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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-06-09, Page 1Ilk 119th YOLr r,� No, , 23 THE; GODERICH SIGNAL -START, THUR.SD,AY, ,MINE 9, 1966 Brotherhood Meets Tonight • Structural steel is rising on the site of Gode- r-ich's-$900,000 sewage treatment plant over- looking the lake on the town's south side. It will serve about 90 per cent of the town's bdilt vpr area..= ogan Contracting Co. Ltd., of Stratford is building it. CNR Passenger Service May Hold Hearings Here Goderich and other affected SMP Robert_ E. lUIainl_ey,iBC-- _,;was not ",b)indlyJsay ng. bat :� - - _. iancimztnitaea. :-.should3.:..zsGiar, :- 4-tar©n'}• -the he I e -n- a -a 1 is the way—things-are�g^eitrg station, without an agent 'rm to' be," but is remaining flex - Sept 21, 1965, would beible and considering excep- activated as soon as. possible. tions such as Hensall in its The railway has been con- `applidation... • ducting an experiment to He said the company's pol- establish a master plan design icy to date had -been "ex'haus- to streamline the -empress tive study by invesltgattion freight service Several of teams before decision." He what the CNR terms "less than scould not indicate the number a carload ,stops" have 'been of stations which could be temporarily shut down. affected by the report There Shipment orders are taken still remained board' meetings at railhead centres London and hearings before its, re- in the case of much -of West - making plans now to lodge formal protests against Cana- dian National Railways' pro- posal to discontinue passenger service between Goderioh and Stratford, Mayor Walkom said Thursday. "I think we should take im- mediate steps to formulate plans," Mayor Walkom said. Council was told by Clerk Sherman Blake that the Board of Transport Governors ` is arranging s public hearing on the matter. Clerk Blake ,said a repre- sentative of the board told him that it is• hoped that all in- terestea parties would be rep- resented at bre hearing. ,This might take up to three' days and invol� up to 200 -per ens -said -the--C rk----- He said the board represen- tative was seeking facilities to accommodate the members of the board whowould con- duct • the heaving and those presenting argurrients. Meanwhile the ,OIVR says it will reveal the fate of small Western Ontario stations "very shortly." The report came en the lease, he indicated. ern on l aria — instead of by The Hensall station has the agent • Mrt IVIcKinleysaid yesterday the experiment is now com- plete and CNR officials have decided Hensall could best be served by a full-time agent. H^rold Morrison, assistant informa•ti---of-f-icer-for - the --_..h indlurg centre. It is..:bhe_baS: ' CNR, confirmed that the re- for three major milling com- port will b'e' released soon. pan' -es. General Coach .Works been manned by a temporary. • agent since the new program' began. mmittee ry r -Members of Local 3054 of the United Bro- therhood of Carpenters and joiners are meet- ing tonightto hear details of a proposal aimed at ending the strife at Goderich Manufactur- ing Co. Ltd. Howard Preszcator, chairman of the local, said the proposal comes out of a rl:l-eeting'Eues- day betweer),--rn'on and company represent- atives in London. ► . Mr. Preszcator said the union'snegotiat ing"committee will make a recommendation to the membership. 1 SNN�tt� COPIES 12c Recommends Pro Local 3054 has been on strike at Goderich Manufacturing since 'March 8 after negotia- tions, that had begun the previous August, - broke down. Mr. Preszcator saihinvitations, are being extended to all' workers who left the company employment when the strike -started to attend tonight's` meeting at Branch 109 ,of the Royal Canadian Legion. ' He said about 95 persons' are involved. The 'focal chairman said that a number �loe Jobs ays NES. More" job opportunities . for students are expected to be avai.able this summer report C. M. Jutras, -manager •of the Nat'.onal Employment Service office in G- derich. Mr. Jutras said general employment opportunities in the area and most of Huron County continued favorable during May 1 "°brie eih ah � iiivn only 96 men and 87_women were seeking jobs, compared to a total of 292 at the endi,of April. "This iS the loweSt number of applicants we have had for tnis time since 1958, which is as far back as our. records go," said .Mr. Jutras. He attributed the steady de cline in unemployment to in- creased construction` through- out Hufon and to stability in Manufacturing. "Within the nextfew weeks, the influx of high school students into the labor market is expected to ajleviate tem- The town has been referred ,. porarily the current short to as the grain dentre of supply of applicants," said Hurcn County, sand is Western - Mr. Jutras. Ontario's largestinland grpin- Concerning the master plan, Ltd., manufacturers of mobile Mr.:lVlorrison said the CNR homes, also is a major shipper. "In order to- avail them- selves of summer help, em- ployers requiring students for ,part time or- temporary work are asked to contact the Gode- rich office of the NES now." of workers have taken other jobs. "1 have' talked to some who won't come back," hie said. He declined to reveal the details of the recommendation to, be made by the negotiat- ing committee tonight. Mr. Preszcator declined to express any opinion on whether the recommendation would or would mit be accepted, however, , other sources close to negotiations were, optomistic that settlement~ will be reached. Parties in the negotiations met from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Tuesday. Medical