HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-08-02, Page 14PAGE, 14--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1973
In their report of activities
this week, Goderich Town
Police report Summerfest ac-
tivities went very smoothly
from "their side :of the fence"
and that the Kinsmen beer tent
presented no problems at all.
In all the police investigated
240 occurrences, laving two
charges under the Liquor Con-
trol Ac,t, 10 under the Highway
Traffic Act, 16 under the
Criminal Code of Canada and
three narcotics charges.
Summons have been served
on Kevin W. Peterson -of -Wind-
sor and Donald Robert Lawson
There was a large crowd on
hand last Sunday for.the third
running of the Hulls Gully
Snowmobile Grass Drag warm-
" ups at Varna.
After several neck and neck
battles, the final standings are:
A Stock, Bill. Empev, Auburn;
A Super Stock, Wayne Thomas,
Cardiff, Steve- Martin, Dor-
chester; A Modified,' Bob Hen-
shaw, Ildertca; B Stock, Clare
Hartley, Woodstock, Doug
Reid, Varna; B Super Stock,
Wayne Saunders, Hamilton,
Dan Bound, Markham; B
Ladies, Audrey Collins, Varna,
Brenda Hartley, Woodstock,; B
Modified, Bob Henshaw, Ilder-
ton, Barry Webb, Huntsville;
Juniors, Scott, Darling. Ailsa
Craig, Stephen Hartley, Wood
stock, Brian Argyle, Goderich;
C Stock, Duane Klurschrotha
Cambridge, Bernard Verhoven,
Kerwood,.; C Super /Stock,
Wayne Thomas Cardiff; C
Ladies,, Audrey Collins, Varna;
Brenda Hartley, Woodstock; C
Modified, John McGuire
Bramalea, Greg Armstrong,
Zurich; D Stock, Peter
Nieuwenhuizer, Watford, Mar-
cel Vachon, Kitchener; D
Modified, Barry Webb, Hunt-
sville, Greg° Armstrong, Zurich;
E Stock' Peter Nieuwenhti't"zer,
.,-Watford, .Dan Bound, scuttled tradition and returned
Markham; E Modified, Peter $,e Goderich again-_this._year.____
,Nieuwenh it er; -Watford, Greg` -r ' And we were not disappoin-
Armstrong, Zurich. ,,ted. Even though the weather
was such as to slow the normal
speed of our boat and make
our arrival from Detroit- a
couple of hours later than ex=
pected, Capt. Wilkins held our
berth in your snug harbor and
personally greeted the group.
Furthermore, he furnished his
courtesy car to enable the nine
men to get to their motel and
restaurant during the evening.
I thought you'd -be happy to
know these visitors from all
parts of the, U.S.A. who made
the trip, again .carried back to
their home communities fine
Impressions of fhe courtesy,
friendliness, thoughtfulness
and service extended to
strangers by your Harbor
master when they dock at
474
Goderich.
James W. Stower
Public Relations Manager
The Detroit News.
of Islington too appear on
charges of possessing
marijuana. The third narcotics
summons has yet to be served.
In traffic accidents on local
streets during the past week,
one -crash sent 18 -month-old
Brenda Dykstra to hospital suf-
fering minor injuries when the
car in which.. she was a
passenger was involved in a
two -car crash at the corner of
Nelson and Victoria Streets.
Drivers of the cars were
Francine H. Dykstra of R.R. 2
Clinton and T. Gordon Fin-
nigan of 164 Brock Street in
Goderich. - _Damage was
estimated • at $500 to the Fin-
nigan car and X00 to the
Dykstra vehicle. The accident
occurred July 26.
The previous day $2,000
damage was done to a car
driven by Mary Schwartz of
Bloomfield, Michigan, when it
was involved in a collision with
a car driven by Kenneth Heise
of Palmerston at the corner of
East and Victoria Streets.
There were no injuries and
damage to the Heise car was
set at, $250 by investigating of-
ficer,.
July. 26 cars driven by John
McKee of Goderich" Township
and Donald Hector MacKay of
108 Elgin Avenue East in
Goderich were involved in a
rear end collision on Elgin
Avenue. There were no injuries
but damage was estimated at
$350 to the McKee 'Car and
$450 to the' MacKay car-.
A collision at the corner of
Newgate and Victoria Streets
or,` July 27 resulted in $200
damage to a car driven by- Har-
tley J. Managhan , of Clinton
and $105 to a car driven by
,,,,,Pamela N. Hassall of 290 Gib-
bons Street, Goderich. There
were no injuries.
Monday evening a car owned
by Wanda B. Lawrence of 115
Newgate Street struck a tree at
the corner of Elgin and Blake
Streets causing $300 damage to
the front end.
Police are still investigating
the mishap as -the car. is repor-
ted to have been stolen.
!otjng tonight
Continued from page 1
this being ' non-competitive'
prices and a limited variety of""
tures.
