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GODERICH* QNTARIQ, THURSDAY, JUNE 17.tk � _�._„-....._..,., ....__�.. .r......
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Police • Chief Fred Minshall blasts local evening incident on the Square
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• .iters Out
oder-ieh police ofeers--were, joined morrents iaferbiy Con- youths to leave the Square and
led out in force Sunday even -
after a gang of local teen -
ars went on the .rampage in
Square.
he incident started when .a
up Of youths started, to bait
middle-aged man walking
oss the court house lawn.
i he,number of youths began
swell into the 20's after the
e attraet-ed - teenagers- fro u -
1 restaurants. '
-one stage---the•--•gang--o
the squatted on the pave-
nt for a full block' outside
aofer',s Ladies Weare and re-
ts Were "received that they
re .shouting obscenities at
ers-by, • •
hief Constable Fred Min -
11 witnessed part of the in-
ent from his home whi
'looks the Square and sent
alarm call for the cruiser car
be sent to the trouble spot.
t 10.30 p.m, the cruiser -ear
ived ' at the scene to find
at was later described as "a
entially dangeroussituation"
local police officials.
y this time the number •of,
nagers had swelled to 50 and
original horseplay had sour -
As one,,,local youth said:,
e were getting to . the stage
en trouble really ' starts."
miser car driver Nick Dow-
iuk was the first officer to
ve at the scene and was
stable Roy Venn., retprn to • their homes or he
Can't Rush Us and his officers would take ac -
The youths were told to "go tion against them.
home" but many of them stood Taxpayer' Objects
their ground in open defiance. The group began -to break up
At one swage a youth remarked: until a man in his 30's suddenly
",They can't push us around. objected to the• action„ of the
We've got Councillor Sheardown police officers. , Shouting that:
on .our. side." ' he . was a "taxpayer" the man
The teenager was referring refused to..Amove.-
o^t efront page heacifine .in He then 'turned his attention
the Signal -Star last week when to the newsman covering this
Councillor -Walt'er—SFi rcardown sr ry ani proceeded to shout
asked for an - investigation of obscenities in what could only
local police stopping' teenage be described as an effort to
drivers. cause further 'trouble.
Councillor • Sheardown was "Cop lover" and "go and lie
quoted as saying: "This is cans- down with your cops" were
ing a lot of hard feeling be- some of the more printable
tween our youngsters and police, phrases which poured out.
We must remember that our It was then somebody suggest -
youth of today are our citizens ed that the camei-a should• be
of tomorrow." r smashed "So none of, our plc -
It' has been learned that on tures will be in, the paper." At
a number of occasions during this juncture the police officers
the past week local youths have moved •.in again and the youths
been using the councillor's re- backed down.
marks as a rallying cry when . Newsman with camera intact
-questioned by police officers. was then driven from the scene
Said one local youth, - who in the cruiser ,oar amid shouts
asked for his name to be yvith- from a number of youths of:
held, • "Things are getting to t "We ge you, you ....
breaking point." Councillor Walter Sheardown
Within minutes of the arrival was contacted following the in -
of the first two uniformed police cident and said that a number
officers Chief Minshall and Serg- ' of the youths involved had al -
cant Ross .Crawford arrived In ready been in touch with him.
plain clothes. "I have nothing further to
Chief Minshall ordered the add at the , moment," he • said.
"But I have requested to be
present at the next meeting
the police commission."
41f
he 67th annual report of
Goderich 'Elevator and
nsit -Company Limited, :for
Year ending March 31, 1965,
presented at a meeting of
shareholders at the coii-
Y's offices here last Thtir--
afternoon.
he president, D. B. Weldon,
ted in his repori that grain
eipts for the year were
121,127 bushels. He also°
ted that profit for the year
ore special item ori the earn-
s statement was $103,926 or
per sharet'compared to
4,432 or $1.48 per share a
r ago.
Ir. Weldon pointed out that
siderable • expense was • en-
ntered in repairs and re -
cements during the year,
' ing that the directors . were
as -ed that this was met re -
ting only in slight change
retained earnings and no re -
tion in dividend.
he current assets as of
xeh 31, 1965, were given as
9.393 against current habil-
s of $26,540 with working
ital increased from $137,557
•$752,$53, giving a current'
ion of 29,37 to 1.
