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THURSDAY, MAY 4,.1 97 2 SINECOPY 2
Opposition says
There wasn't a large want this park to benefit the
attendance of Goderich taxpayers greater number of Goderich
at Tuesday evening's public citizens. Could the roads be
meeting held in GDCI's small gym left?"
A to discuss the proposal of the • "For outsiders, people who do
Sully Foundation to build a park in rrot-liveif Goderich, that is. the
the area bounded by Lighthouse,
Cobourg and Wellesley Streets
overlooking the, harbor. Q,O,ty,„,„;N,„„
about 40 local citizens turned out
to the meeting, some to applaud
the proposed park, others to
oppose it.
The main •objection raised to
Na the park was the fact that it would
prevent Goderich residents and
' their gues1ts from driving along
the top of the lakebank, -stopping
their •cars and sitting in that
%, •
priyate comfort to . view the
spectacle below.
• Mrs. Harry Shackleton told -the
meeting many people -appreciated
the generous offer of the Sully
'Foundation to build a park—free
of charge - for Goderich
residents in memory of A -V -M J.
' Sully, founder of Dominion Roads
Machinery Company.
"But we would like our roads,
continued • Mrs. Shackleton.
"Many old people -who go down
• practically every day in the year
to enjoy that view from their cars...
• in any kind of weather would not
have that enjoyment. You say you -
•
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Bruce Selly.
one drive they take when they visit
Goderich,” Mrs. Shackleton went
, on to say. , "The people of
Goderich are donating two-thirds
of.the land to this park. I, think ,the
•
Total 0YP agrant. worth.•._ $8,668
"Tut:6i SulIy'sTerms Fo town
people should have something to getting a free park, If we doh't about three acres, meaning that asked Robinson. apartment complex on L that "That's a car every 35 seconds
say. I think it should be put to a take it,' we're going to lose' it the town would donate about 21/2 1"I haven't thought about that,” triangle ofland—asfar as dollars or so, Beth Heydon said: "Have
vote at the next election.”
forever." . acres to the project. retorted Sully. "Obviously you and cents value was concerned. you seen that many?"'
Several. Lighthouse Street Mrs. J.W. Wallace agreed. She The buffer zone requested by have. I have a feeling we may hot ^ The people at the meeting „
called the bull oSully partgthough,"learned' this was entirely Yes, answered Sheardrwn.
residents complained that y pT posed- a is 66 feet wide, of the 99 t be in total agreement, , Y
Lighthouse Street is narrower ``stroke of unbelievable leek", foot street allowance — or .about "The Sully Foundation is possible, the only restriction on John Burrows, a - landscape
'thaneither Cobourg or Wellesley She said that if Judith Godderham ° one-quarter of an acre. willing to"build a park, Sully told an apartrrrent being the heigi t o€ •a-iY ,itect who a~cet panfed Bruce
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Wellesley onto Lighthouse would municipality still would not have a r Sully Foundation would ,, be townspeople are not interested, that only about 100 cars'per day
necessitate the widening of children's playground and public interested in establishing a park fine' travelled that portion of the
Lighthouse Street. Some people swimming pool. in any other"part of town. " , At the first meeting with town's roads. Several members
complained that Sully was asking "And I don't think there's one • `.Yes, if . the property was • council several weeks ago, Sully of the audience disagreed.
for a buffer zone between him and person in this town who isn't suitable,” answered Sully. had told council it would be more I've seen 100 _,cars in an
"What would be the criteria?" sensible for him to build an
the park, when the residents on satisfied with that park now,'hour," stated Jim Sheardown.
Lighthouse Street would be .,in continued Mrs. Wallace, "I think
greater need 'of a buffer. 'zone. _ the Sully Offer should be accepted
between them and the added
traffic as well as the park.
Clayton Edwardspoke in favor
of accepting the Sully proposal.
He said that he had wanted to
develop the area as a Centennial
project. He said the town council
at that time had°turned down a
proposalto purchase the property
now owned 'by Sully—and which
Sully was now offering to the town
free - of charge.
"The Town won't get off free,
though," stated Edward.
