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THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1969 SINGLE_ COPY - 15c
Sherman Blake treasurer
Municipal officersassoc.
elects Wein president
The annual meeting of the
Huron County .s Municipal
Officers Association was held in
the Clifton Legion Hall last
Thursday.StanleyTownship was'
host .to " the more than 150
representatives of' 2-6
municipalities in the county.
Wilmer Wein of Crediton,
clerk -treasurer of Stephen
Township, was elected president,
suceedirig Mel Graham of
1rucefield, Stanley Township's
clerk -treasurer.'
Vice presidents are Bill King,
clerk -treasurer of Brussels,. and
Elgin . Thompson, reeve of
Tuckersmith Township.
•
Secretary is John Berry, Huron
County. clerk -treasurer, .and
.treasurer is Sherman Blake,
Goderich clerk -treasurer.
• Elected as executive officers
... were Ivan Haskins, Ilowick
'Township, one year,; Wayne
Horner, Zurich, two years and
A. D. 'Smith, -Bluevale, three
Mel Graham right centre, outgoing president of the Huron County Municipal Officers.Association, .
congratulates hi
successor, Wilmer Wein of C,rediton, Stephen Township clerk treasurer, at the
• association's annual meeting in Clinton last Thursday. Huron MP Robert E. McKinley is at right, with
Clinton Reeve James Armstrong at far left and beside him, John Berry, Huron County clerk -treasurer.
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Little Theatre plans English pantomime
Two productive meetings of audiences alike.. "Phis will be a
the Goderich Little Theatre.were first for the GLT and will be
held recently: one last Thursday° written and directed' by Brian
to make .plrns- for .the annual Markson, one Well versed in the
meeting _ aiid to select the. new theatre and known in Goderich
executive, and one on Sunday to for hiscliterary accomplishments.
consider the playbill for the It will be staged in the main4
coming season. auditorium at Goderich District
At the Thursday meeting', a Collegiate.Institute. the only hall
new executive was chosen and in; town large enough to put on a
the names will be released at the, spectacle of this size.
annual meeting to be held June - Second effort by the group'
25 at the Pizza Patio. Details for will be a mystery. as yet
the meeting were. also finalized. undecided on, and the season
' • On. Sunday • the playbill of will end with a corfi'edy.
three productions. was decided Some members expressed
on. First production will be an concern over whether entering
English pantomine which will the Western Ontario Drama
appeal to young and adult. • League competition had taken
Council decides
away from, 'productions by
causing the cast to become
.anxious. It was the feeling of
member~ that it had and this
year the group Will not compete,
but will ;ake, advantage of the
adjudication facilities of- the
\WOi)T..
The (ALT is still hoping to
gain support' in its nenlh,•rship
,and any • person i111('re>a(`(1 in
little theatre work..of any kind.
-should contact members. -4Iage
hands,. property workers, people
for lights and. above all, easy.
are always in demand and GLT
members are always happy to
talk about their hobby.
After a morning briefing on
the Canada Pension Plan by a
-national health and 'welfare
representative, 'the officials were
',served lunch by the Legion
Ladies Auxiliary.
(' 1 i nton Reeve James
Armstrong extended..a welcome
.on . behalf • on Mayor Don
Symons who was unable to
attend. Elmer Hayter, Stanley
Twp. reeve, introduced members
of his council. •
Elgin 'l'ho.lripson
'I'utkersmith introduced
speaker. 1)r. Peter A. Forsyth,
physics professor and director of
the centre for radio -science at
the • University - of Western
Ontario in London. • -.
Besides the four •men just
mentioned, at the head table
were • Robert E. McKinley, MP
for Huron; Murray Gaunt; MPP
for Huron -Bruce; A. D. Smith,
Turnberry Township, 'reeve; . W.
11. King, Brussels clerk -treasurer;
13. G. Hanly, deputy county
clerk -treasurer; Ken (', r'lett,
manager of the Bank of
Montreal's Clinton .branch: W..\.
B. Hill. the bank's, district
manager and Mr. Graham.
outgoing president..
• I)r. Forsyth spoke on I he
con temporary. university . in
general . and briefly about UWO
in particular. He told the Iluron
leaders that sniall numbers of
(`ampul dissidents must not he
allowed t.(> erode the goodwill of
the • community which the
university needs.
Municipal drains.:and how to
coordinate their const met ion
was the main , topic of. an
afternoon pal el disco sion yvith
J. W. BriIncll, county (engineer.
a- chairman.
Panel members were Elmer
1) Bell. (1.('., of Exeter: 11. 11
'1'odghan of Chatham. a drain
engineer: \1r. 'Wein of Crediton.
the new assoeiallon 'president:
•1). Ganishy. from a Guelph
engineering firm:r,l: rank Smith.
.drain officer for the Dept. oI'
\idhicipat Affairs in London and
\1urraya 1) Lawson. an
accountant
of
the.
