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PAGEt9—CODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1975
ED1TIIRIALCOMMENT .0-
A matter for thought
A Huron County Board of Education 'the school open much earlier — maybe --
decision last week not to provide bus year-round for these youngsters at
transportation to school for students noon.
living in an urban area, was fai„r. While What's sauce for the goose is sauce
there may be reasons in favor of the' for the gander, too. While it has been
proposal. which was first intrbduced by states) that .urban school students need
''Goderidh board member Cayley Hill, not have bus service to and from
there is also justification for the fact school, it must also be said That rural
that the other Goderich member,,Mrs. children need not always be pampered
Dorothy Wallace, opposed the idea. with. at -the -door Ius_service.
Students .in the urban areas really do Bus t"ransportation makes 'up a large:...
not need bus transportation to school. part of the Huron board's budget. The
Though many, of them, often very • cost for transportation is shared by the
young children, have long distances to urban residents whose children walk•to
walk to classes, the exercise is health- and from school ' in all kinds df
ful and the experience is worthwhile. weather. It'seems only fair then, that
bus -transportation in the rural areas
should be studied c'for ways to
economize and at the same time make
school buses' more compatible with
other traffic ,on. the road.
It would be -interesting to plan; for
study purposes initially, collection
points alongschool bus, routes. •Under
such a scheme; school buses would stop
only once every mile in a section of
road heavily populated by school,
students,..The.,ch,ildren would walk to a
given collection area, clearly
marked
But the board of education must not
disrn'iss the proposal as settled. There'
are other facets of the suggestion that
must be considered and though it may
be argued these are but 'inc`i'dental
matters, they do bear thought for the
future.
RT it may be impractical and
unnecessary to transport urban
children td school, there is reason to
rethink the lunchroom idea. Some
schools such as' Robertson, for in:
"—stance permit stud -ant's fr,:4nT a certain for both studentrar d...mo.torists.
area of town to bring lunches to school • In this manner •the rural children...
during the winter months,' -Usually, would get • the same opportunity of,
lunches at school are not allowed until healthful exercise and worthwhile' ex
late in the'fail but many cold, ,bitter, . perience, while busy . motorists
wet days before the magic date set by wouldn't find themselves ' stopping
every quarter -of a mile —or oftener—
'while the school bus picks up its. load.—.
SJK
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the school make it mighty miserable
for students -who live a distance. away.
How nice it would be to have an area of
Sundaysh�uldbe family day.
Fall and winter activities are, in'the
planning stages now. It won't' be long
before minor hockey,.bowling, dancing
classes, school • sports, clubs and
organizations will be in full swing in
Goderich; ,'
It is, a good time now to .rerriember
that six days should be enough time in
any we'ek to squeeze in all the activity
necessary to any and ,•alt. ,sporting and
community events involving young-
children. The. seventh day - in this
. society Sunday - should be family. day.
The strength of the nation is directly ,
,related to the strength of the family
unit. The family unit in today's modern
society is deteriorating faster than .
many "care to admit.. Much . of the
problem stems from the fact that in-
dividual .family members including
many times very young children, are
Glues” .Opini.o.n.
racing, in all dit„,ectidns seven days a
"week. It must stop.
Many parents still believe it is im-
portant for • a family to worship
together at•the church of their choice.
But ,even those families who do not
attend church services need time on
Sundayto be together in their own way,,
quietly and without pressure of a dozen
outside activities. Families need to eat
a meal together, playa game together,
watch a'television show together, tack
together, be together.
Let's make Sunday family day in
Goderich. Let's make every attempt to
schedule Sundays loosely in Goderich
so that mom and dad and 'le kids car,
.get to know each other again. The
future of the nation depends on it.—
SJK
If the hat fits.....:..
The busy 'schedule' of fall.activities •
will soon be swinging into high gear
and once again local merchants will be
called on to help the manya
organizations which function within
the' area communities.
:An interesting letter recently ap-
peared in the. popular Ann Landers
column, and while her answer is not
recorded, it may be that it is self-
explanatory. -
The• letter was as follows:
r'. Dear Ann Landers: I'd like to ask
Our readers a few questions.. It's a
matter of 'economic survival to' me as
well as to millions of other "liftle
people”"who have small stores.
