The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-04-24, Page 2Dear Editor,
I believe that the vast
majority of us, as Canadians,
are now, or will quickly
become, 'members of the
CONSERVATION • party of
Ontario, and Canada .... In a
recent speech, our Prime
Minister the Honourable P.E.
Trudeau, indicated that he
feared that Canadians, by and
large, distrusted Government 31
i.e. the promises made by
political Members, ,and
Leaders.
Have we not cause .'for
doubting the proniiises of
Government?
Nearly three year9 ago, in
June 1972, the Government,
through the Transport Com-
mittee of the House of Com-
mons, made a promise to the
residents of Southwestern
Ontario. After an extensive and
1s nsive, set of hearings on
ail Passenger Service in our
area', the Committee recom-
mended full restoration of ALL
RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE,,
eliminated in November, 1970
....,From this, to date, we have a
big fat zero.
So if YOU wish to conserve
dwindling energy reserves,
save money on travel, save
COUNTY monies spent on road
renewal extension, . save
people from traffic deaths, and
also preserve the ecology - it's.
simple.
Help the Prime'Minister'and
the Federal 'Government
restore the faith of the average
Canadian in Government and
its promises. Let them i
plement at once the re
mendation of the Stan ing
Committee on Transport, of
June 1972. Or, even let.them use
the same speed in this matter,
as is being employed in raising
the salaries of ,M:P.'s, Take a
few minutes of your time and
•write to the Prime Minister, the
Minister of Transport, and your
own M.P. -, to the House of
Commons, Ottawa Ont ' -
postage tree. Help the
Government restore the,
people's fait s in Ottawa, and
help yourself -to a FIRST
CLASS TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM IN OUR AREA.
Yours sincerely,
Robert S. Cherry,
215 Queen St., South,
Box 384,
PALMERSTON, Ont.
Tele. Phones 343-2600, 343-2437.
Changed mind
Dear Editor,
This,letter, is to register my
change of mind from when I
returned your notice reminding
me of my subscription coining
due (April 18). With inflation at
every turn and shrinking in-
come I have had to budget with
a vikw to changing., priorities
relative to expenses, and I felt
that the $10.00 for the Signal -
Star had, to be eliminated,
Perhaps at the risk of being
frankly unkind. I admit that I
have found that I was having to
pay for so much paper used for
sport and advertising and
district news that held nothing
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EDITORIAL COMM!'
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The burning question
Goderich' Town, Council took -a
decisive step this week and passed a
municipal bylaw making it an unlawful
act to burn leaves anywhere in
Goderich. That's the kind of deter-
mined progress this town needs and
despit:e th'e skepticism of some
members of council, it, is legislation
that is long past due.
People who have choked in the
smoke of their leaf burning neighbors
or have crept carefully across a smog
filled intersection made perilous, by a
smouldering heap of nature's color will
Welcome the bylaw. It is now of utmost
importance that the law be^ enforced,
that offenders be penalized and that all
leaf burning cease immediately within
the limits of the town of Goderich.
it should be entirely: possible now
that Goderich owns a leaf shedder, a
machine which will go along the streets
and vacuum up piles of leaves placed
there by homeowners and chopped
finely before being hauled away.
In this age of a growing awareness of
environmental matters, the ne 'i bylaw
prohibiting leaf burning isa forward
step. Let's h„gpe Goderich residents see
it' this way, co-operate to the fullest
extent and keep the municipality
smelling as clean and green as it looks.
Get buttoned up
GODERICH — KEEP IT GREEN
AND CLEAN!
That's—What -.the jazzy white and
green buttons purchased by Goderich
Town Council through its Parks
Committee say. And as one young man
pointed out, "It's a great slogan. Let's
hope people .do'something
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- .. M:, 1f unser 411e:.:.buttonaL are- }t •t�-cine-� _ ..
more feature of Goderich's
first annual municipal arbor day,
scheduled for this Friday, April 25
under the direction of Goderich Town
Council and Parks Chairman' Coun-
cillor Elsa Haydon. The button's only
capsulize what Town Council is hoping
will happen 'that -citizens, young and
old in Goderich, will get the arbor day
bug and work toward a greener and
cleaner town.
There's a full day program planned
and what's even more ekcititag, there's
hundreds of Goderich residents
'directly involved in the municipal
• -eieanwp=pla'nfup- festival. Some will be
- W-y4tt oo.' at hers il-i•.:Y: be p
porting workers. All are to be corn-”
mended for' their interest and concern.
Why not plan now to get involved
yourself? Why not don your gardening
garb and do something, anything to
make Goderich greener, and cleaner?
Well,A why not?
Not being .unfair
A suggestion made in this newspaper
that county -councillors:, have on oc-
casions been paid for two sessions in
one day has been granded as untrue by.
former warden Bill` Elston of Morris
township.
. He said it is impossible for members
to get paid for a 'full day's session and
then a committee session on top of that.
Elston points out that on 'occasions
members get $25 for attending a half
day meeting and then another $7 if they
have. to attend another. meeting on the
same date.
