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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-02-16, Page 268 Z967 • Bows To Criticism „ Clinton town councillor has resigned , and his colleagues have .credited criticism about the lack of snow plowing on the. town's side-: walks for the man's action. Clinton's sidewalks .;were not plowed Council believes the 'expense would. be -too high for additional 4itizens are upset that children ,are forced to walk upon roads. Some are so 'aroused they have made anonymous abusive telephone calls to. council members. • The Clinton News -Record took up the citizens' cry in a front page editorial. Now Clinton Mayor Don- ald Symms says Clinton children will walk upon the roads whether the sidewalks are cleared or not. • Elected officials, who take a "stand, must be prepared to defend that' stand. Criticism can be ex- pected ; citizens -Ira -Ye -that right, But anonymous calls are despicable. Down M�rnou If children- walk upon roads re- gardless of ., plowed or unplowed sidewalks, police action or a better example' by adiiits would seem -to be the, answer. • But the cardinal point 'is that if. Clinton .citizens want their std. walks whisked "clean. after every the reality that it must 'be financed. by thein, • 5. 4: * In Goderich last week Deputy ReeveHarry Worsen, public works committee chairman, used the Clin- ton situation as a reflection of the snow plowing in Goderich. He thinks_ it's ' pretty good here. Complaints on snow •-removal- in Goderich have been few and gen- eral and official comment has been favorable. , Snow removal in Goderich is neither ' better -DIM .,.?worse- than it - ,should be.- It is good: Blit the tax= payers pay for it.' Sensible Ammendment. ' .Town council has acted swiftly '" and sensi a1 in amendingits bylaw, controlling 'dogs. - If Jd'ogs•-have-bec me �n � sancP Gou rty:—"_--.. .�—`_,M'rss_ - ;very -.-Elliott went_. to Stratford on 'Friday evening ..and a danger to children as reported The proposal for'"a humane last to attend the annual at-home then they should indeed be confined. society was put forth in a letter to of the students df the Stratford, `In fact it . is questionable whether . the editor last year without op- Normal School, - a dangerous dog should be harbored. parent response. Now may- be the FIFTEEN YEARS AGO -1952 It is •hoped that the reports of •time for those who support "the idea bitten children and de redations of •' Goderich _:citizens flocked .to P to renew their efforts. ' „ , memorial services for the late dogs in, this town have ' not been King :George. VI on Sunday. Eulo. mistaken or blown out of pr. opor= gies of the King as an inspiring example, a courageous leader and • 'a devout Christian were spoken cases i just as precious as it is to a • • . a branch of -the Ontario Society for , new popularity this season and the Prevention ,Of Cruelty to Ani- people are patronizing the rink' who had not had skates on for • mals in Goderich or , inti Huron ten, fifteen or twenty years. ca 55 YEARS -AGO -1912 An exhibition game of hockey' was played on,•'the West street rink this (Thursday) evening, be: tween the Strathroy•I,,H,A. team and .the local seven. The scale at halftime was 3.2 'in favor of Goderich, but in the second half the locals pulled away and the final score was12.5.Jack Wiggins was the referee :and thelin_. up was as'follows; Strathroy M Kellar ,tel• Urvli rt.ols t pMc» Coy, coverpoint; .Wilson; rover; Prangley, centre; Avery , left; Habbick, right. ,Goderich: Chap• man,�goal; 'Stanway, point; Thom. psora,, coverpoint; McDonald,. rover; Webb, , . centre;" -Jas. Wiggins , left; Mclver, right. The Sturm Sisters are conduct., ing, a series of evengelistic meet. ings in Victoria street church. A service is held by them every evening at $ o'clock. NextSunday, they will conduct both' services. Everybodyis'weecome, Whether it is the new rink or Manager Goldthorpe's winning ways, or something else, we can. not say, but for some cause Following the Sunday evening service, a highly successful fire. side, was held in the Baptist -Church lecture --hail; -sponsored by, the men of the church. David Medley conducted a hearty sing. song followed''by an interesting and varied program, Chairman Bill Chase extended a warm wel- come to the'guests, ' or other skating has acquired a vein and the late Harvey Steels, has • joined the women's division, or the RCAF, l has left tsar her training base at St. Johns, Que. After being there for two months she will be posted to Aylmer, Ont, Miss Steels was formerly assistant receptionist at Alex.. 