The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-06-29, Page 2"1?Al Z GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR. THURSDAY. JUNE 29. 1.972
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Benjamin Franklin
A change of heart
The municipal ity'of �Listowel issued
a statement earlier` this week
severely crifiicizing ,. the »Water
Management Branch o -f the
Department of. the Environment,
(formerly • the Ontario Water
-.Resources Commission) for taking
-action at the sewage treatment lagoon
without thei r. approval .. They charge
that the W:M.B. presentedihem with, a
proposal to operate a spray .system
again this year and then went' ahead
with the plan despite the fact the town .
iTad'registeTe• e ,
It seems the town fathers at
Listowel don't believe :the 0:W°;R.0
when they admitted ,at.the end of last
season's , spray- system.- -experiment - •..
that the .venture had been a success.
All those town"counc i l l ors need do is:
'Compare what the Maitland looked I ike
before the experiment and then after.
the spray pumps had been function) ng
for a few months to understand just -
howbeneficial it really was. To say -
the • spray me hod of control -tint
pollution in the Maitland River has not
proven itself is pure idiocy. , • * '
Considering some of the errors and
blunders pulled by 0.W.R°:C. (now the
-W.M.B.) with regard to the Maitland
River in the pastit seems uni iket ' one
would find oneself praising their
action,but' in this case such praise is
Well deserved. If the, town -of Listowel
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Here's to a
Editorial' subject -matter is not
always the' easiest thing to find. But
sometines, -like thistime, it, is
necessary, to'repeat an ;*editoriaj
message which has been sent out
many, many times before.
--Tomorrow is the last day of school, _
for elementary school youngsters,
Remembering back to your childhood
days, you' no doubt rerhe.mber•"tt°ie
ex huberantfeelingyou had during the
first few days of summer vacation—
and the v i m and vigor you put into your
behaviour with little thought for
safety.
- That's whyit is necessary to repeat
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is so_short sighted, or perhaps so
cheap, that they fail to recognize the
only answer offered to this severe
problem then the Provincial water
department only did their' duty by.
.:acting without approval.
We only suggest the spray system
1.go one . step further: Last years
system matched the,, input, of sewage,
thus winter spill into the Maitland
resulted. .If the spray capacity were
doubled th i s'yea r the lagoon' could be
p-ompletely drained by -fall and as a "N
strtt-'-mach–of-the
could be stored, (preventing future
dumping and runoff.
Such a solution however can only be
' ° --,.. :- . a : rent.....:..
�. air -Eyed: at �•-f the 1�fate�_. I�llan .ge,
Branch is given a little support in this
their first legitimate ' attempt at
correctirggtheproblem. Actions such
as that taken by the Municipality `of
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Listowel can only stand in the way of
such a'move. ,
Perhaps the change of. name
0. 1N . &-.--u tlerwent ha -0s -also- resulted
change of heart: We certainly hope
so and »We applaud that ,department's
action with,regard to the lagoon.. At the -
same time We call for support of any ••
additional steps the Water',
Management Branch sees fit totake, if
those steps lead to a •'`rear -I.
improvement ,of conditions with ,
regard to the Maitland River:
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safe summer
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an oldwarning: That's why editors .all
over the country `this week will be,
urging rriatur'e motorists, to have
special care and attention whhi1e„
driving during the summer months.
Watch out for carefree children,
.please, they will plead;
Principal Ralph Smith at Robertson
Memorial School wished his students
a "safe- summer", That's a sensible
petitionforall to carry with them all
year round, butespeciallyvntiI school
re -opens in:Septeinber. •
As Ralph Smith•'. says, '.'Let's -see
you all back here in the fall." •
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"When I, applied for a job as an ecologist, this isn't exactly what I- had in mind!"
Shirley J. Keller, .
Editor,•
Signal -Star,
Goderich, Ontario
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The annual Flower festival
sponsored by the Goderich
Garden Club got off to 'a rather
rocky beginning ' again this
year....but thanks", to the
generosity and • the wisdom -of
Huron County Council. it: • looks
like smooth .sailing for the show
for this year's Summerfest....or
Art Kart .or whatever youlike
to call it.
When the Garden Club 'made
application to the -county t"e•'place
their flower displays • in the
basement •:of the -Court House
againthis year, members were
denied the privilege.
After talking toclerk-
treasurer John B..erry, it seems
understandable.'
"We ,have people working in
there," said Berry. '
The clerk -treasurer noted that
• when the• Flower • Festival 'was
originally permitted to use the
hallways in the basement of the
court house,there was not nearly
so much activity at that building.
"But We've added a• county
A queer quirk in the' collective,
Canadian personality is that
°bilingualism', 'our posse rsiori of two
official languages, . • is widely
'considered a liability, instead of, as it
actuafily i$;'a'maj'or national asset and
cause for pride. ,
All Canadiansar•e_not con�ipelled to_
know both their country's languages
and many Canadians speak neither •
correctly ;but the advantages of
some k.nowle-dge of both are
enormnOus .
