HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-01-13, Page 1cal
An avid snowmobler,,hi.mself,
Reeve Paul Carroll has promised
to brie 'a proposed bylaw.to
this 'week's meetin"g'"wof Goderieh.
"Town Council to regulate the
u`se--of the vehicles within the
municipality. ° .
Reeve Caroli raised
discussion on. the ',matter atr:lie''
very end of `the' meeting. The
rethainder of- coinc�il "- with the
°possible exceptiod of Stan
a 1. That.,snowmobiles should', described.sn:owmobiles as "noisy
Profit and Mrs. Elsa Haydon Town 'Would. be helpful.
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had very little to say about what Councillor .Reg. Jewell Warned
Reeve Carroll suspected would that some of Reeve- Carroll's
be a "controversial issue". suggestions mi 'it be too
prohibitive for •sliownnobilers,
While Reeve Carroll did not particularly with xegard to the
present a sample of the pros sed
bylaw to council at this meeting, curfew. Ie said that some
he did indicate that 'five major \people who work a late shift
matters cpuld b.e included for might not be .able to, enjoy the
council's perusal. ► sport•?'° because , of -such. •
Those were. regulation.
Couneillor Elsa . Haydon
A. . Ht r n It o n be restricted from the area of, and smelly" but added that her
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was most annoyed 'when passing'
• snowmobiles obliterated the ':,
picture, on hts television creep
He said even the no:ie of the
machines did not 1 'concern lim , , ...:
.too greatly., because 'he' could .'
simply turn up the volirne on
his teievisi't3n set. ..
",I believe ' snowt`obzles
-encroach ' u my 'rights when. i I
cannot enjoy my television
viewing," said Profit.
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lora distance block; _ � resulted when the operator did
not accept"resQonsibiliEy to .use p �a. Square includintheight maincomplaint' withthemwas Brig year
streetsradiatinfrom�the`'re ther6fora distancesofoneblock; resultedwhen the operator didacceptresponsibility touse aea.2Thllsnwmoblmut the mchine wily•
honor d b y a g Squg pert damage that
townsh�o hd for
township
„, ... be equip4ped with an antenna
Colborne Township .Council•and 4ag which would' show "They ga where they please;”
began their ft rst meeting of. 1.972 about .7- 'hanks: as an' aid to Mrs. Haydon complained,
�' - on 'Thursday January 6'at` noon ath'er motQxist "thx h 1
gardens, over . shrubbery and
Goderich , with the Reeve 3. That' rigid hitch assembles . , everyivllere."
Douglas ' McNeil, Councillors, be, required for all snowmobiles L. ` . . W
Rev. McClenaghan of Dungannon and . that reflectors be' required'', Mrs.» Haydon also stated that
and Nile United Church, the_. .on: anything being tpv�ied by children are ' operating
clerk, -Road -Superintendantaric snowmobiles., snowmobiles Without a driver's
'Mr, Archie -Hamilton former • licence, and • she expressed
4. That a time limit be placed concern for the safety of these
Welfare officer • for Colborne '' „
Township present. on .snowmobilers , using thein young:operators as well as others
After dinner Reeve McNeil vehicles' within the municipality, with whom . they could' come in
with fitting `remarks presented possibly 'an 11. or 11:30 pm ' • contact, on the course of their
Mr., Hamilton with a desk. pen curfew; outings.
.with dinner at the$edford Hotel
s: oug peop e s yards and,
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WARDEN
ELMER MAYTER
REEVE
STANLEY TWP.
HuronCounty founcil epresentatives- -from-- Go- d.
erich-
(standing) -left to right, Deputy Reeve, Dave Gower, Reeve, Paul
° Carroll an yor„4.Harrar.$rsQll_-eic-tendtheir-beest-wishes-to
M: Warden Elmer Hayter of: ;Stanley Township following his
SIari!e
Reeve Elmer
r. set as token f Colborne 5
election -to.---.that--.-scat..on--Tuesday. Mr. Hayter,:.was officially
sworn into office following his election and occupied his new
-seat--during the first regular'-mreetirgof'rh ;year the fol'Ibwing
day. -Staff photo
Hay
liner Hayter, the 53 -year. old
Reeve of Stanley •Township;'was:
.elected .. Warden of Huron'
. county in a two-way contest ,
whichleft challenger , Roy -
Pattison, (East Wawanosh Reeve,
• trailing by -24 votes.
After ' members . of county
council., had voted, the tally
"showed a score of -32' votes f' for
Hayterand eight for Pattison, an
over -whelming victory for the
Stanley reeve who lostout to
ac A. exan . er as year when.
Goderich'i, Reeve 'Paul Carroll
broke°a tie by,,casting•a deciding
vote for Alexander.
