HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-12-07, Page 10
Goderich Town'
Council 1913-74
About
Councillor Frank Walkout
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Councillor Rill Clifford
Councillor Leroy Harrison
iorseuug
as voters. reject Carr
e
The voters of Goderich gave
Mayor Harry Worsell a wide
margin of, support Monday at
the polls and carried him to an
easy victory over present Reeve
Paul Carroll who challenged
him for the town's top ad-
ministrative post.
Mayor Worsell had 1825
votes when'the results were all
tallied early Tuesday morning,
more than twice as many as
Reeve Carroll's 751. In the 1970
election when Worsell defeated
'Dr, Frank Mills for the mayor's
chair, the popular plumber had
about a 200 -vote majority.
The race for reeve was closer
although present Councillor
Deb Shewfele'came away with a
comfortable 300' vote majority
over his only.. opponent Jack'
Brady, a newcomer to Goderich
municip 1 politics. Shewfelt
polled 14 vc tes over Brady's
1104. -
three former councillors were
returned and three new faces
made the scene.
Dave Gower, present deputy -
reeve, lead the polls with 2,068
votes. More ,than 200 votes
behind him but still second in
popularity was veteran Frank
Walkom, a former mayor of
Goderich, with 1816 votes.
Third was Bill Clifford, a
:Mayor Harry WorsellFor the six council seats,
Reeve.Deb Shewfelt
Deputy -Reeve Stan Profit Councillor Eileen Palmer
Councillor Elsa Haydon
New hospital emergency facilities in doubt
No be
A recent provincial govern-
ment cutback ' affecting
hospitals in Ontario will not
result in fewer beds at Alexan-
dra Marine and General
Hospital, according to hospital
administrator E. A. (Tim)
Elliott.
Mr. Elliott said late Tuesday
afternoon, "We have not lost
any beds."
He also claimed that rumors
that the obstetrics department
• Harry Bosnell
retires after
quarter century
Harry Bosnell, Director of
Purchasing, was honored by a
retirement dinner at the Bed-
ford s Hotel on Thursday,
-November 30.
Attending the dinner were
the Corporate Executive of DR-
MCO and a number of his close
friends and associates from the
company. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Flays of Galt, his daughter and
son-in-law were in attendance.
+1 Mrs. Bosnell .was presented
with flowers and Harry, to his
absolute delight, was given a
metal lathe, along with an or-
der from the company for
machined parts.
Harry, with his usual 'op-
timistic outlook, has planned
`4' his retirenfetit over the last five
years. Travel, many hobbies
and consulting work will cer-
tainly keep him active for many
years to come.
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s lost in
would be removed from
Goderich to a central obstetrics
Gaunt concern
unfounded say
local dealers
While Liberal member of
provincial parliament for
Huron -Bruce Murray Gaunt
has expressed some concern for
a "uniform price right across*•
the province for heating oil",
most Goderich fuel oil
distributors fail. to share his
concern. •
• ail edition daily eion of ,the of-
ficr l report—of _:the' 'iday,
November 24 session of the
Legislature of Ontarib Debates
showed that Gaunt questioned
in the House concerning
whether or not government of-
ficials had considered applying
a uniform price for heating oil
across -the province.._ .._ ...-_
Gaunt's question came
during the debate on wholesale
gasoline prices_ in Ontario.
Local fuel oil dealers contac-
ted by the Signal -Star Tuesday
said they felt there was very lit-
tle difference in the price'of fuel
oil to the average homeowner
in the province of Ontario at
the present time.
One dealer, who claimed the
profit per ga•llon'of fuel oil was
around four cents despite the_
fact that tank trucks must be
purchased and' delivery men
hired, said Murray Gaunt was
unnecessarily worried.
"He'd be better off to forget
it and stick to non -returnable
bottles - find dead elm trees," ,
quipped the dealer." • t
cutbacks
ward in one hospital in the
county were incorrect.
"There will still be OB in
Goderich hospital." stated
Elliott.
Where the five percent
ceiling on cost increases is con-
cerned, it is still not known
exactly what effect, ifany, this
will have an AM and G
Hospital.
"It isn't clear at this point
just what will happen," said
Elliott. In some hospitals, he
noted, staff members had been
laid off to meet the cutbacks.
Hospital officials also expect
to know "within a week" just
where they stand in relation to
the proposed new. addition of
enlarged emergency facilities at
the hospital
Elliott said plans for the ad-
dition are currently well under-
way, but it is still not known
whether approval can be expec-
ted for the plans or not in view
of current cutbacks.