"Lighthouse Street will have to be
widened. But there are some
people inthis town who will look a
gift horse in the mouth to see if it
has any .rotten teeth: We're
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with gratitude."
"A gift is a gift, but not with all
' the strings attached,''ffered one
unidentified member of ..the
audience.. It was further
suggested that if the Sully
Foundation would donate the pie-
shaped piece of property to the
town to be developed as the
municipality saw 'fit - perhaps
for a picnic- area it would be a
"lovely memorial" to the late A-
V -M Sully.
The property presently owned
by Sully is a triangle 122 feet wide
at the east end and 414 feet long
forming a V. It is a little better
-than half an acre in size. The area
ofthe park proposed by Sully is"
Folks -government oka
On Friday of last week, the
Goderich Folks Group, a company
• of entertainers who plan to tour
hones for' the aged, : nursing
homes and other institutions
where . residents are shut in,.
received word that their.
application •lrnder 'the
Breaks into
store -purely
• b� accident
The Goderich Municipal Police
Department report only two
-
motor vehicle accidents this
week, the most serious occurring
on Sunday afternoon and causing
'16 damage to the tune of $2,000.
A vehicle owned by Howard T.
Lumby of Picton Street in
Goderich and driven by Catherine
Cruikshank of RR 2 Goderich was
pulling:into a parking place on the
north side of West Street when>.it
00 jumped the curb and ` smashed
through the plate glass' show
window at Blackstone Furniture..
Investigating officers• put the
damage at $1,000 for the car and
an additional $1,000, for the
Window. There were no injuries.
0 The second accident occurred
on April 27 on Elgin Avenue
between cars driven by Lindsay
McRobbie of Chatham and
Constance Bell of 56 St. Patrick's
Street in Goderich, •
According to the police the Bell
vehicle crossed the centre line as
it was proceeding west on Elgin
Avenue and sideswiped the
McRobbie car which was
travelling east° on the same
street.
There were. no injuries and
wt . total damage amounted to an
estimated $1600,
Cookie Day
this Saturday
Opportunities for Youth Program . Leitch, Jerry Huckins, Brian Hall
has been approved.and Cathy Cruickshank. Advisors
`The group of teenagers who call to the group are George Gregg,
themselves "Folks were-'-' Tim Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
" granted a total of $8,668 to cover Robinson and Paul Carroll.
expenses and wages of.the 10 week The program to be presented by
program. At the rate of $60 per ',the group consists of folk 'music
week for each of the young people and short one act drama sketches.
' employed salaries will eat up The group has been given :the
• $7,200 of the sum and the
• remainder will go for- expenses'
Among these expenses group
spokesman Mike Gregg- listed
equipment rental and
transportation.
The group will be on the road
performing one and one half hour
shows 'in a total of four
Psychiatric Hospitals and 39
nursing homes. It is also hoped
at otiser 'cCbThrt'i*irifty -
appearances can be arranged.
The tour region is divided into
eight areas, Seaforth-Mitchell,
Goderich, Strathroy, "Hanover,
Kincardine, Owen' Sound,
Palmerston and -Exeter.
Full time practicing will start
'onJune 17 andthe young people
will . receive their first pay
cheques June 23. Rehearsals have
been underway on their own time
since Christmas however and
organizers report the show is
progressing well.
Members of the group ame Mike
Gregg, • Debbie Dunlop, Sue
Dunlop, , Mary Gregg, Rob Roy,.
Dave Eady, Bill Barlow, Sally
The annual Girl Guide and
Brownie cookie blitz is scheduled
for this Saturday morni-ng.
The doer -to -door campaign will
begin at 9:30 and continue until the
supply of cookies has been
depleted.
a�
.The youngsters will be '
canvassing the whole town and
, will be easy to recognize in full
uniform.
•J
Cancer Fund
will get big
boost on Sunday
The bike-a-thon,to raise funds
for the Cancer Society leaieson
Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.--
weathe permitting.
