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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-12-14, Page 4PAGE 4--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14,1978 the SIGNAL STAR The County Town Newspaper of Huron Founded In Slip and published emery Thursday at Goderich. Ontario. Member of the CWNA and OWN*. Advertising rates on request. Su►ecdpflons payable In advance °1,41.S0 in Canada. °3S.N to-U.S.A.. '33.141 to all other countries, Slagle copies 3S•. Display edvertIsing rates available on request. Please ask for Hato Card No. 0 affective Oct. 1, Md. Second {doss mall Registration Number 0710. Advertising 1s accepted on the condition that In the .vent of typographical error, the advertising specs occupied by the erroneous Item, together with reasonable allowance for sIgnatara, will not b. charged far but the balance of the advertisement will be laid for at the applicable rate. In the event of a typographical error advertising goods or services ata wrong price. goods or service may not be sold. Advertising Is merely on offer to tell. and ntay be withdrawn of any time. The Signal -Star Is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscrlpta or photos. Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. ROBERT G. SHRIER — president and publisher 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 DI<�. COMM *CNA "�MwtiF �t'Spuei: o04. Closed session necessary? If it were true what Councillor Elsa Haydon said . . . that council members would discuss with the members of the Goderich Recreation and Com- munity Centres Board the job done by a recreation director and the need for a qualified recreation director in Goderich, and riot personalities to fill the job left vacant by Mike Dymond ...there was ab- solutely no need for a committee of the whole session at the Council chambers Monday evening. The motion for committee of the whole was made by Reeve Eileen Palmer. According to her, the object was to discuss personalities. But. Councillor Haydon disagreed that the purpose' of the meeting was to discuss names and people ... and Deputy - reeve Bob Allen and Councillor Stan Profit seem to agree. They voted with Councillor Haydon against going into committee of the whole. It wasn't surprising to see Reeve Palmer, Councillor John Doherty and Mayor Harry Worsell vote in favor, of going into closed session. Palmer and Doherty have been on council for the last two years and are well acquainted with the intricacies of committee of the whole discussions. Mayor Harry Worsell, too,_ is an experienced municipal council mumber and chose to side with the majority on this recorded vote. The mayor, of course, votes last and has the opportunity to assess the feeling s of his council members who vote before him. But it was surprising that the new council members - Jim .Searls, Brian Knights and Jim Magee - were so ready to vote for a committee of the whole session. It wasn't long ago that Searls sat regularly in the audience at the town council chambers, and expressed his disapproval of committee of the whole sessions when he had to --- leave the chambers. `Knights; too, was a council chambers visitor and surely he remembers what it is like to be an interested citizen Who is ousted unnecessarily while the closed door talks go on. Jim Magee is really a newcomer to the council cham- bers and didn't seem to question at all the wisdom of going into closed session. One wonders if the three new members were instructed before the council meeting that the recreation board members were coming in ... and that council planned to go into committee of the whole. Maybe the word was out that it was "usual procedure". • The people of Goderich would certainly look to the new faces at the council table to be the "champions of _the taxpayers".... at least for a while. But not one of the three joined with Haydon, Profit and Allen to register his concern for a committee of the whole session which might not have been at all necessary. The new_members of council were given a tour of the town -hall -following the Monday evening session., Maybe they also should be advised that business Skiing done behind closed doors is immediately suspect unless there is a definite reason for it. Reporters from this newspaper understand when matters involving hiring and firing are discussed . . .along with some legal affairs and some other •"delicate' financial "deals ..:there is justification for a closed door meeting. But when three ex- perienced council members vote against a closed session, it could be argued there was no justification for closing the doors on the public and the press. And it is disappointing that at the very. first session, at the very first hint of controversy, Goderich's three new council members. chose to vote for committee of the whole. Let's hope it isn't an omen of what's ahead for 1979-80. Let's trust that the open door policies of the past four years won't be suddenly changed. - SJK The Little Lakes at Christmas New policies Fest Signal -Star's editorialdepartment is developing policies to help staffers decide those affairs which must be covered from year to year. These policies are being written and filed for easy reference when people call the Signal -Star with requests for reporters to be dispatched hither, thither and yon. As the time of annual meetings approaches, readers should know