HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-04-06, Page 1124th YEAR -- NO. 14
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, WINGIIAM. Roger, West, a 30•
year old Wingham televiSionann•
ouncEr, Friday algbt viae elected
by "the Huron.BxuGe l'X' gresSiVe
Conservative Association as its
provincial candidate'.
He ,,was unopposed., Reeve
George Joynt Of tucknow was
nominated but withdrew hips name.
•The, riding, larger byfive mune'
icipa�ities singe ".:redistr'ibutien,
is now represented by Liberal
member Murray Gaunt.
William Stewart, .minister of
agriculture, was guest speaker
at the annual meeting of the
association.
The following officers were
elected: President, George Mc.
CutcheonBrussels; vice•presid.
ent, William Cotterill, Tiverton;
secretary • treasurer, Norman
Shepherd, Wingham.
Mr. West, who is marriedwith
+ two sons, was born in Ford.
wich. He has been employed at
CKNX Radio and Television for
11 years.
THE GODERICH SIGNAI STAR, THURSDAY, APRUU. 6, 1967
Rotary Names
New Officers
.A new band for Goderich is•well into the .making, .under the.
major financial support of the Kinsmen Club which to date
has invested about $2,000 in the formation and continuing
improvement of the organdation seen performing here under,
the direction of :Charles Kalbfleisch, member of 'Goderich
District. Collegiate teaching: staff and leader of the band.
The group played a program of several musical numbers
for the 'benefit of their sponsoring Kinsmen in regular ses-
Board-
ent-_.
Maq'coTm Campbe�lrls pre lei.
elect of Goderich Rotary club
and will Succeed Dr
that position July 1. Costs More To D
s- Charges
The new executive for the club
was elected at the regular meet-
ing at the Bedford hotel here
Tuesday at noon. Other officers
elected to take office at the same '
time are:1st vice.president, N. T.
Ormandj; 2nd_vice.presidentand.
director of club service, Al. Sel.
inger; treasurer, Norman Mc.
Intyre; secretary, Jack Hinton;
director of international service,
Eric Mueller; director of corn.
munity services, • Clem . Jutras;
director of vocational services,
Dennis Fincher.
President Dr. Frank Mills pre.
sided over the meeting which took
the form of an open' discussion
with the principles of Rotary as
they apply to business as the
topic.
The remainder of the meeting
s taken up with routine bus.
ss:
Council Tells
Too .Manny Cabs
A Bad State
A proliferation of taxi cab lic-
enses in Goderichwould be de.
trimental • to the business as a
whole, and could lead to do}vn-
grading of the business ethically,
Councillor, Ray Robinson charged
during, discussion of a special
committee report presented
by Councillor' R. Hays which
approved issuing additional lice
enses.
Owing to the nature_ of the bus.
mess, the character of the oper.
ator is of prime importance. ,.
While he had no quarrel'with°the
individual applicant, he ;rude the
point that if competition were too
severe, taxi operators might be
forced to adopt "shady" prac.
tices in order tosurvive econ.
omically.
The clerk -treasurer explained,
for the,. information of council
that no limit as•• -to the number
of taxi licenses is on the books.
When Councillor Robinson buge
gested that council would be del.
inquent morally to allow too many
taxi licenses, he was ruled out
of order by_ Dr. Frank Mills,
'mayor, ` and ' discussion was
closed. -
On the basis of the committee's
report, council granted permits
for --3 taxi vehicles to Paul Brown
of Goderch. Five other vehicles
are presently operating here du
der permit.
The .town's --share of costs of
operating Maitland cemetery will
rise by $1,000 to $9,000, it app.
eared at the regular meeting of
-the cemetery board Tuesday
evening, under the chairmanship
of J. ScaeanjC. Edward and F.
Lodge attended. Eric Johnstone
was. unavoidably absent.
Accordingly, upward revisions
were made to the prices of burial
plots, with the price to residents
rising from $40 to $50, non.
residents, $45 to $'75. The charge
for opening lots was moved .up.
from $30 to $40. 'The town's
share• of costs represents about
half of the total costs,
• Elgin Chambers, who has been
employed seasonally at the cern.
etery for several years, was app••
C� J .
__slop here Monday evening. Although only 'seven formal
practice sessions have been held "at the municipal fire hall, .
the Performance made it obvious that a good band will
emerge from. the mixture. of "rookies" including high school
students, and veteran musicians. Some support will be forth-
coming from the Town of Goderich in the form of,a grant,
but the major part of the financial support will come from
the club, which'is making this a major project.
ointed caretaker to succeed the
late J. -N, MacDonald who died
recently following a lengthy ill.
ness,
,Mr. Chambers' salary was set
at $4,368 per_ annum,, with: the
cemetery board to provide the
.dwelling .and pay telephone and
hydro bills. The appointmentwas
to take effect March 27. .
