The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-04-13, Page 3r
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Newspaper" contest. We hope for many more. -
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forwarded to contest headquarters by April •30 for the final judging. The winner will receive a cash
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MY NEIGHBOUR
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have,a•neighbourwho visits me once, but only once
• a week:
just say "What's new'' and he's off and.running.
He tell's me all about Joe Black'°§ car ,accident on
South St., Farrier McDonald's Barn burning down and
What's going on in the Town Counci I (although he quite
often gets carried away with this subject)'.
I'll ask my ne i ghbour how the hockey. team from the
factory.made out the otherpi ght. He not only telI s me
who won` but ,that Archie Smith scored at 8:10 of the
first period and my team lost 1-0.
Last year I decided to buy a house. Myneighbour
toldfne Beach's Real Estate had one for $14,000 and
Howe's had a large listing of homes for sale. Thanks
to my neighbour I found the house I wanted. Last
month I bought a car.- Once again -my neighbour
advised that Honest Harry had a 1970 sedan for $1,900
and Sm'i l&n' Sam had' a large selection of cars to
choose from. I needed a home fora dog which refused
to be housebroken. Again my neighbour came to the
rescue and found a home for it. I must admit, when
want to either sell or get rid of something my
eighbour is a,big help.
My wife` also looks forward to my neighbour's
weekly visits. He always has many subjects of
interest to her: such as weddi ngs, recipes and even
remarks t0' make about -raising children.
He also
keeps my wife informed as to what's on at the local
theatre and where she can go 'for entertainment.
My neighbour doesn't miss much. For example:
tFiere was a big American Caddy at. -Mrs. Van Snoot's
• down the street last week. My neighbour informed Me
that • it' belonged to her brother-in-law up from
Good news at last
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Chattanooga, for the ,week -end.,
When I asked, about poor , old Mrs. Barton, my
neighbour, told me that she died yesterday Ad aid the
funeral service. wii l .•be held on Monday.
:When I inqui red about Mrs. 'Hubbard being as big, as
a house, my neighbour informed me that she had twins
last Tuesday.
The amazing thing about my neighbour i s that he is
seldom wrong, and when he is he wi II correct himself
the fol lowing week. l can count on what he has to say as
.bdil :.fhe,truth..
Not only does held! me all these thi ngs, but he
shows me pictures as well. • .•"
My neighbour is not above expressing his 'opinions,'
even'though. I frequently disagree with them. He is
also willing to listen to my opinions whether in
agreement with them or -not.
• My neighbour does demand a small fee for' his
services. However it ;is barely more than enough to
survive on. "
You know, this, town would have 'a difficult time
getting along without my neighbour. °
My neighbour is also your neighbour. As a matter
of fact he is taiking to you this very vminute. He is
known by some as "The Blabber" and sometimes
When he hasn't much ;1Q $Ay, by,others as "The Weekly
Minute". But most of you know my neighbour by the
name "THEGODERICH SIGNAL -STAR." •
metown newspaper . i s-1 `:ust like
So, �you; see, �� ho .
having a neighbour who not only keeps you informed,
on everythingthat is going on but as a nei ghboue- who
will:help you with everything from buying a house to
procuring recipes.
Yours truly,
James Kingsley
own getting additional
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e wasome good news last advised council that a letter had
ay evening formembers of been received from Hon. C.S.
h Town Council meeting MacNaughton'assuring m'ernbers
ar session. that an additional $25,000 will be
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to the town of Goderich 'to offset reached on the advice of the town
the Toss of an increased poi tion or- solicitor and -the Department of
the Mining grant. 1Vluniciipai Affairs. -...
The total to he received by the", Deputy -reeve Gower said that a
,,municipality this year from the considerable amount of money—
province now stands at $57,982— an estimated $100,.000 is involved
about the same as last•year. and the' municipality cannot in
` W e. maybe- won t be so good conscience neglect its duty
fortunate another year," warned to the ratepayers•in this regard.
