HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-03-29, Page 3THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1973
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Chambers filled
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Council votes
open meetin
-1(1"t as last 1 h�yir'(11
evening', regular "Town Coun-
cil sec ion was about to clo,e a
'notion by Councillor I?1,a
Havdon and seconded by 1 'H,iri-•
c illor Leroy Harrison opened
up a swinging di,cu",ic,n
among the ntt'nila rt,,
"Fhe 'notion was that begin-
ning• April • 1, town i,1110 it
committee meeting, be held ,t -
open. meetings with the public
cordially invited and l)rc•
representatives extended the•
courtesy of reporting from the, -
meet ings.
he,-meetings.
A recorded vote showed that
council was unanirnousl\. 11
favor of the motion
Reeve i)eh tii)ewfelt ex-
. pressed surprise at (411e,rnotion
introduced by ('salt, tiler,
Havdon and- Harrison. 1teeve
Shew•telt said --that in his
03
sting
hese
came
the
*ore.
the
Five busloads of Huron County citizens made the trek to Toronto and
the Parliament Buildings thereto see newly elected Jack Riddell, the
first Liberal MPP for Huron in over 30 years, seated in the
Legislature. About 214 persons from Huron including aboek,30 from
Goderich sat in the gallery while Riddell was received at Queen's
Park. Among those from the area who took part in the event were
(left to right) Mrs. Mary Clairmont, Sherryl Worsell, Bill McGuire and
Doug Stirling seen here congratulating Jack Riddell. 'There is an ar-
ticle in this week's Time magazine concerning the Huron Riding up-
set with Riddell as the victor. (photo by -Wilma Oke)
ounty waits
County Deputy' Clerk
v told the Signal -Star
ay that a' letter from
ncial government has
en received officially
g additii)iiitl space for
smeht office.
"I'm expecting it daily," said
Han1y:
It is believed'the letter, when
received, will indicate a desire
to lease the facilities front
Huron County.
The minutes from the special
n Lodge dies
pix
France -and? Holland.
• When Mr. Lodge returned to
Goderich in 1945, he went back
to the furniture business.
An enthusiastic community
worker, Mr. Lodge was fictive
in the Boy Scout movement in
Goderich. He was a member of
.the Third Goderich Troop and
eventually became a Scout
Leader, attaining the rank of
District 11 hmfiissioner, a
position he held for several
years. He was•also leader of the
Third Goderich Rover Crew for
several years. He was well
respected by the youth of
Goderich.
He was secretary of Maitland
Lodge A F and A M at the
time of his death and an officer
in Huron Chapter of the Royal
Arch Masons No. 30. He was a
member of the Goderich Rotary
Club and was for many years a
member of the Gotlerich i,ittle
Theatre.
In the past, Mr. Lodge had
played solo coronet with the
Goderich Bluewater Band ,and
was a member of the Har-
horaires, -
Mr. Lodge was an avid chess
player.
He was a member of Knox
Presbyterian Church and Clerk
of Session there. He had sung
in Knox Choir for more than 35
Years.
Surviving are ' one brother,
Floyd, Goderich; one step-
sister, Mrs. Dr. William
(Maxide) Thomson, Ottawa;
two step -brothers, Capt. Robert.
Wilson and Harold Wilson,
bath nf_ Sarnia:... and several
,pieces and nephews.
He was predeceased, by two
brothers and one step -brother.
A Masonic service was held
at ,McCallum Funeral Home
Wednesday evening.
124.8111
Curtis Lodge who
ed Lodge Furniture
at 33 West Street since
ied suddenly Monday of
t attack: He was 58.
ral service is this after-
Thursdav) at 2 p.m.'t in
Presbyterian Church.
