The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-03-10, Page 9The BiueThvrn
Have you noticed that as. soon
as some situation defeats the
he' et
politician; sl'o?� of
•scafie-goats?
When the' Germans became
restless at his "guns before • but-
ter" policy, Hitler set up the
.Jews as a target for publie
•obloquy and worse. --
In America the embarrassed
politician has had recourse to
witch-hunts against successful
private enterprise business. You
see it in operation today
T against American Tel. &'' Tel.
Canada follows suit and is pro-
, scribing the Bell Telephone Co.,
while the "machinations" of the
t!P.R. are a perennial source
of goat flesh.
Even ,the pride and jay of
Ottawa, the C.N.R. is now ac-
cused of "unsafe" locomotives.
In both countries the_automobile
. manufacturers are now the tar-
get of an inflammatory cam-
paign accusing them of respon-
. sibility for road deaths.
That hyena of the C.B.C.,
"Seven Days," was quick to
jump in with a sequence glori-
fying a muck -raking- book: "Un-
safe at any Speed." And when
the author appeared before a
U.S. Senate Committee, his most
constructive' suggestion for car
safety was to recess the inside
door handles.
The matter of safety on the
highways is a compound of driv-
By G. MacLEOD ROSS
ha.. dropped from,
'ole miles s pp
Chi 1
'n that prt of the insinuatio the
driver is seldom a cause Of ac- 15.9 iir 1635 to 5.6 In 19t35. The
cident, consider these excuses figuresures for Britain are 8.9; West est
collected film accident mGermany 1&7; Italy 32.6, _Yu
forms: slavia52.6. •
"I' collided with a stationary Blaming the car for fatal ac -
street -car coming in 'the, op- eidents: makes as much sense
polite direction." as blaming murders on guns.
"To ' avoid a cos ?, I ran into Man testly it .is the driver :on
the other car.'o' whoni we must concentrate and
"The accident was due to the this is much harder than vilify -
road bending " ing the auto manufacturers.
"I knocked over a ,man. 'kid ad -
ghat Would help would be
mitted it was his fault as he the stressing of self-discipline
had been knocked over be- by the driving schoMs, followed
fore." by a definite examnation in
"Cow wandered into my car. road discipline.
I afterwards :was informed operation
the cow was half-witted."
"If the 'other driver had stop-
ped a few yards behind him-
self, it would not have hap-
pened."
Having read this selection,
perhaps you will agree there
is some truth in a survey by
a •Michiian.Study Group that 50
per cent of drivers involved in
serious accidents can be classi-
fied as suicides or mentally ill.
Of 653 English drivers with
a -cords of serious , offences, 86
in every hundred accidents were
due to events„ which a driver
could not forestall such as a
wasp in the car.,
No one will minimize the
seriousness of 'the traffic toll,
'ts 1. pe sewed in ro-
,b13�..1, , �>1. �.,. � n
per perspective. According to
the U.S. National Safety Council
the deaths per 100 million ve-
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SCAPEGOATS
The Highway
Turning to the highways, there
has been great improvement ,of
recent years in surface and elim-
ination, of lblind intersections.
done
be
cold
However much. e
Haw
on county roads in the form
of "Stop" signs, vvhieJi are one
of 'the -few .inexpensive ctc.vie,�S,
generally observed • by drivers,
much more so -than speed limit`.
Goderich itself would bene-
fit by a comprehensive selection
of through routes and the "stop -
er, road and automobile. .In sup -
ping" of cross routes. A device,
which is still in 'the horse and
buggy, stage is the direction
sigh, with lettering so small
you need a reading glass. • It
is not recognized that anything
which eliminates hesitation on
the partof the driver, "tends to
cold interior ,in. winter and great
heat in summer; signalling ele-
vlces. °
These' and many more slagx
Comings have been eliminated
When
to
ar h
er c
inthe modern n
h
argument of "excess" engine
ower arises, u,Position mlltst be
F
fi
��.r^.,__ • '� �� Oi '"Lou r n'
taken, • At`e � 'u g n"g g
for the. vast majority, or for
the accident-prone few? 1Vfis-
used for speed; for miles IN the
hour, (not miles ` per hour) the.
high powered:engine is danger-
ous. Where the power is used
for acceleration only; to pass a
sloyv vehicle and soy trespass
ori the on.coming lane for the
shortest possible time; then
high horse power is an unchal-
lengeable safety factor.
