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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1954-12-09, Page 9107th Year—No. 48 GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1954 - • ' AND . .HER AND THERE Exactly half a dozen citizens shoWed up at the Town Hall Tuesday evening at the "public hearing" held by the Goderich Area PlAnning Board. Purpose of the meeting was to allow residents to express opin- ions for or against contents of a draft of a proposed by-law zoning the town of Goderich. The drafted by-law- has been posted in the Town. Clerk's Office for the inspection ,of the public since November 29: The amount of interest dis- played in it has been on a par with the attendance at the "public hearing" Tuesday night. Among the complaints voiced by the ratepayers present was that theproposed by-law had not been given sufficient publicitye-that few people would take the trouble to go to MI6 Town Clerk's Office and read the long 17 page legal manu- script. • Mayer Huckins agreed, the details of the proposed by-law concerned just about everyone, in town but even if it were published in the paper, the right persons would still not be concerned about it. He doubted if there would be any more than 3 or 4 per cent of the people come out to a meet-:. ing to voice any complaints' they might have onany details of the "proposed by-law. A local barber has a good way of paying off election debts. On Monday, he made a $1. bet with a local lawyer on the outcome of the mwaicipal elec- tion. And the barber lest. • So, the barrister was at •the barber ehop 'bright -and early Tuesday morning to collect his winnings. The barber, • noticing that the barrister's hair was start- ing to get a bit long, promptly plated him in the chair and went to work with clippers and scissors. When he was finished, in- stead of collecting 65 cents for the trim, he paid the lawyer 35 cents and vowed he'd try to pick a winning candidate next time. Mr. J. K. Hunter, Town Solicitor, acting in an advisory capacity to the , Town Planning Board, Vent further. - He stated he doubted if one per cent of the ratepayers would become sufficiently concern- ed over the proposed by-law to come to a meeting -and voice.,their opinions' on,contents-of-theeproe posed by-law. • -4 Some people who have busi- nesses in build'ings which are destroyed to an extent of '75 per cent or more of its value (by fire, for example) may be alarmed to find out they will not be permitted to rebuild in the. same location after the by-law goes through, Mayor • Huckins-pointed out. Non- conforming uses for the par- ticular zone in which their building has been located will prevent re -building under the new by-lawe he said. "A lot of people are going to be surprised when they "find they won't be able to do, with their own house e what they had planned to do because of the new zoning by-law," said J. K. Hunter. r It was finally decided to give the ratepayers another chance to became interested in some- - thing that will affect them con- siderably more than they seem to realize. • After a number of alterations are made to the present proposed zoning by-law, the Town Council will have a pufileient, number of copies made so that all interested ratepayers might see it. They will be posted around town in public places for the convenience of the public. In addition, a sum- mary of the proposed by-law will be published in the Signal -Star in the issue of December 30. Then, another "public hear- ing" will be held- at Which it is hoped considerably more ratepayers than on Tuesday night will turn out to express their opinions or register their Complaints. A draft of the final proposed by-law will be passed. on by the Planning Board to the Town Coun- cil where it will be considered and given a first and second reading. Then, it will be sent on to • the Ontario Department of Planning and Development for inspection. On the/ approval, of the Minister 6f the Ontario. Department of Planning and Development, the by-law will be sent back to the Goderich Town Council for a third and final reading. '• -Then, it is LAW. Anyone who objects tb anything in the zoning by-law after it has been passed by Town Council and made law has little chance of hav- ing his objections °sustained. True; there will be a committee of ad.: justment to _deal with his case - but only MINOR variations can be made to the by-law at thisotime. All the main items in