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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-07-28, Page 1.14 0, t' -125 YEAR - 31:1 b Summerf Thursday Friday Saturday Thursday. „Fq Friday Saturday • pPe Program - e Kin Karnival, Fine Arts, CYafts, Sidewalk Sales, Home crafts, Sidewalk Cafe, Flower 'Festival 1 Iks" children's concert—Park . ndulum Players—old jail 7:30 p.m. e •e e e e tratford e: Youth Theatr.._Park 2:00 p.m. Air' and Earth Theatre—McKay Hall e 4 - 8:00 p.m. e Air and Earth Theatre—Park''' • r. 2:0.0 p.m. Air and Earth Theatre -McKay Hall 8:00 p.m. e Silent Partners Mime Theatre—McKay Hall 3;00 p.m. Lambton Youth Theatre—Park 3:00 p.m.' Find :.your pix • After the fantastic 'success' last .year...and 'the amount of fun afforded to• many hi my'"'folk's::ahe Signal -Star 'is pleased to announce -that it will once again be offering for stile .n hodge-podge of pictures from years ago. The price will, he a modest five -cents each,,.cicr'd people are urged to rummage through. the box of photos at their leisure. - A friendly reminder! Your pictures will last Iorigiti,r'if '•• you ,keep them in a photo album or:some covel•ed con- •-tern-r-rer; _....... . • ,n New bylaw clearing way for "sky A five -storey hotel featuring a' ound level diningro.om and a rooftop lounge will be built at the intersection of Nelson Street nod. d Hamilton StreetW when the builder, John Refflinghaus gets the necessary clearance from' Town Council. The present building bylaw -states that •buildings in a com- mercial area are restricted to a height of 35 feet or three storeys. The proposed ,amendment to.the building bylaw, presently before the Goderich 'Planning' Board. will .perrnit buildings up to 60 feet high. This amendment is now possible since the new fire truck with'a 100 -foot aerial lad `der has been acquired and adeual;e fire proTecticin %s available for taller "structures. The Refflinghaus plans calls far 24 bedrooms, four or five meeting rooms, three,bars; a cof- , fee shop, and a diningroom. Off street parking is also planned for hotel patrons. • • - Architect is, Philip Carter Johnson of•London who recently designed ' thea Holiday Inca in downtown London and the Lon- - 'don' City HOT. He also was the architect for Knox Presbyterian (church at the corner of Victoria and East Streets in Goderich. Mr. Refflinghaus said Mon day he„ hopesto begin construc- tion this fall. He said a' liquor licence has already been ob- , tained for the pre ses.. The plans were pre ted to town. _council—Thursday everting - at its regular meeting. In other business; ' council 'earned that the house at 101 O Final touches were put to then' w lighting' tin the Square- this week by. Goderich Public Utilities Commission workers. The job was completed in time for Summerfest which begins today. A "Turn - On" ceremony is•planned for next Thursday evening, Augusta at 10 p.m, The public is cordially invited • to come out to view the new lighting at that time. (staff photo) . gra Ian � ° ' he�irst��ti2stu�c�r��ar �dtsaster'� plan involving 11, hospitals in Huron, Bruce and Perth coup - ties, as well as police, fire and ' t�- rb reef - Victoria Street is to be torn down to make way for a paved parking lot for Cutt's Red and White store. ,Following that news, -a --motion,_ was introduced that Stan Profit's Fire, Traf.£ic,.,a.nd Safety committee study the possible 1imi "tit>xa� e angle .aatrking.s n front of the food store. Mrs. Elsa. Haydon, chairman of the property committee, told cpurtcil that the- tender'rp Clayton Leddy for $875 to paint the public library had, been•a'e- cepted. Three representatives from Tinkertown — President Pat Morris, new supervisor. Carol Egener and Mona Mulhern, past presidenit were on "hand- atm" - More wave studies The deteriorating north-east harbor•wall is in the news again. A letter Horn the Ministry Public 'Works for Canada was presented in town 'council last Thursday evening.. The letter; signed by J.J.