The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-08-31, Page 5r
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Editor right
Dear Editor,
Having savoured and
shared the dilemmas of
your columnists in the
_issne.--r of Stour
paper, Chen "noting that
Tetters to the editor were
requested, I decided to
oblige.
Since I have visited
your historical town
several times I find
myself becoming very
attached to the place. Of
course I have not ex-
perienced living right in
the town. I can speak of
Meneset Park which is
really something else.
What a pleasant relief to
be where I can "hear the
quiet"!
Over the years my
nerves have been shat-
tered by squealing tires,
barking— dogs,__ -roaring
motor bikes and shunting
trains. After awhile it
begins to tell on a grey-
haired former newspaper
woman even though she
has been accustomed , to
the late hours over a
typewriter hunting and
pecking.- . to meet a
deadline. Of course the
fact that she was half -
drugged and nearly
blinded after sitting in a
school board room or
council chambers filled
with cigar smoke didn't.
help matters one little bit
Nevertheless, there
was the gratifying side of
the work as we shared the
Dear
Readers...
• from page 4
school buses.
-I-++
Things do run in cycles,
don't they?
When lay mother was a
girl attending high
school, she had to leave
home and board in town
near the school. In those
years, only the best
stildeiits -_ or the richest
students or the most
determined students
attended high school.
Then came the con-
tinuation schools where
students could take
Grade 9 and 10 in a
nearby school
sometimes up to Grade
1I. That meant they only
had to board in town for
two years out of five. A'
big help.
Then it was the private.
transportation com-
panies, offering to run
Grade 12 and 13 students
to the neighboring town in
the morning and home
again at night for a fee
parents were usually
happy to pick up. That t
was in my day. Friends of
mine walked two or three t
miles to the main high- f
way to catch a little mail
truck with a few a
makeshift seats into the b
town 10 miles away. b
Then came taxpayer- p
supported high school s
buses ... and suddenly c
everybody went tb high n
school. Why not? It sure
beat working. c
Now it's public school E
buses and in some areas,
even noon -time buses for s
kindergarten' students.
Buses running I
everywhere at all time of I
the day and night.
What's the next part of I
the cycle? Your guess is a
as good as mine, but I h
wonder if we're not going s
to -see .something like t
this: integrated bus , a
routes until it is ly
discovered that students w
are too sparsely located
to make ,even that in
economically feasible; n
then de -centralized w
public schools with only n
secondary school c
s- tudents transported; o
then a rearrangement of w
a school system to permit tr
the junior high school in
grades to.be taught at 'w
home, cutting 'ous costs T
even further; then the
ultimate of junior fo
colleges where students
are shipped off to other ne
locations arid live in in
dorms or apartments at d
the ' parents' expense. st
Voila. No school buses at b
all. m
Cot an opinion? -Let's a
hear it. Are we at the F
peak of a triangular- be
shaped "cycle mo"ding an
proud moments wi
parents who attended th
various activities in t
schools. ' There was th
excitement behind t
scenes as studen
prepared for their deb
in drama or comed
plays. Then there we
the musicals, operetta
fashion shows, com
mencement or ope
th privilege of chatting this
e way. Who knows perhaps
he our paths will cross
e again.
he An interested visitor,
is
ut
P.S. iii cone✓rt
y Sunday evening was tops
re and I was pleased to have
s, the privilege of hearing
- the last production. What
n an enjoyable climax to a
We enjoyed the featur
stories as well when w
shared the memories
the octogenarian and th
golden and diamon
wedding anniversarie
The stories that wer
shared by retirees wh
had taken on a profitabl
hobby in their later year
were _ also of great in
terest. Of course th
weddings, fancy tea
were always off interest.
The daily tasks o
taking ads, receivin
subscriptions and lookin
after ten, paper. carriers
added a challenge.
Somehow I -escaped the
ordeal of having a fitness
test. Perish that thought!
My obit would probably
have hit front page in the
next issue. I have par-
ticipated in walk-a-thons
to get the "feel" of it.
Well I did, a pair of
slightly blistered feet and
a sunburn resulted - some
feel!
Shirley Keller's column
was of special interest,
regarding the medical
profession. It brought to
mind a similar one we
had done which proved
very rewarding in' -that
one soon finds out who the
readers are. Either the
telephone gets too hot to
handle or the fan mail? -
piles up quickly.
I went a step farther
than Shirley by com-
mentingthat many
women , se the hospital
for- an escape. Somehow
they achieve the art of
cajoling their doctor into
admitting them to
hospital so they can enjoy
a rest. Of course this
includes meal service,
reading, watching TV
plus getting all kinds of
attention and added
extras.
