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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-02-13, Page 1ro N,nc! 7 THURSDAY, L COY 124 IIII IIII IIIII I I IIIIIIiIiILI 1111t1111111t11111lH11111111l111111111(lla[ILiNIii1111111U1111.111t1t111.I1i1Elu)111Jt1JINlIIINih 1 o I iII III I I 11 oluin11111111p11111111D11111Q1H111111111lilli 11111111111111 11 I k . 1 t 1. 1 111 I I I I IIII i II 1 1 1 1 IIHHI111IHII1111111101111tiHI;t1R1111t(llil)1111¢IIHIiII111111111it11HlHlhlul111 11N i .I 1.,1..1.11111111i,1u 1 Ii111NIM11.111NNI11N1i111111111HII111NN11NI11111H111HiH11f1111111111�11#1111Ht1iHhIIN11111111111111111111HII11H111111111111111111111.1111111tIIIlIHIH1111111111111IIH.I 1 1 H(lhlll 111.1.....11111..1,1.11, _ . Helen and Hip Whetstone Refire. From Business Life BY ADRIAN SWANTON Closing time at 'the Canadian Tire Store Saturday, January 25, • Helen Whetstone" served the last customer, said goodnight to the staff, turned the key in the lock and 30 years of serving, the Gbderich business community came to a clone. Mr. Whetstone recalls the first customer when "the; new" Canadian Tire Store opened: on Hamilton Street in April, 1939. Bill Clarke was the customer. He purchased, a car • jack, and it was the only sale made that day. Hien and Nip Whetstone had just moved. to Goderich from London where Nip had been employed by Imperial Oil. He had. purchased one of those new Canadian, Tire franchises that were springing up across ,; Canada. With no experience, shoestring financing and abundant faith in the future of Goderich -T the doors of The Canadian Tire Store were opened to the public. From this beginning, . Mr. ,:and Mrs. Whetstone have seen their business grow into. a larger store on North Street (the present location), and continue to grow until "a man didn't have.time for a'decent'smoke". If . Goderich has . been good to the Whetstones, the Whetstones have been very good for Goderich. Nip and Helen, with Lorne and Dorothy • Wakelin, created what is now Young Canada Week. Young Canada Week began as Young - Canada Day. The year - 1950. The place — 4' the new Goderich Arena,,with,• of all'things, artificial ice. Nip, concerned over the•lack'of competitive Pee Wee (12 years and under') hockey, invited teams within a 50=mile radius to a bile day tournament. Twelve teams entered. „ Helens and Dorothy made,. lunches for the players, and Helen drew. up- the Schedule. •Referees were "conscripted" .on the Square. 1951 ---Young Young Canada Day became five days, and 25 teams entered. Helen and Dorothy,made "lots of sandwiches". 1552 — ,Nip cried "help", and the Lions Club sponsored Young Canada Week. Prior to Young Canada Day, Nip was active in all categories of Minor Hockey. He was instrumental __in taking._manY ,Goderich „Juvenile and Midget teamsto the All Ontario Finals. "The great problem was finding ice to play on", he recalls, The closest artificial ice was either Stratford or Owen•Sound". • During athe 1945-46 • season, Nips remembers returning tb Goderich from Barrie with the juvenile team in the early hours of Ape morning only to board the waiting bus to take the midget team to St. Catharines to play off with Thorold for the All Ontario Championship. , . "Minor Hockey would not have been successful , in those days without the dedication of such men 'as, Don MacKay, Joe Murphy, "Shinny" Schoenals. Hank and Walt Westbrook, and Guy Emerson". Mr. Whetstone is the recipient of both The 0.M.H.A. and WAO.A.A: Honour Award "for outstanding service to Minor Hockey". uncilior estions convention iiornt Councillor Dade Gower, chairman of theThe reeve said he felt it would be a good, town's finance committee, 'last week idea to have as,,many people .from council questioned the need', for four members 'of present as was' possible for the promotion of council to attend the (.rood Roads the -town. 1 -le- 'named a 'number of local Convention