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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-12-15, Page 1V 119th Year No 49 THE GODERICH SIs NAL STAR THURSDAY DEC 15, 1966• tippormereteogroaaieoadertmetweaveedetiootwootamimatatatai 81Mrl potat lrr ir. 1fHt11r ixami 'i al 'riiP3 as eam min + ►to- 9*7 2 ur Cr Children act out their parts in the Huron Carol; a Christmas drama at North Street United Church last Sunday. It portrayed 4 Mary and Joseph as Indians and Christ as their •papoose in an early North American Christmas. North Street United Children. Dramatize Native Noel Night • Hospiiai Debt Reiirernent Helped •. aiw2aa i mmaapow3ewmltt;Nomam eat > t wctp It Fund Booms Past Target • The campaign for the build. ing fund at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital has gone $63,751 past its objective. Final figures on the campaign which began last spring were released yesterday showing. a -total subscribed of. $174,965. The obiective was $109,214. - George Parsons. chairman of the campaign .committees said $50,000 of the surplus wilrbe used to reduce a $190,000 loan from the Ontario Hospital Services Com. mission that 'was borrowed for constructing and furnishing an $812,877 additionthat is now nearly complete. "This loan of $190,000 plus in- terest, would have taken the entire earnings of thehospital for, 20 years," he said. "The generosity of the people of the community of Goderich, plus the co-operation of every local industry contributed greatly to the, wonderful success of .the campaign. Over $20,000• was re. ceived from old friends and bus. inesses located outside of our local area. The J. P. Bickell foundation of Toronto generously gave sufficiept funds to obtain equipment needed for the new physiotherapy department." While most hospital fund rais. •ing campaigns have not been tee successful this past year, Mr. Parsons -believes the local success was greatly helped by. the teams of canvassers that gave so much of their time. Mr. Parsons -thanked all the canvassers, particularly Ontario's Centennial Celebration Art Group To Visit Goderich will be among 92 Ontario cities and towns which will be visited by major per-. forming arts groups next year as part of Ontario's Centennial celebrations. . Dates have not been announced for , the appearance here of the National Ballet Company "which is touring the province May 9 to June 3 and Sept. 11 to Oct. 6, or the Museum "Children's .. -L. , .::.and= hz, :, lull s he s--=was-jiihdalj �r.,.•..�; salons: -were,,. Cathy;. Adams.; and. • ,Thea<tre on tour Jas ,9 to June 3.. i >w _. stip _- hap Fa Lafleur 3 titin b hack_ Tei ..yea '=1c►ng: pio am, to be _._ ...and.Christ'as their4papggsewere slid- -thee= Shepherds—were John - y B , g Y the principals in the driunatiz. Parsons •, Steven Collins; Scott ation of the first Canadian Christ. Raithby, Robert Youngblut. Wise.' mas at North Street United men Doug Irwin, Dale Nivens and Church last Sunday. Earl Raeburn. • The drama, performed by four Multitude of angels were Bar - and five-year olds, was based bara Hibbert, Diane Oke, Patty on the Huron Carol, written -by Littta, Connie McMillan, Mary the martyred Father Brebeuf dur- Moore; Janet Tucker, Laurie inghis mission to the Huron Streeter, Teresa Streeter, Tory Indians. McDonald, Barbara Patzel The script was writtenby Mrs. Sheila Hoggarth, Marlene Whet• J. Donald MacDonald, wife of stone, Linda McIntyre, Julie North -Street United's minister. Shanks, Mrs. MacDonald was assisted in its direction by Mrs. George Parsons. ' It was the story of Father , Brebeuf bringing the warring tribes, the Ojibwas, . Mic•Mac, ° Iroquois and the Buffalo Hunters from - the prairie together to -- smoke a pipe of peace on the first Canadian Christmas. Narration was done by Mar. guerite MacDonald and Sally Leitch. Mary and Joseph were played by Sandy Sheardown and Larry Joseph. r.The children of the Kinder- garten took the roles of Indians of various tribes arriving to present gifts to the Indian Christ child. The sets, inspired by a' paint. ing by J. W. McLaren, of Ben. .miller, were made by Rev. and Mrs. MacDonald. The sets are being. transferred to Wingham for a television tableau by adults of part of the. same drama. Goderich Harbouraires are'singingfor this production. The primary children present. ed the Christmas Story A Little Child by Jesse Orton Jones and were assisted in music by the Junior Choir. The setting was a traditional nativity scene with sequence of events as told in Bible verse. The prophets were Robbie Shrier, Frank Mueller, ReidAld. ham andJimmy Gemmell. Joseph was played by Wayne Mahood and Diane Rileeprotray. ed Mary. The angel who appeared to the Joan Thompson. Nar. Wright and Duncan MacRae. The known as the Ontario Performing junior