The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-04-04, Page 2PAGE 2. QPE ,ICH 'SIGNAL -STAB, IIIORSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974'
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EDITORIAL' COMMENT
Does Warden Have answer?
The substantially6increased budget for
Huron County must have -everyone buz-, •
zing. • No one likes to pay more taxes.
Few citizens enjoy forking over hard-
earned dol)ars and cents even for ser-
vices that are generally ..thought to be
vital and necessary. There's something
about paying - taxes which irks
everybody. ,
The' County of Huron budget is a
shocker.•.Lt is going to mean people in
Huron will be digging much deeper into
their pockets for county tax dollars this
year...and there i,s little. indication that
municipal taxes or educational taxes will
'remain static 'either..
What to. do?
The .Warden of Huron" County has a
suggestion. Bill Elston urged all county
committee members to make every effort
to curtail the introduction of new ser- .
vices. Warden Elston leels_that'it will be
burden enough for, Huron's people to
finance the programs already begun
--over the next decade or so without ad -
•1
ding td the bill by approving 'schemes
which Could be deferred.
But is that the answer?
Huron County, despite what many
residents may say, is one of 'the most -
progreSsive counties' in the province of
Ontario. In many ways, Huron 'leads the
pack with programs and services for the
people MI6 live here. Yes, it has taken
money and planning to reach these pin-
nacles but the , good life in Huron
reflects the wisdom of these costly
decisions.
With the price of goods and services
on all sides mounting at"a: frightening
,pale, kis- only natural that government
:"costs would also rise. But to,.rule to
stand pat - remain 'constant ,and 'un-
changing - may be too dangerous to be
frugal.
En fact; the •day may be fast ap-
proaching when taxpayers everywhere
will pay a much increased. portion of
their income for tax purposes simply toy°
stay ahead and 'live in the style to
which we'd like t� ''become more. ac-
customed.
ool will operate
Many, many Goderich and area
residents will be relieved to ;know that
Judith Goderham Pool will be opening
on schedule this season. A great- deal of
interest 'was carouses .ins t..weeks' •
when Were was a suggestion that Huron
County's 'Health Unit- might put the
clamps on the local swimming pool for
this season, an indication of the type off,'
interest there is in that particular
,ecreational facility inGoderich.
At various times in the `'past, some
Goderich residents have expressed their
-..dismay at. the cost of.maintaining' Judith
Gooderham Pook•it has been said that
youngsters here and in; the vicinity do
not require a public pool at all since
•: beautiful blue Lake Huron is only at the
• foot of 'harbor hill, free to all comers:
"It was good enough for .us," these
Ph• rotesters seem to say," "and it is good
enough for them."
w
Be ready Think. now
There is Little use'in arguing this point,
for people who. think that way possess
closed minds,on the .subject of change
and. progress. 'It .Only remains to be
thankful for more modern thinkers
.
know that few 'of yesterday's .childre
had either: tine -,or' opportunity to learn to
swim in. Lake Huron which at„ that time
was practically free from pollution of any
kind; .and. who recognize that today's
youngsters must become fine swimmers
if they are to be able to fill their leisure
summer -hours with healthful, approved
reor-eation.
And ,what about tomorrow's children?
Will safe sutnmertime _awtmrning
facilities be enough for them? Or will the
future demand year-round swimming op-
portunities for those young people who
will, be a product' of a,generation with
more time on their hands- than ever
before'?
. Recreation complexes are 'the thing
these -days: Everybody wants-- on -e----
.Everybody is taking' some steps to get
one. ,
In Kincardine, funds erre already being
gathered for the purpose of building a
new major recreational facility. In Exeter
too, 4olks there are sthidying the
,feasibility of a sports complexi And of
'course, some energetic, -far-sighted
Goderich people are drew ring about the
'day when this municipality can have its
own multi-purpose recreational -facility.
Ten years ago such thoughts would'
have been termed ludicrous. Now?
Well.... Nota long ago, the Ontario
Ministry of Community and Social Ser-
vices •sent forth a ,nevus release which
quoted Rene' Brunelle •as saying,
``Recreation centres have become a
More integral part of community life."
In the same news release,' M.r..
