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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-09-21, Page 1THE GODERICH SIGNAL, -STAR,, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 196 a "SINGLE COPIES Ontario residents face •a tax hike in the near future if -the federal government doesn't in. - —crease-r-evenues to the pro. into consideration any new or $600,000 for the purchase of the ' tiations were in the final stages, would be enrolled" in the school increased spending by the pro• Obsolete airport to Crown As. he said. ' within three years. vince or the municipalities, hesets). of this additional allow. The government had pre. ` During the business session -said. An increase in growth rate ,.�.. anc easaid.,only ..$30,OQ. .;,gad .. w-viously,.announced .theestablish. _of . theaxonvention,.z,Mr-- Mao - -- ••, : , ue 'ari sa: kineta .x:.T;rea wouLdw moven higher . to . ,been.spentaa-y. e= i eve- . nena.of a. achoal ol:agriculturea,- fanghton-was- nominated for '''''4411. " '6c t4C -S-46 cfiiavghton: „. , . '-atic'tr ce-claimed. -- - —lcip ilrro of ai Eft ` ��;'h ► T- - hil iy� '� it in T ekate at ac,- . Speaking at his nomination ' former air base. He said 75 • Reeve Bert Such. Guest speak. convention in Clinton Legion p ty our budget," Minister. students had already enrolled' er was Provincial S ecretary and Hall last Thursday he was nom. and commencement was still Minister of Citizenship and inated Progressive Conserv-. four weeks away. It .is expec. Immigration Robert Welch, St. tive - candidate by acclamation Property tax reductions as outlined in the Smith Report on Taxation would be paid for out of revenue gains _ resulting from "The provinces continued economic .growth, and savings resulting from the governments intensified efforts toward eco. nomy- and efficiency in its ex. isting operations," he said. His party "would not buy -this- sobering series of tax changes without first consul. ting its- municipal partners or tau=t F P the-- peogl ,c&lhe�.u�laravrrrce; - he said. • On 'the local scene Mr. Mac. Naughton described the Centra,..' lia Industrial Park project as a "solid and practical exper. invent" which would in • time - These changes, said Mr. Mac.• be self•li9uidating and provide Naughton, are not designed to «handsome dividends" to increase the 'total' tax paid by Huron. the people of the province. but He said the provincial govern. would shift the tax burden away ment+had provided anallowance from property to other sour- . of some $600,000 to adapt the ces which wouldbe'less 'harsh') 'buildings at* the forner air - he said. port for industry. (Tne govern. These increases did not take meet had previously paid appear we will be fax below saidthe He said official announce. ments would be made within a few days on a number of new firms who would be locating. on the industrial site. Nego. for Huron in the upcoming elec. .tion,. Mr. MacNaughton said there were ° four. alternative ways of raising funds "if we don't get more federal money." Money could be raised, he said,by ,broadening the present --r--etail ..sales=. _.tax. base---ta_i.n.. clued services not now being taxed; raising the present sales a -six percent-f�rom -the re.�- sent five percent; imposing eight percentage points on per- sonal income tax and by •rais. ing the gasoline tax to 17 cents from . the present 16 cents a gallon. ted the school will have a total enrolment of 100 this year. He predicated some 400 students Goderich Reeve Bert Such left is seen chatting with Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, center, at the Huron Progressive Conservative nomination convention in Clinton Legion Hall last Thursday evening'. On right 'is Provincial Colservative Party president Elmer Bell., Reeve Such nomin- ated Mr.• MacNaughton who was then declared the candidate by acclamation, - F Donald C, MacDonald, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party; told •`newspapermen at a press 'conference in Seaforth Friday afternoon,that the main issues in the -October' 17 elec, tion were housing, the cost of living and rising taxes. In each case, he pointed to govern. ment's reluctance to come to grips with the problems facing most Ontario residents. MacDonald called the Pro- - gressive Conservative housing . program a "patching_ up pro. cess"' with the government "playing -it by ear," hoping the voters would "forgive and for- get". He. called attention to the ''eleventh hour plums from.the • Smith Report" and said the sav- ings promised were "an illu- sion." The leader said the PC budget calling for no increase - in taxes- this year was a "pre- election gift." Noting pr9vin. - cial government had drifted for five years waiting for theSmith Report, MacDonald predicted savings would be eaten up by the huge financial deficit still to be .considered. Of the cost of living, Mac- Donald proposed a prices re- view board to halt risingprices. He spoke of a "consumer sub- sidy" to farmers to raise farm Dennis ONei11, 13 -year-old son of M -r. and' Mrs. James O'Neill, of Kintail neighbor. hood, was the object of an in. tensive, 36 -hour search which began Iasi Tuesday evening and ended Thursday mornings when, he was found•• y -his . father in his barn. Dennis attends St. Joseph's Separate School,. Kingsbridge and was first noticed missing by his teacher, after the after. • noon recess. When Dennis failed to appear for opening classes Wednesday morning, the principal notified --the •Goderich detachment of the