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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-08-25, Page 4PAGE 44490, ICH SIGrNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25,1977 "PCA oderich SIGNAL—STAR The County Town Newspaper of Huron Founded in 1648 and published every Thursday at Goderich, Ontario. Member of the CW NA and OWN.. Advertising rates on request. Subscriptions payable In advance 1112.0 In Canada, 115.50 to u,.S.A,,, 120.90 to all other countries, Mule copies 26 cents. Display advertising rates available ea request. Please aslt for Rate Card No. 7 effective qct. 1. 1979. Second class mail Registr.Uoo Number 07119 Advertising Is accepted on the con- dition that, in the event of typographical error. the advertising space occupied by the erroneous Item. together wltbireasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for but the balance of the advertisement will be paid fur at the applicable rate. In the event of a typographical error advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or service may not be sold. Advertising Is merely an offer to sell. and may be withdrawn at any time wicewistritsti.b k.,,o,, photos. Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. ROBERT G. SHRIER — president and publisher SHIRLEY J. KELLER — editor EDWARD J. BYRSKI — 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 Changes welcome With students all over the area preparing to return to the classroom this fall comes the news from the Ontario Ministry 'of Colleges and Universities that tighter controls on student assistance will be in- troduced for the 1978-79 school year, along with more ° generous support for needy students from low income families. This _news will be welcomed by Ontario tax- payers who up to now have been com- plaining about the haphazard way in which loans and grants have been administered in recent years. Few citizens are opposed to grants for deserving students. With the high cost of education in post -secondary years, some sort of financial assistance is absolutely imperative for a good many students. Generally taxpayers agree that students , from every strata of society should have equal opportunity to attend university or college. The rub comes when those who can pay their own way find waysand means to tap public money which has been set aside for those students who really need financial assistance. Most everyone knows of students who should not have been able to qualify for assistance who have received large loans and sometimes sizeable grants. At the same time, most people can cite examples of students who should also have qualified for assistance who were turned down flat. Much of the problem appears to stem from the way in which parental income is reported, and while it would be too harsh to suggest some applicants misrepresented the facts in order to qualify, for student loans and grants, the truth is that not Job sharing Mrs. Jeanne Frolick, the provincial president of the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario, made an interesting suggestion at a recent meeting of the FWTAO in Toronto. It isn't a new suggestion by any means, but it certainly is a recurring suggestion which has been given at least passing attention in many quarters. That suggestion is for job sharing by teachers who prefer to work half time. According to Mrs. Frolick (the story appears elsewhere in this issue), job sharing would ease the problems of unemployment among teachers. It is no secret there are plenty of unemployed teachers in the country, and that theachers' colleges just aren't accepting as many students this fall. Mrs. Frolick apparently believes there are many teachers in the school system who would be content working shorter hours each week and she believes two such teachers could suc- cessfully be hired to fill one teacher place, thereby employing more teachers throughout the entire system. The Huron County Board of Education enough care was exercised by the gover- nment to separate the net income from the gross income figures. The amount of the grants students can receive has always depended upon the family income. Now, however, some students and their families will be asked to give the province access to income. tax records to verify financial information affecting student assistance applications. It should not be so easy in future to bury a true income picture under unrelated ex- penses and allowable costs such as are permitted in an income tax return. It is significant it has been decreed that "every student will have to make a con- tribution to the costs of his or her education". Hopefully this means that the taxpayers will no longer be picking up the tab for students who choose perhaps, a summer of travel rather than a vacation at a job which isn't particularly stimulating or appealing. In the 1977-78 school year, Ontario has allocated $74 million to provincial grants. Students are" also expected to borrow ap- proximately $100 million from the federal Canada Student Loans Plan. Abouttwo out of every five students in Ontario receive some form of financial assistance from the Ontario.Student Assistance Program. With these facts firmly fixed in the minds of elected people, along with the growing costs for all government services, it is no wonder there is a new urgency for students and their families to pay much more of their own education bill from their own private resources.