No miction -needed on
Council will not act an a
letter from . the federal
department of transport
concerning a complaints' that fill
is being dumped beside the
Maitland River near Indian
Island.
The letter said the Navigable
Waters Act •prohibits work "on,
over or under navigable
waterways without the
authorization of the
depart ment." -
Nothing has been carded out
"on, over or under water," said
•Mayor Dr. -(;. Frank Mills, He
.aid fill has been leased by the
town, but no application is
nece:ary. Council agreed.,
'The Tetter did not state who
the complainant was.
— ' In recent weeks, council has
been in disagreement with Mr.
and Mrs. Ben*., Homan of
Goderich over dumping of fill
which provides access to the
river for small boats.
The ' Homans own Indian
island and plan a marina
operation on it. Mr. Roman said,
recently that allowing boats to
be launched at the site would
take money away from his
proposed business.
In other business, council:
'1' Announced it will pave part
of Oxford Street in the town's
east end to eliniiriate a dust
problem.
Moved t:o review the, traffic•
bylaw regarding parking on
four -lane highways after ('O00.
Dave'Gower asked for a ban on
parking on the town's two
highways, 21, and 8. .
Will install a flashing phase to
the Victoria and I lamill on til reel
traffic lights IFI he put i'n
operation during hours (I' light
traffic.
Announced it will install a
temporary storm sewer on ,tones
Street to help prevent hasemeni
flooding. A 1 t) -inch. 650 -fool
pipe will• he installed for 52,500.
WorksTerews have been required
to pump out basements during
recent rain storms.
Accepted a Iluron ('ounty4
Steven 'I'ruscott, in prison for
nearly 1O.years for .slaying
12 -year-old byline harper .when
he was 11, becomes -eligible for
parole in two'kveeks.
Historical
Society
holds election.
Forty \\ eekly newspapers in
Huron County have gone 'out of
existence -in recent years, George
Ellis, former publisher of the
Goderich Signal -Star. told the
Huron) County llistoric•al.
Society's annual. . meeting
Monday night,
. The newspapers have either.
quit publishing or' 'ha\e
anialganlated with other papers.
'ThI county now has. nine .
weeklies. •
Harold Turner of Goderich
.was elected the new
president of the Iluron County
1listorical ,Society when they
niet for the annual meeting' in
the Auburn, Community
Memorial hall on I\londay , Ma}
26. • He succeeds \1r. J. W.
McLaren who has served as
president for the past 1wcl years.
• The early -history of the
district was gih1 a
Auburn d h ven
panel- consisting oI' 'qrs.-Charles
51raughan. 11 is. Margaret
Jack'son. \Irs. William l ('raig
.and Mr. Norman •Mc•Dowell,with
\urs. \ti' liradnil(•k as
cc1111111('nl al or.
\irs. 51raughan vent hack to
the da\ s of the first set 1 ler Eiieas•
Elkin in 1 S 18 and told about the
life of the early settler and .Mrs.
Straughan--tntd \\ IP11 twr puri Ills
(arm. from Statile\ and seined'
east of Auburn. She also staled
that-she.is now living in 1h(' laird
house built by the Elkin family
as she had gone as ;1 bride on the
farm soul h of 1 he Illake
O\ erlonklllu; 1 f1(• - \lattland- 11 i\ er
\urs. ('rain .poke• of h( r
'grandparents \\ Ito \\ ere (l.6
early settlers and told about her
father l(`adil((.i ('him Il sinking
with a tuning fork.
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complaint
council proposal on rental of
Goderich Public Lihrar\ for
191i9.,, The county will pri\
s2, 100 for the property with an
extra 56'00 for capital
expendi1 liras. The count\
assumed operation of all libraries
in the county this year and rents
library properly from the
.municipalities. •
Council is preparing for the
arrival of a niusmobile.
Council has been informed it
is 52 feet long, it is the first of
its •kind in Canada and it is going
to visit South-wesfern Ontario in
.lune.
A tbusmohile . is a mohile
museum the Rot—al Ontario
useum in Toronto has
prepared. it contains an
exhibition of Soufh western
Ontario archeology .
Council has heen Piked h\
the museum to help provide a
parking space. but council
wanted to know 'Thur- day night
when the nlusmohile will arrive
and how long it will slay.
OXFAM
The proceeds from the
OXFAM Walk have now
passed the $10,000 mark:
Receipts early Tuesday
morning had totalled
$10,883.27.
Goderich LionsClub held its first *Youth Night on -Thursday, May 15, with each Lion bringing a
teenage guest. Miss Ontario Dairy Princess, 21 Year- old Beth Stansell of Aylmer;was guest speaker.