`patterns are. changing in
adian feed grains," said Mr.
doll,: in- -MS -ro Orli -"Yo
d continues to observe •the
°da and to alter facilities
where needed to, serve Custom-
ers of many years'standing and
further the shareholders'. inter-
ests."
It wa's stated that all storage
space, both in the elevators
and barges, was filled over the
past winter.
Early reports from Western
Canaria, it was stated, indicate
above average -conditions fo;
this year's crop and with a•
proper balance between grain
receipts and storage, the com-
ing season should 'be consistent
with the business of the past
two Years. •
After 37 years on. the execu-
tive of the company, including
that of being Chairman of the
Board for sons' years, C. S.
Band of : Toronto has retired.
Taking his place as Chairman
of the Board now is D. B. Wel-
don, M.C., of London. The new
president is F. 1'. Dunsford of
St. Marys and the vice-presi-
dent is K. A. Powell of Winni-
peg.
Mr. G. G. Parsons is secre-
tary and Myra McNevin, treas-
urer.
Mr. G. G. Parsons was elected
as a director of the company -
along with the folfowing: F. IT.
Dunsford; H. C. H'e`ih?becker of
Toronto: D. S. Weldon; J. T.
o" efeitl '` ti'... Winnipeg; -X. A.
,Powell; C. r. Popharp of Tor-
onto.•
Anniversary t
Victoria Street
Victoria Street United
Church will celebrate its
-107th anniversary on Sunday
with special services . at 11
a.m., and 7 p.m. The special
speaker for the occasion will
be Rev. Allan M. Johnston,
B.A., B.D., of Brussels. The
congregation at Benmiller
will s4e joining with Victoria
Street for these two services.
Huron County Council has ember, This ye'hr it is set back
once again rejected ^a regttest a:week; to November 8, 4nd one
for an open deer season this or two coincide with this season.
fall. Council quashed the idea We favor 'a three-day season,
with a 26 to 11 vote on Wednes- November 8-10, Monday, Tues-
day afternoon. day and Wednesday, shotguns
Council in past years has been only and no dogs.
reluctant to go along with an "I believe the last time Huron
open season for deer when was open it was shotguns only.
neighboring counties were not Bruce and Grey have gone along
having ne. with high-power rifles, but in
This year, council was inform- Huron ' it has been shotguns
ed by E. R Meadows, senior only."
Conservation officer, of the de- Warden Webb: "There has
partment of lands and forests, been considerable criticism by
that almoost everybody is doing land owners because sometimes
it• the dates were later than they
"Bruce and Grey and Welling- were opening in the north."
ton are coming in this year,"
Mr. Meadows said, "along with
Waterloo, Oxford and Brant,
and we hope to have Wentworth
and Halton. It would appear
that the deer season should be
successful because of the num-
bers. I think members.of coun-
cil and land owners believe they
would be swamped with- hunt-
ers if only one or two counties
were Qpen.
"During May, you had four
deer killed on the roads in
Huron by cars, and how many
near misses there would be we
do '*ziot know,. However, a lot
of damage is caused in some
areas, ']rhe -deer, population- is -have this information. We will
Mr. Meadows: "Yes, the idea
of opening at , the same time
as the Parry Sound season
means most of the good hunters
are in that area during that
first week, and a certain per-
centage go up each year."
Reeve- John 1Ln: Corbett, Hay:
"I have been wondering if, a
week'li'efo ' 'the" seam; .We can
put some of our men in there
-when • illegal° hunters arein.
They have shot right on . my
farm. I have seen a lot of deer
in the past few weeks."
Mr. Meadows: "We receive a
good- many complaints a week
or two late, and I am glad to
high, ,and we have to look at
it in the right manner, to man-
age the deer herd wisely as you
do with beef cattle.
"Most does after the first
year produce a pair of fawns,
andthere is not too much that
happens to them, except the
odd one caught in a fence. Few
predators prey on them in these
parts. '
"Ordinarily, Parr -y, Sound
opens the first Monday in Nov -
INITIATION
-AT LEGION
-There will be a mass initiation
of new members at Branch 109,
Royal Canadian Legion, this
Thursday evening.•
Coming up for presentation
and discussion the same even-
' ing will be the following sub-
jects; draught beer; guests; a
full report of the Lancaster
Bomber" Committee.
