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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-05-05, Page 8The GoderiehStar, Plumdair, y ,966 Centennial Events Listed' ,By_tommittep. ` �=Nlrir; Meer Rathbr�rrr ion; - antique sh`ow;1 fashion- ., show; opera; spring flower show; good neighbor visits at home and to other communities; ,St. Patrick's • Day; Young 'Canada Week starts March 24, Apy-1—Maple festival, show- ing old time methods, pancake and maple syrup cookout. Shall 1 go on? Can T hear some of you, saying to your friends, "We can get up a sleigh ride `party or have tin ,can curling on our outdoor rink." * There are plenty of things to do. We hope to hear from our business men and industries. There are a birthday cake and a few other ideas that need sponsors. If you can't get around 'to doing something wonderful yourself, then help with some of the plhns that need your hand and cash and feel good about, it. •etion begs with complete ;dinning fat '6,7. A 12'auonth lomat of Centenn-i l activities Ss bei;g. ,prepared lyy your cen- tennial comaiIt'tee. • - We have a spattering of events f otw' asted, but .we need more -- a lot more. Here is a stall emple Of wnat might happen: December' 31:-•-.,Enter'tainanent !Pr all a.'ges, starting • in the morning, i'tu ding up to midnite,. when • bells, chitlaes sirens and factory wldstles ‘will boom out to "ring out the old and ring .111 the new century. Series of beacons' and bon fires lighted. ". An outdoor .ceremony, lighting of the birthday cake, wabchnite service in churches, the New Year's eve ball and torchlite procession, January,— Centennial prayer breakfast and special order of service and music in churches. Schoo'. participation, Commun- ity program; Sir John' A. Mac- Donald birthday January 11; winter festival, indoor. and out- door.events; cutters and sleigh parties; skating parties; festival of lights; floodlights on homes, gardens, places of business, gen- eral decorative lighting tq be turned on at a signal. (Don't put away your tree lig4iits); Chris- Mums tree bonfire (firemen, Boy Scouts, etc.); outdoor huoten- any around the fire. d February—High school partic- ipation, speaking contests, school music programs, local history -contest, historical pageant; old costumes for children; box soc- ial Valentine's Day; senior citi- zens day. (pioneer emphiasis); industry tours; product exhibits; "Design" yesterday, today and look towards .tomorrole; winter carnival et, cnts. Ski meets, to. boggan--panties,°°-•old .tune -sleigh rides (every -.;ie in old time rigs!) Brotherhood weep 4(Fe ruary 19 to 26)—Emphasis on-diffc5r• ent lands and customs. Brother- . hood slogans, merchants display windows, handicraft and dress of otter.lands. March — Education week MMarch '6 to .12): 1967 emiphasis is onautomation and adult re- education! Main function is to OBITUARY MRS. R. S. HUSTON A sister of Mrs, Kenneth Bell of Goderich, Mrs. R. S. Huston, the former Matilda Worthy, died in Regina April 24. Mr.;. Huston was the daughter of the late William Worthy and Jane Milts, formerly of Kin- cardine. Slie moved to the west 55 years' ago. Mrs. Huston was buried in Saskatoon, and besides her sis- ter slip is survived by four sons and three daughters. Sex Education , "A Present Day Concept of Sex Education" wasdiscussed by Stuart Busby, Urologist, Westminster , Hospital; London, at the Goderich Hoare arid Sebool Association tooting last week Ile explained tile proje t that has been instituted in London schools, both public arid -second- ary. This project as beipg watched by, various groups in Canada ,and in the United States; He also mentiQxaed ,that family service .bureaus . and . churches have instituted a' program in- cluding ' sex education directed discussion. +I" Dr. Busby told.. of frank dis- cussions in which he had par- •ticipa' ed; particularly .: among teenage groups. • ` Dr. R. M. Aldis, medikal of- ficer of health, introduced the guest for the evening and pre. Anglican Nun_ Dies In Africa Mrs. Andrew Straughan of Goderich, has received word of ;he death April 16 of her cousin, -Mars-- Caroline. -Campbell-,: who - 'was' an Anglican nun, Sister Rosemary in the community of St. Mary -rile Virgin, .Holy -Cross, Transvaal, Afiim, She was 83. Sister Rosemary wus a nurse and midwife' and worked for 45 years helping the. African people. She was4born in' Ceylon and began her training as a nurse • at . 