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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-06-07, Page 9A
115th Year --No. 23
GQDERICH, ONTARIO, T #UR$DAX,,, JUIE 7, 1962.
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MRS fo 29 -unit, apartment building .at the corner
of South and Pi,cton Streets were approved by Town
Council on Friday everting. Work is to start on it by
June 15 and it is expected to be ready for occupancy by
October 15.
!DNAPP[D....NANNY-GOAT
YSTERY FINALLY SOLVED
To Cost $195,000 the works_ committee, with
Cost given Town Council was power, ,
E. R. Rowlands, Lighthouse
$125,000. It was pointed out by street, wrote about the lack of
Town Council that pie Unit price illumination provided by a tree-,.
fail`e`d to conform with the shadededl,ight near Wellington
town's zoning• by=law. This re- and Lighthouse. Water and,
quires multiple family dwellings light chairman Jewell agreed
to have an established. construe- that the location is dark, and
tion cost; exclusive of the value council concurred in a' sugges-
of the land, at not less than tion of the utilities manager
$6,500 per unit. After looking 'that the pole be condemned and
over the plans submitted by • one put in at the corner.
Arthur McLachan, of Komoka, Mrs. Marie Curtis, reeve oi.
Town Council called for a more Long Branch and secretary of
realistic cost figure before giv- the Ontario Mayors' and Reeves'
ing the project approval. Association, reminded counoih•it
Alexander and Chapman, who had not paid the $35 fee, and
are handling the teal estate the annual convention is tote-
deal,
o, be
deal, have since pointed out that held June 25 -27 -in .Fort. Arthur.::
the _ total cost will run in the Mayor Fisher, extra busy • at•
neighborhood of $195,00.0. There present, invited deputy reeve.
will be approximately 600 Mooney to make the trip, but
square feet of property, i'equir she also pleadedlack of- tjme,.
ed by the zoning by-law, on- the Junk on Boulevard
site where the building is to be 'A 'complaint about unsightly
• erected.' The site is that of the junk piled oh a boulevard oit
well-known Bill Wood's tourist the. Regent -Oxford area _ led to
• cabins and residence, which will discussion when _ Councillor
be aiiiirdetely.razed.-. Croft - ,e ported_ __thatit-was .in
The new building will' be pat- fact on private property:
terned, along the & lines of . a "I see. in , the Municipal
medical centre. and will contain World," said Deputy Reeve
four. -specially designed. offices Mooney, "it is possible to' pass
intended for the medical and a bylaw 'requiring people to
dental professions, in addition clean up private property."
to the 25 apartment` units. The. _ "We .,nearly had one • once,"
property was sold to the build-' recalled Clerk Blake, "but there
er, Arthur McLachlan, of Kom- was uncertainty as to how to
oka, by Alexander and Chap- enforce it."
man Real Estate. The $195,000 "The town can go on private
estimate' for the building in- property to cut weeds,",remark-
eludes the cost of property in- ed Reeve Walkom.
volved. Councillor Hays,, a lawyer,
was asked to look into the
Medical Centre "private property" angle.
The 198', three-storey apart- There is a traffic hazard to
ment building will be surround- children at the pillars, Huron
• ed onthree sides by a 15' grass- road, and also at, Currey's cor-
ed area and will , feature park- ner, it was reported. Councillor
Mg space for 32 cars. Built of Jewell suggested "Go Slow"
cement block, steel reinforced; signs like those at the swimming
faced with brick and cul stone, pool. Councillor Croftsaid the
the building has been under con-
sideration for the past � -six crosswalks would be repainted.
A proposed contract with the
months with several other pro- Mobile Animal Control for. dog-
perties having been considered. catching was->>referreL to..tbe,
Interested prospective • -ten- finance committee with power.
ants alreadY have, enquired re- "Very few people are taking
garding 40% of the actomrhoda- any heed to the notice about
tion. Alexander and Chapman tying dogs up," Councillor Jewell
will be in ' .charge of property noted,
management and rentals. About 200. tags have been
Apart from the four medical sold, up to the present.
