The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-08-17, Page 8S
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Pat King leans across his desk at the Goderich Police
station and fondly recalls the many years of 'service he
has enjoyed• in uniform before his appointment to the
local Deputy Chiefs job and heir to Police Chief Fred
Minshall. • ` '
Since his teens Pat King has found himself in one
uniform or another, . and most often it has been the -
uniform of a police officer.
"My first police job was 'on the Metropolitan Police
Force in London England where I spent most of my
time on what they called the "Royal Family Detail"
That is to say we patrolled such key points as 10
Downing Street and Trafalgar Square."
• Deputy Chief King was born at Dover England and
• emigrated to' Canada in November of 1953. His wife
Leslie is a Canadian calling Stratford her home town.
The neww police officer, previous to his move .to this
country, .also saw duty with the British Army during
their occupation of the Middle East before -the -founding
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when
the opportunity came up in Goderich I felt 1 could
not pass it by."
"We have had` a cottage near here for sortie time -and 1 ' °
have always lilted Goderich. In many ways it reminds_
me of where I was born in England because of' the
harbour and ships. The lake isn't an ocean but after all
- it looks a bit like an ocean," h& laughs: -
' "I often told my wife °that when 1 retired it would be
to live in Goderich," Mr. King explained, "In that way 1
just arrived 'here sooner than I might have."
The Deputy Chief observed that he is sure he and his N
family of four (boys ,12 and 1.1 and girls 10 and four) I
will enjoy living in this community. ""Goderich is very
friendly and people seem wilting to get involved in their
town." ,,
While ,with the Oakville Police force, holding the rank ' 2
of detective, much of Pat King's work involved youth 1
-crimes and working with juveniles. Pointing out that
'42% of the solved crimes involve juveniles he seems to '
suggest a new accent, on youth work as far as ,the
Godertch Police force is concerned. - ,
"We must reach young people," he says, '!especially . I
those under 16 with corrective action. Often if the police
have a talk with this juvenile, his parents, and the
proper agencies are called in to `help deal with the _
matter, things can be straightened out." 1
"Some of my best moments in police work have been
in cases with ypGng' people,`" he recall* `'4' t `s' a very".
rewarding experience to receive a letter from a young • , E
person in training' school, or similar institutions asking 2•
that you go and talk with him. I was the man mho did 2
the investigation that put him there yet this young
person hold's no ill will."
Attitudes like that are what Deputy Chief Xing hopes P
will result from police work. "Officers must treat
everyone, the young person and the real criminal, with ' g
equal fairness. They must be firm but the days of the FE
strong arm cop are past, that attitude does not solve
problems," he feels.
A believer in adequate training the new Deputy Chief
expressed his pleasure that many of the local . police
officers are taking training courses, on their own time in _
addition to the compulsory training. "Where there are
untrained policemen both the public and the police force El
pays in many cases," he observes.-
Police -community public relations' are equally
important, Pat King feels, and the force must have the '
cooperation of the -people. "The- police -are the people -
of the Jewish Israeli State in 1948. With, the British and the people are the policeasRobert°Peel once said;
Army he also did, tours of duty in North Africa. he points out.
Upon hisaarrival in Canada Mr. King found himself "Seventy-five percent of the time policemen are not
in both the police and army again as he worked with the giving ticketsbut spend their time performing the
Canadian Army MilitaryPolice for a time before he• u,-
y activities of a social agency," he says. "There have been
accepted a position with the Oakville Municipal Police many changes over 'the years: in the police profession
:' Force. He served on that force for 10 years then and today we need smart officers."
accepted the position he 'now holds here in Goderich. The Oakville Daily. Journal, reporting on Patrick
"I was very happy in Oakville and worked under an King's resignation from that community's force said on I
excellent Chief there," he - recalls. A specialist to ar its editorial page, "Pat King was not one of these
The ., Ontario, Federation of
Labor has promised its full
support to provincial students
groups who are opposingthe
increased tuition fees announced
by the Department of.
.Educllowination.
Fag a meeting between
OFL , . executive and
representatives 'of the Ontario
Federation of Students, a joint
statement was issued branding
the increased fee schedule for
universities. and community
colleges ;as ""retrogressive".
"Edttcational facilities should
be made available to all
students who, . are qualified,
rather than to those who are
able to pay for higher
education," the statement' said.
The federation represents
student unions in twelve of
Ontario's universities and one
community college. It is asking
Education Minister George Kerr
to rescind the recent increase of
$100 for 'tuition fees.
