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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-05-10, Page 4PAGE 4 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1979 Goderich` SIGNAL—STAR Ft The County Town Newspaper of Huron Founded In 1040 and published ovary Thursday et Goderich, Ontario. Member of the CWNA and OWNA. Advertising rates on request. Subscriptions payable In advance '1440 In Canada. '35.00 to U.S.A., '39.00 to all other countries. single copies 33'. Display advertising rotes available on request. please ask for Rate Cord No. 0 effective Oct. 1. 1970. Second class mail Registration Number 0710. Advertising Is accepted on the condition that In the event of typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with reasonable allowance for signature, will not bo charged for but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. In the vont of e typographical ,error advertising goods or services et a wrong price, goods or service may nal be -sold. Advertising Is merely en offer to -sell, and may be withdrawn at any time. The Signal -Star is not responsible for the Toss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts or photos. Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. ROB RT 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 Friendly exchange Education Week was a great success throughout the area, judging from the programs the children participated in at area' schools. Music and drama were the highlights, and students wowed their parents and friends as usual. Education Week in the schools is a fairly new idea, begun in recent years to bring about a better understanding between home and school when it comes to education. It is a good idea and for the most part, the students are the big winners. At a recent professional activity day for Huron County teachers, there was continuing evidence that the school is using every avenue possible to make parents aware of what's happening in the schools and to help mothers and fathers and guardians understand the school's problems and needs. Parents were present at the PA day, as observers and as participants. Those parents who were present were given equal opportunity with teachers to listen and to ask questions of the people who were presenting the seminars. That is a giant step for- ward in education in Huron County, and one for which the board and the individual teaching professionals should have credit. There is little doubt that parents at the recent Huron County teachers' PA day were particularly Star watch For parents who are looking for an inexpensive and highly enjoyable, educational outing for the children, it might be 'worthwhile considering the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto. The Toronto planetarium has to be one of the finest in the world. This spring the special at- traction is "A Sky For All Seasons" which explores the night skies associated with each season of the year. This particular show takes a close look at the young stars of Orion, the prominent constellation in the evening sky of spring, and Antares, a summer interested, because the topic for discussion was morals -values education. While it was pointed out again and again that dealing with morals and values in the classroom is nothing new, it was clear that in today's changing society there is much more responsibility being foisted on the teachers in this department. Homes and churches just aren't doing the job. For the parents who were present, it should have been obvious that the teachers weren't at all happy about having this new and added responsibility thrust upon them. And who can blame them? Morals and values are personal matters. Just as a teacher is hesitant to pass along his or her religious beliefs to the students for fear of raising the hackles of some disagreeing parent, a teacher is also reluctant to impart his or her moral and value judgements to young pupils, especially now when even in staid Huron County morals and values are vastly different from those accepted here 10 years ago. Education Week then provides a rare and im- portant opportunity for parents and guardians to observe each other .... and to talk. That kind of informal, friendly exchange must certainly be beneficial. - SJK star, a great red giant nearing the end of its life cycle. But any show at the McLaughlin Planetarium is exciting. From the moment the spectators file into the viewing room, the lights go out .and the show begins, it is pure magic. It is like a trip to the heavens and it is great for star gazers of all ages. Showtime is daily -except Monday, long holiday weekend Mondays exempted. Childrenunder six and latecomers are not admitted, by the way. Why not plan a trip to Toronto and the planetarium someday soon? It's a great way to spend an afternoon.