Brunelle was announcing 198 Ontario
Government grant`s under the Com-
m un ity
om-munity 'Centres, Act, totalling
• $657,915.86: Thee four largest grants,
each for $20,000; went' to the town of
Whitby for construction of Iroquois Park
arena and hall; the town of Rockland for
1'
1444.4.., co,*e r
1.41.rta PORE, '"LO
j .s r-' $ rrri N 1-1V4R
IN'T ckASEFTATS
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Ct\7'ctlaR P.ms.cQ�a I
TO TAKE Yat
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population, - a ru'n'built from a
batiement window, -a- harness'
and leash, or a simply erected
' outdoor' cage - Voila.- your cat,
Dear _Edi=tor, gets
In reference -to your. elituriah 'fresh ir safely.
this is not helping
28th),
of, last week (March'� However,
t e present situation, Protec-
28th), titre over -population of
cats in Goderich. , do against ciriuelty'-and star -
Bylaw 29 as I see it is uselessati n must be 'our first •..4n.�.,.,•
in its 'present form'and should 'cern - afterall, we. caan•.t bla•rne
be thrown out in favor of a the c : is ._ for lhe4i. present
,more cta prehensive'. blanket sifuati n. •1-n- .thi:s regard
bylaw covering the, abandon- perhaps rs. Palmer could
ment of, cruelty,to and keeping ` contact M Hughes of the On;
of any animals within the town. ratio• Hum.ne `Society for
To my way of ,thinking it gree;ommendat ns on the, most
°' should be 'no one's concern how' 'thumane and ec, nOrnical way of
euthanasia whi'h iti .at this
many animals are kept within
the confines of one's home ,os point the only wa,�' to treat the
p ,' '
long as they are being cared forte .l.
roblem;
in a proper' fashion and • not The, hvlaw. " revrsi n should"
allowed to run at,. _large, or • include a very stiff fine for
disturb anyone else's peace of abandoning animals I per-',
mind . sona'lly know of one G erich'
There is no need ,for any cat �
:# resident '.wh'o .has dropp . -at
to run loose. People who s'av I .•least six. cats off`�at the.h rse
love'•my swat while opening the barns at the race track of •r
door to let it out into traffic , having raised them in a hom:
and a cruel world rarise my ire. environment. .
. .- fine' should also .be levied
They tie the exriise that-�it'`` against .theowner of any. pet
natural for a cat.to he outside o
Nonsense! Cats are among the who allows 4that pet to;run at.
cleanest of pets. They will use a large ,-. he it kitten,—,lion,
monkey or dog,
the new Rockland arena and hall; the
_town of.Walkerton for Walkerton arena
and hall; and the town of Nickel Centre
for . construction of Garson arena and
half.
nr About m.id=March, a release was for-
warded from the -office of the Minister of
National Health and Welfare, the Hon.'
Marc ''LaLonde; announcing a goal to en-
courage' and, support all .deserving
sports and recreational facilities.
"I am hopeful,that throughout Canada
there Is a, very real 'concern, and I
belieVe there is, for a sound approach to
the: problem of furnishing 'first -rate
physical°.education 'programs'," said Mr.
LaLonde- '
The move is on for recreational
facilities such as we've never before .
dared to .„dream.. Can they . become
reality? Should they beC e reali,ty?
of d9derich ant areal are
The people
urged to ,give careful consideration to
these questions. There is a good chance
the, local study team -plartned for this
, summer will be interviewing you: You
will Ant to give- your opinion only after
much thought on the platter, Be ready.
Think now. -,,
yr n1FUEd
.nr.LA_ ATION
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litter ' pan with unwatverini;
faithfulness' -if properly trained
and "cared Tor. -
The manv pet foods ayailahle
supply a far better diet than the
neighbour's garbage.
•_ In- te'n'years--of breeding - and
raising pedigreed carts I have
never allowed one to wander„
unattended and vet my cats
have a.happv well ad•jttsted life;,_
There are• many wav`.fi of
protecting a cat against the
elements of danger and ,over
'4
Also an educational program
through this newspaper onthe
proper. care and- control, of pet
animals 'should be instituted
with •the ernphasis on neute-
ring and spaying of pets so
-that the needless- litte ,after lit=-
ter of unwanted animals'be put
to •an end. ,.
