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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-07-17, Page 1td 122nd YEAR - 29 w ' I I I I Iiimml (IIImm I IIII 11 1 II 11111111111111n11t111111111111111H111 tootimn I Itll II 1 IIII (11111 (llllllli IIIIIIII 11111111111111 1 II 111 I IUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1 I Iilnlnl111NII1111nnlUlnl p I111n11A11111 IIIIIIIIII1111111111111111111Illpll 111UIIIlII Uu111 1111111111111 IIIIIIIII IIIL IIL.IIII hlnnlll l._ / I I . I I LIIIIIIIIIIItnllnlllllminll1111tI111I11111gItIIIt1111111tllltlllmnllll111111111 I m ( !. I 111 I I I 1 I 1 II I I I I I I I �. I 11 11 ll l _ i !_ l,� � J ROBERT WITMER local man wiIIserve as missionnry Robert Neil Witmer was designated amissionary to Japan ' on Sunday at a special service in, North Street United Church. 'Mr. Witmer, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil` Witmer, 57 West- Street,: estStreet; • He will leave by air August 20 to begin a six months language study in the Tokyo area before assuming his duties.. - He will work in the TokyoA, and Osalia areas of Japan with Japanese University students Presiding at the service, was the Rev. ,, . Flloyd Howlett, M.A B.D., Th.M., representing the 'United Church Board of World Mission, Toronto. Mr. Howlett was , assisted in the service by Rev. J. Donald MacDonald,', minister of the North gtreet congregation. Mr. Howlett presented Mr. -Witmer with a ' copy of the Interpreter's Bible on behalf of the World- Mission Board. Murray McGill, Clerk of the Session presented Mr. ,Witmer with a purse of money cin behalf of the congregation , and expressed 'good wishes to Mr. Witmer. Tony Bedard wins MCC invitational. The annual Maitland Country Club Invitational Golf Tdurnament was held ' an Saturday, July 12 with 96 golfers entered. Big winner of the day was Tony Bedard with a low gross of 70. He was presented with the 'Labatt Trophy; Low net and the Imperial Oil Trophy went to Barrykelly who shot a 65. Other winners were as follows: Fust flight: low gross -- Issy Bedard, A. James, Ian MacLaurin, Larry Papernick, C. Doughty; low . net — John Mason, Pat McMann, Paul Henderson and Al Sumner. Second flight: low gross. --- Jim Arnott, F. 'Cummings, Clare Hannan, John Kane, Gary Cummings, ' ,Don Turner; Jack Gould, Bob Sproule; low net — Danny Coughlin,' Dick Worsell, L. Shaddock, Stan . Paquette, B. MacMaster, and Brent Nelson. Third flight: low , gross —. Peter Graf, Jack ' Hoffineyer, Jack Taylor, George Bolton; low net B. Lemon, Barry'. Deathe and.J. Young. -. Mr. Witmer was active in the North Street United Church youth program and was a Sunday School teacher. He has addressed the congregation on TONY B E DA R D several occasions. MAITLAND'COUNTRY CLUB INVITATIONAL WINNER Mr. Howlett also introduced a illtlllllll111111111111111111tlllllllllllllllllt111111111111Illlllllllllllllltllllilllllllllllllllllttltmltlllllllilllltltllllllnmtitl'II number of missionaries and visitors to the congregation. Jean . Hanly sang the solo "My Task" and Paul Howe presided at' the organ console with Ed Stiles at the piano. - Mr. Witmer graduated in May - fro m ay"from . Queen's University, Kingston with a Bachblor of Arts degree and now is undergoing an ° orientation program at London. The first phase of the program was completed in June in Toronto.. Nill study traffic lights Goderich council will make a further study of the traffic lights -at Victoria, Nelson and Hamilton Streets to determine whether or not a flashing signal would be warranted during light --traffic hours; Coun. Deb Shewfelt • had asked council to permit the ' flashing signal to be installed to lIIII1�II11111uuIIlIi1I11111111111Im flIuI nuIII1111111111IlImIllmmmppinllmmum{umiumnl1ugngllmulllpmmlu1111IuIIu1uIu1 ftIUlull!l$HIIIIIIIftIuIuhlmtl I llllln111111111 A car owned by Mabel Hewitt, Kincardine, was destroyed by fire Wednesday "evening, July 9 on a closed road near Shephardton.. The driver of the car, Francis Hewitt,. of Kincardine, reported the vehicle caught fire while he was driving home along 21 highway; he pulled into the closed road area to try to ,extinquishthe flames but was unsuccessful. ,He managed to salvage his"tools and some