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PAGE 47G,C1DERICHSIGNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1975
EDITORI&L. COMMENT
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Disturbing. rumblings
umblins
Rumblings in recent weeks of Ihe
posibility that some:" Huron CouMty
hospitals may be closed bythe Ontario
Ministry of Health are ca.um|ng a few
people to squirm' -and sweat. That's
understandable in a community• like
:Huron Count` where municipalities
have for years functioned almost |n-
dependent|y of each gther, and where
each of the five' towns has a hospital
presently serving the needs of the
dfizena in hat area.
One of the cndidates for warden in
1976/ Allan Campbell; announced last
Friday' that he would "fight like he||"
tokeep Huron's hospit&s open, even if
that meant apropriating |ocahfuhdu to
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do it.
The. Signal -Star was in touch with
Huron's representative at Queen's
`park last Thursday. Jack Riddell -is.
rn|ghty concerned about thorurhors
that hospitals in Huron may be closed
in the months ahead. He'iMo|stm that at
the present time, he has no conclusive `
evidence that any of Huron's hcispitals
are'ioiempardY; But he does know that '
about 22 .hospitals across the province
are in question and any suggestion that
some Huron hospitals may be included
in 'that number does not seem im-
possible to him. -
The two hospitals in Huron most
often connected with the closing
rumblings are inClinton and Exeter. A
previous 9oyernmdfil report at one
time,. claimed. that Clinton and area
patients could be^serv|cedbyhmsp|fa|s
in Goderich and Seaforthand Exeter
patients could be cared 'for in London
hospitals.
Mr. 'Riddell disputes the hardships
that- would be -imposed on citizens in
those areas if Clinton and Exe+er .
ihospitals were to be closed down. He
points out that Huron is in ^the
"snovvbe\t" and emergency trAve| in
the winter time, by necessity needs to
be the shortest distance possible.
The MPP &so argues that many
retired people resi-de in Huron's towns,
and he feels they would be aer|out|y
inconvenienced by having to travel
long d\siancmstovisit-their |oyed ones
during an illness. Mr-A;Zidde|| Q\ves as
an example an 85 -year-old woman' in
Exeter who would have to find tran-
sportation to London to Visit her 87 -
year -old husband. .
And with figures to�support his
thinking, 88r,^Fl\ddoU lux!,t convinced
that closing hAupita}s is the way to
effect savings on health in On-
tario. He points out th.at it may cost as
little as $60 a day to rnaintajn a patient
in- a smaller- hospital while the:. same..
patient in a lager hospital would coua
$260 a day. -
A report by Jim. Banks, Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital ad'
)/trator, printed elsewhere in this
issue stresses the need for people to
realize that health costs are not free as
present health care' plans teem, to
suggest, but are very definitely paid
for by the people of this province.
One thing is certain after
assimilating these various opinions. If
the Ontario Ministry of Health looks
toward closing one or two hospitals in
Huron C«unty, it can also expect a
protest from this part of the
akingthernse]veoh�ardvvhenfhe
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cn/pan�.down, and that's (uat as it
should be in a healthy democratic
system. — SJK
Healthy
signs
Hats off this week to county'coun-
cillor Reeve Fred Haberer of Zurich
who Iasi Friday urged his association
to think of Huron County as a com
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munity. ~
Reeve Haberer echoed' the sen-
timents of this n
en'|irner0soffh|sn r when he.sakd
that municipal boundaries must be
broken down and urban -rural bar ' ra
erased if Huron County is to contioue to
groWend flourish. .' ^.•
Huron is a leader in Ontario in many
aspects. It behooves�electedelectedofficialsg
pe
everywhere in this county fo keep
Huron alive andWell through
broadened outlooks, progressive
- legislation and forward. thrust. The
place to start it by Co-operating with
,the neighboring rnunioipaMifies at
every opportunity,- realthat the
' aCtionsofnne municipality have deep
and reverberating effects on another.
Here in Goderich, Mayor Deb
SewfeIt continues to ShQW this spirit of
co-operation with neighbors ' in
Goderich Township. and Colborne
Township. Citizens should be proud of
his example ',in fh|s'regard, and en-
courage his actions and 'attitudes. -SiX
n'curagehisacfionsand'aftitudea.'SJX
NEAR EDITOR
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DearE,ditor.
WhdOver came up with the
notion. that small towns are
dull has neVer gotten involved
with the many domniOnity
activities here in Goderich.
Last Saturday's parade and
kiddies' entertounmontwas, a
prime example of whO\e'
hoartedcornnnunityoffoctfor'
young and old alike.
