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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-12-28, Page 3GM w By ShirIgJ. Keller One of the Most joyous oc-- , casio s;" entire year is , • over_ ai.n 'f the. most ex- citing days is now upon us. I speak, of tour :about the New Year.,�'` There's something about New Year's Day which gives everyone a new outlook. ▪ Perhaps itis just the knowledge that the old year with alt its problems and frustrations, its disappointments • •and achievements, is over. It is finished and already forgotten by many. Nev, 'Year's day affords the opportunity for each of us to start fresh. It is b like getting another chance at making one's .life productive; happy and meaningful. All sorts of resolutions are made at this tine- oaf year..: -1 "" suppose it is natural. I can remember ase a child in school that when you opened a brand new scribbler and put down those first words, you vowed to make this notebook the neatest, most perfect one you •had ever. produced.' I guess new things result in the same urge in all of us, no matter what our age or station in life. So, a happy and.healthy and prosperous New Year is my wish for -each of you. May you • keep all your resolutions and may the weatherman send us justa little more sunshine. in 1973.. * •* * • Looking back at 1972 now, there is very little about which I must complain. I believe that the Town of ' Goderich is moving steadily (though pain- fully slowly it may seem) ahead. Life is truly good here and each citizen should be grateful. • At the final meeting of Goderich Town Council for 1972 last Thursday evening, one of the outgoing councillors, Ed. Giesbrecht, proposed that • the new council for 1973-74 w P • 41, TI'IE FASTEST ROWING THING IN NATURE ISA FISH FROM TUE TIME WE CATCH IT, UNTIL WE TELL ABOUT IT ! JOE'S BP Service Station and Coffee Shop 411 Huron Rd., Goderich: 524-6871 tf look seriously into the matter of ,buying''the property oiii4d by Mrs. Dorothy Blalce `the end of Lakeside Drive. -Th 's'is the same property, incidentally, which a Mr. Dixon proposed to buy in late 19.72 for the pur- poses of building an apartment house overlooking the lake. The move was squelched many will recall, after some bitter words were spoken by almost all par- ties"concerned. + ,Although it was not entirely clear what Giesbrecht would propose for the area ifait is. municipal property, I would 4uppose the intention is for a park. Councillor Mrs. E•Isa Haydpn would also purchase the land from Mrs. Blake: In fact, she would start the wheels moving immediately to acquire this property. It was Mrs. Haydon who with Reeve Paul Carroll • ah'1 Councillor Reg Jewell that voted against' rezoning the Blake land from its present designation as "open space" or "neighborhood park", depen- ding upon which plan you are studying to residential. Mrs. Haydon made very large noises . at the meeting about the fact that the Blake property was the last lakefront lots available t9 the -town and stated that. in her views, the land should be acquired now at "a fair price" to be developed later, if .necessary, into a park setting. It seems that ' Mi s. Haydon believes that if• council would not agree to rezone the property to residential, it could purchase the land much more easily at "a fair price". Very likely Mrs. Haydon is correct in her assum- ption that if the land is rezoned to residential, it will become much more valuable to the owner and much more inac-.. cessible for the town. At any rate, Mr's. Haydon, Reeve Carroll ,and Councillor Jewell were the only ones who voted not to rezone the property from parkland to residential. The remainder of council cast their votes in favor of rezoning ' and one would assume the matter is settled. Obviously, however, the issue does not rest. Councillor Giesbrecht now wants the new council to move toward buying the Blake property as early as possible in .1973. And thus; the plot thickens. Through it all, one really wonders at the reasonit g behind council's sudden con- cern to acquire another park. It isn't too difficult to recall a time in 1972 when parkland - evenlakefront parkland, fully developed and completely ser- viced • at no cost to Goderich was .turned down bythis same municipal council. The price, council said at that time, was too high, for it involved deeding a small strip of property -to one Bruce Sully. Also mentioned throughout the entire skirmish between com cil and the