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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-03-02, Page 1„• 120th YEAR — NO. 9. ' THE 4 -60E -RICH SIG!AL•STAR, THURSDAY MAR. •2, 1967 � .. • .•9 0.i u nRM..ic F. ♦ • I�ICOPTER DESTROYER NIPIGO'N WILL VISIT GODERICH NEXT- AUGUST C Navy's Centennial Contribution Destroyer Nipigon To Visit Goderich will be the only port on the east sore of Lake H n on to be. visited -by a war ship this summer as part of the Royal Can- - ---.ardian-Navy's•Fcontribution•-toGen•-- tennial celebrations. They destroyer HMCS Nipigon will be in port here from l p.m Aug.. 8- until • 7 a.m. Aug. 11. The, Nipigon and the HMCS Kootenay will, --make 32 visits to Canadian ports during July and August. They will be opento the public for tours and dem. onstrations. The. helicopter destroyer Nip.' igon was commissioned arSbireI, Que, on May 30, 1964. Madame .Vanier is the ship's sponsor. The ship incorporates a hangar and flight deck in her initial construction and is also equipped with the Canadian designed and two jet engines and carries hom. ing torpedoes as well as sophist- icated submarine detection equip. - The new I3jipigon, named after the northern Ontario river, is the second ship to bear this name'in the RCN: A Toronto.built steam Bangor served between 1941.1945, as a mine sweeper and convoy Wants To Assess Churches Here built variable depth sonar. She will operate the all-weather Sea King helicopter in an anit.sub- marine ,role. The Sea King 'has escort vessel. She was refitted Mr. Grebby said.'' Robinson, • and turned over to Turkey in He said OHC received44 res- Coun. Bruce Erskine wanted The ..average wage earner in "f the average earning is Goderichy,.,cannot .afford to buy $3,501 a year I would take =it twheas. avtoeraldge houseThursd , townayby couan,ncil literally I would assume •Onta'r,lo last On• Housing Corporation would trove tario Housing Corporation stat• in here aad'build us anewow", istician. said Coun, Robinson: He said John Grebby said that theaver. there ars persons earning more age wage in Goderich of $3,501' a .4/ear does not have sufficient purchasing power for houses., which .average in price from $15,000 to $17,000. • Mr. Grebby brought a recom. mendation from QHC for con. structign of an additional 22 pub. licly.owned rental housing units in Goderich. Twelve would be for families and 10 for senior citizens. The - recommendation follows a study of rental housing in God- erich oderich made October toDecember by OHC ..,at the request of town council. �° had presented a comprehensive "The results of this survey report .and rec"ommendation and indicate a need and demand for that he.. appreciated the work,. Housing Ontario units "I'm' just trying to get infor. in the Town of Goderich " motion from him " said Coun than the stated average wage now • living in the presented ..65 con. trolled -'rental housing "units in Goderich and many earning the average living elsewhere. "bid, they respond to the quesi. ionnaire?" asked Mr. Grebby. Coun. Robinson returned to the attack. "We have a. number of housing projects in Goderich and 30 per cent of the persons liv. ing in those houses are not in the low income bracket." Mayor Dr. Frank Mills interrupted on behalf of Mr. Grebby. He said the statistician • • 1957 under the NATO Mutual Aid • ponces from 75Qprivacy program., Her wartime reward questionaires talk; moved into, the of a distributed to tenants in town. committee - of . the. whole for was the battle honors: Atlantic a.-detection_and dQstxus;tiQn_ 1?--19-211119-457" w-.�.._y .These and the apALications.oxtiile m. � ee' diseussiun.''.Council.kied� ability which multiplies the -15417'9'4 " radius of effectiveness of helico- pter destroyers against the most modern submarines. More than nine tons in weight, the , Sea King helicopter. has a crew of four. I t is powered by SchOOIs, etc. . Plans are underway for the community of •Nipigon to adopt this ship' during her stay in On. tario. The Nipigon is.commanded by Commander John B. C. Carl. ing CD, 42, of Ottawa. Robinson. Proposes Garbage Charge: Coun. B. R. Robinson's bid to erty not being assessed for gar later added the post office and the have tax-exempt properties in bage collection. hospital.