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Instructress Displays finished Articles
Workshop's Problem?
-,Shortage, of , Work
A teenage Goderich girl smiled to herself 'as
she concentrated on ' hooking a rug. in a newly
formed, °warkshgp here. . _
The smile was one pf satisfaction despite the
• fact that the 18-year-o1d's hands were shaking So
severely She could hardly 'hold the rung hook.
For this was no ordinary teenager. In fact• its•-.
was no ordinary ,workshop. ,
__This was the Rotary -sponsored workshop
Gard rini w� sal :_began - wet -Riau- -i -lane W .
Xinsmen clubhouse here- last October. -
OElhe end-praductt of the".workshop is not only the
ordered item but also the provision of a future for
our mentally -handicapped -young adults. -
A total of six__girls ranging in age from 18 to . ' „27—they all- like to be known -as girls ---are at
present attending the workshop under the guidance
°of Mrs. Evelyn Carroll, -
' They meet in the Kinsmen clubhouse five days ',
a week between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 P.in. The ac= . -
comodation is provided free by the Kinsmen.
Here ,they are helped to overcome the: obstacles
which, mental retardation has placed in• their paths
all their lives. . e ,
he boundless .patience of,'Mrs. Carroll helps them
to overcome the handicap of trembling hands and
Other off -shoots of their illness.
Four of ,the - girls had previously • attended t-
Elizabeth'ls school for' retarded children and a eom-
pleEed their course ire Iasi year.
"This -is why we needed- a workshop of this
nature;" said Mrs. 'Carroll. "These young people,
if they were left to -sit at home, would quickly forget
all they had learned." • ,
She added: "When they have completed some-
thingthey laugh and shout out SI did it. I did it."
'This work is excellent therapy for them if
they were not` here theywould be sitting at home
with nothing to do," she said.
Lack Of Work •
The one proble n the workshop faces is lack
'of work.,
"We have„ not been getting sufficient orders in
. to keep busy all the time, said Mrs. Carroll.. "The
girls enjoy' contract work because it .gives them a
sense of belonging." •
• Since the workshop began operation the girls
have completed some 21- orders for local operations.
"We can do anything involving packaging and
sirhgle craft," said Mrs. Carroll. "Inn fact we are
always looking far ideas from people."
The workshop,was working at peak capacity
over, Christmas tuning out intricate decorations
for the seasons.
"Just what .,the future holds !or the workshop
depends on public • reaction -to the • demand for
work," said Mis. Carroll- -•
"One day we would like to have a larger group
and he able to - pay them on a profit-sharing basis
as • tahey. do in other centres," he said.
"'There's probably- work available if people
would just stop foe a =Anent and think about it.
• "We are not asking for anything apart from .
the right to, allow these handicapped young, peiple
the right to shape their own future," said Mrs.
Carroll.
CIub Sponsors- Game
To Aid workshop
Huron County Police have Leod, Garnet Wray and Gord
a power -packed squad ready Lantz. -
to take to the ice against the - Other members of the squad
CKNX All -Stars in the Gode- • are: Ray Primeau, Seaforth;
rich. Arena. Friday. , Jack Hatch, Andy , Burgess,
Kincardine; Bill Hodgins, Bill
Simons, Don Emery, Lucan.
The team's top-flight man-
ager is Alex Twaddle of the
OPP detachment in Goderich.
"We have not had a prac-
tice yet but we are hoping
our boys are in pretty good
shape," said Constable' Twad-
dle.
The, CKNX All -Stars are
keeping their team under-
wraps at present.
Rotarians, who provided a
The event, Which is being
held to raise money for the
Goderich retarded adults'
workshop, is under the spon-
sorship of the town Rotary
Club.
Sergeant Bob Keene, coach
.of the police team, 'has "de-
tained" a line-up with which
he hopes to switch -off - the
CKNX team. , e
The pollee squad includes
tvyo formidable members of
the Goderich, police depart- team themselves last year,
ment in the shape (if you refrained from commenting
Can call it that) of Sergeant on why they had decided not
Ross Crawford and Constable to take to the lee again.
