The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-07-15, Page 44 X ODER;ICH S1GNAL•STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1971
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Editorial. commentary
ti Ii att printers were determined not to print anytking till
they were sure it would .offcnct no one,. there would be
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very little printed .. Benjamin Franklin
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Advice for hitchhikers
Judging from the number, of,: young Highway 403 et Brantford; and Highway
people in Canada who are crisscrossing 402 at Sarnia. -
this country• by using their thumbs, it is Every per . who violates the
perhaps more interesting, than . usual to provisions of the' Highway Traffic Act in
peruse the Ontario Highwa4 Traffic Act Ontario becomes' liable to a fine of not
tor the rules and regulations governing
this mode of travel.
To this end, a pamphlet recently
published by' the Ontario Provincial Police
entitled WARNING ` should be the
handbook of every would. -be hitchhiker in
this province. •
The pamphlet points out that
pedestrians are prohibited from using
those parts of the controlled -access
highways described in the schedules under
`Ontario Regulation 16/67. These
restricted areas are. illustrated in the
'Oamphlet- and' include' The .Queensway at.,
ttawa; Highways 400, 401, The Queen 'Tourist Information Centres. tragic drowning at Port Albert, i
Elizabeth Way and the Melton Airport If...you are planning a hitchhiking' jaunt, .. would like to' know.why you
Road in • the Toronto-Hami lton-Barrie • better check your route with the local : would, . editorialize this very sad
hwa s 405. anct: 40i; in �th'e .. ,01?P .o#fivers- It ,co.uld . save y.ou' a -fewevent quoting only .one source of
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a person connec e
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p� with
Port. Albert and who .w on the
beach this particular weekend, I
feel your editorial_. • is in
extrem
-ely . poor .....taste,.
dangerously slanted and does a
great injustice to the cottagers
and • general, public who enjoy "
the Port Albert area . '. not to
mention those unnamed boaters
serious look at Taw enforcementp,,careers. of which I am one.
This would help fulfill the first two Nowhere in your editorial did
you refer to the •(Ontario
suggestions,. leaving the third, and in our Provincial Police, report, the
opinion,Fthe most important one up to us. ' coroner's .report oraccounts by
any other parties,involved in this
Perhaps the greatest ill to c me out of sad event - other than that of
' • the Swinging ,Sixties is• the hi eous and the "confession of a -young
• largel'y undeserved image the decade gave Goderich girl. . "
--- If, as you stated, a unnamed'
to policemen. Pushed -to their limits trying boater refused to come to the
to contain situations which weren't yet assistance of the drowning
covered by law, police no, longer were victim then why didn't this girl
called cops or the fuzz even but pigs. and the; other °'friends of the
.a transport4tion tunnel for -. .smuggling The picture, has deteriorated to the point victim cry •"HELP" t8 anyone
aliens, most of them from Italy, across where now, not only youth, buttheir and everyone immediately.
There were over sixty people
into the United States. Take e look at the parents as well openly flout police within shouting distance of this
figures for crimeratenthe province% The ,
authosity,..,_w,here 10 short years ago they victim 'and to my knowledge an
wouldn't have throught of doing such a immediate general alarm was not
thing. - raised. -
•And why was the fact that a ,
boater refused to come to the
assistance of the drowning
victim not reported to, the police
officer investigating this terrible
'tragedy?
There have been several,:,near
drownings ,over the past few
years' at Port Albert but thanks
Tess than $20 and not more than $100.
. The reason for the legislation governing
pedestrians `on these particular roads is,
simple - too many accidents involving
death, injury or property damage.reported
because of persons walking Q these
stretches.of busy highways.
