The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-12-04, Page 4Wan 4, AIM
Symptom of apathy
It oaks as though there will be another
acclamati9n for. the position of Warden of
Huton Count for r 1970...Only one
candidate, Roy Westcott, Usborne
-Township, has entered' the tace.
Two other passible contenders for the
warden's chair are out of the running.
A. a•. Srnith, Turnberry Township, had
indicated his interest td make his bid for
the wardenship but will not return to
county council in 1970 because he
decided to step down from the reeve's
seat in his home municipality rather than
face an election there.
Elgin Thompson, reeve of Tuckersmith,
has accepted another position which he
feels will take up too much of his time to
permit him to accept a nomination for the
ward ensh ip.
The 1969 warden, James Hayter was
acclaimed last January and Ashfield
Township's Don McKenzie was acclaimed
to the wardenship in 1967.
We think it is fair to assume there is a
definite trend toward. acclamations for the
warden's chair in the County 'of Huron..
What's more we suggest that reeves and:
deputy -reeves from "the good olid lays'
would be appalled that sures a situation is
permitted to exist today.
Warden James Hayter urged county
council: at the November session to give
some consideration, to making the
warden's term of office for two years
instead of one year. We wonder if this
would help or hinder a seeming lack of
sufficiently enthused men who will let
their names stand for the highest position
in the county.
it could be another symptom of apathy
which possibly can be 'blamed for the
increasing decline in interest at the local
level where fewer and fewer men and
women want to serve on municipal
councils.
Could it be that regional government is
the only answer when just a handful are
ready to accept municipal responsibilities?
Letters to the editor
PRESERVE
NATLRAL RESOURCES
one of . the few who
it-..., :t`.eci the public meeting of
f.:oo :cal, November 28, 196'9, I
as shocked to learn our council
tics riot know, or will not
p a:acty- state, what is going to
take place mi the main and
=,o u tri beach areas in the next
••.w, five years. If they do not
nr,ws, they should; if they do
know, but will.. not state the
fa :4... . hey are denying our
c ori m u n i t;.' and every citizen the
right of gc.od . government,
i.:,'_.JeLitger:t planning, and • best
.z.sae of our financial and
na`:ira: resources.
Since I an not in the position
to seer Oit the facts. I can only
:supe to bring to the citizens of • -
-Gotl :rid -i the truth as I know it.
In so doting, I call upon all sof
you to ;Ise your right to ,see that
r elected representatives
pr ter. e our shorelines for ;jou
and future generations.
6 years ago, WTIeTI 1, as• a
member of Council and
chairman of the Harbour
Committee, developed Snug
Harbour; built new 'washrooms
on the main beach, started to
vie,;clop the south beach area, I
was shocked to learn that many
members of council opposed me
every step of the way.
When it became apparent I
was gaining support in council
for, the development of our
resources, Mr. Gordon Muir,
manager of Domtar Limited,
sent a letter to council informing
us that there was to be no
development to take place on
the south beach without the
expressed consent of the writer,
Mr. Gordon Muir, manager of
Dorntar, as they had' acquired
control of this area from the
Department of Transport in
Ottawa. Accordingly, council
denied my. motion to have this
area designatp'd, as a municipal
park. With the help of our
federal member of parliament,
Mr. Robert McKinley, after a lot
of delay and ill feeling, we were
able to 'ascertain Domtar
Limited had no surface rights to
the said lands; accordingly, 1
proceeded to obtain a lease far
the control of this area. After
receiving word from the
Department of Transport that a
kaid lease would be granted the
town of Goderich, I again
-presented a motion to council
that this area be designated as a
'municipal park. Again, without
any intelligent reason, they
denied my motion.
