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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-03-23, Page 1,U Au 12..Oth YEAR *'•4NQ 12 THE `GQ,Q .R.1 .I SIGNAL- TAR. THURSDAY, MAR, 2)� 1947 During the March session of Huron County Council, nine county employees were presented with long term service pins by Engiieer Jim Britnell and Huron Warden Donald MacKenzie. The nine employees of the county road depart- ment have amassed a combined total of 283 years' service with the county. Pictured above in thedining room of the".. • Maitland Country Club prior to the banquet held in their honor are, seated, left to right: Frank Riley, 29 years; Jack rd Snell, 40 years; Bert Craig, 27 years; 13i11 Hallahan, 26 years; - Bill Wright,,38 years; Fred Seers, 37 years; stand;ng: Jim Brit- nell,'county engineer; •Delbert Geiger, (chairman of '67 roads comm.); Ken Morris, 27 years; Donald MacKenz;e, Huron warden; Bob McCabe, 33 years; Court Kerr, 26 years. {Staff Photo) In Pu-blit4ch-Cool Teacher ould Pay. got Lighting ver 5 Years A street lighting improvement Program that would cost in,excess of $70,000' according to.a detail, ed survey presented town council by GecierickpUC could beunder. taken and paid .for over .a fie. year period at .a.' cost of about two mills per year, wag the opina. Ion of Mayor G. F. Mills, stated at the regdlar council.meeting Thursday evening. ' The matter has been undereon. sideration ,by council for some time now, and at the suggestion of the local public utilities com. mission, . it was decided to ask the commission to request awrit. ten submission to Ontario -Hydro. for -a ,recommendation a$ to how the costs might be amortized. On motion of Councillor Ray Robinson and deputy reeve Harry Worsell council agreed to ask for .a five-year financing plan. Magazine M StOYES Magazine Stoi'eS Open �ann a-rs-h1O;-*Th res., byterian church is dealt with • •���!- k at some• length in the current - issue of Ship -Shore News, pub. • Goderich' mercfiants are revis. lished by Upper Lakes Shipping • 'ing store hours to coincide with Lad. An . article describing the the Easter Holiday weekend. In. church service and its local or. stead of the usual Friday night igins, together with a photo of opening, stores will remain open the chancel of the church de. Thursday night until 9:00 P.M. corated with marine iters and will, remain _closed during. occupies a,p;rominent place • in the rnnd Friday. Business hourswill ' magazine. The minister, Rev. remain as usual.for the rest G. Lockhart Royal is included of the Easter Holidays. in the photo. ?t• Granted Teachers on the staffs of God. erich public' schools as of Sept- ember, 1967, will receive a • "bonus•' of $600 per annuin, to be paid in equal nionthly 'instal. merits, it was decided at the regular meeting . of Goderich public school board last week. . The terminology was -used as a • technical means of avoiding opening of the existingcontract and formal salary negotiations. It is understood that increrhents earned on the'basis of increased _ qualifications would also be pay. able. - Rotary Club Hears ._.Strong Rotarians of Goderich at their regular meeting here Tuesday were treated to a •visit from John S trong, 'widely known news broad. caster. on CKNX radio and televis. ion, Wingham. ' John was introduced to the luncheon meeting by Bill Curry, and proceeded to discuss ' Canada's centennial year and what is being done about it, in. eluding' some of his impressions from several visits to the site of Expo at Montreal. Mr. Strong gave some inter- esting highlights' from Canadian 'history, some of them little known, including - a bit of the Strong family • history which he found very illuminating in the course of a visit to Ireland. In business session the club approved donations to the Cancer Society and March of Dimes. .$600 1\ PROMOTIONS The board also confirmed Ernie Crawford as principal of Victor °Lauriston public school at a salary of $8,000 per year, effective September, 1967, and Robert Hanna principal of Rob. ' ertson Memorial . pu1Zlic school at $8,000 per year, effective in September. In both cases it reps?esents a promotion from vice-principal to principal. R. E. Smith continues in his capacity of overall supervising principal, will be granted the same "bonus" as the teachers, bringing, salary to $10,900,per year commencing.1 September. OTHER INCREASES _S _ boosts- were-. also. , approved by the board -for music onus Supervisor W. Cameron ° in the amount of $600 per annum; care. takers an annual increase of $500 a year, retroactive to Jan. uary 1, 1967; Mrs, Little's -sal- ary increased to $55 a week from March 1, 1967; secretary trea- surer's salary increased by $300, a year, effective March 1, 1967. usiness .the board agreed that as any members