Deputy -reeve Dave Gower. .'touncil has received word that
Council also learned that the the.town solicitors—Donnelly and,
mining grant for 1968, 1969 -and Murphy—expect an annual
1970 may have been improperly retainer fee of $1,000. This
applied by the • Huron County amount, the administrator. told
Board of Education. There is council, will cover the cost of
evidence to Support the view that telephone advice to --the clerk and
Goderich .could• be in line for a . the - members e f council.
substantial refund, if the 'throughout the year.
municipality can prove to the ; Council learned that the.
school board that an error has • services Of Donnelly and Murphy
been made. for 197.1 amounted to$3,674.50. •
To that end, council has The County of Huron would like)
authorized an independentaudit of to have the sidewalks' and the,
the school requisitions for 1.968,'roadway in Court-House-Square-
1969
ourt--House--Square1069 and 19'70 connection with repaired. A county, estimate
the distribution of 'the • mining shows the cost of repair should be
grant, Council was told that since about $9,000 and since the town of
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Thank you fo
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capitar'gain that has
•ienced since. January
cause of the short time
doubt if any capital
be involved.
hese comments are
y constituent. While I
ppy to try to answer'
questions he or she
es-itate to& encourage
Our newspaper for
ce and would invite
o provide his name
on any • further
ce.
r helping me serve
t. '
Yours sincerely,
les MacNaughton,
Chairman.
Char
'A. M. •Harper audits the hooks for
the municipality and for the
school board, another audit firm
will be called in to 'examine the
situation -1h
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o We Buy
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le r All Our Meat Is Government Inspected
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Goderich .is responsible for that
property, the county- has
'Sug'gested that the item ,he'
budgeted for 1972.
e t io--o uch.-wrong
with it (the sidewalks and
roadway)," saifisCotincillbr Reg
Jewell. '''I sure wonldn'f be in
favour of spending any $9,000 on it
right. now , ,
The matter will he studied and a
recommendation . brought to
council at a later date. •
Council 'also discovered that
the municipality will pick up a..
$1,420,.60 deficit in 'the rental
housing operation. According to
an agreethent with the
governrrie'nt, the ,town,
underwrites • any losses—or
shares in any profits.
This is the second year in a row
the project has incurred losses.
Last Thursday's meeting was`
kthe one for receiying requests for
grants. Maitland County. Club is
requesting a grant of $2,000 to
meet the '1971 taxes; .Goderich
tittle Theatre is requesting its
annual grant of $500; .the Huron
County Historical Society is
asking for financial' assistance:.
and the Loyal Orange Lodge wants
a donation towards the Orange
Walk to be held this year—July
8—in Goderidh. -
' In -other business, council
heard a presentation' by Bob
Wallace who wishes to plant trees
in the area of,the sewage
treatment plant;. saw Karl ' Van
Derwetering's plans for a Semi-
-duplex at 160 Br(i'ck Street; and
resolved that Daylight Saving
Time will begin this year April 30
and end October 29.
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AtsPals-DRM{0
tied for first
in Monday play
GODERJGH SIGNA , TO, THU DA ',. AFRI
ExcIis1. SIquI$t.rIatwvI•w
GDCI students dissatisfied with
government education cutbqcks
Eight senior 'students at opinion, Ontario taxpayers'"l 'ere grades—marks on a report there was • too tint, intnrmation
Qoderi,ch District Collegiate goingto have to paymorfor ca f'
<< -- - �. ,.,.. -�. .e card,!'., McQua.'il, . ratt�ep� and too few peapte• who knew tlte: _
Instr'tute �e Treaed '�Yte 1: =-ei uca-tion°,T Or' ,`1l ty fdra `g - than what the student :hecomnes ansWerk;iothe. uestions tents
dissa(`tisfaction Tuesday ,morning
g �governrnelat would have, to make because of attending school.'” ..are°asking :� a .° •. `
with the neW�gpvernment policies school }'imore rewapding". for ' 'l`li , a r+e�ed, that a dance
on educational spending. Catherine Russell reina�rked Y g 4
A g' students u d en t s'. I t i s M c Q u a i l' s that. it is impossible far the - ,,Could be a;n important„•subieot, but
The s t u d e n f $ were a contention that students who .students of Ontario to assume the they wei.',e riot ready to preserve'..
