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2A GODbRICt SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1971
Lo
Fy
n g b�ckwards on the year just
DECEMBER 16: which housed the Huron Railing
nation wide contest to find "4'9mpany causing an estpmated-
" narne•for the former Canadian damage -of about $30;000. The
Forces Base at Clinton was loss was.. dot . covered by
announced. by the new owner insurances; OCTOBER 14:
.11ohn • van Gastel who offered a "A ' desion • was Peached at' a w .. -
four .,'bedroom hlbuse as first meeting "kit ag Huron County Over . 40 Elgin Avenue
prize. , Board rof EduZ�ation to look into residents, signed a ®pet jtioit which
Fifty eight row housing -units the possibility of locating the was presented ''to townN noun"cil
at..tlie former Canadian Forces 'board office in facilities made requesting a guard rail be set up
Base in Clinton had been offered available at the former Canadian on the curve of that street.'•
to the Town -Ship of. Tuckersmith Forces Base in Clinton. ' Ont r46 elect `on campaigning
DRMCO and extinguished - a
Stt?dil fire 1n some oil barrels at
the machinery plant.
on a 10 -year lease basis. was in. full swing with
Under the direction of a ' The body of Joseph Conservative leader Bill Davis-
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D e p� a in e n t o f labor of �podgkinson, 59, who was last and Liberal Party header Robert
'---C.etp,artion Officer talks - seen fishing from the pier at Nikon both in the area.
- between,; representatives of the Goderich. �iarbour three ,weeks Despite heavy rain the Huron
Sheaffer. Pen 'Company of before, was found by fishermen 4
ounty ,Plowing'MatchWas a big
striking ideal 2315 of the where it washed up on a beach success with many ' entries
International U pion pf south of town, ' showing to ' form_ and a large
crowd of spectators on hand for
Machinists and . Aerospace 0 Six bands and one grpup of r
Workers 'resumed only to reak majorettes were to provide the the days activities.
'down hours later. music when the ,annual Santa OCTOBER 7:
„A committee of Goderich° Claus parade held in
° Town council was named' to take Goderich, according to an According _to plans
announced by' spokesmen for•
alook at a suggestion from ..the announcement by organizers. the Goderich Minor Hockey
property committee of Huron
'County Council that certain NOVEMBER 11:. • ,, Association the group would
lands on the north side ° of • About 65 employees at the officially'open • its season on
October 25.
Gloucester Terrace could " 3Sheaffer Pen e 'Company, Corn , . a Dr. Don Milne was acclaimed
made available ,for parking in -division of ,'Textron of" Canada the Huron Bruce NDP can
conjunction with the county'jail. Limited, voted unanimously to'd id ate
' : take strike actio in the. then upcoming Provincial
r action. the "
P !�.' a y if it ,became necessa.ry.• Election. ,
'DECEMBER 9: � company
. Local animal control officer Goderich Town Council no ° A " former resident of
'Richard Eisler reported that a sooner approved the Goderich, K. H.. Cutt, was
skunk shot • recently in the • proclamation'of November 11 as named to' a top position in the
Lighthouse, Colborne Street' area • a public holiday until the ho .Canadian Imperial Bank of
was proven. to be rabid.Commerce.
of noon to observe
At Goderich Town Council 'Remenberance Day .than'' Fire prevention week got off
meetin '., Mayor', Har Worsef , •.c.o.und.illor\ Stan. Profit ' a poor stark when flames of
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uestio.n d wlr a whol da, 'was undeterinined origin gutted a
;outlined ; 4AIne..efforts,;, he, had : e y' c , ..
made on behalf of the-cruncii to not take ` ` `�" • home on' ' Trafalgar „Street in
speed up ,a solutiOri and..- A single car accident' about,. Goderich.
agreement to end the strike that one mile south of Goderich on
held the local branch of the Highway. 21 sent four persons to SEPTEMBER 30:
Sheaffer, Pen Company in a solid hospital', suffering from scrapes, Members of Huron County
Grip. . - cuts and bruises. Council admitted they were
interested in the Crown Assets
Only sik people tiirned up for . Ony a trial basis until April 30
a meeting to discuss the need for ' only ',';r • a if d b e g i n ni n g Disposal Corporation's offer of
, • a' day, care centre in .Goderich immediately, the stop lights at the utility service , at former
Canadian Forces Base Clinton
and ,none of those persons Vere the! intersection of Slictoria r_
parents with children of daycare Street, Himilton Street and but also expressed' doubt that.
