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.tke were sure it would offend no one �tliere would L -e °
"mkt,' r*itec, " Benjamin Fra\nOin
70 YEARS AGO
• 'The •Rattenbury Hotel bus,
while returning from the late
train with a load of passengers,
got off the beaten track and upset
Driver John Ranstord was thrown ,
against a broken window and two
passengers piled on top of him but
no one sustained serious injury in
a the incident. ` ,,°
Qnly,a handful of people turned
out to the Goderich Opera House
to -hear a; performance by. the_
Swedish:Ladies Quartet. • ,
The:Goderie'h Women's*
Christiap Ten per ne3e Union"
secuz d 'the sel''ices pf Missy
Charlotte -` tgins oo , '
,lecturer, to ' kick off ' their •
• campaign laealf y. • .
•B.sC. Munnings was appointed
assistant assessor by virtue of a
by-law passed byto i,b ul oil at a
a special meeting./
' Estimates brought -down in the
federal house at Ottawa set aside '
a total .of $25,000 for work on the 10
Goderich Harbour. $10,000 for a
dredging .operation and another
$15,009 for general ^ repairs
around the water front:
The Goderich Marine . Band
appeared* .in their last
performance under the retiring #
leadership of H.K. Jordan. Only a
Slei hru.�de Silhouettes PHO O BY RUN SHAW leader roved turned out but some
b- g funds were raised. ,, M - Moving pictures were being
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, House
'1'hie press took a g`erltle ribbing
11/lond 'at the meeting of, the Huron -
County Board of 'Education when
Chairman„ Bob Elliott observed that
reporters spent so much time after
January's meeting discussing the
inter -workings, of the board, that it
completely missed the biggest
opportunity of the month --to acquaint
the public with the board's feelings
concerning music in. the schools of
Huron County.
Elliott's comment may be explained
away by the supposition that he was not
pleased by _the i -depth reporting of
the board' scommii ations gap. Or it -
may trulybe that the chairman felt it
was•the duty of the press to read into
the discussion with Professor Dawson
Woodburn some of the feelings which
-came to the for-.eonly last Monday at a
caurricul,um deµvelopment
meeting....and then;_not from only the
trustees themselves.
We believe that Chairman Elliott
may have answered his own -beef by
stating that Professor Dawson came
upon the board of education "Cold", at
' a time when members were not fully,.
prepared, to discuss •1he question ,of
Whether or not music should be on the
curriculum in the schools of Huron
County. As we recall that meeting-
and :from checking back over the'
stories whichnappeared 'in' the' press
Concerning- it ----board members, had
little of. any consequence to *say on the
matter. "-Director atio�i�JJcrhtr
Co-chrane seemed to sum it all up When •
he reminded Professor Woodburn that
student interest did not seem all that.
hi Ji for- music i -n- iur-grr Count3 _ '
At this month's meeting of'the board
-of education, it was the principal of
SouthHuron District High School who
'support 'since it probably would have
enta,i.led a. building , or . remodelling
program to•provide suitable quarters
in which to teac1 the `subject
Director of education John
Cochrane further, pointed out that.
teaching staff for kmusic course is
not easily found. While there may be
plenty of qualified music teachers for
a program which. would -require a
fulltime instructor, it was a difficult
matter to find" music teachers who
could double up as instructors in other
established 'courses succi as English
or History when there was no. music
class to be taught.
Ina Letter to the -Editor last week,
H. Wm. Bettger,• chairman of the
music department at Sir Adam Beck -
Secondary School in London, rose to
the defence of Professor. Dawson
.
Woodburn. While this newspaper,' does
not doubtMr. Woodburn's competence
in the field of thusic—nor; we` believe,
does the Huron County Board of
Education question Profes$or
Woocdburn's qualifications --we find
that music does° not hold the place of
honor in the hearts of the majority of
persons in Huron County that -"some
would Imagine. •
There is little argument that music
is a desirable, subject in - any school
system --•-if the demand is sufficient to
make + it an, - economically :sound
offering:. But in Huron,. that' demand
has not been felt to. date,
'Flee gnetion---whioh '- the = board . 6f
education must answer is whether or
',not it is ready to ask the -ratepayers of
- Huron County to foot the bill for this
very, spAecial cou-rse... which
-- - 'tares some very
ifnmediately necessn, Y
sophisticated equipment facilities and'
instruction. Can the board justify the
' a eatest----might- into f .m u i c t o t
problem of offering music as a credit
course in the county schools.
Wooden claimed that music was
offered—tentatively—at-South _Huron,
for next September and only six
persons indicated their desire to have
the course. And even if the course had
attracted a. minimum number of
students to warrant its inclusion on
the: timetable, said Wooden, it would
have been a tremendously expensive
course for the ratepayers of Huron to
Snowmobiles are for t
the theatre were between the agets
Smelly polluters
Year Editor:
• of 11 and 16.
