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CHEERIO CLUB The ladies of the Cherrio Club held their November meeting at the home of Mre. Mary Robinson. Mrs. Cowan opened the meeting with a Christmas poem and Mrs. Robinson read the scripture, Mrs. Duizer offered prayer, Mrs. Robinson read a poem in memory of the late Mra• Web- ster, one of our devoted mem- bers, Eleven, members answered the roll call. Mrs. Durnin read the minutes of the last meeting, and the treasurers report, It was decided to send $15 to" the Salvation Army, The draw was won by Mrs. Armstrong and "Silent Night" was read by the ladies in unison next meeting to be at the home of Mrs, Laiira Lyon in January. Mrs. Cowan gave several rid-. dles and Mrs, Duizer had mem- bets guessing pennies, which Mrs. Durnin won. Mrs. Cowan conducted a Christmas contest, cards were played• and the hostesses served a lovely lunch. UNITED CHURCH Londesboro United Church celebrated Holy Communion in a very unique way last Sunday morning when the past was brought into the present by the use of antique communion ware. This year the church is celebrating their 75th anniver- sary, since the present edifice . _ was erected, and during the year, sets of antique com- munion ware were discovered in one of the closets of the church. This communion ware was used at the turn of the cen- tury and at the.early part of the century. The large box like trays stands on four carved legs and holds approximately eighty glasses each. The cut-glass dishes which held the'bread are set on red velvet along the top side, of the tray. A large congregation were present to receive communion, at which time, Rev, McDonald used a dialogue type sermon between the congregation and ' himself entitled, "Taking stock of our moral and religious -resources." The choir under the direction of Mrs. Allen Shad- dick sang the anthem "Let the Saviour in" with Miss Louise Lovett taking the solo part. Elders Harry Lear and John Jewitt greeted the congregation, and Ken Scanlon, Jim Buchanan, Don Jewitt and Dennis . Fothergill were the ushers. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Mac Hodgert, Jack and Lee of Kirkton spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Howatt and family. Mrs. Joe Shaddick returned home on Saturday from University hospital where she had spent a few days. • The community was sad- dened to hear of the death of Mr. Harry Watkins last weekend. Jor SHIRLEY j, KEI,LER One plaza?' Two plazas? No plazas? One plaza and a vital down- town core area? Two plazas and no downtown business district? No plazas and a booming, re-developed down- town business section? If Goderich and area ever had a tough nut to crack, this is it. Development is coming on the heels of development and it would appear local elected of- ficials and planning boards have their work cut out for them in the next few months. The current problems really began earlier this year when Suncoast Estates Ltd, served notice of their plans to con- struct a $2,000,000 shopping plaza on a 16-acre site on the southern limits. of Goderich. That was mid-February and since that time, the lines of bat- tle have been drawing up - Sun- coast and the shopping public on one side, the local businessmen on the other, Then late last week news broke that Rockledge Proper- ties Ltd. had made application to Goderich Township Council for a building permit to con- struct a shopping plaza on a 20- acre site on the eastern. ap- proaches to Goderich, just across from Sheaffer Pen. Cost of that development was repor- ted as about $3,000,000. From that moment on, sheer bedlam reigned in Goderich and Goderich Township, each' accusing the other of infringing on the individual rights of their municipality. It ended in the Hon, John White putting a freeze on all commercial development in Goderich Township and. Colborne Township until the matter of the proposed plaza for the Town of Goderich was resolved, On Thursday morning, an emergency meeting of Goderich Town Council was called. At that time, Jtthn Schaefer on behalf of the Goderich Businessmen's Association ap- • pealled to council to recom- mend to the Minister a freeze on all commercial development in the municipalities bordering Goderich. Schaefer told council he and his associates had learned the previous evening about a shop. ping plaza proposal in Goderich Township. "We have been opposing the plaia on Bayfield Road and we also oppose the proposed plaza in Goderich Township," he ex- plained. "We believe this is consistent with our previous stand. In August, our solicitor made recommendation to Town Council that a freeze be requested on commercial' development in the adjacent municipalities and that is our recommendation again at this time." A letter was presented to council at that meeting from Suncoast Estates Ltd., advising that numerous rumors had been circulating that the com- pany had dropped plans for a plaza on Highway 21. The let- ter stated that the company had not changed its thoughts on the matter and reported that the major tenants for the plaza had agreed to see the situation "through until the bitter end". Dr. Frank Mills, medical of- ficer of health for Huron County, then told council that if the proposal of Rockledge Properties Ltd. met with proper standards as set out by his department, there would be no opposition to the request for board of health approval. He assured council Rockledge had plans to provide their own water supply for the proposed plaza. There had been indications that Rockledge had made application to the local Public Utilities Commission f(.1 water, but this was denied later in. the week by Rockledge v i cey pr esident qpr rr c'on 4i , *f The motion„t;es ma Councillor Elsa taycon and seconded by Councillor D'ave Gower that the Minister be I requested to impose a freeze on