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Goderich Public Utilities •One would double the plant's
Connnnission have aaited°'Domtar capacity at an estimated cost 'of
Chemical Co. to share the cost more than $2,000,000.
of a water pipeline from the The .)other would be .'for the
town's system to the Sifto Salt PUC to spend $20,000 for a new
mine, owned by Domtar. type of filtration unit it is felt`.
Gordon Muir, mine manager, would bring the plant's capacity
.. asked for •the pipeline• three to a satisfactory level without
weeks ago. It was a repetition of raising water rates.
a request the company made in PUC manager Dave Rolston
fi -1969. • • said he believes the $20,000
° • Mr. Muir said at the time the .could -be taken from the reserve
mine's existing water supply, fund, but that the commission
„which it gets from Snug Harbor, would have to make that
is inadequate. A town proposal decision. -
rill at the municipal The Ontario Water ,Resources
to use a w
marina was rejected by Sifto on
cy cha the" grounds the water contains
is high in mineral n " S - made
ccicy ..
-Estimated cost 'of a pipeline
about a half -mile long is • '
$60,0(10: This, would double if »
debentures were issued. The
boar of X" e uca t i on
PUC estimated the yearly
commission has released a report
onnthe Goderich water treament
plant for last year and reports
the staff keeps a . "...clean,
attractive and very efficient
plant for the town of Goderich".
'Operating costs for the year
were $59,477.74, an increase of
$8,633.36 from 1968. Unit costs
of 21 cents p'er 1,000 gallons for
• treatment remain close Oto "the
1968 figure. Interest on the cost
of the plant is approximately
$43,000 per year.
The average 'daily flow of 0.78
million gallons per day
represented about ,52 per cent of
the design -flow. of 1.5 Million
gallons, per day although this' '
design -figure was exceeded• in, 'A
July, August and September.
Fluoridation of the water
supply was started on November
10, 1969, almost one year after
being voted in by referendum.
Total flow for the year was ,
286.89 million gallons, an
increase over 1968 of 13 per
cent, of the daily consumption,.
Consideration is at present,
being given to increasing the
output of the plant.
interest would be $7,000,, The "
revenue from the •mine for the . _ Because the Huron County
- • w r used would be about Board of Education feels that
same students—in—ay uffer-
unjustified hardships when- their
place of residence is changed
_Awing ing the school .year from one
school district in Huron CounW
to another in the county, or
,when a student is forced to
change schools before he has
completed a program of studies
in a particular school, it has been
agreed that it will be the policy
f of the board to permit children
to finish their course of study'in.
—the school in- which they are
enrolled. providing there is no
additional cost to the board as a
result of the decision. •
It • is understood,...thowever,
that when the pupil had • finished
his schooling in the school of his
former residence that, in the
case of moving from elementary
r' school to. secondary school, he
shall enrol in the designated
school for -the area in which he
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The LUC and -representatives
of :the Ontario Water Resources
mmission-..._Who _attended, a
meeting=Tuesda_y,.. night, July .14,..
agreed that a pipeline paid for
entirely by the town would not
be sound economically and that
it would place an unfair burden
on the rest' of the Goderich
water users. - r
OWRC representatives were in
Goderich to discuss the capacity
-of the town's water treatment
plant which is operated' by the
OWRC •
s
The plant'capacity has given
cause for concern. High demand
during the summer months has
made lawn watering restrictions
necessary in recent years.
- Two. solutions were discussed.
They will be given :further
consideration at, a future PUC
meeting.
resides unless enrolment in John Lavis. "Only "a few can
another school is approved actually benefit from the
.under --ether...A3oard' ...Policy -or --program_ which is _costing
resolution. ""' somebody ea�deni\'f�c
In other business, the board mojiey•" ,
_agreed to purchase a video' tape The results of parent -teacher
recorder for Seaforfh "'District --discussions -held-. -,..'throughout
High School• at a coif of $•3,150 Huron County duringthe-winter-
(Seaforth
he-winter(Seaforth is the only high school months were disclosed at
in the county without such ' Monday evening's meeting of the '
equipment); learned that interest Huron County Board of
charges to date in 1970 amount Education:
- to ' about $47000; and - A summary `of 'the findings
questioned the wisdom of the tabled at the meeting by the
Interprovincial Youth " Travel director of education, John D.
