The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-12-07, Page 1120th YEAR - , No. 49
Council
et it
Glance
A letter from Pilot Insur.
. • • +ante Company informing coon.
cil of fiction being Initiated
against the town by that coni.
pony on behalf of William David
Steaart of Tara, was received
and filed, Stewart's automobile
was involved in a collision with
a" traffic island on' Britannia
Road November 1a,µ • .
Council approved a motion
which would have town by-laws
prosecuted by the Police
Department, with the town sol.
icitor being notified only in the
case of guilty pleas.
• A petition from the Goderich
District Collegiate Institute
Board requesting drainage by
means of a tile drain for the
school's sports field was re.
ferred to the Public Works
comm'.ttee.
A letter from the Department
of Public Works, Londonbranch
acknowledging council's appli.
cation for lights -to be installed
'at Snug Harbour was referred
to the Harbour committee.
Harbour committee chairman
Councillor Ray Robinson repor.
ted his committee had been ne.
gotiating with Major oil com.
pany for erection of a proposed
"marina building at Snug Har.
hour next year. He said thepro.
ject was the first phase of a
three-part renovation program
for the harbour area. The other
two phases will involve the Main
and south beach areas.
"Worse' than any amount of
Hondas we had running around
there this summer" was how
Mayor G. Franck Mills described
the noise from deisel trucks re.
portedly left parked with -their
engines running on The Square.
The matter was left with the
Fire, Traffic and Safety coma
mittee with the suggestion that
the Police Department be re.
quested , to instruct offending
drivers to turn off their engines.
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Rolston Wins
Canada -Wide
• Liaht Contest
Public Utilities Commission
01 anager D. A. Rolstonlearned
ecently he had won a Canada.
wide competition on street light.
Mg -installation open to 28,000
persons in Engineering, Arch.
itecture and Utility services.
The "Lamplifier Mystery
Contest." sponsored by Can.
adian Westinghouse Comeany
Limited, was entered by 4,000
persons from across Canada,
who submitted written answers
to problem« regarding street
and parkinglot lighting.
'Subsequently, mathematical
skill -testing questions were an.
swered by telephone, following
Which Dave was informed ay
telephone and later by telegram
that he had been chosen First
Prize winner.
He .and his wife were enter.
tained at' the Royal York Hotel
last week, where they were pre.
sented with tickets for a 'round.
the world flight to South Africa
Belgium, Spain and other points,
by John A. ' Campanero, vice.
president of Canadian Westing.
house. '.
-Dave said later he'und .his
wife had decided not to take
the trip, but wound use the $1,000
cash award given. in lieu of It
for a holiday in Florida.
Council Refers Proposal
o Finance Committee
Highlight of the year for Goderich children came
Saturday afternoon when Santa Claus,paid a visit
to the town to correspond with the second annual
Goderich Christmas parade sponsored by the
Goderich Businessmen's Association. Nearly
2,00Q kiddies had an opportunity to talk to Santa
and recei*e a bag of candy as down payment
on the gifts they asked the kindly old gentleman
to bring them later this month. Above, four-year-
old Gary Oke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Oke,
R. R. 1, Goderich, catches Santa's' ear with a
request for a new racing car set. (Staff Photo) •
Santa Claus Big Hit
Qi. Saturday Parade
With his hearty • "HoI Hol
Hol boosted by a public address
system, Santa Claus made good
on his word by coming to town
Saturday' afternoon. •
Apparently his list of
"naughties" was heavily out.
"'weighed' by "nices", for he
distribute d almost 2,000 bags
of candy to Goderich children
before boarding the late sleigh
to the North Pole.
The visit was sponsored by
the Goderich Businessmen's
Association and town council,
and was the climax of six weeks
of preparation for the second
annual Goderich Christmas
Parade.
Nineteen floats, rangingfrom "
the Father Nagle Council,
Knights of Columbus entry de.
pitting the first Christmas to
a funny Frosty the Snowman
riding on the Gardiner's Dairy
entry, were on hand to create
a festive mood.
