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The Honorable W. Darcy
-McKeough---was-ort-the- hot -sea t,
at a special session of Huron
County Council Monday
afternoon ... and the subject was
regional governnent,
Accompanied' by Hon. C. S,
MacNaughton, MPP for Huron,
McKeough arrived later than
anticipated by council and gave
members an ' opportunity'to
discuss what they believed to be
the implications of McKeough's
June statement on Design for
Development Phase Three. It
also gave. members time to
formulate good questions which
made for an informative session.
The main questions in the
minds of most county
co.un.cillo.rs_, were whether._...._
regional government was
coming, when it was coming and
how it would affect Huron
County.
McKeo h told council
members he could not provide
direct answers to those
questions -at, this time He ,said
that his June statement has
covered three topics the
regional ,development' program,
reforming tax needs and
restructuring local government.
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target date of 1975 had been set'.
for the completion of data
gathering which would point the
way to' the. future.
•McKeough's June statement
went this way: • "It is our goal
that everyone in the province
Will Mile a . grod idea .of the
direction local government r is
going.by_-1.975:--Fwa°nt°.to-makeR it -
clear that this does not mean it
will be possible to have
Two mishaps
this week
in Goderich
Officers of the Goderich
Municipal Police Department
investigated` only two minor
motor vehicle accidents on town
streets this week.
The first occurred at at 2:10
p.m. August 19 when a truck,
owned by Bisset Brothers. of
Saltford, and driven by• Chris
Patterson of' 1 Heath Road,
Rexdate Ontario, was in
° collision with a car driven by
Donald Riehl of 96 Gloucester
Terrace. Damage of $300
resulted to the Riehl car and
$100, to the' truck.
The second mishap occurred
Auust 20. Aparked car, owned
by William Wilson of 644
Hincks Street, was struck by e
second vehicle driven by Leroy'
Bedour of 126 Wolfe Street.
Damage amounted to' $150 to
the . Wilson car and $75 to the
Bedour car.
legislated all those reforms by
McKeough told Huron
councillors that a "restructured
map',' of the province would
- -have- to-be-drawta .up-before-any_.,.,n
municipality can know the
possible boundaries of their
region. He said it wo-dld be-
unwise
eunwise to formulate tentative
boundaries at this point since
there could be "areas left over)
unless somebody develops a
whole map".
He ---did reiterate his ---plan to -
develop five regions in the
province rather, than : la.
McKeough said that during the
past ' five years, many, many
politicians .and lay . people
throughout Ontario had come to
realize that "the world is bigger
'than our own back yard."
In the past; McKeough said,
regional development . councils
had- -been charged with. the
responsibility to "develop a
common point of view". He 'said
he saay' the five proposed regions
as a method by which to
"strengthen the role of local'
government" because the 10
.. for -mer- -regions were ---ta be
• replaced with what he liked to .,
term "the group of • 70" - 70
municipalities within five
regions.
•
"The largest single input into
'---the—Desigh---for-:.-Development
program," said McKeough,
"will come from this .group of
70."• •
At this.juncture, McKeough
indicated to 'council that the
government was 'interested to
hear from the "private sector" -
of citizens as well as "politicans,
retired• politicians and defeated
politicians".
McKeough touched on the
Toronto-Centred"Region concept
which is a plan to divert some of
the -congestion of population as
well as business and industry
away from Toronto the
Kitchener -Waterloo, Barrie and
Port Colborne areas in
particular.
The Minister indicated that
such growth cannot take -place
too far out of the Toronto
district because the Queen City
is the base for business and
industry and' development will
- radiate around the base before
spreaiding 'to the outer -reaches of
the province.
McKeough said he believed
his government set goals which
were "realistic and not
impractical".
Reeve Elgin Thompson of
Tuckersmith. asked McKeough
if he could provide any idea of
the -size-of-the- regions --he was
proposing. McKeough answered
that the provincial aims and
objectives of 1968• had- not -
(continued on page 16)
Little Satins _Kolozsvari was hard at work around the
Ware- on..Tup'sday afternoon' —doing—her—pert—to- advertise'
the Judith Gooderham Playground's upcoming Penny
Carnival. The annual event will be held this Friday at the
park area adjoining Judith Gooderham Swimming Pool.
Events this year will include pony. rides, boat rides, food, a
horror houseand various games. (staff photo)
Margaret Gail Fisher daughter
of M. and Mrs. Leonard
Fisher, FIR 4, • Goderich,
graduated on August 10 from,
Victoria Hospital School of
Nursing. Sheiwps recreational
convener of hir class for the
past year and has been
o on the...a
ff
ali ciptriif
Vloto'is Hospttat.
ron
share;
The board of Calvin Christian
School in Clinton would, like. to
"share facilities" with the
Huron— County Board of
Education and Calvin Christian
board•secretary Cecil Bruinsma
and Principal Ralph
Schuurman appeared before
Huron's board Monday evening ,
in Clinton to ask for free busing
for 23 of their pupils this fall.
A recommendation before the'
beard from R. L. Cunningham,
transportation manager,
suggested a "transportation
agreement with the Clinton. and
District Christian School Board
for a trial period of September
to December 1972" and that the
Christian School board re-
imburse the Huron Board their
proportionate costs on the bus
routes involved.
Before much discussion was
held on the recommendation,
f �3
the
r . e uansma tufo med
bolted-
theChristian School' Is6ard was
t
donate
requesting transportation free of
charge.