„Maingot, depart- mental assistant, stated' that 'a two-phase program will begin as'' soon.as possihte' to determine tete ssol.ution_:ta4he__problem. "As. you are 'aware, there is a surge or wave . problem ' in Goderich Harbor.'' Mr. Maingot wrote, "which officials of the Department feel should be resolved before consideration can be given to the repair or reconstruction of the retaining walls.'' . "In this connection, 'the Department plans to carry out a • two-phase study of the surge problem,” the., letter continued. "The first phase concerns the in- stallation of 'two wave gauging stations which will be in. operation for a full season. It is planned to install;tl.1treordc:[s.. • as soon as possible and in all likelihood they should be in 'operation before the end of this month." "The second phase would be a model ,study using the . wave data obtained.frem phase one,',' ,the letter concluded. "Aai item .for the-moel study will be in- cluded for consideration in the 1973-74 program." Reeve Paul Carroll, chairman • of the harbor' committee, said -he !tad been,ainformed' two years ago that the.federal department of transport had completed wave studies and a model stud'. He 'said, however, that he had the meetiftg to ask for "a corn. mittment from the community to our nursery; school," 'The manner in which we su.t gest__that this--eou-I4 .best be- Mr. e demonstrated is through the, creation of „,,is municipally operated nursery school thus making. us eligible for govern- - -men overn----rner tal--ftrtanria-1 atu :stance, " said.« Mrs. Mulhern, spokesman for the group Mrs. Mulhern added that unless community support could ttafn d', `i ttikertown mlg it •A iiot,,he'able to continue'. She• felt the loss ofTinkertown-.waul'd be unfortunate since -,sbe and the other mothers involved with the Please turn. to Page -14 ti • The above sketch is of the proposed five -storey hotel to be built oh the ,corner. of Hami,tton Street and Nelson Streef by John Refflinghaus. The architect is Philip Carter Johnson of London. Plans call for construction to begin this fall., or Subject of fact-finding mission ..-,.,.;.� ri'aE�e'tirt�; wi•1I'-hre••hrkl•••t"irtniX;tSr"' (Thursday, •icily 27) in the- Goderich Town Council cham- bers to "sort out the facts'. surrounding' Sky Harbor Air parlt.�-_ In attendance will he 1)on, Stone, Qgional sulrerintendent for airways for the h't'deral. • Department of Transportation; Huron Warden •Elmer hlayter;'. County Administrator . John .Berry; Ed Oddliefson, (118irman -of--the Huron County Develop- ment Committee:' Spence Cum- •: lacings; Huron County Develop- ment eve'l ►pment Officer; 1-tnd Mayor. Hat' -'1.-y•' Worsen,, Keev'e Paul Carroll and Deputy -reeve Dave Gower not seen the results of those from Goderich Town Council. tests.' Also expected is 'a represen-• , ""'fin other business cornmriarg .tativ�e' fi~tmx Assrrc-iater'i rtn:illi'e the harbor, • council passed ''a 'Company in ' Pororl,to and thE' motion that alae. adminijai'por (Pr the town • PI prepare the necessary ' Goderich and the. County of ,,. documents tn' formulize coun- Huron. oil's resolved intent of April , It is not a public .meeting. 1971 to establish a Waterfront however. d' 1 T H determine form-: -o-f-•-a -°s't :ted—fh,ud, washing out several, hospitals, destroying towns and injuring `about 100 persons, municipal services will occur m.._ sometime near the end of Groundwork for the disaster g y July 19 at a conference held in November in wide -spread" plan andTest began Wednesd' y emer enc that will 'fake- the rilarre^•'F•' 'O "`�trhti t ""iii'iim ��e it """ ago; and the. present financ•iaI* status of Skv Harbor Airpark. In a telephone interview with the Sigfaa1-Star Monday, IZ•c'e' e ° Paul Carroll explained that a thriving airlan't in the Com is vital_ to- the future of -Goderich and; the County . of Huron He, said t hat i•n, his opinion, Skv Harbor Airpark's 0 flying training school and paint, shop are necessary auxi1iarv:ser- . Vices, but that air transpor•tatii►ra services are all .portant to the community. He said such facilities a� hangers, and related . requireii equipment standard IA -a minor t. tine- ufstng srrista'nts.'l inin .rr�. School in Wingham. The next step is the formation of disaster committees in com- rpunities _served_ _by� each hospital,„ consisting .of police, - fire welfare deparirnent, hydro and hospital officials. A , co-ordinating .. conference will then be held to develops an CouncflIor. claims town was s�ldtbiIiI�lT goods • Councillor Stan Profit went on record at last'week's regular Town Council meeting as being "violently 'opposed" to closing off the entire Square in the future fordany parde He was referring to the -400 Orange-Wlk-stagew�"� Sin Goderich when the,., whole Square was blocked off from ' early Saturday morning until late afternoon. "We were sold a hill of