She told the 90 Lions and guests present of the contests she had to go through to become Dairy
Princess and, spoke of her trip to the British Isles. She was introduced by Ernie Okell and thanked by
Peter McEwan, Guest" Consisted •of any young friend or relative of a Lion and were introduced by
their positions, such as baby sitter, paper boy; etc. President Jim Coulter explained this week the
Lions felt small children are catered to at Christmas with Santa Clause the Ladies' Night has become
an established night and this youth night now takes in the other members .of the families. Left to'
right are Gail Fritzley; Dennis Reed, Mr. Coulter, Miss Stansell, Linda Moore and Robert Coulter,
representing the guests and Lions present. — Staff Photo.
Lions summer school in
Goderich Lions Club fears the
proposed • summer school,
program planned for this year,
\\.ill fail before it gets started.
' Lions' president. Ji m ('ou t tt'r.
said this week. there are only 17
registrations for the se\ ('n
courses offered. 11egiSl rat ion
Closed. officially May 20- but has
heen extended.
\ir. Coulter said Ihe'rr had
herrn a _lot of criticism in recent
months of, school facilities not
heirs; Made avaitahle for tise
after regular 'school hours. h;l
now that the facilities 1ia\e heen
made av al lahlc•' anis a service el uh
Ila., Otiered- 1(4 pa\ additional
l'\p( Il•e.. -- ..Il(11)1(d\
we'll,' 10
he interested.'.
TTu su114111Ir Sc11 ur1 is open to
people (fall ages front
grade eight lip." No credits, are
(d ored \\ i t h f he c1111.1 .. hu
\ar\ front se\\ Inv and
typing to French and theatre
ark
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1 \\ o-hoiir a da\.•roul-.e. \\ as .et
,11 `.; 1 t.F \k refnndahll i1 x:11
per c•eNI at lendance. is ac he\ ed
The Lions \\ ill still 0111 I he
course if enough applicants are
rect'i\I d. hug Wile is 0e11111g
short Deadline no \\ 1111. b((•n set
at .lune ti In older to lel file
prospec•ti‘e teachers know
\\ Nether or not the w III he
required.
\pplieat ions st(Oill(.1 he
mailed or taken to 1 oderic'•h
I)ist ricl ('olleglale Institute. 2611
South Street. Goderich. as soon
as possible enclosing rekisl►•ation
fee. -
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Courses offered are typing,
d.
w o o » or king, art, ` sewing,
con\ersational French, theatre
arts and general business. All.
courses are for beginners with
the exception of advanced
French and advanced typing.
The theatre arts course will
jeopardy
•-centre around elocution and
voice production, stagecraft
dramatic- structure and play
production. The general business
course concentrates on common
topics that none is likely to meet
in business dealings • suc!► as
- mortgages, real estate practices.
Councillor hit
Dodgers win
(1 oderic•h Dodgers ladies
fasthall learn opened the season
I uesda\ night M\•itll Councillor
Paul Carroll at hat and Reeve
Red \\orselt on the mound.
( obeli 2 and 1. The hatter drove
one into left field to start things
iliov Ing.
The Dodgers dcfeated-
I rodhagen 6-3.
I h tigers were
the 'score, hoard
Walter scoring on
first to make
with Norma
a.walk in the
2nd inning. • In the 3rd inning
lirodhagen took advantage of
I hree ( lloderich errors and picked
lip Three runs. ,
Dodgers tied the ball game in
the 1th with bases loaded. Mary
Kolkman was walked bringing in
one run, Betty De- Bruyn. picking
up her firsl'hit of the night to
score Sharon Sillih. In the 5th
1nli 'norm - -Walter _walked.
moved to 2nd on a hit fro'n Lit
MacDonald and was brought
around to score on a hit from
Be\ Wright. in the 6th inning
Dodgers picked up Iwo more
s Reeve!;:
opener.
runs to end the game 6-3. Mary
Kolkman picked up another
walk and scored on Betty De
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Helpers
helpers
One group of people
conspicuous .,by their presence
on the daof the May 3
OXFAM Walk, and who have
not received the plaudits they
deserved, were the volunteers of
the Goderich Brigade elf the St.
John's Ambulance. •
They were everywhere they
were needed -- when they were
needed. They placed their new
well-equipped and self-contained
ambulance at the disposal of the
committee and the walkers, and
were graciousness and
helpfulness personified.
The Committee and Walkers
are sincerely grateful and extend
a sincere "Thank -You. -
To request rescheduling
of This Land of Ours
Goderich 'Town Council
'T'hursam. night voted to request
the ('B('. CKNX Channel
\\',nghanl and ('FP1, TV Channel.
10 London to re.schedtile the
program This Land of Ours for
showing at a later date and
earlier in the day.
The program, schedule for
showing last week was filmed
earlier this year in Goderich and
dealt • with the opening of
navigation in the town.
CBC transmitted the program
from its Toronto stations at 6'
p.m, Saturday and the program
was re -taped and transmitted by
local channel according to their
own schedule.
CKNX scheduled viewing for
11:35 p.m. Saturday and CFPL
will not be showing the prograi'n
at all due to a football game at
the time the program would
have been shown on Sunday.
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