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PAGE 2--GODERICH SIGNAL STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1973
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DITORIAL COMMENT
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Let's hear it for the county
There may be some unhappiness
throughout the county, particularly in
and around Goderich, about the recent
performance of Huron County Council.
However, there should be no concern
among county `ratepaYers following the
news that Huron councillors have voted
themselves a raise in pay.
For a long time now, particularly at the
municipal level, the impression has been
left that the job is best done by older
men who are either retired and
--av►comfor-
fereYn
ce between having the m
ost in -table and_ _eas
at+ab_e:- #e pay scale reflects thistefjence on- courici and-taktngw as�
theory It accounts for the appallingly
low numbers of vigorous young citizens
who would makes excellent reeves and
deputy -reeves but are, 'unfortunately, in
the high -expense time of life and
requiring the maximum' dollar for every
hour ory
_f eve
WwIt is true that older councillors bring
with them a vast amount of municipal
experience and general knowledge. it is
also true that mature members are
necessary for a well-balanced ,council.
The statement has been made many
times that. this is an age of change, ,a
time of tu4'bulence. there is need for the
best qualified men and vyomen from all
walks of life on our councils. Every
municipality must seek out and suitably
reward its keenest minds, its boldest
brains, its leading lights.
Money, may have been undeservingly
ta99edrthe "root ofall evil but money -.-
or the lack of it - is very often the dif-
available for the' price.
For this reason, Huron County Council
must be commended'for the ptand it took
on granting a pay increase to its mem-
bers. It may not be important to the
present council for it seems that some
would serve _forL t __r ..o.rr._. h ._the_.__
honor,. but a competitive pay schedule is
vital to the preservation of Huron County
Council and the attraction of the very
best qualified and most keenly concer-
ned members.
NALLHUON SOAPHOX DPW*
The plan is needed
After considerable consternation for
Planning Director Gary Davidson and his
staff, not to mention several days of hot
debate in County Council, Huron's Of-
ficial Plan has been approved by the
councillors and needs only the final
signature of the Minister.
While all people in the County of
Hul•on have had,an opportunity to view
the plan and to comment,upon it, it is
pr'obab,ly true that most citizens are
unaware of its contents and hardly con-
cerned about the legislation it proposes..
The true metal of the plan will be tested
once it is enforced.
Not all members of Huron County
Council are convinced that every' part of
the plan is in' the best interests of each
of the municipalities in Huron, but ap-
parently, the councillors realize that the
bugs will rear their ugly heads and can
be corrected when the .effects of the
plan are felt throughout Huron. It may
not be the best system but it is certainly
the only way that a totally satisfactory
To the
It isn't often that a town the size of .
Goderich has an opportunity to buy an
airport. It is perhaps even more seldom
that a municipality hike Goderich shows
the courage and the initiative to spend
tax dollars for an airport.
There is small doubt that council in'
the Town of Goderich gave some
serious thought to the problem of buying
Sky Harbour Airport. Although the press
cannot report on these "committee"
sessions of council, speculation is that
council saw immediately the value of the
airport in ,Goderich's development but
pondered over the best way, to fit the
project into a budget which is already .
screaming„ for relief.
Not the least of council's concerns
a» would be all the necessary sewer work
in town, including the huge South Storm
Sewer. and the proposed project at the
former Huron County Jail. Councillors
must. certainly have been asking them-
-selves--jest-how-far they dared -go -in -this.
business of building- for the years to
come.
If anyone has nagging concerns about
the offer the town hats made to purchase
.Sky Harbour Airport from the
Cruickshank family. ,Ipst week's editorial
in The Wingham Advance -Time hao
some soothing thoughts
documentwill ever beco.fine reality
where there are so many varied opinions
about so many subjects. -
Therefore, it is not the plan itself
which must be commended but the
people -in the county who pushed and
prodded until Huron had an Official Plan
by which order could grow out of disor-
der. Many of the farsighed men who
planted the seeds for this plan have left
the Huron County Council Chambers.
Undoubtedly -many more only gave their,
direction and support from outside the
rail. To be fair though, the present
council has had something to do with
approving the plan and becoming the
first rural municipality in the province to
have actually put down on paper the
direction it ,hopes to take. .
Huron's Official Plan is needed, with,!
all the problems it is bound to create in
the coming months. There is just no
other route to take and Huron's citizens
should be pleased that county council
accepted the' challenge.
skies now
"Sky' Harbor was one ' of the earliest of
small town airports in the province. The
idea was initiated by Cass Hough of
Plymouth,. Mich., along with a few far-
sighted ,Goderich residents. Opened
several years before the war, it began to
serve Arnerican - and `'Canadian _._com-
muters who wanted fast access to the
lakeside resorts from their distant
homes. During the war years, of course,
the airport served as an elementary
flying school and since the war has been
operated on a financially precarious
footing until a disastrous fire several
months ago.