—SJK hasn't really looked seriously at job sharing for teachers, although it is not averse to such a study. One of the greatest road blocks for board members would quite naturally be the additional cost. While it is true one salary would be shared, there would be extra expenses for "fringe benefits" for two employees. And there would undoubtedly be concerns about job sharing for teachers in the lower grades where children relate directly to just one teacher, and need that special closeness for the best scholastic and personal development. It has long been the opinion of a good many employers that job sharing may be a solution to many, many employee problems. A growing number of workers, particularly married women with young families, are searching for part-time jobs. Some employers are prepare dto accept the slight additional cost for "fringe benefits" in return for happier, more co-operative staff plus two trained people for a single job in case of sickness or even retirement. —SJK Headline hunters Headline writing is an art in itself. A good headline should be short, direct, in- formative. It should grab the reader and draw him into the story. There are many people, though, who never read past the headline. In such a case, headlines can induce panic in readers, such as a recent headline which said "Alcohol, drugs widely used here". Those who went on to read the article found "here" was not Goderich specifically but Ontario in general. Somehow the problem of alcohol and drugs in the schools seemed much more serious for those who believed it was "here in Goderich" than for those who read on and found it was "here in Ontario". If that isn't hiding one's head in the sand... The Minister of Health and Welfare for Canada, Marc Lalond has released a statistical compilation of persons known to have used or been involved with narcotics and other mood -modifying drugs during 1976. Mr. Lalond emphasized the fact that these statistics do not cover all persons in Canada who might have used the drugs concerned, but they do reflect a broad general pattern of usage. And it isn't particularly nice either. " There were 1,658 new illicit narcotic drug users reported in 1976. That's less than the 2,046 new users reported in 1975, but it totals to a frightening 3,104 new users in two years. There's more "good" news. There was a decrease in new known heroin users,(887 in 1975, 500 in 1976) and new cocaine users also declined (419 in 1975, 201 in 1976). At the same time, known new cannabis (marihuana and hashish), users increased 29,649 in 1976 compared to 28,767 in 1975. Less than half as many new users of hallucinogens were reported - 2,969 in 1975 compared to 1,016 in 1976. Where alcohol is concerned, • there's small doubt in anyone's mind about the fact that more and more people of every age are consuming more and more alcoholic beverages. It is a generally accepted fact, too, that alcoholism is Canada's Number One social problem. Those who wish to bury their heads in the sand will continue to believe the problems are out there somewhere, far away from Goderich. While this newspaper does not want to leave the impression that alcohol and drugs are rotting the fibres of the large majority of Goderich homes, it should be recognized that this town is not immune to the difficulties encountered in other parts of this province and this country. There are drug and alcohol problems in the midst of this municipality and there is ,need to be aware and apprised of .the existing situation. --SJK 1'4 • - Station- ary w By Dave Syk BY"SHIRLEY J. KELLER The King of Rock and Roll is dead. Long live the King. But who is the King now? That seems to be the burning question in the minds of everyone, particularly the thousands of Elvis Presley worshippers everywhere. Yes, Elvis did have wor- shippers.... women and oddly enough, men too, who loved the man as a singer, as a movie star, as a person. Folks of my vintage (40ish) remember with clarity when Elvis the Pelvis made his first appearances . on television's Ed Sullivan show. I recall thinking, "What's happened to the era of soft ballads and tender love songs?" as Elvis gyrated to his latest hit "Blue Suede Shoes". The cameras wouldn't focus on the whole of the Presley anatomy because it was deemed too erotic for viewers. Then came the movies when the ..girls actually passed out as they .watched Elvis on screen. Theatre goers didn't hear much of the DEAR dialogue in the early Presley flicks because the young ladies in the crowd screamed at Presley's first appearance until the final curtain was drawn. It didn't seem to matter whether Elvis was singing, . talking or just standing on the sidelines in a crowd scene, he managed to take . the, breath away, from the girls and raise some kind of male admiration in the bargain. Others came after Elvis, but none quite matched his rapport with the total audience. The Beatles were a sensation, but not with every age group, Only Elvis ap- pealed to entertainment fans from eight to 80.' Now that Presley is dead, people all over the country are assessing their own personal feelings about him. Strangely enough, many people are realizing that. he made` a major impact on them, and that his death leaves .some sort of a gap in their lives. All kinds of people are finding they feel a little empty because of the 42 -year old singer's demise. A good READERS many of those people are probably surprised by this reaction in themselves, too. There seems little doubt about it. , Presley had charisma, 'according t¢,amy dictionary, a divinely granted talent or gift, a supernatural power or virtue). He drew people of all ages and all interests to himself. And who is the new King of rock and roll? You'll probably get as many answers to that question as Ahere are rock and roll fans. For true Elvis fans, though, the King is dead.... and there may never be another one. There's a man by the name of Blaney, I believe, who is cashing in on his ability to sound like Elvis. Presley.... and even look a little like Elvis. Even when Presley was alive, Blaney was per- forming his "tribute" shows to Elvis. Once Elvis attended one of these concerts and was so impressed with Blaney's efforts he invited Blaney to his home. Others are speculating about who will take over for Presley, and it seems generally accepted now that it will take something drastically different to steal the hearts of music buffs across the nation. Simply squirming around on stage ^ with a guitar and percussion backup won't cut it. Elvis