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Members of the Goderich Industrial Commission and the town
promotion office held a dinner Friday evening to enable a
representative of Linton and Hirst, England the company that
will be building a plant here this fall, to meet with representatives
of local industry. Left to right are, standing, Ben Hay, Canada
Manpower; Alex Wilkins; industrial commission; Bruce Sully,
president of Dominion Road Machinery Company; Councillor
Deb Shewfel.t; industrial commission; Gordon McManus,
president of National. Shuffleboard Ltd; Councillor Paul Carroll;
Cy 'Murray,. manager of the Bank of Commerce. Seated are Dr. G.
F. Mills, mayor; Maurice Casling of Linton and Hirst and C. H.
(Dutch) Meier, town promotion officer. -staff photo.
County in the black;
$42,302 surplus shown
County council for Huron
learned Friday in regular session
at Goderich that financial
expenditures in the county are
in line with the budgets set for
the current .year, with the
• general account including
highways expenditures showing •
a net surplus of $42;302.
Clerk John Berry noted the
highways department was
showing a deficit of $30,101 at
June 30 when the financial
statement was prepared, but said
this was not unusual because
work has been 'completed for
which no money had been
received to that date.
This revenue will increase
• during the latter ,part of the
- year," reported--MVlr. Berry, "and
,at'the same time the expenses
begin to decrease. There is
certainly no problem as far as a
balanced budget in the highways
department."
,. _ In his report, Elmer Hayter,
reeve of Stanley and chairman of
the Huron County road
committee, . submitted a report
showing six jobs, all completed
or nearly completed, which had
been accomplished for less
• money than . the original
-estimates.
At one job on County Road 2
just south of Dashwood;• the
original estimate was for
V $157,000 for 2.5 miles. Actually
3.75 miles were completed ' for
$135,000.
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"It iS ,the first year in. 13
years we've been under the
estimates," county engineer Jim
Britnell commented. • "We're
looking forward to a surplus:" ,
He, suggested the road
committee might Well. consider
the purchase of some new
equipment on this year's budget
which would otherwise have to
be taken into consideration next
year.
Mr. Britnell also told council
road budgets were- not being cut
by the Ontario. Department' of
Highways but that Che standards_
are being lowered. He said for
some tune wyw; -roads-have-been
given prime consideration by the
government, but that recently
.hetfith and education are coming
in for extra funds"
"And perhaps rightly so,"
said Mr. Britnell. He claimed
Huron County has a fine road
system built on a "champagne
income."
The county engineer reported
some of the 'work proposed for
this year had been deferred until
1970 including the concrete
♦ deck on the Benmiller bridge.
He said thgfine weather this
summer allowed work to
proceed easily " and . without
interruption, a distinct factor in
the accumulation of a $15,000•
to $20,000 surplus mentioned
fpr this year in the road
department.
At Huronview where the
estimated budget was $746,466
for 1969, actual expenses with
June 30 were $363,070.97.
• Robert W. J. Lyons, chairman
of the committee of
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management of Huronview, got
approval for, his committee's
recommendation that a perdiem
rate be set $16" per month and
$7.10 per day for any part of
the month, retroactive to April
1, 1969:
He also reported that Dr. C.
,F. Doorly, Goderich, .is the new
home physician at Huronview.
Harvey Johnston, former
administrator at Huronview,
introduced Chester A.
Archibald, the new
administrator, who commenced
his duties September 1.
Estimated budget in the
.health :limit was $227,511 while
actual expenditures to June 30
of this year totalled
$102,185.93. Library expehses
have totalled `$5-7,589.64 to
June 30. Budget estimates for
theyear are $145,000:
The Children's ,Aid Society is
operating within' its budget too.
Actual costs have been
108,567.70 of a budget .for
$215.,366.
0. Clerk Berry spoke briefly 'on
the matter of - interest rates
which is of'great-.concern when
one realizes the prime borrowing
rate at the present time is 81/2
percent."
At the- present time, the
county is paying ihterest on
$1,200,000.
"The county does have a
reserve for working capital in
amount of $50,000," Mr. Berry
explained. "This money is
available as ready cash rather
than Tutting the same 'sum into
the surplus "account and then
having °to borrow to return this
mo=ney to the bank account."
