Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-11-17, Page 1119th Year No. 44 bcrtclj gria THE GODERICH, SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, NOV. X17, 1966 Union plumbers from London continue to picket outside the addition at Grbderich Dis- trict Collegiate Institute. They are protest Company Seeks Legal Advice ing the use of non-union plumbers by a sub contractor. Union carpenters stayed off the job, by blo'cklayers are working. An official of Monteith and McGrath Ltd., said yesterday the company may seek an in- junction to restrain picketing by plumbers' union memlbers at Goderich District Collegiate Institute. The pickets appeared_ at' the school Friday where' the Kit- ' chener contractor is building a $1,395,000 addition. The pickets said they will re- main until non-union plumbers are organized or taken off the job. Offer " Cash For Entry Information A $200 reward has been offer- ed by Reg. McGee and Sons Ltd.. for information leading to arrest _and.._conctiction:__of- _thieves aho— have stolen more than $1,600 there in two break-ins. On Sept. 28 the garage was hit for $1,337 in cash. Sunday en- try was gained to the premises through a rear window and $308 was taken. Sky Ranch Restaurant on High- way 21 north of Goderich was the scene' of a break-in Friday morning. A rear kitchen window was opened with a glass cutter and .$42 in cash and $28 in stock taken, and $60 in damage done. 'Proprietor Bill Clifford left the restaurant at 3.30 ami. and an employee, Mrs. Bernie Kolk- man, discovered the- entry at 7:35 a.m. • Other break-ins and thefts. have been reported along the lake shore north. The company owner "Monty" , Meanwhile blocklayers are Monteith said the company is working at the school. Members seeking legal advice.. of Local 2222 of the United Council Briefs Council To Water meters, sewage charges and street lighting are to be discussed at a meeting sched- uled between town council and the Public Utilities Commission Nov. 18. Council wants to see what arrangements can be made with the PUC to collect a charge householders will have to pay, to operate the new sewage treatment plant. It has been suggested that the charge be a percentage- of the water bill as in many other municipalities. ,Water meters have beenproposedas a fairer method billing water users and curbing abuses of lawn water- ing in summer. , Street lighting discussion will concern what lights are to be erected along Huron Road, To- ronto Street and part of Elgin Avenue now being rebuilt. * * * Grants of $200 tri the GDCI Viking Band and $100 'to Gode- rich fire fighters have been approved by council. • -Com. Worsell ' said the band is to buy blazers, supplementing the grant with money from other sources. The firemen are also to buy jackets, he said. * * * Building valine from permits issued is $670,275, to the end of October this year - and was $361,900 at the same,time last year. Main item contributing to the increase is housebuilding • —20 permits this year; six at the same time in 1965. * * * D. J. Murphy received a vote of appreciation for his effort in presenting a brief on "designat- ed areas" to Industry Minister Drury Oct. 24. "A lawyer's time. is quite valuable," said° Mayor .Walkom, who accompanied M. Murphy to Ottawa. "He took time off and did a good job." * _* * William J: Hughes has__been appointed to ..complet=e the un- expired term of Kenneth D. Croft who was to sit on• the Goderich Planning Board until the end of 1967, and C. R. Snell is to sit in place of Clay- ton Laithwaite until the end of 1968. Mr, Croft moved to To- ronto acid Mr. Laithwaite retir- ed from the board. * * * Debentures to raise $21,946 for sidewalks and sewers in- stalled as local improvements have been authorized. The term is 15 years at six per cent. * * * Ontario Housing Corporation started a field survey of rental housing in Goderich Monday.' It supplements an earlier mail- ed questionnaire. fashions, Cooking, Resolutions Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners have refused to cross the picket line. SINGLE COPIES -12c Jurist. ehabilitati on Group Magistrate Glenn Hays said yesterday he would like to, see a rehabilitation committee to help young law breakers reactivated. The committee formed several years ago has not been active for some time, The magistrate was comment- ing in an interview on the case of • a 16-yearr-old girl who has pleaded guilty before him on two charges of theft and is free, 'on her own bond pending sent- ence. The girl was arrested Oct. 25 and appeared before Magistrate Mays, Oct. 27. ' She was remand- ed to Huron County jail. "I was reluctant to see the girl in jail, but there was no other place ,for her to go," Mag- istral Hays said. "'It's terrible to think of her in there," he said. "We all shuddered to think of her being down there a week." The girl's pleas were entered 1Vov. 3 with lawyerJapes Den: neliras her totinsel ti r4 giiTl+c - - a1 aid. The court was told the girl_is separated from her -moth- s er who lives .in London, and an uncle, a doctor, had said the gut could get herself out of trouble. Magistrate Hays said neither he, the Crown Attorney,. Mr. Donnelly, the Children's Aid Society nor the Salvation Army could pirovide a place for her to stay. All aid for young persons ends at age 16. The girl had already spent some timme with probation offic- er Rev. William Craven. He declined to keep her any long- er. "There was an eloquent sil- ence," said Magistrate Hays. 