The, so-called "manager" of
the theatre reported '$100
The increasing use of damage. The incident is not my
snowmobiles , and other all- cot plaint, . •
terrain vehicles in our
Since the 'incident, our
community , raises ' questions
which, •I think,— are of major to deprive anyone he 'didn't like
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importance, and which affect the 'p
future of our society. Two aspects' , the looks . of "from using the
of these - "sports" might, 1 theatre's entertainment
suggest be worthy of further facilities, He�'sim'ply says'
"friendly"manager has decided
consideration. yoti<r money kids",' Thismeans
The first is the impact of these you just got kicked out before. you
machines on our envirort,ment. - got'. in.
,
'Poi :human beings, they damage Rids that weren't even there on
the environment by noise, by
smell an by nwney they had,al.ready sayed up
pollution. The -noise of theseV
d ':• atmospheric the night it happened got.to save
machines is not only deafe reheat fi go to the show with.
close quarters., but they _can be • "Big boy" appointed himself
heard from many miles away over,, ' fudge,jury and -executioner 0T`his
the winter landscape. Thus, one ' very own kangaroo court.
snowmobile can" destroy , the • You might', call • this mass-
quietngss of 'a—winter day for discipli'ne', but not all of us were i
everyone within earshot. the same boat. Some oftJte ottIty
we stand on grlard? Most of you
`Members of the G.T.ii.L. club
met and presented H.K. Jordan
who was leaving=t•own and had been
for
cl
ub
r of
themany
treasure
Canada should be emphasized and
are Canadians by birth, the rest t
have chosen to make 'Canada your
'home. Yet, few, many have
stopped to think what that really
means`? -
It seems that Canada is the dark '
closet of the world and we aren't •
doing anything to brighten this'
image. Recently an immigrant
• was in quite a flurry, if you'll
forgive the pun, . because < he -
.years
�•'"�5 Y
derstandin of a . The 'comedy production of
heir learning encouraged. With EARS AGO
the -understanding of a language
comes the un g
culture. '
Perhaps the question. of which
culture to accept appears in. your
mind. Is it necessary to choose?
Let's . stop ,thinking of our
neighbours. as Danes ar Italians ,
BAN ARCHIE BUNKERISMI
We're all Canadians and we're all
individuals. Surely that's a good
thought ,he had to pay, a snow "tax
for all the snow falling on his
property. Another was surprised
tofind no igloos. I am appealing to •
,•,. you, because it. i, you, not the
!-`frogs ' of Quebec"" or the
-'--Bluenpsers of NovaScotia who
-01u,st. get. this dogteam moving,
Think of the large number of
businesses in Canada which are
n" either foreign owned or have a
- •
lar e ma or
Smell and 'pollution with es
. hydrocarbons 'ant lead may be
ones; were admitted and some o
slight in volun?e; but are t
he innocent ones, turned away
d over. county areas -,•4Y
whicYr•resen y pr -lake'•'?
is
animals4 belches can you t f .
g l fry of . -foreign -
f --- shax'ehblders. Where does the
• profit go? Certainly not to
ou call this democrat,ic? I think r
that old ;BR=ISS= -S=� hou-ld�,try
• 'Canada,'
,
Canachey ches are = 01.5Tr
curricuxum of Huron :County_ schools
relatively clean' air available to and use a little •'COMMON property; yet how many public
because Professor Dawson Woodburn us. Forth d damage is SENSE" Maybe it's a lack of'such • kink o
start to something. . --
Let'S. get - `together—one
Canada, one world.
And the birds cracked open
the sunflower seeds'.
And sang out the language
of the peoples •---
But
T
But no one Beard
In the tumult of discussion.
Catharine Cruickshank.
Thank you
Dear Sit:, '
The Executive and me�xnbers of
"Billy Goat" by the North Street
pla}rer.s'pleased a large audience
on its opening night in the church
hall.
• Goderich industries were
beginning to feel the pinch- of the
severe bpx car shortage that had
hit Canada as a whole.
Male public school teachers of
Huron County held their annual -
dinner meeting at 'the Bedford .
Hotel and d'i'scussed , matters
relating' to their„ profession.
The
The Women's Hospital,
Auxillaty - announced that they
w.auld_he.purchasing a new dietary
machaae;' for. the • kitchen, ' at
Alexandra Marine Hospital. -
County Council appointed a
number of men in oharge of seeing.
that the new by-law restricting the
cutting of -trees to Huron .County
' was rigidly enforced.
