The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-02-10, Page 22 '4301VRICti SKMAL AR, THURSDAY, V BRUARY 10,'.1.972
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Hats off to youth
The young people who are responsible
.for, the "Folks' group deserve the -
commendation of the people of Goderich. '
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It is a
clev use of available go\rernment
assistance, and we are totally Jaehind. this
kind of youthful enterprise. We wish it
every success.
ri fact, rya n the past few day§ we have
been, pleasantly surprised by ,the kind of
youthful enthusiasm `which is being
generated by a few of Goderich' eenaged
citizens. In addition to the'" -Folks"
movement which -is providing worthwhile
outlets fJr youthful dramatic and musical
talents, there is the coaching endeavor of
Ain't some of .you. gettin tired?
' BY G. MACLEOD•R,OSS air passage .home pronto. 'T'r'ue
Although 13. GriSCUni passed . the Minister might ton:' it down
froni Nebraska's fields of )paving and say to the denlLens of'Sodom;
corn to the far, far better Elysian -Yon display a deviant lite-
-Wars
ite-
" re c s over yi century ago; his a style", ur better still •'a confused
1ianle,, lives' on, ,for be left a behavioural pattern emanates
u [Ti d
Message,.tlready�per°tinent today from your recividisrn' . li1g.,rt
and growing .mole sc, : He lived be persuaded by one of the back-
• when the amateur "hunter" room pvysto go'as tar as: -your
bede•veci -ta1•mers; but, before n people '1nifest ad, sub -culture
tion of frau
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,1� - d a
abotittriable siicrw riiobile. You will , t,�i-(pe when it is Crimson.' . .
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firici his �p�roini'�e to ,those who -� • 1
• • tres rasseci on tiis place in a time In the fastnesses of
' yelluwd notice in an Omaha
Museuni ' It reads: "NOTIS!'
• two -GDCI ,Students who will provide trepasserswillbepet,sec.uted to
weekend sporting activities for elementary the.full extent of 2 mungr.•il dogs
School -aged. boys. That's ' quite an' which never was oyer socible to
'strangers and 1 'dubble brl shot
� nbitious undertaking"
un which ain't loaded with sof
With this'kind of far-sighted••erithusiasm pilfers. Dam it I ain't gittin' tired
among Goderich youth, there' is no doubt of this hell raisin on my place. B.
Grrsc. ."
that this summer's activity program could No one could misunderstand •
.grow into something exciting and useful. what sort of treatment he would
` Maybe Gciderich youth„ will shove the way earn and perhaps. it is the
" out of maze of .failures brought ori.,by= frankness, the trigger like reflex
adult fumbling. Maybe- '''Folks" and the ♦ of the Old west's action which
•makes if so refreshing today when
sports . experiment will 'be the circu'mlocuion is an occupational
beginnings of a new approach to planning. disease, supported by private
not FOR youth but BY youth. donations as well as tax dollars
from every government, known to
Iran to the tune of , billions per
like In bureaucrats learn it
~ 'I summer lightrirng, wtile'•t"tre
poor old French` lingo is left ,far
w behind. You have only to peruse
one of the legion of reports which
Royal and pfebeian commissions
spew out after years of gestation,,
huge expense .accounts and
'copious nurturing on 'unlimited
•
Parents need education too
"News this week that a survey is being
We believe that 'a. program is needed tax dollars, to find yourself
conducted in Huron County through the whereby parents can become engulfed in a "core area which
defies restructuring because so
Local Initiatives Program, Department of knowledgeable about their children's way many inmates are Either in late,
b Manpower and. immigration, Ottawa, to of life. We believe that ' parents should 'are . non -oriented toward
determine whether family counselling know exactivwhat they are dealing with productivity, or are devoted. to
services as well as additional- recreational in today's society which gives young gargalisati.on ,k13. Griscorn
activities are needed here, was greeted would. have called tl►ei.i lazy
people more and more 'freedom• and drunks.) But this glaucoimitic
with enthusiasm in most quarters., imposes fewer and fewer restrictions.declination needs to be 1fcokedat
The greatest concern seems to 'be that Just how this information could be in, the round. It only action is
the taking of the survey will be the end ofpassed on to wi Il ing-to-learn parents we impleMented within the suggested
sP•ite ae inctings.,. coating,,- of=-.�eannet4a.y mess i.t vuat 44- parameters!" meaningful and
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trip Scots
Highlands they still refer totisuc li
.things as ,falseteeth... I Take the
Flying Scotsman" south to the,
land of the Sassenadis and talk of
''demo `es" wi1.1,eor►fu se'•ou, .but
cornE to the North American
TreatY . perks and ti'y "Oral
'T•earenainelit.'"Oil t'Ur slZe. "l'hk'ije
can be -little': doubt ;that ttie
clearness"wit.h"whi^ch our
edneater.>s th0 they usurer 5tirnd
things, tains theirtotal,inabilcty do
express what.
