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Editorial commentary
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List�weI is place to start
This newspaper , has given extensive
coverage this week to the situation. on the
Maitland River and, most especially, the
swage lagoon at Listowel.
Two reporters spent a half-day in that
area observing.; firsthand the condition of
the • Maftla anc - they returned with what
they believe are the facts in the dispute
between the Save The• Maitland
Association, the Town of Listowel and
the Ontario Water Resources„Commission.
That story begins on the front page of the
second section7and 'we -urge 'everyone to
study it carefu'Ily.
_Anc herG•eder-ic - - .. - au
Carroll, and his wife, spent part of a day
,___� inMtlie Listowel -Brussels area viewing the
stagnant Maitland. Like everyone else who
really takes the time to study it, • the.,e
Carrolls wre;TM�ocked by what they saw —
and smelled. Reeve Carroll has made a
"statement on the subject for this week's
edition of the newspaper. It .begins on the
' front page.
- Bill Craven, also a citizen of Goderich',
is appalled by the pollution in the
Maitland River. ' While Bill is an 'avid
fisherman who has .enjoyed th'e nearby
Maitland River and, its 'fine fish in years
gone ,by, he is also aware that the sewage
dumped 'from • the lagoon into- the
Maitland Riven, downstream e tua y
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water intake pipes for the town. It isn't a
palatable. th• ght. Bill sells $1
memberships in. he Save The Maitland
Association.
We believe that ' ery other person in,
Goderich sh u dbe oncerned- about' the
pollution of the Maitt. d River too.'
We agree with May'•r David Kilberg gf
Listowel -that "man , many other
Somehow • it is Mour immression that
many people were di appal ted recently
when 1-8yearolds' w o wer given- the
right to drink legally in the province of
Onfario did not create a large . isturbance
because of it,
A few days before he new legislation
became ,effective, m ny f• lks were
-predicting disaster the moment cocktail
lounges 'and taverns, w -re, opened to the
older teens, and it was e ident t at a great
letdown had been exp:rienced by. these
same people/ when the big f ss didn't
municipalities” in Ontario are polluting
waterways in the province and, that "they
(the, Save The Maitland ' Association)
should be concerned with it upstream as
well as downstream".
However, we cannot ' ° accept', that -
reasoning without questioning Mayor
kiIberg's „obvious conviction that
Listowel's deplorable sewage contribution
to the Maitland is unreproachable just
because other municipalities along the
Maitland are polluting the stream -mss well.
Iwo wrongs never make. a right, even in
• Listowel. `
l here isis'mall doubt in,anyone's mind
that Listowe-I's sewage lagoon is, a large
factor in the present condition of the
Maitland River and that -the lagoon, has
been inadequate for nearly ten years now.
It was only under pressure from, the Save
The Maitland'Association that the lagoon
was shut ,off in. May to give the Maitland
River ao opportunity to revitalize itself,
And a look and a sniff at 'the Maitland
• River right in Listowel gives, one the
impression` that here is the best place to
begin cleaning up the stream.
T-• People in Goderich will not be content
,after the troubles at Listowel have been
T. .corrected. Goderich ratepayers have spent
a great deal of ,money ' oto keep .Lake
a rHuro'n," one_of. the toW411..s assets.,.. clean-a"RCra _
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It is a foregone conclusion, therefore',
that if .Goderich- and area citizens get
behind the Save The Maitland Association
and their battle et 'Listowel, they . will.
expect fo see similar. Glean-up.action all, '
along the river, right to Goderich.
• tt' isn't aileasanf -undertaking. It won't
, be accomplished easily. But we believe it
is vital to .the future of this area and we
°think now. is the time to begi,n..
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surprising result?
materialize.