• The board assented to a re.
quest from Branch 109, Royal
Canadian Legion,, which . wishes
to construct a memorial cairn
in the veterans' section, complete
with an appropriate '"plaque. A
sketch submitted indicates a
cairn of substantial size:•...
The board approved a starting
rate of $1.85 ainhour for new eth
ployees - on a seasonal basis.
Ontario's "legal aid .plan, ixow
is effect and described as '"the
most .advanced solution in the
world to the problem of legal
assistance" is now at work in
Huron CQt and has-been since
IvIbndjay, when a Ooderich lawyer
Two Weeks
Deadline
For Pledges
If pledges of financing to the
tune of $50,000 are received for
the Goderich Industrial Develop. .
ment corporation within the next ,
two weeks, it could mean the
establishment of a new industry
with a payroll of 100 persons and
$500,000 per year.
This is incorporated in a state-.
ment by Dr, Frank Mills, mayor
of Goderich,in an official annuli. --
cement elsewhere in this issue"of
The Signal Star.
' As to support of the industrial
proposal made to residents sev.
eral weeks ago, the mayor states:
"The Public -support of the God.
riehw--lndus•tr•ial—Develepreeni --•-•
Corporation is steadily rising.
The interest of the townspeople,
supported by their pledgesis
most encouraging. I emphasize
again that no pledge is too large
or too• small.. .
Mayor,4ills states that strong
and immediate support could have
the new industry operating in God.
erich by September of this year.
"In countfniting talks with tilt
management of the prospective
industry, it has become clear that
• we must have a local industrial
development corporation with
substantial capital available to
:have this firm' established in our
corn nunity- •
"Our time is limited. A. goal.
of $50,00Q must be reached in
the next two weeks."
'A pledge .form is included in
the official notice in this issue
of The Signal -Star for the use of
was on duty under ite provisions.'
• The pew plan, .designed to help
an accused.person pay off a law.,
yer' fees, is also giving 'a fin•
andell,. break to lawyers in Huron
county. Many have hitherto. vol.,
•unteered their services without
liope'df pay.
Before the plan came into effect
March 29, a person wishinglegal
aid woulq phone Sheriff Harry
Sturdy, who would in turn cal!
Mission Festival Panned For
Ontario St. United, CIIriton
This coming Sunday afternoon
and evening, the whole of Huron
Presbytery with its 28 charges
Involved,. will hold its 1967 Cen:
tennial World Mission Festival -
At the" 2:30 p.m. service Rev.
Anne Graham M. Sc., Presid-
ent of The London Conference
and assistant .minister at the Met.
ropolitan Church in 'London; and
Rev. J. R. F. Story BA., B -D.,
S.T.M., of India are the prin.
cipal speakers and Rev. W. O.
Mather, B.A., BD,, of Blyth,
will bring greetings from the
presbytery.
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The subject for Rev. Story's
address is "The ChristianMess.
age In The Non -Christian World".
Rev. Ian . J. MacLeod B.A.,
B. D., missionary from Japan,
will be the speaker at the even.
Raithby Wins
George D. Raithby, Western
Ontario . engineering graduate,
currently studying for ,his ' doc-
torate in engineering at the Un.
iversity of Minnesota, has been
awarded a postdoctorate fellow.
ship of $5,500.00 by the Nat-
ional
awconal' Research Council of Can.
ada for further study in Research
at the Technische Hochschule Un.
iversity in Germany.
ing service set for,. '7:30 p.m.
His subject will be "The Gos.
-pel and Modern Japan",
Auburn United Church, Bay-
field United Church, Victoria St.
Church, Ontario Street and Wes.
ley Willis churches will furnish
the choir selections Mrs. Leon..
and Warr will be the soloist
both in the afternoon and evening.
Varlotis ministers and laymen
will also take part during the
services.
PLAN DISPLAY
Curios from Brazil, China,
.India, Japan and Africa will be
on display and also colored slides
shown at various intervals.
The ' Huron Presbytery of the
United Church,of Canada cordia-
lly invited the public to attend
this World Mission Festival.
Fellowship
Mr. Raithby, born in Auburn,
attended London South secondary
school. He received his bachelor
of science degree from U.W.0
in 1962 and in 1963, his masters
degree in mechanical engineer-
ing from O. W; O. •
George is the 'son of Mrs. Edna
Raithby, 30 -Belgrave Avenue,
London, and the late Glenn 11.
Raithby.
Dick Atkey
Honored
By Press
.
a ,lawyer. and ask'
hixr'i if file *ouid
handle the .case,
l,, ocai' area director Qf thePlan,
William Prest, Q,C , advtseeTbe
S ignai.s tax' that ,to knoyc1,edge no
such request had been rerusedby
the legal volVntee'r$ of Huron, and
to
..many: instances .. the
rendered without fee.
