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Town To Expro00.0te.
Part Of Cherry -Gate
GoderiCh Town Council wilr
• initiate exprOpriation proceed..
trigs to acquire land for aright..
of -way to the beach area and
town watterworlcs south .of the
barber. ;
Counall took the action after
the failure of recently attemp.
ted negotiations between MaYor
D. G. F. Mills and Paul Rob.
arts, 284 Elgin Avenue, the
owner of the prePerty in qtleS..
tion. Mayor Mills told council
Mr. Robarts indicated he had
no desire to Sell part of his
-Cherry-Gate property, at any
price.
Af aertzie
Voyageurs
Visit Here
The. MacKenzie voyageurs
created a thrilling sight when
they beached their 25 -foot cedar
strip canoe on the shore just
'south of the • Goderich harbor
channel. Monday night. •
The property cermet!. Nitwits,
was reeentlY aCZOTO by Rob.
arts from re,te O'Pft, and is '
at the foot ,Of the hill, App..
rentlY coUndil h.std already of.
,fered, to swap 66 feet it owned
at the top .of the' 11111 in re.
turn for the 66 feet it reciual,.
red for the proposed roatraii
lowa.nce. Mr. Roberts at first •
-indicated a willingness to .meke--
the swap but later decided
aotinst, t.,1
• It was disclosed that Mr.
Roberts had erected posts
around the boundaries of his •
property at the foot of Elgin
Avenue. The. posts- were 'con.
sidered a traffic hazard in their
present location since the
town's public road has to make
a detour around them. •
It was moyed by Reeve H. B.
Such and __seconded by Coup.
cillor Robinson that the town
solicitor J. K. Hunter be re. .
quested to initiate expropria.
tion proceedings. The motion
passed four to two.
a our
their heritage as young Amer-
icans are of Daniel Boone."
The MacKenzie voyage, '67
began last May at the historic
The ten -man canoe team, who • village of, Hudson Hope,: once
are re-enacting the epic voy. called Rocky Mountain House,
age made by 18th century ex. the first trading post to be
plorer and lur-trad6r, Alexan. built on the mainland of Brit.
der tMacKenzietWere greetedby ish Columbia. It will end when
• several hundred residents who the voyageurs reach Montreal
lined the beach front 'at the and Expo- 67 sometime around
approach of the canoeists. - ' September 1. ,
Dressed in authentic costume A MacDonald Marine tug
of deer -hide Jerkins and wear- left the Goderich harbor about.
ing Indian moccasins on their 4:30 p.m. and headed up the
feet, the modern-day explorers lake towards Amberly to meet'
resembled every inch their 18th the.voyageurs.
century counterparts right down _ The canoeists were delayed
to the "scalp lock" which one. liewever from reaching Gode.
husky voyageur, Walter Luka, rich on schedule. A mishap
.. a Hines Creek-, Alberta, car.. .
occurred as they were near-
ried in a breast poeket.
A bus owned and operated 'ing the Kincardine harbor about
• by this Centennial expedition noonTheir canoe hit a large rock
parked_ at the beacheveral
_, s
Minutes before- the -arriVar of --'-'catising7'"14414-ere.:-"dal:PAge.`
the canoeists; the driver, a They immediately put in to
Member of the ten -man crew, shore .for repairs.. They
began broadcasting over a pub. accomplished this with mat.
which was parked and waiting
erials carried on the large bus
• lic address system an account
of their trip.
.. He was accompanied by an. for them at the Kincardine har.
. .