Program in which five Huron Cochrane, showed that most
County ' Secondary School parents faior . psychological
students ,are participating this, services to assist in learning
summer. difficulties; guidance services,
They are Peter Cameron, especially in Grades 7 and 8 to
• Clinton; Carol Anne Doig, assist students entering high
Seaforth; Hennie . Bejersbergen, school; up -graded library
Wingham; Julie Burgess, Exeter; services; sex , education handled
and Alister Pirie, Goderich. • by qualified teachers; French in
"It'slike spending all your all elementary schools; optional
money \on ° one football subjects such as music and art in
t e am ,"commented Chairman serldary schools; adult
e
harbour::.
Lloyd MacDonald, 55, of 97
Pieteri" St. E., Goderich drowned
Wednesday 'afternoon, July 15, ,
in .Goderich harbor, about 200
yards from where he and his son
• had been working., -
County coroner Dr. N. C,
Jackson pronounced him 'de tdat
the scene.. An autopsy was
ordered. - -
Mr. MacDonald and his son,
John, 17, were sandblasting the
iron work on the south harbor
pier under a contract with the
federal department of public
works.
The.elder MacDonald stopped ' -.,
work to go to his car for a cold -
drink. The car was parked about
three feet from the edge of a
grain wharf belonging to the
Goderich Elevator Company.
When his father didn't return,
the son went to look for him. He
saw his father's hat floating, in
the water near by. The water is,
_about 28 feet deep at that point.
_ - -:Join— :ten-- :to —the -Goderich
•"• = ievat teompany--offiees=:.-for
help. Dragging operations were
started and • the body was
recovered —a156 -at -15 feet'-frdm�
the- ear at about.=3p.m...No_ one
saw what happened.
A t ug from MacDonald Marine Tug Company was used by police for dragging operations Wednesday,
t to recover the-bod�raof-Lloyd:.MacDonald,.,.55,,.Qf,A ,icton, Street, East. The body
—July--15---in -an attempt „
'was r - ' -•—MacDon ld_. d.rowned_wben:,he apparently . fell into the water after
was recovered atrout 3 p.m; -Mr. a -- _
returning to his car from where he was working on the south pier. —staff photo:
• • Press to sit in --on committee.
education in the form of • meetings of �educat�on board
extension courses and the arts; mea
and school use after normal
• hours. •
"Many additional suggestions
were put forth," Mr. Cochane
:said in his report. "Althoughi all
of these suggestions ;deserve,
serious consideration, each must -
be subjected to a serious study..
regarding need, cost, and need
vs. cost before any concrete
° suggestion or recommendation
can be made.
Signal -star hosts On tari� Weekly
Newspaper Association golf tourrie
The second an • golf
tournament of th ntario
Weekly. Newspapers Association
was held at the Maitland
Country Club on Friday, July 17
with Signal -Star Publishing
Company as host. '
Overall winner of . the
tournament was Bob Shrier,
Signal -Star president and
publisher of the Goderich
tr Signal -Star. He had low gross
with an 82 and was winner of
the Imperial Oil Trophy.
Low net was wen by Bob,
Merrill of Bracebridge with a 7L
Weekly,newspaper publishers
and editrs with members of
their staffs, and supply company
representatives from Ontario and
Michigan took part in the
tourney and were feted -at a
dinner in .the evening.
J.. Howard Aitken was master
a. of ceremonies, for the event and
greetings from the town were
• brought by Reeve Harry Worsell, „'
Mr. 'Shrier added .his ---welcome
and OWNA president Mac
- 1VIacConneli" " also brought -
greetings from the association.
Among the other special
guests ,.present were Gerry
Craven, president of the
Canadian Weekly Newspapers
- Asseciation; Peter Hdviston, past
president . of OWNA; Jinn
yr Re'ddick, Imperial Oil Company
representative who made .the
presentation; Walter Palmer, area
manager for Ontario Hydro, host
for the dinner; , Don White,
public relations director for the
Bruce. Nuclear Power
development at Douglas Point,
C.H. Meier, Goderich. promotion4'
• offi, ' and Bill Taylor,
• secretary manager of the
.as'sociation.
