HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-01-28, Page 1GODERICH, ONTARtp, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1965;
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Appointments
Godrerieh town c-ouncil • an-
nounced its secialsrcoinnnittee
Ind b:o•ard atppclintine•nts for
1965 at the rfiret rergular council
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nce again winter has decided to show itself in the Goderich
a ;much . to the delight of all local children The, M•ait--
meeting Friday...,"
Appointees are: Marine an•d
General Hospital Board; Charles
M. Robertson, one year; God -c -
rich Pulblieg. Library Board, --'Clay-
ton Edward, -three years; Mait-
land. Cemetery Board, George
Filsiriger; Matitlatid Valley Con-
servation Authority, ,Mayor
Frank Wralkorm.
Conimi e -2,Of; adj-tustanent
Wilifred Demomrme, Harold Hib-
bert, three years; recreation
committee: ._H. B. Such, W.
Sheardown, R. Squire, J.. Moody,
W. Schaefer„ B. Erskine, , R.
Jewell, one • year.
Area Planning Board: Ken
Croft, G. B. Clancy, J. H. John-
ston, three years; Retarded
Children's Authority: H. Kuen-
zie, R. W..Befl, E. Crawford, 0.
Slemin.
Industrial" Connhissdon: . R.
•Squire lis -Er •lei e, IL 13,..,S
Mayor F.Wal
ikomn R. Jewell, ,
,
Sherardown, Max Cutt, Howard
Aitken and Robert Shrier.
A special' memorial service
for the late Sir Winston
Churchill will be held on Sun-
day'-, at 2.30 p.m. -in --4h
North Street United Church.Rr
The service is sponsored by
•the Ministerial Association in
co-operation with Mayor
Frank .Walkom and Goderich
Town Counlil and an open
invitation has been extended
-to all area residents.
The: Rev-W..,tr ten Adeo tr _
president of the Ministerial
Association will conduct the
service which will 'include
two minutes' silence in mem-
ory of the man of the century.
Service groups throughout
the area have been invited
to attend tic force and the
I Legion will provide a flag
color party.
"As we are the county
town we felt a simple
to which everyone is invited
would most suit the occa-
"sion," said the Rev. Mr. 'ten.
Hoopen.
Rector of, 5t. George's An-
glican Church, the Rev. Gar-
wood Russell will give the
sermon and the Rev. G. L.
i
_Royalfrom Knox.- Presbyter-
ian Church will conduct the
readings and prayers.
All Canadian. Legion mem-
bers are requested to 'assem-
ble at the Legion Hall at 1:30
p.m. Sunday prior to the
church service.
.NONE HERE WIN-
Harr T • r • s.tra, who sold
about 1010 aw• tickets in the
Goderich area` -i"n--aid of a new
science room at Sacred .Heart
seminary,, Delaware, Ontario,
writes to say -.than-.were• • no'
Goderich area winners in the
final draw.
oderich Police Sergeant
ss Crawford blocked a jail
tense for a local ,motorist
t • Thursday when he
in
ter-
ed at Huron CountY nag?s`
te's
court:
a strate Glenn Hays, Q.C.,
hdrerw an .eight-day. prriston
and substituted a fine on magistrate: During a recess,
Sergeant 'Crawford held a dis-
cussion wills the magistrate.
-Magistrate Hays then called
Meriam back (before the court
and said he 'was .prepared -to
reverse This_ •decision after dis-
cussions with • the police ser-
geant. . .
"I am going to reconsider the
matter, because of the very
strong extenuating circum-
stances," hesaid. He then with-
drew the jail term, imposing in
its glace a $150 fine, and boost-
ed the licence - suspension from
eight ,months to `one year.
months suspension of the ac-
c,us•ed's licence.
Meriam told the court: "If I
go to jail I. will. lose my job
and e serything.
'bhe-aceuse•d.-.theSi &at at the
rear of the court room as other
leases were heard before the
't -and run change after the
.geant revealed "further ex-
uating . circutmstaneers"
ohn. W. Meriam 221 Bay -
d road, .leaded guilty to
and run , driving ,when he
:red in court. 'Sergeant
and clave evidence against
accused saying he was
tt4k when, questioned a short
after the accident. •
e accident took place on
rrirsd.ay, December 24, when
iarcn's _ vehicle had struck a
on Huron road cl,oing •more
n $11,000 damage;
Twenty minutes after the ac-
ent Sergeant Crawford inter-
ted
nter-'ei the accused . ?flan its the
then etf tris home.
