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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-10-21, Page 1124th YEAR = ''42 o'bexit • 1.3.11111111 A THURSDAY," OCT©BER 21, 1971 • • • • • • As of yesterday the official election campaign in Connection with theprovincial general election woundup. Today voters of Goderich, the riding of Huron and ail other ridings in the province go to'jthe polis•to select the candidates and parties of their choice. Locally voters are faced. with choosing one of four candidates who's—names-NMI- appear -on -the ballot,,,present member i the provincial 'legislature, Charles MacNaughton whorrepresents the' Progressive Conservative Party,-Goderich'Reeve Paul Carrooll thstandard bearer for the New Democratic Party, Ken Duncan the Liberal Party candidate or Irjdependent candidate Ed pains. With the end of the campaign coming earlier this week the committee rooms of the three. 'major,hcandidates.in the running were a buz ofVactivity-with last Councillor wants Go4erich's live Councillor .Elsa Haydon wanted assurance from her associates on town council 'at Thursday evening's meeting that live trees in Goderich would "not be taken down 'at random' just at people's whims:". ' Mrs. Haydon asked for this . assurance at the end of a lengthy discussion concerning the fate of Sifto Sq It • closing its dump ground Domtar Chemicals- Limited, Sifto Salt Division, plans to close their dumping grounds' and have requested permission from. Goderich Town Council to use the municipal dumping facilities at Holmesville. A letter from A. P. Boutilier, plant manager, was read in council as follows: ' "In accordance with the Waste Management Act, 1970, and the regulations, we applied for, ars&-reved on October 7, 1971, a ProvisionarCertificate of Approval` For A Waste ' ....Management .System..,, Lt is now - -aur, intention to close - our present-,e,dukmp, which is immediately north of the old Town of Goderich dump, and dispose of all plant waste consisting of . granu-lar'." salt,. broken compressed salt, paper' (bags, cartons,, cases), glass, metal tops and fibre-ifoard cans, and wood (crates, pallets), -at the municipal 'dump at H.olmesville ' We would arrange_our own Haulage of the waste. 4. "Kindly advise at your earliest convenience `.the procedure to be followed to initiate and carry T out ' this proposal, "We would eventually clean up our present dump site." Co i veil m noted that all industries in Goderich may use . the Holmesville site for dumping waste , and the matter was• referred to . the Public Works Committee for action. ARMCO reels on television Sunday night .'T'he television commercials whichwere prepared at Dominion Roads• - Machinery Company earlier this summer are to be shown this weekend on Channel 13. The. timeNis 9 p.m. Sunday, October 24. two trees in Goderich — one. in the parking lot behind /he town Office and one in the vicinity of McGee Motors: . It was Deputy -Reeve Dave.. Gower, acting chairman of the Public Works committee in the absence . of Chairman ,, Ed � Giesbrecht, who moved in open council session that the'__tree in the back yard at the municipal building betaken down. He said the tree was' a hazard in the parking lot because it was in the, way of vehicles backing up and turning around, snow removal, etc. Mrs. H'aydon argued that people had been putting up with that tree for years and felt that the . tree should stand. She recalled that former 'Town Clerk, Sherman Blake had not -been -in - favor of removing that tree, and • said it was ironical that council would build a fountain in the some assurance fre�sII*iIi stand Bonnie Lynn Judgeissues Provincial.,, ort Judge Glen flays issued a benchwarrant last week for the arrest of one Bonnie Lynn Mowery in connection • with her non front yard in mernory-•of, Mr.' Blake and destroy a tree which had been a favorite of his in the back yard. "It isn't a dirty tree," insisted Mrs. Haydon. "A.tree sheds only leaves d people shed ,:worse than that everywhere they go." , Deputy -Reeve Gower said that if he had known that taking the tree down would £cause such an uproar in council, he would not hake brought the matter before town council. Mrs. Haydon, retaliated by saying that she\ was much disturbed by the Deputy- --Ree e's-'-'"remark and asked council for assurance that "live trees will not be taken down at random just at people's whims.'