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Vote
It seems .trite, but Signal -Star
urges all .11911:4e voters in Goderich to,
'!
It out tc the polls Monday, etxllr
4 between the hours of 11 a. m, and 8 n
'. k to vote foethe candidate or condi-
dotes of your choice,
There are marry more ,eligible' voters
in Goderich this election than there has
ever been before. This time, all persons
,--18 years of r age and over who were. res-
idehts :of .Goderich on or before Octo-
ber 10 of this year, and who are Cana-
dian' or British subjects, may vote.
The places at which; the polling
booths are set up are clearly indicated,
elsewhere in this issue. Look for it.
.Advertisements for almost all condi-
dates appear in this week`s edition as
wellstatements of
Therearaalsosolnest '
policy from some members of council
printed as a -public service in this issue,
by._ the °Signal -Star. Last week, °'there
were others. Read them.
In short, government legislation' has,
given the franchise to a wider base of
people. Consider local time and money
has been forfeited to insure that voters
are informed of their rights as well as.
the issues in the campaign.
Don't neglect your civic duty. Get out
to' vote.
O'n safety patrols
At last week's Huron County Board
of Education meeting the board mere,
hers saw. fit to give official sanction to
school safety patrols. They stipulated
that parents would 'have to give written
consent for their offspring to partici-
pate, the students' taking part would
haveto be trained by police officers
and the patrols should be administered
through the school principal and the
police.
So what's new.
We hasten to point out that we do
not criticize the board for such a move.
It is only interesting to note that the
sanctioning may havebeen slightly slow
in coming. ,
For at least 12 years now one of the
elemeitory; sc'hoots,`'--in- Goderich.--.has,
been operating avery effective school
Safety Patrol. under the. outline the
Board; set down last week and the pa-
trollers seem' to be doing a good job.
Don O'Brien,' principal of Victoria
Public School where the program oper-
ates, feels it is a good thing both from
the safety aspect and the fringe benefits
of experience and responsibility the pa-
trollers gain.
Goderich Deputy Police Chief Pat
King termed" the patrols -a "good ,idea
and went on to say that such programs
"really pay off."
He furtherexplained that. the Police
Department has appointed Constable
,Tpm Jarczak to work with the patrols .so
that safety becomes more to them than
their part as crossing. 'guards. It is
hoped special training the youngsters
will receive will reduce needless acci-
dents in many other areas.'
At present Victoria. School has 25
patrollers, organized into five groups,
and as a result no one child is on duty
for too long. Only youngsters from
Grade six take part since this is the old-
est group in the school.
We salute the safety patrollers for
their work. There is no way to measure
the effectiveness of their efforts but
most,..q-ganizers agree it is considera-
ble. ,
We would further urge local motor-
ists to watch for these • young people
and respect their directives.
Huron County Board of Education is
also to be commended. Now that The
board members have given their official
sanction to such projects perhaps it will
encourage more. schools to undertake
patrol systems.
There are many benefits to be reaped
from Safety Patrols and all schools
should make it a point to get. in on
them.
A drug.....crisIs?
It is likely that many Huron County
parents were appalled last week to
learn that the Huron County Board of
Education has felt it necessary, to pass a
policy detailing drug education in the
schools as well as listing means by which
to curb 'the abuse of drugs in those
centres.
For moms and dads with youngsters
of high school age, such news sends.
chills up and down the spine. In their
day, the drug- scene was far removed
from the average, everyday life in Hu-
ron County. It is shocking when a school
board openly admits that -a problem
does exist and something must be done.
to meet the trouble head-on.
Dr. Frank Mills, Medical Officer of
Health for Huron has said recently that
drugs are a reality in Huron County
Schools both elementary and sec-
ondary. Few people are in a position to
argue with Dr. Mills although there are
indications that the MOH may be slight-
ly more "'Uptight" over the situation
because of his closeness to the situation.
The fact remains that while Dr. Mills,
the school board, some teachers and
many parents are concerned' about the
abuse of drugs, the young people gen-
erally are not.
Most .-ofx:t a t na gers are in.,the
sxd y s. ee g e ,
. centre ofa drug -oriented society' and
have ready access to illegal and legal
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tirbi obtrttlj
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drugs. .Many have, 'experimented, are
experimenting.. Some are. users. But
still, young people for the most part
remain unafraid of the dangers about
which many of their elders speak. They
keep their' cool and remain calm in the
face of what some term an epidemic of
drug abuse.
Why?
It is possible that while youth seems
very self-assured in the face of grave
danger; members of that select society..
may be more frightened than many
imagine.
Or it could be that today's youth is
truly self-reliant - with a more mature
outlook and educated approach to such
problems than anyone gives them credit
for possessing.
Either way, adults have much to
`learn from youth. It restores faith in the
tried and . proven method for guiding
youth through the turmoil of the teen
years . - . that of keeping the lines of
communication open and functioning at
all costs.
Regretfully, this may have been one
route which the Huron County Board of
Education has .neglected to study. One
wonders if the present policy which
en-
ouraes schooll.staff to "rat"
on their
students is the most acceptable plan the
board could have devised.
