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PAS*3E � (JDETt1C iSIG.N�„L S1AR, TITOR,SDAY, LUIN-31, 1975
EOlTORIA.L COMMEND
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The'vicious-circle
The quarterly_ report of the Food
Prices Review Board yi Ids. •some,
fascinating reading... and, ,startling
fdcts. It shows most conclusi ely what
gvery• housewife knows with 'ut being
told: that food. prices have increased
in the fast 10 years "sufficiently to add
Some
-per ton to $169; .sweet corns from $29.50
and tomatoes from,$50.50 to $85.
In a. corresponding p*riod, 1970 to'
1975, net ,farm income f6t. the nation
rose froin $1,119 millions to $3,472
millions„ In the sarne period, the ,
farmers' share, of the total persona!
income for the nation went from•l] per
cent to 2.9 per cent, according to'
5tatistics 'Canada,
From )968 to 1975, • the average
hourly earnings , of people in the
Slaughtering and . meat processing
busineis wererfrom $2.8"2 to $5.07; dairy
$3.95; fruit and vegetable canners,
$4.67; biscuits, $2.06 to $3.87; bakeries
The fodd and beverage industry
'workers went from an average wage of
$2‘.29 to $4.59 per hour while in the exact
same period, .411 --m.anufactOring
workers went from $2.58 t� S4.84
average' hoprly .wage.
Now add packing costs and in-
creased costs for energy. ,
, The report gives, this L.).rprriary:
"Every individual or group 'with the
power to make price and ,income
decisions will be fighting. tc; maintain
or increase its share of the national
• income. As. a consequence, rising,
incomes --be they wages, salaries,
profits or producer refurns--tbat are in
excess of -increases in productiVity
cannot and will not be consistent with
'stable retail prices, for food 'Or for
truth -
This is an. age in which the
average citizen, is bedinItng ver
more,skeptical of the things he
,told about the problems „I:4e faces. *
Gone arei 'the- days' when 'a.
announcement 'at Queen's Park”
provided information upon Which we
could ,
Just last week the ;federal ininister
responsible fo'r energy, resources
„announced that Canada is ',pow so
short ,of nafural g.as that strict limits
will have to •be placed on exports to •
-•the United States and domestic
'consumption- wtlh have to,. be -"cur-
• home Owners that those who already
have, gas-fired 'heating,Installations
• will 'Pe provided with adequate
amounts of fuel, put his speech -
suggesteclahat,some controls will be
' placed on future installation, and
that industry Will have fo rely more
heavily On oil anci coal.
En retponse the president of Union
Gas denies there ivany shortage and
says supplies in Ontario -are-more
than adectuafe for all our needs.- in
addition Me. Maedcfnald's warning
comes as-,, a direct denial of "the
carefully .researChed, report issbed
b-y.his own government less thah two
- years ago, 'which If we recall, wos
the form of a statement by th.e Prime
Minister and whiCh said that Canada
needed ".fd have • no fears about s
natural -gas supplies for years Ato
Repeated Warni-ngs ,have been
aired and published ,over the last 18
months about the critical shorta4e of
9asoline sopplies, 'but ,right at the
•„refin,ery has reduced production by
30 percent and at least4wo other
companies in the same 'city are cut-.
please
back by 10 percent. FeaSon? Dealers
in the Ontario area •are not able to
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LOOK NG BACK
ykes
An active, young intelligent,
KO YEARS AGQ
i.irea farmer frail .• W.
Wawanosh was in. town Friday,
and although being born and
reared , within °miles of
Goderich, had never s,een the
county town befoi.e, had never
trip to G,(idericb, had- ne'ver
been on it train. The
young fellow said it had'been a
long wait, but w•orth the time,.
nevertheless. '
The Civic Holiday might
"juStly be 'termed Picnic Day,
for never, in the histery of
pleasant parties driven oat ,of
Farly in the morning vehicles
of Jill kinds were seen lea ying,-
Goderich. and their p,,L.s.gers,
were seemingly. as happy as
h.ropy coiad' be. Hen mi
'came in for a number of. visits:
the banks along the. district
being utilized to the fullestJor
literally all types of recreation,
and pleasure The BlaCk Hole,
might have lie•ori: expected-,
drew qiiite a number of those
\canting to spend a few pleasant
, hours. The Falls. little iincl big.
were by no means deserted.
