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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-02-22, Page 1at th s. 1s I- nt e. n EL ART 3AL .99 QT. ART 59 cl, es: 19 • rY S 26th YEAR - ,Iv obert dj THURSDAY O FEBRUARY 22, 1973 elegates to. the Huron Progressive Conservative omination convention file past poll clerks to pick up their allots last ' Fridayat the Clinton Secondary School. !though four names stood for the nomination the 300 voting delegates selected former provincial secretary to retiring member Charles MacNaughton, Don Southcott, on the first ballot with a wide majority. (staff photo) uron P.C.'s nomincite on S.outhct:t Frida Retiring Huron MPP Charles acNaughton's executive istant Don Southcott won a ndslide, first ballot mination to represent the iron Progressive Conser- tives in the upcoming March •election Friday. Mr. South- tt has worked with Mr. acNaughton since 1967. The former publisher of the eter TimesAdvtrcate cap - red the honor over three op- nents at the convention. He n all but 81 of the 293 votes st in that first ballot. Mr. Southcott defeated Bert ch, a Goderich .chiropractor o polled only 38 votes, Mrs. tty Cardno of Seaforth who ceived 29 votes and Hullet wnship farmer Bill Dale who llected 14 votes. Mr. South- tt tallied 212 votes. Mr. MjicNaughton, .who signed last month as Ontario easurer, told the 700 people attendance at the Central uron District High School at inton: that the opposition par- s were guilty of "blatent 'statements" concerning. vernment policies. Par - In rl�NTr: "Nri"on a"PIr: wis's attacks on government ending. He said Ontario Liberal oder Nixon "should know bet - r" than to charge that the esent Ontario government as distant. "Premier Davis' a.jot platform has `been to arroll says' P ' DP are 1 organized At a meeting in Bayfield last iglu:, the Huron New emocratic Party finalized rangements for a • meeting ith Donald MacDonald in uron Centennial School on ednesday, February 28 ..at 30 p.m. Mr. MacDonald, ational President of the arty, often referred to as the armer froln York South," ill be discussing the crisis in :riculture" with area -people ho are concerned by present ends. ih order to facilitate the sttrbrition of information to ).interested 'voters in the HIV committee rooms are tnf opened, in Hensall, Clin h' and Goderich. (Continued on page 3) el open the government people," he said. to the In `promisink his support to Mr.. Southcott . Mr. MacNaughton called the Huron by-election a "whole new ball game." In hisremarks to the conven- tion Mr. Southcott said he would like to 'see more power_ come back to the local level and said he felt "Regional Government could work within the"-':.boundries of Huron County." He went on to say that he supported a zero. property tax contemporary as a Progressive on .farmers and expla.ined._tbat -Conservative should be so had he wanted to come, back to made his decision to retire. Huron.. to work-wittrthe-riding • - ' I 'would • like to know..- who.- to ho to "achieve its''potentia1." said, and where, that there Defeated candidate Bert were no issues in this election," Such urged everyone at the he noted, commenting on- ac - meeting, and the defeated can- • cusations by NDP party leader didates, to make the Stephen Lewis. "There will nomination of Don Southcott always be issues in a unanimous.- democratic society and the can - 'Speaking of his. 15 years of didates know of many -of these representation from the riding and will discover more as the of Huron Mr. 'MacNaughton campaign",progresses." told the meeting that .his work had .been "rewarding because his 'constituents were such decent' people and showed ap- preciation for any work done on their behalf. "My 15 years as an MPP.'" he said, "have been intensive and interesting." After 15 years Mr. MacNaughtori said that he found it a little hard to he as Robert -Nixon speaks to Liberal ioiwenfion Jack Riddell, a 41 year old Dashwood area beef farmer, emerged victorious last Thur- sday evening'. when the Huron Liberal Association held their nomination convention at Hen- sall Public School in Hensall for the upcoming March 15 by- election. Mr. Riddell was hamed the Liberal Candidate on the first ballot over . three other can- didates, Graeme Craig of R.R. No. 1 Walton, John Lyndon of Goderichi and Don Symons of Clinton. There were 332 voting delegates among the nearly 500 persons who jammed 'the school auditorium to watch the can- didate selection and hear guest &speaker Robert Nixon', provin- cial leader of the Liberals. Mr, Riddell is part owner, operator of the Hensall Livestock Exchange and, is the Huron Courfty Board of Education trustee for Usborn and Stephen TowfrSlips. . He is no stranger to politics his father having v,on the Mid- dlesex riding. Liberal nomination in 1968 but with- drawing from federal election after suffering a heairt -attack. Mr. Riddell is a former agricultural representative for Hastings and' Essex Counties and a former livestock specialist with the Saskat- chewan department