'Alec was in adrunken -cans
ion and started crying ana-
•lin,g sorry for hien sellf,"- said
e. setieant.. "He would have
en charged with drunk driv-
e if he had been found in
car,"
Meriam had -told the court.
Chad r•a great deal on his
rrdL.ax. othe.._.tia e as _ his baby::
d'died-'when it was 18" days
and ether child had just
.eitied eye injury.
On pas€ifig sentence, which
darter- rescinded, gisrtrate
ys. said: "I don't want anys
e to feel' they .can get dn-
lved in an accident and drive
ay feeling they can get off
:hter than if they. stopped."
He then 'passed sentence of
_hit drays in 'til and eight
Nine new members were
induete•d --i:nto-=the—KinSmen
Club of Goderich at their
'meeting on Monday by Past
President G.ardon Bannister.
This brings the -strength of
. the citib -up to 4 --active -mem-
bers.
The new mei`n!bers are Jo13..n
Sturdy, Bert Corbett, Erwin
Y. Schneider, Carman Vint, Bill
tMeKe+llar, Bill Kirkey, Roy
Stra.ughan, John Doherty and
Bob Mills.'`
Prior to the acceptance of
the new members; ledtures
on Kin information were giv-
en by Past President Pete Mc-
Cauley. Following , the in-
duction 'ceremony, the usual
phi -finks, Were -staged for the
n•e,w members:
The Marching Mothers of
Goderich are going to be par-
ading up to your door betrween
7 and 8 pare on Monday. .
All res'd,ent=:s.,..are asked. to
leave . their porch lights onto
help the 115 collectors during
their one-hour b1az on behalf
of the Mar'cih of Dimes. •
13Y giving o ow. you. are -pav-
ing the, way ifor, a better future
for the disabled people in the
area: Every thing you, donate
will be used --to help people lei
fortunate than yourselves. In
Goderich the apperal is being
spon,ored by the Rotary Club
who : ha•ve thrown i;i , their full
support be -hind the project in
an effort to , rearoh the target
of $1,600.
An early start on construction in Huronvielw or nursing_homes.
of the' neva>'central building at
An all-star, spectacular is, be- Alexandra -Marine and General
ing planned for the Goderich. Hospital wad forecast in a �re-
- John
arre7•ra- �--Nlarndh�- 26 -when --th'e' port -to- count3r counrii.,b�y
B1•uewater Shrine°Club and the Schaefer, itsrepresentat>ive on
Knights of Calumbas join farces the Goderich board.
for their -third Sports Gala "We have a floor plan of the
Night. . - riew addition," he said, "and
The' 1965 -.event promises to
working plans are to be aprprov-
be •the biggest event yet with ed in time for- construction
co-chairman Bill Mills and
Larry Plouffe working o±f "a -
program which in•o1hdes. bands
"galore," figure skating and a
ladies' hockey matcth.
All proceeds- from the even-
ing's entertainrrnent go to the
Shriners Hospitals for Crippled
children whmch look after child-
ren of any color, race or creed.
A ''five-year old Goderich girl
is at present undergoing treat-
ment courses at the Montreal
Shrine Hospitall which "reports
"much improvement in her con-
dition." All treatment at the
hospital is free as the money
The new warden of Huron
values the press as a factor in,
maintaining a feeling of part- is raised -through charity drives
similar to the Sports Gala Night:
A total of 16,500 children
have been Fured or materially
aided in the two Shriners Hos-
pitals located, in Winnipeg and
Montreal.
1965 is the anniversary year
of. the opening of the first
-Canadian units of the, Shriners.
Sa Shrine Imperial Potent-
ate, 0. Carlyle Brock has' de-
cilared 1965 as''`Canadian Shrine
Hos'pitat Year" and has asked-
all
skeda.11 Canadian-`eVemples, Clubs
and Nobles ''ti ' have a "Shrine
H•os,pital Day (or week)" observ-
ed in their eommunirtiies.
It appears that an all-out
effort is to be made in Goderich
on Sports Night in an attempt
to raise moe than the two pre-
vious years.-- In 1963, the com-
-bined Shriners and Knights
raised $1,730 and last year
$1,400. -
ne-rship between citizens and
county sCounail, and believes
the • .new,spapers should receive
"as much information as pos-°
ruble. He touched upon this
subject in aildrersing council
before the. vote for warden was
taken.
