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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-02-18, Page 1a 4. 4 • • I • 41.41%010Air 4 „M • PAC N G tei11) • • 4 • t Snowmobiling has become one of Canada's most popular winter sports-, in recent years and snowmobile racing is becoming big business for teams. Races were held at Agricultural Park SaturdamT.lar414-e. ,Godeljek - Kinsmen. Clubywittka Jargesravvci-if AU -WI a119.e. -.40.0.0.7.1e7chilljegT: -`, winds.' The track was in goothcondition for the events which included almost everything from the large. modified machines to small stock and powder puff events. Ray Allin of Goderich was injured * when his machine went over the bank at the south west corner and struck The fence He taken to hospital by St. John Ambulance with bruised kidneys and a. possible back injury. -Staff Photo. .11 Huron F of A concerne over beef imports -The Huron . Federation. of 'Agriculture, -after a reasonable • amount of success tackling the • provincial government over school taxes, is now spearheading a fight against- federal - authorities. • -. The Federation has' expressed concetri over the, amount of beef, being,imported from Atistralia,at a time of rising costs for beef Producers, here have cut profit fOt farmers. The Huron Ikederation has' drafted a, letter to jean Luc Pepin, Minister. Of Trade and. Comrnetce agking- for a halt to such „imports. • The local federation is also , trying to win the suppOtt of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in the drive. The • 'OVA heard the plea for support •„at its january meeting and, will investigate fully before making a decision - at the February members meeting later, • this month. • The letterstates: Lions receive quarter • century pins HonorableJean Luc Pepin; Mi mister of laTade -and • Corrimerce, ' Trade .and "Commerce Building, Wellington Sae -et,. ;\ .Ottawa, Ontario, _ DearSir: • , I am concerned about the -- .importation of beef from Oceania. It' is becoming . increasingly difficult - to farm profitably in Canada because of ( ,40041ffimmommonommiimmilminimiffinsiamoymmitpilimuilimoiminuminwoirallowinmiimminalitiiii,:lintimiiiislinawilOoluirninmoniatimiiiiiIIIIIIIIiifitififilfililliiiiNIIIIM lipplininuill104101111001001110111111t0011100. 0110164,010, 1 • _. • 1 /., ttit- .a 4 124th ,YEAR - 7 Irlitil,tSDAY:-FEBRUAR'Y 18, 1971 SINGLE COPi .Muumunitimposimoinionimommimmimmiimaimomimmowitimmiummuilimummummiiimiummilimminsimmummumllimmiummumlloommionmoommionummilmillommolommilmmilliommomovionionommoumomiumwil • ommittee reports At the regular meeting' Council agreed a letter should council , Thursday night,, be sent. to the' Hon: C. S. February 11, reports,, from IVIacNaughton,,enquiring, into the coUricillors included items of grants structure as' applied to traffic, safety, water and erosion. harbour recommendations with Coun. Ron Price, chairman of some special recommendations the town's property committee 'concerning checking erosion of reported decoration work on the the lake bank. town . hall apartment would be i t hregard to safety, Reeve completed the following day and Paul Carroll reported a child had that the work on MacKay Hall been struck, by a car . while was progressing well. He said crossing the intersection of that •due to an oversight on the ^South Street and Britannia original ,,planning some ,changes' Road. f -le asked ' if the 'were necessary in the contracts intersection could not be to allow for a light dimming controlled by light's, suggesting .system that `had not been' old traffic lights were available allowed for. Coun. Price said as in the town. the lights would benefit most Coun. Ron Price, i'nforrned people he had :changed the couricil the Goderich contract work AO keep within Community Safety Countil last the, budget set by council,.,while 'year recommended the :providing , the . most needed intersection be made, a four way changes,: stop.Coup. •Price also 'reported no Coun. Stan 'Profit, chairman,• part of the cosLwOuld be .borne of the fire', traffic and safety by the, Goderich' Little Theatre ,...c.ommittee,' *id it would); beas was first expeeted. He said the, possible to put stop signs at the pan- of the work undertaken by intersection the following day the local 'theatrical group was and noted this already had been the installation of a 84,000 stage -rpr6V:rdekFf6rift'tffeTheW—rraffte'''.1irtTng'sYgtetil:'"77•7tv- Ile asked council for In his own committee report, • permission for the Little Theatre Coun. -Profit, referring „tp the group • to purchase the lights traffic'. light at Victoria and through the town' in order to Hamilton Street; said he had, gain the discountavailable to the been in cOntact,' with Gerry 'town,' He noted the lights would Denomme of Goderich -Electric be, used in a town building. and:.Mr. Denomme had stated -CoUncil tgreed. the lights had been approved by ' Ci)un. ' Ed Gieshrecht all the necessary authorities and innovated a report system from in his professional opinion were committees ex -council, with a working as well as any lights verbal report of the activities of • anywhere. Cour(. Profit ' ( Svc Pgge' Ten) , . suggested a warning, sign could' he erected before the lights advising ...1.motorists ....of ...their _._ • I cannot produce food Presence. - rising input costs andhigh interest rates. •• , profitably in competition with Australian beef produdels.