Some of these advantages are
practical: the ability to reply in the
same language in which one is asked a
,question; to read' L a Presse. -and the
Free • Press with equal ease; to
possess two ways of articulating any
idea with the option of using, the one
'which says it best. +'
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Culturally, knowledge of English
acrd F tench 'lay. open the treasures of
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the_ two greatest literatures of the
modern world. ry
But perhaps Canada's two -language
status is most valuable when' a
bit ingual Canadian travels. For he, an
go scarcely anywhere without finding
someone who can understand him. In
the ,majority of the new nations of
Africa, English or Frenc--h is -almost
certain to be . one of the Officialthe
languages. The same is true in
nations of the former British and
French .empires on the other -
continents.
Bilingualism 'is our . unperceived
asset: We should be enjoying our two
languages instead of squabbling over
thern.. Rather than threatening
,.anyone's° job'for not'knowing one ,of
.them,. we should ,be devising an
educational system- through which
every Canadian child' will learn and
love both the tongues ,which are his
inheritance.—contributed.
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root now and becoming one of -the
area's biggest summer festivals.
Formerly known exclusively as
the, Art Mart, The, name
Summerfest has been' chosen to '
give the impression that' it..is • a ••
funtime in Goderich and knot just a.
Sale of. art and-ra s. For after
all, the point is td; tract people of
all tastes • to G erich and the
surrounding dist •act •
. Of course, • Art Mart will be •
incorporated' in Summerfest•
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There will still be an Art Mart—a
place tabuy and view. art work by
local artists and. those from
further afield. There will be many
summer visitors who would not
want to miss that Bart of the show.
And this year—if everything'
goes' according to plan—there
will be something new added.
There will be an outd"o'or '`beer
garden'" and of course, there's
plenty of comment—pro. and
con—about that venture.
It may be a sign bf the times, but
it seems to me that beer-fests are
growing in popularity and might
as well be attempted in Goderich;.
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welfare depar'�'tmerit since hen•
Berry. "It could disrupt the Three events come to min
noted
d• in
this connection. The first, of
.staff and the people who visit •• course, is Kitchener -Waterloo's
these departments in the course Octoberfest where German fold
of a day." 'l
'"But we've got an- alternate
proposal," said Berry. "We've
offered to let the Garden Club use
the council ,chambers , ,on the
'second- floor. I don't know it
they'll accept our offer or not.'•� T
It 'wotEtid seem rather--
surprising
ather
surprising to me if the Garden -
Club turned down the county's
generous offer., FOr as -"John
Berry noted, _what's the
difference if you go up a flight of
stairs -and then come down again
or if you go down a flight of stairs
and then come up again..
And the council. chambers will
provide a spacious display area
with good lighting—two qualities
which were lacking in - the
• basement accomtt'rodation of
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previous years.
I would • think that Flower
Festival visitors would be able to
,look and' admire in much greater
comfort than ever befor����, if fhe
:county, council •chamb`rs are
utilized by. the Garden Club• It •
sounds like a good solution to a
rather touchy probletn.
Speaking of the Flower
Festival, did you know it was the
-first of its kind in this part of•the
world? Well it is... :and it has been
highly lauded. by ,the' Ontario
horticultural Society following
previotis showings, a feather for
Goderich's cap. q
"Ti°a'vel `ales is the theme
for this year's Festival. Each -
flower arranger will select' a
country as a topic and,will carry:
that theme in .the flowers and the
and music mingle with good old
Canadian. beer and ale for a real
fun -time,. '
Then in London, it is Fortnight
Festival which finds the country's
finest brew lubricating the
workings of -one --of the province's
most enjoyable events.
And this. weekend in Dashwood,
just-- 30 miles southeast of
Goderich, there wi•11 be
Friedsburg Days when there will
be open-air pubs and 'dancing in -
the streets for all who care to
participate. This is the second
annual Friesburg Days. • . • and like•
it or not, it was the beer garden
atmosphere which put. the little
village on the entertainment map!
I suppose there are a couple of
ways to look at the situation, and it
will depend upon whether you are
a drinker or a nbn-drinker. A
drinking man, of course? will see
'little harm in the venture. A tee-
totaller will see nothing good
about it. ,
There are a, couple of pitfalls,
naturally, if an open-air ,beer
garden is established for even a
shirt:period of time. First of all,
u in the
75 YEARS. AGO
There was no Dominion Day
celebration in Goderich, and the
9 day was a very quiet one. Th.,
display of bunting was about the „"*'
only outward demonstration in
honor of the day, among the flags
which were hoisted being that of
theU.S. Consulate. The stores, of
— course, were closed, but some -of
the factories` were working full
• blast. •
The awards have been made in
the "Black Cat" picture
competition held by Messrs.
