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. CODER ICI SIIGNAL-S'.TAR, THIJRSDAY,FEI3RUARY 5.,",1976
-• Goderich Town ..Council 'members
deserve the commendafion of citizens
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'critical -of• councils aii,d' •bdards'.who.
mov6 into corhmittee of:the'vvhole over:.
: here after discussing' the .salaries of
.muinicipal employees for the very first.
many issues . which •cannot
stretch of the imagination`be construed 7
`as private or. •: off,the-record matters.: •
conversely, this newspaper is
pleased and. proud to applaud Goderich . •
Tciwn Council•.forits open'trea"tmeri•t of
thesala:ry debate; which. most often
hlailed`:as•,trize most difficult and con-
troversial decision of all •to make
before th.e .public eye.` SJ K
-time irr open'counc-il session: It is onty• •
.Unfortunate that moire'ratepayers were
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not on .hand to 'hear the debate on the.
•'finance. committee report,' .and to.
Observe the genuine concern of eou'ncil'
for, both the `municipal ,staff and 'the
taxpayers of the cornrnuriity. .—r
this newspaper in the past: has been
Things change'.
There's Tots of jokes around these
days about the end on an era - the
closing out.•of the T. Eaton Co. •
catalogue business.
Not long ago, the London Free Press
ran one of Ting's.. cartoonswhich
depicted the weather-beaten outhouse
with ,the half-moon in the side and a
-quip which reminded readers that_the
Eaton's catalogue would -no longer be
available for shopping as well as those`
other emergency situations out behind
the house.. . • ..
An enterprising ad man from the
Signal --Star suggested a subscription
campaign for. this newspaper advising
readers to renew the Signal -Star since
further :i`ssues of the Eaton's catalogue,•
won't be printed. .But the . idea didn't
'catch .on: Probably too'much fuel for
• the fires of Signal -Star critics•
It -has been 92 years since Eaton's
began its catalogue service. For many
long years, the T. Eaton . Co. has had •
the reputation of being the country's
• biggest retailer. Now, with the end of ;
Eaton's catalogue business, that honor
...goes to Simpsons -.Sears Ltd. That chain,
is expected to, pick up orte-third to one-
half -of Eaton's $300 -million catalogue
volume.
According • to the Financial Post TM
recently, The. Simpsons -Sears 'com-
pany did business amounting to S1:3
billion in store and catalogue sales
year,: During the same period, Eaton's
store 'and catalogue sales.: were
estimated -to have been 51.4 billion.
Yes, it's the end of an era in Canada.
The Eaton's catalogue was a favorite.
'.hou'sehold,- institution here because it
guaranteed top quality merchandise at,
good prices always. It brought a big -
city department store into any home in
the" country. it was faithful • and
trustworthy"
• And. it's the end of another Goderich
business.location, Local employees of
the Eaton's store expect to -vacate -their
Local:: a
premises..and- their, jobs early this:
spring. .
It is just one more reminder that few.`
things in this life go.unchanged• And it
"makes one pensive and' "somewhat sad:
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"The ISSUE is' .
'recently instituted by The Progressive.
Conservative. Party of'Ontario: The
January 23 issue was entitled "Local
Autonomy:• and.' the Restraint
Program"
At the end, the sheet points out,:, " It is
up to locally -elected people to deter-
urine their. own priorities and to decide
-what is essential and: what is frill: It's
up to them- to decide what they 'must
have; and 'to "Tf'ind extra. funds by
squeezing fat.' out of administrative
overhead ando. cutting non-essential.
programs. Or they may decide that an
increase in property taxes is necessary,
to pay for local services. That's their
decision and 'that's what . local
autonomy is all . about."
Unfortunately,. that's .not local
autonomy as, the average citizen, sees
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It isn't local..autononny,'-the people`
'say,. when the government says.
Goderich must join the. Maitland
Valley - -Conservation .' Authority-`- arid
must pay the annual membership fees`
:It isn't"Iocal autonomy, the peopl'e say, .
when the government says there will
be county school boards and the Town
of Goderich will.. pay whatever is
requested of them each year: It isn't
• local autonomy, the people say, when.
the government encourages thrpugh
grant'stl"uctures certain• programs like
Huron County's prap-osed -
'arnaiga•mation with' Perth County for
health services and then leaves the
citizens no alternative but to support it.
'It isn't local autonomy, the people say,
when grants •are ""handed out only
if conditions satisfy .government edict,
rather than instituting the ur-
conditional :grant system" allowing
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99 Years Ag.o
The Signal prophesied a
• majority of 200 'votes for Mr,
. • G•a•ri .eron.;., d- r0 iCh and vm 3.
