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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-09-11, Page 9(continued from page 5) son went west t1 Canada and eventually founded another Dungannon there. Not only has she come to see me but next year, she hopes to vtsit Ontario with her husband and is now very excited at thei prospect of visiting the Dungannon set up by .her an- cestor. I will let you have details nearer' the date but sometime in advance as I'm sure thissentimental journey will'be of much interest to you and your readers. Ftere, in Ulster, I shall look forward' to reading full reports in your ' newspaper and will share the pleasure of your meeting. Mrs. Stewart Brook, Ripley, Ontario, sent me a most fascinating history, of tile, Mallough family which may b new to you. I had it reproduced in our local paper here in Dungannon, and it was studied with much Interest by readers over a wide area. I enclose a Copy of this document as reported in th'e Tyrone Courier, . August 27, 1975, and it is possthethat you might like to reproduce it in the Goderich Star. la,lso enclose a cutting from this same Tyrone Courier, regarding Don Malliagh, son of our Dungannon's Joe Malliagh, who has worked with the Tyrone- Courier - for over - 4'�... years and is a brother of the Mrs. Daisy Bogle who hopes to visit you in 1976. You are 'welcome to use any of. this information, if you feel it would hold-theattentionand interest of your readers., Many who' wrote 'in to me could claim direct descent from William Mallough, son of an earlier- Joe Mallough,„ _who founded Dungannon, Ontario, so long ago. I would like to thank, through ygu, all. those nevi correspon- dents who have written in response to my second fetter, including Mrs. Errington of Dungannon, Ontario, Miss Finnigan of Goderich, Mr. Sam Gibson of LucknowM and many, many more. I will reply to them all in due course. „With good wishes and my thanks to you for your kindness, Sincerely yours, Mollie Whiteside (Mrs.) Editor's Note: While the items 'to which Mrs. Whiteside refers will not be published in the Signal -Star, they are available to readers who wish copies. Mollie Whiteside (Mrs.) Dungannon," Co. Tyrone, North Ireland. The Signal -Star, ict l e o m. P s ayo u r comment*. Write to, the editor t o dl a Y. Hare your say. a Say poor .communications- b:igges t Pow �ncerned mot M ers suggest improvements to rec board ' 'A deputation describing themselves as concerned ,mothers confronted the Goderich Recreation Board with a list of suggestions Thursday night and the "sin - sere .wish" to be of help in planning playground activities for children in the summer. The, list was prepared by Hilde Maurer and given to each board member complete with • reasons for the suggestions. Mrs.; Maurer ,listed her suggestions with nothing but praise for the playground staff, but cited a possible com- munication gap between the recreation director, Mike Dymond ,and his staff as the reason for some of the problems: On several occasions, she referred to problems -that were taken to the director and nothing had been done to correct the ,situation. She suggested that if Mr. Dymond was not, responsible for the complaints then he should' forward, them to the party, concerned. , .Some_ of ---the •suggestions -made to the _board by., Mrs.. Maurer concerned the junior 'Playground group. She said that this year the group, met twice at Robertson Public School, twice at the Cambridge Street park and once at the pool. She said the turnout at the Cambridge Park was very poor. • She added that a lack of trees made the park ,very un- comfortable in the hot weather and that broken equipment caused a ;hazard to the young children. Mrs. Maurer suggested the park_,.be ignored 'in next year's playground planning.' ,, "The recreation director should instruct his staff- to report any broken equipment to him and if he is not responsible for repairing it then he should pass it on to the party that is," said Mrs, Maurer. ' Board member Bob Allen interjected pointing out to the' delegation that it is not only the responsibility of the staff of the - town's crews to report broken equipment, but also the responsibility of the citizens. Mike Dymond defended the decision to. hold junior playground at Cambridge Street, He said that last year . when the park was •formed, a• survey of "theneighborhood was taken and a "fantastic num- ber" of children were reported as using the park, thus promoting the move to that neighborhood, He acided that next year, three different, locations are going to be used five days a Week to encourage 'parents to send. their children to the playgrounds, NO BIKE RACKS Mrs. Maurer again criticized an apparent lack "of. action -by therecreation department concerning complaints of parked bicycles . at Judith Gooderlim pool and a lack of' park ben\hes in shad y areas near the park's wading pool, She said that the bicycles were a hazard for 'children and that she once even found one parked against the main counter in'the pool's' change room. "`You teach the • chjldrern water safety in'';the• pool, Why WE'VE GOY THE GEST - SELECTION cIF '7 5,s IN TOWN THEY ALL MUST GO ! I ! COME ON,DPWN AND DEAL YOURSELF BIG SAVINGS GREEN AR E N T FORD MERCURY;, SATE LTD. P • r 263 HURON'R'D. GODER1CH S24-2665 The CAR SHOW is now,nearl Come see the new FORDS for '76 not teach them playground safety and instruct them to park their bikes?" ' suggested Mrs. Maurer. ' • Mary Donnelly, rec board member, ' explained tow the mothers that the rec office had already purchased and in- stalled bicycle "racks at the pool. and that they., had not been, used. 