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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-08-01, Page 2yJ aw • s .-- PAGE 2,-i SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST t. 1914. Proud achievement A Special Editorial by Signal -Star Publisher R,G, Shrier A Last oFrjday. in Toronto, our newspaper won three awards''in the Canadian Com- munity Newspapers' Association com- petition. As publisher, I am proud of all three but can share in only one. The other two are personal ,achievements of Signal -Star editor, Shirley ,J1. Keller, the first woman editor in the newspape'r's 127 -year histdry. All staff members can be proud of the Signal -Star being judged top newspaper in its circulation -category in Canada. The largest number of newspapers corn, Pete in the same group ''as our publication. 4 Another award was second place for. best editorial:page. This was: one. ,per-.' sonal achievement of the Signal -Stars editor: Shirley Keller is especially proud of winning the ,lack Sanderson Award for editorial writing, the most coveted award of any editor or ,writer •on,. a Canadian ,,. Community Newspaper. This award is Open to • all .weekly newspapers in Canada;• regardless of -size: To say she was delighted would be an understatement: To say the publisher and staff here at the'Signal-Star proudly guest -~opinion ' n share this delight -would be an equal un- derstatemertt. . Shirley's courage„ in editorial, writing has grown over the years. She states an opinion as she sees it. She is not always..ao right and never will be, but she -does ,give an educated °pinlory°•on a subject. This has .earned. her friends and ep enemies, but most of all, it has -earned •,admiration and, respect for taking. a stand. • This publisher and the 'staff of the Signal -Star congratulate her: I know our subscribers join us' in saluting her, achievement. As editor of. this newspaper, Shirley has played, a. big part in securing eleven other awards the Signal -Star has woii in the past two years. Not a bad record ,for a housewife with in•k in her veins. Keep up the good workvention were no doubt laughing These awards mean• you' are It-- was •very ••first were stimulating.. Oddly Shirley. d' Community enough, the mdst' 'rewarding up their sleeves as the 11 The 'Exorcist ? Q: BOOKING BACK inallimallaill • 75 YEARS AGO The West Huron election in vestigation is providing free trips for matey voters of the riding. A further contingent'or witnesses -left on Tuesday for the capital! There' were fifteen of `them,�,all residents of the � `town. • His •Worship^Mayor Thomp- son has issued his proclamatidn for civic holiday, which is to be gbserved on Wednesday, August 9. So far we have .heard there is nothing special on, for that date, so that citizens will be free to spend the day accor- ding to their own' sweet will. The largest excursion of the season came in from Wingham • and points on the L,H. and B. south to' Clinton, There were not'far short of twelve hundred; peopcle, in the party. The excur- sion was under the auscpices of the Wingham Methodist Sun- day school, who evidently know how 40 gather tip a crowd, The Wingham baseball team came 'along and :hada game with the doing. something right :.even though' sometimes you and others .think differen- tly' ,11m. Fitzgerald° of Clinton picked up,� two more 'awards for -another. Company newspaper, 'The Clinton News Record.• This makes eight in twayears. This,com- pany. is Iortunate to • have two such capabIe, editors•.=R.G.S. Threat or promise • • 'The -abrupt announcement 'last week • by Ontario Hydro that consideration of a site in the Goderich area for a nuclear power' plant poses some new factors .on the power -versus -land dilemma.. • •.. Hydro made it known a few months,„ ago that the power, corporation was"\ ,giving Serious planning attention to the." construction of a ,new nuclear generating station. in the general area of Goderich. Rightly or wrongly many in the' southern part of the county came to the conclusion that •.Z rich would be the Cana ian . , •top ,p Newspapers 'Association cbn- seminar for me was the one on Canadians s eake'r fade to vention I was looking' forward"" advertising where' 1 learned show up. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau `had • been pick up some very rewarding local rag las so many Crderich' slated as the. Canada Night the cancel the engagement about two weeks prior to the ci)nven ,to it, partly, because I was to that I'm pot- working at the" oc ' prizes atthe„sessions and partly ,folks call, our weekly she n) because the convention wa•set- rather- T rn__ employed i for the Sheraton .Four Seasiins communications industry. And Hotel in downtown Toronto- that set the tone of tiie w`iiole Nice work .if you can get it. convention fcir me.' ' People from all over Canada... One Speaker said. the' press is 116 and the United States were not only the media - it is the registered for this convention. im-meciia ' - . meaning, ' of For the first time, the New , course,' that'' The' "Goderich York Press Association and the • .Signal -Star is not only a,liaison National Newspaper between the . community and Association,;, both from the the individual citizens, it is an USA, +were• joining forces •with immediate source of reliable in - Canadian weekly newsmen and , formation about everything newswomen to produce a11� in- that goes. on in the district. ternational affair. It .promised Now there's a goal to shoot for, to be an exciting two days. if I ever .heard one. First„ thing Friday morning : _. That seminar. ;told me our (7:45 `'a:m. ,cer't'ai'n1V` 'i�''~f11'st^ product is ' delivered: to a thing I'd say) the sc'heclule "select, significant• segment of ••• i ue readership who speaker but had been forced to •recognize„";the • r'esponstbilit•y' ..the cdr- '. poration bears to provide this province with adequate supplies of energy ander fast. It was at, this function that • a u n q that to do so some adjustments must be wards for the 'various depends" on, the Signal-Star�for extreme ,m'importanee of., the nullifies any other 'strengths we the a • made by Xhose people<in whose areas categories were to be •made , . "information they can • get• no event was not impressed on the, may" possess•.,, _the power`; developments take place., We and to ensure that registered' where else. - ° definitely have insisted that the farmers. g uetits would make an effort to I was also. encouraged to h d' 't such' ari fhink positi.xe . about this called,•for a champagnebreak- the market" in"other words, Goderich'nine i..t1 the afternoon at the Agricultural Park; A hot Tory and an equally ardent Grit, were discussing' the Parliamentary inyestigetion in the West Huron election. case . By 'Shirley J. Keller, the other day, and the Tory was expressing, his opinions of • the doings of the wicked ,Gr'its in no very complimentary ptime minister or his eliecut�,ves terms, and ,bewailing' the prac- iminediat"ely upon notification tide „of such tactic's as., he of cancellation; why,' if thought they had been • in- Trudeau' was unavailable, wa•', • dulging in, The Liberal ' was no:. some suitable -'substitute ready . for. him .though.' "You • not immediately recruited, even don't need to talky that Way'4,'. demanded; and, why, with sp ' he said; "the Tories -had: a' Many American guests': present patent right to -that sort . of .. • at , the co.n"vention, did, thing for eighteen•'�'ears, but the tion A variety of reasons sup- Canadian delegates not stand' patent has, run out now and posedly given 1-, T'rudeau were • in defense of this country's anybody may•use the -process. circulating among convention Prime Minister, a busy man -That is one way'of looking oers. Personally, 'I'm not cer- laden with problems who was twin that . anyone really knows otherwise engaged. for`sure why, PET backed out., As far as I was concerned, it To,ksay Canadians at the eon-" was a poor, show on the part of vention were disgruntled. would the Canadians at° the conven- be putting it mildly. I'm willing tion to publicly ridicule this to wager that most Canadian country's first citizen in the weeklies represented at that presence of hundreds of United conVentior� "will be ear rying States visitors,. •. some scathing remarks °about The