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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-11-01, Page 31 be al e of a clue I, me lowed mee oath p Pago ICN AGO ,1903 eting Society :ernoon. 'elected itchell; Field, , Mrs. al stat expend e balan ►rdance made gements may° ast H ith H Nest H tofchi three coun n with FAt ►to6ce ,Cheson ;ed_ to ng sect I Wo ince nds w ge grow his se look eq st cart er thro nal wi ifter Sea fa le, of nith. 720 rands hough has n f meal, think asily w iGO 1948 :ed rol itSa after had �ginnin ary rep uce St s gard Hato p �,abno t. ttra le of /tot ram t )le to rich H 'rovin in tow ?ing eq recept 'alse fa seemed Al t dent to four ron R rth $t Reg. N 10,0 d Gen ucc isto ;haPi ci k and ;oder leza has" nt if. Hu 948 lovem hu Met th one b�pst of the siren _,^ by RESTOULE rrrrrnnnnn..... The fir is off. Telephones a ng in eight differ tions. Volunteer Ure- ters dropping whatever arre doing reand rushing to a fire department. Once they climb into their and fire -fighting outfits, on,the truck and are on way to fight fire'or to a Chief Pat King, of the rich Police Department last week, "Our fire - (erg don't waste any time. I one of their calls last k; and one minute and 15 ds after we received the our men were on the truck on their way be to organized t ow can they t quickly' hording to Ted Bissett erich Fire Chief, there are n telephones hooked to the department telephone. eextensions are connected private homes and one of is located at MacKay I, on North Street. Here, a Myrtle Beacom, the taker of . the hall, 'answers fire calls and proceeds to call each fireman either at his home or place of employment. She also sets off the fire alarm. "After - this," said Chief Bissett, "the men either lush to the fire hall or to the scene of the fire." "We presently have 19 fire- fighters including myself," said Mr. Bissett. "We had 20, but one has left us. We will be hiring a replacement ny the new year." The Goderich fire depart- ment has three fire, trucks and one emergency van which carries such equipment as grap- pling hooks, spare hoses, stret- chers, resuscitators and the foam„ and dry -powder fire fighting necessities. The newest of the three fire trucks was purchased in 1971, from King Seagrave Company of Woodstock and arrived in Goderich on April 22, 1971. This truck is equipped with a 100 ..foot aerial ladder, a 250 gallon water tank and ap- proximately 200 feet ,of spare ladders. The other two trucks `are equipped with 500 gallon water tanks and a total of around 125 footage of ladder. The fire department also They're off have about 3,000 feet of 21/2 inch hose and, 800 feet of 11/2 inch hose. Mr. Bissett stated that once a month, the volunteer fighters get together and have a fire drill. They mow and test all the equipment to make sure that everything is in good working condition. The Goderich fire depart- ment have other, respon- sibilities beside fighting fires. They talte part , in marine rescues using either the Goderich Police Emergency Rescue boat, "Royal M.P." or the tug boats owned by Donald Bert MacAdam . "We are involved in all rescues, land or marine," said Mr, Bissett. "We once used our hydraulic aerial ladder to rescue a man who was stranded on the river in Auburn," continued Chief Bissett. The aerial ladder is also useful for other fires such as silo fires. "When there is a town fire, all the trucks go to the scene. When the fire is in the country, only one ..of the trucks and the emergency vehicle are dispat- 1 g"fich's newest fire truck Is seen here with the aerial ladder In operation. Thls_ picture was"tiksn at one of the many calls to the Dykstra olio fire. Thls- truck was purchased In APB 1971. (staff photo). LTD. ON THE SQUARE 524-8551 GROUND CHUCK BACK B'ACONSLCED OPEN FRI.EVENINGS TILLS p.m. Sive with our Wisdoms!. Prices - We boy Direct FreM Producers ched," stated Mr. Ted Bissett, Fire Chief. ' When asked about the fire hazard on The Square, with'the buildings so close together, Mr. Bissett answered, "The majority of buildings on The Square are equipped .with fire walls an the only way a fire would be able to spread, is across the rooftops. There is no roof in Goderich that our aerial ladder cannot .reach." The Goderich fire depart- ment is very well equipped and just as efficient as many other city fire departments," said Mr. Bissett. Ted Bissett has been on the Goderich Volunteer Fire Brigade since 1932. He is presently a full time employee at the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital. PEAR EDITOR (Continued from page 2) me, as I pointed out im- mediately. Unless the group plans always to wait until the Council has acted and then to complain, criticize and accuse afterwalyds, it, wonldbet -rrlore sensible thing to try top reach as many ---Council--- members- possible on -all occasions, to let them know in constructive and positive terms what sort of suggestions the ratepayers have, keeping in mind, 'of course, that no body of people anywhere can keep everybody happy all the time. The "South Storm Sewer" is now following its course in ac- cordance with the step-by-step procedure under the Drainage Act.. The further meeting I suggested for a later date as one • of ,,,the• Association's possible future contributions of positive naturr,would be a 'ti geral meeting of the town. speople to which all the Coun- cil members would be invited and where everyone would be able to ask questions, make comments and present suggestions on any subject un- der the local Council's jurisdic- tion. I firmly believe that quite often when people become disillusioned .and cynical they are not fully and fairly infor- med about facts. A little bit of honest give-and-take dialogue would go a long way. .