Since 1 was defeated in the
last election, I do not know
what has transpired; but on
. `Nover fiber II, . 1969, ' council
defeated a motion by Councillor
Paul Carroll, now chairman of
the Harbour Committee, to have
this area designated as a
municipal park, and ' again,
without any good reason. When
I asked council why they
rejected the motion and what
they ' proposed doing with this
area in the future, they denied
any knowledge of the motion,
also, any knowledge of
industry's wanting to expand on
this land. I submit it is common
know -ledge that Domtar Limited
desires to construct another
shaft in this area, also, desires to
establish facilities for loading
Is on the south side of the
hour.
I urge you, the citizens of
Goderich to prevail upon your
council to have Domtar Limited
submit their long-range plans for
expansion to council, the
industrial commission, and the
planning board, so that good
order in planning may prevail. If
we are not concerned now, in
five years we will find ourselves
sitting high and dry but no place
for our citizens or tourists to
enjoy the beauty and serenity of
our natural resources.
There is an urgency to take
control of .these park areas
before regional or provincial
planning eomes into effect, for
after that date, no intelligent
planner - will allow such
exploitation by industry in the
province of Ontario.
I do not write this as a next
politician or a future one, only.
as one ' who is concerned.. Any
citizen who is concerned
enough, please write me. and
express your feelings in this
matter. We, still, may be able to
preserve our .:natural- -resources.
. B. R. Robinson
61 Hamilton Street
Goderich.
THE PUBLIC RIGHT
Interesting to know is "that
the right of the public to the
beaches is an inheritance from
earliest times." This right of
access is embodied in British
Common Law, the basis of
Canadian law, and rio man, no
matter how poor, can be denied
access to -- and use of — certain
common areas such as roadways,
parks and the shore.
With so many beaches being
closed to us through actions of
selfish private interests and
exhorbitant admission fees, it is
up to our governing body -- the
Town Council — to look to our
interests in. this matter of great
importance to future generations
of Goderich.
Just WHAT did the Council
have in mind when they turned
down Councillor Carroll's
suggestion that the South Beach
area be designated as a public
park?
We haven't too vouch in the
way of 'beach and picnic areas
and that South Beach has always
looked like the answer --- from
away back!
I know a former Councillor
,worked hard to get this beach
opened for us — he also worked
hard on many other is:xuea but
too many of his colleagues could
not see far enough ahead and so
we have lost' this valuable
citizen. Now, a very young man
is trying desperately to keep our
shoreline for OCR use. He has
made great strides in carrying on
the cleanup of this beach. and
what are we going to do about
it? Are we going to allow this to
slip thro' our fingers because of
'a few who just talk, talk, talk
and try to convince you they are
"keeping taxes down" when
they will actually, by their short.
sightedness; cause us to- pay
double in 'a few years; besides
losing valuable property for us.
I know allthe men on this
Council and had great respect
for them. I feel they HAD to
have our' interests at heart to
even run for council. But now
I'rn beginning to wonder about a
few , of these "NO" men. They
and their talk, talk, talk running
down the people who are
honestly trying to do a .good job
are convincing nee — and -many
others — that they never stop to
listen, can't take time, to read
and haven't` the brains -to -see -the
overall picture.
I feel we should be told why
they turned down. this plan —
what THEIR ideas are regarding
it -= if any — and what they are
going to do about it. This very
short piece of shoreline' is very
valuable - but should be kept
for aur own use. We need a
beach!
know Many --of the older
taxpayers could not care less
about the problem — as long as
their taxes don't go any higher,
but thank the Lord there are a
great number of younger
taxpayers who are raising young
families and altho' they are
already ° burdened with
mortgages and taxes they are
going to try to keep Goderich
for the future generations and to
heck with the property grabbing
guys and their almighty dollar.
1 hope to see more on this
subject in our paper and more
people such as .Elsa Hayden
writing Letters to the Editor.
Perturbed.
SPAWNING POLLUTION
I wonder if the good citizens
of Huron and Bruce Counties
have any real awareness of the
hazards being raised in their
midst by the exist.etice and
present expansion of the
Douglas Point Nuclear Reactor.