Howard Carroll is making an
appeal for help 'from anyone
•.- er .S . d . in Beaching boys'
baseball, He has a group of
teams arranged but is experienc-
ing difficulty getting coaches for
the teams.
President • Dave McMillan is
to give a brief report on the
Provincial Command Convention
the same evening.,
PERSONAL
Mrs. Edith Calvert, Huron -
view, celebrated her 90th birth-
day on Sunday when members
of her family gathered there
for a -small party In her honer:
Miss Lynda Glousher, who has
been attending Goderich Busi-
ness College, has accepted a pos-
ition at the office of A. & C.
Boehmer Limited, Kitchener.
SAFETY SEMINARS •
A series of safety seminars
for municipal trench inspect-
ors is to be held in 23 centres
in Ontario. The one -for Huron
and Perth counties is to be
held at Stratford on June 24.
be ready for them. A lot of
land owners do not realize that
a lot of heifers are shot and go
to somebody's locker. I hope
some time to be in on one of
these and catch a rustler."
Reeve Tom Leiper of Hullett
suggested a season at the end
of Noi/ember, when most cattle
would be stabled.
Mr. Meadows:. _,"Xf _ later,., we
have the season by ourselves
and asking t_. e__ en u.p._. •
to come back and hunt; which
would put more hunters in the
field in this area, For damage
which can be proved caused by
hunters, you are entitled to, call
in the ag. rep. and, eet the dam-
age paid." -
Mr. Leif7er: "In the past year
I have seen only three or four
deer, and I live in the centre
of the county."
Mr. Meadows: "They are con- 120 to 25.
fined mostly to heavy swamp
areas: Colborne and the Hay
swamp, East and West Wawa -
nosh."
Answering a question by
Reeve Clift, Bayfield, about
browsing areas, Mr. Meadows
said great • damage was done
°hard maple trees', checking their
growth. Peer r.go along nibbl-
ing at turnips „also, "and that
was the 'reason we had our first
season in Oxford, years ago."
Reeve Corbett: "I do not ob-
ject to a deer season, but I do
object very strongly to these
fellows coming in our district
and shooting deer out of sea-
son, and we should be protect.
ed if we are not going to have
a season."
—Photo by Nephew
Daphne Ann Dukelow, daugh-
ter of Rev. Cecil A. Dukelow
and Mrs. Dukelow, has been
awarded a Waterloo Lutheran
University scholarship. - This
scholarship gives free tuition at
the university's regular six-
week summer school. A total
of 14 Western Ontario students
in grades 12 and 13 won the
scholarships which require a
minimum average of 75 per
cent in their collegiate exams..
Rotary Club
Elects President
-Huron's EMO co-ordinator, W.
Stuart Forbes, has been elected
the new president of the Ro-
tary Club of Goderich.
Other- officers elected for the
1965-66 season are as' follows:
1st vice-president, Bud Worthy;
2nd vice-president, Brent Nel-
son; secretary, W. Cochrane;
treasurer, Al Selinger.
, The directors are as fellows:
Community service, Dr) Jack
Hagan; . ,international service,
Blake Ball; vocational service,
Dennis Fincher; club service,
Trey. Ormnndp. '
Judge Harold Lang of Strat-
or• was guess; at last --VFW§'
meeting held at the' Maitland
Contry Club. At this meeting
both "Stu" Forbes .and. Jack
Marriott provided the program
with a discussion on guns and
ammunition. Old guns were
also_ on display.
A Rotary Seminar is to be
field at the -Anglican Church
Camp near Bayfield from June
Plays Perfect
Crib 'Hand Here
The Legion recorded its first
perfect hand at ccs..
Tuesday,, June 8. Bert Harris
was playing with Don McGhee
and had dealt himself three
fives and the Jack of spades.
Mr, Harris then received the
five of spades on the cut.
"I said look he's going to cut
me a perfect hand," said Mr.
Harris, "and sure enough he
did." The last recorded perfect
crib,hand took place a year last
January and involved Bert
Medd.
Before County Council ad-
journed Wednesday forenoon,
Reeve Reg. Jewell of Goderich
„]rose to suggest that the press'
desks be restored to their form-
er position near those of the
warden and clerk, instead of at
rear of the chamber. He also
mentioned that copies •of com-
mittee reports. were not reach-
ing the reporters.