The regulations have been in ° effect
since 1967 and according to,•,OPR
spokesmen, enforcementeof these laws
have successfully cut down on the number
of mishaps for investigation. •
Theam hlets are available at all OPP ' Dear Madame:.-
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Detachment offices and at most Provincial With referenceto your
pertaining 'to the recent
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Great Lakes Lo
WHEN SIR FREDERICK HALDIMAND BECAME 6OVERNOROF QUEBEC
IN 1778, HE WAS DETERMINED TO PROVIDE A SAFER PASSAGE FOR
VOYAGERS TRANSPORTING FURS OVER THE DANGEROUS ST LAW
RENCEI CAPTAIN WILLIAM TWiSS,, OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, '
WAS SELECTED TO DIRECT THIS EARLY„ CANAL PROJECT
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he �ttsfiSt.r-titteRce Canal
AT COTEAU DU LAC TWISS BUJL't THETTR5T MAJOR LOCK CANAL
IN NORTH AMERICA. 'IT WAS 900 FEET LONG AN,D SEVEN FEET WIDE.
ITS THREE LOCKS WERE LESS THAN '40 FEET LONG, WITH A DEPTH OF
2ya.FEET - SUFFICIENT TO PASS THE LARGE CANOES OF THE VOYAG,
ERS. TWISS COMPLETED THE CANAL IN 1790, AND IN 180M THE CA-
NAL WAS ENLARGED TO ACCOMMODATE ITS EVER INCREASING TRAFFIC.
THAT SAME.RATE OF PROGRESS CONTINUED ON MOST ST. LAW-
RENCE AND GREATU-KE CANA.L
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CAPT WILLIAM TWWSIINSPECTING THE LOCI} AT LOTEAUDULAC QUEBEC
Letters
,to the
Editor
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Polite not- to :biarne
Ifsyouthink things have _been running
pretty smoothly lately in the, law end
order 'department,; then you obviously,
haven't heard or read anything, about the
annual report of the Ontario .Police
Commission. Information in .the
.unpretentious form --of facts and figures
contained in the report is enough to
frighten the law abiding' citizen half to -
death.
Never mind the bit about Canada being
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COURTESY OF
CONFEDERATION LIFE
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60 YEARS AGO Morris Township as a teacher for
Miss Ida' 'Frain of Grey the coming year at a salary of
Township has been engaged" as $500. -
teacher of the Browntown 25 YEARS AGO
School for the coining year ata A rather brightspot was seen
salary of $550! on the disturbed Canadian
We have just received a car of labor -industry front in
buggies and •have everything negotiations recently completed
that is new and up-to-date in the in Goderich The Dominion
carriage line,' No better buggies Road Machinery •CDmpany of
• ever came to town,,, We have God'erich anfi lits employees have
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therrl- on�•�the ���aar�, sa8� .� .
�E���'��,�ust frrr�fi�...^���eg*�rizazi�
inspect 'them a t the agreement--foranot her year. The
Massey -Harris Warerooms on
Haihilton Street. We have the
standard wire fenceand gates,
.the famous Fleury plows,'cream
separators, and 'almost
everything that a farmer needs
on as farm.
The High School Board of
Wingham• has engaged G. R.
Smith of Wallacetown as teacher
of.a,mathematic's at a salary, ' of
$1,000.
The trustees, of .$. S. No. 12,'
Grey and McKillop, have
engaged Miss Jennie Robb of
company has a very active
employee -management
committee and it is reported on
all sides that a happy-.
relationship and the spirit' of
good -will predominates all
negotiations.
Like music? iiou will be
surprised at the wide variety of
Victor and. Columbia records to
be had at the Cornish Electric
Music Bar.. Come in and hear
some of the newest popular hits;
To mention only a few of them
- Laughing On The Outside
(Sammy Kaye, Fernand
Robidoux); I've Got The Sun In '
The Morning (Al Goodman); All
That Glitters, Is Not Gold (Mart
Kenny); It's My Lazy Day
(Vaughan Monroe); and I'd Be
Lost Without Vou (Betty
Rhodes).
5 YEARS AGO
_,� •Mrs. Bert Alexander, Mrs,
L' attry` -Rtecrrp and `, Mrs: ° Itabert�°
Smith used to be skeptical about
UFOs. They are not any more.'
They believe they saw , one
Monday night. The three women
were driving south , on Blake
Street when Mrs. Rieck brought'
their attention to a light ,over
Victoria School about 9:50 p.m.
Speculation about the future,
of the Goderlch-Clinton area was
renewed this week following a
report by Huron MP Robert
McKinley that CFB Clinton will
begin closing this summer.
