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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.
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A series of ph9tographs taken
in specific sequence accompany
each completed form.
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