The entire male staff of
Signal -Star Publishing were
present and prizes among them
went to Signal -Star editor Ron
Ori ith,, 4;,: p smart bm�j
G a.QT+.l.�t,
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• Advertising., manager Ed. Byrski
for being the newest golfer
first time out — and— to 3.
Howard Aitken as the, most-
iionestagolf ..
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�e . tot�r►triieo
o in 1969 atter a few years 'of no
golf and was played at
Newmarket. It mill be played at
Auroral) next year with. til
Aura13anor as host.
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The annual golf. tournament Of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers
Association was held in Goderich last friday,' July 17, with
Signal -Star Publishing as the host company. Winners were, from
the left: Murray Scoynd, ActonFree Press, second low .grose•
with an 85; Bill Batten, Exeter Times -Advocate, second low net
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with a.74; Bob Slider; publisher of the. Goderich Signal -Star and
president of the host company who won .the tournament and
the Imperial Oil Trophy .with a low gross of 82; .presenting the
trophy is Jim Fleddick, Imperial Oil -representative; Bob Merrill,
Bracebridge, logy net for the day with a.71. —staff phato•
Many people from the weekly neayspoper world were on hand
-last Friday, July :17 when . Signal -Star publishing Company
played ,host for the annual golf tournament of the Ontario
Weekly Newspaper Association °at the Maitland Country Club.yy�
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Sttnt�in�g' golfer was H+ob $ t ;"p ttl ,
and publisher of the Goderich Signal-Star.•He•hit a'low gross of
82 and picked up the 1 perial t i 'trophy. Low net was won by
Bob Me ri 1, of Braceb li ge with 71. Froin°tied ftiare sormof
the special guests present for the occasion: Peter Hdviston, past
Beginning with the August 17
meeting, members ,o the press
will be invited tow sit ' in- on
committee meetings of the
Huron County Board of
Education. •
The new scheme.will be for a
trial period initially, the months
of..,August, September, October
and November.
Meeting dates will be changed
from the first and third Monday
evenings to the second and
Tourth Monday evenings. .This
change will permit processing
month-end reports for inclusion
in regular meeting agenda.
The regular business meeting
open to the public will be held
at 8 pm onthe second Monday
r'
with items for Committee o
The Whole marked on the
agenda.
Committee Of The Whole
meetings will be held at 8 pm on
the fourth Monday followed by
meetings and discussion with
principals, department heads,
guidance heads, teachers with
special or interesting programs,
presidents of students' Councils,
plant superintendents, etc:;
"In Camera" sessions may be
held for a half hour prior to the
ComMittee Of The Whole'
meeting. Discussion at these
sessions will include matters of a Cemetery. Pallbearers were Rod
personal . or private nature and Donald A• MacDonald, Jim
involving individual students and West, Carrick Coiling, Jim
personnel and the like. - - • Brooks and Malcolm MacKenzie,
Mr. MacDonald is survived by
his wife, two sons and four
daughters.
He was 55. Survivors
include his wife, the former
f Donalda MacDonald 'and his -
family. Colin of London, Mrs.
John (Joan) Black of Ashfield
Twp., Anne of Stratford, Donna,
John and Helen at home. Also
surviving are two sisters, Mabelle
of Windsor and (Jean) Mrs. •
Richard West of A'shfield Twp.
and one brother. David of
Ashfield Twp.
Funeral. service . was Friday,
July 17, 1970 from' the
McLennan — McCreath Funeral
Home Ripley with Rev. George
N.' Ball Officiating.
Interment was • in Ripley
Art Mart beats the weather
and draws large crowds.
The eight annual Art Mart and
Sidewalk Sale ended Saturday
after a three; day run ,in the
-Courthouse Park..Members of
the Goderich Art Club which
sponsors the show described it as
the best yet, despite inclement!
weather.
Major factor -in saving the art
part. of the show was the.setting
up of work in the former
Stedman's store. Local " artists
displayed well over 150 pieces
inside the building. and many
out-of-town exhibits were on the
park, °
Biggest novation -this .year
was the Flower Festival put on
by the Goderich Horticultural
Society. Over 2,000 visitors
sighed the 'book on the lower
floor of the County building
where the show was held.
Exhibits were on a tourist -
theme with displays -showing
various facets of Goderich such
as Snug Harbour, the Huron
County Museum, Sky Harbour
Airport, a dustry, Business, Etc.
