The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-09-09, Page 49h "
,4 OODERIGH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1971 ,
-.Editorial com,rnentqry
Government should
.According to recent communication
" with the offite of tJie Huron MPP Hon.
.'Charles, MacNaughton, the Signal -Star's
approach to, the proOlems of pollution' in
'the Maitland River is not positive enough.
it would seem that the popular Huron
member in the Ontario Legislature' is not
Certain that this__hewspaper is providing
the people. of Goderich and district with
,he true story about the Listowel Lagoon
aecif•ically.
Once again this week, the news staff of
the Signal -Star was advised by
MacNaughton's office that a "major dump
of sewage from the Listowel Lagoon into
the Maitland River". -is not planned. The
effluent is being, pumped onto lands
adjacent to the lagoon and this scheme is
, expectedito continue until freeze—up.
Then what?- -
According . to MacNaughton's offie,e,
there- will be the "normal outflow" from,'
the lagoon into the Maitland River, the
'only difference being that ' since the
installation of the aerators, the effluent
which enters 'the stream- will be "much
better treated 'than 'it has been in the
past." But there will not be a "bpmplete
. emptying" of a 'cell or cells at one time as
there was.-this.past_Spring.
:We muse admit t.o. extreme
".T-�� -per: •,,f"._,k'IPLW;nw.x uutGVL�+u:.t,P¢+afkn.�rpe:.dsrmr x.,,yrm Xw't1i:
co-opera"tton from tie. office o lin.
Chatc{es. MacNaughton where staff
- members have agreed to provide us with
figures on the amount of "normal
outflow" which can be expected from the
lagoon after freezeup and the number of
tons of. effluent W nc 1 c. • - • • •
onto the, lands adjacent to the lagoon
before those acres become too saturated
-to- benefit from continued dumping of
liquid sewage.
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We must also admitthat' we are
impressed with the ten,r,orary solution
step up solution
which has been found ,for the problems at
the lagoon. As we,said earlier, it is one of
the best exantpl-es of re -cycling we've
seen.
Still, the solution is. only t''mpor.ary.
Even Hon. Charles. MacNaughton: has..toid
us that. And we aren't looking for a
permanent solution until 1974•, - three
years hence, -
Is that really good enough,'
The members.of the' Save .The Maitland
Association don't seem to think so., Those
persons • believe that a second spray
purnping apparatus should be employed at,•
the lagoon making it possible for: Dile, -..
pump to take away the daily input of
about 1,000,000 gallons of sewage while
the second pump could, empty the lagoon
before winter giving enough storage space
for the winter's -sewage..; That way, reason
the members, no sewage at all would have
to be emptied, intik"'the 'river.'
What's more, the SMA has agreed to
-bring pressure to bear' on the communities
alone the "Maitland.. River who are
contributing to the pollution of :the river
invariq,.Js,.,,.w.ays. Even farm operations are
open to sci utiny.
The objective seems to, be toclean_up
the Maitland -River at whatever, cost and
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material emptied into the stream is not at
all desirable,
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if the people who .live ill—tilts area- are,
that concerned about po-Hutitin •"in .the
Maitland River ,- if, many are willing to
ris• e e • right in their home
communities to ...clean up the Maitland
River once. and 'for all time -- should not
the.. 'Ontario government, • g.ive §erious
consideration. to- a permanent solution to
the problems at the Listowel Lagoon as
soon as possible •- certainly, before 1974?
time will tell
Mrs. Jean Aceti of Sudbury, president
of the Ontario Secondary School
Teachers' Federation, must think 'people
in.Huron are rather easily duped.
She came up • with the profound
-statement th,i•s week that salaries were no"t
at the root of the drawn-out negotiations
} between tiie Huron board of education
and the`. secondary teaners. She would
.have us'believe it was all. caused by a"mlack
of communication,between the board and
its secondary school teachers,
Such nonsensel The entire battle was
qver salaries arid. fringe benefits, and'tlae.
only lack of communication that arose,.
was in the fact tnat the board and tne
teachers weren't communicating at t•ie
same wage level.
However, we will endorse her hope
-.M,.. that now tne salary schedules have been
approved, the board and the teachers can
get down_ to some serious communication
on thea problems relating to tete quality of
education for tne•stu°dents.
The precedent -setting (for Huron)
two-year agreement ratified last week
'could help bring that about,`
Next year there will..':agreement•
to negotiate. All the time .norrnally spent
by The 'board and the teachers in that t,r'ea
can,• presumably,, lnow be 'dc..-otedd to
topics of education. , '
• This is an area., „that'.has be•
pre -erupted in the past due to tne time
spent on salary talks and our education
system,Tias been the poorer for i,,t,
As one teacher commented litst 'week,
it will be nice to talk tofberard members
•about thing's other than money.,
Time "alone will tell if the adventof the
two-year agreement° is a. fair. price to pay
for improved communication between the
board and its teachers.
