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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-01-31, Page 4PAGE 0DER; Sit NA1 -STAR, THURSPA 14A 1980. Goderich.` SIGNAL— - .� NA The County Tows Newspaper of Huron • Founded In 1040 and putafshed every Thursday os Goderich, Ontario. Member of the CCNA and OWNA. Advertising rates on request. Subscriptions peyoble In advance '16.00 in Canada. '35.00 to U.S.A., '35.00 to all other coentrlaf, single copies 3S'. Display odvestising roes available an request. Please ask for Rate Card No. 9 effective Sept. 1, 1979. Second Newman Registration Number 0714. Advertising Is accepted en the condition that in the . event of typogcaphicel...actor. the advertisingspace occupled'by, the erroneous Item, together with reasonable allowance ter signature. will not be charged for but the balance of the' advertisement will be pold for at, the applicable rate. in the event of a typographical error advertising goads or services at a wrong price. goods or service may, not be sold. Advertisingis merely an offer to sell, and may be withdrawn at tiny 4inse. The Signal -Star Is not sesponslble for the loss or damage pf unsolicited manuscripts or photos. Published by Signal -Star Publishing,i td. RO.BERT G. SHRIER _ president"and publisher SHIRLEY J. YELLER - editor DONALD M. HUBICK - advertising manager • Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 220r Industrial Park, Goderich Second class mail registration number - 0716 Business and Editorial Office TELEPHONE 524-8331 area code 519 ---Sign1Star gets arou nd! People in the. community newspaper business can do all the talks they like ;about the marvellous services their pliblications provide in • their own areas, but there's nothing like an "unsolicited testimony" to convince people. This week, there is just such a piece of evidence. It comes from Chung -wen Huang, from the People's Republic of China: Mt. Huang (pronounced Whang) was . first in- troduced to the Canadian weekly press since the first of January, 1980 Among the newspapers he read were Signal -Star Publishing Company Limited's Goderich Signal -Star, Clinton News- Record and Lucknow Sentinel. He was quite im- pressed, and in a Letter dated January 6, 1980, he requested more copies of the papers. Mr. Huang writes: "•I study F'or'th American Literature and Canadian News Media at the . U.niversity of ,T.oronto under a program of cultural exchange arranged by the governments of Canada and People's Republic of China: I've been here for a year and a half. I'll be going back home at the end of April, teaching English at Nanking University. "I've .never done any research on small town journalism but I like local community papers. It s.ee.ms-_,ta .Me -that -the small l -town • -pap er i ...not .. merely a survival but a continujng process of response to achieve human.vaiues.. Its contents ar.e representative of a wide range of .activities, ideas, beliefs ,and aspirations that are not 'given ex- pression in the big city daily press. . 'I.t supplies a flow of specific news•afid interprets •events in a meaningful -and effectual context. It -- helps the reader orient himself -herself in time and space in the „local 'community by building and maintaining local.,traditions and identifications. "It reports the weather, the crops, town council meetings, public . gatherings, weddings, illness, births, deaths, joys, Borrows, church activities. "In a sense it is a serial story, a poem, a pastorale,'a history, a guide to politics, a plan to the future of the community, as well as an extension or development or continuation of the town crier, the coffee house, and the news letter." Mr. Huang claimed he wanted to know more about the smalll town paper includigg "its reader opinion, its values in ahighly developed country, its position in, the process of urbanization or subur- banization, and its future'. It . rs, of course,• difficult to answer all those qupction¢ objectively.. _But one, thing emS certain., The future of the weekly press is assured. Nowhere else is the -history of the small town and its rural neighborhoods recorded as it is in the weekly -press. Nowhere else, can so many people from that one community read so- many of the names of neighbors and friends, family and ac, quaintances. Nowhere ..else ..can„people buy so_, much information about themselves and the things .they really want to know -for everyday living. This newspaper is proud to be among those that Chung -wen Huang read and enjoyed. And this newspaper thanks Mr. l;fueng for the opportunity to tell Goderich and area readers that The Signal -Star gets around 'and is appreciated. -SJK ° Salute health care . efforts The- Ontario Medical Association will in 1980 celebrate the centennial of its founding. There are presently 14,500member fihysicians in 65 local Branch Societies in the province, and it will be their job ,this year to organize programs to "bring the public an awareness of the scope, complexity and achievement during 100 years of 'Ontario medicine". Future looks brighter The Ontario government seems to have relaxed the purse strings a little this year, and has recognized again the people's request for continued and improved community health care. Last week, Alexandra Marine and General Hospital learned that its budget for 1980 will be substantially increased. Although -sortie hospital. officials will say it isstill short of what is actually required to .operate a first-rate hospital facility, there is unanimous agreement that the extra dollars are a big step in the right direction. The past few years of hospital budget restraint have been difficult, but they have forced boards and staffs to closely examine their operations