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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-11-16, Page 1For everyone's benefit A public forum (11 Harry Wors'et Paul Carroll • Ed Giesbrecht • Reg Jewe1F• For Mayor Stan Profit Retiring The municipal elections in and around Qoderich December 4 should create a considerable: amount of interest among the eligible voters. • It is the intention of this 'newspaper to add to the interest wherever possible by opening the news columns of the next two issues' to the council and school board candidates in the district. Can- didates should consider this a public in- vitation to make their platforms and polidies known to the 'people. They are urged to write their statements in clear concise form. Although the .length of the articles 'will not be severely limited, this newspaper will only publish one presentation by each candidate. Voters in Goderich or any of the surrounding areas are urged to submit any questions- they may have for an y ,of the candidates on or before Tuesday, November 21. These questions will be published in the November 23 issue ar)d then forwarded to the proper candidates for answers. The. following week, the issue of November 30; the answers if received will be published in full. The Goderich Signal -Star solicits the interest of all candidates in the district as well as the cooperation and the concern of, the ratepayers throughout the .area. This is YOUR chance to get involved. • There's an election coming December 4 and the voters of Goderich , will have a varied slate of candidates from which to choose. Although there was no public nomination meeting of the type Goderich residents have known for many, many years„there was plenty of action at the local municipal office Monday, particularly around 5 p.m. deadline time. Nomination officially was open from Friday morning .to Monday' evening. Candidates were required to pickup the necessary forms, solicit the signatures •of ten persons and file them during the nomination period. Monday -at 5 p.m. there were two candidates for mayor, two for reeve, two for deputy -reeve and a possible ten candidates for the six seats on council; six candidates for the four seats on the Public Utilities Commission; four candidates for Huron County Board of Education to ,, be elected; and two candidates for the Huron -Perth Separate School Board (one to be elec- ted). All candidates had 24 hours to decide whether or not they would qualify for the posts. As well, some persons who . had placed their names in two positions had to make a decision about which office they would seek - if any at all. BY. 5 p.m. Tuesday, the pic- ture had changed considerably. At that point, the deputy -reeve had been acclaimed; PUC had been acclaimed; and. there were only eight candidates seeking the six council seats. The race for Mayor will see two of Goderich's foremost red heads do battle. Present Mayor Harry "Red” Worsell who is just ending his first two-year term of office, is'being opposed by Reeve Paul Carroll, a four- year veteran of council. Mayor Worsell stepped up in 1970 from the reeve's chair. At that •time he opposed Dr. Frank Mills who was the mayor. When the ballots were counted after that contest, Worsell had about a 150 -vote margin over Mills. Reeve Carroll says he intends to conduct "a vigorous cam- paign" . am-paign". "I will not oppose Mr. Wor- sell on the basis of personality," says Carroll. "Our relationship Plentyelection interest in rural municipalities In the rural municipalities surrounding Goderich, some ex- citing contests are shaping up, especially in Goderich Township and in Ashfield Township where there will be elections for reeves. In Ashfield, Eugene Fraype, °present deputy -reeve, will op- pose Reeve Girvin Reed. In Goderich Township, former reeve Grant Stirling is attemp- ting to regain the seat which was taken from him in the last election by present Reeve Everett Mcllwain. Also in Ashfield, the deputy - reeve has been acclaimed. He is M Warren Zinn, husband of Mrs. Marion Zinn who was ac- claimed to represent Ashfield and'V est War atiosh'Townships on the Huron County Board of Education. 74 -Councillors in Ashfield were acclaimed as well. They are .4 4 0 Bob Swartman Finlay MacDonald, John Austin and Allan Gibson. In- Goderich Township, Deputy -reeve Gerry Ginn was returned. Council is also. com- plete in that township with members being Jacob Reder, Wayne Horner and Garnet Wright. West.Wawanosh council was acclaimed. There it is Reeve Robert W.J. Lyons and coun- cillors J.D. Durnin, Leo Foran, Joseph Hickey and John Rutherford. In East Wawanosh, the slate for council was acclaimed. Reeve Roy V. Pattison, a can- didate last year for the Warden of Huron, will head up council comprised of `leraId`-1VICDowdl Simon Hallahan, Robert Scott and Robert Charter. -Colborne Township Council has been acclaimed this time