The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-02-03, Page 44Ql E
81014A.10-$TAltierflURSAAtrtzawARY 3,197a
The revitalization of town council
doder eh To1NIl. Council, has taken,*
nevilQa at itself and has decided it is
time. for a change._ We believe it has
been a progressive step -for Town
Council to formula to a two -committee
system, pyo replace .. the !Mitt'
' o mittee ro Bch ' ch sti1
c In - � $Pp a. wht 1
,dominates Most Muni -gip.' . CQtWCils
° today\as it has for years and' years.
Although the press was • i of allowed
the luxury too hear the . lengthy
discussion•whichpreceded. the switch
to the two-comlmittee'.system, we have
learned froin conversations with
various councillors that there was
concern arnong some members about
the complete control each councillor
° held in his or-er own committee.
Under the former, system, of
course, each councillor was the
chairman of one committee. It was a
simple matter for councillors to
become thoroughly involved in their
own committees and only "mildly
enthusiastic about the decisions which
were under the jurisdiction of their
'fellow -councillors. In fact, with "on -e
councillor in • full control of the same
committee for several consecutive
years, it would be understandable if he
or she had developed into a type of .tin
god who 'wanted"no advice.. •.and was.
'not in a position to give intelligent
advice to other co mittee 'chairmen
about th.emany' fac s of council's',
work.
The two-eommittee • system will
make policy -makers of councillors,
With the work of implementing ; these
•policies left -in the .hands of a hired
,. administrator :who oversees. the
entire municipal operation, not just
one committee. It will create a new
and , more demanding post for the
former town clerk, but It -will, free
councillors to. do the job they were
elected to do—manage municipal
business and make prudent ''decisions
on behalf of the taxpayers
We beieve 'that once/town.
counel.11ors aren't' responsible for
personally directing every tiny bit of
labor connected ,with any:... one
Particular. committee,munici a#, .
parr, �' . p
posts may become iuore attractive, to
o etent 'men and. women.
busy but c .mp m
This does not imply • that °�Godertiich's
present •c'ounoi°1 has proven itself
unable to handle the affairs of this,
town., We only. wish 'to point up • the
benefits when council work becomes a
challenge that more anti more citizens
are eager'to accept. ,
Is' there ' anything more damaging
than an acclamation of Mayor and
Council, year after year after year?.Is
there anything more healthful than
new blood with all, its blundering.
energy?
We are satisfied that council has
made' provisions for an adequate flow
of information from one eommittee•to
another. Minutes from all committee
meetings will be prepared and handed
to all critincillors. There wil) be ample
oppo'°rtunity ' to peruse, the
recommendations of all committee
decisions .and a final chance to
question or veto anything which does
not please the individual. For the first
time in years, council -Will know :the
total financial picture . `in each
departkcient at any given time of the
year.
The two -committee system should
become a streamlined road to more
thorough • background work, wiser
decision making and faster, better ..
solutions topmost problems!
We believe it will work well.°
providing Mayor and councillors know
and accept'their .new role with the -full
understanding ' that the _ Chief,,
Admin t�rat ve-Offic'e'r-for-the T -own
Goderich (we' understand Harold
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TORONTO, IN THE MISSISSAUGA INDIAN LANGUAGE. MEANS "A MEETING
PLACE" THE NAME TORONTO WAS FIRST MARKED ON A MAP .DRAWN INtfi7o
THE FRE, H ¢UIUT FORT ROOKIE THERE IN I7SO TO GUARD THEIR FURTRAWE,
DURING TEIE FRENCH AND INWAN WAR,THE FR. ENCN W RE FQRCEQ 1t
ABANDON T•MEtR FORT AND BURNT IT IN RETREAT AF7tR TUE AREA CAME
UNDER ENGI»ISI, •GONTROI,. LORo DORCHESTER, GOVERNOR OF CANA*A
DEGIbED TO RE. OPEN THE ROUTE FROM LAKE ONTARIO TO LAKE HURON.
TO PROTECT THISVITA4.FUR TRAIL. HE SOUGHT -TO BUY LAND AROUND
QLD QRT ROUILI.E �
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IN 1788..CORD,DORCHESTER MET WITH THE CNIEI 5 OF
THE MISSIS AUG, INDIAN TRIBE ABOARD H.M.S. 'SENACA. PART QF THE
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JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE E$TABI.ISHED THE TOtIILN DE'YTORK; XEAR$ •LAT;E,R
IT ACHIEVED , HE STATUS OF A
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TORONTO.
