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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1961-11-02, Page 147,7 114th Year --No. 43 bcrtdi Meeereeve..a.. *e� d eAry GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEIBER 2, 1961 The possibility is now distinct that Ship Island, seen in the upper left hand earner ofthis picture, will start to disappear from the scene of Goderich harbor start,- ' ing tart- ing some time in :the Spring. It has long interfered with the turning around of the - larger grain boats in the inner harbor. The Ore :harbor, In fact, is likely to undergo various changes which will make it a better port fltan it ever has been before. Go �RI WOMAN BEAUTIFIGATIONBPBOTECTS CONSTANTLY BEING STARTED Mrs. Margaret, Grungw,. -form- erlyi3 of Berlin, 'Germany, and for the pest ,two years a resi- dent of Goderich, recently re- turned from a .one month visit with her family en West Berlin. ' Asked about the tense situ- ation there'she told The Signal - Star, West Berliners are cer- tainly anxious about the pro- blem. At the sante time they, are optimistic that things will be worked out by peaceful egotiation. Mrs. Grunow said at you have only to realize tl e crises people of that city have experienced in the past 20 years to understand why life goes on as usual. People are ' probably no more worried than we are right here in Goderich. The general feeling of optim- HALLOWE'EN' 'PARTY- Ar -- PORTER'S HILL SCHOOL PORTER'S HILL, Oct. 31. — The teachers and children of S.S. No. 5, Goderich, enjoyed a Hallowe'en party on, Tuesday afternoon. Sharon' Lockhart was chairlady for the program Prizewinners included:. Murray Torrance, best Hallowe'en.4cos- tume; Rodney Cox, funniest costume; Elaine Townshend, fanciest . costume; Debra and Wendy Torrance, best dressed couple. Molly Cox and Murray Torrance won the bean count- ing contest, and Colleen Lock- hart showed the best Jack -o - lantern. ' Lunch brought the party to ,a close. f..ast Sunday was the final morning service at Grace Church for 1961. Rev. Mr. Pitt,. Varna, was guest speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Betties recen'iy spent several days in Tore Tito visiting Mr. and' Mrs. W. E. Betties. Mr.. Gordon Manning and John visited Mrs. William Mac - Ewan, Exeter, on Sunday. ism ''is well illustrated by the many city beautification and improvement projects that are constantlr being started. At the moment, West Berlin sutlers from a lack of workers as the supply from East Berlin has_ suddenly been cut off. Many people from the. eastern sector used -to work in the west to heneh irons the nueh h- er rate , of pay. These people can no longer 'obtain passes to travel back . and forth across' the border. -�- Asked if armed soldiers wouldn't be a,constant remind- er ofwhat was -taking place, she -said that you do not see much unless you go very near the border. Mrs. Grunow travelled from West Germany to West Berlin without incident Fearing til she -'might be detained by East German border police many of her 'friends had suggested that she not return to herf native city. ' FORMERLY OF GODERICH, DIES IN HER 92nd YEAR Resident of Goderich for half a century before, moving to Toronto about five years ago, Mrs: Elizabeth Lashbrook died at Toronto on October 1(,th in her 92nd year. Wife of the late H. P. Lashbrook, of Gode- rich, the former Elizabeth Dud- gon had been living with her daughter, Mrs. W. R. (Lillian) Lashbrook, ',308 Beresford av- enue, Toronto,, - -Surviving also are a grand- daughter, Mrs. A. H. (Rena) Darvell, of Islington, Ont., and a grandson, Howard F. Lash - brook, of St. Catharines. The funeral• service was held on -October 18 at Toronto, with interment in Park Lawn ceme Itery. Legion Church Parade Sunday The annual' church° parade of Branch 109, Royal Can- adian Legion, will be held Sunday morning. The 'par- ade will ,move off frond the Legion Hall to North Street United Church for .service at 11 a.m. conducted by Rev. W. J. ten Hoopen. Roman Catholic Legion .members will proceed on--f"ci" St. Peter's Church. Rev. Father R. Moynahan will conduct 11 a.m. mass. JUNIOR PIPERS WIN PRIZES The first Junior Chanter competition, sponsored by the St. Thomas Legion Pipe Hand, was held in the St- Thomas Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 4L, on -Saturday. 