with" the addition of a deputy - reeve. He is Roy Allen who with Reeve Doug,,McNeil heads coun- cil with members William Bogie, Norman Durst and Grant McPhee. For Goderich and Colborne. Townships, however, a three- way race for representative on the Huron County Board of Education has developed. Run- ning in the December 4 election will be R.J. Carter, John West- brook and Robert Swartman. A fourth candidate, Mrs. Dorothy Wallace disqualified herself in this contest Co run in the Goderich election for school board representative. Former representative for this area was Robert. Elliott, present chairman of the Huron County Board of Education who an- nounced some time ago he Would not seek re-election this term. has been a good one for the past terms of office and I. sincerely believe we have developed an understanding of our own respective ideas and methods of action on council." "My opposition will take the form of a -positive campaign to identify certain issues which are vital to our town in its present state of uncertainty," said Carroll. "I will present to the citizens of Goderich a set of ideas which have been for- mutated as a result of my obser- vations as an active member of council in this last term." "My platform will revolve around a central theme of the type of leadership required, as well as, some basic ad- ministrative or structural changes which will put our municipality in a ,better position to handle its business affairs," continued Carroll. "It is my intention to stand on my'record as a' member of coun- cil for four years, and, a detailed pro am of measures which I am repare to place before counc' ..ate beginning of its next term," Carroll stated. "I look forward to a good campaign and feel confident that the electors will have •an opportunity to choose between two alternatives," he concluded. With the reeve's chair vacated by Carroll, Councillor Deb Shewfelt has filed his intention to attempt to move up to fill it. Shewfelt will be opposed by John V. Brady, a professional engineer from 305, Lakeside Drive. Brady is a newcomer to the council scene. Present Deputy -reeve Dave Gower has withdrawn from that chair which carries with it automatic membership on Huron County Council. It will be filled next year by present Councillor Stan Profit. For awhile on Tuesday, it ap- peared that Councillor Profit would have some opposition for that seat on council.. B.R. Robinson, a former town coun- cillor, had indicated his inten- tion to contest the position. However by late Tuesday after- noon, it was confirmed 'that Robinson, had withdrawn from the race. Profit; rrow aceta`Tmetlti l '7 =?4 Deputy -reeve for Goderich, came to° council two years ago, also by acclamation. In a telephone interview early Tuesday evening, Profit said he was disappointed that citizens of Goderich would not have 'a choice for the deputy -reeve's post. He said that while he was pleased to have the `job and is . prepared to accept the ad- ditional duties and respon- sibilities of -the office, he had hoped he would have opposition for the post. c Only, three members of the present town council are seeking seats as councillors. They are Dave Gower,' Elsa Haydon and Prank Walkom. Councillors Ed. Giesbrecht and Reg. Jewell 'will, not 'return next year. Dave Gower decided to "step down to council" because of a change in jobs. Formerly of Gower's Garden Centre,' the deputy-reeve,is now employed at Dominion Roads Machinery Company ;Ltd. and feels his. situation has changed somewhat because of it ... at least for the present. Elsa Haydon was appointed to Goderich Town Council after Councillor Ron Price left the municipality early in his term of office. The only lady On council aWt • the present time, Mrs. Haydon said she is delighted to see the interest Goderich _residents are , taking in municipal council this year. Frank Walkom, a retired gen- tleman and a former mayor of. the municipality, will "make another bid for a seat on coun- cil. ° New faces looking for "one ,of the six councillor chairs are LeRoy Harrison, 301 Huron Road; Ed Bain, 155 Quebec Street, a candidate in the recent federal election campaign; Har vey Johnston,.112 Nelson St. E., Eileen J. Palmer, 269 Warren Street, and. Bill Clifford, 134 Widder Street. Two names were withdrawn from the list of people for council. B.R. Robinson and nominated They are Dr. Frank Mills. For the Public Utilities Com_ mission, those acclaimed are Bruce Ryan, George Filsinger, W.J. Mills and Ben Sheardown. Those who declined nomination were Gerald Whaley and Harry Crane. An interesting race is shaping up in Goderich for represen- tation on the Huron County Board of Education: Two mem- bers will be elected. Both of the present members, Cayley Hill and George Parsons will seek office. These gen- New manager tlemen were appointed to• office mid-term when Dr. Barry Deathe and Mrs. Dorothy , Wallace resigned over a