The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-07-13, Page 4•
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or4N^L-STARTHIIR,-.8DAY,
JULY 13 1978
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Goderich
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What is a Canadian?
This week in the Letters to the Editor column,
there is correspondence from a man who obviously
believes that a united Canada is the key to this
country's future. There are, of course, many
Canadians who think the same way as W. F.
Orchard of ParkhilI.
in a covering Ietter sent by Orchard to\the SignaL
'Star editor, there was word that he intends to send
his letter to as many bf the 950 Canadian weekly
newspapers as possible. The cost of sendig out that
many letters is hFgh but Orchard thinks the weekly
newspapers are the best way to reach the people
with the message' that Canadian unity is not only
desirable but necessary.
That same thought was expressed by R. G.
Shrier, president of Signal -Star Publishing Limited
when he was president of the Ontario Weekly
Newspaper Association. In fact, the OWNA became
active in a campaign across Ontario Co promote
Canadian uoity, and the Signal -Star took pride in
joining that effort. Too vftno, people in a town like
Goderich don't think of themselves as Cadadiuns.
- That -idea ,~-sometimes has to -bo. -planted-and -•
oubivatodb`tbo.ruioduoynnenandwomonwbouze
what is called "the gcuomrooto''...tbe people wbO
milk the cows and build the graders and run the
corner store and mine the salt and coobtbe meals
and teach the childrenand pump the gas.'
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It was evident at a recent meeting of Burn(%
County Council that folks tend to forget at the local •
level that this district is just a small corner of a
great and magnificent country called Canada. That
point became crystal clear when discussion centred
around a recommendation by the county
development officer., Spence Cummings to'/nuort a
two -column classified advertisement in moid'
Septcrhber 1978 for six consecutive days in the,
Montreal Star. The purpose? To attempt to attract
industry to HuronCounty.
Some members of county council expressed
concern that placing such an advertisement in that
Quebec daily would "only stir up trouble". Others
who disagreed said it was an opportiine time to get
a ping in for Huron Couoty, since some Quebec
industries are presently relocating.
Then, according to ,the storyby Joanne Walters,.
someone at county council *Tgn|y pointed out that
the Montreal Star is a Canadian newspaper. As
such, it is Circulated mainly to Canadians...men
and women Ubolhoeo who live right here in Huron
County. Granted,' they may speak a different
language or hold a different viewpoint. But they are
Caoudiuou~.uu Canadian as Warden Gerry Ginn,
Mayor Deb Shewfelt, Reeve Doug McNeil or
Premier Bill Davis. And that is what all Canadians.
no matter where they live, sometimes forget.
Tbc6iggestjobtbutmoyCaxadiunbaatndotheoo
days is to change his -her thinking just enough to
shift the emphasis tr0mao|f and immediateaurromudiogutootharCunadi�anaundotborountncna
within Canada. People must look beyond their
municipal boundar|eo, beyond their provincial
bouududee, and across the entire nation to get a
feeling of natiopalism,
.Whotis.uCa knnb8aofteoheeo
uokod, but seldom is it answered honestly. A
Canadian is an individual who much too often has to
be smacked in the mouth bo[ore'be'ahe will really
begin 'to feel Canadian. To some- Canudiuno, this
country exists only in map form, drawn up
especially for -oatkToa1-edactions. ThoyroaUybuva
no conception of the vastness of Canada or its
strengths, its weaknesses, it riches, i'ts needs.
What's worse, many Canadians just don't. care.
Ottawa oeerno remote and unattainable; Quebec
seems like another world; and Canadian Unity
seems nothing more than acatchy phrase, wearing
a little thin now because it has been overworked by
somebody on the CBC (and who bothers v,itbCBC
when you can catch l�BCnr•CB3orABC).
What is a Canadian? A Canadian is a resident of
Canada who hasnt thought much about it.
Isn't it time Canadians began to u-nderstand their
heritage and themselves?-SJK
Speaking about
==ut Unity.....
Unity, Canada. It has a nice ring and'the folks in are wide and paved. Again, nOt unlike
Unity, Saskatchewan, know it and play it to the hilt. Goderich...the-prettiest to'in in Canada.
As one Unity resident said, "It has special 8oderich, of course, has a sister city juotocrobe
significance to the people when you say l;nity, the international bordor:.:Boy City in Michigan.