did it all, long before anybody else and much better than anybody else. It would be next thing to sacrilege to presume - to take over for Presley.... unless the act is different. , There's an old saying there's nothing new under the sun and dine older I get, the more I believe that. to betrue.' We seem to go round and round in circles, generation after generation. There may be a few different twists to vary the old, but for the most part there really is nothing new under the sun. So what's coming next?, I am convinced that rock and roll has died with Elvis Presley. I think it will take a while before the last gasps are heard of rock and roll, but I'm certain that beginning with Presley's death, rock and roll begins 'to fade put. It ,will be sometime, it is revived. What's coming ne Somebody told thought the new t be something so (the kids call it 'g hardly anyone will look at it. In that doesn't sound as th be too successful. C won't have the m necessary to corn Presley's record. Personally, I pendulum is s maybe even far en for grandma and start clicking their again. I t'Ytink we tlie threshold of a in the family -type music.... and along will come the str of the home, the re moral codes and the warmth and hospitality of pea for and about each And when you thi for a while, that re be the greatest act Presley who by all was a man • who family and his horn else in this world. ek t; a pl e 1t of e el t6 e it Handicapped Dear Editor, My point in writing this letter to you is to get across to the people of Goderich that handicapped people wish to he treated like any other persons. About a month ago I received a gift of a beautiful wheel ch'a'ir which I was advised to use. Now I am finding it very hard to use because people don't wish to accept it as part of my transportation. I have been told to call ah ambulance. If I put the law to. them they will, but it makes DEAR EDITOR. me feel like a skunk at a garden party. - I wish that they would accept the idea that han- dicapped people have to get around sometimes. They are living in the dark ages. Joan Naegele Identification Dear Editor: In your issue of August 11, 1977, you showed a picture of a backyard skating party that Bob Henry sent in to your office to see if anyone could identify all of it or any part. I think I can but the years are not correct. Guess I had 75 YEARS AGO The cemetery question was again under discussion in the Town Council last Wednesday evening. Chairman Knox took the ground that he had unlimited power to hire extra help when he saw fit, without either consulting his com- mittee or reporting to Council and that the complaints so frequently made were evidently not true, for he had neither seen nor smelled ihnything amiss. Bass fishing is falling off and no wonder, fornever in the history of Goder{ch has there been such continual better identify myself first of all. I am Roland J. (Roly) Walker of town. Am pretty sure this was during the winter of 1940-41 and at that time we lived beside Bob, his brother and father and they were the best of neighbors too. At that time I lived in the house now owned by Scott Young I think and during that winter of 1940-41 I flooded a rink behind our house solhat all the, kids from the area could have a good time - and they did too even though it wasn't a perfect rink. If you get out your copy of that week's paper, I think you would find that the boy on the left side is my son R. John Walker and the boy in the centre I think is Raymond Cutt (a brother of Max Cutt; Also I think the boy second from the right is Jimmy Gloan. Am sorry I can't just name anymore but I do recognize some of their faces. Bob Volland from town at that time was also one who had good fun on the rink but don't think he was the boy on the right. Am sure this all correct but maybe I could be wrong altogether. Also think likely Bob took this picture and it was out in the front of house . Jimmy Gloan maybe spelt Gtoyn, am not sure now. Will make an eft Max Cutt and verify brother and sure my son went to Cen for a short time chum of Raymond Hope this willt correct and was q in seeing this plc if you see Bob so be able to figure di receiving my letter pleased to hear fro turns out I am righ Guess old age up. a little as I f have named rn picture. I remern faces and where people did for 50 Turi 0 s ri 0 se tl tc s, ai • LOOKING BAC angling for this game fish. Tuesday last, Civic Holiday, was generally ob- served by suspension of business. All the local pastimes - bowling, tennis, baseball, boating, sailing and fishing - had their patrons; the Gun Club had an in- teresting shoot and the pic- turesque Maitland had many. picnic parties along its banks. 25 YEARS AGO A spectacular blaze all but demolished a 40 by 40 frame barn on the farm of Lloyd. Ferguson of the Huron Road, just inside the town limits, when it was struck by lightning at 6 o'clock during Sunday evening's heavy downpour of rain. .Hon. Robert Spelman Robertson, a native of Goderich, has retired as Chief Justice of Ontario. Chief Justice Robertson, 82, recognized as one of the finest lawyers Canada has ever produced, has held the highest judicial post in Ontario since 1938. - Both youngsters and old- timers participated in the revival of indoor roller skating on the new floor of the Goderich Memorial Arena last Friday and Monday nights. About 150 skaters took part each evening. 5 years ago The board of Calvin Christian School " in Clinton would like to "Share facilities" with the Huron County Board of Education and Calvin Christian board secretary Cecil Bruinsma and principal Ralph Schur - man appeared before Huron's board Monday evening in Clinton to ask for free busing of 23 of their pupils this fall. The Goderich Kinsmen 'Club and officers of the local OPP detachment 5-5 tie MondaY Dt7h5o0enepkvee;ynptr .ea sweebrae During an aw at the Hotel Bo Montreal, as annual convey Canadian C Newspaper As weekend, S publisher R.G. presented with resulting Newspapers Co