.... through the
Looking across Huron .County Weekly newspape
OPC says it's "far out of proportion to
the population growth -in- Ont'ario" and
that's good enough for us.
Statistics on` known crimes, reflect a
disturbing trend, the report says - up
14.8 per cent. in 1970 from, the previous
year. l n 1969, it was_ 11.4 .per cent and
.the year before, 14.5 ,per cent: Now some
Of this can be attributed to the fact that
" our police forces are' becoming more,
efficient and as a result !More crime . is
being detected; but'. it still leaves a 'lot .to
worry about. .
• Police also note that widespread drug
s`f�mnt`;b4gQls.,:...has
• "undoubtedly contributed to the
increased rate ,of crime, notably theft."
The OPC has three answers to combat the
rising crime rate: more police, better
trained police and public support.
With the tight employment situation, it
is hr�pedr that some of our brighter
uuni'vcrsity graduates` wilt t t--tdk� g a
We, and° not our police' forces, are to
blame for our rising crime rate. We allow
out-moded laws to remain gn the books
without actively demanding our elected
representatives 'to have them changed. We
condone a daily' diet of violence' on our
television sets with little thought of its
effect upon the young. And last, but by
no means least, • we have opted out of
taking a responsible role in' our society
and community. We, have refused , to
become involved. Where we once would'
have rushed to assist a policeman , in
carrying ,out his rightful duty, we know
turn our backs. We have a' lot of changing
to do before we'll see any improvement in
the 'OPC's annual report and the longer we
leave it, the harder it will become to bring
the situation under control: p -The
Listuwel Banner.-
Masculine Mutiny (Almost)
• (Dedicated To All
Frailly -Cat Dressers)
'BY BEN H. WILLINGS
We're recruiting rabble-rousers
For a partial ban on trousers;
Good they are, we know in wintry storms,
But clutter up our manly forms. ••
Ladies' costumes (bless their ankles)
Make a summer theme that rankles.
While We men -folk swear and swelter,
They can boast a surf; -tan thelter.
GET
AW. AR help `' "and had' approached Ontario Department of Lands
Ontario's Scholars at Councillor John Bateson, and Forests demolished a boat
S.H.D.H.S. are listed, in the chairman of public works. As a house, which had been sitting
Huron Expositor: • result, a job with the town had there • for several years.
Seaforth District High School been offered: According to an official of the .
has produced eight Ontario. As was the case with other Department, the owner of the
Scholars this.year it was revealed job opportunities, the ,man building had been served with
Monday by, Principal, . , .1"-• P. refused to report for work and.. notices to remove the boat
Sw" 't'M
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.:. .'b xrr ',-�-, �Ffiw; ,rcy..
Mr. Plumsteel said Margaret home) oto discuss the man's the past two and' a Bali -years.
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decided to send letters to the
two defeated candidates at last •
year's . election asking if they
wished to fill the council
vacancy created recently by the
resignation of councillor Ivan
Luther for business reasons.
William Cochrane and Ian
til, :Jul .12. .
be un y, 10,
willr.
.Coles 'given
.WI'y. k• W".9: h ..;- W .Ski F,.OV'n`..Yititatt. Jl.a:.` "' ',w•t-'^!y,•!«
� '�ieLide:.1t:.t1i�"y
Elligsen, daughter of Mr. and eligibility to 'receive further v Complete with ',chain- saws vacancy. ' .
Mrs. Edgar Elligsen, RR 2, welfare payments, the threat to and wrecking bars, the workmen
Walton was ' the high student shoot Mr. Carter had been made. lost little time in wrecking the
with total ,marks .of .62'9 -in -seven • -Reeve Jack Alexander -was: building. • The ' remnants- were -
credits. A total of 560 marks is outraged that a member of trucked away to the Hay
needed toqualify for the award_ council should have tosubmit to Township dump. ,
• r-MgP Elligsen' ''has' ' also been abuse and threats. "This matter The department official in
awarded a $750 scholarship should, have ,been reported to the charge of -the demolition told
from the University of Waterloo.., police and a charge laid," he the -Citizens News that there will
to be used ,in the
study- of- . said. be more cases of removal from
Councillor Jim Currie said
-this was a situation ,where there
should be no hesitancy.' about •
laying' a charge. "We can't
permit Mr. Carter .or 'any
member of council to have his
life placed in' jeopardy. Why 'not
lay ad harge nqw and put a stop
to further abuse or -threats?"
