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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-04-10, Page 1122nd YEAR 15 = THURSDAY, APRIL 10,1969 3 $10011 COPY I t 111111 II IIII It 1111 I I null INNMW ' 1 II 1 It IIII I I NI11 IIIIIIIII IIII Ill u 1 INIII l l' i 11 1 11 IIIA 1 1 1 I 1 1 I IIII In u l I l I 1N 1 u 11 II II 1 1 III I I In IW i I n1 l.11 i 1 I L .. .- l_ .._1 g11111111111111pIII11111NIIIIIIH11.1111111111111111NiII1111{IIIIIIIiI1IIIIIINIINii111111111111111111111UIILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIgIII{IIIIIIiiIIIINIl11UHNlNIIIIIIIIItItI.UIIIHIIINNiNIlIlIuuIII1111nIIIIIIl1lNlllllNlllllllllll111111 I I ! . ,i � . , , . Annual Synodical •to be Feld at Knox For the first time in 10 years the annual meeting of the Synodical' Society of 'Hamilton and, L9ndon Women's • Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada will be held in Godericg. The meeting will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church from April 15 to l'i. Mrs. Gordon , Whitton, pres., will be in charge 0 and the theme is "Togetherness with Christ; in prayer, action and faith.", The Board of Management, Synodical officers and Presbyterial presidents will' meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 and dinner for officers and voting delegates will be provided hy the Huron Presbyterial. At 7:30 Lam.. a service of special music wil%e given by the senior choir Whittington will introduce the 41 guest speaker, Miss E. L. McClelland, president of council, Who will speak of trips to missionary workers in faraway Rev. J. K. ]toss Thomson, moderator , of Hamilton and London Synod, will conduct the evening service. Rev. G. L. Royal, pastor of Knox, will conduct Holy Communion at 9:30 a.m. 'Wednesday. - The closing prayer will' be offered by Mrs.Imo, Coultherd, Stratford Presbyt ial. At .1:30 p.m. Wednesday an "In Remembrance" service will. be held with Mrs. G. Corman of Brantford in charge. Mrs. W. H: Adamson, treas., will give the financial statement and Mrs. Carl Remus, rPaisley, will introduce Mrs. William Fitzsimmons, Beaverton, who will present a travellogue . on the Holy Land, . The closing prayer will be by Mrs. Neil Macpherson, Paris Presbyterial. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, ,a . youth night will begin. Secretaries and leaders of COC, Explorers and CGIT will take part. Mrs.. B. Mundy, Woodstock, will introduce the places. guest speaker, Miss Margaret Ramsey, who recently , has returned from Missionary .work in Guiana. She will speak on the work carried out there. Evening . devotions will be' conducted by • Rev. R. U. McLean., St. Andrew's Church, Clinton. • Thursday morning devotions will commence at 9:30 with Miss 0 ' Vandals are on the loose in, Lily Mac9'Arthur, . a former Godelch and so far this week national secretary for children's h afire caused , an estimated work, in charge. Reports of $10,000 damage to used cars in committees will be given and the area. —_ _ unfinished . business will be Goderich Police Chief' Fred attended to. Minshail said this week'the first # reports' of damage to cars came The report of the nominating last Wednesday from Mills committee will be given by Mrs. Motors where 63 used cars had G. A. Gordier. Mrs. Donald windshields damaged by What McInnes will preside at the appears to be.BB shots. election of officers. Rev. G. L. The chief said the marks are Royal will install the new small, but car lot owners are fficers and following the faced with the 'cost ,of replacing cceptance speach of the 4 the windshields on all the cars if resident will _ give the they do not meet the mechanic benediction. 1111111111111111 n 111111111111141111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 D • ��o,000 damage • The first ship of the season entered Goderich Harbour last Thursday and was greeted by Dr. G. Frank Mills, mayor and members of council for the traditional presentation of the silk hat and cuff links to her captain. Left to right are Coun. Dave Gower; Deputy Reeve Walter Sheardown; Reeve Barry Worsell; Coun. Frank Walkom; Captain Walter Collins, . of the Paterson Line's KINGDOG; Coul.i. Ed. Geisbrecht; Coun. Paul Carroll, chairman of the harbor committee; His Worship the Mayor. On•the far right is a CBC cameraman whb was filming the arrival for the TV program THi'S LAND OF OURS which is scheduled for showing on May 24. NGDOC opens navigation The navigation , season got underway in Goderich last Thursday with the arrival of the Paterson Line laker KINGDOC. The KINGDOC, originally. scheduled to arrive Saturday put in an unexpected appearance Thursday morning and = threw town officials off their schedule fitness requirements. Estimate average cost of a replacemen shield is $100. Goderich Motors reported 24 cars hit; there were 23 cars and `sixschool buses damaged -at Extend contest date Huron Automotive Supply and damage has also been reported at Baird Motors, McGee Motors . and Graf and Harris. Chief Ntinshall said he felt the vandals had ]teen • doing the shooting from a car because of the distanee between the area hit, which could place the offenders in the teenage bracket at least. But the chief pointed out„ this does ' not' rule out younger persons. In other vandalism, soeone threw a stale through a window at the Pollution Control Plant and the town's Water, Light and Pollution Control 