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ERICH SIGNAL -STAR. THURSDAY. JUPR 15. 19'1a,
Planners should get involved
is it too :late for SullyPark?
That's the question wich, is making
the rounds in Goderich, these days.
Apparently many 'people ,are having •
second thoughts about the -offer 'made
by h Y - the Sully Foundation,to thr Town of
Goderich, for a fully developed park
and council's decisionto turn it down.
At least one Letter to _the Editor this
week attests to that fact.
In retrospect, .it is difficult to
understand how Town Council felt at
ease rnakin-g°"a °deeisi"on on such a
matfer -without first consulting the
planning board for the "municipality.
Surely this group should have been
afforded the opportunity to express
opinions on the advantages and the
disadvantages of Sully Park to the
,town's future. This must be what
planning is all about.
A quick telephone cal I late 'Tuesday ,
Eisler nee
Not long ago, a young girl in
Goderich was bitten .by a dog. The
identity of the dclg - or its whereabouts
-was not known. Although the bitewas
:notserious the skin hadbeen broken
and after, consultation with the doctor,
° it was' Learned that.the dreaded se`r i es
of anti -rabies shots would,have to be
taken.by the girl unless the animal
which had bitten her could be located.
Fortunately for thesi rl, the dog was
found. It is now safely -under
quarantine :lush. asa. precaution__ .�.. ___-
a.Ittough the animal is thought to be
perfectly healthy. End.of problem:. -
Or i s it?
:Goderich's animal control officer,
DickEisler, says>that the dog problem
in this' ..munici'pal ity is serious. He .
claims that toofew dog owners are
fully aware of their responsibility as
pet lovers -..He insists that dogs-- and,
their owners - must The constantly
under surveillance or the town ,yvou:I d
be over-run'with foot -loose canines.
Peoplelho'have been at the centre
of dog _problems in they past are
conGincedthatDick Eisler is doing the
,""; own—a r6aiservice: School officjafs in
Goderich wi I I report there is seldom a
`stray dog on theplaygrounds to bother
the children. Residents of the town.
dog owners and not - adrnit there
evening• to a planning board official
•fotlwing a regular planning board
meeting netted small encouragement,
however. Secretary Fred Salter
stated that the matter of Sully Park
had pot been di scussed by the planning
board because the planning board was
"not involved".
Maybe}Town Council isn't the only
public body in Goderich which should
be taken to task for the. decision' on
Sully Park: Maybe the .placidpublic
planners., of this municipality who
were not involved in. Sully Park -
should be asked to explain why they
. didn't get involved as petition -makers
sought to" squelch something which
was so' obviously ••a matter of deep
concern for planners.
n
Is there! still time for them to get
involved? " , •
•a
les
s support
aren't, many animals running loose
since Dick Eisler came 'on the scene.
Still. Eisler,has troubles, caused,
perhaps, ,by the fact "that his non-
glamorous- work often results in
unpopular dealings with people who
"are -miffed—by—the . authority of the
animal control officer. Like' any law
enforcement officer, Eisler . ,is.
constantly confr'_onted by folks who
dislike rules and regulations imposed
on them especial ly because of 'their
pets:
There have been -accusations
against Eisler of. impolite behaviour
and over -zealous ,duty.• It Could be. •
- Ey",eryone is• entitled - to lose his
temper or exert what authority he has
occasionally. It is done in even the
most posh positio-ns 'when.
circumstances "close -in".
There is little doubt -that Dick
Eisler holds down one of the most
thankless jobs in Goderich. It is • a
dirty, tiresome, sometimes
embarr..assirg'task ":. but Dick Eisler
does his' work faithfully_ and to the
betterment ofthescommunity.
Anyone who has ever called on Dick
Eisler for assistance knows. how
helpful he can be. He's a good man• for
the, job .... and he needs• your support.
Why work
• 75 YEARS Ate!