Mr. Carter said he had••been
very disturbed by the man's
attitude and ' felt certain •
governmental agencies had been
lax in: regard to the. situation as
'whole:. It was reported the man
chemistry. She will register_there
in September. The University
has, also granted her permission
to try a first year chemistry
examination before the . term
starts in September:1f If "'she is
successful in passing she will be
allowed to start her !:chemistry
studies at the second year level.
Other students from
who have earned the $150
Ontario Scholarships are Eleanor
Boshart -(599), daughter of Mr.
and. ' Mrs> Louis Boshart, :
Seaforth; Nar}cy Forrest (593),
daughter . of Mr. and, Mrs: mss--
Forrest, RR '2,' Kippen; Brenda
Bewley (580), 'daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. -Walter Bewley, • J R 1,
Walton; Leslie Perrie (579), son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Perrie, RR
3, Brussels;. Jeannette -Finnigan
(574), daughter of Mr., and Mrs.
Grant Finnigan, Egmdndville;
Janice Dietz (560)4 daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Dietz, RR
1, ' Dublin; , and Rodrick
MacKenzie "(560), son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon MacKenzie,, RR
to the swift action of unnamed,•$eaforth.
persons on the beach at the * , * ' *
time, lives have been saved, This
particular ,drowning was a very
sad and a very unusual one and
if your paper . chooses to
editorialize such an incident
then surely it must be your
responsibility .to report to your
readers all the facts.
I' challenge your editorial for
I cannot and will not believe
that all those people' on, the Port
Albert beach during this
drowning ,were as callous to the
--plight—of—this—victim as you
Male legs plump, with some quite bandy',
Others like Mahatma Ghandi,
It•should not be, labelled sinning.
If we showed our'underpinning.
We'd be loudly hailed as sports
If we boldly wore our shorts;
As it is, we,timid bowsers •
Still are shackled to our trousers.
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would so obviously 'have us
believe: Very few people were
even aware that a drowning had
taken place until the body was
brought ashore and by that time
it was twenty minutes too late.
• LIFE THREATENED
•
-.on some previous occasion had
run' afoul of the law and was
presently on probation.
Mr., Carter said he was ,
reluctant to bring further
trouble tcg this home, the main
reason he had • not reported the
incident to • the police., The
f1mily are no longerpresidents Of
, Wingham as they moved into
Turnberry Township a short
time ago. '
Council reiterated its stand
that should anything further
develop, a charge would be"laid
without delay. -
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• A Wingham ,town councillor
was threatened by. a welfare
recipient• reports the
Advance -Times:
Council was rocked on its
collective heels Monday night.'
when it was reported that a
threat had been made against the
life of Councillor George Carter.
Crown land along the beaches in
the months ahead, He defined
crown land as, being from the
edge of natural vegetation out
into the lake, and quickly' added
that planted grass ottrees does
not qualify as natural vegetation.
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RESIGNS
A •village councillor has
resigned in Grand Bend notes
the Exeter Times -Advocate:
-Councillor David Jackson
hauded his resignation to Grand
Bend council during the final
few minutes of Monday's regular
meeting. •
in a letter read by clerk Mrs
Glad y, Cru.s lin, Jackson saidi
Crump
lin,
was resigning his position as
councillor because of a conflict
between himself and Reeve John •
Payne.
Earlier in the meeting Payne
had rapped Jackson for what he
called, encroaching •. on . , my '
territory" by making decisions
and giving directions that were
beyond his committee
jurisdiction.
Jackson replied that he
sometimes
decisions "because •you were not
•
had to make these
WRECKING CREW available."
