The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-08-07, Page 4dJ
4 •- tQ ERICH S1ONA.LSTAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1969
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"If all printers were determined not to print anything till
they were sure it would offend no one, there would be
very printed little , Benjamin Franklin
Chalkone up for Sifto
The Domtar Chemical Company has an
$836,000 expansion program under way
at the moment at the Sifto Salt Mine.
The first stage is 'scheduled to be
completed this month and consists of a
15,000 ton- capacity salt storage silo. And
just for a change, this industrial expansion
will make the area more attractive..
It's ouite common in this day of dollar
worship for industry to construct
buildings as cheaply as possible with-. no
thought to aesthetic values. We have all
seen the multi -floored horrors now going
up in some Canadian centres and while
the salt mine workings may in themselves
be unsightly to some and unwanted by
advocates of a. "prettier, prettiest town in
Canada," we probably all accept the rrne
as a necessary part of the economy of the.
town.
It's rather nice therefore- to note that
the new silo is taking on the appearance
of a good looking building which is
blocking out some of the more unsightly
areas at the mine° especially to the eyes of
the visitors from off the lake.
The building resembles a large modern
church, with its circular construction and
the roof climbing to a single peak at the
top. -
We don't know yet what type of facing
will be used to complete the enclosure of
the building, but whatever it is the style
of building will continue to be better than
some giant rectangular monolith that
could have been erected.
Chalk up one for Sifto.
More litter bugs
The Department of H igtlways,. Ontario
_._las. a campaign under way at the moment .
in an effort to cut down the amount of
litter dumped on provincial roads by
motorists., , ,
The TV commercials are witty and to
the point and apparently are having some
effect.
Perhaps it's time Goderich got onto the
band wagon and ran an anti -litter
campaign of its own. ,
Coun. Paul Carroll, chairman* -of the
town's harbor committee, said. in council
recently he was disgusted by the way
people are leaving the harbor beach.
Cans, pop bottles, paper and food
wastes„are being heft . on the beach and. are,
being moved around by wind and waves
until the area resembles an off -shoot of
the town dump at times.,.,
The'beach patrols are not equipped to
handle theproblem and have no time. to.
clear up the waste as it collects if they are
to keep an eye on swimmers.- '
The.. town* parks - department is
apparently doing yeoman work to keep
litter down in other areas and the staff -at
Judith Gooderham Park is also beset by
the same problem. After a morning's use
the park looks like a battle field and staff
members have to spend lunch hours
putting the place back -in shape for 'the
afternoon.
Obviously then, something needs to be
done.
Coun. Carroll "perhaps had the answer,
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problem. He informed council the city of
Hamilton has a 5300 fine for.iitter bugs: -
He said he 'did not want to go that far yet
but was going to clamp down on
offenders.,
How the clamp, down is going to be
effected without some penalty being
imposed is hard, to imagine. It won't _do
any good to tell people "that's a no no"
and slap their wrists. They have to be hit
in the pocket book or know they will be
hit there if they persist in acting like pigs
at. a picnic.
Perhaps $300 is too much of a bump
for a small tow,n to impose. But $50
would make people thifik twiceand even
"$25 would probably do ,the trick ce
word got around that someone had been
made to pay it. -
A few signs that would also
incorporate a fine for vandalism would be
in order and perhaps . then we would
begin to see our parks and beaches left in
respectable order.
The condition of the town reflects on
the people of the town.. The people of the
town should_ become litter conscious,here
as well as away. This would be seen in
added . cleanliness of the town which in'
itself could have an effect on visitors.
Few people will dump waste on a -clean
area. But once a few pieces of paper show
up people seem to think It's a fair game..
So if we do our bit, perhaps others will
do theirs too.
On the eve of Canada's birthday
Though he sings '0 Canada' lustily
enough on occasions like Dominion Day,
to the avert citizen; the phrase "we
stand on guard for thee" sounds a little
fatuous. Caught -as he is in the tumult of
political theory and the complexity of
world problems he feels impotent. What
cap HE do about the inexorable march of
history?
Quite a bit, according to Dean Rusk,
former American ecretar Of-Stale:After
eight years spent in the very centre::°lithe
political maelstrom he told a LIFE
reporter, "When: you are thinking about
the future, I don't believe for a minute in
blind historical forces. People are doing
these things around the world." He might
have quoted this experience during the
Cuban missile crisis to substantiate this
conviction. Had either J. F. Kennedy or
Kruschev been less responsible or
cool-headed • during the fateful. 13 days
that Robert Kennedy chronicles in the
recently published book of that name, the
catastrophe of nuclear war would
certainly have engulfed us.
Most of us are n°bt required to make
such awesome decisions, but our role is
vital nonetheless. We, on the periphery,
create the climate from which emerging
leaders take their color. If bigotry, selfish
- set tionatism, - and - are --
dominant in enough of us we will get
these traits writ large' nationally and
internationally. Attitudes are contagious'
the healthful _ . ones of integrity,
compassion and tolerance as well asr bad
ones. In a democracy no leader can move .
creatively unless he can command massive
support. It has been said often, but it
remains still true, we get the sort of
government we deserve.