As We See It
• as we see it
LETTERS
A
E�� • S A� Its 1 see any traffic at this intersection
r when coming home from work at 2
Dear Sir,'
As''a member of the G.D.C.I.
Viking -Concert -Band' i hare -had
the pleasure of learning music by
a"superficial approach." I have
enjoyed myself in the five 'yea•r, 1
have been in the band and because
of the variation in the music l
think rfty taste in music has been
widened.
Mr. D: J.. Cochrane said, that,.
m the high
schoolsm sorry
thatearlier. 1 .
fe a extra-
muralt that •
ha instruments for
-ov
usic,is to be. offered in
this fall, and I a
it.,.,wasn't offered
e1 the participation in th
music and the fact
have
had musical
e1 five years- hasr }ust,ifi•ed—a-
credit music,system long before
Walls will be appointed by bylaw to this. •
this post) mist be trusted and valued
'as s a true corporation executive..
A remarkable conflict
Bill Elston of
Morris Township
Fr-iday-4s-----•-
sssion of, Apron_ County, Council.
Reeve Elston rose to his feet during
the discussion about the $.100,000 cut
._•iri•the road subsidy to Huron for _ 1972
anmd" warned the ' embers` that in • his
opinion, it was the first indication of
another?rovincial government plot to
push the municipalities,of Ontario into
doing its will. „
immediately. ,Upon digestion of the
day -'s hs :. 1`•
thou h it was
evident ' that Reeve Elston and Mr.,
Eastwood were at odds. •
In essehce, Reeve_ Elston had
complained that the provincial
government decided the. fate of
Ontario and then put its pl.n into
action by whatever -means was
expedient. And Mr. Eastwood had
„ indicated that , the provincial
government ear was tuned to the grass
roots but heard nary a whisper on
many issues.
•. In retrospect, one might assume
that what the two men 'were trying to
say was what everyone' surely must
know by this time -that .everyone'
provincial
government will listen to any idea
from the grass roots whicah'
tS.
.:.-.., c.l„e.�l:�•....�,�,ueen'.s,,�Pax.lC , plotting.
Anything else` maybe easily explained
away as non-progressive and
unthinkable.
It is the old . cut -back -the -grants
trick, Reeve Elston` told council. Ile
advised that the grants for roads in the _•
municipalities. were ` being reduced
while the monetary consideration for
regional government was being -
increased.- -
Reeve. Elston reminded council that
,at:p. m . taCtiGS-ha e.tE n.e. d;1 ed� .0.,: ,.
.h ,s1
bring aboutanother centralized'nqt--
county school boards. ,He said grants
for the -little one -room section schools
had dwindled to • peanuts` while -
financial incentives appeared and
.grew for Township School Area.
Boards, the fore -runners of today's
;mammoth boards of education which
are not totally satisfactory to rriany
citizens but were a dream realized for
the .government.
The same day—and on'' a different
• , topic entirely --Barry Eastwood,
Regional Assessment Commissioner rr
for Huron, appeared .before_ county
council urging the members to send .a
brief to the, provincial government
with thei•r•recon mendat'ion's
• concerning tax reform in Ontario.
. Mr.. Eastwood said that 'too often
junior governments complain about
not being consulted by the ' 'senior
governinents While part of the blame
'•lrriust fall to the junior governments
who may never expend'th'e initiative to
put their thoughts before the senior.
govenme>ts.
there was a strange conflict
between these two presentations. to,
+cOunclI. which may not have been noted
Dwayne Linner.
, I hope students in high school
and the {pne • .coming in• wi11
consider this course. The ability
to play a m cal"` ..ingt-eMe it`"'
gives One something to be .proud
Of It is •something that my fellow
musicians and I will be able to
take with us when we leave school
and enjoy- forever.
Yours sincerely:
Dwayne Linner.
Markoosie
Markoosie, the now famous .Eskimo
pilot who got his training at ' Sky
Harbor Airport, was •. featured last
week on CBC television and in his own
way, brought bouquets to Goderich.
There's 1itte'dbubt about that now.
Markoosie seems destined to becoine
-a man who will leave his mark on many
places and things as he passes through
this life. •One of his greatest
achievements, of course, is the
quality recognition he is ,winning for
his people, the stalwart -Eskimos, and
for all other Canadians who . value
their heritage.
