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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-05-24, Page 2-s PAGE 2---GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1973 EDITORIAL' COMMENT Let George do it With Goderich Town Council scrat- ching so desperately for the necessary funds to maintain the basic municipal services and complete at+least some 'of the more necessary new projects, Coun- cillor Frank Walkom told his associates the PUC manager Dave Rolston has suggested that the lights at the ballpark be replaced' next year; no matter what it does to the budget. Mayor Harry Worsell has talked about the installation of new lights at the ballpark in two consecutive inaugural addresses. This year now, with the tight, tight budget, the lights appear a long way off if council is to find the funds. It is interesting to note that the spor- tir19 enthusiasts in Goderich who use the lights most and would benefit greatly from their installatiop are content to wait - not so patiently - until the municipality finds the money to get the job done. In much, much smaller communities than/ Goderich, ball park lights are a luxury which are often financed by the ball clubs and individuals who require them. It isn't unusual for ball clubs to sponsor bingos and dances and suppers and draws until the required amount of money for lights and other fittings such as stands and dugouts is realized. That's the kind of community spirit necessary in a municipality where coun- cil funding is impossible. It may be the kind of community spirit which will be vital if Goderich's tax picture is to remain at all bright in the next few years. There's something about working together for a common cause which binds a community together. Whether that cause is an illumined ballpark or a swimming pool or an arena or a monument, the feeling of accomplish- ment and satisfaction is there .... and it is good for everyone. JACK'S JOTTINGS FROM QUEEN' PARK The seven per cent Ontario sales tax became law on Mon- day of this week despite' Op- position ob;ections, and it was made retractive to May 1st. . Shoppers who refused to pay the new tax on small purchases will not be pursued, said Revenue Minister Allan Grossman, but action may be taken to collect from persons who made large purchases and Insisted on paying only the then-1ega1five per cent rate. The Retail Sales Act makes provision for court action :against anyone who does not pay the tax, and for fines of $10 to $1000. According to the Act, a sale is not completed until dielivery of the item is made and the title transferred to the new owner. Purchasers who negotiated a sale prior to May _ 1st, 1973, but who did not take delivery until after that date ill be charged the seven per gent sales tax on' the negotiated price, even though a down payment was made at the time the bill of sale was drawn up by the vendor. The select committee of the Ontario Legislature, in- vestigating circumstances surrounding'the-constrtrCtiatr of a new head `office building for Ontario Hydro approved an outline bythe committee coun- sel, Richard Shibley, of six questions he believed- the com- mittee should attempt to an- swer The first was whether the terms of the agreement between Hydro and Canada.Square, un- der -which Hydro will become a tenant of the building at an an- nual rent of $4,116,424 and assume ownership in 30 years for $1, , were 'financially and economically sound. The seconcl...was whether the same lagreement .provided benefits and advantages which justify the decision of Hydro to aban- don previous plans for con- struction of a building owned and financed by Ontario Hydro. i'he abandonment cost Hydro $1,485,000 in architectural fees. The third question was simply "Did Ontario Hydro take all steps necessary to obtain com- petitive proposals"? The fourth question: Did Mr. George t;athetcola (Hydro chairman), members of the Ontario Hydro Electric Commission, the chief architect of Ontario Hydro and the members of the staff of On- tario Hydro, or anyone in- volved, have their judgement affected by any consideration other than what was in the best interests of Ontario Hydro and the people of Ontario. The fifth question was whether the agreement was of a nature and of such importance that Hydro should have submitted it for consideration on a policy basis to the Minister reporting to the House for Hydro. The agreement had r.never been discussed in Cabinet. The final question pertained to in- vestigating the validity of a statement made by a person who alleged that • there was a warning delivered by someone to one of the unsuccessful bid- ders that if he did not be quiet he would never get another Government contract. Natural Resources Minister Leo Bernier, who is responsible for the operation of the Govern- ment's 45 aircraft, said there had " been nine threats against Premier Davis' life in the past three weeks, adding weight to the sentiment in Government circles opposed to making public the details of flights made- by