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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-11-24, Page 1u 119th Year — No. `46 THE G9DERICH SIGNAI.,STAR THURSDAY; NOV. 24, 1966 $ING.I4: COME 12c Nominations May Produce Fireworks r. ills By BILL KEARNS Sparks could fly at tonight's nomination meeting as contests for. town council's three top po, sitions have already taken shape. Mayor Frank Walkom will be challenged by Dr. Frank Mills. Reeve Reg Jewell will have to fight Coun. Bert Such, and Coun. Harry W or sell will seek the chair now occupied by peputy.Reeve_ Joseph Moody. The mayor and all the council declared themselves candidates at last Thursday's council meet. ing, It is the Jewell -Such bout that may provide the fireworks' at tonight's nominations at MacKay Hall 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The elec- tion is Dec, 5. The reeve and the councillor have tangled at several` council meetings in recent months, Reeve Jewell has been sharply critical of the town's recrea- tion, parks and tourist promotion programs headed by Coun. Such. The councillor -'has been fight. ing back, and at one meeting charged the reeve with "vilify- ing* him and the parks -recrea- tion staff. There is every likelihood that the contest between Mayor Walk- om and Dr. Mills will be con- ducted in gentlemanly terms: Neither can an overheated debate be expected from Deputy -Reeve Moody and C bun. W or sell . halten Dr. Mills, 41, who has lived in Goderich 10 , years, and is, taking his first step into mun- icipal politics, is president of Goderich Rotary, Whose mem. bers he asked to support him at' its regular meeting Tuesday. 1Our town is in need of ag. gressive informed leadership to promote enthusiasm and interest in all of us, with the natural • resultant return of Goderich to its true position of leadership in this province,* Dr, Mills said. The mayor at last Thursday's council meeting revealed his hopes that Goderich electorswill preserve the status quo in council. "I hope' there won't be too many changes on council," he said.. ,1 Reeve Jewell Said in seven years on town council and three on county council he has not miss. ed a meeting. He said he has the time to devote to the job. Later he revealed that he has received indications that he is in line to be elected warden of Huron County in 1968, whichwouldbe the sebond year of the two-year term which all elected officials will serve after the forthcoming elec. tion. • The reeve last Thursday ques. tioned Coun. Such on the opera, tion of Harbor Park during' the past year. The councillor said that while revenue had decreased during the summer , the number of persons using the park had increased 27.8 per cent. He said this indicated the park is providing a greater tourist trade potential. Coun. Such said this idea was supported by the tourist corn- mittee of council and the Goder- ich Businessmen's Association. He said they wanted to be ,rid of long-term trailer parkers, whom he. called "free loaders.", Reeve Jewell said "native born sons and girls didn't return s summer because they were ilitriven the cold shoulder last year." This was an allusion toaletter Coun. Stich wrote to trailer own• ers last fall, asking them to move out of Harbor Park. The reeVe was very indignant about -this art a: past meeting. "Well they didn't get hot tongue," answered Coun. Such. Also seeking reelection to council are James Johnston, Wales ter. Sheardown, Brtice Erskine and William Schaefer. ' There have been no indications of the .plans of the incumbents on Public Utilities Commission which includes chairman W. J. Mills, Bruce Ryan, George Fit. singer, and G.F.Whaley, nor the Public School Board chairman Cayley Hill, and trustees Rtissell. Bradford, H.W. McCreath, Mrs, Johl Wallace, Jack Freeman and Jack Marriott. The GDCI Vikings football team, champions for the third straight year in the Huron - Perth Football Conference held their -victory benquet last Friday night. Here members • of the team and cheerleaders listen to Viking Coach Wayne Horner. Vikings Celebrate Half Title By BOB S'fIRIER Goderich' District Collegiate Institute Vikings held their vic- tory banquet last Friday night in the.,sehooL• c t ' s . afe eria Thi year _ the Vikings. are co -champions .with Winghatn as they battled to a O.O ,tie in W iIgham recently. TYOIs. banquet -is getting to bean , annu 1/event as it is the third )year in a row they have been Huron Perth Conference champ- ions. Cheerleaders were in atten. dance for the first time. Ralpt Foster, chairman of the •QDCI board, congratulated the team on behalf of the board stating that they had done the school proud in their football activity. Principal JohnStringerpointed out to the team that their coach Wayne Horner had.an inipressive record in his six years at the school: Under Coach Horner's leadership GDCI teams have won 33 games, lost seven, and tied one. Mr. Stringer told the youthful athletes football is like•life you -must.