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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-07-23, Page 70ODE81C.H MMONA, The first part of the new floor at Goderich Memorial Arena was poured Monday with .a crew of men working from daybreak to - sunset to complete the project, On this floor will go the insulation and freezing pipes and then the main flod'r will be adrjed. No finishing date has yet been given for the work, but it is • expected the arena'wiH be out of operation for at least 28 days after the final floor has been poured: -staff photo. BY W. F. ELLIOTT E' about "the `Tiger' who wad :a Fifteen years to the day from founder. of' .Goderich and served s opening to eub ic, '.ager Huron as. member of Dunlop inn on Highway, 21 Parliament" - provided a special , anniversary " Mrs, Vatting, a, gifted hostess, dinner last Thursday, July 9, received many camplirnents on' s norgasbord style. --thi and' forr;rier :,4 occasions in • A few days previous to the regardto mealsand service, but Official opening in 1955 .by Mr, passed on much of the credit to and Mrs. Gordon Kaiting; they- . -helpers who stayed with her for were persuaded by Harold - long periods: Mrs.. Tait Clark, MacPhee, (,ioderu h to cater for Mrs. Mary Brindley and Mrs • M, a wedding dinner. l The ; young C. Reynard. Guests see less of couple .were his son, Grant, and the competent people in the Miss 'Joan, Moore; they reside -kitchen.' than of, the young • now at Benmiller.' The'•° two waitresses, but they are easy on MacPhee families were specially the ekes. invited by Mrs..ltaiting for the Dr, William Dunlop, of whom anniversary occasion. a thumbnail' biography appears In a drawing for numbers, the on the Inn's table cards, rests „ lucky 15 was drawn by Donald, with his brother , Robert in' .a- son of Harold MacPhee, Miss tomb overlooking the Maitland Marcelle DeFreitas, of Toronto valley, restored a ,few, years ago and Goderich, drew number 30. and marked as a historical spot. 'Sixty-five diners signed the guest Born in Scotland, . William book, though the event had been taught at Edinburgh University, .advertised only ion the same day.., edited a London 'newspaper and Some guests• said they hoped to while on . service -in • India be present- ----forwr-0-the•-2.gth—reputedly .rid ..the -island of ,. anniversary, but Mrs. Kaiting . Saugor of tigers. In the war of assured them she did not -expect 1812-14 he served in Canada as to be in charge that long an army surgeon. perhaps a couple of years more. Returning ° to this country in "They have been 15 good 1926, he was just in time to years," she,said. "We have met a assist John Galt, Canada lot' of people, and hope we have Company Commissioner, in done something for the developing the- 1uron Tract in -community, perhaps even in a the capacity of Warden of the historical sense; a great many Forests. • A member of people da not ,know anything Parliament inn. 1841-46, he died at Chute in 184:8 at the ago of In'185,8,he: bou t tint' veal 59. Several books have been , twin John Upthegrove,; wlro had: inspired by the Career of 114s -established itotwo year `ear n^ "physician, author, woodsman, Qn ons fifths of- om. ',aCx soldier, politician and ,pur ha ,from John : Galt,;: off. raconteur,,, The Ridge, When Dunlop broke with ,the • Anthony,♦ who lived" in .Company ,.he built a big log Goderich in his youthful days, house on the plateau' "north of ` took over the tavern' in 1804. In ' the present tomb site and called early years it was known AS the; it "Gairbraid," after his Scottish Dunlop Exchange, All,, six feet m. . home. it was for years a -centre four and. weiihing nearly 300•' of community life, but ,nothing pounds, never 'had any real of it remai,s. . trouble with roisterers. Tiger Dunlop Inn was built.in His residence, ilow the Inn, 1861 or 1862 as residence of originally bad , a verandah en• Anthony Allen, 'owner of, the three sides and a frame section tavern at the -northeast corner of ,. on the west. the highway intersection nearby. Anthony, who served 'the Owing to highways department township as reeve, died4in 1912 .operations, that building has in his 83rd year, anda.Ben, one of been removed to the east side of his sons, 'had the place; its •' the highway. Anthony, born at Enniskillen, his time, stables housed many homes in Ireland, was naught as an•infant His widow, Olive . (Walter) to .Dunlop ' by, ents, Mr, Allen, sold the place to .Gordon , and Mrs. John Allen;,in 1833. and, Gertrude Kaiting in April, John Allen farmed for some 1955. .., ,,...