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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-01-26, Page 1.v*rr :'RT A 1, vrnAwn+gm1 124th YEAR - NO.., 4 A�• mv,Vall• THE GQDERICH SIGNAAI STAR, THVRSDAY, JAN. 26, 1967 - „ relu -0' A new trophy for goaltenders in the peer last May. Gary had played goal: Competitors wee .,League of the Goderich Minor Hockey for, the trophy this year are, clockwise Association has been donated by Mrs. Percy starting at 8 o'clock, Robert H3[1, Andrew - Fritzley, of Goderich, in memory of her son, Harper, Mike Sully and Don Bedour. The Gary,who ;r4vIiec�.,,,at. the,ege•:of 20;<<from in- trophy will be awarded annually. - _,luries, receied . in iii .auto•mo'bile accident t y vows, 'Rabies County Concern $ill Ke Private conversationsarns among, metnbers of town: council' this; past 'week have revolved areund Coun, �B;11,, Robinson's proposal to pull the town out of Huron County Council,' At lastThurs.day's towwn council meeting Coun. Robinson gave' a notice of motion which he said would ask council' to form a special committee to study with.. drawing Goderich from participa- tion in the county government. He divulged few details other than to say that his motion would be based upon economic repre- sentation and assessment. Outside council Coun. Robinson said he does not think the town is gettingthe value for the ,money, it pays'to the county. He believes the , county services could be replaced by the town at less: cost. Other' Council members are looking at each other and wonder- ing who will second-Coun,, Rob. inson's motion wheir it`tspresent=' to `council tonight; If it is not seconded it cannot be debated. . Reeve Bert Such, fresh from his first session at county council, said the proposal ,would --' ria0-16" -6 grven...ar a n study. Although ' Coun. Robinson's' notice of motion was received by council without comment, the town councillors carried it with them to the Lions Club civic night which they attended immediately after...the-Coma' meeting. The - dinner was .attended, by members of county council. Coun;•Robinson • did not attend. Provincial secretary and Min- ister of ' Citizenship Robert S. Welch told the .gathering that principles of ' democracy have to be taught as.wejl as practised. "As members Of the Lions Club. and the county council,„ I would urge you to try to set examples of good democratic practices,, "You should interest young people as maedi as' possible in these principles so that they may be carried on justly when they reach the helm." • Mr. Welch, a St. Catharines lawyer, said that it was financial aid from a Mons Club that made it possible for him to attend university. ' - .i -ie said . service °. clubs and municipal governments that are interested in persons have con- - tr-ibUted- to the appeal of Ontario thatLattracted to the_province 52 per cent of all immigrants to Canada. Examine governmental budgets at all- levels to find the evidence hat• ---d r e lik spent- for the welfare of Ontario citizens, the speaker said. He was accompanied to the meeting by Huron MLA and Pro• yincial Treasurer Charles S. Ma cNaughton,° who Said, "I hope we can provide a 'good program considering American By Shirley J. Keller: ft' was indeed a.-"" dot -gone') long discussion on the problems of stray dogs in Huron County; - -- A-rnericaYr-hunters-who glean up '.�..e-dotRittyps�grri�nsitbm s leave their • dogs behind • Reeve Kenneth -Stewart set off the free=wheeling enquiry session to„ try 'to find some solution for e increasing rabies, threat..110. aid human •life and comfort were - endangered by the growing • nuinher of - known rabies • cases in, the • county' --and • cited an • in. ciden--. t recently--.where--a young girl died When the• anti -rabies vaccine failed. "There were 63 known cases of rabies in the dually last year; '"' Mr. Stewart reported. - - Carr Dalton reeve of Seaforth, .'