'Committee chairman, Deputy Reeve Walter ,Sheardown„ said , this week considerable damage could be done if, a stone gets into the gears at the plant. Police are keeping a lookout for offenders. • The due date for Essays and Posters in the OXFAM Walk Contest •is being extended to Friday, April 25.The prize winning poster_ may be shown on television oh Sunday, April 27.'The Posters are int':,ded to focus on the situations of Hunger and Disease in underdeveloped countries. The Essay Contest of 500 or Tess words, is open to children in Grades 7 and 8• and is to focus on the emergency aid and self-help aspects of OXFAM of Canada. Children up to Grade 6 may enter the Poster Contest. Posters and Essays should carry game, age, School and Grade of child and turned into the .S.ig$tI-Star office by 5 p.m:, April ' 25. • and CBC film crews, in town for the filming of THIS LAND IS OURS, into a mild panic. A'CRC camera man had to be flown in from oronto . and"' arrived in time or the arrival' and, docking of the first boat. - . Dr. G. Frank Mills, mayor, welcomed Captain Walter Collins on his arrival and presented him • with the traditional silk hat and a pair of cufflinks embossed with the town crest. Captain Collins., a native of St. Catherines, was also the skipper of the first boat to arrive in 1964. • The first boat'in last year was the Hamildo, a sister ship of the KINGDOC. Members of ,council joined °the mayor in the welcomin ceremonies and the captain was entertained at an informal luncheon ; at the Maitland Country Club. • IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlltl111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111III„IIIIII1111I„rn.,n11111 .OXFAM committee The Goderich "Miles For Millions" Walk on Saturday, May 3, not onlyy needs people to ,walk, but also needs people to RUN — the Walk. Organizing a Walk requires a great diversity of talents and abilities, as well as many people. The jINGDOC had sailed from her winter . quarters in Detroit the previous evening and "had fine sailing," according to her captain. No ice was sighted until she arrived off Goderich and the ship made good time through the three miles of ice that still lay off -shore. Only at one point did she appear to be having difficulty, just outside the harbour entrance and the tugs of MacDonald Marine , under skippers Donald Bert McAdam and Allan MacDonald, went out to stand by but sere not called to assist. The KINGDOC was first sighted a little before 10 a.m. about °five miles south of the harbour. She, entered the main channel at noon and saileTi'rom the Sifto dock 'with 5,000 tons of salt for Port Alfred, Que. at midnight. — Staff Photo.- Sifto'plan expansion... program 400, An expansion program at the work. The giraffe, -the local mine Sifto' Salt ,Mine at Goderich, manager said, is similar to the Ontario, has been .announced by hoisting baskets the PUC uses. Mr. I. H. 'Groom, General Manager of the Salt Division, Dogontro bylaw is' - passed' Domtar Chemicals, Limited, Montreal. . Additional , surface . facilities • are scheduled for. completion late in the summer of this yearn Plans are also underway to. increase tlfe Mine hoisting rate. These two projects are the first steps of an overall program designed to markedly increase the Mine production capacity. Gordon Muir, mine manager, laid this week, $900,000 would be invested in the expansion program for storage and production. With a 15 'thousand ton capacity, the new surface storage bin will be of a circular, candy type construction, and will be incorporated into the present dock facilities. The design was created. by the engineering department of Domtar, Goderich. . ', The additional hoisting equipment 'will increase the delivery of salt to the surface from the present 350 tons per hour to 450 tons per hour. Mr. Muir said the mobile equipment fleet has been expanded with the purchase of a new road grader from Dominion Road Machinea Co. Ltd., a 35 ton truck,- a drill jumbo used for drilling the salt face, and a • giraffe, used for high elevation Goderich town council last week passed a bylaw for the control of dogs inthe town. The bylaw has been . drafted frqrn a bylaw in effect in Guelph that has proven to be successful. Town solicitor Ken Hunter suggested the fee for females, listed in teh bylaw as $25, was too high (Goderich had set a fee of $20 for females, $4 for males) ' and also suggested a clause that. gave the dog control officer, 'authority to destroy any injured do, be deleted. - Council recommended that the last cla> be deleted and no action ,at taken on the fee of � $20_ ng reduced. Coun. Frank Walkom, chairman of the special committee, did however, state he would be pleased to hear suggestions from council on the matter. A "second bylaw, appointing Kenneth Boyce of Goderich as Dog Control ,Officer, was also.. passed. Mr. Boyce is to be sworn in as a' special deputy constable for the job. , •• .1 IIIIIIilllllllt'IIItIIIiIIIIIIIUNIIIIIIIIIIIItlllllllul �Dise o:� �1' n .. in . coun c' Home ands school over Snug Harbour Assoc. disbands . The Goderich Home and School Association has voted to disband. After a• general meeting of the Association held at Victoria School on Wednesday,. March 12, the executive recommended ' that the association was no longer in a position to continue functioning. A vote of members was taken and the decision