to be held in Toronto next companies who would have rooms at the month. convention and said it was a good way for Councillcr Gower said in the past it had the town to become kno*n and It-•Qu(d cost the town a considerable amount. of -help local industry. ncillor Gower said it was not his money to send delegates to the convention Co and -felt some control should be- exercised suggestion to stop delegates' from going over who might,atterld for the full four days. entirely, but only to restrict the number that The councillor said it had cost the town goes. "We have a lot of conventions coming in excess of $684 last year to send delegates up," he sail, "and we should think about and from the number' of councillors who them too. said they. would be gging this year; he Reeve Worsell said to his knowledge there estimated the cost would be over 5800. •were only two conventions with the other "I 'can understand the chairman of public one being the convention of Ontario Mayors works and the chairman of the finance and Reeves and he said he "felt the town committee going," he said, "but I can't r� "h.advnot been overdoing it." justify the others.'' Councillor Gower said td It was agreed that the reeve and deputy the town was alwati's concerned aver where reeve, with any .other members o1 ,council the' money went' until it comes "time for who wanted to attend, should be allowed .to."' conventions.'_ "We seem to thin_ k the sky's the limit". He suggested the number .be limited to two with the new members of council permitted to attend the first day which is set aside for new'rouncillcyrs. Mayor Milts asked who intended going and Reeve Worsell said he understood Deputy Reeve Walker Sheardown and Councillors Reg Jewell • nd Frank Walkom had expressed a desire to attend.' - Councilior Jewell suggested the finance chairman was "way out on his rigures," and was replied to by Councillor (iow°er who said he could supply a detailed listing of expenses incurred at the convention last year. . Councillor Deb •Shewfelt said another aspect, to. be ` considedered was that local companies would be. represented at the convention and feit'it would be good to have representation. FIVE: a D y D�livery When Nip wasn't involved. in hockey, he was in baseball and softball as manager and ;�� coach during the days of Judge Costello PR ETTY .PATTY WAS CROWNED G.D.C.I. LAST FR .EVENING` PERFORMING YEAr'S QUEEN: (PHOTO BY RON PRICE). t IIIIIlI11111111111NIII111111111iIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItIII I.crck Crat IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIftt11111111111111111111111111111111.111111111111IIIllllllllllllUlllulttlltullll►IIIlttllullUIIIIIIUIIIIII II � d . � d('iiver� f delivery wicket al the main post LADD IDAY SCHOOL QUEEN AT THE THE CEREMONY • ANNUAL "AT DUCKWORTH, LAST: IS MARY HOME HELD AT _Letter.c`arrier delivery service and -delivery crf -parcel- post will be made t\1ou.day. to Friday bnly. commencing Febi-uar\ 17. week and .for emergency calls have been Goderich Postmaster A. M. liolllutll approv,e'd as have additional expenses for making, the announcement, told the employees worlillg away from" town. Vacation pay has been increased -by Signal -Star the box lobby .and rural route approximaiei, one per cent for all service will not he affected. • ernplo�'ees and the Ideal plant will now close for a t wo--week holiday at the end of July. One extra statutory holiday, Boxing Day, swill also he given. Shift premiums have been increased. • each ontract • gr�ement - Goderich Manufacturing Company Limited this .aveek reached an agreement with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, local 3054 after four months of negotiations. • The new two-year contract will expire . December 13, 1970, and calls for an increase of 17 cents per . hoar retroactive to • mid-December 1968:...