4ther niember of the crew who-:bor. , b-Escorted-br,.-the MacDonald ld-S-iienirs, new-Spapers and °.*
Marine tug and cheered by the
ostcards of their expedition. visitors on the shore, they land. •
The crew, led by Adolf Ikert, '
ed at Goderich Harbor beach
who. in norinallife, is a store- '
about 7:20 p.m. They were
keeper at Pouce Coupe; B.C. •
are headed for Montreal and greeted by Deputy -clerk EdJes.
sep, who shook hands with the
Expo 67 via the Great Lakes leader, Adolf Ikert, the mornent-c-
and St. Lawrence waterways .•
System.' Ikert, bronzed and he stepped- ashore., Harbor hoard chairman, B.R.
wearing a Tong, flaming red. Robinsoni was present for the
beard, portrays MacKenzie, the
occasion and chatted with mem. explorer, ' believed to • bers of - ,the crew. Goderich
be the first'white man to cross •,Reeve Bert puch spoke briefly
North America and set eyes and welcomed the 20th century
on the Pacific. explorers to Goderich.
All the members ,of the Managir of theSiftoSalt Mine
'modern day • voyageurs' por. ' here, H. Gordon Muir, also
tray other members of Mac- addressed the .crew members
' Kenzie's original crew. lkert, ,
and extended an. invitation to
' the leader of the .expedition,
said in a press release which dinner at the Maitland Country.
Club During his speech Mr.
he wrote: "the trip will be of Muir donated a case - of salt
historical significance. and fut. Muir
the crew.
ure students of Canadian his. The mascot of the trip, a
tory should be as proud of
Air Commodore K. R. Greenaway
on as Group CaPtain E. W. Ryan, CD accepts
command of CFB Clinton during formal handing
over ceremonies held at -CFB Clinton last
Change ofCommand
Af CFO Clintan.
CD .looks -
-
Thursday. ,ApprOximately po base- personnel
took part in the handing over parade. FA,
R. V. Furneaux, Base i)ersonnel Administration
Officer, is. shown in the background.
• he will assume his new duties
In the near future.
* • This is the second time that •
Group Captain Ryan has been
posted lo CFB Clinton. He was
_there as a student for a tele.,
communications course at the'
,
has been in the Canadian Armed-
Radar and Communications
Forces for the 'past, 27 years. School from 1949 tili 19b1.
He is an internationally recog. He was posted to Clinton after
;nize4 authority. on aerial navi. having spent three years as
gallon, with particular refer- . Senior Technical Staff Officer
ence to high altitude flying. He on the Canadian .Joint Staff in
will be poked to Ottawa where • Washingtbn.
In all some 800 base person-
nel looked on as Air Commodore
strengthened from weak pos. Greenaway signed the certifi.
ition -and further small inereas.
cate handing over CFB Clin-
esa are likely as supplies de. ton to Group Captain' Ryan.
crease ,seasonally. •
TURKEY: The 1967 heavy
turkey crop`tas started td mar-
ket and will be equal, to last.,
• • year. PriVellit-1050k-A,S:sligktly.---,
weaker than a year ago. Broil.,
er. turkey marketings will be.,
reduced, but storage stocks are
larger.
The command of Canadian
Forces Base Clinton changed
hands Thursday during a cer.
emonial parade. - Air Com-
modore Keith R. Greenaway,
who has been Base Comman.
der of CFB Clinton since 1963,
turned over command of, the
base to Group Captain Edward
Wallace Ryan, a native of Kit-
• chener.
Air Conimodore Greenaway
large German SheDnera, wore
a collar which identified him
as Lobo. It was pointed out by
one Or e ew t. Mac.
Kenzie's original - expedition
party of 1703 carried a canine
also. " •
Lobo has ridden in the canoe
along with the ; voyageurs
throughout the entire voyage and
Is now considered a seasoned
voyageur.
The 20th century MacKenzie
expedition group bivouacked at
Harbor Park for the night be-
fore proceeding towards their
next stoP down the lake, Grand
Bend.
August
Food Price
„ Outlook
• CHICKEN: Broiler chicken
marketings will be up both sea-
, sonally and • fr.om last year.
Little price change is expected
from current level.
PORK: Supplies continue
. plentiful and no immediate
changes in prices are expected.
Continued strong beef prices
and lower lettuce and tomato
prices are forecast for Aug-
ust- by the Canada Department
of Agriculture. Here are the
details of their food outlook
for the month:
EGGS: Egg prices have
BEEF: Under heavy seas.
onal dema'nd prices will
contine strong at current levels.
