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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-07-07, Page 1Walter Safety says, *'Learnt from a Red Cross,trained Instructor. Baa good, safe swimmer.°Help others to be safe toy. Cbftact yotir Red Cross for more water safety Information." 119th Year -• Na. 27: THE G1DERIGH SiGNA1-STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1966 SINGLE CQ PIES 12 ... Officially .ower. Electrical Rates Promi Goderich users of electric power can look forward to reduced rates later this Year Publ1e Utilities Chairman W. J. Mills said Tuesday evening, Mr- Mills, speaking at an official opening, dinner for On- tario Hydro's new $500,000, 110,000 -volt transformer sta- tion at Goderich, said the PUC will .be .buying electrical energy cheaper because of a -new" price system. _- His promise that the re- duction will be passed on to consumers brought a cheer from industrial representai tives at the Dinner. A rich• current of history ran through the evening's speechs. Commissioner . Geo- rge Filsineer con mended On- tario Hydro for encouraging local utilities to compile their history. He said Goderich Will publish its PUC history in a b, o.chure. Vote, Held 'Mr. Fi]singefi said the first mention of electrical service in the town records a vote held May 12, 1877 approving debentrres for a lighting sys- tem. 'Ihe boiler§ in the water 'pumping staiion at the harlbor also generated the electricity for 33 street lights. Dight bulbs cost $LSft . 2 at that time said Mr. Filsing- ers. While efforts were made to interest private companies to developing puwer on the Mait- land River, two men, working 12 -hour snifts, manned the generating station. Coal for the boilers arrived by sailing schooner and was hoisted to the station in horse- draviifi buckets. - Mr. Filsinger said Goderich was p obably unique in have, ing had only three utilities managers: ,f B. Kelly from 1898 to 1948; Elmer Weaver' from 1948 to 1965 and the current manager, D. B. Rol- ston. He s tid"Reg Bridle has been with the PUC 38 years and 1V,liss Helen .McCarthy"30 years —indications of the loyalty of the staff. Created. -MC- —_. The town council created the PTD( on January 22, 1913 said M . Fels nger. G. M McHenry of London, regional manager for Ontario Hydro, said, "We are proud of our new facilities for de- livery of electrical power to Goderich." The tran ,j sumer station will provide a better 'level of electrical power, make it A graph `showing the dramatic increase in the consumption of electrical power in. Goderich since 1937 was on display. at the ° PUC dinner Tuesday evening. Examining Awards Given Hold Minor Hockey Dinner the chart, from left, G. M. McHenry, re- gional,manager for Ontario Hydro, London; W. J. Mills, chairman doderich PUC, and its manager Dave Rolston. Goderich Minor Hockey As- sociation ssociation held its annual father and sari banquet re- cently at the Goderich Arena. Minor hockey players from mite • to juvenile, and their fathers were served . a hot meal by an efficient corps of mothers. Over 500 a'..tends ed. The banquet is the official wra!pup of another season and includes the .,presentation of awards. ,, :t Goaltender Bob Overholt and his' father Go`rdon Overholt look proudly at the trophy Bob received for being voted the Out- standing Squirt Goalie during the 1965-66 season. Bob received the trokhy at the GMHA banquet held at the arena. rt• , Wingham T Station Given dolor Licence Radio Station CKNX Ltd., operators of CKNX-TV, Wing - ham, has been granted a cate- gory B licence for transmis- sion' of color:- In this category,'"the station will be permitted to transmit color from network programs, from fijms"for announcements and on. film or slides for commercials. The Board of Broadt8st'Gov- ernors yesterday gave color transmission authority to an additional' 27, television sta- tions across Canada. Stations with color licences are permitted to, begin test, adjustment and trainingi sod transmissions after ilarly-scheduled programs. a d before 9 a.m. or the com- mencement of scheduled pro- grammi'ng, whichever occurs earlier. Oct. 1, they will begin a three-month shake -down per- iod, which , wi><1 `permit color transmission during the day. In this period, minor equip- ment adjustments and faults are to be cleared up 'and op- eratingeskills polished. By Jan. 1, all color trans- mission is expected to fully meet technical requirements. EDWARD SALE DIES Active in community af- fairs in 1-Goderich for many. years, Edward Sale, 57, of 88 Wellesley St., died Wednesday in Alexandra Marine and Gen- eral Hospital. The, -.Lodge FuneraleHome is- in charge. 