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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-11-11, Page 1►r /�! r��r(� r{,� r'ST T URSDAY, NOV, f, 4?�'�1-� r"R'I'y = T , progressive Conservative .ority in Goderich was found to halved after final returns e checked following the gen- election on Monday. al figures from the town's polling stations 'C er1�64Z. McKinley; p ait Edgar, Lib. -1,276 , Carl Hcrningway, N1DP-= sleft-the PC majority stand - at 366 as compared, with the re than 700 vote majority a to formerin thePC April, 1963 bent on Cardiff lion. Tile Liberals won two polls in 'n,12 East and 12 -West, and dwith the Tories on poll No. In the April, 1963 electibn e Liberals carried poll 8 by two votes to give the Tories almost clean sweep. Other areas in which the Lib - I i creased, -their—sup a o reColborne Township, Township and McKinley's o town of Zurich. Colborne Vote ta the last election the • Col- o Township voters gave a solid 117 vote majority. time McKinley picked up a and Edgar, 718: In the -last elec- tion the Conservative majority here shad been more than 300 votes. Advanced Polls Results of the .advaneed polls followed the trends of previous elections in the Huron riding and gave the Liberals the lead. The results were: iGoderich-Liberals, 44; NDP, 3; PC, 27. Blyth—Liberals, 8; NDP, 0; PC, 15. Exeter—Liberals, 42; NDP, 2; PC, 31. • Clinton—Liberals, 28; NDP', •0; PC, 34. Gr eri-r polieecers-made- seri s of six lightning arrests in town early Saturday evening on charges of obstructing justice. Arrested were; Robert Simp- son, 23, 20 Elgin avenue; Gerald Vanstone, 18, 143 Keays street; Wayne Frederick Vanstooe, 19, laity of 82 with. the NDP's 143 Keays street; Norman Albert Vanstone, 20, 52 Stanley street; W-illiam Alexander • Johnstone, 24, R.R. 4, and Bert Kemp, 19, Goderich... All six were released on bail to stand trial on Monday, Nov- ember 15. Shortly before noon -on Satur- day, William Vaughn Munro, 19, 83- N'ap. . st and charged with assault and causing Bodily harm. The al- leged victim, .Arthur Harvey of 168 Huron road, was taken to hospital on Friday evening where he had five stitches in- serted in facial wounds. Munro will also appear in court on Monday to answer the charge. . William Edward Mclsaac, 18, 151 Stonehouse street, was ar- rested in Goderich Tuesday af- ternoon on a charge of break, entry and theft under $50. acting 37 votes. Edgar won out of the four polls which been solidly behind Cardiff. Goderich Township in Goderich Township the PC jollity of 215 in 1963 was ced to 83 with. the NDP's ngway picking up a further votes. - a -in Edgar packed up one of Is-^-fo ---the-•,.Lid erala.. :chhad previously been solid behind the Elston . Cardiff Zurich Vote In Zurich the. previous PC ;jollity of 73 was reduced to ren to the amazement of the officials. The NDP's picked six votes in the town. -Clinton Vote` The biggest setback of the lection for the Liberal hopes me in Clinton where Edgar as anticipating a majority on lie strength of teaching high pool there. "We knew we were out of the ming as soon as the results • these polls started to come "said 'a Liberal npokesanari. The PC's took this town. with a ajority of tyro but these: votes ved sufficient-" to kill the rime hopes of the Liberals for riding. Final toll in Clinton was: Me ley, 720; Hemingway, 77; For9tocd•� A major blitz is underway in boderich and district to provide vitally needed donors for the' blood bank. Local, officials expressed "ex- trenme concern" following • the, result of` a clinic which was held during the summer months:, At that ;time only .130 donors made the ,effort to attend with the result, that the clinic was 70 pints short of its minimum target. The .final blood donor clinic of the yei•r has been set for Wednesda , November • 17, at North :Sheet United Church. Unit times will be 2:00 to 5. p.m. and V.00 to 9:00 p.m. Area service clubs and chur- ches have ::rallied to the appeal for help .made by the local cam- paign comrhittee headed by Mrs.. Frank .Curry. Strohg Tory Ties, Beat ChaiengeC'f on.eou t3,riding-, e.,,.afi'i ,-fgllpwin hs election. How- �oirw4-�r nx its strong -ries