18. Her , father,. Fred-' erick Witham Burleigh Clamp bell, was in the Indian civil get citizens interested in educa- .service. ummommammammemo Di'scussed sented the parents' . ,uestdpns with the asslstan�ce of Miss Lou- ise Robertson, Huron. County health nurse. - Mrs E. Crawford thanked lir. S.' nusbf and prgsea ect-hlin with 4i gift., Mrs. 1:11. Gouley had on display books and pamph- lets on sex edit a tion. New Officers The slate of officers as pre- sented by the nominating con- vener, Mrs. J. Lewis, was as fol- lows: President, Mrs. W. Craven; viae -president, Mrs. R. Cornish; recording ,secretary, Mrs. T. Thompson; treasurer, Mrs. J. Lewis; corresponding secretary, Mrs, D. Sager; social conveners, Mrs,' C. Shelton and Mrs. R. Ashton; program chairman, Mrs M. G,iod;,, press, publicity and publications chairman, Mrs. II. COCONUT CREAM' And BANANA CREAM • With WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING • CERRY BOSTON And BOSTON , CREAM :. -Fruit-Fine Coffee Cakes CULBERT'S BAKERY "The Hoine" Of, Tasty .a=iry Since 1877" • - ,Gateley;_ nienberip 'chairman, Mrs, M. Melee; mom represent- ative epresent=a ive ctinvenei s, Mrs. M. Spoon- er and Mrs, K. Hutchins; finance ohairanan, Mrs. J. Duckworth. The a conal reports were pre- sented. Maria de Kurthy's . 'toilet group presented ballet gyixt;- pastie . Mfrs. W. Craven presenia Oft to. Mrs. Mary Morris who is r4tii'ing from the teaching staff slid to Mrs., H. Carroll, thie re- tiring president. LunLh.. was served by Mrs. J. Dfielororth and her commit- tee. The Ontario Heart Founda- tion each year supports research into the care find treatment of congenital heart defect's. Famous Glidden THIS WEEK'S PHOTO FEATURE MAKE AN OFFER on this four-bedroom home featuring _modern :_kiltcben _and_ bathroom and oil -fired forced -air furnace. poop TERMS AVAILABLE ' . CALL HAROLD- W. SHORE - . - REA& ESTATE BROKER. 38 Hamilton Street Dial 524-7272 7 DERi� For almost a ear now :God= rich Manuf actu•ring Co. Limited has been endeavouring to reach agree- ment with the United Brotherhood of - Carpenters and :joiners' ' of America, Local 8004, wfio were certi- fied as the bargaining agent over the employees of Goderich Manu- facturing Co. Limited' of Goderich SAVE AND-- EXCEPT F$RFI E , PERSONS ABOVE THE RANK OF • FOREMAN, OFFICE AND SALES ST AF F, STATIONARY EGINEER* -AND FIREMEN, CONSTITUTE A UNIT. OF EM- PLOYEES APPROPRIATE ...FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. During the whole of the- negoti- ations; we have made every effort _ to be fair to our. employees and to give them what we honestly and sincerely believe to -be the • best working conditions existing in any other business with. which our Com- pany must compete. There would be no point in this Company agreeing to working conditions and wages - which would price it out of the frlarket and leave the Compa-n-y in a position where it could not compete. We realize that with, the in- creased cost of living our employees are rightly deserving of and en- titled to increase§ in, wages. Rea.li-- ing this, we have offered to in -crease the wages of our employees by amounts ranging from 17 cents to_ '27 cents per hour now, to increase . them a further 10 cents per' hour one year thereafter, and a further _ 12 tents per hour two years there- after. The proposed new request from the union would .represent an - increase of over 56 cents per hour within .seven months time or an in- crease of over $1,200 per man per year. 0 RE[ SATIN- Iatex wall paint • Jt's homogenized! • Guaranteed §, ways • Wash again and again REG. 9.95 6.95 GAL Outlasttis ordinary paint by 50%. •Acrylic Latex keeps its velvet finish clean and bright. 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(GODERICH) -LTD. 524-8581 ANUFACTURI$G N IETTER -0 THE PEOPLE ODERICH and DISTRICT MPANY L1'Ml TED We have also offered to. pay one-half the cost of ` life insurance for each "employee $4,000.00 ($8,000.- 00 in event of accidental death), Ontario Hospital Services' Commis-, - sio-n weekly indemnity $30.0_ L er... week running for 26 weeks in event of sickness or accident, Doctors' ,services covering home, office and _hospital calls, and one-half of the cost of a major medical plan which would provide coverage for 80 per cent of prescription drugs, nursing care and generally all medical 'carie directed by the employee's. doctor. The hospital, doctors' servlees and major medical plan would provide coverage, not only for our employ- ees, but for their dependants. These extensive increases in the Insurance, Health. and Welfare - . coverages would cost the -employees ,about 11, cents per hour for a' married man; 1,!) cent ,per hour for single men. • In addition to the above, the Company pays all employees for eight Statutory Holidays each year. If the employee is asked to work on any one of these Statutory Holi- days; namely, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Dominion Day, Civic Holiday, Thanksgiving Day, Labour Day and New Year's Day, the employee is paid his regu- lar pay for that day plus twice his regular rate for any such day that he works. In addition to the above, the Company has offered to give an- nual vacations to its employees with pay. as follows: Employees with the Company for less