provincial police. An initial search failed to reveal any trace ' of - the mis. sing O'Neill boy. The Mount Forest detachment .of the Pro- vincial Police were notified and a• German "Shepherd tracking dog was sent to the scene. The dog was unable to pick up It scent and was withdrawn. - Later in the ,day a search plane, flown by Don Fisher, Wash. by Corporal. ash. burn,- was despatched to the Kingsbridge area fromSky Harr bour airport: The air search failed toyielda, any sign 'of -the boy. - '� The Goderich Lions club corn• _ menced its forty-fifth year of cominunity service during the weekend under 'the chairman- ship of the club's forty seventh president, Lion Ralph Smith. The president outlined to.the' club at its first meeting of the 1967-68 term plans for the term and also reviewed briefly the various fund raisingplans which took place during the Centen. nail celebrations. Past president Ernie Craw. . ford was presented -with a gift .am behalf of the club in appre. ciation of his leadership and responsibility with four . hund. red •youngsters on a - six. days .stay at Expo. • Markoosie, an Eskimo from Resolute Bay, had. just landed this single engined aircraft at -Sky Harbour when his wife, Zipporah,and son, Ipellie, hurried over to greet hire. Markoosie has been taking a private pilot's license ccurse at the local air school, through the sponsorship of -the federal department of transport. Upon graduation, only a ,few days° `away, "Mark" and his family will return to the government supply base at the tip of Baffin Islandwhere he will' commence flying for a northern airlines•servi.ce. (Staff Photo) The• hunt intensifie_ d later Wednesday, when about 50 Can.' adian forces personnel from the Clinton base were moved -into the Kingsbridge area. A drive was organized from the high- way to the bank of Lake Huron. The search extended north to. wards Kintail, along the lake shore between the highway and the lake. Still no sign was found of the boy's ;whereabouts and darkness forced the Canadian forces members to discontinue • -their search. It was' not until Thursday morning that Dennis, was dis. covered hiding in his father's , continued on page 6 A 22 -year-old Resolute Bay Eskimo called Markoosie is learning to fly at Sky Harbour aAir.,S ckioul..Markoosie, Who ar• ..__- rived __rived at Goderich early inJuly, has been taking instruction from Sky Harbour pilot Don Fisher. After- making -several flights accompanied by Fisher, Mar., koosae was ready for his test flight. ;When not flying he had spent dearly every spare mom- ent .reading flight data" in an upstairs study at Sky Harbour's maih hangar. - About three weeks ago, Mar- 'koosie took off from Sky Har. bour on the first leg of h;.s • • - cross-country, triangle -pat,- - tern flight. He landed at a - //Kitchener airport which - suc- • cessfully completed the first -part of this journey. From there he flew to Wiarton airport; then took off and- headed for Sky Harbour. e Markoosie expects his train" ing will be over shortly. 'He look his` epartmont of 'Frans. port written test about a week ago. If the results are 'satis. factory, he will get a private pilot's license and will be o:ie of the few Eskimos in Canada • to earn this distinction. He first became interested in flying at Resolute Bay, NW''.'., a government supply camp- - at • the tip of Baffin Island, "We_dy" Phipps, owner -pilot of a north- land. flying service, took Mar- koosie along on. some of his 500 -mile flights northward to a government weather station. It was during these long Artic flights; that Markoosie becama • familiar With airplane handling, aviation instruments and navi. gation. - Markoosie's flying ability came to the attention of federal. officials stationed at the nor. ttiern supply base: -They made a recommendation to the federal. department of transport that the young Eskimo be sponsored for a private pilot's license' course. "Ma"rk" - was in a position to benefit from the flying instruc- tion. He had acquired a -know. ledge and fluency of English through sederal years of cor. respondence courses and night school while living at Resolute Bay and at Port Harrison on the Quebec side of Hudson Bay. While stationed at Sky Har bour, Mark and his wife, Zip. porah, ,and three-year-old son, Ipellie, have been billeted at the Tiger Dunlop Inn. Markoosie states that the food served here is much fresher and more var. ied than their -northern diet where most of their food is tinned. ' - "� 'The Markoosies have toured Goderich at different imes and Mark claims that "It's a very -continued on page 6 Dr. G.L. Morgan Smith, Li- beral . candidate for the Huron riding in the October 17 pro. vincial election, feels a need for "province wide zoning" to ensure that good farm rand is not swallowed upby industry, At a meeting in the Huron Centennial School last Wednes. day, electors from Tuckersm ith and Stanley area were invited to ' ask questions and join in a policy discussion. Dr --.Smith expressed a personal belief that the people should have more say in their own future. He said that the recent "Smith report" had uncovered many anachronisms in' local govern- ment but •" he could not claim to favour the idea of abolishing county control and substituting regional government. Deprecating ribbon develop- ment, Morgan Smith said that there is a real need to 'prev- ent fertile agricultural land be - continued on page 6 income but keep food costs low. The NDP leader admitted the problems surrounding subsidy payments