work. clothes. Goderich Volunteer Fire Department answered the call at 5:50 p.rri;,Shown putting out the fire is Allan MacDonald. — Staff Photo. - nllnlnlnnmm�nnnmtnnumtuitnnnmunnimtnlmm�unmlltlunlllunlllllllnnlllllnlillunulllnullnmulullll1111nnmlttllmm�llullnnllllmtmlillllilllllllllllllllllll' Plan Robertson School opening. Preliminary arrangements for the formal opening of Robertson Memorial Public ` School, Fire study to _be made A complete study of fire services, manpower and equipment in use in Goderich will be made this year by the Ontario Fire Marshall's office. A letter from the office of the attorney general informed council the study would start October 14 and would be concluded November 14.. The study is being made at the • request of council and will be made at no cost to the town. Coun. Deb Shewfelt, chairman of the fire, traffic and safety committee had asked council to authorize the study which had been recommended by the fire marshall's office. He said it would help to establish fire protection boundaries and ,shared costs proportions and would enable the town to take a clear look at its fire protection system. Recommendations arising from the report will be presented to council in book' form at the conclusion of the study. Goderich, were made by 11'uron County Board of Education at its meeting in Central Huron Secondary School Board Room, Clinton, Monday evening. Members of 'the • special committee were named - as folio ws:.__.:--chairman and _. vice-chairman of the Boafd; administrative officers of the Board; principal of the school; and Mrs, J. W. Wallace, Goderich, a Board member. No date has yet been set. Mrs. Wallace brought up the matter of erecting fences to Sifto pay calks continue Talks were continuing Wednesday July 16 for clarification of an agreement memorandum between Domtar Chemicals Ltd., Sifto Salt Division, and the International Chemical Workers' Union prior to submittingthe proposed settlement for ratification. The workers have been offered a . 50 -cent per house increase in the first year and 30 cents more the second year of the two year contract. Present average hourly rate is $2.80. separate the school's playgrounds from a row of residences. D. J. Cochrane director of education, .x was instructed to look into the matter and bring in a recommendation strike settled The 16 -day-old strike of members of the International Union of Operating Engineers, at Goderich Manufacturing Ltd. is over •and the men have returned to work. Agreement was reached Tuesday on a new two-year contract that will' pay third class engineers $3 per hour and fourth class engineers <$2.88 per hour retroactive to March 1 of this year. The contract will run toy March 1, 1971. Workers will receive an additional 15 cents per hour on March 1, 1970. Additional benefits include an increase for shifts from 5 cents per hour to 11 cents per hour; one extra��ppaid holiday per year Boxing — and Three weeks paid holidays after 10 years instead of after 12 years as it is now. The company will pay 75 percent of all hospital benefits. help keep early morning traffic, from being held up unnecessarily. Council had granted permission and had requested permission _to go ahead from the Department of Highways for Ontario. A reply received this week informed council permission was not needed from the department. In . the discussion that followed the reading of the letter it was decided to make a further study to see whether the change needed to be made or if it should also be made at thfe ote MOO 'OP' Plastic bottles - flameable products found: police chief The fire at the Royal . Hotel, July 1 is believed to have been the work of an arsonist, ' according to a statement released Tuesday by Goderich Police Chief Fred Minshall. Chia Minshall said investigations by the local police department and the Ontario Fire •Marshall's office have led to the conclusion the fire was started eliberately by a person or rsons as yet unknown. Police were called to the ne of the fire on Hamilton eet in the early hours of July' after A firemen from the oderich Fire Department found plastic bottlesfilled•wiath a substance, believed to be a petroleum product, in the attic of the building. Firemen had entered the attic through a hole The Royal. Hotel is owned by Mrs. E. Landau and her brother-in-law, Michael Sommerstein of London. No damage estimate has been placed on the loss. Chief Minshall said this week the fire could have been much worse and . could have had serious consequences if there had been a strong wind,on the ...