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GQDURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1957
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'inter Fleet Goes
ufi ThePerch Come In
A backward Spring suddenly a'r 9
rived with summer -oke heat ,at
the harbor ori. Saturday. As if
anticipating its coming, boats of
the winter 'fleet headed out of th'
harbor on the two days preceding
Saturday. And the perch headed
from away out in. the lake into the
G-oderich harbor area.
.First good catches of perch were
made on Sunday. With warm
weather prevailing since then,
perch are reported biting good.
But this year they're a obit differ-
ent—not so many small ones as
last Spring but plenty of big ones. cause The Signal -Starr is a member
When the Newbrundoc cleared of the Audit Bureau of Cireula-
the harbor atV noon on Monday and tions,
headed for the Sao she was labelled This week the subscription list
as the cast boat of the winter fleet labelled'.
the Signal -Star was given a
to leave with the exception of the • thorough going-over by R. W.
five barges which still remain at Pittman, of Chicago, an auditor of
I
the harbor.
the international organization
anization
known as the Audit Bureau of
Circulations. His report will go to
the Chicago office and then will be
made available to all national ad-
vertisers and others advertising
in the Signal -Star.
This report will be a correct
'appraisal of the circulation of the
Signal -Star. Such a report counts
only those subscriptions that are
legitimate—that is, those paid in
wai.be
beMrs.
'HELPLESS' TO REFUSE PERMIT
DUE LACK OF ZONING BY-LAW
After considering petitions for
and against, Town Council decided
somewhat reluctantly to grant a
building permit for a body and
fender shop on Huron road, be-
tween Maple and Bennett streets.
le the face of objections from
several nearby residents, Council
seemed to feel somewhat like an
archer with a bow 'but no arrow_
The town now rias a building in-
spector, but the long-awaited plan-
ning Wild zoning by-law is sun not
ready.
Under these 'circumstances,
Councillor Joseph Allaire and
others felt that there was - little
Council could do to stop the ap-
plication.
Councillor Frank Walkom won-
dered if Council could urge 'the
Planning Board to bring in some-
thing definite by July 1 so that
building can be regulated more
closely.
The application for the body and
fender shop was from Hubert
Davidson. In his application, Mr.
Davidson indicated plans to build
a cement block structure, 36 by 50
feet, at a cost of $2,500.
When Council held a special
meeting to consider the 1957 bud-
get on April. 15, it found itself
faced with two petitions. One.
petition was signed by 45 persons.
The other petition was signed by
40 persons who said they had no
objection to the body shop.
Hear Delegations
At that meeting, J. Burke, H.•
Prouse, A. C. Hutchinson and Elgin
Fisher spoke against the applica-
tion. Mr. Davidson spoke in sup-
port of his application. The mat-
ter was referred to the fire com-
mittee, headed by Councillor Al-
laire, for a report.
Another deletation, protesting
the application, attended the regu-
lar meeting of Council held last
Thursday I night.
One member of the delegation
said, "I don't think there is any
member of Council who would
like this building at his back
door."
Another complained that most
of the • persons who signed the
second petition, favoring the ap-
plication, were too far away from
the site to be much concerned
anyway. -
After the delegation lett, the
matter was settled in committee
of the whole. Council unanimous-
ly aproved the motion of • Council-
lor Allaire, seconded by Councillor
C. M. ;Robertson, ,that the permit
be granted.
Deputy -Reeve James Donnelly
felt it was a case where Council
just could not please everyone.
Mayor J. H. Graham did not feel
that the body shop would be much
of an obstruction to anyone.
p
are in arrears are not counted and,
in fact, have a detrimental effect
on the overall A.B.C. circulation
figure of the Signal -Star or any
other newspaper that is a member
of the Audit Bureau of Circula-
tiens. That is why the Sigi}al
Star, in common with all other
A.B.C. newspapers, regards it as
important that all subscriptions be
'paid in advance. It is of para-
mount importance to the ABC
circulation figures of the Signal -
.Star. _
Newspapers whose circulation
figures were audited by Mr: Pitt-
man just before he came to Gode-
rich were The St. Catharines Stan-
dard, The Niagara Falls Review
'and the Wingham Aidvanee-Times.
From Goderich, M. Pittman went
to the Stratford BeaheonHerald and.
The Acton Free Press.
I Mrs. Mae Molts and Mrs. Don
Hanna arid Donna, oi.Grosse Pointe
Woods, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Comae,
ins, of Detroit, were in Goderich
to 'attend the funeral of James B.