--- --Canoda:." -Situated opposite -f}ndnrioh�kndb�-sbnresl)YLake
Unity, Saskatchewan, is Godorich'ytvvin town. Huron, Bay City folks have been coming $O
The twinning was done by the Canada Week Goderich regularly since last summer. And
Committee and Goderich residents were pleased Goderich people have been visiting in Bay City, too.
with the choice.. Db
� nv is. .to� u eo��
Lucco e���ey Azud�� u oreat 8aY �u
Cbvnnor~p,
- manager of-the-•-salt---operat-ion• in Unity, George and Go -cleric -1r, said ort-Fooriderg* Day thes-two toWng
Negraiffe, went there from Goderich. have been linked together for -years, long before
In a friendly telegram sent to Mayor Deb Goderich's Sesquicentennial Year. Writes Arndt:
Shewflet from Mayor Leonard Boxell of Unity, the "Some of our Bay City -built ships were wrecked bn
Goderich people were invited to -pull into Unity your shore during the take Huron blows of years
and avail themselves of our Western hojspitality" ago. A Bay City woman was the first to successfully
when travelling in the area. It is a good feeling_ negotiate the treacherous Niagara Falls in a barrel,
rather like having a member of the family waiting and another Bay City woman was the first of her
to receive you anytime you are in the neighborhood. gender to speak over the new Bell telephone in the
Unity's slogan is "A good town in a good district". investing laboratory at Brantford.
But according to Unity's mayor, the town is noted It tru•ly is a small world. An interesting world. An
for a clean pretty well, treed face, with streets that exciting world.-SJK
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Long,1ongholiday...'
Last week our members oYparUanon,wound up
their deliberations and commended o^boUduy^
which will last until October. Some of them,
perhaps amajority,have worked hard for Many
months and oodoubt they feel that their four-month
vacationbasbeen honestly earned.
Be that as it may, four months is a long time to
l������evadon'aprnb}onototheoivi|aorvuntout
'47";;-o time when the nation faces the gravest issues
since July l.l8G?. --
Granted. most members of the House won't
forget their reopon�bO�iesund|8otobocMany of
them will be quite busy within their own con-
stituencies the necessary tasks of. contacting
and, y, listening to the people who have
elected them. In fact this summer will probably
find m*ot MP's more nogerthan usual to make
thenu)mveo useful and friendly beoanew8berevil\
probably be ufnder4| election before next summer
rolls around.
The tradition of the l ouvnher holiday is fir-
mly established and in ordinary times is quite
acceptable. But this. yeo��o legiwlmbas leave
Ottawa for their homes or vacation grounds at a
crucial poipt.6hCanada's history. Tnthe four Weeks
prior to July 1 we have seen a dramootican8 alar-
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ming increase the rate of inflation.
� The cost of
the basic tommodity, food, has jumped into the
pocketbooks of the nation and has grabbed most
painfully at the incomes of young funh|}io#/who can
least afford the. increase. Unemployment is in-
creasing; national unity is in bad health and there
is simmering unrest about taxes.
While the members uyparliament are away from
the capital the operuhooT�go,ernmentix|o�inthe
hoxdnnfcivil eervantowho.toularge entont..must
make decisions on their own 'orworse still, delay
decisions until tha'Bouoe re'oonmenao.in October.
Many thinking Canadians are deeply concerned
about the secrecy with which governrnent business
is conducted - and government by proxy during the
summer recess means |c«m infOrmudon reuohinA
the ears of those who are supposed to represent us
in Ottawa and ask questions.
There are few oonSc|entio�o businessmen who
-could ay�rdtubeaway from and out oytouch with
their head office &2r four months. FAvcorporate
bnmrdx•oy directors would willingly go for a third of
a year without a board meeting. Pe�4un our
legislators should demand omwednpotleast Once a
uootb for 'a question and answerperiOd.
--W/ngBnnAdvano+'Time4 -,�•
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BY
SHXRL8YJ'KGLL2R
It was with regret that
the people of Goderich
learned that the hoard of
Alexandra Marine' and
General Hospital has
decided to let staff go.
