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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-12-05, Page 13ilexiarviviopookloppoommaiwitootterokistatititiog SECOND. SECTION PAGES 1 TO 12 .sci,,,,c-c,,,,zzcz.7.:vztcriagv4w,i.toormuciacr.x.v4zittcctiA noth year_No. 58 GODERICH, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1957 witicif.rtwonAvecoporo.~414004.00000.0“.4 SEND A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SIGNAL -STAR AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT i‘lititii-ltOINVIValltlIVII*WiP0011.1001110.110.111.001000.111 COLBORNE ACCLAMATIONS FOR. (Signal -Star Staff) CARLOW, Nov. 29. -With the ar exception of a tail -end of meeting 'sr e outburst re transportation cif school • pupils, the annual nomination meeting of Colborne Township here today was a placid one. The attendance, a little smaller than the preceding year, saw acclam- ations given to office seekers for the fourth consecutWe year. John Kernighan is again reeve. Councillors are Tait Clark, Wm, J. Clark, Ralph Jewell and Ray Fisher, School trustees are Elmer Hunter and George Robertson. Mr. s Fisher will be serving for the first time as councillor. Presiding as the new township clerk for the first time was Benson C. Straughan. With the exception. of the following . periods, Mrs Straughan has lived in the area all his life as the son of a pioneer family: 1939-43, secretarytreasurer of the Huron County Flying Train- ing School; 1943-46; in the Can- adian Army. In 1946 he decided to return to farming. Be is a former member of the Colborne school board. Also nominated for reeve were Terence Hunter and Stanley SO - der, both of whom expressed thanks to their nominators but,said they would not be running for office. • Among those nominated for council were Anthony Vrooman, a member of last year's council, whq is now working at Sarnia and who said he would not be seeking office again. Others nominated were Or- ville Ribey, 'Orville Blake and A. Hamilton. Mr. Haniilton was not present at the meeting, Mr. George Robertson will be serving as school trustee for the first time, along with Elmer Hunt- er. Also nominated were Neil Lowey, who decided not to seek o ice this year, and Leonard Fisher, who was not present at the meeting. Perennial chairman Hugh Hill conducted the meeting in his cus- tomary spirited manner. After looking over the gathering he re- marked. that "keeping the meeting in order shouldn't bo at big job." He noted that the councillors had nominated one another in order to get the nominations in. Mr. Hill paid tribute to Mrs. William Sallows, the retiring toval, ship clerk, who was present for the first part of the meeting. "We would like to express our appreci- ation with flowers to those who hive been of good service to the community," said Mr. Hill. "There is no one here Who does not feel that Mrs. Bellows has done a good job. According to an inspector, she has a reputation for having the best set of books of any town- ship in the county. We are sorry to see her quit. Time takes its toll and we all, sooner or later, have to take it a little easier," Subscr• iption "‘‘;‘4APA 5'3"°° ILI J.O. 64.00 Single eopieti F he said. The meeting expreseed its feeling with applause. In replying, Mrs. Sallows said, "II don't, think I'm worthy of all this -what shall I say, flattery - but again I would say thanks"." , Reeve John Kernighan etween giving his report and answering questions from the floor, Reeve John Kernighan spoke for about two ham. He express- ed regreton seeing Mrs. Sallows leaving but said that her successor was "qualified to serve well." After stating that. he would like to be reeve again, Reeve Kernighan • Super -Cycle SIDEWALK BIKES and TRICYCLES SIDEWALK "SUPER -CYCLE" --For the 5 to 8 year old. 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Pair 9 k '.',•f; ku, "NIP" WHETST NE 36 North St. PHONE 69 4 :added, "After that 1 intend to drop out.", Reeve Kernighan told of the old gravel pit near Benmiller being used to store dynamite wlaich is used at the salt mine at Goderieh. The township got $1,000 forse of this land, he said. Be agreed that the property of the Ontario Department of • High- ways near the Saltford Hill was not assessed for as much as it might be, but this was because they haven't been using the build- ings much so far. Next year, he added, the assessment would .peob- ably be $5,000. He told of the sum of $375 being received for indigent hospitaliza- tion. "If these grants continue to come in, the mill rate Might be reduced a little next year," he said. Speaking of the re-routing of the highway going through Saltford, Reeve Kernighan said he had learned that the engineers at Code - rich had not yet agreed on the actual routing of the proposed new highway. As a result, he said, we are at a loss to make any plans for we don't definitely know where the highway will • go. "The meandering Maitland River" was credited for the neces- sity for having many bridges in Huron County. Reeve Kernighan pointed out that the cost of keep- ing these bridges in shape and building new ones was consider- ,alale, He felt that evem„, the six mills being stigkemed fatb.county roads next year would not be suf- ficient to take care of the mount- ing costs of road maintenance and construction in the county. Reeve Kernighan said nothing had been done on the road around Forester's Hill and it- was unlikely much would be done until a new bridge was built. "This bridge, Pm told, would cost about $1,000,000," he said. Laughter followed Reeve Kerni- ghan's observation that there were a few openings for patients at" the County Hom.e, but none present said they were contemplating mov- ing in in the near future, despite increased tost of living. - Explaining Sky Harbor Airport, Reeve Kernighan said the County rents it from the Department of Transport for the nominal sum of $1.00 a