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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-07-29, Page 10'PAGE '4-GODERICH SIGNAL-STA,,THURS AY; JUL'Y'28. 1976 EDITORIAL COMMEN • Itis to be hoped that nnany citizens of Goderich- and area will take note ofthe-. advertisernerit on 'page . SA of this edition, I'n that,; •the Huron Perth • Qis#r1ct Health Counci4, steering comrntiti°ee is. soliciting the opinions of ail organizations and interested • citizens, with ,regard to the formation of a District Health Council to assess the needs . and recommend to the Ministry of., .Health the; priority for. health' expenditures in the two coup' ties. The Huron' -Perth District Health Council has been a topic for discussion.. and debate for .many long,; months. . There's no need to rehash the bitter. • and frustrating events leading up to the decision to move toward a joint. effort . with Perth County ' where hea lth is concerned. 1t is enough now to accept the,concept of a districhealth council anq to make the community's feelings ° known about healthpriorities as the . citizens see them. It is a `well-known fact that Huron . • County': people have very 'definite • opinions about health care services :here. Their .letters were legion during such; i°ecent bontrpversies as the one with itst roots in the _Mustard Report, and -of course, the closing of. Goderich Psychiatric Hospital . and the Clinton Public Hospital: - - -- But will Huron's citizens be'as vocal. now. ::now that they are being asked for their opinions, now that someone is willing,. to listen? . -: Hurons• people can react positively and forcefuillyiivhen their backs are to . the wall and their'rights and -Privileges are being threatened. Surely hien: there is reason to believe that the -same kind of participation wilt be evident -now as the Huron -Perth District Health • Council steering committee issetting a course for the future, -SJ.K Ironic turn , of events The southern part of _ Huron County. In the recent, reports outs• of Exeter has. taken its lumpsfhis year so far concerning the damages from the The ice storm in the late winter and the storm Friday evening - $1,,000,000 at tornado-like.. winds this past weekend . Canadian Canners alone = the town's has cost the residents of -.'that area : condemned arena building stood firm. much consternation as well at untold .. : expense: With Goderich's: owns arena roof falling �'to. the wrecker's' hammers,. .it As in most things, there is a touch of . w, e .. ..-,;r, Ives vey .-rye.>.sornetirin .r to�__think....- _� lro�r-=,aid'- tl<iiece� ls-:f:t##4e , �#�1•k,�•�=•tire - people of Exeter and district noted its "bout: = SJK a e-st� m-nied•ia-tet 6'.-•- .. `+:-' • BY: ROB:'SHRIER' "supposed to be thebest in the. - rist county": The museum, as-m�o'st who • This'•year the • Goderich • Tourist Committee is'giving visitors 'a chance have visited it .will agree, is'definitely ` to get a better look' at Goderich and worth greater praise .than"thatb •• show' them exactly what there is of Possibly one of 'the great vi'r'l'ues of interest in the town.Theydo it in. one the 'tour- - is the great • amount of and a half hours in air conditioned residential area covered. Goderichha°s •w h •.. comfort. , .on a bus. - an excellent community and the tour, The 'Weekly,chartered bus tours of because it. is so- extensive, naturally _- Goderich. have not been received well shows' it off: - by tourists, but the few who do decide One couple, here a couple of weeks to take the tour every week are never ° •ago from Bayfield, :were, so impressed • disappointed, by,the tour.. that they spent several days • The tour begins each Thursday •at looking over the town, and - are now :30 'p.m.. at the Goderich Tourist In-_ considering buying a home:here. This. formation booth on Victoria Street. just has to be a' reflection on•thetour Receptionists tionists •a_ !