The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-01-31, Page 2-40
' E t taEfitCH 8 GNAL S' hR, THUiI SDAY, JANUARY 3L 1974
Ojierati�ii±S1cuth
Signal -Star Publisher R.G. Shrier• is'"
• looking for , detectives among ,out -of-.-..
town subscribers. °, He, needs your.,ehelp.
The number of °complaints coming in
each weekabout the late arrivaf,l. of -
newspapers in the homes of out-of-town
subscribers is increasing at a mad-
, dening pace. Folk throughout Ontario,
Canada 'and the Folks,
are regularly
o taking .pen in hand.. to- voice 'their
dissatisfaction with the time lapse bet-
• ween the day the .Sign;a.I-Star, is mailed
and the day it arrives on their doorsteps
In some cases, it takes. more: than a
week to travel relatively sort distances.
Publisher Shrier, i- l talk with' -postal
officials in Gerrch, has been' advised
to make a" study of the.'• exact areas
where- newspapers are habitually late. t
-Post' office staff believe that if trouble
"spots. are pinpointed, it. may -reveal
• "isolated packets -of trouble". If that is
the case, it may be a simple matter to
reroute the newspapers as they., leave
Goderich, speeding them to their
destination without unnecessary delays.
'With this in mind, the SignalrStar is
asking' all, out-of=torn subscribers who -
are experiencing ' late delivery of heir
newspaper- to kindly advise the
culation department •ofthis company of
the avera9e number of days it takes for
the publication to reach them. Clearly
mask those,, letters or post cards
"Operation Sleuth", c/o : Signal -Star
Publishing Limited, P.O, Box 220,. In-
dustrial Park, Goderich, Ontario.
Remember! Only with the full co-
operation of all out-of-town subscribers
can the findings be conclusive.
come on, be a detective in your spare
timer Help the Signal -Star pffer im-
proved service to you, the out -of -Owners
who mean so much to the'success of
this hometown journal.
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matter of opinion
An incorrect headline in last., week's
Signal -Star caused at least one reader
telephone the editor and complain. It
was the headline on the' story about Gor-
don Hill, • president of the Ontario
Federation , of Agriculture Who. is op-
posing the route chosen by, the federal
government to provide oil to the eastern
Canadian market. •
the headline _said that. Hill was op -
;Posed to the all -Canada, route... In. fact,
Hill is: attempting :to prom,* an all -
Canadian route, north iof..the' Great
Lakes where land is, sparsely populated'
" and -rough, He.is apposed to the route
,from Sarnia to Montreal. �,
Looking :more closely at the story, it is
evident4 there is truth in what Hill has to,
,say. Sortie of. °this province's best .far-
•'mlan'd is located in Southern°Ontario on
a line from- Sarnia towards 'Montreal.
Whether it is a fact that the decision
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will "make. it necessary for farmers to •
obstruct and oppose *every foot of the
pipeline's' construction" is a. matter -of
_opinion.
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There is room for Hill's argument that
farmers have been' `plagued by un-
scrupulous -pipeline companiesl,:,,-fas
years."' kill may, palso be -correct to -say
that farmers "want nothing further to do
,with pipelines."
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The federal government nonetheless,
is making its decision based on the
greatest amount of. good to the. greatest,
number of people,, anew 'le few such
&°decisions aremade ithout incon-
venience to many and perhapseven loss
to' some; jt is still the only' -criteria by
which governments can act,responsibI T
¢ y
"W'e're busy, right now --could yo u come back when you're Letter?"
he Ontario Ministry of
_Health recently released figures
'on what used` to be a hush-hush
disease. You guessed it. The
facts are ; .out on venereal
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Stud,tsgetheiiefits
The ' new "floating"' teacher's' centre,
for elementary school teachers in Huron
• County is bound to by an asset ,not only
to those devoted championsof the
..classroom but to the students as 'well.
Huron County Board of Education in
setting up an annual'• budget: •:of about
'$1,000 has taken another positive step
towards improved relations with the
teaching staff. ' `Til time though,'part,of
the responsibility"wilhbe placed•squarely
•on_.the• ,shoulders'of the "teachers. who
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will hae to make use of the teachers':
centre before it can truly serve its pur-
pose. •
Teachers' centres, .it.. seems, rare very,
popular in Britain. In fact, the Ministry
of....:.Educ.atio'r1- -is-- keerf0 interested in
•teachers' centres, and their success - or
failure here and °in,other, school areas`
in the province will probably be closely
•watched. •.
"•, f't pen . ffom the time school closes. in
• -the afternoon until 9 p.m.„ there will be
only one teachers' centre' which 41
;ravel at one-month intervals between
foul' schools in the county McCurdy
school near Centralia, 'Hensel, Public.