" 1' would strongly
recommend that in considering
the budget for 1970," Mr. Berry
'continued, "every consideration
be given to increasing the
working capital 8 c;omit in order'
to save on borrowings and as a
result save on interest."
Just as a matter of interest,
Mr. Berry told council the
average cost per ' delegate to
conventions in 1969 was
$-1-G5.0$.
"This does not seem
extravagant," he said.
County discusses
welfare
Lodge 1863 celebrates anniversary
Bluewater Lodge 1863 of the
International Association of
Machinists, and Aerospace
Workers, from Dominion Road
Machinery Company, celebrated
its silver anniversary Saturday
evening in its recently completed
union hall in'Saltford.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Donald C. MacDona41,
president of the Canadian Trades
and Labour Congress and
distinguished guests included
Mrs, J. A. Sully, chairman of the
board of ' Dominion Road
Machinery Cgmpany; Bruce
Sully, president of the company,
and Mrs. Sully; Robert °E.
McKinley, MP Huron, Dr. G. F. ,
Mills, Goderich mayor and Mrs.
Mills; Caley Hill; general
manager of the company and
Mrs. Hill and Ernie Fisher,
former mayor of Goderich,
chairman of the past presidents
committee and master of
ceremonies for the evening, and
Wilmer Hardy reeve of Colborne
Township and Mrs. Hardy.
Union menjers and their
wives were • also seated tit the
head table and a special table
was set up for past presidents
and their wives and special
guests.
Dr. Mills brought greetings
from the town and gave
congratulations to the union•for
2, years of success and progress
and told members he was
pleased to announce a company
of county had decided to erect a plant in
In a quiet session
Huron reeves the Goderich,-.Industrial Park.
council Friday, He said the decision had been
deputy -reeves found it a reached by a good deal 'of hard
time for gathering information. work and effort, noting it was
Delegations on hand to discs'•;s ° important to the union members
county welfare and regional to have industry in the town
health units were received and which would 'represent future
heard with no resulting employment for the children of
decisions. those present.
The. property committee "The development of the
.reported on the completion of Industrial Park is the answer to
the work on the court house the pYoblem of where are our
walls and advised that repairs to children going to work. With
the roof wills/be carried out -by industry there you will have the
Dobson Roofing, Exeter. The chance to find employment for
Dobson tender was $2,598 and your children as their titne
the department of public works comes•to earn a living:" he said.,
has agreed to pay its ,share of , Art Bourdeau, president of
that amount. -the local, said lie -was proud to
The former Department
'''.of,b ,serving as president in the
Education office suite will be anniversary year and was proud
occupied by Family Court continued success of the
officials. As a result, the
province will -be paying 50.68
percent of •ai'Il'•''i'anauice of
the !iuilding plus the rentals'for
the various facilities in_the court
house.
A private office will be built
for the county registrar at a 100 •
percent cost to the province.
New --lighting at the registry
office has also been financed
100 percent by the province.
Penny Louise Brown, 203 Widder Street,
Legion last Sunday during a short ceremony
members from Goderich branch 109
Goderich
was
awarded
a bursary by the Royal,Canadian
at Royal Canadian Legion, branch 140, Clinton, with
taking part. Miss Brown is shown with Goderich president
Harold Chambers, left, andNWilliam Chambers, zone commander of Clinton. - staff photo
• Machinery �etiton eouncils
�onllnlon" �o� 16 resident
A petition from
4 of Trafalgar Street, has asked
John
St J o
Cohonored
council to give, the residents of
•. • - - - .the street assurances. that'only
dwellings will be permktted•'on a
unlimited support which the lot at present vacant on the
company and its employees have street. .
given over the past seven years. Deputy 'Reeve Walter
The recommendation' concludes
The Order of St. John, the
oldest charity in Christendom,
began its voluntary ministrations
in A.D. 600- for 'the- succour of
Pilgrims to the Holy Sepulchre.
Over the years its ramifications
have been vastly increased and
--the Grand Prior of the Order is
none other than Her Ml'ijesty
Queen Elizabeth H.
Information has just been
received that the Priory of
'Canada hasbeen' pleased to
award a Special Provincial'
Certificate to the Dominion
Road Machinery Go. Ltd. for the
Sheardown told -council the
with the statement: "It is no residents had heard a rumor that.
exaggeration to say that for the a warehouse was to be erected
past seven years the company on the lot and were concerned
has been the Gbderich Branch." for 'the appearance rof their
It is 'certain that all those street.
