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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-08-23, Page 1of an agreement ham- outby negotiators for :2 of .the International ei Workers Union and Chetuicals `Ltd. Sifto 'vision were distributed union membership on day for their study. to a ratification vote. for Saturday. 682 president Harold ,id the .Signal -Star on day morning that the ill be held at :Victoria School at 10:30 a.m. that Leddy would not leLiscuss ' of th'e . ' tentative ent saying that- it would public Following the membership.. agreement was ham- mered out tate. Tuesday evening in meetings at Toronto with Ontario Labor Ministry mediator Terry Mancini. Before the talks went into their final late night session that evening Mr. Mancini had told the press he was "optimistic" that an agreement could be reached later that night. Mr. Mancini called the latest round of meetings after three days of talks in London broke off last week with no promise of a settlement. The London meeting represented the st time the two sides had sat down at the bargaining table since the original talks failed to avert a strike in May. Members of Local 682 have The miners' last pubic wage demand had been set at an in- crease of $1.65 over a three year agreement. Local 682 members had rejected a company offer of $1.05 over the three 'years just, before walking off their jobs. Originally the men had hoped to negotiate a two year pact but agreed to the cbmpany terms of a three year agreement. Average wage rate at the mine, under conditions of the previous contratt, had been $4.39 per hour. That contract expired on March 31 of this year. George Morley of R.R. 2 Goderich has built an electric car. The vehicle originally a 1966 Vauxhall Viva four cylinder has a top speed estimated at about 45 miles. per hour and a driving range of perhaps 70 miles. George Intends to just use the vehicle for in -town driving. (staff photo) THURSDAY, AUGUST -23,19'73 "It's a cinch!" "Ooops" "* ? / # ? un t" Dungannon rodeo attracted small, enthusiastic crowd Sunday ough the Goderich pal Marina at Snug does not officially close September 30 Marina r J. Alex Wilkins feels son is pretty wel-i all d it hasn't been a good ally we could expect 15 boats, but. on the traffic to date we won't proach that number," lains. "Last week, '"for , there were only four .boats per night. Nor- 'urin t1Re first week of therel, ould he 12 or 15 op each night." Mr. Wilkins also notes that most of the boats visiting Goderich harbor are sailboats. "Mostly because a lot of cruisers never left home port," he points out -- The reasons most often ex- pressed .at the local waterfront were a fear of high water, levels, some marinas on the. American coast did not even open, and gasoline rationing. "In the- U.S. some marinas were rationing gas at 'one .or two gallons per foot," the Marina Manager explains, "and rumors got 'around that there could he rationing in ef- fect over here as well." The weather has been basically pod, at least as far as the southern portion of Lake Huron is concerned. "We only had one day of fog and very few storms," Mr. Wilkins notes, "and there has been steady wind." The northern portion of the lake has been rough, he admits. "The steady wind has kept the water in a turmoil up there but not south of Point Clark," Wilkins said. Mr. Wilkins feels that, the coming week should see the remainder of the power boat paa pass through on its .wad home. -. "If the weather is good," he notes, "some will stop at Goderich to say hello .and top up their tanks but if it rough they will gas up north of here and run straight .to Sarnia." There Are no final figures available yet on the year's financial state but Mr. Wilkins said he would guess the marina has only done about $18,000 business during 1973 to date. Last year he estimates business of around $27,000., In 1972 an estimated. 28,000 gallons of gas was sold from' the marina pumps but to, date, only about 21,000 gallons have been pum- ped. The final figures will tell the story but there seems little doubt they will show a con- siderable drop from the 1972 season. There has been some gond news at the local small boat harbor. Work earlier this spring on repairs proved successful and the marina offered full ser- vices to boaters. • Much of the credit for clock "repairs should go to the Dominion Road. Machinery Ron Curl sees Interdenominational mistry CIS. a fiteemetIcious For the first time in their 'ur years of work the Huron Kristian Men's Association" ave retained the services of.a ll'time pastor in the person of v. Ron Curl who took up his utieli as of Aust 15. Mr. Curl wilt conduct ser ices at ices the Westfield ellowsp Hour, held 'each May at 2:00 p.m., and at (iron. Men's Chapel, Auburn, ch Sunday evening at 8:00 'm. bring the sum s Mr. Curl is riser mon- ,s area also filling in r area ministers who are on A native of Sutton, the 28- ar.old minister took his theological training at. Emanuel College in_Kitchener and served four years at -a. charge at Eau Claire, just 'east of North Bay, before coming to Huron. Mr. Cur), his wife Lynda and 21 -month old twin girls, will be living at Westfield. " Mr. Curl said the Christian Men's Association plan to con- tinue their services of special music and guest speakers. Much of the new minister's time will he taken up conduc- ting visitations although the charges operated by the