HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-01-14, Page 1GODERKH, ONtARIO; 14UROAY, 'JANUARY .1441945'
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'Mayor 'Frank idreed
a blAz on "eYesor,es"
auring his inauf,Fral addreAto
Goderiich town /ectinell,IVionclay.,
The miiyor d a few -Point
action plan with:which he hopes
to. spearhead . the "clean-up"
drive.
Targets are t� be:
The burned out ruins of
the big mill.
The old organ factory.
Lighting in some areas of
the tovVrh._,
"These are, the -eyesores' of
the town, said Mayor
kern: "Let us contunue as in
the past to make -Goderich a
pleasant place. in which .to Are-
sTide." ,•
'Mayor Walloom said he -would
urge conincit to .take maximum
abbion against the. owners of
the property On whieh the big
mill and the -old organ ,factory
stand.
"We will 'do everything - in
own-
ers to 00 something to Make
the property look•mare respect -
WA:- et any -act -km We- .hold take
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A declining demand for West- for the grain frOin the prairies.,"
oderdich 'Elevator and Transit Thi;," reason? "It all bolls
o., to con.Stider •a $100,000 pro- downlo the 'fact th,at „corn has
ect to handle Ontario corn.- now fbecerne actecpted as .4a
•Geor,ge Parsons, the-icempany feed' by Ontario' farmers," said
anager, made the announce- Mr. 'Parsons._
eat this week_ when lie re- added: "At' one tihne ipeo-
ealed he had been negotiating ,
Ple woul tr-Th lOok it -because
4 the CNR and the ,depart- r. makes fcattie have' excess fat..
ent of Public Works over the But noW the •censunier seems to
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elevator in Cloderich each ye_ar_
at .thelcresent time:
"One other factor is that our
supply of ,corn has been stela-
ily increasing here in Ontario,"
said 'Mr. ParSon,s. 'Thanks to
'better equipment - the farmers
fare now producing 150 busthels
of. corn to an acre as compared
to 80 previouSly."'•
rojert. , . be satisfied. vvith fat on his-
•
"Forllthe.„,,jcast Sew years we bacon and the farmer finds
avenotieett a two million bush- growing his cirw rr 'corn is cheap-
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A trio of Clinton men, (who
ad been friends from high
chool days, died. early Sunday
orning after their ca i careen-
ed off Highway:8, three miles
,act. -of Goderich, and struck a
ree.
ar Thomas • Alvin
Erie street; John
alp, 21, 31 .
• .„,..il.ymers, 28, victoria
' and Robert; Richard
rray
, Tucson, 20, Ontario street.,
Ontario ProVincial iPolice °d-
eers found Sharp dead in the
a -r after the wrecloage was spot,
ed by a passing motorist. '
mers and Thompson were
frann the wreckage and
ushed to the Alexandra Hos-
.tal in Godertich Only to lie
ronounced dead eff:'•arrival.
harp, a- baker, was the only
'arried one of the trio and.
as the father of three boys
nder the age of three years.
Coronerr- Dr; N. C. Jackson
rdered aft- inquest shortly after
,
e saw' the bodies on Sunday.
OPP officerS are tholding the
eath oar, a 1957 Chevrolet,
hitt was extensively damaged
n the crash.
Investigating officerrs are Con-
stable P. Petryshyn and Corpor-
al C.- A. Hardy of the OPP.
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The neW equipment, when in-
stalled. at the elevator Will in-
clude drier's; scale's' and. -un-
loaders, which wilt -take corn-
from".all over Ontario on -a cash
Crop
,"It belgrow.n, sold, stor-
ed and eVentually find its way
back to the farmer as. feed,"
said Mr. Parsons. _
"At the moment we
main suppliers of feed grain
to farmers in the Kitchener
area and we can foresee when
we w611 he doing the sa.ine
thing with local corn," he, said.
A total of 15 million bushels
of feed grain pass throug,h the
• Asked if it would mean extra
emPloyment, Mr.. Parsons re-
plied: "It 'will an fact mean that
in the face of this decline from
theWest we will be able to
keep Lip our*- present -
The elevator employs between
40 arid 50 people ori its staff.
