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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-02-21, Page 4"' farE4 Geh l ERIcliSI1,) A4.-sTAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1980 ' the e, ode cu S1GNAL-STAR The County Town Newspaper of Huron • Feuaded in 1990 and published every Thursday at Goderich. Ontario.. Member of the CCN.A ,and.OWNA• Advertising rates on request. 64bscriptlons payable In advonco '1W.00 to Canada. 13.00 to V.S.A.,. '35.O0 to,oll other gauntries. Single coglei•33'. Display advertising Mira atra*labte en request. PIoase ask for Rate Card Mo. "0 effective Sept. 1. 1979. Second class ,nail, Registration Number 0719. jAdvgr;Ustng is accoptosi. on the toplpitlon Diet in the evont..of typographical error, the advertising space occupied' by the erroneous Items together with regsgnable allowance for signature. will not bo charged for but the balance et the advertisement will be paid for' at the applicable rote. In the event of o typographical error odeertising goods or services et a wrong^price, goods or service may not be sold. Advertising Is merely an offer to sell. and may be withdrawn at any time. The Signal -star Isnot responsible for the loss or damage of unsolldtedmanuscripts oc photos. Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. •ROBERT G. SHRIER — president and. publishers SHIRLEY J. KELLER — editor DONALD M. HUBICK - advertising manager 'Mailing Address: P.O. BOX. 220, Industrial Park, Goderich Second class mail registration number — 0716 Business and Editorial Office TELEPHONE 524-8331 area code 519 Voters here had treat Huron -Bruce voters got something from their election candidates that voters in some ridings did not get • this time round. That was sensible ad- vertising. Advertising that informed rather than ridiculed. Whether it was newspaper, radio or television advertising, Huron -Bruce , candidates Murray Cardiff, Graeme Craig and Tony McQuail ap- pealled to the intelligence of voters here. That was a treat, of course, for much of the national ad- vertising for all three parties was cheap and in- sulting. It is a fact that Canadians were, for a while perhaps, entertained by the television ads. It was fun for a time to see Trudeau "get his" or to watch Clark "cut down to size". But there came a time when the people wanted none of that. They wanted only to get down, to the business at hand - the issues - and for the most part, the voters were sadly disappintedby the expensive vote -:getting attempts that saturated the televis on screens of the nation. Much of the advertising was pathetic and lacking in a message. Even though Huron -Bruce candidates generally failed to outline their plans to deal with the issues ... indeed successful candidate Murray Cardiff said after the campaign there were no burning issues in Huron -Bruce ... their ads acknowledged the voters' right and ability to decide the outcome of the election. And that was commendable in a time when the temptation for all parties may have been to criticise and poke fun. Sincerity paid off, too. The voters in Huron -Bruce responded with a careful analysis of the candidates and the issues. The proof of that WAS in the election results ... a close race between the two old line party candidates and a new percentage of support for the New Democratic Party from one end of the riding to the other. Well dine Huron -Bruce. - SJK • Being_friendly costs nothing Being friendly doesn't cost a cent, and yet some people •are so stingy with their smiles and their cheery hellos that one would get the impression friendliness is so expensive only the very rich could afford to give it away. In Seaforth on two occasions recently, it was Absolutely amazing to find as many spontaneous greetings and warm expressions as there were people on the street. No one needed a formal in- troduction to say "Nice day today". One stoll down that main thoroughfare was enough to set the heart singingfor. the whole day. And itwas•allfor free. There's nothing like a genuine friendly attitude which prevails among all its citizens to give a town that something extra. Goderich is fortunate to have many real assets - some great scenery, a unique downtown, abundant business. But it is all "for naught if the atmosphere is stiff and formal ... if there's no friendliness. How's your „attitude when you leave home in the morning? Do you walk with a spring in your step? Do •you face the world straight °on, looking for someone with whom to share your -good feelings? Do you speak to people with a lilt in your voice? Do you look friendly and sound friendlyR If you are a businessman bra salesperson, do you greet your customers with a pleasant smile and a helpful attitude? Do you make an effort to learn names? Do you listen to your customers and really hear what they are saying? Goderich is a wonderful town with a bright future. Just that little bit of friendliness on your part could make the. difference.. between moderate acceptance' and trernendous support on part of visitors and residents alike. And it doesn't cost a cent. - SJK What aboutthe - Afghanistan, a country about the size of the their invasion of this small country to score brownie province of Alberta, could be the cause of the points. • demise of two international organizations. The And now, the Olympic Games is also being used Russian military adventttre into" hat country has to exert political pressure upon a country which has caused worldwide consternation and the begin- rn- . .