.When the', Signal-Sta .••repo terms -•mid'
their research for th- stor which
appeared on the 'front p.ge of last week's
newspaper, the .answer as the same all
over •--"There,\has been o probl-m. The
~0.ki s -are
well-behaved a d -drink ng' only
moderately. t'
.Whert we q stiolned t e police officers
in the area concerning- this seemingly
phenomenal happening, e were i formed
quite ,emphatically tha no mor young,
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▪ people aro drinking now th•n were
• drinking, efore — they are simply
drinking 'le ally. We were told ime and
time againhat young people w o did not
drink before the ,age of ma'ority w s ..
lowered have"' not suddenly turned to
alcohol because it is legal to do so. \.
But the lowering of the .rink'ing age
was not the only matter which was
concerning some adults. There „were the
implications of enterirrg into ,financial
contracts, for instance, and there were
those who expected the dykes of the
• econirny to crumble just as soon as older
teens, were able to "run -up a b:'I with any
merchant in town".
e way we see it; when the 18 -year
olds, in our province were declared
• responsible, the business people-,
automatically became more cautious since
parents need, no longer pick up the tab for
their youngsters.' Parents were mercifully
relieved since they needn't despair so
much particularly finan'bially, over a
way►t,d i Id. •
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From Clinton News -Record
• The following Lester To The
Editor was published August 5
Altoin the 'Clinton' News -Record and
because it has a . bearing on the
current secondary school
teachers': dispute in the County "
election time, we believe that as many of Huron, we decided to reprint
thoughtful voters will emerge from the it here' for, perusal by our
teenage ranks as from the more mature .readers:
adults in our province. There is no magical The editor,
turning point at which humans suddenly I would like to comment on
--the current dispute•between the
become responsible. It is just as possible
for a person to be careless about voting at'
the age of 65 as at, 18 years — and from
the low,' low percentages •of persons of
voting age casting ballots in 'most elections
these days, we would wagerthat young
adults would be even Tess likely to shijn.
this democratic privilege. 4v
Sornetimes it is I necessary to pile.
responsibility onto an, individual tri make
him truly responsible. We believe thet
may be the case in this particular instance.
It doesn't happen
Last week's Guest Editorial. "Split i•n
The Ranks?" has caused some comment
• around town because identification of the
source • of the item was inadvertently
omitted. ' ,
Some persons have indicated that
perriiaps the editorial was written by
someone outside the 'editorial field,
perhaps because he or slie had a bone to
pick with the principals_ _in the_ subject
matter.
The editorial was lifted from the July
29 edition of the Clinton blew -Reword but
the' signature of that newspaper was not
tagged onto the end of the editorial as..is
• the custom. It was a nasty oversight and
we regret any 'inconvenience which may
have arisen.
In the -future, Signal -Stow readers can
be ,assured that all"' guest editorials are
• clipped from newspapers which come into
-this office. ,
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A, no .time is an ' ordinary citizen
permitted the privilege to use the editorial
column to air his or her personal views on
a subject. Those comments are reserved
for the Letters To The Editor section of
this newspaper.,
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Huron County Board' of
Education and the ct unty's
secondary school teachers. The
teachers are •asking for •a.
raise -again. They . recently
rejected a six per cent salar.
increase, and since nearly all.
have resigned, it Looks as If the
county's high .schools will not
open on schedule in September.
I heard a student remar
recently that the schools wonk
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be open -the 'first butafo�r
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sure" the`Il 'be open the second.
A very perceptive observation. I
thought. We all know that the
board is primarily concerned
with keeping the .students in the
schools. And when September
comes, the board will get scared
and settle ^the dispute, with the
teachers coming out on -top, as
usual.
Now, eome on, Board; when
' do• you intend, 'putting down
your collective feet and stopping
the, spiralling costs of education?
When 'are you going to stop all
this _.,nonsense of. letting the '
teachers push you around? The
teachers of Huron County are
receiving quite reasonable pay. I
know they are because I've seen
,the salary book. In most cases
the pay is very generous. In
many cases it is too generous.
Because ' the fact is,,, most
teachers do not attempt a fresh,
',original approach to their
subject material. They are, not
giving the students a chance to
get involved° and interested in
the - aspettr or a particular
subject which is of interest to
the students. These teachers'turn
out kids with a narrow approach
to life., They look only at the
most obvious side of things.