Entrants will be cycling five
miles south' on Highway 21 t�
Kitchigami Camp Road and five
miles back. They are hoping to
reach—or surpass—last' ye'ar's
effort whicli had 47 cyclists
raising $2,300.
Starting point is Conklin
Lumber's parking1ot, The event
this year is being planned and
carried out by the local branch of
the Cancer Society.
Anyone wishing to join the Sun
may call Mrs. Ginger Shortreed
at 524-9992 or Mrs. Anita
Swartman at 524-9691 for further
,particulars.
Persenswhowant to sponsor a
rider may also contact -these
ladies to announce the ariiount of
the pledge.
°
facilities of the Goderich Little
'Theatre and MacKay Hall for
rehearsals.
The first portion of the funds
will he transferred to the group'as
soon as. all those involved are
signed to the contract. It is
expected• the signing will be
completed by the end of the week.
Former town councillor puts
objections in black and white
Former Town Councillor B.R.
Robinson attended the. public
meeting at GDCI gym Tuesday-
evening
uesdayevening and ' registered his
objections to the -proposal to close
parts of Cobourg and -Wellesley
Streets to build a pedestrian park
to the memory --df A -V -M J.A•
Sully.
• The following is, the written
statement presented to council
,for their study:
I° the Undersigned, Citizen of
Goderich; object' to Council's
intention to close pari' of Cobourg
Street and Wellesley Street in the
'Corporation of the Town of
Goderich, -for the purpose of
conveying any part of said streets
to Mr. Bruce Sully. 'the Sully
Foundation, or any person or
persons, for the' following
reasons: r
1) The above •,named streets
provide an access and .regress to
an area that has been available to
the Citizens of Goderich as well
as visitors who drive this route
and pause in admiration of the
view afforded thein of Lake
Huron, which can not be equaled,
anywhere in the Town" -of
Goderich.
2) Whereas the Corporation of the
Town of Goderich, at the `present
time, have three public areas .in,
this location of theQTown,..,namely_
Parkhouse Park, Main, Beach
Area and Christopher each &
Park, it is,'my feeling that more
should be done to develop them to
a greater potential or promote the
development of park areas in
other locations or the ,Town:
where none now exists.
.3) I further object to the
terminology used in the public
notice published in the '•Goderi.ch
Signal -Star' , which states that the
Town Council intends to close and
convey certain portions of
Wellesley Street and Cobourg
Street. It does- r't state the
amount of said streets. they.
propose conveying or to whom.
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4) The unorthodox manner in
which Council dealt with the
proposed by-law leaves me to
believe they have been ill-advised
or unduly influenced . without
regard for their responsibilities
as elected representative of the
people. No matter what motivated
their action, 'when Council will
give a by-law First and Second
Reading without full knowledge of
its contents, the implications,•or
debate of same, one must regard
such acts as detrimental to 'the
democratic process and good
government.
Don't be afraid because there
.are lines drawn on a plan," said
Burrows. "Alterations can be
,made."
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B.'R..
Robinson • .
He told the audience there were
several ways the plan could be
adjusted to permit cars to drive
further into the park, for viewing
the lake and the harbor.
Solicitor lean Murphy explained
that the decision concening the,
Sully Park proposalrested with
council. He said there could be a
municipal vote taken on the ' •
matter, but that, too, would be a
council decision.
"Then why are we • here?"
someone from the audience
asked,
"So that council may learn the
feelings of the people," answered °
Harold Walls, town administrator
who chaired the meeting.
•
,,Mrs. A, Lang asked the clerk if
he'd received the petition
opposing thepark with 600 names
attached:. Walls' said he had
received apetition with about 120
names on it Tuesday;
'How long do we have to get you
1,000 names?" asked Mrs. Lang.
"Until the May~ 11 meeting,"
answered Walls,.
"You'll have them," retorted
Mrs. Lang.
Walls told the lady that anyone.
at the meeting—or anyone who is
interested in the project — could
submit letter's to council
indicating their feelings on the
proposal. `
"Thank -you", said Mrs: Lang.