ratepayers in thi'!' west end arourrd the Lighthouse, Cobourg, Wellesley district was the fact that the town already had more parks . than the average munic lit, r, of its size. Many people telt the •town could not afford to` main- ' tain another park, no matter how cheaply it was acquired in the first instance. •Still„ other people said they did not want a park in that area because parks brought people and cars and picnic gar- bage and noise and washrooms and vandals and all manner of unsavoury problems. Another element of Goderich citizens complained that all the ' parkland in Goderich was con- centrated on the west side of the town. If the municipality must• spend money on parkland, surely council owes it to the people'' iia ;.the east to establish any new parks on the east side of the town they said. Everyone remembers that the gift of the Sully Foundation - a lakefront park at a cost of about .$75` V to $100,000 - was turned down. It was Councillor ,Giesbrecht himself who proposed that council thank the Sully Foundation for . its generosity, but advise those concerned that there were too many strings attached for it to be purely a gift. Now, less than six months later, Councillor Giesbrecht proposes that the new council (Giesbrecht ' has retired from municipal politics with a hearty Whoopee!") buy undeveloped but suitable park type land overlooking the lake, land which has been listed at something like $20,000! Already, council has dealt with the people from the Lakeside Drive, Bennett Street west area. These are the same folks who fought against a multi -dwelling, housing unit because it would increase traf- fic, noise, population' etc. etc. etc. • Now council would like to drop a municipal park - one of those garbage collecting, people filled vehicle attracting; vandal encouraging spots that bring nothing but problems and har- dships to a residential area on the people of that part of town. I await the fireworks that are certain to follow. TOWN TALK Visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Wilson, Bayfield Road, for the Christmas Holiday were Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson and four children of Scarborough; Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wilson and two children of London, Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Wilson and son Jeffrey of. Kleinburg, Mr. and Mrs. Nor- man Wightman and four children of Auburn, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lassaline and two children of Goderich and Mrs. Ester Rivett of .Goderich. After the Christmas dinner, all enjoyed 'a sleigh -ride to Bluewater Beach which was very generously supplied by Mr. John Hindm.arsh of . R.R.2, Goderich, was powered by his two faithful "Hay Burners" For Your New Year's Party Peeled & Deveined -- S) VE $1.50 SHRIMP 3 lb. JUMBO $10.49 FRESH GRADE A SMALL , aLeV N :e^ .�ax „_... FRESH BRETHREN (GREASELESS) GEESE — at popular prices . 106 THE SQUARE May we wish all our patrons n. very, prosperous NEW YEAR INSLIE MARKET. LIMITED Ci 0 DERICH . 524-8551 Giv�i. By Ml1Iima 0k* ....> The followingspeech$ ' is a given by Chairman Robert Elliott ,of Clinton, who is retiring froiwthe,Hdroti County` Board of. Education as of December• •31, .at thast board meeting of 'the year held Mon- day in the new board offj ea;' 103 Albert Street in Clinton. In 1967 incumbent Premier of Ontario, the Honorable William Davis, then Minister of Education, announced the in- ception of County Boards ,of Education for the Province of Ontario. Their prime goal ,was to be equality of opportunity for all students in the Province. As well my personal feelings .were that he felt the time was ripe for units of larger ad- ministration for reasons of economy, efficiency and collec- tive bargai.ging. Whatever he ihought, `I'm sure the result has not been completely as plan- ned. People smile, taxpayerds cry, when economy is men- tioned in the same breath as education. Why have -taxes con- tinued to rise while county boards proudly exclaim that they have cut costs? Well, the obvious reason is, what other costs have come down? What would the costs have gone to if the ,,smaller boards had con- tinued to exist? The hypothetical questions have various answers, depending on who chooses to answer them. A quick look at the statistics and facts shows a considerable decrease in administrative per- sonnel in Huron. County. Star- ting with the trustees them- selves, we find over 12' . trustees have been replaced, initially by 14 and now 16 -members. 