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GODutuili SIGNAL -STAR., TI;iURSDAY, NOVEMBER 211, 1974 -PAGE 3
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ELECT
HARRY :BOSN l
,THIS IS -
'YOUR TOWN
VOTE AS -YOU LIKE
BUTGETOUT
AND VOTE
NEED A RIDE?
FOR TRANSPORTATION
TO THE POLLS
524-9090
52-49097 °
BILL CLIFFORD
FOR
DEPUTY REEVE
Martha, please
Dear Editor,
Well, another Thursday has
come and gone and the Signal -
Star has added another week of
news, views,and advertising to
its scrap hook.
Each week I fairly leap out of
my tar to see what new
promises have been made,for
the upcoming election, or hat
progress has been made in the
way of -town improvements, or,
well, the -list is endless. Now.I
find this week that we are now
to be blessed with TWO new
malls and' x refurbished Shop-
pers Square.
More often than hot, in order
to plan each week, `I turn to
Martha Rathliurn's eolu'tnn
RE-
ELECT,
Dave Gower
For
Council
Two people were injured in this c ar ac c relent at the corner
of Highway 21 and Huron Road 25 last. Saturday ,night.
At approxiniately eight in the oyening Duncan A.
'MacPherson, of RR :3 Goderich,:.and .t passenger, Clara 1VI,
Bedard of London were proceeding -outh 'on Highway 21
when a vehicle driven by Terry 13' Lear, RR 1 Blyth, drove
off Huron 25 into the,.,$outhbound land 'of the highway,
The MacPherson vehicle, struck the Lear vehicle in the
right rear fender just ahead of the rear wheel, tearing the car •
in' half. Both cars left the road as as•rresult of the collision
and came to rest on the lawn of 1)r. Roy. Lomas,
The.frpnt half of the Lear vehicle turned over and was sit-
ting on the roof about 30 to 50 feet from the rear portion.
Mr. -Lear had been thrown clear of the c ar and sustained a
head injury in the forrp•.of a ccli cussion. He was taken to
Alexandra -Marine -and General. H.ospi a.l in Goderich. and
immediately transferred to University Hospital in London,
where he • is listed in satisfactory condition.
- Mr. MacPherson was not •injured in the crash but his
passenger, Ms. Bedard, received facial lacerations and other
minor .-injuries. The Goderich -detachment of- the OPP in-
vestigated the accident and estimate damages to the vehicles
at $4,000 each. The property belonging to Dr. Lornas
received $400 -damage in the form of broken trees and shrubs
and some highway signs were damaged. Police say charges
are pending.. •
The OPP officer investigating the crash pointed out some
interesting items on the pros and coins ut seatbelts. He told
the Signal -Star th t if Clara Bedard had been wearing a pelt'
she probably would not'have sustained the facial injuries.
However if Terry Lear had been wearing his seatbelt he
probably would have been very seriously. injured. and
possibly killed. ,
The officer did not notice whether the front seat belt was
fastened til the•floor in the front half cct;.the ear or the rear
half behind the tear in the centre.
ictures by Jeff Seddon
S
Star readers express
usually JAM PACKED with
goodies to see and places to go. '
As a newcomer to Goderich
and a subscriber to the Signal -
Star for two months -before
moving here, I have. never,
repeat NEVER found a lack of
reading material in the paper.
Sure,' it doesn't pretient the
world wide.views and analysis
of a daily paper, `hut .that is
NOT -a purpose of a thriving
weekly.
But during the last two
weeks, what have L found? A
complete and unadulterated
RE -HASH 'of 'all of the adver-
tising of previous papers!! Mar-
tha — WHY????
Why can't, we do whatever
we want with those thorns? If I
had any interest in the fact that
Ainslie's have their ad on page
three for years; I would have.
'asked Mr.' Ainslie. As long as
he sells decent meat, who cares
where his ad is? •
Now cotne ON,' Martha, isn't
anything happening in
Goderich and Huron County
worth reporting? I would prefer
reading about a frog jumping
contest in Dungannon than
seeing A- & P WEO advertised
TWICE the same PAPER in
the same WEEK. Is •there any
hope of .relief?
. Sincerely,
„
Gerg Ecnerwal,
Goderich.