,JUNE 19, 1902
At the closing exercises of tilt
To`rontONornialSchool Principa
Scott announced that Hon. Richard
Harcourt, Minister of Education,
had decided to lengthen the. term
at that institution from five
months to nine months.:
Elaborate preparations .werl'
being made for the big picnic to -be
held " on Coronation Day at
° Ransford's grove. The program
included a cricket " match, a
baseball - match i betw.een the
Shorties and the Iron Dukes, foot '
races and shot putting.
1'he excursion trip of the
steamer Greyhound, of the White
Star line, was a very successful
one: -'The steamier arrived from'
Detroit with about 350 people on
board, and about two hours Later*
'left the harbour with°the .Musical
Society's excursion for a three
-hours -t:ip..bn..the.lake.
Nt`ayor,Cameron, K.C., iil1.P°P.,
was appointe.ci, a member of the
.commission to revise and.
consolidate the Dominion
statutes.
The schooner Koltage arrived
from Chatham, loaded flour from
' the big mill, and left the same day
for Johnston's Harbour.
Acting Chief Fruit Inspector A.
McNeil, of the Department of
Agriculture, returned from,. an
important 'tour of inspection of
fruit growing districts of Western ,I
Ontario with good news. He a,
reported that prospects generally
were extremely. good. in apples,
plums, grapes and fruit
generally. There was a
surprising decrease in noxious
insects.
=DEAR EDITOR=
Regrets reticence
Dear Editor,
As'a new member of .yotir
' com,mtinity, and a landowner -sin
the immediate vicinity of the
stillborn. Sully Park, I feel,
impelled to comment on the
recent ' controversy. I " felt
reluctant to 'react vociferously,
as I ,asumed there .was to
question of municipal acceptance,
and' am now deeply ashamed for
- my reticence, In my innocence, I
assumed this to be a progressive
community, reasonably immune °
to squeaky axles
Petitioners arrived at inydoor"
Statements •such as, "He's •
money", and "He lives .in, a glass
house", led me to believe that
'nobody would take the petitions
-se=riously; least ofal-i-the eoteil
1 was informed that Mr. Sully
wished to use the closed road
allowance -for a tennis court for
himself and his friends: K's far as
I' am' concerned, tennis is
invigorating anhealthful, yen
for •Mr. Sully and his friends.
I am in favor of closing
Wellesley Street for one block,
even if not for Mr: Sully's benefit.
This would cut down the drag strip "
Shirley 1. Keller,
Editor, .
Signal -Star,
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Folks will be to
the road
very soon. 'Most Goderich people
who are' familiar •,with young
people in the area will know that
..Folksis ;a group of youngsters—
l5 years of age and up, perhaps—
RSwho•-' have recei•''ed an
�-Op�orturriti�s�o��outh�grxnt-frorre�-
• • in front of mxiyouse by exactly one
As unemployment continues to be
oneof our national problems,
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periodical ly a headof tete government—�
will say philosophically --in
reference to those who refuse a job
paying only $1.65 an hour, "weld, if
they don't want to ” work, why should
they?',' Other i me l l ectuat ' types will
echo some dream for the future when,
according to them we' I1 all be on a 3 -or
•4 -day work week and ours will be a
greatsociety-of .lesu.re-..
Is this what we really want?
Any: society, all the way from
primitive cultures up to the
sophisticated and complex .• North
American variety, consists 'of
individuals who are mutually'
dependent upon each other. We found
this out in recent garbage strikes and:
remember it well from some postal
strikes of the past. It is a fact of life
that we are interdependent,
The work ethic is not a hangover
from the Puritans. It is funda>tmentaI I
good . `pr man to work, to have
,cha llenges.and to meet them, to pit his
krl tsk.a a sst�
� p roblems. To . provide a
service to society through work, even
*if it isn't always the kind of. job we :m:'bi''o°ck: h•on't`even feel
' would choose if we hada large cho i oe, inconvenienced by having to drive,
..1does give one se'If-Tesp ect-and a sense-• -downtown via:anothsrsroute.._
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• of. value. Man, needs to contribute Certainly Mr. Sully -was giving
something to the "general pot, as it agiftwitha few strings attached,
but, as he indicated," many of these
were. The insidious effect . of were easily" untied. As far as a
continued unemployment is .to create buffer zone is concerned, he•
first anxiety, then hopelessness, and would require one f his own
finally apathy whichin turn leads to privacy.,. So would Coun.•
degeneration of the. hum an being, Giesebrecht if he 'had donated
•b property adjacent to his house for
Instead of treating unemployment a park. An unfortunate majority of
facetiously, - c-ouac+1'-sem to feel obliged4o'v
__ .beams o� state ancf-
- -our
ove rnments could d be seriously measuf a the horse's teeth before
9 ' accepting it.