Who do you ask to cash your
cheques? Who do you ask for credit
'when things are tight? Who do you ask
to take ads for- your organizations,
yearbooks and program`s?.Who do you
ask for contributions for your church
suppers,raffles, etc.? Who do you ask
to put up y.our.._._posters_ for special
events?
It's your local, hometown small
business man. After all, he's your
friend, your neighbor.
But when you want to make a pur-
chase, how often do you drive past his
place of business and go to a giant store.
thinking you might save a... -few cents,
without giving your local Merchant.a
chance or even comparing his prices?
We are competitive, with the biggest
stores price -wise, and our services.are.
often better. But , we 'can't' survive
much longer. When we go, you'll miss
us - TOO MANY TO NAME:
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Unne(ess(,ry warn -ink; bv J S(d(Jo 11
DEAR HEADERS
"The more we are exposed to.
government fiddling in the '
business of electrical
distribution, the higher the
prices will,go and the'sooner we
will run into th'e problems of
brown buts, black outs,, an
inferior service, or perhaps
worse rio service at all." .
That's what, Alan B. Cousins
said to members ofDistrict 6
Ontario 'Municipal , Electric
'Association in Waterloo this
week. Mr. Cousins is president
"of OMEA.
The president laid it on the
line' for municipal electric
utility • commissioners• from
across the+ province. He said
that• a serie's of "further
examinations and studies" and
a "proliferation of smaller,
public participation meetings
conducted by Ontario Hydro
personnel" ,were costing money
which would probably:be
recovered out of the rates
'charged for electricity.
He'referredto a six and a half
pound report from the Parkway "And there we sit," stated
Belt West Committee ... and the frustrated OMEA head,
said 'the committee is "still "the OMEA and eight other
carrying on with its studies". intervenors, having spent some
"Perhaps it will continue as considerable hours in front of
the Parkway Belt EAST the Energy Board working on a
Committee, who knows," said submission of extreme detail,
Mr. Cousins. - the four volumes presented by
And Mr. Cos•ins didn't spare Ontario Hydro at God knows
theP oliticiarf feelings in this what cost, and with a flick of
particular speech. What's the tongue, we get $1 Billion off
more, no political party was the long run investment
above reproach. He took a good 'program and 10 percent shaved
jab at each of them. off the administration costs.'"
' First off, he said Hon. D'Arcy He said the present Energy
McKeough, provincial. Minister Dennis Timbrell is
treasurer, asformer Minister similarly "appalled". Robert
of Energy had a"close workings- Nixon, according to the July 15
°relationship with Ontario edition of The,. Toronto Sun
Hydro" and was "aware of wants "Hydro humbled".
•Hydro's expansion.. program Stephen Lewis suggested in the
and the need for such a Legislature July.8 that since
program the governrrierlt is,,' dictating to
- "In fact he was probably the Hydro in advance, both in
chief instrument in getting terms of operating and capital
Cabinet approval in principal budget, then why doesn't
for'Hydro's long range plans in 'government establish a growth
1982," Mr. Cousins said. - rate hais the rests of
And now McK.eough is the proviwhcnce and
in oneintewhik'h will
"appalled", arccording to reduce \the rates . that -ore
.Cousins. McKeough is "ap- charged.. •l ' -
palled at the 29 percent rate Mr. Cousins referred to an
ince ase proposed by Ontario article in The Toronto Daily
"Hydro".
According to Cousins, Scq,
"1s tar whiit'wiseh to spendasked the errorsuestionon
�McKeough.s words were as– Hydro?" That airticics
follows: "g'pending restraint suggested it was not wise.
will only beth fie trulyeffe cave_ —"But it is also necessary for
when it becomes contagious. us and -population as a whole to
Accordingly we expect that ask the question is it wise to
Hydro like other government spend less on Hydro?" Mr•
agencies will prune its Cousins went on. "For there is
operating and capital budgets. a case to he made there, too.
