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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-03-06, Page 2�om' r.`` . ° ,~/ ~ .°. �~= ^ PAdE '^ ' ' AY, MARCH 6, 1975 ~ . .. Keep Stindays' l�������-�' ��� � "���� ��� ~ ` ~ There were very definitely two factions ,represented at last week's Recreation •and Community Centre Board meeting when the question of Sunday morning .hockey for youngsters was aired. Two sides are vital' if all aspects of a controversial subject are .totime begivehequa| tieand fvvo sides 'i,6.4 rec|early'evident in, the discussion by board members. With minor hockey almost atan end for this y.ear, it is probably a good time to think seriously about all aspects of the matter of Sunday morning prac- tices and games fpr young hockey hopefuls. When scheduling of ice time begins fall, some real and con- cerned ' effort` should be given fo keeping Sunday morning free of minor hockey activity at the arena. There are, of course, many parents who sincerely beIive that for a couple of hours on Sunday morning, their budding fqrvverda and defencemen should acknowledge the Creator who gives them thern the strength and skill to enjoy the sport inthe first place. Surely the priorities of the&e.persono cannot be sold short; tho\r.deY9tion to their AAA . faith must be rmsnert*H and en- couraged. But even for people whose Sunday mornings are npt so geared to regular worship, it is often the only day in the week when families get a rest from the rigorous timetable most find them- selves keeping six days', a week. Monday through Friday moms and dads are .up getting children off to school and themselves off to work. On Saturday, especially where minor hockey enthusiasts are concerned, early rising is. again necessary to get one, tvvO or more boys down to the arena for hockey. Should not Sunday rnorning at least be restful? Certainly ice time is 'at a premium and rc board, arena and minor hockey officials do• everything possible to assure satisfaction .for all would-be ,users.- Somehow though, Sunday morning should remain unscheduled ex„copt for those adults vvho'by choice opt tngpt up with the birds on Sunday to go to the rink for game of hockey or whatever else it May be. Wherever possible, minor hockey players and their parehts and coaches should have these few hours off this one time in the week. ` ---' - --------'---'—'-r-- Let's start seiling hot dogs aga ���lN�'�.��'J�J�J� . ' The prophets of o|nom and doom e'specia||y in the news media, have.' been having a hey -day during the past several weeks. There is no -doubt that ' ternporary or affected, but th— - ' to" --�� gr a situationt Dver-reaction -to, tile which. exists, SO much so there' is, the' danger` that expressed fears on a general level, could become self-fulfilling. A story which 'has been lying dor- mant for some time is be,revived and quofed in Many areas:.. It remainst most �an was n�rra| dtedin sorne<vhat different., form scinne time ago .by H. Gordon Green on the CBC "Radio Noon'Progrlm. He talked, of hamburgers and stores which had expanded t ' five different towns in- --stead of one hot dog stand at theside of n-~steedofonehotdogstandattheaideof the road but in essence it is the same. ~ A'man lived by the -side of the road and 'ao��-hot`dogs:'He vuas:...barB-ot_ hearing so he had no' eadio. He had trouble with his eyes so .he read no newspapers. But he sold g�od hot dogs. .*He put up a sign on the highway ' -telling how good good they were. He stood by the side of the road and'crid: "Buy a hot dog, .Mister"And people bought. He indeased his meat and roll or- der. He bought a bigger store to take care of his trade. Heigof his son home 'from college to help. � But then something happened... . • His son said, '''Father, hav" 't you been listening, to the radio? If Mone~ stays "tight" we are bound to have bad business. There may bp a big d'epression coming on. You had better prepare for boor 1rado." .The father thought, "Well,. my son has been to college, he reads the ° _____~~ novvsp'apers and listens to the*radio, and he ought to knovv." ^ So the fatherlcut down the meat and roll orders. Took down his advertising sig1s. And no Eonger bothered to stand dn the highway seUing hot dogs. And his hot dog sales fell almost overnight. "Ymu'i-e right, snn" the father said, -- "We are cer,:tainly headed —tor a depression` It won't do good to emulate this rnan but, while waiting for governmen't' leaders to°esfab|ish control 'over the ,situation by action and good example we should continue to s.tand by the side ofthe. road and cry Out `'1ouyehot dog mister!" ' (From Ontario Motor Leag,ue News) � �m��'�� ^-�N|�� �k���� lN ]�� n��u '�b��.J��v��g tota1' ° r ~ .--�"^- 7�#.... �� ••:„, 4„.x. ~_ -- ASK SHOIIT*1 litItt IF YOE OM ElEft LET WOW WITIV.YoUk STIFF trItt " MINT) T���� 3\w�[����T\���TTp . - .-. .—. ''-. -.�� .. -' DEAR . 