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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-10-18, Page 25). • ppOInt court aderich Town Council has named the five -man Court of .cionto deal with theem7 Inrthe Of tTowne uHath �torm Sewer sments on Novem ose members are Councillor Dave Gower,.,the only lr Goderich ha chairman). JackTown cil on Brady; the committee Stan Connelly; wet will l act as y Gosnell; and Maurice Jenkins. _ e member wlnstsweek's council session, ected in a of -the -whole ion following cI fishing tug .cued from lake rs of the Goderich partment were called oon Tuesday when the tug "Lary Tom", by Sov�eagr,oundr about ies of h, wen e South of Goderich har- membersof the MacAdam epart- oarded the rice vessel "Debbie and went to the scene after noon. The tug had ound more than two :rlier when visibility on was.reduced to nil by a og. 1shing vessel was resting • about -200 to 300yards rds re with a crewof two he fog lifted enough for seen.from the beach. Kennedy, an employee Department of the En- vironment- Pollution Control Station, telephoned the call to the local Fire Department. The tug reached the scenes, and firemen fired a light line to the stranded fishing vessel using a catapult gun. It took two tries but the line was made fast and a heavy tow line was pulled aboard by the fishing.. crew. - The "Debbie Lynn" then pulled the vessel free of the rocks with little difficulty and the boat returned to harbor un- der her own .power. The fishing company said lit- tle or no damage was sustained to the boat due to the groun- ding episode. There were no injuries in- volved in the incident or during the 45 minute rescue, operation. sinessmen name tion committee executive of - the ch Businessmen's •tion met Tuesday and following the made public .their endations for the for; •of a steering committee._ rake the Association's refurbish The Square ated business district. iation members Bob an, Johta Schaefer and Lapaine will head up up: Mrs. Elsa Haydon present the Gbderich Council while the h and Area Planning representative will be at the board's next on November 6. Two at representatives are lied later this week to t the private sector of iiicipality and ,a. request be forwarded to the County Branch of the Architectural Conservancy: for a representative as well. Gary Davidson, of the Huron County Planning Department. will serve as advisor. Speaking on behalf of the businessmen Bob Swartman said the new committee hoped to hold its first meeting, and get down to work on the paint ur'p-clean 'up project late this week or early next. week. Mr. Swartman also announ- ced than the Association has appointed William Schaefer to serve as that group's represen- tative .on the proposed Goderich Parking Authority. • The Authority is to be established by the town council in the near future and the council had requested the Businessmen's Association to name a representative to serve on the body. 126 YEAR -43 S G THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1973 SINGLE CO'Y 20c uncillors ta The Goderich Fire Department and this Clinton F.D. water -carrier have been kept very busy during the past week trying to conquer a silo fire which has been burning for the past month on the farm of Leo Dykstra of R.R. 2 ClintooLiAccordingto a Federation of Agriculture field ministry official, the fire was caused by the piling on of corn on top of sliage. The On- tario Fire Marhsal's office in Toronto stated It warfortunattatrtthcslio did not explode. After about seven visits, the fire department thinks.that the fire lit finally extinguished. Thfs adventure Is proving. costly to Goderich Township, however, as the amount owing thus far is at least $700 which just covers the truck's visits. Exact figures are not available at this time. (staff photo) ickson named GRA president persons turned out last when the Goderich ers' Association held :nizational meeting at on Memorial School. group saw James n elected president of gling organization with - ick) Robertson elected esident; Marty Gaw, rY; Lloyd Loun'sbury, -r; and Gus Chisholm, hairman. •cond item of business the group was the :tion of proposed by - for the Ratepayers'' tion as prepared by --ident Robertson. w number one, divided ree sections, covered rship rules and ions for the new G.R.A. st two, providing that s of the G.R.A. must •ition tined GPH ruction on an addition men's industrial therapy orking section at h, Psychiatric Hospital ted to get underway the next few weeks. • n'M.P.P. Jack Riddell ted recently the awar: $39,800 contract for uction to Windklein i Contracting Limited of ough, after receiving of- 'nfirrnation from James ;W, Minister of Govern- rvices. 'klein Ltd. submitted the of five bids received, the being $49,818. 'ding to Ross aisle, Business Ad- ator,for G.P.H., "the ad - of hworkshop is much And should immensely p he;operation , t has been in the ion stage for the past Years," he also added. 