The Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-12-10, Page 40•S' OCZ3ERI
S' CNA ,S AE, THURSDAY, ,DECEMMR 17,197Q, Q
The weekly dance held in the
'Auditorium was featured this A
week by two visitors who came
WO the spotlight in the last half
of the dance, with our own.Miss
• Della Peart at the piano and
really put on a' wonderful half
• hour of dance music.
Mr, Otis Sawyer of Kirkton
with the bass fiddle and Frank
Lostell of Exeter with the violin
thrilled the dancers with their
music. Thanks boys come again.
The° usual run' of wheelchair
r•� dances, waltzes, two steps, rye
waltz, French minuet 'and the
Hokey-pokey called by Mrs. Jan
Bylsma climaxed one of the best
dances we have had.
Win ye nae cum back again
kiddies? One was 80 years old
and the other in his seventies.
The annual Christmas fair was
held on Wednesday December 9,
under the auspices of the
‘Women's Auxiliary. The
residents had an opportunity to
do their Christmas shopping
from several °display tables in the
craftroom with tea and cookies
being served in the auditorium.
The Goderich Little Theatre
presented their musical drama
"Trial by Jury" in the
au ditorium on Wednesday
evening. This play. • was
thoroughly enjoyed by the
residents.
The Adastral Park Brownies
and Guides provided the
program for Family Night on
Thursday. The group were under
the direction of Mrs. Price,Mrs.
Harper, Mrs. McPherson, ,Mrs.
Vallistes, Mrs. Cheyene, Mrs.
Parent. Padre Youmatoff led and
directed ' the singing of several
carols by the group of about 60
girls after which they presented
each resident with a Christmas
corsage which they had made as
one of their crafts. The girls also
assisted the ' wheel chair residents
before and after the,,nrmgram.
The Family night program
will be provided by the Clinton
Brownies this week.
Sal
director concerned by .letter
less roads bitter for all; our
readers
write
Once more we enter the
super -slush season as the Public,
Works Department off -loads
tons of salt on the streets of
Goderich, it's free boys, so let us
use it.
Might I commend to the new
council a policy of the • city of
Waterloo to cut the use of salt
On their streets this winter to an
Mites tie with
5r: Mary's
The Goderich Mite All -Stars
played to a 2-2 tie with the St.
Mary's Mites Saturday in St.
'Mary's .
Donald Elliott scored both
Goderich goals. Allan Dunsmore
and Kevin Mitchell scored for St.
Mary's.
The local team now has a
record of one win and a tie in
two starts.
4 Sam Wain of Sam Wain:: Electric was winner of ''one of many door prizes presented at the PUC
Christmas party last week. This one was•donated by the 'Union Gas Company and was presented
by Union Gas Company Manager Stu Shanks, right. — Staff Photo
absolute minimum.. Already
their engineer has reported his
preliminary observations that
the saltless snow -packed streets
are providing better traction. and
improved driving ' conditions'
when compared to the "'salted
,.slush found in nearby Kitchener,
an observation many of us who
drive into Goderich each day
from the country could endorse.
Quite apart from these
considerations, and the many
thousands of dollars damage by
salt corrosion to our vehicles
each year, we might wonder
what long term effects this salt is
having on sewers, soil, trees and
other vegetation, perhaps in
years to come we will bb made
aware of the answer.
It is alarming to realize that
almost the entire out -put of salt
from the salt mine • at the
harbour (some 50,000 tons per
day) goes on roads in Canada
and the United States within the
drainage area of the Great Lakes,
and must .ultimately end up • in
these lakes. You do not have to
be a chemist or an ecologist to
realize that this system of lakes,
vast as Nit may be, cannot
assimilate impurities of this
magnitude (nearly 18 million
tons per year from the Goderich
mine alone) and not stiffer
profound long term changes.
Ten, 15 or 20 years from now
will we have to contend with the
problems of dead fish, saline
drinking water, electrolytic
damage and such, and when this
salting folly has been stopped
will we have to wait another 20
years for this vast accumulation
of salt to be flushed out of our
lakes? •
Donald -S. McKee
Editor's note: We have heard the
same reasoning about
snow -packed streets being better
to drive on and from personal
experiences in the far north \Ii'l
agree with it 100%. An y
comments anyone?
