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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-08-01, Page 11,10th Year ---No. O A farewell party was held recently iir the Star --Patriot wardroom at the command head- quarters of -tile naval reserve, I4amilton; for - Lt. (S) H. Malcolm Harrison, RCN,' and his wife, Sub. -Lt. (W) , Barbara Harrison, RCN (R), prior to their departure for the west coast where Lt. Harrison will take up a new appointment aboard HMCS Ontario. Mrs. Harrison, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I. D. Wilson, Lighthouse street, Goderich, served with _ her- husband, --on the- staff- of thee -Flag Officer Naval Divisions, Hamilton. They were married at Goderich in September last year. Shown with them; centre, is Capt. A. F. Pickard, OBE, O.D, RCN, chief of staff to the Flag Officer Naval Divisions, Frogmen Recover Plane Locate Wrecked Schooner Bruce and Allan MacDonald, at.the bathing house at the harbor whose exploits as frogmen have here. attracted widespread interest, have Two Drowned to Crash - e._-'-^ been at' it a a.n. The aircraft recovered by Bruce Several d s ago, working in and Allan was a six passenger water up to 70 feet deep, they re- Royal Gull amphibian, owned by covered a $180,000, twin -engine Geolex Explorations Ltd., of Tor - aircraft `which crashed into Lake onto. Alex Thomas, president' of .Selwood, near Fergus. the firm, and his son, Gregory, 11, Then last week -end, for an en- were drowned when the plane core, 'they located the wreck of crashed early°in June. Their bodies the three -masted schooner Erie were recovered a short time later. Sctevrart, which sank off Southamp- Four other passengers were tion .tl the fall of 1908. rescued. They raised one of the schoon- The pilot apparcniy hit an air er's large anchors—an old-time pocket 30 feet above the lake and wooden stock type—and brought nose-dived into the water. After it back to Goderich. floating for a few minutes, the craft The anchor now may be seen sank in 60 feet of water. Mr. /mother Grain' I) 11; age Laid Up With Canadian elevators in Great Lakes ports pretty well fill- ed, up with grain, a number of gratin carriers are being Iaid up until the picture changes. The barge, Oollingdoc, was laid up at Goderich on Wednesday. This makes a total of three barges now laid up at Goderich harbor, the other two being the Alexander Holley and the barge 137. The Owendoc is ila.id up at Fort Wil- liam and the Portadoc at Midland. The Bricoldoc brought the' barge ,Colkngdoc to Goderich last Friday. On the same day, the Imperial Kingston came in with a load of gasoline for Imperial Oil. On Tuesday, the lug Ian Mac returned from Part Htf-roii to which port it towed an .American cabin cruiser, Flo Flo,,which was out of running prder' due to shaft trouble. Om Satadaay, the, James -hods was in withl• 1 ad of grain. The Donald Bert recently carried Ivir. Harold Turner of the Canadian Customs office out five mile§ into the lake to meet the vessel, Sir Thomas Shaughnessey. This boat was bound from Prescott to Fort William when it received new ship- ping orders while out on Lake Inure ►r. The new orders called for it to go to Chicago so it had to receive Canadian clearance from the closest Canadian port which happened to" be Goderich, The Superior arrived last night from the Lakehead with gain. Thomas was drowned in a vain efT'ort to save his son. Carl Mallard, of Toronto, and the Department of Transport asked Bruce aiid Allan to handle diving operations with a View to raising the plane. The department was interested in checking the cause of the crash. The MacDonalds, began grappl- ing and diving to locate the sunken plane cu July 14, but were unsuc- cessful' at :that tirne. Two days later, Mr. Mallard pinpointed the location by using a metal detector. On July 17, Mr. Mallard picked up Bruce and Allan at Sky Harbor and flew them to the lake. This time they succeeded in getting a cable on the craft and raising it under a raft, with the aid of a w'r They towed it under the raft for four miles. But when they were within 100 feet of shore, the Garble broke -and the plane dived into 70 feet of water again. Returning on July 21, they suc- ceeded in attaching a cable again and raised