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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-03-21, Page 16rt ' .hd`'Gaderieh Si nal'Sta.r, Thursday', March 31pt', 1,963, M�re Information. Forthcoming On SeniorCitizenr1ising Information brought out at th the recent joint meeting„ Q awn Council, Legion, and gov ernmental officials on senior citizens' housing has been sub - jest ,,to varying interpretations, it appeared at the regular gen- ' eral meeting of Branch 11)9, Royal Canadian Legion last week. Eric Johnstone, chairman ..6f the senior citizens housing com- mittee' for the Legion, In ad- dressing the greeting, declared that while a report of the meet ing published by 'The Signal - Star was accurate—in—every re- - he felt that it did not present a true ptiire of Twin Pines ApartmeaKnt's - Limited, 'a company which- has been active in this field. Report Accurate Verne Smith, who atteneed e joint meeting representin Mr. Johnstone, who was unabl to attend, confirmed that Th Signal Star report had been ac curate in every way, and fel that no injustice had been don to thbl, win Pines concern. 11 reported council wished a mee ing with Legion.officers•as saw as possible. Mr, Jabnstone. read a tette to the meeting which shed sornt more light on the situation, a follows: g ouncil Stu ies, A short and sn.apliy .meting of Town Council Friday night dealt with a variety of matters ranging ft•orti rezoning of two t areas, in the town to reception e of budgets from the 'Public e School Board and a provisional t budget from the county of Huron. ' Two bylaws ,got final readings r at the session, one being an amendment to Bylaw 11-63, en- abling the town to participate as, a single employer with the Gode'lch Police Commission, in • order to qualify under the On- tario Municipal Employees Re- tirement System Act and reg:i,- ations. t. Rezone Land Having received approval I- from, the Goderich Area Plan - I nin•• Board, council gave third •I reading to a bylaw to amend Bylaw 19-58, in which two par - eels of land were rezoned. In the first instance the land occupied• by Plante and Worthy Imperial Oil station, lots 811 and 835 were rezoned from "A" Residential Zone to •`E" local business zone, in order to per- mit rebuilding of the present business establishment. In the second case, the land formerly occupied,by the Gode- rich Organ Factory including lots 977, 978, 1014. 1015 were rezoned from "F" Industrial to "A." residential, The intention is to remove the anomalous cot dition of an industrial block surrounded by purely residen- tial land. Financial Report Clerk -treasurer S. 11. Blake presented the statement Of ac- cotints for the town, showing balance as at January 31 as $4,695.54; receipts to February 28, $24,442.41; total, $29,137.95; expenses for February, $24,442. 41;...,,Aa.laxrce t. t February 28, $3,391.16. -Total. bank loans at February 28 for Town of Gode- rich, general accounts .$16,000. The statement of tax arrears showed collections of arrears March 11, 1963 Mr,_ Eric Johnstone, President, Royal Canadian Legion, Goderich, Ontario. Dear Mr, Johnstone: Re: Propo led Senior Citizens Housing, Goderich, Ontari'). "We wish; to clarify the fo lowing poipts relative to I.imi eel Div;derid Projects for Senlol Citizens built by the Twin Pines Apartments Limited: '1. Twin Pines Apartments Lim- ited will sign a legal option with the . Municipality to 'transfer ownership of •the - protect to the Municipality at depreciated book valiicr",itt the ends of the mortgage amortization period, provicl ing the buildings are used for continued non-profit cotn- Sports Night. . , j. (Continued from page 9) of a number .of bandsmen i' through the 'flu. Thanks was expressed to those who did take part from Goderich, Cti i`+ - ton and London. The initial part of the p.•c; gram was•�tak'n up with the I God."rich-Detroit Bantam game which the visitors took after a •• vigorous battle finally winding up on the longer end of a 4-1 ' score. Both teams played am- bitiously and put on an exce!- lent exhibition of hockey fol the mixed crowd. The success of the venture ; • became evident early this week when incomplete returns show ed that about $1,8€0 had been realized for .the crippled child- . ren's work. The Bluewater Shriners Club was formed `only three years ago and was sponsored by Mocha Temple of London. It now has 100 members, ".Tht' Shriners run two hospitals for crippled children _in .Canada= - one at Montreal and the. other at Winnipeg. In the U.S.A.1 there ,are 15 such hospitals. mUndly pui-poses. 2. 