HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-12-12, Page 1HAROLD SHORE PRESENTS PICTURE OF SCHOOL
AN APPRECIATED
CHRISTMAS GIFT.
A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE
SIGNAL -STAR
6th Year - No. 49
H. GRANT ROBERTSON (left) CUTS RIBBON
0
eremonies At
ublic Sch of
The family of pioneer Scot- is the son of the late Professor
h settlers in Nova Scotia,
hose parents, eventually mov-
to-Goderfchiweye_..honored
esday eveilil1g • titlnen Robert.
Memorial Public School,
mel after them, was officially,
ened. •
The.ribbon cutting ceremony
the modern new school, locat-
at the. corner of Blake and
kion streets, a new section of
van, Mvvas performed by Pro-
ssor H. Grant • Robertson re-
ntly fetired from the staff of
ietoria University, Toronto.
e is the grandson of the late
r. and Mrs. William Roderick
bertson, who lived in Nova
otia, later moved to Bramp-
n, Ontario, and finally to
derich.
They were longtime residents
Goderich to whom were born
en children who became de-
ted to the cause of education
th in Goderich and else -
John C. Robertson, who was
also on the staff of Victoria
.Toronto. etatherememe
bers- of the Robertson- family
in whose honor the school was.
mimed were: W. H. Robertson,
for years Editor of The Signal
and The Signal -Star; A. M.
Robertson, onetime staff mem-
ber' . of GDCI; R. S. Robertson,
once Chief Justice of Ontario;
Mary • Robertson, for years on
the Goderich Public Sc' dol
teaching staff; Margaret Robert-
son. Another Robertson girl
died at an early age.
The Program
At 6 p.m., on Tuesday a din-
ner, attended by about .100,
was held at Harbourdite rrfn
under the chairmanship of Rus-
sell Bradford, chairman of the
Goderich Public School Board.
This was followed by the offic-
ial opening ceremonies _ at the
new school, which program Com-
ore. mence-d at 8.30 p.m.
Professor H. Grant Robertson (Continued on page 4)
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ScC. tl tON 0E GATHERING AT " ROBERTSON MEMORIAL P ° UBLIC SCHOOL
obet tna
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSEIAY, DECEMBER 12, 1963
ShuggleOver
r Rate
Setting
eIndustrial "negotiate
102 1418 After more than six months Development Commission to that it would sup
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1418 117 63 117 108 1404
53 of manoewvri•ng, Goderich has a bring a new industry to town. ply filtered water to industry
43 122 113 93 1256 new water rate for industries The Goderich Public Utilities at this pride rather than per
45 95 58 102 83 1203 'requiring water in massive Comnissdon dropped the rate at this
tly reducing tiie price.
41 1168 49 72 62 897 quantities. for 200,000 gallons or more per At the last two meetings of
87 51 tele rata has:been day fi n ` cents per tihousand tovtxl e, ..-thewas ..
21 69, 53 .815 However,
21 78 37 r to 24 cents. - -
66 62 700 criticized as not -going fa. t'treate'necl': wi-W.�havirig• a_. tom. _:
18 66 37 62 ,cam (WO enough to help the Industrial The PUG added the rider 17 44 35 47peative price forced upon them
-________ f they failed to co-operate. The
HOW- GODERKH VOTED ON MONDAY
FOR MAYOR
Mooney, Mrs. May
Croft, Kenneth
FOR. COUNCIL
Hays, Robert ` 80 97
Squire, Robert 61 117
Schaefer, William 55 80
. Maody,.` .Joe :... . 65 ,65 .
Shore, Harold -50
Johnston, J. H. - ' 36 68'
Sutherland, S. 22 32
Robinson, B. R. 34 40
Montgomery, H. 32 55 -
FOR P.U.C. 92 124
Ryan, Bruce 41 55 96
Mills, Wm. J.
59
Hughes,. W. J. 60 75 71
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD
Mills, Dr. G. F. 58 78 122
McCreath, H. W. • 53 - 65 73
Hill, Cayley an.,.42 49 73
Bradford, R. .C. 38 49 1 68
65
42
2A 2B
117
76
87
63
DCI BOARD BRIEFS
The Goderich District Collegiate Institute Board held a
ve-hour meeting Monday. The board: `
debated spending $1,200 for a used tractor to remove snow.
