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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-05-09, Page 2F"tle b-. PAG 2 1<,G GQDERICH .SNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, tviAY /9:19744 D1TORIALtOMMENT Foolish logic The story in last week's newspaper about the possible teenage drinking Problem at the local arena drew some comment at the regular Town Council meeting. One councillor expressed the viewpoint that the press would be doing the town a favor to, playdown the allegation that young people are boozing it up during roller skating: Councillor Bill Clifford's opinion -Was that as soon as attention is drawn to a certain questionable activity, the interest far that pastime immediately increases. 49,The example he cited was streaking, but • what Councillor Clifford didn't mention" • was the fact that. with all the publicity for streakers, the fad is quickly becoming old -hat and unexciting. Although the rumors about youthful drinking on roller skating•nights are not new to this newspaper, this is the first time the matter has been mentioned in the" Signal -Star. It was only aired now because • the information was . made public at a meeting of the` Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Board. The situation was considered serious enough by the Rec. Board to oc- cupy a large portion of the discussion . period. An investigation into the alleged problem. has been ordered. Since the Rec. Board' obviously felt obligated to alert,the general•populus to the possible Problem,, the Signal -Star also felt an obligation to report on the Board's deliberations. Though some members of Town coun- cil apparently would have preferred to hush up the news °that Goderich young people are drinking illegally, either at the arena or elsewhere,, such shielding bf the public is hardly necessary. Nor is it prudent. - °Qouncillor Clifford's concern .that trouble will compound now because the' -suspected offenders have been thrust into the limelight, ,should really be offset by the realization that parents are now suspect of- a potential problem at the arena. Surely Goderich parents have a right' to know that concern has been voiced regarding the safety of youngsters at the roller rink who may may not have access to alcohol. Surely some—value can be attached to the • .premise that knowledgable parent's can now assist in the treatment • of the alleged ills. • .Tb sweep such unsavory items under the rug to preserve the sweetness of'•the news about Goderich is foolish logic. In this .case it . benefits no one, most par- t;cularly the youth of the community. rag" at work At the Signal -Star, last week's issue of the newspaper was considered average. It was likely considered "average" ,as well . by the readers, some of whom . delight In 'using derogatory terms about: the local "rag". Favourite quote is:. There's nothing in it. A small, study was made, by the editorial .staff of last week's 'edition. Some interesting facts, were uncovered. In last week's journal, 130. local • people, were pictured for their parts in a variety 'of community activities. Signal-, Star 'photographers would hasten to point out, of course;that most of those pictures were taken after the regular 9 to 5 shift at the office ...and as a result of much patient waiting. In the case of the high .school queen for instance, the Signal -Star• rihotographer's day did' not end until after the midnight assignment .at. GDCI .... and the following morning , began a series of weekend duties which. successfully marred any plans for the normal two-day break which' is enjoyed by-imost people: •these days. A little better than half of those photographs - 67 to be explicit - were of• persons younger than 20.. In other words, the youth of the community received its fair share of coverage in the Signal -Star last week. ° Of the, group remaining, the emphasis was fairly equally divided among , the younger adults and the senior citizens. The local paper does make a real at - WEAL LADlE5. A/V°a IS J ,"a THE . F /I ST ' .tJ, a,'HT W!x'VE Ops JEp oHR BEER aArRo&N AND THERE. $E EMS. -r'a�, l�E A` D/ST OBAACE P O W h/ O nl . 