Association will now be able to provide their adherents with A baptism, marriage, funeral and communion services. The new minister was for- merly with-- the Missionary y. Church and is on loan to the interdenominational' group 'with whom he now, works. "The interdenominational aspects of the charges will be one of the big challenges," Mr. Curl notes. The Christian Men's Association pastor also hopes to become involved with youth work to some extent. "That was one of the aspects which attracted me to this calling, he explained, "It leaves me free, to engage in community projects." •Company, Mr. Wilkins points out. "They saved the municipality .a great deal of mmney with repairs they made,"—he said. Many people these days are complaining about the pollution and cost of operating cars and truck% George Morley of °'R.R. 2 Goderich has done , something about the problem and has constructed an electric car. George, a technician .at Dominion Roads and Machinery Company Limited, has converted a four cylinder 1.966 Vauxhall Viva rtUto into an electrically powered vehicle by installing an electric motor, a controller which acts like a rheostat that regulates direction and speed_ and six 12 volt batteries which , provide the power. A switching handle mounted to the right of 'the steering wheel controls the forward and reverse motion of the car. -The "gas" pedal is now connected to the controller for ac- celeration. Currently' extensive tests have not been carried out on the system td determine how far the car could go on one charge but Morley estimates about 70 miles. He intends to drive it only around town as. the cruising speed is only 40-45 miles per hour. At night he will put the batteries on a slow charge to avoid costly fast -charge methods. There are some obvious advantages of driving an electric vehicle, there is no gas to buy, no oil to change, no exhaust systems to 'install and perhaps the most important - no pollution. "The main setback in adopting the electric vehicle as "everyday transportation is the lack of range in a charge. That is, the car is certainly limited in the distance it can ,travel before the batteries must be recharged. With the amount of travel that people do to -day, the time it takes to re -charge the batteries is simply too much of a hold-up in their time schedule," according to Mr.. Morley. The electrical component used by ,Morley in his car were originally installed in an old milk trucjs that saw service in Walkerton about 25 years ago. To ride in an electric car is certainly an experience. In- stead of the traditional grind of theengine_ firing, there is simply a click of the electric breaking switch as the power is turned on. As he puts the vehicle in gear, there is another click that most people wouldn't hear unless they ,were looking for it. When the car begins to move forward there is no sound of 'acceleration or exhaust rumbling out of the tailpipe. Alt that is "heard is the rolling noise of the tires over the gravel of George's laneway and the gentle whirr of the drive- , shaft turning, moving the wheels. . The only road-testing done thus far is driving out the long laneway from Morley's house to the highway. At the time -of writing, the official safety -check had not been done on the car, but it was to be performed last week. When it is licen- sed, it will be one of the very few electric cars in Canada in action. "George has always loved to tinker around with mechanical things," stated his wife with a smile. Another one of George Morley's prize projects is a Wurlit- zer Military Band Organ which was built in 1926. According to -George, there are less than seven such ,organs in Ontario, with five of them belonging to a collector. The organ had been installed in a skating rink and was used for a number of years until a gear broke in it making it non-functional. George purchased the organ about 15 years ago .but didn't do anything with it until last Christmas when he rebuilt it completely. The organ is a, grand sight to see and even more im- pressive to listen to as the 109 pipes, snare drum, bass drum and cymbal alt ring out to sound like a small band. The music is fed into the machine on perforated paper rolls much like a "player" piano. Power for the organ can either be supplied by electricity or by use of °a gas engine for parade use. Thus far, the organ has been exhibited in -the Watford Centennial Parade and the Mildmay Old Boys Reunion Parade. Having just sold his house, George 'is not planning any projects for the near future as he is occupied with moving plans.- • ' He is currently kept busy at work with the building of an experimental grader at Dominion Roads. He explains that they are constantly trying to improve on the quality of their machines by listening to suggestions . which come back to them by people using the graders in field work. By talking to George, one gets the distinct impression that he takes great pride in his work whether it means helping design a better grader which will go on the assembly line and end "up travelling to some remote part of the world or merely fixing the washing machine at home. Distinguished guest The District Governor of Rotary International 633, James Cunningham from Glencoe, was In town Tuesday to attend a Rotary luncheon.-mi.ting at the Bedford Hotel. Mei* shown hen presenting the President's Pin to Bob •wartman, President of the Qoderlch; Club.t(staff photo)