Just 'when the prqject will
be started is urieerbain.
debeAds.on the results of nego-
tiations Which " halve now been
under way for 'bwo months, just
John . Donald Wiggins, 44,
An of Mrs. John C. Wiggins,
22 Wellington, street North,
and the late 'Mr. Wi„,cigins,•has
been appointed assistant sup-
erintendent_ of ,theank of
--Montreal Division)
with offices in the main
branch of the bank of Tbr-„
onto. •
iYp untirthe latter part of
December he was manager of
themain branch Of the Bank
' f 'Montreal at „,Waterleo- for
80 ats.
this night to . the IVIunicipal
13o•turd."
The mayor. said he fould in-
troduce; "on trial basis,"
acw compound, re tint to .)alt,
to re-surface:Certain walks in
the town.'
"In .s.b•me townand eitiet
this has worked out exception-
ally well," said the mayor, "and
this may( be one .answer to the
deteriorated condition Water-
tain etwal kitC'
- In his address to his • com-
mittee ehairmen he mayor re-
quested Co uth eil or Wialtt er
Sheardown of the water, light
and harbor' cpmmittee to give
special attention to town nght:
pro5ects.
I "There 'must be an iniprove-
-. ment in the dismal appearance
•- lin some parts of our town, he
..
Godbrich town eouncil stand- Squire, Bruce -Erskine, Buti'
•.:-.
ing committees for 1985 were Such, Reeve Jewell, Walter aid.
Special Meetings .
appointed at Councirs inaugural Sheardown.-
,..Be,rt ,mised to *be a "c'ery 'busy year
Schaefer, Joseph Moody,
ii which iwould neces.fitate several
.Such. Jas. H. Johnston, Bruce
pecial meetings.".- He urged
Erskine. • 4-altente•eism from meettings to
Walkom said 1965 pro -
meeting Monday. Court of Revision: William
Mayo Finance: Reeve Reg. Jewell,
Johnston, De -
Squire, Wii-
Bert Such, Jas.
'puty ReeveiRober
ham Schaefer.
Public Works: J
Reeve Jewell, Br
Walter j Sheardow
Johnsten.'
Sp 0601..7 -Jos.
Deputy Reel;',e -Stitiare: --Joseph
Moody, WiTfiam Schaefer.
Parks: Bert Such, Walter
Sheardown, Dept. Reeve
Squire, Joseph oody-,' William
Schaefer, •
Fire: Bruce Erskine, Jas. H.
Johnston, William' Schaefer,
JosePh 'Moody, Bert 'Such.
Water, Light and Harbor;
Walter Sheardown, Re eve
Jewell, Bruce Erskine, -Deputy
Reeve'Squire, WiCiam Schaefer.
Industrial: Deputy R e e v„e
First named in each commit-
tee will act as chairman and
Mayor F'ink,Y,1kOfl1 is an ex -
'Officio member f all commit-
, the sewage disPosal plant and
The matter of appointments
tees. • !the rmodernizing of Highway 8-
I from the outskirts to the lights.
to special boards was referred'
to the sipecia.1;,Conniiitte-e- -and i -- "These- are .t?•'.'!° . mai" tiro-
. , lieets whiCh ' van' -rectifire' 'calf=
appointmen• o ri ' - --
, 'd study-T-birwilr pa
commission to the industrial 1 s' erable
, rt
he said. ., .
\He went on to Atay.' that he ' eight yearsold it Ls my j .
, was ,_confident . the. .gentennial that separate new •agreernents-1 polls, and without . partdldtrty
. proje•cts Would be approved to should be made at a conAder- I you should serve everyone on ,
give the area more park hula'. \ ably higher rte than is receiv- I those polls, regardle•ss -of who
-camp would be removed "and! . . - i they are,". he said. Reeve Reg.
i
In'addition he hoped the trailerjeu ilaw•''-- -
Thanked the
7 ! R. 'Jewell thanked the magis-
the la:nd be made use of for the In hEi:-Mcaloy.csia trate for his remarks. • '•
tended." • 1Mrs. May Mooney, who altended i
, fy r , an e , orm r mayor ,
.' The Rev. W. J. ten Hoopen of
North _Street United Church,
purpose for vvhich it was in- ma •o. .411 I: d f .e
On attracting new industry 'the meeting,. for "guiding the 13,rought the message from the
to the area he promised that
council would do everything in
its -it , .t.E_v_ery...lead_wh,
be cut to a 'minimum.