'Andra Hospital. • TEN YEARS AGO -1957 Two Goderich sisters found • '.stiiernselves checking one another hen a girl's basketball team •?ro Al Celle a „pla :ed a I'M_ tvef city of Westerh Ontario squad at Thames Hall, London, Tuesday night. Margaret Emerson. tiwo forward, and her 'sisterEleanor an -Alma guard, both wore 13 on their .-uniforms. Their dad, ' Guy Emerson, was on.11andtosee `the garhe In which Margaret's team was victorious. tion: Freedom .to, a dog in many Creditable History by the clergy as the congrega- human. The history of Goderich andtions joined inappropriate hymns .•its and prayers: The majority of dogs will suffer neighbors- compiled by students at Miss Hilda Smith, who hasbeen -. for the misdemeanors of a minority. M.. Goderich District -.Collegate Insti= supervisor of residences at Ham. It is unfortunate. - tute deserves applause.. year, has been appointed sufierin Ilton General Hospital for the past a•Council must now also consider' While it may not be the most tendent of Alexandra Marine and whether it :can, in good conscience, definitive volume, it indicates o General ,Hospital, Miss Lila ' Youngblut, who has been acting continue to levy a -dog tax of $5 pierd deal f male dog plus $7.50 for., each adds- writing. - • hospital, is- appointed assistant tional male or $10 dor female ..�o.r..._ 9.1h-e�-eff'orts- 'owrd- favid' his-__..•_superint_endent Miss Margaret Helen Steels, $15 for -each additional female. tory are inipressive items and daughter of Mise Hazel Steels something that should be . encour i t • d t th thought f fabed• among students. ' } Many, Canadians are' now pass- •ing• into the fourth, fifth and'vsixth .� generations of their -family life on this continent. Few have any con- . cept of their forefathers'mom veents or activities, - :"` An awareness of history can give life more purpose and direction. ose. w can visualize, through the knowledge of their ancestors, the ambitions and' achievements of their forefathers " may develop a .- deeper, apireciation of the life they are. -living. - G-enealogy, stimulated .at the secondary school level, could be an important contribution to sociology. Irk*.w .A Reeve• E; C. Fisher, acting mayor, attended the annual con. vention of Qntario Goad Roads Association in 'pronto last week. Helen McIlwain, of R. R. 1, Clinton, received a special gen. eral proficiency award when 21 student - nurses received" their caps in a ceremony at Stratford General Ilospital Saturday after. noon. She ids a daughter of Mr, and- - Mrs. George 1Vlctiwain and granddaughter of 'Mr, and.•„s. Walter Kin swel of oderieh -Atlotirer ' udent nurse whole. 'geived her.cap was Betty Sturdy, daughter of •M', and Mrs, Harry Sturdy, formerly of RiR. 1, Au. bur; but now living in Clinton. Six's members of Goderich Junior ° Chainber of Commerce attended a Jaycee' regional con- ference in Kitchener last week. • . ey ichir end. Members of the delegation were William Anderson. district president; Max CO, local pre. sident, and Mel. Culbert, L.B. Graham, Frank Young -and Ford Little, • ONE YEAR' AGO -1966 • One hundred and twenty-seven persons were placed in employ. ment by the Goderich National Employment Service during the Month of January.'In the same month a year ago, 48 persons k'irst'Canadian Conference on Ag. ing held in Toronto .recently, Theme annual Valentine's dance sponsored by- the Auburn Coin. munity Hall Board was reported "a great success" by officials last Friday evening. Mr: .Len Archambault and Mr. William Goyy acted as the comniittep a►ho • planned the evening, Folk singing was enjoyed by members of Sit, . George's i -ver ing Gould . when they held their e. w,eneMplaced fnsjobs,�.•---- , as'd i anie-d" th-e-= 7brr Zii A $300 annual raise, plus guitar and . sang sone ballad's yearly salary increments, have alone. February meeting* Mr, K,. } epch • been approved for public school The 2nd Goderich . Brownie teachers by the, Goderich public Pack held an enrollment on Feb. school poard, • Miss Margaret Atkinson, pro. ject worker of the Huron Comity geriatric- study, attended the; tuary 14th. The girls entailed were Dale Oke, Dina Oke, Debbie Johnston, Debbie Argyle, Roberta" Hamilton;-andElizabeth Pennman. CeunciI Minutes January 28, 1867 • having held the election for school The Mayor in the' Chair. trustees tw4'.days instead of one Members present -The Reeve, (Carried)` - Deputy Reeve,, Councillors Hays, I3enjamin Haselhurst a/c as McKay, Passmore,,_ McKenzie, returning officer for the sum Cattle, Clifford, Kay, Rumball, :�f $9.00, ordered ' to be paid. Councillor , Cox having fyled The report of the special com. • . a disclaim with th� Clerk, as. mittee on standing committees follows I William T. Cox (Mere. was then read. Then councilwent . • by disclaim all right to the office into committee of, the whole of Town Councillor for the Ward Councillor Cattle ' in the chair. of Saint Andrews in the Town Then it was moved by II. Horton of :Goderich and all defence of 'Seconded by W. Gibbons that the any right I have to the same name of W. Leonard be substitut. dated the 23rd day of January ed in, the place of W. Cox where 1867 Sigd W. T. Cox, the same may occur in the said Whereupon William E. Leon. reports (Carried) -~ard;E-aquire-teing-next-hi_gheston...