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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-06-08, Page 1120thi YEAR — No.23 THE GODERICK SiGNAleSTAII, THURSDAY, JUNE L 1967. • - /1". • '1 • 4,..0*. • •••• iV•VA y • 4 , . C• • a. • At v"Snug" /I Town. counctl Members were- foreed to eoter the cbunciloharal ber: by a different route for last Thursday night's meeting owing. to the fact that the municipal building was being, sand -blasted at the, time of the meeting. The front entraoce of the halt was sealed off to prevent dtist and traffic Pa,bsing through wnile the sand.blasting 'operation was in progress. Hence, visitors and council members, were obliged to enter the building via the rear !entrance.' The minutes of the last meeta ing were read by S. H. Blake, clerk -treasurer, and adopted., on MAKE • GRANT A report of the finance com. mittee was heard from chairman Bill Schaefer which included r comMendations that a grant of $106.00 each be made to the God. erich minor soccer league and the Knights of Columbus as a con. tribution towards their Victoria - day ,fireworks project . Both - grants were approved and it was also resolved to send a letter of commendation to the K of C's for their splendid fireworks pro. gram and accompanying events. It was moved by Deputy -reeve Harry Worsell, chairman of the public works committee that re. sidents desiring pick-up ox rub. bish such as brush and fones should phone the municipal office. The town's public works truckers would then be notified of the name and place. Tentative arrange. ments were made to set the last Friday of each month as the.day for pick-up of rubbish. 3 During the meeting, His Wor. ship, Mayor Dr. G. F. Mills, called upon Councillor Robinson, chairman of the Goderich har- bor committee, to give a report on the .clean-up project being • implemented around theSoug har. bor area. , • The untidy and cluttered scene at this section :of Goderich har. bor was revealed by Councillor Robinson at a previous meeting ' •of town council. During that se's. sion it was resolved that some. thing be done to remedy the situation. • On, Wednesday, May 31, four members of town counail assem." bled at Snug harbor to survey the situation' and decide what steps would be taken to remove the laigiching and storage equip. , A project •indpired by the late Keith ("floppy") Hopkinson Over Six years ago is nearing com. pletion at Sky Harbour Airport to coincide , with Canada's Ceo., tennial year and to preserve histoirordWattbn in NortlfAm. erica, uf Gus Chisholm, prodUction man. ager of Dearborn Steel Tubing, and the president of the company. . B,ob Hotton, are joiotly involved , in restoring .a 1938 Waco custom- biplaue to its original state when sold new, . Gus, ivhdo built, and flew the popular "Btts andyieces"honie built, is the mechanic in charge of restoration, and Bob Hotton is in charge of radio install. ..ation, interior design, cOlor sch. enc', past history of the air. craitand financing. Gus Chisholm and Bob Hotton of Goderich have almost completed a major restoration project on an old Wave aircraft at the local airPort, carrying through a favorite project of their late. friend and widely known pilot, Keith ("Hoppy") Hopkinson of Sky Harbour airport. The com- p:etely rebuilt aircraft 'has been given ground tests and in a few weeks will take to the air again in all its original 'tglory. The history of • the p'.ane is given in a new ,rj stor,y in this issue of The Signal -Star.. (Staff Photo) • "Tiger" Nephew Visitor Here On May, 17th, 1061, this i:flane • was purchased in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Gus prepared, •It ,.for flying to Canada with forty. to* -hours of continuous work. • FLEW HERE" ..`A transport pilot from Bailie Creek,' Mich., )3111 •iladClOckpfleW the aircraft to Canada via Mar, •shall and, Port Huron, Miehigan. special permit,wasissuedfrem the federal, a,via.tiOn agency. in the trf ferry the plane to Canada as the condition of the machine left a lot to be desired. •,_ 001WWWOMMUM,MOZOMMWMUMMNSWOMM Driver Escapes Harm A Port Heron resident, Arnold E. Goodrich, accompanied by his • wife, visited GOderich early last week, a town in which an illust. rious great, maternaturicle of his had lived during the latter years of his life, • pening Archives Roo Huron historical sOciety will 1, complete a major project here June 15 at 2.30 pm. when the official opening -9f the new arc. hives room at Huron pioneer museum willloe held. The new room. is situated in the museunt 'building on Bruce. street and a brief ribbon Cutting ceremony will be held there, after which the group will move along to the Christian education build. ing at North street Unitedrchurch where the program will continue. Guest of .honor for the dayll 'wi te mit; 'Neill, curator of the mus. eum for many years whose con- tribution to its success has been immense. Guest speaker will be the well. known CBC personality and writ. dr, Harry J. Boyle. On the plat. form will, be Hon. C. S. Mac, Naughton, provincial treasurer and M,P.P..for Huron; M.S. W. D. Mack, past president .of the .society ; Robert E. McKinley, M.P. for Huron; Murray °Gaunt, M.P.P., Huron -Bruce. Other in. vited guests will be the mayors of Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, Famed Choir Coining Here Exeter