•::the. tourist booth act Promotion has been' extensive for P • as guides.. • this . tour, but chi/iffy, second=rate. tour -itself --wavers -all--paints--of. tourist "traps" in -„other areas, receive' ° interes#- rr—the .n- >Cw ts-T-owe: = m.ore_publicity. • pillars, industries and industriial`parks, • This is something everyone should town public works, town parks, tourist ,push. For people. with visiting. friends -attractions such es ' the Gobi' or:'• and • relatives, this • would be an inex-• museum, the --'harbour, river, golf .. pensie and effective wayof "showing :course, tennis courts, old''horrres, .and ' • off” the. town: The cost of one'dbllar per residential areas are --alt featured on:person is cheaper than operating. a car the tour. for the same tour for' a couple, and is so Everything is covered with enough informative that even .one who has detail to make visitors want. to find out lived their. entire fife here could learn more about • the points seen. This, something: is not b(1(!, (1(1(1 B1 DEAR:RI'ADERS LOOKUNLO..BACK 11011111111111111111111. • ao YEARS AGO . The.securing of grain crops ' in Dungannon. is being rapidly carried on, the weather being favourable.: It ,is remarked - that the oat crop iseing° earlier -harvested. than . the'. oldest settler can remembet; by, some, three weeks eariier,.:'..Yi. than ever. • •The :tasty spray, Asbury P..ark New Jersey',' in the •report of a baseball Match sa-y-s:..-°`that. handsome -_.Harry --: made a sensational catch:of a fly ball and turned the tables -on . the opposition". The ."handset -tie Harry'_'- referred • to is a formerstaff member of "The Signal", ' Yesterday afternoon, Rob Morton, who for so Jong a period held. charge; of The, .Signal: counting house, left to seek a larger field' for his talents. -Rcib leaves With the good ;wishes of The Signal :Staff., from -.. proprietor to - devil, and if good wishes count the avalanche that falls On him from this' office . will make the new abode, one of the:plea§ant times ofwealth.h Our one time companion is a -7 -- man of ability, and will be a pleasure to'The. Sign staff to Dct t hear of his advancement. ' S ries On Sunday afternoon, Thomas(Tab)-Craig, who was under remand for obtaining Money under false pretenses; broke out of the county jail - and is :still at large, though • reward of $50 is Offered for . his capture. The escape was effected by climbing over the wall, after which he .headed down the bank and swarm the, river, disappearing' in Shirley J. `Keifer Attrill's.bush: Craig was seen Seat. Belt Probeis a small little element of danger to were made: to,, be broken, It . a your- favorite in'4the neighbourhood of the " sheet' which was bet•n ' others in not wearing belts goes without saying. • 'bulletin board. .out of the oppt5s ton• y some n '•, " coni•• g P tbelts sa 'news. a ee w lit, b .: ,others • at to Mir:g e,s �ains,t- the Seat °' Belt Probe's Here it is STATISTICS • that a boat was Missing from . r• , . , .. office .' with authority should protect .u" a . ,the harbour, the supposition.. ,. , ifit ...:_. : . ';n o d-frni i -th ,Statist�<z :n.atat t cs, r , ' took .it Signal -Star ;titzs:. :tl-alxou.Ld..bere__ T ._. ....-.. .. , ..-e•onta�:ns=-�--s6e�et, . _b� the • ��,=4.__..,�� st"a�utes ls`rea3lynothmg-neva -`"iii:o�e a"g1�"r'�s "- .� � an• fit International salt block on Monday evening, and. the ,. '-vsam • eveninit was reported legislation. •It a rives in the been one'of our tenets that: =•t pulsory.usei of seahi s •fib d law which per ap u• eople. to the Ontario seat belt:, grain in that it' has , always! uggestion ,that ,Che • •• articles. and letters -.usually . individual, in f,act,. That grouji-• .or at least the • mix. ' .anti -seat belts, of, course -.by to protecthirnself," '"" .,'� -i- for rid • " •. , . • ii . ': have ' Pick one here,: • ick one there, o Il—over the, g tp t from contains a reprint of a story sticking to itsguns - and doing . `_ u e g o which` appeared.in The• something about, its