__ Additional sich, }benefits have • been approved and employees •will now have 75 per cent of Ontario. Hospital _services paid and 75per 'cent of Health Insurance paid for them by the employer. Starting minimum rate is row• $1.70. per _hour.. -students employed. --from_-111ay_ to _ .September will receive 51:60 per hour. A further increase of 13 cents per hour will become effective December 13 this year. All rates are minimum. :Pas. increases for work over 40 hours per All financial wickets will .be closed on: Saturday find the post office will close ,. weekdays at 5:•15 p.m. A pub post -office will he opened at Fincher's• store. on The Square and Will be open six daz. s per'week. ro ns wilt be registered• items ``�- — — \ ,\ \ \\ \ r. etsto �\ylis befit he \ \ V. \ ' ' A beeh . A x150 te•lev'isibi- Mngham and London. as' �4. I'I „ sun( �-• also be _ would a 1 .b � •c 1 d :'ta to � vv t er' h Ions C u _ U e �ti ..� Ic \\ _ ); ca f • ' 1.9 U D D - I '41 r( c ;_.� � , � 11,, .��- serl�ic'e--r-n�`�C,oderich at -a <=c St :� Stereo' l served m ost office. including, for many was made Thursda night to town council by Ronald Macintosh ' Jr- of Airland •- available on the Sante cable, he said. Mr. Macintosh said the cOmpany to be " committee d j g years, chairman of the hock ey„ when the Lions „Club Sponsored all minor hockey in Goderich. ' le'd the'Id b p t`e d 'by- c f t I •ision facilities available to local ro� 1\0 i I\I a •'f Ask County Yawn For talion i�opr��on . Communicat,ic�-t s Se`rviee Ltd., Strathroy• willing to Make thousands of dollais' worth t said servo e wou E' (t ('rii ) e ('\ The Whetstones are now residing at 188 a privately -owned local' company to be. schools for educational„ purposes and an The monthly fee tor the,ervi(e would�be Warren Street and are looking for'Ward- to called Blue -Water Cabtevisiorr' Ltd., now additional cormllunity service Would be S5'after. a S10 instattati.- i charge. - •••1le sat e1 75 per cent of the ca'Bie's- nec•essary for ..the system .,\.v.oul_d be placed_ underground with the remainder lo be strung 00 public utility. poles if agreement can be reached with (;oderich Public Il.itities Commission. • travelling extensively. The first trip planned being formed. is to Harbour Grace, .Newfoundland, to visit Mr: l�'lacIntosh said he and members of their old friends Dorothy, and Lorne his staff would move to Goderich where prbvidcd through closed-circuit television carrying programs of local appeal. .IIe said ,these would include-' local news and• sports events, adult education and public -affairs and services, -.The channel. could also be used as a community bulletin board with an elaborate weather information syst.enl and back�,�.rou'nd-music. Wakelin. additional°staff would he employed: -The. proposed service would provide 'Helen andi.ip's retirement is only -from television viewers with reception from'three business. Their dedication to the community Detroit channels as well as from ones in most certainly will continue. Kitchener, Bay City, Mich., ilamilton, ,The town of Goderich iso to ask county a council for consideration in adding, member, representing the town, to the county regional planning investigation committee. Councillor Paul Carroll at 'the February 6 -local 'hockey Tans Lo mike if special effort to • meeting of - town • council asked if any ,attend either one or both of the gam ' to member knew whyw,Godrichal-e coun Y help alleviate the financial pr I(nst lafac seatlavas excluded from the committee. , involved in finishing out of the -playoffs. Reeve Harry Worsen said he and Deputy • Harry, Kerr, Booster Club president and all the reports team manager.stal.ed, "The fans have always Reeye.'Sbeardown could .bringsupported us well during the playoffs and of the committee back to town council if that's when we've made the nlone<' that cotfnctl vv1shed and Councillor- Carroll sa`ITl-- _:, ______ ._, town should have representation 5-5three minutes after the opening he felt the 1? Siftos Tie on the committee. The Siftos' game here last face-off on a play (hat showed ii 17.