."I -t.- is. generally._ :conceded,"
municipal he said, that cup govern'
ment is •closest to the people,
and it, is essential that it' work
efficiently. The one ingredient
to make it work efficiently is
a well informed .public. As, to
the -press, I 'believe •as much
information as possible should
be +give -Aa_s chose people. ,
"It is important that the in:
formation - be accurate."'
early this summer, I would
tive treatment patients, I think
hope." we can look after therd ade-
After demolition of the old quately in the last addition, but
part of the ,hospital and erec- we will have to put therm in
tion of the addition, there will every corner."
he fewer beds than at prresent;.
council was. told.
"Our last addition was open-
ed approximately six years
ago," Mr.' Schaefer said. "Last
April, after we approached the
Ontario - Hospital 'Services Com-
mission, ewe received 'approval
to remove all the old buildings
and rebuild with a total bed
capacity of 81. We are losing
14 beds—eight chronic and six
active. We are satisfied this
will be adequate." (Bed capa-
city now is 95--71 active treats
men•t and 24 chronic, with .22
bassinets.)
The new building is to cost
$550,000, of whileh Dominion,
province and county are -expect-
ed to contribute.$325,000. The
JWsrpital board will provide
$100,000 Ind ;it "is hoped ._ to -
raise -$$50,000 through public
subscription, the remainder to
be horr-ow.ed.
"We will not be. arprproadhing
Goderich for another debenture
issue," ` Mr. Schaefer said,
"though we might ask a cons
tribution toward the plulblic sub-
scription. We will be request-
i•nrg a grant from the county. X
imagine the first hospital to
break ground — C+oderich or
WWnrgh.aan—will get it this year."
He said that it is more econom-
ical to loolCafter some patients
• Answering . a question by
Reeve R. Jewell, Goderich, •Mr:
Schaefer said: "During �:
the
sa
buri-ldi-ng- period I imagine there
will be' "great inconvenience.
For chronic patients we may
aprproaoh the operator of the
new nursing ..home under con-
struction here, and arrange for
them to look after chronic pat-
ients temporarily. As for ac -
TRIBUTE PAID
The death 'occurred suddenly
An application for a $35,000
building ,permit, to allow can-
struction .of a cocktail lounge
and dining room at the Haani1-
ton Motel, •is being cc u,ideired
by' Goderich town eoutncil.
On Friday, council agreed to
withhold a decision on the ap-
tio till the had met with
the town solicitor to further
discuss the request. •
Town Clerk Sherman Blake -
told council that in his opinion
there was no need ,to re -zone"
the area.
"The applicants already own
the land which is used ,for com-
mercial purposes: It would be
different Ifs Ilia_ :Were. whin,g
to purchase a new lot next door
to their own property," he said
At'th e opening of the- court
of general sessions on Monday,
Judge R. S. Hetherington' spoke
to those present •— counsel,
jury panel and spectators --of
the life ar d work -orf the late
Sir Winston Churchill.
"I think it would not be ap-
propriate," he said, "if at the
opening of this court we did
, Loan Arena
A request, by the Lions •Clue ,
for use of the arena for the
Pee Wee Hockey Week;, April
16-24, was agreed to by council.,
Consideration , of a grant' to
go towards the cost of the event
will receive further discussion
at budget time, ,it was announc-
ed.--
Organizer
nnrounc-
e± ---
Organizer Tim Elliott wrote
to council, saying; 'The costs of
ths event have been going up
each year partieularlty in feed-
ing some 500 young hockey
players."
' Other requests .for grants to
be considered at hu•dg.et time
were rc: rived from: the Salva
bon , 'Army, Canadian -Mental --
Health Association, Canadian
Ile added: "The site is at Council of„Christians and Jews,
present spot -zoned for comuner-
eial use and it is permitted to
extend the•businetss under these
circunistances.”
Dan Murphy, representing
Hamilton Motels Liunitedi• said
the com•pan}• already had an
2 -plication before the Liquor
Licence Board,-- .,
He told council that it was
normal procedure to be grant-
ped 'a • building permit
-before, &re . th:e
licence is issued, "I have dis-
cussed, this "with the town solic-
itor and he said it .would be
allowed under the present by
law," said Mr. Murphy.
Tile lawye.' agreed, When
questioned, the Calvary Baptist
Church, the Separate School
Board,' and 20-��area•,.-t'eri•dent„
had opposed the motel's applic-
ation for a liquor licence.
