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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-06-12, Page 21-1S.+���» t^^' .. v~ ' . THURSDAY, JUNE l2,197b EDITORIAL was unfair Town council eruoted -6i-" into aehow of personal feelings that appeared to have been harbored by some members avv.alting the op- portunity to make their feelings, known p'pmrfun ytmrnakmYhe|rfae||ngo,hnovvn through some sort of controversy. The controversy, although somewhat petty but still a matter, of. principle, was the subrnission nf`a bill for $150 by R.T.R, Associates of GUe|ph, land- \ scape architects. The company, three men strong, billed the town for .a presentation made at the ,last council meeting about landscaping The Square. They made their presentation � tthe request mfthe parkscornrnittee, ��uppomm d to explain to council what they weve'up against in the downtown renewal, not to solicit business. It was argued at council that the three-,;arch|tmctm were soliciting business frqnm the town to retain them to plan the renewal and that the town should not have to pay for the sales pitch. The parks comrnittee members defended the bill saying., they were aware that a chargewould be rnade, since they had contacted R.T.R. and had invited them to 'the fmWn to give council the brief containing what waswas. needed. professionaUy on The Square. Councillor EIsa Haydon upset by the issue, charged council with negative.' attitudes with regards to .nevv adding.-thait seemed to m\vvayi-be'the parks department. that was criticized for their efforts and seldom commended. Hr peers at the council table may not have taken the time in the,-rks fhis year but that is a matter for council to solve. The taxpayers, it would be safe to say, are more than thankful to the parks -committee aand crew lor their efforts in, tdwn. Flower baskets and gahlens, trees, flower gardens and clipped lawns adorn the streets and'green areas of town and are appreciated by the residents. The east side of Goderich is getting their needed and 'Wanted park due. largely to the efforts of the parks committee. Credit ,received where credit due. But ,like all managers, parks no exception, criticism is to beexpected when bad judgement is used. The R.T.R. incident could rfot really be ^ called anything but bad kidgernent. Three landscape architect graduates and they are fresh out of school - drove from Guelph to Goderich to explain to councilwhat should bedone to Iandscape The Square. They arrived burdened with an impressive lot of rolled blueprints, pictures of other 'mbm and flow charts. One man, 'obviously the Senior employee, gaVe'a lengthy explanation of what he and his two helpers would do if hired by the.town pointing all 4he while to two huge &arts consisting of three or four brightly colored circles, arrows and short, f)amhydemcriptions"o7 what the circle was supposed to mean. When the speaker wished to draw attention to a blueprint, a helper appeared magicaIIy at his side to hold it up for,cmunc|| to see. - All this for the low, low price of $150. The end result of the presentation was that if cou,ici| .decided to take the advice of the three then R.T.R. would be more than glad to elaborate on the cir-cIeswith pictures of wbat they were .supposed to mean, for -the low; low price of $16,000 and change. Perhaps the parks committee members were as disappointed with what they got for their money, as the rest of council was confused with the presentation.. Perhaps .they expected some concrete suggestions on what could bedone atThe Square tomake it a true place of beauty and only received the information that a plan should be drawn up to do the work and that R.T.}�.�cmu|ddm it -Whatever what wasew for the money arid what was - -- .�parks mittee should have had the fortitude to agree with council that the brief esented at Iasf week's meeting may 'not have been worth the cost. The charges rnadebY Mrs. Haydon may be true to the word; but the fact remains that the taxpayer' thrmu� council nc|| was a�paye short changed. Why, asaparting thought, was the ,briof given at the meeting entitled "Proposal for Scope of Servicesfor the Town of Godar|ch" if it was. not ail 'attempt by the author R.T.R. Associates to solicit bps|neoaY -- JS ' . , Still _v�lunt'eers ' . ^ • Do yoU have a few free' hours per week or Per month? -Shareab|tofyourhrnm|h|ssurnnnmr being p volunteer ` at 'Goderich Psychiatric Hospital. It has long been the. Canadian way. of life for°chiaens of a \ ' tohelp one -another and to work together for the good of all. Community involvement in mental health is the goal, anevm|unfeero, be they male �r female, young or old, rich or poor, professional or non- professional, are truly representative of the community. All are Welcome '' ho8smvvi«as, buo|nmssfxeop|e,service organizations, chugroups, retirees. The most 'tan�ehennent\nnna�ntain\nggmod Mental ,health is the "personal 'important touch". CAN'T 701/ WAIT ,.