commercial development in Goderich Township and Colborne Township "until the matter of the shopping plaza in Goderich, now being processed, has been decided." At last Thursday morning's meeting, Deputy-reeve • Stan Profit reminded council that the Suncoast plaza could be defeated and with council's decision to request a commer- cial freeze in the townships, the area could be left without any plaza at ail. "The businessmen's appeal could go to the Cabinet," war-_ ned Profit, "There is every reason to be concerned that the Goderich proposal could be stopped and in all probability, there could be no plaza at all," "Or we could have a shop- ping plaza much sooner if the businessmen would withdraw their opposition," said Coun- cillor Pave Gower. ... As the meeting clbsecl,, Ad- ministrator Harold Walls was urged to make his call to the of- fice of John White immediately to tell him the vote was unanimous in Goderich Town Council to impose a freeze on commercial development in the township,. At least one member of coun- cil, Leroy Harrison left the Goderich meeting and travelled to the Goderich Township session. He along with Signal- Star reporter Ron Shaw was not permitted to 'sit in on the discussion between represen- tatives of council, Rockledge spokesman Gordon Smith and County Planning Director, Gary Davidson. In fact, David- son was later dismissed from the meeting as well. However, early in the after- noon the word was received that Goderich Township Coun- cil had issued the building per- mit for the Rockledge plaza to Gordon Smith. At that juncture, an im- mediate notice went out to members of the Goderich Plan- ning Board for an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon as well as to Goderich Town Council for their second emergency session of the day, The planning board meeting didn't take long. The motion was to recommend to council approval of amendment 4 to the official Plan to permit •a change in zoning on the Sun- coast property on Highway 21' to commercial, thus making way for a possible shopping plaza. It was passed in short or- der. Murphy also outlined the procedures in 'approving the change: the recommendation must be sent from Planning Board to council, it must be adopted by bylaw in council, it must be forwarded to the Minister and it must be taken before an advertised public meeting. Some discussion centred around the timing of this public nleeting noted ,that "no one could argue that the matter of a shopping plaza for Goderich has not been thoroughly aired". • Planning board then closed their meeting and council mem- bers took their chairs. Within a few minutes, the recommen- dation of planning board had been prepared and the special meeting of Town Council was in session, Immediately upon the passing of the bylaws, Ronald Brady, solicitor for Suncoast, asked council to issue the building permit for the Sun- coast plaza. Once more, council moved into Committee of the Whole and when council reconvened, it was, reported Brady had withdrawn his application for a building permit although it was clear Suncoast would begin preparing the lot for building, a step which can be taken without a building permit being issued or without permission of council to do so. During the discussions, it was clearly pointed out that the Ontario Municipal Board had no jurisdiction over Goderich Township where a plaza is con- cerned since the Township has no Official plan or zoning bylaw. Where the Goderich plaza is concerned, however, the OMB would have .a serious look at the matter, especially if the businessmen registered their objections to the proposal. Hon John White acted quickly. His decision to impose the freeze on all commercial development in Goderich Township and Colborne Town» ship was made early Thursday evening and by the next mor- ning, the word was out, Not only were council mem- bers from Goderich Township angered by the news, the elec- ted representatives of Colborne Township were irate to discover the freeze could possibly affect several projects planned for their municipality, all totally divorced from shop- ping plaza development. By noon Friday it had been learned the Hon. Mr. White had served notice that the freeze was imposed for the whole of Thursday, and that announcement put the building permit already acquired by Rockledge in jeopardy. There is every indication that ft Capone at tonight's meeting (Dec. 6, 7 CHICKENS p.m.) of Goderich Town Coun- cil, Bylaws 39 and 40 to finalize the rezoning on the Suncoast property and make way for the plaza development, will be rescinded. It is believed that Toronto is not happy with the procedures followed by Goderich Town Council in passing the bylaws, and is recommending that the bylaws be rescinded to avoid further complication. A public meeting is planned for December 21 to hear any objections to the Suncoast proposal. Will the businessmen oppose e't 16 King Street Suncoast? ..3.:4YsztroirAtVzSmYszVutms.rXMYsatTszcisaiStgYAKVAVIat0M2c/ • Mr. White, speaking on the freeze, said he could not permit a municipality without plan• ning restrictions to threaten a project underway in a com- munity encumbered by the planning. process. And that's where the matter of the Rockledge plaza presen- tly sits although it was learned from Rockledge vice-president Gord Smith this week that solicitors for that company are endeavoring to determine the validity of the building permit ta All Grade "A" in court. It is hoped to have a clear court ruling within 30 ft days. TU R KE YS The matter of the Suncoast proposal is another problem. w 14. • WIC I -1 Rim svii nsi.a ORDER YOUR • I CHRISTMAS FOWL NOW! I Season's Greetings To AM ..0(••••• CLINTON MEAT MARKET GRANT IRWIN I Phone 482-3834 I 41. ')4(1 •••••••• • F CHUTER PLUMBING & ELECTRIC Your Natural Gas Installer 46 King St. Ph. 462-7652 Clinton 46tfn