Markoosie iS an author, a diplomat,
a scholar, a crusader. What's more,
there are many in Goderich whowill
tell you he's a real great -guy. We're
prtlud - of •..Markoosie.. We're glad lie •
came our way. -
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or 3 a.m.
Norman MacDonald
Some chuckle
Dear Editor, •
I read with interest in your
"paper last week an article titled
-The Devil's Work" which
criticized -the use of
snowmobiles. You "thought the
article might bring a chuckle to
many of your readers:'
This Sunday a team of 15
snowmgbilers chased kdeer out
of the ;bus`h near "Aubiirri thto ,the
Confines of a cemetery, The, deer
was seized with fright and
exhaustion' and continually threw
itself against the cemetery fence
inste dft�y• ._to. iu,.m�
Is this an ev.,ent that you also
consider would bring chuckles to'
your matey readers?
Yours sincerely,
Nicholas Hill
The second "attern t at producing "aa school
newspaper came out last week s,t the Goderich
and District Collegiate Institute titled. "As. We
See It. "• °
Asa newspaper 'As We See It" f's• t -1e more,
u t that,an attein "t. It is perhaps superior
•t�ia�► a s p p.., la a p ,�
to the first .publication of • -G.D.C.I. news: that
soaked considerable controversy° at:tree school
and around town , i>it general but then., allose
working on the latest edition :.hadz the experience
gained by the first issue to work�from, It 'is not,
however, a 'newspaper. ,
. This is not to sa3r that within°the 20 pages there,
are no good' articles or that' no effort was put into
the production of thepaper. There are a number.
of interesting articles such as the material
published on the Drama Club, "Debating -Club or
the, review of Grank Funk's latest -alb -um, "But
this does not alone make a newspaper."
,The format and layout completely fail to-
remindrone: of a newspaper. The effect might ,�
tavebeen much better had the stronger articles -
been " used to fill, ` a smaller. paper and the
countless one line jokes and juvenile cartoons
cut: .
v Who's to blame? 'Certainly we would - never
point a finger at those who actively work on the
staff. No doubt it kept them hopping to get what
was published together. The fault more likely
lies With those who did nothing but were content
to sit back and criticize the. results, A small
...
just,
handful of workers can not produee�•a school
newspaper. ' -
An editor's note perhaps sums up the situation
when it says, "This year • hasn't been' exactly
been a, good year for the school paper, but with a
little'participation from you slackers., we should
Abe able to create•a newspaper worth the effort of
publishing and reading.." -
For "As We See It'? to fulfill those. aims it
;indeed needs the help of : a great 'many more
students; it needs •a format that .re&embles a
newspaper; and it needs controversy.
We -at the Signal=St`ar -do not wish to sit and
criticize without offeringan alternative. We are
here`t'o lend our assistance if it is needed and
wanted -in the opinion of those behind the school -
a Its not too.late to•get the publishing -business t
G .Ib. C .I: in shape and weencourage those
involved to work even harder . 'and to urge the
others to help bear the load.
„axis Signori rats Ke�:p�n�t, cl an
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Dear Sir,
Dear-Sir'I am ,,enc osifl a4ryepeque for
Hast_is the Race"
The.port town of Goderich has
an ever growing: population: •but
along'with this goes the element of
"demand". The public will
demand this, and demand that, but .
they fail to see two -other
elements,- the elements of
"giving".and "accepting".
I would like, now, to branch out
into a field dealing. with these two
elements, and that is, the public.
services -provided by our town
taxis': . •
There is growing discontent
among the people because 'of
taxis' being "stuck", "late"`,
"tonearly" or simply "not there
at all",. this • I feel is a selfish
r,
outlook on thepa� t of the public.
•m.�xnrk +y.'.��iY.sWrti.iJu�'iRW+�`.^;I� _
. The services itov deiTll'y""fifr
taxis' should be accepted for what
it represents, "a public
operation, being privately owned,
for the benefit of the public". The
so called "work week'', for •a taxi .
driver; is not at;ali apleasant ohe;
but they carry on .going through
miseries such as "cancel it",
"hurry's and "your too late",.*
etc. putting up to as�_rnuch. as a
hundred thousand miles On their
vehiclein a brief two year period,
not to mention their fourteen hour
day.