Lod'king ahead he said the
plans were well advanced for
Ex-inayor Mrs. May Mooney hands over the chain of -office to
Mayor Frank Walkom at the inaugural meeting of coun.cil
Monday. Signal -Star photo
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Councillor Bruce Enckine to br- j In his remarks the rnagis,__•2
ing in separate now .agreements I trate point.ed,,,eaCthat impartial -
With -the ..„.5,uxretinetkpl Lity_ should be CM -theme for the
-alities. countirear.
'As the •presenT ones are ; "ln a town like this, each one
lief . .
,
f •ou tomes elected frorn 14
Town Hires
New Constable
PERSONAL
- Garth Picot, son-oVIVirs. Lloyd
Picot, •Gaderitch, was recently
awarded a HUron County schol-
arsihip valued at $100. Garth
a .student .at Waterloo Uni-
versity.
A group- ofbteP•oilfeerts-triade--
a, sentimental .j•ourney
their w„,ites to Goderich•on Mon-
„,..tvattend a funeral.
, The officers,' who indlude n,.
inspector, three corporals anct
bwo Con:stables, ' Caine to:'attend
ilse-durteral of . marr....who....had.-
been to -them "a father in theitr
early years.” , • -
Inspector Ha,rtry Sayeau, Tor-
onto, Corporal Bruce Johnston,
Kincardine, corporal Russell
Ball, Owen Sound, Corporal Bob
Siftns, -Listow,elt, and Constable
Morrley Oroves, Mealford, -at-
tended the funeral for .Robert
Deer. at the Stiles' funeral'
home. A doderich OPP officer,
Co •le Alex TWaddie acted -
as ,a pa lbearer.:
The story started some '15
years a o When Robert 'Daer
and his wife Elizabeth sta-riett
to -take • young OPP Officers at
their tourist home -and cabins:
-"They were just. like „arno-
thsr and daffier to -us," said one
--f-the officerts.- -Aftert•thcaring
n •
the news of Mr. Daer's death
at the age of 81 in a London
hospital the officers took time
off to come to offer their sy'r(in,
patties to their "den mother."
Cornmentect Ed. Stiles: "It
was really touching to •see them
all give -her a big hu.g-after the
service laria—talk ,--about old
times."
CLIVON: Planned Studenct
oaat the Rad.ar and
Communications gehool og RCAF, Clinton, will be in-
erea,sed in 1965, an official news Source informed The
Siope-Star on Tuesday.
Total animber on tlie RCAF base at Clinton TIOW is
abut 1,400 which is considerably–liss than the normal
of from 1,700 to 1,800. •
The increase in 1965 is expected to bring the total
figure to normal which Will mean an inm
crease of fro
300 to 400 airmen. there in 1966, it is stated.
' Although the official announcement to this effect
hasIDA been -released. as yet, from Ottawa, 'a° vance in-
formation 'leaves little doubt as to the_ultirnat -announ-
cement. . .
The new Canadian flag will:be-flying over the base
soon as they
A family friend- commented within -the next several weeks — ,u
st s
lapwing the accident: "The are issued, it is stated., The •orders to fill are, so numerz
boys had been friends ever ous that iit will be a f,ew weeks yet before they are avail-
sinee their_Mgh school days." able.
God•erich . Police Commassien-
has promoted Constable. R. E.
'Crawford .to become sergeant
effective as of Friday, January
15. The offi.`cer joined-- the
Ibree -here .six and a -half ygars
ago.-- •
arits.meeting-lastweeki-select-
ed .Frank Roy Venn of 'Church
street,- Goderich, for the pos,i-
tion.of.,tprobationary -.constable
with the local -force ata'salary
of $3,550 p-erannurn. .Mr. Venn
has •:just conipleted reen years
service with the Royal Canadia,n
Air Force and will start in his
new position on Sunday.
_Constable ,George Bacon has
been entolled-tfor a 'course' at
the Ontafio Police College at
Aylmer .starthqg on April 20.
