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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1964-11-26, Page 15Reeve Objects To Complaint • Reeve Frahk Walkom is of the opinion that" the conduct of children, at the Remembrance Day service gave no cause for complaint. He was Comnient- ing, at Friday's Council meet- ing, upon a letter in the Signal - Star from a St. Catharines writ- er„who said .children racing around' the bandstand caused a disturbance. "I take this Opportunity," he said, "of stating to the preds that I took that very much to heart, and I don't think he had any complaint. Ithink the children behaved themselves exceptionally, and I heard other people say that .was the best meeting we have ever had at the cenotaph. I hope some time that Mr, Jerome„, Ls, here have-an----a:rittmeitt--Wi him. I don't know. wtrat it is like in his city, but if he saw any rowdyism here it wasn't much." Achievement Night The Huron County 4-H Agri- cultural Club Achievement Night will be held this 'oar in . the Wingham. District High ScliVoin_E4h14,,-Decemb ,'..,'•!dibetntiriencin-g at p.m, members will receive awards and trophies for their work dur- ing the,,,ALE club season. bur- -'1"2-41ffirl .r:172TOO 4-11 members .5 4 :„,r'I..-th,„„),?Attj,Flgkie4z4"-#44tP4tAszA.F.', projects 25 '41-1 Clubs.- Keeper Of Dump Says ... "GOOD STUFF" IS THROWN AWAY! By Paul Carroll Wilfred MacDonald, his dog "Mike," and his cat `Tom," are the keepers of the local garb- age dump. The 67 -year-old, self-educated "philosopher" Ls employed by the Town of Gode- rich to "keep the dump clean" and has only seen his boss once since his service "began over one year ago. - Mr. „MacDonald was born in Brighton before the turn of the century a,n•d.grew up in a •ai1yLjHe was unable to, attend-sc•hool becauser of a* severe case of rheumatic fever which 'paralyzed him for ten months. From his tenth 4,irth- day he fished yvith his father -on Lake Ontario, catching mud - cats, pike and perch. In 1917, he signed up with the army in Kingston, Ontario, but never saw active service. Hi came to ,Goderic net a, decade a.° fo,-pur-sup- s Occu a as Ed. Siddall Fisheries.''He was hired in 1963 by the Parks Com- mittee 'as "Keeper of the Dump,'„ 40,4414tatlYhiPhAnglksibothAggiik bage over the edge," Mr. Mac- Donald told The Signal -Star. "I move five or six truckloads a day with a pitch fork. That thing (the garbage truck) h5lds a lot of stuff." As we sat in his more -than - tumbled -down shack, he spoke of the past ybar's work: Pilferers "When I first came here, I had a lot of trouble with pil- ferer.s; , they'd hreak• the locks off.my- •Aack " and -steal. ' ' One time they took my lawn chair, . 0 .„. a hantL s One tile, when I was away with the flu, they burned my shack down; there wasn't 'a thing left." The' new dwelling is a six by eight 'cardboard and fenceboard shack centred on the top of the .dump. 'The refuse around lies on three sides and partially blocks a magnificent view of the river below. His self-styled o "home", is a o,Amoin, Jonerinan, •e•t,,S,iftr-11413176-.t.. )11: nitht4Pi candle and an an•, ent pot-bel- li lied stove spreads , a . glos;ving- warmth into the da . t corner. High on a ghelf in one corner, tAgetago-s-4-1 Nolishiatitszas,Wert I candelalira, a trophy won in a * ; BRECKEINIRI1DGE' 46LWN Itzt.T Yb . SIGNAL. -STAR PHOTOS -•; W. E. Elliott Is Stratford Rotary Speaker One of. the foundens, of the Goderich Rotary Club, W. E. Elliott of Goderich was gue.,t speaker at the Stratford Rotary Club on Thursday of last week. ,He was introduced as "one of the elder statesman of joilr- nakisin in Ontario." Although he retitted _from • The Toronto telegram as, an editorial writer in 1957, he has continued to write articles for numerous On- tario newspapers since that time. In reporting the ineetin,Y, The. 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Pti44:AAL fined $80 and coots en he pleaded guilty to having, licitior Goderich on Oetober 39 in a place other than his re-sIdealce, Donald .3. McKenzie, don, was fined $25 and costs when he pleaded guilty to leav- ing the scene of an ageident' Wullett ,Towndhip on November 1. , Aggiciwgiowittvg-hm: Get ChristifiR4 Cards it The Signal -tar reatoaatroaamtayaareiaerometep4 BINGO. at LEGION HALL' Saturday, November-. 28 at 8:30 p.th )..5 -GAMES - $1.00 The prize for each regular game will be $12.00 4 Share -The -Wealth Jackpot Combined. JACKPOT OF $105.00 IN 57 CALLS SPONSORED BY CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 109 No Qne Under 16 Permitted Tr Play En gill lic 'relations for public men with anecdotes based on his as: sociation with men in public life during his career, particul- arly in the Toronto and Ottawa less galleries. "I think Sir John Macdonald would have left a better image for posterity if he had eniploy- ed a public relations officer," eHqitethhp critics house when asked if he really hated Macdonald, replied: "I find his personality so attrac- .8.0.. _tive ...that,t, o n!i .,„traatv,„mys42/:, around . Mackenzie King, Arthur Meld- ghen, 1Vlassey-Ferguson, Thorn- t3'n, 'Beatty and the University of Western Ontario were among subjects for comment by the speaker. ' Mr. Elliott was introduced by ,T. J. Dolan of The Stratford Beacon -Herald 'and'. thanked' by Dr. H. H. Thompson. "I. had fivc-, cats once; they lived in a hole over the edge. They cleared this'plaCC o' rats •you 'know. Some boys came and shot 'em all; but I ain't seen no rats in over a month now. My "Torn," here, was a gift from a friend..