The annual Christmas party. of the Goderich Public Utilities.
Commission was held at the Candlelight Tavern on Wednesday,
December 9. During the evening lineman certificates were
presented to four employees by former chairman Bill Mills, left.
With certificates from the left are Don Langridge, who also
g
accepted for line foreman Harry Crane, absent due to ill health;
Mel Jacobs and Evert Middel. This has been the first year that
certificates have been "required under new legislation and the
local utility is one of the first to qualify personnel. — Staff
Photo
CONCERNED
Dr. J. H. Peters' letter of
December 3rd. causes me some
concern, not so much in w t hb
said but in"what he implied. am
concerned :that a number of
your readers may infer that the
Huron County Board of
Education is hiding things from
the ratepayer that other
municipally • elected bodies
report 'to their public. NOT SO,
DEAR READER.
.Earlier this year the Board
expressed a wish that the public
be kept aware of what. it was
doing. Accordingly, I prepared a
series ,-of reports on
accomplishments (including
savings) of the Board to date.
Thanks to the excellent
reporting of Mrs. Keller these
were given extensive coverage in
all corners of the County..The
reports contained a number of
comparisons with other.
jurisdictions but, unfortunately,
it was not possible to compare
costs per pupil. After all, does
the Goderich Town Council
compare its costs per resident
with that of Clinton; or does
Huron County Council compare
its costs per resident with Perth
County; or does Eatons tell'
Simpsons? It is simply just not
practicable to obtain copies of
audited financial reports of
other jurisdictions to make such
comparison and there is some
doubt regarding the right of this
-Board to publish the financial
figures of another jurisdiction.
In his concluding paragraph
Dr: Peters states that "We
demand and ,get a full statement
from our Town Council; we. have
every right' -to insist on it from
the Board of Education." I
AGREE. The statement is
`slightly exaggerated in that the
choice is not really up to the
ratepayer to demand or not. The
laws of the Province require
every publicly elected body of
government to provide a copy of
its audited financial report to
the electorate. Since the Board
of Education is a County body,
the financial report must be
made' available to every
ratepayer of the County. To
publish -this in every paper of the
County would have cost in
excess of $600. Since a financial
report cannot be classed as
"light reading" we had to weigh
the- • merit of such an
expenditure. Accordingly, a
notice was published in all
ni
" papers in the County, including
the Goderich Signal -Star, to the
effect that copies of the Board's
financial report were available
from each Municipal Clerk or at
the Board office. We were not
advised by any Clerk that his
supply of twenty-five copies was
exhausted and we had TWO
requests at the Board office.
Were we wrong in our decision
to save money? It seems that we
are • damned if we do, and
damned if we don't
I hope that this letter clears
up some of Dr. Peters'
implication of mismanagement
of Huron County's educational
system.
Yours very truly,
D. J. Cochrane,
Director of Education
& Secretary of. tt,e Board.
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GRATITUDE EXPRESSED
May . I, through your
newspaper, express my gratitude
to the many foster parents of
the Children's Aid Society of
Huron County, who, -last week
presented me with.. a very
beautiful clock?
I am overwhelmed by your
generosity and loving kindness.
Thank you all very much.
It has been a joy for me, over
the 'years, to work with you.
You are doing a wonderful
work. t
May. God richly bless you and
your families, and continue to
make you a blessing to the
young lives entrusted to your
care.
Words fail to express
adequately my appreciation. I
can only say: I ' thank you 'with
all my heart.
Very Sincerely,
ClareMcGowan.
Christmas is the season of
good will among men that finds
expression in the traditional
exchanges of greetings and
tangible tokens„ of love and
respect. There is an underlying
spiritual note that, sounds the
real significance of Christmas.
Courage, and confidence,
Optimism and good will are just
as surely symbols of Christmas
as are ,. the Yule log and
mistletoe. -
As we approach the holiday
season and the close of another
year, we would like to express
our sincere thanks and best
wishes to the many friends with
whom we have been associated
during 1970. Your friendship:
and co-operation are very much
appreciated.