.parents
• 4 Nelson Street were to go on a
the county tax payers could
Although pickets were still up, flashing system from 11:00 p.m: afford the gift when operating
outside,' the Sheaffer Pen plant to 7:00 a.m. costs were considered.
the titre of the'dispute moved
e ,
• down according to the principals Goderich PUC" workmen' while
SehQoli.sit thea area. , the'area was ripped up for sewer
The new school term got off installations,:
to a• -rather poor start with two It was reported the stone'
traffic accidents occurring pillars on Huron' , Road were
involving school age children on leaning and councillor Frank
their • way home from opening Walkom 'was appointed'by • the
town • fathers , to ,. loo•l irilp the
matter. •
classes.
Kaz Budisey said he decided
thatj, ie would appeal the ruling
of Provincial Court Judge Glenn
Hays following a trial a week
before when- his dog Rex was
sentenced•t.o death.
There were 36 children
registered for the 'official
opening of Tinkertown the,only
co-operative nursery school in
Goderich.
The grand old man • of
Dominion Roads, Harry Barker,
died at Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital in Goderich.
AUGUST 12:
According to Reeve Paul•
Carroll of 'Goderich the local -
beach might have been seriously
effected. if the then' anticipated --
dumping of the Listowel Lagoon
was carried Out. •
Tho boys at Sky Harbour
were painting their first movie
star when a Spitfire, which had
appeared in the acclaimed movie
"The Battle of Britain," was,
brought in for a new finish'
Despitle a slow start, programs
SEPTEMBER 2� ' • at ' the Yputh Environment
Inspector James Sharmoi of Workshop Goderich were
the Humane Society • in London getting off b Iter each day.
was in Goderich•for a'look at the-•• . Murray 'aunt M.P.P. for
town's dog pound facilities ,and • Huron Bruce said citizens
told officials the town -had, to unhappy. -wf•th the . Maitland
shape up in their handling, of River poll ;tion caused by
that matter. overflow at the OWRC Lagoon
Council agreed toaad�ertise'' at Listowel• could sue the
the position of building government mmission.
inspector in Goderich, a position, The G derich Industrial
that became available. - . •League's-, a inial Labor Day
The location of the town's 23' • fast6all Jou nament was filled,
letter boxes was announced by with 24 e >jtries from many >.
postal officials after a. "'plan of citizens and towns.'
relocation was carried out: i
The Huron ",' County..:Home O::USTT 5t..l ,„
Care pro �nai t seemed.. closer than The long u - ust•"1 . , ek d.
a;.g.. g.:. we
. ever and so"urces estimated it'proved to e a busy one for -
would get ,underway within one • Goderich Marina workers with
year. boats, mostly from the United
A group of citizens .residing States, mooring three abreast to
on Shore Crescent' petitioned find enough dock space.
coencil • for improved street A feasability 'study was
lighting as well as boulevards and approved by - the Ontario
curbs. - Hospital Services Commission to
Councillor Deb Shewfelt look into the possibility, of
drew town council's attention to enlarging emergency facilities at
the number of posters which the Alexandea Marine • and
were plastered around 'town in a GeneralHospitalin Goderich.