representative . group of the ' achieve wellin school could attain respon ibikitY `for: a greater `guidance in the school at” the"
Senior Masses at the high school some measure of 4atislaction if, partioii of the edit expense of with tr services;
cation costs as,
as sel�ecte�d by J. A: Seaman of the a the• entrance regtti retnents of was suggested. b D a r c "Rerninded • that '';thax • Huron
Guidance Department at the universities were raised' so. that eKe ' cf 1 t "r YV ' Cauntyh Board' of E,4,-atioil ,1tact
M oug . provin a reasu er
in his budget speech. • . deleted • certain ''.tnaztitenanee
,Haw can they?" asked 'Mist programs frtitin the budget ink
Russe w She pointed out that for aider to justify. the spending oIi
students to assume .thise,abidance in the elementary,
schools of 'the county, , Tony
responsibility, it would ' be McQuail asked why the students
necessary for them to have .th,
money to do so. , couldn,,t be encouraged to take a
more active role in maintenaiice.
w "Why should they?" asked around the schools --in an effort
- Tony McQuail. "I suppose the to keep costs down and quality
student benefits to some extent high, . :
but it is, after all, society as a McQuail noted that in a school
whole which benefits to the he had attended, the students did
greatest degree." the janitorial .work. He 'said it • .
Sherry Moore noted that some made students more aware of
students were riot contemplating their school building and the need
university in the fall because of to keep it clean and in good repair.
the astounding unemployment Where would th '•students get
i ° the moneyfor. educational taxes
figures involving recent
,,'1 feel sorry for the people university graduates. .McQuail without going directly to. the
. entering high school this fall," `quipped that the governmgnt taxpayers for the funfis?•
McQuail; who thinks he maybeTonyMcQuail would impose__
said Miss Miller. ' "For Instance..,- would have to provide either
interested in the biological I've heard there are tQ be, no field " welfare or student grants. " "ecology taxes." He would make
sciences, says that for him, the ° trips out of the county. Thgy're the first 100. gallons of gas
discontinuation of the cash grants going to have to bring something On the matter of community inexpensive; the second 100
to Ontario scholars may mean .the else into Huron County so that our
colleges, the students gallons double the price of the
end of a school career. He noted students can have those important interviewed seemed to be first; the third 100 gallons triple
he was depending heavily on, a learning opportunities." concerned about -the quality of, he the price of the first, etc.
scholarship to defray expenses courses' offered there. McQuail He would tiff penalties to
for the final months of his ``What bout extra -curricular . said that in his own case he was g
secondary school education. activities?', asked McQuail. not prepared to specialize in any corporations and business
"Isn't classroom instruction the concerns who pollute the air and
The young man who has brought one field as community colleges the water;. tax families_ with more
honor to the school for his ._real meat of the educational tended to expect students to do. He than two children; and make
abilities in drama, public system?" ,, . said he needed time—either at luxury items such as cigarettes, .
speaking and wrestling went on to Loud "nays" could be heard university or in the work force— liquor, beer, a second car, etc.
,, saythat although he had hoped to around the table. Most students to decide what he wanted t'e do with more expensive.
go to university, he would'require being interviewed said that for his life. ° o Catherine Russell would tax the
scholarships or bursaries to them, extra -curricular activities
rim ke that possible. T he were what kept them in" school.
increased tuition at Ontario The drudgery of classroom
•universities, has not helped the ' activity soon 1,9"st . its appeal
situation either, McQuail stated. without extra=curricular
school, All eight.young people
have plans to go on to schools of
higher learning in September,
Those who were interviewed
were Tony McQuail, Catherine
Russell, Kevin Cox, Barb Miller,.