George Bacon. • " Safd one member, who ask-
FoUr Members of the OPP ed for his name to be'witb-
erich detachment will also - held: "Some of them haven't
be taking to the ice. They " recovered from last year's
are John Phillips, Jim Mai- game yet."
500 Attend
Lob! .Service
For Mariners
gA 500 -strong congregation
marked the 52nd observation
of the Mariners' Service which
was held in Knox Presbyterian
Church on Sunday:
Lanterns shone red and
green at the chancel sides;
lifebuoys from the "Douglas
Houghton" decorated the gal-,
lery and a lighthouse stood -by
the pulpit.
The Harbouraires, under the
direction of George Buchanan,
provided special music for the
service including: "Let the
lower lights • be burning."
Lorne Dotterer and Bill
Cameron provided organ mus- .
is during the service.
Rev. G. Lockhart Royal, who
conducted the seryice, chose
as his , ermon theme:. "Home
Port."
3urrarig th@ sermon; the-min-
is�- =ham-ou.t.-at `-`tl�ih-gs-heir
preached in some churches."
• Ile said: "The age in which
we live is or.e of rationaliz-
ation;_ and sweet reasonable-
ness.
"The intellectuals do. not
• realize thatman has limita-
tions. Some go as far' as tb
say God is dead, which is just
about as near blasphemy. as
one may go." said Mr. Royal.,
Mr. Royal called for a per-
iod, of silent prayer, for those,
who hathdied during the year.
Arnold McConnell was gen-
eral convener for the service.
The service was first held
in the church in the spring of
1914 following the great storm
which claimed many lives on
the Great Lakes in the fallof -
1913. ' .
A total 'of 14 ships were
sunk...on the Great Lakes and
out of these eight vessels went
down in Lake Huron. The
bodies of 27 mariners were
washed up on the shores of
Goderich and four were never
identified.
The . unidentified sailors
were buried ir. Maitland ceme-
tery where a special - plaque '
was erected :in ,their memory.
•The first service for the men
,washeld in the old Knox
Presbyterian Church.
A total of 235 men lost .
their lives in the storm and,
property damage was estimat-
ed at $2,500,000 on Lake
Huron,
On the bodies of men from
i'ariotis ships, washed up at
different points„on Take Hu-
ron, were found watches, and
when notes were compared,
it was declaiedthat practical-
ly all the watches had stopped
at the sane - time.
Hotel Owner
Named In Trial
A Brussels hotel owner has
been named one of two de-
fendants in a $200,000 civil
action, which began Monday
in London at the . opening of
a four-week. non -jury sitting
of the -Ontario Supreme Court.
New American Hotel owner
Mrs. Ann Baker Was. named
a defendant under Seotion 07
of the Liquor Licence Act,
which prohibits a hotel from
serving an intoxicated man
and places civil liability on
the hotel if some "accident
occurs.
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Plaintiff in the action is
Larry Bruce ' Jteddon, 22, of '
Listowel, sole survivor of a
head-on crash July 18, 1964,
"which killed three persons.
The second defendant is
the estate of William Gordon
Dodd of Auburn, driver of
the other Gar, who died in
the crash on. Huron County
Road 25, abiiut two miles
,west of Walton.
His passenger, Allen James
Craig of Auburn, and a 'teen-
age girl, Winnifred Griffith,
19, of R.R. 1, Wroxeter, a
passenger in the plaintiff's
car, also died in the . crash.
The statement of claim al-
leges Dodd was served beer
in th_e _New American Hotel
the flight before the accident,
when it was evidetnt he was
in an intoxicated condition.
The Goderich Collegiate students examine the petition they
presented at a public meeting held in! MacKay 'Hall to
organize -a Centennial committee Monday Left to right are:
John Eadie, Elizabeth Wright, Rick Corbett, Rosanne de Vries,
Ted Royal.
Signal -Star Photo
Coliegiate Students' Petition
Spurs centennial Program
At 'its fourth, and what was
to be its final attempt, the
town of Goderich formed a
Centennial i~ommittee here on
Monday night.