• He said 2.5 mills are ass- essed other properties in town for garbage collection, and he asked for a bylaw to put. the same -charge against the pro. perties presently exempt. town start paying for garbage collection, ran, into stiff debate, but was not rejected out of hand last Thursday. .The proposal has been sent to the finance committee for consideration. It was Coun. WilliamSchaefer,. ° chairman. of finance, who called . for an end to the debate. He said Coun. Robinson's motion - for which he gave notice the prev- ious week . .be either seconded or dropped. • Coun. Robinson told council that 'the town has more than $2,000,000 in assessable pro. Mayor Dr. Frank M,llls asked -- -what--properties Coun. Robinson was speaking about. "I'mof in a.position to detail the ' •said Coun. Robinson. " a corporation officers know .what they are.." Pressed for more details, doun. Robinson mentioned the court- house, jail, museum; registry office,• schoolds, • churches and n Walter Thomas•, of Stratford, shows the style of comic 'skating he will entertain with at Goderich Memorial Arena as between periods Ieviti Saturday. Thomas is a former. Goderich resident. Proceeds go to Crippled Children. Shrinking Enrolment Shuts School n Doors The GcKlericn NurseryScnool closed Its doors `clots week Ot Y four years' service to preschool children in the dommunity. Mrs. O. J. Woltetbeek. who operated the private , school in McKay" hall, said declining att. endance was the reason :for the school closing. There ^ followed a warm exchange in which Reeve Her- bert Such asked Coun. Robinson to "spell it out." And Coun., Robinson said ••Reeve Such had been sitting on council_long enough- to know what he„( bin. son) was talking about. Coun. Robert Hays asked how much Coun. ,Robinson expected in revenue. The answer was $6,000 to $7,000. _ _ , Mayor Mills attempted to halt the talk because Coun. Robinson's motion had not been seconded. However, Deputy. ' Reeve Harry Worsell rose to say that all courthouse garbage is;. burned. Nobody is going to second a She said she regretted having -to make the decision. "I loved it," she said. Mrs Vfolterbeelc said she -started this past season with 19 • pupils and was do rn to 13• when she decided to close the school. Classes were held three mornings a week. ,motion when they don't know 'what they are tall,ng about com- mented Reeve Such. Coun. Robinson resented that • attitude. He said he gave, of motion -to givecouncil the opp=• ortunsty to. investigate .his pro. posaL • ..- Coun. Hays. said he a would not second The Vmotion because—WV did not want the garbage collect- . ion charge made against schools and churches.. All land in Goderich is tax. able said Coun. Robinson and read a letter from a lawyer to backup his contention. Reeve Such said there should be some clarification of the matter, "before it becomes too involved even for Coun'. Robin- son." OHA Plans Group ° •Revisions Siftos By R. J. Madge Goderich Siftos • will return to Junior 'B' hockey next season. The decision was madeat a meet. ing of the Goderich. Booster Club which operates the team. The .Siftos will seek re-entry to the Western Junior 'B' League after an absence of five seasons. Four of these were spent in Cen• "`tral Junior 'B'. .h V "I'm not, -in too deep , ". snapp- - ed Coun. Robinson. "I may be a rookie but not as much of a rookie' as some who are quest. Toning my acts." He said he was merely try- ing to find a ,source for funds so the town could relocate the dump. He mentioned the offer, -- received -at -the- -sarrre- meeting, from the Ontario Water Resour- ces Commission, offering assis. tance to relocate the dump. Reeve Such said' he was not questioning the councillor's in. tent, but he believed Coun. Robinson had not read far enough in the Assessment Act. Coun. Schaefer called it'quits on a point of order. Coun. Rob. inson's motion was lost, but the idea is still alive. . with Goderich Housing:Authority_ on the vote but the .mayor broke were the basis for the recom. .mendation. _ "There were 44 respondents to the survey of whom 20 werefam. ilies • and 24 were „• senior citizens," Mr. Grebby reported. "Of the 20 families, 16 were .contacted and eight were found to be very interested and in need of better accommodation. Of1he 24 senior citizens , 18 were contacted and six were found to' be yery interested and needy." No capital' outlay will be re- quired from the town Mr, Grebby. said. The only expense the town. might face is 7 1/2 per cent of the annual operating loss— Grebby, Ivir. Grebby, said he could give no figure fah. this,'but expected, '!It • will not be -anything too sub • - stantial."