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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-04-13, Page 1120th YEAR-- NO. 15. C,r THE GODERICH $IGNAL.STAR, 'THURSDAY, APRIL 13, .1967 oin A limestonelighthouse, light+ keeper's home. and workshed at Point Clark on Lake Huron dat. tng. back"t 1859,, has been, offie,. ially declared a national historic site by Indian Affairs' and North. ern. Dey'elopmentM1ni'ster Arthur Laing,' Mr. Laing pointed out that establishment of the lighthouse as detailed, and,. comparative history ical and architectural studies on Great Lakes lighthouses per. formed' by the Canadian historic sites division of his department. an historic site follows a year In May 1966 the histbric sites and monuments boardofCanada found the site to be of national historic importance and recom- mended its establishment as a national historic site. The minister accepted the re- commendation, and with the Minis..+'' ter of Transport sought cabinet. approval for transfer of the land and lighthouse•complex'from Dep. artment of Transport -to Indian • Affairs and Northern -develop. meat. Point Clark 'lighthouse • near Kincardine and Gods- ich, Ontario is a nine story 115 -foot stone tower apps- y glass and 'iron lantern. Limestone walls are five feet thick at •base and heave ily rusticated and.weathered. Al. though stairs are circular at base they become straight and - steep about three-quarters of the way up., . The lantern mechanism orig. • inally,.operated by clockwork re. quired winding once before sun. down and once at 2:00 a.m. The lighthouse roof features artistic 'gutter drain which works through spouts concealed in lion's head masks. ' The, home of, the lightkeeper, immediately adjacent, is a gabled • stone structure' built solidly to withstand buffeting of Lake Hurons storms. It consists of shallow cellar, ground floor -with ten -foot ceiling- and an upstairs with six-foot 'ceiling. Near the home is timber workshed with kables and•loft. • The lighthouse complex was sen as a good example of a • ce common style of lighthouse architecture on the Great Lames. Few such large stone buildings . are left in accessible locations. • "It Is most important that we , •preserve early aids to navigation in Canada f r transportation was and ' still IS th"e key to develop. ment of Canada as a nation. -I am pleased to include such a fine symbol of early Great hakes' traffic in our more than 650 nat- ional. historic sites in Canada," said Mr. Laing. The house, buitt 'in 1849, is at the 1001 o; one of the oldestlight. houses on. Lake Huroa. It. has been occupied by Mr.' ,afxd Mrs�- Elden Lowry of Huron since the light- was automated with elec. tricity several years ago. The Lowrys reside there during ship. ping season, ' • The , department, of Indian affairs and northern', resources has acquired the property from the department of transport. It Will be marked as an historic site this year and some main. tenance will be done on thebuild. ing in preparation for its sub. sequent developtnent. The Point Clerk light hada con- nection with a C olborne`Township Pioneer., Mrs, Dorothy Reid, of Arthur Street, in her history of the Young family wrote about the eldest son, John.' Robert Nixon, Ontario Liberal leader, left, beans his pleasure as he congrtulate` Murray Guant on'his no+mi.naiion to—contest - the Huron -Bruce riding in the forthcoming election. At right is Farquhar Oliver, .a • veteran member from Grey -Bruce who at- tended the meeting at Wingham town hall. Below iS seen • a.. section of the Targe crowd which Iisfened to the program of speakers with rapt attention, (Staff photo) hree Ch.,.e n Canoe • • Three young men. whoattempt ed to navigate the Makitland, ,roam a paint 10miles east of;lGoderich near Summerhill to • where it empties :into lake Huron jtist north Of the harbor. `here, barely escsp. ed with their live s wheij their craft capsized in rough vrater 'about '1 ''1/2 miles eastof,Goderich ,,,and pitched them into the .chili. ing .water of the ,flooded river. One of the boating party,'Greg $randon, , R; R., °.4, Glinton, .Warn shore, climbed the steep river bank and struck out for the near. est light, nearly a half -mile dis- tant: A few minutes later he arr. ived at the residence of 'Mrs, Irene MacDonald on No. 8 