- SJK It's a big country Politicians and the media are. tossing election issues at Canadians at a constant rate. The news reports are full of them and the papers give equal ai y coverage. Issues raised by one party become a cornerstone of reprisal for another and the cycle continues until election time. ' Issues and proposed solutions are fundamentals of campaigning as is the attack on the other party's stand. Government must concern itself with a large country, regional disparity, ethnic .and language diversity, cultural differences and industrial concentration. When it comes to issues at election time people are realistically selfish. Canadian unity may mean little to a Prairie farmer or a northern Alberta pipeline worker. Concessions to businesses locating in the Atlantic provinces will have as much affect on an Okanogan Valley apple grower as expanded senior citizen and student exchange program grants will have on a Newfoundland fisherman. - People or for that matter, regions have their own concerns whether its unemployment, stimulus for small business, language rights, increased pen- sions or social assistance, inflation, decreases in municipal and federal taxes or a host of other problems. • Because of the vastness of our country the problems are often as diverse as ,the people and issues can be divisive. Canada can't afford that. Just as we understand other Canadians we must understand their problems, even if they do not reflect our own concerns. Understandably individuals want their own problems remedied but , naturally there is no • guarantee that any government can alleviate them. -DS Flag check It is spring. The sun is warm, the sky is blue. It's a great time for getting outside. Time to take a walk. Go for a drive. See the sights. There is little doubt thatgetting out and about is a favorite pastime of people at this time of year. And it is a good time again to remind citizens in and around Goderich who have flag poles on their property to aleck their flags. A quick tour of the town earlier this week showed some dilapidated bunting hanging from flag poles in the municipality. The color was faded. The edges were frayed. The snap had vanished. If you have a flag pole, make certain the flag you fly is in good shape. If it isn't, take it down. Put up a new flag or, ,if nothing else, leave the flag pole empty. - Let's put an end to flags that fly in disrespect in our area.—SJK tt , eflee&ions of Spring Rip-off Dear Editor, Our hydro meter was read in December for October and November. I paid $70.68 for those two months. The meter was not read again until April, 1979. December and January's bill was estimated at $80.40 which I paid in February. The meter was correctly read in April -for February and March and the bill was $116.20. We were out of tows for the full month of,i\ arch. How is th'nt "for a off? The office explanation Was that we left the rip - 'tt 8, S A, e N. By Dave Sykes DEAR EDITOR refrigerator running and it ran up a bill of $50 or $60 because we were not a home for the month of March. Why is the Hydro asking for a nine percent raise when they. rip off senior citizens on a fixed 'income like the above? Yours truly, R.W. Bell Bad story Dear Editor: In . _ . regards to "Teachers reluctant to teach moral values"; I am not a Huron County teacher, but am an in- terested parent who was invited by Brookside staff to take part in the above professional development day, held recently in Exeter. It is beyond my com- prehension where your reporter got her headlines quoted above. Following the session I spoke to teachers from Seaforth, Wingham and several of our own staff from Brookside and never once did I have that attitude expressed. I am beginning to wonder if the press only wants to stir up trouble for our teachers in Huron County, who, on the whole, in my opinion, are doing a commendable job. Maybe itis time for the• reporters to have some guidelines in moral values. Yours truly, Ruth Alton Editor's Note: Teachers in Huron - and everywhere, probably - are indeed reluctant to teach , moral values to children. They are hesitant because the moral values of the teacher may not necessarily be the moral values taught in the home from which the students come. This reluctance on the part of teachers is right and proper, That's precisely why teachers will not "teach" moral values but rather, as the Hamilton Board of Education stressed in its presentations, will guide their classes to a variety of : choices about a par- ticular problem (i.e. the cat in the tree) and allow the children to make up their own minds about right and wrong after all the alternatives have been explored. Never will the child's moral judgement be challenged by the teacher. The teachers with whom this reporter was associated, did -subscribe to the proposals put forth by those who presented the seminar, but made it abundantly clear that they in no way wanted to get involved with Turn to page 5 • 75 YEARS AGO James MacPherson is opening a broker's -office next to James Wilson's drug store. Jonathan Miller is lowering the floor of his East Street livery stable to make it level with the sidewalk. The office of the Clerk of Peace has been papered and painted and the wall tints and re- arrangement of the office are a great improvement to the Court House. Citizens on West Street are complaining about bicyclists using the sidewalks after dark„ making it exceedingly, difficult for pedestrians after sunset. While one of our teamsters was watering his team at the East Street fountain Saturday, LE - the lines of one of the animals caught round the trough and the horse, getting frightened, pulled until he pulled the basin over. The masons are completing .the foun- dation for the second dwelling being erected for Mrs. W.A. Rhynas on the corner of East and Albert Streets. 