recent entertainment promotion , People in Goderich' who..were
and - council agreed the ' trend predicting disaster just as soon
Residents of Goderich and . should not be allowed to as the legal drinking age . was
NOVEMBER 4 vicinit were invited to attend lowered ' proved wrong and
to ourt as the company sought y continue. .,„
-' an
injunction, two employees s The Goderich Public Utilities the annual commencement �. police as well as hotel operators
Commission announced that exercises at, the ' Goderich and AUGt1ST 25:�
fac d charges of wilful lama a •• - termed' the youthful suds
and a police officer famed because of increased costs for District Collegiate Institute. Despite nearly 10 years of
gbehaved and
ower, materials and other items _ A free• rabies clinic was slated requests to the Federal
soakers well ,
suspension due to infractions ' P moderate.
their rates on services to • for• the • fire hall and all pet Department of Transport by the
incurring at the strike site. » The Ontario NDP executive
consumers would be. increased , owners in town and surrounding Qoderi•ch Elevator and Transit.
Meetings ; held • ' between were to meet and discuss the'
by about'6.6 c effective the first` , area were '`invited to take Company 'the Borth east wall of
management officials of Domtar suspension of Ed Bain from the
billingof 1972. - • advantage of the clinic. facilities ,there continued to
' g Huron RidingAssociation of the
Chemical's Sifto Salt Divisiondeteriorate ivin birth to
Members of Town Council The. people of Goderich $, g
Mine herein Goderich and . . ,party., ._
representJtives.,of Local 682 of were advised by R. E. McKinley contributed $1,000 to the Work serious problems.
the International Union of M.P.. for Huron that the federal- "of .4i e...Bible Society, during the Goderich residents were JULY 29:
government is undertaking a• campaign held for funds.forewarned that they would
Chemical -Workers resulted in a pave Rolston ;Goderich
study of the overall surge It wa's announced that the' likely be facing a hydro electric .
•settlement._ that saw two P.U.C; manager, indicated the
,. workers, dismissed previously, proT�lem in the harbour at Huron County Home Care power rate increase. early in commission was considering
' Goderich. _... - - program-.would:.officially. begin.. 1972:, oinin a regional- compact with
re -instated in' their jobs • .. or at the Hu New Democratic g's in an. attempt to
-.. • ,�• :..�.��.� _ �...,... ._ ,.,..._.. _:�3.�'��,,...�:.,....- .:��,;�. ,.�,Lt•e;�.L� ..�..,.� �,..-.M..�w �.�.°.�.,..r• °nk N �__ Dem,•,..r - ,;.J lifer P.0 C,
at -the Listowel lagoon would,---'--'. ca`me y one °step close ra --To �y�
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Nc.+�rn
D�.C,EAf1fi1J` R 2: ......_ ct�n`1'p'Ietl�.'.preparati'c�.rrs.';�oi' , a�:. ak:e. .�• . o:pe r a� t i o n s m o '
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Picket lines went up outside
o circ Rotary ary u urchasin
in Goderich as 65 employees ofthey held a school" or p
• • About. 50 hourly paid
employees of the .evaporator
operation of Domtar Chemicals
Ltd. Sifto Salt Division -ratified
an agreement '•vy' hich 'gave them
wage increases ,a . $1.12 an hour
spread 'over three years. '
Goderich's ninth annual Art
Mart took place on. 'the square
and was termed the best ,ever by
organizels andLparticipants alike.
JULY 15: -
A three year' arrangement
with t and W. Sanitation .for
hauling away the town's garbage
was approved in principle by
town council.
• Officials - of 109 Hornet
Incorporated are seeking
financial assistance for the
operation of the apartment for
senior citizens,
Project•`SWEEP "accepted an
invitation to Goderich. SWEEP
stands . for Students Working in
an Environmental Enhancement
Program.
Councillor Stan Profit
attended a meeting in Wingham
to discuss the -possibility` of an,
air transportation, service in
South Western Ontario and
noted afterwards that the plan
just could not fail.
