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BOYHOOD DAWN GODERICH
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Recalls When Boys Were Robin Hods Girls Air r
And River Bank Was' Sberwood Fore t
.on ceinipn
on the news item, in The l.4401"
Star regarding the retirenie.nt of
William. El Until re
cently senior editorial writer,- ef
The 'relegranti oi TorOnt0.
Elliott haat, since taken --Uri -resid--
ence in GrOlerieh. • •
Mr.. faUtistOn's article Said, in
part: ••
Why Billis; retiring, 1 can't
surmise'. At IV be would, anyway,.
be a coniParattre youngster; and
being re natiye! son, • at th,at, age
Goderich, where none-tarians- and
even centenarians are a common-
place, might regard Bill as a bit
\ immature.
He was about of an age with My
ear y s; we a atten ed the"di,
Central School .at Goderich, Th!"
soho_ot was at the corner of North
and Brnee streets; in the lir, at
block from North we occupied a
new frSMei hot* winch beaded
the luxury of a tin bath -tub. „
George M. Elliott's gmerit was
90 Tran'Alted street :between Nort,
and East, a block or,Sir'from the
Square. .1 have a diin..,,reollectign
that he also: 4andied. shoes. The
Elliott residence was, on Orusee
or a piojtel! Street, a'bloek or so
farther froin, the Square and near-
er the Maitland.
The surrounding area, sparsely
built upon in those days, was
known as The Commons r a favorite
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ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, GODERICH
Wednesday, February 11 — 8 p.m.
Played by .FREDERICK JAMES
Three Chorale Preludes
(a) .0 Thou of God the Father
(b) Once He Came in Blessing
(c) To -day God's Only -gotten Son
Toccata *D Minor — "The Dorian" J. S. Bach
A Concerto Movement T. S. Dupuis
En Elegiac Prelude and Minuet (from 2nd Suite) Wm. France
Toccata in G Major T. Dubois
Sonata No. 4 in 6,1101- Major Felix Mendelssohn
'Four Hymn Preludes Various Contemporary Composers
(a) Hyfrydol Healey. Willan
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(c) Old 100th Henry Coleman
(d). Eventide Seth Bingham
Carillon '0' Lobis Vierne
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Glenn Porch Ernest, Borgnine, .Valerie French and F6licia Farr
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The inimitable Jerry as a teenager in a slum area who dreams
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• The Ooderich Girls Mr Corps
chloyekaslei hig rty ht "tke
ialindhinf
served a delicious and
bountiful 'lunch after the. sleigh=
Tide, to A group of hungry girls.
Thanks, were expressed on how
o the Air corp*,by Plight Leader
Audrey Banter to Mr. and: Mrs,
lflndmarsh far • their hospitality.
Thanks.were also expresse$1 fo
:transportatjon to Mrs. 0 Rarrisoii
and Mr. Ilindmarsh.
'Ms.- -WM of girls are affiliated
with the Ground Observer Corps
And show keen interest mal/ theit
activities. The Squad leaders have
been appointed and are,AprifPrid-
more, Nancy Haysom; and Jacque-
line Brown. Secretary -treasurer is
Donelda Bannister. Mrs. W.
Craven is in charge of this group,
assisted by. Lieutenant (Miss) M.
Hazen. The group is at present
-recriiiting for new members.
Membership is open to any' teen-
age girl.
resort of small boys ..who, arnied
with bows and arrows and wooden
swords, emulated Robin Hood and
Tom, Sawyer. If an enemy attack
could not be repelled, the cedars
clothing the -steep river bank serv-
ed as a Sherwood Forest, with a
host of secret fastnesses.
Great adventures were doubt-
less discussed . in much detail—
adventures in whose planning my
brothers and the numerous- Elliott
boys took full part, while my role
was that of a self-constitured non-
combatant observer.
The only incursion I recall was
by Murdoch Murray, an, oversized
youth whose modest abode was on
Bruce street, two doors from ours.