The 60: local residents who
.ttended an_ organizational
meeting in Mackay Hall were
sparked into action by° a peti-
tion signed by 267 Goderich
Collegiate students.
" Three previous meetings
called to� appoint a committee
had failed to come . up with
a chairman.
Mayor Frank Walkom, who
was unable to attend Monday's
meeting because of illness,
had said all Centennial plans
. would be - scrapped here un-
less a committee was formed.
A delegation of five students
presented the petition deplor-
ing "local apathy"- to the pro-
- blem.
• Grade 12 student kick Duck-
worth acted as spokesmaifor
the group and told r\the meet-
• ing:
' "This is an indictment a-
gainst the present genera-
tion for their failure."
The document •listed four
reasons for the .call to action:
. • - A worthy- Centennial pro-
ject at the municipal level
would foster Canadian na-
tionalism, the lack of which
'" is made obvious through
public apathy. .
• Inactivity in this project
will be an indictment a-
gainst the present genera-
- tion' for their failure to
carry on the legacy of our
forefathers.
-ANNl1AL BANQUET TOLD
Future Bright . For Credit .Union
Chairman J. N. MacDonald
welcomed a 'capacity number
of members and guests to the
membership dinner and 12th
annual meeting of the Gode-
rich Community Credit Union
held in the Legion kIa1L
Mrs. Marilyn Stdyle, Board
Secretary, presenting the Dir-
ectors' report, painted out
that members' share savings
exceeded the loans outstand-
ing °for the third year in a
row. Deposit .accounts with
cheque writing privileges
have shown a substantial in-
crease. Interest is paid on
these chequing accounts at the
rate of 4% on the minimum
quarterly balance. The board
is also studying the possibility
of term deposits.
Two bylaws were approve
ed, one being the changing
of the expiratory date of the
Credit Union's Fiscal- year
from December 31 to Septem-
ber 30 of each year.
The board's recommenda-
tion to pay 41,4% dividend on
members' share savings was
passed by , the meeting; the
dividend to be credited to the
members' . accounts. This a-
mounts to appro9:imately $15,-
500.00. ProV'isions.,were also
made for --the general feserve
accounts. ,
During the meeting, aemin-
ute's silence was observed in.
memory -of seven members
who passed away during 1965.
Walter K. Tichborne, in his
report - for the educational
committee, mentioned that the
annual Silver Dollar Campaign
in' October exceeded all pre-
vious records, and was in-
strumental in many new mem=
bers joining the Credit Union.
Newspaper advertising and
letters mailed periodically to
the members helped a great
deal to acquaint the general
public with the Credit Union
message. Mr. Tichborne pre-
sented a gift to, the ladies who
. attended. .:
Mr. Leslie A. Riley, chair-
man of the credit committee,
reported 50 meetings during
the year to process 4121 loan
• applications' - amounting to
$393,102:00. In addition 319
pay day loans were granted;
•
Stephen Helesic, treasurer -
manager, referred the gather-
ing to the financial report,
and .presented the financial
affairs of the Credit Union.
He noted that there was an
increase in assets of $40,000
and that the membership total-
- led 1160 at the end' of the
year. Busin€ss transactions
at the Credit r>Union office
,amounted to $1,700,000 dur-
ing 1965, and it is expected
that this figure will 'increase
consider$bly during 1966.
Q
Ed, Walzak, son of Alex-
andra Hospital administrator
Leo Walzak, and Mrs. Walzakd
was one of 24 graduates of the
Regional School of Medical
Laboratory Technology, who
received diplomas at exercises
in London last Saturday.
The Goderich graduate also
shared the St. Joseph's Hos-
pital Certificate anda$50 with
graduate Jean Anderson of
Wallaceburg.
Mr. Walzak. who topped his
class, will now write ,examin-
ations for certification with
the Canadian Society of Lab-
oratory Technologists, the of-
ficial registry of medical I'ab-
oratory tbchnologists in. Can-
ada.
He plans to enter univers-
ity in September.