Said Mr. Murphy: "The plan,,
have alroaay been approved :b3'
the board but no further move
can be taken,tili the permit is'
granted." -
He added: "In this case the
application for a liquor licence
should not have to be consider-
ed by the coup i1. This is a'
matter for the Liquor Licence
Board. r•._ ..
"'It is a question of whether
or nota jUilding permit should
be issued for an addition to the
motel on the company's own
property,' he said.
Council .moved into commit-
tee ,as a whole to discuss the
applicbtion and on return said
further' discussions ,would be
held with th-e 'town solicitor.
Donate $100
Goderich Minor Hockey As-
sociation •will he given a don-
ation of $10(i by council" to go
towards a "jacket fund" whicrh
is being set up for players.
Ken Mullen appeared before
council Friday; night and asked
for $400 on 'beh•alf "oaf the as-
so.e.iation.. He told' counci•1 the
association was already actively,-
supported
ctively,
supported 'b!' the local Legioh,
Lions and Kinsmen.
"We want 'the ki•cts to go out
incl ,earn their share, the part
ente to give their share and we
would like council to help us
out as ,well," he said..
...racket-• furrd,, - has- •-been_
set up to provide all 322 'associ-
at°ion players with jackets bear-
ing the Goderich crest..
Council felt they could not
donate the full amount hut
agreed to the players holding a
blitz it‘ the .tow on February
6 with door to door'selling of
salt.
not make some recognition of
that very great man 'in Eng-
land
awe
very
land to whore
rnuah. It was his `spirit, indbm-
itable will and great leadership,
1 believe, which was pri�rnari�ly'
'responsible for bringing .Bri-
tain ,,standing practically alone,
thrsts
ough the dark days of the
1940s. But for him the 13ritis,h
Commonwealth might not have
survived that war; and ,a,,f so,
we -owe to him the privileges
we have today, when people
can come to court and have
their cases handled with ,every
safeguard.
"His life -,was devoted to fur-
therance 'of the Commo-nrweal'th
and British Empire, but parti-e-
u•la'rly did he look after the
liberty of the subject; -that was
ea accurre snr ' his main' object in life.
at Miami Beach, Florida, on Sat- "I have requested that the
urday of Mrs. Harry W. Kniglht flag on the court house he plac-
of Toronto, the former Grace
Marti n of God-eri!dh. The fun-
eral service was held Tuesday
at the A. *. "^Miles funeral
home, Toronto, with interment
in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
"Mrs._ Knight was the daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Martin of Goderich and
a sister of the late Frank and
Harry Martin. -Surviving besides.' her. hus-
,tsamrl.�_are.- •one son, .Harry -W...
Knight Jr., of Toronto, and a
daughter, Mrs. George ^ W.
(Graee)..Goocfe�rham' of Toronto.
Judith Gooderham Mennorial
Playground in Goderich was
donated to the Town of Gode-
rich by Harry W. Knight Sr., in
memory of his granddaughter
(daughter. - of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Goodenham) who was
e l e c t -r o c u t e d accidentally
.as a child. Mrs. Harry W..
Knight is a'Lso survived five
grandchildren and three at -
grandchildren.
ed at half-mast, to remain until
after the funeral, and I hope
whenever anyone sees that he
will pause for a moment and
rededicate his own conduct to
ensure that the principles of
freedom and democracy, for.
which Sir Winston fought, are
never lost, four once they,are
gone you will never reain
them.
"I hope ala people will take
his life as an example and re-
meinber that the 'liberty of the
people is the- greatest thing
this world has. I hope you
will all give seriious t'haught to
the ;achievem'en'ts of this ,great
man and rvtrhat we owe to him.
We Should remember him as
long. as polrsitble, because_ a man
of his, stature will pass this
way only once."
ani the Muscular Dystrophy As-
sociation. -
Joint Meeting
Council has asked fora meet
i -ng on Thursday this week with.
the PUC, the town solicitor and
Engineer to discuss plans for
the sewage treatment plant.
The meeting is to give further
consideration to possible ways
in which the money ,will be
sais.e�d- to pay...foo.sthe $5").5A100
plant. Letters from 'residents,
opposing possible payment
methods, have been. left aver
WA �l after the Thursday meeting.