STONE FRUIT: Peaches and
plums are expected to show
smaller crops thinast year,
with firm prices
:IP LES: Early varieties will
be' available wi.th general crop
prospects equal to or bett.-...r
than a year ago.
VEGETABLES: Lettuce and
tomato prices are expected to
ease from present high levels
as local supplies become mo?e
plentiful.
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RESINS
A two-man deregation repre.
senting Goderich and District
Labour Council appeared be.
fore Town. .Councl, Thursday
night to outline Elans for Lab.. "
our- Day Weekend festivities •
September 3 and 4. • •
The delegation reqttested
council's co. -operation, by.clos-
ing the Square to traffic dir..
Ing the Monday afternoon and
evening while the parade and
other activities are in prOg.
res s.
Among the plans laid before
council
were a proposal to hold
an outdoor church service on
Courthouse Park Sunday after.
noon, September 3. Should the
weather prove unsuitable the
service will be held indoors
'in North Street United Chaech.
Following the parade -Monday
afternoon, speakers. including
Robert E. 1VicKinnley, M.P.,
Hon. Charles S. MacNaughton,
M.P.P., Mayor G. F. Mills,
MD., and Reeve Harry Wor.
sell, will be present.
Featured on the program will
be childrens' races, genies and
a soap box derby. A monster
barbecue is planned for 6.00
p.m. in The Square, followedby
oldtime and modern dancing to
two bands until 2.00 a.m.
Council approved the request
for use of the Square on a
'motion moved by councillor
R. C. 11'44 s, seconded by reeve
H. B. Such. 11•The labour group .
was represented by Ewan Ross
and 13111 Crawford.
Council also approved a re:
quest of Lloyd Heipel, R. R. 1
Hayfield to move two houses
onto a Vataai, lot in town from
their original site at Canadian
° Forces Base, _Clinton. The con-
tractor assured council the
houses were in excellent con.,
dition- and that they would corn-
plyJ with the ,m'nimum assess.
-In other business council
awarded a public works cont-
ract for paving Britannia Road,
between Huron 'Road and Malt.
land Road, to Lavis Contract-
ing Company,- Clinton. The
Lavis bid was $8,1:0oirite d.orklY
ether tender .was for $9,02,0
submitted by Hammond. .C9D.
traoting Company, $t. ViarYs. •
•A letter frem W.H. Palmer,•
Deputy -Minister, of the depart.
ment o Ontario inUnielpal,af•
fairs was-, read. He, requested
a list of whatever historical
publications, books, pamphlets
or brochures ,that had been
printed on the history of ,this
municipality. After some die.. •
cussion it was decided to send
W. E. Elliott's . booklet,' • 'Old
Homes- of Goderich'; a teurist
booklet recentlypublished en.
titled 'A Century of Progress'.
The Goderich Signal -Star was
quoted as the third source of
historical data, stnceL: copies
have been kept on file since
the first paper was printed here
120 years ago. ,
A letter 1Porn the Duluth -
Georgian Bay Transportation‘
Company asking for confirm.
ation of the arrival date of the
S. S. South American was re-
ceived and read. Discussion fol-
lowed and it was planned that
a pipe band be engaged to
greet the Visitors wheArethey
arrive at dockside.
B. R. Robinson, chairman
of the harbor committee, had
no report but criticized the
local press for its coverage,
or lack of coverage, of vand-
alism that was occurring along
the Goderich waterfront_Incid.
ents of vandalism at the beach,
such 2,s the destruction of ben-
ches, although brought to the
attention of- the Signal -Star
staff, had not received any pub-
licity whatsoever, he said. • ,
• Since the near -drowning in-
cident which occurred Sunday
July 23, inVolving a youth frQin
• Zurich, harbour committee
chairman Robinson has ordered
• SighS reading "swimming at
-• your -own: risk" ' to be- rinted.
They will be posted-
end of the pier where the youth
was swimming .when he
Was caught by the strongunder.;
• tow that flows in that• Area.