L Royal will officiate.
ent ,will he in Maitland
TY:
Lodge was horn in Dut-
John and Margaret
ousel Lodge. At an
ge he went to live in
m and came to Goderich
8 ago.
teenage years, Mr.
as employed in the Ben
nd Printing Shop on
use Street, He then
for The Huron Signal
Goderich Signal -Star
joining his brother,
Lodge in the furniture
ral business•
reed four years with the
inion Corps Signals
overseas duty for the
'Ars in Sicily, Italy,
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meeting -of Goderich "Town
Council with the Property Conm-
thit-tee i)f Huron County Coin -
'i1 on March 7 contained this
•inf-ormation: "A. lengthy
discussion-- Wet"- _held axl __Lae
request of Huron'County tc4 ob-
tain a demolition permit to
remove part of the jail wall for
the extension of the Assessment
Office. County i)eputy Clerk
Bill Haply acl'vised that a letter
froril the Provincial Govern-
ment will he received shortly
requesting additional space for
the assessment office, which
will indicate a desire to lease
.this• property from Huron
County staking land use sub-
ject to provincial regulations.
County officials advised that if
a demolition permit is issued
by the Town of Goderich no ac-
tion would he taken to
demolish the wall until a lease,
plans- 'for - i xtension to the
assessment Office, tender calls
for
letter
and tither pertinent matters are
looked after."
In a telephone interview with
the Signal -Star last week,
William Grey of the Realty Ser-
vices Bra ch.. otf..th:e._P.royMetal
Department- of Public Works
said that the provinee‘ would
not enter into an agreement
with the 'County of Huron. as
long as long as there is local
disagreement over 'the project.
-lack Riddell, • MPI' for
Huron, seated only Monday in
the Ontario •Legislature, has
pledged to do everything in his
power 1(1 save the jail wall and
the entire building as it prc'sen-
tIv stands. Ile said he would
visit the Realty Service Branch
ass one of his first official
(fat ies.
Bylaw not
yet ready
for public
Daily News
included
with Signal
lenmark
umber
opening
Today, tomorrow and Satur-
day the official opening is being
held for Goderich's newest
retail outlet the Glenmark
" Liimher building supply store.
Located on -Smith Street, just
off the Square, the opening will
feature the usual door prizes
and special prices for those first.
shoppers to visit the premises.
The new outlet features 4,000
square foot showroom backed
by a large indoor warehousing
'area and two additional pole
barns, one 84 feet by 24 feet
and the other 144 by 18 feet.
in additio11 to lumber and
other raw building supplies the
store will also deal in a number
of brand pante nroiect.s such as
Pittsburgh Paints, Armstrong
flooring, Celanese Catpet,
Canadian I'itt.sburgh Mirrors.
Fleetwood -Cabinets acMI Sun -
worthy wallpaper. Glenmark
Lumber will also he the dealer
for MCClary, Easy appliances.
Enclosed in this issue
of The Goderich Signal -
Star is the final "wrap-
up" edition of The Young
Canada Week Daily
News, which was
available every day last
week in various spots
around town including
Goderich , Memorial
Arena. ,
Signal -Star publisher
R.G. - Shrier stated this
week that Monday's
edition, of The Daily
News, the last for 1973,
would be included with
this week's regular
Signal -Star for the en-
joyment of readers in the
area who have the other
six issues of the little
daily.
"It is a final conclusion
to Young Canada Week
1973," said Mr. Shrier.
Some of the photos in-
cluded in the enclosed
Daily News have been
reprinted In the third
section of the Signal-'
Star -this week. This was
done _to ensure a per-
mar{ent record far years
to corns in the Sign1„
Star library of old files.
nic,.t likely become *(cot;
plishecl fact,. She said -he
believed there trust he oppor-
tunity given for coined to,
reflect un their recommen-
dations as well a, for t he
generalpublicto lie informed •,f
these recommendation, and hr
make their feelings known en
erring there before the item,
we re finally passed.
11 it c an't"11e` printed in the
pre,,, !t l,rl't an open
meeting," stated ('onnc illor
Leroy Harrison. Hesaid he'd
sissy, been in faiy'or of open
meeting, of council except,
perhaps, \yhen dealing with
personalities
11arrison .„jt(at at the
March k rneefing,, the Mayor
himself had cautioned the llr.ess
not to report anything from t
committee meeting until after
openion, the• conlrn111)')' the March 22 open n t't^tng.