On the operating side we expect There is every reason to believe
that Hydro will work to achieve that the Ontario'Governmept'5
a - comparable 10 percent ad- decision to cut the capital
ministrative cut, On the capital program of Ontario Iydro by $1
side` 0 minimum of $1 Billion Billion could undermine the
'must' he shaved from Hydro's energy security of this
• "tin inv(titmerit program. pre\ it„`f\
This; may mean stretching out
for two or three years the
'completion schedule on four
major generating. stations
included in Hydro's planned
expansion to 1985,.”
"Before concluding,' Mr.
McKequgh went on, according
to Cousins, "let me say a few
words about the rate hearings.
First, 1 am appalled at the 29
.percent rate increase proposed
by Hydro. Second, let me re-
affirm what the Minister oT
Energy has repeatedly said,
there wilI not he any increase in
Hydro rates before January 1.
'1976. Under the hearings
process we barye established
there cannot be any increase
until the cost revenues and
capital expenditure progr•arns
of Ontario Hydro have been
exposed to full public scrutiny.
Following , the economies we
have discussed, I am hopeful
that Hydro. will succeed in
moderating its expectations in
the Energy Board application."
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'Phare is no question the
„ gigantic sums Ontario Hydro is
askin'; must give sensible
1x rtple r 'anon to. pause and. to
demand an independent- and
very critical examination of the.
factors' involver}. and that is
precisely "what is being at-
tempted in front of the.Ont trio
I-'.nc'rgy Hoard, Mr. Cousins
said. •
"Scarcely any facet' of in-
t'lation except taxation Would
be 'as universally felt as power
prices, but conversely the
'rmpact.'nf increases in the -cost
of power may not be anywhere
near as great as many people
believes,' Mr. Cousins added.
He urged commissioners to
Bi Shirlei J. Keller
know about the various
programs of Ontario Hydro, to
find out what' they will cost in
ti me' as well as money, to un-
derstand what benefit that, will
have and to whom.
"We, must be surd that
Hydro's ,plans ' for expansion
are necessary and valid and
that costs are reasonable in the
circumstances and then we
have to stand up and he
counted," Mr. Cousins told the
meeting. "And with the
changed circumstances, 'we
will have to be more vigilant,
more articulate, and if possible
more dedicated. than '- ever
before."
DEAR E.DUOR
We're in(liri(luuIs'
Dear Editor:
In my opinion' your last
week's editorial' ori'Council's
follies was to the , paint' and I'
welcome the knowledge that°
someone is keeping an eye on
our performance.
However, there are eight of
us on the Council, apart from
the Mayor. J..ach one of us is an
individual unit of equal stan-
ding and hardly deserves, to he
treated,as an' . unidentified
ingrediet in a general pot of
brew.
W.hefi you hold the mirror to
oticpublic performrince next
time,. please do it so that our•
individual features do not
become blurred.
.Yours sincerely,
Elsa Haydon
Sin oils ere (I
.1)ear I?clitor,
' 'T'his morning, having -
finished with the usual early
morning chores I started about
my 'housework. ,My first step
'was to air the house. I
proceecded with the opening of
windows only to find this
pungent odor filtering through.
the rooms. Bccraiise this was
not the first time .I've cursed
that smell I decided to r,•ake
\known my complaint. '
It is strange to me that wd
can't enjoy the pleasant
aromas of lifer such as bonfires,
and the pleasantness of burning
leaves in autumn but mitAt
tolerate such an acrid smell for
so, 1png. •
Thc• smell for any of you not
aware, comes from a. dredge
working in the harbour. I, like
most, have been waiting for
someone else to complain. The
black -smoke seen drifting
through the .air over this, "The
Prettiest Town in Goderich"
for the past 'month or so is
sickening - not to again mention
the fumes. I'm sure this •has
been, a popular topic with the
tourits this year.
It is miry `hope that a few years
from now when nature has once
again 'taken its courseand the
harbour has filled in, that a
cleaner method of sand
removal wiN be sought. Surely
with all the scientific
knowledge of today,,this un-.
sightly dredging coulbe a last
resort. Had this been an in-
dustry,.at would have been shut
down immediately. ,
Respe'etfully,
Sharon Scruton
Concerned Citizen.
Must re ply
Dear Editor:
1' feel that 1 must reply to the,4
recent letter written by Mrd,,,
Ainslie. His relationship with
the P'C, campaign is somewhat .,
vagtie and I amtdisappointed
that. Mr. Hayter'himself did not
'reply as, he is thb one who
purports t(i have 'the letter'.
