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PAGE 2--e-GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1973
Let's get on with it
At the first . opportunity, Goderich
Town Council and Goderich Area Plan-
ning Board should put their heads,
together and decide upon the quickest
and best way to put the Restricted Area
Bylaw into effect., .
Although the town has , an Official
Plan, it needs the Restricted Area Bylaw
to put the bite in J the Official Plan.
Presently, municipal decisions regar-
ding development in the town, float
sometimes willy-nilly, between the out-
dated 1958 bylaw and the new one. This
situation causes only confusion and
trouble--and'it is -time-the- matter- was---
brought
astebrought to a conclusion.
Of pressing importance is to bring the
proposed Restricted Area Bylaw to the
citizens of Goderich, the sooner the
better. Council and the planning board
should not delude itself with thoughts of
making the bylaw completely satisfac-
tory in all respects before putting it
forth for public scrutiny. There is little
doubt the bylaw will require many
changes, now dnd in the future, nothing
will be gained by keeping it under
wraps while 'development in the
municipality goes ahead in the same
direction it has for 15 years or more. Of
what value, then, is an Official Plan? Or
its intent?
The Restricted Area Bylaw, more com-
,monly known as the Zoning Bylaw, is
not something to be feared. Ratherit is,
to be desired for orderly and common
sense development of this municipality.
Why is council and the planning board
°stalling?
It behooves Mayor HarryWorsell, his
council and the planning board to get
this bylaw moving again. Let's get it to
the people by whatever means is
deemed most expedient. Let's get it to
the Ontario Municipal Board. Let's
make it law and then let's get on with
the business of watching Goderich
grow as the men and women of this
town want it to grow.
Our brothers' keepers
Two Goderich men had a very near
brush with . death last Friday: The. pair,
both seasoned boaters and excellent
swimmers, made their way out into the
choppy waters of unpredictable Lake
Huron for a pleasure jaunt, and very
nearly did not return alive..
It is difficult to say who should have.,
learned the most - the two men who
clung to their overturned canoe for an'
unbelievable 25 minutes in the, icy water
while help arrived, or the men on shore
who were scrambling for a boat and an
operator while the victims came closer
and closer to death.,
It is true the two boaters were risking
their lives, although they.may not have
believed so, when they left shore in
their small craft. One must always,.
realize the possibility' of a dunking'
when one goes boating. At this time of
year when the water is a bone -chilling
temperature, one should riot consider
boating too seriously.
- It is also true that the Port of Goderich
leaves a great deal to fate - or the faith-
ful tugs which are always in the harbor
and generally ready to help at a
moment's notice.
Perhaps it is time the municipality
considered some kind of a small- easy -
to -operate rescue boat which would be
there just for emergencies such as the
one last Friday. Perhaps if local
policemen and firemen were instructed
in the business of rescuing drowning or
stranded victims in the harbor and Lake
Huron, this community could rest a little
more easily when carefree adventurers
'go down to the sea in ships'.
A „municipality on the, water has one
more duty to its citizens. It must provide
'yet one more precautionary service - a
rescue boat with trained staff. Can this
municipality afford Tess?
They've earned- support
The Goderich Sailors have provided
the Town of Goderich with some fine
hockey this year. Their games,
especially their last series with Port
Elgin, jammed Goderich-Memorial Arena
with fans. Goderich is a hockey town
again thanks to the efforts of the Sailors
and their officials.• .
Criticism -has been levelled at this
newspaper by the Sailors and their fans
regarding the lack of coverage the team
has received. There has been no big
spread ... no pictures, no banner
headlines.
The criticism is deserved by this
newspaper. The Sailors have been
neglected with the exception of game
reports written by Keith Williams. The
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fiewspaper'has no adequate defence for
the.., charges
If nothing else, the Signal -Star cannot
be accused of playing favorites. With
Signal -Star staffer Rob Kellestine in goal
for the Sailors, , one would assume
coverage for the team would be tremen-
dous. Unfortunately, though, Kellestine
has been assigned the -sports beat and
though his vantage point is excellent, it
is difficult to snap pictures while
covering the short side of the net.