. "Polluted with dogs" the Ontario Humane Society made the re,••. quirements for ' dog pounds so strict that the municipality was unable td maintain one. He charg. ed'the"dog catchers were not per - matted to ' 'lay hold of a dog unless the animal was running on a street d r a highway: He maintained that a dog -should be shot if it "was running at large, untagged and unwanted dogs, left the animals there to become -wild- creatures hunting food where they could find it. Other members of council said Ernie Talbot, reeve of-S.tanley-,- xreparieddt_was t ts.understanding that if an animal was causing damage, it could be disposed of legally 'under the Livestock 'Pro- tection Act. • In Stephen Township, reported - Reeve James Hayter, persons could catch stray dogs and .im• pound them at the township's expense at,a veterinarian kennel in Exeter: If , the dogs are un- claimed .after four days, they are destroyed, he added. Huron Fiealth Board's Budget Absorbs-Salary—Increases-- By Shirley;,J. Keller Calvin Krauter, chairman of the 1966 Huron County Board of "-Bealth, told county -councillors at the January session he was pleased to report the committee had completed'\ the year's oper- ation within its budget despite the problems of the ' year just ending, • He said staff salaries were raised soon after a threatened strike of County_ Health employees ands mentioned the acquisition of- new County edi ,,O facer of...Agalth,,Pr.,.,.,, G. P �A,.,.. .,yaris. Krauter, • reeve . of Brussels, , -- stated- that- Dr. Evans is urging ' his staff to submit monthly detail- ed reports to thei�oard regarding the activities in their particular department. The MOH will also' be presenting an assessment con.. cerning both • the present and r; future of the. Huron County Health Unit, • ' Each of the five hospitals in Huron County had filled in a questionnaire for presentation to Council .in . January. Patient per day costs for ward, semi -private and private accommodation re- vealed the following. Alexandra Marine and General yincGoderich, $22.85,' $24.85 and $26.85; Sea - forth Community -Hospital, $24.7.0, $28.20, $30.30; Wingham �tnCl' " Dl'stri'c't' ' Iiospif3.1; "'$24':'85, $27.35, $29.85; Clinton Public Hospital, $22.70„$25.70, $27.70; South Huron Hospital in -Exeter, $25.80, $28.30 and no private room accommodation offered. • licinter Ban. At the mention of 'wild dogs" -in-the-county; Reeve Sack '°Cor- .bett, Hay, said parties of American hunters were known -to-•dri-drive-thrones b s•sh nd-when- IT Essex and Kent' counties in the Southern part -of the province had banned Americans as hunters '`there. lie recommended on pet.' ,ition of some Stephen- ratepayers that similar action be taken -in Huron where hunters from across the border arrived in sufficient nurn:r.fers to strip the Hur'onbush-- lands of everything ,that lived. • A- motion brought in at the Thursday afternoon session by Hayter, seconded ..by Stephen' deputy -reeve Ed. Hendrick and endorsed " by Hay , Township deputy -reeve Delbert CLeiger call- ed for the members of the Agri-, culture and Reforestation corm mittee to consider • a recommend - a ion r - rAmerica,,.res'tderrts- e banned from hunting game in the county of Huron. that wild dogs were fairly comrnon.in_the_ :co.unty andagreed that other game, particularly deer, were beingriven off by the dogs, l - ...to . the:.peopie pf. the Province of Ontario without any new - taxes." Others who spoke were Huron Warden Donald, McKenzie ,• of .Ashfield Township, Huron MP Robert McKinley and, Murray Gaunt, North Huron MLA. • • Among guests were-- three 'representatives of the University • of Western Ontario, Dean T. L. ' Hij)'skin, William Baldwin, chair• main- of •"the university's . com- • "mittee on local government and G. - Campbell McDonald; director of ' information services and alumni affairs. They hadappear- ed before county council the same day to explain UWO affairs in' , relation to the county's contribti. tions: i(4Q'., r..� Irons president,ltames fftitnel salcir-in reference tO Mr, Welch's. rethark about assistance re•. ceived fro'rn 'a Lions "flub.. that Goderich Lions have current loans to students of $12,809. "I hope some girl ''ar hey 'We helped from Ibis community will. be able to speak to -soiree service club someday," he said, , uiator :Seeks Space or Pioneer .M useum It' appears that -an addition to Pioneer Museum in Goderich of which James Chisholm is cur- ator is required if "she' popular Huron County tourist attraction is to make room for all exhibits now at the museum and all those expected in the coming months. Reporting to the January, sess: ion of county council, Mr.