0@ O| A HR wN Bureau Chief in Huron who resided in Goderich was the author of a' story' whicfi apc- poured in last Saturday's, edition of the. London Free Press. Don Murray,a Congenial " and talented nav orau who gained an en-, tirely favorable reputation in Huron County. wrote an article entitled "Huron resists. change because it works just as it is". ' Thomas district but.after two years of living in Goderich, Don's heart much of the time is The number of mah-hours lost in' Canada through strikes and 1nckoufo` continues to run at extraordinarily high levels, reports The Financial Post in its page of Labor Notes. ' Figures recently released by the federal Department of Labor for Oc- tober show 752,800 man -days -were lost in that month vs 790,790 man -days in S'eptember, and 494140 man -days in Ocfbber, 1973. That brings the total man -days lost in. the fitit ten rqonthsof 1974 to a grand total of 8,851,380 --well ahead of 1973^a record total for the whole year of '5,705,090 man -days. �-' Canadil,.and Huron County. Though certainty not the• kind of fellow who. would. remain in Huron for the rest of his natural life 'come what may, Don does indeed love this part of the province. 'And his feeling for Huron COuniy and its people showed through in his sensitive, sensible Don probably first met Dr. Ted Hadwen when l did - at a countY' Council meeting severalyears ago. ,Dr. Hadwen 1:?f theUniversity of Guelph, has beenheading up a study of HuronCounty add its people, and hasgiven some substance to a truththat Huron County residents'haVe known all along thatcitizens of Huron are a strangeand 'Wonderful breed Who are asdependable as lheggoo,d earthunder their feet. h -Dr. Hadwen's findings formed the basis•for the article. Itis "Must" reading for anyHuron County citizen who takespride in his or her home base. ff+ Writes Don: 'When regional government first its head, Huron County didn't fight back hysterically with loud cries of "foul" or snowstorms Of petitions. They just aren't like that, sayg Dr. Hadwen whose studies are condensed . under' grants from his ,,university'and the ministries of agriculture and food, education . andh' treasury." • "Instead, they set out; using the political system, to prove to the province that Huron County runs very well - by itself," continues Don. 9 How„true. At ,meeting of Huron County Council; council members are reminded time and time again that Huron County cbodf-boot.It doesn't need some hired government servant to tell it what it needs, how it should spend its , money, where it should beheaded. It's probably this in- dependent trait which has earned Huron County the name of being one of the 'most ~~ ngroon\vo and far-sighted counties inthe prnvinoo. - Not uhqt� Buron' County residents believe this. They seem to take the attitude that accomplishing what onumfy council officials have ib recent years is only natural, m01t- preservation and good sound common sense. There's nothing particularly progressive or far- sighted about it at all'! ' It is probably this same in- dependent tnuit,whioh triggers such a sour reaction when the }lura County Board of �tr�»t^w0v ���� SIGNA-U `_'K_��8��--��V U �~u��~� . ,-0 — The County Town Newspaper of Huron —0- 7 Founded r dvertising •rates on request, Subscriptions payable In advance $10.00 In Canada, 811.50 in all coun- tries other than capadi, single copies 25 Cents, Second class mall Registration Number 07111 -Adver- tising is• accepted on the condition tnet,, in thh event df typograpnici error, the advertising space oc- cupied by the erroneous' item, together with reasonable allowance fOr signature, will not be charged for but the balante Of 'the advertisement will be peld for at the applicable rate. In the event of a typographical soot advertising goOds or servibes .et a wrong price, goods or serviae may not be sold. Advertising la merely an offer tdi sell, and maybe withdrawn at any time The Signal -Star Is not respon- sible for the loes or demage 01 unsolicited manuscripts or photos. • Business Editorial Office TELEPHONE 524-0331 Ares code 519 Mailing Address: - P.O. Second clmsmregmm,atmrinuinmor-1vm ~Puwmhod by Signal.Std Publisliing Ltd. ROBERT G. SwR|E;—nremdwntmnd publisher SHIRLEY J. KELLER—editor , JEFF |sta* `DAVE SYKsS—editorialotaYv EDWARD J.BYmGn|—amvertminw manager DAVE R. WILLIAMS—advertising representative • ., , `- ` ^ A ° ^• • UIIO coilyersation. \y feel smothered bythe provincial ministry of education which brought this n'ionster down upon u. In the matter of sthools, we do not, have the final word...mr rnuch say at all. ' A case in point |ethis week's report from the Huron County Board of Education meeting in which a committee was ap- :pointed to apprqach the ministry Concerning grants' for capital expenditures in Huron. Director of Education J.D. sur- .,is«dthat �on,n»neya4all hall 'boon'uUocatod to Huron for capital 8eobid, the only course of action was to appeal the .decision •to the education minister, adding that while the region- received its proportion of 'proNincial funding, un- fortunately all needs or requirements can't met.' "You'll U get a good. argument on schools (creation Hadwen *was quoted as saying in Don's article about 1-luron. "They haven't changed their mindsThe .same. half of the same haif is still against,.it." 0, According to Dr. Hadwen, the opponents were against it because it would destroy -local institutions'. The others, he said, recognized the loss and / were not happy about it, _bat they supported it because theyfelt it would rn,ean a higher uniform standard o~~~ca~^ The fact remains, however, that few people are, happy with the board of education setup and news such as the board reoohod^bmtmwoek won't help heal the wounda.