it will' hold fast. . — It is for this reason that ratepayers might well be e�n- cerned over the piciPosed son - in by-law since it could affect them nthre than they seem. to ' imagine at the present time, judging by the interest dis, played to date by the, average citizen. • HEAR MINISTER -Rev. R. G. MacMillan, Minister a Knox Presbyterian Church, spoke on leadership to cadet; in. Maitland Air Cadet, Squadron tak- ing fourth-year ft:oiling at-' the weekly parade on 4sritesid4 The cadets are planning ,to hold their annual OligistMaiS pattst on December 14 at Sky tfattor Air- port. - ' The annual- meeting of the Colborne Township Federation of Agricul- ture is- scheduled for tonight at Carlow when the officers of the association for 1955 will be selected. „.,5hown above are the officers for 1954 when they gathered for the annual dinner of the Colborne Township Federation at the Township Hall, Carlow, Thursday night last. Seated, from left to right, are: John Dunbar, second vice-presi- dent; J. Feagan, -first vice-president; James'Make, president; D. Mc- Neil, past president; Terence Hunter, Colborne Township •Reeve; F. National Leader 1Clark, secretary -treasurer. Standing, from left to tight, are the dir- ectors of the Colborne Federation: W. Myer, A. Bogie, Tait Clark, A. Young, C. Millian, E.1 Fisher and J. Fisher. "We're proud of our township," Reeve Terence Hunter told the Signal -Star as he called together for a newspaper picture the men above who have contributed considerably to the progress of the township through the co-operative efforts of the Colborne Township, Federation of Agriculture. • —Signal -Star photo by Henry. Fleet I 1 ceasful candidate was W. -R. Lobb. ner and Grant Stirling. Unsuc- • REEVE J. H. GRAHAM John W. Deeves was named the - new reeve of Goderich Township,. on Monday, defeating his only opponent, Clayton E. LaithWaite by a majority of 26 votes, Bath men were councillors on this year's council: Elected councillors in Goderich Township were Walter J. Forbes, Wilmer Harrison, Kenneth C. Mer - Members of. the Huron Wing of the Air Force Association heard Air--Viee --Marshal -Ge E. Brookes, -013-;OBEe national president of the RCAF „Association, at their annual meeting last Friday night in the Legion Hall. He was accompanied by Flt. -Lt. A. L. MactKell and Flt. -Lt. R. Stevens. J. M. Roberts and F. M. Wood were compliniented by the presi- dent for the work-rn keeping the Huron Wing organized. New officers elected for next year include: President, L. B. Gra- ham; vice-president, William J. Johnston; secretary -treasurer, Gor- don Sampson; executive committee, Mrs. Carl - Anderson and R. F. Buchanan.. Films were shown depicting the latest types of British aircraft. hairman for the meeting was Air Vice Marshal J. A. Sully; Goderich. Children Behave Santa Is Coming You'd better not pout — you'd better not cry! And all you kiddies know the reason why --Santa Claus is coming to town. Yes, and Saturday, December 18, is the big date for children to keep in mind. - Councillor Frank Walloom, chair- man of the Town Council's special committee, says that all arrange- ments are being made for a bang- up Christmas party for -kiddies. And chilcken from surrounding municipalities are invited to take part' in the festivities. The program, so far, has been arranged soothat Santa will make a few trips around the Square and then be at the Town Hall at 2 p.m. 'to distribute candies and treats to the youngsters. Once again a reader of the -display advertisements in -the Signal -Star has won a$10 bill simply by saying she saw a particular article advertised in' the Signal -Star: Mrs. C. H. Graham, 34 Col- borne street, Goderich, was the winner. It happened at, 3.30 p.m. Friday. The article was the 100 per cent orlon cardigan specially Priced at $7.50. It was to he seen in the display advertise- ment of Geo. W. Schaefer and Son in last week's Signal -Star. When Mrs. Graham walked into Sc.haefer's store Friday afternoon, inquired about the, cardigan—and said she had SEEN IT ADVERTISED IN THE SIGNAL-STAR—she im- mediately ,qualified for the $10 bill and was given the same. You can win the same way. Only this week instead of one $10 bill there will be THREE $10 bills to win. From the display advertise- ments of Goderich merchants in „this issue of the Signal - Star, a certain •artiele has been selected in each of three dif- ferent ads. If you are the -first person to go