__ He said council merely has to pass a resolution asking O"HC • to proceed to put the recommend- ation into. action. ';It is possible . your worship we could get these units constructed in nine the , tie in • favor 9f keeping the atsct si+an in public. Qoun. .- tam •Schaefer's motion to,refer the matter to next council meet. Pgivinz the :members an opp. ortunity oto study the 33•page report was accepted. Coun. Robinson was nn 11011 He asked for council .to meet with the Goderich Housing Auth. orityy to discuss present open. "Pm- not in favor of the pre• sent o eration and I'm not going,. to be b part of continuing it," Coun. Robinson said. Council agreed -to, meet the authority. If council ascus the. 011e proposal the -rental situation here would .gain four two.bedroom units, six three.bedroom units and two four-bedroom' units.. for families. For senior citizens there would be eight bachelor units and two one -bedroom units. Mr. Grebby said 'the family units would be built in various locations to avoid a "ghetto dew elopment"' while those for _. _sPiliS2rs w4]llfl b�. ketit-close to the centre of town. Announce Exhibition Hockey Personal Line-uis for the Centennial exhibition hockey'- game at God. erich Memorial Arena'Saturday have been announced. The Louzon Flyers will ice Gerry Ginn, Ken Doig, Jim Hay- ter, Jim Bisset, (Skipper) Bruce MacDonald, (Blotidie) Bruce Mac. Donald, Bob Aliin,- Bill (Porky) Newcombe, Don Warren and•Har. 'ol.d -Warren. . - The -midget Sailors will play. Ron Williamson, Bill Iritzley, Gary Stoddart, Frank M;1ler, Don Jeffrey, Bill Gallow, Don Mc. Arthur •B.udEred • Isra-els, Stan Fenner, George Picot, Barry Stewart, Bill Queen - and Ed. Irvine Jr. . The _ program .ogens_lith. _the Win Jammers — music man, music- '2 then the first at 8. p.m. Judo exhibition at 8:20 and more - Win . Jammers followed by 10 door prizes and another period of hockey. The Win Jammers hit it again at 9:05 and Walter Thomas 'the comic skater from Goderich will perform. The third period of hockey, follows more door prizes. Prize door prizes- are hockey sticks autographed - by ''Boston Bruins from Gary Doak,Toronto M..aple Leafs Qm._Larry..Leffrey • and Detroit Red Wings from Paul Henderson. F • Mr. Grebby ran into stiff quest- months," he said. = •' derich Collegiate Enters wanted to know what income Area Drama -Competition', s • „Toning from B. R. Robinson who � limit wouI'dbeforpersonsto rent a ,family unit. It can go up tb $5,000 or more • the statistician replied. Seek B Loop Re-entry Last season, the Siftos com- peted in the Western Junior 'C' loop. Secretary. manager Bill Hanley of the, OHA has assured Sifto officials that some revision of the groupings of the Western and. Central Junior, 'B' Leagues will be necessary •for next season. Both leagues operated with five teams this year. , The Central League consisted o f Kitchener,. Greenshirts; Waterloo Siskins, Stratford Braves and St. Marys Lincolns, and Owen Sound Greys. The West- ern est.ern League was composed of St. Thomas Barons, Sarnia Leg- ionnaires,- Chatham Maroons,, London Bees, and the Strathrby Rockets. • The possibilities for next sea. , son may include the formation - of one league from the two or' an interlocking schedule between the two leagues. Goderich fansaremember well the Siftos' years in the Western League, expecially the last one in 1961.62 when interest ran so high that 2,300 fans,jammed into the local• arena, buil t to seat "Parking Problems Mayor Orders Enforcement Goderich police have been in• dieted to_enforce all town bylaws • Mayor Di' -Frank Mils told council last Thursday. 4'I have instructed the chief to" act upon all standing by. laws in every respect," the mayor .said. • .. He said the Ontario Municipal Act. makes it the .duty -of a mayor.. to see that bylaws are enforced. Mayor Mills saidhe discussed the r cent case of a n, Elgin.d Avenue resident, who received.' "h ticket for parking his a car be- tween the travelled part of the road and his own property, with. members -of -the_ police_.com miss. ion.. "It is their. opinion that there is no room for discretion at any level," the mayor reported. He CTP Issue { Automobiles parked along high. etn, 'ways— and roads are obstructing traffic and snow removal reports the Goderidh detachment of the OPp.