Do they realize that this
complex will be a massive
concentration of radio -active
materials for which, in the case
of accidental escape, no effective
method of neutralization or
rendering safe is known, except
for the passage of aeons of time.
Do*they appreciate that such
an escape would cause untold
damage and misery in terns of
degenerative disease and
hereditable deformities to all
fortes of life -- human, domestic
and wild, ' possibly making a
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Published at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by
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ROBERT G. SHRIER, president and publisher
RONALD P. V. PRICE, managing editor
SHIRLEY J. KELLER, women's editor
EDWARD J. BYRSKI, advertising manager
You just don't find snowmen like this inland. This typically Goderich snowman was built and
designed by Nathan Spain who was visiting at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William
. Gilbert, St. Patrick Street, Sunday . That's Mr. Gilbert's sailing hat the snowman is wearing. Nathan
is the son of Mr. and Mrs Pat.Spain, Sarnia.
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Remember When ?
•
55 YEARS AGO
c hose '• George • Mathieson,
proprietor of .the welding shop
In order to control the recent ;^ Newgate street. Bruce
epidemic of measles in Goderich Tennant and John Coates who °
the following rules have been -failed to make the grade are
established: No person other popular residents but have not
than the attending physician. '.vied in Goderich long enough to
Health Officer; clergyman ori become thoroughly well known.
sanitary inspector is permitted'' George MacEwan headed .the
to go into or leave any house poll with .ilex Butler,- J. E.
'under quarantine; the rile i ieRins. Geo.' Mathieson. Stan
office of health may, if he is Pre',ett and R. G. Sanderson in
satisfied of the effecti'.e
isolation of the patient, perm i tt
those who do not have the direct
care of the patient to leave the
premises in order to attend to
their regular necessary duties.
except those whose outside
occupations associate them w ith
the preparation of food or
clothing,. or who are associated
with children away from the
quarantined house: the period of
quarantine a-ftr last exposure to
infection is sixteen days and the
earliest date of return to school
after, attacks is three weeks:
before the quarantine card can
be removed the premises must
be thoroughly disinfected and
cleansed in a mannersatisfactory
to the sanitary inspector.
G. Arthur Currie, Toronto.
son of Mrs. Currie, Cambria
Road, is in the General Hospital
at Toronto. He has undergone an
operation for appendicitis and at
latest accounts was making
satisfactory progress. His mother
is in attendance upon him.
Miss Pearl Goode who has
gained popularity in Goderich as
a musician is now teaching
piano, harmony and
counterpoint at her home on
Victoria Street,
In view, of the recent serious
outbreak of foot and mouth
disease in the United States with
its subsequent serious losses and
necessity for stringent measures,
Canadian stock owners should
acquaint themselves with the
particulars of this disease.
Make Sure . of a Steady'
Income. Put you saving and
,surplus profits into the best
dividend paying security. The 5
Percent ' Debentures of the
Standard Reliance Mortgage
• Corporation. (advert)
The fifteenth annual meeting
of the Huron Old Boys
Association of Toronto .was held
last week in St. George's Hall,
Toronto. The president for the
past year, R. Holmes was in the
chair.
Blackstone's homemade taffy
appeals to everyone. (advert)
for, the foresight. _ of the
councillors who had to do with
the project and its financing was
praised by a" dozen speakers.
Miss ,Marjorie Boyd of Walton
has been hired by the Goderich
Public School Board to teach
.either grade 1 or 2 at the Public.
School here.
President Mts. A. Hamilton
and Mrs. A. E. Eustac_e
welcomed the many guests to',
the prettily decorated hall in
North . Street United Church
when the WA staged their bazaar
and tea.
The Huron County Junior
Farmers' Association is made up
of representatives of six local
clubs with a total membership of
279 young men and women.
Little Allan Pocock of,
Holmesville has been visiting his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Glenn, Dungannon.
the order named.