"Admittedly the p• resent need for an
airport may not appear too pressing, but
to relinquish a facility which will so ob-
viously be needed in the future would be
sheer folly. The use of aircraft in one
form or,,another is certain to increase as
the years go by. In fact the location at
Goderich makes it doubly important,
lying as. it does in an area from which all
rail passenger service , .has been
removed.
"No one but the principals in the air-
port ownership are. sufficiently. well in-
formed to know all the financial im-
plications, but it is quite obvious that the
site should not be permitted to revert to
pasture land
• I.
*CNA
the eoDericry.
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4414411414.
ED BAIN ttA/ILL RUN AS INDEPENDENT
I am not what one would call
a knock -ern -down drag -em -out
women's libber, but I do
believe that women are fighting
an• uphill battle in a man's
world. Once in a long while,
something happens which
'proves that theory .and when -it
does, I'm the first to point it
out and enjoy its irony.
When I attended the Ontario
Weekly Newspaper Association
convention in London a couple
of weeks ago, I was accom-
panied for the three day` by my
husband Ken. In my eves, of.
course, Ken's an okay guy but
he's no newspaperman. In fact,
from time to time during the
convention schedule Ken would.
mysteriously disappear because -
he'd grown sick and tired of the
constart conversations 'about
newspapering. -
I've found it is just naturally
assumed by people in general
that newspaper editors must
be: 1. over 45; rough spoken
and tough, tough tough; and 3.
male.
If there are women in the
newspapering world it is -felt
they --are: 1. women's editors; 2.
church reporters; or 3. writers
of social events.
That's why- I was totally
prep ,_ --
E ared forrthe natural
assumption at the OWNA-con-
vention that the editor of the
Signal -Star had to he Ron
Shaw. Though young, he
qualified by virtue of sex. It
didn't come as much- of a sur-
prise, then, that, people at the
convention thought Ron had
sent his most expendable staf-
fer to the convention in his
stead because he was chained
to the editor's desk by more
pressing business.
What did surprise me,.
though, was a letter received in
the mail this week from Fred T:
Marshall, director of the public
relations branch of the
Ministry and Tourism. The
correspondence was addressed
because it is Mr. Keller who is
understanding enough" to allow
Mrs. Keller to be her own per-
son without interference from
her spouse.
If it gives Mr. Marshall any
consolation, in the same mail
there was another letter, this
time from Rick Webster of
Webster's Weekly Press Direc-
tory, Orillia. It was a form let-
ter having to do with the
OWNA convention and ,Web-
sters. But scrawled in -at the
'top was "Dear Ken", just as
plain as you please.
But there was a letter in the
mail regarding the awards ad-
dressed to me, .personally. It
came from Gwynn Whilsmith of
the Exeter. Times -Advocate. I
,don't know whether Gwyn
would appreciate me quoting
her here, but in view of the
topic of this column so far it fits
in far better,than anything else
I can dream up on my own.
Gwyn ` writes:
"Congratulations on all those
awards. Very nice! ,-Make,.,ath
those men sit up and 'take
notice."
Speaking of the awards
which The Goderich Signal -
Star had piled on its head, I'd
like to commend all members
of the staff for their con-
tribution to the four prizes ear-
ned by this publication. Special
mention, of course must go to
Ron Shaw, our dapper young
reporter and photographer who
truly worked hard to win
second prize for photography.
Ron tells me subscribers to The
Signal -Star "ain't seen nothin'
vet' eco ' w
Perhaps the greatest bundle
of congratulations, though,
should go to 'the wonderful,
wonderful folks in and niround
Goderich who `regularly submit
their reports for publication in
this newspaper, take time out
to. call the editorial office of
this newspaper with tidbits of
information and make appoint='
ments ahead of schedule for
pictures and interviews:
Without the support and the
co operation of our readers,
The Goderich Signal -Star is
unable to function. Without
readers, it is a futile operation.
As editor of this newspaper, I
thank each and every sub-
scriber, reader, contributor,
staff member and friend of The
Goderich Signal -Star. It is'you
who have made this newspaper
an 4'w4rd winner.
PEAR ETQR
Retain jail
Dear Editor:
At.though an outsider, I
would like to add my voice to
those raised in defence of .the
integrity of the former Huron
County Jail.