Settled with hiring a snowplow at $6 an hour on the days
necessary this winter.
decided the inaugural meeting of the board next year
would be January 13.
-decided that the ABC committee have a first meeting be-
fore that.
learned the school's regular substitute janitors have' found
other permanent jobs and is now looking for semi -retired
, � 474n-whe• eel -a•i- �
Tearned one of the full-time janitors is in Westminster
Hospital and may not return to full-time work. •
debated ' changing rural bus routes. -
learned that one bus- habitually arrives late to pick up
students in the afternoon.
learned- that some of the students waiting for this bus are
creating mild vandalism in the girls' washroom.
heard the principal's report. n(See a separate account
page 1, third section.)
listened to a three-hour debate between board members
Dan Murphy and Gerry Ginn on the overcrowding of the
Clinton vocational wing. (See a' separate account page 1,
third section.)
3 4 5
111 71.. 67
68 55 ' 48
138 120
139 127
126 116
108 123.
73" 84 . -.
99 '15
'71 48
57 54
67 - 49
SANTA
COMING
SATURDAY
OLD TANNERY SITE
74 72
107 77
52 77
71 54
-'45-51
48 47
38 30
40 55
37 .. 81
117 72 67
78 _ ' 38 71
88 65 39
b 7
42 116
19 57
8 9 -. 10
53 144 147
40 47 36
11 12A
92 101
44 59
14B Totals
102 1315
41 695
J
iNDE.X
Industrial Development ticom.
GDCI Board
Colborne Twp. Returns.
Winter Grain
Christmas Recipes
Parish Mourns Bishop Cody
CURLING
First bonspiel
Goderich Curling
Huron Doctors. at Hamilton
By Crackey
Sugar and Spice ........
Nostalgia by Harry Boyle ......
4-H Achievement Night
Ontario Fed. of Agriculture
Legion Branch 109 ..
itland Masonic Lodge
Orth Street U.C.W.
Sejtion 1, Pag4 1
Section 2, Pogo 1-
Segtion 1, Page 1
Section' 3, Page 1
Section, 1, Page 3
Section 2, Page 1
'Section 2, page, 5
Section 2, Page 1
Section 3, Page 1
Section 1, Page 2
Section 1, Page 9
....,.Section 2, Page 3
Section 2, Page 4
Section 1, Page 3
Section 2, Page 6
Section -2, Page 8 :..
Section -2 Page
Section 2, Page 2
Section 3, Page 1
Section 2, Page 3
Single -Copieslay
157 146 95
120 128 85
149 110 87
126 118 82
- 82 -88 55
49 73. 62
94 89 65
49 52 48
52 39 33
19 48 25
- � indu_.�triat camam�iss;on is negoti-
Sognal-Star Notice aging with a company „needing
91 89 87 1221 250,000 to 500,000 gallons of
39 107 901 30 84 70 82 86 PUBLISHING
v. ater per day.
7g 6 901 DECEMBERCouncillor Bert Squire, chair-,
36 77
. _ Aman -of the industrial commis-.,,
"` gg 94 1125 �HA.NGED Sion, commented to The Signal -
_33 110 WILI BE Star today, the price will have
37 81 85 73 DATE S
27 116 74 71 913 �,� to go down to 20 cents, what
76 64 793 Changes in Signal -Star pub- day, instead of on Tuesday. council asked for, before the
28 75lication dates over the next The week following that, tom fission can even begin
,three weeks are necessitated Christmas week, The Signal- negotiations.