'There-- were entries from Toronto, Detroit, Ingersoll; Woodstock, ,Stratford, Aylmer, Acton,' St. Thomas and Goderich. There Were eight prizes plus two -special award prizes in all, and Goderich walked off with five of them: Charlie Mac- Donald, son of • Mr. and Mrs. J. N. MacDonald, Goderich, wcn first prize in the 12 and under class, and the Special Award prize for the best stratsphey and reel. His brother,.Joe MacDonald, won second prize and the other Special Award prize for the -.best stretsphey and reel. James Millar, on of Mr. and Mrs. William Millar, won''second prize in the 14 and under class. They are mem- bers of the Goderich Legion Pipe Band. FOR UNICEF Forty members of Kn x Pres- byterian Church anNorth e e t United Church Str nit d n you g people's groups collected $170 for UNICEF in a door-to-door Hallowe'en canvass. Scene of Activity At Waterfront HALLOWE'EN, PRANKSTERS PUT CORDWOOD AND TRESS ACROSS A MAIN HIGHWAY Goderich Town Police had a ,quiet Hallowe'en with no ser- rtniS damage. Chief Fred Min - shall congratulated . the young people on their fine behaviour. i rovincial Police at Goderich did not have it quite So easy,, however, answering 13 calls between 9 p.m. and 3, a.m. Chief Minshall said that all officers were on patrol and - caught a few young people priilied for action. Ammuni- tion confiscated included ' a bushel of rotten tomatoes, two dozen fresh eggs, a half dozen I cabbages and about ten pounds 4 o. tomatoes: _,oral •poiire found '.that things started a little ear- lier this year than in the past when they charged two juven- iles on Sunday night with litter- ing the highway. This could conceivably be changed to' care- less driving. The youths were driving around the Square throwing rotten tomatoes from their °moving vehicles. .Sergeant H. Barker, officer in charge of the Goderich OPP detachment, was quite critical of the vandals- that committed serious offences .under the Seeks - Good Bomb Shelter A letter from Mrs. Don Mc- Kee, Benmilier. to The, Signal - Star, reads as follows: "With the present attitude of the Nortn r�rneriean Conlin- ; eat, that a Nuclear War is in - I evitable-Let us hope that the salt Mine is preparing for the hoards of Goderich . citizens, that will invade its underground.. channels. It is going to be too bad for those on a 'salt free diet'!" Mrs. McKee will find the an- swer to her concern on the editorial page of this week's Signal -Star under the heading "Salt Mine No, Bomb Shelter." 'guise of Hallowe'en pranks, When People start putting trees and cord wood across a 50 mile per houe nighway and turn in false fire alarms, Sgt. Barker said, it gees, away beyond clean fuiii. Other offences included throwing tomatoes at „ cars, knocking over mail boxes and generally running the gamut of the usual, Hallowe'en kinder- garten vandalism. AQ LIERAPE_ ANCE HELD The ingenuity aand original- ity of the costumes worn by the guests at the Hallowe'en masquerade—dance sponsored by the Goderich - Graduate Nurses' Association made selec- tion ofe the winners most dif- ficult. Costurrte characterizations ran. _the, gamut from ° nursery rhymes to bathing beauties of 1880 vintage --from comic to fancy. Mr. Harold Williams, Mrs. MacDonald and Mrs. Stew- art Baird undertook the task of selecting the following win- ners: comic, Mrs. Peg . Wood and Mrs. Morris McMillan as the old couple: fancy dressed, 1 Caroline Woods and a London friend as "Ree I Injured By Fading Pipe The condition of Bert KQlk- man remains unchanged after a 16" pipe weighing almost a ton fell on -him Friday, severely crushing his chest. The pipe is a section of the new Goderich water system being laid along Picton street. As it was being lowered into the trench Mr. Kolkman passed underneath it. The brakes of the machine lowering the pipe Mia�ehad an t lrr'°ti$ trench;. =ham night before and momentarily slipped, allowing the pipe to fall suddenly on the ° man