Good-natured Murdock though,
could hardly be reckoned an
enemy; though4. going to sehool,,
we kept the width of the street
betwe_en us and the menacing
Murray geese.
A typically long, snowbound
Huron winter interrupted our out-
law and pirate activities. The fol-
lowing summer we came to Chat-
ham, and the Elliott boys had to
go it alone. In the ensuing years
I lost track of Bill.
Tears later, I heard that he, like
.myself, had gone into newspaper
work. So had a younger brother,
T. It: (Tom) Elliott. More familiar
to" me Was G. R. Elliott, a petrol-
eum- engineer, whose name fre-
quently appeared in ' the Oil and
Gas Journal, to which I was a -
contributor, and who once called
on me at Ch,atham. _
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Taylor's Corner
TAYLOR'S CORNER, Feb. 4 ----
Many friends and relatives called
on Mrs. William Straughan on Sun-
day, it being the occasion of her
101st birthday. Mrs. Harry McKie,
of Toronto,. spent -the week -end
with her mother, ,Mrs. Straughan.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Scott and two
boys, of Windsor, -visited with re-
latives in the community during
the week -end.
Owing to bad weather and roads,
the W.A. meeting, was postponed
until Wednesday, February 12.
Mr. Jack Hicks, of Toronto, visit-
ed with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Hicks, over the week -end.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Cutler, of
Guelph, returned home on Sunday
after a..few days' •visit with Mr.
and grg.'Ireg. Sttirdy.
Mr. Don-torrie, who is working
• in the London vicinity, called on
his sister, Mrs. J. Ginn and family
last Tuesday.
)Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
James Leishman on the birth' of a
daughter.
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The Great Lakes -St Lawrence
River system is navigable for more
than '2,t)00 tiler 'Mackenzie -
River system for more than 2;600
miles.
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-plant bead cost Goderich $3 00-,Q00
4 t0„ $4(00% it ViAas estimated'at a
speeiai meeting of,reown'
Thursdaynight. .
A primary treatiffent plant
Might be constructed for 70 per-
••• ,Oett of that amount, but the'ro-
vince demand that the town
secondary treatmentas
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The sge cirrrentfy, favored for a
4eWailti.*disposat, Plant is a levitn•
;.,olviiect property in the southwest
corner of Goderich.
There should be no odor pro,
Wein, Council was assured by W.
K. Clawson, a representative of
M. M. Dillon 84Co.,Ltd., of London,
consulting engineers. Trees on
the site would act as a screen.
The property, abont nine acres
-in size, contains a ravine into
which sewage from the town's sew-
age system already flows. From
the ravine, the sewage is carried
out into the lake.
What will the cost be to the
individual householder in Gode-
rich?
. "It may mean as much as doubl-
ing your ,.present water bill" to
pay the costs of building and oper-
ating the plant, estimated Mr.
Clawson.
"Spent Already"
This. prompted some exclama-
tions from members of Council,
such as: 'We've already done that
for the water!" and "That's spent
already!"
Water now costs the average
GOderith household about $16, per
year. For several months now,
'Council has been considering a
new water supply system and it
might be necessary to double the
present rates to, say, $32 per year
to pay for this.
Theoretically, if Goderich is
forced to build a complete sewage
treatment plant at the same time
as the water 'plant; rates could be
tripled to, say, $48, according to
the "guesstimates" of the outside
experts.
But this is only theoryi and those
close to, the situation dont expect
rates to go that high. • If pro-
vincial authorities are agreeable—
and providing that no major break-
downs or emergencies occur in the
existing systems—one_ of --the pro-
jects might Conceivably be strived
PASTOR MOTI- LALL! of Jhansi,
India,- senior Indian minister in
the mission field of the Presby-
terian ChuYck who will- speak- at-
-hotly -services at 'Knox' -Church- on
Sunday. He comes to Canada
after a three moaths' tour of Bri-
tish Guiana, Surinam and Trinidad.
