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•The membership of ,theHirr-
op County Chi'ldren'"s Aid So-
ciety February 19th,-vote(P a
$2 !,:Ce'0 increase in the society• -'s
budget. County clerk -treasurer
John G. Berry saki rising costs
and an additional case worker,
Delbert Corbett, made the in-
---.-e-se-asc+ necessary.
Mr. Corbett joined the staff -
two -days beforre. He replaces
a case Worker who. resigned
"- The 1964 ' budget will be
$98,5GQ.
Mrs. Kenneth Johns was. re-
elected president, 'at the•annual
meeting. • ,
In A.°. 'i mart' ofthe y-ear°s
vi••ork, the •local director, Miss
Clare McGowan reported 115
children- were cared -frrr "bye tFre-
-so,eiety.. f-ar:--, a totaf..of'• 29,245
day; during 1963.
Of these, 42 were returned
to their .parent or ',guardian.
There were 59. court. hearings,
279 b 'ice services, 13,6.$1. visits;
2,048 interviews.
During 1963, the' society plac-
ed 39 children on, adoption pro•
bation and completed 2d adop
tions. The society also ;assist-
ed in eight cases of privately
placed children and in six cases
of children adopted by their
owl parent.
The society had 29 child pro-.
taction •families having 280
l iiIdren Th f -six' 'cases -
o -unwed mothers were handled
d
along with 23 putative father;"
from which ten financial• agree
nfents were obtained.
Miss 'McGowan said three new
committees of the board have
b&en- successful - paliey and
personnel, the s•ociety's auxil-
iary, and_ then i i •bbureati:�.
• About the bureau elyl :Mc
Gowan said there was some dif-
ficulty in getting contributions
for Christmas baskets in on
(Continued on page:, '121.
Town council .split down the
middle Friday argUing hotly
over membership in the Mid-
Westeep Ontario ,Development
Association
Principally the charge' was
that one non-member, Stratford,
is receiving greater 'benefit than
Goderich which hassebeloo d
for some years.
• ' • • Th( "hest actress" award was
won by ,Virginia Lodge of Gode-
rich Little Theatre as "Miss
Madrigal" in the play, k "The
Chalk Garden," in an announce-
ment made at the W.O.D.L. at
Simcoe• on -Saturday. The pre-
liminary" adjudicator,,- Qborge
Buckley, of the University of
Western Ontario, announced
several, re-f'estival awards eetee
•to the tDom4nion
,. Drama
Festival region ' finals. The
• award won by Virginia Lodge
was the CFPL =Radio, London
Award.
In announcing the, award for
Virginia Lodge, the adjudicator
stated she "played a difficult
role 'which'was well sus -,
tained."
An ardent dramatrst,`Virginiaa.
Lodge has been with" Goderich
Little Theatre from its incep-
tion an has starred in many
'performances..' Among her fine
performances have been that
of Mrs. Manningha•m,in' "Angel
StreeTa* presented .at ib:es.Vest,
'ern Ontario Drarna Festival at
• Kitchener in 1957; Vinney in
"Life With Father,". and Am-
anda, iii "The Glass Menagerie.
She has attended ntwo courses'
in acting and one' on direction
;at summer school. Her range
of activities has included not
only acting, -which she 'Likes
best, but also directing and cos-
tuning.- ,
•
"I'rr1 uite im >}
q pressed _ with it , Hon. A. Kelso Roberts, Q.C.
Ontario Minister of Lands and Forests, told The Signal -Star
after he had visited Point Farm on Monday. He was 'accom-
panied by Mr. P. Addison, of Maple, pntario, regional dir- ..
ector for the Department, in a surVey of the lakeside area
north of ,Goderieh . which has been purchased by the Ont-
ario Government for a Provincial Park. Mr. Roberts said
work on the project will commence in the Pring and 'may
even be ready for some use by late fall although it will be
1965 before it , will be fully suited for a provincial, -park.
Hon. Mir. Roberts, at left, Mr: Addison, centre, .talked with
George Ellis of The Signal -Star regarding the possibility of
,some historical site being added to the park - as a tourist
attraction. It was4suggested that a building be 'erected in
the park which would be a duplicate of thatin in which_ ``Tiger"
Dunlop, who resided nearby, once .lived. Around it could be
re; -built a sot -up to fecal; the erg of the famed founder of
Goderich rr6t unlike, to some degree, the layout at Upper
Canada Village in Eastern Ontario.