Thousands of children and
parents lined the sidewalks as
the show. moved from the"God.
erich Mem erial Arena, led by
the Clinton CFB band and God.
erich's Centennial Queen, Miss
Mary Ahara. While the wind,
grew nippier, the atmosphere
seemed to warm as the magic
-moment of Santa's arrival
neared.•
Tne parade began to roll
promptly at 1:30, made its way
north on MacDonald Street to
Britannia, east to South Street,
and then .north tO The Square, -
where the biggest part of the
crowd was awaiting the spec-
tacle. .
After a trip around The
Square, the rest of the parade
retraced its steps whileSanta's
float, sponsored by the Busi.
nessmen's Association, backed
up to his throne in Courthouse
Park, where the jolly old fel..
low was welcomed to the town
A proposal to move industrial
and tourist promotion from the
'jurisdiction of town Council into
the control of a proposed eham.,.
ber of commerce was referred
to the Finance. committee for
further consideration at coun.
nil's regular meeting Thursday
evening.
The proposal came from Fred
' Salter, president of the God.
erich B;isinessmen's Associa.
tion, speaking before council as -
the secretary of a steering
committee set up last Week to
organize a chamber oft com.
merce in the town.
Salter had previously sent
a letter informing the clerk
that the Goderich Business..
men's Association had voted to
disband effective December 31,
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at its regular luncheon meet.
ing November 22. •
The letter cited"increasing
interest shown by businesses
other than retail", as the reap
- . san for the 'move to discontinue
the association in favour of a
more broadly representative
group.
In his letter, Salter said the
present membership of the as.
sociation consisted of forty per.
sons representing retail bus.
'Victor Lauriston Public
school apparently moved a step
closer to the wrecking hammer
this 'week,
--The -Goderich-Public -School
Board decided Monday to re.
tain the architectural firm -of
Riddell, Connor, Ball and Irvine- .
to prepare plans for additional
rooms at Robertson Memorial
School to accomodate Grade 7
and 8 students presently attend.
ing Victor Lauriston.
The eight -room Robertson.
t school was built four years ago.
A landmark in Goderich, for
almost a century, the Victor
Lauriston School was built in
1871 and served as a high school
and later Goderich Collegiate
Institute before' becoming a. seri.
for public school.
No specific plans' for the old
building were disclosed ,by the
board.
Dy Mayor G. Frank Mills.
There •waS only one drop. Thumbs Down
out along the route. The horse.
drawn float enteredbythelnter.
national Association of Machan • ®n Oil 'Land
ists'local 1863 developed trc able •
with its transmission and had
to quit the parade while still
on MacDonald Street.
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One -Horse Garage
Will Soon Suffice.
Council decided to turn God.
erich into a one-horse town last
Thursday evening.
Town Solicitor Ken Hunter
was instructed to draft a by-law
which would limit to one the
number of horses that could be
kept within town limits. •
According to Ontario Munici.
pal Act, Hunter explained, coun.
cal could not prohibit the keep.
ing of horses within the munici.
pality, but could limit the num.
ber, and could apply the pro.
visions of the Public Health A.ct
regarding domicile of the ani-
mals. -
Replying to a question by
Councillor Ray Robinson as to'
how the Ontario Municipal Act
distinguishes between horses
and other animals which can be
prohibited by a local govern.
ment,- lie said the provisions of
the Act probably went back to
the • days when the horse was
a necessary beast of burden.
Tliis brought. a query frorri
Reeve H. 13. Such whether oxen
were considered beasts of bur.
den for purposes of animal con.
trol by-laws. Hunter replied
that oxen • were classified as
cattle, and thus could be pro.
hibited.
'The new by-law, if passed,
is not expected to apply to
persons presently keeping
more than one horse, or those
who wish to replace a horse
which dies.
Councillor Bruce Erskine's
motion to have the by-law pre.
pared was .seconded by Deputy.
reeve Harry W orsell and passed
unanimously by a full council.
