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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-05-31, Page 4PAGE 4--.GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1979 Goderich` SIGNAL-STAR The County Town Newspaper of Huron founded In 1044 and published every Thursday at Oodarlch, ?ntorlo. Member of the CWHA and OWNA. Adverllsing rates on request. Subscriptions payable In advance '14.30 In Canada. '33.00 to U.S.A., '33.00 to all other countries, single copies 36'•,11Isplay advertising rates available on request. please ash for Rate Card No. 0 effective Oct. 1, 1970. Second class mall Registration Number 0716. Advertising 1s accepted on the condition that In the event of typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous Item, together with reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for but the balance of the advertlsemint will be paid for at the - applitabto -rate-rn the event of --a typographical error advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or service may not be sold. Advertising Is merely on olfer to soli, and may be withdrawn at any time. The Signai•Star Is not responalble for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts or photos. Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. ROBRT G. SHRIER — president and publisher SHIRLEY J. KELLER — editor DONALD M. HUBICK - advertising manager Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 220, Industrial Park, Goderich Second class mail registration number — 0716 Business and Editorial Office TELEPHONE 524-8331 area code 519 Gawkers-poor taste Gawkers. They're people who hang around waiting and watching like vultures for something sensational to happen. Gawkers were out in full force last Wednesday during the shooting incident at the Canada Man- power building on East Street. Many of them gathered about 100 yards away from the building on the lawn of the Court House. More of them lined any location that gave a clear view of the Federal Building. Some of them dragged in lawn chairs and binoculars. It was reported that some even brought their babies in strollers, and that food vendors did a rolicking business. It was just like the days of old when people brought picnic lunches and gathered in jail yards to watch men hang. Very few of last Wednesday's gawkers had legitimate reasons for being in the area. They simply gathered out of morbid curiosity and sheer nosiness. And they only served to complicate matters and get in the way. When some gawkers were stung by shotgun pellets last Wednesday the crowd moved back. a little. It actually took that to drive the people back to a safe distance. It's fortunate that someone wasn't seriously hurt during last Wednesday's incident. If someone had been badly injured ... or killed ... there would have been no reason for it. It would have been a useless, senseless senseless occurrence brought on by the poor judgement of the gawkers themselves. Gawkers gather at car accidents to stare at the victims. They block the paths of ambulances in an emergency and they get in the way of fire trucks during a disaster: They are everywhere there is misery. Maybe gawkers should.be fined. After all, they are a hindrance, a nuisance and an embarrassment to the rest of the community. But more than that they threaten to compound already dangerous situations and that is just too serious to go .un- punished,..-JLB Vote of thanks Mary operates a small corner store in Van • - couver. Sam manufacturers "wood products in Quebec, hiring 14 full-time workers to produce a variety of crafted items for the retail trade, in- cluding a large department store chain. John is a Mar"itime contractor, employing seven full-time staff and another dozen during the summer months. In an unusual way, the three Canadians are connected. They've all hired one extra full-time employee during the last few months, creating another three jobs and, in their own small way, Dangerous fun Believe it or not, there is one thing worse than a mischievious vandal. There's a vandal with a criminal intent. A big game with some of these malicious nuisances is to remove. Stop signs from busy in- tersections. Either the signs are carted away from the scene or they are simply knocked over and left as evidence .of the inexplicable stupidity of the nameless, faceless fools who remove them from their pinnings. Most people know what a danger a missing Stop sign can be to.a visiting motorist ... or to a driver who is depending on the road signs for his orlher safety. Most people understand that instant death or painful injury can result from a missing Stop sign and that only a thoughtless numbskull or a sick prankster would deliberately pull signs down. Please, Mr. and Mrs. Citizen, If you see someone removing a Stop sign .... or any other road sign fqr that matter .... and driving off without reporting it, do your duty and callthe officialsi about what you saw. Give all the imformation you can, and if possible, identify the jerks whb did the deed. Who knows? You might be saving the life of someone very near and dear to you.