• c. Cpl.- A1. Hardy said the detach. ment has . received numerous complaints about the manner in which cars are parked. . He warned that cars can be towed away and stored at the owner's epense. they also run said the commissioners said any bylaw should be enforced. Previously, some members of council • have ,argued that the police should have used judgment before they issued the ticket_ The resident had been attempting to get his car off the road although faced with snow i -his driveway council was told. , Coun. B. R. Robinson askedthe ipaytor what the bylaw defined as the travelled portion of the road. Mayor Mills ruled it was out. side council's order to discuss the matter, that it is a matter of court jurisdiction. "If another case like this comes to fily attention, if l have to pay fore it myself, I'll talce.it to court," vowed Coun. Robinson. ,s Warns g the risk or being involved• in a hit-and.run accident. Cpl Hardy said no charges ave been laid, but warnings have b en issued,, liee-said police realize the diff. iculties faced by rural residents during periods of heavy snow. -However, cars parked near the travelled - part of the road are creating a hazard for other traffic he said. Cut Dog Tag Price The price of a dog tag in God, erich may be reduced to the min. imum allowed by the Dog Tax and Li . Stock ,Protection Act. Cour. Robert Hays said an amendment to the bylaw would place the dog tax' 'at $2• for •a male and $4 for female . For each additional male the cost would be $4 and for each addit. ional female $6, It is planned to give a refund to between 26 and 30 persons who purchased 1967 dog tags.` Earlier Goderich and District Labor Council had protested the 12 -month confinement of dogs at the present dog tax rate. It•said the money was not being used for what was intended and dog tax payers were getting ,nothing for their money. * * * Coun. Robinson offered his con. gratulations to the new officers in the labor council. "•I think they are -to be highly commended on their new look,',' he said. On his suggestion council app: roved a letter to the labor body offering "continued cooper. • e,tion,'� about half that number., fora play. off contest against St: Thomas Barons. In their last year in the Cen. tral league, 1965.65, the Siftos went' to the finals agianst the Kitchener Greenshirts. The new executive of the Boos. ter Club for the 1967-68 season ncludes: pf esident and general manager Jim Wilkinson, y ce. president Bill Rivett, secretary. Erma Rock, manager 'and trea- surer. Harry Kerr, publicity dir. ector Richard Madge. The third annual Collegiate Drama Festival for the Huron:; Perth district will be held at 'Stratford Northwestern Second- ary School on Saturday. 'The three schools are God- _erich District Collegiate Instit. , Schools Plan . Open House • Education Week, . Maych 5 to 11, will be marked inoderich by series of Open Houses at the public elementary schools. They start at Victor Lauriston School Monday .7 to 8 p.m., Rob- ertson Memorial on Tuesday and Victoria Wednesday .at the same times. • Featured will be student de. monstrations in physical educ. ation, music and art. ute, Stratford Central -Secondary School and S tratford Northwest. ern Secondary School. Goderich Collegiate will pre. sent Man In The Bowler Hat by A. A. Milne; Stratford Central will do From Their Own Place by Merrill Denison and Strat. •• ford Northwestern will present Sunday Costs Five Pesos'by Jos. �. ,ephine Niggli. The school winning the Best _ Play award will be invited,<,;;�� participate in the regional com- petition of Simpsons -Sears On. tario Collegiate Drama 'Festival, to be held in Kitchener -on April 8. Other district winners corns peting at that time will be from Kitchener -Waterloo and Brant. ford. The winner ot-fthe regional competition will go on to par.' ticipate in the Ontario Finals . being held at the University of Waterloo Theatre of the'Arts on May 5 and 6. - — They.weht which •iiiay? Clem Jutras appears' uncertain of directions being by. Sam Argyle (left) -and Mayor D. ° (centre) Mills (right). Jutras was Competing in Cieigie- given rich's Rotary's snowmobile rally at Malt» Frank land Country• Club Saturday. Photo by Howard Aitken q , n b