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The Party Planks
J regret that, because of the ,pressures of
office, •1 missed the first of this series ori "The,
Party Planks". However, perhaps 1 can combine
some corrijnents on the Maitland River with
other priorities 1 see for. Huron riding in the next
few years.
The development of the Maitland watershed
„its a recreation. %sepret is confined only by the
initiative and ' energy of .the people and
t municipalities in the watershed itself.
I can make that statement because of the
partnership policies developed by the Ontario
Government and in which I have been involved
for many years'.
For example, the province contributed 50 per
cent of the development costs undertaken by the'
Maitland -'Conservation Authority at the Falls
Reserve in Colborne Township, immediately
north of niv riding. Ontario •put ups, nearly
$56,000, -to, match the 'local funds for
Construction of service roads, parking area,
concession building and picnic facilities.
Now •the authority has requested assistance
for preliminary engineering for a weir, or dam, at
the reserve -to create aswimming area in this
,unique portion of the river. For, this type of -
structure, the province now pays 50 per cent of
the first $30,000 and 100 per cent of the
balance, which is a very positive contribution
toward this type of facility., ; o:�•:.•„l ,� ,
Turning Co the harbour de,'/ pment proposal
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Rather than detailing the principle's' and
policies of the New Democratic Party, it'appears
that the purpose 6f this statement should reflect
my personal feelings about -Huron over the next
four years:
Above all other things, the•Huron MPP must
be accessible; that is, he most be prepared, to ,
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PAUL CARRQ�__._.
„NDP CANDIDATE
spend time in the Riding and make time'available
to meet and talk, with local citizens' on', an
individual or group basis. In my estimation this
means more than pre-election and social visits as
they arise. Quite frankly, I . am ' not a
```grad -hander'- and: would' much` ' prefer
for Goderich, the •s1Viateland authority could be
the vehicle through .which the province would
contribute to recreational facilities east of the -
HON. C.S. MacNAUGHTON
P.C. CANDIDATE '
An `editorial debate
=REAR EDITOR=
Should politician
Campaign in the
high .schools?
• This week, candidates in the upcoming provincial election have
been visiting the high schools in what the PC's term "bear pit
sessions when they come face to face with•the eligible student voters
and some other classmates.
Monday evening, • the Huron County Board of Education
discussed in' detailp the implications of this sort of activity" in the
schools. When the • discussion had 'ended, ."there was still no
unanimous decision among board members as to the wisdom of -it.
The members of the editorial staff at the Goderich Signal -Star,
also discussed this matter in some depth. They reached no final
decision as to whether• or not political°meetings involving eligible..
student voters should be encouraged in the schools during an
election campaign.
For the enjoyment of the readers, the editorial staff has written a
debate with Shirley Keller taking the negative viewpoint and •Ron
Shaw assuming the, positive approach.
Now it is up to the readers to decide - if they can. •
NO YES
No, political campaigning Recent education trends have
should not be permitted in the shown that practical ,
secondary schools of Huron demonstrations, field hips;
County.'during an special presentations by
harbour, 'Mille only part of Goderich is a election -provincial or federal. professionals and other ways of
member of the authority`, at the present time, it . That is no place for personal bringing the ,real thing into the
takes only••a resolution, to bring,in the balance of political affiliationsr.to,•,be'aired learning process greatly improves
r , inue�d on' mage " and --no time for politicians toteathat
a students ability to truly.
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A ore sportsmen
,\ •Afire on the roof . of the
Dear Edit6r; American . Road MachinePry
° In ° response to a letter r bonding; started near a chimney,
° •appearingg in issue dated ---S broht out the fire brigade, but
30, by Mr. J:C. Hindmarsh, the fire was put under control
with only limited dan a, e
It might be well for Mr..•- ��
Hindmarsh to be a little more occurring. .
specfific . in his terminology of The heaviest shipment of
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hunters and sportsmen. express ever brought in to
Individuals who would shoot at Goderich arrived at�,lih;�'roderich
Elevator and Shipping r orhpai y
herons and hawks etc., are as Mr.
