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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-03-09, Page 1rb 1 2 5th YEAR -10 T THURSDAwY,, MARCH 9 1972 Ret. (ross.P amp aig A next week A ING O:COr( T.h'e annual Red Crgss campaign for funds will take place next week, March 13 to 18. It will be a house-to-house canvass. Therewill be no canvass of industry in Goderich. Campaign ' workers urge Goderi-eh and area. residents to be generous to. this. worthwhile cause. Fire truck • arrives; cost is '67,00 The Goderich'Ithteer •Fire Department took delivery of their new '$67,000 fire , truck last Wednesday in a brief ceremony held at the local firettail during an unseasonable rain storm. The truck, Which was , purchased from the King Seagrave Fire Engine Company of Woodstock, ,boasts a 100 foot hydraulic ladder and a pumping capacity of 840• gallons of, water per' minute. The new equipment means.thaat in the future Goderich wilt perhaps have .some new high rise apartments since the local firemen can now provide adequate fire protection for such -buildings. Fireman Allan MacDonald was. the'first to take a sky tour atop the ladder but was soon upstaged • from the spectators point of view when Maydr .Harry ,Worsell borrowed a fire department slicker and helmet and took the second ride -of the afternoon. . The new piece of firefighting equipmentjoins a-1962 model fire . truck equipped with a 50 foot ladder and pumping equipment much like the new trucks, an emergency rescue van arid a 1949 nlod�1 , back up truck. The new truck is a1 so equipped: with a_v_ery efficient. public ,address system • and eommmTf 'atf on-"un`fi't --that keeps the man on top of the ladder in touch with the ground and the chief with his men. It also has a siren that many Will no 'doubt about wh i itfirst sour ds. .Ad New fire trvc display • fb) 1 The Sully Foundation in tOtheTownof oderich this piece meri ory pf A.V.M. J.A. Sully, of land with fhe understanding that, fourrder'vf the present Dominion the Town clbse Cobourg Street ,Road Machinery Company bet -w dein .Wel 1 e s l e y a n d . Limited, has offered to donate a Ligh•tlu use Streets and Wellesley ,-completely landscaped and' fully Street between Cobourg and- furnished, nd- furnished, well -lit p a.r k" Lighthouse Streets," stated estimated at a cost of $75,000 to Sully. "This will ensure a park . $100,000 to the Goderich. area of approximately three ..If<appxay.alds-,given, constFr-ucticn adr'e's that will be -ail usa 'le not' would be completed this spring. • just a boulevard as it is now." ' in a short but -exciting Sully referred to the proposed presentation to Goderich Town. park as a "pedestrian park" to be Council last Thursday evening. fully equipped•with benches, . .Jl.1 „e... --.SAI 7 . —P- • fter rfar--ineleme•nt-mea-tl+er. a Dominion' Road 'Machinery ' Company Limited, outlined the flower beds additional trees children's playground, 'walks, Nineregis tr plans of the Sully Foundation and whre unver n led the elaborate drawl • gs completely landscaped. N� imCgay lir Hall already completed by world;- 'The view of our' harbour, renowned landscape architect, J. •• beaches and. of course, our •Austin Floyd, Tor6nto. beautiful Lake 'Huron from this The proposed three -acre park ' loeation is ideal and many ,people would overlook Lake Huron on the ' e o u 1 d ,and will enjoy the property bounded by Wellesley, tranquility of this setting,': said Cobourg and Lighthouse Streets, Sully.' presently, owned by the Sully He promised the "project will Foundation. The property was be completed and turned over tc) described b Bruce Sull in his , • • The course for homemakers' ,which began a week ago in McKay Hall is continuing. Although the success of the course had been threatened by poor enrollment, word was received this week that nine students ar.e,preseptly taking the instruction. . The _cout se. is.beiirg taught by, Joanne Alton. It was also learned this week that Cone'stog V Clinton campus will ; begin another' Certified Visiting Homemakers' course.in April. Persons interested may. apply through the Canada Manpower Centre, Goderich. Association • asks support The communities of Goderich, Clintdn and Sea -forth and their surrounding areas are being canvassed now by members of the nominating committee of the Association for the Mentally Retarded to ,find a new slate of officers for,the local -Association which serves that district. According to various persons presently involved with the Association, a ,complete revitalization of the organization is necessary before there can be progress. It ,became evident during a recent effort to join forces with the South Huron Association- for the Mentally Retarded to build „ji regional workshop ,for retarded adults • near Clinton, that there just was not sufficient interest Qr membership in the local Association to proceed with. fund raising plans. Immediate need, according 'to sources, is an executive from the community, concerned about the problems faced by. the mentally retardedand schooled in the ways of organizing and motivating.a group such as the local Association. The annual meeting is slated for Moriday, March 20 at Queen Rlizablth School at 8 p.m. The interespublic "fedis urged g 'to attend this gathering and to offer any necessary assistance to the Association, Y Y the municipality at no cost to the presentation as 'nice but not taxpayers". • really' -a park,, 'just--boulevAMs-_ ---"k11 kIl -cos•t --of__corrrpieting the with a road". " park will be born by the Sully "Therefore, I propose to deed Foundation," Sully stated. "Any town co-operation would be greatly appreciated. :We, of course, would pay ;for any servicesrendered by the Town." .Because the .Bruce Sully home is immediately adjacent to the proposed park, it was requested that a buffer zone be,,approv1xl by the • Town. This - woad ..e.ntail .deeding that part of Wellesley Street bp to and including the, westerly edge of, the travelled portion of -the-street to Bruce Sully. etrnrr i l l o i MT . s a' a yt on was the only member of town council who questioned this part of the. pr.oposal.