with the.. na- kfonal Progressive Conservative' party on. Monday by giving PC candidate Bob McKinley a 1,294 vote inajotity. ' Final party standings were. Bob McKinley. P.C. —10,573 Mait Edgar, Lib. —9,279 J: .Carl Hemingway, 'NDP --1,279 The Goderich Kinsmen Club has donated a "Kin Korpuscle Kup" which will be competed fork by local service clubs in what thei describe as the "big- gei;t blood -netting ope1ration ever seen in Goderich." . y Town council has played its part by allowing municipal workmen time off to attend the clinic: Announcements concerning the clinico_{> ve been made by all local churc ministers in a con -s, `solidated effort to help the drive. " t oo s, as at last beginning to realize the importance of the clinic," said hospital administrator Leo Wal- zak. . "The unfortunate thing is that, most potential donors do not appreciate the donor ,service until they, or a member of their families, suddenly are placed in 'the position where they need blood to save their. lives." PERSONAL Miss Barbara Ellis of London is spending the week at the home of her parents, Mr.- and Mrs. G. L. Ellis, following sur- Iery at Sp Joseph's Hospital-, London. A smiling Bob McKinley (top) addresses his Goderich support- ers after his Monday night vic- tory and (below) is jostled a- midst a crowd of local residents who turned Out to congratulate him. Goderich must not be placed in he position that some major city hospitals have found them- selves where they have to sche- dule operations when the vital blood becomes, available. All persons who h'ave not given blood previously are ask- ed to register at Denomme's Flower Shop now. The few minutes spared by the donor to give blood will provide years •of life for the recipient. Goderich residents are asked to make Wednesday a bonanza clinic day to counteract the dis- astrous results of the summer clinic. '' Early returns from the close of polls at 7 p:m. Monday gave McKinley of the Progressive Conservatives a strong edge over the Liber vandidate with the NDP's trailing the field in the three -cornered fight. At 8.50 p.m. Malt Edgar, with only a handful of polls still to be heard from, conceded victory by phone from his election head- quarters in Clinton. Dejected Liberal qfficials real- ized that"their anticipated break- through had failed tb material- ize despite the fact that the Tory majority had been ,eutby a total of 1,081 from the April 1963 election. "Naturally we are very,disap- pointed by the result," comment- ed J. Howard Aitken, the Lib- eral campaign manager, "but we felt there were certain signs from. the returns which were encouraging for our future pros- pects." Total Vete, 21,131 A total of 21;131 riding resid- ents, Went .to . the palls. gni Mon day in the damp drizzly condi- tions out of a total eligible' vote of 25,584. n After conceding victory to the .Tories, _.Mr. Edgar commented: "I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the residents of this -riding who lent me their support during this election. "I can only wish Mr. McKin- ley all the success possible when he goes to Ottawa to represent the residents of Huron riding for the Progressive Conserva- tives." NDP candidate Hemingway was .not -,available for comment eyer w r-- mented: "Although -we only -in- creased our vote slightly we feel that.,,he time is coming in Huron when the yoters will ac- cept,,,us the only alternative to the . e parties. "There ° uch to be clone for Huron. aiding and Mr. McKinley carries With him our well wishes for success in office in Ottawa," he said. Victory Parade The jubilant Tories held a vic- tory parade, led by the Zurich pipe band, which wound its way through the voting centres in the riding following the news that their candidate had won the seat. Shortly after 10 p.m. Mr. Mc- Kinley and his wife travelled in a motorcade around Goderich and made an official visit to the party headquarters here. • The /mutt- MP for Huron --who braved freezing winds to make his acceptance speech, stood on the bun per of a car outside the PC office on the Square. Hands thrust deep into his topcoat pockets, he said: "I would like to extend my person- al thanks to all