But some means to
balance the books was
inevitable and the�
decision' to establish a
minimal curcynitrubhor
than close hospital beds
seems_ like the lesSerof
two evils. Fewer nurses
and other staff will be
necessary' for the
minimul care unit -
herice the lay offs.
"Uxdoubtcd|y, thougb,
the question still up-
permost in the minds' of
many people is, "What's
going to be done abotitthe
whole problem? Can uch.
mismanagement just
happen? Shouldn't
someone have to pay the
piper?'
Some people in thQarea
really want to know that
this kind of thing won't
position. It was even
stated in The London
Free Press that. if Banks
hadn'tnea��/ed.hevvou\d
have been asked by •tho
board to leave ---
although that was denied
by board chair -Man Jo
Berry. In fact, 'Mrs.
Berry claimed she'd
never expressed that
thought to the
newspapers or the radio
... and that only The
London Free Press
carried [be-stutrn-ent
--nd attributed it to her.......
But nevertheless, Jim
Banks did resign. Many
people jumped to the
'conclusion that Jim
Banks was to blame for
the whole mess.
' As. the smoke t|euro,
tbough, and as sanity
returns to people's
thoughto, new questions
are being asked.
Questions like, "How
could such an error oc-
cur? How could one man
be toblame foru problem
the administrator
administrator
��or
or
to
o
and reportsf�af
directly
to
the assistant ad- the board. The chairman
niniourutoriOnaooe; the offinance oothe boand.it
medical staff is separate iouanunod.worksc|ooe\y
and distinct, with with '.the assistant ad -
representatives on the• minim(rator~finunce.
hospital board; the hoard T6erofOro. Jim Banks as
itself, drawn from the bonpital administrator
community served by should not have been any
Alexandra Marine and c|oeoc to the real
'Goonrul Hospital, is financial situation at the
broken down into eight hospital than either thocommittees, each with a assistant udninistrutor:1'
chairman. finance or the board's
chuirnono[finance.
The 11 depar{nen�' -
heads at the hospital are The deficit, according
the director of parsingtn board chairman Jo
plus the heads from the. Bo,ry, accumulated over
medical records direc-
,vthoruvn assistant administrator!:
finunce changed during
period. Jack Hot-
chkiss left at Christmas;
Bill Duckworth took over
from him. For all intents
and purposes,that meant
one more person wat-
ching finances, reviewing
mpohingOnanco».revioving
the progress of tbe
ory. p
muintevan9e. diotury,
houueke-ng. am-
bulance services,
laboratory, X-ray, out-
patients and psychiatry.
ut-poden1aungpoyckiutcy.
The eight board
committees uce
munagoment, joint
oonferenco, yinunco,
building, negotiations,
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'o|ioy roviow, by\uv
of this magnitude? Whyreview
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�and community • There have been doims
that regular financial
deficit of $236,578 is quite ministrative personne as ltisn^-dfcu\ tosem;-state mcnty wcrc not
. Why;.1;.....................A--
then, that..with a set-up received by, the board ... --
an
error
Oovogovernment,f
think omo
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communitywu�.t be deficit much sooner? lnitmi i it�»oof the .an area for.dispute.
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vbi|o Nonothe|ouo, it does seem flows like sap bnmutree
from whence money
--assurn. ."e-~_ ^^�1iec g`
insinuation that money
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was actually missing
from the' hospital ac-
counts, hut at least one
board member at the
annual meeting quelled
those rumYoS �t me
penny is miosing, the
public learned. It is
purely and simply oponc
on hospital salaries of
course, but gone even so.
`Juat what- the public
oxpoo�dwould h ia
not quite clear., but there
are indications that
people in and around
Goderich hoped that by
uncovering the deficit,
the problems at the
tal would end.
Doidu||y, people
seemed lo expect the
deficit would be covered
by admitting it was there.
Batber�bereverse ofthe
ostrich who puts his head
in the sand thinking
because he can't see the
wnr\d, the world can'tseesee-
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Who woiild cover the .
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the-benevolent provincial
� and a good well as ~~~^~ members
many people in the Were not alerted to the such ao�that, the ad
'u/nn»«gothisncrm'vv"r
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happene", why it hap- �b�ifyi»this «»oe?' nuenoo in the assistant ataten�nt"�:onot==''~
Goderich np�a-
1m~~^~~
admioistrutorifinunoe forthcoming
even on going to have to live on a
and in the finance request, that the i»' severely restricted '
chairman of the hoard, formation was not budget for awhile -. and
where money matters are demanded. Certainly the
concerned. ' chairman of finance for stayycuts are the answer.