and to make some important and effective changes. In the same period, government principles -----learnedethat-healthcane-.is aprierity wit& people in_ ._-- this province. They discovered that while citizens are willing to be a little more reasonable in their expectations, and a little 'less demanding about their rights, they do insist on a high level of -basic „health care for ell areas of Ontario. It's•been a time of struggle but there has been - new understanding. The future looks bright -a because ofit. ' SJK 4„ce•itury ago, there, were only 2,100 doctors in, Ontario and only 12 registered hospitals., Diseases such as :scarlet fever, tuberculosis, diptheria and small pox were among the main disease killers. It was 97 year's ago in 1883 that the world's first elective appendectomy was performed by Dr. Abraham Groves in Fergus. Just before the turn of- the century, in 1899, the discovery of a preservative which allowed vaccines against small pox to be stored, was found in Ontario, . Insulin was discovered.. in Ontario. 'So was Publuna. .So were many of the diagnostic and surgical developments which are,used widely today in many parts of the world to treat people ef- fectively. - Dr.. Ken,L•ambert of Goderich is the current president of the Huron County Medical Society, a branch of the OM'A. The Signal -Star takes this opportunity to salute Dr. Lambert and his colleagues for their continuing efforts in • the health care of the people of this county; and to thank the many fine physicians throughout the last 100 years in Huron County who made°vital contributions in.such a variety of ways to present day life styles and enjoyments. - -While the medical profession in particular and• health care in general have been in a state of flux during recent years, there has rarely been a time in history when people enjoyed such excellent health services as they do today. In Ontario.• citizens are entitled to health care which is second io none. Preventive medicine is the rule in this province, hut when illness stikes, each individual is assured that his medical needs will be met without unnecessary' or crippling financial hardship. These are blessings too, few Ontario people ap- preciate day to day. Maybe this year through the OMA's centennial celebrations,, men and women will he reminded and will give thanks. - SJK ' Cold stove b y Joanne Buchanan Wants stamps Dear Editor, I think of all' the used postage stamps that are needlessly discarded. These seemingly ` wor- thless articles, from any country,. are sold in bulk by the Scarboro Fathers, to stamp dealers, to help finance mission projects throughout the world. ' - In 10 months I have received over 100 lbs. of cancelled postage stamps, ' in small quan- m DEAR EDITDR titles, in very large quantities, from schools, service clubs; companies, individuals etc -'They add up quickly if everyone collects them for me. Please separate the 8c• and 10c Queen Head stamps as these are sold separately. It hardly takes a second to rip the used postage stamps off of an envelope ,leaving a bit of paper around it. - :,,- Thisf,can be YOUR way. of "helping the world's poor without costing YOIJ a lot of time or money. Please send (by "Third • Class” Mail) or bring ail _your.: ; cancelled postage stamps, anytime of the year to:' Mrs. R. M. Cheney, 230 Jarvis Street, Fort Erie, Ontario,: L2A 2S5 or Mrs. J. C. Lawrence, 6782 Dor- chester Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2J 2Z2, Thank you, R. M. Chmay. Thanks Dear Editor, On behalf of the Ontario. UNICEF Committee and the many. UNICEF children around, the w-orld,... L..._would _,:like to extend thanks to the people of Ontario for their most generous support of UNICEF's work in 1979. Once again the people of our province have responded 'with concern and generosity to our " fundraising appeal at Hallowe'en and through the purchase of. UNICEF greeting • cards throughout the year. As a result of this generosity, . $510,000 has been raked tn date from the annual. Hallowe'en for UNICEF collections and :we ate 'optimistic that we will teach our gear of $400,000 from our greeting card. _ sales across Ontario. These ,' ,cpntributions, when matched by the federal' government through the Canadian International Develop- inent Agey (CIDA) will multiply to $1,820,000 monies whiph•will go far in providing . safe water supplies, improved nutrition, health,.care and T'urntopage 5e 75 YEARS AGO • Sheriff Reynolds, Returning Officer for • West Huron, made his official declaration of the poll -'on, Saturday af- ternoon and declared Conservative Dudley Holmes. Patt Farr has bought the Colborne Hotel and will take possession in the near future. His Worship Mayor Murney, 'chairman C.A. Reid of the Water and Dight •Committee and engineer Kelly', ,left Monday morning for Detroit,.. Port'Pluron and - other points to inspect water works and obtain information about intake pipes and the means of getting pure water for the town supply. It was a crowded house at the Temperance Hall LOOKING BACK last • Sunday afternoon when Rev. Mr. Manning of .Clinton addressed the meeting and his excellent address was much ap- preciated, as was also the music of the popular Blackstone Orchestra. Friday was a grand one at the West Street rink for never in its history had it been better attended for a carnival, . At a meeting of the Public Library Board on Saturday evening, a committee was appointed to formulate a program for a public opening of the --new-C-aen-eg ie-li bra-ry 25 YEARS AGO One of the largest amounts in several years, $600,000. for harbor repairs at Goderichis provided in Federal,-_ Government estimates for the 1955-56 fiscal year tabled in the House of., Commons. Paris was the setting