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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-08-03, Page 1The word is out. Bluewater Tv -Cable Ltd. this week antrourrc'ed -which—areas _ of -the-- Town of Goderich will ' he serviced first and can. expect • hook-up to the- much desired cable by fall. ' • Crackdown of waterfront Goderich" I -La rbou r'Cornm ittee chairman Paul Carroll announced on Tuesday . that authorities this week are beginning a crackdown on :rna-eine •.vic>lation>s along the.. local waterfront. Mi'. Carroll said that recently there have been a number!, of boating infractions and the crackdown has 'been made necessary. • as a result According to. Bruce • Davey; .. be headquarters for Com- ab es •secretary -treasurer for. the Ltd.,Airland Communication -company; all ---homes south of---Ser-ices- Ltd.-- .Cable ._ TV. . Britannia Road should have Strathroy, Kincardine Cable TV cable available to tliem by the and' Bluewater TV Cable Ltd. end of October. ' The .company is making it Of course, a great deal :quite clear, however, that until public notification is. given through this ' newspaper, no• contracts for cable hook-up will be available to homeowners. When "the time. comes though, nine channels plus the local station will *be available to' viewers within the serviced .area. It is understood that work depends upon the weather - and the speed with which alb cable. can be laid. -Davey noted that if installation of the .cable goes .well and it is an open autumn, more work than presently anticipated may ,be completed. Conversely, if installation, problems develop and frost arrives early theresould .be less. ;progress than originally will resume in Goderichjust as soon in the spring as- the weAther. conditions perrrait. Bruce Davey of. the firm moved to Goderich recently' from Strathroy. He and his wife Marilyn ilre living at 116 East' Street with their five children: Steven, 14 who will be entering Grade 9 at GDCJ ' this fall; -.Michael, 1.3 who will be attending -.Robertson Memorial. School; Peter, 11, and Linda, 7, who will be enrolled at Victoria Please turn ..to PAGE 16 for. Up to this time, on eight miles of the•total 30 miles of cable to be .Laid in Goderich has been 'put lin the ground by the company team. The cable Iose deo ,Gordon Muir, Manager of Dominion Tar and Chemicals $ifto Salt division nurse at Goderich, denied rumors 00 Monday that the mine recently' lost : a large contract,, `.:Ue said information circulating to the effect' that the mine had been, outbid on aj targe contract were unfounded.' Although shipping ,frons •'the local mine has been down • -during-pest weeks -Mr, Muir•saact�n..W the company was expecting -a--- number —"number of ships during the week. ° Mr: -Muir -declined to ---make— public, figures ,regarding •the amount of salt shipped to date ' this season, but, explained the tonnage was on par with last. year's. Cotta,ge burns In fire at Falls Reserve- Lyhcpd�, Huron Harriers name "I spoke with the offices of the arrives.,in Goderich via Highway Royal Canadian Mounted S and work has begun in the Police in Stratford and they south-east' corner of the have agreed to persue reports of municipality ° ' such infractions despite the. By Monday of this week, distance problems,'' the cable was being: laid just east of • Barfield Road' in the tk • 'committee chairman reported. Palmerston Street district. . 'The Goderich detachment Of The company with President' the Ontario Provincial Police Ron Mclntosh, Vice-president have alsp indicated their Dale Evoy: and• secretary-� willingness in helping; deal with treasurer Davey employs 'six` careless boaters. The other workers. Once freeze-up detachment noted that their prohibits. underground .marine`patrol will be in the area installation to continue in .. and that it will patrol the harbour area as well as Goderich, the company 'Will adjoining waters.'move to the Town of Clinton Mr. Carroll explained that in order to effectively deal with the problem boaters noting, or being w involved with infractions, should contact the -,R.C.M.P. through° the post office in Stratford or •the local• police department who will 'pass the information' on. Local police -A 'bicycle rodeo''will be held at •Judith'Gooderham Playground that mill. last from Tuesday, August 8 to Friday, ,August 11. It is sponsored by local Goderich merchants, the town of Goderich, _ the Police department, the, playground staff, and concerned citizens • Police Chief Minshall says he rs ; nlased_ to _co-operate in helping with the, rodeo. Constable Ruxton is"in charge of organizing the rodeo in connection with the police. There will he films, posters where.' `aerial"' installation „ts planned during the winter. . y p st. Stre Clinto ding w iode Iran . o and hand=outs at • the .. daily bicycle'' safety session. It will start at 3:00 p.m. and will' be followed by question and answer periods. , On Friday afternoon there., •c 'will be a rodeo with a liicyle check,: and skill testing riding events. Later., on that ..evening there , ale � witTa. will- . e �;-bike �1y'ara • demonstration from the four top riders.