2 • Included in the awards presentation this year were Gord Mask and Bob Rush. These were given for, meritor- ious work in minor hockey stretching back more than '10 years. Bob Rush was on hand for the award, while Brian Mask accepted the plaque on" behalf of his father. The in- scriptions read, "In Apprecia- tion For Outstanding Service." Mayor Walkom 'extended a work ' f welcome from the town. He encouraged the boys °to work hard at their •hockey .if they desired to reach the heights that Larry Jeffrey and Gary Doak •had reached. To keep the question period to a minimum chairman Howie K,uenzie, asked one' question of both Larry and Gary. Lai;ry said the most im- portant thing a forward can learn to assist him in becom- ing a professional is to skate both ways and to learn to turn both ways. Boston Bruin rookie de- fenceman, Gary ° encouraged building defencemen to learn to skate 'strongly and break fast. Gary, always known as a. rugged performer. stressed the importance of hitting hard. . During the evening, past president of the GMHA Vince Young told both fathers and 'sons that president Ken Mul- lin had done a fine job- during -his first. season in, office. Mr. Young was forced- to resign from the post for health" rea- sons after serving several seasons as president. ' Head table guests included president of the Royal Cana- dian Legion Branch 109 and presidents of 'all the Goderich service clubs. These organize- . tions play an important part in the GoderichMinor Hockey Association. Carnpa ign Hits Top Returns °are not expected to be complete for a month, but••the building fund at,Alex- andra Marine and General 'Hospital has passed its objec- tive. The -fund needed $109,214. Tt was raised in a little over three months. Tim Elliott, chairman for building fund publicity, said there are still considerable calls to be made on persons who mere cn vacation or moved to another address. Several organizations have indicated -they want to add to the fund and help bringclown the loan° of $190,000, Mr. Elliott said, "Every dollar over the quota can be used to buy new equipment that,might be de- sirable in future years since the hospital will bp fully equipped when it opens late this year,"" he said. Among elementary school teachersgoing back to school at Victoria .School this week were, from left Ernest Crawford, supervis- ing principal at Victor Lauriston School; • Mrs. Claude Kalbfleisch, from Robertson Memorial School, and Frank Moore of Victor Lauriston. , Merchant- Gets- V�/eifa rtea'_ hides Labor A Goderich merchant re- ceived welfare assistance from the town last year, Goderich and District Labor Council was told Monday night. B. R. Robinson, speaking ' to the council on matter.; ,,which he felt it should give,l serious thought and observa- tion, said town council has no chairmanof welfare. "We have in council, - a chairman of finance, chairman of parks and lights, but no •chairman of',health, arid 'wel` fare,l' said Mr. Robinson. "Perhaps this,is why one of our businessmen was able to get financial help when busi- ness was slow." Mr. Robinson later declined" to elaborate on his comment, other thbn to say that the man had stayed in business and had received welfare as- sistance. _ Mr. Ttohinson .s talk was given as an after-dinner speech at the labor council's regular meeting. He'.was 'introduced by president Harold Stewart as active in this labor Move- ment since 1934. Chides Labor The speaker chided organiz- ed labor on its lack of public relations and said it must seek a new image and discard a complacent attitude. , "What is the image of or- ganized labpr?" he asked. •"Back in the 30's and 40's we were Communists trying to' destroy the capitalistic system- in our country. "Our image has changed to that of degenerate, incom- petent, irresponsible people, trying to feather our own beds by disrupting production, bleeding our economy, de- stroying the _ very fibre or moral and social order,- be- cause We have too much spare time and money with no brains to use our blessings ntelligently." Mr. Robinson said • govern- ment Lacks leadership at all level:-4gadinz to disunity. de- stroying confidence- and in- genuity. • ..Lack of direction of our natural resources, productiv- ity and our economy throws organized labor,' the farmer and the small businessman