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QEAR (DITOR
Real ,r((lue
Dear Editor:
The Signal Star" is to be
commended in publishing the
issues with which the local
government was faced in the
past two years and the`action of
the Council members in relation
to these issues. Because. of this
policy the voters in the forth-
coming civic election can make
a more intellegent decision as to
who they want to represent
e t for the next two year
trod.
So many citizens do not keep
in touch with theToWn business
and even those who do, are apt
to have short memories; so that
the information , published by
the "Signal Star" at this time.is
ofreal value, without this
record being made known to the
public,people would.. fall back
on the old method of voting for
the "nice guy". Surely it has
been amply demonstrated that
such a method of selection has
created more "seat warmers",
and blockheads, in the Councils
of the Nation than efficient
spokesmen.
Thepaper therefore has sup -
'plied -us with the most reliable .
criterion: Performance - insofar
as the incumbents are concer-
ned. As to those who are run-
ning, but have not yet served in
the council, they can only be
judged by those who know them,
by their wisdom or lack of it in
other. fields., -
Just in case I ., should run
afoul of the Women's Lib let nye
hasten to explain that the guvs
and the spokesmenmentioned
in my letter embraces both
female and male.
Arthur Laverty
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Signal is link
Dear Editor,
Since leaving Goderich I've
found the Signal Star an impor-
tant link to my home town and
my friends and acquaintances
there. I was very pleased to read
the interesting ` article in the
Nov. 16 issue.
It is' good news that a project
such as Co -Pilot is being plan-
ned and supported. I' am proud
of all the people involved,
I've always believed that in
Goderich there were concerned
people and this proves it.
Goderich is a good place for
growing up and a program like
-this will make it even better.
Young people's problems
have been ignored or not taken
seriously. Often the difficulties
are passed off as just part of
'growing up..'. Things which hap-
pen in your younger years affect
you all. your life. Adolescence is
the one time in life when you
must know ekactly what you are
•doing. Often kids get -involved in
things they don't understand.
I'm confident Co -Pilot will help
them.
Good work and good luck,
Sally Leitch
Toronto
Pollution Praia
Dear Editor:
Pollution Probe Oakville has
asked for and obtained a
resolution from the Oakville
Town Council requesting that
the Province of Ontario ban the
sale of disposable soft drink
containers. This resolution will
be sent to all Ontario
municipalities in towns of
population over 100,000 for
their endorsement before going
. to Queen's Park.
We had hoped that it would
be sent to all ,municipalities but,
our council limited it to those of
population over 1'00,000 because
of n heavy workload and ex-
pense.
However, if you and the
citizens of your town could per-
suade your own council to send
a similar resolution to the
Provincial Government; it
would reinforce our• effort and
increase the likelihood of a ban
(cdntinurid on pail 3)
Our roving photographer-
citizen has provided the
Signal -Star with one more
set of three round, , and
about town pictures—•all
with a message for council,
present and future. In the
first picture, there is a
boat rack which some kind
soul rescued from the wa-
ters of the .harbor,. ,As re-
cently as Monday, it was
sitting in the middle of .a
turn -around. just waiting
for a car or truck to wreck
it. (Note the tracks on ei-
ther side, says our photog-
rapher?) In the middle pic-
ture, there's a photo ofthe.
garbage which has been
left at the Marina since it
as closed about six weeks
ago. The 'garbage just
wasn't '•put out where the
garbagemen could see it,
o,u.r..roving photographer
believes, and now is about
ready to come out of the
bags and begin blowing
around. Let's use the rov-
ing photographer's own
words to describe the bot-
tom photo. "Someone had
public safety in mind when
too guard posts which were
broken off were replaced
with two sturdy four -inch
cedar posts. There is no
restraining cable. It fell off
two years ago and was
never replaced. There is an
almost straight drop of 35
feet . right behind the row
of posts. This is at the
south end of Essex Street.''
As the election draws nearer
just four days away now —it
is clear that very little excite-
ment will be generated for it in
Goderich. I suspect that people
will go to the polls • in the usual
numbers and vote for the candi-
dates of their choice without
much .fanfare. After all, elec-
tions are old -hat in this part of
the world this year. •
We have stated the fact edito-
rially as well as on the front
page -- but I believe if is well
worth repeating that all resi-
dents of Goderich who are 18
years of age and over are eligi-
ble to vote in this year's muniei-
pal election providing they: are
Canadian
British subjects who esided
it, Goderich on or before Octo-
ber 10 of this year.$p For per-
sons in that .category whose
names do ntt.appear on the vot-
ers list, they may obtain a cer-
tificat for voting, either from
the clerk prior to the election
. or from, the Deputy Returning
Officer at the poll.
There's .soinet in g else I've
.� g
been meaning to explain for
the benefit of business people
in, Goderich as well as for the
edification of parents- of high
school students in Grades 12
and 13.
Principal John Stringer of
Goderich District Coilegiat
Institute says that studentsn
Year 4 and 5 at the school are
permitted to leave the school
during the periods when they •
have no classes. It should be
noted here that most students
have one or' two free periods
per day.