- There will also be a presentation of awards and Presently housed a temporary office on Ea et, construct the company plans to offices and a studio somewhere ' . between Goderich ant n, possibly in the Holmesvi lle district. The new buil in first slate of officers. Track and field enthusiasts held a meeting Wednesday,•July 26 at the Legion Hall in Goderich to form a club and to , elect an executive 'for it. Summer co-ordinator, Bob Knuckey, opened the meeting with a request for help in the. administration of a 'Club. "At present administration is. hon -existent," he said. "As you can see we have a lot of kids here, and we, fear for the future unless we can' get some club administration, and that's in the form of an executive." went on to .explain the duties. of an executive. One is to" register a club' annually with.the Central Ontario Track and Field , Association. The Association . pays $35 to a • registered , club and the club pays $15 ' •for its operation. Members pa ,,,a .$2, .ernbership fee. • , . • Beryl Harper; a° former physical education teacher, raised a point on the 'health of children joining :the club. It was decided ,to look into the possibility of requiring' children to ' undergo a physical examination before being.,. allowed to enter the club. The new name decided on for into three towns:: Goderich, Clinton, and 43russels, with a committee from each: This way towns joining later on can do so with no problem. The president and secretary of the executive, • will act as the co-ordinators, informing ,4 the different eommittees of •changes and new happenings. The comrqittee for Goderich is. Bruce Crew and Tim McGee, coaches; and George Low and Howard .Carrol, Legion _representatives:, ' • Clinton ,representatives are John Lawson, coach; Mrs. D. Flowers, executive treasurer; and Harold . Black, Legion representative. Brussels co-ordinators are Mike Conaboy, executive vice- president; _.Keith t. Raymond— coach; *and avn)ond,coach;'and Ted Elliot, Legion representative. • There has been a slight problem with acquiring equipment in the past, but Mr, Knuckey said that meets in winter months could- probably be, equipped from the schools, He also suggested that teachers could help out -'with winter Meets. the • '1972-73 club is Huron C cuist Harriers Track and Field Club; y The club 'executive will he • Robert Gibb, president, Clinton; ' Mike Coriaboy:. vice=rjresideht, plane!' Brussels; Mrs. K. Keller, secretary, Goderich; and Mrs., D. Flowers, treasurer, Clinton. •.1) k 0.. prizes.The region will be dividedy . � Nifty vitantieg VirdriadiiAdid iud4oneive damage to this home St. Geor+s ereoint twstiad b tit. 0J*. Doody. ilederlch volunteer firemen answered the 4:00 0.m. storm d''nr ananaged'to e2 0ngiuish the fl'ames'but'only after Meavy damage WWI -done. staff photo Officers of the Goderich Municipal Police t)enart'ment investig.ated three accidents ,within_ the boundaries of this ca>mmunity over the, last week. discovered .by officers on Patrol at 2:00 ' a.m. Friday July ,28. They. found an overturned motorcycle with its rider pinned beneath it on Mary Street. Kennet`v Tohnsto -Of RR- 2:,---- .Goderich was sent • to hospital suffering from a concussion, cuts, bruises and shock. the crash' apparently occured when theobilie'caught some loose stones near the shoulder of, the road, flipping' it over and sending it sliding 15 feet down the pavement. • Later the same day (at 44'74'5— p.m.) a two car collision occurred at the corner of Nelson and North Streets between' vehicles driveu,,.by,liuth Huckins of 112 West Street and Douglas Lamont Of Kincardine. Damage to the Huckins vehicle -was. ,estimated at..$200-and-at $;:100•-,0 the Lamont car. Au early morning crash July 30 cin Highway eight resulted in a total of $'62iS damage. A mar driven by Digby `t-1owse ,cif 177 High Street in Clinton,,was apparently forced off the road by a ser'ond vehicle: The Howse r' r strut'k" a°` titil resulting,; yin $6()0 damage to the car and $25 to the pole. The second car • left die Beetle and is being sought by Jdice. When the merchants along Goderich's Squaremoved onto the street during last, week's Summerfest activities, with sidewalk sales and similar displays, barber Mike Jeffery refused (0 be out done. Ted Carney is about to have his hair trimmed out in the sun if Mike. only , remembers to take the hat off. ' ' opping success Somewant longer Summerfest week, The much anticipated successfu Mr. Such discussed Su' mmerfest has come ' observed. "We even .'had one' and .gone and the general - merchant suggest that perhaps a consensus of opinion field ...by r special event could be planned those responsible for organizing . along similar lines for the the multifaceted project is that winter months." the event was: a whopping success. , • • "On behalf of - the Tourist Tourist Committee chairrnarr Committee," . the chairman Bert Such observed on Tuesday noted,: "I would like. to__thaak all.._ ,that .most were very,happy with the • merchants.; a.nd the outcome. "Borne- of the organizations who took part in merchants even felt that the the event and worked so hard•to event could go longer," he make 'it. such 'a success." noted. . .. "The quality of' displays this Goderich Art Club spokesman Year were much improved 'and Martha Rathburn, said ,the Art the Art Mart set up was just like Mart did very well despite slow an outdoor gallery," he, said. sales in the, painting •''Bringing in' craftsmen and 'department.,. "Other items• sold artists seems to 'attract a great well such—as the/ crafts," she deal.