,
SIGN oaL-STAR PH0ro
Mary street residents raise last-minute
petution.-against local busihess rez- Qnin
:;ode ich'town council spent
rnostof its time. Frida'sy evenine
T.,.Wo,.,.�,..,«-,...«z�..�,M...�. ,«..�.,,w.,,�,.�,..,:rte,
zvrPc Acer ri'C: a v z•orres4trr
'-complex rezoning dispute in-
volving areas on Hu4ton road,'
Mary street and South street.
Council was all set to put
the finishing touches on exten-_
Give red tape, two unrelated
areas to be ,rezoned from resi-
dential to local business 4and
general business, all in`:one neat
,�law, :when .a..lastininute pro-.
test was received.
;Clarence Chisholm spoke Tor
petitioners from' Mary' street
saying there shotild be no
change on IIuron read.
n Not Involved
-""The- rczoningep1a-nss-have' been
in ; the works for, two years..
According to' Councillor Bert
Squire, there is'. a "chance it
could not: "pass this year." •
Although, he is not involved
•ti t?.. twli e -,�h •c- tinRt,1:���.C1�.ia�ul),cac,tp��
er b aric~ - Strcty-- fig
"S'o"Cftifrt""
street, is left with a •facade torn
ell a house in anticipation of
easy passing of the bylaw and
an immediate start, on recon-
struction.
Now he' must wait• several
months while 'a separate bylaw
is drafted,.-.and_-ga. through the
statutory waiting' period before
he -can -begin_ -
"How did wg. , get mixed up;
in this?" Reeve' Frank Wa'Ikom
wondered out loud. • • • '
• All Set Y
Council plans to work out' a
compxomise_on Huron road that
would -rezone the south -side•'of
Iluron road local business but
leave Mary street intact as
residential. •
Council was all set • to zone°
local business both Huron road
:ande,Mar sues roa s$Wal me
"trirai"gh ,-Maire'o —rine t
street. The second block, Maple
to `Bennett, was only recently
added to the rezoning plan.
Mayor May Mooney asked Mr.
Chisholm if his`. group of home
owners would compromise on
their demands. ,Mr: Chisholm
said it` would be "possible;" -
Stirred Controversy
Later, council talked of con-
verting Huron °.road to local
business and leaving Mary street
residential:
Mr. Chisholm . laid a .letter
sent to home, owners -in- the
area recently`- stirred -up -the
controversy. "Most people did-
n't .understand what the letter
meant---i•n fact all of them,- ex-
cept a Mr. Crane who• thought
.triaaid.T»tllll" s.-
One gave 'the lettor 'to -his
high-school son and he couldn't
make, anything' of it, he. con-
tinued. - {
• • Couldn't Agree .
Mr. Chisholm said he was
concerned that if the --home-
owners budged from residential
zoning the whole area would
turn commercial- bit '.by-, bit.
"An awful , lot of money,"
was involved, Mr. Chisholm
said. "We feel it has gone
plenty far enough in- business
zoning in that area." -
Councillor Joseph, ---•Moody •
couldn't '$gree. "It isn't rest=
dentia; property," he said. "It
has no right to . be residential..
No one wants to live on a
highway."
During a three-hour meeting
Friday, -:Goderich town? Council:
_e eeeLya ned eielaiudry., 27 to
irei ge-Gtod°erret "-Tdnrt'1edlat-
al Week.
•Granted Branch 109, Royal
Canadian - Legion the Agricul-
ture Fair grounds for a fund-
raising exhibition for 1-0-9
gnomes.
• Read a letter from Miss
G. E. George. asking for a 're-
bate on taxes for a via°cant
house on 36 Cambria road
north. Council -was 'surprised
to hear clerk S, ,J1, Blake say
the assessment act permits, such
rebate. The lettei was°passed
on to the Court of Revision.
Learned that Peter S. Mac-
Ewan as now sepretary of rice
Goderich Planning .Board. .
i Learned that the planning
board refuses to aceefit the
council's recommendation that
small` businesses be permitted
in•residdntial zones. The board's.
reply wa's filed.
• Received a . iietition .from,
ttrrrtp rrq"thlt-Ctrrntr ~mrd
and Anglesea street be rebuilt,
Councillors talked aAnglesea
street as- a1 possibility but not
Cambria road; not_yet.