Some teachers' care only about
classroom discipline..Some care
only about marks. Some don't
even care.
Often students,fail or achieve
only "fair marks in a subject
because the teacher can't handle
it. He doesn't know where to
• when kidsacriticize a teacher, it's
i u st,• normal; healthy
student -teacher hatred. Well, if
`ou continue ,to ignore the---
problems'of the lack of trust and .
communication, and. instead,
tcpetuate the present Staff
Superiority Complex, you will
perhaps one day not so far off '
see the college riots moving to
the high schools.
Teachers should have merit
pad` or (in many cases) DEmerit
pay. A letter of recommendation
from the student 'board should
accompany a good teacher *hen
he switches from one scliQol to
another. And a bad _. teacher
shouldbe removed from office
at the advice of the 'students.
This increase in power to the •
students, should not be cause for
alarm that it will be misused.
The advantages far outweigh the
drawbacks,
The school curricul.itnL_ must
be widened. But even if' it is,
nothing will be gained unless'th
teachers„ change their indiffereh
attitudes and sloppy approach.
They have a responsibility to do
a ' job which requires patience
and dedication. And from all the'
teachers I have met, I doubt if
over 1G, per cent of the
secondary schoolteachers in this
county are really dedicated to
furthering educational standards.
And the parents -'--do. you •
really care about what goes on in
the schools? Are you content to
visit three teachers on Parents'
Night and examine , and sign
report cards'? Toil- u - consider
your .duties end there'?•
Do you complain about all-
the
ll 1the money spent' on education,
but, do you only complain? How
• do you expect the teachers to
care what they do if you don't?
Why should they? They get paid
anyway.
So, county board, will you
put •y,ourfoot down or will you
admit defeat and give in to the
teachers? ' it salaries, they
believe, shote increase:. Why
. don't you ask theinhow many,
of them can honestly say that
their, general usefulness and
popularity haveincreasedin the
past year? •
If the Huron County Board
of Education settles the • present
dispute, • things will go on the
same as before. The state of
educational affairs will remain
unaltered' and unbettered. The
begin. The kids need protection board will „be. largely to blame
from such teachers. But there is for a mass murder of high school
no help available to the students 'pupils. Why, hundreds are being
inthis type of situation. There bored to death
;levery day of the
are no Student Advisory Boards school year.
to meet With the school if the board allows things to
administration and county board iernain •unchanged, 'it will be
to air problems and find guilty of inflicting 'mental
effective solutions. No one of
(with' intent to maim)
would ever dream of setting up upon they county's secondary
such a system. No one -would school students. 1 had rather my
ever dream of *permitting a• , children be illiterate and •
student to criticize a teacher. WELL -adjusted than risk
Well, who can, If not a student? permitting the school system to
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.Remember When ? ?
' 60 YEARS AGO ,
Summer visitors living at the
Sunset hotel and in the cottages
located in that area submitted a
petition to town council at their
weekly meeting asking that an
electric light be installed on the
'street r'4rrning along the
Lakeshore and that the .road be
put in proper condition for the
use of pedestrians in ,the area.
The Goderich Musical Society
sent 'a letter to council asking
that the usual grant of $300 be
forwarded to the group to
finance their ` activities. 'The
• letter w'as referred to the
Finanee Committee.
The ' dates 'of the Goderich
Fall Fair were changed at a
meeting of the rgderich
Industrial Exhibition board of
directors to September 18, 19,
the guests expected in town for
big event.
A letter from Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital,
which was filed with council,
requesting a loan of $12,000 to
build a 20 bed extension to the
hospital was turned over to the
finance committee for study..
The effects of an all Canada
Steel strike were felt in Goderich
with the announcement that.the
foundf y of the Doitinior Road
Machinery, Co:,Ltd. would be
driisi and remained closed
until the raw materials necessary
for production,,are'obtainable.
—FIVE YEARS AGO
The Goderich area was
blacked out for more than an
hour and one half•when a power
line between Goderich and
"Clinton shorted out. After the
bre.-spot-was4.raved'- cause of
• 2fL Sind •t , dera► electiops t.riu
were to be held on the original :
,date.