*Sheasked•Sully to Sketch plans in pictures on Page 3 explain exactly why he felt it was necessary for the town to deed a portion of its nproperty to hire instead of turning it all into parkland. Sully told r he would prefer to maintain his privacy on. his own 'pr'operty. He was reluctant. he said, • to have park visitors strolling' onto . his • own private property or to -rk picnics in his froht yard. Mayor Hairy . Worsell • suggested: -it was a reasonable request on Sully's part. He said the property which Stil.l..y-prop'osed be deeded to him in return for the park would be the former road allowance, about "a 30 -foot strip. 'Councillor Stall Profit' termed it "a faiir swap". Reeve Paul, ,Carroll predicted • there•'wouid:hE a°n°element cif • criticism connected to whatever we do" concerning , the Sully Foundation. _park proposal.. Carroll did feel, he said. that the., park plans "tied in - beautifully • with 'plans for the South Beach. area" since a 'Walkway front the proposed park to the South Beach had been suggested and shown feasible. During the presentation, Sully explained to coilncil.why the -Sully F'ogndati6nwasoffering •the,pai'k* ?lease turn to Page 3 Y, • pus a er way, way up ec. Boar education Week official lygot underway'at Victoria Public School in Goderich on Monday evening when the school head open house and parents dropped by to see the Many .. displays, demonstrations s�._ and talk to the 'teachi rs. Peon the Left, Shelly burnett, Pavn Meriar rand kindergerten`teacher'mily Cory shoal Mrs. William Meriarn and Mrs. Linda burneft sohne of the colorful books the youngster's make use of. —staff photo - Under anew policy adopted by the Goderich Recreation Board and Arena Committee which provides for the local ,arena manager to be on hand once each month at Recreation Board meetings, Bill Lumby attended the regular meeting held. Wednesday night at town hall. The board discussed a letter from . the , Vi -Pond sprinkler system company regarding an earlier. request by, the town' -for information about the testing and repair of the unit. The main problem had been the testing of the system periodically without tripping the siren at the fire .hall which is at present connected to the unit." The sprinkler system company suggested a three-way switch 'be installed so that the connecting line 'to the fire hall. could he temporarily disconnected during the weekly testing. The arena manager informed hoard members it would be up to the Telephone Company to do this work since they provide` and service the special line between the arena and fire hall. Recreation board agreed to authorize Mr. Lumby" to obtain price estimates and in connection with Mayor Harry Worsell was also given power to act on the recommendations. . In other arena business the manager informed the board that .Seaforth had agreed to buy the Goderioh Ice Shaver, which had Peen put up for `sale a number of weeks ago, for the suggested price of $500. Goderich is replacing the machine with a new edger~ which arena crew's are now operating on a trial basis, A numberf matters tters r egarding' . the Young Canada Week program which is coming up shortly at the Memorial ' Arena were also discussed. Mr. Lumby ears at rneetiu recommended to the hoard that a new 36 -inch grill be purchased for the snack bar, downstairs, the present one he said was not big enough to handle the large crowds that would he at the arena during the big week. ' In _other yecars., it was explained, the fatlitieis upstairs in the auditorium were used to help feed the crowds, hut indications were that fewer and Val has already been provided for in the 1972 budget. - Other correspondence to the' Recreation' Board included, a letter from the Advance Pools Co. containing a new quote on work necessary to install a vacuum line ' at the local swimming .pool., The company now offers to do the work, including some alterations suggested by te>board, for $895 has opposed toWeir original quote fewer people were willing to go of $1198.72.'It is hoped work will upstairs' to buy food. When tori get underway" sometime in April. A letter was also re.ceived from the Department of ' Social and Family Services regarding the Goderich Tinkertown Nursery Please turn tQ Page 3 C there were no hot dogs ready at the downstairs snack bar, for . example, Mr. I;umby pointed out. they would just offer to wait. The new grillitis,expected will cost about $400 and that amount Interim tax levies due next Wednesday The interim tax billing is proving to be' coneern for many Goderich taxpayers, according to Admtnistrato - Harold Walls, but persons who fake the time to visit town hall to have their questions answered are usually satisfied .when they leave that everything is in order. ' The interim tax levy is not additional taxi tion or is it penalty taxes, says Walls. Taxes are being collected this year in amid -Ma ch to put money into council's hands early to cut down on the amount, of interest paid for 'bank loans to operate municipal business. .Taxes paid now will be deducted. frprn the final tax billing, Walls said. . . "'Taxpayers are simply paying' part of their taxes jn•,advance. continue Walls. W. alls . +Other lark 'Collection dates will be in June acid in October. Walls noted there had been solbe concern among ratepayers that the additional billing would be costly. However 'the administrator is satisfied that savings on interest payments will, more, than compensate for -the additional billing charges., He estimated that it woul'd cost about $1,000 for the interim, billing and that as much as $5,000 on bank interest charges could be saved. , Council were reminded by the Ontario t epartmen1 of Municipal Affairs that the . Residential Property Reduction Act will be repealed and that thebasic sheltergrantwill be discontinued this year . via property tax payments, , 'Stone property tax meti er l <expey1ed through income tax bu the: details of this werenot discussed :tn iocai Gt tltic1