Remember When ? ? ?
55 YEARS AGO
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Work has commenced on the ,
government ` dredging contract.
The dredges Goderich and
Menesetung have been . operating
during the weekand the dredge
Jack Canuck, of Toront$, will
start work as .some necessary
repairs have been made.
Messrs..Downing & MacV,icar,.
who have conducted a boot and
shoe business . in Goderich for
the past 11 years, have dissolved
partnership, Mr. Downing
retiring..
25 YEARS AGO
Dr. R. H. Taylor, M.P.P., on
Monday received word that the
Department of Highways was
calling for tenders for the
hard -surfacing of the
Bayfield-Goderich section of the
Blue Water Highway.
Goderich has been asked to
provide a carload of paper next
Wednesday to help relieve the
shortage at the mills.
Goderich citizens are being
invited to join in the 'linen
shower" for Russia now being
held. throughout Ontario under
the sponsorship of the Canadian
_ Aid to Russia Fund.
"Dubbie," the little blue
check bird owned by Percy
Johnston, won the special race
from Toronto held by the
Goderich Homing Pigeon Club
over the weekend. The birds
were liberated at 7 a.m. and
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"Dubbie" arrived home at 10:02
-, a.m., followed closely by his loft
' mate "Blue Jerry."
Another three-quarters of a
million bushels of grain was
received by the Goderich
Elevator Co. the past week.
10 YEARS AGO
Five Boy Scouts from
,Goderich received their Queen's
Scout certificates in an
impressive ceremony at the
Town :Hall, Harriston, Friday
evening.
Sunday saw the 3,000th
visitor for the year at the Huron
County Museum. -
Mr. and Mrs. John. Pitblado,
of Goderich, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary on
Satu rday ' with a family dinner at
Tiger Dunlop Inn.
Paving of an area 20 feet wide
on.. both sides of the south
approach to the Court House
from the- Square Was
recommended by, the grand jury •
after an insp ' tour • of
county ildings here
W ay of last ,week. The
idea is to pronride , parking
facilities for officials at the
Court House.
Subject to certain conditions,
the ' merchants' Snug Harbor
Committee was given permission
_by Town . Council to move a
building to the beach area
adjoining Snug Harbor. This
building, donated by Sifto Salt
Ltd., is to be used as
THAT'S LIFE!.
'By G. MacLeod Ross
LIZARS -- AN HONORED NAME IN THE
HISTORY OF THE HURON TRACT
(By Ye H. Johnston, in The London Free Press)
When Mary of Guise, in the 16th century, went from France to
Scotland to become the bride of King James -V, .there was, among
her attendants, des Laseures, who afterwards was enriched by the
bestowal of an estate near Joslyn. The name in time became de •
Lizars. In the fields of art, literature, military achievement and law,
members of the family have won an honorable name for themselves.
.,O.n_th.maternal_si.de..ni.the.houe..Nv.e...ingLsf!lrh.!Iprit.n.c.ALquho un,.
Campbell, McIntyre and Home. The last named, "Bonnie Peggy
Home," was the mother of Daniel Lizars and Mrs. Armstrong who
about 1833 carne to Goderich in search of fame, fortune and
adventure. M
In Scotland their imagination was fired in favor of the new land
by stories told by an uncle and aunt who made a visit to Canada,
including the Great Lakes region. -Henry was the first to decide upon
trying for an estate on the shore of Lake Huron, on which might be
found deer, wild cattle, wild horses and, later, a mansion. Such were •
his dreams.
Mrs. -Armstrong, her husband and children, followed. Then Daniel
Lizars, having collected all his capital, set sail for this land,
accompanied by his mother; wife and seven children. After sixweeks
on the ocean they landed in New York, whenceby way of canal and • -
lake route they found themselves stranded one Sunday morning on
the sand bar at the eptrance to Goderich harbor. Cold and wet after
a stormy voyage from Detroit 'it took all their Scotch grit to be
happy and hopeful.
Rev. Mr. Horne was holding a service in the log schoolhouse and
in the middle of the service he paused and said, "Let us pray for thea
safety of a family wrecked on the bar." The announcement was
electrical. Someone asked for the name and when it was given, Mrs.
Armstrong cried out; "It is my brother." She and. Mrs. Goodinuan
down to the harbor where they found/Dr. Hamilton, -Bob Gibbons
and young Murray McGregor going out to help them. After being
rescued they were housed, warmedand fed in MacGregor's cottage•,
at the top of the hill. They lived for a time in the schoolhouse and
then in a deserted inn. When we remember that Daniel Lizars had
been a successful publisher in Scotland, his brother, Henry, a
surveyor and architect, we begin to realize the discomfort they were
enduring in the new land.
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headquarters for yachtsmen.
MacKay Hall was filled to
capacity last Thursday evening
when the pupils • of St. Joseph's
School of Music presented a
recital.
A total of 7,000 trees were
planted this spring in Huron
County forest areas, the zone
forester told County Council
Monday.