Under ,the, order of • "unfin...r
Robinson requested the illaYckr!
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to COMMA regalA/PC: •the • i•et,
ter which had ben Sent to*
eral Transport Minister Pick.ersgill regarding the Goderich
Elevator dOmPa-nY1,101.4014310&.
°
eral harbor here for More grap!.,
storage vessels.
Mayor Mills reported that
no. ansWer had been, received
as et
•
The right Of town cOUndil to
close off Main streets' during
Wednesday night harness ' rac-
ing was questioned by .council.
lor Robinson; He also quest.
toned the Ilegality of charging
people a parking fee, which
Goderich Trotting Association
parking officials had been doing,
during the past two Wednes-
day night races.
After considerable discuss.
ion, it was decided the park.
ing fee was illegal. However,
it was thought necessary to
keep parking on the streets
surrounding the Agricultural.
Park raceway restricted. Head.
lights from cars arriving at
and leaving the area constit.
uted a hazard to the horses
and their drivers if the beams
happened to shine directly into
the eyes of either pacer or
driver, said councillor B. Ers•
ktil;Ittemake this parking restrid.
.wtoawcouncil draftbylaws-
sn
movld by Reeve Such
tion legal; included in his mo.
• tion was a clause requesting the
Goderich Trotting Association
officials to provide proper il-
lumination on the barriers while
erected and responsibility for
their removal once the races
were over. The motion was
• seconded and approved.
Under new business, it was
reported that assessor E. Jes.
sop would re -assess the is.
land located at the mouth of
,
. the Maitland river 'known as
done after a land survey by
Burns Ross had deterinined the
exact t of aerea ed, in
, the island. The property is
viii6dVark.
ovnied by_Mr s. B. Homan, Ridge.
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Will Beat Duff and Dief
-The Conservative party lead,
ership race warmed up on the
local level last.. week with ,a
whistle -step visit to Goderichby former justice minister
Davie Fulton:,
Purpose of Mi. Fulton's visit
was to drum up support from
Huron riding delegates to the
leadership convention slated
Septernber 6 to 9 in Toronto.
In an interview following a
luncheon session with the del-
egates he discussedhis chances
of winning the Tory leadership.
One thing is apparent. He is
confident and convinced he can
overcome any opposition in the
•Contest - even te the extent
Says Davie
of wresting the leadership from .
John Diefenbaker should he de-
cide to enter the race. .
Asked what the reaction of
leadership hopefuls within the
party would be if Mr.' Diefen.
baker did decide to run^a.galn,
Mr. 'Fulton said. "1 am going
to win the convention."He com.
mented on the possibility of
Premier Duff Roblin of Man.
itoba entering the race and said
"I would be glad to have Mr.
Roblin as a member of the
Conservative team in Ottawa."
Mr. Fulton's visit - lasted
about two hours. He left for an
evening meeting inCollingwood.
JOHN K. 'SULLY
John 'K . Sully has -announced
his resignation as president of
Dominion Road Machinery Co.
Ltd, effective' immediately, it
was learned this week. Mr . S ully
suffered a heart attack earlier
this year and had restlifed his
duties on a part time basis
recently. A spokesman for the
company said a successor would
likely be appointed by the board
of directors at a future meet-
ing.
Dominibn Roads was in the
news recently when it announced
the layoff of 69 employees fol.
lowing cutbacks . in the demand
for heavy road grading 'equip.
ment. The plant is presently
closed down for a three-week
vacation period and will re -
Open August 22.
The Helicopter destroyer HMCS Nipigon will visit Goderich,
August 8 to 11. During her stay in port the ship will be ope:n
for visits by the general public at the following times: 2:00
to 4:30 p.m. August 8, 1:34 to 4:00 p.m. August 9 and 10.