Good progress was being
made .on the rebuilding of the
• Kensington furniture factory
which had . been destroyed by
fire earlier in the year.
25 YEARS AGO
The progressive Conservative
party in the counties of Bruce, '
Perth and Huron announced a,
programme for their picnic to be
held in Goderich. On the list of
activities were gu'st speakers
George Drew,,, 'Premier of
Ontarioo' and James MacDonnell
-the member of the . Federal
legislature- for Muskoka,Ontario
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. Goderich citizens with rooms
to ' offer visitors to the plowing
match were registering with the
towns tourist committee 'in an
effort to provide lodging for all
the failure was blamed on
vandals damaging the insulators
with rifle .
An infirequest hito a death
which occurred at the Goderich
Swimming pbol recommended
that resuscitation equipment be
available at the pool for use in
the case of other emergencies.
The Goderich office, of 'the
National Employment• service
reported finding a record ,31p
jobs during 'the month 'of jury
and credited the increase in job
placement to an upswing in
farming, canning, manufacturing
and construction activities in
and around the local area.
The annual Maitland Country
club Women's Invitational
`T.our¢nGey drew a 'field of 49 with
31,an66'1�
emerging the winner.
,, Evidence was accumulating
that ' Huron County would
withdraw from the Emergency
Measures "Organization that fall.
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Looking across_ Huron County
•.:.. through the .weekly newspapers,
NEW LOOK ,a
One of Seaforth's oldest
churches is getting a new look
'says the Huron -Expositor:
The front of . Northside
United Church in Seafofth is
being repaired by the masonry
contracting firm' of Viggo'
Casperson. and Ivan Nielsen..
Gordon Elliott, chairman of
'the Committee of Stewards said
that the work consistbd of
repointing much of the
brickwork which' had become
,loose since tide church was built
in 1877. Mr. Elliott said that this
is : the A f rst "rt a7br overhaul
carried out on the exterior of
the church, 'although minor
repairs have lieen completed,
from time to time.
No estimate ofthe cost of the
work. is available.
The project involves,,. an
intricate structure of scaffolding
rising .85 feet to the peak of the
large church so as to give acce,Is
to the whole . face of the
building. r
Mrs. Ida Close; •treasurer of
the church, pointed out that this
is the fourth major project
carried out by the -church to
improve the building in the last
twenty years.
In 1953 the nave, pul
chancel were all
pits
rebuilt
and
and
shortly afterwards an impressive
stained glass window was added:
•In 1968 the basement; which
houses the church hall and r' is
used for Sunday School, was
remodelled.
The excellent organ 'in the
church was rebuilt in 1962.
The -current work , on he
exterior of the -church included
the repair`of many slates on the.
roof. This work was completed
last month.
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FETE FIREMEN
Two Clinton firemen were
feted . • recently • reports the
Clinton News—Record:
'Two members -of Clinton's
volunteer fire department have
been given medals in honour of
their long service from Ontario
‘Fire Marshal M. S. Hurst. •
Grant Rath, Clinton Fire
Chief; and Bob Draper, Assistant
Chief, were, given the medals for
their 30 years of service each to
the department, They received
tfie honours by mail because
they were unable to attend 'a
*service at the Ontario Fire
College, Gr.aventftirst.
The service honors
firefighters with 30 or more
years of service. Mr. Rath• has
served. in Clinton for 37 years
,•and•Mr. Draper for 32 years.
Mr. Rath joined the
department in 1934 when a
1928 fire truck, now a museum
'piece, was used to fight fires. He
succeeded Lock Cree as Chief in
19'47.•
For the "past 13 years, Mr.
Draper has served as Assistant
Fire Chief. He joined the
department, in 1939 41 left
three years later for two and a
half years overseas with the
Corps of Canadian Firefighters.
The citations' state the Fire
Services Long Service Medal "is
given in sincere appreciation of
30 years or more of courageous
and faithful service - to the
'citizens of Ontario in protecting
their lives and property from
fire,."
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