meetings had never been closed
to the public. "The recornntendation .from
Mrs. Havdon claimed < that our last committee meeting was
Reeve Shea+felt was wrong. She made public. by one cyf our
said that while the pre•,, had. cotfrncillots ,o it dciesei T,.7'tatter
been encouraged to attend the anyway," retorted Mayor
committee meeting! "foto Harry V'or„ell
background informal ion' Deputy -reeve Stan Profit ;aid
council had given strict in,trut- - he ,Agreed with. the intent of the
tions that nothing whatsoever motion presented by Mrs.
he published about the commit- Heydon and Harr-ison.
tee meetings until the recons- although he wanted to make it
rnendations from the committee clear that he believed Mrs.
meetings had corse before the Havdon had been wrong when
open council session. she revealed the recommen-
At that ,«point, Mrs. Havdon dation made •by council at its
claimed, the matter-, which had March `t committee meeting.
•
been recommendations had He said that while Mr,.
Havdon was not legally wrong
and hasl' the approval of many,
many ratepayers. he felt it was
a "'natter of honor" and that
the recouitnendation.slti)uld not
have been made, public, •
Reeve "hewfe1t did not
agree- •Ile ,aid he had never
refused ,to discuss committee
meeting recommendations with
ratepav er, it a quest ion was
raised.
"Kut there should he no such
thing ,as being able- to ,ay
„omet hin that no -body can
hear," Profit • went on to ex-
1)latn.n
,fXitimittec• meeting, should
(1)11)'• away with,- said
your( illor 1)ave. (ower. "If
w,e're going to open committee
.'meetings, we might as well just
.have
courted.
meeting,
"i'd lie glad to second that,"
said Councillor Frank \V'alkonl.
f )eputy reeve Profit
disagreed. Ht' said there was
merit
when councillor., could 'peak
"off-the-cuff
,.And µ.«, 1 r},rr; , clone.
1nt�.�ti'''c�d Rt'('Vt'
.'' hc•wtt•}t
"But closed c'oruntittee
meeting are not good... went on
Profit. "They're just riot good " •
Profit t'ncot(raged ek`ervone at,
• the countrc to speak 111, ,t •ler
mind openly and with,,ut fear
Harrison remind l' ouncil
• (continued on page"t14)
in c't)111111ittee !Meetings;
"People have the feeling that
some people go by the 1958
bylaw while others mist go by
the new one," said Deput4-
reeve Stan Profit at last Thur
sday's council meeting.
The statement came out
while council was very briefly
discussing the zoning bylaw
which would implement the Of-
ficial Plan,
Councillor Mrs. Elsa Havdon
was inquiring concerning the
possibility of bringing the
zoning bylaw to a public
meeting and giving the bylaw
the.third and final reading so it
could become effective- very
soon.
"There's too many things in
the mill at the present time,"
sa id Dave Gower of the
Goderich and Area Planning
Board. "it is not fair to put the
planning hoard under this
stress."
Ed Giesbreeht, also of the
planning hoard, was in the
crowded council chambers and
was asked to comment on the
situation.
Giesbrecht said . there are
three new subdivisions which
have been registered and the
map changes have still not been
made. He said that these mat-
ters plus a few 'others would
probably he cleared up within
three weeks or so and the
zoning bylaw could be brought
to. a public meeting at that
time.
In the meantime, the
building permits will be issued
by, the building inspector Roy
Breckenridge at the will of
council.
Oto. 0
401.
Captain Frank "Corky" Wagg, skipper of the Algoma central salt boat Agawa Canyon, is
• presented with an engraved pen by Goderich Mayor Harry Worsen on the occasion of his
ship being the first of the 1973 season to ply the waters of Goderich harbor. The AgaWa
Canyon was part of Goderich'* winter fleet and was the first ship out of harbor as well
when she put out for Cleveland on Saturday with nearly 20,000 tons of salt. In addition to
the pen, and the ceremonial top hat "Corky" received an engraved pen knife, two boxes of
'cigars and a municipal pocket calendar. Last year Capt. William Brownlee of the Sarniadoc
- wet the first'�aptain into Goderich harbor. Only on four occasions in the past, *Ince the
presentations began back in 1932, have boats arrived earlier than Capt. Wagg. Those' dc-
' casions were 1961 when the first boat arrived March 22, 1957 and 1967 wh.n the first boiler
put in March 25 and 1949 when the first boat docked March 24.(staff photo)
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