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A publ'ic'speaking contest for students at Huron County.CatholiuSchools was held at St. Mary's:
School, Goderich, on friday, February 19. Nine schools took part. Winners were,. from the left:
Mary Van Osch, 12, a 'grade 7 student at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Mount Carmel. She is
• the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Osch, RR 2, Crediton. She placed- second, First place
Rinner Delores Neves, 14, a ,grade 8 student at St, Joseph's School, Kingsbrid9e• She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Neves, RR 2, Auburn, and' Paul Van Esbroeck,--11, a grade 6
student at Precious Blood School, Exeter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allois Van Esbroeck, RR 1, Hensall,
who placed third. - Staff Photo,
Application for cable TV
here remains unchanged
An application for a cable TV
Service. in- Goderich-and«•Clinton -• -
will rernain unchanged, but it
possibly will be c,uite sometime
•before --14 a �h,e,a ng into ,.-the r
application is'scheduled.
Ronald .McIntosh; of the `,
Bluewater Cablevision.' Service,
the .• company makings the
application, told Goderich
council last Thursday, he had
received a telegram from the
Canadian: Radio and Television
Contwission suggesting a hearing ,
could' be scheduled . if the
company was willing to amend
its application. to include
Canadian stations and not more
than- one United Stages
commercial and one ' United
States non-commeneial station.
Mr. McIntosh said ' his
company felt • it could' not
comply with the rec;uest as it
felt it would not be acting in the
- best public interest- '
He said he 'had . advised the
'commission ,t•'hat' • no
non-commercial television,.
station is available in the
Goderich-Clinton° area' and
,pointed out the residents of the
• two �tewits could, with a.rooftop '
antenna, receive four US
commercial television stations at
this time. '
Mr. McIntosh .told the
Goderich council he felt the
citizens of this area have just as
much ,right to.. al choice of
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-approval-1o.
a new apartment . design • o the, building was
building for the town between described as fitting into the local
Britannia Road and • Picton setting. .
Street, West of Wellesly. In other news council will
Local contractor , Peter consider moving curbs on
Brander sought approval for an Kingston and Stanley Street to
eight unit building in the initial facilitate parking for the Royal
stages with a further three units Canadian Legion, branch 109.2
Legion President Harold
to be provided later.
Off street parking will be Chambers asked council to
consider the project and the
matter was referred to the public
Tourism Iopic
at Stratford
March :11,
Tourism in Ontario's
" Midwestern Region; will be
• focussed upon in a special report ..
to be released by - the
H o n o,u rable James . , Auld, •
Minister of Tourism , and
Information, at . 'a , meeting in
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A council study vinto the .' property such as light standards.
feasibility -pf, making use .of 'one' • lns'urance--rates would be too
of the CNR tracks behind the
Goderich Elevator as •a possible
route for grain trucks has shown
the costs to be too high.
Local engineer Burns Ross
estimated costs at about
$500,000 + for the necessary
work. Council shelved ' the
protect,
It' was also found
high.
Council received a Intter.from
-Brian. Markson of the .coach
House Travel Service in reply to
., a request for infonnation•about
travel from Goderich since the
trains were stopped.
Mr. Markson said the
Stratford March 11.
television as those -in` other areas 60. per cent Canadian TV The document is a .major
•and• he._could._.notxc'omply,wi,th_ content,' are scheduled to report' on the future of tourism
any amendment that - would become.effective in April. to Southwestern 0
ntario
change it. A hearing for the proposed prepared by the Ontario -
id.. ert cinle P _„I{uzcardine service b the same Department of ” Tourism and •�
had donea "tremendous amount company has been sche'alife hi�Fo malron rn ccr=opera rr
of work," attempting to get the soon for Halifax, NovaScotia. with the Land Between the
Lakes-, Ca ord�nating Council
hearings for the area scheduled
and it was -largely due to his •�.AC.C�
work that some aetion was being
taken.
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• -Tie " "c ' uncil ' represents - the .
' tourist agions . of Central Erie, ,
Grey -Bruce, Kent -Essex,
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,Coun. Ron Price, suggested., ' ed M ,i d- W e s t_e r n and
councila send a letter to Pierre appointed a Sarnia-Lambton.
