The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-05-05, Page 2•,r
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'_`111e Ooderiele S1gnel-Star, Thursday, May , 1060
ditoriaIs.,.
WEEKLY EDITOR NEED CO-OPERATION
A _ new -editor •is life a load of—huge.`�preases. •of , the mighty .metro4
fertilizer, It is almost impossible to politan dailies would grind to a stop,
jud?e ' what ` good he will produce and the cobweb of disuse would
until he has gone through a season. grow across the door jam of the
This . somewhat pungent ob- weeklies.
servation prompted that blithe Particularly among weekly
spirit, whom this writer is succeed- newspapers the readers must also
mg, to,. remark. ;that to editor in become contributors. A .weekly, like
,that position also hopes to gather The Signal -Star, .does not have a
news stories like. flies on a hot day.
Unfortunately it is not that
easy. .It does not matter ,, whether
a - ay is hot -or cold or from which
direction the wind i?blowing in the
production of. a newspaper.
*-' • It could almost become a job
like any other job, a dull routine.
Fortunately the news business has
a saving grace, and that is that it
deals with people.
"°"'Y The newspaper becomes a direct
extension of the people among whom
it, exists. It reports their activities
and mirrors their thojights and
opinions.
The. newspaper shares the -plea-
sures and tragedies of its people.
Itshares their anger and embar , t,
treat editorially.
But it does not create them.j As has happened in the many
They thst be ready made before a years since man learned to com-
municate through thb printed word,
newspaper can even be aware thatthey exist, and the newspaper is what one man thinks is a great
only the medium by which the facts story, another will ..consider garbage.
of the situation become known. • What delights one man will be the
To do an adequate and truthful • subject of the chagrin -of another.
job of seeing that a community's • Editors must learn to accept
life is faithfully covered the news- with grace and philosophy, criticism
paper must. have the co-operation thatcomes b
p�
iwith controlling trblica-
of the persons with whom it is deal- tion of a..public print.
ing. . • An editor's ultimate considera-
If no one volunteered iriforma- tion must always be the truth: And
tion, or offered an opinion even the if it stings, it must be borne.
'
large staff of reporters to gather
and write the news.
-• This, on a weekiy,1 is a one-man
responsibility. It would be inl-pos
sible to perform if the members of
the community did not lend their
assistance to, the editor in seeing
that reports of events are placed
on his desk. -
The ultimate decision rests
with the editor on what will be pub-
lished. His experience and training
are his guide in providing a balanced
presentation.
Not only must he decide what
his news columns will contain, but
also what form comment will take
on the subjects which he decides to
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rassments
-A FAREWELL TO GODERICH
As a voice that -has cried in the,
• Goderich. "wilderness" for the past
year, I craVe your ipdulgence for
one'more moment to make my fare-
wells. ,
•
It is with a certain amount of
personal regret that I take my leave
of this town and its inhabitants.
Despite. the . fact I have 'spent
considerable tirne; hurling verbal,
barbs at the vulnerable vitals of the
corporate body, Goderich-„has be-
come home tame.
For many weeks now, these
editorial - columns have carried . my
personal viewpoint on a variety of
pertinent public problems.
In doing this it was simply a
matter of exercising the prerogative
of- a newspaper -editor. - _
To those who failed to- agree
with me, and there were ° many, •1
offer no excuse or retractions:
Comment offered in good faith
can provide tangible .results even
though certain individuals dislike
the discomfort of having their toes
stomped.
In fact, a number of people have
squealed loudly and violently against
the policy expressed in these
columns.
There again, this is their right
and'we offer then, recourse through ”
the published Letters to the Editor.
During my term of office not
one letter designed for the public's
attention has found its way con-
veniently into the waste paper
basket.
of his or her convictions.
The timing of this "good-bye" is
also an extension of the personal
regret felt.