"We're - asking for some -value
for our ,taxes," said Bruinsma,
reminding the board that
Christian School supporters
paid taxes to the public school
although their children attended.
...the,Christian School.
"The value is there if you
send your children to our
schools", stated Mollie Kunden
Seaforth.
"We cannot do that, on a
.matter of principle," answered
Bruinsma.
The Christian School board
was asking that a maximum of
three students be added to some
bus routes throughout the
county. Bruinsma said these
students 'are scattered
throughout the ' district 'and
about 60 miles of busing per day
could be' eliminated if Huron
School board buses would"pick
up these children, alt residing on
Goderich Signal Star Publisher, R. G. Shrier, left, and James Kingsley, a Signal -Star reader,
admire the bronze medal presented to the local paper in connection with the "Our Hometown
Paper" contest held .recently. Readers of community newspapers all over Canada were
asked to write compositions regarding the functional importance' of -therr. -paper. Last
weekend Mr. Kingsley- was presented with first prizefor the contest by the Canadian
Community Newspapers Association. Mr. Kingsley received $300 from the Association for his
efforts. (staff photo). a
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dinner will include she : Hon:
Charles 1ulacNaughtoni -Huron
MPP; James Donnelly, Q.C.,
Goderich, and Frank Walkom,
' ,,Huron Federal PC. president,
�lso of Goderich: Ch `arman of
'During an .awards: l as gnat.
held at the HUetel ; Bonaventure
in Montreal, as part of the
annual convention of the
Canadian Comrnunity
Newspaper Association last
weekend, Goderich 1Slgnal *Star
L publisher K.G. 'Stirrer 'w'as
.. presented with :two awards
resulting from the association's
1971 "Better Newspapers
The Signal Star was selected,
by -an independent- ;panel of
- judges _ from Information
Canada, as the third best•weekly
newspaper of its 'class
(circulation 3,001 to 6,000) in
Canada. The Goderich-
newsp'aper.a iso' IGo`etk yet ontiM'
place in that class for the best
editorial page, •
"We are proud to have placed
so well," Mx. Shrier commented
following .the presentations,
adding, "look out next. year',
we're aiming for top spot."
In an editorial statement
appearing elsewhere 'in this
week's edition Mr. Shrier noted,'
"For some years this company
'."had; been undergoing change in
staff, in . equipment and by
virtue of acquisition. Nineteen
seventy one was the first year
that might be ,considered
normal."
"It takes ' many people to
produce the product that arrives
on your doorstep each
(continued on page 'f6)
Paul Hellyer, -former Liberal Paul Hellyer singlehandedly
cabinet ministier and one-time , postponed legislation which
leader of Action Canada, will , 'would have created major
give 'one of his first addresses as changes in the family allowance
a Progressive Conservative at a program. for Canadians.
Huron PC fund-raising dinner ' 'Participants in the Huro
Tuesday night, August , 29.
The $15 -a -plate event, which
will help to finance the
forthcoming federal election
campaign for the. Huron party,
will be held at Pine Ridge
Chalet near Hensall.
Huron PCs have not
nominated their' candidate yet
but it's expected that sitting. MP
Robert McKinley will carry the
banner again. He now is deputy
whip of the federal caucus and
chairman of the PC -agriculture
committee.
For Hellyer, the Huron dinner
will be one of his first
appearances on behalf of the PC
party which he joined last
month. ,He will campaign for
Robert Stanfield against the
Trudeau, administration in
w ich he formerly ' served as'
Acting Prime' Minister.
Hellyer ._ says he' . became .
disenchanted with the Trudeau
government when it failed to
implement major
recommendations of his task
f n 'housing and urban
orce o
development. He resigned from
the cabinet -and Liberal party -t41
form Action Canada which has
been a severe critic of American
investment in Canada.
` the dinner : committee, is , T erne
Kleinstaver., Dashwood,, Tickets
are being sold by the municipal'
chairmen of the federal . Huron
PC association.
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This1ruck;.osrnedby Deme o_y Construction of Guelph and working on the St. David -Stanley
Street reconstruction project, was rather unlucky Tuesday evening. Loaded with water to,wet
the street for packing, it' pulled onto the loose fill and found it s rear wheels disappeared into
the soft ground. After dumping it s Toad, the truck was freed. (staff photo)
roads travelled by Huron!s>
-buses.
"Some buses are already
stopping at
these gates to pick
up children attending other
schools," sa
id Bruinsma.
at accordingto last
outes, there would
of room for extra
Schuurman said
n't like to think of
t as being for "free
on" but rather for
o use "emit seats"-
on Duron C
ounty School -
Board
reed to former
Education Thomas
suggested that
hoof boards go to°
school boards, and
see if arrangements could be
al`s!' facilities".
chairman �. M.
'Elliott said that
_ view,
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ed on page 16)
He said that
year's bus r
be 'plenty
students.
Principal
that he did
their request
transporta ti
permission t
rinses. , -
He refs
Minister of
Weirs who
Christian Sc
their public
made to "sh
Huron Bo
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Construction is _
r ... rssing well on a Municipal project that GonstruCtlOf Guelphunder a:l0,'' oontraat. Work arrra►�+►
wilt .tMulte..he _, r,►buMiding
of St. David and StanleyStreets will rebuild the streets. and install new sewer rims. (st.
ioneil)The wo kbeingmarried out by Dem *ay piwtn
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