goods:" said Councillor Profit. "It should never happen again." Coati -ell -tor Profit further stated that `ip his�'opinion, the annual Kiri Karnival, coming up this weekend in conjunction with, Summerfest, should be staged in,Agricultural Park and not in the Square where two blocks are barricaded from traffic for at least three ,days. • • - -.0 ou neer i -1 -err .deli-- -S-h e w alit, - claimed the town could use ,,some "young live -wire businessmen" who would make "provisions for off -Square parking in the future. "In 10 years if we get a ' shopping plaza," said°Sljewfelt, "the b stnessrrier+ can the Square u q would jl, st ' love to have a midway up thert✓." integrated plan for all region hospitals. Details' of the test will also, be finalized. ` Hospitals involved are located in Goderich, both Alexandra ,and Marine and General Hospital .and Goderich Psychiatric Hospital„ SSeaforth, Clinton, Eketer, Listowel, sardine, Hanover, Walkerton, Wingham, and Palmerston, . • 'Wing-hati r District hospital will be the co-ordinating centre because cif - it tentra h location:— Alexandra oca tion: -- Alexan'dra Marine and General Hospital has had a disaster plan for three years now, says hospital administrator Tim Elliott, Car dealers in the area have agreed to supply cars and •trucks if such a disaster oc- curs and ! 'o v l n - e e i ra-•has o u ,,,toted to help with my traffic Please turfs to Page 1 A Parks, System extending to tae he meeting wr e ermine south' corpora e trier s o town, along Lake •Huron from • original sale of the airport from St. Christopher's Beach.. Bill ivniby in hospital Bill Lumby, 'manager 8f 'Goderich Memorial Arena, is in " 'Alexandra Marine and General Hospital after taking ill last Thursday evening. He, is reported to have suffered a "heart attaick: A family spokesr`nan, said Tuesday .that &though Mr. Lumby is expected to be in habitat for at -Wither two weeks, he IS feeling much -improved, A story was carried in this newspaper last week ad- vising that Lumbi: had requested an assistant manager Moth() arena in the event of his illness. At the present ;time, Paul Paquette. Is "taking over the m+anager''s duties at the 'aren& the federal department -of tran- sport 1<) the' County. of Huron; 'the tett irf the sale cif the--a-ir, pert fr•citn the- (catinty of Huroii to Keith Hopkinson who died in Police chief's car- struck In- mishap 1. The' Goderich Muni•ri S1 1 Police. Force this week report only one -auto accident on. town ,streets during the past week. The mishap involved ,a collision between a vehicle driven by Steven Remington of 211 Britannia Road in Goderich and a parked car owned by Fred Minshall also of Goderich. The accident•occurred on the Square on Saturday at 12:10 a.m. Damage to the Minshall car was -estimated by investigating ;officers at $350 -and to the Remington ,vehicle at $200. err terminal should if Sky Harbor. Ai►•pa.rk is to fulfill its potential role it1 the 1 area. . he I>rovidc'rf industrial ,growth in the United .- The Reeve went on to say ,that the population in Goderir i beginning to grow — sloWll. '1Fhe merit of an active, terminal nearby cannot he fully ap- preo>tiated at this time, but 8 county studv roinpleted about one year ago by the deveiop• - meat offie•e indicated.the advan- tages would he considerable. Dc'iitg Hunter, mana.g4 r at Skv Harbor Airpa"i•k concurs. 'He r-c'hoirts that in Ohio where eyerv. county has an airport subsidized by the state, 'there is the, lari;est States. He said that Stra'tford's ! �r municipal airport, for 'instance, has attracted • business and in dustry to that to n which would rit►t other wise Ii rve .loc,�ated there. •' "The availability cit'' fast,. direct transportation is i•mpor-. tan) .today.- commented Hun- ter. - Hunter said that ti-hniit 100. planes , from all over Canada and .the U.S.., are, paiifted an- nually at Skv Harbor Airpark by four workmen. As well, Sky Harbor trains ,about 75 pilots', Please turh,to,.Page 12 • P• All participants in classes and`act'ivities Ju Silt +Gondei hem swimming is locally list tlirltrilwk' received booklets entitled How io oo DrowrOYour Family,' The Material'', dealing with *liar p Y Safety, was di sirubute 'b -_ the pool Staff an 'su l led �thr ougfr the courtesy of: Signal Star t'ublish Pool staff members Taff Draham and John Park, left, distribute the hooks to Nancy Pincher,, Torre Pincher and Jeff Denomme.(staff photo) o �.