- As one who has been forced to
keep his finger on the local political
and economic pulse, there is a real-
ization that the beat is growing
weaker•
Chosen to be the FTD.Canadian Mother of
the Year for 1966 in a nation-wide campaign
sonsored by the Florists' Transworld De-
liver? Association is, Mme -Jeanne-Pauline
Beaulieu of Riviere-Madeleine, Gaspe. She
is aptly and" affectionately named "smiling
Mummy" by her'young adult night stool
students. A distinguished panel of judges
which included Thee Hon. Judy LaMarsh,
MP's and a Senator, selected her for her
devotion to_ children and her leadership in
the community, Mme Beaulieu will co'nie to
Ottawa May 3, 4 and 5 to be feted by civic,
provincial and national political and social
leaders. '
Down Mem�ry's Lane
55 Years Ago -1911
An able-- presentatknr and , ex
planation of the reciprocity �aact
was riven to ,an audience in
Victoria Opera House, on Satur-
day evening •by Hon. A. -S. Mac-
Kay, Liberal leader in the Pro-
vincial Legislature and W.
Proudfoot, M.P.P. Owing to the
fact it was a busy Saturday
night, when nierohants and
shoppers ^were ; ngage<the at-
tenda tee was not as large as
otherwise. it would have been:
A speciai meeting of the town
council was held in conjunction
with the Board of Trade, to dis-
cuss matters in connection with
the militia camp. Council pass-
ed a resolution agreeing to pro-
vide water and light to the
grounds free of cost.
Prof. Huth of the Ontario Agri-
cultural Co'll'ege, Guelph;' was in
necticn with the beautifying of
the ,grounds a't Victoria school
and e3Urtef-park. • _...
J. W. Moyer; president of the
Ontario West Shore Railway Co.,
was in town yesterday -and today
and arranged :for the .immediate
resumption of construction op-'
erations.
15 Years. Ago -1951
The Dominion •Road Mach,
inert' Co..proposed purchase of
the lo, at the rear.of their build-
ing on Victoria street so that
they could a'.ways .have access
to the rear of their plant there,
to whj ch they plan to make an
addition with doors at the'' reat.
For this $100 was offered, The
matter was referred to town
council's industrial committee.
Billy Morgan, 12, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Morgan of
Goderich became -lost • in the,
Cassidy and a police motorcycle
took him to Maple Leaf Gardens
where , he`rejoined- _. lis.._teaam
mates. •
Condemning' Canadian leth-
argy about telling visitors to
Canada of this country's wonder-
ful history, D. Leo Dolan, direc-
tor of the Canadian Government
Travel.- Bureau, told a capacity,
audience in the Bedford Hotel
dining room Friday night, "We•
,haven't scratched the surface
in selling our glorious history
to- the' United States."
. 10 Years -Ago -1956
Work started Monday on ,the;
laying of the hard top on the
Goderich-Clinton' Highway. By -'Wednesday noon the • first layer
had ben put down from. Walnut
street to Laithwaite's farm, At
this rate the first layer could
be applied- all the way"to Clin-
ton by the latter part of next
week.
- MacKay Hall was the, • scene
as •en'thusiastic little theatre
groups from eight Western On-
tario centres participated 'in the
ninth annual Goderich Drama
Festival. Four of 13 awards
were won by Sarnia Little Thea-
tre. Three were ,won .by Gode-
rsch 'Little Theatre,, which pre-
sented two, plays.
One Year Ago --1965
Department of municipal af-
fairs' . officials in Toronto havebudgetrefused to accept the budge
set •by Goderich town council
because .of an ihco Lte-_audi-
•town -for a few days this week Royal York Hotel, Toronto,
critical -i and Was in consultation with re- while touring it with Goderich's
Goderich has reached'a
juncture in its history. The path to 'p'resentatives," of the public Ontario Champion, Pee Wee
sehobl and the parks committee I hockey team. ,Police found him
.present day progress presents . a in reference to matters in con- in the hotel talking to Hopalong
,tortuous problem for a town of
6,700 residents.
We. are not large enough to.
press forward. with financial con-
fidence and not small enough to • • • �' > n
close our eyes to. the facts and re-,,
create our own personal "Sleepy
0
The exceptions to this rule
have been the ones that fell into the
categories of libelous, obscene or
ones not bearing a signature.
In our own interest we cannot,.
print libel or obscenity and anun-
signed letter merely shows thee
writer does not have the courage
Hollow."
;..'