Johnston. Mrs. Lester Church, of
Vancouver, B.C,, also flew east to
attend the funeral. Mrs. Church
plans to stay for a while with her
sister, Mrs. James B. Johnston.
RT. REV. GEORGE N. LUXTON,
Bishop of Huron, who will conduct
the service of confirmation at St.
George's Anglican Church • at eight
o'clock this evening.
Bishop Luxton will dedicate
three memorial gifts at this time:
a window in the baptistry in mem-
ory
emory of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Saults;
a processional cross from Mr. Fred
Sturdy in memory .of his mother
and his brother, 0. W. Sturdy; a
baptismal ewer in memory of .Mrs.
Ada Violet Anderton.
May Be More Cases
"I feel - until such time as we
pass a planning and zoning by-law,
we'll' be fatted with this type of
thing from".time to time," stated
Councillor Aflaire. --
Lacking a zoning by-law, Coun-
cillor W. A. Tipple agreed that
there didn't seem to be -.much
Council could do. While Council
might delay granting of the per-
mit, he and others felt that Mr.
Davidson could go ahead if he
insisted an his rights.
- While Council had refused a
permit to Cities Service Oil Co. to
erect a service station recently,
some members' of Council felt that
the company still might have built
if it had wished to pursue the
matter. ,However, it was pointed
out, oil companies - are usually con-
scious of the necessity of main-
taining' good public relations, and
would not be likely to pursue the
matter even if it could win.
Councillor Tipple said both sides
had presented good arguments and
Council had spent several hours
in considering the pros and cons.
•Also at Thursday night's meet-
ing, third reading was given to a
by-law appointing Edward Jessop
building inspector. He will re-
ceive a car allowance of $200 an-
nually but no other remuneration
for tie e duties. Mr. Jessop is 1
also • the . town's assessor and tax
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Here She Comes !
"Oh it's nice to get up lis
the morning, but it's nicer to
lie in your bed," the thence
song; of the late Sir Harry
Lauder, rainy be - a popular one
on Sunday. But you'll have
to get up an hour earlier than
usual to get in tune with the
schedule of Daylight Saving
Time. „It .goes uito effect at
2 ann., Sunday, April 28, and
,remains with us until 2 a.m.,
Sunday, October 27. Better
make a note of it now to turn
your clack ahead an hour boa-.
fore retiring Saturday evening.
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RECEIVES CALL
Rev. Hugh C. Wilson, minister
of Clinton's Wesley -Willis United
Church for eight years and min-
ister of Holmesville United Church
for four years, has received a call
to the Thames Road charge near
Exeter. His new duties will com-
mence the flpst Sunday in July.
Mr. Wilson has also served pastor-
ates in Auburn and Brussels. He
was president of Clinton Ministerial
Association. Mrs. Wilson is a
native of Bayfield.
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Mr. and Mrs. Benson Straughan,
of Barrie, visited Mr- and Mrs.
Andrew Straughan on Easter week-
end.
Festival Entries Up;
Offer 3 New Award -s
With an increased number of
entries, the 16th annual Huron
County Music Festival will get .
under way at the Goderich Public
School Auditorium next Thursday,
May 2, ending with' a 'final concert
on Saturday, May 11.
The program is longer tbis year
than last with 19 sessions in com-
parison to 16 sessions -last year.
There are more entries - in piano
and • urban school music but a
slight fall-off in violin, brass and
reed sections_' -
Three new piano scholarships of
$25 each are offered this year as
a result of a donation from Huron
County Council.
The Music Festival exeeutive de-
cided that because of the trend to
Saturday evening closing of stores
and Friday night open they would
have their final concert on Satur-
day evening, May 11, instead of
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on a Friday evening as was the
case previously. Vice-president
John Stephens is to be chairman
of this concert.
President of the Huron County
Music Festival is Miss Helen Vid-
ean. Other officers are: John
Stephens, vice-president; Miss Mar-
,garet Evans, secretary; George
!Buchanan, treasurer; Mrs. Roy
Breckenridge, awards convener
Mrs. Jack McDougall, syllabus.-
con-
vener.
t Conveners of the various com-
mittees are as follows: Mrs. E.
Pridham, reception; Mrs. H. Fowl-
er, properties; Miss M. Middleton
and Miss M. Mason, music; Mrs. C.
Edward, program; A. J. Curry,
press and publicity. '
The adjudicator is John Cook,
organist of St. Paul's Cathedral,
London, and composer and arrang-
er of music for the Stratford
Shakespearean Festival, 1956-57.
ButHigher Rate On
Comrneriai'
Industria Propeties
This town's dual tax rate for 1957 °dm; a ray of hope
for homeowners, but it not likely to be greeted with en-
thusiasm by owners of business, commercial and industrial
properties.