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Remember When ? ?
60 YEARS AGO •
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meaningful face:to-face cominCi?•i(M•ati.o t, a this
way it would be possible to remain informed• of
the feelings and 'b.lems experienced by" the
electorate.
At this time, I see five areas that would
require and receive my on-going attention:
1. Out -migration is a problem in Huron. In my
own analysis, this population movement appears
to be related to both job opportunities and the
need for'post-secondary educational facilities.
A. It is NDP policy that- a systematic •
de ntralizatiotf�'of industry occur in, Ontario.
The grdwth of evenly -placed secondary industry
in a place like Huron can •create job
opportunities'. particular) for young -people and
the 'many. workers •being displaced from farms
and -farm jobs,
b. Job op iortuni,ties "'are' useless without
matching chances to receive the training and
education for those jobs. The 'Province must get,
More, involved in Manpower 'retraining to
' supplement the existing community*. college
programs and I would contend _that there does
exist in this Riding, a complex that would •be.
useful for ,such post -secondary 'facilities, I think
the Province has a responsibility for initiating
,(iot merely participating • in) 3 -level talks
regarding the use of 'C E B in. Clinton for these
purposes, lh June ' i,11, the Huron County Council
As the. Liberal candidate for Huron, I am
concerned about many of the problems.. that 1
know are worrying people across the riding:
As' a life long farmer in Usl orne•, I know first
hand the problems facing rural people in Huron:
These -include problems in education, problems
in assessment and those that come from the
centralizing tendanciesof the Davis government.
For six' years ,as• -a member of Usborne Council, I
have watched year by year while the Davis
government whittled away at ou-r municipal.
responsibilities,
Education is a provincial government's
costliest concern, and it is getting more so all the
time. Efforts of a Liberal -government will 'be
directed toward ` getting results, greater,
effectiveness, and more control on costs. The
system has been built; the task now is''to' get it
running properly. Education in Ontario must
'become more responsive to the people_it serves
and more. responsible to the people .who pay for
it. The Nixon government's first move, will be to..
transfer 80 percent of education'cdsts away from
land assessment. Also Grade 13 will be'phased
out over a period of four .years. Ontario is the
Only place in ,North America requiring this
additional year of high .School..„
The Liberal Party believes that assessment
should be rete rued to the' counties as was 'the
case until a few • years ago. Centralization has
caused a great feeling of helplessness among town
and rural', people. When unfairly assessed, their,
minority position and the red tape causes
injust',,.e, hardships and high taxes.
0 . 7 �• agriculture is in serious 1; rouble.
Farm' g requires larger investments than ever
before, and the. return on this investment is
smaller than at almost any time in our history.
' • There is -an apparently irresistible trend towards
fewer nand • larger farm -units. In' Ontario 3,000
farmers are leaving the land every year. Hog
Hindmarsh says; trigger happy in the arm o a p
morons. electric motor,
However, there are many Rev, J. Fotheringham of
co f eternt hunters and Toronto was appointed the _new
s f;.• rtsmen . who are equally rector at St. George's Church by
„ncerned about incidents such the Bishop of Huron. ' a
as°this wasteful. shooting, but to William Lane, the County
class all people who hunt, as Clerk for Huron, ,was elected
"trigger happy morons", is, Vice -President of the Ontario W
rathek a ridiculous statement. Municipal Association.