'j'/ -j E . • ?RACK .. •� ei es_de.oa lt4 PRIM BACK - 75 YEARS AGO- R.R. Sallows showed us some very interesting curios which he received from Florida. They were five snakeskins. The -largest one of all is from a diamond rattlesnake that must have been formidable in life, It measures nine inches in width at its centre and is over six feet long. Mr. Sallows. says that when ' a man comes across a fellow like this he must either vanquish Mr. Snake or, prepare to cash in his checks. The skins are much more pleasant to look at than their possessors Would be. Photographer Sallows had a .. very successful and busy "baby day" on the 1st of May. This_ is ,,becoming an annual affair with ,, Mr. .Sallows and is developing in' greater proportions year by year. The first year he "took" 19 babies, the -next year 35, last year his callers numbered 51 and this year no less than 91 invested his studio. Prizes were awarded to the six best,looking babies. The seizure of a large quan- tity of United States nets in Canadian waters was made last week. The Provincial Fisheries Department- is on the lookout for poachers from the other side. Bicyclists would a 3preciate some attention to the condition of the highways of the town on the part of the authorities. For instance the Huron Road, which is now like the rocky. road to Dublin, would be a great deal better for the removal of the great eohls-Y---- which strew it so thickly for some distance. One of the town's chief attractions as a letter will' choose to ignore his I)ou�►1t�-�j�1-ititt�; ►t,►t'illc,�;crl advise. regarding • the •4�crutini ins of Canadian Tire • Dear. Editor: Store prices, and realize that t.The written word, especially his advice is based on," if not those found- in a newspaper,"tni�lete ignorance of current natUonal economic conditions Can, be a powerful influenc:c,m and their resulting effects on 'molding the thinking of miin"�'; 'retail,.pric•es, at feast, on a very of its readers. I firmly believe -limited and short -:sighted , make a fait' profit on the mer- chandise(' ' .' r (2) The profitability' of such stores ay -Canadian • •Tire, his operating expenses. At present, retailers, generally speaking are faced with operating costs amounting to grocery stores, discount stores., usually no less than 12% of and gas stations ' is hinged sales. Applying this percentage directly on the manager's to this particular , example, ability, within these operations, 23.4c from the revenue of this to attain a high volume of sale would have to be applied sales." :Such stores, ° unlike against operating expenses. As that too many people often r;�' kric�wledge of these factcr�;, jewellery stares, clothing stores, a result, the retailer would in cept what they have read in i Readers who accepted Mr. newspaper as 'the complete p and furniture stores, operate on fact realize a net loss of ,4c if he truth without considering the Hazlitt's' °judgement in .this a small mark up, and in doing �� sold the product at ;$1.95 as Mr. • credihitiit:y.Lof its author.'This is '•egai•cl are not unlike those so, must have volume sales and• Hazlitt suggests; hardly a veru unfortunate when one con.people Who , would accept the rapid stock turnover in, order to rational way to conduct a diagnosis• of 'a quack docfor, .he profitable. During a period husiness. siders thetirecent letter to -you Like the quack, Mr.rHazlitt.has of spiralling inflation, as this (;;) Retailing, in many ways, from KA. Hazlitt. been able to identify 'certain nation is now experiencing; brought up the suggestion that • No doubt it is true that Mr. is similar to 'investing in the the council should visit the . ' Hazlitt did purchase, or, wa• s`mtoms, and, like the quack when prices on many com- stock market.• 'The merchant cemetery and look it over so as aware of someone who had put mai do, has incorrectly modifies ar,e rising daily, high occasionally finds that he has to be' More fully ,conversant tempt to give attention to all ages and d n product-; `Itagnosed the causative factors vcilume oriented stores can be misjudged the potential market' 'with the details of any h ftts d h t in 1 summer resort is its generally fine roads and it would pay the - town to.giye more attention to keeping' them in thorough or- der. 50 YEARS AGO A matter of the' removal of ,a tree requested by a recent ibt purchaser' at the cemetery preceeding these ( rapidly There is a feeling among some. Slgnal- Tire, stere, which had the; the mann er of 'the unless their manager t merchandise below his cot in • .chased, two � erent pro h se sum Atoms° ra idly crippled, as their pro fora product and fins a mus from the Goderich Canadian p take a loss by selling off the provements that might any con- Mr. Hazlitt has chosen to pin- are wi ed out by this inflation, s sidered. Council decided °, to s 'ac make the trek next committee quickly to off -set this profit order to clear out this stock. meeting night from 7 to 8 space squeeze. ; By the same token, a merchant o'clock. By relating' these findings i Pae f t th real Inflation, such as this nation who sells a product for $1.95 Councillor' Ryan reported through you new5pa(,er, til, culprit is more likely inflation. is •presently experiencing, when it has a fair competitive' given Over to district news a fair Hazlitt has probably succeeded t