Americans' •at. that Trudeau's pompous attitude to Toronto convention, with all' the people now that. he, has a ,their ,alleged; scandal vin --the clear •majority.' White House, must have gone f'm not so quick to condemn. -home. feeling smug and the PM. Rather I would ask the satisfied, sure in the knowledge 'convention organizers why the that Canadian- pettiness --who have fought Hydro over_ the various crawl out ofe a • ' -,,...w early hour, "the event was given' newspaper, to ' he proud of it ower llne routes are total) within their and to et busy to•imprnve it. I P y a-lu,x•urious name and an•g et to do so.. The entire debate is a equally luxurious ingredient guts you could say I was in - healthy sign that d •s • not h ° less and motivated. Now if I dying spired gn t a ernocracy l c ampi ne. a • - What=•s a champagne break- can only carry through,, ,f t everyone,wants to know 50 YEARS AGO' , The Federal '.Construction. Company 'started yesterday on. the steel end. 'of' the intake laying about 100 feet and ex- pect to lay 100 to 120 'feet a day.. They have taken the boom •; off the dredge and it is, engaged in excavating in from,„the shore, line., The pumps .arid other •, - Machinery which was used . in• the land end of the job .have been ."loaded' on cars and prepared for shipment.,, t • At a xineetit'rg of the Huron County�)!ruit Grower's -Council it was arranged ' to .-.hold a County Fruit Show on Wed- nesday, November 5. The show is to be held"in Clinton and will have a good display of fruit from the various sections of the county as .well as, displays .of sprays and machinery. with • .. demonstrations by the .comjany selling the product. There is, of course, aclear-c,•ut. conflict u be„the h w development Th and the problems inherent with, expan-• in°that co.��munity have been ,under. sion-r►'1 discussion. In its most recent annouricerme,nt Hydro has stated that -a series of public meetings planned for the Huron area, to -- hear comment and Eanswer' questions,' has been cancelled. However, , public reaction to' the proposal is cited as, the• -.-, reason, for deferment w of the power , ,proje•e-t:----0pposit'ion • to the new generator, ' ot, course, is . expressed chiefly' by the farmers of the area because -more land would 'be needed for higtl tension power transmission tines. Although Hydro, may indreed be' acting .in totally ,sympathetic understanding of the' farmers' objections, there is now .a Wide -spread, feeling that-. the abrupt statement of no further action is tan= tamount to telling the youngsters `.'you`ve been bad, so we won't.go to the Movies," The question in 'many minds°is' whether or not�,an argument with Hydro means ' they just take • their business • elsewhere. This newspaper is 'not opposed to. Hydro on general principles. We of interest, not only between Hydro and the farmers iii the area, but an unspoken one between farmers and townspeople in Huron who'have tried for years to at- tract more industry to a .section of the province which could us'e the em- ployment „ opportunities of industrial,; growth. The town dwellers lack a cohesive organization to Voi•c,e;.. their opinions, comparable to the Federation qf Agriculture -and its sub -committee on . ower lines. r As is often" the case, the 'entire question has its pros and cons - it, is a hose of development which requires P study, -discussion, intelligent concern on both Sides and the foresight. to' make Pwith 'fast, Well it is little more than an • The highlight of the conven•�~,. 'on h Father bacon, rolls and coffee='elegai F• ' '°John McLaughlin of President - n a modern ,hospital. Messrs: tly Served' and topped off with a Richard Nixon fame. the. •' John very and Son, who have 1i ordinary breakfast - juice, eggs, ti Contracts have, been let for" for, me was' Baring. a the alteration cif the Maples' to OPEN LETTER' Beginner h I McLaughlin ,poke to t o con p Director Y f the G.D.C.I, have the" main favorite•, beverage so early •yip peachment,and Common Sense. Ontario. Division e own seen g contract. improvement's, rials will be fur- the-mornin even on Stich a ”. What" a •sp°°ea'ker'.I What •a Water Safety