—Unfortunately -we can only -take
•
minute, financially painful steps in` ' Y�" kt� {°�'`'
�.�� tor's report. ,
the direction of (narked progress - • Goderich harbor late Wed
until we can attract new industryto nesday afternoon saw the corn-
me/ICement of the funeral par-
-which we can hitch our ; strictly ' ade of the last of the whale -
budgeted wagon: ft ba,cka on the Great Lakes. The
No oneperson can be singled powerful tug, Susan Hindman
g from Owen Sound, towed out
out to be blamed for this situation. •the ba^ge 137 and headed for
Hamilton and the sera aril of
Complacency and insula Ity are pY -
common lace with only a n •nority the Steel Company la there. ake
p tug ,will return later And t
of the residents anxious enough to away the barge Alexander Hol-
ley to the same destination.
Deputy Reeve Robert Squire
took on a 24-hour headache in
moving the former band stand
to Goderich's south side on Bay-
field road. It required jacking
up` the structure and moving
,utility wire- as it went. It is
now known as "Squire's Gifts."
Dear Ann Landers: Today is
my. mother's birthday and for
the first ti e in my life I cannot
give her a gift. - .
I had always -managed to.run
in and hand .-her a little some-
thing I picked up at the last
moment. Sometimes I didn't
even wait long. enough to have
it gift wrapped. No matter
what it was, she'd smile and say,
"You.knew exactly wheat I want-
ed, didn't you?" Then I'd head
for the door and she'd sigh,
"I wish you could sit down and
visit awhile. You are always
in such a hurry." My stock an-
swer was, "I wish I could, Mom
—and I will one of these days,
but right now -I've got to dash.
They're waiting for me."
Well, "one of these days," will
never come because Mom pass-
ed away last week. -For- the—
first
he
first time in her life she was
the orie who didn't have time.
She went so fast I could -Only
say, "I love you, Mont"—and I'm
not even sure she heard me.
I hope, through your column,
I can encourage just one person
to stop—no matter how bush►
he' bray be ---and find an hour
to visit with h's mother. Yf only
one person in your reading audi-
ence does this, Ann, it Will be
a wonderful gift to my mom,
on this—her birthday.—A LOV-
ING DAUGHTER.
Dear Child: I wouldn't be a
bit surprised if hundreds of
readers followed through. Too
many of us drift along from
day to _day, taking precious
things for granted. A letter Tike
yours can be an effective awak-
ener. Thanks for writing.
• e *
Dear Ann Landers: I am a
widow in my middle 30's. t
can't discuss my problem with
anyone—not even my doctor -
because I live in a small town
and he would surely guess the
person I'm writing about.
This woman and, I have been
friends for many years. I always
enjoyed her witty conversation
and considered her bright and
interesting. 4
My husbanu died last year
and now this woman will not
let me alone. She has become
so affectionate that it is em-
barrassing to be in her company.
She& an't keep her hands off me.
When I am sitting, across the
room she stares until I could
-scream.
Last -week she 'suggested ,that
1 sell my home and move in with
her which I find unthinkable.
Perhaps I should tell you that
the woman.had a hysterectomy
last year. Could this be the
cause of her strange behaviour?
-UNEASic .
_-.Dear Uneasy: The operation
could not have had anything
whatever to 4do with hef be-,
haviour. Either she has homo-
sexual inclination or she is ter-
ribly lonely. • ,
Why socialize with anyone
who makes you uncomfortable?
Obviously this wom$it is driving
you right up the wall so be busy
when she calls and avoid her
whenever possible. ...She will
catch the drift after awhile and
leave you• alone.
h a '0
Confidential to Well -Bred and
Proud Of It: I could see no
evidende in your letter to in-
dicate that you are well-bred.
You have plenty of crust, how-
ever, and I applaud the min-
ister who trimmed your sails.
He wasn't out of lines You were.
W *
Confidential to Tired of Go-
ing Steady: What makes yqu
think you are going steady?
You are staying home steady.
Get back in circulation and in-
vite him to do the same. The
present arrangement is unfair,
unrewarding and uninteresting.
express public concern:
Goderich residents must -realize
they cannot rest forever on the self -
awarded laurels , of. being "The
Prettiest Town in Canada." •
It is a sad reflection on a highly
taxed town such as Goderich when
no one even shows enough interest
to goto a public nomination 'meet-
ing, to question council's use of a
$1,000,000 plus budget.
Well it appears " the time has
come to end,my,"harping" but I have
full confidence in my successor's
ability to prod the sacred cow into
action: • -
Michael E. C. (Mike) Cowley
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LETTER TO THE
EDITOR
4. Letters To
--Dear Sir:
Clean up the corner where
you are! Citizens of Goderich,
if you • step John Doe On the
street and ask herr, are you
raising. your children in a
Christian .comeaunity2".. .