~ +ff Speaking of the board of education, a column in -last week's Eketer Times -Advocate written by editor Bill Batten took the board to task for doubling trustees' salaries. Entitled Will Employees Follow Suit, the Column had this to say: "It, would be interesting to know how many merribers of the Huron jBoard of Education voiced- 'opposition to the proposed 50 percent pay hikes for MPs., "No doubt some of thoge DEARf.D!TO.R Shocked . uwoV�K^xx�"x reaction Dear Councillors, ' l was amazed to read that council had voted to give the Friday night on Labor Day weekend to the ball league rather than to thehorseraces. 1 cannot understand how there can be enough justification put forth to convince poupLo to take these- facilities away from a buohmaao, which the horse racing is, and to givothoh` to a ,group Whose aims appear to be to raise funds so that they may indulge in their own sport at less perspnai expense. During 1974- the race meet's expenses averaged over $7,30O4 per race night. half of this was paid in purses te the winning' horses while the second• largest expense 'was wages, which came to over $1,000 pee nighL Most of these wages went to the. people of thiS town who worked in the mutuel area, barmarea or on the track. Another $1,000 per night went to pachine rentals and programme printing. Both of these were provided in Clinton leepin-g even more money in our Wfl area. Any profits *we have made over the years have gohe right hook into the facilities. The mnyt recent. improvements were made on the front, and rear of the grandstands,heiPing not only the races but others who use the stands as well. We have had excellent co-operatiein from the town even' to the ex- tent that we have, On a number. •Of'occasions nnrrnw'u funds from the town to make im nrovomonts.aUoYthese �uom' except 'thecurrentuuewhicbie being retired, have been repaid. We have also tried to co-operate with the bleague by having the track roped off during their tournament -weekend and only using the portion' which will not interfere with them. ' ` ` I question the accuracy 'of the quotation of a statement attributed to Mr... Crawford Saying thatme could move our racing pne week ahead or back. Our dates are applied for in, December to The Canadian Trotting Association and are allotted early in the new year. 'Changing dates would be a -coMplicated procedure, if posgible at all. Even if The change, it would spell financial disaster; as to race in June we would have to compete with London, which is impossible, and froM past experience we know there is a good chance of losing money racing later in September. The Labour Day Fmay is one of oar big nights and Ive neeN it to Make our business usuccess: ~ ' Councillors, I respectfully request that you again give this matter some very serious consideration, I arn•-• sure our Knbncio\ statement can be made ve|\ab\a for your per o substantiate any urool have quoted. We ifl the . racing asgociation regret the inconvenience cauSed to the ball league. However We feel that we- are quite justified in requesting the use of these far. il it i (continuedunpage3) ' ° [OOKING BAIK fir 75 YEARS AGO The Nest Street rink wa crowded to its capacity a Wednesday evening with enthusiastic audience to wit ness .the game between thi home team and the champion from Stratford. The „Stratfori team was highly praised by tiv western newspapers after the: captured victories in ^"`"^= and London. The home tow] boys were not afraid 'of dhi enemy however and from tilt time the puck was dropped the: played with such energy tha the Stratford lads could no keep up.,At the end of the first half the scoi.e stood at 4-2 fot Goderich and the Stratfore team was determined to win'ir the second. The players foi both tearns shouldered eacl other and wielded their stick: in a fashion never before witnessed in the Goderich rink The rough play was to no ad vantage as the ocorereniuinmu ▪ the sane until the end of the game the Goderich team, winning by c1evr attack, gooc defence and excellent goalkeeping. The Signal' received a letter fromone of the western provihcesof the Dominion last week from a lady who waits patiently for her edition of the Goderich newspaper every week. The woman traded � subscription of another paper for the Signal and although at first she Was worried that she had got the worse end of the. .dco\ she |a'now more than happy with the trade.Shewrote the letter enclosing her two dollars for another.