deep passed and it should now Figures that are meant to• Guelph Daily - Mercu'ry in belief . that seat _ belt_ remain'on the books. True, it bend„ . . early July. That' article :.legislation is.amistake. is not an easy law. to. enforce. For one to prove most :any :- claimed,ithat seatbelts are And judging from a recent ,. But the very fact that many,• trend. losing • popularity,: despite release - from: *the -Canada many ' hundreds of, Ontario-.Figures'that you stir and mix; ' ' Safety Council; Seat »alt citizens are now buckling up •To prove ' your point, you the government's' edictSa y concerning them. ; : " •Probe's, observation that seat because of the.law's existence simply mix It was noted.�that after the belts are net. being `worn is : 'is reason.. enough' to keep' it Statistics. first -few • months, surveys correct: The , news 'release active. Even. ' people. ' who on a showed the majority of p.eaple ' notes that "The Canada object to '.the`, cori7pulsory Just being numbers... were wearing the.'belts, even • Safety Council is disap- aspectof seat belts agree that sheet,. with the. mass protests being pointed ' . the reported drop seat belts can prevent death, They have no life or heart .to . staged everywhere. What's : in safety belt use, suggesting and injury in many accidents. beat, _ 1 ... . more'government found it a possible •ta"ll-off •in en' Time a he development They're meant to knock you of the seat.belt habit will off your'feet, gratifying,: to -see that both . • forcement."' motor' vehicle fatalities and But the Council still sup- make seat belts a. way of life Even when they seem to accidents were down sharply. ports the Ontario "buckle -up for the safety -minded driver cheat: surveys show the law strongly: • especially ' because of the Statistics. _ New y g o article' insisted,. that .the. use "The fact that in Ontario' legislation, Arid .:those who 'seat belts has dro ed alone one life.per day is being don't want to wear'. them.. can , 'It's •sacrilege to yjuestion ofthes pP A • sharply. But the item also saved over last year's figures • go without .: skirting thelaw . where c ncurred that though recent : 'for the first, quarter speaks • and risking a charge by police Those figures come from to o g ti tic ha'ven't . for. itself," ' says Philip . 3,• if the ,conditions : are. right:... compare.. ' accident, sta s s . Executive Director • That's nothing new either. - , By doing that you may not fall been released, it.: is quite Farrrier, + + + = Beneath: their hidden spell at likely deaths and injuries *Ill .,of the :Safety Council. "And ou ske tics who all. • be on. the rise again. It fully the latest •usage _ figures .. _ And for . y , _ p _..- " -. expected that upcoming coming.. officially' from . the don't know what to believe with con P -reports will=s `,fact this; too..... Ontario :government show •a about seat belts because you A'• bureau' trusted P !� The article concluded : rate of 66 percent (in favor of . doubt Statistics' anyone's. trol, 'from our'ver. ''Seat belts can. be a nuisance, seat belts) 'with virtually -no .'statistics - Seat: Belt Probe To .guard usy tclip.and (continued on page 6) escaped from town. 40 YEAR,S:AG.O p -.op. e . r- provirace. One has to say that: Seat been saying 'that since: D'ay.. taY ,s ,Ips. come . Black's �Point k about three. One,: �^' everywhere. This week',S„news .letter Belt : Probe is' mcertairily But th le islation hasbeen .-. 'particularly, in city driving -- remaining .opposition." And human nature being —One must surely concur human nature, nuisance is "to that ;saying lives is reason • be avoided where possible ;". enough ,to "buckle up", if . • • ; + -I-:•{,buckling up is found to b'e'the Seat Belt e loved this r: reasonfor the drop in traffic Opinion, quite aturally SDP deaths and injuries ie recent staff went on to make the Thinking mere and Warne; point .that' since , the , public will . be asking themselves; ' • p torts.! he forced to wear.s•eatif 'the . reduction' of belts, the: secret to (making speed limits : on ` provincial' seat belts .conapulsary lies in roads may have :n ire to do • the -government's. ability •to with' the ;miraculous imp- " C1etie scheme • enforce t441 he'law. rovement . . Iris a poem for you o • -editor Lynda Cipolla -'or her months coupled -Witt .