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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-12-09, Page 3•w - J 1►• GOD.ERIPH SIQ 0 0 r 0 LOOKING AT HURON a, The first cagy o.f MID has rolled.- off the . press and onto the editor's desk at the Signal -Star. The magazine was published by the Midwestern Development Council and will come "out four times a year. It .:will be distributed to elected municipal officials, planners, schools, industries, doctors and people interested in Midwestern Ontario. both magazine is a clew approach to Communicate, both -within the region and beyond its boundaries," says Walter W. Gowing, -executive director of Midwestern Ontario Regional Development Council. "It i the aim• of. the .Board • of Directors to make MID an informative, educational and interesting document that will be• of great, interest and benefit to the readers." • The first issue carried an article written ty Gary Davidson, Huron County Planner who helped to prepare Huron County's official plan. Along with the article was a "Looking At Huron" item which is reprinted here. Citizens, may wish to clip this ,information far references purposes or as a kind of historical review `for tater years. There, are 26 municipalities all will?inthe count` council system, Huron has five town,: Clinton; Exeter, Goderich. Seaforth and Wingham. • 'i'he county has five incorporated' vil1agcs. Lia\ field, 131\ th, 13r rssels, Fiensall `total popu>lat.ion is 51.463. There •are 29,909 persoms living within the tiikteen' townshiji. , 17712 live in the towns 'and 3,842 live in' the' villags. \V'urclen of luron County _is« Jack P. \Iexandcr, RCC ye of the to\Ari, of Wing - ham. County 'C;lerk;Treasurer R John ,G.: Bern,. Goderich is the count \ seat. KIL The cauiity is 1,295 square As in area.' It i. the largest county in L land• site of any within the four -county Midwestern Ontario,Region.. Other counties in the region are Perth 'with 840 square miles,. \'L atcrloo eoyering 5 1 6 square mile~' and 'Wellington with an area of I•,O I y 'squar'e miles. o• Huron County has 45 miles of lake ,1luron shoreline., There are' -approxi- - ntutely 2,800 cottages along the 'shoreline: Sporadic cottage development stretches alufn�g 53,per cent of -the shoreline. Populatign projections to the,ear •1,985 range .from 60-.600 to.(;'6,-,700. • Proposed land use acreage for towns 'and villages total 7,194 .mere,. Over 3,000 acres of recreational lands exist in the county., . .At present, 238 acres of industrial' developmen"t. is located \; ithin the ten towns and villa�gcs. The land use ,plan proposes that 925 acres he set +iside for future industrial dtvelopn erlt. 1 here are 2,340 r -les of roads in Huron Count:, including county roads, pro- vinciul highways an., local municipid Toads. The Count\ loud sy stent totals 346. miles wit 18:8 miles of hard trip and 15g' miles of Travel road. Hum C'ounty has 3 main rivers: Maitland, Bayfiekt anti Ausahle. ;The County has 4(1 doctor,, 15 dchtists and. 6 chiropractors, hospitals in the county.. There are, 5' AINSLIE'S Home Dressed Select Meat .«tr (SLICED -.'LEAN - 99c Ib,) BA EXTRA LEAN GR STRICTLY FREBABYSH BY THE 'DIECE UND CHUCK BEEF' LIVER -1 q FRESH D uc.�Cs .b.69 Ib. 49' Chicken & ;i'urkes WE HAVE L..41RS►" T.A ltA4►... 11llS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS -- tY • ' 14 "lei `.;'rx- .r;t" Goderichmay get Intermediate team next winter ~ According ' to a report submitted by the arena committee of the Goderich Recreation .Board_. it Looks as though Goderich is looking a1; the , possibility of an Intermediate Hockey team for next season. A proposal contained in committee chairman Pete McCauley's report did not meet very. '° favorably at the Board however with regard to the, arena's involvement with the team. __ Mr. McCauley . -pointed' out that interest was growing for the idea , and that supporters felt the1 'were enough pt&yers in the,. Central Huron Hockey, League of a high calibre to draw a competitive team. In an effort to encourage this development he proposed • a financial arrangement for the arena of'a ; 60% - 40% split in favor•of the proposed team with the club to pay referees and the arena to provide free ice time for practice. Members of the board did not greet the suggestion too warmly, however and the recommenda- tion was -withdrawn before his report, was .._a!ir . .e,.sta....e W Recreation- -Board 'did agree., -that 'the idea:of an Intermediate team from Goderich was excellent and ° that they would like' to see the' ,town back in competition but that such. an agreement might -be unfair. It was pointed out that if the younger players , jn the minor hockey ranks had to pay .'for their practice time and, only got a..50% - 50% split at the gate (effective during playoffs, the rest of the time minor hockey association takes the whole gate) it would be a little unfair and �yould ,,set a 'dangerous precedent. "If we approved that. motion," one member pointed out, "we'd have representatives of Minor Hockey and the Figure Skating Club in here at the .very next meeting, it just would not be fair,." The motion was dropped but the Recreation Board did indicate it was ready,,and willing `to neaptiate a fair agreement. In -his report on the matter the arena committee chairman also told the board that perhaps some exhibition games could be held this year as fund raising efforts by the new team and to help pick a team for next season. In other matters reported concerning the arena the chairrpan recommended that town council continue to hold back the $200 presently under" lock . and key until the; contractor completes long overdue work at • the• arena. A four by four is still sticking out of a wall at the northwest corner and a glass is to be replaced in a door, as well as a few other small matters. The new plaques have been installed at the arena. . A bulletin board -is to be set up, a 'move stemming. from a request by the minor hockey association.' The . committer?., suggested a 4 x 12' foot board to he shared by the association and the figvte skating club. 