choir under the direction Arts Festival has been announced of Lance Reed assisted in the . by Minister of Tourism and In. service. Special choir members formation Auld, chairman of the were Doug Britnell, Donald Mac. cabinet's Centennial Committee. Donald, Linda Bassler, Dawn Oke. Hugh Manly and Mark Welsh. The nursery Sang Away in a Manger, the congregation par. ticipated with Christmas Carols and the children of the Junior Congregation presented their white gifts at the manger. iurun QIarnl 'Twas in the moon of winter -time, When all the birds had fled, That mighty Gitchi-Manitou Sent angel -choirs instead; Before their light the stars grew dim, And wondering hunters heard the hymn. • Jesus your King -is born, Jesus is born, In excelsis gloria. Within a lodge of broken bark The tender Babe was found, A ragged robe Q,fn rabbit skin Enwrapped His beauty. ' round ; But as the hunter braves drew nigh, The angel song rang loud and high.. The earliest moon of winter -time Is not so'round and fair As was the ring of glory on The helpless Infant there. The chiefs from far before Him knelt With gifts of fox and beaver -pelt. r o children of'the forest free, 0 sons of Manitou The Holy Child'of earth and heaven Is born to -day for you. Come kneel before the radiant Boy . Who brings.ybu beauty,,peace and joy. Mrs. N. P. icrimgeour, 226 Huron Itd.A points to cracks In the ceiling of her home she says were caused last summer during structlon on the road in front of her house. She has filed aim and town council says the liability is with the con - r Levis Contracting Co. Ltd., of •Clinton. Mr. Auld said that originally plans called for some 200 per- formances. However, response from Ontario communities was so great that the touring schedule has- been increased by almost 50 per cent, to 288 performances. The program was developed by the arts advisory committee to the centennial planning branch of the department of tourism and information. Members of the committee include leaders in the .performing andin sual-axseids; under the chairmanship of Char- les W. Tisdall, Toronto. "Until now, because of high touring costs, it has not been feasible, economically, for .Tractor. Tire Tax Removal .Sought Huron County Federation of Agriculture, ,meeting in Clinton last Thursday adopted a resolu- tion asking for removal of .pro- vincial "sales tax from farm tractor tires, The resolution which carne from Grey Township said that sales tax is charged against tract. or tires but not on other farm machine parts. . Roof Cost Ten Grand Goderich District Collegiate Institute board is spending an extra $10,500 to make sure the reof on its $1,390,454 addition does not leak. Donald Snider of the archil. ects Snider, Huget and March told the board that to build the roof to the specifications of C. W. Bell of Roof Engineering and Inspection Co. Ltd. Would cost $10,500 over the present price. Remembering its unhappy ex- perience with the roof put. n the original school building in 1952 the . board agreed to the extra expenditure. , The original roof leaked for 10 years until it was replaced with one to Mr. Bell's specif- ications in 1962. It cost $24,000 •of' which the board recovered $600 from the contractor. groups such as the ballet or opera to visit the smaller cities and towns of Ontario," said Mr. Auld. ' "The Ontagio., program has been devised, in the spirit of the Centennial, as one under which the large metropplitan cen- tres in effect will share their cultural treasures with less.pop- ulous centres throughout thepro. vine. those in' the rural area, the Labor Council, and the women who made the house to shouse calls. Additional new equipment can now be purchased with funds thus freed from debt retirement, as it becomes desirable or necess. ary. The addition to the hospital will give it a total of 81 beds. The summary of the Hind rais. ing campaign: A shfield Township, 719; Bay. field Village, 40; ColborneTown. ship, 8,733; Goderich Township . 1,726.50; Wawanosh Township, 645; Special List, 29,291; LOW Business Men, 18,467; Local In. dustries, 26,450; Goderich, Clubs; Lodges, 31,795.08; Out of town Friends, 10,861.25; Hospital Staff (Inc. doctors), 11,652.55; Local Banks, Finance o's, 5,0c5S; Out of town Businesses, 9,605; HOS. pital, Foundation, 3,050; House to House canvass, 5,967.65; Employees of local plants and • governments , 10, 312.72. Total $174,965.75. Here In '67 "We hope that after the Cen. tennial Year workable road tour- ing facilities will exist so that more and better attractions will be available to increasing num- bers of Ontario communities." TheNational Ballet of Canada .is forming a special Concert Ballet group so that ballet may be broughtto communities where limited facilities prevent full. scale performances. The