,' carne within. ten votes of that
vel y w tuber.:
It is , ooriceded".that- the
f5;� tititi u brightestand'best of editorial
paragraphs flashed' on, 'tie
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"Next time you
eel the . urge :to' "criticize the street sanding . depar;inept, choose an
.empty.' truck!,7'
DEAR READERS
One of the' GDCh con-
. tributers to this year's' New
Year edit f theSignal-
Star
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Star included a quip which
ess'.' would: be employed; for: unsuspecting parents,
pr.oc -. .. P .
suggest theARF. family and friends. ' : '
What's. more the ARF is
recorrimending that the et- + + 4-, .
Bg Shirleg J. Keller
pages of our esteemed• -con-.
`temporary The Goderich Star
are those. appt•opriiated from.
The Signal and n:arnnes
changed• to suit -their con-.
ception. Imitation is extrethe
flattery, • '
• We are ,told that a young
man named Walker from
Detroit, whose father•built up .
a large. whiskey distillery in
Walkerville, will be the next
Government candidate. in
West Huron. The- sinews of
war will be, we are informed,
three carloads of whiskey,
and, $40,000 in cold cash.
There's a great, campaign
ahead of the proh-•
.
ibitiOnists in West Huron
if the ghost story of the
disappointed government
supporters --in' West Huron is
'to be relied upon. This time it
wins the_' Beer and •Bible
candidate from South Huron;
next• we are •.threatened'. by
whiskey nominee 'from
.W alkerville.
It is amusing to hear the
Government .newspapers
talking. about the West Huron
election.They are now saying
that if it wasn't for the time
the 'election was "held, the
dissensions' in the cabinet,
the.`, 'heavy ..snowstorms,
Weissmiller's• • Vacillating
policy. on. the remedial bill,
etc., '..,e_tcthey :,would have
carried the'. riding.• Well,. the
tbe.very least are well a
ware 'Liberals are not responsible
. : of the hazards. ` • for the'time the election was
ion 'o ign - Like ' smoking, drinking
held, the dissensions in the
must be made less attractive. cabinet W e i s s m i'11 a r' s
f' lks smile - even fects of the change from 113 to to people. Alcohol must :be vacillation nor anything else:made.many o'
d drug, not as a
laugh be seen
put laud, d'cted 19 as the drinking age be Parents very often catch on recognize as a g, :The inept government of-'
that in •1976, all 17 -year olds studied .closely to determine to their children's antics so fibials in..Ottawa,•;the ones '
Wouldturn 18 ::. unless.the if . further increases in the . either through keen ab.,"' as something which must be that supposedly serve you
a h. i' - handled with care .and . e
predicted
t' - sial elixir: ,It must
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drinking age was.xaised and drinking age are necessary or servation or throug a s ip up a and I, brought about th
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then they would turn 19. ' feasible, ' on the child's part. But then. caution. Users must a made beginning of their collapse
• Yes,. it . was ' a humorous But the ARF admits that what to dn•? ,How does . a more aware of the possible themselves_
t d' t' uer than without effective eri- parent with' knowledge .of a .results, such aS addiction or .
Statement
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. italso forcemeat, raising the •child's drinking activities ' dependency. ' ' - •
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- " - - we like to admit. But
pointed up the real need. for drinkingage would have little successfully, curb or curtail Adults . in Goderich' and The first meeting of the.
some more study on a positive effect, That's why it those activities ' until .the area can'do much for our County Council involving the
their own.spending priorities. recoriirriendation to' raise' the is•. asking the government to youngster has reached the : youth by curbing their o schools brought few unex-
is true that the rovince of Ontaria • drinking age again after it consider 'a revised system of legal drinking age' of 18? Is it alcoholic consumption.' .'By 'pected revelations. Atte-n-�
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ro cess in was lowered from 21 to 18 in proof -of -age cards.which really feasible to shut him Or example,. they can teach dunce figures. showed Ash-.
has enjoyed. prosperity and p g'people how to handle
overnrnent •d rent}' •would be'the only acceptable tier up at home? How do mo young t field Tawitshi students were
t The PC g•
local . community officials totruly'< set
71 an a a Y m oun ie `p
c,ec•en ; tyears, the:: best attenders in 'the
claims this to be a direct result of the:tr Davis recognizes this fact, The. • ARF• says, "Effective daughter to have. a normal county. Rural school boards ^-;-
policies and since it,has been the only f h systemadolescence without fearof I t g
overnment in 'ower, it. cannot :be
g p ..
disputed. •
But iffhe PC•government�accepts the:
credit'for. the success in.the past, it drinking. and.. driving will be
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Ontario's Premier .William . proof of identity and age. and ,dad allow a son or liquor ...., how to respect i
Premier ordered application o such
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a a o essence wi ou • '
are. again trying to attract•
a study to determine whether would help ' eliminate th"e. drinking becoming.a favorie
,Ontario's drinking age should:. black market in proof -of -age- Friday'and Saturcjiay:evening . The ARF is.also interested more competent 'teachers,
Ont g gfeeling that,. urban students :
be raised to: 19. At the same ' documents :and make it very pastime? in• teenage drinkers who ats't5 are gettinga far better.