'he lack of park benches placed about the wading pool for mothers' comfort during the heat wave irritated .Mrs. Maurer. She said ,that the bench in the shade only sup- ported four or five people and the rest of the mothers either had .to. sit on 'the bench in the sung on the hot pool deck or stand with their backs to the wall of the change room to get out of the sun. ' Mike Dymond explained that unless the benches can be secured early in`theyear from the to'wn's public schools they cannot be 'used because of the inaccessibility of the schools. He pointed out ' that more benches had been ordered for the area and that they -were the parks departments' " respon- sibility: SLEEPOUT Mrs: Maurer then, directed othe board's attention towards, problems encountered during a day camp operated "for the. playgrounds` by the recreation department. The overnight, trip for the youngsters was held in Point Farms Provincial Park and according to Mrs. Maurer the whoie'affair suffered from a communication gap. The sfeepout was to be held in the old barn at the Point Farrns park and the children were instructed to bring some hot dogs to cook over a bonfire, A bus was chartered to transport the children to the' park and they were dropped off at the park for the night. . After the bus had left- the children, .the park superin- tendant advised the playground leader Linda Cayman that the children could,not sleep in the barn. The children • had spent the day there due to a heavy rainstorm. Not being able to sleep in the building forced the leader to try to find some. tents for the youngstersor take thein home. Mrs. Maurer said that, one of the junior• staff members at Point Farms had oft(re,d the services of the barn and had '"clearly' overstepped her - responsibilities and then flatly denied ever . having offered the barn to the playground". She pointed out that the park policy prevents sleeping in the building since 'a fire caused by lightning striking the barn, would be a catastrophe and the storrn that day was complete with regular lightning flashes. 1Vlrs. Maurer addedthat the playground leader could not take the children home since . she had no assurance that the parents .would be home and the lezl,fler could not be responsible for the 'children in that event. The . park superintend,ant managed to secure enough tents to house the children solve the apparent dilemma. Board member Lynn Meyers said that he could appniate Linda Carman's concern for the children, but pointed out that the best possible thing to dowould be to call the bus back and'take the children home. 14e said that in the future, If the,, parents _,.w.ere: not going._to be home they . should provide' ark ' alternate address, ,for a babysitter in the event that the child had to be taken home. . 'I wouldn't go in'the barn in • the face of 'that danger and I certainly wouldn't 'coerce someone into letting me slgpp in it, said Mr. Meyers. Mrs. Maurer said that all she was suggesting was that all the events planned for the children should be confirmed- with .,a signed ,commitment before the parents are notified. She added that some method of informing the 'parents of a cancelled program should be worked out, suggesting the use of Channel 12 on table TV as a possible media. COMMUNICATION LAG The cancellation notification could aiso.apply at the pool, -ac= cording to the..Aconcerned mother. Mr's.,Maurer referred to one quick closing of Judith Gooderham after a downpour had caused water to back up into the basement of the change room causing a health hazard: ' The closing of the pool was - not the cause of the complaint. however. The lack of com- munication was, Mrs. Maurer said she and a group of mothers Stood outside the closed gates wondering what was going on. 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The irate m.tther summed up her feelings saying that' in her. opinion, too much respon- sibility was place4 on . the shoulders Of the young em- ployees rn charge of the day camp and pool without a . thorough briefing in advance, She went on to -point out that she sofelt the problem was worsened because. Mike Dymond was on holidays during the day camp and could nut be reached. Mrs, Maurer said thatTholidays ,during, this period were had 'judgement, but if 'It was completely necessary a qesponsible and able adult should be left in charge of the r'cc office,' Rec hoard chairman Pete McAuley told Mrs. Maurer that all her criticiSrrr was in his Poetry contest (; ODE R1(11 SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SE.PTEMJ ER 11,J975,—PAGE W M. mind constructive and valid, and that if the recreud)n hoard did not take it into account and build on it they may as well fire .the rec director, 'dismiss the hoard and go on in a haphazard manner: • A 81,500 ‘-and prize will be awarded in the current Poetry Competition sponsored by, the World of Poetry, • a monthly •ne'wSlettE for poets. Poems of all styles and on . any subject are •eligible to. compete for the grand prize or 'for' 49 other cash ' or mer- y chandise awards. Second place is 8500. According to contest director,,' Joseph Mellon, "We. are encouraging poetic talent of every kind, and expect our 'contest to .produce exciting discoveries." Rules and official entry forms are availah.le by writing to: World of Poetry, 801 Portola Dr.; Dept, 211, San Francisco CA 9412, Contest closes November 30, 19;5, True Savings At BL ACKSTONE FURNITURE WEST.STREET Quality, Service, Selection This is your personcil invjtation• to meet. JACK RIDDELL _ a Auditorium - Goderi ch Arena TUESDAY, from 5 to 8- P.M. Meet Jack Riddell and'h.'is 'family andMurray Gaunt Beef and trimmings and coffee Don't. miss this ele'Ictlon round -up rally in Huron -Middlesex PT:18 JACKRIDDELL fr, •