'the bankS aiong ()Id Huron
were utilized by • many. :And
designated as Ihicori Park, a
spot within easy, reach. of town,
. of points of rUstic ViLAN' and
comfort. Of COW'S(' • tile l'oirlt
Farm caniy in big for many .
people. and the • numerous.,
well-knoWn faces .iitting around
the supper table ;,'Ilowed that
kirleg J. Keller- automobilist§. would observe
• It Wciuld be just as 'well if
, (41 YEARS ACIO
thet,speed limit When driv,ing in
that tiiwa. ',1;here may -be sonic
•trouble right around the corner
abOut .3. to 9 or ,something , in•the bUilding just a few short . soMe.' of the '.,,,neck less' .
that. And while °Kaaren was , years ago. . The Goderich, Brigado ,
'busy with' her .pots and things • •
on The' Square, Bill was called "The eXperience was rather. n tends on co m t log at ,
upon, to help ottt with the at the National
frightening for our fdur-year- th("10
old.fand he kept tugging 'on our Fireman's Tournament .to."be
arm. to -.cut • the tour stiort. held on Wednesday 'next,° The
In his colurnm.Batt''n Around-
How,ever, his brotherS.' had: to °council -will make grint. of $5,.0
With The Editor, Bill wrote a
little about his 7yisit • to The explOre-ever'y sell anld Stair-. fur l'ailwOY exi'ens".
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DEAR REOERS
, , Last. Thursday I had the. for,, by , simply ta.king, an- int,„
honor ito join the people ,from terest in strangers and nodding
the local ' tourist commission ' in. a friendly spirit to everyone
and their guestS, Mr. and Mrs. .they"rneet. ,
lunch. ,It, was . a plea,sant,' mit ,only be the Prettiest Town
relaxed 'Occasion ' of the type in Canada, but th6" friendliest
wn as well. Let s help 'the
sell the maximum output from, that giVesme mu h enjoyment. to
Sarnia' ManufaCturers. " ' . We had a discUssion 'about ' tourist commission to welcorne
Ontario Hydro is Spending hurl_ . ,,Ontarici fouriSt attractions in the visitors here. We haye so
home ' Consumers into *taking very first thne that Jim arid 1:iis ' One really couldn't:call Bill'
showers instead-OTbaths and 'to pl,ug•
,the nooks and crannies around doors
and windows to save electricity, :So,
' far, however; the message does 'nOt
, appear to have reached the Owners
of the.giant Mercantile towers, in all
blaze- 'with light all ,night long.
govern,ments. and the general public
are hoWling mad because the federal
buclge.t-dernOnded a cutback in, the
cost Of health care and announced. a
.harply reduced figure for the
fedd-al share In this 'service. On the.
other hand"; several. so-called ex-
wife Bev had been to Goderich Batten, the editor ofThe Exeter
, , . and what's more, I discovered . Times -Advocate, ' a' tourist.,
fhat Goderich has what it takes Bill's hVed most of his life here
to pull, people; off the -Blue in kluron County and heknows
.Water Route and into town ftr a - Goderich quite well. ,
closer look. . ' '' .,,.. , . . ' But Bill did visit Goderich
The Myatts were most im- 'during the TeCent Festival 'bf
were accorded by .tlle G'oderich potter Who had a booth in,COurt
Tourist Commission. 'Both Jim FlosisePark (westsicle OppOSite.
a'nd „ Bei/. were absolutely the Bank of Nova Scotia). . .
delighted at. „ being ' na-riie'd-,--Bill.and,,Kaareri have a small
"Tourists of the , Week; ;. and .family'of boys '..". foilr young
4
rm. betting hey won't forget "
their visit h efor'aiong, long'
, That tells rile tWo things.