School; Victoria Public School .
Goderich' and Wingham Public School.
That way, all the teachers in -Huron will
have equal opportunity to take advert- •
tage of this moving " resource centre
which • is expected to contain a' collec-
tion of . helpful ideas and classroom •
teaching aids geared to -teachers of Kin-
dergarten to Grade 8:
According °to 'oh'n• Cochrane, director
of•education for Huron County, there will
be stationery supplies available at the
centre • which can be.; used by -the
teachers for 1)n -the -spot preparation, of
' their own classroom aids based on the
ideas foundthere. ,
While the teachers' centres are non-
• cornpulsory, they will be continued as.
• long' as, interest is shown in them. It is
to be hoped that Huron elementary
school teachers will seize this oppor-
tunity' provided by .the board in 'Co-
operation with the Ministry of Education.
Students will reap the -rewards.
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diseases-.... and they dhow this
dread affliction is still on -.the
increase - but at a slowerrate.
According to, the Ministry's
Deputy -Minister • Stanley W,
M-a-rtin, the reason is public,
awareness to. theconsequences
of 'non -treatment., of venereal'
diseases:' More 'people .area
taking advantage of the 25
special treatment centres which
are funded by the Ministryand
scattered throughout the-.
the-.
• p-rovince - and • the pro°vincial"`
governMenGt is• to be commeti
ded for the assistance it..has 'of-
fered in this direction
Special venereal .disease in-
struction ,kits, prepared by the .
Ministry of Health,' were
distributed to The majority •of
secondary, schools- in the
province•,last year..These kits,_
along' with 'other Ministry
public information programs,
are cred'itesl_-.w.itb helping to
.alert the.public.to the health
dangers of venereal' disease.
Again,- hooray for the provin-
cial
government!•
Total reported cases "of
venereal disease are up 3;75
.p rcent,over 1972 with a totaF
of 15,653"`cases"reported•.in 1973
.cornpared-w-ith"`15;987 in 1972.4
The -reported' number of cases'
of ' gonorrhea; they most
prevalent venereal disease,
,:peaked in 1973 with only a 0.8
percent increase (13,594 repor-
ted 'cases) over the 1.972 • figure
Of F3,4 6
._ 7. re.ppd rT cases.
The 'trend to an increase in
,infectious syphilis, ,observed
.during 19727 has continued. to
escalate :during 1973; showing
an increase of 41 percent in the
reported incidence° `fit primary
' syphilis, and of 36 percent in the
repot Led incidence of secondary •
syphilis. • r-.
. ' There. . were 324 primary
cases in 1973 compared with
230 in 1972, and 259 secondary
cases in 1972 and 343 in 1973.
Syphilis, in. the ,latent
infectious stage,•also continued
to increase; rising -from 1,468',
cases ,i,nLl'972°'to 1,356 cases in -
1973.
'While Deputy M,irtister. Mar-
tin' is concerned over, this ap;
parent continued increase' in
- reported syphilis cases, he feels'
this could. be a positive sign
that an intensive physician
education prograr-ri-cm' venereal
diseases conducted _ across the
province. during the past Year
and 'a half by the Ministry is
beginning to pay off,
"As..a result, private .doctors
are now more conscious Of
looking for •a•nd diagnosing,
initial' signs of the disease and
'are thus reporting .cases
earlier," the Deputy -Minister
,has stated. �*
Good :work,, provincial
legislators!
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But• a " note last week "from
1I ational Retailers' Institute
'accompanied by , a little
brochure entitled "Uniform
Store Hours The Provincial
Legislation Nobody Needs"
Puts the provincial government
in a Tess commendable light.
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;Doing • a little digging ,/
b' discovered , , the National'
Ret:aiilers' Institute is composed.
mainly of Targe departj:nent-
store type operations (with the
exception of Simpsons -Sears).
,On the other side of the coin•
is; PUSH - Provincial Uniform
.Store Hours Association -
whose members seemeto came
from the .mass of-small,.:rarid-
. medium sized reta4lers (in-.
cluding Simpsons-Sea"rs).
In the midst of disagreement,
there does''seem to be some.
• common ground, kietween the
,.t w4.a,,,urga.,nizalions, Both would
aPpear•to be opposed to Sunday
openings of major stores.
The main issues store hours;
• and the intervention' of ,the.
Provincial government into this
matter which it N. felt by •the
.NRR shoa.tld be,decided between
, consumers ---and 'retailers.