-nave .ted:m. spirit. - "Ur1teSs __ team gets together it doesn't win; Unless you get along with people you will not get very far in life," he said. ' • "Determination, resourceful- ness and restraint are also qual- ities that show up in football and you must carry these through life with you to be a success," said the principal. Coach Horner in his remarks said that next year,looked prom is. ing as most of the players would be back. "To play next year," he said, "you must achieve your academic standing. You've got to hit the books and give it ev$ry. thing you ha'tre. If you gi it 40 Urges Council Prepare Centennial Parks B. R. Robinson told council last • Thursday that it had better get cracking on its Centennial Parks. "It is beyond my comprehen- sion how council will have any of them ready,' said the Centennial Committee chairman. • Mayor Walkom said an immed- iate start is to be made levell- ing the parks in the town's north end overlooking the Maitland River. He said itwotlldbeseeded, by May 20. "With proper care and watering _ that wi1Lbea. good stand of grass by the middle ofJune,'theMayor said. It was suggested that the winter works program might assist in development at the Bingham prop- erty and Mr. Robinson wanted to know why an immediate start could not be made. The mayor said that approval Sewers Stalled Plans to instal storm sewers in five south end streets may be abandoned because of residents' objections. The sewers were to go in.Ben. nett, Tilt, Wells, Hincks, and Jones streets at an estimated cost of 117,200 as a local improve. merit. A petition signed by24persons has been received by council opposing the sewers. Clerk Sherman Blake said the project may be stalled in its tracks because 50 per cent of the affected • property owners have signed the petition. A legal opin. ion is being sought. Scholarship Arranged Goderich Distriht Collegiate Institute board is providing a new scholarship in memory of Ralph D. Munro, a member of the board for 25 years. Mr. Munro, an Auburn mer. chant who died earlier this year, was the representative for West Wawanosh. The $250 scholarship is to be divided into two $125 prizes, one for an urban student and one for rural student having the high. dst standings in any Grade 12 four.year course. Its first award will be made next year. The scholarship was announced at the GDCI com. iFement by A. R. Scott, a er principal who worked with Munro for Many years• your best and fail, you have noth- ing to be ashamed of." The Vikings coach told the boys to s that complacency has started set _ in due to the record they have -piled -up: ,. - - -- "We were able to put this com- placency down this year and it Will be stopped if it ever starts to set in again. Remember, that it is not too hard to get to the top, 1 but it is extremely hard to stay .there," he said. The football team presented Coach Horner with a ring. A dance was held following the dinner. , of senior governments had to be sought. "That should be underway now," said Mr. Robinson. Conn. Such, chairman of the parks committee, said council should expedite the work. Reeve Jewell suggested the town might hire some extra men. "Have we any men in town who will do an honest day's work?" asked the mayor. "The kind of men we want are just not available,' agreed Deputy Reeve Moody. Council Briefs Council Debates In Secret Health Workers May Quit Huron County Council, follow- ing a secret session Tuesday, has referred a wage dispute with county health unit employees back to 'Huron County Board of Heal- th. , ,..The .action,.ca.me ,. .out_of - corn arittee:of- tire= -whole- --session- held in the dying hours of county council's last ,session for 1966. The health unit employees have threatened to leave their jobs next Tuesday unless demands for high- er wages are met. A letter from Frank Murphy, a London lawyer representing the unit's sanitary inspectors and public health nurses, outlining the employees' intentions was re. ceived by the board of health secretary, county clerk-treasur= •er John G. Berry Tuesday morn. ing. "They are attempting to take advantage of long-standing people in the --county,'. Mr „Murphy- saki . of county council, Warden Kenneth Stewart, 'when told of the letter, said: "I hope we receive it before this session. ends." Tne warden maintained the "door, as far as the county is concerned, is still open to ne. gotiation•' Mr. Murphy entered negotia- tions in October. 