A spedial safety award marking six years Of accident -tree
work by employees was Presented to the Goderich Public Utilities'
Commission by the Electrical tTtilitiesSafetyAssociation Tuesday
evening. The event coincided with the third annual employees
Christmas party staged by the local commission at the, Harbourlite
Inn._The presentation was One of the highlights'bi a busy evening
consisting of a banquet, address by W: R. Mathieson, Toronto,
.Lainager and secretary of the„association of Municipal Electrical
Utilities of Ontario, and professional entertainment, Mr. Mathieson
left, made the presentation to W. J. Mills, centre;'chaiiman of
the Goderich PUC, At right is Ogle Miller, an employee of the
local commission with an accident -free record of 26 ygars of
...consecutive service. (Staff Photo)
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•
No action was taken on a
proposal to buy a small parcel
of land between the Imperial
Oil storage tanks and the town's
water -pumping station when
town council held its regular
meeting Thursday evening.
,The • issue arose when town
solicitor Ken Hunter said he
had received a verbal request
from representatives of the pre-
sent owner, Im;)erial Oil Coma
pany Limited, for clarification
of council's intentions regard.
ing the land.
Councillor* Ray Robinson,
chairman of the Harbour Com.
me ttee, moved that the town pur.
chase the -lot, which measures
77 feet in depth, by 200 feet
o.l the road front, by 300 feet
at the back. Cost quoted for the
land by the present owner was
$5,000.
"If Imperial 011 sells this
land to some other person, it
w-iuld be unfortunate for us
to lose that green land,” Rob.
inson said.
The motion was lost when
no seconder was forthcom!ng.
TWO BIEAKI-N$
ON WEEKEND
. Two South Streetbusinese es.
tablishments were forceably
entered over the weekend, and
more than $1,000 was stolen
from one, Goderich Police De.
partment reported this week.
Early Friday morning, an em-
ployee of Remington's IGA dis.
covered a rear entrance to the
building had been forced open.
A lock had been drilled to gain
entry.
Investigation revealed that
4,100 was missing from the
'teem ises,
In the second incident, at God..
erich Motors, a late model sta.
tion wagon and a motor bike
were stolen. -
• A 14 a year • old Goderich jug.
venile is in custody charged with
break, enter and theft in the
vehicle theft.
Police say the warehouse at
the firm was entered and fig.
nition key "fdc "'the two vehicles
removed'.
Both vehicles were later re.
covered by Goderich police.
The motor bike had been aban.
doned after apparently being
pushed to the Goderich
Memorial Arena.
The station wagon was re.
covered about a anile north of
town on a dead•end section of
Highway 21 which ends at Dun.
lop's Tomb.
A spokesman for Goderich
Motors stated the stationwagen
had received slight damage to
'the luggage compartment.., Mile.
age recorded. on the speed&
teeter indicated it had been
driven approximately 15 miles
before being abandoned.. .
fines a.nL.Lthirty--five in other
types of business in the corns
munity.
He admitted laterthat at.
tendance at the association's
meetings has been poor. fie said
only nine of the seventy-five
members had been present at
the November 22 meeting.
A planning meeting was held;
Monday, Nogember 27 with re.-
presentatives . of the associa.
tion the 'Wu/Arial and Tour.
isf Commissiois°` `" - .,..;w.:
` Shaver, assistant O1ltario Mai%
ager of organization service:
for the Canadian Chamber of:
' • Commerce and the . Ontario
Chamber of Commerce,
Salter said It was decided
overwhelmingly at that meeting
to hold- a gene organization
- meeting meeting to cre, e a chamber
of Commerce.fo xterich Wed.
nesday, December 27., Mayor
G. Frank M:Sls was invited to
chair the meeting.
Reeve H. -B. Such said the
idea of a chamber of commerce
was not a new one for God.
erich. He said the town •had
benefitted by having abusiness•
men's association which had
taken an interest in town ale
fairs.
