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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1964-03-12, Page 1G4DOICH' • ONTARIQ, THURSDAY, M.qRGIf 12; 1964 Goderich town council'. is lobbying the 'provincial govern- ment against oil' drilling in Lake Huron. The situation began some years' ago, Mayor May Mooney izh~T re SignalStar;'~wli'eir- undisclosed oil company made the proposal and Sarnia and Goderich fought it. • Her worship received a letter from themayor of Sarnia Feb- ruary 15 saying the soil” com- pany was it again. Mayor '1Vfdoney s a letter o T: Simonett, minister "of En Resources` and George Ward - rope, minister of Mins in time, for a meeting between the min- isters and the Sarnia mayor, H. T. Ross, The reeves of shfielci and Goderich Townships , and the erg' warden of Huron °County also School taxesin the God—piel District Collegiate Board's area were increased one mill Aron: clay, March -'9. One mill equaLs one dollar tax for every $1,000 of assess- ment. The increase will yield $13,373 additional revenue for the board. "The main increase ,is the cost of students going to Clin- ton,” secretary -treasurer E. H. Jessop explained to the board. Most other costs are also up slightly, This year the board is bud- geting $1.10,000 for Central 1 on e ,.y Schpno, _ com- pared with $34,732.80 spent Iast- year. Teachers salaries are up $1,000, administration up $2,00Q, operation up $1,800, mainten- ance up $1,000, but' t•ition fees paid to other boards is down $300. Provincial grants to the board are expected to increase "bq' $60,000. ,a The board has sent last year's account with CHSS to the fin - ane committee for a recomb mendation before it . is, paid. t'anding - ,before the 15 -foot. dragon Made 'by Paul Carroll are the Members of the reception 'tine for the e GDCI At '- Home dance. Left to tight are Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Ginn, ...,...,..d..w,..........t,.C21M1.:}...,u'PR'R:Wda•-ywa.i...—.,.nezw,.m,w,ya,,.z,pse°l'arsrn.,-.v,1.,k„sm417:1*tt.�ErThres Mt•�.• •, uW .��„�,;....a„-,.ter„�a�: �.,,,,.,.,�.qw,,.,�.,,<,,..---.--��.,��a•.��_„�,.,�ti,...�o� Mr. and Mrs. Frank: Wa,kom, Carol Kal,bfleisch, president of the Students' Council, and - Robert Campbell. The dragon was the item .that set the theme for the decorations. ••tt'r:v.! ,. •.se... ....-Aired aveSest musty'.ttweAmrs,Amsttntara...nsero:51:GP,1474 .Bk' 4,2.- 1.1,0T ,, mees�.w,zitss:l.=mP.e..,a+.repa:.=.x.,..a'ae..nvl�aa.v�wraanam,hw,,,euans...az,-.a+.,::.,, ren..aux.s...'ss.'nn ...,•.•.•. — - Goderich town council held a brief meeting Friday;March 6, araid- r lotwinr7 �._'',"-.r , i filed a request by the Gode- rich Lions Club that the .Gode- alrich Memorial Arena be re- painted for Young Canada Week. See separate story. future .. ark WINGHAM.-The Falls Re- serve was purchased Thurs- day; March '5 by the 'Maitland Valley Conservation .Au•thor- ity. 'The vote taken at the annual meeting here was un- animous,, but came only after some doubts were raised over the cost of development. Provincial approval of- the project appears assured. The p.. -..,Che. ?�r`F•-e ....b�`"ti�± -.. acre- ,tract in. Colborne Town- ship near Benmiller. - Newly elected chairman of the authority, Bob .-,Wenger, of •• the •W ing.ham Ad- vance -Times, was enthusias- tic about :the. future uses of the property. Riverfron:--- Mr. Wenger said the Re- serve should pay for its own maintenance through admis- sion fees fro•tn 'the. public and for its own taxes through leasing 50 acres of farm land. The authority plans devel- . opment as a public park for camping, picnicking, nature trails ' and . skiing. The one • mile 'of riverfront will be used "'for swimming and fish- ing, , Th -ere was also discussion of land -use displays. One ' authority,- member, described the' Reserve 'as the authority's _future showpiece. The Reserve will -have the only river,fron•t on the Mait- land open to the -public. .,y. .w., Y were r° pears• a came=- ^. It 1s "one of thct, few areas in the watershed. that can be developed- for a Mitlti-put- pose area,” Mr. Wenger said. "The -"further .you get away from it 'the more valuable it. appears," 'said Alvin Smith,- of Bulevale, - -the authority's new_.vi.ce-.chairman.. - . However there were some reservations among the mem- •iers. "I. don't think the muni- cipalities are..concerned concerned over the 'price- of purchase," said one member, "but on the cost of its development.". Another -said the levies on the 29 "member municipalities • F ' Gdcriclx- town •.council receiv- ed a rap" over 'the knuckles Friday, .March 84 from the On- tario Department of Municipal Affairs for a• zoning bylaw pass-` 'ed last December Town bylaw 39 was . a catch- • all zoning bylaw' to wrap up several zoning 'regulations and changes ,in. one piece of legis - The bylaw creates: a new zone—Zone F ---to be called re- strict -ed industrial; new width regulations