'Twin Pines .Apartments Lim- ited are responsible for the administration, operation and maintenance of each project built by them. How- ever, they encourage' the formation of a Local Ad- visory Committee upon which the Local Sponsoring Organization and the Munici- pality is represented. Tho function of this . committee is to advise on all matters relating to the welfare of the project, :and specifically to act as a Selection Committee to select tenants. " . Twin Pines Ap"iirtments Lim- ited have qualified- under Section 16 -of the National Housing as a non-profit. or- ganization grid, ,therefore, rs eligible for ,mortgage loans from Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation of up to 90% of 'the total apprais- ed value of each project. "We sincerely regret._1f- any -these -points'-were- nnisunder- od at the meeting on De- cem:ber 7th which was attended by our Mr, Llewellyn. Yours very truly, W. H. Swales, Manager." ATTEND CONVENTION Representing Local 1863, In- ternational Association of Ma- chinists_, Dominions Roads, Jim Morris and 'Alex , Wilkins -al- of tended sessi,pns of the Ontario sto Provincial Machinists Council held at the Carousel Hotel in London, Ontario, Saturday and Sunday. Registrations for Kindergarten Classes for September, x963, are now being received. Children' born in 1958 may be en- rolled n-rollest..by telephoning_the Principal of Victoria 'School _ (JA '48722). If you do not wish to telephone;, application forms may be obtained from any of, the Victoria School teachers. et [r P r�"1 1pa1 hV tcto'ria Public='Sc•hool Easter Seals Now In Mail, Goderich area residents ars reminded ed th,a _.Ess. r._Seals . t t�e e ar now in the mails, and it is the.. hope,. of the sponsoring group, Goderich Lions Club, that a gen- -erous response will be made -to this appeal, so that funds t will be available to support the .o Crippled Children's lwork. 1 - A committee under Lion Sam p Anderson has been busy in the t past few days getting the seals i addressed and mailed, and t placards were placed in local stores and public places Mon- t day as reminders.. Newspaper. a radio and television stations n are backing the campaign, but what counts is the donation by o Mr. Average Citizen.. Land robiems baqk aS far is 4.669 totalling 85,797.76; 'uncollected arrears back to 1957 totalling $60,895.55. Red Cross Campaign In correspondence council ,re- ceived a communication from Mrs. F. Curry, chairman ,.of the Red Cross committee, announc- ing the annual campaign for funds locally, -..March 25 to 30. The request for a grant stated in part: 'The work of this organiza- tion is well known ' and par- ticularly -merits attention since it has undertaken the supply- ing of free blood to all ,.hos- pitals. The water safety pro - :Irani and the training of life guards is well known to, Ono cit." An application was received from Stewart Gliders for the renewal of license for Ray's Taxi, and referred to Special Committee, as was a reques from G. J. Carney -for renewa of lease ,on the concession a the. refreshment booth on th south side adjoining` the"Godo rich harbor. • ,Pay Request A petition for an increase in pay of 20 cents per hour was received from six employees of the town board of works, with the request that the increase he made retroactive to the first of the year. The request in- cluded a schedule showing in- dustrial -basic rates of •pay • in the town, with reference to the salt, milling and road machin- ery schedules In the event of a meeting on the request, dele- gates would be named from the applicants. The budget for 1963 set by Goderich Public School Board was received, amounting to $113,000, including $21,290 for debenture principal .and inter- est which matures this year. Harbor Park A communication from the Development Branch of the De- partment of Travel and Public- ity at Owen Sound drew atten- tion of council to improvements required' at Harbor Park trailer camp, where it was indicated that toilet accommodation would have to be improved or use of the park limited to • not more than: 100 persons. It was also recoinmend•ed that the camping and picnicing areas be kept distinctly separate. Another stipulation was that ent and trailer Mots • be staked ut to contain not less than ,500 scivare feet each. It was ointed out that the existing oilet building requires paint - ng inside and out and ' a horough cleaning. The suggestion was made that he picnic area and the camp rea be kept separate ' and a omninal charge be made for each car in the picnic area -.in rder to defray costs of equip-. ping and maintaining the facil: ities. �. Extend Program It was announced in a com- munication from Municipal Af- fairs Minister J. W. Spooner that the Federal-Provineial-�Mun- icipal Winter Works Incentive Program has been extended from April 30 to May 31, 1963. County Rate A communication from Clerk - treasurer John G. Berry, of the County 'of Huron indicated the estimated amount of the town's share of the county rate is $101,255.41. Mr. Berry pointed out that