Ainslie Market Limited
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To the young
Dear Editor,
So you thought it was fun
On Hallowe'en night
To laugh and jeer and show no
respect!
To use vile words
which belong in the muck
You thought you won
On Hallowe'en night
But it only shows, that you got
stung! • ..
Itshows what we really are
When in' a mob we hide
And hurl rocks and obscenities`”
And try to destroy, the place we
reside!
We .act as cowards when we run
in packs, •
And show what our spirits lac k
For we are unkind and slow of
mind
And one day, we'll get it all
hack!
For this
You are
he?
,A place
respect
Nor care about his fellow man?
A place where there is anarchy
And no Law and Order?
Is this the type of life
demand
When your children walk upon
this „hand?
place you
the young
where no
shall inherit
what shatll it
one ohas any
\'(1U
Ann Livingstone
Pus problems
•
Dear Editor,
As residents of Saltford, and
° mothers of schooldpge children,
we are) writing this letter. not
only for the safety of coir own
children, but for the safety of
21 .other children.
We hate been informed that
"the bus will no longer make the
usuaifstop where our children
get on the bus. They are sup-
posed to go to the stop at the
Village store, which will mean
a total of 26 children itt one
stop!'
In our conversation` \v.i,th
Mr, Cunningham, the manager
of Transportation for the
. Huron County Board of
Education, he implied that
parental discipline would he
the only thing necessary to curb
the hazardous conditions that
would (trent with that number
of children at one bus stop.
We all know that crowds
create hazards, whether the
children are well disciplined or
not. If this practice is continued
in future school years, it will he
feasible to see as many as :35
children at one stop.
We were° informed that .Mr.
Sherwood, the bus driver, told
one of his passengers to "forget
about school" if he was not at
the Village store bus stop".
On Tuesday, November • 19
our children were at their usual
stop and were not picked up.
The parents, all 'taxpayers, had
to• :drive %their., children, to
school. `' •
The law states that a child is
to ,be on his own side of. the
road until the flashing lights of
the bus are on before he crosses
the road to board the bus. This
will not hold true for all the
children from the stop they are
eliminating, as they will have
to cross. the :rad to reach the
(Willage store.-
Why,
tore."Why, Mr. Sherwood and Mr.
Cunningham, are our children
being discriminated against
because they live in- Saltford,
when all rural., children are
picked up right at their lane?
The only reason we could
get from Mr. Cunningham and
Mr. Sherwood for the change
was that the bus was tying up
traffic. Through our own obser,
vation, the only person we have
seen delayed by this is the mail
delivery ,that has to stop at
every mail box anyway.
Does this reason justify what
could he the life of a CHILD!
Sincerely concerned,
Mrs. Brenda M. Davidson
Mrs., Steintje Schoemaker
Mrs. Lois Armstrong.
NoI t.-1i111ifittedl.
Dear Edt$or:
This letter is not about the
next ('nuncil or the con-
trihution i may he allowed to
make on it. i am still w•carking-
on this year's job and feel there
is a need to clarify a few mat-
teks;r , particiglarl,v in view of
sane points raised in your
newspaper by a new candidate
about the perforthance of the
present Council. 1 have heard a
.few other similar references.
There should be critittism, of
course, where it. is warranted,
but if it iv to he of meaning and
1
value it ought to he 11; the
point. Vague generalities :rte
cheap ammunition,' clui�tew
deceptive and ntisleadiii , if
nobody makes an attempt to
tidy them up.
"Conflict of interest"' is °a
catchy phrase; people With a
sense of responsibility \-rid
use itonly after finding out
first what' they, are really
talking about,
I am deeply bothered h\ in-
sinuations that some of t he
Coun•c°il members may have H
"conflict of interest'' in the un-
clear sense of some unspecified
wrongdoing. These references
are usually mad'Fe in tonnection
with ReevtDeb Shewfelt who
e field of development
1 estate, As the Council
ons of a tntahol• vitae titin,
ber:- the 1 plication is that if
R. eve Shewfelt in any way un-
d Iv and personally henetits
from his position, the rest tt us•
(I among them i•must he either
some -.kind--rrf --nrindley-s tools,
negligent in our duties..