25 YEARS AGO R . Menzies, manager of the Goderich plant of Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Tran- sportation Company Limited, officiall'y cut the ribbon Monday to give the "go"' signal for the steady pouring of cement in the construction of the new grain bins which have a total capacity of over.a million bushels. KING BACK At a special meeting last Friday afternoon, Goderich Recreation and Arena Council named Don Emms as recreation director for the town. The -first shipment of cedar posts for the street sign erection project being undertaken by town council and the Goderich Junior Chamber of Commerce has' arrived and signs are expected within the next three weeks. Goderich horse racing officials are busy these days finalizing plans for the big June 2 race meet to beheld at the Goderich oval. Success of the 13th annual Huron County Music Festival being held at Goderich Public School this week-' was indicated - by large crowds at tending sessions Tuesday and yesterday. , 5 YEARS AGO The Alexandra Marine and General Hospital has just received word from the Ministry of Health in Toronto that they have approved of the project to proceed to construction for the expansion of the Emergency and Radiology Departments. Only Councillor Elsa Haydon voted in op- position to Goderich Town Council loaning funds to the Goderich Trotting and Agricutlure Association for con- struction of a building which may be used for dispensing alcoholic beverages at the race track. Council reached a' vision on th'e matter last Thursday evening. Textral president F.G. Burgess has ratified the company's move to Goderich. Mr. Burgess said most employees will be hired from Goderich. Heading the Goderich plant will be Robert Tease. The Par•lsc. Theatre recently* changed hands when Famous Players took over. Brenda Brissette was the winner of the G.D.C.I. curling award and Don Bedour was the winner of the G.D.C.I. golf award when the awards assembly fpr 1973-74 was held Friday 'morning in the high school gym- nasium. Football awards wont to Joe O'Keefe, most valuable senior football player and Lee Amor, Wiest- valuable junior. DEAR READE BY SHIRLEY J.KELLER Not long ago, I got a letter from Mrs. Bertha R.Rudow (formerly Lieutenant B.R.Jones) who sent to me a page from the Toronto Evening Telegram from August 18,1944. One of the first things I noticed about the paper was the tremendous dif- ference between today's Toronto papers and the Toronto Evening Telegram of 1944. That particular paper carried columns of personal items .... yes, yes, Mrs. and Mrs. D.J.VanDusen are staying at Hollywood Lodge, Island Grove, Lake Simcoe ... wedding pictures, and even a report from Gil -Mar Lodge Holiday Centre. There was a column by Dorothy Dix with the headline "Wed Thirty Years Divorce Poor Bet": There was a column -by Emily Post which supplied an answer to this question: "When three ministers take part in the burial services is it necessary that the family give each one an aniount? Would personal thanks be su fficient? - The answer Mrs. Post gave? "This is entirely a question of your own per- sonal impulse. If you feel that you should give one or all threea fee - do so. If you cannot, don't worry about this omission," One of the most interesting items in the paper was a column entitled "Between You And Me" written by Margaret Aitken.The main thrust of her column ,was the war and she in- cluded . in it some excerpts from a column written by a New York writer who later went on to great fame in television, Ed Sullivan. captain hadn't heard for two years from her husband in a Japanese prison camp. Quite a few of the girls lost husbands or brothers at Dieppe. But none of them ever referred to her own tragedy." "I've met impressive girls before," Sullivan concluded, "but -these Canadians measure up to the finest. Canada has rationed many things, but she hasn't rationed the intelligence, the loyalty, the poise or charm of her daughters." Now wasn't that a great tribute to Canadian women? And I must admit I, had to wonder with Mrs. Rudow, what Sullivan was writing about hishrip�to� Fd -'S alivan would have to say today Canada and the women he met who about Canadian women. Would he find were in the' CWACS, the WRENS and " modern women as intelligent, loyal, the WDs. poised and charming as those women "They were right on the beam," he met in 1944? wrote Sullivan, "and their discussion of On the same page there was an ad for what they wanted in a post-war world war workers, aimed particularly at made you realize that the world has women. It pictured two housewives moved ahead atbreak neck speed." talking. One said to the other,"I "Most of them have had poignant thought Jiiii w'nrld rise the roof when I contact • with the war ... Typical: A suggested that I could do war work as Canadian Women's Army Corps well as he." 4111110111114 The only real significance in that statement is to point out just how far women have progressed in the last 35 years .... from the point where they would have to ask their husbands for permission to get a job to a position where she would decide for herself what she wanted to do and then report to hubby. But maybe it also points out that women have in some small sense lost 'a good deal by becoming too independent and maybe what they lost is what Ed Sullivan found so attractive. Intelligence. Loyalty. Poise. Charm. Not that working,independent women can't have those qualities, of course. It is simply the womanly qualities that are sometimes missing. The intelligence to understand their own uniqueness without using it as a club. The loyalty to that uniqueness in relation to their homes and families. The poise and the charm to be feminine without being dubbed unintelligent or disloyal. It's something to think about anyway.