Annually, I. purchase licenses
from the Ontario Government,25 (EARS AGO
which pL�'rmits`-me; within the Rnox Presbyterian Church
law, to hunt game animals and celebrated its 112 anniversary
birds, and for this, I do not with special services conducted
appreciate' being called a "trigger by Rev. T. J. Watson. ""
happy moron". I • hesitate to The diamond jubilee of the
think our Government would MacGillivary Mission • Band of
issue licenses to hunt, if we are Knox Presbyterian Church was
all incompetent to properly
celebrated at a rally helecture
the
handle firearms. I agree that a lecture hall.
few people do not deserve 'a Though still lacking a
license to hunt, and certainly building to show off what would .,•
not to destroy our treasured normally be indoor --exhibits, the.
wildlife, but Tease do not Dungannon Fall Fair reported a
condemn all, Hoping for less very successful event with large
morons,ll and more true row turning outto take part
sportsmen, __ the action arid view the
Yours sincerely.. exhibits. _
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''''''-i .is strange that this 'is the just metnor.ize, what for him
first time in eons ' that any may 'be' very abstract facts, ,,in
politicians have paid attention to connection with a subject
the high school students in merely for the ' purpose ' of a
Huron.. County. Surely they passing an examination.
could not have been prompted Few would. argue that in
by the fact that an election today's world, when .man's
looms and a percentage of our knowledge increases+ in a year :at.
high school students are now a rate that would have taken 25'
eligible voters? Could one years to' accumulate merely a,
`assume, therefore,. that this ,century ago, the importance of a'
visitation was not: planned • ' student truly understanding -the
purely: as a learning exercise' to basis on which, our v,ir�rld and
complement studies but more as,. country exists: •
a campaign endeavor to make an, '' Although few will graduate
appeal ' directly to the young 'from high school in Goderich
people of ,this' county who are, and go on to major in political.
voting for the first time? science, does this mean that an . •
The Ontario government gave excellent chance to learn ,aho. t '
the vote to the 18 -year olds this GueS t' editorial
our own political system first
summer. There have been many hand should be passed up 'as ,,
nau ht • and c nical suggestions
g y, y gg some would have- it. This simple
made about the. Progressive .fact may actually be ah
Conservative, Party wishing to 1 argument in favour o/' opening ,
entrench themselves solidly with the doors;of the local secondary
the young people:. of this school to.the• political candidates
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proceeds to go 'towards putting
the local Legion Hall, in good
repair, a job which had''neded
;doing for some time.
Rev. L, H. Turner, during a
tour around Goderich on
pastoral calf$, spotted fire on t:he
roof of a dw, elling and, since no
one was at home, grabbed a 4r -
garden hose and mounted the
roof, extinguishing the flames.
FIVE YEARS AGO
The Goderich tittle` Theatre '
group announced, an active
season with the hiring of a
professional director for one of
its productions, a musical review
by Jack "McLaren of Belrmiller.
A former Ice Capades
meinbb'r;-Robert McCrabb, .has
been appointed professional for
the • '1966.67 season of the
Goderich Figure Skating Club.
The Goderich District,Labour
Association announced a special
December session of its group to
elect a new slate of officers for
the upcoming year.
Championship Day was held
at the Maitland Country Club 0
with the finals in all, events
played off 'and champions for
the season declared.
The populltion of Goderich
gained ; by 85 according to
assessment roll figures as
compiled by assessor E. ' H. >*
Jessop.
The National Employment
Service had its name officially
1 an ed— tcx-Ca. la&rrpow,en.
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EditoriaJrcornmentary
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* ' would offend no -One, tkere would E,e
t ey v�ere� .sure• it ,
•tee little prin-ted . . .BenjarninTranklin'
province, but let's assume for. ' in the upcoming provincial .'Be
the duration of this debate that election. Since few will have an . Guenther. Tuckey Transports„j,..lmi.ted.,to..aµ
the government gave the opportunity to study politics to Hamilton firm ends a chapter in ..ode -of ••� •
franchise' to our young people ' any extent this is a,chance for�all the 'most successful' business ventures in
because members believed the ' those to become a little,, better ' -• .
this area.
id' announcement —Test week by business in an endeavour that is filled with
son W. Tuckey that he had sold . gambles, the energetic company president
still , f o u•nd•••A time to devote --a n
•immeaturable amount of time to
municipal and service activities in Exeter
n the county.