as possible shoul attend a zone meeting of the, Public School 'Trustees associat'on at Walker- ton April 5. The board accepted with re. gret the resignation of staffmem. ber Mrs: Kathryn Bell Principal R. E. Smith's re. port was received anti accounts referred to finance' committee for checking and payment. BU LLETIN Theport of Goderich. will re. ceive . an extra $34,444 on its Mining revenue payment from the Province, Premier JohnRob. arts announced in the Legisla- ture' Wednesday 'afternoon. The amount for Goderi h, -last, year. was $67,555-. The new amount was $101,999. The premier com. mented that the payment follows recommendations in the 'Silk commission -report on mining revenue payments; , "The whole •purpose of this new formula is to provide the designated mining municipalities with the"`revenues required to meet theirincreasing demands for services." ,He indicated the Popular HighIand Bag Piper J. N. Mac Donald Passes • For many residents of God. • erich and Huron, the ' skirl • o1 the bagpipes will perpetuate the memory of Joseph Neil Mac. Donald, a burly piper popularly known as "J. N." whose seem. ingly tireless zest contributed to many a successful piping event and livened up communitypro. grams far and wide; "J. N." died at Alexandra Marine and General hospital here Sunday following a progressive ,illness. He was -51, 9 •A native of Nova Scotia, - he was a son of the late :Ranald • and Elizabeth (Bragg) Mac. Donald. He came, to . Goderich 22 years ago, and for most .of that time until the present, had - been superintendent of Maitland cemetery. Mr. MacDonald was a member of Knox' Presbyterian church, of Maitland Lodge 33, A. F. and A. M.; past principal of Huron Lodge 30, A.A. M.; a member of Branch 109, Royal Canadian Legion 4here he had been active for years in the Highland Pipe band. He was a past president of Goderich . Community Credit Union, ' A veteran of World War 11, he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery i"n ,,Canada, then saw action overseas in" England, France, The Netherlands and Germany. His marriage took place 25 years ago to Mary Irene Bag- nell who also served in World War 11 and is a member of the Legion branch by •virtue of that service. 7he couplle marked their silver wedding anniversary March 10 with a reception at which about 200 friends and relatives paid their respects. Surviving !besides Mrs. Mac- Donald are sons Ranald of Kit. chener; Charles and Joseph, at. home and daughter Lillian, at home. Also survivingare a sister and three brothers. They are George, St. Catherines; Ronald,. London; Charles, NovaScotiaand Mary, Mrs. Harry Keep of Vine. land. The largely attended •funeral was ' held Wednesday March 22 from Knox Presbyterian church when the' minister, Rey. G. Lock-, hart Royal officiated. Interr}ient was at Maitland cemetery. Bearers were Cpl. Harold Highton, Allison 4 Goldie, Jack Lawrence, Harold Ashton, Phil. more Bissett, Peter Marion. - Prior to the funeral service, special services were heldunder the auspices„ of the .Masonic lodges and The Royal Canadian Legion. • . _ change represents " most lint portant contribution" mining communities in a generation." Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, pro. vincial treasurer; asked to com- ment .by • the Signal Star, pointed ,,out that the additional revenue would represent four mills on the Goderich assessment of about • seven millions, .He also pointed out • the increase of $1.50 per capita in the town's uncondition- .al' grant, as announced earlier in his budget speech, would re- present about $10,000, well over another mill in added revenue. Mayor G. F. Mills- was not t available for .comment at press time; • Fund Rising Favorably Mrs. Frank Curry, 'president for the local. branch of The Can. • adia,n Red Cross Society, reports • that the drive for the $2,200 . objective -is. progressing fay. oxably. 'The. campaign, will continue throughout the rest Sof March, •the month. which has become ass- , ociated with •the Red Cross Soc. iety. BAD WEATHER A door.to.#loor canvass was carried, out last week but Owing to weather conditions canvassers were unable to°reaeh a large per. centage of the citizens. For the remainder of the drive, donations can be made at any one of the char. tered banks .• in ,town or at the residence of H. M. Ford. Vp Incidentally, 1967 marks the 20th_ anniversary of the Canadian Red Cross blood transfusion s. vice. ' The service is truly national in scope • and every htrspital is assured of adequate stip;9lies of blood for its transfusion therapy needs. The technical and labor• story standards of the Red Cross are amongst the highest in the world, and efforts are corittn. ually made to improve them. Huron 'liberals To Convene Select Huron Candidatea Robert F. Nixon Liberal Leader. Robert F.. Nixon, Ontario Lib. eral leader, will be principal speaker at the nomination meet• ing at Hensall Wednesday after. .noonof -next week when a canw dida4e. -will be chosen 'to con. 