First of all, I' riti:positiVe Jan '
perts have said -openly that the more ,frienOs their experiences jri
- Goderich They will tell them
careful disPensation of money in the - . ''
health field is goOd news for -it will: about The Square,, which
during theirvisit was alive With
•reduce- the vast number 'of un- - • a carnival atmosphere; they
•necessary ' operations.. which are' will tell them about the harbor,
performed iri our hospitals every - streets, the trees, the
the wide
„ . . scenic vantage points all along
. Former.. NDOY leader , Tommy * therri-abOut the businesse's they
the lakefront.; andthey will tell
DoCj•gla's, hi, party's energy. criti.c in ' visited, the restaurants, ', the
Ottawa, has come veryclose to -what „ . stores, the motel. ' ..
many Of us -believe when hesays that .,ATO in my,' opinion, ad -
big business manipulates figures to . vertising , like. Ahat. is an „in-
.createa. climate of shortage so the 7 valuable ,. commodity. „„eom-
thendation bY friends is the best
now.obvious that fears .ol.shortage , vertisement .and % the . more
,,,,,, b.nd ev.er-higher. prices .always 'go, ',. visitors we can'send a-wayfrom
,D,utyo,u and, l ancl all th, rest of us ,town, the. more visitors that will
are'more than a little feclup with all . show up4m the municipalitY's
doorstep inthe future.
the conflic.ting stories about : • That brings me to the second
Prime asset in this matter of
promoting tourism in the town.
A friendly smile .and a cheery
hello to that stranger on :The
Square or at the beach will do
more tharidll the flashinoigns
toad. t . commission can'
In the pocketpook. It would be niee to ,
hear from someone we cah believe.
VT 131.10.0
SIGNAL—STAR:
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' Jim and Bev were warrn. and
wonderful people, just like the
petiole in Goderich. They.didn't
have relatives here and no
longtime friends to see. , Put
they wanted to talk,. to laugh, to
enjoy themselves. And to find
people' in Gode,rich who
welcomed , them, spent4 time
with them and .made them feel' -
wanted and needed was a pure
joy for theth.
Jim and Bev aren't unique in
that sense.' Everyone likes to
feel welcome.
The folks at the tourist booth
can' t4 give the royal welcOme to
every tourist who stops in,.
Goderich, as much as they'd
like to. But the residents of this
town tan help create the at:
rnosphere tourists are' looking
Cqunty Town.
Goderich Knitting' Company
. Sus Bill: "When,handed the', "Judging from the riumbers-...,aremmong a lively unit.
the Writer decided, that an easy -time, the jail is turning into days as the operator's arc busily
engaged upon an order of 40,900
load ,the lads in the family car Goderich and -for those who ' 'pairs of.rnilitary socks'from the
British Government. This -work
way to handle .the task was: to good tourist attraction .. for
and. head for a tour of . the never had. 'the 'Opportimity to will keep the factory busy until
:"This Was our first visit te.the in oPeration, it is a good chance.' the end Cif the summer.zind the •
prespeCts aregood for securing
jail (voluntary • 'and . in- ,tbsce what they were missing.
voluntary)' and we came aWay • . • ", . • other orders,. as the Ligents of
the French: governmerit are
with the impres,siorrthat a visit " "A visit should be mandatory
to such .an institution is one. of , for ,,eyery. youngSter ,and we
making enquirY for socks'.
Mr, B. Knight,•chinopraCtor,
the best deterrentS we know for have- a feeling,,t.he incidenee-of
stepping afOUI.of the law. ,, crinie . wotq .drop- sub- late of London, has become a
resident of' Goderich ;..,1-nd is
"It's- ..altriost .-unbelieVable occupying the residence' at the'
cornet, of • Nelson St:. *and
-Cambria.. Road .r.e.co•ntly oc-
..cupied by F.J. Butland and his
family Where he has his
office, Free consultations will
be given daring office bOtirs as
•stated in.his card 'in our ad -
A teacher at Victoria Public
,School.'Was mildly, shocked at
one of her students' ansWers.'
When askdcl what Neah said
vv•hen he went iato the ark, he
promptly replied "He , said 'I
hope the Germans 'aren't about
with their submarines' ". '
"The Baptist Young People;S
Union held, its annual 4:)ieniC
Grove at Renrniller and. nearly
thirty,Athe•young people. went.
truck." The--.IfteTria-On 'was spent
in' ,the roUnd of picnic,
.Sports and was the roughly
as most of us do, what she reads
C-orer charge and -hears and sees, And that is
. , why it -is important that what.
Dear Editor, .