,GUARANTEED a ,•
Under the new • plan, the law. '
yer's accounts are sent through •
to the Law Society of Upper
Canada which administers ,the
plan. The province will pay up
to 75% of the fee. Lawyers may
write off the remaining 25%.
Although there were dozens of
cases of free legal aid en Huron
last year on The official record,
there were probably more that
will never come to light.
As the plan operates now, in.
quiries are to be directed to the
local area director, �Wlllianl
Prest, Q. C. who is responsible
for the organization of Huron
't'lawyers under the terms of the
legislation. Mr. Prest has set up
an office at 67 North Street ex.
pressly , for this purpose. The '
telephone flambe'. is 524-9612.
Mr, . Prest told The Signal.,
mar hint although lawyers are
now available under the new plan,
all lawyers in Huron are not fully
acquainted with the details, and
a special meeting of Huron law.
yers has been. called for next
Wednesday when the deta.iis df the
plan will be spelt out in detail,
and the roster of duty lawyers
will be compiled in more detail.
As to the. ,matter of ability
to pay on the part of the person
seeking legal aid, the decision ~-
will be made by the regional
,welfare director, who in this case
is5.ocated at Wingham. A system
is worked out so that the fee
can be paid in instalments, be it
$5.00 a week or $5,00 a month
or whatever.
In bivil cases, the accusedpere
son goes directly to the sheriff's
office and obtains a certificate. ' _
Again, he or she is screened
by the welfare 'depatttment.
,
The new system_ was designed . .-
to help people not only in the
lowest income_ brackets, but also
those in, the middle and upper.
middle classes in economic soca
iety. For instance, if .:a person
is charged, •with criminal neg-
ligence 'causing -death, -there is
a . good chance he could b,e sued
by the family of . the deceased
person. -
If the man orwoma n finds it
difficult to pay the lawyer's•tees
for defence of both trials, he or
she can call for legal aid.
A , , lifelong newspaperman,
Richmond S. "Dick" Atkey, well.
known to members of the Can.
adian,Weekly NewspapersAssoc.
iation' . throughout' 'Canada, has
been elected unanimously- as a'
Life. Member � of the National
'Press, Club of Canada in recog-
nition f his services as a "faith.
ful and outstanding memberi"
it is announced by the secretary
• those
Charles Bruyere, Ottaw�i. Mr. At.
the key's coverage of Huron county.
' council proceedings is farhili:ar
,locatiwishing to• encourageon• of the new industry. to readers of the .Signal -Star.
Posted Here ".
Mr. Atkey was editor and pro.
prietor, of The Arnprior (Ont)
.
Chronicle from 1952 until 1965,
Added to the roster of Goderich
detachment, Ontario Provincial
Police this week is Prov. Const
Barry L. Atkins, recently of Emo
---in the Rainy Riverdistrict-
Earlier Const, Atkins served in
detachments `at Dryden in the Red
Lake area and Kenora, Although,,, years; editor of The Daily Com.
most of his service has been'in mercial News; Toronto, for one
the north, he is a native of Strati year; and news editor of The
fordo Barrie (Ont.) Examiner for 13
Const. Atkins is married and is years,
presently looking for suitable liv.
Doug Cruickshank elected just last weekend to the position
of. Kinsmen deputy governor chats with feiieW Kinsman Gord.
Bannister at Monday's Kinsmen meeting. Gordon was -recently
presented with a pin honoring 'him for 20 years of perfeL:
attendance. (Staff photo)
Make Shift To New Sh�oI
With Minimum,, Confusion
Classrooms opened on sched.
ule at Brookside Public School,
Monday, April -3, when pupils
from one -room schools in West
Wawanosh and Ashfield were,
transported, to their hew head-
quarters located a quarter mile
west of Huron county highway.
27.
Secretary of Huron County
School Area 2, Howard Blake,
( admitted that some confusion maxi•
fisted during the. first morning
when the pupils were wandering
the hallways of the 12 room school
looking • for their " proper
"homes". `
Ore G. °L.. Morgan Smith (right),' of Mbayfieid
was' nominated to be the Liberal rcandidate
in Huron provincial riding at a dominating
convention held by the Huron Liberal
Association iii Hensall last week. With the
Candid ito, ' loft to right • -are Mrs. A. M.
Harper, ,Goderich; Robert Nixon, Ontario
Liberal leader and Mr. and. Mrs. D. J.
Murphy of Goderich. Announcement of a
provincial election date is expected in the
near future.
By the end of the day, most
of the pupils had become accust-
omed to their new surroundings
and the following morning, they
experienced little difficulty in
getting to their classrooms.
Brookside school trustees had
elimated as many, "headaches"
as possible by transferring teach-
ers' books and classrooth sup-
plies to their new location dur.
ing Easter holidays.
A Dungannon trucker was en-
gaged to move some of„ the!`".rnore
bulky furnishings and the small.