-.... • �>w • • g ',p.m.Yater cry„r �1.,,1i, g ,.. s,+,. n1 ,• •n.,•:u By Richard Madge a) Siftos will bring their J ' The .Goderichg 1968-69 hockey schedule to an official end this weekend when they play their final,two home games, bot'n. against the Stratford Warridrs. The first of the pair will be played Friday at,8:-30; the second Sunday at 8:00. Booster Club officials have declared this b all c n and areurging Week d "Booster to b e a able. ( he to e nOffice. to ke neral hick will be open from S,:30 to 110011 for this purpcl' '��on ��.� \ ,; � .t. � A} c � e l Ile i t ox s tivill Ot t s -ref .. 1? --mu be c) �lE nia tTS post fire take n I . deposited in the mail slots provided as no over the counter buSiness will be handled. It is suggested' parce't or items needing ti) he be aft clec \at t\tie 11r'esen1t time'\\»u allA� a\il weighed be taken t` Fincher's stare. cti ng toward John 1 on behalf Preszc hetor nl tarrison, Jewett Li tttejoht� For of an of the the, company personnel d Stephen also was manager, N. London conipan, union (;ofschalk. des- „Robinson. Adams. aided the was Walter and Gordon bers\ \,\(�� 1 r>\1>e and qh • Piric;.� ��siii a �``t' f(>\r \\\ "The \'2 M\r'act' was ratifie 1 Februat , and\ Recreation Board Council "resetved its decision pending a - The Goderich . Recreation and presc'ntajion from Rcn�gers Cable TV Ltd., ' ('oitiinUnity-Centro Board met '1londav night ` with �(;,.-11. Miller: -of the Youth and Recreation „ Brat3•h of the Ontario Department .of Education to the the grant structure with regard to recreation for the tow n. Councillor1)ave (;ower. chairman ofthe t(vn's finance c•o01111111ee and Hill 1.umh\, arena manager. were present for the meeting. -;discussion w.i- held concerning:, Toronto. 13011 companies had been invited tb attend• the meeting this week but the Rogers firm .was unable to make a presentation Thursday due to • ,,prior commitments. allows us to, operate the next. • year. Unfortunately, this year we didn't make it and it.'s going to he tough fina'ticially". Whit club officials are hoping is that the many area fans who never manage to gel to the rink titltil playoffs, plus the local' supporters who have stuck with the team all winter.,, will all .get behind- the team this ¥reeke�nd. \ couple of good gates could go a long way towards ensuring that the Siftos ar('.hack in business next fall. Bayinggone_.lhrough a "building year:' 1ift,_ tc rr- -�tl many young end inexperie.nyc'd players, the Siftos should he ready to come hack next year with a real contender. tt too hiR a deficit from this y'ear's eperation•could be 'a real barrier to a st.ccessful start for next fall. uulµ,nnn .ncir/rAnwu'm+ r.. • amrrrnnrnannmromiw,nn rvi„mmr• 6,,A1 orm„urnnn uo .. .: tti(�a-r' -hca>pf•tlg ...tlae•- pec >ple..,caf .G;(acic_.r.r.c..l:t.. will show their community spirit and their desire-, to keep Junior '1?n' hocke\ aeti\ e here • by supporting, us at the gate this weekend. - said Kerr. Strangely enough. the t;iimes will mark the (11111 appearance of the Stratford ream here this year The Friday game is one regularly scheduled for that -lime: the SuntIav gante frr)ni a postponement of a game scheduled for .lanf(:.iry 1(1. POO -The filldnce at the Sunday night game will he watched closely for another reason by club officials. They ilre thinking seriously •T 1 , 's 'r , is i. a regular ti 1 ' s' it 9� nights of.fid, f tin 1 n t i u ,. t, t, home dale for next season and are anxious to see the fans reaction to the experiment. Mayor Dr. 'Frank Mills said* would not Friday with the St. Mary's their persistance around the countyto add one name to Lincolns provided plenty • of Lincolns' net . be hardomr the good hockey despite the fact Bill Riordan put the Lincolns r the committee and Reeve Worsell said the town could send a letter to°county council that the two teams are 'bottom. -en even tens with RIO Siftos r .