Service level, not because,,he did not contra by the f�oderich Planing g tremendous speaker!k complete the tasks set out.a-by. apcciai • morning and. turned p 460 Jarvis St. 1 Mill ,Co:, and Mr. F. Hunt has my attentions back to my coffee, I don't Want to start aeon- Torontc�,'.Ontario the Society; but because the herebut I' • one of "examiner Saw fit to compare his the plumbing contract. It is ex- the Watergate incident ;was I have always been a staunch ,;theedass dusew is •as the '�" gsupporter of the' water safety' determine lg factor, November. '„I'll take this opportunity to hardly irriportant enough to '• h L. Red Do not such actions counter- Another meeting of the com feeding of pride cause such nation-wide excit- supported y glass Of sparkling c ampagne. _ _.., r.ogram . ... ..; _ thee 'cpntra;ct or found that champagne ren t my vention 'cin - he- ttopic of Im= Canadian Red. Cross Society,' ; °casston to witness'the failure of h trac. ' at the • as socia as it was graciously • trc3versy u m l ive1 of ability with others in• pected that the work will be' pcass.ible, these people who believe that . Dear Sir: and d this cc)mplete byT the- middle—17f,-, express my own t complishment at sha g programs s rnittee composed of : represen- ,itt .has. White my. Cross Society Tana the Royal vene the aims of the Society: If 1-- --- - t • 1'k myself, tatives of various societies in rib meat as Life Saving Society �n which I mit- then Parents, like Y`' ' connectioY with the town .hall Goderich Sinal -Star, minority, these clays, I see little have ' participated in fully at would' be wise ter' withdraw project, was wield Tuesday. The Signal -Star. their small �c:hildrerl from par: • To have earned 'the title cif real ,and lasting purpose in the every level; ` . group heard reports of the com hest all-round newspaper' in', -prolonged , proceedings which AS parent I was keenly in- ticipation as little kids have b, g p p d' o havingh competition and stress mittee" appointed to look into our class ane ac ear;; to' be in the in the three awards won by The Viewpoint 'app • gave me a' special . Are l'ikely .to heap istaesse5 n tereated in tiny own sae l enough com to of a ° the site: ' The consensus cif I• coul'dnt help P 1 d I 't t d l ith throug�hotlt the in 1 nava n but opinion is inple haV • tofuture,among • during • of .. the. „pre ent site with the Town Hall facing on Emit Street. and 'the fireball and rr►arket facing on Newgate Street. ut: At the top o my list is me - or possibly t at < agree and the satisfaction o accom ° ,loan ah en rriec Bvrski an Dave Williams; the - h Father McLaughlin. No' plishment. `° 5 YEARS ASO ell the adveriisit'g matter who heard Father Recently however, I"'.had oc- Goderich, .Ontario as si'ste.d on thein right to an .o,prnion about• routes which would c • ause the least. loss wit a of valuable farm lands. Apparently Hydro is not prepared to enter into discussion about 'a new ,generating station. The threat is clear that �•:they''. will go elsewhere.----Wingham Advance Times ,fellows who and, Make it .exciting enough. tog Mc 'Laughlin, 175 Wellington 5 'Fyundad5'n 1848 and •published every Thursday at Gt)de�^'1 O•i'3r, T Member 1t 'he CWNA and OAA/NA Advst't'ting ra'es )n request Seibscnpt ')n4 pavahte 1 3dya'i:” ,, $850 In Canada $10'00 Sri 'all cnugtr,es o'her than C3nadaa single c so" 2r) Seoynd Class mail aeg,sirat,yn Number 01.15 Advert,sinei !s a;^aated )h 'her,)hd that 5n 'he event ,c f••ty06graph,c'al error, theadvert Si 11 spar ' e by 'h ery+le/us item t,ge'her'with reaSynable ,all ),wance ()Ids 1nifuire VII n )' 00 fOr but the balance )f the advertisement viol be Olid Or a' 'he appl,lable rl's I.1 ',he event 7i a typographical err)r advertssilq (41 3•r13 )r serv'(7,es 3' s wr,)~,g pr, ;ra �l,,�y.;• Set° e:e rnaY nit be s)Id Advertising is merelyCirl ' "er') soil and miv he .v'f5-lryrv2 any ts"ne The SSgrtal•Star Is 'not re Spbnsi'btsi0,) 'he ,I:1 5 3r arri4gn )t uh5 rhanUseripts ?r photos, V, i5A3h Busii'irs5, and Editorial Office TELEPHONE 524$331 W area Oda 519 ,AddresSr P.O. EOX�'22d, Godetioh 716 frond miss m&l r i$istr*tioi number --0116 Published