He and his firm have played an •
important part in the_ life of this
community for many years, and while we
"have no doubt but what that service- will
continue, we pay tribute to Mr. Tuckey at
this time. And in so doings we are certain
to speak, on behalf of the " entire
community. '
W.e.,.•do have one regret over . the
announcement, 'and that -is in regard to
the ,,jndicatibn that the •familiar cream and
green trucks may soon be repjated by`the
now' eligible to vote are not th h°o n like no other, way colors of the new owners.
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Desejves .. rec�qnition
• it
asked `or a tClree lE�.v 1' meeting...:Ctodericl� Town youngsters to 1*-ta aceuainte•d�wi'th~nne-of the basin
ger regarding a question handle the privilege'. 'on. which our world is built. The local firm came a .long way since
Council has had. no ansa
posed, this Spring to detetinine what steps had To' say on one hand that the There may be more to this its owner got behind the wheel of his little
been taken,' if any, to consult,t'\'4rO, VI'`L:I7-rrd-”-1B year. olds of Ontario are �• than the lessons to be learned in red Chev truck' on June'29 •1929 to mark
the Lniversit'. of Waterloo ' regarding -. the responsible enough to have -the ,connection with' this game called the inauguration of 'a business which has
-feasibility 'of"' their , using a portion. 'of these franchise and then, on the 'other politics. Students will. learn to •
facilities. I really question',whet'her the' Huron hand, to step' inas soon as an think for. themselves, Through a ` 9rbwn to a • point of 125 units and some
,_ ._ed. on -Pae 5 e t.e.eti.o n is called to program of_ can lidate:s, 'taking .100 employees�..>..
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"spoon-feed" the •new ' voting • ,part in a "Bear Pit" sessions , •I,ts contribution to the economy of the
_ infants is somewhat "confusing. _s't u•d erits' will have a,n
prices have sunk to the level of twenty years ago.
Ontatio egg producers are selling eggs for half
what it costs to produce them.
A Liberal Government will strive to bring
KEN DUNCAN
LIBERAL CANDIDATE
.produce prices to a level that will accuratelyv+
reflect costs of, production, In particular, we will
work with Ottawa' to reduce the cost of farm
machinery and encourage the standardization of
farm machinery parts.
In closing, the Liberal Party in Ontario is
pledged to get the economy moving again. Many
of the tools to accomplish this aim are in
provincial hands; but they must be used
effectively. By uniting our policies on taxation,
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And that's what the ,political opportunity to assess a number Years, both_ in direct and indirec`t`terms.
candidates are ''suggesting toy of sides to a question .and make "'
their resence at the schools at While Mr. Tuckey in the' past has been
P a decision. The decision will not :•_.
this time.- be, marked or graded by a. quid<..to heap praise on' his drivers and
They are saying that the teacher but by the action+'the staff for helping build the business, it has
youth of this province who are student sees at'•Queen's-"P rk hinged to •a• great extent- on' his own'
us s wi g, arduo� l'e orfs. Tha i1I be the same 'as losing a
trustworthy to 'make an can, the importance of decisions "°'�-�
intelligent decision in the same 1950, he not only .managed the long-time friend., Throughout •>h"avels
g that student have to make in
district•,has been sizeable over the past 42
manner as older and, more• business, but he took his tu�-n,behind the across theprovince, it was impossible to come. p _
mature voters make their Since 'a political question has wheel of a: truck to "get cargo to its,,, go too many miles without seeing a cream,
decision -by listening, to the so many sides, the student will destirration. ' And at a time when most and green truck it was impossible to mks
radio, • watching television, also' be put in the position of men in hisosition would have started to
the newspapers, p the distinct calors, and it was always a
reading making a decision by using '
discussing with their friends and knowledge he has gained from slow down, Mr. ,Tuckey was still out on -welcome treat, similar to meeting a
attending public political education in such other fields as, .the.Jloading docks.• helping eget freight , well-known acquaintance in a crowd of
gatherings. , history, mathematics las related ;ready for t.be.-daily runs, strangers.