-, Chisholm recalled that 1965War- den Glenn Webb had asked, ' SDo you think youril ever fill it (an The museum is now "full to the doors", the curator said. He proposed a 9,600 square - foot addition to the presentbuild-. ing at a cost of about $9,000. He indicated• --he would be will- ing to do a great. deal of the work involved in the construct. ion r Mr. Chisholm 'siad "The museum is full and- there is no use stockpiling, we must do some- thing or refuse to accept any More exhibits," In 1966, Pioneer •M seum had 23,474' visitors, an increase of 1,312 persons over the previous year. Included were 3,662 school children from Reeve--ilam�--l�-Rayter--Sa'dam--- All hospitals are either finish- ing, , building. or planning additional facilitiesat the present, , time, • "A rather large waiting list” faces the board of management of ,Hurorlview near Clinton. Harvey Johnston is the Home superin- tendent, .Presently, 229 persons are in 'residence at Huronview where ' a special care wing is expected to be opened later this year. Offices located at thepresent time, in,the main building, will be relocated in the new wing. A Tuck Shop, a sewing room, an office .for the Home's ' diet- ician and an enlarged kitchen are renovations planned for the space formerly taken by admini- stration offices. Renovations_ to the present kit - then area will b e carried -out Count 1' Council Ad�pts. y Monteith' •McGrath for '$7,951 and Schaefer's Ladies Wear, God Slemin Passes At Home A funeral is to be conducted --tomorrow at 2 p.r . at St-, George's Anglican Church for Donald Edward Osborne Slemin, 51, of 83 Lighthouse St_, Yliti Tuesday at his home. Mr. Slemin was "born at Coll- ingwood, son of Rev, Canon Edward A. Slemin. and'Frances Davis, who survive: He represented Crown Life In- in surance,Co, since MLA;nd was with Goodyear Tire Co, for 2 -years, During• the Second World War he -served With the 48th High- landers and later the Pay Corps. He was a inem»er of the Har- bouraires, Maitland Lodge 33 AF and AM, hand St..Georg Church. He was a' licensed lay reader in the Anglican Church and represented St. George's at the f luron Synod. -: Ir. Slemin was a' mefnber of the'" eiceti tive committee of the Anglican Diocese of Huron, of the Provincial Synod, the Anglican Church in Canada, of dioc"esanr- committees including the council . for social services, and the God- erich and District , Retarded the amount of $2,937,64. •Salary to the ign.�._u��rison By Shirley Keller ' larence _ "Derry" Boyle, reeve, of Exeter, admitted . that he was possibly -the -lazier= man in'Huron County. but said he did• not find 'raising his'hand too much, effort .Reeve Boyle made-the...state- ment after some opposition was expressed to Kenneth Stewart's suggestion that councillors give a show of hands on a non•reaorded vote 'instead of the traditional ehnrns of "Carried." • superintendent will be increased -to 7 500 per Mr. Stewart, reeve of M ^Killop, annum, approved by_ the depart. and last year's wardenrsaid he -ment of public welfare. often wondered When he was, 'in James Hayter, reeve of Stephen the chair if a vote was carried Township,as edwhattheperdiem` oi' hot. He thought a show of rate Was to residents at Huron., hands would be the simplest way for the warders, the clerk, treasurer and the deputy -clerk - treasurer to determine the truth. Oddly enough, a show of hands showed that a show of hands would be shown on forthcoming motions - or in other words, carried. view. He was told that a slight increase to approximaCtely $5.50 per day was anticipated but not yet approved by the board. Mr. Johnston said twb persons -in 'residence at 'Huron - view have moved to the new Blue Water Rest Home near Zurich.: y., a County Salaries Increased For Assessor, Clerk,Lie ut By Shirley J. Keller . • f County Assessor A. A. Alex. ander, ` County Deputy Clerk - treasurer R. G. Hanly and County Clark -treasurer John G. Berry will,' have salary increases this year, effective Jan. 1, 196'7. Assessor Alexander receives an increase of $900 from $6,600 to $'Z,500; Hanly's pay check will include another $900 making his --.. =alar' 7, 00 .iiis.W Op�: car allowance); Berry's salary will be - $11,500, an increase of, $400 (plus $500 ear 6W�afice). 