concert Topics for discussion at the agricultural conference, : of the federation and Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association vere put forward although no date has • been set for the con. ference. Suggested ideas included corn versus barley, crop insurance,. how townships read drainage by- laws, spray areas and regulation, farm building renovation(hydro), clearing fence bottoms,soil con- servation and ARDA. • The federation agreed to Spon- sor a representative to the pro. vincial leadership conference in Orillia in February. Bob Broad- fobt, Lloyd Band, Harvey Taylor, Ross Smith and ErnieCrichwere named to the exeeutive committee' Mrs. Ted Fear was named woman director. Junior Farmer mem- bers is Tom Cunningham. • (Continued on Page 3) ballet will visit 40 communities where ballet has never previously appeared. Les Chansonniers, a group of three Montreal artists, will un- dertake a special three-week tour to present French-Canadian folk lore in song. The Canadian Opera Company will extend Its tour of Don Pas- quale into a number of communit. (Continued on Page 3) GLT Hires Director Goderich Little Theatre has hired a professional director, buthas no play to be directed. GLT president R. W. Bell said the group hopes to soon make a - decision on its second selection of the season. The director is Joni Clavir, , of Toronto, who has been in thea- tre Life since she was seven years old and is currently starring in a children's musicial revue at the Colonnade Theatre in Toronto. Howlett Gains Four In e Ballot Recount Bruce Howlett retained his seat on Goderich Town Council Tues- day following a recount before Huron County Jdtige R. S. Hetherington. The recount boosted Coun.. Eleet Hewlett's total tosivotes to 774 and decreased Coun. James Johnston, who applied for the re. Count, to 769., a one -vote drop, This gave Coun.-Elect Howlett the sixth and final seat on council where he will sit during 1967-68 with councillors Walter Shear. down, Bruce. Erskine, William Most Drivers Face Rise In Auto Insurance Rate Three of six basic annual au- tomobile insurance premiums will decrease in Goderich next year, but the majority of drivers face increases. Insurance on business cars will drop eight per cent to an annual premium of $156 and the married woman under 25 year's of age will receive . a five per cent decrease in annual premium to $198. Drivers under 25 who do not Fire Chief Warns Precautions Should Head Family In message of seasonal greet- ings to the public, Goderich Fire Chief Ted Bissett warns that snecial precautions should head the 'list of every family's pre- parations for Christmas. . "A Happy Christmas can change in a few seconds into a family tragedy in homes where such precautions are neglected," Chief Bissett said. He • urged ,the public to ex. ercis t special care in the setting up and 'decoration of Christmas trees, and drew attention to the following points: Only fresh green trees should be bought, and they should be kept outdoors or in an unheated garage before being brought into d!t the home for decorating. Then, a tree should have one or two inches cut diagonally from the butt, and should be set up with the butt in water, which should be , maintained above the level of the cut, • Electric lighting strings should be checked for frayed cords or short circuits. Only CSA-approv- ed SA-approveed lighting sets, and only non. flammable decorationsshould be used. Declare the tree a no• smoking area, and keep matches out of the hands 'of children. On Christmas Day, donotallow gift wrappings to accumulate under the tree. Dispose of wrapp• Ings as soon as gifts are Apen. ed. Even a moist tree will burn if ignited by burning wrappings or similar material around the base. Set up the tree away from such sources of heat as a fireplace, TV set or radiator. ,Be 'sure it does not block access to doors or windows in the evtfri of fire. Switch oft tree lightsbefore leay. ing home or going to bed. Chief Bissett points out that drive to work get a one per cent reduction to $113. Drivers over 25 who drive to work face a three per cent in.. crease at $122. Family auto in+ surance with an under age male driver will rise fractionally from $217 to $218. • Single male drivers have been reclassified. They will pay $407 a year to age 19, $365 to age 21 and $304 through their 25th year. Christmas Lists tests have proved that the safest tree is a tree with its butt set in water. However, if a tree has dried out before it is set up, it cannot regain its safe moisture level, A dry tree can be ignited be a single match, to burn violent- ly to a charred state in a few seconds. Evert ,artificial trees can be serious) fire hazards. _Metallic trees are conductors of electric. ity. Do not decorate them with gfings