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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-06-12, Page 1• 122nd YEAR - 24 Will ban highway • parking There will be no parking on Highways 8 and 21 in Goderich between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., once a new ruling, brought in by' town council Thursday night, goes into effect. On a recorded vote, council' decided 7-2 in favor of banning parking during peak hours on the only two through highways in town. An earlier ' motion to ban f parking entirely on.. the two roads was defeated 6-3, also on a recorded vote. The recommendation for the ban had been presented May 31 by Coun. Deb ,Shewfelt, chairman of the Fire, Traffic and • Safety Committee, f6r consideration. Coun. Shewfelt said it was the feeling •of his committee that a dangerous situation existed on .the highways with traffic being reduced to one lane when faced with parked cars. Deputy Reeve Walter Sheardown, opposed to the motion, said he felt the ban would open the roads up as speedways for motorists. He said Goderich should be able to have M the same parking as London. Coun. Reg Jewell; the other member opposed, said he felt it would create hardship for a local store owner and the store's customers. Coun. David „ Gower had originally brought in a complaint on parking close to the new set of traffic lights on Victoria Street. He said the parking, . together with parking permitted across the street at Cutt's Supermarket, .was _ creating •a dangerous situation and urged action- be taken before a serious accident occurred. Police to i nvesta te abandone.. house To install larger fenders at T,, •a 4 THURSDAY JUNE 12, 1969NO,LE C PY ----------'"°'°IIIIIIIIi.IIIIllI11111111mI111illlllilllOTl(IIIIIIII1111111111111111111p1111111111mImt11111mmililllllllluLdilllllllmomillll111alllmllllllllmlllllnlllllllllllllnllllnmmmi nllllillii Mil 1111g4gtg !illi . Four injured. Area.. youth killed in An Auburn youth was killed and, four area teenagers injured Friday evening, June 6, when the c�c in which they were riding collided with .a second. car on County goad 25 at Carlow, Dead is 17 -year-old Lawrence H. -Smith of RR 2, Auburn. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. N. C. Jackson of G o derich, Huron County coroner. Detained in Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in fair condition with multiple injuries are Nancy Yanderbbrgh, 13, Port Albert; Norman Stephens, 16, Dungannon and, James Granger, 17, the driver of the car, Prom. 258 Huron Road, Goderich. ' Treated for lacerations to the nose and face and released' was Janice Vanderburgh, 15, of . Port Albert. The driver of the second car, Roy Wallace Hardy, Belgrave, was not injured. The accident happened " at 8:30 p.m. Friday when the southbound car driven • by Granger failed to stop at the intersection of Huron Road 1 and County Road 25 and was, struck broadside by the Hardy vehicle which was travelling west on County Road 25.; , Police said the car tore'down a pole and struck a guy wire on a second` pole before .coming to rest. The dead youth was in the rear seat of the .vehicle. Ontario Provincial Police from the Goderich detachment investigated. `" Charges are pending. Lawrence Smith' was born in Toronto on October 16, 1951, a son of Joint Henry Smith and the,. „former Edna Jackson. He lived in Toronto until the age of five when he moved with his parents to Dungannon. He attended schools there and was a student at the time of his death. He was a .member of Jehovah's Witnesses. Mr. and 'Mr§,. Gary Doak step from St. George's Anglican Church Saturday, June 7 following their wedding ceremony. Gary is a defenceman with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and Mfany -of the big namesin hockey were present for the event. His bride is the former Judith Isabelle Shore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert James Shore of Share Gifts and Appliances. — photo by Ron Price uuonnuluutluiniltlntltlnuuuunluinnuumlllnlnullllllulllllullllullilllilllllilliiiiiiinlinlliniiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuunnuunnlmiiliillnuuliimnlnlltftilllllilmnt Goderich ,Police Department has been asked to investigate an • abandoned home on Trafalgar Street. Coun. Reg Jewell asked council Thursday night to have the property investigated as it contains an old refrigerator which could prove to be a hazard to children. He said in his opinion the building was dangerous and a fire hazard. He said one child had already been trapped in the basement of the- old, frame homer and he was afraid children would be trapped inside the building if fire should' -break out. Deputy Reeve 'Walter Sheardown said children were using the building to play in and were smoking cigarettes there. He said he also felt the building could be a fire trap. Coun. Jewell said he was also afraid of young children being locked in the abandoned refrigerator and asked for quick action. Parole. board, reserves decision Officials • at Collins Bay Penetentiary reported Wednesday June 11, the , National Parole Board has reserved its decision on' ----an application from convicted inurderer Steven Truscott. No reason was given for the decision, and no new decision date was set. June 11 was the earliest possible - date the 24 . year-olds-youth-.