Two injured,vehicles
cmage4. in mis aj
Two, Goderich residents suf-
fered injuries in a two car
collision last Wednesday mor-
ning • at the intersection of
Jiang tot-a-nd-St.David-Stree
The cars were driven by
Thomas N. Schmidt, 128 Park
Street and John C. Lusted of 54
B St. David. Schmidt, and a
passenger in the Lusted car
Diane Bertrand of 22 Cambria
Road, suffered cuts, bruises
and •
Damage to the vehicles was
estimated at $700 to the Sch.
midt vehicle and $800 to the
Lusted car. The crash occurred
at 9:00 a.m. and was in-
vestigated by the Goderich
Municipal Police Force.
Local police officers in-
vestigated three other traffic
accidents this week as well.
On December 2 at 1:30 a.r'n. a
cor driven by Paul' K. Kelly of
133 Nelson Street, was . in
collision with a parked car
owned by Eva C. Moore of R.R.
2 Goderich. Damage to the
Kelly car amounted to $150 and
ts.
- to - the -••-Moore- -car-x$300
Later, the same day, at 1:50
p.m, a single car accident on
Bayfield road caused extensive
damage to a vehicle driven by
Brian L. Davidson of 149 Blake
Street East in Goderich. He
lost control of his vehicle and
struck several trees along the
roadway.
Police set the damage to his
car $1,000 and to the trees at
$35.
A total of .$300 damage was
done' in a two car crash early
December 3 when cars driven
by DonaldoK. Hamilton of 143
Blake Street and Douglas
Dalton of 100 Brock Street were
in collision on the Square.
There were no injuries.
al jail_
news
in England
The Goderich jail is back in
the news in one of England's
leading daily newspapers, The
Times:
The article reads:
A Canadian campaign to
preserve the Ontarian town of
Goderich's former Georgian
jail is attracting support from
this side of the Atlantic also.
"It is hoped to turn the old
jail, said to be' ' the .finest
Georgian building in the town,
into a museum or theatre. The
British construction weekly
Building is helping to set up a
preservation fund. m'
"Built on the Huron lakeside
to the orders of John Galt, the
town has a singular connection
with Britain: It is named after
Lord Goderich, the first Earl of
Ripon, who was Prime Minister
in 1827. -
• "According to the Dictionary
of National Biography, he was
so irresolute as• to have been
"probably the weakest Prime
Minister whoever held office in
this country."
The item was sent to
Auburn
w
NicholasR.Rh ,
by m
other ho
is the
cu"rtlttilr -of " haw's' Corner at
Ayot St. Lawrence near Lon-
don, England, where George
Bernard Shaw wrote all, his
plays.
"My mother has told me '
moreover that considerable in-
terest is being aroused among
architectural historians with
regard to the old Goderich
jail," observed Hill.
Nicholas Hill is -
with the
Huron County Planning Depar=
tment and works out of the of-
fice in the Court House,
Goderich. He is also the
designer of' the new fountain at
the municipal building.
Local concern has been
shown by some Goderich
citizens for the premises recen-
tly, and under the guidance of
Deb Shewfelt of town council,
the 'preliminary steps have been
taken toward town ownership
of the former jail for the pur-
pose of a theatre-rnuseu'm at-
traction.
realtor, who was running for
municipal council for the first
time. Clifford polled well with
1514 votes. Another newcomer,
Leroy Harrison, was fourth
with 1365 votes.
There will be two ladies on.
council for the 1973-74 term.
and voters left only a nine vote
margin between them.
Mrs. Eileen Palmer, the third
newcomer to Goderich council,
placed fifth with 1260 votes.
Running sixth was present
councillor Mrs. Elsa Haydon
with 1251.
Two other hopeful were
defeated. Harvey Johnston was
seventh with 1079 votes and Ed
Bail, a candidate in both
recent provincial and federal.
elections, had only 442 votes. ,
For Huron County Board of
Education, Mrs. Dorothy
Wallace , made a startling
Dorothy Wallace
Cayley Hill
comeback after more than a
year's absence' from the board.