time, the problem of teenage difficult for. under=age in'-' It is•safe to .say"that in drive cars. But the.ARF' is..'.
dividuals - to; buy alcoholiceducation. Rural School
Y many homes in Goderich and advising the government to
area . -Wand' the'rest of.. the `.,think twice'' •about in -:grounds are.,in bad :shape.'
e. of ' again, and inspector Beacom
province too:- lowering the creasing -the, --driving •a g is urging bctter'maintenance.
drinking age from 21• to 18 in teenagers because they feel
-High: —school entrance
this- .plight well "aggravate g .
examinations may' be:
must now accept the criticism' for the. •. investigated by: the Ontario beverages:
monstrous bureaucracy.' w.hich has Youth Secretariat' under. the
h f Terry. Jones + + +
allowe'd'the government to become so
leadership o y :.
MPP for,Mississauge North. • 1971 was like having a jail
completely:out-di=touch with 41e, people Beginning immediately,, Undera-ge drinking in: sentence reduced, Parents rather an relieve mounting, abolished because. of un-
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thethat 't threatens to take M Jo es will be holding Goderich .and area has been admitted. that lowering the accident' rates invo•]ving necessary strain on those
o province a i r., n
ch -needed and much- public' meetings across the discussed previously . in this drinking age was perhaps ....young people F s attempting •them,' and the
away a mu bl d d What's more-the'AR say
facil:ity, wanted psychiatric Y. b among the youth of Goderich an h
Music studies are gaining
province to discuss alcohol column. It is a-, pr® •epi in unwise an even dangerous
in
d area .... and it the long:term' but'for the that if the driving age we• re very low failure rate in them.
Goderich Psychiatric Hospital and fill a use .Findings of the is a real and troublesome short-term it was a relief'to, raised fur.th'er; O"ntario
Ontario. g, 'appreciably in o ularit and
it ` with a resource centre for the meetings will be submitted to problem: Those parents in know that only two years had teenagers would' be learning- : pp y P p y'
tall ret'ardet which doesn't the -government by•Apri•1 1 of Goderich and area with to lapse between age 16 and 18 both to drink and to drive at are being taught in all 'urban.
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conform with thisteenage children who have when son or daughter could the same time:- •
t Iced' b the drink legally and perhaps Evidence
• and twelve . rural schools.
See? Even you could
. pro written that without shock.
tally _'Retarded .and , is viewed --with •blind. th activity. As most people two.key patterns of behavior
the creeds and wishes of year. suggests this
have'
the Ontario Association for' the Men- • not been. ouc r y " g y pe
problem
either very lucky then,` find less excitement in: simultaneous leaning of.these
Several moving services
or very ' in . e.
severe doubt by localmembers of the It was a resolution from Underage drinking .isn't a• know; when .:you tan' do a may be disastrous, says the were held in town atchurches
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and ,youth groups mourning
' r blem to onl 16..and_17 rear iiia because it is legal with ARF: •
%i hand' District-Assoc'ration._for T N th York Council p o 3' g•-
Gaderc _
- bl f h f ]l it is less That's good thin
pronto s or. or ;— _ -__-__ thinktrig
the death -of -Ding George -y It.
set .the .wheels in; olds. It a problem nr muchthe approvalo a ,
the Mentally Retarded
which g P was a great losss'and will he -
h Grades 1' although experience
in •
motion to force government younger children with
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ra es appea] mg• Goderich and area shows that, felt Or 7x,, our "the empire. -
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for the • + + + many young people learn to The new ing;'}t is hoped, will
th t t t or the drinking age to 19 • the training groundsfollow in the footsteps of his
This newspaper takes no exception to to consider raising the legal 7 and 8 in .some cases, being
e Curren . re rata program . drink long before they have
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provincial' government's approach to''Premier William Davis drinkinghablts.of our yo already- missed predecessor, -
the
wrote'letter to 'Where do such • young The ARF touched on -a very.. learned to drive aft age 16. But L L' K' Edward.
