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FAQ, 2--GODE RICH SIGNM—STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1975
EDITORIAI,-COMM.ENT
Flashing monstrosity
The Prettiest Town in "Canada
could soon look like a dead ringer for
some Sleazy uUSA tourist traps-
something isn't done to halt , the
erection of sign in Goderich. •
The ° latest addition is a flashing
monstrosity on Victoria Street in the
vicinity of the. 'DearBorrr Steel . Tub-
ing plant. That gaudy marker,
twinkling fright red and yellow and
resembling . a ''Caution: Road
Under „Construction" warning_sign,
is a blight on the. landscape_ of this
municipality. It should be removed
before another day dawns,
It is true that Goderich has •some
fine --tourist attraciluns., Tourist
dollars are necessary to their suc-
cess and some method of hauling
-travellers off -the Blue Water Route
should .be sought.
But a winking, bl'inking neon
nightmare only" cheapens Huron
County's Pioneer .Museum and
Huron's Historic Jail, two distinc-
tive monuments from -the past, or
any other Gotleri h. sight. •
-Less_abrasive signs placed
tastefully in strategic locations, 'are'
already in- positron and- should be
considered sufficient unless some 'r
other, more suitable meansto, ad-
vertise can be devised, SJK
Goodies. -.from
Two or three months ago, no one
would have believed it.' If this past
Spring some daring soothsayer was
to. have predicted that the Ontario •
�....;_
Tories would win The next provincial:
election -by a good majority, ,most
people's reactions would have been
"You'vetgot to be kidding."
T:he"pr:ovincial.government, under
Premier �iJl- Davis has just come
through . one ;of its 'worstwinters'
since the long Tory reign in Ontario
started.' Cabinet ,ministers 'were
;lacing accused..pf improprieties right
and. left. There was some .evidence
of' hanky panky,' in the provinci:ally -
controlled Ontario Hydro. There was
great:dissa,tisfaction, especially" in
. rural- ,areas over the way Ontario
Hydro .was "after farmer's .t`nd-7o'r
. hydro towers. There was acontinual
increase 'in provincial. debt.:..
,• The" 'Mustard , •Report and •
rovinial health
P .plans which
seemed to be saying goodbye to local
control over medical* care were
bringing the wrath of the electorate
,down on the PC gover.nxient.
. But voters perhaps" have. short
memories and it now,appears from a
recent • po-Ii— that -4he• 'Tor-ies -are-
gaining.
"Goodies" for all of us are flying
fast and furious from Queen's Park
as the Tories prepare to fight the
comingelection as . only a go.vern-
merit in :power can. The April
;provincial budget offered- $1500 to'
first time home' buyers and a•
reduction in sales tax to all of us --a
large group of voters.who. can be
expected- ,to express their -thanks.
with .the ballot.
This "week's mini budg'et which
provides for sales tax rebates for
ories
those '...ho buy 'North American
made cars is' another example of
sudden provincial largesse. All
these gifts expire%•on .December 31,
.but Oy then the,election,will be over.
Political budgets, sure, but people
are usually not adverse -to 'being
bought •presents with their own
money.
Premier, Davis has taken ,ad-
vantage of the,,June'r'•budget of the
" federal "Liberals which he claims is
'unfair to Ontario, not against his
local opposifion,=but against' Ottawa.
As a national political commentator
said, Premier ,Davis should hire
federal' finance rn.inister John
Turner'as a consultant.'
When, . people get "angry, they,
so m e�fiifii e .-don't bother,; 'to
distingiiish between provincial-. and
federal politics. . And people are
unhappy about -the 10 cents a. gallon-
gas increase that the federal
'Liberals introduced. Bill Davis can
set himself up as' .the good guy,
fighting- for ,preference for rich' ;
° Ontario and against Ottawa's' a f-
tem pts ,to ` .dea I .equally w i`th all
Canadians' across Canada. ••• ...
• " Ortt a r -i p h e n
• Lewis ,said tone in cheek, that the
Ottawa Liberals are the best'friends •
Bill Davis has got. Nbw' if the
provincial Tories can concentrate on
te'lling"-u"s'about the Ottawa' Liberals'
sins and ;keep attention away from
their own unpopular policies -- like
regional government -- right here -in
this province, perhaps 'after the
• election we'll -be rolling into our 33rd
year of uninterrupted Tory govern-
ment,. in Ontario.
Is this ,what we want?
-Huron 'Expositor
ords for our times
'You cannot‘ about
prosperity by discouragin•' thrift.