Juno •head of CRTC, showing �' The report touches on all
icy
Ach n g M0E1
that if •the propose policy 1
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t e le v ision content by Former, Mayor of Goderich, the Midwestern Region of
implemented in this area ..Dr. Frank Mills has been Huron, Perth, Waterloo, and`
residents would 'be restricted•to 'appointed acting Medical Officer Wellington Counties. The study,
not more than • four Canadian of Health ,for Huron °County;• called "Guidelines for Action--
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aspects the tourist industry in
changes with regard to- Canafli.an Southwestern Ontario including
"television stations,, two of which effective March .1. 1 9 7 1, , ' ' provides a
are `CBCno non-commercial Dr" Mills will serve in this comprehensive, inventory of the
stations and .a total of six capacity, only until such time as' recreational ' .resources of
channels on the cable TV 'service a replacement is secured for Dr. S o u t h w e's t e r n Ontario.
rather. than the nine proposed. G. P. ,A. Evans, who is leaving- Reeommendations contained in
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C410 agreed; Huron ,County this weekend to the rep,o,rt deal with•
Coun. Deb 'Shewfelt suggested become Medical Officer of environmental . control, capital"•
eot rci1 . circulate a' resolution Health for the' cities of - availability, tourist facilities and
opposing the . changes. . The 'Kitchener and Waterloo and the related matters
councillor said .he was " • . :sick County of Waterloo.
rand ,tired, of these ivory tower Members of Huron. County
boys ih Ottawa telling us w'hat•••, Council will meet tomorrow•
• - _. tanwatch.'s_.. (Friday, ; 'ebruary,.._26).._in, the
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He suggested" it was ,time for court house and will hear budget
local councils to get stronger in reports from: the Huron. County
-dealing- with these matters and`-- Board of Health, the County
council •also.... agreed ,.\to, that -Public Library, the Committee
proposal. of Management of Huronview
Mr. McIntosh said the„ and the County Road
proposed e-han es, calling for a,: Department.
The ` Great- Storm remembered
Mariners' servuce
BY ARNOLb McCONVNELL•,
The Rev.. G. "L. "Royal,
moderator of Knox Presbyterian
Church,' will conduct 'the
fifty-seventh annual Mariners'
Service to have been held at
Knox „since the Great Storm' of ,
November 9, 1913 shocked the
world. The service will be held warning, T11e.Great Storm sent a , but five of these sailors were
on Sunday evening., February. score of modern freighters to identified, and claimed, by
.2-8;-•at•••�30 p.m. • their_ • doom. Twelve ships relatives. The "Unknowns" were
�'d • �t!,, T,he•, lane.,,Or.....laraes:kudersor ..;.,. :disapp. ared,with ...heir•.: ,entirg,..: •later--.. buried in Maitland•'"' '
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col�idutted „,the. first° •sof these- .! ;erew.s,..Ieaving:.nothing behind to- : e y funeral. sereice.,•teinv
of 22' sailors who lost their, lives
in the Great Storm suggested
t gat , the service ' lie •named a
1�lariners' service. )•'
Twp weeks 'before navigation,
season would have- closed and
ships- Would have been. safe in
their winter quarters, without
Carruthers; The John A.
McGeari; The Issac M. Scott and •
The Charles S. Price. ,
For more than a' week after
the '.storm4 bodies were washed
ashore in'life preservers from the
Regina, The Price and The
Carruthers and other vessels. All
an •" . . . acute situ' tion." H0
explained the current travel
situation for the people of
Goderich and M"rs. Markson;.
who was present at. the meeting,
-suggested the Canadian National
Railways should not have to
make a profit on every train butt:.
as `a public owned 'eOmpany, •
should provide some means of
transportation for people who
'have to go out of town. t
At the suggestion, of Reeve`
Paul Carroll council will ask the
Board of Transport Governors
what, if any, conditions were
attached to the removal of trains
from the Goderich service.
A Queen was crowned at the Kinette Mardi Gras dance Saturday night. She is Mrs. Morley (Eileen),
•reeking, 163 Brock Street. Mrs. Leeking (centre) was the excited recipient of many lovely gifts,-
She is seen here with Mrs. Ken McGee, president of the Goderich Kinettes and Doug Cruickshank,
Kinsmen president The event was well attended and pr.oi✓d to be a successful venture. (staff
photo).
hiId almost strap
The meeting, scheduled for w
Thursday, March ,11 at 8 p.m: at
the Victorian Inn "Stratford is
ekpected , -to draw` a Targe
a t t e nda nee, • of rrru 'ictpah
councillors, regional tourist and.
development •council members,
tourist industry operators and
'leading businessmen• as well as
delegates from' chambers "of
commerce and gdvernrnent
'officials.'
