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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-11-11, Page 13gaZe her, C THE GQDER1." SJGNAL-STAR, ThUR AYr NOV, it 1965 tri Dougl '4 ;in wail,, >>eat -riat in Tho ;iss sited es Ci 4Undaj ed Mq Arne lnie; Kat h,an a, Ma 1 Hagg ere . W ed t r m. f ien b�.. b. set.Liberal- apes B,�i .a..,,..r-.:.n.,.,�x�,.rma�.�'x, �.�tG!t:t°:..� 'va�w-u r•, --ter- :� A-SxA—v�±gr,.m.-saRtr��,.-�cra+�: i and Edgar, 718. In the last elec- tion the Conservative majority, here had been mare than 300 votes. Advanced' Polls Results of 'the advanced' polls followed. the trends of previous elections. in the' Huron riding and gave the'Liberals the lead. The results were: 1Goderich=I.�iberals, 44; NDP, 3; PC, 27. Blyth ---Liberals, -8; NDP, - 0; PC, 15. Exeter ---Liberals, 42; NDP, 2; PC,"31. 31. Clinton Liberals, 0; PC, 34. .progressive Conservative 10 in Goderich- Vas found 'alv,ed after final returns checked following the gen- tieetIo,n on Monday. Ifigures from the town's" king stations were: McKinney, •t Edgar, Lib. -1,276 Carl Hemingway, NDP— left the PC majority stand - g366 as compared with' the than 700 vote majority ,to former PC incumbent n Cardiff in the April, 1963 on. ie Liberals won two polls in ,12 East and 12 West, and with the Torics .Qn poll No. In the April, 1963 election liberals carried poll 8 by two votes to give the Tories ost clean sweep. flier areas in which the Lib - increased �their suet Colborne Township; Gode- Township and McKinley's towe'of Zurich. Colborne Vote .the last election the Cal- Towpship voters gave a solid 117 vote majority. time McKinley picked up a of 82 withthe NDP's, g 37 votes. Edgar won ut of the. four polis which een solidly behind Cardiff. • Goderich Township Goderich Township the PC orfty of 215 in 1963 was ted to 83 with the, NbP's ing ay picking up.a further gain Edgar picked up one of ix polls for• the _ Liberals a. prr eviousfy~been so d = hind the net= Cardiff Zurich Vote Zurich 'the previous PC ority of 73 was reduced to en to the amazement of the officials. The NDP's picked air votes in the town. Clinton Vote biggest • sebback . 'of the tion for the Liberal hopes in Clinton where` Edgar anticipating a majority on strength of teaching high Ool there: We knew we were out of the ging as soon as the results these polls started to come .said a Liberal spokesman. 6e PC's took this town with a jority of two -'but these votes ved sufficient to kill the e hopes of the Liberals for riding. anal tolhin Clinton was: Mc- ey, 720; Hemingway, 77; 1.10 113 or 1.6 Goderich . police -officers made a series 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 Vanstone, . 19, 143 Keays street; Norman Albert Vanstone, 20,, 52 Stanley. street; William 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- 'Napier street, was arrested ani charged with assault and causing bodily harm. The al- leged victim, Arthur Harvey of 168 'Huron road, w•as 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. PERSONAL. A ma ibr blitr-is° mderr'way in Goderiehi and district to provide °vitally needed donors for the blood bank. - Local officials expressed "ex- treme concern" following the result`;,��a clinic which was held di/00 the summer months. At tha t' me only 130 donors made the effort to attend with the result that the clinic was 70 pints: ,Bort of its minimum target. The final blood donor clinic' of the year has been set for Wednesday, November 17, at North .Street United Church, Clinic ,times will be 2:00 to 5:30 p.m.` and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m: plea service clubs and chur- cites have ,rallied to the 'appeal for help fl fde by the local cam - pa i0 corrin? ittee headed by Mrs. Frank Cut+y. The Goderich Kinsmen Club has dopa#ed a "Kin Korpuscle Kup" whi ch will be competed for by •total service clubs in what theyldescribe as the "big- gest bloodletting operation ever seen ki Goderich." Town, council has played its Pert by allowing municipal women .bine off to attend the ments concerning ave,been;madeIy- all 'Irifi tistersztnw.ak cou- rt to help the ooks-'ae-thoLgh people-.ar. 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 thein` 'families, suddenly are placed in the position where they need blood to save their lives." , Miss Barbara Ellis of London is spending the week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Ellis, following sur- .gery at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lgpdon. •A smiling Bob McKinley (top) addresses his Goderich support- ers after his Monday night vic- tory arid (below) is jostled a- midst a crowd of local residents who turned out to congratulate him. Goderich must not be placed in the position thatsome major city hospitals have, found them- selves where they have to sche- dule operations when the vital° blood becomes available. All persons who have 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. 'Huron County riding re-affirn3 foliow400 the election. How= e 1 'Streng ,-(les—wyd h—thea .n a: tional Progressive ,Conservative party on Monday by ,giving PC candidate Bo`b McKinley a 1,294 vote• majority. Final party standings were. Bob McKinley. P.C. .