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New 18 - hole golf course openeC---
Wiltboost touristiflti
The grand opening of the New
Goderich Sumet Golf and Sports
Centre took place on July 1. The
first golfers were at the tees at
8.30 a.m. with 57 players
following throughout the day.
Paul Baechler introduced R.
E McKinley M.P., to. the 300
guests • present, • who, then
officially opened the course.
In Mr. McKinley's opening
rernarks he commented that the
will ' provide a much needed
facility n this area; a place
where people can get together
for relaxation and elijiafirient.
He then congratulated •eyeryone
who has hada part in preparing
this -18 hole course.
Paul .Baechler introduced and
thanked Fred -Hulls of Bayfield
for his 'tremendous job on the
course layout and construction.
Mr. Hulls thanked everyone
supplied material and servipes.
He commended the co -Operation
that everyone extended to him
during the construction.
• Mr. Baechler also thanked Mr.
McKinley, and all the golfers,
visitors and,, uontractors who
made ,the opening day atiiccess.
Denis Lassaline, manager of
the golf course was introduced
to the guests by Paul Baechler.
Mr. Lassaline thanked
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official opening and welcOrned
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He then led everyone to the
first tee at which time • Mr.
McKinley AU; It th fiest
official tee shot. Mr. /assail -le/
and Mr Baechler then follovied
Mr. McK,inley on the tee.'• '
A fine work s disPlaY by John
qtUrdy, Paul • POekStader, BOY
Tobin and Dave Winkworth
Goderich Sunset :Golf „Posirse,.. worked9utbecotkrse-and-'-everyoUe foLveogtirg'•14-1-Qtrgam4friad-u44400.9ROALgait.,,,-''
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Robert E. McKinley,' Huron County MP, cut the ribbon to
officially open the new ,Sunset 'Golfand Sports Centre just
north of Goderich. Pictured here at the opening ceremonies are
(left to right) Fred Hulls, -Bayfield, -who planned the -IS -hole
course; Ted Baechler; , Mr. McKinley snipping the ribbon being
held by young Lisa Baeohler; Paul Baechler, owner; Mrs. Paul
Baechler; and Denis Lassaline, manager of the course. (staff
photo)._
An expert on pollution, Dr. T.
W. Hoffman, chairman of the
Chemical _ Engineering ,
Department, McMaster,
University, Hamilton, and the
Canadian • representative on an
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• is generally dissatisfied with
reports Irom the Ontario Water
Resources Commission regarding
• the Maitland River, it was
announced this,week.
Commenting on the reported
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pollution orthe Maitland River,,
Dr.• Hoffman said he felt thatthe
river does not have sufficient
flow to handle the effluent from
Listowel.
This same -observation Was
mide. ,last month in Huron
County Council by Reeve_
Charles Thoma g ,Grey, who
was protesting =the. durnping ,of
the lagoon„.,at Listowel 'earlier
this year into the -• Maitland
River., The lagoon contains waste
and sewage from. the Town of
Listowel . as well as the
Campbell's Soup COmpany„.
_ there.
• Dr. ,Hoffman said it would
take, in his - opinion, .the very'
•- best treatment lacilitieS to
o• n, holidays •
The OWRC said that such Na
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control 'the sewage at Listowel.
•, plant would be too.costly. •
The Princess Anne Nursery Dr. Hoffman agreed that the
• School which opened this pring cost in one sum would be high,
tO; cater to the Goderich and but suggested that the
. area ; families with retarded government search for long_ run
• pre-school children has closed projects. The Commission, he
for the summer moths, said- would then be able to
' theannounces supervisor, Mrs.
•present municipal officials with
Betty Reid, . a plan of action.
The' school will re\ooen in . The Doctor's •dissatisfaction
September, Mis, Re-egge'<'/VtllOtkar-
ises from the fact that he
A successful venture-. which cannot -get design costs from the
O'YVRO-,--rior can he see that they
served about nine -schildren
provides a free service to all have any long range plan.
• families with retarded - tots. He announced_lie would send
Mothers are invited to leave their
• retarded youngsters and their •
return in the fall. They are Mrs.