Hodgens Bros. Quite a number of
school pupils sent in pictures, and
,a consid.erable amount of
originality is shown in the various
forms which Grimalkin is made to
assume, The pictures 8were all
sent into the Canadian wholesale
agents for the, Black Cat hosiery,
Who awarded , the prizes as
follows: , Collegiate. Institute
pupils--lst, Rob. Craigie; 2nd,
Owen McGillicuddy• , Public
schoolpupils--lst, Lana Harland;
2nd, Ni=na Card.
J.H. Tewaleywrites The Signal
from Yorkton, N.W.T., to which
place he went sb.me_time ago on
r leaving Goderich. Yorkton, .he
say's"; is a small town of 1,0DO
population, nicely »situated in• a'
fine farming district. There area
• imn»bpr of wealthy farmers in the
district, owning from 640 to 1:1700
acres. The land is being very
rapidly taken up, and in the
neighborhood of the tow.a
homesteading is a thing of the '
_rai_ns, have been so•
heavy that ranchers living at a °
fr
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=DEAR EDITOR='
44 Dear Editor
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Please permit me to correct a townspeople., The , City of the
-mistake•.Lmadein my last woek'`si' Straits is the largest passenger
letter ahout'Folks. Where it says boat calling here. •
'i- -in -the-pnper--`r`i- am' among the 25 YEARS AGO �.
young people• who....:' it should ' JUNE 26, 1947. - -.
read "I am among 'the people The annual banquet of the
who..." I have it so on my copy, Goderich'Music Club was held at
but somehow I must have changed the • Bedford Hotel, with, an
its before it got to you. ' ,•• attendance of 30 members ,and,
It is a very small matter and I guests, W;•H. Wickett was elected
am correcting it only because "I • president, succeeding J.A.
am among the young people"does , Snider. 1
not, make sense.' , A decision was at last reached
Sincerely, on.a water tower to he erected by -
Elsa Haydon - the Public Utilities Commission
-�- ` as a part of its program of
improvement of the town's water • ' w,; i
distance can hardly get toffwn., - '
The str. City of the Straits, of
the Brown line, made her first
call on Friday evening, and during
the time she was in.port was.
visited 'by, manyi" the
be a deeper understanding, in
general, between the townsfolk,
and a drawing together of former
Triends, and enemies-, • pat least
for a few brief hours.
I don't knowwhether it is the
beer which promotes•the
° fellowship,• or the fellowship
which improves' the 'beer. But
whenever people sit•down together
to:relax'�inn atmosphere such as
an open-air pub, a general feeling
of well-beir>,g replaces
disgruntled human attitudes
Which usually -prevail to takeithe__
enjoyment out of living. Sur1denly,
individuals become teams and a
new kinship breaks forth. •
True, 'maybe the mood is
broken as soon asa the last beer
keg is emptied and the final new-.
found friend goes home• But it was
'there for a time.•..anl that's
nothing, 'to' shrug ,off as
insignificant.
And there's something • else, ,
too• Unpopular as this' . next
statement will be, there is little .
doubt hi my mind—and obviously,
there's little doubt in the minds of
fi
t arsons. ho. in to ro,mote
-p �,e.�.... ,: ;,,�;fig•,-,:�:.� �..:� p-ter.,••ts
the sale of•beer in t°he'stree"o'
Goderich--that many new and old
ttracted to'this
heavailability of
nd the novelty of
ben to eniov •it
friends will be
town because of
that one drink....
sitting out in the d
• Business is business. You don't .
have to join in.the guzzling but you.
shouldn't mind sharing in the
profits.
..._. . ." if -. t.ee-ping
Some
Th� iutht
before the "wet
Surnmer.f est»
',Free to sit and free to think,
supply system. They decided to
place it -on the lot .owned by the _ 0
Commission on St. \David's
Street, just off Kingston Street._
The fifty-year jubilee of •they
- Federated Women's Institutes of
Ontario was celebrated at the
O;'A. C • , Guelph, Where. 11,000 --
Institute workers met for the
common cause, "For Home and
Country." •�
Free to pay for what you drink;The fifth annual.field day of the
Free to stop an hqur or so; held at Exeter; was favored with
When uneasy, free to go.
- fine weather, .and, although many _
farmers stayed at • home in an
attempt. to, catch.,rup, with v
at operations delayed by previous
Huron Federation of Agriculture,
Use no language in this room
That you would scorn to use
home.
Call. frequently.
Drink moderately.
Pay honorably.
Be good company.
Part friendly.
Go home quietly.
wet weather, there was a very
large attendance, estimated at
6,000. '
Elsie Gaiser, R•R: 2,
Dashwood, was crowned ' "Miss
Huron" when she caught the nod,of - �►
• judges in • a, sweater girl contest.
