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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-02-15, Page 1ase! Rlp: ITE 'EX 89 PER`. GA cvsi power uild or 3n buy'. • ty eight year old Goderich elementary teacher Paul Carroll was acclaimed as Democratic Party's candidate in the ng March 15 Huron by-election when rty held their nominating convention y evening at the Clinton public school. March election will represent the second r. Carroll has placed his name on the having run for the' NDP in the 1971. ial election polling 20 percent of the otes or 3,427. is acceptance speech to about 70 party ters Mr. Carroll said he stood before the as a former candidate, a member of the Association executive' and as au activist with four years of mOpal and a record of commitment t those in which he had been involved. Iso stand before you," he said, "as the arroll who was alleged to be changing clitical affiliation so that he might guaran- msett success. 1 stand before you at this ation meeting as a New Democrat asking sur support." e political commentary of smalltown y newspapers a,.,in many respects a ure of the pulse in our largely rural' corn - ties," he said. f the five weeklies in our Riding," the can- e charged, "there°is only One which con- - Pail Carroll NDP candidate tinues to ignore - the NDP as a non entity in Huron Riding. The other accept . us as a growing and dynamic political force." "Looking back justfive years, it wasn't always.that way. I can -recall a•newspaper com- mentary in Goderich in 1968 that talked about the forces of -Toryism and Liberalism in Huron ..,. and that article made momentary reference to us (as an odd group of radicals ih the riding who inetimes ran in elections." " 1971, in the same paper, the attitude had changed but the skepticism about our strength has not ... thatis until the results came, in and found us a mere 200 votes behind a dying Liberal Party .... actually tripling our popular support and receiving as .much as 26% of the vote in some- polls coming second in many of them," Mr. .Carroll said. "In 1972, after our federal effort, the increase in our vote, drew the .°most recent commentary that our strength was still_ growingand even. in Huron we would someday be a force to contend with," he. added. "This is, 1973", Mr. Carroll noted, .,'we haven't stopped growing; and we are entering a by-election that will shock those weekly editors." ur candidates will be seeking the Liberal y's nomination this evening when Huron g Liberals hold their nominatiwn meeting the .upcoming by-election. The meeting is d for 8:30 p.m. 'at the Hensall Public ol. rs. Jean Adams of Brucefield, Jack Riddell .R. 1 Hay Township, Graeme Craig of R.R. Itoirand :Jbh'liLyndorth'a t e'alI announced r intentions of seeking the nomination. rs. Adams is a 53-year:old widow and was ated in her first stab in politics during last 's Federal election when she opposed Grey nship Reeve Charles Thomas for the ral nomination. rs. Adams is the party's vice president in provincial association. She feels the govern - t needs a "fresh point of view" and said would like to represent the wants' and ds of the "ordinary person." According 'to Adams there are also not enough women overnrnent. r. Craig, 25, is employed by the United eders Incorporated -of Clinton and is also a t -time farmer. A native of Seaforth he is a political newcomer. 734 •Mr. Craig says he has always been interested in politics and decided to throw his hat in the ring as a result. Mr. Riddell is a 41 -year-old Dashwood area beef farmer and is no stranger to politics. •His father won the Middlesex riding Liberal nomination in 1968 but withdrew from the federal election after suffering a heart attack. -Mr. Riddell is also part owner, operator of the Hensall Livestock Sale industry `and is the Fibron 'County -board -of education trustee for Usborne and Stephen townships as well as the town of Exeter. A 'former - agricultural representative for Hastings and Essex counties and livestock specialist with the Saskatchewan department, Mr. Riddell holds a degree -in agriculture from the University of Guelph. Mr. Riddell also taught high school science for four years in Clinton and Exeter and was formerly assistant manager of . the . Toronto Stock Yards. - John Lyndon is theatre ntanaggr'of the Park Theatre in Goderich, and the Mustang Drive In Theatre. He' moved to Goderich in 1970 but is not a newcomer to Huron County.'Mr. Lyndon (Continued 