Ev Garland, Mrs. Elsa Haydon,
Mrs. Irene Vanderburgh,
Betty Miller, Mrs. Barb Shewfelt, •
Mrs. Connie Osborne, Mrs.
Louise Petrie, Mrs. Ronnie Varga
and Mrs. Dorothy Clements.
Mrs. Reid noted that all
volunteers had ' found the work
"rewarding".
She also drew Special
attention to the kindness of Rev.
Leonard Warr. and his ,
• parishoners who granted the
school accommodation in the
basement of Victoria • United
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• A group of NHL Hockey stars. Association. The group plans to
a formal letter to both the
OWRC and :the Minister of
Energy and Resources, George
Kerr, concerning the problem.
In 1968, Campbell's Soup
Company made a cash offer to
tke OWRC to bririg the lagoon
up'to:- adequate standards. This
offer raj never never accepted. The
Town of • --Listower and '"-the
Cattipbell's Soup Company share
the--tosts on the lagoon 70 -30 -
and it is believed Listowel was
not anxious to pay its share for
the restructuring of the lagoon.
the meantime; the Save the
Maitland - „Association -has
presented. a brief to' the
Mid -Western Ontario Regional
Devel4inent Council stating
that, in - their opinion, the
pollution of the Middle Maitland
has reached a stage where it is
both intolerable and dangerous.
The pollution arises, they say,
from two causes: the inadequacy
of a sewage lagoon serving the
Listowel area; and the amount
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challenge
•local team,
of untreated
directly into
Maitland by
Listowel.
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,At this moment, John
Broadfoot, , chairman of the
secondary school teachers' salary".
negotiations committee for .the
'Huron • County_ _ Beard _.
-E,rhicatiorr-is—not'tertain of
anything except that the
secondary school ,teachers in
Huron have not regched a salary
`,settlement with theliOaril"
' Last Week 'the Huron
:-Sec6n-d--teathers
waste dumped turned down the board's offer -
the 'Middle presented to them by - the
the Town of negotiators from the Ontario
• Secondary School • Teachers'
the Maitland Federation.
Association has asked MORDC The qotewas 6 percent
'iiot to encourage or promote against settling the salary dispute
• any further development in the •which to date, has resulted in the
Listdivel area until this situation mass resignation of the majority
is rectified. of ,secondary school teachers in
The Association has furtheil: Huron, the ' resignation of the'
petitioned that since .MORDC's two board' members from .the
objective is to promote • Town of Goderich, the pink
development, it shouldsend a listing of the Huron County
letter of prolest concerning the Board of. Education and the-
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Maitland situation to the proper blacklisting of Huron County
authorities. „ secondary school teachers by all
Vice-president of the Save the of Ontario's county boards of
Maitland Association,- •Jack---edutation.
Br ans • Brussels also announced - The most recent, offer finm
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this week that a letter has been
received from Canadian
the • Huron board to its
secondary school teachers was a
six' percent increase raises
for department heads, assistant
clepaxtment—boads,.....commerciak
directors and their assistants and
subject chairmen.
Also included in the offer was
• payment of 55' percent of the
OHSC 'and OHSIP costs and
group life insurance 'premiums.
•As_. well, female- teadiers Would.
"have received additional
insurance coverage of $5000
bringing them to the same level
as male employees who have
$10,000 insurance coverage.
The present -plan -of sick leave
gratuities would have been
continued for • those teachers
with, 12 years service 'in, the
county. , This • plan' allows
teachers •to claim 20 days per
year sIck and by
accumulating a maximum of 200
•days leave, a teacher may claim
one.half' a year's salary at
retirement.
request by the teachers amounts $14,400; and Category 4,
t6. a 7.7 percent increase plus the $8,800 to $15,300.
'higher'percentage of theirefririge Salaries last year in the same
benefits. categories were: Category 1,
.:,,,,..The....-first-salank--.negot.latinga,...$7„in,a,td $11,400; Category 2,
meeting was February 1,8 when $7,400 to .$12,000; Category 3,
• the, vhairman of the board's $8,300' to • $13,700; and
conimittee at that time, Mrs. J. Category 4, $8,800 to $14,700.