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involved in developing more beautiful Coun. Jewell feelsthat he owes
cities with greater public 'services, the petitioners something. I don't
the government for a summer
work project. ,
Folks will be presenting •
concerts -musical and dramatic "
entertainment—for sick and shut-
ins in hospitals and old age homes
in . in' area, As . far as .1'm
concerned, the idea behind Folks
is excellent°...but I'm willing to
wager that it *Ill be the members
• of Folks ,who will receive the
'greatest benefits from this
summer's -activities and -not the
persons for whom the concerts
=are ,a�r•an�.ci .�.:�,:.p..:-....:. M....�,...,_��.� .::�,
government's money was well
spent on tYlie Goderich group.'
•- Bilt I'm afraid I'm skeptical
because youth.being youth,
exhuberance oftimes takes the
place of sound program planning
and hard work. Already there are
join -e, ``$ad Vibes" about the
Folks concert which, I'm told,
may easily "bomb" on the first
night.
Why? The trusty -or not so
trusty—grapevine has it that
Folks is "putting together. a
program which will be essentially
furl for the cast members but
unsuit.t, e for , the kind of
audiences'to which the members
will be playing. And that may be an
unfair assessment since I'm not
at -all certain,acyone.has. _Seen_ the.
program in total:... or even if the
ra has been finalized.
'`I've' been keeping my eye on the
project from the beginning. I've
been interested --partly kbecause
so many unflattering things have
been said about Opportunities for
Youth' in general and partly
because youth are among some of
.my favorite people.
1f there is anyone in Goderich
who would like to see Folks
succeed, it:1 alto- be roe, It _would
give me extreme pleasure to be
able to report this fall that Folks
made a hit in most every spot it
played—and that the
thus creating a i'n p I. o y m e n t , feel that l owe hire► anything, not .
Preventive medicine in..the form of,•
gymnasiums, more.tennis courts, golf six hundred- is a 11.4 'per cent
c l ubs, bicycle r. oadways., gardens, you minority. Silent majorities
name it—where some people can be apparently are ignored .in
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employed and others find Goderich.
r e•c r e a t i o m— is another a r. e a A final amusing note was added
to the general fiasco WI
governments might consider. • citizens' interview on the front
even a vote at the next election
• "Seven hundred and fifty of sixty -
As' a recent survey f rein coast toy
coast ' reveals, Canadians from
labourers to executives, 'believe the
right toa,job 'should be a fundamental
right for all,
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people's reactions that you are
otit of your depth and must expect
to be corrected. In other words,
you may wish to •ekplain the"
workings behind your own
actions,'but you are in no position
to proclaim what I or• any `other
-councillor .had in the background
of our minds,'unless we expressly
page of •the June & paper. One of said so, when we put our personaCl
your interviewees, who doesn't reactions together to 'form a
believe `in closing • off streets, ,majority decision at the council
lives on a CUL-DE-SAC.''
table, regarding the recent park
To Ree,ve Carroll and question.
Councillors'Prefit•, ffd-Shewfelt . 'You can hardry be serious .in
my compliments as tfie only your "near Readers column of
progressive members of our last week when you present this
elected municipal body: ' "gem" (tbborrow one of your own
Thanks, anyway, Mr. Sully. But, expressions) which 1 quote: "It
as o f rierid of mine from out of was not- surprising. that `
town said when he saw last week's 'Councillor Hayden did not get a
paper, "Ne doesn't need that kind seconder -for her moth n to put
But it has been a concern of
mine fromthe beginning. Judging
' from the young people,' know best,
imagine would iagine they' would find ,it
dull and extremely difficult work
to present a program which would
catch the interest of the majority
of institutionalized, persons in
-ou"r area.