Health Director heels; of an announcement by Conciucting Geriatric S ALEXANDRA MARINE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL BUILDING FUND A unique Medical study in Huron County is letting senior citizens know somebody cares. Since the beekhning of May, 11 public health nurses, direct- ed by Dr. R. M. Allis, Huron medical officer of health, and co-ordinated by University of Western Ontario student Miss Maeearet Atkinson, have been interviewing a Bross -section of the moee than 12,000 pension - qualified persons in the coun- ty. oun.ty The study, assisted by about $15,000 in federal welfare grants, has two main objec- tives: To Assess the problems fac- ing older citizens and' find ways of helping them main- tain their independency' thro- ugh community service; To encourage municipalities to assist those over 65 to re- tain a purposeful role in the community. "We are concerned with the health factors of these peo- ple," sal Dr. Aldis, "but it goes eeper than geriatrics. We hope to go beyond the— sound he-sound mind -sound body frame and investigate the pocjal as- pects' of "being old," The Huron County study is the first of its kind in On- tario Huron, like many other basically -rural counties, has seen a great number of its young and middleaaged tens leave for industrial centres. Persons 65 years and over make up 7.7 per cent of Can- ada's population. Huron sen, for citizens comprise about 12 per cent of the county popula- tion. ' "In several instances the leaving of younger groups re- sults in the dislocation of fain- ilies," tor. Allis said. "Ti e older members stay behind and, in thetradition of the Anglo Saxon society, With- , draw from the mainstream." He said a number have managed to maintain their independence and dignity, but r others are failing in 'their ef- forts. Preparation for the study began in 1964. Assisted by government welfare depart- ments and the social and Med- ical faculties of the University of Western Ontario' and the University of Toronto, a ques- tionnaire was prepared. C. It .Lowery At Session Clifford R. Lowery, 88 West St.,'is among delegates to the 92nd assembly of the Presby- terian Church which approved ordination of women as elders in the, church in Toronto this week. Other representatives from the Huron -Maitland Presby- tery incJ,ude Rev. R. U. Mac- Lean, Clinton; Rev. D. N. Crombie, Ripley; ••'afid elder Melville Scott, Kincardine. Mr. Lowery is an elder at Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich; is the first time in the 91 -year history of the church that women have been al- lowed equal privileges with men In seeking election to the eldership. No woman has ever been a delegate to any court of the church. The decision to admit wo- men. to the "cabinet" of local churches followed a decision last month in' Edinburgh, when the Church of Scotland voted to admit women to the eldership. The churches are closely related. A debate was deferred on a proposal to allow ordination of women to the ministry. Thirty-one of the 49 Canadi- an presbyteries earlier indi- cated they favored ordina- tion of, woanen as elders, while' 26 approved of ordaining them to the ministry. Trayellers along Highway 8,'west of Sea forth will have no trouble identifying the location of the 1966 International Plowing Match, October 11-14. A sign shown here as it was being erected by the publicity committee points the way to the site of the tented city on Scott Farms. Goderich Recreation .Plans RfIec4ing-Reoani1+ott— Erskine Sees Need For New Agreement Coun. Bruce Erskine said last Thursday that Goderich should have a standard sub- - division agreement that would include installation of all underground services. • Council voted to ask - the Public Utilities Commission to install underground electrical service in the Bingham sub - (Vision. - --•Co�rur:-�rs�xu�-sai�k---g.--� . re i`e`n'siv Sint-d'iviso *- ee ; . n �' merit, requiring the subdivid- er to install the services would make it unnecessary for coun- cil co make a separate applica- tion for underground services. PUC manager D. B. Rolston said the extra cost of under- ground wiring makes „it too expensive t , be installed as a matter-- of course. He said underground wiring in Goderich costs about four ' times as much as overhead service. In Chatham it costs six .times as much and in Sud- bury 15 times as much he said- 't►e cost for underground` service from the street lime to a dwelling is $125. The actual cost is $175, but $50 is -written- off as t` represents -•. 4 -the cosh of overhead 'installs= �" tion for which there is no charge. • - Mr. Roln�'ton also outlined his contacts`vith an industrial prospect, which he said will be coming here to investigate locating here within a week or two: - Final preparations are be- laid at the swimming pool plays of swimming and sports. ing made for Goderich's sum- site for the outdoor gymnaS- mer recreation program. ium which will. be used : for Wayne Horner, physical edu- games such as basketball, cation teacher at Goderieh Dis- tennis, badminton and volley- trict Collegiate Institute, is ball. ° director of the program with "This will centralize the .a staff of -14. : whole activity," explained The swimming pool is being Coun. Bert Such, parks tom mittey chairman. r� readied and chlorination 'equipment has been rebuilt. The wading, pool has also been • (Dr. Aldis said it would dis- rupt the study if sample ques- - - tions-- were r-eleased f -or pub- lication.) The public nurses are now setting up about 1,500 volun- tary' interviews .iwith senior citizens — some in hospitals, nursing homes and others still on the job. The names were obtained frons the assessment rolls of the county's 25 munic- ipalities. The findings, when the sur- vey is completed by the spring of 1967, may give some an- swers to the hospital and nursing home bed shortages. - "It may call for the exten- siori of 'meals on wheels' pro- grams, medical clinics and ac- tivity (exercise) schemes which could relieve the 'short- ages," Dr. Aldir said. The meals. on wheels pro- gram is conducted by the Ca- nadian Red Cross and service --organf ations to ensure needy older citizens at least one good meal a day by delivering the food to their homes. The clinics would provide needed health and recreation facilities.