` Vt. PAY (N.ga . �*/U�/ hJ/��^ � WHY ����^ . - The mail of a weekly editor is filled with goodies every da. y of the week. Right now the waste baSket by my left foot is filled to the brim with the leavings of today's mail including the annual report for 1974 of The "Atkinson' - Charitable Foun dation. ' But today's mail yielded a laugh...and on a Monday morning, that's a. real brightener. In a- htrge-manilla envelope which cost the Ontario Ministry of Education 14 cents to send to the Signal -Star was the following letter from Hon, Thomas L. Wells. „ planning to comment on our legislation which regulates bargaining between teachers and 'school boards, I hope that you will first have a chance to read the attached. It explains the rationale and the major proviSlons of the Bill which was introdticed this week."The little note "Encls:" wasat the bottom of the letter •butthere was none. That's correct.Nothing attached ds a guidelineregdrding any comment thisnewspaper might have withregard to the recent legislation.Of course,- I understand howthis sort of thing can happen.But I .was particularly amused ' A vo|pnteer by giving timeef- fort, shows that he or she cares in a direct and personal way. Volunteers contribute in many areas of hospital life: general visiting, --library service, bei ng a friend, canteen, recreation and a' rts COrnrnun\ty vkits, patient outings and driving ,service. Becoming a volunteer is easy - the basic prereqyisite is a sincere interest inpeop|e,`an interest in contributing to the well-being of someone less for-. tunate. A visit to G.P.H. and an informal chat with the Co-ordinator of Volunteer . Services, Mrs. P; Wheeler, will get you • started. Call G.P.H. at 8247331, Ext..-' 263. ������������Do nm"�� ���� °~ � SIGNAL -STAR �o-0—���m��v����w��,mvmwn� —0 — cl r mthe owwAand owwA, " —founded In teMS, and published every Thursday at Godoqich, Ontario. Member Advortleing rates on toouest,Subscriptions psyrble advance $10.00 in Canada, $11,80 in all coun- tries other than Canada, single copies 28 cents. Second class mall Registroilory Number 0716. Adver- tising is accepted an IN condition tnat, the event of typographicai error, theiadvenising space oc- cupied by the errondous Item, together.' with reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for but the balance of the advertisement will be pald for st the applicable rate. In the, event of a' typographicarertor advertising goods or services atuwrong be sold. Advertisig Is merely on offer to siiff, and may be withdrawn at any time, The Signal -Star Is not respon- e�f��thvlOss ordamage munsolicited manuscripts mphotos, nits oftd.Oltorlal Officemiktotie 5=4=3=1 ikri:00x 220, Goderich mono Adiebss: ^ . �3tist[ tegistration Yumber-0116 Published by migmm|'Star Publishing Ltd. ROBERT O. SHRIER,-president and publisher SHIRLEY J. KELLER—editor DAVE SYKES--editorial staff , EDWARD A. 13YRSKI—advertising manager .. ° by this ooisokm since the absent enclosure reminded me that it probably wouldn't have been very helpful anyhow. Government explanations have a way of being totally I suppose Mr. Wells wanted" to put forth the Ministry's side of the issue concerning the right . Of the teachers of 'this province to strike. Well, since the Ministry's position was not in the envelope, the side taken by The -Myth Standard and its outspoken editor Keith Roulston will baired In his editorial entitled "Ironic, timing for right to strike", Mr. Roulston had this to say: It seems like ironic timing that brought brought the announcenient last week from Education Minister Thomas_Wells of the granting of the right to strike to teachers only 'abOut a week after a record pay settlement for Huron County's secondary school teachers. , One wonders what the right to strike can really gain for the teacher that they hven't already gained. Secondary school teachers are now among the highest .paid Segments of the economy. They have among the best fringe benefit ° � ��`Kk�� J. ����K' �� ��U"U�� »^ �°«v°^ . ' .. ` ThThisio yar fnoou '-- . monthsan- Society" and it's getting farther upwardsust of nual vacation. from r�ff Still, 'the move by Mr. Wells � can only realistic. Whether they had the my office from the office of right to strike or.not, teachers Eugene Whelan, federal hay& been striking for several Minister of Agriculture. This years ncr. They have • been very pretty and informed. making a mockery -of the young woman was in town to present laws and making both talk to a few people, including the system and themselves look. the weekly newspaper editor. a little foolish. Things certainly Among other „things, she can't get much worse'now that wanted my impression of the the right to strike has been deal --,As Mr. Roulston puts it in granted. ' his editorial "share of the It seems one more cese, economic pie" - the farmers however, of the rich getting are getting. rich, and the poor poorer. I' m afraid I shocked the lady Teachers, at least 'the seam-. from Ottawa, although I didn't dary 'school variety, have set out to dp so. I told her that I earned.„.more than many other personally can't cry with the . 'farmers of the count . If they need moremoney or their milk, I'm willing to pay more. If the eggs my eat are dirt 'cheap, raise' the price. If beef ' and pork and , poultry producers are gx business because. they , can't make ends Meet, then I'll put Out extra for meat. All I want is for farmers to stop harping about being the nation's poor. That's a little hard to swallow in the first place. The farmers I know are far from destitute. Like the fellow in the Bible, some are tearin down their barns and building bigger ones. Farmers drive good cars, live , in comfortable homes, ,dress reas.onably well, educate their childrenmuch ease as anyone they retire, they ha* a decent business to sell ¢r`a handsome price. That doesn't all that bad. quite naturally, that / must realize the farmers have a large investment whichif they 'had that money out on loan or otherwise invested, would net them a comfortable income without lifting a finger. They are entitled to a fair return of that investment, she said. I wasn't impressed. It is very 'difficult 'to bleed over a far - the owner - manager of a multi -thousand dollar business in one of the world's youngest and healthiest nations, while , so many Canadians are living pn the minimuin wage or les. ' No, I'm sick and tired of being made to feel like .bne of the idle rich who is taking the bread out of'the mouths of the oVer-worked,. under -privileged farmers. I have 'problems too. One of them -is I didn't Choose to - work reasonably *arld take pride in pving my way. I refuse to get all in a sweat because the farmers' feel they are being srted. L.00KINQ BACK . 