. "Trees. are of longer lasting -• value than councils," said Mrs. Haydon. —Councillor Frank Walkom said he had ,,suggested several not in court; bench warrant woman had sent a doctor's certificate. on October 14s duly • signed, showing that her father was ill but the cou7't ruled she had not shown just cause for her appearance to face charges absence. arising from a police chase .. through .Goderich September 11 which resulted in considerable damage to the. police car involved, the carBing persued, - a; valuable elder tree, a patio, a Pront lawn and a porch on Arthur Street. The Mowery ' woman was arrested by police as the driver of the car 'and charged with a number of offences including, failing to yield (a number of stop signs were ignored during the chase), impaired driving, driving without a licence, dangerous driving and having liquor in a place other that' a residence. Miss Mowery was to have appeared in court on October 7 but failed to do so. She had contacted counsel, however, and• a remand was granted although a bench warrant was issued at that time • to be exercised with discretion. On 'October 14 the 'accused still failed to'appear in court and JudgeHays issued a bench warrant again to insure that she appeared before ,him -today. There was no report on the case. at press time, The Mowery D1 Two poles damaged by vehicles. Goderich town police report two accidents invols.ing Goderich area people this week. Last Saturday morning at 1:20 am, John W. Burroughs, RR 4 Goderich, was travelling north on Gibbons St. when he applied the brakes at the Britannia Street intersection, his . car skidded 154 feet into a hydro pole. Damage was listed at $200 to 'the car -and $350 Co the pole. Tuesday evening of this week,' a similar accident occurred on Lighthouse St„ A vehicle driven by Sharon L. Little, RR 2 Goderich, went out of control and struck a hydro pole causing an estimated $1§0 damage to - the pole and $500 to the car. Police also report that a 26 channel radio was removed from "a 'yacht at Snug Harbor: The boat was owned by Earl Lippert, '• 8 minute details to straighten out for the big day and final canvassing to be completed. Staff manning the P.C. trailer on Kingston Street report a very active campaign over all and a busy few days during the wind up. Liberal headquarters indicated a growing interest during the final days of the campaign while N.D.P.candidate Carroll reeiorted calling on the homes of 1500 voters himself on Tuesday alone. voters alike, is to await the returns,after the polls close this evening at All that remains now"fcsr�all concerned, the candidates and the vote a . 8:00 p m. —Staff photos years ago that the tree in the back yard of ,the municipal building should be taken down and the lot paved. ,Councillor ,Deb Shewfelt concurred, but added that in his opinion, the • whole matter of -renovation in the back •yard of the municipal building should be reviewed. lie mentioned ,,, the building presently being used by the Please turn to page 10 Local school on a par_ with- others' Mrs. Audrey Barlow of the staff of Queen Elizabeth ;School has beenrgaged on a full tirne•� basis commencing immediately. This decision was reached during Monday evening's meeting of the Huron Coun, y Boaryl of Education. Principal Mrs. Bonnie Graham instructs the juniors and .an .intermediate group. in the Morning, and in the afternoon, when the juniors go home, Mrs. Graham has the intermediates as w.ell.as:,the;y,o.u,nger age group in the senior class., Mrs. Barlow teaches the senior class all day long. The recommendation VV LS made in the first place since there was an age spread between the senior , class and • intermediate group which consist of children presently attending half time where Pleas turn to page 10 Crediton. Good summer cost taxpayers • A letter from Jack Seaman, chairman • of the Maitland Cemetery .Board advised council that Goderich's pleasant summer had played havoc with the board's.budget. • request. to continue crag' under the general account was approved by members of Goderich c Town Council. ' "The Maitland Cemetery, board have exhausted the 1971 requisition frotn the municipality as of October 1," the letter stated. "The main source ofd,., expenditure is wages which are up approximately $3,000 time to the exceptional summer growing season of lawns." the letter con tinged. Councillor Frank Waikom has pointed out an 'error which appeared in last week's council report in this newspaper. The hour for Sunday seorting activities to begin is 1:30 p.m. not 1 p.m. as was stated in ,last "week--Signal—Star. - "' • * •° Bud.,. -0-lei 7appeared before town council last Thursday to complain, about the condition of the northeast , corner of Agriculture Park. Cotincil agreed with Oke that a pile of rubbish . had been permitted to gather there from the reconstruction at the park this summer; and promised that the problem would be corrected by the public' works crew and the employees of the parks department. * +* The matter of damage to the sidewalk at the entrance of the driveway belonging to Larene 3. County school board approve new system An entirely new system of Chairman Jim Taylor, members '• AVC is set for the first Thursday. board operation . for Huron Clarence .