ONE YEAR AGO
• Liberal party members of the
redistributed Hon riding gave
first ballot endorsement to high
school teacher, `Maitland, Edgar,
of Clinton, Monday evening as
their standard bearer for the
June 25 general election.
Robert J. Nephew announced
this week that he • will
discontinue the commercial
photography business he had
operated in Goderich since
• August of 1959.
The fireworks display
planned by the Knights of.
Columbus for this year has been
cancelled, according to Patrick
Osborne, one of three trustees. of
the club. Reason " for the
'cancellation of the event was -
that club officials felt that, since
about five other groups in
Goderich were canvassing homes
in the month of May, the
Knights of Columbus should not
add to the overload on the part
of the . public, Mr. Osborne'
explained.
More than .50 interested
citizens turned out at the
community centre Tuesday
evening for the first in a series of
three meetings to discuss
planning and development on a
county -wide basis in Huron
County.
CHARLES DE GAULLE - VALE,
"His work in time is done, but his work in history is only about
to begin. He leaves behind him for those who come after an example
and a legend - a legend compounded, like that of Joan of Arc, of
faith and -Rive for France. Tor a `times perha for- argeneration or,-
' more, he will be forgotten and his work derided. But when
circumstances and the future, into which he looked further and
more clearly than any man of his time, underline the message of his
teaching, men unborn, who have the insight and wisdomto learn
from him, will build on the foundations of his apparent failure and,
by doing so, again make France great and glorious." -
Arthur Bryant.
THE WAY IT WAS!
Amidst numerous hosannahs, the TV program "The Way it is"
has been ditched, and long after it was due, for it was the essence of
dullness. Uniquely, its own staff wasted a final hour on,. a
post-mortem which only served to underline the cause of the fiasco:
Incompetence. Ken Lefolli said: "I'm interested in what we are
doing." Yes, no doubt, but a vast majority of viewers were not. No
one understood what the show was all about. There was no wit. no
satire, no sophistication. None appeared to have done his homework.
The staff contend that interviews should be "encounters;' but the
nearest they- ever got was to a physical one resultant on either
p• gabusing e n. the t edso
baiting or the interviewee. Everyone on stili*seem
leased and satisfied with himself. Scene followed pointless sone. In
toto it was reminiscent' of results produced by an amateur with his
first cine camera. He would show a tennis mathh and a couple of
rallies, but you never saw who won. The rally was cut before it was
completed. However interesting the "lion" of the evening in his own
right, you could always bet that nothing wodld _transpire. It was
enough to have seduced the "lion" to appear, Reputed shockers
failed to shock under the dead -hand of the staff. They}were out of
their depth and incapable of being interesting with anything or
anyone. Even the Family Album would have been more exhilafattng.
Let's hope it was of some educational value to the staff themselves;
that they now realize their limitations, for it became another of
those exercises ill adult education for which the long suffering.
taxpayer has to shell out and like it.
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"Tiger" Dunlop carne to their rescue and took them to Gairbraid,4
-his large home: This was in February, 1834, and in the spring Daniel
Lizars, who had taken up. Block, 3 on the Lake road, in Colborne
township, built a log shanty. Later he built• a large house that was
made bright and homelike with many furnishings they had brought
from the old land, conspicuous among which were the family china
and some hundreds of books. •
The Lizar named their farm Meadowlands, because of the beaver
meadow in the neighborhood, and their home was :the,egntre for
many a pleasant gathering. Among the welcome visitors -there .may
be mentioned Commissioner Galt's second son, John, who lived with
David Lawson in Blarney Hall in Gairbraid, both of whom were glad
to escape from` their own cooking to enjoy a meal at Meadowlands P
Other guests were Daw Don, Dr: Hamilton and Rev. Thomas McKidd
. from Goderich, besides many members of the "Colborne Clique."
Some of those early comers when they essayed to farm were an
amusement to those who were real farmers and later they became
lawyers and 'successful business ,men. Mr. Lizars, though city bred,
buckled down to work from the beginning and did very well. His
family of boys and girls early learned to help with the'farm worlt ` '
Helen Lizars and John Galt were married and as Mrs. Galt she made
Blarney Hall shine. Her husband attributed much of his later ruccess,
to her inspiration.
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Later on,the son, young ... Daniel 'Lizars, became, a lawyer,
practised for a time in Goderich and afterwards in Stratford, where
the name, Judge Lizars, as well as the names of his clever daughters,
Kathleen and Robina, are mentioned with respect and honor. .•
The elder brother, Henry, after some years tired of .the life and
abandoned his farm. Taken into the office of the Canada Compar4
in Toronto he remained with them for a time and then set out for
Scotland. In New York, his wife and infant child died but he .
continued on his journey and in Edinburgh passed the remainder of
his life.
Others, with an aptitude for farm life, became wealthy, thy
owners of large farms and the parents of families, whose
descendants, after the passing of a century or more, are still
occupying some of the farms taken up by their brave and thrifty
forefathers.
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