by holiday season dates con-
flicting
Star will be published on "The company has got a price
with normal Thues, -MONDAY, December 23, in -of 2.0 cents ,from another muni -
day publishing dates. ci ality,'� he said, "and if we
Advertisers and *news cor- stead of `hursday (which is i can't meet ,it, we can't negate
D • this year). Dead-
respond nts are respectfully Boxing 1; J ate.",
requested to carefully note line for dis l.� aas that week
the chanties so that EARLIER will be NOON °n for class;- wtluldSaturday n have tocillor uibe said water . chief
THAN USDA Rural news bargaining
52 116 119
42 114 95
33 85 77
108 62 58 , 41 101
80 42 56 35. 85.-
80 54 51 30 83
75 44 43 19 ,• 64
100 ,. 71
104 57
94 73
88 62
(FLUORIDATION IS REJECTED
MAY MOONEY NEW MAYO
Goderich streets will swarm
with children this Saturday -
afternoon. And all because-
-Santa Claus will be coming to I
Town. He will arrive at the
Fire Hall, corner of West and
Waterloo streets, at 2.30 p.m.
where, he will be handing out
treats to ` the youngsters.
Chairman of the Town Coun-
cil committee arranging the
event for Saty.cday afternoon,
December 14, is Councillor
Children from 'the rural
areas are especially reminded
that they are most welcome
to attend along with the
Town of Goderich children
and get their bag of candies,
etc., also.
Personal
Mrs. Erna Helmer has arriv-
ed ;from Germany to- reside in
Goderieh with her daughter,
Mrs. Karin MacAdarn.
$90,000 luxury Apt:
uiI:iing For G...derich
n old Goderich landmark
Waterloo street 'fiorth, once
own as "The Tannery," will
demolished in the near fi-
e and a $90,Q00 luxury apart -
t building erected on the
bite •-definite° on Monday were between 10 a.m. and
Goderich voters were H 4 ,p.m.,as compared with 9 a
about being against the. fluoridation of the Town's
s 0 p.m., last year. This
th-e proposal by 1,1:10
pubhic• water supply, defeating suited in the returns coming
tea to 828. In the Mayoralty contest, the electorate later. Added to this was
L advertising and the same time ,; lever. He said that
and news copy might be in fled ads also. ur
the, office on time. budgets will have to be in there is at least one other
m. by Friday • . Huron County community that
Next week, for example, I supplythe necessary water
re- The Signal -Star, will be pub- The week Ifetr that -New can
rn lislied on WEDNESDAY, in- Year's week - The Signal -Star and
sis quoting a price of 12
the ate
changing the rate at alp, an
ad of the usual Thursday. will be published
s that display ad- ! DAY, ,December 30. Once The PUC name close to not
vo orThis mean
gave • Mrs, May Mooney another first in the min lc•ilial fact that the final rtcur10s flo_ , vertising again the deadline for both
should be in by 'I g The commission was
field, this time a; the first woman :Mayor of (socleric'li' pollinb subdivision N Tuesday noon at the latest. i display and classified ads will ;Tuesday.
)oslil' (',ilndldute,
She collected 1,315 votes while the, ops to cased in the Town Hall this The deadline for classified be at NOON on Saturday ',ready to adjourn after passing
Councillor Ken Croft received 695-altnost. ,a• Z year rather than at this res;d ads will be, of necessity, 1 while She rural news budgets i it regular accounts whe „et
Coup c Rural news will have to be in by
result total of 2,050 voters turned out to the polls,
once of Cnartes Blain, were not p.m. Monday. ,,,
b d e t s Advertisers r. ;gyne
Freda t:
_'I.'.
f` �nt accounts.
which was. about 57 per cent of the ''resinlent eligible e avail.c'ale until shortly aftci correspondents � �,,�
_--,�-•�'-_�e•~----'on._Mvrr-�-t`�p`oiiTiTrlts will note this Mayor E. C. Fisher arrived
voters," Last year the comparative figure was,
about a}a d } hc� �,�e u -T }r j,
38 per cent. NAL ST ' OPEN cops which, accou
d 1 _-_---.d...__ were ;porn pollirn ,ub
SIG if it does not accounts. When ttney were
- to -d mere 5or�d ��; z . urns in
d= err ��ie i`e
will require a push on early in the midst of review of these -
w� convenience of arrive in time will, of netts i fi sed, chairman Ge-orL e Mac
trete that fiuor�da Ion would For the Si„_ �itv ha1c to he left out ;n..'
d Heads Poll shoppers, TheEwan agair>- ugge�t ed adjourn
t fl id d oil • for council i 1•St will be open ,order i
evident that the not division No. 6.