the plane. It was drag- ged to shore fnally. The bottom of the amphibian was torn and the nose damaged - "I don't think I'd want to tackle a job like that again," commented Bruce later. "Visibility was Only about three feet at the depths we ° were working in much of the time." They did the diving without benefit df any special gear except their frogmen outfits. Sank In Gale As for the Erie Stewant, they had often heard about the three - masted vessel frayri the late Bert MacDonald. Whire trying to make for the shelter of Chantry Island, off Southampton, in .a northwest .gale -in 1908, the schooner sank !strict Octogenarans Stage Annual Picnic Eighty-four octogenarians at- pearl necklace and earrings as a tended the annual picnic held by gift. Goderich Octogenarian Club on The variety program at the pay - July 24. Several of those in ate ;lion included numbers by Sandy te'ndance were from Auburn. .MacDonaId, sit- ear -old piper, and The program got aider way with Bobby Graham% and Trudy 'Adams, a memorial service at Octogenar- two eight-year-old accordionists. can Park on St. Patrick street. Mary Ly '-Leonard entertained with Tribute was paid to those members a sword dance. She was (accom- who have passed on. panied by piper Bert McCreath. Ed. Stiles opened with prayer. Tiny Et -tie and J. N. MacDonald, 11)..1. (Pat) Patterson, chairman of aceompr)1ied by Mrs. MacDonald, the group, was in charge of the played violin numbers, and Joe p?ogram. Mac4t)onald played the'pipes,, Frank Skelton and Ken Penning- Spacial Prizes tali, of Goderich Kinsmen Club, Prizes for the oldest octogenar• laid a wroth on the ,~enotaph in -ons were presented to Mrs. Wil - the park on behalf of "Cy" Roibin-. Tian Strau) inn, of �'xoderich, who son in memory of his parents, Mr. is now in her YOlst year, and and Mrs. Fred Rnbinkon. ",Cy" Gavin ,Green, 95, of this town. - was unable to be present himself. John Miele preaidmt of the At the close of the service, the club, presented 1Mr. and Mrs. Pat curb members and visitors were Patterson with a lawn lounge in transported to Goderich Pavilion eecteenition of their long, and de in ears provided by Kinsmen. voted service to the club. A (;cuder•ich made pen was pre- The leitettes, under the chair. anted to the then in attendance, tnanship of .Mrs. Frank Skeltter, while the ladies each received a furnished lunch. in 36 feet of water near the br•eak- wall. "'he schocraer, which was more than 200 feet long, struck the breakwall, knocking over the range light, before it sank. About an hour later, the schoon- er Ontario sought shelter in the same haven. Discovering too late that the light was gone, she at- tempted to turn, but the gale beached her. There was no;, loss of life (ti either vessel. Last week -end, Bruce, A11an and Jim Valiance, of Atwood, went north en the MacDonald Marine tug, Skipper, to seek the ErievStew- art. They Located the wreck and raised one of the large anchors. They reported that much of the boat still remains, but the timbers are twisted and broken The to p" RE'1!'URGV FROM U.K. sides, rigg:og and spas are gone. Mr. a and Mrs. Wilfred Peachey, The Erie Stewart was used to of Warren, street, returned home transport Lurxiber. last Friday from a trip to England The frogmen had little difficulty and the continent. While :o) Lon - finding the wreck. They went by don, they met their grandson, Art directions given them by iild Peachey, of Goderich, who is at - schooner men around ,the country. 1 tending the World Scout Jamboree. GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1957 Subscription `1 u ANApA rA0.00 COUNCIL OK'S WAT BUT Confidence In Goderich Copuo fie SOME RAP FINANCING Plan Approved 4-3 After $200,000 Cut Quarter` Million Dollar Wo�Iw�rthStore Will Be Erected On Square Soon Negotiations are un er way for the ,construction of an F. W. Wool- worth Company store on the site of the Old British Exchange Hotel, the total investment of which will run more the a quarter of a million dollars. Mr. G. W. Milne, of Toronto, manager of the real estate department of the Wool- worth chain for Canada, told ace,' Sig,nal-Star the company has an option on the property and the title is now being searched. 