„ The older persons would receive necessary med- • ical treatment they now miss because of the increasing out- flow of rural' practitioners to larger centres; Dr. Aldis indi- cated. ,1 - "The key .to a better life for the older person is activ- ity," said the health. officer. ;'Some do not exercise and be cause of this they stagnate." Dr. Allis, who has been county health officer for 15 years, said it was too early to go into the tixdy in depth., "Sc? far the most amazing thing is the co-operation we hav' received from those being interviewed. They con- sider it a . pleasure to have someone take an interest in them, "We have even . had people call and ask to be included in an interview," he ,reported. repaired. An asphalt • -pad 'is being ' Wilkins' , ,. Wallet Comes Home Apex Wilkins' wallet went to Fort Williain and pack last week and he did not know it. Mi. Wilkins, who lives at 96 Elgin St. E.. knew the wallet was• inissing a week ago, and gave it up for lost. "I looked all over and couldn't find it. I figured it was gone for good," he said. Sunday evening Mrs. "Wil—, kins answered their, phone.' "1)id your husband lose a wallet?" asked .a male voice. Mrs. \Wi.lkins said yes, and. told the man the amo4int of money that had been in it. ' Minutes later a taxi de- . posited G"orge Penny of `Bonavista, Nfld., at'the Wilkins front door. Mr. Penny, mate oh the ship Maunaloa II gave Mr. V,'iikins his wallet. - Mr. Penny had found it in the „Goderich post Office the ween before, and had nat.had time to locate Mr. Wilkins before his ship sailed for Fort William. When the Maunaloa It re- turned Lo Gnderiel) on Sunday Mr. Peen:iy stili had' the wallet none the worse for its voyage. "It only had $9 in it," said Mr. Wilkins. "The papers were the important things. . "I ,ani very pleased to know there are honest people around." ART SCHOOL Instruction in oil painting by Toronto artist John Mattar is being held 'at Victor Lauriston school Friday even- ing, aaturday and Sunday. Mrs. . Walter Rathburn is in charge of organizing the course. "By creating . a fuller pro grar.i we give the children an opportunity to participate in other activities besides swim - 'ming," said Coun. Such, ' He sa,id emphasis has been On swimming in past years and reorghization of the program • started last year. The recreation program , He expects Goderich will which had -a registration of now be able to join the Lake 515 last ,year has about 100 Huron zone of the .community regi.ltrations to date, and the programs branch of the de - deadline is -June 17, 'said artillens_ofedueatioo___-_ Coun. Such. The teet},age instructors will The program this year will be sent to school during June include classes' in arts and to iearn instructional tech - crafts, nature study 'activities; niques. Adult -swimming class - swimming , competitions with es \ 611 also be included in other, communities and dis- the program. Meaning Of Visitors Subject At Seminar, What does a visitor in town• mean to Gederich citizens? This is one of the questions which will be answered at the tourist hospitality, seminar for - employers and employee on - clay at Goderich District Col legiate Institute. The seminar will be con- duCted .by representatives of the provincial tourist and in= formation department. - Many people in all com- munities are still unaware of how involved they are in the • tourist industry, , says a de - 'pars -anent spokesman. Tour- ism, he adds, is recognized as occupying the third rnost,im portant position in Canada's economy. The seminar has been or- ganizedb-to show that -every- one pre fits from visitors. • Hospitality in all itsphases: Courtesy, .knowledge of com- munity and -job, friendly' in- terest in visitors, etc., will also be stressed throughout the program by speakers, and audio-visual presentations. • ' Community businessmen• are urged to attend the sem- inar and to •sponsor the at- tendanc _oLu. many of their • staff as possible. The seminar'is sponsored bye Godcrich Businessmen's As- sociation, tourist committee of Goderieh Industrial Commis- sion, the department of tour- ism and information and the Canadian Tourist Association. BUILDING FIGURES Seventeen building permits issued in May in Goderich had a total value of $188,950 bring- ing the year's total to $478,- 450. Last May "$20,500 in per- mits Were issued and the total to th'e end of May was $302,925. Major item in May this year was the $148,000 permit for the new Bank of Montreal at The ,Square and East Street.' Centennial year preparations are evident along Gloucester Terrace where parks department men are planting Cen- tennial roses and flowering crab trees. Bedding roses are - Gordon Jamieson (left) and parks department foreman Don Carrick. The roses enc( crab trees have been provided by the Goderich Horticultural Society. ,,They are being planted now to be in full bloom in 1967. Sign*Star ]photo Cf