75 YEARS AGO The Huron and British Hotels are being brightened now by a good coat of paint. It should improve the beauty of the two. The ,quare 'only wants the clock to shine at nightlp make it a bower of loyeliness except for the hideous cow paths. A subscriber wants to know why the Grand Trunk Railroad should be exempt from taxes on its new station when they Charge five cents more than the ldiv allows for a trip to Clinton. The subscriber maintains that it is within eleven and two- thirds miles between the stations An item in the daily papers on Saturday last had announced that the Court of appeal had 'adjourned until' September and in consequence the hearing of the West Huron election'appeal is still undecided. As We un- derstand it, the excuse is that ( le of tlfe trial judges (Mr. Justice Osier), being a member of the Court 'of Appeal' and unable to sit, the gap caused by 'his absence mu*st be filled by another judge, as these appeels must be heard in a full court, and that the services of any other judge have not been obtainable owing to the calls upon their time. Mr. Beck's solicitors have been ready at any time to go on with their part of the case, but the defence (now the appellant) has been in no hurry and the judges do not =^^' disposed to put' pno� uohueabout when the oppoappellant is nbt pushing the case. The matter thus drags on. segments o society or some time now. Through a tough jumpingbargainin organization they ' farther out in front of some other professions.lhny strike_now have the right to organizationBut some people who were a *long way behind h.. the iftr,st place are falling daily farther behind because they lack the and the political clout t� win a fairer shareof the econornic pie. Somehow soon we must begin to deal with the problemS of this part of society or we are certainly in.trouble. ' . ^ ' ^ •~4~ .~. 40..4.40 4., 4���~- ° . � , . • ° ~ Doz. ^ the "beach ° ° �.� ff+ • But I've strayed from Mr. Wells and the teachers' Tight to strike. What I started to say is that farming is the main in- dustry in ;Huron . County. Farmers, we are told over and over again, are not wealthy people. Of the remaining citizens in Huron County, few of them are highly paid. Taking a wild guess, I'd say the average wage in HUron (farmers ex- cluded) would be something (continued on page 3) tie YEARS AGO Mr. Bowman, prospective Government candidate for North Huron, has,a good deal of hardihood to say that he could not point to one dollar misspent by the Borden Government. Has, he so soon forgotten the revelations of the recent sesion of parliament? This is not the time to Mdurge in party ,recrirninaiion, 'but Mr. iBowman should not by 'declarations of this kind remind us of the far froM creditable record -of the, Borden Government. • A Toronto paper speaks of Goderich ua"one n[ the pioneer towns of Ontarioin the salt industry. Salt discovered sixtiesin qoderich ih the middle —'e pil craze mhonkm at its height and were boring in many parts of the Country. They failed to find oil ' in Goderich but instead found brine. Successful borings followed up , ,.Kincardine, Wingham and. Seaforih. Up until that time Ontario was dependent upon Michigan for, „ barrel salt, coarser and finer grades coming from Britain. It is curious to reflect that if if' hadn't been for the oil Jraze, Ontario would never have guessed the eeo|d` in brine which|dy Many hundreds of feet below. Messrs. Blackstone & Sons have installed a ''88offut Buctrin^000k|n8stuyuindhwir already wn|\'nquye6od restaurant. It iahout the most effiCiont and sanitary cooking aparatus we have scen. Without ,srnoke or ddst of any sort, andmerely 'by the turning of aswitch', the heat mAy be put onfull, medium or ,slow. In ad.,dition to the four holds therange it is . equipped with _baking and warming ovens. 5 WARS AGO Construction ' of a new Canadian Tire tore un- derway- officially' Monday afternoon following a brief ground brepicing ceremony attended by Goderich Mayor Dr. G.F. Mills. Canadian Tire . ro~ ~ntudveo and members"' of the Goderich Indumtrio�, °Commiuee'were also present. The building is slated 'Ynr completion on September 15 andA�ou\uu�rouu��aerv`c*' Y} �obor �/ Workers at the Sifto Salt mine Sunday raffled a three year contract -providing wage increases uY$l.T2per bodr.The increases work out to about 35 percent over the three years. The contraet involves abut 180 miners and maintenance workers, 'members of, the International Chemical Workers Union. Dominion Road Machinery Company President Bruce A: Sully confirmed the sale of 300 Champion road '@radery to. Turkey and the aovmtnYa$G million loan to Turkey from, The Export DeveloPment Corporation for the purChase of the graders. The agreethent for the sales was made earlier by General Manager Caley Hill who travelled to Turkey. ' .