year and Mr. Keith Hopkins son, in turn, rents it from the County for $1.00 a year. But, said Reeve Kernighan, Mr. Hopkinsorlk looks after the keeping in repair of the buildings there and this year it cost him $2,200 for painting buildings and repairing roofs, he said. - One industry had approached the township clerk during the past year to seek information on tax rates if it located in Colborne Township, said Mr. Kernighan. He paid tribute to tile develop- ment of 4-1I clubs throughout the County. "We have no children under the. jurisdiction of the Children's Aid Society. We have only one person on relief and that is a very justifi- able one. We must be a very fine hunch of law-abiding citizens," said Reeve Kernighan, Objections Made ! Objections raised in the way of questions from those attending the meeting were: 1. The County owns more land in CI,olborne Township than in other townships and Col- ' borne should get a grant on the land which -the County owns at Sky Harbor. 2. Isn't the first six inches of topsoil in Colborne stand- ing just about all it can stand in the way of providing taxes? 3. ,Is there not any way in which the amount of salt used on our roads Can be reduced? 4. Can't somethira,r be done to stop cars speed- ing over the brow of the hill at Carlow before somebody is fatally injured? Chairman Hugh Hill expressed his approval of the continued oper- ation of Sky Harbor Air Services. In case war Krol out, we have the nucleus there which could speedily be set up into service, he said. .Referring to inquiries of indus- tries in locating in the Sky Harbor area, Mr. Hill remarked, "We would have had an industry ern- , plovinn from 60 to 70 men there now if we had only got the co operation from the Town of God rich that we $11Ould have got:4 Predicting that within the nest three years there won't be any rail, way passenger service between Cloderich and iStratford, 3.1r. lidi pointed to the value of Sky Harbor Air Service for transportation is the future. "Ile stated that the Sheaffer plant officials made fp). quent use of this service now. Councillor Wm. Clark told of the converting of the old school ints a storage shed for the township 1957 COLBORNE COUNCIL. Following is personnel of Colborne Township Cott:will who went in by acclamaliora REEVE -John S. KernIghan- COUNCIL-Wm. c!aric, Teit Clark, Ralph Jewell, Ray Fisher. SCHOOL BOARD - Elmer Hunter, George Robertson. grader and estimated it woule eventually cost about $1,gt/D wbic he felt, was a good move. Be said taxes today ran to about $79,000 which figure was about six times what the taxes were about 20 years ago. Councillor Tait Clark said that about 3, miles of township road had been resurfaced and' it was planned to do about this • much each year. Councillor Ralph Jewell cited costs'of various work in connection with roads. Among the figures given were $900 work done on the 10th concession, $950 on 1pew cul- verts and $2,370 spent for A new truck. Be denied that the truck driver consistently tised the truck to go home for dinner. skle said it was used in this way only on rare occasions when it was neces- sary. Replying to a complaint that many township roads are too nar- row and should be built up, coun- cillor Jewell said that this would be done just as soon as finances permitted. In announcing his decision not to run for council this year, A. Vrooman said he had served for the past six years. Be thanked , the school board for the co-oper- tation they had shown re obtaining the old schOol as a storage place for the' township grader. , Transporting Pupils Mr. John Dunbar explained that the reason some children were not picked up at their homes by the school bus was because the schwa° bus can't teirn around on some o the side roads in the winter time. Clerk Ben Straughan said the school board was at present having the school bus travel only on those roads which the board considered fit with the result that not all the township school children were re- ceiving complete transportation. Objecting to the present sche- dule whereby all the school child- ren are not getting complete trans- portation by the school bus were Richard Buchanan and Stanley Me- Gratten. Mr. Straughan pointed out the act said no school children should have to walk more than three miles to school. As it is now, no one child is walking more than 13a miles, he said, Chairman Hugh Hill interrupted the discussion on school transport- ation by saying that this matter should be brought to the attention of th'e school board and not the council. Mr.\j-Turne Clutton thought that rnore-n3oney was spent on the grounds of the new school than was planned. Mr. Dunbar replied] that it was oriffinally planned to spend from $250 to $300 but that the work ran into a higher figure than it was estimated it would. One ratepayer sAid he felt a basement should have been includ- ed in the new school. It was ex- plained that if this work had been done the government grant woultil have been cut down. Should Take Turns Mr. Neil Lowey said he planned to drop off the school board for the next year. He said the experience !:aineit on the hoard had been rei,- (Continued on page 6) These four, young misses devoted their afternoon :rems period at t.14 Goderich Public School to getting ready for the Christmas sea- son. Seated at the corner of the new wing of the school, which pro. vided a _windbreak, they were busily engaged In NvAiat, is cnaca PV01 knitting. Some relatives or friends need not Isq, surN480 if they receive as Christmas gifts sone of the articles then ere v.ro-king oil at recess time. They are, from left to right: Mace, tpusannie,OZ Ittr. and Mrs. George Parsons, West Street; Laura, daught6r g fr, LIM Mrs Thomas Semple, Palmerston Streot: Betty, daughtor of Me. and Mrs. W, J. Vanee, West Street; Mary Ellen, datito,hter oMr. and Mrs. Harold Bettger, West Street, SS,Pitoto by11-.11