According to my information,
the Ontario •Go\ernmept•'s
Green Paper On Sunday .selling
'and uniform.store hours"is not
pleasing the menber's'!-of the
NRrI - nor are the ,►ressures of
PUSH on Queen's Park to get
restrictive store hours
legislation on the statute books'
"without having. to take their
case .to the public
The NRl,argues'that uniform
.store hours 'across the province
(i.e. Monday to Saturday'and
only two nights per week)
would -"inconvenience the
majority of Ontario consumers
who, now enjoy freedom • of
choice of • weekday shopping
hours" ,
. J.ust why ,the provincia
;-gov___ernment would feel' it
- necessar'x__.to become inv>lved
in thedealings of pxivate enter-
prise and this'issueisa mystery
but ' this type of interference
seems. to' be a fetish with the
Davis regime.
While on one hand the
provincial government• teil9 us
it is urging more decisions at
the ''.l.ocal leveh and at 'the
"grassroots"; it is providing less
and less opportunity for such
decision-making'• unless local
viewpoints are in harmony with
°Toronto thoughts:
'One more: small example,of
this kind of questionable
•decision-making came to light
`last w,eek gat' Huron County
Council': '
There a to olution from Vic-
toria County ccnncerni;i g the
wiilf bounty was discussed..
Unlike many counties, Victoria
_ By ShirCe�1�. Kellen
County is obviously. experien-
cing°some'problem.vyith wolves.
The provincial government'has.
repealed the tears and Wolves
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75 YEARS AGO
a'°
The town- h tily;ltippprts
all steps that are beinKlaken to
:- secuie—add'rtrona l (s,eam and
electric railway facilities for the
town of Goderich, and approves
a.sdirtct and through line.cpn-
necting with the C.F.R., and
that the • Board of Trade and
Citizens' • Committee be
requested to 0 -operate with
the Town Council in corm-
pleting the negotiations. 'which
are' now pending.
Bargains!. A few more-.
bargains in new 'and second
hand coal and wood stvee gat
Worsell's. •
The Young Men's Debating
Society resolved that the uSe,.of
.labor saving machinery has
not on the whole, been •a
benefit to society.
During, the year 1898 there ,
were 6:4 changes -in the teaching
staff in West HU`1rein. The.:. •ain
cause of the -large.. number of''` -
changes wets * the expiration of
third class certificates.
The first 'carnival pf t'he year
was held at the rink on Thur-
sday evening" of last week.
Notwithstanding the severity of -
the weather„ there ,were fine
costumes and 'a very good at-
tendance.
Twc> rinks of Goderich
curlers ravelled to Clinton on a
Monday and played two mat-'
cher with._ the "Hubs" players,
winning both.
The Huron Poultry .and Pet
Stock Association held,° it s
third annual exhibition at'Clin-
,,,n41111 Tuesday: Wednesday
andThursd ay`of last week: A
far better turnout than last
year resulted' in. 675 entries in
the competition.
The, Huron !Medical
Association met at. 'Clinton on
Tuesday.; The attendance was
not large, the--° --•
prevalence of
sickness 'keeping many. of the
doctors 'at home.
The - Will be a 'public auction'
at Buxton] Hotel in the town
of Goderich this Saturday with
John Knox doing the calling.
The' -Collegiate Institute
•Literary Society will have 'an
open debate at their meeting
this Friday. Resolved" •that
Canada -has a brighter future in
store for it than the United
States.
50 YEARS- AGO
Keep in;•mmnd,'the Old Time
Concert to be given :by the choir
of -the, Knox church, on
• 'February 18th. • - u
A high tea and bazaar under
the auspices of St. Georges,
*Church women's guild will be
held in the Masonic Temple
February 28th.
Mr. Jas. McCluskey, a' local •
horsedealer, shipped a' carload,
of horses from Goderich last
week. The: highest Price -team
ywas delivered by O.F. Edward,
of Goderich. Twp. Mr.,, Edward•'•
received $400 for the pair. Mr.
C"ollk oltiorrne Twp.•!
also delivered a 'fine team.
This shows that'•,good horses
are always in derhand.
The Goderich, curlers are, w
hard at it in the cu,rlitig rink in
one .,of. the . shops of The
National Shipbuilding Co., .,
Brock ck St._plan _. ,...lrin_M.Unda _ .
Y
night they'completed the first,
round of (heir rink competition.
Owing to .the boisterous
weather on Friday -last the,
G.D,C.I. sleighing party .was
cancelled and the evening con-'
verted intoia leap year {prom.
In spite of the weather a large
crowd gathered at the -Assem-
bly Hall and the event was
declared a success• by eve'ryone..
The G,,rtderich Artcraft Fur- ..
niture ,.Co. Ltd. has received a
nice order for 4furniture for ex -
President Taft's summer home
at Murray Bay.
The prompt payment of sub-'
scriptions by the' subscribers of
the Goderich Star has nearly
exhausted our supply of calen-
dars for 1924.