Town Council last week approved a tax rate of 64 mills,
one mill lower than last year, for residential and farm pro-
perties. A tax rate of 69,25 mills, 4.25 mills higher than last
year, was approved for business, commercial and 'industrial
properties.
Tlae Reason 0
Until this year, there was a
uniform rate for all properties.
Reason for the 5.25 -mill spread be-
tween residential • and coraineroial
properties this year is that tie
Provincial Government- will allow •
per capita grants to be applied
only against residential and farce
assessments.
The rate will be the same whe-
ther -a taxpayer is a public school
supporter or a separate school sup-
porter. There had been some spec-
ulation as to whether the public
sehool lute nvould be higher due to
the board's decision to purchase
the old collegiate building from
the town for $17,000. -
Request Same Rate
Goderich Separate School Board
requested, however, that the rate
for separate school supporters be
kept the same as that for public
school supporters.
'The elementary school rate of
21.76 mills will bring in $117,000
for Goderich Public School Board
and $8,985 for Goderich Separate
School Board. Last year, $97,000
was budgeted far the public school
and $6,935 for the separate school.
Total town expenditures for 1957
are estimated at $531,.168, com-
pared to $493,912 budgeted last
year. It is calculated that local
tax • revenue will reach $387,254
this year, compared to $377,641
estimated Iar_ 1,956 Th differei ce
nwe'ee toeal -tax -revenue and
total expenditures will be made
up by provincial grants, etc.
Commenting on the new dual
tax rate, Deputy Reeve James Don-
nelly, chairman offinance, said
he felt that Council had budgeted
as close to the line as possible.
The newbudget forecasts a surplus
' of only $389 at the end of 1957.
The county rate is up about
$5,000, noted the deputy -reeve. In
place of a grant, to the- county to
defray costs of administration of
— _ , justice -the Provincial Government
ater Plant Intake Woul
has decided to pay a special grant
of one dollar per capita to muni-
cipalities. -
I Last year, when the county rate
was 12 mills, thetown turned
$65,596 over to the county- This
Near
e w e Outle
and the rate is will a 1 70, mil to
N�t and the town pay $70!,392 to
s
the coundy.
, Road Rebate
On the credit side, the town ex -
1f a new water plant is built
on the shore opposite Picton street,
the intake will be a safe distance
from the town sewage outlet.
This assurance was given to
Town Council at its meeting last
week after Deputy -Reeve James
Donnelly -said `that the question
had been put to him by an inter-
ested citizen. The citizen had call-
ed the deputy -reeve after reading
in last week's Signal -Star about
a special meeting held to consider
the proposed new water supply
system.
"He wanted some assurance from
Mr. MacLaren (the consulting en-
gineer) that we weren't getting too
close to the raw sewage outlet with
the new 'intake," explained the
deputy -reeve.
"It's a disquieting thought," he
added.
collected.. 1 Councillor Peter S. MacEwan
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An international flavor was given rA ✓ oda Week when a
team from Port Huron, Michigan, to t on Saturday even-
ing. playing an exhibition game with t> ieh. With the Union
Jack and the Stars and Stripes in to ' iaektround, Captain
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Dennis Williamson of the Goderich team and Captain Raymond
Kuschel of the Port Huron team wish each other best of luck
before the game. In background, from left to right are Dianne
Bannister, Dianna Neville and Sherrill Carr:, S -S Photo-R.H.
said be was certain that Mr. Mac -
Laren had said the new intake
•would be a little farther away than
is the case at present. He under-
stood the proposed ne'w intake
would be about 250 feet farther
south and a little farther ' out in
the lake.
It was stated that the sewage
outlet is on the south side of the
old Internatilfhal Salt Co. property.
To Repair Roller
After some discussion about
either replacing or repairing the
town road roller, the majority of
Council members decided•itwould
be best to spend up to $200 for
repairs. Mayor J. H. Graham said
that J. J. HIoggarth had stated that
he could guarantee to put it in
good shape for that figure or less.
Reeve E: C. Fisher informed
Council that the machine has had
four transmissions in ix so far.
CouncillorC. M.Robertson,
chairman of the parks committee,
was instructed by- Council to ob-
tain estimates on costs of repair-
ing or'replacing the fence from
, the grandstand .to the horse stables
at Agricultural Park.
Councillor Robertson stated that
he had viewed the fenee and found
it to be in a "dangerous and dis-
graceful state." It was suggested
that this section of the fence be
replaced by a fence of the same
type as now stands on the inside
of the track.