of you who voted for me to go to Ottawa as your representative. •`I find it very' difficult to de- scribe how I feel at this moment beyond saying I am very excited and- very pleased with 'the re- sult," he said. "To all those whq took an active part in my car paign, and there were many in Goderich, I will be forever grateful," — Pledges Help - He added: "I only want to point out that I will do my, best for all the residents of the rid- ingno matter which candidate they supported in this election_ "I realize the responsibility that faces• me. particularly .fol- lowing a mhn like Elston Cardiff, but I can only say I will do 'my utmost for everyone in this rid- ing when. I go to take my seat in the house." Then the newly -elected MP walked in front of the motorcade around the Square and waved to the small clusters of local r.esi- dept who came to watch the conclusion of what had been one of the most open races in the Huron riding for morethan a quarter of a century. . Milk Price Boost Local milk distributors an. nounced this week that milk will •be going up in price by one dont a quart as of Monday next. Mait Edgar smiles gamely (top) as he concedes his defeat from the Liberal headquarters in Clin- ton. Below, returning officer Russel Bolton works under press , sure collecting the poll results in Seaforth. Goderich town council is faced "Council decided not to prq- ._, with an unprecedented situation ceed with clic . project at that over the proposed sewage treat- time. The new water works ment plant. g. system was given.priority. Two Pressured for action by_the years -ago Br} M. Ross and As - Ontario : Water Resources Com- ,sociates were engaged to ' pre - mission, council members have pare plans and estimates. This expressed concern oyer costs, ,resulted in an estimated cost some $$00,000 above the estim• of $515,000 plus $30,000 for out- ates._ fall sewer. Although no firm" ommit- "Tenders- were crf'1red in Octo- ment has been made, council ber 1965. Three tenders were voted 6-2 last Thursday to make received: Logan Contracting, application to raise money for $828,000; Schwenger Construct - the project through the Ontario lig Co., $967,545; Clairson Con- M`frnicipal Board and the Central strutting Co., $971,004. Mortgage anal Housing Corpor- , "The tenders do not include .ation— - .. _- -- - ...-.- -the-theail--sewer-which- is-�estim In the light .of the $900,000 ated to cost and additional $73, - cost involved council released 000 in the first bid, $74,424 in „the following statement this the' second bid and $109,120 in week "to clarify the position for the third bid. r the general public." Comparative Costs "Ontario Water Resources Commission have been pressing ",ear plant ,Outfall Sewer eoun over til the past ten years 1959 i cto-r }..N —c1< un inky protection . to the •ravine. In the Ross report this item is in- cluded in the plant. "Bid one is $140,000 below bid, ,two. A 25% forgiveness clause is provided under present legislation inC.M.H.C. loans to municipalities. This could re- duce the cost to 'the ratepayers by $14i),Q00. "By combining the figures above we get $280,000 'as a pos- sible saving over a tender call at a future date. - "After considering the aboVe Muni- tinecouncil proceeded with an ap- plication to the Ontario Muni - tine TMBha 'r approvai" capital expenditure of, $900,000 to cover the cost of the pollution control plant. 'Application ' has also been made to Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation for a loan of $560,0Q0 to apply on the cast of the protect. Town of Gode- rich debentures `Will be issued for any balance required to cover the cost if the work i •, proceeded with. "The outfall sewer is not being 371,000 49,000 to proceed. with a $ollution con- 515,000' $O,Opb19651ow bid 823,000 73,000 .trol plant. In 1959 M. M; Dillon. 1965 other bids' 968,000 74,4,4 and bmpany .were retained to 1965 other bids 971,000 109,120 prepare a report on this project. Their report showed an esti,- "It is - pointed c%t that the ated` cost of $371,000, plus $49,- flgtie for the otttall sewer in 1100 for outfall sewer. the Dillon report included some l provided for at thin time."