- night of the fire.4 Four people were in bed . when the alarm was raised by passersby who spotted smoke coming from a vent in the side of the building. ° Witnesses told police the phone was not working at the hotel and they went to phone • from The Square but were able to use a• phone at a nearby home. as fi 3 Firemen fought the blaze in w called in and notied Chief the dining area' first; then Minshall. The Fixern3arshali's discovereda fire in the cellar and office was notified the same day, finally in the attic. Goderich Police Department is Police sergeant -George Bacon continuing to investigate. Council protests. pollution. of harbor Goderich council will send a letter of protest to the federal department of transport over the action of a • lake boat, the Pinedale, which dumped oily water from its bilges and garbage from its galley into Goderich Harbor on July 3. The letter, with a copy of a in a linen closet on the second p pro. A fire in the attic was ; extinguished and kiremen director injured floor. ,,,discovered the bottles and" a quantity of newspaper crumbled in balls, scattered around the attic with several book matches. In a first floor dining area a burned out turpentine can was .found behind a wooden Tn Elgin Avenue Victoria Street signals. An original study made by the department had shown the traffic count to ,,be close to but less than the figure which the department felt " warranted the ,use of shmals. The. slepartinent had recommended ' a further study to be made in two years. The new traffic- bylaw tor Goderich has not been approved yet and it will probably take some time before 'it is. The bylaw, submitted by a co:fimittee of the last council,- was ouncil,was returned by the department of transport for items to be deleted and is still undergoing change. Coun. Deb Shewfelt, chairman of the fire, traffic and safety committee, last week asked members of council to study the sections of the new regulations cdvering stop , and yield signs in the area of Warren, Widder, Cayley and Wilson Streets, so that the members could be conversant with the proposed changes in that area. wainscoat .g to pryed away from the wall. This was 'in the area of the fire at first believed to be the main blaze. Another fire was found in a cellar of the building, which corttained a quantity of cans containing products of a namable nature. Samples of all the products have been. 'sent to the Forensics Laboratory - in - Toronto for— analysis. Samples of charred material found_ at the scenehave also been sent. An investigator for the Ontario Fire Marshall's office was at the scene on July 2 and three- other officers from • Toronto and Windsor were called in at various times during ,an intensive two-week investigation. - Diane Westbrook, 19, of 318 Eldon Street, is in satisfactory • condition in St. Joseph's. Hospital, London, -" following surgery yesterday to repair a leg -,broken in a motor scooter -car DIANE WESTBHOOK Health measures imposed. at Judith GoOcierham Park .0r. G, P. A. Evans, medical officer of health for Huron County;- announced this week that several ,cases - of impetigo -have been reported in the -area. For this reason, strict health measures have been- brought' into force at^ Jµdith_O.00derham Memorial Park pool. 