and Wingham; 30 pres. idents of Huron county women's institutes presidents of neigh. boring historical societies; W. E. Elliott, James Scott and per. hap Bill Graham. President John MeLaren has issued a cordial welcome to all residents of Huron county. An interesting and enjeyable feature of the 117ograin w!1 be ."The Treble Singers,''a. new women's choral group diredted by Mrs. Murray Hetherington, with about 20. voices. Tea and edge will be served to what is expected to be an audience of several hundred vis- itors. - REtATED • The l.ate ;KeithHopkinson flew escort on the ferry tlight from Port HUM' With Gus ._0°044 movie film, showing the Many Patches on the Plan% • STAR'S PLANE , The aircraft sold new in 1902 for $11,000 to MiSS LaurettaTIO ler who was quite famous as a broadWily star in the era. One Of the previous owners Of the pa. ne Was George Stone Cary, a ref', ident of Tucson Arizona, WhehaS been closely following' the pro. gress : ttPe rebuild by mail, George has a very Preininent. 'background in the fact that the continued On page 7. ..„ D.R M.C. Awards- • Robt. 'Stoll Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich, who reside at 630 - 10th street, in 'Port Huron, Michigan, visited The Signal -Star office on Tues. day, May 30, wnere they revealed their relationship to the famous` "Tiger". . • 'While_ at the "Signal" office, they bought a copy of the last will and testament made by 4r. Goodrich's great uncle. This legal doCilinent has itself become famous as a literary work in which the roma.ntic.and legendary Dunlop reflected his courage and eccentric humour. • MOT HER'S .8 mE Mr. Goodrich traces his con. nection to the 19th century his- torical figure who was success. ively soldier, doctor, statesman. and writer, •through his mother, Anna Jane Dunlop, who was a daughter • of Ebenezer, one of "Tiger's" brothers, (although not mentioned in the will). - - It was announced recen by L.B. Graham, personnel manager at Dominion Roads Machinery Company, Goderich,that his com. pany's Centennial scholarship had been awarded to a grade 13 . student at Goderich collegiate, Robert The 'scholarship provides thesuccessful applicant.' with four years' successive, university tuition free. . Robert, who is the son of Mr. And Mrs. Allan Stoll of -the Car. low area in Colborne tcrwnship, • has been an honor student throughout his five years ofhigh. school averaging' not less than 80.percent in term exams. . ment used by owners cif the small Legion Plans' • pleasure.craft which moor in that ' area. It was resOlVed that a truck _ trailers, cradles and ramps pre. would be employed to load the s-unday March move them to the lot behind tne town's PUC garage where they would be stored during the sum. mer providing the owner of same paid a &mini' fee for this ser.' vice. Owners of this launching equipment have the option of rem. oving Eind storing their equip.. ment themselves. However, their equipment must be hauled away within 24 hours after noticehas been given by a sign which shall be posted in the area of Snug harbor within the next few days which will advise boat owners of these regulations. Council discussed tne parking and policing measures which would be necessary in connection with the forthcoming visitcinSun. day, June 11, of the Confederation caravan. It was revealed -that local policing would not be re. quired Owing to the fact that the caravan was accompanied by one or more RCMP officers. The Confederation caravan will pro. continued on page 7. Goderich end area .Veterans of World Wars One and Two are reminded ' that National Veterans Week will be introduced in this - commuaity with a church Parade scheduled for Sunday; June 11 to Victoria ,Street United church. Legion members are asked to wear their berets aegtmecials. The parade will form at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Legion hall. During the week, a veterans' dinner will be held at the Legion, dining hall at 6:36 OM. on June 15. .Once .again, all veterans are invited to attend. Bob Marshall will be guest speaker for the event; tickets will be available from any Leg% ion member, at the bar or in the lounge. Finally, it is stressed that one need not be a Legion member in order to attend any 01 the above activities but particular emPh. asis is placed on veterans att. ending. A sPecial treat has been arr. anged for Goderich musicjovers when the famed St. Bart's cheir boys of. Toronto will. present a concert at St. George's Anglican church here at 4 p.m. Saturday June 17, under the direction of ° • Father and son; Bryan -and John, pe -owners of four hund. red acres of land at Port Al- bert wnere the World',War 11 airfield was situated, lost some valuable harveating equipnient through a freak but frightening accident which occurred about a week ago. John Hallam, who lives at R. R. 1, Auburn, was harvestinglast year's crop of corn using a self.. propelled combine to which was attached a corn picking device. Upon reaching the south. side of the row. where it ended .above the Nine -mile river, an oil can rolled 'under the brake- pedal and stuck there: The opee.tor attempted to re. move it, but in the second or two that he took his attention from the controls, the combine travel. led ahead to the verge of the bank. When he straightened up, the com/Ane was teetering on the, brink of the gulley:John jumped clear just as the combine toppled over the bank and crashed 50 feet below into the river. The harvesting equipment was regarded as a total loss but John Hallafn considers himself fortun. ate to have escaped from the in. cident unharmed. 