When it way evi do what the supporters of it Hays ea s Christmas s op
mains nor' o,'°
Heading the p na ar officethat the publit;hing meet.
vote would be b claimed it would d
elect May Mooney' The voting ho•u•s this year 'was Robert C. Hays Jr., Godc- Saturday afternoons, Deccm deadline might be met. The Competitive Rate
anon, Mayor
d ION VOTE 'rich barrister, who in 1964 will d 21 Also Friday co-operation of all will be
replied: "It was a declaration No
councillor. In last year's con -
bei 14 an � , �+ appreciated by
and Saturday evening,, until, thoroughly pp
] �t during* the
was asked for her reaction an FL°UORIpAT Mayor Fisher insisted that
comntencc his third term as The S, tea ar the >�oard consider a thcompete
70 as long as necessary.,(Continued on page 4)
rights. Whether it's 1 _ _ neves --- --- busy holiday schedule.- -- - - r --
of human third on the list. -
1 tut for council, �7r. Hays stood
'good for them or not, they will' `,:� 99 t ,'
not be forced into it." 109 Robert Squire, who is par-
1Election Thank
2B
Also asked to comment was ' 114 lienee; l,� actin e
Yes
36
50
68
69
44
48
32
54
29
102
82
71
may be set afire under the Registry of .Deeds vis
_ rvisio-n of the Goderich 1County not gttite sure how ,large if
Fire Department in order to was,
dispose of the contents as
speedily as possible.
'Building's History
The reddish -brick, former his claim. This might suggest
htanne>'y building, more than 1101 the travel- conditions and the ;
ar ded by manysca choice old building and land years old, now occupies the slow pace of 'business . of .the
time. -
ti
ation, has been p>archased by land. It is believed to have been and
Breckenridge of Goderich It
in 1851 when William was sold to Louis the leer,
On March 21, 1851, the l
m the W. H. , Robertson
e. G. Smith acquired ,the land. Then, in 1912, it was sold -to likely a land speculator since
tments and will be of brick
twill contain •eight luxury .Melvin W. Howell and turned he 11e1d' it for exactly one week
Into a manufacturing hoose for before selling it to William G.
Smith.
masonry eonstruction. The baiaber shop supplies. ,
cions grounds round it Will Since 1649 it has -leen' a �MVfr.. Smiths granddaughter,
landscaped to set "off the storehouse for back files of Dr: Florence Smith, 88 Arthur
ding: 'rhe .property is bey The Goderich Signal and Other street, lfelieves the building on
en bis- ends of Nelson end papers belonging -to .the latest the lot "now was built about
et
streets on Waterloo owner, the late;,,W• H. Robert- that time. She also remembers
°Sig -a second smaller shed incl an
of aria;, • , son former Editor. of The engine house ler a -tall d an
obstruction Wort On the new nal and of The Signal -Star.. These were torn down
Wing is expected to get lin- rn-
T'he land was originally part net,
after the Howells •acqutxed the
propertq :.
For 50r t'eat's, t itt l tictith open
attcd t tattn.ery ,for s'hoeleath'er
(Continued S cond Sect) 6p. ,
Mr. Bertrand held the land
for three years before he actu-
ally got around to registerirll.;
Dr. R. M. Aldi:,; Huron County ry 3
M.U.H., who said: "We're di 4
appointed'. 'I'ihe people who will 5
be hurt worst are the working 6
people_ those people with large 7
families whose dental bills will 8 ti
be just that much higher."
e.