Goderich citizens who have Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor, asked
supported this -charity, which is that. the residents ' be assured
essential ..4a Goderich charity, council . would abide by the
will wrtSk to congratulate the existing land use bylaw and he,
ccsmpany for its magnificent advised council had no
assistance to a most . worthy -knowledge of any application
cause. for re -zoning: • • .
of the
local.
`.,'We have made mutual
progress, the union and the
company," he said "and good
things don't come by
themselves. We have had to
work, and we will have ' to
continue to work together."
Bruce Sully president of the
company recalled the days when--•
the `sb,ck shop" consisted of a
shed with `'..,a couple of drop
lights and a bare dirt floor where
-the CU 8 crusher was made,
working from an eight by ten
photograph."
He said things had changed a
great -deal since then when the
company was 13th out of 45
companies. "Today ° we are
number one. Today we. out sell
and out perform all other makes
of grader in Canada. That takes
teamwork. We couldn't do it
without teamwork. If we can
take as much pride in our work
and work together in the same
way for the next 25 years it will
'be just marvelous," he
concluded.
Robert McKinley, MP Huron,
said' it was a benefit to all to
work in do=operation and said
. the co-operation that he had
seen shown by the union
members having members of the
management of the company unset
V o.�1 `death
present at the head table was
".,..temendous."
Mrs. Bill Bradley spoke, on
behalf of the wives present and
thanked the members for
inviting the ladies out "to a meal
tfiiat we doh't liave-to-prepare-ar-
help, to organize: -That's a real
milestone," he said, noting that
not all - unions have the
opportunity, to look back on 25
years of work and achievement.
He said the' past was to the.
members credit.
OPP seek man on
Owen SoUnd charge
Ontario. Provincial Police .have
released this composite, drawing
of the man believed responsible
,for the raping, robbing and
pistol-whipping of a girl near
Owen Sound on August 25.
The suspect is described as 40
.to 50 years of age, five feet eight
inches tall, about 160 lbs., with
medium build. • He has
sandy -reddish brown hair
combed back, and was last seen
wearing a gold colored
short -sleeved shirt; green
trousers, and green canvas shoes
with white soles. He is described
as soft-spoken, calm and
methodical, spoke with no
apparent accent.
The man was driving a light
green 1969 Chevelle Malibu
two -door hardtop with a light
green interior. The car featured a
conventional bench -type front
seat and an automatic gear shift
on the steering column.
The suspect was armed with a
black -colored revolver with a
six-inch barrel. Reports indicate
the man may be employed as a
typewriter or business machine
salesman or repairman.
Anyone knowing the
whereabouts of the man or
information concerning the car
is asked to call the Owen Sound
Detachment, Ontario Provincial
Police collect, or the nearest
OPP Detachment immediately.
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He •said all too often the
public is made aware of union
activities. from "scare headlines"
in the mass -media and the other
part of the union work goes
wit out recognition.
He said the public either does
not know or have not been told
of the hundreds of thousands of,,
workers in 8,000 unions coast to
coast who do their work every
day and snake their contribution
to the future without seeking
recognition. He • said it reflects
credit on the unions and "it's
too bad it's always the other side
that gets the publicity.
He said the degree - of
co-operation that was evident in
the local was Worthy M....of
every degree o_ f commendation I
can give."
He recounted some of the
early days - in the labour
movement when "...workers
counted no costs too great to
pay to achieve their goals;" He
said today the right of workers
across the country to organize is
not even questioned and that
through collective bargaining a
system of law and- order had
developed which replaced
former "dictatorships." •
He -said the achievements of
the unions to date were.
noteworthy but said it was only
the beginning. He warned of the
growing power of "the large
conglomerates that are building
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To call tenders for Elgin Avenue project
A recommendation of the
public works committee to
proceed with the Elgin Avenue
Storm- Sewetr Project was
approved by council last week
and will include the use of part
of the property of Mrs. Paul
Robarts.
The committee
recommendations asked for
tenders to be called 'for the
work; that the route of the
storm. sewer include 66 feet of
the southerly part of Hibernia
Terrace and that Mrs. Robarts be
, paid $500 compensation •
Reeve Harry Worsell also -
asked that the Robarts family be
advised , council was not
interested in selling ; .. y part of
Hibernia Terrace.