of Agriculture. Mr. Riddell holds a degree in agriculture from the University of Guelph. In. addition - to . his agricultural experience Mr. Riddell also taught , High School science for four years in Clinton and Exeter and was formerly assistant manager of the Toronto Stock Yards. He is married to the former Leone 'Bryan .of Biddulph Township in Middlesex County. The daughter of a far- mer, her father was Reeve of Biddulph Township and she comes from a long established and widely -known Liberal family, according to a 'biography circulated by Mr.. Riddell at Thursdays meeting. The Riddle family also in- cludes five children, Debbie 18, Wayne 16, and " Donna .14, Heather 12 and Brenda 10. iln his remarks Mr. Riddell noted, "We in Huron either send one more Tory to Queens " Park to add to an already over, weighted majority, or we can send an energetic Liberal to assist in bringing accoun- tability back to governrfient." "If we_Liberals are going to win this by-election, 'and we .r can if we have the will, we need supporters all across the riding with the drive to heat the big blue machine." Mr. Riddell went on to say that the "Centralizing tenden- cies of the Conservative govern- ment must be stopped." He said that those policies threatened "The future existence of small farms, small businesses, municipal govern= ments and even public com- missions like the Public Works Commissions." "If I am elected," he promised, "I will not live in an ivory tower, nor will I try to build an empire.! would ntrt be happy in an ivory tower. i will he back here in the county • wearing my ,rubber boots, talking to people so that 1 will better understand their problems and will be in a better (continued on page 3) Bill Davis to be at P.C. breakfast Ontario Premier 13111 Davis along with_ Dort Southcott will be in Goderich March ,1 from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. for a pancake breakfast at the Goderich Arena. • . A STAR SINGLE':COPY 20c yore than 2,000 tour d Hur�n'o:unty Jail • What Save the Jail Society dang. rolls -since more that 200 spokesmen termed "an en people were packedinto the corridor with only one exit at the other end. couraging show of public in- terest" in the now defunct Huron County Jail ended on. a sour rte Sunday -when Huron County officials)eft-about 300 people (who had been waiting in line more than an hour) literaly out in the cold. More than 2,000 people from Goderich, Huron County and points as far away as Toronto, Detroit, Sarnia and Orangeville braved freezing weather and biting wind, not mention the 4„... Waiting line thaVstretched as long as one hour and fourty, five minutes, to take advantage of Huron County Council's House." tour was scheduled to narrow narrow "Had there been panic," she noted, "it might have.,,been very serious." "The way they treated the people was so arrogant," she said, "you just don't treat people like that. They were not at all polite," Mary Ellen "Open The start at 2:00 p.m. but officials opened the doors a little early because of the large crowd. At 5:00 , p.m. 'however they closed the doors despite pleas from several people, including town councillor Elsa, Hayden. Ap- proximately 300 people were still outside at this point. 'A large number -converged on the Assessment Office, where county officials had gone, and demanded that the doors be -reopened. Following heated discussion, it was agreed those left outside could come in but when the doors were reopened only about 50 were allowed in. The remainder of the crowd had gone to their cars but despite-rtrshing back the doors. were again' slammed in their faces. "1 was very angry,very disap pointed and very disgusted," Councillor FFayden said after- wards. - "The way the doors .were closed was very rude ...: it goes completely against the way I think elected people should act." She charged' that the elected officials were • treating the people like "a nuisance." Jowl Van. den Broeck, chair- man of the Save the Jail Com- mittee, attacked the county of- ficials -as being "Irresponsible.';' Mrs. * Van den' :Broeck also pointed_ out that the. padlocking, of the doors .,was very x�. Lynn, one of those left standing outside, said .Monday "It was just terrible, we had been- waiting out in the cold for more than an hour and a half." "1' wouldn't blame the custodian, she noted, "but those responsible for instruc- ting or allowing him to shut the door." Mrs. Dan Murphy explained that she had watched the tine Sky Harbour is offered to town Sky Harbour Airport, curren- tly owned by the Cruickshank family 'of Wingham, is being of- fered to the town of Goderich for the sum of $125,000. The airport originally was purchased from Huron ,County by the late Keith S. Hopkinson for $25,000 in 1961, with the condition that it be maintained as an active air service until 1968. The airport property consists of approximately 250 to. :300 acres of land. Land develop- ment for industrial purposes c:ouhd be provided by the 'ad- jacent strip along Airport Road • and parallel to the