that annual meetings of private and public clubs and groups will not be covered by Signal -Star reporters and photographers. However, reports from annual meetings -will be- --welcomed from the press secretaries of these organizations provided they are received with a reasonable length of time following the event. Exceptions may be made when there is an alternate news factor -for . example, a special speaker of note, a guest of importance, citizens honored, a meeting of wide community interest etc. But the key words here are "may be made." The decision will be left to the Signal -Star editor and or news editor. Photographs of new boards and officers elected• at annual meetings may be taken following the annual meeting at a date pre -arranged with Signal - Star photographers. Please note much of the responsibility for such pictures must rest with the group members themselves. The Signal -Star is interested in your .group but time simply does not permit staff to attend each and every function in the community. Some L. guidelines must be set out -so that Sig 1 -Star readers will be rewarded with the best eekly newspaper possible under present cir- cumstances.-'-SJK Sometimes there's a lot of miles between you and the slopes. Should a storm blow up or a radiator freeze before you get there, the Canadian Red Cross Society urges you to pull over, sit tight and bundle up. Carry a warm sleeping bag and a candle in the trunk for such emergencies because the winter cold can kill. It's your winter, use it wisely. CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY I+ DEAR Dear Editor; In a -recent edition of the London Free Press of Thursday, November 30 two articles were printed namely: Major Change In The Sex Crime Laws Urged and Law Com- mission Sticks To Guns On Proposed Incest Law Changes,! To a large extent 'most morallaws have their origin from the Bible, and no earthly commission has the right to alter or change such laws. The iniquitous crime of incest as written in Leviticus 20:11, 12, 13, 17, 20 and 21 and also in Deuteronomy 27: 20, 22, 23 (please read for yourself), received a just penalty as did the sin on homosexuality. However, since God's grace has come in ,the person of His Son Jesus Christ, there is pardon and forgiveness available to whoever acknowledges his wrong -doing, but we must remember in order that this grace may abound doesn't mean the By Jeff Seddon EDITOR guilty one should con- tinue with such sinful acts. We must also take into account andcarry. through with whatever the courts decide. The sin of incest, whether committed by consenting adults or members of. the family and relatives, should certainly remain in the Criminal Code and those, 300 letters sent in asking for a very necessary and positive consideration on the part of the Law Commission to leave this law as is, should be granted unequivocally. I say this because such a law is inscribed " in God's. Holy inspired Book. Reader, your letter and mine should be sent to Justice Minister Marc Lalonde, also •to your representative in parliament, in Huron County, Bob McKinley; in Grey and' Bruce , Crawford Douglas; address: Parliament Buildings, OTTAWA, Ontario. Sincerely Rev. Leonard Warr (Goderich). Lacking Dear Editor: Recently Huron County Library entered a float in the Santa Claus parade. This is the third year that the library has par- ticipated in this event. , For reasons unknown to me, this year there was a lack of enthusiasm and many less floats. I know. that everyone is busy at Christmas but wonder why the townspeople have less time than the Turn to page 5 • 75 YEARS AGO The Collegiate Institute Board has appointed H.G. Willson, an honor graduate in natural science of Toronto University in 1901, to the position made vacant by W.H. Thompson's resignation. 1 - - A special meeting of the town council was held last evening and a number of accounts were passed including the long- standing bill of Messrs. Dickinson and Garrow for law costs. After the meeting, the members of the council, civic of- ficials -and press representatives were conveyed by bus to Mayor Lewis' residence. where they were hospitably entertained to an oyster supper. George Johnston .has LOOKING BACK purchased the blacksmith shop on Kingston Street for many years carrie on by Alex Kirkbride antis son. A snow plow was run up from Stratford on Sunday afternoon and was sent out again ahead of the early train Monday morning to clear the railway track after Sunday's storm: 25 YEARS AGO. - Attempting to get close to $5,000 in bills paid off, the Goderich Recreation and Arena Council ap- pealed to Town Council for a $5,000 loan last Friday night, but council, after considering the matter in an hour-long debate, turned the request over to next year's council for con- sideration. Ben Goldthorpe was re- elected president of the Goderich Trotting and Agricultural Association at the annual meeting held this week. The Christmas spirit entered into proceedings at court in Goderich on Thursday when Magistrate D.E. Holmes, Q.C. declined to send anyone guilty of an of- fence to jail over the Yuletide season. The County detach- mentof the Ontario Provincial Police in Goderich has a new of- fice. The move was made this week from the old headquarters in the Masonic Building on West Street tb a cottage on Park Street which has been converted into office headquarters. Beginning