The Stratford Chamber of
. C.oinmerce in co-operation with
the Midwestern Tourist Council
is !lasting a luncheon following
the rr' eeting.
Taking part in .the program
will be Fred J. Boyer, .executive
director ' • of the -Ontario"
Department of Tourism,
Information and, --Promotion
Division; and Walter W. Dowing,
general manager of .the
Midwestern Ontario Regional
Development-Courtcil.
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services -- which 'at that 'time tell of their last battle with wind
was known as the Sailors and and sea.
'Fishermen's service - in 'the Eight of these ships were lost
spring of '1903. In the spring of in Lake Huron, they were: The
1914 the late Dr. George Ross;' Argus, The Hydrus; The Regina;
who had officiated at the burial ' The .,Wexford'; The James
Huron. Bd. endorses
pre-schoolers' TV show'
Huron County Board of,
Education will send a request to
the board of governors of the
r`CBC'requesting that -the program
Sesame Street . be retained on
Canadian television. "
-Board 'members learned the
program is highly valued by
school officials and teaehers and'
is used each day in many
kindergarten classesthroughout
the county of Huron.
Associate superintendent W.
H. Knisely and board member
Dr. A, B. Deathe both "advised
the board they had watched the
program recently and found it
,uniquely successful in teaching
children the basics of learning.
"1 • don't think we could
provide anything to compare
with it in a pre -kindergarten
program," observed 4r:-Deathe.
The program Sesame Street
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has been' suggested as onewhich
could be dropped 'next season
because it is an all-American
production which' provides no
spaces for commercials, thus
making it a highly expensive
program to carry, -
There . was a further allusion
during the board meeting to the
problems caused by the CRTC's
ruling in an attempt to crit down
the amount of American
programming ' in Canada -
though purely in fun.
Referring• ,,to his appearan e
with the Director of Education
John Coelirane Monday, March
X -TV during
eek, board
8 on CK
Education
chairman Robert Elliott
remarked,' "They', ate really
scraping ---.for. , soMe-..• ab -Mian
material for television."
conducted , by the late Dr.
George Ross of Knox
Presbyterian Church.
• A 'dark red obelisk with an,
anchor at the' top bears the
inscription. "A memorial to the
unidentified seamen whose lives'
were lost in the Great Lakes
Disaster of November 9th, 1913.
On the .,other side is a single
word,"SAILORS.'
Probably one df the strangest
facts, of the -Great Storm' is that
afl ships , which sank to Lake
Huron went down at the same
,time. Sailors -from different ships
whose •bodies ,were washed
ashore at widely separated
points,- who carried watches,
when notes were compared, it
was . shown_that practically all
watches hastopped, at the same.
time: twenty-five minutes after
one o'clock.
"' For the past 15 Mariners'
Services, The Harbouraires,-
• under the direction of M'r.
George Buchanan, have taken
part in the service of worship.
The all male choir will present
three numbers at this - year's
service, The noir.-Will sing the
Modern arrangement "RE", the
one hundred year ,old spir'ual
"DO LORD", and the
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c`-UORTTS"
• fromliandels Messiah. r
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in corn bin
Twenty-four year old L'indeen
W. • Shackleton, . 'RR 1
Dungannon, . was buried by 'corn
in a storage bin on an Ashfield
Township farm, late Tuesday
-afternoon and was pronounced
dead at the scene by coroner Dr,
R. W. Flowers, Goderich.
It is reported that Mr.
Shackleton -had been working in
the.storage bin with Brian Black.
While Black, left the bin for a
shout 'time, it is thought the
Corn, reported Jet be piled up on
one side or Me 40 -foot bin,
shifted and tumbled down on
Mr, Shackleton. It has been
estimated that there was abciut'
17,000 bushels of corn in the
bin at the time of the accident.