of lights, but illuminate them with floodlights. Some plastic trees, made from styrene materials, are flammable, unlike those made from polyvinychlo. ride. Many imported plastic trees, sometimes known as "Hong Kong , trees", wili,burn violently..' All trees should be removed from -the home as soon as possible after Christmas said the Chief, adding a "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, " wish. From 110 Degrees To Zero , AUBURN - From Argentina where the temperature was 110 degrees to ekuburn with a tem- perature of zero was the ex- perience of Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Roberts, when they arrived rec. ently to take over the ministry of the Auburn charge of the United Church in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, their' daughter Margaret Dilys, 12, and their son William Rees, 8, arrive ed last week after living in Argen. tina fOr four and a half years. Mr. Roberts served as miss. ionary under the American Meth- odist Church in Patagonia, in the province of Chubut. They travelled 1,000 miles bybus from tman, Chubut, Argentina to Buenos Aires taking , S� hours, which included the crossing of the Colorado River with the buS on a raft, After staying- in Buenos Aires for a week they flew by Pan. American plane to New York, calling at Caracas for refuell. .ing, a total of 12 hours flying time. From New York they flew to Toronto in 53 minutes. At Toronto they were met by Rev. J. M. Boyd, superintendent of the board of missions, of Preston who took them to his home and next morning brought them to Auburn in time for the church service. After the service, the UCW served a dinner in° the Sunday school room of the church for the visitors and the members of the Session Schaefer and councillors -elect B. . R. Robinson and Robert"`Hays, Mayor -Elect Frank Mills, Reeve. Elect Bert Such and Deputy Reeve -Elect Harry Worsell. Changes in ballot totals with the original count in parenthesis - Poll 2, Johnston 71 (72); Poll . 3, Howlett 58 (57); Poll 5, How- lett, 40 (39); Poll 7, Howlett 69 (6$); Poll 11, Johnston 53 (52); Poll 12, Howlett 88 (87); Poll 13, Howlett 79 (81), Johnston 66 (67); Poll 14, Howlett 55 (54). Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and their family were all born in Wales. He attended grammar school and served in the forestry - cam= mission in Britain for 12 years, He entered the Theological Coll. ege sof the Presbyterian Church at Aberystwyth in Wales where he studied for three years, and then completed his studies in Bala Theology College in Wales for one year. He served his church- at Flint in Flintshire, Wales and at Nantlle under the Welsh Presbyterian Church. Both cnudren 8.1.e attending the Mullett Township. Central school. Margaret is fluent in the Welsh, Spanish and English language while William has not to learn Salvationists Entertain Fifteen adults and nine children from Goderich Salvation Army entertained 30 residents of Mait- land Manor Sunday. The Christmas party included skits,, singing and Christmas stories. Following the entertainment, the audience and the performers sat down to a Christmas dinner with all trimmings, The GLT had planned :to pre. sent • The Night of the Dragon Fly, but the writer who was preparing it for the GLT and another professional director were unable to complete their commitment. 0 Miss Clavir said she enjoys the opportunity, to visit various parts of the country and direct little theatre. She has studied at the `ler. bert Bieghoff School of Drama in New York. She is her own agent. Among her credits • are two years of summer stock at Sarnia and two years at Port Carling. She .has also worked with dir. ector Leon Major, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Major, of Goderich, in Toronto and Halifax, Miss Clavir has assisted with little theatre in Newmarket, the Bain Players and Theatre Up- stairs in Toronto. . The GLT has a subscribed membership of '700 and its first production of the season Never Too Late drew full houses at MacKay Hall for three evenings. The- third production of the season . is the historical revue, Stereoscope 1967 being written by J. W. McLaren, of Benmiller. Kinette Christmas rF The Kinette Club of Goderich had its annual Christmas dinner at the Lakeview . on Dee. 12. Twenty-four attended the turkey ,.dinner and later, all went to the Kinsmen playground. ,A brief meeting was held, and Christmas gifts exchanged. The balance of the evening was spent in games. Gayle Pinkney, 3; is assisted by Santa Claus as .she makes the draw for the Goderich Lions trip to Nassau. Gayle is the dauihttr of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pinkney. The winner was Mr. and Mrs. John Refflinghaus. A portable color TV was won by Mr. E. Irwin of Picton . Street.