'Then Sgt. Ross Crawford spoke, 'I^11 take her into my home'." The' town is willing to assist the girl in providing her,with room and board •and Sgt. Craw- ford has. been attempting to find her -a job. The magistrate said It could be a lesson to juveniles who at- tempt to bait police and con- sider -themselves "cop haters." "When the ehiips are down. who is the good Samaritan, who comes to the rescue, but the eolper. Magistrate Hays said he feels the rehabilitation committee, de- signed to help youngpersons like the girl. was relinquished by service clubs because their. 'projects need publicity to get public financial support. "But in this case publicity would be fatal," he said. The girl appears today for` - sentence: The magistrate said his choice is either probation or jail. Tax collections in October were $83,219 bringing the year's total to $565,701 which is 84.32 of the total, compared to 84:7 per cent collected at the same time last year. * * * Percy Harrison, Huron Road, complained to council 'he has been unable to get in his drive- way for two weeks because 3f construction work an the street. He was promised the, matter would be remedied. * * Goderich Rebekahs have ask - for improvements to shelves used to store dishes in the kit- chen at MacKay Hall.. The re- quest was referred to parks committee. * * * Reeve Jewell said he has been told that the 'Elgin Regiment Pipe Band would be available to come to Goderich during Cen- tennial year. He said arrange- ments should be made early. * * * A petition signed by 32 St. David Street residents has ask- ed council for improved street lighting in the Albert -Cam- bria Streets area. GDCI has asked for better- lighting ; on Bennett Street near the school. Both requests went to harbor, light and water committee. Res Ch Usages Asses$v- e e Sass Mail order houses, liquor, and beer stores should be muni- cipall� assessed on the basis of grass receipts the same as telephone and telegraph eorn- panies, town council has been told. Council referred a resolution from Wiarton to its spe"ial committee. It said telephone and telegraph companies are assessed on 60 per cent of gross receipts under Sections 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the As- sessment Act. Memory Of Mrs. Lamb Guides Confere By Mrs. Wes. Bradnock A memorial service, planned by the late Mrs. Toynbee Lamb, brought the 52nd annual con- vention of the London Area Wo- men's Institutes to a close Nov. 2 in Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich. Mos. Lamb, who died Oct. 11 after being injured in a faring aci,dent, was president of West Huron W.I. which was in charge of the service led by viee'presi- dent Mrs. Wilfred Cohclaugh, Clinton. Ten district presidents, repre- senting 136 branches, each ex- tinguished h candle signifying members gone to higher service. Each president placed a white mum in the basket in , mei gory of those who had passed on. Mrs, Marry Clairmont, Goderich, • read a poem and Mrs. Clayton Edward sang a solo accompan- ied by Mrs. G. F. Mills. A fashion show of dresses and hats made during the courses, Focus on Finishes and Hats For You in Elgin County ,were a IlLghlight of the afternoon ses- sion. Over 50 different hats were displayed by . the ladies who made them. Helen McKercher, Toronto, re- ported from the home economies branch of the department of agriculture and food. She told the delegates to consult' their home economists in their coun- ties on home management and time management problems. She stated that no more can exper- "ience be looked upon as a guide- post as new developments are always arising for the home maker. For example, she said, for many years potatoes were cook- ed with very little water. Now they have discovered they are more nutrLtous cooked covered with water like our grandmoth- ers had .done. She told the delegates that the aims of the W.I. are the same, helping to solve human prob- lems and eatablislhing happy homes throughout the world. She urged all to take part in the dome Management pro- grams as now. Time is fast. be- coming more important to the home maker than money, she said. , Mrs. Horner Judge, London, reported for Canadian A33oc1a- .tion of Consumers and stated that " a study is being made to educate the homemaker on wise buying. She compared agrocery list of two .homemakers ands pointed out how wise buying of products saves money. Con- venience foods like TV dinners make the shopper's list rise. Mrs. Lorne Daniels, convener of resolutions submitted the resolutions for the delegates to consider at the morning ses- sion. The resolution about re- flective licence plates on motor vehicles to prevent motor ac- cidents on the highways was sustained. A resolution seeking an end to the use of vulgar language and drinking on TV Mrs. Wes Bred nock ce Com programs was directed to the board of governors of the...CBC 'and each member was asked to send a letter of protest to stop, these programs. The., resolution asking the Ontario government to abolish the five per cent sales tax on laundry. soaps, and detergents, hand soap, except fancy packag- ed, facial and toilet tissue and women's -sanitary • supplies was also sustained. A resolution to