At °their regular. meeting the
Pu iv Util ies
ith
a
av „
Goderf
- lc* L-eatelia terms C3 iL3 "'-�n
r'^na=rni��
c�a p
wish to express their sincere
thanks for the excellent coverage
in your newspaper during the past
year.
lour -assistance was very'muclr"
appreciated.
e e amt
and his supporters find music such a probably much greater, as nearly important part of 'people that '
. leasu.rable outl..et for learning all are terrified starts riots or even-
l
pro a y nuc . • an - _.Anglicans buy up the Lakeshore •
'C d by the noise of wars
t ...rQ ,city and _fence it off. IP it
,the`se ma -chines; •Larger,a•ntrna• s•• — ,R _. p ..-
T rrl not v3riting on beyhalf. of means that mich- -to them,
We don't think the board : of
-education -in Huron County is rea'dy to
give' its answer just yet. To - be
truthful, we doubt that Huron's
,trustees can decide clearly' "yes" or
"no" to this deep in•the soul, personal
problem of cultural priorities.
Oil spill conviction
This week, instead • of z the all too
• frequent ' co'mplaintS.." about
government. policy and' law
enforcement concerning
environmental' questions, we dedicate
this editorial sp•ac,e for the -
congratulations no doubt many would
like to express to our courts following
the first conviction ire western Ontario
Of a' ship and 'its owners under new
anti -pollution legislation governing
'our lakes.
Fines totalling $2,500 were brought
against the owners of a..barge and its'
towing tug in. provincial court at. St.
.Thomas and werethe first since new
laws governing such., , incidente -were "
passed:.last September.
ach -of the two -parties could hAve- ._
been fined up . tb $100,J04 on the
charges
it is most encouraging to see that,
first of all the necessary laws were
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drawn up and passed to help put an end
to incidents of the type that occurred
when the ,Ferndale' wa's in Goderich
Harbour last year and that they are
being: enforced. It seems that too many
laws are passed When a public outcry
• starts on a given problem but little
happens after that and the problems
are not really solved at all,'
The conviction 'did , two -very
important things. It showed everyone
that the law was sound and- could be
upheld in court and secondly showed
ship' operators and owners that they
would tie, upheld .' -
One 'point remains to be seen and
that is that the law will be just as
effective in Goderich as it was at St.
d birds are affected Jay bung
wood) rn'el' Youth alone, , I'm -writing for shouldn't it be enough to fight for -
• frightened out of their
Self:. I too, am innocent, but
1 d exhausted at a time Canada`' •
shelter an e y
•
• •F or smaller burrow r ng some parents that the, pool room I had to scrap the idea since it
animals, normal snow provides and street corners are unusually would have meant me coming to
both a insulation and a protection, - crbwded these days.
both of which functioris'it ceases Take action parents' We've
to serve when packed 'down by tried and failed, I hope you do
tried
when their food Supply and encrg\ can't get in.
This mornili* I thought I would
reserves are at a minimum. I hope this letter might inform wear something totally Canadian.
snowmobile tracks,,, the latter„
thus forming seasonally better.
school dresssed'in a pair of red
mittens.
The Canadian standard of living
• permanent barriers for these A CONCERNED YOUTH is very high. However, frequently
animals in the brush, Canadian goods are hig°trer priced
For fish, the packed snow over '0 Canada than foreign goods. To reverse
frozen lakes affects both .the light
ente.ringthe lake in the spring and
also 'delays the normal , thaw,
again adversely• affecting the
local environment.
For plant life, the effects •are
obvious ,and disastrous.
The second aspect of
snowmobiling is the question of
• our mental attitudes towards
other human beings, both of the
present and or fut,ure
generations. A
The snowmobile is in no way:
essential orweven•importantto our
society, in the way that- normal
road -vehicles are, and its main
• function is to provide a thrill for
its driver•.The 'popularity of these
machines suggest€,that a
considerable', number of people
are either ignorant -of the '
annoyance and destruction they
are causing, or;,that they simply"'
do not care. p •
At a time -when our society is
acing a serious crisis in terms of
environmental destruction and
• pollution, either attitude augurs
badly for the future. '
r_T It 1d be perhaps best if we g b•a b d large
- horn",. wGu• nbwnio er.s -- , y an , .-
do not have to use the law against any belong to the older age groans (the
ships using the local, harbour ,-let it be,, average age sof. ownership in
Mario is over forty} and it is
encouraging to see the younger
n
that the law will prove as enforceable.' m t movrs e in fasociety takingcothe
these machines, as is being done
by the Goderich District
Collegiate Institute • ., group
"Naturd". These youngsters are
more mentally mature than their
elders.
hoped so, but if. we do lees also' hope
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total of $5,175.63 for power used
during January.