than three years —one week's vacation or 2 per cent of earnings in that year which amounts to approximately one week's pay; employees ' who have been with the Company for three V years or more receive two weeks' vacation .,aia will be paid 4% of previous year's earnings; employees with the Companyfor twelveyears Or more receive tin ee weeks' vaca- tion and will paid aid 6% ofjrevious year's earnings. Throughout the, negotiations, we have' 'challenged the Union to produce contracts which it has ,made on :behalf- of employees in other, plants carrying on the same business as, this Company and with which this Company must compete, which provide for higher wages and better working conditions than those proposed for our employees. The Union has not produced any such contract but persists in refer- ring to working conditions and wages in plants at other locations and those carrying on a business different from that carried on by this Company. We wish to point out, however, as in any other industry, our rates are based upon the skill and training of the individual employee con- cerned, on cerned.- Our skilled employees are paid a wage comparable to that of any industry—not just - the wood- vorking industry. Throughout the negotiations, the union has demanded that the Company agree that all of its em- ployees be required by the Company as a condition of employment to pay union dues each month. These union dues are fixed and determined by members of Local 3054. This local includes many members amounting to several hundreds other than em- ployees of this Company. Through- out the negotiations, this Company • has agreed that if any or' all the employees, whether present' or future, wish to pay union dues and .4" to have the same deducted from their pay and sent to the union each month, the Company will do so, if the employee gives a written request and direction to this effect. How- ever, the _Company_ has steadfastly refused to force any employee to pay union dpes if the employee does not wish, to do so .and does not give the Company a written direction to deduct dues. The Company does not: feel that its employees, numbering over one hundred, should be forced to pay union dues in order to work. for the Company. In reaching this decision, the Company is -not .un- mindful of the fact that during the period of the proposed contract. union monthly dues may be increas- ed from $4.00 per month to •pry other amount per month. Oi r ;em oployees by themselves could not pre- vent the increase. However, the Company has agreed that If any employee signs a direction to deduct union dues that this direction would be irrevocable and the employee could not cancel the direction during the period of the contract even if the union dues were increased. The union voted on the com- pany, offer. Sunday, May 1,` but re- fused admission to this • meeting to the Mayor of Goderich, who . is interested in doing what he can to bring this strike to a close for the general economy of the town. We were ddvised our offer was turned down, but we cannot believe this would be the result if the men were allowed to vote ,under government supervision. It is. very interesting to note that the teamsters truck strike was settled with over 80 cd, 'majority when the individuals con- cerned were permitted to 'cast their ballots at, their homes and mail • ,Same to be counted under govern- ment 'supervision. 'We have already pointed out that foremen, persons above the rank of foremen, office and sales taff, stationary engineers, and fire- o men do not come 'under -the union's jurisdiction. The Company has in- structed- its foremen and those the rank of foremen' to report to work next week as they should not ha ,Ye left their work at any time. Our foremen feel that we have made a very fair and reasonable offer and that ti-,ey cannot be unemployed. Upon their return to work, it should he ,completely understood that fore- men, persons above the rank of fore - limn and any of those excluded from the bargaining unit should not be considered ` or construed as strike breakers. We have published 'this letter so that you will appreciate that the Company has made every honest and sincere endeavour' to reach agreement, respecting working con- ditions and wages of its employees. This Company has carried on business in Goderich for almost 60. years. We are proud of the good relations which we have enjoyed With' our employees' afid the public. We have no intention of doing any- thing which will reflect upon the good reputation of this Company. We are going to continue to carry on business as we have in the past; we ask your co-operation and under- standing in our doing so. We invite all of our erriployees to return to work and enjoy the working Coildi- tions' which the Company offers. Sincerely yours, 'Goderich Manufacturing Co. Limited