'.We'll do that.',
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Robertson Memorial public School in Goderich hold open house
last week and the event was well attended by parents and other
interested persons. Ano g.the events staged for the visitors was
a
gymnastics demonstration that showed outstanding ability on
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• the part of many of the youngsters. Parents blso toured the
"c art f the
classrooms Arid heard;a school band demonstration as p o
evening.,. --staff photo'
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An impressive and imaginative to the United States and has 'the
brief has been submitted by Hhiron potential to grow into, a major
County Council to the House of agricultural, industrial and -
m
Comons Standing Committee bn tourist" area if we have 'the
Transporta,and Communications. transportation system," the brief
All that remains no* is for the stated. "We in Huron County
committee to reconvene and to realize that many systems of
study the document. , transportation in Canada have
There are . three obtained subsidies. We require
• recommendations attached to the passenger transportation even
brief. The first is a request for though it . may have to be
the committee to discuss withthe subsidized by higher levels of
provinceof Ontario the provision government" •
of -a new rapid road system to The ,brief stated that as rail
reduce the time of • travel to *passenger service deteriorated
metropolitan areas. in this area, people turned more
The second .recommendation and more to the use of the roads
asks that the federal government which "were adequate at ,orie
provide, a rapid rail or bus time". Now that highway traffic
service for commuters and •has multiplied and rail passenger
freight between Huron County and service has been withdrawn, the
large metropolitan areas, "time of travel" has been
4,,,,The third recoriimendation increased for the people''in Huron
urges discussion with the County. �«
province" of Ontario concerning Time of travel is important, the
all transportation within Huron brief went on, in the area of
County, including road, rail, business 1a n d c,q m m e r c e
water and air facilities, competition and costs to
"Midwestern Ontario, is close individuals and companies.
"For our industries to compete
in the large'market areas of the
world, we must have rapid
transportation of the raw -
materials to these industries and
rapid transportation of the
finished 'product to, the world
Markets," the brief said, "We
cannot expect to compete until the,
time of travel for these goods is
cut to the point where we can enter
the market with a product whose
costs are competitive and not
penalized" by, the high rate of
transportation."
The re �o`rt further noted that
p
tourist business is seriously
-Tinkertown has
new executive
The new executiv'e of
` Tinkertown „Nursery School has
been announced.
'MJmbers are: Mrso. Pat
Morris, chairman; Mrs. 13.
Clements, secretary; Mrs, Terry
Rentz, treasurer; Mrs. Roz
Campbell, equipment chairman;
and Mrs. Mona Mulhern, •past
chairman.
hampere-d by the slow
transportation system.
"The product of. rapid ,
transportation would aid the
development of tourist resorts in
this part of the country and
therefore provide a large
secondary industry for our
agriculturally oriented people,"
the brief read.
The brief said that some rapid
rail service or alternative fast
transport to the large
metropolitan area must be'
provided for the people of Huron,
and the costs should be borne by
both the federal and provincial
governments. Freight rates must
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be kept low to encourage business
-to relocate in the area and to keep
the " present industries in a
competitive position.
Air transportation should be
investigated, too, the brief said,
as well as water transport.
Air transportation is in:4icated,
the brief rioted, foliowingl survey
of 67 business establishments. Of
these, 6,4 percent said they would
use the service if it was
available—up • to about . 800
passenger trips per year.
Water freight was discussed at
some length in the brief.
"If facilities were available for
largecargoes other than bulk
shipping, the whole of south
western Ontario might use the
Goderich port," the brief said.
"Goderich should be ade
available ' -for containefted
shipments and heavy equipment
loading facilities.
Doak's telegram
About 360 Goderich and area.
residents paid 25 cents each to
have their name attached to 'a
telegram which was sent to New
Yol4kRanger Gary . Doak who was
playing his first game of the p72
' Stanley 'Cup 4 play-off series
'Sunday afternoon.
"1 bet it made Doakie feel
prettyy'good to know his, friends
were thinking of him," said Mike
Jeffries.
The tel sari didn't bring,the
gaiters ers e h lurrk to win the
opener With Roston, however. The
score was ;a heartbreak' i , :64.1n
favor of the 'Reantowhfers,
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