-Historically seemed immune to it. nings of a new polarization of hitherto •n aligned When Baron de Coubertin revived the modern Countries, and theOlympic games app History has a recent precedent Mussolini's Italian forces fry ed Et League of Nations protested the move, which Italy countered was to secure the .borders between Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia. Egypt, which was not a member joined the 52 member nations of the League of Nations inapplying economic sanctions against Italy. In May of 1936,, Mussolini declared the war over, claimed Ethiopia for King Victor Emmanuel and the economic sanctions were lifted in July of that year. That same year, the Olympic Games were held in Munich, Germany and Adolf Hitler created another precedent in using the Games as a • political propaganda platform. Three years later, Germany invaded Austria and the League of Nations died, unhonored and unsung. The economic sanctions were no more effective a deterrent to military ambitions of a totalitarian government then than they will be now. Even less effective is the threatened boycott of the Olympic Gaines in Moscow, along ..wi.th all the suggestions of a change of venue. Whatever the Russian's eventual intent, this domed. Olympiad in 1896, he described as his purpose "To rla135, promote interest in education- and culture, also to 'a. The' 'f'o'ster better international understanding through the universal medium of youth's love for athletics." The champions •were to be ,the athletes them- selves... not their countries of origin. Yet ever since the fourteenth Olympiad in 1948, a nation has been declared by the sports writers as . "unofficial winner." This latest farce of the bdycott of .games held in Russia, but non -boycott of Russian athletes par- ticipating in the winter games at Lake Placid in tlfe United States will, in this writers opinion barring dramatic change of heart by Russia as host country, sound the death knoll for the Olympics. How can any athlete claim to be an Olympic champion if one or other of the two largest nations in the world is not fielding their best? The United Nations has sdrvived a succession of embarrassing confrontations to its authority, but has proved, in the main to be a totally ineffective peace keeping force. South East Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South Am -erica have .all -.been the scene of-er-isies- which have sadly proved this point. The international political polarization which is Afghanistan adventure was a calculated move, emerging from the Afghanistan affair codld also • taking into consideration that it would hardly be • herald the death throes of yet another attempt by well received by the rest of the world. mankind to achieve world peace through sensible. There must be many chuckles in the Kremlin negotiations leaving us to wallow in the gore of the while they contemplate the electioneering that is all too readily accepted alternative of war. - The going on 'on this continent with our politicians using Cowichan (B.C.) Leader r Trails byDav Sykes 75 YEARS AGO A match .game of hockey will, he played in the West. Street rink between the Bedford and .British- Exchange hotels • on. Monday evening next, the proceeds to be handed over to the Marine Hospital fund.. Several hundred people visited The Star'office on Thursday evening and were delighted with the two -revolution press recently instiilled. On Monday evening the West St ree.t rink. was.weHHl attended, the carnival and the race's being a drawing, card. Commencing March I, the jewelry and wat- chmaking business of the late W.T. Welsh will be assumed by Mr. W.E. Kelly who has been LOOKING manager for some months. Court Maitland, A.O.F., Goderich,have completed all arrangements for a .grand oyster supper and hall in the Oddfello,ws' Hall Friday. 25 YEARS AGO The new Club Grill on Kingston Street is to open early in March. A unique feature- of the restaurant's layout `is„ a huge seashore picture in color, 15-ft;et long an -d' -six- feet deep. A portion of the main floor of the old Victoria Opera House is being entirely renovated as •the locale of the/ modern new' restauran of Mr. and Mrs. J C. Banter. At a special meeting of the Goderich Recreation and Arena committee on Tuesday afternoon, Ted Williams was re-engaged as recreation director for Goderich and manager of the Goderich Memoria Arena. With shipping at Goderich harbor ex- pected to start i little more than a onth's time, there is con- siderable activity unloading b is that have spent the winter -here with grai storage. In o• - ration - for the first time in Huron Cou r ty, a Juvenile and F ily Court has been s t up in Goderich with agistrate D.E. Holmes as Judge. • A standout performer with the Goderich in• ter mediate hockey team for the past two seasons, goalie Gerry Hesse has, for the second time, won '.