Years ago I ,remember a hair-
Oncethe op i - n of the raising drive with an, old friend
car has become automatic, driv- safety. }} in - his; small ear: 'Then, - for
become a guessingThe Vehicle I some reason, be lfought a car
gig shouldforlthe When the development of the•
game for all the faculties -- with a V-$ engine in it and
guessing what the other man is automobile, since its introduc- about 50 horses per .ton ratio.
going to do. Discipline means tion is reviewed, it --becomes I drove with him again and
no sudden changes; no cutting
into parking spaces ahead of
the other man; remaining in
your own lane; positioning
your car ahead of time for a
turn.
It also means the discipline
of patience, courtesy and of
maturity and an absence of the
far too common 'braggadocio of
adolescence; for example: Show-
ing yourgirl how fast you can
skoot down Harbour Hill.
The politicians could do much
to improve driving safety by
eliminating ceilings on rates
a`ii assigned -risk plans, sprthal'
the safe driver was rewarded
and the poor one discouraged.
SUCAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Life .can ,be a real drag, but ling around the actor's ears,
ithas
its momts. A
couple The eeho
ru
s w 'Lo
d
I
have
i the ni ht -time
of them 'came to ,rite this week' heard fluting in h
. ... � .
to eGS2y.a0 Vi. ne"tllit it's- more : h -ave,,
seen 400,1V
.
w,tp
g
fun to be alive , and suffering. ,*tahting over," And guess who
than Stoneold dead: in, the . was fluting around .gaily on his:
C
cemetery.scaty wings, aright : ,past- their noses.
The other night I took three
clear that the guiding principle
has been to bend every effort
to permit the driver to concen-
trate on the road; on other
traffic, in other wrds, on driv-
ing.
The, worries of yesterday: ig-
nition; battery; engine bearings;
vibration; internal noise; gear
changing; heavy brake pressure;
heavy steering; poor head -lights;
rough suspension; skidding; tyre
failure; rain, snow and ice on
the windshield; two -wheel brak-
es; poor vision due to small
glass area; seat discomfort;
Iffamthirginrlitgh centre° -of
gravity making overturning pos-
k 0 ,,0
'busloads of students to see- a All in all, a diverting even
`say, "Murder in the Cathedral, ing in, the theatre. '. won't
in a neighboring town. ' won't•s eak for the players„ but the
what a nightmare Ads eit. and the bat loved even mention gh .
such an excursion is for' the 0
man in charge: of 'a hundred- my second reviving expo"rir
odd lively teenagers. once was not with °a bat, but a
h.:' 'r "` butterfly. 1 think that term
We arrived in pest clothes best describes my 14•year-old.
and best manners, ready for She flits.•, She can't -quite decide
an , evening of culture. The whether she's going to be a
house lights dimmed; the stark writer, a folk singer, a conceit
set was revealed; the chorus pianist ora basketball player.
came on with its brooding note , *
of doom and death. You could Iasc Saturday, I took her to
have heard a feather drop as a the city, to compete in the
thusand youngsters sat enthral- world's suggest music festival.
Competition it rough. Her
teacher and her mother had
both .told her she . hadn't a
chance, "Because you haven't
worked hard enough."
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She was pretty jittery. Teeth
chattering, great nervous yawns,
four trips to the bathroom in
20 minutes. My heart bled for
her.
*
In her first class there were
i2-eorn p etitors.Cruessawho;
,
last, It was for students' 20,
and under. They were all good.
Tie004eriCh Signal -Star, Thnadi.Y. )hairds 10;
Maple Leaf Cbapter
AppointS.. O{el at s
n
e she
n
announced unc �
tizi,nd
adaaa�iza ,o
would he attending ceremonies
i
o t o n,
,
of the Citizenship Ctr
March 2n4.