on Thesacri#'icial altar of despair. insecurity; physical and men- tal deterioration, while the fast -buck art isls, war -mongers and politicians play tiddly winks or worse " - Take a Look. Take ook- Take a look a' yourself. the speaker advi•erl. Decide if you dire how the community is governed. TTe said organized labpr should estahli'h a public re- lations "council at all govern- ment levels to -.study govern- ment. policy before it is im- plemented. Labor .should seek arealis-- tic°minini ni wage, based on the cost of living, increasing or decreaJini every siv months according to a board of statistics: "This would hely stabilize the economy, prevent infla- tion, reduce labor -disputes and strike. release untold number of, judges. lawyers and eonciliation officers who co>:,ild well use their talents in fields in whieh, they have knowledge." Mr. Robinson qu boned the necessity of a seven -man police force in Goderich. He ° said 1.854 citizens are up to 15 years of age. and 1,243 are 60 years and older. • A further 52 per cent he Irnage- aid are professional persons and their families. "In all fairness I must as- ,tne these people need little or no policing. "Now we have a problem, we must identify who needs policing, well all that are left arc' you the working men• your ,sons and daughters or about 1,000" in all.'S He. estimated that about 500 of this group would need pot iri.nn "IE.u.t _ I- doubt _ _wo need a Seven -man police fofce to keep them in order." ' Predicts Increase - T1e predicted Goderich will have a police force of 10 of- ficers costing $70,000 a year in the next two or three years. Mr. Robinson advised the labor council to have window decals printed that could he placed in the door of every business place in town stating. "We support organized labor." He also advised that it- e.stab- lish a Centennial Scholarship. The council voted to obtain 200 decals, and agreed to pro- vide a $100 prize for a Grade 11 or 12 student beginning in 1967. The council was told that the machinists union has already established a similar scholarship to begin next year. INVITE LOCALS Goderich, and District Labor 'round' plans to invite locals 222 and 3Q54 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America to,join the council. Local 222 h a s members i n all parts of Huron County, the meeting Monday night was told. Members are in all trades relating to the building industry. more available for industry and decrease power interrup- tions tte banquet was told. Mr. P1cHenry recalled that the extension of a power line 48 miles from Stratford to Godericn in 1913 was a bold venture. He said the area has a high lightning incidence, and line creaks were located by ,men on horse or foot. Power at that time was measured in horse power. Goderich was drawing 215 h.p. in 1911, today it draws 9,750 h.p. he said. Ile said the demand for electricity has increased 45 times a.id revenue has increas- ed 25 times :,ince 1913. Cost of electricty has been cut to a quarter of the cost at that Itime. He'said the 13,000 -volt ,line. from atratford to Goderich in 1913 would not be consid- ered today . because it would not be. economically Peas- ible. More 'Efficient ' Ontario Hydro's 10,000 miles of line In 1955 has in-, creased to 19,000 in 10 years, Automation and computers are creating rnore efficiency.. He said the general growth rate of six to 10 ,per Bent higher than average now pre- vailins! has created such a de- mand fi r power that new gen- erating stations are thermal powered—coal or nuclear— and by 1980 thermal generat-° ing stations will aeeount for two-thirds of all power gen- erated in the province. He said electric heating was "one of the great success stor- ies or ti e'er` --1 60ts. Jit heats 24,000 houses, 8,000 apart - merits, 500* motels and "250 thurehes in. Ontario. Returning tp local . history' Mr. McHenry t said in 1910 heavy earboii deposits on ill:. sulators at the harbor gener- ating caused arcing and pow- er interruptions. The carbon: was caused by .heavy smoke in the area he said. Mr. McHenry said this is no longer a problem here, •but" -is in -Sarnia, -where a new, method of washing . the insul- ators has been developed. He commended the Gode- rich PUC fox building a 27.