dispute involving teachers' salaries and negotiating methods. Opposing Hill and Parsons will be Mrs. Dorothy Wallace and Harold Knisley, a former superintendent with the Huron County Board of Education, now retired. Knisley informed the Signal - Star several weeks ago that he intended to run for a seat on the Huron County, Board of Education. He claimed he had time to devote to education and said he was 'still' vitally in- terested in it. - Two men are, looking for the lone 'seat. on the Huron -Perth Separate School Board open to a representative from this area. Sitting member is Vine.ent L. Young, a parts manager at D. - MCO. Opposing him is Gerald Whaley, a machinist at DR - MCO. (Whaley had also been a candidate for PUC but had withdrawn his name.) Manning Board recommend official plan amendment An amendment to Goderich's Official Plarl - the second - will be recommended to Goderich Town Council by the Goderich Area Planning Board following Tuesday evening's public hearing attended by only a han- dful of local ratepayers. The amendment would designate an area between Pic - ton Street and Britannia Road in the east end of,, the municipality as residential. Residents in that area claimed the area,. now designated as in- dustrial; should revert to residential because it is predominately residential now and should remain so. The planning oard agreed and will recommend this change to Town Council.. It was further pointed out that a car wash in the area Is a special designation for a residential zone and that a body shop there, existing prior to 1958, and is a legal] non— conforming business.' In other business; 'the":pian= ning board learned that further action with regard to the new •Refflinghaus Hetelr—is- held . up until a site plan is presented by Refflinghaus showing the proposed parking area. It was shown that if the town is not happy 'withthe present site plans which Refflinghaus has presented showing about 35 parking spaces, Reffinghaus must either acquire more land to provide adequate parking or - he ' must move to multi-Ievel parking. In either 'case, plans must be specifically drawn to • show sufficient parking. Refflinghaus had ' told . the planning board at an earlier • meeting that he wanted to be 90 - percent certain that his hotel plans would be approved before he prepared new site plans and/or acquired additional land. The planning board also agreed to launch an intensive :'- study of the "D" zone to deter- mine how growth should develop there. This willbe con - continued on page 3" Intruder hospitalized Policeman locked up by unna No names have yet been released in connection -with ,an incident fast Tuesday in which an unidentified Goderich police officer was relieved of his weapon at gun point and then locked in a cell by, what the municipal police describe as, "a male citizen of town." According to an official release given out by the police following the incident the "male citizen" casually walked into the local police station. but when the police officer ap- proached the counter to speak with him the citizen drew a pistol. An attempt was made to' take the gun from the man but the release notes the policeman was covered, "at extremely close quarters." "With the gun against his head, ' the officer was disarmed of his, own • revolver and then ed male locked in the.police cells," the release goes on. Shortly afterward the man is said to have contacted the Deputy Chiefat his residence and after some discussion bet- ween the two, the gunman agreed to release the officer and hand over the firearms.° According to the police, "Later investigat on howed the 22 calibre revolver, a replica of a Western handgun, was unloaded and incapable of being fired. This could not be determined until the gun was examined." Under the terms of the Men- tal' Health Act, the man was detained and taken to the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital. No charges have been laid.. Fred Hobbs will be the new manager of the Goderich People's store replacing George Ross. Mr. Hobbs, who has been in Goderich now for •two months, has been in the retail business for i5 years and has worked with People's in Toronto. Most recently he has been working with Sayvette's in that city but left them to go •back with People's - and take over management" of the Goderich outlet. A married man and father of two children, a boy'22 and a girl 21, Mr. Hobbs worked with Woolworth's for 20 years and operated his own business for about six years as well. (staff photo) w,} Legion Auxiliary Pr ildent Perna Moore, left, and Honorary Treasurer of „Provincial Command, eV Carroll, right, presentf4certifickites of bursaries on behalf of the Royal Canadian Legion and the t.adiair'r Auxiliary to Jane Fisher and Dan Burn*. f%riliiitt;Mtiotl Of the SOO gni**.° . b iNnwnc , further education was midi oil Saturday et 'the Ooderks'h Legion headquarter*. (Staff photo)