High. way near Maitland cemetery. GDCI BOARD .COSTS UP' RATE 1S HELD . Goderich, detachment• 61 the taricq?...Provinc l Police,• were immediately =titled • Qt; thf mishap' and .told: that 'two. of the boys were still,in'trouble, .clic• ` , ing ;to the,overturned boat int the• flooded riVer, • 'Goderich GNp officers° ui y, organized rescue opeiattons, :,MacDonald Marine Service att,e harbor was 'alerted' and Donald MacAdam, the owner, stAod'I?Y with one of the tugs at the river mouth in order to intercept the craft before it was •swept into Lake Huron. • Members • of the Goderich police department, the'townfs fire department, ana several. tocai teenaged volunteers joined the search for theissingvoyageurs - and their•boat. Meanwhile the 12 foot alum. ' inum boat which the party had acquired for the trip, carriedthe. other two adventurers;Doug Mac. Pherson, R. R. 5 Clinton and James Bougan, Sarnia, a mile The Board of Trustees of God.- downstream before going a. erica District Collegiate have ground on the west bank of the stuck within the.ir,.budget, de. •' , Maitland about a .half -mile up - spite teachers' salary increases, stream from the bridge on High. The increased revenue for the way 21 which spans the river just board will be derived through in-. north of town. creased assessment and there. fore no increase in the mi11 They climbed the bank and rate over last yea"r's•rate,is re. _, reached the salt.blockbeforethey q d. _ . _.-ire =found-by-a1i alert-Goderich At the April board meeting on citizen wno thereupon advisedthe April 10, teachinggontracts for OPP Headquarters that the the following secbidary school missing boaters had gouget ashore 1967.1968 year: teachers were approved for the themselves. MacPherson and.Bon were Robert J Bondy, Stratford, His- taken 16 'Alexandra Hospital, by' tory; Miss- Carolyn, -Clark, God. Opp cruise, following their cold corich, Phys; Ed-; William Gar- dunking, suffering from ex.. row, St. Catharines, Science; Er.. p'sure. They -were released Sun: - .nest O'Rell, Islington, Guidance, day morning having fully xecov- Commercial; Roger Papineau, eyed from their boating ordeal. Windsor, French and /Spanish; Warren Robinson, Leamington, ,Their fiat -bottomed, canoe type Assistant head of English; Mrs, craft was lined with parafoam Warren Robinson, Leamington, strips along the sides andbottom History, English; NazarethSalib- thus providing a high degree of. a•oronto, French and bouyancy which kept the craft ran, Raymond 'Donnelly, - Goderich, afloat after it had overturned. Phys. Ed., and Geography; Miss Georgina Swanton, London, Eng. The three young men, whose lish. ages ranged from 19 to -21, bor. Resignations, of the following rowed the boat from a friend for ' GDCI ' teachers were accepted the occasion. 'It was not their\• by the board at the April meet first boating experience but ass. ing: .. POINT CLARK LIGHTHOUSE.; John Young, eldest sonofAlex. ander Young, who came from Scotland to Colborne. township, with members of his family 'in 1835, had come to Canada in 1826 with the military. The family bought him -off, and he took up a small farm hear Grimsby. He ,Married, there°but his wife died and he joined his brothers in Colborne, ' t "Evidently he did not take -to farming " Mrs, Reid writs, • umane Society Young's farm. They died within a month of each other in° 1893, leaving no heirs." The Point Clark light sits at lake level on a spit of land which has . seen considerable develop- ment in -late years by surn,mer cottagers. There .have been many . bids by private citizens' to 'pur- chase the house as a summer home and to develop the 2_,13 acres connected with it for other houses. Next hear "01 him The lighthouse was built to in ,1860 as the first lighthouse. �' warn seamen of reefs' off. shore. keeper at Point Clark;, He later : The light was originally an married Agnes Henderson and open flame ‘led by whale oil. It. - • they lived iii a small. stone Cott- was subsequently enclosedand an age beside the' lighthouse. For 22 oil lamp installed. The flashing -J year's he kept" the light burning 'mechanism was' a clock spring and . must have climbed the steep which •re iuired winding every steps . many hundreds of times. eight hours. This arrangement They returned in 1880 to -Col.. was succeeded by "electricity. borne on a pension of $19.25 a Jack Campbell, of Kincardine month ,tend lived in a small house and formerly of Lucknow Was the at the back.of their nephewSandy . ast light keeper. School B�arcl Water Resources -Commission Asks " To. wn . Plans `Research. In lake Hurn` , The Ontario "'Water Resources ' 40�u00 Commission has launched the , . e most 'Intensive study of water Goderich ' will be asked to, quality in the Great Lakes bord. •., supply' $148,000 _for public school ering the Province since the in: purposes, itwasdeterminedMon. ception of this long.range pro. , day night as the public school gram two years ago. • board setllits budget for the year. More detailed sampling will be 4 Total expenditures are estim. 'carried out this season on lakes •'. ',ted at $324,000 of which S $163,000 will be. in provincial Superior and Huron and the in. terconnecting channels there, grants. Other revenue is estimate with the aid of an 80 -foot Motored at about $13,000. - .Required revenue. is 'lip, about vessel, the Atomic. $28,000 over fast year, but will. Previously, , work on 'these not be reflected in the-mill.rate, lakes had been limited, since ''due to increased total assess . the 32 -foot Pelican, which re. ment- Increased mining subsidy gularly works on the Detroit and Wand 'increased per capita subsidy St. • Clair rivers and Lake .St. or The scope of the vessel based operations has been expanded. as ,(yell, to include biological samp- ling and observations at Select- ed elect. ed'•pointsmin lakes Ontario, Erie Huron and Superior. Land.based survey :operations, which contribute data concerning the quality and quantity of waste- water reaching the lakes from Ontario -rivers and streams, will be continued, as will- a water use inventory, designed to find the. amounts and characteristics of all ,major sources of wastewater discharged to receiving streams in several drainage basins. • from the province,. together Clair) was the only vessel avail. • equalling about • five, _;•. is, will able for „surveys in these regions. 1p hold the local •"" , on line. The over -All purpose of the Every category X- estimated program is o tabulate the quan. LAUNCH FUND expenditures is up, except debe tit) and `'type of industrial dom ture principal. and interest which ear to year Biggest increases are ten in Lakes bordering the Province and • teachers' salaries, upby $fL1,4'75; -' • plant operation and maintenance, to . determine ,the effect these tip` about,$9';000; capital expense, discharges:- have on the lakes. up about $9,000. Sampling programs on lakes The board decided to engage Erie and Ontario also wili,be in•, " two additional teachers in oraex tensified,• partly because two to make possible classes aver. ,smaller ;boats will be used ex. aging 31 to 33 pupils, as against " elusively this season. to conduct . some 'now of as many -as 40, which dispersion studies in harbor is considered an unsatisfactory areas along the lakes. Previous - condition, a ly, these studies were carried Pay for supply teachers was oul with the aid of the same ves. increased fro m $18 to $20 a 'day sels resperisible for the general ith recent sale am lin ' ro ram. ° estic and surface pollution FOR RINK varies little from y y Ontario which reaches the Great to stay in line wsalary s p g p g The Byfield ` Community Centre committee has 1 nched a $15,000 campaign to rai funds for icemaking equipment and ashroore and -dressing-room cilities at the arena. At a public meeting during the eekend, Merton Merner, chair. man of the cort►mittee,told re- sidents a $200 deposit was hold- ing ice -making machinery inDet- roit and $2,500 more was need. ed to complete the purchase. It is expected work will start soon on the arena addition, ismformed"-Farmers CLINTON- Huron County l'eda eration o.f Agriculture officals expected to learn yesterday the results of their meeting with,, • Ontario Humane Society officers to discuss society methods. in „seizing animals. In a statement made in To- ronto yesterday, Tom Hughes; the, society's general manager, • ternned, the Huron re olution asp. "uninformed and misinformed." '' A letter from W. Hughes to the Signal -Star is published on the 'editorial }nage today. Federation -president Charles Thomas of Brussels said yester- day the meeting in