for residential side - yards; greater flexibility for ser- vice station location; and a re- quiremen•t for off street loading and ,unloading facilities abutting, eve _T h ry` commercial establis to t. Witt" this last there was no criticism. • However the department did `criticize' allowing- service ,sta-• tions in residential and local business_' areas. _ •Lounci�l'a, by- law contains one rider -,--that the - service station must be' on a provincial highway running through the..town. Council ' was . also criticized for loose': wording that would allow more than service sta- tions into these areaa—that is public garages and used carr lots. • With ,regards ' to . sideyai�dse the department said, "It is ques- tionable if an eighWoot mutual driveway - is adequate for 'some of the larger American cars." And. the department stated a hypothetical situation. "In the case of a lot with 55 feet front- age,one sideyard would• have to be at least six feet and the other five feeri itf er of which is ' adequate for the " provision of a driveway." Bylaw 39 calls for sideyards totalling not less than ,"20 per- cent of the Width of the lot. l)linimum sideyards, the'bylaw says, will be six feet on any one stile with a minimum . of, eight feet from the nearest adjacent building. The municipal affairs depart ment's criticism goes on to say council should be regdiring 'off street parking facilities in its new industrial zone,'' the old 'Mitchell farm. Th -e departrnen-t also says council did" not make clear fust what type of industries will be permrfred in the industrial' zone:. Bylaw 39, 'like all onin by- laws, must y-laws,must be first a " oved by the Ontario lVlunicipal Board. Council received -a mimeograph- ed letter from O1Q118 - noting. the -municipal affairs department's' criticism. Council without comment passed bylaw 39 back to the Goderich .Plat ning Board for a recommendation. are already too high and,.that purchase slroulct"only be made if development costs would hot push the levies' higher. Largest Tract . Chairman Wenger replied that""itevelopm•ent would.'like- ly take 10 years. The authority .was warned that another buyer. was .wait-. • received a request from the Goderich and District Retarded Children's Association that an :� addition to MacKay Hall for ing fir -the authority to drop its option on the land. The Reserve - will be the largest- tract of authority land aside from authority - forests. - :There vas soiree, discussion of cutting a road through to Benmiller, possibly by - Col- borne Township with 50 per- cent supporting grants from the province:" - • Sounding a warning that.Can- adians ,have a decision to make within the next few years, W. H. Grrahairi,' a Toronto -advertis- •ing agency executive and auth- or of the book,'"The Tiger of Canada West," told a Goderich Lions Club meeting recently: "Today we mut ask our- selves whether theabors 4 of our ._Upper Canada pioneers have been worthwhile and whe- ther there is 'any point in trying to ensure the continuation of Canada as an independent country." Taking- as his subject, "Can- ada at- the present -and Canada of the future," Mr - Graham maintained~ that Canada had long lived "A sheltered life" and it was high time that in- dividual Canadians debated im- portant, pressing Canadian is- sues about which Canadititr politicians were afraid to talk freely on i ri A native of Winnipeg and r graduate of ,the University of Manitoba, Mr. Graham came to Ontario during the depression years in search of work and eventually became an Accounts Executive with McLaren Adverr using Agency at Toronto. .I1C..was -..:introduced by Cay- ley ayley Hill, chairman' of the even- ing's program. The Goderich Pollee Depart- - ment is frequently faced with odd complaints. n . Take • this 'one, for example, -on Tuesday ,morning. A perplexed woman coni- plained that a stray dog had given birth to three pups un- der the verandah of "her ho>rie. "What should I, do about the pups?" 'she asked the police sergeant. Mr, Graham said he 'had visit- ed Goderich for. the `first time, about 13 years ago ' at which time he had chats with the late Gavin Green and 'Bruce Smith. He related several humorous incidents in connection"' with these visits. ' Talking with fellow soldier Canadians overseas - 'during (Continued on ,Rage 12•) •• adult retardees be named Gode- rich's centennial project. Coun- cillor Bill Schaefer-a"Sked that the letter be turned over to his special committee now studying centennial project ideas.' ,• .x'eeeived an_August 1 ,dead- line from the Ontario Depart- ment of 'Municipal Affairs for naming a centennial project. This also went to the special committee. . • received another letter xoni „e, criticizin: a�zoning Eby cil , December 6. See separate story'. • `received a letter of support from C. S. MacN'aughton, MPP for Huron, on Goderich's op- position to oil drilling on Lake Huron. "See separate