present paved runway and also on the East boundarx of the property having aeess to Highway 21. Presently there is an east - west paved runway about 3800 feet, long by 75' feet wide that meets Department of Transport requirements and two turf"run- ways of 3,000 and 3,100 feet in lengths. All are :said to be in good shape. M r. Hopkinson, a businessman -pilot died, in a plane crash about 10 years ago. His. family took over operation of the company: 'A fire in 1970 destroyed hanger facilities and eventually the airport began to deteriorate as an air service. • The_ _Cr.ttikshank family signed an offer to piirchase Hopkinson estate assets in 1the 969• tl up from her home some ways down the streetand only went down at thelast minute. "Some people though had been waiting in that line for more than an lour," she explained, "and one man had driven all the way from Toronto just to see the jail. When they closed the door there was 'no explanation and they were very rude." -- Jean Ellis, one of those also left outside, said if there had been a good reason for closing up it might have been ex- cusable. "They were very rude though and there was no reason given. It is a typical example of Huron County Council actions." Many of those left outside were older people or parents with small children. through Associates Acceptance. Brian Hall, a Save the Jail Society worker, explained that when he went around to the Jail's back door to plead with the officials on behalf of those locked out that Jim Sheardown (the custodian) "picked me up and threw me. out." "Then the councillor's locked themselves in the Assessment building and the crowd had to bang on the door to even' get them to come out and talk." Afterwards Mrs. Van den Broeck said that she was still "confident in the ability of Town Council to successfully negotiate with the County for a long term solution to this problem which will ensure us that the future of the old Huron' County Jail will no longer be endangered." The Save the Jail Society President also said that she was sure the attitude reflected by county officials al the Jail on Sunday "did not reflect the attitude of County Council as. a whole Mrs. Van den Broeck said the size of the crowd indicated the amount of public support to have the jail remain intact as an historical site. "We hope many of those who saw through' the structure will see possibilities for its use in -many ways as well," she ad- ded. The Save th'e 'Jail -Society •had 19 volunteers work its way through the telephone book to publicize the open house. Huron County Council decided last month to tear down one of the jail walls to make room- for an addition to 'the regional assessment office. Considerable public in- dignation has been created as a result. Co. Ltd. a finance company,-. which held a partial Mortgage on the property. However, (continued on page 3) Candidates all. S.J.S. members The Save the Jail Soceity this week announced that their drive for membership has. been progressing -well and that among their members are now all three of the candidates seeking election in the, up- coming Huron by. election. Progressive Conservative candidate Don Southcott pur- chased his membership, along with about 100 other people, on, Sunday during open house at the jail and Liberal candidate Jack Riddell purchased his membership ticket through the Signal Star office .on Monday morning. New Democratic can- didate Paul Carroll has been a_ member for several,weeks. Memberships are still available from any member of the Save the Jail Society or 'through the Signal Star office West We t Street for the price -of one dollar. Ontario Liberal Party leader Robert Nixon holds the arm of Jack Riddell aloft in a symbol of victory after Mr.Riddell was declarod the Liberal Candidate in the upcoming Huron by elves tion at a nomination convention in Hensall last Thursday Mr. Riddell won themomination on' the first ballot over three other contenders. The new candidate is a Stephen Township beef farmer. (staff photo) .'1 Man bound over at preTimmar y A 73 year old Goderich man, Robert Tebow, was bound over for trial at a preliminary hearing on Monday facing a charge of "Counselling to Com: mit Murder." Defense counsel MacEwan Egener asked. for a ban on -publication of evidence presen- ted during the two hour preliminary hearing and it was granted by Provincial Judge W. A. Eghoetz. No date has .been set for the trial. Tebow elected trial by county court judge. The charge. alleges that he counselled William Alexander McKelvie, 22, of Goderich to commit murder. Later in open court Tebow was sentenced to a total of two months and 10 days in jail af- ter pleading guilty to charges of wilful damage and breach of probation. Tebow was sentenced to two months for cutting bell Telephone wires to the Goderich home of Mrs. Patricia Fitzpatrick. The additional 10 days was for violating a 'probation order prohibiting him fr"om contacting Mrs:. Fitz- patrick or being on her property. Tebow has been in custody since January of' this year.