. dimwitted that' NV(' do nOt knew„
what we. are doing 1- resent
that. -
Therefore, 1. feel I 'am en-
titled to hear spe,cittc ase- and
facts or else the "conflict of in;
terest" slogan has no honest
meaning and place in tudgirig
how a person performs in any
' position. Council members or
not, we are all entitled io the
sante fair play and t•,,;irtes,v
i feel •very strttnglabout
being fait .and 1' ant here',;tth
asking your, newspaper c,, do
the electors'as well Is the ATI
didates the service of rrtipar
tially clarif\-ing the platter 0\
letting everyone ponos how Ole
Statutes treat the "conflict of
interest:" o-suhject. It is not left
to' individual speculi+tion and
interpretat ion; it is co\(•reel h\
laws and regulations n
You will • find that it the
Council is dealing with 0 mat-
ter itt which a member or
his her ° imrttediate• faintly
-(living in the safte hotiseicoldt
has a pecuniary interust,' the
member will not only abstain
from voting 00 the matt•cr.,,but
does not take part in the
discussion of it. Mr. Shewfelt
has complied with all the.
requirements; this is dc,u'unten,
ted in the Minutes:. These as
well as all the agreements and
other pertinent documents, can
he read and compared by any
member of, the public at the
"I'own Hall during the hasiness'
hours.
Neither Mr. Shewfelt nor any
other Council member deals
with a matter ,of personal
financial interest on the Coun-
cil l&'vel:.the remaining eight of
us do They would receive 'th'e
..same treatment' which i
av;i J11hle. to other 'ntembers`"of
the community under similar. '
ire unistances.
No doubt Mr. Shewfelt
apahle of fighting his own hat -
ties I owe it to- myselfto func-
tion on the basis of fairplay
and I will not put up with at-
ternpt:S to the contrary. ,If I
tight 1 fight issues, not people.
You will remember that under
an.entit'ely different set 'o•fcir-
tuntsitnoes I have publicly.'
questioned Mr. Shewfelt • nn 'a
•matter of. conflict a few years
ago Should there he, a, reason I
above I feel' I have said enough
toe teat] this my address to the'
voters as well. ,
Unlike other levels of govern-,
ment, municipal , councils do
not involve party politics and
collective promises, but depend
entirely and directly on the
elected person's ability to func- •
tion in.. an ;,openminded • and
reasonable manner,• with
thorough study of situations
and-cOnsideration,of facts, with
willingness to listen, to those
who elect them and with open-
ness above all'. Yet all that with
a style of his or he,,personality.
And unlike in bigger centres -we
do not represent the interests of
a limited local territory, but the'
entire Town with its variety of
needsinterestsand lifestyles.".
I find it difficult to "sell"
myself in st many words and
recommendations. An irr►-
pressive list of promises. would
wnitld obviously do it again; not mean much, as nobody
just as 1 would expect the same .knows which committee a
treatment. of .mmy. affairs if and - rnerhber• would.be chairing and
where it applies . ' what problems and controver-
Prontoting prejudices of any cies one may have to face. I
kind ins not going- to do the• feel, however, that the quality
Town any service. We would " of representation I have
not tolerate if someone•s par- •described above applies to the
ticil;atic it is questioned on the work the, people have seen me
hasis of color, racr, religion or do and could , expect in the
social status; it is essential tet ••future. You know that .
apply the 'arise standards cif •whenever -the emperor has no
fairness .concerning a person's clothes on, I am not afraid to,
100,,,professinn or iivelihood say so.
be it ,n housewife, barber, ' Yours sincerely,
9hil`;lettessma0, labourer, Elsa Haydon.
developer or anyone else
\1v own "election speech" as
a candidate for a further term
cry the Council was to follow in
the next week's paper,. but
looking at the paragraphs
Have your say
next week
TO THE ELECTORS OF
ASHFIELD TOWNSHIP
Having served for five years as reeve, J, assure you If res'
elected that I will continue to Terve you faithfully and to the
best of my ability.
Ladies and Gentlemen; use your democratic right to vote
and mark your ballot HEED FOR REEVE for good municipal
government. -
SINCERELY
GIRVIN REED.
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