- When I was working on The
Tiger Of Canada West I visited
Goderich frequently. I have
continued to pay occasional
visit' because- Goderich has
such a powerful individuality,
much of which comes from its
core of original buildings.
While little is gained by
trying to turn a living city into
a museum, much is lost by cut-
ting all, links with the past. It
would he of great value to
ter Mr. KenKelaeroderi<�#r Gaderrh'sense of identity if a
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new-use could be found for the
County Jail integrating the old
building into the continuing life
of the city.
W.H. Graham
Belleview Farm
Greenbank, Ontario
Signal -Star.
The letter started out in the
customary fashion, Dear Mr.
Keller. Among other things, it
had this to say:
– "I had an opportunity to,.
review some of the winning
journals in the Better
Newspaper Awards com-
petition. Your accomplishment
was well deserve d and i would
like to extend my personal
congratulations to you."
If Mr. Marshall did indeed
"review some of the winning
journals", he did so very
quickly and without attention
e --`tri details. I would assume that
Mr. Marshall simply glanced
through the hundreds of
newspapers scattered about the
convention .room' find then,
working from a list of winners
and a registration form, he ob-
served that the Keller of the
editorial staff had to he Mr.
Keller for Mrs: Keller probably
works at something much less
demanding, and sent his
greetings on that. basis.
Of course, that's only an
assumption. it could be that
Mr. Marshall knows that. Mr.
Keller is '. the one in the
tl'amily who actually doe's
deserve the credit for any con-
tribution Mrs. Keller may have
made to the Signal -Star,
,On em• ployment
Dear Editor:
Ili view of Canada's acute
unemployment, I suggest we
put people to work building our
own Seven Wonders of the
World.
Like the building of a Roman
Colosseum in Ottawa wherein
irate taxpayers might do battle
with the gladiators of govern-
ment bureaucracy. Or a Taj
Mahal on Parliament Hill,
complete with double .beds for
the new • Lab -Lib coalition.
We could employ a few
thousand on a Winter Works
program of .turning the nations
jails into, rest homes for weary
mothers intent upon protecting
th ir,,children from dangerous
sexual offenders out on
weekend, (wises. How about. a
Peoples Palace for Victoria to
mark the occassion of the new
socialist land grab of the
'Provincial government? In a
pinch we might even provide
jobs by turning our Churches
into museums exhibiting all
those odd virtues, standards,.
principles, etrrht-�ics and ideals
which helped bui-fa this nation:
Indeed, such Weirdo Won-
ders could well provide suf-
ficient tourist dollars to repair
some of the damage which has
been done in the name of per-
misiveness, pragmatism and
political power.
Yours sincerely,
Patricia Young
About insurance
Dear Editor:
Recently in both the
Goderich Signal -Star and the
London Free Press, references
,have been Made to the fact,
that the Fire Loss was never
claimed.
Appr.Szximatc y.. nine__months
after the fire, the named
assureds had their cheques in
the full insured amount, and
additional losses of other.
tenants and employees had
been settled within three mon-
ths.
As the insurance Agent han-
dling this .account at that time,
I feel that the(Adjusting offices
of 'Morden and Helwig and
Lyle Pinkney and Company did
all in their power to effect a
quick and fair settlement, on_a
loss of this size..
It is further understood, that
the chequer; on ,the major loss
have not been presented for
payment, but all interested In-
surance Companies have
guaranteed acceptance,
although they are over one and
a half years old.
Yours very truly
Peter S. MacEwan
MacEwan Insurance Agency
You're- in rite(I
Dear Editor,
This year marks the 35th An-
• niversary of the founding of the
Fort Henry 'Guard at Old" Ford
Henry in Kingston, Ontario. In
recognition of this event the
Guard is holding a reunion of
all old Guard members, July
26, 27.
Over the years addresses of
many ex -guardsmen . have
changed. If any read this, it is
hoped" they will send their
names and addresses to: The
Secretary, FHG Association,
Box 213, Kingston, K7L 4V8
It is hoped that many old
members will make it to
Kingston in July. Remember
that this is also Kingston's
300th Birthday and another
way to renew old friendships.
F.A. McConnell
OLD FORT HENRY
Keep red domes
Dear Editor:
• The Association of Natural
Resources Technicians of On-
tario strongly supports the
restoration "of red dome�ligh5
onto vehicles used in enfor-
cement work.
In a brief to Mr. Walter Q.
Macneill, Deputy Minister of
OntarioMinistry of Natural
Resources, the ANRTO has
requestdd necessary amend-
ments tci provincial statutes be
made irr,order that this impor-
tant tool of resource
management be effective.
