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named for W. J. Mins
The new sub -station of the
Goderich Public Utilities
Commission located in Industrial
Park, was officially opened on
Tuesday, Decernber 2 and has4o,
been named the W. J. Mills
sub -station in honor of the man
who served on- the local utility
for 16 years.
Present for the event were
members of the commission -and
all members of the Goderich
Ton Council. Mr. Mills was
present to throw the switch that
put the station into operation
and Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor,
performed the ribtukcutting
ceremony.
Commission chairman George
Filsinger declared the station
1 officially open and said it gave
him great pleasure to name the
station for Mr. Mills who had
served the commission for so
long.
He paid tribute to the men of
the PUC who had constructed
the 5,000KVA, $55,000 station
and stated the construction had
been a "...fine effort" on the
part of the men.
"In the past, sub -stations have
been constructed by outside
specialists at a cost of several
thousands of dollars more than
the outlay for this station," he
said. "It is believed this is the
first sub -station built by
employees' of any utility of
comparable size."
Dr. Mills cut the ribbon and
Mr. Mills, assisted by PUC line
foreman, Harry Crane, threw the
switch to energize the station
which will feed an area from the
Shaeffer Pen Co. south to Eldon.
Street and also the Industrial
Park area.
Mr. Crane pointed out the
-facility also would act as an
emergency back-up station in
the event of trouble in other
areas.
At the request of the PUC
-commissioners, a plaque bearing
the name "W. J, Mills
Sub -Station December 2nd,
1969" has been fixed to the
main gate.
Mr. Mills said at the
conclusion of ceremonies he was
"deeply touched" by the honor.
Goderich COuricil and the
PUC met at the PUC offices
after the cerem9ny and Dave
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publishing
dates
• announced
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Ralston, PUC manager, gave a
review of operating costs for the
past few years and compared
them with projected
expenditures for 1970.
Considerable discussion
focused on the town's present
water treatment plant and the
expected increased future
demands which can be satisfied
by additional overhead water
storage facilities or increased
filtration capacity at the
pumping station.
Council expressed pleasure at
the decision of the commission
to absorb the cost, for as long as
possible, of the Ontario Hydro
1970 ° power rate increase to
Ontario municipalities.
• Publishing dates for the
Goderich Signal -Star, for the
balance of this year -are as
follows: Thursday,
December 18; ° Monday,
'December 22 and Tuesday,
December 30.
Advertisers are requested
to have material ready by
December 19 for the issue
of December 22 and by
December, 29 at noon for
the issue of December .30.
All news _material must
reach the office of the
Goderich Signal -Star not
later than DeceMber 16, 19
and 26 respectively.
' Your co-operation would
be appreciated.
Rev. J. Donald MacDonald
Will leave Goderich
North Street •Minister
accepts call to Windsor
SINGLE (OPYi
W. J. Mills of the Goderich Public Utilities Commission is shown throwing the line foreman; Bruce Ryan,* commissioner; Coun. Paul Carroll; Coun. Deb Shewfelt;
switch that energized the new sub --station at Industrial Park on December, 2. The J. W. Wood, meter foreman; Commission Chairman ,George,Filsinger; Goderich
station was built by local employees of the PUC at a cost of $55,000 — a saving of Mayor Dr. G. F. Mills, who performed the ribbon cutting ceremony; Coun. Dave
several thousands of dollars over cost of construction by outside companies. The Gower; Reeve Harry Worsell; Coun. Reg Jewell; PUC Manager Dave Rolston;
station was named in honor of Mr. Mills who has served on the local utility for thp Deputy Reeve Walter Sheardown and Gerald Whaley, clmmissioner. — staff photo
Past 16 years. With him are, left to right, Coun. Ed. Geisbrecht; Harry Crane, PUC
Accept recreation board proposal •
Council qpprov,*$ color'
renovation program for •airents':
(Continued on page 8)
Rev. J. Donald MacDonald, B. Maines is to become effectiVe
Sc., 13.D., minister of the North Dec. 31, 1969.