On both the, two questions
submitted the electors voted
",es" by large majorities. For a
• municipal garbage collection
system the dote was 814 for to
245 against. The north harbor
road protect was endorsed by a
vote of 778 for to 298 against.
Victor Lauriston, Goderich •
Old Bad - and well known author,' -
has been re-elected by
acclamation to the Board of
Education for the city of
Chatham.
Colborne Township Monday
re-elected Reeve Alex Watson
for another term. He had a
margin of 33 • votes over his
opponent. James H. Feagan. 253
to 220.
Official word from Ottawa
states that Pilot Officer Mail
Howard Durnin, previously
reported missing in air
operations over Germany, July
29, lost his life at that time and
was buried July 30 at Sprechin,
Germany. He was the son of
Mrs. Howard Durnin and the late
Mr. Durnin.
Total contributions to the
Navy' League campaign to date -
amount to $611.
gubieriatioti Rates $6 "a Year -- To U.S.A. $7.50 (in advance)
ja TEN YEARS AGO
Ernie C. Fisher was acclaimed
as mayor ;of Goderich, Frank
Walkom as reeve and James A.
Bisset as deputy -reeve.
It was Bill Anderson night at
the Goderich Jaycees meeting
Saturday night. At that time he
was , presented with a
membership in the Senate of
Jun.ior Chamber International.
An epidemic of mumps has
been prevalent in Goderich for
the past month, says Dr. M. P.
Aldis MOH. •
Despite the un-Christmaslike
weather, Christmas is fast
approaching. Artangements have
been completed for the annual
visit of Santa Claus.
Huron and Perth counties
gave an overwhelming majority
on Monday in favor of the repeal
of the Canada Temperance Act.
25 YEARS AGO . Eveti to many who predicted the.
CTA would be revoked, the
Harbor waft disbanded as margin by which the voters cast
unit at the first of the it out was somewhat of a
That station was to have surprise. In 1914 the town. of
completely Goderich voted 326 to 125 in
but last min favor of the CTA (aboutw e -
decreed otherwise and a 1) and this time voted 2,229 to
foec of about 30 670 against it (more than 3 to
has been left for the 1).
Paper representing the final
debenture of Huron County's
court house debt was put to the
flames Tuesday afternoon in the
handsome building, now laid
Sky•
a holding
month.
been abandonedp y by
the RCAFuta
changes
skeleton
airmen
winter.
The five councillors of 1944
who stood for re -ejection were
all 'returned and from the three
new men offering the electors"
ONE YEAR AGO
Of the gest nineteenth century proconsuls of British India,
per, the matest was merles John Canning, who won for himself
the, atfirst opprobrious title, but ultimately glorious title of
"Clemency" Canning. He did so because at a time when, as a result
of the gruesorne massacre by mutinous Sepoys of helpless British
therewomwas a -popular clamour in Britain for
whole andand er he remained calm and
' g - vengeance„ he -
objectively just and insisted,, true to the great aristocratic and
libertarian principle in which he had been hied, that every individual
subject of the Crown, Indian and British alike, was entitled to justice .
and that, justice should be tempered with mercy and imaginative
sympathy and understanding. He had in consequence to bear the
brunt of •dross misrepresentation and vilification. But he refused to
be sji&ken from the course which his conscience told him was right,'
and stood firm against all public pressure. By so doing he assured for
himself an honourable place in history and did both his country and
India a noble service.
[Arthur Bryant.]
Five new • members of the
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority were
presented with 'their pledge pins
at a pledge dinner last Thursday
evening at the Pizza Patio, They
were Barbara Moss, Verna Kane,
Margaret Craig, Karen McLean
and Donna Blon.
Caley Hill gave a brief and
informative talk explaining the
new Huron County Board of
Education at the recent meeting
of the Goderich 'Home . • and
School Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Andrews
of Goderich -isited one evening
last week with" lvIr. and Mrs.
Robert J. Phillips.