Hayter was, nominated by
Everett . Mclllwain - for the ost
after. . nine' years on "-county
council • and service on many
c-omin itt'ees. 'Pattison's'
nominator was Bob Lyons, reeve
of West Wawanosh. • ,
Present irr-the'large audience
on hand'`for, theelecti n was the
Warden's wife„Noren is three
CoIbprneTownship
dies in farm accident
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A .23 year-old Colborne
Township man - was pronounced ,
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.dead' on arrival •.at .:Alexandra
-Marine and General Hospital in
Goderich on (libidos evenrig�•�
following a farm aceldent that
buried him under a pile of :silage.
Coroner Dr: , R. W. Flowers
announced later the man had
died of suffocation. .
Other members of the family.
quickly ,arrived at the scene as
well as sp„,lne neighbours and the
body was carried "'from' the
trench,. an area about eight
feet deep with cement walls 30
feet impart and streich'ng� about_-
-80 ' feet in length, th 'barn .
floor close by where month to
mouth , resuscitation . was
- -The accident leading' to the continued. .
_death of Albert Keith 13411(1143. -At about the same time those
otcurred at about '5:10 p..m...... at the sc'ensaw the ambulance
Monday afternoon bil a second 'arde inta a, ditch as it
. farm .owned by the Brindley's at ' approached :the ,farm but only
Lot three, Concession nine in . Minutes were lost as another,
the East Division , of . Colborne brother took a farm truck to the
.(3. Where he and his-brotlier\RObert ambulance ' and picked up the
feeding cattle. . , - decil Adams-, and the Mechanical
According • to investigating resuscitator and-rushed„thern to
officer from thq Goderich
' detachment of the Ontario; The. attendants performed
Provincial Police, 'Constable IL.' external heart massage and, used
digging silage tont krf the silo Coroner, Dr. R. W. Flowers was,
, ' ,when the 10 to 12 foot face contacted- and he gave
collapsed..on, the Man. Police say victim to hospital in Goderich
he (Brindley) had not been 'where he Was Pronounced dead
undermining the silage but had On arrival, at 6:3(,) p.m.
been, keeping the -face straight -4 No inqueit is tdbe called into
outward on top of hid). as he . .„, Please turn to Page i.2.
filled a wheel barro'W. ''
The dead man's brother Council submits
a terhate- an -
finding. a larger pile of loose" —. , :, - , .
Silage than bad been ,cbipped off - Goderich ' ',town -domicil was
---,' and on further investigation got ,liaPpy .With a requesi frorri '
4 ' found' his brother trappediurider Huron County Council to permit,.
about two Jeet of the heavy, wet parking on thq north side or
'- ..' _ Nitfi the_assistance- .0 -Ernest --A-el-gird" e tint jail, and
Robert Glen,: .76, , Of. It, R. p, -last weelCcOuneillori accepted a
diAeiteti, ' Albert trindleY's suggestion to ask ,the Huron
toody was freed frO$ ;the pile^ 'lycifiy to consider i alternate
sons; ,Allan, 'Gerald 'and. , Robert
and ` their wives; his eldest,
daughter, Donna McBeath and
her husband; and his youngest
daughter, Anne.
In addressing council,' the
° Warden said that he hoped that .
signals at' railroad crossingi:
'would become a :concern
Council. Hayter noted that .four
level crossings already have
signal§ , but said there are 10
more to be equipped. ;-
The •new warden also
suggested a managed
maintenance IstudY for the road,
d'epartnient of Huron'. County:
administratton costS are rising
but allotments from the
government are not.
Discussing the official county
plan, Warden Hayter said there is
need to keep the plan flexible
and "not creote hardships for
those, who made this county
----He brought a ' chuckle from
the audience'vvhen he explained
that the property committee of,
county . council • would likely"_
have a -. "large stone .horse' for
rent” this year. He was
describing' the jail, which, he
said; . could well. *come an
The oath of office' was
administered by Judge Robert S.
Hetherington_ psi_ Rev,
ROyal officiated for the, brief
dedication service. 1
Mayor Harry Worsell brought
greetings from the TOW,n of '
Townshit5, spoke on behalf of'
the new warden's municipality.
- After thanking those who had
worked with-. him in the paSt
*year grid' . noting the
improvement in the weather in
Huron' sinCe he took office:Jack
Alexander retired from the
Warden's. chair.
The Striking Cotnittee
McKinley, Eugene Frayne and
Allan Campbell.
Officer s report
presents outline
rand suggestions -
A comprehensive repOrt to 4 still there when I get back," said
town council .by' -Richard •Eislerc.', Eisler. - *,
deliVered last Thursday evening. 31, Eisler travelled 7;000 miles
Not Only did ft outline the wqrk in the town of GodenchThn
completed" in 1971, it laid, oilf Please turn. to pAge,3312
some sliggestions for
i•For instance; Eisler has asked Goderish OPP
couricii to give him permission •
to enforce the . part of the _transfefred---''
municipal dog' byla* Serpaiii it. F. Keene,
states -that a licens,ed - canine Detachment Cominander of .the
Must wear the. dog tag all year Goderich —tintario '-Provincial
long. The owners of a dog found Pblice, has been notified of his
to a $10 *penalty, adcording to effective January 17, 1972 .at
Eisler Says 'that ;when fogless: transferred to the . Petrolia
,dogs are picked up and taken to Detichment As Detachment
the pound, it is a difficult matter • Commander.