1 -le termed the county as being "completely un. reasonable" with the employees. He said nine nurses and two sanitary inspectors are involved. Until .this yearMr..lain* explained; the •unit, employees ne- gotiated with council without a salary schedule; Now, he said, one has been prepared and in some instances employees . with many years experience are not "being offered the maximums set out in council's owNschedule.' He cited as an example an inspector with the county for about 17 years. In his case; Mr. pprove County LibrarySystem By R.S. ATKEY Effective Jan. 1, 196? . Huron County will operate its own county public library system. County council Tuesday adopt. ed the appropriate legislation by a recorded vote of 27.12, and subsequently passed abylaw putt- ing the plan into effect almost immediately. Five municipalities of the 25 decided to remain outsidse the system for the present at least: Town of Goderich; Townships df Hay, Hullett, Morris and East Wawanosh. However, speakers in behalf of some of these munici. palities indicated that they might join later. They„ can join in any year prior to February 15. A previous amendment to cl- ause nine, which would guarantee payment for, services from non- participating municipalities pro. Local Taxi Fares The first increase in taxi fares in Goderich in 10 ,years will go into effect when council passes a bylaw probably at its next meet. ing. A taxi anywhere in Goderich will now cost 65 cents between 6 a.m, and midnight a 15- cent 'increase. After midnight the fare will be $1,. a 35- cent ipprease. Between 6 a.m. and midnight stop overs of more than five minutes will increase 15 cents to 25 cents, The same price is to prevail after midnight` Jitney service from boats, trains and buses is up 25 cents to 75 Cents for one person and two or more ride at 50 cents each. Hiring a cab by the hour will cost $4.50, up $1.50 and standing by the hour will be $3, up $1. rata for services rendered, had carried 24.15. • Duff Thompson, reeve "of Clin. ton, chairman of the HuronCoun- ty' Library Co-operative Board, which had recommended forma tion of the new system, ably guided the legislation through council, the debate occupying. nearly three hours. The matter had been under consideration for some time, but there still were several "doubting Thomases'. Municipalities agreeing to the ch- ange were:" townships: Not reply- ing to county council's request to take a stand was Goderich Township, subsequently, the township's two representatives in county council, R eeve GrantS tirl- ing and Deputy Reeve Everett MCIIWain, voted in favor of the new County Public Library Sy- stem. increased The town is paying Canadian Pacific Railways $2,124 for apar- c el pf land to the south of the .CPR station along the beach. It ,brings the road to the water treatment plant at the beach into the possession of the town. • Including part of St. Christ opher's Beach, the .land extend: from the foot of Elgin Avenw north toShipS treet in widths from 88 feet to 167 feet. The land once belonged to the Guelph and Goderich Railway which was dissolved in -4956 ane its assets assumed by the CPR * * •* The town has passed abylaw tc sign an agreement with Kno) ' Presbyterian Church to rent the church parking lot at $150 a year for public parking. Term of Young Canada Week 100 Teams ° For Centennial the agreement is two years., Uncollected tax arrears at the end of October were $46.94 for 1963, S$9,775 for 1964 and $23,403 for 1965. * *. * - Grants of $750 to Goderich Bus- inessmen's Association and $50 for the Boy Scouts have been approved by council for the Christmas parade Dec. 3. * * * Council has declined to sup. port a resolution' from 'Carton that urged assessment of beer and liquor stores and mail order offices on their gross income. * *• * Letters