We'll accept his word :on 'that matter;
and apologize for the suggestion that
county councillors were being unfair in
some of their practices regarding
meetings.
However,,the paying of a mileage fee.
for public 'officials regardless of
whether they deserve them or not is
still a matter that this newspaper feels
should be corrected.
-- Exeter Times -Advocate'
Budget for an election
The Ontario budget, brought down
last ' week by Treasurer Darcy
McKeough, promises better things for
quite a few people, in this p%rovince.
Most consumers will benefit from the
reduced provincial sales tax; • pen-
sioners will be happy with free drugs
(whether they need them or not) and
farmers and small busines owners
have reason to rejoice.
In all, the tax ,concessions a d other
hand-outs will cost the ovincial
treasury something in • the nature of.
$600 million. What, we wonder, is the
reaction of school board members and
hospital boards to such generous ap-
plication of p4rblic' funds? These
people; who taree"ffa'rged • with the
responsibility ' of maintaining vital
services, have been told in flat terms
just how much they had to.cut from
their budgets in order to stay within
provincial spending limits. Some board
members must .now, lie convinced that
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DEAR EDITOR
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IOOKINO BACK
75 YEARS AGO
• _Last' Friday George Bisset
caught a very large herring, so
,large in fact that many thought "
it was a whitefish. ,
The schooner Corisande has
been refinished and painted,
and is one of the neatest looking
vessels on the. lakes.
Assessor Reid has completed
assessing the town property,
and a glance at the roll, as filled
up by that officer, shows that
the population increased by 27,
, income for assessment $100,
personal property decreased
$600, real, estate increased'
$9,365 and the total assessment
exceeds that of '99 by $8,865.
Cattle are two ahead of -99,
horses 28 and dogs, not-
withstanding the poisoners.,
work, are but ten less in
number:
Of twenty men shoveling on
the steamer Kalkaska on
Wednesday, nine struck for an
increase from $1 td $1.25 per
thousand bushels. It appears
that the men met Manager
Mooers on Saturday and agreed
to start on the first boat at
either $1 per thousand or 30
cents an hour at their own
option. When the Kalkasa came
in they started on those terms
and realized they were not
getting .30. cents an hour and
struck for $1.25 per thousand.
The strikers prevented another
boat from being unloaded but
next morning the elder men
,and two or three others finished
the., job and .started on a t bird
-expec.ti.ng_ta.:finish_�i1 by:..mid:
nigh . _._.
Write now
votes are a ' much more saleable
commodity than public health or
education.
Hopefully, this election year largesse
will bear fruit other than the re-
election of the present -government.
The stimulation provided by some tax
relief for smaller businesses may
create a climate in which more jobs
are made'Tavailable and thus benefit
the' economy generally.
However, the reduced sales tax was
promised only until the end of this
year, as were some of the other
goodies. So 'far the opposition parties
have remained silent on how far they
might' be willing to go in outdoing the
PC's at election,,prormis'es. •
As taxpayers we should hope for a
provincial election every year —
, despite the evident fact that Ontario
might end up with a debt far greater
than the U.K. and th U.S. combined.
=-Winghan Advance-Times-��
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for me. Last Year I had these
same doubts but one of the
reasons for my renewal then'
was that I knew I would regret
missing W.E. Elliott's articles,
and also such personal items as
the . obituaries of old friends,
such , as Jean Tom's ' in the
January 2nd issue.
Now this•April 17th issue has
two special items for me W.E.
Elliott's on William 'Bennett
Rich (and the home corner
Wellesley and Lighthouse that I
have , known for almost 70
years) and your page, "Booze-
the bane of modern living".
On April 10th, I would have
' been sorry to miss' your
editorial "Nightmare coming
true" -thoughts I have en-
tertained ever •' since the
Bolshevik uprising in Russia
and their subtle influence in the
world in the intervening years.
I intend zeroxing this editorial
for sharing with several
acquaintances.
So, with everything con-
sidered I am enclosing . my
cheque for • the $10.00 for
another year's subscription to
the Signal -Star.
Sincerely,
(Miss) Eva M. Somerville,
London.
P.S.: - Thanks also for -such old
time pictures as the old school
groups; the group 'of elderly
gentlemen etc.
Woman's touch
Dear Editor:
When reading your last
week's Dear. Editor section I'
was reminded of what one ,of
your reporters said notiong ago
- "A newspaper is only as good
as.'its readers". We do read all
kinds of different things into the
Printed word.
- I am referring to Mr. R.
Thompson's' letter. It was easy
to agree wholeheartedly with
the first part giving The Signal -
Star credit for the high calibre
M '
of its performance in general
and its part in the community.
However, when Mr. 'Thompson -
started' to take you to task over
the article written on Miss
Susan Brunk joining our Parks'
crew I became a bit lost and
bewildered.
Several people had told me
they, liked the very timely
article showing that we are
going in the right direction. I
welcomed the article, myself.