by ignal=Star Publishing Ltd. ROBERT G. S BIER -president and publisher sliIR .E"Y J. KELLEA-editor 1 BILL DtMMICK_editorlal staff m,^ if JEFF 3EDb�SN-editorial staff EDWARDJ. SYRSKt dvi3rtising tttanager OA1ltllw R,. Wtt.t:tAtIAS�advarti,ting representative , they were iXrt- receive special plaudits4-1 the t�ressen by him,,and his ability judges'' remarks, :sr())ellhrhruonldd _an,audier}ce"•Second is 'the 'host of mar . �, vellous reporters. from around a On the escalator leaving the ; the.. commut ity who regularly,. . lu'rirhedn'roorn,, everyone was contribute newsy' items rind talking, •about the address columns'for publicatioin - and delay„eyed by . Father give those little tips .and McLaughlin. • stiggesticmns which keep the . "What did-yOu think of it?'' editorial staff of this newspapet, one man, inquired of me. . • iilhm what I'd 'leen „ftrr: th ,era in which Ron Shaw . thinking d, asiI heard the speaker.' digging. (The award vias given _was reporter - ,.photogra°pher "If he has made a>pegil im here, Thanks •to you, Ron!) pression in his lifetirrie for 'God And third is„the Signal -Star - as• he made today on this.. staffers \phi) work so hard week audience, he is I a 'tiedruly° after ° weelf''to make the local • remarkable man''', repl. newspaper look as good as time * * * permits. . Special mention, of ° I found,-. the cotiventjon, coursemust go to, Mrs.' Ruth definitely 'tipped toward the Leonard who is responsible for Amel'ican scale, I'm sorry to e makeu i here and 'takes say,' Before 'Father McLaughlin page I ever ;;uich concern for. hero work: - told., us everything we'd. As for the editorial page wanted to krtow4,alld were award and the Jack Sanderson afraid to ask a'bdut impeaching award for editorial w°rit1 a United States president, writing, can 'only pay that I'm grateful Nelson Rockefellert"forrn•er for the honor and humbled- bar.• governor Of New 'York, had tIre iignificnvtce” of it all. outlined t h e rl ca n economy Y in inontitnhcyu, (ietaU., eminars at ^the' cgn`'vtt'itinb .. ' The . Arneri'iltts at the con - Great- Log ,rye Yr {•ATNAR,NESa P y ON71R'0 TOBACCO yP J CANADIAN Ci&ARETTES ANt)TOAUEXPOSTPM RTIAED *<t �/E[GIUM aR/IAIN CY�kU`,DENt�RK 1) I, rINLANl) f . .Sr,.Py - •ENAT'AM NORWAY US '•wNr,/ c"`` '-- ANO URUGUAY. �_ °NA RI 6S,.. wo0DSY0cK• • ONOGN . ORANTF0PA • AND • 1(,400453050 • " PORT COL60PNE •' ST ,THOMAS• PORT 00VER PORT , TANL EY PORT 5UAWEL, J. ONTARIO TOBACCO IS.ONE "OF CANADA°S• BIGGEST CASH CROPS; CHOICE LEAVES BRING 804A POUND, AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE IS NEARLY X1,/,.,490.0"°,. HARVESTING CREWS MAKE SEVERAL TRIPS THROUGH r , THE FIELDS; PICKIN1 THE BOTTOM LEAVES FIRST : THEN THE" ToBACco IS STORED IN CURING SHEDS. ',TUE-CURING' IS THE KEY TO..QUAL1TY, GIVING CANADIAN LEAF A RICH, YELLOW COLOR. CURING too„wNo©ws OPtN FOR ENSPI rt'r�N IS A DELICATE ART; ° A CAREFUL .ovtNticATORs ATp T ' BALANCE OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY.„ =TAIT CONTROLS THE . MOISTURE, PuT !RAW'To COLO AND FLAVOR. A HOURLY wwo0w” CHECKS MADE DURING THE RE%aiNG DURING 3'ro1p DAY ECU ZI'G PR O CESS FROM CRE STEM:: 5ALEO AREaAioLEAVS ARE THETRIPPE. b ,AS 1p AUCTION. "No wheat on wheat, you cannot grow wh'eat con- tinugusly," This Was the war- ning -given by Dr. Neil Stoskopf .of Guelph University when he ,spoke tomore than •100 Huron County farmers at a'Huron Soil and Crop Association.fiwilight program at .John Hazlitt"s farm near Ben•rpiller. The warning, echoes advice *om th.Depart- meti't of Agriculture and Food in Milton., That-dejtartment warns .that growing, ,wheat one year out of°three on any one field is about maximum and even'then it is "Snip;and tuck." t'Th'e name' cit' the"Goderich Midgets," " wet,'.: known ladies fastball team, has been, retired. The move came after a"dfspute hetiieen .players and' management in June. hew bus station will go itito':"operation August I in •-Goderich at the Coach House Travel bureau. Town Coutieil " gavd pern'rission to Charter. ways and Skinner Bus Lines to- use oune aformer, parking 'spot out-'. aide the. 'local travel office for the coaches to load arra unload: •