'occasion, Eisler noted, dogs have detachments at Guel Grand
leg'ally been put to death in the Bend, Niarton, Owen uhd and
pound Without the. animal's Mount Forest. He was promoted
Owners contacted and problems to the rarik-ot Corporal in1,461,
have arisen because of -it. and poAted tit) Oode_r_i_chAnA.0,65.
An identideAtion card and a rifle $ergeant and transferred. to the
should be carried at„ all times by -Gleneoe Detachment; 'He
the animal control officer. „returned to Goderich as
Since a rifle is not issued' to c Detachment Commander' in
necessarly to go, to -the police pgt.i,keerie is. marriedriVith
station,. prck up 'a rifle and' two sons, Gary :with "the
return to the Scene when an Canadian Forces at PetaWavva
*animal must be shot. le and Douglas attending Waterloo
I "I'm lucky if the animal ig Lutheran tiniversityt,
and his brother prom'ptly 'began methods,.
" mouth to mouth resuscitation A draWing presented to
While . Mr. 'Olen contacted the countil showed that parking on
Arindley home who in turn the . north., side of Gloucester
called an ambutinee and the Terrace wofild not only subtract
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: o , o orne • What perimeter streets e
-•.. , � _ - Ct�urteillorStan-Profitelaimed -
Town h� r p
s ps regi ds- for 15 years established for snowmobiles he had no quarrel with
:oaf service. ,. W: leaving or returnin-to:___' the_ '_
sncwinQues :..as..j.cng _as h_eir_Crurcl meeting -opened-at .•munc,pahty,_r. wintertime
pastime' did not -
2:00 p.m. at. Carleiw Hall where
Reeve McNeil spoke briefly on Councillor Frank Walkom
interfere -with his wintertime
Councillor
~~�� pastime• -,.watching television-.
pro'iects for t-he-year•1972: a • concurred that a time lii'iait on lr „ .
David Abbott ' of .the the operation of snow)nobiles'in 'Councillor Profit ; stated he
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before Cop,ncil.--.with regard to _
trP planting,...operatioris-..._Threes .. ,.. _ .,. .
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a „plications amounting to 25" _
> tires-:-whi - % ire
meetings ' were discussed. The • =
s.to:ric site. ;
• Huron County tree planting.
prograrii- was the main objection. E
' was suggetted that the .:7-=
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planting. should pay more'
-towards ',the reforestation . •
Salaries bf the reeiie and
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councillors were increased for'
Council approved, .the -use of
I.B.M. Tex NoticeS for the year
.1972. A special meeting was
January 19th. at 8 at
" 'Carlow Hall at which time Mr.
Planner is to be present 'to
discuss., zoning by-ldvvs. and
building permits for Colborne "
I Warden .Hayter delighted the audien.ce at the inaugural i
E meeting of ,Nunty council with his tongue-in-chee-k 5:-.2.
a .A-( last week's_meeting Of Goderkh Town Council, Reeve i „ .
:±7 Carrijll expressed his feeling that the county jail should be''....2: Reports this week indicated
MandRiver
It looks like an exciting -year
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ahead for _ the - Maitland
Conservation Authority. judging
from the report brought to
�. odench,..r,.M Town Council'`' by
Councillor Frank Walkden . last
week.
Councillor . Walkom told
council that an improved
swimming .area,; at Falls °Reserve
Park is a priority 'item with_t.he.
. Authority now. • Ways : ' Of
achieving this are presently being,
studied and a decision wilt i
reached shortly .in the matter.
'Tvino-7-•- m-ethods-= already
suggested , for enlarging- ----the
swimming area are to build a
weir in the Maitland to retain
water and regulate its flow or to
blast the river boil= to deepen
and enlarge the • present
swimming-holeat the foot,of the
fallshey.
T , first method, said
:Waft on -wo-uld-ereatte-a-body-df
water sufficient.' for .,s ,all
n„ioforless boats, perhaps 25 .or
30 acres of water, One problem
could` result, he warned —
stagnant water. .
The project has been
discussed now for about :tour
years1...,.,... Wal`konl .staid. Present •
plans .are to call tenders in about'
si'x.months.;. ...-..
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:::: preserved as a part pf the,Initory of this area • g:
that Godench Police Chief Fred
was improving at, •
Goderich Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital where he was
Night School tourses offered at the local Secondary School are
moving into theiesecoryl stage,folloia' log the Christmas Holiday.
Sculpture turned out to be one of the friOat enthusiastia groups
under the instruction 0 SUO' Bell, right, The class has tieen
producing a variety Of work 'end heft WS tie heilli iton Osit
'a .ttiotild formw A story i'll more depth on the night ',Ghent,
wiirsatirdit be naiiied in next wok's Star. -Stiff ° o