A'.guaranteed ,li.ke in pay. for teachers
fo'r the 197'2-73 term could prove a
hardship for Huron ratepayers if the
economy suffers a drastic setback or the
new educt of U.S.' President Nixon creates
as, muc.1 unemployment in Canada as
some of our leaders are now predicting.
Few• of those )rvho pay'the bilis have
had t left ;'ny boosted to the extent of the
teachers't:,is year, and tiere may be fewer
still when anot:ler year rolls around.
- E xeter Times -Advocate
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60 YEARSw/�GO
September 8, 1911
In a front page editorial "The
Signal.' stammer West. ' Huron
Conservative candidate 'E. N. „
Lewis,;:who had been chosen by,
his party to represent an
opposition to the suggestion of
reciprdcity, for "looking both
ways," and seeking the votes of
the Huron Riding.by offering to'
•support reciprocity. The
editorial .carried two signed
statements. from riding voters
that what the editorial `was
accusing Mr. Lewis of was
indeed fact.
The reciprocity campaign, as
the election campaign of the fall
of 1911 was being called, swung
into action with both parties
involved i e in the election making
thequestion of the use of
reciprocity the, .main issue in the
election.
A new industry in Goderich
was beginning to swing into
prgduction with the work of
producing doors. Work was
--being being held up, however, with the
company waitingfor the
delivery of some machinery
• from the United States. •
A fire, started by lightning,
partially destroyed a ,stable- in
Goderich owned by F.E.
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_,At rest as summer ends'
Bingham.
25 YEARS AGO
September 8, 1946
Two cars were damaged in a
Don McGee..',.. collision at the corner of
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Britannia and Wilson streets in.
Goderich:" Drivers were F. E.
Bingham of Goderich and .lack
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Walters of London' There were
no injuries in the crash.
Arrangements were being
made for )the • show'iiil;;' of what
was termed "the great religious
talking picture, the King of
Kings" at Knox 'ehltirt:h in the
lecture room.
Cy McLean and his Lifebouy
Debon Aims were corning to the
Collegiate Qyrn with admission
set at 25 cents and one Lifebouy
soap"carton: b0.,r%ta
The Goderich Lawn bowling
club hosted 27 teams from the
'area in a tournament, held
locally. 1
FIVE' YEARS AGO \'
September 8, 1966 \
It was announced by the
Lucifnow Agricultural Society
that it would be sponsoring a
beauty contest at that
community's fall fair to be held
on September • 16 and 17
according to the groin).
The Ontario Department of
Lands and Forests relea&ed their
annual season and bag limits for
the fall game season .involving
both large and small garde with
no major changes involved in
any of the rulings over the
previous year.
The twenty ,first reunion of
the Number Six Service Flying.
Training School members was
set for September 23.and 24 at
the Dunnville Golf and Country
.club and the Riveryiew Motel in
that community. .
Ontario Liberal • Leader
Andrew Thompson paid a visit
i'lowan
to the International •#, g�,, �,,,,,,,: .
match being held atSeaforth on
the Scott farm there. -
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Mad dog?
Wnt'tina in the New fork Sun
in 15'82. Charles I)ana,'aaid:
-When 'a dog' bites. a. man that is
not , nt'w� .: " Ir Would appear
that both the Sinal Star and the
London' Fret' Press Missed this
well-worn dictUM.--for both t...
them i•Sigrlal Star for `? 9.711 '
blew the ease 'Of Regina versos.
Rex into' the din erasions of
s'oGr
\pow •'et it be' actinitte'd '
Once : n;at tne un fornin:t
trc_uni,,tai)C h t41.--.StiffeLtndt d
this affair, not. --f °mention the
sentence of .."di t th pa s d on t'r
defendant do -t. cannot pro', idr
an\ er\euse . !or ioci:ilartty
what for the. thiel part...,
iny:nt�.ed -is a ;Matter 'of rht,t�:
grit-.,
e',t.".. 1ht.' tart rema.r',;
that dt)4� 'd''t• tt)r?it' t:; Ment ;.i
position of membership in ti;t
fan;ily • with the ir;,ariablt•
prov-iia that they" car:r,ot b�
tixpe c•tt•d to c(enforrn
all' the ustgt•<'of hurnar; sot ret\
After at! ': i near barbaric trines,
King It ar s daughter, ('c'rdelia
a\t'vv.td itt7e.. enersav "„dc,�.
Though he had bit me. Should
'have sti,(>d that night :against
ft -ilk,. fire", a statement v. b,i(•%"
epitome !, the vtav man has
ceime to rt•cOi;nise that a -
member of int• Animal KinCdo,rz;�
Industrialization vs.
BY RON SHAW
Although this'community
'has, for the past year or more,
been enjoying-wliat'many. term a
bosom t•celnomically li'l ications
this, week pointed towards a
slackening of that trend. if not
Ai
the first hints of its reversal.