"1 think we are unfair to our
press," he said. "We cannot
push them farther away unless
we push them outside. I know
we appreciate what the press
has done for us in years gone
by, and. I would like to suggest
that they be put back where
ithey formerly were.
"Members ask different ques-
tions; but with their backs to
the . press, I 'am sure the press
cannot. pick them up.
"1 would also recommend that
from now, on the reports be,
fore us be put on the press•
table, so they can be followed."
Warden Webb spotted Mayor
Frank Walkom at the door, and
invited him "within- the rail,".
His worship extended the cus-
tomary welcorne from the muni-,
cipality -and said..he hoped to
sec all'the members at a social
gathering sponsored by town
co un .afternoon.
•- Property committee chairman
Elmer Hayter announced that
an Ontario flag had been pur-
chased. •
"The warden assured me he
would be readier to help with
with this one than the last,"
Mfr, Hayter said. "So would
I." (Laughter).
Boys and girls of grades 7
and 8, Howick central school, sat
in ..for, a:_ time on_ deliberations.
They were accompanied by Prin-
cipal Bruce, -J J rtson at1cL i•tl:
troduced by Reeve" Robert Gib-
son. Miss Joyce McNey thank-
ed council, on behalf of the stud-
ents, for the opportunity of at-
tending a session.
Masons Hold
Church Parade
More than 100 members of
Maitland Lodge, No. 33, and
visiting Masons, marched from
the Masonic Temple Sunday,
morning to attend the service
at. North Street United Church.
-Master of the lodge is Wor-
' •
tiler .Tohri W Feith
The service was conducted by
the Rev. W. J. ten Hoopen who
preached on the topic: "The
Spirit and the World." -
County Council's latest inove
in its effort to obtain special
parking rights for its officials
and employees is to confront
Goderich council with a 1953
agreement, signed and sealed,
providing two block -long areas
on court house park, five days a
week.
(Effective last March, coun-
cillors
oupcillors themselves are provided
by the town with special tags
to mark their cars and exempt
them from the two-hour re-
striction.)
A property committee report
presented on Tuesday afternoon
by chairman Elmer Hayter, de-
puty reeve of Stanley, recom-
mended that this agreement be
considered by the town. It gave
"specific parking privileges tp
employees of the county," the
report stated.
Speaking to the report, Mr.
Hayter said: "There was an
agreement drawn-.up_hetween_
town and county in 1953, an('
we owe a great dealto the.
reeve of Goderich (Reg. Jewell),'
who did his best to get the
problem settled.
"1 believe two ,blocks were
J. H. NEILL IS
PAID TRIBUTE
Huron County Pioneer Mus-
eum was declared "finest in the
province" by deputy reeve Rob-
ert Gibson of Howick Township,
speaking at a meeting of Huron
County Historical Society in
Howick central school, ' near
Corrie, recently.
!Mitre itremit ht n'ot ve een
a museum but for a resident
of Howick, where it originated
in 1925," he said.
Spotting J I):. Neill, now re-
tired as curator, in - the audi-
ence, Mr. Gibson' asked him to
stand, and he received a round
of applause.
More than 100 attended the
meeting, with Mrs. W. D. Mack,
1 of Crediton in the chair.
PERSONAL
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Fischer,
Kitchener, spent the weekend
at the home of the latter's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon j
Smith. Britannia road. Mrs. G.
B. Smith of Belleville, returned
with them on Sunday evening.
She had spent 'the past week
with Mr. and Mrs. Smith and
other relatives.
to be, reserved around the
'Square for officials and employ-
ees. We think maybe some-
thing can be done."
"This agreement," clerk -treas-
urer . G. Berry explained, "ap-
parently was madein 1953, and
there is reference. to it in our
minute book, but- lie. copy. It
deals with the actual construc-
tion of • the building, together
with maintenance of the wash-
rooms, and parking."
Mr. Berry. read several sec-
tions, including 13: "The inner
side of the street known as the
Square, between the west limit
of Hamilton street and , east
limit of North street, and the
inner portion of the Square be-
tween the east limit of South
street and the west limit of
Kingston street shall 'on Mon -o
day, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday in each
week, between 9 a.m. and 5
.m. be_reserved for the park.,.
ing of vehicles of officials and
employes of the -county_, Of Hide
roil, or any police officer who,
has business in the court house.