story. ' • debated contesting an ac- cident claim laid by Rexford Duckworth, See separate story. • named R. G. Shrier and Robert Squire as Goderich's delegates to .a -meeting of the Mid -Western Ontario Develop- ment Association, March 18. • sent out. invitations to the. Chambers of Commerce in Lansing and Grand Rapids, Michigan, to visit Goderich again this summer. The -Gode- rich Businessmen's Association -ar-.gmunE,xnTr. vr�•,�-,:. nm..,a,.,cwr:.v.,gr •c,.xxk�w.nmmr be as'i k }o, ,pz;0Viae. trans, • .allotted $625 for f owerbeds in Goderich this sum.iner, in- cluding a new . $180 - rose bed at Waterloo' and Nelson streets. • considered a permanent location `-fbr the Goderich Tour- ist Information 'Booth.. Coun- cillor Harold Shore suggested Cadillac Park, at the junction of highways 8 and 21. The parks committee will return a recommendation. ' • went into .committee°of the whole. • passed five bylaws." See separte-st;-•. • adjourned. - F3oi d members.agreed that the ysfem° of calculating the rate is complex and that whatever action the Goderich board takes will set a precedent in future' years. The vocational advisory board. is asking for $7,000 more than Goderich had anticipated. Goderich estimated a .$228 fee 'per student but actual costs now appear to be $271, ',Code - rich students fill close to 25 percent of the vocational wing in the consolidated .vocational school in Clinton. Dan ,,Murphy told ,the .board the principal, O. L. Day and his' staff deserved a • vote of thanks for, their work organiz- ing ,scho•ol curling. "I can honestly say the board of directors never received a word of complaint,"' he' said. "For ,teachers to go down -there at 8-a.m. is beyond the call of Arena „Goderich Lions Club 'wrote town council Friday, March 6 about the condition of the Gode- rich Memorial Arena. ' -• Arena 'committee • chairman Reg" Jewell commented, "As far as I am concerned painting' the boards is out ,,at this time. of 'year. They were given two coats Last fall. , I took It, up with the Manager, Gordie Mc- Manus, and he'll do his best, ve'-11. •Alpour best to— them, -1..• . sent letters. - A decision on oil drilling has yet ,to come tram the cabinet. "There's always" the danger of an accident happening and --be^"haure ' , and polluting it," said Mayor; Mooney. "And here we are' with the OWRC pressing us -to preserve the pure water.;' - Huron's member of -tlie'" egi- lature,,Hon. C. S. MacNaughton wrote council, "I atao, sure you. will finial me on the support pf eve•ryorfe in due course,' if 'and when_.the. ,need arises. "I have my own rather posi- tive opinion about this ,matter and you may pass along to Fall concerned my assurance that our interests will be vigorously represented when, tie necessity or the appropriate time ar- rives." - Mayor floss of Sarnia wrote council, "We feel that we made a favorable impression and we did receive assurances that no action would he taken on this. matte'f- for at least two months Committee of the whole 'Goderich town council went • into committee -of -the whole for 11 minutes .and 13 seconds on Friday, March 6. ..It was erre-of-the-11 riefesreommittee- Five bylaws were read to the committee, three to settle the rezoning' dispute on Hur- on road hassled out at the last meeting, one to change the insurance Company handl- ing the town hall group in- surance plan and one to enact daylight saving for- 1964. The second reading of" by- laws -is 'the only thing men- tioned in council's standing rules that must be considered in cnmmiPtee of the whole: All other business was set- {tled-sand debated set- t m,• counc 1. •d - Thieves rai GDCI safe, L. stea money, . ransack� u i � Thieves • ransacked G.D,C.I. on the weekend and police be- lieve they were looking for cash proceeds from the "At Home" held on Friday evening. Using a wheel wrench, they gained -entry by .forcing.-a,small window at the west end of the school. • They left a trail of destruction through the school and took off with from $20 to $60 in cash and also a transistor radio. Thieves,• also stole a transistor radio the last' time GDCI was broken into. Police stated the thieves seemed to know in which rooms cash. might be found. Their entry into the school was made rate Saturday night or the early hours of Sunday morning' Tools were taken from ,the training room to help in their job. " Police said the thieves, en- tered the (dee of Pri l O. L. Day and thence into` 'pri- vate wash room. There, police said, the thieves removed blocks from the wall so as to gain en- try into the walk-in safe or vault. In 'the vault .they broke several cash boxes and also took the locking mechanism off the door. - Breaking into the canteen, the 'thieves broke open a frjg. They -xist -broke-into--the hotrie e'c n omics room, the tuck -shop, the sewing room. and the manual training room.. , Doors were smashed, name placards torn off doors and soft drink ,bottles smashed. the break-in was discovered by - the caretaker, Clarence Miller. ' John Boyden, Stratford's won- der baritone; is finally going to sing ' in Goderich next Wednes- day evening, March 18th. Orig- inally scheduled for last De- cember, Mr, Boyden's appear- ance -on the Goderich 'Colntrrt ti sty, Concert . Association series had to be postponed,due to- an attack . of influenza and laryngitis. - Just one year ago, in April of 1963, Mr. Boyden made his New York recital' debut to the tune of unstinted critical 'ac- claim and to the loud .shouts of bravo and encore, The 28 - year -old Canadian, wife has also sung in the Vienna and Spoleto festivals, had his "first, music training with Gordon Scott, or- ganist at St. John's •,•United Church in Stratford. 'tater in his career, Mrd; Boyden was -h'eard by Elizabeth Scihwarz,- koerf, who in turn' recommended further study in Montreal' with Bernard- Dian ant, teacher oi$ Canada's famous - contralto, Maureen Forrester. Critic John Gruen summed up Mr. Boyden's rare talents when he wrote in the New York Herald Tribune, "If recitalists were made 'in • heaven, surely baritone John Boyden must have been one of them." Ox'gai ei s and Eads . of the participating organizations are pictured on the ice prior to the Gala Sports Night held last Friday night 4'i -the -Arena. Left to night: Matt Ainslie President of B1uewater Shrine Club; Jerry Whaley of the `Knights of •Columbus Ilarry Williaihd of Shrine Club,. Co- chairman of Sports Night; Tela White, Potontate.,, of Moeha Temple, London; Pete McCauley , Gran# Ktaight - of Father Nagle Council of Knights of ; Columbus, Goderich. SIGNAL -$TAA PHOTO - 0, and that'w•e world be ,given'ra.n oppdrtunity to :Make further representation in, case 'the. "cisten wduld likely be adverse to our stand." + - .puiaua 1P-e--Deq '- alty for oil pumped f•oni below ' the lakes. HOLMESVILLF. — Goderich Township Council,` which had been considering the building of a new municipal office build- ing., as its centenary project, was warned ,not to do so: At Thompsoi pointed out that Municipal governrmeiit as be- coming ' so centralized these days, that -a- new municipal of- file building .could well becont,e,n a "\irhi ' elephant" iii -the none too' distant future. " In a News -Record coverage of the meeting, Thompson told council he couldn't even at- i. tempt to think of what may " transpire in the next • 10 to 15 ` years, but predicted there was a possibility that municipal gov- - err�m,�t} .,�.b�snntradi•��. .l�i�e�ll.=be�on�iy.gone two -officesin the county.handi- • y ing all the municipalities' busi- ness. ' The clerk referred to the 're- cent announcement- by the On- tario 'government of their plan to centralize and • cut down on the number of school boards in the- province ,to. point up what may; well ' take place in other forms of administration. He agreed with one' council member who said it was even possible that municipal clerks would •hc- '•eliminated . and 4,11 work handled from one or two county once -� j • Thompson noted that with the government stressing cen• tralization of schools, some of the present buildings in the ' township would become vacant, and one of these co �-.rve`hs r i,' At their .meeting, , cou it ' learned that the project would ld probably be `eligible for a grant under the centennial project setup, as weTh-as for'a loan un- der the Municipal Wbrks Assisi- ance . program, although both could not be received. - Under the centennial project plan, the government would give a grant of up to $4.00 per township resident, while •undl~r ' the other plan, the goverrine '- "forgives" the- payment of 25 percent of the loan. Clerk Thompson noted the latter would be the better pan to use for .a 'larger project. Council decided to wait until next meeting- to 'discuss the topic. further, and may even call a 'special meeting for this .puxpo5e. .. . During .the discussion when. (Continued on page 15) SORRY ! ' • The Signal -Star 'regrets it WAS necessary to leave out of this week's issue severl•stories ,And pictures: They wilt appear next week. The final four pages pf the press runs were found .,to be inadequate to take care ,of the aforementioned stories aiid pictures. Those .not acquainted with the mechanical - set-up of a weekly newspaper often say, "Why didn't you ' add an'' extra - page or two tO get the stuff In?" This is mechanically iinpossiblre in the last minute press time. We sincerely regret the 'bi- co nenienoe _ caused. by . -leaving.. _ out such stories as Shri.nerrs--i of C Gala Sports Night, 11uare m. • Holstein . Cinb's Anniversary, btirling and bowling results, etc, The. Si xat-Stir Smoking . e- ,., , 9 Maitland Club .. 13, 14, 15 F:di{orials :10 Letterss.to the Editor .fl - Coming, &vents' _ , ._._ 3 V�omen's - Sugar and Spice By Crackey . The Green Thumb 7 Messages from the Word 0 t- Auburn "° "* Minor ]Mock : , 6 Classified °