'Inc building will occup3 pore than 12,000 square feet and will be 'a one -storey structure. It will have °a frontage on the Square of 82 feet and will be some 160 feet in- depth.. The -_new_ right of wiry will be run farther to the south on the Art George property which is also to be purchased. This is more familiarly known as the old Nagel residence. The building will Abe razed, The British Exchange property is being purchased from Harry Levine, of Toronto, who operated' the hotel until it was razed by fire I last December. "The store will be the nsual type of Woolworth operation, the same as in a large pity," Mr. Milne told the Signal -Mar. He added that it would be a self serve store with check-outs, one of 65 such recent i,nn&vation operatic+is (lI Wool- worth's in Canada.,, The quarter million dollar investment will in- clude -the land, .building and fix- tures. A survey was made of the dis- trict by Woolworth's some time ago and officials expressed their confidence :n the, buying power ere as well as confidence in the future of Goderich and district. "Goderich is the County seat and the logical shopping cntre for the County," said Mr. Mine. "We look `to decentralization, too, in order to get away from labor troubles :.i cities," he said. Mr. Milne pointed out they have a store at Col]ingwood at the pre sen=t time but that the store at Goderich will beNao. much bigger operation. Just as soon as the clear title to the land is secured, building operations will commence and it is expected the building will be ready for occupancy late in the fall. It is stated that .soon after the Woolworth representatives arrang- ed for the option on the British Exchange Hotel property, two other bids dere made for it. • One was from a chain grocery store and the other from an oil firm. Mr. Milne, who was in Goderich yesterday, during the searching of the property title, has a summer residence at Egerton Beach on the .Bluewater-._Highway,--just-south of Bayfield Let lis Know ! There are, particularly dur- ing the summer time, numer- ous little incidents that occur which make interesting news items. The Signal -Star is not staffed to be all places at all times to get all these items. You can help make the Signal - Star a newsier paper by phon- ing 71 and tipping us off on thesetories. We will follow them up. The Signal -Star is also anxigus to run more per- scnal- mention items. Tell us of visitors you have at your home or when you visit friends out of town. Thank you! 0 o U REMODEL SHOP Goderich News Stand; of which Dennis Fiueher is proprietor, pre- sents a bright new look since its remodelling. A partition has been moved back, thus enlarging the front section of the shop to pro- vide greater display space. New lighting has been installed end the walls redecorated. Mr. and Mrs, Harold Rivers hate returned from a holiday spent at Deer- Lodge; Haliburton, and the Bay of Quiilte. financing it through the OWRC. Three members of Couicil op- • posed turning the project over to the provincial commission for fin- ancing and administration. They • were Reeve E. C. Fisher and Coun- cillors Frank Walkom and Games Bisset. Deputy -Reeve James Don- nelly, chairman of finance,,'' was Two important decisions emerg ed when Town Council held a "showdown" meeting Tuesday night to decide whether to pro- ceed with a proposed $2,750 Water plant or not. First, in a compromise, Council sliced $200,000 off the total estim- ated cost by deciding to leave a filtration unit out of the plans for the present. Second, by a 4-3 vote, Council moved to finance the slimmed - down project through the govern- ment -backed Ontario Water Re- sources Commission. Councillor C. M. Robertson and S. H. Blake, town clerk, were auth- orized to go to Toronto with PUC representatives to talk with Dr. A. E. Berry, general manager of he OWRC. They. were instructed to -seek .Dr, Berry's..approval of the project and clear the way for t Boy Collapses, Dies After Taking Swim Funeral service was to be held today for John Henry Mahon, 11, who was found dead Monday after- ' noon an Victoria street, one block ' away from Judith Gooderham Mem- orial Park where he ..had beers , swimming. Following a post mortem exam- inatieneTuesday;. Corcoier Dr. N. C. Jackson said that death was causeei by acute