Poor hubby is at home
trying to keep -things
together, get the children
off to school, or keep a
housekeeper to do the job.
Somehow Dad manages
to put in a day's work and
visit his wife at the
hospital:I- not fully
realizing this is an act.
Ah! I can see the
bristles rise as they read
this but I'll be miles away
when and if this goes to
press. The facts never-
heless are true°as they
have been related by the
hree nurses in our
amity.
The nurses are well
ware of the situation and
ecome very indignant
ecause these so-called
atients take time that
hould be spent on
ritically ill patients who
eed extra care.
I'd like to make a few
omments about the
nglish books being
forced into the school
ystem but that is
another topic. Parents,
'm °tryout'side, fight it!
is garbage!
Would you believe that
aril compiling this letter
t 2:50 a.m. while my
ostess is enjoying a good
leep? Our late hours of
he past seem to hang on
nd we find ourselves
ing awake with the
heels turning.
That is often when
spirations come, so why
of get it on paper - for
hat it's worth. I hear the
ight 'sounds of chirping,
rickets, waves dancing
n the. Lakeshore, wind
histling through the
ees and ;an owl hooting
the moonlight. Oh, oh,
hat is that? A cat fight!
hat does it! The spell is
broken so it's back to bed
r me.
Incidentally if you ,ever
ed a columnist to "fill
that sometimes
oesn't know when to
op, let me know. After
eing girl -Friday for so
any years there may be
spot for a Grandma-
riday yet. It is better to
an actilve senior citizen
d wear out, that' to rust
short vacation.
of Pope God?
Dear Editor,
s. At this time, when the
e world is all agog over the
° selection of a new pope, it
e might be good to consider
s - what a standard Roman
e Catholic authority has to
e say.
The Ecclesiastical
Dictionary, by Lucius
Ferraris, it an
g eighteenth -century
g canonist of the Fran-
ciscan Order of monks,
under the heading
"papa" has this to say (in
part) : "The pope is of
such dignity and highness
that he is not simply a
man, but, as it were, God,
and the vicar of God....
Hence the pope is
crowned with a triple
crown, as king of heaven,
of earth, , and of hell....
The pope is, as it were,
God on ea-rth...." (2
Thessalonians 2:4 New
American Bible (Cath) )
The Roman Catholic
canon law, in its gloss,
denominates the pope as
"our Lord God." It is not
without meaning, then,
• that at the installation of
a new pope, in the part of
the ceremony that ' is
called The Adoration, the
singing of what is called
the Te Deum (meaning,
We Praise Thee, O God)
is performed.
Your "Church Page"
sermon put it well this
week: "There are
multitudes in Canada„
who do occasionally think
about religion but never
get beyond the thinking."
"How meaningful is your
(my) religion?"
C. F. Barney
NOTE: ic Lucius.
Ferraris is the author of
what is called "Prompta
Bibliotheca canonica,
juridicia, - moralis,
theologica, necnon
ascetica, polemicia,
rubricistica, historica." a
very encyclopedia of
religious knowledge.'
back to the starting out.
point? Thanks
.r,
for the
Death by bus
Open Letter
The Hon. James
Snow, Minister
Transportation and
Communications
Dear Mr. Snow:
You will recall that on
July 24th I wrote to you
asking for im-
plementation of
measures to require the
installation and use of
seat belts in all school
buses. To date I have
received no reply to that
letter.
Due to last week's rash
of bus accidents involving
children here, in Quebec
and in N.B., I am com-
pelled to write you again
and stress the urgency of
this matter. The ac-
cidents in Quebec
claimed the lives of three
children and injured six.
The accident in N.B.
Caused injuries to five
and the three -bus -
collision at Freelton in
Ontario injured " thirty-
three.
Further safety
tIecking "" of Mises as
apparently proposed by
your government simply
is not adequate. All of
these recent accidents
were of the type where
seat belts would have
been of tremendous
advantage. In the Quebec
City tragedy, ten of the
children, including .two
who were killed were
thrown under the bus and
had to be dug out. Seat
belts . would have
prevented that from
happening.
My previous letter to
you pointed .out that there
were an annual average
of two pupil fatalities and
two hundred injuries
within school vehicles in
this Province. I also
quoted the Select Com-
mittee on Highway Safety
which said that "seat
belts and padded safety
.seats appear to offer the
greater promise".
It seems tome that this
kind of casualty record
warrants immediate
action on your -part.
Please give serious
consideration to my
request. .