to any one of the three Goderich merchants con- cerned, inquire about the par- ticular article, selected from their advertisement and say you saw • it advertised in the Signal -Star you will iinmedi- etely be given a $10 bill. Be- fore you can win it, however, it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENT- IAL that you'tell the merchant you saw the article advertised in the Signal -Star. That point is important. The three merchants in whose advertisements the a three different articles select- ed appear have been notified and will be ready to pay you, on the spot. Remember—all you -have to do is to inquire about the article in the advertisement, -but you MUST say you saw•it advertised in the Signal-Star— if you want to win. This offer holds good untif Wednesday nooneef next week. But you would be wise to -get to the three different stores selected well before that time in .order to beika winner. • „ Save Local 'Man By more than two -to -one majorities, Reeve Min) 04)14ill was returned to office and Ernie Fisher was elected .4eptjty., reeve of Goderich in the municipal "election held here Monday. L, And a newcomer to civic politics, James Donnelly; a young Goderich lawyer, headed the polls in the election of councillors. 0 ' Gets 1,248 Votes Reeve Graham polled, 1,248 votes, while his opponent; Josepla Allaire, deputy -reeve for the past three years, polled 594. • Mr. Fisher polled 1,227 votes° while his opponent, J. E. Drennan°, a councillor this year, polled 504, the same as Mr. Alleire. The vote for six councillors wa, as follows: James Donnelly; 1°484; Frank Walkom, 12403; C. M. Rob- ertkn, 1,210; Reuben Besse, 1,161; John Vincent, 940; Frank Skelton, 937; Joseph Snider, 910; John • Spain, 278. New Council As a re,ulfthe 1955 co nett- vollt --- be made up afollows: Mayor—J. E. Huckins. Reeve—John IL Graham, Deputy-Reeve—Errnie Fisher. ,Councillors James Donnelly, Frank Walkom,, C. M. "Robertson, Reuben Besse, John Vincent, Frank - Skelton.,, Turnout of the voters, on a per- centage ,basis, was a bit lighter than last year, when contests were held only" for mayor and deputy - In the vote for reeve, Mr. Laith- Here Since "1928 Waite took a commanding lead in 'who was returned to office in the G derich municipal elections on the first two sub -divisions, building ° The winter fleet at Goderich up a 183 -vote majority. Mr. Deeves, Monday. howeverovercame this by captur- g e rema n ng our su v s- this -season, according to- R. G. bY good margins. Sanderson, general manager .of the Newcomer Leads • .Goderich Elevator and Transit Mr. Stirling, a newcomer to Cornpan.y, and this will make up council, topped the polls in the the largest winter fleet here since. race for the four council seats, 1928.• with 496 votes. Mr. Merner was Only three of the boats will be second, with 484 votes, Mr. Forbes, lying • light for the winter, the Quedoc, Kendidoc and Starbuck. The other boats of the winter fleet will be carrying a total of about 3,400,000 bushels of grain. . It is estimated that about 425 men in all from the crews of these boats will sign off for the season here. Some, of come, have al- -ready done so and more will do sq within the course of the next week or two. The winter fleet brings consid.erable business to Goderich as •do the members of the crew who sign•off here in December and report back in the Spring. Boats already here are the Que- doc, Kenordoc, Vandoc, Fort Wil- doc, Soodoc, Algorail, Mantadoc, A. A., Hudson and Starbuck. Two boats erere expected here last night and four more are sehe- duled to arrive here today - with winter storage 'grain to join the growing storage fleet forming in Goderich harbor. Due here last night were the A. A. Hudson ,and the Starbuck. The four boats which left the Lakehead Tuesday to spend the winter here are the Royalton, a- , large boat which ha e not been here ' in several years, carrying .wheat, oats .and barley; the Parkdale, with oats and barley; the John Ericsson, with wheat and oats and the Superior, with oats and barley. With. the arrival of these six boats, thee.