�__..The committee adopted the re. the Poll Books havingdulyqualif. port as ammended as 'follows` ied and declared his to his seat in the place of W. T. Cox dis- claimed, The rninutes-of theiast•regular meeting was read approved and sigied. Petition of G. H. Parsons pray. ing to be relieved from the taxes on Lot 411 and 431 he having received no rent on saidproperty fore the past twelve months the parties occupying being in, in- digent circumstances. Petition received and fyled. a/c of James Saunders for re. pairs to the ' engine room and for keeping a fire in 'said room for 21, days and nights amount- ing to ,$14,00 ordered to•be paid; a/c of A. Nasmyth and Daniel uoraon returing officers for hold, ing Elections amounting-- sev. erally to $18:00.. Moved by •H, the office of- street inspector ,dared sustained 5th moved in ing been taken then'vote for the :Hartonw Seconded b .-McKay kering to p .f�srrrr the duties-oi_amend neat-by--Gibbons-Seconded----amendment��lVles'sm-P'a's"aniste goo ea 0 researeH, thought and .._ supexintendentry at --the--Goderich-y-- r " Cold � lliaiiT haefer has ob ec a o-� a oug o • conning a dog for 12 months and paying this tariff. The Goderich and District Labor Council has added its support to the same objection. - Unless council can direct the funds derived from dog tax to some approach to- the control of dogs it would seem that a sim s le f e - c., ver- ing the cost of a dog tag woul . s e sufficient. - - The tag .will continue to be necessary for. identification pur- poses when police find a dog at large ___andlan - to prosecute the_ owner. Fees from dog tags at the pre- sent rate, Would go a considerable distance toward helping , establish Finance Committee, -The Mayor, Reeve, Councillors - Kay, Cam- eron and Seymour. Road and Bridges, Messrs, Rumball, Cliff. ord, Passmore, McKay, Hays. Cpurt of Revision Assessment and Bylaws, Cameron, •Horton Hays, Leonard, the Reeve. Cern- etery, Kay, Hays, Clifford Mc- Kenzie, the Reeve. Fire Depart.' ment, Clifford, McKay,* Hays, Horton, McKenzie. Relief, The . Mayor, Passmore, Cattle, Leon- ard, Smith. Market, Clifford, Passmore,,, McKenzie, Kay, Cattl-e;RHarbour, The Mayor, Hor- ton, McKay,. Rumball, Leonard, Smith, The' committee then rose • and the mayor having resumed the chair the report as above was adopted. Communication of George Ga-... ham asking to be appointed -to Report of Committee on sal• arses reported as follows. That the clerk received the sum of Two hundred -and .seventy dollars; Txea.t firer,- $14Q;Assessor, $160; Collector, $140; Inspector, $200; Bell ringer, $100; Auditors each • $14. They also recommende that.. one assessor be appointed should a competent person offer him., self. Sigd E. Clifford, Chairman. Council went into committeeof the whole on the report the D. Reeve 'in -the Chair. The first clause having been read was. adopted, 2nd having been 'read was moved in amendment by eat--Kay-Seconded by ALT. -McKay. that the 'treasurer receive the sum of .$160,' •a vote of con. currence having been taken then voted for the amendment Messrs. Detlor, Gibbons, Leonard, Kay, Horton, McKay (6) for the report 'Messrs McKenzie Passmor"e, Hays, • Rumball, Clifford and Cattle (6) the chairman ruled the amendment �1Iost.• • The 3rd - item regarding the salary of assessor or assessors was adopt. ed. 4th moved in amendtent by W. Kay Seconded by�,W, Leon. ard that the collector received the sum -of $160. The question of concurrence having been taken then voted , for „the amendment Gibbons Leonard, Kay and Horton (4) for the report Detlor; Mc. Kenzie, Passmore, Hays. Rum. stall, McKay, Clifford, and Cattle (8) -the report was *herefore de. ball, Kay; Horton, McKay and the Cattle the reportwas sustain. ed. Moved by Kay seconded by Gibbons that the treasurer re. ceive the sum of $160 forthe.cur. -- gent year A vote having been taken then -voted for the amendment, the ' -Reeve, . Leonard, Kay, Horton McKay (5) reported McKenzie, Passmore, Hays, Rumball, Cliff' --ord, Cattle (6) the report was declared sustained. . Bylaw number one appointing the various municipal.officers and their salaries was then read the first and second tinfe as follows, That James Thomson shall be clerk and that his salary be•• -$240; -.hat-r( _Hutchins be.. . -treas'urer and his Salary be $140; That Walter Hicks and Angus McKay be assessors and the • salary be $160 That Angus McKay be, collector and„ his . salary . be $140; That James Smaill be Chief Constable, weights and measuresand -his salary be $12; That Jam,es Saund. ers be Chief Engineer of the fire department;- That Nicholas Doyle be pound keeper; That Mark Whit.. by - be 'inspector of 'cord wood. Then council went ,into com- mittee of the whole_ on. the by. law the 1st, 2nd and 3rd - sec. tions of the bylaw was sustained, • then it was, moved dn. amendment ~by W. Hays and seconded by Passmore . that Amos -Martin'be collector for the current year,, the question of concurrence hay. that Messrs Nasmyth andGordos said inspector for the a/c be paid less $50 each, .they $125 Received and fyled. • To, Avoid A False Impression J. C. - Hindmarsh, RR ' 2 Gode= Hindmarsh's argument. Nor was rich, in a. letter: to the editor last the aspersion on another --man'§, week opened his, epistle with a com- character. plaint about "the butchering" the These were deleted from Mr. editor gave a previous' letter of his Hind narsh's letterin two places. published Jan. 19. But the major portion of the dele- If the deletion of about 50 tions were taken up in ^giving con - words or four type itte lines in tinuit to th ? -context of • the letter. r.inddmarsh's five-page , manu-' t is puzz ing that - r. - script is butchery the editor is guilty marsh should accuse the editor d- m the complainant charges. "butchering" his copy, because the - There is no reason for the editor is on record as opposed to the editor to- defend his prerogative, ; conduct of the war -in Viet Nam, and duty and; responsibility to make de- therefore in sympathy with cisions on what should or should not Hindrna,rsh's writings. be published. But by • inuendo .Mr. MT. I-Iindmarsh's letters are a findmarsh is suggesting, to- the welcome contribution to The Signal- public that:" the editor' hacked ,and Star. He is�,an effective and interest- ' slashed his prose 'in some way ds- ing Writer",,, M but If heContinues to torting it. It is not stated but it • is contribute he might as well' get used implied. It- is not true. • . to the fact that an editor is a. man Pointed name calling was not with a blue pencil. .and sav-e his necessary to the development of Mr. sarcasm for his opponents. .' Established 120tih Year of Zobertril gubincatian �j-- The County Town Newspaper' o • Huron --C( * 'Published at Goderich; Ontario every''thursclay morning by Signal -Star Publishing Limiuited • ROHERT Gr. SHRIE1t ' . ' -R---'k76rt: If£'rA1tIVS President and Publisher Managing Editor S. F. HILLS, Plant' Supt. � Y Member of C.'WN.A., G,W,N.A., and A.E.O. 411/4 bscrIption Rates $5, aLyear..--Ta U.S.A. • 46 (in advance) ar Authorized as Second Class Mai, Post Office Dept.. ° • ottawa..and for Payment of Postage in Casih . 4 , essages From The W�rd Rev: G. G. Russell St, George's Anglican Church "When thou doest alms- .." "When ye pray ." "When ye fast Concerning' each -of these three religious practices, Our Lord had some very sound advice. It is a part of his Sermon on the Mount in Chapter six of St. Matthew's Gospel. - I t . could be , summed up in a few words: "Don't ptit on a big show of it." For millions of Christians the beginning of Lent ushers in six weeks of special- discipline and self-examination. Each year the weeks before Easter. are set aside as a time of -preparation for that joyful climax of the Church year. the celebration of our Lord's Resurrection.; Alms- giving, prayer and fasting are the traditional ways in which Lent has been and continues to be observed in the , Church The practice of fasting before Easter began so long ago that its -origins-are lost. Irenaeus who lived' about •200 'wrote about the • erences o opinion ,as o ow long the Fast should be;tut even then it seemed to most people that it 'should symbolize the '40 days of Our Lord's Fast in the wilderness. By the fourth cen. tury it was 40 days in mostparts of the Church, and at the end of the sixth century Gregory the Great •'gave his authority to the practice of beginning Lent on Ash Wednesday, It is of interest to .note that the Forty Days .exclude the Sun. days •in Lent; Sunday is always a Feast Day, never .a Fast Day. If we follow the spirit of Our Lord's teachings we will not make