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himself
a . • r on Live in war ,
d till, it:seems unwise to make g g
• h h le al drinking age
local. councils and boards o en- :North York council, adyising children get alcoholic valid point when it concede still,
., � .. Bad weather continued this
9 them that in• his opinion, "the ..beverages?• . Obviously they ...that reversing the present the• g .. d i - k'
d •t is wise for the Ontario a al 'affluenc'e of society get it from older brothers and trend in .'teenage drinking coincide' with the legal week with rain,: snow, wind
h are of age or behavior must be considered driving age. Sounds very
coura e their support of it. Restraint is
necessary an I general likeand more wind,' causing
government toimpressthis fact on combined with 'a general sisters who
nt to he] the context of an bad panning
en i drifting , quite heavy in snxne
local municipalities by whatever a may even et verall attempt to alter Teenagers vvho drink
h figured in them out They g o
weakening of parental and from f riends who wa . p within
•and places, „and • ice -covered road .
other aut ority placeces. As was expected,
means is' best. the teenage drinking it from mom an,d dads society -wide attitudes toward. drive are •no more of -a p
"" roblem: a private stock athorrre,: "the use of alcohol, And. of all menace on, the highway. than and featly shouldn't be taken
But 'that' cannot`"' a construed. as Pthe liquor the' things the present the `45 year old' whti bends :the for., granted, mail, medical
"local autonomy". Local•aUtonomy is ,
- dmcate that -the government is doesn't seem to be the provincial government has elbow down t the ch b and
But the Premaer : did in But getting-
. g and undertaking services ' .•
' quite another thing Chances are, if taking a serious•
look at problem It always semis to 'done in recent months, one of then weaveshis way o
h family B th are 'weather.
me in Were not delayed- by' the, �+
more Local autonomyhad been exec stricter enforcement' of be available to those who the most effective has beento the ami y . car, • o
t Chief of .Police i'ostelwaite
•launch a .campaign of ad- potential killers..
• circa in this province. in the past, things - liquor laws, •a possibility of want it. - as 13 t temper the <It may be' successfully is'Sore! He doestj,'t mind the.:
W d kid young verfising o p
liiould be in better shape in the. resenf. ,issuing identification cards _ Why
o'. i s as school children' throwing
p 'for those age 18 and over, and and i 14 wait to drink? drinking • habits of the entire •argued that at 16, a driver has daub 11 and h g
- SJK t reason > this province not yet enough experience at g
Or oS - sn a s avin fun in
• a further -possibility of Perhaps• the bigger r population in i .
,_the snow, but he told The Star
removing liquor licences for the "kicks" .drinking '.Ads. like "You Are Your . the wheel to drive 'as well that•he did ob"ectstrent'iousl
from' establishments "found provides. That "kick" may Own Liquor Control Board" ' while under the influence of a y
guilty ofserving liquor to not come from consuming too are effective •• in • m'aking -"-few drinks as his dad ,.."and ' when, he found themthe. pickin
minors . '4' • much: The "kick.' may peo•pie• all across` 'Ontario that a tipsy 16-year:old•ms apt the flowers from roseg
- The Addition • Research simply :come from skirting realize -t-hat 'drinking can ',totake more chances than a bushekat the pitlars on the .,
'.Foundation, a.provincial the law and parental :become an expensive, blurry -eyed • ' businessman, highway last week. That is an . .
government agency, is now authority to obtain it„and use damaging activity. The But 'statistics prove that„a unusual mood'
.recommending; however,' it. The "kick” may come constant bombardment of • larger •percentage of ac -
:that the Ontario government, troth feeling grownup and this kind of advertising may cidents are caused by
,.should consider increasing "from. copying rnom :.and dad • take -a while to bringabout a drinking drivers over 19 than,
,•.. he legal drinking age to 19, ar older brothers and sisters Wholesale change in attitude, by drinking drivers under 19 ,
in a system of roofrgf- at their parties. -The kick'” but it will happen. Witness the so adults'cannot- afford ' to
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age identity cards, and may also come froPi being• Participation advertising to pointan accusing finger at
establishing g lishin a Uniform part of the crowd doing the, encourage fitness, Note the the kids without taking a
atcdhol education program in most exciting'. things in the swing to healthful activities
' schools throughout the most excitingf ways, at theeverywhere inCanada, •
province. most And the -uniform, effective
According to ARF, 19 is the time aexciting youngstertime"S. reaches 16 recommended. by the ARY fora. • One t -f the most effective
hest. age to become the legal he or she is very often a the schools in the province id' Means .that parents have at,
d'rinkltlg..•.ag , because that seasoned. thinker :..: one who also a good thing..It can be thein fingertips to prevent a
would •prohibitmost high knows "how much must. be -argued that the anti-smoking drinking-drtving tragedy
school Istudents from drinkinconsumed to feel happy but..,cainpaign in the schools has ..fron'i • befalling a son or
legally, It would not removg e still function; what is safe to had little -e'f'fect on the . daughter is to build through'
the rights of those a1 eady 1.8' drink arid what.is'not, what iS . 'students; but the fact remains hard work and patience a
to 21 who have Legal drrnjr-ing referred and what is not; that folks' who haven't given :.feeling of mutual twist:
in this •rovince, To a' More than that, how to ---ftp smoking are. often at. I• ids are usual[, Better at.
statu5 p and more
achieve. this, a `"staging achieve a norma'l.appearance tempting to 'cut down, or at (ontitued On pages
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close look at;heir ownrecord.
.But believe it"or not, by the alcohol education program
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