The letter of course being the
one . from the Minister of
F•;nergy revealing "nt) short
tenni inued On page 5)
tit) Y1' ARS AGQ
Workmen are now engaged in.
demolishing the old building at
the head of Lighthouse St.
erected by our townsman.'
Robert Gibbons, now Sheriff of
this town; sixty years ago, It
vv"ill be ` remembered by
pioneers in Goderich as our
first meat market. As of late it
was used as 0 storehouse by the
owner W : l.• Grace.
Dudley Holmes, Barrister,
formerly of Brussels, is now a
solemn -faced parent.
'Congra.tulation:§!
By striking the post ,from
which an arc lamp. hangs, a
lamp that has gone out, may be
thus lighted. Give the pots a'
kick Or better still hit it with a
rock.`
A` Gorrie correspondent
sends us this poem: No news is
gond :news and there ain't no
news. It's 'enough to give 0
newsman the blues, Nobody's
m ar•ried and nobody's dead.
Nobody's broken an arm or a
head. Nobody comes in to talk
of the "crap". No one got boozy
and started a scrap. No one got
run .in 'for taking a horn,
Nobody's buried and nobody's
born. Oh, for a rocket, a: riot, a
fuss! Someone to crime in and
•ki'ek up a muss! Sime man to
.stir up the peace -laden air!
Someone' to talk of the sights" at
the fair..._ Someone thumped
within an inch of his life, Some
Man run off- withanother-•man's «
wife. Someone"to tome in and
pay up his dues. Someonewith
aanyt ing so long as it's news.'
Huronians turn 'up all Over
• the continent: At an inquest
held', last week in Casalier
County North Dakota, on the
body of a murdered man, the
coroner was S. G. Gibson, son
. of Captain Gibson of, Goderich.
W ht.n the murderer ,was
•arraigned: it was before justice
W, B, Dickson, well-known to
many of our readers - in
Goderich. >.
60 YEARS AGO
,An 'arrangement ' has been
'made for connection between
Bell Telephone and Colborne
Municipal Telephone at a five
cent rate, the charge going to
where the message originated.
The new ar•rangenient is to take
effect as soon as it receives the
approval of the ' Ontario
Municipal Railway, Board.
The de"cith of Mr, J , \1 Wright •
once mora recalls the fact that ,
.the old residents are fast
passing away, and with them is
passing much of the history of
the early' days of the tow,n's.
history. The propc:'sal has more
than once been made ,that a
branch •of • The Ontario
Historical Society should he
established in Goder'iM, and a
systematic - and intelligent
effort maria to secure and
preserve records of the pioneer
days. There is a large field for
such an effort here in town.
The Collegiate Institute
opened Tuesday with the same
staff as for the last three years
and the largest, at'i'endanc4 in
the histe7 i'y' of the school, The
enrolment the second day was
208, Others known to purpose
attending will increase the total
to 220 or 225, There will •be
eighty in •the first form and
sixty in the second form, An
additional teacher will be
necessaryf. • to allow for' the
•dividing of the second -form into
two classes, as the first form
has been divided for the past
two years. Goderich must look
forward to the building of a new
and IJ." -ger collegiate in the not
too distant future.
Police Magistrate Kelly gave
his decisions Monday in the
three Liquor oases before him
last week. The charge•. against.
I9annan was dismissed,
two others were convicted and'
fined. "-
One man•char'ged with public
drunkenness was asked by the
Crown Attorney where he
obtained the liquor. When he
stated it was given him at a
party of the Mayor of Goderich,
the Crown obviously had' its
doubts.
5 YEARS AGO
The babysitting course an-
nounced last .fall to be spon-
sored by the Kinetics is to begin
shortly. To participate in
'classes the students must be at
' least eleven.years of age.
A letter of pi-ofest will be
forwarded to the' Canadian
Radio Television Commission
for the delay in dealing•with the
application for '( able TV ser-
vice in Goderich.
Both Goderich elementary
schools in the jurisdiction of the
Huron County Board nt
Education have a decrease in
enrolment according to figures
released Tuesday evening in a
hoard greeting at Clinton. '
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