Cabinet ministers in Government and chartel•ed air- craft. The Provincial Auditors Report noted that a number of charter flights were made tran- sporting Ministers and their families, senior .civil servants and others within and outside Ontario. Revenue Minister Allan Grossman informed the Legislature that the maximum price for builders under the governments Home Ownership Mader Easy (H.O.M.E.) had been raised, ranging from $225 to $1600. Under the H.O.M.E. plan the government keeps down payments low by leasing the lots and holding a ceiling on the construction price of the 'houses.' Albert Ray, ,(Lib. Ottawa East), told the Legislature during the budget debate that the largest .. optical firm in Canada is in a position to con- trol the issuing of licences to opticians _in Ontario. Mr. Roy said Imperial Optical Co. Ltd. has direct or indirect connec- tions with members of the , Ophthalmic Dispensing Board of Ontario, the optical in- dustries regulatory body. All members of the. board are ap- pointed by ,the Ontario Govern- ment. Mr. Roy claimed that Imperial Optical was just • another example of how the Conservatives looked after their supporters. Liberal Leader Robert Nixon charged that a ministerial or- der freezing land development in parts of Haldimand-Norfolk County was less stringent than those established by local plan- ning authorities. The order was issued by Inter -government Af- fairs Minister John White- in the wake of reports that an association of developers was assembling land in an area believed earmarked for provin- cial development. The consor- tium is holding options on far- mland south of Brantford where the Provincial Govern- ment is rumored to be planning a new city. Local planners and politicians are thankful the developers have forced the Government into action on a land -use control plan for the area which has been lying in abeyance within the Ministry for two years now and which is estimated to cost between $700,000 and --$800,000. Metro Toronto teachers and supporters marched 5,000 strong on Queen's Park to exhibit their protest against Education. Minister Tom Well's ceiling on school budgets. Members of the Liberal and N.D.P. parties ad- dressed the gathering, but vociferous requests by the group for an explanation by the Minister of Education resulted in nothing more than an exer- cise of futility. Liberal Leader Robert Nixon has not made a firm commit- ment as yet. regarding his original intention to relinquish the party leadership, but assuming he will reaffirm his desire to be replaced, Donald Deacon, 52 year-old member of the Ontario Legislature for York Centre, announced the first of the week that he will seek the leadership of the Provinces Liberal party. The party convention is planned for October, so no doubt there will be others who will announce their bid for the leadership bet- ween now and the►ti.M 4 Federal -sponsored program locates 50 Under a Federally financed program, through the Historic Sites branch of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, two Toronto students, Chris Borgal and Lloyd Jones, have located and recorded 50 to 60 homes in Goderich, constructed prior to students are part of a survey team operated under a program known as "A .Canadian Inventory of Historic Buildings". They are involved in phase one of a three part program _which calls for the location and recording of all buildings constructed in the years 'previous to 1880 through out Western Ontario. They are eXpected to be in Goderich for at least two more weeks. The survey, which started in the summer of 1970 in two dozen cities from Dawson in the Yukon to St. Jahn's Newfoundland, is believed to be the first comprehen4ivi ar- chitectural inventory in the world created for a com- puterized information system: The three steps project Will - take ,eight, to 10 years to cofri- plete, beginning with the study of building exteriors and culminating with in depth studies of the best structures. Phase one is scheduled for ' completion in 1973 and will provide for the recording of the exteriors of nearly 100,000 buildings and will Troduce a complete view of Canadian ar- Phase two will involve recor- ding in great detail the in- teriors and analysing the struc- tures of the best 5,090 buildingS selected from the results of phase one. In Phase three, particularly significant structures chosen from the second survey will be studied for historical and ar- chitectural background and eventually considered for possible further COM- memoration by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. A recording form used in Phase one comprises a series of detailed drawings covering all facets of exterior design used in Canadian structures, all numerically coded for computer input. SIGNAL -STAR —0— The County Town Newspaper of Huron —0— ounded 111411 and pt.)bl ithed eve•y Thur sday at 27 'Nett St God*, ich, Ontario Member of the Audit ed'r•au otC,,culat,o0+, the Ct•INA andOWNA Advertising rates on request Subscription% payable in advance. oo *Canada S4 SO in All count•tes other than Canada, single copies 20 cent.. 