Altbdbgb each float in the
parade was an- exhibit of long
hours of proparodon, we the
muwrubai'u of Beta ,Theta
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi,
felt that those long hours put
into our float were filled with
fun, fxiendship and oount\oyo
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By
J.9ff Seddon
'Tbe postal strike'is over
„For individuals like me who
' depend on the ^~, for '—^
little in day -to day living
(outside the office) it will
make hardly any difference
at all. -
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But for people, who like to
send and receive|euora: who
have loved ones in other
areas of the, country to con-
tact by mail' whodobue|ness
bymail; who need the mails
for a multitude of things
every wook...the end of the
postal strike will 'bothe
sweetest gift in the world this '
December,
One hesitates to make
,00m,nont about ' the
bargaining tpW
and uzer/guvcrnmvnt without
havingfirst hand knowledge,
buc.it^doea appear unusuai to
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say. the least thatDni _�^f`
�|c|a)n signed A'` t-entative __
agreement on .Sunday
evening and then advised
their members on&xonduyto-
pe]ror it. ,Talk about
bargaining in bad faith!
And if only half the stories
ahout the balloting on
'Monday are true, d`n vote
makes the worst election on
record look like a k]o-
dcrQurtonlou party by
co"^p^'�on'. �
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But«moshnuJdtdwell on
the past. One should rym'
megd the 52 percent of the
postal workers whp had a
vote and opted to go back to
work. One should look ahead
to a now and moru.efyinio^t
urpindhopnotnYOoa-
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Ur should onm4huvo that
much faith? I wonder.
examples, � people ,helping
people.
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Although it
im-
possible to name every,one
invo\vod, we would like to
thank the following persons
for their donations toward our
endeavor:
Mn. Jim Banks, and; the
A.M. G Hospital; Mr. Jack
Tebbutt, Mr. Otto Hermann,
Ken and Joy Butohins,
Goderich Buildall, Gord .
Davidson of Mr' Storeo,
Conklin Lumber and Allan
Yates.Many thanks to the friends
and husbands of our chapter
members and , the girls
themselves* Tor making the
whole crazy experience
Very best, wishes for a ^
joyous holiday season.
, Sincerely,
Joan C 8h
' Chairman ~
Float Committee -
Beta Theta Chapter
Beta0QmuPhi
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Dear Editor
Brigadoon wasgreau!! Mr
Scrooge was great!! The
London Symphony etc, is
great!!
Wouldn't it be GREAT if we-
hadupruper00000r<haUyor
these events?
The Lookers,
Goderich
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Dear Editor:
We are writing -thislettlter in
regards to an unfortimate
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incident which t'ook place in"
Saltford Valley Hall on
Saturday November 29. We
feel we were discriminated
ainst as we were asked to
leave at 1:30 .a.m. after we
had collected money to pay
for an extra hour of dancing.
We have since been in-
formed that other dances
were allowed to go till 2 o -
clock and later, Why should
priorit'Y be shown some
bookings and not to others?
We were. given to, un-
derstand that we would never
be able to rent the hall again
by one certain official in
charge of the hall that
evening.
Qranted, our contract
states that we were to be out
at 1:30, but it has not been a
problem to dance longer in
the past. Now we are faced
with the embarrassment of
having collected this money
and could not give it back. In
lieu of this, we have decided
to donate the sum of $28.00 to
the Retarded Children's
Fund.
^The8xedutive^
Globe wrong
Dear Editor,
..Nodoubt many people are
aware of happenings
surrounding the secondary
school, teachers' strike in
Metro Toronto. Some people
May feel that the strikers are
giving demonstrations on an,
unscheduled subject - greed
and abdication of individual
reyrWny|hU|tv
I read in a Globe and Mail
article last Saturday that
there ire 12 Boards in Ontdrio
who already hQvo
arrangements with their
teachers to actually pay them
the oa`~�'ex and other,
benefits which the Metro
teachers flaw' asking. 4 1
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was start -led to see
the 12 is Huron.
Undoubtedly there has been
considerable public talk
about these salaries
(teachers' aswell as officials'
and el9ctedropt000ntouveo')
in the newspapers and other
means of communications,
because it is entirely a public '
matter. '
I am sorry to say, however,
d`gt sornehOw l seem to have
missed it, certainly the im-
pact it must have created.
m'poctitmuethavecreuted. It
is likely there are others like
myself.