Fred Fester, who- lives in 9
Goderich but who works with 10
the customs and excise depart- 11
ment ct Clinton, one of those 12A 62
opposed to fluoridation, had the
following to sav: "1 am elated 12B 81
Ito sea fluoridation lost in' Cod ' -- 11-
rich and I expected_ it would Totals
on the Indus
80 trial Commi°ssioh, this year fin-; e/
i�hed in second place, the same i
as a year ago. Entering Conn-'• A complete lit of cards of
62
ou Cards
31 'cis - for the first time will br thanks to the electorate freim
115 William Schaefer, who made a candidates in municipal elec- Goderic'' Town Council
for
r,'��ra\ (ling eexpenses
to the
58 (strong showing, by plicin' thirst
the
tions will appear in nett a brief mcetrny
1o^ Tilt which cobncjl: group's first. );rant from the
�� A veteran councillor, w •ed:':� Signal -Star. Those � � each (her Incl. In the tort n
ODDS 'N ANDS FROM THE ._
EETING OF TOWN COUNCIL
84 'Moody, placed fowl!). In fifth who Have nt yet sent in
83 spot was Harold Shore who will -nth a card still have time
64 be new on counc,1l. hitt who ha; ;0 cin o. P,rrause somre of
95 served for soar years on 111" t.ie click arrived too late for
66 Public School Board. In sixth t, 1hlic;rt;cin this wcrk it was
i.and' final spot `and also new on thought hest to run than ail
•thee n:'yt wick.
1130 ..= (Continued on page 5) In -
COLD TANNERY BUILDING. TO BE
RAZED
way eatily in the new year, of a' tract 60% purchases 4zn
the new apartments avail-size,'sold on October: 10, ' 1$ 2,
e for Tent ;yh. OctebQr .Qf to Elier 35ertrand,' ,resumablY A
nW tied as a stiliage *for' 11� term' `•`'purehase is . so
papers, the told ' building old that the registrar at Huron
Cr
• %)
wished o •
municipal elections. watrlicel the mayor sheepish-°
learned that legislation is! 1\ borrow a cigarette from
now being drafted'°in Tor onto ' k c n••ncillor Croft jut(' heard
to reduce' speed limit, in sem say he really !is going to
school zones to 15 mph. hal,it- -Ken, I see
dropped plans - for a b; law � 111. ha ..• to have one, the
for 20 mph school zones, first today,- he said.
heard from Mayor F. (' dehated grv,li a retainer to
1 :11P -. l .r l ,.•`11 '� rr•
e„
1•'isher that radar equipment �1;
iS the only way to entorce ror v,viii, r �n' r
a lower r spec cl limit.
t„',�n eIr l 1 v •l{ -
decided to leave the decision ei : flee} a :a.rr- t r i n •r in'
of spendine 1,500 for radar; Jig 6 -
to next year's, council.
;itch, d a 1're .rl;iA u, 11!"''
proclaimed P'bx:ng- Day a! eel .r �ecolyd c •tarette.
le ,a1 holiday in Goderich. real !lie i,,..t.! :ch I -i,
•
laid plans for the arrival of • partm: i;t'!= amnia! r' ;.
San-ta Claus in Goderich • on Actual fires 21 tit INic r t t
Saturday, December 14. 1 meetrn•,s 12, rural lire tt.
h Bard Deputy Reeve May minor tires -6, rii.h calls 1(i.
r.
Mooney say the bags Santa alarm: nn,'t Bred 72, are
rave oat last year were too $860( 0.
large. "I saw some of the -'` read a letter of appreciation
little ones just staggering from, A\_ Stuart Forleee IIIir-
i
along the street afterwards,"1 ori County )~'mhency Mea -
she said I sures ()rganization.-,co-ordin-
ator thanking the town for
installing street lights on ,§'t.
George's Crescent.
learned- that. Owen Sound
wants higher fire protection
grants from their Ontario
Hospital and that the 'city
would fight fcir the same high-
er grants for both Barrie and
Goderich at the same time.
ky received a request froth the
-decided 10 prepare for 2,400
children with any left overs
to :fr.; to 4the hospitals.
heard the deputy terve ask
about conditions at the town
dump.
heard, assurance from Coun-
cillor Ken Croft that there is
no fire problem and that the
town employee in charge is
'being quite zealous marry -
ling out his duties. ooii misaiop
•. ' VOW, , to grant $500 to the for a4$3,000 grant out of a
H'arbouraires ' Choral group, t tai _rirepa budget of $7,000.
ti.