Ata meeting held in the Legion
Hall the Ladies'Auxiliary of
Branch 109, Canadian Legion,
= �in�tsrnake one ua ty zB. R;.S : -.vas oxg:a,nrz'ecl-•,by;,M�is-s.,,..,
Four quarts snake: one gallon. .Dorothy Hoyle of Stratford,
Two gallons make. one -argument. representative of Zone 18,
'One argument makes one quarrel. assisted by Mrs: F.C. Betts, -0
One quarrel makes one fight. president , of the Stratford
One fight makes two policemen; : ' Auxiliary; Mrs• � Landers, first
vice-president, and Mrs. • J.C.
Richards, standard-bearer.
`,5 YEARS AGO • w
JUNE 29, 1967 -
The:-' 3-7- -members of - fiuron *
County Council and officials did -
considerable
travelling during
• their two-day June session in the °.
county building, 'Goderich. They ate"
went by bus ..to. London to pay a
visit to the University of Western
es Ontario, and drove to Zurich to i6
the have luncheon and visit the Blue
Water rest home.
One Magistrate;
One Policeman; •
One Magistrate's Clerk;
20 shillings or 14 days,
dean-
wBill Dodds
A man leans on his rake, his The driver can't see. His tir
thoughts a thousand miles away as scream on the pavement and
Gar a s short o in n•
he gazes absently into the c h It h t f the fa t.
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flickering of a pile of burning The sound jolts th- dreamer An impressive service of
leaves . hack to the,here and now and he •f' w o r ship was held a t t h e
i. Grey a pillows of sm ke drift starts to rake some more ground- HolmesvillE Uni`fed Church when .
gently across the lawr as he damp leaves, twigs and paper for the Sunday school anniversary
stands there, wrapped in, thought. the fire. was• celebrated. James Lobb,
Thoughts of gardening...the * "There's something special: superintendent, opened the
trees turning • green"..grass about a bonfire," he *ounces to service with the .call -to worship
growing :..the . Tel e a n u p nobody in particular, "And who and prayer by Dr. Mowatt. The
bonfire—all part of that lazy -day does it harm?" Sunday school choir proceeded up
Spring feeling,
- He's perfectly right. Nobody the aisle to•the hymn "This is my
Next door a little boy is playing. ,, was hurt, ..permarrently...this Father's World:
He's running and breathing hard time' An interim financial statement
too hard. His face flushes; his If a bonfire brings dreams, presented to Huron county council•
eyes start to run. By the time he memor1es, pleasure, he has the in Goderich indicated afi
can get inside his house, he's right to start one. That's his 'operating surplus of $26,382 for
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you bring the ..bar -room gasping and wheezing: opinion•anal he's entitled to it. ' the period ending April 30, 1967 °
atmosphere o t ' to pubic : ' He , won't need oxygen this• But he's not entitled _ to osismialisimma* �••�w
when previously it was behind time -just • asthma medication endanger br'cage discomfort to more than a cubic 'yard of
doors - where it was yours to andfest in bed. Of course he the people argiind him. ' , material at any time.
choose or to• shun. And secondly, doesn't dare go outside again until ' If you have to have bonfires, Don't set it where smoke can
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ways to set a a
v� c
or ss a road
situation taneo or
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ultrewhere it
citta,the_call-
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itheclears °until the
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' 'supervise and can result in some bonfires are -out. - control them that protect your cause d i s e'o m fo r t o r
unattractive incidents which. venience to 'a neighbAr. Outside the _.smoke is ' Still neighbours• ancon
would be better left out of tie drifting. The man throws a fresh - There are the rules laid down _ Don't burn ° when weather ,
public view.' lbad on the fire. The smoke cloud b y the » Ministry . o f the conditions keep smoke frorq
" But there are positive aspects; fattens and rollsacross the Environment: , ° dispersing.
as well. brie is something' which; street. ,, He sure you liave.the approval Burn dry materials and don't
accessories, ' " ' I'M willing to wager few people in ' A toddler,Look•s up and beams at of your local fire department, burn petroleum products,plastic, a
i., that wn realize
alize will happen until an appronching car."Dadd 's 1�l
lee, or lardsand forests office rubber or anything else that will
++� she crows, asshe runs „ whoever has jurisdietion. causeexcessivesimiokeor fumes.
..int 1abeCome tea . mining,.
bout Goderich's open.air beer garden , ..out to meet the ear. Stay with thea fire at all times, . Do it this *ay and your fire
And .speaking.� • `
a it is good is an. thin - like those in other The•smoke rolls down towards ' Keep the fire at least 500 feet : won't bother 'anyone;
S'tfmmaarfest irfgener 1, g Anything g ..., � ,
t4•see that the event is taking firm towns�and villages, the result will - the pavement.. ., , from a dwelling, or don't 'bairn Re . nsiderate
N K il° a