'test the Huron riding in the event of a provincial election which many anticipate may come in the near future. Beecher Menzies ,of Clinton, president of the Huron Liberal association4ras advised that Brig, ‘G• L. Morgan Smith of Bayfield has indicated he• will consent to have his name placed before the convention, and it is - likely that several - other can- didates will be in contention, al. though'no other names were spec ifically mentioned. Mr. Nixon declared recently, that every riding in Ontario would be contested by a Liberal can. didate. H0r1 ,Charles $. Mac - Naughton, Provincial treasurer, 'Progressive -Conservative, has held Huron riding for several terms and previously' held the cabinet post• of minister of high. ways for the province. • Alastair* Piste, G.D.C.I , won the junior secondary Amin tit district; finals of the Royal Canadian Legion public speaking contests at Seaforth Saturday, ane is seen here being congratu- lated by Eric Johnstone, chairman of the Ioca! public 'speaking committee. His talk was on Centennial apathy: Also heading the list for Goderich was Arleta Pollock, G.D.C.I. senior student whose talk on Canada's Indians won the senior secondary class. Mary Ellen McGill of Robertson Memorial public school placed second in the :junior elementary -class. Winners proceed to -. District "C" fibais, Clinton April 15. - (Staff Photo) ° 'Timmy" To Drop Opening Puck • Young Canada Wcek c,lpens -Here Tonight Young • Canada Hockey Week will 'officially get finder way to- night at Goderich Memorial arena when -chairman Bruce Holmes•of the Lions' committee will be master of ceremonies for the official opening program, invol. ving several celebrities, A series of 'introductions will present Ken ' Dunn, secretary of the Young Canada Hockey week committee, Guy- Emerson and -Whetstone;� members -pf the original organizing com., mittee of 195Q.; . Next to . be • presented will be Red Graham, who will represent the refereeing staff and the On. tario Minor Hockey Association until the arrival of veteran re feree- in -chief S tan Stokes WFio has been unavoidably detained until Friday. ' Jim Britnell, president of the Lions' club, will:_officially open proceedings on behalf ofthe club, while Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor of Goderich, ° will represent the town. • • ' TIMMY COMING Fred Salter, chairman of the Easter Seal committee of Lions, will ' introduce the National "Timmy", James Sanders of Toronto who will' be accompanied by Alex Romanov of Toronto. "Timmy" is scheduled to drop the• opening puck at 6:40 p.m., and the ',biggest little tourna- ment in Canada" will be well and truly under way with a three game card featuring Grand Bend* versus Blyth, Dorchester versus'' Lucknow and Ilderton versus Rip. ley. SEAL GIFTS ',,Timmy" will ' return to the arena later in- the evening to collect Easter Seal cheques from 'Gerry Lions, Ivan Lauzon and` Gerry Ginn,.. $500 raised at the, old timers' game here recently, and also from other organizations in the district which have been collecting.to fill "Timmy's bas. ket for Easter". A special plea is being issued by Ernie Crawford, chairman of the billeting committee(524.9110) who is worried about a pile up_in the need -for billets for young hockey players. In order that - the boys will not be stranded, citizens are urged to call the corn. m ittee and indicate if there would be some space available should the situation require it. It looks as though next Wednesday, Thurs. day, Friday andS tfirday will see the ,�heaviest dcmand-for billet. 1 FEATURE GAMES Wednesday night will see a fea- ture game with the "norths and southS" meeting, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, versus adena,, California,. 'East meeting West will be fea. tured Thursday evening when the Newfoundland All*stars will clash with Winnipeg. --Of-course-Saturday will be the major night when four finals in the four classifications will be decided commencing at 5:30 pm: Meanwhile an estimated 1,700 ravenous young athletes will be drawing their rations at the caf- eteria at Goderich.collegiate, and the town will resound from one corner to the other with hockey excitement. The committee in chargepoints out fdr the benefit of spectators that . all games are conducted under modified OMHA -rules, sand -all -modifications ,are .listed -in the official programs available at the arena: Also listed in the programs is the official schedule of games, and • this .is the only place it will be found: L e°t's go! go! go! Young C anadaI Set Members On. Commission Members of. Goderich Indust. rial commission were set for the. year 4n council session when by. law...15/67 was passed appointing the' following well.known_busin. essmen: Dan Murphy, Bruce Sully, John Hopkinson, Clem Jutras, W. R. Curry, Cyril Murray, Clyde Everett and'Dr, G. F. Mills. The term of office was specified "to December 31 or until successors are appointed." In other business council re. ceived a reportfrom PoliceChief F. Minshall that 44 parking pro. hibition signs had been required .to mark local school areas, re. ferred to fire, traffic and safety committee. •° WILL STUDY A= report from the PUC Indic: ated that it world take about $42,. 