She will represent Goderich oh
the board along with . Caylev
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6
7 (A-1)
(M -Z)
8
9 (A -L)
9 (M -Z)
10
11
12 (A -L)
12 (M -Z)
13
14 (A -L)
14 (M -Z)
15
Maitland
Manor
Advance
Poll
Hill, ,the man who was appoin-
ted in 1971 to replace her when
she and Dr. Barry Deathe
resigned from the board over a
teachers' salary. dispute.
Mrs. Wallace -unseated
George Parsons by' just about
150 votes. Mrs. Wallace had
1084 votes and Parsons polled
938. Hill lead the education
vote with 1135 votes. A fourth
candidate, Harold Knisley, a
fromer superintendent on the
board's administration, was
last with 695 votes.
Vince Young walked away on
Gerald Whaley with 265 votes
to Whaley's 91. .
Town Administrator. Harold
Walls, reports that 51.62 percent
of the• ''eligible voters in
Goderich turned out - to the
polls. In the last municipal
election in` 1970, 58 percent of
the eligible voters went to .the
polls.
The ballots for the election
caused concern for some voters.
Walls said that reports of an
unusually' high percentage of
spoiled ballots was erroneous,
although it was true that in one
poll, about 25 out of 200 ballots
were spoiled when voters failed
How they
voted dor
Mayor
1
2 (A -L)
2 (M -Z)
3 (A -L)
3 (M -Z)
4
5
6
7 (A -L)
7 (M -Z)
8
9 (A -L)
9 (M -Z)
10
11
12, (A -L)
12 (M -Z)
13
14 (A -L)
14 M -Z)
15
Maitland
Manor
Advance
Poll
O
CC
CCviv
35'
36
35,
42
20
23
32
30
23
24
24
37
• 39
36
37 -
68
• 27
43
33
26
60
H
89
84
101
96
•79
89
98
61
57
67
58
80
51
149
155
86
• 92
141
49
66
51
18 25
Totals 751 t825
to follow instructions provided
for them: " •
Overall, Walls estimated,
only about 10 percent of the
ballots were .spoiled. -
Following the voting, citizens
complained 'about the
smallness of the circles on the.
ballots and the thickness of the
pencils or crayons provided for
the voters.
On the rural scene, :only three
elections were held in the area.
In Ashfield Township, Reeve
Girvin Reed had only a 96 vote
margin, but he defeated Eugene
Frayne, presently deputy -reeve
of Ashfield, who challenged
him for his post.
Reed polled 407 - votes
against ' Frayne's 311.
In Goderich Township, for-
mer reeve Grant Stirling failed
in his ' attempt to oust Reeve
Everett Mcllwain. Mcllwain
polled 393 votes while Stirling
trailed more than 100 behind
with 286.
Mcllwain unseated Stirling
in .the 1970 election just after
Stirling had announced he
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How they
voted for
Revs
1
2 (A -L)
2 (M -Z)
3 (A -L)
3 (M -Z)
4
6
7 (A -L)
7 (M -Z)
8 .
•9(A -L)
9 (M -Z)
10
11
12 (A -L)
12 (M -Z)
13
14 (A -L)
14 (M -Z)
15
'Maitland
Manor
Advance,
Poll
Q
o
co
46
5Z
48
52
42
53
63
49
27
46
43
52
45
70
83
64
38
87
30 , .
40
57 51
5
73
67
'84
84
52
56
55
42
51
40
36
61
.39
105
133
84
76
94
2
1 1;
16 - 25
Totals 1104 • 1403
How they voted for Council seats
(A -L)
(M -Z)
(A -L)
(M -Z)
A
O
4x 3
21 67
25 77
27 . 8.3
:3O 79
15 54
27 59
.18 .72 -
60 .
45
45
47
71 •
40
111
113
108
76
117
58.
55
64
11
2i 0
5
16
17
14
27
38
14
21
-0, Of 14
15
14
.32
1
10 22
Totals 442 1514
93•
100
115
112
82
84
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76
61
74
68
89
62
160
147
124
93
153
69
74
92
2
36
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of
60 48
87 61
89 •-64
81 60
49 44
69 40
54
47
40
41
43
57
50
100
91
75
57
98
43
39
76
60
26
41
• 41
42
63
40
104
89
86
65
83
54
50
61
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24 22
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46
64
60
63
53
64
61.
46
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34
31
32
25
73
71
56
45
66
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52
43
64
. 73
59
45
41
• 57.
46
31
41
50
70
46
99
87
86
'50 84
89 138
48 84
51 13
61 82
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91
88
86
94
67
76
82
67
54
68
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135
132
112
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