• - • Please advise me whether you and your department intend tO stop or restrict these imports.” Copies of the letter are being , circulated throughout the . county for farmers to sign and send to OttaWa. ” 'To hold public speaking ,contest' at St. Marys On Friday, February 1, at 1:30 pm., there will.be a Vutlic speaking- contest ',involving 10 Catholic schools , from Huron • County, at St. Mar's Separate!. School. Those taking. part are Our Lady of Mdunt Carmel School, , Mt. Carmel; Precious Biota School, Exeter; St. Boniface School,,"Zurich; Ecole Ste. Marie School (St. Joseph); St. Mary's Iftitzs,;4•:;"slottz• • chairman, Zone 3, district A-9 Lions 'international, presented Quarter Century pins' and • .certificates --to. -11 -.members the Goderich, Lions Club who have • completed twenty-five , years or more of faithful 'service towards Lionism. The presentations were made Thursday night. • Those receiving the awards, included - Harold Bettger, Clayt •Edward, Guy 'Eminerson, Ray Hughes, Eddie Jessop," Arnold • McConnell, Bill Mills,'Ebb Ross, _Bob "Sinith and "-Nip. Whetikone. ' Lion Gordon Muir, manager ' of the Sifto Salt Mine presented to the club one 'of the" "...most interesting 'and inforrnative addresses „ Which 'the club has heard," a spokesman said. Mr; • -Muir outlined the history of salt in 'Canada leading Up to the preknt development of the salt industry. • •the president ofthe God,erich Club, Lion7 Ken Dunn. announced thatlhe neXt-regylat meeting ---of the club is to be • Farmers night and that Les Armstrong, Firm Editor of X would bf the .uest •spZ§a 4P41./FM . *IA meeting are under the chairmanship oLion Mel BOgie. A School School School Hert ,James Co u. , fr:Goderich; St. Joseph's , Clinton, St. Joseph's ,•Kingsbridge; Sacred SchOol; Wingham; • St. School, •Seaforth; St. mb'itti' School, • St, Columban. The winner of the county competition will proceed to the zone finals at Glencoe High School, Glencoe on Saturday, February 20, at 2 p.m. Coun. Ron Price -who asked for the chetk of the lights, later' moved that the . town -erect a ' Warning sign before the lights' and also place "stop here on signals" signs 1.5'feet befofetraeh- light-controlled intersectiori. Coun. Profit said he' was no lesS, concerned with the safety of the town's children than Coun. Price was but added he didn't • , feel he was an expert and had to rely 'on the, professional opinion, Of others. Re been checked .through all departments and he would reiterate his stand, of "the previous week that there was nothing wrong the lights.: He said the sign before the light' would possibly slow traffic- , down,a bit. • Reeve • Paul Carroll itT his • report of harbour'activities asked council to ; consider petitioning the provincial government to find out if funds were' available for bank erosion control. He noted there was a serious„,problern on some, parts • of the bank and Jett action should be taken now. e , Carol Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Chapman, Warren Street -.will give:a solo performance at Ice Nicks '71 to be presented this weekend here. Carol haswon' a number •of awards in area slating competitions and appears tor4be heading for a bright future in skating competition..More photos inside.,' -Staff Photo. - EigM vehic • In one Five gars, two trucks and ,a school • bus Were -involved , Wednesday, tebruary 10 in a chain reaction accident •near Goderich *during .4'a fierce sndwstorm. The mishap occurred about 9:30 in the 'morning on Highway 8 at the Benrniller corner. OPP from the Goderich •detachment investigated "the , accident and - estimated the damage at $9,000. The school bus from Huron Automotive Supply Limited and driven by Elwood Atkinson, Goderich was bound for Goderich Collegiate Institute. The two trucks involved we're a Bell Telephone van driven by Paul Patrick Rau, Seaforth, and a Smith Transport Co. vehicle operated by Jack Gray, Galt. The five cars were driven by Eugene Harvey, Goderich; Blanca Kornfein, ' Toronto; :Shirley Dupee, Clinton; ,Barbara Prillock, Fu• t axid-W 1-I. Knisley, a surierintendent from the Huron county Board of Education, Goderich. Only minor' injuries were • reported 'as a result • of the accident 'to Rau, • Blanca Kornfein, Knisley and Robert Pollock, `a passenger in the car' driven by Barbara Pollock. .There were • four accidents • • Saturday, February 13, • , The mothers of the Goderich Minor -Hockey Supporters Club and __players_of many budding stars, donned the hockey uniforms themselves last Friday evening and took on the small fry -of the Squirts All-Star, team, The All -Stars won 6-0., despite help for the Mums from the referree, linesmen, spectators and the Use of two pucks at times. The addition of a second 'goaltender for the mothers didn't 'help the Squirts either. The game was. part of a fun -filled, Goderich Minor ,1:-lockey 'Requests, invitations handled Council briers Goderich .is ' reeeiving a number of requests ' from students out of