- theerry Smith trophy, e blematic of top goal nding in' the WOAA Intermediate "A" group. 5 YEARS AGO Sky Harbor Airport will receive a general cleanup this summer in the firs phase of a majo overhaul •designed to p the municipally own airport back on the ma The airport commit decided at th Tn ttgural-`meeting-" week to ask the town county to split the cos cleaning up the site updating some e ment. Goderich. Town C has offered the branch of Architectural t r ut d p. ee eir thSt and is of and quip- oucnil Huron the Co,n- s CK ervancy Society its moral support in a bid for he retention, restoration and refurbishing of one of the town's historical buildings, the Parkflouse in Harbour Park. Signal -Star Publishing received an award for best sports page for weekly newspapers with circulation between 3,000 and 9,500 at the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association convention recently. Signal -Star also received recognition for its pre-election coverage arle` 1 oris page: _ The Huron County Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to disregard a suggestion from the Ontario School' Trustees Council that trustees "fight fire with fire" , in salary negotia tions. DEAR READERS BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER 1 didn't want to write about the election. Again. Everybody is doing that this week, and frankly I had hoped to be a little more innovative. But alas, there's a few things that I really want to say, and this column is about the best place in the world for meTo say them. I'm not very happy about the out- come of the election. That's right. Although I'm a real Trudeau fan (and you got to admit it takes courage to admit something like that these days) I can't help feeling sorry that he was. elected. Even with a majority government. First of all, unlike many Canadians, I don't think this was a preconceived scheme of Pierre's to have his own way. Maybe I'm easily fooled, but I sincerely believe that )ierre wanted to get out of politics. And I'm just as certain he is only back into the political process because of his great love for Canada and for the Liberal Party. Think ;;bout it a bit. Here is a man who has been living in a circus for more than a decade. He was defeated fairly and squarely at the polls la±ft May and he experienced for a while the op- position leader's role. While most People expected Pierre to.be brilliant as an opposition leader, hdnwas hardly that. I expect that's because the heart for the fight had gone out of him. I think Pierre's tired. I •think he wants nothing more than to gq, to his new Montreal home, get hack into private Iife and raise his three boys in some degree of normalness. But that isn't to be, at least for a while. He has been hauled back into the fray. He dutifully campaigned from one end of the country to the other for the past six weeks, but seldom did the voters see the old Trudeau sparkle. It just wasn't there. And• then this week, Trudeau led the Liberals to to a great victory. Some said it was a personal comeback to PET. But I saw him make his speech Monday night. There was a modiCum of satisfaction, perhaps But there was none of the Trudeau dash. It's gone. Instead there was a somewhat resigned, weary acceptance of what lies ahead ... problems, deci's'ions, battles,..disappointments, rejections. While supporters cheered and chanted, Pierre's eyes said it all. They lacked lustre. And I felt sad for him. I have no doubt that -the next few months - even years - will be sheer misery for Trudeau. And I'm wagering he knows it. He's no miracle worker. He didn't ever say he was, but you can be certain some people are going to expect it. He's no saint. He didn't ever say he was, but you can bet sombody's going to accuse him of failing to deliver. He's no magician. He didn't ever say he was; but you can be sure he'll need to he if he's going to please everybody. 1 would have been just as happy if Joe Clark would have been standing in the victory spotlight. It is not because I particularly want Joe Clark to be prime minister, but simply because Joe Clark wanted the job. It doesn't matter that I don't understand how anybody in his right mind would want the aggravation. And I'm sorry that the country seems now to be more divided than ever be o'i a the east against the west. I'm .sorry that Canada's politicians find it so difficult to pull together in a time when co-operation is so essential. I'm sorry that Joe Clark couldn't find it in his heart to wish the man, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, well as the nation's prime minister. I'm sorry that eanaditans still don't understand that governments don't legislate progress in the final analysis. I'm sorry, that childishness and pet- tiness in Canadians are the real reasons for this country's biggest troubles. d treeetitwein yr 1., 0'