-SJK helping overcome the country's serious unem- ployment problem. The three jobs certainly don't make much of a dent in Canada's 976,000 unemployment total, yet Without the jobs provided by these individuals and thousands of other small businesses across the country, the jobless rate would be much, much higher: In fact, it is not overstating the case to say in- dependent businesses are the real heroes in the battle to beat unemployment. Consider.these facts. Businesses with fewer than 20 employees provided an astounding 59 percent of net new job growth in 'Canada between, 1971 and 1977. In many cases, while big companies with more than 500 employees have in fact been shedding jobs, reducing overall employment, the small and medium sized firms have moved in to pick up the slack. , While statistics are not available on job creation by firms with more than 20 workers and less then 500, the medium sized businesses almost certainly provided more than their fair share of new em- ployment. The in.creasing importance of small business exists not only in Canada, but in the U.S., Japan and other countries as well. What's happening is that small and medium sized firms are .beating the, pants off the larger com- panies when it comes to creating jobs. Like many small business people, Mary, Sam, and John shun publicity. But it's these humble, modest citizens, and thousands oftheir coun- terparts across the country, that have given Canada one of the highest job creation rates, in the world. Without such independent businesses and their tremendous capacity to create jobs, the unem- ployment rate would be much, much higher. The people who operate such firms, in the ver- nacular of election campaigns, deserve our vote. A vote of thanks for a job well done.—Mainstream Canada Circus personnel By Cath Wooden Go Unhappy Dear Editor, I am not very pleased with some people as I write this letter. Someone is very dishonest and sly too. We have lived in Goderich for almost seven years and really enjoyed it, but someone is really getting on our nerves. On Easter 'weekend, April 12 we went down to Kitchener for the weekend. We didn't leave home until 11 a.m. on Friday. DEAR EDITOR I went out before I left, put all toys and everything away, also set one high rise bike and a trike in front of the garage door as we have done on numerous oc- casions. When we arrived home on Monday night at 7 p.m. to play bingo, 'the bike was gone but the trike was still there. On Monday, May 21 we were home and had company for the weekend, and the children played outside until 9 p.m. They were all riding their bikes. Our daughter in Seaforth gave our girl a trike and somebody picked it up through Monday night sometime. We were playing bingo and didn't go to bed until midnight so someone has a lot of nerve. All of the other bikes and a lot of other things in the neigh- borhood sit out. Also while I• am letting off steam the cats in this part of town run wild. We have our garden in and you see them out digging it up. The peas are all over now. Why can they run wild when the dogs are sup- posed to be tied up? Also,- we have a couple of kids ..in the neigh- borhood that walk their dogs every day, two or three times around the block. They do their jobs on our lawn. When I am cutting the grass, this just about makes me sick. I have spoken to the kids but they just laugh. We have also phoned the animal control officer but he doesn't budge. Donna Scott In rebuttal Dear Editor, In Jack Riddell's lengthy article, "Foreign. investors big concern", he makes the following comment: '`I certainly have no objections to foreign people coming to this province and com- peting with our own farmers in the purchase and operation of the farmland." This is where I would like .• to ask Mr. Riddell who are his own farmers? Who elected him into office? His own farmers? Being a Canadian citizen from outside of Canada, I feel myself belonging to this country. •When travelling outside of the Turn to page 5 • 75 YEARS AGO We have•been informed that the high school en- trance examinations will begin on June 28 and will last three days. The regular meeting of the Collegiate Institute Board was held on Thursday afternoon. It was moved that Mr. H.G. Wilson be engaged pel>inanently at a salary of $850 per year'. It was also moved that the salaries of W.R. Merritt and Miss Parlee be in- creased .$100 each bringing Mr. Merritt's salary to $950 per year and Miss Parlee's to $800 per year. Saturday evening was a real summer night and as a consequence the Square was crowded and business brisk. There LOOKING BACK were a few hatless women and girls uptown thus restarting last summer's fashion of head adornment. The Harbor Hill sidewalk and railing is in a disgraceful condition. When some pedestrian meets with an accident and the town is compelled to pay a sum for wanton neglect, probably the place will be put in proper repair. 25 YEARS AGO Official opening ceremonies took place Monday at the new million dollar Sheaffer plant. Huron County Pioneer Museum welcomed its 1,000th visitor of 1954 this week. - First of the new group of 26 rental houses •being built in the south end of Goderich was moved onto its foundation Tuesday. A native of Goderich, Reverend Father Thomas J. McCarthy, vice -rector of St. Peter's Seminary in London, was named a Domestic Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church with the rank of Monsignor, ac- cording to a telegram from Rome last Friday. The telegram arrived in time for the 25th an- niversary celebrations held Friday at the Seminary in honor of his 25 years as a priest. There have keen two changes in Lbusiness establishments in town this week. Mr. Cleeve Carter, formerly of Seaforth, has taken over management of the Royal Hotel. Mr. N.T. Ormandy of Sudbury has opened a jewelry store and watch repair on Kingston Street in the store formerly occupied by Len's Fruit Market. 