Goderich Boy
Earns Diploma
• ,To date, an effective com-
mittee to manage Centa-
vial preparations has, not
been formed.
• Many thousands of dollars
in federal and provincial
grants are.: available to as-
sist- projects. .
'Adequate --Budget" ` .
The petition urged the- set-
ting up of a committee with
"an adequate budget" and
terms of reference to be set
out under which the commit-
tee would function.
Student spokesmen offered
two" concrete suggestions"
for the 'Centennial. Committee
once formed:
— Production' of a commem-
orative medal . signifying ,
Canada's 100th birthday
and the 140th birthday of
Goderich.
— Provide a civic centre for
use by all local organiz-
ations. -
Said Rick Corbett: "We col-
lected most' of the signatures
during the lunch hour today.
In fact we only started col-
lecting the signatures today
and it was signed by hearly
all the seniors. -'
"„The students arevery con-
cerned about this," he said.
Albert W. Cane, Centennial
Planning Board representative
described the students' peti=
tion as "a piece of first-class
thinking.'
'Said .Mr. Cane, who de-
scribes himself as a trouble-
shooter": -"This is the first
time young ,people have come
forward with such a very de-
finite undertaking. , -
"I am amazed and elated
by their attitude. This group
of students will take the pro-
ject over if the adults don't
waft to do it.
"One thing I know is that
I should have come down to
Goderich a ,long time ago,"
• he said. ' • -
Committee Members
Goderich businessman Ray -
Robinson agreed to act as
chairman of the committee
and a striking committee ap-
pointed Rick Corbett as co-
chairman.
Other committee members
arc:. Councillor Harry Worsell,
Miss Mary Howell,' Mrs. Mar-
tha Rathburn, Pete.McCauley,
Ted Malins, Hugh Hill and
Mrs. Clayton Edward.
On _ taking the chair, Mr.
Robinson announced he in-
tended to aim for a major -pro-
ject each month during 1967.
"I intend to have one major
project each month and a
number of small projects to
run in conjunction with
them," he said.
He added: "We have .had
enough messing around. It
is now time for us to get
down to business.
"The youth of our town
have shown us the path we
-must fellow."
Freez-in'.. Robin
The balmy breezes which
have buffeted Goderich this
winter appear to have played
havoc with nature's timetable.
First it was flowering shrubs
and trees in 'leaf. Now we
have an eye -witness to the
arrival .of- the first robin. -
Police Chief Fred Minshall
spotted the robin on a tree
--branch- ort. _North ..Harbor- Road
on Sunday morr1ling.
"It was shivering a little•
but it sat there just the slme,"
said the. chief.
Image Concerns
Hospital Boardl..
The Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital board has
expressed concetn that Gode-
rich residents were not fully
in the picture. as to its posit
tion in; the recent'ambulance
crisis.
At the annual board meet-
ing held Mondayfi chairinah
John 'Schaefer reaffirmed the
position of the xhembers.
"People seem tci have got
the impression `that we are
opposed to private enterprise:
This is just not , the ,case,"
he said.
"We acted on the request
of town council •and it was the
decision of council that we
should run the ambulance ser-
vice -here.
Goderich Mfg.
Talks Deadlocked
.Goderich Manufacturing Co-
mpany.faces strike action from
95 employee -members of the
United Brotherhood of Car-
penters and Joiners of Am-
erica.
Thomas . G. Harkness, busi-
ness representative and organ-
izer, revealed this in a state-
ment to the Signal -Star short-
ly before press time Wednes-
day.
"We have been attempt-
ing to negotiate a new agree-
ment with the management
of the plant for the past seven
months;" said Mr. Harkness.
"We are now heading for a
strike as the minister -of 'labor
infotmed us this morning that
he does not intend to establish
a - conciliation board here,"
he added.
The striking committee of
the local union employees
,have called an emergency
membership meetifhg for, Sun-
- dad` at I.30`p.m. 1n Nia`eK'ay
Hall: ` • ,
"The union and the com-
pany are in the position to
effect a strike or lock -opt as
of Tuesday; March 8th," said
Mr. Harkness:- •-
The union organizer said
agreement -had, not been reach-
- ed on five main. points. These
are:
• That*the present 48-hour
working week be reduced'
to 44 hours with the same
take home pay.