`r -r e-faet.,that-4hey-honest-1-y T -he -tourist committee can come -u • and since`r`e( present Goderich:as • with only so many ideas to promote the "The •' While tour.=Most of them so far Y The Prettiest 'Town in Canada wore should have' ' made this tour . a have not been effective enough.. resounding success.:' It is truly a tour to Townsfolk should try to think of, ways be envied by any town. this- size. to get people on the tour for „this tour. Perlia s the tour does not put enough . 'cane benefit"' the ' enttre'P,corrimuniity P emphasis on our fine:tourist spots, such greatly. This communityshould'strive as the beach, museum,'Gaol . and . to .put something into. the tour so s uare,. The museum is announced as ' everyone `comes 'out ahead, Q EDIiUR t in the accident But how can this be ac- statistics for; Ontario _ than Dear Editor,: cot risked,• Seat Belt Probe does the seatbelt legislation: I • .interested to lea•rn Star reporter in the regular emergency and out-patient • P 1 f this faculties The addition will be miles north of; Goderich the Lady' Mary 1 'of .Cleveland Was picked up—by Bert' MacDonald in the "Captain John”about„ 3 p.m:. �lon• Saturday . and - watt'' to •,the safety of.the harbour. • • Sportsmen from all over Ontario will arrive , in �r Goderich on Monday for the Civic Holiday „Racing Meet; held by the Goderich Trotting.. and. Pacing Association, The Go -races have always. • - been one of the. top attractions.... for. horse lovers -throughout the country: The prospects are bright for,the fans being :treated to some of the .best and, fastest races here' in some years, "s uperintende.nt reportetl at • the meeting of . The Goderich Public Utilities Commission on Thursday that the sedimentation. basin has again been cleaned out and the : stre"et-aiydra t5T.._; flushed.. The water has been tested this month on samples taken on July.20th from a private residence and from: a tap at town hall and the - anakysis shows -..it -.to be ' -Grade:_: A water, . totally free of disease and toxins. > . A' total .,of 15_, iaohts...•haveY entered Goderich Harbour 'in the past few weeks. 1 5 YEARS AGO Goderich Town Council gave`preliminary. .appirova7• for the board at Alexandra which: Mr. Weary refers was ' Marine and General Hospital • presented. to 7 -own Council, , to begin planning for an and reported on by the. Signal... ' addition, to' •the hospital's wasnews columns o is paper. i' • : addition asks. It was suggested that if What's more,,,speed- limits from Mr. Homans recent police constables started can be easily enforced: Theyletter that he had erected the constructed to the south; rng"rivers; ° are d theyi °'chasbeing enforeedeven, day; fence just to•keep out thieves. anky'oU • would be • "chasing-. into whereas seatbelt laws-to'use Since his motives .are so :hc tobrf th • :SIGNAL.- STAR FJ : .The County, Towe.,N,ewspaper of Huron •—�`— Fouided in 1848 and.poblished every Thursday at Goderich, Ontario. Member of the CWNA and (1WNA. Advertising rates oa request. Subscriptions payable in advance 111.00 •in Canada, $15.50 in ail .countries other than Canada. Single copies,25 cents. D'isplay ad- vertising ratei::avaiia.ble on regaest. Please ask for state Card No. 6 effective Orli. ia75. , Second class mall.Registration Number 0116. 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SHIRLEY .1 KELLER--•edirdr JErr SEbDON=4dlforial. staff Mailing Addrilse DAVE SYKES—editorial. staff • P.•0 BOX „120. aodirr.lCh EDWARD J BYi2SKI•-•advertising manager air :.tri l ratlisfr.