--10,573 Mait Edgar, Lib. . —9,279 J. Carl Hemingway, NDP -1,279 Early returns from the close of polls at 7 p.m. Monday gav- McKinley of the Progressive Conservatives a strong edge over .the Liberal candidate with the NDP'' trailing the field in the three -cornered fight. a spokesmanw� �7t11�" iiT~f: T•ts ��...� �w: mented.�Aug creased our vote slightly we feel that,the time is coming in Huron when the' voters -'will ac- cept us as the only a1 ernative to the old line parties. "There is much to be done for Huron riding 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 neat. Shortly after 10 p.m. Mr. Mc- Kinley and his wife travelled in a motorcade .around Goderich and made an official Visit to the tarty headquarters here._._ _. The new MP for Huron, who' braved freezing winds to make his acceptance speech, stood on the bumper 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 leased am very with thented re- sult," very p he said. "To all those who took an active part in my campaign, 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- ing no matter which candidate they supported in this election. "I realize the responsibility. that faces me. particularly fol- lowing a man like Elston Cardiff, but I can only say I will do my utmost, for everyone in this-rid- ing his•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 resi- dents who "'came to watch the conclusion of what had been one of the most open raees in the Huron riding for more than a quarter of a century. • At 5.50 p.m. Mait 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 officials real- ized that their anticipated„preak- through had failed to material- ite despite' -the ~ fact that --the Tory majority had " been cut by `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 thereturns: which were encouraging for our`future pros- pects. • Total Vote, 21,131 A total of 21.131 riding resid- ents wept to the polls on Mon- day in the damp • drizzly con 1i - tions out of a total eligible vote of 25,584. After �conceding victory to the ' • Mr. Edgar commented: "I, -.would like to extend( my heartfelt thanks tothe 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 wawa to represent the : residents of Huron riding for the Progressive Conserva- tives." • NDP candidate '• Hemingway :was not available for camment Milk 'Price Boost Local milk distributors -an- nounced this week that milk will be going up in price by one cent a quart as of Monday next. `. Malt Edgar smiles gamely (top) as he concedes his defeat from the Liberal headquarters in -Clin- ton. Below, returning officer Ikussel Bolton works under pres- sure collecting the poll results in,. Seafortli:- IIs 1 for` Goderich town council is faced "Council decided not to prof with an unprecedented situation ceed with the project at that• over the Oropo'sed sewage treat- time. The new water works mentplant. System was given priority. Two Pressured for action by the years ago B. M. Ross Anil As - Ontario Water Resources Com, sociates were engaged to pre - mission, council metbers have °pare plans and• estimates. This expressed concern • over costs, resulted in an 'estimated cost some $300,000 above the estim- of $515,000 plus $30,000 fbr out- ates.. ° fall sewer. Although' no firm commit- "Tenders were called 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 ing Co,, $967,545; Clairson Con- Municipal Board and the Central strutting Co., $971,004. 11fortgage and Housing Corpor- ',The. tenders do not include ation. th' outfall sewer Which is estim- In the, light of the $900,000 ated to 4 ost and additional $73, cost involved council released 000 in the first bid, $74,424 in the following statement this ;the sdcond ,bid and $109,120 in week "to clarify the position for the third bid. the general public." Comparative Cost "Ontario Water Resources«gear plant Ogtfall Sewer Commission have been pressing 1059 ,. 3'I3,000 •49,000 'council over the past ten years 1962 515,000 49,000 to proceed with' a pollution con- trop plant. In 1959'M. M. Dillon 19$5 low bid 828,000 873,000 and Company were retained to 1'965 other, bids 968,00(1 7,4,424 pretiare a report on this project.' 1965 other bids 971,OQ0 109,120 Their report showed an estim- -"It is pointed Out that the ated cost of $371,000, plus $49,- figure .for" the outfall sewer in 000 for outfall 'sewer. , protection to the ravine. In the Ross report this item_ is in- cluded in the plant. "Bid one is $140,Q00 below bid two. A 25% forgiveness clause is provided under present °Legislation�in C,M.H.C. loans to municipalities.. This could re- duce thecost to the ratepayers by $140,000. . "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 council proceeded with an ap- plications to the Ontario Muni- cipal Board for' approval Sof a 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 fol a loan of $560,000 to apply , on the cyst, of the protect. Town of Gode- rich debentures will W issued for any' balance required to cover the dost if the' work is proceede&w th. ' "The•outfa11 Over isnot being the Dillon report included some• provided for -at this time,"