THE STAFF of the
AGRICULTURE OFFICE,,
CLINTON, joins _ me in
extending best' wishes for a
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a
HAPPY and -PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR!
Don Pullen,
Agricultural
Representative
for Huron County..
ear firs. Feller:
Thank you for the kind
words you wrote in your . recent
column about cystic fibrosis—a
major cause of death in young
children:
Ours is generally an unknown
story, • therefore mentions of
cystic fibrosis such as yours are
so valuable to us.
For your further information
we enclose a kit of literature on
' cystic fibrosis= -and we also will
add you to the mailing list of
our newsletter Candid Facts.
Again, our thanks.
Sincerely,
W. Mac McKenzie,
Executive Vice President.
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at meeting
BY MRS, C. A. TROTT ,
Huron's MPP, Murray Gaunt,
Wingham brought some laughter
to the annual meeting of the
Huron County Federation, of
Agriculture here when he
discussed Premier John Robart's
recent resignation as. leader of
the Progressive Conservative
party in Ontario.
Mr. Gaunt said that he was
present in. Toronto when the
exciting news was announced
that Mr. Robarts would be
retiring. However, he added,, lie,,
was sorry to say his name wasn't
listed with those predicted as
possible candidates the following
day.
"After some short thought, I
wish to say that I won't be a
candidate for the leadership of
the Progressive Conservative
party".
Mr. Gaunt was first elected to
the Ontario government in 1961
— as a Liberal.
federation
(Continued from. Page One)
Mr. Coxe told the farmers
that the- brief, largely written by
himself and the late Malcolm
Davidson, formerly of
Brucefield, opposed sectipns on
the federal government's white
paper on taxation,' and that the
brief had met with about 50 per
cent success. "That is a better
than batting average, when one
is dealing with the government",
he added.
He -continued, "This exercise
in participatory democracy once
again shows the need for a
strong farm organization to
defend farmers at 'governmental
level".
The Committee report, he
explained, proposes to raise the
exemption level on estate tax to
$150',000 (present level is
$50;000)":
Although capital gains taxes
on increased value of farms since
Valdation Day (probably in
1972) will also be payable (plus
Succession Duties), it is likely
that the overall rate of tax on
farms would not be ruinous. Mr.
Coxe explained 'that the
'Committee proposes to cut the
estate tax rates sharply: The
result will be more kinds of
taxes, but not necessarily more
taxes.
In conclusion he stressed the
importance of farmers engaging
an evaluator who is competent —
"remember, as written document
on valuation is necessary — or
you are , done; - a one page
estimate -of the value 9f your
farm won't hold water; an
efficient evaluator will cost you
$300 to . $400 and he must be
someone who can impress the
courts."
Secretary of the county
organization, Mrs. Faye Fear,
Brussels, reported a bank
balance of $13.45. The county
has 700 individual service
members — the largest number
of any county in the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
structure. Each I.S.M. pays a
membership fee of $25 to the
DEA, and of, this amount the
county receives a $5 rebate.
President Stafford pointed out
to the meeting that township
levies and grants are essential to
finance the organization until
the membership is increased.
party
(Continued from Page One)
songs; Mrs. ' Driver entertained
with violin solos, with Mrs.
Eleanor Hetherington at the
piano; the talented family of
Don and' Shirley McMillan and
their three children, with
accompaniment by Mrs. Wan
played for carol singing as well
as giving generous instrumental
numbers. Many thanks to all the i+
performers.
This was the third successive'
year that the Huron Advisory
Board Christmas party has been
held in Goderich ' in Victoria
Church: With fine weather and
helpful co-operation of Victoria
U.C.W.; friends of CNIB among
merchants and , individual
persons; and the ppptrAlAttign of
talented musicians, this year's
party was pronounced 'a
resounding success.
THANK YOU
To all Separate School supporters who so willingly
supported me on n December 1, I offer -my sincere thanks. At
this time, let me wish you, one and all, a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Sincerely,
•
DONALD G. FRAYNE
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