*roofs«°:numb -0T1t1...: w..:. .... exhaustion and • probably .a . or not to use- remain a kind of altruistic, presumably We can -Goderich good =deal of frustration for nebulous thing which police fish; swam, or launch a boat at 4 policemen Are . human too, departments • all over are mill."`• . • and a good ..many of them are ignoring for some 'very un- ,.. I would suggest that we use Dear Editor, as , economical as. possible;probably, as annoyed at derstandablereasons: . 'his clever scheme to the .Mrs,' Allen and I: were P,U.C:• Manager Dave deli kited, today, t receive' Rolston indicatedthis ' week fiia`ving to wear seat belts as .°1-r — + advantage of the Town and delighted, • anyone • else.- . ;- Many Ontario drivers the relief of the local tax- our Souvenir co•P ,of 'the.'` that .„the, commission is : Then the cruncljer. . �' ' - buckle up every'day as 'a payer, Why not -fence off the Signal -Star remembering 'our considering the .possibility of ' Seat Belt Probe makes this e matter ofachoice: More buckle Town and erect a., oll booth. ; visit to Goderich'on July 1st, a regional P.U.C. compact We: shallloo rememb r., The cont act will• work with statement: '''Assuming that up because if they don't that (just to keep out Nieves) at the hospitality Shown us by other P.U.C.'s in an atteiiipt this is a law which is going to annoyl_ng buzzer will drive- : each :exit. The nlice would your good self, and Bob Allen, to „save itioney :through a turn out "to -be largely unen= them out oftheir .minds. Stull be relieved of the 'task of in entertaining uscentral. processing, .depart - forceable,. there is a -question more buckle .up because of - controlling thefts and the The bus tour afterwards inert. -• whether' it. should even the law: "- . funds -collected could go into n•th books..'." eo le buckle up for the taxrevenue"". covering the many : at- there was more discussion ramam,o. 0 5orne ,p ptractions throu bout the , u''for ' 'method be used g at Goderich' Town •Council's The .sheet goes. on. to say, trips only Some buckle p Could thi Goderich area= was ve nin :.:...._... . ._.._ Yy tact meetin concer g �, ock.�rortae 1. -control such �..w , g •_ It -aa an: -old aSS,omptlon-that ,- 0144:�arbund-t-he"•bl to--contro lm resstve: Goderich is a-. h e is ; some pull murder,. frond,. unearned R Linton and Hirst, the 13ritis • a law that can't be obeyed or use. only lap bel p as m friendly, clean,, progressive y • .,o _ Y, g company which is expected to �rsnt-gorng: tt Le obeyed- is a the ski©older Karnes across acquisition—of of public .land, community. locate a plant expGodected to bad law. Through the lack of .swell. • etch.• The Signal -Star is "great, dustriasite on•Hi,ghway 21 observance it incurs, it And some Ontario •drivers It is..incredible,that there is ms lowers the respect for all never buckle up for any pny dispute at ail, Mr Homan . too. It Well deserves, its Prize South. It was announced. that Winning Awarci. indications are tlie.marketfor law.• . reason just 'like some will, no doubt; want to bon - pleasure with; ou, was a . roll through tribute the' collected y the_ product manufactured by - dnd .finally, the' • writer :drivers, always th g pleasure well remembered. - concludes: "Then there'is the the stopesigns <and park in from the public back to the Linton acid Hirst is poor at the ivfany thanks• resent time. Hopes are that question that- this is ,es"sen; loading zones and exceed the ..public, p P Sincerely, Sincerely, "things will get better soon'`,• ' !rally a �personai protection speed limit Arthur H. Allen .. con - would form the arson 's is to be ex ..ected• for Dave Weary., 2727Overbill-Reaperhaps this lap. It @ This pt1 con- struction- is fall whenCted to til prlitrrt hirrlsr lire Is the t)Md. adage ls -true:. <iws. , ;iackson, Mrchrgarl 4903 coenfnence. north and east of the present building. 'fir • An _, effort"""to make the operations of the Goderich Public Utilities Conimission lf._ h d -t 1 Editor's Note,. The letter to