4,..M.W.X*W.W.X.M.X.X.N.X.X.*$**4.4.X.X.40:.44.,.:...,,,,,v,,,CY:e4r. • As ACTIVE SCHOLAR The Colborne township schol. ar, who has actively participaced in -community and sehool athletics and sports, plans to enter the • University of Waterloo -next term in an honors mathematics course on the bests of his high school studies which have given him eight credits. Besides,his high, scholastic record, Robert has acquired -a commendable standing . in music .studies by advancing 9 to grade eight piano and grade -two in music theory. Scholarship winners at the go, 't erich collegiate. are chosen by • GDCI teachers who represent the head of their department within the high school's curricolum. John. Seminal, head • of the, guid. ance department, stated that in the case of 'selecting a winner • for the DRMCO Centennial schol." •,,arship, the choice was a most difficult one as committee, mem. bers could pick Wily' one student from the large number of worthy The boys all, come .from the Regent park area.of Toronto and. the choral group .was formed by St. Bartholomew's church^ there. The group has been active for four years and has presented 20 concerts Since last June. The boys have been invited to attend Expo, but are short of funds and hope contributions . at the concert here will help remedy the. deficiency. Record. ings made by the group will be available at the church also, and the proceeds from these will also swell the Expo fund. A Toronto music critic has said of the group: "The 'secret is in the simpl. icity of their singing ...and the joythey get out of their work. They- come hurriedly Onto the stage, wearing teeshirts and odd trousers. They look like young athlete's Anv,the way to conquer everything, and somehow or other they manage to conver the lis. teller".' 4.„ This foursome ol-striMers at. the' Sift° Salt evaporator plant, Goderich, relaxed in the shade while they Playeda game, of euchre to put in the time while on picket duty outside the property ef the "salt block." Members of the In ternational Chemical Workers' Union, they walked- off their Jobs midnight of Wednesday, May • 31, to back demands for immediate wage parity with more than • 125 Siftb miners who are members of the same union, no further meeting between company and unioh had been scheduled at press time. (Staff Photo). • With New York Larry Jeffrey, a six-year NHL veteran with Detroit and, Tor. °onto clubs, was picked up by Pittsburg Penguins, one of the new hockey clubs in this year's 12. team National Hockey Lea. gue. In the third round of the NH), draft 'Larry didn't rimain long with the Penguins though, pro. bably no longer than a feW hours a.t Most. He switched teams the second time' to go with the New York Rangers, who acquired him from the Penguins in exchange for minor league forwards, Paul Andrea, George Konik and Dune MkAllum along with another play. er to be named later. ..-Jeffrey, 26, wha_resideS in Goderich during the off-season, scored 11 goals with the Leafs last season. After Draft The former Toronto left -win. ger sustained a knee injury in a semi-final •game with Chicago, wnich put him oa the sidelines for the rest of the Stanley Cup hockey series. Passes Course Peter Itellinga, 91 Lighthouse street, Goderich, Ontario, Can: ada has graduated from the Fam. ous Artists Schools of Westport, Connecticut. Mr. Hellinga speci- alized in commerdial art and 111. ustration during his three-year course with this home study school. •• Directing the art, courses is .a fa.culty of_distinguished art. ists among whom are Norman Rockwell, Austin Briggs and George Giusti. George Morley Badly Hurt George Morley, 53, R.R. 1, Goderich, is reported still un. conscious in Victoria hospital, Lendon, following a twa.car ac. cident on Highway. -8 'west of•St. ,'- Columban Monday. He is report. ed suffering head„,and internal injuries. Damage to his car was estimated at $3,003. Driver of the second car, Ida Diehl of MV:chelL, was taken to° Sea.forth commkinity hospital with facial lacerations abrasions and rib injuries. Damage to her car totaled $1,250. - The adcident was inve.etigated by Const. Clifford Lacey of the , Sebringville 0?13.* „ 4 At4 •• 4 • 4;.!1 - GriulinrOrr—PtilSirirbrtttrderinirtublte-ischools—Gedericb...hoal got right ba.ek to nature this week when they with teacher Mrs. Carl ase o etoria - -.enjoyed trips-Ao-the .Pinery, proyIncial„;:paxk—sehool.. starting:Ault „C/11,alike through bsau. south of Grand Bend under the auSpiees, tif4 nature trails in the park. (Staff Photo) J. M. Eddy, Pinery park naturalist, held the youngsters en. oeie . Here is a thralled with his running commentary on the wide•..*variety of owersi-plicrifis-and-bushes-and4heitt-pevitHaritiesf-Mrst-diss eussion was on 'recognition of nelson ivy and how tolvoid it. xtA • amohoad-orchids- special-visual- PartlOw (in uniform) assistant ranger Mrs. D. R. Norman of Robert:soil at tie9Tht&herWeitirbrtrefffrell—sclibbriVinfrt "hfCr --9,,h04EMArma-111e-Rat visiters. • aOlogy student at the University of Guelph. • •"4 •••, '8,1* •