ttle theyY
know,
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makes it certainthat'Canadr will
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Tti,e new Finance 13111 C•259, •
misleadingly called • -tax
reform", supplies many
examples of the ravages of the
ase;wtticll is
1,1r<�utuTu utot clise
• rapidly' becOnung ,epidemic. Row
do .you. like -the, ",affable;
imprecision.; of the following
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referred to as the 'controlled
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Sub-sectioh referred to as the.
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contrcil..'period' is that (a) the
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course, a many peop Y normal channels anise cau�"�'�r 'cr�►•s `�`°
that people feel there is h is of lectures, radio relevant
broadcasts television interviews, mid $lo minion.)
pamphlets and cou,nsell .rlg.session.s. , :,., ..,tl I fancy you remember as l do,
finalised. A11 this atter 2' years
usefulness in the kinds of programs which
have been mentioned.
We would suggest there is great But we do know• it is time that,parents " 'back in the days before the -
necessity everywhere - even in solid Huron knew the kind of odds they are battling - g o v e r n nr 1 n t p a i If you t 0
matriculate: when you.Would run
County, , for " family cpunsell.ing, the--t'eal facts about 'tobacco, alcohol and into ..disadvantaged people—
matriculate,
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j.o a ne to drug addictions shop Lifting, sexual failed B.A.'s ' that is: wh0 had
accommodate real 'education for parents. immorality, venereal " disease, , teenage - spent 10 or i1E o r e years
for a long time now,- we've seen how drivers etc as they pertain to Huron -underachieving" at the bdttorn'
parents of • older children be f and, what is more,.
ages of 10 and 18 = .flounder back and .
forth between trial and error methods of
child psychology, never knowing exactly
`wtiat4'tin 'io -'full•ow--because-•the •-ar-en't ----
really acquainted with the exact nature•of
• the problems.
It used to be ^•t at parents could
identify with their children because they'
had= been over the .road before them. In
•;this fast -changing generation though,
parents • cannot begin to appreciate their
children's feelings because there is so Kittle
about life 'which has remained constant
.„,...,since mom and dad were adolescents.
between
the ' County inparticular•: o the class ..
enjoyed it Finally • going Uri - to
It is time•, the national averages were •• becUme respected citizens and
tossed .,'out. and .the ., co_u_n�ty auer�ges- leaders of'' industry, You -mold
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provided. It is "time the so-called experts
were- shelved 4n •.flavor•` of -local .Zinfarmed
people .who know the score in Goderich,
in Huron•County. It is time parents pulled
their heads out of the sand and looked
recognise thein by, themi
::'vari ble, spelling'_: bad S,pelle rs'
• Griscom would hav-e°--Saila. It was
not until education with a lower
case ' e' began -to *educate pet)l;lt'
' beyond their brains that we' hears
squarely at a situation which is developing of -sibling rivalries". I am old
'right under our . noses ' for. lack of enough to recall that the cure 101'
it was a dam good shellacking; with
understand,ng of today's youthful scene. ' a big stick: now confused as
It '�is• information families need. •It • "corporal punishment", which in
comes fir"st and 'is more valuable than all ,turn must not -be• confused with
.the. counselling in the world once a -capital punishment" whic►, is
the synonym for hanging.
problem .has developed.