Cherniak said this. problem
--would .not be solved by an ex-
pansion of ` merchandising
outlets in the downtown area
since such a solution would be
,,.stopped through, parking
problems.
Dear Editor,
Another year. Another warm
welcome from Goderich!
Once a year the NCAA
National , Indoor ,Track Cham-
pionships Games Committee
holds a summer meeting...and
normally the locale differs an-
nually. _
But because the city's
welcome as given by Harbor-
master Alex ' Wilkins was so
warm last year our committee
Man drowns
Huron County coroner Dr. N.
C. Jackson said 72 year-old
Harold McDonald, a patient at
Goderich Psychiatric Hospital,
died of accidental drowning in
releasing his autopsy report
last •Friday.
Mr. McDonald's; body was
found washed 'up on a beach
south of Goderich on Thursday
evening. The former resident of
R.R. 3, Parkhill ..had disap-
peared from the hospital about
noon that 'day.
Goderich O.P.P. and hospital
staff searched the area for
several hours before finding the
man's body.,on the beach just.
north of the hospital grounds.
The autopsy was conducted
Thursday night.
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Between showers largo crowds Milled around Court House Park and the
Square -taking -in the displaysofarts and crafts, sidewalk sales, the midway,
entertainment and all the other facets of Summerfesi '73. Organizers of the
three-day annual event say they are pleased with the
on -and -off weather that punctuated the Festival. (staff photo)
photo)
"The price of land • on, or
within walking distance, of the
Square is so high it makes the
provision of proper parking not
feasible," he told the meeting.
He went on to say there was
no indication that the local
businessmen would solve the
problem, _if the mall were stop-
ped. , -
"The businessmen could not
provide enough parking
because they just could not af-
ford it," he reasoned.- -
Following the meeting the
Goderich Businessmen's
Association released a
statement noting that they were
"greatly surprised by the
decision of the planning board
to recommend to Council the
approval of rezoning and plan
changes to permit the mall con-
struction.
"At the meeting -we were in-
vited by the Planning Board to
..submit our brief by August 8 -
and the Board indicated they
would give our brief and Sun -
coast's two briefs to the
municipal planning consultant
Mr. Barber.for his study and
recommendation," they noted.
"Later that evening, in closed
session, the Planning Board
m'a,e their decision," the
statement continued.
'This is the' second ,open
meeting that has finished
meeting in closed session, the
Businessmen point out, "and
„because of this we are unable to
know why they did not follow
the steps indicated in the open
portion of their meeting or why
and on .what basis they made
their decision.
"We wish to clarify. a
statement by Suncoast attorney
Earl Cherniak," they said,
• ''that Goderich is losing 70
cents of each.shopping dollar to
department stores in larger
centres.
"In fact Suncoast's survey
states Goderich has 31 percent
share of the department store
type busivess-_ in _-the trading
area (most of Huron County),"
they wrote.
"The population of Goderich
by Suncoast`s survey is 21, per-
cent of the trading. area and
Goderich is receiving 31 per-
,cent of the shopping dollar.
This indicates Goderich is now
attracting considerable dollars
from out of, town, the
Businessmen's statement
noted.
"'Considering that we are cut
off on *one side by the lake,"
they said, "and also have the
following communities in our
trading area, Clinton, Seaforth,
Blyth, Kincardine, Lucknow,
.Wingham and Hensali, we are
also receiving a percentage of
the dollars available in this
trading area.
"The Goderich
Bu'sinessmen's -. Association ----is
basing its brief on fair and ac-
curate inforrnation," they said,
rather than misleading
statements."
Last week's Planning Board
decision remains,' however, as
only the first step in a long
journey to final approval.
Even , if Goderich Town
Council were to give approval
for redesignation of the official
plan at tonight's meeting it
would take another four to six
weeks for the Municipal &n-
sultant to prepare the necessary
amendments, for those amend-
ments to go to a public meeting,,
back to council and then to the
Minister of Municipal Affairs.
Then, assuming that one side
or the other in the dispute
requestsit, the change would go
before the Ontario Municipal
Board for hearings. This- step
could take about three months
waiting for the board to open
hearings. Two to three weeks
would be required to conduct
those hearings and another
possible two to three months
would be necessary for a
decision.
Although it is unlikely,
progress on the mall could be
further slowed if the
Businessmen's Association
elect to fight to the bitter end.
Assuming the O.M.R. gave
approval for the
Businessmen coultl-
the zoning by.ler,,'
through all the steps
in relation to the ply
dment.
If that failed to stop
'and the Businessmen
further fight the br,
issuance Of—a -buii'die j
could also be tied up
time in a civil court"
Although it is u
further protest would
by the 'businessmen
Ontario Miunicipill
hea ri ng, • whatever the
a battle continued]
decision could tie the`
up for' a long time.
The earliest shopped
hope to patronize the
if it goes through, Would
fall of 1974 or spring
rs
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