underneath it. Fortunately, the full weight of the pipe did not fall on Mr. ' Kolkman. Mr. Jack MacDonald, Super- intendent, told the Signal -Star that.. this was the first serious accident he had ever heard of on a municipal job ,pf , .this I :,p nature. • °' A dream of at least -a .quarter--hoped_by local interested m: rs•-atyom damages-resultin front - of a century on the part of some local industries is loom- ing on the horizon of reality. This is a major dredging job of Goderich harbor, including the removal of ,a stumbling block to -shipping for many years—Ship Island. An appropriation for this major project has already been OK'd `Ty- the Trebsury .De- partment at Ottawa, The Signal - Star has bc.`n informed bv re- liable sources of information., Piling for the north wall may However, the matter has yet run to about $220,000 and work to be definitely finalized by the on one of the piers at approx- imately $12.000. Industries in the harbor area have already been approached by the Federal Government to PM.m: t c-zc�s�ii11 errrmen tefee-- 'hat Ottawa will continue to recognize the basic need of the major dredging job for the main harbor on the entire eastern shoreline of Lake blasting out Ship Islan At least one of these inidustrie* has already done so and it . Le said that the others will • be following suit. It is stated Huron. there is no real danger from • While no official figures have the blasting which will be done been released,, it is• believed but the move is routine pro, that -the entire project will run .cedure. in the neighborhood of $832,- Should the estimates which ° 000,. The removal of Ship Is- include the appropriation for land alone will, it is thought, dredging Goderich Harbor be cost from $500,000 to $600,000. passed° by the House of Com- mons, the dredging job will' likely commence next spring. When the job is completed, it will fill a long felt need not only for Goderich's immedi- ate needs but also for other passing of estimates in the House of Commons. While it is expected' that this approval will be a matter of routine, } always rernains--t `Pees 3ibility of an- exeeption----4t--is nhie ni' �Qt-- Pp j, .._......4�, c v•'�1ro�spa>as fila .�15 particular time. any Road Opening Ceremony Held Official opening of the ,Dun- lop to Blyth Development Road was held at Dunlop Wednesday afternoon. County Engineer James Britnell introduced Hon. Bred M. Cass, Q.C,, Minister of Highways, who perforined the ribbon cutting ceremony, as silted by C. S. 11IacNaughton, MPP for Huron. • Hon. Mr. Cass pointed out that the -road was a Progressive - Conservative government pro- ject and that the government planned to;.continue giving 100 per cent support to roads of. such a nature. Nearly 75 witnessed the cere- mony including Warden Ivan Forsyth and members of Iluron County --(mined -1 rnr_.Tuto _to were J. V. Ludgate, chief mun- icin'il engineer, and Peter D. j Patterson. Also present were: i. M. C. Neilands, of Stratfordr e district municipal engineer; L. D. Barrett, of Stratford, dis- trict engineer for the Depart- ment of Highways; W. West- lake, construction engineer; Elston Cardiff, MP. Consteuction cost of the road was more than $646,000, borne by the Department of High- ways: Development-- Road No. 499 plays an important part in the economy of the area and serves as a well -travelled link between King's Highways in this part of Huron County. Following, the ceremony at Dunlop, a recetion was held at I-Iarbourfite Inn. 1 Riding Hood IN THE NAVY , Rennie MacDonald, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Mac- Donald, Goderich, is at present with the Royal Canadian Navy, Cornwallis, Nova .Scotia. Two other Goderich boys, also in Cornwallis with him, are Jim Longmire, Bayfield road, and ,Dorn Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs:' it Thomas, Widfler street. They all like it fine,' and hope to make it home for Christmas leave. and the Wolf''; best costume, Mrs. Frank MacDonald as a squaw. Primes were donated by An- iderson s Book Store, Shear - down Frozen Foods, Goderich Bottling Works, and Mr.