A 'Goderich boy' who was
trained locally to- play soccer
was astounding spectators in
Northern Ontario. John Plouffe
was playing with the Kirkland
-Lake :..Canadian. Irish,. All .Stars
and scored a .do.ublehaf :trlrclt .«
JULY 8: '
Salary negotiations between
the Huron .County Board .of
'Education • and the` ` Ontario
Teachers Federation were not
going well.'
-A group, of. NHL Hockey stars
challenged Goderich champions
Sandy's Clippers to a ball 'game.
Tom , Clapp,,, ' associate
Agricultural Representative for
Huron County was to transfer to
the position ,of Associate
Agricultural Representative: in
Dundas County effective in
August. ,
The - Treble Singers from
Goderich appeared and
performed ' in a program at
Ontario Place,.
It was,' announced that - an
Unemployment Insurance Office
would be opened in Goderichas
- soon as possible: '
The new Goderich Sunset
Golf and Sports Centre opened ,.
officially.• and it was noted that
the, new centre would help to
draw additional tourism to the
Huron County area.
JULY 1:
The Huron • Riding
Association , named Goderich
Reeve Paul Carroll to represent
them inan anticipated Provincial
Election during the fall;
The • Goderich Youth
Environment Workshop
officially opened after months
of preparations and planning.
cease functioning in the near SEPTEMBER 23: , economical by ,saving on bulk •••'
future were -6onfirmed' by a TheG d ' h R t Club :anticipated 'provincial election as
. the Sheaffer Pen Company plant'
spokesman for the Ontario was addressed E. C. hill g
P a by John Lyndon manager of the
• the plant, who were members of Water, Resources Comrrtission in . Vice.,President and General canvassers. Park Theatre and the Mustang
local Toronto. M . Manager of -the Dominion Road
.The charter boat Ma naut
2135 .of the. International g Drive In was dubbed a safety nut
Goderich •-Town Council Machinery Company Limited narrowly. missed . doom as it" _when he introduced a program
' Union •of . Machinists and P g
Aerospace 'workers, walked, of agreed by recorded vote to, who spoke about his visit to- squeezed past a harbour wall arid _to cars in free if they
their jobs in support of wage and - support town 'crerk J. Harold China fn the early "summer -as struggled into berth at Goderich to
let certain first aid kit or flares.
Wills in refusing a building • part' of the Canadian Economic after heavy water tore its rudder caMembers of of
other demands included in , .g'
contract negotiations which permit to Lakecity Homes Mission Io that country. • '- off and .it was forced to make their firstmembers
look at townhe council lot
broke down two weeks earlier. 'Centre fora building on Lot 13 Huron County Couneil'said it for port steering by sail alone. garbage agreement drawn up,
• Christina Court. • would deal with 'the. official The Ontario Department" of between C. and W. Sanitation
Industrial operations the Trans ort and Communications
` former Canadian Forces Base in The Huron CountyBoard of countyplan when its members P _ the town,
and
»: _._., m't -itrtlrei ^n xt tkii etrn adv ed,,.6 �1 tr ow.n� o:unciL': d.., ., . • •: u
,. f ,,,: e e Health tinthorized the Medical �1rnl2ori `were �o�egi'"n ;y the end � g -. �� La`vis�'si'i''f3� r>"r"r� iiii"dii ' '
• of -February 1972. Officer of Health -to have a Beginning on• the evening of . that representatives would come were awarded the contract • to.
survey • carried . out in some . September 23 at• •8:00 p.m. the to Goderich and observe the . reconstruct Elgin Avenue at a
• Trigon 72 opened at GDCI 1 •,. � g
and once again the high school Brussels homes to • determine eleventh annual. ,Goderich intersection at Higliw 8 and cost of $30,599°50. -.