< years . in Colborne; an eldL A half-sister of the latelMrs. pollbook locates him on Lot 7 in Allen, Mrs. Charles Young, was Concession .IV, • ED; north of among the guests- at the 15th Benmiller. anniversary. ice. ■i■ BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Lists' of -teacher resignations and teacher transfers were presented tp the Huron County 'Board of :' Education Monday evening. Resignations include R. Espey and Richard Kush of Central Huron Secondary School and Mrs. Sarah Edwards, Jerry Komery ands Mrs. Shirley Roberts, South Huron District High School. ' Transfers include Miss Barbara Chesney from Seaforth P.S. to f iowick Central; R. E. Craford from Goderich DCI to Robertson Memorial in Goderich; Ors. Regina Jenkins; Unborn „...Central. • ,to Hullett Central; Heinz Hoernig. from F. E. Madill S. S. to Central Huron S.S,; K.ertneth Reidy from -Seaforth' D.H.S. CO °Central Huron S.S.; Miss Dianna Spicer from Goderich D.C.I. to F.E. Madill S.S_;,.Miss Barbara Wasson from Howick Central to Blyth and Hullett (Special Education); William Worsell .from . Central Huron S.S. to Goderich. D.C.I.,; and Douglas Yeo from Holnresville to Victoria P.S., Goderich. In another report, the board learned that thea students of South Huron District High School have made a contribution. toward "Project Schoolhouse", a plan to build and equip a junior high school in Trbumaca on the island of St. Vincent, West Indies4 The donation was made in memory of Janet Guenther and Geraldine Modciejcuge w were drowned during a school field trip earlier this year., - ' The board learned that a framed reminder of the memorial gift will be hung on a wall in the new, building- in Troumaca. BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER the best solutionbwill be., .• About 65 McKillop township "If we're making a change, ratepayers, a large percentage of make a right move," he tienr_°. enxs-�.wchildren cautioned. gelment �schools. in V e -c m'rnrarzir-. ohea- Ili , °McKillop, attended -Monday- -noted-that' it had experience of some board's that. if changes were not made when they were approved by the' department, they --''were Very difficult to "° achieve at a later date. He said that an addition of three classrooms and a library at Seaforth to accommodate the McKillop students' • would be financed 100 percent . by the department. Any other, move made without department " -consent, could be costly at this' time. One McKillop resident -asked the board to consider the Walton • situation at the same time as it is evening's meeting of the Huron County Board of Education to voice concern for the• educational` future of. the children in 11`llcKillop. Although the delegation's spokesman, Art Bolton, claimed that the group present represented .,the segment of McKillop ratepayers who fevered joining with. Seaforth Public School for educational purposes;` it was evident there was some discord within the _ group. ' While no one in the group was opposed to , closing the township's six one -room schools, there was disagreement about the type of facilities ' which would., be bes‘ for McKillop youngsters. Results ' of an incomplete 'Stirvey taken in .McKillop recently showed that out of 130 • homes .visited, 91 families were in favor of the McKillop -Sea - forth union. Board chairman John Levis learned ' that 130 homes represented about two-thirds of the total number, and after some quick ' mental arithmetic estimated that 91 signatures showed that about half the McKillop ratepayers favored the union. ->• since the law prohibits a board Bolton explaineid that . if the from retiring a teacher until he entire township had been or she reaches 65 years of age surveyed, the results would be and since teachers are under much ' more favorable. • 'He `permanent contract. suggested,.. that a full canvass "Who has control over the should ' be completed if signatures were the determining guide for the board's decision about McKillop schools. Board . member. Dan -.Murphy told the delegation it had to be a board decision and that, to a certain extent, the