'You stated,. in closing your'
, ,,gdito Tal "- too .many cats make
life' miserable for the average
citizen - " You may have been
closer to the truth had you said
too many uncaring, ignorant'
per -Owners, make- life miserable
for the average cat - "` „''
If I can be of` any assistance-•
' - ,,household. Reasonable means request of deputation and is
to Mrs. Palmer or any member
of council Tri :•-• to-- should be applied in enforcing now in the"ha•nds of the friends.
means taking,up a judge's time
among other things. However,.I
think jt .is fair enough to limit
the ' number of cats per
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LOOKINO BACK
75 YEARS AGO
Among the bills;,to which the
Lieutenant-GQyernor gave
assent at the prorogatioln of the
House on Saturday were the .
following G an act to authorize
the town of Goderich to borrow,
$25,000; an act respecting the
town of Goderich and the
Goderich Elevator and 'transit
Cornpany•
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Lake Carriers
Association held at Cleveland
recently it was decided to,, ad-
vance the wages of salaries of
sailors live dollars a month -for
the coming season. The ad-
vance applies not only to
sailors, but to all kinds of labor
from deckhand to,mngineer. The
• advance is effective' for all
association boats which is
about four-fifths of those plying
the lakes,
We are pleased to a pounce
the organization of a lumane
• Society in Goderich and hate
no doubt the members - w�i11
Wave plenty of opportunity for
carrying out • the 'good work
devolving upon an organization
of this sort. The organizatior1'v'
and election of officers w,as ef-
fected at the home of F. Jordan:
Wednesday ' last a large tu'f-
nout of electors of the town of
Goderich waited upon Ephraim, ,;
Downing and asked that he
would allow his name' :to be • ,
brought forward as a candidate
to take the place of William
CarhOel•l, now retired: _After
scitne thought, on Ate matter
Mr. Downing acceded to the
alleviate -this problem ;or
assuring' hat it doesn'•t happen,
:again my time is theirs.
Yours truly,
(Mr*) Sunny Louch
Sunny L o "Cattery
RR 2, Clinton.
' ultik Iiv 1/1,etrt.,elres
Dear Editor:.
,Your last week's, poem, on
cats is delightful; we need mdre
chuckles more' often. Whilst
"Shades of Browning" refers to
the author, ' "Shades •of Don
Quixote" ;incidentally, one of"
my. favourite heroes) 'came to
my mind as applying to the rest
oft us connected with This`mat-
ter. `
Concerning' the subject•itself;.
m ..interpretation • of the
situ•s'tion is' different •from that
prose ted: I do not see any "cat
'noble i" other .than tt e. one
we hay created for --ourselves
by sod -rrly • starting to
eliminate - tray"..cats, without
`having the a. th.ority to do so.
The only th g by-law 29 :of
• 1963 d.oesis_ to _i.tp.it_cats_(ex-
cepting unweane . kittens and
those .on the prem-ses of duly
appointed pound k:•pers) to
two per family,. with a .ossible
first , penalty up to $5, •jf the
owner is convicted of vi'o : ting
this by-law. This, of. cou. ie,
the by-law •, A baseball -club has been
However; in v,LGw of the fact ° organized at 'the. Collegiate In
that we do'not license cats, stitute.,At a recent meeting the
what •do we call a -"stray" cat? play decided,: .to arrange
One Who. merely crosses, the games with.any other team in.
street? One does not walk treat tgwn'willing to play them.
on a. leash. By natural instincts :4
, The• appeaitance'of the E'adet-
and characteristic habits cats tes women's'•• orchestra'. of
are quite different from dogs, Boston, n'e'xt Monday at the
also in the relationship,tci their Victoria Opera 'Blouse will con -
human families. I oppose any sti'tute ones 'of the greatest
thought of licensing 'cats, , musical events in the history of
mainly because 'of the. dif- Goderi'ch.