The ex :s is were well planned
and well set ue and despite some
bad moments at the start of the
• show when employees in the
building complained, the show
went overbetter than expected'
Wand proved to be a popular
feature of the three days of
events.
The Goderich Ministerial
Association mite again set up a
marquee and showed films with
volunteer projectionists running
1 the projector.
The Kiri Karnival set up
between Hamilton Street and
Colborne, Street and, as usual
was ' a roaring- success,
particularly with the younger
set. A new inovation with it this
year was a mini roller coaster
that. had the lager small fry en arye 26, is the son of Mr. and. marble pillars that •adorne
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woodwork here for the first
time, arid a display by Mrs. Bob
Soehner of Elmira who had an
unusual selection of nut craft
and seed work n show for the ,
first . time. She also showed
painting by her mother,- Elvera
Johnston who has shown here
before. She was assisted at her
booth by daughter Cindy.
The Huron County ..Pioneer
Museum had a display in the
lower " part of the County
building with • local girls as
attendants. The display showed
some of the smaller items that
may be seen at the museum and
also showed a pictorial tribute to
the Museum founder Herbert
Neil. •
The Goderich Youth Club
held open house with a good
attendance. Weather almost
spoiled the three day show as
wind and rain threatened and
the temperature dropped, but no
heavy . downpours were
- experienced until late Friday
evening as the booths were being
taken down for the night.
Attendance is estimated to
• have exceed the expected 5,000
and the Goderj h Art Club and
the Horticultural Soceity is
already looking forward to next
year.
comesllomert BaechlerIiaY
_wedding,,forhs srster s
by Ron Price
sharing the honors with two
from London.
Marty Baechller will be coming
home next week to play at his
sister's wedding . Fr
He is better known now as
Jimmy Finch, ` leader of•. the
Oriental Mod Squad which he
formed about . a year ago, and
which has been going great guns
ever sihce.
The group has played the
fabulous Ceasars' Palace in Las
Vegas and is currently appearing.
at Campbells in London.
Marty does his own booking
• and -also runs a pretty successful
booking agency we hear. He is
booked into the Pizza 'Patio
from July.27 for a week anti will
play at the wedding of his sister
Lynda, at the end of his
With . the formation of'the
Oriental Mod Squad last year
things began to happen and with
a booking at the Peppermint
Lounge in New York the group
had a firm, collective foot in the
door.
Since then they have cut
records and have been doing the
night club circuit.
Ceasars' Palace, a ig spot on
their tour,. is one of the most
grandiose• of the Las Vegas night
spots with tree lined promenades
.centred with ornamental
fountains; plush suits of rooms
fit for Ceasar himself and a
definite Roman atmosphere
brought about by the statuary •
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president of the `OWNA; C. H. ('Dutch) Meier, Goderich
promotion officer; Jim Reddiek, Imperial Oil representative;
Bob Shrier; Harry.Worsell, reeve of Goderich; Mac McConnell,
president of OWNA; J. Howhi Aitken, vice- president of
i ing :panda., master .,..of, ceremonies for the
rgrral.�Star .,:!?ubli� g
banquet `Walter Palmer,- area vaanagerxt f Ontario Hydro°and'
Dori White, public relations, director for "the Bruce' Nuclear
" II I at DLu las Point. —staff photo.
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set up stall on, the srdewalk for and never'took a lesson. His first month there and reached a
• their Sidewalk Sale Days and group was the Four Teens which pinacle early in their new found
.visitors and local residents alike was made up of Goderich boys! career and predictions are that
went after the bargains that *ere John Cymbal and . they will be wanted back .ih.,
Garth Picot,
. evident'everywheree,, : w... , - ,. a: u 'V p"' ,
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'Solve . 'new . displays on Nhe , h • n , _ w art .` '''' '' •..._. 1.'G ''it's ° a- to t -way -from reaa . ;
. The' ttartette Whit `M y"
Square included one" by Johfi next Palace to Goderich, but then a
q .,The trato Tones carne ne
of . Mitchell who i fellow's sister doesn't ,get
Raus�r . .� � with .art and one other fello �
displayed his" natural base relief w y d
Goderich boy Wayne Fuck married .every day, doesra`�'e�',: • w
hants round the vrlrz re F'Road West. Hie plays base. gui it a "Priartara4tiveroutyvenrie,