'No adult or child showing signs of a rash or sore spots will be permitted to use the pool or its facilities. It. is recommended that persons with , such signs contact ,a doctor. Parents of children showing signs of a rash or sore spots are asked not to send the children to the pool until medical advice can be obtained. All persons using the -.pool must have — and use their own towel. No persons will be•admitted without a towel. accident Monday night. She is the director of the Judith Gooderham Memorial Park summer program. " Miss Westbrook's motor scooter was in collision with a car at the corner of East Street and Victoria Street shortly • after 5 p.m. - The car, driven by Neil Gordon Bradshaw, 62, of 214 Regent.'' Street, was travelling toward The Square and crossed Victoria Street in front of Miss Westbrook who was southbound on -Victoria Street. Police said 'the driver apparently dim d not see thegirl: _ - -- The injured girl was taken to Alexandra Marine and General Hospital • for x-rays before being transferred to London. Surgery was required to remove bone chips and to place apin in the broken leg. Youth remains in coma. Daniel Baker, 17, of X62. Regent Street, remains in critical condition in St. Joseph's Hospital,. London, today, suffering. from injuries received in a one -car crash June 29. Mr. Baker has been in a coma in the' intensive care unit of the hospital since being -admitted. John Harrison, also 17, 104 Victoria Street, .is listed in improved condition and has• been transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular ward. His condition was at first listed as critical. ' Wayne DrapeY, 17, of 205 Britannia Road, was released from Victoria Hospital, London, on July 10. A fourth youth was not ' injured in the accident which occurred`in the early hours of June 29 on Kitchigami Road, south of Goderich. The car left the road, plunged down a.bank and struck a tree. Kevin Rumig walked to a farm for help. - mlmnuiummi nuumlumnminmmmnmmmnatonaimallunlllaraullllltllllllllltll a llllllllltllttlt111iamllimai nminnmmmlnnummnmmmmrrmmmmmmmnmmammnnnaimmunmmmumnmlumunilini irai man' SignalMStar editorial on the incident (Other doorsteps, July. 10), will be sent and the department will be asked to consider controls for lake boats with regard to dumping in Great Lakes waters. - The motion to request action was' moved by Coun. Paul Carroll, chairman of the town's harbor committee and, Coun. Deb Shewfelt. It was carried -iinanimously. • Coun. Carroll informed council that in addition to the incident involving the . Pinedale an oily sludge has been washed onto the main beach. on July 9, apparently from4a freighter out on the lake. The councillor : said the federal government should consider similar controls for ' commercial shipping -as are now in effect for small craft. Deputy reeve • Walter Sheardown, in the chair in the hbsence of Dr. Frank - Mills, mayor and Reeve Harry Worsell, said it was difficult for the Takers to clean their holds anywhere But in. the harbor if they were in `with• a --toad vl' ;- -as--the===-='• Pinedale' was; and were leaving with a load of salt. ? Y F B .. ' I Sla `l I NO %84!44 ' . Looking more like a modern church than a sant storage silo, this new building of Sifto Salt will hold 15,000 tons of rock salt ready for shipment. The building is 'the first stage of a two phase, $836,000 expansion program at the local mine. Completion .is scheduled for August. The second stage, to increase hoisting capacity, is expected to be completed in 1970. --- Staff Photo. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIInimmI11UIlIIIIIIIIIIII' SECOND OFFICER DAVIS Earns second officer's ticket Walter G. 'Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. E: "Barney" , Davis,'' Goderich, graduated from the marine division of George Brown College, Toronto; recently with his second mate's' ticket, foreign going. He has spent the past four years as a cadet navigation officer and has s now accepted a position with the fleet of Shell -Oil Company Ltd. He expects to •leave for the arctic sometime this week as second officer of the "White Rose," one of Shell's tankers. He has spent the' past month on board the White Rose in the Great Lakes. He will return to college in the near future to std'Lfor his, first mate's ticket, foreign going, which will lead to his master's ticket. Minister to visit -mime • Gordon- Muir,. mine manager for Sifto Salt, informed council this week that Hon. Allan Lawrence4 minister of mines would be in Goderich July 21 fbr a tour of the local salt outlet. Mr. Muir Invited the deputy mayOr to join the tour ,.and luncheon that would follow at the Maitland Country Club. - Deputy reeve Walter Sheardown will -represent „the town in the absence of vacationing mayor Dr. l: rank ti llsw.afd R.geve Harry Wold!.