The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-11-13, Page 19.
SUBAR 'N' $PICE
by BILE SMILEY
Something came up on my
Saskatchewan holiday this
summer past that rather in-
trigued me, and I thought it
A might strike a chord,
responsive or otherwise, in the
breast, or breasts, of my best'
friends, the readers of this
column.
I had thrown a small and
unselect party on the last night
of the convention. At least it
began small. It grew steadily
larger because it was unselect.:
everybody who passed the open
door of my room was hollered
at to common in.
Fortunately, most
of
the
people who were passing were
weekly newspaper people with
their wives, girl friends, or
grandmothers. With regard td
the ladies, I must confess, said
he gallantly, that you couldn't
tell the girls from the grand-
mothers.
Perhaps that is because it's
Women's, International Year,
but I doubt it. I have noticed in
the last few years that girls are
becoming more like grand-
mothers: the glasses, the long
skirts, the humped ,shori1ders;
and, for good or worse, ,gran-
nies are becoming more like
girls: smoking cigarettes,
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drinking rye whiskey, and
elevating their bosoms, with
the aid of goodness -only -knows -
what m' acles of elastic, to
positively periods positions.
Well, hack to the party.
Federal and provincial politics,
women's lib, starving editors,
rotten kids, and overpaid
workers, were di,alt with fa HY
smartly and expeditiously.
They were all had, we agreed,"
except for the starving editors,
the last bulwark in the fight•for
freedom, law and order, the old
virtues and a return tt the
"good. years' of the
Depression.
This as standard for a
party. and 1 was pleased that
everything \tias so cool. But, as
every host vr hostess of every
party, every ehere, and every
time, knows, most people
sensibly go home to bed, and
mine h6st.is-5turk with the Rag -
Tag and Hob-"raiL.uf._•the party,
who still have a few bones stuck
in their craws and want to wash
them away with some fairly
strong solvent.
It happened. I. won't mention
names, because they are two
fine western editors, • good to
their children, kind to their
Wives, pillars of their com-
munities, and I don't want them
run out of town on some torn --.p
rails of a defunct. line of the
C.P.R., not tarred and
And the band played on! This marching trombone player
was momentarily thrown into a tizzy Tuesday when she
dropped her music sheet while leading the Royal Canadian
Legion parade to the cenotaph for Remembrance Day
Looking Back
—through the Signal -Star
80 Years Ago
Mr. Marsden, of the, bur-
ned -out Albion Hotel
Goderich, recently made
application to be allowed to
continue business on some
other premises in town, so
Inspector Paisley went to
Goderich to see about the
matter but when he learned
that Mr. Marsden, had none
of the . ' accommodations
necessary to meet the
regulations, he declined to
recommend.the license:
.The entertainment in the
Academy Tuesday evening
was one of the best
representations of the kind
ever given in Goderich. The
Guy Brothers have been here
on several occasions but
never did- they present a
better bit of fare. Every
character was well taken,
and the specialists proved
themselves to be in the front
rank in every line exhibited,
The audience was a large one
and, thoroughly appreciated.
the many hits made during
the evening.
Town ,Clerk Coats has an
Irish frieze overcoat which
has seen 19 years of active
service, and it is still "almost
as good as new." This' coat
certainly does not owe him
anything, but he promises to
layit aside if he' gets the
appoji)tmnent of Registrar.
-In,. future municipal elec- _
tions, all possibility of a voter.
(continued on page 11)
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services. She managed however to retrieve her music and
get back into position without seriously interrupting the
parade. (staff -photo)
feathered. but smeared from - .. �w, gentle
head tPi foot ' ith printer,;' ink reader, if you Were a weekly
and . copies of their old editor'' Would you run the court
editorials news, and break some poor
I'll .lust dill them Rag -Tag
and Bob -Tail Rag•'I'ag finally
ran out of 4trgum(.'nts and
steam about 4 a.m.; but Bob
Tail kept' me up until 6.47 a.m..
the bus leaving at 8:30 for the
fishing trip, Me going, him not,
'and! hope, ff he reads this. he is
cuing slowly and painfully from
an incurable disease.
This is hat they got hacking
about, 'ut, with me .as the fudge;
should or should not a weekly
editor run m his co ltimns court
news
And that is why I thought
your readers might have an
opinion. Rat -Tag said:'
"Absolutely. It is our duty. No
one can be -spared. We owe it to.
our readers.. -If I myself were
convicted of impaired driving, I
wouk r -n it in the paper.-
Bob
aper• "Bob rail spoke thus: "Blank -
beep! Who do you think you are
—God? The guy or the __ ' has
already been judged d
sentenced by the law. He or he
has been punished. All you are
mother's heart?" Or do you
think that the public has a right
0) know that the mayor got
drunk and beat up his wife?
When.I was a weekly editor', I
had to cope with this. I decided,
, with 'the full concurrence of my
partner, that there was no
particular point, in running
court news. Too many people
were being doubly punished,
and 'why? Merely ,for the •
delectation of the righteous.
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Strangely enough, or not, the
people who howl and plead the
most, when it is their family
about to be exposed in public
print`. are the most righteous.
,The less righteous are almost
proud that nephew Elmer "got
his name in the paper."
Three delys later, on our
fishing trip, I reintroduced the,
subject, and saw two weekly
newspapermen, this time from
Ontario, practically come to
blows over the issue.
Daily papers treat the sub
sect with the utmost cynicism.
They have a court reporter: He
or she reports only those cases
before the judge which will
make a "good story": The
salacious, the sensational, the
bizarre -- only those that will
make ther reader chuckle or
slaver.
What do you think? Perhaps
your editor would be interested
in your opinion. Does he or s
run court news? Does it
any purpose? You judge.
Write him, or her. Write - e,t.
care of him or 1'ler. I would
really like to know 'how or-
dinary, 'decent human, beings
feel about this.'
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doing by printing it in the paper
is doubling the sentence, ex-
posing him or her to the scorn t
and contempt of friends_ w
and neighbors and salivating
sansation-seekers who swoop
" like vultures on the garbage
,That is qtkrer peoples' troubles."
As you can see, Bob -Tail was
a little more poetic. But Rag -
Tag .was not to be downed -so
easily. He fought.back.
"O.K., smart -ass. What
would you do if there was a
murder in your town?" You'll
note that lie had by now
dropped the subjunctive.
Bob -Tail: "I'd' ignore it. I'd
say in the paper that So -and -So
had passed away on Such -and -
Such, If the Calgary papers
wanted to come in and make a
big murder thing of it, let 'em.
You know what I'd do? I'd go
and see the widow (or widower)
and talk to her (or him) as a
friend.
I won t bore you with • any
more.. The argument went on
for two hours, with the judge
(me), looking at a non-existent,
watch, brightly mentioning
that the fishing trip was
starting in two hours, and even
calling room service to see
what time it was.
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