I was reading a memoir of an old friend, Sir George Cunningham,
once ,Political Agent Tochi, in what is now Pakistan, and' later
Governor of the North West Frontier Province. He retired just before
Indian Independence and the partition of India. But when
Independence becancie a fait accompli, Mr. Jinnah, Governor General
of Pakistan asked him to return and reassume the,.,post.. The fact was
that Cunningham had established the most intimate hold over. the
Pathan, due to a combination of transparent honesty, great courage
and firmness. To those who knew Cunningham this ocou,Monhed no
surprise, because every Pathan, in every walk of life, knew that no
one understood the people as he did. No one was so well known
personally to them all.
But it was in 1945, before his second tour, that the Government
of India decided to bring to trial three of the most prominent Indian
officers who had defected from the Indian Army during the Burma
Campaign and joined the Japanese. They were to be tried by formal
Court Martial in the Red Fort at Delhi in the full glare of publicity.
Cunningham was appalled at the idea of this trial because he knew
that whichever way it went it would be to British disadvantage, not
that he had any personal responsibility in the matter. So he wrote to
the Viceroy Lord Wavell and told him that while the whole affair was
outside his proper sphere, he felt very strongly that the Commander
in Chief (Auchinleck) should announce at once that, as Indian
opinion was opposed to the trial, he should wipe the whole thing out
and take no further proceedings against anyone. "No one but the C..
in C. can do it, of his own volition and on his own responsibility.
Done by anyone else, even' the King, ,}t will not have the same effect
particularly on the Army. He went on to argue that though many
Indian officers had said to him: "Hang the kit," they only said it
because they thought it was what he wanted to hear. "The thing is
becoming daily more and more purely Indian versus British, and less •
and less Il -disposed InfiI ans, 'versus British. cum well-disposed
Indians. Whatever the outcome of the "trial may be, thikanti-British
bias will persist in each man's mind."
The Viceroy's reply was appreciative, but did not reveal the
policy upon which the Government of India had decided.
When the whole of India heard that, although the three accused
had been found guilty, the Commander in Chief had co uted the
death sentence to one of life imprisonment, there feeling of
vast relief.
There is nomention in Cunningham's diary of the judgment or of
its effect.
*1. Sir George Cunningham. Norval Mitchell. Blackwood.
Mi N 1 -MALAPROP ISMS
They say all her .geese are swans, hence the precocious things they
say.
Sophie calls it the thin end of the WEB.
Tim has an emotion heater.
Brian puts old clothes in the dirty living"basket
Diana wants horse rabbit with her roast beef.
Muriel's father is in the Raw Marines
Rupert saw the Prince of Wales infested.
SOME CONTRASTS '
She spends money as though it had never been invented. If she
had to cross the street; she wouldn't take a taxi but a hir"ed
limousine. She must have 5 million pairs of eyelashes. Five years ago
she -was earning $20• -a week. -Now--her--ineome-is $625,000--. per
annum. Her husband says: "Tell me how somebody can get through
$25,000 a month and still not think they're extravagant."
How do you keep so cheerful? "For a start never wash up. We
underfeed our cats and have the plates and dishes licked spotlessly
clean in minutes. Don't waste dust! I find it invaluable on furniture
for making notes..1 also keep a good supply of dust near the
telephone, so that I can write down phone numbers immediately.
MIDDLE AGE ILLNESS
Britain .loses $2600 million per annum through loss of prodiction
and the cost of medical treatment of illness among middle aged
people. The 45 to 64 age group causes the greatest loss. Production
'losses in 1966=67 were $1950 million. In 1967 The Government
Health Service "nursed" 12 million people in the 45-64 age group at
a cost of $1040 million.
WHO PAYS FOR THE "EGGS" '
e, When Queen's Park "lays an egg" you're the one who pays for it.
When you or I overspend, or make a mistake, who pays the
consequences? If you are unlucky to be a normal citizen with no
lobby, no goon squad, no organization,, no Board of Education to
.help you, then YOU pay, not your government.
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