- fleet will have been swelled to 13. The Matadoc arrived on Tuesday With winter storage wheat and the Soodoc and Algorail came into port last Thursday with sforage oats. In port since a year ago are three boats and a barge, all tied up at the north pier. The barge, Kenordoc, and the Quedoc are both light, but the Fort Wildoc andthe Varicloc are both loaded with stor- age grain. Other beats. enroute to Goderich are the Brookdale and Windoc. Now loading at the head of the lakes and soon to head for Gode- rich -are the Ralph Misener and Star Belle. Only boat with grain for the Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Company elevators here is the John Ericson. The A. A. Hudson arrived in port last Thursday with wheat and oats' and cleared for the Lakehead °the same day harbor will hit a total'of 17 boats in th, i i f b -di i Donald' Bert MacAdarn, who works with his grandfather, Bert MacDonald, at the GOderich water- front, was pulled out of the water at Bayfield Harbor yesterday after he apparently slipped and fell in while working there. Word as to what actually hap- pened was sketchy yesterday, but Capt. MacDonald said that Donald Bert had been working with De- partment of Public Works officials making test borings for sheet pil- ing at the Bayfield pier. SORORITY MEMBERS IN REGULAR MEETING On Wednesday of• last week, Miss Dorothy -McCabe entertained the Goderich Beta Theta members at the home of her sister, Mrs. 'Bill Johnston. • Dining the absence of the kesi- dent, Mee. Marie Leitch, Miss Lena Wilson presided over the meeting, at which there was a good attendance. A 'topic on "Nature" was pre-' pared and given by • Miss Pris , Hall and Miss a,.,Lenna - Tickets for the drawing of an al-! ligator cosmetic kitewere distribut- ed amolig the members. After the meeting adjourned, refreshments were enjoyed. REEVE Sub -Division 1 2 3 .4 5 6 Deeves 15 24 118 61 99 58 Laithwaite , 150 72. 38 24 43 22 COUNCILLORS 98, 62 93 50 118 60 137 ' 76 88 36 65 31 34 35 51 ' 25 93 52 98 •57 122 73 81 53 105 64 136 59 79 53 Forbes Harrison Lobb ... Merner -Stirling Total 375 349 481 433 290 484 496 New Price Jan. 1 -Effective January 1, 1955, Yearly subscriptions . to •the Signal -Star will be $3.00 a year in Canada and $4 00 a, year to the United States. Single copies will sell at seven cents. Continued high level of pro- duction and material costs makes the new price necessary. This new price will be in line with that of scores df other weekly newspapers • through- out Ontario, most 'of which have been up to the newly announced Signal-StSr price for two, three and more years. another newcomer, had 481 votes , and Mr. Harrison had 433. Mret Lobb polled 290 votes. In other county elections, Wing - ham elevated its deputy -reeve of this year; R. Eldon McKinney, to the post of mayor. He defeated Murray Johnson with a 125 -vote ! majority. In Clinton, Melvin Crich was .elected reeve, defeating John W. Nediger by a vote of 524-384. Mx. I Crich was deputy -reeve this year, ; while Mr. Nediger was reeve. , I George Beattie headed the polls in the,election of six Clinton coun- cillors. Others elected were Burt Glid'don, Robert Irwin, George Knights, Dr. H. A. McIntyre and A. Shaddick. In the vote in Howick Township, Reeve Harry 'Gowdy was returned to office, defeating Hartwell Strong. Meanwhile, at Exeter, a second nomination meeting was slated to have been held yesterday to fill the six council seats left vacant after nominations two weeks ago., Fite councillors and a deputy - reeve are needed to fill the slate. Franchise Asked Interest in obtaining a franchiie to supply natural gas to Goderich was expressed by Lakeland Natur- al Gas Corripany last Friday night in a letter to Town Council. .The letter explained that the company. was willing to supply Goderich with natural gas, pro - 'Nip' Whetstone L. 0. "Nip" Whetstone, of Gode- rich is "Mr. HOckey" of the On - tario Minor Hockey __Aesociatien, this year. • Mr. Whetstone, who has led the organizing of five successful Young, Canada Week tournaments in Goderich, received the honor award atthe annual meeting in Toronto., last Saturday of the OMHA. The awaed, made annually, is for Mr. Whetstone's work. in or- ganizing minor hockey activities, especially the Young Canada Week, tournaments. Besides a trophy, he received 'a coffee table bearing an engraved plaque. The presentation was made by Herb Parker. past presi- dent of the association, and a citation was read by Jim Vipond, sports editor of the Toronto Globe and Mail. • ' Nelson Hill, of Goderich, a mem- ber of the Yaung, Canada ,Week committee, and Hugh Hawkins, of Clinton, were also in attendance at the meeting. Young Canada Week, which was Mr, Whetstone's drearie has been staged in Goderich for the past five year, and this