When Petrolia, moves into Goderich
this weekend however, it is to be hoped
Goderich and area fans get over to the
arena in large numbers to cheer the
local boys. The Sailors are a champion
team. Let's give them the support they
have earned.
Welcome Foresters
Next weekend, Goderich and 'area
residents will have an opportunity to
witness the Dominion Curling Finals of
the Canadian Order of Foresters. The
group of about 150 persons will be
moving into Goderich next Thursday,
Friday and Saturday and they will be
displaying some of the best curling
exhibitions you're likely to see.
Host for the event is Court Benmiller
No. 86 and Court Fascination No. L1901.
Although they will have financial
assistance from many other Southern
Ontario Courts, they are to be
congratulated for bringing the event to
Goderich and to the Maitland Country
Club.
DEAR READERS
Dear Readers
It wasn't a Liberal winIt
• may not even have been a C'on-
servative' loss. • It was plainly
and simply a cpntest between
Don Southcott and the others -
and ,the others beat -hire.
Don Southcott campaigned
badly in Hturon and defeated
himself. He may, charge the
campaign was dirty, that the
media 'treated him unfairly,
that he wasn't in tune with the -
people in the Riding ..... but it
was much, much more than
that. Don Sl►uthcott,,,the. man
who was . Charles
MacNaughton's righthand man
for five years, just could not
sell
himself- to the people of
Huron.
Personally .speaking now, I
have felt for •a- tong -time 'that_..
the Progressive Conservatives
have held a monoply in the
province and in Huron for too
long. it was`a kind bf strangle
hold from which. I wondered if'
we would elver break loose.
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The public is cordially invited to visit
the Maitland Country Club next
weekend as spectators. , It is to be
hoped Goderich and area folks will
drop in to the Foresters' Bonspiel, give
a friendly handshake and welcome and
show some good old-fashioned
hospitality to their guests.
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a►
Even when the by-election
was called, i didn't dare to
hope that any other party could
edge out the Conservatives.
Charles MacNaughtor$ was
revered in Huron. It was
rumored .that Don Southcott
would seek the nomination and
I'd _known Don Southcott for a
few years as a ^talented-
newspaperma-n, an efficient
businessman and an excep-
tional executive secretary to C.
S. MacNaughton.
"Here we go again," i
thought. "Another' Conser-
vative shoe-i'n and another 15
or 20 years of Tory domination
in Huron."
i believed that Don South-
cott would have difficulty get-
ting the Progressive Conser-
vative nomination in Huron. i
believed it because I thought
the PC's would run either a
farmer (like Anson Mc'Kinlev)
or a homespun workhorse (like
.Jim Hayter). i thought they'd
want someone with previous
experience in the field of elec-
tion campaigning and someone
vk had no black marks
st him as far as the
Prov ncial political scene was
concerned.
i think i said in this column
at the outset of the election
that I)on Southc'ot.t had run in-
terference for C. S.
MacNaughton for five years,
performing many of the un-
pleasant and unpopular duties
every politician must handle
from time to time. 1 wondered
then if the PC association, after
careful consideration, 'would
nominate Southcott at. all.
But they did. And one
veteran PC put it tt is way:
"Southcott will have NO trouble
getting nominated hilt he'll
have quite a time getting elec-
ted."
„ 1 disagreed. I thought that
once Southcott had - the
non►ivation, it would he clear
sailing for- the PC's. I ex{iected
Southcott to show us the
smoothest, most -impressive
campaign we'd seen in many'
years. I expected the others to
raise issues, but td thought
Southcott would handle them
superbly and have . the people
falling at his feet by elect ion
day.
1 was wrong again. Very
early in the campaign, Don
Southcott showed an amazing
ineptitude by bungling an op-
portunity to ride to victory on
the 'cthe• Save The Jail
issue. Some called it "political
grandstanding" when [ion
Sout.-hrott,-juTnpeif into the •bat-
tle like Sir Lancelot, promising
to stall the wall demolition un
til April 1. I thought it .was
just, plain smart and i still
think it was a smart move if
Southcott had been able to pull
it off as intended.
But something went wrong
and &QM- that point ob,
everything went wrong for Don
Southcott. He could not open
his mouth without putting his
foot right in it. i couldn.:t
believe my eyes. pr my ears.