Another opinion
The better half
It is but recently that two men
were- convicted (only convicted ,
ilea e note.. They hope to be
sentenced in a year or so) of
conspiring 'to violate 'Mrs. L's
civil rights; in plain English her •
.
right to live. Today you can hardly
eipect more civil rights than that:
The Old Testament,betrays its
age, because it invariably calls a
- ` spade a spade, which probably
The •news , media are so frequently The heavy storms last winter, when explains why our mastersare
accused of featuring only the negative side families, and' even the student bodies of forever' translating it into 'the.:
of • things that _we feel duty-bound to several ' schools • were stranded , by v'erriacutar. Imagine anyone
comment on the formation of a impassable roads, proved the. merits of the saying today, bluntly and right
out: "Ye are spies!"
e
" No that
snowmobile rescue service. The • new snow machines and the public spiritedness -
would be rephraseYou ar
organization has 'been banded together of many snowmobile owners. Thousands ultracrepidarian quizzers itching
are
. under the auspices of the Wingham an of them were out in the blizzards on with morbid' prurience. And who
District Snowmobile Association and will errands of, mercy when' the weather' was at ' will deny that, having, regard to
be ..prepared on any day or hour to its worst' w our lavish expenditure on the
respond to calls for the services of The organization of a properly outward and ,visible trappings. of
"ed'ucation",` the accusation
snowmobiles. and their operators. The constituted rescue. • service is a could hardly be made fn different
provincial and local police offices -will be commenda•bLe' .move. With a responsible 1 terms. .
the contact points. �•-• executive anct a pre -arranged system for "Go to the ant, thou sluggard!"
It is quite true that the occasional organizing rescue missions, the new group 'tis said in Proverbs and there is
,,- -s add one more measure of protection
little or no misunderstanding:
freak �Dwmo�nto le operator
newsthNews,M againstr Today, Hanks to our good
who gets himself the hazards'of winter in the snow politicians and the Wright
. after all, is based on reporting of the belt. It , is undeniable proof of the' commission, sluggards are to be
unusual, in whatever form it may occur intention of most snowmobile owners to
converted into albatrosses
and we are the ,first to agree that the vast. continue their role as good citizens. around the taxpayers' necks. Or
consider the tough talk in,
majority o'f -snowmobile drivers are, plain, •
Win ham Advance -Times Genesis: telling. the world the
ordinary detept folks. + g people of Sodom" .were 'wicked
sinners before the Lord
. exceeding. If such terms were
w .� _ _,
Affairs used by our today Minister 'it. woo Sodomfc
125th YEAR would cause
Sodom to book our ambassador's
�TAIIIL!SHEa orbp iobericlj
1848 SIGNAL -STAR
of
ATION
70 YEAR$ AGO
A large attendance of Goderich
business men turned out, and
showed great interest 14 the
proceedings, at the 1902 .annual.
meeting of the Goderich Board of
Trade. The meeting was
addressed by president R. S.
Williams.
The• Newgate Street Livery
Stables were again open for
business under the
proprietorship of businessmen J:
Harjiilton and John Halliday of >�
t�olhnrt�?�wnship,�� • T .
Clinton downed Goderich 10 - 97--
in
7 .ti.'in the first hockey game of the
winter between `teams oVhe two
communities. The game was
played at Clinton,
Large quantities of stone were M
being 'hauled to the Goderich
harbour for use in ,the
construction fo the new
Government wharf across ,the
eastern end of the local harbour.
R. R. Sallo vs began receiving
patrons at'his. new quarters on
West Street which had been
recently fitted up to provide even
better photo service.