to the farmer were ."complex" but suggested that "not mueh more" would -have to be added to present subsidies to make the plan feasible. . "We will need the co -opera. tion of the federal government," he added.., - Harbor Master .. Only about 20 percent of On. tario's farriers have an ade. quate income, MacDonald said:. ' - Another 40 percent of the pro- vince's agricultural population eould possibly reach anade. quate income level 'with some assistance from government. while the remaining 40 percent was '„'marginal'' with an impli. cation that such farmers would be retrained for other lines of • - -endeavor and their farms tur. ned-back- to wooded area. When questioned about how` the NDP proposed -to raise `the money to "supplement the sup. plements"t to the farmers. Mac. Donald*explained the funds would - Five Goderich boaters were. rescued from the choppy waters of Lake Huron by harbormas- ter Allan MacDonaldin the Mac. Donald Marine - tug Ian Mac: The incident occurred late Sat. urday "night after their 7n.frig+ cabin -cruiser ran .out of gas, and left "them stranded about three miles south of the har- bor. Aboard. the fibre -glass crui. ser were Hedley Prouse, owner of the' graft,, and four passen. gers, Jim Fellows, his wife,and their two children; Brian 5, and Brenda, 7. They cleared" the harbor about 3:30 p.m! Saturday and after -a • three-hour lake cruise were heading back towards the harbor when their fuel supply Norm� ly,+ the 25 -gallon tank holds erx'dugh gas to supply the cruiser's twin 75 HP outboards for an eight hour trip. Mr. Prouse stated however, that he had taken his craft out for' a cruise earlier in the day and the fuel supply was lower than he realized. When the engines quit, Hedley estimated; they were about eight miles off shore about 6:30 p.m. and approxim- ately three, miles south of the ,town. An anchor attached to a 50. foot 'line was thrown out. It found bottom and held -the boat from drifting during the early period of their wait., Later, the anchor let go and the cruiser began drifting south- ward at an alarming speed. Another 50 -foot piece of- rope was attached to the anchor line and it was thrown overboard again. The cruiser's- southward drift was halted when the anchor caught solid . bottom and held. During •their sojourn, flares were sent up periodically but continued on page 6 continued on page 6 Winners of the various Cham. - pionship golf matches held Sat» urday, September 16, at Mast& - land Golf and Country Club were as -follows Club Championship - - match: Tony Bedard, 64; over . Izzy Bedard who carded an 82. Winners of- the Meris night club tournament were: 'Charlie Naftel who posted a 66; Brent Nelson and John Brady were tied in second position with 67 each. The S eniors'__ marcid xta&_3�1 by Guy E mer son whowas award. - ed the Ron Menzies' trophy; Bill Ross placed second in this event: ' The Juniors' Club champion was Olvier Sproul who won the . continued on page 10 Royal Arch ,The officers and companions "of Duron Chapter No. 30 of Royal Arch Masons observed their 190th anniversary with a• . banquet, entertainment and a guest speaker at the Christian Education wing of North Street x, United Church, Friday, Sept. ember 15. The R,A. M.'s, social evenings also attended by members wives. began at 7:30 p.m. with an opening address of wei. .come by Right Excellent Com. panion Hugh Hill. • Grace was arrnounced by Rev. Rt. Ex. Comp. J. Cliff Blit. continued on page 9 Goderich youngeters are becbtning very conscious of traffic safety- ..this year. Constable.Crosothaite,'-of the town police force, spoke 'to a kindergarten class at Robertson Memorial Public School Tuesday Morning about the importance remembering traffic safety rules. The 21 children in- this kindergarten class, taught by Mrs, Stan Free, lisjeried attentively while a real, '„ rive, uniformed policeman. emphasized the traffic safety rules' which their teacher had told them about when they first came to kindergarten class. The posters on the bulletin board indicate that the Majority of these youngsters would recognize MC. Crossthaite as a policenman the minute he entered their classroom. (Staff Photo) Goderich may -be the site of a college campus associated with-Conestogo College, Kitche. ner,before long,says a m^mber of the board of governors. Q Reeve Bert Such said in a • telephone interview Wednesday - that "Goderich has been looked upon favourably" as a site far a campus associated with the new college of applied arts and technology which is scheduled to open in January 1968. "We could support a cam. pus here," said Reeve Such. We have the land available, with services suitable to sup. porting such a campus,he said, Mr. Such said he could for. see an initial enrolment of 175 to `200 students in Huron County. Conestoga College will offer two 'and three year diploma ,'courses secretarila science, computer programing and other skills- said Such. Head table guests at the Huron Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Huron Chapter of Royal Arch Masons''pbserved their 100th anniversary with a banquet'iand entertainment in the basement hall of , NorthStreet 'United Church, Friday night. Guest Speaker for the 'occasion was Most fix. Comp. Stanley Portch, Grand' I irat 'rincipal R. A. M, Proviilue of Ont"a il, whe is standing behindthe table -top desk; at his left is Mrs. Porteh, To the right are: Rt. EXE. Comp., W. Cl. "treble, Mrs. Treble, Mrs. llartlitt load Rt. Ex. Comp. ;Hugh Hill, (Staff Phote) -