Rosanne Denomme, Sherry
Moore' and Mary Wilkin, all of
Grade 13 and Karen Taylor, •
Grade 12.
Tony "'McQuail thinks he may,;
have to -take a serious look" at
whether or not continuing 'on at
GDCI until May or June will be
worth the effort he will expend. -He
was referring to the fact that the
Ontario•.government has
announced it will discontinue cash
awards for Ontario .scholars—
those who attain 80 ' percent
average or better. '
student aeademic'sta.nding was of
greater importance.
' `We may be forced to change
our educational philosophy," said
McQuail.
Catherine Russell disagreed.
She stated that some students just
"don't flower in the high school
system" but that these people
should not be denied the right of
exposure to. the learning process
and the • living experience,
universities offer. •
Barb Miller spoke about the
cuts in educational spending
which are planned for the
remainder` of this year for
schools is in Huron County
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Kevin Cox who has plans to go.to
university;. if some personal
problems can resolved says he
feels the Ontario government is
discriminating against those who
'don't have money: '
-The increased tuition and the
discontinuation of • the -Ontario
schdlarships won't mean much to
those people who,have the bucks.,"
said' Cox. " "The rich get richer
and the poor get poorer under this
system. Economics shouldn't
Way . a part:in education atall."
SheV-ry=M-OO-
on going into -nursing school this
fall. She had hoped to finance her
first year of -advanced education
by herself, but now with the new,
tuition rates as well as the added
cost of room and. hoard at the
hospital; costs have risen from
about $5U0 to more than $1,000'•
(Thesame problem faces 'Karen.
Taylor, Rosanne Denomme and
Mary Wilkin,' all bound for
schools.of nursing in September.)
activities to boost morale, they
said.
"Education has been defined as,
"That's part,of the "'""elem big corporations of the province,
today, ". said McQuail. "People ndvin Cox wouldroll the
get stuck in compartments. They_ ., suggestionsof McQuail and Miss'
are plugged' in to a particular Russell into one • huge taxation
spot:" •scheme tO ' `let the people with the
The students complained about money pay the 'bills."
the guidance departments at most • ' `If You are making the bucks
schools, for •instance, where You should pay," said Cox.
`'It means I'm going to have to
ask my parents for help," said
Sherry.
"That's a 100 percen-t
increase," interjected McQuail.
"Salaries for graduate nurse's
will certainly have to increase,
now that students are having to
pay so much more for , their
education," mused Barb Miller, '
an attractive. redhead who hopes
to make physiotherapy her •
career.
'Catherine Russell would like to
get into Theatre ,1.cf<s• at York
.University or possibly history or
.law at the University of Toronto if.
she' is not accepted at York. She
feels that Prime Minister
William Davis has failed to live up
to his election image—a man for_•
the people.
Miss Russell -noted that Prime
Minister Davis rwa.s responsible
for the increased
"administrative costs" in
education while 'he was the
Ontario Minister of Education.
She indicated that recent cuts in
educational spending are now
coming out of thea services to
students budgets and it is this
practice which is considered
unfair b3r'young people in Ontario.
"And he (Prime Minister
Al's Pals and D.R.M.C.O. tie f?avis) said he was for the people'
for first place in the Monday Men's of Ontario!" exclaimed Miss
' Bowling league with 126 points., Russell.
Al's Pals players are Heinz
;Sartori, Don Johnston, Elmer
rr-Jenkins, Jerry Rivett, Jim
McWhinney and Capt. Al Erb,
b.R.M.C.O. members are
Kevin" Runiig,, •Bill Cbetnents,
Clare Harman, Les Pitblado, Bob
Daer and Capt. Don McWhinney.
High Average winner was, Don
McWhinney 258, High Triple went
.te Jim McWhinney 870. High
Single was Ticker"Mero, 364.