As a consistant obServer, I see
the public literally destroying
this "optional" service, provided
by a handful of dedicated people,
by using those abuses mentioned:
If you, the public, would take
time to observe, and accept,
instead of ``sounding off" , as the
Saying goes, this • service
provided for you could and would
be inorae efficiently carried out.'
"Haste" neethnot be the Race,
"Take the* tune, to give them the
time." ,
125th • YEAR
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advettising manage Sscondtie%*IA registration number 0719
Chris Long
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Praises Reeve
Dear Editor,
On reading in the' edition of the
Signal -Star on Mr. Carroll's
program to. have trees planted'
where erosion f s taking place on
the hills Goderidh overlooks, the
comfort station at our now park
especially the need of some steps
and trails for people who like to
walk, • I think myself is a mush
...neededat1l pg overlooked asset
to*the people of Goderich and
should be instigated as early as
possible. . a
Mr. Carroll's recommendation
of having „ warning flashers
insteab'otthe stop and go signals
at° victoria. St, and tiaMilton
intersection on late ahtiurs has
also proved itself. t+rr people
rive ni.. ht as •I have yet to
whorl g y
Subscrip►"tion Rates $8.00 a Year -:
eight ti dollars" 'to • renew the •
Goderich Signal -Star. Would like
to receive•it sooner- as I•ha.ve.got it
on Fridays but usually don't getit
till Monday and mail sent from
Goderich does arrive the next
day. ' I haven't received this
weeks.
Yours truly,
Lena May Powell
Wants. trains
Dear Editor, '
Your editorial "Apathy Stalls
Argument" (27 January 1972)
caught my eye. As a weekend
commuter from Toronto to our
property near Goderich I. much
re retted . the discontinuance of -
1i.•.r)X.S%4.n'iTn'•l•:N4rr.K�ta'{bA•"W�-(ry .:ti i�r"'L'^' ...... �y
train service from addict ii`ch" to
Stratford and thence to Toronto.
Although we commonly travelled
by car, Weals() used the train
often. •
I can safely say ; that if today
there. was a *civilized and fast
commuter train from Toronto to
-Goderich (as one would find in
many parts of Europe) I would
always travel • by train . and
incidentally spend much more
time (and money) near.Goderich.
Sincerely,
D. G. Kilgour. •
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• `''Tightwad' Comic
• Has Heart of Gond
with
According to a special on the
spot report frtm a trusted
Signal -Star reporter ,'lust.
before presstime Wednesday,
the groundhog emerged fro it
his hole located near
Benmitler: about ` 9:25 a: m.
February 2.
'Our reporter infor is us the
groundhog saw his shadow
immediately -upon poking;, his
head out 'into ,thebriliant
sunshine and �wit�hout
hesitation, scurried back to
' bed - probably for another, six
weeks:
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GO YEARS AGO
E. C. Attrill attended ihe•annual
meeting of the Hackney Breeders
Society at' Tor,Q,1114- and was
elected second'vice president of
the group.- a.,
M.• Gordon, a former
Goderich•„man, was re-elected
mayor of - the community of
Kamloops, British Columbia in
• municipal'elections there: --
A lecture—in a series being
offered by Dr. Daniel's was set
for North Street Methodist
• Church on the Chinese Problein.
Ice cutting at the Goderich
Harbour was getting underway.
The Goderich Hockey League
issued invitations for an.'
• assembly .to be held at the'
Oddfellow ;Hail • the following
Tuesday.
A business. block in Clinton,
owned by James Smith, what had *
_be.enbsi_rnedin March of ,1900 was
purchased -by S. S. "Cooper who •
announced heplanned to rebuild.
Work on the summer hotel •
being constructed in Goderich
wasorogressing with most of the
partitions up and the first floor
arleady for lathing.
A new life boat constructed at
Oollingwood arrived for the.use of
the.-Goderich Life Saving Crew.
4
25 YEARS AGO
•
Ja r 1'Pr.Pe; #lie rresi t--
' manager of the ' • Imperial Oil
Limited, was electedpresident of
Bill , Dodds
The .internal combustion engine
A host of alternatives to the
gasoline -powered ro internal
combtistion engine with its
inherent • pollution -producing
defer"are being considered by
cool-headed businessmen all over
the world. •
One,• William Lear,
multimillionaire' inventor of. the
Lear jet and the first practical in -
car stereo, believes steam power
or gas turbines are .the answer to
the pollution -free car. -
-car
He s working. on a steam -car
:s epi=xm$ .41 be T.