Would it be possible for
your newspaper to
familiarize Us with the
complete picture of the
County Board of Education
scene? l am 'certain that the
,Board itself is most anxious
to rid its public relations oy.
the 'unyortuhute and
mileading impression that it
real y wishes to be left alone
like a little closed island from
which at present the bridge of
complete openness and
sharing in public service is
. not long enough to reach the
shores of the ordinary tax-
payer like myself. •
ax'puyer)ikernyoe\y.'
I assure you l mean no
.disrenpent. It suddenly oc-
curred to me that I have been
o'ourroduornmtac/ouveueon
negligent as an individual in
not showing greater interest
in a subject that takes such a
large part of our tax dollars,
and in not inviting the Board
te^more~oomp\ete and comp,
dnuuum openness in all'
matters in which they work
mYour behalf.
1 am a taxpayer like most
of us. In addition; as a
the grotip, who has to take a
part of the education dollar
out of one of your pockets
while another level of
government taxes the rest out
of your other pocket.
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'.�~.� '^ "~" �~�"+ �hepn,rov thut Will 'be eop-
SUVetal postal officials were ; sumed by Christmas lights.
setting the stage for things fo After all, aren't we trying to
come when they predieted 4 conserve energy in Canada?' '
poor attitude in the nafion'i --It should be explained here
post offiee."7.,,result of the . that after checking with the
uneasy sePerdent and the PUC: the commi4ttee in
poor , handling of " certain _charge of the Christmas,
matter's during the strike. Lighting contest has fOund the '
As, one London Union of- extra power required for
ficials eXplained on., radio lighting will not be in peak ,'
this week, Mien management . periods of the' day, and
in .the various post offices therefote won't present any,
sorted the government pr lislem at all. What's more,
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cheques and did the, duty of witl large plants such as
the striking inside postal D•o: inion Road MaChinery
workers, they assumed the COmpany Ltd. shutting down
role of "scabs" - a horrid for' a week or so this month-,
Union term - and this won't be the extra i-evenue from . the
easily forgotten when work Christmas , lighting in
resumes this week. Goderich will be.appreciated
This may give an inkling of by the PUC. '• '
things CO COme then. More ' It should •also be pointedOut
postal strikes perhaps? Even that only those persons who
less efficienuy than the enter the contest will have
inefficiency we've come to ,their outdoor Christmas
expect in recent years? • lighting judged. That will
For it is true the 06stal mean that those persons will
system in thi§ cOuntry hasn't be prepared to pay (-the ad -
been working. When one can ditional cost for "lighting up"
walk faster to deliver mail in •on their own utility bill - and
such distant points from those ersons who are op-
Gode,\ch as Clinton 'anu posed �othe contest on
SuuYo�d
h and Exeter on. inoip|� or ��r whutovnr
Wingham and Zurich, one 'other raoyon..noed not par-
really
mpruully must admit the mails ticipate. '
are in -efficient. - But Mn those who denter
vVk,n it takes over. a week the contest,, the rnvinoio\
to deliver a newspaper to 'guidelines for Christrrias
Toronto from Goderich - and 0ghdng are worth studying -
''' ) �o down�o�\y the evening
rerouting simply we lighting
- fo periodof' hnm�ua!|
the process - one hasvar ropor say
right
to question the ef- On, rather than all day and�
ficiency of •a naStu)~yxutoro all night as some like to do,
whose workers feel justified That's a fair request, lthink.
to, make increased demands So if you, have a mind to
on fhe Canadian public. spend a little 'extra money
With only 52 percent of this Christmas for outdoor
Canada's' postal workers lighting are preparedlo
satisfied with the wage set-- follow • the 'prvvmua/
domend (and even that 52 .guidelines for uomn, / urge
percent is doubtful ifl one you to take part in the
considers that many may Christmas lighting contest.
'have accepted the settlement The dnuuUooythe contest are
out'r' need rather than pIinted elsewhere in this
satisfaction) ' it loaves a od\t�m\nanudvn,tinunx�nt.
question'
'• �hether the Surelyuthe town i's that
remaining 48 percent are much more beautiful with
discontented enough to.goout lights twinkling from more
again ynnn...or create new and more homes this
and pointed unrest in .the Christmas season. And. with-
. nation's postal centres.
vid,.nodon'nnoetu|ccnt,Ay. the present snowfall td add
,Bu| it is such a gloomy .^. the ynooting, the town will
prognosis for the Christmas look like a postcard every
month, most people will night orthe week. _
simply rejoite in the set- Many people appreciate
tlernent and hegin sending out touring the the
those cards, letter and colorful displays 'o, lights at
parcels to those loved ones in Christmas - and the Goderich
every corner of thugKinsmen Club is a�u|again.Fo,Aet the uneasy feeling in m%ponourinAits night-time bus
thqvitnYthe stomach; relax, tout for shut-ins and other
spread the "'Christmas spirit elderly who may be able to
and give thanks for a restored get out that one evon\ng, with
postal service if onl°for the the help oy\"iUin8|�in. to see
'dme'bdU�
ng. dxe�h.
f+f And speaking of lighto,Thm
There's gqing to he Square areas is looking quite
Christmaslighting contest in festive in its Christmas garb.