Mr. Stringer advises tile. j us .;
ness community that such stu-
dents are not skipping classes,
nor - are they' uptown without
the blessing of the school.
However, it is hoped by school •
staff that for the most part, stu-
dents with spare periods will
use the extra time vailable to
them for study in the library at
•the'schooi or in any other desig-
nated study area.
To this end, parents are en-
couraged to,speak totheir sons
and daughters with a view to
curtailing their Minas uptown
unless there is a specific meed
or when study and homework
has been completed.
Mr: Stringer says that last
year's upper school ,students
who were allotted this freedom
weremost wise in the use of it.
It is his hope — and the hope of
all GDCI staffers — that this
year's senior students. will
maintain the excellent record
earned , by their
edecessors.
Huron County may have a
problem which everybody is'
ignoring, everybody that is ex-
cept the .farmers.
In the most recent edition of
Mid the magazine of mid-
western Ontario which is
published by Midwestern
Development Council, there is
an article entitled Old
MacDonald Had A farm. It
tells a -aati, -sad story about this
county,
I'm usually not impressed by
statistics because, 1 believe that
any statistics can be 'presented
in a variety of different ways so
as to produce any impression
tlie•statistician wishes to convey.
However, I'm going to quote
from this set of statistics which
gives an idea of what's hap.-
petting
ap»peeing in, rural Huron.
In 1961 in Huron, there were
5,052 farm operators. In 1966,
there were 4,565 &lid in 1971,
4,213. That's a decxeasie of 889
'continued On pogo 3
70 YEARS, AGO
NOVEMBER 30, 1902
A speci4I public -meeting was
held at the HuronCounty Court
House in Goderich for the pur-
pose of discussing. the proposed
Huron, truce and Grey.Rlectric
Railroad. The meeting was ad -
.dressed by George . Waller
president of the Hamilton,
Grimsby and Beanisville Elec-
tric Railway who told the ,
`meeting of ,the success his com-
pany enjoyed and predicted,
similar success for, a Western
Ontario version of the project.
The new books firrived in St,
Helens for the public library
there. The library noted that it
. hacl quite an assortment and
was termed a credit to the
village.
W. Ament announced that he
had leased the Coleman sawmill
in Seaforth and that he 'was
having the business completely
overhauled to up date it for the
manufacture of staves.
John McMillan of Port Albert
left for Drysdale to join his un-
cle, who was working at the St.
' Joseph ship yards. '
The Huron Signal .was
engaged in a campaign in sup-
port of a by-law favoring the •
new Electric Railway proposal
and published advertisements
urging voters to support it.
It was reported that there had
been numerous enquiries from
outside of town with regard to
the Summer Hotel which was in
the hands of the assignee. Some
of the prospective purchasers
had =travelled r to Goderich-- to -
look the building over.
In writing to the Signal editor
a citizen asked that the
residents of Goderich fry a little
harder to keep the town clean.
The letter writer was par-
ticularly offended by what was
termed "disgusting language
and posters on .certain fences."
25 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 30, 1947
1V1ister mariner "Eddie"
Robinson was taken to his last'
resting place in a service at
Goderich attended by a large
representation of citizens and
a members of; the inland arine.
Mayor Mooney told until
that he had received a letter
from the Minister of Finance in
Ottawa praising the community
of Goderich for its efficient work
through the local Ration Board
arid conveyed thanks to all
those who helped in the
distribution of ration books.
After a session in Committee
of the whole council agreed to
ask the solicitor to prepare a
bylaw prohibiting the erection of
commercial buildings on the
river and lake banks from Cain-
bria Road west.
The Goderich Girls trumpet
band were doing well in their
appeal for funds. The Ahmeek
Chapter of the I.O.D.E. and the
I.O.D.E. Maple Leaf chapter
each donated $25 while A.L.
Cole sent along a donation of
$5.00
A letter from the E.A. Horton
Sales Company in Brantford
suggested that after con-
sideration of the parking
problems in Goderich meters not
be installed but instead a one
hour limit put into force.
Following nominations
George G. MacEwan was elec-
ted ' Goderich mayor by ac-
clamation while the voters
would be asked to select a
Reeve, Deputy Reeve and Coun-
cillors.
The Huron Engineering and
Research Company commenced
their contract to ferry some
seventy five planes from Jarvis,
Ontario to New York City for
the Swedish Government.
5 'YEARS -AGO
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NOVEMBER 30, 1967
Goderich Little Theatre laun-
ched its 1967-68 season with
three performances of Philip
King's comedy "On Monday
Next" at MacKay Hall.
All members of Colborne
Township Council were retur-
ned to office by-aeclamatiori at
a nomination meeting held for •
the township.
With a little co-operation
from the weather • man all
systems were go for the annual
Santa Claus Parade to be held
on Saturday.
Council received a delegation
from four townspeople objecting
to the granting of a liquor
lounge licence to the Har=
bourlite Inn.
Over the vigorous objections
by Councillors Walter Shear -
down and Ray Robinson, town
council accepted inprincipal, a
16 page report of an inquiry into
townpolice services;' although
no formal ,notion was made`
to
act en the twelve recommen.
dations' in the report,
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