Street congregation, ,Goderich The congregation empowered
has been called to the Riverside the official Board to appoint a
United Church in Windsor, pastoral relations committee and
subject to approval of the Essex the following. six persons weredesignate and Huron -Perth Presbyteries. selected to act: Joseph Snider,
The congregation of North St. Ted Bridle, Mrs. Mary Beth the South Beach area
as a municipal park.
United Church met Sunday,' Britnell (James), Jack
December 7 after worship when H of fmeyer, Mrs Beth A bylaw is to be drafted
they accepted with regret the Remingunder the Parks Assistance Act.
ton (James) and Ronald designating the area as a park
resignations of , Rev. J. Donald Bushell. .
Coun. Carroll stressed the
MacDonald and Rev. W. J. The proposal had nothing todo with
Committee will meet ''
Maines. The resignation, of Mr. '
Former Whitechurch resident celebrates 101st birthday
Mrs. McClenaghan Jr. is the
former Ruby Knowles of
Kitchener. ...
Goderich Town Council last suspended surface and
week gave unanimous approval replacement of all seating inside
to plans for a major renovation- the building. Other projected
program for Goderich Memorial plans are for an increase in the
Arena and •authorized the size of the auditorium and
G d ih Recreation and downstairs corridors and
o er c
Community Centre Board to go completion of the new entrance
ahead with plans and costing for way started this year.
all needed work. Counc. Paul Carroll, chairman
.In a letter , to council the of the recreation board and
recreation board had asked board secretary Ron Price gave a
council to debenture for detailed explanation of the work
$75,000 of., the projected costs required.
and for permission to organize a Dr. G. F.. Mills, mayor, was
campaign to obtain the balance joined by other members of
blit subscri tion.
Work called for by the board council in disagreeing with the
ofu y p
request for. a public fund raising
included replacement of the
campaign suggesting the areaa
existing ice surface with a town facility and the
South Beach
approved as
municipal park
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Town Council last week
approved a proposal presented
by Coun. Paul Carroll to
Robert McClenaghan
celebrated his 101st birthday
Sunday, Deember 7 at the
Goderich Nursing Home. -
Mr. McClenaghan is enjoying
good health and takes a keen
interest in local and national
happenings, as well as world
affairs. Very little misses dose
scrutiny in the daily paper,
which he reads-,yvithout the aid
of eye glasses.
The eldest son of the late
James McClenaghan and the
former Susan Baker, Mr.
McClenaghan was born on his,
parents' farm in Kinloss
Township at Whitechutch. His
youngest brother, Ben
McClenaghan, the only other
living member of a family of
eleven children, still resides on
the original family farm.
Mr. McClenaghan spent his
entire life _ farming in the
Whitechurch •area and recalls a
time when he sold beef for six
cents a pound.
The , celebrant has been a
member of Whitechurch United
Church, formerly the Methodist
Church, all his life., He was
church treasurer for many years
and also took an active part, in
the Sunday School as well as all
other phases of the church life in
the eommunity.
He was interested in the
educational system of the
community and was
instrumental in having hydro
brought into rural areas of
Kinloss in the early days.
• Mr. McClenaghan's wife was
the former Jean Cook of Elora.
She died in 1953.
Their only son, Rev. R.
Clarence McClenaghan, is the
• minister of the United Chwrah in
Dungannon.
Rev. Clarence and Mrs.
McClenaghan have two children,
Beatrice who is attending the
University of Manitoba and
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Eldon, at home, a
attending Goderich
` Collegiate Institute.
student
District
Robert McClenaghan, a resident of the Goderich Nursing Home, marked his 101st birthday last
Sunday. His only son and daughter.in.law, Rev. R. Clarence and Mrs. McClenaghan, preSently
servin0 at Dungannon United Church, were with him for the celebrations. .
A
setting any land aside for
trailers, as was included in a
previous motion lost in council,
but was brought about by a
concern for the future of the
town's beaches. He said the
zoning of the harbour area was
commercial and he could predict
development in that area that
would jeopardize the future of
the town beaches.
He said the town should take
the opportunity to develop the
commercial aspect of the
harbour, but at the same time
should protect the recreational
facilities for the people of the
town, and asked for action to be
taken now.
Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor, said he
did not think the beach would
be affected by industry but aP
possibility existed that the town
would eventually lose access to
the main beach. He supported
the proposal and said the town
should preserve an area for the
people of the tow,n., Co,upcil
agreed.
