths, 'the. Ontario Bean Producer!
result fromo
moderate'speecK Marketing Board , reportec
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accidents ,which occur closer challenge o
to the home; •• � •.n the great
selling Ontario's -bean crol
-�, „.
3. Many people think they this year— The situation i;
can protect themselves in a.complicated 'by _ Ethiopiar
collision but even in 'a low beans on the world . tri'arke'
.,speed crash, ail, •unbelted at lower prices and m -•ort
' person has thousands of beans from Romania anc
pounds of: force working ,Chile".
against hi'm; Ethiopian beans were ir
9..In a �-col"lision, unbelted the news in November wher
occupants ' of a... -car . can an article in an Australiar
seriously injure other newspaper reported that LJ,
passengers by striking them J. Heinz' Co. in Australia hac
or crushing them against the • imported beahs from
car's interior; m Ethiopia., even though
5. Fi.re and submersion in starvation was" rampant in
water are rare in accidents, . • that country.
but even in such ases, seat, National Farmers Union
belts are an advantage President, Roy Atkinson,
because• they help. you to referred to this irony as
an -
remain conscious and. thus example of. the manner in '• -
b get free of the car; which , =multi national -.tor-
e. Seat belts keep the porations exercise.,economie
driver behind the wheel and ,control oyer developing
in control of the car;
.. ., . He vias speaking •.
7'. Properly adjusted seat at the N +F,U. Convention in
belts protect the. lives of, Decemhe>:.
pregnant women. The -comments received,
' coverage
Think about it. You may nationwide news
and provoked a letter, from
decide itis Netter to buckle M'r,' A. `Forsyth, President o1 "
H. 'J. Heinz Co., of Canada
Ltd. which stated as follows:
"During the recent N.F.U.
Convention in Winnipeg' you
were reported to have made
• P 'reference to the H. J. Heinz
Co. shipping , beans from
- lith-io'pi. ..to'Aus'trYal.ia-,.._at- a-- r _.-
tim"•e when residents of
Ethiopia and '•many other
emerging, nations are facing
• starvation.
"First of gall, Ethiopia has
''been producing 'Haricot
Beans (a variety with
limited use , in 'North
AmeriCa) for over,' twelve
years, and according to their
government statistics. this is
their nation'stiggest foreign
exchange earner. Failure to
export their"bean 'crop would
mean loss of. ° work for
thousands of people.
have withheld ' beans.,
from' the export marker and
.divert them to' -famine relief •
would be of less value to
Ethiopia., Their government
does not have the mohey .to
• pay farmers, who' depend on-
export sales for•cash.
p Instead, Ethiopians .are able
to use.,tlaeir export earnings
to ' import low cost food,
more acceptable . to the •
country.
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Mrs. F.H. Hewson; orNiagara-on-the-Lake, •has sent
:in almost complete identification of the persons in a,
Goderich Collegiate group_ photo reproduce -in the
Signal -Star Deceml� �r 12. The photo was loaned to the
Signal-Star by MFs.'J.L. Sieber,-Gode"rich.r-` '
Mrs. Hewson, a daughter of the late Principal H.I.
Strang, writes: "This class Photo was taken soon after
Mr. Field's arrival 'to take charge of ,the moderns
'department at G.C.I. He succeeded Miss, Charles! The
date would-be 1902 or 1903, With exception of those I
have nt`rmhered one, five.arrd• six, I aryl, sure Wall -the
'hafnes. ., • -
' Top royal, from left: Ed. Passnore; Grant Cooper,,
lower school, later Toronto 'schools and then
upper school at, Upper, Canada College; B.D. .Grant,
•science master; ; Miss ;Kate • McLellan, commercial
-department; W.J. Ir"vin.e.q.(or possiblyErvine);' W.J.
Mair: Bill fridges; Mauger; Naftel '''(pronounced
Major). ,
Second, row: Howard Snell ("Cap") athletic leader;1 •
11,1, ajrarig, Principatf Wesley,Etwards;'May Dunlop;
Ethel Rhys: 'Olive May •Buchanan.; weenie -
Robert„5neon; A.J. Moore, B.A.; rrlathematics head; Mary
Vesta Watson; Elise Tyei J.M., Field,'#.A.;
►i1'fgierns head; Clara- Buchanan; Stella Gregory.
In front, from left:' Hattie Buchanan; Stell,atregory
1'n 'nff°ont, H:attie4Dc;'wning; George Webster; Cressie
I tliott : Gv, en Colborne. - r
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