You cannot strengthen the w �k by
weakening the "sfrorig. You ca of
help the ,v age earner by- pulli
down the wage payer. You cannot
further the' brotherhood of ,man by'
encouraging class• ,hatrxed., You
cannot help the poor,by destroying
'the rich. You cannot rlieep out of
.rouble by spending snore than you
earn. You cannot build character
and courage by taking away man's
initiative • and independence.. You
cannot help men permanently by .
doing for' them what they could and
should do for themselves". • -
-Abraham 1,„incoln
FAMOUS PIONEER
PIONEER,',
MUSEUM
isTOR cA i JAIL
PEN .DAVI
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Signs, signs - everywhere: a sign.
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Dear Readers, Sophie 'Tucker,' the" ast oLthe '
The last couple of weeks, this red -'-hot. mamas. said, `I've
' column 'has' been devoted •to been rich and poor: -rich is.
talk "about people who -aren't better." •q,
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-, satisfied with their ,lot .in life -•, Fred`'.,Allh put it another ,
where wages are concerned." "` "`"
g : r 'day. � The. „comedian ,said,
. Any time you pick. up the "Money talks and'i•t is the' only
news— per you read of conversation worth' having
somebody somewhere, striking when times are bad." , Louis
or walking out—or just plain Levinson `added, "Money talks,.
beef ing-for, higher income': • it says goodbye." Henry Taylor
Money is the root, of all- . "Money talks but its vorce
evil—or so' •.they say. " But keeps -getting wea'ker.'1 ' '
there's much more that people., ,, Ed: Ho.we',' a cornic observer'
have said abouts; money through ' pf' some note 'once.''draw,led
the years. And it's . all in a .,When a man says money can
delightful little,,. " booklet " do anything,. he hasn't any." , y I
published by Victoria and Grey George Humphrey stated, "I-. I7afoe, author of Robinson po toes. .
Trust tom an entitled'•.� Pu.rchase' t Ford Touring car
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yousend I-•1- + Cr•uso"wito'said, A,rich man is
from W E. Kellyin Goderich at -
"•`Quotations."• ourself rich." • n, p - Scott.
,don't think . ca"
N an honest man."' But F
Just for fun this week, let's' Y ' 590 and th;e Signal guarantees
.It was once stated„ in ,The "E,itz,gerulg, author of the Great tha•t�you will purchase the 'best .:.
have a look at some of the +ii,,, + Metropolitan Illinois News: Gatsby explained �t Tittle fur -
observations of some'" of the automotive value in the world.
,` Money may 'not buy friends tiler•: "The rich different
world's best known per- w Prices of Ford spare parts have ,
P . Does, money' bring hap- but it certainly gives you a , from us, , they.. have niore 'been reduced an average of ten
. sonalities about that thing piness? Well, according to the' better class of enemies." money N
called money. ` ',heiress , Barbara. • I-rutton, Fvcr• 'want to be rich,? .W Wendell Phillips was seemed percent. A- Ford , Touring car'
Letts see. r"Money --.., miry ,now 'be bought, part'by
Money alone has not hroug�ht 'fi�iSnZ. lucen't; tl-rE' Rom n to have s- dry sense Of Ora-mor.'r- -
Well, this one might suit -the me unh;a roes ." satirist said, •"Who wishes to He said, `,`Rich men die •but part, for' but 08:87 more than a -
farmers .of the area. This g car ready to 'run. Another big
quotation is " from Nathaniel.Hilaire Belloc, the Erb lisp become rich wished to become (continued on page 3)• slice off the "after -cost of
Hawthorne whc•said,``Itis.my motoring. -
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opinion that a manes soul' may � - - � � � 'ter and Light'ComrYission
be buried and ,perish under a '`'` special notice: water -rates for
dungheap,.dr in a furrow of the ..®7' ,half-year. ending. December 31
field, just 'as well as under a j� .1� are now; due, arid, ten percent
pile of„ money."- • �� " , will be -allowed for payments
• Or maybe P: T. Barnufn ofmade thismonth.
'
circus fame said it best for°the t ' Verne Gledhill of Benmiller'
farmers: "True econorriy received considerable. mention
consists 'in always making the and praise in "`Eye 'Wit.ness'."
income exceed the out—go.".'Dear 1✓dltor; giftss acral when playing Daring the battle of Rouyn he
Or was it Nicholas Breton; donors of. used as. p policep ay' g frisbee and pulled a wounded comrade to
the English, pastoral poet who There is a rumour in cir- prizes at the Spring Flower "just ' enjoying a beautiful safety after himself having
caught the • farmers'' . culation that a young teenage Show on June `28th. Your in day", also quite rightly asking been blown out of a trench by a
imagination when' he ' Said, Dungaanon boy has raped an` terest and generous support are "If a park is not there to enjoy German �, bomb. A .special
"Money • makes. the old mare eight-year old girl. I have beep much' appreciated. The donors it what good is it?" presentation of some order will
trot and young tit - amble." .On approached by the 'lad's father and gifts are as follows: -After hearing tile police''side be 'made shortly. Hats off to out
second thought, that one r, ay to see what can be done to clear W •,1 • Denomme - a china vase of it, -I find -r that ,.the following brave boys at the war!