Lent a gloomy time. We will not parade our piety for all the world - to see. But we will enter deeply_ into the experience of ' The Cross, trying t3 carry through life whatever .,"cross" has been put upon us to eridure. In this- affl)rent society we sometimes imagine that all the "crosses" can be torn away. If' _ as so ften happens, we find ourselves - c. crying a "cross'" we become bitter and say "It isn't fair! Look at all the lucky peopl e and I have to bear this burden." Letter To The Editor My name is "Puddles". J'm friendly little mutt who lives on Wilson `Street. Some canine friends and I had a meeting last night. They said (midst gruffy yelps) that we've lost all our free. dom nowt Bad enough to drag a chain throughout the summer months, let alone all winter too. My master told me last summer, when we moved to town from the country, that things would be a little different here. Very quickly I learned to respect the neighbors' gardens and stay very close to home,. I didn't even budge when my 'rabies shots were ,duel I 'liked it herel I rnet somenew friends and then very soon (before acquaintance flowered into love) I .thought 4 abdut Jhe population prob1em and requested a fast trip . to 'the vet and did my share for birth controll What else couldra lady dol G - The kids, on rpy, street- are ggreat.. I really love theth'too. Everyday, when my .owners leave ' for work, I have my freedom momentarily to babysit these kids. BoftrThey're going to iniss nie now. , "^ I don't' famcy those chains.on these icy, windy days; I don't know what I'll do; my doghouse is buried' now. I guess I'll have to dig... They said at the meeting, some. lad got bit -=well. there's a plade for dogs like that. It isn't, really fair.' When one human bites another, " do you chain down the _ whole population? .We plan to raise a howl; we'll have a massive bark.a-thon to filibuster this h a i r b r a in elf scheme.• wel'll yelp from dusk to dawn. Sleep well. ro ell,look again. Other people are not' all that lucky! Affluence does notprotect us from "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune". • M - In spite of all oul civaization man is still very human. He needs the discipline of fasting, the nOwer the generous spirit of alms giving. Let ifs -enter Lent determined- • to see what God sees. Some of these sights are in ourselves - our own moral shortcomings and spiritual needs. Some in the world around us, can be healed by our prayers and gifts. But in ail things let us not lose hope in God's creation. „r'It is he that hath made us and nngit we ourselves. We are his people,• and the sheep of ,his pasture." .. _,_s:s,... e.��x.._ "Puddles" P.S. My master, PaulCaroll, says best i • nifelitiOri his name. ro by McKenzie that the inspector of Hays, Clifford, for the motion•_ streets and licences received the Messrs, Gibbons, - McKenzie, stun of $160-- the Question of Leonard,,,, Runit?all, K3y Wart, n, concurrence having been taken McKay and Cattle, Angus M6Kay _then voted for the amendment•the was declared appointed. Reeve, McKenzie, Hays(3) for the 0� The committee then rose and report 13etlor, Passmore, Leon. the Mayor resumed the chair ard, Rumball, Kay, Horton, Mc. 'It was moved and seconded that Kay, Clifford, Cattle (9) the re. ° rule 34 be suspended andthat the port was sustained 6th report bylaw be read ,a third time and on salary of bell ringer of $100 passed. Carried. The bylaw was was sustained, auditors at $14 then read a third time andpassed. each sustained, inspector of The following gentlemen were weights and ' measures $12 appointed to the office of con. stable for •the various wards. For Saint 'David .Mr, Martin Amen For Sault Andrews 'Ward "Mr. Georges • Swanson, For Saint Georges Ward James Doyle and Jaines Hays, For Saint- Patrick Ward Mr.'llich llas-'Doyle, The council • adjourned until the last Friday in February. Jaynes Thorson JohriV. Detlor Clerk ,Mayor sustained, The committee rose and the mayor resumed the chair. Then W. Hays moves in amend. ment W. Clifford Seconding that the salary of the collector be the sum of $125 for the current year, a vote having been called for then voted for the amend. ment Messrs. Passniore,` Hays, Clifford (3) Riot the report the Reeve, McKenzie, Leonard,"R.um- PRYDE . & SON -Memorial's Finest Stone and - Experienced Workmanship •DISTRICT FrankMcllwalr1. REPRESENTATIVE. .524 861 or 200 Gibbons St. 524-9465 50tf . ,WHILE THEY LAST/ --' 8-10, LB. Ali& /, /� FRESH TURKEYS SAVE 20c LB." — FRESH HAM STEAKS 0 c, Ib. 9c BABY BEEF LIVER ib. 49c OPEN THURSDAY KRIDAY 'TIL 9 P.M. FEATURING Home Dressed Inspected Meats 524-8351 [P .