The assistant ad- the board had a Nobody |ikc§ the idea,
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least of xthe staff
minioCrutopfinunce is inresponsibilityresponsibiiity to he on top mcmb»rs who ace'\aid
charge of the overall of that situation. , Tv,nw`pa�,5°
budgeting and finances There was even oonl�
pened and what will
prevent it from hap-
pening 0 o#ain in the
future.
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In the midst of all the
furor at the hospital, the
former administrator
Jim Banks resigned his
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The izuG obar
at the hospital goes like
this: the administrator is
aided by -the assistant
administrator / finance;
the departpremt bead,
from areas in the
hospital report to either
75YEARS AGO
C.G. Newton's new
store, next to the Bank of
Commerce buiWing, has
been thoroughly
renovated and will be
ready for occupation in a
, day or two with a com-
plete stock of men's and
boy's fu i
A specialt/ th six
coache's4eft the Goderich
station at 8 o'clock
Monday morning for the
Orange celebration at
HenomU. There were a
ycw over 125 �n hoard and
when the train stopped at
the fourth contession the
number wuoihrought up
to nearly 200.
The largest cargo of
grain yet to come to this
port was brought from
Foilt William , by the
Westmount arriving
Friday last about noon.
The cargo consisted of
about 154,000 bushels
Lvvheot, barley and five
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different gradeS of oats)...
Chief Engineer Young of
the ny*otmoont says
Goderich is the prettiest
removed from the Malton
plant into the new Canada
locaton at Goderich, Mr.
J~eoh B. 8\uok, plant
manager informed the
t
own he's seen in Canada,
Dr. L.M. Mabee hao`
of-
and� Orangemenfromnearremovod to hio new
them, jamrried the streets
at Goderich for the
celebration of the Battle
of the Boyne-- "The
Glorious Twelfth" - on
Saturday with over 1,000
participating 'hi the big
parade whiax wag so long
it circled the Square
twice.
With «onotruvtkxn Of 55
new dwellings either
completed or started
since the beginning ofthie
year, home-building in
Goderich appears to be
headed for a high not
reached for many years
and perhaps a record
high.
Further steps toward
farrnation of a recreation
;5 YEARS AGO
Operations got un'
con-
structionderway at the beginning
of the new
million dN[Ur plant for
Goderich of W.A.
Sheaffer Pen Co. of
Canada Ltd. and the
pouring of the foun'
du¢|orio is scheduled for
early next week. From
here onthe_bui\dingoftbo
big \ tbeing done by
the Austin Co. „Ltd., will
proceed speedily. The
plant will be completed
by December and by the
end of Jantiary
operations will have been
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council in Goderich were
taken Tuesday night at a
meeting ,between the
arena commission and
the town council, but
actual -formation oy the
cpiincil'was not made.
.5 YEARS AGO
To the surprise of
everyone on council with
the exception of Duty'Reovo Stan Profit, who
told cuunCU.-''} told you
so", the .businessmen of
Goderich have agreed
that the best way Co
handle the downtown
situation during Summer
Fest '73 is to close off the
entire Square.
Last week, ,Goderich
Town Council approved
the construction of a
temporary weather
stoddh to be bu6tut.3hy
Harbor Airport.,
Over 100 youngster
dressed their bikes and
wagons unfor the
ACK
summer playground
kick-off parade o'n
Monday.
At a special meeting of
Goderich Town Council
on Tuesday evoninQ, an
application by Taruoa^°
Dixon of London.' to
construct a 22 unit
apartment building on
Waterloo Street, was
turned down.
Mayor Harry Worsell
vas in Torqnto last week
to receive a Canada
Safety Council award for
the Town of Goderich.
Goderich was one of 28
fatality free communities
in 1972.
jun\eu 0. Fraser '0
have... his license to Sell.
Good Humor products '
from mobile units this .
mumq`er. in Goderich.
Even though cnubcM
opposed the move, they
foinld that .they had no
legal right to Wlthhold the
lice
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