he best for the raceway'.fans,of his son_ _from this. adverse,. for_the best rose in thes.how;:.•., points are '•worthy of con Supplies arestill being sentto._.
the district.. Or this by English.' publicity• Goderich Elevator & Transit sid'eration: , ' Toronto. Last week were sent
author John Florio who said, This .department ' and ' the Co• ten dollars for the best Our .p(rks By-law specifies 108 bandages,' 6 pyjamas, 7
"Money, maketh horsesrun." local Ontario. Provincial Police arran emerit in the show; that' 'team
g"games" are not '. sheet, 3 nightshirts:, •
• An old Portugese proverb detachment have investigated Signal- Star ,Publishing Co, allowed "except in those parks :• •
sums up whatthe farmer really the circumstances following Ltd. -_ a decorative plant con-. .or, parts- of. parks aside for•S YEARS AGO
means when he complains to treatment received by• the girl tainer for the highest number of that purpose"; , However, this The second annual sailpast of,
government: "Give ° me 1frdm 'medical authorities'..Tho.-:-„•��points in the; .arrangement °'was intended to cover baseball, fie' Goderich Power Squadron
money, Hol: advice,
police are, s•atisfied beyond,
section; football and similar activities will he .held*in Goderich Har-
doubt ,,,,tljat 'no ,boy from, The .T. Eaton c. Ltd. a silver which are for obvious reason's Hour. on 'Sunday. Power boat
bud vase 'for the hi hese unsuitable far the particular racing will be held following the...
- + + +.. Dungannon was responsible , ,,. g
and that the incident did not number of points' in hair- location and for Which we have sailpast under, the direction of .
I guess the . late President take place in that area. ticulture _ pr guided other facilities. Elwood Eppy'' ��` "''`”
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Sears'(Si m sans, Sears Ltd,) gin the Council last' week'received
Theodore Roosevelt had Our investigation is at a p• As to frisbee,throwin
" - air electric' carvin. knife` for park you will find, to make a complaints frolrl ElginAvenuesomewhat the same sentiment's standstill - aule of the little g
<< "` the highest number of points in long story short, that •the in- residents about the condition of
s I' when he said, The habit of girl's reluctance to talk and we the road brat said theywill not
saving money; while it stiffens are not positively able to state the show: . , in-
terpretation of the by-law will
the will ViCtorii &Grey Trust Co. be a more'relaxed one, guided • he at31e" to remedy it till next
also brightens the she vas raped, In fair•nesS to year. Installation of a new,
g the girl I cannot o further into five dollars -two' sizes fol- the ' to a larger de ree.b common
energies;" " Pg g ' y
g best arrangements by Green sense. ,A° storm sewer along the road this
But for people' who aren't the circumstance's. t'iru.mbers. Good Common sense �" Year has created ,Aust and
satisfied with theirwages--� 1 trust that this brief note will The Garden Club, cern should also apply to potholes. One complaint cabled
and not prepared to give a little help - s�iil' 'the rurrrour, from +' ,- in an "intolerable" situation.
more effort to earn a little more hurting the teenage boy.'As you Gp e I ich e veryopc. Frisbee-
' is a very
money .here are a couple of are well aware, many a per- nice' way of enjoying a park, as The largest . sailboat
gc�ms'for consideration. son's ' char�3cter has been lentil, as it does not interfere currently -being built in Canada
-N,It was Titus Maccius Platus, da ma e�lse�;ere rumours. with others or create a traffic was "launched in "Goderich'
the -Roman dramatist who is Where this -' " :' p .,k • hazard too near the travelled Harbour lam Friday. The 17 ton , ,
part ular • one trisbfje-ing portion of the road. -If there are Hughes 48 was launched in the
nature with this one. It is the started would he difficult a a complaints from people. with channel after being hoisted'
nature of the poor to hate and pinpoint, perhaps this neve small cli'ildren or others; -i tI tl" dti•wn,witii 6'30 ton crane under
envy meh of property." He also might end it now. sure you wouldfeel it is better the watchlut eye of company
said, "Money is a beautiful You truly, topursue this kind of activityin re resentativges, and a host of
ifs. Patrick D. King.,
Dear Editor: ,p
Elenjamin 1'riinklin, US t'hicf Of Police. Your last week's' editorial another park where there is speetators,.,,She was christened'
author and s�atctm;ln said, ; page article on the subject of •more room. A little give -and- "Chi•mo",. with the traditional
"Renirmhc�r that time is unsigned letters refer'i-ed tone take,on. everyone's part would bottle 'of champagne, by Mrs.