drama club presented three one whether raw sewage was getting Automotive Dealers, show Britannia Road with 'a view'to It was, reported that the
act plays for the approval of intg the Maitland : •' Liver via opened at. the Memorial Arena: erect traffic signals. • famous. Sunset Hotel in
Goderich audiences. • - Storm Sewers. An Usborne farmer, Kenneth . A -n.ine-year=old,Goderich girl Goderich would be coming
. An earlier suggestion; that the » Robert Duncan, • was chosen Co''died near Clinton of suffocation down. to make way for a new
walls at the Huron County Jail represent the Liberal party at a when she was trapped in a grain construction bid in the near.
in Goderich might be torn down nomination meeting ' in., chute. future.
was at least put off when preparation for an upcoming„ •
Goderich Reeve ;Paul ' Carroll provincial election.• AUGUST 18f' JULY 22:
asked council to reconsider the, • Char}es • MacNaughton, The law firm of Donnelly and Ed Bain declared himself a.
plan. .. ' Minister- - of Transport and _ Murphy was appointed solicitors definite • candidate in the
Communication, • , was again •for the Town of Goderich. anticipated provincial election
chosen to lead the Progressive George • Parsons, general despite the fact he was
party in ,Huron \hiding at. the niasi1ager of the Goderich suspended by the Huron NDP
polls in the September provincial Elevator' and Transit_ Company, party. Mr: Bain said he would
election. 's- was appointed by, the huron run as an independent NDP
." -, County, Board of ' Education to • candidate.
SEPTEMBER 16 replace Dr. Barry Deathe who The date for a challenge game
•
unidentified person in Goderich • resigned during a dispute between the Goderich Minor
The Princess Anne" Nursery ,
Harbour saying it was suspected School for' ret
concerning secondary school Soccer Association and their
arded children teachers salary negotiations• fathers was set ith 'the game to
a man had fallen in and lost has opened its doors for the year at
life while fishing there off the its headquarters in Victoria Federal Minister of Transport take place atAgriculture park:
north pier. "Don Jamieson informed town Cayley Hill vice-president and
., Street .United Church. ri'tanager of the
The famous Budney dog Rex The employees at DRMCO council that his department general
was adopted ly an unidentified ° would not finance any further 'Dom•in'i-on • Road • Machinery
OCTOBER 28:
In statistics released with the
official - closing of the, summer
tourist season the tourist booth
locally reported giving out 7,475
pieces of information to visitors
to the area,
A 70%'turnout of voters was
reported in Huron as the Hon.
Charles MacNaughton P.C. was',
-returned to office in provincial
elections.
Police were dragging for an
NOVEMBER 25:
• Goderich Recreation Board
discussed the possibility of
hiring a full time Recreation.,
Director to' -handle matters
concerning , organization and
programming. >
Informed sources inside. Local
682 of the International Union'
of Chemical Workers revealed
• that a grievance had been drawn
up Sby the union local and was to'
be filed with management at the
° local Sifto Salt mine in support
of 'two workers who had their
employment terminated with
the company. A Wildcat strike
stopped work at the plant for"
about eight hours when the
firing of the worker had been
ratified a new two year contract "expansion in the harbour or at Company was appointed to
party 'after an appeal of a death which .was termed ' quite lace Mrs. J. W. Wallace who
sentence leveled against him was s a t i s f a c t o r both the waterfront at that time. rep
commuted. Y by The duct and boxes for new resigned her position on the
management and union officials. street lighting on the inside of Huron County Board of
OCTOBER 21: The London Life Insurance the • Square were laid ' by Education.
Company had a television Crew '' •
Domtar Chemicals announced in town. at DRMVICO making a `
it' planned to close its Sifto Salt two • minute comt iercial to be.
'announced. Division dumping ground and presented on CBC'i-later in 1971.