Richard Robarts, son of the
owner of the property, had
.asked council to consider
alternate routes,for the .storm
sewer and suggeted council sell
the unused Hibernia Terrace to
the Robarts family and 'use the
money for re-routing purposes.
The family had objected to
the use of their property and
had a delegation _at a meeting of
council last month to present
the objections of the family.
Councillors met with Mr.
Robarts on the property on two
occasions and while council
agreed to reduce the amount of
land to be used for the sewer
from. 99 feet to 66 feet, the.
committee followed the advise
of the town engineering
consultants B. M. Ross and
associates to proceed ..with the
route originally planned.
The Past Masters Association of the South Huron Masonic District held its annual Senior Warden's
night, at the Masonic. Temple, West Street on Monday evening with 115 in attendance."
Representatives from 17 lodges in- the district attended vgith senior wardens taking part the
conferring of degrees. Fellowcraft degrees were conferred on Ross Crawford and Mervin atter.
Shown are, left to right, Fred Minshall, Worshipful Master, Maitland Lodge, Goderich; Right.
Worshipful Brother G•.I. Davies, Grand Senior Warden, Burlington and Right Worshipful Brother
Charles D. Hay, district deputy Grand Master of South Huron, Hensall, -staff photo.
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treat." she said.. -
,She said some of the
fiusbands spend so many hours
at union affairs the wives
sometimes think they `f are
married to tile union.
She concluded by saying the
ladies hoped to be invited to
Many more such affairs in the
new hall. "We are usually
available." she said.
Telegrams of congratulations
were received from the lion. C.
S., MacNaughton, treasurer of
Ontario who was unable to be
present. due to the opening of
the Ontario Science Centre in
Toronto and from lodge
members and also from former
general manager John Sully.
Mr. MacDonald spoke on the
accomplishments of the labour
n'iovement in Canada since its
early days. He congratulated the
local on "...25 yeat's of
accomplishment and progress"
and brought greetings from the
1,700,000 member congress.
"You have passed an historic
to be boarded up,
, . The- -owner- o -f._ the__Su.nset
Hotel, on Britannia Road is to be
asked to board up the
abandoned former luxury hotel
or have the town do it for, him
and charge the costs to his taxes.
A letter from Goderich Police
Chief Fred 4k Minshall and
GSderich Fire Chief Ted Bissett,
asked council to have a letter
sent to the owner asking for the
closing of the building which
they termed a' "...mecca for
undesirables and a death trap."
The letter said it was feared
young 'children _Nylig, were
playing in the btailding"would be
•trapped inside if fire broke out
and numerous hallways and
staire,es - would act as,
chimneys to funnll flames to
the upper two floors of the
building. •
The chiefs asked tat the
windows and doors on the first
and second floors be boarded up
and all entrances to the
basement area be sealed.
Town solicitor Ken Hunter
had informed the* chiefs the
owner could be notified and -if
trap'
he took no ' action, council
would be justified in doing the'
necessary work and assessing the
costs on the tax bill.
On Wednesday, September 17
representatives of the Goderich
Safety Council had inspected the
property from the outside and
found one window had been
removed to make. access; there
was evidence of parties having
been held inside the building and
some of the furniture that had
been inside was on the verandah,
apparently ready to be taken
away by thieves.
A local resident said the
building had been used by
motorcycle gangs for sleepiing in
and young children had been
seen playing on the metal fire
escapes.
' Stanchions supporting the
verandah had been sawed
through and the ropf of the
verandah was sagging in three
places. A large limb lying on the
north west corner of the' roof of
the building was presenting a
hazard if it were blown off.
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In other news, council will
push for an anti -noise- -Yrs —ror
the town following more
complaints about noise.
A resident in the west end of
toVvrf- complained about loud
music coming, from a local
business place late at night and
on Sundays. '
° Councillors also pointed out
there were problems with noise .
in the area of the arena and
Agricultural Park, ' where' loud
speakers were used.
It was' decided to seek a
bylaw, already in use in another
municipality, and see if it would
fit the needs of Goderich.
A report from .the Water
Light and Pollution Control
committee, oih the request of
Sifto Salt Mine for water from
the town,, was heard and has
been referred to the Public
Utilities Commission to ascertain
if the commission feels it would ,
want to engage an engineer to
make a survey of the possible
routes a line would take.