'offices, the building will . • con- Receipt wa's announced of a
tain 17 two-bedroom apartments, cheque for $1,000 from the Kins-
five one -bedroom units . and men, to apply on the `agricul-
three apartments with three Lural park fence. '
bedrooms ;each. • The Businessmen's Softball
- •Clerk T>;easurer Blake -had -en- - -Was .-- _i.
quired of . Twin Pines. Apart-
ments, permission Weston, what 'was doing
in connection with a . proposal
brought before council at the
first meeting in May, for senior
citizens' accommodation. He
reported that a representative
of the firm .had 'been here and
announced` his 'intention to get
in 'touch with various local
groups; including--t-he--Legio
Another kind. of survey will
be under{,vay in the week- of
June 25,Saccording to word from
Elmer •Gobles, general manager
of Mid -West Development As-
sociation. This has to do with
industrial potentialities. •
Goderich councillors would
`itke-�=ta--see-fie-town-gut-pa�-
rnents in e
lieu of.tax s on county
property, and endorsed • a re-
solution from . the town of Ren-
frew proposing:that the Ontario
Municipal Association petition
the Province for legislation pro-
viding for this. For some years
now, the Dominion and d Ontario
governments, whose property is
tax-exempt, have made 'pay-
ments in recognition of muni-
cipal ' services such as fire and
police protection.
Retarded Children
Georgetown council passed •a
resolution requesting that the
Province make grants to schools
for retarded "children,' on a
scale similar to those paid in
- respect of other schools This
received approval. here. '
"I feel the -department of
educatio should ,do.,,,something
more
fhliiris doing for the
retarded ,oliildren schools,"„said
Reeve Walkom.
"They should be treated the
same as any other," said Deputy
Reeve Mooney,. "and given all
the training they can absorb."
"There is a partial- grant
now," remarked Councillor Ers-
kine.
Percy Harrison, 301'" Huron
road, appeared to complain of
. surface Water .running down the.
pt •,
grade on that 'read • "like a lake"
and washing down dirt, This
has been going on, - lid:. said,
"ever slat* the pipeline Was put
out to the Sheaffer .pen plant."
"We should pelt in a catch
basin at Maple street," sug
gested Councillor Croft.
"It Might help," said Croft._
risen, "but catch bashes aro. 00
good when filled oVer-witi rub:.
bish.'
The matter was ,referred to
erect a 30 -inch fence around
The mystery of the wander-
ing nanny goat was solved
• later the same day,, Saturday,
when the owner, Edgar Lohr,
called at Dr. Tom
Melady's office to claim his
transient animal.
Nanny's lost week -end began
in the still small hours of
Saturday morning. Tethered
and jauietly grazing on her
owner's property, at' Benmil-
ler, she was' -kidnapped by
someone unknown who snip-
ped her rope and stowed the
goat into the back seat of his
car. . Driving to Goderich with
the .frightened animal, the
jokester discoveredthat un-
savory., developments had
transpired in the rear of his
car. • Thereupon he paused
and released Nanny in Court -
•'house Park.
From the park, the fawn -
-provided �=it 3s e Gode�eh..nrineof-Sift-o Salt•Limited:�as�be�•-awa
painted. • ed the John T. Ryan Ontario safety award. In
i
Building' permits in May, As-
sessor Jessop reported, number-
ed 33, for a value of $186,200.
There were 15 dwellings valued -
at $150,000, four commercial
and industrial permits, $30,750,
and alterations and repairs, 14,
for $5,450.
Masons Will
Parade Sunday
Members of Maitland Mas-
the picture, from left to -right, are Mr. G,. "Rusty" Mc-
Ginn, maintenance mechanic at the local •mine, holding
the safety award which remains with Goderieh Sifto for•
the year; Mr. John Beattie, exeeutive director of the
Kline Accident Prevention Association o/ Ontario, who
,came up from Toronto to "make the presentation, and
W. Gordon -Muir, general manager of Goderich Sifto, seen ,4
holding the permanent certificate of • the Ryan safety
award.
The presentation •was made at the Safety Award Dance,
held in Harbourlite Inn, Friday night, at which' 200 em-
ployees and friends shared the festivities.
Photo gby R. ,J. Nephew .
•
:nHuron T B Association eports
u0n:ir:? at 5f.
Increase ' In . Chest Examinations '
George's Anglican Church on
Sunday morning. The breth-
ren will meet arthe Masonic
Temple, West street, at 10.30
a.m. °and parade to church.
An . invitation has been ex-
tended to the Masons to wor
it benity' the ceefor
Rev. Canon K. E. Taylor, and
the Wardens of St: George's
Church.