'on page 3) In separate releases thik week Ed Giesbrecht, Goderich Planning Board secretary, and Bert Alexander, President of Suncoast Estates, announced plans for the construction of a $2,000,000 shopping plaza on a site off Highway 21 south Cif Goderich. The. plans are still subject to approval by -the Plan- ning Board: Goderich Town Council and the Ontario Municipal Board. - In his statement Mr. Alexan- der explained that he would like to see construction of the project get underway by June 1. He said it would take from nine to 12 months to complete. "During construction," Mr. Alexander explained, "the project will employ 60 to 80. rnOi for a total of 90,000 to 95,000 man hours." Completed, the building .will cover 100,000 square feet and' the adjoining parking lot will be capable of accommodating 732 cars. The mall will be completely -enclosed and climate con- trolled. Access to stores will be via the indoor mall'or through outside doors. -Mr. Alexander named ,the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Cam pang (A and P) as the' major - grocery store but said negotiations are still underV.ay s --regarding the Department store to be involved. "A and P ," he said, "must • have a new premises to handle their present , business with parking representing their biggest difficulty at the moment.') ,,. In addition to the two major stores there will also be four to eight smaller stores included in the completed mall. Mr. Alexander estimated the annual tax revenue to the town at between $65,000 and $75,000. No cost will be assessed to the town on the project since the lots involved are already serviced. "The shopping centre is �-. necessary; . he• -said , . -".to-stop the drift to Stratford and Lon- don which is existing at the present time at an alarming rate. The consultants'report in- dicates it could be as high as $8,000,000 per year and if not stopped, it will increase,per- manently endangering the downtown area of Goderich." First work on a project .to bring a shopping mall to Goderich began in 1964 with several projects being stalled for various reasons. The present project .startedlone year ago. In his "release Mr. Giesbrecht explains that a special joint meeting—of®Gouneil--and---the Goderich Area Planning Board was held February 1 to in- troduce a Retail Study of Goderich and Huron County prepared .by -Steve Jones of .James F. Maclaren Ltd., -En- vironmental Planners of Lon- don. The report was requested by the Goderich Area Planning Board in October '72, at which time a request was made- to am - mend the Official Plan (1969) to permit the construction of a our candidates Have confirmed their inten- to date to seek nomination as the. ressive Conservative standard bearer in upcoming Provincial by-election set for arch 15. The P,C.'s will - be holding their urinating convention this -Friday•at the Clin- n Secondary School beginning at 8:00 p.m. Among the four is one women, Mrs. Betty► ardno of Seaforth. Her name ie a late comer a fairly long list of possible candidates. She nfirmed`her intention to seek the nomination is week. Mrs. Cardno, a member of Seaforth Council ee 1965 when she assumed office following death of her husband, Seaforth. Reeve $on Cardno. Sheis a native of Blanchard. fl hip and was the former Betty Read. rs, Cardno a -re istered nurse, trained in Word General Hospital and later acquired ipioma in: public health at the University of °n. She is in charge of the Huron County e Care program .and prior to, the introduc- of the program two years ago; -served for $l`Years on the staff of the Huron County lth. Unit. . ring; `the years she has served on council, Cardno has. taken an interest in matters ing not only S taforth but the areae as a MacNaaghtoa retiring member In deciding to allow her name to stand, Mrs. Cardno said she was prompted by her concern that present trends in government could lead to a deterioration in the atmosphere of living that means so much to people in areas such as Huron. Her association•over many years with people across the county has indicated the necessity of Huron having an informeg'voice if it is to avoid losing its identity. Don Southcott, formerly executive secretary to C.S. MacNaughton, has also announced his intention to seek the nomination. . - . Mr.' Southcott, a former editor and co-•' publisher of the Exeter Times Advocate an- nounced some time ago that he would seek the, nomination. Another candidate will be Bill le, Riding .Association president, who ' reside, in the ; Seaforth-Clinton area. He dnsuccessf Ily con- tested the P.C. nomination back in 1958 when Mr. MacNaughton won the appointment. He's theRotdest'orthe candidates for the Con servatives in the Riding.at' 62 years and i:t a' former Warden of Huron County having sat on Hilllett Township Council for 11 years. Goderich Chiro Tractor Bert Such is the It (Continued on page 3) to*DRMCo. extension At a, special session last Friday, Goderich Town Council agreed to permit the Dominion Road Machinery Company to continue making use of an old barn owned by Morris Gardner on Picton Street even though the area is zoned residential. A time limit of three months was put on the extension. Lengthy discussion showed that Council was mindful of possible lay offs for workers in the case that the town fathers decided to turn down the D.R.M.Co. request -for an exten- sion. • The councillors also took into consideration the company building projects presently un- derway which will expand its facilities and hopefully mean the temporary location on Pic- ton Street can be abandoned. Council forwarded a copy of their.. meeting minutes to the • local Planning Board so that some body would ,be aware of the, municipality's decision in the matter. Shopping Mallon Highway, No. 21 South, adjacent to the In- dustrial Park. The Goderich Area Planning Board felt -that it would` be of prime impor- tance to determine if the area could support this type of facility and the effect it s presence would have on the existing commercial area. A motion was passed at the February 7, 1973, meeting that . a statement be prepared jointly by Mr. S. .Janes and E. Giesbrecht, Secretary Treasurer'of the G.A.P.B. for the information of the Goderich rate payers and the residents of ,Huron County, for release through the press. The Goderich Area Ptari itng'" -- Board will make it s recom- mendations to Council based on the facts' as presented in the report and Council will then consider the recommendations of the G.A.P.B along with the report. , Here then, are the key points' Bert Alexander, right, outlines the proposed site off Highway 21 south for the new shopping mall at Goderich to Mayor Harry Worsell, left, and Planning Board member Dave Gower. The protect is valued at $2,000,000 and will be completed within nine month$ to a year after final approval is given by the Planning Board, Town Council and the Ontario Municipal Board. Mr. Alexander is president of Suncoast Estates. (staff photo) _ "Save theJaiI S�ciety"plan to have delegation at nomination meetings A delegation from the 'Sa,ve the , Jail Society" attended the nomination meeting of the Huron New Democratic Party Monday evening and met with party leader Stephen Lewis to discuss possibilities of saving the 130 year old Huron County Jail. The society explained that similar delegations will be at- tending the Liberal. Party' nomination and the Progressive Conservative nomination meetings. - Arrangements are being made to meet with Robert Nixon, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, at the Liberal _nominating_...-.convc" n tion__to=--lam._ held'this evening in Hensall and a delegation is also seeking to meet with' the guest -speaker at the P.C. nomination conven- tion to be held tomorrow in Clinton, , Interim chairman of the society, Joan Vandenbroek, stressed that the efforts of the group will continue , to be positive and will try to en- courage the County and other elected officials to recognize the concern for the preservation and protection of local history. The Society has planned a public rally for Tuesday February 20 at the Goderich High School which will feature entertainers Earl and Martha 'Heywood. In a letter accepting the in- vitation to attend, the meeting Mr. Heywood noted, "The jail is the greatest monument of Huron County's past. It must be preserved." "People are travelling to Europe to see the old struc- tures, which is evidence enough that Huron has a most valuable possession well worth saving." r Mr. Heywood and his wife have recorded a number of - musical accounts of historical events in Canada, among them. the story bf the Donnelly feud at Lucan. Recently Mr. - Heywood completed- work on a flew composition about the Huron County Jail. •The "Save the Jail Society" also received this week a letter C from the Perth County I1istorical Foundation pledging their support in saving the jail., "There is no, doubt among