'er articles were transported by
means of two half -ton "pickups"
loaned byn two of the school board
members. The teachers had lent
full co-operation to the moving
operation by having most of their
equipment packed in small bund-
les light enough for some young
ani willing volunteer helpers to
shift around.
Subcontractors are still doing
interiorwork at one Brookside
'classroom, thus obliging the prin.
cipal, A.N. McLennan, to conduct
one of his classes in temporary
quarters. The in`ercom system
completed yesterdayx;iich links
• the principal's office to each
classroom and the general pur.
pose playroom, was expected to
greatly increase the efficiency of
conducting classes. The janitor,
J.' Cranston, may anticipate
cleaning- up some mud tracked
in from the ' yard§ outside, until
the sidewalks have been con.
structed next month°
Hold New Housing Project
For Detailed Financing Data
,Although town councillors gen-
erally are interested in provision
of new housing and homes for sen.
for citizens, especially, as deputy
reeve.Harry Worsell commented:
"If we are going to be getting
a new industry.,", any direct act.
ion was postponed until further
information as to the financial
aspects could be obtained from
Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, pro.
viricial treasurer'. .
The report of Goderich Hous.
ing authority was brought into
disctrssion on recommendation of
Councillor Ray Robs on, who de.
plored delay in doffing with the
matter. =�
SHOULD PROCEED
"I think we should proceed with
when he sold the business to Coulee
ty Newspapers Limited a Thom.
son Newspapers subsidiary.
Prior' to that, he had been ed.
itor and co -publisher of The Clin-
ton (Ont.) News -Record for seven
d a
ing accommodation for himself Currently, Mr. Atkey isrepre.
and wife Vieira, a native' of•the sentative of Huron Publishers
Azores and their infant.child. Association, a co-operative news
The posting fills a vacancy gathering organization for seven
left by the.recent promotion and Huron County , weekly news.
transfer of,Cpl°Alex Twaddle who' papers, including The Goderich'
was posted to Owen Sound, but SignalStar:
is at present on a supervisory
course at the police college at
Aylmer, Ont.
Double Theft
Is Reported.
.Sky Ranch restaurant and ser=
vice station, just north of town on
H ighw ay 21 was entered and rob-
bed of a change box on a soft,,
drink cooler sometime Sb day
.m;rning, °'Goderinh detachme.,t,
Ontario Provincial Police're.
ports,
Be_ieved to have been invaded
at the s.s.n '.i`me, Skyway Market,
agarden iureery business neara3,
was plundered of 15 cartons of •
cigarettes and some boxes of •
chocolates -to the value of about
$60.
Under the old system there
was an income barrier to free
legal help. It was not available
to a single person making more
than $1,*700 or a married per.
son making $2,500. Now' each
case is decided on its merits
by the welfare officer of the
region.'
•
Gerald McMichael Wins
D
Tird 'N.R.C. Scholarship
Scholarships totalling +$11,500
have been awarded to four men
from ,Perth and Huron counties.
The scholarships, announced
Monday by the Nationa.lResearch
eune lfi••-df-Canada, are for ad.
vanceii `,study'• in science and en.
gineering.
. The four are Philip C. Bald.
win, St. Marys; Terry DaynardL
Staffa; -Gerald E. McMichael,
Goderich; and Gordon E; Tebbutt,
Clinton. •
Their awards are among many
announced by the research coun.
cil, with a total value of , $6,-
, 562, 200.
Gerald McMichael, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F rank McMichael,
Goderich, has won a $3,000 stu.
dentship.- It is his third NRC
Scholarship. He is studying for a ,
doctorate at the Institute for
Aerospace Studies of .the Uni.
ver sity,of Toronto. A 1961 gradu.
ate of Goderich distrlct collegi.
ate he received a bachelor of
science degree in 1965 and a
master of applied science the
following year. In high school
and first year university he re.
ceived scholarships from Ontario
Hydro and the IODE.
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these houses," the deputy reeve
Stated.'
Councillor Erskine suggested
in connection with the -propose
ten units for senior citizens that
the sponsorship of.a service club,
as in the case of the joint spon.
-sorship ;of "10'9 Homes" by the
town and the Royal Canadian Leg.
ion, might be of financial bene.
fit.
The clerk -treasurer pointed
out that partly local firiancingwas
required under that scheme,
whereas the new proposal would
require no local financing:
The matter was deferred until
detailed financing.. information
would be available.
Roger West, (centre), well known CKNX
television personality 'of Wingham was
named. Progressive—Conservative candidate
for the :Huron -Brute riding last week when
the -nominating convention at Wingham
was addressed by' Hon., William A: Stewart, -
(left), minister of agriculture for Ontario.
At right is George Mct utcheop ,who wet
returned as president of" the riding P. -C.
association.
G.A