The rest of the teams finished
as follows, 'Rays I3oys 122,
Hopefuls 114, Aagies Doggies 98,
Mike's Mafia 93, Dearborn 82,
Godch Mfg 82, D.Vf.A, 60, Lionel§
Tony McQuail concurred. weight ratios; time measured in AMS' car looked like a cage of
"Education is one of ' the ten• thousandths of a second; girders with an interior padded to
universal things in life," said reaction times;'reliabilfty; side the point of claustrophobia.
In tests
`All were killed,
though some only slightly"
•A.notable Part Of governmental- At the Conference, which • the air bag turns out to be that the
sponsored permissiveness has attracted '500 experts from sound of only one bag inflating is•
taken the form of a determined almost all the automobile . t11e equivalent of the simultaneous x
attempt to turn the modern"manufacturers of the world, f i ring o f t w e l v e -s h',e t_ g u n
equivalent of the horse and buggy every aspect of designing and cartridges. Ina larger car; with
intoa useless mastodon, starting building car• s for greater .safety five bags, their simultaneous
with the gospel according to St.. was discussed. It transpired that inflation produces 170 decibels of
Matter and decreeing that the Europe in general, and Germany , noise; 'enough tocause permanent
mechanical device known as the in particular, are 'ahead of deafness to passengers who
automobile, shall possess as America in the design of a car survive the :crash. A movie of" •
much, or more, intelligence than which•is not just safe -..but is within such simultaneous inflation was
homo sapiens. Now, after the attainable- limits of design and ..shown, in which- all the car
expenditure of millions ofdollars Marketability. A notable windows were blown out and' the
on prototype `safety cars" the difference between the European roof dented. It seems certain that
result of tests,have been that "all and American approaches to the _ il`the government' `experts" have
the dummy passengers were p
killed, though some o n 1 y believes- in more emphasis on being that the former their way, it will be much *safer to
be hi -jacked by air than to be
slightly". These same " safety preventing ,a crash happening, blown up by air bag. .
cars have been labeled "Not rather than being concerned The • Chrysler Corporation
Marketable Today it is calculated that, even assuming
n econceivedonea'result,Mercedes'each•
passengers.krU.S.if •
protection M
and their membe rs to believe .that occurred.
as amateurs they have been The Three American Builders
endowed by Heaven with the only all started from nought and built,
available supplies of "sound up a car to satisfy e v e r y.
common sens", a possession requirement laid down by their '
McQuail. "It isn't like road taxes
and building taxes which are effects, etc. etc. It i5 these
anointed
imposed for select groups. men who write the
Education is for everyone." government specifications for the
(ideally) safe car.
Kevin Cox Said that the
electorate has been led to bdlieve THE STUTTGART
that increased tuition fees at CONFERENCE
universities will "weed out" In Octo»er'last year thete Was a
those young men and young women four-day conference on, sate
Windows did not open, while'in two
cases, rear vision required a
periscope to evade the headrest's.
The General Motors model, built
in aluminum which made it too
expensive, still weighed 21/2 tons;
well over the specified 1.75 tons.
The Fairchild car was reported to
weigh three tons. All were too,
Sunoco 42" a ' w f ,Kmotuent the ercedes.Ben Cahiir
• , :_ d biers..._-tta., . Thai tiara �atb, � .s
.- ,��lleix .tis .�afid - alta . the safely fnrta�tila�with tl�a�al-o#-a.�.�• �.� .� .� ,���:�,:
university would be attending NATO sub -committee: The instantly inflatable air bags in chose a standard 250' .salt i
6e ' 912 3 Executive is
President Bill Stanburg, Vice
President Orli., Wayland,
Secretary ken. Sheerer;
Treasurer Al Erb.- •
and this would not necessarily Committee on the Challenge of front of aitch passenger, waswhich they maim to be one Of alae
insure ,that the most desel'ving ,M ern Sade y, a catch - t • a 1 title roundly condemned by Ford and. safest oars in -the, world *i it
`t
siudents would get to university. whi could' -embrace ga
an thin t Chrysler, who still favour seat
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holoQuail added; that in his ail: ., belts," The main sholrty +ming of Pletie tum to