Miss Brunk was the first
woman to' apply for a job on the
Parks' crew; upon the same
considerations applying to • all..
applicants she was hired. On
.the same day the newspaper
article appeared I received a
call from another woman
asking whether there was a
vacancy. The message had
come across - eVen if something
was not done before it can be
done...
Let us be realistic. In any
sm.all.town it is not exactly easy
to do something for the first
time and to do it • so that
everyone is happy. The Parks'
Committee is " extremely
pleased with . the crew for
taking a "new" situation so
well in their stride.
To my way of thinking the
ideal newspaper recognized a
human interest story of a local
"first" ^and paid tribute to the
spirit of co-operation 'in going,
easily and without friction in
the right direction. That is good
quality progress. The tone of..
the article did not. strike me as
one of "amazement and
amusement". I rather felt that
the reporter shared, our
pleasure in seeing a new
,situation well , handled by all
concerned. .
I am not sure whether it is
strictly" "relevant" that Miss
Brunk was called pretty, a fact
she has no reason to hide: I do
so hope that the entirely
Unquestionable equality bet-
ween men and women, is not
going to be made to mean a dull
and dreary sameness and that
women can go on being
feminine (not to be confused
with ferninistyinsteadaof being
regarded as "imitation men".
It is my impression that while
Miss Brunk goes about her
business of being equal and
being 'treated as such, she- has
too much good sense tb take
offence at being called prettyin
addition.
Mr. Thompson ' sounds
patronizing to me when he talks
about a - person . who is "in-
cidentally female". There is
nothing incidental about being'
a woman. And of course there is
such a thing as a "woman's
touch". I feel a bit sorry for a
man who has . not experienced
it:
No doubt Mr. Thompson had
good intentions, but perhaps his
choice of a case was not en-
tirely fortunate., Some of his
general references to being a
woman have .good points, but
others , arrive at most ob-
jectionable conclusions.
It is nonsense to say that girls
are being ,raised "with the sole
expectation of living life under
someone's thumb" or that
“women can only be
housewives, nurses, teacher
or child-care workers". And 's
there something wrong or
second-rate with that kin • of
work? Or is it that tulle' we
imitate . men -we cou . not'
possibly be top-notch in a ur own
right, by our own choi - ?
I also disagree ith Mr.
ThoMpson's state ' ents about
our area school . I have a
daughter. in hig school where.
she has ',been enbouraged to
make the mo: t of her talents
and ambitio' s and where she
takes 'co ses in , physics,
biology, mathematics and
other, s . Pets she feels are
good f. Her and in which she is
succi ssful. She could, of
cour e,take less demanding
su o jects and then later com-
Yain about discrimination and
tereotyping. She is definitely
(continued on,page 16)'
`60'YEARS AGO
Mr - George ' Buggies,
"proprietor of the Lyric Theatre,
is this week installing a new
Powers 6A picture machine of
the very latest type and with all
improvements. Machines of
this type which show, absolutely
flickerless and rock steady
. pictures are at present being
used in all the large city picture
shows, having a sale of about 75
percent of the entire picture
business. We are informed that
the "manager of the lyric is
negotiating for an exclusive
line of photo plays of the very
highest starids r`d..
An electric Organ blower was
placed , in North Street
Methodist church last week and
was used !or the first ti.me,,an
Sunday. A few months ago a
similar machine was installed
in St. Gorge's and it worked so
satisfactorily that the board of
the ethodist church decided
to h ve one in place of the
wat r motor.
his is clean up time. With
e promise of early summer
omes the natural instinct to
wash, sweep, paint, destroy
rubbish and put the house, lawn
andhalley<,way into first class
shape. "Spic and Span" should
be the watchword.
Unfavorable comment 'is
made again this spring upon
the condition of the G.T.R.
wharf. It was understood last
year that the G.T.R. people
would fix up their place but
nothing has been dune to date.
5 YEARS AGO
The residents of" Colborne`
township went. to the polls
recently to say whether or not
they were in, favor of "liquor'
outlets in the township. They
voted 'against , the idea.
Returning officer Clayton
Amberg reported that of 288
votes east, six were
mismarked, 167 were in favor
and 117 were not. A majority of
60 percent of the vote would be
requiredto pass the suggestion
and the voters were four votes
short of the mark. Manager for
the" wets was Joe Freeman.
There was no manager for the
drys although', the ministers
campaigned against the move.
Constable Thomas Fortner
approached Goder• h town
council with a proposal -to make
use of the old GDCI building as
Headquarters for an in
ternational policeman's hall of
fame. onstable Fortner told
council, of the plans for the
collection , of police artifacts
assembled for., the museum and
told them . that it merited
quarters of its, own rather' than
an attraction at the Huron
County museau. He suggested
that a feature for the museum
would be the bullet ridden car
owned by Chicago gangster Al
Capone.
Two students at GDCI have
been selected to go on tour this
summer with the Youth
Theatre. John' Lodge and
Lynda Reinhart have been
recognized for their talents in
the theatre and will go to Orillia
for five week rehearsal before
the new Canadian play Babel is
pirerniered in" Ontario. John
Lodge was selected for acting
and Lynda Reinhart for
costuming. '
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