►1!1, Y 's-�sildered,�. • men on the totem pole in league when he took advantage of some 11w.t11L . ,•,- .�.0 tdtn�:. . —weii dai:ca art.01 Sifts olll other Deputy R.eeve Sheardown suggested the period came at :, town wait until the report ort of_the committee __ . The teams battled_ to a 5-5� d e f e n c e in a n . of the p r draw in, contest thatproduced It looked as though the when Lincs' Ed Parkinsnn scored is k�r(tiu};ht in to county council; but it was p suggested the letter be sent as soon' as lots of excitement for the fans. period would end as a 1-1 to cut the Siftos' lead to one lkliblWW. ' The :Siftos opened the scoring stalemate, which would haver goal. been ,pretty indicative of tile. play, but the i,incolns scored (lie last minute of play The Siftos wasted no time taking command of the pia\ in the second period. scoring play P , - .4 '}'lie 1.irlt's got then; fortune's thee: on the Track • within the first minute of 1 h final gime _Ron Miller who had hcen ineffective for must of the night, scored f he go- ahead foal for the Siftris near the four minute mark The • lead stood u ) for eight minutes. Phil 1 owar got l e egiiatizcr for the Lincs, scoring -*on passes from McDonald and Parkinson. , 111110- UMAN FOOT? it possihilit theft 1111 oht't('l found 011 ( en I c1 O d ,. ,„ southf ;O I hi, ht<ic Il six ” nmll 111 an lhrhitt \ss rt'prese was signed' Feb ruarv'i 0. . t:ni(n -a-nd t•t)mpan}' officials said ills week negotiations were carried out in a very aimiable wit as opposed fo the last contract \\ hich was r3ached only after strike action. Discusses Grants financial management of arena funds and the possibility of 'grants- for.,expansion or • impro\ements at -the .arena were also discussed. \Tr. \litter pointed out -several types of • grants were available hut suggested a.detailed list of required changes be sent to the Ontario 1)epartmenl of :Agriculture to . ascertain which woutcl 114,11;,4Hgibler'grants. ��ith `reti'renc•e t.auriston ( hoot vv hie h the Bopting to trrxerxemawasagmamm w:n for recreation. \1r. \Filter suggested grants corgi fill.,(). he a\ailable and this too should` be recently. is a human foot. will ri'main in douhl for some tiime yet according 10 the Goderich l;)a;tY>flimciiT- c r h c ()11t�i1nri inc ial Police The oblec•t has been sent t o I he Cent re of I' orensic Sciences 111 lnronlo and I he results of Ie5ts being conducted 1 here \\ ill not be. aiailahlc until some time in •\larch. ,Several boars ha\e disappeared in the area 'in event yt;'ars- and a-ntttnber• of ,"bodies of nersoris who drowned In 1 he area have not been rec•o\ered. It is ex peeled thrtest- -.will show if the foot is of hudilin origin, and if of what sex. and 11 nittZtit also he possihtc to discover whether I he person died from nal ural causes r--Fut•°-areic-len4-444--cic a as..anight_tesk1:1t_..0 n a . ''xplosion The discoy(ry wit made almost two weeks ago by children lhav'ing on the beach. ,. n nqr n.n T..,rn r, investigated. The question of leadership for recreation programmes was .also discussed and Mr. \tills r stressed the importance of having leaders` and., informed the group leaders' salaries w ould he eligible bIe forr one third grants: The Board is to investigate the matter fur her. � kes e Council For Decisiori Dr. G. P. A. Evans, Iluron County medical officer of health, •Asst iThursday rc)+tWt�l Mayor Frank Mills, in eon cik nrng sown rounciits derision against relocation of the town dump. in a letter to council, Dr. Evans expressed, "grave concern" over the decision to keep using the existing dump inside the town limits. • - Ilei_ c°a ttrc: �d�urnl7 a disgrace' and a health hazard and said its continued use is rri direct contravention of the Public Health Act. i.