make it law for a ,doctor or registered nurse to render first aid at the .scene of an accident without risk of being sued if the injured per- son should die, was also sus- tained. The resolution request- ing that a man guilty of deser- tion should he ordered is sup- port his wife and family or be irnprisbned, was defeated by the delegates. Mrs. Gowan Young, treasurer, reported a balance on hand of $475.69 and a bursary balance of $56.50. Mrs. Daniels reported for the War Memorial Chil- dren's Hospital, London, and thanked the delegates for their donations of quilts, toys, jams and jellies and cash. Mrs. harry Strang thanked . Goderich merohants who donat- ed small souvenirs for the ban -- It said the same rale -should be applied: To mail order offices—men- tioning Eatonrs and Simpson's —which operate out of a small space, gross a large turnover and pay business tax on a per- centage of space occupied; Firms that mail catalogues, creating "unfair competition" to local merchants and pay no municipal tax; Liquor stores and Brewers' Retail stores which build up large sales and pay a minimum of business tax, quet and dinner and also to the Huron Warden Kenneth Ste- wart for his reduction in price of admission to the museum which over 150 delegates visit- ed. Mrs. Everett Small, provincial presented by Mrs. Stanley Mol - tion of officers. The slate was presentd by Mrs. Stanley Mol - lard, chairman of nominating committee: President, Mrs. Harry Strang, R.R. 3, Exeter; 1st vice-pres., Mrs. Vermont Pows R.R. 7, St. Thomas; second vice-president, Mrs. Charles Munro, R.R. 1, Embro; provincial directors, subdivision 20, Mrs. Homer Judge, London; alternate, Mrs. J. A. Lawton, Dorchester; sub- division 21, Mrs. Gowan Young, alternate, Mrs. J. C. Penhale, St. Thomas; subdivision 22; Mrs. Wesley Bradnock, Auburn, alternate, Mrs. Otto 'Popp, Gode- rich; . secretary, Mrs. Lorne Crinklaw, London; treasurer, Mrs. ,'Ross Allen, Tillsonburg; 'resolutions convener, Mrs. J. A. Gettler, Fullerton; cut ator, Mrs. ,Cyril Williams, R.R. 8, S. Thomas; assistant curator, Mrs. John E. MacLean, Seaforth; public relation officer, Mrs. George Walled, R.R. 4, .Inger- soll. Chatting at the Goderich District Collegiate Institute commencement Friday 'from left are Ralph Foster, GDCI ,board chairman, Cathy' Gould and David Faulkner, both Unive.rsityy e,- ssary Everybody does not have to attend university to enjoy: a full life those attending the an- nual commencement and gradu- ation exercises a't Goderich Dis- trict • Collegiate Institute were. told Friday. Dr. W. S. Turner, Dean' -of Althouse. College, University of Western Ontario, played down the idea that only the rigid channels of formal education lead to success and happiness • Ile stressed .the concept that .there are many forms of educa- tion --formal and informal— that have_ their proper function in society. Dr. Turner said that it is not necessary for a student to make a decision won his life's work. The learning process and changing employment will have a great effect upon his, future, he said. Valedictorian. was Ca t h y Gould, who along with David Faulkner was a winner of an Ontario Scholarship. Miss Gould also won the Robert MacKay Memorial Scholarship and the A. M. Robertson Award. (See Ontario Scholarship winners, GDCI princi- pal John Stringer. Miss Gould was -vale- dictorian. Not AIw? Graduates page 6 for text of Miss Gould's address.) .. . Winners of other awards: Veterans' Memorial Scholar- ship, Peter Kalbfleisch, Shelly Liner and Betty Moss; Peter Adamson Memorial Scholarship, Brenda East; McKim Memorial Scholarship, Hugh Aldis; Peter Adamson Memorial Scholarship, Keith Fisher; A. J. Moore, Me- morial Scholarship, Robbie 'Wit- mer; A. M. Robertson Award, Annette MacCrostie; W. H. Robertson Scholarship, Carolyn Watters; B. R. Robinson Awards, Jennifer Grange, John Cox; FIVE MEDALS Brenda Harrison, 10 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mns. Earl Harrison, 176 Strang Ct., Gode- rich, won five Gold Medals on .Saturday, Nov. 5th at Guelph Highland Dancing Competition, placing top in her age group and winning a trophy. She plac- ed tops ifi overall dancing, with another dancer of higher age group. Ys Told Catholic Women's League prize, ' Wanda —Wills -ea; lEnterirafirona3 Association of Machinists Local 1863, Paul Smith; Donald Fraser and Family Bursaries, Janet Fisher, Joan- Van Der Meer, Freida Maaskant, Olarissa Las - saline; Maple Leaf - Chapter IODE Bursaries, Joseph Mac- Donald, Linda S'heardown, Lyne Argyle, Carolyn Graham; Gode- rich Graduate Nurses' Associa- tion, Anne Foran, Jane Fisher. A will tion complete list of gjaduates appear in next wk's edi- of The Signal -Star. A Y TOlS R i WINGS Art Institute of Ontario's cir- culating exhibition of 30 draw- i'ngs in pen, ink wash, gouache- collage, ouachecollage, pictures made with a "soft" line, effects of light and- juxtaposition of forms,— these will be -on display in the Goderich • Public Library Nov. 14-28, sponsored by the Gode- rich Art Club and the Gode- rich Public Library. Construction at Goderich's now sewage treatment plant is well ahead of schedule reports engineer B. M. Ross. It is expected to be in'operation early next year. Sewage is already flowing into part of the plant, but is being draped mut an overflow to drop i,nt© Lake Huron unprocessed. ,