.On'' Friday, .JtilY' 18, there4' we read and hear andsee about
sell nuclear pOwer to a' wary'.
fop some radioactive wastes to,
reach the radioactiye level of
natural , uLanium. As it now
stands, wre • _are committing
humankind to managing
nuclear wastes, for a period ••of
time that staggers .. th,,e
public. -UnprejticliCed:' by . an', imagination ii -id that is clearly
unexamined desine to, meet bt‘yond the• scope .of present
'Unfortunately we' all ,had to • what we have come to call, our, human planning. ,
pay the $rcover :Charge", at -that • energy demands,.as though we The fact remains that, all
tirrie. I,t is specifically -stated in have • no control over, thOse, wishful. tl-,iinking . aside, the
the 'Signal Star . weekly that demands and as though:all-of ' 'fiuclear—peWer;-prograin , is
"'there will be aieOver charge Of those dernands' are equally expanding while the prohlem of
$1 . for entertainment after • 9 beneficial, and • helpful to. walte .• storage remain's ,...un-
Saturday,,nights only. • • mankind. In that respect, I find .. solved. a' - , „
. jt „rniSleading-to comPare the ; Rather than have "faith in
If fhis 'isn't false ad- benefits "Of nuclear' power with , mankind' to, find the answer"
.iertisement,,.I don't know what . the' benefits of medical. x' -rays, • while We-go.Phead and continue
it is.
.Editor's Note: Management at
the Candlelight Tavern' was
contacted regarding tbi's letter:
The SignalStar learned that.
•the 6over charge. is designed
-primarily to -control the'' traffic_
flow at the Premises, and Mien,
earlier than 9 p.m., the cover
charge goes into effect before
the advertised hour. The
manager agrees present ad-
vertising might be confusing to
customers, and discussions
with the ,Signal -Star ad-,
jii-obably Correct the miSun-
derstanding in subsequent
What, the editor Of the.Signal
Star asks in the July'24 issue,
does 'a lowly weekly edilor .
know about the nation's nuclear
prograin ''and ITS safety?I''.
seems to Me that about the
technical answers she knows,„
as Peter J, Dyne seems -to do in . to gtotre .witheal that 'answer, 1
- ., And unprejudiced rven by a . to come to,grips right now with
pride .. to Canadian . th.e question of energy use and
systern •is uniquely arid proudly , faith . that , mankind (that's uS)
will not. leave Onanswered
, nuelear ,questions for our
children but will he Wise .and
and production of energy. ..
Ar 1 about whether she
chooses that her 'society go
ahead with nuclear power, once
the benefits are analyzec4 the . 0),
alternatives creatively ex- • Thursday night to let 1.116.,
Goderich council. agreed last
risks . examincd, and 'the
plored, the weekly editor, as all Goderich Recration- and
Whether we as a societylchoose , Community Center Board .
nor technical question 'blit a and .lower lobby of the
renovatipns to the auditorium
question for all of us and one in
.a municipal area. The' recreation
board is at present carrying out ,
value judgement. It is
. "I suAgest then: 1) that the a, $150,00(Yeenovation pidject at
the -arena which ' includes
whic.h none of us is lowly. '
equal say in the _glossy replacing the ice surface., and •
seating, decks and installing a
'critics, of nuclear power haVe
brochures. and layman's films new entranceway. The work on
Canadian does not mean that, it
iS safe enough. That' it -is as
. different from the American.
System ag-' apples. from oranges
does not mean that it is • safe
enough, And that Douglas Point
has "umpteen 'backup safety
measures- does not Mean that
soCiety to go:
In the area of waste
management, Shirley Keller
finds consolation in nuclear
wastes „having been managed
"without incident to "date." I
5nd that small cOnsolation. The
first ',"nyClear plari,..t began
- operation in Canada little over
thirty years ago.. Thirty years
iS, not enough,. time to
adequately..teci the
of a pr-cogra !lime like nuclear
IE YEARS AGO
Mor,,e' Ulan 25.0 children were
eVacuatel , from the Judith.
plosion 1 thF chlorinator 'of the
„ main ation system resulted
in fum.,(0,. first thought to be
Town council will iSsue one
last- warning tO the owner of the_
Sunset,Hotel to, board it up and'
clean up the premises or have
the' town do it itit his expense.
power. And those little over, displayed pt nUclear poWe' the au itoiiurn an ,
nwa•g'''' \then we 7 -e44-111-Prit.r.e unprecedented and thorOugh included in the original plans,
thirty -years become pathetically sights; 2) that we have an
thousands oclyears it will tale
then, with the hundreds Of inventory of the, benefits of
(continued empage 3)
wa. s • dropped when the cost
estimates were fotmd to. be .