Attend Conference
Mayor. Frank Walk= and
four Members of coun�ci�l will
attend the annual conference
'off' the Ontario Good Roads A.'
soci;aton which will be held on
February 22, 23 and 24, in
Toronto:
The four 'members are: Bruce
Erskine, Jos. .,Moodtr,- Walter
.
Sheardown» and Jas. H. 'John-
st on
Fire College
Council agreed `ridgy to- en
roll four -me•mbers of the Gode•
rich Fire Brigade an courses at
the Ontario Fire College during -
1985 and ,pry their fees.
A definite decrease .in ac-
trident statisticswas recorded
by Ontario Provincial Police
District 6 in sDeceinber, 1964
as compared with the same
month in 1963.
• The statistics.. which coves' .
We:lin ton, Waterloo, Perth,
Grey, Bruce and Huron counties
show a total- of 283 road a•c -
'ci,dents last Dec•c rnlyer as, corn
pared to 346'in
Six people were killed on tho
reads last -Month showing a
drop of bine as compared to the
previous year: • There, were -9i3
people -injured on the area roads
over the Christmas ,4 holiday'
month.
?P1' _ Corporal Robert 'Keane
said that .379 ciartes liad-men" '-
preferred following the accid-
ents last, ,month.. - 1noluc1 d,� m
this'total were 113 speeding
eases. 137 for road - ,riles cr
fringement.s, one' for careless
driving. 15 for impaired .:dr.w
ing, and three for driving under
suspension,
•
rierlsite inelemez;it weather that forced sev-
eral cancellations, the Baird Motors Mixed
Bonspiel gent on ag. seh'eduled lastSatur- '
clay. Oran&. Cbarepio twinners was a team.
t ot'h Sarnia. Piettir'e 'ice are the ram-
.: • winning rink. lid to right .- .
berg of the Vvi g
Mrs. Gladys Elliott, lead.; IX M. Fraser,
li
skip;Harold Bairdsponsor ' of� the event;
Pauline Fraser, vice skip and. Harold li"r11i3'Qtt,
second.Signal-Star photo
Police patrols in the area, re-
port a ' minimum number of
minor ac'cident>,s des►pit "death -
_
trap" conditions recorded at
tiiie weekend.
doderich police and OPP of-
fic'ers investigated a total of
-six mineraccidents,.none_
which involved personral injury,
'during the past week.
"Itmust be that the motor-
ists are takings' heed of warn-
ings and driving only when
they have to," suggested a
.police spokesaiian atter review-
ing reports this week.
Gale force • inrs"nds have pre-
vailed in -the area during the
past week ' reducing. visibility
on the roads to zero at times
because of MMowmg snow. in
.addition snore than one and a -
half inches of rain has fallen,
durianrg the week as well as an
additional inch of snOw.
Weather recorder, George
Salkeld said that late Saturday
night a warm front moved in
colliding with the. ten degree
tempperatures then.beingkend.
doder
• following sudden rsb ntt
temperature caused a ,thunder-
storm early Sunday morning
during which more ,,khan half
an inch of rain fell in the area.
(3n Sunday morning the freez-
ing
reeing rain had reduced rends to
lee -rink conditions. Church
services were cancelled in some
areas as roads became impass-
able.
Even for the 'pedestrian con-
ditions provided the most . pre-
carious f journ'eye. Only' the
children, as always, found con-
ditions to their liking as roads
turned. to ice rinks in- front
of their eyes.
A minimum of traffic is -be-
ing seen on the roads as local
nio1onists are heeding vrarnin,gs
issued by police and highways
officials to "Stay -at Home"
whenever possible:
One driver who found out
just how treachea•aus road con-
•ditlrons are was Raymond Hog-
garth, 35, 282 Huron road, Gode-
rich: He lost control of the
bakery truck he was driving
on' County Road 13, Tuesday
morning and collided with the
rear of a- school bus.
There were -neo _injuries in
the eollisirgn but GPP officers
assessed damage in the ,pride -up
at "$300. -
County Council Night at. the Lions Club
last Thursday evening heard speakers from
the Western Farr R.acev tay tell of harness
racing there. Showing a ectton of the head •
table, from left to right: Lio& Zone Chair-
,,aL.:i.'ai..., h...,.:,.:i.Ys---..:.i •3F .,.:.: <''...a:wti ..e.
•
man George McCutclrean of Brussls; Lions
President Pete MacEwan; program chairman
James Coulte • John Wiley of Western, Fair
Receway. SeE story on page 3. -
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