-One more- 'thing. At the Assoc'iation's ',meeting it was said (and it drew surprisingly favourable response) that the Council is spending time discussing things like "ice cream carts" instead of oc cupying itself with big matters. -A seemingly s 11 matter can be just as impo ant to one person as a big roject in- volving big ma ey is to another. Most people are "or- dinary people"; our daily lives are made pleasant or un- pleasant by a whole lot of "lit- tle things"-. I would hold -it' to our credit that our Council, is prepared to listen to everyone without applying degrees of "bigness". Very often those who take time for . "little things" are the ones who pay a great deal• of attention to big matters. hope the Ratepayers' Association will take an open - minced look first and then find ways to increase the people's awarenessand participation in a fair manner. ► Sincerely, Elsa Haydon Lutheran Hour voice in Stratford Dr. Oswald Hoffman, world famous voice of The Lutheran Hour heard weekly in this area, will be apeaking at a special Lutheran Hour. Rally scheduled for this weekend in Stratford. The Festival Theatre is the -location for the rally to take place Su' ndag'November 4 at 3 p.m, A massed choir from Lutheran churches throughout the Stratford -London area will add to the worship hour. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBtR L, 110S-- AUBURN rs- AUBURN AND flISTRICT NEWS SOCIAL ITEMS Pastor and Mrs. Alfred Fry spent a few days last week in London attending a family reunion of Mrs. Fry's people. Next Sunday, November 4, the Blyth Legion and Ladies' Auxiliary will parade to Knox United Church for the morning service at 11 a.m. Mr. Cecil Fry of Kincardine, tenor soloist of Kincardine will present messages in song at this service. Pastor Alfred Fry will conduct the service. Miss Laura 'Wagner arrived last week in the vitge from Syracuse, New York where she has been a registered nurse for many years. She has taken up residence in her home with her sisters, Misses Ella and Minnie Wagner and broth r, William Wagner. Warner Andrews and his daughter Mrs. Keith Machan left last week for a trip to Unity, Sask., to attend the 90th birthday of the former's aunt. Mrs. Reg Dunham (nee Margaret Hawkins) and her sister Mrs. Isabel Masterson Reg. N., both of London, visited last , week with Miss Laura Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brawley of Toronto have moved -their new home to their new site on John Street. Mrs. Bonnie Armour and daughter Julie of Kitchener visited last Saturday with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Straughan. Mr. and Mrs, G. Klass moved last w week into the village to their new home recently purchased from Mr. and Mrs. William Seers. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haggitt, Mr. and Mrs, Clifford Brown of Goderich and Mrs. Jean Patterson visited on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Beverley French near Detroit. Mrs. James Towe is a patient in Victoria Hospital. Miss Jean Houston and Miss Jean Jamieson of Toronto and Mrs. Frances Clark spent the weekend in Dayton, Ohio. Gerry Beimers had the misfortune to get entangled in a chain saw on Saturday -after- noon when he was pruning trees at his home and had his arm�severely cut. Be was taken to Wingham hospital By a neighbour, Mrs. Lloyd Machan who is a nurse. Donald Haines spent the weekend at his home after being in Owen Sound working in the Assessment office in that city. He will be returning to assist in that office. Mr. Ken - Darcy .Andrews, 10 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Andrews of Auburn proudly holds his small balls of cotton which he grew in the family garden this past summer. A friend brought the seeds from Florida last winter and he planted them in the house in March. When the weather warmed up about May 24 he transplanted the seven little plants. They grew to.a height of three feet and each bore seven or eight small balls. Due to danger of frost the small balls were picked last week and brought in the house to dry. Some have burst now and show snowy white cotton. Trigon '74 neth McDougall left on Mon- day morning 'to assist in assessing at Meaford. ,Mrs. Its IrMOIiltk 521-1515 Clinton, Benmiller, Win`ham and Auburn. Wed 40 Years Mr. and Mrs. William An- drews entertained her parents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Leddy, Lucknow, in honor of their.40th wedding anniversary last Sun- day. A decorated anniversary cake centred the table and members of the family enjoyed a turkey dinner. Members of the family present were. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thomson, Whitechurch; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Leddy RR 2 Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Leddy, Goderich; Mr. and r Mrs. Bervin Tiffin, Whitechurch; Mr. and Mrs. .- Danny Laddy, Kitchener; Miss Kathaleen Leddy, Stratford; Miss Elizabeth Leddy, Lucknow; and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Leddy of St. Augustine, Mr. Leddy's only brother. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. An- drews' two sons, Michael and Todd. _Gifts were presented to mark Assistance program and was this occasion. presented with a certificate of proficiency. Prior to her four month course In Toronto, she attended Conestoga College at Clinton following her graduation from Goderich Collegiate Institute. At present she has accepted a position at the Clinton Public Hospital.' She It the daughter of Mr.--and-Mrs. -William-.Seers, -. ':!' M^rs:,Mary Grigg- df Clinton, Miss Gall Seers receptly graduated from the Inter- national Career Academy, Toronto, In the Medical Rebekahs instafl officers Auburn. RUBY EVENT Mr. arid, Mrs. Edgar Daer, Johnny, kim and Sandra, RR 1, Auburn entertained 35— r'elatives on the occasion of the' 40th wedding anniversary of Mrs. Daer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Young, Cameron St., Goderich. The home was decorated with streamers and wedding bells. Guests were 'received by Kim Daer who had everyone .sign a large card. The evening was spent playing cards and crokinole followed by a musical program. Worthy Young, RR 1 Auburn, best man 40 years ago, read an address of congratulations and Mrs., Edgar Daer presented .her parents with .a pole lamp and other` gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Young thanked evet'yone. Lunch was served by Mrs. Daer assisted by Mrs. Harold McClinchev, Mrs. Nor- man Jackson, Goderich; Miss Kim Daer and Miss Glenyce McClinchev. Mr. and Mrs. Young have a family of two daughters, Mrs. Ivor (Joan) Brown of Edmon- ton and Mrs. Edgar (Carol) Daer, RR 1 Auburn; also Six grandchildren. Guests were present from Goderich' London, Waterloo, '" mittee. the district deputy of the Rebekah Lodge, installed the, officers of the Goderich Rebekah's Lodge No. 89 with the assistance of her in- stallation team -when they met in MacKay Hall last week. Officers installed were Junior Past Noble Grand, Mrs. Ruby Snazel; Noble Grand, Mrs., Amos Osbaldeston; Vice Grand, Mrs. James Horton; recording secretary, Mrs. Mary Holmes; financial secretary, Mrs. Gladys Nicholson; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Errington; Warden, Mrs. James Gibson; Conductor, Mrs. Howard Johnston; Chaplain, Mrs. Mary Clairmont; musician, Mrs. Joseph Snider; R.S.N.G., Mrs. Harold Larder; L.S.H.6., Mrs. Della McGee; R.S.V.G., Mrs. Edith Craig, L.S.V.G., Mrs. Hilda Inglis; In- side Guardian, Mrs. Harold Stanbury; Outside Guardian, Mrs. Ed. Smith; right and left supporters of R.N.G., Mrs. Tom Glen and Mrs. Amelia Straughan; right and left sup- porters of the Chaplain, Mrs. H. Vanarman and Mrs. Elizabeth Sitter; altar suppor- ters, Mrs. David Harman and Mrs. Earl Cooper; trustees, Mrs. Mamie Sutcliff, Mrs. Lena Stowe, Mrs. Harold MacPhee. Approximately 80 Rebekahs attended. Lunch was convened by Mrs. Ruth Hayden and com- Another trio of plays at The G.D.C.I. Drama Club an- nounced today that Trigon '74 will be slated for the November 7, 8 and 9 weekend. Curtain time for each of these three one pa plays will be 8:00 p.m. This year, the Drama Club will be presenting "Crawling Arnold", "Importance of Being Earnest", and "Turn, Turn, Turn".. .According to Warren Robin- son, of the G.D.C.I, teaching staff and advisor to the club, there are approximately 70 students taking parr in this year's drama club. Of these, 50 are involved in Trigon .'74. Monday afternoon was rehearsal time for the G.D.C.I. Drama Club, In preparation for Trigon '74, to be held NciVember 7, •, and 0th. Pictured above ars some of the players In . "Turn, Turn, Turn," a one -act play which wi I be presented at that The drama club consists mostly of students in years 1, 2, 3, and year 4. Also involved with the drama club in making Trigon '74 possible is Debbie Durst and' Mrs. Warren Robinson who are jn charge of the costumes for the evenings. Tickets for this year's GDCI production are on sale at the Goderich District Collegiate In- stitute and at Campbells on the Square. Tickets are selling for $1.00, advance, and $1.25 at the door. Everyone is asked to attend G.D.C.I.'s fifth presentation of Trigon. lima. Standing (lett to right) Jeannie Rutledge,. Marva Jaokeon, Warren Robinson, Debbie Crane and Patein Hag; seated, left to right, Ann Coulter, Laurie Karniettott and Deb. Mr Dunlop. (staff photo) 4 •^a 1