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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-12-07, Page 10 Goderich Town' Council 1913-74 About Councillor Frank Walkout • 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. 11 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 4 -..5__ e......_ 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 (continued on Page 16) 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 IT02 76 61 74 68 89 62 160 147 124 93 153 69 74 92 2 36 2061 z 0 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 1-' - 1 24 22 1385 1251 4 co 46 64 60 63 53 64 61. 46 40 34 31 32 25 73 71 56 45 66 38 (P 40 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 a 91 88 86 94 67 76 82 67 54 68 54 79- 61 135 132 112 1 2 18' 23 „ • 28 101;$ 126 11