Some of you may reinember the
Larnbton4 Youth• Theatre which•
played in Court House Square last
summer during Art Mart weer
Although that was an exposure
only show, very few persons, over
30 years of age understood -a11. the
ranting and raving which
eminated ' from those steel
monkey -bars upon which eh was
performed.,
I was in the crowd for a while. I
- did not find the production
entertaining....nordid most of the
6 ,people with whom I spoke, To be
.truthful, !found the play puzzling
and extrt?mely depressing. °,.but
then, -t`m in the well over -30
bracket which was raised on
cornball' hurnotlr and slobbery
rave stories. Who could 'expect
s o m e o,n ef rpo mh,,i3i tA' e'r a =t o
appreciate a good modern tragedy
like Che with all its hidden,
deeper meanings. •
The= youth—the • blue-jeane'd
crowd --which `squatted in the
rqb ark that day seemed to
appreciate the • performance. It
of aggravation". Sully Park to a public vote. The was their meat and it was their a the enthusiasm of 'youth Lisp
Sincerely, remainder of: council probably show. Who knos what dreams of
• .' J"„1C. McCaul. , � confoundedby -plain s-tupidit; . • It
recognized , Mrs” ,Illaydon's grandeur circulated in - young ,has ever been thus.
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40 Wellesley St. su estion for what it was - a heads as they w,atctie the actors
Suggestion Despite what may have been -
ever
move t o, w i g g 1 e out of a and actresses cl1in' ing up and ,, ,, -
c e 3t t el'tread ..oto this column, my good
e controversial situation without over the park grounds? wishes are extended to Folks,
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generation gap
'comprehended and closed by •throughout the_, district was
Folks, at least where their caused by a heavy downpour of
summer production is concerned, rain
And let there be no mistake -it 'Hardest hit in this. area was
must be Folks'who'close that gap. Goderich township,where
1t will have to be Folks who will damage was estimated by Reeve
bend to please the crowds for George Ginn at about $20,000,
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25 YEARS AGO
JUNE 12, 1947
Twenty-two newspaper men
from the United States, with
representatives from the Ontario
Gb ernment, -- The ` Canadian •
-'Weekly Newspapers Association
and . the . Ontario Hotelmen',s
Association, were guests of the
town council at a dinner at Hotel
Bedford. Present also were
members and officials of Huron
County Council -and members of ,
the Goderich Board of Trade, the
4 gathering numbering• about 75.
has• been ,,Considerabje damage
there would be small likelihood
that the audiences could be
retrained to youthful tastes in the
time • it takes for one
performance"
One member of Folks made the
comment to me in jest perehanc•e
Other areas hit were Stanley
township and the Auburn district:-
Sponsored by the Huron County
Crop Improvement 'Association,
an kllday meeting of persons •
interested in the eradication •of
weeds, including reeves of
that the •people who will see the r' municipalities, weed inspectors
Folks program this summer will ^•L- and_others, was held at the Court
• be -so hungry" 'for House.
entertainment, they will be
• The spring meeting of the if
Huron Deanery was held.
Ministers and' laymen -from all
�secti zof-the:..cquzdy ,aft did -:,.:— -
Rev. B.H. Farr of Goderich, was
coinmunion celebrant, assisted
by Rev. J.L. Henderson, Blyth,
and Rev. J.C. Caley, Gorrie• Mrs..
A.C. Calder, and Mrs° L.E. $
Smith, 'of Rodney, convener of
deaneries, were speakers 'for the
Women's Auxiliary.