'Unfortunately, some people feel this has caused a remoteness' of the board from the people it serves. People have not chosen, or the press has been unsuccessful, or the board -has nal promoted, , just exactly where the people's representatives fit into this complex scheme. I say complex, because anything. which is not understood is complex. Representation is very simple, however, and I will attempt to have people see once more how the board is made up. It was actually the duty of County Council in the beginning to set up areas based on a common base. They chose representation based on assessment and divided the County into ten areas and designated how many members each area should 'have. Starting in the northwest corner of the County, I will outline the areas, the number of representatives for each area and the represen- tative for 1973 and 1974: Ken Stewart still president of plowmen BY WILMA OKE Kenneth Stewart, of RR 5, Seaforth, has been re-elected president of the Huron Plowman's Association at a meeting held in Winthrop Wed -a nesday. Other elected officers are: John Clark of RR 5, Goderich, and James Armstrong of Wingham, vice-presidents; Russell Bolton, RR 1, Seaforth, secretary -treasurer, and Bill Hanly of Goder,,ch, assistant secretary -treasurer. Gordon McGavin, of Walton, was named director of 'the On- tario Plowman's Association and Maurice Love, of RR 3, Exeter, .. was named assistant director. .� The directors by townships wi -be- elected 'at,'the sprang meeting. "' . A [ letter will be sent to' the Ontario Plowman's Association extending an invitation for the International Plowing Match to be held in Huron County in 1978. Threesites in the county have'-nfr ,ady etrtvffered. • • A L M., EiliOttretir.s views for pubile 4 Municipalities Townships of Ashfield & West Wawanosh .41 Townships of Winghaxn & East Wawahosh THowownshipicks of Turnberry &A Town of Goderich CQDT RIC ��7j1J11' M- ul #F� ThURSDAY• t OR THE FINEST IN No. of Reps. Reps for 173-74 D . 1 Mrs. M. Zion *,Mr: J.P. Alexander Mr. A. Corrigan Mr:) E.C. Hill. -* Mrs. J.W. Wallace ▪ 2 Townships of Grey, Morris, & 2 Brussels Townships of Goderich & • borne' Townships of -Hultttt, 2 McKillop, . Blyth and Town of Clinton Townships of Tuckersmith, 2 Stanley, Bayfield, & Town of Seaforth ' Townships of Hay, Hensall 1 & Zurich Townships of Usborne, Stephen- 2 and Town of Exeter . Separate School Supporters 1 in Huron County Mr. D. I14cDonald Mr. W. Shortreed * Mr. J. Westbrook Mr. J. Henderson * Mr. K.C. Cooke Mr. J. Broadfoot Mrs. M, Kunder '* Mr. H. Turkheirp Mr. C. McDonald * Mr. Ridell . * (Please Note: Newly elected representatives for 1973-74) Mr- C. Rau • "These members form .T tthe-- larger unit of administration and replace all the small elementary school boards and the five secondary. school 13•0ards that "previously existed in Huron County. They are responsible for all the elemen- tary, secondary and the schools for the..Trainable- Retarded in Huron --County. They each „replace, on the average, 12'' or 13 former trustees. "Administrativeiy, the story is the same. ,On "the business side two men, a suAerintendent of business and a chief accoun- tant with a small office staff replaced five business ad- ministrators in the secondary schools and 22 secretary - treasurers of the elementary school hoards in the County. W. J. Deaomma FLOWER SHOP Phone 524-8132 DAY OR NIGHT - '.hM--Academ.ically, 'the Director of Education, two Superinten- dents and two Assistant Superintendents replace the in - _s -ol eeSteryear and' are responsible , to the County Board instead of the Depart'- ment of Education as formerly. Add ' to this reduction in staff the savings incurred by volume buying of supplies, or services and of collective salary negotiations and You have an idea • of the savings that have been made. However, larger units gave rise to new unions -bein'g established such as custodian and clerical worlte? , for these people were now numerous enough to be cer- tified. Huron County has one of the smallest administrative (continued On page. 13 11TNNN1TIING . r a.. FISHING Si SPORTS EQUIPMENT, CE SER :2 , HOCK SP-ORTINGP:aOPs 7311801.140-..P. _ ` 54.69 Plant that money now! Your Christmas bonu .- and any other sum of money not needed immediately - plant it now where it will grow a handsome'money crop for you later. 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