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THE GODERICH $IGNAL.STAR, 'THURSDAY, APRIL 13, .1967
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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.
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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)
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