The investigating' officer was
"'Constable Jim 'MacLeod of the
Goderich OPP. -
Surviving are his pareni,s, Mr.
and Mrs. Benson Shackleton, RR
1, Dungannon; one brother,
Gerald, at hone; two sisters,
Carol,, Goderich, and,,V-alerie, at
home. Funeral arrangements are
-being made at Stiles Funeral
Home, Goderich; but were
incon r ,lete at press. time.
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Jack Freeman, Trafalgar
Street, last week asked council if
an effort was being made to find
a new animal. control ,officer as
'he understood the previous one
had resigned:
Mr: Freernsaid• wl e -,:,was
particularly concerned over the
problem as his, three year old son
'had- been almost strangled -when
a large dog caught hold of the
boy's scarf and dragged him
around by it.
Mr. Freeman said the boy's
mother was warned by another
boy and -reached her. `son in time'
to prevent strangulation. i -le said
"-the boy was 'carried into -the
. house' in shock, he was
hemorrhaging from the eyesf had.
broken blood bessels on his face
and cuts on his chin from being
. dragged about.
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The family" doctor later, said
the boy had been near death and
suggested the mishap could have
been'fatal had the ;toy's mother
- not seen tete incident when .she
did. " -
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Mr. ,.Freernair'showed• a child's .
tattered scarf to council at'id
suggested , if the, reason the
former animal 'eontrol officer
had resigned had ,been lack: of
money, .he would. recommend
the pay be increased. He said h
and others felt the dog problem
was one with which everyone in
town was -concerned. •
Council informed • Mr.
Freeman an applicant whs, being'
considered that evening"for the
position of animal control
officer and that the previous,
officer had resigned due to his
regular work being affected byM
the animal control post,',..'
Coun. Ron Price suggested
control - could be better
implemented by, heavier fines for
owners of dogs allowed to
run
loose.. Reeve Paul"Carroll said•he
-too felt the penalties could. be
changed and suggested- a review
Drama festival
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at � GQCI _.
The seventh annual Collegiate•
Drama Festival for Huron -Perth
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March 5 and Saturday• March 6. ..
at Goderich District Collegiate
"tn titute. Tickets' • will .be
available at • the door,, and the
'•pttblkc is invited to attend.
The ,adjudicator will choose
"' The Best Play. Best Actor and
-Best Actress to .receive the
Simpsons -Sears awards. There is
also a Special Award, which may
.be given to a group °.or to a ,
individuat for theatrical
achievement:' Other promising
students may be chosen for
'Awards. of Merit, .which will be
presented at alater date.
The sChoor Winning„ the Best
Play' award will be invit
participate.., `in the regional
competit1'nn•'•••-of the O'ntarib
Collegiate -. Drama Festival,
•seheduled_.for Saturday. April 3.
at Herman Faweett • Secondary, .
- School, Brantford. Also.,..
'competing in the 'Regional will
be 'the winners of the district
festivals in Kitchener -Waterloo,
n -f the present b�.`law, FIe nc:tC'd Waterloo Wellington, and
there-was..a. particular _problem. Brantford. Thi school :winning
with" stray dogs near town ,the hest play award • at the
Mschopls Regioea] will go .• on to
Coun. Deb Shewfelt said he -
felt council. was ,missing the.
point about the previous animal
control officer. He -said the man
could no longer take the abuse '
'he was getting from residents
and that even the man's children
were being abused`because of his
position' I -le • said `the 'police
shp,uld enforce th"e bylaw noting.
that the bylaw-„,, is only as
good as the man enforcing it."
Mayor Harry Worsell told Mrd
Freeman the town would see
how the new officer worked out..
Later, in the meeting council
hired Richard Eisler of Britannia'
'Road as the new , animal control .
officer with duties to start
March 1. .
Mr. F reemai' thanked council
for its attention and asked that
•it.hings not be left until there is a
fatal accident before something
is done.
participate in the Ontario Finals.
• There are approximately 300
'second'ary .schools taking• part in
twenty-eight, district festivals in •
the province thisyear. They will
be narrowed .down to eight
regional winners. to go to the
Ontario Finals, to be at the
University of Waterloo on May 7
and t3♦ •
Deadline
Saturday
'If you haqn't bought your
new licence plates, do so today . '-
don't 'wait until the last
minute and get caught in the
long line-ups. Remember that"'--
deadline . , midnight„Saturday, •
February 27th. There will be no
extension.
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