Mrs, " W._ atlb. �n. tr
easnrer
the- OpportunityShop,
in --
formed the nae Gibers+of the An.
aneial status of the 'Opportunity
^., The education Committee un -
'del the leadership of Mrs. R. ° r
Hughes was • authorized to fur
chase four • tickets for students
to attend :Conununityinerts
6-6 season. ,.
•
Mrs.J. Stringer and 14 rs,
Breckenridge were . appointed•
delegates to Provincial CfmenT
tion, " Hamilton to be- held
April.
Possible projects were out-
lined for the Centennial cele-•
brations. It was decided to
again hold' the coffee party in
July during the annual Art
Mart. Mrs. R. Hughes, .Mrs..J."
Wallace, Mrs. G. McManus, Mrs.
H. Bettger and Mrs. G. Ellis will
be the committee in charge,
The annual news letter from
Provincial Headquarters was
read by the regent who 'then
extended the appreciation of the
never had a safer ride. His
superiority when passing other
vehicles had given him absolute
confidenbe, so that now he never
hesitated or subjected you to
the awful; Shall I? Shan't I?
confusion of the small car.
The contention stands that
the auto manufacturer has done
all and more than can be ex-
pected of him to free the in-
dividual to drive. The road
engineer could still do more to
this end. But most of all it
depends on the ability of the ff _ * *
instructor to inculcate a sense I He had assumed the form
of responsilitkty, f -or, prime -of ma -large -be rt, --The aorse:,:and..
hazard on the highw.afys will lights had frightened him out
sible; poor side and rear vision; always remain the driver. of his eyrie anig the rafters.
Mailers
The home of Mrs. M. � it a h
was the setting, for the March'.
meeting of„ .she Maple, ISRf,
Chapter, X.O.».E,,
regent,ken,
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ride' presided'Mrs. .and the l3r.eslag 'NV -4S
presented bythe siand c ' bear,
er, Mrs.. J, Skp,�che.. ,
Mrs; .M', McGill, n1''* empire
and world alfa rs,, presented a
report . of ' current events frot4,
all, partsof the Commonwealth.:
Mrs. 'G.. L. It'oyal gave, a re-
port ori immigration and, Can-
led. .
Suddenly a ripple of sound
went through the theatre. The
ripple rapidly became a 'wave.
The chorus, in the best show
tradition, bravely pressed on,
its chant almost lost- in the
swelling' titter. The ghost of
the old opera house -glad taken
over.
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And he put on a display of
aerobatics that stole the show.
*
He swooped and swirled over
audience and actors. He flick-
ered through'the shadows, in
ever-descendipg circles that had
all the girls clutching their hair.
He peeled off and dive-bombed
the chorus, rang if` :duck
collectively a n d frantically
floorwards.
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He disappeared intermitent-
ly, but, , a born scene -stealer,
was right on cue for his entries.
Thomas Beckett, Archbishop -of
Canterbury, intoned. "For a
little time the hungry hawk
will only Soar' and haver; -circl-
ing lower .. •" '
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Even •- though I've been to . a
hundred festivals, and am pret-
ty worldly, myspirits sank, 'for
her sake. ,
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, The bell clanged. She went
on stage. And as 1 sat, turning
purple while holding my breath
through a Bach ?re1udee 'and
fugue, she played like a tiger.
Second place we take.
0 0 *
We tottered out of the 'audi-
tor'ium in a daze, leapt into a
cab, rushed to meet her Mom,
and hurled her words track in
her face.
And there was Mr. Bat, whist -
as
• The kid repeated Twice dur- members to the hostess.
ing the afternoon, and we ar-
rived home after a 12 -hour day
and a 200 -mile trip, staggering
with exhaustion but flushed
with triumph.
Of �bafs ' 1fd ' bus' erfles,
guess, is tlieessence .of life.
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The " April meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. H.
Bettger.
With the singing of the na-
tional anthem the meeting "was
brought 'to a close. Refresh,
iiiaits w*srOK6d
McKellar and Fier committee..
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and return times
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