�=al�h�gtr t y
the proper word anymore, since
water has been replaced by freon
or other fluids. •
Lear feels the steam car can
operate ' cleanly and more
efficiently. The only handicap' at
the 'moment is the lack of a
• condenser that will efficiently
cool the fluid at high speed.
In the'U:S.Japan and Europe,
other designers are working on
all -electric cars. But they are
handicapped by heavy batteries,
low power and short range.
' Engineering students at
University . of Toronto built a
propane -electric car not too long
ago for a smog -free car race.
Their vehicle accelerates to
-about 15 mph on electric motor
and then the, propane -fueled V-8
cuts in to drive the car and
recharge. the'15atteries.
Another alternative—fuel•
tells, which use chemical.
'reaction rather • than
combustion -is being explored by -
a number of firms. Most of them
the Goderich Board of Trade for
1947.
At the first meeting, of the year
for the local•Board of Health F. T.
• Armstrong was elected chairman
for the upcoming term..
Bandmaster, J. EF. Huckins
announred-that by early summer
the Goderich Blue Water Band
would have their new uniforms.
Ma -meeting of the Goderich
now base the cell, on a hydrazine- Saddle Club early plans were
oxygen reaction, . an explosive formulated for a rodeo to be held
Mixture that could be replaced by, .. on the July first weekend. .
a safer solution: Public Utilities Commissioner
With automobiles 'producing Keith. Hopinsorr said in: a
half the pollution, in many North statement' that Goderich had
American cities, some answer to outgrown the water system now in
ceded• Maybe one use and ur ed Tans be made for
..the -Pro., lein,is�+b-•..aw:....w+ti- Maybe
. o;.+.nw.xwx+u•.ruww... • yv,.k... :Y-F^•onxir+:u.;«_v.w.
r 9vi a it,
rn'ects will o
enlarging s 5t m:
of these projects P enlarg g y e
And maybe none of them will. A proposal to change the area
In a pessimistic moment over to sixty cycle Hydro electric
Power was discussed of a district
earlier this year Walter Hicke1,
former U.S. • secretary of the Electrical Association meeting
• interior, remarked: ` "We've held in Stratford.
subsidized. the automobile,. to After 42 years .continuous
where it's -an 'environmental service at the Goderich Salt plant
hazard even if pureoxyg"�n comes of Purity Flour Mills, William
out of the exhaust pipe."his retirement.
Brownlee of Britannia Road, took
He may be right. - •
But most of tis depend on Our
cars. And the best we can do, until
something better, cones along, As
keep them in shape. The pollution
controls required on new cars. do.
a good job on a properly .tined
,vehicle.
It's not really magic; just a
compromise. But its the best
we've got. For now; ,
Blondie
By chic. Young
-EVEN TIGHTWADS must
turn generous when it comes
to the battle against heart
'and blood vessel diseases, q
says Jack fienny, wv o miore
than 20•years ago helped
raise more than '.a million
'dollars for the first kart
Fund Campaign. Still a
"young"' 3O, Joel( urges- ev-
eryone to send a big check
to this year's Heart 'Fund
Campaign.
1(an* F„1'iatutois nd1CAt/• ,, Inc
FIVE YEARS AGO
Complaints about stray dogs
running the streets of town and
invading school yards were heard
__at Toivn Council .Meeting.
Fred Salter was elected to his
second term of office as head of
the Goderich • Businessmens
Association and noted in remarks
following elections that he thought
• the G.B.A. shbuld make a bid to
take over the tourist promotion
for the town,
Secession of the Town of
Goderich from Huron "County
Council died at town council
meeting when a motion B. R.
Robinson moved the action be
taken but no seconder was
forthcoming.
Two games by the Goderich
Sifto's were cancelled over the
weekend because of heavy snow.
The matches Were to have been
exhibition games.
tid ement was reser e. 'n the.
Supre,Ine Court of. Canada
regarding the Steven Truscott
case. Truscott was convicted in
1959 of the sex slaying of Lynn
The niafehifg ntoers,
knocking on doors for the March
of Dimes, collected a total of
$1,450. for the worthy cause.
Frozen pipes were blamed for
the exp Sion of a• stOve at the
home o(Mrs, Noble Young on 215
Bennett, St. East. Mrs,Noble
Suffered bruises tti the incident.
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