- 000 -volt loop around the town, part to be done this year and - compl e t•ed n ext year. It is evidenceof good man- ageme ;t, he said, that the cost of $60.000 can be taken • out of the accumulation of • -funds set aside For that "'JUT -- pose. eachers Returning o'Vktoric, School It was back to school for 130 elementary school teach- ers in Goderich this week. The teachers, from all parts of Western • Ontario, are at= tending` a five -weak course in junior education at Victoria school. . - Besidet the 113 women 'and 17 men taking the cotirse,..a nuniber of Goderich students . in Grades 4, 5 and 6 will' also be going- back to school. The pupils are required for ° demonstration lessons in the new teaching n ethods. which are being studied. The course deals with the educational- growth and de- velopment of children in those grades and in the age range of eight to 12. Six Periods The six, 45 -minute periods a day will include lecture discussion. demonstration. and participation in group pro- ject activities. G. A. Boate- of London Teachers' College, who is principal' for the school said a 'major aim of the staff is .to make the work practical. the return to school for' the teachers took them back to. the years before they had risen to the professions. One familiar requirement was the election of a student council. one person representing each of fhe seyen forms. • The teachers were also pleased_ that there will be no final examination for • the course, which they found -ea relief after recently complet- ing the 'grading ofchildren in their home schools. The teachers will be requir- ed to write short tests, submit projects and reading. assign- ments. The total mark will determine whether the teach- er can be recommended for a certificate in junior educe - tion. Text Use Mr. Boate saidathe effective use of text and reference books, development of sound study habits, learning to think critically, selecting, and summarizing information and the ability to express oneself will be considered' in the presentation of various topics. Tealn ' teaching, programed learning, new mathematics and the enquiry method will also be dealt with. Mr. Boate said the junior education summer course is more than a refresher course. It is- planned to meet the needs of teachers who have experience with junior grades and' want to extend their education horizons and teach- ers moving into supervisory or consultant positions. 7t" is also -for 1teaebers who will be teaching 'junior grades for the first time in Septem- ber, 'Those who have been away from the classroom for several years and plan to re- turn, and rural teachers interested in relating the work and- activities bf pupils in .Grades 4, 5 and 6 to the total program of the elemen- tary school. The summer school came out of three years of. -effort by the Goderich unit of. the Women Teachers' Association to have . the department of education establish a summer vacation course in this area. A formal opening was held yesterday at which school in- spector J. H. °Kinkead spoke. in the absence of plulinister of Highways McNaughton. The other speaker was John K. Sully, president of Dominion Road Machinery Co. Ltd. Other members of the teach- ing staff are A. Brendon of London Teachers' College, .science; G. England, Windsor Teachers` College, English; John Jones, Forest Hill, Eng- . lish; H. S. Long, London Teachers' College, social studies; W. Marshall, Toronto Teachers'. College, psychology; Arnold Mathers, Exeter, group • procedures; Albert Stahlke, Waterloo, mathematics., Mrs. Barbara Howe, _157. Victoria 'St. N:, is secretary. Alcohol Poisoning Found I'rov:nc;a1 police of this Goderich de achment are in' vestigating the death Mon- day of a yeurg railway em- ployee whose, body was found by a fallow v.: rker outside a TtNR work 'rain .• in Iluilett Township n,'ar .Auburn. Cn.r,:net Dr. N. C. .Jackson. Dead by pf. Goderich, - identified the man as Re'�ert J. Peters, about 30,.of R.R. 1, Stittsville. Dr. ,Jackson said foul play was not suspected hut ordei'- ed au autopsy at Stratford Gorier: 1 llospita1 . The body was found' o:1 strip of grass at a `idin ;. Tracks Police said the .man carried. no ideatitication in his per- sonal effccts and the CNR had no records on him. , Dr. Jackson reported Wed- nesday that death was caused by alcoholic poisoning, and no inquest would be held. °o• At the graduation ceremonies held in the DND School at CFR Clinton, Michael Roche- leau .receives the Air. Marshal Campbell trophy. This trophy is award2,d annually to the student with ' The most outstanding record of ° achievement in all •Oasts of school life. Making the presentation is Wing Commander L. J. Lomas, the base • administration officer. CF Photo