in 1954, the County detachment will be in- creased to a nine -man unit. 5 YEARS AGO - The senior Vikings, G.D.C.I.'s football team, celebrated their Huron-- Perth uron=Perth conference championship with a banquet on December 5. Most valuable player award went to Joe O'Keefe; and most valuable senior lineman was jointly won by Jim Durst and Brian Whitely. Despite the onslaught of snow on Tuesday, crews stayed on the job installing a drainage system to serve farm land owned by John Hazlitt two miles north east of Benmiller. The project is the first of its kind in this area in that flexible plastic pipe is being used in place of the 'conventional type of tiles normally used in farm drainage. Roy Rundle and Robert Bisset were recently honored by Maitland Lodge No. 33 A.F. and A.M., G.R.C. for their long time service as members of the Masonic order. A report of the representatives to the landfill Committee showed that Goderich will be paying about $2,000 less in 1974 for their share of maintaining a landfill site near Holmesville where the town's garbage is being dumped. Both plants operated by the Dearborn Steel Tubing Company of Goderich were shut down for two shifts last week when an electric control panel blew up at . the Newgate Street complex shutting off power to the machines. mEADEi The weekly shopping spree in the local food stores is getting a little out of hand. I suppose if one could discipline self to steer clear of the gimmicks and the non-food stuffs, the end result would be more reasonable. But if one isn't successful in restraining that impulse to buy those things that aren't on the "must have" list, the result can add up to a quick and sizeable shock at the checkout desk. I suppose as we get closer to Christmas, the urge to splurge gets stronger. That's what I told my husband after my last regular trip through the aisles of the supermarket. When I Went in I was' firmly resigned to holdthe Line on expenses. - I don't know what it was that changed my mind. Was it the Christ- mas carols in the background? Was it the Signal -Star reader who stopped me to say how - much she'd enjoyed a certain article in the paper? Was it the unmistakable feel of Christmas in the air? Suddenly I saw my hands -reaching to pick 1.41 those' exstras..'Walnuts, pecans, atmozidily bra2il has, Peel, raisins, dates, chipits, coconut, marshmallows. Sweetened condensed milk, graham cracker crumbs, vanilla wafers, novelty ca4dy decorations. Once I had broken my own code to be economical, it got easier and easier to overspend. There were the pretty paper serviettes and the work -saving paper tablecloths to match. There was the Christmas wrapping paper and the name tags and the chocolate Santas and the cute little place cards with the mouse in the corner. And what about those lovely Christmas serving trays that make your homemade treats look just that much more festive. It was like a fever. A couple pairs of pantyhose...make nice stocking stuffers. Four placemats for Aunt Mary. An aluminum roasting pan to 'save washing up on Christmas Day. I deserve a holiday too. Three balls of wool. Maybe on the long winter evenings ahead I get back to knitting. Some of that new shampoo that makes your hair look younger. Some pretty paper towels. They'll add a touch of color in the �kItchen Mouth- wash. Just to be absolutely certain, you know. Some writing paper and en- velopes. A new pocketbook in case I feel like reading. Let's see. Bread. No bargains there unless you want to settle for the doughy white stuff the doctors say will kill you. What's this. Sixty-five cents for a loaf of 100 percent whole wheat bread? And I hear the price is going up as much as 12 cents in the new year... Where will it end? Butter. Boy, butter is a price. Maybe margarine. A little cheaper. Not much. Guess it will be margarine, After all, it is lower in cholesterol. Cheese. My family sure eats a lot of cheese. And look at the price of it. Milk. Up again...another cent for a three quart bag. Eggs. Ninety-one cents a dozen this week. I can remember when my dad was thankful to get 35 cents a dozen for farm fresh eggs. Meat. What will it be this week? Even hamburger is over $4 for one meal t� feed my crew. There's no way I can afford steak. I wonder how others buy it. • Pork chops. Bacon; Look at those prices! And it is sure picked over...not a nice lean package left. Liver? The kids hate it but it is sup- posed to be so good for you. Hmmm. Under a dollar, okay, but wasn't it just a few cents not long ago? Fish. Now that's supposed to be cheap and good for you. But it's so bland. And I don't cook it right somehow. Chicken. Not too bad. Let's look at the turkeys. What a rip off! No wonder that guy in Ottawa is making such a fuss. They're just trying to get rich quick on the consumer. Vegetables. Fruit. Just look at those prices. -How do they expect the average working family to afford fresh fruits and vegetables at this time of year? It costs a fortune to stay healthy. "There's no peanut butter, mom," yells my youngest about an hour later. "Didn't you get peanut butter at the store?" "Well, I was going to son, but the bill was just climbing so fast I had to stop somewhere," I explained. "Have plain toast this time. And get those new Christmas serviettes out. They'll make the table look pretty. I need something to cheer me up. Shopping gets me down."