•'' Contacted by the T -A shortly
before press time, Wednesday,
Jackson said he had no further
comment on the issue but was
definitely standing by his
decision to resign, •
Before Jackson's resignation
was received, council .had
In addition, he had also been the .
target of considerable verbal
'They are .clamping down on
beach ' , buildings in Hay
. reports the • Zurich'
Citizens -News:
Ownership of the beach along
the lake was settled at St. Joseph
on Tuesday ' morning when a
of workmen' from the
crew
abuse.
Mayor DeWitt Miller told
council that a resident of
Wingham who had been
receiving welfare assistance had
turned down opportunities tp
work and when Mr. Carter,
Sincere) chairman of e . and»
y+•
Welfare Committeeth,. indicatedHealth to
Frank R. Gardiner ,-the man that welfare payments
Dear Sir, would be suspended, the threat
Farmers have been saying to to shoot Mr. Carter had been
the Farmers. Union - it's always issue-
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the milk producer you're MdayoMiller said the man
working for - what are you had come to him at his home
doing for the egg farmer? Well, two or three times appealing for
today , in Toronto at a Union '
meetifi held at the Cara Hotel
,
we had our answer.
To go back a, bit, the egg and
fowl board were ,planning on
holding a vote July 12 -19th
concerning the quotas on eggs 2` -
these quotas Would—lave been
quickly taken up by big business
and would thus have eliminated
the small producer. To have a
vote every producer had to be
registered by the 5th of July and
this time could in no way be
extended.
Walter Miller, vice-president
of the N.F.U. wrote ,to Premier
Davis asking him to, intervene,
tilt he didn't even answer.
About 4,500 egg producers
registered and through the effort
of the N.F.U., 1,470 of these
were picked up by car and tak°eh'
to 'the board office in Toronto
to be there in tittle.
This large -registration of
small , producers was not
anticipated and with a "yes"
vote not assured for quotas on
eggs, they decided to postpone
the vote with a view to changing
the legislation so that no one can
vote unless _ they have at least
500 hens "
Now . we ask you ..- is this
democratic. -•- to refuse ' these
small producers, All() '-have paid
into this board, the right to
• vote? It is not just the matter of
quotas that is_at stake -•here; -but-^.-.-
the rights of a Canadian citizen.
Are We gding to stand by and
let this happen? On Monday,
July 12, Walter Miller and some
of the executive will be in
Queen's Park to protest the
Farm Marketing' Board's
changing the 'legislation so that
only the large producer can vote.
Let's hear a protest from-
' everyone in favour of the- small
producer. •
If ''they get away with' "this
what freedom -will ...they
away from us -next? . • ,
Yours truly,
Mrs. Chas. Wilkins,
Sec. Local 335, N.F.U.
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FIRST LOUNGE
.Phe'- first.-•lieenced ..liquor •-
lounge for Exeter is opening this
fall notes Exeter Times •
-
Adv.ocate:"
. Work started this week on
Exeter's first liquor outlet.
The Liquor Licence Board of
Ontario has approved the plans
for the dining •and liquor lounge
at Le Pines Motel and owner
Peter Warkentin indicated he
hoped to have, the facilities
completed by this fall.. •
The addition will feature a
42 -seat dining. •lounge and a
56 -seat lounge..
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ANOTHER LiQUOR VOTE
11ayfield is . to have another
loot at .' its "dry" ' posit1bfi
reports Clinton News -Record: '
r- Three years have past siiice
the last vote on...liquor laws in
Bayfield,,;and the Town Council
was requested Monday'' night to
review the situation.
The' time span' between
changes in laws ' concerning
liquor in a given area is due to
the policy of the Liquor Control
Board_of Ontario. • -
Three years ago Bayfield
'voted down the proposal of
becoming a wet area, but Row
the matter is to be reconsidered.
.Three suggestions were made
itizens of Bayfield present at
dy c
the Council meeting. Firstly,
that' there be an L.C.B4O:.outlet
in the Village; 'secondly, that
there be a, store• combining the
L.C.B.O.' and the Brewer's
Retail; and- thirdly, that it be
�_..xnade possible for a dining room
or restaurant to obtain a liquor
licence. It was generally agreed
that the. first suggestion was
most fitted . to the wants and
needs of the community. '
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