'fhe' refinishing of the players benche, a project missed last ar,isytc� bea►�ed„�c�;ut at the end of-thiyear's-heek-ey-season. A complaint thalr ,the ladies washrc ems at the arena were not being kept" clean has been investigated and spot checks are Going- carried out . • C onstru ction of a platform stage for the upstairs auditorium of the arena was approved. • It is to be , 'i•onstrucled to a height of about 18 inches and will be erected in ° the northwest coiner of the 'room. It wase not- decided whether itr" should be a permanent installation or c5nstructed -so that it cotild be moved if need be. • A . letter from the Ontario Department of -Labor instructing that arena roofs be checked for hea\•y snow buildup .was filed with the arena ' manager, according to the report, and the dressing ropm roof is' checked' atter heavy sni,>wfalls• LETTERS. Continued from Page 2 Centre Board, 'I wish to extend our collective "Thanks" to the • countless supporters of this annual event. Special mention; is warranted by 'several outsta''nding contributors; Mrs. Blue deserves much credit for her„. annual unselfish' participation; Doug Cruickshank 'has given much time `and much devoted .effort. as he has in the past; The Goderich 'Kinsmen Club is to be cornmertded for its special marshalling or, the parade. And. • of course, there is Santa himself who prefers to be known by that name. ,. It is this kind of Wot'k that builds a community'spirit that 'often is lacking -in many municipalities today. • .- Sincerely"�- Pa;ta.l,-,tiarrolI ABORTION • ti. Mr. .Prime Minister, . Almost two , •years ago, the Canadian Parliament passed a law authorizing medical or surgical interruption '"of pregnancy, or in other'words, so-called therapeutic abortion. Since then, a movement been set up urging that this law be broadened to permit abortion at. the,,n.9 er's request. , We are opposed to this motion for the following. reasons: •'' y 1—broadening the present law will give place to numerous abuses; . - 2—it will not decrease to any,;,,, great extent,. the number df clandestine abortions; 3—it will not .lessen the danger' that ,is inherent in this 'procedure, nor the - resultant death rate; 4—it will certainly deprive the -country of a large number of citizens who will' be needed for prosperity in the -future; 5—finally, we believe that the embryo or human foetus is ,a ' human being, different from his mother, haying the'saine right to live as do all other human beings. We would be grateful if you would be goad enough 'to convey to your colleagues in the Canadian ' Parliament our firm ,;:opostior>ru too the broadening of Please accept, Mr. Prime Minister, our best regards. Dr. Jean-Marie Bolduc, Vietoriaville., P.Q. THANKS Dear Editor, .Pam and` 1 would really like to thank everyone for the i support they gave us when we were `selected ,to go to Galt this, past week to compete in the Figure Skating Championships. We were really pleased' to be able to bring honor to our Club and 'to Goderich by placing second, and only 1.4 points from'placi•ng first! • We really ' at5pri fated the Figure .Skating Club members and friends from Goderich who drove --.--to Galt to cheer us and support us, especially` on Friday night. When we skateel'out on to the ice in that big Arena all by ourselves and heard the cheering section you had for us and saw •the pennants and the big banner you were holding up with our names on it, it realty -gave us' a big thrill, We fort ',the five judges ,who were marking us -and ,the hundreds of people who were watching us, and were able to concentrate on our skating. We thank these people also for the Ulf, surprise party they gave us afterwards balk at the Motel and for the way they c ecorated our. rooms; and for the' refreshments but most of all we thank you for just BEING THERE and showing us you were behind us. We want to thank Mr. and Mrs.' Bruce Brady, our Professionals, for their extra -help and interest and getting us back to school after our morning practise sessions and to our club ,,,_,arQfessional, Mr. Dan Carey, for his, interest and help. Last but not least, thanks to our parents for making it all possible. „ Sincerely, Pam Craven and Rusty Qrmandy, j Opinions, "-'lin order that Signal -Star readers might express their opinions on any topic of public interest, Letters -to The Editor are always welcome for publication.. But the writers of such letters, as well as all readers, are reminded that the IVQ 1i oxp i lettanr at published are not necessarily the opiniom field by The Signal -Star. Tfri This was Susan Bell as she prepared for the Annual Art Mart, a-juried show at the London Public Library"and Art Museum sponsoreeby the Junior Women's' Committee. She is seen here putting the glaze on her lady, the Goddess of the'1Vlinoan civilization settled around Knossos, the capital city of the Island of Crete. Note the lady's one Targe ear which the Minoan people believed helped the Goddess to listen tb the wants and desires of everyone. Susan's lady was sold at the event in .Lt ndon-as,was the salt'block sculpturerttitan displayed during the summer Art Mart here in Goderich. Susan's sister .Connie also' took' her sand. castings to the show and reported great interest andgood. sales. The girls are the -daughters of Mr. and -Mrs`;' ."•W°. --Bell, St. Patrick Street. (Staff photo) Giant 18 Ib, Capacity With 2-1.0.18 Ib. F'lexibility Big enough to handle a com- plete family wash in just pne washload. Saves time. Lets you wash one or two 'loads instead 'of four or five. 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