fromdirectors of Dom- tar Ltd. are flowing into town council expressing appreciation for the town's hospitality on Salt .Centennial Day, Oct. 20. - Goderich Lions Club Young Canada Week Committee has an. nounced that it will accept 100 teams for its 18th annual Pee Wee Hockey Tournament during East. er Week, 1967.. Local teams will open the tour. nament on March 23, with teams from distant points starting their schedule. on March 27. It is hoped that an entry will be received from each province to make this famous tournament a truly national tournament. New. foundland has announced they are going to return next year and an inquiry has been received from Pasadena, California, While in the last few years 87 teams have taken part -in. each tournament, the Goderich Lions, C Plan Huron 4-H,. Achievement The 19th annual Huron County 4-H Achievement Night will be held in the Seaforth District High School, Dec. 2. John Bradley, a member of the Lucknow 4.H Dairy Calf Club, Who represented Ontario at the National 4.11 Conference, wilt address the Huron County 4.11 members. Entertainment will beprovided by the Turnberry 4-H "Calf Club 4.H Demonstration Team. • All Huron County 4.11 Agri. for centennial year only, has plan. ned to extend the tournament an additidnal day to accommodate 100 teams. Teams will be divided into•cat. egories according to their popula. tion. There will be five divisions as usual, with trophies to winners and runner-up in each category. Any team that stays over in God. erich will have the boys billeted by the- citizens of Goderich. Night cultural Club members who corp. pleted a project in 1966 will receive their awards on this oc. casion. Of the 412 4.H projects started in 25 4.11 Agricultural Clubs last spring, 93.4 per cent were brought to a successful conclusion. Chairman Thompson stated that from the municipalities that had decided to join, total pop- ulation was more than 35,000, "which meant that initial grant from the province would be $15,- 000. Once the figure exceeded that, the county would receive d'n additional $10,000 or a total of $25,000. Per capita grant also would be 20 cents. He pointed outvuriousfeatures of the legislation: --Presentboard will be in charge until January, 1967, session • of ,county council when the new board will be form- ed in accordance with the Public Libraries Act. --New beard will, consist of the Warden; three members of county council whose municipalities are part -of the system; and three members who are not members of county council, butwhosemun. icipalities are members of the county library system. - - County clerk -treasurer, sec- retary treasurer, of the new libr- ary system; empowered to invest- igate liability insurance, fire in. surance, for protection of county as at January I, 1967: - - Present library boards con- tinue to function in advisory caps- - city to County Public Library Board; must submit their bud. gets to county board by Feb. 15 of each year so that overall bud- get can be prepared. Present assets of local libraries vested in local minici: palities. Industry Processing - Pizza A new food processing industry has started operation in Goderich Unique Foods, under contract to Pizza Patio Restaurants, is processing fresh frozen pizza. These locally -produced pizzas are available in the frozen food sections of many Huron County stores. Unique Foods is hopeful of ex-. panding its operation beyond the boundaries of the county to the point where Goderich made pizza will be available in many parts of Ontario. Wants Rid Of Rooster Mrs. Rod Johnston, 97'Light- house St., got the bird and she would like to get rid of it. The bird is a rooster, with varkiegated feathers, that has been hanging around Mrs. Johnston's home for some time. ..Mrs. Johnston said the rooster is being fed by neighbors, but it keeps returning to her house. She felt it may be valuable. Police were notified of the stray bird but havenotresponded said Mrs. Johnstone, - In this connection, if local board wishes to turn over any monies to County Public Library Board, it may do so and specify that the particular money is to be spent on its own ,local li- brary. In doing this, the money may be spent to improve the local library and at the same time, county will receive the grant, therefore making for additional , expenditures, provided it is the wish of the local library board, -.Any municipality which does now