Members of the.. Huron. asked town ' council for The flag snatchers were 'at it
County" Federation k,of permigsion ' t'd use municipal again stealing the second flag of,-
'Agriculture elected Mason2Bailey d u m p i n gi facilities at the week.
of R. R. 3, ' Blytlt as their Holmesville, Robert Nixon, leader of the
Town councillor Elsa Haydon
president for 1871-72. Liberal Party in Ontario, was
J.'A. Marlatt of 98 St. Patrick told town council she' .wanted ,expected to land at Sky Harbour
Sheet antrounced an art"exhibit••° assurance that live trees in the en route to CKNX studios at
at his home of original water corrflnunity would not be taken Wingham and a taping session. "
calors. down at' random.. and at the .
whim of certain people.
The Goderich Little Theatre SEPtEMBER 9
opened to a full house with its It was election day in Ontario Chairman- of the Goderich
first production ofthe 1971-72 with Charles MacNaughton Harbour Committee Paul Carroll
season, "Yesterd
were Dancing."
he- Children M.P.P. ' replesenting the said he was circulating petition
Progressive Conservative Party, in ¶rotest'of, the dumping of
ken Duncan carrying the Liberal garbage -inti , the local harbour
flag and Goderich Reeve ,Paul
'NOVEMBER 18: by- .the salt.boat "Ferndale"
.. ' A'—late '°-night blaze of Carroll entered in the race a •tire registetred-out of -Bermuda: K
Undetermined origin destro)ed'aI�tevt' Deitocratic Party hopeful."
Goderich vo1°unteer . fi'r'emen School enrolment in and
building k eated.at Sky Harbour 'around Goderich was generally
quickly responded to a call at .
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season's Greetings
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ending
Huron County' Council
announced it would issue a very
strong complaint to the proper
Government authorities in
Toronto -following a report
concerning the pollution of the
Maitland Rover caused by waste,
products which weredumped-by.
the lagoon at Listowel. •
Robert McKinley, meinber of
parliament for Huron, presented
a physical fitness' award to Grace
Ross and Gary Peters.
County _Council indicated its
support' for education tax
equalization.
JUN E 24:
Huron Coiintyr Board of
Education 1 accepted the
resignation of Dorothy Wallace a
board member and heard
indications that another
member, D•r. Barry Deathe;
w "tild also resign amid strained
relatkinships'between the board
and its teachers. •
The possibility that facilites
at Snug Harbour for povyer boats
would be expanded took a rap
when a letter from federal
member R. E. McKinley
indicated 'the 'Department of
Transport had no funds for more
work there.
Western Ontario Highland
Dancing championships . were
held in Goderich.
Branch 109 of the Royal
Canadian Legion in Goderich
installe\d-'i new slate of officers
with G. tow as the new
e t
si n
pre .d
It was the concensus of
opinion at Goderich town
council that '• the cotnmunitie's ' -
by-laws were not being, enforced
\ properly 'and the town fathers
urged a. .crack down under the
legislation passed.
JUNE 17: -
The Goderich Public. School
Field'Day was held at Robertson
Public School with top winners
bej'ng Laura lUiss, Alan Worgan,
Nadine "MacKay, Tim McGee,
Lisa Scholtz and Tim McLean.
The Honourable George Kerr;
t).C., Minister' Honourable
Energy . and
Resources, agement and
Murray U. • }r M.P.R. for
Huron-Bru •f'• announced jointly
the approval of a. provincial •
grant in the amount of $21,000
to the Maitland • Valley
Conservation Authority to carry
out further development and
work in the Falls Reserve
Conservation,Area. • i
Hundreds of spectators were
expected to be on hand as the
Goderich Power Squadron. held"
their annual salt 'past on June •20.
The eyent was conducted as one
Of many such events sponsored '
by .the safewboating organization. •
The Goderich Lawn Bowling•
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year
association draws to a close, o .
WO' ' pause to' extend, with sincere'
appreciation, our best wishes
for a
Happy New Year.
REI D'S
UPHOLSTERING
Goderich
Season's Greetings
TO ALL -OUR CUSTOMERS-'
REG. BRiNDLEY
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PLASTERING CONTRACTOR
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go out to you and yours. Thanks for your
support, It has been a pleastite serving you.
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