Goderich again thyear. . If you Wovon't seen it yet
This writer h"" become night, It is worth a 'jaunt
downtown �n u Ym�darktntako
pretty good at 6�tidpmdn8 n a.
reader concerns - and one of |� A good waytu get in t6*
the things some people are mood for °nua^"a=
100KING BACk
80Y,EAR8AGO'
The broken plate glass
window in front of SnoU'o
Store has been replaced by a
covering of boards.
The editor of a Missouri
paper offers a year's sub-
scription to the woman who
write§ him the best proposal,
of marriage.
Part of the roofs of several
buildings at the old Inter-
national salt works were
bJown. off by the gale last
Thursday.
Agang nYmen are hard at
work clearing debris over at
the Albion block. 'and
rebuilding operations are
scheduled to ttbgin_ahordy
after. '-
By the way, there is a great
crusade that the Kincardine
Review man is leading
•ain t the editor of. the
Signal. Up to date he is
backed, by a little puper•|n
Wiarton, The Advance pf"`
Wingham and the d|oorod'ited
Farmer's S Since„Jack '
Fa1staff led his rum 0
on the three tailors of Tooley'
trhe been—such'
a sight for God nor man. Pull
down the blind on yourself
young 'man, pull Cit)wn the
blind.
The revival meetings are
still going on -h+V|ctoriu^
Street Church. Much good is
resulting., and several souls
have been converted to
Chhat.
Last week a number of
local young people spent- an
enjoyable -time on ;the ice at
the Shoal andG vnl, P. The
rink was flooded on Monday
and will soon he ready for the
skaters. ,The hardware stores
have the windOws decorated
with • skates and .hockey
sticks, the latter being quite a
novelty to the GoderiCh bOys:
A Meeting of those in-
terested in hockey was held
last Wednesday for the
purposes of organization.
Officers were' appointed and
other preliminaof „ business
accomplished.— ^The 'club
would. 111rO to hear from any
outside hockey teams and
communications Should be
addressed to A.McViuur.
60YEAm8mGO
The county council -. will
meet ot Tuesday next for the
last session of. the year. One
of the most 'important items
of business will be the ap-
pointment
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pniny
�mnnt of a'uncoeeor'to
the late Robert Mutch as
keeper of the Courtly of
Refuge.; -There will. probably
be an' application befOre the
council for assistance
towards recruiting the new
battalion for Huroniri
overseas service,
A charge against `K8ro.
Johnson, proprietress of the
Colborne Hotel of selling
intoxicating \iquor, was
heard by 'Pollee Magistrate '
��oUy on Saturday. In u`o
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course of the -evidence it was
stated that Andrew Calder is'
the lessee of the bar and the.
burn. and Calder admitted,
after receiving the protection
of the magistrate, that he had
sold whiskey during the past
three Months..The case upon
was not' proven and Mrs.
Johnson was acqUitted.
The TOronto News recently
.announced the reiignatio,n of
Vnior Judge Doyle of Huron ,
/ftunty.. The • announcement
has cause'd much conjecture
as to whp will fill the vacancy. ;
No information seems td be
available at this point, It is
,,understopd that Judge Doyle,
while still of vigorous mind
and—body, . and capable of
rendering further good
service on the bench, has
reached the statutory age
limit for judges.
5YEmRS AGO
The Goderich Little
'Theatre opened its 1'970-71
season with music as "Trial
.bx Jury" was presented. The
•C}i\bort and Sullivan operetta
was very well roce|vod, and
costumes, acting d music
were letter-perfect. Members
of the thriving theatre group
'hopefur`uyt'uy'800dthingnto
come. .^
Tribute was paid tO Bill
Kirkey in ,the latest issue of
"Vvu g( ' Tongun', official
publication of The Goderich
Kinsmen Club. Among other
things, it was said that "he is
one of our most important
and helpful members. Bill
has been active in the club for
15 years, and at the present
time is Registrar and chief
custodian of draws. Com-
pliments to Bill for unceasing
work in the sale of tickets and
,organizing muny other