. CORRECTION '
tL
In last week's ,Signal -Star
there was an inadvertent typo•
graphical 'eFror''in-an account'.
of • the Goderich Rotary Club
meeting.
Harry Bali of the Univers-•
ity of Waterloo was quoted as'
saying entrance requirements
call -'f $56• poreenf--6rt three'
grade 13 mathematics papers.
This
er should be amended to
66
p Entrance also re-
quires '60 percent on two.
science papers. - '
• Received requests from
both the Goderich industrial
commission and the Mid -West-
ern •-:Ontarid Development.--:Asd.,
sociation- that membership •in
the association be renewed in
1964. -
• Accepted 'an invitation
from Rev. G. L. Royal "to attend
the. Mariners' Service -February
23 at Knox Presbyterian Church.
• Passed, without disetrss•n-,
daylight sating time in (;ode -
rich frons. April .26 fa' October
25, the same as last year, -
• Received- 'a preliminary
estimates from the Ontario
Nater Resources' Commission
for operation of the Goderich
pumping station'4-tiring 119641,--
$94,197.96.
s Received notice Huron
Count4 is sort planning a , Can-
adian ,c'entennial project. •
• Rec'eivpd a letter clarify-
ing who is the Goderich• Hirsh
land Pipe • Band, and as -king
again for a 'grant. This .,was
turned over to the "next coin-
r�t�..l<�;,��.��stt.�a.i.';�.yxa�,l��.l�z.,,�
• Receiyed a sewage disposal
plant study from t'own-engineer
Burns Boss.
• Received ,a traffic studs
from the Ontario 'Department
of Transport:
• Heard, . a request from
Councillor Bert Squire that a
sign be erected showing where
the.. Sky !Harbor;air:port. i.s.locat-
ed. ,Reeve Frank Walkom
doubted its legality, and the
issue was• defeated. Councillor
Squire said the ,sign was his
idea, not Sky .Harbor's,
_a► Approved .the :demolito
of. the:_G.oderich. prrnip _hawse- .
• .Received a request that an
addition be built on the front
of • the Huron . County- Musenro
for office epace: , This was turn
d••dpWn.
The financial ,; t,atement pre
;s ented_.a_ihe..ahnrtat rnr�Ftifgelec,.
Alexandra Marine and •General
Hospital Association on Monday
'evening revealed that the hos-
"Titans business is now approach-
,. ing . the, .-half million. dol•laa•._ a_
year mark.
p
In presenting' the report,, Mr.
G. G. Parsons pointed. out that
... x total_ er:evenue for 1963 •• was
:$484,339:28, an increase of al=
Most $54,00( aver the 1962 total
.1:aleen.11e .,.01;. _.5.430,529 4.5, •
Total expenditures • were
$487,958.20, leaving an opcnr,�at-
ing deficit for the year of
53,618.92. •This k in contras;
to. a-. deficit :,in the- pFeeedinc
year, 1962; of $3,469.86. • The
deficit this . . year,as was the
case the, precddiiit; year.al o,
subject 'to the Ontario Hospital•
Services Commission paying for
allowable 'costs in excess of
ajli-': tr x
able costs. •'
Other statistic; showed'.
there t1't'(•t` 1,878 patients
i
the Y ' Chairman of the meeting was
-president of
-
the assaMation, while Mrs. F. J.
Curry was ,secret-ai.y.
m ted in 1963 in compariSon
--to i;808 -in-1962.. Hospital Per-
sonnel, now totals 112 in com-
•paris•oii to 107 iii• 1062. Oper-
ations in 1963 numbered 373'
in' contrast. to 413 during the
previous year.
Yjbn+il�ai,s•�f�sdJu?
-An annual service at Knox
Pr'esibytriafChurch since 1914,
the Marihers' Service 'en Sun-
day evening drew a crowd of
more than X50 persons. PeO-
pie were present from. as far
away a's°Port Colborne and Col-
lingwood.
The church was specially dee-
ated for the occasion with Mri-
' .T time regalia," -ship's bells,:. guy
ropes, life preservers; ship's
lights, 'rnoelships and a large Cawley, and* Ernie McLeod of
wooden ship's wheel, familiar Goderich. s ,
items to the 'me'n who go down
to the sea in ships. -
A stirring sermon was preach-
ed by the minister, R,ev. G. t.
Royal, on the topic, "Why?"