He urged council's full co.
operation for the proposal, and
asked • them `.o consider res.
cinding bye-laws 15, 18 and 26
of this year. These by-laws
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Motor vehicle licence plates for 1968 went on sale in the Goderich
area : this week. -The warning posted behind Department of
Transport employee Mrs. Olive Sturdy may have nothing -to do
with the new licences, but should still serve as a useful reminder
to area motorists to obtain their plates early this year to avoid
the last-minute rush early in the new year. (Staff Photo)
Town Bid Lets Nod
Goderich will receive assis-
tance from the Ontario Gove n.
ment in its bid to attract v
industry, Mayor G.. Frank
disclosed this week.
The Ontario Develoii,1t .t
Corporation announced Tuesday
its approval of the town's ap.
plication for aid under the pro.
vincial, scheme to equalize in.
dustrial opportunity across On-
tario.
Under the plan; unveiled 'in
October by Economics' De.
velopment Minister Stanley J.
Randall, new industries moving
to a designated community, or
existing industries wishing to
expand will qualify for provin.
cial loans of up.to one --third of
new capital investment, to a
ceiling•of $500,000,
Each loan is interest-free,
with one-tenth of the debt erased
each year for the first' five
years. At the end of the sixth
year, if the new plant or ad.
dition is still -in operation. and
performing satisfactorily, the
balance of the debt will be for.
given.
The town's eligibility for as.
sistance will expire June 30,
1969, but may be renewable for
an additional 18 months if neces.
sa; .
naking_the announcement,
M Mills said he was "very
pleased" with the approval
given Goderich's application,'
which he said was submitted in
late October.
He saw it as an encouraging
development for the town's
plans to expand industry. '
"Goderich is probably better
situated than many other com-
munities in Ontario as far as
providing services to attract
industry," he said.
The plan will go into effect
immediately, the Mayor said.
tabour Council
Medic Appeal
Gets Sympathy
Goderieh District Labour
Council is receiving sympathy if
not outright support in its cam.
paign to attract new medical
services to the town.
Letters were received by
Ewan Ross, council president,
from Provincial ' Treasurer
Charles McNaughton, MPP for
Huron, Robert McKinley, 'MP
and Allan J. MacEachen, minty
aster of national health andwel•
fare, .expressing appreciation
-for the council's concern in the
matter.
The Hon. Mr: MacNaughton
relayed a message from • On.
tarso Minister of Health Ma.
thew Dymond, in which he said
he had turned the matter over
to the Ontario Medical Associm'
ation with an urgent request that .
' they "look into this kind o2
thing, and try ,to propose to • .
me some solution to the prob.
lem."
"I think .we are coming to
the point where I, as: Minister
of Health, will have to recom.
mend that we retain a cadre
of doctors- who can be alloca.
ted, at least on a pro tem basis
to areas of this kind," the
minister said.
Mr. MacNaughton said Dr.
Dymond's reply indicated that
concern of the Goderich organ.
ization and "many other com.
munities across the Province"
is leading to a general examin.
ation of -the problem.
Mr. MacEachen stressed that
licencing of medical practition.
ers comes under provincial Jur.
isdiction, but expressed the
hope that a federal studies pro.
gram currently underway would
indicate how Canada could in.
crease the number of its health
personnel.
The communications were a
result of lett' sent by the
labour council•a st month r�
questing immigration - laws be
relaxed to permit more medical
personnel to enter the country,
and that other measures be
taken to relieve the doctor
shortage in municipalities such
a s Goderich.
Ron Carter, an employee of the Goderich Public
Utilities Commission f y the last nine years,
who has now terminated his employment with
the commission, was honoured with a
presentation from his fellow employees at the
third annual Christmas party sponsored by the
local 'PUC for its employees tad their wives,
town council and guests. The party was held at
the Harbourlite Inn Tuesday evening, with about -
110 persorfs in attendance. The presentation watt i
made by J. W. ",Woody" Wood, a lineman with
the commission. (Statf,Photo)