„McDonald and Mollie of each month. The remaining County has been approved by Kunder.:,w..":,,. two committees will meet at the - board members and the . A d 'Hoc t o mm i tte,es call of the chairman. , re -organizational measures will comprising not more than ' two Delegations I may appear at '°"b'i`ome effective November 1. or . three persons, may ,be any, public meeting of the board. The board ' will now be ' established -to investigate where They are encouraged to. make operating under three standing in the opinion of ' a -standing their intent known,.ln writ•i tg;' committees: the Education committee, a' problem, potential to the board at least 96 hours in Committee with Mrs. Marion: prablem or situation is likely to advance of the meeting+,and .to as chairman and committee- involve public' relations to a•high• state the nature •Wf the members Wilfred Shortree'd, degree or has political overtones., presenta 'icn, -the ' approximate, _ Mollie Kunder, George Parsons The new system has been number of persons in the and John Taylor; a Management devised in an attempt to m'a4 , delegati n,. and the name of the Cominittee with Cayley Hill as Less,„m_e_e:tings_ior- board members, • spokesman. The chairman \bill chairman, --and. -r-ee'l's Don to attend. A wide., variety of decide whether or not to permit ' McDonald, John Henderson, subjects will'1ie; lumped together delegations that appear without Alex , Corrigan and Dr: Alex under the main,two committees, previous notice to be heard and Addison; the Chairman'sedgcation and management, Full may limit the time allotted to . Advisory- Committee composed duties of the .comm'it'tees have any delegation. Prior to receiving of Chairman Robert Elliott,'' been outlined •_ and their the presentation, .the „Chairman Vice -Chairman -John Broadfoot jurisdiction, established. shall advise, alldelegations that and the chairmen of the first Open board meetings will be ' the Board reserves the right not two committees; an Advisory held once monthly, the third , to act on the petition until the Vocational Committee , with Monday of, each month; The matter has received further Garnet Hicks. %rs. cl,lairman and Education .Committee will meet study, by the Board or a members Charles Rau "and the fourth Monday of the Committee thereof. Wilfred Shortreed; and,., the month, , the' Management Committee of the "whole Advisory Committees on Schools 'Committee will convene the first meetings and Committe ofthe for Trainable' Retarded, • Monday of. the month,. and the .. ' Please turn to page 10,,, Cox, 59 Montreal • Street:i following construction -was discussed, by council. •••4; It was shown that responsibility for- repair lies with Dein pscy ' Construction' and Engineer Burns - Ross will be notified of the . problem immediately. * :,. :k Stain treads Rif the steps -tri - the second' and -'third floors of the - town "1. h• ll came under discussion at • last week's meeting. It was shown that the particular stair treads needed are not available locally and would -cost more than was budgeted for the entire job. Prices were received from a Sarnia firm for supplying these treads , but no decision' was reached pending further study. * * Councillor Deb Shewfelt' would like .to see test lighting on the inside of The Square this winter. He said the electrical outlets are there, and he wondered whether three or four posts should be erected on a trial basis with lights • from various companies tested for periods of a month or so to give council some idea of their effectivetless. "I think this will be a tricky area to light,” said Shewfelt,, "and we maybe shouldn't jump into it too fast." • Fire at DRMCO God.eri'ch volunteer fire .brigade acted quickly last Saturday evening about 6:10 pm • to, put out a fire which was burning in sortie oil barrels at iDRMCO. - - .- .•, , .' 1. 'r. There was a steady flow of Goderich and area ,residents with their pets going in and out -of the • local Fire Hall on Monday afternoon a's a free rabies vaccination clinic was offered ifi an attempt to put a stop to,, the high number of active cases reported in the county. Most of the animals vaccinated were cats and dogs. -staff photo ' -'44.7=COMM, .