-cauld have .been paroled from penetentiary. • Truscott was jf4 when sentenced in a Goderich court, tor• be hanged for the murder of 12 year old Lynn Harper of Clinton, whose body was found near Clinton in June of 1959. The sentence was later • co'mmtlted to life imprisonment. Truscott has always denied committing .the crime and supporters succeeded in having the case sent to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1966 for a reference. The court ruled that it a would have upheld the conviction. If the board rejects parole, irtuscistt cannot'` 'make another application kir two years. If it. recomnl,ends parole, the re6bmmendation rnt,st go to the Federal Government + for approval or rejection. The . federal Department of Public Works is to install Iarger fenders on the east side of Snug Harbour dock. _ A department letter informed council last Thursday tenders would be called for the work which is expected to take about one month to complete. Deputy Reeve :Walter Sheardown said ,it would have been better to have larger fenders all around the dock but was advised by Dr. G. Frank. Mills, mayor, the department would only place them on the outside area. In other council" news, Coun. Area student graduate Bonnie R. Weber; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Weber, 152 Widder St. graduated from the University of Waterloo on Friday, May 30 with her general Bachelor or, Arts degree in Sociology. Joan Hindemarsh, • daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hindemarsh, Goderich, graduated from the Whitby Psychiatric .Hospital School of Nursing on Friday, June 6. She will take exaniirfation for registration in August. Miss ,Hindemarsh was presented with an award for the highest standard in Obstetrical Nursing. Harry J. Terpstra, son of "IVIr. and Mrs. J. S. Terpstra, RR 6, Goderich, graduated from Kings. College, University of Western Ontario on Wednesday, May 28 with his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Psychology. — Bill Barett Studio. Mr. Edward A. Sanderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sanderson, Guelph, graduated recently at the University of Guelph convocation ceremonies with his Bachelor of Arts degree-,',',. he majored in Sociology. He received his secondary education in Goderich and lived here for several years. Mr. Sanderson is married to. the f+ortner Jeanne Burr of Lindsay and has accepted a position with McNeil Laboratories in Don " Mills Ontario. --Beta Photo Studio Rosemary Turland, St. graduated University of Guelph May 23 with an honors Bachelor of Science degree. Shewas one of 700 graduates wit° received degrees at the university's ninth and largest convocation. —Beta Photo Studio 58 South from the Surviving with his parents are four brothers, Alvin, Iohn and Gary, all at home, and James, Welland Port; one sister, Mrs, George (Rita) Neill, Toronto and: grandparents, Mr. • and Mrs. Carlow Lawrence Smith, Dungannon. The funeral service was held at Stiles Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 10. Mr. Charles Barbey officiated. , Interment was in Dungannon Cemetery. Fallbearers'we> a Laird Spevak, Doug and. Barrie Rollin, • Mattious Lolse, 'tom Bxad e..and Gert Newmerman. Flower bearers were Alvin, Clary and John:. Smith and Johnny Luise. Farmer injured in car- tractor crash An Auburn farmer underwent emergency ,surgery at 'Clinton Public Hospital, for leg .injuries 'suffered when a car rammed a "tractor and sprayer on County Road 8 a half -mile south of Auburn last Saturday afternoon. The injured man, Clarence R. Longhurst, 57, of RR 1, Auburn, was riding on the sprayer which was hitched to a tractor driven by Leonard - Archambeault, also of RR 1, Auburn. Mr. Longhurst remains in hospital. His condition is said to be improving. Mr. Paul Carroll, chairman of the' harbor committee `'reported, lighting' was being installed on the new south beach. Goderich PUC is doing the work. A complaint that large trucks are using The Square is to be investigated although it was pointed out the Goderich Police Department can do nothing, to prevent the trucks until the new' traffic,bylaw comes into effect. Thtown's tax bylaw has had to be changed. Council has been notified by the department of municipal affairs it did not conform with the Assessment Act. Council had offered a four per cent discount if takes were.paid by June 14. It has now been returned to the original _two per cent. M. L. Heatherington has asked council to consider closing off a 33 foot road allowance . on Gloucester Terr. adjace*nt . to property he owns and convey the land to him. In a letter to council, Mr. Heatherington said he had purchased three lots on the north side of Gloucester Terr. ti overlookia.g the golf course, but had since discovered there was not sufficient room to construct the three homes planned. He said the road at that point is 99 feet wide. The usual road width in town is 66 feet. . Gloucester. Terr. was at one t 'ne the main route to the Maitland Bridge across the Saltford flats, and the 99 'feet wide allowance was to Three injured Robert .Neil Witmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Witmer, 68 West St. graduated ° from Queen's University, Kingston, on Saturday, May .31 with his Bachelor of Arts degree. He,. plans to leave for Japan in August" and will teach English there for three and one half years under the United Board of World Mission. -•- Wallace R. Berry Phbto. Archambeault escaped harm. The driver of the car was Gordon