- year's voted themselves a 100 percent pay,:hike were of the opinion that members of parliament ex- travagant gigantic pay increa'ses. • "That being the case, '`~ 'points up once againtha most people are anxioug to get what they can, while on the other hand often think that the other fellow is i too much. "It also lends further suppor to the argument that one should not place too much emphasis on 'quoting such statistics in percentages. "'Me difference between the two groups cuelected officials is a good example. The board members received a 100 per- cent ,boost, but that still -only gave them $150 more per month. "On hand, MPs are talking in figures that average around $2,000 per month and the 50 percent hike boosts them $1,000 month. -Tnereo a sizeable _ ,`However, it is difficult to comprehend how any person call justify doubling his salary in one‘single jump. "As employers, have board members not placed them= selves in a precarious position when they come to settle salaries' for then -employees? "What argument is open to.the board to .suggest their, employees should be satisfied with 10 or 2.0 or even 30 percent pay increases When those same board members have just voted to give themselves an increase of 100 percent? 'No doubt all employees of the board great many peopfe) 'are sitting back iauding the board for their new image of generosity, while the beleagured fmpayer is com- pletely dioayed~by the decision. • "In Cu|rneys, it should be noted that six members voted against the approved increase, including two representatives from this area, Harry Hayter and King McDonald. "Similar to the ,MPs, some board members may feel the increase d justified on the grounds that they have not changed their saiaris for some 'time. "This is not a substantial argument for anyone who has the power to change his own salary. . ' "It merely shows a lack of foresight part and doed notJuStify making up for that lack in one giant increase. "It is also somewhat distasteful coming two months after members huVn been elected tnutwo-year term. "Too often decisions of this nature are never mentioned ' prior to seeking support from the electors and it may be worthy -u[ some consideration that public Officials should be 'required to set their stipends for the coming term before elections. "Wonder how many of the board members ',would havo (continued on~age 3) ' -~ G0YEARS AGO The Star Picture Pa•lacn is about to be re -opened under Thomas is this week installing one of the most 'up 'to date moving picture machines on 'de market and making other repairs and improvements. Arrangements have been inade with a reputable film company and the opening night will be announced shortly. The Signal has great pleastu-e in passing on a donation to the Canadian Patriotic Fund from an anonymous reading Detroit.oThe person lives in th„,,e American city in the winter bt?t frequents 'Goderich. during the summer months. The person -described himself as' an American citizen obliged to act under the feeling of neutralization held inthehe«ot. A severe accident on the Square last week has forced two menoff their jobs for a week's duration. �The mnon.both working in their capacity as delivery .agents for firms in tow�;'' were in separate coliisionsat the same time and practically in the same place. One of the men was delivering ,hardware goods 'on a sleigh when thevehdbeganslide on the ice out of controi. The driver was -thrown of the sleigh and struck a 'poa severely hruising his shoulder. At the same time a large box fell off the sleigh scaring a team passing in thh opposite diruction. The team bolted and the sleighturned over throwing the driver ciear When thernan landed he struck his head on some ice and had to -have the cutsdtched. sYEARS AGO' , The first Goderich winter carnival sponsored by the Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Board was an outstanding success ac- cording to board chairman Councillor Pau) Carroll. The even ,was hold over the past weekend with special events backed by the Winter Carnival committee yrOno GDCI.and snowmobile races Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. A Goderich lumber company has offered to.give the town a Swiss Chalet style cottage for use as a tourist information booth town 'cuunoil learned recently, For tbe' past two years the town has been uiu a rented |uB trailer. H.B., Such of the Goderich Tourist Committee told council Goder|cif Manufacturing' had Offered to donate the building and added that the move was an indication that local businesses ,,and \nduStry were interested in promoting the town. The GDCI Junior and Snior Girls' basketball teams Won their games Over Milverton here. iast week.The junior team demolished' Milverton 39-7 for their' ninth straight victory of the season. The. Senior girlsgave up a few more points thanthe juniors winning 30-13, fortheir sixth win as compared topth.lraeceelosses. The girls noVi. faceStratford for the division 'first • ° »