5 YEARS AGO
The Goderich Canadian Tire
Stare formerly owned'ty L.O.
(Nip) Whetstone has been pur-
chased' by boini•nic Fox, •
H.O. "Bud" Jerry has been
appointed Goderich Raceway
Manager for the third con- .
secutive season. The,annual
meeting of the Race3vay
Association will not be held for
another week. Howeveett was
felt that a manager should be .�
appointed •as soon -as possible
in order Co start preparation for
the upcoming season,
The • road committee of
Huron' County Council
disclosed that although main
tenance casts were unusually
high. last year they •managed to
stay within their budget,
County Council agreed
unanimously that the second
floor of the new assessment ot-
°fice would be the best iiite far
the new office of the Board of
Education.
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Bounty Act across Ontario and'
Victoria'°Couhty has a problem.
• Surely such matters Gould be
handled to greater advantage
at. the.' local' level •,,.. but
Toronto wants Co have its
finger in this pie, too. ,,.
If local municipalities cannot
--snake' heir own decisiojis about
son- eth-ing as basic and as in-
dividual as --wolf bounty, where •
can they have their- say? What
use are they? What purpose `do
they. serve?
Surely it is time that the
provincial government learned
to "butt out",$of 'areas, which
can best i> be administrated'
locally-. It is also time for a
"much clearer:• definition of the
jurisdiction of municipal -coun-
cils who may be only deluding
themselves and.. the 'local
iltepayers concerning their im-•
portance as • decision -makers
under the shadow -f The Big
Blue .Machine: -
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ROIJEi T G.w8HRIER--preeideiit and publisher
SHIRLEY J; KELLE1%-editor
RW Al ,-4dittirlel'tett "
EDWARDAVE Ep +ir WI LIT S-adVertising manager
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Dear Editor; -
'The Ahmeek hapter
�I.O.D.E: rv`riuld hke ato thank
the Signal -Star for it s:. ex
cellent news coverage -during
the past. year._. •
Yhu•rs very truly' '
Edwina McKee
(corresponding seicretary)
Bookiet oat
Dear Editor,
The Maitland Valley Conser-
vation Authority : is pleased to
announce that a dew hardcover
book called "Conservation By
the People" will be published
in the near future, and that this
publication will', be offered to
the general, public and all in-
terested organizations at an
estimated special price of $4.50
per copy. ,
This offer is based on a pre-
publication order placed by this
A%rthority, and therefore if you
,are- interested in obtaining a
copy or copies, please -inform
this office of the same by
January 31st. - It is estimated
that the retail price of the book,
after publication, will be in the
$7 to $8 range; and therefore_.
you will be able to make a con-
siderable saving by ordering in
advance.
se vation By the,
ople '. ill„ be a hard cover
publication 6-3/4" it. 9-3/4",,at-
tractively designfed, and
pukilished by the University of
Toronto _,Press, It will contain
50 °blac>t°and white iIlustration"s
drawn from - the files of the
Branch and those of the Con;
servation Authorities,.
':Conservation -By the
People" is not -merely a history
.,,,of ; the Chneervatio
`Authorities. "ft' describes ,the
conservation movement in 0n-
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New Rays of Hope for All Hearts . .
, •
tario from the beginning; star
ting with the.. concern for our
prig
natural resources,
which was keenly felt' by such\
• men- as -Aubrey »avis .of
Newma,sket, members of the
'Ontario Conservation and
Reforestation Association and
the Federation of Ontario
Naturalists. Added to these
was the driving personality of.
J.D. Thomas, with his doncern
for .the wel.fa're of veterans
returning frpo the second
world war, and ably supported
by Dr. Detwiler, Watson Porter,
Or. 'Dymond, Professor Baker,
Professor Coventry and others.
The Guelph Conference sof'
.1941' brought most of • theses•
.. Conservation- conscious people
of Ontario together and, as a
result of their deliberations,
•. The Government of Ontario
was persuaded to establish the
Conservation Branch ' in the'
Department of Planning and
Developnlin 1944 to
pass Thente Conservatiandon
Authorities Act in 1946.
Dr. , A.H. Richardson, with
his long experience in the
Department of- Lanris and
Forests and as Director of the
Conservation Branch from
...1945 to 1961, was the only per-
son still living who could have
written this history:-•-'. He com-
pleted the ten days before
• his -.death on December '27,
1971.
It is felt certain the book will
have a wide appeal, to Univer-
sities, Colleges, Schools •and
Lif raries, etc., as well as Con-
servation Authorities and the
general public.
Yours very' truly,,
Marlene- R Shiell,..
`°Secretary -Treasurer.
Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority,, ,
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'Wroxeter Ontario, 1400 2X6
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