- Harvey La_ saline. . The draw was convened by Mrs. Hugh Glen. The auto- matic coffee percolator, donated by MacDonald Electric, was ' t by Jimmy Goetz, son of Mr ,i' : nd Mrs. A. F. Goetz. The te', silver dollars were won by Mrs. Leroy Draper, Britan- nia road. Remember that the smallest good deed is better than the greatest intention. a erwor •Pr�jects ea of .asp a ue TO date, the laying of pipe The "Wave Wall." built upu 1,200 feet. south from West to At the new filtration Thant site pips are being -driven to a depth necessary' to hold a weight of 30. -toms. This work is prep- _.. aratory to the laying- of the foundation for the physical .structure. Concrete is being loured t .i fill the hollow piles. In the foregrot. id, men peepa:-e to start the . settling tank; which will be the initial filtration stage. Phots by 11.H. for the. new waterworks and with vc-,, laeee si.,c, pies of Picton streets on Wellington construction of- the new filtra- concrete and stone and which street, and 700 feet east from tion plant are proceeding well will rise over six feet above Cambria road to Albert street. The 3,800 feet from the town limit to the hospital is also be- ing laid at the rate of 600 feet a day. , ahead of schedule. Cement filled piles, capable of carrying a weight of some 30 tons, have been driven and the giant machines involved are off the filtration plant construc- tion site. 'Now, another stage of the construction will be get- ting underway immediately : - SHOOTS AT PARTRIDGE BUT WOUNDS ,HIS WiFE A hunting accident involv- ing Corporal Colin Glen Campbell, of RCAF, Clinton, and his ,wife, occurred late Friday afternoon in Gode- rich Township. Corporal Campbell shot at a partridge which the Camp- bell's two children had flush- ed out. The bush was very dense at the scene of the accident and he was not aware that his wife was in front of his shot just a •short distance away. • Dr.. Newland, of Clinton; performed minor surgery, after which • Mrs. Campbell was taken to a specialist in London. Some of the shot , pellets struck Mrs. Camp- bell's neck and fate. lake level, is well under way. The ground level will be raised to just under the height of the wall. The ground on- which the physical structure of the filtration plant will sit will be raised again and be above 'the level of the wall. Mr. A. Robertson, resident Resident Engineer Robertson said that there might be some concern over the way .boule- vards, _lawns and sidewalks are being torn up for the laying engineer on the project, ex of this pipe: All this will be plained that the contractor was returned 'to its original state having difficulties with water come spring, he said. seeping in an hindering the _-__-- start -rstart of the 30 -inch intake pipe. Earth moving equipment is. TWO GET B.A. DEGREE gouging out trenches and men FROM THE U. OF W.O. are layi pipe at the rate of 600 feet a day. The company has some 18 weeks to complete the laying of about 11.000 feet of pipe and the installation of valve chambers. The job was started on October 2nd aaad already they have laid approx- imately 6,500 feet with only 4,500' to complete. Valve 'cham- bers are also partially -installed. Already completed are 4,300 feet -an Bayfield road,- 2,20 feet west from Toronto street to South street on Picton and east from Essex to Wellington street on Picton. Yet to be completed are 1,600 feet from Wellington to South street, Mr. Harold Francis - Taylor has been successful in -obtain• ing his Bachelor of Arts de- gree from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Taylor was born in Colborne Town- ship, the son '(If the late Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor, • and attended both the public school and the .collegiate in Goderich. His sister, Mrs. Fred Hunt, was in London for the graduating ceremony on Friday, October 27th. AlsQ receiving his B.A. de- gree Was Mr. Duncan Alexander MacKay, of Auburn, wh-o also attended Goderich Collegiate. • :Ji:lf.GVW.,.:u.•Ei:,i......,,,4Yi�...�.nr...,W.w,eu...