One very astute student of
elections had this to say: "If
Southcott had hro1rn both his
legs and been in the hospital
for the duration of the cam-
paign, he would have won the
Riding handily."
Another one said: "Our only
salvation is to keep Southcott
talking."
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Liberal leader Bob Nixori
and NDP leader Stephen'Lewis
have said the Liberal wins in
Huron and in Toronto St.
George were indications that
the people' are dissatisfied with
the'. Davis government. That
May be true and there's no
doubt that Hon. William Davis
will take a close look at what
happened to his two candidates.
in the March by-elections and
draw similar conclusions.
However, the morning after
the election, The London Free
Press carried some statements
attributed to ' Charles
MacNaughton. Charlie didn't
seen to give much credence to
the suggestion 'that the Davis
government might he in
trouble. He said many of the
issues used in the campaign
were reit herrings" and that
their importance had been
exaggerated" to the possible
detriment of the county.
He did concede, "it.'s obvious
that something was bothering
the people."
Ile indica"ted Davis would yet
to the bottom of the trouble
right away and smooth out any
problems with the citizens.
Charlie was not his cool
even-tempered self after Thur-
sdav's Liberal victory .here, ac-
cording to., press reports. And
once again, tiresome as it may
be, the media (press, radio,
television) has been singled out
for criticism. Charlie says the
media didn't present the issues
fairly.
in last Thursday- morning's
edition of the Exeter Times -
Advocate, of which Don South-
cott is a co-owner, the PC can-
didate. was critical of the press,
particularly over the Vanastra
issue which NDP candidate
Paul–Carroll brought to the
fore.
.Said' Southcott, "Apparently
the media aren't interested in
getting the other side of 'the
story."
This. newspaper thought it
had both sides of the story. We
published facts as Paul Carroll
presented ' them, and we
puhlished facts from the
viewpoint of Fred Ginn, a prin-
ciple in the Vanastra deal. -it
wasn't tial Don Southcott
arrived in - our plant Wed-
nesday about five minutes;
before noon that- we learned
there were still more facts.
Unfortunately, by the time
Soutchott brought "the facts"
to us, it was too late (two hours
too late) to include them in last
Thursday's newspaper. As for-
mer newspaperman and
knowing about deadlines, we
thought Soutchot.t should- .ap-
preciate our dilemma and
we offered to publish the news
release -from the Progressive
Co iservatives the , following
• week (this issue). However,
Southcott simply clutched
tighter to his folder containing
''the facts", muttered
something about next week
being too late and departed.
We still have mit- seen "the
facts" firsthand :although they
were printed in The Exeter
Times -Advocate and in. The
London Free Press on election
day
Maybe Southcott had
something to do with the fact
that the media •disappointed
him and his former employer,
Charles MacNaughton.
What about. Jack Riddell, the
winner? Well, there's no doubt
he's the strongest candidate the
Liberals have fielded in a long,
long time. He's a hard worker,
he's • personality -plus, he's a
farmer-bnsi nessma n-profestsiori
al all rolled into one, he's
down-to-earth and he's eager.
11(' certainly doesn't have
The I3ig• Blue Machine behind
him. Ile won't have Tory
government departments
greeting him with open arms.
He doesn't know his way
around Queen's Park. And
y Shirley J. Keller
he's hasn't much political ex-
perience to go on.
Jack Riddell will have an up-
hill battle at Queen's Park. • As
a mernber of the Opposition
he'll not • be able tohand' out
plums for Huron the way for-
mer Cabinet Minister Charles
MacNaughton did. Even the
benevolent Tory- government
-isn't known to give unless it
gets.
Hut• the people of- Huron
don't seem to be worrying
much about . that right now.
Frankly, if Huron County - or
any other municipality:for that
matter - is penalized by the
PC's fc r not returning a Tory
to Toronto, it is time there was
a total and, complete shakeup
in Queen's Park .
If the good life in Ontario is
only reflected in Conservative
Ridings, it is a sad, sad
testimony to ,the mighty Davis
government.
And what about Paul
Carroll, the young man from
Goderich who has more trouble
winning elections than almost
anyone else we know - unless
it is Ed Rain?