Te apswer- Will °be AD .tndla
leant retort,. 9 certainly am."
Where for a town of this size,
ean you And more 'churches of
almost every denomipation?
Why in our town of less than
7,000 population,' ` we have
around a dozen churches.
Yes—we have the outward
adornment I grant you that we
do not need more buildings.
But we do need people in them
and by people I mean our.future
citizens, the parents of tomor-
row,
We oldsters are now set in
otic w ays. The pattern of our
lives :s Q11 God's desk new,for
judging. No last minute con-
fession is going to change: great-
ly, t{he exam paper that is al-
ready written. ''
"Wily, then am I now writing
this?' -Because a teenager of
Goderich cried out to me this
week. Oh how I wish you were
in my class at school and could
answer my teacher back when
he -talks against religion. When
he says their is no God, Thal
he does not believe in Jesus
or an immaculate conception. n
There is o Heaven or Hell.
Death is .the end of life.
So this is the putrence that is
being poured into the molding
minds of one thousand or more
of Huron County's finest off-
spring 'Our future citizens and
parents children living''in a so-
,
The Editor 4.
called •Christian eor aiw tty.
We do neea a 'new beach in
Goderich. But the - ostri•ehes
that live here now had better
that
< l"��-i- '!t{CPt• Y3:tLLfYb�MYv ,,, r,J'� Y
pu11 � t eir ea'c s it owl; ..better
sand we already have, before
our children become the ath-
1 'aa. k�' L- 'row.,
Citizens—we pay 'heavy sehool
taxes and we face an increase.,
•,'FIs this 'toe vcalue you want
for your money?"
Many of our ministers have
ehildren of collegiate grade.
Are you , all so busy being
errand boys to a l ui�lding. 1
will not say church -- Jesus
Christ has said, "I am the
Church." Ye are the people.
IYo you. have no time to be
parents.
Ask your children whom this
teacher is and what'subjects he
teach a s. j1f you have Christian
love i`n your , hheart and home,
anyone of them can tell you.
We as a nation have a cen-
,tennial beautification program
of a clean-up campaign—beau-
tify homes and lawns. What a
project—If at our next centen-
nial anniversary, it could be
said Goderich led the way in
a clean-up foi the church,
Please don't let our town
down in the greatest thing that
counts Faith plain every day,
Living Faith.
I do not want to let that teen-
ager down if I can help. What
about you?
This • is a matter personal to
all of us that concerns every
denomination.
In unity their' is strength. May
-we live up to our name of Gode-
rich as a town rich in the things
of God
Wet as strand up for Jesua.
Why should we be afraid of his
banner. Athiests speak out. Why
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MRS. FLORENCE R. 1Vtodee,
Dear Sir:
On behalf of the ,Ontario Sp- -
'ci.ety for C rsiinecere hanks and
I express my
appreciation for the puialicity
given • by your 'newspaper to
this year's Laster Seal Cam-
paign. We are all most grate-
ful to you.
In providing this help you
are, in reality, joining wilth us
and the Plaster Seal '.Service•
Clubs in Ontario to ensure that
the crippled children in On-
tario will continue to receive
the finest care and treatment
possible.
Our tha:�ks are also sent on
behalf of the several thousand
campaign volunteers and espec-
daily from the •more than 16,000
crippled children i•nDntario whe
receive direct help as a result of
the Easter Seal contributions -
Yours sincerely,
W. D. Wnitaker, chairman,
Provincial Easter Seal
Committee.
v
Dear Sir: -
Enciosed is the sum .of four,
dollars for my subscription for
another year. We enjoy our
"Home Town Paper" very much,
and think it gets better all tiie
time. Keep the good work-up
Sincerely, . •
MARGARET CHAMNEY,
Windsor%
Messages From
The -Word
THE GODERICH- MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
DEATH CANNOT KEEP HIS
- ,PR.EY
By Rev. J. A. Veldhuis, Dungan-
n'on United Church
"But God raised Him up, hav-
ing loosed the pangs of • death,•
because it was not possible for
Him to be held by AL". Acts
2:24. .