• of interest." • ' , said, "so most- people are "Each year there have been satisfied." improvements,'' Mr. Such '� ' observed," and there are- many "The plays, presented were more to come no doubt." He`• enjoyed by. most people, and " Mrs. said that' the Square was a good Rathburn noted, although location 'hut that perhaps the ' some night not have understood -projects _could be , certain productions. Everyone carn'val � �... ? late the work adjusted in the future' to avoid did ,however appreciate , blocking traffic. • involved though.',' ^ "As it is;" he said, "the "According' t� .Kinsman John carnival ',moves Klock to• block Shaddick his .club did very weld each year' so that 00 one is.. on their undertakings, at inconvenienced every. year:" IC ,Buxnmerfest "We' raised one might he Netter if it could be quarter of our year's revenue in arranged sothat no .one is put those three days," he explained. out but we want to see the , seryd-it-come-ou-t----'I'hi:•, was the -biggest year we „r well too.- ever had," he noted, "and " �i - "� m't s t atilyeicro etre hard a.. -little. flak w.a 5" a ,q a , from the merchants,,which is. to - be expected,, 'we are -well* pleased:'" • • The Kinsmen club operated bingos and were responsible, for theomidway carnival taking a percentage of funds handled by, that portion of the show. The" -GoderiCh—'Ki•nette Ciob announced on -Tuesday- that their. raffle. draw fair. a quilt during summerfest was won by C. Anderson of Goderich. Police Chief Fred Minshall in commenting on the Summerfest activities said that everything "went just hunky dory" as far as 'his department was concerned.' Goderich Garden Club members are also pleased with• the' turnout of visitors to their display in the Court House. An estimated 3,000 persona stopped to see' the show.. This years show involved no competition and the whole club co-operated to produce series • of floral .arrangements based on themes , from • countries throughout the world. Although the event was not a fund raising .venture a sp-o.lc,.esinan_. noted_' that the amount received from donations ---was most 'gratifying,w-, Goderich Ontario Provincia-1 Police reported; on Monday that.. . a fire last Wednesday, which destroyed a small cottage owned by Donald Crich of' R.R. 5 London, and located on the West side of the ,Maitland Rivet near the Maitland • Valley Conservation Reserve, was started by youngsters playing at the site:. The small building, valued at only .$200, burned to the ground despite efforts of'cottagers in the . area to save it. The best they could do was fight to deep .the flames from spreading into nearby brush and, bushland. • Goderich firefighters answered the . call but by the time they arrived with proper equipment they could only extinguish the smoldering ruins and help prevent its spread. The firetruck, in attempting to reach the burning building, found .the roadway chained off and was forced '-to •turn around .and, backtrack . to find an .alternate route. The cottage was unoccupied and has been for some time. No solution yet` for Sky Harbor The future of Sky Harbor Airpark is still undecided even though the' "fact-finding meeting" last Thursday ,evening in Goderich Town Council Chambers proved successful. In a . prepared statement for the'. press,„_Reeve Pa'ul Carrbit reported," The; meeting achieved its objective of defining certain • facts regarding the history of ownership as well as the 1972 status of :Sky Harbor Airpark.'' ^ 0"-Rep'resentatives trout all invited parties attended," the reeve stated, "including the present interest. LIQ eeur'se- af� action has been determined. The -matter- -r-eeeive-e•rt-a4n--•._- e further study.°' In a br"ief telephone conversation with the reeve Monday, the Signal -Star learned that the subject of Sky" • • • .Harbor Airpark is slated• for an upcoming meeting of the Huron County Department Committee.. "No further action ifir anticipated by the Town of • Goderich until we hear from the county," said the reeve. Art Trek, a program• of touring art instruction sponsored by the Youth ;. ist., Ode ich.over t �of�the tori#aria Department of �'ducatibn,• viii +�i � t the. 26' and 21 offering 'instruction and workshops lift •various art Cortins. "r �... f l right, ht who wilt be heading the classes (troKn l6ft and Phil Sybal, r g � � fii' locally of the workshop* the Trek Sponsored throughout 'Southern Ontario.. i at their studios on t 1,,... onla Terrace. will bo hosting the event o +tit! -and Recreation branch {� d of..Ati(uet. �t �.T.,�.... �.:..s>...z.....--}w: ...rn,: �.n..,=vim:_ Mieke Jacob's, secc>►n' are tern at work in one The Goderich h Att'Chub Notice: Despite the fact that Monday, August 1 -.,is Civic Holiday end business Places in the trim of Goderich aro expected 'to be closed, publish as . u'suai Thursday, August '10. The comoperation of correspihdents . and �.., advertisers 1e sought. .� persons velehing '._.to have items of r dltoriai interest .or advertiting in. ■nI -..wetak�s •ntltws apIlr .... aro targed to contitsit this e Fri offio ayuit 4 or Friday, ass tatty tumidity' as le poselble.