OFL policy, ratified by
convent'ion; ` ca_lls ``for- _.the
abolition of all tuition fees: In
its annual presentation to the
provincial government last July,
the OFL pointed out that the
increase in tuition costs would
create ba hardship for many
students.
Terry Meagher, secretary
treasurer of the OFL, said it is
grossly unfair to expect all
citizens to support the cost of
institutions of higher ..learning
through the present methods of
taxation, yet bar the door of
• these. institutions to the children
of those taxpayers with limited
incomes through higher tuition
fees.
The -OFL will . ask.. ,all.. ,.its
affiliates, through Ontario's_50
labour councils, to support the
student • unions " in their
_ juvenile p13Tice.•work and cases involving drugs he,notes, fiardnosedlaw-and order types, but one of a new breed
"There were. many things we had started in Oakville with new ideas. The hope is that police departments can
that I•would have liked to see through to completion `but recruit more like him."
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Six traffic. accidents in town
•
campaign against the higher fee
structure.° Henry Weisback, OFL
,Director of—Political Education
and Labour Councils, will act as,
liaison, between the student
groups and the labour councils.
cause costly motoristproblems
There were six accidents in
town during ,the past week, but
fortunately, no serious injuries
were reported.
,On August 8 at 6:25 p.m. a
car owned by Edward'Bowers of
97 Wolfe St. jumped out of park, •
rolled out of his driveway, and
came in contact with a tree
across the 'street. There was
$100 damage to the car.
There were two accidents on
August 12, both quite costly ,in.
damages.
' At 10:35 a.m. a car driven by
John .Elan Butt of Flint, Mich.
pulled out'of the I.G` A. parking
-lot, going through the stop sign.
This resulted in a collision with
Ont cabinet upholds
milk jug regulation
The Cabinet has rejected a
request to delay implementation
of Ontario's regulation banning
disposable three -quart .
polyethylene milk jugs,
Environent Minister James
Auld' announced today.
The decision came August 8
after Dominion Dairies Ltd:; the
major dairy now using the one-
way jugs, presented a • proposal
to the ,Cabinet. It involved
Dominion -s. - stated- intention tO
reclaim their non -returnable
containers with 'a five -cent
deposit and sell them to a
ass trmaf"t e going rate'f—'
two or three cents a pound --as
bulk plastic to be recycled into
other products. -
It also involved a proposed
industry -government program to
encourage the recovery and
disposal of other plastic
containers by volunteer groups:
• "Cabinet has decided 'the
regulation and its timing should
remain unchanged," Mr. Auld
said. ; "It is scheduled to be
published August 12."
He said the dairy's
submission has been forwarded
to a,Task Force on Solid Waste
- Disposal • which is soon to be
assembled. A .
"There is not enough detail in
the submission to decide on its
feasibility. It needs further
study," he said.
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of 62 Essex Street.
Damage to Mr. Butt's car was
$200 while damage to Mr.:
Snider's car was estimated at
$500.
At 2:15 p.m. on that same day
Leroy F: Siemon of 136 Cambria
Road was east bound on
Bennett St. when Joan E.
Murray of 218 Gibbons Street,
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Bennett street beforeo colliding
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colliding
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Karen Palmer, a passenger of
the Siemon vehicle, was slightly•,
injured:
There was $1,000 damage to
Mr. Siemon's . car and $200
damage to the Murray car.
Monday, August 14, was the
highpoint of the week for
accidents,, with three 'traffic
accidents occurring.
At 2:10 p.m.. Patricia ,t .
angle parked on West
St., backed up and struck a car
driven by Richard B. Gilbank of
R.R. 3, Hanover who was
travelling east on West St.
Damage was, estimated at
$200 ,•to each car.
tater on that day, at 4 p.m.,
Sharon L. Bowers, of 207 Huron
Rd. was backing out of the
Square with her car when a girl
on her; bicycle was riding along.
Too late, the girl ran into the
back of the car, causing bruises
to herself. There was no other
damage,
Fifty minutes later on.
Kingston ' St., Austin B. Harris
of 155 East St. and Harold S,.
Cook of 147 MacDonald St.
backed -out from opposite sides
of the street into each other.
There was $150 damage to
the Harris car and $300 damage
to Mr. Cook's vehicle.
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wheat exporter. ,
• The. percentage-, ,.;.A;rrterican:
families spend of their disposable
income on food is expected to drop
this year (1972) from the, 1971
rate of 16 per cent to around 15.5
per °cent, according to the
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