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The primary ,purpose of the inventory is to provide a rapid retrieval form, data that will enable the Hilitoric Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to judge not only the significance of a single building or group of buildings, but to be able to compare it with all others of similar style and value. This data will be available for any city or town in Canada, transcribed in print out and catalogue form and can be ob- tained by provincial and municipal departments /find private organizations concer- ned with preservation and planning. The use of the student recor: 60 1880 ham ders has eliminated the need for a large staff of professional architects and historian in the initial phases of the inventory. All information gathered by the survey teams is filed in Ot- tawa and when the final phase of the' program is completed the most outstanding buildings -will be recorded in all their detail in a computer memory bank and made available to in- terested parties on request. At present Mr. Jones and Mr. Timitks Borgal are covering about 12 houses per day but due to poor ,weather conditions have been slowed in their activities. To date the oldest home found in Goderich dates back to approximately 1830. The survey team reports they are getting an excellent response from home owners to their questionS. Only one or two homeowners have been un -co-operative they explain. About 50% of the Dear Editor, The L.I.P. (Local Iniatitives Program) project "Paintings for Huron Hospitals" is nearing its 'completion. The participants in this program, Jim Marlatt, Er- nie Niblock (artists) and Jerry Huckins together with the two recently" employed students, Claudia Elliott and Shelley Linner, coljectively send their thanks to the many individuals and groups who have helped make this unique activity possible. From the gratifying respon- ses we havd received from meetings with the public and the hospital women s auxiliaries we are assured that the project's purpose has been successfully completed. From the start we intended that the purpose of the project would be two fold: first, to usefully employ two local ar- tists and simultaneously train two assistants in the techniques of silk screen • printing and graphics; and secondly, 40 celebrate generally on canvas the life and times of previbus generations and wherever possible record scenes that are recognized as "Landmarks" in the community. Because there is no`'Huron County art or com- munity gallery we chose the county hospitals, Huronview included, as recipients of our works. We would particularily like to thank the sponsors of the project: Rev. Robert Raymont, Mayor Harry Worsell, Don Shortreed and Harold Walls. All of these gentlemen provided considerable assistance in, the beginning by helping us to establish a studio .workshop and offered their en- couragement to our endeavours throughout the program. The project funding was made possible by federal finan- ces Canada Manpower, but without the co-operative assistance of 'our local man- power representatives the project would not have suc- ceeded. Thank you Mr. Hey and Mr. Appel! for guiding us through a bewildering maze of red taPe. In conclusion, to the mer- chants of Goderich who 70 yEAR1 MAY 24, It The finding of a fit coins and the une or two of the foundeict of the old Allen hotel cavation for the ptibli last week led to re on the part "of riorne settlers, of the old Goderich, when Allea's WAS the centre of inteN the Lighthouse and M corner, when the eleohor, to last a week and politics and beer discussed together pretty at the hotel. In tilos: Lighthouse-st. was the street and West street pretty much of a swamp, hundreds of loads af had been dumped theft street began to usurp hitherto held by street, and then an epid fires—cause unknown prevailk among Lighthouse street er One of the buildingly destroyed was the Allea (originally owned by Allen, father of Anthony of Colborne, but at that and one of the traditioa has come down from thit some forty-six years agon a box of gold was lost: fire, ansl although ' search was made no the missing money eoeli found. The fancy west that perchance the few the present day exec' edtiisrcnoe‘setreodf awroiticlhder prirnov; the lost gold, but up totte homeowners have some knowledge about the age and background of their homes. They also note that with the survey in progress some peo'ple have gone to the registry offices and begun to research the background of their homes on their own. The 130 year old Huron ,County Jail has also gone down on the Historical Survey infor- mation charts. provided the project's material. requirements (lumber, paint, stationery, -etc.) and to 'the Goderich Signal Star and CKNX who gave the much ap- preciated publicity, we exPress our collective thank you. Yours truly, Sponsor On tn ions Are the Pigeons Coming Home to Roost? There are a large number of