The candidates are indicating
taxation), p chemistry budget
"and- In addition to and a' successful, E` ceter Times�Advocate
that without their personal
attendance at the schools to give ' las related to pollution) and
guidance to these Kew' voters;-- aTmost all' the -subjects he studies
each day since they • are
somehow all related to the
business of •runningg p ovince.
The most important outcome
of such programs however, may
well be -a better educated voter.
The time is h long past when
people cart vote for a given party
''Ge
simply because they ha -voted
thus all their lives and their
father has for• years before that.
The time has come whey voters
'must weigh the real issues and
drop petty loyalties.
The program at the local
school may not be perfect,
Perhaps all the senior students
should be involved, or evens the
w,hol'e student body, not just
those eligible to vote. Such a set
up ....could reduce a valuable
learning opportunity to little
more than a campaign, rally'. AH
there would be less youthful
interest in the election and little
knowledgeable participation
'within the balloting booth.
It may be true that the visits
of Huron's election candidates at
the county schools have been
arranged by,. -the teaching staff
after consultation,with 6r
prodding by the stuent body,
out the whole thing takes on
new and ;, .perplexi'ng
connotations when there are
voter do the student body.
• It no longer can be labelled as
merel speakers -^ addressing the
studen s. It has become political
candidates meeting the voters,
and no matter, how you slice it,
that is undoubtedly a moire'
exciting proposition for both the
speaker and the students' and
certainly no activity . or the
'history department or any other
department of the,school system
to become',irivolved in.
There is always the danger
that this meeting of students and
speaker -or 1voter and political
candidate -will become a farce
so successfully manipulated by
the school or the candidate that
there would be very little
objectivity left in it.
•
the candidates have been given
equal opportunity however, and
the • organizers are to be
commended on a ..step taken
definitely, in the right direction
All the value of , this
„ experiment is not going to the
side 8-16the students. No doubt
the candidates :will pick up.a few
votes but they will pick up much
more than that.
If these
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Fire prevention week
' In making comment on human nature
in one of .his earliest major works,
American philosopher Henry David',
Thoreau notes, "If I-•shoul�i •only give a
ft w .pulls at the parish, bell rope, for a'iire
that is, there is hardly a man.that would
not forsake all and follow that sound, not
mainly to save property from the flames,
but,• if we will confess the truth, to see it
burn."
'`This' is, indeed, a very sad observation, .
if -it is to be taken as,fact. We might, ,on
the other hand, prefer to consider that
Although fire; let out of control,', has
been robbing men for thousands of years,
more than $30,000•,000 in .losses were'
recorded in Canada last year because of
fire. Too many lives were lost -as well,
Such statistics, if Thoreau could hear
them today, might only go to substantiate
his arguments that people do -not take ,fire
as �seriou4ly as they pretend. Is this the
'case .?.\\
• If a really Care about fire and the toll
it tak s, let us put a.stop to these steadily • "
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rising 'statistics. Nine out of 10 fires are
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point by expressing such a comment and those nine, the number 'of„,fires'in Canada m
ttiat he did not intend it to be takers quite last year would' have been reduced from -4--t
as literally as written. ., ' 52,000 to 5,200.
It -does point out, however, that With this,..the losses of property and'
through the .pages of history, fires have life would drop ap�cordingly and we could
been the most dramatic of events in the • perhaps put a serious problem back into •
life of man. f=ires have also been among line. Don't give fire a place to start,
the most costly_..of calamities in terms of through carelessness and Neglect.
property loss, finlandial' loss and • loss of 'October 3 through October 9 is Fire -
Iife. Thoreau may have missed 'another Pievenfion Week in Canada, what better
facet of human nature, that��' fir = ' �` `%r � °ss ti ' " liaiards in your
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coached in class• &ask specific they will learn a great, deal from observations on the subject. Despite these taking thepr,'gper Steps to correct a
gfiestions in an attempt to get the students as well. In listening continued losses, flames still rob men of dangerous situation, you will be •making
specific reactions which may. of to the questions they are asked their homes, businesses and lives through n the first^ move toward reducing the '
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