A French writer has said that
•the word "impossible" belongs
to the vocabulary of fools. This
statement is susceptible to two
interpretation's.
•
1t can be applied to people,
who , seriously underestimate
their possibilities and as a con-
sequence lack the spirit of ad-
venture. It can also be said
of those who think that their
possibilities are unlimited, who
brag that they can do each and.
everything. It rrl`ay well be that
the writer was thinking of Na-
poleon, who made a similar
statement,•• who said that the
word "impossible" did not be-
long in the language of France.
Ile said this perhaps .when he
was ,at the height of'his power,
when it almost seemed ;that the
"little general'' was unc'onquer-
able. But Napoleon's "impos-
sible" was all too. drastically re-
versed,- as we know from history.
Whatever the writer meant
when -lie 'said- tha t -the-ward Mir'
possible" belongs to the.lang-
uage of fools it is extremely true
when men use it in .regard to
God, His power and His mighty
acts. The Risen Lord used the
word when . Ile spoke to the
men on the road• to Emmaus,
"0 .fools of 'heart and slow to
believe all that the prophets
have spoken."
For "what is impossible with
men is possible with God." He
is the Almighty, with Whom all
things are possible, for Whom
nothing is too 'hard.- As such He
revealed Himself to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, "I am El -Shad -
Gentlemen:
. Let me agarti congratulate you
on the extra fine editorials given
in your paper. The• one in last
week's issue was full of good,
Isolid thinking and planning
against stagnation for this town.
Truly we need "leaders" with
real concern, courage and back-
bone ;n these days of confusion
to direct us' from,•the path of
sluggishness.- It takes real live
fish to go against the current;
dead ones easily float upon the
top of the stream. -
Good- editordals such as we
have been receiving stir up the
hearts and minds of thinking
people, and create conditions
for the good of "all" the resid-
ents, not just a favored few.
I hope many more will voice
their approval of your stand
for the many improvements that
are -badly needed.
Verytruly yours,
(Mrs.) 1Vfargaret.G. Oliver.
Goderich, . Ontario,
rai, God Almighty." Filen God
promised Abraham a so n his
old age he believed that God
was Almighty indeed. He never
doubted the promise"'but rejoic-
ed. •And even when Abraham
was put to the test, when God
called him to sacrifice his -only
son,he did not hesitate, or doubt,'
but "considered that God was
able. to raise men from the
dead." (Hebr. 11:19).
How different was Sarah, who
thought the promise of a son,
while she had long past the age
Of childbearing, little more than
a big joke and she laughed, and
lied at 'the rebuke of her un-
belief. But Job, tormented with
his loathsome -disease • confess-
ed," I know 'that Thou (God)
canst do' all things, and that no
-purpose of Thine can be thwart-
ed." He confessed the Sover-
eign power of Almighty God.
And the prophet Jeremiah,
pleading witn the Creator of
heaven and earth, prayed, "Noth-
ing is too hard for Thee, Who
showest steadfast love." _e
"'Nothing is impossible with
God." What do we mean when
we say this? • We must try • to
understand what the Bible says
about it. ,Where I take a book
in
in my hands and let_ it , loose,
it farTs 16 the ground without.
a shadow of doubt. - Some peo-
ple would go so far as to say
that if God wants it' to go up it
will go up. But this is not so
di
andcannot be so because there
is - law of gravitation, a law
.of nature, a law of: God which
He Ifimself • cannot break;
God also made a "law of the •
corn," which says that it .must
grow in ' tliis order, "first the
blade, them tee- ear, then the
Corn in the .ear." Would any-
one he so foolish- as to say. that
God might do it differently this
year, and have the corn; stick
up itsroots in the air, the
blades upside down, and the
ears of corn develop in the -.
soil? •
or that He just for a, change
.perhaps would reverse the sea-
sons .of the year contrary to the
law of times and-se`a'sons which
He gave to Noah? (While the
earth remains, 'seed time. 'and
harvest, cold' and heat, summer
and winter, day andnight, shall
not cease. "Gen. 8:22)..'
These laws • mean that al-
though God is able to do every, -
thing. He will not just do any-
thing imaginable. We must
consider that His Power and His
Wi11 cannot be 'contradictory.
That is why the Bible also says
"that it is impossible that God
should lie," ,and "that 'lie cannot
deny Himself.''
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Foundation.
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