Since removal ;of the -red
dome light from enforcement
vehicles, Resource Technicians
charged with the responsibility
of protecting our heritage are
most ineffective.
Yours very truly,
B.J. Labonte,
President.
Thanks
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the members of
the Goderich Women's in-
stitute, I wish to convey to you
our sincere thanks for the song
sheets which we used at our
Anniversary banquet in
February. The use of these
aided in rounding out an en-
joyable occasion.
I remain '
Yours sincerely,
• Elizabeth Sifter
Sec.•Trea.q., Goderich
Women's Institute
[OOKINQ BRCN
7p YEARS
March 8, 1943
The River 1`taitland bre,
on Saturday, and the
carried away lN,rttoa
bridge at 13enn,iller Onr
and two Spans are goner
the middle of therr,
bridge P
tions of the wrecked
have been swept dors.
Goderich. The restdents�1
vicinity will be at consider,
inconvenience until the
bridge ordered by the car
council can be cI,t
°
The lot and huildlragsun,ttUi,
by Mrs. Pasniore at the
of Trafalgar
and�'.�,
Mosier, of ('nIbnrnr. at then
tion sale on Thursdat
The price was �(iUl�.
A. Il.iddel1 and ilefntan .
der, representing the Orly
Beet Sugar ('ontpantAEn
town this week 11'e r,
stand they arc Iriiiking lro
locution for a large feet,,
factory, and hate appy;;
George ('1rthanl their ager,;
contracting with the lar,
for thhel c r'1p
Theeir Huroen, j;nice &
Electric Railwat 0074i
have acquired a large pr
of the Falls Reserve,
intention of utilizing thea;
powers for the deyelopiiq
power for l portion of
railway. It is also intends:
produce power for sal.
neighbouring rnunicipafr
The people of Renmtllet
talking- seriously of an ei
light system for the tillatt
this transaction may bra•
in that direction "I'hede\r
ment of power for ma
Wring purposes in the tut.
Goderich may follow The:
for the property was romps
by the company onpTur,'t
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
MARCH 8, 1948
Dozens of aircraft will+
tly he flown from Sky Har
to various seaport penin
shipment to Holland.
and Ethiopia. Ski Harlw:
Set°vice' are now engaged!
mass moyenlent of the p,
from the hangar, •at
Albert. They are 44,44'
there to Sky 18;1010o:3,3
flight,prior to being Irrr .e
distant polity. The Ha
aircraft were reientlt
chased by! the Bahl) (`err'
of Lc►s Angeles and 1c�!
. After four day.' ronfinl
in cell 11 of Hur n t',
jail, a hlat•k 1'c r�lan k;t:er.
released 'to its toyful
a result cif 'a �I
-lost-
advertisement in The `.
Star.
The- kitten wandered
late Monday night of la:1
from the home of Mr and!
R. C. Whiteley, ti'Isn C
iirli '"`brat'—tater-t t. ,
meows were heard out<,dt
jail. A prisoner was delal.
to e outside to hnn¢:
andthafter ld dooing
cell for company
Back home now. •hhtc,
of the tune of "The Pri4
Song" cap he detected ;r
-gentle purring of the fa „
ten, says Mr. \Vhat eY'
While from all partsofr
tario come reports of old
tric light hulhs• still in
three hulks in the courtrS.
the Huron County Courtf•
' continue to beam in see
amusement . at these clai
George .lames, janitor
they have been providing,
--.tinu.ous_.light in the court
for at least thirty ree'
Of the old•fashioned Pt
sd design they
stamphape"Hydro-Electrieteat P�
Commissit�n ��f Ontario"
are 60 watts.
- FIVE YEARS
MARCH 8, 1961
Part-time town reiident
former Goderich Sifro
Paul Henderson, whofi
a 'six -ruin 1)etroit.T°f!
hockey swap annrntnced ,,
div, says he is „reallc I°°'.
forward" to platting
Toronto Maple Leafs
In an exclusive teSpnalw
terview with the g
from his hotel room in Toro'
the 25,vicar-old
said he had known for G'
time his Detroit team hal'
talking trade and felt th°t
oo
his name came p,""myna
' OflC choice would he Tob0nf.
.Jerome Romig Godes'`
truck driver for Gueo.
Tuckey Transport, dnvinl'
ded'an 11 -year s1ife Gue'.
at the hangt►et of iter'
Tucke�c Transport Lift
at Lucan-Saturday t
Goderich's Sky gitrt� i
Services was the the Fe'.
featt►re article in vitt,
issue of "Canidtan A
magazine. -
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