This week Dominion Road
Mach'in'ery announced the
lay-off of. 30 men from its
workforce because , of
anticipated reductions in sales to
the United States during the
next few months. Although 30
workers is not a great 'many
when one considers the total
number of men employed by
D.R,M,Co• it is an"_indication of
the •econc)mrc slow down locally
since tr:e coihr+ nr is one of t;,t
l ;014— lflploy cis. in G.oderic,i.
,A fluctuation in the market
of a well established company
such as Dominion Roads is
neit tier anything new , ,,r
anything to become over
concerned with from the town's
economic point of view. There
are other industries and
employment locally to keep a
healthy percentage - of the
workforce employed and the
towns financial balance.... in
line—but there -aren't many. and
to date the community has
s:,,,wn little concern over this
coater.
Ait,:ough o'fficia1
announcements 'Were
nearly two years ago ti e.L t:re
firm of Linton. and Hirst Liniite.•d
would• establish a plant here it is
apparent no one is very
cotrc:erned with lust When it ,v ill
finally get here. Tne
announcement vw•..• duly lauded
as a great ste,, iorwand for tins
communis: nut after the initi:.i
excitement died down no one,
seems too worried about- w
Festablisnment of the hew
industry is taking so 1t (,g. :A
recent announcement ,ir ,in
tl,'t•.•ii's Park clow indicate-, it
will be at least 1972 beftrre•-ttw'
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Dog testifies on its own behalf,
eiaQ. sometimes . have some
r,ri\ate ends sihich he wislres •to-
oain,•
It is some years ago ..that a
Iinary of the JJ.igh. Court of
England decreed in a somewhat
s:milar case, that "after all every
d )g is entitled to one bite a
a precedent supporting
:ranting of a "trial.; period"
•'-sr Rex. However,, one of the.
anomalies of the • present., case
was that although the defendant
,was given . a 30 -day stay of
execution ' — presurilably to
permit him -to appeal' - he was
;lever permitted, to give.evidence
in his own defence.
There was a notable .case in
Detroit' w hi,ch is ' still
remembered in which dog bit
roan. When all the evidence had
been eiven. the owner asked if
the dog., might give evidence"on.
his own 'behalf, 'The judge
replied that he might if he could
answer. whereupon his owner
explained that one bark signified
the affirrnatit`e while two barks
meant the negative.
"The dog appeared in court
and immediately went into the
witness boxwhereupon._his
owner and legal representative-
said:
epresentativesaid: "G.6 and shake 'handdwit i
the Judge".
The dog' jumped down and
went over to the Judge to offer a
paw which the •,,., took 'and
shook, There foils ved . this1
dialogue;
pw.ner• "Are you a vicious
dog?" Two barks!
"Are you fond of children?"
One bark!. •
"Did you "` •-bite this child
Maliciously?" Two barks! •
"Did . the child annpy you or
tease you in any way?' One
bark! whereupon the; Judge
acquitted the dog.
G. MacLeod Ross,
• Goderich
It's the trees •
Dear Editor,
Enclosed is two dollars which --
we have 'owed you for a long
time. We lived in Goderich for,
little less than one year and
received' several months of your
paper free. Then we paid for a
,year's subscription and moved to
Camp Borden. When our,
subscription ran out'. we
continued to ,receive the paper
and enjoyed reading it for
several months.
the magnificent big shade trees displayed by : our local
we had surrounding our home in merchants.
'toderich.,1 have never heard of, It is bad enough that so many
or lived in,'a town or city, other people thoughtlessly ,cover- with
than Goderich, which offered to litter any place they come in
the tree as well as plant it 'contact with, but as that seems.
on the boulevard of pro ally, � ton be the generally accepted
owners, 'on request... Lt especially
means ''something to me that
these were good trees,- probably
even the maple, Canada's
emblem tree, rather than some
other cheaper tree. •
behaviour it is reasonable to
expect that '.the business people
see the necessity --of keeping their
fronts and sidewalks clean. Some
do it very well, but others do
not mind a supply of garbage
The sidewalks! Well, not the accumulating all over ' their
sidewalks exactly, but that •&idewalks. For some reason the-
a.;,:tion of the sidewalk that South side of West Street seems
c:•:.4nds over the curbing down to lead in sidewalk filth., from
to the road. Someone has very
t` Jughtfully slopped almost every
sidewalk in your town for. the
'convenience • of mothers or
disabled persons. I had a wagon
and tvVo small youngsters and
the three of us could really-
enjoy,going for long walks.