W. Pickett, 20, of RR 3, Clinton. One of two passengers ' in the Pickett car, Nancy McClure of Blyth, was checked at the hospital and released. T1t o t her passenger, Kenneth Leibold of RR 2, Clinton, was unhurt. . The accident occurred about 3:50 p.m. at a point where the Bounty road dips down, crosses the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks' and intersects with the Station ,Road. • The tractor and sprayer, which had been working in Mr. Longhurst'S' fields nearby, drove down the Station Road and crossed the county road from east to west as they headed toward the Maitland River for water. Three Goderich township The • Pickett car, tr residents , were admitted to north on the county roa Alexandra Marine and General Hospital oil Monday June 9 following a two car accident iii Goderich Township. Mr. and Mrs.. Bruce Culbert and one year cSld , son Arnold were admitted to hospital with undetermined injuries. Mrs. Culbert and her infant son were released Tuesday. Mr. Culbert remains in fair condition in; hospital. . The occupants of the second car, Mr. and Mrs. William Porter, RR ,2, Goderich were not injured. The accident happened at about 8:30 p.m. at A four way intersection on 7th concession. Damage§ were estimated at $1600 to both, vehicl`" No charges are pending. • Make final vote plans With June 24 set as the date for a farmer vote on creation of a . general provincial~ farm organization, final prans are being made for the balloting and last-minute information meetings and rallies are being ,arranged. Next week in this newspaper a complete list of all polling stations will be published, along with a sample ballot and other voting instructions, according to Donald Pullen, Huron County agricultural representative and head returning officer for Huron. An advance poll °'will be held next Thursday, June 19,, in the Clinton office of the Ontario Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Hours will be from 9 a.tn. to 5 p.m. veiling went out of control -as the driver reportedly tried to .avoid colliding with the tractor. The car veered to the left, crashed - through the guard„ rail, angled down an embankment and hit the tractor and sprayer which were already across and . a few feet off the `road.. The° impact snapped off the tractor's left rear wheel and overturned the David Brown 990 machine. The empty sprayer was hurled some distance away and Mr. Longhurst was tossed in the air. Summer school is cancelled • Mr. Archambeault, who managed to jump clear as the tractor tipped, said the ° large tractor wheel landed on" Mr. Longhurst's left leg. brant will aid paddock c�nstructiofl Goderich Town Council last 'week decided to go• along with a request from the Goderich, —Trotting Assoc. and make a grant of $5,000 to the Association for construction of a paddock at the local: harness racing track. Coun. Ed. GieSbrecht told council he had been speaking to H. O. (Bud) Jerry, manager of the raceway, and had been asked if a $5,000 loan originally offered ,by council- could be - given as a grant. The building would revert to the town when completed. Mr.. Jerry asked for the funds last • December when the Association returned an additional $6,000 to the town from revenue taken last year.lie said the paddock would improve facilities at the track and permit„ more races to be held due to the additional accommodation made available for horses.. He said earlier this year a ---The--Goderich Lions -Club has-- announced that the Summer rbou r The , Club will refund registration fees for those already entered in courses. The courses were planned primarily to give people who had nothing to do , during 'the summer months the opportunity of studying a favorite subject. Minimum requirement for each a ddo c k- w o tri d p�rrnR qualifying races to be held on School planned for July has the afternoon of race days and been cancelled due to lack of these would be open to the support. public free of charge. The paddock is to be built at the south end of '.Agricultural Park in the vicinity of the horse barn. It would be the first stage of a three-part improvement plan outlined by Mr. Jerry earlier this year. The other improvements would include better parking accommodate the amount of traffic. Mr. Heatherington said he 'felt 'the allowance was no longer required. It was suggested in council Mr. Heatherington might offer to purchase the property rather than ask for it to be conveyed. The Planning Board is to • be of the seven courses offered was ° facilities and the moving of the asked td look into the matter • a class of 15. There were 23 grandstand to allow for better and report back to council.. registrations all together. mutual handling.' ' I II I II I I I I I I I I I l l l l l l 111 l 111 l 111 11 11 1 1 ltltll 11 lilltllllllllllllllllllll 11 lllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllltlllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllillillllll11 II I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII St. George's Anglian Church was host for the.spring meeting of the Huron Deanery Monday, June 9. Rector of St. George's; the Rt, Rev. H,Fr Appleyard, Bishop Left to righf are Rev. Ga'rwdod Russell, !1>e of Georgian ,Bay; Mrs. Edward Wise, sec. -trees., Huron Deanery ACW; Mrs. J B. Higgins,. pres., Hurprr Deanery ACW; and Tim Agg, national co-ordinator for youth programming in the Anglican.Church of Canada. . n f