board was bound by the dictates of the Ontario Department of Education in: this matter. One McKillop ratepayer suggested that it would possibly be more satisfactory to "leave things the, way they are for a The largest gathering of boats ever seen in Snug Harbour have been tied up there this week and apparently for no other reason than that, the 'boatmen, have begun. to 'be made aware of the facilities that exist there. Boats were moored as many as three abreast at- the dock and d 13 craft were anchored •in the harbour basin. The Signal -Star asked eight boatmen why they decided -to stop at Goderich; if they had stopped here before and if not, why not. The answers were, in order, "we heard it was the best on the coast," or "it gives the best service on the coast"; some had stopped here before and triose who had not, did not know of its existence before. Members of the Huron County Board of Education learned Monday Bening how• the reorganization of its academic administrative structure will actually operate. D. J. Cochrane, director of education, report d that the schools will be -dived into three operational units - Unit . A including, nine .elementary schools,4 one school for the retarded and F. E. Madill Secondary Scheel; Unit B, six elementary schools, one school for the , retarded and Central ,Duron Secondary School and Goderich District Collegiate; and Unit • C with 10 elementary "schools, one school for the mentally retarded, and Seaforth District High School and South. Huron District High School. - Unit A will be administered by W. D. Kenwell who commences his duties with. the board September 1, 1970. Other specific duties to' be taken by Mr. Kenwell " are special education, advisory committee on schools for Trainable Retarded Children and vocational education. ' W. H. Knisley will have charge of Unit ' B as swell as special interest .in._.English,....geography_ and history. F. E. Madill in Unit C will oversee mathematics, science and the Advisory Vocational Committee including ° Adult Education James Coulter will co -}ordinate the duties of the three superintendents and John D. Cochrane as ° director of education, will. remain incharge of the entire system. deliberating about the McKillop problem. - "Walton deserves equal education," he stressed. "They have every right to ask for it." " Elliott said , it Wks 'his—belief that the • department was endeavoring first to phase out all. the one -room schools -in the,_,. province and then work toward - equal educational opportunities throughout Ontario. During the,discussions, it was evident that many parents present were ,concerned • about certain teachers working • in McKillop. They were told it was very difficult to let a teacher go teachers?" asked one lady. Director of education John Cochrane said that it must be proven that the, teacher is incompetent, . Elliott____ reported that forms ' are available - on which ratepayers' may make complaint's concerning teachers. "Improved facilities. are not necessarily going 4o make better teac-herd'-advised. Mr._ Cochrane._:`_ _ Several • McKillop residents agreed . that McKillop students were making an average showing after leaving the McKillop school csa.xaec. ,HarX.xnAWllM1WX• . The second annual sail past of the Goderich Power Squadron was held in Goderich Harbour on Sunday with 'Members of the Blue Water Sailing Club taking part. Inclement Weather forced the cancellation of race§ - both power and sail - that were to have taken place after the ceremony. George P. Coppin, .London, district commander Western Ontario division Canadian Power Squadrons took the salute with E. , Beecher Menzies, squadron executive officer, representing the Goderich Power Squadron. Tho flotilla of "small boats passed down the main channel, around the marker bouys near the breakikell and back past the reviewing stand on the south pier. t. 'The =members of the 'Goderich 'Youth Centre held open house ',list week during the Art Mart days and'report yisitdrs numbers were "considerable and the result was satisfactory. Some of the younger members who were at the„ 010 Friday evening were, ti -0, ' *our the''left Mary Greg, .W nda Idlilltoti, Roberta fiarnilton, Oat' Ball, .Janice Hugill and Sandy Proush while at the rear are ted CreWford, Eddy4 elly andi` iii 1 faeAdar i. Stitt photo,