1i also rete County- council Will gnize beginning in 1967, 2t yeas continuous employtnent With the county by the presentation of a : ' Reeve Duff Thompson, Clinton, long-term servide pin. ,expressed delight at the Newly -elected Goderich, Mayor formation of the new touris"m and Dr. Frank Mills appeared within industrial •committee of county the rail at county Council on • council and proposed a project Tuesday and may have dropped a for consideration by' the mem- minor bombshell. - hers. - - Included in his greeting to " county coilncillors for. 1967, Reeve Thompson said Ben. Mayor Mills made three pro. miller was being. overldoked as posals for consideration by con- - a' possible tourist attraction in cilt that 'county road assessment Huron, and with° the establish. shotslid"-ebb-re 'ltttirritted �'tlite "tli .....z meri o�ar"�ts anc� prcn�- ci . county .should manage all welfare ities revitalization of the histor. Claims; and that a special grant is ,Woolen Mill and ,a little .,good be made to the county town ear- management, the spat could marked for the purpose of int. -` become a thrivingarea i . pf'oVed lightingtof the roaches dire with n pp direct remuneration to all parts to Cloderich, • of the county. Children's Educationa?Authority tsoard. Hear .'Drop-out Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, the former Phyllis W. Carlton, a daughter Sherilagh, at home; a sister, Mrs. Howard (Frances) Lindsay, King- ston; a brother, Richard, Port Credit; adoptea orotner, Ernie Ford, Port Dover; adopted sister Mrs. Charles (Stella) Pilkey, Stayner, A son, Shaun, died in 1956. The funeral is to be conducted by Rev. G.G. Russell and Rev. Canon K. E. Taylor,, of London. Band .Wagon Popular 82 schools. Revenue was $7,391. The museum - added 312 items .to -bring the total% to 10,952. • "People, were pleased with what they saw," Chisholm told, council„ members. "They thin they get the worth of their money. I believe the Museum will come closer to paying itsyvay.thanmany, other projects in Huron." A devoted curator, Mr: Chilsholm noted with some long- ing that' Huron County Museum d .habeen-ffered-a-BeH-Thre ler 'w built in Seaforth before ,the line became obsole„te...-_, "It belongs in the Museum;' he said, "but there is no roorii." A bronze Centennial plaque will be erected on the new wing at the . Museum it was reported. A• chapel is nearing completion at the museum. It contains num-, erous ,items from area churches no longer in existence. An inter -denominational dedic. ation for the chapel is being planned. Mr. Chisholm said he . expects it will be held 'during the first two weeks in May. '"One' man, he's over -eighty, and, he still" -sings like a whip - poor -will, he said, 'just let me • sing one hymn,' " Mr. • Chisholm said. _ • Y ., The windows, purchased more --tharr-30 years ago by Mr, Chisholm, came from a fe�ha dist church at Sheppardioft moved them, and • I even threatened to do away with them," . the curator said. Six__pews--:: and -two benches--in- the church came from Fuller's church iri Goderich Township. A Pulpit and minister's. chairalong ith' wbaiiti's7 metrom --- Duff's Church, which used to be 3-1/2 miles north-east of Sea. forth. A baptismal bowl came from a Methodist church in Londesboro, and a communion chalice ,from Crewe churchin ;A,sttfield Town. • . ship. Ah elaborate candle_stand'once lighted an Anglican church at Brussels and the organ was don» ated to the museum by the late Mrs. Jean Wells, of Londesboro. She acquired it when the furnish• ings of a small church near Chatham were sold. Parts of the altar .mil__. • • caiu- e___-fr© the ---Sheep Church. , Everybody is trying to get on the band wagon ' As a result town council hag asked Coun.Walter Sheardown to report on the band situation. • A request was received from 13 o Scouts.at NorthStreet United Church who want to organize a marcning Liana wrtn 'instruments once used by a now defunct colleg- iate band. Coun. Sheardown said he believes the trumpets and drum were given to the public schools to form -a band. Council was also reminded that a band has been organized at Goderich District Collegiate In- stitute and that Goderich Kins- men are attemp ing" i o orrganii] ze a town band. 4 Y...C'b'tYf1;-B- `R_ Robinson said- a. cors nittee should be formed to protect: the, town's equity in exist. jg band equipment. He said -the ro In the new chapel at Huron Pioneer Museum curator Jar°nes-Chisholm and assistant -cura- tor Mrs. Carl Nanr try a tune on the aged • Line-- Work T Contracted organ." Both agrlfeJd it needs tuning. All items in the chapel_ are from pioneer churches. ,bands will ----eventually eome;7'to council for grants: • Kinsmen