- I've seen him ' with the odd mouse, • but never a rat. They're One." His Rights Along with his salary, Wil- fred MacDonald Claims sole sal- vage rights at the durnp. Scrap metal seern,s to bring the high- est price. One might think that Wilfred MacDonald would discover many, hidden treas- ures in the refiin; he says not: "The most I ever found was 'It would make you .'onder at the stuff people throw away nowadays,. , good stuff. ... new. :the • generation now doesn't .'"em to care about anything. 'they throwaway a lot of good stuff. ,The.yonng teenagers are had for throwing.stuff on the. ground; the older men know my job and they're more care - Fires at the dump have -creat - a problem for Goderich. A news. Rein in August reported a thick smog which hung over the , town for two days. He cause, a fire at the dump, took one day and a night to ex- tinfuish. SONY STEREOCORDER 14';,1, A home or portable 4 -track stereophonic and mon- ophonic recording system that has no equal in it's modest price range! 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Mr. MacDonald, the rer; authority on th,e• .matter, says that .it should he replaced by a disposalplant or the garbage be buried. Asked what.' he would do i • e dumpwere closed, he r ied: 'I like this work;'but there!s lots o' things.id like to do.... I'm getting too old. They; hould sod this place down and plant trees. I've seen dumps made into parks before and this one has a .grand view. If it is closed, I'd go home to Brighton.", The squalor. and filth is home to Wilfred MacDonald; his !,:•imple way of life seems happy. He'd like to go home; but,. we need him to supervise spnie-. thing of considerably more im- portance than most people im- agi•ne-the town garble dump. 0.1 411' • MAGISTRATE'S COURT Telford P. Bissett, 17, Gode- rich, was.sentenced to five days when he .appeared before Mag- istrate Glenn Hays in court here last Thursday. Bissett had pleaded guilty to driving a motor .vehicle on August 25 while under 1,gal --suspension:" Douglas Wayne Brindley, 16, 6,' Goderich, was fined $15 and costs when he pleaded *guiltyto drinking on, October 31, being under 21. • - ""Francis .43yuce Culbert, 18, Goderich, was further remand- ed to November 26, when he pleaded not, guilty to being criminally negligent in operat- ing a_motor vehicle on•OOtober 31. Culbert alsoehpleaded not gut , , in. while under . S 1‘." landed o charge to the same date. Arnold Leroy Kerr,' 17, R.R. 6, Goderich, also pleaded not guilty to the same charges and !was remanded' to November 26. I •Clifford (Ted) Brindley, 21, R.R. 6,• Goderiah, 'vvAs also re- manded Alto November '26 after pleading not guilty to a charge of criminal negligence'and one of having liquor in a place other than his residence, on October * • 31. Ronald Scotchmer, was fined $10 and costs when he pleaded guilty to driving in Goderich on 0.ctoiber 24 at the rate of 40 miles an hour in a 10-1-611E'iane.' • • - Wayne Johnston, Clinton, was 4 " sx-vatc-tcyz-vmetetelveriitmctentztvete.tilitetamogglet.'-tg, GOLFER'S .3 I. 1.1 V V . . ij GIFTS 5. 4!. Complete Line J. • • CARTS GOLF BALLS • CLUBS •• ACCESSORIES • BAGS Indoor Putting Games • See Bob Deorksen CPGA Professional ArThe MAITLAND ,COUNTRY CLUB PRO- SHOP , OPEN ALL DAY SAT.7 EVERY' NITE 7 to711pz.50 .arlar2i21DamDaa-DW&4-Ntl-ibarkam-DIDA-MiV4.-1•610411-21-0i--VaatXDOSto % •• ,,„• . HE* D.:HSTA E _,.................-..,......„. :PROB" • CHECK THE ONES THAT PERTAIN' TO YOU. 1 have" a bull that's too dangerousto handle. He could inure and possibly kill me or my family. 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The lodge entertained the Stratford and Wingharn Rebe- kah members, as well as 5 (W. oral Ocldfell•ows from the Gode- rich lodge. The members voted to send a donation to the'Christmas party Por residents of the Ocklfe,116ws Home at Barrie. Several sist- ers attended the special meet- ing hold at Ow,n Sound recent- ly and Mrs. Frank Bowra gave a short talk on the highlights of the evening. „ Following the business' sos• sion,'Robbie Witmer told about his trip to Nmv York as repre- sentative of the IOOF' Pilgrim- age of Youth. projeot. .At a later date, he will give a more detailed ijeiort. A nove•musical game was much enjoyed and several ladies were winners of beauti- ful aprons. Mrs. Joe Thomp- son was the convener for the .t social hour. , • INFANTS WEAR • goys' and Girls' ACCESSORIES • STRETCH SLIMS • T SHIRTS • PYJAMAS • BLOUSES and SHIRTS • KNITTED HATS • Reasonable Prices In Every Size Range • ComeJn and Browse te. ARLA CHILDREN'S WEAR THE SQUARE , -