congestion of the lungs. John was the son of Mr. anrd Mrs• Robert Mabon, of East street. Dr. J. L. Peni'stan, provincial pathologist, of Stratford, was in attentheice at the post mortem. The coroner said there were no signs of foul play. He added that it would be difficult to .say exactly,' what caused the fatal congestion. Dr. Jackson said it was probable that the boy was not feeling 'well wheri he went to the swimming pool Monday afternoon, Ted Williams, Goderich recrea- tic of director, said that John ap- peared normal when he was seen at the pool during the afternoon. At 3.30 p.m., the boy's crumpled body was found near the corner of Victoria and Brock streets by 'dike Helesic, 13. Al first, Mike thought the boy was sick and he asked, "Are you all right?" Then, noting that he did not seem to be bre th Mike went for help. He told lla -py absent from the meeting. Westlake, who was working nearby. The water issue, subject of num- and Mr. Westlake called Dr. G. F. erous special meetings, came to Mills, who pronounced the boy a head when a "committee of the dead. a whole" report was brought before After the arrival of police, the Council ,for approval at the end body was removed to the Stiles of Tuesday night's meeting.' The funeral home where identification report contained four recommend - was made later by Samuel Mabon, uncle of the boy. Only Monlay, Robert Mahcri, father of the dead bay, had started a new job in Mitchell. Police brought hien word of the tragedy. Born in Toronto, the boy had lived for 'four years at Seaham Harbor. England. His family moved from there to Goderich. He was an "adherent of Victoria Street Un- ited Church and belonged to 3rd eroderich Cub Pack. John had played per wee soft- ball here last year and seemed to he in robust health. He had earn- ed promotion into grade 6 at Goderich Public School. Surviving besides his e parents are one brother, Robert, 5, and three sisters, Margaret Rose, 7: Patricia Ann, 3, and Heather ,Jean, 1. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reed, of Goderich, are grandparents. The fi'ieral service was to be held today at 2 p.m. in Stiles funeral homee followed by inter- ment in Maitland 'cemetery. ULTIMILLIO `, DOLLAR RSC SALT MINS PROJECT STAR�"E An ;initial labor force of more than 20 men, together with bull- dozers, are transforming the land scape west of Snug Harbor in pre- paration for the new rock salt: mine, cost of which will be between 4,6,000,000 and $1900,000. - Work was launched Wednesday of last week, follow'ng a sod turning cere- mony. It is estimated it will be the summer of 1959 before the mine goes into production. When it tjoes, its productive capacity will equal that of any other salt mine on this continent. Mr. Wilfred Hall, president of Dominion Tar and Chemical Com - piny, turned the fiat sod in the ceremony.. Mr. Walter Spence, vice-president of Dominion Tar. at a dinner meeting at the Bedford Hotel Wednesday of last week, stated that the new company, 1)0 minion Rack Salt Company, already has, a market RIP,' 300,000 tons which it will supply frolri United States imports until the new mine is ready here. The company also hopes to get an export market of 200,000 tons. When the new mine goes into operation it will have a production of 400 tons an hour or about 3,000 tons a day. C'i strolled by hoist capacity to the surface, production 'ban easily be doubled. Mr. Muir, Manager Mr. Gordon Muir,- former plant manager at Sifto Salt Company, Sarnia, will be the manager of the rock salt mine plant here. The production of the Sifto Salt plant here will not be affected eby the ,productker of the rock salt mine plant. Sifto Salt will da the marketing for Dominion Rock Salt Mr. J. C. Milling, of Montreal resident engineer for the construe tion of the rock salt plant, will be moving to Goderich next week He told the Signal -Star that whcar work had progressed to the point where piles are driven and shafts sunk, 45 skilled miners or shaft sinkers would be brought in. Mr. Milling explained that the present small causeway .separating the waters of Snug Harbor would be removed and Snug Harbor would be tirlarged somewhat and deep- ened to take care of small boats. The road at the far west side of the area would