'Among the sailors' 'taking
part in the'service by ushering,
taking up the collection, etc.,
were Hector Murray of Exeter,,
Capt. -Lorne McCartney, Charles
Stowe, Pete Mcivor; -Bi11 c=
` `Taking part- in., the service,
al°sb- were The Har'bouraires un-
der the- direction " of George
Buchanan. Among the songs
they sang,were "The Creation"
by Richter and "Come, • Come
Ye . haithful'? by Hyland.- The
Knox Jrunior Boys' Choir under
the direction of ,William Cam.
Bron, director' of praise, sang
"The .Star of Peace" by Mason.
Election of officers took place
during' the regular ,monthly
n)'eeting o the Association
John- Schaefer, who •was' vice
chairman, was -elected chairman
of the --Board of Governors. The
retiring chairman, S; LI. Prevett,
stated he would like to'be re-
lieved ,of the chairmanship but
is still 'interested in the,. itrork
of thd.'hos•pital. He felt that
the chairmanship should be
kept rotatin-g--
On taking the ,chair, Mr.
Schaefer said he appreciated
the confidence shown in. him.
He regretted that Mr. Prevett
would not stay on as chairman
and -voiced appreciation for the
fine job he- had done ,in that
office during the past two years.
'M"r- "'S'bi ade'r '"felt"" flint" the
preseing problem for. this year
was "getting some, ;action on,
.our building 'which would .have
to -be pursued forcefully."
Other members of the Board
of Governors are as follows:
honorary chairman, R: C. Hays;
past chairman, S.. fi, Prevett;
vice-chairman, J. Wr Britne11;
treasurer, A. B. Corless; Mrs: G.
L. Ellis; Mrs. F. J. Curry; Mrs.
R. M. Aldis; A. P. I3outilier, re-
placing the late R. G. Sander:
son; J, H. Kinkead; Auxiliary,
Mrs. E. J. Pridhasn; Town of
Goderich, C. M. Robertson;
Goderich Township; Everett Mc-,
Ilwain; - Colborne Township,
Wilmer. Hardy; .West Wawanosh
Township, Kenneth -Scott; Dr.
W. N. Watters and .Dr:. N. C.
Jackson, Medical So c i e ty-;'
Nurses' Representative,' Mrs.
James Donnelly; secretary, C.
F. Chapman; administrator, B.
L. Walzak; director of nursing,
Miss L. Youngblutt; auditors,'
JOHN •SCHAEFER
A. M. Harper and Co:; bankers,
Bank o1. Montreal.
Chairman's Report ,
_ -ittCport-g-..-,.on•-behalf--of-411e
Board ' of Gove' ncirs, Chair-
man S. H. Prevett regretted the
passing during 1963 of ‘twosval-u-'
ed members,' Charles Millian.
and R. G. Sanderson. He stat-
ed -that the hospital had coin-
pleted another busy year and
that the demand for active
treatment bed space remained
,high with the chronic wine
3h6wii ig a'"'11:31T per cent occu-
pancy with a waiting list. He
felt the suggested need for a
nursing home would relieve the`
latter; considerably. He point -1
ed out that equipment to the-!
extent of $19,556.00' had been
placed i?to service. He voiced
appreciation for the loyal ser-
vices of the , various hospital
officials and of the organizations
and individuals interested in
the work of the hospital and the,
wellbeing of • the patients. He
related the efforts of the .Build-
ing Planning Committee in ne-
gotiating' with the Ontario Hos-
pital 'Service's Commission re -
original hospital structure. ,
Business Administrator
•The -. hospital administrator,
B L. Walzak, outlined the many,
new facilities installed at the
'hospital for the treatment and
care of patients. He pointed
out that costs have increased
'in ail departments •mainly be-
cause of, increa-ses in salar•ie.,
and higher costs •for drugs and
Medical' and surgical supplies.
Ile stated that the old hospital
fiiilding does not lend itself
to efficient -operation because
of its limited facilities and the'
stall in this,. area Ls severely
handicapped as extra time and
energy is involved. He said
his work with ,,the Women's
Hospital- Auxiliary had been
-most--pieasant--and --he preetat:
ed the assistance given by that
organization. He also felt grate
ful for the co-operation of• the
medical staff • of the; hospital,
the Ontario Iso. pitel and othei
general. hospitals in .Huron
:'ounty. fraise was ,iven'the
departmr,trt heads and their
staffs for the spleendid 1,1•'ork
bring done.