retients a problem to the having interviewed Mr. Elliot 1 f • $2 29 is being tit g Star Leaders that" there is too much . origii'�al .suggested retails re ace devoted' to district news.Out of 26 stickered with higher prices.. es, only a portion of six pages was • creases, when, in fact•,the pot Canadian Tire Store as . the primary cause of these price in - proportion compared to the number of ;in convincing many' of • your I strongly urge your readers p subscribers in rural areas surrounding' •readers, unfamiliar' with to , consider the fallowing retailer which most consumers th I ''der to be • do not take into consideration. market value 'o of the Park House as to the use rather foolish. I'm sure no, of the property back of the stock market investor would' house as a tourist camping site. Goderich. What's more, advertisers ap- retailing, that this practice of preciate, the news department's'interest re -stickering merchandise at a higher price than appears to be in ' the district residents since moa suggested by the manufacturer_ people are drawn into the newspaper is in some way illegal, anal' if and are exposed -to the advertising con- not illegal; at least a shady tai•ned;.there: practice which he seeks to warn �. your readers. ainst, -As well, there were 11 . stories* about 1 could :not disagree more various 'service groups in the area; six' with either the conclusions that stories about- a variety of county in- Mr.. Hazlitt wishes his readers terests; five special features about local to make regarding this double - people and • happenings; three police pricing"' (as Mr. Hazlitt calls stories; three sports stories; two it) or Mr. Hazlitt's attempt to discredit the Canadiat, ,,Tire municipal stories; two entertainment store manager for folfwing stories; two education stories; and one __ ' this, policy. . item , each for agriculture, church, My purpose then in writing recreation,, industry and historical' 'this letter,„ is to offer, what 1 COU S ' • consider to be, both ethical and g p. • _ - , proper justification ,for aay retailer to sell HIS . merchan- There were two 'weddings, seven ' disc at a price other "than the regular columns, eightletters to the price which appears to lee editor, three local editorials and one car- suggested by the manufacturer. toon drawn by a Goderich,resident. Add • In dping so, it is my hope that to this al.t, the valuable information sup those, who read Mr. Hazlitt's plied through the advertising columns. While the SignalStar may not always please all readers it does make every ef- fort to give a cross-section view of the entire community. If the local "rag", falls short, 'it is not for lack of trying. cin •C A CCNA .44,41 NIt1iU r,c,cu�Anora PAO p Frye eoDeetcry. EIGNAL-STAFF --(]■— The County Town Newspaper of Huron Founded in 1848 and published..every Thursday at Goderich Ontario Member of the CWNAo'and, OWNA Advertising rates ort request Subscriptions payable in advance $8 50 in Caeada. $10000 Iry alt countries other than Canada. single copies 26 cents Second class mail Registration Number 0716 Advertising is accepted on the condition that. .in' the event of typographical error the advertising space occupied 'by the erroneous item, together with reasonable allowance for signature.'will not be charged ° for but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for AT the applicable•rate In the event of a typographical error advertising goods or services ata wrong price, goods or service may not be sold Advertising is merely an offer to jell and may bewrthdrawn at any time The Signal -Star is not responsible for the loss car damage of unsolicited manuscripts or photos Business and Editorial Office TELEPHONE 5244331 area code 519 ti ' Mailing Address: P.O, BOX 220. Goderich Second class mail registration number -0716 Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. • ' ROBERT G. SHRIER--president and publisher SHI)1LEY J. KELLER--editor BILL GIMMICK -.editorial staff - JEFF SEDDON•—editorial staff EDWARD .J. BYRSKI—advertising manager DAVE R. WILLIAMS--advertising representative readies, w tc con. e ample • justification fo'r.. in- This problem' is the cost of consider selling,a share of stock Mr. Elliot is' planning to 'con- . the Manufacturer's replacing existing stork as it ,he owns for $1.95 when. the sells. When- prices are static duct a restaurant during the suggested retail price of any stock market quotations show y there is no problem; however, that it is currentlyanon ins on tourist season and to supply merchandise, before acceptinghot and cold water and to use the jkidgement of a quack- consider the situ°atiim - of the exchange for '$2.29. the properxy at the rear of the economist.pl -j, g tock during an in- (4) I