000 to mortify the street lighting system and bring 'it up.toahigher standard. The report specified in, detail where.higher wattage bulbs and mercury vapor units should be installed or transferred. to bring this about. This to get• further consideration, by water and light committee: A tender of $800 by George and Ronald Feagan for rental of the Mitchell farm was accept. ed in preference to half a dozen others. To Add Stall m Huron County Jail at Goderich is to have an additional. turnkey, On re ommendatior1 9f, the pro. perty Committee, county council Monday decided to advertise for one. Carl Dalton, ,Seaforth, chair. man, reported that the committee d made a tour of the jail and ad discussed .natters with the 'Governor, R. W. Bell. The Committee authorized that in future the guard on duty would only be required to punch the clock at Station 5 at nine 0'. clock and ee o 'ock during the bight ho Atkey Huron Co't1ntY Council, aEI ues. day's Bessie ,, rejected by 2245, recomtnendation of he 'county Booa�rrd. Qf Health that $41,000 ° added to the . budget 0 ,tinRnce': the expalsion of 'the , geriafr c•, service and ,the inaution"oi•'&T mental health service under:the ' auspices of Huron "County Iienith7 Unit,' , The recorded vote stoo4 FOR: Boyle, ,Cook Cudmore, Dunbar, Elmer Hayter;_- Jafnes Hayter, Krauter,, McFadden,,, Noakes, Stewart, Stirling, Talbot, Thiel, °Westcott, *Cinch.; total 15: ' AGAINST: Alexander, • Allan, • Boyd, Corbett, Cuthill, . Dalton, Geiger, Hardy, • McIlwain, Mc. • Kenzie, `Pattison, Procter, Robin. son, Smith, Such C2)MuffThomp. son, •Elgin. Thompson, Vincent, Worsell (2) total-- 22. The budget- of Huron County Health .Unit,. 'as.proposed origin- ally, amounted to $180,250, app. roxirnately $41,000 more than a year ago, which would have gone „principally to finance the proposed new features of .the County Health Service. POSTPONED • The report of the Board Of Health received preliminary dis. cussion at Monday's session and was laid over for one day for -Ttiftber. `Iniorma on.—br. G.P. A. Evans, Medical Officer of Health for the County and chief proponent of the scherrnes, was asked to appear again before Council to answer any questions members might like to ask. 6 Stewart Procter, Morris, took the chair for discussion of the Board of Health report, ••clause by clause. - Dr. Evans answered a wide variety of questions and gave a very comprehensive and in.`, 'formative comment on the mat. ters under discussion. .At the suggestion of H. B. Such,, reeve of- Goderi`ch (town) The County Council passed re. solution requesting a more de. tailed sty, on both proposed programs andreport back in due course. Difficulty, of Huron County Chi!. clients- -Aid-Soc-iety-in -finding--- fosterhomes for older children and teenagers was outlined to Huron County. Council Monday by Miss Clare McGowan, .dir- ector of the Society- •• She described it as "a des. perate situation.". .. .: "Most .people applying to hoard children want pre.school child. r en," she declared, •' yet we have about 40 children over five years of age in „foster homes. In talk. ing with neighbouring socie'ties, we find they are in the samepOs. ition. Tell your friends we need ,more homes for older children, and enlist their help." Miss McGowan said that since November., 1966, the society had to find homes for 25 children; six of whom were teenagers and six babies, As of March 1, a total of 21 children was—an adoption pro. bation (one of these a teenager); 53 were in foster homes,and five in institutions. Since the begin. ping of March, the society had to .admit six more children, only one of whom is a small only DR. CARLTON W ILLIAAIS Dr. b: Carlton Williams, vice- presentj of the University .o% 'Toronto for Scarborough and �Erindele Colleges, has been ap• pointed president and vice- chancellor of the . 'University of Western .Ontario. The announce- - ment was made by Col:, D. B.Q Weldon, chairman of the Board 0 of Gbvernors, following a meet• ing of the board Monday. Dr. Williams, 54, succeeds Or. G. Edward Hall who is retiring, at' his own request, on June 30, 1967# elcome Young Canada Ho-ckey. Teams!