• STEAL COIN BOX
Max Cutt, of the Red & White
grocery, reported the theft of a
coin box from the soft drink
vend}ng machine in front of his
store. The theft 'vias discover-
ed early Sunday morning. Local
police' a're investigating the oc-
currence.
• Financed entirely by its sale
of Christmas Seals, 'the Huron I
County Tuberculosis Association
held its,:annual meeting.* .Zturx
ich last Thursday.' Dr. 1. B. R.
Duncan, bacteriologist, of Lon-
don, spoke to the meeting on
the use of antibiotics in the
treatment of infectious diseases.
.Reported at the meeting was
a total of 973 chest examina-
tions, both by the mobile X-ray
unit and hospital examinations,
throughout the county during
1961. This represents an in-
crease of 162 over 1960. • As a
tribute to T:B. control agencies;
it was reported. that only an
I1
average of one in 1144 patients,
who had an admission X-ray,
wasp recommended for sanator-
ium.
J. E. McKinley, Zurich, presi-
dent of the association Was in
charge of the meeting. Judge
Frank Fingland, Clinton, is hon
orary president and H. C. 'Law-
son honorary treasurer. Mt
J. B. Russell, Seaforth, executive
secretary, stressed the idea that
TB control is a community re-
sponsibility. "While' we are
fortunate in Canada in. having
a low death rate from (the dis-
ease; we must remember- that
there are 6,000 new cases each
colored
colored goat explored the ad-
jacent properties near the
Public Library and finally' was
discovered wandering ` along
West street at 3.30 a.m. Turn-
ed over to town police she
eventually- 'Wound up at the
dog .pound, under the care of
Dr: Melady.
Nanny's freedom ended
with subsequent reclaiming
by her owner. The,only re-
membrances of her visit are
the bother caused to the
police and the memento left
in -.the rear ' seat of her ab-
ductor's
Lucknow Girl
Dairy Princess
• .was higher than ,previous years,
said Adam .McMurr;iy, et. Olin,
ton, veteran secketary of the
Huron Central. Agricultural So-'
ciety, which, sponsors the show::
CLINTON.---In officially open• •Eighteen -year-old Joanne AI-
ing the 108th . Cl.ntop Springton, of Lucknow, 'was crowned
Show here Saturday, R. Gordon Huron County dairy, princess,
Bennett, of Toronto, chief of the having won in d milking coot -
marketing division, Ontario De-, petition over three other con-
partment of Agriculture, said testants, Marilyn Marshall, of
that there never has been any Kirkton, Barbara Watkins, of
time that the industry of agri- Londesboro,' and Dorothy How-
culture was facing greater att, of R,R. -1, Belgrave, Miss,
changes, yet facing -greater op' Alton will be eligi ie to coni- •
portunities than at the present. pete in the CNE p • cess coin-
Mr. Bennett, a -former agri- petitions' -in Toronto later this
'cultural representative in Huron summer. The contest was sport
County from 1947 to •1951, said sored, in. Huron -kr' the :.Huron
that coiie of the great problems County Dairy ,.Co-ordinating
in the country today is what board. • '
to do with excess food. John Reeves, R.R. 3, Clinton,
Cool weather saw a slight de- president of the fair board, and
cline in attendance, but the Clinton's mayor, W. J. Miller,
number and quality of exhibits extended welcome to the -crowd..
In the Credit Union Your Savings Earn
Police Chiefs
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Police Chief Fred illinshall
and Mrs. Mnshall were at
.Cornwall last week .where the
former _attended the annual
convention of the -Chief Con-
° stables' ' Association of On- •
tario. Chief Minshall ' hds an-
nounced that Goderich will be
the scene on August 15' of
a . convention of the Western
Ontario Chief Constables' As-
sociation (Zone 6) when some
65 police chiefs will be meet-
ing here. It is the first time
that Goderich has been select-
ed for such a convention.
year." The president's report
mentions a new activity, by the
Huron County , Association, of
X-raying jail prisoners who have,
been found to be positive re-
actors in the tuberculin test. • A
total of ten prisoners has been
'Xrraiy,,ed. M.
Huron County is one of seven
associations served by the Beck
Sanatorium of London. The
Huron unit has made a contribu-
tion to Beck Sairto help pro-
vide a new car for transporting
their mobile unit to monthly
chest clinics.
Misses Grace and Olive Rob-
ertson have returned from Lon
don after visiting their nieces,
Mrs: -Harold Harloff and- Mrs.
Jul Fitton.
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6 Mo. -
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