the experts that the jail is at the top of alist of buildings that should be saved in On- tario," John Weichel noted in the letter he wrote on behalf of ,the foundation. He also pointed to a book by .John Remple entitled "Building •with Wood". The book, which deals with old buildings and -examples of historic architecture, notes "A most complete example of a jail d t G dh I t is The erection of this structure, _sehedctled• -for-d enrol ionbpr he first-publie-building:irr the - every effort should be made to preserve it as,a museum or for ,some other function." The book was published in 1967. "In a recent conversation with Mr. Remple," Mr. Weichel explained, "he once again expressed his concern about the building." In - further defense of., their project ._ to save - the jail they `` society points to an article published by Paul E. Lewis i'n the. Signal Star issue 'of February 6, 1964 when the future of. -the jail first came into public concern. In that article Mr. Lewis says that the Huron County Jail has become an important land mark in Huron,,and Goderich, not only because 'of its age but more due to its crucial part in creating the district of Huron in its first appearance, as a separate political entity. Stan s . a o ertc . entire Huron area, was the first step in establishing Huron as a formally recognized district. Prior to 1841 Huron was a part of the London District and was largely wilderness, But 10 years i iter the set- tlement of Huron in the late 1820's far away from London and only very remotely connec- A number' of Goderich residents will now find them- selves subjectto direct billing by their family physicians. Effective February 1, the majority of doctors in Goderich are switching to the direct billing system which is the old- fashioned way of rendering ac- counts. The patients will receive a monthly statement "'of their ac- count for the month. The patient then becomes solely responsible for his or her ac- count. The insurance cards will still be sent by the doctor's office to the Insurance board claim division but now the patient in- stead of the doctor will receive a cheque for up to 90 percent of the fees within four weeks. Dr. Potter, Minister of Health for Ontario, said in Oc- tober 1972, that 17 percent of doctors direct bill WO account for only 10 percent of OHIP doctor payments. Presumably, if all doctors direct billed, OHIP payments would be nearly half what they are presently, thus tremendous tax savings and lower premiums. When a patient visits the doctor, his OHIP report will he sent in, the same day, and in most cases, the patient will have itis cheque from them before they get the hill from the doctor at, the end of each month. Currently, the doctors in- volved in this new approach are: -.Drs. M.,M._:Cauchi, H.'R.- Cieslar, A. B. Deathe, R. G. Lomas and B. , Lynch. These doctors feel that it is much more personal to bill direct as "this way the patient knows, exactly what he or she is paying for. - -o t:si"tI ted"- with any � civilization a popular demand began for separation from Lon- don. A petition to this effect w drafted in Jarutwwil-pR,38, sig ed by 402 citizens ands to the Upper Canada Assembly. With the help of Robert Dunlop, an (continued on page 3) Annual Mariners Service ato be held at -Knox Another Mariners Service draws nigh and the date is set: Sunday, February 25, 1973, at 7:30 p.m. The Rev.. G. L. Royal, Minister of Knox Church, will conduct the 59 an- nual -Service to be held since the Great Storm of November 9, 1913, shocked the world. The first of these. •Sery'iCes% and prior to 1913, was conduc- ted in 1903 by the late Dr. .James Anderson. It was known as the .ailoirs and , Fishermens Service. In the Spring of 1914 the late Dr. George Ross, who had officiated at the burial of , twenty-one sailors who lost. their lives in the Great Storm, suggested. that the annual ob- servance he called The Mariners Service. It was -on Sunday, ;November 9, 1913, that 71 ships and 254 sailors went down during a raging storm. Total value of property was estimated at $4,157,400.00. Twenty-four ships were lost in Lake Huron; eight of these ships went down in the Goderich area. They were: The Wexford; the John A. McGean; the- James Carrtithers; the Isaac M. Spa; the Hydr'us; the Charles. Price; and the Argus: 'Tern, were 178 sailors aboard these ships and ,all` lost their lives. Many stories relating to the disaster have been written. 'The account of the Great Storm