year's tourna- ment, staged during Easter week, was hailed as the best •yet. The 0M1 -1A. award is made an- nually, and Mr. Whetstone is the seventh one to have received it. Two years ago he was given an honorable mention by the .0MH. REMINDER New Canadians living in the Goderich area are reminded of the Christmas Party being planned for them tomiorrow at the Goderich Pavilion -by Maple Leaf Chapter, viding it was economically pos- MDR sible and there was a sufficient sup- ply of gas in the surrounding area... -Mayor J. E. Huckins said he understood that there was an ample supply of gas in the vicinity- .ofcGouocInecrililcohr. J. E. Drennan, how- ever, said he had heard that about 65 years ago a company had ob- tained a natural gas franchise here for a 99 -year period. Council decided that the pos- sibility of an existing franchise was worth investigating. It was agreed to send the letter from the, gas company to the public works and industrial committees for con sideration. reeve. Last year, there. were 2,9245 eligible voters, and 1,801 east their ballots, or 61,5 per cent. This year, there were 3,094 eli- gible voters and 1,894 cast ballots, -or- 61.2 per ' cent. • Returns started to come -in about 30 minutes after the polls had closed. Mr. Donnelly took a com- manding lead in the early returns and held it until the final sub- division had reported. He topped , the list in 10 sub -divisions and tied with Mr. • Walkom in on o • Mr. Walkom topped the list in three sub -divisions. Both Mr. Graham and Mr. Fisher' had big majorities 'over their op- ponents in every sub -division, Throughout the -day,--the- -Gotta- rich Jaycees conducted, their an- nual Get -Out -The -Vote eamptign, • calling all eligible voters who *eve telephones. In addition, several' of the candidates had cars calling at homes to transport 'voters ..to the polls. Spoiled Ballots Despite advice on the proper manner in which to mark' ballots,,, however, this year's election savt Ceei a large number of unmarked or Spoiled ballots rejected by deputy returning officers. Results showed that 73 ball* were rejected in the voting far ° deputy -reeve, 49 for reeve and 40 for councillors. ' Most rejected ballots were in the M -Z section of polling sub -division No. 2, where 13 ballots for deputy - reeve were rejected, 11 for coulk cillors and eight for reeve. Only in two' sub -divisions, No. and No. 7 were there results *ow- • ing that no ballets had been re- jected, and this was in the voting for councillors. INStALLS KIN Ken Pennington, of Goderieb, District Deputy Governor of men for District 1, installed offic— ers of the newly -formed Pleoherton Kinsmen Club at;,.a meeting last week in Durham. More than 200 Kinsmen representatives of mat of the 42 clubs inthe distrit. attended the meeting. Sub -Division • 1 2A Graham .. 59 Allaire 30 Rejected 5 2B 3 4 5 6 7 8 • 9" 10 11 4A 123 gotal 90 98 • 123 73 97 • 50 1114 58 115 138 86 77 70 1248 .49 45 72 31 43 .22 48 29 75 49 38 40 23 594 7 8 4 2 2 '3 2 3 6 1 1 4 1 49 ',1e4 • 4t#164 C. " Ori 14t,`"Ava619etW, to the office of deputy -reeve in IOnleiP4.1r;4°41,0irk.lkik...4ier6;,..116fituiy with or than a. twojo-one Majority only opponent, j,,B. Drennan. James Donnelly, a neWcoiner to civic politics, ieti.the polis in the election for six momr hers of touli0.,, Sub -Division 1 2A 2B Donnelly 71 121 107 Walkup ..... 74 113 • 105 Robertson 59 86 87 Besse 60 80 91 Vincent 41 68 73 4 Skelton 2 82 84 Snider 5,3 • 65 69 Spain 8 18 27 , fte*Ited1 5 14 131 79 18 44 95 61 ;124 132 79 80 4 63 1227 62 26 52 30 58 24 61 54 45 36 30 594 6 '1 2 1 11 5 11 2 3 5 1 73 . COUNCILLORS 3 5 6 ,7 8 9 10 (Six Elected) 145 85 101 58 119 ',.66, , 169 161 137 t 70 101 54,.. 128 • 71 146 160 131 61., 93 51; 102 52 '12/k• 140 1/4 ,- 49 97 47 163- 58 114 132 98 57 81 53 87 54 76 96 16* 68 • $30 75 46 92 105 84 45 71 37 87 39 80 113 g3• . 26 4.1,1 14 26 16 , 2 1 0 L 8 3 II. 12A 12B Total "I've worked in an 9 :A,01,,ttatio*ity at every '60 ., 101 97 4936s, 1144840:; Geloddittit:41; hreasifiddinc.en,,Irtrttialitaya, aG:itiViona' uFtIti:' 0•0;igt :irit ' 99 , 84 8590 0732 59- 121° was back on, the, job again* .:Affiindl*,,rieIt;-.14waS ' 5, 27 45 09 . 43 i 1 91 4:0: : division oiloine;,iNerd'i ft, . r s tehi • Ve i pastrig 6IstevtetoriZ,,,.IteaSai4riidttt.161:?0"!0',, '' 1.61 4331 "la, 92181°, the has served as constahlo, and deputy :le 1 !0,tuei:Oast 40,od,:s:#,Irt§,. . . , . ::,.. I. 2 ' .•'.' '41041e