town with regard, to the histofy of the town and „ the area, according to a report from Mayor Harry Worsen last week. Speaking to • Goderich Council, 'Mayor Worsell said he had received a number of such -requests and had been pleased to send' local information back to ,the students. The town of Hawkesbury sought the support of, the Goderich Council" for a resolution asking the provincial government OS prescribe special licenee ,fees for fuel oil dealers. The 'resolution noted other. provinces have such a licencing system - Goderich, council , • '• Candy Stripers at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital • received their caps Sunday for having contributed more than 100 hours of voluntary time to hospital work: The group is their" Work ' is coiiiiiinated by staff member JVIrs. Trevor Ormandyf. Recipients knelt on, a mien stool to help make -the work of pinning the' caps on a little easier. Mrs. Charity McDonald, •. " one of 12 who received them Sunday. More photographs page 1A, - Staff Photo ,1 4 decided 'it comld ze no reason why this one shoal • The ;town receivbd an invitation to attend a meeting of the Goderich PUC who would be discussing the Problem of getting water to the Sifto Salt Mine. The meeting was seheduled for Tuesday eyefkngitis.week. The town finance committee will look into the costs of half the payment Of a fence between „ . the r„.44,00,4 attrikon ettritti* .1414tithi.* adjacent to it: The owner asked the town last year to pay half Supporters Club Fun Night held at.thearena. From the left are, front row: Jean McGee, Alberta Moore, Steve, Gallow,' the phantom goaftender Dorothy Bedard, Lois Meriam, Steve's mother Tina Gallow and Maureen Elliott. Back row:' Eleanore . Hotchkiss, Pat Chisholm, Donna Duncan, Lorna Mathers,. Lois Stiaughan, Laura Schultz, Connie Osborn and Shirley Kennedy. --Staff Photo. ' • Hometown boy returns an rm s. own team 1,4;VisAlfitie.40,rtcX1,14673.titA4'; . rin41.44SrAkt,A,Aar brjajoae. ,ateip.-trt.! ,e;;;:46..„ Last weekend's double header action was taken then. Street oppOsite the arena is up 'Cambria Road. Born and raised, the cost of the fence and no Property on MacDonald r. ;rid rs.- rge Griffiths, Robert S. Cherry of for sale and council _has been tot* Oakville All Stars vs. Palmerston sent a letter to asked if it is interested. Council. Goderich Legion , Squirts All council asking for supra of his , efforts to maintain train services for passengers in this area. The letter was referred to the special committee . with a suggestion • that Briari Markson of the Coach HOuse Travel Service be alked for adice as to the effect orthe lack of, train service on travel to and from this area. will look into . the costs and chock the ' possibility of an arrangement with the trotting • • association for parking'. Questionnaires will be made available to all persons interested in senior citizens apartments. The forms will help the province discover if more apartments for older people are needed here. New superintendent liamed for county jail The Department of Jail, This Correctional Services announces facilitate that Mr. John D. Robertson will program become Security Supervisor at of the the new Quinte Regional Napanee Detention Centre in Napanee. outdated Mr. Robertson, who has been Kingston Superintendent 'of the Goderich Jail since January 1, 1968, served in the Canadian Armed Pwees-prior to joining the staff of the Jail in 1947. Until the in of the will serye temporarily as Superintendent or IrceBelleville temporary posting Will planning • of the and over-all operation Modern facility at which will' replace jails in Belleville, Napanee and Picton. here, finished his schooling here, married a Godertch girl, Carolyn' Duquette, John was happy to bring his team to his hometown. John and -Carolyn have .two children and Owen, aged 10, played on the visiting team. John had 'arranged for the team to visit DRMCO to see the famous Goderich Graders in the making, also the Huron, County . Museum, also famous in Western Ontario. „AL tiaifii4U4 •••', When the teams met at the Arena it didn't take long for a local player to ask to take a 'frind' home for the 'Weekend. Froth then on' the boys were introduced to Goderich with snowmobiling, sledding, skating d other entertainment boys of that age want and they all had a • .T4 WC10444**44Viiiiih, wonderful time. JOHNNY GRIE'rlITIS'' Howard Carroll, says they hope to return the visit in a Stars, ,was a terrific bit of couple Of weeks and Oakville is hockey. The score, Saturday really looking forward to this. Mr. Stuart W. Gilbert has been night, 4-3 for. Goderich. and This type of "Get appointed as Superintendent of the Goderich Jail. Mr. Gilbertl served in the Canadian Armed Forces for six years prior to his 3-2 Sunday iniSrning for Acquainted" weekends should ,Oakvill, shows the kind of. be encouraged '—' and it Will hockey these youngsters were surely make for ' better playing. relationships as these youngsters of the Napanee Jail, a position he has !rid since 1947. tor his extensive' work with the -11,14V Our thanks, John, for etting Jr. ,B 'tams, here is the son of • these two teamstogether. g •, , '; • 4;1., ,1,0,,P.;4, • • ,