A letter signed by W. B. M.
Armstrong, treasurer of the Board
of Governors of Alexandra Marine
acrd General Hospital, asked the
town for an advance of $20,040
f om the proceeds of the Bale of
tie hospital debentures.
Mr. Armstrong explained that
time $20,000 would be added to
$15,000 surplus fthids now on hand
to make the April progress pay-
rlent to the contractor for the new
wing. The request was referred
to finance committee with power
to act:
Land.Assembly Plan
connection with the proposed
land assembly project, Council re-
ceived a letter from P. E. H. Brady,
aasistant director, housing branch,
Ontario Department - of PIanning
afid Development. He expressed
his willingness to meet with Coun-
cil to discuss the proposed site on
Blake street.
Council holds a 90 -day option to
buy a property from Mrs. Rose
Willis for $10,000. By adding the
Willis property to four acres of
laid which the town already owns
in that neighborhood, Council
would have enough land for
around 20 building lots. -
Council approved sale of land,
Your Report
A detailed, audited financial
statement for the year ending
December 31, 1956, fotr the
corporation of the Town of
Goderich will appear in next
week's Signal -Star. With oper-
ating costs on the rise for
municipalities, as they are in
many lines of - business, tax-
payers will find the financial
.details of the various town
departments revealing and in-
formative. Watch for this
financial , statement in next
week's Signal -Star.
pects to receive a road rebate of
$11,373 from the county, plus
$1,206 under the heading of health.
Under the heading of capital
expenditures,, Council has allocat-
ed
llocated $7,500 this year, compared -to
$2,000 in 1956. Tenders will be
called for a new , garbage truck, it
was deeided.
Deputy -Reeve Donnelly noted
that it will cost Goderich taxpiir-
ers about $6,000 more to support
GBCI this year.
The Goderich, Public School bud-
get is up $3,000, aside from the
$17,000 needed to purchasethe
oil. collegiate 'building from the
town.
Council has- given its ins ap-
proval to sale ori tuts ' On
condition of the sale is that the
building be returned to the town
for the same price when it is no
longer required for school pur-
poses.
The price was set at $17,000 be-
cause the town paid close to
$12,000 to the GDC1 Board for the
property, then spent about $5,000
in improvements to it.
The 'sale of the building will
have little real effect tax -wise.
While it means that $17,000 must
be collected from public schools
supporters to finance the sale, .this
money will • go into the genu
funds of the town. As ,a result,
less tax money will be requiri
for general purposes than would
be the case ordinarily.
Police Budget Higher
The - police budget, which was
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formerly used as a gravel
pit, to
George -Radford for $200. The s
pl
property is near the Maitland: Sa tford Bride Blaze Extinguished
tery;Radford indicthat ( 9
he plans to &C1 up a ready -mix
ant.
No action was taken on a circ -11 PIan To PpjtJ1 Soon, Latest Rumor
! ular frQ111 the Ontario Fire Marshal
regarding a training course for
municipal fire chiefs.
Erection of parallel parking
signs on the west side of Victoria
street, between East and Newgate
streets, was approved.
An account of $1,612.97 from
the MacEwan Insurance Agency
was referred to finance committee
with power to act. The amount
represented the annual premium
on comprehensive liability cover-
age carried by the town.
PRO
4 The antiquated bridge. on
Highway 21 at Saltford came
close to Saying farewell, for
a time, at least, over the week-
end. A mysterious fire occur-
red on the old, wooden railings
of the bridge and gained con-
siderable headway.
It was first noticed by Tom
Morris, of Safford, who was
crossing the bridge on his
way to Goderich- Rushing back
to his store for a supply of
water, he poured several pails
of it on the fire to get it tmder-
control. The incident was re
sponsible for holding up a long
line of traffic.
• Although not oempletelyr
confirmed, it is stated that
plans have been made to paint
the iron part of the bridge
this summer. The dolor
scheme, in keeping with the
situation, has not been an--
nounced-
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Mr. J. K. Hunter, returning office).* fbiP\the
Federal Riding of "Huron, is seen dieekilig
over enurmerators' supplies before tliey were t�
sent out to the enumerators. This Eya (time
last week. The enumeration is to be c-ornni .
pletcd by Saturday of this welt in pre•
paratio4 for the' Vedekal ere tie on ,Sun 10,
Ther .pie 145 ' nulnerat•Jrrs in the Itidims
of Huron, 2€ of whom arc` iu The tom., r�
Gcitlierlch while tine bob neore !nested ,44'
th0 caval• subdlivisi'on s.
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