was made to disband.' They have been -plagued with lack of attendance and lack of interest in the past few years The Association is donating $175' to• the trade 8 graduation class, ak,►d the remainder of the funds will go. toward a lasting memento -of -the' -Goderich Home and School needs Association in the form of a piece' of Canadian Art for each yourep school. • Presentation's were made_ to the president, Mrs. Dorothy Cornish, for her work in 'the Association, and to Mrs. Merle McLean for 25 years of service. If you_ would like to become MacDonald, 7604, Sister during Walk day, writing receipts more involved than just walking Monica, 946-2 or Bill' Garrow, after walk etc... or sponsoring people, and are 9178. not aware of what to do about ' Volunteers are needed in only too'glad to hear from you: publicity, planning, manning —° just phone Herb Murphy, ` check points,' pick up cars, 9185, Ron Price, 6682, Don manning the Committee rooms it, the following persons will be Do you have a son? Can you see your son looking like this? Hardly. Then for the sake of this young boy and the thousands more like him throughout the world; support OXFAM and its Miles For Millions Walk, being held Saturday, May.3, in this area. This pitiful bundle of bones is an Indian boy, Surinder Kumar. He taken to the Christian 'Medical College, Ludmiana, I ndia, on Augyst 22, 1066, by his father, an asthma sufferer. The mother does most of the work to earn money to prevent her husband and five childrenfrom starving. Surinder is receiving medicine, rich Consider dump site • • A new site is being considered _for the Goderich Town dump, it was learned ,at last weeks meeting of towcouncil. • Reeve Harry Worsell, chairman of the town's public works committee,• did not reveal the location of the site but told council tests had been carried out and the'site had been found satisfactory. lie said 'discussion with, the town 'of, Clinton and with Goderich township officials were. "progressing well;" and further details would be released at the next meeting of council. Clinton ' Reeve James Armstrong said this week he could not discuss the situation but said the matter was "being negotiated." Goderich Township Clerk R. E. Thompson "said the township council discussed the matter at its meeting Monday but reached no decision after 30 minutes of discussion. Representatives 'of Goderich Township council and Clinton council met with members of Goderich town council in March at the Lavis Contracting' Co. sand and gravel pit on highway 8 at Holmesville Correction The obituary notice in the April 3 issue of the Signal -Star concerning the death of Mrs. McKay incorrectly stated the funeral service was held at Lodge Council last week approved the recommendations of the harbour committee to rehire Alex Wilkins as dock superintendent at Snug Harbour. Deputy Reeve. Walter Sheardown was opposed to the acceptance of the report suggesting the town should tender out the marina operation at Snitg Harbour. He said the operation was "taking the bread and butter oui"of the mouth of a man across the' harbour."' Coun. Deb Shewfelt said he was not opposed' to hiring Mr. Wilkins for the lob, but suggested it would be better to tender for the, position to give other residents an opportunity. Coun. Reg Jewell, a member of the harbour committee, opposed the $55 per Week wage recommended by the committee_ stating stating the committee. had ' agreed on a $45. per week wage at its meeting. . Coun. Carroll said it was true the lower • figure had been a p proved, but on further discussion with Mr. Wilkins, the $55 figure had been found more acceptable. He said he had IIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIII IIIIIIII VIII III IIII IItIIII11111IIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll notified all members of -the committee by phone aliout the change and had no disagreements from them. Coun. Jewell said it was his • underatanding that when the telephone call was . made the notice to council had already been dispatched and nothing could be 'done about it. He .said he would have agreed with the increase if it had been taken back to the committee but could not agree with the manner in which it was -presented. _ The committee recommended 20 per cent of dockage fees also ' be paid to Mr. Wilkins, and that he be hired prior too, the season at $25 per week to supervise the area while boats were being , made ready for the water. Deputy Reeve Sheardown stated_ again he was opposed to the recdmmendations saying,the ,. town "is not running, a, charity institution down there" "Coun. Carroll informed the deputy reeve the small boat harbour was not a charity organization, but a money making proposition forthe town. diet, vitamins and treatment at the college -- all made possible by Funeral Horne. 1tshould have u ut Is of etto sten In Days b� d tali' dmthe=serui skh ld_ai�.�Si. Of Camelot IN DAYS OF CAMELOT, directed by Miss Doreen MacKenzie, will be presented this evening and Friday in the auditorium of -GpCI. With a variety night theme, the show is a co-operative venture of staff and students. Seen in dress rehearsal left to right, at Miss MacKenzie, Karen Palmer, Jennifer Cook and Dan Ik b i he still too weak O br Peter's Catholic Church old. His abdomen is swollen; his limbs are just bones. He was andl.wa about, is. Roman len. =�5t' a# o o.