11 expected to com- b), the end of February announcement said. reside within the limits of the Town of Goderich and that. they must be property owners within the municipality, passed with little discussion. The third clause of the membership by- law `stirred some objections among ' the new Association members. In that clause Mr. Robertson proposed that "No member of Town Council may be a mem- ber of the Goderich Ratepayers' Association concurrent with serving an elected term of of- fice". G.R.A. executive members Chisholm and Erickson led op- position to the clause on grounds that there were some good town councillors although, as Mr. Erickson put it, "There are others who need smartening up." Mr. Chisholm told the meeting that the new Association should be "com- pletely fair to everyone". Chisholm and Erickson found support for their argument and the G.R.A. amended the clause to provide that a member of town council, serving a term on that body, "may not be a member of the Goderich Ratepayers' Association executive". The remainder of the by-laws were passed by the group without further amendment from the floor. By-law two, written in five subsections, covered the executive structure and duties of executive officers. By-law three of the new G.R.A. covered the appoint- ment of committees and provided for a standing two- man committee to be appointed by the executive to attend all regular and emergency meetings of Town Council. By-law four covered the levies of fees and special levies which were not set at Friday evening's meeting but are to be ,decided upon with the executive bringing down recom- mendatio a to the next regular meeting the group. " G.R.A. policy*was covered in four-part by-law number five. Policies are to be drawn up by the Policy Committee Chair- man, Gus Chisholm and to be established by a majority. vote of members present in general assembly. Those policies will also be put before the member- ship at a future meeting. In by-law, number six the executive is empowered to engage the services- of legal counsel, subject to a majority vote on the suitability of the name submitted to the Association, and such counsel "need not be a resident of Goderich". The final by-law covered the audit of association books each year. The other two items of business of the new Association's first agenda in- volved the south storm sewer and the proposed row housing complex at Gibbons and Sun - coast Streets. Speaking of the former, vice- president Robertson proposed a letter, which was approved by- - the membership; "expressing amazement and -disgust at the - method of assessment used to finance the new sewer". The letter is to be filed with Goderich Town Council. Answering questions about the avenues of action open to the G.R.A., Town Councillor Elsa Haydon explained that those opposed in any way to their assessment on -the project could appear before the Court of Revision on November 7 but after the court had ,.taken a decision nothing further could be done about the matter. Mrs. Haydon 'also suggested the group consider if they represented the whole town in this matter , and -``if th , Proposed the spending' of Victor Lauriston dies age 92 in Chatham Vidor' L'nuristori noted newspaper man and historian, who died in Chatham last Friday at the age of 92, gained his start in the literary field. while living in Goderich. His father, Robert Park, was prin- cipal of Central Public School, now a museum, leaving here to become public school inspector in,Kent. . illiam Edward Park (he changed his name legally to that used as pen -name) began to write stories when .in the en- trance class and from the first, received payment from U.S. magazines, much too the ad- miration. of his brothers and sister and their friends. The family residence was orf the north side of Bruce Street, west of Victoria. The younger brothers were Salm and Robert western. Ontario natural gas in - and the sister's name wa dustry, and Lambton County's Mary. Sam later operated Hundred ,Years, published in drug store in Detroit. , ' 1949. In 1965 he received the William was born at Flet- Lamp of Learning award from . cher, Kent County on October the Secondary School 16, 1881. He had been in failing Teachers' Federation. chealth for several years, and died in Chatham Public Hospital,. to which he had been admitted with injuries resulting from a fall. He is survived by his wife, the former Emily Carry, and seven children. Mr. Lauriston was for many years editor of "The News" in Chatham and wrote, Maybe I'm Wrong. He served on Chatham Board of Education for 42 years and on city council for two. Elementary schools were named for him in Chatham and Goderich, butthe one here, the former collegiate, has been replaced by an apart- ment block. Two of Lauriston's impor- tant books were Blue Flame of Service, a history of the South - association funds to fight a bat- tLe__.fQ.r a few, individuals. The G.R.A. made forms available at Friday evening's meeting to help those ratepayers, unhappy with south storm sewer assessment, protest .the situation. Gus Chisholm told the meeting that it. was the com- putation of assessment to the ratepayers involved with the south storm sewer that most concerned him. Mrs. Haydon suggested that the ratepayers' association might organize a meeting at which council could answer questions regarding the assessment and computation of those levies. That suggestion is to be discussed further by the G.R.A. continued on page 12 �minium For the first time last Thur- sday evening, an official proposal was made by Erik Krohmer, a local developer, was, presented, for a con- dominium development at the south end of Gibbons Street on Suncoast Drive. Upon con- stderation, council agreed to table the matter for study. Armed with a scale model of the proposal, 'Krohmer told council of his desire to build eight single dwellings connec- ted with a carport or a garage and six -duplexes connected with garages. Each