Let the record show that the
people of Huron respect Paul
Carroll, they admire him, they
are proud of him. Let the
record show that it wasn't. Paul
Carroll who was defeated but
the New Democratic Party for
which ., he stands. ,-Let, the
record show that Huron is not
yet ready for the NDP but if
and when it is, it will -remem-
her Paul Carroll as the gen-
tleman champion of the cause.
Paul Carroll walked into
Pine Ridge Chalet, the victory
headquarters Of 'Jack Riddell,
to shouts of welcome and the
strains of "For he's a jolly good
fellow." The cry was "Yea
Pate.' He was applauded and
cheered from every quarter.
As one lady put it, "He'll .be
an MP some - day, make no
mistake about that."
They told me at the outset
that by-elections are different
than general elections. They
said that funny things can hap-
pen.
1 believe it now.
70 yE�pB
MARCH 22, 1900
A Chimney fire at
Platt's house on �i►�'
created t
motion last evening,
alarStreetm brought quite out
wagon a bi cr
people. and The servticea d
firemen were not needed,,
Hodgens klros. haveth
tract for the furnishing al
steamer Manitou, nor,
completed, at the G, .-
ship -yards.
M r Dan McGillicuddy
disposed of The God`
Signal to Messrs, Vahe�p
Robertson, who have beep':
ployees of the office for
years. Mr. McGillicuad1,
condii d Tfie Signal
twenty-two years with sing
ability and success, and
retirement will be a lay
Provincial journalism,
The March issue of Meld
Report, a pharmacy jou^
published at New York, b�
paper written by .1..1. Allen
Ottawa, a Goderich Dov e
served his apprenticeships
James Wilson, and who
had marked success in
business. The article is ac
panied by a good likeness
Mr. Allen and the folio
biographical sketch: "a
Allen is a. Canadian by hint
He .was born thirty-one v
ago and was educated in
public and 'high schools
Goderich, Ontario. Hewn
prenticed to .lames Wilson
that • town, in 1887, s
graduated with .honours
the Ontario College of
macs, in 1891. From that
until 1901) he has had
and successful experience`
clerk; manager and prbpr'
in different towns and cities`
Canada.' in 1900 he purch
his present business in Otta
Canada, and by application
the various plans suggested
his a 'ticle, he has trebled
business.
25 YEARS
MARCH 22, 1948
.Since the damage totheht
Dour piers from the swell'
Maitland River was reported
this paper last Thursday,
turbulent waters widened
gap in the north pier
caused further damage to -
,south pier'; but at,, noon Fnd
the water broke through thei
at, the river mouth which
diverted it to the south and'
situation was immediate
eased.
On Friday morning thews
in the harbour had riseriabec
the level of the wharves -�
vessels strained at their cab'
as they rose higher and highe
-The water :fell to a safe: ►
before damage was done tots
of the' fifteen freight frs in j
harbour. The smaller boar,Snug Harbour also •esca
serious damage.
Damin Goderich to -
ship this year from sPfocg
flds was small in conipar
with the record damage a :
ago, Reeve George Ginn info
med the Signal-Stk. Hestia(
the probably about fif"
washouts occurred on colter
throughout the township,
none of them damaged i
bridges to any great extent
estimate of the cost to repo
them is $2,d00 The annual commend
nisi
and graduation exercises i
Goderich Collegiate institaa
were held at the school
Friday evening. Principal/0
Scott welcomed' the lar{r
audience on behalf of di
Student Council and the sal
During the war years,,he sad
the commencement had If
held in the afternoons, atl'di
was at the suggestion Of
Student Council, that tbt
change was made go tort
parents and friends might b
present.
5 YEARS
MARCH 22, 1968
Sixteen hundred pee
puck-slappers ballooned tie
population of Goderich.19
week as the Goderich to
Young Canada Week fe
Club's nineteenth ann
hockey tournament got d
way. Eighty-four teams frt‘
SA.ka00�
as far away as Arlt oct�
Saskatchewan and p R
United States, are taking iM'
in the eight-day invag10fl
attempt to cop first theirPIO° team in the final ad
l
classifications.
After prolonged discu
part of it in the dark due A
brief hydro hlackpgt'°d
councjI referred 8 reportton'
storm sewage for the
the clerk for study of fin
arrangements at last
aday's regular session
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