disappear but an- other road running immediately to the west Of Snug Harbor would join the north shore road to the north pier, enabling cars t o .still . make use of- the channclside park- , ing area there. There will be a - total of four buildings erected, i.ai office building, crusher house, screen house and storage shed. The entire area will be landscaped which he said he had discussed with the manager of the PUC. Under this plan, said Reeve Fisher, the $200,000 filtration plant would riot be built at present. By thus reducing the total cost, of the project to $382,750, he cal- culated that the project could be paid for by adding about seven dollars per year to the average household water bill. The cost would be paid off in' 20 years, instead of 30. Present Cost At present, water is costing the • average Gotderich household about $16 ,per year. This cost would almost certainly be doubled if Council built the $582,750 piaci originally proposed and frhanced if through the OWRC over 30 years. There was one possible catch, said the reeve. Council would have to obtain approval of Dr. A. E. Berry4 general manager sit 111cWRC, to build a neve system with- out a filtration plant. AC present, Goderieh does not have a filtraticu plant, yet local water always gets an "A" when tested, say officials. . Reeve Fisher indicated that he favored building up'a reserve fund for a couple of years before tackl- ing the slimmed -down proposal, which would include a new pump- ing station and a new line up the hill but no filtraticn plant. Then, when the town did proceed, the money still needed would be an amount low enough that the town would be able to raise it without getting OWRC. assistance. ations, including two not related ,-,4 . step-by-step plan of this na to the water question. ...,4....wind be much easier on the Moves Amendment pocketbooks of local householders. When it was moved that the emphasized „Reeve Fisher, report be approved, Councillor Sees Drawbacks Walkom stepped forth to move an Councillor Peter S. MacEwen ham amendment that it be passed ex ; some o .getions to the idea sug- cept for the recommendation about gested by the reeve. He warned financing through the OWRC. that in the interval between the .His amendment, aimed at -stalling,time the first part of the plant n the move to fidatice---tkrough the built a the last part completed OWRC, was carried by a 4-3vote ; new eq ipment might be develop - with c h the support 0 rt n f Reeve Fisher ed w i� Pp erwhich � � would make the orif,ina� and Councillors 1A'alkom�, Bisset plans obsolete. It might be rill - But f and Robertson. ficult to harmonize twits of the But the effect was nullified a project - nless all were built ar few moments later when Council- the same time, he said lor Tipple, sec( sided by Councillor People might object, too, he said, Joseph Allaire, moved that the if water rates were increased with. clause re OWRC financing he ap out some immediate dividend such proved also. Councillor Robertson as better water. voted for this, too, and it was To this, Reeve Fisher replied carried by a 4-3 vote Others who that it has been estimated that the supported it were Councillors quality of water would be ;n -pro - Peter S. MacEwan. Allaire and cd 30 to 40 percent under the Tipple. slimmed-dovtn plan. even- though Though not required -to vote. it did not include a filtration plant - Mavor John Graham indicated The reeve •aid he doubted if the earlier in c,immittec of the whole average consumer could afford to that he favored financr.ng thropgh pay doubled water- rates - the OWRC. Councillor James Bi --t' -aid he The meeting ended without any favi -real raring rates and gather, action being taken to revise local ing a reserve fund for three in, water rates_ Some members of i four yearn before starting the pro Council felt it would-be better to ' ject. interview 1)r_ Berry before increas- Though he indicated that he des ing rates, liked the thought of paying out so Reviews Plans much money in aiterest, Coun.cil- Startine the debate: Reeve lor William Tipple said he would Fisher .said that three possible rather finance the whole original courses of action had been con- plan through OWR(' than build it sidered so far. First, the town "piecemeal." The town must could ask the OWRC to build and grow, he said, and a complete nevi operate the proposed $582,750 water plant would clear the waa plant right away. In this event, for more growth. the project would be financed over Reeve Fisher mentioned the pea 30 sibility of taking the water ques- tion to the ratepayers to :cecide but there was little discussion along those lines. in time and trees planted to pro- the vide an attractive overall appear- anti. Overhead loading chutes aro will extend from the plant overtop years and it had been calculated t the town might have to pay und $900,000 in interest alone. Second, he said, the town could se water rates immediately ,and Councillor Bisset said that water ild up a reserve fund. In a fewer rates are due for an ii crease ars, there would be enough whether a new water plant 1. built ney in the fund to give a good or not. The RUC water depart - rt to the project. This could ment, has been operating at a lam. an a substantial saving on inter Councillor Bisset saw loca1 con payments. Furthermore, the trol as an important argument n would then he el a posit ion ' favor of delaying the proje0.- untff ere it might he able to finance the town is able t:i finance 't with balance of the rost without out. help of the provincial cemmss 'pending on the OWT1C. cion. Ile said he had he ir1 oe The third course, said the reeve, other centres which have had deal- s to do nothing about the water Ings with the OWRC that were jaw the area along the 'iorih pier to car the harbor entrance for the bu Jiur ye pose of loading rock salt on freighters. mo 900,000,000 Tons st It is estimated that salt• dowel) me at the harhor,con1ains 000,000,000 est tans of salt about 99 per cent pure. taw wlt The rock salt t duct is used for he (Continued on page 4) ice control on streets and high- , ale yr `r Wa eea A milestone in the industrial progress of Goderich was marked on Wednesday of last 'week when the official sod turning ceremony was held to launch the multi -Million dollar rock salt mine ofthe newly formed Dominion Rock Salt Company, whose parent company is Dominion Tar and Chemical Company, - In the above photo, Wilfred Hall,' president of Dominion Tar and Chemical Company, is seen turning the sod where the main shaft is to be sunk. Mr. Gordon Muir, formerly plant manager of Sifto §silt Company, Sarnia, is to he manager of the rock salt plant At (loderieh. S.S. Photo by, I . situ tion. exactly satisfactory in some re 'Flee then sug.g(' 1c d a fourth plan. ',peels ' c' Biters Fro See» Eski:os The yotrhg cell of a couple from Labrador found things a hij ,strange after the family had completed a tour of Huron County Mu,eum on • Tuesday. Ile complained to, ,1}s parents and then to Cunttor'tf, II. Neill: "Where's the Indians -and the Eskimos same as we have back home in Lalarador? I thought they'd be down here, too!" ,Even at that, the youngster's idea of this part of Canada could be excused in the light of what or.'euered at the same M ileum -two years ago, this summer. Tharists from the United States, after they had visited the Mtiseum, ' asked whether it was 109 ar 0 miles farther north they had to go before running into the leek ime Settlements. it is surprising tite dintaant spots visitors Mae from to look over the trur'ont County ititaseum. Amiciig the places so far this kiutittraer are Italy, J hr ere Germany, England, the Nether lands, Switzerland, India and I,abrador. A visitor at the Muscum on Friday will be Dr. Carl Guile. who is making a survey of mus eums all across Canada on be- half of the Canadian ,Museums Association. He Will leave suggestions° for..:.improveni(at:. - and will look for ideas here to pass on to other trinanums Vti Jrilr ill this area, Tiro will also visit the Bnice:County Museum at Southampton. The 1,600t1r visitor sm tar this, Tear.was recorded 0t theMu..t0uin list Friday. Elie was Mrs. Marian V. 'J t :0t r •o1 Vi'illor dal , Onl.r'ii'ic►, ,y The latftt, rt o :)el�wdulei; to . arrive at the Mtiaseram fa?nn' 12M. lw a (Double thotltl'bz:n 3 thr�et- way plow, presentcai lx Thom, as A. Miller,blit. 4, i)essela This plow will: 1,- hill up .. •potataes; .2. dig 1 0ttil(ge�: 8 make drills for roving tout°ni t apt Ilan nl . 9