• A • 15 cents an .hour in-
crease. "
-' • Union ' security , provision
in the agreement. This
is based on the Rand Form-
ula which requires all em-
ployees to contribute to
the_ union. -
•.Qv'ertime for truek drivers.
• Union request for the com-
party to,pay full cost of the'
overall- life insurance pro-
gram and hospitalisation.
"The same company recent-
ly signed a Rand Formula
type of agreement with the
Teamsters in Sarnia,'.yet they
wi` tnot pay it here," said Mr.
Harkness.
..He added: "The union sug-
gests that this - is the lowest -
paying plant with which we ..57-•
are associated in this area,
"As a union we are avail-
able at all times to meet with
the company - management. • i
This is now up to the com-
pany."
Company Statement
A company spokesman re-
leased the following statement
as the Signal -Star Went to
press Wednesday: -
"A series or meetings was
held between August 25 and
October 28, 1965. In the meet-
ing of -.October 28 the .Con-
ciliation Officer, Mr. S. Bill-
ington, requested the Union
to -do some homework and
narrow down their proposals
to something realistic;, and
after doing this, to request .a
meeting with the Conciliation
Officer and the Company.•
' "A reply was riot received
until three months later when
'a•: meeting wad' ireclfes%e for`��
February 2; 1966. It, there-
fore; appears obvious that the
Company cannot be blamed
for any delays•in negotiations:
"The : Company knows of no
other sawmills within ,a rad-
ius of 200 Miles that are un-
ionized and at the present
time this Company's rates ,are `
at least 25% higher than their
competitors.
"In' addition tar, ,,this, the -
Company has made offers of
across-the-board increases to-
talling 27c per hour - . and
furthermore, has offered sub-
--stantial` betterments of fringe
benefits.
• "It is considered unfair and
*- undemocratic that union mem-
bers should be required - to
vote by, a show of. hands math- ,
er than by a secret ballot.
"ghee _ the Departinent of -
Labour has decided not to
appoint a Board of Concilia-
tion, and since the Concilia-
tion Officer has.stated that the
Union demands were'unrealis-•
tic, it is the Company's con-
tention that it is up to the
Union to approach the Com-
pany with concrete proposals
for any settlement."
Appoint County
SEAFORTH --„ A' 15 -man
milk marketing board for Hu-
ron County was elected here
Saturday at -a six -hour meet -
g.
Charles Milton of Prince-
ton, general secretary-manag'-
er of the Ontario Milk Market-
ing Board told the meeting at
Seaforth district high school
that separate boards for ship-
• pers and -producers of fluid,
concentrated :and cheese milk
had proved unsuccessful.
- Elected' were: William Al-
len, RM. 1, Woodham; Jack
Armstrong, Auburn; Martin
• Baan,.R.R 3, Walton; Edward
Milk Committee
-Bell, Blyth; Fordyce Clark,
R.R. 5, Goderich; Ray Cox,
R.R. 2, Bayfield; Harold El-
liott, Bluevale; Harold -Erb,
Zurich; Harold. Gaunt, R.R. 2,.
Lucknow; Simon Hallahan,
R.R. 1, Belgrave; John F. Mac-
Lennan, R.R. 3, Goderich; Clif-
ford McNeil, R.R. 5, Goderich;
Murray Siertserea, R.R. 2,
Blyth; Ross . Smith, R.R. 3,
Ethel; Boyd • Ta'lor, R.R. 3,
Walton.
Mr. Baan was elected chair-
man; vice-chairman - is Clif-
ford McNeil, and secretary-
•tfelr, lifer, Boyd Taylor.
Ray Robinkbn receives a Centennial pin from
Albert Cane, Centennial Planning Branch,
after Mr. Robinson had accepted the post.
tiers of chairman of the, etewly fbrobed •
rich Centonnia1• oarnmittOL .
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