the 'estimate ' is to assist in. preparing the town's budget for the coming year, and stress- ed that its was not an official notice' and the figure would have to be confirtned after the June session of County Council. Invite Ships The town. has extended an t invitation to the Chicago, Dol- t nth and Georgian Bay Transit t Company, inviting that concern e to make -the Port of Goderich - a port of call in the case of their cruise ships S.S. North American" and S.S. South Ani- erican this coming season. A similar invitation has been sent to the . Royal„Canadian Navy office at Hamilton, Ontario, re- questing that ships of the First Minesweeper Squadron, or any other active training ships, make Goderich- a port of, -.fall this year. It will be recalled that the First Minesweeper Squadron 1 made a visit to the harbor here. in 1961 with two ships, and many visitors were guests of the Navy on escorted tours of ths, ships. .BING:O--at LEGION HALL 'ATURD4'Y '1MACF# 23 AT 8.30 P.M: 1 15 GAMES -- $1.00. - The prize for eaph regular game will be `4 SI RE-THEWEAL1 } a0414. Oombi;nOci; JACKPOT OF $8.5.00 1:14 . 5T ALL Spolasorecl' ' by Cane:Mai: ` L ibi Branob 109 � OBITUARY HERBERT STURGEON Herbert N. Sturgeon, 71, o Bayfield, died Wednesday of las week at Clinton Public Hospital He was a -son of the late Mr and Mrs. James Sturgeon, and Youngblut of Zurich,' Mrs, John Arthur, Mrs. William Riddell t and Mr. Keith Arthur visited relatives., the day prior to the funeral. had been a commercial fisher man at Bayfield, where he had lived all Ms life. Surviving are four brothers, William of Seaforth; .John, Ed- ward and Willard, all of Bay- field: The funeral service was held Friday at the, Ball )and Muteh funeral home, Clinton, with Rev. E. J. 13. Harrison of Trin- ity Anglican Church, Bayfield, officiating. Burial was in. B,ay- fiel(t cemetery. ' * a, * MRS. EMMA VOLLMERSHAU- • SEN The death occurred recently, of Mrs. Emma Vollmershausen of Woodstock in the Woodstock General Hospital in her 77th year. Born in the Auburn .dis- trict, she was the daughter of the' late Mr. and Mrs. Werner Youngblut. She is survived by one daugh- ter, Mrs, Margaret Huart, Wood- stock, and four sons, Carl, Nor- man and Kenneth all of Wood- stock, and Qlen of Eastwood; four ,slisters, Mrs. Margaret Ar- thur, Auburn; Mrs. Marian Bea- dle, Huronview; Mrs. Kate Mutch, Clinton, and Mrs. Wil- liam Riddell, La Riviere, Mani- toba. , The- funeral was held at the Bethany Lutheran Church, Woodstock, with burial tak-ing place at the Woodstock mauso- eurn. Relatives from Auburn attending the funeral were Mrs. Thomas Haggitt, Mr. Robert Arthur;, Aar. and -.Mrs. Gordon Wall, Langside; Mrs. Clarence. Walden, Seaforth, and Miss Inez NIIMEnssuminammmussmosszimpantMadzwvIr Thank.You We, the directors of the Huron County Hog Produc- ers Association and committee men elected, wish to take this opportunity to say "thank you” to all the pl-odtrcers who supported the following men, 'who- support producer controlled marketing: • .Harvey Hodgins, Martin Baan, Robert P. Allan, Elmer Ireland, Albert 'Bacon, William Coleman, Leonard Fisher, George Campbell, Alf. Warner, Ross Love, Lloyd Stewart, Gordon Elliott, Elmer I -larding, Ross Lovett, Carl, Govier, Ray Finnigan, Harry Mulvey, R. McAllister, Hugh Rundle and Alex McGregor.CIIIMMRICINOMMENNaggstagiRMEMINIIIMEMMffilm ,. MALCOLM A. CAMPBELL A native of , Goderich, Mal- colm A. Campbell, 54, manager o � a 3,500 -employee industrial plant in Flint, Michigan, and active in civic affairs in that city, died enfoute to hospital en Wednesday night of last week. Earlier in the a evening,.: he collapsed at the table in a banquet hall after ?wing his annual report as publicity chair- man of .the Flinto Power Squad - 'ran. His parents; the late Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Campbell, moved from Goderieh to Detroit when he was eight years of age. His mother was the former Kate MacKay, a sister of the late John arid Norman MacKay, formerly of Goderich. Attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Middleton from St. Marys, Ontario, and Mrs. Ivan Papernick and Mr. Don MacKay from Goderich. The funeral service was held. in Flint, Saturday. Interment was in Sunset Hills. • A graduate of Cass Technical High School in Detroit, he also attended the University of De- troit. He leaves his wife, a daughter and son, in Flint, three bro- thers, two of whom live in Dc- troit and one in Flint, and two grandsons. IN SERMQN P$.AL,QGUE. Church advertisements in Toronto newspapers last Satur- day included one of local in; terest for Grace Church-on-th,e° Hill, For , the evening service,; last Sunday it told of a dialogue sermgn, 44W C eiieve Listed as, taking part is it Ui,r i'pr, Dov. 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