president Dr. Jim Peters reported Tuesday that 25 persons have been signed for a town band to be led by Charles Kalbfleisch. ' He said an order has been sent to an instrument company for clarinets, trumpets, euphon- iums, melophones and bass horns. - The first band practice is scheduledfornext Monday. Problems Clinton Junior Farmers met (ran. 18 in the Clinton Board Rooms. John Scanlan of Goderich trict Collegiate Institute gave .a talk on the problems that facebigh school dropouts of today. The -View slate of officers *ere as follows: Goderich-Public Utilities Com- mission has • been told it will have to budget an ,extra $4,835 for operation of its -water treat, met t•plant'in 1967. TheOntario Water Resources Commyission, which operates the plant drawing water from, Lake Huron, set.. #:be. ;19..,8'i...,.budget at... $49,145. ^^ OWRC officials saidwageswill be.,inereased...eight per dent -at - the plant and maintenance costs which were $850 last year are . estimated at" $1,400 this year. The PJC reported that a 10 Legion Qffers Trip A one-person pilgrimage to Europe is being developed as the Centennial project of Branch 109 of the Royal Canadian Legion here. The branch has offered to pay the complete fare and certain ex. penses of a Goderich or area resident who''vdants to visit the grave of a related service person buried in Holland, Germany or Belgium, Branch president Harold Chambers said the offer is re- stricted to .those -who prove they cannot afford to pay for the trip themselves, i, The branch has also stipulated burial is t4 Oe nn martiana Ler`n• Boys, president, Jamieson that the person seeklhg the 10• etery. Pallbearers are.. Earl R ibey; vice-president, John day trip must also prove a "fairly Ra lson xenneth Sow•ertfy;=,both=;-Black,-secretary.=, =Maranius.fak..., .+ci+ps02atip„ hip_wlth _t1le Per.- Goderich; William Painter, Kit. ker; ,"treasurer, Bob Hickey; vice persons buried in one of chener; Robert Karin, Woodstock; Girls, president, Joanne _ Cbok; the. three Countries, Vice-president , Barb, Walkihs; secretary + tredurer,. Alto Allen; joint secretary«treasurer; Della Allen. Jack Nesbitt, Guelph and Bruce Clifford, London, Lodge 1:'uneral Home is in charge of arrange. tit encs. Mr. ,Chambers -said applied. ations must be made soon as possible td the branch secretly so reservations can pie•ted, • be com- Oppose Act Change - Effective from Jan. 1;, 1967, ' it has ' been required that all payments for nursing home res- idents under the General Welfare Assistance Act be made by the municipality in whicrh the licensed home is located. - Huron County C_Auncil opposed the legislation with a resolution: 1.,'..C-onsider that the proposgd arrangement, whereby munici- palities in which Nursing Homes are located, become responsible in the first_ instance for ' the payment of all accounts cover- ing indigent patients located there 4n,.Yregardless•Of-.vvkratIptininipi l ity is firstly responsible for pay- ment, ayment, as being a'retrograde step and' one which will result in diffi. tulty in accounting procedti'res between the tnunicipalities in. volved." per -cent increase - in revenue which resulted from elimination" of discounts for early payment of' Dills will cover aen ,eased' charge against the water account. A draw will be made upon a re- serve fund for experiments in. tended to discover methods -of. eliminating occasional discolor- ation in the Goderich water be. lieved to result from organic material carried into the lake by the Maitland River, The PUC has awarded a $17,000 contract to Spier Brothers Ltd,, of Sarnia, for construction of - 27,000 . volt transmission line, from the north harbor area to, a transformer station at the town's water reservoir. When this line is -completed a 27,000 -volt loop around the town Will be three-quarters complete said PUC manager D.B. Rolston. A southern portion is expected - to be complete this autumn. Mr. Rolston said the main advantage of • the loop will be • that breaks can be isolated with.o ' out interruption Of power' flow to industrial and residential cis. tamers: • The POC has decided to make more room for its Meetings. It plans to spend $1,400 to renova i te. """ '' -1 "`Y'J air 1llie rear of its West Stkeet banding to provide a fl M - ,hoard Vieth." ' The present board room atathe front of the building `is' rto Used ftfr idd1uona bffide Spade.