Yours truly,
Mel Swart,
MPP
Welland -Thorold
Monarchists
arise
Dear Editor:
I contend that the
Prime Minister alone_or_
with part of the Cabinet
or with the consent of the
whole Cabinet should not
have written or officially
had an interview with
Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth without first of
all, stating not only to the
Liberal Party but to the
House of Commons their
intention of having the
Governor-General take
over more of Her
Majesty's rightful duties.
In fact, as the Senate is
the Upper Chamber of
Parliament, the Liberals
should not have gone over
their heads either. For in
doing what they did the
Federal Liberals, without
being censored by the
Provincial Liberals have
taken over the
prerogative of the people.
The majority of citizens
in Canada are not asking
Trudeau and Lalonde to
depose the Queen.
It is the democratic ,
right of the Canadian
citizens to order changes
if any in the Queen's
duties in regard to
Canada. Itis not the right
of a would-be dictatorial
Prime Minister. Nor can
Trudeau , assume in
proposing to minimize
the Queen's duties that he
has even the support of
the majority of Liberal
supporters outside
Quebec despite the
scarcity of protests
against this proposal by___
elected Liberal mem-
bers.
independent nation of
Canada.
Thanking you, Editor,
Most sincerely
J. Dalziel Johnson
St. Thomas
Congrats!
Dear Editor,
I would like to pass
along congratulations
and a "well-done" Signal -
Star fpr the honors that
you received in winning
the many newspaper
awards at the recent
Community Newspaper
Association Com-
petitions.
Like a lot of other
things in our community,
we tend to take "our
newspaper" for granted.
We forget that- it takes a
- tremendous amount of
work by dedicated,
talented - in-
dividuals...those guys
and gals who gather the
local news, ' take those
endless "trophy",
"hockey banquet" 'and
"plaque unveiling"
pictures, write those'
perceptive and in-
teresting columns, do the
typing, edit, re -write,
print and what -all -else
goes on in that building
out on the Bayfield Road.
(The building that has the
neatest and' 'most at,- --
tractive landscaping by
the way!)
I'm sure I speak for
everyone in our com-
munity when I say:
"Congratulations, Signal-
Star...we knew you were
great all along!"
Sincerely,
D. R. Bundy
Addict writes
Many Canadians of
British origin are alar-
med'and rightfully so by
a Canada and a gover-
nment which righteously
prates of the need to
maintain the traditions of
its citizens, yet gradually
and systematically
destroys traditions of
those of British origin and
of Canada's origin by
pursuing the argument
that such actions produce
a status suitable to the .
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Occasionally wb read
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THI GQDERiCH SIgNAL.-STAR, MURMAY, AUGUST 31,1978 --PAPE 5 -
All letters received by the e4'itor will he published. unless they are
considered by legal opinion to be libellous. All letters must he signed
but pennames will he used on request. Howeoel-. should someone call
to request the name of the writer. the o'rder's identity loth be
rereuled
nothing to write about.,
Goderith is known as
the Prettiest Town in
Canada and as a
Historical Town. But I
think it can also lay claim
to the town where you can
buy the largest ice cream
cone in all Ontarioand
perhapsbin all of Canada!
And the price is right!
Twenty-five cents, 35
cents and 50 cents.
As one who is addicted
to the stuff - and I don't
seem to be alone - the
other day I bought -my
cone, 35 -cent size, and it
was so large that I made
a fast dash for m'y car,
where I shared it with my
dog (not lick for lick,'you
understand) and , away
from the public view!
Also I didn't want to
become a traffic hazard! i
There are two locations
on The Square and to
those Scoopers who ,make
our summers such appy
ones, my sincere thanks.
Best wishes
for the future
Sincerely yours,
' -Tom Livingstone
JASPER, Canada's Safety Bear
firing a few hundred
office workers and other
smalltime civil servants,
cut some public works
and National Health'and'
Welfare plans, reduce
freeze the budgets of a
few other "pie in the sky"
small time committees
and programs. This
simple operation it is
claimed will save the
government 1.5 to two
billion dollars.
They then say they plan
to spend the "saved"
money on some brand
new inflation cutting
program, which no doubt,
will require more staff
than they planned to fire
in the first place, and of
Turn to page 6 •
Oust Trudeau
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Dear Editor,
It is getting close to
ederal Election time
gain and the Liberal con
artists are beginning to
stir down in fantasy land
on the Ottawa River - or
that is the way they would
like it.to appear.
The great --"wrestier-
and his gang . of
mismanagers have come
up with another sure plan
to really pin inflation's
shoulder to the ground.
The package of
government spending
cuts, according to the
Liberal front man Bob
Andras will, if it ever gets
around to it, consist of
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