Thank you,
'May I draw your to.
a couple of features of the town
of Goderich that are unique? We
have moved every summer or
early fall for 'the last five years-7,77--
and
ears-?--•-•-
and I've lived' in nine different Dear Editor,
towns or cities in the past eleven As a resident who likes our
years. Perhaps ,I might appreciate town and a housewife who
things of your town that Noe spends a fair amount . of her
hardly notice. shopping .dollars in the local
The trees! On some of these stores I am appalled by the
indifference to suryc endings
hot;"'"days we've has in littawa land indirectly, to customers)
this summer, I've remembered
attention
Sincerely,
• Doreen Broadbridge,
Ottawa.
Indifference
the corner of the Bank of Nova
Scotia down. A particularly
deplorable stretch is usually in
front of The Signal -Star and
around the dairy store.
AS' long as I can remember,
Town Council has always made
an important point of trying to
attract business to Goderich and
thousands of dollars are spent,on
advertising the Town. Surely it is
not too much to ask that local'
business people did something as
elementary to good business' as
keeping at least their immediate
surroundings clean and ' thus
attractive. _
Sincerely,
•
Elsa Haydon.
GIVE... -so more will live
HEART FUND
professionalism in Goderkh
nett plant is boil!, and at :ne
pr.•se,.t rate of progrest, it i,
likeiv the new date i
ire t,ac'ival , c, :..i were t,
t..a•t :.ave tr,me and' past oi,
. �'lerous occasions.
,The. local Industrial
Commission seems '1. - nave a
rattler • unconcerned attitude
*tor, ards the bush ess tf,
attracting new 1,ndustrie s
(;oderill-lis-.rt•fle(- ted by tree
t :te posit
Cornrnissioi,er
capacity, , u
The attitude
eomnitssion. however, is
,n
to
ldCt
of lndustri,al
onlc a part tim;
of t'e
confined -to that one body, in
the ,i •lion of this w •itt•r.
Rather rt is almost a refl." tion
of the.'•combined attitudes of a
majority of Goderich chic. !s. ,t
v+ror'1'd- that indeed f w
really ikish to see Goderich.
become a ' growing indt•.tnal
centre hut would` rather sae it
maintain its "Prettiest Town in
.Canada" small community
status.
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The city of Ottawa pis the
nmst bbNious example with the
major portion of it.s workforce
emaployed as professionals IT
nP•f;�ktttt a'trtraYfeit`�,te".
it is feasible tb suggest that in
,this da,y , off_" specialization a
whole community could become
spetialired lid the field of
admin'i-stration and
professionalism. '
In Freaking this observatl,'.
the r.oint is not 'to criticize t rte
attif.•,de in the least. Perl.ets
(':odric.i has found her-,osit•on
in t,re larger communities of 'he
Province and Canada a
professionally oriented • town
supported by a `handful or
intenned`ite industries but with
the major Portion of -;•ter
Ml3NMA w b,I
workforce involved in the
professions or at least white
collar work.
Although . the number of
examples upon which one ;:mild •
draw to demonstrate this typ" of
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Opinions'
In order that Signal -Star
readers might express" their
opinions on any ,,topic of
public interest, Letters to The
Editor are always °rwelcome
for publication.
put the writeits, of f such
letters, as well as all renters,
_are reminded that the
• lex a at in /'lege .
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published are not necessarily
the opinions held by The
Signal -Star. •
community in operation af, tow,
the same could be true of
Goderich.
Being the . county seat the
community becomes an obvious
geographical location for all
types of secondary offices whc;
Dose, for the convelience of
their operations, to be near this
administration centre. �� The
site -+cion snowballs with - .er
regi:,,ial'' businesses establis, ing
head ,)i'fices for their companies
near other offices with whom
they deal and so on. The result
mach- resembles Ottawa, a
community supported by only
small number Of industries but
literally hundreds of business
operations.
These theories were, upheld
recently in a survey conducted
by Goderich, District Collegiate
institute students into the type
of employment held by local
residents. It showed 70% of the
work 'force in 1961 employed at
white collar and professional
jobs. The outcome of all ' this is
the attraction to Goderich of 'a
type of worker who prefers a
clean, and- .business type
community away from the noise
a11d dirt of industry. When the
community hold these attitudes
the outcome is often- an
"indifference towards the
attraction of more industry.
Perhaps ,Goderich has reached
twat time in its history when' the
combined' subccncious of the
community is m
'decis
i ldustrializ•ation and
°professionalism. T...t' moment of
indecision at a time like that can
making
ion' b
that often lead, to lost opportunities
e t w e e n in -both directions
by
ANGUS SHORTT
Ducks Unlimited
WOOD .DUCK (Aix Sponsa)
The drake is our most beautiful duck, with
large graceful crest. His plumage is a combination
•of metallic, rainbow hues of green, blue and
bronze, tte head with a striking white pattern.
• The female has a small crest and her plumage
is a mixture of grey, brown and green. Tree
cavities are favored nesting sites but nest ;boxes
are widely used. Pre'fe'rred habitat is the wooded
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