Goderich Lions juniors ,
Gontinii crthiirw1iiuiug_ ways by
taking Auburn Intermediates into- • 0
camp by a score of 7' to 4. The
game was played 'on the Auburn
diamond, and spite of the fact that
the playing field' was not in too
good conditron the teams dished
up some nice baseball," only two
errors being' chalked up against is
each aggregation.
grateful for the Folks ,visit I
Avouldn't•count on,it. For instance
,toe senior citizens -at Huronvew
• check What',s::l�lew .a.LHuraniciew
almost any week in this
newspaper) are well entertained.
In fact, those people have their
own entertainers among them.
They know what they like, believe
me;and they are a little too old to
change their ideas in one'.
• afternoon.
One -of the most exciting things
which'Folks has planned is a kind
of -preview, Tefliirrnancw ,for
interested persons before the
' first run out of town To my
knowledge at the time of writing,
no date has been set for this
show, . , .but I' m very interested to
see it and hope I'm one of the lucky,
o`hes to be invited.
There is yet another danger in
the Folks venture. There is fear
among the Old Fogies that the fun
and excitement of tieing away
from home with good friends Will
become more important than the
show. That May be An unfounded
fear, "of course, bell is a fear,
nevertheless, of people who are -
old enough to have experienced.
the 'work -a -day world and "• the
federal.. taxation, department. -.., _..
1" trust this representation 01-
Goderich: youth which iS Folks
will find the magic fortinula` to
enable them to be 'young and
mature at the same time: That's a
tail miler; for wisdom, as we all
know, is generally wasted on'.the
do-nothing adult population while
Dear1 getting bruised," . In short, if there is any kind of a Theirs f n an irna ' 'native venture
:ditor, mhe g
Of course it did not' surpxise program parallel, between the
Obviotisly you, like everybody which, if well, executed, could
anybody' at the council table; we do Lambton ' Youth 'iheatre and
else, have a perfectlyfood and show this ttcis.itrt of the world that
not work with our eyes closed. I Folks, we should be able to -:...
respected. right to express your .. ._ " • young pebite are not the Carefree,
preferences • or voice out did °not expect a seconder, I. accurately forecast the r'eactlon • inane crowdthey•are made out to
.^ 1 y wantedtogoonrecordwith'what 1, of audiences Folks` will
objection to deCi•sio s your
_ . be.
think rs•the right thing to do under encounter. There shown be wide be the m
happenings on any level of •pudic 1: elks could easily rich
". , , n mouthed ,stir ri a followed b
affair;s. l isk the i✓ir cumstanods" Tho, others p s desit'ed link betty en yrnmg and
,. a � i only when you start .� . uik�Ical��.. �tho'n ht �era�in ' ill .
colouring theta with. our, own did what they thought xs best. g g oId'cverywhei'd. And that's 'worth
g a boredom. 1
i son of clear sight and r deft y
What per � r� . . •,,+� w ' •. a n t ant a rr d a'
'brand of to inn reading ancj finding g' ��` e r n m e �.�'
fti .� It is. that the Sunitner
" "'s ani? ti ti ti i , cilli �te>tse turn to Page ° • my sincere hope
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5 YEARS AGO
Continuous entertainment was
the order of 'the day when the
Confederation •'caravan parked
their' Centennial trailers in the
Agricultural park.
Ilhe caravan' opened the doors
at 11 a.m: and from then until the
xhibitswereshut down 4 a -hours
later, a .. continuous queue of
people waited at the entrance "to
the first .trailer,•to gain
admission.
Fears. that Goderich • police
force might literally become a • .
"mounted" unit, as expressed by
Councillor Walter 'Sheardown at
council meeting were finally
allayed when Ma'o'r Frank
1llills,vt.,`
agreed -lo carry a
message to tine police
commission on•behalf of the town:
T.he'Ontario government's plan
to'de\relop an industrial park and
education complex at former CFB
Centralia was to..:swing into ,N
action. .
Work was tostarton renovation
,
of throo,of the seven- hangers on
the base. Al the safine, trifle; tht'
government was'r .lawn hinig, its
promotional. campaign to lease
the "faculties to industry.,
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