for the annual Goderich District Collegiate Institute "Al Home" held last Friday evening in the Collegiate auditorium, Largest, group on record, 29 people took oaths of allegiance and r e c e i vedrradta�r- citizenship papers at a special session of County Court here yesterday. Combination of efforts ley taxi drivers and police resulted in the capture of two prisoners who broke out of Huron County Jail A visit • to MacDer- mott's bank will'grve our citizens a good idea•of the progress made by Con- tractor Pigott on his 20 mile contract at this end of the C.P.R. line to Goderich. in Goderich early this morning. Making a good showing this winter . with the Pittsburg Hornets of the American Hockey League is Jackie Price, a -Go -de -rich "boy. Goderich residents started to dig out over the weekend after a heavy snowfall that brought with it bitter cold winds. 5 YEARS AGO It may not look too much like it today but according to the latest weed from A&P=Food Stores Limited, its new building on Highway 21 south in the Suncoast plaza will be a "shoppers' paradise". A&P expects to open 'this new super-' market around July 1. The Goderich Kinettes collected $2,037.08 in their annual Ability Fund blitz in this municipality last week. A fire 'early Friday morning destroyed a barn and 80 head of dairy cattle owned by Gerald Rodges of R.R.°` 2 Goderich ro The Honorable Frank Miller, Ontario Minister of Health, will be in Goderich next week for a special public meeting on the controversial Mustard Report. .Bill Cochrane, Chairman of the -Board, Huron Country Playhouse, has an- nounced that Peter Smith of Lett -Smith, Toronto, has been named as ar- chitect for the new permanent playhouse building, DEAR. READER BY SHIRLEY J'.KELLER' Canada is in the' throes of another election. We're at the halfway mark and some mighty strange things are happening. First of all, the people of Canada in general seem •to be very unconcerned about- the lack of employment op- portunities ..,. or unemployment as it is 'more commonly known. In the larst election barely eight months ago, that was the hue and cry from the populus . but now, we're hearing very little about it. And folks appear to be unconcerned this time about national unity. Hardly .anybody, especially , election can- didates, takes time to discuss that matter on which 'so much emphasis' wa'5 placed in 1979. What's more, inflation seems to be taking a hack seat now in the minds of the people. It's true Canadians are concerned about the high cost of borrowing money, but inflation and how to combat it, is of less importance this election. That's probably because the Clark government has given us so many new problems to think about. Canadians are ton wrapped up in what politicians have been arguing about latelf' .... energy, foreign policies and whether or not we can afford to reduce the deficit. Makes 'one wonder though if national „unity and a bilingual Canada and unemployment acid inflation were all a tempest in a teapot? And if that's so, it makes' oneuspect our present worries over th�erice of gas and the problems in Jerusalem and ways to cut Canada's expenses in the '80s will also fall in the."who cares" category in another seven or eight months. And something else is noteworthy in this election. The Liberals are- bad- mouthing Joe Clark; the Conservatives are ridiculing Pierre F.Ilfott Trudeau; and the New Democratic Party is making monkeys out of both leaders. •that's nothing new. But it's really interesting to see how differently the people are reacting this time round. At the midway point, it would appear that Canadians like it. In some election campaigns, we've heard comments like: "I wish somebody would deal with the issues and leave individuals out of it." • Maybe 'it is because it is winter and everybody has enough realism. I don't know. But folks actually seem to be enjoying the digs the politicians are getting in at each other ... and hardly anyone is getting upset about it, least of all the folks in and around Huron County. I had a talk a few days ago with a Staunch Liberal supporter. He was giggling about a- line Joe Clark has been using about Trudeau. You know. Joe says that Pierre is the- first "politician in history that has ever campaigned on the" promise that if Canadians elect him he will quit. And a woman who is as Tory as Bill Davis had to admit that the Grit ads making a mockery of Joe Clark's in- decision were clever and a true reflection of the image the Con- servative Prime Minister has presented to the nation since the last election. • As for Ed Broadbent, nobody with the possible exception of some of his own most optimistic party supporters takes him too seriously. He's a flamboyant speaker at times; a disturbing in- fluence always; and a sure thing for a third (or second?) place runnerup. Yes sir, this is the first time in a good many elections where none of the party leaders is really all that cherished by his own faithful. - So it's a wide open contest, I'd wager. gome of -the polls say the Liberals appear to have the edge, but who really 'knows? Anything could happen this time round when everybody will believe just about anything about any one of the party leaders. Just the tiniest slip could turn dee tide in favor of today's underdog. And do you know what? I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this election was just a warmup for another, one a few months hence. Unless the party leaders get a" new image - or are changed - Canadians could be in for some frustrating parliaments and some costly shuffling about. But maybe, like Jimmy Carter, a national calamity will bring credibility to one of the party leaders at last. Let's hope it isn't a world war that does it.