Clinton last week was held with Mr. Highes to •discuss recent criticism by the Huron organization. A resolution drawn up by the Hut'on directors, submitted in • suffering ane to uu�ain pr'optr _ ° • .food, shelter and care for the Wou��d animal," he said., , ° Sydney W Bone • of� London" • ° the society's Western Ontario Precedent field supervisor who, with Wall. 1 ac.e Koegler, §1pervisor of the Grand Valley region, •aecompan- ied Mr. Hughes, said he felt 111 fellings by'the federation for the societ 's methods were eased y as a result of the meeting Referring to the federation's request .tha t humane society off- • icer be trained it animal hos. • bandry, Mr. Bone said. all have received some degree, of train. ing but are not required to be animal experts. Society officers frequently attend lectures. at the Ontario 'Veterinary College, he mid-March to the Ontario Fed- said. eration of. Agriculture, asked that> .,Mr. Bone said, in 'many in - the .,practice of trucking seized stances, it was difficult, to get animals, over long distances be area veterinarians to co-operate made unlawful and suggested with the society because they did local aofficials e first given to;lfind accommodation`' prosecution -of cut t on of to participate tr acliient or ac- quaintance. . Mr.Th declined to corn for the'animals. 'Thomas - n ment further on the 'matter but Farm Pilots lots indicated directors would be told Hold Fly -In what had been discussed. The county' federation has ask- ed that the provincial govern. ment make training and exper- ience in animal husbandry man:' datory for society officials-' It also termed the society's prac- •• tice of trucking sickand weak- • ened, anifftals,•iong distances as abusing and asked that 4tbe made unlawful. " In his statement, M. Hughes suggested that, 'if the federation knows of any society ianspector. Who has abused a sick animal, it should file charges' under the Crim'nal Code. "Aimals are moved only be- cause they have been neglected by a farmer and only after a vet. er.inarian agrees that the seizure • must be effectedin order to prevent 'the animal from further AOril- Session Starts .Thursday The April Session of Huron County Council will be held on Thursday, April 20th with the main topic on the agenda being the budget for 1967. It is antic- ipated there will be a slight in. crease in the C.dunty mill rate this year. increases to regular staff them. ^:s=::=ter • WorI Is •of - -Year , sa't'e eral projects, one sof which will ro e • • f be leir�eT ing ' and °'seeding of the Chuef , Rert )mission '�oilC+� �o �' playground at 'Robertson Mem. • Members of Ontario Flying Farmers .association landed at' Sky Harbour Wednesday morning, and from there they were, taken gn a tour' of Goderich salt Indust. ties incrtiding a visit to the ev- aporator ,plant and the'S ifto salt mines at the harbour. 'The event was planned by Har- old Elder, R. R. 2, Hensall as pari of their 1967 program of fly -ins at.,.different landing strips throughout Western Ontario. Up. wards bf 30 members took part in the -Sky Harbour fly. in; the first plane arrived at 8:00 a, rir, and. two hours later the last of the ' 40.odd aircraft had landed. Members divided into groups for the bus tours of the salt' mine and salt -block. R. Duck. worth, a local ,,bus -line, proprie- tor, contributed. the buses ; he and his wife operated them, Following the tour, -Members of the Flying Farmers dined at n Maitland Country Club. Mrs, Harold Elder, secretary treasurer, stated that the neat, fly -in 'will occur at Reece's Cor- ners near Sarnia; a skip -along breakfast is pihnnety• during this event. On Frontage Council ,does not wish to es. tablish any precedents that will perthit douse lots -with fess than 55• feet frontage) it developed at th'e last, regular meeting when an application for two dwellings made by, Eastbank Building was held up for further study: Mayor Dr. G. F'. Mills sugg- ested that no 'precedent should `lie set that would upset the in, tent of the bylaw. R eeveSuch opin- ed that the proposal woul d be poor planning, if it were not for the fact the sam e company holds enough land on the other side of the ex- • i sting house • to eventually make new lots that would conform to the intent o£„ the bylaw. At his suggestion the matter was laid over until it could be discussed with the- town solicit. or, Ken Hunter. vi . „ rial school. Some major re. airs and reneWals at the older uildings are also under consid. eratiOn and were referred to the property committee with power to act. Resignations ' of five teachers were' received and accepted with regret. They were from Mrs. Wark, Mrs. Donna P. Hay- den, Miss "Carolyn Clark, Mrs. Grace McClinchey and Mrs. Stella Crawford: The'baard will require five new ...teachers and four have been en. gaged: • o..