Canadians asking the question: how did the American unions, arrive in Canada, in the first place. The answer is they came in two waves. The first was sorely needed, much ap- preciated and a boon to Canadians. The C.I.O. congress of Industrial' organization viewed unorganized labour in Canada, as a threat to unionized labour in the USA; therefore, the decision was made to export money and the organizers, so that the work force was the same in both c iuntries, and no possible chance of cheap labour. It was also the policy of the C.I.O. that Canadian labour was not to be dominated or exploited, however, look what is hap- pening today. This helping hand was extended to Canadians mainly in the Thir- ties and early Fourties. Tiien came the cold war, with McCarthyite facism. Enter a new breed of unionist ... I am OK jack to hell with you types. Then the fur started to fly, in came the yankee thugs, Iread I.S.U. International Seamans Union, aided by the shipping ,companies, Canadian Govern, add nausea. The expulsion of half a dozen good unions from the old C.C.L. took place. Then there was the Steelworkers raid against the Independent mine Mill and Smelter workers. Thia raid is said to have cost the steel men between 40 and 50 million in dues money. Yankee unions are notorious for inter- fering in the international af- fairS of Canadian Branches. One George Gee of Vancouvet, President of I.B.E. was kicked out of office with complete disregard for the people who elected him. Tunney of the teamsters union in Winnipeg, top officer received the same treatment. It took the law firm of STUBBS STUBBS AND STUBBS seven years to see justice done in this case. This writer is still seeking a_ lawyer who has the intestinal fortitude to correct some dirt, work that happlened twenty years ago. The history of cooperation in yankee unions is indeed remarkable. Time after time we Canucks have gone on strike, only to be forced back to work by the lack of funds, from our Yankee overlords south of the border. A classical exaMple happened here in Goderich, I.A.M. vs Sheaffer 'Pen for a miserable ten bucks a week. If there is going to be a shor- tage of money ,to carry out militant action, why not enjoy the dignity of a Canadian Union, over which we will have much to say'. Perhaps all Canadians, whether or not we belong to a union, should be asking for dialogue with of- ficers of Canadian unions in or- der tc• understand what is really at stake. Ed Bain Thu rtks Dear Editor On behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society (Goderich Divisionn would like to thank personally the following can- vassers of the North Ashfield Area for the time they have given to this worthy cause and to the donors who have given so generously. The sum of $666.50 was collected in this area, exceeding last year's total by $42.85 and up $101.00 from the year 1971. Canvassers were Kelso MacNay; Robert Helm, Doug Scott, Mrs. Irene Nelson, Mrs. Sheila Gunby, Terry Dalton, Frank MacLennan, John MacKay, Cyril Austin, Roy Winteniute, Mrs. Herb Wilkins, Mrs. Teresa Courtney. Thanks for a job well done. Yes, Cancer can be beaten. Mrs. Joe Courtney Team Captain (Goderich Division) - Canadian Cancer Society of writing tha wilereabo the reported !Ensure MAY 24, 1941. 25 YEARS The election campq Huron so far has bees quiet, but no doubt both have been working hard fect their organization. interest may be quic pubhc meetings to be within the next few dao the Liberals Mayor W.1. of Niagara Falls, tario Cabinet member', speak in the convention' of the British Exchange on Saturday, evening l'uesday evening the Pro Treasurer, Hon, LeslieF to speak at the Town!! support of the Progressive servative candidate. First passenger butts Goderich this seam scheduled to arrive onNl leave at 12:30 p.m. It the S.S. South America letter received by 1 Coulthaust, ,secretary of Goderich Board of T telling of the hour ands stop -over at Goderich,di disclose what particular made upthe passenger list Goderich. down the lake on its cal if the 'boat was travelling; Victoria • Street DI Church will conclude its services on Sunday nest, a former minister, Red Craik of Peterborough, preach. Mr. Craik scarf jubilee church throughfire. ficult and exacting yeara the icy hand of "de dialled even the most rotat spirits. His humatits whose names appearedo remembered, not onlYhi ministry here is still communion roll of V street church but alsoh! who possessed no ch filiation whatsoever, 5 YEARS Tuesday afternoon to ot° sons, many of then) and teenagers, 00° A crowd of almost5,00 MAY 24, 'me Mil Library glimpse of Prl made a brief campaill throng, which gr,e/ Pierre Elliott Trudeglo into the area. Police officers W ron Military personnel Royal Canadian him the new Pioneer Chlle0 The ehaPel Onto" Prime Minister Inui„ will be able WWII east wing of them', last WednesdlY 111,4 Visitors to the Huron all oftbe Pioneer Muneum caarerl such as Old Chisholm. MirlY representing museum in Huron CountY. ATC7 dinle:coltdmerne,otond curio, do