m-oney,';Ovid, last of the , ,complaining about crecOit make sure that we can all enjoy Howard Hughes, wife of the
Augustine pots said., "`Nothin incident in the CourHo se r'urp`►rks""`" """"�""t11'rtipaSt"president. This was
but n�t`mey''counts nowidat3ys." ']] Park. Naturally; a chairman 'fo me ,personal', young , the first of the line and will be
And Srinnue1 Jt,lrnsttln, Ganien ('�'��(� of parks committee, I Became peopl'eplayingfrfis•bee•inapark used as a company- 'demon- - ,
rrno�ti ned for his Sag(` oh -concerned and 'looked further
is a very pleasaht sight. The •trator. , Price tag on these
servations said, "Men are into the matter, parks committee, is most boats, in case you are in -
Thus my lines are directed to anxious to see our parks en- thrested, -'is in the neigh
STldctm more innocently ems , Dear Ed.itc�r; joyed by j�cople of all ages. f boor ood of $60,000. Export
lrloyed •than when they are. The Goderich Carden Club the young people who found ••
rinyone .has suggestions -for .orQe s are beingsought by the
- honestly making money. irlerrrh+ers wish to 'hank the themselves frustrated by the g
(continued on page 3) Centralia bas -6d company. •,
Ni-` a
author wrote, .,-"I'm tired
lave; I. m still more tired
rhyme; but, money. gives .me
,plca,sure al I the time."-
.• "There are 'few sorrows. in
which income is of no avail;"
said the Rornan orator''Marcus
Tullius Cicero: ,- Arthur, H.
Clough was 'in agreement. He
said, . "How pleasant' it is to
have money."'
•
. Francois Rabelais, a French-
man,,, turned that same thought
around 'a ,,little: He said, "Lack
of '• money .15 trouble without.
equal.''
Schope'nhader''S thought was
silrnple:• "Money . is human
happiness in the abstract.
so immediately'." • .
Quintus Horatuis Flaccus
Hooace, the great Roman poet,
obviously loved._, money and
wuntc'd to be ,rich, "What«Blackstone'�S resta'ura•nt • on'
West St.
heathy ` share. is' 'rn a piled up
heap of money," he once said. ' Posters have been displayed
around town inviting--2:,5.00.men
,f -applaud myself at home . .
to enlist from Western .Ontario
when ['contemplate the. money
in my chest. Money is, to be to form part of •a • foarth con -
sought first, • of .. all . by any tingent overseas for service.•
m•a•ns, make money. Money is Mr. H.C. Dunlop Will receive
a Handmaiden if thou .knowest applications.'from.all those
how to use it:' c • ,,, w"ish'ing to enlist.
.English journalist W'. G. We wren:_t...;...s•a.y.ing..._.that ...;...
°,. strawberry, time is not the best
BenhanP Said. No man was
ever as'r ieh ag alt men ought to
time of year, but it doesn't have;,,
h�, ,, much•'on these days of early
IVI in would c uestion Daniel summer peas • and new
° .80 YEARSAGO°
A cow found in Central
Schoolyard Wednesday mor-
ning was supposed to have
jumped over the turnstile' '
the case was fully proved when
driven out as, it cleared the stile
grandly. Why doesn't the oWer
of this jumping cow enter it`in
the -hurdle races?
Mrs. Johnson of St: Louis whk,
is on a' • few days' visit to
Goderich, says that she was so
favorably impt'es.sed with. our
-town when she was here the
past season that she had £o '
make a visit this season. She
says that on account, of its'
quietness she would not like to
live in Goderich, after St. Louis .-
but that as a summer resort, it
stands ahead of most others shame
has seen: its picturesque- '
pretty surroundings shining
out: '
The breaks in the breakawiter
are gradually sinking,• and.. if
not'. soon attended to, will
crumble into the river.
The Other evening a cow and
calf broke into a garden in St.
Patrick's ward dost'roying 75
tomato plants and causing
considerable destruction. We "
are informed that, the 'sufferer
knows the owner -of ,one of the •
animals; -if he' does, he should
see -that the proprietor pays for
the animals' feed.
You meet 'em in Goderich:
The Wheel crank. The baseball -
fiend, ". The lady with the
bicyclist's hump: The fellow
with the -alcoholic breath who
says` he doesn't drink. The man
who parts 'his hair in the centre
to better his balance on his
bicycle.
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60 YEARS AGO'
If you are thinking of •-put--••- r----
chasing •'an electric stove., you
should, first examine the one in
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