"The corporation of Goderich
shall erect signs in the areas
designated restricting parking
in the said areas on the said
days :arid times to employees of
the county or any police pfficer
having business in the court
house. No person other than an
employee of the county, or, wiz,
police officer having business
in the court house; $hal,] park
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday be-
tween the hours designated.
"The agreement was signed
October 30, 1953, by =Mayor
Idris- and clerk. Slake, and
for the county b3, Warden A. W.
eThrake aYi the-rk-Erskirie'."'-'
"Larry Scales, Stratford, dis-
trict forester, in making his
report to councilsaid much of
the work covered therein was
done while he was in hospital
by Charles M. Robertson, "who ••
carried on very well without
any assistance from Lands and
Forests." He said 500 'trees
had been planted around the
"Tiger" Dunlop tomb. The •
Robertson tract of red, pine iii
Colborne is getting to log size,
Mr. Scales reported.
Warden Webb asked Mr. 'Rob-
ertson to stand, 'and he . was
given a round of applause by '.
council' members.
Mr. Scales -had a stencilled
report of three or four pages,
and copies were distributed to
the members but not the re-
porters. •
Lake Huron
Up 5, Inches ,
The Lake Huron water level
for May, measured at Gode-
rich, was up 5.28 inches over
that of April. The same was
the case for the Lake Super-
ior water level. Lake dntario
had the biggest gain — 10
inches. Lake Erie had the
smallest gain four inches. -
Effective control of pollution the rivers are carrying pollu-
tion into Lake Huron; in turn
many ditches and 'streams help
to spoil these rivers. The re-
sponsibility for 'controlling pol-
lution is local'and/or provincial,
with varied enforcement in
each municipality and province.
Effective control rests upon 'na-
tional enlightenment. .Let us
hope that the Royal Commission
on Taxation will some up with
recommendations which will in-
clude a ^more effective formula
for underwriting .pollution con
trol costs in our country;" -
Dr. Aldis cited $600,000,000
being spent in the TJ:S:.tor'iri
stailation . of control units, and
is lacking in Canada, this .coun-
try's approach 'to the problem
having been "splintered," as in
many other matters, by the Bri-
itsh North America Act, Dr.
R. M. Aldis told Huron County
Council .in presenting the re-
port of the county health unit.
"As the tourist season begins
to burst upon this county," he
said,, "one wonders how long
Lake Huron will remain relative-
ly fit for industrial and recrea-
tional development; how long
•
till it,
like
becomes an open
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sewer ike. much nf:the Great
Lakes downstream.'
"We do knowlhat right now
$2,000,000 annually for Great
Lakes studiee, while the total
Canadian effort amounts to
about $250,000.
` The M.O.H. demonstrated for
council the operation of an audi-
ometer, used to ascertain if stu-
dents' hearing is defective.. In
the larger schools, Grades 2,' 4'°
and 6 are tested; in one -room
schools all pupils are included.
Of 4,175 screened to date; 94
have been found with a sus-
pected hearing loss.
Rabies is down in. Huron, Dr.
)Aldis reported, only seven cases
being listed, including a deer,
und..a trunk....
"We are very happy about
the situajon_,this year," he said.
Due to various cancella-
tions and adjustments' in rail-
way services in this area,
there will be changes in the
mail receipts and despatches
at the Goderich Post Office,
effective June 20th.
Mail Receipts
Daily except Sundays at
4.45 a.m.
Daily except Sundays at
6.45 a.m.
Daily except Sundays and
Mondays at 2,45 p.m.
Mail Despatches
Daily except Sundays and
Mondays at 7.15 a.m.
Daily except Sundays at
6.15 p.m.
Daily except Sundays at
7.15 p,m. ,
Sundry despatch of mail at
5.20 p.m, (First class mail
only.) -
Closing time for posting of
mail to go opt on any of the
above truck departure times
is a half an hour before de-
parture time.
Mails for delivery to Kin -
tail, Port Albert, all rural
routes and by letter carrier
walks in Goderich should be
posted at the ,Goderich Post
office by 7 a.m., to receive
delivery on the. day of posting.
George_.- Tartan_ ie__. watched _ by _ his dog
Miekie as he Makes his way up from
his basement on wills home-made hit. For
full story. of ._ this local man's r-ernarkable
aehieveanerats turn to Page 5
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