Social Is Held
By Ashfield Fed.,
Of Agriculture
'DUNGANNON, Feb. 3. — The
Ashfield Federation ,of Agricultury,
on Tuesday evening of last week
held a social evening at the Parish
Hall, Dungannon. • High lady for
the euchre party was .Mrs. Oliver
ilVicCharles. Runner-up was. Har -
bourn Adams. High man was Ray-
mond Finnegan and runner.up was
Russel Alton. Roving lone hand
went to Basil Hogan.
During- the busines ssession, it
Was agreed that the Federation in-
vite the Dungannon and Kintail
Women's Institutes to each appoint
a representative to the directorate;
also that the Colwanash Junior
Farmers appoint a representative
to _the executive. It was also re-
quested that the directorate ap-
point two representatives to the
executive. 'Messrs. Ralph Foster
and Joe O'Keefe were elected to
serve for 1958. Formerly only
the past president, president, vice-
president and lady director made
up this governing body.
It has been decided to hence-
forth publish the highlights of the
meetings- in the -Weal -papers: --
The executive was empowered
to draw up and present a resolu-
tiOn to the Huron and Kinloss
Municipal .Telephone System to the
effect that collection centres be re-
established at Lucknow and kin -
tail. •
Mrs. Bill Hunter was appointed
alternate lady director to attend
the county meetings held in Clin-
ton each month.
A discussion on ,some possible
projects for the coming year
-brought the business session to a
'Close. If some member has 'a
"pet project" which -he. or she
thinks the Federation might- con-
sider, that person is. requested to
pass it on to the school section
director.
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OBITUARY
1111.9S LEAELLA. CRONK
Word has been received of the
recent death of 'Miss Leaella Cronk
at Dresden. She was a daughter
of Mrs. L. B. Cronk and the late
,Mr. Cronk, former residents of
Goderich. Mr. Cronk was an en-
gineer on the Great Lakes.
• Miss Cronk was a registered
nurse and for a number of years
worked in a Detroit hospital. She
is survived by her mother; an
uncle, Charles Aikin, and an aunt,
Miss Eva 'Aikin, all of Dresden.
The ftineral on Monday was at
Dresden with interment takin
place there.
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The combined, ii-eW water ana
sewage systems, if tackled at once,
could put Goderich anywhere from
$500,000 to $1,000,000 further into
debt
Sewage First?
There *is evidence that Dr. A.
E. Berry, the province's water and
sewage czar, believes that a sew-
age disposal plant is even more
important to -Goderich than a solu-
• tion to the water problem:
Dr. Berry currently has. the
town over a barrel. He won't per-
mit the town to extend sewers to
the 22 -lot land assembly project
on South street or to the Clingan
subdivision. -
A proposal rental housing pro-
ject, for which a survey is now
being conducted, may be blocked
until Dr. Berry approves extension
of the sewers. -
He has indicated that he ' will
give the "go ahead" as soon as. the
town shows that it is taking de-
finite steps to plan a -sewage dis-
posal plant here.
As a result of this provincial
pressure, Town Council engaged
the Dillon• -firm as consulting en-
gineers to prepare a preliminary
report on a sewage plant.
Now that this . has been done,
a new effort will be made to obtain -
Dr. Berry's approval for the sewer
extensions.
The Dillon fifty' expects to pre-
sent a preliminary report to Coun-
cil within six weeks. When this
is done, it is expected that Dr.
Berry will give his permission for
the sewer extensions, if he does
not give it sooner.
Cost of Report
Cost of the preliminary report
is not to exceed $1,500,, If Council'
later proceeds with construction
of a sewage disposal plant, the
wiU
be 490 Aria
engineers' fees. would be five per-
cent of the total building cost.
B.,X. Boas; 1004 engineer,
associated With the 01 .
in preparing the preliminary re-
port.
The pith/1)4,4mi Was 'repreinted,
by J. J. Heffernan, a§ well as, Mr.