The Police Coinanission is to
make further •arrangements -to
send an officer' on the- s-ame
coUrse in October: , •
If you want to put Goderich
Ori the industrial fpromotion
rnap everyone now.lia.sa chance
to lendthatpersonal touch.
Bob Shrier, chairanan of the
Industrial - CoMmission, this
week appealed for residents to
come forward with photograph-:
ic slides which' may promote
the-Town.th,Town.
The Commisidn urgently' re-
quires slides showing all facets
of life in Gocierich to show to
key employees of 'firms inter-
ested .in locating here.
"If we can iatisfy. the 'key
personnel, that we do in fact
„haye a lot to- offer here, it
Would •bea strong influencing
factor _In .firni'S decision- tb
locate," Mr. Shrier.
The slides will be loaned for
tile 'purpose of copying .and
will be returned: to their own-
ers. So id you have .any suit-
able slides Mr. Sthrier would
like you to contact hirn, by
phone or in pe,rson, at the
Signal -Star office.-
local ministerial ass'ociation.
court:61 through - the intricacies
CAf 4rnarrS7 discussionS." "W are all. Well aware that
know •we habe all bene. it -is very difficult to stand up •
t is ricrhit whei we .are
•we receive will be-fallowed up • fited by your presenc2-tinTeotin--- 9--
immediately and couhoil
S'-tlyeir--•iitrst,--aotion-Jthe-n•ew.i.'jt is...very 'difficult. in our age
co•un'cil decided to tharige -their Vfietvire**-alr"Wartit"to-be -ppp-
mn, •Qe.i.vve imn
geetillon gfitlhe
Thursday of each _month at 7 islaltire•
cil," he_said. •
-tain "
On tounism, he said he hoped
to locate the tourist bureau in
the sarrie position as last year,
b.ecause -:_the.,,,...Igcation allowed
plenty of parking space
"The reports received -from
the tourists were very cmpli-
mentary to Miss B. Bradford in
particular and the town in gen-
eral," -he said.
The mayor blamed the trans-
fer of personnel from the Clin-
ton radar school for the ,drop
in the number of building per-
mits.
Dis•cussin.g the. tre cemanit-
p.m. instead of -Friday. 1 ,
Bert Such pointed out that Fri -1 alter . Heads
day inter.,fred --with business 1 ' * . '
for some men on council and GDCI Board , •
ts.ocia.1 obl:gations, .
also said the mayor was faced
ith
vo'7nthanit a-niligh I of the Goderich District Colleg-
Barrie- Walter took the Chair
Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, late Institute Boardfor a sec --
was instrumental in the early ond term, at -its inaugural mear
pert of the .meeting when he :ng Monday. .
took the declara•tion.,of officq, Rail% . Foster Moved uip to
from, the mayor and menlbers theliumber two .s,Peit of vice-
.. chairinan followiillsg the, resig:
nation of Gerry -Ginn. The
-- ' . • ' - • •board vacancy, left,by Mr. Ginn
,
A New Year's Eve tiarty, at
the home of his employer, re-
sulted in one Seaforth 'man see-
ing in the New Year, alone and
jobless, in the confines of
prison cell. -
The story of the unhappy
New Year's .P.;ve was revealed
at Huron MagLstrate's Court,
Thursday, wthen*Leonard Rus-
sell Clark, 117R. 4, Seaforth ap-
peared on .clhangds of hit-and-
run and having liquor in his
ear.
A distressed Clark told the
courb-he_had. gone to a panty,
at his employer's home on Bri-
tannia road, Goderieh: While
he was there he got into 'an
argument 'with 'a member, of
the household and was asked
to leave.
The accused. fled apparently
,Canadian theatre is in danger
of growing up too faist warned
a leading national theatrical dir-
ector during a visit here Tues-
daY.-
Ayjor took time -off
,from a two-hour vis s to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.°S. Major
on the Square, G-oderiich, to dis--
cuss the qho'rtcoming _ofCan-
adian theatre.