W. Wallace and Chairman of the • In •any category, the teacher
board Bob Elliott, sat down with ' begins his teaching career atyear
a committee -of teachers to set zero with- the "qualifications
the- guidelines • for future.
necessary •to that -category, With
rneTt)thiengs-each year of experience the
dates of succeeding •salary is adjusted until maximum
meetings -on salary with the is reached, usually in about 10
secondary school teachers' years in, the • lower categories,
committee were February „.25, more in the higher- categories. ,
March 18, April 15, May 6, May After . a teacher reaches
13, May 27, June 2, June 16 and maximum, the only r way an
June 28. Only one Meeting was increase can be earned is to
held in"March'due to th#0annual improve qualificatiOns and move
spring ,break • and only, one into a higher category. • '
meeting was held in April The offer included the
because the chairrnan at that following increases: * for
time, Mrs. Wallace, was to 'be department heads such as the
away on vacation. The teachers head of the English department
agreed that because •of Mrs. in a school, a $1;65O -increment
Wallace's absence, an • extra' (raise) over the wage in their
meeting Id be held in May. categbry; for their assistants, an
'This was done. $800 increment; for comme ial
Of the secondary school Please' turn t� page
The teachers originally asked
for an eight percent increase in
salary plus 66 2/3 -Percent 'of
their fringe benefits. The latest
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Environmerital--Law--fiesearch-
• Foundations a group composed
of prominent lawyers, members
Of provincial • and federal
parliaments and top., business__
executives of the Province of
Ontario.
"-These persons donate their
'time. and their talents to the
control of pollution of all types
in Ontario," said Bryans.
In the 'letter, it was p,romised
that this influential group would
,,, investigate the situation on
behalf of the Save the Maitland
pre-school 'brothers and sisters at. •
the Princess Anne Nursery while
they enjoy a free morning.
Nine volunteers were on hand
during the past ten weeks to care
for the' children and all plan to
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' Church.
Final --deadline
,There 'are still five cyclists
who . rode in the Bike-a-thon
for 'Cancer who have not
turned 'in their pledges.
Mrs. Ginger. Shortreed
announced -that July 15 will
be the final deadline for
funds and on that day, the
money collected so tar will be
turned over to the.-Gotlerich
Branch of the Cancer §ociety. ,
Mrs'. ,Shortreed also.
reported, that -indications are
'that the women's
Bike-a-Thon will net more
money than was originally
hOped. •,
, have' challenged Goderich approach OWA.0 to discover any
champions Sandy's Clippers to a future plans of the Commission.
ball • ' game, ' reports • Paul "They have given us their full
, Henderson, this week.•, , . support," says Bryans.
The game to be in aid of Goderich a nd area
Muscular Dystrophy is
- anti -pollution minded persons
•• sponsored by the Gbderich Fire can aid the cause of the Savethe,
Department and scheduled for • Maitland Association by'
Saturday night, July - 10 at 8 . purchasing a membership in the
p.m. in Agricultural Park. organization. Locally, Bill,
Admission for the event will Craven is selling memberships at
be $i for adults and 50 cents for a cost of $1 each,
children. There will be door
' prizes given away as well as • bl
autographed hockey sticks for
the -young fry.
will be on hand for the big game
will be Norm Ullman, Ron Ellis,
Paul Henderson, Gary, Doak,
Don Awery, Brian Glennie, Dean
Prentice and Murray .Oliver."
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It was a new and different kind of Strawberry Festival on„Kingston Street last weekend as cnaaren
.,-,-tn,frota,fte4vicittity,hati:,ammaexpecteikkastb:Ort ,eativaummerfs „favor*. fruit .truck loaded with
strawbet ties -actiderty-aurrsciitS ii'polietiovvtivitvttyclacistrtaPttkvlttedtratat eactecchkfren mssistetr
in the clearingup task.(staff photo)
• Goderich 'Town Councillor
Mrs. Elsa' Haydon and her
husband were in Toronto last
Friday at Ontario Place to hear
the program of the Treble
Singers there.