�. �, A Familiar Untidy Scene A familiar and someweal. untidy scene on Goderich -streets, at present, are. the .,large mounds of dint from excavated trenches prior to the laying of water pipe. In charge of this new waterworks construction is Cornell Construction Company, general contractors for the new installation: Shown in the foreground is the spot where, last Friday, one of the construction workers suffered fractured vert- ebrae when one of the heavy sections of pipe slipped and pinned him to the ground. , " ' Photo by R.H. World's Champ Coming Here The World's , highland Dancing Champion is expect. ed to be in Goderich some time in November. Exact date is to be announced- later. He is James MacKenzie, of Aberdeen, 'Scotland, and is aged about 60. In Goderich he will hold examinations for the pupils of the Mary Lynne Leonard School of Dancing. Mr. MacKenzie will travel to many parts of Canada and U.S.A., examining pupils of - Scottish dancing. ELECTED SECRETARY When the Midwestern Chiro- prat tic Association met at Strathroy on Saturday. H. B. Such;- D.C., of Goderich, was elected secretary for his third I successive term. Chiropractors were present from all parts of ' Western Ontario and also from Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto. . BLYTH TO CLINTON Tender are bung called for grading. drainage and granular base of the road between BIyth and' Clinton. Contract for this work will.,be let some time. in December, C. S. MacNaughton, 'Huron MPP states. ' The Past Record On March 30, 1961, on the invitation of local industries, Federal Government officials visited Goderich harbor, They made observations and heard recommendations as to what hould be done to improve, shipping facilities at the har- li�ird Among Federal officials pre- sent at that time were: J. E. Bright, chief of planning and harbor construction, Depart- ment of Public Works, Ottawa; 1 D. Woodridge; economist, Fed - i eral Department . of Public i Works; J. W. Cavey, economist, :Federal Department of Trans- port; -G. N. Scroggie, 'district .-De41 t.- of _iu _ Tic Works, London. They were accompanied by R. G. Sanderson Goderich Elevator and Transit Co. Ltd.; R. M. Menzies. Upper Lakes Shipping; Ltd.; W. G. Muir and • A. P. P,outilier, Sifto Salt Coma pany; Mayor E. C. Fisher; Town Clerk S. H. Blake. •- -At that time the Ottawa dele- gation Said they would review the' situation with respect to igiproving shipping facilities at the harbor. In February of this year Mr. L. E. Cardiff, M.P. for .Huron,. wh'o has for mann years been making every effort to have Ottawa improve Goderich hare bor, was at it again. Ile had written to the Fed- eral Minister of Puhlie Works to say that estimates which had been given to him of the cnst involved in removing Ship Island from Goderich .harbor were not "realistic." He called for "an independent ene'?neer" , to give estimates on the -16132- This , action was prompted by Mr. Cardiff's• receipt of a copy of a letter sent to the Town of Goderich from Mr. H. A. �. ''niiile,; "" "De iuty l4 ilii -Stec ....of,. - Public Works. In the letter, Deputy Min- ister Young Said the Depart- ment of Public Works had undertaken an, extensive bor-`' " ings. survey in •Goderich harbor to determine the feasibility of dredging ;the inner harbor to a depth of 23 feet which eras to ' include 'the' removal of Ship Island. Because Ship Island was comprised of so much ruck, the Department of Public Works felt the cost of the o'•er- all dredging lob would, be pro- hibitive at that time. Thus, the matter was at that time left in abeyance.However, various'�1 elegations went down to Ottawa from Goderich to state that estim- ates for doing the joh had been placed too high and that it could be accomplished at 'a more reasonable figure , than thattime. on the. records at that The persistent nresenfal'on of facts by these delegations no doubt altered the Rhinions of officials of the Federal Depart- ment of Public Works. . Olant Wave WaII" Taking Shape at Filtration Giant pieces of concrete and stones are being put together to form a "wave wall". This will protect the new Goderich 'altra- i,, titin plant*o thigh Wares `ate %spring )am. Itt the. background; "4t� doer 'a tks oh the- trona fiv ariait►k4P.ik ,,• e. Photo' h$, 1t 4,