• I have the honour to present the eaoperation of all of the cit. this my eighth Annual Report izeng, can this desirable con. dealing with the activities- of the dition prevail. Police .Department of the Town of The Town of • Goderich like Goderich for the period January other centers shows an increase 1. 1966 to December 31, 1966. in criminal actiiities. However,•! GENERAL am pleased to report that due to the alert and diligent efforts of The efficiency of a police dep• all officers of the department, the artment can best be judgedby the cooperation of the citizens, and absence of crime and the tran. other Donde departments it has gtillity' of the area tinder its jure been kept under reasonable con., indiction, and only by the loyalty' trol. In most cases the persons is hended and dealt with according to law. This is invaluable and is greatly appreciated by the writer. A 1966 Ji,ambler was in service and was in use through the year, equipped with a two-way Motorola radio. This car and radioalong with the answering service in the apartment above the Police Office have rendered a very satisfactory service to the Town of Goder. ich. • Mileage in 1966, 48,745 miles; gasoline 4097 gallons and and effort of its members, with responsible . have e en appre. Oil 73 quarts. -tM-n,M,•,M-.w.,N.,.I.IMM..YMM-� iA The personnel of the Police Department as approved andauth- orized by the. Board of Com- missioners of Police is listed below, Chief of Police 1; Ser- geant 1; Constables.......5. Constable M. Greig was appoint• ed to the •Department on Sept. ember 18,1966, ConstableR. Venn resigned September 3, 1965 to ,accept appointment to te On. tarda Provincial Police. , (Cont. on page two ) uredly, the most hazardous. •' -.. • Robert Bouchard, French, re. •' Asked if'they would•repeat their 'tiring; Miss Virginia Mummery, exploit, DougMacphersonwasin. girls' phys- ed,, retiring; Mrs, ' clined to think they would attempt • Fred Skelton, guidance,, moving; , to navigate the Maitland again at William L. • Knight, Spanish, re. some later date but the next time, tiring. they would start their journey . The following salary schedule •much earlier in the day, . and supplementary allowances "It was - the darkness that were introduced for the -1967 -caused the accident" said Doug; ,.,1968 .year: "our boat hit a rock' which; we Group 1, Min. $6,000, Max. hadn't been able to see, causing $9,700; Group 2 M:n. $6,300, it to flip -over". Max. 10,000; Group 3 Mina 7,000,• Max, 11,400; Grotip 4 Min. 7,300, .,• This last boating mishaponthe Max- 11,900. •' Maitland may remind Goderich' Additional payments are made citizens of a boating „accident to department heads as follows: which occurred on the Maitland Vocational Director 1,400; D,kp. nearly half a century ago. artment Heads, major, 1,100; min- Dr. Frank Turnbull, a prom. or, 550.00; assistant 550. Lib. inent Goderich citizen of that time rarian, 806. ` and an ardent and skilled member Annual increment 300.00 per of the Menesetung Canoe Club, - annum. Fringe benefits include lost his life when his canoe up. half the cost. of Blue Cross, •set at almost the same spot as OAS and PSI. ' the latest mishap occurred. ' Members of The Flying Farmers, Executive gathered at the Maitland Country Club prior, to the dinner which was arranged for them there. The lady in the centre, who is also a pilot, is Mrs. Harold Elder, 'CR. 2, Hensel!, whb organized the fly -in and tour. of Goderich industries. (Staff photo) This line-up of Tight passenger aircraft shows only a few of "-then 50 planes that ' landed at Sky Harbor during the Flying 'Farmers fly.in at Goderich Wednesday. Its Jain.. 47 -merrnbii rs tali. part" in a, •monthly schedois of fly -ins at different landing strips through- out Western Ontario. , (Staff photo) • -J