The first meeting of the
recently formed Goderich
-Kinsmen-club-wes-heldµat the'-arrk
House - with members' of the
Stratford Kinsmen club present. '
A letter of protest was received
by the Goderich Signal Star from -
Pasadena California from a lady
who strongly objected to plans to
have' • the Goderich Court house
torn down and a new structure put
up in its place_
5 YEARS AGO. •
The annualMariners's Service
was held at the Knox Presbyterian
Church in Goderich as residents
of Goderich recalled the 1913 lake
tragedy that claimed the lives of
23 -sailors. , -
Kevin Rumig of Goderich won a
berth 'in the Junior Provincial
Bowling finals.with an,impressive
performance in competition at,.
Kitchener.
.Appreciation . • A new by-law was passed by the
Goderich ; Town .council' - that"
Dear Sir:
The members of Ahmeek
Chapter I.O.D.E. would like to
thank the Signal -Star for their
excellent news coverage ddring
palsies °do teIithe past year.
Yours truly,
Sometimes 'plant life provides,
the evidence in' uncovering air
pollution.
But it takes an experienced
detective squad to follow the
clues. •
• 'A complaint carne in to the
Departrrrent ofthe Environment's
Air Management Bra'hch , that
trees, shrubs and hedges -in an
7ntario community showed leaf
,dam`a•ge--always on their
southwest sides.
There were two suspects, an
aluminum chloride 911mufacturer
about a mile to the west and a
• nickel refinery about a mile
southwest. But there was little'
sign of injury to any leaves
between the damage area and
Michael Watts, 'either of thetwo industries,
I'M writing onbehalf of a large
portion* Of the Goderich youth.
, 'When I speak of the Goderich
4' youth", I'm referring to the kids°
,between the ages of eleven and
sixteen, not the older ones: On
Friday, January 28th, a very
destructive incident took place at
Phytotoxidology Section—the
pla.nt Squad— was sent out to get
the mnte testimony of' soil and
vegetation analysis. Sulphur antr
fluoride contents ,were nOrmal,
chloride, aluminum and coPper
levels were up slightly, but nickel
showed up in soil and plants 'in
oisonous quantities
The' nickel refinery Was the
the direction—sonthwest—was
consistent, and the evidence was
In anOther case, the plant squad '
checked' a damaged property
Surrounded by seven industries,
. and' with wind, data, Chemical
analysig and knowledge of plant
symptoms traced the damage to
sulphur dioxide ftom a sulphite
pulp and paper mill.
T'herelite tithes; quitV- often;
'when the evidence clears an•
industry unjustly accused.
In Scarborough, a stand' of
LOmbardy poplars was dying and
suspicious eyes were being cast
on a neighboring manufacturer of
But the investigation showed
almost iminediately tlziat the trees
were not -poisoned, 'but died
natural death—from the diseale
Where a specific polluter can
be blamed, the complAint and the
evidencp provide grounds for
action by the .Air Management
When neglect of disease cause
the damage, the,colnplainant is
given advice or referred to an
' ' agency that can help.
And • the Phytotoxicology
Section moves on to other clues,
No, phytotoxico.logy, my dear
he Majority of the peoplip in e6mPlet. Watson.
Edwina McKie
(Corresponding Secretary
Ed ina McKee
provided that all dogs in the
community must -be confined or
large would result in_the owner
being fined.
Colborne Central School Was
officially opened in a ceramony
befpte a large audience of parents
and friends. The school they were
told woul'a accommodate 240
students and' conSolidate the.
schools. 'at Benmiller, 'Saltford
Councillor ' Bruce Hulett
, promised that a new building
ld' e lace the old se vice
Reunion coming
Dear Sir:
• 19/.2 will mark the second
"TalbotShivaree", To reach the
many former residents of St.
Thomas and ElgiR County who
may now live in your area. we
would be gratefurif you could find
room in your publication for this
FrOp Monday, August 2'8 to
Labour Day, Monday September
the 4, the City of St. Thomas and
the County OfElgin Will celebrate
Shivaree".
This letter is meant as. an open
invitation for all for'r,ner
to return home for this great
week-long celebration. Plan your
Sunnier ya.cation now tO
' visit to 'your ,old staniping
Shivaree" *as a huge success
with everything 'from beer tentS
and buffalo 'barbecue to street
dances ,and r9ving bands.
station at -the corner of Hamilton -
and Victoria which the town had
decided to tear clown, He also
promised that the new structure
would be on the, site by spring.
, Joan Fisher, 18, and a student
crowned Queen of the "At Horne
Prom" held at the collegiate.
It was announded that the
Maitland Country Club would .be
the site of snowmobile raees on
Saturday.
Literally thousands joined in the
week-long festivities. '
St. Thomas is wo,iting to
welcome you back, Be sure to
come home for "Talbdt Shivaree
'72". To y9u who are Pot forrher
residents of the St. Thomas area,
come along and joittin the fun.'We
can gssure you it will be worth the
YOUrs sincerely,
F. Exley
Home Coming Chairtitah
Talbot Shivare0 '72
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