,Clawson, atthe special Town -
Co nen,meetihg Thursday.
.arnes. Catajs mOweaidprto,hatbithyew,bmilioipe
to see Dl; Berry, general,manager
of Onveri'oAltrater -BeiSOurCes coin-
missirn. The Dillon engineers
will propose primary treatment for
Goderich sewage in this interview,
but gr. Clawson warned that Dr.
Berry may. demand that plans in-
clude secondary treatment as well.
Mayor Ernie C. Fisher asked Mr.
Clawson te.give some idea of what,
irimar sewage treatment migTir
In reply, Mr. Clawson said that
complete treatment might pest
$45 to $50 per capita: Later in
the meeting, a figure of $40 per
sciabiepitwas also suggested as pos-
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To Serve 8,000
A complete system, designed to
serve a° population of 8,000, might
cost $300,000-$100,000,, said Mr.
Clawson.
Primary treatment alone might
be provided for about 70 percent
of that amount, he added.
Deputy -Reeve Peter MacEwan
asked how much would be saved°
by constructing a complete system
now instead of, say, building a
primary system first and provid-
ing secondary treatment at some
later date.
There would be a definite saving
by building the whole plant at
once, replied Mr. Clawson, but he
indicated the difference might not
be as great as some people might
suppose.
To provide secondary treatment
of sewage, it would be necessary
to construct additional tanks, in-
stall air compressors and more
piping. One man, working eight
hours daily, could 'probably look
after the plant, said Mr. Heffernan.
Mr. Clawson said that Dr. Berry
may be more favorably disposed
towards the town's applications for
sewer extensions now that Council
has retained the Dillon firm -to
• sur vey.the..problem; IleAlaggeste,
Thal the town c onfici Dr. Berry
again—before the report is ready
—to see if he will now give the
"go ahead" to the extensions.
The engineers indicated that, in
one -stage of sewage treatment,
sewage is directed into a tank
where sludge settles to the bottom.
This sludge could be put into an-
other tank, given more time to dry
out and then would be ideal ma-
terial for use on gardens.
Mr. Clawson said that the pre
liminary report which his firm will
produce may suggest what per-
centage of the project's cost should
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be charged against t water rateso
and_ what preentiige should be
collected in tam
Ploit' Appearance
iaro7 about tlyee parts of the
80,100 disposal 'Out
above ground, .Council was
te4;-: the units Whicir,weind be
visible would be the pontrel house,
the digester and the' ralis sur•
rounding .the tanka.
Ask* for an. exaMPA 9% What.
the plant would look like, Mr.
Clawson mentioned the sewage
plant on highway 4, near the Clin-
ton 'RCAF Station. The size, of
course, could be multiplied two or
three times in keeping with Code-
rich's larger population, he said.
-Reeve- James- Donnelly -- attro
abbut maintenance costs for sew-
age disposal plant. Mr. Clawson
said that there. would be the oper-
ator's wages plus the power bill
and cosfs rof '11SW-chemicals to
treat sewage. He did not.•seeni
to think maintenance costs would
so very high, however, in com-
parison to, say, the cost of operat-
ing a- water plant.— •
Asked who is usually responsible
for operation of a community sew-
age disposal system, Mr. Clawson
replied that the local public util-
itie commission very often
• handles it.
In estimating the size of a new
plant, a town should provide for
the population increase expected
O'er the next 10 to 15 years, said
Mr. Clawson.
Reeve James Donnelly noted
that this might be difficult to de-
cide in the case of Goderich.
There are signs now that -the town
is going to grow considerably, he
said, but the town's growth record
in the past has been rather slow
for the most part.
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ed; 2,032 vehicles mocked; 1,114
warnings issued; .411',eliarges )0,4;
57 tars found With defective equitp-
meat; 147 found speeding; 40 care-
less drivers; 80 ignored rules '
the road; four failed to remain at
scene of accident; nine drove
iltitAheir,„ driving
impaired.
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