unit, accor- ding to Krohmer, would provide 1250 feet of living space without garage. The developer said construc- tion would be of brick veneer on the'firat floor and siding on the second floor. Each home would have a different kind of brick and siding to make it distinctive.' Deputy -reeve Stin Profit asked about the denaity factor when Krohmer was proposing to build 14 units on what is presently eight single lots. "It looks like a barrack building to me," admitted Profit. "Is it wise? Is it good planning? I'd like the whole matter referred to the Huron County Planning Department for study and recommen- dation." Councillor Dave Gower, also chairman of the planning board County Club wants tax bill cut down A letter from- Robert Allen, secretary of the Maitland. Country Club Limited came before Goderich Town Council last Thursday requesting that the town write off business tax arrears and arrears of "interest on the Club property on Goderich's north side. The letter, dated October 11, was referred to the Ad- ministrative Committee of Goderich Town Council. It reads as follows: "In connection with the tax arrears for the above men- tioned Club, we have been ad- vised' that the Club is liable for tax sale on December 31, 197:3. "The Club has paid the in- terim and the June 1973 tax in- stalment in full. It expects to pay the October 31st instalmen't in full. "The Club is in arrears of land taxes for 1971 and 1972 in the sum of $4,717.07. "The Club is in -arrears -of business tax in the sum of $1,415.12. "The Club is in arrears of in- terest in the suni of $1,373.06. "We have never felt that the business tax was justified. As an example, McGee Motors business tax is $368.92 per year and the Bedford Hotel pays $833.66 - the business tax for the Club which is non profit, is over $700 per year, -"I do not think it is necessary for me to reveal again the benefits' of this Club to the com- munity and we propose, in or- der to clear up the arrears, that the Town allow the Club to pay the realty taxes for 1971 and .1972 in the sum of. $4,717.07, and that the Town write off or give the Club a grant in lieu of the outstanding interest and outstanding business- tax. "As,you are-awa-r-e, the Town gave the Club a grant in 1970 of $2,500. The Club has continued to suffer losses since that time, but we expect the Loss to be, reduced this year to something less than $3,000 after taking intoconsideration the depreciation. - "The Club's 'mortgage matures on November land we are prepared to borrow suf- ficient money to pay (he above referred to land taxes. Two weeks until Signal office moves In just two weeks, Signal -Star ' Publishing Company Limited will be moving its entire operation into the firm's new quarters at in- dtrstrial Park on Bayfield Road. Beginning November 12, all business will be conducted at the site on Highway 21 south. All, departments of The Goderich Signal -Star in- cluding the main business office will he housed in the new facilities which are nearing completion. At this point, there i$r no plan to mainta,r141 business office in .'the downtown area. - At. which had recommended to council that the zoning, on the. property be changed to permit the construction of the con- dominium development, asked Krohmer to explain why he was considering condominium development rather than single-family units. Krohmer explained it was a matter of economics. He said land costs are what make new house prices so high and said if more houses could be built in a smaller space, the price per unit would also come down. In this way, according to Kroh- mer, the purchase of homes may be within the reach of more families. "Taxes go higher and higher,"' said Krohmer. "The only way to cut it down is to in- crease the density." Profit argued it Would be, wiser to wait for the report on development which is coming from the municipal planners retained by Goderich. He said he was opposed to going ahead "willy-nilly." "It would be much wiser to wait for that study to' be presented to the council," said Profit. Decision was reached to table (continued on page 12) ArtsCouncil forming if needed locally Goderich Recreation Director Mike Dymond has called a meeting for this Monday evening at 7.30 p.m.,,of all per- sons interested in discussing the possible formation of a' Goderich Arts Council. The meett'hg is.to be held in the con- ference room of the Victoria and Grey Trust Building on Kingston Street. Mr. Dymond explained that the Recreation Department has contacted a number or people CO come together and discuss whether or not there is a need for such a council, and if so, to begin organization of such a body. "Organiza-tion may be preceded a survey to deter- mine what the council could do to aid the arts in Goderich and what organizations or groups mmbenefit from the for - tion of a council," Mr. "mond explained. The Recreation Director said that anyone interested in the arts locally, and in the for- mation of an arts council, would be most welcome at Monday evening's meeting. 111 I a .44 About 75 members of the A.M.E.U. of Ontario District d met last Friday at the Maitland Country Club for the annual fall convention. Goderich has not hosted this, went for nine years. Pictured above with Qoderlch P.U.0«,Manager Dave •T'9 Miolston are' os t to nem) Uwe* FIisenge r, P.(i'.C. own. "mission aloe-ohdirman; N. "Gus" floweey, art ill pee -Mint; and Ken' Dunn, se cretarystreaeurer Distriltt r. (staff photo) • • ,mz