Walzak said that -blood
supplied free from . the Red
Cross is perishable and' for'this
reason -'the hospital did. not
overstock 'on it. If an emerg-
ency arises and the need is urg-
ent, blood dot1ors.gave `also and
blood 'is rushed frons, Stratford.
"At no time has a patient suf-
• (Continued on page 8)
_ f`ctcil- 33art`r;ti•gt,orr Grist -...
;oderich and Spryfivld, N.S•, a
Halifax' suburb, is one. aff. 10.
•ele'c`. machinists to* graduate
fr"ori:t a .net1e_R6ya1 C?anadian
,:,avy or iegerin course.,
I'elty Officer Grist was select -
from. the top 10 percent 'of
petty officers enterin_thr Mets
er technical 'trades 'from the
engineering mechanic 'levels.
The five-month, course was
designed to'enrieh the machin-
ists' ability in ;machine shop
work. The men will form 'an
elite corps. Eventually each
RCN warship will have two on
board. The navy pla4,�.tain
about•20 each year. <,"
P/O Grist will join the fleet
shortly.. i '
T -f
Councillors argued in gone
mittee over the $350 -to ,$400
membership fee, , held a tied ° f
cote, argued ` some more •anfl-,-•---•
finally voted to renew ,member.
'ship., r _•;.
Te association of the colrn.
ties B 4llro3lj - = .1 A. ts
and .Wellingtons urj. µgra
lar for dollar•igrants--fror>;1 the
province for r t refs ' into � ri
dustrial and other development,_
-for • the region. "e1eadquartear • - :
are in- Stratford.
However, three councillors
leaped to . the..assns atiioil:s de • . .`
fence, and by implication td the
defence -of the .Goderich; rrdu�.
�CiiSI''C'om�iilssion. Tt was- than
commission's recommendation c'
to council to renew membership
that started. the debate. •
It was charged that the com•
-
mission was not 'unanimously
in favor of the association, and
s.liat the membership fee would
be •betterespent by .adding it to
the commission's budget.
-One councillor predicted •that
Wingham would be one of mangy
to drop membership. He char;; °
ed that the association has never ,
brought an industry to'Code -
rich.
In reply; 'tire "three eoirn'clt'-
p
lors said that neither the d4
vldpment association
nor . the
industrial commission has speci
fically brought •an industry • tri
•Goderich. • .
But, they argued, the' small- r
amount 'of the fee would .make '
a good gamble, Goderich migh-t
just lose an industry, otherwise.
The•she see of Goderich': tWo
�. ".) �I7-L r{ t.1 .i.f.[Vf�.w. •'..Wr.G,E ��„]n.u.wa�H4l, tIN#4.rM1:�.iI1.,u.Mv.�law4w
Westernassociation has. been'
Left with council's T zndiist,rial
committee. .
Goderich is ,abopt to organ-
• ize its own plan for emerg-
ency survival. , . _y„•• _
Haran mergen.cy Measures
Organization co-ordinator W.
Stuart Forbes addressed town
council Friday, and ' asked it
to . pass a bylaw. Council -
later voted in favgr: •
Mr: Forbes asked- that;.
C1_41:1(S. H: Blake -be appoint-
ed sub -co-ordinator for the
town, "because he is well
versed in the different bysi-
ness arrangements and forms
of government in the town.”
_ Mr. Blake only 'smiled:
"It is 'our purpose to set
up standards and standard
operating procedure in time
'T f--disa'S er '-
plained. "It's everybody',
1 business. It's a difficult thing
,to sell: It's a difficult thing
to get people to do sortie-
thing about.”
The co-ordinator ernphasiz
ed. .two .points, simplicity and
making full use of local civil-
• ien skills. He warned against
tdo large an orcianrzation and
against regarding -the work as
voluntary. - '
Mr. Forbes asked that the
town's bylaw be, as close . as: .
possible to Huron County 6y -
law 55 under which he works_
Wingham is the only other
county town with its own
emergency survival bylaw,
and co-ordinator. ,
The GDCI Biology 'Club and tient staff advisor, Donald S.-
McKee, prep.pare to take Eastern" Bluebird nesting boxes out
to the countryside, The dub is helping the Ontario Natural-
ists Federation presef've the bird from coctin tiori. Th
bifid is ,suffering., intense competition from Start" for
besting -plates. ,, 4