5 YEARS AGO Liberals of the Huron - Middlesex Riding have selected John H. Lyndon, Goderich theatre manager, to carry their banner into the upcoming federal election, July 8. Mrs. Shirley Weary of Goderich, a Clinton secondary school teacher, was voted New Democratic candidate for Huron -Middlesex by acclamation Tuesday evening. - Vern'and Kitty Smith of Goderich celebrated their 25th anniversary for manning the con- fectionery booth at 'the race track when they opened their booth for the first game of the Industrial League baseball. season last week. Bruno and Mary Lapaine have decided to, sell the Bedford Hotel to M"f•: and Mrs. Tony Vandersteen of Paisley. The Vandersteens are expected to arrive in July. The Goderich Junior Viking soccer team are the defending champs of the Huron -Perth con- ference. The -seniors finished first after an undefeated season and are playoff contenders for the Huron -Perth school soccer champs for 1974. DEAR READER BY SHIRLEY J.KELLER Maybe it is because I'm getting older that I have so much sympathy for senior citizens. I don't know. But I really was pleased to read recently in a magazine published by The Ontario Hospital Association called Hospital Highlights that Alexandra, Hospital in Ingersoll is taking a new tack with the aged? The Ingersoll hospital has a program it calls the Ingersoll bay Care Centre for Retirees. A simple name for a not so simple service. The object is to prevent much of the illness common in retired people. Ross Bryant, •executive director of Inger- soll's hospital, and formerly of the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital, believes that a 'health oriented program for retired people can save "thousands of dollars in direct hospital care". It makes sense, too. Bryant says that between 30 and 40 percent of the Ingersoll hospital's admissions were from the retired segment of the population. Actually, those figures would probably be duplicated if not exceeded in Goderich's Alexandra Marine and General Hospital if one checked the admission records. One of the main things done at the Ingersoll centre is to teach retired people and senior citizens about the changes in their bodies as they grow older and to help them to develop proper mental attitudes toward retirement. That's a big job; and a necessary job. It could well be that preparing older people for thelpredictable-changes in their bodies and their lives is the most neglected area of preventive medicine in the whole of Ontario. Surprisingly though, it should be one of the easiest problems to correct. - Some of that kind of teaching could and probably should be done in this community, maybe even through in- dustry and commerce where em- ployees are preparing for retirement.., Perhaps employers in this com- munity could ,get together to organize a pre -retirement series of lectures. Each employer would send the men and women in his company due to retire within the next one or two years. The object would be to prepare people for the time when they would no longer be required to go to the office or to the plant for a regular work week, and to talk about the changes that take place in the normal human body as it' ages. The Ingersoll program also provides a nutrition consultant who deals with shopping and cooking on a fixed in- come, and recommends special healthy diets for peoplel as they grow older. As the human body ages,- the requirements- change for the • food necessary to keep it operating at peak performance. If aging people knew this and knew more about proper diets to meet .their body requirements, there's little doubt many heath problems could be averted. Reason enough to cepsider such a program worthwhile. - This kind of information could surely be incorporated into a series of lectures for pre -retirement people, too. As well, the Ingersoll,group believes that worried seniors can easily becorne sick seniors, so the sessions include helbful information about tensions. taxes, trusteeships, and any other legal -oriented advice that might be of interest and assistance to retired folks. And without a doubt, that kind of information too could be on an agenda for people preparing for retirement. Certainly it is something for U oderich and area employers to consider in the near future. The Ingersoll program, of course, is designed for people already retired and men and women who are already classified as senior citizens. I thinklt is worth duplicating in Goderich, too, either through the hospital or through the senior citizens club or any other agency disposed to that kind of ac- tivity. There's preventive health measures for just about everybody and everything in this day and age. Why not a special program for special people with special needs the retired. Why not foliow Ingersoll's example and get something going in Goderich that will help our retired men and women stay physically and mentally healthy for many more productive and happy years to come. Think about it. Then et.