Returning from a trip to
Stratford, Mr. Major called in
to see his parents on 'his way
lack to the Neptune- Theatpe,
HalitfaX, Nova Scotia, which he
did -Tel. -
'At' the moment the theatre
is suffering from a culturtaa
bootrn. OWith this push and
drive there is the danger that
it rnight grow too fast and not
have roots," he said. •
He sadded: "I anl,not an ad-
vocate of starving irthe'garret
but the theatre niust have some
solidarity,"
The 32-year-o1d director said
:11.4 his own theatre, 'which has
The -only permanent repeAf*,
comPany in Canada, has twice
:the audience attendance of
even the Crest Theatre in, Tor-
onto.
"Opened on July 1, 1963, we
average about 61 per' cent,autli-
ence 'owe* for... our shows
which run Seven.tianes a Week,"
he said.
'Performances are held at the
theatre every day of. the week
except Monday, with two per-
formances on Saturday.
"We play ' the European style
of ilternatin g performances,"
he said. • The,companY has
spine 30 resident actors and,30
back -stage technicians:
Major -wa-s -•acetarnparrie.d.'
to Goderich by Les Lawrence,
his chief set designer at -the
theatre. The Nepiune Theatre,
considered . -sAne•-/ 'to' be a
pioneering ventLiff, is sponsor-
ed by 'the public, the 'govern-
ment of Nova ScOtia and the
Canada Council. .
The ' company produces all
types of dramatic work includ-
•ing new ',plays by up and como
ing _writers. The next season
is dile to open in February.
.Final .comment from Mr, Ma-
jor: "A man low not have to
be educated to go -to a theatre.
The public must get in to the
habit -O'f attending theatre and.
-tilting some responsibility for
He added: 'You will find all
audiences are the same. There
ds no ,difference between' a•
Goderich audience Or one you
?Pick at random front anywhere
eIse."
was filled by R-ussel Kernighen.
_ . Standing cemreittees for 1965
were appointed Ant
.-the eeting.
- "I didn't know liquor was I Finance: Dan Murphy, Rus-'
,
not allowed in the .house," hel,,el`Kernighari, Lawrence-Rieck,
said. 'But I soon found out IDr..Jack Leitch.
and I was fire -d when -.I.Mas in Property: Earl ' Elliott, Nor --
life house." , . • , man McDowell, Edward- East,-
Referring to the collisionThe .1--talph Foster, Lawrence- Rieck.
sa;d: "I did not know I lad donei_-.,Staff Relation.s: ' Dr. R. W.
any ' dtanfage. I thought the .1-Ilughes, Robert. Jewell, Earl
noiSe was from the trash of my,„!Ei'lit,Ltt'. Edward Easq Ralph
transmission." He was said to 1Foster, Lawrence Ri7eck; Ralph
have had four , prevlous convic- I Munro.
dons for having liquor illegally.1 Traroportation: Robert Jew-
- Clark was .fined a total of j ell, NOT Trila 11 _ McDowell, Ralph
$100 and costs or one Month ,Foster, Edward,s. t. -
on the two charges. IVIa gristrate 1 Agr•icillture and Grounds: Ed-
Glenn _Hays, ,Q.C., gave the, ac-; ward East, Robert Jewell,cRus:!..
1
eused two •mOnths to` -Pay. •
. ,-
•el Kernighrtr, Dr., R. W.
The accused a,ked p-ermis-jHughes.•
Dr. Jack Leitch.
raised some objection and had
been promptly fired and Order-
ed- out Of. the house. •
Clank jumped into his . car,
',gunned his Motor" and pro-
ceeded to back out .of the drive-
way at a high rate of speed.As he reversed across the road
he hit a parked, car doinl a
total of $159'damage.
The 34 -year -tad Seaforth man
,failed to stop and roared off in
the direction of Clinton, where
OPP officers • iater picked hifli
up in a bar.
Police, Who searched the ac-
cused's vehicle, found it con-
tained a part 'bottle of whisky
and .6V -it bottles of beer. The ,sion to have his bad money
court was told the accused had!, back .because h esad d' he needed Dan Murphy, Lawrence •Rieek,
. ..
been drinking "substantially." money ro buy groceries for his jNorman 11/1cDav;e11.
In court Clark said the argu- family. .. - •., ,-- 1 ,Vocational: 'Ralph Munro, Dr.,
in' ent had developed because he j 4We have nothing to eat at R. W. Hitg,he...;, Dan Murphy,
had taken liquor intO-the house. 'home," he said. ' - lEarl Elliott.