strongly question both re ac n s s o house ,for parking, allowing flationary period. I will at- the right and the ability of a (1) Manufacturers often in- tempt to illustrate this man facture, to place a retail tourists to use it' free and crease the cost of merchandise the price increase from this. using5 to rice on his product. Such looking for his revenue from to the retailer, while failing to $2 �9 which was cited by Mr. i y undermines the fret the patronage immediately adopt new `tt, rise system. A merchant n r ,packaging carrying ahigher A piece of� merchandise who purchases ' a suggested retail price' A selling for $1.95 in a store such „Manufac- turer's product should arrive at retailer in reciept of such mer- Canadian Tire would a retail price by considering his chandise has three o tions � t the retailer no r' curred in his p t age of his restaurant orae ce Weather permitting, the lawn, Hadi enterprise bowling season will begin on the 24th of May. Coll egiate Institute as re ai classes' in.easketry will hold an p probably cos expenses. in open 'ter' him: (a) return. the less than $1.46. Assuming that •operati6ns and by applying exhibit of the work of •the term merchandise and'miss potential the suggeste,d..retail price of the what he considers to be a fair of Saturday afternoon and sales, (h) keep the merchandise, identical replacement stock will mark up. If the merchant over evening. Members of each class 'pay the higher costhprice, and be $2.29, the approximate cost/ prices his article ;consumer are bringing two choice articles sell thg merchandise at the of this article would be $1.;72ig " will purchase that product made during the term. The `manufacturer'ssuggested retail Therefore, if the retailer' sal elsewhere and,• by doing so, citizens of town and community which would result in a the product at $1295 as, Mr.` therefore keep the prices of are cordially invited to atteil. decreased• profit margin or Hazlitt suggests, ,he should• do retail` products in equilibrium, At a meeting of the board of possibly even a loss, (c) re -sticker and then ggestses that stock at the point at which the product' the Alexandra Marine i -and the merchandise and the new scsst, the'retailer then is being sold at the lowest General •Hospital a committee the merchandise at a price level has a g ss profit of 23c on this possible retail price and still was appointed. to take charge of -` which 'allows. the retailer to total cycle with which to pay f the remodelling of the permitting the retailers a air " profit on the products. "Maples" as a hospital: The Above are some of the plans for the remodelling have reasons I believe a retailer may received the sanction of the, provincial inspector. (continued 'on page 3) • Who, are they? This is one of Goderich's most famous families. Can you nam¢. them? Watch next week's' paper for their names. Does anyone have the identification ©n last week's editorial pagO old- time picture? The Signal -Star is anxious to publish the informatitn about th t picture in next week's issue as well Call 524-8331 if you can identify the people in last week's photograph. ' Readers are cordially Invited to express their opinions of loCelw provin- cial and federaL issues through the, Letters to the Editor column. of The Goderich Signal -Star. All letters* must be signed to be .published, although pen names are permissible providing, It is understood that upon request from another reader, -the letter writer's true name will be 'revealed. While there is no limit 'to the length of a letter which can be ofieriid for publication, the editor ,does reserve the right to delete portions of any • copy submitted for in- clusion —In this. newspaper., " Take an active inkiest in your' home' own newspaper. Write s' letter to the Edltdr today. -5 YEARS AGO Two years of 'planning became a reality when Mayor Frank Mills and f✓ouncillor Deb Shewfelt officially turned on the new traffic lights at the' • corners of Victoria, Nelson and Hamilton Streets. Mayor Mills said • there had been many ac- cidents at the intersection, par- ticularly during the summer months when hundreds of children cross daily on their way to Judith Gooderhampool. 'Goderich Council decided : to deed a harbor -front building occupied by the Macl3onald Marine Tug Co. to the com- pany's owner Donald Bert McAdam without charge. Mr., McAdam has 'been leasing thr 'building for the past 13 -year as his grandfather Miert McDonald did - for 30 - years before 'that. It will cost Huron taxpayers over $9 million to have their children educated this • year. The. Huron, County Board of Education approved a budget of $9,028,107 brought in by Business Administrator R.B. Dunlop and the special com- mittee of the Board.