Dr. Mills also suggested the
town takeaction on a parcel of
land at present occupied by the
Imperial Oil storage tanks which
are to be torn down. The land is
owned by Canadian Pacific
Railways arid controlled by a
separate company. Dr. Mills said
the town should take an option
on the land in case it should be
_needed for development.
Council agreed. •
responsibility of ..town council, pay out too often • on fund swiping the town should take
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"The public is being asked to raising campaigns and this is
New wing- at Robertson school opened
The official opening of the
$363,000 Victor Lauriston Wing
of Robertson Memorial Public
School was held ' on Friday,
December 5 with the auditorium
of the school packed for the
event.
Present for the occasion were
Cayley Hill,. chairman of the
former Goderich Public School
Board; John Lavis, chairman of
...the Huron County Board of
Education and D. J. Ashworth,
assistant superintendent of
education with' the Ontario
Department of EduCatibri;
London.
Rev. Leonard Warr, minister
of the Victoria Street—Benmiller
Charge, gave the dedication and
the address of welcome was
given by school principal Ralph
Smith.
Mr. 'Smith said .the school
staff was very grateful to the
former school board and to the
Huron County, board for making
the construction of the • new
wing possible. He said the wing
would house senior students and
cited it as unique in the county.
He explained the special wing
would house special facilities
which is an excellent idea and
• suggested stude9ts and staff
".:.get, a lift," from using the
facilities.
There are 247 senior students
accommodated at the school and
235 junior students. There is no
'open area in the new wingas has
been installed at some schools in
the county, but Mr. Smith said
the staff said they felt they
could use the type of
accommodation provided to best
advantage.
MrN'Smith, paid tribute to the
members of the former board
and the Huron County Board
stating the type of education the
children received depended on _
the type of people involved. He
said the staff at the school
would welcome stiggestions.
(Continued on page 8B)
The official opening of the Victor Lauriston Wing of Robertson Memorial Public School was held on
Friday, December 5. The wing, constructed at, a cost of $363,000, houses senior students formerly
taught at Victor Lauriston Public School which was closed last June. Performing the ribbon cutting
ceremony are Cayley Hill, chairman of the former Goderich Public School Board and John Lavis,
Chairman of the Huron County Board of Education. — staff photo.
Will study Homemakers' Service proposal
A delegation ' of Goderich
residents last week petitioned
countil to set up kHomemakers
Service for the town under the
provisions of the Homemaker's
and Nurses Services Act of
Ontailo.
Present were seven ladies
representing the group interested
in the project: -Herb Murphy,
chairman of the o emakers
committee; Dr. C. P. A. Evans,
medical officer of health for
Huron County; Mts. E. Ross
from the Children's' Md Society;
representatives of locat service
clubs and women's group. Miss
A. Moore, 'Supervisor of
Homem akers and Nurses
Services Department of Social "
'and Family Welfare, Queen's
Park and K. Streich, Department
of Social and Family Services,
Wingham.
Speaking for the group, Mr.
Murphy said they had lent out
letters to 47 groups in the town
and received 36 replies in favor
of the proposal.
He said meetings had been
held on October 17 and 29 and
November 19 ' and two
approaches had been considered:
setting up a service themselves or
asking council to do so. The
group had chosen the approach
to town council because grtifits
available from the Ontario
government could only be paid
to council.
Mr. Murphy pointed out there
was a need for the service, the
primary aim of which was to
hold the family together while
the natural homemaker was
unable to continue with her
duties through ill,,health, and to
prevent the family breakdown
for any other reason.
He said the program would
enable the ill or disabled to stay
at home as long as possible and
would'also lessen the amount of
physlcal, emotional and
economic strain of chronic
- illness.
The program would also
hasten convalescent, enable
children to remain in school and
the father to stay at work
earning the money for the
family to live on.
The service would be available
to all persons: people who could
afford it and people who could
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not.
For those unable to pay, the
provincial goVernment makes
grants of Up to $12 per day for
the service, or 80 percent.
The responsibility for
determining whether or not a
family Could pay would fall on,
the townvelfare officer.
Continued on Page 8
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