,ficultier, and frustrations so oh-
viotisly following. in frying to
enforce such regulations.,
• As far as garbage is concer- rampage on Friday, Satundav
ned, ihat ist, a "people and Sunday tore out quite a'
problem", easily solved. If one stretch at the north end Of the , i
method does 'not work (ours .is C.P.R. 'embankment. , A good
wrapping garbage and then., portion of the: streapassed
_using a carntarner with lid) i m between the abutment which
would look. for a better one; used td' he at the end of the em--
witl.out expecting co-operation bankment .and the earth filly,
froth animals. Besides, many , Most of the stretch between.
times I have seen' birds picking here and the next abutment has
at garbage hags which were not . been eaten away. Some fifteen
properly 'handled in -the first carloads of stone have been put
place. in to guard against further
There are 'no cats in our erosion.
family. I know by. experience The sum of three dollars, in
with a dog'hgw painfut. the. loss '' •three., subscriptions of , one
of a pet can be and I feel very. dollar each watt received by' the
badly at the thought that •some -Star towards the cost of the i
_
people_ de rived of.a � et stone being erected :to Charles ``:'-
p p Ai t,- . r Bulpitt of The `British Welcomes- -
they had every right to keep. I p•'
dry not 'condone eliminating and Wel-fare League. The suns
cats simply because they walk will be forwarded to the League
around and somebody calls . from whom we have
them "strays" and I.am not in acknowledgement. ' The
favour of enforcing'by-laws we required sum has been met and
, do not have. no further subscriptions will be
One' Of My favourite. Kipling needed. ;
stories, is 1`The Cat that Walked George Laithwaite has had a
by Himself", and thinking of word from Mr. Cheer, who a
ow he went "out to -the Wet short time ago discussed the
'id Woods or up -the Wet subjectof a canning factory for
Wi • Trees,or on -•the Wet 'Wild Goderich, that the project is off
Roofs, waving his wild;;tail and so far as he ,•is concerned. • He
walking by his wild' lone" I has neen unable two find a
-remain, , suitable' building and it would
" Yours sincerely, be too late to start building for ,t
Elsa Haydon, this year's business. Mr. Cheer'',
however, will be in the apple
business and will operate his
evaporator ,here this ,fall. He
will be ready to act as manager
Dear Editor, for a co-operative fruit shipping
• I have, recently been ap- enterprise if desired.
James Kean, eltli Concession
prsaached by several Reraons -
in
(continued ont,page 3) 'Ashfield, Tial his barn anti
house completely -destroyed by,
fire.,]A spark from the chimney•
is suspected to' Have started the
blaze which was whipped up by
, gale •force wind: By the time
the flames were seen the fire
,was well oirt, its way.. Neigh -
„hours were on hand to assist
Mr. Kean and were able to 'get
the livestock out of the barn
before, the roof caved. in.
” 50 TEARS AGO
The• river • Maitland on the
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This is one famous Goderich family which should be easily identified by folks who know their
history of the'town. Can you name them? By the way, the -old-time hockey players pictured last
week were (tbp row, left to right) E Pridham, G. Smith, J. Beck, A. Chisholm;, (second row, left
-to right) W Buchanan, L. Young, D. `Thompson; W. Snazel; and front, seated, P. Baebhler.
These were the Goderich OHA Intermediate Hockey Club of 1914-15. By the way, will the lady).
who telephoned the Signal -Star last 'week advising that the identification on the old -tithe band
�.; pictures was itticorrect, please dell Pat 4,iatterson with the proper information?•.He wilt be glad
to hear from you. If you have art old-time picture to share with Signal -Star readers, please
telephone the•,office. Flemember though, the photographs must be actual firinte and not
newpaper or magazine clippings whicrF cannot be satisfactorily reproduced.
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5 YEARS AGO
Huron -County learned that
they will not only surrender
their property assessing to the
Province of Ontario but will
turn over its whole new ad-
ministrative building in
Goderich as well. The council.
was informed that the Dept. of
Municipal Affairs"want to rent
the entire building and will
reimburse the county for fur-
niture and equipment pur-
chased this Year for the
building.
,Goderich,council approved a
by-law that will pay a $2.50
skunk bounty to town residents.
The bounty will be Raid to any
resident who signs an affidavit
claiming to have disposed of a
skunk from his property