J. H. Tigert of Dungannon and
G. W. Holinan•of Bayfield were
named to represent Western
Hu•ron,,Teachers Institute at the
a�term•ee.t�i�nf,�the�..a�.i,�,.,�:.-:_ :..�._
Educational Association.
25 YEARS AGO
A report • to 'town council
indicated that 'condition and
accomddation at ' Alexandra
Hospital were severely taxed and
noted that there waS-a' Pressing
•nee� fnr PxtPfl-S1on t0 the'
facilities.
At a special meeting'G'oderldh
Town Council discussed the
future of the Goderich Boy's Town
Band inthe"wake of its leader Mr.
Cc. Woods handing in his
l'esignatien. ♦ s
_-A' large audience at MacKay.— _.
Hall showed great appreciation
for- a number of young artists
when music pupils from the town •
put on a prograhi.
W. J. Turton and numerous
other residents of Goderich who
originally came from- England
were finding great difficulty in
booking passage°to the old country
to make visits with relatives.
Miss C. , McGowna, 'a' social
worker, .spoke to the. annual,
meeting of the Huron County
Children's Aid Society on .her
experience inire'stertr•L'hirra~�-
Hugh' Hili of"' Berlmiller, was
ele"c'ted president of the 'Cattle
Breeders Association at the
groups, annual meeting in the
Royal York Hotel .in Toronto.
The first lot of 12 houses
constructed in Goderich under the
Wartime. Housing Limited were
turned over to tenants:
'Members of the evening
Auxiliary of North Street United
Chiirrh staged a Well attended
Valentine Day tea at the church.
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5, YEARS AGO
Jimmy Sanders of Toronto, who
represented some ••16,000
crippled children in Ontario as
the Timmy of 1967, was named to
drop the opening face off of the 100
game Young Canada Week hockey
tournament in Goderich.'
Mrs. Robert Smith was chosen'
Queen of the Ball' at the eighth
-annual Kinette Club Mardi -Gras"
Mrs. Basil. Hall, the queen for
1966 crowned the new queen.
John K. Sully the president of
the Dominion Road Machinery Co.
was reported resting comfortably
in Goderich Hospital after
suffering a heart' attack at his
home.
',Town council studied a plan
submitted to -them -i.n_an_effort to
reduce speeds on Victoria street •
and create.a safer intersection at
Hamilton Street.
It was announced *that the
toed, service station at the
0'
. Cine sof• this rovince's, most concerning corner of Hamilton and Victoria
'Benmiller,p� ng the uture, but we can see Streets would be torn down.
Benmiller growing ° natural, beauty spots may be in ..�o�' some..g � wing more gracious and The "Ontario Government
w },y . e after a co late announced that it would make
c ate, i/ tutus ahay1-been �r�u•nrtillg' ..t?le e: at.pta. eco .. ,n" -
Dear Editor: • .+ rampant for'' the last few months.in in and reconstruction job if that is what fate money altat'1tb1°e-frrr stud�f•t. -� __-�m
P , . " economic and industrial potential
What a "sick society:' we live• around Goderich concerning the types of has in store - with proper planning" of Goderich Harbour- through the
in, when some snowmobile changes which are siated for• that quiet We "' hope: any future development at Midwestern Ontario ltugional
owners have t o chase a littl,�g,�, country _ , but a5 et there ate Benmiller will capitalize of its quaint ° bevelopment Council.
pry village, y
defenseless deer, for amusement
or whatever.
• Yours truly,
11661e �Wull
no confirmed reports of definite pians, atmosphere - and rather than spoil it, we. The Goderich Srftos gained an
p would. .insist that Ienmiller's charm be 01.A. playoff spot when they
We aren't clairvoyant. We have no downed iiespler tr�2 in a sudden
average citizen enhanced by careful inventive rebuilding. " over.
more insight than the . g .• de�►th Jutiror C:�arrte at H'an