"I felt very prodd," stated
mrs. Haydon. "I wanted to, stand
up and say that I was from
Goderich too. It was remarkably
beautiful."
Mrs. Haydon said the sound
of the ladies' voices carried far
and wide within Ontario Place.
"It was just so beautiful," she
repeated.
The Treble Singers provided a
ttvo-hour concert at Ontario
Place after the project was
suggested to them -by- •Harold
Knisley, Goderich.
Knisley said the Treble
Singers' talent was "too god to
keep bottled up in Goderich".
IDB offi'cer
Industrial DeVeloptnent Bank
has assigned a new Credit Officer
to look after its business in
Huron County. Replacing F. J.
.1vIeNalkoho„is, bei44ransferred
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Briniiow•
Torn •Clapp transfers
to Dundas County
T o m Clapp, Associate
A c u Rural Representative,
Huron. County', will transfer to -
the ---,position of Associate
Agricultural Representative,
Dundas County, effective
August.
To,m has been responsible for
the co-ordination and
development 'of County. Dairy
Management programs and the
Feed Advisory Service.
He enrolled over 20 farmers
on the " Canfarm computerized
monthly m.ail-in record keeping
system this year. From...this,
group he organized an active
Dairy Farm Management Club.
Appointed to Huron in
December, 1968, Tom worked
• closely , with 4-H Agricultural
Club leaders and .members as
well' as the County Junior
Farmers' Association. He also
had a special interest in the
Farm Safety program. •
In the community, Tom was
a • member ' 'of'', the Clinton
Kinsmen Club and coached the
Midgets Hockey team for, the
past .two seasons His wife, Jan,
was a Public Health Nurse for UICff"
the Huron County Health Unit.
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Tom 'will be associated with •
Doug • : Keys-, Agricultural,
Representative, Dundas County,
formerly of Seaforth, at the
Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food officein
Winchester,
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ity, 87 •-
are in Category 1, 66 are in
• Category 2, 46 are in Category 3
and 58 are in Category 4: About
•:13..percent,,of the teachers 35
persons - are at maximum in
their categories.
The board's latest' offer to the
teachers through the four
teaching categories was as
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follows: Category 1, $7,100 to
.$12,000; Category 2, $7,400 to
$12,700; Category 3, $8,300• to
Wic4somaiwOalissvmm
Editor leaves:
Jack Mills, recently editor of
The Goderich Signal -Star, is no
longer. associated with the
company. • • • -
Mrs. Shirley J. Keller will be
acting editor until a successor is
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The Unemployment insurance
Commission will be opening an
office in Goderich shortly,
which will be staffed entirely
from the London offiee, it was
announced by R. E. McKinley,
'M.P. for Huron.
• It will be situated in the
Canada Manpower Centre and
will be open one day a' week
only, Tuesday. Claimants -will be
able to obtain assistance in
competing forms.
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Anne Sills, Seaforth, daughter of
Mayor and Mrs. Frank Sills,
Seaforth, has been appointed to
the Huron County Health Unit
staff,' nursing division. She will ,
be the community health nurse
ior, the area of ,Goderich East
and Stanley Township, Miss Sills •
is a graduate of thp University of
Windsor and ,recOived her nursing ,
training at St, Joseph's Hospital,
London. (Beta photos studio)
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• Goderich, Kinettes have an unusually colorful array of novelty
,Adlis)whidi,willIte.on.sale,;thi year at the Kin Karnival during ,
41.00rattaettikfc9'!i•eqKifletfeTtha4offsEare.e.
„the latest in boutique items and are all original. Each one is
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handmade in Goderich. All profits from the sale of these dolls
will go for service work in the community. 'Seen here with the
d0IIS are I<Inettes ••tiefi.:,44.4,1pAtLitiarjog Yeorhan,...,,„Smatia
-• Dentyrnmii, talfry-fiWeiV,.!%tivial Ikl'itage-iiiitiqltittVigietstortio,f,, ,. .'
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