wish to join at the present time, may do so in any year prior to Feb. 15. In the present case it is hoped that any applications to join would arrive before the, Jan. uary 1967 session of county coun. cil so that the municipalities con- cerned might be included in the 1967 budget. - - Library services to public libraries, associate libraries, ► an `deposit stations in'municipal. sties, which do not join the new • system, will be discontinued as of Jan. 1, 1967; and service to the schools' in the municipalities which do not join, will be discon.' tinned as of June 30; 1967; but where school children of mun- icipalities who do not join but these children attend schools in municipalities' who do join, will be given public library services on a cost basis to the municipal- ity of not less than the county library rate for municipalities in the system. Murphy, said, the county's wage schedule is $6,500 minimum to $7,100 maximum. "They have offered him $6,- 800," Mr. Murphy said. The county's wage schedule for Late yesterday PUC chair- man W. J. Mills said he 4111 stand for nomination. He said he expects other PUC members will, too. Work Said Routine D.J. Murphy said yesterday that the federal government's nurses is $5,100 miitimurq tq plan to spend $120,000 to repair harf�i ti . rrBCiiterianeerork w _" $6.,.400 -maximum,.--He.-said -titwo the Snug f rbor w s o�u Inc Or ttie nor"ses; "with l0= and 11 He said the departure of publ. years experience, were offered $6,100 is works has a progra of con. Murphy said negotiations" tinuing harbor improv merit for on existing wages started inSept. commercial ports and that the ember. "Before I entered the pic. • Snug Harbor work was not prim- arily intended to make the small. ture in October, the county was boat basin more .`suitable for offering the nurses with 10 and 11 yachts, years experience $5,400 and the inspector with 17• years expo.. Mr. Murphy is a member of the fence $6 100 Mr Murphy stros- Snug Harbor, Development Com- , ed that not all e'mplovees aar'ee mittee iihich has sought to have He said recent piling tests at his salary should be $7,800. the wharf were the result pf the committee's work and were nec., essary to show how much more relocation of the -wharf. might' cost. Results of the piling tests are expected to be available when department of 'public works and department of transport officials meet with town later -this Month. Discuss Sewer Rates .Goderich householders can ex- pect to pay about $1.50 a month next year to finance operation of the town's new sewage treatment plant. The town council has to dig up $35,000 a year tea operate the plant. In a meeting with 'council last Friday the Public Utilities Com. mission agreed to do the collect. ing for the town. The cost to industrial consum- ers has not been established, but it .is expected -le pereentage of the water bill in metered water consumers. The sewer charge may start -Jan. 1, about the same time elect. rical customers of the PUC were expected to receive a decrease in The same meeting discusSed street lights for Huron Road, now being paved where total cost for lighting, this is estimated at $66,667, This someWhat subsidiz. ed by, the department of highways. The meeting did not discuss water meters for domestic water users All three items will be (Continued on Page 8) discussed at another meeting of, town council with the PUC. New MOH Arrives A native of the UnitedKingdom, D.P.H., has assumed cluties as medical officer of health and dir. • ector of Huron County • Health. Monday %by 'Calvin oduced to Hwon County Krauter, Brussels,, chairman of Huron County Baard of Health, Dr. Evans Said itwas his first time in Canada and he was look- ing forward to the opportunity to serve Huron County. He had visit. _ed some parts of-tbe county and was very pleased with what .he saw. Warden Kenneth Stewart, Mc. KUlop, extended awarin welcome to the new official on ,behalf of the County of Huron. Dr. Evans was born and educat. ed in Glasgow, Scotland. He grad. uated from the University of Glas. gow in medicine and surgery in (Continued on Page 8) These-huntsis dd not travel far to gat their deer for the season. They shot this beauty "in Greenoch Swamp. The deer weighed 195 pounds dressed. Left to right are Murray Salter, Clinton who shot the buck, Tommy Thomson and ROSS Sparks. Pres. Levier of Centralia was also a member of the hunt- ing group. 1