,
, Tory leadership candidate Davie,Fulton paid a fleeting Vigit to
Goderich last week to Outline his views to party delegates to
the Conservative CoilVention in Toronto next rtiOnth. is
seen' here .with
Bill Dale, Hullett,
Goclerich,
Still Stalemate-'
Stanley-' Zurich
Fire Protection
The stalemate continues be.
tween the township,pf Stanley
--and the village of Zurich where
fire protection is Concerned,
says Mel Graham, • Stanley
clerk -treasurer. • On June 30,
when no agreement was made
in Stanley Township to raise
tha annual 'fire retainer fee
to Zurich to $700, the Zurich
brigade announced t would
not answer fire calls Stan.
ley. •
Fire protection for the town-
ship is maintained at Bruce.
field where Tuckersmith and
,Stanley ratepayers are jbint
owners of a fire fighting unit.
At tayfield where the volun-
teer brigade is available to
answer tire calls in the west-
ern portion of Stanley for to
a.Ssist wherever needed; and at
delegates left to right: Gordon Grigg;Clinton, Hensall where council is re;
Mrs. Tliorripon, Clinton, andClayton Laithwaite, questing an increaged fire rei
tainer fee. (it $500„, from $125.
Bean Growers Vote
On Marketing Scheme
6" About 78 percent of the votes
cast by White bean growers in
Huron County last week were
In favor- of the Ontario Bean
Marketing Board's proposal' to
implement an agency -type
marketing sch,eme. Over-all
_results n the province show-
ed that percent of Ontario's
bean ers approved the.idea,
whic 11 ensure price equal.
ity to ach individual bean far-
mer.
Actual wording on;the
lot was "Are you in favor of
the proposed amendment. to
the Ontario bean proaucer's
Marketing, Plan which would
authorize the Bean Board to
market all beans under an ag.
ency-type plan?"
Polling booths set up in
Dashwood, Henson. Clinton And
Wingharn attracted 385 voters
out Of an estimated 1,400 bean
growers in the county. Final
results were 300 "yes" and
85 "no" votes.
Speaking to, the News-Rec.
• ord last Friday morning, ,Bob
Allan, Brucefield, chairman of
the Ontario Bean Marketing
Boards said that the.„lack -of
interest at the polls may
have been because farmers
were busy at the hay and the
wheat crops.
"We didn't figure farmers to
be still drawing hay at the
end of July," said Mr. Allan.
The delay this year has been
caused by the unusual amount
of rainfall which has hindered
the haying process,
Mr. Allan also fhdicated that,
no controversy had gone be.*
fore the vote to stir up in.
terest". Little or no opposi-
tion to the move was regist.
ered in the public eye and far.
niers may have disregarded the
importance of the vote partly
on this account.
Officials of the Ontario l3ean
Marketing Board met with On-
tario government representa,-.,
tives on Tuesday. Mr. Allan
explained that legislatioh Must
be drafted by the gtvernment be.
fore the new marketing system
can go into effect.
"Usually this takes about
fotir ' weeks," remarked Mr.
Allan. He added that Lf all
the legal work could be corn.
pleted in time for this year's
Shriners
Barbecue
Set Aug. -8
The BlueWater Shrine Club
is planning a monster 'chicken
barbecue Tuesday August 8 at
Harbour Park from 4.00 p.m..
to 7.00 p.m.
Members this year, in making
the announcement, said they
thought it would be a good idea
.hold the barbecue in con.
Junction with the courtesy visit
being Old the town at that time
by the Destroyer Escort HMCS
Nipigon.
Proceeds from thebarbecue
are being used to help crippled
Children.
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crop of white beans, the board
would begin negotiating with
local dealers handing the crop.
Farmers will receive an in.
itial payment of approximately
$6 for every 100 pounds of No.
1 hens delivered. After the
crop nas been distributed for
the year, second and fina.11y
-third payment checks will be
mailed to the growers, in much
the same mahner as Western ..
farmers receive the funds from
the sale of their wheat crops.
Every bean grower'
leve the sarne price for -his '
crop of white beans. The only
Inice var lation from oneyfartneri,.'
to another Will be in the qu*.
lity of the Sainple sold to the
dealer.
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